docs: update contribution docs for website metadata workflow (fixes #12839)

- Request metadata via website Report issue button instead of JSON in repo
- PRs now include only 2 files: ct/*.sh and install/*-install.sh
- Update README, GUIDE, CONTRIBUTING, AI.md, CODE-AUDIT, templates
- Fix docs/ct README link from CONTRIBUTION_GUIDE to contribution/README

Made-with: Cursor

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -420,30 +420,6 @@ Exercise vigilance regarding copycat or coat-tailing sites that seek to exploit
 
 </details>
 
-## 2026-03-13
-
-### 🚀 Updated Scripts
-
-  - #### 🐞 Bug Fixes
-
-    - Hotfix: Removed clean install usage from original script. [@nickheyer](https://github.com/nickheyer) ([#12870](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/12870))
-
-  - #### 🔧 Refactor
-
-    - Discopanel: V2 Support + Script rewrite [@nickheyer](https://github.com/nickheyer) ([#12763](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/12763))
-
-### 🧰 Tools
-
-  - update-apps: fix restore path, add PBS support and improve restore messages [@omertahaoztop](https://github.com/omertahaoztop) ([#12528](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/12528))
-
-  - #### 🐞 Bug Fixes
-
-    - fix(pve-privilege-converter): handle already stopped container in manage_states [@liuqitoday](https://github.com/liuqitoday) ([#12765](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/12765))
-
-### 📚 Documentation
-
-  - Update: Docs/website metadata workflow [@michelroegl-brunner](https://github.com/michelroegl-brunner) ([#12858](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/12858))
-
 ## 2026-03-12
 
 ### 🚀 Updated Scripts

ct/discopanel.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 source <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/misc/build.func)
 # Copyright (c) 2021-2026 community-scripts ORG
-# Author: DragoQC | Co-Author: nickheyer
+# Author: DragoQC
 # License: MIT | https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/LICENSE
 # Source: https://discopanel.app/ | Github: https://github.com/nickheyer/discopanel
 
@@ -38,15 +38,34 @@ function update_script() {
 
     msg_info "Creating Backup"
     mkdir -p /opt/discopanel_backup_temp
-    cp /opt/discopanel/data/discopanel.db /opt/discopanel_backup_temp/discopanel.db
+    cp -r /opt/discopanel/data/discopanel.db \
+      /opt/discopanel/data/.recovery_key \
+      /opt/discopanel_backup_temp/
+    if [[ -d /opt/discopanel/data/servers ]]; then
+      cp -r /opt/discopanel/data/servers /opt/discopanel_backup_temp/
+    fi
     msg_ok "Created Backup"
 
-    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "discopanel" "nickheyer/discopanel" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/discopanel" "discopanel-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
-    ln -sf /opt/discopanel/discopanel-linux-amd64 /opt/discopanel/discopanel
+    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "discopanel" "nickheyer/discopanel" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/discopanel"
+
+    msg_info "Setting up DiscoPanel"
+    cd /opt/discopanel 
+    $STD make gen
+    cd /opt/discopanel/web/discopanel 
+    $STD npm install
+    $STD npm run build
+    msg_ok "Built Web Interface"
+
+    setup_go
+
+    msg_info "Building DiscoPanel"
+    cd /opt/discopanel 
+    $STD go build -o discopanel cmd/discopanel/main.go
+    msg_ok "Built DiscoPanel"
 
     msg_info "Restoring Data"
     mkdir -p /opt/discopanel/data
-    mv /opt/discopanel_backup_temp/discopanel.db /opt/discopanel/data/discopanel.db
+    cp -a /opt/discopanel_backup_temp/. /opt/discopanel/data/
     rm -rf /opt/discopanel_backup_temp
     msg_ok "Restored Data"
 

ct/plex.sh

@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ function update_script() {
         "main"
       msg_ok "Migrated to new Plex repository"
     fi
-  elif compgen -G "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex*.list" >/dev/null; then
+  elif [[ -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list ]]; then
     msg_info "Migrating to new Plex repository (deb822)"
-    rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex*.list
+    rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
+    rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex*
     rm -f /usr/share/keyrings/PlexSign.asc
-    rm -f /usr/share/keyrings/plexmediaserver.v2.gpg
     setup_deb822_repo \
       "plexmediaserver" \
       "https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.v2.key" \
@@ -58,15 +58,6 @@ function update_script() {
       "public" \
       "main"
     msg_ok "Migrated to new Plex repository (deb822)"
-  elif [[ ! -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.sources ]]; then
-    msg_info "Setting up Plex repository"
-    setup_deb822_repo \
-      "plexmediaserver" \
-      "https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.v2.key" \
-      "https://repo.plex.tv/deb/" \
-      "public" \
-      "main"
-    msg_ok "Set up Plex repository"
   fi
   if [[ -f /usr/local/bin/plexupdate ]] || [[ -d /opt/plexupdate ]]; then
     msg_info "Removing legacy plexupdate"

install/discopanel-install.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Copyright (c) 2021-2026 community-scripts ORG
-# Author: DragoQC | Co-Author: nickheyer
+# Author: DragoQC
 # License: MIT | https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/LICENSE
 # Source: https://discopanel.app/ | Github: https://github.com/nickheyer/discopanel
 
