From 3b078240a84d55c88f16ee425e1489003235c678 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liam Diprose <liam@liamdiprose.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:50:09 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] Serve the daemon web UI from Nix packages (#1978)

* fix(nix): include daemon-web-ui in nix package

* fix(nix): verify web UI without packaging website sources

* test(nix): cover bundled web UI inputs

---------

Co-authored-by: Mohamed Boudra <boudra.moha@gmail.com>
---
 .github/workflows/nix.yml | 7 ++++++-
 nix/package.nix           | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yml b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
index 36348c301..4bf1ae807 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ on:
       - "flake.lock"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
+      - "packages/app/**"
+      - "packages/expo-two-way-audio/**"
       - "packages/highlight/**"
       - "packages/protocol/**"
       - "packages/client/**"
       - "packages/server/**"
       - "packages/relay/**"
       - "packages/cli/**"
+      - "scripts/build-daemon-web-ui.mjs"
       - "scripts/update-nix.sh"
       - "scripts/fix-lockfile.mjs"
       - ".github/workflows/nix.yml"
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           }
           trap cleanup EXIT
 
-          ./result/bin/paseo-server --no-relay >"$WRAPPER_LOG" 2>&1 &
+          PASEO_WEB_UI_ENABLED=true ./result/bin/paseo-server --no-relay >"$WRAPPER_LOG" 2>&1 &
           DAEMON_PID=$!
 
           deadline=$((SECONDS + 30))
@@ -72,6 +75,8 @@ jobs:
             if STATUS_JSON="$(./result/bin/paseo daemon status --json)" \
               && jq -e '.connectedDaemon == "reachable"' <<<"$STATUS_JSON" >/dev/null; then
               echo "$STATUS_JSON"
+              curl --fail --silent --show-error http://127.0.0.1:6767/ >"$PASEO_HOME/web-ui.html"
+              [[ -s "$PASEO_HOME/web-ui.html" ]]
               exit 0
             fi
 
diff --git a/nix/package.nix b/nix/package.nix
index b904333f5..839a4c7d5 100644
--- a/nix/package.nix
+++ b/nix/package.nix
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
         relPath = lib.removePrefix (toString ./..) path;
       in
       # Exclude non-daemon workspace contents (keep package.json for workspace resolution)
-      !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/src" relPath)
-      && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/assets" relPath)
-      && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/android" relPath)
+      !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/android" relPath)
       && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/app/ios" relPath)
       && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/website/src" relPath)
       && !(lib.hasPrefix "/packages/website/public" relPath)
@@ -81,6 +79,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
 
     # Build all server packages in dependency order (defined in package.json)
     npm run build:server
+    npm run build:daemon-web-ui
 
     runHook postBuild
   '';
@@ -107,6 +106,9 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
     # CLI/server bin starts from $out.
     cp package.json $out/lib/paseo/
 
+    # Web UI Assets
+    cp -r packages/server/dist/server/web-ui $out/lib/paseo/packages/server/dist/server/
+
     # Create wrapper for the server entry point (for systemd / direct use)
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     makeWrapper ${nodejs}/bin/node $out/bin/paseo-server \