web: refactor 1/7 data processing (#772)

* web: refactor 1/7 data processing

* web: close coverage gaps in data_processing submodules

Bring every file under lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/ to
100% line coverage so codecov/patch passes on the 1/7 refactor PR. The
gap was a relocation of pre-existing untested branches; closing them
here keeps the subsequent refactor PRs in the series unblocked.

* Add unit tests covering canonical sender/recipient overrides,
  reply_id/emoji updates on existing rows, and the rare INSERT
  ConstraintException recovery path inside +insert_message+.
* Cover the non-canonical reporter and per-neighbour resolution
  branches in +insert_neighbors+.
* Cover the SQLException rescue in +upsert_ingestor+, the
  fallback_num branch in +touch_node_last_seen+, the limit fallback
  in +read_json_body+, the unrecognised-type branch in
  +store_decrypted_payload+, the +power+ telemetry_type fallback,
  the default-coercion path in +resolve_numeric_metric+, and the
  numeric/bare-hex paths in +canonical_node_parts+ and
  +coerce_trace_node_id+.

Drop dead code surfaced while pinning behaviour:

* +clear_encrypted+ in +insert_message+ has been initialised to
  +false+ and never reassigned since #633 dropped the
  decrypted-text override; remove it and the four dependent
  branches.
* The +rescue ArgumentError; nil+ tails in
  +identity.resolve_node_num+ and +traces.coerce_trace_node_id+ are
  unreachable because every +Integer(...)+ call inside is guarded by
  a regex pre-check.

Add a comment to the +data_processing.rb+ shim explaining that the
+require_relative+ list is ordered by dependency rather than
alphabetically, addressing review nit #5.

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/coercions.rb

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+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Allowed values for the +telemetry_type+ discriminator column.
+      VALID_TELEMETRY_TYPES = %w[device environment power air_quality].freeze
+
+      # Half-window (seconds) for the meshcore content-level message dedup
+      # in +insert_message+ and the matching one-shot backfill.  Set to
+      # roughly 3× the observed relay-retransmit delta (~10 s) so genuine
+      # clock skew across co-operating ingestors still collapses, while
+      # rapid legitimate re-sends ("ack", "ok", "test") ≥30 s apart remain
+      # distinct rows.  See issue #756 and ``CONTRACTS.md`` for rationale.
+      #
+      # IMPORTANT: widening this value only takes effect at runtime — the
+      # one-shot backfill in +PotatoMesh::App::Database+ is frozen at
+      # +MESHCORE_CONTENT_DEDUP_BACKFILL_VERSION+.  To re-sweep pre-existing
+      # rows that newly fall within an expanded window, bump the backfill
+      # version so the migration re-runs on the next deploy.
+      MESHCORE_CONTENT_DEDUP_WINDOW_SECONDS = 30
+
+      # Coerce a Ruby boolean into a SQLite integer (1/0) while passing through
+      # any other value unchanged. Used when writing boolean node fields.
+      #
+      # @param value [Boolean, Object] value to coerce.
+      # @return [Integer, Object] 1, 0, or the original value.
+      def coerce_bool(value)
+        case value
+        when true then 1
+        when false then 0
+        else value
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/decrypted_payloads.rb

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+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Decode and store decrypted payloads in domain-specific tables.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param message [Hash] original message payload.
+      # @param packet_id [Integer] packet identifier for the message.
+      # @param decrypted [Hash] decrypted payload metadata.
+      # @param rx_time [Integer] receive time.
+      # @param rx_iso [String] ISO 8601 receive timestamp.
+      # @param from_id [String, nil] canonical sender identifier.
+      # @param to_id [String, nil] destination identifier.
+      # @param channel [Integer, nil] channel index.
+      # @param portnum [Object, nil] port number identifier.
+      # @param hop_limit [Integer, nil] hop limit value.
+      # @param snr [Numeric, nil] signal-to-noise ratio.
+      # @param rssi [Integer, nil] RSSI value.
+      # @return [void]
+      def store_decrypted_payload(
+        db,
+        message,
+        packet_id,
+        decrypted,
+        rx_time:,
+        rx_iso:,
+        from_id:,
+        to_id:,
+        channel:,
+        portnum:,
+        hop_limit:,
+        snr:,
+        rssi:
+      )
+        payload_bytes = decrypted[:payload]
+        return false unless payload_bytes
+
+        portnum_value = coerce_integer(portnum || decrypted[:portnum])
+        return false unless portnum_value
+
+        payload_b64 = Base64.strict_encode64(payload_bytes)
+        supported_ports = [3, 4, 67, 70, 71]
+        return false unless supported_ports.include?(portnum_value)
+
+        decoded = PotatoMesh::App::Meshtastic::PayloadDecoder.decode(
+          portnum: portnum_value,
+          payload_b64: payload_b64,
+        )
+        return false unless decoded.is_a?(Hash)
+        return false unless decoded["payload"].is_a?(Hash)
+
+        common_payload = {
+          "id" => packet_id,
+          "packet_id" => packet_id,
+          "rx_time" => rx_time,
+          "rx_iso" => rx_iso,
+          "from_id" => from_id,
+          "to_id" => to_id,
+          "channel" => channel,
+          "portnum" => portnum_value.to_s,
+          "hop_limit" => hop_limit,
+          "snr" => snr,
+          "rssi" => rssi,
+          "lora_freq" => coerce_integer(message["lora_freq"] || message["loraFrequency"]),
+          "modem_preset" => string_or_nil(message["modem_preset"] || message["modemPreset"]),
+          "payload_b64" => payload_b64,
+          "ingestor" => string_or_nil(message["ingestor"]),
+        }
+
+        case decoded["type"]
+        when "POSITION_APP"
+          payload = common_payload.merge("position" => decoded["payload"])
+          insert_position(db, payload)
+          debug_log(
+            "Stored decrypted position payload",
+            context: "data_processing.store_decrypted_payload",
+            message_id: packet_id,
+            portnum: portnum_value,
+          )
+          true
+        when "NODEINFO_APP"
+          node_payload = normalize_decrypted_nodeinfo_payload(decoded["payload"])
+          return false unless valid_decrypted_nodeinfo_payload?(node_payload)
+
+          node_id = string_or_nil(node_payload["id"]) || from_id
+          node_num = coerce_integer(node_payload["num"]) ||
+                     coerce_integer(message["from_num"]) ||
+                     resolve_node_num(from_id, message)
+          node_id ||= format("!%08x", node_num & 0xFFFFFFFF) if node_num
+          return false unless node_id
+
+          payload = node_payload.merge(
+            "num" => node_num,
+            "lastHeard" => coerce_integer(node_payload["lastHeard"] || node_payload["last_heard"]) || rx_time,
+            "snr" => node_payload.key?("snr") ? node_payload["snr"] : snr,
+            "lora_freq" => common_payload["lora_freq"],
+            "modem_preset" => common_payload["modem_preset"],
+          )
+          upsert_node(db, node_id, payload)
+          debug_log(
+            "Stored decrypted node payload",
+            context: "data_processing.store_decrypted_payload",
+            message_id: packet_id,
+            portnum: portnum_value,
+            node_id: node_id,
+          )
+          true
+        when "TELEMETRY_APP"
+          payload = common_payload.merge("telemetry" => decoded["payload"])
+          insert_telemetry(db, payload)
+          debug_log(
+            "Stored decrypted telemetry payload",
+            context: "data_processing.store_decrypted_payload",
+            message_id: packet_id,
+            portnum: portnum_value,
+          )
+          true
+        when "NEIGHBORINFO_APP"
+          neighbor_payload = decoded["payload"]
+          neighbors = neighbor_payload["neighbors"]
+          neighbors = [] unless neighbors.is_a?(Array)
+          normalized_neighbors = neighbors.map do |neighbor|
+            next unless neighbor.is_a?(Hash)
+            {
+              "neighbor_id" => neighbor["node_id"] || neighbor["nodeId"] || neighbor["id"],
+              "snr" => neighbor["snr"],
+              "rx_time" => neighbor["last_rx_time"],
+            }.compact
+          end.compact
+          return false if normalized_neighbors.empty?
+
+          payload = common_payload.merge(
+            "node_id" => neighbor_payload["node_id"] || from_id,
+            "neighbors" => normalized_neighbors,
+            "node_broadcast_interval_secs" => neighbor_payload["node_broadcast_interval_secs"],
+            "last_sent_by_id" => neighbor_payload["last_sent_by_id"],
+          )
+          insert_neighbors(db, payload)
+          debug_log(
+            "Stored decrypted neighbor payload",
+            context: "data_processing.store_decrypted_payload",
+            message_id: packet_id,
+            portnum: portnum_value,
+          )
+          true
+        when "TRACEROUTE_APP"
+          route = decoded["payload"]["route"]
+          route_back = decoded["payload"]["route_back"]
+          hops = route.is_a?(Array) ? route : route_back.is_a?(Array) ? route_back : []
+          dest = hops.last if hops.is_a?(Array) && !hops.empty?
+          src_num = coerce_integer(message["from_num"]) || resolve_node_num(from_id, message)
+          payload = common_payload.merge(
+            "src" => src_num,
+            "dest" => dest,
+            "hops" => hops,
+          )
+          insert_trace(db, payload)
+          debug_log(
+            "Stored decrypted traceroute payload",
+            context: "data_processing.store_decrypted_payload",
+            message_id: packet_id,
+            portnum: portnum_value,
+          )
+          true
+        else
+          false
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Validate decoded NodeInfo payloads before upserting node records.
+      #
+      # @param payload [Object] decoded payload candidate.
+      # @return [Boolean] true when the payload resembles a Meshtastic NodeInfo.
+      def valid_decrypted_nodeinfo_payload?(payload)
+        return false unless payload.is_a?(Hash)
+        return false if payload.empty?
+        return false unless payload["user"].is_a?(Hash)
+
+        return false if payload.key?("position") && !payload["position"].is_a?(Hash)
+        return false if payload.key?("deviceMetrics") && !payload["deviceMetrics"].is_a?(Hash)
+        return false unless nodeinfo_user_has_identifying_fields?(payload["user"])
+
+        true
+      end
+
+      # Normalize decoded NodeInfo payload keys for +upsert_node+ compatibility.
+      #
+      # The Python decoder preserves protobuf field names, so nested hashes may
+      # use +snake_case+ keys that +upsert_node+ does not read.
+      #
+      # @param payload [Object] decoded NodeInfo payload.
+      # @return [Hash] normalized payload hash.
+      def normalize_decrypted_nodeinfo_payload(payload)
+        return {} unless payload.is_a?(Hash)
+
+        user = payload["user"]
+        normalized_user = user.is_a?(Hash) ? user.dup : nil
+        if normalized_user
+          normalized_user["shortName"] ||= normalized_user["short_name"]
+          normalized_user["longName"] ||= normalized_user["long_name"]
+          normalized_user["hwModel"] ||= normalized_user["hw_model"]
+          normalized_user["publicKey"] ||= normalized_user["public_key"]
+          normalized_user["isUnmessagable"] = normalized_user["is_unmessagable"] if normalized_user.key?("is_unmessagable")
+        end
+
+        metrics = payload["deviceMetrics"] || payload["device_metrics"]
+        normalized_metrics = metrics.is_a?(Hash) ? metrics.dup : nil
+        if normalized_metrics
+          normalized_metrics["batteryLevel"] ||= normalized_metrics["battery_level"]
+          normalized_metrics["channelUtilization"] ||= normalized_metrics["channel_utilization"]
+          normalized_metrics["airUtilTx"] ||= normalized_metrics["air_util_tx"]
+          normalized_metrics["uptimeSeconds"] ||= normalized_metrics["uptime_seconds"]
+        end
+
+        position = payload["position"]
+        normalized_position = position.is_a?(Hash) ? position.dup : nil
+        if normalized_position
+          normalized_position["precisionBits"] ||= normalized_position["precision_bits"]
+          normalized_position["locationSource"] ||= normalized_position["location_source"]
+        end
+
+        normalized = payload.dup
+        normalized["user"] = normalized_user if normalized_user
+        normalized["deviceMetrics"] = normalized_metrics if normalized_metrics
+        normalized["position"] = normalized_position if normalized_position
+        normalized["lastHeard"] ||= normalized["last_heard"]
+        normalized["hopsAway"] ||= normalized["hops_away"]
+        normalized["isFavorite"] = normalized["is_favorite"] if normalized.key?("is_favorite")
+        normalized["hwModel"] ||= normalized["hw_model"]
+        normalized
+      end
+
+      # Validate that a decoded NodeInfo user section contains identifying data.
+      #
+      # @param user [Hash] decoded NodeInfo user payload.
+      # @return [Boolean] true when at least one identifying field is present.
+      def nodeinfo_user_has_identifying_fields?(user)
+        identifying_fields = [
+          user["id"],
+          user["shortName"],
+          user["short_name"],
+          user["longName"],
+          user["long_name"],
+          user["macaddr"],
+          user["hwModel"],
+          user["hw_model"],
+          user["publicKey"],
+          user["public_key"],
+        ]
+
+        identifying_fields.any? do |value|
+          value.is_a?(String) ? !value.strip.empty? : !value.nil?
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/identity.rb

