feat(nats): per-license auth mechanism — agent user/password, scoped broker, generator (non-breaking)

Closes the open broker (anonymous publish to any tenant's corrosion.*).
Per-license isolation via NATS user/password + subject permissions:
each license -> user=license_id, password=HMAC-SHA256(license_id,
NATS_TOKEN_SECRET), scoped to corrosion.{license_id}.> + _INBOX. Backend
uses a privileged internal user.

- Agent (alpha.5): nats_user/nats_password config + env, user_and_password
  auth; falls back to token/anonymous (transition-safe)
- Backend: connects with NATS_INTERNAL_USER/PASSWORD when set, else anon
- scripts/generate-nats-auth.mjs: regenerates nats-auth.conf from the
  licenses table; NATS_AUTH_STAGE=open keeps a no_auth_user fallback
  (verify creds first), =enforce rejects anonymous
- committed nats-auth.conf is the SAFE OPEN default (no secrets); the
  host copy carries real users and is not committed
- compose: NATS_INTERNAL_USER/PASSWORD/NATS_TOKEN_SECRET, mount nats-auth.conf

Entirely non-breaking until secrets+config deployed; staged cutover next.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.env.example

@@ -42,3 +42,6 @@ FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:5174
 
 # Frontend (Vite — must be prefixed with VITE_)
 VITE_PANEL_URL=https://panel.corrosionmgmt.com
+
+# Hostnames that serve the marketing site (comma-separated); all other hosts get the panel
+VITE_MARKETING_HOSTS=corrosionmgmt.com,www.corrosionmgmt.com

.gitea/workflows/build-host-agent.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+name: Build Host Agent (Rust)
+
+# Rust agent ships on its own tag namespace (agent-v*) so it never collides
+# with the legacy Go pipeline (v*.*.*). Artifacts publish to the CDN /alpha/
+# channel — /host-agent/latest/ stays on the Go build until cutover.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'agent-v*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      # Override the macOS toolchain names in corrosion-host-agent/.cargo/config.toml
+      # (real env beats the config [env] table).
+      CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_MUSL_LINKER: musl-gcc
+      CC_x86_64_unknown_linux_musl: musl-gcc
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get version from tag
+        id: version
+        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/agent-v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Verify tag matches Cargo.toml
+        run: |
+          CARGO_VERSION=$(grep '^version' corrosion-host-agent/Cargo.toml | head -1 | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)"/\1/')
+          if [ "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" != "$CARGO_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "Tag agent-v${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }} does not match Cargo.toml version $CARGO_VERSION"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      # The Asgard runner executes jobs in a bare node:20-bullseye container
+      # (no Rust, no sudo, runs as root) — bootstrap the toolchain per-run,
+      # same pattern as actions/setup-go in the Go pipeline.
+      - name: Install Rust + cross toolchains
+        run: |
+          apt-get update -qq
+          apt-get install -y -qq build-essential musl-tools gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 curl
+          curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain stable --profile minimal
+          echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          "$HOME/.cargo/bin/rustup" target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+
+      - name: Build Linux AMD64 (static musl)
+        run: |
+          cd corrosion-host-agent
+          cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+          mkdir -p bin
+          cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/corrosion-host-agent bin/corrosion-host-agent-linux-amd64
+          chmod +x bin/corrosion-host-agent-linux-amd64
+
+      - name: Build Windows AMD64 (mingw)
+        run: |
+          cd corrosion-host-agent
+          cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+          cp target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/corrosion-host-agent.exe bin/corrosion-host-agent-windows-amd64.exe
+
+      - name: Generate checksums
+        run: |
+          cd corrosion-host-agent/bin
+          sha256sum corrosion-host-agent-linux-amd64 > checksums.txt
+          sha256sum corrosion-host-agent-windows-amd64.exe >> checksums.txt
+          cat checksums.txt
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          API_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1"
+          REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
+          VERSION="agent-v${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+
+          RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${RELEASE_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d "{\"tag_name\": \"${VERSION}\", \"name\": \"Corrosion Host Agent ${VERSION}\", \"body\": \"Rust host agent release ${VERSION}\", \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": true}" \
+            "${API_URL}/repos/${REPO}/releases")
+          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | grep -o '"id":[0-9]*' | head -1 | grep -o '[0-9]*')
+
+          for f in corrosion-host-agent-linux-amd64 corrosion-host-agent-windows-amd64.exe checksums.txt; do
+            curl -s -X POST \
+              -H "Authorization: token ${RELEASE_TOKEN}" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
+              --data-binary @corrosion-host-agent/bin/$f \
+              "${API_URL}/repos/${REPO}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=$f"
+          done
+
+      - name: Upload to CDN (alpha channel)
+        run: |
+          CDN_URL="https://cdn.corrosionmgmt.com"
+          VERSION="${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+
+          for f in corrosion-host-agent-linux-amd64 corrosion-host-agent-windows-amd64.exe checksums.txt; do
+            curl -s -X POST \
+              -F "file=@corrosion-host-agent/bin/$f" \
+              "${CDN_URL}/host-agent/alpha/$f"
+            curl -s -X POST \
+              -F "file=@corrosion-host-agent/bin/$f" \
+              "${CDN_URL}/host-agent/${VERSION}/$f"
+          done
+
+          echo "CDN upload complete: ${CDN_URL}/host-agent/alpha/"
+
+      - name: Build Summary
+        run: |
+          echo "## Corrosion Host Agent (Rust) Build Complete" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "**Version:** ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "**Commit:** ${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "**Channel:** alpha (latest/ untouched until cutover)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "### Built Artifacts:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- Linux AMD64 static musl ($(stat -c%s corrosion-host-agent/bin/corrosion-host-agent-linux-amd64) bytes)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- Windows AMD64 mingw ($(stat -c%s corrosion-host-agent/bin/corrosion-host-agent-windows-amd64.exe) bytes)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- SHA256 checksums" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

.gitea/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+name: CI
+
+# Test gate for every push to main. The deploy story: main must be green here
+# before the stack is rebuilt (deploy workflow enforces it once SSH transport
+# secrets land). Jobs run in the runner's bare node:20-bullseye container —
+# toolchains bootstrap per-run.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  backend-types:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Type-check NestJS backend
+        run: |
+          cd backend-nest
+          npm ci --no-audit --no-fund 2>&1 | tail -2
+          npx tsc --noEmit
+
+  frontend-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build frontend (vue-tsc gate + vite)
+        run: |
+          cd frontend
+          npm ci --no-audit --no-fund 2>&1 | tail -2
+          npm run build
+
+  agent-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Cache cargo
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/registry
+            ~/.cargo/git
+            corrosion-host-agent/target
+          key: cargo-${{ hashFiles('corrosion-host-agent/Cargo.lock') }}
+      - name: Install Rust
+        run: |
+          apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq build-essential curl
+          curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain stable --profile minimal
+          echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      - name: Test agent
+        run: |
+          cd corrosion-host-agent
+          cargo test
+      - name: Upload agent binary for integration
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: agent-debug
+          path: corrosion-host-agent/target/debug/corrosion-host-agent
+
+  integration:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: agent-tests
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:16
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: corrosion
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: citest
+          POSTGRES_DB: corrosion
+      nats:
+        image: nats:2.10-alpine
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download agent binary
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: agent-debug
+          path: agent-bin
+
+      - name: Apply migrations to fresh DB
+        run: |
+          apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq postgresql-client
+          until PGPASSWORD=citest psql -h postgres -U corrosion -d corrosion -c 'SELECT 1' >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done
+          for f in $(ls backend/migrations/*.sql | sort); do
+            echo "applying $f"
+            PGPASSWORD=citest psql -h postgres -U corrosion -d corrosion -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -q -f "$f"
+          done
+
+      - name: Build + boot backend
+        run: |
+          cd backend-nest
+          npm ci --no-audit --no-fund 2>&1 | tail -2
+          npm run build
+          DATABASE_URL=postgres://corrosion:citest@postgres:5432/corrosion \
+          NATS_URL=nats://nats:4222 \
+          JWT_SECRET=ci-secret ENCRYPTION_KEY=ci-encryption-key \
+          ADMIN_EMAIL=ci@corrosion.test ADMIN_PASSWORD=ci-password-123 ADMIN_USERNAME=CI \
+          nohup node dist/main.js > /tmp/backend.log 2>&1 &
+          for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+            code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" http://localhost:3000/api/auth/login -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}' || true)
+            [ "$code" = "400" ] && echo "backend up" && exit 0
+            sleep 2
+          done
+          echo "backend failed to come up"; cat /tmp/backend.log; exit 1
+
+      - name: Run agent↔backend contract suite
+        run: |
+          chmod +x agent-bin/corrosion-host-agent
+          LICENSE_ID=$(PGPASSWORD=citest psql -h postgres -U corrosion -d corrosion -t -A -c 'SELECT id FROM licenses LIMIT 1')
+          echo "license under test: $LICENSE_ID"
+          [ -n "$LICENSE_ID" ] || { echo "admin seed did not create a license"; cat /tmp/backend.log; exit 1; }
+          LICENSE_ID="$LICENSE_ID" \
+          DATABASE_URL=postgres://corrosion:citest@postgres:5432/corrosion \
+          NATS_URL=nats://nats:4222 \
+          AGENT_BIN=$PWD/agent-bin/corrosion-host-agent \
+          node contract-tests/agent-backend.contract.mjs
+
+      - name: Backend log on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: cat /tmp/backend.log || true

.gitea/workflows/test-runner.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Test Asgard Runner
-on: [push]
+# On-demand only — no reason to spin a container on every push.
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -17,8 +18,15 @@ jobs:
           echo "Memory: $(free -h | grep Mem | awk '{print $2}')"
           echo "Disk: $(df -h / | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}')"
           echo "==========================================="
-          echo "Go: $(go version)"
-          echo "Rust: $(rustc --version)"
-          echo "Docker: $(docker --version)"
+          # Jobs run in a bare node:20-bullseye container: toolchains are NOT
+          # preinstalled — workflows must bootstrap them (setup-go, rustup).
+          # Report presence honestly instead of green-lighting a missing tool.
+          for tool in go rustc docker node; do
+            if command -v "$tool" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              echo "$tool: $($tool --version 2>&1 | head -1)"
+            else
+              echo "$tool: NOT PRESENT (workflows must install per-run)"
+            fi
+          done
           echo "==========================================="
-          echo "✅ Asgard runner is OPERATIONAL"
+          echo "✅ Asgard runner reachable — container is node:20-bullseye, bootstrap toolchains per-run"

AGENTS.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 ### **TYPE 1: THE SCOUT (Intelligence)**
 
-- **Model:** haiku
+- **Model:** sonnet[1m]
 
 - **Role:** Reconnaissance, Context Mapping, Log Analysis.
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,50 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added (Host-Agent v2 Consumer + SEO Meta — 2026-06-11)
+
+**Backend (NestJS):**
+- `HostAgentConsumerService` (new) — consumes wire protocol v2: `corrosion.*.host.heartbeat` updates `companion_last_seen` + `connection_status='connected'` (auto-registers the connection row on first contact); `host.going_offline` flips offline; a 60s staleness sweep marks hosts offline after 180s of silence. Previously NOTHING persisted heartbeats — `connection_status` was set once at setup and never changed again. Tenant-validated (UUID + license existence, cached) per NATS-consumer doctrine
+- `NatsBridgeService` — bridges `host_heartbeat` / `host_going_offline` events to the panel WebSocket
+- Verified by contract test: real agent → production NATS → captured with the backend's own `nats` lib under the real license; subjects, schema 2, real telemetry, offline beacon all confirmed
+
+**Frontend:**
+- Per-route document titles + meta descriptions (router `afterEach`, no new deps): six marketing pages get real titles/descriptions/OG tags (previously every page was "Corrosion Management" with zero meta — invisible to search and link previews); panel views get mechanical "{View} — Corrosion" titles
+
+**CI:**
+- `test-runner.yml` — honest per-tool presence checks (was printing "OPERATIONAL" while every toolchain probe failed); on-demand trigger instead of every push
+
+### Added (Corrosion Host Agent — Rust rewrite Phase 0 — 2026-06-11)
+
+**New: `corrosion-host-agent/`** — Rust rewrite of the Go companion agent (which stays in-tree as the behavior reference until parity). Wire protocol v2 (COA-B, Commander-approved): instance-scoped subjects `corrosion.{license}.{instance}.*` with host-level `corrosion.{license}.host.*` — full spec in `corrosion-host-agent/PROTOCOL.md`.
+
+- Multi-instance TOML config baked into the foundation (one agent supervises N game instances; rust/conan/soulmask/dune), env overrides for secrets, strict validation (subject-safe ids, reserved segments)
+- NATS layer with the production-proven Vigilance profile: infinite reconnect w/ capped backoff, 30s ping, 8192-msg offline send buffer, `tls://` scheme support
+- Host heartbeat with REAL telemetry via sysinfo (CPU/mem/disks/per-instance state) — the Go agent hardcoded disk=50000MB and cpu=0.0; this is the first true Resources data
+- Connectivity prober (outbound TCP + latency, periodic jittered + on-demand) — first piece of the support-triage story
+- Host command channel (`ping`/`probe`/`sysinfo`, request-reply), going-offline beacon, CancellationToken graceful shutdown
+- Version embedding (semver + git hash + build ts) in `--version` and every heartbeat
+- Verified live against production NATS: connected, heartbeats published, clean shutdown
+- Deploy artifacts verified: 3.7MB fully-static linux-musl binary, 3.8MB windows .exe (static CRT, no VC++ redist needed)
+
+**Next phases**: 1 = process-class adapter (spawn/RCON/SteamCMD/files for Rust/Conan/Soulmask) + NestJS v2 heartbeat consumer; 2 = Dune Docker adapter; 3 = signed self-update (release gate) + service install.
+
+### Fixed (Site Audit — Fake Data, Resilience, Fonts — 2026-06-11)
+
+**Frontend:**
+- `SetupWizardView.vue` — Replaced fake install instructions (`get.corrosionmgmt.com | sh` install script and `corrosion-agent` binary, neither of which exists) with the real host-agent download + run commands matching ServerView; multi-game copy on the completion step
+- Marketing views (Landing, Pricing, HowItWorks, Roadmap, EarlyAccess) — Replaced "View live demo" CTA (no demo exists; it linked to the panel login) with an honest "Sign in" link
+- `ErrorBoundary.vue` — Error state now resets on route change (previously one failed view bricked the entire SPA, including marketing pages, until manual reload); added `content` variant
+- `DashboardLayout.vue` — Routed views are now wrapped in a content-scoped ErrorBoundary so the sidebar/topbar survive a view failure instead of the whole panel unmounting
+- `index.html` / `styles/tokens/fonts.css` — Google Fonts moved from CSS `@import` to `<link>` tags. The bundler silently dropped the mid-bundle `@import`, so production shipped system fallback fonts (Geist/JetBrains Mono/Oxanium never loaded)
+- `StatusPageView.vue` — Platform KPIs show "—" until the first successful fetch instead of fake zeros
+- `LoginView.vue` — Added missing "Forgot password?" link (route + backend endpoint already existed)
+
+**Backend (NestJS):**
+- `AdminSeedService` (new, auth module) — Bootstraps a super-admin user + active license from `ADMIN_EMAIL`/`ADMIN_PASSWORD`/`ADMIN_USERNAME`/`ADMIN_LICENSE_KEY` when the users table is empty. A fresh deploy previously had a schema but no possible login. Compose already passes the env vars
+
+**Purpose:** Findings from the full-site fake-data audit. Show real data or honest empty states — never invented values, dead URLs, or fabricated zeros.
+
 ### Fixed (Safe Formatting Utilities — 2026-02-15)
 
 **Frontend:**

CLAUDE.md

@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ frontend/                    # Vue 3 + TypeScript
   package.json
   vite.config.ts             # Proxies /api to :3000
 
-companion-agent/             # Go binary for bare metal servers
+corrosion-host-agent/        # Rust host agent (ACTIVE) — multi-game ops runtime
+  src/                       # main, config, bus (NATS), telemetry, prober, hostcmd
+  PROTOCOL.md                # Wire protocol v2 spec (instance-scoped subjects)
+  agent.example.toml         # Multi-instance config reference
+
+companion-agent/             # Go binary (LEGACY — behavior reference until Rust parity)
   cmd/agent/                 # main.go entry point
   internal/                  # Core agent logic (nats, commands, process)
   Makefile                   # Build for Linux/Windows
@@ -91,14 +96,16 @@ cd backend-nest && npx tsc --noEmit    # Type-check without building
 
 # Frontend
 cd frontend && npm run dev             # Vite dev server (port 5174)
-cd frontend && npm run build           # Production build → dist/
-cd frontend && npm run lint            # ESLint
-cd frontend && npm run type-check      # TypeScript checking (vue-tsc)
+cd frontend && npm run build           # vue-tsc -b && vite build (type-check included; no separate lint/type-check scripts exist)
 
-# Companion Agent (Go)
+# Host Agent (Rust — ACTIVE)
+cd corrosion-host-agent && cargo check                                                 # Fast validation
+cd corrosion-host-agent && cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl   # Static Linux binary
+cd corrosion-host-agent && cargo xwin build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc # Windows (local)
+# CI: push tag agent-vX.Y.Z (must match Cargo.toml version) → Asgard builds → CDN /host-agent/alpha/
+
+# Companion Agent (Go — LEGACY, behavior reference until Rust parity)
 cd companion-agent && make build       # Build for current platform
-cd companion-agent && make linux       # Cross-compile for Linux
-cd companion-agent && make windows     # Cross-compile for Windows
 
 # Docker (from docker/ directory — Commander ALWAYS builds with --no-cache)
 docker compose build --no-cache && docker compose up -d  # Full rebuild + start
@@ -374,7 +381,8 @@ Default to Sonnet. Escalate to Opus when the problem demands it, not as a comfor
 - Treat every change as production deployment (`corrosionmgmt.com`)
 - Document why, not just what, in commits and CHANGELOG
 - **Always commit and push when done touching code — never ask, never wait for permission**
-- **Tag companion agent builds when Go code in `companion-agent/` is modified** — increment from latest tag (currently v1.0.3), push tag to trigger CI build + CDN upload
+- **Tag agent builds when agent code is modified** — Rust agent: `agent-vX.Y.Z` (must match `corrosion-host-agent/Cargo.toml`; CI publishes to CDN `/host-agent/alpha/`, while `/latest/` stays on the Go build until cutover). Legacy Go agent: `vX.Y.Z`. Tags roll FORWARD only — never reuse or re-push a tag; cut the next version
+- **The Asgard CI runner executes jobs in a bare `node:20-bullseye` container** — no Rust/Go/Docker/sudo preinstalled; workflows must bootstrap toolchains per-run (setup-go, rustup via curl)
 
 ## Development Notes
 
@@ -435,3 +443,9 @@ Things I discovered about myself building a sister platform across multiple sess
 22. **Build-green is not render-correct — visually verify UI work before calling it done.** The entire design-system re-skin (50+ files, six green commits) rendered almost completely unstyled in the browser — white background, no surfaces, no accent — because the design tokens never loaded. `vue-tsc -b` + `vite build` passed clean the whole time; CSS that *compiles* can still apply *zero* styles. One Playwright screenshot of the login exposed it in seconds. When the deliverable is visual, a green build is necessary but not sufficient: load it in a real browser (Playwright on the dev server at :5174), screenshot it, and assert on `getComputedStyle` — don't trust compilation alone. This is Lesson 17 with teeth.
 
 23. **Tailwind v4 silently drops a nested `@import` barrel placed after `@import "tailwindcss"`.** `style.css` did `@import "tailwindcss"; @import "./styles/corrosion.css";` where corrosion.css was a barrel of eight `@import` token files. Once Tailwind v4 expands the tailwindcss import in place, the barrel's inner @imports no longer precede all statements, so PostCSS drops them — emitting only an easily-ignored "@import must precede all other statements" warning. Result: every design token resolved empty and the whole panel rendered unstyled. Import token/design CSS files **directly and contiguously** in the entry stylesheet; never via a nested barrel after the Tailwind import. The build warning you wave off as "pre-existing" may be the entire feature silently failing.
+
+24. **`onModuleInit` runs before async `onModuleInit` of dependencies completes — register NATS/external subscriptions in `onApplicationBootstrap`.** `NatsService.onModuleInit` connects to NATS (async); `NatsBridgeService`/`HostAgentConsumerService` registered their subscriptions in their own `onModuleInit`, which fired while the connection was still null — so every `subscribe()` hit the `[OFFLINE]` no-op path and the WS bridge was dead-on-boot in *every* production build, silently. Nest guarantees `onApplicationBootstrap` runs only after all module init (including the awaited connect) finishes. Anything that depends on another provider's async startup belongs in bootstrap, not init. The tell: a subscription that "should be there" but the handler never fires and there's no error — trace the *startup ordering*, not the handler.
+
+25. **Fixing a dead code path detonates the live code behind it — budget for the second bug.** The moment Lesson 24's fix made the NATS→WS bridge actually deliver events, the API crashed on the first forwarded heartbeat: `WebSocket.OPEN` was `undefined` at runtime because `esModuleInterop` is off, so `import WebSocket from 'ws'` compiled to `ws_1.default` (undefined). That crash had sat behind the dead bridge since the gateway was written — never hit because no event ever reached it. When you resurrect a path that was silently no-op, everything downstream of it is effectively *untested code running for the first time in production*. Verify the whole chain end-to-end (I watched the DB row appear, then flip offline), don't stop at "the subscription fires now." This is Lesson 10 with a fuse on it. Import-runtime gotcha worth remembering: when `esModuleInterop` is off, prefer instance constants (`client.OPEN`) over class statics (`WebSocket.OPEN`) for `ws`.
+
+26. **A jail check at the entry point does not jail the recursive walk behind it — and my own "line-by-line" review missed it; the automated security review didn't.** The file manager's `jail()` correctly canonicalized and prefix-checked the top-level path, and I traced every escape vector through it and signed off. But `copy_recursive` then walked the directory tree with `fs::metadata` (which *follows* symlinks). A symlink planted inside the jail pointing at `/etc`, then a `copy` of its parent, would dereference it and pull external content *into* the jail to be read — a jail escape the entry check never sees, because the escape is reintroduced by a descendant during traversal. Fix: `symlink_metadata` (lstat) everywhere you recurse, and refuse/never-follow symlinks across the boundary. The transferable rule: **validate at the boundary AND at every step that re-derives a path** (recursion, `read_dir`, glob, archive extraction). And the humbling part — I was confident after reviewing the jail function; the security-review pass caught the HIGH I'd waved through. Trust adversarial verification over your own once-over on security-critical code, especially path/traversal logic.

backend-nest/src/app.module.ts

@@ -45,10 +45,16 @@ import { BetterChatModule } from './modules/betterchat/betterchat.module';
 import { TimedExecuteModule } from './modules/timedexecute/timedexecute.module';
 import { RaidableBasesModule } from './modules/raidablebases/raidablebases.module';
 import { EarlyAccessModule } from './modules/early-access/early-access.module';
+import { FleetModule } from './modules/fleet/fleet.module';
 
 // Shared Services
 import { NatsService } from './services/nats.service';
 import { NatsBridgeService } from './services/nats-bridge.service';
+import { HostAgentConsumerService } from './services/host-agent-consumer.service';
+import { ServerConnection } from './entities/server-connection.entity';
+import { License } from './entities/license.entity';
+import { AgentHost } from './entities/agent-host.entity';
+import { GameInstance } from './entities/game-instance.entity';
 import { SteamService } from './services/steam.service';
 
 // Gateway
@@ -91,6 +97,9 @@ import { NatsBridgeGateway } from './gateways/nats-bridge.gateway';
     // Scheduler
     ScheduleModule.forRoot(),
 
+    // Repositories for app-level shared services (host-agent consumer)
+    TypeOrmModule.forFeature([ServerConnection, License, AgentHost, GameInstance]),
+
     // Feature Modules
     AuthModule,
     UsersModule,
@@ -125,6 +134,7 @@ import { NatsBridgeGateway } from './gateways/nats-bridge.gateway';
     TimedExecuteModule,
     RaidableBasesModule,
     EarlyAccessModule,
+    FleetModule,
   ],
   providers: [
     // Global guards (order matters: auth first, then license, then permissions)
@@ -134,6 +144,7 @@ import { NatsBridgeGateway } from './gateways/nats-bridge.gateway';
     // Shared services
     NatsService,
     NatsBridgeService,
+    HostAgentConsumerService,
     SteamService,
 
     // WebSocket gateway

backend-nest/src/config/configuration.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ export default () => ({
   },
   nats: {
     url: process.env.NATS_URL || 'nats://localhost:4222',
+    // Privileged internal credentials for the backend's own NATS connection
+    // (full corrosion.> access). Empty = anonymous (transition period).
+    internalUser: process.env.NATS_INTERNAL_USER || '',
+    internalPassword: process.env.NATS_INTERNAL_PASSWORD || '',
+    // Secret used to derive a per-license agent password:
+    // HMAC-SHA256(license_id, secret). Shared with the nats.conf generator.
+    tokenSecret: process.env.NATS_TOKEN_SECRET || '',
   },
   jwt: {
     secret: process.env.JWT_SECRET || 'change-me',

backend-nest/src/entities/agent-host.entity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, ManyToOne, JoinColumn, Check, Unique } from 'typeorm';
+import { License } from './license.entity';
+
+export interface AgentHostDisk {
+  mount: string;
+  total_mb: number;
+  free_mb: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * One Corrosion host agent / one machine. Owns the machine-level facts.
+ *
+ * NOTE: distinct from the B2B `hosts` table (hosting-partner companies). This
+ * is `agent_hosts` — the physical/virtual box a customer runs the agent on.
+ */
+@Entity('agent_hosts')
+@Unique(['license_id', 'hostname'])
+@Check(`"status" IN ('connected', 'degraded', 'offline')`)
+export class AgentHost {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
+  id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'uuid' })
+  license_id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 255, default: '' })
+  hostname: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 64, nullable: true })
+  agent_version: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 64, nullable: true })
+  agent_commit: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 32, nullable: true })
+  os: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 32, nullable: true })
+  arch: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 20, default: 'offline' })
+  status: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true })
+  last_heartbeat_at: Date | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'double precision', nullable: true })
+  cpu_percent: number | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'integer', nullable: true })
+  cpu_cores: number | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'bigint', nullable: true })
+  mem_total_mb: number | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'bigint', nullable: true })
+  mem_used_mb: number | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'bigint', nullable: true })
+  uptime_seconds: number | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'jsonb', nullable: true })
+  disks: AgentHostDisk[] | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', default: () => 'NOW()' })
+  created_at: Date;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', default: () => 'NOW()' })
+  updated_at: Date;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => License, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'license_id' })
+  license: License;
+}

backend-nest/src/entities/game-instance.entity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, ManyToOne, JoinColumn, Unique } from 'typeorm';
+import { License } from './license.entity';
+import { AgentHost } from './agent-host.entity';
+
+/**
+ * One game server process / orchestrated unit (a Rust server, a Conan world,
+ * a Dune battlegroup). The billing unit — plans count instances.
+ * `agent_instance_id` is the agent's slug and the NATS subject segment.
+ */
+@Entity('game_instances')
+@Unique(['license_id', 'agent_instance_id'])
+export class GameInstance {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
+  id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'uuid' })
+  license_id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'uuid', nullable: true })
+  host_id: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'uuid', nullable: true })
+  cluster_id: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 64 })
+  agent_instance_id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 32 })
+  game: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 255, nullable: true })
+  label: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 32, default: 'unknown' })
+  state: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'text', nullable: true })
+  root_path: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'bigint', default: 0 })
+  uptime_seconds: number;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', nullable: true })
+  last_seen_at: Date | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', default: () => 'NOW()' })
+  created_at: Date;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', default: () => 'NOW()' })
+  updated_at: Date;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => License, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'license_id' })
+  license: License;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => AgentHost, { onDelete: 'SET NULL', nullable: true })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'host_id' })
+  host: AgentHost | null;
+}

backend-nest/src/entities/instance-cluster.entity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, ManyToOne, JoinColumn } from 'typeorm';
+import { License } from './license.entity';
+
+/**
+ * Optional grouping of instances for games with linked topologies:
+ * Soulmask main/child clusters, Dune BattleGroup → Sietches. Reserved now;
+ * cluster orchestration ships with those game adapters.
+ */
+@Entity('instance_clusters')
+export class InstanceCluster {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
+  id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'uuid' })
+  license_id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 32 })
+  game: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 255 })
+  name: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'varchar', length: 32, nullable: true })
+  topology: string | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'jsonb', nullable: true })
+  config: Record<string, unknown> | null;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', default: () => 'NOW()' })
+  created_at: Date;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', default: () => 'NOW()' })
+  updated_at: Date;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => License, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'license_id' })
+  license: License;
+}

backend-nest/src/entities/instance-stats.entity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, ManyToOne, JoinColumn } from 'typeorm';
+import { GameInstance } from './game-instance.entity';
+
+/**
+ * Per-instance time-series game metrics (player count, FPS, …). Populated once
+ * game-level telemetry is collected via RCON/plugin — the host heartbeat
+ * carries host metrics, not game metrics, so this stays empty in Phase A.
+ */
+@Entity('instance_stats')
+export class InstanceStats {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
+  id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'uuid' })
+  instance_id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'uuid' })
+  license_id: string;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'integer', default: 0 })
+  player_count: number;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'integer', default: 0 })
+  max_players: number;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'double precision', default: 0 })
+  fps: number;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'integer', default: 0 })
+  memory_usage_mb: number;
+
+  @Column({ type: 'timestamptz', default: () => 'NOW()' })
+  recorded_at: Date;
+
+  @ManyToOne(() => GameInstance, { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'instance_id' })
+  instance: GameInstance;
+}

backend-nest/src/gateways/nats-bridge.gateway.ts

@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ export class NatsBridgeGateway implements OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewayDisconne
 
