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A Mysterium node publishing 1,000 UDP ports takes about 51 s to start. The socket proxy stops waiting for Docker after 30 s and answers 502, so the worker called the deploy failed and removed the new container while Docker was still starting it. The node went down. When the old container was put back by hand, the fence guard stopped it again as a leftover of the failed deploy, and nothing told the operator that only a redeploy from CashPilot brings it back.

What fires: sockguard 2.4.6's response_header_timeout, default 30 s. It applies to POST /containers/{id}/start (only stop and restart are exempt), and our policy turns off request_timeout but not this one. docker-py's 60 s read timeout and the UI's 60 s + stop timeout wait were not what cut this deploy, though a slower start would hit them too.

The fix:

  1. After a create or start that got no answer (proxy 502/504, or docker-py's read timeout), the worker reads the container until it runs, Docker reports the start failed, or 120 s from the create have passed. Only then does it roll back. A real refusal (a taken port, a proxy rule) is still rolled back at once. The UI waits 120 s longer for the deploy answer.
  2. The UDP range cap drops from 1,000 to 300 (catalog ceiling and mysterium.yml). 300 ports start in about 12 s and about 350 take 30 s, so 300 leaves room for a slower host. A node already running a wider range keeps running: the guard and drift leave it alone, and a redeploy is refused before the worker is asked, with a range to use instead. No silent truncation.
  3. The guard's reason now says it also holds a container put back or started by hand, and that a redeploy from CashPilot lifts it. The worker sends the reason per container, so the dashboard shows a "Held stopped" card with a Redeploy button and the container-down alert includes the reason.

The socket proxy policy is unchanged, so the compose files don't conflict with #703.

Desktop: the weekly catalog sync carries max_ports: 300. Desktop's own deploy form check (#283 validates 1,000) must drop to 300 to match. That follow-up is not opened in this PR.

Type of Change

  • Bug fix

Checklist

  • ruff check app/ passes
  • ruff format --check app/ passes
  • Service YAML follows services/_schema.yml
  • No credentials or secrets committed
  • CashPilot-Desktop follow-up linked (to do: mirror the 300 cap in the deploy form)

Tests: tests/test_slow_start_deploy.py (24 tests; the slow-start ones go red with the wait reverted), full suite 8062 passed.

A Mysterium node publishing 1,000 UDP ports takes about 51 s to start. The
socket proxy (sockguard 2.4.6) gives up on a call whose answer has not begun
after 30 s (its default response_header_timeout; our policy only turns off
request_timeout) and answers 502, so the worker treated a slow start as a
refused one and removed the new container while Docker was still bringing it
up. The node went down.

- After a create or start that got no answer (a 502/504 from the proxy, or
  docker-py's own read timeout), the worker now reads the container until it
  runs, Docker reports the start failed, or 120 s from the create have
  passed. Only then is the deploy rolled back. The UI's wait for the
  worker's deploy answer grows by the same 120 s.
- The UDP range cap drops from 1,000 to 300 ports (catalog ceiling and the
  Mysterium entry): 300 start in about 12 s, well inside the proxy's 30 s.
  A node already running a wider range keeps running; a redeploy of it is
  refused before the worker is asked, with the range to use instead.
- The guard's reason for holding a node whose last deploy failed now says
  it also holds one put back or started by hand, and that only a deploy
  from CashPilot lifts it. The worker reports the reason per container, so
  the dashboard shows a "Held stopped" card with a Redeploy button and the
  container-down alert carries it, not only the Fleet page.
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The changes cap Mysterium UDP ranges at 300 ports, add a settle interval for deploys with uncertain Docker startup outcomes, and carry failed-deploy hold reasons through worker status, alerts, and the dashboard.

Changes: Deployment startup and held-container handling

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UDP range cap and validation
app/catalog.py, app/drift.py, app/main.py, app/worker_api.py, services/bandwidth/mysterium.yml, docs/isolation.md, tests/test_mysterium_fenced.py, tests/test_slow_start_deploy.py
The UDP range cap is 300 ports. Drift handling and deploy routes use the catalog limit. Documentation describes startup estimates and the behavior of running nodes with wider ranges. Tests cover rejection of oversized ranges and handling of wider recorded ranges.
Wait for uncertain container starts
app/constants.py, app/orchestrator.py, app/main.py, tests/test_main_deploy_routes.py, tests/test_slow_start_deploy.py
After qualifying gateway errors or request exceptions, deploy logic polls Docker for container state for up to 120 seconds. The worker proxy timeout includes the same settle interval. Tests cover late starts, failed starts, and timeout behavior.
Report failed-deploy holds
app/lan_fence.py, app/orchestrator.py, app/main.py, app/static/js/app.js, tests/test_mysterium_fenced.py, tests/test_slow_start_deploy.py
Worker status and dashboard data include held reasons. The dashboard displays a “Held stopped” item and provides owner actions when applicable. Tests cover held-container behavior and hold-reason propagation.

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Change: Bug fix

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Merge Risk: Low · previous review 9559f

The operator guidance for oversized UDP ranges can be misleading: it suggests reserving the range lets them redeploy, but the new 300-port cap still refuses it. This is a small wording fix and does not block merge.

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Minor · Update the migration advice for oversized ranges. · drift.py:185-187

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Update the migration advice for oversized ranges.

If a recorded range overlaps the ephemeral range and exceeds 300 ports, this advice says reserving it permits redeployment. The new cap still rejects that redeploy. Tell the operator to narrow the range instead; retain the reservation option for ranges within the cap. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the migration advice that references RESERVED_PORTS_FILE so ranges
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operators to narrow the range before redeploying; retain the reservation option
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…row it, not reserve it

Reserving an oversized range on the host no longer makes the redeploy possible:
the 300-port cap refuses it. The move advice now says to narrow the range first,
and keeps the reservation option for ranges within the cap.
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The outside-diff finding on app/drift.py (migration advice for a range over the cap) is fixed in 06aad6f: a recorded range wider than the cap now gets advice to narrow it to at most 300 ports before the redeploy, and the host reservation option stays only for ranges within the cap. Covered by TestTheMoveAdviceForAWideRange in tests/test_slow_start_deploy.py.

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