fix: let Koel serve the PWA manifest

[phanan]

Companion to koel/koel#2662, which fixes koel/koel#2659.

Why

Dockerfile moved public/manifest.json.example into place at build time:

&& mv /var/www/html/public/manifest.json.example /var/www/html/public/manifest.json \

koel:init runs at container start with the mounted .env available, but by then the file already exists, so it printed "manifest.json already exists -- skipping" and the placeholder start_url of https://your.koel.host survived. Users had to bind-mount a corrected manifest, since public/ is not a volume and an in-container edit does not survive docker compose pull && up -d.

What changes

Koel now serves /manifest.json and /manifest-remote.json itself, built from APP_URL and the branded name, so the image does not need to place a file at all.

This is not optional once koel/koel#2662 lands: the release tarball stops shipping the .example files, and mv on a missing file fails and takes the whole RUN chain with it. It needs to merge before the next image build.

The goss.yaml assertion that public/manifest.json exists goes with it, since nothing creates that file any more.

Bind-mounting your own manifest still works and still wins — the web server serves a real file ahead of PHP.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added dynamically generated web app manifests at /manifest.json and /manifest-remote.json.
  • Manifest start URLs now use the configured APP_URL, and the Koel Plus custom name is included.
  • Custom manifests can be preserved by bind-mounting them over the public manifest path.

• Documentation

  • Added changelog documentation covering dynamic manifest generation and custom manifest configuration.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The Docker image no longer creates a static public/manifest.json from the example file. Goss no longer requires that file. The changelog documents dynamic manifest values and custom manifest bind mounts.

Changes

Manifest packaging

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Manifest delivery and validation Dockerfile, goss.yaml, CHANGELOG.md	The Docker build leaves public/manifest.json.example unchanged. Goss removes the static manifest file check. The changelog documents dynamic manifest configuration through APP_URL, the Koel Plus custom name, and bind mounts.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 22348

Docker deployments will use dynamic PWA manifest routes rather than a build-time placeholder manifest. No current merge-blocking risk is identified.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the primary change: allowing Koel to serve the PWA manifest dynamically.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the problem, motivation, implementation, compatibility with bind-mounted manifests, and linked issue. It omits the template checklist and exact section headings, but t…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes support issue #2659 by removing the Docker build-time static manifest and allowing Koel to serve manifests dynamically with configured values from the application environment. This enables…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The Dockerfile change, Goss update, and changelog entry are directly related to enabling dynamically served PWA manifests and removing the obsolete static-file requirement. No unrelated changes are pr…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…

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Inline comments:
In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Line 10: Update the changelog entry to state that the manifest name is
configured through APP_NAME, replacing the incorrect Koel Plus custom-name
reference, and document both served endpoints: /manifest.json and
/manifest-remote.json. Preserve the existing details about APP_URL, placeholder
replacement, and bind-mounting custom manifests.

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