ReadMeABook: start the scheduler with the service

Only GET /api/init creates the scheduled jobs and starts the scheduler; upstream's image calls it after every start, the LXC never did (#17945). An ExecStartPost hook now waits for the app and Redis like app-start.sh, and update adds it to existing installs.

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
-# Keeps the GitHub Actions referenced in .github/workflows up to date.
-# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/dependabot-options-reference
 version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
+    labels: []
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-      day: "monday"
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
-    labels:
-      - "dependencies"
-    # One PR per week for all action bumps instead of one PR per action.
+    target-branch: "main"
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
     groups:
-      github-actions:
+      actions:
         patterns:
           - "*"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -562,6 +562,41 @@ Exercise vigilance regarding copycat or coat-tailing sites that seek to exploit
 
 </details>
 
+## 2026-10-15
+
+### 🚀 Updated Scripts
+
+  - #### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+    - fix(apprise-api): copy static assets into the served directory [@brokentokin](https://github.com/brokentokin) ([#17940](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/17940))
+    - Bytestash: modify backup process | Update Resources [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#17935](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/17935))
+    - Zabbix: Add '-y' flag to apt install commands [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#17933](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/17933))
+    - karakeep: bump Node.js from 22 to 24 [@github-actions[bot]](https://github.com/github-actions[bot]) ([#17087](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/17087))
+
+### 💾 Core
+
+  - Keep VM release lookups working without system.func [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#144](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/144))
+- Stop calling exit 1 "Operation not permitted" at several steps [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#140](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/140))
+
+## 2026-10-14
+
+### 🚀 Updated Scripts
+
+  - #### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+    - Paperclip: fall back to a non-frozen install when the release lockfile is stale [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#17922](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/17922))
+
+  - #### 🔧 Refactor
+
+    - Immich: rebuild the image libraries when the revision record is missing [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#17919](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/17919))
+
+### 💾 Core
+
+  - Show what the failing command printed, and keep verbose output in the log [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#139](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/139))
+- Install jq before the release lookup and show what a non-JSON answer was [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#138](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/138))
+- Refresh the NodeSource key before a same-major Node.js update [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#137](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/137))
+- github: say why a forge could not be reached instead of 'connection failed' [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#136](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/136))
+
 ## 2026-10-13
 
 ### 🚀 Updated Scripts

ct/apprise-api.sh

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function update_script() {
     $STD uv venv /opt/apprise/.venv
     $STD uv pip install -r requirements.txt gunicorn supervisor -p /opt/apprise/.venv/bin/python
     ln -sf /opt/apprise/.venv/bin/supervisord /opt/apprise/.venv/bin/gunicorn /usr/local/bin/
-    cp -fr apprise_api/static /usr/share/nginx/html/s/
+    cp -fr apprise_api/static/. /usr/share/nginx/html/s/
     mv apprise_api/ webapp
     touch /etc/nginx/server-override.conf
     touch /etc/nginx/location-override.conf

ct/bytestash.sh

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ source "$_cs_boot" 2>/dev/null || source <(curl -fsSL "${COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_CORE_
 APP="ByteStash"
 var_tags="${var_tags:-code}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-4}"
-var_cpu="${var_cpu:-1}"
-var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
+var_cpu="${var_cpu:-2}"
+var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
 var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ function update_script() {
     systemctl stop bytestash-backend bytestash-frontend
     msg_ok "Services Stopped"
 
-    [[ -d /opt/bytestash/data ]] && create_backup /opt/bytestash/data
     [[ -d /opt/data ]] && create_backup /opt/data
-    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "bytestash" "jordan-dalby/ByteStash" "tarball"
+    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 CLEAN_INSTALL_KEEP="data" fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "bytestash" "jordan-dalby/ByteStash" "tarball"
     restore_backup
 
     msg_info "Configuring ByteStash"
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_info "Starting Services"
     systemctl start bytestash-backend bytestash-frontend
     msg_ok "Started Services"
-
     msg_ok "Updated successfully!"
   fi
   exit

