v1.12.1

ssrajadh/sentrysearchv1.12.1Jul 19, 2026by skyfallsin

AI Summary

This release focuses on improving VNC reliability by restoring initial attachments, preserving display ownership across multi-instance hosts, and adding a status endpoint for attachment and port discovery.

Key Highlights

  • Restore initial VNC attachment for Xvfb launched with `-displayfd`.
  • Preserve per-server display ownership across multi-instance hosts.
  • Reattach x11vnc after browser/Xvfb restarts on the same display.
  • Add `GET /vnc/status` for attachment and port discovery.
  • Add hermetic watcher coverage and a disposable Linux recovery smoke test.

New Features

  • VNC attachment restoration for Xvfb
  • Per-server display ownership preservation
  • x11vnc reconnection logic
  • VNC status API endpoint
  • Hermetic watcher coverage

Full Release Notes

## VNC reliability

- Restore initial VNC attachment for Xvfb launched with `-displayfd`.
- Preserve per-server display ownership across multi-instance hosts.
- Reattach x11vnc after browser/Xvfb restarts on the same display.
- Add `GET /vnc/status` for attachment and port discovery.
- Add hermetic watcher coverage and a disposable Linux recovery smoke test.

Includes the VNC work proposed in #4781, #5243, #6549, and #8070. Thanks @Doud-FR, @paranoidi, @modanq, and @luxles.