refactor(controller): apply controller settings by rebuilding the channel set

Giving each controller a Reload method worked for the notification pipes, which
only hold values, but not for the two bot channels: the NapCat client is stopped
through a sync.Once and the Telegram polling context is created with the
controller, so neither can be re-pointed once running. It also meant five
bespoke implementations of the same idea.

Replace the whole set instead. Manager.ReplaceAll swaps in a freshly built set
under the registry lock, stops the outgoing controllers outside it, and starts
the incoming ones off the calling goroutine so a slow handshake does not hold
the settings request open. ReplaceAll is now the only way controllers are
installed: Register is gone, because a lone registration would slip a controller
in without recording the settings it was built from, which is what NeedsRebuild
compares against.

The rebuild runs from the reload hook and only fires when the controllerMethod
section actually changed, so saving a message template or a webhook endpoint
leaves the channels alone. NeedsRebuild compares the whole section by value, and
a test pins that reloading a file reproduces it exactly — a default applied
inconsistently would make every save look like a controller change and tear down
every channel.

With controllers immutable after construction and replaced wholesale, the atomic
pointers and Reload methods have no writers left, so they are gone and the pipes
return to plain fields. notifyReload now serializes hook execution for the same
reason: a hook mutates process-wide state, and two overlapping settings updates
would otherwise each decide to rebuild from their own view of what was applied.

Kept from that work: applyEmailProxy restores gomail's default dialer when
networkUseProxy is turned off. The old constructor only ever installed the proxy
dialer, so switching the flag back left SMTP tunnelled through a proxy with no
way to undo it short of a restart.

Documents the resulting behaviour in the README under "What applies without a
restart".

internal/controller/controller.go

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package controller
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"nukumizu-backend/config"
 	"nukumizu-backend/internal/node"
@@ -88,15 +90,6 @@ type Controller interface {
 	// IsMarkdown reports whether the channel renders Markdown, per its own
 	// "markdown" setting in config.json.
 	IsMarkdown() bool
-	// Reload applies the current configuration to a running controller, so a
-	// settings update takes effect without a restart. It reads the live
-	// configuration itself and rebuilds whatever it derived from the old one.
-	//
-	// Reload runs on the goroutine serving the settings update while the send
-	// methods may be running on others, so an implementation must not replace
-	// state those methods read without synchronizing (see the atomic pointers in
-	// the notification pipes).
-	Reload()
 	SendStatusChange(change node.StatusChange) error
 	SendServerList(onlineServers, offlineServers string) error
 	SendExecuteResult(serverName, serverUUID, command, result string) error
@@ -118,6 +111,12 @@ type BotController interface {
 type Manager struct {
 	mu          sync.RWMutex
 	controllers map[string]Controller
+
+	// builtFrom records the controllerMethod section the registered controllers
+	// were built from, so a settings update that concerns them can be told apart
+	// from one that does not. It is read on the settings-update goroutine and
+	// written when the set is replaced.
+	builtFrom atomic.Pointer[config.ControllerMethodConfig]
 }
 
 var globalManager *Manager
@@ -135,30 +134,69 @@ func GetManager() *Manager {
 	return globalManager
 }
 
-// Register adds a controller to the manager.
-func (m *Manager) Register(c Controller) {
-	m.mu.Lock()
-	defer m.mu.Unlock()
-	m.controllers[c.Name()] = c
-	postLog.Info("Controller registered: " + c.Name())
+// NeedsRebuild reports whether next differs from the controllerMethod section
+// the registered controllers were built from. A manager with no controllers yet
+// always reports true, so the first call installs the initial set.
+//
+// Controllers are rebuilt wholesale rather than reconfigured in place: each one
+// reads its settings into fields at construction, and two of them own
+// connections that cannot be re-pointed (the NapCat WebSocket listener is
+// stopped through a sync.Once, the Telegram polling context is created with the
+// controller). Replacing the set keeps every channel on the same footing.
+func (m *Manager) NeedsRebuild(next config.ControllerMethodConfig) bool {
+	built := m.builtFrom.Load()
+	if built == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	// The section carries a header map and a recipient slice, so it is not
+	// comparable with ==.
+	return !reflect.DeepEqual(*built, next)
 }
 
-// ReloadAll applies the current configuration to every registered controller,
-// so a settings update reaches the channels without a restart.
+// ReplaceAll stops every registered controller and swaps in next, which the
+// caller built from method. It is the only way controllers are installed, at
+// startup and after a settings change alike.
 //
-// The controllers are collected under the registry lock and reloaded outside
-// it: a reload can rebuild a client and block on the network, and holding m.mu
-// across that would stall every notification for its duration.
-func (m *Manager) ReloadAll() {
-	m.mu.RLock()
-	controllers := make([]Controller, 0, len(m.controllers))
-	for _, ctrl := range m.controllers {
-		controllers = append(controllers, ctrl)
+// The swap happens under the registry lock so routing flips to the new set
+// atomically; stopping and starting happen outside it. Both can block — Stop
+// closes sockets, Start performs a handshake — and holding m.mu across them
+// would stall every notification for the duration.
+func (m *Manager) ReplaceAll(next []Controller, method config.ControllerMethodConfig) {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	previous := m.controllers
+	m.controllers = make(map[string]Controller, len(next))
+	for _, ctrl := range next {
+		m.controllers[ctrl.Name()] = ctrl
 	}
-	m.mu.RUnlock()
+	m.mu.Unlock()
 
