Release 0.6.1

Certificates for other hosts (jarl cert get, with a daily timer),
certificate export, PTR record and override fixes in linked zones,
one-view tokens with linked zones, numeric order in reverse zones, and
cert get refusing to take over a name saved for another Jarl server.

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

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.6.1] - 2026-10-20
+
 ### Added
 
 - Certificates for other hosts: `jarl cert get NAME -d DOMAIN --dir DIR
@@ -42,6 +44,14 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
 
 ### Changed
 
+- The Statistics page's range buttons follow `stats.retention`: ranges
+  longer than any data kept are left out, and **1y** and **2y** appear
+  when `retention.day` (or `retention.hour`) covers them (with the
+  default 730d, both do). The busiest-times heatmap says how far back it
+  really goes (at most `retention.hour`), and links to the Explore page
+  keep within `retention.queries` instead of assuming 7 days.
+  `GET /stats/status` and `GET /stats/explore` add `retention_seconds`.
+
 - A reverse zone's missing PTR records count only its own view's A and
   AAAA records. An address only another view's records use (an internal
   host, seen from the vps view's copy of `10.0.10.in-addr.arpa`) is no
@@ -52,7 +62,9 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
   (`fill_other_views`, `?other_views=1`, a checkbox in the New reverse
   zone dialog), so one view's host names don't leak into another. When
   there is nothing else to fill, Jarl says how many there are and how to
-  add them.
+  add them. The page and `jarl zone show` list those addresses with the
+  name each would get, and the view it comes from
+  (`ptr_other_views_list`); `jarl zone show` lists the missing ones too.
 
 - Records, zones and validation findings sort numeric labels by value, so
   `2.10.0.10.in-addr.arpa` comes before `101.10.0.10.in-addr.arpa` in the
@@ -95,6 +107,21 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `jarl cert get NAME` no longer takes over a name this host has saved
+  for another Jarl server, which overwrote that certificate's settings
+  (and, with the default `--dir`, its files), so it stopped being
+  renewed. It is refused, as is a `--dir` holding another certificate's
+  files; `--replace` takes the name or directory over.
+- The "query log is off" error named a setting that doesn't exist,
+  `stats.query_retention`; it's `stats.retention.queries`.
+- `jarl zone show` for a reverse zone printed only "and 1 more" under
+  "Other views:" when the server was older than the CLI (0.6.1-rc.2
+  sends the count but not the addresses). It now prints just the count
+  line then.
+- `jarl changeset show` printed its Created and Applied times in UTC,
+  while `jarl history` and `jarl status` print local time. It uses local
+  time now too.
+
 - The statistics' "Busiest times" grid drew hours without data taller
   than the others (they picked up the page's padding for empty
   messages).

README.md

@@ -202,9 +202,8 @@ review step.
 
 ## Status
 
-Version 0.6.0 is the current release, and 0.6.1 is in testing
+Version 0.6.1 is the current release. It gets certificates onto your
-(0.6.1-rc.2): it gets certificates onto your other hosts (`jarl cert
+other hosts (`jarl cert get`: Jarl obtains and renews them, a host downloads them and runs a
-get`: Jarl obtains and renews them, a host downloads them and runs a
 hook, a daily timer keeps them current), exports certificates, fixes
 PTR records and overrides in linked zones, and makes one-view tokens
 (such as ACME tokens for the external view) work with linked zones.

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.1-rc.2
+0.6.1

cmd/jarl/certget.go

@@ -114,6 +114,32 @@ func (sc savedCert) save(dir string) error {
 	return writeAtomic(filepath.Join(dir, sc.Name+".json"), append(b, '\n'), 0o600)
 }
 
+// checkCertClash refuses a certificate that would take over what this
+// host keeps for another one: a name saved for another Jarl server
+// (each server has its own names, so the server can't refuse it), or a
+// directory with another certificate's files. saved[i] is sc's saved
+// settings (i < 0: none).
+func checkCertClash(saved []savedCert, i int, sc savedCert, replace bool) error {
+	if i >= 0 && !replace && !sameServer(saved[i].Conn.Server, sc.Conn.Server) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s is saved here for the Jarl server %s, not %s: choose another name, or take it over with --replace", sc.Name, saved[i].Conn.Server, sc.Conn.Server)
+	}
+	for j, o := range saved {
+		if j != i && o.Name != sc.Name && filepath.Clean(o.Dir) == filepath.Clean(sc.Dir) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s holds the files of %s, saved for %s: give %s another --dir", sc.Dir, o.Name, o.Conn.Server, sc.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	if m, err := readMeta(sc.Dir); err == nil && m.Name != "" && m.Name != sc.Name && !replace {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s holds the files of the certificate %s: give %s another --dir, or overwrite them with --replace", sc.Dir, m.Name, sc.Name)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// sameServer reports whether two server addresses name the same jarld.
+func sameServer(a, b string) bool {
+	norm := func(s string) string { return strings.TrimRight(strings.ToLower(s), "/") }
+	return norm(a) == norm(b)
+}
+
 func readMeta(dir string) (*localMeta, error) {
 	b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, metaFile))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -340,7 +366,7 @@ func runHook(sc savedCert, ci certInfo, renewed bool) error {
 func certGetCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var domains []string
 	var dir, hook, keyType, configDir string
-	var noSave, force bool
+	var noSave, force, replace bool
 	var wait time.Duration
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "get [NAME]",
@@ -365,6 +391,10 @@ readable only by you). 'jarl cert get' without a name then does every
 saved certificate: run it daily (jarl cert schedule does that with a
 systemd timer). Nothing is downloaded until jarld has renewed one.
 