         // Subscribe to NATS events for this license
         const listener = (event: string, data: unknown) => {
-          if (client.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
+          // client.OPEN (instance constant) — NOT WebSocket.OPEN: with
+          // esModuleInterop off, the default `ws` import is undefined at
+          // runtime, so the static crashes. The instance constant is safe.
+          if (client.readyState === client.OPEN) {
             client.send(JSON.stringify({
               type: 'event',
               license_id: payload.license_id,

backend-nest/src/modules/auth/admin-seed.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { Injectable, Logger, OnApplicationBootstrap } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
+import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+import * as argon2 from 'argon2';
+import { randomBytes } from 'crypto';
+import { User } from '../../entities/user.entity';
+import { License } from '../../entities/license.entity';
+
+/**
+ * Bootstraps the first admin account on a fresh database.
+ *
+ * A fresh deploy builds the schema via docker-entrypoint-initdb.d but contains
+ * zero users, so the panel has no possible login. If ADMIN_EMAIL and
+ * ADMIN_PASSWORD are set and the users table is empty, this creates a
+ * super-admin user plus an active license — the same rows the register flow
+ * would create. It never runs against a database that already has users.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class AdminSeedService implements OnApplicationBootstrap {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(AdminSeedService.name);
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly config: ConfigService,
+    @InjectRepository(User) private readonly userRepository: Repository<User>,
+    @InjectRepository(License) private readonly licenseRepository: Repository<License>,
+  ) {}
+
+  async onApplicationBootstrap(): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      await this.seedAdminIfEmpty();
+    } catch (err) {
+      // A failed seed must not take the API down — surface it loudly and move on
+      this.logger.error(`Admin bootstrap failed: ${(err as Error).message}`, (err as Error).stack);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async seedAdminIfEmpty(): Promise<void> {
+    const email = this.config.get<string>('admin.email');
+    const password = this.config.get<string>('admin.password');
+    const username = this.config.get<string>('admin.username') || 'Commander';
+
+    if (!email || !password) {
+      this.logger.log('Admin bootstrap skipped: ADMIN_EMAIL / ADMIN_PASSWORD not set');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const userCount = await this.userRepository.count();
+    if (userCount > 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const password_hash = await argon2.hash(password);
+    const user = this.userRepository.create({
+      email: email.toLowerCase(),
+      username,
+      password_hash,
+      email_verified: true,
+      is_super_admin: true,
+    });
+    await this.userRepository.save(user);
+
+    const licenseKey = this.config.get<string>('admin.licenseKey') || this.generateLicenseKey();
+    const license = this.licenseRepository.create({
+      license_key: licenseKey,
+      owner_user_id: user.id,
+      status: 'active',
+      modules_enabled: [],
+      webstore_active: false,
+    });
+    await this.licenseRepository.save(license);
+
+    this.logger.log(`Bootstrap admin created: ${user.email} (license ${license.license_key})`);
+  }
+
+  private generateLicenseKey(): string {
+    const part1 = randomBytes(2).toString('hex').toUpperCase();
+    const part2 = randomBytes(2).toString('hex').toUpperCase();
+    const part3 = randomBytes(2).toString('hex').toUpperCase();
+    return `CORR-${part1}-${part2}-${part3}`;
+  }
+}

backend-nest/src/modules/auth/auth.module.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { ConfigModule, ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 import { AuthController } from './auth.controller';
 import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
+import { AdminSeedService } from './admin-seed.service';
 import { JwtStrategy } from './jwt.strategy';
 import { User } from '../../entities/user.entity';
 import { License } from '../../entities/license.entity';
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ import { TeamMember } from '../../entities/team-member.entity';
     TypeOrmModule.forFeature([User, License, Role, TeamMember]),
   ],
   controllers: [AuthController],
-  providers: [AuthService, JwtStrategy],
+  providers: [AuthService, AdminSeedService, JwtStrategy],
   exports: [AuthService],
 })
 export class AuthModule {}

backend-nest/src/modules/console/console.gateway.ts

@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ export class ConsoleGateway implements OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewayDisconnect
 
     const message = JSON.stringify({ event, data });
     for (const client of clients) {
-      if (client.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
+      // client.OPEN, not WebSocket.OPEN — esModuleInterop is off so the
+      // default `ws` import is undefined at runtime (would crash on forward).
+      if (client.readyState === client.OPEN) {
         client.send(message);
       }
     }

backend-nest/src/modules/fleet/fleet.controller.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ApiTags, ApiBearerAuth, ApiOperation } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { FleetService } from './fleet.service';
+import { CurrentTenant } from '../../common/decorators/current-tenant.decorator';
+import { RequirePermission } from '../../common/decorators/require-permission.decorator';
+
+@ApiTags('fleet')
+@ApiBearerAuth()
+@Controller('fleet')
+export class FleetController {
+  constructor(private readonly fleetService: FleetService) {}
+
+  @Get()
+  @RequirePermission('server.view')
+  @ApiOperation({ summary: 'Get fleet overview — hosts and game instances for this license' })
+  async getFleet(@CurrentTenant() licenseId: string) {
+    return this.fleetService.getFleet(licenseId);
+  }
+}

backend-nest/src/modules/fleet/fleet.module.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { FleetController } from './fleet.controller';
+import { FleetService } from './fleet.service';
+import { AgentHost } from '../../entities/agent-host.entity';
+import { GameInstance } from '../../entities/game-instance.entity';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [TypeOrmModule.forFeature([AgentHost, GameInstance])],
+  controllers: [FleetController],
+  providers: [FleetService],
+  exports: [FleetService],
+})
+export class FleetModule {}

backend-nest/src/modules/fleet/fleet.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+import { AgentHost } from '../../entities/agent-host.entity';
+import { GameInstance } from '../../entities/game-instance.entity';
+
+export interface FleetInstanceDto {
+  id: string;
+  agent_instance_id: string;
+  game: string;
+  label: string | null;
+  state: string;
+  uptime_seconds: number;
+  last_seen_at: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface FleetHostDto {
+  id: string;
+  hostname: string;
+  status: string;
+  agent_version: string | null;
+  os: string | null;
+  arch: string | null;
+  cpu_percent: number | null;
+  cpu_cores: number | null;
+  mem_total_mb: number | null;
+  mem_used_mb: number | null;
+  uptime_seconds: number | null;
+  disks: AgentHost['disks'];
+  last_heartbeat_at: string | null;
+  instances: FleetInstanceDto[];
+}
+
+export interface FleetSummaryDto {
+  host_count: number;
+  instance_count: number;
+  online_host_count: number;
+}
+
+export interface FleetResponseDto {
+  hosts: FleetHostDto[];
+  summary: FleetSummaryDto;
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class FleetService {
+  constructor(
+    @InjectRepository(AgentHost)
+    private readonly hostRepo: Repository<AgentHost>,
+    @InjectRepository(GameInstance)
+    private readonly instanceRepo: Repository<GameInstance>,
+  ) {}
+
+  async getFleet(licenseId: string): Promise<FleetResponseDto> {
+    const [hosts, instances] = await Promise.all([
+      this.hostRepo.find({
+        where: { license_id: licenseId },
+        order: { hostname: 'ASC' },
+      }),
+      this.instanceRepo.find({
+        where: { license_id: licenseId },
+        order: { game: 'ASC', label: 'ASC' },
+      }),
+    ]);
+
+    // Group instances by host_id. Bigint columns come back as strings from pg — coerce.
+    const instancesByHost = new Map<string | null, FleetInstanceDto[]>();
+    for (const inst of instances) {
+      const key = inst.host_id ?? null;
+      if (!instancesByHost.has(key)) {
+        instancesByHost.set(key, []);
+      }
+      instancesByHost.get(key)!.push({
+        id: inst.id,
+        agent_instance_id: inst.agent_instance_id,
+        game: inst.game,
+        label: inst.label,
+        state: inst.state,
+        uptime_seconds: Number(inst.uptime_seconds),
+        last_seen_at: inst.last_seen_at ? inst.last_seen_at.toISOString() : null,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const hostDtos: FleetHostDto[] = hosts.map((h) => ({
+      id: h.id,
+      hostname: h.hostname,
+      status: h.status,
+      agent_version: h.agent_version,
+      os: h.os,
+      arch: h.arch,
+      cpu_percent: h.cpu_percent !== null && h.cpu_percent !== undefined ? Number(h.cpu_percent) : null,
+      cpu_cores: h.cpu_cores !== null && h.cpu_cores !== undefined ? Number(h.cpu_cores) : null,
+      mem_total_mb: h.mem_total_mb !== null && h.mem_total_mb !== undefined ? Number(h.mem_total_mb) : null,
+      mem_used_mb: h.mem_used_mb !== null && h.mem_used_mb !== undefined ? Number(h.mem_used_mb) : null,
+      uptime_seconds: h.uptime_seconds !== null && h.uptime_seconds !== undefined ? Number(h.uptime_seconds) : null,
+      disks: h.disks,
+      last_heartbeat_at: h.last_heartbeat_at ? h.last_heartbeat_at.toISOString() : null,
+      instances: instancesByHost.get(h.id) ?? [],
+    }));
+
+    // Append synthetic "unassigned" bucket only if orphaned instances exist
+    const unassigned = instancesByHost.get(null) ?? [];
+    if (unassigned.length > 0) {
+      hostDtos.push({
+        id: '__unassigned__',
+        hostname: 'Unassigned',
+        status: 'offline',
+        agent_version: null,
+        os: null,
+        arch: null,
+        cpu_percent: null,
+        cpu_cores: null,
+        mem_total_mb: null,
+        mem_used_mb: null,
+        uptime_seconds: null,
+        disks: null,
+        last_heartbeat_at: null,
+        instances: unassigned,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const online_host_count = hosts.filter((h) => h.status === 'connected').length;
+    const instance_count = instances.length;
+
+    return {
+      hosts: hostDtos,
+      summary: {
+        host_count: hosts.length,
+        instance_count,
+        online_host_count,
+      },
+    };
+  }
+}

backend-nest/src/services/host-agent-consumer.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+import { Injectable, Logger, OnApplicationBootstrap } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Interval } from '@nestjs/schedule';
+import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+import { NatsService } from './nats.service';
+import { ServerConnection } from '../entities/server-connection.entity';
+import { License } from '../entities/license.entity';
+import { AgentHost, AgentHostDisk } from '../entities/agent-host.entity';
+import { GameInstance } from '../entities/game-instance.entity';
+
+/**
+ * Consumes Corrosion wire protocol v2 host-agent subjects
+ * (corrosion-host-agent/PROTOCOL.md) and keeps the fleet model truthful.
+ *
+ * Writes the License → Host → Instance model (hosts + game_instances) from
+ * each heartbeat, AND maintains the legacy single-server `server_connections`
+ * row so the current panel keeps working during the fleet UI transition.
+ *
+ * Host identity: until enrollment issues a stable host id, a host is keyed by
+ * (license_id, hostname). One agent = one host today; the schema is already
+ * multi-host-ready.
+ */
+interface HeartbeatPayload {
+  schema?: number;
+  timestamp?: string;
+  agent?: { version?: string; commit?: string; os?: string; arch?: string };
+  host?: {
+    hostname?: string | null;
+    cpu_percent?: number;
+    cpu_cores?: number;
+    mem_total_mb?: number;
+    mem_used_mb?: number;
+    uptime_seconds?: number;
+    disks?: AgentHostDisk[];
+  };
+  instances?: Array<{
+    id: string;
+    game: string;
+    label?: string | null;
+    state?: string;
+    uptime_seconds?: number;
+  }>;
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class HostAgentConsumerService implements OnApplicationBootstrap {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(HostAgentConsumerService.name);
+
+  private knownLicenses = new Map<string, number>();
+  private warnedUnknown = new Set<string>();
+
+  private static readonly UUID_RE =
+    /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i;
+  private static readonly LICENSE_CACHE_TTL_MS = 5 * 60_000;
+  private static readonly OFFLINE_AFTER_MS = 180_000;
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly nats: NatsService,
+    @InjectRepository(ServerConnection)
+    private readonly connectionRepository: Repository<ServerConnection>,
+    @InjectRepository(License)
+    private readonly licenseRepository: Repository<License>,
+    @InjectRepository(AgentHost)
+    private readonly hostRepository: Repository<AgentHost>,
+    @InjectRepository(GameInstance)
+    private readonly instanceRepository: Repository<GameInstance>,
+  ) {}
+
+  // Bootstrap, not module-init: subscriptions registered before NatsService
+  // finished connecting silently no-op (see NatsBridgeService note).
+  onApplicationBootstrap() {
+    this.nats.subscribe('corrosion.*.host.heartbeat', (data, subject) => {
+      const licenseId = subject.split('.')[1];
+      void this.onHeartbeat(licenseId, data as HeartbeatPayload).catch((err) =>
+        this.logger.error(`heartbeat handling failed for ${licenseId}: ${err.message}`, err.stack),
+      );
+    });
+
+    this.nats.subscribe('corrosion.*.host.going_offline', (_data, subject) => {
+      const licenseId = subject.split('.')[1];
+      void this.onGoingOffline(licenseId).catch((err) =>
+        this.logger.error(`going_offline handling failed for ${licenseId}: ${err.message}`, err.stack),
+      );
+    });
+
+    this.logger.log('Host agent (protocol v2) consumer subscriptions initialized');
+  }
+
+  private async onHeartbeat(licenseId: string, payload: HeartbeatPayload): Promise<void> {
+    if (!(await this.isValidTenant(licenseId))) return;
+    const now = new Date();
+
+    await this.updateLegacyConnection(licenseId, now);
+    const host = await this.upsertHost(licenseId, payload, now);
+    await this.upsertInstances(licenseId, host, payload, now);
+  }
+
+  /** Legacy single-server row — keeps the current panel working. */
+  private async updateLegacyConnection(licenseId: string, now: Date): Promise<void> {
+    const existing = await this.connectionRepository.findOne({ where: { license_id: licenseId } });
+    if (existing) {
+      await this.connectionRepository.update(
+        { id: existing.id },
+        { companion_last_seen: now, connection_status: 'connected', updated_at: now },
+      );
+    } else {
+      await this.connectionRepository.save(
+        this.connectionRepository.create({
+          license_id: licenseId,
+          connection_type: 'bare_metal',
+          connection_status: 'connected',
+          companion_last_seen: now,
+        }),
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Upsert the fleet host row, keyed by (license_id, hostname). */
+  private async upsertHost(licenseId: string, payload: HeartbeatPayload, now: Date): Promise<AgentHost> {
+    const hostname = payload.host?.hostname ?? '';
+    const fields = {
+      agent_version: payload.agent?.version ?? null,
+      agent_commit: payload.agent?.commit ?? null,
+      os: payload.agent?.os ?? null,
+      arch: payload.agent?.arch ?? null,
+      status: 'connected',
+      last_heartbeat_at: now,
+      cpu_percent: payload.host?.cpu_percent ?? null,
+      cpu_cores: payload.host?.cpu_cores ?? null,
+      mem_total_mb: payload.host?.mem_total_mb ?? null,
+      mem_used_mb: payload.host?.mem_used_mb ?? null,
+      uptime_seconds: payload.host?.uptime_seconds ?? null,
+      disks: payload.host?.disks ?? null,
+      updated_at: now,
+    };
+
+    const existing = await this.hostRepository.findOne({
+      where: { license_id: licenseId, hostname },
+    });
+    if (existing) {
+      await this.hostRepository.update({ id: existing.id }, fields);
+      return { ...existing, ...fields } as AgentHost;
+    }
+    const created = await this.hostRepository.save(
+      this.hostRepository.create({ license_id: licenseId, hostname, ...fields }),
+    );
+    this.logger.log(`host registered for license ${licenseId} (hostname '${hostname || 'unknown'}')`);
+    return created;
+  }
+
+  /** Upsert one game_instances row per heartbeat instance entry. */
+  private async upsertInstances(
+    licenseId: string,
+    host: AgentHost,
+    payload: HeartbeatPayload,
+    now: Date,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    for (const inst of payload.instances ?? []) {
+      if (!inst?.id || !inst?.game) continue;
+      const fields = {
+        host_id: host.id,
+        game: inst.game,
+        label: inst.label ?? null,
+        state: inst.state ?? 'unknown',
+        uptime_seconds: inst.uptime_seconds ?? 0,
+        last_seen_at: now,
+        updated_at: now,
+      };
+      const existing = await this.instanceRepository.findOne({
+        where: { license_id: licenseId, agent_instance_id: inst.id },
+      });
+      if (existing) {
+        await this.instanceRepository.update({ id: existing.id }, fields);
+      } else {
+        await this.instanceRepository.save(
+          this.instanceRepository.create({
+            license_id: licenseId,
+            agent_instance_id: inst.id,
+            ...fields,
+          }),
+        );
+        this.logger.log(`instance '${inst.id}' (${inst.game}) registered for license ${licenseId}`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async onGoingOffline(licenseId: string): Promise<void> {
+    if (!(await this.isValidTenant(licenseId))) return;
+    const now = new Date();
+    await this.connectionRepository.update(
+      { license_id: licenseId },
+      { connection_status: 'offline', updated_at: now },
+    );
+    await this.hostRepository.update(
+      { license_id: licenseId },
+      { status: 'offline', updated_at: now },
+    );
+    this.logger.log(`host(s) for license ${licenseId} went offline (graceful beacon)`);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Heartbeats stopping must flip the panel to offline — an agent that
+   * crashes or loses network never sends the goodbye beacon. Sweeps both the
+   * legacy connection and fleet hosts.
+   */
+  @Interval(60_000)
+  async sweepStaleConnections(): Promise<void> {
+    const threshold = new Date(Date.now() - HostAgentConsumerService.OFFLINE_AFTER_MS);
+
+    const conn = await this.connectionRepository
+      .createQueryBuilder()
+      .update(ServerConnection)
+      .set({ connection_status: 'offline', updated_at: () => 'NOW()' })
+      .where('connection_status = :connected', { connected: 'connected' })
+      .andWhere('companion_last_seen IS NOT NULL')
+      .andWhere('companion_last_seen < :threshold', { threshold })
+      .execute();
+
+    const hosts = await this.hostRepository
+      .createQueryBuilder()
+      .update(AgentHost)
+      .set({ status: 'offline', updated_at: () => 'NOW()' })
+      .where('status = :connected', { connected: 'connected' })
+      .andWhere('last_heartbeat_at IS NOT NULL')
+      .andWhere('last_heartbeat_at < :threshold', { threshold })
+      .execute();
+
+    const affected = (conn.affected ?? 0) + (hosts.affected ?? 0);
+    if (affected) {
+      this.logger.warn(`marked ${affected} stale connection/host record(s) offline`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tenant validation: the subject segment must be a real license UUID.
+   * NATS consumers must never write rows for subjects an arbitrary publisher
+   * invented. Existence is cached to avoid a query per heartbeat.
+   */
+  private async isValidTenant(licenseId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (!HostAgentConsumerService.UUID_RE.test(licenseId)) {
+      this.warnUnknownOnce(licenseId, 'not a UUID');
+      return false;
+    }
+    const cachedUntil = this.knownLicenses.get(licenseId);
+    if (cachedUntil && cachedUntil > Date.now()) return true;
+
+    const exists = await this.licenseRepository.exist({ where: { id: licenseId } });
+    if (!exists) {
+      this.warnUnknownOnce(licenseId, 'no such license');
+      return false;
+    }
+    this.knownLicenses.set(licenseId, Date.now() + HostAgentConsumerService.LICENSE_CACHE_TTL_MS);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  private warnUnknownOnce(licenseId: string, reason: string): void {
+    if (this.warnedUnknown.has(licenseId)) return;
+    this.warnedUnknown.add(licenseId);
+    this.logger.warn(`ignoring host-agent traffic for invalid license '${licenseId}' (${reason})`);
+  }
+}

backend-nest/src/services/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export { NatsService } from './nats.service';
 export { NatsBridgeService } from './nats-bridge.service';
+export { HostAgentConsumerService } from './host-agent-consumer.service';
 export { SteamService } from './steam.service';

backend-nest/src/services/nats-bridge.service.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-import { Injectable, OnModuleInit, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Injectable, OnApplicationBootstrap, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { NatsService } from './nats.service';
 
 @Injectable()
-export class NatsBridgeService implements OnModuleInit {
+export class NatsBridgeService implements OnApplicationBootstrap {
   private readonly logger = new Logger(NatsBridgeService.name);
   private listeners: Map<string, Set<(event: string, data: unknown) => void>> = new Map();
 
   constructor(private nats: NatsService) {}
 
-  onModuleInit() {
+  // Subscriptions MUST happen in onApplicationBootstrap, not onModuleInit:
+  // provider onModuleInit order is not guaranteed, and these hooks once ran
+  // before NatsService connected — every subscribe() silently no-oped and the
+  // WS bridge was dead from boot. Bootstrap runs after ALL module inits
+  // (including the awaited NATS connect) complete.
+  onApplicationBootstrap() {
     this.nats.subscribe('corrosion.*.companion.heartbeat', (data, subject) => {
       const licenseId = subject.split('.')[1];
       this.emit(licenseId, 'heartbeat', data);
@@ -44,6 +49,17 @@ export class NatsBridgeService implements OnModuleInit {
       this.emit(licenseId, 'oxide_status', data);
     });
 
+    // Wire protocol v2 (corrosion-host-agent) — host-level telemetry
+    this.nats.subscribe('corrosion.*.host.heartbeat', (data, subject) => {
+      const licenseId = subject.split('.')[1];
+      this.emit(licenseId, 'host_heartbeat', data);
+    });
+
+    this.nats.subscribe('corrosion.*.host.going_offline', (data, subject) => {
+      const licenseId = subject.split('.')[1];
+      this.emit(licenseId, 'host_going_offline', data);
+    });
+
     this.logger.log('NATS bridge subscriptions initialized');
   }
 

backend-nest/src/services/nats.service.ts

@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ export class NatsService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   async onModuleInit() {
     try {
       const url = this.config.get<string>('nats.url') || 'nats://localhost:4222';
-      this.nc = await connect({ servers: url });
-      this.logger.log(`Connected to NATS at ${url}`);
+      const user = this.config.get<string>('nats.internalUser');
+      const pass = this.config.get<string>('nats.internalPassword');
+      // Authenticate with the privileged internal user when configured;
+      // otherwise connect anonymously (broker hasn't enforced auth yet).
+      const opts = user && pass ? { servers: url, user, pass } : { servers: url };
+      this.nc = await connect(opts);
+      this.logger.log(`Connected to NATS at ${url}${user ? ` as ${user}` : ' (anonymous)'}`);
     } catch (err) {
       this.logger.warn(`NATS connection failed — running in offline mode: ${(err as Error).message}`);
     }

backend/migrations/022_fleet_model.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+-- Fleet data model — License → Host → Instance (with optional Cluster)
+--
+-- ADDITIVE: existing server_connections / server_config / server_stats are
+-- left untouched so the current single-server panel keeps working. The
+-- host-agent consumer writes BOTH the legacy connection row and these fleet
+-- tables during the transition; the panel migrates to the fleet tables in a
+-- later phase.
+--
+-- Shape mirrors the host agent's wire protocol v2 heartbeat:
+--   host{} block          → agent_hosts
+--   instances[] entries   → game_instances
+-- Host metrics (CPU/RAM/disk) live on the HOST, not duplicated per instance.
+--
+-- Named `agent_hosts` (not `hosts`) to avoid collision with the existing B2B
+-- `hosts` table (hosting-partner companies) — different concept entirely.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+-- AGENT_HOSTS — one Corrosion host agent / one machine
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS agent_hosts (
+    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4(),
+    license_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES licenses(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    -- Natural key until enrollment issues a stable host identity.
+    hostname VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    agent_version VARCHAR(64),
+    agent_commit VARCHAR(64),
+    os VARCHAR(32),
+    arch VARCHAR(32),
+    status VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'offline'
+        CHECK (status IN ('connected', 'degraded', 'offline')),
+    last_heartbeat_at TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    cpu_percent DOUBLE PRECISION,
+    cpu_cores INTEGER,
+    mem_total_mb BIGINT,
+    mem_used_mb BIGINT,
+    uptime_seconds BIGINT,
+    disks JSONB,  -- [{ "mount": "/", "total_mb": n, "free_mb": n }]
+    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    UNIQUE (license_id, hostname)
+);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_agent_hosts_license ON agent_hosts(license_id);
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+-- INSTANCE CLUSTERS — optional grouping (Soulmask main/child, Dune battlegroup)
+-- Reserved now; cluster logic ships with those game adapters.
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS instance_clusters (
+    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4(),
+    license_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES licenses(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    game VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
+    name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    topology VARCHAR(32),  -- main_client | battlegroup
+    config JSONB,
+    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_clusters_license ON instance_clusters(license_id);
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+-- GAME INSTANCES — one game server process / orchestrated unit.
+-- The billing unit (plans count instances).
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS game_instances (
+    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4(),
+    license_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES licenses(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    host_id UUID REFERENCES agent_hosts(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
+    cluster_id UUID REFERENCES instance_clusters(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
+    -- The agent's instance slug; the NATS subject segment.
+    agent_instance_id VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
+    game VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
+    label VARCHAR(255),
+    -- running | stopped | starting | stopping | crashed
+    -- | configured | missing_root | unmanaged | unknown
+    state VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'unknown',
+    root_path TEXT,
+    uptime_seconds BIGINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    last_seen_at TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    UNIQUE (license_id, agent_instance_id)
+);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_instances_license ON game_instances(license_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_instances_host ON game_instances(host_id);
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+-- INSTANCE STATS — per-instance time series (game metrics).
+-- Populated once game-level telemetry (player count/FPS via RCON/plugin) is
+-- collected; the host heartbeat carries host metrics, not game metrics.
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS instance_stats (
+    id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4(),
+    instance_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES game_instances(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    license_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES licenses(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    player_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    max_players INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    fps DOUBLE PRECISION NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    memory_usage_mb INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    recorded_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_instance_stats_instance
+    ON instance_stats(instance_id, recorded_at DESC);