-	for _, ctrl := range controllers {
-		ctrl.Reload()
+	m.builtFrom.Store(&method)
+
+	names := make([]string, 0, len(next))
+	for _, ctrl := range next {
+		names = append(names, ctrl.Name())
+	}
+	postLog.Info("Controller set installed: " + strings.Join(names, ", "))
+
+	for _, ctrl := range previous {
+		ctrl.Stop()
+	}
+
+	// Start off the calling goroutine, the way startup does: Telegram's getMe
+	// and the NapCat WebSocket handshake would otherwise hold the settings
+	// request open for as long as they take. The new controllers are already
+	// routable, and each one can send before Start returns.
+	for _, ctrl := range next {
+		go func(ctrl Controller) {
+			defer func() {
+				if r := recover(); r != nil {
+					postLog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Controller %s panicked on start: %v", ctrl.Name(), r))
+				}
+			}()
+			if err := ctrl.Start(); err != nil {
+				postLog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to start controller %s: %v", ctrl.Name(), err))
+			}
+		}(ctrl)
 	}
 }
 

internal/controller/controller_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+package controller
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"nukumizu-backend/config"
+	"nukumizu-backend/internal/node"
+)
+
+// fakeController records the lifecycle calls it receives so a test can assert
+// what ReplaceAll did to it. Start signals on started, because ReplaceAll starts
+// controllers off the calling goroutine.
+type fakeController struct {
+	name    string
+	started chan struct{}
+
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	starts int
+	stops  int
+}
+
+func newFake(name string) *fakeController {
+	return &fakeController{name: name, started: make(chan struct{}, 4)}
+}
+
+func (f *fakeController) Name() string     { return f.name }
+func (f *fakeController) IsEnabled() bool  { return true }
+func (f *fakeController) IsMarkdown() bool { return false }
+
+func (f *fakeController) Start() error {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	f.starts++
+	f.mu.Unlock()
+	select {
+	case f.started <- struct{}{}:
+	default:
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeController) Stop() {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	f.stops++
+}
+
+func (f *fakeController) lifecycle() (starts, stops int) {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	return f.starts, f.stops
+}
+
+func (f *fakeController) SendStatusChange(node.StatusChange) error               { return nil }
+func (f *fakeController) SendServerList(string, string) error                    { return nil }
+func (f *fakeController) SendExecuteResult(string, string, string, string) error { return nil }
+func (f *fakeController) SendAlert(Alert) error                                  { return nil }
+
+// waitStarted blocks until the controller's Start has run.
+func (f *fakeController) waitStarted(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	select {
+	case <-f.started:
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatalf("controller %s was never started", f.name)
+	}
+}
+
+func newTestManager() *Manager {
+	return &Manager{controllers: make(map[string]Controller)}
+}
+
+// routedTo returns the controller the manager currently routes the given name
+// to.
+func (m *Manager) routedTo(name string) Controller {
+	m.mu.RLock()
+	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
+	return m.controllers[name]
+}
+
+func TestReplaceAllInstallsAndStarts(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestManager()
+	alpha, beta := newFake("alpha"), newFake("beta")
+
+	m.ReplaceAll([]Controller{alpha, beta}, config.ControllerMethodConfig{})
+
+	alpha.waitStarted(t)
+	beta.waitStarted(t)
+
+	if got := m.routedTo("alpha"); got != Controller(alpha) {
+		t.Errorf("alpha is not routable after ReplaceAll: %v", got)
+	}
+	if got := m.routedTo("beta"); got != Controller(beta) {
+		t.Errorf("beta is not routable after ReplaceAll: %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestReplaceAllStopsTheOutgoingSet is the invariant the rebuild relies on: the
+// old controllers must be shut down, or a rebuilt NapCat or Telegram controller
+// would leave its previous connection running.
+func TestReplaceAllStopsTheOutgoingSet(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestManager()
+	outgoing := newFake("alpha")
+	m.ReplaceAll([]Controller{outgoing}, config.ControllerMethodConfig{})
+	outgoing.waitStarted(t)
+
+	incoming := newFake("alpha")
+	m.ReplaceAll([]Controller{incoming}, config.ControllerMethodConfig{})
+	incoming.waitStarted(t)
+
+	if starts, stops := outgoing.lifecycle(); starts != 1 || stops != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("outgoing controller lifecycle = %d starts / %d stops, want 1/1", starts, stops)
+	}
+	if _, stops := incoming.lifecycle(); stops != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("incoming controller was stopped %d times", stops)
+	}
+	if got := m.routedTo("alpha"); got != Controller(incoming) {
+		t.Error("routing still points at the outgoing controller")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReplaceAllDropsChannelsLeftOut(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestManager()
+	m.ReplaceAll([]Controller{newFake("alpha"), newFake("beta")}, config.ControllerMethodConfig{})
+
+	m.ReplaceAll([]Controller{newFake("beta")}, config.ControllerMethodConfig{})
+
+	if got := m.routedTo("alpha"); got != nil {
+		t.Errorf("a channel missing from the new set is still routable: %v", got)
+	}
+	if got := m.routedTo("beta"); got == nil {
+		t.Error("the surviving channel is not routable")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNeedsRebuild(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestManager()
+	base := config.ControllerMethodConfig{
+		Email: config.EmailConfig{Enabled: true, SMTPPort: 587, To: []string{"a@example.com"}},
+	}
+
+	if !m.NeedsRebuild(base) {
+		t.Error("a manager with nothing installed must report that a rebuild is needed")
+	}
+
+	m.ReplaceAll(nil, base)
+	if m.NeedsRebuild(base) {
+		t.Error("the settings the set was built from must not ask for another rebuild")
+	}
+
+	changed := base
+	changed.Email.Enabled = false
+	if !m.NeedsRebuild(changed) {
+		t.Error("a changed email setting must ask for a rebuild")
+	}
+
+	// The section carries maps and slices, so it is compared by value rather
+	// than by identity: equal content must not trigger a rebuild.
+	withHeaders := config.ControllerMethodConfig{
+		Webhook: config.WebhookConfig{Headers: map[string]string{"X-Token": "t"}},
+	}
+	m.ReplaceAll(nil, withHeaders)
+	equalHeaders := config.ControllerMethodConfig{
+		Webhook: config.WebhookConfig{Headers: map[string]string{"X-Token": "t"}},
+	}
+	if m.NeedsRebuild(equalHeaders) {
+		t.Error("equal header maps must not ask for a rebuild")
+	}
+
+	differentHeaders := config.ControllerMethodConfig{
+		Webhook: config.WebhookConfig{Headers: map[string]string{"X-Token": "other"}},
+	}
+	if !m.NeedsRebuild(differentHeaders) {
+		t.Error("a changed header must ask for a rebuild")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestReplaceAllDuringNotification drives ReplaceAll while notifications are
+// being routed. Run with -race: the swap replaces the map the routing path
+// reads, which is what the registry lock exists to make safe.
+func TestReplaceAllDuringNotification(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestManager()
+	m.ReplaceAll([]Controller{newFake("alpha")}, config.ControllerMethodConfig{})
+
+	var readers, writers sync.WaitGroup
+	stop := make(chan struct{})
+
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		readers.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer readers.Done()
+			for {
+				select {
+				case <-stop:
+					return
+				default:
+				}
+				m.NotifyStatusChange(node.StatusChange{UUID: "u1", Name: "alpha", Event: "Online"})
+				_ = m.IsMarkdown("alpha")
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	writers.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer writers.Done()
+		for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+			m.ReplaceAll([]Controller{newFake("alpha"), newFake("beta")}, config.ControllerMethodConfig{})
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Let the writer finish, then release the readers: they only return once
+	// stop is closed.
+	writers.Wait()
+	close(stop)
+	readers.Wait()
+
+	if got := m.routedTo("beta"); got == nil {
+		t.Error("the last installed set is not routable")
+	}
+}

