[Bug] "Single user mode" keeps bringing up setup wizard

[roseyhead]

Version

v1.0.0-rc.29

Where

Web on desktop, PWA on phone

What I expected

Disabling single-user mode should allow me to access my diary without login

What actually happened

If I disable user management either by:
creating an account at startup and disabling user management in settings
creating an account at startup, logging out, clicking "locked out" and entering my recovery phrase or
creating an account, shutting down my docker container and manually clearing the users table in the db
then next time I load the site it directs me to the setup wizard and asks me to create an account

Steps to reproduce

1. Spin up a Docker instance with the default settings (plus RECOVERY_TOKEN set)
2. Connect to instance
3. Create an admin account
4. Skip setup
5. Go into settings and disable user management
6. Return to diary page and F5, or visit the site from another browser/device
7. Directed to setup wizard

Logs

nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:16.778371733Z [db] backfilled usage counters on 0 foods + 0 meals from existing diary items
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:16.957114365Z [2026-05-21T23:32:16.956Z] [INFO ] NutriTrace running on port 3001
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:16.958477534Z [2026-05-21T23:32:16.958Z] [INFO ] [scheduler] started (15-minute interval)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:19.230704635Z [2026-05-21T23:32:19.230Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (5ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:22.459160650Z [2026-05-21T23:32:22.458Z] [INFO ] GET / → 304 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:22.476948280Z [2026-05-21T23:32:22.476Z] [INFO ] GET /registerSW.js → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:22.672042939Z [2026-05-21T23:32:22.671Z] [INFO ] GET /status → 200 (3ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:22.673900634Z [2026-05-21T23:32:22.673Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:22.675541750Z [2026-05-21T23:32:22.675Z] [INFO ] GET /me → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:22.678051098Z [2026-05-21T23:32:22.677Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:22.687431071Z [2026-05-21T23:32:22.687Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/env-locks → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:24.280075969Z [2026-05-21T23:32:24.279Z] [INFO ] GET /sw.js → 304 (0ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:24.285476359Z [2026-05-21T23:32:24.285Z] [INFO ] GET /workbox-10e0918b.js → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:36.235032754Z [2026-05-21T23:32:36.234Z] [INFO ] POST /register → 200 (204ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:36.246609271Z [2026-05-21T23:32:36.246Z] [INFO ] GET /me → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:36.249004142Z [2026-05-21T23:32:36.248Z] [INFO ] GET /status → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:36.257914839Z [2026-05-21T23:32:36.257Z] [INFO ] GET / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:42.357215870Z [2026-05-21T23:32:42.357Z] [INFO ] GET /2026-05-22 → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:44.123690411Z [2026-05-21T23:32:44.123Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/logo.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:45.599171526Z [2026-05-21T23:32:45.598Z] [INFO ] GET /env-locks → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.204558866Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.204Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (6ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.211593602Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.211Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (4ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.215453132Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.215Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.219520461Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.219Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.223193843Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.223Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.226598369Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.226Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.230837702Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.230Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.234311152Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.234Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.237552015Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.237Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.240606009Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.240Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.243576155Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.243Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.246953729Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.246Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.250333418Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.250Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.253972411Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.253Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.257490793Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.257Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.261112310Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.260Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:46.264124763Z [2026-05-21T23:32:46.264Z] [INFO ] PUT / → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:49.108656461Z [2026-05-21T23:32:49.108Z] [INFO ] GET /users → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:49.133045804Z [2026-05-21T23:32:49.132Z] [INFO ] GET / → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:49.139061661Z [2026-05-21T23:32:49.138Z] [INFO ] GET /invites → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:51.725879921Z [2026-05-21T23:32:51.725Z] [INFO ] DELETE /management → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:51.730466159Z [2026-05-21T23:32:51.730Z] [INFO ] GET /me → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:51.732385007Z [2026-05-21T23:32:51.732Z] [INFO ] GET /status → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:51.738614431Z [2026-05-21T23:32:51.738Z] [WARN ] GET /users → 403 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:53.978121821Z [2026-05-21T23:32:53.977Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/logo.png → 304 (0ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:57.529755236Z [2026-05-21T23:32:57.529Z] [INFO ] GET / → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:57.546979201Z [2026-05-21T23:32:57.546Z] [INFO ] GET /registerSW.js → 304 (0ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:57.652686737Z [2026-05-21T23:32:57.652Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:57.654223145Z [2026-05-21T23:32:57.654Z] [INFO ] GET /status → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:57.654635138Z [2026-05-21T23:32:57.654Z] [INFO ] GET /me → 200 (0ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:57.655376994Z [2026-05-21T23:32:57.655Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:57.657825123Z [2026-05-21T23:32:57.657Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/env-locks → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:59.279671355Z [2026-05-21T23:32:59.279Z] [INFO ] GET /sw.js → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:32:59.286643594Z [2026-05-21T23:32:59.286Z] [INFO ] GET /workbox-10e0918b.js → 304 (0ms)
nutritrace | 2026-05-21T23:35:10.186783532Z [2026-05-21T23:35:10.186Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (1ms)onsole tab. Filter by [wellness], [sync], [diary], etc.

