fix(display): a failed on-demand request drops the session it ended

_set_on_demand_error ends any running session (_reset_on_demand_fields)
but left its saved copy, display_on_demand_config, in the cache. A failed
request that replaced a running session therefore made the next restart
resume the session that had already ended.

Clear the saved copy where every error path goes through, and drop the
two restore-failed callers' own clears, which this now covers.

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

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,15 +19,12 @@ accepts both, but the store flags the old spelling as deprecated
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-### Tooling
+### Fixes
 
-- `test/test_sports_helpers.py`'s parity tests pass again with
+- A failed on-demand request no longer comes back after a restart as the
-  `LEDMATRIX_PLUGINS` set. The scoreboards deleted their copies of the
+  session it ended. A failed request ends any running session, but the
-  `sports_helpers` bodies and constants when they adopted `SportsHelpersMixin`
+  saved copy of that session (`display_on_demand_config`) was left behind,
-  (ledmatrix-plugins #563/#564), and the 19 tests still expected them. A copy
+  so the next restart of the display resumed it.
-  that is gone now counts as adopted when the plugin imports
-  `src.common.sports_helpers`, as the stage 3/4 and game-over parity tests
-  already do; a copy that remains must still match.
 
 ## 3.8.2
 

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -143,9 +143,7 @@ loaded and when. Nothing else keeps plugin state:
 `DisplayController` right after it creates the `PluginManager`, writes the
 cache key `plugin_runtime_snapshot`: per plugin `loaded`, `state`, `error`
 (type, a redacted message of at most 200 characters, when, recoverable),
-`version`, `loaded_at` and `modes` (the display modes `DisplayController`
+`version` and `loaded_at`, plus `published_at`, `stale_after` and `running`.
-registered -- `plugin.modes` when the plugin computes them, else the
-manifest's), plus `published_at`, `stale_after` and `running`.
 The cache is on disk, usually the SD card, so it writes when something a
 reader sees changes -- throttled to once per 10 s -- and otherwise once a
 minute as a heartbeat. RUNNING, which every `update()` passes through, is
@@ -161,9 +159,6 @@ truth cannot leak into a response. `/api/v3/plugins/installed` returns
 `loaded`, `state`, `error_info`, `loaded_version` and `loaded_at` per
 plugin and `data.runtime` (`status`, `published_at`, `age_seconds`);
 `/api/v3/plugins/state` returns the same beside the desired state.
-`PluginCatalog.get_plugin_display_modes` and `find_plugin_for_mode` prefer a
-live view's `modes` to the manifest's `display_modes`, so `/display/modes`
-and on-demand see modes a plugin generates from its config (#668).
 
 **Reconciliation**
 ([`state_reconciliation.py`](../src/plugin_system/state_reconciliation.py))

docs/REST_API_REFERENCE.md

@@ -363,11 +363,9 @@ it. This is the list the force-display dialog offers.
 
 Send the reported `plugin_id` alongside `mode` when starting an on-demand
 display: `/display/on-demand/start` falls back to `find_plugin_for_mode` when
-`plugin_id` is omitted. While the display is running, this list and that
+`plugin_id` is omitted, and that lookup only sees modes declared in a static
-lookup use the modes the display registered, including ones a plugin generates
+manifest — a plugin whose modes are generated (each installed Starlark app is
-from its config (each installed Starlark app, each soccer `custom_leagues`
+one) returns 404 there.
-entry). With the display stopped, or for a plugin it has not loaded, both see
-only the modes its manifest declares.
 
 Triggers plugin discovery, which is otherwise lazy — so a caller that never
 opens the dashboard still gets the full list.

src/display_controller.py

@@ -668,7 +668,6 @@ class DisplayController:
             except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
                 cached_session = None
             if self.on_demand_active or cached_session:
-                self.cache_manager.clear_cache('display_on_demand_config')
                 self._set_on_demand_error('restore-failed')
             # Its state machine no longer describes what runs; let the last
             # snapshot go stale (readers then say unknown) rather than keep
@@ -1817,8 +1816,14 @@ class DisplayController:
             logger.error("Failed to publish on-demand state: %s", err, exc_info=True)
 
     def _set_on_demand_error(self, message: str) -> None:
-        """Set on-demand state to error and publish."""
+        """Set on-demand state to error and publish.
+
+        Ends any running session, so its saved copy goes too: a failed
+        request that replaced a session left display_on_demand_config
+        behind, and the next restart resumed the session that had ended.
+        """
         self._reset_on_demand_fields()
+        self.cache_manager.clear_cache('display_on_demand_config')
         self.on_demand_status = 'error'
         self.on_demand_last_error = message
         self.on_demand_last_event = None
@@ -2756,7 +2761,6 @@ class DisplayController:
             logger.error("On-demand session for plugin '%s' cannot resume after the "
                          "restart: the plugin has no loaded display modes (did it "
                          "fail to load?); ending it", plugin_id)
-            self.cache_manager.clear_cache('display_on_demand_config')
             self._set_on_demand_error('restore-failed')
             return
 
