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MoonLight on Linux, macOS and Windows now updates itself through the Firmware module, as an ESP32 does: same routes, same Firmware card, the same /api/firmware/url the Devices map calls. The release carries one firmware-desktop-<os>-<arch>-v<version>.bin per desktop; the program checks it is a program for its own system and processor (and its SHA-256 when given), keeps the old one as MoonLight.prev, swaps the new one in and restarts on it in place.

Step 1 of "Devices, groups and the network map": every desktop updates itself through the Firmware module. Step 2, the map updating a desktop as it updates a board, is verified once a release carries the desktop images.

What changes

• Update mode (self, host, manual) replaces hasOta: a container is updated by its host, a native program in a folder it can write updates itself, a program in a read-only folder or run as root is updated by hand. /api/system and the Firmware card carry it.
• Desktop OTA: otaBegin/otaWrite/otaEnd write MoonLight.next, vet the executable header (ELF ET_EXEC or PIE, Mach-O MH_EXECUTE, PE executable image) and the digest, mark the new program .pending, keep the old one as .prev and rename the new one in; the new program confirms itself after a minute up. reboot() restarts in place (execv on POSIX, every descriptor close-on-exec; CreateProcessW on Windows). An image is capped at 256 MB.
• Debian package: installs moonlight.service, running as its own user from a folder it owns, confined by systemd (no new privileges, CAP_NET_RAW alone for ColorLight, read-only system), with an OnFailure rollback to .prev when a pending program fails to start.
• UI: the Firmware card and the install picker take the desktop's own program with GitHub's digest; the install overlay closes as soon as a restarted desktop answers.
• CI: release.yml builds the desktop programs on pull requests, as artifacts, and each desktop job runs smoke-update: the program installs itself through its own upload route and must come back on it with .prev beside it. The Windows build carries its real version.
• Breaking: the .deb installs a service, and the program moves to /usr/lib/moonlight; see the MIGRATING v7.1.0 entry.

Tested

• macOS (this Mac): an upload installs and restarts in place, same PID, .pending cleared after a minute; a board image refused; a URL with a wrong digest refused, with the right one installed.
• Linux (Raspberry Pi 5, .204), from this PR's CI .deb: the service runs as moonlight holding CAP_NET_RAW alone; an upload restarts it in place, same PID; /bin/false installed as an update rolls back to .prev within a second; apt install puts the package's program back; HDMI shows the effect under the service user.
• Container (NanoPi, .156): this PR's program in the published image says update: host, refuses both install routes with 501 and restarts in place.
• Windows: CI's smoke-update on 4bc8eab67 installed the program and restarted on it (.exe.prev and .pending beside it); the job's red was the script's own log print, fixed since.
• Desktop unit tests 3271/3271, JS 397, Python 765; scenarios pass; every desktop compiles in CI.
• Reviews: CodeRabbit's two rounds and the pre-merge Reviewer's 13 findings, each fixed or answered in the commit messages.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Desktop installations can update themselves from the Firmware card when the program is in a writable location. Updates are checked for platform compatibility and can be verified with a SHA-256 digest.
  • Linux packages now install and run MoonLight as a managed service, with automatic recovery after a failed update.
  • Device update details now distinguish self-updating, host-managed, and manual updates. Desktop downloads direct users to the appropriate download option.
  • Firmware upload and URL requests now report clearer errors and validate URL lengths and optional digests.
• Documentation
  • Updated Linux installation, desktop update, and v7.1.0 migration guidance.

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The changes add desktop self-updates with executable and digest validation, expose platform update modes to the API and UI, and package Linux desktop builds as a systemd service. The release workflow adds pull-request runs and desktop update smoke checks.

