audit 4: sign-in timing and sessions, server timeouts, polling that recovers

Steps 1-3 of stage 4, tested together (their docs share files).

Step 1 (M8, L15, L16): an unknown name pays a bcrypt comparison at the
panel's work factor too (noSuchUserHash, made once) -
TestLoginTakesAsLongForAnUnknownName holds the medians within a factor of
two; the Account form's current-password check has its own limiter, per
user (AllowPasswordChange); a sign-in destroys every session the request
presents before it issues its own.

Step 2 (L14): newHTTPServer - ReadTimeout 30 s, WriteTimeout 60 s,
IdleTimeout 2 min beside ReadHeaderTimeout; the full backup moves its write
deadline to two hours through http.ResponseController (e2e: the log shows
no failure to move it).

Step 3 (M11), read in htmx 2.0.4's source (dev/upstream/htmx-2.0.4, the npm
build byte-equal to the shipped htmx.min.js): the poll passes source: box,
and the next refresh is scheduled from htmx:afterRequest, which htmx fires
on load, error, abort and timeout, and after a swap on the nearest parent
left (the box found by detail.target's id); failures in a row double the
wait to 60 s. RequireAuth answers htmx with 401 + HX-Redirect: /login,
which htmx follows before it looks at the status. testdata/poll_test.js
runs panel.js in node against a stand-in DOM and clock (TestPanelJS; skipped
without node, which the test server lacks - run here, and it fails on the
old panel.js).

Also measured: the stage-3 e2e regression for H1 fails as it should on HEAD
with the old entrypoint ("check data/postfix/e2e_extra_map: permission
denied", the panel restarting).

Tested on the test server: go vet + go test of 25 packages, make e2e (all
pass, 639 s) on this tree.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

internal/web/view/paneljs_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package view
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The refreshes of the monitoring boxes survive a failure and back off,
+// checked by running panel.js in node against a stand-in for the DOM and
+// htmx (testdata/poll_test.js; audit 2026-10-12, M11). Skipped where node is
+// not installed - the test server's Go has none; the workstation runs it.
+func TestPanelJSPolling(t *testing.T) {
+	node, err := exec.LookPath("node")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip("node is not installed")
+	}
+	out, err := exec.Command(node, filepath.Join("testdata", "poll_test.js"), filepath.Join("static", "panel.js")).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("panel.js polling: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+}

internal/web/view/static/panel.js

@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@
   // trigger is kept without its filter, so it would fire on every tick.
   var pollActiveMs = 5000;
   var pollIdleMs = 30000;
+  // A refresh that failed - the panel restarting, the network gone, an
+  // error answer - is tried again, later each time: the wait doubles with
+  // each failure in a row, up to a minute, and is back to normal after the
+  // first refresh that works (audit 2026-10-12, M11).
+  var pollMaxMs = 60000;
+  var pollFailures = Object.create(null);
   // No pointer/keyboard/scroll input for this long → treat the tab as idle.
   var userIdleMs = 30000;
   var lastActivity = Date.now();
@@ -232,12 +238,19 @@
     }, { passive: true });
   });
 
-  function pollDelayMs() {
-    return Date.now() - lastActivity < userIdleMs ? pollActiveMs : pollIdleMs;
+  function pollDelayMs(id) {
+    var base = Date.now() - lastActivity < userIdleMs ? pollActiveMs : pollIdleMs;
+    var n = pollFailures[id] || 0;
+    return n ? Math.min(base * Math.pow(2, n), pollMaxMs) : base;
   }
 
+  // The box is the request's source, so htmx fires the request's events on
+  // it and not on the body (htmx 2.0.4, src/htmx.js ajaxHelper():
+  // issueAjaxRequest(verb, path, resolveTarget(context.source), ...), and
+  // with no source issueAjaxRequest() falls back to the document's body).
   function triggerPoll(el) {
     htmx.ajax("GET", el.getAttribute("hx-get"), {
+      source: el,
       target: "#" + el.id,
       swap: el.getAttribute("hx-swap") || "outerHTML"
     });
@@ -266,11 +279,12 @@
         return;
       }
       triggerPoll(current);
-    }, pollDelayMs());
+    }, pollDelayMs(id));
   }
 