@@ -4624,15 +4628,6 @@ class DisplayController:
             display_modes = [plugin_id]
         with self._plugin_modes_lock:
             self.plugin_display_modes[plugin_id] = list(display_modes)
-        # Into the runtime snapshot the web interface reads, so its mode
-        # lists and on-demand lookups see computed modes too (#668).
-        state_manager = getattr(self.plugin_manager, 'state_manager', None)
-        record_modes = getattr(state_manager, 'record_modes', None)
-        if callable(record_modes):
-            try:
-                record_modes(plugin_id, list(display_modes))
-            except Exception as e:  # reporting must never break registration
-                logger.debug("Could not record display modes for %s: %s", plugin_id, e)
 
         # Subscribe to config changes for per-plugin hot-reload. Bind plugin_id
         # and instance as defaults so each plugin's callback targets its own

src/plugin_system/plugin_catalog.py

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ reads through a catalog unchanged. It has nothing that runs a plugin: no
 ``load_plugin``, ``get_plugin`` or ``plugins``.
 
 Runtime state -- whether the display has a plugin loaded, its health, its
-errors -- is not here either, with one exception: given a ``runtime_source``,
+errors -- is not here either. The display process publishes what it knows to
-the mode lookups prefer the modes the running display registered. The display process publishes what it knows to
 the shared cache (health and resource metrics, the current mode, the error
 aggregator snapshot), and the web routes read those publications. What the
 display does not publish (which plugins it has loaded, its plugin state
@@ -27,9 +26,8 @@ See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md ("Web and display processes").
 
 import json
 import threading
-import time
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union, cast
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union, cast
 
 from src.common.permission_utils import (
     ensure_directory_permissions, get_plugin_dir_mode,
@@ -41,10 +39,6 @@ from src.plugin_system.plugin_dirs import (
 
 PathLike = Union[str, Path]
 
-#: How long one read of the display's runtime view answers mode lookups. A
-#: listing asks once per plugin; the cache copy is a file read each time.
-_RUNTIME_VIEW_TTL_SECONDS = 1.0
-
 
 class PluginCatalog:
     """Manifests, schemas, config and versions of the installed plugins.
@@ -55,17 +49,10 @@ class PluginCatalog:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, plugins_dir: PathLike, config_manager: Optional[Any] = None,
-                 schema_manager: Optional[Any] = None,
+                 schema_manager: Optional[Any] = None) -> None:
-                 runtime_source: Optional[Callable[[], Any]] = None) -> None:
         self.plugins_dir: Path = Path(plugins_dir)
         self.config_manager = config_manager
         self.schema_manager = schema_manager
-        # Returns the display's PluginRuntimeView
-        # (src/plugin_system/plugin_runtime.py). Its live view carries the
-        # modes the display registered, which the mode lookups below prefer
-        # to the manifest's. None: manifests only.
-        self.runtime_source = runtime_source
-        self._runtime_view_memo: Optional[tuple] = None
         self.logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
         # Guards plugin_manifests/plugin_directories: request threads read
@@ -185,67 +172,23 @@ class PluginCatalog:
             by_manifest=False)
         return str(plugin_dir) if plugin_dir is not None else None
 
-    def _runtime_view(self) -> Any:
-        """The display's runtime view, read at most once a second; None
-        without a source or when reading it fails."""
-        if self.runtime_source is None:
-            return None
-        now = time.monotonic()
-        memo = self._runtime_view_memo
-        if memo is not None and now - memo[0] < _RUNTIME_VIEW_TTL_SECONDS:
-            return memo[1]
-        try:
-            view = self.runtime_source()
-        except Exception as exc:  # a lookup must still answer from manifests
-            self.logger.debug("Could not read the display's runtime view: %s", exc)
-            view = None
-        self._runtime_view_memo = (now, view)
-        return view
-
-    def _live_display_modes(self, plugin_id: str) -> Optional[List[str]]:
-        """The modes the running display registered for ``plugin_id``, or None."""
-        view = self._runtime_view()
-        if view is None:
-            return None
-        try:
-            modes = view.display_modes(plugin_id)
-        except Exception as exc:  # includes a source returning something else
-            self.logger.debug("Could not read display modes for %s: %s", plugin_id, exc)
-            return None
-        return list(modes) if isinstance(modes, list) and modes else None
-
     def get_plugin_display_modes(self, plugin_id: str) -> List[str]:
-        """The modes the display registered for the plugin, else the
+        """The manifest's ``display_modes``, or [].
-        manifest's ``display_modes``, else [].
 