+A name saved here for another Jarl server isn't taken over, nor a --dir
+holding another certificate's files, unless --replace is given; a --dir
+another saved certificate uses is always refused.
+
 --hook runs with sh after new files are written (and again on the next
 run if it failed), with JARL_CERT_NAME, JARL_CERT_DIR, JARL_CERT_CERT,
 JARL_CERT_CHAIN, JARL_CERT_FULLCHAIN, JARL_CERT_KEY, JARL_CERT_DOMAINS,
@@ -427,6 +457,9 @@ replaced an older certificate).`,
 					}
 					sc.Conn = cn
 				}
+				if err := checkCertClash(saved, i, sc, replace); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 				todo = []savedCert{sc}
 			}
 			var results []*getResult
@@ -469,7 +502,7 @@ replaced an older certificate).`,
 			}
 			switch {
 			case len(failed) == 1 && len(todo) == 1:
-				return lastErr // its own exit code (3 forbidden, 6 conflict, ...)
+				return lastErr // its own exit code (3 forbidden, 5 conflict, ...)
 			case len(failed) > 0:
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed: %s", strings.Join(failed, ", "))
 			}
@@ -483,6 +516,7 @@ replaced an older certificate).`,
 	f.StringVar(&keyType, "key-type", "", "key type of a new certificate: ec256 (default), ec384, rsa2048, rsa3072, rsa4096")
 	f.BoolVar(&force, "force", false, "download and run the hook even when this host has the current certificate")
 	f.BoolVar(&noSave, "no-save", false, "don't save the settings for later runs")
+	f.BoolVar(&replace, "replace", false, "take over a name saved here for another Jarl server, or a --dir holding another certificate's files")
 	f.DurationVar(&wait, "wait", 15*time.Minute, "how long to wait while jarld obtains it")
 	f.StringVar(&configDir, "config-dir", "", "where the settings are saved (default /etc/jarl/cert-get as root, ~/.config/jarl/cert-get otherwise)")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("key-type", cobra.FixedCompletions([]string{"ec256", "ec384", "rsa2048", "rsa3072", "rsa4096"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp))

cmd/jarl/certget_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestCheckCertClash(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	a := connection{Server: "https://dns-a.example:8053"}
+	b := connection{Server: "https://dns-b.example:8053"}
+	saved := []savedCert{
+		{Name: "proxy", Dir: filepath.Join(tmp, "proxy"), Conn: a},
+		{Name: "mail", Dir: filepath.Join(tmp, "mail"), Conn: a},
+	}
+	// mail's files are on disk; "other" has files but no saved settings.
+	if err := (&localMeta{Name: "mail"}).write(mkdir(t, saved[1].Dir)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := (&localMeta{Name: "other"}).write(mkdir(t, filepath.Join(tmp, "other"))); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	cases := []struct {
+		what    string
+		i       int
+		sc      savedCert
+		replace bool
+		want    string // "" = allowed
+	}{
+		{"same server again", 0, savedCert{Name: "proxy", Dir: saved[0].Dir, Conn: a}, false, ""},
+		{"same server, other spelling", 0, savedCert{Name: "proxy", Dir: saved[0].Dir, Conn: connection{Server: "HTTPS://dns-a.example:8053/"}}, false, ""},
+		{"other server", 0, savedCert{Name: "proxy", Dir: saved[0].Dir, Conn: b}, false, "saved here for the Jarl server"},
+		{"other server, replace", 0, savedCert{Name: "proxy", Dir: saved[0].Dir, Conn: b}, true, ""},
+		{"new name, saved cert's dir", -1, savedCert{Name: "web", Dir: saved[1].Dir, Conn: b}, false, "holds the files of mail"},
+		{"new name, saved cert's dir, replace", -1, savedCert{Name: "web", Dir: saved[1].Dir + "/", Conn: b}, true, "holds the files of mail"},
+		{"new name, unsaved cert's files", -1, savedCert{Name: "web", Dir: filepath.Join(tmp, "other"), Conn: b}, false, "certificate other"},
+		{"new name, unsaved cert's files, replace", -1, savedCert{Name: "web", Dir: filepath.Join(tmp, "other"), Conn: b}, true, ""},
+		{"new name, empty dir", -1, savedCert{Name: "web", Dir: filepath.Join(tmp, "web"), Conn: b}, false, ""},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		err := checkCertClash(saved, c.i, c.sc, c.replace)
+		switch {
+		case c.want == "" && err != nil:
+			t.Errorf("%s: %v", c.what, err)
+		case c.want != "" && (err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.want)):
+			t.Errorf("%s: got %v, want %q", c.what, err, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func mkdir(t *testing.T, dir string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return dir
+}

cmd/jarl/changes.go

@@ -272,9 +272,9 @@ func changesetCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 			return output(cs, func(w io.Writer) {
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Changeset:\t%d (%s)\nDescription:\t%s\nCreated:\t%s by %s via %s\n", cs.ID, cs.Status, cs.Description, cs.CreatedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"), cs.Username, cs.Via)
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Changeset:\t%d (%s)\nDescription:\t%s\nCreated:\t%s by %s via %s\n", cs.ID, cs.Status, cs.Description, cs.CreatedAt.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04"), cs.Username, cs.Via)
 				if cs.AppliedAt != nil {
-					fmt.Fprintf(w, "Applied:\t%s by %s\n", cs.AppliedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"), cs.AppliedBy)
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "Applied:\t%s by %s\n", cs.AppliedAt.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04"), cs.AppliedBy)
 				}
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "\n#\tOPERATION")
 				for _, op := range cs.Ops {

