The program-level Capability model (provides/consumes) was a vestige of an
earlier design superseded by the deployment-level requires/Requirement graph.
It was read only into a diagnostic node and surfaced as an always-empty
'Capabilities' panel; nothing acted on it. Removed from manifest, relations,
the CLI re-export, and the System Map.
The `castle` CLI and the `castle-api` service are two independent in-process
drivers of `castle_core`. Each resolved DATA_DIR/REPOS_DIR at import time from
its own process env (default /data/castle), persisted nowhere — so they silently
diverged, and `apply`/dashboard-apply crashed on a non-existent /data.
Make the loaded CastleConfig the single source of truth:
- Resolve data_dir/repos_dir only in load_config (env > castle.yaml > default),
anchored to the config root; drop the DATA_DIR/REPOS_DIR module globals and the
import-time file read entirely — no global twin that can disagree with the file.
- Thread config.data_dir/repos_dir through ensure_dirs, _env_context, tls_dir_for
(now unified — deploy no longer inlines the tls path), and create/add/clone.
- ensure_dirs raises an actionable CastleDirError instead of a bare PermissionError;
the api surfaces it as 422.
- doctor: "data dir writable" check + WARN when CASTLE_DATA_DIR/REPOS_DIR env
overrides the file (the one remaining cross-process divergence vector).
- install.sh persists data_dir/repos_dir into castle.yaml (idempotent, non-default).
- Docs: registry.md globals + AGENTS.md roots.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The mesh payload didn't include a node's acme domain, so a peer had no way
to build launch URLs for another machine's exposed apps. Publish
gateway_domain in the MQTT registry payload and surface it per-deployment on
/mesh/deployments as `domain`. The dashboard palette and System Map now build
`https://<subdomain>.<domain>` for remote http-exposed apps (references use
their base_url), making primer's apps launchable from civil.
- Mesh endpoints now gate the http port on `subdomain` (the registry's "exposed"
signal), matching the local reach-gated derivation — so a remote reach:off
service (e.g. primer's castle-gateway) no longer shows a phantom :9000.
- The focus/resync effect no longer rebuilds the node set while a connection is
being dragged; a background refetch mid-drag was silently cancelling the
connection, so drag-to-expose/-require intermittently "did nothing".
Carry each deployment's `requires` (deployment refs, no secrets) from config →
registry → the mesh MQTT payload, and expose it on /mesh/deployments. The System
Map resolves a remote deployment's ref against the provider set across nodes
(same machine → local provider → other machine) and draws a dashed cross-node
edge. This is the multi-node payoff: e.g. primer's castle-api → civil's mqtt.
Graph model gains, all derived (GET /graph auto-exposes via asdict):
- endpoints[{protocol,port}] + reach per node — reusing http_exposed/tcp_port,
so raw-TCP infra (postgres/neo4j/mqtt) is finally visible and edges can be
protocol-typed by the target's socket.
- base_url for reference (external) nodes.
- provides/consumes capability types, activating the dormant ProgramSpec fields.
New surfaces:
- core/audit.py + GET /graph/suggestions: SUGGESTS undeclared `requires` by
matching a deployment's env endpoint values against provider sockets. Never
writes; the graph stays declaration-derived (docs/relationships.md).
- kind-scoped PUT/DELETE /config/references/{name} for external resources.
- GET /mesh/deployments (flattened remote deployments + derived endpoints), and
the mesh MQTT payload now carries tcp_port + base_url (forward-compatible,
still no secrets) so peers can resolve cross-node endpoints.
API: /config/{services,jobs,tools,static}/{name} now pin the twin they
target — _save_deployment/_delete_deployment take an explicit kind so a
patch to a 'backup' service can't bleed into a 'backup' job/tool. Add
/tools and /static endpoints; keep /deployments/{name} kind-agnostic.
New test_kind_twins proves per-kind save/delete isolation on disk.
UI: ConfigPanel and CreateDeploymentForm write to the kind-scoped
resource; GatewayPanel/NodeDetail/DeploymentsSection link via a shared
detailPath(name, kind) helper instead of the ambiguous /deployment/:name.
