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Web UI not served on Windows build — GET / returns `not_found #727

Description

@aqemi

On the Windows release binary, msgvault serve starts and the HTTP API responds, but the web UI is not served. Requesting the root path returns a JSON routing error instead of the browser application:

{"error":"not_found","message":"No route matches GET /"}

The README states that the release binary serves the complete browser application and that Node, Bun, and a separate asset directory are not needed at runtime, so this looks like the embedded web assets are missing from the Windows build rather than a configuration problem on my side.

Environment

  • msgvault version:
    commit: e90bcdc
    built: 2026-08-09T13:53:26Z
    go: go1.26.5
    os/arch: windows/amd64
  • Install method: install.ps1

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install via install.ps1 (or extract the Windows release zip)
  2. msgvault init-db
  3. Import or sync at least one account
  4. msgvault serve
  5. Open the API server URL printed by serve in a browser

Expected

The web UI loads at /.

Actual

GET / returns {"error":"not_found","message":"No route matches GET /"}. The server itself is running — API routes respond normally.

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