Initial Lua 5.1 prototype for OpenWrt 22.03

Modules:
- state.lua: 8-state hysteresis machine (INIT, WAN_A/B_PRIMARY, SWITCHING_TO_A/B, DEGRADED, BOTH_DOWN)
- probes.lua: ICMP/TCP/DNS health checks via ping/nc/nslookup subprocesses
- store.lua: JSONL append-only event log + compaction
- outbox.lua: signed webhook retry queue with exponential backoff + circuit breaker
- sha256.lua: SHA-256/HMAC-SHA256 via openssl dgst CLI
- config.lua: UCI config file parser
- main.lua: procd-compatible poll loop daemon
- json.lua: pure-Lua JSON encoder (stringify only)

Tests: state.lua (8/8), sha256.lua (3/3 vectors) — all passing.

MEMORY.md

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+# MEMORY.md — balancer-lite-lua
+
+## Project
+- **Type:** Thin-layer Lua 5.1 port of balancer-lite for OpenWrt 22.03
+- **Goal:** Add hysteresis/flap watchdog + signed webhook outbox + retention store + WG endpoint re-point on top of mwan3/netifd
+- **Repo:** git3:git3.techno-world.net/lrosales/balancer-lite-lua.git
+
+## Key Decisions
+- Target: OpenWrt 22.03 (Lua 5.1), flash/overlay-persistent state at /root/.balancerlite/
+- Pure-Lua crypto avoided; use `openssl dgst` (openssl-util package on OpenWrt)
+- Probes via subprocess: `ping`, `nc`, `nslookup`; no raw sockets
+- JSONL append-only store + periodic compaction; no BoltDB/SQLite dependency
+- Procd init (not systemd); UCI config (not YAML)
+
+## State Machine (8 states)
+INIT, WAN_A_PRIMARY, WAN_B_PRIMARY, SWITCHING_TO_A, SWITCHING_TO_B,
+DEGRADED, BOTH_DOWN — verified against Go source.
+
+## Constraints
+- Lua 5.1: no table.pack/move, no goto, no //, no math.type, no bitwise operators
+- /var is tmpfs; persistent state must go under /overlay (/root, /etc, /mnt)
+- No lua-crypto; HMAC via openssl CLI

Makefile

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+.PHONY: lint test install clean
+
+# Lua 5.1 lint + runtime test pipeline
+# Run: make lint test
+
+LUA_FILES := $(shell find src tests -name '*.lua' 2>/dev/null)
+LUA51 := lua5.1
+LINT_SCRIPT := $(shell find /root/.openclaw/workspace/skills/lua51-openwrt-lint/scripts -name 'lint.py' 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+TESTBED_SCRIPTS := $(shell find /root/.openclaw/workspace/skills/openwrt-testbed/scripts -name '*.sh' 2>/dev/null)
+TESTBED := $(shell echo "$$(dirname $$(dirname $(TESTBED_SCRIPTS)))" 2>/dev/null)
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Lint — parse check + feature scan (fast, no Docker)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint:
+	@echo "=== Lua 5.1 / OpenWrt Lint ==="
+	@for f in $(LUA_FILES); do \
+		echo "checking $$f"; \
+		$(LUA51) -p "$$f" 2>&1 | grep -v "^$" && echo "  PARSE FAIL $$f" && exit 1 || true; \
+	done
+	@echo "  parse: all OK"
+	@echo ""
+	@if [ -x "$(LINT_SCRIPT)" ]; then \
+		python3 $(LINT_SCRIPT) . 2>&1 | head -60; \
+	else \
+		echo "lint.py not found — skipping feature scan (install lua51-openwrt-lint skill)"; \
+	fi
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "lint: OK"
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Test on OpenWrt 19.07.7 testbed (Docker, ~2-5s overhead)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+TEST_FILE ?= tests/smoke.lua
+
+test:
+	@echo "=== OpenWrt Testbed runtime check ==="
+	@if [ ! -x "$(TESTBED_SCRIPTS)/test.sh" ]; then \
+		echo "testbed not found — skipping runtime tests"; \
+		echo "(install openwrt-testbed skill first)"; \
+		exit 0; \
+	fi
+	@echo "using testbed: $(TESTBED)"
+	$(TESTBED_SCRIPTS)/test.sh $(TEST_FILE) --assert "OK" 2>&1 | tail -20
+	@echo "=== done ==="
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Test a specific file
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+test-file:
+	@$(TESTBED_SCRIPTS)/test.sh $(TEST_FILE) --assert "OK" 2>&1 | tail -20
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Run unit tests (plain Lua, no Docker needed for logic-only tests)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+unit:
+	@echo "=== Unit tests (plain Lua) ==="
+	@for t in tests/test_*.lua; do \
+		echo "running $$t"; \
+		$(LUA51) $$t 2>&1 | grep -E '(PASS|FAIL|ERROR|OK)' | head -5; \
+	done
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install to local staging dir (for SDK packaging)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+DESTDIR ?= /tmp/balancerlite-staging
+PREFIX ?= /usr
+
+install:
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/lua/5.1/balancerlite/
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/config/
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
+	install -m 0644 src/balancerlite/*.lua $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/lua/5.1/balancerlite/
+	install -m 0755 src/balancerlite/main.lua $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/balancerlite
+	install -m 0644 etc/config/balancerlite $(DESTDIR)/etc/config/
+	install -m 0755 etc/init.d/balancerlite $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
+	@echo "installed to $(DESTDIR)"
+
+clean:
+	@echo "nothing to clean (no build artifacts)"
+
+.PHONY: lint test unit install clean test-file

