The Settings page was telling systemd/bare metal users to run install.sh
for upgrades, which is wrong - install.sh is for fresh installations only
and does nothing if Pulse is already installed.
Changes:
- Updated upgrade instructions to mention built-in "Install Update" button
- Added correct manual upgrade steps (download tarball, stop service, extract, start)
- Removed misleading "run install.sh" instruction
This fixes a critical UX issue where users would run install.sh and think
nothing happened, when they should either:
1. Use the built-in automatic update feature (Install Update button)
2. Manually download and extract the new binary
Related files:
- frontend-modern/src/components/Settings/Settings.tsx:4052-4072
The "SSH Fallback" label was confusing to users. Changed to "Proxy (SSH)"
to make it clearer that the proxy is using SSH to collect temperature data
from cluster nodes.
This appears in the Capabilities column on Settings → Nodes when:
- Temperature monitoring is enabled
- Socket proxy is not available/healthy
- HTTPS proxy is not available/reachable
- Added DetectDockerContainerName() to detect container name from hostname
- Extended /api/security/status to expose dockerContainerName field
- Updated FirstRunSetup to show actual container name when detected:
* Before: 'docker exec <container-name> cat /data/.bootstrap_token'
* After: 'docker exec pulse cat /data/.bootstrap_token'
This reduces friction for users - no need to look up the container name.
Works when Docker container is named (--name flag), falls back to
placeholder for auto-generated container IDs.
- Added DetectLXCCTID() to internal/system/container.go to detect Proxmox container ID
- Extended /api/security/status to expose inContainer and lxcCtid fields
- Updated FirstRunSetup to show most relevant command based on detected environment:
* LXC with CTID: Shows 'pct exec 171 -- cat /etc/pulse/.bootstrap_token'
* Docker: Shows 'docker exec <container-name> cat /data/.bootstrap_token'
* Bare metal: Shows 'cat /etc/pulse/.bootstrap_token'
- Collapsed alternative methods behind 'Show other retrieval methods' button
This addresses user feedback that showing all options was overwhelming.
Now users see the command most likely to work for their setup first,
with alternatives hidden but still accessible.
When Pulse runs in Docker inside a Proxmox LXC container, users need
specific instructions to retrieve the bootstrap token. Added pct exec
and pct enter commands to the Docker instructions section.
Now shows three scenarios:
1. Direct Docker host: docker exec
2. Kubernetes: kubectl exec
3. Proxmox LXC with Docker: pct exec / pct enter
This makes first-time setup easier for users deploying Pulse in LXC
containers on Proxmox.
This implements HTTP/HTTPS support for pulse-sensor-proxy to enable
temperature monitoring across multiple separate Proxmox instances.
Architecture changes:
- Dual-mode operation: Unix socket (local) + HTTPS (remote)
- Unix socket remains default for security/performance (no breaking change)
- HTTP mode enables temps from external PVE hosts
Backend implementation:
- Add HTTPS server with TLS + Bearer token authentication to sensor-proxy
- Add TemperatureProxyURL and TemperatureProxyToken fields to PVEInstance
- Add HTTP client (internal/tempproxy/http_client.go) for remote proxy calls
- Update temperature collector to prefer HTTP proxy when configured
- Fallback logic: HTTP proxy → Unix socket → direct SSH (if not containerized)
Configuration:
- pulse-sensor-proxy config: http_enabled, http_listen_addr, http_tls_cert/key, http_auth_token
- PVEInstance config: temperature_proxy_url, temperature_proxy_token
- Environment variables: PULSE_SENSOR_PROXY_HTTP_* for all HTTP settings
Security:
- TLS 1.2+ with modern cipher suites
- Constant-time token comparison (timing attack prevention)
- Rate limiting applied to HTTP requests (shared with socket mode)
- Audit logging for all HTTP requests
Next steps:
- Update installer script to support HTTP mode + auto-registration
- Add Pulse API endpoint for proxy registration
- Generate TLS certificates during installation
- Test multi-instance temperature collection
Related to #571 (multi-instance architecture)
Implements a "Remember Me" option that allows users to stay logged in
for 30 days instead of the default 24 hours. This addresses the pain
point of frequent re-authentication in LAN-only environments while
maintaining authentication security.
Backend changes:
- Add rememberMe field to login request handling
- Support variable session durations (24h default, 30d with Remember Me)
- Implement sliding session expiration that extends sessions on each
authenticated request using the original duration
- Store OriginalDuration in session data for proper sliding window
- Update session cookie MaxAge to match session duration
Frontend changes:
- Add "Remember Me for 30 days" checkbox to login form
- Pass rememberMe flag in login request
- Improve UI with clear duration indication
Key features:
- Sessions extend automatically on each request (sliding window)
- Original duration preserved across session extension
- Backward compatible with existing sessions (legacy sessions work)
- Sessions persist across server restarts
This provides a better user experience for LAN deployments without
compromising security by completely disabling authentication.
