feat: use uv for initenv if installed

Docker containers may not expose fs.inotify.* sysctl keys at all,
causing a KeyError before the existing container guard could skip them.

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
-name: CI
+name: Run unit-tests and container-based deploy+test verification
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  # Triggers when a PR is merged into main or a direct push occurs
   push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+    
+  # Triggers for any PR (and its subsequent commits) targeting the main branch
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+# Newest push wins: Prevents multiple runs from clashing and wasting runner efforts
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 
 jobs:
   tox:
     name: isolated chatmaild tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         # Checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of merge commit
         # Otherwise `test_deployed_state` will be unhappy.
         with:
@@ -24,7 +35,9 @@ jobs:
     name: deploy-chatmail tests 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
       - name: initenv 
         run: scripts/initenv.sh
@@ -38,5 +51,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
         run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
 
-      # all other cmdeploy commands require a staging server 
+  lxc-test:
-      # see https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/issues/100
+    name: LXC deploy and test
+    uses: chatmail/cmlxc/.github/workflows/lxc-test.yml@v0.10.0
+    with:
+      cmlxc_commands: |
+        cmlxc init 
+        # single cmdeploy relay test
+        cmlxc -v deploy-cmdeploy --source ./repo cm0
+        cmlxc -v test-mini cm0
+        cmlxc -v test-cmdeploy cm0
+
+        # cross cmdeploy relay test
+        cmlxc -v deploy-cmdeploy --source ./repo --ipv4-only cm1
+        cmlxc -v test-cmdeploy cm0 cm1
+
+        # cross cmdeploy/madmail relay tests
+        cmlxc -v deploy-madmail mad0
+        cmlxc -v test-cmdeploy cm0 mad0
+        cmlxc -v test-mini cm0 mad0
+        cmlxc -v test-mini mad0 cm0

.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml

@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-name: deploy on staging-ipv4.testrun.org, and run tests
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'scripts/**'
-      - '**/README.md'
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    name: deploy on staging-ipv4.testrun.org, and run tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-    environment:
-      name: staging-ipv4.testrun.org
-      url: https://staging-ipv4.testrun.org/
-    concurrency: staging-ipv4.testrun.org
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: prepare SSH
-        run: |
-          mkdir ~/.ssh
-          echo "${{ secrets.STAGING_SSH_KEY }}" >> ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
-          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
-          ssh-keyscan staging-ipv4.testrun.org > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-          # save previous acme & dkim state
-          rsync -avz root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/var/lib/acme acme-ipv4 || true
-          rsync -avz root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/etc/dkimkeys dkimkeys-ipv4 || true
-          # store previous acme & dkim state on ns.testrun.org, if it contains useful certs
-          if [ -f dkimkeys-ipv4/dkimkeys/opendkim.private ]; then rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" dkimkeys-ipv4 root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/ || true; fi
-          if [ "$(ls -A acme-ipv4/acme/certs)" ]; then rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" acme-ipv4 root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/ || true; fi
-          # make sure CAA record isn't set
-          scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new .github/workflows/staging-ipv4.testrun.org-default.zone root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org sed -i '/CAA/d' /etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone staging-ipv4.testrun.org /etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
-
-      - name: rebuild staging-ipv4.testrun.org to have a clean VPS
-        run: |
-            curl -X POST \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.HETZNER_API_TOKEN }}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d '{"image":"debian-12"}' \
-            "https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1/servers/${{ secrets.STAGING_IPV4_SERVER_ID }}/actions/rebuild"
-
-      - run: scripts/initenv.sh
-
-      - name: append venv/bin to PATH
-        run: echo venv/bin >>$GITHUB_PATH
-
-      - name: upload TLS cert after rebuilding
-        run: |
-          echo " --- wait until staging-ipv4.testrun.org VPS is rebuilt --- "
-          rm ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-          while ! ssh -o ConnectTimeout=180 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org id -u ; do sleep 1 ; done
-          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org id -u
-          # download acme & dkim state from ns.testrun.org
-          rsync -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/acme-ipv4/acme acme-restore || true
-          rsync -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/dkimkeys-ipv4/dkimkeys dkimkeys-restore || true
-          # restore acme & dkim state to staging2.testrun.org
-          rsync -avz acme-restore/acme root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/var/lib/ || true
-          rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
-          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
-
-      - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
-        run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
-
-      - name: setup dependencies
-        run: |
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org apt update
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org apt install -y git python3.11-venv python3-dev gcc
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org git clone https://github.com/chatmail/relay
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org "cd relay && git checkout " ${{ github.head_ref }}
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org "cd relay && scripts/initenv.sh"
-
-      - name: initialize config
-        run: |
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org "cd relay && scripts/cmdeploy init staging-ipv4.testrun.org"
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org "sed -i 's#disable_ipv6 = False#disable_ipv6 = True#' relay/chatmail.ini"
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org "sed -i 's/#\s*mtail_address/mtail_address/' relay/chatmail.ini"
-
-      - run: ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org "cd relay && scripts/cmdeploy run --verbose --skip-dns-check --ssh-host localhost"
-
-      - name: set DNS entries
-        run: |
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org "cd relay && scripts/cmdeploy dns --zonefile staging-generated.zone --ssh-host localhost"
-          ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org cat relay/staging-generated.zone >> .github/workflows/staging-ipv4.testrun.org-default.zone
-          cat .github/workflows/staging-ipv4.testrun.org-default.zone
-          scp .github/workflows/staging-ipv4.testrun.org-default.zone root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone staging-ipv4.testrun.org /etc/nsd/staging-ipv4.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
-
-      - name: cmdeploy test
-        run: ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org "cd relay && CHATMAIL_DOMAIN2=ci-chatmail.testrun.org scripts/cmdeploy test --slow --ssh-host localhost"
-
-      - name: cmdeploy dns
-        run: ssh root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org "cd relay && scripts/cmdeploy dns -v --ssh-host localhost"
-

