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Collapsible Multi-line Log Entries β€” Implementation Plan

For agentic workers: REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (- [ ]) syntax for tracking.

Goal: Let operators fold the noisy continuation lines (Python tracebacks, JSON payloads, gunicorn config dumps) under their header log line in the /logs ACE viewer, via native ACE code-folding.

Architecture: Add a custom ACE FoldMode to the existing ace/mode/bunkerweb_log so every structured log line that is followed by continuation lines (lines that do NOT start a new structured entry) gets a gutter fold chevron and a Traceback (N lines) / β‹― N lines placeholder pill. A "Collapse multi-line" toggle in the filter bar folds/unfolds them all; default expanded. Folding is a pure view-layer concern on the editor session, independent of the level-filter / tail / local-time pipeline.

Tech Stack: Vanilla JS + jQuery + ACE editor (vendored), Bootstrap 5.3.3, Jinja2, BoxIcons. No new dependencies.

Design inspiration (from the Stitch "Collapsible Trace" sketch): the collapsed row keeps its severity tint (header line stays red for ERROR / amber for WARNING via the existing tokenizer), a small rounded pill at the line end shows Traceback (3 lines) for tracebacks or β‹― N lines otherwise, and a gutter chevron toggles it. No JSON re-pretty-printing (the source text is already as-written) and no per-fold severity CSS class (the header row's own tint carries severity).

Global Constraints

  • Do NOT git commit. Stage changes only; the user commits. (Project rule.)
  • Extend the existing ACE mode file; do not add a JS/CSS framework. ACE only β€” no Prism/hljs.
  • BoxIcons only (bx bx-*); no hex literals in templates; colors live in pages/logs.css.
  • i18n: every user-facing string via data-i18n* (template) or t("key", "fallback") (JS); keys added to static/locales/en.json only (other locales fall back to en).
  • Match the existing mode file's ace.define + relative-require patterns (mirror libs/ace/src-min/mode-nginx.js, which ships a working FoldMode under ace/mode/folding/cstyle).
  • node --check + prettier --check (JS/HTML/CSS/JSON) must pass; black/py_compile unaffected (no Python change).
  • The new fold script lives inside the existing src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js (one more ace.define block), loaded by the existing classic-defer <script> β€” no new template script tag.
  • Live-test caveat: the UI serves static with Cache-Control: max-age=86400. To see JS/CSS changes in the browser, temporarily append ?v=<token> to the logs.css + ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js + logs.js refs in logs.html, then revert before finishing.

File Structure

File Responsibility Change
src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js Tokenizer + Mode + new FoldMode Modify β€” add isLogStart() shared predicate, an ace/mode/folding/bunkerweb_log ace.define block, and wire this.foldingRules on the Mode
src/ui/app/static/js/pages/logs.js Editor wiring Modify β€” add state.collapse, wire the toggle button (foldAll/unfold), re-apply on renderView
src/ui/app/templates/logs.html Filter bar Modify β€” add the "Collapse multi-line" toggle button next to "Local time"
src/ui/app/static/css/pages/logs.css Per-page styles Modify β€” style .ace_fold as a pill (both themes)
src/ui/app/static/locales/en.json i18n Modify β€” add button.collapse_multiline, tooltip.collapse_multiline, aria.label.collapse_multiline, logs.fold_lines, logs.fold_traceback
/tmp/test-foldmode.js Throwaway node test of the fold rules Create (not committed)

Task 1: FoldMode β€” detect foldable multi-line groups

Files: - Modify: src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js - Test: /tmp/test-foldmode.js (throwaway)

Interfaces: - Produces: a module ace/mode/folding/bunkerweb_log exporting FoldMode (extends ACE BaseFoldMode) with getFoldWidget(session, foldStyle, row) -> "start" | "" and getFoldWidgetRange(session, foldStyle, row) -> Range | undefined (the returned Range carries a .placeholder string). Also a module-scoped isLogStart(line) -> boolean. - Consumes (from existing file): the same five log-format shapes the tokenizer recognizes.

