format_keyword_response_with_placeholders kept the third copy of the hop-count
logic, and it was the weakest: it consulted message.hops and then went straight
to parsing the path display string, never looking at routing_info. So a keyword
reply and a command reply could describe the same packet differently.
Three cases disagreed, all now resolved:
case keyword command
routing path_length ? -> 2
routing path_nodes ? -> 3
routing beats path text 1 -> 2
The last is the one that was actually wrong rather than merely unhelpful: with
both present it took the display string over the packet's own path_length.
routing_info is the decoded packet, so it wins, which is what BaseCommand
already did.
All three formatters now call utils.message_hop_count. Behaviour is unchanged
wherever routing_info is absent, so a message carrying only a path string still
parses the same way and "?" still means the count cannot be determined at all.
{firstlast_distance|prefix_if_nonempty: | F/L Dist: } prints "| F/L Dist: N/A"
on a direct message: the distance helpers return the literal "N/A" when there
is no path to measure, prefix_if_nonempty only asks whether the value is
non-empty, and "N/A" is. Suppressing that needed a gate, and pathbytes_min was
the only one available—so it was being used as a stand-in for "did this
message take any hops", which is not what it asks. It asks how the path is
encoded, so pathbytes_min:2 also discards a one-byte multi-hop path whose
distance is real and measurable.
hops_min:N asks about the route itself. hops_min:1 drops a clause on a direct
message and nothing else:
hops_min:1 pathbytes_min:2
direct cleared cleared
1-byte 2 hops kept cleared <- the difference
2-byte 2 hops kept kept
unknown cleared cleared
An unknown hop count clears the value: a gate that cannot confirm the route
should suppress rather than guess, matching pathbytes_min.
The hop-count logic moves to utils.message_hop_count so the filter and
BaseCommand.get_hops_display_values share one implementation instead of two.
It returns None for unknown rather than 0, since a gate must not read
"cannot tell" as "direct".
Adds the 16-char MeshCore packet identity hash to the three formatters that
render user-facing templates: [Keywords] responses, the test command's
response_format, and the path command's reply_prefix. It is read only from
routing_info, which is attached solely from an RF packet correlated to the
message, so a hash from an unrelated transmission is never shown. Missing,
empty, and the 0000000000000000 error sentinel all render empty.
get_packet_hash_placeholder returns "" rather than a False sentinel. Empty
gives byte-identical output on every path—prefix_if_nonempty already tests
falsiness and str.format renders "" as nothing—whereas False would print
the literal string "False" into a mesh reply from any consumer of
get_standard_placeholder_fields that formatted it directly.
TestCommand.format_response now builds on get_standard_placeholder_fields
instead of duplicating it. That also honors the extra argument its docstring
already promised but silently ignored, and picks up the path-string hop
fallback, so {hops} reads "0" rather than "?" for a message whose hops and
routing_info are both unset but whose path says "Direct (0 hops)".
Documents the placeholder in config.ini.example, the default config that
core.py writes on a fresh install, the README and docs/path-command-config.md.
The generated config was also missing {elapsed}; added that too.
- Added configuration options `mqtt_skip_unparseable_packets` and `advert_require_valid_signature` to control MQTT publishing behavior based on packet validity.
- Updated `decode_path_len_byte` function to return `None` for reserved size codes, improving path length validation.
- Implemented logic in `PacketCaptureService` to skip publishing unparseable packets and ADVERT packets with invalid signatures.
- Introduced `verify_meshcore_advert_ed25519` function for signature verification of ADVERT packets, with corresponding unit tests to ensure functionality.
- Enhanced documentation to reflect new configuration options and their effects on packet processing.
Resolve conflicts by combining v0.9 integration work with dev-only behavior:
- Keep channel_responses_enabled, greeter pause checks, and max_response_hops gating
- Retain TRACE/repeat handling, MQTT weather, temperature format helpers, and feed tooling
- Unify package-data globs, ruff/mypy/pytest config, Rate_Limits/Webhook in config example
- Web viewer: config panels + X-Requested-With on channel API; drop redundant DBManager import
Made-with: Cursor
- Updated `update_mesh_graph_from_trace_data` to clarify the format of `path_hashes` as per-hop hash strings from the trace payload.
- Modified `MessageHandler` to differentiate between TRACE packets and regular transmissions, preventing incorrect extraction of repeater prefixes from RF path bytes.
- Introduced `parse_trace_payload_route_hashes` utility to extract TRACE route hash segments from payloads, ensuring accurate handling of path data.
- Enhanced `PacketCaptureService` to correctly populate packet information for TRACE packets, including SNR path and route hashes.
- Expanded test coverage for TRACE payload decoding and path extraction to validate functionality and correctness.
These changes improve the accuracy and reliability of TRACE data processing in the application.
- Introduced `extract_path_node_ids_from_message` to streamline extraction of node IDs from mesh messages, prioritizing `routing_info.path_nodes` and supporting multi-byte comma parsing.
- Updated `calculate_path_distances` to accept an optional message parameter, enhancing its functionality by allowing it to derive node IDs from messages.
- Added `node_ids_from_path_string` to handle parsing of path strings into node IDs, improving the handling of both legacy and multi-byte formats.
- Refactored `TestCommand` to utilize the new extraction function, ensuring consistent behavior across commands.
- Expanded test coverage for new utility functions to validate their correctness and robustness.
These changes improve the clarity and maintainability of path-related utilities, enhancing overall functionality in message processing.
- Added configuration options for URL shortening in `config.ini.example` and updated documentation in `FEEDS.md`.
- Enhanced `FeedManager` to support URL shortening based on new settings, allowing for both global and per-link shortening.
- Refactored message formatting logic to incorporate URL shortening features, ensuring compatibility with existing link handling.
- Introduced new utility functions for encoding path length bytes in `utils.py`, improving path management in message handling.
- Added unit tests to validate the new URL shortening functionality and ensure proper behavior under various conditions.
- Added configuration options for URL shortening in `config.ini.example` and updated documentation in `FEEDS.md`.
- Enhanced `FeedManager` to support URL shortening based on new settings, allowing for both global and per-link shortening.
- Refactored message formatting logic to incorporate URL shortening features, ensuring compatibility with existing link handling.
- Introduced new utility functions for encoding path length bytes in `utils.py`, improving path management in message handling.
- Added unit tests to validate the new URL shortening functionality and ensure proper behavior under various conditions.
- Introduced a new utility function `decode_path_len_byte` to decode RF packet path length bytes, supporting both legacy and multi-byte paths.
- Updated various modules to utilize the new decoding logic, ensuring compatibility with configured prefix lengths.
- Modified database schemas to include `bytes_per_hop` and `out_bytes_per_hop` columns for better path management.
- Enhanced path parsing and validation across commands and services to accommodate variable prefix lengths.
- Improved logging and error handling for path-related operations, ensuring robustness during transitions.
- Enhanced .gitignore to allow test files in the tests/ directory and committed pytest.ini for test discovery.
- Added checks for missing sections in configuration files, specifically for Admin_ACL and Banned_Users, to prevent errors during bot startup.
- Updated generate_website.py and command_manager.py to handle cases where required sections are absent, returning empty lists instead of raising exceptions.
- Introduced optional dependencies for testing in pyproject.toml, ensuring a smoother development experience.
- Improved localization handling in core.py to default to English when the Localization section is missing, enhancing user experience.