-  function onPollElementReady(el) {
-    if (!el || !el.hasAttribute("data-poll")) {
+  document.body.addEventListener("htmx:afterSwap", function (ev) {
+    var el = ev.detail.elt;
+    if (!el || !el.hasAttribute || !el.hasAttribute("data-poll")) {
       return;
     }
     // Swapped-in markup still carries hx-trigger="load"; strip it so htmx does
@@ -279,15 +293,31 @@
     // elements before doSettle() runs the settle tasks, and only those
     // (makeAjaxLoadTask -> processNode) act on hx-trigger.
     el.removeAttribute("hx-trigger");
-    schedulePoll(el);
-  }
-
-  document.body.addEventListener("htmx:afterSwap", function (ev) {
-    onPollElementReady(ev.detail.elt);
   });
 
-  document.body.addEventListener("htmx:responseError", function (ev) {
-    onPollElementReady(ev.detail.elt);
+  // The next refresh is scheduled when a request of the box ends, however
+  // it ended. htmx 2.0.4, src/htmx.js issueAjaxRequest(): htmx:afterRequest
+  // is fired on load, error, abort and timeout alike, and after a swap that
+  // took the box out of the page it is fired again on the nearest parent
+  // still in it - the event that reaches the body names the box by its
+  // target. A refresh that ended in an error answer is not successful
+  // (handleAjaxResponse(): responseInfo.successful = !isError); one cut off
+  // never got that far.
+  document.body.addEventListener("htmx:afterRequest", function (ev) {
+    var target = ev.detail.target;
+    if (!target || !target.id) {
+      return;
+    }
+    var el = document.getElementById(target.id);
+    if (!el || !el.hasAttribute("data-poll")) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (ev.detail.successful) {
+      delete pollFailures[el.id];
+    } else {
+      pollFailures[el.id] = (pollFailures[el.id] || 0) + 1;
+    }
+    schedulePoll(el);
   });
 
