fix(schedule): stop stray 'days' data from overriding Global schedule

save_schedule_config never persisted the schedule's 'mode' field, and
_check_schedule inferred per-day vs global purely from whether a 'days'
dict was present for the current day. Config migration
(_merge_template_defaults) re-adds the template's 'schedule.days' (all
days disabled by default) whenever it's missing from the user's saved
config - which is exactly the case after saving Global mode, since that
save path intentionally pops 'days'. The result: a user on Global mode
would get their schedule silently reinterpreted as per-day, with today's
day disabled, blanking the display.

Persist 'mode' on save and have _check_schedule honor it explicitly
(mirroring how _check_dim_schedule already does), so a resurrected
'days' dict can't override an explicit Global selection. Falls back to
the old inference behavior only when no 'mode' is recorded.

src/display_controller.py

@@ -621,18 +621,28 @@ class DisplayController:
 
         current_day = current_time.strftime('%A').lower()  # e.g. 'monday'
         current_time_only = current_time.time()
-        
+
         # Check if per-day schedule is configured
         days_config = schedule_config.get('days')
-        
+
-        # Determine which schedule to use
+        # Determine which schedule to use. Respect an explicit 'mode' field
+        # (like the dim schedule does) so a stray/legacy 'days' dict left over
+        # from config migration or a prior per-day setup can't silently
+        # override a user's Global schedule selection.
+        mode = schedule_config.get('mode')
+        mode_normalized = mode.replace('_', '-') if mode else None
+
         use_per_day = False
-        if days_config:
+        if mode_normalized == 'global':
-            # Check if days dict is not empty and contains current day
+            use_per_day = False
-            if days_config and current_day in days_config:
+        elif mode_normalized == 'per-day':
+            use_per_day = bool(days_config and current_day in days_config)
+        elif days_config:
+            # No explicit mode recorded (legacy config) - fall back to
+            # inferring from presence of a 'days' dict for the current day.
+            if current_day in days_config:
                 use_per_day = True
-            elif days_config:
+            else:
-                # Days dict exists but doesn't have current day - fall back to global
                 logger.debug("Per-day schedule exists but %s not configured, using global schedule", current_day)
         
         if use_per_day:

src/display_manager.py

@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ else:
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 import time
-from collections import OrderedDict
+from typing import Dict, Any, List, Optional
-from typing import Dict, Any, List, Optional, Tuple
 import logging
 import math
 import freetype
@@ -181,25 +180,14 @@ class DisplayManager:
         # the logical image is blitted to the matrix unchanged.
         self._double_sided = None  # dict {copies, axis, logical_width, logical_height} or None
         self._physical_image = None  # full-chain buffer reused each frame when tiling
-        # Text-width measurement cache: (text, id(font)) -> (width, font_ref)
+        # Text-width measurement cache: (text, id(font)) -> pixel_width
         # Avoids re-measuring the same string+font on every display() call.
-        # LRU-bounded: keys embed the TEXT, so changing strings (a clock, a
-        # live score) would otherwise grow it forever on a 24/7 service.
-        # Entries hold a strong reference to the font so its id() can't be
-        # recycled by a different font object — an id-keyed cache without
-        # the reference can return the WRONG width after garbage collection.
         # Cleared on _load_fonts() so stale entries don't survive a font reload.
-        self._text_width_cache: "OrderedDict[tuple, Tuple[int, Any]]" = OrderedDict()
+        self._text_width_cache: Dict[tuple, int] = {}
-        self._TEXT_WIDTH_CACHE_MAX = 1024
         # Snapshot settings for web preview integration (service writes, web reads)
         self._snapshot_path = "/tmp/led_matrix_preview.png"  # nosec B108 - fixed path intentional; web UI reads same path
         self._snapshot_min_interval_sec = 0.2  # max ~5 fps
         self._last_snapshot_ts = 0.0
-        # Snapshot failures are logged as warnings, rate-limited so a
-        # persistent failure (e.g. an unwritable file) can't spam the log —
-        # but is never silent: the snapshot's mtime doubles as the web UI's
-        # hardware-liveness signal, so a quiet failure makes health checks lie.
-        self._snapshot_fail_log_ts = 0.0
         
         # Scrolling state tracking for graceful updates
         self._scrolling_state = {
@@ -711,15 +699,12 @@ class DisplayManager:
 
         Results are cached by (text, font identity) so plugins that measure
         the same string every frame (e.g. to centre a score) pay only one
-        measurement per unique (text, font) pair. The entry keeps the font
+        measurement per unique (text, font) pair.
-        alive so its id() can't be recycled, and the cache is LRU-bounded so
-        ever-changing text (clocks, tickers) can't grow it without limit.
         """
         cache_key = (text, id(font))
         cached = self._text_width_cache.get(cache_key)
         if cached is not None:
-            self._text_width_cache.move_to_end(cache_key)
+            return cached
-            return cached[0]
 
         try:
             if isinstance(font, freetype.Face):
@@ -734,9 +719,7 @@ class DisplayManager:
             logger.error("Error getting text width: %s", e)
             return 0
 
