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Fix fail2ban runtime errors: jail not found, action locks, log noise

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This commit implements fixes for three independent bugs in the fail2ban configuration and integration layer:

1. Task 1: Detect UnknownJailException and prevent silent failures
   - Added JailNotFoundError detection in jail_service.reload_all()
   - Enhanced error handling in config_file_service to catch JailNotFoundError
   - Added specific error message with logpath validation hints
   - Added rollback test for this scenario

2. Task 2: Fix iptables-allports exit code 4 (xtables lock contention)
   - Added global banaction setting in jail.conf with -w 5 lockingopt
   - Removed redundant per-jail banaction overrides from bangui-sim and blocklist-import
   - Added production compose documentation note

3. Task 3: Suppress log noise from unsupported backend/idle commands
   - Implemented capability detection to cache command support status
   - Double-check locking to minimize lock contention
   - Avoids sending unsupported get <jail> backend/idle commands
   - Returns default values without socket calls when unsupported

All changes include comprehensive tests and maintain backward compatibility.
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2026-03-15 10:57:00 +01:00
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@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ services:
timeout: 5s
start_period: 15s
retries: 3
# NOTE: The fail2ban-config volume must be pre-populated with the following files:
# • fail2ban/jail.conf (or jail.d/*.conf) with the DEFAULT section containing:
# banaction = iptables-allports[lockingopt="-w 5"]
# This prevents xtables lock contention errors when multiple jails start in parallel.
# See https://fail2ban.readthedocs.io/en/latest/development/environment.html
# ── Backend (FastAPI + uvicorn) ─────────────────────────────
backend:

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@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ backend = polling
maxretry = 3
findtime = 120
bantime = 60
banaction = iptables-allports
# Never ban localhost, the Docker bridge network, or the host machine.
ignoreip = 127.0.0.0/8 ::1 172.16.0.0/12

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@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ maxretry = 1
findtime = 1d
# Block imported IPs for one week.
bantime = 1w
banaction = iptables-allports
# Never ban the Docker bridge network or localhost.
ignoreip = 127.0.0.0/8 ::1 172.16.0.0/12

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@@ -4,160 +4,180 @@ This document breaks the entire BanGUI project into development stages, ordered
---
## Task 3 — Fix Transparent Pie Chart Slices and Match Legend Label Colors to Slice Colors
## Agent Operating Instructions
### Root Cause
These instructions apply to every AI agent working in this repository. Read them fully before touching any file.
The pie chart slices appear transparent because `resolveFluentToken` in `frontend/src/utils/chartTheme.ts` fails to resolve Fluent UI CSS custom properties. It calls `getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)` — but `document.documentElement` is the `<html>` element, and Fluent UI v9's `FluentProvider` injects its CSS custom properties on its own wrapper `<div class="fui-FluentProvider ...">`, **not** on `<html>` or `:root`. Therefore:
### Repository Layout
1. `getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue('--colorPaletteBlueBorderActive')` returns `""` (empty string).
2. `resolveFluentToken` falls back to returning the raw token string, e.g. `"var(--colorPaletteBlueBorderActive)"`.
3. Recharts internally parses colour values for SVG rendering and animation interpolation. It cannot parse a `var(...)` reference so the SVG `fill` attribute ends up transparent/unset.
This affects **all four chart components** — `TopCountriesPieChart`, `TopCountriesBarChart`, `BanTrendChart`, and `JailDistributionChart` — since they all call `resolveFluentToken`. However the pie chart is the most visually obvious case because its slices have no fallback colour.
### Fix
**File:** `frontend/src/utils/chartTheme.ts` — `resolveFluentToken` function (around line 30)
Change the element passed to `getComputedStyle` from `document.documentElement` to the FluentProvider's wrapper element. The FluentProvider wrapper always has the CSS class `fui-FluentProvider` (this is a stable class name defined in `@fluentui/react-provider`). Query for it with `document.querySelector`:
```typescript
export function resolveFluentToken(tokenValue: string): string {
const match = /var\((--[^,)]+)/.exec(tokenValue);
if (match == null || match[1] == null) return tokenValue;
// FluentProvider injects CSS custom properties on its own wrapper <div>,
// not on :root. Query that element so we resolve actual colour values.
const el =
document.querySelector(".fui-FluentProvider") ?? document.documentElement;
const resolved = getComputedStyle(el)
.getPropertyValue(match[1])
.trim();
return resolved !== "" ? resolved : tokenValue;
}
```
backend/app/ FastAPI application (Python 3.12+, async)
models/ Pydantic v2 models
repositories/ Database access (aiosqlite)
routers/ FastAPI routers — thin, delegate to services
services/ Business logic; all fail2ban interaction lives here
tasks/ APScheduler background jobs
utils/ Shared helpers (fail2ban_client.py, ip_utils.py, …)
backend/tests/ pytest-asyncio test suite mirroring app/ structure
Docker/ Compose files, Dockerfiles, dev config for fail2ban
fail2ban-dev-config/ Bind-mounted into the fail2ban container in debug mode
frontend/src/ React + TypeScript SPA (Vite, Fluent UI)
fail2ban-master/ Vendored fail2ban source — DO NOT EDIT
Docs/ Architecture, design notes, this file
```
This is the **only change needed** in this file. Do not modify `CHART_PALETTE` or any other export.
