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ChuckandClaude Opus 5.5 e39dcb18b4 feat(scroll): report a panel that cannot reach its refresh cap, and suggest one it can hold
Scroll speeds are solved against display.hardware.limit_refresh_rate_hz,
which is only a ceiling. A panel that cannot reach it still moves whole
pixels per frame, but every scroll runs slow by the shortfall and the
"smooth" ladder is the cap's, not the panel's. A user rig (Pi 4, 2x128x64,
adafruit-hat-pwm, pwm_bits 9, gpio_slowdown 5) measured 107.6-113.1 Hz under
a 120 Hz cap: 60 px/s ran at 55, and nothing said why.

- scroll_config: refresh_shortfall() (more than 3% under the planned rate),
  holdable_cap() (a multiple of 10, 5% under the measurement, since the
  measurement is the fast end of an uncapped panel's drift), and
  describe_refresh_shortfall().
- FrameTimingRecorder.plan_refresh(): once the measured period has held for
  three trusted windows, a shortfall is logged once as a warning naming the
  cap to use. DisplayManager calls it only for a real panel, not the
  emulator or the fallback canvas. The stats file records
  planned_refresh_hz (additive).
- GET /api/v3/config/refresh-rate, plus a hint under the Display tab's
  Limit Refresh Rate field with a button that fills in the suggested cap.
- _panel_refresh_hz (behind the Vegas slider's advice) ignores a measurement
  written under a different cap, so a changed cap stops being advised from
  the old rate before the display restarts.

Verified on ledpi with a temporary 200 Hz cap: the warning logged about a
minute after the restart ("about 132 Hz ... Set Limit Refresh Rate to
120 Hz"), the endpoint returned the same shortfall, and the Display tab
showed the hint; its button filled in 120. ledpi was restored afterwards.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-04 17:11:09 -04:00

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"""Tests for the shared scroll configuration resolver."""
import logging
import sys
from pathlib import Path
import pytest
sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
from src.common.scroll_config import ( # noqa: E402
DEFAULT_PIXELS_PER_SECOND,
MAX_PIXELS_PER_FRAME,
crisp_ladder,
solve_crisp,
speed_advice,
MAX_PIXELS_PER_SECOND,
MIN_PIXELS_PER_SECOND,
ScrollSettings,
configure,
refresh_hz_from_config,
resolve,
)
from src.common import scroll_config # noqa: E402
class FakeHelper:
"""Records what configure() applied."""
def __init__(self, with_optional=True):
self.speed = None
self.frame_based = None
self.target_fps = None
if not with_optional:
del FakeHelper.set_frame_based_scrolling
del FakeHelper.set_target_fps
def set_scroll_speed(self, speed):
self.speed = speed
def set_frame_based_scrolling(self, enabled):
self.frame_based = enabled
def set_target_fps(self, fps):
self.target_fps = fps
class FakeDisplayManager:
"""Records the frame hold configure() applies."""
def __init__(self):
self.hold = None
def set_frame_hold(self, refreshes):
self.hold = refreshes
class MinimalHelper:
"""An older helper exposing only set_scroll_speed."""
def __init__(self):
self.speed = None
def set_scroll_speed(self, speed):
self.speed = speed
class TestPrecedence:
def test_display_options_pair_wins(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_speed": 1.0, "scroll_delay": 0.01}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == 100.0
assert s.source == "display_options.scroll_speed/delay"
def test_display_block_used_when_options_absent(self):
s = resolve({"display": {"scroll_speed": 2.0, "scroll_delay": 0.01}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == 200.0
assert s.source == "display.scroll_speed/delay"
def test_root_pair_used_when_both_blocks_absent(self):
s = resolve({"scroll_speed": 1.0, "scroll_delay": 0.02})
assert s.pixels_per_second == 50.0
def test_pixels_per_second_used_when_no_pair_given(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 120.0}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == 120.0
assert s.source == "display_options.scroll_pixels_per_second"
def test_global_display_is_the_last_resort_before_default(self):
s = resolve({}, {"display": {"scroll_speed": 1.0, "scroll_delay": 0.005}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == 200.0
def test_default_when_nothing_configured(self):
s = resolve({}, {})
assert s.pixels_per_second == DEFAULT_PIXELS_PER_SECOND
assert s.source == "default"
class TestDeprecatedKeyCannotOverrideExplicitPair:
"""Regression for ChuckBuilds/ledmatrix-plugins#408.
odds-ticker ranked scroll_pixels_per_second above the documented
scroll_speed/scroll_delay pair. Because that key carries a schema default,
the documented settings became unreachable for every user and the ticker
silently ran at the default speed. The pair must win.
