Docker container names are case-sensitive for 'docker inspect' but case-
insensitive for Docker DNS. Compose templates may render container names
with mixed case (e.g. code-server-Headquarter-abc123), causing exact-name
docker inspect to fail while DNS resolution in tunnels works fine.
- apps/api/src/services/docker.py: get_container_id now tries exact match
first, then falls back to case-insensitive exact match via 'docker ps'
- apps/api/src/api/tool_instances.py: recreate_tunnel_endpoint uses
get_container_id instead of its own docker inspect call
Quality gates: ruff clean
docker ps --filter name= uses substring matching, so searching for
code-server-headquarter-abc123 also matches tunnel-code-server-headquarter-abc123.
This caused start_instance to store the tunnel container's ID instead of the
tool container's ID, breaking tunnel connectivity and all container operations.
Switched both helpers to docker inspect, which does exact name matching.
Quality gates: ruff clean
Adds INFO-level logging to trace exactly what happens during tunnel
recreation: container lookup, network membership, target IP/URL,
tunnel creation result, health check, and direct curl probe from API.
This will help diagnose why recreated tunnels return 502 while
original tunnels work.
Quality gates: ruff clean
Old instances may have auto-generated Docker Compose container names
that don't match instance.name.lower(), causing DNS resolution failures
for the tunnel. Also, old instances may not be on the backend network.
- apps/api/src/services/docker.py: add get_container_ip_on_network() and
is_container_on_network() helpers
- apps/api/src/services/tunnel.py: start_tunnel() and recreate_tunnel() now
accept an optional target_url parameter to override the default name-based URL
- apps/api/src/api/tool_instances.py: recreate_tunnel_endpoint now:
1. Looks up the tool container (by stored container_id or name)
2. Ensures it's connected to the backend network
3. Gets the container's IP on that network
4. Passes the IP as the explicit tunnel target
This guarantees the tunnel can reach the tool container regardless of
naming or network state.
Quality gates: ruff clean
Docker Compose prefixes network names with the project directory name
(e.g. 'headquarter_backend' instead of 'backend'). The previous code
hardcoded 'backend', causing 'network not found' errors.
- apps/api/src/services/docker.py: add get_backend_network_name() that
inspects the API container (hq-api) to find the actual network name
- apps/api/src/services/docker.py: connect_container_to_network() now
auto-detects the network name when not explicitly provided
- apps/api/src/services/tunnel.py: import and use get_backend_network_name()
- apps/api/src/api/tool_instances.py: remove explicit 'backend' arg from
connect_container_to_network() call
Quality gates: ruff clean
- Remove --rm from docker run so failed containers persist for inspection
- Add --no-autoupdate flag to prevent cloudflared from exiting on auto-update
- Capture both stdout and stderr from docker logs
- Check container exit code during wait loop; fail fast with logs if container exits early
- Include exit code in timeout error message for easier debugging
Replace the subprocess-based tunnel implementation with Docker containers
running on the host network. This eliminates all container name resolution
bugs that caused tunnel 502 errors.
New design:
- Each tunnel is a docker run --network host cloudflare/cloudflared container
- cloudflared connects to localhost:{published_port} (Docker port forwarding)
- No dependency on container names, backend network DNS, or binding diagnostics
- Tunnels named predictably: tunnel-{instance_name}
- Start/stop/recreate use container names instead of PIDs
Files changed:
- NEW: apps/api/src/services/tunnel.py — clean tunnel module (start/stop/recreate/health)
- apps/api/src/services/docker.py — removed 250 lines of old tunnel code
- apps/api/src/api/tool_instances.py — use new tunnel module, store container_name
- apps/api/src/services/health_monitor.py — updated import
- apps/web/src/components/session-card.tsx — Recreate Tunnel button always visible
Quality gates: ruff clean, 13 tests passed (health_monitor + notifications)
- Inject explicit container_name into compose files at start/restart time
via _ensure_container_name_in_compose() to prevent Docker Compose from
generating UUID-based auto names that break backend network resolution.
