The Docker agent was not passing the disk exclusion list to
hostmetricsCollect(), so excluded mounts appeared in the Docker tab
disk totals. Also add server-side fsfilters filtering to Docker
report processing for parity with the host agent path.
The agent was crashing with 'fatal error: concurrent map writes' when
handleCheckUpdatesCommand spawned a goroutine that called collectOnce
concurrently with the main collection loop. Both code paths access
a.prevContainerCPU without synchronization.
Added a.cpuMu mutex to protect all accesses to prevContainerCPU in:
- pruneStaleCPUSamples()
- collectContainer() delete operation
- calculateContainerCPUPercent()
Related to #1063
Add ability for users to describe what kind of agent profile they need
in natural language, and have AI generate a suggestion with name,
description, config values, and rationale.
- Add ProfileSuggestionHandler with schema-aware prompting
- Add SuggestProfileModal component with example prompts
- Update AgentProfilesPanel with suggest button and description field
- Streamline ValidConfigKeys to only agent-supported settings
- Update profile validation tests for simplified schema
Implements server-side persistence for AI chat sessions, allowing users
to continue conversations across devices and browser sessions. Related
to #1059.
Backend:
- Add chat session CRUD API endpoints (GET/PUT/DELETE)
- Add persistence layer with per-user session storage
- Support session cleanup for old sessions (90 days)
- Multi-user support via auth context
Frontend:
- Rewrite aiChat store with server sync (debounced)
- Add session management UI (new conversation, switch, delete)
- Local storage as fallback/cache
- Initialize sync on app startup when AI is enabled
Add contextual help icons throughout the UI to improve feature
discoverability. Users can click (?) icons to see explanations
with examples for settings they might not understand.
- HelpIcon component with click-to-open popover
- Centralized help content registry in /content/help/
- FeatureTip component for dismissible contextual tips
- Help added to: alert delay, AI endpoints, update channel
Reverse proxies (Traefik, Caddy, nginx) often normalize or reject URLs
containing %2F (encoded slash). Alert IDs contain forward slashes
(e.g., "docker-container-state-docker:abc/def"), causing acknowledge
requests to fail with 400 errors when going through a reverse proxy.
Added new body-based endpoints that accept alert ID in JSON body:
- POST /api/alerts/acknowledge {"id": "..."}
- POST /api/alerts/unacknowledge {"id": "..."}
- POST /api/alerts/clear {"id": "..."}
Updated frontend to use the new endpoints. Legacy path-based endpoints
are preserved for backwards compatibility.
Related to #1026
The DisableDockerUpdateActions setting was being saved to disk but not
updated in h.config, causing the UI toggle to appear to revert on page
refresh since the API returned the stale runtime value.
Related to #1023
On systems where Docker compatibility layer obscures Podman (like CoreOS),
the auto-detection can fail. Users can now force the runtime:
--docker-runtime podman
PULSE_DOCKER_RUNTIME=podman
Valid values: auto (default), docker, podman
Related to Discussion #958
Add PULSE_DISABLE_DOCKER_UPDATE_CHECKS environment variable and
--disable-docker-update-checks flag to disable Docker image update
detection. This is useful for:
- Avoiding Docker Hub rate limits
- Users who don't want update notifications in their dashboard
Related to Discussion #982
- Separated metrics collection into internal/dockeragent/collect.go
- Added agent self-update pre-flight check (--self-test)
- Implemented signed binary verification with key rotation for updates
- Added batch update support to frontend with parallel processing
- Cleaned up agent.go and added startup cleanup for backup containers
- Updated documentation for Docker features and agent security
Allows specifying which IP address the agent should report, useful for:
- Multi-homed systems with separate management networks
- Systems with private monitoring interfaces
- VPN/overlay network scenarios
Usage:
pulse-agent --report-ip 192.168.1.100
PULSE_REPORT_IP=192.168.1.100 pulse-agent
- Add container update command handling to unified agent
- Agent can now receive update_container commands from Pulse server
- Pulls latest image, stops container, creates backup, starts new container
- Automatic rollback on failure
- Backup container cleaned up after 5 minutes
- Added comprehensive test coverage for container update logic
Users can now exclude specific mount points from disk monitoring:
- Via CLI: --disk-exclude /mnt/backup --disk-exclude '/media/*'
- Via env: PULSE_DISK_EXCLUDE=/mnt/backup,*pbs*
Patterns support:
- Exact paths: /mnt/backup
- Prefix patterns: /mnt/ext*
- Contains patterns: *pbs*
This addresses the common case where external disks or
PBS datastores are being monitored but shouldn't be.
BREAKING CHANGE: AI command execution on agents is now disabled by default.
Users who want AI auto-fix must explicitly enable it with --enable-commands
flag or PULSE_ENABLE_COMMANDS=true environment variable.
Changes:
- Add --enable-commands flag (opt-in for command execution)
- Commands disabled by default for security (defense-in-depth)
- --disable-commands is now deprecated (logs warning, no longer needed)
- PULSE_DISABLE_COMMANDS deprecated in favor of PULSE_ENABLE_COMMANDS
- Update installer script to use --enable-commands
- Backwards compatibility: PULSE_DISABLE_COMMANDS=false still enables commands
This addresses community feedback about secure defaults for arbitrary
command execution on production infrastructure.
