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feat(protocol): serve schema blocks the advertisement cannot carry - #37
The advertisement is a single UDP packet (xbot::config::max_packet_size, 1472 B), so a
service could only be discovered as long as its whole schema fit into it. SoundService
is the first one that does not: its CBOR is 1543 B today (31 SoundId entries) — and
it grows with every appended id. This PR splits the description: advertise as much as fits,
serve the rest on request.
Protocol
Two new message types (include/xbot/datatypes/XbotHeader.hpp):
Value
Name
arg1
arg2
Payload
0x82
DESCRIPTION_REQUEST
byte offset into the omitted description
max answer payload
DescriptionRequestPayload (target ip:port)
0x83
DESCRIPTION_PART
byte offset
total size of the omitted description
the window bytes
Unicast, one window per request; the requester repeats until offset + payload_size >= total.
The answer needs an explicit destination because the portable packet API only hands out the
payload, not the sender's address — the same reason ClaimPayload carries one.
budget 1472 − sizeof(XbotHeader) − 80 = 1368 bytes (the 80 are what the base class wraps
around the description; see the static_assert in templates/ServiceTemplate.cpp),
blocks are dropped in the order enums → functions → registers → outputs → inputs while
the rest still does not fit (type and version always stay), the dropped names are
listed as "omitted": [...],
the two CBOR arrays partition the schema, so nothing is stored twice and nothing is lost:
the advertised one is SERVICE_DESCRIPTION_CBOR, the rest becomes SERVICE_OMITTED_CBOR
plus a GetOmittedDescription() override.
For SoundService that is 879 B advertised + a 665 B enums block fetched on demand.
A service whose schema fits advertises everything and reports size 0, which makes it ignore
description requests — the old behaviour, unchanged on the wire for such services.
Firmware side
Service::HandleDescriptionRequest() validates the payload, the service_id, the offset and
clamps the window to arg2 and to max_packet_size − sizeof(XbotHeader), then sends one DESCRIPTION_PART. Services without an omitted block answer nothing.
Go: message types generated from the C++ header
xbot/header.go had the MessageType list duplicated by hand, which is how a new message
type silently goes missing on one side. It is now generated:
//go:generate go run ../cmd/xbot-codegen -message-types \
// -header ../../include/xbot/datatypes/XbotHeader.hpp -out message_type_generated.go
spec_test.go builds its expected map from the generated messageTypeNames, so it fails
when the generated file is stale rather than when the two lists differ. The go workflow
regenerates the file and commits it back (only for branches of this repository, never for
forks or the default branch), so adding a message type needs no Go toolchain locally — the
same pattern as the definitions repository.
Python client
ServiceDiscovery(fetch_omitted=True) fetches the omitted blocks once after discovery and
merges them into the schema, cached per (service id, version) — a repeating advertisement
never fetches again. Details worth reviewing:
the reply address comes from _route_source_ip() (a UDP connect() to the service, which
only performs the route lookup), because the discovery socket is bound to the multicast
group and its own address is useless as a reply target,
one window per round trip; stale or foreign windows are ignored, not accumulated,
a failed fetch (older service, lost packet) logs a warning and leaves the advertised
subset in place: enum names of omitted blocks then cannot be encoded, everything else works,
a schema passed in "Mode 1" is validated after those blocks arrived.
Compatibility
new client + old service: nothing is omitted, no request is sent — unaffected,
old client + new service: sees the advertised subset and the omitted list. Generated
C++/Go clients do not care (they compile against the schema), the Python client follows
the fetch path or degrades with a warning,
the wire format of existing messages is untouched.
Testing
pytest xbot_service_interface_py/tests/test_description_fetch.py — window loop, stale and
foreign packets, cache hit for a repeated advertisement, fallback when the fetch fails,
reply-address selection,
go test ./... in xbot_service_interface_go (spec_test cross-checks the generated
message types against XbotHeader.hpp),
firmware build: the codegen emits the split for every service; SoundService now
advertises 879 B and serves the enums block on request,
on hardware: soundctl discover (Go client) and a python ServiceDiscovery run against
the mower resolve SoundService including its SoundId names.
