Add a log view, and Docker packaging

The Log button shows the running daemon live: feed scans, downloads,
torrents and every HTTP request. It reads a ring buffer filled by a
tracing layer rather than tailing a file, so it works under Docker where
logs go to stdout. The access-log middleware skips /api/logs, or the
panel's poll would log itself forever.

Detached torrents could leave a row stuck in 'downloading' across a
restart, where nothing would ever revisit it; those are requeued at
startup.

Dockerfile, entrypoint and compose: 114 MB runtime, config bound to
0.0.0.0 on first run since container loopback is unreachable, drops to
PUID:PGID for Unraid, and a healthcheck that goes through the control
socket so a wedged worker reads as unhealthy.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AdXho5tTkjFLeUXKbEjKBh

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+target/
+.git/
+*.md
+tests/

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Build. rusqlite is bundled (compiles SQLite from source) and librqbit needs a C
+# toolchain, so the builder needs cc. TLS is rustls throughout, so no OpenSSL headers.
+FROM rust:1-slim-bookworm AS build
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        build-essential \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+WORKDIR /src
+
+# Dependencies first, so editing the source does not rebuild librqbit every time.
+COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
+RUN mkdir src && echo 'fn main(){}' > src/main.rs \
+    && cargo build --release --locked \
+    && rm -rf src
+
+COPY src ./src
+COPY web ./web
+# cargo skips a rebuild if mtimes look untouched; make sure it does not.
+RUN touch src/main.rs && cargo build --release --locked
+
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        ca-certificates gosu \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+COPY --from=build /src/target/release/ipx /usr/local/bin/ipx
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+ENV IPX_CONFIG=/config/config.toml \
+    IPX_DATA_DIR=/data \
+    IPX_LOG=ipx=info \
+    PUID=99 \
+    PGID=100
+VOLUME ["/config", "/data", "/downloads"]
+
+# Web UI, and the BitTorrent peer port (TCP and UDP -- DHT needs the UDP side).
+EXPOSE 8099/tcp 6881/tcp 6881/udp
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD ["ipx", "daemon"]

PROGRESS.md

@@ -56,6 +56,38 @@ and until now nothing set them.
 
 ---
 
+## 2026-09-10 — Log view in the app, and Docker
+
+**Log view.** A ring buffer (2000 lines) fed by a `tracing` layer, exposed at `/api/logs` with a
+sequence cursor so the UI polls for "everything after N" without duplicates. Tailing a file was the
+obvious approach and the wrong one: under Docker the logs go to stdout and there is no file. An
+`access_log` middleware adds a line per HTTP request, so the daemon and the web side share one
+stream — which is what Ray asked for. That middleware skips `/api/logs` itself, or the panel's
+2-second poll would generate a line per poll forever, a log of nothing but its own requests.
+
+UI: sidebar **Log** button, level and text filters, follow-tail toggle, copy button, colour-coded
+levels.
+
+**Restart safety.** Detached torrents introduced a `downloading` state, and a row left in it by a
+restart would sit there forever — the pending queue skips it and nothing else revisits it.
+`requeue_interrupted()` resets those at startup, leaving alone any row that already has a file.
+
+**Docker.** Multi-stage build (deps cached separately from source), `debian:bookworm-slim` runtime,
+114 MB. Entrypoint writes a starter config bound to `0.0.0.0` on first run, because a container's
+loopback is unreachable from outside, and drops to `PUID:PGID` via gosu. Healthcheck is
+`ipx status`, which goes through the control socket to the worker and so catches a *wedged* daemon,
+not just a dead one.
+
+Built and actually run, not just written: image builds, container starts, writes its config, serves
+the UI (401 without a token, 200 with), `/api/logs` answers, and the process runs as
+`uid=99(ipx) gid=100(users)` with files owned `99:100` and the token file at mode 600.
+
+Worth noting for future testing here: this session's Docker socket belongs to the Unraid host, so
+`-v /tmp/...:/config` binds a path on the *host*, not one visible from inside this container. The
+mount looks empty from here while being perfectly correct — verify inside the container instead.
+
+---
+
 ## 2026-09-10 — Torrents: they work, and one was freezing the whole daemon
 
 Asked "is torrents working?". The honest answer had been "unverified since step 7" — so it got tested

README.md

@@ -134,6 +134,30 @@ server-side before they reach the page.
 clear — and a feed URL can itself contain a credential (Patreon's, for one, carries an auth token).
 Put it behind a reverse proxy with TLS if that matters to you.
 
