Reproduces with the v0.1.1 AppImage on the second launch (same user
data dir, fresh AppImage mount):
phpqml.bridge.bundled: symfony: "/tmp/.mount_Todo-xllnOHH/..."
Cannot load migrations from "/tmp/.mount_Todo-xDBkOfG/.../migrations"
^^^^^^^
stale path from PREVIOUS launch's cache
Symfony compiles `kernel.project_dir` (an absolute path) into its
cached container under var/cache/. We redirect var/cache into the
user data dir for read-only-mount survival (v0.1.0 fix), but the
*content* of that cache references the mount path that was active
when the cache was built. Next launch gets a different
/tmp/.mount_<random>; the cached refs are stale; first
project_dir-sensitive lookup blows up (doctrine migrations was the
canary; would also surface as misrouted assets, broken Twig template
paths, etc.).
Fix: BackendConnection::initBundledMode does
QDir(cacheDir).removeRecursively() right after creating the dirs but
before runMigrations spawns the doctrine subprocess. Symfony rebuilds
the cache against the current mount on every launch. Cost: ~1-2s of
warmup per cold start.
Permanent fix is build-time cache warmup (ship the prod cache inside
the AppImage, copy to user data dir on first launch, no per-launch
warmup) — already tracked as a v0.2.0 item in PLAN.md §13. v0.1.1
takes the simpler always-wipe approach since it's bugfix-class.
Regression guard: examples/todo/tests/bundled-supervisor.sh gains a
"2nd launch from fresh staging" step that tears down the first host,
re-stages a fresh fake AppImage layout (different /tmp dir = different
"mount path" from BackendConnection's perspective), and asserts
/healthz comes back up. Without the cache wipe, that step would fail
exactly the way doctrine did in the user's report.
Verified locally:
- bundled-supervisor.sh passes (incl. 2nd-launch step)
- Real AppImage: two consecutive launches both reach
"phpqml.bridge.bundled: migrations OK" + frankenphp spawn
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Symfony defaults Kernel::getCacheDir/getLogDir to <project>/var/cache
and <project>/var/log. In bundled mode those resolve inside the
AppImage's FUSE mount (/tmp/.mount_<hash>/usr/share/<app>/symfony/) —
read-only. Migrations fail at startup with:
Unable to create the "cache" directory
(/tmp/.mount_<hash>/usr/share/<app>/symfony/var/cache/prod).
…and frankenphp's worker can't warm a cache either, so even after the
binary spawns, the app is in a half-working state (which probably also
explains the persistent Reconnecting banner the user reported — once
migrations fail the supervisor sets Offline; even a successful
re-probe of /healthz wouldn't recover from a half-warm state).
Two-part fix, framework-side seam + app-side override:
1. BackendConnection.cpp (runMigrations + spawnChild): mkdir
<m_dataDir>/var/{cache,log} and pass them as APP_CACHE_DIR /
APP_LOG_DIR env vars. <m_dataDir> resolves to
~/.local/share/<app> via QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation, so
it's user-writable.
2. App Kernel.php (skeleton + todo): override getCacheDir /
getLogDir to honour the env vars. Falls back to parent
behaviour when unset (dev mode keeps writing to var/cache like
normal).
Database file already lives at <m_dataDir>/var/data.sqlite, so the DB
side was fine. Caddy autosaves to ~/.config/caddy and TLS storage to
~/.local/share/caddy — both user-writable. Mercure ran in-memory
mode in earlier logs so no extra storage redirect needed there.
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resolveFrankenphpBin() returned `applicationDirPath() + "/bin/frankenphp"`,
but applicationDirPath() inside an AppImage is already `usr/bin/` —
where the host binary itself runs from. The "/bin/" prefix produced
the doubled path, e.g.:
/tmp/appimage_extracted_<hash>/usr/bin/bin/frankenphp
…which doesn't exist. The supervisor logged the lookup failure and
kept retrying, eventually hitting the perfsmoke 8s cold-start
deadline.
build-appimage.sh:148 installs frankenphp at `usr/bin/frankenphp`
(sibling of the host binary, per the layout comment at line 18). The
fix is to drop the spurious `/bin/`. Other resolvers in the same
file (resolveSymfonyDir, resolveCaddyfilePath) already use the
correct `here + "/<file>"` pattern.
