Converge Integration for startup

[david-rfai]

Changes

• Option to disable starting frontend
• If using Converge, sets RF_MLFLOW_ENABLED and RF_TENSORBOARD_ENABLED to true
• On startup show correct log information depending on frontend source

Changelog Content

Additions

• Option to disable starting frontend

Changes

• If using Converge, sets RF_MLFLOW_ENABLED and RF_TENSORBOARD_ENABLED to true

Fixes

• On startup show correct log information depending on frontend source

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Note

Medium Risk
Changes service-startup orchestration (frontend/Converge/MLflow/TensorBoard) and port/log handling, which could affect local launch behavior across modes. Risk is limited to dev/runtime startup flow and is reversible via env flags.

Overview
Adds a new rapidfireai start --no-frontend flag (and RF_START_FRONTEND=false) to skip starting the Flask dashboard while still running the API and enabled tracking services.

Improves Converge startup behavior in setup/start.sh: auto-disables Converge when rapidfireai-pro isn’t installed, ensures Converge forces RF_MLFLOW_ENABLED and RF_TENSORBOARD_ENABLED on, and refines service counting, port checks, status output, and log reporting (including converge_frontend.log/converge_backend.log) to match what was actually started.

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Bugbot Autofix prepared fixes for all 3 issues found in the latest run.

• ✅ Fixed: Inverted condition hides converge_frontend.log in wrong modes
  • Changed != to == in the condition to correctly show converge_frontend.log only when RF_CONVERGE_MODE is 'all' or 'frontend'.
• ✅ Fixed: Inverted condition hides converge_backend.log in wrong modes
  • Changed != to == in the condition to correctly show converge_backend.log only when RF_CONVERGE_MODE is 'all' or 'backend'.
• ✅ Fixed: Startup aborts on busy frontend port despite --no-frontend
  • Added RF_START_FRONTEND check to skip frontend port validation when the frontend is intentionally disabled via --no-frontend flag.

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diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -313,9 +313,11 @@
         print_error "MLflow $RF_MLFLOW_HOST:$RF_MLFLOW_PORT in use"
         return 1
     fi
-    if ping_port $RF_FRONTEND_HOST $RF_FRONTEND_PORT; then
-        print_error "Frontend $RF_FRONTEND_HOST:$RF_FRONTEND_PORT in use"
-        return 1
+    if [[ "$RF_START_FRONTEND" == "true" ]]; then
+        if ping_port $RF_FRONTEND_HOST $RF_FRONTEND_PORT; then
+            print_error "Frontend $RF_FRONTEND_HOST:$RF_FRONTEND_PORT in use"
+            return 1
+        fi
     fi
     if ping_port $RF_API_HOST $RF_API_PORT; then
         print_error "API port $RF_API_HOST:$RF_API_PORT in use"
@@ -812,7 +814,7 @@
         fi
     fi
 
-    if [[ "$RF_START_FRONTEND" == "true" ]] && { [[ "$RF_CONVERGE_MODE" == "all" ]] || [[ "$RF_CONVERGE_MODE" != "frontend" ]]; }; then
+    if [[ "$RF_START_FRONTEND" == "true" ]] && { [[ "$RF_CONVERGE_MODE" == "all" ]] || [[ "$RF_CONVERGE_MODE" == "frontend" ]]; }; then
         if [[ -f "$RF_LOG_PATH/converge_frontend.log" ]]; then
             local size=$(du -h "$RF_LOG_PATH/converge_frontend.log" | cut -f1)
             print_status "- $RF_LOG_PATH/converge_frontend.log: $size"
@@ -821,7 +823,7 @@
         fi
     fi
 
-    if [[ "$RF_CONVERGE_MODE" == "all" ]] || [[ "$RF_CONVERGE_MODE" != "backend" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$RF_CONVERGE_MODE" == "all" ]] || [[ "$RF_CONVERGE_MODE" == "backend" ]]; then
         if [[ -f "$RF_LOG_PATH/converge_backend.log" ]]; then
             local size=$(du -h "$RF_LOG_PATH/converge_backend.log" | cut -f1)
             print_status "- $RF_LOG_PATH/converge_backend.log: $size"

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