fix(release): enforce the v1.8 What's New floor

image-recipe/_archived/build-auto-installer-iso.sh

@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /etc/polkit-1/rules.d && \
 # already-deployed nodes over OTA (idempotent no-op here once applied).
 RUN set -eu; \
     apt-get update; \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends kdump-tools kexec-tools rasdaemon; \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends kdump-tools kexec-tools makedumpfile rasdaemon; \
     apt-get clean; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
     CONF=/etc/default/kdump-tools; \
     sed -i 's|^#\?USE_KDUMP=.*|USE_KDUMP="1"|' "$CONF"; \

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

@@ -459,100 +459,6 @@ init()
                   <p><strong>The Receive window now tells you when the money is on its way.</strong> Previously it showed a QR code and left you to check elsewhere whether anything happened. Now, the moment the sender's transaction is broadcast, the QR gives way to a clock: the amount, the transaction ID (tap to copy), and a note that the funds arrive on their own — with a single Done button. If you keep the window open, the clock becomes a green check at the first confirmation. Verified live on a real node: payment detected within seconds of broadcast.</p>
                 </div>
               </div>
-              <!-- alpha.9 -->
-              <div>
-                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
-                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-white/10 text-white/60">v1.2.0-alpha.9</span>
-                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">Mar 18, 2026</span>
-                </div>
-                <div class="space-y-3 text-sm text-white/80 pl-3 border-l border-white/10">
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">Security Hardening Complete</h4>
-                    <p>All 12 pentest findings fixed. CSRF tokens now survive restarts. Password hashing upgraded to Argon2id. Bitcoin RPC gets a unique random password on every install. Federation messages require ed25519 signatures.</p>
-                  </div>
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">7 Bugs Squashed</h4>
-                    <p>Random logouts fixed (P0). Uninstall dialog is now a proper full-screen modal with an "Uninstalling..." overlay. App cards no longer flicker between Start/Launch during container scans. ElectrumX index estimate corrected.</p>
-                  </div>
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">Bitcoin Sync on Dashboard</h4>
-                    <p>Homepage System card now shows Bitcoin Core sync progress, block height, and green/orange status indicator when Bitcoin is running.</p>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <!-- alpha.8 -->
-              <div>
-                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
-                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-white/10 text-white/60">v1.2.0-alpha.8</span>
-                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">Mar 18, 2026</span>
-                </div>
-                <div class="space-y-3 text-sm text-white/80 pl-3 border-l border-white/10">
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">Pentest Remediation (9/12)</h4>
-                    <p>Fixed 9 of 12 security findings: session auth on LND connect info, DEV_MODE removed from production, ed25519 signature verification on node messages, path traversal protection, NIP-07 origin validation, AIUI session checks, strict onion validation.</p>
-                  </div>
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">UI Polish Batch</h4>
-                    <p>Fedimint renamed to "Fedimint Guardian". Tab-launch icons. Marketplace sorts installed apps to end. Mesh mobile layout fixed. On-Chain first in receive modals. Federation shows names instead of DIDs. Cleaner iframe error screens.</p>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <!-- alpha.7 -->
-              <div>
-                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
-                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-white/10 text-white/60">v1.2.0-alpha.7</span>
-                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">Mar 18, 2026</span>
-                </div>
-                <div class="space-y-3 text-sm text-white/80 pl-3 border-l border-white/10">
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">Marketplace & Credentials</h4>
-                    <p>29 containers running rootless. Marketplace app aliases working. Credential injection for inter-container authentication.</p>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <!-- alpha.4-6 -->
-              <div>
-                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
-                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-white/10 text-white/60">v1.2.0-alpha.4-6</span>
-                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">Mar 18, 2026</span>
-                </div>
-                <div class="space-y-3 text-sm text-white/80 pl-3 border-l border-white/10">
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">Rootless Podman Migration</h4>
-                    <p>Migrated all containers from root to rootless Podman. UID namespace mapping, volume ownership fixes, sysctl tuning. Bitcoin RPC verified, all web services confirmed healthy. 29 containers up and running.</p>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <!-- alpha.2-3 -->
-              <div>
-                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
-                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-white/10 text-white/60">v1.2.0-alpha.2-3</span>
-                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">Mar 18, 2026</span>
-                </div>
-                <div class="space-y-3 text-sm text-white/80 pl-3 border-l border-white/10">
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">Systemd Hardening Restored</h4>
-                    <p>Full systemd security sandbox restored now that containers run rootless. NoNewPrivileges, restricted namespaces, and system call filtering re-enabled. Session persistence and boot sequence fixes.</p>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <!-- alpha.1 -->
-              <div>
-                <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-3">
-                  <span class="text-xs font-mono px-2 py-0.5 rounded bg-white/10 text-white/60">v1.2.0-alpha.1</span>
-                  <span class="text-xs text-white/40">Mar 18, 2026</span>
-                </div>
-                <div class="space-y-3 text-sm text-white/80 pl-3 border-l border-white/10">
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">Mesh Radio & Container Stability</h4>
-                    <p>LoRa mesh radio auto-detects USB port changes with a new Connect button. Fixed container crash loops — all apps start cleanly and stay stable. Apps starting up show progress instead of re-appearing in the store. Tor routing enabled by default for Bitcoin and Lightning.</p>
-                  </div>
-                  <div>
-                    <h4 class="text-white font-medium mb-1">Off-Grid Bitcoin</h4>
-                    <p>Receive Bitcoin block headers over mesh radio. Dead man's switch broadcasts location to trusted contacts if you go silent. GPS sharing is opt-in only.</p>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
             </div>
             <button @click="showReleaseNotes = false" class="glass-button w-full mt-4 py-2 text-sm shrink-0">Close</button>
           </div>