Includes incidental ruff-format reflow of untouched api files.
Resolve deployments by (name, kind) via the core per-kind stores / registry.get:
- get_service resolves a service-or-static; get_job a job; get_component returns
the first kind for a name (the /services|/jobs|/tools/{name} endpoints are the
unambiguous addresses). _save_deployment stores into the kind store, preferring
the existing same-named deployment on a partial patch (can't derive kind from a
partial payload). delete/set-enabled act across a name's kinds.
- All iterate-all loops use registry.all(); lookups use registry.get/named.
- services.py/logs.py resolve the managed deployment and use kind-aware unit names.
- mqtt registry (de)serialization keyed by composite "<kind>/<name>".
API + core suites green (85 + 182).
- /services/{name} served the runtime view for a STATIC (caddy) deployment
(it's not in config.services), so its manifest lacked reach/root/program and
the dashboard's reach dropdown defaulted to "internal". Now serves the editable
spec whenever the deployment is in config.deployments — the twin of the earlier
/deployments/{name} fix.
- gateway route public_url scanned only config.services, so public statics got
public_url=None. Now scans all deployments.
Coverage: parametrized invariant sweep (every kind × every detail endpoint serves
the editable spec) + a /deployments-vs-/services consistency test that fails the
instant the two paths diverge; public/internal/static public_url derivation and
raw-TCP route exclusion.
Deployment/program edits could silently drop spec fields:
- GET /deployments/{name} served the runtime view (no reach/program/root/expose)
for deployed deployments, so the dashboard round-tripped a lossy manifest and
stripped fields on save (broke astro). Now serves the editable castle.yaml spec
when the deployment is in config.
- _save_deployment and save_program replaced the whole object with client input.
Now shallow-merge over the existing spec (omit = preserve, null = clear), so a
partial/lossy save can't drop untouched fields.
- save_yaml rebuilt GatewayConfig from `port` only, wiping tls/domain/tunnel/
cert_hook on a whole-file save. Now uses a shared parse_gateway() (also used by
load_config) so gateway fields can't drift between the two.
Dashboard forms (ServiceFields/StaticFields) send explicit null to clear, per the
merge contract; adds exposure host-label helpers. Coverage: detail-serves-spec,
save round-trip, partial-patch-preserves, null-clears, program partial-patch,
parse_gateway, and config save/load round-trip.
A derived, mostly-computed model of how programs, deployments, and repos relate,
plus the git-sync surfaces that motivated it. See docs/relationships.md.
Core:
- `requires: [{kind, ref, version?, bind?}]` on programs + deployments — one
precondition relation; `system_dependencies` is its `{kind: system}` alias.
kind fixes meaning + check (system=installed, deployment=exists).
- relations.py: derives repos (git toplevel / monorepo), fan-in, and the
predicates functional?/fresh?/deployed? — nothing stored.
- env is generated FROM a `{kind: deployment, bind}` requirement (target URL →
consumer env), never scraped back into one; explicit defaults.env still wins.
- git.py: working-copy status/pull, repo toplevel + remote url.
Surfaces:
- `castle graph` + GET /graph — the relationship diagnostic.
- GET /repos, /repos/{key}/git|sync — repo-scoped sync (a repo is the sync unit;
a monorepo backs several programs). GET /programs/{name}/git|sync + repo context.
- Dashboard: Graph screen, program-page git status + repo-aware Sync, and a
monorepo banner on Programs.
Governing principle: predicates are derived; encode only the non-derivable, as a
node or edge property. Pull-only sync — converge stays a separate step.
Expose raw-TCP services (postgres) by name at <name>.<domain>:<port> and
cut the gateway's ACME wildcard cert onto them so they present a trusted
cert. Replaces the proxy/public booleans with a single `reach` enum
(off|internal|public); legacy input still parses via derived accessors.
