Merge branch 'main' into 20-build-duration-tracking

build.gradle.kts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ group = "de.hoennig"
 // bump at least the patch version for every deployment — and only then, not per commit —
 // so the UI footer (BuildProperties), --version and the release notes identify what is
 // actually running; a deployment bundles whatever was committed since the last one
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 
 java {
     toolchain {

docs/prs/2026-08-31-PR#000-build-current-head-from-the-branches-view.md

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+> **WARNING:** This document describes only the change applied in this PR.
+> It may already be outdated once the next PR is merged.
+> Historic PR-documentation is not maintained along with new PRs — treat it as a snapshot, not as current documentation.
+
+## The Problem
+
+The restart button repeats the commit a build was recorded on.
+On the History and Latest views that is exactly right: a row there is a past run, and repeating it means that run.
+
+On the Branches view it is wrong, because a row there is not a run — it is a branch, listed whether it was ever built or not.
+Pressing restart on `master` therefore rebuilt whatever commit master happened to point at the last time it was built, not what master is now.
+
+Repeating an overtaken commit answers a question nobody asked, and it can be worse than useless.
+A build gate that compares the built commit against origin cannot pass on a superseded commit at all: hs.hsadmin.ng's `prQuickCheck` asserts that HEAD contains `origin/master`, which an overtaken master commit can never do.
+Observed in production on 2026-08-31: a restart of master rebuilt a commit from two days earlier and failed, and every further press produced the same red result, because pressing it again cannot change the commit.
+
+## Non-Goals
+
+- No change to the Latest and History views: a row there stands for a recorded run, and repeating it is the point.
+- No change to which build definition a restart uses, and no way to pick one — the row's own definition is re-run either way.
+- No change to the watcher, which decides on its own what to build and when.
+- No new button: the existing one changes what it does on one view, and says so.
+
+## The Scenarios
+
+### Feature: a restart on the Branches view builds the branch as it is now
+
+#### Background
+
+- A row on `/branches` stands for a branch of origin, with its latest build or an `unknown` row.
+- A row on `/` (Latest) and `/history` stands for a recorded build.
+- A build *name* is the pool: the branch itself for the default build, `<branch>@<build>` for a named one.
+
+#### Scenario#000.01: The Branches view builds the branch's current origin head
+
+So that a restart answers "build this branch as it is", which is what a branch row means.
+
+- **Given** a branch whose last recorded build ran on an overtaken commit
+- **When** the restart button on the Branches view is pressed
+- **Then** the branch's current origin head is built
+  - **and** the recorded commit is not built
+
+##### Verified by
+
+- [BuildsApiControllerTest: "restart with atOriginHead builds the branch as it is now, not the recorded commit"](../../src/test/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/BuildsApiControllerTest.kt)
+- [UiControllerTest: "the branches view restarts at the branch's origin head, the latest view repeats the run"](../../src/test/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/UiControllerTest.kt)
+
+#### Scenario#000.02: The row keeps its build definition and its real branch
+
+So that restarting a named build does not silently turn it into a different build.
+
+- **Given** a row for a named build such as `main@pitest`
+- **When** it is restarted from the Branches view
+- **Then** the new commit is built under that same definition
+  - **and** on the branch the record names, not on the pool name
+
+##### Verified by
+
+- [BuildsApiControllerTest: "restart with atOriginHead keeps the recorded build definition and its real branch"](../../src/test/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/BuildsApiControllerTest.kt)
+
+#### Scenario#000.03: A branch that is gone from origin is refused by name
+
+So that a restart cannot quietly fall back to a commit the user did not ask for.
+
+- **Given** a row for a branch that no longer exists on origin
+- **When** it is restarted from the Branches view
+- **Then** the request is refused, naming the branch
+  - **and** no build is started
+
+##### Verified by
+
+- [BuildsApiControllerTest: "restart with atOriginHead of a branch gone from origin is refused by name"](../../src/test/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/BuildsApiControllerTest.kt)
+
+#### Scenario#000.04: Latest and History still repeat the recorded run
+
+So that the one view whose rows are runs keeps the behavior that fits them.
+
+- **Given** a row on the Latest view
+- **When** its restart button is pressed
+- **Then** the recorded commit is built, as before
+
+##### Verified by
+
+- [UiControllerTest: "the branches view restarts at the branch's origin head, the latest view repeats the run"](../../src/test/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/UiControllerTest.kt)
+- [BuildsApiControllerTest: "restart enqueues the branch's last recorded commit, also for branch names with slashes"](../../src/test/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/BuildsApiControllerTest.kt)
+
+## The Solution
+
+**One flag, decided by the view, not by the button.**
+`/api/builds/restart` takes `atOriginHead`; with it the commit comes from `GitService.originHeadCommit` instead of the recorded build.
+`UiController` sets `restartAtOriginHead` per view — true for Branches, false for Latest and History — and the template and `werkator.js` carry it to the button.
+The decision therefore lives where the meaning of a row is decided, and there is one endpoint, one token check, one place to change.
+
+**The button says what it does.**
+On the Branches view it reads "Build current head" instead of "Restart build", server-rendered and in the JavaScript alike.
+A button whose label promises a repeat while it builds something else would be the same class of quiet surprise this change removes.
+
+**A missing branch is an error, not a fallback.**
+Falling back to the recorded commit would produce exactly the behavior the user asked to leave behind, at the moment they can least expect it.
+The message names the branch.
+
+## Additional Changes
+
+- The endpoint's parameter is still called `branch` although the views pass a build *name* (`main@pitest`).
+  It resolves correctly — the recorded branch is used to build — but the name is misleading and is left for a separate change, to keep this one reviewable.