cmd/jarl/ptrfills_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"jarl/internal/api"
+)
+
+func TestPrintPTRFills(t *testing.T) {
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	printPTRFills(&b, []api.PTRFill{{Address: "10.0.10.20", Target: "nextcloud.adbraun.lol.", From: "internal"}}, 3)
+	out := b.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "10.0.10.20 -> nextcloud.adbraun.lol (view internal)") || !strings.Contains(out, "and 2 more") {
+		t.Errorf("listed fills:\n%s", out)
+	}
+
+	// An older server sends the count without the list.
+	b.Reset()
+	printPTRFills(&b, nil, 1)
+	if b.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("no list from the server printed %q, want nothing", b.String())
+	}
+}

cmd/jarl/zones.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/netip"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
@@ -100,9 +101,16 @@ func zoneCmd() *cobra.Command {
 					fmt.Fprintf(w, "Network:\t%s\n", z.Prefix)
 					if z.PTRMissing > 0 {
 						fmt.Fprintf(w, "Missing PTRs:\t%d (addresses the view's records use here; add them: jarl zone fill-ptr %s)\n", z.PTRMissing, args[0])
+						printPTRFills(w, z.PTRMissingList, z.PTRMissing)
 					}
 					if z.PTROtherViews > 0 {
-						fmt.Fprintf(w, "Other views:\t%d addresses here only other views' records use, without a PTR record (to name them from there: jarl zone fill-ptr %s --other-views)\n", z.PTROtherViews, args[0])
+						what := "addresses"
+						if z.PTROtherViews == 1 {
+							what = "address"
+						}
+						fmt.Fprintf(w, "Other views:\t%d %s with A or AAAA records only in %s, so not missing here (add PTRs for them in this view too: jarl zone fill-ptr %s --other-views)\n",
+							z.PTROtherViews, what, fromViews(z.PTROtherViewsList), args[0])
+						printPTRFills(w, z.PTROtherViewsList, z.PTROtherViews)
 					}
 				}
 				if len(z.LinkedWith) > 0 {
@@ -1174,6 +1182,44 @@ func terminalWidth() int {
 	return width
 }
 
+// printPTRFills lists PTR records a reverse zone lacks under zone show's
+// line about them: address -> name, and the view the name is from. A server
+// older than the CLI may send the count without the list; then nothing is
+// listed, rather than "and N more" under no addresses.
+func printPTRFills(w io.Writer, fills []api.PTRFill, total int) {
+	if len(fills) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	for _, f := range fills {
+		from := ""
+		if f.From != "" {
+			from = " (view " + f.From + ")"
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t  %s -> %s%s\n", f.Address, dnsname.Display(f.Target), from)
+	}
+	if total > len(fills) {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t  and %d more\n", total-len(fills))
+	}
+}
+
+// fromViews names the views PTR fills take their names from: "view
+// internal", "views internal and lab".
+func fromViews(fills []api.PTRFill) string {
+	var vs []string
+	for _, f := range fills {
+		if f.From != "" && !slices.Contains(vs, f.From) {
+			vs = append(vs, f.From)
+		}
+	}
+	switch len(vs) {
+	case 0:
+		return "other views"
+	case 1:
+		return "view " + vs[0]
+	}
+	return "views " + strings.Join(vs[:len(vs)-1], ", ") + " and " + vs[len(vs)-1]
+}
+
 func zoneFillPTRCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var view string
 	var otherViews bool

docs/api.md

@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ A reverse zone created without a view goes to the private view whose
 records use its addresses. Zones come back with `prefix` (reverse zones:
 the network), `ptr_missing` (addresses in it that the view's A and AAAA
 records use, without a PTR record) and `ptr_other_views` (addresses in it
-without a PTR record that only other views' records use; not missing).
+without a PTR record that only other views' records use; not missing),
+with the first 25 of each in `ptr_missing_list` and
+`ptr_other_views_list` (`address`, `name`, `target`, and `from`, the view
+the name comes from).
 
 `/serials` and `/delegation` send DNS queries from the server, and only
 when called ([operations.md](operations.md#checking-name-servers-and-the-delegation)).
@@ -576,12 +579,12 @@ Needs `stats:read`. When statistics are disabled, every endpoint but
 
