Anso fbd13accda feat(stacks): optimistic concurrency on compose and env file writes (#1183)
* feat(stacks): optimistic concurrency on compose and env file writes

Two browser tabs (or one tab + an out-of-band edit) could silently
overwrite each other's compose.yaml or .env edits. GET /api/stacks/:name
and GET /api/stacks/:name/env now emit a W/"<mtime>" ETag header. PUT
on the same endpoints reads If-Match and returns 412 with
{code: 'stack_file_changed', currentMtimeMs, currentContent} on a stale
write, so the editor can recover without losing the user's text.

The 412 path in the editor surfaces a confirm dialog: "Overwrite
their changes?" Cancel loads the latest content into the editor and
exits edit mode. OK retries the PUT with no If-Match header.

If-Match is optional. A client that doesn't send it falls through to
the previous unconditional-write behavior so partial deploys (file
explorer uploads, git source sync) don't gain a surprise 412 surface.

* fix(stacks): consistent stat+read for compose mtime via held file handle

Promise.all([readFile, stat]) lets a concurrent write interleave between
the two calls: the read can return new content while the stat returns
the old mtime (or vice versa). The next If-Match check would then either
spuriously trigger 412 or silently allow an overwrite.

Hold the file descriptor open across stat and read so both ops observe
the same inode state. A rename-replace by another writer would not
affect the held fd's view.

Adds a near-boundary mtime test (1-second bump) to confirm the
Math.floor comparison detects whole-second changes on filesystems that
round to second-level precision.

* fix(stacks): defense-in-depth path validation in new compose mtime methods

CodeQL's taint engine on PR #1183 flagged 10 js/path-injection errors
across the four new FileSystemService methods (getStackContentWithMtime,
saveStackContentIfUnchanged, writeFileIfUnchanged, statMtime). The
engine does not follow the existing assertWithinBase guard across the
resolveStackDir / getComposeFilePath helper boundary; from its view the
stackName flows straight from req.params into a filesystem sink.

Eight alerts (getStackContentWithMtime + saveStackContentIfUnchanged)
were CodeQL blind-spot: the path WAS validated inside resolveStackDir.
Two alerts (writeFileIfUnchanged + statMtime) were genuinely missing
service-level guards because those methods accept a raw targetPath
from the caller and trusted the route to have validated upstream.

Add an explicit this.assertWithinBase(filePath) at the top of each
new method. The check is redundant for the two methods that already
went through resolveStackDir but makes the safety boundary visible
both to readers and to CodeQL's taint follower.

While here, port the held-file-descriptor pattern (already applied to
getStackContentWithMtime in dd7545eb) to the stat-then-read sequence
in saveStackContentIfUnchanged and writeFileIfUnchanged. This closes
the two js/file-system-race warnings on those branches so a concurrent
rename-replace cannot interleave between the mismatch detection and
the currentContent capture returned in the 412 payload.

The two remaining js/http-to-file-access warnings ("write to file
system depends on untrusted data") are semantic and intentional: this
is the save endpoint by design. They stay as warnings (not errors),
do not block CI, and are not suppressed because the codebase does not
do CodeQL suppression annotations.

* fix(stacks): inline path.resolve+startsWith barrier per CodeQL recommendation

The previous fix added this.assertWithinBase() calls at the top of each
new method. CodeQL's taint-flow analysis does not follow that helper
call across the function boundary, so it still saw the path as
user-tainted at every fs sink (10 -> 8 alerts after the first attempt).

CodeQL's documented js/path-injection sanitizer recognizes the
following inline pattern:

  filePath = path.resolve(ROOT, filePath);
  if (!filePath.startsWith(ROOT)) { throw / return; }
  // use the reassigned filePath below

The key elements are (1) path.resolve as the normalizer, (2) startsWith
check, (3) reject inline, (4) downstream use of the reassigned
variable. None of these can hide behind a helper call or the taint
tracker re-flags every sink.

Inlines the pattern in each of the four new methods (getStackContentWith-
Mtime, saveStackContentIfUnchanged, writeFileIfUnchanged, statMtime).
The check stays runtime-correct (it's the same logic isPathWithinBase
implements) but is now visible to static analysis.

writeFileIfUnchanged and statMtime had no service-level guard at all
before this commit (they trusted the caller); the inline barrier closes
that real gap as well as the CodeQL-recognition gap.

