Perfect! Now let me create one final summary showing the key takeaways:

Based on my thorough comparison of the two Varaverk project folders, here's the complete report of all differences:

## COMPARISON SUMMARY: Dev Folder vs Workspace

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## 1. MISSING FROM WORKSPACE (Files in dev folder NOT in workspace)

These are critical files that need to be restored from dev to workspace:

### **unRAID_Essentials Folder** (ENTIRE FOLDER MISSING - 13 files)
This is the most significant finding. The dev folder has a folder called `unRAID_Essentials/` that the workspace has renamed/replaced with `System_Essentials/`. The files include:

- `unRAID_Essentials/README-Unraid_Essentials.md`
- `unRAID_Essentials/Manual-Unraid_Essentials.md`
- `unRAID_Essentials/clear_logs.sh`
- `unRAID_Essentials/conf_sync.sh`
- `unRAID_Essentials/docker_syslog_filter.sh`
- `unRAID_Essentials/inotify_tuning.sh`
- `unRAID_Essentials/mover_stop.sh`
- `unRAID_Essentials/php_fpm_max_children.sh`
- `unRAID_Essentials/rsync_stop.sh`
- `unRAID_Essentials/server_reboot.sh`
- `unRAID_Essentials/unraid_api_key_renew.sh`
- `unRAID_Essentials/user_scripts_stop.sh`

The `README-Unraid_Essentials.md` documents the purpose of these critical system-level scripts for WebGUI stability, kernel tuning, log hygiene, and graceful operations.

### **Plugin Distribution File**
- `Plugin/dist/varaverk-2026.05.31-noarch-1.txz` (binary plugin file)

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## 2. ONLY IN WORKSPACE (New additions that aren't in dev)

These are newer additions in the workspace that don't exist in dev:

### **Plugin Pages** (New authentication/settings UI)
- `Plugin/unraid/pages/auth.php` - Authentication page
- `Plugin/unraid/pages/settings.php` - Settings page

### **Plugin API Endpoints** (New API capabilities)
- `Plugin/unraid/api/monitor_fast.php` - Fast/cached monitor data
- `Plugin/unraid/api/rsync_win_arrays.php` - Rsync window array management
- `Plugin/unraid/api/storage.php` - Storage API

### **Plugin Adapter**
- `Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh` - Integration adapter script

### **New Tools**
- `Tools/api_cache_writer.php` - PHP cache writer
- `Tools/api_cache_writer.sh` - Shell cache writer
- `Tools/remote_arr_cache_writer.sh` - Remote arr cache writer
- `Tools/storage_migrate.sh` - Storage migration tool

### **Configuration Backups**
- `Configurations/host1.conf.bak` - Host 1 backup config
- `Configurations/master.conf.bak` - Master backup config

### **Runtime State/Data Files**
- Multiple `State_Files/*.db` files (watchdog state, fallback state, transcode state, etc.)
- Multiple `data/*.db` files (arr cleanup stats, bandwidth history, etc.)
- `docker_folders.json`, `varaverk.cfg`, `schedule.json`, `varaverk.cron`, `install.log`

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## 3. FILES WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES

### **Critical Configuration Changes**

**Configurations/master.conf** - Major folder naming change:
- Dev references `unRAID_Essentials/` folder
- Workspace references `System_Essentials/` folder
- Dev watchdog schedule: `*/15 * * * *` (every 15 minutes)
- Workspace watchdog schedule: `* * * * *` (every minute)
- Dev doesn't include `api_cache_writer.sh` and `claude_startup.sh` in ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS
- Dev doesn't include `Tools/api_cache_writer.sh` in ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS

### **Main Page Tabs**

**Plugin/unraid/Varaverk.page** - UI removed 'auth' and 'settings' tabs:
```php
// DEV (missing auth and settings tabs)
$validTabs = ['monitor', 'scheduler', 'docker', 'watchdog', 'partnership', 'fallback', 'arrs', 'rsync'];

// WORKSPACE (has auth and settings tabs)
$validTabs = ['monitor', 'scheduler', 'docker', 'watchdog', 'partnership', 'fallback', 'arrs', 'rsync', 'auth', 'settings'];
```

### **Rsync Page JavaScript**

**Plugin/unraid/pages/rsync.php** - Workspace has extensive window panel expand/collapse and edit features:
- Workspace includes ~300 lines of JavaScript for:
  - Window card expand/collapse functionality
  - Window card edit mode with script/share management
  - Profile dropdown loaders
  - Share path browser
  - Script/share mutation functions
- Dev version is simpler without panel expansion