@@ -12,9 +12,25 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os
 
-fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "discopanel" "nickheyer/discopanel" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/discopanel" "discopanel-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
+$STD apt install -y build-essential
+msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
+
+NODE_VERSION="22" setup_nodejs
+setup_go
+fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "discopanel" "nickheyer/discopanel" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/discopanel"
 setup_docker
 
+msg_info "Setting up DiscoPanel"
+cd /opt/discopanel
+$STD make gen
+cd /opt/discopanel/web/discopanel
+$STD npm install
+$STD npm run build
+cd /opt/discopanel
+$STD go build -o discopanel cmd/discopanel/main.go
+msg_ok "Setup DiscoPanel"
+
 msg_info "Creating Service"
 cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/discopanel.service
 [Unit]
@@ -23,7 +39,7 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/discopanel
-ExecStart=/opt/discopanel/discopanel-linux-amd64
+ExecStart=/opt/discopanel/discopanel
 Restart=always
 
 [Install]

misc/tools.func

@@ -105,13 +105,11 @@ curl_with_retry() {
       fi
     fi
 
-    debug_log "curl attempt $attempt failed (timeout=${timeout}s), waiting ${backoff}s before retry..."
+    debug_log "curl attempt $attempt failed, waiting ${backoff}s before retry..."
     sleep "$backoff"
     # Exponential backoff: 1, 2, 4, 8... capped at 30s
     backoff=$((backoff * 2))
     ((backoff > 30)) && backoff=30
-    # Double --max-time on each retry so slow connections can finish
-    timeout=$((timeout * 2))
     ((attempt++))
   done
 
@@ -174,10 +172,8 @@ curl_api_with_retry() {
       return 0
     fi
 
-    debug_log "curl API attempt $attempt failed (HTTP $http_code, timeout=${timeout}s), waiting ${attempt}s..."
+    debug_log "curl API attempt $attempt failed (HTTP $http_code), waiting ${attempt}s..."
     sleep "$attempt"
-    # Double --max-time on each retry so slow connections can finish
-    timeout=$((timeout * 2))
     ((attempt++))
   done
 
@@ -2578,30 +2574,6 @@ function ensure_usr_local_bin_persist() {
   fi
 }
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# curl_download - Downloads a file with automatic retry and exponential backoff.
-#
-# Usage: curl_download <output_file> <url>
-#
-# Retries up to 5 times with increasing --max-time (60/120/240/480/960s).
-# Returns 0 on success, 1 if all attempts fail.
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function curl_download() {
-  local output="$1"
-  local url="$2"
-  local timeouts=(60 120 240 480 960)
-
-  for i in "${!timeouts[@]}"; do
-    if curl --connect-timeout 15 --max-time "${timeouts[$i]}" -fsSL -o "$output" "$url"; then
-      return 0
-    fi
-    if ((i < ${#timeouts[@]} - 1)); then
-      msg_warn "Download timed out after ${timeouts[$i]}s, retrying... (attempt $((i + 2))/${#timeouts[@]})"
-    fi
-  done
-  return 1
-}
-
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Downloads and deploys latest Codeberg release (source, binary, tarball, asset).
 #
@@ -2659,7 +2631,8 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_codeberg_release() {
   local app_lc=$(echo "${app,,}" | tr -d ' ')
   local version_file="$HOME/.${app_lc}"
 
-  local api_timeouts=(60 120 240)
+  local api_timeout="--connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60"
+  local download_timeout="--connect-timeout 15 --max-time 900"
 
   local current_version=""
   [[ -f "$version_file" ]] && current_version=$(<"$version_file")
@@ -2699,7 +2672,7 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_codeberg_release() {
 
     # Codeberg archive URL format: https://codeberg.org/{owner}/{repo}/archive/{tag}.tar.gz
     local archive_url="https://codeberg.org/$repo/archive/${tag_name}.tar.gz"
-    if curl_download "$tmpdir/$filename" "$archive_url"; then
+    if curl $download_timeout -fsSL -o "$tmpdir/$filename" "$archive_url"; then
       download_success=true
     fi
 