Changes: Desktop Updates and Distribution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update modes and firmware API contract src/platform/platform.h, src/platform/*/platform_*.cpp, src/core/system/HttpServerModule.*, src/core/system/FirmwareUpdateModule.h, src/core/util/hex.h, docs/reference/openapi.yaml, test/unit/core/*	The platform API defines Self, Host, and Manual update modes. Firmware routes use the mode, validate URL and digest fields, and report update mode in device summaries.
Desktop firmware validation and installation CMakeLists.txt, src/platform/desktop/*, src/platform/desktop/ProgramImage.h, src/platform/desktop/host_update.h, src/platform/desktop/main_desktop.cpp, test/unit/core/unit_*, test/CMakeLists.txt	Desktop builds receive OS and processor firmware names. The desktop updater streams downloads, checks executable headers and optional SHA-256 digests, retains the previous program, and restarts the process.
Linux service packaging and installation moondeck/ci/package_desktop.py, moondeck/ci/linux/*, moondeck/ci/check_glibc_floor.py, moondeck/ci/release_stage.py, Dockerfile, test/python/test_package_deb.py, docs/reference/installing-on-linux.md, docs/reference/MIGRATING.md, moonwalk/02-install.yaml	Debian packages install MoonLight under /usr/lib/moonlight and include systemd service and rollback files. The Linux installation and migration guidance describes the service paths and package behavior.
Update asset selection and device controls src/ui/app.js, src/ui/install-picker.js, moondeck/moondeck_ui/app.js, moondeck/scenario/run_live_scenario.py, test/js/*, docs/explanation/*, docs/design/small-boards.md	The UI selects assets by firmware and update mode, sends selected asset digests, and routes host-managed and manual updates accordingly. The desktop device control disables OTA for desktop firmware.
Release workflow and update validation .github/workflows/release.yml, moondeck/ci/release_stage.py, moondeck/MoonDeck.md, docs/contributing/coding-standards.md, test/python/test_release_stage.py	Pull requests run selected release jobs, and desktop packaging jobs run smoke-update before artifact upload. Release staging checks program self-install and restart behavior.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant UI
  participant HttpServerModule
  participant DesktopUpdater
  participant DownloadTransport
  participant RunningProgram
  UI->>HttpServerModule: Submit firmware URL and optional sha256
  HttpServerModule->>DesktopUpdater: Start firmware update
  DesktopUpdater->>DownloadTransport: Stream firmware response
  DownloadTransport->>DesktopUpdater: Deliver response chunks
  DesktopUpdater->>RunningProgram: Validate and install program
  RunningProgram->>UI: Restart and serve the updated program

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Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 61309

Desktop self-update on Linux may fail to restart into the installed program, and the rollback safety net may not trigger on a crash loop. Resolve or explicitly accept these before merging. The remaining items are documentation and CI issues.

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Title check		The title names the main change: a desktop program updates itself through the Firmware module, the same way a board does. The raw summary confirms this is the core of the PR (desktop OTA via /api/firm…
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The title names the main change: a desktop program updates itself through the Firmware module, the same way a board does. The raw summary confirms this is the core of the PR (desktop OTA via /api/firmware/url, update modes, digest checks, and in-place restart). The title is specific and concise and does not use vague terms.

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The description follows the repository template in substance. It has a 'What changes' section that lists the update modes, desktop OTA, the Debian package, UI, CI, and breaking changes. It has a 'Tested' section with hardware, platform, and test totals. The template's 'What an agent wrote' heading is absent, and the description does not state the one-topic and size limits (400 lines, ten files). The 'What it changes, and why' heading is present but the 'why' is only implied, through the Step 1 roadmap note. These gaps are non-critical, so the description is mostly complete.

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Minor · Rebooting install completion can miss a fast desktop restart. · app.js:1629

src/ui/app.js:1629
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Rebooting install completion can miss a fast desktop restart.

watchInstall completes a rebooting install only when silent > 0 (line 1629). silent resets after every answered probe (line 1642), so the check needs at least one unanswered probe.

A desktop self-update reports rebooting, then calls execv. The restart closes the listening socket and starts the new program in place. If the restart completes between two 1-second probes, every probe can return a status. sawWork stays true, silent stays 0, and the success branch does not run. The overlay then remains in its installing state until the five-minute deadline set at line 1589, instead of reloading after a successful update.

Complete the rebooting install from a signal the restarted program provides, such as a changed firmware version or a restart identity. Do not rely on a failed probe. The fix depends on what the desktop status exposes, which was not inspected, so this comment has no code patch.

