From 141ff653ef6303b649b617f7887361a320e4adf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vuong Hoang Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:29:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?docs(fleettools):=20booth=20=E2=80=94=20ephemer?= =?UTF-8?q?al=20is=20the=20default,=20KEEP=20is=20the=20exception=20(>24h?= =?UTF-8?q?=20persistence=20only)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- docs/fleettools/booth.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/fleettools/booth.md b/docs/fleettools/booth.md index 0f971eb..3559255 100644 --- a/docs/fleettools/booth.md +++ b/docs/fleettools/booth.md @@ -6,13 +6,20 @@ Wiped **24h after last activity** unless kept. No auth (LAN/WG-internal), so never drop secrets in a booth. +**Ephemeral is the default; KEEP is the exception, not the rule.** A booth is +meant to be wiped by the 24h sweep. Only `booth keep` a booth whose data must +**explicitly persist beyond 24h** — a standing board, or a record the operator +will deliberately revisit — never "just in case". When in doubt, leave it +ephemeral: a wiped render is cheap to regenerate, whereas a pile of stale kept +booths is clutter that never cleans itself up. + ## Show the operator something ```sh booth new ; booth add ... # or just cp/rsync into ~/booth-data// rsync -a ./out/ nh3-dev:booth-data// # from another host booth url # -> http://10.100.10.50:8090/b// -booth keep / booth unkeep # exempt from / restore the 24h sweep +booth keep / booth unkeep # exempt from / restore the 24h sweep (the exception — only for data that must persist >24h) ``` Auto-renders a gallery of images, webm+mp4 video and audio. A `.txt` sidecar