# Spec — Services as hub IA

**Change:** `services-as-hub-ia`
**Phase:** spec
**Date:** 2026-06-26

## Scope

Reorganize the frontend information architecture around services as the hub.
Operational content (Media, Files, Actions, Users, Backups) moves into service-
type-specific tabs on the service page. The top nav shrinks to a small always-
visible core (Main Dashboard, Services, Settings) plus conditional per-type
entries and user-created named dashboards. Two new service types are added
(`backups`, `authentik`); one is absorbed (`jellyseerr` → Jellyfin config).

This change spans backend (new service types, Authentik client, Jellyseerr
migration, route cleanup) and frontend (service-page IA, top-nav generation,
content migration, named dashboards).

## Requirements

### R1 — Top-level navigation

- R1.1 The top nav contains, in order: Main Dashboard, named dashboards (one
  entry each, user-controlled order), conditional service-type entries, Services,
  Settings.
- R1.2 Conditional service-type entries appear only when at least one enabled
  instance of that type exists. Mapping:
  - `jellyfin` → "Media" entry → `/services/jellyfin`
  - `ssh_tasks` → "Files" and "Actions" entries → `/services/ssh_tasks`
  - `alertmanager` → "Alerts" entry → `/services/alertmanager`
  - `grafana` → "Grafana" entry → `/services/grafana`
  - `prometheus` → "Prometheus" entry → `/services/prometheus`
  - `backups` → "Backups" entry → `/services/backups`
  - `authentik` → "Users" entry → `/services/authentik`
  - `nextcloud` → no entry (no operational content)
- R1.3 The Main Dashboard is always first and not deletable.
- R1.4 The nav is data-driven (reacts to configured services + dashboards) with
  graceful loading/empty states.

### R2 — Service page IA

- R2.1 Every service page uses the tab skeleton: Overview, type-specific
  content tabs (zero or more), Widgets, Config.
- R2.2 The Overview tab shows service health (connection status, version, last
  error) and a primary metric preview (per-type: live sessions for Jellyfin,
  active alert count for Alertmanager, etc.).
- R2.3 The Widgets and Config tabs are unchanged from today (widget kinds list,
  non-secret config + secrets editors).
- R2.4 Type-specific content tabs:
  - `jellyfin`: Media (table + index build controls), Requests (Jellyseerr data)
  - `ssh_tasks`: Files (browser + ffprobe + jobs), Actions (saved tasks CRUD + run)
  - `backups`: Jobs (jobs + runs + alerts + acknowledge)
  - `authentik`: Users (directory + search), Messaging (compose + queue status)
  - `alertmanager`: Alerts (summary + list + severity filter)
  - `grafana`: Links (configured dashboard deep-links)
  - `prometheus`: Metrics (status + PromQL explorer)
  - `nextcloud`: no content tabs (Overview + Widgets + Config only)

### R3 — Instance switcher

- R3.1 When more than one enabled instance of a service type exists, the service
  page renders an instance switcher (dropdown) at the top.
- R3.2 The switcher selects the active instance; all tabs reflect the selected
  instance.
- R3.3 The default selected instance is the first enabled instance (or the one
  named "primary" if multiple-selection is added later — out of scope here).
- R3.4 Single-instance types do not render the switcher.

### R4 — Routing

- R4.1 `/` — Main Dashboard (special, default landing, not deletable).
- R4.2 `/d/:slug` — named dashboard.
- R4.3 `/services` — services admin hub (list of all instances, grouped by type,
  with add/edit/delete).
- R4.4 `/services/:type` — service page for the first enabled instance of the
  type; redirects (client-side) to `/services/:type/:id` once an instance is
  resolved.
- R4.5 `/services/:type/:id` — service page for a specific instance.
- R4.6 `/settings` — settings (unchanged).
- R4.7 Legacy routes (`/media`, `/files`, `/actions`, `/users`, `/observability`,
  `/backups`) return 404 — no redirects, no aliases.

