Closes#921
## Summary
Follow-up to #920 (incremental auto-vacuum). Addresses both items from
the adversarial review:
### 1. RW connection caching
Previously, every call to `openRW(dbPath)` opened a new SQLite RW
connection and closed it after use. This happened in:
- `runIncrementalVacuum` (~4x/hour)
- `PruneOldPackets`, `PruneOldMetrics`, `RemoveStaleObservers`
- `buildAndPersistEdges`, `PruneNeighborEdges`
- All neighbor persist operations
Now a single `*sql.DB` handle (with `MaxOpenConns(1)`) is cached
process-wide via `cachedRW(dbPath)`. The underlying connection pool
manages serialization. The original `openRW()` function is retained for
one-shot test usage.
### 2. DBConfig dedup
`DBConfig` was defined identically in both `cmd/server/config.go` and
`cmd/ingestor/config.go`. Extracted to `internal/dbconfig/` as a shared
package; both binaries now use a type alias (`type DBConfig =
dbconfig.DBConfig`).
## Tests added
| Test | File |
|------|------|
| `TestCachedRW_ReturnsSameHandle` | `cmd/server/rw_cache_test.go` |
| `TestCachedRW_100Calls_SingleConnection` |
`cmd/server/rw_cache_test.go` |
| `TestGetIncrementalVacuumPages_Default` |
`internal/dbconfig/dbconfig_test.go` |
| `TestGetIncrementalVacuumPages_Configured` |
`internal/dbconfig/dbconfig_test.go` |
## Verification
```
ok github.com/corescope/server 20.069s
ok github.com/corescope/ingestor 47.117s
ok github.com/meshcore-analyzer/dbconfig 0.003s
```
Both binaries build cleanly. 100 sequential `cachedRW()` calls return
the same handle with exactly 1 entry in the cache map.
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## Problem
Per-observation `path_json` disagrees with `raw_hex` path section for
TRACE packets.
**Reproducer:** packet `af081a2c41281b1e`, observer `lutin🏡`
- `path_json`: `["67","33","D6","33","67"]` (5 hops — from TRACE
payload)
- `raw_hex` path section: `30 2D 0D 23` (4 bytes — SNR values in header)
## Root Cause
`DecodePacket` correctly parses TRACE packets by replacing `path.Hops`
with hop IDs from the payload's `pathData` field (the actual route).
However, the header path bytes for TRACE packets contain **SNR values**
(one per completed hop), not hop IDs.
`BuildPacketData` used `decoded.Path.Hops` to build `path_json`, which
for TRACE packets contained the payload-derived hops — not the header
path bytes that `raw_hex` stores. This caused `path_json` and `raw_hex`
to describe completely different paths.
## Fix
- Added `DecodePathFromRawHex(rawHex)` — extracts header path hops
directly from raw hex bytes, independent of any TRACE payload
overwriting.
- `BuildPacketData` now calls `DecodePathFromRawHex(msg.Raw)` instead of
using `decoded.Path.Hops`, guaranteeing `path_json` always matches the
`raw_hex` path section.
## Tests (8 new)
**`DecodePathFromRawHex` unit tests:**
- hash_size 1, 2, 3, 4
- zero-hop direct packets
- transport route (4-byte transport codes before path)
**`BuildPacketData` integration tests:**
- TRACE packet: asserts path_json matches raw_hex header path (not
payload hops)
- Non-TRACE packet: asserts path_json matches raw_hex header path
All existing tests continue to pass (`go test ./...` for both ingestor
and server).
Fixes#886
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For BYOP mode in the packet analyzer, perform signature validation on
advert packets and display whether successful or not. This is added as
we observed many corrupted advert packets that would be easily
detectable as such if signature validation checks were performed.
At present this MR is just to add this status in BYOP mode so there is
minimal impact to the application and no performance penalty for having
to perform these checks on all packets. Moving forward it probably makes
sense to do these checks on all advert packets so that corrupt packets
can be ignored in several contexts (like node lists for example).
Let me know what you think and I can adjust as needed.
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## Summary
Several features and fixes from a live deployment of the Go v3.0.0
backend.
### geo_filter — full enforcement
- **Go backend config** (`cmd/server/config.go`,
`cmd/ingestor/config.go`): added `GeoFilterConfig` struct so
`geo_filter.polygon` and `bufferKm` from `config.json` are parsed by
both the server and ingestor
- **Ingestor** (`cmd/ingestor/geo_filter.go`, `cmd/ingestor/main.go`):
ADVERT packets from nodes outside the configured polygon + buffer are
dropped *before* any DB write — no transmission, node, or observation
data is stored
- **Server API** (`cmd/server/geo_filter.go`, `cmd/server/routes.go`):
`GET /api/config/geo-filter` endpoint returns the polygon + bufferKm to
the frontend; `/api/nodes` responses filter out any out-of-area nodes
already in the DB
- **Frontend** (`public/map.js`, `public/live.js`): blue polygon overlay
(solid inner + dashed buffer zone) on Map and Live pages, toggled via
"Mesh live area" checkbox, state shared via localStorage
### Automatic DB pruning
- Add `retention.packetDays` to `config.json` to delete transmissions +
observations older than N days on a daily schedule (1 min after startup,
then every 24h). Nodes and observers are never pruned.
- `POST /api/admin/prune?days=N` for manual runs (requires `X-API-Key`
header if `apiKey` is set)
```json
"retention": {
"nodeDays": 7,
"packetDays": 30
}
```
### tools/geofilter-builder.html
Standalone HTML tool (no server needed) — open in browser, click to
place polygon points on a Leaflet map, set `bufferKm`, copy the
generated `geo_filter` JSON block into `config.json`.
### scripts/prune-nodes-outside-geo-filter.py
Utility script to clean existing out-of-area nodes from the database
(dry-run + confirm). Useful after first enabling geo_filter on a
populated DB.
### HB column in packets table
Shows the hop hash size in bytes (1–4) decoded from the path byte of
each packet's raw hex. Displayed as **HB** between Size and Type
columns, hidden on small screens.
## Test plan
- [x] ADVERT from node outside polygon is not stored (no new row in
nodes or transmissions)
- [x] `GET /api/config/geo-filter` returns polygon + bufferKm when
configured, `{polygon: null, bufferKm: 0}` when not
- [x] `/api/nodes` excludes nodes outside polygon even if present in DB
- [x] Map and Live pages show blue polygon overlay when configured;
checkbox toggles it
- [x] `retention.packetDays: 30` deletes old transmissions/observations
on startup and daily
- [x] `POST /api/admin/prune?days=30` returns `{deleted: N, days: 30}`
- [x] `tools/geofilter-builder.html` opens standalone, draws polygon,
copies valid JSON
- [x] HB column shows 1–4 for all packets in grouped and flat view
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