release(v1.7.6-alpha): robust apply_update + manifest-override env var

apply_update frontend swap
  Transient EROFS on .198 (filesystem hiccup — root FS mounts with
  errors=remount-ro so a fleeting glitch can bounce /opt to RO for a
  moment) caught the pre-cleanup `rm -rf web-ui.new web-ui.bak` mid-
  stride and aborted the apply. Rewrote the swap to use a timestamped
  staging dir (web-ui.new.<ms>) and a timestamped old-copy path so
  nothing needs to be rm'd before the extract. After the new tree is
  mv'd into place, the previous rollback copy is rotated aside with a
  .<ms> suffix (best-effort) and this apply's old copy becomes the new
  web-ui.bak. If the final mv fails, the staged old is restored so
  nginx keeps serving.

handle_update_check manifest override
  handle_update_check takes the git path whenever ~/archy/.git exists.
  On the dev box (.116) that meant the Pull & Rebuild button was
  always the only option even though the manifest-path OTA was
  already wired via ARCHIPELAGO_UPDATE_URL. Now: if that env var is
  set, we skip the git detection entirely and use the manifest path.
  The regular fleet (no env var, no repo) hits the manifest branch
  naturally; beta dev nodes (repo + no env var) still get Pull &
  Rebuild; dev nodes with the env var explicitly set can finally test
  the manifest OTA end-to-end.

Artefacts:
  archipelago                                      356e78cc…91a6dd  40372288
  archipelago-frontend-1.7.6-alpha.tar.gz          4fb79664…0172e9  76984615 (reused)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

core/Cargo.lock

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ checksum = "a23eb6b1614318a8071c9b2521f36b424b2c83db5eb3a0fead4a6c0809af6e61"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "archipelago"
-version = "1.7.2-alpha"
+version = "1.7.6-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "archipelago-container",

core/archipelago/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "archipelago"
-version = "1.7.2-alpha"
+version = "1.7.6-alpha"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Archipelago Bitcoin Node OS - Native backend"
 authors = ["Archipelago Team"]

core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/update.rs

@@ -6,12 +6,18 @@ impl RpcHandler {
     /// Check for available system updates.
     /// Tries git-based check first (if repo exists), falls back to manifest-based.
     pub(super) async fn handle_update_check(&self) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
-        // Try git-based check first (preferred for beta nodes)
+        // Manifest override: when ARCHIPELAGO_UPDATE_URL is explicitly set,
+        // the operator wants OTA via manifest — typically a dev box where
+        // ~/archy/.git exists but isn't the intended update surface.
+        // Without this short-circuit the dev box always advertises "Pull
+        // & Rebuild" and can never exercise the manifest OTA path.
+        let manifest_override = std::env::var("ARCHIPELAGO_UPDATE_URL").is_ok();
+
         let repo_dir = std::path::PathBuf::from(
             std::env::var("HOME").unwrap_or_else(|_| "/home/archipelago".to_string()),
         )
         .join("archy");
-        if repo_dir.join(".git").exists() {
+        if !manifest_override && repo_dir.join(".git").exists() {
             if let Ok(git_status) = self.git_check_update(&repo_dir).await {
                 return Ok(git_status);
             }

core/archipelago/src/data_model.rs

@@ -265,16 +265,13 @@ impl DataModel {
     /// falling back to Cargo.toml version. This allows sequential CI build
     /// numbers to be reflected in the UI without recompiling the binary.
     fn detect_build_version() -> String {
-        if let Ok(content) = std::fs::read_to_string("/opt/archipelago/build-info.txt") {
-            for line in content.lines() {
-                if let Some(v) = line.strip_prefix("version=") {
-                    let v = v.trim();
-                    if !v.is_empty() {
-                        return v.to_string();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        // Always use the binary's compiled-in version. The ISO installer
+        // writes /opt/archipelago/build-info.txt at install time, but that
+        // file is never rewritten by OTA or sideload, so trusting it made
+        // the sidebar permanently advertise whatever the ISO shipped with
+        // even after the running binary had moved on. CARGO_PKG_VERSION is
+        // baked into the binary at compile time, so it always matches what
+        // is actually running.
         env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string()
     }
 