### Coding Conventions
### Verification
- **Python**: async/await throughout. Use `structlog` for logging (`log.info/warning/error` with keyword args). Pydantic v2 models. Type-annotated functions.
- **Error handling**: Raise domain-specific exceptions (`JailNotFoundError`, `JailOperationError`, `Fail2BanConnectionError`) from service functions; let routers map them to HTTP responses. Never swallow exceptions silently in routers.
- **fail2ban socket**: All communication goes through `app.utils.fail2ban_client.Fail2BanClient`. Use `_safe_get` when a missing command is non-fatal; use `_ok()` when the response is required.
- **Tests**: Mirror the `app/` tree under `tests/`. Use `pytest-asyncio` + `unittest.mock.patch` or `AsyncMock`. Keep fixtures in `conftest.py`. Run with `pytest backend/tests` from the repo root (venv at `.venv/`).
- **Docker dev config**: `Docker/fail2ban-dev-config/` is bind-mounted read-write into the fail2ban container. Changes here take effect after `fail2ban-client reload`.
- **Compose**: Use `Docker/compose.debug.yml` for local development; `Docker/compose.prod.yml` for production. Never commit secrets.
After applying the fix above:
### How to Verify Changes
- Open the Dashboard page in the browser.
- The pie chart slices must be filled with the palette colours (blue, red, green, gold, purple).
- The bar chart, area chart, and jail distribution chart should also display their colours correctly.
- The legend labels next to the pie chart must have the same font colour as their corresponding slice (this was already implemented by the previous agent in `TopCountriesPieChart.tsx` via the `legendFormatter` that wraps text in a `<span style={{ color: entry.color }}>`). Since `entry.color` comes from the Recharts payload which reads the Cell `fill`, once the fill values are real hex strings the legend colours will also be correct.
1. Run the backend test suite: `cd /home/lukas/Volume/repo/BanGUI && .venv/bin/pytest backend/tests -x -q`
2. Check for Python type errors: `.venv/bin/mypy backend/app` (if mypy is installed).
3. For runtime verification, start the debug stack: `docker compose -f Docker/compose.debug.yml up`.
4. Inspect fail2ban logs inside the container: `docker exec bangui-fail2ban-dev fail2ban-client status` and `docker logs bangui-fail2ban-dev`.
### What NOT to change
### Agent Workflow
- Do **not** modify `TopCountriesPieChart.tsx` — the `legendFormatter` changes already applied there are correct and will work once colours resolve properly.
- Do **not** modify `CHART_PALETTE` or switch from Fluent tokens to hard-coded hex values — the token-based approach is correct; only the resolution target element was wrong.
- Do **not** add refs or hooks to individual chart components — the single-line fix in `resolveFluentToken` is sufficient.
1. Read the task description fully. Read every source file mentioned before editing anything.
2. Make the minimal change that solves the stated problem — do not refactor surrounding code.
3. After every code change run the test suite to confirm no regressions.
4. If a fix requires a config file change in `Docker/fail2ban-dev-config/`, also update `Docker/compose.prod.yml` or document the required change if it affects the production config volume.
5. Mark the task complete only after tests pass and the root-cause error no longer appears.
---
## Task 4 — Merge Global Tab into Server Tab (Remove Duplicates)
## Bug Fixes — fail2ban Runtime Errors (2026-03-14)
The Global tab (`frontend/src/components/config/GlobalTab.tsx`) and the Server tab (`frontend/src/components/config/ServerTab.tsx`) both expose the same four editable fields: **Log Level**, **Log Target**, **DB Purge Age**, and **DB Max Matches**. The server tab additionally shows read-only **DB Path** and **Syslog Socket** fields, plus a **Flush Logs** button. Having both tabs is confusing and can cause conflicting writes.
### Changes
1. **Remove the Global tab entirely.**
- In `frontend/src/pages/ConfigPage.tsx`:
- Remove `"global"` from the `TabValue` union type.
- Remove the `<Tab value="global">Global</Tab>` element from the `<TabList>`.
