Add channel filter to Messages page, fix channel label display and decoder key parsing

- Add Channel dropdown filter to Messages page (uses existing API channel_idx param)
- Add i18n keys: entities.channel, common.all_channels
- Stop auto-prefixing # on non-hashtag channel labels (Ipswich, IPNet, etc.)
- Strip quotes from decoder key entries to fix .env parsing in Docker Compose
- Add debug logging for decoder initialization and failed decryption
- Fix except syntax (AttributeError, TypeError -> parenthesized tuple)

src/meshcore_hub/collector/letsmesh_decoder.py

@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ class LetsMeshPacketDecoder:
         self._decode_cache: dict[str, dict[str, Any] | None] = {}
         self._decode_cache_maxsize = 2048
         self._key_store = self._build_key_store()
+        logger.debug(
+            "LetsMesh decoder initialized: %d channel keys loaded (%s)",
+            len(self._channel_key_infos),
+            ", ".join(
+                f"{info.label or 'unlabeled'}=0x{info.channel_hash}"
+                for info in self._channel_key_infos
+            ),
+        )
 
     def _build_key_store(self) -> MeshCoreKeyStore:
         """Build a MeshCoreKeyStore from configured channel keys."""
@@ -88,7 +96,7 @@ class LetsMeshPacketDecoder:
         if value is None:
             return None
 
-        candidate = value.strip()
+        candidate = value.strip().strip('"').strip("'")
         if not candidate:
             return None
 
@@ -158,17 +166,12 @@ class LetsMeshPacketDecoder:
             if not info.label:
                 continue
 
-            label = info.label.strip()
+            label = info.label.strip().strip('"').strip("'")
             if not label:
                 continue
 
-            if label.lower() == "public":
-                normalized_label = "Public"
-            else:
-                normalized_label = label if label.startswith("#") else f"#{label}"
-
             channel_idx = int(info.channel_hash, 16)
-            labels.setdefault(channel_idx, normalized_label)
+            labels.setdefault(channel_idx, label)
 
         return labels
 

src/meshcore_hub/collector/letsmesh_normalizer.py

@@ -103,10 +103,18 @@ class LetsMeshNormalizer:
         # In LetsMesh compatibility mode, only show messages that decrypt.
         text = self._extract_letsmesh_decoder_text(decoded_packet)
         if not text:
+            channel_hash = self._extract_letsmesh_decoder_channel_hash(decoded_packet)
             logger.debug(
-                "Skipping LetsMesh packet %s (type=%s): no decryptable text payload",
+                "Skipping LetsMesh packet %s (type=%s): no decryptable text payload "
+                "(channel_hash=%s, decoded_keys=%s)",
                 packet_hash_text or "unknown",
                 packet_type,
+                channel_hash or "N/A",
+                (
+                    list(decoded_packet.keys())
+                    if isinstance(decoded_packet, dict)
+                    else "N/A"
+                ),
             )
             return None
 
@@ -914,10 +922,7 @@ class LetsMeshNormalizer:
     ) -> str | None:
         """Format a display label for channel messages."""
         if channel_name and channel_name.strip():
-            cleaned = channel_name.strip()
-            if cleaned.lower() == "public":
-                return "Public"
-            return cleaned if cleaned.startswith("#") else f"#{cleaned}"
+            return channel_name.strip()
         if channel_idx is not None:
             return f"Ch {channel_idx}"
         if channel_hash:

src/meshcore_hub/web/static/js/spa/pages/messages.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { createAutoRefresh } from '../auto-refresh.js';
 export async function render(container, params, router) {
     const query = params.query || {};
     const message_type = query.message_type || '';
+    const channel_idx = query.channel_idx || '';
     const page = parseInt(query.page, 10) || 1;
     const limit = parseInt(query.limit, 10) || 50;
     const offset = (page - 1) * limit;
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ ${content}`, container);
 