 | Method | Path | Query | Returns |
 |--------|------|-------|---------|
-| GET | `/stats/status` | | `{enabled, query_log, statistics_channel, log_file, last_poll, last_log_line, log_lines_read, first_data, retention, warnings}` |
+| GET | `/stats/status` | | `{enabled, query_log, statistics_channel, log_file, last_poll, last_log_line, log_lines_read, first_data, retention, retention_seconds, warnings}`: `retention` has `minute`, `hour`, `day`, `queries` as `"7d"`, `retention_seconds` the same in seconds (`queries` 0 without a query log) |
 | GET | `/stats/summary` | `since` (90m, 24h, 7d, 2w; default 24h), `top` (default 10) | totals, `avg_qps`, `peak`, `rcodes`, `qtypes`, `views`, `zones`, `answers`, `transport`, `cache_hit_ratio`, `nxdomain_ratio` (without blocked answers), `blocked`, `blocked_ratio`, `blocklists` (blocked per list; `rules` for your rules), `tops` |
 | GET | `/stats/timeline` | `since`, `step` (auto, 1m, 5m, 15m, 1h, 6h, 1d), `key` (repeatable or comma separated; `rcode:*` = every counter of a group; default `queries`) | `{step, times: [unix...], series: [{key, values}]}` |
 | GET | `/stats/top` | `kind` (name, client, nxdomain, servfail, refused, blocked, blocked_client), `since`, `limit` (default 20) | `[{key, count}]`; client, refused and blocked_client entries add `name`, the host name of Jarl's record for the address (the summary's client list too) |
 | GET | `/stats/heatmap` | `since` (default 28d), `key` (default queries) | `{key, from, avg[7][24], samples[7][24]}`, Monday first, local time, `-1` = no data |
-| GET | `/stats/explore` | `?client=&name=&domain=&view=&type=&rcode=&blocked=yes\|no\|LIST&since=24h&views=`; each takes several values, comma separated (any of them), `!value` to leave one out, and names `*.example.com` for it and below | The query log for a filter ([stats.md](stats.md#exploring)): `total`, `blocked`, `series` (per `step` seconds: `t`, `count`, `blocked`), `by` (top 15 of each dimension the filter leaves open: client, name, view, type, rcode, blocked; clients with `name`), `recent` (latest 100: ts, client, client_name, view, name, type, rcode, blocked), `oldest`, `retention`, `client_name`. 404 `query_log_off` without a query log |
+| GET | `/stats/explore` | `?client=&name=&domain=&view=&type=&rcode=&blocked=yes\|no\|LIST&since=24h&views=`; each takes several values, comma separated (any of them), `!value` to leave one out, and names `*.example.com` for it and below | The query log for a filter ([stats.md](stats.md#exploring)): `total`, `blocked`, `series` (per `step` seconds: `t`, `count`, `blocked`), `by` (top 15 of each dimension the filter leaves open: client, name, view, type, rcode, blocked; clients with `name`), `recent` (latest 100: ts, client, client_name, view, name, type, rcode, blocked), `oldest`, `retention` (`"7d"`) and `retention_seconds`, `client_name`. 404 `query_log_off` without a query log |
 | GET | `/stats/server` | | `{server: {rss, mem_in_use, cpu_percent, threads, pid, cache_rrsets, cache_mem, sockets_udp, sockets_tcp, recursion_highwater, tcp_highwater, version, boot_time, config_time, host: {mem_total, mem_available, load, cpus, uptime}}, named: {recursive_clients, tcp_clients, zones, cpus, worker_threads}, disks: [{path, holds, total, free}], database: {path, bytes, query_log_rows}}`; gauges over time: `/stats/timeline?key=g:named:rss` (averages, -1 without a sample) |
 | GET | `/stats/breakdown` | `group` (qtype, rcode, view, zone, answer, transport, rtt, dnssec, cache, ratelimit, blocklist), `since` | `[{key, count}]` |
 

docs/certificates.md

@@ -292,6 +292,13 @@ jarl cert saved                            # what this host has, and when it exp
   `jarl cert get` without a name does every saved certificate. A token
   given as `@FILE` is saved as that reference, not copied. `jarl cert
   forget NAME` stops getting one (`--delete` deletes it on jarld too).
+* **Several Jarl servers on one host**: each server has its own
+  certificate names, so two servers may both have a `proxy`. The host
+  keeps one `proxy` per settings directory, though: asking another server
+  for a name saved here for the first one is refused, as is a `--dir`
+  holding another certificate's files. Choose another name or `--dir`, or
+  pass `--replace` to take the name (or directory) over. A `--dir` that
+  another saved certificate uses is always refused.
 * **The hook** runs with `sh` after new files are written, with
   `JARL_CERT_NAME`, `JARL_CERT_DIR`, `JARL_CERT_CERT`, `JARL_CERT_CHAIN`,
   `JARL_CERT_FULLCHAIN`, `JARL_CERT_KEY`, `JARL_CERT_DOMAINS`,

docs/cli.md

@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ jarl cert export mail --dir /etc/ssl/mail            # fullchain.pem and privkey
 jarl cert export mail --part bundle                  # one part to stdout: fullchain, cert, key, bundle
 jarl cert get mail -d mail.adbraun.lol --hook 'systemctl reload postfix'   # on another host: get, download, hook
 jarl cert get                                        # every saved certificate (what the timer runs)
+jarl cert get proxy -s other --replace               # take over a name saved here for another server
 jarl cert saved                                      # this host's certificates and their expiry
 jarl cert forget mail [--delete]                     # stop getting it here
 sudo jarl cert schedule [--remove]                   # daily systemd timer for jarl cert get

docs/reverse.md

@@ -147,9 +147,19 @@ zone show` shows how many as `Missing PTRs`; the API lists them in
 `ptr_missing_list`. Only the zone's own view's records count: an address
 that only another view's records use isn't missing (say internal's
 `claude.adbraun.lol` and the vps view's copy of `10.0.10.in-addr.arpa`).
-Those are shown apart, as `Other views` in `jarl zone show`
+Those are listed apart, with the name each would get: `Other views` in
-(`ptr_other_views` in the API) and a quiet note with a **Name them from
+`jarl zone show`, `ptr_other_views` and `ptr_other_views_list` in the
-there** button on the page; filling never adds them unasked.
+API, and a quiet note on the page with an **Add PTR records for them in
+view vps** button. Filling never adds them unasked. `jarl zone show`
+lists the missing ones too:
+
+```
+Missing PTRs:  1 (addresses the view's records use here; add them: jarl zone fill-ptr 10.0.10.0/24)
+                 10.0.10.7 -> printer.adbraun.lol
+Other views:   2 addresses with A or AAAA records only in view internal, so not missing here (add PTRs for them in this view too: jarl zone fill-ptr 10.0.10.0/24 --other-views)
+                 10.0.10.26 -> gomft.adbraun.lol (view internal)
+                 10.0.10.101 -> claude.adbraun.lol (view internal)
+```
 
