Release 0.5.0

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

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,8 +6,20 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.0] - 2026-10-12
+
 ### Upgrading from 0.4
 
+- The database gets three new versions (internet exposure, certificates,
+  linked zones), applied when jarld starts; a 0.4 jarld can't open it
+  afterwards, so take a backup first (`sudo jarld backup`). Backups made
+  by 0.4 restore into this version. Tested: 0.4.0 packages with views,
+  zones, records, blocking and statistics, upgraded in place and
+  restored from a 0.4.0 backup.
+
+- Statistics per view start with this version: earlier figures are for
+  all views together.
+
 - New exposure warnings (docs/exposure.md) appear for views reachable from
   the internet, e.g. "no rate-limit" or "version visible" on an external
   view: fix them from the Exposure page, or acknowledge them. A change
@@ -18,8 +30,25 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
   parser doesn't know them. Remove the ranges first if you need to
   downgrade.
 
+### Changed
+
+- The web UI's top bar had grown too long, and the user name, Users and
+  Log out ended up on a second line on the left. The server's
+  configuration and security pages (Server options, ACLs, TSIG keys,
+  Exposure, Certificates, Encrypted DNS, Audit log) are now in a
+  **Server** menu, and Account, Users and Log out in a menu under your
+  name. On narrow screens the search box and your name stay together on
+  the right.
+
 ### Fixed
 
+- "update PTR" when editing a record (`jarl record update ID --ptr`) did
+  nothing unless the name or address changed too, and the web UI didn't
+  even send it alone: a reverse zone created after the record never got
+  its PTR. Alone, it now adds the PTR record if it is missing (or enables
+  it). For records of linked zones, the reverse zones of every linked view
+  count, not only the record's own view.
+
 - Option values in the web UI looked different from the editor: a long
   line wrapped back to the left edge, losing its indentation, and the
   column changed width when Edit opened. Values now keep their layout

README.md

@@ -200,12 +200,11 @@ review step.
 
 ## Status
 
-Version 0.4.0 is the current release, and 0.4.1 is in testing
-(0.4.1-rc.5): it adds Prometheus metrics, address ranges in ACLs and
-other address match lists, safer changeset handling, internet exposure
-checks with response rate limiting, TLS certificates Jarl obtains and
-renews itself, linked zones for split DNS, DNS over TLS and HTTPS, and statistics
-per view. 0.4.0 added blocking (blocklists and
+Version 0.5.0 is the current release. It adds Prometheus metrics,
+address ranges in ACLs and other address match lists, safer changeset
+handling, internet exposure checks with response rate limiting, TLS
+certificates Jarl obtains and renews itself, linked zones for split DNS,
+DNS over TLS and HTTPS, and statistics per view. 0.4.0 added blocking (blocklists and
 your own rules, like Pi-hole, done by named, with different blocking for
 different devices), disabling zones, server statistics and view keys, on
 top of 0.3.0's disabled records, script-friendly CLI output and client

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.1-rc.5
+0.5.0

cmd/jarl/stats.go

@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ Use -o json or -o yaml to export the data.`,
 					fmt.Fprintf(w, "Queries:\t%d (%.2f per second on average)\n", s.Queries, s.AvgQPS)
 				}
 				if s.Peak != nil {
-					fmt.Fprintf(w, "Busiest %s:\t%s with %d queries\n", s.Peak.Per, s.Peak.Time.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04"), s.Peak.Queries)
+					what := "queries"
+					if len(s.FilterViews) > 0 {
+						what = "answers"
+					}
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "Busiest %s:\t%s with %d %s\n", s.Peak.Per, s.Peak.Time.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04"), s.Peak.Queries, what)
 				}
 				if s.CacheHitRatio != nil {
 					fmt.Fprintf(w, "Cache hit ratio:\t%.1f%%\n", *s.CacheHitRatio*100)

docs/cli.md

@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ adds the quotes and splits long values into 255-byte strings. In reverse zones t
 host name (a bare `nas` is refused, since it would mean
 `nas.0.10.10.in-addr.arpa.`). `--ptr`
 keeps the PTR record in the reverse zone in step (when that zone is managed
-by Jarl). Every record type BIND supports can be used. Jarl knows the
+by Jarl); `jarl record update ID --ptr` with nothing else adds the PTR record
+if it is missing, e.g. after creating the reverse zone. In linked zones, the
+reverse zones of every linked view count. Every record type BIND supports can be used. Jarl knows the
 syntax of the common ones and checks them strictly, and the rest are
 validated by parsing.
 

