fix: raise terminal per-user session cap

Allow more concurrent dashboard terminal tabs per user and use the current access token for websocket reconnects so refreshed sessions keep working.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

dashboard/backend/routers/terminal.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import struct
 import logging
+import shlex
 from collections import Counter
 from fastapi import WebSocket, Query
 import asyncssh
@@ -10,19 +11,28 @@ from auth import get_current_user_ws
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 MAX_SESSIONS = 5
-MAX_SESSIONS_PER_USER = 2
+MAX_SESSIONS_PER_USER = 5
 _session_lock = asyncio.Lock()
 _active_sessions: dict[int, str] = {}
+PERSISTENCE_STATUS_PREFIX = "__DASHBOARD_PERSISTENCE__:"
 
 HOSTS = {
     "nas": {"host": config.SSH_HOST, "user": config.SSH_USER, "key": config.SSH_KEY_PATH},
     "vps": {"host": config.VPS_SSH_HOST, "user": config.VPS_SSH_USER, "key": config.VPS_SSH_KEY_PATH},
     "caddy-vps": {"host": config.CADDY_VPS_SSH_HOST, "user": config.CADDY_VPS_SSH_USER, "key": config.VPS_SSH_KEY_PATH},
     "mac": {"host": config.MAC_SSH_HOST, "user": config.MAC_SSH_USER, "key": config.MAC_SSH_KEY_PATH},
-    "claude-dev": {"host": config.SSH_HOST, "user": config.SSH_USER, "key": config.SSH_KEY_PATH,
+    "claude-dev": {
-                   "command": "/volume1/@appstore/ContainerManager/usr/bin/docker exec -it claude-dev bash"},
+        "host": config.SSH_HOST,
+        "user": config.SSH_USER,
+        "key": config.SSH_KEY_PATH,
+        "persistent_session": {
+            "container": "claude-dev",
+            "session_name": "dashboard-terminal",
+        },
+    },
 }
 
+
 # Load known_hosts once at import time — fail closed if missing
 _known_hosts_available = False
 try:
@@ -33,6 +43,35 @@ except Exception:
     logger.error("SSH known_hosts file not found at %s — terminal connections will be refused", config.SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS)
 
 
+def build_host_command(host_config: dict) -> str | None:
+    persistent = host_config.get("persistent_session")
+    if not persistent:
+        return host_config.get("command")
+
+    docker_bin = "/volume1/@appstore/ContainerManager/usr/bin/docker"
+    container = persistent["container"]
+    session_name = persistent["session_name"]
+    quoted_container = shlex.quote(container)
+    quoted_session = shlex.quote(session_name)
+    quoted_marker = shlex.quote(PERSISTENCE_STATUS_PREFIX)
+    attach_cmd = (
+        f"{docker_bin} exec -it {quoted_container} "
+        f"tmux new-session -A -s {quoted_session}"
+    )
+
+    script = " ".join([
+        "if",
+        f"{docker_bin} exec {quoted_container} tmux has-session -t {quoted_session} >/dev/null 2>&1;",
+        "then",
+        f"printf '%sattached\\n' {quoted_marker};",
+        "else",
+        f"printf '%screated\\n' {quoted_marker};",
+        "fi;",
+        f"exec {attach_cmd}",
+    ])
+    return f"bash -lc {shlex.quote(script)}"
+
+
 async def _reserve_session(session_id: int, username: str) -> tuple[bool, str | None, int | None]:
     async with _session_lock:
         if len(_active_sessions) >= MAX_SESSIONS:
@@ -98,7 +137,7 @@ async def ws_endpoint(websocket: WebSocket, host: str = Query("nas"), token: str
 
     try:
         process = await conn.create_process(
-            h.get("command"), term_type="xterm-256color", term_size=(80, 24),
+            build_host_command(h), term_type="xterm-256color", term_size=(80, 24),
             encoding=None,
         )
 

dashboard/frontend/src/routes/Terminal.svelte

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 <script>
   import { onMount, onDestroy } from "svelte";
   import { VoiceSession } from "../lib/voice.js";
+  import { getToken } from "../lib/api.js";
+
+  const PERSISTENCE_STATUS_PREFIX = "__DASHBOARD_PERSISTENCE__:";
+  const PERSISTENCE_STATUS_PREFIX_BYTES = new TextEncoder().encode(PERSISTENCE_STATUS_PREFIX);
 
   const hosts = [
     { id: "nas", label: "NAS" },
     { id: "vps", label: "VPS" },
     { id: "caddy-vps", label: "Caddy VPS" },
     { id: "mac", label: "Mac" },
-    { id: "claude-dev", label: "Claude Dev" },
+    { id: "claude-dev", label: "Claude Dev", persistent: true },
   ];
 
   const DARK_THEME = {
@@ -38,6 +42,23 @@
     return isDark ? DARK_THEME : LIGHT_THEME;
   }
 