  • [ ] Step 1: Write the failing test β€” /tmp/test-foldmode.js loads the real mode file under an ace stub (same technique already used in this repo's node tests), grabs the captured ace/mode/folding/bunkerweb_log factory, runs it with stub deps, and exercises the FoldMode against a fake session.
const fs = require("fs");
const src = fs.readFileSync(
  "/home/bunkerity/dev/bunkerweb-dev/src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js",
  "utf8",
);
const ace = { _m: {}, define(id, d, f) { this._m[id] = f; }, require() {} };
new Function("ace", "module", "exports", src)(ace, {}, {});

// Stub deps for the fold module factory.
const oop = { inherits: (c, s) => { c.prototype = Object.create(s.prototype); c.prototype.constructor = c; } };
function BaseFoldMode() {}
function Range(sr, sc, er, ec) { this.start = { row: sr, column: sc }; this.end = { row: er, column: ec }; }
const req = (id) => {
  if (id === "../../lib/oop") return oop;
  if (id === "./fold_mode") return { FoldMode: BaseFoldMode };
  if (id === "../../range") return { Range: Range };
  throw new Error("unexpected require " + id);
};
const exp = {};
ace._m["ace/mode/folding/bunkerweb_log"](req, exp, {});
const FoldMode = exp.FoldMode;
const fm = new FoldMode();

const mkSession = (lines) => ({ getLine: (r) => lines[r], getLength: () => lines.length });

let fail = 0;
const ok = (cond, name) => { console.log((cond ? "βœ“ " : "βœ— ") + name); if (!cond) fail++; };

// A Python traceback block: header (ERROR) + 3 indented continuation lines.
const tb = mkSession([
  "[2026-06-17 14:33:01 +0000] [SCHEDULER] [1] [ERROR] - Boom",
  '  File "x.py", line 5, in run',
  "    raise ConnectionError",
  "ConnectionError: refused",
  "[2026-06-17 14:33:02 +0000] [SCHEDULER] [1] [INFO] - next entry",
]);
ok(fm.getFoldWidget(tb, "markbegin", 0) === "start", "header row is foldable");
ok(fm.getFoldWidget(tb, "markbegin", 1) === "", "continuation row not foldable");
ok(fm.getFoldWidget(tb, "markbegin", 4) === "", "single-line next entry not foldable");
const r = fm.getFoldWidgetRange(tb, "markbegin", 0);
ok(r && r.start.row === 0 && r.end.row === 3, "range spans header end .. last continuation");
ok(r && r.start.column === tb.getLine(0).length, "range starts at end of header line");
ok(r && /Traceback \(3 lines\)/.test(r.placeholder), "traceback placeholder labelled with count");

// A generic (non-traceback) multi-line block -> "β‹― N lines".
const json = mkSession([
  "[2026-06-17 14:33:03 +0000] [API] [9] [INFO] - Current configuration:",
  "  config: utils/gunicorn.conf.py",
  "  workers: 1",
  "[2026-06-17 14:33:04 +0000] [API] [9] [INFO] - ready",
]);
const r2 = fm.getFoldWidgetRange(json, "markbegin", 0);
ok(r2 && r2.end.row === 2 && /β‹― 2 lines/.test(r2.placeholder), "generic block -> β‹― 2 lines");

// A lone log line (no continuation) is NOT foldable.
const lone = mkSession([
  "[2026-06-17 14:33:05 +0000] [UI] [2] [INFO] - hello",
  "[2026-06-17 14:33:06 +0000] [UI] [2] [INFO] - world",
]);
ok(fm.getFoldWidget(lone, "markbegin", 0) === "", "lone log line not foldable");
ok(fm.getFoldWidgetRange(lone, "markbegin", 0) === undefined, "lone log line range undefined");

console.log(fail ? "\nFAILURES: " + fail : "\nALL FOLD CHECKS PASSED");
process.exit(fail ? 1 : 0);
  • [ ] Step 2: Run it to confirm it fails

Run: node /tmp/test-foldmode.js Expected: throws unexpected require / Cannot read properties of undefined (the ace/mode/folding/bunkerweb_log module does not exist yet).

  • [ ] Step 3: Add the shared isLogStart predicate near the top of BunkerWebLogHighlightRules scope, but at module scope so the fold module can use it. Place it just after the ace.define("ace/mode/bunkerweb_log_highlight_rules", …) block closes, before the Mode define. Add this standalone helper define-free constant + function at the top of the file (module scope, outside any ace.define):
// Shared: does a line START a structured log entry? (the 5 formats the
// tokenizer recognizes). Anything else is a continuation line β€” a traceback,
// JSON, config dump, or blank/indented line β€” and folds under its header.
var BWLOG_START_RE =
  /^(?:\[[^\]]*\] \[[^\]]*\] \[\d+\] \[|[\d-]+ [\d:,]+ \[[^\]]*\] \[\d+\] \[|[\d-]+ [\d:,]+:(?:DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|WARNING|ERROR|CRITICAL):|\d{4}\/\d\d\/\d\d \d\d:\d\d:\d\d \[|\S+ \S+ - \S+ \S+ \[[^\]]*\] ")/u;
function bwlogIsLogStart(line) {
  return typeof line === "string" && BWLOG_START_RE.test(line);
}
  • [ ] Step 4: Add the FoldMode ace.define block. Place it immediately AFTER the ace.define("ace/mode/bunkerweb_log", …) block and BEFORE the trailing (function(){ ace.require([...]) })() IIFE.
ace.define(
  "ace/mode/folding/bunkerweb_log",
  [
    "require",
    "exports",
    "module",
    "ace/lib/oop",
    "ace/mode/folding/fold_mode",
    "ace/range",
  ],
  function (require, exports, module) {
    "use strict";
    var oop = require("../../lib/oop");
    var BaseFoldMode = require("./fold_mode").FoldMode;
    var Range = require("../../range").Range;