@@ -2746,18 +2719,16 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_codeberg_release() {
     return 1
   fi
 
-  local attempt=0 success=false resp http_code
+  local max_retries=3 retry_delay=2 attempt=1 success=false resp http_code
 
-  while ((attempt < ${#api_timeouts[@]})); do
-    resp=$(curl --connect-timeout 10 --max-time "${api_timeouts[$attempt]}" -fsSL -w "%{http_code}" -o /tmp/codeberg_rel.json "$api_url") && success=true && break
+  while ((attempt <= max_retries)); do
+    resp=$(curl $api_timeout -fsSL -w "%{http_code}" -o /tmp/codeberg_rel.json "$api_url") && success=true && break
+    sleep "$retry_delay"
     ((attempt++))
-    if ((attempt < ${#api_timeouts[@]})); then
-      msg_warn "API request timed out after ${api_timeouts[$((attempt-1))]}s, retrying... (attempt $((attempt + 1))/${#api_timeouts[@]})"
-    fi
   done
 
   if ! $success; then
-    msg_error "Failed to fetch release metadata from $api_url after ${#api_timeouts[@]} attempts"
+    msg_error "Failed to fetch release metadata from $api_url after $max_retries attempts"
     return 1
   fi
 
@@ -2798,7 +2769,7 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_codeberg_release() {
 
     # Codeberg archive URL format
     local archive_url="https://codeberg.org/$repo/archive/${tag_name}.tar.gz"
-    if curl_download "$tmpdir/$filename" "$archive_url"; then
+    if curl $download_timeout -fsSL -o "$tmpdir/$filename" "$archive_url"; then
       download_success=true
     fi
 
@@ -2872,7 +2843,7 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_codeberg_release() {
     fi
 
     filename="${url_match##*/}"
-    curl_download "$tmpdir/$filename" "$url_match" || {
+    curl $download_timeout -fsSL -o "$tmpdir/$filename" "$url_match" || {
       msg_error "Download failed: $url_match"
       rm -rf "$tmpdir"
       return 1
@@ -2915,7 +2886,7 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_codeberg_release() {
     }
 
     filename="${asset_url##*/}"
-    curl_download "$tmpdir/$filename" "$asset_url" || {
+    curl $download_timeout -fsSL -o "$tmpdir/$filename" "$asset_url" || {
       msg_error "Download failed: $asset_url"
       rm -rf "$tmpdir"
       return 1
@@ -3016,7 +2987,7 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_codeberg_release() {
     local target_file="$app"
     [[ "$use_filename" == "true" ]] && target_file="$filename"
 
-    curl_download "$target/$target_file" "$asset_url" || {
+    curl $download_timeout -fsSL -o "$target/$target_file" "$asset_url" || {
       msg_error "Download failed: $asset_url"
       rm -rf "$tmpdir"
       return 1
@@ -3211,7 +3182,8 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_gh_release() {
   local app_lc=$(echo "${app,,}" | tr -d ' ')
   local version_file="$HOME/.${app_lc}"
 
-  local api_timeouts=(60 120 240)
+  local api_timeout="--connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60"
+  local download_timeout="--connect-timeout 15 --max-time 900"
 
   local current_version=""
   [[ -f "$version_file" ]] && current_version=$(<"$version_file")
@@ -3231,10 +3203,10 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_gh_release() {
     return 1
   fi
 
-  local max_retries=${#api_timeouts[@]} retry_delay=2 attempt=1 success=false http_code
+  local max_retries=3 retry_delay=2 attempt=1 success=false http_code
 
   while ((attempt <= max_retries)); do
-    http_code=$(curl --connect-timeout 10 --max-time "${api_timeouts[$((attempt-1))]:-240}" -sSL -w "%{http_code}" -o /tmp/gh_rel.json "${header[@]}" "$api_url" 2>/dev/null) || true
+    http_code=$(curl $api_timeout -sSL -w "%{http_code}" -o /tmp/gh_rel.json "${header[@]}" "$api_url" 2>/dev/null) || true
     if [[ "$http_code" == "200" ]]; then
       success=true
       break
@@ -3308,7 +3280,7 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_gh_release() {
     local direct_tarball_url="https://github.com/$repo/archive/refs/tags/$tag_name.tar.gz"
     filename="${app_lc}-${version_safe}.tar.gz"
 
