The "update your sidecar image" advice told users to run a bare
`docker compose pull`. bambu-studio-api is declared with
`profiles: [bambu]`, and compose skips profile-gated services silently,
so the pull was a no-op for exactly the users the message was written
for -- and `restart: unless-stopped` kept the old container serving.
The reporter pulled, restarted, set MAX_MODEL_UPLOAD_MB and got the same
100 MB rejection, because the image never changed.
Name the service in both commands instead. Naming enables the profile
implicitly, for pull and up alike. `--profile bambu` would also work but
downloads the 220 MB Bambu image on an OrcaSlicer-only host and then
starts a sidecar the user never asked for.
Same correction in the sidecar README, the compose header and the
changelog entry, which all carried the bare form.
Local build via Docker git context required `git` in the BuildKit worker,
which QNAP Container Station and Synology DSM don't provide. Both sidecar
images are now published to ghcr.io/maziggy/{orca-slicer-api,bambu-studio-api}
and docker.io/maziggy/{orca-slicer-api,bambu-studio-api}; compose pulls
:latest by default, SIDECAR_TAG=bambuddy-X.Y.Z pins per release.
Wiki, slicer-api README, .env.example, and CHANGELOG aligned. Build-from-source
path kept under "Building from source (advanced)" for forks / dev work.
Both images are linux/amd64 only — OrcaSlicer ARM64 on hold pending upstream
fix; BambuStudio doesn't publish ARM64.
Adds an optional slicer-api/ Compose stack and wires Bambuddy's File
Manager, Archives, and MakerWorld pages to a new server-side Slice flow.
Slicing runs as an in-memory background job (POST returns 202 + job_id,
polled via GET /api/v1/slice-jobs/{id}) so a multi-minute slice no
longer pins the modal; result lands as a new .gcode.3mf in the same
folder (or new archive for archive sources) with the embedded
thumbnail extracted.
Backend
- New services: slice_dispatch (in-memory dispatcher, 30min retention
sweep) and slicer_api (HTTP bridge with 4xx/5xx/connection error
split that drives the 3MF embedded-settings fallback retry path).
- New schemas: SliceRequest, SliceResponse, SliceArchiveResponse,
SliceJobEnqueueResponse.
- New routes: POST /library/files/{id}/slice,
POST /archives/{id}/slice, GET /api/v1/slice-jobs/{id} (gated on
LIBRARY_READ since job IDs are sequential and the body leaks source
filenames and result IDs).
- AppSettings + env defaults: use_slicer_api, orcaslicer_api_url,
bambu_studio_api_url. DB-stored values override env defaults.
Frontend
- New SliceModal handles preset gating; enqueues then closes
immediately.
- New SliceJobTrackerProvider polls active jobs at app level, surfaces
a single toast per job (queued -> running -> completed / failed)
and invalidates library/archives queries on terminal status.
- Settings -> Workflow -> Slicer card: preferred slicer dropdown,
Use Slicer API toggle, contextual sidecar URL field.
- File Manager / Archives / MakerWorld get a Slice button gated on
the Use Slicer API setting.
- gcode-viewer adapter learns ?library_file=<id> so sliced library
files preview inline.
i18n
- New slice.* and settings.{useSlicerApi,slicerCard,orcaslicerApiUrl,
bambuStudioApiUrl,slicerApiUrlDescription,useSlicerApiDescription}
+ fileManager.noPermissionSlice keys across all 8 locales (en, de,
fr, it, ja, pt-BR, zh-CN, zh-TW). English fully translated, German
fully translated, the other six seeded with English fallbacks
pending native translation.
Tests
- 10 backend integration tests in test_library_slice_api.py covering
validation (404/400), happy-path enqueue, sidecar-down, 3MF
embedded-settings fallback, STL no-fallback, and preset-error ->
failed job paths.
- New unit tests in test_slicer_api.py for the HTTP bridge.
- 5 new SliceModal frontend tests covering preset gating, library +
archive enqueue paths, error surface, and preset-load failure.
- Existing SettingsPage tests adjusted: slicer dropdown asserts now
switch to the Workflow tab first; added a beforeEach URL reset so
one test's tab click doesn't bleed into sibling tests.
Sidecar
- New slicer-api/ folder is self-contained and optional. Two services
(orca-slicer-api on 3003, bambu-studio-api on 3001 behind --profile
bambu) build via Docker git-build-context from
maziggy/orca-slicer-api@bambuddy/profile-resolver. The fork patches
the OrcaSlicer CLI's profile compatibility quirks (inherits-chain
resolver, from:User -> system rewrite, '# ' clone-prefix strip,
sentinel-value strip) empirically required to slice real GUI
exports without segfaulting the CLI.
Docs
- CHANGELOG entry under [0.2.4b1] - Unreleased Added.
- README File Manager bullet for the new server-side Slice button.
- bambuddy-website features.html: new card under "Configurable Slicer".
- bambuddy-wiki: new page features/slicer-api.md + nav entry +
features index card.
Notes
- Opt-in: with Use Slicer API off, the existing "open in desktop
slicer via URI" flow is the default and unchanged.
- 3MF inputs that segfault the CLI on --load-settings transparently
retry with embedded settings; the resulting job carries
used_embedded_settings: true.
- Sliced files always export as .gcode.3mf so File Manager picks up
the embedded thumbnail; file_type is set to "gcode" (blue badge).
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