.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml

@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-name: deploy on staging2.testrun.org, and run tests
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'scripts/**'
-      - '**/README.md'
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    name: deploy on staging2.testrun.org, and run tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-    environment:
-      name: staging2.testrun.org
-      url: https://staging2.testrun.org/
-    concurrency: staging2.testrun.org
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: prepare SSH
-        run: |
-          mkdir ~/.ssh
-          echo "${{ secrets.STAGING_SSH_KEY }}" >> ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
-          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
-          ssh-keyscan staging2.testrun.org > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-          # save previous acme & dkim state
-          rsync -avz root@staging2.testrun.org:/var/lib/acme . || true
-          rsync -avz root@staging2.testrun.org:/etc/dkimkeys . || true
-          # store previous acme & dkim state on ns.testrun.org, if it contains useful certs
-          if [ -f dkimkeys/opendkim.private ]; then rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" dkimkeys root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/ || true; fi
-          if [ "$(ls -A acme/certs)" ]; then rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" acme root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/ || true; fi
-          # make sure CAA record isn't set
-          scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new .github/workflows/staging.testrun.org-default.zone root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org sed -i '/CAA/d' /etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone staging2.testrun.org /etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
-
-      - name: rebuild staging2.testrun.org to have a clean VPS
-        run: |
-            curl -X POST \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.HETZNER_API_TOKEN }}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d '{"image":"debian-12"}' \
-            "https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1/servers/${{ secrets.STAGING_SERVER_ID }}/actions/rebuild"
-
-      - run: scripts/initenv.sh
-
-      - name: append venv/bin to PATH
-        run: echo venv/bin >>$GITHUB_PATH
-
-      - name: upload TLS cert after rebuilding
-        run: |
-          echo " --- wait until staging2.testrun.org VPS is rebuilt --- "
-          rm ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-          while ! ssh -o ConnectTimeout=180 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging2.testrun.org id -u ; do sleep 1 ; done
-          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging2.testrun.org id -u
-          # download acme & dkim state from ns.testrun.org
-          rsync -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new" -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/acme acme-restore || true
-          rsync -avz root@ns.testrun.org:/tmp/dkimkeys dkimkeys-restore || true
-          # restore acme & dkim state to staging2.testrun.org
-          rsync -avz acme-restore/acme root@staging2.testrun.org:/var/lib/ || true
-          rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging2.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
-          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging2.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
-
-      - name: add hpk42 key to staging server
-        run: ssh root@staging2.testrun.org 'curl -s https://github.com/hpk42.keys >> .ssh/authorized_keys'
-
-      - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
-        run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
-
-      - run: |
-          cmdeploy init staging2.testrun.org
-          sed -i 's/#\s*mtail_address/mtail_address/' chatmail.ini
-
-      - run: cmdeploy run --verbose --skip-dns-check
-
-      - name: set DNS entries
-        run: |
-          cmdeploy dns --zonefile staging-generated.zone --verbose
-          cat staging-generated.zone >> .github/workflows/staging.testrun.org-default.zone
-          cat .github/workflows/staging.testrun.org-default.zone
-          scp .github/workflows/staging.testrun.org-default.zone root@ns.testrun.org:/etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org nsd-checkzone staging2.testrun.org /etc/nsd/staging2.testrun.org.zone
-          ssh root@ns.testrun.org systemctl reload nsd
-
-      - name: cmdeploy test
-        run: CHATMAIL_DOMAIN2=ci-chatmail.testrun.org cmdeploy test --slow
-
-      - name: cmdeploy dns
-        run: cmdeploy dns -v
-