contract-tests/agent-backend.contract.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+// Full-pipeline contract test: Rust host agent → NATS → NestJS consumer → Postgres.
+//
+// Proves the wire protocol v2 chain end to end against a REAL backend and DB:
+//   1. agent heartbeat arrives with schema 2 + measured telemetry
+//   2. backend auto-registers the server_connections row and marks it connected
+//   3. instance command channel round-trips (start/status/stop) with push events
+//   4. graceful agent shutdown publishes the offline beacon and the row flips offline
+//
+// Required env:
+//   LICENSE_ID    — existing license uuid (CI: from the admin seed)
+//   DATABASE_URL  — postgres connection string for assertions
+//   NATS_URL      — broker both agent and backend use (default nats://localhost:4222)
+//   AGENT_BIN     — path to the corrosion-host-agent binary
+//
+// Uses the backend's own node_modules (nats, pg) so the client libs under test
+// are exactly what production runs.
+
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { writeFileSync, mkdtempSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const repoRoot = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..');
+const require = createRequire(join(repoRoot, 'backend-nest', 'node_modules', 'x.js'));
+const { connect, StringCodec } = require('nats');
+const { Client: PgClient } = require('pg');
+
+const LICENSE = process.env.LICENSE_ID;
+const NATS_URL = process.env.NATS_URL ?? 'nats://localhost:4222';
+const DATABASE_URL = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+const AGENT_BIN = process.env.AGENT_BIN ?? join(repoRoot, 'corrosion-host-agent', 'target', 'debug', 'corrosion-host-agent');
+
+if (!LICENSE || !DATABASE_URL) {
+  console.error('LICENSE_ID and DATABASE_URL are required');
+  process.exit(2);
+}
+
+const sc = StringCodec();
+const errs = [];
+const check = (cond, msg) => { if (!cond) errs.push(msg); };
+const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+
+async function pollDb(pg, predicate, label, timeoutMs = 30_000) {
+  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
+  for (;;) {
+    const { rows } = await pg.query(
+      'SELECT connection_type, connection_status, companion_last_seen FROM server_connections WHERE license_id = $1',
+      [LICENSE],
+    );
+    if (predicate(rows)) return rows;
+    if (Date.now() > deadline) {
+      errs.push(`${label}: timeout after ${timeoutMs}ms — rows: ${JSON.stringify(rows)}`);
+      return rows;
+    }
+    await sleep(1000);
+  }
+}
+
+const main = async () => {
+  const pg = new PgClient({ connectionString: DATABASE_URL });
+  await pg.connect();
+  const nc = await connect({ servers: NATS_URL });
+
+  const heartbeats = [];
+  const statusEvents = [];
+  (async () => { for await (const m of nc.subscribe(`corrosion.${LICENSE}.host.heartbeat`)) heartbeats.push(JSON.parse(sc.decode(m.data))); })();
+  (async () => { for await (const m of nc.subscribe(`corrosion.${LICENSE}.ci-instance.status`)) statusEvents.push(JSON.parse(sc.decode(m.data))); })();
+
+  // --- spawn the real agent ---
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'cha-contract-'));
+  const cfgPath = join(dir, 'agent.toml');
+  writeFileSync(cfgPath, `
+[agent]
+license_id = "${LICENSE}"
+nats_url = "${NATS_URL}"
+heartbeat_seconds = 10
+log_level = "info"
+
+[[instance]]
+id = "ci-instance"
+game = "rust"
+root = "/tmp"
+label = "Contract CI"
+executable = "/bin/sleep"
+args = ["300"]
+`);
+  const agent = spawn(AGENT_BIN, ['--config', cfgPath], { stdio: ['ignore', 'inherit', 'inherit'] });
+  const agentExited = new Promise((r) => agent.on('exit', r));
+
+  // --- 1. heartbeat shape + real telemetry ---
+  const hbDeadline = Date.now() + 20_000;
+  while (heartbeats.length === 0 && Date.now() < hbDeadline) await sleep(500);
+  check(heartbeats.length > 0, 'no heartbeat within 20s');
+  if (heartbeats.length) {
+    const hb = heartbeats[0];
+    check(hb.schema === 2, `schema != 2: ${hb.schema}`);
+    check(typeof hb.host?.cpu_percent === 'number', 'missing host.cpu_percent');
+    check(hb.host?.mem_total_mb > 0, 'mem_total_mb not measured');
+    check(Array.isArray(hb.host?.disks) && hb.host.disks.length > 0, 'no disks reported');
+    check(hb.instances?.[0]?.id === 'ci-instance', 'instance missing from heartbeat');
+    check(!!hb.agent?.version && !!hb.agent?.commit, 'agent version/commit missing');
+  }
+
+  // --- 2. backend auto-registers + connects ---
+  const rows = await pollDb(pg, (r) => r.length === 1 && r[0].connection_status === 'connected', 'auto-register connected');
+  if (rows.length === 1) {
+    check(rows[0].connection_type === 'bare_metal', `connection_type: ${rows[0].connection_type}`);
+    check(rows[0].companion_last_seen !== null, 'companion_last_seen not set');
+  }
+
+  // --- 3. instance command channel ---
+  const cmd = async (payload) =>
+    JSON.parse(sc.decode((await nc.request(`corrosion.${LICENSE}.ci-instance.cmd`, sc.encode(JSON.stringify(payload)), { timeout: 8000 })).data));
+
+  const st0 = await cmd({ func: 'status' });
+  check(st0.state?.state === 'stopped', `initial state: ${JSON.stringify(st0.state)}`);
+  const start = await cmd({ func: 'start' });
+  check(start.status === 'success', `start: ${JSON.stringify(start)}`);
+  await sleep(1000);
+  const st1 = await cmd({ func: 'status' });
+  check(st1.state?.state === 'running', `post-start state: ${JSON.stringify(st1.state)}`);
+  check((await cmd({ func: 'start' })).status === 'error', 'double start must error');
+  check((await cmd({ func: 'bogus' })).status === 'error', 'unknown func must error');
+  const stop = await cmd({ func: 'stop' });
+  check(stop.status === 'success', `stop: ${JSON.stringify(stop)}`);
+  await sleep(1000);
+  const seq = statusEvents.map((e) => e.event?.state);
+  check(seq.includes('running') && seq.includes('stopped'), `status events incomplete: ${seq.join(',')}`);
+
+  // --- 4. graceful shutdown → offline beacon → DB flips offline ---
+  agent.kill('SIGTERM');
+  await Promise.race([agentExited, sleep(8000)]);
+  await pollDb(pg, (r) => r.length === 1 && r[0].connection_status === 'offline', 'beacon offline', 20_000);
+
+  await nc.close();
+  await pg.end();
+
+  if (errs.length) {
+    console.error('\nCONTRACT FAIL:');
+    errs.forEach((e) => console.error(' -', e));
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  console.log('\nCONTRACT PASS: heartbeat shape, auto-register, connected/offline lifecycle, instance command channel, push events');
+  process.exit(0);
+};
+
+main().catch((e) => {
+  console.error('contract test crashed:', e);
+  process.exit(1);
+});

corrosion-host-agent/.cargo/config.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Corrosion Host Agent — cross-compilation configuration
+#
+# Deploy targets:
+#   Linux:   x86_64-unknown-linux-musl  (fully static — runs on any distro)
+#   Windows: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc     (build via `cargo xwin build` on non-Windows)
+#
+# Prerequisites on macOS:
+#   brew install filosottile/musl-cross/musl-cross   (x86_64-linux-musl-gcc)
+#   cargo install cargo-xwin                          (bundles MSVC CRT + lld-link)
+
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-musl]
+linker = "x86_64-linux-musl-gcc"
+
+[env]
+CC_x86_64_unknown_linux_musl = "x86_64-linux-musl-gcc"
+
+[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
+linker = "lld-link"
+# Statically link the MSVC CRT so the agent runs on fresh Windows installs
+# without the Visual C++ Redistributable (otherwise: STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND on
+# any machine missing VCRUNTIME140.dll — most fresh OEM images).
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]

corrosion-host-agent/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target

corrosion-host-agent/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[package]
+name = "corrosion-host-agent"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.5"
+edition = "2021"
+description = "Corrosion Host Agent — multi-game ops runtime for self-hosted game servers"
+license = "UNLICENSED"
+publish = false
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "corrosion-host-agent"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["rt"] }
+futures = "0.3"
+async-nats = "0.37"
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+toml = "0.8"
+sysinfo = "0.33"
+chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde", "clock"] }
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter", "fmt"] }
+anyhow = "1"
+clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
+rand = "0.8"
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.24"
+
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+libc = "0.2"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3"
+
+# Size-optimized release: single static binary living next to RAM-heavy game
+# servers. Panic stays 'unwind' so a panicking task surfaces through its
+# JoinHandle instead of killing the whole agent.
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = "s"
+lto = true
+codegen-units = 1
+strip = true

corrosion-host-agent/PROTOCOL.md

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+# Corrosion Wire Protocol v2
+
+Status: **Phase 0 + Phase 1 process control implemented** (host heartbeat,
+host commands, going-offline beacon, per-instance start/stop/restart/status
+with push state events). RCON, SteamCMD, file ops, and game adapters are
+specified but not yet implemented.
+
+## Design
+
+One **host agent** per machine supervises **N game instances**. Subjects are
+scoped license-first, then by addressee:
+
+```
+corrosion.{license_id}.host.*           host-level (the agent itself)
+corrosion.{license_id}.{instance_id}.*  instance-level (one game server)
+```
+
+`instance_id` is a config-defined slug (`[a-z0-9_-]{1,64}`), validated at
+agent start. `host` is a reserved segment and can never be an instance id.
+Payloads are JSON. Every heartbeat carries `"schema": 2` so consumers can
+distinguish v2 from the legacy Go companion protocol (which used
+`corrosion.{license_id}.companion.heartbeat`, no schema field).
+
+## Host-level subjects (Phase 0 — live)
+
+### `corrosion.{license_id}.host.heartbeat` (agent → backend, publish)
+
+Published every `heartbeat_seconds` (default 60, jittered ±20%).
+
+```json
+{
+  "schema": 2,
+  "timestamp": "2026-06-11T18:00:00Z",
+  "agent": {
+    "version": "2.0.0-alpha.1",
+    "commit": "a8722a7",
+    "os": "linux",
+    "arch": "x86_64",
+    "uptime_seconds": 86400
+  },
+  "host": {
+    "hostname": "asgard-01",
+    "cpu_percent": 12.5,
+    "cpu_cores": 80,
+    "mem_total_mb": 262144,
+    "mem_used_mb": 81920,
+    "uptime_seconds": 1209600,
+    "disks": [
+      { "mount": "/", "total_mb": 1907729, "free_mb": 1532211 }
+    ]
+  },
+  "instances": [
+    {
+      "id": "rust-main",
+      "game": "rust",
+      "label": "Main 2x Vanilla",
+      "state": "configured",
+      "root_disk_free_mb": 1532211
+    }
+  ],
+  "probe": {
+    "timestamp": "2026-06-11T17:58:00Z",
+    "results": [
+      { "name": "corrosion-cdn", "host": "cdn.corrosionmgmt.com", "port": 443, "ok": true, "latency_ms": 18 }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+All telemetry is measured, never fabricated. Fields the agent cannot measure
+are omitted (`probe` before the first probe completes, `hostname` if
+unavailable).
+
+Instance `state` values — process-managed (an `executable` is configured):
+`running`, `stopped`, `starting`, `stopping`, `crashed`; unmanaged
+(telemetry-only): `configured` (root exists), `missing_root`. Each instance
+also reports `uptime_seconds` (0 unless running).
+
+### `corrosion.{license_id}.host.cmd` (backend → agent, request-reply)
+
+Request: `{ "func": "<name>" }`. Reply: `{ "status": "success" | "error", ... }`.
+
+| func      | Reply payload                                            |
+| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `ping`    | `version`, `commit`, `uptime_seconds`                     |
+| `probe`   | `report` — fresh ProbeReport (also cached for heartbeat)  |
+| `sysinfo` | `snapshot` — full heartbeat payload, collected on demand  |
+
+Unknown funcs return `status: "error"` with a message listing supported funcs.
+
+### `corrosion.{license_id}.host.going_offline` (agent → backend, publish)
+
+Best-effort beacon (500ms budget) on graceful shutdown so the panel can flip
+the host to offline immediately instead of waiting out heartbeat staleness.
+Payload: `{}`.
+
+## Instance-level subjects
+
+### `corrosion.{license_id}.{instance_id}.cmd` (backend → agent, request-reply) — LIVE
+
+Lifecycle and control for one game instance.
+
+Implemented funcs: `start`, `stop` (graceful with 30s budget, then force
+kill), `restart`, `status` (returns `state` + `uptime_seconds`), and
+`rcon` — `{ "func": "rcon", "command": "<console command>" }` returns
+`{ "status": "success", "output": <server response> }`. Protocol per game:
+WebRCON (WebSocket JSON) for rust, Source RCON (Valve TCP) for
+conan/soulmask; explicit `kind` override available in the instance's
+`[instance.rcon]` config. Always targets 127.0.0.1 (agent is co-located).
+Errors reply `{ "status": "error", "message": ... }` — including start on an
+unmanaged instance, double start, missing rcon config, and unknown funcs.
+
+Also implemented: `steam_update` — `{ "func": "steam_update" }` runs
+SteamCMD for the instance's game (app ids: rust 258550, conan 443030,
+soulmask 3017310/3017300; dune rejects — Docker images, no SteamCMD),
+streaming progress lines to `corrosion.{license}.{instance}.steam_status`
+and replying on completion.
+
+Planned funcs: `oxide_install` (rust), plus game-adapter-specific
+commands (Dune: docker lifecycle, RabbitMQ bus commands, Coriolis reset).
+
+### `corrosion.{license_id}.{instance_id}.steam_status` (agent → backend, publish) — LIVE
+
+Per-line SteamCMD stdout during a `steam_update`, so the panel can show
+live update progress. Payload: `{ "timestamp", "instance_id", "line" }`.
+
+### `corrosion.{license_id}.{instance_id}.files.cmd` (backend → agent, request-reply) — LIVE
+
+Jailed file manager, confined to the instance `root` (two-stage check:
+lexical normalize + canonicalize, defeating `../` traversal and symlink
+escape). Request `{ "op": "list|read|write|delete|rename|mkdir|mkfile|move|copy",
+"path": "rel/path", "dest"?, "content"?, "name"? }`; reply
+`{ "status": "success", "data": ... }` or `{ "status": "error", "message": ... }`.
+`read` caps at 5 MiB. Replaces the Go agent's UNJAILED legacy files API,
+which is retired and will not be ported.
+
+### `corrosion.{license_id}.{instance_id}.status` (agent → backend, publish) — LIVE
+
+State-change events so the panel does not wait for the next heartbeat.
+Payload: `{ "timestamp", "instance_id", "event": { "state": ..., "exit_code"? } }`.
+
+Semantics: **keep-latest state sync**, not a lossless transition ledger —
+near-instant transient states (e.g. `starting` when spawn succeeds
+immediately) may coalesce into the following state. Consumers should treat
+each event as "current state is now X".
+
+Known Phase 1 limitation: the supervisor does not yet persist/adopt PIDs — if
+the agent itself restarts while a game server is running, the game process
+survives but reports `stopped` until restarted through the panel. PID
+adoption is queued with the service-install work.
+
+### `corrosion.{license_id}.{instance_id}.console` (agent → backend, publish)
+
+Live console/log lines for the panel console view.
+
+### `corrosion.{license_id}.{instance_id}.files.cmd` (backend → agent, request-reply)
+
+VueFinder-style file manager ops, jailed to the instance root. Carries over
+the Go agent's jailed filemanager semantics (`fm_list`, `fm_save`, ...); the
+legacy UNJAILED `files.get/put/delete/list` API is retired and will not be
+ported.
+
+## Backend mapping notes (Phase 0)
+
+- The NestJS NATS bridge subscribes `corrosion.*.host.heartbeat` and
+  `corrosion.*.host.going_offline`.
+- Until the license→host→instance schema lands, the backend may map the host
+  heartbeat onto the existing single `server_connections` row per license:
+  `companion_last_seen` ← heartbeat arrival, `connection_status` ←
+  connected/offline, resources ← `host.cpu_percent` / `mem_*` / first disk.
+  Instance-level mapping activates with the fleet schema.
+
+## Probing — scope honesty
+
+The Phase 0 prober measures **outbound** reachability from the host (TCP
+connect + latency). It cannot verify **inbound** port-forwarding (the thing
+players hit). Inbound verification requires a backend-side reverse probe
+service that attempts connections to the customer's public IP/ports on
+request; that is specified as a Phase 1+ feature and will reuse this report
+format with `direction: "inbound"`.
+
+## Versioning
+
+- The agent embeds semver + git hash + build timestamp (`--version`,
+  heartbeat `agent` block).
+- Schema changes bump `schema` and are additive where possible.

corrosion-host-agent/README.md

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+# Corrosion Host Agent
+
+Rust rewrite of the Go companion agent (`companion-agent/`, retained as the
+behavior reference until parity). One agent per machine supervises every game
+instance on that host — Rust, Conan Exiles, Soulmask, Dune: Awakening.
+
+- **Wire protocol**: see [PROTOCOL.md](./PROTOCOL.md) (v2, instance-scoped subjects)
+- **Config**: see [agent.example.toml](./agent.example.toml)
+
+## Status — Phase 0
+
+- [x] Multi-instance TOML config + env overrides (`CORROSION_LICENSE_ID`, `CORROSION_NATS_URL`, `CORROSION_NATS_TOKEN`)
+- [x] NATS connection (infinite reconnect, capped backoff, 30s ping, offline send-buffering, `tls://` support)
+- [x] Host heartbeat with real telemetry (sysinfo: CPU, memory, disks) — no fabricated values
+- [x] Connectivity prober (outbound TCP, periodic + on-demand)
+- [x] Host command channel (`ping`, `probe`, `sysinfo`)
+- [x] Graceful shutdown (cancellation token, going-offline beacon, NATS flush)
+- [x] Phase 1a: process supervision — per-instance start/stop/restart/status over
+      `{instance}.cmd` request-reply, push state events on `{instance}.status`,
+      crash detection with exit codes, live state in heartbeats
+      (integration-tested with real processes + live-NATS contract test)
+- [ ] Phase 1b: RCON trait (WebRCON rust / TCP conan+soulmask), SteamCMD, jailed file manager
+- [ ] Phase 2: Dune Docker adapter (compose lifecycle, RabbitMQ bus, Postgres admin)
+- [ ] Phase 3: signed self-update (enforced ed25519 — release gate), service install, supervisor split
+
+## Build
+
+```bash
+cargo build --release                                    # native
+cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu  # linux deploy target
+cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc    # windows (cargo-xwin on non-Windows)
+```
+
+## Run
+
+```bash
+corrosion-host-agent --config ./agent.toml         # foreground
+corrosion-host-agent --config ./agent.toml check   # validate config only
+corrosion-host-agent version                       # semver + git hash + build ts
+```

corrosion-host-agent/agent.example.toml

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+# Corrosion Host Agent configuration
+# Default location: /etc/corrosion/agent.toml (Linux)
+#                   C:\ProgramData\Corrosion\agent.toml (Windows)
+# Override with: corrosion-host-agent --config /path/to/agent.toml
+#
+# Secrets can come from the environment instead of this file:
+#   CORROSION_LICENSE_ID, CORROSION_NATS_URL, CORROSION_NATS_TOKEN
+
+[agent]
+license_id = "your-license-uuid"
+nats_url = "nats://nats.corrosionmgmt.com:4222"
+# Per-license auth (preferred): user = license id, password = the token shown
+# on the panel Server page. The broker scopes you to corrosion.{license}.>
+# nats_user = "your-license-uuid"        # defaults to license_id if omitted
+# nats_password = "set-me-or-use-CORROSION_NATS_PASSWORD"
+# nats_token = "legacy token-only auth; use nats_password instead"
+heartbeat_seconds = 60
+log_level = "info"
+
+# One agent supervises every game instance on this host.
+# Each instance gets a stable id (lowercase letters, digits, '-', '_') that
+# the panel uses to address it. Changing an id orphans its panel history.
+
+[[instance]]
+id = "rust-main"
+game = "rust"          # rust | conan | soulmask | dune
+root = "/opt/rustserver"
+label = "Main 2x Vanilla"
+
+# RCON lets the panel send console commands to the running server.
+# For rust the protocol is WebRCON (WebSocket JSON); for conan/soulmask it is
+# Source RCON (Valve TCP binary). `kind` is optional — it is inferred from
+# the game name when absent.
+#
+# The [instance.rcon] sub-table MUST immediately follow the [[instance]] entry
+# it belongs to (standard TOML array-of-tables scoping rule).
+[instance.rcon]
+port = 28016
+password = "changeme"
+# kind = "webrcon"   # explicit override; omit to infer from game
+
+# [[instance]]
+# id = "soulmask-main"
+# game = "soulmask"
+# root = "/opt/soulmask/main"
+# label = "Cloud Mist Forest (cluster main)"
+#
+# [instance.rcon]
+# port = 19000
+# password = "changeme"
+# # kind = "source"  # inferred automatically for soulmask
+
+# SteamCMD update settings — optional sub-table for any instance.
+# Absent = defaults: steamcmd binary resolved via PATH, validate = false.
+#
+# [instance.steamcmd]
+# steamcmd_path = "/opt/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh"  # omit to use PATH
+# validate = true                               # enable file-hash check pass
+#
+# Dune instances do not use SteamCMD (Docker images); the steam_update func
+# will return a clear error if invoked on a dune instance.
+
+[prober]
+interval_seconds = 300
+
+# Extra outbound TCP checks beyond the built-in defaults:
+# [[prober.target]]
+# name = "steam-cdn"
+# host = "steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net"
+# port = 443

corrosion-host-agent/build.rs

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+use std::process::Command;
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
+fn main() {
+    let git_hash = Command::new("git")
+        .args(["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"])
+        .output()
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|o| o.status.success())
+        .map(|o| String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout).trim().to_string())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown".to_string());
+
+    let build_ts = SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .map(|d| d.as_secs())
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=CORROSION_GIT_HASH={git_hash}");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=CORROSION_BUILD_TS={build_ts}");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=../.git/HEAD");
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/agent.rs

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+//! Shared agent handle: every subsystem task holds an `Arc<Agent>`.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Instant;
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
+
+use crate::config::Settings;
+use crate::process::ProcessSupervisor;
+use crate::prober::ProbeReport;
+
+pub struct Agent {
+    pub cfg: Settings,
+    pub nats: async_nats::Client,
+    pub started: Instant,
+    pub last_probe: RwLock<Option<ProbeReport>>,
+    /// One supervisor per instance (unmanaged instances included — they
+    /// report `unmanaged` state and reject process commands).
+    pub supervisors: HashMap<String, Arc<ProcessSupervisor>>,
+    pub shutdown: CancellationToken,
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/bus.rs

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+//! NATS connection layer.
+//!
+//! Connection parameters follow the production-proven Vigilance profile:
+//! infinite reconnects with capped exponential backoff, 30s pings to detect
+//! zombie TCP in ~60s, and a deep client-side send queue so telemetry buffers
+//! through broker outages instead of erroring.
+
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use crate::config::Settings;
+
+pub async fn connect(cfg: &Settings) -> Result<async_nats::Client> {
+    let (url, force_tls) = normalize_url(&cfg.nats_url);
+
+    let mut opts = async_nats::ConnectOptions::new()
+        .name("corrosion-host-agent")
+        .retry_on_initial_connect()
+        .max_reconnects(None)
+        .ping_interval(Duration::from_secs(30))
+        .client_capacity(8192)
+        .reconnect_delay_callback(|attempts| {
+            Duration::from_millis(std::cmp::min(attempts as u64 * 100, 8_000))
+        })
+        .event_callback(|event| async move {
+            match event {
+                async_nats::Event::Disconnected => tracing::warn!("nats disconnected"),
+                async_nats::Event::Connected => tracing::info!("nats connected"),
+                other => tracing::debug!("nats event: {other}"),
+            }
+        });
+
+    if force_tls {
+        opts = opts.require_tls(true);
+    }
+
+    // Per-license auth: the broker maps user=license_id, password=derived
+    // token to permissions scoped to corrosion.{license_id}.>. Falls back to
+    // token-only or anonymous so the agent still works against a broker that
+    // hasn't enforced auth yet (transition period).
+    if let Some(password) = &cfg.nats_password {
+        let user = cfg.nats_user.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| cfg.license_id.clone());
+        opts = opts.user_and_password(user, password.clone());
+    } else if let Some(token) = &cfg.nats_token {
+        opts = opts.token(token.clone());
+    }
+
+    let client = opts
+        .connect(&url)
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| format!("connecting to NATS at {url}"))?;
+
+    Ok(client)
+}
+
+/// Accept `tls://` / `nats+tls://` URL schemes by translating to `nats://` +
+/// an explicit TLS requirement.
+fn normalize_url(raw: &str) -> (String, bool) {
+    if let Some(rest) = raw.strip_prefix("tls://") {
+        (format!("nats://{rest}"), true)
+    } else if let Some(rest) = raw.strip_prefix("nats+tls://") {
+        (format!("nats://{rest}"), true)
+    } else {
+        (raw.to_string(), false)
+    }
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/config.rs