- Use instance.name.lower() directly instead of get_container_name() lookups
which were unreliable with auto-generated names.
- Apply compose sanitization, bind-address fix, and container-name injection
on restart_instance as well so restarts pick up template fixes.
- Add --force-recreate to docker compose up to ensure container_name changes
take effect immediately.
- Fix notification lifecycle tests to match current behavior (success severity,
health_changed event for ownership test).
Quality gates: ruff clean, pytest (7 notification lifecycle tests passed)
Root cause: code-server (and similar web tools) default to binding to
127.0.0.1 (localhost) inside their containers. This makes them unreachable
from the Docker network and from cloudflared, which connects via the
container's Docker network name.
Changes:
- Migration: Update code-server compose_template to include
--bind-addr 0.0.0.0:8443 command override
- Migration: Update jupyter-notebook compose_template to include
--ip=0.0.0.0 flag
- Runtime safety net: _ensure_web_bind_address() auto-injects bind
address for known web tools (code-server, jupyter-notebook) when
compose doesn't already specify a command
- Diagnostics: _check_app_binding() compares internal vs external
connectivity to detect 127.0.0.1 binding issues
- Improved readiness check: 30s timeout, checks HTTP status codes,
logs curl stderr for debugging
Files:
- apps/api/alembic/versions/2026_05_29_fix_web_tool_bind_address.py
- apps/api/src/services/docker.py
- apps/api/src/api/tool_instances.py
- apps/api/tests/integration/test_tool_types_api_extended.py
Quality gates: pytest 42 passed (5 pre-existing unrelated failures)
- Add _check_app_binding() to detect if app is bound to 127.0.0.1
instead of 0.0.0.0 (common cause of tunnel 'app error 0')
- Improve curl readiness check: wait up to 30s, check HTTP status codes
(accept 2xx, 3xx, 401, 403 as 'ready')
- Log curl stderr for connection debugging
- Log binding diagnosis when external connectivity fails
Quality gates: pytest 42 passed
The API container and tool instances share the 'backend' Docker network
(connect_container_to_network at tool_instances.py:1576). cloudflared
runs INSIDE the api container, so localhost:host_port is unreachable.
The original container_name:internal_port is correct for networking.
The 'app error 0' is an application-level issue, not networking.
This reverts commit a8fbca9.
Root cause: start_cloudflared_tunnel was trying to connect to
http://{container_name}:{container_port}, but:
1. The host OS cannot resolve Docker container names
2. cloudflared runs on the host, so it needs the host-mapped port
Changes:
- start_cloudflared_tunnel: changed signature to accept host_port only
- Connects cloudflared to localhost:{host_port} via Docker port mapping
- Connectivity check uses localhost:{host_port}
- recreate_tunnel updated to match new signature
- Callers in tool_instances.py pass instance.port (host port)
Quality gates: pytest 42 passed
- get_container_id() and get_container_name() now lowercase the
instance name before passing to docker ps --filter, because
Docker container names are lowercase internally and the filter
is case-sensitive. This caused container_id to never be captured
when instance.name contained uppercase chars (e.g. 'Headquarter'),
breaking terminal WebSocket connections.
- Also guard proc.stdout being None in start_cloudflared_tunnel().
- Add unit tests for get_container_id and get_container_name.
Quality gates: pytest (14 passed), python clean
- Add stdin_open: true and tty: true to dockerfile-based compose generation.
Without these, bash (PID 1) exits immediately, causing a container restart
loop that makes the instance invisible to docker ps and triggers 4004.
- Treat WebSocket close codes 4001/4003/4004 as permanent errors in the
frontend. Stop retrying and show the server reason to the user.
- Prevent visibilitychange handler from resetting retry attempts after a
permanent error has occurred.