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+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Resolve the numeric representation of a node identifier from a packet payload.
+      #
+      # The +payload["num"]+ field may arrive as an Integer, a decimal string, or
+      # a hexadecimal string (with or without an +0x+ prefix).  When the field is
+      # absent or ambiguous the method falls back to decoding the hex portion of
+      # +node_id+.
+      #
+      # @param node_id [String, nil] canonical node identifier in +!xxxxxxxx+ form.
+      # @param payload [Hash] inbound message payload that may carry a +num+ field.
+      # @return [Integer, nil] resolved 32-bit node number or +nil+ when undecidable.
+      def resolve_node_num(node_id, payload)
+        raw = payload["num"]
+
+        case raw
+        when Integer
+          return raw
+        when Numeric
+          return raw.to_i
+        when String
+          trimmed = raw.strip
+          return nil if trimmed.empty?
+          return Integer(trimmed, 10) if trimmed.match?(/\A[0-9]+\z/)
+          return Integer(trimmed.delete_prefix("0x").delete_prefix("0X"), 16) if trimmed.match?(/\A0[xX][0-9A-Fa-f]+\z/)
+          if trimmed.match?(/\A[0-9A-Fa-f]+\z/)
+            canonical = node_id.is_a?(String) ? node_id.strip : ""
+            return Integer(trimmed, 16) if canonical.match?(/\A!?[0-9A-Fa-f]+\z/)
+          end
+        end
+
+        return nil unless node_id.is_a?(String)
+
+        hex = node_id.strip
+        return nil if hex.empty?
+        hex = hex.delete_prefix("!")
+        return nil unless hex.match?(/\A[0-9A-Fa-f]+\z/)
+
+        Integer(hex, 16)
+      end
+
+      # Derive the canonical triplet for a node reference.
+      #
+      # Accepts an Integer node number, a hex string with or without the +!+
+      # sigil, a decimal numeric string, or a +0x+-prefixed hex string.  A
+      # +fallback_num+ may be provided when +node_ref+ is nil.
+      #
+      # @param node_ref [Integer, String, nil] raw node identifier from a packet.
+      # @param fallback_num [Integer, nil] numeric fallback when +node_ref+ is nil.
+      # @return [Array(String, Integer, String), nil] tuple of
+      #   +[canonical_id, node_num, short_id]+ or +nil+ when the reference cannot
+      #   be resolved.  +canonical_id+ is prefixed with +!+ and zero-padded to
+      #   eight lowercase hex digits.  +short_id+ is the upper-case last four
+      #   hex digits used for display.
+      def canonical_node_parts(node_ref, fallback_num = nil)
+        fallback = coerce_integer(fallback_num)
+
+        hex = nil
+        num = nil
+
+        case node_ref
+        when Integer
+          num = node_ref
+        when Numeric
+          num = node_ref.to_i
+        when String
+          trimmed = node_ref.strip
+          return nil if trimmed.empty?
+
+          if trimmed.start_with?("!")
+            hex = trimmed.delete_prefix("!")
+          elsif trimmed.match?(/\A0[xX][0-9A-Fa-f]+\z/)
+            hex = trimmed[2..].to_s
+          elsif trimmed.match?(/\A-?\d+\z/)
+            num = trimmed.to_i
+          elsif trimmed.match?(/\A[0-9A-Fa-f]+\z/)
+            hex = trimmed
+          else
+            return nil
+          end
+        when nil
+          num = fallback if fallback
+        else
+          return nil
+        end
+
+        num ||= fallback if fallback
+
+        if hex
+          begin
+            num ||= Integer(hex, 16)
+          rescue ArgumentError
+            return nil
+          end
+        elsif num
+          return nil if num.negative?
+          hex = format("%08x", num & 0xFFFFFFFF)
+        else
+          return nil
+        end
+
+        return nil if hex.nil? || hex.empty?
+
+        begin
+          parsed = Integer(hex, 16)
+        rescue ArgumentError
+          return nil
+        end
+
+        parsed &= 0xFFFFFFFF
+        canonical_hex = format("%08x", parsed)
+        short_id = canonical_hex[-4, 4].upcase
+
+        ["!#{canonical_hex}", parsed, short_id]
+      end
+
+      # Detect whether a node reference resolves to the broadcast address.
+      #
+      # @param node_ref [Integer, String, nil] raw node reference.
+      # @param fallback_num [Integer, nil] optional numeric fallback.
+      # @return [Boolean] true when the reference matches the broadcast address.
+      def broadcast_node_ref?(node_ref, fallback_num = nil)
+        return true if fallback_num == 0xFFFFFFFF
+        trimmed = string_or_nil(node_ref)
+        return false unless trimmed
+        normalized = trimmed.delete_prefix("!").strip.downcase
+        normalized == "ffffffff"
+      end
+
+      # Converts a protocol identifier such as +meshtastic+ or +mesh-core+ into
+      # the display label used in generated node names: capitalised parts joined
+      # without a separator (e.g. +Meshtastic+, +MeshCore+).
+      #
+      # @param protocol [String] protocol identifier.
+      # @return [String] formatted display label.
+      def protocol_display_label(protocol)
+        protocol.split(/[-_]/).map(&:capitalize).join
+      end
+
+      # Returns true if +long_name+ is the synthetic placeholder generated by
+      # +ensure_unknown_node+ for the given +node_id+ and +protocol+.  Such
+      # names carry no real information and must not overwrite a known name
+      # already on record.
+      #
+      # @param long_name [String, nil] candidate long name.
+      # @param node_id [String, nil] canonical node identifier.
+      # @param protocol [String] protocol identifier the placeholder was generated for.
+      # @return [Boolean] true when the long name is a generic placeholder.
+      def generic_fallback_name?(long_name, node_id, protocol)
+        return false unless long_name && !long_name.empty?
+
+        parts = canonical_node_parts(node_id)
+        return false unless parts
+
+        short_id = parts[2]
+        long_name == "#{protocol_display_label(protocol)} #{short_id}"
+      end
+
+      # Resolve a raw node reference to its canonical row in the +nodes+ table.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param node_ref [Object] raw reference (string, integer, or hex string).
+      # @return [String, nil] canonical +node_id+ or nil when no match exists.
+      def normalize_node_id(db, node_ref)
+        return nil if node_ref.nil?
+        ref_str = node_ref.to_s.strip
+        return nil if ref_str.empty?
+
+        node_id = db.get_first_value("SELECT node_id FROM nodes WHERE node_id = ?", [ref_str])
+        return node_id if node_id
+
+        begin
+          ref_num = Integer(ref_str, 10)
+        rescue ArgumentError
+          return nil
+        end
+
+        db.get_first_value("SELECT node_id FROM nodes WHERE num = ?", [ref_num])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/ingestors.rb

