Fixed unreachable streams reporting stale online status indefinitely.

owncastsentry/commands.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from mautrix.types import TextMessageEventContent, MessageType
 
 from .owncast_client import OwncastClient
 from .database import StreamRepository, SubscriptionRepository
+from .models import StreamStatus
 from .utils import domainify, sanitize_for_markdown
 
 
@@ -209,18 +210,21 @@ class CommandHandler:
             body_text += f"- **{safe_stream_name}**  \n"
 
             # Add title if stream is online (as a sub-bullet)
-            if stream_state.online and stream_state.title:
+            if stream_state.status == StreamStatus.ONLINE and stream_state.title:
                 safe_title = sanitize_for_markdown(stream_state.title)
                 body_text += f"  - Title: {safe_title}  \n"
 
             # Determine status and duration (as a sub-bullet)
-            if stream_state.online:
+            if stream_state.status == StreamStatus.ONLINE:
                 # Stream is online - use last_connect_time
                 if stream_state.last_connect_time:
                     duration = self._format_duration(stream_state.last_connect_time)
                     body_text += f"  - Status: Online for {duration}  \n"
                 else:
                     body_text += f"  - Status: Online  \n"
+            elif stream_state.status == StreamStatus.UNKNOWN:
+                # Stream status is unknown - instance unreachable
+                body_text += f"  - Status: Unknown (instance unreachable)  \n"
             else:
                 # Stream is offline - use last_disconnect_time
                 if stream_state.last_disconnect_time:
@@ -255,11 +259,11 @@ class CommandHandler:
             await evt.reply("This room is not subscribed to any Owncast instances.\n\nTo subscribe to an Owncast instance, use `!subscribe <domain>`", markdown=True)
             return
 
-        # Filter for only live streams
+        # Filter for only live streams (exclude unknown status)
         live_streams = []
         for domain in subscribed_domains:
             stream_state = await self.stream_repo.get_by_domain(domain)
-            if stream_state and stream_state.online:
+            if stream_state and stream_state.status == StreamStatus.ONLINE:
                 live_streams.append((domain, stream_state))
 
         # Check if there are no live streams

owncastsentry/models.py

@@ -5,9 +5,18 @@
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from enum import Enum
 from typing import Optional, List
 
 
+class StreamStatus(Enum):
+    """Represents the status of a stream."""
+
+    ONLINE = "online"
+    OFFLINE = "offline"
+    UNKNOWN = "unknown"
+
+
 @dataclass
 class StreamState:
     """Represents the state of an Owncast stream."""
@@ -20,9 +29,16 @@ class StreamState:
     failure_counter: int = 0
 
     @property
-    def online(self) -> bool:
+    def status(self) -> StreamStatus:
-        """Returns True if the stream is currently online."""
+        """Returns the stream status considering failure_counter."""
-        return self.last_connect_time is not None
+        from .utils import UNKNOWN_STATUS_THRESHOLD
+
+        if self.failure_counter > UNKNOWN_STATUS_THRESHOLD:
+            return StreamStatus.UNKNOWN
+        elif self.last_connect_time is not None:
+            return StreamStatus.ONLINE
+        else:
+            return StreamStatus.OFFLINE
 
     @classmethod
     def from_api_response(cls, response: dict, domain: str) -> "StreamState":

owncastsentry/utils.py

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ TEMPORARY_OFFLINE_NOTIFICATION_COOLDOWN = 7 * 60  # 7 minutes in seconds
 CLEANUP_WARNING_THRESHOLD = 83 * 24 * 60  # 119,520 cycles = 83 days
 CLEANUP_DELETE_THRESHOLD = 90 * 24 * 60  # 129,600 cycles = 90 days
 
+# Failure counter threshold for treating stream status as "unknown"
+UNKNOWN_STATUS_THRESHOLD = 15
+
 # Maximum field lengths based on Owncast's configuration
 # Source: https://github.com/owncast/owncast/blob/master/web/utils/config-constants.tsx
 MAX_INSTANCE_TITLE_LENGTH = 255  # Server Name (line 81)