Core:
- expose.tcp{port,tls} + TlsSpec(material: pair|combined|off, reload)
- tls.py: materialize cert files from Caddy's wildcard, reconcile on
renewal; `castle tls` CLI; optional cert_obtained events-exec hook
(gateway.cert_hook, gated so a plugin-less Caddy still parses)
- apply waits (bounded) for the wildcard to issue before materializing so
a fresh-node TLS service starts with its cert in place, then scopes
materialization to the deployments being applied
- reach: internal|public requires an expose block (no silent no-op);
public raw-TCP guarded until tunnel support lands
- chain.pem (${tls_ca}) is the issuer chain (leaf stripped), a real CA
bundle distinct from cert.pem
- one shared ${...} resolver (resolve_placeholders) for env and container
run fields; run.env now expands like volumes/args; $$ escapes a literal
- validate the generated Caddyfile before reloading the gateway so an
invalid config never degrades routing
Docs: docs/tcp-exposure.md. Tests cover reach/expose validation,
placeholder expansion + escape, issuer-chain material, TLS materialize.
The gateway is a deployment (castle-gateway) — its lifecycle is the same
convergence as everything else, so the bespoke start/stop/reload verbs
(which still routed through the retired enable/disable path) are gone.
- CLI: `castle gateway` is now inspection only — bare or `status` shows
the route table. Start/stop/reload it via `castle apply` (render routes
+ reload) or `castle restart castle-gateway`. Deletes the last users of
`_service_enable`/`_service_disable`, so those are removed too.
- API: retire `POST /gateway/reload` (making routes live is `POST /apply`);
`PUT /gateway/config` message + docstring now say apply, not deploy.
- UI: GatewayPanel's "Reload" button → "Apply" (useApply); drop the
useGatewayReload hook; GatewaySettings points at `castle apply`.
- docs: `castle gateway reload|status` → `castle gateway` (status lens).
core 129 / cli 31 / api 59 pass; dashboard builds clean; live `castle
gateway` shows routes with no start/stop/reload; /gateway/reload removed
from the API.
Rework the dashboard around convergence:
- ServiceControls / ServiceCard / JobCard: replace start/restart/stop
with a Power toggle (set enabled → apply, i.e. activate/deactivate)
plus Restart (the one imperative bounce).
- ToolDetail: install/uninstall becomes an Enable/Disable toggle;
`installed` stays the live state, `enabled` the desired one.
- ConfigPanel Apply and CreateDeploymentForm now POST /apply (one
converge that renders + restarts only what changed) instead of
/deploy + a separate start/restart.
- New ConvergePanel on Overview: a terraform-style Preview (POST /apply
plan=true) showing would-activate/restart/deactivate, then Apply.
- useApply + useSetEnabled hooks; `enabled` added to Service/Job/
Deployment types; both handle the self-restart connection drop.
Backend: PUT /config/deployments/{name}/enabled sets desired on/off
(edit config; caller runs apply) — the declarative toggle the UI uses.
Dashboard builds clean (tsc + vite); 59 API tests pass; live /apply and
/services?enabled verified after an api restart.
- Replace POST /deploy with POST /apply (name + plan), returning the
enacted diff (activated/restarted/deactivated/unchanged). /config/apply
now delegates to core apply() too, so there's one convergence path.
- Retire /services/{name}/start and /stop (keep /restart as the
imperative bounce). Drop install/uninstall from program actions — tool/
static activation is convergence now.
- Surface `enabled` on ServiceSummary/JobSummary/DeploymentSummary so the
UI can show and toggle desired state.
- conftest: drop the obsolete config_editor.get_registry patch (apply_config
no longer reads the registry directly).
59 API tests pass; route table shows /apply (no /deploy), /restart only.
- Mount xterm as an absolute inset-0 fill so it always has an explicit box and
fit() measures the real size when the dock expands (was collapsing via the
flex/percentage height chain).
- Acquire the pty slave as the child's controlling terminal (setsid + TIOCSCTTY)
so the kernel delivers SIGWINCH on a browser resize. Previously the initial
size was read once but live resizes were dropped, so the pane stayed at its
startup size — content never grew with the window.
