make container builds reproducible

Commit Cargo.lock, copy it into the Docker build stage, and align the Docker Rust base/MSRV with the toolchain required by the locked dependency graph.

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /target
-Cargo.lock
 data/isos/*.iso
 data/isos/*.partial
 data/isos/*.meta.json

Cargo.toml

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.4.1"
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.80"
+rust-version = "1.95"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://gitea.milesward.dev/mward4/OpenPXE"
 authors = ["OpenPXE contributors"]

README.md

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ Container-native PXE boot server. A Rust reimplementation of
 for Docker/OCI and OpenShift. Upload `.iso` files via the web UI; network
 clients PXE-boot them.
 
-> **Status:** v0.2.0 / pre-beta. Phases 1–5 complete: full PXE stack,
+> **Status:** v0.4.1 / pre-beta. Phases 1–5 complete: full PXE stack,
 > Queued Deployment queue, NFS-share ISO sources, live tracing log + an
-> operator terminal, per-MAC host bindings (Tinkerbell-style),
-> Prometheus `/metrics`, light/dark theme toggle, animated anvil
-> imaging-progress widget. **66 tests passing**, clippy clean. Ready
-> for real-hardware validation.
+> operator terminal, per-MAC host bindings, Prometheus `/metrics`,
+> light/dark theme toggle, animated OpenPXE imaging-progress widget,
+> chunked ISO uploads, and per-ISO boot passwords. The test suite and
+> clippy are part of the release checklist. Ready for real-hardware validation.
 
 ## Design non-negotiables
 
@@ -41,18 +41,17 @@ clients PXE-boot them.
    Tools          > Utilities / OpenPXE Shell / Network Card Info
    Queued Deployment
    ```
-6. **Queued Deployment queue** — the "horse race" launch flow. A client that
+6. **Queued Deployment queue** — the coordinated launch flow. A client that
    selects *Queued Deployment* gets a numbered position and waits. The
    operator picks an ISO in the web UI and fires it to every waiting
    client simultaneously.
-7. **Web UI** (Netbox-style): sidebar nav (Dashboard / Network / Forge
-   Gate / Storage / Hosts / Terminal / About), light + dark themes
-   (toggle top-right or press `T`), animated anvil "forge progress"
+7. **Web UI** (Netbox-style): sidebar nav (Dashboard / Network / Queue /
+   Storage / Hosts / Terminal / About), light + dark themes
+   (toggle top-right or press `T`), animated OpenPXE progress
    widget when devices are imaging. All assets served from the binary —
    no external requests.
 8. **Per-MAC host bindings.** Pin a MAC to a boot target and the client
-   skips the menu, chains straight through. Inspired by Tinkerbell's
-   `smee` MAC-prepended URL pattern.
+   skips the menu, chains straight through.
 9. **Prometheus metrics** at `/metrics` — DHCP replies by arch, TFTP
    transfer counts and bytes, HTTP request counts by route, queue /
    imaging gauges, uptime, build info. Plain text exposition format,
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ skip TFTP and respond with an HTTP URL.
 ./scripts/fetch-ipxe.sh
 
 # 2. Build the container image (~3 min first time).
-docker buildx build -f deploy/docker/Dockerfile -t openpxe:0.1.0 --load .
+docker buildx build -f deploy/docker/Dockerfile -t openpxe:0.4.1 --load .
 
 # 3. Run it on the box plugged into your PXE network. Set PUBLIC_IP to
 #    this host's LAN address so advertised iPXE URLs are reachable.
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ docker run -d --name openpxe \
   -e OPENPXE_DHCP_MODE=proxy \
   -v $PWD/data/isos:/var/lib/openpxe/isos \
   -v $PWD/data/work:/var/lib/openpxe/work \
-  openpxe:0.1.0
+  openpxe:0.4.1
 
 # 4. Open the UI and drop an ISO in.
 open http://10.0.0.5
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ docker buildx create --name openpxe-multi --driver docker-container --use
 # Build + push both linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 under one tag.
 docker buildx build --builder openpxe-multi \
   --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
-  -t ghcr.io/YOUR-ORG/openpxe:0.1.0 \
+  -t ghcr.io/YOUR-ORG/openpxe:0.4.1 \
   --push \
   -f deploy/docker/Dockerfile .
 ```
@@ -155,10 +154,10 @@ docker run --rm \
   -v /my/iso-library:/seed:ro \
   -v openpxe-data:/var/lib/openpxe/isos \
   -e OPENPXE_PUBLIC_IP=10.0.0.5 \
-  openpxe:0.1.0 seed --from /seed
+  openpxe:0.4.1 seed --from /seed
 
 # Dry run first to see what would be imported:
-docker run --rm -v /my/iso-library:/seed:ro openpxe:0.1.0 seed --from /seed --dry-run
+docker run --rm -v /my/iso-library:/seed:ro openpxe:0.4.1 seed --from /seed --dry-run
 ```
 
 ### Environment overrides
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ operational constraints inherited from the design:
 
 ## Queued Deployment
 
-The "horse race" launch flow, end to end:
+The coordinated launch flow, end to end:
 
 1. A client boots and picks **Queued Deployment** in the PXE menu (or falls
    through on timeout with the default `timeout_action`).
@@ -285,8 +284,9 @@ The "horse race" launch flow, end to end:
    The server broadcasts the assignment to every queued client via a
    `tokio::sync::Notify`; each client's next poll returns the boot script
    for the chosen image.
-5. Every client chains the same image at effectively the same moment — the
-   queue releases and the horses run together.
+5. Every client chains the same image at effectively the same moment. The
+   queue stays visible until the operator releases entries, which keeps a
+   useful audit trail during hardware testing.
 
 No user-facing iPXE anywhere in this flow. The client only ever runs
 scripts we generate; the operator only interacts with the web UI.

crates/core/src/arch.rs

@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ mod tests {
     fn bootfile_names_stable() {
         assert_eq!(ClientArch::LegacyX86.ipxe_bootfile(), Some("undionly.kpxe"));
         assert_eq!(ClientArch::X64Uefi.ipxe_bootfile(), Some("snponly.efi"));
-        assert_eq!(ClientArch::Arm64Uefi.ipxe_bootfile(), Some("snponly-arm64.efi"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            ClientArch::Arm64Uefi.ipxe_bootfile(),
+            Some("snponly-arm64.efi")
+        );
         assert_eq!(ClientArch::Unknown(0xFFFF).ipxe_bootfile(), None);
     }
 

crates/core/src/boot_log.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+//! Boot-event log — "who installed what, when, from where".
+//!
+//! Each `/boot/<entry>.ipxe` fetch that actually goes on to serve a boot
+//! script lands an entry here. The log is bounded in memory (newest-first,
+//! ring-buffered at [`BootLog::CAP`]) and is mirrored append-only to
+//! `<work_dir>/boot_log.jsonl`. Mirrors `HostBindings`'s "in-memory is
+//! authoritative, disk is a cache" policy — a corrupt log file should
+//! never block PXE for the network.
+//!
+//! We deliberately don't push these onto the `LogBus` (the operator
+//! terminal stream). The terminal already shows the http traces; the
+//! Host log is a curated, persistent, easy-to-scan view of "what got
+//! imaged on what hardware" and conflating the two would be noisy.
+
+use parking_lot::RwLock;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct BootEvent {
+    #[serde(with = "time::serde::rfc3339")]
+    pub timestamp: OffsetDateTime,
+    /// Lowercase, colon-separated. `None` when iPXE didn't supply
+    /// `?mac=${mac}` in the chain URL (older bookmarks, custom scripts).
+    pub mac: Option<String>,
+    /// Connecting peer's IP — taken from the TCP socket when available
+    /// (PXE clients connect direct, no reverse proxy), and falls back to
+    /// `X-Forwarded-For` for the rare case where one is present.
+    pub ip: Option<IpAddr>,
+    /// `BootEntry::id` — the same id used in `/boot/<id>.ipxe`.
+    pub target_id: String,
+    /// Human-friendly label: the ISO's filename / volume label / entry
+    /// title. Pre-resolved at log time so the UI can render without
+    /// joining against the ISO store (and so "what image was installed?"
+    /// survives the operator deleting the ISO later).
+    pub target_title: String,
+}
+
+/// In-memory ring + disk-backed append log of boot events. Cheap to
+/// clone; the inner state is `Arc<RwLock<_>>`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct BootLog {
+    path: Arc<PathBuf>,
+    inner: Arc<RwLock<VecDeque<BootEvent>>>,
+}
+
+impl BootLog {
+    /// Newest entries we retain in memory. Past this, the oldest gets
+    /// evicted — the on-disk JSONL keeps the full history for offline
+    /// inspection. 500 covers a typical install-day's worth without
+    /// turning the Hosts tab into a wall of text.
+    pub const CAP: usize = 500;
+
+    /// Load up to `CAP` newest events from `<work_dir>/boot_log.jsonl`,
+    /// or start empty if the file is missing / unreadable.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn load_or_default(work_dir: &std::path::Path) -> Self {
+        let path = work_dir.join("boot_log.jsonl");
+        let mut events = VecDeque::with_capacity(Self::CAP);
+        if let Ok(text) = std::fs::read_to_string(&path) {
+            for line in text.lines() {
+                if line.trim().is_empty() {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                match serde_json::from_str::<BootEvent>(line) {
+                    Ok(ev) => {
+                        if events.len() == Self::CAP {
+                            events.pop_front();
+                        }
+                        events.push_back(ev);
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        tracing::warn!(
+                            target: "openpxe::boot_log",
+                            "skipping unparseable boot_log line: {e}"
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Self {
+            path: Arc::new(path),
+            inner: Arc::new(RwLock::new(events)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Append an event. Persistence is best-effort and never blocks the
+    /// caller on a failed write (the in-memory copy is the source of
+    /// truth for the live UI; the JSONL is just for crash survival).
+    pub fn record(&self, ev: &BootEvent) {
+        // Push into the ring first so a slow / failing disk doesn't lose
+        // events for the live UI.
+        {
+            let mut g = self.inner.write();
+            if g.len() == Self::CAP {
+                g.pop_front();
+            }
+            g.push_back(ev.clone());
+        }
+        tracing::info!(
+            target: "openpxe::boot_log",
+            mac = ev.mac.as_deref().unwrap_or("?"),
+            ip = ev.ip.map(|i| i.to_string()).as_deref().unwrap_or("?"),
+            target = %ev.target_id,
+            "boot event"
+        );
+        // Append to disk. We tolerate write failures — they'd show up as
+        // missing entries on the next restart only.
+        let mut line = match serde_json::to_string(ev) {
+            Ok(s) => s,
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::warn!(target: "openpxe::boot_log", "serialize boot event: {e}");
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        line.push('\n');
+        if let Some(parent) = self.path.parent() {
+            let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(parent);
+        }
+        match std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .create(true)
+            .append(true)
+            .open(self.path.as_path())
+        {
+            Ok(mut f) => {
+                if let Err(e) = f.write_all(line.as_bytes()) {
+                    tracing::warn!(target: "openpxe::boot_log", "append boot_log.jsonl: {e}");
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::warn!(target: "openpxe::boot_log", "open boot_log.jsonl: {e}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Newest-first snapshot, up to `CAP` entries.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn list(&self) -> Vec<BootEvent> {
+        let g = self.inner.read();
+        // VecDeque preserves insertion order; reverse so newest is first.
+        g.iter().rev().cloned().collect()
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.inner.read().len()
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.len() == 0
+    }
+
+    /// Wipe in-memory + the on-disk file. Used by the `terminal clear`
+    /// equivalent or future operator action; not currently wired to a UI
+    /// button but exposed for completeness.
+    pub fn clear(&self) {
+        self.inner.write().clear();
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(self.path.as_path());
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+    fn ev(target: &str, mac: Option<&str>) -> BootEvent {
+        BootEvent {
+            timestamp: OffsetDateTime::now_utc(),
+            mac: mac.map(str::to_string),
+            ip: Some("10.0.0.42".parse().unwrap()),
+            target_id: target.into(),
+            target_title: format!("{target}.iso"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn record_then_list_is_newest_first() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let log = BootLog::load_or_default(dir.path());
+        assert!(log.is_empty());
+        log.record(&ev("alpha", Some("aa:bb:cc:00:00:01")));
+        log.record(&ev("beta", Some("aa:bb:cc:00:00:02")));
+        let list = log.list();
+        assert_eq!(list.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(list[0].target_id, "beta");
+        assert_eq!(list[1].target_id, "alpha");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn round_trip_through_disk() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let log = BootLog::load_or_default(dir.path());
+        log.record(&ev("alpha", Some("aa:bb:cc:00:00:01")));
+        log.record(&ev("beta", None));
+        drop(log);
+        let log2 = BootLog::load_or_default(dir.path());
+        assert_eq!(log2.len(), 2);
+        let list = log2.list();
+        assert_eq!(list[0].target_id, "beta");
+        assert_eq!(list[1].target_id, "alpha");
+        assert!(list[0].mac.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(list[1].mac.as_deref(), Some("aa:bb:cc:00:00:01"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ring_evicts_oldest_past_cap() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let log = BootLog::load_or_default(dir.path());
+        for i in 0..(BootLog::CAP + 5) {
+            log.record(&ev(&format!("e{i}"), None));
+        }
+        assert_eq!(log.len(), BootLog::CAP);
+        let list = log.list();
+        // Newest first; the most recent push is the last index inserted.
+        assert_eq!(list[0].target_id, format!("e{}", BootLog::CAP + 4));
+        // Oldest in-memory should be the 6th push (0..5 were evicted).
+        assert_eq!(list[BootLog::CAP - 1].target_id, "e5");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn clear_wipes_memory_and_disk() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let log = BootLog::load_or_default(dir.path());
+        log.record(&ev("alpha", None));
+        log.clear();
+        assert!(log.is_empty());
+        let log2 = BootLog::load_or_default(dir.path());
+        assert!(log2.is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn corrupt_disk_lines_are_skipped_not_fatal() {
+        // Write a file with one valid + one garbage line; loader should
+        // surface the valid one and skip the garbage.
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let path = dir.path().join("boot_log.jsonl");
+        let valid = serde_json::to_string(&ev("ok", Some("aa:bb:cc:00:00:09"))).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(&path, format!("{valid}\nNOT_JSON\n{valid}\n")).unwrap();
+        let log = BootLog::load_or_default(dir.path());
+        assert_eq!(log.len(), 2);
+    }
+}

crates/core/src/client.rs

@@ -56,19 +56,25 @@ impl ClientRegistry {
     ) {
         let mut guard = self.inner.write();
         let now = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
-        let entry = guard.entry(mac.to_string()).or_insert_with(|| ClientSnapshot {
-            mac: mac.to_string(),
-            last_ip: ip,
-            arch,
-            hostname: None,
-            first_seen: now,
-            last_seen: now,
-            events: Vec::new(),
-            selected_target: None,
-        });
+        let entry = guard
+            .entry(mac.to_string())
+            .or_insert_with(|| ClientSnapshot {
+                mac: mac.to_string(),
+                last_ip: ip,
+                arch,
+                hostname: None,
+                first_seen: now,
+                last_seen: now,
+                events: Vec::new(),
+                selected_target: None,
+            });
         entry.last_seen = now;
-        if ip.is_some() { entry.last_ip = ip; }
-        if arch.is_some() { entry.arch = arch; }
+        if ip.is_some() {
+            entry.last_ip = ip;
+        }
+        if arch.is_some() {
+            entry.arch = arch;
+        }
         entry.events.push((now, event));
         // Cap event history per client to keep memory bounded.
         const MAX_EVENTS: usize = 64;

crates/core/src/config.rs

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub struct Paths {
     pub work_dir: PathBuf,
     /// Directory containing bundled iPXE binaries (undionly.kpxe, snponly.efi, ...).
     pub ipxe_dir: PathBuf,
-    /// Path to the wimboot binary for Windows ISOs (optional — feature-gated).
+    /// Path to the wimboot binary for Windows ISOs (optional — feature-controlled).
     pub wimboot_path: Option<PathBuf>,
     /// Directory under which Windows ISOs are extracted and served via SMB.
     /// Only used when `settings.windows_enabled = true`. Defaults to
@@ -128,16 +128,24 @@ impl Config {
     /// Call this after loading the TOML file so env takes precedence.
     pub fn apply_env(&mut self) {
         if let Ok(v) = std::env::var("OPENPXE_HTTP_PORT") {
-            if let Ok(p) = v.parse() { self.server.http_port = p; }
+            if let Ok(p) = v.parse() {
+                self.server.http_port = p;
+            }
         }
         if let Ok(v) = std::env::var("OPENPXE_TFTP_PORT") {
-            if let Ok(p) = v.parse() { self.server.tftp_port = p; }
+            if let Ok(p) = v.parse() {
+                self.server.tftp_port = p;
+            }
         }
         if let Ok(v) = std::env::var("OPENPXE_DHCP_PORT") {
-            if let Ok(p) = v.parse() { self.network.dhcp_port = p; }
+            if let Ok(p) = v.parse() {
+                self.network.dhcp_port = p;
+            }
         }
         if let Ok(v) = std::env::var("OPENPXE_PUBLIC_IP") {
-            if let Ok(ip) = v.parse() { self.server.public_ip = Some(ip); }
+            if let Ok(ip) = v.parse() {
+                self.server.public_ip = Some(ip);
+            }
         }
         if let Ok(v) = std::env::var("OPENPXE_DHCP_MODE") {
             self.network.dhcp_mode = match v.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {

crates/core/src/host_bindings.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 //! Per-MAC host bindings.
 //!
-//! Inspired by the Tinkerbell `smee` "MAC-prepended URL" pattern: an
-//! operator can attach a preferred boot target (a `BootEntry::id`) to a
-//! specific MAC address. When a client with that MAC arrives, the
-//! top-level boot script chains straight to that target instead of
-//! showing the interactive menu.
+//! Operators can attach a preferred boot target (a `BootEntry::id`) to a
+//! specific MAC address. When a client with that MAC arrives, the top-level
+//! boot script chains straight to that target instead of showing the
+//! interactive menu.
 //!
 //! Use cases:
 //! - "This rack of Dell servers always images with Ubuntu Server 24.04"
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ pub struct HostBinding {
     /// don't have to worry about case.
     pub mac: String,
     /// Preferred boot entry id (matches a `BootEntry::id` in the iso
-    /// store) OR one of the reserved menu names: `_local`, `_gate`,
+    /// store) OR one of the reserved menu names: `_local`, `_queue`,
     /// `_tools_menu`. Empty string falls back to the menu.
     pub target: String,
     /// Optional human-readable label shown in the UI (`"Tom's laptop"`,

crates/core/src/lib.rs

@@ -3,21 +3,23 @@
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 
 pub mod arch;
+pub mod boot_log;
 pub mod client;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod error;
-pub mod queue;
 pub mod host_bindings;
 pub mod log_bus;
 pub mod metrics;
+pub mod queue;
 pub mod settings;
 
 pub use arch::{ClientArch, FirmwareClass};
+pub use boot_log::{BootEvent, BootLog};
 pub use client::{ClientEvent, ClientRegistry, ClientSnapshot};
 pub use config::{Config, DhcpMode, NetworkConfig, Paths, ServerConfig};
 pub use error::{Error, Result};
-pub use queue::{Gate, DeploymentQueue};
 pub use host_bindings::{normalize_mac, HostBinding, HostBindings};
 pub use log_bus::{LogBus, LogBusLayer, LogLine};
 pub use metrics::{HttpRoute, Metrics};
+pub use queue::{DeploymentQueue, QueueEntry};
 pub use settings::{Settings, SettingsStore, TimeoutAction};

crates/core/src/metrics.rs

@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ impl Metrics {
     }
 
     pub fn record_tftp_err(&self) {
-        self.inner.tftp_transfers_err.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.inner
+            .tftp_transfers_err
+            .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
     }
 
     // ── HTTP ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -181,7 +183,10 @@ impl Metrics {
             "",
         );
 
-        let _ = writeln!(out, "# HELP openpxe_tftp_transfers_total TFTP transfers, by status.");
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            out,
+            "# HELP openpxe_tftp_transfers_total TFTP transfers, by status."
+        );
         let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE openpxe_tftp_transfers_total counter");
         let _ = writeln!(
             out,
@@ -201,7 +206,10 @@ impl Metrics {
             "",
         );
 
-        let _ = writeln!(out, "# HELP openpxe_http_requests_total HTTP requests served, by route family.");
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            out,
+            "# HELP openpxe_http_requests_total HTTP requests served, by route family."
+        );
         let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE openpxe_http_requests_total counter");
         for (label, counter) in [
             ("boot_script", &i.http_boot_script),
@@ -218,14 +226,53 @@ impl Metrics {
         }
 