scripts/iso-smoke-test.sh

@@ -165,16 +165,35 @@ else
     sudo rm -rf "$TMPBIN"
 fi
 
-# ── Frontend payload present ─────────────────────────────────────────
-if [ -f "$MNT/archipelago/web-ui/index.html" ]; then
+# ── Frontend + companion payload ─────────────────────────────────────
+WEB_UI="$MNT/archipelago/web-ui"
+if [ -f "$WEB_UI/index.html" ]; then
     ok "frontend payload (archipelago/web-ui/index.html)"
-    if [ -f "$MNT/archipelago/web-ui/aiui/index.html" ]; then
+    if [ -f "$WEB_UI/aiui/index.html" ]; then
         ok "AIUI included in frontend payload"
     else
-        warn "AIUI missing from archipelago/web-ui (verify rootfs copy before shipping)"
+        bad "AIUI missing from archipelago/web-ui"
+    fi
+
+    COMPANION_META="$WEB_UI/packages/archipelago-companion.json"
+    COMPANION_APK="$WEB_UI/packages/archipelago-companion.apk"
+    if [ -s "$COMPANION_APK" ] && [ "$(jq -r '.versionName // empty' "$COMPANION_META" 2>/dev/null)" = "0.5.28" ] \
+            && [ "$(jq -r '.versionCode // empty' "$COMPANION_META" 2>/dev/null)" = "48" ]; then
+        ok "Companion 0.5.28 (versionCode 48) APK included"
+    else
+        bad "Companion 0.5.28 APK/metadata missing or stale"
+    fi
+
+    SETTINGS_BUNDLE="$(grep -rlF "v$EXPECTED_VERSION" "$WEB_UI/assets" 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
+    if [ -n "$SETTINGS_BUNDLE" ] \
+            && grep -qF 'v1.8.0-alpha' "$SETTINGS_BUNDLE" \
+            && ! grep -qE 'v1\.[0-7]\.|v1\.2\.0-alpha' "$SETTINGS_BUNDLE"; then
+        ok "What's New is v1.8.6-first with a v1.8.0 history floor"
+    else
+        bad "What's New payload is missing v1.8 history or still contains pre-v1.8 entries"
     fi
 else
-    warn "no archipelago/web-ui payload on ISO (frontend may live in rootfs.tar only)"
+    bad "no archipelago/web-ui payload on ISO"
 fi
 
 echo

scripts/sync-whats-new.py

@@ -73,10 +73,15 @@ def undated_versions():
 
 
 def ordered_versions():
-    """Return modal versions in display order (top to bottom)."""
+    """Return generated modal versions in display order (top to bottom)."""
     return re.findall(r"<!-- (v\d+\.\d+\.\d+\S*) -->", MODAL.read_text())
 
 
+def legacy_blocks():
+    """Return old hand-written alpha blocks that predate generated markers."""
+    return re.findall(r"<!-- (alpha\.[^ ]+) -->", MODAL.read_text())
+
+
 def version_key(version):
     match = re.match(r"v(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)", version)
     return tuple(map(int, match.groups()))
@@ -85,7 +90,10 @@ def version_key(version):
 def sort_modal_blocks(entries):
     """Re-render current release-note blocks newest-first and remove old history."""
     lines = MODAL.read_text().splitlines(keepends=True)
-    marker = re.compile(r"^\s*<!-- (v\d+\.\d+\.\d+\S*) -->\s*$")
+    # Include the old hand-written `alpha.*` blocks in the replace range so
+    # normalization can delete them. Previously the checker saw only generated
+    # vX.Y.Z markers and falsely claimed the v1.8.0 history floor was enforced.
+    marker = re.compile(r"^\s*<!-- ((?:v\d+\.\d+\.\d+\S*)|(?:alpha\.[^ ]+)) -->\s*$")
     blocks = []
 
     for start, line in enumerate(lines):
@@ -115,7 +123,10 @@ def sort_modal_blocks(entries):
             raise RuntimeError("unexpected content between What's New release blocks")
 
     by_version = {entry["ver"]: entry for entry in entries}
-    retained = [b for b in blocks if version_key(b[2]) >= MIN_VISIBLE_VERSION]
+    retained = [
+        b for b in blocks
+        if b[2].startswith("v") and version_key(b[2]) >= MIN_VISIBLE_VERSION
+    ]
     sorted_segments = [
         render_block(by_version[b[2]]).splitlines(keepends=True)
         if b[2] in by_version else b[3]
@@ -181,6 +192,7 @@ def main():
     expected_order = sorted(displayed, key=version_key, reverse=True)
     out_of_order = displayed != expected_order
     too_old = [v for v in displayed if version_key(v) < MIN_VISIBLE_VERSION]
+    too_old.extend(legacy_blocks())
 
     if not missing and not out_of_order and not too_old:
         changed = False if check else sort_modal_blocks(entries)