Follow-ups
Tag after merge: xbot_service_interface_go/v0.4.0, v1.1.0 for the C++ side
(libxbot-service/codegen), and xbot-service-interface-py 0.2.0 (pyproject.toml +
PyPI) — the Python package carries the fetch logic, so it needs its own release.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Service advertisements can include as much interface information as fits in a packet, with remaining details available through follow-up requests.
Python clients can fetch and cache omitted interface details after discovery. If fetching fails, they retain the information included in the advertisement.
Go clients now recognize the additional message types used to request and return interface details.
Documentation
Updated protocol and client documentation to describe partial advertisements and retrieval of omitted details.
The advertisement is one UDP packet (max_packet_size 1472), so a growing schema
no longer fits: SoundService needs 1562 bytes of CBOR for its 32 SoundId values.
The generator now fills the advertisement as far as it goes and lists the rest:
"desc": { "type": ..., "version": ..., "inputs": [...], "functions": [...],
"registers": [...], "omitted": ["enums"] }
Two message types serve the remainder on request:
DESCRIPTION_REQUEST 0x82 arg1 = offset, arg2 = max payload,
payload = DescriptionRequestPayload (sid, ip, port)
DESCRIPTION_PART 0x83 arg1 = offset, arg2 = total, payload = window
Advertised and omitted bytes partition the schema, so nothing is stored twice and
nothing is lost. Hosts with generated classes never ask; the Python interface
fetches the blocks after discovery, merges them and caches per (sid, version) -
a repeating advertisement never fetches again. A failed fetch keeps the advertised
part and only logs a warning.
SoundService: 894 B advertised + 684 B omitted (was 1605 B in one packet), i.e.
474 B headroom; every other service still advertises its complete schema.
Add a workflow step that runs `go generate` and commits the regenerated
Go sources back to the branch when they drift from `XbotHeader.hpp`,
so contributors can add message types without a local Go toolchain.
Only branches that may be pushed to are committed to (non-default,
non-fork); otherwise the run fails with instructions.
The regenerate/push steps use scoped write permissions and a separate
push step to keep the token out of the `go generate` environment, with
a fallback to GITHUB_TOKEN and a warning when BOT_TOKEN is unset.
Concurrency is grouped per branch to serialize pushes.
…ge schemas
Description fetch requests packed target_ip as network-order bytes, but services
interpret it as a host-order integer (converting via htonl), silently sending
responses to byte-swapped addresses. Fixed test fake to unpack with '!I' and
added regression tests verifying the request matches the claim payload layout.
Also extended tests to cover both usage modes receiving the merged schema after
a fetch: mode 2 builds its schema from discovery, and mode 1 validates the
provided schema against the completed one while still rejecting version
mismatches.
GetOmittedDescription() returns the member as a pointer (odr-use), so it needs a
definition. The firmware compiles as C++17 where static constexpr members are
implicitly inline, but catkin/mower_simulation uses gnu++14 - the ROS build then
fails to link with "undefined reference to ...SERVICE_OMITTED_CBOR".
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Walkthrough
The change adds a protocol for retrieving service-description data omitted from UDP advertisements. It updates schema generation and service responses, adds retrieval and caching to Python discovery, and generates Go message types from the C++ enum.
Changes: Service Description Retrieval
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Description partitioning and service responses include/xbot/datatypes/*, codegen/xbot_codegen/xbot_codegen.py, codegen/templates/*, libxbot-service/*, Readme.md, codegen/README.md
The generator places schema blocks in the advertisement up to its size budget and stores omitted blocks separately. Generated services expose the omitted data, and the service handler responds to valid requests with bounded DESCRIPTION_PART windows.
