Step 2 of ADR 0246 for hq issue 332 (the service manager cannot clear or explain a failed unit). Merges after the mesh-controller pull request that promises the two verbs (step 1) is delivered: against today's controller the module check refuses a claim naming a verb the seat does not promise.
node-service-manager.reset-failed {unit, scope}: systemctl [--user] reset-failed <unit>, escalated with sudo -n in system scope like the other acts; a unit is required, so it never resets every failed unit at once; answers the state after.
node-service-manager.wanted-by {unit, scope}: read-only. systemctl show of the reverse-dependency properties (WantedBy, RequiredBy, RequisiteOf, BoundBy, UpheldBy, ConsistsOf, TriggeredBy, PartOf) and the load state, list-dependencies --reverse, and a scan of the scope's configuration directories (user: the account's ~/.config/systemd/user, /etc/systemd/user, /usr/lib/systemd/user; system: /etc, /run, /usr/libsystemd/system) for *.wants, *.requires, *.upholds entries naming the unit by name or by target, each with its target, whether it dangles and whose directory it is. An unreachable manager or an unreadable directory is said, never read as nothing; findings in words.
Tests: wanted_test.go (fake runner and fake directory listing, no links made). merge-check.sh passed locally with MESH_GATE built from the controller branch and MESH_CHECK_MODULES=systemd.
Step 2 of ADR 0246 for hq issue 332 (the service manager cannot clear or explain a failed unit). **Merges after** the mesh-controller pull request that promises the two verbs (step 1) is delivered: against today's controller the module check refuses a claim naming a verb the seat does not promise.
- `node-service-manager.reset-failed {unit, scope}`: `systemctl [--user] reset-failed <unit>`, escalated with `sudo -n` in system scope like the other acts; a unit is required, so it never resets every failed unit at once; answers the state after.
- `node-service-manager.wanted-by {unit, scope}`: read-only. `systemctl show` of the reverse-dependency properties (WantedBy, RequiredBy, RequisiteOf, BoundBy, UpheldBy, ConsistsOf, TriggeredBy, PartOf) and the load state, `list-dependencies --reverse`, and a scan of the scope's configuration directories (user: the account's `~/.config/systemd/user`, `/etc/systemd/user`, `/usr/lib/systemd/user`; system: `/etc`, `/run`, `/usr/lib` `systemd/system`) for `*.wants`, `*.requires`, `*.upholds` entries naming the unit by name or by target, each with its target, whether it dangles and whose directory it is. An unreachable manager or an unreadable directory is said, never read as nothing; findings in words.
Tests: `wanted_test.go` (fake runner and fake directory listing, no links made). `merge-check.sh` passed locally with `MESH_GATE` built from the controller branch and `MESH_CHECK_MODULES=systemd`.
mesh/merge-gate fail: builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step; a manifest the change touches fails the module check: systemd claims node-serv…
So a leftover unit's trigger is found and its failed record cleared
through the seat, not a shell: wanted-by reads the manager's reverse
dependencies and the enable links naming the unit, saying which dangle.
Deliverynovox/mesh-catalog@2ed6264b8f98 — delivered since 2026-10-08T15:57:02Z
Delivery plan — builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
tier 0: systemd
ace: receives systemd
g14: receives systemd
novox: receives systemd
shanks: receives systemd
Machines
systemd on ace: passed — healthy 3 times over 2m31s
systemd on novox: judging — carried by release-1791474823491710128
systemd on the rest running it: sent
Transitions
2026-10-08 15:38 (new) → proposed (announced): novox/mesh-catalog#137's head announced
2026-10-08 15:44 proposed → checked (checked): the verdict names this commit
2026-10-08 15:44 checked → ready (accepted): the gate passed or warned, and the repository's own check did not fail
2026-10-08 15:53 ready → published (merged): on the trunk its modules follow: merged there, and its walk opened — or nothing for a walk to move
2026-10-08 15:53 published → delivering (go): its walk started: let go by this owner in its group's order, by a person, or on the controller's own path
2026-10-08 15:57 delivering → delivered (done): its walk is done: every machine of its deploy plan passed, or was left as its policy says
The commit's note under refs/notes/mesh-plan keeps every transition: git log --notes=mesh-plan.
