fix: restore HAPPY_HOME_DIR to PVC so settings survive pod restarts #19

2026-02-20T18:20:05Z

cpfarhood commented

2026-02-20 18:20:05 +00:00

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Summary

Moving HAPPY_HOME_DIR to /workspace (emptyDir) was too aggressive — it wiped Happy Coder's auth tokens, config, and daemon state on every pod restart, causing both settings loss and boot failures.

The stale lock problem that motivated the move is already handled by the rm -f in init-repo.sh. There was no need to move the whole home dir.

Changes:

Restore happyHomeDir default to /home/user/.happy (on the home PVC)
Update the lock cleanup comment to reflect the actual rationale

Test plan

Deploy and confirm Happy Coder starts on boot
Restart pod — confirm settings and auth persist
Confirm daemon.state.json.lock is cleaned up correctly on restart

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## Summary Moving `HAPPY_HOME_DIR` to `/workspace` (emptyDir) was too aggressive — it wiped Happy Coder's auth tokens, config, and daemon state on every pod restart, causing both settings loss and boot failures. The stale lock problem that motivated the move is already handled by the `rm -f` in `init-repo.sh`. There was no need to move the whole home dir. **Changes:** - Restore `happyHomeDir` default to `/home/user/.happy` (on the home PVC) - Update the lock cleanup comment to reflect the actual rationale ## Test plan - [ ] Deploy and confirm Happy Coder starts on boot - [ ] Restart pod — confirm settings and auth persist - [ ] Confirm `daemon.state.json.lock` is cleaned up correctly on restart 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

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Reference: farhoodlabs/devcontainer#19