### R5 — Named dashboards

- R5.1 Any authenticated user can create, edit, reorder, and delete named
  dashboards (global scope — shared across users in this change).
- R5.2 A named dashboard holds an ordered list of widgets (existing widget kinds
  only) and pinned service links (shortcut to a service page or specific tab).
- R5.3 Each named dashboard has a user-chosen label and a URL slug derived from
  it (uniqueness enforced).
- R5.4 The Main Dashboard is special: it cannot be deleted, is always first in
  the nav, and its slug is reserved.

### R6 — Service type changes

- R6.1 **NEW `backups`** service type: config holds ingestion source metadata;
  the existing REST report endpoint attributes incoming reports to a backups
  service instance (first-wins when none is specified).
- R6.2 **NEW `authentik`** service type: config holds base_url; secret holds the
  API token. Provides a Users widget and a user-directory endpoint consumed by
  the Authentik service page.
- R6.3 **ABSORBED `jellyseerr`**: removed as a service type. Its config fields
  (`base_url`, `api_key`) become optional fields on `JellyfinConfig`. Existing
  Jellyseerr service instances are migrated into their paired Jellyfin's config
  at backend startup; unpaired instances are dropped with a logged warning.

### R7 — Users → Authentik

- R7.1 The Jellyfin-backed user directory, Jellyfin-email message compose, and
  Jellyseerr-enrichment-of-Jellyfin-users flows are removed.
- R7.2 The Authentik service page Users tab sources users from Authentik's
  directory API (paginated, searchable).
- R7.3 The Authentik Messaging tab hosts message-compose, emailing Authentik-
  sourced users via the existing SMTP settings and mail queue.
- R7.4 OIDC authentication is unchanged.

### R8 — Observability

- R8.1 The Observability page is removed.
- R8.2 Alertmanager alerts, Grafana links, and Prometheus status each render on
  their respective service-type pages as content tabs.
- R8.3 There is no cross-service aggregate view built-in. Users who want one
  build it via widgets on a named dashboard.

### R9 — Empty state

- R9.1 A fresh install (no services, no dashboards) lands on `/` with an empty-
  state CTA pointing to `/services`.
- R9.2 The Services hub shows a strong empty state ("Add a service to get
  started") when no service instances exist.

### R10 — Non-regression

- R10.1 The existing widget system, ServicePage config/secrets editing, settings
  (machines, SSH keys), and authentication continue to work.
- R10.2 The backend backup report endpoint, mail queue, and observability
  metrics endpoints continue to function (they may gain a service_id
  association).
- R10.3 Mobile responsive behavior (already shipped) is preserved across the new
  IA.

## Acceptance criteria

- AC1 The top nav renders exactly: Main Dashboard, named dashboards, configured-
  service-type entries, Services, Settings — and nothing else.
- AC2 Each content tab listed in R2.4 renders its full operational content
  inside the corresponding service page.
- AC3 An instance switcher appears when >1 enabled instance of a type exists and
  is absent otherwise.
- AC4 Creating, editing, reordering, and deleting a named dashboard works; each
  appears in the nav and is reachable at `/d/:slug`.
- AC5 Legacy routes return 404.
- AC6 The `backups` and `authentik` service types appear in the service-type
  list and can be configured like any other service.
- AC7 Existing Jellyseerr service instances are migrated into Jellyfin config
  (or dropped with a logged warning when unpaired).
- AC8 A fresh install lands on `/` with the empty-state CTA.
- AC9 `cd backend && .venv/bin/ruff check . && .venv/bin/python -m pytest` is
  green.
- AC10 `cd frontend && npm run lint && npm run build && npm run test` is green.

## Non-goals

- Per-instance top-level nav entries.
- Legacy-route redirects or aliases.
- New widget kinds (pinned service links are a shortcut variant, not a widget
  kind).
- Per-user dashboard customization.
- Changes to OIDC authentication.
- Mobile-specific IA divergence.