internal/controller/pipes/email.go

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package pipes
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
-	"reflect"
-	"sync/atomic"
 
 	gomail "gopkg.in/mail.v2"
 
@@ -18,26 +16,17 @@ import (
 
 // EmailController handles email notifications via SMTP.
 //
-// The configuration is held behind an atomic pointer rather than in a plain
-// field: Reload replaces it on the settings-update goroutine while the send
-// methods read it on the status-change and incoming-webhook goroutines.
+// cfg is written once, by the constructor, and never again: a controller that
+// needs different settings is replaced wholesale by the manager rather than
+// reconfigured in place, so the send methods can read it without locking.
 type EmailController struct {
-	cfg atomic.Pointer[config.EmailConfig]
+	cfg config.EmailConfig
 }
 
 // NewEmailController creates a new Email controller.
 func NewEmailController(cfg config.EmailConfig) *EmailController {
-	e := &EmailController{}
-	e.cfg.Store(&cfg)
 	applyEmailProxy(cfg.NetworkUseProxy)
-	return e
-}
-
-// settings returns the configuration currently in effect. The value it points
-// at is never mutated after being stored, so a caller can hold the pointer for
-// one whole send without a concurrent Reload disturbing it.
-func (e *EmailController) settings() *config.EmailConfig {
-	return e.cfg.Load()
+	return &EmailController{cfg: cfg}
 }
 
 // applyEmailProxy routes SMTP through the HTTP CONNECT proxy, or restores a
@@ -61,7 +50,7 @@ func (e *EmailController) Name() string {
 
 // Start initializes the Email controller.
 func (e *EmailController) Start() error {
-	if !e.settings().Enabled {
+	if !e.cfg.Enabled {
 		postLog.Info("Email controller is disabled")
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -74,121 +63,90 @@ func (e *EmailController) Stop() {
 	postLog.Info("Email controller stopped")
 }
 
-// Reload applies the current configuration. Swapping in the new settings is
-// enough for everything read at the point of use; the proxy setting is the
-// exception, because it is baked into gomail's package-level dialer when the
-// controller is built rather than consulted per send.
-func (e *EmailController) Reload() {
-	global := config.Current()
-	if global == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	current := e.settings()
-	updated := global.ControllerMethod.Email
-	// EmailConfig carries a recipient slice, so it is not comparable with ==.
-	if reflect.DeepEqual(*current, updated) {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if current.NetworkUseProxy != updated.NetworkUseProxy {
-		applyEmailProxy(updated.NetworkUseProxy)
-	}
-	e.cfg.Store(&updated)
-	postLog.Debug("Email controller reloaded")
-}
-
 // IsEnabled returns whether the controller is enabled.
 func (e *EmailController) IsEnabled() bool {
-	return e.settings().Enabled
+	return e.cfg.Enabled
 }
 
 // IsMarkdown returns whether the channel renders Markdown, per its markdown
 // setting in config.json.
 func (e *EmailController) IsMarkdown() bool {
-	return e.settings().Markdown
+	return e.cfg.Markdown
 }
 
 // SendStatusChange sends a status change notification via Email.
 func (e *EmailController) SendStatusChange(change node.StatusChange) error {
-	s := e.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !e.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if len(s.To) == 0 {
+	if len(e.cfg.To) == 0 {
 		postLog.Debug("Email controller has no recipients configured")
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Current()
 	params := template.BuildParamsFromStatusChange(change)
-	body := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerStatusChanged, params, s.Markdown)
+	body := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerStatusChanged, params, e.cfg.Markdown)
 
 	subject := fmt.Sprintf("Server Status Change: %s - %s", change.Name, change.Event)
-	return e.sendEmail(s, subject, body)
+	return e.sendEmail(subject, body)
 }
 
 // SendServerList sends the server list via Email.
 func (e *EmailController) SendServerList(onlineServers, offlineServers string) error {
-	s := e.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled || len(s.To) == 0 {
+	if !e.cfg.Enabled || len(e.cfg.To) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Current()
 	params := template.BuildParamsFromServerList()
-	body := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerList, params, s.Markdown)
+	body := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerList, params, e.cfg.Markdown)
 
-	return e.sendEmail(s, "Server List", body)
+	return e.sendEmail("Server List", body)
 }
 