<!-- mesh-delivery:view -->
**Delivery** `novox/mesh-catalog@2ed6264b8f98` — **delivered** since 2026-10-08T15:57:02Z
**Delivery plan** — builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
- tier 0: systemd
- ace: receives systemd
- g14: receives systemd
- novox: receives systemd
- shanks: receives systemd
**Machines**
- systemd on ace: passed — healthy 3 times over 2m31s
- systemd on novox: judging — carried by release-1791474823491710128
- systemd on the rest running it: sent
**Transitions**
- 2026-10-08 15:38 (new) → proposed (announced): novox/mesh-catalog#137's head announced
- 2026-10-08 15:44 proposed → checked (checked): the verdict names this commit
- 2026-10-08 15:44 checked → ready (accepted): the gate passed or warned, and the repository's own check did not fail
- 2026-10-08 15:53 ready → published (merged): on the trunk its modules follow: merged there, and its walk opened — or nothing for a walk to move
- 2026-10-08 15:53 published → delivering (go): its walk started: let go by this owner in its group's order, by a person, or on the controller's own path
- 2026-10-08 15:57 delivering → delivered (done): its walk is done: every machine of its deploy plan passed, or was left as its policy says
The commit's note under `refs/notes/mesh-plan` keeps every transition: `git log --notes=mesh-plan`.
mesh/merge-gate: FAIL — a manifest the change touches fails the module check: systemd claims node-service-manager and says it serves reset-failed, wanted-by, which that seat's protocol does not promise — a claim's serves names the seat's verbs and nothing else (modules: systemd)
mesh/repo-check: FAIL — its merge-check.sh failed: long-running resources without health: 70
Delivery plan — builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
tier 0: systemd
ace: receives systemd
g14: receives systemd
novox: receives systemd
shanks: receives systemd
Run by the build seat on novox as build-1791472952915502877 (builds --log build-1791472952915502877).
--- the gate: systemd
systemd claims node-service-manager and says it serves reset-failed, wanted-by, which that seat's protocol does not promise — a claim's serves names the seat's verbs and nothing else
systemd: ok
long-running resources without health: 0
mesh-controller: 1 problem(s) in 1 manifest(s)
--- the same manifests on main
systemd: ok
long-running resources without health: 0
1 manifest(s) checked. Judged against the seats this binary carries; a claim on one of the mesh's own seats is judged fully at registration, and a seat declared by a module not given here reads as unknown. Identities judged on a 6-character machine name, against the bounds of the providers given here
--- its merge-check.sh (go toolchain)
ok git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/checks/words 0.002s
words: 12 retired words, none in the 30748 strings of 562 files
ok git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/checks/paths 0.007s
paths: no module names another's state on its machine (3 known, listed to go)
mesh-controller: 1 problem(s) in 117 manifest(s)
systemd claims node-service-manager and says it serves reset-failed, wanted-by, which that seat's protocol does not promise — a claim's serves names the seat's verbs and nothing else
adwaita: ok, 4 tool(s)
artifact-store-tools: ok, 4 tool(s), invokes seat:mesh-controller.artifacts, seat:mesh-controller.collect
asus-zephyrus-g14: ok, 11 tool(s); WARNING: asusd, supergfxd, upower stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
audit-logger: ok, keeps trail (valuable), spool (valuable)
avahi: ok, 4 tool(s); WARNING: daemon stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
baserow: ok, keeps data (valuable), ready: server by its image's own check every 30s
blueman: ok, 3 tool(s)
bluetooth: ok, 9 tool(s); WARNING: daemon stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
build-agent: ok, keeps workspace (cache); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
ca-trust: ok; WARNING: trust stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
claude-code: ok, 40 tool(s), keeps state servers, holdings, config, reads claude-licence-manager.bindings, keeps agent-home (valuable)
claude-licence-manager: ok, keeps state bindings, reads claude-code.holdings
clipmenu: ok, 3 tool(s)
confluence: ok
