# Workload-First Refactor — Remaining Work

Handoff for resuming the refactor. The plugin architecture (Source × Trigger),
`/api/workloads` surface, `/apps` UI, env/volume/webhook/logs/chain panels,
multi-face proxy routes, blue-green image deploys, schema-driven wizard, and
test coverage on triggers / image helpers / webhook parser / store upserts are
**already landed and live**. What follows is what's still pending, in priority
order.

## Status at a glance

| Item | Priority | Status |
| ---- | -------- | ------ |
| Static source inline port | 1 | **PENDING** — only remaining blocker for hard cutover |
| Hard legacy cutover | 1 | **PENDING** — gated by static port (volume scopes blocker is resolved) |
| Generalized volume scopes | 2 | DONE |
| Kind-aware editors (compose / image / static) | 2 | DONE |
| Vendor-specific webhook parsing | 2 | DONE |
| Chain-panel CSS | 3 | DONE |
| Log Rules panel on `/apps/[id]` | adjacent | DONE — uses `getEffectiveLogScanRules` + per-workload override action |
| i18n for `/apps/*` page strings | 3 | **PARTIAL** — Log Rules panel + Observability surfaces i18n'd; `apps.*` namespace still pending |
| Docs / codemap entries for `internal/workload/plugin/` | 3 | **PENDING** |
| API-handler / dispatcher / compose-source / static-backend tests | 4 | **PENDING** |
| Triggers as first-class reusable entities (post-cutover) | 5 | **PENDING** |

Cross-references to the adjacent Observability work (Event Triggers + Log
Scanner backend + drop-counter stats panel) live in
[docs/LOGSCAN_AND_TRIGGERS_TODO.md](LOGSCAN_AND_TRIGGERS_TODO.md).

## Priority 1 — Architecture unlock

### Static source inline port — ~2150 LOC across 8 files

The current `internal/workload/plugin/source/static/` delegates to
`staticsite.Manager` via a phantom-row adapter
(`cmd/server/static_backend.go`) that keeps a synthetic row in the legacy
`static_sites` table per workload. This works but blocks the hard cutover —
you can't drop `static_sites` until the adapter is gone.

To port inline, the deploy pipeline body has to move into
`internal/workload/plugin/source/static/`:

| Source file | Lines | What to keep / port |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `internal/staticsite/manager.go` | 834 | Deploy / Stop / status pipeline. State should move to `containers` rows + `workload_env` instead of `static_sites`. |
| `internal/staticsite/gitea_content.go` | 360 | Keep as helper — Gitea content download/listing. |
| `internal/staticsite/github_provider.go` | 276 | Keep as helper. |
| `internal/staticsite/gitlab_provider.go` | 254 | Keep as helper. |
| `internal/staticsite/healthcheck.go` | 111 | Convert to plugin Reconcile body. |
| `internal/staticsite/markdown.go` | 83 | Keep as helper. |
| `internal/staticsite/provider.go` | 171 | Keep — provider abstraction. |
| `internal/staticsite/deno/` | (sub-pkg) | Keep — Dockerfile + router.ts codegen. |

Estimated as its own dedicated turn (or two). Strategy: keep the provider
abstraction + helpers exported; rewrite only `Manager.Deploy` body into a new
`source/static/deploy.go` that operates against `plugin.Workload` directly and
writes container rows + workload_env rather than the `static_sites` table.

### Hard legacy cutover

Sole remaining blocker is the static source inline port above. The
generalized-volume-scopes blocker is resolved (legacy `ResolvePath`
stays in place for legacy callers and dies with the cutover). When the
static port lands:

- Delete `/api/projects`, `/api/stacks`, `/api/sites`, `/api/stages` handlers.
- Drop tables: `projects`, `stages`, `stacks`, `stack_revisions`,
  `stack_deploys`, `static_sites`, `static_site_secrets`, `deploys`,
  `poll_states`.
- Delete `internal/stack/`, `internal/staticsite/` packages.
- Delete frontend `/projects`, `/sites`, `/stacks` routes.
- Delete legacy `volume.ResolvePath` + `internal/api/volume_browser.go`
  callers (the only remaining users).

