test(starlark): fake only the editor launch, not every Popen in the request

TestPixletEditorHostDefaultsButDoesNotOverride patched subprocess.Popen for
the whole request. When the captive-portal before_request hook's 30s AP-mode
cache had expired, its `systemctl is-active hostapd` check went through
subprocess.run, got the fake process, and raised TypeError (run() uses the
process as a context manager): a 500 instead of 200. Seen on the Python 3.13
job; reproduced locally by forcing the cache to expire. Other calls now reach
the real Popen.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,25 +19,6 @@ accepts both, but the store flags the old spelling as deprecated
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-### Scroll speed: a panel slower than its refresh cap is reported
-
-- Scroll speeds are solved against `limit_refresh_rate_hz`, so a panel that
-  cannot reach its cap ran every scroll slow by the shortfall, with no sign
-  why (one Pi 4 on a 120 Hz cap refreshed at ~110 Hz: 60 px/s ran at 55).
-  Once the display has measured the real rate over three windows of
-  scrolling, a panel more than 3% short of the cap is logged once, as a
-  warning from `src.common.frame_timing` that names a cap it can hold (a
-  multiple of 10, 5% under the measurement). The Display tab shows the same
-  under Limit Refresh Rate, with a button that fills it in, from the new
-  `GET /api/v3/config/refresh-rate`. Not checked in the emulator or on the
-  fallback canvas.
-- The frame-stats file records `planned_refresh_hz` (additive), and the
-  scroll-speed advice behind the Vegas slider ignores a measurement written
-  under a different cap. Until now, after the cap changed, the slider kept
-  advising from the old rate until the display restarted.
-- New in `src.common.scroll_config`: `refresh_shortfall()`, `holdable_cap()`
-  and `describe_refresh_shortfall()`.
-
 ### Fixed
 
 - The web preview and `/api/v3/display/current` no longer stay black for a
@@ -1436,6 +1417,17 @@ read any of them:
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Updating a plugin from the store no longer deletes the files it wrote
+  beside itself. A monorepo update replaces the plugin directory with the
+  fresh download and deletes the old copy, so calendar's Google OAuth files
+  (`token.pickle`, `credentials.json`) were lost on every update and the
+  calendar stopped until they were restored by hand. Before the old copy is
+  removed, the update now copies over anything the plugin's `.gitignore`
+  excludes plus known secret/state files (`*.pickle`, `token.json`,
+  `credentials.json`, `config_secrets.json`, `.pkce_code_verifier`); files the
+  new release ships are never overwritten, and byte code is not carried. A
+  plugin updated with `git pull` no longer sweeps an untracked token into the
+  auto-stash, which is never popped (`src/plugin_system/plugin_local_files.py`).
 - Quieter routine logging. Every rotation logged each mode twice
   ("Switching to mode", then "Processing mode"), and a mode with nothing to
   show added "display() returned False" and "No content to display". Those

docs/SCROLL_PERFORMANCE.md

@@ -77,31 +77,6 @@ The Vegas **Scroll Speed** slider in the web UI shows the same thing live: a
 line under it says what your speed will run as on this panel, and links to the
 nearest smooth speeds.
 
-### A panel that cannot reach its cap
-
-Speeds are solved against `limit_refresh_rate_hz`, the configured cap, but a
-cap is only a ceiling: a long chain, a high `pwm_bits` or a big
-`gpio_slowdown` can leave the panel below it. One Pi 4 driving 2×128×64 on
-`adafruit-hat-pwm` with `pwm_bits 9` and `gpio_slowdown 5` measured
-107.6–113.1 Hz under a 120 Hz cap. Frames still move whole pixels, but
-every scroll runs that much slower than configured (60 px/s ran at 55 px/s),
-and the smooth speeds are the cap's rather than the panel's.
-
-The display measures the real rate from its own frames. About a minute
-into scrolling, a panel more than 3% short of its cap is logged once:
-
-```
-WARNING - src.common.frame_timing - The panel refreshes at about 113 Hz, below
-the 120 Hz that scroll speeds are planned for ... Set Limit Refresh Rate to
-100 Hz (web UI, Display tab), which this panel can hold, and restart.
-```
-
-The Display tab says the same under **Limit Refresh Rate**, with a button
-that fills in the suggested cap (`GET /api/v3/config/refresh-rate`). The
-suggestion is a multiple of 10 at least 5% under the measurement, because
-an uncapped panel drifts and the measurement is the fast end of it. A cap the
-panel holds also stops the drift.
-
 ### How a slow speed stays crisp
 
 `SwapOnVSync(canvas, framerate_fraction)` holds each frame for N panel

src/common/frame_timing.py

@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ import time
 import traceback
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TypedDict
 
-from src.common import scroll_config
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 #: Bumped when a field changes meaning, so a reader can refuse stale files.
@@ -181,12 +179,6 @@ MAX_REFRESH_DROP = 0.2
 #: trusted -- about a second of scrolling.
 MIN_FRAMES_FOR_REFRESH = 90
 
-#: Trusted windows, counting the one that adopted the period, before a panel
-#: slower than its cap is reported. The estimate can still fall (the refresh
-#: rate rise) by up to MAX_REFRESH_DROP per window early on; the warning
-#: should not name a rate one more window would have corrected.
-REFRESH_CHECK_WINDOWS = 3
-
 FLUSH_INTERVAL = 10.0
 
 #: A scroll's last frame older than this is a stall worth a stack dump.
@@ -449,12 +441,6 @@ class FrameTimingRecorder:
             1.0 / refresh_hz if refresh_hz and refresh_hz > 0 else None)
         # The first estimate, until a second window agrees with it.
         self._refresh_candidate: Optional[float] = None
-        # The rate scroll speeds are solved against; see plan_refresh().
-        self.planned_refresh_hz: Optional[float] = None
-        # Trusted windows seen since the period was adopted, until the
-        # shortfall check has run.
-        self._refresh_windows = 0
-        self._shortfall_checked = True
         self.totals: Dict[str, Any] = {
             "static_frames": 0,
             "scroll_frames": 0,
@@ -653,12 +639,7 @@ class FrameTimingRecorder:
                     self._refresh_candidate = estimate
             elif current * (1.0 - MAX_REFRESH_DROP) <= estimate < current:
                 self.refresh_period = estimate
-            if self.refresh_period is not None:
-                self._refresh_windows += 1
         period = self.refresh_period
-        if (period and not self._shortfall_checked
-                and self._refresh_windows >= REFRESH_CHECK_WINDOWS):
-            self._check_refresh_shortfall(1.0 / period)
 
         histograms = self.histograms
         for frame in batch:
@@ -707,25 +688,6 @@ class FrameTimingRecorder:
                 elif missed <= -1:
                     totals["early_frames"] += 1
 
