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README.md

@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ host only needs Docker. JSON reports are kept on disk for auditing.
      (useful for CI).
 3. Notifications are sent. When `IMPORTANT_CONTAINERS` is set, each named
    container gets its own complete CVE list (showing `C X/Y ...` where X is
-   fixable and Y is total per severity, plus `Total: fixable/total`), missing
+   fixable and Y is total per severity, plus `Total: fixable/total`), even if
-   important containers are reported, and every other container is summarised as
+   there are no CVEs at or above `NOTIFY_MIN_SEVERITY`. Missing important
-   `fixable/total`. Without `IMPORTANT_CONTAINERS`, a single aggregated
+   containers are reported, and every other container is summarised in chunks
+   as `fixable/total`. Without `IMPORTANT_CONTAINERS`, a single aggregated
    notification lists each CVE with the affected packages, containers, and
    images.
 
@@ -258,11 +259,13 @@ When the list is set, notifications are split into three groups:
 
 1. **One notification per important container**, titled
    `Vulnerability scan: <container> (<image>)`. It lists every CVE at or above
-   `NOTIFY_MIN_SEVERITY`, with a total split into fixable and unfixable.
+   `NOTIFY_MIN_SEVERITY` with `C X/Y H X/Y M X/Y L X/Y` and `Total: fixable/total`.
+   A notification is still sent if there are none, showing totals at 0/0.
 2. **One notification for important containers that are missing** – either not
    running, or running an image that was not part of the scan.
-3. **One summary notification for every other container**, listing the image,
+3. **One summary notification for every other container**, split every ~12
-   container, total CVE count, and the fixable/unfixable split.
+   containers (with per-part and overall totals), listing image/container and
+   `fixable/total`.
 
 A container can appear in only the important list or the summary, never both.
 If an important container shares its image with other containers, the others

scan.py

@@ -973,21 +973,22 @@ def build_important_body(
 ) -> str:
     """Full CVE list for one important container, with fixable/unfixable counts."""
     entries = cve_entries(result, severity_rank(min_severity))
-    total, fixable, unfixable = split_counts(entries)
     counts = severity_counts(entries)
     fixable_counts = {severity: 0 for severity in REPORTED_SEVERITIES}
     for entry in entries:
         if entry.fixable:
             fixable_counts[entry.severity] += 1
+    total_fixable = sum(1 for entry in entries if entry.fixable)
+    total_all = len(entries)
 
     lines = [
         f"Image: {target.image}",
         f"Container: {container}",
-        " | ".join(
+        " ".join(
             f"{name[0]} {fixable_counts[name]}/{counts[name]}"
             for name in REPORTED_SEVERITIES
         ),
-        f"Total: {fixable}/{total} (fixable/total)",
+        f"Total: {total_fixable}/{total_all}",
         "",
         "CVEs:",
     ]
@@ -1001,6 +1002,33 @@ def build_important_body(
     return "\n".join(lines)
 
 
+def build_important_summary_body(
+    container: str, target: ScanTarget, result: ScanResult, min_severity: str
+) -> str:
+    """Summary for an important container with no findings above threshold."""
+    entries = cve_entries(result, severity_rank(min_severity))
+    counts = severity_counts(entries)
+    fixable_counts = {severity: 0 for severity in REPORTED_SEVERITIES}
+    for entry in entries:
+        if entry.fixable:
+            fixable_counts[entry.severity] += 1
+    total_fixable = sum(1 for entry in entries if entry.fixable)
+    total_all = len(entries)
+
+    lines = [
+        f"Image: {target.image}",
+        f"Container: {container}",
+        " ".join(
+            f"{name[0]} {fixable_counts[name]}/{counts[name]}"
+            for name in REPORTED_SEVERITIES
+        ),
+        f"Total: {total_fixable}/{total_all}",
+        "",
+        "No CVEs at or above the notification threshold.",
+    ]
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
 def build_other_containers_body(
     rows: list[tuple[str, str, int, int, int]],
 ) -> str:
@@ -1348,22 +1376,25 @@ def send_notifications(
             continue  # scan failure; already reported by scan_image
 