         // Gauges.
-        write_gauge(&mut out, "openpxe_iso_count", "ISOs currently registered (local + NFS).", i.iso_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed), "");
-        write_gauge(&mut out, "openpxe_client_count", "PXE clients seen this process lifetime.", i.client_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed), "");
-        write_gauge(&mut out, "openpxe_queue_count", "Clients currently waiting at the deployment queue.", i.queue_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed), "");
-        write_gauge(&mut out, "openpxe_queue_imaging", "Clients currently imaging (queue + assigned target).", i.queue_imaging.load(Ordering::Relaxed), "");
-        write_gauge(&mut out, "openpxe_nfs_mounts_active", "NFS shares currently mounted.", i.nfs_mounts_active.load(Ordering::Relaxed), "");
-        write_gauge(&mut out, "openpxe_uptime_seconds", "Seconds since this OpenPXE instance started.", uptime_secs, "");
+        write_gauge(
+            &mut out,
+            "openpxe_iso_count",
+            "ISOs currently registered (local + NFS).",
+            i.iso_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            "",
+        );
+        write_gauge(
+            &mut out,
+            "openpxe_client_count",
+            "PXE clients seen this process lifetime.",
+            i.client_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            "",
+        );
+        write_gauge(
+            &mut out,
+            "openpxe_queue_count",
+            "Clients currently waiting at the deployment queue.",
+            i.queue_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            "",
+        );
+        write_gauge(
+            &mut out,
+            "openpxe_queue_imaging",
+            "Clients currently imaging (queue + assigned target).",
+            i.queue_imaging.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            "",
+        );
+        write_gauge(
+            &mut out,
+            "openpxe_nfs_mounts_active",
+            "NFS shares currently mounted.",
+            i.nfs_mounts_active.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            "",
+        );
+        write_gauge(
+            &mut out,
+            "openpxe_uptime_seconds",
+            "Seconds since this OpenPXE instance started.",
+            uptime_secs,
+            "",
+        );
 
-        let _ = writeln!(out, "# HELP openpxe_build_info Build metadata. Always 1; the version is in the label.");
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            out,
+            "# HELP openpxe_build_info Build metadata. Always 1; the version is in the label."
+        );
         let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE openpxe_build_info gauge");
         let _ = writeln!(out, "openpxe_build_info{{version=\"{version}\"}} 1");
 
@@ -259,7 +306,11 @@ mod tests {
         m.record_http(HttpRoute::Api);
         m.set_iso_count(3);
         let out = m.render("0.2.0", 42);
-        assert_eq!(out.matches("# TYPE openpxe_dhcp_replies_total counter").count(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            out.matches("# TYPE openpxe_dhcp_replies_total counter")
+                .count(),
+            1
+        );
         assert_eq!(out.matches("# TYPE openpxe_iso_count gauge").count(), 1);
         assert!(out.contains("openpxe_dhcp_replies_total{arch=\"uefi\"} 1"));
         assert!(out.contains("openpxe_dhcp_replies_total{arch=\"bios\"} 1"));

crates/core/src/queue.rs

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 //! Queued Deployment queue.
 //!
 //! When a client selects "Queued Deployment" at the PXE menu, iPXE POSTs to
-//! `/api/queue/join` and receives a gate position. It then enters a poll
+//! `/api/queue/join` and receives a queue position. It then enters a poll
 //! loop hitting `/api/queue/poll/<id>`; the server holds the request open
 //! until either (a) the operator assigns an ISO from the WebUI, in which
 //! case the poll returns an iPXE `chain` URL, or (b) the poll times out
 //! (iPXE's HTTP client has its own timeout), in which case iPXE re-POSTs.
 //!
-//! The WebUI shows the queue (`GET /api/gate`) and issues
+//! The WebUI shows the queue (`GET /api/queue`) and issues
 //! `POST /api/queue/assign { iso_id, entry_ids: [...] }` to launch a single
-//! ISO across many gated clients at once. This is the "horse-race gate"
-//! UX the user asked for — every horse leaves the line simultaneously.
+//! ISO across many queued clients at once. Every waiting machine receives
+//! the assignment without operator visits at the rack.
 
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::ClientArch;
 
-/// Per-gate state visible to the WebUI.
+/// Per-client queue state visible to the WebUI.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct Gate {
+pub struct QueueEntry {
     pub id: String,
-    /// 1-based race-gate position — position 1 is whoever got there first.
+    /// 1-based queue position — position 1 is whoever got there first.
     pub position: u32,
     pub mac: String,
     pub ip: Option<IpAddr>,
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ struct QueueEntryInner {
 }
 
 impl QueueEntryInner {
-    fn snapshot(&self) -> Gate {
-        Gate {
+    fn snapshot(&self) -> QueueEntry {
+        QueueEntry {
             id: self.id.clone(),
             position: self.position,
             mac: self.mac.clone(),
@@ -80,21 +80,25 @@ impl DeploymentQueue {
         Arc::new(Self::default())
     }
 
-    /// Add a client to the gate. Returns the new `Gate` snapshot. If the
-    /// MAC is already queued, the existing gate is returned unchanged —
+    /// Add a client to the queue. Returns the current queue snapshot. If the
+    /// MAC is already queued, the existing entry is returned unchanged —
     /// retrying iPXE clients don't duplicate their slot.
-    pub fn join(&self, mac: &str, ip: Option<IpAddr>, arch: Option<ClientArch>) -> Gate {
+    pub fn join(&self, mac: &str, ip: Option<IpAddr>, arch: Option<ClientArch>) -> QueueEntry {
         let now = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
         let mut guard = self.inner.write();
 
         if let Some(existing) = guard.values_mut().find(|g| g.mac == mac) {
             existing.last_poll_at = now;
-            if ip.is_some() { existing.ip = ip; }
-            if arch.is_some() { existing.arch = arch; }
+            if ip.is_some() {
+                existing.ip = ip;
+            }
+            if arch.is_some() {
+                existing.arch = arch;
+            }
             return existing.snapshot();
         }
 
-        // Race position = max(position) + 1, or 1 if empty.
+        // Queue position = max(position) + 1, or 1 if empty.
         let next_pos = guard.values().map(|g| g.position).max().unwrap_or(0) + 1;
         let id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
         let inner = QueueEntryInner {
@@ -113,24 +117,24 @@ impl DeploymentQueue {
         snap
     }
 
-    /// Look up the `Notify` primitive for a given gate id, for long-polling.
+    /// Look up the `Notify` primitive for a given queue entry id, for long-polling.
     #[must_use]
     pub fn notifier(&self, entry_id: &str) -> Option<Arc<Notify>> {
         self.inner.read().get(entry_id).map(|g| g.notify.clone())
     }
 
-    /// Update the last-poll timestamp (keeps the gate's "live" indicator
+    /// Update the last-poll timestamp (keeps the queue's "live" indicator
     /// fresh in the UI) and return the current snapshot. Returns None if
-    /// the gate was released/expired between requests.
-    pub fn touch(&self, entry_id: &str) -> Option<Gate> {
+    /// the entry was released/expired between requests.
+    pub fn touch(&self, entry_id: &str) -> Option<QueueEntry> {
         let mut guard = self.inner.write();
         let g = guard.get_mut(entry_id)?;
         g.last_poll_at = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
         Some(g.snapshot())
     }
 
-    /// Operator assigns an ISO entry (boot_entry id) to one or more gates.
-    /// Returns the number of gates that were updated. Gates not in the
+    /// Operator assigns an ISO entry (boot_entry id) to one or more clients.
+    /// Returns the number of queue entries that were updated. Entries not in the
     /// queue are silently skipped.
     pub fn assign(&self, entry_ids: &[String], target: &str) -> usize {
         let mut guard = self.inner.write();
@@ -145,9 +149,9 @@ impl DeploymentQueue {
         updated
     }
 
-    /// Remove a gate and return its final snapshot. Called after the client
+    /// Remove a queue entry and return its final snapshot. Called after the client
     /// has successfully chained onto its assignment.
-    pub fn release(&self, entry_id: &str) -> Option<Gate> {
+    pub fn release(&self, entry_id: &str) -> Option<QueueEntry> {
         let mut guard = self.inner.write();
         let g = guard.remove(entry_id)?;
         g.notify.notify_waiters();
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ impl DeploymentQueue {
     }
 
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn list(&self) -> Vec<Gate> {
+    pub fn list(&self) -> Vec<QueueEntry> {
         let guard = self.inner.read();
         let mut v: Vec<_> = guard.values().map(QueueEntryInner::snapshot).collect();
         v.sort_by_key(|g| g.position);

crates/core/src/settings.rs

@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ pub struct Settings {
     pub default_local_hdd: bool,
 
     /// When a client hits the Queued Deployment item, how long (seconds) to
-    /// hold it at the gate before giving up and falling back to the menu.
+    /// hold it in queue before giving up and falling back to the menu.
     /// 0 = forever.
-    pub gate_wait_max_secs: u32,
+    pub queue_wait_max_secs: u32,
 
     /// Optional DNS server advertised on the Network tab. Purely
     /// informational today — OpenPXE does not run a DNS server, but
@@ -67,11 +67,8 @@ pub enum TimeoutAction {
     /// Chain the "Boot from Local HDD" entry.
     LocalHdd,
     /// Put the client into the deployment queue, waiting for operator
-    /// assignment. The serde alias keeps v0.2.0 settings.json files
-    /// readable after the v0.3.0 rename — old `"gated_deployment"`
-    /// values deserialize transparently.
+    /// assignment.
     #[default]
-    #[serde(alias = "gated_deployment")]
     QueuedDeployment,
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ impl Default for Settings {
             smb_host_override: String::new(),
             extra_kernel_args: String::new(),
             default_local_hdd: true,
-            gate_wait_max_secs: 0,
+            queue_wait_max_secs: 0,
             dns_server: String::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -115,7 +112,10 @@ impl SettingsStore {
             },
             Err(_) => Settings::default(),
         };
-        Arc::new(Self { path, inner: RwLock::new(initial) })
+        Arc::new(Self {
+            path,
+            inner: RwLock::new(initial),
+        })
     }
 
     #[must_use]
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(s.windows_enabled);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn settings_serialize_queue_naming() {
+        let text = serde_json::to_string(&Settings::default()).unwrap();
+        assert!(text.contains("queue_wait_max_secs"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn corrupt_file_falls_back_to_default() {
         let dir = tempdir().unwrap();

crates/dhcp-proxy/src/reply.rs

@@ -56,11 +56,17 @@ pub fn decide(ctx: &ReplyContext<'_>) -> BootDirective {
             // it'll then do the same script-fetch the iPXE path does.
             let name = ctx.arch.ipxe_bootfile().unwrap_or("snponly.efi");
             BootDirective::HttpScript {
-                url: format!("{}/ipxe/{}", ctx.public_base_url.trim_end_matches('/'), name),
+                url: format!(
+                    "{}/ipxe/{}",
+                    ctx.public_base_url.trim_end_matches('/'),
+                    name
+                ),
             }
         }
         FirmwareClass::PxeClient => match ctx.arch.ipxe_bootfile() {
-            Some(name) => BootDirective::TftpIpxe { filename: name.to_string() },
+            Some(name) => BootDirective::TftpIpxe {
+                filename: name.to_string(),
+            },
             None => BootDirective::Ignore,
         },
         FirmwareClass::Other => BootDirective::Ignore,
@@ -107,12 +113,16 @@ pub fn build_reply(ctx: &ReplyContext<'_>, directive: &BootDirective) -> Option<
 
     match directive {
         BootDirective::TftpIpxe { filename } => {
-            opts.insert(DhcpOption::TFTPServerName(ctx.our_ip.to_string().into_bytes()));
+            opts.insert(DhcpOption::TFTPServerName(
+                ctx.our_ip.to_string().into_bytes(),
+            ));
             opts.insert(DhcpOption::BootfileName(filename.as_bytes().to_vec()));
         }
         BootDirective::HttpScript { url } => {
             opts.insert(DhcpOption::BootfileName(url.as_bytes().to_vec()));
-            opts.insert(DhcpOption::TFTPServerName(ctx.our_ip.to_string().into_bytes()));
+            opts.insert(DhcpOption::TFTPServerName(
+                ctx.our_ip.to_string().into_bytes(),
+            ));
         }
         BootDirective::Ignore => return None,
     }

crates/dhcp-proxy/src/server.rs

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 use crate::reply::{build_reply, decide, BootDirective, ReplyContext};
 use dhcproto::v4::{DhcpOption, Message, OptionCode};
 use dhcproto::{Decodable, Decoder, Encodable, Encoder};
-use openpxe_core::{
-    ClientArch, ClientEvent, ClientRegistry, FirmwareClass,
-};
+use openpxe_core::{ClientArch, ClientEvent, ClientRegistry, FirmwareClass};
 use socket2::{Domain, Protocol, Socket, Type};
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -86,11 +84,22 @@ impl DhcpProxyServer {
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let request = Message::decode(&mut Decoder::new(data))?;
 
-        let vendor_class = request.opts().get(OptionCode::ClassIdentifier).and_then(|o| {
-            if let DhcpOption::ClassIdentifier(v) = o { Some(v.as_slice()) } else { None }
-        });
+        let vendor_class = request
+            .opts()
+            .get(OptionCode::ClassIdentifier)
+            .and_then(|o| {
+                if let DhcpOption::ClassIdentifier(v) = o {
+                    Some(v.as_slice())
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            });
         let user_class = request.opts().get(OptionCode::UserClass).and_then(|o| {
-            if let DhcpOption::UserClass(v) = o { Some(v.as_slice()) } else { None }
+            if let DhcpOption::UserClass(v) = o {
+                Some(v.as_slice())
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
         });
         let class = FirmwareClass::classify(vendor_class, user_class);
         if matches!(class, FirmwareClass::Other) {
@@ -135,7 +144,9 @@ impl DhcpProxyServer {
         }
         self.metrics.record_dhcp_reply(arch.as_str());
 
-        let Some(reply) = build_reply(&ctx, &directive) else { return Ok(()); };
+        let Some(reply) = build_reply(&ctx, &directive) else {
+            return Ok(());
+        };
         let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(512);
         reply.encode(&mut Encoder::new(&mut out))?;
 
@@ -203,7 +214,10 @@ fn bind_udp(bind: IpAddr, port: u16, broadcast: bool) -> anyhow::Result<UdpSocke
 
 fn format_mac(chaddr: &[u8]) -> String {
     let take = chaddr.iter().take(6).copied().collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    take.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(":")
+    take.iter()
+        .map(|b| format!("{b:02x}"))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(":")
 }
 
 /// Walk raw DHCP options looking for option 93 (Client System Architecture)
@@ -217,10 +231,17 @@ fn extract_raw_arch(packet: &[u8]) -> Option<u16> {
     let mut i = 0;
     while i < opts.len() {
         let code = opts[i];
-        if code == 0xff { return None; }     // END
-        if code == 0x00 { i += 1; continue; } // PAD
+        if code == 0xff {
+            return None;
+        } // END
+        if code == 0x00 {
+            i += 1;
+            continue;
+        } // PAD
         i += 1;
-        if i >= opts.len() { return None; }
+        if i >= opts.len() {
+            return None;
+        }
         let len = opts[i] as usize;
         i += 1;
         if code == 93 && len >= 2 && i + 2 <= opts.len() {
@@ -240,7 +261,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Minimal BOOTP header + magic cookie + option 93 (arch)=0x0007 + END.
         let mut pkt = vec![0u8; 240];
         pkt[236..240].copy_from_slice(&[99, 130, 83, 99]); // magic cookie
-        pkt.extend_from_slice(&[53, 1, 1]);  // option 53 DHCPDISCOVER
+        pkt.extend_from_slice(&[53, 1, 1]); // option 53 DHCPDISCOVER
         pkt.extend_from_slice(&[93, 2, 0x00, 0x07]);
         pkt.push(0xff);
         assert_eq!(extract_raw_arch(&pkt), Some(0x0007));

crates/http-api/Cargo.toml

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ bytes.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 mime.workspace = true
 mime_guess.workspace = true
+uuid.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }

crates/http-api/src/ipxe_script.rs

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 //! There is intentionally no UI path to upload a custom `.ipxe` script.
 
 use openpxe_core::{Settings, TimeoutAction};
-use openpxe_iso_store::{BootEntry, BootKind, IsoMeta};
 use openpxe_iso_store::introspect::DistroFamily;
+use openpxe_iso_store::{BootEntry, BootKind, IsoMeta};
 use std::fmt::Write as _;
 
 /// Top-level OpenPXE boot menu. Serialized identically for BIOS and UEFI
@@ -49,9 +49,15 @@ pub fn render_menu(isos: &[IsoMeta], settings: &Settings, base_url: &str) -> Str
     let _ = writeln!(s, "set cls ${{esc:string}}[2J");
     let _ = writeln!(s, ":menu");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "menu OpenPXE - network boot menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "item --gap -- ------------------------- Default -------------------------");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "item --gap -- ------------------------- Default -------------------------"
+    );
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item local            Boot from Local HDD");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "item --gap -- ----------------------- Installers -----------------------");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "item --gap -- ----------------------- Installers -----------------------"
+    );
     if has_family(isos, is_linux_family) {
         let _ = writeln!(s, "item linux            Linux Installers  >");
     } else {
@@ -64,9 +70,15 @@ pub fn render_menu(isos: &[IsoMeta], settings: &Settings, base_url: &str) -> Str
     } else {
         let _ = writeln!(s, "item --gap -- (Windows support disabled in Settings)");
     }
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "item --gap -- -------------------------- Tools --------------------------");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "item --gap -- -------------------------- Tools --------------------------"
+    );
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item tools            Tools  >");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "item --gap -- ---------------------- Queued Deployment ---------------------");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "item --gap -- ---------------------- Queued Deployment ---------------------"
+    );
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item queue            Queued Deployment  (join queue)");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item --gap");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item --key x exit     Exit iPXE");
@@ -74,18 +86,39 @@ pub fn render_menu(isos: &[IsoMeta], settings: &Settings, base_url: &str) -> Str
     if matches!(settings.timeout_action, TimeoutAction::Stay) {
         let _ = writeln!(s, "choose --default {default_item} target || goto menu");
     } else {
-        let _ = writeln!(s, "choose --default {default_item} --timeout {timeout_ms} target || goto menu");
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            s,
+            "choose --default {default_item} --timeout {timeout_ms} target || goto menu"
+        );
     }
 
     // iPXE's `||` is strict about what follows. Each test uses `goto menu`
     // as the fallthrough target so the parser never sees a bare `||` with
     // trailing whitespace — some iPXE builds reject that.
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} local   && chain {base}/boot/_local.ipxe        || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} linux   && chain {base}/boot/_linux_menu.ipxe   || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} windows && chain {base}/boot/_windows_menu.ipxe || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} tools   && chain {base}/boot/_tools_menu.ipxe   || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} queue   && chain {base}/boot/_queue.ipxe         || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} exit    && exit                                 || goto menu");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} local   && chain {base}/boot/_local.ipxe        || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} linux   && chain {base}/boot/_linux_menu.ipxe   || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} windows && chain {base}/boot/_windows_menu.ipxe || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} tools   && chain {base}/boot/_tools_menu.ipxe   || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} queue   && chain {base}/boot/_queue.ipxe         || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} exit    && exit                                 || goto menu"
+    );
     let _ = writeln!(s, "goto menu");
     s
 }
@@ -95,27 +128,41 @@ pub fn render_menu(isos: &[IsoMeta], settings: &Settings, base_url: &str) -> Str
 #[must_use]
 pub fn render_family_menu(isos: &[IsoMeta], base_url: &str, is_windows: bool) -> String {
     let base = base_url.trim_end_matches('/');
-    let title = if is_windows { "Windows Installers" } else { "Linux Installers" };
+    let title = if is_windows {
+        "Windows Installers"
+    } else {
+        "Linux Installers"
+    };
     let label = if is_windows { "windows" } else { "linux" };
     let mut s = String::new();
     let _ = writeln!(s, "#!ipxe");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "set base-url {base}");
     let _ = writeln!(s, ":menu");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "menu OpenPXE - {title}");
-    let filter: fn(DistroFamily) -> bool =
-        if is_windows { is_windows_family } else { is_linux_family };
+    let filter: fn(DistroFamily) -> bool = if is_windows {
+        is_windows_family
+    } else {
+        is_linux_family
+    };
     let mut count = 0;
     for iso in isos {
-        if !filter(iso.introspection.family) { continue; }
+        if !filter(iso.introspection.family) {
+            continue;
+        }
         for entry in &iso.boot_entries {
             let size_label = fmt_size_mib(iso.size_bytes);
             let key = hotkey_for_index(count);
             // Visual hint: a leading `*` marks password-protected entries.
             // ASCII only — iPXE's menu console mangles non-ASCII on some
             // firmwares.
-            let lock = if iso.is_password_protected() { "*" } else { " " };
+            let lock = if iso.is_password_protected() {
+                "*"
+            } else {
+                " "
+            };
             let _ = writeln!(
-                s, "item {}{} {}[{:>6}] {}",
+                s,
+                "item {}{} {}[{:>6}] {}",
                 key,
                 entry.id,
                 lock,
@@ -131,8 +178,18 @@ pub fn render_family_menu(isos: &[IsoMeta], base_url: &str, is_windows: bool) ->
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item --gap");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item --key b back   < Back to main menu");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "choose target || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} back && chain {base}/boot.ipxe || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "chain {base}/boot/${{target}}.ipxe || goto menu");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} back && chain {base}/boot.ipxe || goto menu"
+    );
+    // Pass `?mac=${mac}` so the per-entry handler can record the booting
+    // client into the Host log. iPXE substitutes `${mac}` before
+    // the HTTP fetch; if the firmware can't resolve it the literal
+    // `${mac}` is sent and the server treats it as "unknown".
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "chain {base}/boot/${{target}}.ipxe?mac=${{mac}} || goto menu"
+    );
     s
 }
 