* fix(stacks): canonical CodeQL js/path-injection barrier shape

The prior inline check used path.resolve(filePath) with a single
argument and a compound condition (a !== b && !c.startsWith(d)).
CodeQL's path-injection sanitizer recognizer is shape-sensitive: it
matches path.resolve(SAFE_ROOT, untrusted) with the safe root as the
first argument, followed by a single unary startsWith check on the
resolved variable. The compound form and the single-arg resolve fell
outside the recognized pattern, leaving 8 alerts unchanged across the
four new methods.

Rewrite the barrier in each method to match the documented shape
verbatim:

  const baseResolved = path.resolve(this.baseDir);
  const safePath = path.resolve(baseResolved, untrustedInput);
  if (!safePath.startsWith(baseResolved + path.sep)) {
    throw ...;
  }
  // sinks consume safePath

baseResolved is a local variable (anchors the resolve call against a
known-safe root). safePath is the reassigned, sanitized variable that
every downstream fs.* call consumes. The single startsWith check with
path.sep appended prevents the prefix-match edge case (/foo matches
/foobar without the separator). All four affected methods get the
same form.

This is the third attempt at the CodeQL fix. The first added an
assertWithinBase helper (function call, not followed across the
boundary). The second inlined path.resolve(x) with a compound check
(non-canonical shape). This commit uses the literal recommended
sanitizer.
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What Sencho is

Sencho is for homelab operators, small DevOps teams, and platform engineers who run services on Docker Compose, want a graphical interface without giving up file-on-disk workflows, and need to manage more than one machine without SSH gymnastics or a VPN.

It runs as a single container on your hardware and gives you a UI for the work you currently do over SSH on compose stacks: deploying, editing files, watching logs, restarting containers, browsing volumes, and recovering from failures. Your compose files stay on the host filesystem and remain the source of truth.

A Sencho instance is autonomous. To manage another machine, you install a second Sencho on it and connect them with a long-lived API token; the primary dashboard then acts as a transparent HTTPS proxy across your fleet. There is no SSH and no exposed Docker socket. For nodes behind NAT or strict firewalls, the Pilot Agent establishes a single outbound WebSocket tunnel to the primary, so the remote host opens no inbound port at all.

Most capabilities are free in the Community tier. A few advanced automation and fleet-control features ship in paid tiers; pricing lives at sencho.io/pricing.


Capabilities

Stacks

  • Full Compose lifecycle: create, deploy, restart, stop, pull
  • Monaco editor with diff preview before save and one-click rollback
  • Git-sourced stacks pulled and synced from any repository
  • File explorer for compose, env, and supporting files
  • Stack labels for grouping and bulk operations
  • App Store with LinuxServer.io templates

Observability

  • Aggregated log search and stream across every container in the fleet
  • Live container stats, health checks, and image-update notifications
  • Threshold alerts for CPU, memory, and network
  • Read-only audit log of every action
  • Network topology view of containers, networks, and nodes

Fleet

  • Multi-node management via authenticated HTTP and WebSocket proxy
  • Fleet view with grid and topology layouts
  • Fleet snapshots of compose and env across the fleet
  • Pilot Agent for nodes behind NAT or strict firewalls
  • Node compatibility checks before deploying

Automation

Security

Operations


Quick start

Sencho runs in a single container.

services:
  sencho:
    image: saelix/sencho:latest
    container_name: sencho
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "1852:1852"
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
      - ./data:/app/data
      # 1:1 Compose Path Rule: the host path MUST match the container path
      - /opt/docker:/opt/docker
    environment:
      - COMPOSE_DIR=/opt/docker
      - DATA_DIR=/app/data
docker compose up -d

Open http://your-server:1852 and create your admin account.

Always front Sencho with a TLS-terminating reverse proxy in production. See the self-hosting guide for hardening, environment variables, and reverse-proxy examples.

Run with docker run instead
docker run -d --name sencho \
  -p 1852:1852 \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v sencho_data:/app/data \
  -e COMPOSE_DIR=/opt/docker \
  saelix/sencho:latest

For the full walkthrough, see the quickstart guide.


Adding remote nodes

To manage a second machine, install Sencho on it the same way, then add it from the primary dashboard with its URL and a long-lived API token. The primary proxies authenticated HTTPS and WebSocket requests to the remote instance. No SSH, no exposed Docker socket, no agent process on the remote. Nodes behind NAT or strict firewalls can opt into the Pilot Agent for outbound-only connectivity.

See the multi-node guide for the full token-bearer flow.


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