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+//! Agent configuration: TOML file + environment overrides.
+//!
+//! Multi-instance is foundational, not bolted on: one agent supervises N game
+//! instances on the host, each declared as an `[[instance]]` block. Connection
+//! secrets may come from env so the config file can be world-readable-ish
+//! while the token is not.
+
+use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use crate::rcon::RconConfig;
+use crate::steamcmd::SteamcmdConfig;
+
+/// Instance ids share the NATS subject namespace with host-level segments.
+const RESERVED_INSTANCE_IDS: &[&str] = &["host", "cmd", "files", "update", "agent"];
+
+pub const SUPPORTED_GAMES: &[&str] = &["rust", "conan", "soulmask", "dune"];
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ConfigFile {
+    pub agent: AgentSection,
+    #[serde(default, rename = "instance")]
+    pub instances: Vec<InstanceConfig>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub prober: ProberSection,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct AgentSection {
+    pub license_id: Option<String>,
+    pub nats_url: Option<String>,
+    pub nats_token: Option<String>,
+    /// NATS username for per-license auth. Defaults to license_id when a
+    /// password is set but no user is given.
+    pub nats_user: Option<String>,
+    /// NATS password (the per-license token). When set, the agent authenticates
+    /// with user+password instead of a bare token.
+    pub nats_password: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default = "default_heartbeat_seconds")]
+    pub heartbeat_seconds: u64,
+    #[serde(default = "default_log_level")]
+    pub log_level: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct InstanceConfig {
+    /// Short slug, unique per license: becomes a NATS subject segment.
+    pub id: String,
+    /// One of SUPPORTED_GAMES.
+    pub game: String,
+    /// Install root for this instance on the host.
+    pub root: PathBuf,
+    /// Optional human label shown in the panel.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub label: Option<String>,
+    /// Game server executable. Relative paths resolve against `root`.
+    /// Absent = unmanaged instance (telemetry only, no process control).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub executable: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// Arguments as a proper list — no shell splitting, quoted values survive.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub args: Vec<String>,
+    /// Working directory for the process. Defaults to the executable's directory.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub working_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// RCON connection settings for this instance.  Absent = rcon unavailable.
+    /// Protocol defaults to WebRcon for rust, Source for conan/soulmask.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub rcon: Option<RconConfig>,
+    /// SteamCMD update settings.  Absent = defaults apply (steamcmd on PATH,
+    /// validate = false).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub steamcmd: Option<SteamcmdConfig>,
+}
+
+impl InstanceConfig {
+    /// Absolute executable path, if this instance is process-managed.
+    pub fn resolved_executable(&self) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+        self.executable.as_ref().map(|exe| {
+            if exe.is_absolute() {
+                exe.clone()
+            } else {
+                self.root.join(exe)
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ProberSection {
+    #[serde(default = "default_probe_interval")]
+    pub interval_seconds: u64,
+    /// Extra TCP targets beyond the built-in defaults.
+    #[serde(default, rename = "target")]
+    pub targets: Vec<ProbeTargetConfig>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ProbeTargetConfig {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub host: String,
+    pub port: u16,
+}
+
+fn default_heartbeat_seconds() -> u64 {
+    60
+}
+
+fn default_probe_interval() -> u64 {
+    300
+}
+
+fn default_log_level() -> String {
+    "info".to_string()
+}
+
+/// Fully-resolved settings after merging file + env. Everything required is
+/// present and validated.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Settings {
+    pub license_id: String,
+    pub nats_url: String,
+    pub nats_token: Option<String>,
+    pub nats_user: Option<String>,
+    pub nats_password: Option<String>,
+    pub heartbeat_seconds: u64,
+    pub log_level: String,
+    pub instances: Vec<InstanceConfig>,
+    pub probe_interval_seconds: u64,
+    pub probe_targets: Vec<ProbeTargetConfig>,
+}
+
+pub fn default_config_path() -> PathBuf {
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        PathBuf::from(r"C:\ProgramData\Corrosion\agent.toml")
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        PathBuf::from("/etc/corrosion/agent.toml")
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn load(path: &Path) -> Result<Settings> {
+    let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(path)
+        .with_context(|| format!("reading config file {}", path.display()))?;
+    let file: ConfigFile = toml::from_str(&raw)
+        .with_context(|| format!("parsing config file {}", path.display()))?;
+    resolve(file)
+}
+
+/// Merge env overrides (env wins) and validate.
+fn resolve(file: ConfigFile) -> Result<Settings> {
+    let license_id = std::env::var("CORROSION_LICENSE_ID")
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|v| !v.is_empty())
+        .or(file.agent.license_id)
+        .context("license_id missing: set [agent].license_id or CORROSION_LICENSE_ID")?;
+
+    let nats_url = std::env::var("CORROSION_NATS_URL")
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|v| !v.is_empty())
+        .or(file.agent.nats_url)
+        .context("nats_url missing: set [agent].nats_url or CORROSION_NATS_URL")?;
+
+    let nats_token = std::env::var("CORROSION_NATS_TOKEN")
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|v| !v.is_empty())
+        .or(file.agent.nats_token);
+
+    let nats_user = std::env::var("CORROSION_NATS_USER")
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|v| !v.is_empty())
+        .or(file.agent.nats_user);
+
+    let nats_password = std::env::var("CORROSION_NATS_PASSWORD")
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|v| !v.is_empty())
+        .or(file.agent.nats_password);
+
+    validate_subject_segment("license_id", &license_id)?;
+
+    let mut seen: HashSet<&str> = HashSet::new();
+    for inst in &file.instances {
+        validate_subject_segment("instance id", &inst.id)?;
+        if RESERVED_INSTANCE_IDS.contains(&inst.id.as_str()) {
+            bail!("instance id '{}' is reserved", inst.id);
+        }
+        if !seen.insert(inst.id.as_str()) {
+            bail!("duplicate instance id '{}'", inst.id);
+        }
+        if !SUPPORTED_GAMES.contains(&inst.game.as_str()) {
+            bail!(
+                "instance '{}': unsupported game '{}' (supported: {})",
+                inst.id,
+                inst.game,
+                SUPPORTED_GAMES.join(", ")
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    if file.agent.heartbeat_seconds < 10 {
+        bail!("[agent].heartbeat_seconds must be >= 10");
+    }
+
+    Ok(Settings {
+        license_id,
+        nats_url,
+        nats_token,
+        nats_user,
+        nats_password,
+        heartbeat_seconds: file.agent.heartbeat_seconds,
+        log_level: file.agent.log_level,
+        instances: file.instances,
+        probe_interval_seconds: file.prober.interval_seconds.max(30),
+        probe_targets: file.prober.targets,
+    })
+}
+
+/// NATS subject segments must not contain '.', '*', '>', whitespace, etc.
+/// Keep it strict: lowercase alphanumerics plus '-' and '_', max 64 chars.
+fn validate_subject_segment(what: &str, value: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    if value.is_empty() || value.len() > 64 {
+        bail!("{what} '{value}' must be 1-64 characters");
+    }
+    if !value
+        .chars()
+        .all(|c| c.is_ascii_lowercase() || c.is_ascii_digit() || c == '-' || c == '_')
+    {
+        bail!("{what} '{value}' may only contain lowercase letters, digits, '-' and '_'");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/filemanager.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,544 @@
+//! Jailed file manager for game-server install directories.
+//!
+//! Every path operation is confined to the instance `root` — the directory
+//! declared as `root` in `[[instance]]` config.  A two-stage check (lexical
+//! Clean + `std::fs::canonicalize`) prevents both `../..` traversals and
+//! symlink-based escapes: even if an attacker plants a symlink inside the root
+//! that points outside it, `canonicalize` resolves the target and the prefix
+//! check catches the escape.
+//!
+//! The NATS request/reply contract mirrors the Go companion agent's jailed file
+//! manager (see `companion-agent/internal/filemanager/`) but uses a simpler
+//! flat JSON envelope rather than the VueFinder storage-path protocol — the
+//! Rust agent is the replacement, and the panel's backend talks to whichever
+//! agent is present.
+//!
+//! Subject: `corrosion.{license}.{instance}.files.cmd`
+//! Request:  `{"op":"list"|"read"|"write"|"delete"|"rename"|"mkdir"|"mkfile"|"move"|"copy",
+//!             "path":"rel/path", "dest"?:"...", "content"?:"...", "name"?:"..."}`
+//! Response: `{"status":"success","data":...}` or `{"status":"error","message":"..."}`
+
+use anyhow::{bail, Context};
+use chrono::{DateTime, SecondsFormat, Utc};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+/// Maximum size for a `read` operation (5 MiB).  Larger files must be
+/// transferred through a dedicated download endpoint, not the file manager.
+const MAX_READ_SIZE: u64 = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Wire types
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct FileRequest {
+    pub op: String,
+    /// Relative path within the instance root (the "subject" of the operation).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub path: String,
+    /// Destination for `rename`, `move`, `copy` — relative to instance root.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub dest: Option<String>,
+    /// Text content for `write`.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub content: Option<String>,
+    /// Bare filename for `mkdir` and `mkfile`.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub name: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// A single directory entry returned by `list`.
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct FileEntry {
+    pub name: String,
+    /// Path relative to the instance root, using forward slashes.
+    pub path: String,
+    pub is_dir: bool,
+    /// File size in bytes.  Zero for directories.
+    pub size: u64,
+    /// RFC 3339 modification timestamp.
+    pub modified: String,
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Jail helper — the security core of this module
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Resolve `rel` against `root`, then canonicalize to reject any form of
+/// escape including `../..` traversals and symlinks that point outside root.
+///
+/// For paths that do not yet exist (e.g. write targets), we canonicalize the
+/// nearest existing ancestor and then re-join the remaining components, which
+/// are lexically-clean because they went through `std::path::Path` building.
+///
+/// Returns the absolute, canonicalized path if it is within `root`.
+pub fn jail(root: &Path, rel: &str) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
+    // Canonicalize root once to get a stable prefix for comparison.
+    // We do this on every call rather than caching so the function stays
+    // pure and testable without Agent state.
+    let canon_root = fs::canonicalize(root)
+        .with_context(|| format!("canonicalize instance root '{}'", root.display()))?;
+
+    // Build the candidate absolute path.  We use Path joining so that an
+    // absolute `rel` (e.g. "/etc/passwd") replaces the root entirely — we
+    // detect and reject that case immediately.
+    let candidate = if rel.is_empty() || rel == "." {
+        root.to_path_buf()
+    } else {
+        let rel_path = Path::new(rel);
+        if rel_path.is_absolute() {
+            bail!(
+                "absolute path '{}' is not allowed; supply a path relative to the instance root",
+                rel
+            );
+        }
+        root.join(rel_path)
+    };
+
+    // Normalize lexically first (removes `..` / `.` without filesystem access).
+    // This is a defence-in-depth step; the authoritative check is below.
+    let lexical = normalize_lexical(&candidate);
+
+    // Canonicalize: resolve symlinks and `..` via the kernel.
+    // For a not-yet-existing path we walk up to the nearest existing ancestor.
+    let canon = canonicalize_lenient(&lexical)?;
+
+    // Authoritative prefix check: the resolved path must be equal to or a
+    // child of the canonicalized root.
+    if canon != canon_root && !canon.starts_with(&canon_root) {
+        bail!(
+            "path '{}' resolves to '{}' which is outside the instance root '{}'",
+            rel,
+            canon.display(),
+            canon_root.display()
+        );
+    }
+
+    Ok(canon)
+}
+
+/// Canonicalize a path that may not fully exist yet by walking up to the
+/// nearest existing ancestor, canonicalizing it, then re-joining the remaining
+/// (lexically-clean) suffix.
+fn canonicalize_lenient(path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
+    // Fast path: path already exists.
+    if let Ok(c) = fs::canonicalize(path) {
+        return Ok(c);
+    }
+
+    // Walk up until we find an ancestor that exists.
+    let mut existing = path.to_path_buf();
+    let mut suffix: Vec<std::ffi::OsString> = Vec::new();
+
+    loop {
+        match fs::canonicalize(&existing) {
+            Ok(canon) => {
+                // Re-attach the non-existing suffix.
+                let mut result = canon;
+                for component in suffix.iter().rev() {
+                    result = result.join(component);
+                }
+                return Ok(result);
+            }
+            Err(_) => {
+                let file_name = match existing.file_name() {
+                    Some(n) => n.to_os_string(),
+                    None => bail!("cannot resolve path '{}'", path.display()),
+                };
+                suffix.push(file_name);
+                existing = match existing.parent() {
+                    Some(p) => p.to_path_buf(),
+                    None => bail!("cannot resolve path '{}'", path.display()),
+                };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Lexically normalize a path (remove `.` and `..` components) without
+/// touching the filesystem.  This mirrors `filepath.Clean` in Go.
+fn normalize_lexical(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    let mut components: Vec<std::path::Component> = Vec::new();
+    for component in path.components() {
+        match component {
+            std::path::Component::CurDir => {}
+            std::path::Component::ParentDir => {
+                // Only pop a normal component — we cannot pop a root prefix.
+                if matches!(components.last(), Some(std::path::Component::Normal(_))) {
+                    components.pop();
+                } else {
+                    components.push(component);
+                }
+            }
+            other => components.push(other),
+        }
+    }
+    components.iter().collect()
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Operations
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// List the contents of a directory.  Returns an entry per item, sorted
+/// (directories first, then files, both alphabetical).
+pub fn list(root: &Path, rel: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<FileEntry>> {
+    let abs = jail(root, rel)?;
+    // Use the canonicalized root as the prefix for relative path computation so
+    // that symlinked root paths (e.g. macOS /var → /private/var) don't cause
+    // strip_prefix to fail and fall back to leaking the absolute path.
+    let canon_root = fs::canonicalize(root)
+        .with_context(|| format!("canonicalize root '{}'", root.display()))?;
+
+    let rd = fs::read_dir(&abs)
+        .with_context(|| format!("read_dir '{}'", abs.display()))?;
+
+    let mut entries: Vec<FileEntry> = Vec::new();
+    for item in rd {
+        let item = item.with_context(|| format!("reading directory entry in '{}'", abs.display()))?;
+        // symlink_metadata (lstat): report the link itself, never the target —
+        // following it would leak the size/type/existence of files outside the
+        // jail. A symlink lists as a zero-ish-size non-dir entry.
+        let meta = fs::symlink_metadata(item.path())
+            .with_context(|| format!("stat '{}'", item.path().display()))?;
+
+        let name = item.file_name().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+        let is_dir = meta.is_dir();
+        let size = if is_dir { 0 } else { meta.len() };
+
+        // Build the relative path from the canonicalized root.
+        let entry_abs = item.path();
+        let entry_rel = entry_abs
+            .strip_prefix(&canon_root)
+            .unwrap_or(&entry_abs)
+            .to_string_lossy()
+            .replace('\\', "/");
+
+        let modified = meta
+            .modified()
+            .ok()
+            .map(|t| {
+                let dt: DateTime<Utc> = t.into();
+                dt.to_rfc3339_opts(SecondsFormat::Secs, true)
+            })
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+
+        entries.push(FileEntry { name, path: entry_rel, is_dir, size, modified });
+    }
+
+    // Stable sort: dirs first, then alphabetical within each group.
+    entries.sort_by(|a, b| {
+        b.is_dir.cmp(&a.is_dir).then_with(|| a.name.cmp(&b.name))
+    });
+
+    Ok(entries)
+}
+
+/// Read a text file.  Capped at `MAX_READ_SIZE` bytes.
+pub fn read(root: &Path, rel: &str) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+    let abs = jail(root, rel)?;
+
+    let meta = fs::metadata(&abs)
+        .with_context(|| format!("stat '{}'", abs.display()))?;
+
+    if meta.is_dir() {
+        bail!("'{}' is a directory, not a file", rel);
+    }
+    if meta.len() > MAX_READ_SIZE {
+        bail!(
+            "file '{}' is {} bytes which exceeds the {} byte read limit",
+            rel,
+            meta.len(),
+            MAX_READ_SIZE
+        );
+    }
+
+    fs::read_to_string(&abs).with_context(|| format!("read '{}'", abs.display()))
+}
+
+/// Write (create or overwrite) a file.  Parent directories are created as
+/// needed.
+pub fn write(root: &Path, rel: &str, content: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let abs = jail(root, rel)?;
+
+    if let Some(parent) = abs.parent() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(parent)
+            .with_context(|| format!("create_dir_all '{}'", parent.display()))?;
+    }
+
+    fs::write(&abs, content.as_bytes())
+        .with_context(|| format!("write '{}'", abs.display()))
+}
+
+/// Delete a file or directory tree.
+pub fn delete(root: &Path, rel: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let abs = jail(root, rel)?;
+
+    let meta = fs::metadata(&abs)
+        .with_context(|| format!("stat '{}'", abs.display()))?;
+
+    if meta.is_dir() {
+        fs::remove_dir_all(&abs).with_context(|| format!("remove_dir_all '{}'", abs.display()))
+    } else {
+        fs::remove_file(&abs).with_context(|| format!("remove_file '{}'", abs.display()))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Rename/move `rel` to a new bare name (`new_name`) within the same parent.
+/// `new_name` must not contain path separators.
+pub fn rename(root: &Path, rel: &str, new_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    if new_name.is_empty() || new_name == "." || new_name == ".." {
+        bail!("new_name '{}' is not a valid filename", new_name);
+    }
+    if new_name.contains('/') || new_name.contains('\\') {
+        bail!("new_name '{}' must not contain path separators", new_name);
+    }
+
+    let src_abs = jail(root, rel)?;
+
+    // Construct the destination relative path by replacing the filename part
+    // of `rel` with `new_name`.  This keeps everything in relative-path space
+    // so we never hand an absolute path to `jail`.
+    let src_rel = Path::new(rel);
+    let dest_rel = match src_rel.parent() {
+        Some(parent) if parent != Path::new("") => {
+            parent.join(new_name).to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/")
+        }
+        _ => new_name.to_string(),
+    };
+
+    let dest_abs = jail(root, &dest_rel)?;
+
+    fs::rename(&src_abs, &dest_abs)
+        .with_context(|| format!("rename '{}' -> '{}'", src_abs.display(), dest_abs.display()))
+}
+
+/// Create a directory (and any missing parents) at `rel`.
+pub fn mkdir(root: &Path, rel: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let abs = jail(root, rel)?;
+    fs::create_dir_all(&abs).with_context(|| format!("mkdir '{}'", abs.display()))
+}
+
+/// Create an empty file at `rel`.  Fails if it already exists.
+pub fn mkfile(root: &Path, rel: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let abs = jail(root, rel)?;
+
+    if let Some(parent) = abs.parent() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(parent)
+            .with_context(|| format!("create_dir_all '{}'", parent.display()))?;
+    }
+
+    let _ = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+        .create_new(true)
+        .write(true)
+        .open(&abs)
+        .with_context(|| format!("mkfile '{}'", abs.display()))?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Move `src` to `dest` (both relative to root).
+pub fn move_path(root: &Path, src: &str, dest: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let src_abs = jail(root, src)?;
+    let dest_abs = jail(root, dest)?;
+
+    if let Some(parent) = dest_abs.parent() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(parent)
+            .with_context(|| format!("create_dir_all '{}'", parent.display()))?;
+    }
+
+    fs::rename(&src_abs, &dest_abs).or_else(|_| {
+        // Cross-device move: copy then delete.
+        copy_recursive(&src_abs, &dest_abs)?;
+        fs::remove_dir_all(&src_abs)
+            .with_context(|| format!("remove source '{}' after cross-device move", src_abs.display()))
+    }).with_context(|| format!("move '{}' -> '{}'", src_abs.display(), dest_abs.display()))
+}
+
+/// Copy `src` to `dest` (both relative to root).
+pub fn copy(root: &Path, src: &str, dest: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let src_abs = jail(root, src)?;
+    let dest_abs = jail(root, dest)?;
+
+    if let Some(parent) = dest_abs.parent() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(parent)
+            .with_context(|| format!("create_dir_all '{}'", parent.display()))?;
+    }
+
+    copy_recursive(&src_abs, &dest_abs)
+        .with_context(|| format!("copy '{}' -> '{}'", src_abs.display(), dest_abs.display()))
+}
+
+/// Recursive copy helper.
+///
+/// SECURITY: uses `symlink_metadata` (does NOT follow symlinks) and refuses to
+/// copy any symlink. `jail()` only validates the top-level src/dest; a symlink
+/// *inside* a copied directory that points outside the jail would, if followed,
+/// pull external content (e.g. `/etc`) into the jail where it could then be
+/// read — a jail-escape exfiltration. Refusing symlinks closes that path.
+fn copy_recursive(src: &Path, dest: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let meta = fs::symlink_metadata(src)
+        .with_context(|| format!("stat source '{}'", src.display()))?;
+
+    if meta.file_type().is_symlink() {
+        bail!(
+            "refusing to copy symlink '{}' — symlinks are not followed across the jail boundary",
+            src.display()
+        );
+    }
+
+    if meta.is_dir() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(dest)
+            .with_context(|| format!("create_dir_all '{}'", dest.display()))?;
+
+        for entry in fs::read_dir(src)
+            .with_context(|| format!("read_dir '{}'", src.display()))?
+        {
+            let entry = entry?;
+            copy_recursive(&entry.path(), &dest.join(entry.file_name()))?;
+        }
+    } else {
+        fs::copy(src, dest)
+            .with_context(|| format!("copy '{}' -> '{}'", src.display(), dest.display()))?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// NATS request dispatch
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Dispatch a `FileRequest` against `root` and return a JSON `serde_json::Value`
+/// ready for the NATS reply.
+pub fn dispatch(root: &Path, req: &FileRequest) -> serde_json::Value {
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    let result = match req.op.as_str() {
+        "list" => {
+            list(root, &req.path).map(|entries| json!({ "entries": entries }))
+        }
+        "read" => {
+            read(root, &req.path).map(|content| json!({ "content": content }))
+        }
+        "write" => {
+            let content = req.content.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+            write(root, &req.path, content).map(|_| json!(null))
+        }
+        "delete" => {
+            delete(root, &req.path).map(|_| json!(null))
+        }
+        "rename" => {
+            let new_name = req.name.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+            rename(root, &req.path, new_name).map(|_| json!(null))
+        }
+        "mkdir" => {
+            mkdir(root, &req.path).map(|_| json!(null))
+        }
+        "mkfile" => {
+            mkfile(root, &req.path).map(|_| json!(null))
+        }
+        "move" => {
+            let dest = req.dest.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+            move_path(root, &req.path, dest).map(|_| json!(null))
+        }
+        "copy" => {
+            let dest = req.dest.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+            copy(root, &req.path, dest).map(|_| json!(null))
+        }
+        other => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+            "unknown op '{}' (supported: list, read, write, delete, rename, mkdir, mkfile, move, copy)",
+            other
+        )),
+    };
+
+    match result {
+        Ok(data) => json!({ "status": "success", "data": data }),
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::warn!("filemanager op='{}' path='{}': {e:#}", req.op, req.path);
+            json!({ "status": "error", "message": format!("{e:#}") })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Subscribe to `corrosion.{license}.{instance}.files.cmd` and serve file
+/// manager requests for `instance_id` jailed to `root`.
+///
+/// This function runs until the agent's cancellation token fires or the NATS
+/// subscription ends.  It is spawned once per instance in `main.rs`.
+pub async fn run(
+    agent: std::sync::Arc<crate::agent::Agent>,
+    instance_id: String,
+    root: PathBuf,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    use futures::StreamExt;
+
+    let subject = crate::subjects::instance_files_cmd(&agent.cfg.license_id, &instance_id);
+    let mut sub = agent.nats.subscribe(subject.clone()).await?;
+    tracing::info!("file manager handler listening on {subject}");
+
+    let cancel = agent.shutdown.clone();
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            msg = sub.next() => {
+                match msg {
+                    Some(msg) => {
+                        let agent = agent.clone();
+                        let root = root.clone();
+                        let instance_id = instance_id.clone();
+                        tokio::spawn(async move { handle(agent, &instance_id, &root, msg).await });
+                    }
+                    None => {
+                        tracing::warn!("file manager subscription ended for '{instance_id}'");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
+                tracing::info!("file manager handler stopping for '{instance_id}'");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn handle(
+    agent: std::sync::Arc<crate::agent::Agent>,
+    instance_id: &str,
+    root: &Path,
+    msg: async_nats::Message,
+) {
+    let Some(reply) = msg.reply.clone() else {
+        tracing::warn!("file manager message without reply subject ignored (instance '{instance_id}')");
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let response = match serde_json::from_slice::<FileRequest>(&msg.payload) {
+        Ok(req) => {
+            // Blocking fs calls — offload from the async executor.
+            let root = root.to_path_buf();
+            tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || dispatch(&root, &req))
+                .await
+                .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                    serde_json::json!({ "status": "error", "message": format!("internal error: {e}") })
+                })
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            serde_json::json!({ "status": "error", "message": format!("invalid request payload: {e}") })
+        }
+    };
+
+    let bytes = match serde_json::to_vec(&response) {
+        Ok(b) => b,
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::error!("file manager response serialize failed: {e}");
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+    if let Err(e) = agent.nats.publish(reply, bytes.into()).await {
+        tracing::warn!("file manager response publish failed: {e}");
+    }
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/hostcmd.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+//! Host-level command handler: request-reply on `corrosion.{license}.host.cmd`.
+//!
+//! One subscriber; each message handled in its own task so a slow command
+//! never blocks the dispatch loop. Phase 0 commands: ping, probe, sysinfo.
+
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde_json::json;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use sysinfo::System;
+
+use crate::agent::Agent;
+use crate::prober;
+use crate::subjects;
+use crate::telemetry;
+use crate::version;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct HostCommand {
+    func: String,
+}
+
+pub async fn run(agent: Arc<Agent>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let subject = subjects::host_cmd(&agent.cfg.license_id);
+    let mut sub = agent.nats.subscribe(subject.clone()).await?;
+    tracing::info!("host command handler listening on {subject}");
+
+    let cancel = agent.shutdown.clone();
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            msg = sub.next() => {
+                match msg {
+                    Some(msg) => {
+                        let agent = agent.clone();
+                        tokio::spawn(async move { handle(agent, msg).await });
+                    }
+                    None => {
+                        tracing::warn!("host command subscription ended");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
+                tracing::info!("host command handler stopping");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn handle(agent: Arc<Agent>, msg: async_nats::Message) {
+    let Some(reply) = msg.reply.clone() else {
+        tracing::warn!("host command without reply subject ignored");
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let response = match serde_json::from_slice::<HostCommand>(&msg.payload) {
+        Ok(cmd) => dispatch(&agent, &cmd.func).await,
+        Err(e) => json!({ "status": "error", "message": format!("invalid command payload: {e}") }),
+    };
+
+    let bytes = match serde_json::to_vec(&response) {
+        Ok(b) => b,
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::error!("response serialize failed: {e}");
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+    if let Err(e) = agent.nats.publish(reply, bytes.into()).await {
+        tracing::warn!("response publish failed: {e}");
+    }
+}
+
+async fn dispatch(agent: &Arc<Agent>, func: &str) -> serde_json::Value {
+    match func {
+        "ping" => json!({
+            "status": "success",
+            "func": "ping",
+            "version": version::VERSION,
+            "commit": version::GIT_HASH,
+            "uptime_seconds": agent.started.elapsed().as_secs(),
+        }),
+        "probe" => {
+            let report = prober::run_probe(&agent.cfg.probe_targets).await;
+            *agent.last_probe.write().await = Some(report.clone());
+            match serde_json::to_value(&report) {
+                Ok(report_json) => json!({
+                    "status": "success",
+                    "func": "probe",
+                    "report": report_json,
+                }),
+                Err(e) => json!({ "status": "error", "message": format!("probe serialize: {e}") }),
+            }
+        }
+        "sysinfo" => {
+            let mut sys = System::new();
+            sys.refresh_cpu_usage();
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+            let payload = telemetry::collect(agent, &mut sys).await;
+            match serde_json::to_value(&payload) {
+                Ok(snapshot) => json!({
+                    "status": "success",
+                    "func": "sysinfo",
+                    "snapshot": snapshot,
+                }),
+                Err(e) => json!({ "status": "error", "message": format!("sysinfo serialize: {e}") }),
+            }
+        }
+        other => json!({
+            "status": "error",
+            "message": format!("unknown func '{other}' (supported: ping, probe, sysinfo)"),
+        }),
+    }
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/instancecmd.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+//! Per-instance command channel + state-change events.
+//!
+//! Each process-managed instance gets a request-reply subscriber on
+//! `corrosion.{license}.{instance_id}.cmd` (funcs: start/stop/restart/status/rcon)
+//! and a publisher task that pushes every supervisor state change to
+//! `corrosion.{license}.{instance_id}.status` — the panel sees crashes when
+//! they happen, not when the next heartbeat ambles in.
+
+use chrono::{SecondsFormat, Utc};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde_json::json;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::agent::Agent;
+use crate::process::ProcessSupervisor;
+use crate::subjects;
+use crate::steamcmd;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct InstanceCommand {
+    func: String,
+    /// Payload for funcs that carry a text argument (e.g. rcon).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    command: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Forward every supervisor state change as a status event.
+pub async fn publish_state_changes(agent: Arc<Agent>, sup: Arc<ProcessSupervisor>) {
+    let subject = subjects::instance_status(&agent.cfg.license_id, &sup.instance_id);
+    let mut rx = sup.watch_state();
+    let cancel = agent.shutdown.clone();
+
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            changed = rx.changed() => {
+                if changed.is_err() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                let state = rx.borrow().clone();
+                let event = json!({
+                    "timestamp": Utc::now().to_rfc3339_opts(SecondsFormat::Secs, true),
+                    "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+                    "event": state,
+                });
+                match serde_json::to_vec(&event) {
+                    Ok(bytes) => {
+                        if let Err(e) = agent.nats.publish(subject.clone(), bytes.into()).await {
+                            tracing::warn!("status publish failed for '{}': {e}", sup.instance_id);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => tracing::error!("status serialize failed: {e}"),
+                }
+            }
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => break,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Request-reply command handler for one instance.
+pub async fn run(agent: Arc<Agent>, sup: Arc<ProcessSupervisor>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let subject = subjects::instance_cmd(&agent.cfg.license_id, &sup.instance_id);
+    let mut sub = agent.nats.subscribe(subject.clone()).await?;
+    tracing::info!("instance command handler listening on {subject}");
+
+    let cancel = agent.shutdown.clone();
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            msg = sub.next() => {
+                match msg {
+                    Some(msg) => {
+                        let agent = agent.clone();
+                        let sup = sup.clone();
+                        tokio::spawn(async move { handle(agent, sup, msg).await });
+                    }
+                    None => {
+                        tracing::warn!("instance command subscription ended for '{}'", sup.instance_id);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
+                tracing::info!("instance command handler stopping for '{}'", sup.instance_id);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn handle(agent: Arc<Agent>, sup: Arc<ProcessSupervisor>, msg: async_nats::Message) {
+    let Some(reply) = msg.reply.clone() else {
+        tracing::warn!("instance command without reply subject ignored");
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let response = match serde_json::from_slice::<InstanceCommand>(&msg.payload) {
+        Ok(cmd) => dispatch(&agent, &sup, &cmd).await,
+        Err(e) => json!({ "status": "error", "message": format!("invalid command payload: {e}") }),
+    };
+
+    let bytes = match serde_json::to_vec(&response) {
+        Ok(b) => b,
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::error!("response serialize failed: {e}");
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+    if let Err(e) = agent.nats.publish(reply, bytes.into()).await {
+        tracing::warn!("response publish failed: {e}");
+    }
+}
+
+async fn dispatch(
+    agent: &Arc<Agent>,
+    sup: &Arc<ProcessSupervisor>,
+    cmd: &InstanceCommand,
+) -> serde_json::Value {
+    let func = cmd.func.as_str();
+
+    let outcome = match func {
+        "start" => sup.start().await.map(|_| "starting"),
+        "stop" => sup.stop().await.map(|_| "stopped"),
+        "restart" => sup.restart().await.map(|_| "restarted"),
+        "status" => {
+            return json!({
+                "status": "success",
+                "func": "status",
+                "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+                "state": sup.state(),
+                "uptime_seconds": sup.uptime_seconds().await,
+            });
+        }
+        "rcon" => {
+            // Look up the InstanceConfig for this supervisor so we can access
+            // rcon settings and the game name without changing the supervisor's
+            // data model.
+            let inst_cfg = agent
+                .cfg
+                .instances
+                .iter()
+                .find(|i| i.id == sup.instance_id);
+
+            let rcon_cfg = inst_cfg.and_then(|i| i.rcon.as_ref());
+            let Some(rcon_cfg) = rcon_cfg else {
+                return json!({
+                    "status": "error",
+                    "func": "rcon",
+                    "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+                    "message": format!("instance '{}' has no rcon configured", sup.instance_id),
+                });
+            };
+
+            let Some(command) = cmd.command.as_deref() else {
+                return json!({
+                    "status": "error",
+                    "func": "rcon",
+                    "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+                    "message": "rcon func requires a 'command' field",
+                });
+            };
+
+            let game = inst_cfg.map(|i| i.game.as_str()).unwrap_or("rust");
+            return match crate::rcon::send_command(rcon_cfg, game, command).await {
+                Ok(output) => json!({
+                    "status": "success",
+                    "func": "rcon",
+                    "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+                    "output": output,
+                }),
+                Err(e) => json!({
+                    "status": "error",
+                    "func": "rcon",
+                    "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+                    "message": format!("{e:#}"),
+                }),
+            };
+        }
+        "steam_update" => {
+            // Look up instance config for game name, root, and optional steamcmd
+            // settings.  The supervisor only carries process-control state, not
+            // the full config, so we reach into agent.cfg.instances here as the
+            // rcon dispatch does.
+            let inst_cfg = agent.cfg.instances.iter().find(|i| i.id == sup.instance_id);
+
+            let Some(inst_cfg) = inst_cfg else {
+                return json!({
+                    "status": "error",
+                    "func": "steam_update",
+                    "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+                    "message": format!("no config found for instance '{}'", sup.instance_id),
+                });
+            };
+
+            let game = inst_cfg.game.as_str();
+            let root = inst_cfg.root.clone();
+
+            // Resolve steamcmd path and validate flag from config or use defaults.
+            let (steamcmd_path, validate) = match inst_cfg.steamcmd.as_ref() {
+                Some(s) => {
+                    let path = s
+                        .steamcmd_path
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .and_then(|p| p.to_str().map(|s| s.to_string()))
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|| "steamcmd".to_string());
+                    (path, s.validate)
+                }
+                None => ("steamcmd".to_string(), false),
+            };
+
+            let license = agent.cfg.license_id.clone();
+            let instance_id = sup.instance_id.clone();
+            let nats = agent.nats.clone();
+
+            // Publish each progress line to the steam_status subject.
+            let on_progress = move |line: &str| {
+                let subject = subjects::instance_steam_status(&license, &instance_id);
+                let event = json!({
+                    "timestamp": Utc::now().to_rfc3339_opts(SecondsFormat::Secs, true),
+                    "instance_id": instance_id,
+                    "line": line,
+                });
+                match serde_json::to_vec(&event) {
+                    Ok(bytes) => {
+                        // Fire-and-forget; the async publish is non-blocking on
+                        // the caller side.  We create a mini-runtime task via
+                        // a oneshot since on_progress is Fn (not async).
+                        let nats = nats.clone();
+                        tokio::spawn(async move {
+                            if let Err(e) = nats.publish(subject, bytes.into()).await {
+                                tracing::warn!("steam_status publish failed: {e}");
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => tracing::error!("steam_status serialize failed: {e}"),
+                }
+            };
+
+            return match steamcmd::update(game, &root, &steamcmd_path, validate, on_progress).await {
+                Ok(()) => json!({
+                    "status": "success",
+                    "func": "steam_update",
+                    "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+                }),
+                Err(e) => json!({
+                    "status": "error",
+                    "func": "steam_update",
+                    "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+                    "message": format!("{e:#}"),
+                }),
+            };
+        }
+        other => {
+            return json!({
+                "status": "error",
+                "message": format!("unknown func '{other}' (supported: start, stop, restart, status, rcon, steam_update)"),
+            });
+        }
+    };
+
+    match outcome {
+        Ok(result) => json!({
+            "status": "success",
+            "func": func,
+            "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+            "result": result,
+            "state": sup.state(),
+        }),
+        Err(e) => json!({
+            "status": "error",
+            "func": func,
+            "instance_id": sup.instance_id,
+            "message": format!("{e:#}"),
+        }),
+    }
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//! Corrosion Host Agent library surface — modules are public so integration
+//! tests can drive subsystems (notably the process supervisor) directly.
+
+pub mod agent;
+pub mod bus;
+pub mod config;
+pub mod filemanager;
+pub mod hostcmd;
+pub mod instancecmd;
+pub mod prober;
+pub mod process;
+pub mod rcon;
+pub mod steamcmd;
+pub mod subjects;
+pub mod telemetry;
+pub mod version;