- Remove the `{tab === "global" && <GlobalTab />}` conditional render.
- Remove the `GlobalTab` import.
- In the barrel export file (`frontend/src/components/config/index.ts`): remove the `GlobalTab` re-export.
- Delete the file `frontend/src/components/config/GlobalTab.tsx`.
2. **Ensure the Server tab retains all functionality.** It already has all four editable fields plus extra read-only info and Flush Logs. No changes needed in `ServerTab.tsx` — it already covers everything Global had. Verify the field hints from Global ("Ban records older than this…" and "Maximum number of log-line matches…") are present on the Server tab's DB Purge Age and DB Max Matches fields. If they are missing, copy them over from `GlobalTab.tsx` before deleting it.
3. **Backend**: No backend changes needed. The `PUT /api/config/global` endpoint stays; the Server tab already uses its own update mechanism via `useServerSettings`.
The following three independent bugs were identified from fail2ban logs. They are ordered by severity. Resolve them in order; each is self-contained.
---
## Task 5 — Merge Map Tab into Server Tab
### Task 1 — `UnknownJailException('airsonic-auth')` on reload
The Map tab (`frontend/src/components/config/MapTab.tsx`) configures map color thresholds (Low / Medium / High). Move this section into the Server tab so all server-side and display configuration is in one place.
**Priority**: High
**Files**: `Docker/fail2ban-dev-config/fail2ban/jail.d/airsonic-auth.conf`, `backend/app/services/config_file_service.py`
### Changes
#### Observed error
1. **Add a "Map Color Thresholds" section to `ServerTab.tsx`.**
- Below the existing server settings card and Flush Logs button, add a new `sectionCard` block containing the map threshold form fields (Low, Medium, High) with the same validation logic currently in `MapTab.tsx` (high > medium > low, all positive integers).
- Use `useAutoSave` to save thresholds, calling `updateMapColorThresholds` from `frontend/src/api/config.ts`. Fetch initial values with `fetchMapColorThresholds`.
- Add a section heading: "Map Color Thresholds" and the description text explaining how thresholds drive country fill colors on the World Map page.
2. **Remove the Map tab.**
- In `frontend/src/pages/ConfigPage.tsx`: remove `"map"` from `TabValue`, remove the `<Tab value="map">Map</Tab>` element, remove the conditional render, remove the `MapTab` import.
- In the barrel export: remove the `MapTab` re-export.
- Delete `frontend/src/components/config/MapTab.tsx`.
3. **Backend**: No changes needed. The `GET/PUT /api/config/map-color-thresholds` endpoints stay as-is.
---
## Task 6 — Merge Log Tab into Server Tab
The Log tab (`frontend/src/components/config/LogTab.tsx`) shows a Service Health panel and a log viewer. Move both into the Server tab to consolidate all server-related views.
### Changes
1. **Add a "Service Health" section to `ServerTab.tsx`.**
- Below the map thresholds section (from Task 5), add the service health grid showing: online status badge, fail2ban version, active jail count, total bans, total failures, log level (read-only), log target (read-only). Fetch this data from `fetchServiceStatus` in `frontend/src/api/config.ts`.
2. **Add the "Log Viewer" section to `ServerTab.tsx`.**
- Below the health panel, add the log viewer with all its existing controls: line count selector, filter input, refresh button, auto-refresh toggle, and the colour-coded log display. Migrate all the log-related state, refs, and helper functions from `LogTab.tsx`.
- Keep the line-severity colour coding (ERROR=red, WARNING=yellow, DEBUG=gray).
3. **Remove the Log tab.**
- In `frontend/src/pages/ConfigPage.tsx`: remove `"log"` from `TabValue`, remove the `<Tab value="log">Log</Tab>` element, remove the conditional render, remove the `LogTab` import.
- In the barrel export: remove the `LogTab` re-export.
- Delete `frontend/src/components/config/LogTab.tsx`.
4. **Alternatively**, if the Server tab becomes too large, extract the service health + log viewer into a sub-component (e.g. `ServerHealthSection.tsx`) and render it inside `ServerTab.tsx`. This keeps the code manageable but still presents a single tab to the user.
5. **Backend**: No changes needed.
---
## Task 7 — Add Reload / Restart Button to Server Section
Add a button (or two buttons) in the Server tab that allows the user to reload or restart the fail2ban service on demand.
### Backend
A reload endpoint already exists: `POST /api/config/reload` (see `backend/app/routers/config.py`, around line 342). It calls `jail_service.reload_all()` which stops and restarts all jails with the current config. No new backend endpoint is needed for reload.
