The Machines/Infrastructure drawer and the Docker host drawer built their "Needs attention" list from the alerts embedded in each resource. No backend code ever filled that list, so every resource carried `alerts: []` and both drawers stayed silent while an alert was open: a mock stack had 0 of 142 resources with embedded alerts while 14 alerts were active, and a real dev Pulse showed `alerts: []` on a host whose temperature alert was open. Both drawers now read the websocket activeAlerts map, the source the Proxmox node, guest and Mail Gateway drawers already use, through one matcher, getAlertsForUnifiedResource. It keys a resource on the ids the backend writes for it (unified id, canonical primary and superseded ids, Proxmox source id, metrics target) and, for agent and Docker hosts, agent:<id> and docker:<host source id> plus the disk, RAID, container and service alerts nested under them. Rows show the affected resource and metric like the other drawers, most severe first. The dead embedded path is gone: the frontend ResourceAlert type and its unused hasAlerts filter, the Proxmox summary alertCount nobody rendered, and ResourceFrontend.alerts / ResourceAlertInput on the backend, which also drops "alerts":[] from every resource in each broadcast. Now that incident alerts reach the infrastructure drawer, a health reason counts as stated when it is a whole sentence of an alert's text, so a storage incident alert that joins its summary and impact does not repeat beside either reason.
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.