-        A plugin may compute its modes at run time (``plugin.modes``): each
+        What the display actually rotates can differ: a plugin may compute
-        league soccer-scoreboard's ``custom_leagues`` adds is a mode no
+        its modes at run time (``plugin.modes``). This is the declared list.
-        manifest can list ahead of time (#668). The running display
-        publishes what it registered, and that wins while the display is
-        live and has the plugin loaded. Otherwise -- display stopped, plugin
-        disabled -- the declared list is the best answer there is.
         """
-        live = self._live_display_modes(plugin_id)
-        if live is not None:
-            return live
         with self._lock:
             manifest = self.plugin_manifests.get(plugin_id)
         modes = (manifest or {}).get('display_modes', [])
         return list(modes) if isinstance(modes, list) else []
 
     def find_plugin_for_mode(self, mode: str) -> Optional[str]:
-        """The plugin that registered ``mode`` on the running display, else
+        """The plugin whose manifest declares ``mode`` (case-insensitive)."""
-        the one whose manifest declares it (case-insensitive both ways)."""
         wanted = mode.strip().lower()
         with self._lock:
             manifests = dict(self.plugin_manifests)
-        for plugin_id in manifests:
-            live = self._live_display_modes(plugin_id)
-            if live and any(m.lower() == wanted for m in live):
-                return plugin_id
         for plugin_id, manifest in manifests.items():
-            if self._live_display_modes(plugin_id):
-                continue  # the display's list is the truth for this plugin
             modes = manifest.get('display_modes')
             if isinstance(modes, list) and any(
                     isinstance(m, str) and m.lower() == wanted for m in modes):

src/plugin_system/plugin_runtime.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ import os
 import threading
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, replace
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional
 
 from src import display_watchdog
 from src.logging_config import get_logger
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ _ERROR_MESSAGE_CHARS = 200
 _ERROR_TYPE_CHARS = 80
 _ID_CHARS = 100
 _VERSION_CHARS = 40
-#: Bounds on a plugin's published ``modes``: a plugin computes them, so a
-#: runaway list must not bloat a file written to the SD card.
-_MAX_MODES = 200
 
 #: Reader statuses. Only LIVE carries runtime facts.
 LIVE = "live"
@@ -157,15 +154,6 @@ def summarize_error(error_info: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Optional[Dict[str,
     }
 
 
-def _published_modes(modes: Any) -> Optional[List[str]]:
-    """The registered display modes as a snapshot carries them, or None."""
-    if not isinstance(modes, list):
-        return None
-    # A name is a key the display matches exactly: drop one too long to
-    # carry whole rather than clip it into a different name.
-    return [m for m in modes if isinstance(m, str) and len(m) <= _ID_CHARS][:_MAX_MODES]
-
-
 def build_runtime_snapshot(state_manager: Any, *, started_at: float,
                            now: Optional[float] = None,
                            running: bool = True,
@@ -185,7 +173,6 @@ def build_runtime_snapshot(state_manager: Any, *, started_at: float,
                 "error": summarize_error(record.get("error_info")),
                 "version": _clip(version, _VERSION_CHARS) if version else None,
                 "loaded_at": _epoch(record.get("loaded_at")),
-                "modes": _published_modes(record.get("modes")),
             }
     return {
         "schema": SNAPSHOT_SCHEMA,
@@ -429,21 +416,6 @@ class PluginRuntimeView:
             "loaded_at": record.get("loaded_at"),
         }
 
-    def display_modes(self, plugin_id: str) -> Optional[List[str]]:
-        """The display modes the display registered for ``plugin_id``: what
-        it rotates and accepts on-demand, including modes a plugin computes
-        from its config. None unless the view is live and the plugin is
-        loaded with its modes registered -- the caller then falls back to
-        the manifest's ``display_modes``."""
-        if not self.live:
-            return None
-        record = self.plugins.get(plugin_id)
-        modes = record.get("modes") if isinstance(record, dict) else None
-        if not isinstance(modes, list):
-            return None
-        modes = [m for m in modes if isinstance(m, str)]
-        return modes or None
-
     def describe(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """The view's own status, for a response to carry beside the facts."""
         return {

src/plugin_system/plugin_state.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ snapshot ``plugin_runtime.PluginRuntimePublisher`` publishes from it.
 import threading
 import time
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
 from datetime import datetime
 import logging
 
@@ -231,26 +231,6 @@ class PluginStateManager:
             }
             self._note_change()
 