ct/immich.sh

@@ -102,17 +102,21 @@ EOF
       msg_ok "Updated Intel OpenVINO dependencies"
     fi
   fi
-  if [[ -f ~/.immich_library_revisions ]]; then
-    libraries=("libjxl" "jpegli" "libheif" "libraw" "imagemagick" "libvips")
-    cd "$BASE_DIR"
-    msg_warn "Checking for updates to custom image-processing libraries (recompile time: 2-15min per library)"
-    ensure_dependencies liblcms2-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev libspng-dev libexif-dev libopenjp2-7-dev
-    $STD git pull
-    for library in "${libraries[@]}"; do
-      compile_"$library"
-    done
-    msg_ok "Image-processing libraries up to date"
+  # Without the revision file the refresh was skipped and sharp failed on an old libvips (#17914).
+  if [[ ! -f ~/.immich_library_revisions ]]; then
+    msg_warn "No record of the compiled image-processing libraries, rebuilding all of them"
+    printf '%s: unknown\n' imagemagick jpegli libheif libjxl libraw libvips >~/.immich_library_revisions
   fi
+  [[ -d "$BASE_DIR/.git" ]] || $STD git clone -b main https://github.com/immich-app/base-images "$BASE_DIR"
+  libraries=("libjxl" "jpegli" "libheif" "libraw" "imagemagick" "libvips")
+  cd "$BASE_DIR"
+  msg_warn "Checking for updates to custom image-processing libraries (recompile time: 2-15min per library)"
+  ensure_dependencies liblcms2-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev libspng-dev libexif-dev libopenjp2-7-dev
+  $STD git pull
+  for library in "${libraries[@]}"; do
+    compile_"$library"
+  done
+  msg_ok "Image-processing libraries up to date"
 
   # 3.3.0 reads geodata/countryInfo.txt; the update before #17823 saved it into app/ instead.
   if [[ -d /opt/immich/geodata && ! -s /opt/immich/geodata/countryInfo.txt ]]; then

ct/karakeep.sh

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ EOF
     sed -i "s/^SERVER_VERSION=.*$/SERVER_VERSION=${CHECK_UPDATE_RELEASE#v}/" /etc/karakeep/karakeep.env
     # Node 24.19.x crashes better-sqlite3 on cleanup (karakeep-app/karakeep#2989); stay on 22 LTS until upstream reverts.
     MODULE_VERSION="$(jq -r '.packageManager | split("@")[1]' /opt/karakeep/package.json)"
-    NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="corepack,pnpm@${MODULE_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
+    NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="corepack,pnpm@${MODULE_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
     setup_meilisearch
 
     msg_info "Updating Karakeep"

ct/paperclip.sh

@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ function update_script() {
     cd /opt/paperclip-ai
     export HUSKY=0
     export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
-    $STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+    $STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile || {
+      msg_warn "The lockfile of this release is out of date, resolving dependencies without it"
+      $STD pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+    }
     $STD pnpm build
     unset NODE_OPTIONS
     msg_ok "Rebuilt Paperclip"

ct/readmeabook.sh

@@ -31,6 +31,28 @@ function update_script() {
     exit
   fi
 
+  if ! grep -q '^ExecStartPost=-/usr/local/bin/readmeabook-init$' /etc/systemd/system/readmeabook.service; then
+    msg_info "Starting the scheduler with the service"
+    cat <<'EOF' >/usr/local/bin/readmeabook-init
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Upstream's image calls /api/init after every start: it creates the scheduled jobs and starts the scheduler
+url="http://127.0.0.1:${PORT:-3030}"
+for _ in $(seq 1 60); do curl -sf -o /dev/null "$url/api/health" && break; sleep 1; done
+for _ in $(seq 1 30); do [[ "$(redis-cli ping 2>/dev/null)" == PONG ]] && break; sleep 1; done
+for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+  curl -sf -o /dev/null "$url/api/init" && exit 0
+  sleep "$attempt"
+done
+echo "ReadMeABook did not answer /api/init, scheduled jobs will not run" >&2
+exit 1
+EOF
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/readmeabook-init
+    sed -i '/^ExecStart=/a ExecStartPost=-/usr/local/bin/readmeabook-init\nTimeoutStartSec=180' /etc/systemd/system/readmeabook.service
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    systemctl restart readmeabook
+    msg_ok "Started the scheduler with the service"
+  fi
+
   if check_for_gh_release "readmeabook" "kikootwo/ReadMeABook"; then
     msg_info "Stopping Service"
     systemctl stop readmeabook

ct/zabbix.sh

@@ -86,16 +86,16 @@ function update_script() {
   rm -rf /tmp/zabbix-release_*.deb
   apt_update_safe
 
