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Closes #4028

Summary

get_interface and get_router merged the model with its status model without a nil check. If the interface or router had no status yet (for example, its microservice hadn't started), the merge failed with a TypeError.

Both APIs now default the status to {"state": "UNKNOWN"} when no status exists, in Ruby and Python.

  • openc3/lib/openc3/api/interface_api.rb, openc3/python/openc3/api/interface_api.py
  • openc3/lib/openc3/api/router_api.rb, openc3/python/openc3/api/router_api.py

The Python get_interface error message now ends with (get_interface), the same as Ruby.

Tests

New tests for both APIs, in Ruby and Python:

  • A missing interface or router raises the "does not exist" error.
  • An interface or router with no status returns state == "UNKNOWN".

The Python router tests now start a RouterMicroservice, which turns the test_returns_router_hash test back on.

Still to do before ready for review

  • test_router_api.py: _wait_for_handler_ready waits on {DEFAULT__CMD}INTERFACE__ROUTE_INT, but the router listens on {DEFAULT__CMD}ROUTER__ROUTE_INT. The wait times out on every test, so the file takes about 23s instead of under 1s.
  • test_router_api.py: fix the ruff import order (I001) and formatting (the indentation in _wait_for_handler_ready).
  • Optional: the Python get_router error is missing (get_router), unlike Ruby.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Interface and router lookups now return configuration details with a state of “UNKNOWN” when status information is unavailable.
    • Requests for nonexistent interfaces and routers continue to report errors; Python error messages include the relevant API operation.
    • When status information is available, interface and router lookups return it alongside configuration details, preserving the current status for each.

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Ruby and Python interface and router APIs now return configuration with an UNKNOWN state when no status record exists. Python missing-resource errors identify the API operation. Tests cover missing resources and absent status records.

Changes: Interface and router status fallbacks

Layer / File(s) Summary
Status model fallback
openc3/lib/openc3/models/interface_status_model.rb, openc3/python/openc3/models/interface_status_model.py, openc3/spec/models/interface_status_model_spec.rb, openc3/python/test/models/test_interface_status_model.py
Ruby and Python interface status models add get_or_default. The methods return stored status when present and otherwise return the supplied default, which defaults to UNKNOWN. Tests cover these outcomes.
API fallback behavior and coverage
openc3/lib/openc3/api/*_api.rb, openc3/python/openc3/api/*_api.py, openc3/spec/api/*_api_spec.rb, openc3/python/test/api/test_*_api.py
Ruby and Python interface and router APIs use status fallbacks. Python missing-resource errors identify the API operation. Tests cover missing resources and absent status; Python router tests start and stop a RouterMicroservice.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 6d3c0

Interface and router lookups now fall back to an UNKNOWN state when no status exists, and Ruby and Python behave the same way. No merge-blocking issues remain.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 47b74

The change is confined to read responses and preserves authorization ordering and missing-resource checks. No new attack path was established, but deployment-specific authorization and direct Python access remain unverified.

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated response change affects an existing resource selected by name and scope when its status is absent. It does not introduce a cross-scope lookup or a persistent fallback record. Whether an untrusted actor can invoke the Python functions directly is not established, so deployment-wide exposure cannot be bounded conclusively.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • inferred — The new success branch is downstream of the existing authorization calls and cannot itself bypass a raised authorization error. This supports no introduced bypass in the inspected paths, but does not prove effective identity enforcement in every deployment: Python direct invocation, production authorization settings, and enterprise enforcement remain unresolved.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Python returns the same mutable default dictionary to direct model callers when status is absent. The identified production callers instead merge into new dictionaries and do not mutate or persist that default. This is a latent ownership hazard, not a demonstrated cross-resource attack path; external direct consumers were not inventoried.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — A fresh built-in UNKNOWN dictionary per Python model call would prevent future direct consumers from sharing fallback state across resource or scope identities. This is ownership hardening, not remediation of a verified exploit.
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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: interface and router APIs now default missing status state to UNKNOWN.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #4028 requires Ruby and Python get_interface and get_router to return stored configuration when status is absent. All four APIs now call get_or_default. The shared status model returns `{"…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within issue #4028. The API changes implement the missing-status fallback. The shared model helper and its tests support that fallback. The API tests and router microservice setup ver…
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Issue #4028 requires Ruby and Python get_interface and get_router to return stored configuration when status is absent. All four APIs now call get_or_default. The shared status model returns {"state": "UNKNOWN"} when no status exists, and RouterStatusModel inherits this behavior. Ruby and Python tests cover missing resources and missing status. The Python missing-resource messages also include the requested API suffix.

