Fixes

includes/admin/admin-backend/routes/status.js

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async function handleStatusRoutes(req, res) {
       const query = url.parse(req.url, true).query;
       const probeType = query.probe || 'liveness';
       
-      const dnsHealthy = !!state.dnsPass && state.dnsPass.ready;
+      const dnsHealthy = !!state.dnsPass && state.dnsPass.opened !== false;
       const proxyHealthy = process.env.DISABLE_PROXY_SERVER !== 'true';
       const swarmHealthy = state.connectedPeers !== undefined;
       
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ async function handleStatusRoutes(req, res) {
             healthy: dnsHealthy,
             initialized: !!state.dnsPass,
             details: {
-              passReady: !!state.dnsPass?.ready,
+              passReady: state.dnsPass?.opened !== false,
               domainsCount: state.domainToIPMap?.size || 0
             }
           },

includes/admin/admin-backend/websocket.js

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ function broadcastHealth() {
   if (adminClients.size === 0) return;
   
   try {
-    const dnsHealthy = !!state.dnsPass && state.dnsPass.ready;
+    const dnsHealthy = !!state.dnsPass && state.dnsPass.opened !== false;
     const proxyHealthy = process.env.DISABLE_PROXY_SERVER !== 'true';
     const swarmHealthy = state.connectedPeers !== undefined;
     const corestoreHealthy = state.dnsPass && state.dnsPass.base && state.dnsPass.base.writable !== undefined;

includes/admin/routes/status.js

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async function handleStatusRoutes(req, res) {
       const query = url.parse(req.url, true).query;
       const probeType = query.probe || 'liveness';
       
-      const dnsHealthy = !!state.dnsPass && state.dnsPass.ready;
+      const dnsHealthy = !!state.dnsPass && state.dnsPass.opened !== false;
       const proxyHealthy = process.env.DISABLE_PROXY_SERVER !== 'true';
       const swarmHealthy = state.connectedPeers !== undefined;
       
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ async function handleStatusRoutes(req, res) {
             healthy: dnsHealthy,
             initialized: !!state.dnsPass,
             details: {
-              passReady: !!state.dnsPass?.ready,
+              passReady: state.dnsPass?.opened !== false,
               domainsCount: state.domainToIPMap?.size || 0
             }
           },

includes/core/core.js

@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ const countedTies = new Set(); // Set of tie keys: "domain:claimant"
 function isDnsPassUsable(pass) {
     if (!pass) return false;
     if (pass.closed) return false;
+    if (pass.opened === false) return false;
     const base = pass.base;
     if (!base) return false;
     if (base.closed || base.closing) return false;
-    if (!pass.ready) return false;
     return true;
 }
 

includes/infrastructure/master-mode.js

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Resolve whether this process is the Autopass master (invite authority).
+ * Docker/PM2 often omit argv flags; P2NS_MASTER=true is supported as an alternative to --master.
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+function resolveIsMaster() {
+  if (process.argv.includes('--master')) return true;
+  const v = process.env.P2NS_MASTER ?? process.env.MASTER;
+  if (v === undefined || v === '') return false;
+  const normalized = String(v).trim().toLowerCase();
+  return normalized === '1' || normalized === 'true' || normalized === 'yes';
+}
+
+module.exports = { resolveIsMaster };

includes/infrastructure/state.js

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module.exports = {
     holesailStartTimes: new Map(), // Track when each p2p-domain holesail connection was started
     persistentConnections: new Set(), // Track which connections are persistent
     localDnsRecords: [],
-    isMaster: process.argv.includes('--master'),
+    isMaster: require('./master-mode').resolveIsMaster(),
     sendRemovalRequest: null,
     sendConsensusRequest: null,
     domainsWithBoth: new Set(),