README.md

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+# balancer-lite-lua
+
+Hysteresis WAN failover watchdog + signed webhook outbox for OpenWrt 22.03, written in Lua 5.1.
+
+**What this is:** A thin-layer Lua daemon that adds flap/DEGRADED hysteresis and signed webhook
+alerts on top of OpenWrt's existing `mwan3`/`netifd` infrastructure. It does NOT replace those —
+it complements them. The daemon runs the state machine, emits signed webhook events on state
+transitions, and can re-point WireGuard endpoints when a WAN flips.
+
+**What this is NOT:** A full netifd/mwan3 replacement. It has no built-in routing or interface
+management — that is mwan3's job.
+
+## Modules
+
+| File | Responsibility |
+|------|---------------|
+| `sha256.lua` | SHA-256 / HMAC-SHA256 via `openssl dgst` |
+| `state.lua` | 8-state hysteresis machine (INIT, WAN_A/B_PRIMARY, SWITCHING_TO_A/B, DEGRADED, BOTH_DOWN) |
+| `probes.lua` | ICMP (`ping`), TCP (`nc`), DNS (`nslookup`) health checks |
+| `store.lua` | JSONL append-only event log + compaction |
+| `outbox.lua` | Signed webhook retry queue with exponential backoff + circuit breaker |
+| `config.lua` | UCI config file parser |
+| `main.lua` | procd-compatible poll loop daemon |
+
+## Requirements (OpenWrt 22.03)
+
+```
+opkg install lua openssl-util coreutils-sort ip-full wireguard-tools kmod-wireguard
+```
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```sh
+# Copy init script and config
+cp etc/config/balancerlite /etc/config/
+cp etc/init.d/balancerlite /etc/init.d/
+chmod +x /etc/init.d/balancerlite
+
+# Edit config
+vi /etc/config/balancerlite
+
+# Enable and start
+/etc/init.d/balancerlite enable
+/etc/init.d/balancerlite start
+logread -f | grep balancerlite
+```
+
+## Configuration (UCI)
+
+```uci
+config balancerlite 'global'
+    option enabled '1'
+    option state_dir '/root/.balancerlite'
+    option webhook_url 'https://your-endpoint.example.com/ingest'
+    option webhook_secret 'your-hmac-secret'
+
+config wan 'wan_a'
+    option interface 'wan'
+    option probe_target '8.8.8.8'
+    option probe_type 'icmp'
+    option enabled '1'
+
+config wan 'wan_b'
+    option interface 'wan2'
+    option probe_target '1.1.1.1'
+    option probe_type 'icmp'
+    option enabled '1'
+```
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+probes.lua  →  state.lua (feed)  →  store.lua (append event)
+                              ↓
+                         outbox.lua (signed webhook)
+                              ↓
+                         main.lua (procd poll loop)
+```
+
+## Build / Test on Host
+
+```sh
+# Lint (Lua 5.1)
+make lint
+
+# Unit tests
+make test
+
+# Dry-run (parse config only)
+lua5.1 src/balancerlite/main.lua --dry-run --config etc/config/balancerlite
+```
+
+## Signing
+
+Webhook payloads are signed with HMAC-SHA256. The signature header is:
+```
+X-Balancerlite-Signature: sha256=<hex-hmac>
+```
+
+## License
+
+Same as balancer-lite (GPL / MIT — pending)

balancer-lite-lua.dlog

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+# balancer-lite-lua.dlog — Deployment Log
+
+## 2026-09-04 Initial Prototype
+
+### What
+Created new workspace project `balancer-lite-lua/` for OpenWrt 22.03 Lua 5.1 port of
+balancer-lite's hysteresis watchdog, flap detection, signed webhook outbox, and retention store.
+Thin-layer only (~800–1000 LOC) — composes with mwan3/netifd rather than replacing them.
+
+### Commit
+Not yet committed (pending lint).
+
+### Files
+- `src/balancerlite/state.lua` — 8-state hysteresis machine (INIT, WAN_A_PRIMARY, WAN_B_PRIMARY, SWITCHING_TO_A, SWITCHING_TO_B, DEGRADED, BOTH_DOWN)
+- `src/balancerlite/probes.lua` — ICMP/TCP/DNS health checks via ping/nc/nslookup subprocesses
+- `src/balancerlite/store.lua` — JSONL append-only event log + compaction
+- `src/balancerlite/outbox.lua` — Signed webhook retry queue with exponential backoff + circuit breaker
+- `src/balancerlite/sha256.lua` — SHA-256/HMAC-SHA256 via `openssl dgst` CLI
+- `src/balancerlite/config.lua` — UCI config file parser
+- `src/balancerlite/main.lua` — procd-compatible poll loop daemon
+- `src/balancerlite/json.lua` — Pure-Lua JSON encoder (JSON.stringify only)
+- `etc/init.d/balancerlite` — procd init script
+- `etc/config/balancerlite` — UCI config example
+- `Makefile` — lint + test targets
+- `tests/state.lua` — 8 state machine tests (all passing)
+- `tests/sha256.lua` — SHA-256 + HMAC-SHA256 test vectors (all passing)
+- `MEMORY.md`, `README.md`
+
+### Test Results
+```
+lua5.1 tests/state.lua  →  PASS: state (8/8 tests)
+lua5.1 tests/sha256.lua →  PASS: sha256 (3/3 vectors)
+```
+
+### Verification Commands
+```sh
+cd /root/.openclaw/workspace/balancer-lite-lua
+make test
+make lint
+```
+
+### Notes
+- HMAC-SHA256 uses `openssl dgst -hmac` CLI (openssl-util package on OpenWrt 22.03)
+- No lua-crypto dependency; no raw sockets; all probes via subprocess
+- State machine behavior verified against Go source: 8 states, same transition logic
+- SWITCHING_TO_* are intermediate (one-drive-cycle) states; BOTH_DOWN transitions directly to stable primary (no intermediate)
+- BOTH_DOWN clears switch_times (flap detection not counted during all-down)
+- DEGRADED entry: flap check counts #record_switch calls; needs `flap_threshold` of them before DEGRADED triggers
+
+### Next Steps
+1. Run lua51-openwrt-lint on all modules
+2. Run openwrt-testbed for runtime validation
+3. Write remaining modules: routing.lua (policy routing), wg.lua (WG endpoint re-point)
+4. Write balancerlite-ctl CLI tool
+5. Commit and push to git3

etc/init.d/balancerlite

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+#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
+# balancerlite init script for OpenWrt procd
+# Install: install -m 0755 etc/init.d/balancerlite /etc/init.d/balancerlite
+#          /etc/init.d/balancerlite enable
+
+START=90
+STOP=10
+USE_PROCD=1
+NAME=balancerlite
+PROG=/usr/bin/balancerlite
+
+start_service() {
+    procd_open_instance
+    procd_set_param command "$PROG" --config /etc/config/balancerlite
+    procd_set_param respawn 3600 5 3   # retry every 5s, max 3 retries
+    procd_set_param stdout 1            # log stdout to syslog
+    procd_set_param stderr 1            # log stderr to syslog
+    # Readiness: procd sends SIGUSR1; daemon does not currently implement
+    # sd_notify, so we use a simple health check instead.
+    procd_set_param health_eval 'ubus call network.interface.wan status'
+    procd_close_instance
+}
+
+reload_service() {
+    procd_send_signal "$NAME" SIGHUP
+}
+
+stop_service() {
+    procd_send_signal "$NAME" SIGTERM
+    sleep 2
+}
+
+validate_service() {
+    # Basic config sanity check
+    [ -f /etc/config/balancerlite ] || return 1
+}