Python discovery requests omitted blocks, checks response windows, and caches fetched descriptions by service ID and version. It merges successful fetches into the advertised schema and retains the advertised schema when retrieval fails. Tests cover retrieval, failure handling, caching, and schema use. The package version changes to 0.2.0.
Generated Go message types xbot_service_interface_go/cmd/xbot-codegen/*, xbot_service_interface_go/xbot/*, .github/workflows/go.yaml
The Go code generator reads the C++ MessageType enum and generates Go constants and string mappings. The workflow runs generation and commits changes under the configured conditions. The test compares generated message types with the C++ header.
xtech/xbot_framework#27: Builds an interactive shell from the schema received by ServiceDiscovery; this change allows discovery to retrieve schema blocks omitted from advertisements.
Suggested reviewers:clemenselflein
Merge Risk: High · previous review 953c8
Do not merge yet: larger omitted schemas can prevent service discovery, failed fetches can leave interfaces permanently incomplete, and incoming traffic can stall discovery or trigger amplified replies to third parties. Fix the protocol and retrieval failures before release.
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A rabbit taps the packet’s brim, “There’s room for schemas, though it’s slim.” The missing pages hop in flight, In windows fetched and cached just right. Go’s message names now grow from C++; The bunny thumps and bounds with glee.
The table ended at SERVICE_QUERY, so the two new message types were only
described in prose further down. Adds the rows (with their arg1/arg2 meaning)
and a short note on the request/part window handshake.
The interface now fetches and merges the schema blocks a service omits from
its advertisement (DESCRIPTION_REQUEST -> DESCRIPTION_PART), so the package
needs its own release: 0.1.3 -> 0.2.0.
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Add a version-change case to test_fetch_is_cached_per_version.
The test name refers to per-version caching, but both advertisements use version 1. A cache keyed only by service ID would pass this test. Removing the version check in _omitted_blocks would also leave the test passing.
The test needs a second advertisement with a different version. It should assert that the client fetches again. The version check does not affect the listener count in this path, so the test asserts only the request count.
Suggested fix
class FakeService:
@@
- def advertisement(self, omitted: list[str] | None = None) -> bytes:- desc = {'type': 'SoundService', 'version': 1,+ def advertisement(self, omitted: list[str] | None = None, version: int = 1) -> bytes:+ desc = {'type': 'SoundService', 'version': version,
@@
def test_fetch_is_cached_per_version():
service = FakeService(ENUMS)
discovery, collector = _discovery(service)
try:
discovery._handle_packet(service.advertisement())
requests_after_first = len(service.requests)
discovery._handle_packet(service.advertisement())
+ requests_after_repeat = len(service.requests)+ discovery._handle_packet(service.advertisement(version=2))
finally:
service.close()
assert len(collector.found) == 1, "the second advertisement changes nothing"
- assert len(service.requests) == requests_after_first, "a repeating advertisement must not fetch again"+ assert requests_after_repeat == requests_after_first, "a repeating advertisement must not fetch again"+ assert len(service.requests) > requests_after_repeat, "a changed version must fetch again"
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Review comment at @xbot_service_interface_py/tests/test_description_fetch.py
around lines 99 - 110:
Update FakeService.advertisement to allow specifying the advertised version,
then extend test_fetch_is_cached_per_version to send a repeated version-1
advertisement and a version-2 advertisement. Assert that the repeat does not
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Review comments at @.github/workflows/go.yaml:
- Around line 38-39: Update the checkout configuration in the Go workflow so
format, vet, test, and build run against the pull request merge commit. Restrict
checkout of the PR head branch to the regenerate and push steps; preserve the
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Review comments at @codegen/xbot_codegen/xbot_codegen.py:
- Line 100: Update the budget-exceeded exception in the advertisement trimming
logic to report the kept keys: include every key in json_service that is not in
DROPPABLE_BLOCKS. Replace the misleading type/version-only wording while
preserving the existing budget value and error context.