- Run agent sessions under an isolated tmux server (its own systemd scope, with a
keepalive session) so they survive a castle-api restart and stay rediscoverable;
each WebSocket is a tmux attach client. Falls back to the in-memory pty backend
when tmux is absent or CASTLE_API_AGENT_BACKEND=memory.
- Refactor the session layer behind one Attachment interface (create/list/attach/
close), keeping resume-by-id, agent-native history, and continue modes.
- Fix the terminal not refilling when the dock is maximized (explicit refit signal
+ instant size transition so xterm measures the final box).
- On narrow screens, go full-bleed and strip chrome (header/border/padding) when
maximized.
A program's package name can differ from the console script it exposes
(litellm-intent-router installs the 'intent-router' executable), so the
which(<program>) install-check missed it: the tool installed fine but castle kept
reporting 'not installed', making the Install button look dead. _on_path now also
consults 'uv tool list' by package name (2s-cached), and the API's install-checks
use the shared tool_installed() helper. Verified litellm-intent-router now reads
installed/active True.
- Tool detail showed installed tools as 'Not installed': /deployments/{name}
populated 'installed' for path deployments but left 'active' null, and
ToolDetail keyed off 'active'. Now the endpoint sets active=installed for path,
and ToolDetail reads 'installed' directly (verified: on-PATH ⇒ True, else False).
- A deployment now inherits its program's description by default: copied at
creation (CLI create + API _save_deployment on new deployments) + a one-time
patchup of existing ones (29 deployments).
- Tools page cards no longer list deployments (ProgramCard showDeployments=false) —
the lens already scopes to the tool; the deployment list is a Programs-catalog thing.
A program has no single kind — it HAS deployments, each with its own kind (a
program can be a tool AND a job, e.g. protonmail). Remove program-level kind:
- core: drop ProgramSpec.kind; CastleConfig.kind_of → deployments_of(name) →
[(deployment-name, kind)]; tools property derives from a tool deployment.
- api: ProgramSummary drops kind/services/jobs → deployments: [{name, kind}];
/programs?kind= filters by deployment-kind membership; a program's legacy
DeploymentSummary carries kind=None.
- cli: list/info show a program's set of deployment kinds; --kind filters by
membership.
Also: Services page now covers statics — /services returns kind in
{service, static} (both are exposed, URL-reachable 'services', caddy vs systemd),
and ServiceSummary gains kind + manager to distinguish them.
Suites: core 124, cli 25, castle-api 58.
- /services was returning every non-job deployment (tools, statics, remotes);
filter it to kind==service so the Services page shows only services.
- Programs page gains kind-filter chips (All / Service / Job / Tool / Static /
Reference) with per-kind counts, colored to match KindBadge.
- Replace window.confirm with a reusable ConfirmModal (styled, danger variant,
Esc/Enter, preserves bulleted bodies); FormFooter's delete uses it, so program/
service/job deletion now confirms in-app with the enumerated cascade list.
castle-api 58 passed; /services live drops from 37 to 15 (services only).
A program and its 1:1 tool/static deployment are one thing to the user, so
'Delete program' now just works instead of refusing. DELETE /config/programs/
{name}?cascade=true tears down each referencing deployment (manager-aware:
uninstall a tool from PATH, stop+disable a service/job, drop a static route),
removes them and the program, then converges the runtime (prune orphan units,
regenerate the Caddyfile, reload the gateway). Without cascade it still 409s
(safe API default). The dashboard drops the 'can't remove while deployed' block,
labels the action 'Delete program', and the confirm names exactly what will go.
Verified live: throwaway tool → cascade delete removes program + path deployment,
real config untouched; plain delete of a referenced program still 409s.
castle-api 57 passed.
Replace the conflated `runner` axis with two orthogonal ones: `manager`
(systemd|caddy|path|none) — who supervises/realizes a deployment — and, for
systemd only, a nested `launcher` (python|command|container|compose|node) — how
the process starts. ServiceSpec and JobSpec collapse into one manager-
discriminated DeploymentSpec union (Systemd/Caddy/Path/Remote); the services/
and jobs/ config dirs collapse into one deployments/ dir. The human "kind"
(service|job|tool|static|reference) is fully derived (kind_for), never stored —
the frontend kind is renamed static. behavior is gone.