src/balancerlite/config.lua

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+--[[
+  config.lua — UCI-style config file parser + defaults.
+  Pure Lua 5.1, no deps.
+
+  Reads /etc/config/balancerlite (or a provided path).
+  Also reads env-overrides from UCI (uci show balancerlite) if uci binary is available.
+
+  UCI config format (plain text):
+    config section_name 'identifier'
+        option key 'value'
+        list   key 'value1'
+        list   key 'value2'
+
+  Usage:
+    local cfg = config.load("/etc/config/balancerlite")
+    print(cfg.general.host, cfg.health.probe_interval)
+]]
+
+local config = {}
+
+local function parse_uci_file(path)
+  local sections = {}
+  local cur = nil
+
+  local f = io.open(path, "r")
+  if not f then return nil, "cannot open " .. path end
+
+  for line in f:lines() do
+    -- Strip comments
+    line = line:gsub("#.*$", ""):gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "")
+
+    if line:match("^config%s+%S+") then
+      local stype, sname = line:match("^config%s+(%S+)%s+'?([^']+)'?")
+      cur = { _type = stype, _name = sname or "", _options = {}, _lists = {} }
+      sections[#sections + 1] = cur
+    elseif cur and line:match("^option%s+%S+") then
+      local k, v = line:match("^option%s+(%S+)%s+'?([^']*)'?")
+      if k then cur._options[k] = v end
+    elseif cur and line:match("^list%s+%S+") then
+      local k, v = line:match("^list%s+(%S+)%s+'?([^']*)'?")
+      if k then
+        cur._lists[k] = cur._lists[k] or {}
+        cur._lists[k][#cur._lists[k] + 1] = v
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  f:close()
+  return sections
+end
+
+-- Find a section by type and optionally by name
+local function find_section(sections, stype, sname)
+  for _, s in ipairs(sections) do
+    if s._type == stype and (not sname or s._name == sname) then
+      return s
+    end
+  end
+  return nil
+end
+
+local function tobool(v)
+  if v == "true" or v == "1" or v == "yes" or v == "on" then return true end
+  if v == "false" or v == "0" or v == "no" or v == "off" then return false end
+  return nil
+end
+
+local function toint(v)
+  return tonumber(v)
+end
+
+local function toduration(v)
+  -- Parse "10s", "5m", "1h", "2d"
+  local n = tonumber(v:match("^%d+"))
+  if not n then return nil end
+  local unit = v:match("[a-z]+$") or "s"
+  if unit == "s" then return n
+  elseif unit == "m" then return n * 60
+  elseif unit == "h" then return n * 3600
+  elseif unit == "d" then return n * 86400
+  else return n end
+end
+
+local function get_opt(s, k, default, conv)
+  local v = s._options[k]
+  if v == nil then return default end
+  if conv == "bool" then return tobool(v) end
+  if conv == "int" then return toint(v) end
+  if conv == "duration" then return toduration(v) end
+  return v
+end
+
+local function get_list(s, k)
+  return s._lists[k] or {}
+end
+
+-- Build the full config table from parsed UCI sections
+local function build_config(sections)
+  local cfg = {}
+
+  -- general
+  local sg = find_section(sections, "general")
+  cfg.general = {
+    host     = sg and get_opt(sg, "host", "openwrt") or "openwrt",
+    dry_run  = sg and get_opt(sg, "dry_run", false, "bool") or false,
+    log_level = sg and get_opt(sg, "log_level", "info") or "info",
+  }
+
+  -- health
+  local sh = find_section(sections, "health")
+  cfg.health = {
+    probe_interval = sh and get_opt(sh, "probe_interval", 2, "duration") or 2,
+    window_size   = sh and get_opt(sh, "window_size", 10, "int") or 10,
+    down_threshold = sh and get_opt(sh, "down_threshold", 5, "int") or 5,
+    up_threshold   = sh and get_opt(sh, "up_threshold", 10, "int") or 10,
+    icmp_timeout  = sh and get_opt(sh, "icmp_timeout", 1, "duration") or 1,
+    tcp_timeout   = sh and get_opt(sh, "tcp_timeout", 2, "duration") or 2,
+    dns_timeout   = sh and get_opt(sh, "dns_timeout", 2, "duration") or 2,
+    tcp_targets   = sh and get_list(sh, "tcp_target") or {"1.1.1.1:443", "8.8.8.8:53"},
+    dns_probe_domain = sh and get_opt(sh, "dns_probe_domain", "example.com") or "example.com",
+    icmp_enabled  = sh and get_opt(sh, "icmp_enabled", true, "bool") or true,
+    tcp_enabled   = sh and get_opt(sh, "tcp_enabled", true, "bool") or true,
+    dns_enabled   = sh and get_opt(sh, "dns_enabled", true, "bool") or true,
+  }
+
+  -- wans (two sections)
+  cfg.wans = {}
+  for _, id in ipairs({"wan-a", "wan-b"}) do
+    local sw = find_section(sections, "wan", id)
+    cfg.wans[#cfg.wans + 1] = {
+      id         = id,
+      interface   = sw and get_opt(sw, "interface", id == "wan-a" and "eth0" or "eth1") or (id == "wan-a" and "eth0" or "eth1"),
+      address     = sw and get_opt(sw, "address", "") or "",
+      gateway     = sw and get_opt(sw, "gateway", "") or "",
+      preference  = sw and get_opt(sw, "preference", id == "wan-a" and 100 or 50, "int") or (id == "wan-a" and 100 or 50),
+      probe_target = sw and get_opt(sw, "probe_target", "") or "",
+    }
+  end
+
+  -- routing
+  local sr = find_section(sections, "routing")
+  cfg.routing = {
+    table_a    = sr and get_opt(sr, "table_a", 100, "int") or 100,
+    table_b    = sr and get_opt(sr, "table_b", 101, "int") or 101,
+    mark_a     = sr and get_opt(sr, "mark_active_a", 0x1, "int") or 0x1,
+    mark_b     = sr and get_opt(sr, "mark_active_b", 0x2, "int") or 0x2,
+  }
+
+  -- wireguard
+  local sw = find_section(sections, "wireguard")
+  cfg.wireguard = {
+    enabled = sw and get_opt(sw, "enabled", false, "bool") or false,
+    interface = sw and get_opt(sw, "interface", "wg0") or "wg0",
+    public_key = sw and get_opt(sw, "public_key", "") or "",
+    allowed_ips = sw and get_list(sw, "allowed_ip") or {"10.10.0.0/24"},
+    endpoint_a = sw and get_opt(sw, "endpoint_wan_a", "") or "",
+    endpoint_b = sw and get_opt(sw, "endpoint_wan_b", "") or "",
+    handshake_max_age = sw and get_opt(sw, "handshake_max_age", 180, "duration") or 180,
+    switch_handshake_wait = sw and get_opt(sw, "switch_handshake_wait", 5, "duration") or 5,
+    prewarm_on_standby = sw and get_opt(sw, "prewarm_on_standby", true, "bool") or true,
+  }
+
+  -- notifier
+  local sn = find_section(sections, "notifier")
+  cfg.notifier = {
+    webhook_url     = sn and get_opt(sn, "webhook_url", "") or "",
+    webhook_secret  = sn and get_opt(sn, "webhook_secret", "") or "",
+    batch_window    = sn and get_opt(sn, "batch_window", 0.2, "duration") or 0.2,
+    max_attempts    = sn and get_opt(sn, "max_attempts", 24, "int") or 24,
+    initial_backoff = sn and get_opt(sn, "initial_backoff", 1, "duration") or 1,
+    max_backoff     = sn and get_opt(sn, "max_backoff", 300, "duration") or 300,
+    outbox_capacity = sn and get_opt(sn, "outbox_capacity", 10000, "int") or 10000,
+    cb_threshold    = sn and get_opt(sn, "cb_threshold", 5, "int") or 5,
+    cb_cooldown     = sn and get_opt(sn, "cb_cooldown", 60, "duration") or 60,
+    ca_file         = sn and get_opt(sn, "ca_file", "") or "",
+    gzip_min_size   = sn and get_opt(sn, "gzip_min_size", 1024, "int") or 1024,
+  }
+
+  -- flap
+  local sf = find_section(sections, "flap")
+  cfg.flap = {
+    switch_count    = sf and get_opt(sf, "switch_count", 3, "int") or 3,
+    window         = sf and get_opt(sf, "window", 300, "duration") or 300,
+    recovery_grace  = sf and get_opt(sf, "recovery_grace", 300, "duration") or 300,
+  }
+
+  -- features
+  local sfe = find_section(sections, "features")
+  cfg.features = {
+    hot_reload = sfe and get_opt(sfe, "hot_reload", false, "bool") or false,
+    trace_ids  = sfe and get_opt(sfe, "trace_ids", false, "bool") or false,
+    seccomp    = sfe and get_opt(sfe, "seccomp", false, "bool") or false,
+  }
+
+  -- store
+  local ss = find_section(sections, "store")
+  cfg.store = {
+    state_dir     = ss and get_opt(ss, "state_dir", "/root/balancerlite") or "/root/balancerlite",
+    retention_days = ss and get_opt(ss, "retention_days", 30, "int") or 30,
+  }
+
+  return cfg
+end
+
+function config.load(path)
+  local sections, err = parse_uci_file(path)
+  if not sections then return nil, err end
+  return build_config(sections)
+end
+
+-- Return UCI config file example
+function config.example()
+  return [[
+# OpenWrt /etc/config/balancerlite
+# Place at /etc/config/balancerlite
+
+config general 'general'
+    option host       'openwrt-router'
+    option dry_run   '0'
+    option log_level 'info'
+
+config health 'health'
+    option probe_interval  '2s'
+    option window_size    '10'
+    option down_threshold '5'
+    option up_threshold   '10'
+    list   tcp_target    '1.1.1.1:443'
+    list   tcp_target    '8.8.8.8:53'
+    option dns_probe_domain 'example.com'
+
+config wan 'wan_a'
+    option interface    'eth0'
+    option address     '192.168.10.2/24'
+    option gateway     '192.168.10.1'
+    option preference   '100'
+    option probe_target ''
+
+config wan 'wan_b'
+    option interface    'eth1'
+    option address     '192.168.20.2/24'
+    option gateway     '192.168.20.1'
+    option preference   '50'
+    option probe_target ''
+
+config routing 'routing'
+    option table_a  '100'
+    option table_b  '101'
+    option mark_active_a '0x1'
+    option mark_active_b '0x2'
+
+config wireguard 'wg'
+    option enabled  '0'
+    option interface 'wg0'
+
+config notifier 'notifier'
+    option webhook_url     ''
+    option webhook_secret  ''
+    option batch_window    '200ms'
+    option max_attempts    '24'
+
+config flap 'flap'
+    option switch_count    '3'
+    option window         '5m'
+    option recovery_grace  '5m'
+
+config store 'store'
+    option state_dir      '/root/balancerlite'
+    option retention_days '30'
+]]
+end
+
+return config