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py

@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ class Config:
         self.filtermail_smtp_port_incoming = int(
             params.get("filtermail_smtp_port_incoming", "10081")
         )
-        self.filtermail_http_port = int(params.get("filtermail_http_port", "10082"))
+        self.filtermail_http_port_incoming = int(
+            params.get("filtermail_http_port_incoming", "10082")
+        )
         self.postfix_reinject_port = int(params.get("postfix_reinject_port", "10025"))
         self.postfix_reinject_port_incoming = int(
             params.get("postfix_reinject_port_incoming", "10026")

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/expire.py

@@ -145,10 +145,6 @@ class Expiry:
             changed = True
         if changed:
             self.remove_file(f"{mbox.basedir}/maildirsize")
-        for file in mbox.extrafiles:
-            if "dovecot.index.cache" in file.path.split("/")[-1]:
-                if file.size > 500 * 1024:
-                    self.remove_file(file.path)
 
     def get_summary(self):
         return (

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/newemail.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 """CGI script for creating new accounts."""
 
+import ipaddress
 import json
 import secrets
 import string
@@ -14,6 +15,16 @@ ALPHANUMERIC = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits
 ALPHANUMERIC_PUNCT = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
 
 
+def wrap_ip(host):
+    if host.startswith("[") and host.endswith("]"):
+        return host
+    try:
+        ipaddress.ip_address(host)
+        return f"[{host}]"
+    except ValueError:
+        return host
+
+
 def create_newemail_dict(config: Config):
     user = "".join(
         secrets.choice(ALPHANUMERIC) for _ in range(config.username_max_length)
@@ -22,7 +33,7 @@ def create_newemail_dict(config: Config):
         secrets.choice(ALPHANUMERIC_PUNCT)
         for _ in range(config.password_min_length + 3)
     )
-    return dict(email=f"{user}@{config.mail_domain}", password=f"{password}")
+    return dict(email=f"{user}@{wrap_ip(config.mail_domain)}", password=f"{password}")
 
 
 def create_dclogin_url(email, password):

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_newmail.py

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ def test_create_newemail_dict(example_config):
     assert ac1["password"] != ac2["password"]
 
 
+def test_create_newemail_dict_ip(make_config):
+    config = make_config("1.2.3.4")
+    ac = create_newemail_dict(config)
+    assert ac["email"].endswith("@[1.2.3.4]")
+
+
 def test_create_dclogin_url():
     url = create_dclogin_url("user@example.org", "p@ss w+rd")
     assert url.startswith("dclogin:")

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/basedeploy.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import io
 import os
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
+from pyinfra import host
+from pyinfra.facts.server import Command
 from pyinfra.operations import files, server, systemd
 
 
@@ -11,6 +13,17 @@ def has_systemd():
     return os.path.isdir("/run/systemd/system")
 
 
+def is_in_container() -> bool:
+    """Return True if running inside a container (Docker, LXC, etc.)."""
+    return (
+        host.get_fact(
+            Command,
+            "systemd-detect-virt --container --quiet 2>/dev/null && echo yes || true",
+        )
+        == "yes"
+    )
+
+
 @contextmanager
 def blocked_service_startup():
     """Prevent services from auto-starting during package installation.

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py

@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
     pyinf = "pyinfra --dry" if args.dry_run else "pyinfra"
 
     cmd = f"{pyinf} --ssh-user root {ssh_host} {deploy_path} -y"
-    if ssh_host in ["localhost", "@docker"]:
+    if ssh_host == "localhost":
-        if ssh_host == "@docker":
-            env["CHATMAIL_NOPORTCHECK"] = "True"
         cmd = f"{pyinf} @local {deploy_path} -y"
 
     if version.parse(pyinfra.__version__) < version.parse("3"):
@@ -316,7 +314,7 @@ def add_ssh_host_option(parser):
     parser.add_argument(
         "--ssh-host",
         dest="ssh_host",
-        help="Run commands on 'localhost', via '@docker', or on a specific SSH host "
+        help="Run commands on 'localhost' or on a specific SSH host "
         "instead of chatmail.ini's mail_domain.",
     )
 