-    def plan_refresh(self, hz: Optional[float]) -> None:
-        """Say what rate scroll speeds are solved against, before frames arrive.
-
-        ``DisplayManager.refresh_hz``: the configured cap. Once the measured
-        rate has held for :data:`REFRESH_CHECK_WINDOWS` windows, a panel that
-        falls short of it is logged once, with a cap it can hold (see
-        :func:`src.common.scroll_config.refresh_shortfall`). The display
-        manager calls this only for a real panel.
-        """
-        self.planned_refresh_hz = hz
-        self._shortfall_checked = not hz
-
-    def _check_refresh_shortfall(self, measured_hz: float) -> None:
-        """Log, once, a panel that cannot reach the rate speeds assume."""
-        self._shortfall_checked = True
-        shortfall = scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(measured_hz, self.planned_refresh_hz)
-        if shortfall:
-            logger.warning(scroll_config.describe_refresh_shortfall(shortfall))
-
     def snapshot(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """The JSON document: cumulative since this process started."""
         if not self._binding_checked:
@@ -742,9 +704,6 @@ class FrameTimingRecorder:
             "bucket_ms": BUCKET_MS,
             "freeze_seconds": FREEZE_SECONDS,
             "measured_refresh_hz": round(1.0 / period, 2) if period else None,
-            # Additive: what scroll speeds were solved against, so a reader can
-            # tell a stale file (written under another cap) from this one.
-            "planned_refresh_hz": self.planned_refresh_hz,
             "binding_releases_gil": self._binding_gil,
             "info": info,
             "totals": copy.deepcopy(self.totals),

src/common/scroll_config.py

@@ -538,66 +538,3 @@ def speed_advice(
         "smooth": smooth,
         "alternatives": [as_dict(c) for c in alternatives],
     }
-
-
-#: A measured refresh this far below the rate speeds are planned for means
-#: the panel cannot reach its cap. Smaller gaps are the cap's own slack and
-#: the estimate's: one rig measured 99.95 Hz under a 100 Hz cap.
-REFRESH_SHORTFALL = 0.03
-
-#: How far under the measured rate a suggested cap sits. The measurement is
-#: the fast end of the panel's refreshes (frame_timing takes the 10th
-#: percentile of intervals), and an uncapped panel drifts: one read
-#: 107.6-113.1 Hz over 15 seconds. A cap inside that band would not hold.
-CAP_HEADROOM = 0.05
-
-
-def holdable_cap(measured_hz: Any) -> Optional[int]:
-    """A refresh cap the panel can hold: a multiple of 10, 5% under what it measured.
-
-    A multiple of 10 because its whole-pixel speeds are round numbers (a
-    100 Hz cap gives 50 and 100 px/s). None without a usable measurement, or
-    when the panel is too slow for any cap of 10 Hz or more.
-    """
-    hz = _coerce(measured_hz)
-    if hz is None:
-        return None
-    cap = int(hz * (1.0 - CAP_HEADROOM) // 10) * 10
-    return cap if cap >= 10 else None
-
-
-def refresh_shortfall(measured_hz: Any, planned_hz: Any) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """When the panel refreshes measurably slower than speeds are planned for.
-
-    ``planned_hz`` is what :func:`configure` solves against -- the
-    ``limit_refresh_rate_hz`` cap, or :data:`DEFAULT_REFRESH_HZ` when it is 0.
-    A panel that cannot reach it still moves whole pixels per frame, but every
-    speed runs slow by the shortfall and the ladder of smooth speeds is the
-    cap's, not the panel's. None when there is no measurement, or the panel
-    reaches the cap (or beats it, as some do by a few Hz).
-    """
-    measured, planned = _coerce(measured_hz), _coerce(planned_hz)
-    if measured is None or planned is None:
-        return None
-    if measured >= planned * (1.0 - REFRESH_SHORTFALL):
-        return None
-    return {
-        "measured_hz": round(measured, 1),
-        "planned_hz": round(planned, 1),
-        "suggested_cap_hz": holdable_cap(measured),
-        "slow_percent": round((1.0 - measured / planned) * 100),
-    }
-
-
-def describe_refresh_shortfall(shortfall: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
-    """One log line for :func:`refresh_shortfall`'s answer."""
-    text = (
-        f"The panel refreshes at about {shortfall['measured_hz']:.0f} Hz, below "
-        f"the {shortfall['planned_hz']:.0f} Hz that scroll speeds are planned "
-        f"for (display.hardware.limit_refresh_rate_hz), so every scroll runs "
-        f"about {shortfall['slow_percent']}% slower than configured and the "
-        f"smooth speeds are worked out for a rate this panel never reaches.")
-    if shortfall.get("suggested_cap_hz"):
-        text += (f" Set Limit Refresh Rate to {shortfall['suggested_cap_hz']} Hz "
-                 f"(web UI, Display tab), which this panel can hold, and restart.")
-    return text

src/display_manager.py

@@ -393,11 +393,6 @@ class DisplayManager:
         
         self._setup_matrix()
         logger.info("Matrix setup completed in %.3f seconds", time.time() - start_time)
-        # Only a real panel's swaps wait on its refresh: the emulator and the
-        # fallback canvas pace themselves, so "slower than the cap" would be
-        # noise there.
-        if self.matrix is not None and os.environ.get('EMULATOR', 'false') != 'true':
-            self.frame_timing.plan_refresh(self.refresh_hz)
         self._setup_scan_order_compensation()
         
         font_time = time.time()
@@ -1506,9 +1501,7 @@ class DisplayManager:
         fractional-pixel motion. See src/common/scroll_config.py.
 
