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Adds compose.aiven.yaml so BetterDB Monitor deploys on Aiven Runtime, plus the app-side fixes needed to actually boot against Aiven's managed Postgres/Valkey and in workspace-disabled mode. Verified running end to end on Aiven Runtime (app builds from the Dockerfile, managed Aiven PostgreSQL for audit storage, monitoring a managed Aiven Valkey). Most fixes are provider-agnostic and help any self-host on a managed DB, not just Aiven.

Changes

Aiven Runtime template

  • compose.aiven.yaml: app service built from the repo Dockerfile (production-no-ai) + a managed PostgreSQL for audit storage. Bring-your-own Valkey/Redis (no throwaway container). Pre-sets safe values (WORKSPACE_DISABLED, DB_TLS, DB_TYPE, STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY) and exposes an empty DB_PASSWORD as a fillable field.

App fixes

  • fix(api): do not resolve AgentGateway when workspace mode is disabled. Under WORKSPACE_DISABLED the agent module is not loaded, so app.get(AgentGateway) threw UnknownElementException. Nest runs app.get inside an ExceptionsZone whose default teardown is process.exit(1), so this crashed bootstrap (the surrounding try/catch never ran) and the service never released. main.ts.
  • fix(api): managed Postgres self-signed CA. New STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY rewrites the connection string's sslmode to no-verify. An explicit ssl option does not work here because pg's ConnectionParameters overwrites it with the parsed connection string, so the injected sslmode=require (verify-full) kept rejecting Aiven's CA. postgres.adapter.ts.
  • feat(api): DB_TLS env var to enable TLS on the env-configured target connection (Aiven, ElastiCache Serverless, and similar). The env path was hardcoded to tls: false. configuration.ts, connection-registry.service.ts.
  • fix(api): tolerate empty POSTHOG_HOST in env validation. An injected empty value failed startup with "Invalid URL"; now routed through the same optionalUrl normalizer as AUTH_PUBLIC_URL. env.schema.ts + regression test.
  • Dockerfile: drop PostHog and APP_VERSION / VITE_* build-args so they stop surfacing as empty fields on deploy screens.
  • Docs: document DB_TLS and STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY in README.md and .env.example.

Notes for review

  • The PostHog and APP_VERSION / VITE_* removals are "for now" to clean up the deploy screen. CI (docker-publish.yml, cli-publish.yml) still passes some of these as --build-arg, now harmless no-ops. Effect: the official image falls back to HTTP telemetry (no PostHog) and reports version as unknown until we decide the permanent approach. Easy to revert if we want them back.
  • Once this merges, aiven-runtime becomes the stable release branch and the Aiven gallery entry (Add BetterDB Monitor Aiven-Labs/runs-on-runtime#76) can drop its branch field to track master.

Checklist

  • Unit / integration tests added (empty POSTHOG_HOST regression; connection-registry suite passes; API typecheck clean)
  • Docs added / updated (README.md, .env.example)
  • Roborev review passed
  • Competitive analysis done / discussed (internal)
  • Blog post about it discussed (internal)

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Medium Risk
Touches startup/bootstrap behavior, TLS to monitored Valkey and Postgres (including optional cert skip), and new deployment paths; misconfigured TLS or STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY weakens storage authentication.

Overview
Adds Aiven Runtime deployment via compose.aiven.yaml (no-AI production-no-ai build, managed Postgres for audit storage, bring-your-own Valkey) and Dockerfile.aiven, a Dockerfile twin that drops empty telemetry/version build args so they do not clutter the Runtime deploy UI.

Managed-database connectivity: New DB_TLS turns on TLS for the env-configured default monitored connection (was hardcoded off). PostgreSQL audit storage gains STORAGE_SSL_CA / STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY; the adapter rewrites sslmode in the connection string so pg is not overwritten by provider-injected sslmode=require. TLS-related flags and empty POSTHOG_HOST are normalized in env validation (whitespace-padded true, blank PostHog host).

Bootstrap / workspace-disabled: Agent WebSocket resolution moves to resolveAgentGateway, which skips lookup when workspace mode is disabled and returns null if the provider or proprietary module is missing. Nest boots with abortOnError: false and bootstrap().catch so missing AgentGateway does not process.exit before the handler runs.