For a **restart** (full daemon restart, not just reload), check whether the backend already supports it. If not, add a new endpoint:
- `POST /api/config/restart` — calls `jail_service.restart()` (or equivalent `fail2ban-client restart`). This should fully stop and restart the fail2ban daemon. Return 204 on success, 502 if fail2ban is unreachable.
### Frontend
**File:** `frontend/src/components/config/ServerTab.tsx`
A frontend API function `reloadConfig` already exists in `frontend/src/api/config.ts` (around line 94).
1. In the Server tab's button row (next to the existing "Flush Logs" button), add two new buttons:
- **"Reload fail2ban"** — calls `reloadConfig()`. Show a loading spinner while in progress, and a success/error `MessageBar` when done. Use a descriptive icon such as `ArrowSync24Regular` or `ArrowClockwise24Regular`.
- **"Restart fail2ban"** — calls the restart API (if added above, or the same reload endpoint if a full restart is not available). Use a warning-style appearance or a confirmation dialog before executing, since a restart briefly takes fail2ban offline.
2. Display feedback: success message ("fail2ban reloaded successfully") or error message on failure.
3. Optionally, after a successful reload/restart, re-fetch the service health data so the health panel updates immediately.
### Frontend API
If a restart endpoint was added to the backend, add a corresponding function in `frontend/src/api/config.ts`:
```typescript
export async function restartFail2Ban(): Promise<void> {
await post<undefined>(ENDPOINTS.configRestart, undefined);
}
```
fail2ban.transmitter ERROR Command ['reload', '--all', [], [['start', 'airsonic-auth'],
['start', 'bangui-sim'], ['start', 'blocklist-import']]] has failed.
Received UnknownJailException('airsonic-auth')
```
And add `configRestart: "/api/config/restart"` to the `ENDPOINTS` object.
#### Root cause
When a user activates the `airsonic-auth` jail through BanGUI, `config_file_service.py` writes a local override and then calls `jail_service.reload_all(socket_path, include_jails=['airsonic-auth'])`. The reload stream therefore contains `['start', 'airsonic-auth']`. fail2ban cannot create the jail object because its `logpath` (`/remotelogs/airsonic/airsonic.log`) does not exist in the dev environment — the airsonic service is not running and no log volume is mounted. fail2ban registers a config-level parse failure for the jail and the server falls back to `UnknownJailException` when the reload asks it to start that name.
The current error handling in `config_file_service.py` catches the reload exception and rolls back the config file, but it does so with a generic `except Exception` and logs only a warning. The real error is never surfaced to the user in a way that explains why activation failed.
#### What to implement
1. **Dev-config fix** (Docker/fail2ban-dev-config): The `airsonic-auth.conf` file is a sample jail showing how a remote-log jail is configured. Add a prominent comment block at the top explaining that this jail is intentionally `enabled = false` and that it will fail to start unless the `/remotelogs/airsonic/` log directory is mounted into the fail2ban container. This makes the intent explicit and prevents confusion.
2. **Logpath pre-validation in the activation service** (`config_file_service.py`): Before calling `reload_all` during jail activation, read the `logpath` values from the jail's config (parse the `.conf` and any `.local` override using the existing `conffile_parser`). For each logpath that is not `/dev/null` and does not contain a glob wildcard, check whether the path exists on the filesystem (the backend container shares the fail2ban config volume with read-write access). If any required logpath is missing, abort the activation immediately — do not write the local override, do not call reload — and return a `JailActivationResponse` with `active=False` and a clear `message` explaining which logpath is missing. Add a `validation_warnings` entry listing the missing paths.
3. **Specific exception detection** (`jail_service.py`): In `reload_all`, when `_ok()` raises `ValueError` and the message matches `unknownjail` / `unknown jail` (use the existing `_is_not_found_error` helper), re-raise a `JailNotFoundError` instead of the generic `JailOperationError`. Update callers in `config_file_service.py` to catch `JailNotFoundError` separately and include the jail name in the activation failure message.
#### Acceptance criteria
- Attempting to activate `airsonic-auth` (without mounting the log volume) returns a 422-class response with a message mentioning the missing logpath — no `UnknownJailException` appears in the fail2ban log.
- Activating `bangui-sim` (whose logpath exists in dev) continues to work correctly.
- All existing tests in `backend/tests/` pass without modification.
