footprint_update_needed only ever came from comparing the installed marker
against a channel manifest, so it could not fire on a git or local install —
they have no channel to ask. Those are exactly the installs whose code tree is
synced by hand, i.e. the ones most able to drift, and the drift was silent: the
helpers in /usr/local/lib/libreportal could sit behind the code that calls them
with nothing reporting it. That is how this box ended up running a crowdsec
helper with no bouncer-traefik-rotate action while the tool that needs it
shipped.
init.sh is what bakes the marker, so the install tree's own init.sh is
authoritative for every mode. lpInstallTreeFootprintVersion reads it and
lpFootprintStale compares. Wired into both non-release branches of the WebUI
status generator, and into the local branch of the interactive update check,
which is where a local operator actually looks.
Fails safe: a tree older than the marker, or a missing init.sh, reports current
rather than warning — verified alongside the real stale case.
Also gives webuiSystemUpdateCheck the self-reload guard webuiGenerateAppsToolsConfig
already documents. The WebUI task service sources these once at startup, so
without it an edited generator keeps writing the old JSON from memory.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The mutating side of the unified distribution primitive (spec §8.3). Hotfixes
can now be applied and reverted, first-party, through the task system.
New scripts/cli/commands/artifact/cli_artifact_apply.sh:
- artifactApply <id>: resolve+gate (applies_when / min_lp / max_lp /
max_footprint / publishers-map role) → fetch+verify payload (sha256 pinned by
the signed index + minisig) → dry-precheck ALL ops (all-or-nothing) → best-
effort snapshot → apply each op recording a precise inverse → bring app up →
auto-rollback (replay undo LIFO, snapshot fallback) → applied-record + History.
- artifactRevert <id>: replay the applied-record's undo log (LIFO).
- Bounded, CLOSED op vocabulary (no run-script/exec, ever): set-config-key,
set-compose-image, patch-file-if-checksum-matches, set-data-file. An
unsupported op rejects the whole artifact at precheck (fail-closed).
- Write-target firewall: scope:app → containers/<app>/ only; scope:system →
configs/ only; the install tree (our code) is off-limits to hotfixes (fork 1).
Drift guards (expect_current / checksum) skip cleanly rather than clobber.
- Two-tier trust: index minisig-verified vs the footprint key (lpFetchIndex)
covers the envelope; payload sha256-pinned + minisig-verified; publishers-map
role gate (a non-official publisher can't claim official). Community per-
artifact-key sigs are gated off until that tier is enabled.
cli_artifact_commands.sh: apply/revert via the task system (artifact_apply /
artifact_revert types — no allowlist needed), + read-only `applied` list.
cli_updater_commands.sh:
- FIX verified safety bug: updaterApplyApp/RollbackApp called `libreportal backup
app "$app"` and `... restore latest`, which parse the app name as the ACTION,
hit the dispatcher's `*)` default (exits 0) — so updates ran with NO snapshot
and rollback was a silent no-op. Call backupAppStart / restoreAppStart directly.
- FIX updaterRecordHistory jq-silent-skip: was `command -v jq || return 0`
(silently dropped the audit entry). Now fail-closed with a brace-agnostic
bash-native prepend fallback; extended with artifact_id/serial/undo_id.
fetch.sh: add _lpJsonEsc (shared JSON-escape for the jq-free fallbacks).
Regenerated source arrays + lazy-load manifest for the new file/functions.
Unit-tested 31/31: every op apply+precheck+undo round-trip, the path-allowlist
firewall (incl. .. traversal + install-tree + cross-app rejection), all-or-
nothing abort, unsupported-op rejection, and the History bash-native fallback
(records + preserves prior entries without jq). A full signed-apply e2e needs
minisign + the signing key (Phase 5 make_hotfix.sh).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
Build the read side of the unified distribution primitive from
docs/roadmap/updates-and-distribution.md: one team-signed catalog
(index.json) on the same channel as latest.json, listing type-tagged
artifact envelopes. A hotfix is the first artifact type; apps/themes/
components are future envelope rows through the SAME pipe — the
marketplace seam is just the `type` + `payload.kind` fields.
Phase 1 is fetch + verify + parse only (NO mutation; the snapshot →
ops → rollback → History apply verb is Phase 2):
- Factor `lpVerifyMinisig` out of `lpFetchRelease` (scripts/source/
fetch.sh) — one trust anchor (the root-owned footprint key) now
shared by releases and the index; refactor `lpFetchRelease` to use
it (behaviour-preserving, still fail-closed).
- scripts/source/artifacts.sh: `lpFetchIndex` — download →
verify-before-parse → `valid_until` freshness (anti-withholding) →
`index_serial` monotonic high-water (anti-rollback, TUF-lite) → emit
verified JSON. Trust core is jq-free; parsing accessors prefer jq
with a grep fallback.