"""
def test_pair_beats_pixels_per_second_in_the_same_block(self):
s = resolve(
{
"display_options": {
"scroll_speed": 1.0,
"scroll_delay": 0.01,
"scroll_pixels_per_second": 50.0, # schema default
}
}
)
assert s.pixels_per_second == 100.0
assert "scroll_speed/delay" in s.source
def test_pair_beats_pixels_per_second_in_an_outer_block(self):
s = resolve(
{
"display_options": {"scroll_speed": 1.0, "scroll_delay": 0.01},
"scroll_pixels_per_second": 50.0,
}
)
assert s.pixels_per_second == 100.0
class TestMalformedValues:
@pytest.mark.parametrize("bad", [None, "fast", "", {}, [], float("nan")])
def test_unusable_speed_falls_through(self, bad):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_speed": bad, "scroll_delay": 0.01}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == DEFAULT_PIXELS_PER_SECOND
@pytest.mark.parametrize("bad", [0, -5, 0.0])
def test_non_positive_values_fall_through(self, bad):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": bad}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == DEFAULT_PIXELS_PER_SECOND
def test_booleans_are_not_treated_as_numbers(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": True}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == DEFAULT_PIXELS_PER_SECOND
def test_zero_delay_does_not_divide_by_zero(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_speed": 1.0, "scroll_delay": 0}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == DEFAULT_PIXELS_PER_SECOND
def test_non_dict_blocks_are_ignored(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": "nonsense", "display": 5})
assert s.pixels_per_second == DEFAULT_PIXELS_PER_SECOND
class TestClamping:
def test_absurdly_fast_is_clamped(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 100000.0}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == MAX_PIXELS_PER_SECOND
assert s.warning and "clamped" in s.warning
def test_absurdly_slow_is_clamped(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 0.01}})
assert s.pixels_per_second == MIN_PIXELS_PER_SECOND
class TestWholePixelWarning:
"""The display rule: whole pixels per refresh, or it judders."""
def test_no_warning_when_speed_divides_evenly(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 100.0}}, refresh_hz=100)
assert s.warning is None
assert s.pixels_per_frame == pytest.approx(1.0)
def test_no_warning_at_an_integer_multiple(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 200.0}}, refresh_hz=100)
assert s.warning is None
def test_warns_on_a_half_pixel_per_frame(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 50.0}}, refresh_hz=100)
assert s.warning is not None
assert "judder" in s.warning
assert "100 px/s" in s.warning
def test_warns_on_a_fractional_multiple(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 130.0}}, refresh_hz=100)
assert s.warning is not None
def test_respects_a_non_default_refresh_rate(self):
s = resolve({"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 150.0}}, refresh_hz=150)
assert s.warning is None
assert s.pixels_per_frame == pytest.approx(1.0)
class TestConfigure:
def test_applies_time_based_mode_and_speed(self):
helper = FakeHelper()
s = configure(helper, {"display_options": {"scroll_speed": 1.0, "scroll_delay": 0.01}})
assert helper.speed == 100.0
assert helper.frame_based is False, "must not use the wall-clock step gate"
assert helper.target_fps == 100.0
assert s.pixels_per_second == 100.0
def test_works_against_a_helper_without_optional_methods(self):
helper = MinimalHelper()
configure(helper, {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 100.0}})
assert helper.speed == 100.0
def test_snapping_removes_the_judder_warning(self, caplog):
"""50px/s cannot be shown in whole pixels at 100Hz *per refresh*, but it
can as 1px every 2nd refresh -- so once snapped there is nothing to warn
about. resolve() alone still warns; configure() resolves it."""
assert "judder" in resolve(
{"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 50.0}},
refresh_hz=100).warning
helper, dm = FakeHelper(), FakeDisplayManager()
with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
settings = configure(
helper, {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 50.0}},
display_manager=dm)
assert settings.warning is None
assert not [r for r in caplog.records if "judder" in r.getMessage()]
def test_reports_the_hold_without_applying_it(self):
"""The hold belongs to a scroll, not a plugin's lifetime -- one left set
at construction is wiped as soon as any other plugin stops scrolling.