core/archipelago/src/update.rs

@@ -305,42 +305,90 @@ pub async fn apply_update(data_dir: &Path) -> Result<()> {
                 info!(name = %name, "Backend binary applied");
             }
             _ if name.contains("frontend") && name.ends_with(".tar.gz") => {
-                let web_ui_dir = Path::new("/opt/archipelago/web-ui");
-                // Back up current frontend. /opt/archipelago is root-owned;
-                // the backup goes under our data_dir where we can write.
-                let frontend_backup = backup_dir.join("web-ui-backup.tar.gz");
-                if web_ui_dir.exists() {
-                    let status = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
-                        .args([
-                            "tar",
-                            "-czf",
-                            &frontend_backup.to_string_lossy(),
-                            "-C",
-                            "/opt/archipelago",
-                            "web-ui",
-                        ])
-                        .status()
-                        .await
-                        .context("Failed to backup frontend")?;
-                    if status.success() {
-                        info!("Frontend backed up");
-                    }
+                // Tarball contents are the *inside* of web-ui/ (root entries
+                // `./test-aiui.html`, `./assets/`, ...). Extract into a
+                // uniquely-named staging dir, then mv into place. No `rm
+                // -rf` pre-cleanup — that's what hit transient EROFS on
+                // .198 and aborted the apply mid-flight.
+                let ts = chrono::Utc::now().timestamp_millis();
+                let staging_new = format!("/opt/archipelago/web-ui.new.{}", ts);
+                let staging_old = format!("/opt/archipelago/web-ui.old.{}", ts);
+                let web_ui = "/opt/archipelago/web-ui";
+                let backup_path = "/opt/archipelago/web-ui.bak";
+
+                let mk = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
+                    .args(["mkdir", "-p", &staging_new])
+                    .status()
+                    .await
+                    .context("Failed to create frontend staging dir")?;
+                if !mk.success() {
+                    anyhow::bail!("mkdir {} failed", staging_new);
                 }
-                // Extract new frontend into /opt/archipelago (root-owned dir).
-                let status = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
-                    .args(["tar", "-xzf", &src.to_string_lossy(), "-C", "/opt/archipelago"])
+                let extract = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
+                    .args(["tar", "-xzf", &src.to_string_lossy(), "-C", &staging_new])
                     .status()
                     .await
                     .with_context(|| format!("Failed to extract {}", name))?;
-                if !status.success() {
+                if !extract.success() {
+                    // Best-effort cleanup of the partial extraction.
+                    let _ = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
+                        .args(["rm", "-rf", &staging_new])
+                        .status()
+                        .await;
                     anyhow::bail!("tar extraction failed for {}", name);
                 }
-                // nginx serves this tree; keep ownership consistent with
-                // what first-boot + the ISO layout expect.
                 let _ = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
-                    .args(["chown", "-R", "archipelago:archipelago", "/opt/archipelago/web-ui"])
+                    .args(["chown", "-R", "archipelago:archipelago", &staging_new])
                     .status()
                     .await;
+
+                // Swap: mv current web-ui aside, then mv new into place.
+                if Path::new(web_ui).exists() {
+                    let mv_old = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
+                        .args(["mv", web_ui, &staging_old])
+                        .status()
+                        .await
+                        .context("Failed to rotate old web-ui")?;
+                    if !mv_old.success() {
+                        anyhow::bail!("failed to move old web-ui aside");
+                    }
+                }
+                let mv_new = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
+                    .args(["mv", &staging_new, web_ui])
+                    .status()
+                    .await
+                    .context("Failed to swap new web-ui into place")?;
+                if !mv_new.success() {
+                    // Roll back the rename so nginx keeps serving.
+                    if Path::new(&staging_old).exists() {
+                        let _ = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
+                            .args(["mv", &staging_old, web_ui])
+                            .status()
+                            .await;
+                    }
+                    anyhow::bail!("failed to move new web-ui into place");
+                }
+
+                // Rotate previous rollback aside (best-effort) and install
+                // this apply's old copy as the new rollback.
+                if Path::new(&staging_old).exists() {
+                    if Path::new(backup_path).exists() {
+                        // Tag the previous backup with its own ts so it
+                        // doesn't collide; best-effort cleanup.
+                        let _ = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
+                            .args([
+                                "mv",
+                                backup_path,
+                                &format!("{}.{}", backup_path, ts),
+                            ])
+                            .status()
+                            .await;
+                    }
+                    let _ = tokio::process::Command::new("sudo")
+                        .args(["mv", &staging_old, backup_path])
+                        .status()
+                        .await;
+                }
                 info!(name = %name, "Frontend archive extracted to /opt/archipelago/web-ui");
             }
             _ => {

neode-ui/src/views/SystemUpdate.vue

@@ -345,10 +345,12 @@ async function downloadUpdate() {
   downloadPercent.value = 0
   statusMessage.value = ''
 