@@ -378,9 +376,7 @@ def get_parser():
 
 def get_sshexec(ssh_host: str, verbose=True):
     if ssh_host in ["localhost", "@local"]:
-        return LocalExec(verbose, docker=False)
+        return LocalExec(verbose)
-    elif ssh_host == "@docker":
-        return LocalExec(verbose, docker=True)
     if verbose:
         print(f"[ssh] login to {ssh_host}")
     return SSHExec(ssh_host, verbose=verbose)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/deployers.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Chat Mail pyinfra deploy.
 """
 
-import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ from .basedeploy import (
     configure_remote_units,
     get_resource,
     has_systemd,
+    is_in_container,
 )
 from .dovecot.deployer import DovecotDeployer
 from .external.deployer import ExternalTlsDeployer
@@ -150,9 +150,6 @@ class UnboundDeployer(Deployer):
         self.need_restart = False
 
     def install(self):
-        # Run local DNS resolver `unbound`. `resolvconf` takes care of
-        # setting up /etc/resolv.conf to use 127.0.0.1 as the resolver.
-
         # On an IPv4-only system, if unbound is started but not configured,
         # it causes subsequent steps to fail to resolve hosts.
         with blocked_service_startup():
@@ -162,6 +159,31 @@ class UnboundDeployer(Deployer):
             )
 
     def configure(self):
+        # Remove dynamic resolver managers that compete for /etc/resolv.conf.
+        apt.packages(
+            name="Purge resolvconf",
+            packages=["resolvconf"],
+            present=False,
+            extra_uninstall_args="--purge",
+        )
+        # systemd-resolved can't be purged due to dependencies; stop and mask.
+        server.shell(
+            name="Stop and mask systemd-resolved",
+            commands=[
+                "systemctl stop systemd-resolved.service || true",
+                "systemctl mask systemd-resolved.service",
+            ],
+        )
+        # Configure unbound resolver with Quad9 fallback and a trailing newline
+        # (SolusVM bug).
+        files.put(
+            name="Write static resolv.conf",
+            src=BytesIO(b"nameserver 127.0.0.1\nnameserver 9.9.9.9\n"),
+            dest="/etc/resolv.conf",
+            user="root",
+            group="root",
+            mode="644",
+        )
         server.shell(
             name="Generate root keys for validating DNSSEC",
             commands=[
@@ -568,14 +590,6 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -
         Deployment().perform_stages([WebsiteDeployer(config)])
         return
 
-    if host.get_fact(Port, port=53) != "unbound":
-        files.line(
-            name="Add 9.9.9.9 to resolv.conf",
-            path="/etc/resolv.conf",
-            # Guard against resolv.conf missing a trailing newline (SolusVM bug).
-            line="\nnameserver 9.9.9.9",
-        )
-
     # Check if mtail_address interface is available (if configured)
     if config.mtail_address and config.mtail_address not in ('127.0.0.1', '::1', 'localhost'):
         ipv4_addrs = host.get_fact(hardware.Ipv4Addrs)
@@ -584,7 +598,7 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool, website_only: bool) -
             Out().red(f"Deploy failed: mtail_address {config.mtail_address} is not available (VPN up?).\n")
             exit(1)
 
-    if not os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_NOPORTCHECK"):
+    if not is_in_container():
         port_services = [
             (["master", "smtpd"], 25),
             ("unbound", 53),

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/deployer.py

@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ from cmdeploy.basedeploy import (
     blocked_service_startup,
     configure_remote_units,
     get_resource,
+    is_in_container,
 )
 
-DOVECOT_VERSION = "2.3.21+dfsg1-3"
+DOVECOT_ARCHIVE_VERSION = "2.3.21+dfsg1-3"
+DOVECOT_PACKAGE_VERSION = f"1:{DOVECOT_ARCHIVE_VERSION}"
 
 DOVECOT_SHA256 = {
     ("core", "amd64"): "dd060706f52a306fa863d874717210b9fe10536c824afe1790eec247ded5b27d",
@@ -40,11 +42,14 @@ class DovecotDeployer(Deployer):
         with blocked_service_startup():
             debs = []
             for pkg in ("core", "imapd", "lmtpd"):
-                deb = _download_dovecot_package(pkg, arch)
+                deb, changed = _download_dovecot_package(pkg, arch)
+                self.need_restart |= changed
                 if deb:
                     debs.append(deb)
             if debs:
                 deb_list = " ".join(debs)
+                # First dpkg may fail on missing dependencies (stderr suppressed);
+                # apt-get --fix-broken pulls them in, then dpkg retries cleanly.
                 server.shell(
                     name="Install dovecot packages",
                     commands=[
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ class DovecotDeployer(Deployer):
                         f"dpkg --force-confdef --force-confold -i {deb_list}",
                     ],
                 )
+                self.need_restart = True
         files.put(
             name="Pin dovecot packages to block Debian dist-upgrades",
             src=io.StringIO(
@@ -61,15 +67,30 @@ class DovecotDeployer(Deployer):
                 "Pin-Priority: -1\n"
             ),
             dest="/etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-dovecot",
+            user="root",
+            group="root",
+            mode="644",
         )
 