The "Check Proxy Nodes" button in Settings > Diagnostics was returning
403 Forbidden due to missing CSRF token. The frontend was using native
fetch() instead of apiFetch() which automatically includes CSRF tokens
for POST requests.
Fixed three endpoints in Settings.tsx:
- /api/diagnostics (GET) - for consistency
- /api/diagnostics/temperature-proxy/register-nodes (POST) - reported issue
- /api/diagnostics/docker/prepare-token (POST) - same bug
Note: Export/import config endpoints intentionally continue using native
fetch() because they need custom 401/403 handling to show the API token
modal instead of redirecting to login.
- Add job queue system to ensure only one update runs at a time
- Add Server-Sent Events (SSE) for real-time push updates
- Increase rate limit from 20/min to 60/min for update endpoints
- Add unit tests for queue and SSE functionality
- Frontend: Update modal now uses SSE with polling fallback
Eliminates: 429 rate limit errors, duplicate modals, race conditions
Related to #671
This commit implements a comprehensive refactoring of the update system
to address race conditions, redundant polling, and rate limiting issues.
Backend changes:
- Add job queue system to ensure only ONE update runs at a time
- Implement Server-Sent Events (SSE) for real-time update progress
- Add rate limiting to /api/updates/status (5-second minimum per client)
- Create SSE broadcaster for push-based status updates
- Integrate job queue with update manager for atomic operations
- Add comprehensive unit tests for queue and SSE components
Frontend changes:
- Update UpdateProgressModal to use SSE as primary mechanism
- Implement automatic fallback to polling when SSE unavailable
- Maintain backward compatibility with existing update flow
- Clean up SSE connections on component unmount
API changes:
- Add new endpoint: GET /api/updates/stream (SSE)
- Enhance /api/updates/status with client-based rate limiting
- Return cached status with appropriate headers when rate limited
Benefits:
- Eliminates 429 rate limit errors during updates
- Only one update job can run at a time (prevents race conditions)
- Real-time updates via SSE reduce unnecessary polling
- Graceful degradation to polling when SSE unavailable
- Better resource utilization and reduced server load
Testing:
- All existing tests pass
- New unit tests for queue and SSE functionality
- Integration tests verify complete update flow
This commit addresses three recurring issues with the update system:
1. **Checksum mismatches (v4.27.0, v4.28.0):**
- Root cause: Release process uploads checksums.txt first, but if artifacts
are rebuilt after that upload, checksums become stale
- Fix: Update RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md to REQUIRE running validate-release.sh
before publishing (step 9, non-negotiable)
- The validation script exists and catches these errors, but wasn't being
enforced in the release process
2. **Duplicate error modals:**
- Root cause: UpdateProgressModal rendered in both App.tsx
(GlobalUpdateProgressWatcher) and UpdateBanner.tsx
- Fix: Remove UpdateProgressModal from UpdateBanner.tsx
- GlobalUpdateProgressWatcher automatically shows the modal when updates
start, so the banner's modal is redundant
3. **Rate limiting too strict:**
- Root cause: UpdateProgressModal polls /api/updates/status every 2 seconds
(30 req/min), but rate limit was 20/min
- Fix: Increase UpdateEndpoints rate limit from 20/min to 60/min
- Allows modal to poll without hitting rate limits during updates
These were all manual process errors and configuration issues, not code bugs.
The validation script enforcement prevents future checksum mismatches.
When disabling offline alerts for VMs/containers, the setting was being persisted
correctly and honored by the alert system, but the UI always showed "Warn" instead
of the actual saved state.
Root cause: When reconstructing the overrides list from backend config, the guest
override mapping was copying poweredOffSeverity but omitting disableConnectivity,
causing ResourceTable to fall back to global defaults.
Fix: Add disableConnectivity field to guest override reconstruction in Alerts.tsx
(line 676), matching the pattern already used for Docker containers.
Users were confused about how to access the bootstrap token in Proxmox
LXC containers. They were trying to use the Proxmox web console instead
of 'pct enter' from the Proxmox host.
This adds explicit instructions in the FirstRunSetup UI that show:
- pct enter <ctid> for interactive access
- pct exec <ctid> -- cat /etc/pulse/.bootstrap_token for direct retrieval
- Clear indication that commands should be run from Proxmox host
The instructions only display when the deployment is not Docker and the
bootstrap token path is /etc/pulse/.bootstrap_token (indicating LXC).