Related to #889
PROBLEM:
When two Proxmox hosts have the same hostname (e.g., 'px1' on different networks),
the auto-registration was matching by name and overwriting the first with the second.
This has been a recurring issue (#104) with at least 3 prior fix attempts.
ROOT CAUSE:
The auto-register handler matched existing nodes by BOTH Host URL and Name.
Matching by name is incorrect - different physical hosts can share hostnames.
FIXES:
1. Remove name-based matching in auto-registration - match by Host URL only
2. Add disambiguateNodeName() to append IP when duplicate hostnames exist
3. Add regression tests to prevent this from breaking again
Now when registering two hosts named 'px1':
- First becomes: px1
- Second becomes: px1 (10.0.2.224)
Both are stored as separate nodes with their own credentials.
The 'Removed Docker Hosts' section was not appearing in Settings -> Agents
even when hosts were blocked from re-enrolling. This prevented users from
using the 'Allow re-enroll' button to unblock their Docker agents.
Root cause: The WebSocket store was missing:
1. The 'removedDockerHosts' property in its initial state
2. A handler to process removedDockerHosts data from WebSocket messages
This meant the backend was correctly sending the data, but the frontend
was completely ignoring it.
Changes:
- Add removedDockerHosts to WebSocket store initial state and message handler
- Add removedDockerHosts to App.tsx fallback state for consistency
- Add missing BroadcastState call after AllowDockerHostReenroll succeeds
Also includes previous fixes from this session:
- Add PULSE_AGENT_URL as alias for PULSE_AGENT_CONNECT_URL (config.go)
- Add runtime Docker/Podman auto-detection in pulse-agent (main.go)
Fixes issue reported by darthrater78 in discussion #845
Adds IncludeAllDeployments option to show all deployments, not just
problem ones (where replicas don't match desired). This provides parity
with the existing --kube-include-all-pods flag.
- Add IncludeAllDeployments to kubernetesagent.Config
- Add --kube-include-all-deployments flag and PULSE_KUBE_INCLUDE_ALL_DEPLOYMENTS env var
- Update collectDeployments to respect the new flag
- Add test for IncludeAllDeployments functionality
- Update UNIFIED_AGENT.md documentation
Addresses feedback from PR #855
- Add exponential backoff retry for Docker agent startup (main.go)
- Fix Docker resource/image column widths with proper truncation
- Unify IP tooltip styling across hosts and guests with detailed network info
- Improve column visibility defaults and sticky column handling
- Various component refinements for Dashboard, Storage, and Backups views
- Add /healthz (liveness) and /readyz (readiness) endpoints
- Add /metrics endpoint with Prometheus metrics (pulse_agent_info, pulse_agent_up)
- Properly call dockerAgent.Close() on shutdown
- New config: -health-addr flag and PULSE_HEALTH_ADDR env (default :9191)
- Set to empty string to disable health server
53 test cases covering 4 functions:
- gatherTags: environment/flag tag merging (18 cases)
- parseLogLevel: log level parsing (30 cases)
- defaultLogLevel: default value resolution (10 cases)
- multiValue: flag.Value interface for repeatable flags (6 cases)
Key difference from pulse-host-agent: parseLogLevel in unified agent delegates
directly to zerolog.ParseLevel without range validation, so trace/fatal/panic
levels are accepted (unlike pulse-host-agent which restricts to debug-error).
First test file for cmd/pulse-agent package.
Port Windows SCM integration from pulse-host-agent to pulse-agent,
enabling the unified agent to run as a Windows service with proper
start/stop handling and event logging.
Related to #766
Issues found during scenario testing:
1. Version propagation: The hostagent and dockeragent packages were
reporting their own Version (0.1.0-dev) instead of the unified
agent's version. Added AgentVersion config field to pass the
parent's version down.
2. macOS legacy cleanup: The install.sh script was missing cleanup
for pulse-docker-agent on macOS.
3. Windows legacy cleanup: The install.ps1 script was missing cleanup
for legacy PulseHostAgent and PulseDockerAgent services.
These fixes ensure:
- Unified agent reports consistent version across host/docker metrics
- Legacy agents are properly removed on all platforms during upgrade
- Users migrating from legacy agents get a clean transition
Add seamless migration path from legacy agents to unified agent:
- Add AgentType field to report payloads (unified vs legacy detection)
- Update server to detect legacy agents by type instead of version
- Add UI banner showing upgrade command when legacy agents are detected
- Add deprecation notice to install-host-agent.ps1
- Create install-docker-agent.sh stub that redirects to unified installer
Legacy agents (pulse-host-agent, pulse-docker-agent) now show a "Legacy"
badge in the UI with a one-click copy command to upgrade to the unified
agent.
Implement self-update capability for the unified pulse-agent binary:
- Add internal/agentupdate package with cross-platform update logic
- Hourly version checks against /api/agent/version endpoint
- SHA256 checksum verification for downloaded binaries
- Atomic binary replacement with backup/rollback on failure
- Support for Linux, macOS, and Windows (10 platform/arch combinations)
Build and release changes:
- Dockerfile builds unified agent for all platforms
- build-release.sh includes unified agent in release artifacts
- validate-release.sh validates unified agent binaries
- Install scripts (install.sh, install.ps1) use correct URL format
Related to #727, #737