+## Log view
+
+The **Log** button in the sidebar shows the running daemon's output live: feed scans, downloads,
+torrent activity and every HTTP request, with level and text filters and a copy button. It reads a
+2000-line ring buffer held inside the process (`/api/logs`), not a file — so it works the same under
+Docker, where logs go to stdout and there is no file to tail. `IPX_LOG=ipx=debug` adds detail;
+`IPX_LOG=ipx=info,librqbit=info` shows what torrents are doing.
+
+## Docker
+
+```sh
+docker compose up -d          # builds the image and starts it
+docker compose logs -f ipx    # the token is printed on first start
+```
+
+`docker-compose.yml` mounts `./config`, `./data` and a downloads directory, publishes 8099 for the
+UI and 6881 (TCP **and** UDP — DHT needs the UDP side), and sets `PUID`/`PGID` to `99:100` so files
+land owned the way Unraid shares expect. On first start the entrypoint writes a config bound to
+`0.0.0.0`, since a container's loopback is not reachable from outside it, and prints the URL with
+its generated token.
+
+The healthcheck runs `ipx status`, which goes through the control socket to the command worker — so
+it catches a daemon that is alive but wedged, not merely one that has died.
+
 ## Running it as a service
 
 `contrib/` has a systemd user unit for the daemon, and a timer plus one-shot service if you would

docker-compose.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+services:
+  ipx:
+    build: .
+    # image: ipx:latest        # swap build: for image: once you have published one
+    container_name: ipx
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      # Unraid shares expect these; downloads land owned by nobody:users.
+      PUID: "99"
+      PGID: "100"
+      TZ: "America/Toronto"
+      # ipx=debug for verbose, or add librqbit=info to watch torrents.
+      IPX_LOG: "ipx=info"
+    ports:
+      - "8099:8099"          # web UI
+      - "6881:6881/tcp"      # BitTorrent peers
+      - "6881:6881/udp"      # DHT
+    volumes:
+      - ./config:/config     # config.toml, and the web token
+      - ./data:/data         # state.db
+      - /mnt/user/audio/ipx:/downloads
+    healthcheck:
+      # `ipx status` proxies through the control socket to the command worker, so this
+      # catches a daemon that is alive but wedged -- not just one that has died. (A
+      # blocked worker is a real failure mode: a torrent used to be able to cause it.)
+      test: ["CMD", "ipx", "status"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s

docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# A container's loopback is not reachable from outside it, so the default bind of
+# 127.0.0.1 would leave the UI unreachable. Write a starter config that binds 0.0.0.0
+# on first run; after that the file is yours and is never rewritten.
+if [ ! -f "$IPX_CONFIG" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$IPX_CONFIG")"
+    cat > "$IPX_CONFIG" <<TOML
+[general]
+download_dir = "/downloads"
+schedule     = "every 60m"
+max_total_gb = 0
+max_age_days = 0
+
+[torrent]
+enabled    = true
+port_range = "6881-6889"
+
+[web]
+enabled = true
+bind    = "0.0.0.0:8099"
+token   = ""
+TOML
+    echo "ipx: wrote a starter config to $IPX_CONFIG"
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$IPX_DATA_DIR" /downloads
+
+# Unraid shares expect 99:100. Running as root would leave root-owned downloads.
+if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ] && [ -n "$PUID" ] && [ -n "$PGID" ]; then
+    if ! getent group ipx >/dev/null 2>&1; then addgroup --gid "$PGID" ipx 2>/dev/null || true; fi
+    if ! getent passwd ipx >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        adduser --uid "$PUID" --gid "$PGID" --disabled-password --gecos "" ipx 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+    chown -R "$PUID:$PGID" "$IPX_DATA_DIR" "$(dirname "$IPX_CONFIG")" 2>/dev/null || true
+    exec gosu "$PUID:$PGID" "$@"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"

