Chunker splits on the header sections the audit standardised, then sub-splits
named-paragraph safeguards — without that a specific question about one of
rsync.sh's fourteen safeguards scored below unrelated chunks, because the other
thirteen dominated the vector. Index is SQLite with raw float32 blobs and is
incremental on mtime; a no-op re-index takes 66ms.
The stale defaults were found by asking the system a question and checking its
answer: it correctly reported what mover_stop.sh's header claimed, and the
header was wrong.
The fallback docs used an older COVERS naming in the wrong conf file, and rsync's merge-run
mode — the only path that carries --delete — was undocumented entirely.
The pull step (merge mode) had no timeout or bandwidth limit at all,
so a slow/stalled pull could block the entire per-share sync
indefinitely — and since daily_sync_maintenance.sh calls rsync.sh
synchronously per share, that blocked every later share and all
post-sync maintenance jobs too. RSYNC_MAX_RUNTIME_HOURS was only ever
wired into the push half.
acquire_lock (no args) ran before profile inference, so every rsync.sh
invocation — regardless of share — fought over one generic, unparameterized
lock. The per-profile acquire_rsync_lock() further down (with
RSYNC_MAX_CONCURRENT) never got a chance to matter: a single slow transfer
(e.g. Movies during the HOST2 rebuild) monopolized the lock and starved
every other profile, including Critical-Data's 30-minute sync, for days.
Removed the generic acquire_lock call; acquire_rsync_lock "$PROFILE_NAME"
already provides correct per-profile locking on its own.
Also added RSYNC_MAX_RUNTIME_HOURS (default 23): any single transfer
attempt exceeding it is terminated via timeout, logged as paused rather
than failed, and resumes from where it left off next scheduled run
(safe because --partial is already in DEFAULT_RSYNC_OPTS). Bounds the
worst case for one huge/stuck share instead of letting it hold its lock
indefinitely.
Codebase-wide audit pass: fixed real bugs (SSH hangs missing BatchMode,
local-outside-function no-ops, variable name collisions, a truncated
ratio calc, wrong state-dir path, DARK vs NO_INTERNET drift, and more),
then pulled logic that was duplicated across multiple scripts — arr
cleanup safety gates, docker restart ordering, container maintenance
stop/restart, watchdog state-file helpers, partnership role resolution,
cert expiry checks, remote node discovery, and TMDB discovery scoring —
into common.sh so each now has a single implementation.
All state/data file paths in scripts and PHP now resolve via STATE_DIR / DATA_DIR /
PERSISTENT_CONF_CACHE instead of hardcoded /boot/config/ or /tmp/ paths, so the
ecosystem works in both internal and appdata storage modes.
PHP layer (watchdog.php, partnership.php, fallback.php, monitor.php, snapshot.php,
config.php): all state reads switched to STATE_DIR constant; remote state reads use
the new vv_remote_state_cmd() helper which resolves the remote's SCRIPTS_DIR via
their varaverk.cfg before building the path.
conf_sync.sh: fixed SCRIPTS_ROOT → SCRIPTS_DIR bug on MY_CONF path; added
_remote_scripts_dir() to resolve partner's SCRIPTS_DIR before SCP pull.
fallback.php page: added controls card (PARTNERSHIP_ENABLED, FALLBACK_ENABLED,
FALLBACK_RSYNC_ENABLED toggles), status grid, and settings card.
README and Manual updated for System_Essentials, Watchdogs, Fallback, Rsync,
Media, Monitors, Orchestrators, Partnership: added new scripts (conf_sync,
conf_cache_save/restore, conf_cache_watchdog, play_state_sync, start_webhook_listener,
upgrade_webhook_handler), corrected all stale /boot/config/ state file paths to
$STATE_DIR/$DATA_DIR, noted webgui/php_fpm/mover/user_scripts scripts moved to
Plugin/unraid/System_Essentials, fixed start_webhook_listener.sh header (Node.js,
not PHP -S).
Adds require_partnership() to common.sh — exits cleanly when PARTNERSHIP_ENABLED=false.
Removes FALLBACK_PARTNERSHIP_REQUIRED toggle — partnership is now always required,
not optional. Cross-server scripts (rsync, conf sync, fallback, arr sync, play state,
backup verify) all call require_partnership after detect_hosts.
stability_watchdog.sh mover check now uses platform_is_mover_running()
instead of raw pgrep, matching server_reboot.sh.
check_unraid_version_parity() renamed to check_os_version_parity() —
the function internals were already platform-neutral after the adapter
refactor; the name was the last Unraid artifact.
OS version reads now go through platform_get_os_version() and
platform_os_version_probe_cmd() instead of grepping /etc/unraid-version directly.