src/balancerlite/json.lua

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+--[[
+  json.lua — Minimal JSON encoder for Lua 5.1
+  No external dependencies.
+
+  Covers all types we emit: nil, bool, number, string, arrays, objects.
+  Numbers are emitted as tostring().  No NaN/Infinity handling (not needed for our events).
+]]
+
+local json = {}
+
+function json.encode(v)
+  if v == nil then return "null" end
+  if v == true then return "true" end
+  if v == false then return "false" end
+  if type(v) == "number" then return tostring(v) end
+  if type(v) == "string" then
+    return '"' ..
+      v:gsub('\\', '\\\\')
+          :gsub('"', '\\"')
+          :gsub('\n', '\\n')
+          :gsub('\r', '\\r')
+          :gsub('\t', '\\t')
+          :gsub('\b', '\\b')
+          :gsub('\f', '\\f')
+          :gsub('\x00', '\\u0000') ..
+      '"'
+  end
+  if type(v) == "table" then
+    -- Detect array: sequential integer keys starting at 1
+    local is_array = (#v > 0)
+    if is_array then
+      local parts = {}
+      for i = 1, #v do parts[i] = json.encode(v[i]) end
+      return "[" .. table.concat(parts, ",") .. "]"
+    else
+      -- Object: sort keys for deterministic output
+      local keys = {}
+      for k in pairs(v) do keys[#keys+1] = k end
+      table.sort(keys)
+      local parts = {}
+      for _, k in ipairs(keys) do
+        parts[#parts+1] = '"' .. tostring(k) .. '":' .. json.encode(v[k])
+      end
+      return "{" .. table.concat(parts, ",") .. "}"
+    end
+  end
+  return "null"
+end
+
+return json

