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feat: chat history and async message log writing - #452
The change adds asynchronous message persistence and delivery-status handling, with shutdown preparation forwarded through the GUI and controller. It also adds paged chat history with saved scroll and focus positions, and updates response tracking and log-record validation.
Changes: Message Persistence and Chat History
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Asynchronous log and record handling include/util/AsyncMessageLog.h, source/util/AsyncMessageLog.cpp, include/util/LogMessage.h, include/util/LogRotate.h, source/util/LogRotate.cpp, tests/test_AsyncMessageLog.cpp
AsyncMessageLog queues writes, status changes, removals, and shutdown draining. Record deserialization validates header and payload reads. LogRotate handles failed writes and rotation. Tests cover message order, status, timeouts, shutdown, deletion, and failed writes.
Controller status and shutdown integration include/graphics/DeviceGUI.h, include/graphics/DeviceScreen.h, source/graphics/DeviceScreen.cpp, include/graphics/common/MeshtasticView.h, source/graphics/common/MeshtasticView.cpp, include/graphics/common/ResponseHandler.h, source/graphics/common/ResponseHandler.cpp, include/graphics/common/ViewController.h, source/graphics/common/ViewController.cpp
Shutdown preparation forwards through the GUI and controller. The controller persists incoming and outgoing messages and forwards delivery statuses. Response requests retain packet IDs, and timeout checks use elapsed time.
Paged chat history and rendering include/graphics/common/ChatHistory.h, include/graphics/view/TFT/TFTView_320x240.h, source/graphics/TFT/TFTView_320x240.cpp, tests/test_ChatHistory.cpp
ChatHistory stores entries in a bounded visible window with paging. The TFT view renders and restores chat windows, updates bubble statuses, and handles scroll and focus events. Tests cover paging boundaries and status updates.
meshtastic/device-ui#449: This PR replaces the deferred chat-log writer and extends the initial chat history with paging, saved positions, and persisted delivery status.
After a failed or aborted sleep, new messages may stop being saved until reboot. A delivery ACK that arrives late can show as acknowledged on screen while the saved history says no response. Both issues should be fixed before merge unless the risk is explicitly accepted.
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Review comments at @source/graphics/common/MeshtasticView.cpp:
- Line 27: Update ResponseHandler::task_handler to remove the per-call
pending-request DEBUG log, or emit it only when the pending request count
changes; keep the request-handling behavior unchanged.
Review comments at @source/graphics/common/ResponseHandler.cpp:
- Line 13: Seed the C PRNG with a varying time or entropy value on Portduino
before the first ResponseHandler construction, so calls to std::rand() do not
repeat the same sequence after restarts. Keep the seeding ahead of
ResponseHandler’s first use.
Review comments at @source/graphics/TFT/TFTView_320x240.cpp:
- Around line 6073-6077: Update the history append flow to force follow for the
user's own outgoing messages, identified by the entry's sent state and success
status. When such a message is added while history is not at the latest page,
re-render the view instead of using the incremental child-update path, which
assumes the window advanced by one entry.
Review comments at @source/util/AsyncMessageLog.cpp:
- Around line 135-138: Add an AsyncMessageLog::resume method that restores
accepting under the log mutex. In ViewController::sleep, call resume on every
path that returns without entering sleep, including prepareShutdown failure and
a missing client; preserve the shutdown state when sleep succeeds.
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Files selected for processing: 19
include/graphics/DeviceGUI.h
include/graphics/DeviceScreen.h
include/graphics/common/ChatHistory.h
include/graphics/common/MeshtasticView.h
include/graphics/common/ResponseHandler.h
include/graphics/common/ViewController.h
include/graphics/view/TFT/TFTView_320x240.h
include/util/AsyncMessageLog.h
include/util/LogMessage.h
include/util/LogRotate.h
source/graphics/DeviceScreen.cpp
source/graphics/TFT/TFTView_320x240.cpp
source/graphics/common/MeshtasticView.cpp
source/graphics/common/ResponseHandler.cpp
source/graphics/common/ViewController.cpp
source/util/AsyncMessageLog.cpp
source/util/LogRotate.cpp
tests/test_AsyncMessageLog.cpp
tests/test_ChatHistory.cpp
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Keep request expiry aligned with log expiry.
37-37: Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift
Keep request expiry aligned with log expiry.
AsyncMessageLog receives the same 60-second timeout as ResponseHandler, but the expiry events are not aligned. The log worker checks every 10 ms. requests.task_handler() runs only in the 20-second heartbeat path and can be skipped while the device is powersaving.
If an ACK arrives after the log worker writes eNoResponse but before requests.task_handler() removes the request, ResponseHandler accepts it and the UI shows eAcked. AsyncMessageLog::setStatus() cannot update the persisted record because the worker already removed it from pending.
Run request expiry independently at a cadence that prevents this gap, or support status updates for records already written as eNoResponse.
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Review comment at @source/graphics/common/MeshtasticView.cpp at line 37:
Run requests.task_handler() independently of the 20-second heartbeat and
powersaving skips, at a cadence that expires requests no later than
AsyncMessageLog finalizes them as eNoResponse, so late ACKs cannot change the UI
after the persisted record is closed.
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source/graphics/TFT/TFTView_320x240.cpp
source/graphics/common/MeshtasticView.cpp
source/graphics/common/ResponseHandler.cpp
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This PR is based on #449. Kudos to @alecperkins !
prepareShutdown()drains accepted records independently of the UI loop. Firmware caller wiring is untouched.Summary by CodeRabbit
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