STATE_DIR fallbacks to /boot/config removed — STATE_DIR is always set by
load_config.sh and the fallback encoded a platform-specific path.
Setup DB path references use platform_setup_db_path() instead of the
VARAVERK_SETUP_FILE/-/boot/config compound fallback.
DOCKER_APPDATA_BASE default removed from arr_sync.sh — the adapter sets it.
All bash scripts are now platform-neutral. Unraid-specific paths, commands,
and service checks moved to Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh. Core scripts call
platform_*() functions exclusively — no direct OS paths in runtime logic.
New adapter functions: platform_storage_path, platform_webui_install_path,
platform_scripts_dir_probe_cmd, platform_setup_db_path, platform_storage_healthy,
platform_is_service_enabled, platform_get_temp_thresholds, platform_disk_states_path,
platform_rebuild_container, platform_push_conf, platform_push_setup_state,
platform_get_templates_dir, platform_send_os_notification.
Partnership services stack (Emby/Jellyfin/Seerr/SeerrFin) added as third
onboarding stack alongside auth and arr stacks.
exec 1>&- closed stdout but left stderr holding the tee pipe open,
so tee never got EOF and wait blocked indefinitely — keeping the
process alive and the locks held until manually killed.
- Move SCRIPTS_DIR/DATA_DIR/STATE_DIR from appdata to /boot/config/plugins/varaverk
- All state files now in STATE_DIR (no more /tmp or /boot/config root writes)
- Bootstrap: Gitea-first clone with GitHub fallback, no array dependency
- varaverk.cfg seeded with Gitea connection settings
- .gitignore: add State_Files/, varaverk.cfg, varaverk-*.txz
- Partnership/transcode/fallback scripts use STATE_DIR variables
- PHP config.php: DATA_DIR/STATE_DIR constants, VV_SETUP_STATE_FILE dynamic
- deploy.sh PROD_ROOT updated to plugin flash dir
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
appdata-Failover → appdata-Fallback:
All .md files updated — scripts and confs already used appdata-Fallback.
Share was renamed; docs were the only stale references.
critical_sync_maintenance.sh: */15 → */30, 96/day → 48/day:
critical_sync_maintenance.sh header, master.conf, host1/2.conf comments,
Orchestrators README, User Script Plug-in README, Partnership README/manual/script,
Docker_Essentials README/downloaders_reset.sh, Fallback README,
weekly_sync_maintenance.sh, user_script_plug-in.sh all updated.
rsync_emby_failover User Script superseded:
Emby dirty sync was already in HOST1_CRITICAL_SYNC_SHARES — it now runs inside
critical_sync_maintenance.sh every 30min alongside auth sync and partnership check.
Section in User Script Plug-in README marked for deletion from plugin.
transcode_management.sh: */3 → */7:
transcode_management.sh, transcode_manager.sh, transcode_cleanup.sh headers,
Transcodes README/manual, Orchestrators README, User Script Plug-in README,
user_script_plug-in.sh all updated.
array_start.sh → array_started.sh (bulk rename — actual file has always been
array_started.sh; docs consistently used the wrong name across 9 files)
failover.sh → fallback.sh (bulk rename — script is Fallback/fallback.sh;
docs used the old name throughout)
FAILOVER_HOST2_RUNS_FOR_HOST1_TIER1 → FALLBACK_HOST2_COVERS_HOST1_TIER1
(README.md — wrong variable name, actual vars use FALLBACK_ prefix and
COVERS_ not RUNS_FOR_)
docker_watchdog.sh attribution: "started by array_started.sh" → "called every
minute by watchdog_orchestrator.sh" (docker_watchdog is not in ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS)
server_reboot.sh shutdown sequence: step 7 "rc.docker stop" → calls
array_stopping.sh (user_scripts, fallback, rsync, mover, docker_container_stop)
Rsync manual ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS list: removed stability_watchdog and
docker_watchdog (now in watchdog_orchestrator); failover → fallback
arr_sync.sh bidirectional union replaced the old split-ownership model.
Old: HOST1 owns Movies/TV/Music, HOST2 owns Anime — each arr manages
different shares to avoid conflicts.
New: arr_sync.sh keeps all arr databases in union. Either server can
download to any share at any time. The union is the source of truth.
Auth stack references left intact — HOST1 still owns auth config
(one-way sync to HOST2). Only media library ownership language updated.
Files changed:
README.md — server block + share annotations
Fallback/README-Fallback.md — role line + Split Source of Truth section
Orchestrators/README-Orchestrators — daily sync share comments
Rsync/Manual-Rsync.md — DEFAULT_RSYNC_OPTS comment block
Media/README-Media.md — HOST AWARENESS section
Fix log→echo on success status line in summary block. Add output tiers
section to Manual-Rsync.md. No setup banner (script was already clean);
all section headers and transfer identity block correctly remain echo.
