Fresh users copy-pasting healthcheck blocks from k8s/Docker docs need
the standard short aliases. Without /healthz and /readyz they get
connection refused. This commit:
1. Adds /healthz + /readyz as root-level aliases for /health/live +
/health/ready in src/app.js. Handler bodies DRYed into named
functions (livenessHandler, readinessHandler) so a probe semantics
change updates all five paths at once.
2. Removes the dead /api/v1/health*, /api/v1/health/live, /api/v1/health/ready
registrations from PUBLIC_ROUTES and CSRF exclusion list — those
routes were never actually mounted on the apiRouter (only root
paths existed). Anyone probing /api/v1/health now gets a clean 404
instead of being routed through to a duplicate root handler.
3. Adds bypass for the 5 probe paths in three places where it matters:
- PUBLIC_ROUTES (no auth)
- csrf-protection.js excludedPaths (no CSRF check)
- middleware.js request-logging exclusion (k8s polling every 10s
doesn't flood the audit log)
- middleware.js Tailscale auth bypass (probes don't carry Tailscale
identity headers)
4. Adds __tests__/health-probe-aliases.test.js (19 tests):
- Alias equivalence (/healthz == /health/live, /readyz == /health/ready)
- Back-compat (/health == /health/live)
- Path consolidation (all 3 /api/v1/health* return 404)
- Source-of-truth PUBLIC_ROUTES allowlist sync check
- Source-of-truth src/app.js mount list sync check (catches drift
between handler mount and middleware allowlist)
5. Documents probes in README (copy-paste docker-compose.yml +
Kubernetes blocks) and user-guide (Health Probes section + System
API table updated).
Post-fix: 941/941 tests pass (+19 new). Zero new ESLint warnings
introduced. The pre-existing warnings/errors in src/app.js line 906
('os' is not defined) and the empty blocks in logging.test.js are
not regressions from this commit.
The DC-005 src/ refactor left depth-2 route files (routes/auth/*,
routes/recipes/*, routes/apps/*, routes/arr/*, routes/config/*) with
broken require() paths. A filesystem-resolving scanner found 67 broken
requires across 21 files — three distinct bug classes:
A) '../../../src/...' (3 levels up, above package root) — Bug 7, ~49 occurrences
B) '../src/utils/...' (1 level up, resolves to nonexistent routes/src/) — ~15 occurrences
C) routes/apps/restore.js:5 used utilities/responses (wrong dir) — should be utils/responses
All fixed to '../../src/...' (or '../../src/utils/responses' for class C).
routes/auth/totp.js was already fixed in the DC-006 commit.
Post-fix: 922/922 tests pass, zero new ESLint warnings. No logic changes —
purely mechanical require() path corrections.
After DC-005 refactor moved health-checker.js into src/monitoring/, the
require path was never updated. Tests in __tests__/health-checker.test.js
failed with 'Cannot find module' → 59 cascading test failures in the
health-checker suite.
Path: src/monitoring/health-checker.js → 'require(./platform-paths)'
Fix: 'require(../../platform-paths)'
Verified: 921/922 tests passing (one known async-timing flake in
logging.test.js 'writes entry to ERROR_LOG_FILE with context').
DC-006 marked done with 25-test result summary + 904/904 test note.
DC-005 annotated with two critical notes:
- Latent require-path bug in depth-2 routes (mechanical 3->2 fix needed in ~22 files)
- Branch state vs origin/main divergence (need coordinated merge, not silent FF)
Covers the full BACKLOG DC-006 acceptance criteria:
- GET /api/totp/config — read current config
- POST /api/totp/setup — generate / import Base32 secret
- POST /api/totp/verify-setup — activate TOTP after setup
- POST /api/totp/verify — login with TOTP code → session + CSRF
- GET /api/totp/check-session — auth gate (200 / 401)
- POST /api/totp/disable — disable TOTP (requires valid code)
- POST /api/totp/config — update session duration
25 tests, all passing. Uses real otplib for code generation
(so we exercise actual TOTP math) but mocks credentialManager,
session, totpConfig, saveTotpConfig — those own their own state
machines (disk, cookies, file) that don't belong in a routes
test.
Also fixed a latent DC-005 bug: routes/auth/totp.js had wrong
require-path depth after the refactor (../../../src/... went 3
levels up instead of 2, breaking route load). Changed to
../../src/... for the 2-level depth. NOTE: the same depth bug
exists in many other depth-2 route files (auth/keys.js,
auth/sso-gate.js, auth/session-handlers.js, recipes/*, apps/*,
arr/*, config/*) — see BACKLOG.md DC-005 follow-up note. Tests
didn't catch this because no test previously imported the auth
routes; this new test exercises that import path.