         Note this is the configured *cap*, not necessarily what the panel
-        achieves -- scripts/scroll_speeds.py --measure reports the real rate,
+        achieves -- scripts/scroll_speeds.py --measure reports the real rate.
-        and the frame-timing recorder logs a warning, with a cap the panel can
-        hold, once it has measured a panel that falls short of this.
         """
         hardware = (self.config.get('display') or {}).get('hardware') or {}
         try:

src/plugin_system/plugin_local_files.py

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+"""
+Files a plugin writes beside itself at runtime, which an update must keep.
+
+A store update replaces a plugin's directory with a fresh download and then
+deletes the old copy. Anything the plugin created there -- OAuth tokens, a
+client-secrets file, a PKCE verifier, cached state -- is in no release, so the
+fresh download does not contain it and deleting the old copy destroys it. On
+2026-10-04 updating calendar 1.2.9 -> 1.2.12 that way deleted its
+``token.pickle`` and ``credentials.json``, and the calendar stopped until they
+were restored from a backup.
+
+What counts as "the plugin's own local file" is the union of:
+
+* :data:`KNOWN_STATE_PATTERNS` -- secret and state files plugins are known to
+  write, kept even when a plugin forgot to gitignore them; and
+* whatever the plugin's own ``.gitignore`` (old copy or new) excludes. A file
+  the author ignores is by definition not part of a release.
+
+A file the new release ships is never overwritten: tracked content wins. Byte
+code (``__pycache__``, ``*.pyc``) and ``.git`` are never carried, since they
+belong to the old code rather than to the user.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import fnmatch
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Pattern, Tuple
+
+__all__ = [
+    'KNOWN_STATE_PATTERNS',
+    'carry_over_local_files',
+    'is_known_state_file',
+    'local_files_to_keep',
+]
+
+# Basename globs. Kept even when the plugin's .gitignore does not list them.
+KNOWN_STATE_PATTERNS: Tuple[str, ...] = (
+    'token.pickle',
+    '*.pickle',
+    'token.json',
+    'credentials.json',
+    'config_secrets.json',
+    '.pkce_code_verifier',
+)
+
+_NEVER_CARRY_DIRS = frozenset({'.git', '__pycache__'})
+_NEVER_CARRY_SUFFIXES = ('.pyc', '.pyo')
+
+
+def is_known_state_file(rel_path: str) -> bool:
+    """True when ``rel_path``'s basename is a known secret/state file."""
+    name = rel_path.replace('\\', '/').rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
+    return any(fnmatch.fnmatchcase(name, p) for p in KNOWN_STATE_PATTERNS)
+
+
+class _GitIgnore:
+    """The subset of gitignore semantics plugin .gitignore files use.
+
+    Supports comments, ``!`` negation (last match wins), a trailing ``/`` for
+    directory-only patterns, anchoring by a leading or embedded ``/``, ``*``,
+    ``?``, ``[...]`` and ``**``. As in git, a file under an ignored directory
+    is ignored regardless of later negations.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, lines: Iterable[str]):
+        self._rules: List[Tuple[Pattern[str], bool, bool]] = []
+        for raw in lines:
+            line = raw.rstrip('\n').rstrip()
+            if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+                continue
+            negate = line.startswith('!')
+            if negate:
+                line = line[1:]
+            elif line.startswith('\\'):
+                line = line[1:]
+            dir_only = line.endswith('/')
+            line = line.rstrip('/')
+            if not line:
+                continue
+            anchored = '/' in line
+            line = line.lstrip('/')
+            body = self._translate(line)
+            regex = body if anchored else r'(?:.*/)?' + body
+            self._rules.append((re.compile(r'\A' + regex + r'\Z'), negate, dir_only))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _translate(pattern: str) -> str:
+        out, i, n = [], 0, len(pattern)
+        while i < n:
+            if pattern.startswith('**/', i):
+                out.append(r'(?:.*/)?')
+                i += 3
+            elif pattern.startswith('/**', i) and i + 3 == n:
+                out.append(r'/.*')
+                i += 3
+            elif pattern.startswith('**', i):
+                out.append(r'.*')
+                i += 2
+            elif pattern[i] == '*':
+                out.append(r'[^/]*')
+                i += 1
+            elif pattern[i] == '?':
+                out.append(r'[^/]')
+                i += 1
+            elif pattern[i] == '[':
+                end = pattern.find(']', i + 1)
+                if end == -1:
+                    out.append(re.escape('['))
+                    i += 1
+                else:
+                    cls = pattern[i + 1:end]
+                    if cls.startswith('!'):
+                        cls = '^' + cls[1:]
+                    out.append('[' + cls.replace('\\', '\\\\') + ']')
+                    i = end + 1
+            else:
+                out.append(re.escape(pattern[i]))
+                i += 1
+        return ''.join(out)
+
+    def _decide(self, rel: str, is_dir: bool) -> Optional[bool]:
+        verdict = None
+        for regex, negate, dir_only in self._rules:
+            if dir_only and not is_dir:
+                continue
+            if regex.match(rel):
+                verdict = not negate
+        return verdict
+
+    def ignores(self, rel_path: str) -> bool:
+        if not self._rules:
+            return False
+        parts = rel_path.replace('\\', '/').split('/')
+        for depth in range(1, len(parts)):
+            if self._decide('/'.join(parts[:depth]), True):
+                return True
+        return bool(self._decide('/'.join(parts), False))
+
+
+def _read_gitignore(plugin_dir: Path) -> List[str]:
+    try:
+        return (plugin_dir / '.gitignore').read_text(
+            encoding='utf-8', errors='replace').splitlines()
+    except OSError:
+        return []
+
+
+def local_files_to_keep(old_dir: Path, new_dir: Path) -> List[str]:
+    """Relative paths (``/``-separated) in ``old_dir`` to copy into ``new_dir``.
+
+    Regular files only; symlinks and anything the new release already ships
+    are skipped.
+    """
+    old_dir, new_dir = Path(old_dir), Path(new_dir)
+    ignore = _GitIgnore(_read_gitignore(old_dir) + _read_gitignore(new_dir))
+    keep: List[str] = []
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(old_dir):
+        dirs[:] = sorted(d for d in dirs if d not in _NEVER_CARRY_DIRS
+                         and not os.path.islink(os.path.join(root, d)))
+        rel_root = os.path.relpath(root, old_dir)
+        for name in sorted(files):
+            if name.endswith(_NEVER_CARRY_SUFFIXES):
+                continue
+            full = os.path.join(root, name)
+            if os.path.islink(full) or not os.path.isfile(full):
+                continue
+            rel = name if rel_root == '.' else f"{rel_root}/{name}".replace('\\', '/')
+            if not (is_known_state_file(rel) or ignore.ignores(rel)):
+                continue
+            if os.path.lexists(new_dir / rel):
+                continue
+            keep.append(rel)
+    return keep
+
+
+def carry_over_local_files(
+    old_dir: Path, new_dir: Path
+) -> Tuple[List[str], List[Tuple[str, str]]]:
+    """Copy the plugin's local files from ``old_dir`` into ``new_dir``.
+
+    Copies rather than moves, so ``old_dir`` stays a complete copy until the
+    caller deletes it. Returns ``(copied, failed)`` where ``failed`` pairs a
+    relative path with the error; the caller should keep ``old_dir`` when
+    anything failed.
+    """
+    copied: List[str] = []
+    failed: List[Tuple[str, str]] = []
+    try:
+        candidates = local_files_to_keep(old_dir, new_dir)
+    except OSError as e:
+        return copied, [('.', str(e))]
+    for rel in candidates:
+        dest = Path(new_dir) / rel
+        try:
+            dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            shutil.copy2(Path(old_dir) / rel, dest)
+            copied.append(rel)
+        except OSError as e:
+            failed.append((rel, str(e)))
+    return copied, failed