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Review comment at @src/ui/app.js at line 1629:
Update watchInstall so rebooting installs can complete when the restarted desktop program is detected, even if every probe succeeds. First establish which status field exposes a restart or changed firmware version, then use that signal alongside the existing sawWork condition; do not make completion depend on silent becoming positive or invent a status API.

Minor · Give the package service's settings location. · 02-install.yaml:252

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Give the package service's settings location.

The Linux step now installs a service with XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/moonlight. This row still directs readers to their own ~/.local/share/MoonLight, where the service's settings are absent. Distinguish the package path, /var/lib/moonlight/MoonLight, from the path used when running manually.

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Review comment at @moonwalk/02-install.yaml at line 252:
Update the Linux settings-location row to distinguish the package service’s settings path, /var/lib/moonlight/MoonLight, from the existing path used when running manually.

Minor · Update the desktop update step to match self-updates. · 02-install.yaml:265-269

moonwalk/02-install.yaml:265-269
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Update the desktop update step to match self-updates.

Line 194 now directs package users to update from the Devices map. This later step still requires a download and reinstall and says the program cannot replace itself. Replace that obsolete instruction with the supported update flow, and retain manual installation guidance for manual-update mode.

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Review comment at @moonwalk/02-install.yaml around lines 265 - 269:
Update the desktop update step’s `when` and `detail` guidance to use the supported self-update flow referenced by the Devices map instead of claiming users must download and reinstall. Retain download-and-install guidance only for manual-update mode, using the existing mode distinction and avoiding assumptions about the self-update mechanism.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @CMakeLists.txt:
- Line 184: Update the MM_DESKTOP_CPU derivation to prefer the explicit Apple
target architecture from CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES when set, and otherwise fall
back to CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR before lowercasing. Ensure the resulting firmware
identity reflects the architecture actually built, including arm64 targets on
Intel Macs.

Review comments at @Dockerfile:
- Line 87: The `ldd` check expects `/rootfs/usr/lib/moonlight/MoonLight`, but
the selected `RELEASE=stable` package provides `/rootfs/usr/bin/MoonLight`.
Align the package layout and the path used by the Dockerfile’s `ldd` check so
the selected release contains the binary at the checked location; establish that
layout before relying on it in the build.

Review comments at @moondeck/ci/linux/postinst:
- Around line 19-23: The systemd commands run for every post-install action,
including abort and trigger actions. Update the condition guarding the systemd
block in the postinst script so daemon-reload, enable, and restart run only when
the action is configure and systemd is present.

Review comments at @src/core/util/ProgramImage.h:
- Around line 47-48: Update the ELF validation around the magic and class checks
to require the complete ELF header and an executable e_type before accepting the
image; allow both ET_EXEC and ET_DYN so PIE executables remain supported. Keep
the existing machine architecture checks, and reject truncated headers and
relocatable object files before the image can be used for replacement.

Review comments at @src/platform/desktop/platform_desktop_update.cpp:
- Around line 319-321: Update the commit/close failure branch to report a
terminal write error before calling abandon when the image was committed but
closing it failed (commit is true and closed is false). Preserve the existing
abandon and false-return behavior for other failure cases.
- Line 379: Before the execv call, coordinate shutdown of any active encoder
subprocess so its pipe-owning worker threads can clean up and the subprocess
does not survive the process-image replacement; also ensure the encoder’s parent
pipe descriptors are marked close-on-exec. Reuse the existing encoder lifecycle
and descriptor-management mechanisms, preserving behavior when encoding is
inactive.
- Line 230: Update the executable-path flow around programPath(), swapIn, and
reboot() to preserve the installation pathname before swapIn replaces the
executable’s directory entry, then have reboot() use that preserved pathname
instead of rereading /proc/self/exe. Keep the test-path override separate from
the cached installation path.
- Line 257: Make creation of the `.pending` rollback marker a checked part of
the installation transaction: if opening it fails, preserve or restore the
previous program, report the error, and return failure instead of reporting a
successful installation.
- Around line 203-204: Update the download-failure path around the status
publication and fallback continue so the update remains explicitly owned across
both attempts. Do not publish a terminal error while the fallback can still
access MoonLight.next; publish it only after the operation releases ownership,
ensuring FirmwareUpdateModule::otaInFlight() continues to report the update as
busy until then.

