Add some tests, make it an actual endpoint (whoops said we didn't need that) and tidy things up a bit

frontend/src/api.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import type {
   RepeaterOwnerInfoResponse,
   RepeaterRadioSettingsResponse,
   RepeaterStatusResponse,
+  TelemetryHistoryEntry,
   StatisticsResponse,
   TraceResponse,
   UnreadCounts,
@@ -414,6 +415,8 @@ export const api = {
     fetchJson<RepeaterLppTelemetryResponse>(`/contacts/${publicKey}/repeater/lpp-telemetry`, {
       method: 'POST',
     }),
+  repeaterTelemetryHistory: (publicKey: string) =>
+    fetchJson<TelemetryHistoryEntry[]>(`/contacts/${publicKey}/repeater/telemetry-history`),
   roomLogin: (publicKey: string, password: string) =>
     fetchJson<RepeaterLoginResponse>(`/contacts/${publicKey}/room/login`, {
       method: 'POST',

frontend/src/components/RepeaterDashboard.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 
+import { api } from '../api';
 import { toast } from './ui/sonner';
 import { Button } from './ui/button';
 import { Bell, Info, Route, Star, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react';
@@ -12,7 +13,13 @@ import { isFavorite } from '../utils/favorites';
 import { handleKeyboardActivate } from '../utils/a11y';
 import { isValidLocation } from '../utils/pathUtils';
 import { ContactStatusInfo } from './ContactStatusInfo';
-import type { Contact, Conversation, Favorite, PathDiscoveryResponse } from '../types';
+import type {
+  Contact,
+  Conversation,
+  Favorite,
+  PathDiscoveryResponse,
+  TelemetryHistoryEntry,
+} from '../types';
 import { cn } from '../lib/utils';
 import { TelemetryPane } from './repeater/RepeaterTelemetryPane';
 import { NeighborsPane } from './repeater/RepeaterNeighborsPane';
@@ -91,6 +98,24 @@ export function RepeaterDashboard({
   const { password, setPassword, rememberPassword, setRememberPassword, persistAfterLogin } =
     useRememberedServerPassword('repeater', conversation.id);
 
+  // Telemetry history: preload from stored data, refresh from live status
+  const [telemetryHistory, setTelemetryHistory] = useState<TelemetryHistoryEntry[]>([]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!loggedIn) return;
+    api
+      .repeaterTelemetryHistory(conversation.id)
+      .then(setTelemetryHistory)
+      .catch(() => {});
+  }, [loggedIn, conversation.id]);
+
+  // When a live status fetch returns embedded telemetry_history, replace local state
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const liveHistory = paneData.status?.telemetry_history;
+    if (liveHistory && liveHistory.length > 0) {
+      setTelemetryHistory(liveHistory);
+    }
+  }, [paneData.status?.telemetry_history]);
+
   const isFav = isFavorite(favorites, 'contact', conversation.id);
 
   const handleRepeaterLogin = async (nextPassword: string) => {
@@ -357,10 +382,7 @@ export function RepeaterDashboard({
             />
 
             {/* Telemetry history chart — full width, below console */}
-            <TelemetryHistoryPane
-              entries={paneData.status?.telemetry_history ?? []}
-              statusFetchedAt={paneStates.status.fetched_at}
-            />
+            <TelemetryHistoryPane entries={telemetryHistory} />
           </div>
         )}
       </div>

frontend/src/components/repeater/RepeaterTelemetryHistoryPane.tsx

@@ -47,16 +47,8 @@ function formatUptime(seconds: number): string {
   return `${(seconds / 86400).toFixed(1)}d`;
 }
 
-export function TelemetryHistoryPane({
-  entries,
-  statusFetchedAt,
-}: {
-  entries: TelemetryHistoryEntry[];
-  statusFetchedAt?: number | null;
-}) {
+export function TelemetryHistoryPane({ entries }: { entries: TelemetryHistoryEntry[] }) {
   const [metric, setMetric] = useState<Metric>('battery_volts');
-  // statusFetchedAt is used to indicate freshness; suppress unused lint
-  void statusFetchedAt;
 
   const config = METRIC_CONFIG[metric];
 

frontend/src/test/repeaterDashboard.test.tsx

@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ vi.mock('../hooks/useRepeaterDashboard', () => ({
   useRepeaterDashboard: () => mockHook,
 }));
 
-// Mock api module
+// Mock api module (TelemetryHistoryPane fetches on mount)
 vi.mock('../api', () => ({
   api: {
+    repeaterTelemetryHistory: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
     setContactRoutingOverride: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ status: 'ok' }),
   },
 }));
@@ -642,4 +643,61 @@ describe('RepeaterDashboard', () => {
       overrideSpy.mockRestore();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('telemetry history', () => {
+    it('loads telemetry history on mount when logged in', async () => {
+      const { api } = await import('../api');
+      mockHook.loggedIn = true;
+
+      render(<RepeaterDashboard {...defaultProps} />);
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(api.repeaterTelemetryHistory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(REPEATER_KEY);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('shows telemetry history pane in logged-in view even before status fetch', () => {
+      mockHook.loggedIn = true;
+
+      render(<RepeaterDashboard {...defaultProps} />);
+
+      expect(screen.getByText('Telemetry History')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByText('0 samples')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('updates history from live status fetch', async () => {
+      const { api } = await import('../api');
+      const historySpy = vi.mocked(api.repeaterTelemetryHistory);
+      const liveEntry = { timestamp: 1700000000, data: { battery_volts: 4.2 } };
+      historySpy.mockResolvedValue([]);
+
+      mockHook.loggedIn = true;
+      mockHook.paneData.status = {
+        battery_volts: 4.2,
+        tx_queue_len: 0,
+        noise_floor_dbm: -120,
+        last_rssi_dbm: -85,
+        last_snr_db: 7.5,
+        packets_received: 100,
+        packets_sent: 50,
+        airtime_seconds: 600,
+        rx_airtime_seconds: 1200,
+        uptime_seconds: 86400,
+        sent_flood: 10,
+        sent_direct: 40,
+        recv_flood: 30,
+        recv_direct: 70,
+        flood_dups: 1,
+        direct_dups: 0,
+        full_events: 0,
+        telemetry_history: [liveEntry],
+      };
+
+      render(<RepeaterDashboard {...defaultProps} />);
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(screen.getByText('1 samples')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });

frontend/src/test/settingsModal.test.tsx

@@ -616,10 +616,10 @@ describe('SettingsModal', () => {
     openDatabaseSection();
 
     expect(
-      screen.getByText(/remove packet-analysis availability for those historical messages/i)
+      screen.getByText(/removes packet-analysis availability for those messages/i)
     ).toBeInTheDocument();
 
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Purge Archival Raw Packets' }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Purge Archival Packets' }));
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(runMaintenanceSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ purgeLinkedRawPackets: true });

frontend/src/types.ts

@@ -235,6 +235,15 @@ export interface ChannelTopSender {
   message_count: number;
 }
 
+export interface BulkCreateHashtagChannelsResult {
+  created_channels: Channel[];
+  existing_count: number;
+  invalid_names: string[];
+  decrypt_started: boolean;
+  decrypt_total_packets: number;
+  message: string;
+}
+
 export interface ChannelDetail {
   channel: Channel;
   message_counts: ChannelMessageCounts;