Docs update .env.example and README.md for the new settings; unit tests cover gateway resolution and env regressions.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for encrypted connections to monitored databases.
    • Added configurable PostgreSQL TLS verification using a trusted CA or an optional no-verification mode.
    • Added an Aiven Runtime deployment configuration, including managed PostgreSQL and Valkey/Redis connections.
    • Added a no-AI container deployment option for Aiven environments.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of whitespace in TLS environment settings.
    • Startup now reports provider and gateway errors cleanly instead of terminating unexpectedly.

Runtime-facing Compose file (separate from docker-compose.yml) that deploys
BetterDB Monitor on Aiven Runtime:

- betterdb-monitor: built from the repo Dockerfile (production-no-ai target),
  serves the app on port 3001.
- Valkey (target to monitor) and PostgreSQL (audit storage) declared as bare
  image services so Runtime's Compose scanner provisions them as managed Aiven
  services rather than containers. Secrets/credentials are injected in Runtime,
  not stored in the file.

Validated locally: docker compose config passes, and the aiven-runtime
containerizer dry-run recognises the app as build-from-Dockerfile and both data
services as managed.
…nection

The env-configured default connection (DB_HOST/DB_PORT/...) was hardcoded to
tls: false, so it could not connect to managed providers that require
encryption (Aiven, ElastiCache Serverless, etc.) — even though the adapter and
UI-added connections already support TLS. Add a DB_TLS flag (default false)
that feeds the default connection's tls option.

Documented in README env table and .env.example. Backward-compatible:
unset/false preserves the previous behaviour.
BetterDB Monitor monitors an existing Valkey/Redis, so provisioning a throwaway
Valkey made no sense. Remove the betterdb-valkey managed service; the user adds
their own database (via the app UI, or the commented DB_* block pointing at
their Aiven service with DB_TLS=true). PostgreSQL audit storage stays, now with
sslmode=require for Aiven's managed PG.
An empty/blank POSTHOG_HOST (baked into or injected around the container image)
failed startup env validation with "POSTHOG_HOST: Invalid URL", because
z.url().optional() only skips validation when the value is absent, not when it's
"". Route it through the same optionalUrl preprocess already used for
AUTH_PUBLIC_URL so a blank value is treated as unset. Adds a regression test.

Also stop hardcoding a too-short AUTH_SECRET placeholder in compose.aiven.yaml
(it failed the >=32 char rule); document setting it as a Runtime secret instead.
Reduce what a deployer must fill in: pre-set DB_TYPE=valkey, DB_USERNAME=default
and DB_TLS=true (correct for a managed Aiven Valkey), and WORKSPACE_DISABLED=true
so there's no login wall and no AUTH_SECRET requirement. Only the Valkey
endpoint (DB_HOST/DB_PORT) and DB_PASSWORD (a per-deploy secret) remain for the
user to supply, in Runtime or via the app UI.
Removes ARG/ENV for POSTHOG_API_KEY, POSTHOG_HOST,
VITE_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_PROJECT_TOKEN and VITE_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_HOST so they stop
surfacing as empty fields on deploy screens (e.g. Aiven Runtime). Runtime-neutral:
both the backend telemetry factory and the frontend useTelemetry hook already
fall back to the HTTP telemetry client when the PostHog key/host are absent.

NOTE: the official image's PostHog telemetry is injected via these build-args in
CI (docker-publish.yml). With the args gone those --build-arg values become
no-ops, so official builds fall back to HTTP telemetry until this is revisited.
Aiven managed PostgreSQL presents its own CA. The pg driver now treats
sslmode=require as verify-full, which rejects that CA with "self-signed
certificate in certificate chain" and crash-loops the app on boot. Switch to
sslmode=no-verify (encrypted, no CA verification). Documented the verify-full
alternative via STORAGE_SSL_CA for anyone who wants chain verification.
Removes ARG/ENV for APP_VERSION, VITE_PUBLIC_APP_VERSION and
VITE_REGISTRATION_URL so they stop showing as empty fields on deploy screens.
These are build-time/telemetry-version conveniences, pointless for a runtime
deploy; version tags fall back to 'unknown' and registration is unused when
WORKSPACE_DISABLED=true. Note: CI still passes some as --build-arg (now no-ops).
Aiven Runtime injects STORAGE_URL from the bound Postgres service (its own CA,
sslmode=require), so a sslmode override in our compose URL is lost and the app
crash-loops on "self-signed certificate in certificate chain" — the pg driver
now treats sslmode=require as verify-full.