internal/engine/expand.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/netip"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -642,11 +643,42 @@ func (x *expander) ptrCreate(z *model.Zone, owner string, p *rr.Parsed) ([]model
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, errf(KindBadRequest, "ptr only applies to A and AAAA records")
 	}
-	rz, ptrName := reverseZoneFor(x.st, z.ViewID, addr)
-	if rz == nil {
-		x.warnings = append(x.warnings, fmt.Sprintf("no reverse zone for %s in this view, so no PTR record was added", addr))
-		return nil, nil
+	var ops []model.Op
+	found := false
+	for _, vid := range ptrViews(x.st, z) {
+		rz, ptrName := reverseZoneFor(x.st, vid, addr)
+		if rz == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		found = true
+		more, err := x.ptrCreateIn(rz, ptrName, owner)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		ops = append(ops, more...)
 	}
+	if !found {
+		x.warnings = append(x.warnings, fmt.Sprintf("no reverse zone for %s in this view, so no PTR record was added (create one: jarl zone create %s/%d)", addr, addr, addr.BitLen()))
+	}
+	return ops, nil
+}
+
+// ptrViews are the views whose reverse zones get the PTR records of zone
+// z's address records: z's own, and, for a linked zone, the other views
+// of the link (the record is in all of them).
+func ptrViews(st *model.State, z *model.Zone) []int64 {
+	out := []int64{z.ViewID}
+	for _, o := range st.LinkedWith(z) {
+		if !slices.Contains(out, o.ViewID) {
+			out = append(out, o.ViewID)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// ptrCreateIn returns operations creating the PTR record ptrName -> owner
+// in reverse zone rz (none when it is there; enabling it when disabled).
+func (x *expander) ptrCreateIn(rz *model.Zone, ptrName, owner string) ([]model.Op, error) {
 	for _, r := range x.st.ZoneRecords(rz.ID) {
 		if r.Name == ptrName && r.Type == "PTR" {
 			if strings.EqualFold(r.Data, owner) {
@@ -674,10 +706,18 @@ func (x *expander) ptrSetDisabled(z *model.Zone, owner string, p *rr.Parsed, dis
 	if !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
-	rz, ptrName := reverseZoneFor(x.st, z.ViewID, addr)
-	if rz == nil {
-		return nil
+	var ops []model.Op
+	for _, vid := range ptrViews(x.st, z) {
+		rz, ptrName := reverseZoneFor(x.st, vid, addr)
+		if rz == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		ops = append(ops, x.ptrSetDisabledIn(rz, ptrName, owner, disabled)...)
 	}
+	return ops
+}
+
+func (x *expander) ptrSetDisabledIn(rz *model.Zone, ptrName, owner string, disabled bool) []model.Op {
 	var ops []model.Op
 	for _, r := range x.st.ZoneRecords(rz.ID) {
 		if r.Name == ptrName && r.Type == "PTR" && strings.EqualFold(r.Data, owner) && r.Disabled != disabled {
@@ -700,12 +740,16 @@ func (x *expander) ptrDelete(z *model.Zone, owner string, p *rr.Parsed) []model.
 	if !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
-	rz, ptrName := reverseZoneFor(x.st, z.ViewID, addr)
-	if rz == nil {
-		return nil
+	var ops []model.Op
+	for _, vid := range ptrViews(x.st, z) {
+		rz, ptrName := reverseZoneFor(x.st, vid, addr)
+		if rz == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		in := RecordInput{ZoneID: rz.ID, Name: model.Ptr(ptrName), Type: model.Ptr("PTR"), Data: model.Ptr(owner), MissingOK: true}
+		ops = append(ops, newOp(OpRecordDelete, 0, 0, in, fmt.Sprintf("delete %s IN PTR %s (if present)", ptrName, owner)))
 	}
-	in := RecordInput{ZoneID: rz.ID, Name: model.Ptr(ptrName), Type: model.Ptr("PTR"), Data: model.Ptr(owner), MissingOK: true}
-	return []model.Op{newOp(OpRecordDelete, 0, 0, in, fmt.Sprintf("delete %s IN PTR %s (if present)", ptrName, owner))}
+	return ops
 }
 
