feat: identify the running code by source hash

.gitignore

@@ -257,3 +257,6 @@ __marimo__/
 
 # Test fixtures with private/local content (services, IDs, credentials)
 tests/remote/e2e/fixtures/fixtures.yaml
+
+# Maintainer-side scripts, kept local
+tools/

docs/dev/rest-api/endpoints.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Health check. **This is the only route exempt from authentication**: you can cal
     {
       "status": "ok",
       "version": "5.3.0",
-      "commit": "a24c9b9",
+      "code_hash": "1d22a1e",
       "update_check": {
         "update_available": false,
         "current_version": "5.3.0",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Health check. **This is the only route exempt from authentication**: you can cal
     }
     ```
 
-`commit` is the short git commit of the running checkout. It is `null` when the server cannot read one (for example, an installed package with no `.git` directory, or a host without git).
+`code_hash` fingerprints the framework source the server is running, so it identifies the code itself rather than the release. It is the same value for a git checkout and for an installed package built from that checkout, and it changes if anything under `unshackle/core`, `unshackle/commands`, `unshackle/utils`, or `unshackle/vaults` is edited. Service modules are not included. The value is `null` only when the source files cannot be read.
 
 If the update check fails (for example, no network), `update_available` and `latest_version` are `null` while `current_version` still reports the installed version.
 

docs/guide/troubleshooting.md

@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ For example, `unshackle_debug_EXAMPLE_20260703-142530.jsonl`. The `<service>` ta
 Every line is a self-contained JSON object. The first line of a session records the environment:
 
 ```json
-{"timestamp":"2026-07-03T14:25:30.123456+00:00","session_id":"a1b2c3d4","level":"INFO","operation":"session_start","message":"Debug logging session started","context":{"unshackle_version":"5.3.0","unshackle_commit":"a24c9b9","python_version":"3.12.4 ...","platform":"Linux-6.18.5-x86_64","platform_system":"Linux","platform_release":"6.18.5"}}
+{"timestamp":"2026-07-03T14:25:30.123456+00:00","session_id":"a1b2c3d4","level":"INFO","operation":"session_start","message":"Debug logging session started","context":{"unshackle_version":"5.3.0","unshackle_code_hash":"1d22a1e","python_version":"3.12.4 ...","platform":"Linux-6.18.5-x86_64","platform_system":"Linux","platform_release":"6.18.5"}}
 ```
 
+Quote `unshackle_code_hash` in a bug report. It fingerprints the framework source you are running, so it tells us the exact code state even when you did not install from git. A hash that matches no release means the source was edited locally.
+
 Subsequent lines describe operations: service calls, DRM licence requests, vault lookups, downloader progress, and errors. Common fields include:
 
