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perpetual: clear in-progress flags after a crash, downloads only in the perpetual process, KillMode=mixed (#726)
* perpetual: clear in-progress flags after a crash; downloads only in the perpetual process

Found by a kill -9 stress test on a device:

A SIGKILL inside `with flags.file_worker_counting` (or any of the file
worker's progress flags) left the shared flag set, so every later refresh
raised "flag is already set" until the whole API was restarted.
reconcile_after_predecessor now clears the perpetual process's in-progress
flags (file_worker_*, global_refresh_active) and reports it.

create_downloads started a dispatch in whatever process called it, so an
API worker executed downloads (and could take transcode_lock) despite the
single-process design.  It now dispatches only inside the perpetual
process (or under pytest); the download loop picks new rows up within
seconds otherwise.

The shared restart cooldown drops from 60 s to 15 s: it only has to
outlast the manager acting on a request, and a replacement that dies
right away was left dead for the rest of the minute.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* systemd: KillMode=mixed for the API so main shuts its own children down

With control-group kill, SIGTERM reaches the multiprocessing Manager at
the same moment as Sanic's main process; main's cleanup then writes
worker state to a dead Manager (broken pipe) and exits 1, so a plain
`systemctl stop` is recorded as a failure whenever a child takes a
moment to stop (a transcode being killed, for instance).  Signal only
main; it stops the workers and the perpetual process itself.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* perpetual: clear an in-progress flag only when its holder is dead

`with flag:` now records the holder pid in shared_ctx.flag_holders and
drops it on exit.  The reconcile step clears the flags only the perpetual
process ever enters (file_worker_counting, file_worker_discovery,
global_refresh_active) whenever they are set, and the flags API workers
also enter (file_worker_modeling / indexing / cleanup via refresh_sync,
map_search_building via the map rebuild endpoints) only when the
recorded holder is dead.  file_worker_busy is no longer touched: a
collection move in an API worker holds it as a mutex, and
process_queue drops a stale one itself.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-26 11:22:58 -06:00
.circleci test: the component suite has not run since cypress 15, on any machine (#661) 2026-08-12 21:57:07 -06:00
.github ci: raise the test timeout to 120s, and run controller tests on pull requests 2026-08-08 18:05:44 -06:00
.run Video downloads have many more options. Downloads are migrated. 2024-11-28 09:48:57 -07:00
alembic files: extract refresh compare into its own module; drop file_group.idempotency (#717) 2026-09-20 20:58:19 -06:00
app app: video comments and description distinguish pending from empty (#727) 2026-09-26 11:22:37 -06:00
controller Hotspot captive portal: welcome page with the WROLPi's address (#709) 2026-09-13 20:10:02 -06:00
debian-live-config zim: ship a default fallback Zim and honor the configured Zim directory 2026-07-20 19:09:57 -06:00
docker Hotspot captive portal: welcome page with the WROLPi's address (#709) 2026-09-13 20:10:02 -06:00
etc perpetual: clear in-progress flags after a crash, downloads only in the perpetual process, KillMode=mixed (#726) 2026-09-26 11:22:58 -06:00
modules files: shared modeler batch loop for video, doc, zim, archive (#722) 2026-09-24 16:47:46 -06:00
pi-gen zim: ship a default fallback Zim and honor the configured Zim directory 2026-07-20 19:09:57 -06:00
release Retrying build image uploads multiple times before failing release attempt. 2026-06-11 19:46:31 -06:00
scripts files: SQL FileGroup compare, stem column, drop unused discovery path (#713) 2026-09-18 08:57:56 -06:00
test Modifying Video/Channel/RSS Downloaders so that they can download videos, but audio only. These audio files are grouped under their channel directories. 2026-04-14 15:33:01 -06:00
wrolpi perpetual: clear in-progress flags after a crash, downloads only in the perpetual process, KillMode=mixed (#726) 2026-09-26 11:22:58 -06:00
.coveragerc Adding coverage config which ignores non-API directories. 2024-10-16 18:56:03 -06:00
.dockerignore A new start 2021-11-01 16:43:09 -06:00
.gitignore Fix API stalls: non-blocking switch worker, threaded searches, indexed Videos page (#678) 2026-08-29 16:17:53 -06:00
.gitmodules Adding FileGroup.published_date/author/etc. Creating script which converts a Singlefile to an Archive FileGroup files. 2023-10-23 18:09:08 -06:00
.gitpod.yml Postgres -> SQLite hard cutover: the database moves into the media directory. 2026-07-12 14:09:37 -06:00
.mcp.json.example Removing WROLPi admin functionality that is now in Controller. 2025-12-19 18:41:27 -07:00
alembic.ini Postgres -> SQLite hard cutover: the database moves into the media directory. 2026-07-12 14:09:37 -06:00
conftest.py Zim/Kiwix (Wikipedia) feature 2023-07-10 21:30:40 -06:00
demo_link.jpg Replacing demo image. 2023-01-30 13:27:26 -07:00
docker-compose.yml Map previews that never drew, and a Docker map with no world under it (#658) 2026-08-11 20:37:23 -06:00
help.sh help.sh: move DB integrity scan out of startup diagnostics 2026-07-22 19:47:35 -06:00
icon.ico A new start 2021-11-01 16:43:09 -06:00
icon.png Zim/Kiwix (Wikipedia) feature 2023-07-10 21:30:40 -06:00
INSTALL.md Docs: recommend Raspberry Pi Imager instead of Etcher. 2026-07-03 18:58:54 -06:00
install.sh Disambiguate 'git checkout release' in install.sh 2026-06-27 13:57:27 -06:00
join_discord.png A new start 2021-11-01 16:43:09 -06:00
LICENSE A new start 2021-11-01 16:43:09 -06:00
main.py api: run the perpetual loops in one Sanic-managed process (#718) 2026-09-23 07:53:53 -06:00
pytest.ini ci: raise the test timeout to 120s, and run controller tests on pull requests 2026-08-08 18:05:44 -06:00
README.md Postgres -> SQLite hard cutover: the database moves into the media directory. 2026-07-12 14:09:37 -06:00
repair.sh Hotspot captive portal: welcome page with the WROLPi's address (#709) 2026-09-13 20:10:02 -06:00
requirements.txt build(deps): update rarfile requirement from >=4.2 to >=4.5 (#682) 2026-09-03 16:25:24 -06:00
test_all.sh Creating test_all.sh script to run all frontend and backend tests. 2025-12-17 15:11:57 -07:00
UPGRADE.md Documenting WROLPi Portable USB, splitting install docs into INSTALL.md. 2026-05-28 21:33:22 -06:00
upgrade.sh upgrade: restart services when the upgrade fails before code changes (#669) 2026-08-19 18:52:53 -06:00