src/plugin_system/store_install.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from src.plugin_system.plugin_loader import (
     contained_plugin_dir, requirements_to_install,
 )
 from src.plugin_system.plugin_dirs import BACKUP_MARKER
+from src.plugin_system.plugin_local_files import carry_over_local_files
 from src.plugin_system.repo_urls import (
     USER_AGENT, github_api_headers, github_owner_repo, normalize_repo_url,
 )
@@ -92,7 +93,9 @@ class _InstallMixin:
                 raise
 
             if installed:
-                self._discard_backup(plugin_id, backup_path, "install")
+                self._discard_backup(
+                    plugin_id, backup_path, "install",
+                    new_path=self._existing_install(plugin_id) or plugin_path)
                 return True
 
             self._restore_backup(plugin_id, plugin_path, backup_path, "Install")
@@ -133,8 +136,33 @@ class _InstallMixin:
             return f"could not set aside {plugin_path}: {e}"
         return None
 
-    def _discard_backup(self, plugin_id: str, backup_path: Path, action: str) -> None:
+    def _discard_backup(
-        """Remove the set-aside copy after a successful (re)install."""
+        self, plugin_id: str, backup_path: Path, action: str,
+        new_path: Optional[Path] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Remove the set-aside copy after a successful (re)install.
+
+        With ``new_path`` (where the new copy landed), first carries the
+        plugin's own runtime files -- OAuth tokens, client secrets, anything
+        its .gitignore excludes -- from the old copy into the new one: no
+        release contains them, so deleting the old copy would destroy them.
+        See src/plugin_system/plugin_local_files.py. If any could not be
+        copied the old copy is kept, so nothing is lost.
+        """
+        if new_path is not None and new_path.is_dir():
+            copied, failed = carry_over_local_files(backup_path, new_path)
+            if copied:
+                self.logger.info(
+                    "Kept %d local file(s) of %s across the %s: %s",
+                    len(copied), plugin_id, action, ", ".join(copied))
+            if failed:
+                self.logger.error(
+                    "Could not carry %s's local files into the new copy (%s); "
+                    "the previous copy is kept at %s -- copy them back by hand",
+                    plugin_id,
+                    "; ".join(f"{rel}: {err}" for rel, err in failed),
+                    backup_path)
+                return
         if not self._safe_remove_directory(backup_path):
             self.logger.warning(
                 "%s of %s succeeded but the previous copy at %s could not be "
@@ -542,7 +570,8 @@ class _InstallMixin:
                     raise
                 temp_dir = None  # Prevent cleanup since we moved it
                 if backup_path is not None:
-                    self._discard_backup(plugin_id, backup_path, "install")
+                    self._discard_backup(
+                        plugin_id, backup_path, "install", new_path=final_path)
 
             # Install dependencies
             self._install_dependencies(final_path)

src/plugin_system/store_update.py

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import subprocess  # nosec B404 - list-form argv only, no shell  # nosemgrep
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple
 from src.plugin_system.plugin_dirs import BACKUP_MARKER
+from src.plugin_system.plugin_local_files import (
+    KNOWN_STATE_PATTERNS, is_known_state_file,
+)
 from src.plugin_system.repo_urls import same_repo
 
 
@@ -302,7 +305,11 @@ class _UpdateMixin:
                 installed = False
 
             if installed:
-                self._discard_backup(plugin_id, backup_path, "update")
+                # install_plugin may land the new copy under the manifest id
+                # rather than the old directory name.
+                self._discard_backup(
+                    plugin_id, backup_path, "update",
+                    new_path=self._existing_install(plugin_id) or plugin_path)
                 return True
 
             # Bad network, registry error...: the user keeps a working plugin.
@@ -509,8 +516,12 @@ class _UpdateMixin:
                             for line in untracked_result.stdout.strip().split('\n'):
                                 if line.startswith('??'):
                                     # Untracked file
-                                    file_path = line[3:].strip()
+                                    file_path = line[3:].strip().strip('"')
-                                    untracked_files.append(file_path)
+                                    # Tokens and secrets stay out of the
+                                    # stash (see below), so they alone are
+                                    # not a reason to stash.
+                                    if not is_known_state_file(file_path):
+                                        untracked_files.append(file_path)
                         
                         # Check for tracked file changes
                         status_result = subprocess.run(
@@ -537,9 +548,17 @@ class _UpdateMixin:
                     if has_changes:
                         self.logger.info(f"Stashing local changes in {plugin_id} before update")
                         try:
-                            # Use -u to include untracked files in stash
+                            # Use -u to include untracked files in stash --
+                            # except the plugin's tokens and secrets, which a
+                            # repo may have forgotten to gitignore. The stash
+                            # is never popped, so a stashed token.pickle would
+                            # vanish from the plugin and break it.
+                            stash_cmd = (
+                                ['git', '-C', str(plugin_path), 'stash', 'push', '-u',
+                                 '-m', f'LEDMatrix auto-stash before update {plugin_id}', '--', '.']
+                                + [f':(exclude,glob)**/{p}' for p in KNOWN_STATE_PATTERNS])
                             stash_result = subprocess.run(
-                                ['git', '-C', str(plugin_path), 'stash', 'push', '-u', '-m', f'LEDMatrix auto-stash before update {plugin_id}'],
+                                stash_cmd,
                                 capture_output=True,
                                 text=True,
                                 timeout=30,