src/db.rs

@@ -703,6 +703,17 @@ impl Db {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Nothing can be in flight the moment the daemon starts, so any row still marked
+    /// `downloading` is a leftover from a restart or a crash. Left alone it would sit
+    /// there forever: the pending queue skips it and nothing else ever revisits it.
+    pub fn requeue_interrupted(&self) -> Result<usize> {
+        let conn = self.conn.lock().unwrap();
+        Ok(conn.execute(
+            "UPDATE enclosures SET state = 'pending' WHERE state = 'downloading' AND path IS NULL",
+            [],
+        )?)
+    }
+
     /// Puts an enclosure back in the queue so the next scan picks it up. This is how a
     /// `skipped` verdict (from a filter that has since been changed) gets revisited.
     pub fn requeue(&self, id: i64) -> Result<()> {
@@ -782,6 +793,27 @@ mod tests {
             "search is case-insensitive and covers the description");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_restart_requeues_interrupted_downloads() {
+        let db = Db::memory().unwrap();
+        db.exec_for_test(
+            "INSERT INTO enclosures (id, feed_id, guid, url, state, path) VALUES
+                (1,'f','a','u1','downloading',NULL),
+                (2,'f','b','u2','pending',NULL),
+                (3,'f','c','u3','downloading','/tmp/already-here'),
+                (4,'f','d','u4','done','/tmp/x');",
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(db.requeue_interrupted().unwrap(), 1, "only the in-flight, fileless one");
+        let conn = db.conn.lock().unwrap();
+        let state = |id: i64| -> String {
+            conn.query_row("SELECT state FROM enclosures WHERE id = ?1", [id], |r| r.get(0)).unwrap()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(state(1), "pending");
+        assert_eq!(state(3), "downloading", "it has a file; leave it alone");
+        assert_eq!(state(4), "done");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn enclosure_url_is_the_dedupe_key() {
         let db = Db::memory().unwrap();

src/logbuf.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+//! In-process ring buffer of log lines, so the UI can show what the daemon is doing.
+//!
+//! Tailing a file would not survive Docker, where logs go to stdout and there is no file
+//! to read. Capturing inside the tracing pipeline works the same either way.
+
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::sync::{LazyLock, Mutex};
+use tracing::field::{Field, Visit};
+use tracing_subscriber::Layer;
+use tracing_subscriber::layer::Context;
+
+/// Kept small enough to be cheap to hold and to serialise in one response.
+const CAPACITY: usize = 2000;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Serialize)]
+pub struct LogLine {
+    /// Monotonic, so a client can ask for "everything after N" without duplicates.
+    pub seq: u64,
+    pub ts: i64,
+    pub level: String,
+    pub target: String,
+    pub msg: String,
+}
+
+struct Ring {
+    lines: VecDeque<LogLine>,
+    next_seq: u64,
+}
+
+static BUF: LazyLock<Mutex<Ring>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    Mutex::new(Ring { lines: VecDeque::with_capacity(CAPACITY), next_seq: 1 })
+});
+
+pub fn push(level: &str, target: &str, msg: String) {
+    let mut ring = match BUF.lock() {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(p) => p.into_inner(), // a poisoned log buffer must not take the process down
+    };
+    let seq = ring.next_seq;
+    ring.next_seq += 1;
+    if ring.lines.len() == CAPACITY {
+        ring.lines.pop_front();
+    }
+    ring.lines.push_back(LogLine {
+        seq,
+        ts: crate::db::now(),
+        level: level.to_owned(),
+        target: target.to_owned(),
+        msg,
+    });
+}
+
+/// Lines newer than `after`, oldest first, plus the highest seq now held.
+pub fn since(after: u64, limit: usize) -> (Vec<LogLine>, u64) {
+    let ring = match BUF.lock() {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(p) => p.into_inner(),
+    };
+    let latest = ring.next_seq.saturating_sub(1);
+    let mut out: Vec<LogLine> = ring
+        .lines
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|l| l.seq > after)
+        .cloned()
+        .collect();
+    // On a first load (after = 0) the tail is what matters, not the head.
+    if out.len() > limit {
+        out.drain(..out.len() - limit);
+    }
+    (out, latest)
+}
+
+/// A tracing layer that mirrors every event into the ring.
+pub struct RingLayer;
+
+impl<S: tracing::Subscriber> Layer<S> for RingLayer {
+    fn on_event(&self, event: &tracing::Event<'_>, _ctx: Context<'_, S>) {
+        let mut v = Collect::default();
+        event.record(&mut v);
+        let meta = event.metadata();
+        push(meta.level().as_str(), meta.target(), v.finish());
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct Collect {
+    message: String,
+    fields: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl Collect {
+    fn finish(self) -> String {
+        if self.fields.is_empty() {
+            self.message
+        } else if self.message.is_empty() {
+            self.fields.join(" ")
+        } else {
+            format!("{} {}", self.message, self.fields.join(" "))
+        }
+    }
+    fn add(&mut self, field: &Field, value: String) {
+        if field.name() == "message" {
+            self.message = value;
+        } else {
+            self.fields.push(format!("{}={}", field.name(), value));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Visit for Collect {
+    fn record_debug(&mut self, field: &Field, value: &dyn std::fmt::Debug) {
+        self.add(field, format!("{value:?}"));
+    }
+    fn record_str(&mut self, field: &Field, value: &str) {
+        self.add(field, value.to_owned());
+    }
+    fn record_i64(&mut self, field: &Field, value: i64) {
+        self.add(field, value.to_string());
+    }
+    fn record_u64(&mut self, field: &Field, value: u64) {
+        self.add(field, value.to_string());
+    }
+    fn record_bool(&mut self, field: &Field, value: bool) {
+        self.add(field, value.to_string());
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_ring_drops_oldest_and_keeps_sequence_stable() {
+        for i in 0..(CAPACITY + 50) {
+            push("INFO", "t", format!("line {i}"));
+        }
+        let (all, latest) = since(0, CAPACITY * 2);
+        assert_eq!(all.len(), CAPACITY, "bounded");
+        assert!(latest >= (CAPACITY + 50) as u64);
+        assert!(
+            all.first().unwrap().seq < all.last().unwrap().seq,
+            "oldest first"
+        );
+
+        // "everything after the last one I saw" must return nothing new.
+        let (none, _) = since(latest, 100);
+        assert!(none.is_empty());
+
+        // A first load takes the tail, not the head.
+        let (tail, _) = since(0, 5);
+        assert_eq!(tail.len(), 5);
+        assert_eq!(tail.last().unwrap().seq, latest);
+    }
+}

