TRANSCODE_LOG_RETENTION was documented as trimming the daily transcode log
but never referenced — log grew unbounded. TRANSCODE_ORPHAN_AGE was shown in
--status but never used, so empty session folders were deleted immediately
instead of after the documented grace period, risking a race against ffmpeg
creating a folder just before writing its first segment.
docker_watchdog.sh's daemon-health thresholds were only hardcoded fallbacks
despite comments claiming they were master.conf-configurable, and it
referenced a heartbeat feature that was never implemented (that's owned by
watchdog_orchestrator.sh, its caller) — added the three thresholds to
master.conf for real and removed the stale heartbeat claim.
Also added the missing HOSTN_PARTNERSHIP_SERVICES_STACK block to
host.conf.template (containers.sh already read it via detect_hosts, just
never had a template entry) and corrected play_state_sync.sh's doc comment
for PLAY_SYNC_TYPES' actual default.
Same audit as the orchestrator standardization pass (2a062e5), extended to
every remaining script. Found the same class of bug independently recurring:
ramdisk_stop.sh checked $LOG (nothing assigns it, should be $ENABLE_LOGGING),
partnership_onboard.sh checked $LOG_MODE (same issue), emby_session_report.sh
checked $TRANSCODE_PCT which was never computed so the high-transcode alert
could never fire, and storage_migrate.sh never called detect_hosts() so
$MY_ID was empty, silently breaking the post-migration host*.conf update.
partnership_manager.sh used `local` at top-level script scope (invalid outside
a function) and had two master.conf path references missing "Configurations/".
Along the way: several scripts (share_setup.sh, conf_sync.sh,
downloaders_reset.sh, transcode_cleanup.sh, transcode_manager.sh,
remote_arr_cache_writer.sh, upgrade_webhook_handler.sh) had no explicit
trailing exit code, so they always reported success regardless of real
failures. play_state_sync.sh was missing the partnership gate its own header
documented, so remote play-state sync ran even with PARTNERSHIP_ENABLED=false;
it also always exited 0 on sync errors. arr_profile_enforcer.sh and
webhook_setup.sh hand-rolled their own flag parsing instead of common.sh's
parse_args, so --log silently did nothing on either.
system_watchdog.sh was itself an un-standardized mini-orchestrator — converted
to the shared run_orch_child()/JOB_PASS/JOB_FAIL pattern, added the missing
failure notification, and fixed dry-run to pass --dry-run down to children
instead of skipping them outright. Also fixed a stale webgui_watchdog.sh path
in master.conf.template that would break system_watchdog.sh on any fresh
install.
Closed a sibling-drift gap: radarr_cleanup.sh and sonarr_cleanup.sh were
missing lidarr_cleanup.sh's tracked-count percentage-drop safety gate and its
"not configured on this host, skip cleanly" guard — both now match Lidarr's
7-gate model.
Every orchestrator invoked its children differently — four near-duplicate
run_job() copies, a differently-shaped run_watchdog(), or plain inline bash
calls, each with its own take on path resolution, pass/fail naming, and
dry-run threading. Extracted one shared run_orch_child() into common.sh so
there's a single place to fix or extend this behavior going forward.
Along the way: watchdog_orchestrator.sh and monthly_maintenance.sh were
checking $VERBOSE, a variable nothing in the codebase ever assigns, so --log
silently did nothing beyond basic logging on those two. Fixed to
$ENABLE_LOGGING. watchdog_orchestrator.sh and array_started.sh had no
trailing exit, so their exit codes reflected whatever the last command
happened to return rather than actual success/failure. transcode_management.sh
had no failure notification and no summary at all. Also made
transcode_management.sh's two-script pipeline config-driven
(TRANSCODE_MANAGEMENT_SCRIPTS in master.conf) instead of hardcoded, for room
to extend it later without editing the orchestrator itself.
Custom Scripts (the Scheduler page's inline editor) used to save into the
git-tracked Custom/ folder, so anything saved there would end up on GitHub.
They now live in /boot/config/plugins/user.scripts/Varaverk/Scripts, same
folder family as Unraid's own User Scripts plugin. Import Script lets you
browse the whole server and move an existing script in instead of only
creating new ones inline — always a move, never a copy, so no stray
duplicate is left where it came from.
findmnt returns 'flash/boot' for a ZFS dataset, not a /dev/* path.
lsblk -no pkname then fails, leaving transport as 'unknown'. Resolve
ZFS pools to a backing device via zpool before checking transport.
Unraid API returns fsUsed=0 when a disk's filesystem is unmounted (spun
down). disks.ini keeps the last-known value in KB even after spindown —
use it as fallback when isSpinning=false and fsUsed=0. Also remove the
mounted-only guard in the ini fallback path (vv_disk_entry) for the same
reason. Stale comments in user_script_plug-in.sh and partnership_manager.sh
also cleaned up.