test/fixtures/api_v3_url_map.json

@@ -175,15 +175,6 @@
       "POST"
     ]
   ],
-  [
-    "/api/v3/config/refresh-rate",
-    "api_v3.get_refresh_rate",
-    [
-      "GET",
-      "HEAD",
-      "OPTIONS"
-    ]
-  ],
   [
     "/api/v3/config/schedule",
     "api_v3.get_schedule_config",

test/test_frame_timing.py

@@ -807,54 +807,3 @@ def test_a_process_with_the_gc_monitor_exits_cleanly():
     assert proc.returncode == 0, proc.stderr
     assert "Exception ignored" not in proc.stderr
     assert "installed at exit: False" in proc.stdout
-
-
-SLOW = 1 / 110.0  # a panel that cannot reach a 120 Hz cap
-
-
-def _windows(recorder, n, interval, start=0.0):
-    for i in range(n):
-        _feed(recorder, [interval] * 200, start=start + 50.0 * i)
-        _aggregate(recorder)
-
-
-def _shortfall_warnings(caplog):
-    return [r for r in caplog.records
-            if r.name == "src.common.frame_timing" and "Limit Refresh Rate" in r.getMessage()]
-
-
-def test_a_panel_slower_than_its_cap_is_reported_once(tmp_path, caplog):
-    r = _recorder(tmp_path)
-    r.plan_refresh(120.0)
-    caplog.set_level("WARNING")
-    _windows(r, 3, SLOW)          # adopted on the 2nd window, checked on the 4th
-    assert _shortfall_warnings(caplog) == []
-    _windows(r, 3, SLOW, start=1000.0)
-    warnings = _shortfall_warnings(caplog)
-    assert len(warnings) == 1
-    assert "about 110 Hz" in warnings[0].getMessage()
-    assert "to 100 Hz" in warnings[0].getMessage()
-
-
-def test_a_panel_that_reaches_its_cap_is_not_reported(tmp_path, caplog):
-    r = _recorder(tmp_path)
-    r.plan_refresh(100.0)
-    caplog.set_level("WARNING")
-    _windows(r, 6, PERIOD)
-    assert _shortfall_warnings(caplog) == []
-
-
-def test_without_a_planned_rate_nothing_is_checked(tmp_path, caplog):
-    # The emulator and the fallback canvas: DisplayManager never calls
-    # plan_refresh(), since their frames are not paced by a panel.
-    r = _recorder(tmp_path)
-    caplog.set_level("WARNING")
-    _windows(r, 6, SLOW)
-    assert _shortfall_warnings(caplog) == []
-
-
-def test_the_snapshot_records_the_planned_rate(tmp_path):
-    r = _recorder(tmp_path)
-    assert r.snapshot()["planned_refresh_hz"] is None
-    r.plan_refresh(120.0)
-    assert r.snapshot()["planned_refresh_hz"] == 120.0

test/test_on_demand_live_and_restore.py

@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ SPORTS_MODES = ['nfl_live', 'nfl_recent', 'nfl_upcoming',
                 'ncaa_fb_live', 'ncaa_fb_recent', 'ncaa_fb_upcoming']
 
 
+def _last_write(cache_manager, key):
+    """The last ``cache_manager.set(key, ...)`` call.
+
+    Not simply the last ``set`` call: the controller's font-usage publisher
+    thread writes ``font_usage_snapshot`` to the same cache manager whenever
+    it wakes, so on a slow runner it can land after the write under test.
+    """
+    writes = [c for c in cache_manager.set.call_args_list if c.args and c.args[0] == key]
+    assert writes, f"nothing was written to {key!r}"
+    return writes[-1]
+
+
 def _sports_plugin(has_live_content=False):
     plugin = MagicMock(spec=['display', 'has_live_content', 'has_live_priority',
                              'get_live_modes'])
@@ -87,8 +99,7 @@ class TestANamedLiveModeIsShown:
     def test_the_named_mode_survives_a_restart(self, football):
         football._activate_on_demand({'plugin_id': 'football-scoreboard',
                                       'mode': 'ncaa_fb_live'})
-        saved = football.cache_manager.set.call_args_list[-1]
+        saved = _last_write(football.cache_manager, 'display_on_demand_config')
-        assert saved.args[0] == 'display_on_demand_config'
         config = saved.args[1]
         assert config['named_mode'] == 'ncaa_fb_live'
 
@@ -120,10 +131,7 @@ class TestARestoreWithNothingToResume:
     def test_it_is_reported_as_an_error(self, restored):
         assert restored.on_demand_status == 'error'
         assert restored.on_demand_last_error == 'restore-failed'
-        # The last on-demand state write, not the last write of any key: the
+        published = _last_write(restored.cache_manager, 'display_on_demand_state')
-        # font-usage publisher thread writes its own key at its own pace.
-        published = [c for c in restored.cache_manager.set.call_args_list
-                     if c.args and c.args[0] == 'display_on_demand_state'][-1]
         assert published.args[1]['status'] == 'error'
         assert published.args[1]['error'] == 'restore-failed'
 

test/test_scroll_config.py

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from src.common.scroll_config import (  # noqa: E402
     refresh_hz_from_config,
     resolve,
 )
-from src.common import scroll_config  # noqa: E402
 
 
 class FakeHelper:
@@ -505,46 +504,3 @@ class TestSpeedAdvice:
         got = solve_crisp(50, 125.74)
         assert got.steppiness == "smooth"
         assert got.pixels_per_frame == 1
-
-
-class TestRefreshShortfall:
-    """A panel that cannot reach its cap runs every scroll slow."""
-
-    def test_the_ledmatrix_rig_is_told_to_cap_at_100(self):
-        # Pi 4, 2x128x64 on adafruit-hat-pwm under a 120 Hz cap: measured
-        # 107.6-113.1 Hz, and frame_timing reports the fast end.
-        s = scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(113.1, 120)
-        assert s == {"measured_hz": 113.1, "planned_hz": 120.0,
-                     "suggested_cap_hz": 100, "slow_percent": 6}
-
-    def test_a_panel_that_holds_its_cap_is_fine(self):
-        assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(99.95, 100) is None
-        assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(97.5, 100) is None
-
-    def test_a_panel_that_beats_its_cap_is_fine(self):
-        assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(125.7, 120) is None
-
-    def test_nothing_measured_says_nothing(self):
-        assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(None, 120) is None
-        assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(0, 120) is None
-        assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall("fast", 120) is None
-
-    def test_the_suggestion_leaves_headroom_under_the_measurement(self):
-        assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(113.1) == 100
-        assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(95.0) == 90
-        # 5% under 105 is 99.75: 100 would sit inside the panel's drift.
-        assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(105.0) == 90
-        assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(9.0) is None
-        assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(None) is None
-
-    def test_the_log_line_names_the_cap_to_use(self):
-        text = scroll_config.describe_refresh_shortfall(
-            scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(113.1, 120))
-        assert "about 113 Hz" in text and "120 Hz" in text
-        assert "6% slower" in text
-        assert "Set Limit Refresh Rate to 100 Hz" in text
-
-    def test_no_suggestion_for_a_panel_too_slow_for_any_cap(self):
-        text = scroll_config.describe_refresh_shortfall(
-            scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(9.0, 100))
-        assert "Set Limit Refresh Rate" not in text

