## Summary
TRACE packets on the live map previously animated the **full intended
route** regardless of how far the trace actually reached. This made it
impossible to distinguish a completed route from a failed one —
undermining the primary diagnostic purpose of trace packets.
## Changes
### Backend — `cmd/server/decoder.go`
- Added `HopsCompleted *int` field to the `Path` struct
- For TRACE packets, the header path contains SNR bytes (one per hop
that actually forwarded). Before overwriting `path.Hops` with the full
intended route from the payload, we now capture the header path's
`HashCount` as `hopsCompleted`
- This field is included in API responses and WebSocket broadcasts via
the existing JSON serialization
### Frontend — `public/live.js`
- For TRACE packets with `hopsCompleted < totalHops`:
- Animate only the **completed** portion (solid line + pulse)
- Draw the **unreached** remainder as a dashed/ghosted line (25%
opacity, `6,8` dash pattern) with ghost markers
- Dashed lines and ghost markers auto-remove after 10 seconds
- When `hopsCompleted` is absent or equals total hops, behavior is
unchanged
### Tests — `cmd/server/decoder_test.go`
- `TestDecodePacket_TraceHopsCompleted` — partial completion (2 of 4
hops)
- `TestDecodePacket_TraceNoSNR` — zero completion (trace not forwarded
yet)
- `TestDecodePacket_TraceFullyCompleted` — all hops completed
## How it works
The MeshCore firmware appends an SNR byte to `pkt->path[]` at each hop
that forwards a TRACE packet. The count of these SNR bytes (`path_len`)
indicates how far the trace actually got. CoreScope's decoder already
parsed the header path, but the TRACE-specific code overwrote it with
the payload hops (full intended route) without preserving the progress
information. Now we save that count first.
Fixes#651
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## Fix: Zero-hop DIRECT packets report bogus hash_size
Closes#649
### Problem
When a DIRECT packet has zero hops (pathByte lower 6 bits = 0), the
generic `hash_size = (pathByte >> 6) + 1` formula produces a bogus value
(1-4) instead of 0/unknown. This causes incorrect hash size displays and
analytics for zero-hop direct adverts.
### Solution
**Frontend (JS):**
- `packets.js` and `nodes.js` now check `(pathByte & 0x3F) === 0` to
detect zero-hop packets and suppress bogus hash_size display.
**Backend (Go):**
- Both `cmd/server/decoder.go` and `cmd/ingestor/decoder.go` reset
`HashSize=0` for DIRECT packets where `pathByte & 0x3F == 0` (hash_count
is zero).
- TRACE packets are excluded since they use hashSize to parse hop data
from the payload.
- The condition uses `pathByte & 0x3F == 0` (not `pathByte == 0x00`) to
correctly handle the case where hash_size bits are non-zero but
hash_count is zero — matching the JS frontend approach.