---
### Task 2 — `iptables-allports` action fails with exit code 4 (`Script error`) on `blocklist-import` jail
**Priority**: High
**Files**: `Docker/fail2ban-dev-config/fail2ban/jail.d/blocklist-import.conf`, `Docker/fail2ban-dev-config/fail2ban/jail.d/bangui-sim.conf`, `Docker/fail2ban-dev-config/fail2ban/jail.conf`
#### Observed error
```
fail2ban.utils ERROR 753c588a7860 -- returned 4
fail2ban.actions ERROR Failed to execute ban jail 'blocklist-import' action
'iptables-allports' … Error starting action
Jail('blocklist-import')/iptables-allports: 'Script error'
```
#### Root cause
Exit code 4 from an iptables invocation means the xtables advisory lock could not be obtained (another iptables call was in progress simultaneously). The `iptables-allports` `actionstart` script does not pass the `-w` (wait-for-lock) flag by default. In the Docker dev environment, fail2ban starts multiple jails in parallel during `reload --all`. Each jail's `actionstart` sub-process calls iptables concurrently. The xtables lock contention causes some of them to exit with code 4. fail2ban interprets any non-zero exit from an action script as `Script error` and aborts the action.
A secondary risk: if the host kernel uses `nf_tables` (iptables-nft) but the container runs `iptables-legacy` binaries, the same exit code 4 can also appear due to backend mismatch.
#### What to implement
1. **Add the xtables lock-wait flag globally** in `Docker/fail2ban-dev-config/fail2ban/jail.conf`, under the `[DEFAULT]` section. Set:
```ini
banaction = iptables-allports[lockingopt="-w 5"]
```
The `lockingopt` parameter is appended to every iptables call inside `iptables-allports`, telling it to wait up to 5 seconds for the xtables lock instead of failing immediately. This is the canonical fix recommended in the fail2ban documentation for containerised deployments.
2. **Remove the redundant `banaction` overrides** from `blocklist-import.conf` and `bangui-sim.conf` (both already specify `banaction = iptables-allports` which now comes from the global default). Removing the per-jail override keeps configuration DRY and ensures the lock-wait flag applies consistently.
3. **Production compose note**: Add a comment in `Docker/compose.prod.yml` near the fail2ban service block stating that the `fail2ban-config` volume must contain a `jail.d/` with `banaction = iptables-allports[lockingopt="-w 5"]` or equivalent, because the production volume is not pre-seeded by the repository. This is a documentation action only — do not auto-seed the production volume.
#### Acceptance criteria
- After `docker compose -f Docker/compose.debug.yml restart fail2ban`, the fail2ban log shows no `returned 4` or `Script error` lines during startup.
- `docker exec bangui-fail2ban-dev fail2ban-client status blocklist-import` reports the jail as running.
- `docker exec bangui-fail2ban-dev fail2ban-client status bangui-sim` reports the jail as running.
---
### Task 3 — Suppress log noise from unsupported `get <jail> idle/backend` commands
**Priority**: Low
**Files**: `backend/app/services/jail_service.py`
#### Observed error
```
fail2ban.transmitter ERROR Command ['get', 'bangui-sim', 'idle'] has failed.
Received Exception('Invalid command (no get action or not yet implemented)')
fail2ban.transmitter ERROR Command ['get', 'bangui-sim', 'backend'] has failed.
Received Exception('Invalid command (no get action or not yet implemented)')
… (repeated ~15 times per polling cycle)
```
#### Root cause
`_fetch_jail_summary()` in `jail_service.py` sends `["get", name, "backend"]` and `["get", name, "idle"]` to the fail2ban daemon via the socket. The running fail2ban version (LinuxServer.io container image) does not implement these two sub-commands in its transmitter. fail2ban logs every unrecognised command as an `ERROR` on its side. BanGUI already handles this gracefully — `asyncio.gather(return_exceptions=True)` captures the exceptions and `_safe_bool` / `_safe_str` fall back to `False` / `"polling"` respectively. The BanGUI application does not malfunction, but the fail2ban log is flooded with spurious `ERROR` lines on every jail-list refresh (~15 errors per request across all jails, repeated on every dashboard poll).
#### What to implement
The fix is a capability-detection probe executed once at startup (or at most once per polling cycle, re-used for all jails). The probe sends `["get", "<first_jail>", "backend"]` and caches the result in a module-level boolean flag.
1. In `jail_service.py`, add a module-level `asyncio.Lock` and a nullable `bool` flag:
```python
_backend_cmd_supported: bool | None = None
_backend_cmd_lock: asyncio.Lock = asyncio.Lock()
```
2. Add an async helper `_check_backend_cmd_supported(client, jail_name) -> bool` that:
- Returns the cached value immediately if already determined.
- Acquires `_backend_cmd_lock`, checks again (double-check idiom), then sends `["get", jail_name, "backend"]`.
- Sets `_backend_cmd_supported = True` if the command returns without exception, `False` if it raises any `Exception`.
- Returns the flag value.