 ## Keeping PTR records in step
 

docs/stats.md

@@ -263,7 +263,11 @@ database, roughly in proportion to the number of views.
   lists for `retention.hour`, daily ones for `retention.day`. Older data is
   deleted every hour.
 - Charts use the finest resolution that covers the range: minutes up to 48
-  hours, hours up to 90 days, days beyond.
+  hours (and `retention.minute`), hours up to `retention.hour`, days beyond.
+- The Statistics page offers only the ranges the data is kept for: up to 90
+  days with the defaults, plus a year and 2 years when `retention.day` (or
+  `retention.hour`) is that long. The Explore page offers the ranges up to
+  `retention.queries`.
 - Top lists are exact within an hour (up to 200,000 distinct names or
   clients per hour, beyond which the rarest are dropped). Daily lists are
   built from the hourly top lists, so for very long tails they are

internal/api/types.go

@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ type Zone struct {
 	PTRMissingList []PTRFill `json:"ptr_missing_list,omitempty"`
 	// PTROtherViews counts the addresses in it, without a PTR record,
 	// that only other views' records use: not missing, but fill-ptr with
-	// other_views=1 can name them from there.
+	// other_views=1 adds them, naming them from there. PTROtherViewsList
-	PTROtherViews int `json:"ptr_other_views,omitempty"`
+	// are the first 25 (From says which view).
+	PTROtherViews     int       `json:"ptr_other_views,omitempty"`
+	PTROtherViewsList []PTRFill `json:"ptr_other_views_list,omitempty"`
 	// Pending is set when listing with a changeset: add, change or delete.
 	Pending string `json:"pending,omitempty"`
 }

internal/engine/expand.go

@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ func (x *expander) zoneCreate(req Request) ([]model.Op, error) {
 			x.warnings = append(x.warnings, fmt.Sprintf("no A or AAAA record of %s has an address in %s, so there was nothing to fill it with", viewOrServer(x.st, vid), dnsname.Display(name)))
 		}
 		if !fillOther {
-			if h := otherViewsHint(x.st, vid, name, moved, len(fills), "to name them from there, fill it with other views (jarl zone fill-ptr ZONE --other-views)"); h != "" {
+			if h := otherViewsHint(x.st, vid, name, moved, len(fills), "to add PTR records for them in this view too: jarl zone fill-ptr ZONE --other-views"); h != "" {
 				x.warnings = append(x.warnings, h)
 			}
 		}

internal/engine/reverse.go

@@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ func otherViewsHint(st *model.State, viewID int64, zoneName string, existing []*
 	if n <= 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
-	what := "addresses"
+	what, has, they := "addresses", "have", "they are"
 	if n == 1 {
-		what = "address"
+		what, has, they = "address", "has", "it is"
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%d %s in %s only other views' records use; %s", n, what, dnsname.Display(zoneName), how)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d %s in %s %s A or AAAA records only in other views, so %s not missing here; %s", n, what, dnsname.Display(zoneName), has, they, how)
 }
 
 // zoneFillPTR expands zone.fill_ptr: the PTR records a reverse zone lacks.
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func (x *expander) zoneFillPTR(req Request) ([]model.Op, error) {
 	if len(fills) == 0 {
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("nothing to add: every address of %s's A and AAAA records in %s has a PTR record", viewOrServer(x.st, z.ViewID), zoneDesc(x.st, z))
 		if !in.OtherViews {
-			if h := otherViewsHint(x.st, z.ViewID, z.Name, x.st.ZoneRecords(z.ID), 0, "to name them from there, fill with other views (--other-views)"); h != "" {
+			if h := otherViewsHint(x.st, z.ViewID, z.Name, x.st.ZoneRecords(z.ID), 0, "to add PTR records for them in this view too: --other-views"); h != "" {
 				msg += "; " + h
 			}
 		}

internal/server/dsat_test.go

@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ func TestPTROtherViews(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	if z := e.do("GET", "/zones/10.0.10.in-addr.arpa?view=vps", e.token, nil, 200); z["ptr_missing"] != nil || z["ptr_other_views"] != float64(1) {
 		t.Errorf("vps: ptr_missing %v, ptr_other_views %v", z["ptr_missing"], z["ptr_other_views"])
+	} else if l, _ := z["ptr_other_views_list"].([]any); len(l) != 1 || l[0].(map[string]any)["address"] != "10.0.10.101" || l[0].(map[string]any)["target"] != "claude.adbraun.lol." || l[0].(map[string]any)["from"] != "internal" {
+		t.Errorf("vps: ptr_other_views_list %v", z["ptr_other_views_list"])
 	}
 	e.do("POST", "/zones/10.0.10.in-addr.arpa/fill-ptr?view=vps", e.token, nil, 400)
 	e.do("POST", "/zones/10.0.10.in-addr.arpa/fill-ptr?view=vps&other_views=1", e.token, nil, 201)

internal/server/present.go

@@ -43,12 +43,19 @@ func (s *Server) presentZone(st *model.State, z *model.Zone, counts map[int64]re
 		if z.Type == model.ZonePrimary {
 			fills := engine.PTRFills(st, z.ViewID, z.Name, st.ZoneRecords(z.ID), false)
 			out.PTRMissing = len(fills)
-			if z.ViewID != 0 {
-				out.PTROtherViews = len(engine.PTRFills(st, z.ViewID, z.Name, st.ZoneRecords(z.ID), true)) - len(fills)
-			}
 			for _, f := range fills[:min(len(fills), 25)] {
 				out.PTRMissingList = append(out.PTRMissingList, api.PTRFill(f))
 			}
+			if z.ViewID != 0 {
+				for _, f := range engine.PTRFills(st, z.ViewID, z.Name, st.ZoneRecords(z.ID), true) {
+					if f.From == "" {
+						continue
+					}
+					if out.PTROtherViews++; out.PTROtherViews <= 25 {
+						out.PTROtherViewsList = append(out.PTROtherViewsList, api.PTRFill(f))
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	for _, o := range st.LinkedWith(z) {

internal/stats/collector.go

@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ type Status struct {
 		Day     string `json:"day"`
 		Queries string `json:"queries"` // the query log ("" when off)
 	} `json:"retention"`
+	// RetentionSeconds is Retention in seconds, for the web UI's ranges.
+	RetentionSeconds struct {
+		Minute  int64 `json:"minute"`
+		Hour    int64 `json:"hour"`
+		Day     int64 `json:"day"`
+		Queries int64 `json:"queries"` // 0 when the query log is off
+	} `json:"retention_seconds"`
 }
 