-    curl_download "$tmpdir/$filename" "$direct_tarball_url" || {
+    curl $download_timeout -fsSL -o "$tmpdir/$filename" "$direct_tarball_url" || {
       msg_error "Download failed: $direct_tarball_url"
       rm -rf "$tmpdir"
       return 1
@@ -3411,7 +3383,7 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_gh_release() {
     fi
 
     filename="${url_match##*/}"
-    curl_download "$tmpdir/$filename" "$url_match" || {
+    curl $download_timeout -fsSL -o "$tmpdir/$filename" "$url_match" || {
       msg_error "Download failed: $url_match"
       rm -rf "$tmpdir"
       return 1
@@ -3478,7 +3450,7 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_gh_release() {
     }
 
     filename="${asset_url##*/}"
-    curl_download "$tmpdir/$filename" "$asset_url" || {
+    curl $download_timeout -fsSL -o "$tmpdir/$filename" "$asset_url" || {
       msg_error "Download failed: $asset_url"
       rm -rf "$tmpdir"
       return 1
@@ -3599,7 +3571,7 @@ function fetch_and_deploy_gh_release() {
     local target_file="$app"
     [[ "$use_filename" == "true" ]] && target_file="$filename"
 
-    curl_download "$target/$target_file" "$asset_url" || {
+    curl $download_timeout -fsSL -o "$target/$target_file" "$asset_url" || {
       msg_error "Download failed: $asset_url"
       rm -rf "$tmpdir"
       return 1

tools/pve/pve-privilege-converter.sh

@@ -134,20 +134,16 @@ manage_states() {
   read -rp "Shutdown source and start new container? [Y/n]: " answer
   answer=${answer:-Y}
   if [[ $answer =~ ^[Yy] ]]; then
+    pct shutdown "$CONTAINER_ID"
+    for i in {1..36}; do
+      sleep 5
+      ! pct status "$CONTAINER_ID" | grep -q running && break
+    done
     if pct status "$CONTAINER_ID" | grep -q running; then
-      pct shutdown "$CONTAINER_ID"
-      for i in {1..36}; do
-        sleep 5
-        ! pct status "$CONTAINER_ID" | grep -q running && break
-      done
-      if pct status "$CONTAINER_ID" | grep -q running; then
-        read -rp "Timeout reached. Force shutdown? [Y/n]: " force
-        if [[ ${force:-Y} =~ ^[Yy] ]]; then
-          pkill -9 -f "lxc-start -F -n $CONTAINER_ID"
-        fi
+      read -rp "Timeout reached. Force shutdown? [Y/n]: " force
+      if [[ ${force:-Y} =~ ^[Yy] ]]; then
+        pkill -9 -f "lxc-start -F -n $CONTAINER_ID"
       fi
-    else
-      msg_custom "ℹ️" "\e[36m" "Source container $CONTAINER_ID is already stopped"
     fi
     pct start "$NEW_CONTAINER_ID"
     msg_ok "New container started"

tools/pve/update-apps.sh

@@ -426,23 +426,16 @@ for container in $CHOICE; do
   elif [ $exit_code -eq 75 ]; then
     echo -e "${YW}[WARN]${CL} Container $container skipped (requires interactive mode)"
   elif [ "$BACKUP_CHOICE" == "yes" ]; then
-    msg_error "Update failed for container $container (exit code: $exit_code) — attempting restore"
-    msg_info "Restoring LXC $container from backup ($STORAGE_CHOICE)"
+    msg_info "Restoring LXC from backup"
     pct stop $container
     LXC_STORAGE=$(pct config $container | awk -F '[:,]' '/rootfs/ {print $2}')
-    BACKUP_ENTRY=$(pvesm list "$STORAGE_CHOICE" 2>/dev/null | awk -v ctid="$container" '$1 ~ "vzdump-lxc-"ctid"-" || $1 ~ "/ct/"ctid"/" {print $1}' | sort -r | head -n1)
-    if [ -z "$BACKUP_ENTRY" ]; then
-      msg_error "No backup found in storage $STORAGE_CHOICE for container $container"
-      exit 235
-    fi
-    msg_info "Restoring from: $BACKUP_ENTRY"
-    pct restore $container "$BACKUP_ENTRY" --storage $LXC_STORAGE --force >/dev/null 2>&1
+    pct restore $container /var/lib/vz/dump/vzdump-lxc-${container}-*.tar.zst --storage $LXC_STORAGE --force >/dev/null 2>&1
+    pct start $container
     restorestatus=$?
     if [ $restorestatus -eq 0 ]; then
-      pct start $container
-      msg_ok "Container $container successfully restored from backup"
+      msg_ok "Restored LXC from backup"
     else
-      msg_error "Restore failed for container $container"
+      msg_error "Restored LXC from backup failed"
       exit 235
     fi
   else