Review comments at @libxbot-service/src/Service.cpp:
- Line 336: Update the description request and reply payloads used by
Service.cpp so the offset is stored in a field wider than 8 bits, and update the
corresponding packing, parsing, and serialization paths to preserve that wider
value end to end. Ensure offsets such as 1448 can be encoded and processed
without dropping the service advertisement; do not rely on the uint8_t arg1
field.
- Around line 365-366: Restrict DESCRIPTION_REQUEST replies before
Io::transmitPacket: verify that request->target_ip and request->target_port
match the request’s actual source endpoint, or apply an established per-source
rate limit. Preserve the existing reply construction while ensuring unverified
or over-limit requests cannot trigger transmission.
- Line 361: Update splitDescription to check the serialized omitted CBOR blob
before returning it and reject generation when its size exceeds the 16-bit
DESCRIPTION_PART total limit of 65535 bytes. Preserve acceptance of blobs at or
below that limit and report the schema type and size in the generation error.
Review comments at @Readme.md:
- Line 289: Update the schema-fetch description to say the client sends one
DESCRIPTION_REQUEST per window, rather than claiming a single round trip; retain
the surrounding discovery, unicast, and cache details.
- Line 288: Update the “Schema-free” description in the README to say the
advertisement carries only as much of the schema as fits in one packet and may
omit interface blocks such as inputs, outputs, registers, functions, or enums
when the schema is large. Avoid claiming that the advertisement always includes
the interface.
Review comments at @xbot_service_interface_go/xbot/spec_test.go:
- Around line 117-121: Anchor the enum-entry regex in both the generator’s
enumEntry pattern and the consistency test in spec_test.go to the start of each
line, so entries inside comments are ignored. Keep the generator and test
patterns consistent while preserving matching of valid enum declarations.
Review comments at @xbot_service_interface_py/README.md:
- Around line 92-94: Revise the README’s advertisement description to clarify
that any schema blocks, including inputs, outputs, registers, and RPC functions,
may be listed under omitted when the schema exceeds one UDP packet. State that
fetching restores only omitted blocks, while blocks already carried in the
advertisement remain available.
Review comments at
@xbot_service_interface_py/xbot_service_interface/discovery.py:
- Around line 173-175: Update _omitted_blocks and its caller to include the
discovered service type in cache lookup and storage. Reuse cached omitted blocks
only when both the service type and version match, so a different service type
with the same ID and version cannot inherit stale blocks.
- Line 187: Initialize sock before the try in the socket-handling flow, and make
the finally block close it only if socket creation succeeded. Preserve the
existing handling of OSError during close so a failed socket creation does not
prevent advertisement processing or service registration.
- Around line 196-209: Update _omitted_blocks handling so advertisement
processing does not block the xbot-discovery receive thread; either fetch on a
worker and update _services when complete, or cache failures per service and
version until a retry deadline. Preserve timely processing and listener
notifications for other services while fetches are pending or failing.
- Around line 303-310: Update the same-endpoint re-advertisement path around
_omitted_blocks so that, after omitted blocks are merged into desc, it compares
the merged description with the stored schema and replaces the stored schema and
notifies listeners when they differ. Preserve the existing behavior when
fetching fails or the merged description is unchanged.
- Around line 213-220: Update the description-response fetch loop to accept a
part only when its header service_id matches the requested service and its
sender matches the advertised endpoint. Confirm how the receive path exposes the
reply source port before filtering on it, and preserve the existing type, size,
and offset checks.
- Around line 207-210: Update the receive loop in _omitted_blocks to enforce one
deadline per window rather than restarting the full timeout for every recvfrom
call. Track elapsed time with a monotonic clock, set each read’s timeout to the
remaining window duration, and stop waiting when the deadline expires so the
fetch remains bounded by FETCH_MAX_WINDOWS and FETCH_TIMEOUT_S.