 // SendExecuteResult sends a command execution result via Email.
 func (e *EmailController) SendExecuteResult(serverName, serverUUID, command, result string) error {
-	s := e.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled || len(s.To) == 0 {
+	if !e.cfg.Enabled || len(e.cfg.To) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Current()
 	params := template.BuildParamsFromExecResult(serverName, serverUUID, command, result)
-	body := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerExecuteResult, params, s.Markdown)
+	body := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerExecuteResult, params, e.cfg.Markdown)
 
 	subject := fmt.Sprintf("Command Result: %s on %s", command, serverName)
-	return e.sendEmail(s, subject, body)
+	return e.sendEmail(subject, body)
 }
 
 // SendAlert sends an alert submitted through the incoming webhook API to the
 // configured recipients.
 func (e *EmailController) SendAlert(alert controller.Alert) error {
-	s := e.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !e.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if len(s.To) == 0 {
+	if len(e.cfg.To) == 0 {
 		postLog.Debug("Email controller has no recipients configured")
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return e.sendEmail(s, alert.Subject, alert.Render(s.Markdown))
+	return e.sendEmail(alert.Subject, alert.Render(e.cfg.Markdown))
 }
 
-// sendEmail delivers one message using the settings the caller already
-// snapshotted, so the recipients the guard approved are the recipients that
-// receive it even if a reload lands mid-send.
-func (e *EmailController) sendEmail(s *config.EmailConfig, subject, body string) error {
+func (e *EmailController) sendEmail(subject, body string) error {
 	m := gomail.NewMessage()
-	m.SetHeader("From", s.From)
-	m.SetHeader("To", s.To...)
+	m.SetHeader("From", e.cfg.From)
+	m.SetHeader("To", e.cfg.To...)
 	m.SetHeader("Subject", subject)
 	m.SetBody("text/plain", body)
 
-	d := gomail.NewDialer(s.SMTPHost, s.SMTPPort, s.Username, s.Password)
+	d := gomail.NewDialer(e.cfg.SMTPHost, e.cfg.SMTPPort, e.cfg.Username, e.cfg.Password)
 
 	if err := d.DialAndSend(m); err != nil {
 		postLog.Warning("Failed to send email: " + err.Error())
 		return err
 	}
 
-	postLog.Debug("Email sent successfully to " + fmt.Sprintf("%v", s.To))
+	postLog.Debug("Email sent successfully to " + fmt.Sprintf("%v", e.cfg.To))
 	return nil
 }

internal/controller/pipes/email_proxy_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package pipes
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	gomail "gopkg.in/mail.v2"
+
+	"nukumizu-backend/config"
+)
+
+// dialerIsDefault reports whether gomail still dials directly. Function values
+// are not comparable in Go, so the code pointers are compared instead.
+func dialerIsDefault() bool {
+	return reflect.ValueOf(gomail.NetDialTimeout).Pointer() ==
+		reflect.ValueOf(net.DialTimeout).Pointer()
+}
+
+// TestApplyEmailProxyRestoresDefaultDialer covers the case the constructor used
+// to get wrong. gomail exposes its dial hook as a package-level variable with no
+// unset, and the code only installed the proxy dialer when the flag was set, so
+// turning networkUseProxy back off left SMTP tunnelled through a proxy nobody
+// had asked for — with no way to undo it short of a restart.
+func TestApplyEmailProxyRestoresDefaultDialer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Cleanup(func() { gomail.NetDialTimeout = net.DialTimeout })
+
+	applyEmailProxy(true)
+	if dialerIsDefault() {
+		t.Fatal("applyEmailProxy(true) did not install the proxy dialer")
+	}
+
+	applyEmailProxy(false)
+	if !dialerIsDefault() {
+		t.Error("applyEmailProxy(false) left the proxy dialer in place")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNewEmailControllerAppliesProxySetting pins that the dialer follows the
+// settings a controller is built with, which is what makes a rebuilt controller
+// pick up a changed proxy flag.
+func TestNewEmailControllerAppliesProxySetting(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Cleanup(func() { gomail.NetDialTimeout = net.DialTimeout })
+
+	NewEmailController(config.EmailConfig{NetworkUseProxy: true})
+	if dialerIsDefault() {
+		t.Error("a controller built with networkUseProxy: true did not install the proxy dialer")
+	}
+
+	NewEmailController(config.EmailConfig{NetworkUseProxy: false})
+	if !dialerIsDefault() {
+		t.Error("a controller rebuilt with networkUseProxy: false left the proxy dialer in place")
+	}
+}

internal/controller/pipes/ntfy.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"nukumizu-backend/config"
@@ -17,32 +16,21 @@ import (
 
 // NtfyController handles notifications via ntfy.sh or a self-hosted ntfy server.
 //
-// Both fields are held behind atomic pointers rather than in plain fields:
-// Reload replaces them on the settings-update goroutine while the send methods
-// read them on the status-change and incoming-webhook goroutines.
+// cfg and httpClient are written once, by the constructor, and never again: a
+// controller that needs different settings is replaced wholesale by the manager
+// rather than reconfigured in place, so the send methods can read them without
+// locking.
 type NtfyController struct {
-	cfg        atomic.Pointer[config.NtfyConfig]
-	httpClient atomic.Pointer[http.Client]
+	cfg        config.NtfyConfig
+	httpClient *http.Client
 }
 
 // NewNtfyController creates a new Ntfy controller.
 func NewNtfyController(cfg config.NtfyConfig) *NtfyController {
-	n := &NtfyController{}
-	n.cfg.Store(&cfg)
-	n.httpClient.Store(netproxy.HTTPClient(cfg.NetworkUseProxy, 10*time.Second))
-	return n
-}
-
-// settings returns the configuration currently in effect. The value it points
-// at is never mutated after being stored, so a caller can hold the pointer for
-// one whole send without a concurrent Reload disturbing it.
-func (n *NtfyController) settings() *config.NtfyConfig {
-	return n.cfg.Load()
-}
-
-// client returns the HTTP client built for the current proxy setting.
-func (n *NtfyController) client() *http.Client {
-	return n.httpClient.Load()
+	return &NtfyController{
+		cfg:        cfg,
+		httpClient: netproxy.HTTPClient(cfg.NetworkUseProxy, 10*time.Second),
+	}
 }
 