Exit code 0 on a required container (docker stop, UI stop) now reads as
intentional — no strike, no restart. Non-zero exits still trigger the
existing strike → restart path.
Adds --pause / --resume management commands and a persistent intentional-
stops state file for maintenance windows where even the exit-code heuristic
isn't enough. Containers auto-cleared from the list when seen running again.
Media README and Manual now cover only the 3 remaining scripts (permissions, cleaner,
play_state_sync). Arrs_Stack README and Manual cover all arr stack scripts including
lidarr_release_fixer. Fixed stale --skip-strike-list reference in flag docs.
Media/ now holds only media-level scripts (cleaner, permissions, play_state_sync).
All arr management scripts (cleanup, discovery, sync, webhooks, release fixer) live in Arrs_Stack/.
Reads MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID from FLAC (vorbis block type 4) and MP3 (ID3v2 TXXX)
files, matches against Lidarr's known releases, switches monitored=true to the
correct one, and queues RefreshArtist. Runs before lidarr_cleanup.sh in the
daily job list so the strike system doesn't act on files that just needed a
release correction.
Unraid 7's React CSS overrides line-height: 1.5 on textareas to normal.
vvRestoreEditorPrefs() only called vvFontSize() for non-default sizes, so
the inline style that overrides Unraid's CSS was never set for the default
12px case — leaving Firefox to render at ~14px while our code calculated
positions at 18px, putting the cursor 2-3 lines above where clicked.
Now always calls vvFontSize() so the inline lineHeight is always forced.
Unraid quotes values (DOCKER_ENABLED="yes") and uses SERVICE="enable" for
libvirt — the old patterns matched nothing, so docker_watchdog always skipped.
Emby 4.9.5 rejects X-Api-Key — notify_emby_scan() now uses X-Emby-Token
consistently with emby_api(). Radarr v6 changed DownloadedMoviesScan to
require a path parameter — both cleanup scripts now use ProcessMonitoredDownloads
which achieves the same pre-flight intent without a path.
All three *_RECOVERY vars were missing from detect_hosts() so the conf-file
values were never surfaced — LIDARR_RECOVERY defaulted to false even though
HOST1_LIDARR_RECOVERY=true, keeping Lidarr disabled in arrs_failed_stalled_recovery.
Every script now has the established header format: PURPOSE with ─────── separator,
OPERATIONAL MODEL, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, OPERATIONAL SAFEGUARDS, CONFIGURATION, and
RUNTIME MODES — structured with full ====== banner sections throughout.
Orchestrators converted from compact ── inline format to full banners. Stale
emby-fallback and dirty sync references removed from Plugin/user_script_plug-in.sh.
docker_weekly_restart.sh was missing the trailing dangling prune that daily_restart has.
docker_update.sh rebuild failure message always named docker_daily_restart.sh regardless of mode.
docker_prune_images.sh --all added to monthly — the only scheduled path that removes tagged orphan images.
Favorites on any server propagate to all others; never unmarks.
Covers MusicArtist, MusicAlbum, Movie, Series (Audio tracks future).
Provider map extended to include FAV_TYPES alongside SYNC_TYPES,
with Series/Episode TVDB IDs namespaced to avoid collisions.
Retries up to PLAY_SYNC_HANDBACK_RETRIES times (default 5, 60s apart)
before giving up — one successful run catches all state regardless of
outage length, so users land on current watch state after DNS flips.
Emby now runs continuously on both hosts — play_state_sync via API
handles watch state reconciliation, making the 30-min dirty rsync
redundant. Handback runs play_state_sync --wait before DNS cutover
so users land on current state after a failover event.
- Emby removed from FALLBACK_HOST1_TIER1 (always running)
- Emby dirty sync removed from HOST1_CRITICAL_SYNC_SHARES
- Emby writeback removed from FALLBACK_HOST1_WRITEBACK_TIER1
- play_state_sync gains --wait flag (uses lock wait mode for handback)
- Tier 1 emby-fallback special case removed from handback writeback loop
- play_state_sync --wait added as Step 7 in handback, before DNS cutover
Single mixed Movie,Episode,Audio query caused Jellyfin to reorder items unpredictably,
pushing most episodes past the page limit and leaving PROV_LOOKUP empty — every
Emby→Jellyfin push silently failed with 'item not found'. Also removes the
ExcludeLocationTypes=Virtual param which caused the same corruption in JF.
PHP scheduler load at shutdown time can fail silently (errors suppressed); a failed PHP call meant the stop script never ran without any visible indication.
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.
Writes partner confs from RAM cache to /boot/config/.cache/vv/d/ while
remote is offline, and removes the backup when remote comes back. Called
each minute via SYSTEM_WATCHDOG_SCRIPTS so crashes and power loss are
covered — not just graceful shutdowns.
Gmer4Lfe