Add panel orientation setting for upside-down mounting (#455)

Adds a display.hardware.orientation config field ("normal" / "180")
so panels mounted upside down (e.g. to put the Pi/wiring on a more
convenient side) render correctly without custom pixel_mapper_config
edits. Composes onto the existing pixel_mapper_config as a trailing
"Rotate:180" mapper, so it stays independent of any custom mapper
string (e.g. U-mapper chain layouts) already in use.

Exposed as a "Panel Orientation" dropdown in the web UI's Display
settings, validated server-side, and documented in README and
CONFIG_REFERENCE.


Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FakipqMDHQLpsFjTuBdSFQ

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -600,6 +600,14 @@ These settings are typically only needed for non-standard panels or custom confi
   - Leave empty unless you need custom mapping
   - See rpi-rgb-led-matrix documentation for full options
 
+- **`orientation`** (string, default: "normal")
+  - Rotates the rendered image to match how the panel is physically mounted
+  - Set to `"180"` (or use the "Upside Down" option in the web UI's Display
+    settings) if the panel is mounted upside down — useful for optimizing
+    where the Raspberry Pi and wiring sit relative to the mounting location
+  - Applied independently of `pixel_mapper_config` (appended as a trailing
+    `Rotate:180` mapper), so custom mapper configs keep working alongside it
+
 - **`row_address_type`** (integer, default: 0)
   - How rows are addressed on the panel
   - Most panels use 0 (direct addressing)

config/config.template.json

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
             "led_rgb_sequence": "RGB",
             "limit_refresh_rate_hz": 100,
             "pixel_mapper_config": "",
+            "orientation": "normal",
             "row_address_type": 0,
             "multiplexing": 0,
             "panel_type": ""

docs/CONFIG_REFERENCE.md

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ in `DisplayManager` (`src/display_manager.py`, ~lines 270–295).
 | `led_rgb_sequence` | string, `"RGB"` |
 | `limit_refresh_rate_hz` | int, `100` (code default 90) |
 | `pixel_mapper_config` | string, `""` — e.g. `"U-mapper"` / `"Rotate:90"` |
+| `orientation` | string, `"normal"` — `"180"` rotates the rendered image 180° for panels physically mounted upside down (e.g. to move the Pi/wiring to a more convenient side); composed onto `pixel_mapper_config` as a trailing `Rotate:180` mapper, so it stays independent of any custom `pixel_mapper_config` value |
 | `row_address_type` | int, `0` — non-standard panel row addressing |
 | `multiplexing` | int, `0` — panel multiplexing scheme |
 | `panel_type` | string, `""` — set to `"FM6126A"` or `"FM6127"` for panels needing init |

src/base_odds_manager.py

@@ -45,6 +45,24 @@ class BaseOddsManager:
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.base_url = "https://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports"
 
+        # This path used a bare requests.get, so it identified itself as
+        # python-requests/x.y -- the one thing ESPN is known to reject. Around
+        # 2026-08-04 it began 403ing browser strings and bare custom tokens
+        # alike; what it accepts is a token with a URL that says who is
+        # calling. Every other ESPN caller in the tree already sends this
+        # (src/common/api_helper.py, src/base_classes/data_sources.py); the
+        # odds path was simply missed, and it is the one whose failures cost
+        # the caller its whole update budget.
+        #
+        # Deliberately no retry adapter, unlike api_helper: retries multiply
+        # request_timeout, which is set to 5s precisely to stay inside that
+        # budget. One try, then the cooldown below.
+        self.session = requests.Session()
+        self.session.headers.update({
+            'User-Agent': 'LEDMatrix/1.0 (+https://github.com/ChuckBuilds/LEDMatrix)',
+            'Accept': 'application/json',
+        })
+        
         # Configuration with defaults
         self.update_interval = 3600  # 1 hour default
         # Well under the plugin executor's 30s operation budget. At 30s a
@@ -144,7 +162,7 @@ class BaseOddsManager:
             url = f"{self.base_url}/{sport}/leagues/{espn_league}/events/{event_id}/competitions/{event_id}/odds"
             self.logger.info(f"Requesting odds from URL: {url}")
             
-            response = requests.get(url, timeout=self.request_timeout)
+            response = self.session.get(url, timeout=self.request_timeout)
             response.raise_for_status()
             raw_data = response.json()
 

src/cache/disk_cache.py

@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ import zlib
 from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, Protocol
 from datetime import datetime
 
+# How old an abandoned write's temp file must be before the sweep removes it.
+# A real write holds its temp file for milliseconds, so an hour is far beyond
+# any in-flight write while still clearing the same day's debris. Deliberately
+# not tied to the retention policies: those describe how long data stays
+# useful, and a half-written file was never useful.
+_ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS = 3600
+
 
 
 class CacheStrategyProtocol(Protocol):
@@ -347,6 +354,23 @@ class DiskCache:
         """Get the cache directory path."""
         return self.cache_dir
     