+  function hostById(hostId) {
+    return hosts.find((h) => h.id === hostId);
+  }
+
+  function openFreshSession(tab) {
+    const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+    url.searchParams.set("page", "terminal");
+    url.searchParams.set("host", tab.hostId);
+    window.open(`${url.pathname}${url.search}${url.hash}`, "_blank", "noopener");
+  }
+
+  function persistenceLabel(status, reconnecting) {
+    if (status === "created") return "created new persistent session";
+    if (reconnecting) return "reattached to persistent session";
+    return "attached to persistent session";
+  }
+
   function applyThemeToTerminals() {
     const theme = currentTheme();
     tabData.forEach((d) => {
@@ -56,6 +77,8 @@
   onMount(() => {
     syncTheme();
     themeObserver.observe(document.documentElement, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ["class"] });
+    const requestedHost = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get("host");
+    if (requestedHost && !tabs.length && hostById(requestedHost)) addTab(requestedHost);
   });
 
   function cleanName(name) {
@@ -111,8 +134,16 @@
 
   function addTab(hostId) {
     const id = ++tabCounter;
-    const label = hosts.find((h) => h.id === hostId).label;
+    const host = hostById(hostId);
-    tabs = [...tabs, { id, hostId, label, connected: false, error: "" }];
+    tabs = [...tabs, {
+      id,
+      hostId,
+      label: host.label,
+      connected: false,
+      error: "",
+      statusBanner: host.persistent ? "Connecting to persistent session..." : "",
+      persistent: !!host.persistent,
+    }];
     activeTab = id;
     showMenu = false;
   }
@@ -158,10 +189,11 @@
       fit.fit();
 
       const proto = location.protocol === "https:" ? "wss:" : "ws:";
-      const token = localStorage.getItem("token") || "";
+      const token = getToken() || "";
       let heartbeat = null;
       let reconnectTimer = null;
       let closedManually = false;
+      let reconnecting = false;
 
       function clearHeartbeat() {
         if (heartbeat) {
@@ -173,7 +205,12 @@
       function scheduleReconnect(reason) {
         clearHeartbeat();
         if (closedManually || reconnectTimer) return;
-        updateTab(tabId, { connected: false, error: `${reason} — reconnecting...` });
+        reconnecting = true;
+        updateTab(tabId, {
+          connected: false,
+          error: `${reason} — reconnecting...`,
+          statusBanner: tab.persistent ? "Reconnecting to persistent session..." : "",
+        });
         term.write(`\r\n\x1b[90m[${reason} — reconnecting...]\x1b[0m`);
         reconnectTimer = setTimeout(() => {
           reconnectTimer = null;
@@ -193,13 +230,18 @@
       }
 
       function connect() {
+        const token = getToken() || "";
         const ws = new WebSocket(
           `${proto}//${location.host}/ws/terminal?host=${encodeURIComponent(tab.hostId)}&token=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`
         );
         ws.binaryType = "arraybuffer";
 