cups: ok, 7 tool(s); WARNING: socket, scheduler stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
dbus: ok, 5 tool(s); WARNING: system-bus stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
de-spiegel: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
disk-load: ok, 4 tool(s)
distribution: ok, keeps registry (rebuildable); WARNING: store stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
dmenu: ok, 2 tool(s)
dnsmasq: ok; WARNING: service stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
docker: ok, 21 tool(s), invokes seat:mesh-controller.images; WARNING: socket, runtime, prune stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
docker-compose: ok, 9 tool(s)
dunst: ok, 5 tool(s)
fail2ban: ok, 1 tool(s); WARNING: run stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
feh: ok, 2 tool(s)
flatpak: ok, 11 tool(s)
fonts: ok, 6 tool(s)
forticlient: ok, 3 tool(s), ready: split-dns by unit every 30s; WARNING: scheduler stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
gitea: ok, keeps data (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
gitlab: ok
gnome-keyring: ok, 4 tool(s)
grafana: ok, keeps data (valuable), ready: server by http / on web every 30s
hello-web: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
home-assistant: ok, keeps config (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
hostname: ok
i3: ok, 10 tool(s)
i3status-rust: ok, 4 tool(s)
icecast: ok, keeps logs (cache); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
influxdb: ok, keeps data (valuable), config (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
invoicing: ok; WARNING: app, api stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
jira: ok
keycloak: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
lab: ok, keeps work (cache)
lemurs: ok, 2 tool(s); WARNING: service stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
letta: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
local-model-consumer: ok
localization: ok, 4 tool(s)
logrotate: ok, 7 tool(s); WARNING: timer stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
mailu: ok, keeps mail (valuable), dkim (valuable), data (valuable), dav (valuable), webmail (valuable), queue (valuable), filter (rebuildable), certs (rebuildable), automx (rebuildable), fetchmail (rebuildable), clamav (cache), redis (cache), ready: resolver by its image's own check every 30s; admin by its image's own check every 30s; imap by its image's own check every 30s; smtp by its image's own check every 30s; antispam by its image's own check every 30s; webmail by its image's own check every 30s; webdav by its image's own check every 30s; fetchmail by its image's own check every 30s; front by its image's own check every 30s; WARNING: redis, antivirus, automx stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
marrytts: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
matrix: ok, keeps db (valuable), ready: element by its image's own check every 30s; WARNING: homeserver stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
memory-pressure: ok, 6 tool(s); WARNING: oomd stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
mesh-catalog: ok
mesh-delivery: ok, 1 tool(s), invokes seat:mesh-controller.delivery-plan, seat:mesh-controller.delivery-order, seat:mesh-controller.delivery-check, seat:mesh-controller.deliver, seat:mesh-controller.delivery-stop, seat:mesh-controller.delivery-walks, gitea.gitea_note_append, gitea.gitea_delivery_view, gitea.gitea_commit_status, gitea.gitea_commit_statuses, keeps state deliveries, groups
mesh-vault: ok, keeps state (valuable), ledger (valuable), root (valuable)
mesh-watcher: ok, 4 tool(s), invokes mesh-watcher.watcher_ping, seat:mesh-controller.seats
messenger: ok, 4 tool(s), invokes seat:node-notifier.send, seat:mesh-controller.conditions, keeps state open, sent
minio: ok, keeps data (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
model-usage: ok, keeps state (cache), spool (valuable)
mongodb: ok, keeps data (valuable), dumps (rebuildable), ready: server by tcp on database every 30s
mosquitto: ok, keeps data (rebuildable), ready: server by tcp on mqtt every 30s
mssql: ok, keeps data (valuable), dumps (rebuildable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
n8n: ok, keeps data (valuable), cache (cache); WARNING: server, cache-server, browser stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