---
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Review comments at @xbot_service_interface_py/tests/test_description_fetch.py:
- Around line 99-110: Update FakeService.advertisement to allow specifying the
advertised version, then extend test_fetch_is_cached_per_version to send a
repeated version-1 advertisement and a version-2 advertisement. Assert that the
repeat does not increase the request count and the changed version does; retain
the existing listener-count assertion.
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When non-droppable keys push the advertisement past the budget, the exception says that type and version alone do not fit. The advertisement also carries every key outside DROPPABLE_BLOCKS, so the message names the wrong cause. Report the kept keys instead.
Suggested fix
- raise Exception(- f"{json_service['type']}: type/version alone do not fit into the advertisement "- f"budget of {ADVERTISED_DESCRIPTION_BUDGET} bytes")+ kept = [key for key in json_service if key not in DROPPABLE_BLOCKS]+ raise Exception(+ f"{json_service['type']}: the blocks {kept} do not fit into the advertisement "+ f"budget of {ADVERTISED_DESCRIPTION_BUDGET} bytes")
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Review comment at @codegen/xbot_codegen/xbot_codegen.py at line 100:
Update the budget-exceeded exception in the advertisement trimming logic to
report the kept keys: include every key in json_service that is not in
DROPPABLE_BLOCKS. Replace the misleading type/version-only wording while
preserving the existing budget value and error context.
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Widen the description request offset beyond 8 bits.
The offset comes from arg1, a uint8_t (XbotHeader.hpp:72), so offsets above 255 cannot be encoded. Services with more than 1448 omitted bytes need a second request at offset 1448. Python pack_header then raises struct.error, and the service advertisement is dropped. Move the offset into a wider field in the request and reply payloads.
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Review comment at @libxbot-service/src/Service.cpp at line 336:
Update the description request and reply payloads used by Service.cpp so the
offset is stored in a field wider than 8 bits, and update the corresponding
packing, parsing, and serialization paths to preserve that wider value end to
end. Ensure offsets such as 1448 can be encoded and processed without dropping
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Reject omitted schemas larger than 65535 bytes in code generation.
splitDescription does not check the size of the omitted CBOR blob. DESCRIPTION_PART stores the total in a 16-bit arg2 (Service.cpp:361), so a larger blob advertises a wrapped total. The Python client then fails in one of these ways:
A total that wraps to 0 returns an empty block set without a warning.
A wrapped total above the first window, about 1448 bytes, makes the client request a second window. It packs that offset into the 8-bit arg1 field, which raises struct.error. _omitted_blocks catches only OSError, so the exception escapes before the service is stored.
Rejecting these sizes at generation time prevents the wrap.
Suggested fix
omitted = {key: json_service[key] for key in omitted_names}
- return advertised_cbor, cbor2.dumps(omitted), omitted_names+ omitted_cbor = cbor2.dumps(omitted)+ if len(omitted_cbor) > 65535:+ raise Exception(+ f"{json_service['type']}: omitted schema is {len(omitted_cbor)} bytes, "+ f"more than the 65535 bytes that DESCRIPTION_PART can describe")+ return advertised_cbor, omitted_cbor, omitted_names
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Review comment at @libxbot-service/src/Service.cpp at line 361:
Update splitDescription to check the serialized omitted CBOR blob before
returning it and reject generation when its size exceeds the 16-bit
DESCRIPTION_PART total limit of 65535 bytes. Preserve acceptance of blobs at or
below that limit and report the schema type and size in the generation error.
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Limit DESCRIPTION_PART replies to a verified endpoint, and rate-limit requests per source.
Any host can send a DESCRIPTION_REQUEST that names an arbitrary target_ip and target_port. Each request triggers one reply of up to 1472 bytes to that address. Nothing limits the request rate or the reply target, so the service can act as a UDP amplification source. Restrict replies to the claimed endpoint, or add a per-source rate limit before transmitting.