configure() reports it; the caller passes it to set_scrolling_state."""
dm = FakeDisplayManager()
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 25.0}},
display_manager=dm)
assert s.frame_hold == 4, "25px/s at 100Hz is 1px every 4th refresh"
assert dm.hold is None, "must not apply the hold behind the caller's back"
def test_full_speed_needs_no_hold(self):
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 100.0}},
display_manager=FakeDisplayManager())
assert s.frame_hold == 1
def test_frame_hold_is_one_when_snapping_is_off(self):
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 50.0}},
snap_to_crisp=False)
assert s.frame_hold == 1
def test_snaps_to_the_nearest_crisp_speed_and_reports_both(self):
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 45.0}},
display_manager=FakeDisplayManager())
assert s.requested_pixels_per_second == 45.0
assert s.pixels_per_second == 50.0
assert s.crisp is not None and s.crisp.pixels_per_frame == 1
def test_snapping_can_be_turned_off(self):
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 45.0}},
snap_to_crisp=False)
assert s.pixels_per_second == 45.0
assert s.crisp is None
def test_helper_target_fps_matches_the_presentation_rate(self):
"""At a hold of 4 the panel still refreshes at 100Hz, but frames are
presented at 25/s -- that is the rate the helper should pace to."""
helper = FakeHelper()
configure(helper, {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 25.0}},
display_manager=FakeDisplayManager())
assert helper.target_fps == pytest.approx(25.0)
def test_returns_settings_describing_the_source(self):
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_speed": 2.0, "scroll_delay": 0.01}})
assert isinstance(s, ScrollSettings)
assert "200.0 px/s" in s.describe()
class TestRefreshFromConfig:
def test_reads_the_hardware_limit(self):
assert refresh_hz_from_config(
{"display": {"hardware": {"limit_refresh_rate_hz": 150}}}
) == 150.0
@pytest.mark.parametrize("cfg", [None, {}, {"display": {}}, {"display": {"hardware": {}}},
"nonsense", {"display": {"hardware": {"limit_refresh_rate_hz": None}}}])
def test_falls_back_to_the_default(self, cfg):
assert refresh_hz_from_config(cfg) == 100.0
@pytest.mark.parametrize("cfg", [
{"display": "nonsense"},
{"display": ["nonsense"]},
{"display": 60},
{"display": {"hardware": "nonsense"}},
{"display": {"hardware": ["nonsense"]}},
{"display": {"hardware": 60}},
])
def test_malformed_nesting_falls_back_rather_than_raising(self, cfg):
# Truthy-but-not-a-mapping at either level used to reach .get() on a
# str/list and raise AttributeError out of a function whose whole
# contract is "a refresh rate, or the default".
assert refresh_hz_from_config(cfg) == 100.0
class TestCrispLadder:
"""Whole-pixel speeds available on a given panel."""
def test_every_entry_is_exactly_reachable(self):
for c in crisp_ladder(100):
assert c.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(
c.refresh_hz / c.frame_hold * c.pixels_per_frame)
def test_sorted_slowest_first(self):
speeds = [c.pixels_per_second for c in crisp_ladder(100)]
assert speeds == sorted(speeds)
def test_no_duplicate_speeds(self):
speeds = [round(c.pixels_per_second, 3) for c in crisp_ladder(100)]
assert len(speeds) == len(set(speeds))
def test_duplicates_resolve_to_the_smaller_step(self):
"""100px/s is 1px every refresh or 2px every 2nd; prefer the former."""
entry = next(c for c in crisp_ladder(100)
if c.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(100.0))
assert entry.pixels_per_frame == 1
assert entry.frame_hold == 1
def test_ladder_scales_with_the_panel(self):
assert any(c.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(60.0)
for c in crisp_ladder(60))
assert any(c.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(30.0)
for c in crisp_ladder(60))
def test_full_refresh_speed_is_present(self):
for hz in (60, 75, 100, 120):
assert any(c.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(float(hz))
for c in crisp_ladder(hz))
class TestSolveCrisp:
def test_exact_targets_are_matched_exactly(self):
for target in (100, 50, 25, 20):
assert solve_crisp(target, 100).pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(target)
def test_prefers_smooth_motion_over_raw_proximity(self):
"""30 -> 33.3 (1px, 33fps), not 28.6 (2px at 14fps) which is nearer."""