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+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Insert or update an ingestor heartbeat payload.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param payload [Hash] ingestor payload from the collector.
+      # @return [Boolean] true when persistence succeeded.
+      def upsert_ingestor(db, payload)
+        return false unless payload.is_a?(Hash)
+
+        parts = canonical_node_parts(payload["node_id"] || payload["id"])
+        return false unless parts
+
+        node_id, = parts
+        now = Time.now.to_i
+
+        start_time = coerce_integer(payload["start_time"] || payload["startTime"]) || now
+        last_seen_time =
+          coerce_integer(payload["last_seen_time"] || payload["lastSeenTime"]) || start_time
+
+        start_time = 0 if start_time.negative?
+        last_seen_time = 0 if last_seen_time.negative?
+        start_time = now if start_time > now
+        last_seen_time = now if last_seen_time > now
+        last_seen_time = start_time if last_seen_time < start_time
+
+        version = string_or_nil(payload["version"] || payload["ingestorVersion"])
+        return false unless version
+        lora_freq = coerce_integer(payload["lora_freq"])
+        modem_preset = string_or_nil(payload["modem_preset"])
+        protocol = string_or_nil(payload["protocol"]) || "meshtastic"
+
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.execute <<~SQL, [node_id, start_time, last_seen_time, version, lora_freq, modem_preset, protocol]
+                       INSERT INTO ingestors(node_id, start_time, last_seen_time, version, lora_freq, modem_preset, protocol)
+                            VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
+                       ON CONFLICT(node_id) DO UPDATE SET
+                         start_time = CASE
+                           WHEN excluded.start_time > ingestors.start_time THEN excluded.start_time
+                           ELSE ingestors.start_time
+                         END,
+                         last_seen_time = CASE
+                           WHEN excluded.last_seen_time > ingestors.last_seen_time THEN excluded.last_seen_time
+                           ELSE ingestors.last_seen_time
+                         END,
+                         version = COALESCE(excluded.version, ingestors.version),
+                         lora_freq = COALESCE(excluded.lora_freq, ingestors.lora_freq),
+                         modem_preset = COALESCE(excluded.modem_preset, ingestors.modem_preset),
+                         protocol = excluded.protocol
+                     SQL
+        end
+
+        true
+      rescue SQLite3::SQLException => e
+        warn_log(
+          "Failed to upsert ingestor record",
+          context: "data_processing.ingestors",
+          node_id: node_id,
+          error_class: e.class.name,
+          error_message: e.message,
+        )
+        false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/messages.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,494 @@
+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Determine whether the canonical sender identifier should override the
+      # sender supplied by the ingestor.  MeshCore packets that include a
+      # +packet_id+ but no +id+ predate the canonical-id assignment, so we
+      # prefer the canonical lookup when both are available.
+      #
+      # @param message [Hash] inbound message payload.
+      # @return [Boolean] true when the canonical lookup wins.
+      def prefer_canonical_sender?(message)
+        message.is_a?(Hash) && message.key?("packet_id") && !message.key?("id")
+      end
+
+      # Attempt to decrypt an encrypted Meshtastic message payload.
+      #
+      # @param message [Hash] message payload supplied by the ingestor.
+      # @param packet_id [Integer] message packet identifier.
+      # @param from_id [String, nil] canonical node identifier when available.
+      # @param from_num [Integer, nil] numeric node identifier when available.
+      # @param channel_index [Integer, nil] channel hash index.
+      # @return [Hash, nil] decrypted payload metadata when parsing succeeds.
+      def decrypt_meshtastic_message(message, packet_id, from_id, from_num, channel_index)
+        return nil unless message.is_a?(Hash)
+
+        cipher_b64 = string_or_nil(message["encrypted"])
+        return nil unless cipher_b64
+        if (ENV["RACK_ENV"] == "test" || ENV["APP_ENV"] == "test" || defined?(RSpec)) &&
+           ENV["MESHTASTIC_PSK_B64"].nil?
+          return nil
+        end
+
+        node_num = coerce_integer(from_num)
+        if node_num.nil?
+          parts = canonical_node_parts(from_id)
+          node_num = parts[1] if parts
+        end
+        return nil unless node_num
+
+        psk_b64 = PotatoMesh::Config.meshtastic_psk_b64
+        data = PotatoMesh::App::Meshtastic::Cipher.decrypt_data(
+          cipher_b64: cipher_b64,
+          packet_id: packet_id,
+          from_id: from_id,
+          from_num: node_num,
+          psk_b64: psk_b64,
+        )
+        return nil unless data
+
+        channel_name = nil
+        if channel_index.is_a?(Integer)
+          candidates = PotatoMesh::App::Meshtastic::RainbowTable.channel_names_for(
+            channel_index,
+            psk_b64: psk_b64,
+          )
+          channel_name = candidates.first if candidates.any?
+        end
+
+        {
+          text: data[:text],
+          portnum: data[:portnum],
+          payload: data[:payload],
+          channel_name: channel_name,
+        }
+      end
+
+      # Persist a chat-layer message payload, performing meshcore content
+      # dedup, decryption, and per-protocol bookkeeping.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param message [Hash] inbound message payload.
+      # @param protocol_cache [Hash, nil] optional per-batch ingestor protocol cache.
+      # @return [void]
+      def insert_message(db, message, protocol_cache: nil)
+        return unless message.is_a?(Hash)
+
+        msg_id = coerce_integer(message["id"] || message["packet_id"])
+        return unless msg_id
+
+        now = Time.now.to_i
+        rx_time = coerce_integer(message["rx_time"])
+        rx_time = now if rx_time.nil? || rx_time > now
+        rx_iso = string_or_nil(message["rx_iso"])
+        rx_iso ||= Time.at(rx_time).utc.iso8601
+
+        raw_from_id = message["from_id"]
+        if raw_from_id.nil? || raw_from_id.to_s.strip.empty?
+          alt_from = message["from"]
+          raw_from_id = alt_from unless alt_from.nil? || alt_from.to_s.strip.empty?
+        end
+
+        trimmed_from_id = string_or_nil(raw_from_id)
+        canonical_from_id = string_or_nil(normalize_node_id(db, raw_from_id))
+        from_id = trimmed_from_id
+        if canonical_from_id
+          if from_id.nil?
+            from_id = canonical_from_id
+          elsif prefer_canonical_sender?(message)
+            from_id = canonical_from_id
+          elsif from_id.start_with?("!") && from_id.casecmp(canonical_from_id) != 0
+            from_id = canonical_from_id
+          end
+        end
+        if from_id && !from_id.start_with?("^")
+          canonical_parts = canonical_node_parts(from_id, message["from_num"])
+          if canonical_parts && !from_id.start_with?("!")
+            from_id = canonical_parts[0]
+            message["from_num"] ||= canonical_parts[1]
+          end
+        end
+        sender_present = !from_id.nil? || !coerce_integer(message["from_num"]).nil? || !trimmed_from_id.nil?
+
+        raw_to_id = message["to_id"]
+        raw_to_id = message["to"] if raw_to_id.nil? || raw_to_id.to_s.strip.empty?
+        trimmed_to_id = string_or_nil(raw_to_id)
+        canonical_to_id = string_or_nil(normalize_node_id(db, raw_to_id))
+        to_id = trimmed_to_id
+        if canonical_to_id
+          if to_id.nil?
+            to_id = canonical_to_id
+          elsif to_id.start_with?("!") && to_id.casecmp(canonical_to_id) != 0
+            to_id = canonical_to_id
+          end
+        end
+        if to_id && !to_id.start_with?("^")
+          canonical_parts = canonical_node_parts(to_id, message["to_num"])
+          if canonical_parts && !to_id.start_with?("!")
+            to_id = canonical_parts[0]
+            message["to_num"] ||= canonical_parts[1]
+          end
+        end
+
+        encrypted = string_or_nil(message["encrypted"])
+        text = message["text"]
+        portnum = message["portnum"]
+        channel_index = coerce_integer(message["channel"] || message["channel_index"] || message["channelIndex"])
+
+        decrypted_payload = nil
+        decrypted_portnum = nil
+
+        if encrypted && (text.nil? || text.to_s.strip.empty?)
+          decrypted = decrypt_meshtastic_message(
+            message,
+            msg_id,
+            from_id,
+            message["from_num"],
+            channel_index,
+          )
+
+          if decrypted
+            decrypted_payload = decrypted
+            decrypted_portnum = decrypted[:portnum]
+          end
+        end
+
+        if encrypted && (text.nil? || text.to_s.strip.empty?)
+          portnum = nil
+          message.delete("portnum")
+        end
+
+        lora_freq = coerce_integer(message["lora_freq"] || message["loraFrequency"])
+        modem_preset = string_or_nil(message["modem_preset"] || message["modemPreset"])
+        channel_name = string_or_nil(message["channel_name"] || message["channelName"])
+        reply_id = coerce_integer(message["reply_id"] || message["replyId"])
+        emoji = string_or_nil(message["emoji"])
+        ingestor = string_or_nil(message["ingestor"])
+        protocol = resolve_protocol(db, ingestor, cache: protocol_cache)
+
+        row = [
+          msg_id,
+          rx_time,
+          rx_iso,
+          from_id,
+          to_id,
+          message["channel"],
+          portnum,
+          text,
+          encrypted,
+          message["snr"],
+          message["rssi"],
+          message["hop_limit"],
+          lora_freq,
+          modem_preset,
+          channel_name,
+          reply_id,
+          emoji,
+          ingestor,
+          protocol,
+        ]
+
+        with_busy_retry do
+          # Meshcore-only content-level dedup (issue #756).  The deterministic
+          # message id (``_derive_message_id`` in the Python ingestor) hashes
+          # ``sender_timestamp`` among other fields, but the MeshCore library
+          # has been observed delivering the same physical packet twice with
+          # a rewritten ``sender_timestamp`` (relay/retransmit behaviour).
+          # The PK path below cannot catch that — two copies compute two
+          # different ids — so we add a narrow content+window pre-check here.
+          #
+          # Ruby integer ``0`` is truthy, so the ``channel_index`` guard
+          # passes for the broadcast channel intentionally; we only skip when
+          # the channel is absent/nil.  ``from_id`` + non-empty ``text`` keep
+          # encrypted or anonymous traffic on the id-PK path.
+          #
+          # Known race: the SELECT and the downstream INSERT do not share a
+          # transaction, so two Puma threads carrying the same content with
+          # different ids can both pass the pre-check and both insert.  The
+          # deploy-time backfill sweeps the survivors; wrapping the pair in
+          # ``db.transaction(:immediate)`` is a future tightening if the race
+          # is ever observed in production.
+          if protocol == "meshcore" && from_id && channel_index && text && !text.to_s.empty?
+            # ``channel = ?`` matches the ``channel_index`` bind cleanly
+            # because the guard above rejects nil; ``to_id`` may legitimately
+            # be nil (rare meshcore fallback), so it keeps ``IS ?`` for a
+            # NULL-safe compare.
+            duplicate_id = db.get_first_value(
+              <<~SQL,
+              SELECT id FROM messages
+                WHERE protocol = 'meshcore'
+                  AND from_id = ?
+                  AND to_id IS ?
+                  AND channel = ?
+                  AND text = ?
+                  AND rx_time BETWEEN ? AND ?
+                  AND id != ?
+                LIMIT 1
+            SQL
+              [from_id, to_id, channel_index, text,
+               rx_time - MESHCORE_CONTENT_DEDUP_WINDOW_SECONDS,
+               rx_time + MESHCORE_CONTENT_DEDUP_WINDOW_SECONDS, msg_id],
+            )
+            if duplicate_id
+              debug_log(
+                "Skipped meshcore message duplicate",
+                context: "data_processing.insert_message",
+                new_id: msg_id,
+                existing_id: duplicate_id,
+                from_id: from_id,
+                channel: channel_index,
+              )
+              return
+            end
+          end
+
+          existing = db.get_first_row(
+            "SELECT from_id, to_id, text, encrypted, lora_freq, modem_preset, channel_name, reply_id, emoji, portnum, ingestor, protocol FROM messages WHERE id = ?",
+            [msg_id],
+          )
+          if existing
+            updates = {}
+            existing_text = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["text"] : existing[2]
+            existing_text_str = existing_text&.to_s
+            existing_has_text = existing_text_str && !existing_text_str.strip.empty?
+            existing_from = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["from_id"] : existing[0]
+            existing_from_str = existing_from&.to_s
+            return if !sender_present && (existing_from_str.nil? || existing_from_str.strip.empty?)
+            existing_encrypted = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["encrypted"] : existing[3]
+            existing_encrypted_str = existing_encrypted&.to_s
+            decrypted_precedence = text && existing_encrypted_str && !existing_encrypted_str.strip.empty?
+
+            if from_id
+              should_update = existing_from_str.nil? || existing_from_str.strip.empty?
+              should_update ||= existing_from != from_id
+              updates["from_id"] = from_id if should_update
+            end
+
+            if to_id
+              existing_to = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["to_id"] : existing[1]
+              existing_to_str = existing_to&.to_s
+              should_update = existing_to_str.nil? || existing_to_str.strip.empty?
+              should_update ||= existing_to != to_id
+              updates["to_id"] = to_id if should_update
+            end
+
+            if decrypted_precedence && existing_encrypted_str && !existing_encrypted_str.strip.empty?
+              updates["encrypted"] = nil if existing_encrypted
+            elsif encrypted && !existing_has_text
+              should_update = existing_encrypted_str.nil? || existing_encrypted_str.strip.empty?
+              should_update ||= existing_encrypted != encrypted
+              updates["encrypted"] = encrypted if should_update
+            end
+
+            if text
+              should_update = existing_text_str.nil? || existing_text_str.strip.empty?
+              should_update ||= existing_text != text
+              updates["text"] = text if should_update
+            end
+
+            if decrypted_precedence
+              updates["channel"] = message["channel"] if message.key?("channel")
+              updates["snr"] = message["snr"] if message.key?("snr")
+              updates["rssi"] = message["rssi"] if message.key?("rssi")
+              updates["hop_limit"] = message["hop_limit"] if message.key?("hop_limit")
+              updates["lora_freq"] = lora_freq unless lora_freq.nil?
+              updates["modem_preset"] = modem_preset if modem_preset
+              updates["channel_name"] = channel_name if channel_name
+              updates["rx_time"] = rx_time if rx_time
+              updates["rx_iso"] = rx_iso if rx_iso
+            end
+
+            if portnum
+              existing_portnum = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["portnum"] : existing[9]
+              existing_portnum_str = existing_portnum&.to_s
+              should_update = existing_portnum_str.nil? || existing_portnum_str.strip.empty?
+              should_update ||= existing_portnum != portnum
+              should_update ||= decrypted_precedence
+              updates["portnum"] = portnum if should_update
+            end
+
+            unless lora_freq.nil?
+              existing_lora = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["lora_freq"] : existing[4]
+              updates["lora_freq"] = lora_freq if existing_lora != lora_freq
+            end
+
+            if modem_preset
+              existing_preset = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["modem_preset"] : existing[5]
+              existing_preset_str = existing_preset&.to_s
+              should_update = existing_preset_str.nil? || existing_preset_str.strip.empty?
+              should_update ||= existing_preset != modem_preset
+              updates["modem_preset"] = modem_preset if should_update
+            end
+
+            if channel_name
+              existing_channel = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["channel_name"] : existing[6]
+              existing_channel_str = existing_channel&.to_s
+              should_update = existing_channel_str.nil? || existing_channel_str.strip.empty?
+              should_update ||= existing_channel != channel_name
+              updates["channel_name"] = channel_name if should_update
+            end
+
+            unless reply_id.nil?
+              existing_reply = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["reply_id"] : existing[7]
+              updates["reply_id"] = reply_id if existing_reply != reply_id
+            end
+
+            if emoji
+              existing_emoji = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["emoji"] : existing[8]
+              existing_emoji_str = existing_emoji&.to_s
+              should_update = existing_emoji_str.nil? || existing_emoji_str.strip.empty?
+              should_update ||= existing_emoji != emoji
+              updates["emoji"] = emoji if should_update
+            end
+
+            if ingestor
+              existing_ingestor = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["ingestor"] : existing[10]
+              existing_ingestor = string_or_nil(existing_ingestor)
+              updates["ingestor"] = ingestor if existing_ingestor.nil?
+            end
+
+            existing_protocol = existing.is_a?(Hash) ? existing["protocol"] : existing[11]
+            return if existing_protocol && existing_protocol != "meshtastic" && existing_protocol != protocol
+            updates["protocol"] = protocol if (existing_protocol.nil? || existing_protocol == "meshtastic") && protocol != "meshtastic"
+
+            unless updates.empty?
+              assignments = updates.keys.map { |column| "#{column} = ?" }.join(", ")
+              db.execute("UPDATE messages SET #{assignments} WHERE id = ?", updates.values + [msg_id])
+            end
+          else
+            PotatoMesh::App::Prometheus::MESSAGES_TOTAL.increment
+
+            begin
+              db.execute <<~SQL, row
+                           INSERT INTO messages(id,rx_time,rx_iso,from_id,to_id,channel,portnum,text,encrypted,snr,rssi,hop_limit,lora_freq,modem_preset,channel_name,reply_id,emoji,ingestor,protocol)
+                           VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
+                         SQL
+            rescue SQLite3::ConstraintException
+              existing_row = db.get_first_row(
+                "SELECT text, encrypted, ingestor, protocol FROM messages WHERE id = ?",
+                [msg_id],
+              )
+              existing_text = existing_row.is_a?(Hash) ? existing_row["text"] : existing_row&.[](0)
+              existing_text_str = existing_text&.to_s
+              allow_encrypted_update = existing_text_str.nil? || existing_text_str.strip.empty?
+              existing_encrypted = existing_row.is_a?(Hash) ? existing_row["encrypted"] : existing_row&.[](1)
+              existing_encrypted_str = existing_encrypted&.to_s
+              existing_ingestor = existing_row.is_a?(Hash) ? existing_row["ingestor"] : existing_row&.[](2)
+              existing_ingestor = string_or_nil(existing_ingestor)
+              existing_fallback_protocol = existing_row.is_a?(Hash) ? existing_row["protocol"] : existing_row&.[](3)
+              # Guard against cross-protocol contamination in the constraint fallback path,
+              # mirroring the same guard applied in the primary update path above.
+              return if existing_fallback_protocol && existing_fallback_protocol != "meshtastic" && existing_fallback_protocol != protocol
+              decrypted_precedence = text && existing_encrypted_str && !existing_encrypted_str.strip.empty?
+
+              fallback_updates = {}
+              fallback_updates["from_id"] = from_id if from_id
+              fallback_updates["to_id"] = to_id if to_id
+              fallback_updates["text"] = text if text
+              fallback_updates["encrypted"] = encrypted if encrypted && allow_encrypted_update
+              fallback_updates["portnum"] = portnum if portnum
+              if decrypted_precedence
+                fallback_updates["channel"] = message["channel"] if message.key?("channel")
+                fallback_updates["snr"] = message["snr"] if message.key?("snr")
+                fallback_updates["rssi"] = message["rssi"] if message.key?("rssi")
+                fallback_updates["hop_limit"] = message["hop_limit"] if message.key?("hop_limit")
+                fallback_updates["portnum"] = portnum if portnum
+                fallback_updates["lora_freq"] = lora_freq unless lora_freq.nil?
+                fallback_updates["modem_preset"] = modem_preset if modem_preset
+                fallback_updates["channel_name"] = channel_name if channel_name
+                fallback_updates["rx_time"] = rx_time if rx_time
+                fallback_updates["rx_iso"] = rx_iso if rx_iso
+              else
+                fallback_updates["lora_freq"] = lora_freq unless lora_freq.nil?
+                fallback_updates["modem_preset"] = modem_preset if modem_preset
+                fallback_updates["channel_name"] = channel_name if channel_name
+              end
+              fallback_updates["reply_id"] = reply_id unless reply_id.nil?
+              fallback_updates["emoji"] = emoji if emoji
+              fallback_updates["ingestor"] = ingestor if ingestor && existing_ingestor.nil?
+              fallback_updates["protocol"] = protocol if (existing_fallback_protocol.nil? || existing_fallback_protocol == "meshtastic") && protocol != "meshtastic"
+              unless fallback_updates.empty?
+                assignments = fallback_updates.keys.map { |column| "#{column} = ?" }.join(", ")
+                db.execute("UPDATE messages SET #{assignments} WHERE id = ?", fallback_updates.values + [msg_id])
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        stored_decrypted = nil
+        if decrypted_payload
+          stored_decrypted = store_decrypted_payload(
+            db,
+            message,
+            msg_id,
+            decrypted_payload,
+            rx_time: rx_time,
+            rx_iso: rx_iso,
+            from_id: from_id,
+            to_id: to_id,
+            channel: message["channel"],
+            portnum: portnum || decrypted_portnum,
+            hop_limit: message["hop_limit"],
+            snr: message["snr"],
+            rssi: message["rssi"],
+          )
+        end
+
+        if stored_decrypted && encrypted
+          with_busy_retry do
+            db.execute("UPDATE messages SET encrypted = NULL WHERE id = ?", [msg_id])
+          end
+          debug_log(
+            "Cleared encrypted payload after decoding",
+            context: "data_processing.insert_message",
+            message_id: msg_id,
+            portnum: portnum || decrypted_portnum,
+          )
+        end
+
+        should_touch_message = !stored_decrypted
+        if should_touch_message
+          ensure_unknown_node(db, from_id || raw_from_id, message["from_num"], heard_time: rx_time, protocol: protocol)
+          touch_node_last_seen(
+            db,
+            from_id || raw_from_id || message["from_num"],
+            message["from_num"],
+            rx_time: rx_time,
+            source: :message,
+            lora_freq: lora_freq,
+            modem_preset: modem_preset,
+          )
+
+          ensure_unknown_node(db, to_id || raw_to_id, message["to_num"], heard_time: rx_time, protocol: protocol) if to_id || raw_to_id
+          if to_id || raw_to_id || message.key?("to_num")
+            touch_node_last_seen(
+              db,
+              to_id || raw_to_id || message["to_num"],
+              message["to_num"],
+              rx_time: rx_time,
+              source: :message,
+              lora_freq: lora_freq,
+              modem_preset: modem_preset,
+            )
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/neighbors.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Persist a neighbours snapshot for a single reporting node.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param payload [Hash] inbound NeighborInfo payload.
+      # @param protocol_cache [Hash, nil] optional per-batch ingestor protocol cache.
+      # @return [void]
+      def insert_neighbors(db, payload, protocol_cache: nil)
+        return unless payload.is_a?(Hash)
+
+        now = Time.now.to_i
+        rx_time = coerce_integer(payload["rx_time"])
+        rx_time = now if rx_time.nil? || rx_time > now
+
+        raw_node_id = payload["node_id"] || payload["node"] || payload["from_id"]
+        raw_node_num = coerce_integer(payload["node_num"]) || coerce_integer(payload["num"])
+
+        canonical_parts = canonical_node_parts(raw_node_id, raw_node_num)
+        if canonical_parts
+          node_id, node_num, = canonical_parts
+        else
+          node_id = string_or_nil(raw_node_id)
+          canonical = normalize_node_id(db, node_id || raw_node_num)
+          node_id = canonical if canonical
+          if node_id&.start_with?("!") && raw_node_num.nil?
+            begin
+              node_num = Integer(node_id.delete_prefix("!"), 16)
+            rescue ArgumentError
+              node_num = nil
+            end
+          else
+            node_num = raw_node_num
+          end
+        end
+
+        return unless node_id
+
+        node_id = "!#{node_id.delete_prefix("!").downcase}" if node_id.start_with?("!")
+
+        ingestor = string_or_nil(payload["ingestor"])
+        protocol = resolve_protocol(db, ingestor, cache: protocol_cache)
+
+        ensure_unknown_node(db, node_id || node_num, node_num, heard_time: rx_time, protocol: protocol)
+        touch_node_last_seen(db, node_id || node_num, node_num, rx_time: rx_time, source: :neighborinfo)
+
+        neighbor_entries = []
+        neighbors_payload = payload["neighbors"]
+        neighbors_list = neighbors_payload.is_a?(Array) ? neighbors_payload : []
+
+        neighbors_list.each do |neighbor|
+          next unless neighbor.is_a?(Hash)
+
+          neighbor_ref = neighbor["neighbor_id"] || neighbor["node_id"] || neighbor["nodeId"] || neighbor["id"]
+          neighbor_num = coerce_integer(
+            neighbor["neighbor_num"] || neighbor["node_num"] || neighbor["nodeId"] || neighbor["id"],
+          )
+
+          canonical_neighbor = canonical_node_parts(neighbor_ref, neighbor_num)
+          if canonical_neighbor
+            neighbor_id, neighbor_num, = canonical_neighbor
+          else
+            neighbor_id = string_or_nil(neighbor_ref)
+            canonical_neighbor_id = normalize_node_id(db, neighbor_id || neighbor_num)
+            neighbor_id = canonical_neighbor_id if canonical_neighbor_id
+            if neighbor_id&.start_with?("!") && neighbor_num.nil?
+              begin
+                neighbor_num = Integer(neighbor_id.delete_prefix("!"), 16)
+              rescue ArgumentError
+                neighbor_num = nil
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          next unless neighbor_id
+
+          neighbor_id = "!#{neighbor_id.delete_prefix("!").downcase}" if neighbor_id.start_with?("!")
+
+          entry_rx_time = coerce_integer(neighbor["rx_time"]) || rx_time
+          entry_rx_time = now if entry_rx_time && entry_rx_time > now
+          snr = coerce_float(neighbor["snr"])
+
+          ensure_unknown_node(db, neighbor_id || neighbor_num, neighbor_num, heard_time: entry_rx_time, protocol: protocol)
+
+          neighbor_entries << [neighbor_id, snr, entry_rx_time, ingestor, protocol]
+        end
+
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.transaction do
+            if neighbor_entries.empty?
+              db.execute("DELETE FROM neighbors WHERE node_id = ?", [node_id])
+            else
+              expected_neighbors = neighbor_entries.map(&:first).uniq
+              existing_neighbors = db.execute(
+                "SELECT neighbor_id FROM neighbors WHERE node_id = ?",
+                [node_id],
+              ).flatten
+              stale_neighbors = existing_neighbors - expected_neighbors
+              stale_neighbors.each_slice(500) do |slice|
+                placeholders = slice.map { "?" }.join(",")
+                db.execute(
+                  "DELETE FROM neighbors WHERE node_id = ? AND neighbor_id IN (#{placeholders})",
+                  [node_id] + slice,
+                )
+              end
+            end
+
+            neighbor_entries.each do |neighbor_id, snr_value, heard_time, reporter_id, proto|
+              db.execute(
+                <<~SQL,
+                INSERT INTO neighbors(node_id, neighbor_id, snr, rx_time, ingestor, protocol)
+                VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+                ON CONFLICT(node_id, neighbor_id) DO UPDATE SET
+                  snr = excluded.snr,
+                  rx_time = excluded.rx_time,
+                  ingestor = COALESCE(NULLIF(neighbors.ingestor,''), excluded.ingestor),
+                  protocol = COALESCE(NULLIF(neighbors.protocol,'meshtastic'), excluded.protocol)
+              SQL
+                [node_id, neighbor_id, snr_value, heard_time, reporter_id, proto],
+              )
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/node_writes.rb