- core: DeploymentSpec union + LaunchSpec + kind_for; legacy-aware loader
normalizes old runner shapes; CastleConfig.deployments with derived
services/jobs/tools views; registry.Deployment carries manager/launcher/kind.
- cli: service/job/tool as filtered views + a deployment group; --behavior→--kind,
create --runner→--launcher; lifecycle dispatches over config.deployments.
- castle-api: /deployments primary with /services,/jobs as views; summaries
derive kind; PUT/DELETE /config/deployments/{name} (services/jobs aliased).
- app: KindBadge, frontend→static everywhere, pick-a-kind creation wizard,
per-kind config editors.
- docs: single deployments/ layout, manager/launcher, static kind throughout.
Live migration verified byte-identical: regenerated Caddyfile and every unit
ExecStart line unchanged, so nothing restarted. Suites: core 124, cli 25,
castle-api 55; dashboard build + type-check clean.
behavior (tool/daemon/frontend) is now a derived display label computed
from a program's deployments — path->tool, static->frontend, process->daemon
(behavior_for_runner). load_config populates it so every reader gets the live
value; _spec_to_yaml_dict excludes it so it is never written to disk.
_summary_from_service derives it from the runner instead of hardcoding daemon.
Fixtures gain path/python deployments so tool/daemon behaviors derive.
Surfaces the DNS/Cloudflare/public state that previously required editing
castle.yaml + curl:
- API: GET /gateway now returns domain, public_domain, tunnel_id,
tunnel_connected, and a public_url per public route; new PUT /gateway/config
edits tls/domain/public_domain/tunnel_id in castle.yaml (deploy to apply).
save_config now persists public_domain/tunnel_id (previously dropped).
- UI: a GatewaySettings row in the Gateway panel shows TLS / domain / public
(tunnel up/down + public_domain) with inline edit; each public route gets a
green "public" badge linking to its <name>.<public_domain> URL.
- manifest: RunPath (runner: path) — a CLI on PATH via `uv tool install`, manager
= path, no unit/route (like remote/static).
- lifecycle/service: a path deployment's start/stop = install/uninstall (routed
through activate/deactivate, which skip the reinstall when already on PATH).
`castle service start/stop <tool>` and status now dispatch by manager; status
shows the manager tag [systemd|caddy|path|none].
- config.tools() now derives from `runner: path` services, not the behavior label.
- castle-api: the "installed" flag derives from manager==path, not behavior==tool.
- create: a python-cli stack emits a `runner: path` service.
`behavior` no longer drives any runtime logic — it survives only as a display
label + `list --behavior` filter. Verified live: html2text uninstall→reinstall
round-trip via `castle service stop/start`.
The dashboard's stack dropdown hardcoded its options (python-cli/fastapi/
react-vite), so a supabase program showed "(none)" — the value had no matching
option. Make the backend the single source of truth instead:
- core: available_stacks() returns sorted(HANDLERS) — the stacks castle has
handlers for.
- castle-api: GET /stacks exposes it.
- cli: --stack choices derive from available_stacks() (drops the duplicated list).
- app: ProgramFields fetches /stacks (useStacks) and renders options from it,
always including the current value so it never silently blanks; StackBadge
gets a Supabase label.
A new backend stack now appears everywhere without a frontend edit.
CaddySpec had only `enable` left (path_prefix/host removed; extra_snippets was
unused), so `proxy: { caddy: {} }` was three levels of nesting for a checkbox —
and it invited drift (supabase silently reverted to proxy.caddy.host). Replace it
with a plain `ServiceSpec.proxy: bool`.
- Model: remove ProxySpec/CaddySpec; `proxy: bool = False`. Readers simplified to
`bool(svc.proxy)` (generator, castle-api summaries, CLI info).
- CLI create / dashboard editor + create form: write `proxy: true` / a checkbox.
- Configs migrated to `proxy: true` (and supabase's stale proxy.caddy.host block
removed).