Add STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY: when true (and STORAGE_SSL_CA unset), the adapter
sets an explicit ssl object { rejectUnauthorized: false }, which overrides the
injected connection string's sslmode and connects over TLS without chain
verification. Set it in compose.aiven.yaml; documented in README and .env.example.
STORAGE_SSL_CA remains the path to full chain verification.
…sl option

The previous attempt set poolConfig.ssl = { rejectUnauthorized: false }, but pg's
ConnectionParameters does Object.assign(config, parse(connectionString)), which
OVERWRITES the explicit ssl option with the one parsed from the connection
string. Verified empirically: sslmode=require + ssl:{rejectUnauthorized:false}
resolves to ssl:{} (verify-full), so Aiven's self-signed CA is still rejected.

Fix: when STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true and no STORAGE_SSL_CA, rewrite the
connection string's sslmode to no-verify (pg maps no-verify ->
{ rejectUnauthorized: false }). This survives the Object.assign because it lives
in the string pg parses. Credentials/host/db are preserved by URL round-trip.
Under WORKSPACE_DISABLED the self-hosted agent module isn't loaded, so the
AgentGateway provider doesn't exist. main.ts still called app.get(AgentGateway),
and because Nest runs app.get inside an ExceptionsZone whose default teardown is
process.exit(1), the UnknownElementException crashed bootstrap (the surrounding
try/catch never runs) — the app built but never released ("Bad Gateway").

Only resolve the gateway when workspace mode is 'cloud' or 'self-hosted' (both
provide it); skip it when 'disabled'. Verified locally: with WORKSPACE_DISABLED=
true the API now boots and listens instead of exiting. The inner try/catch is
kept for the case where the proprietary agent code isn't built.
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The change adds environment settings for monitored database TLS and PostgreSQL storage SSL, adds an Aiven Runtime Docker and Compose deployment, and updates API startup to resolve the agent gateway through a guarded helper.

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TLS configuration and Aiven deployment

Layer / File(s) Summary
Monitored database TLS configuration
.env.example, apps/api/src/config/*, apps/api/src/connections/connection-registry.service.ts, apps/api/src/config/env.schema.workspace.spec.ts, README.md
DB_TLS is parsed as a normalized boolean and passed to the environment-derived default connection. Tests cover TLS flag parsing and POSTHOG_HOST validation.
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.env.example, apps/api/src/config/env.schema.ts, apps/api/src/storage/adapters/postgres.adapter.ts, README.md
The storage adapter applies CA verification when STORAGE_SSL_CA is set, or configures TLS without certificate verification when STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY is enabled.
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Dockerfile.aiven
The Dockerfile builds the application and RedisShake, then defines AI-enabled and no-AI production targets with shared runtime settings.
Aiven Compose deployment
compose.aiven.yaml
The Compose configuration defines monitor, Valkey, and PostgreSQL settings and builds the no-AI target.

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apps/api/src/agent/resolve-agent-gateway.ts, apps/api/src/agent/resolve-agent-gateway.spec.ts, apps/api/src/main.ts
Bootstrap uses resolveAgentGateway to load the gateway and handle lookup failures. Startup logs rejected bootstrap errors and exits with status 1.

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The new Aiven Runtime template encrypts the audit-storage PostgreSQL connection but does not verify the server certificate by default. A network attacker could therefore impersonate the database. This is documented, and supplying the Aiven CA enables full verification. The rest of the change, including the TLS settings and the fix for startup with workspace mode disabled, appears ready. Merging is reasonable if the unverified default is accepted or followed up.

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- Line 68: Update the Aiven deployment configuration and its connection setup so
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# STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY forces the app to connect over TLS WITHOUT chain
# verification, which overrides the injected sslmode. To verify the chain
# instead, unset this and set STORAGE_SSL_CA to Aiven's CA cert.
STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY: "true"

