src/cli.rs

@@ -134,13 +134,14 @@ Gateway website.
 Usage: runicgateway-installer <COMMAND> [OPTIONS]
 
 Commands:
-  install      Deploy the plugin overlay, install the uo-link sidecar and its
-               service, record what was deployed, and print the values the
-               website needs.
+  install      Deploy the game-side plugin (the ServUO overlay, or the Rust
+               plugin), install the sidecar and its service, record what was
+               deployed, and print the values the website needs.
   doctor       Diagnose an existing deployment end to end.
   update       Re-resolve the bundle and move both components to it.
   uninstall    Remove what the installer exclusively owns. Never edits the
-               ServUO tree — it prints what to remove there.
+               ServUO tree — it prints what to remove there. For Rust it
+               removes only its own plugin file and keeps the plugin config.
 
 Options:
       --game <servuo|rust>           Which game's shard side. Default servuo.

src/rustgame/install.rs

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ pub fn deploy(cli: &Cli, mode: Mode) -> Result<()> {
                 .unwrap_or(false),
         )?;
         record.instances.insert(plan.id.clone(), instance);
-        handoffs.push((plan.id.clone(), doc, registered));
+        handoffs.push((plan.id.clone(), doc, registered, plan.running));
     }
 
     // Instances this run did not touch still run the binary it just replaced.
@@ -306,10 +306,17 @@ pub fn deploy(cli: &Cli, mode: Mode) -> Result<()> {
     match mode {
         Mode::Install => {
             let host = crate::install::resolve_host(cli);
-            for (id, doc, registered) in &handoffs {
+            for (id, doc, registered, running) in &handoffs {
                 println!(
                     "{}",
-                    sidecar::handoff(id, doc, &host, cli.site_url.as_deref(), *registered)
+                    sidecar::handoff(
+                        id,
+                        doc,
+                        &host,
+                        cli.site_url.as_deref(),
+                        *registered,
+                        *running
+                    )
                 );
             }
         }

src/rustgame/sidecar.rs

@@ -152,12 +152,17 @@ pub fn choose_port(start: u16, held: &[u16], keep: Option<u16>) -> Result<u16> {
 }
 
 /// The end-of-run block for one instance: what `/admin/rust/servers` asks for.
+///
+/// It says what the run did, not what it hopes: nothing here has seen the plugin connect — on a
+/// stopped server it has not even loaded — so the first line never claims a link. `doctor` is the
+/// command that checks one (D156).
 pub fn handoff(
     server_id: &str,
     doc: &ConfigDoc,
     host: &str,
     site_url: Option<&str>,
     registered: bool,
+    running: bool,
 ) -> String {
     let port = port_of(&doc.web.bind)
         .map(|p| p.to_string())
@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ pub fn handoff(
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "https://<your-site>".to_string());
     let loopback = doc.web.bind.starts_with("127.") || doc.web.bind.starts_with("[::1]");
     format!(
-        "\nRust server {server_id:?} is connected to its sidecar.\n\n\
+        "\nRust server {server_id:?} is set up. {when}\n\n\
          One manual step remains — add it to the website:\n\n  \
          Server id         {server_id}\n  \
          Sidecar URL       http://{host}:{port}\n  \
@@ -178,6 +183,13 @@ pub fn handoff(
         token = doc.web.auth_token,
         config = doc.config_path,
         protocol = doc.protocol,
+        when = if running {
+            format!(
+                "The plugin loads now; `doctor --game rust --server-id {server_id}` confirms it                  connected."
+            )
+        } else {
+            "The plugin connects when the server next starts.".to_string()
+        },
         loopback_note = if loopback {
             format!(
                 "\nThe sidecar listens on {} only. If the website runs on another machine, put a \
@@ -229,7 +241,7 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(port_of(&doc.web.bind), Some(8091));
-        let text = handoff("alpha", &doc, "rust.example", None, true);
+        let text = handoff("alpha", &doc, "rust.example", None, true, false);
         for needle in [
             "alpha",
             "http://rust.example:8091",
@@ -240,6 +252,19 @@ mod tests {
             assert!(text.contains(needle), "{needle} missing from:\n{text}");
         }
         assert!(text.contains("TLS proxy"), "{text}");
+
+        // D156: never a claim about a link nothing has seen.
+        assert!(!text.contains("is connected"), "{text}");
+        assert!(
+            text.contains("The plugin connects when the server next starts."),
+            "{text}"
+        );
+        let running = handoff("alpha", &doc, "rust.example", None, true, true);
+        assert!(!running.contains("is connected"), "{running}");
+        assert!(
+            running.contains("doctor --game rust --server-id alpha"),
+            "{running}"
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]