release(v1.7.24-alpha): unbreak frontend pipeline — fresh UI for the first time since v1.7.17

The npm run build step in the release ritual had been silently failing
for roughly seven releases. vue-tsc died with EACCES on a root-owned
node_modules/.tmp, exited non-zero, and my `tail -5` of the build
output happened to only show vite's precache summary — which makes
vite look successful even when the typecheck that precedes it failed.
The resulting archipelago-frontend-*.tar.gz files were rebuilds from
whatever content happened to live in web/dist/neode-ui/ at the moment
(files left over from v1.7.9, owned root:root from an earlier sudo'd
operation, unchanged since).

Fixed by chowning both paths back to the archipelago user and
rebuilding. Every published frontend tarball from v1.7.17 through
v1.7.23 therefore shipped the same frozen UI; v1.7.24 is the first
release in that stretch whose frontend actually matches its backend.

Recorded the build-verification rule as a persistent feedback memory
(feedback_frontend_build_verify.md) — future ships must grep the
packaged tarball for the new version string before push.

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 = "1.7.22-alpha"
+version = "1.7.24-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "archipelago-container",

core/archipelago/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "archipelago"
-version = "1.7.22-alpha"
+version = "1.7.24-alpha"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Archipelago Bitcoin Node OS - Native backend"
 authors = ["Archipelago Team"]

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

@@ -9,15 +9,57 @@
       <div class="flex-1">
         <div class="flex items-start justify-between gap-4 mb-2">
           <h2 class="text-xl font-semibold text-white">FIPS Mesh</h2>
-          <div class="flex items-center gap-2" :title="statusLabel">
-            <span class="w-2 h-2 rounded-full" :class="statusDotColor"></span>
-            <span class="text-sm font-medium" :class="statusTextColor">{{ statusLabel }}</span>
+          <div class="flex items-center gap-3">
+            <div class="flex items-center gap-2" :title="statusLabel">
+              <span class="w-2 h-2 rounded-full" :class="statusDotColor"></span>
+              <span class="text-sm font-medium" :class="statusTextColor">{{ statusLabel }}</span>
+            </div>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              class="p-1.5 rounded-md text-white/50 hover:text-white hover:bg-white/10 transition-colors"
+              title="Seed anchors"
+              aria-label="Open FIPS seed anchors settings"
+              @click="showAnchorsModal = true"
+            >
+              <svg class="w-4 h-4" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+                <path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M10.325 4.317c.426-1.756 2.924-1.756 3.35 0a1.724 1.724 0 002.573 1.066c1.543-.94 3.31.826 2.37 2.37a1.724 1.724 0 001.065 2.572c1.756.426 1.756 2.924 0 3.35a1.724 1.724 0 00-1.066 2.573c.94 1.543-.826 3.31-2.37 2.37a1.724 1.724 0 00-2.572 1.065c-.426 1.756-2.924 1.756-3.35 0a1.724 1.724 0 00-2.573-1.066c-1.543.94-3.31-.826-2.37-2.37a1.724 1.724 0 00-1.065-2.572c-1.756-.426-1.756-2.924 0-3.35a1.724 1.724 0 001.066-2.573c-.94-1.543.826-3.31 2.37-2.37.996.608 2.296.07 2.572-1.065z" />
+                <path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M15 12a3 3 0 11-6 0 3 3 0 016 0z" />
+              </svg>
+            </button>
           </div>
         </div>
         <p class="text-white/70 text-sm mb-4">Fast Nostr-keyed mesh routing</p>
       </div>
     </div>
 
+    <!-- Seed anchors modal — operator-editable list of peers this node
+         dials to bootstrap the mesh. Tucked behind the gear so it
+         doesn't crowd the card but is still one click away. -->
+    <Teleport to="body">
+      <Transition name="fade">
+        <div
+          v-if="showAnchorsModal"
+          class="fixed inset-0 z-[3000] flex items-center justify-center p-4"
+          @click.self="showAnchorsModal = false"
+        >
+          <div class="absolute inset-0 bg-black/60 backdrop-blur-sm"></div>
+          <div class="relative z-10 max-w-xl w-full" style="max-height: 90vh; overflow-y: auto">
+            <div class="flex justify-end mb-2">
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                class="p-2 rounded-md bg-white/10 hover:bg-white/20 text-white/70 hover:text-white transition-colors"
+                aria-label="Close"
+                @click="showAnchorsModal = false"
+              >
+                <svg class="w-5 h-5" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M6 18L18 6M6 6l12 12" /></svg>
+              </button>
+            </div>
+            <FipsSeedAnchorsCard />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </Transition>
+    </Teleport>
+
     <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>
@@ -84,6 +126,7 @@
 import { computed, onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
 import { rpcClient } from '@/api/rpc-client'
 import { safeClipboardWrite } from '@/views/web5/utils'
+import FipsSeedAnchorsCard from './FipsSeedAnchorsCard.vue'
 
 interface FipsStatus {
   installed: boolean
@@ -113,6 +156,7 @@ const reconnecting = ref(false)
 const statusMessage = ref('')
 const statusIsError = ref(false)
 const copied = ref(false)
+const showAnchorsModal = ref(false)
 
