Three cascading bugs in server.js's workflow engine init block:
1. fetchT was referenced but never imported from ./src/utils/http
2. notification-manager was called as factory function but the module
now exports a class (NotificationManager) - need 'new'
3. servicesStateManager was referenced in workflowCtx but only created
later inside an async IIFE (out of scope at workflow init time)
Result: every container start logged
Workflow engine failed to initialize - fetchT is not defined
and the workflow engine never actually wired to resourceMonitor/
updateManager event sources. The 'app' context workflow engine
still ran but didn't get those connections.
Fix:
- Import fetchT at top of file
- Use 'new' for NotificationManager instantiation
- Hoist servicesStateManager creation before workflow init and
remove the duplicate inside the health-checker async IIFE
Verified: container restart shows
[server] Workflow engine initialized
[ResourceMonitor] Workflow engine configured
[UpdateManager] Workflow engine configured
in the log, no more errors at startup.
Also bumps VERSION to current SHA (bump from c64bbe2).
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)
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.
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.
- Container exec/shell via WebSocket + xterm.js (subtle >_ button on cards)
- Live dashboard updates via SSE (resource alerts, health changes, update notices)
- Docker Compose import with YAML parsing, preview, and dependency-ordered deploy
- Volume & network management modal with disk usage overview
- CPU/memory resource limits on deploy and live update
- Email SMTP notifications (nodemailer) alongside Discord/Telegram/ntfy
- Scheduled auto-update scheduler with maintenance windows (daily/weekly/monthly)
New deps: ws, js-yaml, nodemailer
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Consolidated all error classes into single errors.js
- Removed duplicate error definitions (NotFoundError, etc.)
- Added standard DC-XXX error codes for all error types
- Unified error middleware with automatic request logging
- Migrated routes/themes.js to throw-based error pattern
- Updated routes/services.js to use ConflictError
- Cleaner server.js error handler registration
- 40% less error handling boilerplate in routes
- Consistent error response format across all endpoints
- Replaced god object ctx with explicit dependency injection
- Added JSDoc documenting required dependencies (8 deps vs 50+)
- Updated response calls to use response-helpers (success/error)
- Self-documenting: you can see exactly what this route needs
- Health checks, pylon relay, CA cert validation all preserved
- Replaced god object ctx with explicit dependency injection
- Added JSDoc documenting all required dependencies
- Updated response calls to use response-helpers (success/error)
- Maintained all existing functionality
- Self-documenting: you can see exactly what this route needs
- Easier testing: mock only what's actually used (14 deps vs 50+ ctx properties)
DashCaddy Pylon is a lightweight probe agent that runs on remote
networks to relay health checks for services the main DashCaddy
instance can't reach directly (e.g., .sami domains, LAN IPs).
- Standalone zero-dependency Node.js script (pylon/dashcaddy-pylon.js)
- Optional API key auth, HEAD→GET fallback, batch probe support
- Health routes now try direct check first, fall back to pylon relay
- New endpoints: /health/probe (act as pylon), /health/pylon (status)
- Config: add "pylon": { "url": "...", "key": "..." } to config.json
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add url-resolver.js with single resolveServiceUrl() used by all 5 consumers
(probes, health routes, health checker auto-config)
- Health checker now does full sync (add/update/remove) instead of add-only,
and re-syncs automatically after every services.json mutation
- docker-maintenance and log-digest are now optional imports with try/catch,
preventing container crashes when these files are absent
- Add null guards in routes/logs.js for graceful 503 responses
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Mount Tailscale router at /tailscale prefix so all 10 routes resolve
to /api/tailscale/* as expected by middleware, audit logger, and
frontend. Previously 5 routes (status, config, check-connection,
devices, protect-service) resolved to /api/* instead, with config
colliding with the settings route. Strip redundant /tailscale/ prefix
from OAuth routes that were compensating for the missing mount prefix.
Increase default health check timeout from 10s to 20s to reduce false
positives on slower services.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Prevents Docker disk bloat by adding log rotation (10MB max, 3 files)
to all container creation and update paths, auto-pruning dangling
images after deploy/remove/update, and a daily maintenance module
that cleans build cache and warns on disk thresholds.
Saves a deployment manifest in services.json at deploy time so users
can restore all their apps after a Docker purge. Adds restore-all
and restore-single endpoints that recreate containers, Caddy config,
and DNS records from the saved manifests.
Adds an hourly log collector and daily digest generator that
summarizes errors, warnings, and events across all services into
a single human-readable report with guidance on where to investigate.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- self-updater.js: polls for new versions, downloads/verifies tarballs,
triggers host-side rebuild via systemd path unit
- dashcaddy-update.sh + systemd units: host-side container rebuild with
automatic rollback on health check failure
- 7 new /api/v1/system/* endpoints for version info, update check/apply,
rollback, and update history
- Frontend: DashCaddy tab in Updates modal with version display,
changelog, update button, rollback, and notification dot
- install.sh: updater service installation, volume mounts, env vars
- build-release.sh + webhook-handler.js: release server pipeline
(Gitea webhook → build tarball → deploy to get.dashcaddy.net)
- Dockerfile: DASHCADDY_COMMIT build arg → VERSION file
- Version bump to 1.1.0
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Deploy endpoint: validate appId, config, and subdomain before use (prevents 500 crash on empty body)
- Container ops: return 404 instead of 500 for non-existent containers
- Update-subdomain: require oldSubdomain/newSubdomain fields (prevents false 200 with undefined values)
- Global error handler: catch-all that never leaks stack traces or internal paths
- API 404 catch-all: return JSON instead of HTML for unmatched /api/* routes
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Apps can now be served at domain.com/appname/ instead of requiring
subdomain DNS records (appname.domain.com). Supports three subpath
modes per template: native (URL base env var), strip (handle_path),
and none (incompatible warning). Tested on Linux with deploy/removal
lifecycle verified.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Full codebase including API server (32 modules + routes), dashboard frontend,
DashCA certificate distribution, installer script, and deployment skills.
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