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<title>TLS/SSL certificates | Aiven docs</title> https://aiven.io/docs/platform/concepts/tls-ssl-certificates TLS/SSL certificates | Aiven docs On this page # TLS/SSL certificates All traffic to Aiven services is always protected by TLS. It ensures that third parties can&`#39`;t eavesdrop or modify the data while in transit between Aiven services and the clients accessing them. Every Aiven project has its own private Certificate Authority (CA) which is used to sign certificates that are used internally by the Aiven services to communicate between different cluster nodes and to Aiven management systems. Some service types uses the Aiven project&`#39`;s CA for external connections. To access these services, download the CA certificate and configure it on your browser or client. For other services a browser-recognized CA is used, which is normally already marked as trusted in browsers and operating systems, so downloading the CA certificate is not normally required. note All the services in a project share the same Certificate Authority (CA). ## Certificate requirements​ Most of our services use a browser-recognized CA certificate, but there are exceptions: - Aiven for PostgreSQL® requires the Aiven project CA certificate to connect when using `verify-ca` or `verify-full` as `sslmode`. The first mode requires the client to verify that the server certificate is actually emitted by the Aiven CA, while the second provides maximum security by performing HTTPS-like validation on the hostname as well. The default `sslmode=require` ensures TLS is used when connecting to the database, but does not verify the server certificate. For more information, see the PostgreSQL documentation - Aiven for Apache Kafka® supports different authentication methods: - Client certificate. The client authenticates with a client certificate and key. This method requires the Aiven project CA certificate, the client certificate, and the client key. - SASL over SSL. The client authenticates with a service username and password. Communication is encrypted with the project CA certificate by default. You can enable the `letsencrypt_sasl` setting to use a public CA instead of the project CA. For details, see Enable and configure SASL authentication. - Aiven for Valkey™ uses a browser-recognized (Let&`#39`;s Encrypt) certificate by default, so no CA certificate download is required. Services created before this certificate mode was enabled still use the Aiven project CA certificate. If the Overview page for your service offers a CA certificate to download, your service uses the project CA. There&`#39`;s no self-service option to use the project CA certificate for a service that uses a browser-recognized certificate. To request this, open a support ticket. For details, see Manage SSL connectivity in Aiven for Valkey™. You can download the project CA certificates from the Overview page of your service. For steps, see Download the project CA certificates. note Some older services use the Aiven project CA certificate. To switch to a browser-recognized certificate, open a support ticket. ## Download CA certificates​ If your service needs a CA certificate, download one: 1. Open your service&`#39`;s Overview page. 2. In the Connection information section, find CA Certificate and click Download. You can also use the `avn service user-creds-download` CLI: avn service user-creds-download --username < username> < service-name> - Certificate requirements - Download CA certificates <title>Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® services | Aiven docs</title> https://aiven.io/docs/products/postgresql/howto/list-code-samples Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® services | Aiven docs # Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® services Connect to the Aiven for PostgreSQL® service using various programming languages or tools. All connections to PostgreSQL are encrypted and protected with TLS. For a connection to be established, `sslmode` can be set as follows: - By default, `sslmode` needs to be set to `require`. This ensures that TLS is used and data is encrypted while in-transit. This doesn&`#39`;t require or verify a certificate. - For more security, `sslmode` can be set either to `verify-ca` or to `verify-full`. Each of these modes requires supplying a certificate (`ca.pem`) and verifies it. ## Go This example connects to PostgreSQL® service from Go, making use of the ## Java This example connects to PostgreSQL® service from Java, making use of JDBC Driver. ## NodeJS This example connects to PostgreSQL® service from NodeJS, making use of the pg package. ## PHP This example connects to PostgreSQL® service from PHP, making use of the ## Python ## psql psql is a command line tool for PostgreSQL®, useful to manage and ## pgAdmin <title>Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® with Go | Aiven docs</title> https://aiven.io/docs/products/postgresql/howto/connect-go Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® with Go | Aiven docs # Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® with Go This example connects to PostgreSQL® service from Go, making use of the `pg` library. ## Variables​ These are the placeholders you will need to replace in the code sample: | Variable | Description | | --- | --- | | `POSTGRESQL_URI` | URL for PostgreSQL connection, from the service overview page | ## Prerequisites​ For this example you will need: - The Go `pq` library: ```bash go get github.com/lib/pq ``` - Download CA certificates from the service overview page, this example assumes it is in a local file called `ca.pem`. ## Code​ Add the following to `main.go` and replace the placeholder with the PostgreSQL URI: ```go package mainimport ( "database/sql" "fmt" "log" "net/url" _ "github.com/lib/pq")func main() { serviceURI := "POSTGRESQL_URI" conn, _ := url.Parse(serviceURI) conn.RawQuery = "sslmode=verify-ca;sslrootcert=ca.pem" db, err := sql.Open("postgres", conn.String()) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer db.Close() rows, err := db.Query("SELECT version()") if err != nil { panic(err) } for rows.Next() { var result string err = rows.Scan(&result) if err != nil { panic(err) } fmt.Printf("Version: %s\n", result) }} ``` This code creates a PostgreSQL client and opens a connection to the database. Then runs a query checking the database version and prints the response note This example replaces the query string parameter to specify `sslmode=verify-ca` to make sure that the SSL certificate is verified, and adds the location of the cert. To run the code: ```bash go run main.go ``` If the script runs successfully, the outputs should be the PostgreSQL version running in your service like: ```bash Version: PostgreSQL PG_VERSION_NUMBER on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc, a 68c5366192 p 6520304dc1, 64-bit ``` - Variables - Prerequisites - Code <title>Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® with PHP | Aiven docs</title> https://aiven.io/docs/products/postgresql/howto/connect-php Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® with PHP | Aiven docs # Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® with PHP This example connects to PostgreSQL® service from PHP, making use of the built-in PDO module. ## Variables​ These are the placeholders you will need to replace in the code sample: | Variable | Description | | --- | --- | | `POSTGRESQL_URI` | URL for PostgreSQL connection, from the service overview page | ## Prerequisites​ For this example you will need: - Download CA certificates from the service overview page, this example assumes it is in a local file called `ca.pem`. note Your PHP installation will need to include the PostgreSQL functions (most installations will have this already). ## Code​ Add the following to `index.php` and replace the placeholder with the PostgreSQL URI: ```php <?php$uri = "POSTGRESQL_URI";$fields = parse_url($uri);// build the DSN including SSL settings$conn = "pgsql:";$conn .= "host=" . $fields["host"];$conn .= ";port=" . $fields["port"];;$conn .= ";dbname=defaultdb";$conn .= ";sslmode=verify-ca;sslrootcert=ca.pem";$db = new PDO($conn, $fields["user"], $fields["pass"]);foreach ($db->query("SELECT VERSION()") as $row) { print($row[0]);} ``` This code creates a PostgreSQL client and opens a connection to the database. Then runs a query checking the database version and prints the response note This example replaces the query string parameter to specify `sslmode=verify-ca` to make sure that the SSL certificate is verified, and adds the location of the cert. To run the code: ```bash php index.php ``` If the script runs successfully, the outputs should be the PostgreSQL version running in your service like: ```bash PostgreSQL PG_VERSION_NUMBER on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc, a 68c5366192 p 6520304dc1, 64-bit ``` - Variables - Prerequisites - Code <title>Manage secrets and environment variables for Aiven Runtime | Aiven docs</title> https://aiven.io/docs/products/runtime/secrets-and-variables Manage secrets and environment variables for Aiven Runtime | Aiven docs # Manage secrets and environment variables for Aiven Runtime Limited availability Environment variables and secrets let you configure your application at runtime instead of embedding settings and sensitive information into your code. You can use them to pass information like API keys and database connection details to the application. This keeps sensitive data safe and makes it easy to adjust how your application behaves in different setups. When you edit secrets and environment variables, Aiven redeploys your application with the new configuration. It deploys the same commit from your Git branch that was deployed previously. To deploy the latest commit, you can manually redeploy your app. 1. In your project, click Runtime. 2. Open your application. 3. On the Overview page, go to Environment variables. 4. Click Edit. 5. To add a secret, on the Secrets tab, click Add secret. To add an environment variable, on the Variables tab, click Add variable. 6. Click Save.