 // Name returns the controller name.
@@ -52,7 +40,7 @@ func (n *NtfyController) Name() string {
 
 // Start initializes the Ntfy controller.
 func (n *NtfyController) Start() error {
-	if !n.settings().Enabled {
+	if !n.cfg.Enabled {
 		postLog.Info("Ntfy controller is disabled")
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -65,50 +53,26 @@ func (n *NtfyController) Stop() {
 	postLog.Info("Ntfy controller stopped")
 }
 
-// Reload applies the current configuration. Everything the publisher reads is
-// taken from the settings at send time, so only a change to the proxy flag
-// needs more than the swap: that one is baked into the HTTP client's transport
-// when the client is built.
-func (n *NtfyController) Reload() {
-	global := config.Current()
-	if global == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	current := n.settings()
-	updated := global.ControllerMethod.Ntfy
-	if *current == updated {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if current.NetworkUseProxy != updated.NetworkUseProxy {
-		n.httpClient.Store(netproxy.HTTPClient(updated.NetworkUseProxy, 10*time.Second))
-	}
-	n.cfg.Store(&updated)
-	postLog.Debug("Ntfy controller reloaded")
-}
-
 // IsEnabled returns whether the controller is enabled.
 func (n *NtfyController) IsEnabled() bool {
-	return n.settings().Enabled
+	return n.cfg.Enabled
 }
 
 // IsMarkdown returns whether the channel renders Markdown, per its markdown
 // setting in config.json.
 func (n *NtfyController) IsMarkdown() bool {
-	return n.settings().Markdown
+	return n.cfg.Markdown
 }
 
 // SendStatusChange sends a status change notification via Ntfy.
 func (n *NtfyController) SendStatusChange(change node.StatusChange) error {
-	s := n.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !n.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Current()
 	params := template.BuildParamsFromStatusChange(change)
-	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerStatusChanged, params, s.Markdown)
+	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerStatusChanged, params, n.cfg.Markdown)
 
 	title := fmt.Sprintf("Server %s: %s", change.Name, change.Event)
 	return n.publish(title, message)
@@ -116,28 +80,26 @@ func (n *NtfyController) SendStatusChange(change node.StatusChange) error {
 
 // SendServerList sends the server list via Ntfy.
 func (n *NtfyController) SendServerList(onlineServers, offlineServers string) error {
-	s := n.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !n.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Current()
 	params := template.BuildParamsFromServerList()
-	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerList, params, s.Markdown)
+	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerList, params, n.cfg.Markdown)
 
 	return n.publish("Server List", message)
 }
 
 // SendExecuteResult sends a command execution result via Ntfy.
 func (n *NtfyController) SendExecuteResult(serverName, serverUUID, command, result string) error {
-	s := n.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !n.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Current()
 	params := template.BuildParamsFromExecResult(serverName, serverUUID, command, result)
-	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerExecuteResult, params, s.Markdown)
+	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerExecuteResult, params, n.cfg.Markdown)
 
 	title := fmt.Sprintf("Command Result: %s on %s", command, serverName)
 	return n.publish(title, message)
@@ -146,24 +108,21 @@ func (n *NtfyController) SendExecuteResult(serverName, serverUUID, command, resu
 // SendAlert sends an alert submitted through the incoming webhook API to the
 // configured topic.
 func (n *NtfyController) SendAlert(alert controller.Alert) error {
-	s := n.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !n.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return n.publish(alert.Subject, alert.Render(s.Markdown))
+	return n.publish(alert.Subject, alert.Render(n.cfg.Markdown))
 }
 
 func (n *NtfyController) publish(title, message string) error {
-	s := n.settings()
-
-	serverURL := s.Server
+	serverURL := n.cfg.Server
 	if serverURL == "" {
 		serverURL = "https://ntfy.sh"
 	}
 	serverURL = strings.TrimRight(serverURL, "/")
 
-	publishURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", serverURL, s.Topic)
+	publishURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", serverURL, n.cfg.Topic)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", publishURL, strings.NewReader(message))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -171,14 +130,14 @@ func (n *NtfyController) publish(title, message string) error {
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("Title", title)
-	if s.Priority != "" && s.Priority != "default" {
-		req.Header.Set("Priority", s.Priority)
+	if n.cfg.Priority != "" && n.cfg.Priority != "default" {
+		req.Header.Set("Priority", n.cfg.Priority)
 	}
-	if s.Token != "" {
-		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+s.Token)
+	if n.cfg.Token != "" {
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+n.cfg.Token)
 	}
 
-	resp, err := n.client().Do(req)
+	resp, err := n.httpClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		postLog.Warning("Failed to publish to ntfy: " + err.Error())
 		return err
@@ -189,6 +148,6 @@ func (n *NtfyController) publish(title, message string) error {
 		postLog.Warning(fmt.Sprintf("Ntfy publish returned status %d", resp.StatusCode))
 	}
 
-	postLog.Debug("Ntfy notification sent to topic: " + s.Topic)
+	postLog.Debug("Ntfy notification sent to topic: " + n.cfg.Topic)
 	return nil
 }

internal/controller/pipes/qq_napcat/qq.go

@@ -86,23 +86,6 @@ func (q *QQController) IsEnabled() bool {
 	return q.cfg.Enabled
 }
 
