issue 130: undeclaring a service stops it, even one the mesh only reloads or keeps running #142

2026-09-26T22:08:31Z

jschoubben commented

2026-09-26 22:08:31 +00:00

Found reviewing the uplink modules (ADR 0117, #139): the host's remove path stops every undeclared service. Right for a service the mesh brought into being; wrong for a unit it only acts on. Live today: the private network's registry-trust-reload (docker.service — unassigning networking stops the container runtime) and the sshd module (unassigning it stops sshd). The uplink modules would have stopped the network manager.

Proposed: a service with no state — the unit's lifecycle is the machine's (being built on mesh-host #30 for the uplink modules); then move registry-trust-reload and sshd's service to it, and name units an undeclare will stop in a preview.

Found reviewing the uplink modules (ADR 0117, #139): the host's remove path stops every undeclared `service`. Right for a service the mesh brought into being; wrong for a unit it only acts on. Live today: the private network's `registry-trust-reload` (docker.service — unassigning networking stops the container runtime) and the sshd module (unassigning it stops sshd). The uplink modules would have stopped the network manager. Proposed: a service with no `state` — the unit's lifecycle is the machine's (being built on mesh-host #30 for the uplink modules); then move `registry-trust-reload` and sshd's service to it, and name units an undeclare will stop in a preview.

jschoubben added 5 commits 2026-09-26 22:58:20 +00:00

issue 130: undeclaring a service stops it, even one the mesh only reloads or keeps running 5b76a09da6

130: ADR 0117 named, not linked, until it is on main dd4cbabffb

ADR 0118: undeclaring removes what the mesh made, gives back what it changed, leaves the machine's units as they are — resolves issue 130 ebd19c4c6c

0118: give a unit back the state it was found in — never-stop broke the converge rollback; process removal found and fixed 13208f0f48

0118/130: link ADR 0117 now that it is on main 248c99ca6c

jschoubben force-pushed issue/130-undeclaring-a-service-stops-it from 92babaa919 to 248c99ca6c

2026-09-26 22:58:20 +00:00

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jschoubben merged commit 762300a380 into main

2026-09-26 22:58:43 +00:00

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