-  // Simulate incremental progress while waiting for the RPC
+  // Simulate incremental progress while waiting for the RPC. Capped at
+  // 95% so the bar never shows >100% before the real completion jumps it
+  // to 100 — previously the random increment could overshoot.
   const progressInterval = setInterval(() => {
-    if (downloadPercent.value < 90) {
-      downloadPercent.value += Math.random() * 15
+    if (downloadPercent.value < 95) {
+      downloadPercent.value = Math.min(95, downloadPercent.value + Math.random() * 3)
     }
   }, 500)
 

neode-ui/src/views/server/FipsNetworkCard.vue

@@ -18,27 +18,12 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 gap-3 mb-3 flex-1 min-h-0">
+    <div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 gap-3 mb-3 shrink-0">
       <div class="p-3 bg-white/5 rounded-lg">
         <p class="text-xs text-white/60 mb-1">Daemon version</p>
         <p class="text-sm font-medium text-white break-all">{{ status.version || '—' }}</p>
         <p v-if="!status.installed" class="text-xs text-white/40 mt-1">Package not installed</p>
       </div>
-      <div v-if="status.service_active" class="p-3 bg-white/5 rounded-lg sm:col-span-2">
-        <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 text-xs">
-          <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-            <span class="w-2 h-2 rounded-full" :class="status.anchor_connected ? 'bg-cyan-400' : 'bg-orange-400'"></span>
-            <span class="text-white/70">Anchor (fips.v0l.io):</span>
-            <span :class="status.anchor_connected ? 'text-cyan-300' : 'text-orange-300'">
-              {{ status.anchor_connected ? 'connected' : 'not reached' }}
-            </span>
-          </div>
-          <div class="text-white/60">{{ status.authenticated_peer_count ?? 0 }} peer{{ (status.authenticated_peer_count ?? 0) === 1 ? '' : 's' }}</div>
-        </div>
-        <p v-if="!status.anchor_connected" class="mt-1 text-[11px] text-white/40">
-          Without the anchor, DHT routing to unknown npubs can't bootstrap; federation + messaging will fall back to Tor until it reconnects.
-        </p>
-      </div>
       <div class="p-3 bg-white/5 rounded-lg">
         <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 mb-1">
           <p class="text-xs text-white/60">FIPS npub</p>
@@ -60,6 +45,33 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
+    <!-- Anchor status: always full-width to keep desktop layout tidy -->
+    <div v-if="status.service_active" class="p-3 bg-white/5 rounded-lg mb-3 shrink-0">
+      <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 flex-wrap">
+        <div class="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs">
+          <span class="w-2 h-2 rounded-full" :class="status.anchor_connected ? 'bg-cyan-400' : 'bg-orange-400'"></span>
+          <span class="text-white/70">Anchor (fips.v0l.io):</span>
+          <span :class="status.anchor_connected ? 'text-cyan-300' : 'text-orange-300'">
+            {{ status.anchor_connected ? 'connected' : 'not reached' }}
+          </span>
+          <span class="text-white/40">·</span>
+          <span class="text-white/60">{{ status.authenticated_peer_count ?? 0 }} peer{{ (status.authenticated_peer_count ?? 0) === 1 ? '' : 's' }}</span>
+        </div>
+        <button
+          v-if="!status.anchor_connected"
+          type="button"
+          class="text-xs px-3 py-1.5 rounded-md bg-orange-400/15 hover:bg-orange-400/25 text-orange-200 disabled:opacity-60 transition-colors"
+          :disabled="reconnecting"
+          @click="reconnectAnchor"
+        >
+          {{ reconnecting ? 'Reconnecting…' : 'Reconnect' }}
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <p v-if="!status.anchor_connected" class="mt-2 text-[11px] text-white/40 leading-snug">
+        Without the anchor, DHT routing to unknown npubs can't bootstrap; federation and messaging fall back to Tor until it reconnects. Reconnect restarts the FIPS daemon, which usually clears a stale identity cache.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+
     <div v-if="statusMessage" class="mb-3 p-3 rounded-lg text-xs" :class="statusIsError ? 'bg-red-400/10 text-red-300' : 'bg-green-400/10 text-green-300'">{{ statusMessage }}</div>
 
