version 5.2.2

error_received() no longer sets _dead=True; it just closes the transport
so the existing retry loop in heartbeat_sender (hbc) and sendto (hbc_mini)
reopens the connection on the next interval. This allows hbc to recover
when it starts before network connectivity is established.

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

hbd/__init__.py

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ Install options:
 """
 
 __all__ = ["__version__"]
-__version__ = "5.2.1"
+__version__ = "5.2.2"

hbd/client/main.py

@@ -172,9 +172,8 @@ class HeartbeatProtocol(asyncio.DatagramProtocol):
             self.logger.error(f"Error processing datagram: {e}", exc_info=True)
     
     def error_received(self, exc):
-        """Handle protocol errors."""
-        self.logger.warning(f"Protocol error on {self.connection.addr}: {exc} — dropping connection")
-        self.connection._dead = True
+        """Handle protocol errors — close transport so the heartbeat sender retries."""
+        self.logger.warning(f"Protocol error on {self.connection.addr}: {exc} — will retry")
         self.connection.close()
 
 

hbd/server/main.py

@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@ def run(config, config_path=None):
     if config.get("debug", 0) > 0:
         log_level = logging.DEBUG
     logging.basicConfig(level=log_level)
-    logging.getLogger("aiohttp.access").setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    if not config.get("debug", 0):
+        logging.getLogger("aiohttp.access").propagate = False
     load_pickled_hosts(config, hbdclass)
 
     notify_mod.initlog(logfile=config.get("logfile", "messages.log"))

hbd/server/templates/alerts.html

@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
                 <span class="alert-level ${level}">${alert.level}</span>
                 <a class="alert-hostname" href="/plugins#${alert.hostname}">${alert.hostname}</a>
               </div>
-              <div class="alert-metric">${alert.metric_path}</div>
+              <div class="alert-metric">${alert.metric_path.includes('.') ? alert.metric_path.slice(alert.metric_path.indexOf('.') + 1) : alert.metric_path}</div>
               <div class="alert-details">
                 <span>${valueText}</span>
                 <span class="alert-duration">Active for ${duration}</span>

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "hbd"
-version = "5.2.1"
+version = "5.2.2"
 description = "Heartbeat monitoring system — client (hbc) and server (hbd)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

scripts/hbc_mini.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 # updated by scripts/bumpminor.sh
-__version__ = "5.2.1"
+__version__ = "5.2.2"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Protocol  (mirrors hbd/common/proto.py)
@@ -797,8 +797,7 @@ class _HeartbeatProtocol(asyncio.DatagramProtocol):
             self._log.error("datagram error: %s", e)
 
     def error_received(self, exc):
-        self._log.warning("protocol error on %s: %s — dropping connection", self._conn.addr, exc)
-        self._conn._dead = True
+        self._log.warning("protocol error on %s: %s — will retry", self._conn.addr, exc)
         self._conn.close()