Review comments at @src/platform/desktop/platform_desktop.cpp:
- Around line 711-712: Update the read loop in httpDownload to distinguish a
failed WinHttpReadData call from successful completion with zero bytes, while
preserving the existing sink.take failure handling. Propagate read failure
through the transport result so httpDownload returns 0 and fetchTask does not
commit a partial download.

Review comments at @src/ui/install-picker.js:
- Line 226: Preserve the selected entry’s identity from the firmware dropdown
through install dispatch so a desktop download entry cannot be mistaken for the
program entry sharing its firmware value. Update the selection resolution around
the `firmwares` Map to apply the dropdown’s filters or carry a unique entry
identifier, and add coverage that clicks Install when both desktop `.deb` and
program `.bin` assets are present.

Review comments at @test/unit/core/unit_HttpServerModule_routes.cpp:
- Around line 153-154: Make the URL-validation test independent of the host’s
update mode: arrange for the request handler to use Self mode through an
existing test seam, or explicitly skip this Self-only case when the host cannot
self-update. Preserve the existing 400 and “url too long” assertions when
validation runs.

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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @moonwalk/02-install.yaml:
- Line 252: Update the Linux settings-location row to distinguish the package
service’s settings path, /var/lib/moonlight/MoonLight, from the existing path
used when running manually.
- Around line 265-269: Update the desktop update step’s `when` and `detail`
guidance to use the supported self-update flow referenced by the Devices map
instead of claiming users must download and reinstall. Retain
download-and-install guidance only for manual-update mode, using the existing
mode distinction and avoiding assumptions about the self-update mechanism.

Review comments at @src/ui/app.js:
- Line 1629: Update watchInstall so rebooting installs can complete when the
restarted desktop program is detected, even if every probe succeeds. First
establish which status field exposes a restart or changed firmware version, then
use that signal alongside the existing sawWork condition; do not make completion
depend on silent becoming positive or invent a status API.

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Ship the new package layout before this Dockerfile change lands.

RELEASE=stable takes the binary from the latest release, v7.0.0. That package installs ./usr/bin/MoonLight. The ldd at line 87 reads /rootfs/usr/lib/moonlight/MoonLight, which does not exist in that package. The command fails, the && chain stops, and the RUN step fails.

Publish a release that places the binary at /usr/lib/moonlight/MoonLight first. Then merge this change. Record the layout change in docs/reference/MIGRATING.md. Do not keep two paths in the Dockerfile.

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The `ldd` check expects `/rootfs/usr/lib/moonlight/MoonLight`, but the selected `RELEASE=stable` package provides `/rootfs/usr/bin/MoonLight`. Align the package layout and the path used by the Dockerfile’s `ldd` check so the selected release contains the binary at the checked location; establish that layout before relying on it in the build.

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Stop the encoder subprocess before replacing the process image.

When encoding is active, src/platform/desktop/platform_desktop.cpp Lines 3537–3567 leaves the parent encoder pipes inheritable. This execv preserves those descriptors but destroys the worker threads that own them. The old encoder keeps an open stdin writer, while the new run loses its PID and descriptor ownership. Repeated restarts accumulate encoder subprocesses and descriptors. (man7.org)

Coordinate encoder shutdown before execv and mark its parent pipe descriptors close-on-exec.

Based on learnings: exec replaces the entire process image and terminates its other threads.

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Before the execv call, coordinate shutdown of any active encoder subprocess so its pipe-owning worker threads can clean up and the subprocess does not survive the process-image replacement; also ensure the encoder’s parent pipe descriptors are marked close-on-exec. Reuse the existing encoder lifecycle and descriptor-management mechanisms, preserving behavior when encoding is inactive.

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- Around line 10-11: Update StartLimitIntervalSec in the service configuration
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reaches the configured StartLimitBurst of 3 and triggers OnFailure rollback.
Keep StartLimitBurst unchanged.

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- Line 324: The taskkill cleanup in the smoke-run flow can terminate unrelated
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restrict cleanup to processes whose executable path matches installed, and
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Widen the start limit so a crash loop reaches it.