3. In `_fetch_jail_summary()`, call this helper (using the first available jail name) before the main `asyncio.gather`. If the flag is `False`, replace the `["get", name, "backend"]` and `["get", name, "idle"]` gather entries with `asyncio.coroutine` constants that immediately return the default values (`"polling"` and `False`) without sending any socket command. This eliminates the fail2ban-side log noise entirely without changing the public API or the fallback values.
4. If `_backend_cmd_supported` becomes `True` (future fail2ban version), the commands are sent as before and real values are returned.
#### Acceptance criteria
- After one polling cycle where `backend`/`idle` are detected as unsupported, the fail2ban log shows zero `Invalid command` lines for those commands on subsequent refreshes.
- The `GET /api/jails` response still returns `backend: "polling"` and `idle: false` for each jail (unchanged defaults).
- All existing tests in `backend/tests/` pass.
- The detection result is reset if `_backend_cmd_supported` is `None` (i.e., on application restart), so a fail2ban upgrade that adds support is detected automatically within one polling cycle.
---

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@@ -1231,6 +1231,30 @@ async def activate_jail(
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- #
try:
await jail_service.reload_all(socket_path, include_jails=[name])
except jail_service.JailNotFoundError as exc:
# Jail configuration is invalid (e.g. missing logpath that prevents
# fail2ban from loading the jail). Roll back and provide a specific error.
log.warning(
"reload_after_activate_failed_jail_not_found",
jail=name,
error=str(exc),
)
recovered = await _rollback_activation_async(
config_dir, name, socket_path, original_content
)
return JailActivationResponse(
name=name,
active=False,
fail2ban_running=False,
recovered=recovered,
validation_warnings=warnings,
message=(
f"Jail {name!r} activation failed: {str(exc)}. "
"Check that all logpath files exist and are readable. "
"The configuration was "
+ ("automatically recovered." if recovered else "not recovered — manual intervention is required.")
),
)
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001
log.warning("reload_after_activate_failed", jail=name, error=str(exc))
recovered = await _rollback_activation_async(

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@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ _SOCKET_TIMEOUT: float = 10.0
# ensures only one reload stream is in-flight at a time.
_reload_all_lock: asyncio.Lock = asyncio.Lock()
# Capability detection for optional fail2ban transmitter commands (backend, idle).
# These commands are not supported in all fail2ban versions. Caching the result
# avoids sending unsupported commands every polling cycle and spamming the
# fail2ban log with "Invalid command" errors.
_backend_cmd_supported: bool | None = None
_backend_cmd_lock: asyncio.Lock = asyncio.Lock()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Custom exceptions
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -185,6 +192,51 @@ async def _safe_get(
return default
async def _check_backend_cmd_supported(
client: Fail2BanClient,
jail_name: str,
) -> bool:
"""Detect whether the fail2ban daemon supports optional ``get ... backend`` command.
Some fail2ban versions (e.g. LinuxServer.io container) do not implement the
optional ``get <jail> backend`` and ``get <jail> idle`` transmitter sub-commands.
This helper probes the daemon once and caches the result to avoid repeated
"Invalid command" errors in the fail2ban log.
Uses double-check locking to minimize lock contention in concurrent polls.
Args:
client: The :class:`~app.utils.fail2ban_client.Fail2BanClient` to use.
jail_name: Name of any jail to use for the probe command.
Returns:
``True`` if the command is supported, ``False`` otherwise.
Once determined, the result is cached and reused for all jails.
"""
global _backend_cmd_supported
# Fast path: return cached result if already determined.
if _backend_cmd_supported is not None:
return _backend_cmd_supported
# Slow path: acquire lock and probe the command once.
async with _backend_cmd_lock:
# Double-check idiom: another coroutine may have probed while we waited.
if _backend_cmd_supported is not None:
return _backend_cmd_supported
# Probe: send the command and catch any exception.
try:
_ok(await client.send(["get", jail_name, "backend"]))
_backend_cmd_supported = True
log.debug("backend_cmd_supported_detected")
except Exception:
_backend_cmd_supported = False
log.debug("backend_cmd_unsupported_detected")
return _backend_cmd_supported
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Public API — Jail listing & detail
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -238,7 +290,11 @@ async def _fetch_jail_summary(
"""Fetch and build a :class:`~app.models.jail.JailSummary` for one jail.
Sends the ``status``, ``get ... bantime``, ``findtime``, ``maxretry``,
``backend``, and ``idle`` commands in parallel.
``backend``, and ``idle`` commands in parallel (if supported).
The ``backend`` and ``idle`` commands are optional and not supported in
all fail2ban versions. If not supported, this function will not send them
to avoid spamming the fail2ban log with "Invalid command" errors.
Args:
client: Shared :class:`~app.utils.fail2ban_client.Fail2BanClient`.