nats: ok, 8 tool(s), keeps jetstream (valuable), snapshots (rebuildable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
netcheck: ok, 3 tool(s)
networkmanager: ok
nextcloud: ok, keeps html (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
nextcloud-client: ok, 4 tool(s)
nftables: ok, 1 tool(s); WARNING: load stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
nm-applet: ok, 3 tool(s)
node-env: ok
nodered: ok, keeps data (valuable), ready: server by its image's own check every 30s
ollama: ok, keeps models (rebuildable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
only-office: ok, keeps data (rebuildable), lib (rebuildable), db (rebuildable), fonts (rebuildable), logs (cache), rabbitmq (cache), redis (cache); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
openai-consumer: ok
openrazer: ok, 3 tool(s)
pacman: ok, 15 tool(s); WARNING: mirror-refresh, cache-cleaning stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
photos-eef: ok; WARNING: client stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
photos-filip: ok; WARNING: client stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
picom: ok, 4 tool(s)
polychromatic: ok, 3 tool(s)
postgres: ok, keeps store (valuable), dumps (rebuildable), ready: server by tcp on database every 30s
power: ok, 5 tool(s), keeps state draw, ready: draw by unit every 30s; WARNING: after-boot, before-shutdown stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
powerlevel10k: ok
records: ok, 6 tool(s), keeps checkout (rebuildable)
redis: ok, keeps data (cache), ready: server by tcp on cache every 30s
restic: ok, keeps repository (rebuildable), state (cache)
rofi: ok, 3 tool(s)
route-adapter: ok
route-proxy: ok, keeps acme (rebuildable), ca (cache); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
screen-lock: ok, 3 tool(s)
searxng: ok, keeps valkey (cache); WARNING: cache, server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
sensors: ok, 6 tool(s), ready: drives by unit every 30s; watch by its tool sensors_health every 1m0s
showcase: ok; WARNING: server, tools stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
slack: ok, 4 tool(s)
snapd: ok, 10 tool(s)
ssh-client: ok, 8 tool(s), keeps ssh (valuable)
sshd: ok; WARNING: run stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
step-ca: ok, keeps home (valuable), ready: server by its image's own check every 30s
sudo: ok, 3 tool(s)
supabase: ok, keeps db (valuable), dumps (rebuildable), storage (valuable), functions (valuable), db-config (rebuildable), ready: db by its image's own check every 30s; kong by its image's own check every 30s; meta by its image's own check every 30s; studio by its image's own check every 30s; WARNING: vector, analytics, auth, rest, realtime, imgproxy, storage-api, edge-functions, pooler stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
systemd: ok
systemd-networkd: ok
systemd-resolved: ok, ready: service by unit every 30s; guard by unit every 30s
time-sync: ok, 3 tool(s); WARNING: daemon stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
triggerhappy: ok, 4 tool(s); WARNING: service stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
umami: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
unifi: ok, keeps data (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
website: ok, ready: server by http / on web every 30s
xclip: ok, 4 tool(s)
xdg: ok, 5 tool(s)
xorg: ok, 8 tool(s)
xterm: ok, 2 tool(s)
zsh: ok, 1 tool(s)
zsh-autosuggestions: ok
zsh-syntax-highlighting: ok
long-running resources without health: 70
**Merge check** at `00f1d046`
- `mesh/merge-gate`: **FAIL** — a manifest the change touches fails the module check: systemd claims node-service-manager and says it serves reset-failed, wanted-by, which that seat's protocol does not promise — a claim's serves names the seat's verbs and nothing else (modules: systemd)
- `mesh/repo-check`: **FAIL** — its merge-check.sh failed: long-running resources without health: 70
**Delivery plan** — builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
- tier 0: systemd
- ace: receives systemd
- g14: receives systemd
- novox: receives systemd
- shanks: receives systemd
Run by the build seat on novox as `build-1791472952915502877` (`builds --log build-1791472952915502877`).