-// Reload is not implemented yet for this channel.
-//
-// Everything this controller uses — the NapCat address, port and token — is
-// captured in the client it connected with, and that client's WebSocket
-// listener is stopped through a sync.Once and cannot be re-pointed. Applying a
-// change therefore means stopping the client and building a replacement
-// controller, which lands together with the Telegram one. Until then the
-// divergence is reported rather than ignored, so an edit that needs a restart
-// does not look like it took effect.
-func (q *QQController) Reload() {
-	global := config.Current()
-	if global == nil || q.cfg == global.ControllerMethod.QQ {
-		return
-	}
-	postLog.Warning("QQ (Napcat) settings changed but hot reload is not implemented for this channel yet; restart to apply them")
-}
-
 // IsMarkdown returns whether the channel renders Markdown, per its markdown
 // setting in config.json.
 func (q *QQController) IsMarkdown() bool {

internal/controller/pipes/reload_test.go

@@ -1,257 +0,0 @@
-package pipes
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"reflect"
-	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"testing"
-
-	gomail "gopkg.in/mail.v2"
-
-	"nukumizu-backend/config"
-	"nukumizu-backend/internal/node"
-)
-
-// writeConfigFile writes one config.json and returns its path. Reload tests
-// need several of these up front, because publishing a configuration from
-// inside a goroutine cannot use t.Fatalf.
-func writeConfigFile(t *testing.T, body string) string {
-	t.Helper()
-	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json")
-	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(body), 0o644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("write temp config: %v", err)
-	}
-	return path
-}
-
-// publishConfig writes body and makes it the configuration in effect, which is
-// what a settings update does before the reload hooks run.
-func publishConfig(t *testing.T, body string) *config.Config {
-	t.Helper()
-	cfg, err := config.LoadGlobalConfig(writeConfigFile(t, body))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("LoadGlobalConfig: %v", err)
-	}
-	return cfg
-}
-
-func TestNtfyControllerReload(t *testing.T) {
-	first := publishConfig(t, `{
-    "controllerMethod": {
-        "ntfy": { "enabled": false, "markdown": false, "server": "https://ntfy.sh", "topic": "old" }
-    }
-}`)
-	ctrl := NewNtfyController(first.ControllerMethod.Ntfy)
-
-	if ctrl.IsEnabled() {
-		t.Fatal("controller should start disabled")
-	}
-
-	publishConfig(t, `{
-    "controllerMethod": {
-        "ntfy": { "enabled": true, "markdown": true, "server": "https://ntfy.example.com", "topic": "new" }
-    }
-}`)
-	ctrl.Reload()
-
-	if !ctrl.IsEnabled() {
-		t.Error("Reload did not pick up enabled")
-	}
-	if !ctrl.IsMarkdown() {
-		t.Error("Reload did not pick up markdown")
-	}
-	s := ctrl.settings()
-	if s.Topic != "new" || s.Server != "https://ntfy.example.com" {
-		t.Errorf("Reload did not pick up the new server/topic: %+v", s)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestReloadKeepsDerivedClientsWhenNothingRelevantChanged pins the guard: a
-// reload that does not touch the proxy flag must not throw away a perfectly
-// good HTTP client.
-func TestReloadKeepsDerivedClientsWhenNothingRelevantChanged(t *testing.T) {
-	first := publishConfig(t, `{
-    "controllerMethod": {
-        "webhook": { "enabled": true, "url": "https://example.com/one", "networkUseProxy": false },
-        "ntfy":    { "enabled": true, "topic": "t", "networkUseProxy": false }
-    }
-}`)
-
-	webhook := NewWebhookController(first.ControllerMethod.Webhook)
-	ntfy := NewNtfyController(first.ControllerMethod.Ntfy)
-	webhookClient, ntfyClient := webhook.client(), ntfy.client()
-
-	// The whole point of an unchanged reload: the settings object is equal, so
-	// nothing is rebuilt.
-	publishConfig(t, `{
-    "controllerMethod": {
-        "webhook": { "enabled": true, "url": "https://example.com/one", "networkUseProxy": false },
-        "ntfy":    { "enabled": true, "topic": "t", "networkUseProxy": false }
-    }
-}`)
-	webhook.Reload()
-	ntfy.Reload()
-
-	if webhook.client() != webhookClient {
-		t.Error("webhook client was rebuilt although its settings did not change")
-	}
-	if ntfy.client() != ntfyClient {
-		t.Error("ntfy client was rebuilt although its settings did not change")
-	}
-
-	// A change that leaves the proxy flag alone still keeps the client.
-	publishConfig(t, `{
-    "controllerMethod": {
-        "webhook": { "enabled": true, "url": "https://example.com/two", "networkUseProxy": false },
-        "ntfy":    { "enabled": true, "topic": "t", "networkUseProxy": false }
-    }
-}`)
-	webhook.Reload()
-
-	if webhook.client() != webhookClient {
-		t.Error("webhook client was rebuilt for a change that did not touch the proxy setting")
-	}
-	if got := webhook.settings().URL; got != "https://example.com/two" {
-		t.Errorf("Reload did not pick up the new URL: %q", got)
-	}
-
-	// Flipping the proxy flag is the one change that must rebuild it.
-	publishConfig(t, `{
-    "controllerMethod": {
-        "webhook": { "enabled": true, "url": "https://example.com/two", "networkUseProxy": true },
-        "ntfy":    { "enabled": true, "topic": "t", "networkUseProxy": false }
-    }
-}`)
-	webhook.Reload()
-
-	if webhook.client() == webhookClient {
-		t.Error("webhook client was not rebuilt after the proxy setting changed")
-	}
-}
-
-// dialerIsDefault reports whether gomail still dials directly. Function values
-// are not comparable in Go, so the code pointers are compared.
-func dialerIsDefault() bool {
-	return reflect.ValueOf(gomail.NetDialTimeout).Pointer() ==
-		reflect.ValueOf(net.DialTimeout).Pointer()
-}
-
-// TestEmailControllerReloadResetsDialer covers the case the constructor used to
-// get wrong: gomail's dial hook is a package-level variable with no "unset", so
-// turning networkUseProxy off has to actively restore the default dialer rather
-// than leave SMTP tunnelled through a proxy nobody asked for.
-func TestEmailControllerReloadResetsDialer(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Cleanup(func() { gomail.NetDialTimeout = net.DialTimeout })
-
-	first := publishConfig(t, `{
-    "system": { "networkProxy": "http://127.0.0.1:7890" },
-    "controllerMethod": {
-        "email": { "enabled": true, "networkUseProxy": true, "smtpHost": "smtp.example.com", "to": ["a@example.com"] }
-    }
-}`)
-	ctrl := NewEmailController(first.ControllerMethod.Email)
-
-	if dialerIsDefault() {
-		t.Fatal("the proxy dialer was not installed for networkUseProxy: true")
-	}
-
-	publishConfig(t, `{
-    "system": { "networkProxy": "http://127.0.0.1:7890" },
-    "controllerMethod": {
-        "email": { "enabled": true, "networkUseProxy": false, "smtpHost": "smtp.example.com", "to": ["a@example.com"] }
-    }
-}`)
-	ctrl.Reload()
-
-	if !dialerIsDefault() {
-		t.Error("turning networkUseProxy off left gomail's proxy dialer in place")
-	}
-}
-
-// TestWebhookReloadDuringSend drives Reload while notifications are being
-// delivered. Run with -race: the settings and the HTTP client are swapped on
-// the settings-update goroutine while the send path reads them on others, which
-// is exactly the race the atomic pointers exist to prevent.
-func TestWebhookReloadDuringSend(t *testing.T) {
-	var delivered int64
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		atomic.AddInt64(&delivered, 1)
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	body := func(proxy bool) string {
-		return fmt.Sprintf(`{
-    "controllerMethod": {
-        "webhook": { "enabled": true, "url": %q, "method": "POST", "networkUseProxy": %t }
-    },
-    "controllerMessage": { "SERVER_STATUS_CHANGED": "{{ serverName }} {{ event }}" }
-}`, srv.URL, proxy)
-	}
-	direct := writeConfigFile(t, body(false))
-	proxied := writeConfigFile(t, body(true))
-
-	if _, err := config.LoadGlobalConfig(direct); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("LoadGlobalConfig: %v", err)
-	}
-	ctrl := NewWebhookController(config.Current().ControllerMethod.Webhook)
-
-	change := node.StatusChange{Event: "Online", UUID: "u1", Name: "alpha"}
-
-	var readers, writers sync.WaitGroup
-	stop := make(chan struct{})
-
-	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-		readers.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer readers.Done()
-			for {
-				select {
-				case <-stop:
-					return
-				default:
-				}
-				if err := ctrl.SendStatusChange(change); err != nil {
-					// The test server never fails; a transport error here means
-					// the swap lost a field mid-flight.
-					t.Errorf("SendStatusChange: %v", err)
-					return
-				}
-				_ = ctrl.IsEnabled()
-				_ = ctrl.IsMarkdown()
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-
-	writers.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer writers.Done()
-		for i := 0; i < 30; i++ {
-			path := direct
-			if i%2 == 0 {
-				path = proxied
-			}
-			if _, err := config.LoadGlobalConfig(path); err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("LoadGlobalConfig: %v", err)
-				return
-			}
-			ctrl.Reload()
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// Let the writer finish, then release the readers: they only return once
-	// stop is closed.
-	writers.Wait()
-	close(stop)
-	readers.Wait()
-
-	if atomic.LoadInt64(&delivered) == 0 {
-		t.Error("no notification reached the test server")
-	}
-}