Android app:
Plug phone into USB → chrome://inspect/#devices in Chrome → "inspect" the
WebView → Console tab → reproduce → copy/screenshot.

⚠️ REDACT before posting:

• HRV / RHR / sleep duration / weight / calorie counts (debug logs include these)
• Email addresses
• OAuth tokens (anything that looks like ya29.* or a long random string)
• Personal server URLs / IPs
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[thebigjoe1]

Reproduced. The server's setup_required was just "no users exist", which fires on a fresh install (correct) but also fires the moment you disable user management (wrong). The client then routes you to the wizard.

Fixed in my dev environment. The server now persists a flag when user management is intentionally disabled and setup_required respects it. Re-registering clears the flag automatically. Will ship in the next RC. Should be out tomorrow. Will report back here when released. Thanks!

[thebigjoe1]

RC 30 released. If this resolves the issue, please close. Thanks!

[roseyhead]

It lets me in now but there are issues:

• There's a banner that says "Could not reach server — Retry" on the Diary and Foods pages, clicking on it logs the following error: "GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (2ms)" (or /meals or /foods)
• When you try to add a new food item there's a popup saying "Save failed: Setup required"

I tried completing the onboarding and creating an admin account, then disabling user management. Then I stopped the container, deleted the db and restarted the container and skipped onboarding by going to /settings and back to the diary. Here are the logs from that second run, if it helps at all:

nutritrace | [db] backfilled usage counters on 0 foods + 0 meals from existing diary items
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:40.014Z] [INFO ] NutriTrace running on port 3001
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:40.016Z] [INFO ] [scheduler] started (15-minute interval)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:48.469Z] [INFO ] GET / → 304 (5ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:48.499Z] [INFO ] GET /registerSW.js → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:48.501Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/icon-192.png → 304 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:48.801Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (4ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:48.804Z] [INFO ] GET /status → 200 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:48.805Z] [INFO ] GET /me → 200 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:48.814Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:48.915Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/env-locks → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:50.476Z] [INFO ] GET /sw.js → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:19:50.491Z] [INFO ] GET /workbox-10e0918b.js → 304 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:00.638Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/env-locks → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:03.003Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/logo.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:03.805Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:07.214Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/env-locks → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:11.946Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:13.342Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:13.344Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:13.346Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:13.356Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/sharing → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:15.218Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:25.336Z] [ERROR] POST /foods → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:20:56.765Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:21:01.670Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:21:01.690Z] [ERROR] GET /goals/adaptive-tdee → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:21:04.893Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/env-locks → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:21:11.952Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/logo.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:22:04.658Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:22:04.687Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/icon-192.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:22:19.897Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:22:19.897Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/icon-192.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:22:28.940Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:22:35.525Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:22:35.980Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:22:36.128Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:22:36.276Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:33.318Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/icon-192.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:33.321Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:37.210Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:37.224Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:37.225Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:37.229Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/sharing → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:42.001Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:42.500Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:42.501Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:42.502Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:42.512Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/sharing → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:43.490Z] [ERROR] GET /diary → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:46.687Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:46.699Z] [ERROR] GET /goals/adaptive-tdee → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:47.698Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/env-locks → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:49.076Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:49.078Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:49.079Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:23:49.086Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/sharing → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:05.558Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:05.560Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/sharing → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:05.561Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/icon-192.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:08.113Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:08.115Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (2ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:08.116Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:08.294Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:08.295Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:08.296Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:08.425Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:08.427Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:08.428Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:39.466Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/icon-192.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:39.470Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:39.471Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/sharing → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:42.610Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:24:51.659Z] [ERROR] POST /foods → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:18.671Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:18.675Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/icon-192.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:20.316Z] [ERROR] POST /foods → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:34.856Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:34.857Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/icon-192.png → 304 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:36.242Z] [ERROR] POST /foods → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:43.390Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:45.172Z] [ERROR] GET /foods → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:45.173Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:45.181Z] [ERROR] GET /meals → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:45.184Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/sharing → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:46.874Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/env-locks → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:25:50.035Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config/env-locks → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:26:21.630Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:26:36.977Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:26:36.978Z] [INFO ] GET /icons/icon-192.png → 304 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:28:57.040Z] [ERROR] GET /ai/history → 503 (0ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:29:12.860Z] [ERROR] GET /app-config → 503 (1ms)
nutritrace | [2026-05-22T13:29:24.027Z] [ERROR] GET /diary/2026-05-22 → 503 (1ms)

[thebigjoe1]

Hmm., The data APIs were still 503ing because a second server-side gate also needed the same flag. Pushed the fix in RC31. I hope that takes care of it for you. Thanks for the logs.

[roseyhead]

Yep, that looks like it's done it! I've found some issues elsewhere which I'll log a separate bug for.