22 scripts used docker without verifying it's present. Consistent with the
pattern already established in Docker_Essentials scripts. Added after acquire_lock
and before detect_hosts in each script's setup section.
docker_container_stop, docker_update, docker_update_remaining — concurrent Docker
operations on the same containers would conflict; now locked.
rsync.sh — two rsync processes running against the same share simultaneously
would produce incomplete or corrupted mirrors; now locked.
partnership_onboard, ssh_setup — one-shot setup scripts that mutate SSH config and
deploy containers; concurrent runs would produce undefined state; now locked.
Old_Arch_Still_Works: arr_cleanup, continuous_scripts_status — legacy scripts still
sourcing load_config.sh; added lock for consistency even in old-arch context.
partnership_manager.sh intentionally left unchanged — it uses a conditional lock
that excludes read-only "check" mode and "offboard" mode (which delegates to
partnership_offboard.sh, which has its own lock).
- downloaders_reset: connection check block before slskd API sections;
triggers PUT /api/v0/server reconnect if disconnected, polls 60s,
gates Stuck Searches and Dead Transfer Records on SLSKD_CONNECTED
- Sync all modified/new/deleted files from v2 refactor across Docker_Essentials,
Media, Monitors, Partnership, Rsync, Tools, Transcodes, unRAID_Essentials,
common.sh, master confs, and new Manual/README docs
common.sh:
- Add resolve_tailscale_ip() helper — tries `tailscale ip -4` first, falls back to
parsing `tailscale status` output; handles hosts where MagicDNS short-name resolution
is not active
- Add PARTNERSHIP_OWN_CONTAINERS alias in detect_hosts()
- Add aliasing for 4 Emby provisioning vars (PARTNERSHIP_PROVISION_EMBY_ADMIN,
PARTNERSHIP_EMBY_ADMIN_USER, PARTNERSHIP_EMBY_ADMIN_PASS, PARTNERSHIP_EMBY_PORT)
Partnership/partnership_manager.sh:
- Replace 9 bare `tailscale ip -4` calls with resolve_tailscale_ip()
- Add read_remote_conf_var() and read_remote_conf_array() — SSH to mirror, source its
own load_config.sh + detect_hosts(), return aliased variable; solves sparse-checkout
problem where HOST1 cannot read master_host2.conf directly
- Add derive_short_name() — strips unraid- prefix, capitalises first char
- Add cleanup_partner_containers() — removes partner containers via FolderView3 folder
if enabled, else falls back to FALLBACK_*_COVERS_*_TIER* arrays
- Add cleanup_owner_containers_on_mirror() — SSH to mirror, stops and removes containers
matching *-${OWNER_SHORT} naming convention
- Add start_own_stack() and start_mirror_own_stack() — restart own containers locally
or on mirror via SSH using PARTNERSHIP_OWN_CONTAINERS
- Add provision_emby_admin() — reads mirror credentials via read_remote_conf_var, checks
for username collision, creates user + sets password + grants admin policy via Emby API
- Add revoke_emby_admin() — looks up mirror username on local Emby, deletes via REST API
- Wire offboard paths (both mirror-initiated and owner-initiated) to call container
cleanup and stack restart; update --check finalisation paths accordingly
- Fix write_state_file in --onboard not gated on DRY_RUN (was writing ACTIVE state on
dry runs)
master_host1.conf:
- Add HOST1_PARTNERSHIP_OWN_CONTAINERS array
- Add partnership Emby provisioning config (toggle + port + per-host credentials)
master_host2.conf:
- Add HOST2_PARTNERSHIP_OWN_CONTAINERS array
- Add HOST2_PARTNERSHIP_EMBY_ADMIN_USER and HOST2_PARTNERSHIP_EMBY_ADMIN_PASS
Tailscale fix applied to:
- Initial_run/ssh_setup.sh (2 callsites)
- unRAID_Essentials/rsync_stop.sh (1 callsite)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
After offboard, the former partner's hostname is written to
/boot/config/partnership_blocklist.db. This blocks passive reconnection:
- --check skips the remote entirely (no auto-reconnect noise)
- rsync.sh refuses to sync with a blocklisted host
- --onboard warns about the previous offboard but proceeds,
and clears the block on success (onboard = deliberate intent)
New --unblock <hostname> mode removes an entry to permit re-onboarding
without running a full --onboard first. --status shows the full blocklist.
Blocklist file survives reboots (/boot/config) and Tailscale reconnections —
application-layer guard that complements Tailscale device removal.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
rsync output is fully captured — nothing visible while it runs.
Adds a "Rsync running — this may take a while..." line before each
attempt so the Unraid log viewer shows transfer progress clearly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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