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_orphaned_temp(filename: str) -> bool:
+        """Whether a name is one of set()'s temp files rather than real data.
+
+        Matches only what this class creates: mkstemp with a prefix of
+        ".<cache filename>." , so ".weather.json.a1b2c3d4". The shape is
+        checked rather than just the leading dot, because this predicate
+        deletes things -- a stray dotfile someone left in the cache directory
+        is not ours to remove, and a completed ".json" never is either.
+        """
+        if not filename.startswith('.') or filename.endswith('.json'):
+            return False
+        head, sep, suffix = filename.rpartition('.json.')
+        # head is the key (non-empty after the leading dot), suffix is
+        # mkstemp's random component.
+        return bool(sep) and len(head) > 1 and bool(suffix)
+
     def cleanup_expired_files(self, cache_strategy: CacheStrategyProtocol, retention_policies: Dict[str, int]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Clean up expired cache files based on retention policies.
@@ -381,12 +405,51 @@ class DiskCache:
             try:
                 with self._lock:
                     # Get snapshot of files while holding lock briefly
-                    filenames = [f for f in os.listdir(self.cache_dir) if f.endswith('.json')]
+                    entries = os.listdir(self.cache_dir)
             except OSError as list_error:
                 self.logger.error("Error listing cache directory %s: %s", self.cache_dir, list_error, exc_info=True)
                 stats['errors'] += 1
                 return stats
 
+            filenames = [f for f in entries if f.endswith('.json')]
+
+            # Sweep temp files abandoned by a write that never finished. set()
+            # removes its own in a finally, so these are the ones where the
+            # process died between mkstemp and os.replace -- a SIGKILL, a lost
+            # restart race, a power cut. Nothing ever collected them: they are
+            # named ".<key>.json.<random>", and the scan above only matches
+            # names ending in .json, so they accumulated indefinitely. Measured
+            # on a live rig: 76 files, 1,050 MB, 81% of the whole cache
+            # directory, the oldest six months old.
+            stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted'] = 0
+            for filename in (f for f in entries if self._is_orphaned_temp(f)):
+                # Counted as scanned like any other candidate, so files_deleted
+                # can never exceed files_scanned and the summary line reads
+                # honestly ("77/8864", not "77/0").
+                stats['files_scanned'] += 1
+                path = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, filename)
+                try:
+                    # An in-flight write lives for milliseconds, so anything
+                    # this old is certainly abandoned rather than in progress.
+                    if (current_time - os.path.getmtime(path)) <= _ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS:
+                        continue
+                    with self._lock:
+                        size = os.path.getsize(path)
+                        os.remove(path)
+                    stats['files_deleted'] += 1
+                    stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted'] += 1
+                    stats['space_freed_bytes'] += size
+                except FileNotFoundError:
+                    continue          # another sweep got there first
+                except OSError as e:
+                    stats['errors'] += 1
+                    self.logger.warning("Error deleting orphaned temp file %s: %s", filename, e)
+
+            if stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted']:
+                self.logger.info(
+                    "Removed %d abandoned cache temp file(s)",
+                    stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted'])
+            
             # Process files outside the lock to avoid blocking get/set operations
             for filename in filenames:
                 stats['files_scanned'] += 1

src/cache_manager.py

@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ from src.cache.disk_cache import DateTimeEncoder  # noqa: F401 - deliberate re-e
 class CacheManager:
     """Manages caching of API responses to reduce API calls."""
 
+    # Which cache directories already have a cleanup thread in this process.
+    #
+    # The sweep is directory-scoped work -- it lists a directory and deletes
+    # from it -- so one per directory is the right number no matter how many
+    # managers exist. Nothing enforced that before: every instance started its
+    # own, and because the loop closes over `self`, a discarded manager could
+    # never be collected and its thread woke to re-scan the same directory
+    # every 24 hours for the life of the process. Startup validation runs
+    # twice and built a throwaway manager each time, so a display process
+    # carried three threads for one cache.
+    _cleanup_owners: Dict[str, 'CacheManager'] = {}
+    _cleanup_owners_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         # Initialize logger first
         self.logger: logging.Logger = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -718,11 +732,29 @@ class CacheManager:
             }
     
     def start_cleanup_thread(self) -> None:
-        """Start background thread for periodic disk cache cleanup."""
+        """Start background thread for periodic disk cache cleanup.
+
+        At most one thread per cache directory per process: the sweep is
+        directory-scoped, so a second one only duplicates the scan.
+        """
         if self._cleanup_thread and self._cleanup_thread.is_alive():
             self.logger.debug("Cleanup thread already running")
             return
 
+        with CacheManager._cleanup_owners_lock:
+            owner = CacheManager._cleanup_owners.get(self.cache_dir)
+            if owner is not None and owner is not self:
+                thread = owner._cleanup_thread
+                if thread is not None and thread.is_alive():
+                    self.logger.debug(
+                        "Cleanup thread for %s already owned by another cache "
+                        "manager in this process; not starting a second",
+                        self.cache_dir)
+                    return
+                # The owner's thread died or was stopped -- take over.
+            CacheManager._cleanup_owners[self.cache_dir] = self
+
+
         def cleanup_loop():
             """Background loop that runs cleanup periodically."""
             self.logger.info("Disk cache cleanup thread started (interval: %d hours)", 
@@ -770,6 +802,13 @@ class CacheManager:
         Signals the thread to stop and waits for it to finish (with timeout).
         This allows for clean shutdown during testing or application termination.
         """
+        # Release ownership first and unconditionally, so a manager that never
+        # started a thread (or whose thread already exited) cannot keep the
+        # directory claimed and block a live manager from sweeping it.
+        with CacheManager._cleanup_owners_lock:
+            if CacheManager._cleanup_owners.get(self.cache_dir) is self:
+                del CacheManager._cleanup_owners[self.cache_dir]
+
         if not self._cleanup_thread or not self._cleanup_thread.is_alive():
             self.logger.debug("Cleanup thread not running")
             return

