CheckGuest lifted a pulse-relaxed guest's CPU, memory and disk triggers
to the 95/92/95 floor itself, but config-save reevaluation rebuilt the
guest from alert metadata without its tags and judged the alert by the
unrelaxed thresholds. A relaxed guest whose memory threshold was unset
got the floor of 92 while polling, read as no threshold on save, and
the save resolved the alert with a recovery notification; the next poll
raised it again.
The floor also lifted an Off threshold (trigger 0, or -1 from the
editors) like any low trigger, so tagging a guest relaxed turned on an
alert its config switched off, with no recovery band at all ({95, 0}).
The tag is documented as relaxing thresholds; it must never make a
guest more sensitive than its config.
- Apply the relaxed step in effectiveAlertPolicyNoLock's guest branch,
so CheckGuest, reevaluation and any later resolver share it.
- Read the recorded tags back in guestSnapshotFromAlert ([]string live,
[]interface{} after a restart) through a shared metadata reader that
storagePolicyAliases now uses too.
- Leave an Off threshold off; an unset one still gets the floor.
- Drop the tags key from an open alert once its resource has no tags.
Reevaluation now reads it, and a removed pulse-relaxed left behind
would judge the alert by the relaxed trigger while polling uses the
guest's own.
This stacks on the per-filesystem reevaluation fix. Without it, a save
judges a filesystem alert by the guest's relaxed floor instead of the
filesystem's own lower override, and flaps it;
TestConfigSaveKeepsRelaxedGuestFilesystemOverride guards that.
The other new tests fail against the base branch's runtime files via
-overlay.
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.