 | Field | Meaning |

tests/core/test_code_hash.py

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+"""Unit tests for the code fingerprint behind the banner and the /api/health `code_hash` field.
+It runs at import time, so it must always return a string and must never raise. It must change when
+the framework source changes and stay unchanged when anything else does."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+import unshackle.core
+from unshackle.core import __code_hash__, code_files, code_hash
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.unit
+
+
+def test_is_hex_and_stable() -> None:
+    first = code_hash()
+    assert len(first) == 32
+    assert int(first, 16) >= 0
+    assert first == code_hash()
+
+
+def test_exported_value_is_the_short_form() -> None:
+    assert __code_hash__ == code_hash()[:7]
+
+
+def test_covers_the_framework_dirs_only() -> None:
+    rels = code_files()
+    assert "__main__.py" in rels
+    assert any(rel.startswith("core/") for rel in rels)
+    assert not any(rel.startswith("services/") for rel in rels)
+    assert not any("__pycache__" in rel for rel in rels)
+    assert all(rel.endswith(".py") for rel in rels)
+    assert rels == sorted(rels)  # order must not depend on the filesystem
+
+
+def test_content_changes_the_hash() -> None:
+    rels = ["core/__init__.py", "commands/dl.py"]
+    blobs = {"core/__init__.py": b"a", "commands/dl.py": b"b"}
+    before = code_hash(files=rels, read=blobs.__getitem__)
+
+    blobs["commands/dl.py"] = b"b "
+    assert code_hash(files=rels, read=blobs.__getitem__) != before
+
+
+def test_path_is_part_of_the_hash() -> None:
+    """A rename with identical bytes must not look like the same code."""
+    same_bytes = {"core/a.py": b"x", "core/b.py": b"x"}
+    assert code_hash(files=["core/a.py"], read=same_bytes.__getitem__) != code_hash(
+        files=["core/b.py"], read=same_bytes.__getitem__
+    )
+
+
+def test_file_order_does_not_matter_to_the_caller() -> None:
+    """code_files() sorts, so two orderings of the same set must agree once sorted."""
+    blobs = {"core/a.py": b"x", "core/b.py": b"y"}
+    assert code_hash(files=sorted(blobs), read=blobs.__getitem__) == code_hash(
+        files=sorted(reversed(list(blobs))), read=blobs.__getitem__
+    )
+
+
+def test_unreadable_source_yields_empty_string() -> None:
+    def unreadable(rel: str) -> bytes:
+        raise PermissionError(rel)
+
+    assert code_hash(files=["core/__init__.py"], read=unreadable) == ""
+
+
+def test_unwalkable_source_yields_empty_string(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """A dir os.walk cannot enter must yield "", not a valid-looking hash of fewer files."""
+    (tmp_path / "__main__.py").write_bytes(b"")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(unshackle.core, "_PKG", tmp_path)
+    assert code_hash() == ""

tests/core/test_git_commit.py

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-"""Unit tests for the git commit probe behind the banner and the /api/health `commit` field.
-The probe runs at import time, so it must always return a string and must never raise, whatever
-state git and the checkout are in."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import subprocess
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import pytest
-
-import unshackle.core
-from unshackle.core import _git_commit
-
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.unit
-
-# Without a .git the probe returns before it runs git, so the subprocess stubs below prove nothing.
-needs_checkout = pytest.mark.skipif(
-    not (Path(unshackle.core.__file__).parents[2] / ".git").exists(), reason="not running from a git checkout"
-)
-
-
-def test_returns_str_in_this_checkout() -> None:
-    assert isinstance(_git_commit(), str)
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "error",
-    [
-        FileNotFoundError("git"),
-        PermissionError("git"),
-        subprocess.TimeoutExpired(cmd="git", timeout=2),
-        subprocess.SubprocessError("boom"),
-    ],
-)
-@needs_checkout
-def test_swallows_subprocess_errors(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, error: Exception) -> None:
-    def raise_it(*args: object, **kwargs: object) -> None:
-        raise error
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(subprocess, "run", raise_it)
-    assert _git_commit() == ""
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("returncode", "stdout", "expected"),
-    [
-        (0, "a24c9b9\n", "a24c9b9"),
-        (128, "", ""),  # empty repo, corrupt repo, or a stale worktree pointer
-        (0, "", ""),  # no output despite success
-    ],
-)
-@needs_checkout
-def test_maps_git_result(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, returncode: int, stdout: str, expected: str) -> None:
-    completed = subprocess.CompletedProcess(args=["git"], returncode=returncode, stdout=stdout, stderr="noise")
-    monkeypatch.setattr(subprocess, "run", lambda *a, **k: completed)
-    assert _git_commit() == expected

unshackle/core/__init__.py

@@ -1,24 +1,53 @@
-import subprocess
+import hashlib
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Callable, Optional
 
 __version__ = "5.3.0"
 
+_PKG = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+# Framework code only. Services are user-swappable, so they are not part of the identity.
+_CODE_DIRS = ("core", "commands", "utils", "vaults")
 