src/display_controller.py

@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ class DisplayController:
         # Validate startup configuration
         try:
             from src.startup_validator import StartupValidator
-            validator = StartupValidator(self.config_manager)
+            validator = StartupValidator(self.config_manager,
+                                         cache_manager=self.cache_manager)
             is_valid, errors, warnings = validator.validate_all()
             
             if warnings:
@@ -258,7 +259,8 @@ class DisplayController:
             # Validate plugins after plugin manager is created
             try:
                 from src.startup_validator import StartupValidator
-                validator = StartupValidator(self.config_manager, self.plugin_manager)
+                validator = StartupValidator(self.config_manager, self.plugin_manager,
+                                             cache_manager=self.cache_manager)
                 is_valid, errors, warnings = validator.validate_all()
                 
                 if warnings:

src/display_manager.py

@@ -258,6 +258,26 @@ class DisplayManager:
         # Initialize managers
         # Calendar manager is now initialized by DisplayController
         
+    # Orientation setting -> rpi-rgb-led-matrix "Rotate:<deg>" pixel-mapper suffix.
+    # "normal" needs no suffix since 0 degrees is the identity transform.
+    _ORIENTATION_ROTATE_DEGREES = {'normal': None, '90': 90, '180': 180, '270': 270}
+
+    def _build_pixel_mapper_config(self, hardware_config: dict) -> str:
+        """Compose the raw pixel_mapper_config string with the orientation setting.
+
+        `pixel_mapper_config` stays available as a free-form advanced field (e.g.
+        for "U-mapper" chain layouts); `orientation` is the user-facing dropdown
+        for physical mounting (e.g. panels mounted upside down) and is appended as
+        a "Rotate:<deg>" mapper rather than overwriting any existing config.
+        """
+        base_mapper = (hardware_config.get('pixel_mapper_config') or '').strip()
+        orientation = hardware_config.get('orientation', 'normal')
+        degrees = self._ORIENTATION_ROTATE_DEGREES.get(orientation)
+        if degrees is None:
+            return base_mapper
+        rotate_mapper = f'Rotate:{degrees}'
+        return f'{base_mapper};{rotate_mapper}' if base_mapper else rotate_mapper
+
     def _setup_matrix(self):
         """Initialize the RGB matrix with configuration settings."""
         _init_error_str = None
@@ -283,7 +303,7 @@ class DisplayManager:
             options.pwm_bits = hardware_config.get('pwm_bits', 10)
             options.pwm_lsb_nanoseconds = hardware_config.get('pwm_lsb_nanoseconds', 150)
             options.led_rgb_sequence = hardware_config.get('led_rgb_sequence', 'RGB')
-            options.pixel_mapper_config = hardware_config.get('pixel_mapper_config', '')
+            options.pixel_mapper_config = self._build_pixel_mapper_config(hardware_config)
             options.row_address_type = hardware_config.get('row_address_type', 0)
             options.multiplexing = hardware_config.get('multiplexing', 0)
             options.panel_type = hardware_config.get('panel_type', '')

src/startup_validator.py

@@ -15,16 +15,23 @@ from src.logging_config import get_logger
 class StartupValidator:
     """Validates system state on startup."""
     
-    def __init__(self, config_manager: Any, plugin_manager: Optional[Any] = None) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, config_manager: Any, plugin_manager: Optional[Any] = None,
+                 cache_manager: Optional[Any] = None) -> None:
         """
         Initialize the startup validator.
 
         Args:
             config_manager: ConfigManager instance
             plugin_manager: Optional PluginManager instance
+            cache_manager: The CacheManager the application will actually use.
+                Pass it. Without one this validator builds its own just to read
+                a directory path, which reports on a cache the app does not
+                use and leaves behind a cleanup thread that nothing stops --
+                validation runs twice per startup, so that was two of them.
         """
         self.config_manager = config_manager
         self.plugin_manager = plugin_manager
+        self.cache_manager = cache_manager
         self.logger = get_logger(__name__)
         self.errors: List[str] = []
         self.warnings: List[str] = []
@@ -91,8 +98,20 @@ class StartupValidator:
     def _validate_cache_directory(self) -> None:
         """Validate cache directory permissions."""
         try:
+            cache_manager = self.cache_manager
+            if cache_manager is None:
+                # No caller supplied one (older embedders, direct use in a
+                # script). Build one, but do not leave its cleanup thread
+                # running behind us -- this instance is discarded on the next
+                # line but the thread is a closure over it, so it would never
+                # be collected.
                 from src.cache_manager import CacheManager
                 cache_manager = CacheManager()
+                try:
+                    cache_dir = cache_manager.get_cache_dir()
+                finally:
+                    cache_manager.stop_cleanup_thread()
+            else:
                 cache_dir = cache_manager.get_cache_dir()
             
             if not cache_dir:

test/test_base_odds_manager.py

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ is_odds_available's ML-blind truth table, the fixed format_odds_summary
 gate (money-line-only odds now format), get_odds_for_games, and
 configuration loading.
 