Bug shipped since the bundled-mode supervisor was added — would
have hit anyone running the AppImage. Local `make quality` only
exercises dev mode (BRIDGE_URL set), so the integration test loop
never reached this codepath; CI's perfsmoke against the actual
AppImage is the only thing that catches it. Manual test would be:
launch the AppImage with BRIDGE_FRANKENPHP_BIN unset and watch the
phpqml.bridge.bundled log.
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BackendConnection now captures the bundled FrankenPHP child's merged
stdout+stderr into a 500-line ring buffer, mirrors each line through
qCInfo(lcBundled) so terminal users still see logs, and exposes
childLogTail() / childLogLine for QML.
DevConsole.qml is an opt-in monospaced viewer with auto-scroll + clear
that the skeleton and the todo example bind to Ctrl+`. Dev mode (when
BRIDGE_URL is set, no bundled child) renders an explanatory hint.
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Wires in the option-(a) sidecar approach: the AppImage carries a
bundled AppImageUpdate AppImage and an embedded update-info string
in the .upd_info ELF section. BackendConnection drives both the
check and the apply via QProcess.
BackendConnection:
- Q_INVOKABLE checkForUpdates()
Bundled mode only. Spawns AppImageUpdate.AppImage with
--check-for-update <APPIMAGE>. Exits 0 → noUpdatesAvailable,
1 → updatesAvailable, anything else → updateCheckFailed.
Dev mode: emits updateCheckFailed("…dev-mode only").
- Q_INVOKABLE applyUpdate()
Bundled mode only. Spawns AppImageUpdate.AppImage with
--remove-old <APPIMAGE>. Replaces the running AppImage in
place; user must restart. Emits updateApplied or
updateApplyFailed.
- Sidecar path resolves to applicationDirPath()/AppImageUpdate.AppImage
by default, overridable via BRIDGE_APPIMAGEUPDATE_BIN.
- APPIMAGE env (set by the AppImage runtime) determines the target
file. Outside an AppImage both methods fail loudly.
build-appimage.sh:
- Auto-downloads AppImageUpdate-x86_64.AppImage into the cached
tools dir and copies it into AppDir/usr/bin/AppImageUpdate.AppImage.
- New --update-info flag, forwarded to appimagetool's -u so the
.upd_info ELF section carries an "zsync|<URL>" string the sidecar
will fetch.
examples/todo Makefile forwards APPIMAGE_UPDATE_INFO env to the
script as --update-info.
release.yml:
- Builds the AppImage with APPIMAGE_UPDATE_INFO set to the canonical
Gitea Releases asset URL for this tag.
- Installs zsync, runs zsyncmake to generate Todo-x86_64.AppImage.zsync.
- Generates a JSON appcast (latest.json) with version / url / sha256 /
size / zsync URL / released_at — useful as an HTTP-fetchable
fallback for clients that prefer a structured manifest.
- SHA256SUMS now covers AppImage + zsync + latest.json.
- Uploads all four assets to the Gitea Release.
AppImage size grows from ~104 MB to ~152 MB with the sidecar bundled.
Embedding verified: objdump shows .upd_info populated with the
expected zsync URL after a local build.
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Auto-detected on construction:
- BRIDGE_URL env set → dev mode (today's behaviour, unchanged).
- BRIDGE_URL unset → bundled mode: BackendConnection now
1. Resolves the user app data dir (QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation,
~/.local/share/<org>/<app> on Linux) and ensures var/, var/log/,
var/cache/ exist there.
2. Generates a per-session 32-byte URL-safe token and a 48-byte
Mercure JWT secret.
3. Runs `frankenphp php-cli bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate -n`
against the user's DATABASE_URL with a 60s timeout.
4. Spawns FrankenPHP via QProcess with BRIDGE_TOKEN/MERCURE_*/PORT
in the env, prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGTERM) on the child, and
a supervisor that re-spawns up to 5 times on unexpected exit.
Each restart fires tokenRotated(newToken).