test/test_store_update_keeps_local_files.py

@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+"""A plugin update must keep the files the plugin wrote beside itself.
+
+Field incident, 2026-10-04: updating calendar 1.2.9 -> 1.2.12 from the web UI
+replaced plugin-repos/calendar/ with the fresh download and deleted the old
+copy -- and with it token.pickle and credentials.json, the plugin's Google
+OAuth files. No release contains them (the repo gitignores them), so the hot
+reload logged "Credentials file not found" and the calendar stayed broken
+until the files were restored by hand.
+
+Both update routes are covered: a monorepo plugin (registry ``plugin_path``),
+which is reinstalled into a fresh directory, and a plugin installed from its
+own git repository, which is updated with ``git pull`` after an auto-stash.
+"""
+
+import json
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+
+import pytest
+
+from src.plugin_system.plugin_local_files import (
+    is_known_state_file, local_files_to_keep,
+)
+from src.plugin_system.store_manager import PluginStoreManager
+
+PLUGIN_ID = "calendar"
+
+
+def _manifest(version):
+    return {"id": PLUGIN_ID, "name": "Calendar", "class_name": "CalendarPlugin",
+            "display_modes": ["calendar"], "version": version}
+
+
+def _write_release(target, version):
+    """What a download of ``version`` puts on disk."""
+    target.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (target / "manifest.json").write_text(json.dumps(_manifest(version)))
+    (target / "manager.py").write_text(f"VERSION = {version!r}\n")
+    (target / ".gitignore").write_text("credentials.json\ntoken.pickle\ncache/\n")
+
+
+def _drop_local_files(plugin_dir):
+    """What the plugin writes at runtime: OAuth files plus cached state."""
+    (plugin_dir / "token.pickle").write_bytes(b"\x80\x04oauth-token")
+    (plugin_dir / "credentials.json").write_text('{"installed": {}}')
+    (plugin_dir / "cache").mkdir()
+    (plugin_dir / "cache" / "events.json").write_text("[]")
+
+
+def _assert_local_files_kept(plugin_dir):
+    assert (plugin_dir / "token.pickle").read_bytes() == b"\x80\x04oauth-token"
+    assert (plugin_dir / "credentials.json").read_text() == '{"installed": {}}'
+    assert (plugin_dir / "cache" / "events.json").read_text() == "[]"
+
+
+def _leftover_backups(plugins_dir):
+    return [p.name for p in plugins_dir.iterdir() if "standalone-backup" in p.name]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def store(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    mgr = PluginStoreManager(
+        plugins_dir=str(tmp_path / "plugin-repos"),
+        uninstalled_registry_path=str(tmp_path / "uninstalled.json"))
+    mgr.plugins_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mgr, "_install_dependencies", lambda *a, **k: True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mgr, "fetch_registry", lambda *a, **k: {"plugins": []})
+    return mgr
+
+
+class TestMonorepoUpdate:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def installed(self, store, monkeypatch):
+        registry_entry = {
+            "id": PLUGIN_ID, "repo": "https://github.com/ChuckBuilds/ledmatrix-plugins",
+            "plugin_path": "plugins/calendar", "branch": "main",
+            "latest_version": "1.2.9",
+        }
+        monkeypatch.setattr(store, "get_plugin_info", lambda *a, **k: registry_entry)
+        release = {"version": "1.2.9"}
+
+        def fake_monorepo_download(download_url, plugin_subpath, target):
+            assert plugin_subpath == "plugins/calendar"
+            _write_release(target, release["version"])
+            return True
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(store, "_install_from_monorepo", fake_monorepo_download)
+        assert store.install_plugin(PLUGIN_ID) is True
+
+        def publish(version):
+            registry_entry["latest_version"] = release["version"] = version
+        return store, store.plugins_dir / PLUGIN_ID, publish
+
+    def test_update_keeps_token_and_gitignored_files(self, installed):
+        store, plugin_dir, publish = installed
+        _drop_local_files(plugin_dir)
+
+        publish("1.2.12")
+        assert store.update_plugin(PLUGIN_ID) is True
+
+        assert json.loads((plugin_dir / "manifest.json").read_text())["version"] == "1.2.12"
+        _assert_local_files_kept(plugin_dir)
+        assert _leftover_backups(store.plugins_dir) == []
+
+    def test_token_is_kept_even_when_the_release_does_not_gitignore_it(self, installed):
+        store, plugin_dir, publish = installed
+        (plugin_dir / ".gitignore").unlink()
+        (plugin_dir / "token.pickle").write_bytes(b"tok")
+        (plugin_dir / "config_secrets.json").write_text("{}")
+
+        publish("1.2.12")
+        assert store.update_plugin(PLUGIN_ID) is True
+
+        assert (plugin_dir / "token.pickle").read_bytes() == b"tok"
+        assert (plugin_dir / "config_secrets.json").read_text() == "{}"
+
+    def test_release_content_wins_and_old_code_is_not_carried(self, installed):
+        store, plugin_dir, publish = installed
+        # A file the old copy had that the new release dropped, byte code, and
+        # an old copy of a file the new release also ships.
+        (plugin_dir / "removed_module.py").write_text("OLD = True\n")
+        (plugin_dir / "__pycache__").mkdir()
+        (plugin_dir / "__pycache__" / "manager.cpython-313.pyc").write_bytes(b"pyc")
+
+        publish("1.2.12")
+        assert store.update_plugin(PLUGIN_ID) is True
+
+        assert not (plugin_dir / "removed_module.py").exists()
+        assert not (plugin_dir / "__pycache__").exists()
+        assert "1.2.12" in (plugin_dir / "manager.py").read_text()
+
+    def test_reinstall_over_an_existing_copy_keeps_them_too(self, installed):
+        store, plugin_dir, publish = installed
+        _drop_local_files(plugin_dir)
+
+        assert store.install_plugin(PLUGIN_ID) is True
+
+        _assert_local_files_kept(plugin_dir)
+        assert _leftover_backups(store.plugins_dir) == []
+
+
+class TestInstallFromUrlReplace:
+    def test_replacing_an_installed_copy_keeps_the_token(self, store, monkeypatch):
+        plugin_dir = store.plugins_dir / PLUGIN_ID
+        _write_release(plugin_dir, "1.0.0")
+        _drop_local_files(plugin_dir)
+
+        def fake_clone(repo_url, target, branches):
+            _write_release(target, "2.0.0")
+            return "main"
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(store, "_install_via_git", fake_clone)
+        result = store.install_from_url(
+            "https://github.com/example/ledmatrix-calendar", plugin_id=PLUGIN_ID)
+
+        assert result["success"] is True
+        assert json.loads((plugin_dir / "manifest.json").read_text())["version"] == "2.0.0"
+        _assert_local_files_kept(plugin_dir)
+
+
+def _git(*args, cwd):
+    subprocess.run(["git", "-c", "user.email=t@example.com", "-c", "user.name=t",
+                    "-c", "core.autocrlf=false", *args],
+                   cwd=cwd, check=True, capture_output=True)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which("git") is None, reason="git not installed")
+class TestGitRepoUpdate:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def cloned(self, store, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setattr(store, "get_plugin_info", lambda *a, **k: None)
+        upstream = tmp_path / "upstream"
+        _write_release(upstream, "1.0.0")
+        # This repo does NOT gitignore the token: an untracked, non-ignored
+        # file is exactly what `git stash push -u` used to sweep away.
+        (upstream / ".gitignore").write_text("cache/\n")
+        _git("init", "-q", "-b", "main", cwd=upstream)
+        _git("add", ".", cwd=upstream)
+        _git("commit", "-qm", "1.0.0", cwd=upstream)
+
+        plugin_dir = store.plugins_dir / PLUGIN_ID
+        _git("clone", "-q", str(upstream), str(plugin_dir), cwd=tmp_path)
+
+        def publish(version):
+            (upstream / "manifest.json").write_text(json.dumps(_manifest(version)))
+            _git("commit", "-qam", version, cwd=upstream)
+        return store, plugin_dir, publish
+
+    def test_pull_update_keeps_untracked_token(self, cloned):
+        store, plugin_dir, publish = cloned
+        _drop_local_files(plugin_dir)
+        # An unrelated untracked file, so the update really does stash.
+        (plugin_dir / "notes.txt").write_text("scratch")
+
+        publish("1.1.0")
+        assert store.update_plugin(PLUGIN_ID) is True
+
+        assert json.loads((plugin_dir / "manifest.json").read_text())["version"] == "1.1.0"
+        _assert_local_files_kept(plugin_dir)
+
+    def test_token_alone_does_not_trigger_a_stash(self, cloned):
+        store, plugin_dir, publish = cloned
+        (plugin_dir / "token.pickle").write_bytes(b"tok")
+
+        publish("1.1.0")
+        assert store.update_plugin(PLUGIN_ID) is True
+
+        assert (plugin_dir / "token.pickle").read_bytes() == b"tok"
+        stashes = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(plugin_dir), "stash", "list"],
+                                 capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+        assert stashes.stdout.strip() == ""
+
+
+class TestWhatIsKept:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("path,expected", [
+        ("token.pickle", True),
+        ("data/session.pickle", True),
+        ("credentials.json", True),
+        ("token.json", True),
+        ("config_secrets.json", True),
+        (".pkce_code_verifier", True),
+        ("manager.py", False),
+        ("config.json", False),
+    ])
+    def test_known_state_files(self, path, expected):
+        assert is_known_state_file(path) is expected
+
+    def test_gitignore_rules(self, tmp_path):
+        old, new = tmp_path / "old", tmp_path / "new"
+        new.mkdir()
+        for rel in ["a.log", "logs/x.txt", "sub/deep/b.log", "keep.log",
+                    "anchored.txt", "sub/anchored.txt", "assets/x/y_backup/z.png",
+                    "manager.py", "shipped.log"]:
+            (old / rel).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            (old / rel).write_text("x")
+        (new / "shipped.log").write_text("new")
+        (old / ".gitignore").write_text(
+            "# comment\n*.log\n!keep.log\nlogs/\n/anchored.txt\n"
+            "assets/**/*_backup/\n")
+
+        assert local_files_to_keep(old, new) == [
+            "a.log", "anchored.txt", "assets/x/y_backup/z.png",
+            "logs/x.txt", "sub/deep/b.log",
+        ]

