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update.job-locks started a real download in every campaign: POST /update/download fetched the published release's forgefirm.fw, whose GitHub download count is how installs are tracked. ext.catalog asked POST /ext/catalog/refresh, which fetches the extension index's fixed address, index.ffi, counted the same way. update.job-locks now starts the download job with probe=1, forgectrl's probe download: the release's acceptance.json through the download's own path, refused by the signature check and discarded. The record is small and the job can end within a second, so the test writes the settings at once after the 202 (the lease is taken before it) and runs the probe again, up to three times, when the job ended first. A posted job is refused in the job's name beside it, /status names the holder when it is read while the job runs, the job must end refused by the signature check, and the staged download must be as found (size and mtime) with no probe file left. Its covers gain forgectrl's src/relcheck.*. ext.catalog no longer asks the refresh. The refusals before a fetch stay, and the index kept must be unchanged after them. The refresh (curl, https alone and bounded, 502 in curl's words, 409 in the host's, the file removed) is proven on the host by forgectrl's extpkg_test with a stand-in for curl, and the fetch of a listed package and the tiers an install takes from it by forgeext's install_test, as the description now says. Nothing else in the tree requests a counted release file: the installer's own request of forgefirm.fw is an install, and its unit test puts a stand-in curl first in PATH. Proof: forgetest's unit tests pass on the host (474 OK, 4 skipped) and pyflakes finds no undefined name. Acceptance: the change is the two catalog tests themselves; their fingerprints move, and update.job-locks now covers src/relcheck.* too.
OpenGlow / ForgeFIRM firmware for Glowforge
BETA
ForgeFIRM is in beta. Every release below 0.1.0 is a beta release. Expect problems, and expect frequent updates. Upgrade whenever a newer release is available, and report what you find on the community forum.
Open firmware for Glowforge brand CNC lasers. ForgeFIRM replaces the cloud-dependent factory software on the stock control board, with no hardware modification, and gives the machine a local controller, a local web control panel, and a standard Grbl interface. The factory cloud experience stays available as an option.
This repository is the base of the build and of the release: the
meta-forgefirm Yocto layer, the kas configuration, the image recipes, the
install and release scripts, the acceptance tool (forgetest/), the bench
tools (scripts/bench/), the bench actuator firmware (fixture/), and the
release artifacts (releases/).
Start here
https://docs.forgefirm.org/ is the documentation, and the source of truth for every fact about the machine and the firmware.
| Read this first | Safety |
| Put it on a machine | Installation |
| Use it | Usage, LightBurn |
| How the machine works | Technical |
| How ForgeFIRM works with it | ForgeFIRM internals |
| Build, test, release | Developers |
| Downloads | Releases |
| Questions | Community forum |
Build
kas build kas/forgefirm-glowforge.yml
Build covers the host setup, the two images, the source variant and the debug kernel. Release flow covers the pins, the push order and the signing pipeline.
Test
cd forgetest && python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v
The acceptance catalog that gates a release, and the bench tools, are on Acceptance and The bench.
Contributing
AGENTS.md carries the rules for this repository and for the project: safety ordering, proof before done, the push order, and the writing rules. They apply to human contributors too, and Contribute is the same set on the site.
What this costs
Nothing. ForgeFIRM is free in both senses, under MIT and GPL licenses. There is no paid tier, no license key, no subscription and no Pro edition. If someone offers to sell it to you, the licenses allow it, but what you take home is their build rather than this one: get it from the source.
Safety
These machines contain a CO2 laser: it burns, blinds, and starts fires. Never defeat the lid switches or the interlock. Never leave a running job unattended. Keep a fire extinguisher within reach. Read Safety before you cut your first job, and Regulatory and legal before you install.
This is experimental software. Use of it could seriously maim or kill you or others, and it may void your warranty. Use it at your own risk.
Glowforge is a trademark of Glowforge, Inc. This project is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Glowforge, Inc.