Result: 904/904 Jest tests pass (879 baseline + 25 new).
ESLint: this file clean. Pre-existing 134 src/ warnings are
unrelated (DC-005 refactor moved files without re-applying
DC-004 lint cleanup — separate follow-up).
Inserts a comprehensive Linux (DNS2 / Contabo VPS) section between the existing Windows docs and the Project Info footer. The new section documents:
- Production paths (/opt/dashcaddy/, /var/www/dashcaddy-status/, /etc/dashcaddy/)
- Container mount points with the /app/data/ auto-resolve fallback
- The three-filesystem frontend trap (source vs live vs build-context)
- Common admin commands (Caddyfile reload, logs, rebuild, services.json)
- Windows-vs-Linux differences table
- Four Linux-specific gotchas (Caddy network_mode host, credentials.json perms, CORS_ORIGINS, TS_AUTHKEY)
Also corrects the stale 'Version: 1.0' field to current 1.13.4 and adds the Linux-side default TLD (.home). All existing Windows content preserved verbatim per the LITERAL COPY RULE.
Routes covered in this batch:
- routes/events.js (1 call: GET /status)
- routes/workflows.js (6 calls: GET/POST/PUT/DELETE /workflows, POST /test, POST /:id/toggle)
- routes/openclaw.js (4 calls: GET /:hostname, DELETE /:hostname, POST /connect, GET /status)
- routes/dns.js (1 call: POST /credentials per-server results envelope)
Wire format unchanged — each handler now produces the same {success, ...} shape via success(). Net result: every {success, ...} envelope in routes/ now flows through the response helper, leaving only the intentional raw-array calls (services.js) and error-path envelopes for separate cleanup.
Routes converted: updates.js (17), notifications.js (8), tailscale.js (12).
All 3 routes now receive ok() through the factory destructure; wired in app.js.
notifications.js: kept 2 res.json() calls for genuine partial-failure semantics
- POST /test with ?provider=X: success reflects actual delivery
- POST /send: success reflects per-provider results
ok() hardcodes success:true and would lose that semantic; documented why.
tailscale.js: dropped unused 'fs' and unused 'NotFoundError' top-level imports
(NotFoundError is still required() lazily inside the protect-service handler).
Net change: 12 calls cleaned up, 2 lint warnings fixed.
750/750 tests still pass.
Routes converted: browse.js, logs.js, sites.js. Each factory dep now receives
the ok() response helper from src/utils/responses.js. Wired through the route
factory destructuring in src/app.js so the helper is available wherever the
route needs to send a success response.
Also touched (incidental cleanup landed in the same patch because the cron
session was exploring how ok/errorResponse are composed):
- src/config/site.js: 28 lines net — response shape consistency
- src/context/caddy.js, dns.js: 34 lines net — minor refactors
- src/utils/http.js, logging.js: 46 lines net — ESLint hygiene and helper plumbing
750/750 tests pass, 0 new ESLint warnings.
The src/ module-flattening refactor regressed the DC-001 fix: the 3
service-credential routes in routes/services.js used '/:serviceId/credentials'
instead of '/services/:serviceId/credentials', causing 4 test failures
(services.routes.test.js → 404 instead of 200) — every other route in the
file uses the '/services' prefix.
Also fixed a latent ReferenceError in the same validation branches: they
called ctx.errorResponse() but ctx is never defined in this module's scope
(the factory destructures its deps). Replaced with the imported errorResponse
helper so invalid serviceIds now return a clean 400 instead of crashing 500.
Tests: 4 failed → 0 failed (750 pass). ESLint: no new warnings.
After the DC-005 module reorganization (41 files moved into src/ subdirs),
138 test suites failed because the refactor script's path-rewrite logic
missed three categories:
1. Files inside src/ doing 'require("./src/...")' — should be 'require("../...")'
2. Files in src/X/Y/ doing 'require("../../../src/...")' — should be 'require("../../...")'
3. Test files in __tests__/ with leftover 'require("../../../src/...")' paths
Root cause: the original refactor script ran before all files were moved,
so it computed relative paths against stale filesystem state.
Result:
- 30/30 test suites pass
- 879/879 tests pass (was: 18/30 suites, 614/687 tests)
Also fixed:
- routes/apps/restore.js: wrong responses import path
- routes/*/*.js: '../../src/utilities/X' → '../src/utilities/X' (depth 2 routes)
Removed unused imports (path, validateStartupConfig, platformPaths),
renamed unused destructures (_timeout, _logEntry), replaced nested
ternaries with lookup tables, added eslint-disable comments on
require-await functions that are intentionally async for API stability,
and extracted helper functions to reduce max-depth and complexity in
app.js, dns.js, provider-dns.js, and site.js. All 879 tests pass.
comprehensive-test.js and test-security-fixes.js are 875 lines of
ad-hoc security test scripts (not Jest tests). They have zero references
in code or docs. Moved to scripts/legacy/ to declutter repo root
without losing the content. All 759 Jest tests still pass.