test/web_interface/test_api_v3_refresh_rate.py

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-"""GET /api/v3/config/refresh-rate: the cap, the measured rate, a cap to hold."""
-import json
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
-import pytest
-from flask import Flask
-
-from web_interface.blueprints.api_v3 import api_v3
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def client(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
-    stats = tmp_path / "stats.json"
-    monkeypatch.setattr("src.common.frame_timing.default_stats_path", lambda: str(stats))
-    manager = MagicMock()
-    manager.load_config.return_value = {
-        "display": {"hardware": {"limit_refresh_rate_hz": 120}}}
-    monkeypatch.setattr(api_v3, "config_manager", manager, raising=False)
-    app = Flask(__name__)
-    app.register_blueprint(api_v3, url_prefix="/api/v3")
-    c = app.test_client()
-    c.stats_path = stats
-    return c
-
-
-def _get(client):
-    body = client.get("/api/v3/config/refresh-rate").get_json()
-    assert body["status"] == "success"
-    return body["data"]
-
-
-def test_nothing_measured_yet(client):
-    data = _get(client)
-    assert data == {"planned_hz": 120.0, "measured_hz": None, "shortfall": None}
-
-
-def test_a_panel_short_of_its_cap_gets_a_cap_it_can_hold(client):
-    client.stats_path.write_text(json.dumps(
-        {"measured_refresh_hz": 110.4, "planned_refresh_hz": 120.0}))
-    data = _get(client)
-    assert data["measured_hz"] == 110.4
-    assert data["shortfall"]["suggested_cap_hz"] == 100
-    assert data["shortfall"]["slow_percent"] == 8
-
-
-def test_a_panel_at_its_cap_has_no_shortfall(client):
-    client.stats_path.write_text(json.dumps(
-        {"measured_refresh_hz": 121.3, "planned_refresh_hz": 120.0}))
-    assert _get(client)["shortfall"] is None
-
-
-def test_a_file_written_under_another_cap_is_stale(client):
-    # The cap was changed to 120 but the display still runs under 100 Hz.
-    client.stats_path.write_text(json.dumps(
-        {"measured_refresh_hz": 99.9, "planned_refresh_hz": 100.0}))
-    data = _get(client)
-    assert data["measured_hz"] is None
-    assert data["shortfall"] is None
-
-
-def test_a_file_from_a_display_too_old_to_record_its_cap_still_counts(client):
-    client.stats_path.write_text(json.dumps({"measured_refresh_hz": 110.4}))
-    assert _get(client)["shortfall"]["suggested_cap_hz"] == 100