     <div v-if="status.key_present && !status.service_active" class="flex gap-2 mt-auto pt-3 shrink-0">
@@ -97,6 +109,7 @@ const status = ref<FipsStatus>({
   anchor_connected: false,
 })
 const installing = ref(false)
+const reconnecting = ref(false)
 const statusMessage = ref('')
 const statusIsError = ref(false)
 const copied = ref(false)
@@ -167,5 +180,29 @@ async function installAndActivate() {
   }
 }
 
+// Restart the FIPS daemon to kick it back onto the public anchor. Stale
+// identity-cache entries are the usual cause of "not reached"; systemctl
+// restart clears them and re-runs the bootstrap handshake.
+async function reconnectAnchor() {
+  reconnecting.value = true
+  try {
+    await rpcClient.call({ method: 'fips.restart', timeout: 45_000 })
+    // Give the daemon a few seconds to come back and re-populate its
+    // identity cache before we re-query status.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5000))
+    await loadStatus()
+    if (status.value.anchor_connected) {
+      flash('Anchor reconnected')
+    } else {
+      flash('FIPS restarted — anchor still reporting unreachable. Check network / firewall.', true)
+    }
+  } catch (e: unknown) {
+    const msg = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)
+    flash(`Reconnect failed: ${msg}`, true)
+  } finally {
+    reconnecting.value = false
+  }
+}
+
 onMounted(loadStatus)
 </script>

neode-ui/src/views/web5/Web5Identities.vue

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       >
         <!-- Avatar -->
         <button @click="openProfileEditor(identity)" class="relative flex-shrink-0 w-10 h-10 rounded-full overflow-hidden group" title="Edit profile">
-          <img v-if="identity.profile?.picture" :src="identity.profile.picture" class="w-full h-full object-cover" @error="($event.target as HTMLImageElement).style.display = 'none'" />
+          <img v-if="identity.profile?.picture" :src="displayableUrl(identity.profile.picture)" class="w-full h-full object-cover" @error="($event.target as HTMLImageElement).style.display = 'none'" />
           <div v-if="!identity.profile?.picture" class="w-full h-full flex items-center justify-center" :class="{
             'bg-blue-500/20': identity.purpose === 'personal',
             'bg-orange-500/20': identity.purpose === 'business',
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@
         <!-- Info -->
         <div class="flex-1 min-w-0">
           <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-            <span class="text-white font-medium text-sm">{{ identity.name }}</span>
+            <span class="text-white font-medium text-sm">{{ identity.profile?.display_name || identity.name }}</span>
+            <span v-if="identity.profile?.display_name && identity.profile.display_name !== identity.name" class="text-white/40 text-xs truncate max-w-[160px]" :title="`Internal name: ${identity.name}`">({{ identity.name }})</span>
             <span v-if="identity.is_default" class="text-yellow-400 text-xs" title="Default identity">&#9733;</span>
             <span class="text-xs px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full capitalize" :class="{
               'bg-blue-500/20 text-blue-300': identity.purpose === 'personal',
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@
     <div class="glass-card p-6 w-full max-w-2xl mx-4 max-h-[90vh] overflow-y-auto" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="profile-editor-title">
       <div class="flex items-center gap-3 mb-5">
         <div class="relative w-16 h-16 rounded-full overflow-hidden bg-white/10 shrink-0">
-          <img v-if="profileForm.picture" :src="profileForm.picture" class="w-full h-full object-cover" @error="($event.target as HTMLImageElement).style.display = 'none'" />
+          <img v-if="profileForm.picture" :src="displayableUrl(profileForm.picture)" class="w-full h-full object-cover" @error="($event.target as HTMLImageElement).style.display = 'none'" />
           <div v-else class="w-full h-full flex items-center justify-center">
             <span class="text-2xl font-bold text-white/40">{{ profileEditorIdentity.name.charAt(0).toUpperCase() }}</span>
           </div>
@@ -408,6 +409,20 @@ const profilePublishing = ref(false)
 const avatarUploading = ref(false)
 const bannerUploading = ref(false)
 
