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Problem

Flashing Logitech profile settings intermittently failed with "The profile failed its checksum; refusing to write."

@openmouse/protocol matches HID++ replies on feature index + function id only. applyStatus fires an untracked void reloadOnboardProfiles() whenever onboardProfiles is null, and flashPendingChanges only waited for refreshInProgress. When a flash started while that reload was running, both were issuing memoryRead on the onboard-profiles feature, the replies crossed, and openActiveProfile read a scrambled sector that failed its CRC check. A failed reload nulls onboardProfiles, so the next poll starts another reload, which is why it kept happening once it began.

Visible effect on HITS mice: writeStagedAnalogButtons sets the live values first (so the change looked applied), then persistAnalogButtonTuning failed, so the profile kept the old tuning and the mouse reverted on the next power cycle or wake.

Fix

  • flashPendingChanges waits for onboardProfilesLoading as well as refreshInProgress.
  • The automatic reload in applyStatus does not start while settingInProgress (the write path rereads profiles itself).
  • The Profiles reload button calls a new rereadOnboardProfiles() that is a no-op during a write.
  • REFRESH_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS goes from 2 s to 5 s, since a full profile reread over wireless can exceed 2 s.

Nothing is removed; no UI or string changes.

Testing

  • npm run build, npm test (400 pass), npm run size (JS 2,785,453 / 2,800,000 bytes) all pass.
  • On hardware: a HITS mouse in onboard mode now flashes with no checksum error, and the tuning survives a power cycle.

Note

Fix Logitech onboard-profile read/write races by gating flash and reload operations

  • flashPendingChanges in controller.ts now waits until both refreshInProgress and onboardProfilesLoading finish before writing, since overlapping HID++ profile reads can consume the write operation's sector-read replies. The wait deadline is raised from 2,000 ms to 5,000 ms (REFRESH_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS), and a timeout fails the flash through the existing error path.
  • applyStatusInner skips the automatic onboard-profile reload while a setting is in progress, so a setting write no longer triggers a concurrent profile read.
  • New rereadOnboardProfiles wrapper returns immediately when settingInProgress is true; the refresh button in Profiles.tsx now uses it instead of calling reloadOnboardProfiles directly.
  • Behavioral Change: flash operations can now take up to five seconds before timing out, and manual profile rereads are silently ignored while a setting is in progress.

Macroscope summarized 4052d30.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved device flashing reliability by waiting for refresh and profile-reading operations to complete before writing.
    • Prevented automatic profile reloads from interfering with active writes.
    • Increased the refresh wait period to improve synchronization.
  • Improvements

    • Updated the profile refresh control to trigger a safe onboard-profile reread.

HID++ replies are matched by feature and function only, so a background
onboard-profile reload running during a flash took the write's sector
reads and failed its checksum check ("The profile failed its checksum;
refusing to write"). HITS tuning applied live but never reached the
profile, so it reset on the next power cycle.

- flash waits for an in-flight profile reload as well as a refresh
- the automatic reload no longer starts during a write
- the reload button is ignored during a write
- the wait limit is raised to 5 s to cover a wireless reread
@github-actions github-actions Bot added type: bug PR title category: bug area: ui Interface and styling area: devices Device integration and HID support labels Oct 21, 2026
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📝 Walkthrough

The controller now coordinates device writes with device refreshes and onboard-profile reads. It skips onboard-profile reloads during writes, exposes rereadOnboardProfiles(), and uses that helper from the Profiles refresh control. The refresh wait timeout is 5 seconds.

Changes: Device refresh and write coordination

Layer / File(s) Summary
Coordinate profile reloads with device writes
src/device/controller.ts, src/features/profiles/Profiles.tsx
The controller waits for active refreshes and onboard-profile reads before writing. It skips profile reloads during writes and exposes a reload entry point. The Profiles refresh control calls that entry point.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: 7eedle

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4052d

After flashing, the profile list may remain empty until a later status change or manual reload.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4052d

The change reduces interference between device reads and writes. One recovery gap can leave stored-profile information unavailable after a write until another reload occurs. No new remote access or additional privileges were identified, but disconnect timing and hardware failure behavior remain unverified.