    var FoldMode = (exports.FoldMode = function () {});
    oop.inherits(FoldMode, BaseFoldMode);

    (function () {
      // Foldable when this row starts a log entry AND the next row is a
      // continuation (does not itself start a log entry).
      this.getFoldWidget = function (session, foldStyle, row) {
        var line = session.getLine(row);
        if (!bwlogIsLogStart(line)) return "";
        var next = session.getLine(row + 1);
        if (next === undefined || bwlogIsLogStart(next)) return "";
        return "start";
      };

      // Fold from the END of the header line to the end of the last
      // continuation line, so the header stays visible with a pill at its end.
      this.getFoldWidgetRange = function (session, foldStyle, row) {
        var line = session.getLine(row);
        if (!bwlogIsLogStart(line)) return;
        var maxRow = session.getLength();
        var end = row;
        while (end + 1 < maxRow && !bwlogIsLogStart(session.getLine(end + 1))) {
          end++;
        }
        if (end === row) return; // no continuation -> not foldable
        var count = end - row;
        var firstCont = session.getLine(row + 1) || "";
        var isTrace =
          /^\s*(?:Traceback \(most recent call last\)|File ")/.test(firstCont) ||
          /Traceback \(most recent call last\)/.test(firstCont);
        var range = new Range(
          row,
          line.length,
          end,
          session.getLine(end).length,
        );
        range.placeholder = isTrace
          ? " Traceback (" + count + " lines) "
          : " β‹― " + count + " lines ";
        return range;
      };
    }).call(FoldMode.prototype);
  },
);
  • [ ] Step 5: Run the test to verify it passes

Run: node /tmp/test-foldmode.js Expected: ALL FOLD CHECKS PASSED.

  • [ ] Step 6: node --check + format

Run: node --check src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js && npx --no-install prettier --write src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js Expected: JS OK, prettier rewrites cleanly.

  • [ ] Step 7: Stage (no commit)

Run: git add src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js (Do not commit β€” the user commits.)

Task 2: Wire the FoldMode onto the Mode

Files: - Modify: src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js

Interfaces: - Consumes: ace/mode/folding/bunkerweb_log FoldMode (Task 1). - Produces: the ace/mode/bunkerweb_log Mode now sets this.foldingRules, so ACE renders gutter fold widgets on foldable rows automatically.

  • [ ] Step 1: Add the fold-mode dependency + assignment in the existing ace.define("ace/mode/bunkerweb_log", …) block. Add "ace/mode/folding/bunkerweb_log" to its dependency array, require it, and set this.foldingRules in the Mode constructor.
// dependency array β€” add the fold module id:
//   "ace/mode/bunkerweb_log_highlight_rules",
//   "ace/mode/folding/bunkerweb_log",
var BunkerWebLogFoldMode =
  require("./folding/bunkerweb_log").FoldMode;

var Mode = function () {
  TextMode.call(this);
  this.HighlightRules = BunkerWebLogHighlightRules;
  this.foldingRules = new BunkerWebLogFoldMode();
  this.$behaviour = this.$defaultBehaviour;
};
  • [ ] Step 2: node --check

Run: node --check src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js && echo OK Expected: OK.

  • [ ] Step 3: Live smoke test (gutter chevrons appear). Temporarily cache-bust + restart is NOT needed (static file, mounted). Cache-bust the mode + css + logs.js refs in logs.html with ?v=fold1, then in the browser (logged in, /logs?file=bw-ui.log β€” it has gunicorn multi-line config dumps) run in the console / via Playwright:
const ed = ace.edit(document.getElementById("raw-logs"));
// foldable rows should report a "start" fold widget
const fr = ed.session.getFoldWidget ? null : null;
// simplest check: ask the session for fold widgets across rows
let foldable = 0;
for (let r = 0; r < ed.session.getLength(); r++) {
  if (ed.session.getFoldWidget(r) === "start") foldable++;
}
console.log("foldable rows:", foldable); // expect > 0 on bw-ui.log

Expected: foldable rows: > 0 and visible chevron triangles in the gutter next to the config-dump header lines.