Path resolution defaults to applicationDirPath() + bin/frankenphp,
applicationDirPath() + symfony, applicationDirPath() + Caddyfile, with
both `/../share/<app>/...` and `/../usr/share/<app>/...` fallbacks for
AppImage-style layouts. All three are overridable via
BRIDGE_FRANKENPHP_BIN / BRIDGE_SYMFONY_DIR / BRIDGE_CADDYFILE env vars.
Caddyfiles in skeleton + example now use {$VAR:default} substitution
for PORT and the Mercure JWT keys, so the same Caddyfile works in both
modes. Dev defaults match symfony/.env.
restart() in bundled mode re-spawns the child (resets the supervisor
counter); in dev mode it stays a probe-only no-op.
Smoke-tested locally with `BRIDGE_FRANKENPHP_BIN=… BRIDGE_SYMFONY_DIR=…
BRIDGE_CADDYFILE=… ./build/qml/todo` (no BRIDGE_URL): bundled mode
created ~/.local/share/php-qml/todo/var/data.sqlite, ran the migration,
spawned FrankenPHP, served /healthz, accepted a POST /api/todos with
the per-session bearer. Dev mode (`make dev`) still works unchanged.
Includes a `phpqml.bridge.bundled` Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY so failures
surface to the user; enable with QT_LOGGING_RULES='phpqml.bridge.bundled.*=true'.
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BackendConnection's ConnectionState enum is now Connecting / Online /
Reconnecting / Offline (PLAN.md §5). The probe loop tracks the first
failure since the last Online and transitions to Reconnecting on any
failed probe, then to Offline once the configurable threshold (30 s
default) is exceeded. The Error state is gone; Reconnecting + the
exposed `error` string subsume its UI role.
ReactiveListModel is the headline QML type:
- QAbstractListModel that GETs `baseUrl + source` for an initial JSON
array and then keeps in sync via an internal MercureClient subscribed
to `topic`.
- Role names are derived dynamically from the first row's keys plus an
internal `pending` boolean role used by optimistic mutations.
- Diff application: upsert (insert-or-update), delete, replace; gap
detection via the envelope `version` field with auto re-fetch.
- `invoke(method, path, body, optimistic)` is the optimistic command
primitive. Generates an Idempotency-Key, applies the local diff,
POST/PATCH/DELETEs with that key, and resolves on the matching
Mercure echo (correlation-key matched in ModelPublisher's envelope).
Rolls back and emits commandFailed on 4xx/5xx, commandTimedOut after
10 s without an echo. Phase 4 packaging will surface configuration
for the timeout.
AppShell.qml is the optional convenience root:
- Reads BackendConnection.connectionState.
- Reconnecting → top banner.
- Offline → modal overlay with the error string and a Retry button
(calls BackendConnection.restart()).
- Wraps user content via `default property alias content`.
Apps that want full chrome control can skip AppShell entirely; the
skeleton's Main.qml keeps its own status display for demonstration
and is unaffected.
ReactiveObject (single-entity twin of ReactiveListModel) is intentionally
deferred — same envelope handling, smaller surface; will land in Phase 2
follow-up or Phase 3 alongside the todo example. Cursor pagination is
similarly deferred (the Phase 2 done criterion uses small lists).
Smoke tested: /healthz + /api/ping round-trip cleanly, zero Mercure 401s,
clean shutdown. composer quality stays green (16 tests, 45 assertions).
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BackendConnection (QML singleton via create() factory) reads BRIDGE_URL
and BRIDGE_TOKEN from env, periodically probes <url>/healthz with a 2s
transfer timeout, and exposes a Connecting/Online/Error state machine
plus error/token properties to QML. Bundled-mode startup (spawning the
embedded FrankenPHP child) is a Phase 4 deliverable; restart() is a
no-op for now. tokenRotated signal is reserved for the per-session
secret rotation described in PLAN.md §3.
SingleInstance is C++-only — main() must call acquireOrForward() before
the QML engine boots, so it's exposed via context property rather than
QML_SINGLETON. QLocalServer-based lock with stale-socket detection,
launch-arg forwarding via QDataStream, and the deadlock-avoiding race
fallback specified in §3 *Edge cases*.
CMakeLists.txt declares the PhpQml.Bridge static QML module with both
sources and is dual-mode: stands alone for sanity builds, integrates
via add_subdirectory from the skeleton's top-level CMake (Phase 1
sub-commit 6). Standalone build verified clean.
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