 // Collector gathers statistics into a Store.
@@ -164,8 +171,12 @@ func NewCollector(store *Store, opts Options, zones ZoneIndex, log *slog.Logger)
 	c.status.Retention.Minute = humanDuration(opts.RetainMinute)
 	c.status.Retention.Hour = humanDuration(opts.RetainHour)
 	c.status.Retention.Day = humanDuration(opts.RetainDay)
+	c.status.RetentionSeconds.Minute = int64(opts.RetainMinute / time.Second)
+	c.status.RetentionSeconds.Hour = int64(opts.RetainHour / time.Second)
+	c.status.RetentionSeconds.Day = int64(opts.RetainDay / time.Second)
 	if opts.QueryLog && opts.RetainQueries > 0 {
 		c.status.Retention.Queries = humanDuration(opts.RetainQueries)
+		c.status.RetentionSeconds.Queries = int64(opts.RetainQueries / time.Second)
 	}
 	return c
 }

internal/stats/explore.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Exploring the query log (docs/stats.md#exploring): every answer of the
-// last days (stats.query_retention), filtered by any mix of client, name,
+// last days (stats.retention.queries), filtered by any mix of client, name,
 // view, type, result and blocking, broken down by each of them.
 
 // ExploreFilter narrows the query log. Empty fields don't filter. Each
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ type Exploration struct {
 	Recent []QueryRow `json:"recent"`
 	// Oldest is the first answer the query log still has.
 	Oldest *time.Time `json:"oldest,omitempty"`
-	// Retention is how long it keeps them.
+	// Retention is how long it keeps them, also in seconds.
-	Retention string `json:"retention"`
+	Retention        string `json:"retention"`
+	RetentionSeconds int64  `json:"retention_seconds"`
 }
 
 // ExplorePoint is one step of the series.
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ type ExplorePoint struct {
 }
 
 // ErrNoQueryLog is returned when the query log is off.
-var ErrNoQueryLog = fmt.Errorf("the query log is off: it needs stats.query_log and a stats.query_retention above 0 in /etc/jarl/jarl.yaml (docs/stats.md#exploring)")
+var ErrNoQueryLog = fmt.Errorf("the query log is off: it needs stats.query_log and a stats.retention.queries above 0 in /etc/jarl/jarl.yaml (docs/stats.md#exploring)")
 
 // values splits a filter field into the values it must be one of and the
 // ones (written !VALUE) it must not be: "10.0.0.5, !10.0.0.9".
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ func (q *Querier) Explore(ctx context.Context, f ExploreFilter, topN, recent int
 	}
 	from := now.Add(-since).Unix()
 	out := &Exploration{From: time.Unix(from, 0), To: now, By: map[string][]Entry{}, Series: []ExplorePoint{}, Recent: []QueryRow{},
-		Retention: humanDuration(q.Opts.RetainQueries)}
+		Retention: humanDuration(q.Opts.RetainQueries), RetentionSeconds: int64(q.Opts.RetainQueries / time.Second)}
 	cond, args := q.where(f, from)
 	db := q.Store.db
 

internal/stats/store.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var schema = []string{
 		PRIMARY KEY (res, ts, kind, key)
 	) WITHOUT ROWID;
 	CREATE TABLE meta (key TEXT PRIMARY KEY, value TEXT NOT NULL);`,
-	// 2: the query log, every answer for a while (stats.query_retention),
+	// 2: the query log, every answer for a while (stats.retention.queries),
 	// for drilling down: what a client asked, who asked for a name
 	// (docs/stats.md#exploring).
 	`CREATE TABLE queries (

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

@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ const filterWords = { client: "client", name: "name", domain: "domain", view: "v
 const keys = Object.keys(filterWords);
 const ranges = [["1h", 3600], ["6h", 6 * 3600], ["24h", 86400], ["3d", 3 * 86400], ["7d", 7 * 86400], ["30d", 30 * 86400]];
 
+// exploreRange is the longest range here of at most secs ("1h" at least).
+export function exploreRange(secs) {
+  let out = "1h";
+  for (const [k, s] of ranges) if (s <= secs) out = k;
+  return out;
+}
+
 // exploreHref is the explore page for these filters (and range).
 export function exploreHref(filters, since) {
   const q = new URLSearchParams();
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ export async function render(el, params, query) {
   }
 
   const parts = [head(f, go, since, ex), filterBar(f, since, ex, allViews)];
-  const maxSecs = retentionSecs(ex.retention);
+  const maxSecs = ex.retention_seconds || 7 * 86400;
   parts.push(h("div", { class: "filter-row", role: "group", "aria-label": "Time range" },
     h("span", { class: "muted" }, "Range"),
     h("div", { class: "segmented" }, ranges.filter(([, s]) => s <= maxSecs).map(([k]) =>
@@ -234,9 +241,3 @@ function stepWord(s) {
   if (s % 3600 === 0) return s === 3600 ? "hour" : s / 3600 + " hours";
   return s === 60 ? "minute" : s / 60 + " minutes";
 }
-
-function retentionSecs(r) {
-  const m = /^(\d+)([dhm])$/.exec(r || "");
-  if (!m) return 7 * 86400;
-  return Number(m[1]) * { d: 86400, h: 3600, m: 60 }[m[2]];
-}