-        self._text_width_cache[cache_key] = (width, font)
+        self._text_width_cache[cache_key] = width
-        while len(self._text_width_cache) > self._TEXT_WIDTH_CACHE_MAX:
-            self._text_width_cache.popitem(last=False)
         return width
 
     def get_font_height(self, font):
@@ -1181,15 +1164,5 @@ class DisplayManager:
                 pass
             self._last_snapshot_ts = now
         except Exception as e:
-            # Snapshot failures must never break display — but they must not
+            # Snapshot failures should never break display; log at debug to avoid noise
-            # be silent either: the snapshot's mtime is the web UI's display
+            logger.debug(f"Snapshot write skipped: {e}")
-            # mirror AND its hardware-liveness proxy, so a quietly failing
-            # write freezes the mirror and makes health checks lie (seen in
-            # the field: a stale root-owned /tmp file froze it for a day).
-            # Warn at most once per 5 minutes to avoid log spam.
-            if (now - self._snapshot_fail_log_ts) > 300:
-                self._snapshot_fail_log_ts = now
-                logger.warning("Snapshot write failing (web preview/health "
-                               "mirror is stale): %s", e)
-            else:
-                logger.debug(f"Snapshot write skipped: {e}")

src/font_manager.py

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import urllib.request
 import zipfile
 import tempfile
 import time
-from collections import OrderedDict
 from pathlib import Path
 from PIL import ImageFont
 from typing import Dict, Tuple, Optional, Union, Any, List
@@ -59,13 +58,7 @@ class FontManager:
         # Font discovery and catalog
         self.font_catalog: Dict[str, str] = {}  # family_name -> file_path
         self.font_cache: Dict[str, Union[ImageFont.FreeTypeFont, freetype.Face]] = {}  # (family, size) -> font
-        # (text, id(font)) -> ((width, height, baseline), font_ref).
+        self.metrics_cache: Dict[str, Tuple[int, int, int]] = {}  # (text, font_id) -> (width, height, baseline)
-        # LRU-bounded — keys embed the measured TEXT, so changing strings
-        # (clocks, live scores) would otherwise grow it forever. Entries
-        # keep the font alive so its id() can't be recycled by a different
-        # font object (which would silently return wrong metrics).
-        self.metrics_cache: "OrderedDict[Any, Tuple[Tuple[int, int, int], Any]]" = OrderedDict()
-        self._METRICS_CACHE_MAX = 1024
 
         # Plugin font management
         self.plugin_fonts: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}  # plugin_id -> font_manifest
@@ -514,14 +507,10 @@ class FontManager:
         Returns:
             Tuple of (width, height, baseline_offset)
         """
-        # Key on the text itself (hash(text) could collide) + font identity;
+        cache_key = f"{hash(text)}_{id(font)}"
-        # the entry below keeps the font referenced so the id stays valid.
-        cache_key = (text, id(font))
 
-        cached = self.metrics_cache.get(cache_key)
+        if cache_key in self.metrics_cache:
-        if cached is not None:
+            return self.metrics_cache[cache_key]
-            self.metrics_cache.move_to_end(cache_key)
-            return cached[0]
 
         try:
             if isinstance(font, freetype.Face):
@@ -558,9 +547,7 @@ class FontManager:
             baseline = 10
 
         result = (width, height, baseline)
-        self.metrics_cache[cache_key] = (result, font)
+        self.metrics_cache[cache_key] = result
-        while len(self.metrics_cache) > self._METRICS_CACHE_MAX:
-            self.metrics_cache.popitem(last=False)
         return result
 
     def get_font_height(self, font: Union[ImageFont.FreeTypeFont, freetype.Face]) -> int:

test/conftest.py

@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ def mock_cache_manager():
     mock._memory_cache_timestamps = {}
     mock.cache_dir = "/tmp/test_cache"
     
-    def mock_get(key: str, max_age: Optional[int] = 300,
+    def mock_get(key: str, max_age: int = 300) -> Optional[Dict]:
-                 memory_ttl: Optional[int] = None) -> Optional[Dict]:
-        # Signature mirrors CacheManager.get — keep in sync or callers
-        # passing keyword args (health tracker, resource monitor) break
-        # only in tests, hiding real-API compatibility.
         return mock._memory_cache.get(key)
     
     def mock_set(key: str, data: Dict, ttl: Optional[int] = None) -> None:

web_interface/blueprints/api_v3.py

@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ def save_schedule_config():
         }
 
         mode = data.get('mode', 'global')
+        schedule_config['mode'] = mode
 
         if mode == 'global':
             # Simple global schedule