@@ -171,12 +228,30 @@ pub fn render_tools_menu(base_url: &str) -> String {
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item --gap");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item --key b back     < Back to main menu");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "choose target || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} util     && chain {base}/boot/_util.ipxe  || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} shell    && chain {base}/boot/_shell.ipxe || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} nic      && chain {base}/boot/_nic.ipxe   || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} reboot   && reboot                        || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} firmware && exit 0                        || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} back     && chain {base}/boot.ipxe        || goto menu");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} util     && chain {base}/boot/_util.ipxe  || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} shell    && chain {base}/boot/_shell.ipxe || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} nic      && chain {base}/boot/_nic.ipxe   || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} reboot   && reboot                        || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} firmware && exit 0                        || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} back     && chain {base}/boot.ipxe        || goto menu"
+    );
     let _ = writeln!(s, "goto menu");
     s
 }
@@ -190,8 +265,15 @@ pub fn render_local_hdd(base_url: &str) -> String {
     let mut s = String::new();
     let _ = writeln!(s, "#!ipxe");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "# Boot from Local HDD - platform-sensitive");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{platform}} pcbios && sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || ");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "# UEFI path: fall through to the firmware's next boot entry");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{platform}} pcbios && sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto uefi"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(s, ":uefi");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "# UEFI path: fall through to the firmware's next boot entry"
+    );
     let _ = writeln!(s, "exit 0");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "# If the above exit returns, loop back to the main menu");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "chain {base}/boot.ipxe");
@@ -212,8 +294,14 @@ pub fn render_util(base_url: &str) -> String {
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item --gap");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "item back         < Back");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "choose target || goto menu");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} memtest && chain {base}/ipxe/memtest.bin || ");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{target}} back && chain {base}/boot/_tools_menu.ipxe || ");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} memtest && chain {base}/ipxe/memtest.bin || goto menu"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "iseq ${{target}} back && chain {base}/boot/_tools_menu.ipxe || goto menu"
+    );
     let _ = writeln!(s, "goto menu");
     s
 }
@@ -260,7 +348,10 @@ pub fn render_queue_entry(base_url: &str) -> String {
     let base = base_url.trim_end_matches('/');
     let mut s = String::new();
     let _ = writeln!(s, "#!ipxe");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "# Queued Deployment - join the queue and wait for operator");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "# Queued Deployment - join the queue and wait for operator"
+    );
     let _ = writeln!(s, "echo Joining deployment queue...");
     // imgfetch writes the body to a file in iPXE's transient FS; we read
     // the queue entry id out of the Location-style header by asking the server
@@ -277,7 +368,11 @@ pub fn render_entry(entry: &BootEntry, settings: &Settings, base_url: &str) -> S
     let _ = writeln!(s, "#!ipxe");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "set base-url {base}");
     match &entry.kind {
-        BootKind::LinuxKernel { kernel_url, initrd_urls, args } => {
+        BootKind::LinuxKernel {
+            kernel_url,
+            initrd_urls,
+            args,
+        } => {
             let mut cmdline = args.cmdline.replace("${base-url}", base);
             if !settings.extra_kernel_args.trim().is_empty() {
                 cmdline.push(' ');
@@ -328,7 +423,12 @@ fn has_family(isos: &[IsoMeta], pred: fn(DistroFamily) -> bool) -> bool {
 }
 
 fn escape_label(s: &str) -> String {
-    s.chars().map(|c| match c { '\n' | '\r' => ' ', c => c }).collect()
+    s.chars()
+        .map(|c| match c {
+            '\n' | '\r' => ' ',
+            c => c,
+        })
+        .collect()
 }
 
 /// Render the password-prompt script for a protected boot entry.
@@ -362,12 +462,20 @@ pub fn render_password_prompt(entry_id: &str, iso_filename: &str, base_url: &str
     let _ = writeln!(s, "echo ==========================================");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "set password ");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "read --secret password");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "iseq ${{password}} \"\" && chain {base}/boot.ipxe || goto submit");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, ":submit");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "echo Verifying...");
     let _ = writeln!(
         s,
-        "chain {base}/boot/{entry_id}.ipxe?token=${{password:uristring}} || chain {base}/boot.ipxe"
+        "iseq ${{password}} \"\" && chain {base}/boot.ipxe || goto submit"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(s, ":submit");
+    let _ = writeln!(s, "echo Verifying...");
+    // Carry `mac=${mac}` alongside the token so a successful unlock
+    // records the actual client MAC into the Host log. On
+    // older iPXE that can't resolve `${mac}` the server just stores it
+    // as "unknown" rather than refusing to boot.
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "chain {base}/boot/{entry_id}.ipxe?token=${{password:uristring}}&mac=${{mac}} \
+         || chain {base}/boot.ipxe"
     );
     s
 }
@@ -384,7 +492,10 @@ pub fn render_password_failed(entry_id: &str, base_url: &str) -> String {
     let _ = writeln!(s, "echo");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "echo Wrong password.");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "sleep 2");
-    let _ = writeln!(s, "chain {base}/boot/{entry_id}.ipxe || chain {base}/boot.ipxe");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        s,
+        "chain {base}/boot/{entry_id}.ipxe || chain {base}/boot.ipxe"
+    );
     s
 }
 
@@ -414,4 +525,27 @@ mod password_tests {
         // Re-target the entry so the prompt flow runs again.
         assert!(s.contains("chain http://10.0.0.5/boot/alpha-linux.ipxe"));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn generated_scripts_do_not_emit_bare_or_trailing_fallbacks() {
+        let settings = Settings::default();
+        let scripts = [
+            render_menu(&[], &settings, "http://10.0.0.5"),
+            render_tools_menu("http://10.0.0.5"),
+            render_local_hdd("http://10.0.0.5"),
+            render_util("http://10.0.0.5"),
+            render_shell("http://10.0.0.5"),
+            render_nic_info("http://10.0.0.5"),
+            render_queue_entry("http://10.0.0.5"),
+            render_password_failed("alpha-linux", "http://10.0.0.5"),
+        ];
+        for script in scripts {
+            for line in script.lines() {
+                assert!(
+                    !line.trim_end().ends_with("||"),
+                    "bare iPXE fallback operator in line: {line}\nscript:\n{script}"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

crates/http-api/src/iso_fs.rs

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ pub fn lookup(iso_path: &Path, in_iso_path: &str) -> Option<FileLocation> {
         .split('/')
         .filter(|c| !c.is_empty())
         .collect();
-    if components.is_empty() { return None; }
+    if components.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
     walk(&mut f, root.offset, root.length, &components)
 }
 
@@ -40,11 +42,16 @@ fn read_root_directory(f: &mut std::fs::File) -> Option<FileLocation> {
     let mut pvd = [0u8; 2048];
     f.seek(SeekFrom::Start(16 * SECTOR)).ok()?;
     f.read_exact(&mut pvd).ok()?;
-    if pvd[0] != 0x01 || &pvd[1..6] != b"CD001" { return None; }
+    if pvd[0] != 0x01 || &pvd[1..6] != b"CD001" {
+        return None;
+    }
     // Root directory record is at offset 156, length 34.
     let rec = &pvd[156..156 + 34];
     let (offset, length) = parse_dir_record_ext(rec)?;
-    Some(FileLocation { offset: offset * SECTOR, length })
+    Some(FileLocation {
+        offset: offset * SECTOR,
+        length,
+    })
 }
 
 /// Walk components down the directory tree starting at `dir_offset`.
@@ -66,21 +73,29 @@ fn walk(
         if len == 0 {
             // Padding to sector boundary.
             let next = (i / SECTOR as usize + 1) * SECTOR as usize;
-            if next <= i { break; }
+            if next <= i {
+                break;
+            }
             i = next;
             continue;
         }
-        if i + len > dir.len() { break; }
+        if i + len > dir.len() {
+            break;
+        }
         let rec = &dir[i..i + len];
         let name = dir_record_name(rec);
         let is_dir = (rec.get(25).copied().unwrap_or(0) & 0x02) != 0;
         // Skip "." (0x00) and ".." (0x01) pseudo-entries.
-        let is_pseudo = matches!(rec.get(32).copied(), Some(1)) && rec.get(33).copied() == Some(0x00)
+        let is_pseudo = matches!(rec.get(32).copied(), Some(1))
+            && rec.get(33).copied() == Some(0x00)
             || matches!(rec.get(32).copied(), Some(1)) && rec.get(33).copied() == Some(0x01);
         if !is_pseudo && name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(target) {
             let (child_off, child_len) = parse_dir_record_ext(rec)?;
             if rest.is_empty() && !is_dir {
-                return Some(FileLocation { offset: child_off * SECTOR, length: child_len });
+                return Some(FileLocation {
+                    offset: child_off * SECTOR,
+                    length: child_len,
+                });
             } else if !rest.is_empty() && is_dir {
                 return walk(f, child_off * SECTOR, child_len, rest);
             }
@@ -94,7 +109,9 @@ fn walk(
 /// Layout per ISO9660: bytes 2..10 extent LBA (LE+BE duplicate), 10..18
 /// data length (LE+BE duplicate). We trust the little-endian copy.
 fn parse_dir_record_ext(rec: &[u8]) -> Option<(u64, u64)> {
-    if rec.len() < 34 { return None; }
+    if rec.len() < 34 {
+        return None;
+    }
     let lba = u32::from_le_bytes(rec[2..6].try_into().ok()?) as u64;
     let len = u32::from_le_bytes(rec[10..14].try_into().ok()?) as u64;
     Some((lba, len))
@@ -104,9 +121,15 @@ fn parse_dir_record_ext(rec: &[u8]) -> Option<(u64, u64)> {
 /// `;1` version suffix.
 fn dir_record_name(rec: &[u8]) -> String {
     let name_len = *rec.get(32).unwrap_or(&0) as usize;
-    if name_len == 0 || rec.len() < 33 + name_len { return String::new(); }
+    if name_len == 0 || rec.len() < 33 + name_len {
+        return String::new();
+    }
     let raw = &rec[33..33 + name_len];
     let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(raw).to_string();
     // Strip `;N` version suffix.
-    if let Some(i) = s.rfind(';') { s[..i].to_string() } else { s }
+    if let Some(i) = s.rfind(';') {
+        s[..i].to_string()
+    } else {
+        s
+    }
 }

crates/http-api/src/lib.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub mod iso_fs;
 pub mod log_stream;
 pub mod state;
 pub mod terminal;
+pub mod uploads;
 
 pub use app::build_router;
 pub use state::AppState;

crates/http-api/src/log_stream.rs

@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ pub async fn stream(
     let rx = state.log_bus.subscribe();
     let live = BroadcastStream::new(rx).map(|res| match res {
         Ok(line) => Ok(Event::default().data(line_json(&line))),
-        Err(tokio_stream::wrappers::errors::BroadcastStreamRecvError::Lagged(n)) => Ok(Event::default()
-            .event("lagged")
-            .data(json!({ "skipped": n }).to_string())),
+        Err(tokio_stream::wrappers::errors::BroadcastStreamRecvError::Lagged(n)) => {
+            Ok(Event::default()
+                .event("lagged")
+                .data(json!({ "skipped": n }).to_string()))
+        }
     });
 
     Sse::new(recent_stream.chain(live))
@@ -55,9 +57,11 @@ pub async fn recent(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Json<serde_json::Value> {
 /// keep streaming new lines as they arrive).
 pub async fn clear(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Json<serde_json::Value> {
     state.log_bus.clear();
-    state
-        .log_bus
-        .push("info", "openpxe::terminal", "log buffer cleared by operator");
+    state.log_bus.push(
+        "info",
+        "openpxe::terminal",
+        "log buffer cleared by operator",
+    );
     Json(json!({ "ok": true }))
 }
 

crates/http-api/src/state.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use openpxe_core::{ClientRegistry, DeploymentQueue, HostBindings, LogBus, Metrics, SettingsStore};
+use crate::uploads::UploadSessions;
+use openpxe_core::{
+    BootLog, ClientRegistry, DeploymentQueue, HostBindings, LogBus, Metrics, SettingsStore,
+};
 use openpxe_iso_store::{IsoStore, NfsManager, SmbManager};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
@@ -13,6 +16,10 @@ pub struct AppState {
     /// these MACs requests `/boot.ipxe`, we chain straight to the
     /// configured target instead of rendering the menu.
     pub hosts: HostBindings,
+    /// Persistent boot-event log surfaced under the Hosts tab. Records
+    /// every `/boot/<entry>.ipxe` chain that goes on to serve a script
+    /// (i.e. an image actually starting to install on a machine).
+    pub boot_log: BootLog,
     /// Lock-free metrics counters surfaced at `/metrics` in Prometheus
     /// text format. Cheap to clone (handles to atomics).
     pub metrics: Metrics,
@@ -25,6 +32,10 @@ pub struct AppState {
     /// available in the runtime image. Surfaces errors per-mount rather
     /// than failing the global state.
     pub nfs: NfsManager,
+    /// Browser chunked upload state. Multipart uploads still go straight
+    /// through `IsoStore`, but the UI uses sessions so large ISO transfers
+    /// can show deterministic progress and leave visible partial files.
+    pub uploads: UploadSessions,
     /// Live log bus consumed by the Terminal tab via SSE. Operator-issued
     /// terminal commands also push synthetic lines onto it so the tail
     /// shows them inline.

crates/http-api/src/terminal.rs

@@ -31,12 +31,17 @@ pub async fn run_command(
 ) -> impl IntoResponse {
     let line = req.command.trim();
     if line.is_empty() {
-        return (StatusCode::OK, Json(json!({ "output": HELP_TEXT, "ok": true })));
+        return (
+            StatusCode::OK,
+            Json(json!({ "output": HELP_TEXT, "ok": true })),
+        );
     }
 
     // Echo the typed command into the live log so the Terminal tab shows
     // operator activity in-band with server-emitted log lines.
-    state.log_bus.push("info", "openpxe::terminal", format!("> {line}"));
+    state
+        .log_bus
+        .push("info", "openpxe::terminal", format!("> {line}"));
 
     let argv = shell_split(line);
     if argv.is_empty() {
@@ -55,7 +60,11 @@ pub async fn run_command(
     // so reading the live tail tells the same story as scrolling the
     // terminal pane.
     let mirror = if output.len() > 1024 {
-        format!("{}\n... ({} bytes truncated)", &output[..1024], output.len() - 1024)
+        format!(
+            "{}\n... ({} bytes truncated)",
+            &output[..1024],
+            output.len() - 1024
+        )
     } else {
         output.clone()
     };
@@ -78,7 +87,7 @@ async fn dispatch(state: &AppState, argv: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
         "status" => Ok(status_text(state)),
         "isos" | "images" => Ok(isos_text(state)),
         "clients" => Ok(clients_text(state)),
-        "queue" => gate_command(state, tail).await,
+        "queue" => queue_command(state, tail).await,
         "nfs" => nfs_command(state, tail).await,
         "smb" => smb_command(state, tail).await,
         "log" => log_command(state, tail),
@@ -96,7 +105,7 @@ async fn dispatch(state: &AppState, argv: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
 fn status_text(s: &AppState) -> String {
     let isos = s.iso_store.list();
     let clients = s.clients.list();
-    let gates = s.queue.list();
+    let queue_entries = s.queue.list();
     let smb = s.smb.as_ref().map(|m| m.snapshot());
     let nfs = s.nfs.list();
     let nfs_active = nfs.iter().filter(|m| m.mounted).count();
@@ -112,13 +121,23 @@ fn status_text(s: &AppState) -> String {
          nfs mounts:   {n_total} configured ({n_active} active)\n",
         ver = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
         base = s.public_base_url,
-        nic = if s.nic_name.is_empty() { "?" } else { s.nic_name.as_str() },
+        nic = if s.nic_name.is_empty() {
+            "?"
+        } else {
+            s.nic_name.as_str()
+        },
         up = uptime_string(s),
         n_isos = isos.len(),
-        n_local = isos.iter().filter(|i| matches!(i.source, openpxe_iso_store::IsoSource::Local)).count(),
-        n_nfs = isos.iter().filter(|i| !matches!(i.source, openpxe_iso_store::IsoSource::Local)).count(),
+        n_local = isos
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|i| matches!(i.source, openpxe_iso_store::IsoSource::Local))
+            .count(),
+        n_nfs = isos
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|i| !matches!(i.source, openpxe_iso_store::IsoSource::Local))
+            .count(),
         n_clients = clients.len(),
-        n_entries = gates.len(),
+        n_entries = queue_entries.len(),
         smb = smb.map_or_else(|| "(disabled)".into(), |s| format!("{s:?}")),
         n_total = nfs.len(),
         n_active = nfs_active,
@@ -159,11 +178,7 @@ fn clients_text(s: &AppState) -> String {
         return "(no clients yet)".into();
     }
     let mut out = String::new();
-    let _ = writeln!(
-        out,
-        "{:<19} {:<16} {:<8} LAST SEEN",
-        "MAC", "IP", "EVENTS"
-    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "{:<19} {:<16} {:<8} LAST SEEN", "MAC", "IP", "EVENTS");
     for c in clients {
         let ip = c.last_ip.map_or_else(|| "-".into(), |i| i.to_string());
         let _ = writeln!(
@@ -180,35 +195,35 @@ fn clients_text(s: &AppState) -> String {
     out
 }
 
-// ── gate ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// ── queue ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-// `async` for symmetry with the other dispatch helpers — gate operations
+// `async` for symmetry with the other dispatch helpers — queue operations
 // are sync today but might grow to await on a database in a future phase.
 #[allow(clippy::unused_async)]
-async fn gate_command(s: &AppState, args: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
+async fn queue_command(s: &AppState, args: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
     match args.first().map(String::as_str) {
         None | Some("list") => {
-            let gs = s.queue.list();
-            if gs.is_empty() {
-                return Ok("(no gates)".into());
+            let entries = s.queue.list();
+            if entries.is_empty() {
+                return Ok("(queue empty)".into());
             }
             let mut out = String::new();
-            for g in gs {
+            for entry in entries {
                 let _ = writeln!(
                     out,
                     "#{:<3} {:<19} {:<16} target={}",
-                    g.position,
-                    g.mac,
-                    g.id,
-                    g.assigned_target.unwrap_or_else(|| "-".into())
+                    entry.position,
+                    entry.mac,
+                    entry.id,
+                    entry.assigned_target.unwrap_or_else(|| "-".into())
                 );
             }
             Ok(out)
         }
         Some("assign-all") => {
-            let target = args.get(1).ok_or_else(|| {
-                "usage: gate assign-all <iso_boot_entry_id>".to_string()
-            })?;
+            let target = args
+                .get(1)
+                .ok_or_else(|| "usage: queue assign-all <iso_boot_entry_id>".to_string())?;
             let found = s
                 .iso_store
                 .list()
@@ -219,30 +234,32 @@ async fn gate_command(s: &AppState, args: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
             }
             let ids: Vec<_> = s.queue.list().into_iter().map(|g| g.id).collect();
             let n = s.queue.assign(&ids, target);
-            Ok(format!("assigned {n} gates -> {target}"))
+            Ok(format!("assigned {n} queue entries -> {target}"))
         }
         Some("assign") => {
             let entry_id = args
                 .get(1)
-                .ok_or_else(|| "usage: gate assign <entry_id> <iso_boot_entry_id>".to_string())?;
+                .ok_or_else(|| "usage: queue assign <entry_id> <iso_boot_entry_id>".to_string())?;
             let target = args
                 .get(2)
-                .ok_or_else(|| "usage: gate assign <entry_id> <iso_boot_entry_id>".to_string())?;
+                .ok_or_else(|| "usage: queue assign <entry_id> <iso_boot_entry_id>".to_string())?;
             let n = s.queue.assign(std::slice::from_ref(entry_id), target);
             if n == 0 {
-                return Err(format!("no such gate: {entry_id}"));
+                return Err(format!("no such queue entry: {entry_id}"));
             }
-            Ok(format!("assigned 1 gate -> {target}"))
+            Ok(format!("assigned 1 queue entry -> {target}"))
         }
         Some("release") => {
-            let entry_id = args.get(1).ok_or_else(|| "usage: gate release <entry_id>".to_string())?;
+            let entry_id = args
+                .get(1)
+                .ok_or_else(|| "usage: queue release <entry_id>".to_string())?;
             match s.queue.release(entry_id) {
                 Some(_) => Ok(format!("released {entry_id}")),
-                None => Err(format!("no such gate: {entry_id}")),
+                None => Err(format!("no such queue entry: {entry_id}")),
             }
         }
         Some(other) => Err(format!(
-            "unknown gate subcommand: {other}\ntry: gate [list|assign-all|assign|release]"
+            "unknown queue subcommand: {other}\ntry: queue [list|assign-all|assign|release]"
         )),
     }
 }
@@ -294,7 +311,9 @@ async fn nfs_command(s: &AppState, args: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
             let version = match args.get(2).map(String::as_str) {
                 Some("v3") => openpxe_iso_store::NfsVersion::V3,
                 Some("v41") | None => openpxe_iso_store::NfsVersion::V41,
-                Some(other) => return Err(format!("unknown nfs version: {other} (expect v3 or v41)")),
+                Some(other) => {
+                    return Err(format!("unknown nfs version: {other} (expect v3 or v41)"))
+                }
             };
             let read_only = !matches!(args.get(3).map(String::as_str), Some("rw"));
             let req = openpxe_iso_store::NfsAddRequest {
@@ -309,14 +328,18 @@ async fn nfs_command(s: &AppState, args: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
             }
         }
         Some("unmount") => {
-            let id = args.get(1).ok_or_else(|| "usage: nfs unmount <id>".to_string())?;
+            let id = args
+                .get(1)
+                .ok_or_else(|| "usage: nfs unmount <id>".to_string())?;
             match s.nfs.remove(id).await {
                 Ok(()) => Ok(format!("unmounted {id}")),
                 Err(e) => Err(format!("unmount failed: {e}")),
             }
         }
         Some("scan") => {
-            let id = args.get(1).ok_or_else(|| "usage: nfs scan <id>".to_string())?;
+            let id = args
+                .get(1)
+                .ok_or_else(|| "usage: nfs scan <id>".to_string())?;
             match s.nfs.rescan(id).await {
                 Ok(n) => Ok(format!("re-scanned {id}: {n} isos")),
                 Err(e) => Err(format!("scan failed: {e}")),
@@ -368,10 +391,7 @@ fn log_command(s: &AppState, args: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
             Ok("log buffer cleared".into())
         }
         Some("tail") => {
-            let n: usize = args
-                .get(1)
-                .and_then(|v| v.parse().ok())
-                .unwrap_or(20);
+            let n: usize = args.get(1).and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(20);
             let lines = s.log_bus.recent();
             let start = lines.len().saturating_sub(n);
             let mut out = String::new();
@@ -462,10 +482,10 @@ OpenPXE terminal — available commands:
 
