fix: airband start crash when device selector not yet populated

When the /devices fetch hasn't completed or fails, parseInt on an empty
select returns NaN which JSON-serializes to null. The backend then calls
int(None) and raises TypeError. Fix both layers: frontend falls back to
0 on NaN, backend uses `or` defaults so null values don't bypass the
fallback.

Also adds a short TTL cache to detect_all_devices() so multiple
concurrent callers on the same page load don't each spawn blocking
subprocess probes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

routes/listening_post.py

@@ -1311,9 +1311,9 @@ def start_audio() -> Response:
     try:
         frequency = float(data.get('frequency', 0))
         modulation = normalize_modulation(data.get('modulation', 'wfm'))
-        squelch = int(data.get('squelch', 0))
-        gain = int(data.get('gain', 40))
-        device = int(data.get('device', 0))
+        squelch = int(data.get('squelch') or 0)
+        gain = int(data.get('gain') or 40)
+        device = int(data.get('device') or 0)
         sdr_type = str(data.get('sdr_type', 'rtlsdr')).lower()
         request_token_raw = data.get('request_token')
         request_token = int(request_token_raw) if request_token_raw is not None else None

templates/adsb_dashboard.html

@@ -3652,8 +3652,8 @@ sudo make install</code>
 
         async function startAirband() {
             const frequency = getAirbandFrequency();
-            const device = parseInt(document.getElementById('airbandDeviceSelect').value);
-            const squelch = parseInt(document.getElementById('airbandSquelch').value);
+            const device = parseInt(document.getElementById('airbandDeviceSelect').value) || 0;
+            const squelch = parseInt(document.getElementById('airbandSquelch').value) || 0;
 
             console.log('[AIRBAND] Starting with device:', device, 'freq:', frequency, 'squelch:', squelch);
 

utils/sdr/__init__.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import Optional
 
 from .base import CommandBuilder, SDRCapabilities, SDRDevice, SDRType
-from .detection import detect_all_devices, probe_rtlsdr_device
+from .detection import detect_all_devices, invalidate_device_cache, probe_rtlsdr_device
 from .rtlsdr import RTLSDRCommandBuilder
 from .limesdr import LimeSDRCommandBuilder
 from .hackrf import HackRFCommandBuilder
@@ -231,4 +231,5 @@ __all__ = [
     'get_capabilities_for_type',
     # Device probing
     'probe_rtlsdr_device',
+    'invalidate_device_cache',
 ]

utils/sdr/detection.py

@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ _hackrf_cache: list[SDRDevice] = []
 _hackrf_cache_ts: float = 0.0
 _HACKRF_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = 3.0
 
+# Cache all-device detection results.  Multiple endpoints call
+# detect_all_devices() on the same page load (e.g. /devices and /adsb/tools
+# both trigger it from DOMContentLoaded).  On a Pi the subprocess calls
+# (rtl_test, SoapySDRUtil, hackrf_info) each take seconds and block the
+# single gevent worker, serialising every other request behind them.
+# A short TTL cache avoids duplicate subprocess storms.
+_all_devices_cache: list[SDRDevice] = []
+_all_devices_cache_ts: float = 0.0
+_ALL_DEVICES_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = 5.0
+
 
 def _hackrf_probe_blocked() -> bool:
     """Return True when probing HackRF would interfere with an active stream."""
@@ -492,12 +502,26 @@ def probe_rtlsdr_device(device_index: int) -> str | None:
     return None
 
 
-def detect_all_devices() -> list[SDRDevice]:
+def detect_all_devices(force: bool = False) -> list[SDRDevice]:
     """
     Detect all connected SDR devices across all supported hardware types.
 
+    Results are cached for a few seconds so that multiple callers hitting
+    this within the same page-load cycle (e.g. /devices + /adsb/tools) do
+    not each spawn a full set of blocking subprocess probes.
+
+    Args:
+        force: Bypass the cache and re-probe hardware.
+
     Returns a unified list of SDRDevice objects sorted by type and index.
     """
+    global _all_devices_cache, _all_devices_cache_ts
+
+    now = time.time()
+    if not force and _all_devices_cache_ts and (now - _all_devices_cache_ts) < _ALL_DEVICES_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS:
+        logger.debug("Returning cached device list (%d device(s))", len(_all_devices_cache))
+        return list(_all_devices_cache)
+
     devices: list[SDRDevice] = []
     skip_in_soapy: set[SDRType] = set()
 
@@ -524,6 +548,16 @@ def detect_all_devices() -> list[SDRDevice]:
     for d in devices:
         logger.debug(f"  {d.sdr_type.value}:{d.index} - {d.name} (serial: {d.serial})")
 
+    # Update cache
+    _all_devices_cache = list(devices)
+    _all_devices_cache_ts = time.time()
+
     return devices
 
 
+def invalidate_device_cache() -> None:
+    """Clear the all-devices cache so the next call re-probes hardware."""
+    global _all_devices_cache, _all_devices_cache_ts
+    _all_devices_cache = []
+    _all_devices_cache_ts = 0.0
+