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+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Insert a hidden placeholder node when an unknown reference is encountered.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param node_ref [Object] raw node reference from the inbound payload.
+      # @param fallback_num [Integer, nil] numeric fallback when +node_ref+ is nil.
+      # @param heard_time [Integer, nil] timestamp to record as +last_heard+/+first_heard+.
+      # @param protocol [String] protocol identifier for placeholder generation.
+      # @return [Boolean, nil] true when a row was inserted, false/nil otherwise.
+      def ensure_unknown_node(db, node_ref, fallback_num = nil, heard_time: nil, protocol: "meshtastic")
+        parts = canonical_node_parts(node_ref, fallback_num)
+        return unless parts
+
+        node_id, node_num, short_id = parts
+        return if broadcast_node_ref?(node_id, node_num)
+
+        existing = db.get_first_value(
+          "SELECT 1 FROM nodes WHERE node_id = ? LIMIT 1",
+          [node_id],
+        )
+        return if existing
+
+        long_name = "#{protocol_display_label(protocol)} #{short_id}"
+        default_role = case protocol
+          when "meshcore" then "COMPANION"
+          else "CLIENT_HIDDEN"
+          end
+        heard_time = coerce_integer(heard_time)
+        inserted = false
+
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.execute(
+            <<~SQL,
+            INSERT OR IGNORE INTO nodes(node_id,num,short_name,long_name,role,last_heard,first_heard,protocol)
+            VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
+          SQL
+            [node_id, node_num, short_id, long_name, default_role, heard_time, heard_time, protocol],
+          )
+          inserted = db.changes.positive?
+        end
+
+        if inserted
+          debug_log(
+            "Created hidden placeholder node",
+            context: "data_processing.ensure_unknown_node",
+            node_id: node_id,
+            reference: node_ref,
+            fallback: fallback_num,
+            heard_time: heard_time,
+          )
+        end
+
+        inserted
+      end
+
+      # Refresh a node's +last_heard+, +first_heard+, +lora_freq+, and
+      # +modem_preset+ columns from a freshly received packet.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param node_ref [Object] raw node reference.
+      # @param fallback_num [Integer, nil] numeric fallback when +node_ref+ is nil.
+      # @param rx_time [Integer, nil] receive timestamp; the method exits early when nil.
+      # @param source [Symbol, nil] originating subsystem (used for debug logs).
+      # @param lora_freq [Integer, nil] LoRa frequency; only updated when non-nil.
+      # @param modem_preset [String, nil] modem preset name; only updated when non-nil.
+      # @return [Boolean] true when at least one row was updated.
+      def touch_node_last_seen(
+        db,
+        node_ref,
+        fallback_num = nil,
+        rx_time: nil,
+        source: nil,
+        lora_freq: nil,
+        modem_preset: nil
+      )
+        timestamp = coerce_integer(rx_time)
+        return unless timestamp
+
+        node_id = nil
+
+        parts = canonical_node_parts(node_ref, fallback_num)
+        if parts
+          node_id, node_num = parts
+          return if broadcast_node_ref?(node_id, node_num)
+        end
+
+        unless node_id
+          trimmed = string_or_nil(node_ref)
+          if trimmed
+            node_id = normalize_node_id(db, trimmed) || trimmed
+          elsif fallback_num
+            fallback_parts = canonical_node_parts(fallback_num, nil)
+            node_id, = fallback_parts if fallback_parts
+          end
+        end
+
+        return if broadcast_node_ref?(node_id, fallback_num)
+        return unless node_id
+
+        lora_freq = coerce_integer(lora_freq)
+        modem_preset = string_or_nil(modem_preset)
+        updated = false
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.execute <<~SQL, [timestamp, timestamp, timestamp, lora_freq, modem_preset, node_id]
+                       UPDATE nodes
+                          SET last_heard = CASE
+                            WHEN COALESCE(last_heard, 0) >= ? THEN last_heard
+                            ELSE ?
+                          END,
+                              first_heard = COALESCE(first_heard, ?),
+                              lora_freq = COALESCE(?, lora_freq),
+                              modem_preset = COALESCE(?, modem_preset)
+                        WHERE node_id = ?
+                     SQL
+          updated ||= db.changes.positive?
+        end
+
+        if updated
+          debug_log(
+            "Updated node last seen timestamp",
+            context: "data_processing.touch_node_last_seen",
+            node_id: node_id,
+            timestamp: timestamp,
+            source: source || :unknown,
+            lora_freq: lora_freq,
+            modem_preset: modem_preset,
+          )
+        end
+
+        updated
+      end
+
+      # Insert or update a node row from an inbound NodeInfo-style payload.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param node_id [String] canonical node identifier.
+      # @param n [Hash] node payload extracted from the ingestor.
+      # @param protocol [String] protocol identifier (default +meshtastic+).
+      # @return [void]
+      def upsert_node(db, node_id, n, protocol: "meshtastic")
+        user = n["user"] || {}
+        met = n["deviceMetrics"] || {}
+        pos = n["position"] || {}
+        # nil when user info absent; COALESCE in the conflict clause preserves
+        # the stored role rather than overwriting with a default.
+        role = user["role"]
+        lh = coerce_integer(n["lastHeard"])
+        pt = coerce_integer(pos["time"])
+        now = Time.now.to_i
+        pt = nil if pt && pt > now
+        lh = now if lh && lh > now
+        # 0 is truthy in Ruby — `lh ||= now` won't replace it, leaving the
+        # 7-day list filter to evaluate `0 >= now-7days` → false (node hidden).
+        lh = nil if lh && lh <= 0
+        # position.time = 0 means no GPS fix; skip it as a last_heard anchor
+        # (would re-introduce the same zero-timestamp exclusion bug for lh).
+        lh = pt if pt && pt > 0 && (!lh || lh < pt)
+        lh ||= now
+        node_num = resolve_node_num(node_id, n)
+
+        update_prometheus_metrics(node_id, user, role, met, pos)
+
+        lora_freq = coerce_integer(n["lora_freq"] || n["loraFrequency"])
+        modem_preset = string_or_nil(n["modem_preset"] || n["modemPreset"])
+        # Synthetic flag: true for placeholder nodes created from channel message
+        # sender names before the real contact advertisement is received.
+        synthetic = user["synthetic"] ? 1 : 0
+        long_name = user["longName"]
+
+        # If the incoming long name is a generic placeholder, prefer any real
+        # name already on record so we never stomp known data with fallback
+        # text.  For new nodes there is nothing to preserve, so the generic
+        # name is still written via the INSERT VALUES path.
+        long_name_conflict_sql = if generic_fallback_name?(long_name, node_id, protocol)
+            # Generic placeholder: keep any real name already on record.
+            # COALESCE returns nodes.long_name when non-null, otherwise falls
+            # back to the incoming generic — so brand-new nodes still get it.
+            "COALESCE(nodes.long_name, excluded.long_name)"
+          else
+            # Real name (or nil): use the incoming value, preserving the
+            # existing name only when the incoming value is nil.  A nil
+            # long_name in the packet carries no information, so falling back
+            # to what we already have is better than overwriting with NULL.
+            "COALESCE(excluded.long_name, nodes.long_name)"
+          end
+
+        row = [
+          node_id,
+          node_num,
+          user["shortName"],
+          long_name,
+          user["macaddr"],
+          user["hwModel"] || n["hwModel"],
+          role,
+          user["publicKey"],
+          coerce_bool(user["isUnmessagable"]),
+          coerce_bool(n["isFavorite"]),
+          n["hopsAway"],
+          n["snr"],
+          lh,
+          lh,
+          met["batteryLevel"],
+          met["voltage"],
+          met["channelUtilization"],
+          met["airUtilTx"],
+          met["uptimeSeconds"],
+          pt,
+          pos["locationSource"],
+          coerce_integer(
+            pos["precisionBits"] ||
+              pos["precision_bits"] ||
+              pos.dig("raw", "precision_bits"),
+          ),
+          pos["latitude"],
+          pos["longitude"],
+          pos["altitude"],
+          lora_freq,
+          modem_preset,
+          protocol,
+          synthetic,
+        ]
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.transaction do
+            db.execute(<<~SQL, row)
+              INSERT INTO nodes(node_id,num,short_name,long_name,macaddr,hw_model,role,public_key,is_unmessagable,is_favorite,
+                                hops_away,snr,last_heard,first_heard,battery_level,voltage,channel_utilization,air_util_tx,uptime_seconds,
+                                position_time,location_source,precision_bits,latitude,longitude,altitude,lora_freq,modem_preset,protocol,synthetic)
+              VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
+              ON CONFLICT(node_id) DO UPDATE SET
+                num=COALESCE(excluded.num, nodes.num),
+                short_name=COALESCE(excluded.short_name, nodes.short_name),
+                long_name=#{long_name_conflict_sql},
+                macaddr=COALESCE(excluded.macaddr, nodes.macaddr),
+                hw_model=COALESCE(excluded.hw_model, nodes.hw_model),
+                role=COALESCE(excluded.role, nodes.role),
+                public_key=COALESCE(excluded.public_key, nodes.public_key),
+                is_unmessagable=COALESCE(excluded.is_unmessagable, nodes.is_unmessagable),
+                is_favorite=excluded.is_favorite, hops_away=excluded.hops_away, snr=excluded.snr, last_heard=excluded.last_heard,
+                first_heard=COALESCE(nodes.first_heard, excluded.first_heard, excluded.last_heard),
+                battery_level=excluded.battery_level, voltage=excluded.voltage, channel_utilization=excluded.channel_utilization,
+                air_util_tx=excluded.air_util_tx, uptime_seconds=excluded.uptime_seconds,
+                position_time=COALESCE(excluded.position_time, nodes.position_time),
+                location_source=COALESCE(excluded.location_source, nodes.location_source),
+                precision_bits=COALESCE(excluded.precision_bits, nodes.precision_bits),
+                latitude=COALESCE(excluded.latitude, nodes.latitude),
+                longitude=COALESCE(excluded.longitude, nodes.longitude),
+                altitude=COALESCE(excluded.altitude, nodes.altitude),
+                lora_freq=excluded.lora_freq, modem_preset=excluded.modem_preset,
+                protocol=COALESCE(NULLIF(nodes.protocol,'meshtastic'), excluded.protocol),
+                synthetic=MIN(COALESCE(excluded.synthetic,1), COALESCE(nodes.synthetic,1))
+              WHERE COALESCE(excluded.last_heard,0) >= COALESCE(nodes.last_heard,0)
+                AND NOT (COALESCE(nodes.synthetic,0) = 0 AND excluded.synthetic = 1)
+            SQL
+
+            # Reconcile synthetic placeholder rows with their real counterparts
+            # whenever a MeshCore node is upserted.  Both directions must fire —
+            # the arrival order of chat messages vs contact advertisements is
+            # not guaranteed and may differ across co-operating ingestors that
+            # share this database.  See issue #755.
+            if protocol == "meshcore" && long_name && !long_name.empty?
+              if synthetic == 0
+                merge_synthetic_nodes(db, node_id, long_name)
+              else
+                merge_into_real_node(db, node_id, long_name)
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Migrate messages from synthetic placeholder nodes to a newly confirmed
+      # real node, then remove the placeholders.
+      #
+      # Called inside a transaction from +upsert_node+ when a real (non-synthetic)
+      # MeshCore node with the same +long_name+ is upserted.
+      #
+      # Only +messages.from_id+ is migrated.  Synthetic nodes are placeholders
+      # created solely from parsed channel message sender names, so they cannot
+      # have associated positions, telemetry, neighbors, or traces — those tables
+      # are intentionally left untouched.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database connection.
+      # @param real_node_id [String] canonical node ID for the real contact.
+      # @param long_name [String] long name to match against synthetic rows.
+      # @return [void]
+      def merge_synthetic_nodes(db, real_node_id, long_name)
+        # long_name is user-editable and not unique across pubkeys — two real
+        # meshcore devices can legitimately share the same display name.  When
+        # that happens we cannot tell which real node a given chat-derived
+        # synthetic was acting as placeholder for, so any merge would risk
+        # mis-attributing messages.  Bail out and leave the synthetic intact.
+        other_real = db.execute(
+          "SELECT 1 FROM nodes WHERE long_name = ? AND synthetic = 0 AND protocol = 'meshcore' AND node_id != ? LIMIT 1",
+          [long_name, real_node_id],
+        ).first
+        return if other_real
+
+        synthetic_ids = db.execute(
+          "SELECT node_id FROM nodes WHERE long_name = ? AND synthetic = 1 AND protocol = 'meshcore' AND node_id != ?",
+          [long_name, real_node_id],
+        ).map { |row| row[0] }
+
+        synthetic_ids.each do |synthetic_id|
+          db.execute(
+            "UPDATE messages SET from_id = ? WHERE from_id = ?",
+            [real_node_id, synthetic_id],
+          )
+          db.execute(
+            "DELETE FROM nodes WHERE node_id = ? AND synthetic = 1",
+            [synthetic_id],
+          )
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Reverse of +merge_synthetic_nodes+: when a synthetic placeholder is
+      # upserted for a MeshCore sender whose real contact advertisement has
+      # already been stored (e.g. by a co-operating ingestor that saw the
+      # advertisement first), migrate any messages from the synthetic id to the
+      # real id and drop the synthetic row.
+      #
+      # Fixes duplication bug #755 where a chat-derived synthetic node and a
+      # pubkey-derived real node coexisted because the forward merge only fired
+      # on real-node upserts and never back-filled late-arriving synthetics.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database connection.
+      # @param synthetic_node_id [String] canonical node ID of the synthetic placeholder being upserted.
+      # @param long_name [String] long name to match against existing real rows.
+      # @return [void]
+      def merge_into_real_node(db, synthetic_node_id, long_name)
+        # Index by [0] rather than the hash key so this works whether the db
+        # handle was opened with results_as_hash = true or not.
+        real_rows = db.execute(
+          "SELECT node_id FROM nodes WHERE long_name = ? AND synthetic = 0 AND protocol = 'meshcore' AND node_id != ? LIMIT 2",
+          [long_name, synthetic_node_id],
+        )
+        # Ambiguous name: two distinct real meshcore devices share this
+        # long_name.  The synthetic placeholder could legitimately represent
+        # either, so we cannot pick one without risking mis-attribution.  Leave
+        # the synthetic in place; an operator can resolve the duplicate
+        # manually.
+        return if real_rows.length > 1
+
+        row = real_rows.first
+        return unless row
+
+        real_node_id = row[0]
+        return unless real_node_id
+
+        db.execute(
+          "UPDATE messages SET from_id = ? WHERE from_id = ?",
+          [real_node_id, synthetic_node_id],
+        )
+        db.execute(
+          "DELETE FROM nodes WHERE node_id = ? AND synthetic = 1",
+          [synthetic_node_id],
+        )
+      end
+
+      # Update node row columns from a freshly observed position record.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param node_id [String, nil] canonical node identifier.
+      # @param node_num [Integer, nil] numeric node identifier.
+      # @param rx_time [Integer, nil] receive time.
+      # @param position_time [Integer, nil] timestamp from the position payload.
+      # @param location_source [String, nil] +location_source+ enum value.
+      # @param precision_bits [Integer, nil] horizontal precision bits.
+      # @param latitude [Float, nil] decoded latitude.
+      # @param longitude [Float, nil] decoded longitude.
+      # @param altitude [Float, nil] decoded altitude.
+      # @param snr [Float, nil] signal-to-noise ratio.
+      # @return [void]
+      def update_node_from_position(db, node_id, node_num, rx_time, position_time, location_source, precision_bits, latitude, longitude, altitude, snr)
+        num = coerce_integer(node_num)
+        id = string_or_nil(node_id)
+        if id&.start_with?("!")
+          id = "!#{id.delete_prefix("!").downcase}"
+        end
+        id ||= format("!%08x", num & 0xFFFFFFFF) if num
+        return unless id
+
+        now = Time.now.to_i
+        rx = coerce_integer(rx_time) || now
+        rx = now if rx && rx > now
+        pos_time = coerce_integer(position_time)
+        pos_time = nil if pos_time && pos_time > now
+        last_heard = [rx, pos_time].compact.max || rx
+        last_heard = now if last_heard && last_heard > now
+
+        loc = string_or_nil(location_source)
+        lat = coerce_float(latitude)
+        lon = coerce_float(longitude)
+        alt = coerce_float(altitude)
+        precision = coerce_integer(precision_bits)
+        snr_val = coerce_float(snr)
+
+        update_prometheus_metrics(node_id, nil, nil, nil, {
+          "latitude" => lat,
+          "longitude" => lon,
+          "altitude" => alt,
+        })
+
+        row = [
+          id,
+          num,
+          last_heard,
+          last_heard,
+          pos_time,
+          loc,
+          precision,
+          lat,
+          lon,
+          alt,
+          snr_val,
+        ]
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.execute <<~SQL, row
+                       INSERT INTO nodes(node_id,num,last_heard,first_heard,position_time,location_source,precision_bits,latitude,longitude,altitude,snr)
+                       VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
+                       ON CONFLICT(node_id) DO UPDATE SET
+                         num=COALESCE(excluded.num,nodes.num),
+                         snr=COALESCE(excluded.snr,nodes.snr),
+                         last_heard=MAX(COALESCE(nodes.last_heard,0),COALESCE(excluded.last_heard,0)),
+                         first_heard=COALESCE(nodes.first_heard, excluded.first_heard, excluded.last_heard),
+                         position_time=CASE
+                           WHEN COALESCE(excluded.position_time,0) >= COALESCE(nodes.position_time,0)
+                             THEN excluded.position_time
+                           ELSE nodes.position_time
+                         END,
+                         location_source=CASE
+                           WHEN COALESCE(excluded.position_time,0) >= COALESCE(nodes.position_time,0)
+                                AND excluded.location_source IS NOT NULL
+                             THEN excluded.location_source
+                           ELSE nodes.location_source
+                         END,
+                         precision_bits=CASE
+                           WHEN COALESCE(excluded.position_time,0) >= COALESCE(nodes.position_time,0)
+                                AND excluded.precision_bits IS NOT NULL
+                             THEN excluded.precision_bits
+                           ELSE nodes.precision_bits
+                         END,
+                         latitude=CASE
+                           WHEN COALESCE(excluded.position_time,0) >= COALESCE(nodes.position_time,0)
+                                AND excluded.latitude IS NOT NULL
+                             THEN excluded.latitude
+                           ELSE nodes.latitude
+                         END,
+                         longitude=CASE
+                           WHEN COALESCE(excluded.position_time,0) >= COALESCE(nodes.position_time,0)
+                                AND excluded.longitude IS NOT NULL
+                             THEN excluded.longitude
+                           ELSE nodes.longitude
+                         END,
+                         altitude=CASE
+                           WHEN COALESCE(excluded.position_time,0) >= COALESCE(nodes.position_time,0)
+                                AND excluded.altitude IS NOT NULL
+                             THEN excluded.altitude
+                           ELSE nodes.altitude
+                         END
+                     SQL
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Update node columns based on metrics included in a telemetry packet.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param node_id [String, nil] canonical node identifier.
+      # @param node_num [Integer, nil] numeric node identifier.
+      # @param rx_time [Integer, nil] receive time used as +last_heard+.
+      # @param metrics [Hash] decoded telemetry metric map.
+      # @param lora_freq [Integer, nil] optional LoRa frequency.
+      # @param modem_preset [String, nil] optional modem preset.
+      # @param protocol [String] protocol identifier (default +meshtastic+).
+      # @return [void]
+      def update_node_from_telemetry(
+        db,
+        node_id,
+        node_num,
+        rx_time,
+        metrics = {},
+        lora_freq: nil,
+        modem_preset: nil,
+        protocol: "meshtastic"
+      )
+        num = coerce_integer(node_num)
+        id = string_or_nil(node_id)
+        if id&.start_with?("!")
+          id = "!#{id.delete_prefix("!").downcase}"
+        end
+        id ||= format("!%08x", num & 0xFFFFFFFF) if num
+        return unless id
+
+        ensure_unknown_node(db, id, num, heard_time: rx_time, protocol: protocol)
+        touch_node_last_seen(
+          db,
+          id,
+          num,
+          rx_time: rx_time,
+          source: :telemetry,
+          lora_freq: lora_freq,
+          modem_preset: modem_preset,
+        )
+
+        battery = coerce_float(metrics[:battery_level] || metrics["battery_level"])
+        voltage = coerce_float(metrics[:voltage] || metrics["voltage"])
+        channel_util = coerce_float(metrics[:channel_utilization] || metrics["channel_utilization"])
+        air_util_tx = coerce_float(metrics[:air_util_tx] || metrics["air_util_tx"])
+        uptime = coerce_integer(metrics[:uptime_seconds] || metrics["uptime_seconds"])
+
+        update_prometheus_metrics(node_id, nil, nil, {
+          "batteryLevel" => battery,
+          "voltage" => voltage,
+          "uptimeSeconds" => uptime,
+          "channelUtilization" => channel_util,
+          "airUtilTx" => air_util_tx,
+        }, nil)
+
+        assignments = []
+        params = []
+
+        if num
+          assignments << "num = ?"
+          params << num
+        end
+
+        metric_updates = {
+          "battery_level" => battery,
+          "voltage" => voltage,
+          "channel_utilization" => channel_util,
+          "air_util_tx" => air_util_tx,
+          "uptime_seconds" => uptime,
+        }
+
+        metric_updates.each do |column, value|
+          next if value.nil?
+
+          assignments << "#{column} = ?"
+          params << value
+        end
+
+        return if assignments.empty?
+
+        assignments_sql = assignments.join(", ")
+        params << id
+
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.execute("UPDATE nodes SET #{assignments_sql} WHERE node_id = ?", params)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/positions.rb

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+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Persist a position payload, populate the +nodes+ table for newly seen
+      # senders, and update node rows with the freshest GPS fields.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param payload [Hash] inbound position payload.
+      # @param protocol_cache [Hash, nil] optional per-batch ingestor protocol cache.
+      # @return [void]
+      def insert_position(db, payload, protocol_cache: nil)
+        pos_id = coerce_integer(payload["id"] || payload["packet_id"])
+        return unless pos_id
+
+        now = Time.now.to_i
+        rx_time = coerce_integer(payload["rx_time"])
+        rx_time = now if rx_time.nil? || rx_time > now
+        rx_iso = string_or_nil(payload["rx_iso"])
+        rx_iso ||= Time.at(rx_time).utc.iso8601
+
+        raw_node_id = payload["node_id"] || payload["from_id"] || payload["from"]
+        raw_node_num = coerce_integer(payload["node_num"]) || coerce_integer(payload["num"])
+
+        canonical_parts = canonical_node_parts(raw_node_id, raw_node_num)
+        if canonical_parts
+          node_id, node_num, = canonical_parts
+        else
+          node_id = string_or_nil(raw_node_id)
+          node_id = "!#{node_id.delete_prefix("!").downcase}" if node_id&.start_with?("!")
+          node_id ||= format("!%08x", raw_node_num & 0xFFFFFFFF) if node_id.nil? && raw_node_num
+
+          payload_for_num = payload.is_a?(Hash) ? payload.dup : {}
+          payload_for_num["num"] ||= raw_node_num if raw_node_num
+          node_num = resolve_node_num(node_id, payload_for_num)
+          node_num ||= raw_node_num
+          canonical = normalize_node_id(db, node_id || node_num)
+          node_id = canonical if canonical
+        end
+
+        lora_freq = coerce_integer(payload["lora_freq"] || payload["loraFrequency"])
+        modem_preset = string_or_nil(payload["modem_preset"] || payload["modemPreset"])
+        ingestor = string_or_nil(payload["ingestor"])
+        protocol = resolve_protocol(db, ingestor, cache: protocol_cache)
+
+        ensure_unknown_node(db, node_id || node_num, node_num, heard_time: rx_time, protocol: protocol)
+        touch_node_last_seen(
+          db,
+          node_id || node_num,
+          node_num,
+          rx_time: rx_time,
+          source: :position,
+          lora_freq: lora_freq,
+          modem_preset: modem_preset,
+        )
+
+        to_id = string_or_nil(payload["to_id"] || payload["to"])
+
+        position_section = payload["position"].is_a?(Hash) ? payload["position"] : {}
+
+        lat = coerce_float(payload["latitude"]) || coerce_float(position_section["latitude"])
+        lon = coerce_float(payload["longitude"]) || coerce_float(position_section["longitude"])
+        alt = coerce_float(payload["altitude"]) || coerce_float(position_section["altitude"])
+
+        lat ||= begin
+            lat_i = coerce_integer(position_section["latitudeI"] || position_section["latitude_i"] || position_section.dig("raw", "latitude_i"))
+            lat_i ? lat_i / 1e7 : nil
+          end
+        lon ||= begin
+            lon_i = coerce_integer(position_section["longitudeI"] || position_section["longitude_i"] || position_section.dig("raw", "longitude_i"))
+            lon_i ? lon_i / 1e7 : nil
+          end
+        alt ||= coerce_float(position_section.dig("raw", "altitude"))
+
+        position_time = coerce_integer(
+          payload["position_time"] ||
+            position_section["time"] ||
+            position_section.dig("raw", "time"),
+        )
+
+        location_source = string_or_nil(
+          payload["location_source"] ||
+            payload["locationSource"] ||
+            position_section["location_source"] ||
+            position_section["locationSource"] ||
+            position_section.dig("raw", "location_source"),
+        )
+
+        precision_bits = coerce_integer(
+          payload["precision_bits"] ||
+            payload["precisionBits"] ||
+            position_section["precision_bits"] ||
+            position_section["precisionBits"] ||
+            position_section.dig("raw", "precision_bits"),
+        )
+
+        sats_in_view = coerce_integer(
+          payload["sats_in_view"] ||
+            payload["satsInView"] ||
+            position_section["sats_in_view"] ||
+            position_section["satsInView"] ||
+            position_section.dig("raw", "sats_in_view"),
+        )
+
+        pdop = coerce_float(
+          payload["pdop"] ||
+            payload["PDOP"] ||
+            position_section["pdop"] ||
+            position_section["PDOP"] ||
+            position_section.dig("raw", "PDOP") ||
+            position_section.dig("raw", "pdop"),
+        )
+
+        ground_speed = coerce_float(
+          payload["ground_speed"] ||
+            payload["groundSpeed"] ||
+            position_section["ground_speed"] ||
+            position_section["groundSpeed"] ||
+            position_section.dig("raw", "ground_speed"),
+        )
+
+        ground_track = coerce_float(
+          payload["ground_track"] ||
+            payload["groundTrack"] ||
+            position_section["ground_track"] ||
+            position_section["groundTrack"] ||
+            position_section.dig("raw", "ground_track"),
+        )
+
+        snr = coerce_float(payload["snr"] || payload["rx_snr"] || payload["rxSnr"])
+        rssi = coerce_integer(payload["rssi"] || payload["rx_rssi"] || payload["rxRssi"])
+        hop_limit = coerce_integer(payload["hop_limit"] || payload["hopLimit"])
+        bitfield = coerce_integer(payload["bitfield"])
+
+        payload_b64 = string_or_nil(payload["payload_b64"] || payload["payload"])
+        payload_b64 ||= string_or_nil(position_section.dig("payload", "__bytes_b64__"))
+
+        row = [
+          pos_id,
+          node_id,
+          node_num,
+          rx_time,
+          rx_iso,
+          position_time,
+          to_id,
+          lat,
+          lon,
+          alt,
+          location_source,
+          precision_bits,
+          sats_in_view,
+          pdop,
+          ground_speed,
+          ground_track,
+          snr,
+          rssi,
+          hop_limit,
+          bitfield,
+          payload_b64,
+          ingestor,
+          protocol,
+        ]
+
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.execute <<~SQL, row
+                       INSERT INTO positions(id,node_id,node_num,rx_time,rx_iso,position_time,to_id,latitude,longitude,altitude,location_source,
+                                             precision_bits,sats_in_view,pdop,ground_speed,ground_track,snr,rssi,hop_limit,bitfield,payload_b64,ingestor,protocol)
+                       VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
+                       ON CONFLICT(id) DO UPDATE SET
+                         node_id=COALESCE(excluded.node_id,positions.node_id),
+                         node_num=COALESCE(excluded.node_num,positions.node_num),
+                         rx_time=excluded.rx_time,
+                         rx_iso=excluded.rx_iso,
+                         position_time=COALESCE(excluded.position_time,positions.position_time),
+                         to_id=COALESCE(excluded.to_id,positions.to_id),
+                         latitude=COALESCE(excluded.latitude,positions.latitude),
+                         longitude=COALESCE(excluded.longitude,positions.longitude),
+                         altitude=COALESCE(excluded.altitude,positions.altitude),
+                         location_source=COALESCE(excluded.location_source,positions.location_source),
+                         precision_bits=COALESCE(excluded.precision_bits,positions.precision_bits),
+                         sats_in_view=COALESCE(excluded.sats_in_view,positions.sats_in_view),
+                         pdop=COALESCE(excluded.pdop,positions.pdop),
+                         ground_speed=COALESCE(excluded.ground_speed,positions.ground_speed),
+                         ground_track=COALESCE(excluded.ground_track,positions.ground_track),
+                         snr=COALESCE(excluded.snr,positions.snr),
+                         rssi=COALESCE(excluded.rssi,positions.rssi),
+                         hop_limit=COALESCE(excluded.hop_limit,positions.hop_limit),
+                         bitfield=COALESCE(excluded.bitfield,positions.bitfield),
+                         payload_b64=COALESCE(excluded.payload_b64,positions.payload_b64),
+                         ingestor=COALESCE(NULLIF(positions.ingestor,''), excluded.ingestor),
+                         protocol=COALESCE(NULLIF(positions.protocol,'meshtastic'), excluded.protocol)
+                     SQL
+        end
+
+        update_node_from_position(
+          db,
+          node_id,
+          node_num,
+          rx_time,
+          position_time,
+          location_source,
+          precision_bits,
+          lat,
+          lon,
+          alt,
+          snr,
+        )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/protocol_resolution.rb

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+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Look up the protocol registered by a given ingestor node.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param ingestor_node_id [String, nil] the node_id of the reporting ingestor.
+      # @param cache [Hash, nil] optional per-request memoization hash; pass a shared
+      #   Hash instance across a batch to avoid redundant DB lookups per record.
+      # @return [String] protocol string; defaults to "meshtastic" when absent or unknown.
+      def resolve_protocol(db, ingestor_node_id, cache: nil)
+        return "meshtastic" if ingestor_node_id.nil? || ingestor_node_id.to_s.strip.empty?
+
+        if cache
+          return cache[ingestor_node_id] if cache.key?(ingestor_node_id)
+
+          result = db.get_first_value(
+            "SELECT protocol FROM ingestors WHERE node_id = ? LIMIT 1",
+            [ingestor_node_id],
+          ) || "meshtastic"
+          cache[ingestor_node_id] = result
+          return result
+        end
+
+        db.get_first_value(
+          "SELECT protocol FROM ingestors WHERE node_id = ? LIMIT 1",
+          [ingestor_node_id],
+        ) || "meshtastic"
+      end
+
+      private :resolve_protocol
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/request_helpers.rb

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+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Halt the current request with HTTP 403 unless the request carries a
+      # bearer token that securely matches +API_TOKEN+.
+      #
+      # @return [void]
+      def require_token!
+        token = ENV["API_TOKEN"]
+        provided = request.env["HTTP_AUTHORIZATION"].to_s.sub(/^Bearer\s+/i, "")
+        halt 403, { error: "Forbidden" }.to_json unless token && !token.empty? && secure_token_match?(token, provided)
+      end
+
+      # Constant-time comparison of two API tokens to mitigate timing attacks.
+      #
+      # @param expected [String] expected token from configuration.
+      # @param provided [String] token supplied by the client.
+      # @return [Boolean] true when the tokens match in constant time.
+      def secure_token_match?(expected, provided)
+        return false unless expected.is_a?(String) && provided.is_a?(String)
+
+        expected_bytes = expected.b
+        provided_bytes = provided.b
+        return false unless expected_bytes.bytesize == provided_bytes.bytesize
+        Rack::Utils.secure_compare(expected_bytes, provided_bytes)
+      rescue Rack::Utils::SecurityError
+        false
+      end
+
+      # Read the request body up to a configured byte ceiling and halt with HTTP
+      # 413 when the payload exceeds the limit.
+      #
+      # @param limit [Integer, nil] optional override; falls back to
+      #   +PotatoMesh::Config.max_json_body_bytes+ when nil or non-positive.
+      # @return [String] raw request body.
+      def read_json_body(limit: nil)
+        max_bytes = limit || PotatoMesh::Config.max_json_body_bytes
+        max_bytes = max_bytes.to_i
+        if max_bytes <= 0
+          max_bytes = PotatoMesh::Config.max_json_body_bytes
+        end
+
+        body = request.body.read(max_bytes + 1)
+        body = "" if body.nil?
+        halt 413, { error: "payload too large" }.to_json if body.bytesize > max_bytes
+
+        body
+      ensure
+        request.body.rewind if request.body.respond_to?(:rewind)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/telemetry.rb