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Review comment at @libxbot-service/src/Service.cpp around lines 365 - 366:
Restrict DESCRIPTION_REQUEST replies before Io::transmitPacket: verify that
request->target_ip and request->target_port match the request’s actual source
endpoint, or apply an established per-source rate limit. Preserve the existing
reply construction while ensuring unverified or over-limit requests cannot
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Initialize sock before the try so a failed socket creation does not raise in finally.
If socket.socket(...) raises OSError, sock is never assigned. The finally block then calls sock.close() on an unbound local, which raises UnboundLocalError. The inner except OSError does not catch it, so the advertisement is dropped and the service is not registered.
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data = bytearray()
total = None
+ sock = None
try:
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)
@@
finally:
- try:- sock.close()- except OSError:- pass+ if sock is not None:+ try:+ sock.close()+ except OSError:+ pass
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at line 187:
Initialize sock before the try in the socket-handling flow, and make the finally
block close it only if socket creation succeeded. Preserve the existing handling
of OSError during close so a failed socket creation does not prevent
advertisement processing or service registration.
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Move the omitted-block fetch off the discovery receive thread, and cache failed fetches.
Each advertisement from a service with omitted blocks runs _omitted_blocks on the xbot-discovery thread. A failed fetch is not cached, so an unreachable service stalls this loop for about 1 s on every advertisement. Other services and their listener notifications wait behind it.
Possible approach
Store failed fetches per service and version with a retry deadline. Alternatively, run _omitted_blocks on a worker thread that updates _services when it finishes.
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around lines 196 - 209:
Update _omitted_blocks handling so advertisement processing does not block the
xbot-discovery receive thread; either fetch on a worker and update _services
when complete, or cache failures per service and version until a retry deadline.
Preserve timely processing and listener notifications for other services while
fetches are pending or failing.
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Bound each window wait with a deadline, not a per-read timeout.
settimeout applies to each recvfrom, so unrelated datagrams can keep _omitted_blocks looping indefinitely. This blocks the xbot-discovery thread that handles all advertisements. Use one deadline per window. The fetch then ends within FETCH_MAX_WINDOWS * FETCH_TIMEOUT_S seconds.
# One window per request: wait for the answer that starts at len(data).
# Everything else (a stale window, a foreign packet) is skipped.
+ deadline = time.monotonic() + self.FETCH_TIMEOUT_S
while True:
+ remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()+ if remaining <= 0:+ return None+ sock.settimeout(remaining)
try:
answer, _ = sock.recvfrom(MAX_PACKET_SIZE)
except socket.timeout:
return None
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around lines 207 - 210:
Update the receive loop in _omitted_blocks to enforce one deadline per window
rather than restarting the full timeout for every recvfrom call. Track elapsed
time with a monotonic clock, set each read’s timeout to the remaining window
duration, and stop waiting when the deadline expires so the fetch remains
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Validate the service ID and sender of each description response.
The fetch loop accepts any DESCRIPTION_PART that has the expected type, size, and arg1 offset. It does not check the response service_id or the sender address. The fetch socket is bound to a wildcard address and is not connected. A host that can reach the ephemeral fetch port can supply schema blocks for another service. The cache then reuses those blocks for the same service ID and version, and listeners receive them. Reject responses whose header service_id differs from the requested service. Also restrict accepted responses to the advertised endpoint. Confirm the reply source port before you filter on it.
The receive path does not authenticate the advertisement either. So the marginal exposure is smaller than a new trust boundary would be. The new path still accepts responses without checking the requested service identity.
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around lines 213 - 220:
Update the description-response fetch loop to accept a part only when its header
service_id matches the requested service and its sender matches the advertised
endpoint. Confirm how the receive path exposes the reply source port before
filtering on it, and preserve the existing type, size, and offset checks.
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Refresh the stored schema when the same endpoint re-advertises.
A first fetch timeout stores the advertised subset only. A later same-endpoint advertisement merges the fetched blocks, then the guard returns. Schema-less interfaces keep the partial schema until disconnect, so enum names and omitted functions fail. Update the stored schema and notify listeners when the merged description differs.