corrosion-host-agent/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+//! Corrosion Host Agent — multi-game ops runtime.
+//!
+//! Phase 0: NATS connectivity, real host telemetry, multi-instance config,
+//! connectivity prober, host command channel. Process control, file ops, and
+//! game adapters arrive in Phase 1+ (see PROTOCOL.md).
+
+use corrosion_host_agent::{
+    agent, bus, config, filemanager, hostcmd, instancecmd, prober, process, subjects, telemetry,
+    version,
+};
+
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
+
+use crate::agent::Agent;
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(name = "corrosion-host-agent", version = version::VERSION, about)]
+struct Cli {
+    /// Path to agent.toml (default: /etc/corrosion/agent.toml on Linux,
+    /// C:\ProgramData\Corrosion\agent.toml on Windows)
+    #[arg(long, short = 'c')]
+    config: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    command: Option<Command>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Subcommand)]
+enum Command {
+    /// Validate the config file and exit.
+    Check,
+    /// Print full version (semver, git hash, build timestamp) and exit.
+    Version,
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let cli = Cli::parse();
+    let config_path = cli.config.unwrap_or_else(config::default_config_path);
+
+    match cli.command {
+        Some(Command::Version) => {
+            println!("corrosion-host-agent {}", version::long());
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Some(Command::Check) => {
+            let settings = config::load(&config_path)?;
+            println!(
+                "config ok: license {}, {} instance(s), nats {}",
+                settings.license_id,
+                settings.instances.len(),
+                settings.nats_url
+            );
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        None => {
+            let settings = config::load(&config_path)?;
+            init_logging(&settings.log_level);
+            tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+                .enable_all()
+                .build()
+                .context("building tokio runtime")?
+                .block_on(run(settings))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn init_logging(level: &str) {
+    let filter = tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new(level));
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_env_filter(filter)
+        .with_target(false)
+        .init();
+}
+
+async fn run(settings: config::Settings) -> Result<()> {
+    tracing::info!(
+        "corrosion-host-agent {} starting: license {}, {} instance(s)",
+        version::long(),
+        settings.license_id,
+        settings.instances.len()
+    );
+    for inst in &settings.instances {
+        tracing::info!("  instance '{}' ({}) at {}", inst.id, inst.game, inst.root.display());
+    }
+
+    let nats = bus::connect(&settings).await?;
+
+    let supervisors = settings
+        .instances
+        .iter()
+        .map(|inst| (inst.id.clone(), process::ProcessSupervisor::new(inst)))
+        .collect();
+
+    let agent = Arc::new(Agent {
+        cfg: settings,
+        nats,
+        started: Instant::now(),
+        last_probe: RwLock::new(None),
+        supervisors,
+        shutdown: CancellationToken::new(),
+    });
+
+    let mut handles = Vec::new();
+    handles.push(tokio::spawn(telemetry::run(agent.clone())));
+    handles.push(tokio::spawn(prober::run_loop(agent.clone())));
+    {
+        let agent = agent.clone();
+        handles.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
+            if let Err(e) = hostcmd::run(agent).await {
+                tracing::error!("host command handler failed: {e:#}");
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+    for (instance_id, sup) in &agent.supervisors {
+        {
+            let agent = agent.clone();
+            let sup = sup.clone();
+            handles.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
+                if let Err(e) = instancecmd::run(agent, sup).await {
+                    tracing::error!("instance command handler failed: {e:#}");
+                }
+            }));
+        }
+        handles.push(tokio::spawn(instancecmd::publish_state_changes(
+            agent.clone(),
+            sup.clone(),
+        )));
+        // File manager: one handler task per instance, jailed to root.
+        {
+            let agent = agent.clone();
+            let inst_cfg = agent
+                .cfg
+                .instances
+                .iter()
+                .find(|i| &i.id == instance_id)
+                .cloned();
+            if let Some(cfg) = inst_cfg {
+                let id = instance_id.clone();
+                handles.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    if let Err(e) = filemanager::run(agent, id, cfg.root).await {
+                        tracing::error!("file manager handler failed: {e:#}");
+                    }
+                }));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    wait_for_shutdown_signal().await;
+    tracing::info!("shutdown signal received");
+    agent.shutdown.cancel();
+
+    // Best-effort offline beacon so the panel flips to offline immediately
+    // instead of waiting out the heartbeat staleness window.
+    let beacon = subjects::host_going_offline(&agent.cfg.license_id);
+    let _ = tokio::time::timeout(
+        Duration::from_millis(500),
+        agent.nats.publish(beacon, "{}".into()),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    match tokio::time::timeout(
+        Duration::from_secs(10),
+        futures::future::join_all(handles),
+    )
+    .await
+    {
+        Ok(_) => tracing::info!("all subsystems stopped cleanly"),
+        Err(_) => tracing::warn!("shutdown timeout: some subsystems did not stop within 10s"),
+    }
+
+    let _ = agent.nats.flush().await;
+    tracing::info!("corrosion-host-agent stopped");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn wait_for_shutdown_signal() {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use tokio::signal::unix::{signal, SignalKind};
+        let mut sigterm = match signal(SignalKind::terminate()) {
+            Ok(s) => s,
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::error!("SIGTERM handler failed: {e}; falling back to ctrl-c only");
+                let _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await;
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {}
+            _ = sigterm.recv() => {}
+        }
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    {
+        let _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await;
+    }
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/prober.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+//! Connectivity prober.
+//!
+//! Answers "is it the box or is it the network?" before a support ticket gets
+//! written. Phase 0 scope is OUTBOUND reachability: TCP connect timing from
+//! the host to known endpoints. Inbound port-forward verification (the thing
+//! panel users actually struggle with) requires a backend-side reverse probe
+//! and is specified in PROTOCOL.md as a later phase.
+
+use chrono::{SecondsFormat, Utc};
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+
+use crate::agent::Agent;
+use crate::config::ProbeTargetConfig;
+
+const CONNECT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3);
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct ProbeResult {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub host: String,
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub ok: bool,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub latency_ms: Option<u64>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub error: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct ProbeReport {
+    pub timestamp: String,
+    pub results: Vec<ProbeResult>,
+}
+
+/// Built-in targets every agent checks, before config extras.
+fn default_targets() -> Vec<ProbeTargetConfig> {
+    vec![ProbeTargetConfig {
+        name: "corrosion-cdn".to_string(),
+        host: "cdn.corrosionmgmt.com".to_string(),
+        port: 443,
+    }]
+}
+
+pub async fn run_probe(extra_targets: &[ProbeTargetConfig]) -> ProbeReport {
+    let mut targets = default_targets();
+    targets.extend(extra_targets.iter().cloned());
+
+    let checks = targets.into_iter().map(|t| async move {
+        let started = Instant::now();
+        let addr = format!("{}:{}", t.host, t.port);
+        let outcome = tokio::time::timeout(CONNECT_TIMEOUT, TcpStream::connect(&addr)).await;
+        match outcome {
+            Ok(Ok(_stream)) => ProbeResult {
+                name: t.name,
+                host: t.host,
+                port: t.port,
+                ok: true,
+                latency_ms: Some(started.elapsed().as_millis() as u64),
+                error: None,
+            },
+            Ok(Err(e)) => ProbeResult {
+                name: t.name,
+                host: t.host,
+                port: t.port,
+                ok: false,
+                latency_ms: None,
+                error: Some(e.to_string()),
+            },
+            Err(_) => ProbeResult {
+                name: t.name,
+                host: t.host,
+                port: t.port,
+                ok: false,
+                latency_ms: None,
+                error: Some(format!("timeout after {}s", CONNECT_TIMEOUT.as_secs())),
+            },
+        }
+    });
+
+    let results = futures::future::join_all(checks).await;
+
+    ProbeReport {
+        timestamp: Utc::now().to_rfc3339_opts(SecondsFormat::Secs, true),
+        results,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Periodic probe loop; results land in shared state and ride the next
+/// heartbeat. Jittered interval to avoid fleet-wide synchronization.
+pub async fn run_loop(agent: Arc<Agent>) {
+    let cancel = agent.shutdown.clone();
+    loop {
+        let report = run_probe(&agent.cfg.probe_targets).await;
+        let failed: Vec<&str> = report
+            .results
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|r| !r.ok)
+            .map(|r| r.name.as_str())
+            .collect();
+        if failed.is_empty() {
+            tracing::debug!("probe ok ({} targets)", report.results.len());
+        } else {
+            tracing::warn!("probe failures: {}", failed.join(", "));
+        }
+        *agent.last_probe.write().await = Some(report);
+
+        let jitter = rand::Rng::gen_range(&mut rand::thread_rng(), 0.8..1.2);
+        let interval =
+            Duration::from_secs_f64(agent.cfg.probe_interval_seconds as f64 * jitter);
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = tokio::time::sleep(interval) => {}
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
+                tracing::info!("prober stopping");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/process.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+//! Per-instance game-server process supervision.
+//!
+//! One `ProcessSupervisor` per process-managed instance. Lifecycle mirrors the
+//! proven Go agent behavior — graceful SIGTERM with a 30s budget before force
+//! kill, a monitor task that reaps the child and records crash-vs-stop — with
+//! two fixes the Go version needed: args are a proper list (no naive space
+//! splitting), and every state change is observable through a watch channel
+//! so the panel gets push events instead of waiting for the next heartbeat.
+
+use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Stdio;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use tokio::process::{Child, Command};
+use tokio::sync::{watch, Mutex};
+
+use crate::config::InstanceConfig;
+
+const GRACEFUL_STOP_BUDGET: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+const RESTART_PAUSE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case", tag = "state")]
+pub enum InstanceState {
+    /// Not process-managed (no executable configured).
+    Unmanaged,
+    Stopped,
+    Starting,
+    Running,
+    Stopping,
+    /// Process exited without a stop request.
+    Crashed {
+        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+        exit_code: Option<i32>,
+    },
+}
+
+impl InstanceState {
+    pub fn as_label(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            InstanceState::Unmanaged => "unmanaged",
+            InstanceState::Stopped => "stopped",
+            InstanceState::Starting => "starting",
+            InstanceState::Running => "running",
+            InstanceState::Stopping => "stopping",
+            InstanceState::Crashed { .. } => "crashed",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct Inner {
+    child: Option<Child>,
+    started_at: Option<Instant>,
+    /// True while a stop was requested — the monitor uses it to distinguish
+    /// an ordered shutdown from a crash.
+    stop_requested: bool,
+}
+
+pub struct ProcessSupervisor {
+    pub instance_id: String,
+    executable: Option<PathBuf>,
+    args: Vec<String>,
+    working_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    inner: Mutex<Inner>,
+    state_tx: watch::Sender<InstanceState>,
+}
+
+impl ProcessSupervisor {
+    pub fn new(cfg: &InstanceConfig) -> Arc<Self> {
+        let executable = cfg.resolved_executable();
+        let initial = if executable.is_some() {
+            InstanceState::Stopped
+        } else {
+            InstanceState::Unmanaged
+        };
+        let (state_tx, _) = watch::channel(initial);
+        Arc::new(Self {
+            instance_id: cfg.id.clone(),
+            executable,
+            args: cfg.args.clone(),
+            working_dir: cfg.working_dir.clone(),
+            inner: Mutex::new(Inner {
+                child: None,
+                started_at: None,
+                stop_requested: false,
+            }),
+            state_tx,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn state(&self) -> InstanceState {
+        self.state_tx.borrow().clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn watch_state(&self) -> watch::Receiver<InstanceState> {
+        self.state_tx.subscribe()
+    }
+
+    pub async fn uptime_seconds(&self) -> u64 {
+        let inner = self.inner.lock().await;
+        match (&*self.state_tx.borrow(), inner.started_at) {
+            (InstanceState::Running, Some(t)) => t.elapsed().as_secs(),
+            _ => 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn start(self: &Arc<Self>) -> Result<()> {
+        let Some(exe) = self.executable.clone() else {
+            bail!("instance '{}' has no executable configured", self.instance_id);
+        };
+        if !exe.exists() {
+            bail!("executable not found: {}", exe.display());
+        }
+
+        let mut inner = self.inner.lock().await;
+        if matches!(*self.state_tx.borrow(), InstanceState::Running | InstanceState::Starting) {
+            bail!("instance '{}' is already running", self.instance_id);
+        }
+
+        self.set_state(InstanceState::Starting);
+
+        let workdir = self
+            .working_dir
+            .clone()
+            .or_else(|| exe.parent().map(|p| p.to_path_buf()))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("."));
+
+        let child = Command::new(&exe)
+            .args(&self.args)
+            .current_dir(&workdir)
+            .stdin(Stdio::null())
+            .stdout(Stdio::inherit())
+            .stderr(Stdio::inherit())
+            .spawn()
+            .with_context(|| format!("spawning {}", exe.display()))?;
+
+        let pid = child.id();
+        inner.child = Some(child);
+        inner.started_at = Some(Instant::now());
+        inner.stop_requested = false;
+        drop(inner);
+
+        self.set_state(InstanceState::Running);
+        tracing::info!(
+            "instance '{}' started: {} (pid {:?})",
+            self.instance_id,
+            exe.display(),
+            pid
+        );
+
+        // Monitor: reap the child and classify the exit.
+        let sup = Arc::clone(self);
+        tokio::spawn(async move { sup.monitor().await });
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn monitor(self: Arc<Self>) {
+        // Take a waiter without holding the lock across the whole child
+        // lifetime: Child::wait needs &mut, so the child stays in inner and
+        // we poll it.
+        loop {
+            let status = {
+                let mut inner = self.inner.lock().await;
+                let Some(child) = inner.child.as_mut() else { return };
+                match child.try_wait() {
+                    Ok(Some(status)) => Some(status),
+                    Ok(None) => None,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        tracing::error!("instance '{}' wait failed: {e}", self.instance_id);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            match status {
+                Some(status) => {
+                    let mut inner = self.inner.lock().await;
+                    inner.child = None;
+                    inner.started_at = None;
+                    let ordered = inner.stop_requested;
+                    inner.stop_requested = false;
+                    drop(inner);
+
+                    if ordered {
+                        self.set_state(InstanceState::Stopped);
+                        tracing::info!("instance '{}' stopped ({status})", self.instance_id);
+                    } else {
+                        let exit_code = status.code();
+                        self.set_state(InstanceState::Crashed { exit_code });
+                        tracing::warn!(
+                            "instance '{}' exited unexpectedly ({status}) — marked crashed",
+                            self.instance_id
+                        );
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+                None => tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn stop(self: &Arc<Self>) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut inner = self.inner.lock().await;
+        if inner.child.is_none() {
+            bail!("instance '{}' is not running", self.instance_id);
+        }
+        inner.stop_requested = true;
+        self.set_state(InstanceState::Stopping);
+        let child = inner.child.as_mut().expect("checked above");
+
+        // Graceful first: SIGTERM on unix; Windows has no SIGTERM equivalent
+        // for console processes, so it goes straight to kill there.
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        if let Some(pid) = child.id() {
+            unsafe {
+                libc::kill(pid as i32, libc::SIGTERM);
+            }
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
+        {
+            let _ = child.start_kill();
+        }
+        drop(inner);
+
+        // Wait for the monitor to observe the exit; force kill on budget.
+        let mut rx = self.watch_state();
+        let deadline = tokio::time::timeout(GRACEFUL_STOP_BUDGET, async {
+            loop {
+                if matches!(*rx.borrow(), InstanceState::Stopped) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                if rx.changed().await.is_err() {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        })
+        .await;
+
+        if deadline.is_err() {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                "instance '{}' ignored SIGTERM for {}s — force killing",
+                self.instance_id,
+                GRACEFUL_STOP_BUDGET.as_secs()
+            );
+            let mut inner = self.inner.lock().await;
+            if let Some(child) = inner.child.as_mut() {
+                let _ = child.start_kill();
+            }
+            drop(inner);
+
+            let mut rx = self.watch_state();
+            let _ = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), async {
+                while !matches!(*rx.borrow(), InstanceState::Stopped) {
+                    if rx.changed().await.is_err() {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+            .await;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub async fn restart(self: &Arc<Self>) -> Result<()> {
+        if !matches!(*self.state_tx.borrow(), InstanceState::Stopped | InstanceState::Crashed { .. } | InstanceState::Unmanaged) {
+            self.stop().await?;
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(RESTART_PAUSE).await;
+        self.start().await
+    }
+
+    fn set_state(&self, state: InstanceState) {
+        // send_replace never fails even with zero receivers.
+        let _ = self.state_tx.send_replace(state);
+    }
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/rcon.rs

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+//! RCON client: game-server remote-console over WebRCON (Rust) or Source RCON (Conan/Soulmask).
+//!
+//! The agent runs co-located with the game server, so every connection targets
+//! 127.0.0.1 — no TLS is needed and latency is sub-millisecond.  Two protocols
+//! are supported because the Rust game ships its own WebSocket-based WebRCON
+//! while Conan Exiles and Soulmask use the Valve Source RCON wire format over
+//! plain TCP.
+//!
+//! The protocol selection is explicit in the config (`kind`) but can be inferred
+//! from the game name when absent — callers supply the `game` field they already
+//! have in `InstanceConfig`.
+
+use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
+use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use rand::Rng;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio::time::{timeout, Duration};
+
+/// WebRCON is the Facepunch WebSocket protocol (Rust game).
+/// Source RCON is the Valve wire protocol used by Conan Exiles and Soulmask.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum RconKind {
+    WebRcon,
+    Source,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct RconConfig {
+    /// Protocol override.  When absent the kind is resolved from `game`.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub kind: Option<RconKind>,
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub password: String,
+}
+
+impl RconConfig {
+    /// Resolve the concrete protocol, falling back to a per-game default when
+    /// `kind` is not set.  rust → WebRcon; conan + soulmask → Source.
+    pub fn resolved_kind(&self, game: &str) -> RconKind {
+        if let Some(k) = self.kind {
+            return k;
+        }
+        match game {
+            "conan" | "soulmask" => RconKind::Source,
+            // rust is the primary game; anything unknown defaults to WebRcon
+            // — operators can always override with an explicit `kind`.
+            _ => RconKind::WebRcon,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const CONNECT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+const RESPONSE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
+
+/// Send `command` to the game server and return its text response.
+///
+/// The agent runs on the same host as the game server, so the target address
+/// is always 127.0.0.1:{port}.  Connection and response deadlines are fixed at
+/// 5 s and 10 s respectively — enough headroom for a loaded server while still
+/// catching hung connections quickly.
+pub async fn send_command(cfg: &RconConfig, game: &str, command: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    match cfg.resolved_kind(game) {
+        RconKind::WebRcon => webrcon_exec(cfg, command).await,
+        RconKind::Source => source_rcon_exec(cfg, command).await,
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// WebRCON (Rust game) — WebSocket JSON protocol
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// WebRCON request/response envelope.  The server also emits chat/log frames
+/// on this socket with Identifier == 0; those are skipped.
+#[derive(serde::Serialize)]
+struct WebRconRequest<'a> {
+    #[serde(rename = "Identifier")]
+    identifier: i32,
+    #[serde(rename = "Message")]
+    message: &'a str,
+    #[serde(rename = "Name")]
+    name: &'static str,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+struct WebRconResponse {
+    #[serde(rename = "Identifier")]
+    identifier: i32,
+    #[serde(rename = "Message")]
+    message: String,
+}
+
+async fn webrcon_exec(cfg: &RconConfig, command: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    use tokio_tungstenite::connect_async;
+    use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message as WsMsg;
+
+    // The Rust game server embeds the password in the WebSocket URL path —
+    // never interpolate the real URL into errors or logs.
+    let url = format!("ws://127.0.0.1:{}/{}", cfg.port, cfg.password);
+    let redacted = format!("ws://127.0.0.1:{}/<redacted>", cfg.port);
+
+    // Wrap the entire connection + exchange in the connect timeout — we want
+    // the timeout to cover TCP handshake + WS upgrade, not just the send.
+    let (mut ws, _) = timeout(CONNECT_TIMEOUT, connect_async(&url))
+        .await
+        .context("connect timeout")?
+        .with_context(|| format!("WebRCON connect to {redacted}"))?;
+
+    // Use a random positive i32 so correlation is unambiguous even when
+    // multiple callers share a port (future concurrency).
+    let id: i32 = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1..=i32::MAX);
+    let req = WebRconRequest { identifier: id, message: command, name: "Corrosion" };
+    let payload = serde_json::to_string(&req).context("serialize WebRCON request")?;
+
+    ws.send(WsMsg::Text(payload))
+        .await
+        .context("send WebRCON command")?;
+
+    tracing::debug!("WebRCON sent id={id} command={command:?}");
+
+    // Read frames until we see our Identifier — skip chat/log noise (id 0 or
+    // any other value that isn't ours).
+    let result = timeout(RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, async {
+        loop {
+            match ws.next().await {
+                Some(Ok(WsMsg::Text(text))) => {
+                    match serde_json::from_str::<WebRconResponse>(&text) {
+                        Ok(resp) if resp.identifier == id => return Ok(resp.message),
+                        Ok(_) => {
+                            // Not our response (chat, log, another caller's frame).
+                            tracing::trace!("WebRCON skipping frame with different Identifier");
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            tracing::trace!("WebRCON non-JSON frame ignored: {e}");
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                Some(Ok(WsMsg::Close(_))) => bail!("WebRCON server closed connection"),
+                Some(Ok(_)) => continue, // binary/ping/pong — skip
+                Some(Err(e)) => return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(e).context("WebRCON read error")),
+                None => bail!("WebRCON stream ended without response"),
+            }
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .context("WebRCON response timeout")??;
+
+    // Close cleanly; a send error here is cosmetic — we already have our data.
+    let _ = ws.close(None).await;
+
+    Ok(result)
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Source RCON (Conan Exiles, Soulmask) — Valve TCP binary protocol
+//
+// Packet layout (all fields little-endian):
+//   i32  size     — byte count of the remaining packet (id + type + body + 2 nulls)
+//   i32  id       — caller-chosen correlation id; auth failure returns -1
+//   i32  type     — 0=RESPONSE_VALUE, 2=EXECCOMMAND/AUTH_RESPONSE, 3=AUTH
+//   [u8] body     — UTF-8 command or response text
+//   u8   0x00     — body null terminator
+//   u8   0x00     — padding null terminator
+//
+// Multi-packet handling: after sending the command we also send an empty
+// RESPONSE_VALUE probe with a distinct id.  We collect all RESPONSE_VALUE
+// packets belonging to the command id and stop when we receive the probe's
+// response.  This is the standard technique specified in the Valve wiki.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const RCON_TYPE_AUTH: i32 = 3;
+const RCON_TYPE_AUTH_RESPONSE: i32 = 2;
+const RCON_TYPE_EXECCOMMAND: i32 = 2;
+const RCON_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE: i32 = 0;
+
+/// Maximum accumulated response body (guards against misbehaving servers).
+const MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES: usize = 1024 * 1024; // 1 MiB
+
+async fn source_rcon_exec(cfg: &RconConfig, command: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    let addr = format!("127.0.0.1:{}", cfg.port);
+
+    let stream = timeout(CONNECT_TIMEOUT, TcpStream::connect(&addr))
+        .await
+        .context("connect timeout")?
+        .with_context(|| format!("Source RCON connect to {addr}"))?;
+
+    let mut stream = stream;
+
+    // --- Auth ---
+    let auth_id: i32 = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1..=i32::MAX);
+    send_packet(&mut stream, auth_id, RCON_TYPE_AUTH, cfg.password.as_bytes()).await?;
+
+    // The server sends two responses to AUTH: first an empty RESPONSE_VALUE,
+    // then an AUTH_RESPONSE.  We skip the first and read until AUTH_RESPONSE.
+    timeout(RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, async {
+        loop {
+            let (id, ptype, _body) = recv_packet(&mut stream).await?;
+            if ptype == RCON_TYPE_AUTH_RESPONSE {
+                if id == -1 {
+                    bail!("Source RCON auth failed: wrong password");
+                }
+                tracing::debug!("Source RCON authenticated (id={id})");
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            // Skip the empty RESPONSE_VALUE that precedes AUTH_RESPONSE.
+        }
+        #[allow(unreachable_code)]
+        Ok::<(), anyhow::Error>(())
+    })
+    .await
+    .context("Source RCON auth timeout")??;
+
+    // --- Command ---
+    let cmd_id: i32 = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1..=i32::MAX);
+    // Probe id must differ from cmd_id.
+    let probe_id: i32 = loop {
+        let id: i32 = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1..=i32::MAX);
+        if id != cmd_id {
+            break id;
+        }
+    };
+
+    send_packet(&mut stream, cmd_id, RCON_TYPE_EXECCOMMAND, command.as_bytes()).await?;
+    // Empty RESPONSE_VALUE probe — the server echoes it after processing the
+    // preceding command, signalling end-of-response.
+    send_packet(&mut stream, probe_id, RCON_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE, b"").await?;
+
+    // Not every server is probe-conformant (Soulmask unverified): once we hold
+    // response data, a short per-read quiet period also terminates — never
+    // discard a response we already received just because the probe echo
+    // didn't come back.
+    const QUIET_PERIOD: Duration = Duration::from_millis(1500);
+    let response = timeout(RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, async {
+        let mut body_accum: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        loop {
+            let next = if body_accum.is_empty() {
+                recv_packet(&mut stream).await.map(Some)
+            } else {
+                match timeout(QUIET_PERIOD, recv_packet(&mut stream)).await {
+                    Ok(res) => res.map(Some),
+                    Err(_elapsed) => Ok(None), // quiet after data — done
+                }
+            };
+            let Some((id, ptype, body)) = next? else {
+                break;
+            };
+            if ptype != RCON_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE {
+                continue; // unexpected packet type — skip
+            }
+            if id == probe_id {
+                // Probe echoed back — all command response packets have arrived.
+                break;
+            }
+            if id == cmd_id {
+                if body_accum.len() + body.len() > MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES {
+                    bail!("Source RCON response exceeded {MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES} bytes");
+                }
+                body_accum.extend_from_slice(&body);
+            }
+            // Skip packets with other ids (shouldn't happen but be defensive).
+        }
+        Ok::<Vec<u8>, anyhow::Error>(body_accum)
+    })
+    .await
+    .context("Source RCON response timeout")??;
+
+    String::from_utf8(response).context("Source RCON response is not valid UTF-8")
+}
+
+/// Write a Source RCON packet to the stream.
+async fn send_packet(stream: &mut TcpStream, id: i32, ptype: i32, body: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
+    // size = id(4) + type(4) + body(n) + 2 null terminators
+    let size = (4 + 4 + body.len() + 2) as i32;
+    let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(4 + size as usize);
+    buf.extend_from_slice(&size.to_le_bytes());
+    buf.extend_from_slice(&id.to_le_bytes());
+    buf.extend_from_slice(&ptype.to_le_bytes());
+    buf.extend_from_slice(body);
+    buf.push(0x00);
+    buf.push(0x00);
+    stream.write_all(&buf).await.context("Source RCON write")?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Read one Source RCON packet; returns (id, type, body).
+async fn recv_packet(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> Result<(i32, i32, Vec<u8>)> {
+    let mut size_buf = [0u8; 4];
+    stream
+        .read_exact(&mut size_buf)
+        .await
+        .context("Source RCON read size")?;
+    let size = i32::from_le_bytes(size_buf) as usize;
+
+    // Minimum packet: id(4) + type(4) + 2 null terminators = 10 bytes.
+    if size < 10 {
+        bail!("Source RCON: malformed packet (size={size})");
+    }
+    if size > MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES + 16 {
+        bail!("Source RCON: packet too large ({size} bytes)");
+    }
+
+    let mut payload = vec![0u8; size];
+    stream
+        .read_exact(&mut payload)
+        .await
+        .context("Source RCON read payload")?;
+
+    let id = i32::from_le_bytes(payload[0..4].try_into().unwrap());
+    let ptype = i32::from_le_bytes(payload[4..8].try_into().unwrap());
+    // Body is everything between the two fields and the two trailing nulls.
+    let body_end = size.saturating_sub(2); // strip 2 null terminators
+    let body = payload[8..body_end].to_vec();
+
+    Ok((id, ptype, body))
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/steamcmd.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+//! SteamCMD update integration for process-managed game instances.
+//!
+//! Wraps the `steamcmd` binary to perform an `+app_update` for a given game
+//! instance, streaming stdout lines to a caller-supplied progress callback so
+//! the panel can display live update output.  The agent already runs a task per
+//! command in a separate `tokio::spawn`, so the blocking-until-done semantics
+//! here are intentional — the NATS reply is sent only when SteamCMD exits.
+//!
+//! Dune is Docker-image-based and explicitly has no SteamCMD integration — any
+//! attempt to invoke `update` on a Dune instance returns a clear error rather
+//! than a silent no-op.
+
+use std::path::Path;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader};
+use tokio::process::Command;
+
+/// Return the Steam app ID for a given game name, or `None` for Dune (Docker).
+///
+/// Soulmask returns the Windows or Linux server app ID depending on the compile
+/// target so this function is `#[cfg]`-gated at the platform level.
+pub fn app_id_for_game(game: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    match game {
+        "rust" => Some(258550),
+        "conan" => Some(443030),
+        "soulmask" => {
+            #[cfg(windows)]
+            {
+                Some(3017310)
+            }
+            #[cfg(not(windows))]
+            {
+                Some(3017300)
+            }
+        }
+        // Dune uses Docker images — SteamCMD has no role here.
+        "dune" => None,
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Configuration controlling SteamCMD behaviour for one instance.
+/// Serialised as `[instance.steamcmd]` in agent.toml.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Deserialize, Default)]
+pub struct SteamcmdConfig {
+    /// Absolute or relative path to the `steamcmd` binary.
+    /// Defaults to `"steamcmd"` (resolved via `PATH`) when absent.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub steamcmd_path: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Whether to pass `validate` to `+app_update`.  Adds a file-hash check
+    /// pass that catches corruption at the cost of a longer update time.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub validate: bool,
+}
+
+/// Run a SteamCMD update for `game` into `install_dir`.
+///
+/// - `steamcmd_path`: path to the binary (or `"steamcmd"` to use PATH).
+/// - `validate`: appends `validate` to the `+app_update` call.
+/// - `on_progress`: receives each stdout line as it arrives so callers can
+///   forward progress to the panel in real time.
+///
+/// Returns `Ok(())` on a zero exit code, otherwise an error describing the
+/// failure.  Dune is rejected before any process is spawned.
+pub async fn update(
+    game: &str,
+    install_dir: &Path,
+    steamcmd_path: &str,
+    validate: bool,
+    on_progress: impl Fn(&str),
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    use anyhow::Context;
+
+    let app_id = app_id_for_game(game).ok_or_else(|| {
+        anyhow::anyhow!(
+            "dune uses Docker images, not SteamCMD — cannot run app_update for game '{game}'"
+        )
+    })?;
+
+    let install_dir_str = install_dir
+        .to_str()
+        .with_context(|| format!("install_dir '{}' is not valid UTF-8", install_dir.display()))?;
+
+    let mut args: Vec<String> = vec![
+        "+force_install_dir".to_string(),
+        install_dir_str.to_string(),
+        "+login".to_string(),
+        "anonymous".to_string(),
+        "+app_update".to_string(),
+        app_id.to_string(),
+    ];
+    if validate {
+        args.push("validate".to_string());
+    }
+    args.push("+quit".to_string());
+
+    tracing::info!(
+        "steamcmd: starting update for game={game} app_id={app_id} install_dir={} validate={validate}",
+        install_dir.display()
+    );
+
+    let mut child = Command::new(steamcmd_path)
+        .args(&args)
+        .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
+        .spawn()
+        .with_context(|| format!("spawning steamcmd binary '{steamcmd_path}'"))?;
+
+    let stdout = child.stdout.take().expect("stdout was piped");
+    let mut lines = BufReader::new(stdout).lines();
+
+    while let Some(line) = lines.next_line().await.context("reading steamcmd stdout")? {
+        tracing::debug!("steamcmd: {line}");
+        on_progress(&line);
+    }
+
+    let status = child.wait().await.context("waiting for steamcmd to exit")?;
+    if status.success() {
+        tracing::info!("steamcmd: update completed successfully for game={game}");
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        let code = status.code().unwrap_or(-1);
+        anyhow::bail!("steamcmd exited with non-zero status {code} for game={game}")
+    }
+}
+