   isos                              list registered ISOs
   clients                           list PXE clients seen this session
-  gate list                         list gated-deployment queue
-  gate assign <entry_id> <target>    assign one gate to a boot entry
-  gate assign-all <target>          assign every waiting gate
-  gate release <entry_id>            release one gate
+  queue list                        list queued clients
+  queue assign <entry_id> <target>   assign one queued client to a boot entry
+  queue assign-all <target>         assign every waiting client
+  queue release <entry_id>           release one queued client
 
   nfs list                          list NFS mounts
   nfs mount <s>:<e> [v3|v41] [ro|rw]  add and mount an NFS share
@@ -521,4 +541,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(truncate("hi", 10), "hi");
         assert_eq!(truncate("longerthanfive", 5), "long…");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn help_uses_queue_language() {
+        assert!(HELP_TEXT.contains("queue list"));
+        assert!(HELP_TEXT.contains("queued clients"));
+    }
 }

crates/http-api/src/uploads.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+//! Chunked upload sessions for browser-driven ISO uploads.
+//!
+//! The legacy multipart endpoint still exists for simple API clients, but
+//! browsers get a better failure mode with raw chunks: progress advances after
+//! each acknowledged write, partial files appear in the ISO directory
+//! immediately, and reverse proxies are less likely to buffer an entire DVD
+//! image before OpenPXE sees byte one.
+
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use openpxe_core::{Error, Result};
+use openpxe_iso_store::{IsoMeta, IsoStore, UploadHandle};
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+const DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE: u64 = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+pub struct UploadSessions {
+    inner: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, Arc<Mutex<UploadSession>>>>>,
+}
+
+struct UploadSession {
+    filename: String,
+    expected_size: Option<u64>,
+    offset: u64,
+    handle: Option<UploadHandle>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct UploadStarted {
+    pub upload_id: String,
+    pub iso_id: String,
+    pub filename: String,
+    pub offset: u64,
+    pub chunk_size: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum UploadAppend {
+    Progress { offset: u64 },
+    Complete { offset: u64, iso: Box<IsoMeta> },
+}
+
+impl UploadSessions {
+    pub async fn begin(
+        &self,
+        store: &IsoStore,
+        filename: &str,
+        expected_size: Option<u64>,
+    ) -> Result<UploadStarted> {
+        if !filename.to_ascii_lowercase().ends_with(".iso") {
+            return Err(Error::Invalid("only .iso uploads accepted".to_string()));
+        }
+
+        let handle = store.begin_upload(filename).await?;
+        let iso_id = handle.id.clone();
+        let upload_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        let session = UploadSession {
+            filename: filename.to_string(),
+            expected_size,
+            offset: 0,
+            handle: Some(handle),
+        };
+
+        self.inner
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .insert(upload_id.clone(), Arc::new(Mutex::new(session)));
+
+        Ok(UploadStarted {
+            upload_id,
+            iso_id,
+            filename: filename.to_string(),
+            offset: 0,
+            chunk_size: DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub async fn append(
+        &self,
+        store: &IsoStore,
+        upload_id: &str,
+        offset: u64,
+        chunk: Bytes,
+        complete: bool,
+    ) -> Result<UploadAppend> {
+        let Some(session_lock) = self.inner.lock().await.get(upload_id).cloned() else {
+            return Err(Error::Invalid(format!("no such upload '{upload_id}'")));
+        };
+
+        let mut session = session_lock.lock().await;
+        if session.offset != offset {
+            return Err(Error::Invalid(format!(
+                "expected offset {}, got {offset}",
+                session.offset
+            )));
+        }
+
+        let new_offset = session
+            .offset
+            .checked_add(chunk.len() as u64)
+            .ok_or_else(|| Error::Invalid("upload offset overflow".to_string()))?;
+
+        if let Some(expected) = session.expected_size {
+            if new_offset > expected {
+                return Err(Error::Invalid(format!(
+                    "chunk exceeds declared upload size {expected}"
+                )));
+            }
+        }
+
+        let Some(handle) = session.handle.as_mut() else {
+            return Err(Error::Invalid("upload already completed".to_string()));
+        };
+        if let Err(e) = handle.write_chunk(&chunk).await {
+            let handle = session.handle.take();
+            drop(session);
+            self.inner.lock().await.remove(upload_id);
+            if let Some(handle) = handle {
+                let _ = handle.abort().await;
+            }
+            return Err(e);
+        }
+
+        session.offset = new_offset;
+        if !complete {
+            return Ok(UploadAppend::Progress { offset: new_offset });
+        }
+
+        if let Some(expected) = session.expected_size {
+            if new_offset != expected {
+                return Err(Error::Invalid(format!(
+                    "final chunk ended at {new_offset}, expected {expected}"
+                )));
+            }
+        }
+
+        let Some(handle) = session.handle.take() else {
+            return Err(Error::Invalid("upload already completed".to_string()));
+        };
+        let filename = session.filename.clone();
+        drop(session);
+
+        tracing::info!(
+            target: "openpxe::http::upload",
+            upload_id,
+            filename = %filename,
+            received_bytes = new_offset,
+            "chunked upload body complete; introspecting"
+        );
+
+        let meta = match handle.finish(store).await {
+            Ok(meta) => meta,
+            Err(e) => {
+                self.inner.lock().await.remove(upload_id);
+                return Err(e);
+            }
+        };
+        self.inner.lock().await.remove(upload_id);
+        Ok(UploadAppend::Complete {
+            offset: new_offset,
+            iso: Box::new(meta),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub async fn abort(&self, upload_id: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        let Some(session_lock) = self.inner.lock().await.remove(upload_id) else {
+            return Err(Error::Invalid(format!("no such upload '{upload_id}'")));
+        };
+        let mut session = session_lock.lock().await;
+        if let Some(handle) = session.handle.take() {
+            handle.abort().await?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}

crates/http-api/tests/full_flow.rs

@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ fn fake_alpine_iso() -> Vec<u8> {
 }
 
 fn multipart_iso_body(filename: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> (String, Vec<u8>) {
-    let boundary = "----PxeForgeTestBoundary1234";
+    let boundary = "----OpenPxeTestBoundary1234";
     let mut body = Vec::new();
     body.extend_from_slice(format!("--{boundary}\r\n").as_bytes());
     body.extend_from_slice(
-        format!(
-            "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"{filename}\"\r\n"
-        ).as_bytes(),
+        format!("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"{filename}\"\r\n")
+            .as_bytes(),
     );
     body.extend_from_slice(b"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n");
     body.extend_from_slice(bytes);
@@ -60,7 +59,10 @@ async fn get(router: &axum::Router, path: &str) -> (StatusCode, Vec<u8>) {
         .await
         .unwrap();
     let status = res.status();
-    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX).await.unwrap().to_vec();
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_vec();
     (status, body)
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +80,10 @@ async fn post_json(router: &axum::Router, path: &str, body: &str) -> (StatusCode
         .await
         .unwrap();
     let status = res.status();
-    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX).await.unwrap().to_vec();
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_vec();
     (status, body)
 }
 
@@ -87,22 +92,25 @@ async fn build_state() -> (AppState, tempfile::TempDir) {
     let iso_store = IsoStore::new(dir.path().join("isos"));
     iso_store.ensure_dirs().await.unwrap();
     let clients = ClientRegistry::new();
-    let gates = DeploymentQueue::new();
+    let queue = DeploymentQueue::new();
     let settings = SettingsStore::load_or_default(dir.path());
     let nfs = NfsManager::new(dir.path(), iso_store.clone());
     iso_store.set_nfs_root(nfs.mount_root());
     let log_bus = LogBus::new(64);
     let hosts = HostBindings::load_or_default(dir.path());
+    let boot_log = openpxe_core::BootLog::load_or_default(dir.path());
     let metrics = Metrics::new();
     let state = AppState {
         iso_store,
         clients,
-        queue: gates,
+        queue,
         settings,
         hosts,
+        boot_log,
         metrics,
         smb: None,
         nfs,
+        uploads: openpxe_http_api::uploads::UploadSessions::default(),
         log_bus,
         started_at: time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc(),
         public_base_url: "http://127.0.0.1".into(),
@@ -153,13 +161,21 @@ async fn upload_introspects_and_generates_boot_entry() {
     // Confirm the ISO shows up in the menu.
     let (_, menu) = get(&app, "/boot.ipxe").await;
     let menu = String::from_utf8(menu).unwrap();
-    assert!(menu.contains("Linux Installers"), "menu missing Linux submenu:\n{menu}");
+    assert!(
+        menu.contains("Linux Installers"),
+        "menu missing Linux submenu:\n{menu}"
+    );
 
     let (_, linux) = get(&app, "/boot/_linux_menu.ipxe").await;
     let linux = String::from_utf8(linux).unwrap();
-    assert!(linux.contains("fake-alpine-linux"), "linux submenu missing entry:\n{linux}");
-    assert!(linux.contains("[ 0 MB]") || linux.contains("[  0 MB]"),
-        "size label missing in {linux}");
+    assert!(
+        linux.contains("fake-alpine-linux"),
+        "linux submenu missing entry:\n{linux}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        linux.contains("[ 0 MB]") || linux.contains("[  0 MB]"),
+        "size label missing in {linux}"
+    );
 
     // Per-entry boot script should include kernel + initrd URLs + boot.
     let (_, entry) = get(&app, "/boot/fake-alpine-linux.ipxe").await;
@@ -178,9 +194,14 @@ async fn iso_range_request_slices_correctly() {
     app.clone()
         .oneshot(
             Request::builder()
-                .method("POST").uri("/api/isos")
+                .method("POST")
+                .uri("/api/isos")
                 .header("content-type", ct)
-                .body(Body::from(body)).unwrap()).await.unwrap();
+                .body(Body::from(body))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
 
     // Range bytes=0x8000-0x8005 should return the PVD signature byte.
     let res = app
@@ -189,10 +210,15 @@ async fn iso_range_request_slices_correctly() {
             Request::builder()
                 .uri("/iso/fake-alpine.iso")
                 .header(header::RANGE, "bytes=32768-32773")
-                .body(Body::empty()).unwrap())
-        .await.unwrap();
+                .body(Body::empty())
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::PARTIAL_CONTENT);
-    let slice = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX).await.unwrap();
+    let slice = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(slice[0], 0x01); // PVD type
     assert_eq!(&slice[1..6], b"CD001");
 }
@@ -205,27 +231,40 @@ async fn queued_deployment_full_flow() {
     // Upload an ISO so the target exists.
     let (ct, body) = multipart_iso_body("fake-alpine.iso", &fake_alpine_iso());
     app.clone()
-        .oneshot(Request::builder().method("POST").uri("/api/isos")
-            .header("content-type", ct).body(Body::from(body)).unwrap())
-        .await.unwrap();
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("POST")
+                .uri("/api/isos")
+                .header("content-type", ct)
+                .body(Body::from(body))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
 
     // Two clients join.
     let (_, join1) = get(&app, "/api/queue/join?mac=aa:bb:cc:00:00:01").await;
     let (_, join2) = get(&app, "/api/queue/join?mac=aa:bb:cc:00:00:02").await;
     let s1 = String::from_utf8(join1).unwrap();
     let s2 = String::from_utf8(join2).unwrap();
-    assert!(s1.contains("Gate Position 1"));
-    assert!(s2.contains("Gate Position 2"));
+    assert!(s1.contains("Queue Position 1"));
+    assert!(s2.contains("Queue Position 2"));
 
-    let gate1_id = s1.lines().find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix("chain http://127.0.0.1/api/queue/poll/"))
-        .unwrap().to_string();
-    let gate2_id = s2.lines().find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix("chain http://127.0.0.1/api/queue/poll/"))
-        .unwrap().to_string();
+    let queue1_id = s1
+        .lines()
+        .find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix("chain http://127.0.0.1/api/queue/poll/"))
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+    let queue2_id = s2
+        .lines()
+        .find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix("chain http://127.0.0.1/api/queue/poll/"))
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
 
     // Kick off a long-poll for client 1 in the background. Then assign.
     let app2 = app.clone();
     let poll_future = tokio::spawn(async move {
-        let uri = format!("/api/queue/poll/{gate1_id}");
+        let uri = format!("/api/queue/poll/{queue1_id}");
         get(&app2, &uri).await
     });
 
@@ -233,13 +272,16 @@ async fn queued_deployment_full_flow() {
     tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
 
     // Operator assigns.
-    let body = format!(r#"{{"target":"fake-alpine-linux","entry_ids":["{gate2_id}"]}}"#);
+    let body = format!(r#"{{"target":"fake-alpine-linux","entry_ids":["{queue2_id}"]}}"#);
     let (s, b) = post_json(&app, "/api/queue/assign", &body).await;
     assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::OK);
     let assign_json = String::from_utf8(b).unwrap();
-    assert!(assign_json.contains(r#""assigned":1"#), "assign response: {assign_json}");
+    assert!(
+        assign_json.contains(r#""assigned":1"#),
+        "assign response: {assign_json}"
+    );
 
-    // Now assign to gate 1 too so the background poll wakes.
+    // Now assign to queue entry 1 too so the background poll wakes.
     let body = r#"{"target":"fake-alpine-linux","entry_ids":[]}"#;
     post_json(&app, "/api/queue/assign", body).await;
 
@@ -251,14 +293,23 @@ async fn queued_deployment_full_flow() {
         "poll response should chain the boot script:\n{poll_s}"
     );
     // Retry-on-error fallback must be present.
-    assert!(poll_s.contains("|| chain http://127.0.0.1/api/queue/poll/"),
-        "retry fallback missing");
+    assert!(
+        poll_s.contains("|| chain http://127.0.0.1/api/queue/poll/"),
+        "retry fallback missing"
+    );
 
     // Bad target must be rejected.
-    let (_, bad) = post_json(&app, "/api/queue/assign",
-        r#"{"target":"does-not-exist","entry_ids":[]}"#).await;
+    let (_, bad) = post_json(
+        &app,
+        "/api/queue/assign",
+        r#"{"target":"does-not-exist","entry_ids":[]}"#,
+    )
+    .await;
     let bad_s = String::from_utf8(bad).unwrap();
-    assert!(bad_s.contains(r#""ok":false"#), "expected rejection: {bad_s}");
+    assert!(
+        bad_s.contains(r#""ok":false"#),
+        "expected rejection: {bad_s}"
+    );
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -272,8 +323,9 @@ async fn settings_put_persists_across_reads() {
         "smb_host_override": "",
         "extra_kernel_args": "console=ttyS0",
         "default_local_hdd": true,
-        "gate_wait_max_secs": 0
-    }).to_string();
+        "queue_wait_max_secs": 0
+    })
+    .to_string();
 
     let res = app
         .clone()
@@ -283,7 +335,8 @@ async fn settings_put_persists_across_reads() {
                 .uri("/api/settings")
                 .header("content-type", "application/json")
                 .body(Body::from(body))
-                .unwrap())
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
         .await
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
@@ -297,10 +350,14 @@ async fn settings_put_persists_across_reads() {
     // And the menu should now use the new timeout.
     let (_, menu) = get(&app, "/boot.ipxe").await;
     let menu = String::from_utf8(menu).unwrap();
-    assert!(menu.contains("--timeout 42000"),
-        "menu should reflect 42s timeout:\n{menu}");
-    assert!(menu.contains("--default local"),
-        "menu should default to local:\n{menu}");
+    assert!(
+        menu.contains("--timeout 42000"),
+        "menu should reflect 42s timeout:\n{menu}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        menu.contains("--default local"),
+        "menu should default to local:\n{menu}"
+    );
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -309,14 +366,22 @@ async fn reboot_and_firmware_exit_in_tools_menu() {
     let app = build_router(state);
     let (_, tools) = get(&app, "/boot/_tools_menu.ipxe").await;
     let tools = String::from_utf8(tools).unwrap();
-    assert!(tools.contains("Reboot Computer"),
-        "tools menu missing Reboot item:\n{tools}");
-    assert!(tools.contains("Exit and continue BIOS boot"),
-        "tools menu missing firmware-exit item:\n{tools}");
-    assert!(tools.contains("&& reboot"),
-        "reboot command not wired:\n{tools}");
-    assert!(tools.contains("&& exit 0"),
-        "firmware exit command not wired:\n{tools}");
+    assert!(
+        tools.contains("Reboot Computer"),
+        "tools menu missing Reboot item:\n{tools}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        tools.contains("Exit and continue BIOS boot"),
+        "tools menu missing firmware-exit item:\n{tools}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        tools.contains("&& reboot"),
+        "reboot command not wired:\n{tools}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        tools.contains("&& exit 0"),
+        "firmware exit command not wired:\n{tools}"
+    );
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -334,11 +399,15 @@ async fn ui_assets_served_offline() {
         let res = app
             .clone()
             .oneshot(Request::builder().uri(path).body(Body::empty()).unwrap())
-            .await.unwrap();
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK, "{path} not 200");
-        let got = res.headers()
-            .get(header::CONTENT_TYPE).unwrap()
-            .to_str().unwrap();
+        let got = res
+            .headers()
+            .get(header::CONTENT_TYPE)
+            .unwrap()
+            .to_str()
+            .unwrap();
         assert!(got.starts_with(ct), "{path} ct={got}, expected {ct}");
     }
 }
@@ -348,20 +417,38 @@ async fn no_external_urls_in_generated_ipxe() {
     // Sanity check that nothing we serve points off-server.
     let (state, _dir) = build_state().await;
     let app = build_router(state);
-    for path in ["/boot.ipxe", "/boot/_tools_menu.ipxe", "/boot/_linux_menu.ipxe",
-                 "/boot/_shell.ipxe", "/boot/_nic.ipxe", "/boot/_local.ipxe"] {
+    for path in [
+        "/boot.ipxe",
+        "/boot/_tools_menu.ipxe",
+        "/boot/_linux_menu.ipxe",
+        "/boot/_shell.ipxe",
+        "/boot/_nic.ipxe",
+        "/boot/_local.ipxe",
+    ] {
         let (_, body) = get(&app, path).await;
         let s = String::from_utf8(body).unwrap();
         // The only URLs we should emit are relative to our own public_base_url.
-        for url in ["github.com", "googleapis", "cdn.", "cdnjs", "unpkg", "jsdelivr"] {
-            assert!(!s.contains(url), "{path} references external host {url}:\n{s}");
+        for url in [
+            "github.com",
+            "googleapis",
+            "cdn.",
+            "cdnjs",
+            "unpkg",
+            "jsdelivr",
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                !s.contains(url),
+                "{path} references external host {url}:\n{s}"
+            );
         }
         // Confirm URLs are all ours.
         for line in s.lines() {
             if let Some(idx) = line.find("http://") {
                 let rest = &line[idx..];
-                assert!(rest.starts_with("http://127.0.0.1"),
-                    "{path} references non-public-base URL: {line}");
+                assert!(
+                    rest.starts_with("http://127.0.0.1"),
+                    "{path} references non-public-base URL: {line}"
+                );
             }
         }
     }
@@ -384,7 +471,10 @@ async fn nfs_add_with_bad_export_is_rejected() {
     .await;
     assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
     let msg = String::from_utf8_lossy(&b);
-    assert!(msg.contains("export"), "expected validation hint, got: {msg}");
+    assert!(
+        msg.contains("export"),
+        "expected validation hint, got: {msg}"
+    );
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -413,7 +503,10 @@ async fn terminal_help_and_status_round_trip() {
     assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::OK);
     let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&b).unwrap();
     let out = v["output"].as_str().unwrap();
-    assert!(out.starts_with("OpenPXE"), "unexpected status output: {out}");
+    assert!(
+        out.starts_with("OpenPXE"),
+        "unexpected status output: {out}"
+    );
     assert!(out.contains("isos:"), "status missing iso line: {out}");
 
