rcourtman/Pulse v4.33.0

Pulse v4.33.0

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✅ Release Asset Validation (Post-Publish): PASSED

Assets were revalidated after publication due to a release edit.

Status: Live release assets re-validated ✅
Validated: 2025-11-26 15:55:49 UTC
Workflow: Validate Release Assets #57

Validation Summary

• All required assets present ✓
• Checksums verified ✓
• Version strings correct ✓
• Binary architectures validated ✓

Highlights

Unified Agent System

• New unified pulse-agent binary replaces separate Docker and Host agents
• Single installation script (install.sh) for all platforms
• Auto-update support for agents with secure checksum verification
• Improved legacy agent detection and migration UX

Security Hardening

• Hardened agent installers with stricter input validation
• Secured auto-update mechanism against path traversal and tampering
• Hardened Windows installer script (PowerShell)

UI Improvements

• Responsive column hiding for Docker and node tables
• Adaptive table layouts with tighter columns on smaller screens
• Improved I/O metrics with intensity-based coloring
• Max layout width constrained to 1768px on wide screens

Performance

• Parallelized PVE node polling for faster dashboard updates
• Config watcher checks content hash to prevent unnecessary reloads

Documentation

• Complete documentation overhaul - more concise and modern
• Optimized PNG images (reduced ~25% in size)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Podman token binding conflicts by caching daemon ID at init
• Fixed qdevice being incorrectly included in cluster node discovery
• Fixed install script checksum verification on macOS

Other Changes

• Added 20+ new unit test files
• Install scripts now served from GitHub releases (version-locked)
• Added "Hide Local Login" UI toggle for OIDC deployments

Installation

Docker:

docker pull rcourtman/pulse:4.33.0

See the Installation Guide for complete setup instructions.