hub v0.179.1: a host boot ends "the host needs a restart" at once (demo-felhom 2026-11-08)

The host layer's reboot-needed run is cut at the host's last boot (crash guard
last_boot_at, one minute skew margin): the kernel step's reboot is reported on the
kernel layer, so the flag outlived it until the next night. Feeds the System page
and the 14-day alarm. Test TestRebootNeeded_ClearedByAHostBootAfterTheClaim, red on
two mutants.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0159rPz1ZhFKsS53msqPYxtS

hub/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+## v0.179.1 (2026-11-08) — a host reboot ends „the host needs a restart" at once
+
+- **The defect (demo-felhom, 2026-11-08).** The night's host pass said reboot-needed (05:31 CET); the kernel step rebooted
+  the box at 05:35; the System page still read „the host needs a restart since 2026-11-08" in the morning. The reboot is
+  reported on the KERNEL layer (or not at all, by hand) and the host layer's need lasted until the next night's host pass.
+  Checked on the box: no host process maps a replaced library after the boot.
+- **The fix (`osupdates.layerLine`).** For the host layer, the host's last boot (the crash guard's `last_boot_at` in the
+  newest host report) cuts the reboot-needed run: every claim the hub received before the boot, less one minute for clock
+  skew, is ended; a claim after the boot starts a new run. No boot fact = the old behaviour. The same line feeds the System
+  page and the 14-day `reboot_needed` alarm.
+- **Test** `TestRebootNeeded_ClearedByAHostBootAfterTheClaim` (boot before the claim, inside the margin, after it, then a
+  new claim); red seen on two mutants (no cut; the margin's sign flipped). `go test ./...` green.
+- **Live facts it will act on:** demo-felhom boot 04:35:18Z after its claim at ~04:31Z → cleared; demo-hp boot
+  2026-10-29 before its 2026-11-08 claim → stays (it does need a restart).
+
 ## v0.179.0 (2026-11-03) — no „does not answer" alarm after the restart mail of the same episode (R-1352)
 
 - **R-1352 — the „does not answer" alarm is not mailed after the restart mail of the same episode.** The alarm and the restart lie 2

hub/internal/osupdates/alarms_test.go

@@ -328,3 +328,60 @@ func TestRebootNeeded_ClearedByAScannedPass(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("reboot alarm after the reboot")
 	}
 }
+
+// bootReport stores a host report whose crash guard says the host last booted at `boot` (the agent's
+// system.facts.host.crash_guard.last_boot_at, UTC ISO).
+func bootReport(t *testing.T, f *fix, host string, boot time.Time) {
+	t.Helper()
+	h, err := f.s.Store.GetHost(host)
+	if err != nil || h == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("no host %s", host)
+	}
+	body := `{"system":{"pve_version":"pve-manager/9.2.2/x","facts":{"host":{"crash_guard":{"last_boot_at":"` +
+		boot.UTC().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z") + `"}}}}}`
+	if err := f.s.Store.SaveHostReport(host, h.CustomerID, []byte(body), store.HostReportDenorm{AgentVersion: "0.172.1"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+// 2026-11-08, demo-felhom: the night's host pass said reboot-needed at 05:31, the kernel step rebooted the box at
+// 05:35, and the System page kept „the host needs a restart" until the next night's host pass — the reboot is
+// reported on the KERNEL layer, never the host layer. A host boot AFTER the newest claim ends the need, on the page
+// AND for the 14-day alarm. A boot BEFORE the claim (or within the margin) does not. Red-proof: drop the boot check
+// in layerLine and the first assertion fails.
+func TestRebootNeeded_ClearedByAHostBootAfterTheClaim(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFix(t)
+	if _, err := f.s.Store.GetHost("hp"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	f.ingest(t, "hp", Report{Layer: LayerHost, Trigger: "night", Mode: "apply", Outcome: "applied", Healthy: true,
+		Upgraded: []Package{pk("libc6", "2")}, RebootNeeded: true, RebootScanned: true})
+	claim := f.now
+	// A boot BEFORE the claim says nothing: the need stays.
+	bootReport(t, f, "hp", claim.Add(-time.Hour))
+	if l := f.s.layerLine("hp", LayerHost, 0); l.RebootNeededSince.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatal("a boot before the claim cleared the need")
+	}
+	// A boot within the margin after the claim (clock skew) says nothing either.
+	bootReport(t, f, "hp", claim.Add(30*time.Second))
+	if l := f.s.layerLine("hp", LayerHost, 0); l.RebootNeededSince.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatal("a boot inside the skew margin cleared the need")
+	}
+	// The kernel step's reboot, 4 minutes after the claim: the need is over.
+	f.now = f.now.Add(10 * time.Minute)
+	bootReport(t, f, "hp", claim.Add(4*time.Minute))
+	if l := f.s.layerLine("hp", LayerHost, 0); !l.RebootNeededSince.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatalf("a host boot after the claim did not clear the need: since %v", l.RebootNeededSince)
+	}
+	f.now = f.now.Add(20 * 24 * time.Hour)
+	f.s.Alarms()
+	if f.count(EventRebootNeeded) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("reboot alarm after the host rebooted")
+	}
+	// A NEW claim after that boot (the next night installs more) starts the need again.
+	f.ingest(t, "hp", Report{Layer: LayerHost, Trigger: "night", Mode: "apply", Outcome: "applied", Healthy: true,
+		Upgraded: []Package{pk("libc6", "3")}, RebootNeeded: true, RebootScanned: true})
+	if l := f.s.layerLine("hp", LayerHost, 0); !l.RebootNeededSince.Equal(f.now) {
+		t.Fatalf("a claim after the boot: since = %v, want %v", l.RebootNeededSince, f.now)
+	}
+}