     def configure(self):
         configure_remote_units(self.config.mail_domain, self.units)
-        self.need_restart, self.daemon_reload = _configure_dovecot(self.config)
+        config_restart, self.daemon_reload = _configure_dovecot(self.config)
+        self.need_restart |= config_restart
 
     def activate(self):
         activate_remote_units(self.units)
 
+        # Detect stale binary: package installed but service still runs old (deleted) binary.
+        if not self.disable_mail and not self.need_restart:
+            stale = host.get_fact(
+                Command,
+                'pid=$(systemctl show -p MainPID --value dovecot.service 2>/dev/null);'
+                ' [ "${pid:-0}" != "0" ] && readlink "/proc/$pid/exe" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "(deleted)"'
+                " && echo STALE || true",
+            )
+            if stale == "STALE":
+                self.need_restart = True
+
         restart = False if self.disable_mail else self.need_restart
 
         systemd.service(
@@ -94,22 +115,22 @@ def _pick_url(primary, fallback):
         return fallback
 
 
-def _download_dovecot_package(package: str, arch: str):
+def _download_dovecot_package(package: str, arch: str) -> tuple[str | None, bool]:
-    """Download a dovecot .deb if needed, return its path (or None)."""
+    """Download a dovecot .deb if needed, return (path, changed)."""
     arch = "amd64" if arch == "x86_64" else arch
     arch = "arm64" if arch == "aarch64" else arch
 
     pkg_name = f"dovecot-{package}"
     sha256 = DOVECOT_SHA256.get((package, arch))
     if sha256 is None:
-        apt.packages(packages=[pkg_name])
+        op = apt.packages(packages=[pkg_name])
-        return None
+        return None, bool(getattr(op, "changed", False))
 
     installed_versions = host.get_fact(DebPackages).get(pkg_name, [])
-    if DOVECOT_VERSION in installed_versions:
+    if DOVECOT_PACKAGE_VERSION in installed_versions:
-        return None
+        return None, False
 
-    url_version = DOVECOT_VERSION.replace("+", "%2B")
+    url_version = DOVECOT_ARCHIVE_VERSION.replace("+", "%2B")
     deb_base = f"{pkg_name}_{url_version}_{arch}.deb"
     primary_url = f"https://download.delta.chat/dovecot/{deb_base}"
     fallback_url = f"https://github.com/chatmail/dovecot/releases/download/upstream%2F{url_version}/{deb_base}"
@@ -124,18 +145,7 @@ def _download_dovecot_package(package: str, arch: str):
         cache_time=60 * 60 * 24 * 365 * 10,  # never redownload the package
     )
 
-    return deb_filename
+    return deb_filename, True
-
-
-def _can_set_inotify_limits() -> bool:
-    is_container = (
-        host.get_fact(
-            Command,
-            "systemd-detect-virt --container --quiet 2>/dev/null && echo yes || true",
-        )
-        == "yes"
-    )
-    return not is_container
 
 
 def _configure_dovecot(config: Config, debug: bool = False) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
@@ -173,10 +183,10 @@ def _configure_dovecot(config: Config, debug: bool = False) -> tuple[bool, bool]
 
     # as per https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/os/
     # it is recommended to set the following inotify limits
-    can_modify = _can_set_inotify_limits()
+    can_modify = not is_in_container()
     for name in ("max_user_instances", "max_user_watches"):
         key = f"fs.inotify.{name}"
-        value = host.get_fact(Sysctl)[key]
+        value = host.get_fact(Sysctl).get(key, 0)
         if value > 65534:
             continue
         if not can_modify:

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dovecot/dovecot.conf.j2

@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ userdb {
 # Mailboxes are stored in the "mail" directory of the vmail user home.
 mail_location = maildir:{{ config.mailboxes_dir }}/%u
 
+# index/cache files are not very useful for chatmail relay operations 
+# but it's not clear how to disable them completely. 
+# According to https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/settings/advanced/#core_setting-mail_cache_max_size
+# if the cache file becomes larger than the specified size, it is truncated by dovecot 
+mail_cache_max_size = 500K
+
 namespace inbox {
   inbox = yes
 