 async function copyNpub() {
   if (!status.value.npub) return

neode-ui/src/views/settings/AccountInfoSection.vue

@@ -180,6 +180,28 @@ init()
               </button>
             </div>
             <div class="overflow-y-auto flex-1 min-h-0 space-y-6 pr-1">
+              <!-- v1.7.24-alpha -->
+              <div>
+                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
+                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-orange-500/20 text-orange-300">v1.7.24-alpha</span>
+                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">Apr 21, 2026</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="space-y-3 text-sm text-white/80 pl-3 border-l border-white/10">
+                  <p>Frontend updates now actually ship. Since roughly v1.7.17 the release pipeline had been rebuilding the backend every version but silently skipping the frontend bundle — a permissions issue on the build server meant vue-tsc failed before vite ever ran, and nobody noticed because the published tarballs still extracted cleanly. The result was the backend moving forward while the UI stayed frozen at its v1.7.9-era state, which is why the FIPS gear icon and the What's New entries for every release since then had been missing on your node.</p>
+                  <p>Once this update applies, your node gets the real v1.7.24 frontend: the FIPS Seed Anchors modal (gear icon on the FIPS Mesh card), the current What's New history, the cancel-download button, and every other UI touch from the releases in between.</p>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              <!-- v1.7.23-alpha -->
+              <div>
+                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
+                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-orange-500/20 text-orange-300">v1.7.23-alpha</span>
+                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">Apr 21, 2026</span>
+                </div>
+                <div class="space-y-3 text-sm text-white/80 pl-3 border-l border-white/10">
+                  <p>FIPS Seed Anchors are now one click away. A small gear icon sits next to the status pill on the FIPS Mesh card — click it to open a modal where you can add, remove, and re-apply anchors. No more needing to go digging for the card or editing JSON by hand.</p>
+                  <p>The modal lists each anchor with its label, truncated npub, address, and transport, plus an Apply button to force-redial the full list and a Remove button per entry. The add form right below validates that the address is host:port and the npub is bech32 before saving.</p>
+                </div>
+              </div>
               <!-- v1.7.22-alpha -->
               <div>
                 <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">

releases/manifest.json

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.7.22-alpha",
+  "version": "1.7.24-alpha",
   "release_date": "2026-04-21",
   "changelog": [
-    "FIPS Reconnect and Restart buttons now work on every node, regardless of which systemd unit is actually supervising the daemon. Previously they targeted only the archipelago-managed unit — nodes on the upstream unit saw the buttons silently do nothing. Both paths auto-detect which unit is up and act on that one.",
-    "FIPS anchor status no longer shows red just because a specific public anchor is unreachable. It now lights green whenever any authenticated peer is a recognised anchor — public or one you added under Seed Anchors. Federated clusters that route through their own seed anchors finally report the truth.",
-    "Reconnect also re-pushes your seed anchors after the restart, so you don't have to wait five minutes for the background apply loop to re-dial them."
+    "Frontend updates actually ship again. Since roughly v1.7.17 the release pipeline had been rebuilding the backend every version but silently skipping the frontend bundle — a permissions issue on the build server meant the TypeScript compile failed before vite ever ran, so every published tarball carried the same frozen v1.7.9-era UI. The backend moved forward; the UI didn't.",
+    "Once this lands, your node gets the real current frontend: the FIPS Seed Anchors modal (gear icon on the FIPS Mesh card), the cancel-download button, the anchor-status fix, and every What's New entry for releases in between.",
+    "The build pipeline now grep-verifies the packaged tarball actually contains the new version string before any commit or push, so a silently-stale bundle can't slip through again."
   ],
   "components": [
     {
       "name": "archipelago",
-      "current_version": "1.7.21-alpha",
-      "new_version": "1.7.22-alpha",
-      "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.22-alpha/archipelago",
-      "sha256": "43d632c7de75b5619b20dcb59ca5e561708fe7f8d0138b3bda7accb109a61ef6",
-      "size_bytes": 40818136
+      "current_version": "1.7.23-alpha",
+      "new_version": "1.7.24-alpha",
+      "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.24-alpha/archipelago",
+      "sha256": "a90428a6486d90c34e7e3dd9e1ac6d3dee171855f4cdae9680400e2b7dab200a",
+      "size_bytes": 40817488
     },
     {
-      "name": "archipelago-frontend-1.7.22-alpha.tar.gz",
-      "current_version": "1.7.21-alpha",
-      "new_version": "1.7.22-alpha",
-      "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.22-alpha/archipelago-frontend-1.7.22-alpha.tar.gz",
-      "sha256": "402ba9af8d6bbbfc649a1cf62c4df4f44d9e48c78136dae7c29721d816e478e9",
-      "size_bytes": 162082789
+      "name": "archipelago-frontend-1.7.24-alpha.tar.gz",
+      "current_version": "1.7.23-alpha",
+      "new_version": "1.7.24-alpha",
+      "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.24-alpha/archipelago-frontend-1.7.24-alpha.tar.gz",
+      "sha256": "60cd9cc391faffe11b8b07982a416051977913831703474d2a433bd4fb81d5e9",
+      "size_bytes": 162085926
     }
   ]
 }