     // Unknown command -> ok=false plus help hint.
@@ -434,7 +527,10 @@ async fn log_recent_returns_buffered_lines() {
     assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::OK);
     let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&b).unwrap();
     let lines = v["lines"].as_array().expect("lines array");
-    assert!(!lines.is_empty(), "log buffer should have at least one line");
+    assert!(
+        !lines.is_empty(),
+        "log buffer should have at least one line"
+    );
     // Every entry should have the canonical timestamp/level/target/message.
     for l in lines {
         for k in ["timestamp", "level", "target", "message"] {
@@ -479,7 +575,7 @@ async fn windows_iso_renders_clean_wimboot_script_with_no_trust_store_writes() {
                 .body(Body::from(
                     r#"{"boot_menu_timeout_secs":600,"timeout_action":"queued_deployment",
                        "windows_enabled":false,"smb_host_override":"","extra_kernel_args":"",
-                       "default_local_hdd":true,"gate_wait_max_secs":0,"dns_server":""}"#
+                       "default_local_hdd":true,"queue_wait_max_secs":0,"dns_server":""}"#
                         .to_string(),
                 ))
                 .unwrap(),
@@ -504,7 +600,9 @@ async fn windows_iso_renders_clean_wimboot_script_with_no_trust_store_writes() {
         .await
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::CREATED);
-    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX).await.unwrap();
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     let meta: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(meta["introspection"]["family"], "windows_pe");
     assert!(
@@ -534,7 +632,10 @@ async fn windows_iso_renders_clean_wimboot_script_with_no_trust_store_writes() {
     assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::OK);
     let script = String::from_utf8(body).unwrap();
     assert!(script.contains("kernel "), "missing kernel line:\n{script}");
-    assert!(script.contains("ipxe/wimboot"), "missing wimboot loader:\n{script}");
+    assert!(
+        script.contains("ipxe/wimboot"),
+        "missing wimboot loader:\n{script}"
+    );
     for tag in ["bootmgr", "bootmgr.efi", "bcd", "boot.sdi", "boot.wim"] {
         assert!(
             script.contains(&format!("initrd --name {tag}")),
@@ -544,8 +645,12 @@ async fn windows_iso_renders_clean_wimboot_script_with_no_trust_store_writes() {
     // Hard guarantees we never want to see in any client-facing script.
     let lower = script.to_lowercase();
     for forbidden in [
-        "bcdedit", "testsigning", "certutil", "test-signed",
-        "httpdisk", "/set testsigning",
+        "bcdedit",
+        "testsigning",
+        "certutil",
+        "test-signed",
+        "httpdisk",
+        "/set testsigning",
     ] {
         assert!(
             !lower.contains(forbidden),
@@ -610,16 +715,25 @@ async fn metrics_endpoint_emits_prometheus_format() {
 
     let res = app
         .clone()
-        .oneshot(Request::builder().uri("/metrics").body(Body::empty()).unwrap())
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .uri("/metrics")
+                .body(Body::empty())
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
         .await
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
-    let ct = res.headers().get(header::CONTENT_TYPE).unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
-    assert!(
-        ct.starts_with("text/plain"),
-        "wrong content-type: {ct}"
-    );
-    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX).await.unwrap();
+    let ct = res
+        .headers()
+        .get(header::CONTENT_TYPE)
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_str()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(ct.starts_with("text/plain"), "wrong content-type: {ct}");
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     let body = String::from_utf8(body.to_vec()).unwrap();
     // Spot-check the must-have metric families.
     for name in [
@@ -633,10 +747,7 @@ async fn metrics_endpoint_emits_prometheus_format() {
         assert!(body.contains(name), "missing metric {name} in:\n{body}");
     }
     // Each name appears exactly once as a `# TYPE` declaration.
-    for name in [
-        "openpxe_dhcp_replies_total",
-        "openpxe_iso_count",
-    ] {
+    for name in ["openpxe_dhcp_replies_total", "openpxe_iso_count"] {
         let count = body.matches(&format!("# TYPE {name}")).count();
         assert_eq!(count, 1, "{name} TYPE line appears {count} times");
     }
@@ -673,10 +784,10 @@ async fn network_endpoint_exposes_dns_round_trip() {
     assert_eq!(v["dns_server"], "10.0.0.1");
 }
 
-// ─── v0.3.1: per-ISO password gate ────────────────────────────────────────
+// ─── Per-ISO password prompt ──────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 #[tokio::test]
-async fn iso_password_gate_blocks_until_correct_token() {
+async fn iso_password_prompt_blocks_until_correct_token() {
     let (state, _dir) = build_state().await;
     let app = build_router(state);
 
@@ -689,9 +800,14 @@ async fn iso_password_gate_blocks_until_correct_token() {
         .clone()
         .oneshot(
             Request::builder()
-                .method("POST").uri("/api/isos")
+                .method("POST")
+                .uri("/api/isos")
                 .header("content-type", ct)
-                .body(Body::from(body)).unwrap()).await.unwrap();
+                .body(Body::from(body))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::CREATED);
 
     // 1. With NO password set, /boot/<id>.ipxe returns the boot script
@@ -702,62 +818,93 @@ async fn iso_password_gate_blocks_until_correct_token() {
     let (_, lm) = get(&app, "/boot/_linux_menu.ipxe").await;
     let lm = String::from_utf8(lm).unwrap();
     assert!(lm.contains("fake-alpine-linux"));
-    assert!(!lm.contains("fake-alpine-linux *["),
-        "expected no lock marker in menu before password set:\n{lm}");
+    assert!(
+        !lm.contains("fake-alpine-linux *["),
+        "expected no lock marker in menu before password set:\n{lm}"
+    );
 
     // 2. Set a password.
-    let res = app.clone().oneshot(
-        Request::builder()
-            .method("PUT")
-            .uri("/api/isos/fake-alpine/password")
-            .header("content-type", "application/json")
-            .body(Body::from(r#"{"password":"hunter2"}"#)).unwrap()
-    ).await.unwrap();
+    let res = app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("PUT")
+                .uri("/api/isos/fake-alpine/password")
+                .header("content-type", "application/json")
+                .body(Body::from(r#"{"password":"hunter2"}"#))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
 
     // The menu now shows the lock marker (`*` prefix on the size box).
     let (_, lm) = get(&app, "/boot/_linux_menu.ipxe").await;
     let lm = String::from_utf8(lm).unwrap();
-    assert!(lm.contains("fake-alpine-linux *["),
-        "expected lock marker in menu after password set:\n{lm}");
+    assert!(
+        lm.contains("fake-alpine-linux *["),
+        "expected lock marker in menu after password set:\n{lm}"
+    );
 
     // 3. Without a token, /boot/<id>.ipxe now returns the password
     //    PROMPT script (read --secret), not the boot script.
     let (_, body) = get(&app, "/boot/fake-alpine-linux.ipxe").await;
     let s = String::from_utf8(body).unwrap();
-    assert!(s.contains("read --secret password"),
-        "expected prompt script with no token, got:\n{s}");
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("read --secret password"),
+        "expected prompt script with no token, got:\n{s}"
+    );
     assert!(!s.contains("kernel "), "should not include kernel line yet");
 
     // 4. Wrong token -> "Wrong password." script that chains back to the entry.
     let (_, body) = get(&app, "/boot/fake-alpine-linux.ipxe?token=wrongpw").await;
     let s = String::from_utf8(body).unwrap();
-    assert!(s.contains("Wrong password."), "expected auth-fail script, got:\n{s}");
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("Wrong password."),
+        "expected auth-fail script, got:\n{s}"
+    );
     assert!(s.contains("/boot/fake-alpine-linux.ipxe"));
     assert!(!s.contains("kernel "));
     // Critical: the WRONG token must NEVER be echoed back in the script.
-    assert!(!s.contains("wrongpw"), "wrong token must not appear in response");
+    assert!(
+        !s.contains("wrongpw"),
+        "wrong token must not appear in response"
+    );
 
     // 5. Correct token -> real boot script.
     let (_, body) = get(&app, "/boot/fake-alpine-linux.ipxe?token=hunter2").await;
     let s = String::from_utf8(body).unwrap();
-    assert!(s.contains("kernel "), "expected boot script with correct token, got:\n{s}");
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("kernel "),
+        "expected boot script with correct token, got:\n{s}"
+    );
     // Don't echo the password into the boot script either.
-    assert!(!s.contains("hunter2"), "correct password must not leak into boot script");
+    assert!(
+        !s.contains("hunter2"),
+        "correct password must not leak into boot script"
+    );
 
     // 6. Clear the password (DELETE).
-    let res = app.clone().oneshot(
-        Request::builder()
-            .method("DELETE")
-            .uri("/api/isos/fake-alpine/password")
-            .body(Body::empty()).unwrap()
-    ).await.unwrap();
+    let res = app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("DELETE")
+                .uri("/api/isos/fake-alpine/password")
+                .body(Body::empty())
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
 
     // Boot is open again, no lock indicator.
     let (_, body) = get(&app, "/boot/fake-alpine-linux.ipxe").await;
     let s = String::from_utf8(body).unwrap();
-    assert!(s.contains("kernel "), "expected boot script after clear, got:\n{s}");
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("kernel "),
+        "expected boot script after clear, got:\n{s}"
+    );
     let (_, lm) = get(&app, "/boot/_linux_menu.ipxe").await;
     let lm = String::from_utf8(lm).unwrap();
     assert!(!lm.contains("fake-alpine-linux *["));
@@ -771,34 +918,286 @@ async fn iso_password_set_then_clear_via_null_body() {
     // Upload + set + clear via `{"password": null}` (alternative to DELETE).
     let iso = fake_alpine_iso();
     let (ct, body) = multipart_iso_body("fake-alpine.iso", &iso);
-    let res = app.clone().oneshot(
-        Request::builder().method("POST").uri("/api/isos")
-            .header("content-type", ct)
-            .body(Body::from(body)).unwrap()).await.unwrap();
+    let res = app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("POST")
+                .uri("/api/isos")
+                .header("content-type", ct)
+                .body(Body::from(body))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::CREATED);
 
-    for body in [r#"{"password":"x"}"#, r#"{"password":null}"#, r#"{"password":""}"#] {
-        let res = app.clone().oneshot(
-            Request::builder().method("PUT")
-                .uri("/api/isos/fake-alpine/password")
-                .header("content-type", "application/json")
-                .body(Body::from(body.to_string())).unwrap()).await.unwrap();
+    for body in [
+        r#"{"password":"x"}"#,
+        r#"{"password":null}"#,
+        r#"{"password":""}"#,
+    ] {
+        let res = app
+            .clone()
+            .oneshot(
+                Request::builder()
+                    .method("PUT")
+                    .uri("/api/isos/fake-alpine/password")
+                    .header("content-type", "application/json")
+                    .body(Body::from(body.to_string()))
+                    .unwrap(),
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NO_CONTENT, "body={body}");
     }
     // After the empty string, the entry should be unprotected.
     let (_, b) = get(&app, "/boot/fake-alpine-linux.ipxe").await;
     let s = String::from_utf8(b).unwrap();
-    assert!(s.contains("kernel "), "should be unprotected after empty pw, got:\n{s}");
+    assert!(
+        s.contains("kernel "),
+        "should be unprotected after empty pw, got:\n{s}"
+    );
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn set_password_for_unknown_iso_returns_404() {
     let (state, _dir) = build_state().await;
     let app = build_router(state);
-    let res = app.clone().oneshot(
-        Request::builder().method("PUT")
-            .uri("/api/isos/does-not-exist/password")
-            .header("content-type", "application/json")
-            .body(Body::from(r#"{"password":"x"}"#)).unwrap()).await.unwrap();
+    let res = app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("PUT")
+                .uri("/api/isos/does-not-exist/password")
+                .header("content-type", "application/json")
+                .body(Body::from(r#"{"password":"x"}"#))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn boot_log_records_entry_serve_with_mac() {
+    // End-to-end: upload an ISO, fetch the entry's boot script with a
+    // MAC query param, then GET /api/boot-log and assert the event is
+    // there with the supplied mac.
+    let (state, _dir) = build_state().await;
+    let app = build_router(state);
+
+    let (ct, body) = multipart_iso_body("fake-alpine.iso", &fake_alpine_iso());
+    let upload = app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("POST")
+                .uri("/api/isos")
+                .header("content-type", ct)
+                .body(Body::from(body))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(upload.status(), StatusCode::CREATED);
+
+    // Fetch the per-entry script with ?mac=...
+    let (s, _) = get(&app, "/boot/fake-alpine-linux.ipxe?mac=AA:BB:CC:00:00:09").await;
+    assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::OK);
+
+    // The boot log should now contain exactly one entry, with the
+    // normalized MAC and our target id.
+    let (s, body) = get(&app, "/api/boot-log").await;
+    assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::OK);
+    let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap();
+    let events = v["events"].as_array().expect("events");
+    assert_eq!(events.len(), 1);
+    let ev = &events[0];
+    assert_eq!(ev["target_id"], "fake-alpine-linux");
+    assert_eq!(ev["mac"], "aa:bb:cc:00:00:09"); // normalized
+                                                // Title should include the filename and entry title.
+    let title = ev["target_title"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(title.contains("fake-alpine.iso"), "title was {title}");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn boot_log_endpoint_empty_when_no_boots() {
+    let (state, _dir) = build_state().await;
+    let app = build_router(state);
+    let (s, body) = get(&app, "/api/boot-log").await;
+    assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::OK);
+    let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap();
+    assert!(v["events"].as_array().unwrap().is_empty());
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn boot_log_does_not_record_reserved_menu_targets() {
+    // Reserved targets (_local, _queue, …) are operator console actions,
+    // not imaging events. The Hosts log skips them so it stays focused
+    // on "what got installed where".
+    let (state, _dir) = build_state().await;
+    let app = build_router(state.clone());
+
+    // Bind a MAC to the _local shortcut and hit /boot.ipxe.
+    let body = r#"{"mac":"aa:bb:cc:00:00:11","target":"_local","label":"q"}"#;
+    let (s, _) = post_json(&app, "/api/hosts", body).await;
+    assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::CREATED);
+    let (s, _) = get(&app, "/boot.ipxe?mac=aa:bb:cc:00:00:11").await;
+    assert_eq!(s, StatusCode::OK);
+
+    let (_, body) = get(&app, "/api/boot-log").await;
+    let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        v["events"].as_array().unwrap().is_empty(),
+        "reserved targets should not appear in boot log; got {v}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn upload_rejects_non_iso_filename_with_clear_message() {
+    // Sanity for the upload-logging path: a wrong extension should land
+    // a 400 with the human message rather than silently being eaten by
+    // the multipart loop. (No iso ends up in the store either.)
+    let (state, _dir) = build_state().await;
+    let app = build_router(state);
+    let (ct, body) = multipart_iso_body("not-an-iso.txt", b"hello world");
+    let res = app
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("POST")
+                .uri("/api/isos")
+                .header("content-type", ct)
+                .body(Body::from(body))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(res.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let text = std::str::from_utf8(&body).unwrap();
+    assert!(text.contains("only .iso uploads accepted"), "got: {text}");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn chunked_upload_writes_progressively_and_finishes_iso() {
+    let (state, dir) = build_state().await;
+    let app = build_router(state);
+    let iso = fake_alpine_iso();
+
+    let start = app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("POST")
+                .uri("/api/uploads")
+                .header("content-type", "application/json")
+                .body(Body::from(
+                    r#"{"filename":"chunked-alpine.iso","size_bytes":65536}"#,
+                ))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(start.status(), StatusCode::CREATED);
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(start.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let started: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap();
+    let upload_id = started["upload_id"].as_str().unwrap();
+
+    let split = 8192usize;
+    let first = app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("PUT")
+                .uri(format!("/api/uploads/{upload_id}"))
+                .header("x-openpxe-upload-offset", "0")
+                .body(Body::from(iso[..split].to_vec()))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(first.status(), StatusCode::ACCEPTED);
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(first.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let progress: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(progress["offset"].as_u64().unwrap(), split as u64);
+    assert!(!progress["complete"].as_bool().unwrap());
+    assert!(
+        dir.path().join("isos/chunked-alpine.partial").exists(),
+        "chunked upload should leave a visible partial file while in progress"
+    );
+
+    let final_chunk = app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("PUT")
+                .uri(format!("/api/uploads/{upload_id}"))
+                .header("x-openpxe-upload-offset", split.to_string())
+                .header("x-openpxe-upload-complete", "true")
+                .body(Body::from(iso[split..].to_vec()))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(final_chunk.status(), StatusCode::CREATED);
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(final_chunk.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let finished: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap();
+    assert!(finished["complete"].as_bool().unwrap());
+    assert_eq!(finished["iso"]["id"], "chunked-alpine");
+    assert!(dir.path().join("isos/chunked-alpine.iso").exists());
+    assert!(!dir.path().join("isos/chunked-alpine.partial").exists());
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn chunked_upload_rejects_offset_mismatch_without_advancing() {
+    let (state, _dir) = build_state().await;
+    let app = build_router(state);
+
+    let start = app
+        .clone()
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("POST")
+                .uri("/api/uploads")
+                .header("content-type", "application/json")
+                .body(Body::from(
+                    r#"{"filename":"offset-test.iso","size_bytes":16}"#,
+                ))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(start.status(), StatusCode::CREATED);
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(start.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let started: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap();
+    let upload_id = started["upload_id"].as_str().unwrap();
+
+    let mismatch = app
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .method("PUT")
+                .uri(format!("/api/uploads/{upload_id}"))
+                .header("x-openpxe-upload-offset", "8")
+                .body(Body::from(vec![1, 2, 3, 4]))
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(mismatch.status(), StatusCode::CONFLICT);
+    let body = axum::body::to_bytes(mismatch.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let text = String::from_utf8(body.to_vec()).unwrap();
+    assert!(text.contains("expected offset 0"), "got: {text}");
+}

crates/ipxe-assets/src/lib.rs

@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ pub fn asset_slice(name: &str) -> Option<std::borrow::Cow<'static, [u8]>> {
 /// Enumerate embedded asset filenames. Useful for startup logging so the
 /// operator can immediately tell which architectures will work.
 pub fn list_assets() -> Vec<String> {
-    IpxeAssets::iter().map(std::borrow::Cow::into_owned).collect()
+    IpxeAssets::iter()
+        .map(std::borrow::Cow::into_owned)
+        .collect()
 }
 
 /// Log at startup which iPXE binaries are present and which are missing.

crates/iso-store/src/introspect.rs

@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ pub fn introspect(path: &Path) -> IntrospectionReport {
     let mut haystack = Vec::with_capacity(scan_bytes.min(32 * 1024 * 1024));
     while read_total < scan_bytes {
         let n = f.read(&mut buf).unwrap_or(0);
-        if n == 0 { break; }
+        if n == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
         haystack.extend_from_slice(&buf[..n]);
         read_total += n;
     }
@@ -107,8 +109,11 @@ fn family_from_label(label: &str) -> DistroFamily {
     let l = label.to_ascii_lowercase();
     if l.contains("ubuntu") || l.contains("debian") || l.contains("mint") {
         DistroFamily::DebianUbuntu
-    } else if l.contains("rhel") || l.contains("centos") || l.contains("fedora")
-        || l.contains("rocky") || l.contains("alma")
+    } else if l.contains("rhel")
+        || l.contains("centos")
+        || l.contains("fedora")
+        || l.contains("rocky")
+        || l.contains("alma")
     {
         DistroFamily::RhelFedora
     } else if l.contains("suse") || l.contains("opensuse") {
@@ -127,17 +132,30 @@ fn family_from_label(label: &str) -> DistroFamily {
 fn guess_kernel_initrd(family: DistroFamily) -> (Option<&'static str>, Vec<&'static str>) {
     match family {
         DistroFamily::DebianUbuntu => (Some("/casper/vmlinuz"), vec!["/casper/initrd"]),
-        DistroFamily::RhelFedora => (Some("/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz"), vec!["/images/pxeboot/initrd.img"]),
-        DistroFamily::OpenSuse => (Some("/boot/x86_64/loader/linux"), vec!["/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd"]),
-        DistroFamily::Arch => (Some("/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux"), vec!["/arch/boot/x86_64/initramfs-linux.img"]),
+        DistroFamily::RhelFedora => (
+            Some("/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz"),
+            vec!["/images/pxeboot/initrd.img"],
+        ),
+        DistroFamily::OpenSuse => (
+            Some("/boot/x86_64/loader/linux"),
+            vec!["/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd"],
+        ),
+        DistroFamily::Arch => (
+            Some("/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux"),
+            vec!["/arch/boot/x86_64/initramfs-linux.img"],
+        ),
         DistroFamily::Alpine => (Some("/boot/vmlinuz-lts"), vec!["/boot/initramfs-lts"]),
         DistroFamily::WindowsPe | DistroFamily::Unknown => (None, Vec::new()),
     }
 }
 
 fn contains_ascii(haystack: &[u8], needle: &[u8]) -> bool {
-    if needle.is_empty() || haystack.len() < needle.len() { return false; }
-    haystack.windows(needle.len()).any(|w| w.eq_ignore_ascii_case(needle))
+    if needle.is_empty() || haystack.len() < needle.len() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    haystack
+        .windows(needle.len())
+        .any(|w| w.eq_ignore_ascii_case(needle))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -146,9 +164,18 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn label_matching() {
-        assert_eq!(family_from_label("Ubuntu 24.04"), DistroFamily::DebianUbuntu);
-        assert_eq!(family_from_label("Rocky-9-x86_64-dvd"), DistroFamily::RhelFedora);
-        assert_eq!(family_from_label("openSUSE-Leap-15.6"), DistroFamily::OpenSuse);
+        assert_eq!(
+            family_from_label("Ubuntu 24.04"),
+            DistroFamily::DebianUbuntu
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            family_from_label("Rocky-9-x86_64-dvd"),
+            DistroFamily::RhelFedora
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            family_from_label("openSUSE-Leap-15.6"),
+            DistroFamily::OpenSuse
+        );
         assert_eq!(family_from_label("ARCH_202604"), DistroFamily::Arch);
         assert_eq!(family_from_label("weird-custom"), DistroFamily::Unknown);
     }

crates/iso-store/src/lib.rs

@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ pub use entry::{BootEntry, BootKind, KernelArgs};
 pub use introspect::{DistroFamily, IntrospectionReport};
 pub use nfs::{NfsAddRequest, NfsManager, NfsMount, NfsVersion};
 pub use smb::{extract_windows_iso, SmbManager, SmbState};
-pub use store::{generate_boot_entries_for, slugify_str, IsoMeta, IsoSource, IsoStore, UploadHandle};
+pub use store::{
+    generate_boot_entries_for, slugify_str, IsoMeta, IsoSource, IsoStore, UploadHandle,
+};
 pub use windows::{WimPatcher, WinPatchState};

crates/iso-store/src/nfs.rs

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 use crate::introspect::{introspect, IntrospectionReport};
 use crate::store::{generate_boot_entries_for, slugify_str, IsoSource, IsoStore};
-use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use openpxe_core::{Error, Result};
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -403,14 +403,8 @@ impl NfsManager {
                 mount_id: m.id.clone(),
                 relative_path: filename.clone(),
             };
-            self.iso_store.register_external(
-                id,
-                filename,
-                size,
-                report,
-                boot_entries,
-                source,
-            );
+            self.iso_store
+                .register_external(id, filename, size, report, boot_entries, source);
             count += 1;
         }
         Ok(count)

crates/iso-store/src/smb.rs

@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 //!     Samba), we return `SmbState::SmbdMissing` and the UI surfaces the
 //!     gap. No panics, no retries, no silent failure.
 