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Security Misconfiguration

Reachability: Internal
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

Do not ship the Aiven deployment without PostgreSQL certificate validation.

STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY rewrites the injected connection URL to sslmode=no-verify. Removing it alone is not sufficient: Aiven’s sslmode=require still does not verify certificates. Setting STORAGE_SSL_CA also does not currently fix this connection, because the adapter leaves sslmode=require in the connection string, which overrides its poolConfig.ssl option. The adapter’s HTTPS allowlist also excludes Aiven.

Make the downloaded Aiven CA available as a local file or supported URL, change the connection string to sslmode=verify-ca or verify-full when that CA is supplied, and then remove STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY. Otherwise, an intercepted connection can receive PostgreSQL credentials and audit data.

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In `@compose.aiven.yaml` at line 68, Update the Aiven deployment configuration and
its connection setup so the downloaded Aiven CA is exposed through a supported
local file or URL, and ensure the connection string uses sslmode=verify-ca or
verify-full when that CA is supplied. Remove STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY and adjust
the adapter’s Aiven HTTPS allowlist if needed so the CA can be consumed, while
preserving certificate validation for the resulting PostgreSQL connection.

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Review (Bugbot/CodeRabbit) caught that the documented secure path was broken:
with STORAGE_SSL_CA set, the adapter left the injected sslmode=require in the
connection string, and pg's ConnectionParameters does
Object.assign(config, parse(connectionString)), so the parsed sslmode
overwrote our explicit ssl:{ rejectUnauthorized:true, ca } and dropped the CA
(verified empirically: resolves to ssl:{}). There was therefore no working
verified-TLS option.

Normalize sslmode in the connection string by intent: strip it when a CA is
supplied (so our ssl+ca survives, giving full chain + hostname verification),
set no-verify for the opt-in convenience path, else leave untouched. Docs now
recommend STORAGE_SSL_CA for production and state that STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY is
encrypted-but-unauthenticated (matching Aiven's own sslmode=require default).
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Reviewed at ac77912. The Aiven template and the managed-DB fixes look good. One blocker and a request to split out the bootstrap fix.

Heads-up: v0.45.0 is broken under WORKSPACE_DISABLED=true. The main.ts crash this PR fixes has already shipped: #466's gating (my suggestion, sorry) removed the AgentGateway provider in that mode, and v0.45.0 includes it. I reproduced the exit with NestFactory.create + FastifyAdapter: app.get of an unregistered provider exits with code 1 and the surrounding try/catch never runs. Anyone on v0.45.0 with WORKSPACE_DISABLED crash-loops at boot. Please land that part on its own so we can cut a patch release (details inline).

Comment thread Dockerfile

# Build api, web, and their dependency graphs (exclude entitlement). The "..."
# suffix pulls in @betterdb/shared plus the agent-memory dependency chain.
RUN pnpm --filter "api..." --filter "web..." build

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Blocker: the official image silently loses telemetry and its version. docker-publish.yml still passes APP_VERSION, VITE_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_PROJECT_TOKEN and POSTHOG_API_KEY as --build-arg, but with these ARGs gone they're dropped. Every published image then ships with:

  • no web PostHog token, so no frontend telemetry
  • no baked backend key, so inject-telemetry-defaults.mjs finds nothing and the api falls back to HTTP telemetry
  • APP_VERSION unset, so usage telemetry can't tell releases apart

That changes the product for every user just to tidy one provider's deploy screen. Could the Aiven template use its own target or Dockerfile (e.g. dockerfile: Dockerfile.aiven in compose.aiven.yaml) instead, leaving the published image alone? Dropping VITE_REGISTRATION_URL is fine, nothing reads it anymore.

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Fair blocker. We're keeping these out of the Aiven deploy screen, but not at the cost of the published image, so I've left the removal off this PR for now. Let's sort the right split (a Dockerfile.aiven target vs another approach) between us before it lands. VITE_REGISTRATION_URL can stay dropped since nothing reads it.

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The removal is still on the branch — at 1550e94 Dockerfile is in the changed files and APP_VERSION, VITE_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_PROJECT_TOKEN, VITE_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_HOST and POSTHOG_API_KEY are all still gone. Looks like the revert wasn't pushed. Happy to leave the thread open until we agree the split, but as it stands the blocker still applies to this PR.

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You're right, and apologies for the earlier reply. The removal was still committed on the branch; my in-session revert was never pushed. Fixed in da913eb1: the shared Dockerfile is restored to match master (git diff master -- Dockerfile is empty), so the published image keeps its telemetry keys and version. The deploy-screen cleanup moved to a dedicated Dockerfile.aiven that compose.aiven.yaml builds from, so those ARGs are dropped only for the from-source Aiven build. VITE_REGISTRATION_URL stays dropped there too.

Comment thread apps/api/src/main.ts Outdated
// case where the proprietary agent code simply isn't built.
const workspaceConfig = resolveWorkspaceConfig(process.env);
const agentGateway =
workspaceConfig.mode !== 'disabled'

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The fix is correct, and it's urgent: v0.45.0 has this crash (see the summary). Could this go in its own small PR with a boot or unit test, so it isn't held up by the Dockerfile discussion?