Retained concerns

  • Low · reliability · inferred: A failed post-write profile reread can now leave profile-state recovery without an automatic completion owner. writeStagedProfileSector sets onboardProfiles to null when its reread fails. The flash then applies final status while settingInProgress is still true, so the new guard suppresses the reload that the base revision would attempt. endDeviceWrite only clears the write flag and synchronizes derived state. If subsequent status values remain unchanged, polling does not call applyStatus again. Stored-profile information can therefore remain unavailable until a manual reload or status change, weakening recovery and verification after a persistent write. This does not establish profile corruption or unauthorized access.
Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The inspected sensitive outcomes are changes to live settings and stored profiles on locally authorized HID devices. Automatic disconnect recovery chooses a supported replacement from navigator.hid.getDevices(). The PR does not add device authorization or remote access. Existing mutable-client targeting means the relevant boundary includes an authorized replacement device, not only the original device.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Background status refresh preserves its existing post-read checks that both the client and active device still match before applying results. Explicit device selection waits for controller idleness, whereas automatic disconnect replacement uses the activation queue directly. These identity and activation controls are unchanged by the PR.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — The new wait reduces read/write overlap during ordinary flashing, but does not establish cancellation or device identity binding for an interrupted flash. Captured batches survive shared pending-state cleanup, and some writers resolve the active client when invoked. This ownership pattern predates the PR. The longer wait creates additional scheduling opportunity, but no material increase in attackable authority or demonstrated stale-target write was established.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — As follow-up hardening for the pre-existing device-handoff boundary, bind each flash and profile load to a device generation and reject stale continuations after disconnect or replacement. This would strengthen device ownership independently of read-wait duration; it is not a verified PR-introduced vulnerability.
Pre-merge checks: Passed 4 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing background Logitech profile reads from racing with profile writes.
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Out of Scope Changes check Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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- Line 2707: Update endDeviceWrite() to retry reloadOnboardProfiles() after
settingInProgress is cleared when onboardProfiles is null and
onboardProfilesLoading is false, before syncing derived state and emitting.
Preserve the existing guard and avoid starting a duplicate load.

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Comment thread src/device/controller.ts
if (onboardProfiles === null && !onboardProfilesLoading) void reloadOnboardProfiles();
// A write rereads the profiles itself; starting a read here would interleave
// with its sector reads.
if (onboardProfiles === null && !onboardProfilesLoading && !settingInProgress) void reloadOnboardProfiles();

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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rg -n -C 12 'flashPendingChanges|endDeviceWrite|settingInProgress|onboardProfilesLoading|rereadOnboardProfiles|reloadOnboardProfiles' src/device/controller.ts src/features/profiles/Profiles.tsx

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done
echo "===== reloadOnboardProfiles references ====="
rg -n -F -- 'reloadOnboardProfiles' src/device/controller.ts src/features src || test "$?" -eq 1
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rg -n -F -- 'endDeviceWrite' src/device/controller.ts || test "$?" -eq 1

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echo "===== applyStatus references ====="
rg -n -F -- 'applyStatus(' src/device/controller.ts || test "$?" -eq 1
echo "===== automatic refresh implementation ====="
sed -n '6570,6695p' src/device/controller.ts
echo "===== refresh timer setup and teardown ====="
rg -n -C 8 -F -- 'startRefreshTimer' src/device/controller.ts || test "$?" -eq 1
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Retry the profile reload when the write ends.

If a profile load fails before flashPendingChanges(), onboardProfiles remains null. The post-write applyStatus() call runs while settingInProgress is still true, so it skips the reload. endDeviceWrite() then clears the flag without retrying.

A later status refresh can retry the load only when it reaches applyStatus() with a changed status. The profile list can therefore remain empty until that occurs or the user presses Reload.

🐛 Suggested fix
 function endDeviceWrite(): void {
   settingInProgress = false;
+  if (onboardProfiles === null && !onboardProfilesLoading) void reloadOnboardProfiles();
   syncProfileDerivedState();
   emit();
 }
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Review comment at @src/device/controller.ts at line 2707:
Update endDeviceWrite() to retry reloadOnboardProfiles() after settingInProgress
is cleared when onboardProfiles is null and onboardProfilesLoading is false,
before syncing derived state and emitting. Preserve the existing guard and avoid
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