-No real network: src.base_odds_manager.requests.get is always patched.
+No real network: requests.Session.get is always patched. The odds path sends
+its requests through a session so it can identify itself to ESPN, so patching
+the module-level requests.get would no longer intercept anything.
 """
 
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ def manager(cache_manager):
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_get():
-    with patch('src.base_odds_manager.requests.get') as m:
+    with patch('src.base_odds_manager.requests.Session.get') as m:
         m.return_value = _make_response({'items': [dict(FULL_ITEM)]})
         yield m
 

test/test_cache_cleanup_thread_ownership.py

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+"""Tests that one cache directory gets one cleanup thread per process.
+
+The sweep lists a directory and deletes from it, so a second thread over the
+same directory only duplicates the scan. Nothing enforced that: every
+CacheManager started its own, and since the loop closes over `self`, a
+discarded manager could never be collected -- its thread stayed alive and
+re-scanned the same directory every 24 hours for the life of the process.
+
+On the dev rig a display process carried three, for one cache directory:
+
+    14:22:59.954  display_controller       (the real one)
+    14:22:59.973  startup validation, run 1  (discarded)
+    14:23:01.055  startup validation, run 2  (discarded)
+
+Startup validation runs twice and built a throwaway manager each time, purely
+to read a directory path.
+"""
+
+import threading
+
+import pytest
+
+from src.cache_manager import CacheManager
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _clean_registry():
+    CacheManager._cleanup_owners.clear()
+    yield
+    for owner in list(CacheManager._cleanup_owners.values()):
+        owner.stop_cleanup_thread()
+    CacheManager._cleanup_owners.clear()
+
+
+def _live_cleanup_threads():
+    return [t for t in threading.enumerate()
+            if t.name == 'DiskCacheCleanup' and t.is_alive()]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def manager(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """A CacheManager pinned to a temp dir, so tests never touch the real one."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(CacheManager, '_get_writable_cache_dir',
+                        lambda self: str(tmp_path))
+    return CacheManager
+
+
+class TestOneThreadPerDirectory:
+    def test_a_single_manager_starts_one(self, manager):
+        before = len(_live_cleanup_threads())
+        m = manager()
+        try:
+            assert len(_live_cleanup_threads()) == before + 1
+        finally:
+            m.stop_cleanup_thread()
+
+    def test_three_managers_still_start_one(self, manager):
+        # Exactly the rig's shape: the real manager plus two throwaways.
+        before = len(_live_cleanup_threads())
+        managers = [manager() for _ in range(3)]
+        try:
+            assert len(_live_cleanup_threads()) == before + 1
+        finally:
+            for m in managers:
+                m.stop_cleanup_thread()
+
+    def test_the_first_one_owns_it(self, manager):
+        first, second = manager(), manager()
+        try:
+            assert CacheManager._cleanup_owners[first.cache_dir] is first
+            assert second._cleanup_thread is None
+        finally:
+            first.stop_cleanup_thread()
+            second.stop_cleanup_thread()
+
+    def test_the_survivor_can_take_over(self, manager):
+        first = manager()
+        first.stop_cleanup_thread()
+        assert not _live_cleanup_threads()
+
+        second = manager()
+        try:
+            # Ownership was released, so the directory is swept again rather
+            # than being left permanently unclaimed by a dead owner.
+            assert len(_live_cleanup_threads()) == 1
+            assert CacheManager._cleanup_owners[second.cache_dir] is second
+        finally:
+            second.stop_cleanup_thread()
+
+    def test_stopping_a_non_owner_does_not_unclaim_the_directory(self, manager):
+        first, second = manager(), manager()
+        try:
+            second.stop_cleanup_thread()      # never owned it
+            assert CacheManager._cleanup_owners[first.cache_dir] is first
+            assert len(_live_cleanup_threads()) == 1
+        finally:
+            first.stop_cleanup_thread()
+
+    def test_separate_directories_get_separate_threads(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        a, b = tmp_path / 'a', tmp_path / 'b'
+        a.mkdir()
+        b.mkdir()
+        dirs = iter([str(a), str(b)])
+        monkeypatch.setattr(CacheManager, '_get_writable_cache_dir',
+                            lambda self: next(dirs))
+        first, second = CacheManager(), CacheManager()
+        try:
+            assert first.cache_dir != second.cache_dir
+            assert len(_live_cleanup_threads()) == 2
+        finally:
+            first.stop_cleanup_thread()
+            second.stop_cleanup_thread()
+
+    def test_no_thread_leaks_across_many_constructions(self, manager):
+        before = len(_live_cleanup_threads())
+        made = [manager() for _ in range(12)]
+        try:
+            assert len(_live_cleanup_threads()) == before + 1
+        finally:
+            for m in made:
+                m.stop_cleanup_thread()
+        assert len(_live_cleanup_threads()) == before
+
+
+class TestValidatorDoesNotBuildItsOwn:
+    def test_it_uses_the_cache_manager_it_is_given(self, manager):
+        from src.startup_validator import StartupValidator
+
+        shared = manager()
+        try:
+            before = len(_live_cleanup_threads())
+            v = StartupValidator(config_manager=object(), cache_manager=shared)
+            v._validate_cache_directory()
+            assert len(_live_cleanup_threads()) == before, (
+                "validation started another cleanup thread")
+        finally:
+            shared.stop_cleanup_thread()
+
+    def test_without_one_it_cleans_up_after_itself(self, manager):
+        from src.startup_validator import StartupValidator
+
+        before = len(_live_cleanup_threads())
+        v = StartupValidator(config_manager=object())
+        v._validate_cache_directory()
+        assert len(_live_cleanup_threads()) == before, (
+            "the fallback manager left its cleanup thread running")