### **Rsync API Differences**

**Plugin/unraid/api/rsync.php** - Workspace includes window array data:
- Workspace returns `win_arrays` in JSON with script and share data for each maintenance window
- Dev version doesn't include `win_arrays` data structure
- Workspace backend supports per-window script/share configuration

### **Monitor API Changes**

**Plugin/unraid/api/monitor.php**:
- Dev uses old cache method: `vv_cache_read('monitor', 300)`
- Workspace uses new cache approach with file-based cache at `/tmp/vv_cache_monitor_local.json` with 60s TTL
- Dev calls `vv_api_data()` without parameters
- Workspace calls `vv_api_data(isset($_GET['live']))` for live vs cached polls

### **Common Library Changes**

**common.sh** - Multiple helper function changes:
- `format_duration()` simplified: Dev shows full d/h/m/s breakdown; Workspace simplified to m/s only
- Removed Docker helper functions: `docker_cmd()`, `verify_running()`, `retry_docker()`
- Removed Emby API helper function: `emby_api()`
- Minor comment changes around notification guards

### **Array Sync Script Changes**

**Media/arr_sync.sh** - Significant architectural changes:
- Dev design: "Remote API Access — Cache-First, SSH Fallback"
  - Uses cached API keys from conf_sync output when available
  - Falls back to SSH if keys unavailable
- Workspace design: "Remote API Keys Never Stored"
  - Always SSHes to remote and reads keys directly from config.xml
  - Never stores remote keys locally
  - Self-maintaining design
- Removed config logging lines in workspace
- Function signature changes for `_delete_remote_item()` function

### **Multiple Script Updates**

Over 100 files have differences including:
- Media scripts (arr_sync, arrs_failed_stalled_recovery, lidarr_cleanup, radarr_cleanup, sonarr_cleanup, media_cleaner, media_shares_permissions, playback_aware_* discovery, play_state_sync)
- Orchestrator scripts (critical_sync_maintenance, daily_sync_maintenance, intermediate_sync_maintenance, watchdog_orchestrator, array_started, array_stopping, weekly_sync_maintenance)
- Docker_Essentials scripts (docker_daily_restart, docker_weekly_restart, docker_update_remaining, docker_network_connect, README updates)
- Monitor scripts (bandwidth_monitor, cert_monitor, emby_session_report, mesh_monitor, smart_health, system_tuning_monitor, weekly_health_digest, zfs_memory_snapshot)
- Watchdog scripts (docker_watchdog, stability_watchdog, system_watchdog, and System/* watchdogs)
- Fallback scripts (fallback.sh, fallback_test.sh)
- Partnership scripts (gitea_ssh_setup, partnership_manager, partnership_onboard, partnership_transfer, ssh_setup)
- Rsync script
- Tools scripts
- Transcodes scripts
- Deployment scripts
- Base scripts (common.sh, load_config.sh, git_pull_execute.sh, user_script_plug-in.sh, README files)

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## 4. CRITICAL RESTORATION ACTIONS NEEDED

**Priority 1 - Restore Missing Folder:**
1. Copy entire `unRAID_Essentials/` folder from dev to workspace (13 critical system scripts)

**Priority 2 - Update All References:**
2. In `Configurations/master.conf`, change all `System_Essentials/` references back to `unRAID_Essentials/`
3. Update ARRAY_START_SCRIPTS array (remove cache writers from dev version if those are workspace improvements)

**Priority 3 - Merge Script Updates:**
3. Review and merge changes from dev versions of the 100+ files with differences
4. Key focus areas:
   - Media synchronization logic (arr_sync.sh design change)
   - Watchdog orchestration changes
   - Monitor API caching strategy
   - Script function library updates (common.sh)

**Priority 4 - Preserve Workspace Improvements:**
4. Keep the new workspace features:
   - Plugin pages (auth.php, settings.php)
   - New API endpoints (monitor_fast, rsync_win_arrays, storage)
   - New tools (cache writers, storage_migrate)
   - The expanded rsync UI with window management

The biggest issue is the **missing `unRAID_Essentials/` folder** — this entire category of critical system-level scripts exists in dev but not in workspace under its proper name. The workspace has a `System_Essentials/` folder with the same files, but the dev folder's version should be authoritative based on your request to restore dev work.