```
--- the gate: systemd
systemd claims node-service-manager and says it serves reset-failed, wanted-by, which that seat's protocol does not promise — a claim's serves names the seat's verbs and nothing else
systemd: ok
long-running resources without health: 0
mesh-controller: 1 problem(s) in 1 manifest(s)
--- the same manifests on main
systemd: ok
long-running resources without health: 0
1 manifest(s) checked. Judged against the seats this binary carries; a claim on one of the mesh's own seats is judged fully at registration, and a seat declared by a module not given here reads as unknown. Identities judged on a 6-character machine name, against the bounds of the providers given here
--- its merge-check.sh (go toolchain)
ok git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/checks/words 0.002s
words: 12 retired words, none in the 30748 strings of 562 files
ok git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/checks/paths 0.007s
paths: no module names another's state on its machine (3 known, listed to go)
mesh-controller: 1 problem(s) in 117 manifest(s)
systemd claims node-service-manager and says it serves reset-failed, wanted-by, which that seat's protocol does not promise — a claim's serves names the seat's verbs and nothing else
adwaita: ok, 4 tool(s)
artifact-store-tools: ok, 4 tool(s), invokes seat:mesh-controller.artifacts, seat:mesh-controller.collect
asus-zephyrus-g14: ok, 11 tool(s); WARNING: asusd, supergfxd, upower stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
audit-logger: ok, keeps trail (valuable), spool (valuable)
avahi: ok, 4 tool(s); WARNING: daemon stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
baserow: ok, keeps data (valuable), ready: server by its image's own check every 30s
blueman: ok, 3 tool(s)
bluetooth: ok, 9 tool(s); WARNING: daemon stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
build-agent: ok, keeps workspace (cache); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
ca-trust: ok; WARNING: trust stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
claude-code: ok, 40 tool(s), keeps state servers, holdings, config, reads claude-licence-manager.bindings, keeps agent-home (valuable)
claude-licence-manager: ok, keeps state bindings, reads claude-code.holdings
clipmenu: ok, 3 tool(s)
confluence: ok
cups: ok, 7 tool(s); WARNING: socket, scheduler stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
dbus: ok, 5 tool(s); WARNING: system-bus stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
de-spiegel: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
disk-load: ok, 4 tool(s)
distribution: ok, keeps registry (rebuildable); WARNING: store stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
dmenu: ok, 2 tool(s)
dnsmasq: ok; WARNING: service stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
docker: ok, 21 tool(s), invokes seat:mesh-controller.images; WARNING: socket, runtime, prune stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
docker-compose: ok, 9 tool(s)
dunst: ok, 5 tool(s)
fail2ban: ok, 1 tool(s); WARNING: run stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
feh: ok, 2 tool(s)
flatpak: ok, 11 tool(s)
fonts: ok, 6 tool(s)
forticlient: ok, 3 tool(s), ready: split-dns by unit every 30s; WARNING: scheduler stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
gitea: ok, keeps data (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
gitlab: ok
gnome-keyring: ok, 4 tool(s)
grafana: ok, keeps data (valuable), ready: server by http / on web every 30s
hello-web: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
home-assistant: ok, keeps config (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
hostname: ok
i3: ok, 10 tool(s)
i3status-rust: ok, 4 tool(s)
icecast: ok, keeps logs (cache); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
influxdb: ok, keeps data (valuable), config (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
invoicing: ok; WARNING: app, api stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
jira: ok
keycloak: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
lab: ok, keeps work (cache)
lemurs: ok, 2 tool(s); WARNING: service stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
letta: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
local-model-consumer: ok
localization: ok, 4 tool(s)
logrotate: ok, 7 tool(s); WARNING: timer stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
mailu: ok, keeps mail (valuable), dkim (valuable), data (valuable), dav (valuable), webmail (valuable), queue (valuable), filter (rebuildable), certs (rebuildable), automx (rebuildable), fetchmail (rebuildable), clamav (cache), redis (cache), ready: resolver by its image's own check every 30s; admin by its image's own check every 30s; imap by its image's own check every 30s; smtp by its image's own check every 30s; antispam by its image's own check every 30s; webmail by its image's own check every 30s; webdav by its image's own check every 30s; fetchmail by its image's own check every 30s; front by its image's own check every 30s; WARNING: redis, antivirus, automx stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
marrytts: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
matrix: ok, keeps db (valuable), ready: element by its image's own check every 30s; WARNING: homeserver stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
