fix: never remove a non-socket file at the server socket path

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Refs #685 (one of four small, independent PRs from that thread; they merge cleanly in any order)

Problem

In unix-socket mode the server removed whatever existed at server.socketPath before listening. A mistyped or shared path (a regular file, or a file belonging to another service) was deleted at startup.

Change

• New utils.RemoveExistingSocket: only a socket (or a symlink to one) is removed. Anything else, including a directory, fails startup with refusing to remove <path>, it is not a unix socket.
• A socket that still accepts connections is still replaced, so start-first rolling updates keep working, but a warning is logged because it usually means two services share the path.
• SocketPath description and .env.example updated.

Behaviour change

A non-socket file at socketPath now stops startup instead of being deleted. That is the safe direction, but anyone relying on the old deletion will see an error that names the path.

Testing

• make vet, make test and go test -race ./... pass.
• Table tests: missing path, regular file, symlink to a file, directory, live socket, stale socket, symlink to a socket.
• Run in a container: a regular file is refused and left intact; a stale socket left by a root process is replaced while running as nobody; a second instance replaces a live socket and logs the warning.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Unix socket startup now replaces an existing socket at the configured path while leaving non-socket files untouched.
  • If the existing socket is in use, the server logs a warning before replacing it; socket removal is also logged.
• Documentation
  • Clarified that configuring a Unix socket uses it instead of TCP and that existing sockets at the path are replaced.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds a helper that checks and removes an existing Unix socket, uses it during Unix socket startup, and updates configuration descriptions. Tests cover missing paths, non-socket paths, live and stale sockets, and symlinks.

Changes

Unix socket cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Socket removal helper and tests internal/utils/fs_utils.go, internal/utils/fs_utils_test.go	RemoveExistingSocket checks the path, rejects non-sockets, tests whether sockets are in use, and removes sockets. Tests cover the helper’s results and path handling.
Unix socket startup and configuration internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go, internal/model/config.go, .env.example	serveUnix uses the helper and handles its status and errors. Configuration descriptions state that an existing socket is replaced and other files are left untouched.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: steveiliop56

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 526a7

Startup now refuses to delete regular files or directories at the socket path, which is safer than before. Two edge cases remain. A concurrent file swap could still be removed during startup. In start-first rolling updates, the old instance can remove the new instance's socket when it shuts down. Both are worth owner awareness but are largely narrow or pre-existing.

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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

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Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing removal of non-socket files at the server socket path.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go:
- Around line 175-176: Update the socket replacement flow guarded by inUse so
the old listener cannot unlink the socket path after the new instance begins
listening. Coordinate listener ownership or use a safe socket handoff that
preserves access to the replacement; the warning alone does not prevent the path
from being removed.

Review comments at @internal/utils/fs_utils.go:
- Line 47: Update the removal flow around os.Remove(path) to coordinate with all
writers or hold exclusive control of the socket directory from validation
through removal, ensuring a replacement regular file cannot be deleted; do not
rely on another path check.

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• .env.example
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