     async function fetchAndRenderData() {
         try {
-            const data = await apiGet('/api/v1/messages', { limit, offset, message_type });
+            const data = await apiGet('/api/v1/messages', { limit, offset, message_type, channel_idx });
             const messages = dedupeBySignature(data.items || []);
             const total = data.total || 0;
             const totalPages = Math.ceil(total / limit);
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ ${content}`, container);
                 });
 
             const paginationBlock = pagination(page, totalPages, '/messages', {
-                message_type, limit,
+                message_type, channel_idx, limit,
             });
 
             renderPage(html`
@@ -294,6 +295,17 @@ ${content}`, container);
                     <option value="channel" ?selected=${message_type === 'channel'}>${t('messages.type_channel')}</option>
                 </select>
             </div>
+            <div class="form-control">
+                <label class="label py-1">
+                    <span class="label-text">${t('entities.channel')}</span>
+                </label>
+                <select name="channel_idx" class="select select-bordered select-sm" @change=${autoSubmit}>
+                    <option value="">${t('common.all_channels')}</option>
+                    ${[...channelLabels.entries()].map(([idx, label]) =>
+                        html`<option value=${idx} ?selected=${channel_idx === String(idx)}>${label}</option>`
+                    )}
+                </select>
+            </div>
             <div class="flex gap-2 w-full sm:w-auto">
                 <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">${t('common.filter')}</button>
                 <a href="/messages" class="btn btn-ghost btn-sm">${t('common.clear')}</a>

src/meshcore_hub/web/static/locales/en.json

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
         "member": "Member",
         "admin": "Admin",
         "tags": "Tags",
-        "tag": "Tag"
+        "tag": "Tag",
+        "channel": "Channel"
     },
     "common": {
         "filter": "Filter",
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@
         "sign_out": "Sign Out",
         "view_details": "View Details",
         "all_types": "All Types",
+        "all_channels": "All Channels",
         "node_type": "Node Type",
         "show": "Show",
         "search_placeholder": "Search by name, ID, or public key...",

src/meshcore_hub/web/static/locales/languages.md

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Core entity names used throughout the application. These are referenced by other
 | `admin` | Admin | Admin panel |
 | `tags` | Tags | Node metadata tags (plural) |
 | `tag` | Tag | Single tag |
+| `channel` | Channel | Mesh network channel |
 
 **Usage:** These are used with composite patterns. For example, `t('common.add_entity', { entity: t('entities.node') })` produces "Add Node".
 
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ Toast/flash messages after successful operations:
 | `updated` | Updated | Last updated timestamp |
 | `view_details` | View Details | View details link |
 | `all_types` | All Types | "All types" filter option |
+| `all_channels` | All Channels | "All channels" filter option |
 | `node_type` | Node Type | Node type field |
 | `show` | Show | Show/display action |
 | `search_placeholder` | Search by name, ID, or public key... | Search input placeholder |

tests/test_collector/test_letsmesh_decoder.py

@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ def test_channel_labels_by_index_includes_labeled_entries() -> None:
     labels = decoder.channel_labels_by_index()
 
     assert labels[17] == "Public"
-    assert labels[217] == "#test"
-    assert labels[202] == "#bot"
-    assert labels[184] == "#chat"
+    assert labels[217] == "test"
+    assert labels[202] == "bot"
+    assert labels[184] == "chat"
 
 
 def test_decode_payload_caches_results() -> None:

tests/test_collector/test_subscriber.py

@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class TestSubscriber:
         assert public_key == "a" * 64
         assert event_type == "channel_msg_recv"
         assert payload["text"] == "decoded hello"
-        assert payload["channel_name"] == "#test"
+        assert payload["channel_name"] == "test"
         assert payload["sender_timestamp"] == 1771695860
         assert payload["txt_type"] == 5
         assert payload["path_len"] == 4

tests/test_web/test_messages.py

@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ class TestMessagesConfig:
         config = json.loads(text[config_start:config_end])
 
         assert config["channel_labels"]["17"] == "Public"
-        assert config["channel_labels"]["217"] == "#test"
+        assert config["channel_labels"]["217"] == "test"