Add bot disable flow

app/bot.py

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ from typing import Any
 
 from fastapi import HTTPException
 
+from app.config import settings as server_settings
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Limit concurrent bot executions to prevent resource exhaustion
@@ -288,6 +290,9 @@ async def run_bot_for_message(
         path: Hex-encoded routing path
         is_outgoing: Whether this is our own outgoing message
     """
+    if server_settings.disable_bots:
+        return
+
     # Early check if any bots are enabled (will re-check after sleep)
     from app.repository import AppSettingsRepository
 

app/config.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     ble_pin: str = ""
     log_level: Literal["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR"] = "INFO"
     database_path: str = "data/meshcore.db"
+    disable_bots: bool = False
 
     @model_validator(mode="after")
     def validate_transport_exclusivity(self) -> "Settings":

app/routers/health.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class HealthResponse(BaseModel):
     oldest_undecrypted_timestamp: int | None
     mqtt_status: str | None = None
     community_mqtt_status: str | None = None
+    bots_disabled: bool = False
 
 
 async def build_health_data(radio_connected: bool, connection_info: str | None) -> dict:
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ async def build_health_data(radio_connected: bool, connection_info: str | None)
         "oldest_undecrypted_timestamp": oldest_ts,
         "mqtt_status": mqtt_status,
         "community_mqtt_status": community_mqtt_status,
+        "bots_disabled": settings.disable_bots,
     }
 
 

app/routers/settings.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from typing import Literal
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
+from app.config import settings as server_settings
 from app.models import AppSettings, BotConfig
 from app.repository import AppSettingsRepository
 
@@ -181,6 +182,10 @@ async def update_settings(update: AppSettingsUpdate) -> AppSettings:
         kwargs["advert_interval"] = interval
 
     if update.bots is not None:
+        if server_settings.disable_bots:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=403, detail="Bot system disabled by server configuration"
+            )
         validate_all_bots(update.bots)
         logger.info("Updating bots (count=%d)", len(update.bots))
         kwargs["bots"] = update.bots