The mode check also only mirrors the gating in app.module.ts. If SelfHostedAgentModule fails to load in workspace-enabled mode (that path logs a warning and keeps booting), app.get crashes the same way. A lookup that can't reach the exit-on-error wrapper would be sturdier. For example, resolve through the optional AGENT_GATEWAY token that a provider exposes as null when absent, or create the app with abortOnError: false.

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Good catch on the workspace-enabled edge case. Fixed: the app is now created with abortOnError: false, so a provider-lookup failure is rethrown into the surrounding try/catch instead of hitting Nest's default ExceptionsZone teardown (process.exit(1)). The mode guard still handles the common WORKSPACE_DISABLED path cleanly, and this covers the case where SelfHostedAgentModule fails to load while workspace is enabled. Verified the API still boots and listens under WORKSPACE_DISABLED=true.

Comment thread compose.aiven.yaml
# project CA, make it available to the app as a file, unset
# STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY, and set STORAGE_SSL_CA to that file path. The app
# then connects with full CA + hostname verification.
STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY: "true"

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Minor: making no-verify the template default leaves the audit storage connection encrypted but unauthenticated, so anyone on the path can impersonate the server. It's documented well. If Runtime can mount a file or pass an https URL, shipping STORAGE_SSL_CA pointed at the Aiven project CA would make the one-click path secure by default.

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The secure path now actually works: an earlier version dropped the CA because pg overwrites an explicit ssl option with the connection string's sslmode. The adapter now normalizes sslmode by intent, so setting STORAGE_SSL_CA to the Aiven project CA gives full chain plus hostname verification (verified). I kept STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY as the zero-config template default so one-click still works, with the CA path documented as the production recommendation. Happy to flip the default to CA-verified if we can rely on Runtime mounting the cert.

Comment thread apps/api/src/config/configuration.ts Outdated
// Enable TLS for the env-configured default connection (e.g. Aiven,
// ElastiCache Serverless, or any managed provider that requires
// encryption). UI-added connections carry their own per-connection tls flag.
tls: process.env.DB_TLS === 'true',

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Minor: other boolean flags use isTrueFlag (it trims whitespace); here true or a trailing newline from a secret store silently means TLS off. DB_TLS is also missing from env.schema. The same applies to STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY in postgres.adapter.ts.

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Done. DB_TLS and STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY now go through isTrueFlag, so a trailing newline from a secret store no longer silently means off. Added DB_TLS, STORAGE_SSL_CA and STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY to env.schema, with a regression test for the trimming.

… env schema)

From Petar's review on the internal PR (Dockerfile telemetry/version and the
PR split are being handled separately):

- main.ts: create the app with abortOnError:false so a provider-lookup failure
  is rethrown into the surrounding try/catch instead of hitting Nest's default
  ExceptionsZone teardown (process.exit(1)). The mode guard already covers
  WORKSPACE_DISABLED; this also covers the edge case Petar raised where
  SelfHostedAgentModule fails to load in workspace-enabled mode (it logs a
  warning and keeps booting, leaving AgentGateway unregistered).

- DB_TLS and STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY now go through isTrueFlag (trims whitespace),
  so a trailing newline from a secret store no longer silently means off. Add
  DB_TLS, STORAGE_SSL_CA and STORAGE_SSL_NO_VERIFY to env.schema, with a
  regression test for the trimming.

Verified: tsc clean, env.schema specs pass, and the API still boots and listens
under WORKSPACE_DISABLED=true.
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Thanks for the thorough pass. Kristiyan and I decided to keep the bootstrap fix in this PR rather than split it, so it lands together. Agreed it's urgent though: if you want to cut the v0.45.0 patch sooner, I'm happy to cherry-pick just the main.ts commit onto a release branch so the fix isn't gated by the rest.

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Re-reviewed at 1550e94. abortOnError: false is the right call — I reproduced it against the same Nest version: app.get of an unregistered provider now throws UnknownElementException into the surrounding try/catch instead of exiting, and a genuine boot failure still exits 1, so the crash-loop path is properly closed. The isTrueFlag + env.schema changes look good.

Two follow-ups inline, plus the Dockerfile thread (the removal is still on the branch).

Yes please on the cherry-pick: a release branch carrying just the main.ts commit would let us patch v0.45.0 without waiting on the Dockerfile split.

