Target names, URLs and log lines reach the page as text (closes #29)

A host row escapes the name and URL it writes into its markup with a new
escapeHTML function, and the debug log builds each line as an element
whose text is set, so neither is read as HTML once targets can be
configured. A unit test builds the row of a target whose name and URL
hold < > " & and ' and checks each comes out escaped; hostRowHTML is
exported for it.

README.md stops calling CONFIG frozen: the interval menu sets
updateInterval, and the timeouts, history span and axis ticks are
computed from it. AppState declares _recoveryProbeId and
_recoveryProbeChecks, the sparkline axis functions drop the parameters
they never used, and HostState's history comment names both entry
shapes.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ files are served, with no backend required.
 The application is a single-page app built with Vite and Tailwind CSS v4. All
 code lives in `src/main.js` with a class-based architecture:
 
-- **`CONFIG`**: Frozen configuration object (update interval, timeouts, axis
+- **`CONFIG`**: Configuration object (update interval, timeouts, axis ticks,
-  ticks, etc.)
+  etc.). The interval menu sets `updateInterval`, the one value the page writes
+  into `CONFIG`; the timeouts, the time the history spans and the x-axis ticks
+  are computed from it
 - **`HostState`**: Per-host state management — history buffer, latency tracking,
   status transitions
 - **`AppState`**: Top-level state container — WAN hosts, local hosts, pause

TODO.md

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ latest run passes.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-04: a target's name and URL and a debug log message show as the
+  characters they are and are never read as HTML (issue #29): a host row escapes
+  the name and URL it writes into its markup, and the debug log sets each line
+  as text. A unit test checks a target whose name and URL hold `<`, `>`, `"`,
+  `&` and `'`. `README.md` no longer calls `CONFIG` frozen: the interval menu
+  sets its `updateInterval`, and the values computed from it follow. `AppState`
+  declares the recovery probe's two properties, the sparkline axis functions
+  lose the parameters they did not use, and the comment on a target's history
+  names both kinds of entry it holds. Nothing the page does changed
 - 2026-10-04: `script/` and `Makefile` follow the org models (issue #28):
   `make dev` shims to the new `script/dev`, the Vite dev server, and the new
   `make build` to `script/build`, the frontend production build.

src/main.js

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 // display their real value in the latency figure. The history buffer holds
 // maxHistoryPoints samples (historyDuration / updateInterval).
 // reportInterval is how often collected samples are POSTed to the backend.
+// The interval menu changes updateInterval while the page runs; the
+// getters compute their values from it each time they are read.
 export const CONFIG = {
     updateInterval: 3000,
     maxHistoryPoints: 100,
@@ -201,7 +203,10 @@ export class HostState {
     constructor(host, pinned = false) {
         this.name = host.name;
         this.url = host.url;
-        this.history = []; // { timestamp, latency, paused }
+        // Each entry is either a check's result, { timestamp, latency,
+        // error }, or a round skipped while paused, { timestamp,
+        // latency: null, paused: true }.
+        this.history = [];
         this.lastLatency = null;
         this.status = "pending"; // 'online' | 'offline' | 'error' | 'pending'
         this.pinned = pinned;
@@ -271,6 +276,10 @@ export class AppState {
         this.local = localHosts.map((h) => new HostState(h));
         this.paused = false;
         this.tickCount = 0;
+        // The recovery probe's timer, null while it is not running, and the
+        // checks it started last.
+        this._recoveryProbeId = null;
+        this._recoveryProbeChecks = null;
     }
 
     get allHosts() {
@@ -580,8 +589,8 @@ class SparklineRenderer {
         const ch = h - m.top - m.bottom;
 
         ctx.clearRect(0, 0, w, h);
-        SparklineRenderer._drawYAxis(ctx, w, h, m, ch);
+        SparklineRenderer._drawYAxis(ctx, w, m, ch);
-        SparklineRenderer._drawXAxis(ctx, w, h, m, cw);
+        SparklineRenderer._drawXAxis(ctx, h, m, cw);
 
         const len = history.length;
         const pw = cw / (CONFIG.maxHistoryPoints - 1);
@@ -597,7 +606,7 @@ class SparklineRenderer {
         SparklineRenderer._drawTip(ctx, history, getX, getY);
     }
 
-    static _drawYAxis(ctx, w, h, m, ch) {
+    static _drawYAxis(ctx, w, m, ch) {
         ctx.font = "300 12px monospace";
         ctx.textAlign = "right";
         ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
@@ -614,7 +623,7 @@ class SparklineRenderer {
         }
     }
 