 // parseWarnings keeps what parsing noticed (e.g. a name read as absolute).
@@ -885,7 +929,10 @@ func (x *expander) recordUpdate(req Request) ([]model.Op, error) {
 	if len(pre) > 0 {
 		base = 0 // the record was just updated by pre
 	}
-	ops := append(pre, newOp(OpRecordUpdate, r.ID, base, in, summary))
+	ops := pre
+	if string(mustJSON(in)) != "{}" || !ptr {
+		ops = append(ops, newOp(OpRecordUpdate, r.ID, base, in, summary))
+	}
 	disabled := r.Disabled
 	if in.Disabled != nil {
 		disabled = *in.Disabled
@@ -909,6 +956,15 @@ func (x *expander) recordUpdate(req Request) ([]model.Op, error) {
 		}
 		ops = append(ops, x.ptrSetDisabled(z, owner, p, disabled)...)
 	}
+	if ptr && !moved && !toggled && !disabled {
+		// Nothing else changes: make sure the PTR record is there (the
+		// reverse zone may be newer than the record).
+		more, err := x.ptrCreate(z, owner, p)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		ops = append(ops, more...)
+	}
 	return ops, nil
 }
 

internal/engine/inputs.go

@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ type RecordInput struct {
 	// Disabled keeps the record in Jarl but out of the zone.
 	Disabled *bool `json:"disabled,omitempty"`
 	// PTR also creates (or deletes, disables or enables) the matching PTR
-	// record in the reverse zone, for A and AAAA records.
+	// record in the reverse zone, for A and AAAA records. On an update that
+	// changes nothing else it adds the PTR record if it is missing. In a
+	// linked zone, every linked view's reverse zone counts.
 	PTR bool `json:"ptr,omitempty"`
 	// MissingOK makes a delete-by-match succeed when nothing matches.
 	MissingOK bool `json:"missing_ok,omitempty"`

internal/engine/ptr_update_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"jarl/internal/model"
+)
+
+// Ticking "update PTR" on an unchanged address record adds its PTR when
+// the reverse zone is there (it was created after the record).
+func TestUpdatePTRAddsMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	env := newEnv(t)
+	env.submit(env.admin, NewRequest(OpSettingsUpdate, 0, SettingsInput{Nameservers: &[]string{"ns1.example.net."}}))
+	env.submit(env.admin, NewRequest(OpZoneCreate, 0, ZoneInput{Name: model.Ptr("example.com")}))
+	env.submit(env.admin, rec("example.com", "ldn", "A", "139.144.144.154"))
+	env.submit(env.admin, NewRequest(OpZoneCreate, 0, ZoneInput{Name: model.Ptr("139.144.144.154/32")}))
+	var id int64
+	for _, r := range env.state().Records {
+		if r.Name == "ldn.example.com." {
+			id = r.ID
+		}
+	}
+	env.submit(env.admin, NewRequest(OpRecordUpdate, id, RecordInput{PTR: true}))
+	got := env.records("154.144.144.139.in-addr.arpa.")
+	if !slices.ContainsFunc(got, func(s string) bool { return strings.Contains(s, "PTR ldn.example.com.") }) {
+		t.Errorf("reverse zone = %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// In linked zones the PTR goes to the reverse zone of whichever linked
+// view has one.
+func TestUpdatePTRLinked(t *testing.T) {
+	env := linkedEnv(t)
+	env.submit(env.admin, NewRequest(OpZoneCreate, 0, ZoneInput{Name: model.Ptr("example.com"), View: model.Ptr("external"), LinkWith: "internal"}))
+	env.submit(env.admin, recIn("internal", "ldn", "A", "139.144.144.154"))
+	env.submit(env.admin, NewRequest(OpZoneCreate, 0, ZoneInput{Name: model.Ptr("139.144.144.154/32"), View: model.Ptr("external")}))
+	res := env.submit(env.admin, NewRequest(OpRecordUpdate, env.recordID("internal", "ldn", "A"), RecordInput{PTR: true}))
+	st := env.state()
+	z := st.FindZone("154.144.144.139.in-addr.arpa.", st.ViewByName("external").ID)
+	ok := false
+	for _, r := range st.ZoneRecords(z.ID) {
+		ok = ok || r.Type == "PTR" && r.Data == "ldn.example.com."
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		t.Errorf("no PTR in external's reverse zone (warnings %q)", res.Warnings)
+	}
+	// Again: already there, nothing to do.
+	if e := env.submitErr(env.admin, NewRequest(OpRecordUpdate, env.recordID("internal", "ldn", "A"), RecordInput{PTR: true})); !strings.Contains(e.Message, "nothing to do") {
+		t.Errorf("second time: %v", e)
+	}
+}

internal/web/static/assets/app.js

@@ -45,21 +45,25 @@ const routes = [
   { pattern: /^encrypted-dns$/, page: encdns, nav: "encdns" },
 ];
 
