fix(docker): handle bind-mounted log directory permissions - #1198
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Problem
Starting
powermem-serverwith the Compose bind mount./logs:/app/logscan leave the memory service unavailable:The health response then reports:
{ "status": "degraded", "memory_service_ready": false, "storage_type": null }Reproduction
On a clean Linux checkout, follow the recommended Docker Compose startup guide with a root-owned host log directory:
Before this fix, the server process runs as UID 1000 and cannot create
/app/logs/powermem.login the mounted directory, producing the error and degraded response above.Root Cause
The Compose service bind-mounts
./logsat/app/logs. The image switched to the non-rootpowermemuser before the entrypoint ran. When the host log directory is created asroot, the non-root process cannot repair its ownership before PowerMem opens/app/logs/powermem.log.Solution
gosuin the runtime image./app/logswith the expected ownership during the image build./app/logsbefore startup.gosubefore launching the requested command, so PowerMem still runs as the non-rootpowermemuser.