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Two things worth settling before the next release, both in the dashboard's newly default-on path.

The config editor ignored WEB_CONFIG_ENABLED = False. It was registered on enable_web_config or enable_dashboard, and the dashboard plus its write flag now both default on. So upgrading served /config, GET/POST /api/config and /api/restart on the unauthenticated LAN port to the one user who had gone looking for the switch that closes it. A config write is a [SCRIPT] section away from being a shell command, so this is not a cosmetic override. Verified against the real route table before the fix: GET /config → 200, GET /api/config → 200, POST /api/config → 200, POST /api/restart → 202, with the flag explicitly false.

The host guard refused every router-assigned name. nas.fritz.box → 403, and so did the pre-existing config editor reached that way even with DASHBOARD_ENABLED = False — so 2.2.4 users who open it by name lose access on upgrade without changing anything. AVM hands .fritz.box names to every host on the LAN, which makes this the most likely support thread of the release.

What changed

WEB_CONFIG_ENABLED is tri-state, which is what lets False be honoured without turning the feature off for everyone who never set it:

Value Behavior
unset (default) Follows the dashboard — its Configuration tab is the editor
True Editor served with no dashboard, as the flag meant before there was one
False Editor refused even with the dashboard on

WebServer.serve_config_editor decides route registration, so the whole surface disappears together. The status document then omits config_mode, so the page hides the Configuration tab rather than linking to routes that are not there — the same signal an ESPHome device sends about its compiled-in settings. The add-on's guided mode leaves the flag unset instead of saying False: there is no config file to edit there, but saying so would take the guided form's tab with it, and the ha_simple guard already refuses that write.

.home.arpa joins the built-in allowlist. RFC 8375 reserves it for home networks, so the root delegates it to nobody and no outside nameserver can be asked about a name under it — the same property that makes localhost and .local safe. .fritz.box and .lan deliberately stay out: .box is a real gTLD and .lan an ordinary label, so a nameserver can answer for either. Instead they are named explicitly as the case that needs DASHBOARD_ALLOWED_HOSTS, in the docs, config.ini.example, the add-on option text, the generator help, a new troubleshooting entry and the changelog. Mirrored in controls::is_allowed_host, whose dashboard has no login either.

The generator's editor checkbox becomes the tri-state select it already uses for WAIT_FOR_NEXT_MESSAGE, so a generated config can express "off" and not only "on".

Testing

  • ruff format --check, ruff check, mypy clean; 1532 passed, 98 skipped
  • C++ host gtests rebuilt, all 8 binaries green (17 in host_controls_test)
  • ESPHome parity suite with the CLI installed: test_shared_e2e.py 34 passed, no skips
  • Browser e2e: 46 passed; web checks pass and both dashboard artifacts are regenerated and committed
  • New tests: editor-off closes every route and announces no config surface; unset follows the dashboard; True still serves without one; the INI round trip keeps unset apart from off; .home.arpa accepted and .fritz.box/.lan refused on both stacks

Not run locally: the esphome compile matrix. dashboard.cpp is untouched and the one-line change in controls.cpp is covered by the host gtest, so CI's matrix is the check.

Checklist

  • Base branch is develop, not main
  • uv run ruff format . && uv run ruff check . && uv run mypy src/ && uv run pytest
  • Python ↔ ESPHome parity held for shared CT002 behaviour (is_allowed_host mirrored, with tests on both sides)
  • web/ changes: rebuilt the dashboard bundle and committed it
  • User-visible change: folded into the existing dashboard bullet under ## Next, which is the same change this follows up

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  • New Features
    • Added flexible control over dashboard configuration editing: default, enabled, or disabled.
    • The dashboard remains available when configuration editing is disabled.
    • .home.arpa hostnames are automatically accepted for dashboard access.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved protection against unapproved hostnames and DNS-rebinding risks; router-assigned .box and .lan names now require explicit approval.
    • Explicitly disabled configuration settings are preserved correctly.
  • Documentation
    • Updated configuration guidance, examples, translations, and troubleshooting information for host allowlists and configuration editing.

Two release blockers in the dashboard's newly default-on path.

The config editor was registered on `enable_web_config or enable_dashboard`,
and both the dashboard and its write flag now default on. So an upgrade
served /config, GET/POST /api/config and /api/restart on the LAN port to
someone who had explicitly set WEB_CONFIG_ENABLED = False — the one user who
went looking for the switch that closes it. A config write is a `[SCRIPT]`
section away from being a shell command, so this is not a cosmetic override.

