rcourtman/Pulse v4.4.0-rc.1

v4.4.0-rc.1 - Security Update (Release Candidate)

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🔒 Major Security Update - Authentication Now Required

This release introduces mandatory authentication for all Pulse installations, significantly improving security.

⚠️ Important for Existing Users

Your nodes and settings are preserved! When you upgrade:

1. You'll see a security setup screen
2. Create a username and password
3. After setup, all your existing nodes and configurations will be there
4. No manual export/import needed

What's New

🔐 Mandatory Authentication System

• First-run security setup - Clean, user-friendly setup wizard for new installations
• API-only authentication mode - For automated systems that only need API access
• Improved API token management - Generate new tokens directly from settings
• Enhanced security throughout - All endpoints now properly secured

🎨 UI Improvements

• New animated metrics display with smooth transitions
• Improved dark mode persistence across login/logout
• Better toast notifications positioning
• Cleaner settings interface with reorganized security section

🔔 Notification System Fixes

• Fixed webhook notifications for Discord, Slack, and custom services
• Improved grouped alert formatting for all notification providers
• Better Telegram message formatting
• Fixed custom webhook templates not being used correctly
• More realistic test notifications

📚 Documentation Updates

• Completely rewritten Docker guide - Clear setup instructions for the new mandatory auth
• Updated all docs to reflect mandatory authentication requirement
• Removed outdated migration guides - Focus on current setup process
• Added troubleshooting for common upgrade scenarios

🛠️ Installation Script Improvements (Post-RC1)

• Fixed RC channel updates - Script now properly detects and installs RC versions
• Added command line options for version control:
  • --rc - Install latest RC/pre-release
  • --stable - Install latest stable (default)
  • --version VERSION - Install specific version
• Works with piped execution - curl ... | bash -s -- --rc

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed theme preference not persisting correctly
• Fixed rate limiting issues during setup
• Fixed webhook template system for grouped alerts
• Fixed guest CPU display for idle containers
• Fixed install script not working when piped through bash
• Various security improvements and UI polish

Breaking Changes

Authentication is now mandatory - All installations must configure authentication. This is a one-time setup that takes less than a minute.

Installation

Docker

docker pull rcourtman/pulse:v4.4.0-rc.1

Manual Update

# Latest stable
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rcourtman/Pulse/main/install.sh | bash

# Update to this RC
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rcourtman/Pulse/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --rc
# Or specify version
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rcourtman/Pulse/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --version v4.4.0-rc.1

Downloads

Pre-built binaries available below for linux-amd64, linux-arm64, and linux-armv7.