The 60-second confirmation window and the 5-second RestartSec put starts about 62 seconds apart. Three starts then span about 124 seconds, which is outside StartLimitIntervalSec=120. The start limit is never exceeded, so OnFailure=moonlight-rollback.service never runs. A pending program that crashes after 57 seconds restarts indefinitely and the previous program is never restored.

With the longest pre-confirmation run (60 seconds) and RestartSec=5, four starts can span up to about 195 seconds. A 300-second interval makes the fourth start within the window hit the limit. The rollback script acts only on a pending program, so a confirmed program is unaffected.

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--- "a/moondeck/ci/linux/moonlight.service"
+++ "b/moondeck/ci/linux/moonlight.service"
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 Documentation=https://moonmodules.org/MoonLight/reference/installing-on-linux/
 After=network-online.target
 Wants=network-online.target
-# A failed start starts the rollback, which acts on a pending program only: one that fails before it has run a minute gives way to the one before it.
-# Three starts in two minutes stop a program that keeps failing after that.
-StartLimitIntervalSec=120
+# A failed start starts the rollback, which acts on a pending program only: one that fails before it has run a minute gives way to the one before it.
+# Four starts within five minutes, even when each run lasts just under a minute, stop a program that keeps failing; the rollback then runs.
+StartLimitIntervalSec=300
 StartLimitBurst=3
 OnFailure=moonlight-rollback.service
 
 [Service]

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Review comment at @moondeck/ci/linux/moonlight.service around lines 10 - 11:
Update StartLimitIntervalSec in the service configuration from 120 to 300 seconds so the fourth start in a pre-confirmation crash loop reaches the configured StartLimitBurst of 3 and triggers OnFailure rollback. Keep StartLimitBurst unchanged.

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Restrict Windows cleanup to this smoke run.

If another MoonLight.exe runs under the same user, this cleanup forcibly terminates that instance too. /IM selects processes by image name, not by the executable path in work. This also occurs when the smoke check fails before uploading. (learn.microsoft.com)

Give the smoke executable a unique name, or select only processes whose executable path matches installed. Preserve cleanup of the replacement process after restart.

Tools

ast-grep (0.51.1)

[error] 324-324: Command coming from incoming request
Context: subprocess.run(["taskkill", "/F", "/IM", installed.name], capture_output=True)
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

(subprocess-from-request)

Ruff (0.17.4)

[error] 324-324: subprocess call: check for execution of untrusted input

(S603)

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[warning] 324-324: subprocess.run without explicit check argument

Add explicit check=False

(PLW1510)

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[error] 324-324: Starting a process with a partial executable path

(S607)

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Review comment at @moondeck/ci/release_stage.py at line 324:
The taskkill cleanup in the smoke-run flow can terminate unrelated processes with the same image name. Give the smoke executable a unique name or restrict cleanup to processes whose executable path matches installed, and preserve cleanup of the replacement process after restart.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
Review comments at @docs/reference/installing-on-linux.md:
- Line 30: Update the “Rolling back” guidance to explain that manual starts
remain subject to systemd’s start limit. Tell administrators to run `sudo
systemctl reset-failed moonlight` before `sudo systemctl start moonlight`, or
explicitly instruct them to wait until the rate-limit interval expires before
restarting.

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• src/core/system/HttpServerModule.h
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• src/platform/desktop/platform_desktop.cpp
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Reset the start limit before the manual restart.

If an administrator runs sudo systemctl start moonlight before the rate-limit interval expires, systemd rejects that start too. Manual starts remain subject to the limit. Document sudo systemctl reset-failed moonlight before sudo systemctl start moonlight, or explicitly require waiting for the interval to expire. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

As per coding guidelines, “Docs describe the system as it is.”

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Review comment at @docs/reference/installing-on-linux.md at line 30:
Update the “Rolling back” guidance to explain that manual starts remain subject to systemd’s start limit. Tell administrators to run `sudo systemctl reset-failed moonlight` before `sudo systemctl start moonlight`, or explicitly instruct them to wait until the rate-limit interval expires before restarting.

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