         entries = cve_entries(result, settings.notify_rank)
-        if not entries:
+        report_path = os.path.join(settings.report_dir, f"{report_slug(image)}.json")
+        if entries:
+            body = build_important_body(
+                name, target, result, report_path, settings.notify_min_severity
+            )
+        else:
             log(
                 "DEBUG",
                 f"Important container {name} ({image}) has no findings at or above "
                 f"{settings.notify_min_severity}",
             )
-            continue
+            body = build_important_summary_body(
-        report_path = os.path.join(settings.report_dir, f"{report_slug(image)}.json")
+                name, target, result, settings.notify_min_severity
-        body = build_important_body(
-            name, target, result, report_path, settings.notify_min_severity
             )
         title = f"{settings.apprise_title_prefix}: {name} ({image})"
         log(
             "DEBUG",
             f"Preparing important-container notification for {name}: "
-            f"{len(entries)} CVE(s)",
+            f"{len(entries)} CVE(s) at or above threshold",
         )
         send_notification_parts(settings, stats, title, body)
 

tests/test_scan.py

@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ class ReportTests(unittest.TestCase):
         )
         self.assertIn("Image: nginx:1.27", body)
         self.assertIn("Container: web", body)
-        self.assertIn("C 1/1 | H 1/2 | M 0/0 | L 0/0", body)
+        self.assertIn("C 1/1 H 1/2 M 0/0 L 0/0", body)
-        self.assertIn("Total: 2/3 (fixable/total)", body)
+        self.assertIn("Total: 2/3", body)
         self.assertIn("CVE-1", body)
         self.assertIn("CVE-2", body)
         self.assertIn("CVE-5", body)
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ class ReportTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("CVE-1", body)
         self.assertNotIn("CVE-2", body)
         self.assertNotIn("CVE-5", body)
-        self.assertIn("C 1/1 | H 0/0 | M 0/0 | L 0/0", body)
+        self.assertIn("C 1/1 H 0/0 M 0/0 L 0/0", body)
-        self.assertIn("Total: 1/1 (fixable/total)", body)
+        self.assertIn("Total: 1/1", body)
 
     def test_build_other_containers_body_has_counts_per_container(self) -> None:
         bodies = scan.build_other_containers_bodies(
@@ -631,19 +631,19 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "$APPRISE_LOG"
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.env["REPORT_DIR"], "testphp-php.json")))
         self.assertIn("testphp-php", Path(self.apprise_log).read_text())
 
-    def test_scan_logs_containers_using_the_image(self) -> None:
+    def test_important_container_always_notified_when_clean(self) -> None:
-        containers = [container("a" * 64, "testphp-php", name="testphp")]
+        containers = [container("a" * 64, "alpine:3.20", name="web")]
         with FakeDocker(containers) as docker:
-            stderr = io.StringIO()
+            code = self.run_main(
-            with mock.patch.object(scan, "MIN_LOG_LEVEL", "INFO"):
+                [], docker.socket_path, IMPORTANT_CONTAINERS="web", FAKE_TRIVY_SEVERITY="LOW"
-                with redirect_stderr(stderr):
-                    code = self.run_main([], docker.socket_path)
-
-        self.assertEqual(code, 1)
-        self.assertIn(
-            "Scanning testphp-php (used by container testphp)", stderr.getvalue()
             )
 
+        self.assertEqual(code, 0)
+        notification = Path(self.apprise_log).read_text()
+        self.assertIn("Vulnerability scan: web (alpine:3.20)", notification)
+        self.assertIn("Total: 0/0", notification)
+        self.assertIn("No CVEs at or above", notification)
+
     def test_notification_includes_container(self) -> None:
         containers = [container("a" * 64, "testphp-php", name="testphp")]
         with FakeDocker(containers) as docker: