Panel Navigation and Help

Panel Navigation and Help

Use Overview for the node summary, Help for offline instructions, Find a feature to search registered controls, and Guided tasks for operator workflows. Every link opens a Panel page, not an external search.

Tabs on top, drop-down menus and sub-tabs

The Panel is the classic Panel page at /. Its tabs run across the top, and each tab opens a drop-down menu of its pages; the tab that is open shows the same pages as a row of sub-tabs under the bar. Every page opens inside this frame, so the header, instance bar and tabs stay the same wherever you are.

Tab	Pages
Status	Overview, Statistics, Crashes, Chat, Chat workspace, My chat settings, Chat administration, Alerts, Notifications
Models	Models, Download, Templates, Fit, Builds, Model library, Model modalities, Lexification, Storage cache
Run	Parameters, Workload, LexiEngine, Engines, Llama engine, Inference plane, Decisions, Speculation, images, video and audio, speech synthesis, transcription, video generation, API
Optimize	Optimize, Bench, GPU Tuning, GPU, Validate, Monitor, Benchmark comparison, Backend tuning, Training, Abliteration lab
Fleet	Fleet, Fleet sync, Multi-node, Fleet links
Files	The file manager
System	Network, Storage, Users & access, Power options, Diagnostics, Logs, Terminal, System overview, Firewall, Updates, Time, Services, Hardware & drivers, Backup & recovery, Security, VM hosting, Passwords, Guard and policies, LexiOS, Installers & USB, Branding, Attestation, Administration hub
Help	Help, Guided tasks, Find a feature

Hover or click a tab to open its menu; with the keyboard, focus a tab and press the down arrow, and Escape closes the menu. Clicking a tab opens its first page. A page is listed only where it exists on this machine, and administration pages only for administrators; a link means that the page is discoverable, not that its operation is permitted or its hardware is available, because permission checks still run on the owning route. An old address of a page that only repeated a classic tab (for example /rust/files or /rust/parameters) opens the classic tab. Pages not in a menu are reached from the pages that link to them, from System overview, and from Find a feature.

Find a feature submits a read-only search to /rust/search. It searches registry names, tooltips, native paths, API descriptions and command descriptions, and also guided-task titles and summaries. Administrative tasks do not appear in results for viewers. Select a result to open its real page or guided task. A direct /rust/help/features registry finder is also available.

Help topics and feature search

1. Open Help at /rust/help for offline topics and All Panel areas; Home opens at /.
2. Select an area for a short area Help page and its Open area link. The index includes Overview, Instances, Chat, Models, Fit, Benchmarks, Builds, Token pruning, Decisions, Training, Fabric, Files, Access, Appliance, Power, Diagnostics, Fleet, Virtual machines, Media, Agents, Platform support, Boot and system software, and inference APIs.
3. Enter a phrase in Search features, settings and tasks (/rust/search), or select Find a feature (/rust/help/features). Enter a name, description, page, API route or command and click Search features. This form only searches the local registry; it never changes a service.
4. Open a matching feature's page. If no match exists, use All areas: area pages can exist before detailed registry metadata is available.
5. For a multi-step operation, open Guided tasks (/rust/overview/tasks). The Serve your first model task is administrator-only; Find any Panel feature is available without administrator privileges.

The read-only feature catalog is GET /api/ux/features, with features and areas arrays. Each feature provides a stable id, tooltip, page, classic control selector if available, API routes, CLI commands where available, guided-task id, and wiki page. No new CLI flag is introduced by this area.

Navigation, Help, and notification controls

Control	What it does (tooltip text)	Page	API routes	Classic selector
Help topics (overview.help)	Opens offline Help topics and the links to each Panel area.	/rust/help	—	—
Find a feature (overview.find-feature)	Searches registered features by name, description, page, route, or command; search never changes state.	/rust/help/features	GET /api/ux/features	—
Guided tasks (overview.guide-list)	Shows step-by-step tasks; privileged actions require an administrator and explicit confirmation.	/rust/overview/tasks	—	—
Notification channels (overview.notification-channels)	Creates, tests, and deletes alert delivery channels; testing may send a real message.	/rust/notifications	—	—
Notification policy (overview.notification-policy)	Adjusts delivery quiet hours and rate limits for configured alert channels.	/rust/notifications	—	—
Notification rules (overview.notification-rules)	Maps event kinds and severities to enabled delivery channels.	/rust/notifications	—	—
Delivery history (overview.notification-audit)	Shows the latest recorded delivery outcomes without revealing stored credentials.	/rust/notifications	—	—
Overview navigation (overview.nav-overview)	Returns to the node summary and suggested next action.	/rust/overview	—	—
Chat navigation (overview.nav-chat)	Opens the conversation workspace; a healthy running instance is required.	/rust/chat	—	—
Models navigation (overview.nav-models)	Opens local model files, their status, and available model actions.	/rust/models	—	#models
Run navigation (overview.nav-run)	Opens runtime and engine controls for serving configured models.	/rust/lexi-engine	—	#status
Optimize navigation (overview.nav-optimize)	Opens the parameter tuning workflow and its recorded results.	/rust/optimize	—	—
Validate navigation (overview.nav-validate)	Opens evaluations and quality checks before deployment.	/rust/evaluate	—	—
Monitor navigation (overview.nav-monitor)	Opens live measurements, events, and performance history.	/rust/metrics	—	—
Fleet navigation (overview.nav-fleet)	Opens management of enrolled remote nodes and their operations.	/rust/fleet	—	#fleet
API navigation (overview.nav-api)	Opens advanced inference interfaces and route information.	/rust/advanced/inference	—	—
System navigation (overview.nav-system)	Opens system administration, access, network, storage, and updates.	/rust/system	—	—
Help navigation (overview.nav-help)	Opens offline Help, topic links, the feature finder, and guided tasks.	/rust/help	—	—

Related guides

Panel Overview, Getting Started, Reference Guided Tasks, Reference Panel Features, Panel API.

Live observations and offline fallback

Status displays a read-only live operational-state observation from GET /api/status; Statistics, Metrics, and power pages can show the latest available GET /api/telemetry sample. The observation updates only when the page is visible; a failed fetch is marked unavailable. Native page controls and a refresh-page link remain usable without JavaScript. Do not interpret missing sensor data as a zero reading or a qualified device.

Control	What it does	Route
Search features, settings and tasks	Finds local registry entries without changing server state	/rust/search
Refresh this page	Reloads the complete server-rendered snapshot	Current page
Open guided task	Opens a registered multi-step procedure after checking visibility	/rust/guides