@@ -127,6 +133,11 @@ protocol lmtp {
   # mail_lua and push_notification_lua are needed for Lua push notification handler.
   # <https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/push_notification/#configuration>
   mail_plugins = $mail_plugins mail_lua notify push_notification push_notification_lua
+
+  # Disable fsync for LMTP. May lose delivered message,
+  # but unlikely to cause problems with multiple relays.
+  # https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/admin_manual/mailbox_formats/#fsyncing
+  mail_fsync = never
 }
 
 plugin {
@@ -246,6 +257,9 @@ protocol imap {
   # sort -sn <(sed 's/ / C: /' *.in) <(sed 's/ / S: /' cat *.out)
 
   rawlog_dir = %h 
+
+  # Disable fsync for IMAP. May lose IMAP changes like setting flags. 
+  mail_fsync = never
 } 
 {% endif %}
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/nginx.conf.j2

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ http {
 		access_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,facility=local7;
 
 		location /mxdeliv/ {
-		    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{{ config.filtermail_http_port }};
+		    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{{ config.filtermail_http_port_incoming }};
 		}
 
 		location / {

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/sshexec.py

@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ class SSHExec:
 class LocalExec:
     FuncError = FuncError
 
-    def __init__(self, verbose=False, docker=False):
+    def __init__(self, verbose=False):
         self.verbose = verbose
-        self.docker = docker
 
     def __call__(self, call, kwargs=None, log_callback=None):
         if kwargs is None:
@@ -101,10 +100,6 @@ class LocalExec:
         if not title:
             title = call.__name__
         where = "locally"
-        if self.docker:
-            if call == remote.rdns.perform_initial_checks:
-                kwargs["pre_command"] = "docker exec chatmail "
-                where = "in docker"
         if self.verbose:
             print_stderr(f"Running {where}: {title}(**{kwargs})")
             return self(call, kwargs, log_callback=print_stderr)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_1_basic.py

@@ -71,6 +71,44 @@ class TestSSHExecutor:
         assert (now - since_date).total_seconds() < 60 * 60 * 51
 
 
+def test_dovecot_main_process_matches_installed_binary(sshdomain):
+    sshexec = get_sshexec(sshdomain)
+    main_pid = int(
+        sshexec(
+            call=remote.rshell.shell,
+            kwargs=dict(
+                command="timeout 10 systemctl show -p MainPID --value dovecot.service"
+            ),
+        ).strip()
+    )
+    assert main_pid != 0, "dovecot.service MainPID is 0 -- service not running?"
+
+    exe = sshexec(
+        call=remote.rshell.shell,
+        kwargs=dict(command=f"timeout 10 readlink /proc/{main_pid}/exe"),
+    ).strip()
+    status_text = sshexec(
+        call=remote.rshell.shell,
+        kwargs=dict(
+            command="timeout 10 systemctl show -p StatusText --value dovecot.service"
+        ),
+    ).strip()
+    installed_version = sshexec(
+        call=remote.rshell.shell, kwargs=dict(command="timeout 10 dovecot --version")
+    ).strip()
+
+    assert not exe.endswith("(deleted)"), (
+        f"running dovecot binary was deleted (stale after upgrade): {exe}"
+    )
+    expected_status_text = f"v{installed_version}"
+    assert status_text == expected_status_text or status_text.startswith(
+        f"{expected_status_text} "
+    ), (
+        f"dovecot status version mismatch: "
+        f"StatusText={status_text!r}, installed={installed_version!r}"
+    )
+
+
 def test_timezone_env(remote):
     for line in remote.iter_output("env"):
         print(line)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/plugin.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import imaplib
+import ipaddress
 import itertools
 import os
 import random
@@ -14,6 +15,14 @@ from chatmaild.config import read_config
 conftestdir = Path(__file__).parent
 
 
+def _is_ip(domain):
+    try:
+        ipaddress.ip_address(domain)
+        return True
+    except ValueError:
+        return False
+
+
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption(
         "--slow", action="store_true", default=False, help="also run slow tests"
@@ -282,6 +291,7 @@ def gencreds(chatmail_config):
 
     def gen(domain=None):
         domain = domain if domain else chatmail_config.mail_domain
+        addr_domain = f"[{domain}]" if _is_ip(domain) else domain
         while 1:
             num = next(count)
             alphanumeric = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890"
@@ -295,7 +305,7 @@ def gencreds(chatmail_config):
             password = "".join(
                 random.choices(alphanumeric, k=chatmail_config.password_min_length)
             )
-            yield f"{user}@{domain}", f"{password}"
+            yield f"{user}@{addr_domain}", f"{password}"
 
     return lambda domain=None: next(gen(domain))
 