-    def record_modes(self, plugin_id: str, modes: List[str]) -> None:
-        """Record the display modes the display registered for ``plugin_id``.
-
-        Called by the DisplayController each time it registers the plugin.
-        These are the modes it actually rotates and accepts on-demand --
-        ``plugin.modes`` when the plugin computes them (a soccer league the
-        user added under ``custom_leagues``), else the manifest's list -- and
-        the web interface has no other way to learn them (#668). Kept on the
-        loaded record, so an unload or a reload's fresh record_loaded()
-        forgets them until the plugin is registered again.
-        """
-        with self._lock:
-            loaded = self._loaded.get(plugin_id)
-            if loaded is None:
-                return
-            modes = [str(m) for m in modes]
-            if loaded.get('modes') != modes:
-                loaded['modes'] = modes
-                self._note_change()
-
     def record_unloaded(self, plugin_id: str) -> None:
         """Forget the loaded record alone, keeping state and error info: for
         an unload that failed after the instance was already dropped."""
@@ -263,8 +243,7 @@ class PluginStateManager:
         section so a concurrent load or unload is seen whole or not at all.
 
         Per plugin: ``state`` (published_state()'s value), ``loaded``,
-        ``version``, ``loaded_at`` and ``modes`` (None unless loaded; ``modes``
+        ``version`` and ``loaded_at`` (None unless loaded) and ``error_info``
-        also None until the display registers it) and ``error_info``
         (a copy, or None).
         """
         with self._lock:
@@ -278,7 +257,6 @@ class PluginStateManager:
                     'loaded': loaded is not None,
                     'version': loaded['version'] if loaded else None,
                     'loaded_at': loaded['loaded_at'] if loaded else None,
-                    'modes': list(loaded['modes']) if loaded and 'modes' in loaded else None,
                     'error_info': dict(info) if info is not None else None,
                 }
             return records

test/test_api_v3_display_modes.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ manifest.json off disk and reimplemented PluginManager's own fallbacks.
 """
 
 import json
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -155,14 +155,3 @@ class TestOneBadConfigSectionDoesNotBlankTheList:
             side_effect=RuntimeError("GET https://x/y?api_key=SEC123 failed"))
         body = api_v3_client.get('/api/v3/display/modes').get_json()
         assert 'SEC123' not in json.dumps(body)
-
-
-class TestOnDemandUsesTheRegisteredSpelling:
-    def test_a_mode_differing_in_case_is_sent_as_registered(self, client):
-        with patch('web_interface.blueprints.api_v3.display._deliver_on_demand',
-                   return_value=('socket', None)) as deliver:
-            response = client.post('/api/v3/display/on-demand/start',
-                                   json={'plugin_id': 'football-scoreboard',
-                                         'mode': 'NFL_LIVE', 'start_service': False})
-        assert response.status_code == 200, response.get_json()
-        assert deliver.call_args.args[0]['mode'] == 'nfl_live'