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The changes stay within issue #4028. The API changes implement the missing-status fallback. The shared model helper and its tests support that fallback. The API tests and router microservice setup verify the affected paths. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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openc3/python/test/api/test_router_api.py: 1

106-108: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Match the Ruby error assertion in the Python test.

The Python test checks only the "does not exist" prefix. It does not check the (get_router) suffix that this PR adds. The interface test does check the suffix. Include the suffix so a regression in the message is caught.

Proposed fix
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "Router 'NONEXISTENT_ROUTER' does not exist"):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, r"Router 'NONEXISTENT_ROUTER' does not exist \(get_router\)"):
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Review comment at @openc3/python/test/api/test_router_api.py around lines 106 -
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Update the assertRaisesRegex pattern in
test_get_router_raises_if_router_does_not_exist to include and escape the
“(get_router)” suffix, so the test verifies the complete error message.
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Fix RuboCop hash literal spacing.

RuboCop reports Layout/SpaceInsideHashLiteralBraces on Line 51. The hash literal has no space inside the braces. The sibling file interface_api.rb uses spaces. Match that style.

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-      router_status ||= {'state' => 'UNKNOWN'}
+      router_status ||= { 'state' => 'UNKNOWN' }
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Update the fallback hash literal in the router status flow to include spaces
inside its braces, matching the existing hash-literal style. Keep the
`router_status` fallback value and the `router.merge` behavior unchanged.

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- Line 51: Update the Python interface and router status merge paths to use an
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raise RuntimeError(f"Interface '{interface_name}' does not exist")
return interface | InterfaceStatusModel.get(name=interface_name, scope=scope)
raise RuntimeError(f"Interface '{interface_name}' does not exist (get_interface)")
return interface | (InterfaceStatusModel.get(name=interface_name, scope=scope) or {"state": "UNKNOWN"})

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  -e 'class ' -e 'def self\.set' -e 'def set' -e 'def self\.get' -e 'def get' -e 'def initialize' \
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printf '%s\n' '--- changed API and test references ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=30 30fab669b8ccb441c4f179299210c2a0847fc0b2 -- \
  openc3/lib/openc3/api/interface_api.rb \
  openc3/lib/openc3/api/router_api.rb \
  openc3/python/openc3/api/interface_api.py \
  openc3/python/openc3/api/router_api.py \
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printf '%s\n' '--- status-model tests and empty-hash cases ---'
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  -e 'InterfaceStatusModel' -e 'RouterStatusModel' -e 'get_interface' -e 'get_router' -e '\{\}' \
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Preserve empty status hashes in Python.

If a status record contains {}, Python's or replaces it with {"state": "UNKNOWN"}, while Ruby's || preserves it. Use an explicit None check in both Python APIs.

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-    return interface | (InterfaceStatusModel.get(name=interface_name, scope=scope) or {"state": "UNKNOWN"})
+    status = InterfaceStatusModel.get(name=interface_name, scope=scope)
+    return interface | ({"state": "UNKNOWN"} if status is None else status)
-    return router | (RouterStatusModel.get(name=router_name, scope=scope) or {"state": "UNKNOWN"})
+    status = RouterStatusModel.get(name=router_name, scope=scope)
+    return router | ({"state": "UNKNOWN"} if status is None else status)
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if not interface_status:
interface_status = {"state": "UNKNOWN"}
return interface | interface_status
return interface | (InterfaceStatusModel.get(name=interface_name, scope=scope) or {"state": "UNKNOWN"})

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Almost like we need a getOrDefault here with a default value of {"state": "UNKNOWN"}

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Ooo... I like that idea. Especially since RouterStatusModel inherits InterfaceStatusModel, so we only have to define get_or_default once

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Ruff found something, never thought much about mutable default arguments

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