@@ -344,9 +354,22 @@ class ChatmailACFactory:
         accounts = []
         for _ in range(num):
             account = self.dc.add_account()
-            future = account.add_or_update_transport.future(
+            addr, password = self.gencreds(domain)
-                self._make_transport(domain)
+            if _is_ip(domain):
-            )
+                # Use DCLOGIN scheme with explicit server hosts,
+                # matching how madmail presents its addresses to users.
+                qr = (
+                    f"dclogin:{addr}"
+                    f"?p={password}&v=1"
+                    f"&ih={domain}&ip=993"
+                    f"&sh={domain}&sp=465"
+                    f"&ic=3&ss=default"
+                )
+                future = account.add_transport_from_qr.future(qr)
+            else:
+                future = account.add_or_update_transport.future(
+                    self._make_transport(domain)
+                )
             futures.append(future)
 
             # ensure messages stay in INBOX so that they can be

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/test_dovecot_deployer.py

@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+from contextlib import nullcontext
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import pytest
+from pyinfra.facts.deb import DebPackages
+
+from cmdeploy.dovecot import deployer as dovecot_deployer
+
+
+def make_host(*fact_pairs):
+    """Build a mock host; get_fact(cls) dispatches to the provided facts mapping.
+
+    Args:
+        *fact_pairs: tuples of (fact_class, fact_value) to register
+
+    Returns:
+        SimpleNamespace with get_fact that raises a clear error if an
+        unexpected fact type is requested.
+    """
+    facts = dict(fact_pairs)
+
+    def get_fact(cls):
+        if cls not in facts:
+            registered = ", ".join(c.__name__ for c in facts)
+            raise LookupError(
+                f"unexpected get_fact({cls.__name__}); "
+                f"only registered: {registered}"
+            )
+        return facts[cls]
+
+    return SimpleNamespace(get_fact=get_fact)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def deployer():
+    return dovecot_deployer.DovecotDeployer(
+        SimpleNamespace(mail_domain="chat.example.org"),
+        disable_mail=False,
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def patch_blocked(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(dovecot_deployer, "blocked_service_startup", nullcontext)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_files_put(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer.files,
+        "put",
+        lambda **kwargs: SimpleNamespace(changed=False),
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def track_shell(monkeypatch):
+    calls = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer.server,
+        "shell",
+        lambda **kwargs: calls.append(kwargs) or SimpleNamespace(changed=False),
+    )
+    return calls
+
+
+def test_download_dovecot_package_skips_epoch_matched_install(monkeypatch):
+    epoch_version = dovecot_deployer.DOVECOT_PACKAGE_VERSION
+    downloads = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer,
+        "host",
+        make_host((DebPackages, {"dovecot-core": [epoch_version]})),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer,
+        "_pick_url",
+        lambda primary, fallback: primary,
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer.files,
+        "download",
+        lambda **kwargs: downloads.append(kwargs),
+    )
+
+    deb, changed = dovecot_deployer._download_dovecot_package("core", "amd64")
+
+    assert deb is None, f"expected no deb path when version matches, got {deb!r}"
+    assert changed is False, "should not flag changed when version already installed"
+    assert downloads == [], "should not download when version already installed"
+
+
+def test_download_dovecot_package_uses_archive_version_for_url_and_filename(
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+    downloads = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer,
+        "host",
+        make_host((DebPackages, {})),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer,
+        "_pick_url",
+        lambda primary, fallback: primary,
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer.files,
+        "download",
+        lambda **kwargs: downloads.append(kwargs),
+    )
+
+    deb, changed = dovecot_deployer._download_dovecot_package("core", "amd64")
+
+    archive_version = dovecot_deployer.DOVECOT_ARCHIVE_VERSION.replace("+", "%2B")
+    expected_deb = f"/root/dovecot-core_{archive_version}_amd64.deb"
+
+    # Verify the returned path uses archive version, not package version (with epoch)
+    assert changed is True, "should flag changed when package not yet installed"
+    assert deb == expected_deb, f"deb path mismatch: {deb!r} != {expected_deb!r}"
+    assert dovecot_deployer.DOVECOT_PACKAGE_VERSION not in deb, (
+        f"deb path should use archive version (no epoch), got {deb!r}"