- Docs (registry, dns-and-tls, design, stack guides) + tests/fixtures updated;
also fixed lingering path-model staleness in the stack guides.
The HTTP health poller marked anything >=300 as down. With subdomain routing the
gateway's :<port> health path returns 302 (redirect to the dashboard subdomain),
so castle-gateway showed "down" despite being healthy. Accept <400: a 2xx or 3xx
means the server answered; only 4xx/5xx (or a connection error) is down.
Collapse the two proxy shapes (path_prefix + host) to a single checkbox: a
service is either port-only, or exposed at <service-name>.<gateway.domain>. Path
routes and their prefix-stripping foot-guns are gone; the subdomain is always the
service name (rename the service to change it).
- Schema: CaddySpec is just `enable` (presence = expose). service_proxy_targets
returns (expose, port, base_url); Deployment carries `subdomain` (was
proxy_path/proxy_host). Registry/deploy/mesh/CLI updated in lockstep.
- Generator: compute_routes emits one host route per exposed service/frontend
(address = name). acme mode = one *.<domain> site with a reverse_proxy matcher
per service + a file_server matcher per frontend; the :<port> site redirects to
the dashboard. off mode = a HTTP control plane on :<port> (dashboard at / +
/api → castle-api); other services are port-only.
- Dashboard/API: castle-app and castle-api are ordinary subdomains. The dashboard
derives the API base at runtime (castle-api.<domain> on a subdomain, else /api)
and calls it cross-origin — castle-api already allows CORS *. Frontends build
with VITE_BASE=/ (served at their subdomain root).
- CLI: `service create` drops --path/--host; --no-proxy makes it port-only.
- Docs/tests reworked for the model; docs use generic placeholders only (no
personal host/domain/IP details).
acme mode fully replaced the internal-CA path (which required installing a private
CA on every device — the exact pain, esp. on Android, that acme avoids). Remove
`internal` entirely and simplify how services declare host routes.
- Generator (caddyfile.py): drop the `tls internal` branch — modes are now
`off` | `acme`. In acme mode the published subdomain is the **first DNS label**
of `proxy.caddy.host` (a bare `claw`, or a legacy `claw.civil.lan`, both →
`claw.<domain>`), so services stay domain-agnostic and the declared value is
authoritative again (no more silent service-name override). Shared
`_host_matcher_block` reused by off-mode and the acme wildcard site.
- castle-api: delete `GET /gateway/ca.crt`, `_gateway_ca_pem`, `_ca_fingerprint`
and the now-unused imports; drop `ca_fingerprint` from `GatewayInfo` (keep
`tls`).
- Dashboard: remove the CA-cert download button + unused imports; drop
`ca_fingerprint` from the `GatewayInfo` type.
- Tests: replace TestCaddyfileTlsInternal with an off-mode class (keeps the
runner-agnostic host-route coverage); acme tests assert first-label derivation
incl. label-wins-over-service-name; drop the castle-api CA-endpoint test.
- Docs: registry.md + dns-and-tls.md — two-mode tables (off|acme), remove the
internal sections/CA-download, document the bare-label host convention; note a
domain-less node stays on `off`.
When the gateway serves internal-CA HTTPS (gateway.tls=internal), other devices
must trust Caddy's root CA to accept *.lan HTTPS. Surface that from the dashboard
instead of hand-copying root.crt around.
- API: GET /gateway/ca.crt returns the public root cert (PEM) as a download,
sourced from Caddy's admin API (/pki/ca/local — matches the running gateway)
with an on-disk root.crt fallback. 404 unless tls=internal. GatewayInfo gains
`tls` and `ca_fingerprint` (SHA-256, for out-of-band verification). The CA
private key is never exposed — only the public root.
- UI: a "CA cert" button in the Gateway panel, shown only when tls=internal,
linking to the download with the fingerprint in its tooltip.
- Tests for the tls=off defaults and the 404-without-internal-tls path; docs note
the button + endpoint.