internal/controller/pipes/telegram/telegram.go

@@ -124,21 +124,6 @@ func (t *TelegramController) IsEnabled() bool {
 	return t.cfg.Enabled
 }
 
-// Reload is not implemented yet for this channel.
-//
-// The bot client is built from the token and the polling context is created
-// with the controller, so a stopped controller cannot be restarted in place:
-// applying a change means building a replacement controller and swapping it
-// into the manager. Until then the divergence is reported rather than ignored,
-// so an edit that needs a restart does not look like it took effect.
-func (t *TelegramController) Reload() {
-	global := config.Current()
-	if global == nil || t.cfg == global.ControllerMethod.Telegram {
-		return
-	}
-	postLog.Warning("Telegram settings changed but hot reload is not implemented for this channel yet; restart to apply them")
-}
-
 // IsMarkdown returns whether the channel renders Markdown, per its markdown
 // setting in config.json.
 func (t *TelegramController) IsMarkdown() bool {

internal/controller/pipes/webhook.go

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"reflect"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"nukumizu-backend/config"
@@ -19,32 +17,21 @@ import (
 
 // WebhookController handles notifications via generic HTTP webhooks.
 //
-// Both fields are held behind atomic pointers rather than in plain fields:
-// Reload replaces them on the settings-update goroutine while the send methods
-// read them on the status-change and incoming-webhook goroutines.
+// cfg and httpClient are written once, by the constructor, and never again: a
+// controller that needs different settings is replaced wholesale by the manager
+// rather than reconfigured in place, so the send methods can read them without
+// locking.
 type WebhookController struct {
-	cfg        atomic.Pointer[config.WebhookConfig]
-	httpClient atomic.Pointer[http.Client]
+	cfg        config.WebhookConfig
+	httpClient *http.Client
 }
 