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use parking_lot::Mutex;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case", tag = "state")]
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ impl SmbManager {
     /// ISO under `smb_dir/<slug>/` becomes a share named `<slug>`. Returns
     /// the sorted list.
     pub fn discover_shares(&self) -> Vec<String> {
-        let Ok(rd) = std::fs::read_dir(&self.smb_dir) else { return vec![]; };
+        let Ok(rd) = std::fs::read_dir(&self.smb_dir) else {
+            return vec![];
+        };
         let mut out: Vec<String> = rd
             .flatten()
             .filter(|e| e.path().is_dir())
@@ -130,7 +132,9 @@ impl SmbManager {
         let shares = match self.write_conf() {
             Ok(v) => v,
             Err(e) => {
-                let s = SmbState::Failed { reason: format!("write smb.conf: {e}") };
+                let s = SmbState::Failed {
+                    reason: format!("write smb.conf: {e}"),
+                };
                 *self.state.lock() = s.clone();
                 return s;
             }
@@ -139,7 +143,8 @@ impl SmbManager {
             .args([
                 "--foreground",
                 "--no-process-group",
-                "--configfile", self.conf_path.to_str().unwrap_or(""),
+                "--configfile",
+                self.conf_path.to_str().unwrap_or(""),
                 "--log-stdout",
             ])
             .stdin(Stdio::null())
@@ -156,7 +161,9 @@ impl SmbManager {
                 s
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                let s = SmbState::Failed { reason: format!("spawn smbd: {e}") };
+                let s = SmbState::Failed {
+                    reason: format!("spawn smbd: {e}"),
+                };
                 *self.state.lock() = s.clone();
                 s
             }
@@ -168,11 +175,15 @@ impl SmbManager {
     #[allow(unsafe_code)]
     pub fn reconcile(&self) -> SmbState {
         let mut g = self.child.lock();
-        if g.is_none() { return self.state.lock().clone(); }
+        if g.is_none() {
+            return self.state.lock().clone();
+        }
         let shares = match self.write_conf() {
             Ok(v) => v,
             Err(e) => {
-                let s = SmbState::Failed { reason: format!("write smb.conf: {e}") };
+                let s = SmbState::Failed {
+                    reason: format!("write smb.conf: {e}"),
+                };
                 *self.state.lock() = s.clone();
                 return s;
             }
@@ -191,8 +202,13 @@ impl SmbManager {
             // covers this is `nix`, which pulls ~40 transitive deps for a
             // single signal send. One documented unsafe call is the better
             // tradeoff for a container-first project.
-            unsafe { libc::kill(pid, libc::SIGHUP); }
-            let s = SmbState::Running { pid: pid as u32, shares };
+            unsafe {
+                libc::kill(pid, libc::SIGHUP);
+            }
+            let s = SmbState::Running {
+                pid: pid as u32,
+                shares,
+            };
             *self.state.lock() = s.clone();
             s
         } else {
@@ -212,15 +228,19 @@ impl SmbManager {
 }
 
 fn smbd_present() -> bool {
-    let Ok(paths) = std::env::var("PATH") else { return false; };
+    let Ok(paths) = std::env::var("PATH") else {
+        return false;
+    };
     for dir in std::env::split_paths(&paths) {
-        if dir.join("smbd").is_file() { return true; }
+        if dir.join("smbd").is_file() {
+            return true;
+        }
     }
     false
 }
 
 const SMB_CONF_GLOBAL: &str = r"[global]
-workgroup = PXEFORGE
+workgroup = OPENPXE
 server min protocol = SMB2
 smb ports = 445
 log level = 1
@@ -235,6 +255,15 @@ lock directory = /tmp
 state directory = /tmp
 cache directory = /tmp
 pid directory = /tmp
+# WinPE reconnect hardening. Windows Setup can reboot mid-install and
+# reconnect from the same IP; stale sessions/oplocks otherwise cause
+# intermittent `net use` failures on the second stage.
+reset on zero vc = yes
+oplocks = no
+kernel oplocks = no
+level2 oplocks = no
+strict locking = no
+deadtime = 1
 ";
 
 /// Extract a Windows ISO at `iso_path` into `smb_dir/<slug>/`. Uses
@@ -245,7 +274,11 @@ pid directory = /tmp
 /// Idempotent: if the target dir already contains `sources/boot.wim`, we
 /// skip extraction. Callers who want a forced re-extract should remove the
 /// dir first.
-pub fn extract_windows_iso(iso_path: &Path, smb_dir: &Path, slug: &str) -> std::io::Result<PathBuf> {
+pub fn extract_windows_iso(
+    iso_path: &Path,
+    smb_dir: &Path,
+    slug: &str,
+) -> std::io::Result<PathBuf> {
     let target = smb_dir.join(slug);
     if target.join("sources").join("boot.wim").is_file() {
         tracing::debug!(target: "openpxe::smb", slug, "ISO already extracted, skipping");
@@ -263,7 +296,9 @@ pub fn extract_windows_iso(iso_path: &Path, smb_dir: &Path, slug: &str) -> std::
             .stdout(Stdio::null())
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
             .output()?;
-        if out.status.success() { return Ok(target); }
+        if out.status.success() {
+            return Ok(target);
+        }
         tracing::warn!(
             target: "openpxe::smb",
             stderr=%String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr),
@@ -278,7 +313,9 @@ pub fn extract_windows_iso(iso_path: &Path, smb_dir: &Path, slug: &str) -> std::
             .args(["-C"])
             .arg(&target)
             .output()?;
-        if out.status.success() { return Ok(target); }
+        if out.status.success() {
+            return Ok(target);
+        }
         return Err(std::io::Error::other(format!(
             "bsdtar failed: {}",
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr)
@@ -294,7 +331,9 @@ fn which(cmd: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     let paths = std::env::var_os("PATH")?;
     for dir in std::env::split_paths(&paths) {
         let p = dir.join(cmd);
-        if p.is_file() { return Some(p); }
+        if p.is_file() {
+            return Some(p);
+        }
     }
     None
 }
@@ -320,7 +359,9 @@ mod tests {
         let m = SmbManager::new(dir.path().into());
         let st = m.start();
         // Restore PATH before asserting so any subsequent failure is legible.
-        if let Some(p) = saved { std::env::set_var("PATH", p); }
+        if let Some(p) = saved {
+            std::env::set_var("PATH", p);
+        }
         assert_eq!(st, SmbState::SmbdMissing);
     }
 
@@ -347,5 +388,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(conf.contains("guest ok = yes"));
         assert!(conf.contains("read only = yes"));
         assert!(conf.contains("server min protocol = SMB2"));
+        assert!(conf.contains("workgroup = OPENPXE"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn write_conf_includes_winpe_reconnect_tuning() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let m = SmbManager::new(dir.path().into());
+        m.write_conf().unwrap();
+        let conf = std::fs::read_to_string(dir.path().join("smb.conf")).unwrap();
+        for expected in [
+            "reset on zero vc = yes",
+            "oplocks = no",
+            "kernel oplocks = no",
+            "level2 oplocks = no",
+            "strict locking = no",
+            "deadtime = 1",
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                conf.contains(expected),
+                "missing Windows reconnect Samba option {expected} in:\n{conf}"
+            );
+        }
     }
 }

crates/iso-store/src/store.rs

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 use crate::entry::{BootEntry, BootKind, KernelArgs};
 use crate::introspect::{introspect, DistroFamily, IntrospectionReport};
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use openpxe_core::{Error, Result};
+use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ impl IsoStore {
         let mut entries = tokio::fs::read_dir(self.iso_dir.as_path()).await?;
         while let Some(e) = entries.next_entry().await? {
             let p = e.path();
-            if p.extension().and_then(|s| s.to_str()) != Some("json") { continue; }
+            if p.extension().and_then(|s| s.to_str()) != Some("json") {
+                continue;
+            }
             if !p
                 .file_name()
                 .and_then(|s| s.to_str())
@@ -214,6 +216,9 @@ impl IsoStore {
             return Err(Error::Invalid(format!("iso '{id}' already exists")));
         }
         let partial_path = self.iso_dir.join(format!("{id}.partial"));
+        if partial_path.exists() {
+            return Err(Error::Invalid(format!("iso '{id}' is already uploading")));
+        }
         let file = tokio::fs::File::create(&partial_path).await?;
         Ok(UploadHandle {
             id,
@@ -276,7 +281,10 @@ impl IsoStore {
     /// share or unmount the NFS share entirely.
     pub async fn delete(&self, id: &str) -> Result<()> {
         let meta = self.get(id);
-        let is_local = matches!(meta.as_ref().map(|m| &m.source), Some(IsoSource::Local) | None);
+        let is_local = matches!(
+            meta.as_ref().map(|m| &m.source),
+            Some(IsoSource::Local) | None
+        );
         if is_local {
             let iso = self.iso_path(id);
             let meta_path = self.meta_path(id);
@@ -319,9 +327,9 @@ impl IsoStore {
     /// to clean out stale entries.
     pub fn drop_external_source(&self, mount_id: &str) {
         let mut g = self.inner.write();
-        g.isos.retain(|_, m| {
-            !matches!(&m.source, IsoSource::Nfs { mount_id: mid, .. } if mid == mount_id)
-        });
+        g.isos.retain(
+            |_, m| !matches!(&m.source, IsoSource::Nfs { mount_id: mid, .. } if mid == mount_id),
+        );
     }
 
     /// Set or clear an ISO's boot password.
@@ -371,7 +379,7 @@ impl IsoStore {
 
     /// Verify a candidate password against the stored bcrypt hash.
     /// Returns:
-    /// - `Ok(true)`   — match (or the ISO has no password set; gate is open)
+    /// - `Ok(true)`   — match (or the ISO has no password set; boot is open)
     /// - `Ok(false)`  — mismatch
     /// - `Err(_)`     — id not found, or bcrypt error
     pub fn verify_password(&self, id: &str, candidate: &str) -> Result<bool> {
@@ -427,7 +435,10 @@ pub fn generate_boot_entries_for(
 /// Build `BootEntry`s from the introspection report. URLs are relative —
 /// the HTTP layer rewrites them with the public base URL per request.
 fn generate_boot_entries(id: &str, filename: &str, r: &IntrospectionReport) -> Vec<BootEntry> {
-    let title = r.volume_label.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| filename.to_string());
+    let title = r
+        .volume_label
+        .clone()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| filename.to_string());
     match r.family {
         DistroFamily::WindowsPe if r.has_boot_wim => {
             // Standard wimboot chain. Paths are in-ISO; the HTTP layer maps
@@ -451,12 +462,22 @@ fn generate_boot_entries(id: &str, filename: &str, r: &IntrospectionReport) -> V
         fam if r.kernel_path.is_some() => {
             let base = format!("iso/{id}");
             let kernel_url = format!("{base}{}", r.kernel_path.as_deref().unwrap_or(""));
-            let initrd_urls = r.initrd_paths.iter().map(|p| format!("{base}{p}")).collect();
-            let args = KernelArgs { cmdline: linux_cmdline(fam, id) };
+            let initrd_urls = r
+                .initrd_paths
+                .iter()
+                .map(|p| format!("{base}{p}"))
+                .collect();
+            let args = KernelArgs {
+                cmdline: linux_cmdline(fam, id),
+            };
             vec![BootEntry {
                 id: format!("{id}-linux"),
                 title,
-                kind: BootKind::LinuxKernel { kernel_url, initrd_urls, args },
+                kind: BootKind::LinuxKernel {
+                    kernel_url,
+                    initrd_urls,
+                    args,
+                },
             }]
         }
         _ => {
@@ -465,7 +486,9 @@ fn generate_boot_entries(id: &str, filename: &str, r: &IntrospectionReport) -> V
             vec![BootEntry {
                 id: format!("{id}-sanboot"),
                 title: format!("{title} (SAN boot — may fail for >1GiB ISOs)"),
-                kind: BootKind::SanBootIso { iso_url: format!("iso/{id}.iso") },
+                kind: BootKind::SanBootIso {
+                    iso_url: format!("iso/{id}.iso"),
+                },
             }]
         }
     }
@@ -536,7 +559,11 @@ mod tests {
         let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
         let store = IsoStore::new(dir.path().to_path_buf());
         store.ensure_dirs().await.unwrap();
-        store.inner.write().isos.insert("alpha".into(), fake_meta("alpha"));
+        store
+            .inner
+            .write()
+            .isos
+            .insert("alpha".into(), fake_meta("alpha"));
 
         // No password set — verify_password returns Ok(true) for any input.
         assert!(store.verify_password("alpha", "anything").unwrap());
@@ -570,6 +597,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(matches!(r, Err(Error::Invalid(_))));
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn begin_upload_rejects_existing_partial_file() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let store = IsoStore::new(dir.path().to_path_buf());
+        store.ensure_dirs().await.unwrap();
+        tokio::fs::write(dir.path().join("ubuntu.partial"), b"in-flight")
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let r = store.begin_upload("ubuntu.iso").await;
+        assert!(matches!(r, Err(Error::Invalid(_))));
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn password_persists_via_meta_json_for_local_isos() {
         // Hash makes it onto disk so it survives a restart.

crates/iso-store/src/windows.rs

@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ pub struct WimPatcher {
 impl WimPatcher {
     #[must_use]
     pub fn new(smb_host: String, smb_share: String) -> Self {
-        Self { smb_host, smb_share }
+        Self {
+            smb_host,
+            smb_share,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Apply WinPE patches to `boot.wim` inside `extracted_iso_dir`. Returns
@@ -72,31 +75,40 @@ impl WimPatcher {
 
         let work = match tempfile::tempdir() {
             Ok(d) => d,
-            Err(e) => return WinPatchState::Failed { reason: format!("tempdir: {e}") },
+            Err(e) => {
+                return WinPatchState::Failed {
+                    reason: format!("tempdir: {e}"),
+                }
+            }
         };
 
         // Stage the two files we want present at /Windows/System32/.
         let staging = work.path().join("stage/Windows/System32");
         if let Err(e) = std::fs::create_dir_all(&staging) {
-            return WinPatchState::Failed { reason: format!("staging mkdir: {e}") };
+            return WinPatchState::Failed {
+                reason: format!("staging mkdir: {e}"),
+            };
         }
         if let Err(e) = std::fs::write(staging.join("winpeshl.ini"), WINPESHL_INI) {
-            return WinPatchState::Failed { reason: format!("write winpeshl.ini: {e}") };
+            return WinPatchState::Failed {
+                reason: format!("write winpeshl.ini: {e}"),
+            };
         }
         let startnet = render_startnet(&self.smb_host, &self.smb_share);
         if let Err(e) = std::fs::write(staging.join("startnet.cmd"), startnet) {
-            return WinPatchState::Failed { reason: format!("write startnet.cmd: {e}") };
+            return WinPatchState::Failed {
+                reason: format!("write startnet.cmd: {e}"),
+            };
         }
 
         // Build a wimlib update command file:
         //   add <stage>/Windows/System32 /Windows/System32
         let update_file = work.path().join("update.cmd");
-        let update_cmd = format!(
-            "add \"{}\" \"/Windows/System32\"\n",
-            staging.display()
-        );
+        let update_cmd = format!("add \"{}\" \"/Windows/System32\"\n", staging.display());
         if let Err(e) = std::fs::write(&update_file, update_cmd) {
-            return WinPatchState::Failed { reason: format!("write update.cmd: {e}") };
+            return WinPatchState::Failed {
+                reason: format!("write update.cmd: {e}"),
+            };
         }
 
         // Run wimlib-imagex update against image index 2 (WinPE).
@@ -120,7 +132,9 @@ impl WimPatcher {
                     String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stderr)
                 ),
             },
-            Err(e) => WinPatchState::Failed { reason: format!("spawn wimlib-imagex: {e}") },
+            Err(e) => WinPatchState::Failed {
+                reason: format!("spawn wimlib-imagex: {e}"),
+            },
         }
     }
 }
@@ -133,7 +147,9 @@ fn which(cmd: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     let paths = std::env::var_os("PATH")?;
     for dir in std::env::split_paths(&paths) {
         let p = dir.join(cmd);
-        if p.is_file() { return Some(p); }
+        if p.is_file() {
+            return Some(p);
+        }
     }
     None
 }
@@ -174,7 +190,11 @@ fn render_startnet(host: &str, share: &str) -> String {
     )
     .unwrap();
     s.push_str(":havenet\r\n");
-    writeln!(s, "echo Mapping install media from \\\\{host}\\{share}...\r").unwrap();
+    writeln!(
+        s,
+        "echo Mapping install media from \\\\{host}\\{share}...\r"
+    )
+    .unwrap();
     writeln!(
         s,
         ":mapshare\r\nnet use Z: \\\\{host}\\{share} /user:guest \"\" /persistent:no && goto mapped\r\n\
@@ -205,6 +225,23 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(s.contains("setup.exe"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn startnet_primes_workstation_and_surfaces_mapping_errors() {
+        let s = render_startnet("10.0.0.5", "win11");
+        assert!(
+            s.contains("net start Workstation"),
+            "WinPE should explicitly start the SMB client before net use:\n{s}"
+        );
+        let net_use_line = s
+            .lines()
+            .find(|line| line.contains("net use Z:"))
+            .expect("net use line");
+        assert!(
+            !net_use_line.contains(">nul"),
+            "net use errors must remain visible in WinPE console: {net_use_line}"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn patcher_reports_wimlib_missing_gracefully() {
         // We don't assume wimlib is present in CI; this checks the missing

crates/openpxe/src/main.rs

@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use openpxe_core::{
-    ClientRegistry, Config, DhcpMode, DeploymentQueue, HostBindings, LogBus, LogBusLayer, Metrics,
+    ClientRegistry, Config, DeploymentQueue, DhcpMode, HostBindings, LogBus, LogBusLayer, Metrics,
     SettingsStore,
 };
 use openpxe_dhcp_proxy::DhcpProxyServer;
 use openpxe_http_api::{build_router, AppState};
 use openpxe_iso_store::{IsoStore, NfsManager, SmbManager};
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use openpxe_tftp::TftpServer;
 use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ enum Command {
     ///   docker run --rm \
     ///     -v /my/isos:/seed:ro \
     ///     -v openpxe-data:/var/lib/openpxe/isos \
-    ///     openpxe:0.1.0 seed --from /seed
+    ///     openpxe:0.4.1 seed --from /seed
     Seed {
         /// Source directory containing one or more `.iso` files.
         #[arg(long)]
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let iso_store = IsoStore::new(config.paths.iso_dir.clone());
     iso_store.load_from_disk().await?;
     let clients = ClientRegistry::new();
-    let gates = DeploymentQueue::new();
+    let queue = DeploymentQueue::new();
     let settings = SettingsStore::load_or_default(&config.paths.work_dir);
     let hosts = HostBindings::load_or_default(&config.paths.work_dir);
+    let boot_log = openpxe_core::BootLog::load_or_default(&config.paths.work_dir);
     let metrics = Metrics::new();
 