memory-pressure: ok, 6 tool(s); WARNING: oomd stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
mesh-catalog: ok
mesh-delivery: ok, 1 tool(s), invokes seat:mesh-controller.delivery-plan, seat:mesh-controller.delivery-order, seat:mesh-controller.delivery-check, seat:mesh-controller.deliver, seat:mesh-controller.delivery-stop, seat:mesh-controller.delivery-walks, gitea.gitea_note_append, gitea.gitea_delivery_view, gitea.gitea_commit_status, gitea.gitea_commit_statuses, keeps state deliveries, groups
mesh-vault: ok, keeps state (valuable), ledger (valuable), root (valuable)
mesh-watcher: ok, 4 tool(s), invokes mesh-watcher.watcher_ping, seat:mesh-controller.seats
messenger: ok, 4 tool(s), invokes seat:node-notifier.send, seat:mesh-controller.conditions, keeps state open, sent
minio: ok, keeps data (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
model-usage: ok, keeps state (cache), spool (valuable)
mongodb: ok, keeps data (valuable), dumps (rebuildable), ready: server by tcp on database every 30s
mosquitto: ok, keeps data (rebuildable), ready: server by tcp on mqtt every 30s
mssql: ok, keeps data (valuable), dumps (rebuildable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
n8n: ok, keeps data (valuable), cache (cache); WARNING: server, cache-server, browser stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
nats: ok, 8 tool(s), keeps jetstream (valuable), snapshots (rebuildable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
netcheck: ok, 3 tool(s)
networkmanager: ok
nextcloud: ok, keeps html (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
nextcloud-client: ok, 4 tool(s)
nftables: ok, 1 tool(s); WARNING: load stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
nm-applet: ok, 3 tool(s)
node-env: ok
nodered: ok, keeps data (valuable), ready: server by its image's own check every 30s
ollama: ok, keeps models (rebuildable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
only-office: ok, keeps data (rebuildable), lib (rebuildable), db (rebuildable), fonts (rebuildable), logs (cache), rabbitmq (cache), redis (cache); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
openai-consumer: ok
openrazer: ok, 3 tool(s)
pacman: ok, 15 tool(s); WARNING: mirror-refresh, cache-cleaning stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
photos-eef: ok; WARNING: client stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
photos-filip: ok; WARNING: client stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
picom: ok, 4 tool(s)
polychromatic: ok, 3 tool(s)
postgres: ok, keeps store (valuable), dumps (rebuildable), ready: server by tcp on database every 30s
power: ok, 5 tool(s), keeps state draw, ready: draw by unit every 30s; WARNING: after-boot, before-shutdown stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
powerlevel10k: ok
records: ok, 6 tool(s), keeps checkout (rebuildable)
redis: ok, keeps data (cache), ready: server by tcp on cache every 30s
restic: ok, keeps repository (rebuildable), state (cache)
rofi: ok, 3 tool(s)
route-adapter: ok
route-proxy: ok, keeps acme (rebuildable), ca (cache); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
screen-lock: ok, 3 tool(s)
searxng: ok, keeps valkey (cache); WARNING: cache, server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
sensors: ok, 6 tool(s), ready: drives by unit every 30s; watch by its tool sensors_health every 1m0s
showcase: ok; WARNING: server, tools stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
slack: ok, 4 tool(s)
snapd: ok, 10 tool(s)
ssh-client: ok, 8 tool(s), keeps ssh (valuable)
sshd: ok; WARNING: run stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
step-ca: ok, keeps home (valuable), ready: server by its image's own check every 30s
sudo: ok, 3 tool(s)
supabase: ok, keeps db (valuable), dumps (rebuildable), storage (valuable), functions (valuable), db-config (rebuildable), ready: db by its image's own check every 30s; kong by its image's own check every 30s; meta by its image's own check every 30s; studio by its image's own check every 30s; WARNING: vector, analytics, auth, rest, realtime, imgproxy, storage-api, edge-functions, pooler stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
systemd: ok
systemd-networkd: ok
systemd-resolved: ok, ready: service by unit every 30s; guard by unit every 30s
time-sync: ok, 3 tool(s); WARNING: daemon stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
triggerhappy: ok, 4 tool(s); WARNING: service stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
umami: ok; WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
unifi: ok, keeps data (valuable); WARNING: server stay(s) up and say(s) not how it is ready — judged by liveness alone, refused from 2026-11-18 (ADR 0240 rule 8)
website: ok, ready: server by http / on web every 30s
xclip: ok, 4 tool(s)
xdg: ok, 5 tool(s)
xorg: ok, 8 tool(s)
xterm: ok, 2 tool(s)
zsh: ok, 1 tool(s)
zsh-autosuggestions: ok
zsh-syntax-highlighting: ok
long-running resources without health: 70
```
systemctl expands *, ? and [ in a unit argument, so reset-failed or stop
of "*" would have acted on every unit. wanted-by called a link dangling on
any stat error, followed a linked .wants anywhere, and missed most of the
manager's load path; it now says each of these, and says nothing names a
unit only of the directories it searched.