- `libreportal artifact index` (scripts/cli/commands/artifact/) —
read-only front door that fetches, verifies and lists. Runs directly
like `updater check` (no task; no mutation).
- Regenerate the source arrays + lazy-load function manifest for the
new files.
Doc: promote the format from vision to spec (§8) — 3 layers
(INDEX/ENVELOPE/PIPELINE), the bounded declarative op vocabulary (no
run-script, ever), the apply pipeline mapped onto existing functions,
the marketplace seam, and resolutions for all five open forks.
Self-tested 12/12: trust core fails closed (real key + no minisign →
refuse), happy path, stale-refused, rollback-refused, signature-refused,
jq + grep parsing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
The sha256 only proves a download is intact; a compromised host could swap the
tarball + its checksum. Add minisign signatures, which prove authenticity (the host
can't forge them without the offline secret key). Ships INACTIVE behind a REPLACE_ME
placeholder, so installs work until a real key is generated; then it's REQUIRED.
- make_release.sh: signs the tarball when LP_MINISIGN_SECKEY is set -> <tarball>.minisig.
- libreportal.pub: the public key (placeholder), ships in the tarball and is installed
to the ROOT-OWNED footprint (/usr/local/lib/libreportal/libreportal.pub) by init.sh
-> the manager can't swap it to accept forged updates. footprint_version -> 2.
- install.sh: LP_MINISIGN_PUBKEY constant; once non-placeholder, downloads + verifies
the .minisig (minisign -P) and REFUSES on invalid/missing (auto-installs minisign if
needed). --no-verify-signature is a dev-only escape hatch.
- fetch.sh (update path): verifies against the footprint .pub (minisign -p), refuses on
invalid/missing.
- docs/DEVELOPMENT.md: keygen (minisign -G), paste pubkey into libreportal.pub +
install.sh, keep the secret key offline, sign builds via LP_MINISIGN_SECKEY, bump
footprint_version on key rotation.
Verified end-to-end with a real throwaway key: good signature accepted; tampered,
wrong-key, and missing-signature all refused; placeholder skips (sha256 still enforced).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
A manager-run 'update apply' refreshes code/apps/WebUI but CANNOT rewrite the
root-owned footprint (helpers/wrapper/uninstall/unit/sudoers) — that immutability
is the de-sudo boundary. Previously a release that changed those would silently
leave them stale. Make it explicit:
- init.sh: footprint_version=1 constant, baked at install into
/usr/local/lib/libreportal/.footprint_version (root:root 0644) by initRootHelpers.
Bump it whenever a root component changes.
- make_release.sh: publishes footprint_version in latest.json.
- fetch.sh: lpInstalledFootprintVersion (marker) + lpReleaseLatestFootprint (manifest).
- check_update.sh: 'update apply' REFUSES when the release's footprint_version
exceeds the installed one, directing to a root re-install (which fetches +
re-bakes everything atomically). No half-applied updates.
- webui_system_update.sh: badge sets footprint_update_needed + clears can_update so
the WebUI won't offer a one-click apply for a footprint-bumping release.
- docs/DEVELOPMENT.md: the bump rule + the footprint exception explained.
Verified: manifest carries footprint_version; drift decision correct both ways
(no marker/older -> needs re-install; equal -> no drift).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
scripts/source/fetch.sh (sourced at runtime via files_source.sh):
- lpFetchRelease [ver]: resolve channel manifest -> download tarball -> VERIFY
sha256 (refuse on mismatch/absence) -> replace the install tree ( is
code-only now; configs/logs live in the separate system tree, so no backup
dance). Host/channel from LP_RELEASE_BASE_URL/CFG_RELEASE_BASE_URL + channel.
- lpFetchSource: dispatch release|git|local.
- lpVersionGt: numeric dotted semver compare (used by the updater + badge).
init.sh initGIT is now release-aware: the bootstrap (install.sh) stages+verifies
the code and sets LP_ALREADY_FETCHED=1 (skip re-fetch); a direct release run sources
fetch.sh; a bare /root reinstall is directed to install.sh. install.sh exports
LP_ALREADY_FETCHED + LP_RELEASE_BASE_URL on hand-off. validateUnattended already
accepts release (git-url is gated on git mode).
Config: CFG_INSTALL_MODE default -> release, + CFG_RELEASE_BASE_URL / CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL
(add-only reconcile preserves existing installs' git/local mode).
Verified: lpVersionGt across cases; lpFetchRelease downloads+verifies+extracts a
clean tree against a local server. The updater + reset/reinstall release paths are
phase D.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