WROLPi

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Create your own off-grid library.

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WROLPi is a self-contained collection of software to help you survive the world Without Rule of Law.

WROLPi is intended to be run on a Raspberry Pi with an optional external drive attached. It serves up it's own Wi-Fi network so that any user with a laptop/tablet/phone can connect and use the library created by the maintainer.

Table of Contents

Features

  • Videos
  • Web Archives
  • Maps
  • Wikipedia
  • File search
  • eBooks (EPUB / PDFs)
  • Wi-Fi Hotspot
  • Universal search
  • Food Inventory management
  • One-Time pad generator, encrypter/decrypter
  • Synchronizer/duplicator
  • Food storage calculator

Module features matrix

Module View Search Download Project
Videos yes yes yes yt-dlp
Web Archives yes yes yes Singlefile
Wikipedia yes yes yes Kiwix
eBooks yes yes planned EPUB/PDF
Map yes yes yes Protomaps
Podcasts/Audio yes planned planned

Demo

YouTube Demo Video

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Images are available at wrolpi.org

Try WROLPi!

You can try out WROLPi by running the docker containers.

  1. Install docker-ce and docker-compose
  2. Copy the latest WROLPi code.
    • git clone https://github.com/lrnselfreliance/wrolpi.git
  3. Change directory into the code base.
    • cd wrolpi
  4. Initialize git submodules
    • git submodule update --init
  5. Build the containers.
    • docker-compose build --parallel
  6. Create volumes.
    • docker volume create --name=openstreetmap-data
    • docker volume create --name=openstreetmap-rendered-tiles
  7. Initialize the database (SQLite in the media directory).
    • docker-compose run --rm api db upgrade
  8. Start the docker containers.
    • docker-compose up
  9. Browse to WROLPi.

More Docker documentation is available in docker/README.md

Install WROLPi

Full installation instructions are in INSTALL.md. Pick the option that matches your hardware:

  • WROLPi Portable (Live USB) — boot a complete WROLPi from a USB stick on any x86 PC or laptop. Nothing is installed to the computer; the first boot creates a persistence partition on the USB so your library, database, and configuration survive reboots.
  • Debian 12 — install WROLPi onto an x86 PC or laptop.
  • Raspberry Pi — install WROLPi onto a Raspberry Pi with an external drive.
  • Docker — run the WROLPi containers on an existing Linux host.

Charter

Guiding Principals

  1. Storage is cheaper than power.
  2. Two is one, one is none.
  3. Run silently.
  4. Primary, secondary, tertiary.
  5. Secure as a bookshelf in your home.

Physical properties

  1. A WROLPi instance should be capable of running with a minimal of hardware:
    • Raspberry Pi
    • SD card
    • External USB hard drive
    • Power supply and cables
    • Wi-Fi USER device such as a phone, tablet, or laptop.
  2. A WROLPi instance should consume a minimal amount of electricity during WROL event. It is expected power will be scarce when WROLPi is needed most.

User expectations

  1. A WROLPi instance should be run and maintained by a person (MAINTAINER) with a moderate amount of Linux and Raspberry Pi experience. It is expected that they should be able to do this using only the documentation on their WROLPi.

Software properties and capabilities

  1. A WROLPi instance should be able to "factory-reset" itself without any outside services.
  2. WROLPi should function completely without any internet services.
  3. A user should have easy access to their data if WROLPi fails:
    • For example, a user can watch their videos by navigating a short and intuitive directory structure and opening the video in their preferred video player.
  4. WROLPi should be self-documented. The UI should contain a tutorial for USERS as well as the MAINTAINER.
    • If the UI isn't functional, the code should be documented such that a user can restore functionality.
  5. WROLPi should favor pre-processing, rather than processing during a WROL event. Such as re-encoding a video, or processing captions. This is to ensure that when a user adds content during non-WROL time, the processing for optimum performance is already done for a WROL event.

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