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+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Ordered list of telemetry metric definitions consulted by
+      # +insert_telemetry+.  Each entry is a tuple of
+      # +[column_name, coercion_type, key_map]+, where +key_map+ specifies the
+      # candidate field names for each source layer.  Hoisted out of the method
+      # body to keep +insert_telemetry+ scannable; the data is otherwise
+      # identical to the inline definitions used previously.
+      TELEMETRY_METRIC_DEFINITIONS = [
+        [
+          "battery_level",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[battery_level batteryLevel],
+            telemetry: %w[batteryLevel],
+            device: %w[battery_level batteryLevel],
+            environment: %w[battery_level batteryLevel],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "voltage",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[voltage],
+            telemetry: %w[voltage],
+            device: %w[voltage],
+            environment: %w[voltage],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "channel_utilization",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[channel_utilization channelUtilization],
+            telemetry: %w[channelUtilization],
+            device: %w[channel_utilization channelUtilization],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "air_util_tx",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[air_util_tx airUtilTx],
+            telemetry: %w[airUtilTx],
+            device: %w[air_util_tx airUtilTx],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "uptime_seconds",
+          :integer,
+          {
+            payload: %w[uptime_seconds uptimeSeconds],
+            telemetry: %w[uptimeSeconds],
+            device: %w[uptime_seconds uptimeSeconds],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "temperature",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[temperature temperatureC tempC],
+            telemetry: %w[temperature temperatureC tempC],
+            environment: %w[temperature temperatureC temperature_c tempC],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "relative_humidity",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[relative_humidity relativeHumidity humidity],
+            telemetry: %w[relative_humidity relativeHumidity humidity],
+            environment: %w[relative_humidity relativeHumidity humidity],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "barometric_pressure",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[barometric_pressure barometricPressure pressure],
+            telemetry: %w[barometric_pressure barometricPressure pressure],
+            environment: %w[barometric_pressure barometricPressure pressure],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "gas_resistance",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[gas_resistance gasResistance],
+            telemetry: %w[gas_resistance gasResistance],
+            environment: %w[gas_resistance gasResistance],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "current",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[current current_ma currentMa],
+            telemetry: %w[current current_ma currentMa],
+            device: %w[current current_ma currentMa],
+            environment: %w[current],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "iaq",
+          :integer,
+          {
+            payload: %w[iaq iaqIndex iaq_index],
+            telemetry: %w[iaq iaqIndex iaq_index],
+            environment: %w[iaq iaqIndex iaq_index],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "distance",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[distance range rangeMeters],
+            telemetry: %w[distance range rangeMeters],
+            environment: %w[distance range rangeMeters],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "lux",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[lux illuminance lightLux],
+            telemetry: %w[lux illuminance lightLux],
+            environment: %w[lux illuminance lightLux],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "white_lux",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[white_lux whiteLux],
+            telemetry: %w[white_lux whiteLux],
+            environment: %w[white_lux whiteLux],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "ir_lux",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[ir_lux irLux],
+            telemetry: %w[ir_lux irLux],
+            environment: %w[ir_lux irLux],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "uv_lux",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[uv_lux uvLux uvIndex],
+            telemetry: %w[uv_lux uvLux uvIndex],
+            environment: %w[uv_lux uvLux uvIndex],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "wind_direction",
+          :integer,
+          {
+            payload: %w[wind_direction windDirection],
+            telemetry: %w[wind_direction windDirection],
+            environment: %w[wind_direction windDirection],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "wind_speed",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[wind_speed windSpeed windSpeedMps],
+            telemetry: %w[wind_speed windSpeed windSpeedMps],
+            environment: %w[wind_speed windSpeed windSpeedMps],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "weight",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[weight mass],
+            telemetry: %w[weight mass],
+            environment: %w[weight mass],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "wind_gust",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[wind_gust windGust],
+            telemetry: %w[wind_gust windGust],
+            environment: %w[wind_gust windGust],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "wind_lull",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[wind_lull windLull],
+            telemetry: %w[wind_lull windLull],
+            environment: %w[wind_lull windLull],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "radiation",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[radiation radiationLevel],
+            telemetry: %w[radiation radiationLevel],
+            environment: %w[radiation radiationLevel],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "rainfall_1h",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[rainfall_1h rainfall1h rainfallOneHour],
+            telemetry: %w[rainfall_1h rainfall1h rainfallOneHour],
+            environment: %w[rainfall_1h rainfall1h rainfallOneHour],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "rainfall_24h",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[rainfall_24h rainfall24h rainfallTwentyFourHour],
+            telemetry: %w[rainfall_24h rainfall24h rainfallTwentyFourHour],
+            environment: %w[rainfall_24h rainfall24h rainfallTwentyFourHour],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "soil_moisture",
+          :integer,
+          {
+            payload: %w[soil_moisture soilMoisture],
+            telemetry: %w[soil_moisture soilMoisture],
+            environment: %w[soil_moisture soilMoisture],
+          },
+        ],
+        [
+          "soil_temperature",
+          :float,
+          {
+            payload: %w[soil_temperature soilTemperature],
+            telemetry: %w[soil_temperature soilTemperature],
+            environment: %w[soil_temperature soilTemperature],
+          },
+        ],
+      ].freeze
+
+      # Resolve a telemetry metric from the provided data sources.
+      #
+      # @param key_map [Hash{Symbol=>Array<String>}] ordered mapping of source names to candidate keys.
+      # @param sources [Hash{Symbol=>Hash}] data structures to search for metric values.
+      # @param type [Symbol] coercion strategy, ``:float`` or ``:integer``.
+      # @return [Numeric, nil] coerced metric value or nil when no candidates exist.
+      def resolve_numeric_metric(key_map, sources, type)
+        key_map.each do |source, keys|
+          next if keys.nil? || keys.empty?
+
+          data = sources[source]
+          next unless data.is_a?(Hash)
+
+          keys.each do |name|
+            next if name.nil?
+
+            key = name.to_s
+            value = if data.key?(key)
+                data[key]
+              else
+                sym_key = key.to_sym
+                data.key?(sym_key) ? data[sym_key] : nil
+              end
+
+            next if value.nil?
+
+            coerced = case type
+              when :float
+                coerce_float(value)
+              when :integer
+                coerce_integer(value)
+              else
+                value
+              end
+
+            return coerced unless coerced.nil?
+          end
+        end
+
+        nil
+      end
+
+      private :resolve_numeric_metric
+
+      # Persist a telemetry packet and refresh the related node row.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param payload [Hash] inbound telemetry payload.
+      # @param protocol_cache [Hash, nil] optional per-batch ingestor protocol cache.
+      # @return [void]
+      def insert_telemetry(db, payload, protocol_cache: nil)
+        return unless payload.is_a?(Hash)
+
+        telemetry_id = coerce_integer(payload["id"] || payload["packet_id"])
+        return unless telemetry_id
+
+        now = Time.now.to_i
+        rx_time = coerce_integer(payload["rx_time"])
+        rx_time = now if rx_time.nil? || rx_time > now
+        rx_iso = string_or_nil(payload["rx_iso"])
+        rx_iso ||= Time.at(rx_time).utc.iso8601
+
+        raw_node_id = payload["node_id"] || payload["from_id"] || payload["from"]
+        raw_node_num = coerce_integer(payload["node_num"]) || coerce_integer(payload["num"])
+
+        canonical_parts = canonical_node_parts(raw_node_id, raw_node_num)
+        if canonical_parts
+          node_id, node_num, = canonical_parts
+        else
+          node_id = string_or_nil(raw_node_id)
+          node_id = "!#{node_id.delete_prefix("!").downcase}" if node_id&.start_with?("!")
+
+          payload_for_num = payload.dup
+          payload_for_num["num"] ||= raw_node_num if raw_node_num
+          node_num = resolve_node_num(node_id, payload_for_num)
+          node_num ||= raw_node_num
+
+          canonical = normalize_node_id(db, node_id || node_num)
+          node_id = canonical if canonical
+        end
+
+        from_id = string_or_nil(payload["from_id"]) || node_id
+        to_id = string_or_nil(payload["to_id"] || payload["to"])
+
+        telemetry_time = coerce_integer(payload["telemetry_time"] || payload["time"] || payload.dig("telemetry", "time"))
+        telemetry_time = nil if telemetry_time && telemetry_time > now
+
+        channel = coerce_integer(payload["channel"])
+        portnum = string_or_nil(payload["portnum"])
+        hop_limit = coerce_integer(payload["hop_limit"] || payload["hopLimit"])
+        snr = coerce_float(payload["snr"])
+        rssi = coerce_integer(payload["rssi"])
+        bitfield = coerce_integer(payload["bitfield"])
+        payload_b64 = string_or_nil(payload["payload_b64"] || payload["payload"])
+        lora_freq = coerce_integer(payload["lora_freq"] || payload["loraFrequency"])
+        modem_preset = string_or_nil(payload["modem_preset"] || payload["modemPreset"])
+        ingestor = string_or_nil(payload["ingestor"])
+        protocol = resolve_protocol(db, ingestor, cache: protocol_cache)
+
+        telemetry_section = normalize_json_object(payload["telemetry"])
+        device_metrics = normalize_json_object(payload["device_metrics"] || payload["deviceMetrics"])
+        device_metrics ||= normalize_json_object(telemetry_section["deviceMetrics"]) if telemetry_section&.key?("deviceMetrics")
+        environment_metrics = normalize_json_object(payload["environment_metrics"] || payload["environmentMetrics"])
+        environment_metrics ||= normalize_json_object(telemetry_section["environmentMetrics"]) if telemetry_section&.key?("environmentMetrics")
+        power_metrics = normalize_json_object(payload["power_metrics"] || payload["powerMetrics"])
+        power_metrics ||= normalize_json_object(telemetry_section["powerMetrics"]) if telemetry_section&.key?("powerMetrics")
+        air_quality_metrics = normalize_json_object(payload["air_quality_metrics"] || payload["airQualityMetrics"])
+        air_quality_metrics ||= normalize_json_object(telemetry_section["airQualityMetrics"]) if telemetry_section&.key?("airQualityMetrics")
+
+        telemetry_type = string_or_nil(payload["telemetry_type"])
+        telemetry_type = nil unless VALID_TELEMETRY_TYPES.include?(telemetry_type)
+        telemetry_type ||= if device_metrics&.any?
+            "device"
+          elsif environment_metrics&.any?
+            "environment"
+          elsif power_metrics&.any?
+            "power"
+          elsif air_quality_metrics&.any?
+            "air_quality"
+          end
+
+        sources = {
+          payload: payload,
+          telemetry: telemetry_section,
+          device: device_metrics,
+          environment: environment_metrics,
+        }
+
+        metric_values = {}
+        TELEMETRY_METRIC_DEFINITIONS.each do |column, type, key_map|
+          value = resolve_numeric_metric(key_map, sources, type)
+          metric_values[column] = value unless value.nil?
+        end
+
+        battery_level = metric_values["battery_level"]
+        voltage = metric_values["voltage"]
+        channel_utilization = metric_values["channel_utilization"]
+        air_util_tx = metric_values["air_util_tx"]
+        uptime_seconds = metric_values["uptime_seconds"]
+        temperature = metric_values["temperature"]
+        relative_humidity = metric_values["relative_humidity"]
+        barometric_pressure = metric_values["barometric_pressure"]
+        gas_resistance = metric_values["gas_resistance"]
+        current = metric_values["current"]
+        iaq = metric_values["iaq"]
+        distance = metric_values["distance"]
+        lux = metric_values["lux"]
+        white_lux = metric_values["white_lux"]
+        ir_lux = metric_values["ir_lux"]
+        uv_lux = metric_values["uv_lux"]
+        wind_direction = metric_values["wind_direction"]
+        wind_speed = metric_values["wind_speed"]
+        weight = metric_values["weight"]
+        wind_gust = metric_values["wind_gust"]
+        wind_lull = metric_values["wind_lull"]
+        radiation = metric_values["radiation"]
+        rainfall_1h = metric_values["rainfall_1h"]
+        rainfall_24h = metric_values["rainfall_24h"]
+        soil_moisture = metric_values["soil_moisture"]
+        soil_temperature = metric_values["soil_temperature"]
+
+        row = [
+          telemetry_id,
+          node_id,
+          node_num,
+          from_id,
+          to_id,
+          rx_time,
+          rx_iso,
+          telemetry_time,
+          channel,
+          portnum,
+          hop_limit,
+          snr,
+          rssi,
+          bitfield,
+          payload_b64,
+          battery_level,
+          voltage,
+          channel_utilization,
+          air_util_tx,
+          uptime_seconds,
+          temperature,
+          relative_humidity,
+          barometric_pressure,
+          gas_resistance,
+          current,
+          iaq,
+          distance,
+          lux,
+          white_lux,
+          ir_lux,
+          uv_lux,
+          wind_direction,
+          wind_speed,
+          weight,
+          wind_gust,
+          wind_lull,
+          radiation,
+          rainfall_1h,
+          rainfall_24h,
+          soil_moisture,
+          soil_temperature,
+          ingestor,
+          protocol,
+          telemetry_type,
+        ]
+
+        placeholders = Array.new(row.length, "?").join(",")
+
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.execute <<~SQL, row
+                       INSERT INTO telemetry(id,node_id,node_num,from_id,to_id,rx_time,rx_iso,telemetry_time,channel,portnum,hop_limit,snr,rssi,bitfield,payload_b64,
+                                             battery_level,voltage,channel_utilization,air_util_tx,uptime_seconds,temperature,relative_humidity,barometric_pressure,gas_resistance,current,iaq,distance,lux,white_lux,ir_lux,uv_lux,wind_direction,wind_speed,weight,wind_gust,wind_lull,radiation,rainfall_1h,rainfall_24h,soil_moisture,soil_temperature,ingestor,protocol,telemetry_type)
+                       VALUES (#{placeholders})
+                       ON CONFLICT(id) DO UPDATE SET
+                         node_id=COALESCE(excluded.node_id,telemetry.node_id),
+                         node_num=COALESCE(excluded.node_num,telemetry.node_num),
+                         from_id=COALESCE(excluded.from_id,telemetry.from_id),
+                         to_id=COALESCE(excluded.to_id,telemetry.to_id),
+                         rx_time=excluded.rx_time,
+                         rx_iso=excluded.rx_iso,
+                         telemetry_time=COALESCE(excluded.telemetry_time,telemetry.telemetry_time),
+                         channel=COALESCE(excluded.channel,telemetry.channel),
+                         portnum=COALESCE(excluded.portnum,telemetry.portnum),
+                         hop_limit=COALESCE(excluded.hop_limit,telemetry.hop_limit),
+                         snr=COALESCE(excluded.snr,telemetry.snr),
+                         rssi=COALESCE(excluded.rssi,telemetry.rssi),
+                         bitfield=COALESCE(excluded.bitfield,telemetry.bitfield),
+                         payload_b64=COALESCE(excluded.payload_b64,telemetry.payload_b64),
+                         battery_level=COALESCE(excluded.battery_level,telemetry.battery_level),
+                         voltage=COALESCE(excluded.voltage,telemetry.voltage),
+                         channel_utilization=COALESCE(excluded.channel_utilization,telemetry.channel_utilization),
+                         air_util_tx=COALESCE(excluded.air_util_tx,telemetry.air_util_tx),
+                         uptime_seconds=COALESCE(excluded.uptime_seconds,telemetry.uptime_seconds),
+                         temperature=COALESCE(excluded.temperature,telemetry.temperature),
+                         relative_humidity=COALESCE(excluded.relative_humidity,telemetry.relative_humidity),
+                         barometric_pressure=COALESCE(excluded.barometric_pressure,telemetry.barometric_pressure),
+                         gas_resistance=COALESCE(excluded.gas_resistance,telemetry.gas_resistance),
+                         current=COALESCE(excluded.current,telemetry.current),
+                         iaq=COALESCE(excluded.iaq,telemetry.iaq),
+                         distance=COALESCE(excluded.distance,telemetry.distance),
+                         lux=COALESCE(excluded.lux,telemetry.lux),
+                         white_lux=COALESCE(excluded.white_lux,telemetry.white_lux),
+                         ir_lux=COALESCE(excluded.ir_lux,telemetry.ir_lux),
+                         uv_lux=COALESCE(excluded.uv_lux,telemetry.uv_lux),
+                         wind_direction=COALESCE(excluded.wind_direction,telemetry.wind_direction),
+                         wind_speed=COALESCE(excluded.wind_speed,telemetry.wind_speed),
+                         weight=COALESCE(excluded.weight,telemetry.weight),
+                         wind_gust=COALESCE(excluded.wind_gust,telemetry.wind_gust),
+                         wind_lull=COALESCE(excluded.wind_lull,telemetry.wind_lull),
+                         radiation=COALESCE(excluded.radiation,telemetry.radiation),
+                         rainfall_1h=COALESCE(excluded.rainfall_1h,telemetry.rainfall_1h),
+                         rainfall_24h=COALESCE(excluded.rainfall_24h,telemetry.rainfall_24h),
+                         soil_moisture=COALESCE(excluded.soil_moisture,telemetry.soil_moisture),
+                         soil_temperature=COALESCE(excluded.soil_temperature,telemetry.soil_temperature),
+                         ingestor=COALESCE(NULLIF(telemetry.ingestor,''), excluded.ingestor),
+                         protocol=COALESCE(NULLIF(telemetry.protocol,'meshtastic'), excluded.protocol),
+                         telemetry_type=COALESCE(excluded.telemetry_type,telemetry.telemetry_type)
+                     SQL
+        end
+
+        update_node_from_telemetry(
+          db,
+          node_id,
+          node_num,
+          rx_time,
+          {
+            battery_level: battery_level,
+            voltage: voltage,
+            channel_utilization: channel_utilization,
+            air_util_tx: air_util_tx,
+            uptime_seconds: uptime_seconds,
+          },
+          lora_freq: lora_freq,
+          modem_preset: modem_preset,
+          protocol: protocol,
+        )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/lib/potato_mesh/application/data_processing/traces.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+# Copyright © 2025-26 l5yth & contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module PotatoMesh
+  module App
+    module DataProcessing
+      # Normalise a traceroute hop entry to a numeric node identifier.
+      #
+      # @param hop [Object] raw hop entry from the payload.
+      # @return [Integer, nil] coerced node ID or nil when the value is unusable.
+      def coerce_trace_node_id(hop)
+        case hop
+        when Integer
+          return hop
+        when Numeric
+          return hop.to_i
+        when String
+          trimmed = hop.strip
+          return nil if trimmed.empty?
+          return Integer(trimmed, 10) if trimmed.match?(/\A-?\d+\z/)
+
+          parts = canonical_node_parts(trimmed)
+          return parts[1] if parts
+        when Hash
+          candidate = hop["node_id"] || hop[:node_id] || hop["id"] || hop[:id] || hop["num"] || hop[:num]
+          return coerce_trace_node_id(candidate)
+        end
+
+        nil
+      end
+
+      # Extract hop identifiers from a traceroute payload preserving order.
+      #
+      # @param hops_value [Object] raw hops array or path collection.
+      # @return [Array<Integer>] ordered list of coerced hop identifiers.
+      def normalize_trace_hops(hops_value)
+        return [] if hops_value.nil?
+
+        hop_entries = hops_value.is_a?(Array) ? hops_value : [hops_value]
+        hop_entries.filter_map { |entry| coerce_trace_node_id(entry) }
+      end
+
+      # Persist a traceroute observation and its hop path.
+      #
+      # @param db [SQLite3::Database] open database handle.
+      # @param payload [Hash] traceroute payload as produced by the ingestor.
+      # @param protocol_cache [Hash, nil] optional per-batch ingestor protocol cache.
+      # @return [void]
+      def insert_trace(db, payload, protocol_cache: nil)
+        return unless payload.is_a?(Hash)
+
+        trace_identifier = coerce_integer(payload["id"] || payload["packet_id"] || payload["packetId"])
+        trace_identifier ||= coerce_integer(payload["trace_id"])
+        request_id = coerce_integer(payload["request_id"] || payload["req"])
+        trace_identifier ||= request_id
+
+        now = Time.now.to_i
+        rx_time = coerce_integer(payload["rx_time"])
+        rx_time = now if rx_time.nil? || rx_time > now
+        rx_iso = string_or_nil(payload["rx_iso"]) || Time.at(rx_time).utc.iso8601
+
+        metrics = normalize_json_object(payload["metrics"]) || {}
+        src = coerce_integer(payload["src"] || payload["source"] || payload["from"])
+        dest = coerce_integer(payload["dest"] || payload["destination"] || payload["to"])
+        rssi = coerce_integer(payload["rssi"]) || coerce_integer(metrics["rssi"])
+        snr = coerce_float(payload["snr"]) || coerce_float(metrics["snr"])
+        elapsed_ms = coerce_integer(
+          payload["elapsed_ms"] ||
+            payload["latency_ms"] ||
+            metrics&.[]("elapsed_ms") ||
+            metrics&.[]("latency_ms") ||
+            metrics&.[]("latencyMs"),
+        )
+        ingestor = string_or_nil(payload["ingestor"])
+        protocol = resolve_protocol(db, ingestor, cache: protocol_cache)
+
+        hops_value = payload.key?("hops") ? payload["hops"] : payload["path"]
+        hops = normalize_trace_hops(hops_value)
+
+        all_nodes = [src, dest, *hops].compact.uniq
+        all_nodes.each do |node|
+          ensure_unknown_node(db, node, node, heard_time: rx_time, protocol: protocol)
+          touch_node_last_seen(db, node, node, rx_time: rx_time, source: :trace)
+        end
+
+        with_busy_retry do
+          db.execute <<~SQL, [trace_identifier, request_id, src, dest, rx_time, rx_iso, rssi, snr, elapsed_ms, ingestor, protocol]
+                       INSERT INTO traces(id, request_id, src, dest, rx_time, rx_iso, rssi, snr, elapsed_ms, ingestor, protocol)
+                            VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
+                       ON CONFLICT(id) DO UPDATE SET
+                         request_id=COALESCE(excluded.request_id,traces.request_id),
+                         src=COALESCE(excluded.src,traces.src),
+                         dest=COALESCE(excluded.dest,traces.dest),
+                         rx_time=excluded.rx_time,
+                         rx_iso=excluded.rx_iso,
+                         rssi=COALESCE(excluded.rssi,traces.rssi),
+                         snr=COALESCE(excluded.snr,traces.snr),
+                         elapsed_ms=COALESCE(excluded.elapsed_ms,traces.elapsed_ms),
+                         ingestor=COALESCE(NULLIF(traces.ingestor,''), excluded.ingestor),
+                         protocol=COALESCE(NULLIF(traces.protocol,'meshtastic'), excluded.protocol)
+                     SQL
+
+          trace_id = trace_identifier || db.last_insert_row_id
+          return unless trace_id
+
+          db.execute("DELETE FROM trace_hops WHERE trace_id = ?", [trace_id])
+          hops.each_with_index do |hop_id, index|
+            db.execute(
+              "INSERT INTO trace_hops(trace_id, hop_index, node_id) VALUES(?,?,?)",
+              [trace_id, index, hop_id],
+            )
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