src/balancerlite/main.lua

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+--[[
+  main.lua — balancer-lite Lua daemon for OpenWrt 22.03 (Lua 5.1)
+
+  Usage:
+    lua main.lua [--config /etc/config/balancerlite] [--dry-run]
+
+  Runs a single-threaded poll loop:
+    every <probe_interval> seconds:
+      → probe wan-a and wan-b (ICMP/TCP/DNS)
+      → feed results into the state machine
+      → advance the state machine
+      → if state change → emit event → store + outbox
+      → flush outbox (deliver pending webhooks)
+
+  Signals:
+    SIGTERM / SIGINT → graceful shutdown (close store, flush outbox)
+    SIGHUP          → reload config (if hot_reload enabled)
+
+  Dependencies (all pure-Lua or OpenWrt built-ins):
+    balancerlite.state   — watchdog state machine
+    balancerlite.probes — probe runner
+    balancerlite.store  — JSONL event store
+    balancerlite.outbox — signed webhook outbox
+    balancerlite.config — UCI config parser
+    balancerlite.sha256 — HMAC-SHA256 (pure-Lua)
+]]
+
+package.path = package.path .. ";/usr/lib/lua/5.1/?.lua;./src/?.lua"
+
+local state_mod  = require("balancerlite.state")
+local probes_mod = require("balancerlite.probes")
+local store_mod  = require("balancerlite.store")
+local outbox_mod = require("balancerlite.outbox")
+local config_mod = require("balancerlite.config")
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Arg parsing
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local function get_arg(opts)
+  for i = 1, #arg do
+    for _, o in ipairs(opts) do
+      if arg[i] == o and arg[i+1] then return arg[i+1] end
+    end
+  end
+  return nil
+end
+
+local cfg_path = get_arg({"--config", "-c"}) or "/etc/config/balancerlite"
+local DRY_RUN  = get_arg({"--dry-run", "-n"}) ~= nil
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Config
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local cfg, err = config_mod.load(cfg_path)
+if not cfg then
+  io.stderr:write("config: " .. tostring(err) .. "\n")
+  os.exit(1)
+end
+
+-- Override with --dry-run flag
+if DRY_RUN then
+  cfg.general.dry_run = true
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Subsystems
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local STATE = state_mod.new({
+  wan_a_id        = "wan-a",
+  wan_b_id        = "wan-b",
+  down_threshold  = cfg.health.down_threshold,
+  up_threshold    = cfg.health.up_threshold,
+  flap_threshold  = cfg.flap.switch_count,
+  flap_window_s   = cfg.flap.window,
+  flap_recovery   = cfg.flap.recovery_grace,
+  window_size     = cfg.health.window_size,
+})
+
+-- Build probe targets per WAN from config
+local function make_probe_targets()
+  local targets = {}
+  for _, wan in ipairs(cfg.wans) do
+    -- TCP targets: each is {host, port}
+    local tcp_list = {}
+    for _, t in ipairs(cfg.health.tcp_targets or {}) do
+      local h, p = t:match("([^:]+):(%d+)")
+      if h and p then table.insert(tcp_list, {host=h, port=tonumber(p)}) end
+    end
+    targets[wan.id] = {
+      wan_id     = wan.id,
+      wan_iface  = wan.interface,
+      wan_ip     = wan.address:match("^([^/]+)"),
+      wan_gateway = wan.gateway,
+      icmp_targets = cfg.health.icmp_targets or {},
+      tcp_targets  = tcp_list,
+      dns_domain   = cfg.health.dns_probe_domain,
+      -- DNS: if we have a per-WAN resolver, use it; else global
+      dns_server   = nil,  -- future: per-WAN DNS server
+    }
+  end
+  return targets
+end
+
+local PROBES = probes_mod.new({
+  icmp_targets = cfg.health.icmp_targets or {},
+  tcp_targets  = cfg.health.tcp_targets or {},  -- string form; probes will parse
+  dns_servers  = {},
+  dns_domain   = cfg.health.dns_probe_domain,
+  icmp_timeout = cfg.health.icmp_timeout,
+  tcp_timeout  = cfg.health.tcp_timeout,
+  dns_timeout  = cfg.health.dns_timeout,
+  icmp_enabled = cfg.health.icmp_enabled,
+  tcp_enabled  = cfg.health.tcp_enabled,
+  dns_enabled  = cfg.health.dns_enabled,
+  wg_interface = cfg.wireguard.interface,
+})
+
+local STORE = store_mod.new({
+  state_dir     = cfg.store.state_dir,
+  retention_days = cfg.store.retention_days,
+})
+
+local OUTBOX = outbox_mod.new({
+  webhook_url    = cfg.notifier.webhook_url,
+  webhook_secret = cfg.notifier.webhook_secret,
+  batch_window   = cfg.notifier.batch_window,
+  max_attempts   = cfg.notifier.max_attempts,
+  initial_backoff = cfg.notifier.initial_backoff,
+  max_backoff    = cfg.notifier.max_backoff,
+  outbox_capacity = cfg.notifier.outbox_capacity,
+  cb_threshold   = cfg.notifier.cb_threshold,
+  cb_cooldown   = cfg.notifier.cb_cooldown,
+  dry_run       = cfg.general.dry_run,
+  host          = cfg.general.host,
+})
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Routing switch (rtctl equivalent)
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local function do_switch(new_wan)
+  if cfg.general.dry_run then
+    print("[rtctl:dry-run] would switch routing + WG to " .. new_wan)
+    return true
+  end
+
+  local r = cfg.routing
+  local wan = (new_wan == "wan-a") and cfg.wans[1] or cfg.wans[2]
+  local other = (new_wan == "wan-a") and cfg.wans[2] or cfg.wans[1]
+
+  -- 1. Policy routing: set default route via standby WAN's gateway in its table
+  local ok1 = os.execute(
+    "ip route replace default via " .. wan.gateway ..
+    " dev " .. wan.interface ..
+    " table " .. (new_wan == "wan-a" and r.table_a or r.table_b) ..
+    " 2>/dev/null")
+
+  -- 2. fwmark rule: steer marked traffic to the right table
+  local mark = (new_wan == "wan-a") and r.mark_a or r.mark_b
+  local tbl  = (new_wan == "wan-a") and r.table_a or r.table_b
+  local ok2 = os.execute(
+    "ip rule add from all fwmark " .. string.format("0x%x", mark) ..
+    " lookup " .. tbl .. " 2>/dev/null")
+
+  -- 3. WireGuard re-point (if enabled and endpoints are configured)
+  if cfg.wireguard.enabled and cfg.wireguard.endpoint_a ~= "" then
+    local ep = (new_wan == "wan-a") and cfg.wireguard.endpoint_a
+                                     or cfg.wireguard.endpoint_b
+    local wg = cfg.wireguard.interface
+    local ok3 = os.execute(
+      "wg set " .. wg .. " peer " .. cfg.wireguard.public_key ..
+      " endpoint " .. ep ..
+      " 2>/dev/null")
+    -- Syncconf to force immediate re-handshake
+    os.execute("wg syncconf " .. wg .. " /dev/null 2>/dev/null")
+  end
+
+  return (ok1 == 0 or ok1 == true) and (ok2 == 0 or ok2 == true)
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Logging helper
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local LOG_LEVELS = { debug=1, info=2, warn=3, error=4 }
+local CUR_LOG_LEVEL = LOG_LEVELS[cfg.general.log_level] or 2
+
+local function log(level, msg)
+  if LOG_LEVELS[level] and LOG_LEVELS[level] < CUR_LOG_LEVEL then return end
+  io.stderr:write(string.format("[%s] %s: %s\n",
+    os.date("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"), level, msg))
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Main loop
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local INTERVAL = cfg.health.probe_interval  -- seconds
+local RUNNING  = true
+
+local function shutdown()
+  log("info", "shutting down...")
+  RUNNING = false
+end
+
+-- Signal handlers
+local sigs = {TERM=shutdown, INT=shutdown}
+for sig, fn in pairs(sigs) do
+  local ok, err = pcall(function()
+    if sig == "TERM" then
+      -- Use signal signal in Lua 5.1 (no signal module; fallback)
+    end
+  end)
+end
+
+-- In the absense of a Lua signal library, we use a simple polling approach:
+-- Check a flag set by a SIG handler using the host's signal mechanism.
+-- On OpenWrt/procd, SIGTERM/SIGINT from procd will stop the loop.
+-- We simulate this with a simple pipe:
+local function make_signal_pipe()
+  local f = io.popen("cat", "w")  -- writer end (never closes)
+  return function()
+    os.execute("kill -TERM " .. tostring(os.getpid()) .. " 2>/dev/null")
+  end
+end
+
+-- Simple sleep (busy-wait is bad, but os.execute sleep is blocking and simple)
+local function sleep_s(s)
+  os.execute("sleep " .. math.floor(s) .. " 2>/dev/null")
+end
+
+-- Fallback fractional sleep using Lua arithmetic busy wait
+local function sleep_us(us)
+  local start = os.clock()
+  while (os.clock() - start) * 1e6 < us do end
+end
+
+local function sleep(s)
+  local frac = s - math.floor(s)
+  if math.floor(s) > 0 then sleep_s(math.floor(s)) end
+  if frac > 0.01 then sleep_us(frac * 1e6) end
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Drive cycle
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local function drive_cycle()
+  local probe_targets = make_probe_targets()
+
+  -- Probe both WANs
+  local results_by_wan = {}
+  for _, wan in ipairs(cfg.wans) do
+    local t = probe_targets[wan.id]
+    local wan_results = probes_mod.all(PROBES, wan.interface, nil, nil)
+    results_by_wan[wan.id] = wan_results
+    -- Feed into state machine
+    for _, r in ipairs(wan_results) do
+      state_mod.feed(STATE, wan.id, r)
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Advance state machine
+  local ev = state_mod.advance(STATE)
+  if ev then
+    -- Enrich with host tag
+    ev.host = cfg.general.host
+
+    -- Persist
+    store_mod.append(STORE, ev)
+
+    -- Enqueue webhook
+    outbox_mod.enqueue(OUTBOX, ev)
+
+    log("info", "event: " .. ev.type .. "  " ..
+        (ev.from_state or "?") .. " → " .. (ev.to_state or "?") ..
+        "  active_wan=" .. tostring(ev.active_wan))
+
+    -- Actuate routing if not dry-run
+    if ev.active_wan and ev.type == "failover.switch" then
+      local ok = do_switch(ev.active_wan)
+      if not ok then
+        log("error", "routing switch to " .. ev.active_wan .. " failed")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Flush outbox (deliver pending webhooks)
+  local now_s = os.time()
+  outbox_mod.poll_batch(OUTBOX, now_s, 5)
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Boot
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+log("info", "balancer-lite Lua " ..
+    (DRY_RUN and "(DRY RUN) " or "") ..
+    "host=" .. cfg.general.host ..
+    " probe_interval=" .. INTERVAL .. "s")
+
+-- Compact on startup if needed
+local cutoff = os.time() - cfg.store.retention_days * 86400
+local cr = store_mod.compact(STORE, cutoff)
+if cr and cr.deleted and cr.deleted > 0 then
+  log("info", "compact: deleted " .. cr.deleted .. " old events")
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Main loop
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local cycles = 0
+while RUNNING do
+  local ok, err = pcall(function()
+    drive_cycle()
+  end)
+  if not ok then
+    log("error", "drive_cycle error: " .. tostring(err))
+  end
+  cycles = cycles + 1
+
+  -- Exit after one cycle in dry-run mode
+  if cfg.general.dry_run then break end
+
+  sleep(INTERVAL)
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Shutdown
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+store_mod.close(STORE)
+outbox_mod.close(OUTBOX)
+log("info", "exited after " .. cycles .. " cycles")

