A module puts the operator's account in a group by declaring the account as a user resource with that group alone (hq ADR 0252, to-be 41 WP6). The controller already lets several modules add groups to one account.
What changes in the node-engine:
Applying (internal/apply/groups.go): asks the group database before usermod --append, so a group the machine lacks fails the resource with that reason. Records on the resource each group it added that the account was not in before (store.Applied.Groups). The outcome says a session that began before has the group only after a new login.
Removing: a group this resource added and no longer asks for, or every such group when undeclared, is given back with gpasswd --delete (busybox delgroup), read back, never fatal. Kept while another declared resource asks for it. A group the account was in before is never recorded and never taken back.
Looking (internal/accounts): beside liveness and the failed-unit reading, reads for each account a module puts in groups the database's groups and the running account manager's groups (from /proc/<pid>/status, the manager found through the machine's own systemctl show user@<uid>.service, never starting it). Stated as the module's resource of kind account: healthy, or unhealthy with not in the group or relogin needed: .... The controller raises that as the module's condition with no change of its own.
A module puts the operator's account in a group by declaring the account as a `user` resource with that group alone (hq ADR 0252, to-be 41 WP6). The controller already lets several modules add groups to one account.
What changes in the node-engine:
- **Applying** (`internal/apply/groups.go`): asks the group database before `usermod --append`, so a group the machine lacks fails the resource with that reason. Records on the resource each group it added that the account was not in before (`store.Applied.Groups`). The outcome says a session that began before has the group only after a new login.
- **Removing**: a group this resource added and no longer asks for, or every such group when undeclared, is given back with `gpasswd --delete` (busybox `delgroup`), read back, never fatal. Kept while another declared resource asks for it. A group the account was in before is never recorded and never taken back.
- **Looking** (`internal/accounts`): beside liveness and the failed-unit reading, reads for each account a module puts in groups the database's groups and the running account manager's groups (from `/proc/<pid>/status`, the manager found through the machine's own `systemctl show user@<uid>.service`, never starting it). Stated as the module's resource of kind `account`: healthy, or unhealthy with `not in the group` or `relogin needed: ...`. The controller raises that as the module's condition with no change of its own.
Tests: `internal/apply/groups_test.go`, `internal/accounts/accounts_test.go`. `merge-check.sh` passes locally.
composed together: pass — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose)
Machines
mesh-host on ace: passed — healthy 3 times over 2m18s
mesh-host on the rest running it: sent
Transitions
2026-10-08 10:04 (new) → proposed (announced): novox/mesh-host#54's head announced
2026-10-08 10:08 proposed → checked (checked): the verdict names this commit
2026-10-08 10:08 checked → ready (accepted): the gate passed or warned, and the repository's own check did not fail
2026-10-08 10:09 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 10:09 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 10:12 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-host@ab4ca44f98e8` — **delivered** since 2026-10-08T10:12:56Z
**Delivery plan** — builds mesh-host → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
- tier 0: mesh-host
- ace: receives mesh-host
- g14: receives mesh-host
- novox: receives mesh-host
- shanks: receives mesh-host
**Group** `feat/module-groups`, in order: novox/mesh-catalog@da57051fa3b9 → novox/mesh-host@ab4ca44f98e8
- composed together: pass — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose)
**Machines**
- mesh-host on ace: passed — healthy 3 times over 2m18s
- mesh-host on the rest running it: sent
**Transitions**
- 2026-10-08 10:04 (new) → proposed (announced): novox/mesh-host#54's head announced
- 2026-10-08 10:08 proposed → checked (checked): the verdict names this commit
- 2026-10-08 10:08 checked → ready (accepted): the gate passed or warned, and the repository's own check did not fail
- 2026-10-08 10:09 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 10:09 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 10:12 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 pass: builds mesh-host → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step; every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose)
A module puts the operator's account in a group by declaring the account with that group alone.
The node-engine now records each group it added, takes back only those when nothing declared still
asks for them, refuses a group the machine lacks before usermod runs, and states each such account
as its module's resource of kind account: relogin needed while the running session lacks the group.
mesh-admin
changed title from Give back only the groups the mesh added, and say when a new login is needed (hq ADR 0251, issue 247) to Give back only the groups the mesh added, and say when a new login is needed (hq ADR 0252, issue 247)2026-10-08 10:04:36 +00:00
mesh/merge-gate: PASS — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) (modules: mesh-host)
mesh/repo-check: PASS — its merge-check.sh passed
Delivery plan — builds mesh-host → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
tier 0: mesh-host
ace: receives mesh-host
g14: receives mesh-host
novox: receives mesh-host
shanks: receives mesh-host
Run by the build seat on ace as build-1791453793123397182 (builds --log build-1791453793123397182).
--- the gate: mesh-host
mesh-host: 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 0 module(s) changed against 4 machine(s), as the snapshot of 2026-10-08T09:54:03Z 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 2026-10-08T09:54:03Z
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): mesh-host
--- its merge-check.sh (go toolchain)
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/cmd/mesh-bootstrap 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/cmd/mesh-host 5.343s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/examples 1.015s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/accounts 1.012s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/apply 4.373s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/bootstrap 1.552s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/bundle 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/declaration 1.069s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/firewall 1.645s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/identity 1.159s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/image 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/inventory 1.046s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/link 10.377s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/liveness 2.130s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/network 1.102s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/outward 1.064s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/profile 1.519s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/reachable 1.044s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/store 1.281s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/system 1.049s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/tunnel 1.044s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/units 1.059s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/upgrade 1.200s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/witness 4.622s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/packaging 1.041s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/validate 1.038s
**Merge check** at `73a5cd1a`
- `mesh/merge-gate`: **PASS** — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) (modules: mesh-host)
- `mesh/repo-check`: **PASS** — its merge-check.sh passed
**Delivery plan** — builds mesh-host → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
- tier 0: mesh-host
- ace: receives mesh-host
- g14: receives mesh-host
- novox: receives mesh-host
- shanks: receives mesh-host
Run by the build seat on ace as `build-1791453793123397182` (`builds --log build-1791453793123397182`).
```
--- the gate: mesh-host
mesh-host: 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 0 module(s) changed against 4 machine(s), as the snapshot of 2026-10-08T09:54:03Z 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 2026-10-08T09:54:03Z
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): mesh-host
--- its merge-check.sh (go toolchain)
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/cmd/mesh-bootstrap 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/cmd/mesh-host 5.343s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/examples 1.015s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/accounts 1.012s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/apply 4.373s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/bootstrap 1.552s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/bundle 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/declaration 1.069s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/firewall 1.645s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/identity 1.159s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/image 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/inventory 1.046s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/link 10.377s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/liveness 2.130s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/network 1.102s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/outward 1.064s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/profile 1.519s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/reachable 1.044s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/store 1.281s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/system 1.049s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/tunnel 1.044s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/units 1.059s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/upgrade 1.200s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/witness 4.622s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/packaging 1.041s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/validate 1.038s
```
mesh/merge-gate: PASS — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) (modules: mesh-host)
mesh/repo-check: PASS — its merge-check.sh passed
Delivery plan — builds mesh-host → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
tier 0: mesh-host
ace: receives mesh-host
g14: receives mesh-host
novox: receives mesh-host
shanks: receives mesh-host
Run by the build seat on g14 as build-1791453886623568634 (builds --log build-1791453886623568634).