+    )
+    assert len(downloads) == 1, "files.download should be called exactly once"
+
+
+def test_install_skips_dpkg_path_when_epoch_matched_packages_present(
+    deployer, patch_blocked, mock_files_put, track_shell, monkeypatch
+):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer,
+        "host",
+        make_host(
+            (
+                dovecot_deployer.DebPackages,
+                {
+                    "dovecot-core": [dovecot_deployer.DOVECOT_PACKAGE_VERSION],
+                    "dovecot-imapd": [dovecot_deployer.DOVECOT_PACKAGE_VERSION],
+                    "dovecot-lmtpd": [dovecot_deployer.DOVECOT_PACKAGE_VERSION],
+                },
+            ),
+            (dovecot_deployer.Arch, "x86_64"),
+        ),
+    )
+    downloads = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer.files,
+        "download",
+        lambda **kwargs: downloads.append(kwargs),
+    )
+
+    deployer.install()
+
+    assert downloads == [], "should not download when all packages epoch-matched"
+    assert track_shell == [], "should not run dpkg when all packages epoch-matched"
+    assert deployer.need_restart is False, (
+        "need_restart should be False when nothing changed"
+    )
+
+
+def test_install_unsupported_arch_falls_back_to_apt(
+    deployer, patch_blocked, mock_files_put, track_shell, monkeypatch
+):
+    # For unsupported architectures, all fact lookups return the arch string.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer,
+        "host",
+        SimpleNamespace(get_fact=lambda cls: "riscv64"),
+    )
+    apt_calls = []
+
+    # Mirrors apt.packages() return value: OperationMeta with .changed property.
+    # Only lmtpd triggers a change to verify |= accumulation of changed flags.
+    def fake_apt(**kwargs):
+        apt_calls.append(kwargs)
+        changed = "lmtpd" in kwargs["packages"][0]
+        return SimpleNamespace(changed=changed)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(dovecot_deployer.apt, "packages", fake_apt)
+
+    deployer.install()
+
+    actual_pkgs = [c["packages"] for c in apt_calls]
+    assert actual_pkgs == [["dovecot-core"], ["dovecot-imapd"], ["dovecot-lmtpd"]], (
+        f"expected apt install of core/imapd/lmtpd, got {actual_pkgs}"
+    )
+    assert track_shell == [], "should not run dpkg for unsupported arch"
+    assert deployer.need_restart is True, (
+        "need_restart should be True when apt installed a package"
+    )
+
+
+def test_install_runs_dpkg_when_packages_need_download(
+    deployer, patch_blocked, mock_files_put, track_shell, monkeypatch
+):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer,
+        "host",
+        make_host(
+            (dovecot_deployer.DebPackages, {}),
+            (dovecot_deployer.Arch, "x86_64"),
+        ),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer,
+        "_pick_url",
+        lambda primary, fallback: primary,
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        dovecot_deployer.files,
+        "download",
+        lambda **kwargs: SimpleNamespace(changed=True),
+    )
+
+    deployer.install()
+
+    assert len(track_shell) == 1, (
+        f"expected one server.shell() call for dpkg install, got {len(track_shell)}"
+    )
+    cmds = track_shell[0]["commands"]
+    assert len(cmds) == 3, f"expected 3 dpkg/apt commands, got: {cmds}"
+    assert cmds[0].startswith("dpkg --force-confdef --force-confold -i ")
+    assert "apt-get -y --fix-broken install" in cmds[1]
+    assert cmds[2].startswith("dpkg --force-confdef --force-confold -i ")
+    assert deployer.need_restart is True, (
+        "need_restart should be True after dpkg install"
+    )
+
+
+def test_pick_url_falls_back_on_primary_error(monkeypatch):
+    def raise_error(req, timeout):
+        raise OSError("connection timeout")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(dovecot_deployer.urllib.request, "urlopen", raise_error)
+    result = dovecot_deployer._pick_url("http://primary", "http://fallback")
+    assert result == "http://fallback", (
+        f"should fall back when primary fails, got {result!r}"
+    )

scripts/initenv.sh

@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@ if command -v lsb_release 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
   esac
 fi
 
-python3 -m venv --upgrade-deps venv
+if command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-
+  echo "Using uv for faster environment setup..."
-venv/bin/pip install -e chatmaild 
+  uv venv venv
-venv/bin/pip install -e cmdeploy
+  uv pip install --python venv/bin/python -e chatmaild
-venv/bin/pip install sphinx sphinxcontrib-mermaid sphinx-autobuild furo  # for building the docs
+  uv pip install --python venv/bin/python -e cmdeploy
+  uv pip install --python venv/bin/python sphinx sphinxcontrib-mermaid sphinx-autobuild furo
+else
+  python3 -m venv --upgrade-deps venv
+  venv/bin/pip install -e chatmaild
+  venv/bin/pip install -e cmdeploy
+  venv/bin/pip install sphinx sphinxcontrib-mermaid sphinx-autobuild furo
+fi