## Priority 2 — Behavior gaps

### ~~Generalized volume scopes~~ — DONE

Landed: `internal/volume.ResolveWorkloadPath` (workload-keyed; sits next to the
legacy `ResolvePath` so legacy code paths keep working) plus the wired-through
`computeMounts` in `internal/workload/plugin/source/image/image.go`. All
`VolumeScope` values are now honored at deploy time:

- `absolute` — host bind, validated against `settings.AllowedVolumePaths`.
- `ephemeral` — tmpfs.
- `instance` — per-tag dir under `<base>/<workload>-<idShort>/instance-<tag>/<source>`.
- `stage`, `project` — both collapse to `<base>/<workload>-<idShort>/<source>`.
- `project_named` — Docker named volume prefixed `tf-<idShort>-<name>`.
- `named` — Docker named volume by raw name.

Test coverage: `internal/volume/resolver_test.go` (table-driven, portable
Linux/Windows). The legacy `ResolvePath` stays in place for legacy deployer +
volume-browser callers and dies with the hard cutover.

### ~~Kind-aware editors on `/apps/new` and `/apps/[id]` edit~~ — DONE

All three Source plugins now have hand-rolled forms on both pages, with
an "Advanced JSON" toggle preserved as the power-user escape hatch.
Submit logic marshals form fields back into the same JSON shape the
backend already expects — no API or store changes required.

**Principle:** the plugin contract makes new Source / Trigger kinds cheap
on the backend, but the UI is not cheap by default — every kind needs a
paired hand-rolled form to be daily-driver usable. The shared JSON
editor is the fallback for power users and brand-new plugins, not the
end state. New Source / Trigger merge requests should treat "ship the
kind-aware form" as part of done, not a follow-up.

**Landed:**

- `compose`: YAML textarea + project_name input on both `/apps/new`
  and `/apps/[id]`.
- `image`: form fields for image / port / healthcheck / default_tag /
  registry_name / cpu_limit / memory_limit / max_instances on both
  pages. Registry name is a select populated from `/api/registries`
  (with text-input fallback when the list is empty). env + volumes
  stay in their detail-page panels and round-trip through the form
  via `imageFormBody` so manual edits aren't clobbered.
- `static`: provider select (gitea / github / gitlab), base URL,
  repo_owner / repo_name (both required), branch (default "main"),
  folder_path, access_token (password input, for private repos),
  mode radio (static / deno), render_markdown checkbox. The
  storage_enabled / storage_limit_mb fields aren't surfaced as
  form controls yet, but they round-trip through `staticFormBody`
  so values set via the raw JSON editor survive form edits.

**Still pending forms:** none — all three Source plugins now have
hand-rolled forms on both `/apps/new` and `/apps/[id]`.

The raw JSON editor stays available behind the "Advanced JSON" toggle
(shipped with compose) so the plugin's full sample is still reachable
for power users and for any new plugin kind without a hand-rolled form.

Effort: per-kind form roughly half a turn each; can land incrementally.
Touches `web/src/routes/apps/new/+page.svelte` and the edit block in
`web/src/routes/apps/[id]/+page.svelte`. The Svelte side keeps
serializing into the same `source_config` JSON shape the backend
already expects — no API or store change required.

### ~~Vendor-specific webhook parsing for `/api/webhook/workloads/{secret}`~~ — DONE

Landed: `internal/webhook/vendor_parsers.go` plus rewrites in
`internal/webhook/handler.go` `buildInboundEvent`. The dispatch order is now:

1. Empty body → manual event.
2. Vendor-specific parsers, short-circuit on a recognized `X-*-Event`
   header — Gitea package, GitHub `package` / `registry_package`, GitHub
   push, Gitea push, GitLab `Push Hook` / `Tag Push Hook`.
3. Generic simple-body fallback: top-level `image` or top-level `ref` —
   what the legacy CI integrations already send.

Vendor parsers can populate fields the generic parser cannot: image
digest, `GitEvent.Vendor`, registry host. When a vendor parser claims a
request (header matches) it is authoritative — a malformed Gitea
package payload surfaces as an error rather than silently falling
through to the generic parser. Test coverage:
`internal/webhook/vendor_parsers_test.go` covers each vendor branch +
the routed-via-`buildInboundEvent` integration cases.