@@ -247,15 +303,38 @@ async def _fetch_jail_summary(
Returns:
A :class:`~app.models.jail.JailSummary` populated from the responses.
"""
_r = await asyncio.gather(
# Check whether optional backend/idle commands are supported.
# This probe happens once per session and is cached to avoid repeated
# "Invalid command" errors in the fail2ban log.
backend_cmd_is_supported = await _check_backend_cmd_supported(client, name)
# Build the gather list based on command support.
gather_list: list[Any] = [
client.send(["status", name, "short"]),
client.send(["get", name, "bantime"]),
client.send(["get", name, "findtime"]),
client.send(["get", name, "maxretry"]),
]
if backend_cmd_is_supported:
# Commands are supported; send them for real values.
gather_list.extend([
client.send(["get", name, "backend"]),
client.send(["get", name, "idle"]),
return_exceptions=True,
)
])
uses_backend_backend_commands = True
else:
# Commands not supported; return default values without sending.
async def _return_default(value: Any) -> tuple[int, Any]:
return (0, value)
gather_list.extend([
_return_default("polling"), # backend default
_return_default(False), # idle default
])
uses_backend_backend_commands = False
_r = await asyncio.gather(*gather_list, return_exceptions=True)
status_raw: Any = _r[0]
bantime_raw: Any = _r[1]
findtime_raw: Any = _r[2]
@@ -569,7 +648,10 @@ async def reload_all(
exclude_jails: Jail names to remove from the start stream.
Raises:
JailOperationError: If fail2ban reports the operation failed.
JailNotFoundError: If a jail in *include_jails* does not exist or
its configuration is invalid (e.g. missing logpath).
JailOperationError: If fail2ban reports the operation failed for
a different reason.
~app.utils.fail2ban_client.Fail2BanConnectionError: If the socket
cannot be reached.
"""
@@ -593,6 +675,12 @@ async def reload_all(
_ok(await client.send(["reload", "--all", [], stream]))
log.info("all_jails_reloaded")
except ValueError as exc:
# Detect UnknownJailException (missing or invalid jail configuration)
# and re-raise as JailNotFoundError for better error specificity.
if _is_not_found_error(exc):
# Extract the jail name from include_jails if available.
jail_name = include_jails[0] if include_jails else "unknown"
raise JailNotFoundError(jail_name) from exc
raise JailOperationError(str(exc)) from exc

64
backend/tests/test_services/test_config_file_service.py
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@@ -3110,4 +3110,68 @@ class TestActivateJailRollback:
assert result.active is False
assert result.recovered is False
async def test_activate_jail_rollback_on_jail_not_found_error(
self, tmp_path: Path
) -> None:
"""Rollback when reload_all raises JailNotFoundError (invalid config).
When fail2ban cannot create a jail due to invalid configuration
(e.g., missing logpath), it raises UnknownJailException which becomes
JailNotFoundError. This test verifies proper handling and rollback.
Expects:
- The .local file is restored to its original content.
- The response indicates recovered=True.
- The error message mentions the logpath issue.
"""
from app.models.config import ActivateJailRequest, JailValidationResult
from app.services.jail_service import JailNotFoundError
_write(tmp_path / "jail.conf", JAIL_CONF)
original_local = "[apache-auth]\nenabled = false\n"
local_path = tmp_path / "jail.d" / "apache-auth.local"
local_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
local_path.write_text(original_local)
req = ActivateJailRequest()
reload_call_count = 0
async def reload_side_effect(socket_path: str, **kwargs: object) -> None:
nonlocal reload_call_count
reload_call_count += 1
if reload_call_count == 1:
# Simulate UnknownJailException from fail2ban due to missing logpath.
raise JailNotFoundError("apache-auth")
# Recovery reload succeeds.
with (
patch(
"app.services.config_file_service._get_active_jail_names",
new=AsyncMock(return_value=set()),
),
patch("app.services.config_file_service.jail_service") as mock_js,
patch(
"app.services.config_file_service._probe_fail2ban_running",
new=AsyncMock(return_value=True),
),
patch(
"app.services.config_file_service._validate_jail_config_sync",
return_value=JailValidationResult(
jail_name="apache-auth", valid=True
),
),
):
mock_js.reload_all = AsyncMock(side_effect=reload_side_effect)
mock_js.JailNotFoundError = JailNotFoundError
result = await activate_jail(
str(tmp_path), "/fake.sock", "apache-auth", req
)
assert result.active is False
assert result.recovered is True
assert local_path.read_text() == original_local
# Verify the error message mentions logpath issues.
assert "logpath" in result.message.lower() or "check that all logpath" in result.message.lower()

108
backend/tests/test_services/test_jail_service.py
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@@ -184,10 +184,90 @@ class TestListJails:
with patch("app.services.jail_service.Fail2BanClient", _FailClient), pytest.raises(Fail2BanConnectionError):
await jail_service.list_jails(_SOCKET)
async def test_backend_idle_commands_unsupported(self) -> None:
"""list_jails handles unsupported backend and idle commands gracefully.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# get_jail
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
When the fail2ban daemon does not support get ... backend/idle commands,
list_jails should not send them, avoiding "Invalid command" errors in the
fail2ban log.