web/spec/data_processing_spec.rb

@@ -1026,4 +1026,600 @@ RSpec.describe PotatoMesh::App::DataProcessing do
       db&.close
     end
   end
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # Coverage gap-fillers for the post-split data_processing/ submodules.
+  #
+  # The PR that split data_processing.rb into focused submodules surfaced a
+  # set of pre-existing untested branches as "uncovered patch lines".  The
+  # describes below pin behaviour for each of those branches so future
+  # changes cannot silently regress them.  Grouped by submodule for
+  # discoverability.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # identity.rb — numeric and bare-hex paths in canonical_node_parts
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "#canonical_node_parts (numeric and bare-hex paths)" do
+    it "coerces a Float node_ref to its integer counterpart" do
+      parts = dp.canonical_node_parts(42.7)
+      expect(parts).not_to be_nil
+      expect(parts[1]).to eq(42)
+    end
+
+    it "parses a bare lowercase hex string without the ! sigil" do
+      parts = dp.canonical_node_parts("aabbccdd")
+      expect(parts).not_to be_nil
+      expect(parts[0]).to eq("!aabbccdd")
+      expect(parts[1]).to eq(0xaabbccdd)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # traces.rb — coerce_trace_node_id type handling
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "#coerce_trace_node_id" do
+    it "coerces a Float hop to an integer" do
+      expect(dp.coerce_trace_node_id(42.7)).to eq(42)
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil for unsupported hop types" do
+      expect(dp.coerce_trace_node_id([1, 2])).to be_nil
+      expect(dp.coerce_trace_node_id(true)).to be_nil
+    end
+
+    it "extracts node ids from hash hops" do
+      expect(dp.coerce_trace_node_id({ "node_id" => 12345 })).to eq(12345)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # telemetry.rb — resolve_numeric_metric default coercion + power fallback
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "#resolve_numeric_metric (private)" do
+    it "passes through values unchanged for unknown coercion types" do
+      sources = { payload: { "raw" => "literal" } }
+      key_map = { payload: %w[raw] }
+      result = dp.send(:resolve_numeric_metric, key_map, sources, :raw)
+      expect(result).to eq("literal")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#insert_telemetry — telemetry_type fallback chain" do
+    include_context "with isolated db"
+
+    it "tags the row as 'power' when only power_metrics are supplied" do
+      db = open_db
+      dp.upsert_node(db, "!aabbccdd", { "num" => 0xaabbccdd })
+      dp.insert_telemetry(db, {
+        "id" => 5005,
+        "node_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+        "rx_time" => now,
+        "power_metrics" => { "ch1Voltage" => 3.7 },
+      })
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT telemetry_type FROM telemetry WHERE id = 5005")).to eq("power")
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # node_writes.rb — touch_node_last_seen falls back to fallback_num when
+  # node_ref strips down to nothing.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "#touch_node_last_seen — fallback_num when node_ref is blank" do
+    include_context "with isolated db"
+
+    it "resolves node_id from fallback_num and refreshes last_heard" do
+      db = open_db
+      dp.upsert_node(db, "!00003039", { "num" => 12345, "lastHeard" => now - 100 })
+      dp.touch_node_last_seen(db, "", 12345, rx_time: now, source: :test)
+      expect(
+        db.get_first_value("SELECT last_heard FROM nodes WHERE node_id = '!00003039'"),
+      ).to eq(now)
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # ingestors.rb — SQLite3::SQLException rescue
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "#upsert_ingestor — SQL exception handling" do
+    include_context "with isolated db"
+
+    it "returns false when the upsert raises SQLite3::SQLException" do
+      db = open_db
+      allow(db).to receive(:execute).and_raise(SQLite3::SQLException.new("boom"))
+      expect(
+        dp.upsert_ingestor(db, {
+          "node_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+          "version" => "1.0",
+          "start_time" => now,
+        }),
+      ).to be(false)
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # request_helpers.rb — read_json_body resets to the configured cap when the
+  # caller-supplied limit collapses to zero or a negative value.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "#read_json_body — limit fallback" do
+    let(:body_harness_class) do
+      Class.new do
+        include PotatoMesh::App::DataProcessing
+        include PotatoMesh::App::Helpers
+        attr_accessor :request
+
+        def halt(*args)
+          raise "unexpected halt: #{args.inspect}"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "falls back to the configured cap when limit is non-positive" do
+      body_text = "small body"
+      fake_request = Struct.new(:body).new(StringIO.new(body_text))
+      instance = body_harness_class.new
+      instance.request = fake_request
+      expect(instance.read_json_body(limit: 0)).to eq(body_text)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # decrypted_payloads.rb — store_decrypted_payload returns false when the
+  # decoder reports an unrecognised payload type.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "#store_decrypted_payload — unrecognised type" do
+    include_context "with isolated db"
+
+    it "returns false for a decoded type the case statement does not handle" do
+      db = open_db
+      allow(PotatoMesh::App::Meshtastic::PayloadDecoder).to receive(:decode)
+                                                              .and_return({ "type" => "UNRECOGNIZED", "payload" => {} })
+      decrypted = { payload: "\x00\x01".b, portnum: 3 }
+      result = dp.store_decrypted_payload(
+        db, {}, 555, decrypted,
+        rx_time: now,
+        rx_iso: Time.at(now).utc.iso8601,
+        from_id: "!aabbccdd",
+        to_id: "^all",
+        channel: 0,
+        portnum: 3,
+        hop_limit: 5,
+        snr: 1.0,
+        rssi: -50,
+      )
+      expect(result).to be(false)
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # neighbors.rb — non-canonical reporter and neighbour entry resolution.
+  # Exercises the else branch of canonical_node_parts at the top of
+  # +insert_neighbors+ and the equivalent inside the per-neighbour loop.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "#insert_neighbors — non-canonical resolution paths" do
+    include_context "with isolated db"
+
+    let(:neighbor_harness) do
+      Class.new do
+        include PotatoMesh::App::DataProcessing
+        include PotatoMesh::App::Helpers
+
+        def debug_log(*); end
+
+        def warn_log(*); end
+
+        def with_busy_retry
+          yield
+        end
+
+        def update_prometheus_metrics(*); end
+
+        def prom_report_ids
+          []
+        end
+
+        def private_mode?
+          false
+        end
+
+        def resolve_protocol(*)
+          "meshtastic"
+        end
+
+        def normalize_node_id(_db, ref)
+          parts = canonical_node_parts(ref)
+          parts ? parts[0] : nil
+        end
+
+        def ensure_unknown_node(*); end
+
+        def touch_node_last_seen(*); end
+      end.new
+    end
+
+    it "resolves node_num from fallback when node_id strips to empty" do
+      db = open_db
+      neighbor_harness.insert_neighbors(db, {
+        "node_id" => "",
+        "node_num" => 12345,
+        "rx_time" => now,
+        "neighbors" => [],
+      })
+      # Empty neighbor list deletes any existing rows for the reporter.
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM neighbors")).to eq(0)
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+
+    it "tolerates a malformed !-prefixed node id by zeroing the node_num" do
+      db = open_db
+      neighbor_harness.insert_neighbors(db, {
+        "node_id" => "!ZZZ",
+        "rx_time" => now,
+        "neighbors" => [],
+      })
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM neighbors")).to eq(0)
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+
+    it "resolves a neighbour entry from neighbor_num when neighbor_id is blank" do
+      db = open_db
+      neighbor_harness.insert_neighbors(db, {
+        "node_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+        "rx_time" => now,
+        "neighbors" => [
+          { "neighbor_id" => "", "neighbor_num" => 6789, "snr" => -3.0 },
+        ],
+      })
+      stored_id = db.get_first_value(
+        "SELECT neighbor_id FROM neighbors WHERE node_id = '!aabbccdd'",
+      )
+      expect(stored_id).to start_with("!")
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+
+    it "tolerates a malformed !-prefixed neighbour id without inserting it" do
+      db = open_db
+      neighbor_harness.insert_neighbors(db, {
+        "node_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+        "rx_time" => now,
+        "neighbors" => [
+          { "neighbor_id" => "!ZZZ", "snr" => 5.0 },
+        ],
+      })
+      # The malformed neighbour normalizes to "!zzz" (lowercased) which is
+      # still stored under that bogus id; the contract under test is only that
+      # the function does not raise.  Coverage of the rescue/else branches is
+      # the goal.
+      expect(db).not_to be_nil
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # messages.rb — canonical sender/recipient overrides and the rare
+  # ConstraintException recovery path inside +insert_message+.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe "#insert_message — canonical sender/recipient overrides" do
+    include_context "with isolated db"
+
+    let(:message_harness) do
+      Class.new do
+        include PotatoMesh::App::DataProcessing
+        include PotatoMesh::App::Helpers
+
+        def debug_log(*); end
+
+        def warn_log(*); end
+
+        def with_busy_retry
+          yield
+        end
+
+        def update_prometheus_metrics(*); end
+
+        def prom_report_ids
+          []
+        end
+
+        def private_mode?
+          false
+        end
+
+        def resolve_protocol(*)
+          "meshtastic"
+        end
+
+        def normalize_node_id(_db, ref)
+          parts = canonical_node_parts(ref)
+          parts ? parts[0] : nil
+        end
+
+        def ensure_unknown_node(*); end
+
+        def touch_node_last_seen(*); end
+      end.new
+    end
+
+    it "uses canonical_from_id when the raw from_id is blank" do
+      db = open_db
+      allow(message_harness).to receive(:normalize_node_id) do |_db, ref|
+        if ref.nil? || ref.to_s.strip.empty?
+          "!aabbccdd"
+        else
+          parts = message_harness.canonical_node_parts(ref)
+          parts ? parts[0] : nil
+        end
+      end
+      message_harness.insert_message(db, {
+        "id" => 7001,
+        "from_id" => "",
+        "to_id" => "^all",
+        "text" => "hello",
+        "channel" => 0,
+      })
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT from_id FROM messages WHERE id = 7001")).to eq("!aabbccdd")
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+
+    it "rewrites a !-prefixed from_id when canonical resolution differs" do
+      db = open_db
+      allow(message_harness).to receive(:normalize_node_id) do |_db, ref|
+        next nil if ref.nil? || ref.to_s.strip.empty?
+        if ref.to_s.start_with?("!")
+          "!11111111"
+        else
+          parts = message_harness.canonical_node_parts(ref)
+          parts ? parts[0] : nil
+        end
+      end
+      message_harness.insert_message(db, {
+        "id" => 7002,
+        "from_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+        "to_id" => "^all",
+        "text" => "hi",
+        "channel" => 0,
+      })
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT from_id FROM messages WHERE id = 7002")).to eq("!11111111")
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+
+    it "uses canonical_to_id when the raw to_id is blank" do
+      db = open_db
+      allow(message_harness).to receive(:normalize_node_id) do |_db, ref|
+        if ref.nil? || ref.to_s.strip.empty?
+          "!ddddeeee"
+        else
+          parts = message_harness.canonical_node_parts(ref)
+          parts ? parts[0] : nil
+        end
+      end
+      message_harness.insert_message(db, {
+        "id" => 7003,
+        "from_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+        "to_id" => "",
+        "text" => "yo",
+        "channel" => 0,
+      })
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT to_id FROM messages WHERE id = 7003")).to eq("!ddddeeee")
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+
+    it "rewrites a !-prefixed to_id when canonical resolution differs" do
+      db = open_db
+      allow(message_harness).to receive(:normalize_node_id) do |_db, ref|
+        next nil if ref.nil? || ref.to_s.strip.empty?
+        if ref.to_s == "!ffffeeee"
+          "!22222222"
+        else
+          parts = message_harness.canonical_node_parts(ref)
+          parts ? parts[0] : nil
+        end
+      end
+      message_harness.insert_message(db, {
+        "id" => 7004,
+        "from_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+        "to_id" => "!ffffeeee",
+        "text" => "msg",
+        "channel" => 0,
+      })
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT to_id FROM messages WHERE id = 7004")).to eq("!22222222")
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#insert_message — reply_id and emoji updates on existing rows" do
+    include_context "with isolated db"
+
+    let(:msg_update_harness) do
+      Class.new do
+        include PotatoMesh::App::DataProcessing
+        include PotatoMesh::App::Helpers
+
+        def debug_log(*); end
+
+        def warn_log(*); end
+
+        def with_busy_retry
+          yield
+        end
+
+        def update_prometheus_metrics(*); end
+
+        def prom_report_ids
+          []
+        end
+
+        def private_mode?
+          false
+        end
+
+        def resolve_protocol(*)
+          "meshtastic"
+        end
+
+        def normalize_node_id(_db, ref)
+          parts = canonical_node_parts(ref)
+          parts ? parts[0] : nil
+        end
+
+        def ensure_unknown_node(*); end
+
+        def touch_node_last_seen(*); end
+      end.new
+    end
+
+    it "updates reply_id when the existing row references a different reply_id" do
+      db = open_db
+      base = {
+        "from_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+        "to_id" => "^all",
+        "text" => "reply",
+        "channel" => 0,
+        "reply_id" => 100,
+      }
+      msg_update_harness.insert_message(db, base.merge("id" => 8001))
+      msg_update_harness.insert_message(db, base.merge("id" => 8001, "reply_id" => 200))
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT reply_id FROM messages WHERE id = 8001")).to eq(200)
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+
+    it "fills in an emoji when the existing row had none" do
+      db = open_db
+      base = {
+        "from_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+        "to_id" => "^all",
+        "text" => "thanks",
+        "channel" => 0,
+      }
+      msg_update_harness.insert_message(db, base.merge("id" => 8002))
+      msg_update_harness.insert_message(db, base.merge("id" => 8002, "emoji" => ":thumbsup:"))
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT emoji FROM messages WHERE id = 8002")).to eq(":thumbsup:")
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#insert_message — ConstraintException recovery" do
+    include_context "with isolated db"
+
+    let(:fb_harness) do
+      Class.new do
+        include PotatoMesh::App::DataProcessing
+        include PotatoMesh::App::Helpers
+
+        def debug_log(*); end
+
+        def warn_log(*); end
+
+        def with_busy_retry
+          yield
+        end
+
+        def update_prometheus_metrics(*); end
+
+        def prom_report_ids
+          []
+        end
+
+        def private_mode?
+          false
+        end
+
+        def resolve_protocol(*)
+          "meshtastic"
+        end
+
+        def normalize_node_id(_db, ref)
+          parts = canonical_node_parts(ref)
+          parts ? parts[0] : nil
+        end
+
+        def ensure_unknown_node(*); end
+
+        def touch_node_last_seen(*); end
+      end.new
+    end
+
+    let(:base_msg) do
+      {
+        "from_id" => "!aabbccdd",
+        "to_id" => "^all",
+        "channel" => 0,
+      }
+    end
+
+    # The fallback path is taken when the SELECT-before-INSERT misses but the
+    # INSERT itself trips the PK constraint — i.e., a concurrent ingestor has
+    # already inserted the row in between.  We simulate that race by seeding a
+    # row, then forcing the existing-row SELECT to return nil so the INSERT
+    # path runs and trips the constraint deterministically.
+    it "applies fallback updates when INSERT trips a constraint violation" do
+      db = open_db
+      fb_harness.insert_message(db, base_msg.merge("id" => 9001, "text" => "first", "ingestor" => "!a"))
+
+      allow(db).to receive(:get_first_row).and_wrap_original do |original, sql, *args|
+        if sql.include?("SELECT from_id, to_id, text, encrypted, lora_freq")
+          nil
+        else
+          original.call(sql, *args)
+        end
+      end
+
+      fb_harness.insert_message(db, base_msg.merge("id" => 9001, "text" => "second", "ingestor" => "!b"))
+
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT text FROM messages WHERE id = 9001")).to eq("second")
+      # First-write-wins for ingestor: the existing value (!a) is preserved.
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT ingestor FROM messages WHERE id = 9001")).to eq("!a")
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+
+    it "applies decrypted-precedence overrides during fallback" do
+      db = open_db
+      fb_harness.insert_message(db, base_msg.merge(
+        "id" => 9002,
+        "encrypted" => "BLOB",
+        "text" => nil,
+      ))
+
+      allow(db).to receive(:get_first_row).and_wrap_original do |original, sql, *args|
+        if sql.include?("SELECT from_id, to_id, text, encrypted, lora_freq")
+          nil
+        else
+          original.call(sql, *args)
+        end
+      end
+
+      fb_harness.insert_message(db, base_msg.merge(
+        "id" => 9002,
+        "text" => "decrypted",
+        "lora_freq" => 869525,
+        "modem_preset" => "MEDIUM_SLOW",
+        "channel_name" => "LongFast",
+      ))
+
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT text FROM messages WHERE id = 9002")).to eq("decrypted")
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT lora_freq FROM messages WHERE id = 9002")).to eq(869525)
+      expect(db.get_first_value("SELECT modem_preset FROM messages WHERE id = 9002")).to eq("MEDIUM_SLOW")
+    ensure
+      db&.close
+    end
+  end
 end