         ws.onopen = () => {
-          updateTab(tabId, { connected: true, error: "" });
+          updateTab(tabId, {
+            connected: true,
+            error: "",
+            statusBanner: tab.persistent ? "Connected. Waiting for persistent session status..." : "",
+          });
           sendSize(ws);
           clearHeartbeat();
           heartbeat = setInterval(() => {
@@ -211,10 +253,25 @@
             d.heartbeat = heartbeat;
             d.reconnectTimer = reconnectTimer;
             d.closedManually = closedManually;
+            d.reconnecting = reconnecting;
             d.voice?.attach(term, ws);
           }
         };
-        ws.onmessage = (e) => term.write(new Uint8Array(e.data));
+        ws.onmessage = (e) => {
+          const data = new Uint8Array(e.data);
+          const isPersistenceMessage = tab.persistent
+            && data.length >= PERSISTENCE_STATUS_PREFIX_BYTES.length
+            && PERSISTENCE_STATUS_PREFIX_BYTES.every((byte, index) => data[index] === byte);
+          if (isPersistenceMessage) {
+            const status = new TextDecoder().decode(data.slice(PERSISTENCE_STATUS_PREFIX_BYTES.length)).trim();
+            updateTab(tabId, { statusBanner: persistenceLabel(status, reconnecting) });
+            reconnecting = false;
+            const d = tabData.get(tabId);
+            if (d) d.reconnecting = reconnecting;
+            return;
+          }
+          term.write(data);
+        };
         ws.onclose = (e) => {
           const reason = e.reason || `Connection closed (code ${e.code})`;
           const d = tabData.get(tabId);
@@ -239,6 +296,7 @@
           d.heartbeat = heartbeat;
           d.reconnectTimer = reconnectTimer;
           d.closedManually = closedManually;
+          d.reconnecting = reconnecting;
         }
         return ws;
       }
@@ -286,7 +344,7 @@
       ro.observe(el);
       const voice = new VoiceSession(() => { voiceTick++; });
       voice.attach(term, ws);
-      tabData.set(tabId, { ws, term, ro, el, voice, heartbeat, reconnectTimer, closedManually, handleDragOver, handleDrop, handlePaste });
+      tabData.set(tabId, { ws, term, ro, el, voice, heartbeat, reconnectTimer, closedManually, reconnecting, handleDragOver, handleDrop, handlePaste });
     })();
   }
 
@@ -327,6 +385,18 @@
           <span class="w-1.5 h-1.5 rounded-full bg-amber-400 animate-pulse"></span>
         {/if}
         {tab.label}
+        {#if tab.persistent}
+          <span class="rounded bg-indigo-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-indigo-700 dark:bg-indigo-500/20 dark:text-indigo-300">tmux</span>
+        {/if}
+        <span
+          class="ml-1 text-surface-500 hover:text-sky-500 cursor-pointer"
+          role="button"
+          tabindex="0"
+          title="Open fresh session in new browser tab"
+          aria-label={`Open fresh ${tab.label} session in new browser tab`}
+          onclick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); openFreshSession(tab); }}
+          onkeydown={(e) => e.key === 'Enter' && openFreshSession(tab)}
+        >↗</span>
         <span
           class="ml-1 text-surface-500 hover:text-rose-400 cursor-pointer"
           role="button"
@@ -345,9 +415,14 @@
         <div class="absolute top-full left-0 mt-1 bg-surface-100 dark:bg-surface-800 border border-surface-300 dark:border-surface-600 rounded-lg shadow-xl z-10 py-1 min-w-[140px]">
           {#each hosts as h}
             <button
-              class="block w-full text-left px-3 py-1.5 text-sm text-surface-800 dark:text-surface-200 hover:bg-surface-200 dark:hover:bg-surface-700"
+              class="flex w-full items-center justify-between gap-2 px-3 py-1.5 text-left text-sm text-surface-800 dark:text-surface-200 hover:bg-surface-200 dark:hover:bg-surface-700"
               onclick={() => addTab(h.id)}
-            >{h.label}</button>
+            >
+              <span>{h.label}</span>
+              {#if h.persistent}
+                <span class="rounded bg-indigo-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-indigo-700 dark:bg-indigo-500/20 dark:text-indigo-300">persistent</span>
+              {/if}
+            </button>
           {/each}
         </div>
       {/if}
@@ -371,6 +446,12 @@
     Tip: drag & drop or paste images into the active terminal tab to upload them to <code class="text-surface-700 dark:text-surface-400">/tmp/claude-images</code>.
   </p>
 
+  {#if activeTab && tabs.find(t => t.id === activeTab)?.statusBanner}
+    <div class="rounded-lg border border-indigo-200 bg-indigo-50 px-3 py-2 text-sm text-indigo-800 dark:border-indigo-500/30 dark:bg-indigo-500/10 dark:text-indigo-200">
+      {tabs.find(t => t.id === activeTab)?.statusBanner}
+    </div>
+  {/if}
+
   {#if !tabs.length}
     <div class="flex items-center justify-center h-[calc(100vh-12rem)] text-surface-600 dark:text-surface-500 text-sm">
       Click + to open a terminal