test/test_live_display_modes.py

@@ -1,265 +0,0 @@
-"""The web interface sees the display modes the display actually registered (#668).
-
-A plugin may compute its modes from its config: soccer-scoreboard registers
-``soccer_<league>_live/recent/upcoming`` for every league the user adds under
-``custom_leagues``, and no manifest can list those ahead of time. The display
-always rotated them -- DisplayController._register_loaded_plugin prefers
-``plugin.modes`` -- but the web process reads plugins as files, so its mode
-listing (/display/modes, the on-demand dialog) and find_plugin_for_mode
-(/display/on-demand/start with a mode and no plugin_id) saw only manifests.
-
-The display now records each plugin's registered modes in its plugin state,
-the runtime snapshot carries them, and PluginCatalog prefers them while the
-snapshot is live, falling back to the manifest when it is not.
-"""
-import json
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
-import pytest
-
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent.parent))
-
-from src.cache_manager import CacheManager  # noqa: E402
-from src.plugin_system import plugin_runtime as rt  # noqa: E402
-from src.plugin_system.plugin_catalog import PluginCatalog  # noqa: E402
-from src.plugin_system.plugin_runtime import (  # noqa: E402
-    PluginRuntimePublisher, build_runtime_snapshot, read_plugin_runtime,
-    view_from_snapshot,
-)
-from src.plugin_system.plugin_state import PluginState, PluginStateManager  # noqa: E402
-from test._api_v3_test_helpers import api_v3_client, api_v3_module  # noqa: F401,E402
-
-DECLARED = ["soccer_eng.1_live", "soccer_eng.1_recent", "soccer_eng.1_upcoming"]
-CUSTOM = ["soccer_sco.1_live", "soccer_sco.1_recent", "soccer_sco.1_upcoming"]
-REGISTERED = DECLARED + CUSTOM
-
-
-def _loaded_states(modes=None):
-    states = PluginStateManager()
-    states.set_state("soccer-scoreboard", PluginState.ENABLED)
-    states.record_loaded("soccer-scoreboard", "2.24.1")
-    if modes is not None:
-        states.record_modes("soccer-scoreboard", modes)
-    return states
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def shared_cache(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
-    """Two cache managers over one directory: the display's and the web's."""
-    monkeypatch.setattr(CacheManager, "_get_writable_cache_dir",
-                        lambda self: str(tmp_path / "cache"))
-    (tmp_path / "cache").mkdir()
-    display_cache, web_cache = CacheManager(), CacheManager()
-    yield display_cache, web_cache
-    display_cache.stop_cleanup_thread()
-    web_cache.stop_cleanup_thread()
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def plugins_dir(tmp_path):
-    root = tmp_path / "plugins"
-    for plugin_id, modes in (("soccer-scoreboard", DECLARED), ("clock-simple", ["clock"])):
-        (root / plugin_id).mkdir(parents=True)
-        (root / plugin_id / "manifest.json").write_text(json.dumps({
-            "id": plugin_id, "name": plugin_id, "version": "1.0.0",
-            "class_name": "P", "display_modes": modes}), encoding="utf-8")
-    return root
-
-
-# --- The display records what it registered ---------------------------------
-
-class TestStateManagerRecordsModes:
-    def test_runtime_records_carry_them(self):
-        assert _loaded_states(REGISTERED).runtime_records()[
-            "soccer-scoreboard"]["modes"] == REGISTERED
-
-    def test_none_until_registered(self):
-        assert _loaded_states().runtime_records()["soccer-scoreboard"]["modes"] is None
-
-    def test_a_new_list_is_a_change_the_same_one_is_not(self):
-        """change_count drives the publisher: re-registering an unchanged
-        plugin must not cost an SD-card write."""
-        states = _loaded_states(DECLARED)
-        before = states.change_count
-        states.record_modes("soccer-scoreboard", list(DECLARED))
-        assert states.change_count == before
-        states.record_modes("soccer-scoreboard", REGISTERED)
-        assert states.change_count == before + 1
-
-    def test_ignored_for_a_plugin_that_is_not_loaded(self):
-        states = PluginStateManager()
-        states.record_modes("ghost", ["ghost"])
-        assert "ghost" not in states.runtime_records()
-
-    def test_unload_forgets_them(self):
-        states = _loaded_states(REGISTERED)
-        states.clear_state("soccer-scoreboard")
-        assert "soccer-scoreboard" not in states.runtime_records()
-
-    def test_a_reload_starts_without_them_until_registered_again(self):
-        states = _loaded_states(REGISTERED)
-        states.record_loaded("soccer-scoreboard", "2.25.0")
-        assert states.runtime_records()["soccer-scoreboard"]["modes"] is None
-
-
-class TestControllerRecordsOnRegistration:
-    def test_plugin_modes_reach_the_state_manager(self, test_display_controller):
-        """_register_loaded_plugin is the one path every load, enable and
-        reload goes through."""
-        c = test_display_controller
-        states = _loaded_states()
-        plugin = MagicMock()
-        plugin.modes = list(REGISTERED)
-        c.plugin_manager.state_manager = states
-        c.plugin_manager.get_plugin = MagicMock(return_value=plugin)
-        c.plugin_manager.plugin_manifests = {"soccer-scoreboard": {"display_modes": DECLARED}}
-
-        c._register_loaded_plugin("soccer-scoreboard")
-
-        assert states.runtime_records()["soccer-scoreboard"]["modes"] == REGISTERED
-
-    def test_a_failing_state_manager_does_not_break_registration(self, test_display_controller):
-        c = test_display_controller
-        plugin = MagicMock()
-        plugin.modes = ["clock"]
-        c.plugin_manager.state_manager.record_modes = MagicMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("x"))
-        c.plugin_manager.get_plugin = MagicMock(return_value=plugin)
-        c.plugin_manager.plugin_manifests = {}
-
-        assert c._register_loaded_plugin("clock-simple") == ["clock"]
-        assert c.mode_to_plugin_id["clock"] == "clock-simple"
-
-
-# --- The snapshot carries them; only a live view reports them ---------------
-
-class TestSnapshotAndView:
-    NOW = 1_800_000_000.0
-
-    def _view(self, states, running=True, published_at=None):
-        snapshot = build_runtime_snapshot(states, started_at=1.0, now=self.NOW,
-                                          running=running)
