UX-09 review: short start-up timeout, latch rows pinned in shadow, plainer rows

The Supervisor questions for the Details link are asked together with a
3 s budget instead of one after the other at 10 s each, so a hung
Supervisor cannot hold control start for 20 s. In shadow mode the
circulating and site-direction latches are pinned to keep their own red
row that says how they clear. Plainer inverter and battery wording.

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

goodwe_controller/app/main.py

@@ -5370,27 +5370,32 @@ def control_task_done(task: asyncio.Task, *, controller, stop: asyncio.Event,
     stop.set()
 
 
+DOCS_LINK_TIMEOUT_S = 3
+
+
 async def docs_link_facts(session, token: str) -> dict:
     """`{slug, ha_version}` from the Supervisor, each None when unreadable.
 
     `GET /addons/self/info` and `GET /info` are on the Supervisor's bypass
     list for an add-on's own token, so they need no role (see selfconfig.py).
+    Asked together with a 3 s budget: a link may never hold up control start.
     """
-    out = {"slug": None, "ha_version": None}
+    async def ask(url, field):
-    for key, url, field in (("slug", "http://supervisor/addons/self/info",
-                             "slug"),
-                            ("ha_version", "http://supervisor/info",
-                             "homeassistant")):
         try:
-            async with session.get(url, timeout=10, headers={
+            async with session.get(url, timeout=DOCS_LINK_TIMEOUT_S, headers={
                     "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}) as r:
                 body = await r.json(content_type=None)
             data = body.get("data", body) if isinstance(body, dict) else {}
-            out[key] = data.get(field) if isinstance(data, dict) else None
+            return data.get(field) if isinstance(data, dict) else None
         except Exception as err:  # noqa: BLE001 - a link, never a stop
             _LOG.info("docs link: %s unreadable (%s)", url, err)
-    _LOG.info("docs link: slug %s, Home Assistant %s", out["slug"],
+            return None
-              out["ha_version"])
+
+    slug, ha = await asyncio.gather(
+        ask("http://supervisor/addons/self/info", "slug"),
+        ask("http://supervisor/info", "homeassistant"))
+    out = {"slug": slug, "ha_version": ha}
+    _LOG.info("docs link: slug %s, Home Assistant %s", slug, ha)
     return out
 
 

goodwe_controller/app/messages.py

@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ LIMIT_WORDS = {
 def loop_bound() -> Notice:
     """SAFETY-40: the integrator bound. Normal in short bursts; not a fault."""
     return Notice(ID_LOOP_BOUND, WARNING, T_LOOP_BOUND,
-                  "The battery does less than asked, which is normal briefly, "
+                  "The battery gives less than asked, which is normal for a "
-                  "but if this keeps happening, check that it is on and not "
+                  "moment, but if it lasts, check it is on and not empty "
-                  "empty or full.")
+                  "or full.")
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ def banner_shadow(latched: bool) -> str:
     clears.
     """
     if latched:
-        return ("Shadow mode, battery not controlled. A safety stop stays on, "
+        return ("Shadow mode: battery not controlled. A safety stop stays on, "
                 "see below.")
     return "Shadow mode: the battery is not controlled. Inverters stay at 0 W."
 
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ def row_no_setpoint(name) -> str:
 
 def row_not_controllable(name, held_s, limit_s) -> str:
     """Red. The inverter is dropped and the others carry its share."""
-    return (f"{name} cannot be controlled. Every command was refused for "
+    return (f"{name} cannot be controlled. It refused every command for "
-            f"{seconds(held_s)}, limit {seconds(limit_s)}.")
+            f"{seconds(held_s)}, so control leaves it out.")
 
 
 def row_commands_refused(name, held_s, limit_s) -> str:

goodwe_controller/test_messages.py

@@ -213,10 +213,11 @@ class _Resp:
 
 class _Session:
     def __init__(self, answers):
-        self.answers, self.asked = answers, []
+        self.answers, self.asked, self.timeouts = answers, [], []
 
     def get(self, url, **kw):
         self.asked.append((url, kw.get("headers", {}).get("Authorization")))
+        self.timeouts.append(kw.get("timeout"))
         return _Resp(self.answers[url])
 
 
@@ -236,6 +237,10 @@ check("...and a Supervisor that does not answer costs the link, never the "
       "start",
       asyncio.run(docs_link_facts(_down, "tok")) == {
           "slug": None, "ha_version": None})
+check("...and each question has a short timeout, so a Supervisor that hangs "
+      f"delays control start by seconds, not minutes ({_ok.timeouts})",
+      len(_ok.timeouts) == 2
+      and all(isinstance(t, (int, float)) and 0 < t <= 3 for t in _ok.timeouts))
 
 # Shadow mode (UX-09): nothing the add-on decides reaches the inverter, so no
 # text may say a command was sent or that the battery is giving power.

goodwe_controller/test_watchdog.py

@@ -960,6 +960,19 @@ check("the banner leads with it - above the sign failsafe, because a sign "
       "disagreement is visible on every dashboard in the house and this is "
       "visible nowhere at all",
       _c.status_payload()["banner"] == messages.banner_circulating())
+# UX-09: the red shadow banner no longer names the latch, so the latch's own
+# red row must stay on the list in shadow mode, name it and say how it clears.
+_c_mode = _c.o.get("shadow_mode")
+_c.o["shadow_mode"] = "on"
+check("in shadow mode the banner goes red and says a safety stop stays on, and "
+      "the circulating row is still red and says only starting control clears "
+      "it",
+      _c.status_payload()["level"] == "bad"
+      and "safety stop" in _c.status_payload()["banner"]
+      and any(ck.get("id") == "circulating" and not ck["ok"] and not ck["warn"]
+              and "Only starting control clears this" in ck["text"]
+              for ck in _c.checks()))
+_c.o["shadow_mode"] = _c_mode
 _pub = {}
 _c.mqtt = type("P", (), {"enabled": True,
                          "publish": lambda _s, v: _pub.update(v),
@@ -1919,6 +1932,18 @@ check("the status page carries a SITE row of its own, and the banner says the "
           for ck in _c31.checks())
       and "Total command" in _c31.status_payload()["banner"]
       and "inverter-" not in _c31.status_payload()["banner"])
+_c31_mode = _c31.o.get("shadow_mode")
+_c31.o["shadow_mode"] = "on"
+check("UX-09: in shadow mode the banner goes red and says a safety stop stays "
+      "on, and the site row is still red and says only starting control "
+      "clears it",
+      _c31.status_payload()["level"] == "bad"
+      and "safety stop" in _c31.status_payload()["banner"]
+      and any(ck.get("id") == "site_direction" and not ck["ok"]
+              and not ck["warn"]
+              and "Only starting control clears this" in ck["text"]
+              for ck in _c31.checks()))
+_c31.o["shadow_mode"] = _c31_mode
 _pub30 = {}
 _c31.mqtt = type("P", (), {"enabled": True,
                            "publish": lambda _s, v: _pub30.update(v),