fix(desktop): mirror signed releases to public repo for the updater
The updater endpoint pointed at mca/parking_solution's own Gitea "latest release" redirect, but that repo is private and field appliances have no Gitea credentials — every update check was silently failing. release.yml now mirrors signed installers to mca/public_releases (public, installers only) under a fixed desktop-latest tag; tauri.conf.json points there. Rejected embedding a read token in the app instead, given the booth-operator threat model. Also: make the appliance-provisioning root_directory gotcha impossible to skim past (boxed callout + explicit next-step pointers), after it caused a second missed step on the park-2 install.
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type: reference
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tags: [parking, deployment, appliance, hardening, runbook, offline-first]
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sources: []
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updated: 2026-08-30
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updated: 2026-09-02
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status: settled
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---
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@@ -290,19 +290,30 @@ sudo loginctl enable-linger admin # so the user service starts at boot witho
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NOT `:9120` — Core's container port `9120` is exposed-not-published; the agent reaches it through
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the proxy. (Gotcha #7 below.)
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- Config lands at `~/.config/komodo/periphery.config.toml`. The key field is **`core_address`**
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(singular); `root_directory` must be a path `admin` can write. **⚠ VERIFY THIS after install —
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Periphery v2.2.0's installer writes `root_directory = "/etc/komodo"` even with `--user`**
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(bit the lab box 2026-07-07: panic `Failed to write private key pem to "/etc/komodo/keys/
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periphery.key" … Permission denied`, crash-loop until systemd gives up). Fix + restart:
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```bash
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sed -i 's|^root_directory = .*|root_directory = "'"$HOME"'/.komodo"|' ~/.config/komodo/periphery.config.toml
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systemctl --user reset-failed periphery && systemctl --user restart periphery
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```
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NB `sudo systemctl restart periphery` says *unit not found* — it's a USER unit; always
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`systemctl --user …`. The onboarding key survives a pre-connect crash (unused until first dial).
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(singular).
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Verify: `systemctl --user status periphery` → active; the server **`park-buzi`** appears and goes
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**OK/green** in Core → Servers. Then **delete the onboarding key**.
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> ⚠ **ALWAYS CHECK THIS — every install so far has hit it (lab box 2026-07-07, booth `park-2`
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> 2026-09-02).** `root_directory` must be a path `admin` can write, but **Periphery's installer
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> writes `root_directory = "/etc/komodo"` even with `--user`** (still true as of v2.3.3). Result:
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> panic `Failed to write private key pem to "/etc/komodo/keys/periphery.key" … Permission denied`,
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> crash-loop until systemd gives up (`Start request repeated too quickly`).
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>
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> **Fix + restart:**
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> ```bash
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> sed -i 's|^root_directory = .*|root_directory = "'"$HOME"'/.komodo"|' ~/.config/komodo/periphery.config.toml
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> systemctl --user reset-failed periphery && systemctl --user restart periphery
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> ```
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> NB `sudo systemctl restart periphery` says *unit not found* — it's a USER unit; always
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> `systemctl --user …`. The onboarding key survives a pre-connect crash (unused until first dial).
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>
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> **➜ Do not stop here once it's green.** This fix only gets Periphery *running* — the Stack still
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> isn't deployed. Immediately continue to **verify below, then §7b**.
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**Verify:** `systemctl --user status periphery` → active; the server **`park-buzi`** appears and
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goes **OK/green** in Core → Servers. Then **delete the onboarding key**.
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**➜ Next step is §7b below — the Stack itself is not deployed yet.** A green Server in Core just
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means the agent connected; it runs nothing until you add the Registry/Git accounts and deploy.
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### 7b. Deploy the Stack (in Core — by hand once, then code)
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@@ -485,7 +496,11 @@ works; the desktop app is a separate workstream.
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separate Komodo credentials. A blank registry account on the Stack → anonymous pull →
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`no basic auth credentials`. Set the Stack's **Registry Account** (`komodo`).
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9. **User-mode Periphery + `/etc/komodo` `root_directory` = `Permission denied`** writing the agent
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key. User-mode (runs as `admin`, no root daemon) must keep `root_directory` under `$HOME`.
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key. User-mode (runs as `admin`, no root daemon) must keep `root_directory` under `$HOME`. Hit
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on every install so far (lab box 2026-07-07, booth `park-2` 2026-09-02, still on v2.3.3) —
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**check this first** whenever a fresh Periphery install crash-loops; see the boxed callout in
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§7a for the fix. Easy to fix-and-move-on without realizing the Stack still isn't deployed —
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§7a's fix only starts the agent, §7b deploys the Stack.
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10. The config key is **`core_address`** (singular). And `--core-address` derives `wss://` from
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`https://` — if Core were plain-HTTP you'd need `http://` (→ `ws://`).
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11. ResourceSync **Execute disabled + file shown clean in Info = empty diff = already in sync**
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type: decision
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tags: [parking, decisions, desktop, frontend]
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sources: []
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updated: 2026-06-21
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updated: 2026-09-03
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status: settled
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---
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@@ -149,11 +149,7 @@ Per the user's choices — the operator **keeps OS access** (no fullscreen lockd
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offline), prompts the operator (i18n `update.prompt`), then `downloadAndInstall()` + `relaunch()`.