- Updated root VERSION file from 1.13.0 → 1.13.4 to match package.json.
- scripts/release.sh now writes both files on every release bump, and
stages VERSION alongside package.json in the release commit.
- This prevents the drift that caused the stale VERSION in the first place.
The 3 credential endpoints (POST/DELETE/GET /:serviceId/credentials) were missing
the /services/ path segment, causing 404s when tests called /api/services/<id>/credentials.
Fixed routes now match the URL pattern used by the live frontend
(/api/v1/services/<id>/credentials) and the test suite.
All 759 tests pass.
Convert ~160 raw res.json()/res.status().json() calls across 32+ files
to use centralized helpers from src/utils/responses.js (ok, errorResponse,
successMessage, notFound, validationError, forbidden, unauthorized, conflict).
No behavior changes — response shapes are identical. Future schema changes
(e.g., requestId envelope) only need to update one module.
Fix error vs errorResponse signature mismatch in routes/health.js CA cert
endpoint where error(res, message, statusCode) was being called with
errorResponse(res, statusCode, message, extras) argument order.
Files changed: middleware.js, csrf-protection.js, error-handler.js,
license-manager.js, src/app.js, and 27 route files.
Test suite: 755 pass / 4 pre-existing failures (services credential tests).
By default /api/v1/monitoring/stats and /api/v1/health-checks/status are
public (current behavior, dashboard needs them pre-login). Users deploying
DashCaddy on the open internet can now set:
MONITORING_PUBLIC=false
...or add 'monitoring: { public: false }' to config.json to require auth.
This prevents anonymous disclosure of CPU/memory/disk data.
The check uses env var first, then config.json, then defaults to true
(preserves current behavior for existing users).
When config.json schema changes between versions, register a migration
function in src/config/migrations.js. On startup, loadSiteConfig() detects
the stored version, runs all migrations forward, and writes the result back.
Users never see the migration — it runs silently and the rest of the app
only ever sees the current schema.
Includes:
- v0 → v1: normalize dns from string to object
- v1 → v2: add dns.provider field (default 'technitium')
- Forward compat: configs from future versions left untouched
- Idempotent: re-running on already-migrated config is a no-op
- Safe: no user data is removed during migration
21 unit tests covering edge cases: null input, forward compat, corrupt
JSON, missing parent dirs, idempotency, full migration chain.
Cross-platform hardening — removes all hardcoded /app/ paths from route files
and routes them through platform-paths.js so the app works the same way
regardless of Docker layout (single-file mount vs consolidated data dir).
Changes:
- platform-paths.js: add generatedCertsDir, pkiDir, containerUpdatesDir,
containerFrontendDir, containerAssetsDir, resolveAssetsPath()
- self-updater.js: UPDATE_URL/MIRROR_URL/CHANNEL env var overrides
- routes/ca.js: use platformPaths for cert paths and generated certs dir
- routes/services.js: use platformPaths.pkiRootCert
- routes/themes.js: derive THEMES_DIR from platformPaths.servicesFile
- routes/config/assets.js + backup.js: use resolveAssetsPath() fallback
- routes/services.js + src/app.js: use platformPaths.pkiRootCert
- server.js: HOST env var support, parse PORT as int
- src/app.js: GET /api/v1/version (public, no auth), global request timeout,
disable x-powered-by, trust proxy
- pylon/dashcaddy-pylon.js: PYLON_HOST env var, graceful shutdown on SIGTERM/SIGINT
A fresh user can now deploy with a custom Docker layout (e.g. /opt/dc/data/
as a single volume mount) and the app finds its files automatically, no env
var configuration required.
The CREDENTIALS_FILE and ENCRYPTION_KEY_FILE env vars defaulted to
__dirname/credentials.json and __dirname/.encryption-key, which works
for the standard install (where individual files are mounted to /app/)
but breaks for deployments using a consolidated data directory at
/app/data/.
Add resolveCredentialsFile() and resolveKeyFile() helpers that:
1. Honor explicit env var if set
2. Check /app/credentials.json and /app/data/credentials.json
3. Check /app/.encryption-key and /app/data/.encryption-key
4. Default to standard path for new installs
This makes DashCaddy deployable with either pattern without requiring
custom env var configuration, which is essential for general-public
reproducibility.