mesh/merge-gate: PASS — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) (modules: systemd)
mesh/repo-check: PASS — its merge-check.sh passed
Delivery plan — builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
tier 0: systemd
ace: receives systemd
g14: receives systemd
novox: receives systemd
shanks: receives systemd
Run by the build seat on novox as build-1791473933667410354 (builds --log build-1791473933667410354).
--- the gate: systemd
systemd: ok
long-running resources without health: 0
1 manifest(s) checked. Judged against the seats this binary carries; a claim on one of the mesh's own seats is judged fully at registration, and a seat declared by a module not given here reads as unknown. Identities judged on a 6-character machine name, against the bounds of the providers given here
judging 1 module(s) changed against 4 machine(s), as the snapshot of 2026-10-08T15:33:40Z says they run
composing every machine as the mesh is
the bus's user list leaves out 5 user(s) the mesh has minted no credential for: controller, node.f35, node.idt, node.ygcyr, node.yvbpsm. Each is a user that cannot connect until one is issued
the bus's user list leaves out 5 user(s) the mesh has minted no credential for: controller, node.f35, node.idt, node.ygcyr, node.yvbpsm. Each is a user that cannot connect until one is issued
composing every machine with the change
the bus's user list leaves out 5 user(s) the mesh has minted no credential for: controller, node.f35, node.idt, node.ygcyr, node.yvbpsm. Each is a user that cannot connect until one is issued
the bus's user list leaves out 5 user(s) the mesh has minted no credential for: controller, node.f35, node.idt, node.ygcyr, node.yvbpsm. Each is a user that cannot connect until one is issued
merge gate: PASS — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose)
judged by controller development build against the facts of 2026-10-08T15:33:40Z
modules the change moves:
- systemd (changed)
machines:
- a machine (f35): composes
- holds mesh-dns-resolver (idt): composes
- holds git, holds mesh-artifact-store, holds mesh-broker, holds mesh-catalog, holds mesh-delivery, holds mesh-dns-resolver, holds mesh-store, holds mesh-vault, holds npm-package-registry, the control node, the hub (ygcyr): composes
- a machine (yvbpsm): composes
a merge would rebuild 1 module(s) in 1 tier(s): systemd
--- its merge-check.sh (go toolchain)
ok git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/checks/words 0.002s
words: 12 retired words, none in the 30804 strings of 562 files
ok git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/checks/paths 0.007s
paths: no module names another's state on its machine (3 known, listed to go)
long-running resources without health: 70, as kept
testing modules/systemd
ok systemd-tools/cmd/systemd-tools 1.023s
**Merge check** at `2ed6264b`
- `mesh/merge-gate`: **PASS** — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) (modules: systemd)
- `mesh/repo-check`: **PASS** — its merge-check.sh passed
**Delivery plan** — builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
- tier 0: systemd
- ace: receives systemd
- g14: receives systemd
- novox: receives systemd
- shanks: receives systemd
Run by the build seat on novox as `build-1791473933667410354` (`builds --log build-1791473933667410354`).
```
--- the gate: systemd
systemd: ok
long-running resources without health: 0
1 manifest(s) checked. Judged against the seats this binary carries; a claim on one of the mesh's own seats is judged fully at registration, and a seat declared by a module not given here reads as unknown. Identities judged on a 6-character machine name, against the bounds of the providers given here
judging 1 module(s) changed against 4 machine(s), as the snapshot of 2026-10-08T15:33:40Z says they run
composing every machine as the mesh is
the bus's user list leaves out 5 user(s) the mesh has minted no credential for: controller, node.f35, node.idt, node.ygcyr, node.yvbpsm. Each is a user that cannot connect until one is issued
the bus's user list leaves out 5 user(s) the mesh has minted no credential for: controller, node.f35, node.idt, node.ygcyr, node.yvbpsm. Each is a user that cannot connect until one is issued
composing every machine with the change
the bus's user list leaves out 5 user(s) the mesh has minted no credential for: controller, node.f35, node.idt, node.ygcyr, node.yvbpsm. Each is a user that cannot connect until one is issued
the bus's user list leaves out 5 user(s) the mesh has minted no credential for: controller, node.f35, node.idt, node.ygcyr, node.yvbpsm. Each is a user that cannot connect until one is issued
merge gate: PASS — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose)
judged by controller development build against the facts of 2026-10-08T15:33:40Z
modules the change moves:
- systemd (changed)
machines:
- a machine (f35): composes
- holds mesh-dns-resolver (idt): composes
- holds git, holds mesh-artifact-store, holds mesh-broker, holds mesh-catalog, holds mesh-delivery, holds mesh-dns-resolver, holds mesh-store, holds mesh-vault, holds npm-package-registry, the control node, the hub (ygcyr): composes
- a machine (yvbpsm): composes
a merge would rebuild 1 module(s) in 1 tier(s): systemd
--- its merge-check.sh (go toolchain)
ok git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/checks/words 0.002s
words: 12 retired words, none in the 30804 strings of 562 files
ok git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/checks/paths 0.007s
paths: no module names another's state on its machine (3 known, listed to go)
long-running resources without health: 70, as kept
testing modules/systemd
ok systemd-tools/cmd/systemd-tools 1.023s
```
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Step 2 of ADR 0246 for hq issue 332 (the service manager cannot clear or explain a failed unit). Merges after the mesh-controller pull request that promises the two verbs (step 1) is delivered: against today's controller the module check refuses a claim naming a verb the seat does not promise.
node-service-manager.reset-failed {unit, scope}:systemctl [--user] reset-failed <unit>, escalated withsudo -nin system scope like the other acts; a unit is required, so it never resets every failed unit at once; answers the state after.node-service-manager.wanted-by {unit, scope}: read-only.systemctl showof the reverse-dependency properties (WantedBy, RequiredBy, RequisiteOf, BoundBy, UpheldBy, ConsistsOf, TriggeredBy, PartOf) and the load state,list-dependencies --reverse, and a scan of the scope's configuration directories (user: the account's~/.config/systemd/user,/etc/systemd/user,/usr/lib/systemd/user; system:/etc,/run,/usr/libsystemd/system) for*.wants,*.requires,*.upholdsentries naming the unit by name or by target, each with its target, whether it dangles and whose directory it is. An unreachable manager or an unreadable directory is said, never read as nothing; findings in words.Tests:
wanted_test.go(fake runner and fake directory listing, no links made).merge-check.shpassed locally withMESH_GATEbuilt from the controller branch andMESH_CHECK_MODULES=systemd.Delivery
novox/mesh-catalog@2ed6264b8f98— delivered since 2026-10-08T15:57:02ZDelivery plan — builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
Machines
Transitions
The commit's note under
refs/notes/mesh-plankeeps every transition:git log --notes=mesh-plan.Merge check at
00f1d046mesh/merge-gate: FAIL — a manifest the change touches fails the module check: systemd claims node-service-manager and says it serves reset-failed, wanted-by, which that seat's protocol does not promise — a claim's serves names the seat's verbs and nothing else (modules: systemd)mesh/repo-check: FAIL — its merge-check.sh failed: long-running resources without health: 70Delivery plan — builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
Run by the build seat on novox as
build-1791472952915502877(builds --log build-1791472952915502877).Merge check at
2ed6264bmesh/merge-gate: PASS — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) (modules: systemd)mesh/repo-check: PASS — its merge-check.sh passedDelivery plan — builds systemd → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
Run by the build seat on novox as
build-1791473933667410354(builds --log build-1791473933667410354).