got = solve_crisp(30, 100)
assert got.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(33.333, abs=0.01)
assert got.pixels_per_frame == 1
def test_does_not_chase_a_jumpy_exact_match(self):
"""45 -> 50 (1px, smooth) beats 42.9 (3px at 14fps)."""
assert solve_crisp(45, 100).pixels_per_frame == 1
def test_allows_a_two_pixel_step_when_it_is_clearly_closer(self):
"""60 -> 66.7 (2px at 33fps) rather than 50 (1px) which is 17% slow."""
got = solve_crisp(60, 100)
assert got.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(66.667, abs=0.01)
assert got.pixels_per_frame == 2
def test_result_is_always_on_the_ladder(self):
ladder = {round(c.pixels_per_second, 3) for c in crisp_ladder(100)}
for target in range(5, 205, 5):
assert round(solve_crisp(target, 100).pixels_per_second, 3) in ladder
def test_adapts_to_a_slower_panel(self):
got = solve_crisp(30, 60)
assert got.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(30.0)
assert got.pixels_per_frame == 1
assert got.frame_hold == 2
def test_speeds_beyond_the_panel_clamp_to_the_fastest_available(self):
got = solve_crisp(10_000, 100)
assert got.frame_hold == 1
assert got.pixels_per_frame == MAX_PIXELS_PER_FRAME
def test_steppiness_labels_are_sane(self):
assert solve_crisp(100, 100).steppiness == "smooth"
assert crisp_ladder(100)[0].steppiness == "stepped"
class TestRefreshFromDisplayManager:
"""A plugin sees only its own config section, so the display manager is the
authoritative source for the panel's refresh rate."""
class DM:
def __init__(self, hz):
self.refresh_hz = hz
self.hold = None
def set_frame_hold(self, refreshes):
self.hold = refreshes
def test_uses_the_display_manager_rate(self):
dm = self.DM(60.0)
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 30.0}},
display_manager=dm)
# 30px/s on a 60Hz panel is 1px every 2nd refresh, exactly.
assert s.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(30.0)
assert s.frame_hold == 2
def test_explicit_refresh_hz_wins_over_the_display_manager(self):
dm = self.DM(60.0)
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 25.0}},
display_manager=dm, refresh_hz=100)
assert s.frame_hold == 4, "25px/s at 100Hz is 1px every 4th refresh"
def test_missing_attribute_falls_back_to_the_default(self):
class Bare:
def set_frame_hold(self, refreshes):
self.hold = refreshes
bare = Bare()
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 50.0}},
display_manager=bare)
assert s.frame_hold == 2, "assumed 100Hz"
def test_reported_settings_describe_the_display_manager_rate(self):
"""Without snapping, nothing downstream corrects a wrong refresh rate.
The rate used to be read *after* resolve() had already filled in
target_fps, pixels_per_frame and the judder warning from the 100Hz
default -- so on a 60Hz panel every one of those described 100Hz, and
set_target_fps() paced the helper to 100 FPS.
"""
dm = self.DM(60.0)
helper = FakeHelper()
s = configure(helper, {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 30.0}},
display_manager=dm, snap_to_crisp=False)
assert s.target_fps == pytest.approx(60.0)
assert s.pixels_per_frame == pytest.approx(0.5), "30px/s over 60 frames"
assert helper.target_fps == pytest.approx(60.0)
def test_judder_warning_is_computed_at_the_real_refresh_rate(self):
dm = self.DM(60.0)
# 60px/s is exactly 1px per refresh at 60Hz -- crisp, no warning. At
# the 100Hz default it is 0.6px per refresh and would be flagged.
s = configure(FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 60.0}},
display_manager=dm, snap_to_crisp=False)
assert s.warning is None, s.warning
def test_global_config_supplies_the_rate_without_a_display_manager(self):
s = configure(
FakeHelper(),
{"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 30.0}},
{"display": {"hardware": {"limit_refresh_rate_hz": 60}}},
snap_to_crisp=False,
)
assert s.target_fps == pytest.approx(60.0)
class TestFrameHoldIsReportedNotApplied:
"""configure() reports the hold; the caller applies it when it scrolls.