- Add /api/v1/monitoring/stats and /api/v1/health-checks/status to PUBLIC_ROUTES
so the frontend widget can fetch without auth
- Transform monitoring stats response from nested {cpu:{percent}} to flat
{cpu: number, memory: number, memoryUsage: number} for the widget
- Add summary {healthy, unhealthy, total} to health-checks/status response
- deploy.js: wrap logError/notification in try/catch so they never mask the original deploy error
- deploy.js: use optional chaining for error.message access
- logging.js: safeErrorMessage handles null/undefined error gracefully
- dns-providers/: adapter base class + registry with auto-discovery
- technitium.js: wraps existing Technitium API calls into adapter interface
- cloudflare.js: Cloudflare API v4 adapter (zones, records, credentials)
- rfc2136.js: RFC 2136 dynamic DNS via nsupdate (BIND, PowerDNS, etc.)
- manual.js: no-op adapter for external DNS management with instructions
- provider-dns.js: provider-aware DNS context, resolves active adapter from config
- Universal helper methods: universalCreateRecord/Delete/ResolveRecord
- All 7 route files updated to use universal methods instead of raw dns.call()
- Setup wizard: provider dropdown (Technitium, Cloudflare, RFC 2136, Manual)
- DNS template selector: added Cloudflare and External/Manual options
- Config schema: validates dns.provider field
- Capability gating on Technitium-specific endpoints (logs, restart, update)
- Backward compatible: no provider set = auto-detect (technitium if dns.ip exists)
Service categories (described in README roadmap, never wired):
- Backend: POST /services now persists category/containerId/port/ip/tailscaleOnly
- Backend: POST /services/update accepts category for in-place changes
- Frontend: category <select> in add-service modal (local + external)
- Frontend: category <select> in edit-service modal with current value
- Frontend: All Categories dropdown in service filter bar (auto-populated
from both API categories and any categories present on rendered cards)
- Frontend: colored category badge (icon + name) on service cards
- Frontend: filter auto-refreshes after buildGrid
Monitoring on main dashboard (replaces orphaned monitoring-dashboard.html):
- New monitoring-widgets.js embeds a 5-card System Overview panel above
the filter bar: Services, Containers Up, Avg CPU, Avg Memory, Health
- Pulls /api/v1/monitoring/stats + /api/v1/health-checks/status
- Auto-refreshes on DC.POLL.STATS (5s), color-coded bars (warn >=65%, bad >=85%)
Build:
- Added monitoring-widgets.js to init.js bundle in build.js
- Rebuilt dist/ bundles (core.js, features.js, init.js)
- sw.js cache version bumped automatically
- CSP hash regenerated
- Add backup_data_dir() and restore_data_dir() using rsync
- Data backed up to backups/{version}/data-backup/ alongside code
- restore_data_dir() called in all three rollback paths (build fail, restart fail, health check fail)
- Add restart_container() that does rm + run to apply new env vars
- Handle action=rollback explicitly (no new version deployment)
- Uses standalone docker build instead of compose for reliability
- Add start.sh at /opt/dashcaddy/start.sh for reboot survival
The data/ directory (services.json, config.json, credentials,
TOTP config, notifications) was never included in the update
backup. Every update wiped user data — services, licenses,
credentials — requiring manual restore.
Now the host-side updater:
- Backs up data/ alongside code files before any update
- Restores data/ on rollback (build failure, restart failure,
or health-check failure)
- openClawRoutes was mounted at root causing /status vs /openclaw/status mismatch
- ctx.docker is a typed wrapper {client,pull,...} — all calls now use docker.client.*
- templates/deploy/removal/restore sub-routers had /apps/ hardcoded in inner routes
causing double-stacking when mounted under /apps (→ /apps/apps/templates etc)
- openclaw.js: GET /status, POST /deploy, GET/POST /proxy/*, DELETE /
1. WebSocket exec auth bypass (exec.js): Require valid JWT or API key
before accepting WebSocket upgrade. Reject unauthenticated requests
with 401 before the upgrade completes.
2. Shell injection in router auto-login (session-handlers.js): Validate
baseUrl against safe hostname pattern before embedding in wget shell
command. Reject with null session if invalid.
3. Path traversal in credentials routes (services.js): Add explicit
serviceId validation (alphanumeric + dash/underscore/dot, max 100
chars) to all three credential endpoints. Removed redundant
try/catch wrapper.
4. execSync injection in CA CSR generation (ca.js): Add sanitize step
replacing any non-alphanumeric domain chars with underscore before
interpolation into shell subj argument. Redundant with existing
validation but provides defense-in-depth.
5. Auth bypass when TOTP disabled (middleware.js): Split the logic
cleanly — disabled TOTP means no auth (initial setup state), enabled
TOTP means all auth methods checked (session/JWT/API key). Removed
the sessionDuration:never conflating shortcut.