-        if published_at is not None:
-            snapshot["published_at"] = published_at
-        return view_from_snapshot(snapshot, now=self.NOW)
-
-    def test_live_view_reports_the_registered_modes(self):
-        assert self._view(_loaded_states(REGISTERED)).display_modes(
-            "soccer-scoreboard") == REGISTERED
-
-    def test_stale_and_stopped_views_report_nothing(self):
-        states = _loaded_states(REGISTERED)
-        assert self._view(states, published_at=self.NOW - 10_000).display_modes(
-            "soccer-scoreboard") is None
-        assert self._view(states, running=False).display_modes("soccer-scoreboard") is None
-
-    def test_unregistered_or_unknown_plugins_report_nothing(self):
-        view = self._view(_loaded_states())
-        assert view.display_modes("soccer-scoreboard") is None
-        assert view.display_modes("not-loaded") is None
-
-    def test_a_runaway_list_is_bounded(self):
-        modes = [f"m{i}" for i in range(1000)] + ["x" * 500]
-        snapshot = build_runtime_snapshot(_loaded_states(modes), started_at=1.0, now=self.NOW)
-        published = snapshot["plugins"]["soccer-scoreboard"]["modes"]
-        assert len(published) == rt._MAX_MODES
-
-    def test_a_mode_name_is_kept_whole_or_dropped(self):
-        long_mode = "x" * (rt._ID_CHARS + 1)
-        snapshot = build_runtime_snapshot(_loaded_states(["ok", long_mode]),
-                                          started_at=1.0, now=self.NOW)
-        assert snapshot["plugins"]["soccer-scoreboard"]["modes"] == ["ok"]
-
-    def test_non_strings_from_a_hand_made_snapshot_are_dropped(self):
-        snapshot = {"schema": rt.SNAPSHOT_SCHEMA, "running": True,
-                    "published_at": self.NOW, "plugins": {
-                        "p": {"loaded": True, "modes": ["a", 3, None]}}}
-        assert view_from_snapshot(snapshot, now=self.NOW).display_modes("p") == ["a"]
-
-
-# --- The web's catalog prefers them -------------------------------------------
-
-class TestCatalog:
-    def _catalog(self, plugins_dir, web_cache):
-        catalog = PluginCatalog(plugins_dir,
-                                runtime_source=lambda: read_plugin_runtime(web_cache))
-        catalog.discover_plugins()
-        return catalog
-
-    def test_live_display_modes_win_over_the_manifest(self, plugins_dir, shared_cache):
-        display_cache, web_cache = shared_cache
-        PluginRuntimePublisher(display_cache, _loaded_states(REGISTERED)).tick()
-        catalog = self._catalog(plugins_dir, web_cache)
-        assert catalog.get_plugin_display_modes("soccer-scoreboard") == REGISTERED
-
-    def test_a_custom_league_mode_resolves_to_its_plugin(self, plugins_dir, shared_cache):
-        """What /display/on-demand/start does with a mode and no plugin_id."""
-        display_cache, web_cache = shared_cache
-        PluginRuntimePublisher(display_cache, _loaded_states(REGISTERED)).tick()
-        catalog = self._catalog(plugins_dir, web_cache)
-        assert catalog.find_plugin_for_mode("SOCCER_SCO.1_LIVE") == "soccer-scoreboard"
-
-    def test_a_plugin_the_display_has_not_loaded_falls_back_to_its_manifest(
-            self, plugins_dir, shared_cache):
-        display_cache, web_cache = shared_cache
-        PluginRuntimePublisher(display_cache, _loaded_states(REGISTERED)).tick()
-        catalog = self._catalog(plugins_dir, web_cache)
-        assert catalog.get_plugin_display_modes("clock-simple") == ["clock"]
-        assert catalog.find_plugin_for_mode("clock") == "clock-simple"
-
-    def test_a_mode_the_display_dropped_does_not_resolve_by_manifest(
-            self, plugins_dir, shared_cache):
-        display_cache, web_cache = shared_cache
-        PluginRuntimePublisher(display_cache, _loaded_states(CUSTOM)).tick()
-        catalog = self._catalog(plugins_dir, web_cache)
-        assert catalog.find_plugin_for_mode("soccer_eng.1_live") is None
-
-    def test_a_stopped_display_falls_back_to_manifests(self, plugins_dir, shared_cache):
-        display_cache, web_cache = shared_cache
-        publisher = PluginRuntimePublisher(display_cache, _loaded_states(REGISTERED))
-        publisher.tick()
-        publisher.stop()
-        catalog = self._catalog(plugins_dir, web_cache)
-        assert catalog.get_plugin_display_modes("soccer-scoreboard") == DECLARED
-        assert catalog.find_plugin_for_mode("soccer_sco.1_live") is None
-
-    def test_no_runtime_source_is_manifests_only(self, plugins_dir):
-        catalog = PluginCatalog(plugins_dir)
-        catalog.discover_plugins()
-        assert catalog.get_plugin_display_modes("soccer-scoreboard") == DECLARED
-
-    def test_a_failing_runtime_source_is_manifests_only(self, plugins_dir):
-        def broken():
-            raise OSError("cache gone")
-        catalog = PluginCatalog(plugins_dir, runtime_source=broken)
-        catalog.discover_plugins()
-        assert catalog.get_plugin_display_modes("soccer-scoreboard") == DECLARED
-
-    def test_one_listing_reads_the_view_once(self, plugins_dir):
-        source = MagicMock(return_value=None)
-        catalog = PluginCatalog(plugins_dir, runtime_source=source)
-        catalog.discover_plugins()
-        for _ in range(10):
-            catalog.get_plugin_display_modes("soccer-scoreboard")
-            catalog.find_plugin_for_mode("clock")
-        assert source.call_count == 1
-
-
-class TestDisplayModesRoute:
-    def test_lists_the_custom_league_modes(self, api_v3_module, api_v3_client,  # noqa: F811
-                                           plugins_dir, shared_cache):
-        display_cache, web_cache = shared_cache
-        PluginRuntimePublisher(display_cache, _loaded_states(REGISTERED)).tick()
-        api = api_v3_module.api_v3
-        api.plugin_catalog = PluginCatalog(
-            plugins_dir, runtime_source=lambda: read_plugin_runtime(web_cache))
-        api.config_manager.load_config = MagicMock(return_value={
-            "soccer-scoreboard": {"enabled": True}})
-
-        response = api_v3_client.get("/api/v3/display/modes")
-
-        assert response.status_code == 200, response.get_data(as_text=True)
-        modes = {m["mode"]: m for m in response.get_json()["data"]["modes"]}
-        assert set(modes) == set(REGISTERED)
-        assert modes["soccer_sco.1_live"]["plugin_id"] == "soccer-scoreboard"