The hold belongs to a scroll, not to a plugin's lifetime -- plugins share
one display manager, so one set at construction is reset the moment any
other plugin stops scrolling.
"""
class RecordingDM:
refresh_hz = 100.0
def __init__(self):
self.calls = []
def set_scrolling_state(self, is_scrolling, frame_hold=1):
self.calls.append((is_scrolling, frame_hold))
def set_frame_hold(self, refreshes):
self.calls.append(("set_frame_hold", refreshes))
def test_configure_does_not_touch_the_display_manager(self):
dm = self.RecordingDM()
settings = configure(
FakeHelper(), {"display_options": {"scroll_pixels_per_second": 25.0}},
display_manager=dm)
assert dm.calls == [], "configure() must not apply the hold itself"
assert settings.frame_hold == 4, "but it must report what to apply"
class TestSpeedAdvice:
def test_default_speed_on_a_120hz_panel_is_not_left_stepped(self):
"""50 px/s used to snap to 48 (2px every 5 refreshes, 24fps)."""
got = solve_crisp(50, 120)
assert got.steppiness == "smooth"
assert got.pixels_per_frame == 1
def test_unchanged_choices_on_a_100hz_panel(self):
assert solve_crisp(50, 100).pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(50.0)
assert solve_crisp(60, 100).pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(66.667, abs=0.01)
def test_smooth_exact_speed_needs_no_alternatives(self):
advice = speed_advice(60, 120)
assert advice["exact"] and advice["smooth"]
assert advice["alternatives"] == []
def test_off_ladder_speed_offers_the_nearest_smooth_ones(self):
advice = speed_advice(50, 120, 10, 200)
assert advice["applied"]["steppiness"] == "smooth"
offered = [a["pixels_per_second"] for a in advice["alternatives"]]
assert offered == [40.0, 60.0]
assert all(a["steppiness"] == "smooth" for a in advice["alternatives"])
def test_alternatives_stay_inside_the_requested_range(self):
advice = speed_advice(50, 120, 45, 200)
assert all(45 <= a["pixels_per_second"] <= 200 for a in advice["alternatives"])
def test_a_whole_number_near_the_panels_speed_counts_as_exact(self):
"""The UI sends 63 for a 62.9 px/s panel."""
assert speed_advice(63, 125.74)["exact"]
def test_a_measured_rate_does_not_let_a_stepped_speed_through(self):
"""125.74Hz: 50.3px/s is 2px every 5 refreshes at 25.1fps."""
got = solve_crisp(50, 125.74)
assert got.steppiness == "smooth"
assert got.pixels_per_frame == 1
class TestRefreshShortfall:
"""A panel that cannot reach its cap runs every scroll slow."""
def test_the_ledmatrix_rig_is_told_to_cap_at_100(self):
# Pi 4, 2x128x64 on adafruit-hat-pwm under a 120 Hz cap: measured
# 107.6-113.1 Hz, and frame_timing reports the fast end.
s = scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(113.1, 120)
assert s == {"measured_hz": 113.1, "planned_hz": 120.0,
"suggested_cap_hz": 100, "slow_percent": 6}
def test_a_panel_that_holds_its_cap_is_fine(self):
assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(99.95, 100) is None
assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(97.5, 100) is None
def test_a_panel_that_beats_its_cap_is_fine(self):
assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(125.7, 120) is None
def test_nothing_measured_says_nothing(self):
assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(None, 120) is None
assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(0, 120) is None
assert scroll_config.refresh_shortfall("fast", 120) is None
def test_the_suggestion_leaves_headroom_under_the_measurement(self):
assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(113.1) == 100
assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(95.0) == 90
# 5% under 105 is 99.75: 100 would sit inside the panel's drift.
assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(105.0) == 90
assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(9.0) is None
assert scroll_config.holdable_cap(None) is None
def test_the_log_line_names_the_cap_to_use(self):
text = scroll_config.describe_refresh_shortfall(
scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(113.1, 120))
assert "about 113 Hz" in text and "120 Hz" in text
assert "6% slower" in text
assert "Set Limit Refresh Rate to 100 Hz" in text
def test_no_suggestion_for_a_panel_too_slow_for_any_cap(self):
text = scroll_config.describe_refresh_shortfall(
scroll_config.refresh_shortfall(9.0, 100))
assert "Set Limit Refresh Rate" not in text