`_require_repo()` now returns the validated repo root (Path) instead of
None, so callers get a non-None path and pyright stops flagging `root /
spec.source` and the `CastleConfig(root=root)` construction. Drops the
redundant `get_castle_root()` re-fetch after each guard and hoists the
`pathlib.Path` import to module scope.
Editing a service's routing (port, path_prefix, host) and then hitting
"apply" or "gateway reload" — rather than a full deploy — left the running
Caddyfile reflecting the old routing. The Caddyfile was generated from the
derived registry.yaml snapshot, which only `deploy()` rebuilds from
castle.yaml; apply/reload regenerated from that stale snapshot.
Make castle.yaml the single source of truth for local routes:
- caddyfile.py: new shared `service_proxy_targets()` derives a service's
(proxy_path, proxy_host, port, base_url) from its spec. `compute_routes`
now builds local routes from `config.services` when castle.yaml is
loadable, falling back to `registry.deployed` only when it isn't. Since
deploy/apply/reload all funnel through `compute_routes`, every regeneration
path now tracks the spec. Mesh/remote and static-frontend routes unchanged.
- deploy.py: `_build_deployed_service` uses the same shared deriver, so the
written registry and the computed routes can't diverge.
- config_editor.py: `/config/apply` now runs a full `deploy()` (rebuilding
units + Caddyfile and reloading the gateway) before restarting services, so
changed unit ExecStarts actually take effect. Scheduled jobs are no longer
restarted on apply. Drops the now-unused direct caddy-reload path.
- Regression tests: a stale registry's old port/path loses to castle.yaml;
registry fallback still works when config is unavailable.
- Introduced `_write_castle_config` function to scatter nested config into separate YAML files for programs, services, and jobs.
- Updated `castle_root` fixture to utilize the new config writing method.
- Added tests for configuration aggregation and scattering in `test_health.py`.
- Removed legacy unit handling from `manifest.py` and refactored related code in `config.py`.
- Updated documentation to reflect new configuration directory structure.
- Removed obsolete unit tests related to unit expansion.
Sort routes by address in GET /gateway and 'castle gateway status' (so the
dashboard + CLI tables read alphabetically). The Caddyfile keeps its
precedence-sensitive order — only the display is sorted.
The gateway does two things — reverse-proxy services and serve static
frontends — but the dashboard/API route table only ever showed the proxy
routes, so 'serving a frontend' and 'proxying a service' looked like unrelated
features and castle-app/power-graph-app were invisible in the route view.
Now there's one concept: a route maps an address (path '/foo' or host 'foo.lan')
to a target of one kind — static (a built dist served by file_server), proxy
(a local service port), or remote (a service on another node).
- core: caddyfile.py gains compute_routes() — the single source of truth for
the route list; generate_caddyfile_from_registry renders it (output byte-for-
byte identical, verified against the live Caddyfile). Adds a GatewayRoute
dataclass.
- api: GatewayRoute model → {address, kind, target, name, node}; GET /gateway
builds from compute_routes (incl. config for static frontends + mesh for
remote), so the table matches what Caddy actually does.
- app: Gateway panel shows Address · Kind · Target for every route (static
frontends + host routes now appear); program detail shows 'Reachable at
/foo/ · served (static)' for static frontends.
- cli: 'castle gateway status' prints the full route table.
- docs: registry.md/design.md/CLAUDE.md describe routes as one concept with
three target kinds.
core 94 / cli 24 / api 52 green; ruff + app build clean; Caddyfile unchanged.
The Stage 2 editor split dropped the old confirm() — Remove program/service/job
deleted immediately on click. Restored confirmation on all three (FormFooter
window.confirm with a per-type message).
Removing a program that still has services/jobs referencing it would orphan
their program: ref. Now blocked:
- API: DELETE /config/programs/{name} → 409 'Programs with active jobs or
services cannot be removed. Delete these first: …' (authoritative).
- App: ProgramFields shows the blocked reason instead of a Remove button when
the program has deployments.
- CLI: castle delete refuses a program with referencing deployments not named
the same (which would survive the delete dangling).
Verified live: DELETE program lakehouse → 409. api 52 / cli 24 green; build clean.