### Testing
**Backend:**
- Added 4 tests each in `cmd/server/decoder_test.go` and
`cmd/ingestor/decoder_test.go`:
- DIRECT + pathByte 0x00 → HashSize=0 ✅
- DIRECT + pathByte 0x40 (hash_size bits set, hash_count=0) → HashSize=0
✅
- Non-DIRECT + pathByte 0x00 → HashSize=1 (unchanged) ✅
- DIRECT + pathByte 0x01 (1 hop) → HashSize=1 (unchanged) ✅
- All existing tests pass (`go test ./...` in both cmd/server and
cmd/ingestor)
**Frontend:**
- Verified hash size display is suppressed for zero-hop direct adverts
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## Summary
- `BuildBreakdown` was never ported from the deleted Node.js
`decoder.js` to Go — the server has returned `breakdown: {}` since the
Go migration (commit `742ed865`), so `createColoredHexDump()` and
`buildHexLegend()` in the frontend always received an empty `ranges`
array and rendered everything as monochrome
- Implemented `BuildBreakdown()` in `decoder.go` — computes labeled byte
ranges matching the frontend's `LABEL_CLASS` map: `Header`, `Transport
Codes`, `Path Length`, `Path`, `Payload`; ADVERT packets get sub-ranges:
`PubKey`, `Timestamp`, `Signature`, `Flags`, `Latitude`, `Longitude`,
`Name`
- Wired into `handlePacketDetail` (was `struct{}{}`)
- Also adds per-section color classes to the field breakdown table
(`section-header`, `section-transport`, `section-path`,
`section-payload`) so the table rows get matching background tints
## Test plan
- [x] Open any packet detail pane — hex dump should show color-coded
sections (red header, orange path length, blue transport codes, green
path hops, yellow/colored payload)
- [x] Legend below action buttons should appear with color swatches
- [x] ADVERT packets: PubKey/Timestamp/Signature/Flags each get their
own distinct color
- [x] Field breakdown table section header rows should be tinted per
section
- [x] 8 new Go tests: all pass
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Fixes#276
## Root cause
TRACE packets store hop IDs in the payload (bytes 9+) rather than in the
header path field. The header path field is overloaded in TRACE packets
to carry RSSI values instead of repeater IDs (as noted in the issue
comments). This meant `Path.Hops` was always empty for TRACE packets —
the raw bytes ended up as an opaque `PathData` hex string with no
structure.
The hashSize encoded in the header path byte (bits 6–7) is still valid
for TRACE and is used to split the payload path bytes into individual
hop prefixes.
## Fix
After decoding a TRACE payload, if `PathData` is non-empty, parse it
into individual hops using `path.HashSize`:
```go
if header.PayloadType == PayloadTRACE && payload.PathData != "" {
pathBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(payload.PathData)
if err == nil && path.HashSize > 0 {
for i := 0; i+path.HashSize <= len(pathBytes); i += path.HashSize {
path.Hops = append(path.Hops, ...)
}
}
}
```
Applied to both `cmd/ingestor/decoder.go` and `cmd/server/decoder.go`.
## Verification
Packet from the issue: `260001807dca00000000007d547d`
| | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| `Path.Hops` | `[]` | `["7D", "54", "7D"]` |
| `Path.HashCount` | `0` | `3` |
New test `TestDecodeTracePathParsing` covers this exact packet.
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Match the C++ firmware wire format (Packet::writeTo/readFrom):
1. Field order: transport codes are parsed BEFORE path_length byte,
matching firmware's header → transport_codes → path_len → path → payload
2. ACK payload: just 4-byte CRC checksum, not dest+src+ackHash.
Firmware createAck() writes only ack_crc (4 bytes).
3. TRACE payload: tag(4) + authCode(4) + flags(1) + pathData,
matching firmware createTrace() and onRecvPacket() TRACE handler.
4. ADVERT features: parse feat1 (0x20) and feat2 (0x40) optional
2-byte fields between location and name, matching AdvertDataBuilder
and AdvertDataParser in the firmware.
5. Transport code naming: code1/code2 instead of nextHop/lastHop,
matching firmware's transport_codes[0]/transport_codes[1] naming.
Fixes applied to both cmd/ingestor/decoder.go and cmd/server/decoder.go.
Tests updated to match new behavior.
#184: Strip non-printable chars (<0x20 except tab/newline) from ADVERT
names in Go server decoder, Go ingestor decoder, and Node decoder.js.
#185: Add visual (N) badge next to node names when multiple nodes share
the same display name (case-insensitive). Shows in list, side pane, and
full detail page with 'also known as' links to other keys.
#186: Add packetsLast24h field to /api/stats response.
#187#188: Cache runtime.ReadMemStats() with 5s TTL in Go server.
#189: Temporarily patch HTMLCanvasElement.prototype.getContext during
L.heatLayer().addTo(map) to pass { willReadFrequently: true }, preventing
Chrome console warning about canvas readback performance.
Tests: 10 new tests for buildDupNameMap + dupNameBadge (143 total frontend).
Cache busters bumped.
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