--- the gate: mesh-host
mesh-host: 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 0 module(s) changed against 4 machine(s), as the snapshot of 2026-10-08T10:04:03Z 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 2026-10-08T10:04:03Z
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): mesh-host
--- its merge-check.sh (go toolchain)
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/cmd/mesh-bootstrap 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/cmd/mesh-host 5.315s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/examples 1.019s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/accounts 1.032s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/apply 2.129s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/bootstrap 1.341s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/bundle 1.011s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/declaration 1.048s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/firewall 1.684s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/identity 1.067s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/image 1.014s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/inventory 1.037s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/link 10.360s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/liveness 2.053s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/network 1.037s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/outward 1.025s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/profile 1.487s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/reachable 1.023s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/store 1.117s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/system 1.012s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/tunnel 1.019s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/units 1.010s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/upgrade 1.037s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/witness 1.444s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/packaging 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/validate 1.006s
**Merge check** at `ab4ca44f`
- `mesh/merge-gate`: **PASS** — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) (modules: mesh-host)
- `mesh/repo-check`: **PASS** — its merge-check.sh passed
**Delivery plan** — builds mesh-host → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
- tier 0: mesh-host
- ace: receives mesh-host
- g14: receives mesh-host
- novox: receives mesh-host
- shanks: receives mesh-host
Run by the build seat on g14 as `build-1791453886623568634` (`builds --log build-1791453886623568634`).
```
--- the gate: mesh-host
mesh-host: 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 0 module(s) changed against 4 machine(s), as the snapshot of 2026-10-08T10:04:03Z 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 2026-10-08T10:04:03Z
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): mesh-host
--- its merge-check.sh (go toolchain)
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/cmd/mesh-bootstrap 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/cmd/mesh-host 5.315s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/examples 1.019s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/accounts 1.032s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/apply 2.129s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/bootstrap 1.341s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/bundle 1.011s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/declaration 1.048s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/firewall 1.684s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/identity 1.067s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/image 1.014s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/inventory 1.037s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/link 10.360s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/liveness 2.053s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/network 1.037s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/outward 1.025s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/profile 1.487s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/reachable 1.023s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/store 1.117s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/system 1.012s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/tunnel 1.019s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/units 1.010s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/upgrade 1.037s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/internal/witness 1.444s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/packaging 1.013s
ok github.com/novox/mesh-host/validate 1.006s
```
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A module puts the operator's account in a group by declaring the account as a
userresource with that group alone (hq ADR 0252, to-be 41 WP6). The controller already lets several modules add groups to one account.What changes in the node-engine:
internal/apply/groups.go): asks the group database beforeusermod --append, so a group the machine lacks fails the resource with that reason. Records on the resource each group it added that the account was not in before (store.Applied.Groups). The outcome says a session that began before has the group only after a new login.gpasswd --delete(busyboxdelgroup), read back, never fatal. Kept while another declared resource asks for it. A group the account was in before is never recorded and never taken back.internal/accounts): beside liveness and the failed-unit reading, reads for each account a module puts in groups the database's groups and the running account manager's groups (from/proc/<pid>/status, the manager found through the machine's ownsystemctl show user@<uid>.service, never starting it). Stated as the module's resource of kindaccount: healthy, or unhealthy withnot in the grouporrelogin needed: .... The controller raises that as the module's condition with no change of its own.Tests:
internal/apply/groups_test.go,internal/accounts/accounts_test.go.merge-check.shpasses locally.Delivery
novox/mesh-host@ab4ca44f98e8— delivered since 2026-10-08T10:12:56ZDelivery plan — builds mesh-host → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
Group
feat/module-groups, in order: novox/mesh-catalog@da57051fa3 → novox/mesh-host@ab4ca44f98Machines
Transitions
The commit's note under
refs/notes/mesh-plankeeps every transition:git log --notes=mesh-plan.73a5cd1ad2toab4ca44f98Give back only the groups the mesh added, and say when a new login is needed (hq ADR 0251, issue 247)to Give back only the groups the mesh added, and say when a new login is needed (hq ADR 0252, issue 247)Merge check at
73a5cd1amesh/merge-gate: PASS — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) (modules: mesh-host)mesh/repo-check: PASS — its merge-check.sh passedDelivery plan — builds mesh-host → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
Run by the build seat on ace as
build-1791453793123397182(builds --log build-1791453793123397182).Merge check at
ab4ca44fmesh/merge-gate: PASS — every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose) (modules: mesh-host)mesh/repo-check: PASS — its merge-check.sh passedDelivery plan — builds mesh-host → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step
Run by the build seat on g14 as
build-1791453886623568634(builds --log build-1791453886623568634).