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

@@ -2,10 +2,27 @@ import { h, mount, fmtTime, relTime, errorBox } from "../ui.js";
 import { get } from "../api.js";
 import { rerender } from "../app.js";
 import { lineChart, chartCard, legend, timeTable, heatmap, heatmapTable, barList, compact, stepSeconds, endLabelWidth } from "../charts.js";
-import { exploreHref } from "./explore.js";
+import { exploreHref, exploreRange } from "./explore.js";
 
-const ranges = [["1h", "1 hour"], ["6h", "6 hours"], ["24h", "24 hours"], ["7d", "7 days"], ["30d", "30 days"], ["90d", "90 days"]];
+// Ranges: the since value, its words and its button. Only the ones the
-const rangeSecs = { "1h": 3600, "6h": 6 * 3600, "24h": 86400, "7d": 7 * 86400, "30d": 30 * 86400, "90d": 90 * 86400 };
+// statistics are kept for are offered (keptSecs).
+const ranges = [["1h", "1 hour"], ["6h", "6 hours"], ["24h", "24 hours"], ["7d", "7 days"], ["30d", "30 days"], ["90d", "90 days"],
+  ["365d", "year", "1y"], ["730d", "2 years", "2y"]];
+const rangeSecs = { "1h": 3600, "6h": 6 * 3600, "24h": 86400, "7d": 7 * 86400, "30d": 30 * 86400, "90d": 90 * 86400, "365d": 365 * 86400, "730d": 730 * 86400 };
+
+// keptSecs is how far back the statistics go: the longest of the minute,
+// hour and day retentions (a server older than retention_seconds: 2 years).
+function keptSecs(status) {
+  const r = status.retention_seconds;
+  return r ? Math.max(r.minute, r.hour, r.day) : 730 * 86400;
+}
+
+// longestWithin is the longest range of at most secs ("1h" at least).
+function longestWithin(secs) {
+  let out = "1h";
+  for (const [k] of ranges) if (rangeSecs[k] <= secs) out = k;
+  return out;
+}
 
 // Failed answers keep the same color whatever the range: color follows
 // the result code, never its rank.
@@ -36,8 +53,9 @@ const perViewGroups = ["qtype", "rcode", "view", "zone", "blocklist"];
 export async function render(el, params, query) {
   const gen = ++generation;
   const want = query && query.get ? query.get("since") : null;
-  const since = rangeSecs[want] ? want : "24h";
   const status = await get("/stats/status");
+  const kept = keptSecs(status);
+  const since = rangeSecs[want] && rangeSecs[want] <= kept ? want : longestWithin(Math.min(86400, kept));
   const head = h("div", { class: "page-head" },
     h("div", { class: "grow" }, h("h1", null, "Statistics"),
       h("div", { class: "muted" }, status.enabled
@@ -50,7 +68,10 @@ export async function render(el, params, query) {
     mount(el, head, disabledPanel());
     return;
   }
-  const heatSince = rangeSecs[since] < 7 * 86400 ? "7d" : since;
+  // The heatmap needs hourly counters: at least a week of them, at most
+  // what is kept.
+  const hourSecs = status.retention_seconds ? status.retention_seconds.hour : 90 * 86400;
+  const heatSince = longestWithin(Math.min(Math.max(rangeSecs[since], 7 * 86400), hourSecs));
   // Which views: all of them unless some are switched off.
   const allViews = status.query_log ? (await get("/views").catch(() => [])).map((v) => v.name) : [];
   const off = viewsOff();
@@ -58,14 +79,14 @@ export async function render(el, params, query) {
   const filtered = allViews.length > 0 && shown.length < allViews.length;
   const vf = filtered ? { views: shown.join(",") } : {};
   if (filtered && !shown.length) {
-    mount(el, head, filterRow(since, allViews, off), h("div", { class: "empty" }, "No views chosen: switch one on above."));
+    mount(el, head, filterRow(since, kept, allViews, off), h("div", { class: "empty" }, "No views chosen: switch one on above."));
     return;
   }
   let data;
   try {
     data = await loadAll(since, heatSince, status.query_log, vf, filtered);
   } catch (e) {
-    mount(el, head, filterRow(since, allViews, off), errorBox(e));
+    mount(el, head, filterRow(since, kept, allViews, off), errorBox(e));
     return;
   }
   if (gen !== generation) return; // the user moved on
@@ -74,7 +95,7 @@ export async function render(el, params, query) {
   // sudden drop in traffic.
   const timeline = complete(data.timeline), errors = complete(data.errors);
   const step = stepSeconds[timeline.step];
-  const parts = [head, filterRow(since, allViews, off)];
+  const parts = [head, filterRow(since, kept, allViews, off)];
   for (const w of status.warnings || []) parts.push(h("div", { class: "msg warn" }, w));
   if (filtered) {
     parts.push(h("div", { class: "msg info small" }, "Showing view" + (shown.length > 1 ? "s " : " ") + shown.join(", ") + ": answers from named's response log" +
@@ -120,7 +141,7 @@ export async function render(el, params, query) {
   // Who asks for what. With the query log, every value leads to the
   // explore page: a client to what it asked, a name to who asked.
   const ql = !!(status.retention || {}).queries;
-  const ex = (filters) => (ql ? (k) => exploreHref(filters(k), exploreSince(since)) : null);
+  const ex = (filters) => (ql ? (k) => exploreHref(filters(k), exploreSince(since, status)) : null);
   if (status.query_log) {
     const t = data.tops;
     parts.push(h("div", { class: "chart-grid" },
@@ -201,11 +222,11 @@ function complete(tl) {
   return tl;
 }
 