+// The top bar: the pages used most, then a menu for the server's
+// configuration and security. ["key", "#/href", "Label", "admin"?]
 const navItems = [
   ["dashboard", "#/", "Dashboard"],
   ["stats", "#/stats", "Statistics"],
   ["zones", "#/zones", "Zones"],
-  ["blocking", "#/blocking", "Blocking"],
   ["views", "#/views", "Views"],
-  ["exposure", "#/exposure", "Exposure"],
-  ["certificates", "#/certificates", "Certificates", "admin"],
-  ["encdns", "#/encrypted-dns", "Encrypted DNS", "admin"],
-  ["acls", "#/acls", "ACLs"],
-  ["keys", "#/keys", "TSIG keys"],
-  ["options", "#/options", "Server options"],
+  ["blocking", "#/blocking", "Blocking"],
   ["changes", "#/changes", "Changes"],
   ["history", "#/history", "History"],
-  ["audit", "#/audit", "Audit log"],
+  { menu: "Server", items: [
+    ["options", "#/options", "Server options"],
+    ["acls", "#/acls", "ACLs"],
+    ["keys", "#/keys", "TSIG keys"],
+    ["exposure", "#/exposure", "Exposure"],
+    ["certificates", "#/certificates", "Certificates", "admin"],
+    ["encdns", "#/encrypted-dns", "Encrypted DNS", "admin"],
+    ["audit", "#/audit", "Audit log"],
+  ] },
 ];
 
 const app = document.getElementById("app");
@@ -168,12 +172,16 @@ function layout() {
       logo(30),
       wordmark({ rule: false, height: 19, cls: "brand-name" })),
     navEl,
-    h("div", { class: "spacer" }),
-    modeEl = h("span"),
-    h("form", { class: "search", onsubmit: (e) => { e.preventDefault(); if (q.value.trim()) location.hash = "#/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q.value.trim()); } }, q),
-    h("a", { href: "#/account", class: "user", title: (me.permissions || []).join("\n") }, me.user.username),
-    me.admin ? h("a", { href: "#/users" }, "Users") : null,
-    h("button", { class: "small", onclick: logout }, "Log out"));
+    // The right-hand group stays together, on the right, also when it
+    // has to wrap below the navigation.
+    h("div", { class: "header-right" },
+      modeEl = h("span"),
+      h("form", { class: "search", onsubmit: (e) => { e.preventDefault(); if (q.value.trim()) location.hash = "#/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q.value.trim()); } }, q),
+      menu(h("span", { class: "user", title: (me.permissions || []).join("\n") }, me.user.username), [
+        h("a", { href: "#/account" }, "Account"),
+        me.admin ? h("a", { href: "#/users" }, "Users") : null,
+        h("button", { type: "button", class: "menu-item", onclick: logout }, "Log out"),
+      ], { right: true, active: ["account", "users"].includes(current.nav), label: "Account menu" })));
   mount(app, h("div", { class: "shell" }, header, barEl, mainEl, footer(me.build)));
   modeHolder = modeEl;
   renderNav();
@@ -196,9 +204,33 @@ function footer(b) {
 }
 
 function renderNav() {
-  mount(navEl, navItems.filter((n) => n[3] !== "admin" || state.me.admin).map(([key, href, label]) => h("a", { href, class: current.nav === key ? "active" : "" }, label)));
+  const allowed = (n) => n[3] !== "admin" || state.me.admin;
+  const link = ([key, href, label]) => h("a", { href, class: current.nav === key ? "active" : "" }, label);
+  mount(navEl, navItems.map((n) => {
+    if (!n.menu) return allowed(n) ? link(n) : null;
+    const items = n.items.filter(allowed);
+    return menu(n.menu, items.map(link), { active: items.some((i) => i[0] === current.nav), label: n.menu + " menu" });
+  }));
 }
 
+// menu is a drop-down: a button and its links. It closes when one is
+// picked, on a click elsewhere and on Escape.
+function menu(label, items, opts = {}) {
+  const d = h("details", { class: "menu" + (opts.right ? " right" : "") },
+    h("summary", { class: opts.active ? "active" : "", "aria-label": opts.label || null }, label, h("span", { class: "caret", "aria-hidden": "true" }, "▾")),
+    h("div", { class: "menu-list", role: "menu" }, items.filter(Boolean)));
+  d.addEventListener("click", (e) => { if (e.target.closest(".menu-list a, .menu-list button")) d.open = false; });
+  return d;
+}
+
+document.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
+  for (const d of document.querySelectorAll("details.menu[open]")) if (!d.contains(e.target)) d.open = false;
+});
+document.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
+  if (e.key !== "Escape") return;
+  for (const d of document.querySelectorAll("details.menu[open]")) { d.open = false; d.querySelector("summary").focus(); }
+});
+
 // renderBar shows the pending-changes bar (only while there are pending
 // changes) and the small review/live switch in the header.
 function renderBar() {