The setting is tri-state now, which is what lets it be honoured without
turning the feature off for everyone: unset (the default) follows the
dashboard, whose Configuration tab is that editor; True serves it with no
dashboard, as the flag meant before there was one; False refuses it either
way. The dashboard reports no `config_mode` when the editor is off, so the
page hides the tab rather than linking to routes that are not there — the
same signal an ESPHome device sends about its compiled-in settings. The
add-on's options mode leaves the flag unset instead of saying False: there
is no config file to edit there, but saying so would take the guided form's
tab with it, and the ha_simple guard already refuses the write.

Second, the host guard refused every router-assigned name. `.home.arpa` is
reserved for home networks (RFC 8375), so the root delegates it to nobody and
no outside nameserver can be asked about a name under it — it can join IP
literals, localhost and `.local` in the built-in allowlist. `.fritz.box` and
`.lan` cannot: `.box` is a real gTLD and `.lan` an ordinary label, so both
stay DASHBOARD_ALLOWED_HOSTS decisions — which the docs, the changelog and
the refusal page now all say, since AVM hands `.fritz.box` names to every
host on the LAN and that refusal is otherwise a mystery.

Mirrored in `controls::is_allowed_host` for the firmware, whose dashboard has
no login either. The generator's editor checkbox becomes the same tri-state
select it already uses for WAIT_FOR_NEXT_MESSAGE, so a generated config can
express "off" rather than only "on".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01C1mJeAP2qCCYN4PMvBdEix
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Web configuration behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration state and persistence
src/astrameter/config/..., tests/data/..., tests/test_addon_golden_settings.py
web_config_enabled now supports unset, enabled, and disabled states. INI parsing, rendering, add-on defaults, and fixtures preserve these states.
Editor resolution and capabilities
src/astrameter/web_server.py, src/astrameter/status/registry.py, src/astrameter/web_server_test.py
The web server derives editor availability from explicit settings or dashboard status. Routes, writes, startup warnings, and capabilities follow that result.
Frontend tri-state generation
web/ts/state.ts, web/ts/app.ts, web/ts/generate.ts, web/ts/generate.test.ts
The frontend uses a three-option editor setting and emits WEB_CONFIG_ENABLED only for explicit choices.
Reserved hostname validation
src/astrameter/web_server.py, esphome/components/ct002/controls.cpp, tests/components/ct002/host_controls_test.cpp, src/astrameter/web_server_test.py
.home.arpa hostnames are always accepted. .box and .lan hostnames remain subject to explicit allowlisting.
Configuration and hostname documentation
config.ini.example, docs/dashboard.md, ha_addon/translations/en.yaml, CHANGELOG.md, web/ts/dashboard/option-meta.ts
Documentation describes editor states, host allowlisting, .home.arpa, and router-assigned hostnames.

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The PR changes how web configuration settings are migrated and can silently enable or disable the configuration surface for existing users, while the release notes could mislead operators about when the configuration editor remains available. Merge should wait for the migration handling and documentation to be corrected.

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  Configuration->>WebServer: provide WEB_CONFIG_ENABLED
  WebServer->>WebServer: resolve editor availability
  WebServer->>StatusRegistry: update configuration capabilities
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@tomquist tomquist changed the title Add .home.arpa to always-allowed host suffixes (RFC 8375) Honour WEB_CONFIG_ENABLED = False, and allow .home.arpa host names Aug 15, 2026

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In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Line 19: Correct the CHANGELOG statement for DASHBOARD_ENABLED to reflect that
setting it to False does not disable the configuration editor or health
endpoints when WEB_CONFIG_ENABLED remains True; state the accurate behavior
without claiming that nothing is served.

In `@docs/dashboard.md`:
- Around line 118-120: Update the WEB_CONFIG_ENABLED documentation near its
configuration examples to explicitly describe the True state: it keeps /config
available when DASHBOARD_ENABLED is False. Clarify that WEB_CONFIG_ENABLED
controls the configuration surface, not dashboard write permission, while
retaining the existing omission and False behavior.

In `@web/ts/state.ts`:
- Around line 25-28: Update webConfigEnabled to use the "" | "true" | "false"
value set, and adjust migrate() to convert legacy boolean true/false to
"true"/"false" while normalizing unknown strings to "". Add migration tests
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`migrate()` exists to bring a state saved before a field changed shape
forward, and this one changed from a checkbox to a tri-state select — so a
stored boolean now hit `asStr`, which dropped it to "" and lost a user's
answer. `true` maps to "true"; `false` maps to *unset*, not to "off", since
the checkbox could not say "keep the dashboard's Configuration tab out" and
restoring it as that would take the tab from everyone who comes back to the
generator. Values outside the three known ones normalise the same way rather
than reaching the generator, which reads every non-"true" string as False.

Also two documentation corrections: the changelog claimed
`DASHBOARD_ENABLED = False` serves nothing, when the health check is always
left, and the docs described only two of the flag's three states.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01C1mJeAP2qCCYN4PMvBdEix
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