src/main.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mod db;
 mod download;
 mod feed;
 mod ipc;
+mod logbuf;
 mod retention;
 mod torrent;
 mod web;
@@ -119,13 +120,19 @@ impl Ctx {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+    // Everything goes to stderr as before, and is mirrored into a ring the UI can read.
-        .with_env_filter(
+    {
-            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_env("IPX_LOG")
+        use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "ipx=info".into()),
+        use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
-        )
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
+            .with(
-        .init();
+                tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_env("IPX_LOG")
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| "ipx=info".into()),
+            )
+            .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().with_writer(std::io::stderr))
+            .with(logbuf::RingLayer)
+            .init();
+    }
 
     let config_path = cli.config.clone().unwrap_or_else(config::config_path);
     let cfg = config::Config::load(&config_path)?;
@@ -207,6 +214,12 @@ async fn daemon(
         anyhow::bail!("a daemon is already listening on {}", socket.display());
     }
 
+    match ctx.db.requeue_interrupted() {
+        Ok(n) if n > 0 => tracing::info!(count = n, "requeued downloads interrupted by a restart"),
+        Ok(_) => {}
+        Err(e) => tracing::warn!(error = ?e, "could not requeue interrupted downloads"),
+    }
+
     let (tx_cmd, mut rx_cmd) = mpsc::channel::<Cmd>(64);
 
     let web = start_web(&ctx, &config_path, web_addr, &tx_cmd, &events).await?;

src/web.rs

@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ pub fn router(state: WebState) -> Router {
         .route("/api/fetch", post(fetch_now))
         .route("/api/opml", get(export_opml).post(import_opml))
         .route("/api/settings", get(get_settings).patch(patch_settings))
+        .route("/api/logs", get(logs))
         .route("/api/events", get(events))
         .route("/media/{id}", get(media))
         .layer(middleware::from_fn_with_state(state.clone(), auth))
+        .layer(middleware::from_fn(access_log))
         .with_state(state)
 }
 
