Service state colours, activity badge colours, readable named colours

plugins/endpoints/api/routes.py

@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ def _service_running(entry):
     return raw in _RUNNING_STATES
 
 
+# Paused, plus the four transitional states Windows reports while a service is
+# on its way somewhere.
+_TRANSITIONAL_STATES = ('paused', 'start pending', 'stop pending',
+                        'continue pending', 'pause pending', 'starting',
+                        'stopping', 'pausing')
+
+
+def _service_transitional(raw):
+    return (raw or '').strip().lower() in _TRANSITIONAL_STATES
+
+
 def _service_name(entry):
     return entry.get('name') or entry.get('service') or 'Unknown'
 
@@ -465,7 +476,14 @@ def panel_services(asset_id: int):
             'name': name,
             'kind': (kind or '').lower() or None,
             'statelabel': 'Running' if running else (raw.title() or 'Unknown'),
-            'statecolor': 'green' if running else ('red' if raw else 'gray'),
+            # Amber for paused and the four Windows transitional states. A
+            # service stuck in Start Pending is failing to start on a retry
+            # cycle - which is what raises event 7011 - and a paused one was
+            # paused deliberately. Painting either the same red as Stopped
+            # loses the distinction that tells you which to chase.
+            'statecolor': ('green' if running
+                           else 'yellow' if _service_transitional(raw)
+                           else 'red' if raw else 'gray'),
         }
         # Only offer Start/Stop to a caller who could actually run it. The
         # emission never consulted the caller, so a read-only viewer was shown
@@ -601,9 +619,15 @@ def panel_activity(asset_id: int):
                       key=lambda r: (r['eventtime'] is not None, r['eventtime']),
                       reverse=True)
 
+    # The list renderer reads a badge colour from a ROW FIELD, so without this
+    # every badge falls back to grey and the feed loses the one signal it is
+    # there to carry.
+    colours = {'critical': 'red', 'warning': 'yellow', 'info': 'gray'}
+
     return success_response([{
         'title': r['title'],
         'severity': r['severity'],
+        'severitycolor': colours.get(r['severity'], 'gray'),
         'detail': r['detail'],
         'eventtime': r['eventtime'].isoformat() + 'Z' if r['eventtime'] else None,
     } for r in rows[:15]])