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## Problem The unified registry's stale pass recomputed a resource's status from its source sightings, and read a sighting that had *delivered recently* as *online*. A sighting only says the source delivered, not what it reported: - A Proxmox node the cluster reports offline on a live poll came back `online` once its linked host agent went silent, which is exactly what a powered-off machine's agent does (the #1441 / discussion #1135 symptom for users with an agent on the node). The Proxmox nodes table showed an amber dot next to its own "Offline" label while the drawer led with a critical "Node is offline" alert. - A node `preserveOrExpireNodes` expired after failed polls read `warning` ("Degraded"), and the stopped guests on it were counted under "Attention". Node alerts were not affected: `CheckNode` reads the poller's own `models.Node`. Everything that reads the projection was (`/api/resources`, websocket state, `NodesSnapshot`, Patrol and AI tools, connections grouping, reporting, charts). ## Fix Each sighting records the status its source reported (an unexported verdict that replaces the narrower lease marker from #2634), and `aggregateStatus` reads it: - While any source with a verdict is current, only the current sources decide, in the priority order the merge uses (agent, then Proxmox or vSphere, then Docker), so a live agent still keeps a node online when the Proxmox API path to it fails. - Once every source is quiet, an `offline` verdict survives and anything else reads `warning`, as before. - Sightings still report delivery, so health keeps its `telemetry_stale` reason. Availability checks projected onto a target keep counting by delivery, exactly as on main. Giving them a verdict needs each check's own freshness, and that is left to a follow-up (documented in unified-resources.md). ## Verification - Registry tests in `registry_merge_policy_test.go`: live poll reports offline with a silent agent (inside and past its lease), poller-expired node alone and with its agent, stopped and running guests on a quiet poll, JSON round trip, in-memory copy keeping a facet without a verdict, and an aggregation table. The node, poller-expired, guest and round-trip tests fail on main with the bug's exact symptoms; all of #2634's lease tests still pass. - Private mock stack (demo estate, one node held offline on a fresh poll with its agent silent): before, both offline nodes showed amber ("Offline"/"Degraded" pills) and 44 stopped guests counted as Attention; after, both read Offline and the guests moved to Stopped. A full status diff of ~1,780 resources showed no other systematic change. - `go test` for unifiedresources, monitoring, ai, alerts, mock, api, api/resourceapi and api/chartapi passes.
Pulse documentation
Start here for installation, platform setup, security, operations, and Pulse Intelligence. Commands, configuration keys, image names, API fields, and product identifiers remain untranslated in localized guides.
Start here
- Install Pulse — signed Proxmox/Linux installation, Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, and first-run setup.
- Production deployment and security — least-privilege Proxmox setup, root-agent boundaries, discovery, supply-chain verification, plan limits, scale evidence, and a rollout checklist.
- Upgrade from Pulse v5 — migration prerequisites, rollback, agent continuity, and post-upgrade checks.
- Releases and update channels: choosing Stable or Preview, beta and RC expectations, and how releases are tested and promoted.
- Configure Pulse — authentication, notifications, discovery, retention, and system settings.
- Deployment models — data locations, lifecycle, and differences between supported deployment paths.
- Troubleshooting and FAQ — common failures, diagnostics, and operator questions.
Localized getting started guides: Deutsch · Español
Platforms and agents
- Proxmox Backup Server
- Proxmox Mail Gateway
- Docker and Podman
- Kubernetes and Helm
- TrueNAS SCALE and CORE
- Unified Agent
- Agent security
- VM disk monitoring
- ZFS monitoring
- Temperature monitoring
VMware vSphere support is early access. Current builds expose dedicated vSphere inventory and recovery context, but operators should validate the integration against their own vCenter before production use.
Monitoring and operations
- Metrics history
- Recovery data
- Webhooks
- Automatic updates
- Centralized agent management (Pro)
- Operational trust model
- Current product screenshots
Pulse Intelligence
- Assistant, Patrol, and external-agent overview
- Patrol modes and safety
- Assistant safety model
- External agent HTTP and MCP substrate
Patrol watch-only analysis is available on Community with a local model or the operator's own provider. Investigation and governed fixes require the relevant Pulse Pro capabilities.
Security, privacy, and access
- Production deployment and security
- Security review scope
- Authentication and credential storage review packet
- Security guide
- Privacy and telemetry disclosure
- OIDC and SSO
- Proxy authentication
- Role-based access control (Pro)
- Audit logging (Pro)
- Reverse proxy configuration
- Code-signing policy
Plans and managed access
- Community, Relay, and Pro capabilities
- Relay and Pulse Mobile handoff
- Multi-tenant organizations (Enterprise/custom)
- Provider-hosted MSP operations (request-assisted)
Pulse Cloud is not generally available. Ordinary self-hosted Pulse remains the primary installation path; MSP and Enterprise access are explicit commercial paths rather than defaults in self-hosted setup.
Development and reference
Detailed design notes and dated migration specifications may remain in this directory for maintainers, but they are not operator setup guides unless they are linked from the sections above.
Previous versions and migrations
- Upgrade from v4 to v5
- Retired unified-navigation migration — historical context only; current Pulse uses platform-shaped navigation.
- Move a Pulse installation
Found a bug? Use the issue forms. For setup questions, use GitHub Discussions.