From d67c636988f9f524a9692ceea1737932a76a2b70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dorian <dorian@Dorians-MacBook-Air.local>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:46:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add stopped core container restart to doctor

Rootless Podman 4.x restart policies don't auto-restart containers
after crashes. The doctor (which runs on a timer) now checks for
exited core containers (tiers 0-2) and restarts them.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 scripts/container-doctor.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/container-doctor.sh b/scripts/container-doctor.sh
index 8c67ffed..1addd109 100755
--- a/scripts/container-doctor.sh
+++ b/scripts/container-doctor.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #   5. SearXNG read-only root / cap-drop ALL
 #   6. Bitcoin Knots prune+txindex conflict
 #   7. Containers stuck with exit code 127 (binary not found)
+#   8. Stopped core containers (rootless restart policy workaround)
 #
 # Safe to run multiple times (idempotent). Never blocks deploy (exit 0 always).
 #
@@ -362,6 +363,25 @@ print(' '.join(['\"' + a + '\"' if ' ' in a else a for a in args[2:]]))
     [ ${#fixed_names[@]} -gt 0 ] && return 0 || return 1
 }
 
+# ── Fix 8: Restart stopped core containers ──────────────────
+# Rootless Podman 4.x restart policies don't auto-restart on crash.
+# This check restarts any exited core containers (tiers 0-2).
+fix_stopped_core_containers() {
+    local core_containers="bitcoin-knots lnd electrumx mempool-api archy-mempool-web archy-mempool-db archy-btcpay-db archy-nbxplorer btcpay-server"
+    local restarted=()
+
+    for name in $core_containers; do
+        local state
+        state=$(podman inspect "$name" --format '{{.State.Status}}' 2>/dev/null || echo "missing")
+        if [ "$state" = "exited" ] || [ "$state" = "stopped" ]; then
+            log "Restarting stopped container: $name"
+            podman start "$name" 2>/dev/null && restarted+=("$name") || true
+        fi
+    done
+
+    [ ${#restarted[@]} -gt 0 ] && return 0 || return 1
+}
+
 # ── Main ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 # If remote host provided, run via SSH
@@ -388,6 +408,7 @@ run_fix "tor-permissions"  fix_tor_permissions
 run_fix "searxng"         fix_searxng
 run_fix "bitcoin-txindex" fix_bitcoin_txindex
 run_fix "exit-127"        fix_exit_127
+run_fix "stopped-core"    fix_stopped_core_containers
 
 echo ""
 if [ $FIXES_APPLIED -gt 0 ]; then