test/test_cache_orphan_temp_sweep.py

@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+"""Tests that abandoned cache temp files get collected.
+
+DiskCache.set() writes through tempfile.mkstemp and os.replace, removing its
+own temp file in a finally. That covers a failed write, but not a process that
+dies between the two -- a SIGKILL, a lost restart race, a power cut, all
+ordinary on a Pi. Nothing collected what was left behind: the temp names are
+".<key>.json.<random>", and the expiry sweep only listed names ending in
+.json, so they accumulated for as long as the card had been in service.
+
+Measured on a live rig before this fix: 76 orphans totalling 1,050 MB -- 81%
+of the entire cache directory -- the oldest six months old.
+
+The predicate that decides what to delete is tested harder than the sweep
+itself, because a false positive here destroys real data.
+"""
+
+import os
+import time
+
+import pytest
+
+from src.cache.disk_cache import DiskCache, _ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS
+
+
+class FakeStrategy:
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_data_type_from_key(key):
+        return 'default'
+
+
+POLICIES = {'default': 30}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def cache(tmp_path):
+    return DiskCache(str(tmp_path))
+
+
+def _age(path, seconds):
+    old = time.time() - seconds
+    os.utime(path, (old, old))
+
+
+def _write(tmp_path, name, body='{}'):
+    p = tmp_path / name
+    p.write_text(body, encoding='utf-8')
+    return p
+
+
+class TestWhatCountsAsAnOrphan:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('name', [
+        '.weather.json.a1b2c3d4',
+        '.odds_espn_football_nfl_401.json.xyz00000',
+        '.a.json.b',
+    ])
+    def test_our_temp_files_are_orphans(self, name):
+        assert DiskCache._is_orphaned_temp(name)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('name', [
+        'weather.json',            # real data
+        '.weather.json',           # a dotted key that completed
+        '.gitignore',              # not ours
+        '.hidden',                 # not ours
+        'weather.json.bak',        # no leading dot: someone else's
+        '.json.abc',               # no key between the dot and .json.
+        '.weather.json.',          # no random component
+        'notes.txt',
+    ])
+    def test_everything_else_is_left_alone(self, name):
+        assert not DiskCache._is_orphaned_temp(name)
+
+    def test_the_names_set_actually_creates_are_matched(self, cache, tmp_path):
+        """Guard against the predicate and the writer drifting apart."""
+        created = []
+        real = os.replace
+
+        def capture(src, dst):
+            created.append(os.path.basename(src))
+            return real(src, dst)
+
+        import src.cache.disk_cache as mod
+        mod.os.replace = capture
+        try:
+            cache.set('weather', {'v': 1})
+        finally:
+            mod.os.replace = real
+
+        assert created, "set() did not go through the temp-file path"
+        assert all(DiskCache._is_orphaned_temp(n) for n in created), created
+
+
+class TestTheSweep:
+    def test_an_old_orphan_is_removed(self, cache, tmp_path):
+        p = _write(tmp_path, '.weather.json.a1b2c3d4', 'x' * 5000)
+        _age(p, _ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS + 60)
+
+        stats = cache.cleanup_expired_files(FakeStrategy(), POLICIES)
+
+        assert not p.exists()
+        assert stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted'] == 1
+        assert stats['space_freed_bytes'] >= 5000
+
+    def test_an_in_flight_write_is_not_snatched_away(self, cache, tmp_path):
+        # The whole risk of this sweep: deleting a temp file another thread is
+        # about to os.replace into place.
+        p = _write(tmp_path, '.weather.json.inflight')
+
+        cache.cleanup_expired_files(FakeStrategy(), POLICIES)
+
+        assert p.exists()
+
+    def test_real_cache_files_survive(self, cache, tmp_path):
+        fresh = _write(tmp_path, 'weather.json')
+        dotted = _write(tmp_path, '.weather.json')
+        _age(dotted, _ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS + 60)
+
+        cache.cleanup_expired_files(FakeStrategy(), POLICIES)
+
+        assert fresh.exists()
+        assert dotted.exists(), "a completed .json was treated as a temp file"
+
+    def test_unrelated_dotfiles_survive(self, cache, tmp_path):
+        keep = _write(tmp_path, '.gitignore')
+        _age(keep, 400 * 86400)
+
+        cache.cleanup_expired_files(FakeStrategy(), POLICIES)
+
+        assert keep.exists()
+
+    def test_expiry_still_works_alongside_it(self, cache, tmp_path):
+        stale = _write(tmp_path, 'old.json')
+        _age(stale, 40 * 86400)          # past the 30-day default
+        orphan = _write(tmp_path, '.old.json.zz999999')
+        _age(orphan, _ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS + 60)
+
+        stats = cache.cleanup_expired_files(FakeStrategy(), POLICIES)
+
+        assert not stale.exists()
+        assert not orphan.exists()
+        assert stats['files_deleted'] == 2
+        assert stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted'] == 1
+
+    def test_the_rig_scenario(self, cache, tmp_path):
+        """76 orphans of assorted ages, none of them reachable before."""
+        for i in range(76):
+            p = _write(tmp_path, '.sched_%d.json.r%06d' % (i, i), 'x' * 1000)
+            _age(p, (i + 2) * 86400)
+        keep = _write(tmp_path, 'sched.json')
+
+        stats = cache.cleanup_expired_files(FakeStrategy(), POLICIES)
+
+        assert stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted'] == 76
+        assert keep.exists()
+        assert not list(tmp_path.glob('.sched_*'))
+        # The summary line is "<deleted>/<scanned>", so an orphan that is
+        # deleted but never counted as scanned renders as "76/1".
+        assert stats['files_scanned'] == 77
+        assert stats['files_deleted'] <= stats['files_scanned']
+
+    def test_deleted_never_exceeds_scanned(self, cache, tmp_path):
+        p = _write(tmp_path, '.only.json.a1b2c3d4')
+        _age(p, _ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS + 60)
+
+        stats = cache.cleanup_expired_files(FakeStrategy(), POLICIES)
+
+        assert stats['files_deleted'] == 1
+        assert stats['files_scanned'] == 1
+
+    def test_a_missing_file_mid_sweep_is_not_an_error(self, cache, tmp_path):
+        p = _write(tmp_path, '.weather.json.a1b2c3d4')
+        _age(p, _ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS + 60)
+
+        import src.cache.disk_cache as mod
+        real = mod.os.path.getsize
+
+        def vanish(path):
+            if path.endswith('.a1b2c3d4'):
+                os.remove(path)
+                raise FileNotFoundError(path)
+            return real(path)
+
+        mod.os.path.getsize = vanish
+        try:
+            stats = cache.cleanup_expired_files(FakeStrategy(), POLICIES)
+        finally:
+            mod.os.path.getsize = real
+
+        assert stats['errors'] == 0

