rcourtman/Pulse v3.30.0-rc5 on GitHub

🧪 Release Candidate 5

This is a release candidate for testing. Please report any issues you find.

What's Changed

Rc release with 72 commits since v3.29.8

✨ New Features

Backup source visibility improvements
Optimize metrics fetching to reduce Proxmox log growth
PBS instance filtering and enhanced multi-PBS UI
Show guest names alongside guest IDs in PBS task display
Remove mobile adaptation from PBS tab and fix scroll issues
Replace PBS namespace dropdown with smart namespace tabs
PBS namespace filtering with enhanced backup runs
Comprehensive namespace support to PBS tab
Enhance RC releases with meaningful changelogs from PR body
Display PBS namespace info directly in backups table
PBS namespace support
Integrate PBS namespace display into UI
Comprehensive PBS namespace support with auto-discovery
Standalone changelog generation script

🐛 Bug Fixes

Prevent visualization section flash on first load
Prevent empty state animation flash in backup detail card
Prevent loading message flash in backups tab
Prevent socket updates from causing double refresh in backups tab
Prevent double refresh of backup health card when switching tabs
Revert incorrect storage type categorization in diagnostics
Handle -dirty sufin git describe version parsing
Handle git describe format in version comparison API calls
Remove redundant Backup Sources tab from settings
Remove redundant storage type column from backup table
Simplify storage type indicators to PBS/PVE/Snapshot only
Use orange color for PVE storage type indicator
Prevent PBS storage backups from being double-counted
Add error handling and fallback for Copy Safe Report button in diagnostics
Format PBS tab CPU and Memory percentages properly
Correct PBS verification job ID extraction from UPIDs
Format PBS tab percentages to prevent long decimals
Add missing auto-refresh after updates and cleanup project files
Remove duplicate PR summary from RC releases
Use correct state keys (vmsData/containersData) for guest lookup
Access VMs/containers directly from state for guest names
Include selected namespace in PBS data hash for proper refresh
Remove tracking-wider CSS class from PBS table headers
IsMobile variable name conflict
Clear expanded state on mobile/desktop viewport changes
Remove remaining addMobileClickHandler reference
Mobile button collapse issues on PBS tab
Respect PORT environment variable in server configuration
Restore page scrollbar after closing alert management modal
Respect user-defined URLs without forcing default ports
Respect PORT environment variable for server configuration
Preserve scrollbar after closing settings modal
Properly separate PBS backups by namespace
Restore proper PBS namespace filtering using groups endpoint
Properly separate PBS backups by namespace
Add namespace field to all PBS snapshots
Make PBS snapshot fetching namespace-aware
Use correct namespace parameter when fetching PBS snapshots
Properly convert escaped characters in stable release changelog
Escape backticks properly in stable release changelog

🔧 Improvements

improve: show relative time in latest backup column
clarify backup type distinctions in README
improve: use colored dot indicators for storage types in backup table
update log growth documentation for v3.30.0 optimization
remove unverified log growth claim from documentation
add warnings about Proxmox log file growth from frequent polling
remove leftover documentation files from root directory
improve: enhance PBS UI with relative timestamps and cleaner task tables
improve: optimize backup tab performance and reduce code duplication
improve: replace fixed timeout with health check polling for update restarts
improve: filter debug commits and make changelog more user-friendly
bump postcss from 8.5.5 to 8.5.6
debug: show available state keys to find VMs/containers
debug: show available VMs/containers for guest lookup
debug: add more detailed PBS task parsing logs
debug: add PBS namespace filtering debug logs
enhance: add detailed changelog generation to RC releases

14 new features • 40 bug fixes • 72 total changes

🔄 Existing Users - Update to RC

🖥️ Web Interface Update (Available from v3.27.2+)

✨ Switch to RC channel for testing:

Open your Pulse web interface
Go to Settings → System tab → Software Updates
Select "RC" channel to receive release candidates
Click "Check for Updates"
Click "Apply Update" to install this RC version
The interface will automatically refresh after update

Note: You can switch back to "Stable" channel anytime

🛠️ Script-Based Update

For LXC, VMs, and regular installations:

# Update to this specific RC version
cd /opt/pulse/scripts
./install-pulse.sh --update --version v3.30.0-rc5

🐳 Docker Update

# Pull this specific RC version
docker pull rcourtman/pulse:v3.30.0-rc5

# Or use the rolling RC tag (always latest RC)
docker pull rcourtman/pulse:rc

# Update with docker-compose
docker compose down && docker compose pull && docker compose up -d

# Or update manually
docker stop pulse && docker rm pulse
docker run -d --name pulse -p 7655:7655 -v pulse-config:/app/config rcourtman/pulse:rc

📥 New Users - Fresh RC Installation

Automated Installer

# Install this specific RC version
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rcourtman/Pulse/main/scripts/install-pulse.sh | bash -s -- --version v3.30.0-rc5

Manual Download

wget https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse/releases/download/v3.30.0-rc5/pulse-v3.30.0-rc5.tar.gz
tar -xzf pulse-v3.30.0-rc5.tar.gz
cd pulse-v3.30.0-rc5
npm install --production
npm start

⚠️ Testing Notes

This is a pre-release for testing only
Not recommended for production environments
Please report any issues on GitHub Issues
The :rc Docker tag always points to the latest RC version
You can easily switch between Stable and RC channels in the web interface