src/main/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/BuildsApiController.kt

@@ -86,28 +86,43 @@ class BuildsApiController(
     }
 
     /**
-     * Re-enqueues the last recorded commit of the build name [branch] — or the origin
+     * Re-enqueues the build name [branch] — or the origin head for a branch never
-     * head for a branch never built, so the branches view can trigger first builds like
+     * built, so the branches view can trigger first builds like legacy. A restarted
-     * legacy. A restarted build re-runs its recorded build definition, with the
+     * build re-runs its recorded build definition, with the settings from the current
-     * settings from the current configuration.
+     * configuration.
+     *
+     * With [atOriginHead] the branch's current origin head is built instead of the
+     * recorded commit. That is what the branches view asks for: a row there stands for
+     * a branch, not for a past run, and repeating an overtaken commit answers a
+     * question nobody asked — a build gate comparing against origin cannot even pass
+     * on it. Latest and history mean the recorded run, and keep repeating it.
+     *
      * The name is a parameter, not a path variable, because branch names may contain
      * slashes (Tomcat rejects encoded slashes in the path by default).
      */
     @PostMapping("/api/builds/restart")
     fun restart(
         @RequestParam branch: String,
+        @RequestParam(defaultValue = "false") atOriginHead: Boolean,
         @RequestHeader(name = TOKEN_HEADER, required = false) headerToken: String?,
     ): ResponseEntity<Any> {
         rejectBadToken(headerToken)?.let { return it }
         val latest = repository.latestFor(branch)
+        // the name may be a pool like `main@pitest`; the branch to build is the recorded one
+        val branchName = latest?.branch ?: branch
         val commit =
-            latest?.commit
+            if (atOriginHead) {
-                ?: gitService.originHeadCommit(branch, workingDir)
+                gitService.originHeadCommit(branchName, workingDir)
-                ?: return notFound("branch '$branch' has no recorded build and no origin counterpart")
+                    ?: return notFound("branch '$branchName' is not on origin")
+            } else {
+                latest?.commit
+                    ?: gitService.originHeadCommit(branchName, workingDir)
+                    ?: return notFound("branch '$branch' has no recorded build and no origin counterpart")
+            }
         // a restarted build re-runs its recorded build definition (settings from the current config)
         val running =
             buildExecutor.startBuild(
-                branch = latest?.branch ?: branch,
+                branch = branchName,
                 commit = commit,
                 build = latest?.build ?: BuildDefinition.DEFAULT,
             )

src/main/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/UiController.kt

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class UiController(
         model.addAttribute("rows", repository.latestPerName().map { BuildRowView.from(it, links, permanentUrlOf(it)) })
         model.addAttribute("apiPath", "/api/builds/latest")
         model.addAttribute("allowRestart", true)
+        model.addAttribute("restartAtOriginHead", false)
         model.addAttribute("emptyMessage", "No builds recorded yet.")
         return "builds"
     }
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ class UiController(
         model.addAttribute("rows", branchListing.branches(workingDir).map { BuildRowView.from(it, links) })
         model.addAttribute("apiPath", "/api/branches")
         model.addAttribute("allowRestart", true)
+        // a row here stands for a branch, not for a past run
+        model.addAttribute("restartAtOriginHead", true)
         model.addAttribute("emptyMessage", "No branches found on origin.")
         return "builds"
     }
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ class UiController(
         model.addAttribute("rows", repository.history().map { BuildRowView.from(it, links, permanentUrlOf(it)) })
         model.addAttribute("apiPath", "/api/builds/history")
         model.addAttribute("allowRestart", false)
+        model.addAttribute("restartAtOriginHead", false)
         model.addAttribute("emptyMessage", "No builds archived yet.")
         return "builds"
     }

src/main/resources/static/werkator.js

@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ function actionButton(symbol, title, className, dataset) {
 