+// The backend returns onion-based public URLs for uploaded profile
+// pictures (so they're fetchable by external Nostr clients), but the
+// local browser session isn't Tor-routed and can't resolve .onion hosts.
+// Rewrite onion-rooted `/blob/<cid>` URLs (with or without capability
+// query) to same-origin `/blob/<cid>` so they render in this UI. Data
+// URLs and plain external URLs pass through untouched.
+function displayableUrl(url: string | null | undefined): string {
+  if (!url) return ''
+  if (url.startsWith('data:') || url.startsWith('/')) return url
+  const onionMatch = url.match(/^https?:\/\/[a-z2-7]{16,56}\.onion(\/blob\/[0-9a-f]{64})(\?.*)?$/i)
+  if (onionMatch && onionMatch[1]) return onionMatch[1]
+  return url
+}
+
 // Upload to the node's blob store and drop the returned public URL into
 // the profile field. The /api/blob endpoint marks these blobs public, so
 // the URL served back (`public_url`, onion-rooted when Tor is up) is

releases/manifest.json

@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.7.2-alpha",
+  "version": "1.7.6-alpha",
   "release_date": "2026-04-20",
   "changelog": [
-    "Install Update now actually installs. Before, the button would back up your current version then fail with 'Failed to apply update' because the installer couldn't write into system folders.",
-    "The button's also been renamed to 'Install Update' (previously 'Apply Update') and the node restarts itself a moment after you click it — no more manual restart step.",
-    "Your existing identities now show the generated avatar instead of just their initials — same look as freshly created ones.",
-    "Everything from 1.7.0-alpha and 1.7.1-alpha carries over (default avatars on creation, one-click Save publishes to Nostr relays, public blob URLs for profile pictures, 30-minute download window, VPN peer restore on reboot, reconciler-only-repairs, filebrowser fix)."
+    "Install Update is now more robust. Each install gets its own uniquely-named staging folder and then moves files into place — the previous version had a small cleanup step that could hit a transient filesystem hiccup and bail out halfway. You'll also still see a rollback folder after a successful install.",
+    "Dev-box OTA: nodes that build archipelago from source can now opt into the standard Download → Install flow instead of Pull & Rebuild, by setting ARCHIPELAGO_UPDATE_URL in the service environment. Useful when the dev machine has a checked-out repo but you want to test the regular update path."
   ],
   "components": [
     {
       "name": "archipelago",
-      "current_version": "1.7.1-alpha",
-      "new_version": "1.7.2-alpha",
-      "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.2-alpha/archipelago",
-      "sha256": "70e5444efede580fbf29f0f4131e065aaaead3b3d108ed6948abcdac9667c589",
-      "size_bytes": 40381960
+      "current_version": "1.7.5-alpha",
+      "new_version": "1.7.6-alpha",
+      "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.6-alpha/archipelago",
+      "sha256": "356e78cc40234a07a38f07c3cb8776f5e4856158256bbd6572f9d6a0f891a6dd",
+      "size_bytes": 40372288
     },
     {
-      "name": "archipelago-frontend-1.7.2-alpha.tar.gz",
-      "current_version": "1.7.1-alpha",
-      "new_version": "1.7.2-alpha",
-      "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.2-alpha/archipelago-frontend-1.7.2-alpha.tar.gz",
-      "sha256": "806b027b43dbfbcb60b6c08da226e7e07db1a306848a9028d5a3cd676358a824",
-      "size_bytes": 76983699
+      "name": "archipelago-frontend-1.7.6-alpha.tar.gz",
+      "current_version": "1.7.5-alpha",
+      "new_version": "1.7.6-alpha",
+      "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.6-alpha/archipelago-frontend-1.7.6-alpha.tar.gz",
+      "sha256": "4fb796643cc9dc8469078ca3392f7cc5541071f6849979922b3259e5f20172e9",
+      "size_bytes": 76984615
     }
   ]
 }