- Use docker ps -a in get_container_id/get_container_name to find
stopped/exited containers for diagnostics.
Quality gates: tsc --noEmit (pass), pytest (98 passed, 4 pre-existing failures)
- Add ConfigProfile and ConfigProfileInclude data models with migrations
- Implement profile resolver service with ordered includes and merge rules
- Add profile CRUD API with validation, compatibility, and cycle detection
- Add instance API plumbing for profile selection on create/start/restart
- Add resolved profile preview and default resolution APIs
- Add frontend config profile API client and management UI
- Add launch/restart profile selection UI
- Add backend integration and unit tests (31 passing)
OpenSpec: add-config-profiles
Quality gates: ruff, TypeScript compile, 31 tests passing
- Add new status badges: starting, probing, unhealthy
- Show tunnel error only when tunnel_status is unreachable
- Show app error badge with status code for error_response
- Add collapsible probe output section for diagnostics
- Update health polling to check all active instances
- Only show Recreate Tunnel button for unreachable tunnels
- Add inline confirmation dialog before stopping instances
- Delete instances from state immediately without page reload
- Add health check polling every 30s for running instances
- Show tunnel error badge when tunnel is unreachable
- Add 'Fix Tunnel' button to recreate broken tunnels
- Update API client with health check and tunnel recreation endpoints
Replace persistent Cloudflare tunnels (API-based) with temporary tunnels using
'cloudflared tunnel --url'. This removes the need for Cloudflare API tokens,
DNS records, and persistent tunnel management.
Changes:
- Install cloudflared binary in API Dockerfile
- Add start_cloudflared_tunnel() and stop_cloudflared_tunnel() to docker.py
- Update instance start/stop/restart/delete to use temporary tunnels
- Store tunnel PID in tunnel_id field, temporary URL in url/public_url
- Remove Cloudflare API service (cloudflare_tunnel.py)
- Remove cloudflared container from docker-compose
- Remove Cloudflare env vars (CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN, ZONE_ID, etc.)
- Remove Cloudflare configuration from config.py
- Remove Cloudflare startup check from main.py
- Remove /health/cloudflare endpoint
- Create ToolConfigsPage with tool type selector, config list, and add/edit form
- Support both env and file config types
- Add route /tool-configs and navigation item
- Update API client with tool config endpoints
- Build passes successfully
Add API proxy endpoint so users can access running tool instances
through the backend API instead of internal Docker network.
Backend:
- Add container_name field to ToolInstance model
- Create /instances/{id}/proxy/{path:path} endpoint with ownership checks
- Proxy HTTP requests to containers via docker network using container names
- Support all HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS)
- Store proxy URL in instance.url instead of localhost
- Add Alembic migration 0007 for container_name column
- Add get_container_name() utility to docker.py
Frontend:
- Update Open button to use full proxy URL (API_BASE_URL + instance.url)
Closes instance-proxy OpenSpec change.
- Add INSTANCE_BASE_PATH config option (defaults to /data/instances)
- Update docker.py to use configured path instead of hardcoded 'data/instances'
- Update Dockerfile to create /data/instances and chown to appuser
- Add instance_data volume to docker-compose.traefik.yml and docker-compose.yml
- Set INSTANCE_BASE_PATH env var in both compose files
This fixes the PermissionError when creating tool instances because
appuser can now write to /data/instances.
Backend:
- Create ToolInstance model with status tracking
- Add Alembic migration for tool_instances table
- Create Docker service for compose template rendering and container execution
- Add CRUD API endpoints for tool instances
- Add lifecycle endpoints (start/stop/restart)
- Add user sessions endpoint for navigation
- Register routers in main.py
Frontend:
- Create SessionsProvider with React context
- Create sessions API client
- Update AppShell with sessions section in navigation
- Add session status indicators and polling
- Add CSS for session navigation
Quality gates: typecheck ✓, lint ✓, build ✓
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