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around lines 303 - 310:
Update the same-endpoint re-advertisement path around _omitted_blocks so that,
after omitted blocks are merged into desc, it compares the merged description
with the stored schema and replaces the stored schema and notifies listeners
when they differ. Preserve the existing behavior when fetching fails or the
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The advertisement is a single UDP packet (
xbot::config::max_packet_size, 1472 B), so aservice could only be discovered as long as its whole schema fit into it.
SoundServiceis the first one that does not: its CBOR is 1543 B today (31
SoundIdentries) — andit grows with every appended id. This PR splits the description: advertise as much as fits,
serve the rest on request.
Protocol
Two new message types (
include/xbot/datatypes/XbotHeader.hpp):0x82DESCRIPTION_REQUESTDescriptionRequestPayload(target ip:port)0x83DESCRIPTION_PARTUnicast, one window per request; the requester repeats until
offset + payload_size >= total.The answer needs an explicit destination because the portable packet API only hands out the
payload, not the sender's address — the same reason
ClaimPayloadcarries one.Code generation
codegen/xbot_codegen/xbot_codegen.pygainssplitDescription():1472 − sizeof(XbotHeader) − 80 = 1368bytes (the 80 are what the base class wrapsaround the description; see the static_assert in
templates/ServiceTemplate.cpp),enums → functions → registers → outputs → inputswhilethe rest still does not fit (
typeandversionalways stay), the dropped names arelisted as
"omitted": [...],the advertised one is
SERVICE_DESCRIPTION_CBOR, the rest becomesSERVICE_OMITTED_CBORplus a
GetOmittedDescription()override.For
SoundServicethat is 879 B advertised + a 665 Benumsblock fetched on demand.A service whose schema fits advertises everything and reports size 0, which makes it ignore
description requests — the old behaviour, unchanged on the wire for such services.
Firmware side
Service::HandleDescriptionRequest()validates the payload, theservice_id, the offset andclamps the window to
arg2and tomax_packet_size − sizeof(XbotHeader), then sends oneDESCRIPTION_PART. Services without an omitted block answer nothing.Go: message types generated from the C++ header
xbot/header.gohad theMessageTypelist duplicated by hand, which is how a new messagetype silently goes missing on one side. It is now generated:
spec_test.gobuilds its expected map from the generatedmessageTypeNames, so it failswhen the generated file is stale rather than when the two lists differ. The
goworkflowregenerates the file and commits it back (only for branches of this repository, never for
forks or the default branch), so adding a message type needs no Go toolchain locally — the
same pattern as the definitions repository.
Python client
ServiceDiscovery(fetch_omitted=True)fetches the omitted blocks once after discovery andmerges them into the schema, cached per
(service id, version)— a repeating advertisementnever fetches again. Details worth reviewing:
_route_source_ip()(a UDPconnect()to the service, whichonly performs the route lookup), because the discovery socket is bound to the multicast
group and its own address is useless as a reply target,
subset in place: enum names of omitted blocks then cannot be encoded, everything else works,
Compatibility
omittedlist. GeneratedC++/Go clients do not care (they compile against the schema), the Python client follows
the fetch path or degrades with a warning,
Testing
pytest xbot_service_interface_py/tests/test_description_fetch.py— window loop, stale andforeign packets, cache hit for a repeated advertisement, fallback when the fetch fails,
reply-address selection,
go test ./...inxbot_service_interface_go(spec_testcross-checks the generatedmessage types against
XbotHeader.hpp),SoundServicenowadvertises 879 B and serves the
enumsblock on request,soundctl discover(Go client) and a pythonServiceDiscoveryrun againstthe mower resolve
SoundServiceincluding itsSoundIdnames.Follow-ups
xbot_service_interface_go/v0.4.0,v1.1.0for the C++ side(
libxbot-service/codegen), andxbot-service-interface-py0.2.0 (pyproject.toml+PyPI) — the Python package carries the fetch logic, so it needs its own release.
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