corrosion-host-agent/src/subjects.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//! Corrosion wire protocol v2 subject scheme (see PROTOCOL.md).
+//!
+//! Host-level subjects live under `corrosion.{license}.host.*`; per-instance
+//! subjects under `corrosion.{license}.{instance_id}.*`. Instance ids are
+//! validated at config load so they can never collide with the reserved
+//! `host` segment or contain subject metacharacters.
+
+pub fn host_heartbeat(license: &str) -> String {
+    format!("corrosion.{license}.host.heartbeat")
+}
+
+pub fn host_cmd(license: &str) -> String {
+    format!("corrosion.{license}.host.cmd")
+}
+
+pub fn host_going_offline(license: &str) -> String {
+    format!("corrosion.{license}.host.going_offline")
+}
+
+/// Per-instance command channel (start/stop/restart/status; rcon et al. to come).
+pub fn instance_cmd(license: &str, instance: &str) -> String {
+    format!("corrosion.{license}.{instance}.cmd")
+}
+
+/// Per-instance state-change events.
+pub fn instance_status(license: &str, instance: &str) -> String {
+    format!("corrosion.{license}.{instance}.status")
+}
+
+/// Per-instance SteamCMD progress stream.  Lines from `steamcmd` stdout are
+/// published here so the panel can display live update output.
+pub fn instance_steam_status(license: &str, instance: &str) -> String {
+    format!("corrosion.{license}.{instance}.steam_status")
+}
+
+/// Per-instance file manager command channel (request-reply).
+pub fn instance_files_cmd(license: &str, instance: &str) -> String {
+    format!("corrosion.{license}.{instance}.files.cmd")
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/telemetry.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+//! Host heartbeat: real telemetry, never fabricated.
+//!
+//! The Go agent shipped `disk_free_mb: 50000` and `cpu_percent: 0.0` as
+//! hardcoded placeholders. This module is the first time the panel's
+//! Resources view receives the truth. Anything we cannot measure is omitted
+//! or null — never invented.
+
+use chrono::{SecondsFormat, Utc};
+use rand::Rng;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use sysinfo::{Disks, System};
+
+use crate::agent::Agent;
+use crate::prober::ProbeReport;
+use crate::subjects;
+use crate::version;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct HeartbeatPayload {
+    /// Wire schema version — lets the backend distinguish v2 host heartbeats
+    /// from legacy Go companion heartbeats during any transition window.
+    pub schema: u32,
+    pub timestamp: String,
+    pub agent: AgentInfo,
+    pub host: HostInfo,
+    pub instances: Vec<InstanceInfo>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub probe: Option<ProbeReport>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct AgentInfo {
+    pub version: String,
+    pub commit: String,
+    pub os: String,
+    pub arch: String,
+    pub uptime_seconds: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct HostInfo {
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub hostname: Option<String>,
+    pub cpu_percent: f32,
+    pub cpu_cores: usize,
+    pub mem_total_mb: u64,
+    pub mem_used_mb: u64,
+    pub uptime_seconds: u64,
+    pub disks: Vec<DiskInfo>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct DiskInfo {
+    pub mount: String,
+    pub total_mb: u64,
+    pub free_mb: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct InstanceInfo {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub game: String,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub label: Option<String>,
+    /// Process-managed: running/stopped/starting/stopping/crashed.
+    /// Unmanaged (no executable configured): configured/missing_root.
+    pub state: String,
+    pub uptime_seconds: u64,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub root_disk_free_mb: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+pub async fn run(agent: Arc<Agent>) {
+    let cancel = agent.shutdown.clone();
+    let mut sys = System::new();
+
+    // CPU usage is a delta between refreshes; prime it once so the first
+    // heartbeat carries a real figure instead of 0.
+    sys.refresh_cpu_usage();
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+
+    loop {
+        let payload = collect(&agent, &mut sys).await;
+        match serde_json::to_vec(&payload) {
+            Ok(bytes) => {
+                let subject = subjects::host_heartbeat(&agent.cfg.license_id);
+                if let Err(e) = agent.nats.publish(subject, bytes.into()).await {
+                    tracing::warn!("heartbeat publish failed: {e}");
+                } else {
+                    tracing::debug!(
+                        "heartbeat sent: cpu {:.1}%, {} instance(s)",
+                        payload.host.cpu_percent,
+                        payload.instances.len()
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => tracing::error!("heartbeat serialize failed: {e}"),
+        }
+
+        let jitter = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0.8..1.2);
+        let interval = Duration::from_secs_f64(agent.cfg.heartbeat_seconds as f64 * jitter);
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = tokio::time::sleep(interval) => {}
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
+                tracing::info!("telemetry stopping");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn collect(agent: &Agent, sys: &mut System) -> HeartbeatPayload {
+    sys.refresh_cpu_usage();
+    sys.refresh_memory();
+    let disks = Disks::new_with_refreshed_list();
+
+    let disk_infos: Vec<DiskInfo> = disks
+        .iter()
+        .map(|d| DiskInfo {
+            mount: d.mount_point().to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+            total_mb: d.total_space() / 1_048_576,
+            free_mb: d.available_space() / 1_048_576,
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    let mut instances = Vec::with_capacity(agent.cfg.instances.len());
+    for inst in &agent.cfg.instances {
+        let (state, uptime_seconds) = match agent.supervisors.get(&inst.id) {
+            Some(sup) if !matches!(sup.state(), crate::process::InstanceState::Unmanaged) => {
+                (sup.state().as_label().to_string(), sup.uptime_seconds().await)
+            }
+            _ => {
+                let exists = inst.root.exists();
+                (
+                    if exists { "configured" } else { "missing_root" }.to_string(),
+                    0,
+                )
+            }
+        };
+        instances.push(InstanceInfo {
+            id: inst.id.clone(),
+            game: inst.game.clone(),
+            label: inst.label.clone(),
+            state,
+            uptime_seconds,
+            root_disk_free_mb: disk_free_for_path(&disks, &inst.root),
+        });
+    }
+    let instances = instances;
+
+    HeartbeatPayload {
+        schema: 2,
+        timestamp: Utc::now().to_rfc3339_opts(SecondsFormat::Secs, true),
+        agent: AgentInfo {
+            version: version::VERSION.to_string(),
+            commit: version::GIT_HASH.to_string(),
+            os: std::env::consts::OS.to_string(),
+            arch: std::env::consts::ARCH.to_string(),
+            uptime_seconds: agent.started.elapsed().as_secs(),
+        },
+        host: HostInfo {
+            hostname: System::host_name(),
+            cpu_percent: sys.global_cpu_usage(),
+            cpu_cores: sys.cpus().len(),
+            mem_total_mb: sys.total_memory() / 1_048_576,
+            mem_used_mb: sys.used_memory() / 1_048_576,
+            uptime_seconds: System::uptime(),
+            disks: disk_infos,
+        },
+        instances,
+        probe: agent.last_probe.read().await.clone(),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Free space on the disk whose mount point is the longest prefix of `path`.
+fn disk_free_for_path(disks: &Disks, path: &Path) -> Option<u64> {
+    disks
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|d| path.starts_with(d.mount_point()))
+        .max_by_key(|d| d.mount_point().as_os_str().len())
+        .map(|d| d.available_space() / 1_048_576)
+}

corrosion-host-agent/src/version.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//! Build-time identity, embedded so every heartbeat and `--version` can state
+//! exactly what is running.
+
+pub const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+pub const GIT_HASH: &str = env!("CORROSION_GIT_HASH");
+pub const BUILD_TS: &str = env!("CORROSION_BUILD_TS");
+
+pub fn long() -> String {
+    format!("{VERSION} ({GIT_HASH}, built {BUILD_TS})")
+}

corrosion-host-agent/tests/filemanager.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,461 @@
+//! Integration tests for the jailed file manager.
+//!
+//! Each test runs in a real tempdir on the host filesystem.  The jail-escape
+//! tests are the security-critical section: any path that resolves outside the
+//! instance root MUST be rejected regardless of how the escape is attempted.
+//!
+//! Coverage:
+//!   - Functional: list, write, read roundtrip, mkdir, rename, delete
+//!   - Security:   dotdot traversal, absolute path injection, symlink escape
+//!                 (POSIX symlinks only — `#[cfg(unix)]`)
+
+use corrosion_host_agent::filemanager;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Helpers
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Create a temporary directory and return its path.  The directory is
+/// automatically cleaned up when the `TempDir` is dropped.
+fn tempdir() -> tempfile::TempDir {
+    tempfile::tempdir().expect("create tempdir")
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Functional tests
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[test]
+fn write_read_roundtrip() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    let content = "hello from the file manager\nline 2\n";
+    filemanager::write(root, "test.txt", content).expect("write should succeed");
+
+    let got = filemanager::read(root, "test.txt").expect("read should succeed");
+    assert_eq!(got, content);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn list_returns_written_file() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::write(root, "server.cfg", "hostname MyServer\n").expect("write");
+
+    let entries = filemanager::list(root, "").expect("list root");
+    let names: Vec<&str> = entries.iter().map(|e| e.name.as_str()).collect();
+    assert!(names.contains(&"server.cfg"), "expected 'server.cfg' in listing, got {names:?}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn list_empty_root_is_empty() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let entries = filemanager::list(dir.path(), "").expect("list empty root");
+    assert!(entries.is_empty(), "fresh tempdir should have no entries");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mkdir_creates_directory() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::mkdir(root, "cfg/custom").expect("mkdir should succeed");
+
+    assert!(root.join("cfg/custom").is_dir(), "directory should exist after mkdir");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mkdir_creates_nested_dirs() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::mkdir(root, "a/b/c/d").expect("mkdir nested");
+    assert!(root.join("a/b/c/d").is_dir());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn write_creates_parent_dirs() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::write(root, "subdir/deep/file.txt", "data").expect("write with auto-mkdir");
+    let content = filemanager::read(root, "subdir/deep/file.txt").expect("read");
+    assert_eq!(content, "data");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rename_file() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::write(root, "old.txt", "content").expect("write");
+    filemanager::rename(root, "old.txt", "new.txt").expect("rename");
+
+    assert!(!root.join("old.txt").exists(), "old.txt should be gone");
+    assert!(root.join("new.txt").exists(), "new.txt should exist");
+
+    let content = filemanager::read(root, "new.txt").expect("read renamed");
+    assert_eq!(content, "content");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rename_rejects_separator_in_new_name() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::write(root, "file.txt", "data").expect("write");
+
+    let err = filemanager::rename(root, "file.txt", "subdir/escape.txt")
+        .expect_err("rename with path separator must fail");
+    assert!(
+        err.to_string().contains("separator"),
+        "error should mention separator: {err}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn delete_file() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::write(root, "todelete.txt", "bye").expect("write");
+    assert!(root.join("todelete.txt").exists());
+
+    filemanager::delete(root, "todelete.txt").expect("delete");
+    assert!(!root.join("todelete.txt").exists());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn delete_directory_recursive() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::mkdir(root, "tree/sub").expect("mkdir");
+    filemanager::write(root, "tree/sub/file.txt", "x").expect("write");
+    assert!(root.join("tree").is_dir());
+
+    filemanager::delete(root, "tree").expect("delete tree");
+    assert!(!root.join("tree").exists(), "directory tree should be deleted");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mkfile_creates_empty_file() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::mkfile(root, "empty.txt").expect("mkfile");
+    let content = filemanager::read(root, "empty.txt").expect("read empty file");
+    assert_eq!(content, "");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn copy_file() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::write(root, "source.txt", "original").expect("write source");
+    filemanager::copy(root, "source.txt", "dest.txt").expect("copy");
+
+    let src = filemanager::read(root, "source.txt").expect("read source after copy");
+    let dst = filemanager::read(root, "dest.txt").expect("read destination");
+    assert_eq!(src, "original");
+    assert_eq!(dst, "original");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn move_file() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::write(root, "moveme.txt", "payload").expect("write");
+    filemanager::move_path(root, "moveme.txt", "moved.txt").expect("move");
+
+    assert!(!root.join("moveme.txt").exists(), "source should be gone");
+    let content = filemanager::read(root, "moved.txt").expect("read after move");
+    assert_eq!(content, "payload");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn list_entry_fields_are_populated() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::write(root, "check.txt", "abcde").expect("write");
+    filemanager::mkdir(root, "subdir").expect("mkdir");
+
+    let entries = filemanager::list(root, "").expect("list");
+    // Dirs sort before files.
+    let dir_entry = entries.iter().find(|e| e.name == "subdir").expect("subdir entry");
+    assert!(dir_entry.is_dir);
+    assert_eq!(dir_entry.size, 0);
+    assert!(!dir_entry.modified.is_empty(), "modified should be set");
+
+    let file_entry = entries.iter().find(|e| e.name == "check.txt").expect("file entry");
+    assert!(!file_entry.is_dir);
+    assert_eq!(file_entry.size, 5, "size should match byte count");
+    // path should be relative and use forward slashes.
+    assert!(!file_entry.path.starts_with('/'), "path should be relative");
+    assert!(!file_entry.path.contains('\\'), "path should use forward slashes");
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Security: jail-escape tests
+// CRITICAL — these are the whole point of the jail abstraction.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// `../../etc/passwd` must never resolve outside the instance root.
+#[test]
+fn jail_rejects_dotdot_traversal() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    let err = filemanager::read(root, "../../etc/passwd")
+        .expect_err("dotdot traversal must be rejected");
+    // Verify the error is security-related and not just "file not found".
+    let msg = err.to_string();
+    assert!(
+        msg.contains("outside") || msg.contains("escapes") || msg.contains("escape"),
+        "error should mention jail escape for dotdot traversal, got: {msg}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// A deeply nested `../` chain must also be stopped.
+#[test]
+fn jail_rejects_deep_dotdot_traversal() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    let err = filemanager::read(root, "a/b/c/../../../../../../../../etc/shadow")
+        .expect_err("deep dotdot traversal must be rejected");
+    let msg = err.to_string();
+    assert!(
+        msg.contains("outside") || msg.contains("escapes") || msg.contains("escape") || msg.contains("absolute"),
+        "error should mention jail escape for deep traversal, got: {msg}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// An absolute path (e.g. `/etc/passwd`) must be rejected immediately — it
+/// completely bypasses relative joining and should never be accepted.
+#[test]
+fn jail_rejects_absolute_path() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    let err = filemanager::read(root, "/etc/passwd")
+        .expect_err("absolute path must be rejected");
+    let msg = err.to_string();
+    assert!(
+        msg.contains("absolute") || msg.contains("outside") || msg.contains("escapes") || msg.contains("escape"),
+        "error should mention the absolute-path rejection, got: {msg}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// An absolute path to a Windows-style location must also be rejected.
+#[test]
+fn jail_rejects_absolute_windows_style_path() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    // On POSIX this is just treated as an absolute path starting with `/`.
+    // The test is intentionally platform-portable: any absolute path is bad.
+    let err = filemanager::read(root, "/tmp/evil")
+        .expect_err("absolute /tmp/evil must be rejected");
+    let msg = err.to_string();
+    assert!(
+        msg.contains("absolute") || msg.contains("outside") || msg.contains("escapes") || msg.contains("escape"),
+        "got: {msg}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// A symlink inside the root that points to a path outside the root must not
+/// be followed.  This is the critical symlink-escape vector.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn jail_rejects_symlink_escape() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    // Create a directory outside the root to be the symlink target.
+    let outside = tempdir();
+    let outside_file = outside.path().join("secret.txt");
+    std::fs::write(&outside_file, "secret data").expect("write outside file");
+
+    // Plant a symlink inside the root pointing to the outside directory.
+    let link_path = root.join("evil_link");
+    std::os::unix::fs::symlink(outside.path(), &link_path)
+        .expect("create symlink inside root");
+
+    // Attempt to read through the symlink.
+    let err = filemanager::read(root, "evil_link/secret.txt")
+        .expect_err("symlink escape must be rejected");
+    let msg = err.to_string();
+    assert!(
+        msg.contains("outside") || msg.contains("escapes") || msg.contains("escape"),
+        "error should mention jail escape for symlink traversal, got: {msg}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// A symlink directly inside the root pointing to a file outside must be
+/// rejected even when the path looks like a normal relative reference.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn jail_rejects_symlink_pointing_directly_outside() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    // Symlink to /etc/passwd itself (or any outside path that exists or not).
+    let link_path = root.join("passwd_link");
+    std::os::unix::fs::symlink(Path::new("/etc/passwd"), &link_path)
+        .expect("create symlink to /etc/passwd");
+
+    let err = filemanager::read(root, "passwd_link")
+        .expect_err("direct symlink outside root must be rejected");
+    let msg = err.to_string();
+    assert!(
+        msg.contains("outside") || msg.contains("escapes") || msg.contains("escape"),
+        "error should mention jail escape, got: {msg}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// A symlink chain (symlink → symlink → outside) must also be caught.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn jail_rejects_chained_symlink_escape() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    let outside = tempdir();
+
+    // Chain: root/link1 → root/link2 → outside/
+    let link2_path = root.join("link2");
+    std::os::unix::fs::symlink(outside.path(), &link2_path)
+        .expect("create link2");
+
+    let link1_path = root.join("link1");
+    std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&link2_path, &link1_path)
+        .expect("create link1");
+
+    let err = filemanager::read(root, "link1")
+        .expect_err("chained symlink escape must be rejected");
+    let msg = err.to_string();
+    assert!(
+        msg.contains("outside") || msg.contains("escapes") || msg.contains("escape"),
+        "chained symlink should be caught, got: {msg}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// SECURITY REGRESSION: copying a directory that contains a symlink pointing
+/// OUTSIDE the jail must NOT dereference it and pull external content inside.
+/// jail() validates only the top-level src/dest; the recursive copy must
+/// refuse symlinks itself or it becomes a read-escape exfiltration path.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn copy_refuses_to_follow_symlink_out_of_jail() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+    let outside = tempdir();
+    std::fs::write(outside.path().join("secret.txt"), "TOP SECRET")
+        .expect("write external secret");
+
+    // A directory inside the jail containing a symlink to the outside dir.
+    std::fs::create_dir(root.join("src")).expect("mkdir src");
+    std::os::unix::fs::symlink(outside.path(), root.join("src").join("escape"))
+        .expect("plant symlink to outside");
+
+    // Attempt to copy src -> dest (both inside the jail).
+    let err = filemanager::copy(root, "src", "dest")
+        .expect_err("copy must refuse the embedded symlink");
+    assert!(
+        format!("{err:#}").contains("symlink"),
+        "error should name the refused symlink, got: {err:#}"
+    );
+
+    // The external secret must NOT have landed inside the jail.
+    assert!(
+        !root.join("dest").join("escape").join("secret.txt").exists(),
+        "external content leaked into the jail via symlink-following copy",
+    );
+}
+
+/// `list` must report a symlink as the link itself, never the dereferenced
+/// target — otherwise it leaks the size/type of files outside the jail.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn list_does_not_dereference_symlink_metadata() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+    std::os::unix::fs::symlink(Path::new("/etc/passwd"), root.join("leak"))
+        .expect("plant symlink");
+
+    let entries = filemanager::list(root, "").expect("list root");
+    let leak = entries.iter().find(|e| e.name == "leak").expect("symlink listed");
+    // /etc/passwd is a regular file; if we followed the link, is_dir would
+    // reflect the target. We must report the link, which is not a directory,
+    // and must NOT expose the target's byte size.
+    assert!(!leak.is_dir, "symlink must not be reported as a directory");
+    let target_size = std::fs::metadata("/etc/passwd").map(|m| m.len()).unwrap_or(0);
+    assert!(
+        leak.size != target_size || target_size == 0,
+        "list leaked the symlink target's size ({target_size} bytes)"
+    );
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Dispatch layer tests
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[test]
+fn dispatch_list_returns_success() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let root = dir.path();
+
+    filemanager::write(root, "a.txt", "a").expect("write");
+
+    let req = filemanager::FileRequest {
+        op: "list".to_string(),
+        path: String::new(),
+        dest: None,
+        content: None,
+        name: None,
+    };
+    let resp = filemanager::dispatch(root, &req);
+    assert_eq!(resp["status"], "success");
+    assert!(resp["data"]["entries"].is_array());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn dispatch_unknown_op_returns_error() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let req = filemanager::FileRequest {
+        op: "explode".to_string(),
+        path: String::new(),
+        dest: None,
+        content: None,
+        name: None,
+    };
+    let resp = filemanager::dispatch(dir.path(), &req);
+    assert_eq!(resp["status"], "error");
+    assert!(resp["message"].as_str().unwrap().contains("unknown op"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn dispatch_escape_attempt_returns_error_not_panic() {
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let req = filemanager::FileRequest {
+        op: "read".to_string(),
+        path: "../../etc/passwd".to_string(),
+        dest: None,
+        content: None,
+        name: None,
+    };
+    let resp = filemanager::dispatch(dir.path(), &req);
+    // Must return an error response, not panic or expose the file.
+    assert_eq!(resp["status"], "error", "escape attempt should return error status");
+    assert!(
+        resp["message"].as_str().is_some(),
+        "error response must have a message"
+    );
+}

corrosion-host-agent/tests/rcon.rs

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+//! RCON integration tests using in-process mock servers.
+//!
+//! Real OS sockets on ephemeral ports — no mocking framework.  Each test
+//! binds a listener, spawns a task that speaks the expected protocol, then
+//! exercises `rcon::send_command` and asserts on the result.  Tests are
+//! unix-only because the musl cross-compile target and the CI runner are both
+//! Linux; the production use case is also Linux-only (game servers don't run
+//! on macOS or Windows in production).
+//!
+//! We use `#[cfg(unix)]` to keep parity with the supervisor integration tests.
+#![cfg(unix)]
+
+use corrosion_host_agent::rcon::{RconConfig, RconKind};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Source RCON helpers — duplicate the wire-format encode/decode locally so
+// the tests own the mock server without depending on the production code path.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Build a Source RCON packet: [size(4LE) | id(4LE) | type(4LE) | body | 0x00 0x00]
+fn encode_packet(id: i32, ptype: i32, body: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let size = (4 + 4 + body.len() + 2) as i32;
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(4 + size as usize);
+    out.extend_from_slice(&size.to_le_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(&id.to_le_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(&ptype.to_le_bytes());
+    out.extend_from_slice(body);
+    out.push(0x00);
+    out.push(0x00);
+    out
+}
+
+/// Read one Source RCON packet from a TcpStream.
+async fn read_packet(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> (i32, i32, Vec<u8>) {
+    let mut size_buf = [0u8; 4];
+    stream.read_exact(&mut size_buf).await.unwrap();
+    let size = i32::from_le_bytes(size_buf) as usize;
+
+    let mut payload = vec![0u8; size];
+    stream.read_exact(&mut payload).await.unwrap();
+
+    let id = i32::from_le_bytes(payload[0..4].try_into().unwrap());
+    let ptype = i32::from_le_bytes(payload[4..8].try_into().unwrap());
+    let body_end = size.saturating_sub(2);
+    let body = payload[8..body_end].to_vec();
+    (id, ptype, body)
+}
+
+const SOURCE_TYPE_AUTH: i32 = 3;
+const SOURCE_TYPE_AUTH_RESPONSE: i32 = 2;
+const SOURCE_TYPE_EXECCOMMAND: i32 = 2;
+const SOURCE_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE: i32 = 0;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Mock Source RCON server
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Run a Source RCON server that accepts password "goodpw", rejects others,
+/// and responds to the first EXECCOMMAND with `response_body`.
+///
+/// If `split_at` is Some(n) the body is split: the first `n` bytes arrive in
+/// one RESPONSE_VALUE packet and the remainder in a second — testing multi-
+/// packet reassembly.
+async fn run_source_mock(
+    mut stream: TcpStream,
+    accept_password: &str,
+    command_response: &[u8],
+    split_at: Option<usize>,
+) {
+    // --- Auth phase ---
+    let (auth_id, ptype, body) = read_packet(&mut stream).await;
+    assert_eq!(ptype, SOURCE_TYPE_AUTH, "expected AUTH packet");
+
+    let password = String::from_utf8_lossy(&body);
+    if password != accept_password {
+        // Send empty RESPONSE_VALUE then AUTH_RESPONSE with id = -1 (failure).
+        let empty = encode_packet(auth_id, SOURCE_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE, b"");
+        stream.write_all(&empty).await.unwrap();
+        let fail = encode_packet(-1, SOURCE_TYPE_AUTH_RESPONSE, b"");
+        stream.write_all(&fail).await.unwrap();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Success: empty RESPONSE_VALUE then AUTH_RESPONSE with the auth id.
+    let empty = encode_packet(auth_id, SOURCE_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE, b"");
+    stream.write_all(&empty).await.unwrap();
+    let ok = encode_packet(auth_id, SOURCE_TYPE_AUTH_RESPONSE, b"");
+    stream.write_all(&ok).await.unwrap();
+
+    // --- Command phase ---
+    let (cmd_id, cmd_ptype, _cmd_body) = read_packet(&mut stream).await;
+    assert_eq!(cmd_ptype, SOURCE_TYPE_EXECCOMMAND, "expected EXECCOMMAND");
+
+    // Read the probe packet (empty RESPONSE_VALUE with a different id).
+    let (probe_id, probe_ptype, _) = read_packet(&mut stream).await;
+    assert_eq!(probe_ptype, SOURCE_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE, "expected probe packet");
+
+    // Send the command response, optionally split across two packets.
+    if let Some(n) = split_at {
+        let (part1, part2) = command_response.split_at(n.min(command_response.len()));
+        let p1 = encode_packet(cmd_id, SOURCE_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE, part1);
+        stream.write_all(&p1).await.unwrap();
+        let p2 = encode_packet(cmd_id, SOURCE_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE, part2);
+        stream.write_all(&p2).await.unwrap();
+    } else {
+        let p = encode_packet(cmd_id, SOURCE_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE, command_response);
+        stream.write_all(&p).await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    // Echo the probe to signal end-of-response.
+    let probe_echo = encode_packet(probe_id, SOURCE_TYPE_RESPONSE_VALUE, b"");
+    stream.write_all(&probe_echo).await.unwrap();
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Source RCON tests
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn source_rcon_auth_and_exec_returns_response() {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let (stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
+        run_source_mock(stream, "goodpw", b"Hello from server", None).await;
+    });
+
+    let cfg = RconConfig { kind: Some(RconKind::Source), port, password: "goodpw".to_string() };
+    let result = corrosion_host_agent::rcon::send_command(&cfg, "conan", "status")
+        .await
+        .expect("command should succeed");
+
+    assert_eq!(result, "Hello from server");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn source_rcon_wrong_password_returns_auth_error() {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let (stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
+        run_source_mock(stream, "goodpw", b"should not see this", None).await;
+    });
+
+    let cfg = RconConfig { kind: Some(RconKind::Source), port, password: "wrongpw".to_string() };
+    let err = corrosion_host_agent::rcon::send_command(&cfg, "conan", "status")
+        .await
+        .expect_err("wrong password should fail");
+
+    assert!(
+        err.to_string().to_lowercase().contains("auth"),
+        "error should mention auth failure, got: {err}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn source_rcon_multi_packet_response_concatenated() {
+    // Build a body large enough to split meaningfully across two packets.
+    // Use repeating ASCII so the result is valid UTF-8 and easy to verify.
+    // 200 'A's then 200 'B's = 400 bytes, split at 200.
+    let body: Vec<u8> = std::iter::repeat_n(b'A', 200)
+        .chain(std::iter::repeat_n(b'B', 200))
+        .collect();
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+    let body_clone = body.clone();
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let (stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
+        run_source_mock(stream, "goodpw", &body_clone, Some(200)).await;
+    });
+
+    let cfg = RconConfig { kind: Some(RconKind::Source), port, password: "goodpw".to_string() };
+    let result = corrosion_host_agent::rcon::send_command(&cfg, "soulmask", "showplayers")
+        .await
+        .expect("multi-packet command should succeed");
+
+    let expected = String::from_utf8(body).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result, expected, "full body should be concatenated across both packets");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn source_rcon_connect_timeout_to_unreachable_port() {
+    // Bind a listener but never accept — the connection will time out during
+    // the RCON auth phase because nothing is reading from the socket.
+    // We use a port that is bound (so TCP connect itself succeeds) but then
+    // the mock simply drops the stream, forcing a read error, which should
+    // surface as an error (not a panic or hang).
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+
+    // Accept the TCP connection but immediately drop it — simulates a port
+    // that accepts but never speaks RCON.
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let (_stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
+        // _stream dropped here — EOF on the client's read
+    });
+
+    let cfg =
+        RconConfig { kind: Some(RconKind::Source), port, password: "goodpw".to_string() };
+    let err = corrosion_host_agent::rcon::send_command(&cfg, "conan", "status")
+        .await
+        .expect_err("closed connection should fail");
+
+    // We just need it to fail and not hang; error message varies by OS.
+    let _ = err;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// WebRCON mock server
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Run a WebRCON mock: send one noise frame (Identifier 0), then respond to
+/// the first real request with the given output.
+async fn run_webrcon_mock(stream: tokio::net::TcpStream, output: &str) {
+    use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+    use tokio_tungstenite::accept_async;
+    use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message as WsMsg;
+
+    let mut ws = accept_async(stream).await.expect("WS handshake failed");
+
+    // Send noise (chat frame, Identifier 0) before the real request arrives.
+    let noise = serde_json::json!({
+        "Identifier": 0,
+        "Message": "Player X joined",
+        "Name": "Server",
+        "Type": "Chat"
+    });
+    ws.send(WsMsg::Text(noise.to_string()))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // Read the command request.
+    let msg = ws.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+    let text = match msg {
+        WsMsg::Text(t) => t,
+        other => panic!("expected Text frame, got {other:?}"),
+    };
+    let req: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&text).unwrap();
+    let req_id = req["Identifier"].as_i64().unwrap() as i32;
+
+    // Reply with the same Identifier so the client correlates correctly.
+    let reply = serde_json::json!({
+        "Identifier": req_id,
+        "Message": output,
+        "Type": "Generic",
+    });
+    ws.send(WsMsg::Text(reply.to_string())).await.unwrap();
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// WebRCON tests
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn webrcon_skips_noise_and_returns_correct_message() {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let (stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
+        run_webrcon_mock(stream, "Players: 42/100").await;
+    });
+
+    // Password is embedded in the URL path — any non-empty string works with
+    // our mock.
+    let cfg = RconConfig {
+        kind: Some(RconKind::WebRcon),
+        port,
+        password: "testpw".to_string(),
+    };
+    let result = corrosion_host_agent::rcon::send_command(&cfg, "rust", "playercount")
+        .await
+        .expect("WebRCON command should succeed");
+
+    assert_eq!(result, "Players: 42/100");
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// TOML parsing test — pins [[instance]] + [instance.rcon] sub-table syntax
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[test]
+fn toml_instance_with_rcon_parses_correctly() {
+    let toml = r#"
+[agent]
+license_id = "test-license"
+nats_url = "nats://localhost:4222"
+
+[[instance]]
+id = "rust-main"
+game = "rust"
+root = "/opt/rustserver"
+
+[instance.rcon]
+port = 28016
+password = "secretpassword"
+kind = "webrcon"
+"#;
+
+    let cfg: corrosion_host_agent::config::ConfigFile =
+        toml::from_str(toml).expect("TOML should parse");
+
+    assert_eq!(cfg.instances.len(), 1);
+    let inst = &cfg.instances[0];
+    assert_eq!(inst.id, "rust-main");
+
+    let rcon = inst.rcon.as_ref().expect("rcon should be present");
+    assert_eq!(rcon.port, 28016);
+    assert_eq!(rcon.password, "secretpassword");
+    assert_eq!(rcon.kind, Some(corrosion_host_agent::rcon::RconKind::WebRcon));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn toml_instance_without_rcon_defaults_to_none() {
+    let toml = r#"
+[agent]
+license_id = "test-license"
+nats_url = "nats://localhost:4222"
+
+[[instance]]
+id = "conan-main"
+game = "conan"
+root = "/opt/conan"
+"#;
+
+    let cfg: corrosion_host_agent::config::ConfigFile =
+        toml::from_str(toml).expect("TOML should parse");
+
+    assert!(cfg.instances[0].rcon.is_none(), "absent rcon should be None");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn resolved_kind_infers_from_game_name() {
+    use corrosion_host_agent::rcon::{RconConfig, RconKind};
+
+    let cfg_no_kind = RconConfig { kind: None, port: 28016, password: "x".to_string() };
+    assert_eq!(cfg_no_kind.resolved_kind("rust"), RconKind::WebRcon);
+    assert_eq!(cfg_no_kind.resolved_kind("conan"), RconKind::Source);
+    assert_eq!(cfg_no_kind.resolved_kind("soulmask"), RconKind::Source);
+    assert_eq!(cfg_no_kind.resolved_kind("dune"), RconKind::WebRcon); // fallback
+
+    // Explicit kind always wins.
+    let cfg_source = RconConfig { kind: Some(RconKind::Source), ..cfg_no_kind.clone() };
+    assert_eq!(cfg_source.resolved_kind("rust"), RconKind::Source);
+
+    let cfg_webrcon = RconConfig { kind: Some(RconKind::WebRcon), ..cfg_no_kind };
+    assert_eq!(cfg_webrcon.resolved_kind("conan"), RconKind::WebRcon);
+}

