vulnerability scans and alerts show the image tag, not just its digest

src/lib/server/scanner-output-core.ts

@@ -28,3 +28,30 @@ export function classifyUnparseableOutput(output: string): 'truncated' | 'cli-er
 	if (firstLine && !firstLine.startsWith('{')) return 'cli-error';
 	return 'unknown';
 }
+
+/** A bare image ID: `sha256:<64 hex>` or just the 64-hex digest. */
+function isBareDigest(ref: string): boolean {
+	return /^(sha256:)?[0-9a-f]{64}$/.test(ref);
+}
+
+/** A Dockhand-internal temporary tag (`...-dockhand-pending` / `-dockhand-update`) applied
+ * during the safe auto-update scan - a poor label to show a user, preferred only if no real
+ * tag exists. */
+function isTempTag(tag: string): boolean {
+	return /-dockhand-(pending|update)(:|$)/.test(tag);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The human-readable name a scan should record and notify with. Scans are driven by whatever
+ * ref the caller passed - the auto-update path passes a bare image ID, which then shows in
+ * notifications as `Image "sha256:..." has N critical`. When the ref is a bare digest, prefer
+ * a real RepoTag from the image inspect; fall back to a Dockhand temp tag, then to the digest
+ * itself. A ref that already carries a tag/name is kept as-is.
+ */
+export function pickScanDisplayName(imageRef: string, repoTags: string[] | undefined | null): string {
+	if (!isBareDigest(imageRef)) return imageRef; // caller passed a tag/name - trust it
+	const tags = (repoTags || []).filter((t) => typeof t === 'string' && t && t !== '<none>:<none>');
+	if (tags.length === 0) return imageRef; // genuinely untagged - the digest is all we have
+	const realTag = tags.find((t) => !isTempTag(t));
+	return realTag ?? tags[0]; // prefer a real tag over a -dockhand-pending temp tag
+}

src/lib/server/scanner.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 import { getEnvironment, getEnvSetting, getSetting } from './db';
 import { sendEventNotification } from './notifications';
 import { detectRemoteSocketPath } from './scanner-socket-detect';
-import { truncateForLog, classifyUnparseableOutput } from './scanner-output-core';
+import { truncateForLog, classifyUnparseableOutput, pickScanDisplayName } from './scanner-output-core';
 import {
 	getHostDockerSocket,
 	getHostDataDir,
@@ -565,15 +565,21 @@ function parseTrivyOutput(output: string): { vulnerabilities: Vulnerability[]; s
 	return { vulnerabilities, summary };
 }
 
-// Get the SHA256 image ID for a given image name/tag
+/**
-async function getImageSha(imageName: string, envId?: number): Promise<string> {
+ * Resolve the stable image ID AND a human-readable display name from ONE inspect.
+ * The scan is driven by `imageRef`, which the auto-update path passes as a bare digest; that
+ * digest would otherwise be stored and shown in notifications. `displayName` prefers a real
+ * RepoTag (see pickScanDisplayName); `imageId` is the SHA used for cache keying (unchanged).
+ */
+async function resolveImageIdentity(imageRef: string, envId?: number): Promise<{ imageId: string; displayName: string }> {
 	try {
-		const imageInfo = await inspectImage(imageName, envId) as any;
+		const info = await inspectImage(imageRef, envId) as any;
-		// The Id field contains the full sha256:... hash
+		return {
-		return imageInfo.Id || imageName;
+			imageId: info.Id || imageRef,
+			displayName: pickScanDisplayName(imageRef, info.RepoTags)
+		};
 	} catch {
-		// If we can't inspect the image, fall back to the name
+		return { imageId: imageRef, displayName: imageRef };
-		return imageName;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -920,12 +926,12 @@ export async function scanWithGrype(
 
 		const { vulnerabilities, summary } = parseGrypeOutput(output);
 
-		// Get the actual SHA256 image ID for reliable caching
+		// SHA256 id for caching + a readable name for the record/notification.
-		const imageId = await getImageSha(imageName, envId);
+		const { imageId, displayName } = await resolveImageIdentity(imageName, envId);
 
 		const result: ScanResult = {
 			imageId,
-			imageName,
+			imageName: displayName,
 			scanner: 'grype',
 			scannedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
 			vulnerabilities,
@@ -1017,12 +1023,12 @@ export async function scanWithTrivy(
 
 		const { vulnerabilities, summary } = parseTrivyOutput(output);
 
-		// Get the actual SHA256 image ID for reliable caching
+		// SHA256 id for caching + a readable name for the record/notification.
-		const imageId = await getImageSha(imageName, envId);
+		const { imageId, displayName } = await resolveImageIdentity(imageName, envId);
 
 		const result: ScanResult = {
 			imageId,
-			imageName,
+			imageName: displayName,
 			scanner: 'trivy',
 			scannedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
 			vulnerabilities,
@@ -1110,8 +1116,10 @@ export async function scanImage(
 			unknown: Math.max(...results.map(r => r.summary.unknown))
 		};
 
-		// Send notifications (async, don't block return)
+		// Notify with the readable name the scan resolved (a tag when the image has one),
-		sendVulnerabilityNotifications(imageName, combinedSummary, envId).catch(err => {
+		// not the bare digest the caller may have passed in.
+		const notifyName = results[0]?.imageName || imageName;
+		sendVulnerabilityNotifications(notifyName, combinedSummary, envId).catch(err => {
 			const errorMsg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
 			console.error('[Scanner] Failed to send vulnerability notifications:', errorMsg);
 		});

tests/scan-display-name.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'bun:test';
+import { pickScanDisplayName } from '../src/lib/server/scanner-output-core';
+
+const DIGEST = 'sha256:' + 'c'.repeat(64);
+const BARE = 'a'.repeat(64);
+
+describe('pickScanDisplayName', () => {
+	it('keeps a ref that already carries a tag/name (never overrides a real name)', () => {
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName('nginx:latest', ['nginx:latest'])).toBe('nginx:latest');
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName('registry.io/app:1.2', [])).toBe('registry.io/app:1.2');
+		// even if the caller's tag is not in RepoTags, trust what they passed
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName('nginx:latest', ['other:tag'])).toBe('nginx:latest');
+	});
+
+	it('resolves a bare digest to its RepoTag', () => {
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(DIGEST, ['invoiceninja/invoiceninja:latest']))
+			.toBe('invoiceninja/invoiceninja:latest');
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(BARE, ['nginx:1.25'])).toBe('nginx:1.25');
+	});
+
+	it('prefers a real tag over a Dockhand temp tag', () => {
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(DIGEST, [
+			'invoiceninja/invoiceninja:latest-dockhand-pending',
+			'invoiceninja/invoiceninja:latest'
+		])).toBe('invoiceninja/invoiceninja:latest');
+		// order-independent
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(DIGEST, [
+			'app:latest',
+			'app:latest-dockhand-update'
+		])).toBe('app:latest');
+	});
+
+	it('falls back to a temp tag when it is the only tag (still better than a digest)', () => {
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(DIGEST, ['app:latest-dockhand-pending']))
+			.toBe('app:latest-dockhand-pending');
+	});
+
+	it('falls back to the digest when the image is genuinely untagged', () => {
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(DIGEST, [])).toBe(DIGEST);
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(DIGEST, null)).toBe(DIGEST);
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(DIGEST, undefined)).toBe(DIGEST);
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(DIGEST, ['<none>:<none>'])).toBe(DIGEST);
+		expect(pickScanDisplayName(BARE, [])).toBe(BARE); // bare 64-hex, no sha256: prefix
+	});
+});