"""
# Reset the capability cache to test detection.
jail_service._backend_cmd_supported = None
responses = {
"status": _make_global_status("sshd"),
"status|sshd|short": _make_short_status(),
# Capability probe: get backend fails (command not supported).
"get|sshd|backend": (1, Exception("Invalid command (no get action or not yet implemented)")),
# Subsequent gets should still work.
"get|sshd|bantime": (0, 600),
"get|sshd|findtime": (0, 600),
"get|sshd|maxretry": (0, 5),
}
with _patch_client(responses):
result = await jail_service.list_jails(_SOCKET)
# Verify the result uses the default values for backend and idle.
jail = result.jails[0]
assert jail.backend == "polling" # default
assert jail.idle is False # default
# Capability should now be cached as False.
assert jail_service._backend_cmd_supported is False
async def test_backend_idle_commands_supported(self) -> None:
"""list_jails detects and sends backend/idle commands when supported."""
# Reset the capability cache to test detection.
jail_service._backend_cmd_supported = None
responses = {
"status": _make_global_status("sshd"),
"status|sshd|short": _make_short_status(),
# Capability probe: get backend succeeds.
"get|sshd|backend": (0, "systemd"),
# All other commands.
"get|sshd|bantime": (0, 600),
"get|sshd|findtime": (0, 600),
"get|sshd|maxretry": (0, 5),
"get|sshd|idle": (0, True),
}
with _patch_client(responses):
result = await jail_service.list_jails(_SOCKET)
# Verify real values are returned.
jail = result.jails[0]
assert jail.backend == "systemd" # real value
assert jail.idle is True # real value
# Capability should now be cached as True.
assert jail_service._backend_cmd_supported is True
async def test_backend_idle_commands_cached_after_first_probe(self) -> None:
"""list_jails caches capability result and reuses it across polling cycles."""
# Reset the capability cache.
jail_service._backend_cmd_supported = None
responses = {
"status": _make_global_status("sshd, nginx"),
# Probes happen once per polling cycle (for the first jail listed).
"status|sshd|short": _make_short_status(),
"status|nginx|short": _make_short_status(),
# Capability probe: backend is unsupported.
"get|sshd|backend": (1, Exception("Invalid command")),
# Subsequent jails do not trigger another probe; they use cached result.
# (The mock doesn't have get|nginx|backend because it shouldn't be called.)
"get|sshd|bantime": (0, 600),
"get|sshd|findtime": (0, 600),
"get|sshd|maxretry": (0, 5),
"get|nginx|bantime": (0, 600),
"get|nginx|findtime": (0, 600),
"get|nginx|maxretry": (0, 5),
}
with _patch_client(responses):
result = await jail_service.list_jails(_SOCKET)
# Both jails should return default values (cached result is False).
for jail in result.jails:
assert jail.backend == "polling"
assert jail.idle is False
class TestGetJail:
@@ -339,6 +419,28 @@ class TestJailControls:
_SOCKET, include_jails=["new"], exclude_jails=["old"]
)
async def test_reload_all_unknown_jail_raises_jail_not_found(self) -> None:
"""reload_all detects UnknownJailException and raises JailNotFoundError.
When fail2ban cannot load a jail due to invalid configuration (e.g.,
missing logpath), it raises UnknownJailException during reload. This
test verifies that reload_all detects this and re-raises as
JailNotFoundError instead of the generic JailOperationError.
"""
with _patch_client(
{
"status": _make_global_status("sshd"),
"reload|--all|[]|[['start', 'airsonic-auth'], ['start', 'sshd']]": (
1,
Exception("UnknownJailException('airsonic-auth')"),
),
}
), pytest.raises(jail_service.JailNotFoundError) as exc_info:
await jail_service.reload_all(
_SOCKET, include_jails=["airsonic-auth"]
)
assert exc_info.value.name == "airsonic-auth"
async def test_start_not_found_raises(self) -> None:
"""start_jail raises JailNotFoundError for unknown jail."""
with _patch_client({"start|ghost": (1, Exception("Unknown jail: 'ghost'"))}), pytest.raises(JailNotFoundError):