Fixes#681
Updated FirstRunSetup to show generic container commands that work
across different orchestration platforms:
- Use <container-name> placeholder instead of hardcoded "pulse"
- Add kubectl exec example for Kubernetes/Helm deployments
- Clarify "From container host" applies to Docker, Podman, etc.
This ensures the instructions work for Docker Compose, Swarm, Helm,
and any other container orchestrator where the container might have
a different name.
The first-run setup UI was displaying incorrect bootstrap token paths for
Docker deployments. It showed `/etc/pulse/.bootstrap_token` regardless of
deployment type, but Docker containers use `/data/.bootstrap_token` by
default (via PULSE_DATA_DIR env var).
Changes:
- Extended `/api/security/status` endpoint to include `bootstrapTokenPath`
and `isDocker` fields when a bootstrap token is active
- Updated FirstRunSetup component to fetch and display the correct path
dynamically based on actual deployment configuration
- For Docker deployments, UI now shows both `docker exec` command and
in-container command
- Falls back to showing both standard and Docker paths if API data
unavailable (backward compatibility)
This fix ensures users always see the correct command for their specific
deployment, including custom PULSE_DATA_DIR configurations.
Change sparkline wrapper from inline-block to block w-full to properly
fill flex parent container. Inline-block was preventing the canvas from
calculating the correct width when width={0} (auto-size mode).
Add comprehensive sparkline chart support as an alternative to progress bars
for CPU, Memory, and Disk metrics across all tables.
Features:
- Toggle between bars/trends view modes (persisted to localStorage)
- 30-second sampling with 2-hour retention window using ring buffer
- Canvas-based rendering with shared requestAnimationFrame for efficiency
- Hover tooltips showing exact values and timestamps
- Threshold reference lines (warning/critical) for context
- localStorage persistence survives page refreshes (12-hour max age)
- Dynamic width adaptation to column size
- Namespaced resource IDs prevent collisions
- Lifecycle cleanup prevents memory leaks
Performance optimizations:
- Decoupled sampling from WebSocket handler (6x reduction in recording)
- O(1) ring buffer insertions (no array cloning)
- Batched canvas rendering (single rAF for all sparklines)
- Debounced localStorage writes
- Automatic pruning of removed resources
UI improvements:
- Consistent radio toggle styling matching other filters
- Fixed column widths prevent layout shift during toggle
- Fixed row heights prevent vertical size changes
- Sparklines fill available column width proportionally
The previous fix (a1ba915ca) correctly added customDisplayName to the WebSocket
payload and made it persist in Settings, but the main Docker tab's RESOURCE
column still showed the default name.
DockerUnifiedTable had four locations that built display names but ignored
customDisplayName:
- DockerHostGroupHeader (RESOURCE column header) - line 549
- containerMatchesToken (search/filter logic) - line 391
- serviceMatchesToken (search/filter logic) - line 472
- sortedHosts (host sorting logic) - lines 1879-1880
All four now prioritize customDisplayName first, matching the pattern used in
DockerHostSummaryTable and Settings (customDisplayName || displayName ||
hostname || id).
This ensures custom Docker host names display consistently across the entire UI.
Implements comprehensive mdadm RAID array monitoring for Linux hosts
via pulse-host-agent. Arrays are automatically detected and monitored
with real-time status updates, rebuild progress tracking, and automatic
alerting for degraded or failed arrays.
Key changes:
**Backend:**
- Add mdadm package for parsing mdadm --detail output
- Extend host agent report structure with RAID array data
- Integrate mdadm collection into host agent (Linux-only, best-effort)
- Add RAID array processing in monitoring system
- Implement automatic alerting:
- Critical alerts for degraded arrays or arrays with failed devices
- Warning alerts for rebuilding/resyncing arrays with progress tracking
- Auto-clear alerts when arrays return to healthy state
**Frontend:**
- Add TypeScript types for RAID arrays and devices
- Display RAID arrays in host details drawer with:
- Array status (clean/degraded/recovering) with color-coded indicators
- Device counts (active/total/failed/spare)
- Rebuild progress percentage and speed when applicable
- Green for healthy, amber for rebuilding, red for degraded
**Documentation:**
- Document mdadm monitoring feature in HOST_AGENT.md
- Explain requirements (Linux, mdadm installed, root access)
- Clarify scope (software RAID only, hardware RAID not supported)
**Testing:**
- Add comprehensive tests for mdadm output parsing
- Test parsing of healthy, degraded, and rebuilding arrays
- Verify proper extraction of device states and rebuild progress
All builds pass successfully. RAID monitoring is automatic and best-effort
- if mdadm is not installed or no arrays exist, host agent continues
reporting other metrics normally.
Related to #676
