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A Pulse agent linked into a VM keeps its last report on the VM resource after it stops reporting: the registry copies the agent's whole facet, `agent.stale` included, onto the guest. The guest drawer never read that flag. A quiet agent's Guest RAID kept its live colours and "Rebuild: 42% · 118M/sec", its network rows and version read as current, and nothing said the agent had gone. ## Change - `useWorkloads` maps `agent.stale` onto the workload as `agentStale`, and sets `disksFromAgent` when Proxmox reported no guest filesystems and the agent's own `disks` filled in. Filesystem rows are the only agent reading with a second source. - When the agent is stale, the guest drawer: - passes `HOST_AGENT_STOPPED_REPORTING_REASON` to `RaidCard` (`lastKnownReason`, #2652); - puts a status line over muted Network rows; - marks the Pulse Agent row "· stopped reporting"; - reads agent-supplied filesystem rows through the existing `last-known` disk read state. - Agent-supplied filesystem rows now follow the agent's freshness instead of the Proxmox guest-read reason. Before, a VM with a **live** linked agent but no qemu-guest-agent showed the agent's filesystems as "Usage unavailable · ?/328 GB" with advice to install qemu-guest-agent. A stopped guest still reads those rows as unavailable, whether its status or the Proxmox `vm-stopped` reason says so. Proxmox's own guest filesystems keep their read state. ## Verification - Private mock stack built from `main` plus this change. Two host agents were held past their reporting lease and two left live, then each was linked into a VM through `POST /api/resources/{vm}/link`. The two silent VMs serve `agent.stale: true` with the agent's raid, disks and interfaces; the two live ones carry no stale flag. - Playwright at 1440 and 390: - silent VMs read as described above; - the live VM with agent-only filesystems shows usage with bars; - the live control is unchanged; - no horizontal overflow. - New tests in `GuestDrawer.test.tsx` cover: - silent agent; - live agent with Proxmox agent-not-running; - Proxmox filesystems under a silent agent; - stopped guest, with and without the reason; - stale flip in both directions on an open drawer. The new tests fail against the old drawer. `useWorkloads.test.ts` asserts source selection with distinct mountpoints. - Frontend suites over Workloads, hooks, utils, shared, platformPage and Infrastructure pass, apart from the Mac-only PTY tests in `agentInstallCommand.test.ts`. - WorkloadsSurface grows by 0.22 kB gzip (64.85 kB against a ~71.9 kB cap), and the chunk set is unchanged. ## Not covered - The workload table's disk cell and the drawer History still read the aggregate disk metric with the Proxmox reason. - The agent's OS, its addresses in the identity rows, and the lazily loaded Physical Disks card's health and wearout carry no stale cue yet.
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.