test/web_interface/test_starlark_pixlet_routes.py

@@ -1131,9 +1131,17 @@ class TestPixletEditorHostDefaultsButDoesNotOverride:
         class FakeProcess:
             pid = 424242
 
+        real_popen = mod.subprocess.Popen
+
         def fake_popen(cmd, *args, env=None, **kwargs):
-            if env is not None:
+            # Only the editor launch is faked. Patching subprocess.Popen
-                captured['env'] = env
+            # patches it for the whole request, and the captive-portal
+            # before_request hook runs `systemctl is-active hostapd` through
+            # subprocess.run whenever its 30s cache has expired -- which
+            # needs a real process (run() uses it as a context manager).
+            if str(script) not in cmd:
+                return real_popen(cmd, *args, env=env, **kwargs)
+            captured['env'] = env
             return FakeProcess()
 
         with patch.object(mod, '_validate_starlark_app_path',

web_interface/blueprints/api_v3/config.py

@@ -158,16 +158,11 @@ def _panel_refresh_hz(config):
     cap = scroll_config.refresh_hz_from_config(config)
     try:
         with open(frame_timing.default_stats_path(), encoding='utf-8') as fh:
-            stats = json.load(fh)
+            measured = float(json.load(fh).get('measured_refresh_hz') or 0)
-        measured = float(stats.get('measured_refresh_hz') or 0)
-        planned = float(stats.get('planned_refresh_hz') or 0)
     except (OSError, ValueError, TypeError, AttributeError):
-        measured = planned = 0.0
-    # Reject a stale file from a previous hardware config: one written under
-    # another cap (the display has not restarted since it changed), or, from
-    # a display too old to record its cap, a measurement far off this one.
-    if planned and abs(planned - cap) > 0.5:
         measured = 0.0
+    # Reject a stale file from a previous hardware config: a measurement far
+    # off the cap says the config changed since it was written.
     if measured > 0 and 0.5 * cap <= measured <= 1.5 * cap:
         return measured, 'measured'
     return cap, 'configured'
@@ -194,29 +189,6 @@ def get_scroll_speed_advice():
     return jsonify({'status': 'success', 'data': advice})
 
 
-@api_v3.route('/config/refresh-rate', methods=['GET'])
-def get_refresh_rate():
-    """The refresh cap, what the panel measured, and a cap it can hold.
-
-    Backs the hint under the Display tab's Limit Refresh Rate field. Scroll
-    speeds are solved against the cap, so a panel that cannot reach it runs
-    every scroll slow; ``shortfall`` (None when the panel keeps up, or nothing
-    has been measured yet) says by how much and suggests a cap.
-    """
-    from src.common import scroll_config
-    if not api_v3.config_manager:
-        return jsonify({'status': 'error', 'message': 'Config manager not initialized'}), 500
-    config = api_v3.config_manager.load_config()
-    planned = scroll_config.refresh_hz_from_config(config)
-    hz, source = _panel_refresh_hz(config)
-    measured = hz if source == 'measured' else None
-    return jsonify({'status': 'success', 'data': {
-        'planned_hz': planned,
-        'measured_hz': round(measured, 1) if measured else None,
-        'shortfall': scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(measured, planned),
-    }})
-
-
 @api_v3.route('/config/schedule', methods=['GET'])
 def get_schedule_config():
     """Get current schedule configuration"""

web_interface/templates/v3/partials/display.html

@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@
                            min="0"
                            max="1000"
                            class="form-control">
-                    <p id="limit_refresh_rate_hz_hint" class="mt-1 text-xs text-amber-700" aria-live="polite"></p>
                 </div>
             </div>
 
@@ -916,41 +915,6 @@ document.getElementById('brightness').addEventListener('input', function() {
         });
     }
 
-    // Say so when the panel cannot reach its refresh cap. Scroll speeds are
-    // worked out against the cap, so every scroll then runs slow, and the
-    // display has measured a cap the panel can hold.
-    (function refreshRateHint() {
-        const hint = document.getElementById('limit_refresh_rate_hz_hint');
-        const input = document.getElementById('limit_refresh_rate_hz');
-        if (!hint || !input) return;
-        fetch('/api/v3/config/refresh-rate')
-            .then(function(r) { return r.json(); })
-            .then(function(body) {
-                const s = body.status === 'success' && body.data.shortfall;
-                hint.textContent = '';
-                if (!s) return;
-                hint.appendChild(document.createTextNode(
-                    'This panel refreshes at about ' + Math.round(s.measured_hz) +
-                    ' Hz, below this ' + Math.round(s.planned_hz) + ' Hz cap, so scrolls run about ' +
-                    s.slow_percent + '% slower than set.' + (s.suggested_cap_hz ? ' ' : '')));
-                if (!s.suggested_cap_hz) return;
-                const btn = document.createElement('button');
-                btn.type = 'button';
-                btn.className = 'underline font-medium';
-                btn.textContent = 'Use ' + s.suggested_cap_hz + ' Hz';
-                btn.addEventListener('click', function() {
-                    input.value = s.suggested_cap_hz;
-                    input.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', {bubbles: true}));
-                    input.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', {bubbles: true}));
-                    hint.textContent = 'Save, then restart the display, to apply ' +
-                        s.suggested_cap_hz + ' Hz.';
-                });
-                hint.appendChild(btn);
-                hint.appendChild(document.createTextNode(', a cap it can hold.'));
-            })
-            .catch(function() { hint.textContent = ''; });
-    })();
-
     // Declared before first use: let is not hoisted usably.
     let scrollHintTimer = null;
     let scrollHintSeq = 0;