@@ -790,3 +792,49 @@ async fn patch_settings(
     state.ctx.reload_cfg(&state.config_path)?;
     Ok(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT)
 }
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct LogQuery {
+    /// Highest seq the client already has; 0 means "give me the tail".
+    #[serde(default)]
+    after: u64,
+    #[serde(default = "two_hundred")]
+    limit: usize,
+}
+
+fn two_hundred() -> usize {
+    200
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct LogPage {
+    lines: Vec<crate::logbuf::LogLine>,
+    latest: u64,
+}
+
+async fn logs(Query(q): Query<LogQuery>) -> Json<LogPage> {
+    let (lines, latest) = crate::logbuf::since(q.after, q.limit.clamp(1, 2000));
+    Json(LogPage { lines, latest })
+}
+
+/// One line per HTTP request, so the web side shows up in the same log as the daemon.
+///
+/// The log view polls `/api/logs`, so logging that path would generate a line per poll
+/// forever -- a feed of nothing but its own requests.
+async fn access_log(req: Request, next: Next) -> Response {
+    let path = req.uri().path().to_owned();
+    let method = req.method().clone();
+    let quiet = path.starts_with("/api/logs");
+    let started = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let resp = next.run(req).await;
+    if !quiet {
+        let ms = started.elapsed().as_millis();
+        let status = resp.status().as_u16();
+        if resp.status().is_success() || resp.status().is_redirection() {
+            tracing::info!(target: "ipx::http", "{method} {path} -> {status} in {ms}ms");
+        } else {
+            tracing::warn!(target: "ipx::http", "{method} {path} -> {status} in {ms}ms");
+        }
+    }
+    resp
+}

tests/page-smoke.js

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const drive = [
   ['downloadLatestModal', () => ctx.downloadLatestModal(feed)],
   ['removeFeed', () => ctx.removeFeed(feed)],
   ['prefsModal', () => ctx.prefsModal()],
+  ['logsModal', () => ctx.logsModal()],
 ];
 for (const [name, fn] of drive) {
   try {
@@ -97,3 +98,5 @@ if (missing.length) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 console.log('OK: page script loads clean, every selector it wires at load exists');
+// logsModal arms a poll timer; without this the pending interval keeps node alive.
+process.exit(0);

web/index.html

@@ -217,6 +217,19 @@ input[type=range]::-moz-range-thumb{width:12px;height:12px;border:0;border-radiu
   background:var(--panel);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:14px;
   padding:20px;width:min(460px,100%);box-shadow:var(--shadow);max-height:88vh;overflow:auto;
 }
+.card.wide{width:min(1000px,100%)}
+#logbox{
+  background:var(--bg);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:9px;padding:10px 12px;
+  height:min(60vh,520px);overflow:auto;font:12px/1.5 ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;
+}
+#logbox .l{display:flex;gap:9px;white-space:pre-wrap;overflow-wrap:anywhere}
+#logbox time{color:var(--faint);flex:none}
+#logbox .lv{flex:none;width:42px;font-weight:700}
+#logbox .lv.ERROR{color:var(--bad)} #logbox .lv.WARN{color:var(--warn)}
+#logbox .lv.INFO{color:var(--accent)} #logbox .lv.DEBUG,#logbox .lv.TRACE{color:var(--faint)}
+#logbox .tg{color:var(--faint);flex:none}
+.logbar{display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center;margin-bottom:9px;flex-wrap:wrap}
+.logbar .grow{flex:1;min-width:120px}
 .card h3{margin:0 0 14px;font-size:17px}
 .field{display:grid;gap:4px;margin-bottom:12px}
 .field label{font-size:12px;color:var(--dim)}
@@ -263,6 +276,7 @@ input[type=range]::-moz-range-thumb{width:12px;height:12px;border:0;border-radiu
       <button id="addFeed">+ Feed</button>
       <button id="scanAll">Scan all</button>
       <button id="opml" title="Import / export OPML">OPML</button>
+      <button id="logs" title="Daemon and web log">Log</button>
     </div>
     <div class="searchwrap"><input type="search" id="feedFilter" placeholder="Filter feeds…"></div>
     <div id="feedlist"></div>
@@ -647,8 +661,78 @@ document.addEventListener('keydown',ev=>{
 });
 