 // ---- latest/history table --------------------------------------------------
 
-function renderBuildRow(build, allowRestart) {
+function renderBuildRow(build, allowRestart, restartAtOriginHead) {
     const row = document.createElement("tr");
     const displayName = build.name || build.branch;
     row.dataset.artifactKey = build.artifactKey || "";
@@ -413,7 +413,15 @@ function renderBuildRow(build, allowRestart) {
     const actionsCell = elem("td", "actions-cell");
     const actions = elem("div", "actions");
     if (allowRestart) {
-        actions.appendChild(actionButton("↻", "Restart build", null, { action: "restart", branch: displayName }));
+        // the branches view builds the branch as it is now, the other views repeat a run
+        const restartTitle = restartAtOriginHead ? "Build current head" : "Restart build";
+        actions.appendChild(
+            actionButton("↻", restartTitle, null, {
+                action: "restart",
+                branch: displayName,
+                atOriginHead: restartAtOriginHead ? "true" : "false",
+            }),
+        );
     }
     if (build.artifactKey) {
         actions.appendChild(
@@ -439,6 +447,7 @@ function initBuildsTable() {
     }
     const tbody = document.getElementById("build-rows");
     const allowRestart = table.dataset.allowRestart === "true";
+    const restartAtOriginHead = table.dataset.restartAtOriginHead === "true";
 
     async function refresh() {
         const builds = await fetchJson(table.dataset.api);
@@ -449,7 +458,7 @@ function initBuildsTable() {
             tbody.appendChild(elem("tr")).appendChild(cell);
             return;
         }
-        builds.forEach((build) => tbody.appendChild(renderBuildRow(build, allowRestart)));
+        builds.forEach((build) => tbody.appendChild(renderBuildRow(build, allowRestart, restartAtOriginHead)));
     }
 
     startPolling(refresh, TABLE_POLL_MS);
@@ -680,7 +689,8 @@ document.addEventListener("click", async (event) => {
     button.disabled = true;
     try {
         if (action === "restart") {
-            await sendAction("/api/builds/restart?branch=" + encodeURIComponent(button.dataset.branch), "POST");
+            const atOriginHead = button.dataset.atOriginHead === "true" ? "&atOriginHead=true" : "";
+            await sendAction("/api/builds/restart?branch=" + encodeURIComponent(button.dataset.branch) + atOriginHead, "POST");
         } else if (action === "cancel") {
             await sendAction(`/api/builds/${encodeURIComponent(button.dataset.artifactKey)}/cancel`, "POST");
         } else if (action === "delete") {

src/main/resources/templates/builds.html

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <div th:replace="~{fragments :: nav(${view})}"></div>
     <div class="table-wrap">
         <table id="builds-table"
-               th:attr="data-api=${apiPath},data-allow-restart=${allowRestart},data-empty-message=${emptyMessage}">
+               th:attr="data-api=${apiPath},data-allow-restart=${allowRestart},data-restart-at-origin-head=${restartAtOriginHead},data-empty-message=${emptyMessage}">
             <thead>
             <tr>
                 <th>Status</th>
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@
                 <td class="actions-cell">
                     <div class="actions">
                         <button th:if="${allowRestart}" class="action-button" type="button" data-action="restart"
-                                th:attr="data-branch=${row.name}" title="Restart build"
+                                th:attr="data-branch=${row.name},data-at-origin-head=${restartAtOriginHead}"
-                                aria-label="Restart build">↻</button>
+                                th:title="${restartAtOriginHead} ? 'Build current head' : 'Restart build'"
+                                th:aria-label="${restartAtOriginHead} ? 'Build current head' : 'Restart build'">↻</button>
                         <button th:if="${row.artifactKey != ''}" class="action-button delete-button" type="button"
                                 data-action="delete" th:attr="data-artifact-key=${row.artifactKey}"
                                 title="Delete stored build" aria-label="Delete stored build">×</button>

src/main/resources/templates/releases.html

@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
     <div th:replace="~{fragments :: nav(${view})}"></div>
     <div class="panel release-notes">
 