test/test_on_demand_disabled_plugin.py

@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ class TestReleasingThePlugin:
         assert controller.current_display_mode == 'clock'
         assert controller.force_change is True
 
+    def test_a_failed_request_that_ends_the_session_drops_its_saved_copy(self, controller):
+        """Otherwise the next restart resumes the session that just ended."""
+        _start(controller, plugin_id='clock')
+        controller.cache_manager.clear_cache.reset_mock()
+
+        _start(controller, plugin_id='uninstalled')
+
+        controller.cache_manager.clear_cache.assert_called_once_with('display_on_demand_config')
+
     def test_a_plugin_enabled_during_the_session_stays_loaded(self, controller):
         _start(controller)
         controller.test_config['preview-me'] = {'enabled': True}

test/test_plugin_runtime_snapshot.py

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class TestPublisher:
         assert snapshot["stale_after"] == rt.STALE_AFTER
         assert snapshot["plugins"] == {"clock": {
             "loaded": True, "state": "enabled", "error": None,
-            "version": "1.0.0", "loaded_at": 10.0, "modes": None}}
+            "version": "1.0.0", "loaded_at": 10.0}}
 
     def test_changes_are_throttled_and_quiet_displays_refresh(self):
         cache = MagicMock()

test/test_sports_helpers.py

@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ loses those tests with it.
 The parity class is what keeps "byte-identical" true after this lands. Point
 LEDMATRIX_PLUGINS at a ledmatrix-plugins checkout and every promoted body is
 compared, as a docstring-stripped AST, against every plugin copy that carries
-it. A copy that is gone counts as adopted when the plugin imports
+it. Without the variable it skips rather than fails, since core CI has no
-src.common.sports_helpers (plugins#563/#564 did that for every scoreboard).
-Without the variable it skips rather than fails, since core CI has no
 plugins checkout; ledmatrix-plugins CI runs the same comparison against core
 (scripts/check_sports_helpers_parity.py, ledmatrix-plugins#495).
 """
@@ -574,24 +572,6 @@ def _core_definitions():
     return out
 
 
-def _sports_source(root, sport):
-    return (root / f"{sport}-scoreboard" / "sports.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-
-
-def _adopted(source):
-    """Gone is fine once the plugin uses the module; otherwise the finder is
-    not seeing its copy."""
-    name = sports_helpers.__name__
-    for node in ast.walk(ast.parse(source)):
-        if isinstance(node, ast.ImportFrom):
-            if node.module == name or any(
-                    f"{node.module}.{a.name}" == name for a in node.names):
-                return True
-        elif isinstance(node, ast.Import) and any(a.name == name for a in node.names):
-            return True
-    return False
-
-
 class TestParityWithPlugins:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", sorted(PROMOTED))
     def test_body_matches_every_plugin_copy(self, name):
@@ -600,10 +580,10 @@ class TestParityWithPlugins:
         ours = _dump(_core_definitions()[name])
         drifted, missing = [], []
         for sport in carriers:
-            source = _sports_source(root, sport)
+            defs = _definitions(ast.parse(
-            theirs = _definitions(ast.parse(source))[where].get(plugin_name)
+                (root / f"{sport}-scoreboard" / "sports.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8")))
+            theirs = defs[where].get(plugin_name)
             if theirs is None:
-                if not _adopted(source):
                 missing.append(sport)
             elif _dump(theirs) != ours:
                 drifted.append(sport)
@@ -614,20 +594,10 @@ class TestParityWithPlugins:
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("sport", SCOREBOARDS)
     def test_constants_match(self, sport):
-        source = _sports_source(_plugins_root(), sport)
+        root = _plugins_root()
-        defs = _definitions(ast.parse(source))
+        defs = _definitions(ast.parse(
-        expected = {
+            (root / f"{sport}-scoreboard" / "sports.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8")))
-            ("module", "_MIN_WINDOW_DAYS"): MIN_WINDOW_DAYS,
+        assert ast.literal_eval(defs["module"]["_MIN_WINDOW_DAYS"].value) == MIN_WINDOW_DAYS
-            ("module", "_MAX_WINDOW_DAYS"): MAX_WINDOW_DAYS,
+        assert ast.literal_eval(defs["module"]["_MAX_WINDOW_DAYS"].value) == MAX_WINDOW_DAYS
-            ("SportsCore", "_DWELL_REENTRY_GAP_SECONDS"):
+        gap = defs["SportsCore"]["_DWELL_REENTRY_GAP_SECONDS"].value
-                SportsHelpersMixin._DWELL_REENTRY_GAP_SECONDS,
+        assert math.isclose(ast.literal_eval(gap), SportsHelpersMixin._DWELL_REENTRY_GAP_SECONDS)
-        }
-        missing = []
-        for (where, name), value in expected.items():
-            node = defs[where].get(name)
-            if node is None:
-                if not _adopted(source):
-                    missing.append(name)
-            else:
-                assert math.isclose(ast.literal_eval(node.value), value), name
-        assert missing == [], f"not found in {sport}: {missing}"