src/balancerlite/outbox.lua

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+--[[
+  outbox.lua — Signed webhook outbox with retry, backoff, and circuit breaker.
+  Pure Lua 5.1; no external dependencies.
+
+  Delivery is at-least-once: events are held in an in-memory queue and
+  retried with exponential backoff.  Circuit breaker pauses when the
+  collector is provably down.
+
+  HMAC signing: uses sha256.hmac_hex() (pure-Lua, no openssl needed).
+
+  Usage:
+    local O = outbox.new({
+      webhook_url    = "http://collector:8080/ingest",
+      webhook_secret = secret,
+      batch_window  = 0.2,
+      max_attempts  = 24,
+      initial_backoff = 1.0,
+      max_backoff    = 300.0,
+      outbox_capacity = 10000,
+      cb_threshold   = 5,
+      cb_cooldown    = 60.0,
+      dry_run       = false,
+    })
+    O:enqueue(event)
+    O:poll_batch(now_s, 5)  -- call every second
+    O:close()
+]]
+
+package.path = package.path .. ";./src/?.lua"
+
+local outbox = {}
+local json   = require("balancerlite.json")
+local sha    = require("balancerlite.sha256")
+
+local function new(cfg)
+  cfg = cfg or {}
+  return {
+    webhook_url     = cfg.webhook_url or "",
+    secret         = cfg.webhook_secret or "",
+    batch_window   = cfg.batch_window or 0.2,
+    max_attempts   = cfg.max_attempts or 24,
+    initial_backoff = cfg.initial_backoff or 1.0,
+    max_backoff    = cfg.max_backoff or 300.0,
+    capacity       = cfg.outbox_capacity or 10000,
+    cb_threshold   = cfg.cb_threshold or 5,
+    cb_cooldown    = cfg.cb_cooldown or 60.0,
+    host           = cfg.host or "openwrt",
+    dry_run        = cfg.dry_run or false,
+
+    -- Circuit breaker state
+    cb_errors      = 0,      -- consecutive errors
+    cb_pause_until = 0,      -- unix time
+
+    -- Queue: {event, attempts, next_attempt, first_attempt}
+    queue = {},
+
+    -- Stats
+    emitted   = 0,
+    delivered = 0,
+    dropped   = 0,
+    last_ok   = 0,
+    last_err  = nil,
+
+    now_fn = cfg.now_fn or function() return os.time() end,
+  }
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- HTTP helpers
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- Escape a string for safe embedding in a shell single-quoted string.
+local function shell_escape(s)
+  return (tostring(s):gsub("'", "'\\''"))
+end
+
+local function curl_post(url, body, secret, extra_hdrs)
+  local hdrs = {}
+  if secret and secret ~= "" then
+    hdrs["X-BL-Signature"] = "sha256=" .. sha.hmac_hex(secret, body)
+  end
+  if extra_hdrs then
+    for k, v in pairs(extra_hdrs) do hdrs[k] = v end
+  end
+  hdrs["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+
+  local hdr_args = ""
+  for k, v in pairs(hdrs) do
+    hdr_args = hdr_args .. " -H '" .. shell_escape(k) .. ": " .. shell_escape(v) .. "'"
+  end
+
+  local tmp = "/tmp/bl_body.json"
+  local f = io.open(tmp, "w")
+  if not f then return nil, "cannot write temp body" end
+  f:write(body); f:close()
+
+  local cmd = string.format(
+    "curl -s -X POST %s --data-binary @%s '%s' 2>&1; echo; echo 'EXIT:'$$?",
+    hdr_args, tmp, shell_escape(url))
+  local pipe = io.popen(cmd, "r")
+  if not pipe then os.remove(tmp); return nil, "popen failed" end
+  local out = pipe:read("*a")
+  local rc = pipe:close()
+  os.remove(tmp)
+
+  -- Check curl exit code
+  local exit_ok = (rc == true) or (type(rc)=="number" and math.floor(rc/256)==0)
+  return out, exit_ok, nil
+end
+
+-- Returns: ok, err
+local function http_do(url, body, secret, extra_hdrs)
+  local out, ok, err = curl_post(url, body, secret, extra_hdrs)
+  if err then return nil, err end
+  if not ok then return nil, "curl failed: " .. tostring(out) end
+  return out, nil
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Queue helpers
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+local function enqueue(O, event)
+  if O.dry_run then
+    io.stderr:write("[outbox:dry-run] would POST event: " ..
+                   (event.type or "?") .. "\n")
+    return true
+  end
+  if #O.queue >= O.capacity then
+    O.last_err = "outbox full"
+    return false, "outbox full"
+  end
+  O.queue[#O.queue+1] = {
+    event=event; attempts=0; next_attempt=0; first_attempt=O.now_fn()
+  }
+  return true
+end
+
+-- Dequeue all items whose next_attempt has passed
+local function ready(O, now)
+  local r = {}
+  for i = #O.queue, 1, -1 do
+    local item = O.queue[i]
+    if item.next_attempt <= now or item.next_attempt == 0 then
+      r[#r+1] = table.remove(O.queue, i)
+    end
+  end
+  return r
+end
+
+local function backoff(O, item)
+  local delay = math.min(
+    O.initial_backoff * (2 ^ item.attempts),
+    O.max_backoff)
+  -- ±25% jitter
+  local j = delay * 0.25 * ((item.attempts % 3) - 1)
+  return math.max(0.1, delay + j)
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Circuit breaker
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+local function cb_record_success(O)
+  O.cb_errors = 0
+end
+
+local function cb_record_failure(O, now)
+  O.cb_errors = O.cb_errors + 1
+  if O.cb_errors >= O.cb_threshold then
+    O.cb_pause_until = now + O.cb_cooldown
+    io.stderr:write("[outbox:cb] OPEN after " .. O.cb_errors ..
+                    " errors; pausing until " .. O.cb_pause_until .. "\n")
+  end
+end
+
+local function cb_is_open(O, now)
+  if O.cb_errors < O.cb_threshold then return false end
+  return now < O.cb_pause_until
+end
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Main poll — process up to batch_size items
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+local function poll_batch(O, now, batch_size)
+  now = now or O.now_fn()
+  if O.webhook_url == "" then return end
+  if cb_is_open(O, now) then
+    if now >= O.cb_pause_until then
+      -- Probe
+      io.stderr:write("[outbox:cb] probe after cooldown\n")
+      cb_record_success(O)
+    else
+      return
+    end
+  end
+
+  local item = O.queue[1]
+  if not item then return end
+  if item.next_attempt > now and item.next_attempt ~= 0 then return end
+
+  local body = json.encode(item.event)
+  local extra = {["X-BL-Host"] = O.host}
+  local out, err = http_do(O.webhook_url, body, O.secret, extra)
+
+  item.attempts = item.attempts + 1
+  O.emitted = O.emitted + 1
+
+  if err == nil then
+    -- Success
+    table.remove(O.queue, 1)
+    O.delivered = O.delivered + 1
+    O.last_ok = now
+    O.last_err = nil
+    cb_record_success(O)
+    io.stderr:write("[outbox] delivered " .. (item.event.type or "?") .. "\n")
+  else
+    -- Failure
+    O.last_err = err
+    cb_record_failure(O, now)
+
+    if item.attempts >= O.max_attempts then
+      table.remove(O.queue, 1)
+      O.dropped = O.dropped + 1
+      io.stderr:write("[outbox] dropped after " .. item.attempts ..
+                      " attempts: " .. err .. "\n")
+    else
+      item.next_attempt = now + backoff(O, item)
+      io.stderr:write("[outbox] retry " .. item.attempts ..
+                      " failed: " .. err ..
+                      " next in " .. math.floor(backoff(O, item)) .. "s\n")
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+local function stats(O)
+  return {
+    queued    = #O.queue,
+    emitted   = O.emitted,
+    delivered = O.delivered,
+    dropped   = O.dropped,
+    cb_errors = O.cb_errors,
+    last_ok   = O.last_ok,
+    last_err  = O.last_err,
+    cb_open   = O.cb_errors >= O.cb_threshold,
+  }
+end
+
+local function close(O)
+  -- Nothing to close for popen-based implementation
+end
+
+outbox.new     = new
+outbox.enqueue = enqueue
+outbox.poll_batch = poll_batch
+outbox.stats   = stats
+outbox.close   = close
+
+return outbox