     // Build the SMB manager unconditionally — it starts/stops on the
@@ -138,11 +139,13 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         iso_store: iso_store.clone(),
         clients: clients.clone(),
         settings: settings.clone(),
-        queue: gates.clone(),
+        queue: queue.clone(),
         hosts: hosts.clone(),
+        boot_log: boot_log.clone(),
         metrics: metrics.clone(),
         smb: Some(smb.clone()),
         nfs: nfs.clone(),
+        uploads: openpxe_http_api::uploads::UploadSessions::default(),
         log_bus: log_bus.clone(),
         started_at: time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc(),
         public_base_url: public_base_url.clone(),
@@ -156,7 +159,15 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let http_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
         let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(http_addr).await?;
         tracing::info!(target: "openpxe::http", "HTTP listening on {http_addr}");
-        axum::serve(listener, router).await?;
+        // `into_make_service_with_connect_info` is required so per-request
+        // `ConnectInfo<SocketAddr>` extractors can resolve the peer IP —
+        // used by `/boot/<entry>.ipxe` to record the booting client's
+        // address into the Host log. Without this the extractor 500s.
+        axum::serve(
+            listener,
+            router.into_make_service_with_connect_info::<std::net::SocketAddr>(),
+        )
+        .await?;
         Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(())
     });
 
@@ -210,7 +221,11 @@ async fn run_command(cmd: Command, config: Config) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 /// Reuses `IsoStore::begin_upload` / `finish` so the resulting meta on disk
 /// is identical to a web upload — same slug rules, same introspection, same
 /// sha256.
-async fn seed_from_dir(src: &std::path::Path, config: &Config, dry_run: bool) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+async fn seed_from_dir(
+    src: &std::path::Path,
+    config: &Config,
+    dry_run: bool,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let store = IsoStore::new(config.paths.iso_dir.clone());
     store.load_from_disk().await?;
     let mut entries = tokio::fs::read_dir(src).await?;
@@ -218,7 +233,12 @@ async fn seed_from_dir(src: &std::path::Path, config: &Config, dry_run: bool) ->
     let mut skipped = 0u32;
     while let Some(entry) = entries.next_entry().await? {
         let p = entry.path();
-        if p.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()).map(str::to_ascii_lowercase).as_deref() != Some("iso") {
+        if p.extension()
+            .and_then(|e| e.to_str())
+            .map(str::to_ascii_lowercase)
+            .as_deref()
+            != Some("iso")
+        {
             continue;
         }
         let filename = p
@@ -226,8 +246,14 @@ async fn seed_from_dir(src: &std::path::Path, config: &Config, dry_run: bool) ->
             .and_then(|s| s.to_str())
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("non-utf8 filename: {}", p.display()))?
             .to_string();
-        println!("  {} ({} bytes)", filename, tokio::fs::metadata(&p).await?.len());
-        if dry_run { continue; }
+        println!(
+            "  {} ({} bytes)",
+            filename,
+            tokio::fs::metadata(&p).await?.len()
+        );
+        if dry_run {
+            continue;
+        }
 
         let mut handle = match store.begin_upload(&filename).await {
             Ok(h) => h,
@@ -242,15 +268,23 @@ async fn seed_from_dir(src: &std::path::Path, config: &Config, dry_run: bool) ->
         let mut buf = vec![0u8; 1024 * 1024];
         loop {
             let n = file.read(&mut buf).await?;
-            if n == 0 { break; }
+            if n == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
             let chunk: bytes::Bytes = buf[..n].to_vec().into();
             handle.write_chunk(&chunk).await?;
         }
         let meta = handle.finish(&store).await?;
-        println!("    -> id={} family={:?}", meta.id, meta.introspection.family);
+        println!(
+            "    -> id={} family={:?}",
+            meta.id, meta.introspection.family
+        );
         imported += 1;
     }
-    println!("\nimported={imported}  skipped={skipped}  {}", if dry_run { "(dry run)" } else { "" });
+    println!(
+        "\nimported={imported}  skipped={skipped}  {}",
+        if dry_run { "(dry run)" } else { "" }
+    );
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -294,9 +328,8 @@ fn hostname() -> std::io::Result<String> {
     if let Ok(h) = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/sys/kernel/hostname") {
         return Ok(h.trim().to_string());
     }
-    std::env::var("HOSTNAME").map_err(|_| std::io::Error::new(
-        std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "no hostname",
-    ))
+    std::env::var("HOSTNAME")
+        .map_err(|_| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "no hostname"))
 }
 
 fn init_tracing(bus: Arc<LogBus>) {
@@ -328,7 +361,10 @@ fn detect_network_info(our_ip: Ipv4Addr) -> NetworkInfo {
 
     // `ip -o -f inet addr show` lists every interface with its
     // `inet a.b.c.d/mask`. We match the line that mentions our IP.
-    if let Ok(out) = Command::new("ip").args(["-o", "-f", "inet", "addr", "show"]).output() {
+    if let Ok(out) = Command::new("ip")
+        .args(["-o", "-f", "inet", "addr", "show"])
+        .output()
+    {
         if let Ok(text) = String::from_utf8(out.stdout) {
             for line in text.lines() {
                 if !line.contains(&our_ip.to_string()) {
@@ -353,7 +389,10 @@ fn detect_network_info(our_ip: Ipv4Addr) -> NetworkInfo {
     }
 
     // `ip route show default` -> "default via 10.0.0.1 dev enp1s0 ..."
-    if let Ok(out) = Command::new("ip").args(["route", "show", "default"]).output() {
+    if let Ok(out) = Command::new("ip")
+        .args(["route", "show", "default"])
+        .output()
+    {
         if let Ok(text) = String::from_utf8(out.stdout) {
             if let Some(line) = text.lines().next() {
                 let mut parts = line.split_whitespace();
@@ -374,7 +413,11 @@ fn detect_network_info(our_ip: Ipv4Addr) -> NetworkInfo {
 
 fn prefix_to_dotted(prefix: u8) -> String {
     let prefix = prefix.min(32);
-    let mask: u32 = if prefix == 0 { 0 } else { u32::MAX << (32 - prefix) };
+    let mask: u32 = if prefix == 0 {
+        0
+    } else {
+        u32::MAX << (32 - prefix)
+    };
     format!(
         "{}.{}.{}.{}",
         (mask >> 24) & 0xff,

crates/tftp/src/server.rs

@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ impl TftpServer {
         clients: Arc<ClientRegistry>,
         metrics: openpxe_core::Metrics,
     ) -> Self {
-        Self { bind, port, clients, metrics }
+        Self {
+            bind,
+            port,
+            clients,
+            metrics,
+        }
     }
 
     pub async fn run(self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -86,7 +91,9 @@ async fn handle_rrq(
     let Some(req) = parse_rrq(&packet) else {
         return Ok(());
     };
-    let Request { filename, options, .. } = req;
+    let Request {
+        filename, options, ..
+    } = req;
 
     // Per-transfer ephemeral socket.
     let sock = bind_udp(bind_ip, 0)?;
@@ -98,7 +105,9 @@ async fn handle_rrq(
             &peer.ip().to_string(),
             Some(peer.ip()),
             None,
-            ClientEvent::TftpRead { file: filename.clone() },
+            ClientEvent::TftpRead {
+                file: filename.clone(),
+            },
         );
         return Ok(());
     };
@@ -112,7 +121,9 @@ async fn handle_rrq(
         &peer.ip().to_string(),
         Some(peer.ip()),
         None,
-        ClientEvent::TftpRead { file: filename.clone() },
+        ClientEvent::TftpRead {
+            file: filename.clone(),
+        },
     );
 
     // Negotiate options.
@@ -173,7 +184,9 @@ async fn handle_rrq(
 
         // Send one window worth of DATA.
         for _ in 0..window {
-            if offset >= total { break; }
+            if offset >= total {
+                break;
+            }
             let end = (offset + blksize).min(total);
             let chunk = &file_bytes[offset..end];
             let pkt = encode_data(block_no, chunk);
@@ -255,20 +268,30 @@ struct Request {
 }
 
 fn parse_rrq(pkt: &[u8]) -> Option<Request> {
-    if pkt.len() < 4 { return None; }
+    if pkt.len() < 4 {
+        return None;
+    }
     let op = u16::from_be_bytes([pkt[0], pkt[1]]);
-    if op != OP_RRQ { return None; }
+    if op != OP_RRQ {
+        return None;
+    }
     let mut rest = &pkt[2..];
     let filename = read_cstr(&mut rest)?;
     let mode = read_cstr(&mut rest)?;
     let mut options = Vec::new();
     while !rest.is_empty() {
         let Some(k) = read_cstr(&mut rest) else { break };
-        if k.is_empty() { break; }
+        if k.is_empty() {
+            break;
+        }
         let v = read_cstr(&mut rest).unwrap_or_default();
         options.push((k.to_ascii_lowercase(), v));
     }
-    Some(Request { filename, mode, options })
+    Some(Request {
+        filename,
+        mode,
+        options,
+    })
 }
 
 fn read_cstr(buf: &mut &[u8]) -> Option<String> {
@@ -316,8 +339,12 @@ async fn recv_ack(sock: &UdpSocket, peer: SocketAddr) -> anyhow::Result<u16> {
     let mut buf = [0u8; 32];
     loop {
         let (n, from) = sock.recv_from(&mut buf).await?;
-        if from.ip() != peer.ip() { continue; }
-        if n < 4 { continue; }
+        if from.ip() != peer.ip() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if n < 4 {
+            continue;
+        }
         let op = u16::from_be_bytes([buf[0], buf[1]]);
         match op {
             OP_ACK => return Ok(u16::from_be_bytes([buf[2], buf[3]])),
@@ -344,14 +371,19 @@ async fn wait_for_ack(
             Ok(Ok(_)) => {}
             Ok(Err(_)) | Err(_) => {
                 tries += 1;
-                if tries > 5 { return Ok(false); }
+                if tries > 5 {
+                    return Ok(false);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
 fn bind_udp(bind: IpAddr, port: u16) -> anyhow::Result<UdpSocket> {
-    let domain = match bind { IpAddr::V4(_) => Domain::IPV4, IpAddr::V6(_) => Domain::IPV6 };
+    let domain = match bind {
+        IpAddr::V4(_) => Domain::IPV4,
+        IpAddr::V6(_) => Domain::IPV6,
+    };
     let sock = Socket::new(domain, Type::DGRAM, Some(Protocol::UDP))?;
     sock.set_reuse_address(true)?;
     sock.set_nonblocking(true)?;
@@ -382,7 +414,9 @@ pub fn plan_window(
     let mut o = offset;
     let mut b = starting_block;
     for _ in 0..window {
-        if o >= total { break; }
+        if o >= total {
+            break;
+        }
         let end = (o + blksize).min(total);
         out.push((b, end - o));
         o = end;
@@ -453,7 +487,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(p, vec![(65534, 1024), (65535, 1024)]);
         let p2 = plan_window(2048, 2048, 1024, 2, 0);
         assert!(p2.is_empty()); // nothing past EOF
-        // And a cross-boundary case:
+                                // And a cross-boundary case:
         let p3 = plan_window(3072, 0, 1024, 3, 65535);
         assert_eq!(p3, vec![(65535, 1024), (0, 1024), (1, 1024)]);
     }

crates/webui/src/app.css

@@ -8,23 +8,26 @@
  * CSS lands). */
 
 :root {
-  /* Dark palette (default). */
-  --bg:           #0b1018;
-  --bg-panel:    #121826;
-  --bg-panel-2:  #1a2334;
-  --bg-elev:     #223047;
-  --fg:           #e4e8ef;
-  --fg-dim:      #8a94a7;
-  --fg-dimmer:   #5a6379;
-  --accent:       #00d4b4;   /* Netbox-ish teal */
+  /* Jet-black dark palette (default). Modelled on Netbox Labs's
+     near-black product chrome, with surfaces stepping subtly upward
+     rather than the previous blue-tinted ramp, so the UI reads as a
+     genuine "dark" rather than "dim navy". */
+  --bg:           #030303;
+  --bg-panel:    #0a0a0a;
+  --bg-panel-2:  #141414;
+  --bg-elev:     #1c1c1c;
+  --fg:           #e8eaed;
+  --fg-dim:      #9aa0a6;
+  --fg-dimmer:   #6b7077;
+  --accent:       #00d4b4;   /* Netbox-ish teal — kept for brand */
   --accent-dim:  #07a38c;
   --warn:         #ffb347;
   --err:          #ef6e6e;
   --ok:           #4ade80;
-  --border:       #223047;
-  --border-soft: #172033;
-  --terminal-bg: #06090e;
-  --shadow-card: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.02), 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
+  --border:       #1f1f1f;
+  --border-soft: #141414;
+  --terminal-bg: #050505;
+  --shadow-card: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.02), 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.55);
   --radius:      6px;
   --radius-lg:  10px;
   --sidebar-w:  240px;
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@
      consistency. Designed against Netbox Labs's reference screenshot:
      near-white surfaces, soft grey dividers, dark text. */
   --bg:           #f6f8fb;
-  --bg-panel:    #ffffff;
+  --bg-panel:    #fbfcfe;
   --bg-panel-2:  #f0f3f8;
   --bg-elev:     #e6ebf2;
   --fg:           #1c2330;
@@ -113,10 +116,30 @@ code, kbd { font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 12.5px;
 }
 .sidebar nav a.active .count { background: var(--accent); color: #002923; }
 .sidebar .footer {
-  padding: 10px 18px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
+  padding: 12px 18px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
   color: var(--fg-dimmer); font-size: 11px;
+  display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px;
 }
-.sidebar .footer code { background: transparent; color: var(--fg-dim); padding: 0; }
+.sidebar .footer code { background: transparent; color: var(--fg-dim); padding: 0;
+  font-size: 11px; word-break: break-all; }
+.sidebar .footer .status-row {
+  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
+  margin-bottom: 4px;
+}
+.sidebar .footer .status-row .dot {
+  width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; display: inline-block;
+  background: var(--fg-dimmer); flex: none;
+}
+.sidebar .footer .status-row .dot.ok   { background: var(--ok);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 6px color-mix(in srgb, var(--ok) 60%, transparent); }
+.sidebar .footer .status-row .dot.err  { background: var(--err); }
+.sidebar .footer .status-row .dot.warn { background: var(--warn); }
+.sidebar .footer .status-label { color: var(--fg-dim); }
+.sidebar .footer .status-value { color: var(--fg); font-weight: 600; }
+.sidebar .footer .status-value.ok   { color: var(--ok); }
+.sidebar .footer .status-value.err  { color: var(--err); }
+.sidebar .footer .status-value.warn { color: var(--warn); }
+.sidebar .footer .footer-sub { color: var(--fg-dimmer); margin-top: 2px; }
 
 /* ── Top bar ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
@@ -230,7 +253,7 @@ button, .btn {
   cursor: pointer;
   transition: background 0.12s ease;
 }
-button:hover, .btn:hover { background: var(--accent-dim); color: #fff; }
+button:hover, .btn:hover { background: var(--accent-dim); color: #f4fffd; }
 button.ghost { background: transparent; color: var(--fg); border: 1px solid var(--border); }
 button.ghost:hover { background: var(--bg-panel-2); color: var(--fg); }
 button.danger { background: transparent; color: var(--err); border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--err) 35%, transparent); }
@@ -281,8 +304,7 @@ label.check input { accent-color: var(--accent); }
 
 /* ── Imaging progress widget ───────────────────────────────────────
    Animated brand mark paired with a horizontal progress bar; surfaces
-   on Dashboard and the Queue tab. Renamed from `.forge-progress` in
-   v0.3.0 — the anvil-themed naming is gone with the rebrand. */
+   on Dashboard and the Queue tab. */
 .queue-progress {
   display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 16px;
   padding: 16px;
@@ -380,7 +402,7 @@ tr.unbootable td:first-child { border-left: 3px solid var(--warn); }
 .form-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 10px 14px; }
 @media (max-width: 900px) { .form-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }
 
-/* ── Gate queue "horse race" visual ──────────────────────────────── */
+/* ── Queued deployment visual ────────────────────────────────────── */
 .queue-track {
   display: grid; gap: 6px;
   padding: 10px 0;
@@ -432,29 +454,29 @@ tr.unbootable td:first-child { border-left: 3px solid var(--warn); }
 .terminal .input-row {
   display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
   padding: 8px 14px;
-  background: #0a0e15;
-  border-top: 1px solid #1d2330;
+  background: #050505;
+  border-top: 1px solid #181818;
 }
 .terminal .input-row .prompt { color: var(--accent); font-family: var(--mono); }
 .terminal .input-row input {
-  flex: 1; background: transparent; border: 0; color: #e4e8ef;
+  flex: 1; background: transparent; border: 0; color: var(--fg);
   font: inherit; font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 13px;
   outline: none; padding: 4px 0;
 }
 .terminal .toolbar {
   display: flex; gap: 8px; align-items: center;
   padding: 8px 14px;
-  background: #0a0e15;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid #1d2330;
-  font-size: 12px; color: #8a94a7;
+  background: #050505;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #181818;
+  font-size: 12px; color: var(--fg-dim);
 }
 .terminal .toolbar .right { margin-left: auto; display: flex; gap: 6px; }
 .terminal .toolbar button {
   padding: 3px 9px; font-size: 11px;
-  background: transparent; color: #8a94a7; border: 1px solid #1d2330;
+  background: transparent; color: var(--fg-dim); border: 1px solid #181818;
   font-weight: 500;
 }
-.terminal .toolbar button:hover { color: #e4e8ef; background: #1d2330; }
+.terminal .toolbar button:hover { color: var(--fg); background: #181818; }
 
 /* ── About card ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 .about-hero { padding: 20px 24px; }

crates/webui/src/app.js

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
       return el('div', {class:'grid'}, [networkCard]);
     },
 
-    gate: async () => {
+    queue: async () => {
       const [{ entries = [] }, isos] = await Promise.all([
         getJSON('/api/queue'), getJSON('/api/isos'),
       ]);
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
         if (!j.ok) { msg.textContent = 'Assign failed: ' + (j.error || 'unknown'); msg.className='msg err'; return; }
         msg.textContent = 'Launched ' + j.assigned + ' client' + (j.assigned===1?'':'s') + ' → ' + j.target;
         msg.className = 'msg ok';
-        render('gate');
+        render('queue');
       };
 
       const track = entries.length
@@ -284,22 +284,22 @@
                 : el('span', {class:'tag accent'}, 'waiting')),
               el('button', {class:'ghost', onclick: async () => {
                 await fetch('/api/queue/' + encodeURIComponent(g.id), {method:'DELETE'});
-                render('gate');
+                render('queue');
               }}, 'Release'),
             ]))
           )
         : el('div', {class:'empty'},
-            'No clients at the gate. Boot a client and choose "Queued Deployment" in the PXE menu.');
+            'No clients queued. Boot a client and choose "Queued Deployment" in the PXE menu.');
 
       const imaging = entries.filter(g => g.assigned_target).length;
 
       return el('div', {class:'grid'}, [
         el('div', {class:'card'}, [
-          el('header', {}, el('h2', {}, 'Forge')),
+          el('header', {}, el('h2', {}, 'Status')),
           queueProgressWidget(imaging, entries.length),
         ]),
         el('div', {class:'card'}, [
-          el('header', {}, el('h2', {}, 'Launch an image across the gate')),
+          el('header', {}, el('h2', {}, 'Launch image for queued clients')),
           el('div', {class:'body'}, [
             el('label', {class:'field'}, [
               el('span', {class:'name'}, 'Target image'),
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
         ]),
         el('div', {class:'card'}, [
           el('header', {}, [
-            el('h2', {}, 'Gate positions'),
+            el('h2', {}, 'Queue positions'),
             el('span', {class:'sub'}, entries.length + ' waiting'),
           ]),
           el('div', {class:'body'}, track),
@@ -346,29 +346,84 @@
       });
       file.onchange = () => { if (file.files[0]) upload(file.files[0]); };
 