-    static _drawXAxis(ctx, w, h, m, cw) {
+    static _drawXAxis(ctx, h, m, cw) {
         ctx.textAlign = "center";
         ctx.textBaseline = "top";
         for (const tick of CONFIG.xAxisTicks) {
@@ -702,7 +711,18 @@ class SparklineRenderer {
 // horizontally.
 const STATUS_TEXT_CLASS = "status-text text-xs text-right col-span-2 mt-5";
 
-function hostRowHTML(host, index, showPin = true) {
+// Escapes text for HTML, so it shows as written inside an element or a
+// quoted attribute and is never read as markup.
+function escapeHTML(text) {
+    return text
+        .replaceAll("&", "&")
+        .replaceAll("<", "&lt;")
+        .replaceAll(">", "&gt;")
+        .replaceAll('"', "&quot;")
+        .replaceAll("'", "&#39;");
+}
+
+export function hostRowHTML(host, index, showPin = true) {
     const pinColor = host.pinned
         ? "text-blue-500"
         : "text-gray-600 hover:text-gray-400";
@@ -721,12 +741,12 @@ function hostRowHTML(host, index, showPin = true) {
         <div class="w-[420px] flex-shrink-0 grid grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)_auto] items-center">
           <div class="flex items-center gap-2 min-w-[200px]">
             <div class="w-3 h-3 rounded-full flex-shrink-0 bg-[#6b7280]"></div>
-            <span class="font-medium text-white truncate">${host.name}</span>
+            <span class="font-medium text-white truncate">${escapeHTML(host.name)}</span>
           </div>
           <div class="latency-value text-4xl font-bold tabular-nums text-right mt-3" data-host="${index}">
             <span class="text-gray-500">---</span>
           </div>
-          <a href="${host.url}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="text-xs text-gray-500 truncate block col-span-2 -mt-2">${host.url}</a>
+          <a href="${escapeHTML(host.url)}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="text-xs text-gray-500 truncate block col-span-2 -mt-2">${escapeHTML(host.url)}</a>
           <div class="${STATUS_TEXT_CLASS} text-gray-500" data-host="${index}">waiting...</div>
         </div>
         <div class="flex-grow sparkline-container rounded overflow-hidden border border-gray-700/30">
@@ -1042,14 +1062,16 @@ function renderDebugLog() {
         info: "text-gray-300",
         debug: "text-gray-500",
     };
-    el.innerHTML = debugLog
+    el.replaceChildren(
-        .map((entry) => {
+        ...debugLog.map((entry) => {
             const ts = formatUTCTimestamp(entry.timestamp);
-            const cls = levelColors[entry.level] || "text-gray-400";
             const lvl = entry.level.toUpperCase().padEnd(7);
-            return `<div class="${cls}">${ts} ${lvl} ${entry.message}</div>`;
+            const line = document.createElement("div");
-        })
+            line.className = levelColors[entry.level] || "text-gray-400";
-        .join("");
+            line.textContent = `${ts} ${lvl} ${entry.message}`;
+            return line;
+        }),
+    );
     el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;
 }
 

test/unit/main.test.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
     AppState,
     CONFIG,
     greyOutUI,
+    hostRowHTML,
     HostState,
     humanDuration,
     latencyClass,
@@ -230,6 +231,32 @@ test("at a 30000ms interval, after the user pauses and resumes during a round, n
     }
 });
 
+// The page shows < > " & and ' in a row's markup as
+// < > " & and '.
+test(`a target whose name and URL hold < > " & and ' shows those characters in its row`, () => {
+    const host = new HostState({
+        name: `<b>"x" & 'y'</b>`,
+        url: `https://x.test/<b>?a="x"&b='y'`,
+    });
+    const row = hostRowHTML(host, 0);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(row, /<b>/);
+    assert.ok(
+        row.includes(
+            ">&lt;b&gt;&quot;x&quot; &amp; &#39;y&#39;&lt;/b&gt;</span>",
+        ),
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+        row.includes(
+            'href="https://x.test/&lt;b&gt;?a=&quot;x&quot;&amp;b=&#39;y&#39;"',
+        ),
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+        row.includes(
+            ">https://x.test/&lt;b&gt;?a=&quot;x&quot;&amp;b=&#39;y&#39;</a>",
+        ),
+    );
+});
+
 for (const [seconds, text] of [
     [0, "0s"],
     [1, "1s"],