From cce14d43e36f920419d671a23a3d71b37caa369d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Weathers <59842250+tweathers-sec@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:55:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(client): stop the Indala demod printing a debug line at
 INFO level

detectindala() reports the bit count it gave up on through
PrintAndLogEx(INFO, ...), so every failed Indala demodulation prints

  [=] DEBUG: detectindala | 56

in normal output. It is the failure path: found_size < 64 means the
demodulator did not find a valid Indala (64 or 224 bits) and is returning
-5. Any noisy LF read hits it, so `lf search` with no card on the antenna
shows a developer's debug line to every user.

Every sibling in the same function already uses DEBUG, including the one
nine lines above it at "DEBUG: Warning - Indala had to invert bits", so
this is an oversight rather than a deliberate level. ui.c drops DEBUG when
g_debugMode is 0, which is the default, so the line stays available under
`data setdebugmode -1` and is simply no longer in the way.

Checked the whole client for the same class: the only other "DEBUG"
strings printed above DEBUG level are cmddata.c FSKToNRZ, and both of
those are already wrapped in `if (g_debugMode > 1)`, so they are correct
and are left alone.

Before, `lf search` over a reader field with no card:

  [=] Checking for known tags...
  [=] DEBUG: detectindala | 56
  [-] No known 125/134 kHz tags found!

After:

  [=] Checking for known tags...
  [-] No known 125/134 kHz tags found!

and with `data setdebugmode -1` the detectindala lines come back, now
carrying the [#] debug prefix like the rest of them.

Passes `make style` unmodified.
---
 CHANGELOG.md             | 1 +
 client/src/cmdlfindala.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c4d2ce34..c1fa6abe7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project uses the changelog in accordance with [keepchangelog](http://keepachangelog.com/). Please use this to write notable changes, which is not the same as git commit log...
 
 ## [unreleased][unreleased]
+- Fixed `lf search` - a leftover debug print no longer reports `DEBUG: detectindala | <n>` on every failed Indala demodulation (@tweathers-sec)
 - Added `hf mfdes sim` - answers GetDFNames and GetISOFileIDs, so a reader sees the ISO file ids and DF names of the simulated card (@iceman1001)
 - Fixed `hf 14a` - an FPGA bitstream download no longer destroys the emulator memory that `eload` just filled (@iceman1001)
 - Changed `hf mfdes sim` - now a self contained DESFire simulation, answering both native and ISO 7816 wrapped commands (@iceman1001)
diff --git a/client/src/cmdlfindala.c b/client/src/cmdlfindala.c
index 6aee29b6f..2843b43cf 100644
--- a/client/src/cmdlfindala.c
+++ b/client/src/cmdlfindala.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ out:
     *size = found_size;
 
     if (found_size < 64) {
-        PrintAndLogEx(INFO, "DEBUG: detectindala | %zu", found_size);
+        PrintAndLogEx(DEBUG, "DEBUG: detectindala | %zu", found_size);
         return -5;
     }