-      function upload(f) {
-        upMsg.textContent = 'Uploading ' + f.name + ' (' + fmtBytes(f.size) + ')…';
-        upMsg.className = 'msg';
+      // Chunked upload telemetry. The old browser path posted one huge
+      // multipart body, which left operators staring at 0% when a reverse
+      // proxy buffered or rejected the request before OpenPXE saw it. This
+      // path writes small raw chunks; each acknowledged chunk advances the
+      // bar and leaves a visible .partial file in the ISO directory.
+      async function upload(f) {
+        const started = Date.now();
+        const bar = $('#bar');
+        const setStatus = (text, cls) => { upMsg.textContent = text; upMsg.className = 'msg ' + (cls || ''); };
+        const update = (loaded, total, phase) => {
+          const pct = total > 0 ? Math.min(100, (loaded / total) * 100) : 100;
+          bar.style.width = pct.toFixed(1) + '%';
+          const elapsed = Math.max(0.001, (Date.now() - started) / 1000);
+          const rate = loaded > 0 ? loaded / elapsed : 0;
+          const remain = rate > 0 ? (total - loaded) / rate : 0;
+          setStatus(
+            phase + ' ' + f.name + ' - ' +
+            fmtBytes(loaded) + ' of ' + fmtBytes(total) +
+            ' (' + pct.toFixed(1) + '%, ' + fmtBytes(rate) + '/s' +
+            (remain > 0 ? ', ' + Math.ceil(remain) + 's left' : '') + ')');
+        };
+        const failText = async (r) => {
+          const text = (await r.text()).slice(0, 240);
+          let hint = '';
+          if (r.status === 413)      hint = ' - body too large. A proxy likely rejected this chunk.';
+          else if (r.status === 502) hint = ' - bad gateway. Proxy lost the upstream mid-stream.';
+          else if (r.status === 504) hint = ' - gateway timeout. Try the LAN IP directly.';
+          else if (r.status === 409) hint = ' - name conflict or offset mismatch. Remove the old ISO and retry.';
+          return 'HTTP ' + r.status + ' ' + text + hint;
+        };
+
+        let uploadId = null;
+        setStatus('Preparing upload for ' + f.name + ' (' + fmtBytes(f.size) + ')');
         prog.classList.add('active');
-        const fd = new FormData(); fd.append('file', f);
-        const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-        xhr.upload.onprogress = e => {
-          if (e.lengthComputable) $('#bar').style.width = (e.loaded/e.total*100).toFixed(1) + '%';
-        };
-        xhr.onload = () => {
-          prog.classList.remove('active');
-          $('#bar').style.width = '0';
-          if (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300) {
-            upMsg.textContent = 'Uploaded & analyzed.'; upMsg.className = 'msg ok';
-            render('storage');
-          } else {
-            upMsg.textContent = 'Upload failed: ' + xhr.status + ' ' + xhr.responseText;
-            upMsg.className = 'msg err';
+        bar.style.width = '1%';
+
+        try {
+          const begin = await postJSON('/api/uploads', {
+            filename: f.name,
+            size_bytes: f.size,
+          });
+          if (!begin.ok) throw new Error(await failText(begin));
+          const session = await begin.json();
+          uploadId = session.upload_id;
+          const chunkSize = Math.max(1024 * 1024, Number(session.chunk_size || 8 * 1024 * 1024));
+
+          let offset = Number(session.offset || 0);
+          let finished = null;
+          do {
+            const end = Math.min(offset + chunkSize, f.size);
+            const complete = end >= f.size;
+            const r = await fetch('/api/uploads/' + encodeURIComponent(uploadId), {
+              method: 'PUT',
+              headers: {
+                'x-openpxe-upload-offset': String(offset),
+                'x-openpxe-upload-complete': complete ? 'true' : 'false',
+              },
+              body: f.slice(offset, end),
+            });
+            if (!r.ok) throw new Error(await failText(r));
+            const j = await r.json();
+            offset = Number(j.offset || end);
+            update(offset, f.size, complete ? 'Analyzing' : 'Uploading');
+            if (j.complete) finished = j.iso || true;
+          } while (!finished);
+
+          setStatus('Uploaded and analyzed: ' + f.name + ' (' + fmtBytes(f.size) + ')', 'ok');
+          render('storage');
+        } catch (err) {
+          if (uploadId) {
+            try { await fetch('/api/uploads/' + encodeURIComponent(uploadId), {method: 'DELETE'}); }
+            catch {}
           }
-        };
-        xhr.onerror = () => { upMsg.textContent = 'Network error.'; upMsg.className = 'msg err'; };
-        xhr.open('POST', '/api/isos');
-        xhr.send(fd);
+          setStatus('Upload failed: ' + (err && err.message ? err.message : String(err)), 'err');
+        } finally {
+          prog.classList.remove('active');
+          if (!upMsg.className.includes('ok')) bar.style.width = '0';
+        }
       }
 
       // ── ISO table (mixed local + NFS) ──
@@ -602,9 +657,11 @@
     },
 
     hosts: async () => {
-      const [{ hosts = [] }, isos] = await Promise.all([
+      const [{ hosts = [] }, isos, bootLogRes] = await Promise.all([
         getJSON('/api/hosts'), getJSON('/api/isos'),
+        getJSON('/api/boot-log').catch(() => ({ events: [] })),
       ]);
+      const bootEvents = bootLogRes.events || [];
       const targets = isos.flatMap(i => i.boot_entries.map(e => ({
         id: e.id, title: e.title + '  — ' + familyLabel(i.introspection.family),
       })));
@@ -680,8 +737,7 @@
             upsertBtn, msg,
             el('p', {class:'msg', style:'margin-top:14px'},
               'When a client with a bound MAC requests boot.ipxe, OpenPXE ' +
-              'short-circuits past the interactive menu and chains directly. ' +
-              'Inspired by Tinkerbell smee\'s MAC-prepended URL pattern.'),
+              'short-circuits past the interactive menu and chains directly.'),
           ]),
         ]),
         el('div', {class:'card'}, [
@@ -691,6 +747,37 @@
           ]),
           table,
         ]),
+        el('div', {class:'card'}, [
+          el('header', {}, [
+            el('h2', {}, 'Host log'),
+            el('span', {class:'sub'},
+              bootEvents.length + ' event' + (bootEvents.length === 1 ? '' : 's')),
+          ]),
+          bootEvents.length
+            ? el('table', {}, [
+                el('thead', {}, el('tr', {}, [
+                  el('th', {}, 'Time'),
+                  el('th', {}, 'MAC'),
+                  el('th', {}, 'IP'),
+                  el('th', {}, 'Image'),
+                ])),
+                el('tbody', {},
+                  bootEvents.map(e => el('tr', {}, [
+                    el('td', {}, fmtAgo(e.timestamp)),
+                    el('td', {class:'mono'}, e.mac || el('span', {class:'tag'}, '(unknown)')),
+                    el('td', {class:'mono'}, e.ip ? String(e.ip) : '—'),
+                    el('td', {}, [
+                      el('span', {style:'font-weight:600'}, e.target_title || e.target_id),
+                      el('div', {class:'meta',
+                        style:'color:var(--fg-dim);font-size:11.5px;margin-top:2px'},
+                        e.target_id),
+                    ]),
+                  ]))),
+              ])
+            : el('div', {class:'empty'},
+                'No boot events yet. When a PXE client chains a boot entry, ' +
+                'it lands here with the MAC, IP, and image it received.'),
+        ]),
       ]);
     },
 
@@ -854,7 +941,7 @@
   const viewTitles = {
     dashboard: 'Dashboard',
     network: 'Network',
-    gate: 'Queue',
+    queue: 'Queue',
     storage: 'Storage',
     hosts: 'Hosts',
     terminal: 'Terminal',
@@ -915,6 +1002,24 @@
     }
   }
 
+  // Set the sidebar footer "Service status:" line. The chip itself moved
+  // off the topbar in v0.4.x: operators wanted readiness, advertised
+  // URL, and the boot IP grouped together as the bottom-left summary.
+  function setReady(state) {
+    const dot = $('[data-bind=ready_dot]');
+    const lbl = $('[data-bind=ready_label]');
+    if (!dot || !lbl) return;
+    const map = {
+      ready:       { cls: 'ok',  text: 'Ready' },
+      notready:    { cls: 'err', text: 'Not ready' },
+      unreachable: { cls: 'err', text: 'Unreachable' },
+    };
+    const m = map[state] || { cls: 'warn', text: 'Checking…' };
+    dot.className = 'dot ' + m.cls;
+    lbl.className = 'status-value ' + m.cls;
+    lbl.textContent = m.text;
+  }
+
   async function refreshChips() {
     try {
       const s = await getJSON('/api/status');
@@ -924,14 +1029,9 @@
       $$('[data-bind=client_count],[data-bind=client_count2]').forEach(n => n.textContent = String(s.client_count));
       $$('[data-bind=queue_count],[data-bind=queue_count2]').forEach(n => n.textContent = String(s.queue_count));
       $$('[data-bind=host_count]').forEach(n => n.textContent = String(s.host_bindings || 0));
-      const chip = $('[data-bind=ready_chip]');
-      if (chip) {
-        if (r.ok) { chip.textContent = '● ready'; chip.className = 'chip ready'; }
-        else      { chip.textContent = '● not ready'; chip.className = 'chip notready'; }
-      }
+      setReady(r.ok ? 'ready' : 'notready');
     } catch {
-      const chip = $('[data-bind=ready_chip]');
-      if (chip) { chip.textContent = '● unreachable'; chip.className = 'chip notready'; }
+      setReady('unreachable');
     }
   }
 

crates/webui/src/index.html

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <img src="/assets/logo.svg" alt="" />
       <div>
         <strong>OpenPXE</strong>
-        <div class="sub">v<span data-bind="version">0.3.1</span></div>
+        <div class="sub">v<span data-bind="version">0.4.1</span></div>
       </div>
     </div>
     <nav>
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@
       <a data-view="about">About</a>
     </nav>
     <div class="footer">
-      Advertised to clients<br/>
+      <div class="status-row">
+        <span class="dot" data-bind="ready_dot" title="Server readiness"></span>
+        <span class="status-label">Service status:</span>
+        <span class="status-value" data-bind="ready_label">checking…</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="footer-sub">Advertised to clients</div>
       <code>{{BASE_URL}}</code>
     </div>
   </aside>
@@ -59,7 +64,6 @@
   <header class="topbar">
     <h1 data-bind="view_title">Dashboard</h1>
     <div class="spacer"></div>
-    <span class="chip" data-bind="ready_chip" title="Server readiness">checking…</span>
     <span class="chip"><strong data-bind="iso_count2">0</strong>&nbsp;images</span>
     <span class="chip"><strong data-bind="client_count2">0</strong>&nbsp;clients</span>
     <span class="chip"><strong data-bind="queue_count2">0</strong>&nbsp;in queue</span>

crates/webui/src/lib.rs

@@ -15,22 +15,30 @@ pub fn index_html(base_url: &str) -> String {
 }
 
 #[must_use]
-pub fn app_js() -> &'static str { APP_JS }
+pub fn app_js() -> &'static str {
+    APP_JS
+}
 
 #[must_use]
-pub fn app_css() -> &'static str { APP_CSS }
+pub fn app_css() -> &'static str {
+    APP_CSS
+}
 
 #[must_use]
-pub fn logo_svg() -> &'static str { LOGO_SVG }
+pub fn logo_svg() -> &'static str {
+    LOGO_SVG
+}
 
 /// Larger, faster-cycling rainbow disc — used for the page-load
 /// transition and the imaging-progress widget on Dashboard / Queue.
 /// Pure SVG + SMIL, no JS, no GIF.
 #[must_use]
-pub fn loader_svg() -> &'static str { LOADER_SVG }
+pub fn loader_svg() -> &'static str {
+    LOADER_SVG
+}
 
-const INDEX_HTML: &str  = include_str!("index.html");
-const APP_CSS: &str     = include_str!("app.css");
-const APP_JS: &str      = include_str!("app.js");
-const LOGO_SVG: &str    = include_str!("logo.svg");
-const LOADER_SVG: &str  = include_str!("loader.svg");
+const INDEX_HTML: &str = include_str!("index.html");
+const APP_CSS: &str = include_str!("app.css");
+const APP_JS: &str = include_str!("app.js");
+const LOGO_SVG: &str = include_str!("logo.svg");
+const LOADER_SVG: &str = include_str!("loader.svg");

deploy/docker/Dockerfile

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # Debian slim at ~75 MB + binary ~25 MB is fine for a PXE server that
 # spends most of its life idle.
 
-ARG RUST_VERSION=1.82
+ARG RUST_VERSION=1.95
 
 ########## fetch iPXE binaries ##########
 FROM debian:12-slim AS fetch
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ WORKDIR /src
 # to silently serve stale stub binaries when cargo's fingerprint didn't
 # notice the source swap. A single build is ~1.5 min longer on cold cache
 # but guarantees the binary reflects the sources we copied.
-COPY Cargo.toml rust-toolchain.toml ./
+# Do not copy rust-toolchain.toml into the image. The local workspace pins
+# developer tooling, but inside Docker we intentionally use the Rust version
+# selected by the base image. Copying rust-toolchain.toml with
+# `channel = "stable"` makes rustup download a second full toolchain during
+# `cargo build`, which is slow and can exhaust small Colima/CI disks.
+COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
 COPY crates/ crates/
 COPY --from=fetch /src/assets/ipxe /src/assets/ipxe
 

deploy/openshift/30-deployment.yaml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
         fsGroup: 10001
       containers:
         - name: openpxe
-          image: ghcr.io/casperadmin/openpxe:0.1.0
+          image: gitea.milesward.dev/mward4/openpxe:0.4.1
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           ports:
             - name: dhcp

deploy/unraid/README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ boot from OpenPXE". Pick the one that matches what you have.
 ## Path A — build on Unraid, push to Gitea registry, pull by tag
 
 Recommended once you've done it once. Image is published to
-`gitea.milesward.dev/mward4/openpxe:0.1.0` (or your equivalent) and
+`gitea.milesward.dev/mward4/openpxe:0.4.1` (or your equivalent) and
 every Unraid template / docker-compose just references the tag.
 
 Pre-flight:
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ What it does:
 3. `docker build` against `deploy/docker/Dockerfile`.
 4. `docker login gitea.milesward.dev:3000` using a temp `DOCKER_CONFIG`
    so the credential never lands in your real `~/.docker/config.json`.
-5. `docker push` both `:0.1.0` and `:latest`.
+5. `docker push` both `:0.4.1` and `:latest`.
 6. Logout, scrub the temp config, delete the workspace.
 
 After it finishes, in Unraid → Docker → Add Container, set:
 
 | Field      | Value                                           |
 |------------|-------------------------------------------------|
-| Repository | `gitea.milesward.dev/mward4/openpxe:0.1.0`     |
+| Repository | `gitea.milesward.dev/mward4/openpxe:0.4.1`     |
 | Network    | `host`                                          |
 | Extra args | `--cap-add=NET_BIND_SERVICE`                    |
 
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ then:
 
 ```bash
 # On the build host
-docker save openpxe:0.1.0 | gzip > openpxe-0.1.0.tar.gz
+docker save openpxe:0.4.1 | gzip > openpxe-0.4.1.tar.gz
 
 # Transfer (rsync / scp / SMB / ZFS-replicate / sneakernet)
-scp openpxe-0.1.0.tar.gz root@unraid:/tmp/
+scp openpxe-0.4.1.tar.gz root@unraid:/tmp/
 
 # On Unraid
-gunzip -c /tmp/openpxe-0.1.0.tar.gz | docker load
-docker tag openpxe:0.1.0 gitea.milesward.dev/mward4/openpxe:0.1.0
+gunzip -c /tmp/openpxe-0.4.1.tar.gz | docker load
+docker tag openpxe:0.4.1 gitea.milesward.dev/mward4/openpxe:0.4.1
 ```
 
 If you want it pullable by tag from other Unraid templates, push to

deploy/unraid/openpxe.xml

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
     Air-gapped network PXE boot server. Container-native Rust
     implementation — DHCP proxy + TFTP + iPXE chainload + HTTP ISO
     streaming, all in one process. Web UI for ISO upload, NFS share
-    mounting, and Queued Deployment ("horse-race" simultaneous launch
-    of one ISO across many waiting clients).
+    mounting, and Queued Deployment for coordinated launch of one ISO
+    across many waiting clients.
 
     NEVER touches the client OS trust store: no test-signed drivers,
     no testsigning toggle, no httpdisk.sys. Windows boot uses vanilla

docs/NEXT_PHASE.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Phase 6 — recommendations
 
-The v0.2.0 cut leaves OpenPXE in a state where the entire protocol stack
-and operator UI are exercised by 66 automated tests, the container is
+The v0.4.1 cut leaves OpenPXE in a state where the entire protocol stack
+and operator UI are exercised by the automated test suite, the container is
 multi-arch buildable, and the image ships at ~97 MB. What's left before
 this looks and feels like a 1.0 product is mostly **real-hardware
 validation** plus a small batch of features that can only sensibly be

docs/architecture.md

@@ -265,10 +265,9 @@ tab is one click from the brand bar.
 - Persisted to `<work_dir>/hosts.json`. Like `SettingsStore`, in-memory
   is authoritative — disk corruption falls back to empty rather than
   failing startup.
-- Inspired by Tinkerbell `smee`'s MAC-prepended URL pattern. The DHCP
-  reply now embeds `?mac=${mac}` in the boot.ipxe URL; iPXE substitutes
-  the literal MAC client-side, so the HTTP layer can short-circuit
-  past the menu when a binding exists.
+- The DHCP reply embeds `?mac=${mac}` in the boot.ipxe URL; iPXE
+  substitutes the literal MAC client-side, so the HTTP layer can
+  short-circuit past the menu when a binding exists.
 - `/api/hosts` GET / POST / DELETE drives the **Hosts** tab.
 
 **Prometheus metrics** (`crates/core/src/metrics.rs`):
@@ -288,18 +287,17 @@ warning-free. Replaced `format!()`-into-`String` with
 `Reverse`, fixed `map_or(false, …)` → `is_some_and`, and a handful of
 other idiom fixes.
 
-**UI overhaul** for the v0.2.0 pre-beta milestone:
+**UI overhaul** for the pre-beta milestone:
 - Light + dark themes via `:root[data-theme=light]` token swap.
   Toggled by a top-right button or the `T` key. Persisted in
   localStorage; pre-paint inline script avoids dark→light flash.
-- New SVG logos: a refined anvil (`logo.svg`) and a SMIL-animated
-  `anvil-forge.svg` (rising sparks + pulsing underglow). Pure SVG —
-  no GIFs, no CSS keyframes for the sparks.
-- "Forge progress" widget on the Dashboard and Queue: animated
-  anvil paired with a `linear-gradient(warn → accent)` progress bar
+- New SVG logos: a refined OpenPXE mark (`logo.svg`) and a compact
+  SMIL-animated loader (`loader.svg`). Pure SVG, embedded in the binary.
+- Deployment progress widget on the Dashboard and Queue: animated
+  OpenPXE mark paired with a `linear-gradient(warn → accent)` progress bar
   with a moving sheen. Goes idle (greyscale, no sheen) at zero
   imaging load.
-- Loader replaced "Loading…" text with the same anvil.
+- Loader replaced "Loading..." text with the same OpenPXE mark.
 - Sidebar gains a **Hosts** tab.
 
 **Windows boot validation**:
@@ -317,7 +315,8 @@ other idiom fixes.
   fixes: explicit `net start Workstation` before `net use`, surfaces
   errors instead of blind retries.
 
-**Test count**: 66 → up from 56 in v0.1.0.
+**Test posture**: protocol, HTTP, ISO-store, Windows script, queue, metrics,
+and UI-offline checks all run in the workspace test suite.
 
 ## What's deferred to Phase 6
 

runbooks/linux-network-boot.md

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Two options. Pick one.
 
 Big ISOs stream — there is no 2 GB limit, but expect upload to be
 throttled by your browser ↔ host link. The UI shows a progress bar; the
-animated anvil on the Dashboard tab fires up while imaging is in
+animated OpenPXE mark on the Dashboard tab fires up while imaging is in
 flight.
 
 ### 2b. Bulk seed from a directory (recommended for fresh deploys / CI)
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ INFO openpxe::http: GET /iso/ubuntu-…/casper/initrd  Range=bytes=0- 200 OK 75
 ```
 
 The **Terminal** tab in the web UI shows the same thing live, plus a
-short whitelisted command palette (`status`, `clients`, `gate`,
+short whitelisted command palette (`status`, `clients`, `queue`,
 `hosts`, `log`).
 
 ### 5d. Internet-side ISO sources
@@ -347,19 +347,19 @@ default for production hardware.
 ## 7. Re-imaging — the “Queued Deployment” flow
 
 Different scenario: you have **a rack of 30 servers** to image
-identically, all at once. Don’t bind 30 MACs by hand. Use the gate.
+identically, all at once. Don’t bind 30 MACs by hand. Use the queue.
 
 1. **Don’t** create host bindings.
 2. PXE-boot every machine. They land on the menu.
 3. On each: select **Queued Deployment**. They get position #1, #2,
    …, #30 and start long-polling.
-4. In the UI: **Forge Gate** tab shows all 30 lined up. Pick the
+4. In the UI: **Queue** tab shows all 30 lined up. Pick the
    ISO, click **Assign to all waiting**.
 5. Every client’s open long-poll wakes up at the same instant and
    chains the same boot script. They all start imaging
-   simultaneously — the “horse race gate” opens.
+   simultaneously.
 
-The animated anvil widget on the Dashboard runs while any client is
+The animated OpenPXE progress widget on the Dashboard runs while any client is
 still in the kernel-fetch phase.
 
 ---