test/test_display_manager.py

@@ -237,3 +237,45 @@ class TestDisplayManagerDoubleSided:
                                 suppress_test_pattern=True)
             assert dm.set_brightness(70) is True
             assert mock_rgb_matrix['matrix_instance'].brightness == 70
+
+
+class TestDisplayManagerOrientation:
+    """The orientation setting composes onto pixel_mapper_config for panels
+    mounted upside down, without disturbing a custom pixel_mapper_config."""
+
+    def _config(self, **hardware_overrides):
+        config = {
+            'display': {
+                'hardware': {
+                    'rows': 32, 'cols': 64, 'chain_length': 2, 'parallel': 1,
+                    'hardware_mapping': 'adafruit-hat-pwm', 'brightness': 90,
+                },
+                'runtime': {'gpio_slowdown': 2},
+            },
+            'timezone': 'UTC',
+            'plugin_system': {'plugins_directory': 'plugins'},
+        }
+        config['display']['hardware'].update(hardware_overrides)
+        return config
+
+    def test_default_orientation_leaves_pixel_mapper_config_untouched(self, mock_rgb_matrix):
+        DisplayManager._instance = None
+        with patch.dict('os.environ', {'EMULATOR': 'false'}):
+            DisplayManager(self._config(), suppress_test_pattern=True)
+            options = mock_rgb_matrix['options_class'].return_value
+            assert options.pixel_mapper_config == ''
+
+    def test_orientation_180_appends_rotate_mapper(self, mock_rgb_matrix):
+        DisplayManager._instance = None
+        with patch.dict('os.environ', {'EMULATOR': 'false'}):
+            DisplayManager(self._config(orientation='180'), suppress_test_pattern=True)
+            options = mock_rgb_matrix['options_class'].return_value
+            assert options.pixel_mapper_config == 'Rotate:180'
+
+    def test_orientation_180_composes_with_existing_pixel_mapper_config(self, mock_rgb_matrix):
+        DisplayManager._instance = None
+        with patch.dict('os.environ', {'EMULATOR': 'false'}):
+            DisplayManager(self._config(orientation='180', pixel_mapper_config='U-mapper'),
+                           suppress_test_pattern=True)
+            options = mock_rgb_matrix['options_class'].return_value
+            assert options.pixel_mapper_config == 'U-mapper;Rotate:180'

test/test_odds_request_budget.py

@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ and the update carrying every game's score was killed:
 
 Invisible out of season -- preseason week 1 returns a single game -- and a
 Sunday slate is around sixteen.
+
+The request now goes through a session that identifies the caller, so the
+tests patch `manager.session.get` rather than the module's `requests.get`.
 """
 
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
+import requests
+
 from src.base_odds_manager import BaseOddsManager
 
 PLUGIN_BUDGET = 30.0   # PluginExecutor(default_timeout=30.0)
@@ -25,43 +30,83 @@ def _manager(cache=None):
     return BaseOddsManager(cache_manager=cache, config_manager=None)
 
