Problem: After `git pull && docker compose up -d --build api` on the
Mac, the admin → System Updates panel kept showing the same version
(0.1.0-dev) and the same build (20260517.8a5bd5db) because both come
from version.json, a hand-edited file that nothing rewrites on every
build. No visible signal that a new image was actually running.
Two independent signals were added — neither needs editing version.json
by hand:
1) Auto-stamp version.json at Docker build time
- docker/api-server.Dockerfile: new ARGs GIT_SHA and BUILD_DATE.
A `node -e` step rewrites version.json's `build` field to
`${YYYYMMDDTHHmm}.${sha}` (e.g. 20260518T1042.71da8e01). When
the args are missing/"unknown", version.json is left untouched
so plain `docker build` and Replit `pnpm dev` still work.
- docker-compose.yml: api.build.args wires through GIT_SHA and
BUILD_DATE with `${GIT_SHA:-unknown}` fallbacks.
- scripts/redeploy.sh: exports GIT_SHA (git rev-parse --short HEAD)
and BUILD_DATE (date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) before `docker
compose build`, so the helper script just works.
2) startedAt timestamp from the API
- artifacts/api-server/src/routes/system.ts: SERVER_STARTED_AT
captured at module load (frozen for the process lifetime) and
added to every branch of GET /system/version (not-configured,
error, invalid-version, up-to-date, update-available, catch).
- lib/api-spec/openapi.yaml: added `startedAt: date-time` to
SystemVersionResponse (required). Regenerated api-client-react
and api-zod via `pnpm --filter @workspace/api-spec run codegen`.
3) Admin UI surfacing both signals
- artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/admin.tsx: new formatBuildStamp parses
`YYYYMMDD[THHmm].sha` and renders a localized date next to the
raw token. A new "Server started" line below the build number
formats the boot timestamp via the existing formatChecked helper.
- artifacts/tx-os/src/locales/{en,ar}.json: added
admin.systemUpdates.serverStartedAt ("Server started" /
"بدأ تشغيل الخادم").
4) Docs
- replit.md: documented how to verify a real redeploy via the
System Updates panel and the manual one-liner for `docker
compose build` without the helper script.
Verified: codegen succeeds, API workflow restarted clean, Vite served
fine. Pre-existing typecheck errors in push.ts and font-settings are
unrelated and untouched.
Mac next steps:
cd ~/Downloads/TX && git pull && ./scripts/redeploy.sh
Then open admin → System Updates: build line should show a new
`YYYYMMDDTHHmm.sha` stamp and "Server started" should reflect the
new boot time.
Riyadh
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