-  $STD apt install --only-upgrade zabbix-server-pgsql zabbix-frontend-php php8.4-pgsql
+  $STD apt install --only-upgrade -y zabbix-server-pgsql zabbix-frontend-php php8.4-pgsql
 
   if [[ "$AGENT_SERVICE" == "zabbix-agent2" ]]; then
-    $STD apt install --only-upgrade zabbix-agent2 zabbix-agent2-plugin-postgresql
+    $STD apt install --only-upgrade -y zabbix-agent2 zabbix-agent2-plugin-postgresql
     if [ -f /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.d/plugins.d/nvidia.conf ]; then
       sed -i 's|^Plugins.NVIDIA.System.Path=.*|# Plugins.NVIDIA.System.Path=/usr/libexec/zabbix/zabbix-agent2-plugin-nvidia-gpu|' \
         /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.d/plugins.d/nvidia.conf
     fi
   elif [[ "$AGENT_SERVICE" == "zabbix-agent" ]]; then
-    $STD apt install --only-upgrade zabbix-agent
+    $STD apt install --only-upgrade -y zabbix-agent
   fi
 
   if command -v fping >/dev/null 2>&1; then

install/apprise-api-install.sh

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cp ./requirements.txt /etc/requirements.txt
 $STD uv venv /opt/apprise/.venv
 $STD uv pip install -r requirements.txt gunicorn supervisor -p /opt/apprise/.venv/bin/python
 ln -sf /opt/apprise/.venv/bin/supervisord /opt/apprise/.venv/bin/gunicorn /usr/local/bin/
-cp -fr apprise_api/static /usr/share/nginx/html/s/
+cp -fr apprise_api/static/. /usr/share/nginx/html/s/
 mv apprise_api/ webapp
 touch /etc/nginx/server-override.conf
 touch /etc/nginx/location-override.conf

install/karakeep-install.sh

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "karakeep" "karakeep-app/karakeep" "tarball"
 cd /opt/karakeep
 # Node 24.19.x crashes better-sqlite3 on cleanup (karakeep-app/karakeep#2989); stay on 22 LTS until upstream reverts.
 MODULE_VERSION="$(jq -r '.packageManager | split("@")[1]' /opt/karakeep/package.json)"
-NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@${MODULE_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
+NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@${MODULE_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
 
 msg_info "Installing external JavaScript Extension for yt-dlp"
 $STD pip install -U yt-dlp-ejs --break-system-packages

install/paperclip-install.sh

@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ msg_info "Building Paperclip"
 cd /opt/paperclip-ai
 export HUSKY=0
 export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
-$STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+# Upstream tags ship with a stale pnpm-lock.yaml now and then (paperclipai/paperclip#13923).
+$STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile || {
+  msg_warn "The lockfile of this release is out of date, resolving dependencies without it"
+  $STD pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+}
 $STD pnpm build
 unset NODE_OPTIONS
 msg_ok "Built Paperclip"

install/readmeabook-install.sh

@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ fi
 msg_ok "Built ReadMeABook"
 
 msg_info "Creating Service"
+cat <<'EOF' >/usr/local/bin/readmeabook-init
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Upstream's image calls /api/init after every start: it creates the scheduled jobs and starts the scheduler
+url="http://127.0.0.1:${PORT:-3030}"
+for _ in $(seq 1 60); do curl -sf -o /dev/null "$url/api/health" && break; sleep 1; done
+for _ in $(seq 1 30); do [[ "$(redis-cli ping 2>/dev/null)" == PONG ]] && break; sleep 1; done
+for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+  curl -sf -o /dev/null "$url/api/init" && exit 0
+  sleep "$attempt"
+done
+echo "ReadMeABook did not answer /api/init, scheduled jobs will not run" >&2
+exit 1
+EOF
+chmod +x /usr/local/bin/readmeabook-init
 cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/readmeabook.service
 [Unit]
 Description=ReadMeABook
@@ -75,6 +89,8 @@ User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/readmeabook
 EnvironmentFile=/opt/readmeabook/.env
 ExecStart=${START_CMD}
+ExecStartPost=-/usr/local/bin/readmeabook-init
+TimeoutStartSec=180
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=10