From f2b7d254a75fbcfd8f3dc12a4f5c8d516175969d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yellowcooln <12516003+yellowcooln@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:32:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: slow sensor polling to 60 seconds

---
 config.yaml.example         | 5 +++--
 repeater/sensors/manager.py | 8 ++++----
 tests/test_sensors.py       | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.yaml.example b/config.yaml.example
index 71c3ee1..d66da5e 100644
--- a/config.yaml.example
+++ b/config.yaml.example
@@ -225,8 +225,9 @@ sensors:
   # Master switch for sensor subsystem
   enabled: true
 
-  # Poll interval for all configured sensors
-  poll_interval_seconds: 10.0
+  # Poll interval for all configured sensors. Keep modem-backed sensors at 60s
+  # or slower so their HTTP stats reads don't contend with modem traffic.
+  poll_interval_seconds: 60.0
 
   # If true, missing Python packages for a sensor may be installed at runtime
   # using "python -m pip install ...".
diff --git a/repeater/sensors/manager.py b/repeater/sensors/manager.py
index 367756b..7cb09ee 100644
--- a/repeater/sensors/manager.py
+++ b/repeater/sensors/manager.py
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ class SensorManager:
     def _poll_loop(self) -> None:
         """Background thread: poll sensors at configured interval and cache readings."""
         section = self.config.get("sensors", {})
-        poll_interval = 30.0
+        poll_interval = 60.0
         if isinstance(section, dict):
             try:
-                poll_interval = float(section.get("poll_interval_seconds", 30.0))
+                poll_interval = float(section.get("poll_interval_seconds", 60.0))
             except (TypeError, ValueError):
                 pass
 
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ class SensorManager:
 
     def get_summary(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         section = self.config.get("sensors", {})
-        poll_interval = 30.0
+        poll_interval = 60.0
         if isinstance(section, dict):
             try:
-                poll_interval = float(section.get("poll_interval_seconds", 30.0))
+                poll_interval = float(section.get("poll_interval_seconds", 60.0))
             except (TypeError, ValueError):
                 pass
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sensors.py b/tests/test_sensors.py
index eb3426a..e00c8c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_sensors.py
+++ b/tests/test_sensors.py
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ def test_sensor_manager_summary_reflects_sensor_config():
     assert summary["loaded"] == 1
 
 
+def test_sensor_manager_default_poll_interval_is_sixty_seconds():
+    config = {"sensors": {"enabled": True, "definitions": []}}
+
+    manager = SensorManager(config, registry=_TestRegistry)
+
+    assert manager.get_summary()["poll_interval_seconds"] == 60.0
+
+
 def test_sensor_manager_loads_and_reads_sensors_without_stopping_on_failure():
     config = {
         "sensors": {