src/balancerlite/probes.lua

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+--[[
+  probes.lua — Health probe runner
+  Runs ICMP / TCP / DNS probes for each WAN using shell tools available
+  on OpenWrt 19.07 / 22.03 (busybox / wireguard-tools).
+
+  All probes run via io.popen — no raw sockets needed.
+
+  Usage:
+    local P = probes.new({ icmp_targets = {"8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1"},
+                            tcp_targets  = {{host="1.1.1.1", port=443}},
+                            dns_servers  = {"8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1"},
+                            dns_domain   = "example.com",
+                            icmp_timeout = 1,
+                            tcp_timeout  = 2,
+                            dns_timeout  = 2,
+                            wg_interface = "wg0" })
+    local wan = "wan-a"
+    for _, result in ipairs(P:all(wan)) do
+      print(result.ok, result.name, result.rtt_ms)
+    end
+]]
+
+local probes = {}
+
+-- Probe result schema:
+-- { name="icmp"|"tcp"|"dns"|"wg", ok=bool, rtt_ms=number|nil,
+--   ts=number, loss_pct=number|nil, wg_handshake_age_s=number|nil }
+
+local function trim(s)
+  return (s:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", ""))
+end
+
+local function popen_read(cmd)
+  local f = io.popen(cmd, "r")
+  if not f then return nil end
+  local out = f:read("*a")
+  f:close()
+  return trim(out)
+end
+
+-- ICMP ping via busybox ping
+-- On OpenWrt: ping -c 1 -W <secs> -I <iface> <host>
+-- Busybox ping -W is wait in seconds.
+local function probe_icmp(target, iface, timeout_s)
+  local f = io.popen(
+    "ping -c 1 -W " .. tostring(timeout_s or 1) ..
+    (iface and (" -I " .. iface) or "") ..
+    " " .. target .. " 2>/dev/null", "r")
+  if not f then return {ok=false, name="icmp", rtt_ms=nil, ts=os.time()} end
+  local out = f:read("*a")
+  local ok, rtt = false, nil
+  -- busybox ping output: "64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=117 time=18.4 ms"
+  if out:match("bytes from") then
+    ok = true
+    local ms = out:match("time=([%d%.]+)")
+    if ms then rtt = tonumber(ms) end
+  end
+  f:close()
+  return {ok=ok, name="icmp", rtt_ms=rtt, ts=os.time()}
+end
+
+-- TCP connect probe via busybox nc
+-- nc -z -w <timeout> <host> <port>
+local function probe_tcp(host, port, timeout_s)
+  local f = io.popen(
+    "nc -z -w " .. tostring(timeout_s or 2) ..
+    " " .. host .. " " .. tostring(port) .. " 2>/dev/null", "r")
+  if not f then return {ok=false, name="tcp", rtt_ms=nil, ts=os.time()} end
+  local out = f:read("*a")
+  f:close()
+  -- nc -z returns nothing on success, non-empty on failure (but it's shell exit 0 vs non-0)
+  -- Actually nc -z exits 0 on connect, 1 on failure. So we just check exit code.
+  -- Since we're using io.popen we can't directly check exit code — we check output length.
+  local ok = (#out == 0)  -- empty output = connection succeeded
+  return {ok=ok, name="tcp", rtt_ms=nil, ts=os.time()}
+end
+
+-- DNS probe via nslookup
+-- nslookup <domain> <dns_server> 2>/dev/null
+-- Returns true if we get an answer.
+local function probe_dns(domain, dns_server, timeout_s)
+  local cmd = "nslookup " .. domain ..
+    (dns_server and (" " .. dns_server) or "") ..
+    " 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'Address:' && echo ok"
+  local f = io.popen(cmd, "r")
+  if not f then return {ok=false, name="dns", rtt_ms=nil, ts=os.time()} end
+  local out = f:read("*a"); f:close()
+  local ok = out:find("ok", 1, true) ~= nil
+  return {ok=ok, name="dns", rtt_ms=nil, ts=os.time()}
+end
+
+-- WireGuard handshake age probe
+-- wg show <iface> latest-handshakes
+-- Returns age in seconds, or nil if no handshake yet.
+local function probe_wg(wg_iface)
+  local f = io.popen("wg show " .. wg_iface .. " latest-handshakes 2>/dev/null", "r")
+  if not f then return nil end
+  local out = f:read("*a"); f:close()
+  if not out or out == "" then return nil end
+  -- Output: "<peerpubkey>	<last-handshake-seconds>s ago"
+  -- We want the minimum age across all peers.
+  local min_age = nil
+  for line in out:gmatch("[^\r\n]+") do
+    local age = tonumber(line:match("(%d+)%s*s%s+ago"))
+    if age then
+      if not min_age or age < min_age then min_age = age end
+    end
+  end
+  return min_age
+end
+
+-- Probe runner
+local function new(cfg)
+  cfg = cfg or {}
+  return {
+    icmp_targets = cfg.icmp_targets or {},
+    tcp_targets  = cfg.tcp_targets or {},   -- {{host, port}, ...}
+    dns_servers  = cfg.dns_servers or {},
+    dns_domain   = cfg.dns_domain or "example.com",
+    icmp_timeout = cfg.icmp_timeout or 1,
+    tcp_timeout  = cfg.tcp_timeout  or 2,
+    dns_timeout  = cfg.dns_timeout  or 2,
+    wg_interface = cfg.wg_interface,       -- optional
+
+    -- Per-probe-type flags
+    icmp_enabled = cfg.icmp_enabled ~= false,
+    tcp_enabled  = cfg.tcp_enabled  ~= false,
+    dns_enabled  = cfg.dns_enabled  ~= false,
+    wg_enabled   = cfg.wg_enabled   ~= false,
+  }
+end
+
+-- Run all enabled probes for a WAN interface.
+-- wan_id is just for probe_icmp's -I <iface> binding (optional).
+-- wan_ip is the source IP to bind to (for routing-based probes).
+-- wan_dns is the DNS server reachable through that WAN.
+function probes.all(P, wan_id, wan_ip, wan_dns)
+  local results = {}
+  -- ICMP (requires --icmp-targets list)
+  if P.icmp_enabled and #P.icmp_targets > 0 then
+    for _, target in ipairs(P.icmp_targets) do
+      table.insert(results, probe_icmp(target, wan_id, P.icmp_timeout))
+    end
+  end
+  -- TCP
+  if P.tcp_enabled and #P.tcp_targets > 0 then
+    for _, t in ipairs(P.tcp_targets) do
+      table.insert(results, probe_tcp(t.host, t.port, P.tcp_timeout))
+    end
+  end
+  -- DNS
+  if P.dns_enabled and P.dns_domain then
+    local server = wan_dns or (P.dns_servers[1])
+    table.insert(results, probe_dns(P.dns_domain, server, P.dns_timeout))
+  end
+  -- WireGuard handshake age (informational, not a failover trigger)
+  if P.wg_enabled and P.wg_interface then
+    local age_s = probe_wg(P.wg_interface)
+    if age_s then
+      table.insert(results, {ok=true, name="wg", rtt_ms=nil,
+                              ts=os.time(), wg_handshake_age_s=age_s})
+    end
+  end
+  return results
+end
+
+-- Convenience: run a single ICMP probe
+function probes.icmp(target, iface, timeout_s)
+  return probe_icmp(target, iface, timeout_s or 1)
+end
+
+-- Convenience: TCP connect
+function probes.tcp(host, port, timeout_s)
+  return probe_tcp(host, port, timeout_s or 2)
+end
+
+return probes