Open follow-ups deferred to future turns:

- GitLab Container Registry events use a custom envelope outside the
  webhook event surface — handle if a user reports needing it.
- Docker Hub webhook (push event) uses `{"push_data": {"tag": ...}, "repository": {...}}` — add when there's a user request.

## Priority 3 — Polish

### ~~Chain-panel CSS~~ — DONE

Landed: rules for `.chain-row`, `.chain-card` (with hover/transform on
anchors), `.chain-self` (brand-tinted highlight), `.chain-name`,
`.chain-label` (70px fixed-width mono column), `.chain-children-list`
(flex-wrap), plus a sub-600px stack to keep the panel usable on narrow
screens. Appended at the end of the `<style>` block in
`web/src/routes/apps/[id]/+page.svelte`.

### Docs / codemap entries

Nothing under `docs/CODEMAPS/` for `internal/workload/plugin/`. Should cover:

- The Source × Trigger contract + registry pattern (`init()` + blank-import in
  `cmd/server/main.go`).
- How a new Source kind is added (write `init()` registration, blank-import,
  add to wizard via `SchemaSample`).
- The dispatcher seam: `deployer.DispatchPlugin` / `DispatchTeardown` /
  `DispatchReconcile` and how the reconciler / webhook ingress / API
  handlers all flow through it.

`README.md` should mention `/apps` as the new user surface and that
`/projects` / `/sites` / `/stacks` carry `Deprecation: true` headers.

### i18n: page-level strings — PARTIAL

Already i18n'd:

- `nav.apps`, `nav.eventTriggers`, `nav.logScanRules` — top nav labels.
- Log Rules panel on `/apps/[id]` reuses `logscan.panel.*` keys
  (shipped with the Observability work).
- All `/event-triggers/*` and `/log-scan-rules/*` page strings — keys
  live under `triggers.*` and `logscan.*` namespaces in
  `web/src/lib/i18n/{en,ru}.json`.

Still hardcoded English:

- `/apps/+page.svelte` — list page (hero, lede, stats, empty state,
  table headers, status pills).
- `/apps/new/+page.svelte` — wizard labels, form copy, kind-aware
  form rows (compose / image / static all hardcoded English today).
- `/apps/[id]/+page.svelte` — detail page sections (chain, env,
  volumes, webhook, manual deploy, danger zone) — the Log Rules
  panel embedded inside it is the only i18n'd section.

Roughly 80–100 keys across the three `/apps/*` pages once extracted.
Namespace: `apps.*` (with sub-namespaces `apps.list.*`, `apps.new.*`,
`apps.detail.*`, `apps.form.*`).

## Priority 4 — Tests we still don't have

Solid pure-function coverage landed in the prior turn. Still missing:

- **API-handler integration tests** for `/api/workloads/*` (CRUD, deploy,
  env, volumes, webhook, chain, promote-from). Pattern: in-memory store +
  fake deployer + fake docker / proxy / dns providers, exercise via
  `httptest`.
- **Deployer dispatcher**: `DispatchPlugin` / `DispatchTeardown` /
  `DispatchReconcile` with a fake Source registered.
- **Compose source**: `composeProjectName` sanitizer, `writeYAMLIfChanged`
  short-circuit. (Both pure; just need fixtures.)
- **Static source Backend adapter** in `cmd/server/static_backend.go`.

## Priority 5 — Post-cutover roadmap

### Triggers as first-class reusable entities

Today a trigger's config lives embedded in the workload row
(`workload.trigger_kind` plus `workload.trigger_config` JSON via the plugin
contract). One workload owns exactly one trigger; one trigger serves exactly
one workload. This couples two concepts that users increasingly want
orthogonal:

- One **inbound webhook** fanning out to several workloads (a single CI push
  rebuilds dev + staging together).
- One **registry watcher** driving multiple workloads off the same image
  (different tag filters per binding, shared poll state).
- One **schedule** kicking off a batch of jobs.
- One **git push** filter shared by sibling stack services.

**Direction:** promote triggers to their own table with a join.

- `triggers` — `id`, `kind` (registry / git / webhook / schedule / manual /
  log_scan), `config` JSON, `secret`, `created_at`, audit fields.
- `workload_trigger_bindings` — `workload_id`, `trigger_id`, `binding_config`
  JSON (per-binding overrides: tag filter, path filter, branch filter), plus
  ordering / enabled flag.