-def _git_commit() -> str:
+
-    root = Path(__file__).parents[2]
+def _raise(error: OSError) -> None:
-    if not (root / ".git").exists():
+    raise error
-        return ""
+
+
+def code_files() -> list[str]:
+    """Framework source paths relative to the package root, in a platform-stable order."""
+    rels = ["__main__.py"]
+    for name in _CODE_DIRS:
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(_PKG / name, onerror=_raise):
+            dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d != "__pycache__"]
+            rel = os.path.relpath(root, _PKG)
+            rels.extend(os.path.join(rel, f).replace(os.sep, "/") for f in files if f.endswith(".py"))
+    return sorted(rels)
+
+
+def code_hash(
+    files: Optional[list[str]] = None,
+    read: Optional[Callable[[str], bytes]] = None,
+) -> str:
+    """
+    md5 of the framework source. Identifies the running code, not the release it claims to be.
+
+    Pass `files` and `read` to digest a different byte source, such as blobs from git history
+    (see tools/resolve_code_hash.py). Returns "" when the source cannot be read.
+    """
+    if read is None:
+
+        def read(rel: str) -> bytes:
+            return (_PKG / rel).read_bytes()
+
+    digest = hashlib.md5(usedforsecurity=False)
     try:
-        proc = subprocess.run(
+        for rel in code_files() if files is None else files:
-            ["git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"],
+            digest.update(rel.encode())
-            cwd=root,
+            digest.update(read(rel))
-            capture_output=True,
+    except OSError:
-            text=True,
-            timeout=2,
-        )
-    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
         return ""
-    return proc.stdout.strip() if proc.returncode == 0 else ""
+    return digest.hexdigest()
 
 
-__commit__ = _git_commit()
+__code_hash__ = code_hash()[:7]

unshackle/core/__main__.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from rich.padding import Padding
 from rich.text import Text
 from urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
 
-from unshackle.core import __commit__, __version__
+from unshackle.core import __code_hash__, __version__
 from unshackle.core.commands import Commands
 from unshackle.core.config import config
 from unshackle.core.console import ComfyRichHandler, console
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def main(version: bool, debug: bool) -> None:
                     r" ▀▀▀ ▀▀ █▪ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ · ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀ ·▀  ▀.▀▀▀  ▀▀▀ ",
                     style="ascii.art",
                 ),
-                f"v [repr.number]{__version__}[/]{f' ({__commit__})' if __commit__ else ''}"
+                f"v [repr.number]{__version__}[/]{f' (code hash {__code_hash__})' if __code_hash__ else ''}"
                 f" - © 2025-{datetime.now().year} - github.com/unshackle-dl/unshackle",
             ),
             (1, 11, 1, 10),

unshackle/core/api/routes.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import click
 from aiohttp import web
 from aiohttp_swagger3 import SwaggerDocs, SwaggerInfo, SwaggerUiSettings
 
-from unshackle.core import __commit__, __version__
+from unshackle.core import __code_hash__, __version__
 from unshackle.core.api.errors import APIError, APIErrorCode, build_error_response, handle_api_exception
 from unshackle.core.api.handlers import (
     cancel_download_job_handler,
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ async def health(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
                 version:
                   type: string
                   example: "2.0.0"
-                commit:
+                code_hash:
                   type: string
                   nullable: true
-                  example: "a24c9b9"
+                  example: "1d22a1e"
                 update_check:
                   type: object
                   properties:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ async def health(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
         update_info = {"update_available": None, "current_version": __version__, "latest_version": None}
 
     return web.json_response(
-        {"status": "ok", "version": __version__, "commit": __commit__ or None, "update_check": update_info}
+        {"status": "ok", "version": __version__, "code_hash": __code_hash__ or None, "update_check": update_info}
     )
 
 

unshackle/core/utilities.py

@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ class DebugLogger:
         """Log the start of a new session with environment information."""
         import platform
 
-        from unshackle.core import __commit__, __version__
+        from unshackle.core import __code_hash__, __version__
 
         self.log(
             level="INFO",
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ class DebugLogger:
             message="Debug logging session started",
             context={
                 "unshackle_version": __version__,
-                "unshackle_commit": __commit__ or None,
+                "unshackle_code_hash": __code_hash__ or None,
                 "python_version": sys.version,
                 "platform": platform.platform(),
                 "platform_system": platform.system(),