Comment thread apps/api/src/main.ts
const app = (await (NestFactory.create as Function)(
AppModule,
fastifyAdapter,
{ abortOnError: false },

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Two follow-ups on this change:

Regression test. The new specs cover the env flags, but the boot path that actually broke v0.45.0 is still untested, so the same mistake would ship again unnoticed. A small spec that builds the module with WORKSPACE_DISABLED=true and asserts bootstrap resolves (or just that the gateway lookup returns null instead of exiting) would pin it.

Minor: bootstrap() at the bottom of this file has no .catch, so with abortOnError: false a startup failure now surfaces as a raw unhandled-rejection stack trace rather than Nest's formatted error (exit code is 1 either way — I checked both). bootstrap().catch((err) => { console.error(err); process.exit(1); }) would keep startup failures readable in container logs.

Worth knowing too: the other app.get calls in this file that sit inside try/catch (the ConnectionRegistry startup-error block, for instance) now really do catch instead of killing the process. That matches what those comments always claimed, just noting the behaviour changed with them.

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Both done in da913eb1. Extracted the gateway resolution into resolveAgentGateway with a unit test covering WORKSPACE_DISABLED (returns null without calling app.get), the workspace-enabled edge case where the provider is absent (returns null instead of exiting), a registered gateway, and the not-built require failure. Also added bootstrap().catch so a startup failure logs a readable error instead of a raw unhandled-rejection stack. Good calls.

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Scratch the split — let's keep this as one PR and no cherry-pick. The bootstrap fix ships with the rest.

That does put the Dockerfile thread on the critical path: the WORKSPACE_DISABLED crash is live in v0.45.0 until this merges. Simplest way through is to drop the Dockerfile change from this PR (keeping the VITE_REGISTRATION_URL removal is fine) and handle the deploy-screen cleanup separately, but if you'd rather settle the Dockerfile.aiven split here, let's do it today.

…teway bootstrap

Addresses the remaining review feedback (Petar):

- Restore the shared Dockerfile to master so the published betterdb/monitor image
  keeps its telemetry keys and version stamp (the earlier removal regressed every
  published image just to tidy Aiven's deploy screen). Move that cleanup into a
  dedicated Dockerfile.aiven, which compose.aiven.yaml now builds from, so the
  telemetry/version ARGs are dropped only for the from-source Aiven build.

- Extract the agent-gateway resolution from main.ts into resolveAgentGateway and
  unit-test it: returns null under WORKSPACE_DISABLED without calling app.get,
  returns null instead of exiting when the provider is absent in workspace-enabled
  mode (the edge case flagged in review), returns the gateway when registered, and
  returns null when the proprietary code is not built. The proprietary require
  stays in main.ts so its runtime path is unchanged.

- bootstrap() now has a .catch, so with abortOnError:false a startup failure logs
  a readable error instead of a raw unhandled-rejection stack.

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Approving at da913eb. Verified the three fixes rather than taking them on trust:

  • git diff master -- Dockerfile is empty, so the published image keeps its telemetry keys and version.
  • resolveAgentGateway is covered by four unit tests, including the exact v0.45.0 case (provider absent, returns null instead of exiting).
  • bootstrap().catch logs and exits 1.

All 21 checks pass. One non-blocking note on Dockerfile.aiven inline — worth a follow-up, not a reason to hold this.

Thanks for turning this around quickly. Once it merges, let's cut the v0.45.x patch: the WORKSPACE_DISABLED crash is live for anyone on v0.45.0.

Comment thread Dockerfile.aiven
# published betterdb/monitor image, where CI injects them at build time. On a
# from-source Aiven Runtime build they are never populated, so they would only
# show up as empty, confusing fields on Aiven's deploy screen. compose.aiven.yaml
# points its build at this file. Keep it in sync with ./Dockerfile otherwise.

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Non-blocking, for a follow-up: this is a 324-line copy of the 347-line Dockerfile that differs only by the ~28 ARG lines, with a comment as the only thing keeping them in sync. Base-image bumps, the redis-shake patching and security fixes will drift silently, and the Aiven build is exactly the one nobody rebuilds often enough to notice.

A CI job that diffs the two files while ignoring the known ARG block would catch it cheaply. Failing that, dropping the duplicate and accepting a few empty fields on the deploy screen is the cheaper trade — the fields are cosmetic, a stale base image isn't.

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left that as a separate issue #480

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