Max out the client reconnect backoff to 5

This patch adjusts the backoff mechanism for aprs client
reconnect to a max backoff sleep of 5 seconds.   This prevents
an exponential backoff when connection retrying.

ChangeLog

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CHANGES
 v3.1.0
 ------
 
+* Changelog updates for v3.1.0
 * Use CONF.admin.web\_port for single launch web admin
 * Fixed sio namespace registration
 * Update Dockerfile-dev to include uwsgi

aprsd/client.py

@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ class Client:
     @property
     def client(self):
         if not self._client:
+            LOG.info("Creating APRS client")
             self._client = self.setup_connection()
             if self.filter:
+                LOG.info("Creating APRS client filter")
                 self._client.set_filter(self.filter)
         return self._client
 
@@ -159,7 +161,11 @@ class APRSISClient(Client):
                 LOG.error(f"Unable to connect to APRS-IS server. '{e}' ")
                 connected = False
                 time.sleep(backoff)
-                backoff = backoff * 2
+                # Don't allow the backoff to go to inifinity.
+                if backoff > 5:
+                    backoff = 5
+                else:
+                    backoff += 1
                 continue
         LOG.debug(f"Logging in to APRS-IS with user '{user}'")
         self._client = aprs_client

aprsd/cmds/webchat.py

@@ -265,8 +265,12 @@ def _stats():
     time_format = "%m-%d-%Y %H:%M:%S"
     stats_dict = stats_obj.stats()
     # Webchat doesnt need these
+    if "watch_list" in stats_dict["aprsd"]:
         del stats_dict["aprsd"]["watch_list"]
+    if "seen_list" in stats_dict["aprsd"]:
         del stats_dict["aprsd"]["seen_list"]
+    if "threads" in stats_dict["aprsd"]:
+        del stats_dict["aprsd"]["threads"]
     # del stats_dict["email"]
     # del stats_dict["plugins"]
     # del stats_dict["messages"]

aprsd/rpc/server.py

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger("APRSD")
 def magic_word_authenticator(sock):
     magic = sock.recv(len(CONF.rpc_settings.magic_word)).decode()
     if magic != CONF.rpc_settings.magic_word:
-        raise AuthenticationError(f"wrong magic word {magic}")
+        raise AuthenticationError(
+            f"wrong magic word passed in '{magic}'"
+            f" != '{CONF.rpc_settings.magic_word}'",
+        )
     return sock, None
 
 

aprsd/threads/rx.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class APRSDRXThread(APRSDThread):
         client.factory.create().client.stop()
 
     def loop(self):
+        LOG.info(f"APRSDRXThread Loop {self._client}:{self._client.client}")
         # setup the consumer of messages and block until a messages
         try:
             # This will register a packet consumer with aprslib