feat: zero-API live updates on channels page via WS

Instead of re-fetching /api/channels and /api/channels/:hash/messages
on every WebSocket event, the channels page now processes WS messages
client-side:

- Extract sender, text, channel, timestamp from WS payload
- Append new messages directly to local messages[] array
- Update channel list entries (lastActivity, lastSender, messageCount)
- Create new channel entries for previously unseen channels
- Deduplicate repeated observations of the same message

API calls now only happen on:
- Initial page load (loadChannels)
- Channel selection (selectChannel)
- Region filter change

This eliminates all polling and WS-triggered re-fetches.
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2026-03-21 21:35:30 +00:00
parent e58879830f
commit cfcb441aa1

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@@ -373,12 +373,113 @@
});
wsHandler = debouncedOnWS(function (msgs) {
var dominated = msgs.some(function (m) {
var dominated = msgs.filter(function (m) {
return m.type === 'message' || (m.type === 'packet' && m.data?.decoded?.header?.payloadTypeName === 'GRP_TXT');
});
if (dominated) {
loadChannels(true, true);
if (selectedHash) refreshMessages(true);
if (!dominated.length) return;
var channelListDirty = false;
var messagesDirty = false;
for (var i = 0; i < dominated.length; i++) {
var m = dominated[i];
var payload = m.data?.decoded?.payload;
if (!payload) continue;
var channelName = payload.channel || 'unknown';
var rawText = payload.text || '';
var sender = payload.sender || null;
var displayText = rawText;
// Parse "sender: message" format
if (rawText && !sender) {
var colonIdx = rawText.indexOf(': ');
if (colonIdx > 0 && colonIdx < 50) {
sender = rawText.slice(0, colonIdx);
displayText = rawText.slice(colonIdx + 2);
}
} else if (rawText && sender) {
var colonIdx2 = rawText.indexOf(': ');
if (colonIdx2 > 0 && colonIdx2 < 50) {
displayText = rawText.slice(colonIdx2 + 2);
}
}
if (!sender) sender = 'Unknown';
var ts = m.data?.packet?.timestamp || payload.sender_timestamp || new Date().toISOString();
var pktHash = m.data?.hash || m.data?.packet?.hash || null;
var pktId = m.data?.id || null;
var snr = m.data?.snr ?? m.data?.packet?.snr ?? payload.SNR ?? null;
var observer = m.data?.packet?.observer_name || m.data?.observer || null;
// Update channel list entry
var ch = channels.find(function (c) { return c.hash === channelName; });
if (ch) {
ch.messageCount = (ch.messageCount || 0) + 1;
ch.lastActivity = ts;
ch.lastSender = sender;
ch.lastMessage = truncate(displayText, 100);
channelListDirty = true;
} else {
// New channel we haven't seen
channels.push({
hash: channelName,
name: channelName,
messageCount: 1,
lastActivity: ts,
lastSender: sender,
lastMessage: truncate(displayText, 100),
});
channelListDirty = true;
}
// If this message is for the selected channel, append to messages
if (selectedHash && channelName === selectedHash) {
// Deduplicate: check if we already have this exact message
var dedupeKey = sender + ':' + ts;
var existing = messages.find(function (msg) { return msg.sender === sender && msg.timestamp === ts; });
if (existing) {
existing.repeats = (existing.repeats || 1) + 1;
if (observer && existing.observers && existing.observers.indexOf(observer) === -1) {
existing.observers.push(observer);
}
} else {
messages.push({
sender: sender,
text: displayText,
timestamp: ts,
sender_timestamp: payload.sender_timestamp || null,
packetId: pktId,
packetHash: pktHash,
repeats: 1,
observers: observer ? [observer] : [],
hops: payload.path_len || 0,
snr: snr,
});
}
messagesDirty = true;
}
}
if (channelListDirty) {
channels.sort(function (a, b) { return (b.lastActivity || '').localeCompare(a.lastActivity || ''); });
renderChannelList();
}
if (messagesDirty) {
renderMessages();
// Update header count
var ch2 = channels.find(function (c) { return c.hash === selectedHash; });
var header = document.getElementById('chHeader');
if (header && ch2) {
header.querySelector('.ch-header-text').textContent = (ch2.name || 'Channel ' + selectedHash) + ' — ' + messages.length + ' messages';
}
var msgEl = document.getElementById('chMessages');
if (msgEl && autoScroll) scrollToBottom();
else {
document.getElementById('chScrollBtn')?.classList.remove('hidden');
var liveEl = document.getElementById('chAriaLive');
if (liveEl) liveEl.textContent = 'New message received';
}
}
});
}
@@ -397,11 +498,11 @@
if (panel) panel.remove();
}
async function loadChannels(silent, bust) {
async function loadChannels(silent) {
try {
const rp = RegionFilter.getRegionParam();
const qs = rp ? '?region=' + encodeURIComponent(rp) : '';
const data = await api('/channels' + qs, { ttl: CLIENT_TTL.channels, bust: !!bust });
const data = await api('/channels' + qs, { ttl: CLIENT_TTL.channels });
channels = (data.channels || []).sort((a, b) => (b.lastActivity || '').localeCompare(a.lastActivity || ''));
renderChannelList();
} catch (e) {
@@ -470,13 +571,13 @@
}
}
async function refreshMessages(bust) {
async function refreshMessages() {
if (!selectedHash) return;
const msgEl = document.getElementById('chMessages');
if (!msgEl) return;
const wasAtBottom = msgEl.scrollHeight - msgEl.scrollTop - msgEl.clientHeight < 60;
try {
const data = await api(`/channels/${encodeURIComponent(selectedHash)}/messages?limit=200`, { ttl: CLIENT_TTL.channelMessages, bust: !!bust });
const data = await api(`/channels/${encodeURIComponent(selectedHash)}/messages?limit=200`, { ttl: CLIENT_TTL.channelMessages });
const newMsgs = data.messages || [];
// #92: Use message ID/hash for change detection instead of count + timestamp
var _getLastId = function (arr) { var m = arr.length ? arr[arr.length - 1] : null; return m ? (m.id || m.packetId || m.timestamp || '') : ''; };