The config editor read service/job detail 'manifest' as the castle.yaml spec
but the endpoint returned the flat *runtime registry* shape for deployed
entries — so service fields (port/health/proxy) never prefilled and a save
would 422/corrupt. Detail 'manifest' is now always the editable castle.yaml
ServiceSpec/JobSpec when the entry is declared there; the flat registry shape
is a display-only fallback for entries that exist only at runtime.
Also:
- ServiceSummary/JobSummary gain run_target (what it runs) + program ref;
ServiceSummary gains proxy_host.
- ProgramSummary gains services[]/jobs[] — the deployments referencing a
program (a program → 0-N services/jobs), for linking + create prefill.
- App types updated to match; deleted orphaned DeploymentEditor/AddDeployment
(leftovers from the removed ConfigEditor).
Verified live: service manifest nested (expose.http.internal.port, proxy.caddy
.host prefill), run_target=lakehoused, program lakehouse → services:[lakehouse].
api 52 green; ruff + app build clean.
Convergent deploy (prefix-based prune): castle deploy now removes orphaned
castle-* systemd units/timers no longer in the registry. Full deploy only;
partial (--name) deploys preserve siblings. Fixes the orphaned-timer / stale-
path drift class.
Container runner: derive --name from the service name (castle-<name>) instead
of the image name; skip the <PREFIX>_DATA_DIR env injection for containers
(avoids colliding with image env namespaces like NEO4J_*).
Unified active lifecycle (core/lifecycle.py): install/uninstall keep their
names but become activate/deactivate, dispatching by behavior — tool→PATH,
daemon/self-serving-frontend/job→systemd, static frontend→served. is_active
reports a uniform state (PATH-independent for tools). The CLI install/uninstall
and service enable/disable route through the extracted core.
API + dashboard: surface a uniform `active` state on programs alongside
`installed`; ProgramDetail shows active/inactive.
Tests: test_deploy_prune (6), test_lifecycle (5). 168 tests pass; lint clean.
- Extract all deploy logic from CLI into castle-core/deploy.py as a reusable deploy() function
* Resolves services/jobs to DeployedComponents
* Generates systemd units and Caddyfile
* Copies frontend assets and reloads systemd
* Returns DeployResult with deployed count and messages
- Simplify CLI deploy command to a thin wrapper calling castle_core.deploy()
- Add POST /deploy endpoint to castle-api for remote deployment management
* Supports optional {name} body param to deploy one or all services
* Returns deployment result as JSON
- Register deploy router in castle-api main.py
- Update README with new deploy endpoint documentation
This enables full remote management: build, test, lint, and deploy any castle
node over HTTP (e.g. POST http://node:9000/api/deploy)
Eliminates inconsistency where tools had their own filtered view but daemons and frontends didn't.
Changes:
- API: Removed tools router and ToolSummary/ToolDetail models. Added optional behavior query parameter to GET /programs for filtering by program type (tool, daemon, frontend).
- Frontend: Updated hooks to pass behavior param to usePrograms instead of separate useTools. Updated components to use ProgramSummary type. Removed useToolDetail hook.
- Docs: Updated API documentation to reflect program behavior filtering.
Relocates the POST /programs/{name}/{action} endpoint from the tools
router to a new programs_router for better API documentation
organization. Program lifecycle actions (build, test, lint, etc.) now
appear under 'programs' in the API docs instead of 'tools'.
Move all instance state into ~/.castle/ with clear separation:
- code/ — user project source (was components/)
- artifacts/ — generated specs, built content (was generated/, static/)
- data/ — service runtime data (was /data/castle/)
- secrets/ — credentials
castle.yaml moves to ~/.castle/castle.yaml as the canonical location.
Source paths use repo: prefix for git repo programs (castle-api, app)
and relative paths for user projects (code/central-context).
Add idempotent install.sh for bootstrapping infrastructure (Docker,
Caddy, MQTT, Postgres, Neo4j) with interactive service detection.
Remove components/ from repo (now in ~/.castle/code/), deinit
submodules, remove .gitmodules.