  • [ ] Step 4: Stage (no commit)

Run: git add src/ui/app/static/js/pages/ace-mode-bunkerweb_log.js

Task 3: "Collapse multi-line" toggle (template + JS)

Files: - Modify: src/ui/app/templates/logs.html (filter bar, next to #logs-localtime) - Modify: src/ui/app/static/js/pages/logs.js - Modify: src/ui/app/static/locales/en.json

Interfaces: - Consumes: editor.session.foldAll() / editor.session.unfold() (ACE), and the existing renderView(opts) + state object in logs.js. - Produces: a #logs-collapse toggle button; state.collapse boolean; folds re-applied after each renderView when on.

  • [ ] Step 1: Add the toggle button in logs.html, immediately after the #logs-localtime button (inside the same .ms-auto filter-bar group):
<button id="logs-collapse"
        type="button"
        class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary"
        aria-pressed="false"
        data-bs-toggle="tooltip"
        data-bs-placement="top"
        data-i18n-title="tooltip.collapse_multiline"
        title="Collapse multi-line entries (tracebacks, payloads)"
        data-i18n-aria-label="aria.label.collapse_multiline"
        aria-label="Collapse multi-line entries">
    <i class="bx bx-collapse-vertical" aria-hidden="true"></i>
    <span class="d-none d-lg-inline">&nbsp;<span data-i18n="button.collapse_multiline">Collapse</span></span>
</button>

(If bx-collapse-vertical is absent in the vendored BoxIcons build, fall back to bx-collapse β€” verify with grep -o '\.bx-collapse[a-z-]*:before' src/ui/app/static/fonts/boxicons.min.css.)

  • [ ] Step 2: Add state.collapse + the toggle handler + re-apply hook in logs.js. In the state object add collapse: false. After the renderView definition, make folds re-apply: at the END of renderView, before the if (opts.toBottom) line, add:
if (state.collapse) editor.session.foldAll();

Wire the button (place near the other filter-bar wiring, e.g. after the localTimeBtn block):

const collapseBtn = document.getElementById("logs-collapse");
if (collapseBtn)
  collapseBtn.addEventListener("click", function () {
    state.collapse = !state.collapse;
    this.classList.toggle("active", state.collapse);
    this.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(state.collapse));
    if (state.collapse) editor.session.foldAll();
    else editor.session.unfold();
  });
  • [ ] Step 3: Add i18n keys to static/locales/en.json β€” button.collapse_multiline, tooltip.collapse_multiline, aria.label.collapse_multiline, plus (used by Task 1's placeholder, surfaced for completeness even though ACE renders it) logs.fold_lines / logs.fold_traceback. Insert into the matching nested blocks:
// in "button": { ... }
"collapse_multiline": "Collapse",
// in "tooltip": { ... }
"collapse_multiline": "Collapse multi-line entries (tracebacks, payloads)",
// in "aria": { "label": { ... } }
"collapse_multiline": "Collapse multi-line entries",
// in "logs": { ... }
"fold_lines": "β‹― {{count}} lines",
"fold_traceback": "Traceback ({{count}} lines)",
  • [ ] Step 4: Validate + format

Run: 

node --check src/ui/app/static/js/pages/logs.js
python3 -c "import json;json.load(open('src/ui/app/static/locales/en.json'));print('en.json valid')"
npx --no-install prettier --write src/ui/app/static/js/pages/logs.js src/ui/app/templates/logs.html src/ui/app/static/locales/en.json
Expected: JS OK, en.json valid, prettier clean.

  • [ ] Step 5: Live test the toggle. With cache-bust active, on /logs?file=bw-ui.log:

const ed = ace.edit(document.getElementById("raw-logs"));
const before = ed.session.getAllFolds().length;        // 0
document.getElementById("logs-collapse").click();
const after = ed.session.getAllFolds().length;          // > 0
document.getElementById("logs-collapse").click();
const reset = ed.session.getAllFolds().length;          // 0
return { before, after, reset, active: false };
Expected: before: 0, after: > 0, reset: 0. Visually: clicking once collapses every config dump / traceback to a one-line pill; clicking again expands them.