+        <h2>v1.0.1 <span class="muted">— 2026-08-31</span></h2>
+        <ul>
+            <li>The restart button on the <em>Branches</em> view builds the branch's current head
+                instead of repeating the commit its last build ran on, and says so: it reads
+                "Build current head" there. A row on that page is a branch, not a past run — and
+                repeating an overtaken commit can be worse than useless, because a build gate
+                comparing the built commit against origin can never pass on it. The row keeps its
+                build definition, and a branch that is gone from origin is refused by name instead
+                of quietly falling back to the old commit.</li>
+            <li><em>Latest</em> and <em>History</em> are unchanged: a row there is a recorded run,
+                and restarting it means that commit.</li>
+        </ul>
+
         <h2>v1.0.0 <span class="muted">— 2026-08-31</span></h2>
         <ul>
             <li>GitTally is now <strong>Werkator</strong>. The old name already belongs to another

src/test/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/BuildsApiControllerTest.kt

@@ -186,6 +186,58 @@ class BuildsApiControllerTest : FunSpec() {
             verify { buildExecutor.startBuild("main", successResult.commit, build = "pitest") }
         }
 
+        test("restart with atOriginHead builds the branch as it is now, not the recorded commit") {
+            val liveLogFile = tempDir.resolve("head-restart.log")
+            every { repository.latestFor("main") } returns successResult
+            every { gitService.originHeadCommit("main", any()) } returns "newhead1"
+            every { buildExecutor.startBuild("main", "newhead1") } returns runningBuild(liveLogFile)
+
+            mockMvc
+                .perform(
+                    post("/api/builds/restart")
+                        .param("branch", "main")
+                        .param("atOriginHead", "true")
+                        .header(BuildsApiController.TOKEN_HEADER, "secret"),
+                ).andExpect(status().isAccepted)
+
+            // the recorded commit is deliberately not used: a branches row stands for a branch
+            verify { buildExecutor.startBuild("main", "newhead1") }
+            verify(exactly = 0) { buildExecutor.startBuild("main", successResult.commit) }
+        }
+
+        test("restart with atOriginHead keeps the recorded build definition and its real branch") {
+            val liveLogFile = tempDir.resolve("head-named.log")
+            every { repository.latestFor("main@pitest") } returns successResult.copy(build = "pitest", name = "main@pitest")
+            every { gitService.originHeadCommit("main", any()) } returns "newhead2"
+            every { buildExecutor.startBuild("main", "newhead2", build = "pitest") } returns
+                runningBuild(liveLogFile).copy(build = "pitest", name = "main@pitest")
+
+            mockMvc
+                .perform(
+                    post("/api/builds/restart")
+                        .param("branch", "main@pitest")
+                        .param("atOriginHead", "true")
+                        .header(BuildsApiController.TOKEN_HEADER, "secret"),
+                ).andExpect(status().isAccepted)
+
+            verify { buildExecutor.startBuild("main", "newhead2", build = "pitest") }
+        }
+
+        test("restart with atOriginHead of a branch gone from origin is refused by name") {
+            every { repository.latestFor("gone") } returns successResult.copy(branch = "gone", name = "gone")
+            every { gitService.originHeadCommit("gone", any()) } returns null
+
+            mockMvc
+                .perform(
+                    post("/api/builds/restart")
+                        .param("branch", "gone")
+                        .param("atOriginHead", "true")
+                        .header(BuildsApiController.TOKEN_HEADER, "secret"),
+                ).andExpect(status().isNotFound)
+
+            verify(exactly = 0) { buildExecutor.startBuild(any(), any(), any(), any()) }
+        }
+
         test("restart of a never-built branch enqueues its origin head commit") {
             val liveLogFile = tempDir.resolve("first-build.log")
             every { repository.latestFor("fresh") } returns null

src/test/kotlin/de/hoennig/werkator/server/UiControllerTest.kt

@@ -177,6 +177,24 @@ class UiControllerTest : FunSpec() {
                 .andExpect(content().string(containsString("Permanent link")))
         }
 
+        test("the branches view restarts at the branch's origin head, the latest view repeats the run") {
+            every { branchListing.branches(any()) } returns
+                listOf(BranchDto.from("main", "ignored-head", successResult, isLatestGreen = true))
+            every { repository.latestPerName() } returns listOf(successResult)
+
+            // a row on /branches stands for a branch, so its button builds the branch as it is now
+            mockMvc
+                .perform(get("/branches"))
+                .andExpect(content().string(containsString("""data-restart-at-origin-head="true"""")))
+                .andExpect(content().string(containsString("Build current head")))
+
+            // a row on / stands for a recorded run, and repeating it means that commit
+            mockMvc
+                .perform(get("/"))
+                .andExpect(content().string(containsString("""data-restart-at-origin-head="false"""")))
+                .andExpect(content().string(containsString("Restart build")))
+        }
+
         test("the permanent link shows on the branch's latest green build only, the live link while it runs") {
             val running = successResult.copy(status = BuildStatus.RUNNING, duration = null, artifactKey = "running-key")
             every { repository.history() } returns listOf(running, successResult)