 // NewWebhookController creates a new Webhook controller.
 func NewWebhookController(cfg config.WebhookConfig) *WebhookController {
-	w := &WebhookController{}
-	w.cfg.Store(&cfg)
-	w.httpClient.Store(netproxy.HTTPClient(cfg.NetworkUseProxy, 10*time.Second))
-	return w
-}
-
-// settings returns the configuration currently in effect. The value it points
-// at is never mutated after being stored, so a caller can hold the pointer for
-// one whole send without a concurrent Reload disturbing it.
-func (w *WebhookController) settings() *config.WebhookConfig {
-	return w.cfg.Load()
-}
-
-// client returns the HTTP client built for the current proxy setting.
-func (w *WebhookController) client() *http.Client {
-	return w.httpClient.Load()
+	return &WebhookController{
+		cfg:        cfg,
+		httpClient: netproxy.HTTPClient(cfg.NetworkUseProxy, 10*time.Second),
+	}
 }
 
 // Name returns the controller name.
@@ -54,7 +41,7 @@ func (w *WebhookController) Name() string {
 
 // Start initializes the Webhook controller.
 func (w *WebhookController) Start() error {
-	if !w.settings().Enabled {
+	if !w.cfg.Enabled {
 		postLog.Info("Webhook controller is disabled")
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -67,51 +54,26 @@ func (w *WebhookController) Stop() {
 	postLog.Info("Webhook controller stopped")
 }
 
-// Reload applies the current configuration. Everything the sender reads is
-// taken from the settings at send time, so only a change to the proxy flag
-// needs more than the swap: that one is baked into the HTTP client's transport
-// when the client is built.
-func (w *WebhookController) Reload() {
-	global := config.Current()
-	if global == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	current := w.settings()
-	updated := global.ControllerMethod.Webhook
-	// WebhookConfig carries a header map, so it is not comparable with ==.
-	if reflect.DeepEqual(*current, updated) {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if current.NetworkUseProxy != updated.NetworkUseProxy {
-		w.httpClient.Store(netproxy.HTTPClient(updated.NetworkUseProxy, 10*time.Second))
-	}
-	w.cfg.Store(&updated)
-	postLog.Debug("Webhook controller reloaded")
-}
-
 // IsEnabled returns whether the controller is enabled.
 func (w *WebhookController) IsEnabled() bool {
-	return w.settings().Enabled
+	return w.cfg.Enabled
 }
 
 // IsMarkdown returns whether the channel renders Markdown, per its markdown
 // setting in config.json.
 func (w *WebhookController) IsMarkdown() bool {
-	return w.settings().Markdown
+	return w.cfg.Markdown
 }
 
 // SendStatusChange sends a status change notification via Webhook.
 func (w *WebhookController) SendStatusChange(change node.StatusChange) error {
-	s := w.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !w.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Current()
 	params := template.BuildParamsFromStatusChange(change)
-	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerStatusChanged, params, s.Markdown)
+	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerStatusChanged, params, w.cfg.Markdown)
 
 	payload := map[string]interface{}{
 		"event":      change.Event,
@@ -126,14 +88,13 @@ func (w *WebhookController) SendStatusChange(change node.StatusChange) error {
 
 // SendServerList sends the server list via Webhook.
 func (w *WebhookController) SendServerList(onlineServers, offlineServers string) error {
-	s := w.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !w.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Current()
 	params := template.BuildParamsFromServerList()
-	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerList, params, s.Markdown)
+	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerList, params, w.cfg.Markdown)
 
 	payload := map[string]interface{}{
 		"type":           "serverList",
@@ -148,14 +109,13 @@ func (w *WebhookController) SendServerList(onlineServers, offlineServers string)
 
 // SendExecuteResult sends a command execution result via Webhook.
 func (w *WebhookController) SendExecuteResult(serverName, serverUUID, command, result string) error {
-	s := w.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !w.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Current()
 	params := template.BuildParamsFromExecResult(serverName, serverUUID, command, result)
-	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerExecuteResult, params, s.Markdown)
+	message := template.Render(cfg.ControllerMessage.ServerExecuteResult, params, w.cfg.Markdown)
 
 	payload := map[string]interface{}{
 		"type":       "executeResult",
@@ -173,8 +133,7 @@ func (w *WebhookController) SendExecuteResult(serverName, serverUUID, command, r
 // SendAlert sends an alert submitted through the incoming webhook API to the
 // configured URL.
 func (w *WebhookController) SendAlert(alert controller.Alert) error {
-	s := w.settings()
-	if !s.Enabled {
+	if !w.cfg.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -183,20 +142,15 @@ func (w *WebhookController) SendAlert(alert controller.Alert) error {
 		"subject": alert.Subject,
 		"source":  alert.Source,
 		"content": alert.Content,
-		"message": alert.Render(s.Markdown),
+		"message": alert.Render(w.cfg.Markdown),
 		"time":    alert.Time,
 	}
 
 	return w.send(payload)
 }
 
-// send posts one payload using the settings in effect at the moment it is
-// called, so the URL, method and headers all come from the same configuration
-// even if a reload lands mid-send.
 func (w *WebhookController) send(payload map[string]interface{}) error {
-	s := w.settings()
-
-	method := s.Method
+	method := w.cfg.Method
 	if method == "" {
 		method = "POST"
 	}
@@ -206,17 +160,17 @@ func (w *WebhookController) send(payload map[string]interface{}) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal webhook payload: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, s.URL, bytes.NewReader(bodyJSON))
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, w.cfg.URL, bytes.NewReader(bodyJSON))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create webhook request: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	for key, value := range s.Headers {
+	for key, value := range w.cfg.Headers {
 		req.Header.Set(key, value)
 	}
 
-	resp, err := w.client().Do(req)
+	resp, err := w.httpClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		postLog.Warning("Failed to send webhook: " + err.Error())
 		return err
@@ -227,6 +181,6 @@ func (w *WebhookController) send(payload map[string]interface{}) error {
 		postLog.Warning(fmt.Sprintf("Webhook returned status %d", resp.StatusCode))
 	}
 
-	postLog.Debug("Webhook notification sent to " + s.URL)
+	postLog.Debug("Webhook notification sent to " + w.cfg.URL)
 	return nil
 }