  • [ ] Step 6: Stage (no commit)

Run: git add src/ui/app/templates/logs.html src/ui/app/static/js/pages/logs.js src/ui/app/static/locales/en.json

Task 4: Style the fold pill + verify full behaviour

Files: - Modify: src/ui/app/static/css/pages/logs.css

Interfaces: - Consumes: ACE renders the fold placeholder inside a .ace_fold span on the (still severity-tinted) header line. - Produces: a small rounded pill look for .ace_fold in both themes, matching the Stitch sketch.

  • [ ] Step 1: Add .ace_fold styling (append to logs.css). The header row keeps its own severity tint (red/amber) from the tokenizer; the pill is a subtle chip that reads on top of it.
/* Collapsed multi-line entry: a small chip at the end of the header line
   (gutter chevron is ACE-native). The header row keeps its severity tint. */
.ace-cloud9-day .ace_fold,
.ace-cloud9-night .ace_fold {
  background: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.18);
  border: 1px solid rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.32);
  border-radius: 0.75rem;
  padding: 0 0.45rem;
  margin-left: 0.4rem;
  color: inherit;
  box-shadow: none;
  font-size: 0.85em;
  vertical-align: baseline;
}
.ace-cloud9-day .ace_fold:hover,
.ace-cloud9-night .ace_fold:hover {
  background: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.28);
}
  • [ ] Step 2: Format

Run: npx --no-install prettier --write src/ui/app/static/css/pages/logs.css && npx --no-install prettier --check src/ui/app/static/css/pages/logs.css Expected: clean.

  • [ ] Step 3: Full live verification (cache-bust active), /logs?file=bw-ui.log, both themes. Confirm, via Playwright:
  • Gutter chevrons on config-dump / traceback header rows.
  • Click "Collapse multi-line" β†’ config dumps collapse to a pill reading β‹― N lines; any traceback reads Traceback (N lines); header line keeps its severity color.
  • Click a single chevron β†’ that one group expands/collapses independently.
  • Copy (#copy-logs) β†’ clipboard contains the FULL text including folded lines:
// after collapsing all:
const ed = ace.edit(document.getElementById("raw-logs"));
ed.selectAll();
return ed.getSelectedText().includes("config: utils/gunicorn.conf.py"); // expect true (folded content still copied)
  1. Search (Ctrl-F) for a string inside a folded block β†’ ACE auto-expands to the match.
  2. Toggle a level chip / change Lines selector while collapsed β†’ after the view rebuilds, folds re-apply (because renderView calls foldAll when state.collapse).

  3. Dark theme: repeat 1–2, confirm the pill is legible on #181818.

  4. [ ] Step 4: Revert the cache-bust in logs.html (remove every ?v=fold1), re-run prettier --check on the four front-end files, and remove /tmp/test-foldmode.js.

grep -c "?v=" src/ui/app/templates/logs.html   # expect 0
rm -f /tmp/test-foldmode.js
  • [ ] Step 5: Stage (no commit)

Run: git add src/ui/app/static/css/pages/logs.css src/ui/app/templates/logs.html (Leave the commit to the user.)

Self-Review

  • Spec coverage: FoldMode + continuation rule (Task 1) βœ“; gutter chevrons via foldingRules (Task 2) βœ“; "Collapse multi-line" toggle, default-expanded, re-applied on rebuild (Task 3) βœ“; Traceback (N lines) / β‹― N lines pill + severity-tinted header carried by the existing tokenizer (Tasks 1+4) βœ“; copy/search fidelity (Task 4 verification) βœ“; i18n + a11y (aria-pressed, aria-label, BoxIcon aria-hidden) (Task 3) βœ“; no-JSON-reprettify / no-per-fold-class (scope) βœ“.
  • Placeholder scan: none β€” every step has concrete code/commands.
  • Type consistency: bwlogIsLogStart (defined Task 1) used in the FoldMode (Task 1) and nowhere else; FoldMode export name consistent across Tasks 1–2; state.collapse + editor.session.foldAll()/unfold()/getAllFolds() consistent Task 3–4; range.placeholder set in Task 1 and rendered by .ace_fold in Task 4.
  • Known risk: if ACE's gutter-widget fold does NOT honor range.placeholder (uses a fixed …), Task 1's pill text won't show. Mitigation in Task 2/3 live tests will reveal it; fallback is to create folds programmatically with session.addFold(placeholder, range) in the toggle handler instead of relying on foldAll. Note this in the task if the live test shows a bare ….