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Accepts that the appliance may be **offline** day-to-day and brought online (phone hotspot) only
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when an update is wanted — consistent with [[offline-first]] (no network dependency in *core*
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operation; updates are out-of-band). Endpoint is the **self-hosted Gitea** "latest release"
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path — `https://git.infra.msai.al/mca/parking_solution/releases/latest/download/latest.json`
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— which redirects to the newest tag's `latest.json` (published by `.gitea/workflows/release.yml`).
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The updater GETs it (200 + manifest, or 204 = up-to-date), reads `platforms.linux-x86_64.
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{signature,url}`, and downloads the signed installer. **WS origin:** the desktop window's origin
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operation; updates are out-of-band). **WS origin:** the desktop window's origin
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is `tauri://localhost` (Linux may also send `http://tauri.localhost`), so the backend's
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`WS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS` must include both or the live feed won't connect (documented in
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`apps/server/.env.example`).
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@@ -165,8 +161,27 @@ Per the user's choices — the operator **keeps OS access** (no fullscreen lockd
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produced `.deb`/`.rpm`/`.AppImage` **plus their `.sig` updater signatures**; full `turbo run build
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lint` 14/14 green. *(This is the **updater** signing — distinct from OS-installer signing for
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Windows/macOS "unknown publisher", and from the [[atecc608]]/[[tpm]] **event** signing.)*
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- **Still deferred:** the actual update-hosting URL, OS-level installer signing
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(Windows/macOS publisher trust), and the Windows kiosk-browser fallback path.
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- **Update-hosting endpoint (found broken, fixed 2026-09-03):** the endpoint originally pointed at
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the **source repo's own** Gitea "latest release" redirect
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(`.../mca/parking_solution/releases/latest/download/latest.json`) — but `mca/parking_solution` is
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**private**, and the updater runs on offline-first field appliances with **no Gitea credentials**.
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Every deployed update check was silently failing (swallowed by a `try/catch` in
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`desktop-updater.ts`) — this was never field-verified, and it couldn't have worked as configured.
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**Fix:** signed installers are now mirrored to a separate **public**, releases-only repo,
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`mca/public_releases` (shared across apps in the org — see [[fleet-deployment-komodo]] sibling
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infra), holding **only compiled installers, no source**. `tauri.conf.json`'s endpoint now points
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there at a fixed `desktop-latest` tag (NOT that repo's generic "latest release" redirect, since
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other apps publishing there would shadow ours — see the `desktop-latest` vs `desktop-<TAG>`
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split below). `.gitea/workflows/release.yml` pushes to both repos: the private source repo (own
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record) and the public mirror (what the updater and any human downloader actually use).
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**Rejected alternative:** embedding a `read:repository` Gitea token in `tauri.conf.json`'s
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updater `headers` so it could read the private repo directly — ruled out because that token would
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ship inside every installed binary in the field, and this appliance's own threat model names the
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**booth operator as the primary adversary** (see root `CLAUDE.md`); a leaked token scoped to the
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whole private repo, with no cheap way to rotate it across appliances already in the field, was
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judged worse than publishing installers-only.
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- **Still deferred:** OS-level installer signing (Windows/macOS publisher trust) and the Windows
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kiosk-browser fallback path.
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### Desktop in CI — two workflows, two purposes (added 2026-06-24)
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@@ -174,7 +189,15 @@ The desktop bundle now runs in CI under **two distinct workflows** — keep the
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- **`.gitea/workflows/release.yml`** (tag `v*`) — the **signed, versioned release**: builds
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`.deb`/`.rpm`/`.AppImage` **+ their `.sig`** (updater key from secrets), assembles `latest.json`,
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and publishes a Gitea Release. This is what the auto-updater consumes. Unchanged.
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and publishes a Gitea Release **on `mca/parking_solution` (source, own record) AND mirrors it to
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`mca/public_releases`** (public, installers-only — see the update-hosting-endpoint entry above for
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why). The mirror step uses a second token, `RELEASES_MIRROR_TOKEN`
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(`write:repository`, scoped for pushing into `public_releases` only — a CI-side secret, never
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shipped to any client, distinct from the embedded updater *pubkey*). It publishes two tags there:
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`desktop-<TAG>` (versioned, permanent, for audit/rollback) and `desktop-latest` (moving — existing
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assets deleted then re-uploaded each release, since Gitea has no per-app "latest" concept and this
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repo is shared across apps). `latest.json`'s asset URL and `tauri.conf.json`'s updater endpoint
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both point at `desktop-latest`. This is what the auto-updater actually consumes.
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- **`.gitea/workflows/build-desktop.yml`** (push to `dev`/`main`) — a **per-commit test build**:
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compiles `.deb` + `.AppImage` only (`pnpm --filter @parking/desktop bundle --bundles deb,appimage`)
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and publishes them to a **rolling per-branch pre-release** (tag `desktop-<branch>`). **Unsigned** —
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