   document.body.addEventListener("htmx:beforeRequest", function (ev) {

internal/web/view/testdata/poll_test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// The polling of panel.js, run in node against a stand-in for the few parts
+// of the DOM and htmx it uses, with a clock the test moves. Run by
+// TestPanelJSPolling (paneljs_test.go): node poll_test.js <panel.js>.
+// Exits non-zero with what went wrong.
+"use strict";
+const fs = require("fs");
+const vm = require("vm");
+
+const failures = [];
+function check(cond, what) {
+  if (!cond) failures.push(what);
+}
+
+// --- the clock ------------------------------------------------------------
+let now = 1000000;
+let timers = [];
+let nextTimer = 1;
+function setTimeout(fn, ms) {
+  const id = nextTimer++;
+  timers.push({ id, at: now + ms, ms, fn });
+  return id;
+}
+function clearTimeout(id) {
+  timers = timers.filter((t) => t.id !== id);
+}
+function pendingDelays() {
+  return timers.map((t) => t.ms);
+}
+function advance(ms) {
+  now += ms;
+  const due = timers.filter((t) => t.at <= now);
+  timers = timers.filter((t) => t.at > now);
+  due.forEach((t) => t.fn());
+}
+const FakeDate = { now: () => now };
+
+// --- the page ---------------------------------------------------------------
+function element(id, attrs) {
+  return {
+    id,
+    attrs: Object.assign({}, attrs),
+    hasAttribute(n) { return n in this.attrs; },
+    getAttribute(n) { return n in this.attrs ? this.attrs[n] : null; },
+    removeAttribute(n) { delete this.attrs[n]; },
+  };
+}
+const listeners = { document: {}, body: {}, window: {} };
+function on(where) {
+  return (type, fn) => {
+    (listeners[where][type] = listeners[where][type] || []).push(fn);
+  };
+}
+let inPage = {};
+const document = {
+  hidden: false,
+  addEventListener: on("document"),
+  body: { addEventListener: on("body") },
+  getElementById: (id) => inPage[id] || null,
+  querySelectorAll: (sel) => (sel === "[data-poll]" ? Object.values(inPage).filter((e) => e.hasAttribute("data-poll")) : []),
+};
+const window = { addEventListener: on("window"), confirm: () => true };
+const requests = [];
+const htmx = {
+  ajax(verb, path, ctx) {
+    requests.push({ verb, path, ctx });
+  },
+};
+// The operator moved the mouse: the page counts as in use for 30 s.
+function activity() {
+  (listeners.document.mousemove || []).forEach((fn) => fn({}));
+}
+function fireBody(type, detail) {
+  (listeners.body[type] || []).forEach((fn) => fn({ type, detail, target: detail.elt }));
+}
+
+vm.runInNewContext(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], "utf8"), {
+  document, window, htmx, setTimeout, clearTimeout, Date: FakeDate,
+  Object, Math, console,
+});
+
+// --- the cases --------------------------------------------------------------
+const box = element("overview-stats", { "data-poll": "", "hx-get": "/overview/stats", "hx-trigger": "load" });
+inPage = { [box.id]: box };
+
+// The first load ended well: the next refresh in 5 s, as the box's source.
+fireBody("htmx:afterRequest", { target: box, elt: box, successful: true });
+check(pendingDelays().join() === "5000", "after a refresh that worked: waits " + pendingDelays() + ", want 5000");
+advance(5000);
+check(requests.length === 1, "no refresh was asked for after 5 s");
+check(requests[0] && requests[0].ctx.source === box, "the refresh does not name the box as its source");
+check(requests[0] && requests[0].ctx.target === "#overview-stats", "the refresh targets " + (requests[0] && requests[0].ctx.target));
+
+// Failures in a row - an error answer, a dropped connection, a timeout -
+// each double the wait, up to a minute; a refresh is always scheduled.
+const waits = [];
+for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+  activity();
+  fireBody("htmx:afterRequest", { target: box, elt: box, successful: i === 0 ? false : undefined });
+  waits.push(pendingDelays().join());
+  advance(Number(pendingDelays()[0] || 0));
+}
+check(waits.join(" ") === "10000 20000 40000 60000 60000", "the waits after failures in a row: " + waits.join(" ") + ", want 10000 20000 40000 60000 60000");
+check(requests.length === 6, "refreshes asked for: " + requests.length + ", want one per wait");
+
+// One that works puts the wait back.
+activity();
+fireBody("htmx:afterRequest", { target: box, elt: box, successful: true });
+check(pendingDelays().join() === "5000", "after failures and a success: waits " + pendingDelays() + ", want 5000");
+
+// A swap replaced the box: the event that reaches the body comes from a
+// parent and names the old box as its target; the new one is scheduled.
+timers = [];
+const fresh = element("overview-stats", { "data-poll": "", "hx-get": "/overview/stats", "hx-trigger": "load" });
+inPage = { [fresh.id]: fresh };
+fireBody("htmx:afterSwap", { elt: fresh });
+check(!fresh.hasAttribute("hx-trigger"), "the swapped-in box keeps hx-trigger");
+activity();
+fireBody("htmx:afterRequest", { target: box, elt: { id: "main" }, successful: true });
+check(pendingDelays().join() === "5000", "after a swap: waits " + pendingDelays() + ", want 5000");
+advance(5000);
+check(requests[requests.length - 1].ctx.source === fresh, "the refresh after a swap is not the new box's");
+
+// Idle for longer than 30 s: 30 s between refreshes, doubled from there.
+timers = [];
+now += 31000;
+fireBody("htmx:afterRequest", { target: fresh, elt: fresh, successful: true });
+check(pendingDelays().join() === "30000", "idle: waits " + pendingDelays() + ", want 30000");
+fireBody("htmx:afterRequest", { target: fresh, elt: fresh, successful: false });
+check(pendingDelays().join() === "60000", "idle, one failure: waits " + pendingDelays() + ", want 60000");
+
+// A hidden tab schedules nothing.
+timers = [];
+document.hidden = true;
+fireBody("htmx:afterRequest", { target: fresh, elt: fresh, successful: true });
+check(timers.length === 0, "a hidden tab scheduled a refresh");
+document.hidden = false;
+
+// A request of something that is not a polled box is not its business.
+timers = [];
+inPage.other = element("other", {});
+fireBody("htmx:afterRequest", { target: inPage.other, elt: inPage.other, successful: true });
+check(timers.length === 0, "a request of a box that does not poll scheduled a refresh");
+
+if (failures.length) {
+  console.log(failures.join("\n"));
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+console.log("ok");