-function filterRow(since, views, off) {
+function filterRow(since, kept, views, off) {
   const range = h("div", { class: "filter-row", role: "group", "aria-label": "Time range" },
     h("span", { class: "muted" }, "Range"),
-    h("div", { class: "segmented" }, ranges.map(([k, label]) =>
+    h("div", { class: "segmented" }, ranges.filter(([k]) => rangeSecs[k] <= kept).map(([k, label, button]) =>
-      h("a", { href: "#/stats?since=" + k, class: k === since ? "active" : "", "aria-current": k === since ? "true" : null, title: "last " + label }, k))));
+      h("a", { href: "#/stats?since=" + k, class: k === since ? "active" : "", "aria-current": k === since ? "true" : null, title: "last " + label }, button || k))));
   if (!views || views.length < 2) return range;
   // A toggle per view (together: linked views, say), and all or none.
   const set = (next) => { saveViewsOff(next); rerender(); };
@@ -312,10 +333,11 @@ function disabledPanel() {
       "(never individual queries) in a separate database, by default for 7 days per minute, 90 days per hour and 2 years per day. See docs/stats.md."));
 }
 
-// exploreSince is the Statistics range for the explore page: the query log
+// exploreSince is the Statistics range for the explore page: at most what
-// keeps days, not months.
+// the query log keeps (days, usually, not months).
-function exploreSince(since) {
+function exploreSince(since, status) {
-  return rangeSecs[since] > 7 * 86400 ? "7d" : since;
+  const q = status.retention_seconds ? status.retention_seconds.queries : 7 * 86400;
+  return exploreRange(Math.min(rangeSecs[since], q));
 }
 
 // dbTile is the statistics database's size: what the statistics cost on

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

@@ -73,9 +73,20 @@ export async function render(el, params, query) {
         f.from ? h("span", { class: "muted" }, " (from view " + f.from + ")") : null,
         f.others && f.others.length ? h("span", { class: "muted" }, " (also " + f.others.map(display).join(", ") + ")") : null)),
         zone.ptr_missing > (zone.ptr_missing_list || []).length ? h("li", { class: "muted" }, "and " + (zone.ptr_missing - zone.ptr_missing_list.length) + " more") : null))
-    : zone.ptr_other_views && can("zones", true) ? h("div", { class: "muted small" },
+    : null;
-      plural(zone.ptr_other_views, "address", "addresses") + " in " + zone.prefix + " only other views' records use, without a PTR record here. ",
+  // Addresses only other views have records for: not missing here, but
-      h("button", { class: "small", title: "Adds PTR records naming them from the other views' records, publishing those names in view " + zone.view, onclick: () => fillPTR(zone, true) }, "Name them from there")) : null;
+  // they can be added (publishing those views' names in this one).
+  const others = zone.ptr_other_views_list || [];
+  const fromViews = [...new Set(others.map((f) => f.from))];
+  const otherNote = !zone.disabled && zone.ptr_other_views && can("zones", true) ? h("div", { class: "muted small" },
+    plural(zone.ptr_other_views, "address", "addresses") + " in " + zone.prefix + " " + (zone.ptr_other_views === 1 ? "has" : "have") + " A or AAAA records only in view " + fromViews.join(", ") +
+      ", not in view " + zone.view + ", so " + (zone.ptr_other_views === 1 ? "it isn't" : "they aren't") + " counted as missing here. ",
+    h("button", { class: "small", title: "Clients of view " + zone.view + " will then get these names, which come from view " + fromViews.join(", "), onclick: () => fillPTR(zone, true) },
+      "Add PTR records for " + (zone.ptr_other_views === 1 ? "it" : "them") + " in view " + zone.view),
+    h("ul", { class: "small ptr-missing" }, others.map((f) => h("li", null,
+      h("span", { class: "mono" }, f.address), " → ", h("span", { class: "mono" }, display(f.target)),
+      fromViews.length > 1 ? h("span", { class: "muted" }, " (view " + f.from + ")") : null)),
+      zone.ptr_other_views > others.length ? h("li", { class: "muted" }, "and " + (zone.ptr_other_views - others.length) + " more") : null)) : null;
   const tabBar = h("div", { class: "tabs" }, tabs.map(([k, label]) => h("a", { href: "#/zones/" + id + "/" + k, class: k === tab ? "active" : "" }, label)));
   // The header and tabs show at once. Below them, switching tabs keeps the
   // previous tab's content (faded) until the new one is loaded, rather
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ export async function render(el, params, query) {
   holder.classList.add("stale");
   body.className = "zone-body";
   body.dataset.zone = id;
-  mount(el, head, banner, tabBar, holder);
+  mount(el, head, banner, otherNote, tabBar, holder);
   if (tab === "records") await recordsTab(body, zone, query);
   else if (tab === "settings") await settingsTab(body, zone);
   else if (tab === "options") await optionsEditor(body, { scope: "zone", scope_id: zone.id, catalogScope: "zone:" + zone.type, title: "Zone options" });

scripts/e2e.sh

@@ -706,10 +706,11 @@ contains "nothing to add"
 # The same network in another view: internal's hosts aren't missing there,
 # and are named from internal only when asked.
 run "the network in external too, filled" 0 $J zone create 10.99.1.0/24 --view external --fill
-contains "only other views' records use"
+contains "A or AAAA records only in other views"
 run "nothing missing there" 0 $J zone show 1.99.10.in-addr.arpa --view external
 not_contains "Missing PTRs"
-contains "^Other views:  *2 addresses"
+contains "^Other views:  *2 addresses with A or AAAA records only in view internal"
+contains "10.99.1.11 -> pi.revtest.test (view internal)"
 run "fill-ptr there: nothing of its own (exit 6)" 6 $J zone fill-ptr 10.99.1.0/24 --view external
 contains "--other-views"
 run "fill-ptr --other-views" 0 $J zone fill-ptr 10.99.1.0/24 --view external --other-views