internal/web/static/assets/pages/zone.js

@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ async function recordsTab(el, zone, query) {
     const eTTL = input({ type: "number", value: r.ttl ?? "", placeholder: "default", style: { width: "90px" } });
     const eData = input({ value: r.type === "TXT" && r.text !== undefined ? r.text : r.data, class: "mono", style: { width: "100%" } });
     const eComment = input({ value: r.comment || "", style: { width: "100%" } });
-    const ePTR = checkbox("update PTR", false);
+    const ePTR = checkbox("update PTR", false, { title: "Keep the PTR record in the reverse zone in step: moved with a new name or address, or added if it is missing" });
     const eErr = h("div");
     const save = async () => {
       const body = {};
@@ -638,7 +638,9 @@ async function recordsTab(el, zone, query) {
       else if (eTTL.value !== "" && Number(eTTL.value) !== r.ttl) body.ttl = Number(eTTL.value);
       if (eComment.value !== (r.comment || "")) body.comment = eComment.value;
       if (ePTR.input.checked) body.ptr = true;
-      if (Object.keys(body).length === 0 || (Object.keys(body).length === 1 && body.ptr)) { editing = null; draw(); return; }
+      // "update PTR" alone adds a missing PTR record (the reverse zone may
+      // be newer than the record).
+      if (Object.keys(body).length === 0) { editing = null; draw(); return; }
       try {
         const res = await change("PATCH", "/records/" + r.id, body);
         toast(describeResult(res));

internal/web/static/assets/style.css

@@ -529,3 +529,31 @@ table.pick-list tr.pick.selected { background: var(--accent-soft); }
 .filter-row .chips { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px; }
 .chip.toggle-chip { opacity: 0.55; font-size: 13px; padding: 3px 12px; }
 .chip.toggle-chip.on { opacity: 1; text-decoration: none; background: var(--accent-soft); border-color: var(--accent); }
+
+/* Drop-down menus in the top bar (Server, the user). */
+details.menu { position: relative; }
+details.menu > summary { list-style: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 6px 10px; border-radius: var(--radius); color: var(--text); white-space: nowrap; }
+details.menu > summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
+details.menu > summary:hover, details.menu[open] > summary { background: var(--info-soft); }
+details.menu > summary.active { background: var(--accent-soft); color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; }
+details.menu > summary .caret { margin-left: 4px; font-size: 0.8em; opacity: 0.7; }
+details.menu > summary .user { color: inherit; }
+details.menu .menu-list {
+  position: absolute; top: calc(100% + 4px); left: 0; z-index: 20; min-width: 190px;
+  display: flex; flex-direction: column; padding: 4px;
+  background: var(--panel); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius);
+  box-shadow: 0 6px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12);
+}
+details.menu.right .menu-list { left: auto; right: 0; }
+details.menu .menu-list a, details.menu .menu-list .menu-item {
+  display: block; padding: 7px 10px; border-radius: var(--radius); color: var(--text); text-align: left;
+  background: none; border: 0; font: inherit; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;
+}
+details.menu .menu-list a:hover, details.menu .menu-list .menu-item:hover { background: var(--info-soft); text-decoration: none; }
+details.menu .menu-list a.active { background: var(--accent-soft); color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; }
+nav.main { align-items: center; }
+header.top .header-right { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-left: auto; }
+@media (max-width: 1200px) {
+  header.top form.search input { width: 160px; }
+  header.top { gap: 10px; }
+}

scripts/e2e.sh

@@ -377,6 +377,15 @@ run "user delete" 0 $J user delete certbot -y
 run "audit" 0 $J audit --limit 10
 contains "token.revoke"
 
+# A reverse zone created after the record: "update PTR" alone adds it.
+run "an address record" 0 $J record add adbraun.test ldn A 192.0.2.154
+run "its /32 reverse zone, afterwards" 0 $J zone create 192.0.2.154/32
+LDN=$($J record list adbraun.test --name ldn -o id)
+run "record update --ptr adds the missing PTR" 0 $J record update $LDN --ptr
+expect_dig "the PTR is served" "ldn.adbraun.test." -x 192.0.2.154
+run "remove the reverse zone again" 0 $J zone delete 154.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa -y
+run "and the record" 0 $J record delete adbraun.test ldn A -y
+
 # Views
 run "view create (adopts zones)" 0 $J view create internal --match-clients homelab --adopt-zones
 run "view create external" 0 $J view create external --match-clients any