 /* ---------------- modals ---------------- */
-function openModal(html){ $('#modalCard').innerHTML=html; $('#modal').classList.add('on'); }
+function openModal(html,wide){
-function closeModal(){ $('#modal').classList.remove('on'); }
+  $('#modalCard').innerHTML=html;
+  $('#modalCard').classList.toggle('wide',!!wide);
+  $('#modal').classList.add('on');
+}
+function closeModal(){
+  $('#modal').classList.remove('on');
+  if(logTimer){ clearInterval(logTimer); logTimer=null; }
+}
+
+/* ---------------- log view ---------------- */
+let logTimer=null, logSeq=0, logLines=[], logFilter='', logLevel='';
+const LEVELS={ERROR:3,WARN:2,INFO:1,DEBUG:0,TRACE:0};
+
+function logsModal(){
+  logSeq=0; logLines=[];
+  openModal(`<h3>Log</h3>
+    <div class="logbar">
+      <select id="loglevel" style="width:auto">
+        <option value="">All levels</option>
+        <option value="INFO">Info and above</option>
+        <option value="WARN">Warnings and errors</option>
+        <option value="ERROR">Errors only</option>
+      </select>
+      <input type="search" id="logq" class="grow" placeholder="Filter…">
+      <label class="check" style="margin:0"><input type="checkbox" id="logfollow" checked> Follow</label>
+      <button class="btn" id="logcopy">Copy</button>
+      <button class="btn" onclick="closeModal()">Close</button>
+    </div>
+    <div id="logbox"><p class="empty">Loading…</p></div>
+    <span class="hint">Live from the running daemon: feed scans, downloads, torrents and every
+    HTTP request. Set <b>IPX_LOG=ipx=debug</b> for more detail.</span>`, true);
+
+  $('#loglevel').onchange=e=>{ logLevel=e.target.value; drawLog(); };
+  $('#logq').oninput=e=>{ logFilter=e.target.value.toLowerCase(); drawLog(); };
+  $('#logcopy').onclick=()=>copyText(visibleLog().map(l=>
+    `${new Date(l.ts*1000).toISOString()} ${l.level} ${l.target} ${l.msg}`).join('\n'), $('#logcopy'));
+
+  pollLog();
+  logTimer=setInterval(pollLog,2000);
+}
+
+async function pollLog(){
+  try{
+    const r=await api(`/api/logs?after=${logSeq}&limit=500`);
+    if(r.lines.length){
+      logLines=logLines.concat(r.lines).slice(-2000);
+      logSeq=r.latest;
+      drawLog();
+    }else if(!logLines.length){ drawLog(); }
+  }catch(e){
+    const box=$('#logbox');
+    if(box) box.innerHTML=`<p class="empty">Lost contact with the daemon: ${esc(e.message)}</p>`;
+  }
+}
+function visibleLog(){
+  const min=logLevel?LEVELS[logLevel]:-1;
+  return logLines.filter(l=>
+    (LEVELS[l.level]??1)>=min &&
+    (!logFilter || (l.msg+' '+l.target).toLowerCase().includes(logFilter)));
+}
+function drawLog(){
+  const box=$('#logbox'); if(!box) return;
+  const follow=$('#logfollow')?.checked;
+  const rows=visibleLog();
+  box.innerHTML = rows.length ? rows.map(l=>{
+    const t=new Date(l.ts*1000).toLocaleTimeString();
+    return `<div class="l"><time>${t}</time><span class="lv ${esc(l.level)}">${esc(l.level)}</span>`+
+           `<span class="tg">${esc(l.target.replace(/^ipx::?/,''))}</span><span>${esc(l.msg)}</span></div>`;
+  }).join('') : '<p class="empty">Nothing matches.</p>';
+  if(follow) box.scrollTop=box.scrollHeight;
+}
 $('#modal').onclick=e=>{ if(e.target.id==='modal') closeModal(); };
 
 $('#addFeed').onclick=()=>{
@@ -842,6 +926,7 @@ function on(sel,ev,fn){
 }
 $('#scanAll').onclick=async()=>{ toast('Scanning all feeds…'); await api('/api/fetch',{method:'POST',body:JSON.stringify({force:true})}); };
 on('#prefs','onclick',prefsModal);
+on('#logs','onclick',logsModal);
 $('#feedFilter').oninput=renderFeeds;
 $('#burger').onclick=()=>$('#sidebar').classList.toggle('open');
 $('#theme').onclick=()=>{