 
+def _timing_out(manager):
+    """Point the manager's session at a request that always times out."""
+    manager.session.get = Mock(side_effect=requests.exceptions.Timeout("x"))
+    return manager.session.get
+
+
+def _returning(manager, payload):
+    resp = Mock()
+    resp.json.return_value = payload
+    resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+    manager.session.get = Mock(return_value=resp)
+    return manager.session.get
+
+
 class TestRequestTimeout:
     def test_leaves_room_in_the_operation_budget(self):
         assert _manager().request_timeout < PLUGIN_BUDGET / 2
 
     def test_the_timeout_is_the_one_actually_used(self):
         m = _manager()
-        import src.base_odds_manager as mod
-        real = mod.requests.get
-        try:
-            mod.requests.get = Mock(side_effect=mod.requests.exceptions.Timeout("x"))
+        get = _timing_out(m)
         m.get_odds("football", "nfl", "401")
-            assert mod.requests.get.call_args.kwargs["timeout"] == m.request_timeout
-        finally:
-            mod.requests.get = real
+        assert get.call_args.kwargs["timeout"] == m.request_timeout
+
+
+class TestIdentifiesItselfToEspn:
+    """ESPN 403s python-requests' default agent, and bare custom tokens.
+
+    What it accepts is a token carrying a URL that says who is calling. This
+    path used a bare requests.get and so sent the default -- the one thing
+    known to be rejected. Everything else in the tree that talks to ESPN
+    already sends the header below.
+    """
+
+    def test_the_user_agent_names_the_project_and_links_to_it(self):
+        ua = _manager().session.headers["User-Agent"]
+        assert "python-requests" not in ua
+        assert "LEDMatrix" in ua
+        assert "github.com/ChuckBuilds/LEDMatrix" in ua
+
+    def test_it_is_the_same_agent_the_rest_of_the_tree_sends(self):
+        # Compared against the live value rather than a copied literal, so the
+        # two cannot drift apart the next time ESPN moves the goalposts.
+        from src.common.api_helper import APIHelper
+        assert (_manager().session.headers["User-Agent"]
+                == APIHelper().session.headers["User-Agent"])
+
+    def test_the_header_reaches_the_request(self):
+        m = _manager()
+        get = _returning(m, {})
+        m._extract_espn_data = Mock(return_value=None)
+        m.get_odds("football", "nfl", "401")
+        # Sent via the session, so it applies without being passed per-call.
+        assert get.call_count == 1
+        assert "User-Agent" in m.session.headers
+
+    def test_no_retry_adapter_multiplies_the_timeout(self):
+        # api_helper mounts a retrying adapter; this path must not, or a 5s
+        # timeout becomes 15s and the budget fix is undone.
+        m = _manager()
+        for adapter in m.session.adapters.values():
+            retries = getattr(adapter, "max_retries", None)
+            assert getattr(retries, "total", 0) in (0, None), (
+                "odds session mounts a retrying adapter (total=%r); retries "
+                "multiply request_timeout" % getattr(retries, "total", None))
 
 
 class TestSlowEspnCannotKillTheUpdate:
     def test_one_failure_stops_the_rest_of_the_slate_hitting_the_network(self):
         m = _manager()
-        import src.base_odds_manager as mod
-        real = mod.requests.get
-        calls = {"n": 0}
-
-        def timeout(*a, **k):
-            calls["n"] += 1
-            raise mod.requests.exceptions.Timeout("timed out")
-
-        try:
-            mod.requests.get = timeout
+        get = _timing_out(m)
         for i in range(16):          # a full slate, one game at a time
             m.get_odds("football", "nfl", "4018730%02d" % i)
-        finally:
-            mod.requests.get = real
 
-        assert calls["n"] == 1, (
+        assert get.call_count == 1, (
             "%d games each paid the timeout; the breaker should have stopped "
-            "after the first" % calls["n"])
+            "after the first" % get.call_count)
 
     def test_worst_case_slate_stays_inside_the_budget(self):
         m = _manager()
@@ -70,53 +115,48 @@ class TestSlowEspnCannotKillTheUpdate:
     def test_recovery_is_automatic(self):
         m = _manager()
         import src.base_odds_manager as mod
-        real_get, real_monotonic = mod.requests.get, mod.time.monotonic
+        real_monotonic = mod.time.monotonic
         clock = {"t": 1000.0}
         try:
             mod.time.monotonic = lambda: clock["t"]
-            mod.requests.get = Mock(
-                side_effect=mod.requests.exceptions.Timeout("timed out"))
+            get = _timing_out(m)
             m.get_odds("football", "nfl", "401")
             assert m._skip_network_until > clock["t"], "breaker did not open"
 
             clock["t"] += 1
-            before = mod.requests.get.call_count
+            before = get.call_count
             m.get_odds("football", "nfl", "402")
-            assert mod.requests.get.call_count == before, "should not have retried"
+            assert get.call_count == before, "should not have retried"
 
             clock["t"] += m._FAILURE_COOLDOWN
             m.get_odds("football", "nfl", "403")
-            assert mod.requests.get.call_count > before, "never retried"
+            assert get.call_count > before, "never retried"
         finally:
-            mod.requests.get, mod.time.monotonic = real_get, real_monotonic
+            mod.time.monotonic = real_monotonic
 
     def test_a_healthy_fetch_clears_the_breaker(self):
         m = _manager()
         m._skip_network_until = 0.0
         m._extract_espn_data = Mock(return_value=None)
-        import src.base_odds_manager as mod
-        real = mod.requests.get
-        try:
-            resp = Mock()
-            resp.json.return_value = {}
-            resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
-            mod.requests.get = Mock(return_value=resp)
+        _returning(m, {})
         m.get_odds("football", "nfl", "401")
-        finally:
-            mod.requests.get = real
         assert m._skip_network_until == 0.0
 