The dispatcher seam stays unchanged — `deployer.DispatchPlugin` still receives
a `(Workload, TriggerEvent)` pair; the only change is that the event's source
is resolved through the binding row instead of the workload row.

**UX principle: first-class on the backend, inline by default in the UI.**
The workload create/edit form still has an "Add trigger" control that creates
a fresh trigger record in one step, so the 1:1 case (git push → this workload)
feels unchanged from today. Reuse is **opt-in** via a "Pick existing trigger"
picker on the same control. Triggers also get their own list/detail pages under
`/triggers` so the fan-out cases are discoverable and centrally manageable
(rotate secret once, audit once).

**Per-kind modal applies, same rule as Source plugins** — the create/edit
form for a trigger switches body by `kind` (git: repo / branch / path;
registry: image / tag regex; webhook: secret + payload preview; schedule:
cron). Backend cheap, UI requires a paired hand-rolled form per kind. Treat
"ship the kind-aware form" as part of done for any new trigger kind.

**Migration:** clean break (no migration) per the workload-first memory —
at cutover, each workload's embedded trigger config becomes a single
auto-created trigger record with a single binding row. No user-visible change
on day one; reuse becomes possible thereafter.

**Sequencing:** lands **after** the Priority 1 hard cutover. The embedded
trigger config works fine for the 1:1 case that dominates today; the
static-source inline port is the higher-value blocker. Treat this as the
next major arc once cutover ships.

**Touch points to expect:**

- `internal/workload/plugin/trigger/*` — kind handlers stay; only their input
  shape changes (read from binding + trigger row, not workload row).
- `internal/store/` — new `triggers` + `workload_trigger_bindings` tables and
  CRUD; remove `trigger_kind` / `trigger_config` from the workload row.
- `internal/api/workloads.go` — adapt the workload create/edit handlers to
  accept either "inline new trigger" or "bind existing trigger" payloads.
- New `/api/triggers` surface + `/triggers` frontend pages.
- `internal/webhook/handler.go` — inbound webhook now resolves to a trigger,
  fans out to all bound workloads.
- `internal/reconciler/reconciler.go` — registry watchers iterate triggers,
  not workloads; each trigger may fire N bindings.

## Open architectural questions

### Stages chain vs explicit Stage entity

`parent_workload_id` is now the canonical mechanism for stage chains
(dev → staging → prod). Decision deferred: do we need a separate `Stage`
entity at all, or is the chain sufficient? Currently feels like the chain
covers the use case — `promote-from` works, the UI shows the relationship.
Probably can leave the legacy `stages` table dropped entirely once cutover
proceeds.

### `Container.extra_json` evolution

Currently only the image source uses it (per-face proxy route IDs). If
other sources gain similar needs (compose service health metadata, static
build SHAs), the schema there should stay versionless and additive — every
reader must tolerate unknown keys. Document this in the source plugin
guide alongside the codemap entry.

## File pointers for the next session

- Plugin contracts: `internal/workload/plugin/{plugin,source,trigger,types,registry}.go`
- Source implementations: `internal/workload/plugin/source/{image,compose,static}/`
- Trigger implementations: `internal/workload/plugin/trigger/{registry,git,manual}/`
- Dispatcher: `internal/deployer/dispatch.go`
- Webhook ingress (plugin path): `internal/webhook/handler.go` `handlePluginWorkloadWebhook`
- Reconciler hook: `internal/reconciler/reconciler.go` `reconcilePluginWorkloads`
- Static backend adapter (to be deleted post-port): `cmd/server/static_backend.go`
- Frontend pages: `web/src/routes/apps/+page.svelte`, `web/src/routes/apps/new/+page.svelte`, `web/src/routes/apps/[id]/+page.svelte`
- Tests: `internal/workload/plugin/trigger/*/!(_test).go`, `internal/workload/plugin/source/image/image_helpers_test.go`, `internal/webhook/inbound_event_test.go`, `internal/store/workload_env_test.go`

## Memory pointer

Memory at
`C:/Users/Alexei/.claude/projects/c--Users-Alexei-Documents-docker-watcher/memory/`
already covers the Workload-first decision and the no-migration constraint.
Refresh as the cutover lands.