From dbec256b36df8f50887a9f4de71663244748b5f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Dorfman <jacobdorfman@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:06:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Enhance deployment logging in cmd_deploy function for better
 error tracking

Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
---
 panel/panelctl.sh | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/panel/panelctl.sh b/panel/panelctl.sh
index 4619baf..4732113 100644
--- a/panel/panelctl.sh
+++ b/panel/panelctl.sh
@@ -299,10 +299,18 @@ cmd_deploy() {
   validate_name "${name}"
   load_app "${name}"
 
+  echo "Starting deployment for app '${name}'" | systemd-cat -t panelctl -p info
+
   cmd_render_route "${name}"
-  run_compose -f "${APP_COMPOSE_FILE}" up -d || fail "compose up failed"
+  
+  if ! run_compose -f "${APP_COMPOSE_FILE}" up -d 2>&1 | systemd-cat -t panelctl -p info; then
+    echo "Deployment failed for app '${name}'" | systemd-cat -t panelctl -p err
+    fail "compose up failed"
+  fi
+  
   maybe_reload_caddy
 
+  echo "Successfully deployed app '${name}'" | systemd-cat -t panelctl -p info
   echo "deployed app '${name}'"
 }