web_interface/app.py

@@ -159,18 +159,10 @@ schema_manager = SchemaManager(
 # saves reach the running plugins through the display's config watcher; what
 # the display knows at run time (health, metrics, errors, current mode) it
 # publishes to the shared cache. See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md.
-def _catalog_runtime_view():
-    """The display's runtime view, for the catalog's mode lookups. Imported
-    on call, as the startup reconciliation below imports it."""
-    from web_interface.blueprints.api_v3 import _plugin_runtime_view
-    return _plugin_runtime_view()
-
-
 plugin_catalog = PluginCatalog(
     plugins_dir=plugins_dir,
     config_manager=config_manager,
     schema_manager=schema_manager,
-    runtime_source=_catalog_runtime_view,
 )
 
 # Initialize operation queue for plugin operations

web_interface/blueprints/api_v3/display.py

@@ -153,12 +153,10 @@ def get_display_modes():
     same list the force-display dialog offers, from the source that owns it.
 
     Knowing each mode's plugin_id also matters because /display/on-demand/start
-    falls back to find_plugin_for_mode when plugin_id is omitted. While the
+    falls back to find_plugin_for_mode when plugin_id is omitted, and that
-    display is running, both that lookup and this list use the modes it
+    lookup only sees modes declared in a static manifest -- a plugin whose
-    registered, so modes a plugin generates from its config (each installed
+    modes are generated (each installed Starlark app is one) 404s there.
-    Starlark app, each soccer custom league) are found (#668); with the
+    Sending the plugin_id from this list skips the lookup entirely.
-    display stopped they see only what manifests declare. Sending the
-    plugin_id from this list skips the lookup entirely.
 
     Query params:
         include_disabled: '1' to list modes of disabled plugins too. They can
@@ -279,15 +277,6 @@ def start_on_demand_display():
             if not resolved_plugin:
                 return jsonify({'status': 'error', 'message': f'Mode {resolved_mode} not found'}), 404
 
-    # The display matches mode names exactly: pass the registered spelling
-    # when the caller's differs only in case.
-    if api_v3.plugin_catalog and resolved_plugin and resolved_mode:
-        wanted = resolved_mode.strip().lower()
-        for registered in api_v3.plugin_catalog.get_plugin_display_modes(resolved_plugin):
-            if isinstance(registered, str) and registered.lower() == wanted:
-                resolved_mode = registered
-                break
-
     # On-demand works with disabled plugins: the running display loads one
     # for the session and unloads it afterwards, leaving config.json alone
     # (DisplayController._load_plugin_for_on_demand). Logged for debugging.

web_interface/blueprints/api_v3/plugins.py

@@ -150,9 +150,8 @@ def get_installed_plugins():
         vegas_participation, vegas_participation_source = _vegas_participation(
             plugin_id, plugin_config, plugin_info)
 
-        # The plugin's modes, from the catalog as /display/modes and
+        # The modes the manifest declares, from the catalog as /display/modes
-        # on-demand/start read them: what the running display registered,
+        # and on-demand/start read them. The on-demand modal offers these;
-        # else what the manifest declares. The on-demand modal offers these;
         # without them it offered only the plugin id, which the display
         # turns into the first mode. Strings only: a manifest is hand-edited.
         declared_modes = api_v3.plugin_catalog.get_plugin_display_modes(plugin_id)