systemd: pre-create volatile /run paths so vacuum-walld's ProtectSystem=strict namespace setup cannot fail with 226/NAMESPACE — RuntimeDirectory=vacuum-wall nginx plus a tmpfiles.d spec (installed to /etc/tmpfiles.d/) covering /run/firewalld and /run/nginx.pid. Drop /run/sudo from ReadWritePaths: NOPASSWD children never need it, and its absence crash-looped restarts after sudo removed /run/sudo.
webui: run the auth session check before mounting the shell so logged-out visitors never flash the sidebar or a protected page; router guard and sidebar now react to auth state, and the login page renders full-bleed.
ws: cap refresh->reconnect episodes at 2 consecutive failures; if the WS path stays dead after a token refresh, abandon reconnection instead of looping refreshAuth forever (UI keeps working via REST until reload).
api: GET /api/network/interfaces now includes loopback and returns per-interface {config, runtime}; dashboard reads runtime.state (carrier counts as up) and the interfaces page filters lo client-side.
daemon: re-collect nginx state after lazy config migration (cached list went stale when the on-disk format changed under it), skip system_import.nginx when config.json already exists (re-parsing vacuum-wall's own generated sites is lossy), and poll nginx (60s) / acme (300s) state so file drift self-heals.
- update-vendor.sh now creates webui/vendor symlinks (htm.js)
- install.sh calls update-vendor.sh after package install
- Add vendor/.empty and webui/vendor/.empty as directory placeholders in git
- Register, view, and deactivate ACME accounts via API and UI
- 16-check validation framework for certificate issuance readiness
- DNS resolution, port, nginx, and firewall pre-flight checks
- External IP detection with NAT support and fallback providers
- Account card and settings modal in certificates page
- Guard certificate issuance behind account registration
- Update modal CSS to overlay-based approach
- 1000+ lines of tests for validation and account handlers
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