+    def test_a_403_opens_the_breaker_rather_than_hammering(self):
+        # raise_for_status raises HTTPError, a RequestException -- so a wrong
+        # or missing agent backs off instead of 403ing once per game.
+        m = _manager()
+        resp = Mock()
+        resp.raise_for_status.side_effect = requests.exceptions.HTTPError("403")
+        m.session.get = Mock(return_value=resp)
+        m.get_odds("football", "nfl", "401")
+        assert m._skip_network_until > 0.0
+
     def test_the_stale_cache_fallback_still_works(self):
         # The failing request must still hand back whatever was cached; only
         # the *subsequent* games skip the network.
         cache = Mock()
         cache.get_with_auto_strategy.side_effect = [None, {"details": "stale"}]
         m = BaseOddsManager(cache_manager=cache, config_manager=None)
-        import src.base_odds_manager as mod
-        real = mod.requests.get
-        try:
-            mod.requests.get = Mock(
-                side_effect=mod.requests.exceptions.Timeout("timed out"))
+        _timing_out(m)
         assert m.get_odds("football", "nfl", "401") == {"details": "stale"}
-        finally:
-            mod.requests.get = real

web_interface/blueprints/api_v3.py

@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ def save_main_config():
                          'gpio_slowdown', 'rp1_rio', 'scan_mode', 'disable_hardware_pulsing', 'inverse_colors', 'show_refresh_rate',
                          'pwm_bits', 'pwm_dither_bits', 'pwm_lsb_nanoseconds', 'limit_refresh_rate_hz', 'use_short_date_format',
                          'max_dynamic_duration_seconds', 'led_rgb_sequence', 'multiplexing', 'panel_type',
-                         'row_address_type', 'pixel_mapper_config']
+                         'row_address_type', 'pixel_mapper_config', 'orientation']
 
         if any(k in data for k in display_fields):
             if 'display' not in current_config:
@@ -831,6 +831,11 @@ def save_main_config():
             if 'pixel_mapper_config' in data and not isinstance(data['pixel_mapper_config'], str):
                 return jsonify({'status': 'error', 'message': 'pixel_mapper_config must be a string (e.g. "U-mapper;Rotate:90" or empty)'}), 400
 
+            # Validate orientation (physical mounting rotation; composed onto pixel_mapper_config at runtime)
+            ORIENTATION_ALLOWED = {'normal', '180'}
+            if 'orientation' in data and data['orientation'] not in ORIENTATION_ALLOWED:
+                return jsonify({'status': 'error', 'message': f"Invalid orientation '{data['orientation']}'. Allowed values: {', '.join(sorted(ORIENTATION_ALLOWED))}"}), 400
+
             # Validate row_address_type
             if 'row_address_type' in data:
                 try:
@@ -844,7 +849,7 @@ def save_main_config():
             for field in ['rows', 'cols', 'chain_length', 'parallel', 'brightness', 'hardware_mapping', 'scan_mode',
                          'pwm_bits', 'pwm_dither_bits', 'pwm_lsb_nanoseconds', 'limit_refresh_rate_hz',
                          'led_rgb_sequence', 'multiplexing', 'panel_type', 'row_address_type',
-                         'pixel_mapper_config']:
+                         'pixel_mapper_config', 'orientation']:
                 if field in data:
                     if field in ['rows', 'cols', 'chain_length', 'parallel', 'brightness', 'scan_mode',
                                'pwm_bits', 'pwm_dither_bits', 'pwm_lsb_nanoseconds', 'limit_refresh_rate_hz',

web_interface/templates/v3/partials/display.html

@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@
                     </select>
                 </div>
 
+                <div class="form-group" id="setting-display-orientation" data-setting-key="display.hardware.orientation">
+                    <label for="orientation" class="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">Panel Orientation{{ ui.help_tip('Rotates the rendered image to match how the panel is physically mounted.\nUse "Upside Down" if you flipped the panel 180° to move the Raspberry Pi / wiring to a more convenient side.', 'Panel Orientation') }}</label>
+                    <select id="orientation" name="orientation" class="form-control">
+                        <option value="normal" {% if main_config.display.hardware.get('orientation', 'normal') == "normal" %}selected{% endif %}>Normal</option>
+                        <option value="180" {% if main_config.display.hardware.get('orientation', 'normal') == "180" %}selected{% endif %}>Upside Down (180°)</option>
+                    </select>
+                </div>
+
                 <div class="form-group" id="setting-display-led_rgb_sequence" data-setting-key="display.hardware.led_rgb_sequence">
                     <label for="led_rgb_sequence" class="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">LED RGB Sequence{{ ui.help_tip('Order the panel expects color channels in.\nChange this only if reds/greens/blues look swapped. Default: RGB.', 'LED RGB Sequence') }}</label>
                     <select id="led_rgb_sequence" name="led_rgb_sequence" class="form-control">