corrosion-host-agent/tests/steamcmd.rs

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+//! Unit tests for the SteamCMD module.
+//!
+//! Tests cover app ID resolution for all four supported games, including the
+//! platform-specific Soulmask split, and verify that Dune correctly returns
+//! `None` (it uses Docker images, not SteamCMD).
+
+use corrosion_host_agent::steamcmd::app_id_for_game;
+
+#[test]
+fn rust_has_correct_app_id() {
+    assert_eq!(app_id_for_game("rust"), Some(258550));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn conan_has_correct_app_id() {
+    assert_eq!(app_id_for_game("conan"), Some(443030));
+}
+
+/// Soulmask returns the Windows server app ID on Windows builds, the Linux
+/// dedicated server app ID on all other targets.
+#[test]
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn soulmask_windows_app_id() {
+    assert_eq!(app_id_for_game("soulmask"), Some(3017310));
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn soulmask_linux_app_id() {
+    assert_eq!(app_id_for_game("soulmask"), Some(3017300));
+}
+
+/// Dune uses Docker images — SteamCMD integration is explicitly unsupported.
+#[test]
+fn dune_has_no_app_id() {
+    assert_eq!(app_id_for_game("dune"), None);
+}
+
+/// Unknown games also produce None; callers should treat this the same as
+/// Dune (no SteamCMD support).
+#[test]
+fn unknown_game_returns_none() {
+    assert_eq!(app_id_for_game("minecraft"), None);
+    assert_eq!(app_id_for_game(""), None);
+}

corrosion-host-agent/tests/supervisor.rs

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+//! Process supervisor integration tests using real OS processes.
+//! Unix-only test doubles (/bin/sleep, /bin/sh) — the supervisor logic under
+//! test is platform-shared; Windows-specific stop semantics get covered when
+//! the Windows service work lands.
+#![cfg(unix)]
+
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use corrosion_host_agent::config::InstanceConfig;
+use corrosion_host_agent::process::{InstanceState, ProcessSupervisor};
+
+fn managed_instance(executable: &str, args: &[&str]) -> InstanceConfig {
+    InstanceConfig {
+        id: "test-instance".to_string(),
+        game: "rust".to_string(),
+        root: PathBuf::from("/tmp"),
+        label: None,
+        executable: Some(PathBuf::from(executable)),
+        args: args.iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect(),
+        working_dir: None,
+        rcon: None,
+        steamcmd: None,
+    }
+}
+
+async fn wait_for_state(
+    sup: &std::sync::Arc<ProcessSupervisor>,
+    want: fn(&InstanceState) -> bool,
+    budget: Duration,
+) -> InstanceState {
+    let deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + budget;
+    loop {
+        let state = sup.state();
+        if want(&state) {
+            return state;
+        }
+        if tokio::time::Instant::now() > deadline {
+            panic!("timed out waiting for state; last = {state:?}");
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn start_status_stop_lifecycle() {
+    let sup = ProcessSupervisor::new(&managed_instance("/bin/sleep", &["300"]));
+    assert_eq!(sup.state(), InstanceState::Stopped);
+
+    sup.start().await.expect("start should succeed");
+    assert_eq!(sup.state(), InstanceState::Running);
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1100)).await;
+    assert!(sup.uptime_seconds().await >= 1, "uptime should advance");
+
+    // Double-start must be rejected while running.
+    assert!(sup.start().await.is_err(), "double start must fail");
+
+    sup.stop().await.expect("stop should succeed");
+    let state = wait_for_state(&sup, |s| matches!(s, InstanceState::Stopped), Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+    assert_eq!(state, InstanceState::Stopped);
+    assert_eq!(sup.uptime_seconds().await, 0);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn unexpected_exit_is_crashed_with_code() {
+    let sup = ProcessSupervisor::new(&managed_instance("/bin/sh", &["-c", "sleep 0.2; exit 7"]));
+    sup.start().await.expect("start should succeed");
+
+    let state = wait_for_state(
+        &sup,
+        |s| matches!(s, InstanceState::Crashed { .. }),
+        Duration::from_secs(5),
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert_eq!(state, InstanceState::Crashed { exit_code: Some(7) });
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn restart_from_crashed_recovers() {
+    let sup = ProcessSupervisor::new(&managed_instance("/bin/sh", &["-c", "exit 1"]));
+    sup.start().await.expect("start should succeed");
+    wait_for_state(&sup, |s| matches!(s, InstanceState::Crashed { .. }), Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+
+    // Restart from crashed must work (panel "Restart" after a crash).
+    // Use a long-lived command this time by replacing the supervisor — the
+    // command is fixed per supervisor, so emulate via a fresh one.
+    let sup2 = ProcessSupervisor::new(&managed_instance("/bin/sleep", &["300"]));
+    sup2.restart().await.expect("restart from stopped should start");
+    assert_eq!(sup2.state(), InstanceState::Running);
+    sup2.stop().await.expect("cleanup stop");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn unmanaged_instance_rejects_process_commands() {
+    let mut cfg = managed_instance("/bin/sleep", &["300"]);
+    cfg.executable = None;
+    let sup = ProcessSupervisor::new(&cfg);
+    assert_eq!(sup.state(), InstanceState::Unmanaged);
+    assert!(sup.start().await.is_err(), "unmanaged start must fail");
+    assert!(sup.stop().await.is_err(), "unmanaged stop must fail");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn missing_executable_fails_cleanly() {
+    let sup = ProcessSupervisor::new(&managed_instance("/nonexistent/bin/gameserver", &[]));
+    let err = sup.start().await.expect_err("must fail");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("not found"), "error should say not found: {err}");
+    assert_eq!(sup.state(), InstanceState::Stopped, "failed start must not leave Starting state");
+}

docker/docker-compose.yml

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - nats_data:/data
       - ./nats.conf:/etc/nats/nats.conf:ro
+      # Per-license authorization (generated on the host; carries secrets, not
+      # committed with real users — see scripts/generate-nats-auth.mjs).
+      - ./nats-auth.conf:/etc/nats/nats-auth.conf:ro
     ports:
       - "8089:4222"   # Client connections
 
@@ -43,6 +46,12 @@ services:
       DATABASE_URL: postgres://corrosion:${DB_PASSWORD:-corrosion_dev}@postgres:5432/corrosion
       DATABASE_MAX_CONNECTIONS: "20"
       NATS_URL: nats://nats:4222
+      # Privileged internal NATS user (full corrosion.> access). Empty = anonymous.
+      NATS_INTERNAL_USER: ${NATS_INTERNAL_USER:-}
+      NATS_INTERNAL_PASSWORD: ${NATS_INTERNAL_PASSWORD:-}
+      # Secret for deriving per-license agent passwords (shared with the
+      # nats-auth generator). HMAC-SHA256(license_id, secret).
+      NATS_TOKEN_SECRET: ${NATS_TOKEN_SECRET:-}
       JWT_SECRET: ${JWT_SECRET}
       JWT_ACCESS_EXPIRY_SECONDS: "14400"
       JWT_REFRESH_EXPIRY_SECONDS: "604800"
@@ -87,7 +96,10 @@ services:
       api:
         condition: service_started
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -q --spider http://localhost:80/ || exit 1"]
+      # 127.0.0.1, not localhost: nginx listens IPv4-only (0.0.0.0:80) but
+      # `localhost` resolves to ::1 first inside the container → the probe hit
+      # nothing and reported unhealthy while the panel served fine on IPv4.
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -q --spider http://127.0.0.1:80/ || exit 1"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 3

docker/nats-auth.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# SAFE OPEN DEFAULT — anonymous full access, no secrets. Same behavior as the
+# pre-auth broker so fresh deploys and the repo stay valid.
+#
+# Regenerated on deploy by scripts/generate-nats-auth.mjs with the privileged
+# internal user + per-license scoped users (those carry secrets and must NOT be
+# committed — mark the host copy with `git update-index --assume-unchanged`).
+authorization {
+  users: [
+    { user: "anonymous", password: "", permissions: { publish: ">", subscribe: ">" } }
+  ]
+  no_auth_user: "anonymous"
+}

docker/nats.conf

@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ logtime: true
 max_payload: 8MB  # Support map file transfer metadata
 max_connections: 10000
 
-# Authorization — tokens validated per-connection
-# Plugin and companion agents authenticate with license-specific tokens
-authorization {
-    timeout: 5
-}
+# Authorization — per-license isolation.
+# The committed nats-auth.conf is the SAFE OPEN default (anonymous full access,
+# no secrets — same as before). On deploy, scripts/generate-nats-auth.mjs
+# regenerates this file from the licenses table with the privileged internal
+# user + per-license scoped users; flip NATS_AUTH_STAGE=enforce to reject
+# anonymous. The host copy carries secrets and is NOT committed
+# (git update-index --assume-unchanged docker/nats-auth.conf).
+include "nats-auth.conf"

frontend/index.html

@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#0a0a0a" />
     <title>Corrosion Management</title>
+    <meta name="description" content="Management panel for self-hosted survival game servers — Rust, Dune: Awakening, Conan Exiles, Soulmask. Wipe automation, plugins, monitoring. Bring your own server." />
+    <meta property="og:title" content="Corrosion — Game Server Operations for Self-Hosted Communities" />
+    <meta property="og:description" content="Management panel for self-hosted survival game servers — Rust, Dune: Awakening, Conan Exiles, Soulmask. Wipe automation, plugins, monitoring. Bring your own server." />
+    <!-- Fonts via <link>, NOT a CSS @import — the bundler drops @import rules
+         that land mid-file after concatenation, silently shipping system fonts -->
+    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
+    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin />
+    <link
+      rel="stylesheet"
+      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Geist:wght@300;400;500;600;700;800&family=JetBrains+Mono:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,400&family=Oxanium:wght@500;600;700;800&display=swap"
+    />
     <script>
       /* FOUC guard — apply persisted theme/game to <html> before the app mounts,
          so the design-system tokens paint with the right skin from frame one. */

frontend/src/App.vue

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { onMounted } from 'vue'
 import { RouterView } from 'vue-router'
 import ToastNotification from '@/components/ToastNotification.vue'
 import ErrorBoundary from '@/components/ErrorBoundary.vue'
+import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/auth'
+
+// Validate any persisted session against the API on boot — a stale token
+// should bounce to login immediately, not after the first failed call.
+const auth = useAuthStore()
+onMounted(() => { void auth.validateSession() })
 </script>
 
 <template>

frontend/src/components/ErrorBoundary.vue

@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { ref, onErrorCaptured } from 'vue'
+import { ref, watch, onErrorCaptured } from 'vue'
+import { useRoute } from 'vue-router'
 import Icon from '@/components/ds/core/Icon.vue'
 import Button from '@/components/ds/core/Button.vue'
 
+withDefaults(defineProps<{
+  /** 'screen' fills the viewport (app root); 'content' fills its container (inside layout chrome) */
+  variant?: 'screen' | 'content'
+}>(), { variant: 'screen' })
+
+const route = useRoute()
 const hasError = ref(false)
 const errorMessage = ref('')
 
@@ -13,6 +20,12 @@ onErrorCaptured((err) => {
   return false
 })
 
+// A failed view must not brick navigation — clear the error when the route changes
+watch(() => route.fullPath, () => {
+  hasError.value = false
+  errorMessage.value = ''
+})
+
 function retry() {
   hasError.value = false
   errorMessage.value = ''
@@ -21,7 +34,7 @@ function retry() {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div v-if="hasError" class="eb-screen">
+  <div v-if="hasError" class="eb-screen" :class="{ 'eb-screen--content': variant === 'content' }">
     <div class="eb-card">
       <div class="eb-icon-wrap">
         <Icon name="triangle-alert" :size="24" :stroke-width="1.75" />
@@ -44,6 +57,11 @@ function retry() {
   padding: var(--space-6);
 }
 
+.eb-screen--content {
+  min-height: 60vh;
+  background: transparent;
+}
+
 .eb-card {
   background: var(--surface-base);
   box-shadow: var(--ring-default), var(--shadow-md);

frontend/src/components/layout/DashboardLayout.vue

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { useThemeGame } from '@/composables/useThemeGame'
 import { useGameProfile } from '@/config/gameProfiles'
 import type { NavSection, NavItemDef } from '@/config/gameProfiles'
 import { safeDate } from '@/utils/formatters'
+import ErrorBoundary from '@/components/ErrorBoundary.vue'
 import Logo from '@/components/ds/brand/Logo.vue'
 import Badge from '@/components/ds/core/Badge.vue'
 import StatusDot from '@/components/ds/core/StatusDot.vue'
@@ -284,9 +285,11 @@ const themeIcon = computed(() => theme.value === 'dark' ? 'sun' : 'moon')
         </div>
       </header>
 
-      <!-- Page content -->
+      <!-- Page content — boundary keeps sidebar/topbar alive when a view fails -->
       <main class="app__content">
-        <RouterView />
+        <ErrorBoundary variant="content">
+          <RouterView />
+        </ErrorBoundary>
       </main>
     </div>
   </div>

frontend/src/components/layout/MarketingLayout.vue

@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ const panelUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_PANEL_URL ?? ''
           <div class="footer__col">
             <h5>Support</h5>
             <RouterLink :to="{ name: 'faq' }">FAQ</RouterLink>
-            <a href="https://discord.gg/corrosion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discord</a>
             <RouterLink to="/status">Status</RouterLink>
           </div>
           <div class="footer__col">

frontend/src/config/gameProfiles.ts

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export interface GameProfile {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 const NAV_DASHBOARD: NavItemDef = { label: 'Dashboard', route: '/', icon: 'layout-dashboard', permission: null }
+const NAV_FLEET: NavItemDef = { label: 'Fleet', route: '/fleet', icon: 'server-cog', permission: 'server.view' }
 const NAV_SERVER: NavItemDef = { label: 'Server', route: '/server', icon: 'server', permission: 'server.view' }
 const NAV_CONSOLE: NavItemDef = { label: 'Console', route: '/console', icon: 'terminal', permission: 'console.view' }
 const NAV_PLAYERS: NavItemDef = { label: 'Players', route: '/players', icon: 'users', permission: 'players.view' }
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ const RUST_NAV: NavSection[] = [
   { label: '', items: [NAV_DASHBOARD] },
   {
     label: 'Server',
-    items: [NAV_SERVER, NAV_CONSOLE, NAV_PLAYERS, NAV_PLUGINS, NAV_FILES],
+    items: [NAV_FLEET, NAV_SERVER, NAV_CONSOLE, NAV_PLAYERS, NAV_PLUGINS, NAV_FILES],
   },
   { label: 'Plugin configs', items: [NAV_PLUGIN_CONFIGS] },
   {
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ export const GAME_PROFILES: Record<GameId, GameProfile> = {
       {
         label: 'Server',
         // Conan: no uMod/Oxide; has RCON console, maps, players, files
-        items: [NAV_SERVER, NAV_CONSOLE, NAV_PLAYERS, NAV_FILES],
+        items: [NAV_FLEET, NAV_SERVER, NAV_CONSOLE, NAV_PLAYERS, NAV_FILES],
       },
       {
         label: 'Operations',
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ export const GAME_PROFILES: Record<GameId, GameProfile> = {
       {
         label: 'Server',
         // Soulmask: no uMod/Oxide; has RCON+GM console, players, files
-        items: [NAV_SERVER, NAV_CONSOLE, NAV_PLAYERS, NAV_FILES],
+        items: [NAV_FLEET, NAV_SERVER, NAV_CONSOLE, NAV_PLAYERS, NAV_FILES],
       },
       {
         label: 'Operations',
@@ -299,6 +300,7 @@ export const GAME_PROFILES: Record<GameId, GameProfile> = {
         label: 'Server',
         // Dune: no RCON (uses RabbitMQ); label console "Broadcast"; no maps route; no plugins
         items: [
+          NAV_FLEET,
           NAV_SERVER,
           { label: 'Broadcast', route: '/console', icon: 'radio', permission: 'console.view' },
           NAV_PLAYERS,

frontend/src/router/index.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 import { createRouter, createWebHistory, type RouteRecordRaw } from 'vue-router'
 import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/auth'
 
+// Extend vue-router's RouteMeta so title/description are typed throughout
+declare module 'vue-router' {
+  interface RouteMeta {
+    title?: string
+    description?: string
+    requiresAuth?: boolean
+    guest?: boolean
+    superAdmin?: boolean
+  }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Domain detection — runs once at module load
+// Env-driven so www./staging hosts route correctly; an exact-match literal
+// here once meant any non-canonical marketing host silently got the panel.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const hostname = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.location.hostname : ''
-const isMarketingDomain = hostname === 'corrosionmgmt.com'
+const marketingHosts = (import.meta.env.VITE_MARKETING_HOSTS ?? 'corrosionmgmt.com,www.corrosionmgmt.com')
+  .split(',')
+  .map((h: string) => h.trim().toLowerCase())
+  .filter(Boolean)
+const isMarketingDomain = marketingHosts.includes(hostname.toLowerCase())
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Marketing page children — shared between both domain route sets
@@ -15,31 +32,55 @@ const marketingChildren: RouteRecordRaw[] = [
     path: '',
     name: 'landing',
     component: () => import('@/views/marketing/LandingView.vue'),
+    meta: {
+      title: 'Corrosion — Game Server Operations for Self-Hosted Communities',
+      description: 'Management panel for self-hosted survival game servers — Rust, Dune: Awakening, Conan Exiles, Soulmask. Wipe automation, plugins, monitoring. Bring your own server.',
+    },
   },
   {
     path: 'pricing',
     name: 'pricing',
     component: () => import('@/views/marketing/PricingView.vue'),
+    meta: {
+      title: 'Pricing — Corrosion',
+      description: 'Plans from $9.99/mo (Hobby, 1–5 servers) to Network ($99.99+/mo, 50+ servers). Non-commercial and commercial tiers. No hosting fees — bring your own server.',
+    },
   },
   {
     path: 'how-it-works',
     name: 'how-it-works',
     component: () => import('@/views/marketing/HowItWorksView.vue'),
+    meta: {
+      title: 'How It Works — Corrosion',
+      description: 'Install one host agent on Windows or Linux. It connects outbound-only to Corrosion — no inbound ports, no SSH. Manage every game instance from the browser.',
+    },
   },
   {
     path: 'faq',
     name: 'faq',
     component: () => import('@/views/marketing/FaqView.vue'),
+    meta: {
+      title: 'FAQ — Corrosion',
+      description: 'Honest answers: Corrosion is self-service (BYOS, no hosting). Support is docs + community; 1:1 at $125/hr. Supports Rust, Dune, Conan Exiles, Soulmask.',
+    },
   },
   {
     path: 'roadmap',
     name: 'roadmap',
     component: () => import('@/views/marketing/RoadmapView.vue'),
+    meta: {
+      title: 'Roadmap — Corrosion',
+      description: 'Phase 1 shipped: core control plane, auto-wiper, plugin management. In progress: Dune, Conan, Soulmask multi-game blueprints. Planned: API access, integrations.',
+    },
   },
   {
     path: 'early-access',
     name: 'early-access',
     component: () => import('@/views/marketing/EarlyAccessView.vue'),
+    meta: {
+      title: 'Early Access — Corrosion',
+      description: 'Join the early access list. Get full control plane access — wipe automation, plugin management, real-time console — and lock in launch pricing.',
+    },
   },
 ]
 
@@ -53,25 +94,25 @@ const panelRoutes: RouteRecordRaw[] = [
     path: '/login',
     name: 'login',
     component: () => import('@/views/auth/LoginView.vue'),
-    meta: { guest: true },
+    meta: { guest: true, title: 'Sign in — Corrosion' },
   },
   {
     path: '/register',
     name: 'register',
     component: () => import('@/views/auth/RegisterView.vue'),
-    meta: { guest: true },
+    meta: { guest: true, title: 'Create account — Corrosion' },
   },
   {
     path: '/forgot-password',
     name: 'forgot-password',
     component: () => import('@/views/auth/ForgotPasswordView.vue'),
-    meta: { guest: true },
+    meta: { guest: true, title: 'Reset password — Corrosion' },
   },
   {
     path: '/setup',
     name: 'setup-wizard',
     component: () => import('@/views/auth/SetupWizardView.vue'),
-    meta: { requiresAuth: true },
+    meta: { requiresAuth: true, title: 'Setup — Corrosion' },
   },
 
   // Admin dashboard routes (with sidebar layout)
@@ -84,217 +125,260 @@ const panelRoutes: RouteRecordRaw[] = [
         path: '',
         name: 'dashboard',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/DashboardView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Dashboard — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'server',
         name: 'server',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/ServerView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Server — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'console',
         name: 'console',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/ConsoleView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Console — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'players',
         name: 'players',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/PlayersView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Players — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'plugins',
         name: 'plugins',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/PluginsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Plugins — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'files',
         name: 'files',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/FileManagerView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Files — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'plugin-configs',
         name: 'plugin-configs',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/PluginConfigsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Plugin Configs — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'loot-builder',
         name: 'loot-builder',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/LootBuilderView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Loot Builder — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'teleport-config',
         name: 'teleport-config',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/TeleportConfigView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Teleport Config — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'gather-manager',
         name: 'gather-manager',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/GatherManagerView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Gather Manager — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'autodoors',
         name: 'autodoors',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/AutoDoorsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Auto Doors — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'kits',
         name: 'kits-config',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/KitsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Kits — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'furnace-splitter',
         name: 'furnace-splitter',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/FurnaceSplitterView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Furnace Splitter — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'better-chat',
         name: 'better-chat',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/BetterChatView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Better Chat — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'timed-execute',
         name: 'timed-execute',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/TimedExecuteView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Timed Execute — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'raidable-bases',
         name: 'raidable-bases',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/RaidableBasesView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Raidable Bases — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'wipes',
         name: 'wipes',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/WipesView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Wipes — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'wipes/profiles',
         name: 'wipe-profiles',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/WipeProfilesView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Wipe Profiles — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'wipes/calendar',
         name: 'wipe-calendar',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/WipeCalendarView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Wipe Calendar — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'wipes/history',
         name: 'wipe-history',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/WipeHistoryView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Wipe History — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'wipes/analytics',
         name: 'wipe-analytics',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/WipeAnalyticsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Wipe Analytics — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'maps',
         name: 'maps',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/MapsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Maps — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'maps/analytics',
         name: 'map-analytics',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/MapAnalyticsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Map Analytics — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'chat',
         name: 'chat',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/ChatLogView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Chat Log — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'analytics',
         name: 'analytics',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/AnalyticsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Analytics — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'retention',
         name: 'retention',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/PlayerRetentionView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Player Retention — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'notifications',
         name: 'notifications',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/NotificationsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Notifications — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'team',
         name: 'team',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/TeamView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Team — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'store/config',
         name: 'store-config',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/StoreConfigView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Store Config — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'store/items',
         name: 'store-items',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/StoreItemsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Store Items — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'store/revenue',
         name: 'store-revenue',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/StoreRevenueView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Store Revenue — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'modules',
         name: 'modules',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/ModuleStoreView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Modules — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'settings',
         name: 'settings',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/SettingsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Settings — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'schedules',
         name: 'schedules',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/SchedulesView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Schedules — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'migration',
         name: 'migration',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/MigrationView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Migration — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'changelog',
         name: 'changelog',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/ChangelogView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Changelog — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'alerts',
         name: 'alerts',
         component: () => import('@/views/admin/AlertsView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Alerts — Corrosion' },
+      },
+      {
+        path: 'fleet',
+        name: 'fleet',
+        component: () => import('@/views/admin/FleetView.vue'),
+        meta: { title: 'Fleet — Corrosion', requiresAuth: true },
       },
       // Platform Admin views (super-admin only)
       {
         path: 'admin',
         name: 'platform-admin',
         component: () => import('@/views/platform-admin/AdminDashboard.vue'),
-        meta: { superAdmin: true },
+        meta: { superAdmin: true, title: 'Admin — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'admin/licenses',
         name: 'platform-licenses',
         component: () => import('@/views/platform-admin/AdminLicenses.vue'),
-        meta: { superAdmin: true },
+        meta: { superAdmin: true, title: 'Admin: Licenses — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'admin/subscriptions',
         name: 'platform-subscriptions',
         component: () => import('@/views/platform-admin/AdminSubscriptions.vue'),
-        meta: { superAdmin: true },
+        meta: { superAdmin: true, title: 'Admin: Subscriptions — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'admin/users',
         name: 'platform-users',
         component: () => import('@/views/platform-admin/AdminUsers.vue'),
-        meta: { superAdmin: true },
+        meta: { superAdmin: true, title: 'Admin: Users — Corrosion' },
       },
       {
         path: 'admin/servers',
         name: 'platform-servers',
         component: () => import('@/views/platform-admin/AdminServers.vue'),
-        meta: { superAdmin: true },
+        meta: { superAdmin: true, title: 'Admin: Servers — Corrosion' },
       },
     ],
   },
@@ -329,6 +413,7 @@ const panelRoutes: RouteRecordRaw[] = [
     path: '/status',
     name: 'status',
     component: () => import('@/views/public/StatusPageView.vue'),
+    meta: { title: 'Status — Corrosion' },
   },
 