hub/internal/osupdates/service.go

@@ -938,15 +938,59 @@ func (s *Service) layerLine(hostID, layer string, ring int) LayerLine {
 		l.LastSuccessfulLeg = ok.ReceivedAt
 	}
 	l.NotCoveredFast = len(s.notCoveredFast(layer, ring, r))
-	l.RebootNeededSince = s.sinceContinuously(hostID, layer, func(x Report) (bool, bool) {
+	pred := func(x Report) (bool, bool) {
 		if !x.RebootScanned && len(x.Upgraded) == 0 && x.Outcome != "applied" {
 			return false, false // a pass that did not look says nothing about reboot-needed: skip it
 		}
 		return x.RebootNeeded, true
-	})
+	}
+	// 2026-11-08 (demo-felhom): a host reboot is reported on the KERNEL layer (or not at all, by hand), never on the host
+	// layer, so the host layer's need outlived the reboot that ended it until the next night's host pass. A host boot
+	// ends every claim the hub received before it: the run is cut at the boot — for the System page and the 14-day
+	// alarm alike; a claim after the boot starts a new run. The boot is a positive fact (the crash guard's
+	// last_boot_at, box clock) compared with the hub's receipt, less a margin for clock skew (a claim inside the margin
+	// still counts); no boot fact = the old behaviour. Pinned by TestRebootNeeded_ClearedByAHostBootAfterTheClaim.
+	var cut time.Time
+	if layer == LayerHost {
+		if boot := s.hostLastBoot(hostID); !boot.IsZero() {
+			cut = boot.Add(-rebootClaimSkew)
+		}
+	}
+	var whole time.Time
+	l.RebootNeededSince, whole = s.runSinceAfter(hostID, layer, pred, cut)
+	if l.RebootNeededSince.IsZero() && !whole.IsZero() {
+		s.logf("[DEBUG] osupdates: %s reboot-needed (since %s) ended by the host boot (cut %s)",
+			hostID, whole.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339), cut.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339))
+	}
 	return l
 }
 
+// rebootClaimSkew: a host boot must come this long after the hub received the newest reboot-needed claim to end it
+// (the boot time is the box's clock, the receipt the hub's; R-1301 measured a box 14 s slow).
+const rebootClaimSkew = time.Minute
+
+// hostLastBoot is the host's last boot as its crash guard reports it (zero: no host report, no crash guard, or an
+// unreadable time — the caller then keeps the need).
+func (s *Service) hostLastBoot(hostID string) time.Time {
+	h, err := s.Store.GetHost(hostID)
+	if err != nil || h == nil {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	rj, _ := s.Store.GetLatestHostReportJSON(h.CustomerID)
+	if rj == "" {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	cg := sysfacts.Parse(rj).Host.CrashGuard
+	if cg == nil || cg.LastBootAt == "" {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, cg.LastBootAt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	return t
+}
+
 // notCoveredFast: pending fast-lane updates of that layer that the box's approved release does not name. Ring 0
 // installs every fast-lane update itself, so it never has any.
 func (s *Service) notCoveredFast(layer string, ring int, r Report) []string {
@@ -972,11 +1016,18 @@ func (s *Service) notCoveredFast(layer string, ring int, r Report) []string {
 // current unbroken run where pred holds (zero when the newest relevant report does not hold). pred's second result
 // false = the report does not count either way (skipped).
 func (s *Service) sinceContinuously(hostID, layer string, pred func(Report) (bool, bool)) time.Time {
+	since, _ := s.runSinceAfter(hostID, layer, pred, time.Time{})
+	return since
+}
+
+// runSinceAfter is sinceContinuously with a cut: a report received at or before `cut` ends the run (zero cut = no cut).
+// It also returns the uncut run's start, so a caller can tell „ended by the cut" from „never held".
+func (s *Service) runSinceAfter(hostID, layer string, pred func(Report) (bool, bool), cut time.Time) (since, uncut time.Time) {
 	reps, err := s.Store.OSReportsDesc(hostID, layer, 400)
 	if err != nil {
-		return time.Time{}
+		return time.Time{}, time.Time{}
 	}
-	var since time.Time
+	cutHit := false
 	for _, rep := range reps {
 		var r Report
 		if json.Unmarshal([]byte(rep.ReportJSON), &r) != nil {
@@ -989,9 +1040,15 @@ func (s *Service) sinceContinuously(hostID, layer string, pred func(Report) (boo
 		if !hold {
 			break
 		}
-		since = rep.ReceivedAt
+		uncut = rep.ReceivedAt
+		if !cutHit && !cut.IsZero() && !rep.ReceivedAt.After(cut) {
+			cutHit = true
+		}
+		if !cutHit {
+			since = rep.ReceivedAt
+		}
 	}
-	return since
+	return since, uncut
 }
 
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