swactor/crates/dashboard

dashboard

Visual dashboard for the swactor runtime. Provides a live HTTP dashboard, a terminal UI (TUI), trace recording/replay, and an HTTP API for programmatic runtime investigation.

Features

Feature	Default	Description
distribution	yes	/distribution page with SWIM membership, gossip directory routes, and location cache
tui	no	Terminal UI with overview, worker detail, and distribution views

HTTP Dashboard

Start the dashboard demo and open it in a browser:

cargo run -p dashboard --example dashboard_demo

Pages:

• http://localhost:9090 — live overview (workers, actors, message rates)
• http://localhost:9090/actors — actor table
• http://localhost:9090/distribution — SWIM membership, gossip directory routes, cache entries

The demo creates a 4-worker runtime with ping-pong and counter actors, plus a 9-node distribution cluster (1 main node + 8 peers) with simulated SWIM membership and actor registrations in the directory/cache.

TUI

A standalone binary that connects to any running dashboard over SSE:

cargo run -p dashboard --features tui --bin swactor-tui
# or point at a specific endpoint
cargo run -p dashboard --features tui --bin swactor-tui -- http://localhost:9090

Views (cycle with Tab):

• Overview — htop-style worker bars, summary line, sortable actor table
• Worker Detail — focused view of a single worker's actors and phase breakdown
• Distribution — cluster summary, scrollable members table, cache entries, gossip directory route count

Key bindings: q quit, Tab cycle views, s sort column, r reverse sort, arrow keys/j/k scroll, Enter drill into worker, Esc back to overview.

Agent HTTP API (Investigate)

All diagnostic commands are available as HTTP endpoints when the dashboard server is running. See AGENTS.md for full protocol documentation.

curl 'http://localhost:9090/api/investigate?cmd=overview'
curl 'http://localhost:9090/api/investigate?cmd=hot&n=5'
curl 'http://localhost:9090/api/investigate?cmd=workers'
curl 'http://localhost:9090/api/investigate?cmd=worker&id=2'
curl 'http://localhost:9090/api/investigate?cmd=actors&sort=mailbox&limit=10'
curl 'http://localhost:9090/api/investigate?cmd=diff&seconds=2'

The same commands are also available via a stdin/stdout REPL for direct programmatic use (see investigate::run_investigate).

Demos

All examples are run from the workspace root.

HTTP dashboard — live workload with distribution cluster, Ctrl+C to stop:

cargo run -p dashboard --example dashboard_demo
# http://localhost:9090              — runtime overview
# http://localhost:9090/distribution — cluster view

Benchmarks — four automated scenarios (~20 s total):

cargo run -p dashboard --example bench_dashboard
# open http://localhost:9090

Record & replay — records ~10 s of activity, then serves a replay:

cargo run -p dashboard --example record_and_replay_demo
# live dashboard at http://localhost:9090 during recording
# replay dashboard at http://localhost:9091 after recording finishes
# Ctrl+C to stop