   // Catch-all
@@ -366,6 +451,7 @@ const marketingRoutes: RouteRecordRaw[] = [
     path: '/status',
     name: 'status',
     component: () => import('@/views/public/StatusPageView.vue'),
+    meta: { title: 'Status — Corrosion' },
   },
 
   // Catch-all: unknown routes → landing page
@@ -383,6 +469,38 @@ const router = createRouter({
   routes: isMarketingDomain ? marketingRoutes : panelRoutes,
 })
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Document title + meta description/OG update on every navigation
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function setOrClearMeta(selector: string, attr: string, value: string): void {
+  let el = document.querySelector<HTMLMetaElement>(selector)
+  if (!el) {
+    el = document.createElement('meta')
+    // Parse the selector to set the right attribute (name="..." or property="...")
+    const nameMatch = selector.match(/\[name="([^"]+)"\]/)
+    const propMatch = selector.match(/\[property="([^"]+)"\]/)
+    if (nameMatch?.[1]) el.setAttribute('name', nameMatch[1])
+    if (propMatch?.[1]) el.setAttribute('property', propMatch[1])
+    document.head.appendChild(el)
+  }
+  el.setAttribute(attr, value)
+}
+
+router.afterEach((to) => {
+  // Title
+  document.title = to.meta.title ?? 'Corrosion Management'
+
+  // Description
+  const desc = to.meta.description ?? ''
+  setOrClearMeta('meta[name="description"]', 'content', desc)
+
+  // OG title
+  setOrClearMeta('meta[property="og:title"]', 'content', to.meta.title ?? 'Corrosion Management')
+
+  // OG description
+  setOrClearMeta('meta[property="og:description"]', 'content', desc)
+})
+
 // Auth guard — only meaningful on panel domain (marketing has no requiresAuth routes)
 router.beforeEach((to, _from, next) => {
   const auth = useAuthStore()

frontend/src/stores/auth.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,27 @@ export const useAuthStore = defineStore('auth', () => {
     permissions.value = {}
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Validate the persisted session against the API on app boot. Without this,
+   * a stale/revoked token renders the full panel chrome and only collapses on
+   * the first real API call. useApi's 401 path (refresh → retry → logout)
+   * does the heavy lifting; any non-auth failure (network, 5xx) keeps the
+   * session — never log users out because the API blipped.
+   * Dynamic import avoids a static auth-store ↔ useApi module cycle.
+   */
+  async function validateSession(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!accessToken.value) return
+    try {
+      const { useApi } = await import('@/composables/useApi')
+      const me = await useApi().get<Partial<User>>('/auth/me')
+      if (user.value && me && typeof me === 'object') {
+        user.value = { ...user.value, ...me }
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // 401 → refresh → logout/redirect already handled inside useApi.
+    }
+  }
+
   function hasModule(moduleSlug: string): boolean {
     return license.value?.modules_enabled?.includes(moduleSlug) ?? false
   }
@@ -92,6 +113,7 @@ export const useAuthStore = defineStore('auth', () => {
     setAuth,
     setLicense,
     logout,
+    validateSession,
     hasModule,
     hasPermission,
   }

frontend/src/stores/fleet.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+import { useApi } from '@/composables/useApi'
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Types — mirrors the FleetResponseDto from the backend
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export interface FleetDisk {
+  mount: string
+  total_mb: number
+  free_mb: number
+}
+
+export interface FleetInstance {
+  id: string
+  agent_instance_id: string
+  game: string
+  label: string | null
+  state: string
+  uptime_seconds: number
+  last_seen_at: string | null
+}
+
+export interface FleetHost {
+  id: string
+  hostname: string
+  status: string
+  agent_version: string | null
+  os: string | null
+  arch: string | null
+  cpu_percent: number | null
+  cpu_cores: number | null
+  mem_total_mb: number | null
+  mem_used_mb: number | null
+  uptime_seconds: number | null
+  disks: FleetDisk[] | null
+  last_heartbeat_at: string | null
+  instances: FleetInstance[]
+}
+
+export interface FleetSummary {
+  host_count: number
+  instance_count: number
+  online_host_count: number
+}
+
+export interface FleetData {
+  hosts: FleetHost[]
+  summary: FleetSummary
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Store
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export const useFleetStore = defineStore('fleet', () => {
+  const hosts = ref<FleetHost[]>([])
+  const summary = ref<FleetSummary>({ host_count: 0, instance_count: 0, online_host_count: 0 })
+  const loading = ref(false)
+  const error = ref<string | null>(null)
+
+  const api = useApi()
+
+  async function fetchFleet() {
+    loading.value = true
+    error.value = null
+    try {
+      const data = await api.get<FleetData>('/fleet')
+      hosts.value = data.hosts
+      summary.value = data.summary
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Failed to fetch fleet:', e)
+      error.value = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'Failed to load fleet data'
+    } finally {
+      loading.value = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    hosts,
+    summary,
+    loading,
+    error,
+    fetchFleet,
+  }
+})

frontend/src/styles/tokens/fonts.css

@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
    JetBrains Mono — console, data, IDs, telemetry
    Oxanium   — brand wordmark + marketing display (game-ops flavor)
    ------------------------------------------------------------
-   NOTE: Loaded from Google Fonts CDN. If you want these self-
-   hosted (offline), send the woff2 files and these @imports
-   become @font-face rules.
+   NOTE: The Google Fonts stylesheet is loaded via <link> tags in
+   index.html — NOT @import here. A CSS @import that ends up
+   mid-bundle after concatenation is silently dropped by the
+   optimizer (fonts never load in production). If you want these
+   self-hosted (offline), send the woff2 files and they become
+   @font-face rules here.
    ============================================================ */
 
-@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Geist:wght@300;400;500;600;700;800&family=JetBrains+Mono:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,400&family=Oxanium:wght@500;600;700;800&display=swap');
-
 :root {
   --font-sans: 'Geist', system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif;
   --font-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, 'SF Mono', 'Cascadia Code', Menlo, monospace;

frontend/src/views/admin/FleetView.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,467 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+/**
+ * FleetView — Read-only fleet overview: hosts and game instances for this license.
+ *
+ * Data flow: useFleetStore → GET /api/fleet → tenant-scoped AgentHost + GameInstance rows.
+ *
+ * Render states:
+ *   - loading  → shows skeleton / loading text
+ *   - error    → shows error panel (fetch failed / 401 → error state, NOT global error boundary)
+ *   - empty    → honest empty state with CTA to /server
+ *   - populated → summary strip + one card per host + instance list under each
+ *
+ * No fabricated data. All nulls render as '—' via safeFixed/safeDate.
+ */
+import { onMounted, computed } from 'vue'
+import { useRouter } from 'vue-router'
+import { useFleetStore } from '@/stores/fleet'
+import type { FleetHost } from '@/stores/fleet'
+import { safeFixed, safeDate } from '@/utils/formatters'
+import Panel from '@/components/ds/data/Panel.vue'
+import StatCard from '@/components/ds/data/StatCard.vue'
+import Badge from '@/components/ds/core/Badge.vue'
+import StatusDot from '@/components/ds/core/StatusDot.vue'
+import Button from '@/components/ds/core/Button.vue'
+import EmptyState from '@/components/ds/feedback/EmptyState.vue'
+import Icon from '@/components/ds/core/Icon.vue'
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Store / router
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const fleet = useFleetStore()
+const router = useRouter()
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  fleet.fetchFleet()
+})
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Derived state
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const hasHosts = computed(() => fleet.hosts.length > 0)
+
+/** Map host status → Badge tone */
+function hostTone(status: string): 'online' | 'offline' | 'warn' {
+  if (status === 'connected') return 'online'
+  if (status === 'degraded') return 'warn'
+  return 'offline'
+}
+
+function hostStatusLabel(status: string): string {
+  if (status === 'connected') return 'Online'
+  if (status === 'degraded') return 'Degraded'
+  return 'Offline'
+}
+
+/** Map game instance state → Badge tone */
+function instanceTone(state: string): 'online' | 'offline' | 'warn' | 'neutral' {
+  if (state === 'running') return 'online'
+  if (state === 'crashed') return 'offline'
+  if (state === 'stopped') return 'warn'
+  return 'neutral'
+}
+
+/** Format uptime seconds → human-readable "Xd Xh Xm" */
+function formatUptime(seconds: number | null): string {
+  if (seconds == null || seconds < 0) return '—'
+  const d = Math.floor(seconds / 86400)
+  const h = Math.floor((seconds % 86400) / 3600)
+  const m = Math.floor((seconds % 3600) / 60)
+  if (d > 0) return `${d}d ${h}h`
+  if (h > 0) return `${h}h ${m}m`
+  return `${m}m`
+}
+
+/** Format memory used/total as "Xm / Xm" or "—" if null. */
+function formatMem(used: number | null, total: number | null): string {
+  if (used == null && total == null) return '—'
+  const u = used != null ? `${Math.round(used)}MB` : '—'
+  const t = total != null ? `${Math.round(total)}MB` : '—'
+  return `${u} / ${t}`
+}
+
+/** Pick primary disk (first entry) for display. */
+function primaryDisk(host: FleetHost): string {
+  if (!host.disks || host.disks.length === 0) return '—'
+  const d = host.disks[0]
+  if (d == null) return '—'
+  const freePct = d.total_mb > 0 ? Math.round((d.free_mb / d.total_mb) * 100) : 0
+  return `${d.mount} · ${freePct}% free`
+}
+
+/** Last heartbeat relative time — use safeDate, then strip full timestamp for brevity. */
+function relativeHeartbeat(iso: string | null): string {
+  if (!iso) return 'Never'
+  return safeDate(iso)
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div class="fleet-view">
+    <!-- Page header -->
+    <div class="fleet-view__header">
+      <div>
+        <h1 class="fleet-view__title">Fleet</h1>
+        <p class="fleet-view__sub">Hosts and game instances connected to this license.</p>
+      </div>
+      <Button variant="ghost" icon="refresh-cw" :disabled="fleet.loading" @click="fleet.fetchFleet()">
+        Refresh
+      </Button>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- Loading state -->
+    <div v-if="fleet.loading && !hasHosts" class="fleet-view__loading">
+      <Icon name="loader" :size="18" class="fleet-loading-icon" />
+      <span>Loading fleet data…</span>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- Error state (API failed / 401 / network error) — honest, not global error boundary -->
+    <Panel v-else-if="fleet.error && !hasHosts" title="Could not load fleet data">
+      <EmptyState
+        icon="wifi-off"
+        title="Fleet data unavailable"
+        :description="fleet.error"
+      >
+        <template #action>
+          <Button variant="primary" @click="fleet.fetchFleet()">Try again</Button>
+        </template>
+      </EmptyState>
+    </Panel>
+
+    <!-- Empty state — no hosts returned -->
+    <Panel v-else-if="!fleet.loading && !fleet.error && !hasHosts">
+      <EmptyState
+        icon="server"
+        title="No hosts connected yet"
+        description="Install the Corrosion host agent on your server machine to see it here."
+      >
+        <template #action>
+          <Button variant="primary" @click="router.push('/server')">Go to Server page</Button>
+        </template>
+      </EmptyState>
+    </Panel>
+
+    <!-- Populated fleet -->
+    <template v-else>
+      <!-- Summary strip -->
+      <div class="fleet-view__summary">
+        <StatCard
+          label="Total hosts"
+          :value="fleet.summary.host_count"
+          icon="server"
+        />
+        <StatCard
+          label="Online hosts"
+          :value="fleet.summary.online_host_count"
+          icon="activity"
+        />
+        <StatCard
+          label="Game instances"
+          :value="fleet.summary.instance_count"
+          icon="layers"
+        />
+      </div>
+
+      <!-- Host cards -->
+      <div class="fleet-view__hosts">
+        <Panel
+          v-for="host in fleet.hosts"
+          :key="host.id"
+          class="fleet-host"
+        >
+          <!-- Host header -->
+          <template #default>
+            <div class="fleet-host__head">
+              <div class="fleet-host__identity">
+                <StatusDot :tone="hostTone(host.status)" :pulse="host.status === 'connected'" :size="9" />
+                <span class="fleet-host__name">{{ host.hostname }}</span>
+                <Badge :tone="hostTone(host.status)" :dot="false">{{ hostStatusLabel(host.status) }}</Badge>
+              </div>
+              <div class="fleet-host__meta">
+                <span class="fleet-host__meta-item" v-if="host.agent_version">
+                  <Icon name="zap" :size="12" />v{{ host.agent_version }}
+                </span>
+                <span class="fleet-host__meta-item" v-if="host.os || host.arch">
+                  <Icon name="cpu" :size="12" />{{ [host.os, host.arch].filter(Boolean).join(' / ') }}
+                </span>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- Host metrics row -->
+            <div class="fleet-host__metrics">
+              <div class="fleet-metric">
+                <span class="fleet-metric__label">CPU</span>
+                <span class="fleet-metric__value">
+                  {{ host.cpu_percent != null ? safeFixed(host.cpu_percent, 1) + '%' : '—' }}
+                  <span v-if="host.cpu_cores" class="fleet-metric__sub">{{ host.cpu_cores }} cores</span>
+                </span>
+              </div>
+              <div class="fleet-metric">
+                <span class="fleet-metric__label">Memory</span>
+                <span class="fleet-metric__value">{{ formatMem(host.mem_used_mb, host.mem_total_mb) }}</span>
+              </div>
+              <div class="fleet-metric">
+                <span class="fleet-metric__label">Disk</span>
+                <span class="fleet-metric__value">{{ primaryDisk(host) }}</span>
+              </div>
+              <div class="fleet-metric">
+                <span class="fleet-metric__label">Uptime</span>
+                <span class="fleet-metric__value">{{ formatUptime(host.uptime_seconds) }}</span>
+              </div>
+              <div class="fleet-metric">
+                <span class="fleet-metric__label">Last heartbeat</span>
+                <span class="fleet-metric__value fleet-metric__value--sm">{{ relativeHeartbeat(host.last_heartbeat_at) }}</span>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- Instance list -->
+            <div v-if="host.instances.length > 0" class="fleet-host__instances">
+              <div class="fleet-instances__label t-eyebrow">Game instances ({{ host.instances.length }})</div>
+              <div class="fleet-instances__list">
+                <div
+                  v-for="inst in host.instances"
+                  :key="inst.id"
+                  class="fleet-instance"
+                >
+                  <StatusDot :tone="instanceTone(inst.state)" :size="7" />
+                  <span class="fleet-instance__game">{{ inst.game }}</span>
+                  <span v-if="inst.label" class="fleet-instance__label">{{ inst.label }}</span>
+                  <Badge :tone="instanceTone(inst.state)" class="fleet-instance__badge">
+                    {{ inst.state }}
+                  </Badge>
+                  <span class="fleet-instance__uptime">{{ formatUptime(inst.uptime_seconds) }}</span>
+                  <span class="fleet-instance__seen">{{ safeDate(inst.last_seen_at) }}</span>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- No instances under this host -->
+            <div v-else class="fleet-host__no-instances">
+              <Icon name="layers" :size="13" />
+              <span>No game instances reported</span>
+            </div>
+          </template>
+        </Panel>
+      </div>
+    </template>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+/* ---- Page shell ---- */
+.fleet-view {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 20px;
+  padding: 24px;
+  max-width: 1100px;
+}
+
+.fleet-view__header {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 12px;
+}
+
+.fleet-view__title {
+  font-size: var(--text-xl);
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.fleet-view__sub {
+  font-size: var(--text-sm);
+  color: var(--text-tertiary);
+  margin: 2px 0 0;
+}
+
+.fleet-view__loading {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 10px;
+  color: var(--text-tertiary);
+  font-size: var(--text-sm);
+  padding: 32px 0;
+}
+
+@keyframes spin {
+  to { transform: rotate(360deg); }
+}
+.fleet-loading-icon {
+  animation: spin 1s linear infinite;
+  color: var(--accent);
+}
+
+/* ---- Summary strip ---- */
+.fleet-view__summary {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
+  gap: 12px;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 640px) {
+  .fleet-view__summary { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
+}
+
+/* ---- Host list ---- */
+.fleet-view__hosts {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 14px;
+}
+
+/* ---- Host card internals ---- */
+.fleet-host__head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 12px;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  padding: 14px 16px 12px;
+}
+
+.fleet-host__identity {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 9px;
+}
+
+.fleet-host__name {
+  font-weight: 600;
+  font-size: var(--text-base);
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+  font-family: var(--font-mono);
+}
+
+.fleet-host__meta {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 12px;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+
+.fleet-host__meta-item {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
+  font-size: var(--text-xs);
+  color: var(--text-tertiary);
+}
+
+/* ---- Metrics row ---- */
+.fleet-host__metrics {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 0;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--border-subtle);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle);
+}
+
+.fleet-metric {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 2px;
+  padding: 10px 16px;
+  border-right: 1px solid var(--border-subtle);
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 110px;
+}
+.fleet-metric:last-child { border-right: none; }
+
+.fleet-metric__label {
+  font-size: var(--text-xs);
+  color: var(--text-tertiary);
+  font-weight: 500;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+}
+
+.fleet-metric__value {
+  font-family: var(--font-mono);
+  font-size: var(--text-sm);
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 5px;
+}
+
+.fleet-metric__value--sm {
+  font-size: 11px;
+  font-weight: 400;
+}
+
+.fleet-metric__sub {
+  font-size: var(--text-xs);
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  font-weight: 400;
+}
+
+/* ---- Instance list ---- */
+.fleet-host__instances {
+  padding: 12px 16px 14px;
+}
+
+.fleet-instances__label {
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+}
+
+.fleet-instances__list {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 6px;
+}
+
+.fleet-instance {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 9px;
+  padding: 7px 10px;
+  background: var(--surface-raised-2);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  font-size: var(--text-sm);
+}
+
+.fleet-instance__game {
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+  min-width: 60px;
+}
+
+.fleet-instance__label {
+  color: var(--text-secondary);
+  flex: 1;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.fleet-instance__badge {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.fleet-instance__uptime {
+  font-family: var(--font-mono);
+  font-size: var(--text-xs);
+  color: var(--text-tertiary);
+  min-width: 48px;
+}
+
+.fleet-instance__seen {
+  font-size: var(--text-xs);
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  margin-left: auto;
+}
+
+/* ---- No instances ---- */
+.fleet-host__no-instances {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  padding: 12px 16px 14px;
+  font-size: var(--text-sm);
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+}
+</style>

frontend/src/views/auth/LoginView.vue

@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ function handleBackToLogin() {
       <p v-if="!showTotpInput" class="auth-footer">
         No account?
         <router-link to="/register" class="auth-footer__link">Create one</router-link>
+        ·
+        <router-link to="/forgot-password" class="auth-footer__link">Forgot password?</router-link>
       </p>
     </div>
   </div>

frontend/src/views/auth/SetupWizardView.vue

@@ -196,14 +196,17 @@ async function completeSetup() {
         </div>
 
         <div class="setup-code">
-          <p class="setup-code__comment"># Download and install the Corrosion host agent</p>
-          <p class="setup-code__cmd">curl -sSL https://get.corrosionmgmt.com | sh</p>
-          <p class="setup-code__comment setup-code__comment--mt"># Start the agent with your license key</p>
-          <p class="setup-code__cmd">corrosion-agent start --key {{ auth.license?.license_key ?? 'YOUR-LICENSE-KEY' }}</p>
+          <p class="setup-code__comment"># Download the Corrosion host agent (Linux)</p>
+          <p class="setup-code__cmd">curl -LO https://cdn.corrosionmgmt.com/host-agent/latest/corrosion-host-agent-linux-amd64</p>
+          <p class="setup-code__cmd">chmod +x corrosion-host-agent-linux-amd64</p>
+          <p class="setup-code__comment setup-code__comment--mt"># Start with your license key</p>
+          <p class="setup-code__cmd">export LICENSE_ID="{{ auth.license?.license_key ?? 'YOUR-LICENSE-KEY' }}"</p>
+          <p class="setup-code__cmd">export NATS_URL="nats://nats.corrosionmgmt.com:4222"</p>
+          <p class="setup-code__cmd">./corrosion-host-agent-linux-amd64</p>
         </div>
 
         <p class="setup-hint">
-          The agent auto-registers with your panel. You can also use the uMod plugin for lightweight integration.
+          On Windows, download the agent from the Server page after setup. The agent connects outbound and auto-registers with your panel.
         </p>
 
         <div class="setup-actions">
@@ -235,7 +238,7 @@ async function completeSetup() {
           </svg>
         </div>
         <h1 class="setup-card__title">You're all set</h1>
-        <p class="setup-card__sub">Your server is configured. Head to the dashboard to start managing your Rust server.</p>
+        <p class="setup-card__sub">Your server is configured. Head to the dashboard to start managing your game server.</p>
         <Button
           type="button"
           :loading="isLoading"

frontend/src/views/marketing/EarlyAccessView.vue

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => { io?.disconnect() })
           Sign up above
         </a>
         <a class="btn btn--ghost btn--lg" :href="panelUrl + '/login'">
-          <Icon name="play" :size="17" />View live demo
+          <Icon name="key" :size="17" />Sign in
         </a>
       </div>
     </div>

frontend/src/views/marketing/HowItWorksView.vue

@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => { io?.disconnect() })
           Join early access
         </RouterLink>
         <a class="btn btn--ghost btn--lg" :href="panelUrl + '/login'">
-          <Icon name="play" :size="17" />View live demo
+          <Icon name="key" :size="17" />Sign in
         </a>
       </div>
     </div>

frontend/src/views/marketing/LandingView.vue

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ const mockActiveGame = activeGame
           Join early access
         </RouterLink>
         <a class="btn btn--ghost btn--lg" :href="panelUrl + '/login'">
-          <Icon name="play" :size="17" />View live demo
+          <Icon name="key" :size="17" />Sign in
         </a>
       </div>
       <!-- Game pills -->
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ const mockActiveGame = activeGame
           Join early access
         </RouterLink>
         <a class="btn btn--ghost btn--lg" :href="panelUrl + '/login'">
-          <Icon name="play" :size="17" />View live demo
+          <Icon name="key" :size="17" />Sign in
         </a>
       </div>
     </div>

frontend/src/views/marketing/PricingView.vue

@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ const plans: Plan[] = [
           Join early access
         </RouterLink>
         <a class="btn btn--ghost btn--lg" :href="panelUrl + '/login'">
-          <Icon name="play" :size="17" />View live demo
+          <Icon name="key" :size="17" />Sign in
         </a>
       </div>
     </div>

frontend/src/views/marketing/RoadmapView.vue

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => { io?.disconnect() })
           Join early access
         </RouterLink>
         <a class="btn btn--ghost btn--lg" :href="panelUrl + '/login'">
-          <Icon name="play" :size="17" />View live demo
+          <Icon name="key" :size="17" />Sign in
         </a>
       </div>
     </div>

frontend/src/views/public/StatusPageView.vue

@@ -41,12 +41,8 @@ interface StatusResponse {
 
 const api = useApi()
 const servers = ref<ServerStatus[]>([])
-const platformHealth = ref<PlatformHealth>({
-  total_servers: 0,
-  online_servers: 0,
-  total_players: 0,
-  uptime_percent: 0,
-})
+// null until the first successful fetch — KPIs render '—', never fake zeros
+const platformHealth = ref<PlatformHealth | null>(null)
 
 const searchQuery = ref('')
 const loading = ref(true)
@@ -148,10 +144,10 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
 
     <!-- Platform KPIs -->
     <div v-if="!loading" class="sp-kpis">
-      <StatCard icon="server"       label="Total servers"   :value="String(platformHealth.total_servers)" />
-      <StatCard icon="activity"     label="Online now"       :value="String(platformHealth.online_servers)" />
-      <StatCard icon="users"        label="Total players"    :value="String(platformHealth.total_players)" />
-      <StatCard icon="trending-up"  label="Platform uptime"  :value="safeFixed(platformHealth.uptime_percent, 1)" unit="%" />
+      <StatCard icon="server"       label="Total servers"   :value="platformHealth ? String(platformHealth.total_servers) : '—'" />
+      <StatCard icon="activity"     label="Online now"       :value="platformHealth ? String(platformHealth.online_servers) : '—'" />
+      <StatCard icon="users"        label="Total players"    :value="platformHealth ? String(platformHealth.total_players) : '—'" />
+      <StatCard icon="trending-up"  label="Platform uptime"  :value="safeFixed(platformHealth?.uptime_percent ?? null, 1, '—')" unit="%" />
     </div>
 
     <!-- Body -->

scripts/generate-nats-auth.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Generate corrosion-nats authorization config from the licenses table.
+//
+// Per-license isolation without auth-callout: each license maps to a NATS user
+// (user = license UUID, password = HMAC-SHA256(license_id, NATS_TOKEN_SECRET))
+// whose publish/subscribe is restricted to corrosion.{license_id}.> (+ _INBOX
+// for request-reply). The backend uses a privileged internal user.
+//
+// STAGING (NATS_AUTH_STAGE env):
+//   "open"   (default) — defines a full-access `anonymous` user and sets
+//                        no_auth_user, so unauthenticated clients still work.
+//                        Non-breaking; lets you verify real creds first.
+//   "enforce"          — omits no_auth_user; anonymous connections are rejected.
+//
+// Usage:
+//   DATABASE_URL=... NATS_INTERNAL_USER=... NATS_INTERNAL_PASSWORD=... \
+//   NATS_TOKEN_SECRET=... NATS_AUTH_STAGE=open node scripts/generate-nats-auth.mjs > docker/nats-auth.conf
+//
+// Re-run and reload NATS (`docker exec corrosion-nats nats-server --signal reload`)
+// whenever licenses change.
+
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { createHmac } from 'node:crypto';
+
+const require = createRequire(new URL('../backend-nest/x.js', import.meta.url));
+const { Client } = require('pg');
+
+const {
+  DATABASE_URL,
+  NATS_INTERNAL_USER,
+  NATS_INTERNAL_PASSWORD,
+  NATS_TOKEN_SECRET,
+  NATS_AUTH_STAGE = 'open',
+} = process.env;
+
+for (const [k, v] of Object.entries({ DATABASE_URL, NATS_INTERNAL_USER, NATS_INTERNAL_PASSWORD, NATS_TOKEN_SECRET })) {
+  if (!v) { console.error(`Missing required env: ${k}`); process.exit(2); }
+}
+
+/** Per-license agent password — must match the backend's derivation. */
+export function licensePassword(licenseId, secret) {
+  return createHmac('sha256', secret).update(licenseId).digest('hex');
+}
+
+const esc = (s) => String(s).replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+
+const main = async () => {
+  const pg = new Client({ connectionString: DATABASE_URL });
+  await pg.connect();
+  const { rows } = await pg.query('SELECT id FROM licenses ORDER BY created_at');
+  await pg.end();
+
+  const lines = [];
+  lines.push('# GENERATED by scripts/generate-nats-auth.mjs — do not edit by hand.');
+  lines.push(`# stage=${NATS_AUTH_STAGE}  licenses=${rows.length}`);
+  lines.push('authorization {');
+  lines.push('  users: [');
+  // Privileged internal user — the backend (full corrosion.> + _INBOX + _SYS).
+  lines.push(`    { user: "${esc(NATS_INTERNAL_USER)}", password: "${esc(NATS_INTERNAL_PASSWORD)}", permissions: { publish: ">", subscribe: ">" } }`);
+
+  // Per-license scoped users.
+  for (const { id } of rows) {
+    const pw = licensePassword(id, NATS_TOKEN_SECRET);
+    const scope = `corrosion.${id}.>`;
+    lines.push(
+      `    { user: "${esc(id)}", password: "${esc(pw)}", permissions: { ` +
+        `publish: { allow: ["${scope}", "_INBOX.>"] }, ` +
+        `subscribe: { allow: ["${scope}", "_INBOX.>"] } } }`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (NATS_AUTH_STAGE === 'open') {
+    // Transition: unauthenticated clients map to a full-access user so nothing
+    // breaks while real credentials roll out. Remove for enforcement.
+    lines.push('    { user: "anonymous", password: "", permissions: { publish: ">", subscribe: ">" } }');
+  }
+  lines.push('  ]');
+  if (NATS_AUTH_STAGE === 'open') {
+    lines.push('  no_auth_user: "anonymous"');
+  }
+  lines.push('}');
+  process.stdout.write(lines.join('\n') + '\n');
+};
+
+main().catch((e) => { console.error(e); process.exit(1); });