Put every tmpfs path in one place both layers can read

load_config.sh

@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@
 #
 # It then defines the paths the rest of the ecosystem builds on:
 #
-#   CONF_RAM_CACHE_DIR   /tmp/.cache/vv/d — tmpfs partner conf cache, cleared each reboot
-#   ARR_CACHE_DIR        /tmp/arr_cache   — tmpfs, restored from DATA_DIR on demand
+#   VV_CACHE_ROOT        everything Varaverk keeps in RAM, one root, defined in master.conf
+#   CONF_RAM_CACHE_DIR   $VV_CACHE_ROOT/conf — partner conf cache, chmod 700, snapshotted
+#   ARR_CACHE_DIR        $VV_CACHE_ROOT/arr  — restored from DATA_DIR on demand
 #
 # Everything else (STATE_DIR, DATA_DIR, thresholds, credentials) comes out of master.conf and
 # host*.conf, which this file sources rather than defines.
@@ -130,6 +131,23 @@
     fi
     source "$LOAD_CONFIG_DIR/Configurations/master.conf"
 
+# ━━━ Cache roots ━━━
+# Resolved here, immediately after master.conf, rather than with the other derived paths further
+# down — the partner-conf cache is read a few lines below to source HOST2_* vars, and that block
+# used to carry its own copy of the path precisely because the variable did not exist yet at that
+# point. Defining these the moment master.conf provides them removes the reason for the copy.
+#
+# The fallbacks are the pre-consolidation paths: an installation whose conf has not been through
+# conf_upgrade keeps using what it is already using rather than silently relocating its caches.
+# The PHP layer reads the same keys out of the same file, with the same fallbacks.
+    VV_CACHE_ROOT="${VV_CACHE_ROOT:-/tmp/varaverk}"
+    VV_CACHE_DIR="${VV_CACHE_DIR:-/tmp/vv_cache}"
+    CONF_RAM_CACHE_DIR="${CONF_RAM_CACHE_DIR:-/tmp/.cache/vv/d}"
+    ARR_CACHE_DIR="${ARR_CACHE_DIR:-/tmp/arr_cache}"
+    AI_TOKEN_CACHE_DIR="${AI_TOKEN_CACHE_DIR:-/tmp/.cache/vv/ai}"
+    AI_JOB_DIR="${AI_JOB_DIR:-/tmp/varaverk_ai_jobs}"
+    DOCKER_JOB_DIR="${DOCKER_JOB_DIR:-/tmp/varaverk_dk_jobs}"
+
 # ━━━ Auto-discover and source all host*.conf files ━━━
 # Sorted for consistent load order — HOST1 before HOST2 before HOST3 etc.
 # Each host conf extends the shared PROFILE_* arrays and adds host-specific vars.
@@ -160,7 +178,7 @@
 # (HOST2_*, HOST3_*, …) available without committing credentials to the git repo
 # or violating sparse checkout — partner confs live in RAM only, cleared on reboot.
 # Confs already loaded from disk are skipped — disk copy is authoritative.
-    _VV_CONF_CACHE="/tmp/.cache/vv/d"
+    _VV_CONF_CACHE="$CONF_RAM_CACHE_DIR"
     if [[ -d "$_VV_CONF_CACHE" ]]; then
         while IFS= read -r _conf; do
             [[ -f "$_conf" ]] || continue
@@ -195,16 +213,11 @@
 # re-deriving from SCRIPTS_DIR or hardcoding /var/log or /tmp paths inline.
     CONF_DIR="${SCRIPTS_DIR}/Configurations"
     LOG_DIR="/var/log/varaverk"
-    VV_CACHE_DIR="/tmp/vv_cache"
-    CONF_RAM_CACHE_DIR="/tmp/.cache/vv/d"   # tmpfs — cleared every reboot, repopulated by conf_sync.sh
-    ARR_CACHE_DIR="/tmp/arr_cache"           # tmpfs — cleared every reboot, restored from DATA_DIR backup by arr_cache_age_seconds()
-    # Partner AI ledgers pulled by AI/ai_token_sync.sh. A sibling of the conf cache rather than
-    # the same directory: that one holds credentials at chmod 700 and is snapshotted to /boot by
-    # conf_cache_save.sh. These are non-secret counters that are worthless when stale, so they
-    # must not be preserved across a reboot — losing them just means "not collected here" until
-    # the next sync, which is the honest answer anyway.
-    AI_TOKEN_CACHE_DIR="/tmp/.cache/vv/ai"   # tmpfs — cleared every reboot, repopulated by ai_token_sync.sh
-    export CONF_DIR LOG_DIR VV_CACHE_DIR CONF_RAM_CACHE_DIR ARR_CACHE_DIR AI_TOKEN_CACHE_DIR
+
+    # Cache roots were resolved right after master.conf was sourced, because the partner-conf
+    # cache is read before this point. Exported here with the rest.
+    export CONF_DIR LOG_DIR VV_CACHE_ROOT VV_CACHE_DIR CONF_RAM_CACHE_DIR ARR_CACHE_DIR \
+           AI_TOKEN_CACHE_DIR AI_JOB_DIR DOCKER_JOB_DIR
 
 # ━━━ Cleanup ━━━
     unset _conf _host_confs_loaded _adapter LOAD_CONFIG_DIR