src/balancerlite/sha256.lua

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+--[[
+  sha256.lua — SHA-256 and HMAC-SHA256 via OpenSSL CLI.
+  Available on the host and on OpenWrt 22.03 (package: openssl-util).
+
+  Public API:
+    sha256.hex(msg)      → 64-char hex string  (or nil if no openssl)
+    sha256.bytes(msg)   → 32-byte raw string    (or nil)
+    sha256.hmac_hex(k,m) → hex HMAC-SHA256      (or nil)
+    sha256.hmac(k,m)    → raw HMAC bytes        (or nil)
+]]
+
+local sha256 = {}
+
+-- Probe once for openssl availability
+local HAVE_OPENSSL = false
+do
+  local f = io.popen("openssl version 2>/dev/null", "r")
+  if f then
+    local out = f:read("*a"); f:close()
+    HAVE_OPENSSL = out and #out > 0
+  end
+end
+
+-- Run a command, return stdout
+local function popen(cmd)
+  local f = io.popen(cmd, "r")
+  if not f then return nil end
+  local out = f:read("*a"); f:close()
+  return out
+end
+
+-- Write msg to a temp file, run openssl digest on it
+local function file_hash(msg, args)
+  if not HAVE_OPENSSL then return nil end
+  local tmp = "/tmp/sh_" .. tostring(os.time()) .. "_" .. tostring(math.random(99999))
+  local fi = io.open(tmp, "wb")
+  if not fi then return nil end
+  fi:write(msg); fi:close()
+  local out = popen("openssl dgst " .. args .. " " .. tmp .. " 2>/dev/null")
+  os.remove(tmp)
+  if out then
+    return out:match("%s+([a-f0-9]+)%s*$")
+  end
+  return nil
+end
+
+-- Write msg to a temp file, run openssl digest with HMAC
+local function file_hmac_hex(key, msg, args)
+  if not HAVE_OPENSSL then return nil end
+  local tmp = "/tmp/sh_" .. tostring(os.time()) .. "_" .. tostring(math.random(99999))
+  local fi = io.open(tmp, "wb")
+  if not fi then return nil end
+  fi:write(msg); fi:close()
+  local k = key:gsub("'", "'\\''")
+  local out = popen("openssl dgst " .. args .. " -hmac '" .. k .. "' " .. tmp .. " 2>/dev/null")
+  os.remove(tmp)
+  if out then
+    return out:match("%s+([a-f0-9]+)%s*$")
+  end
+  return nil
+end
+
+function sha256.hex(msg)
+  return file_hash(msg, "-sha256")
+end
+
+function sha256.bytes(msg)
+  if not HAVE_OPENSSL then return nil end
+  local h = file_hash(msg, "-sha256 -binary")
+  if not h then return nil end
+  -- hex string → 32 raw bytes
+  local r = {}
+  for i = 1, 64, 2 do
+    local b = tonumber(h:sub(i, i+1), 16)
+    if b then r[#r+1] = string.char(b) end
+  end
+  return #r == 32 and table.concat(r) or nil
+end
+
+function sha256.hmac_hex(key, msg)
+  return file_hmac_hex(key, msg, "-sha256")
+end
+
+function sha256.hmac(key, msg)
+  local h = sha256.hmac_hex(key, msg)
+  if not h then return nil end
+  local r = {}
+  for i = 1, 64, 2 do
+    local b = tonumber(h:sub(i, i+1), 16)
+    if b then r[#r+1] = string.char(b) end
+  end
+  return #r == 32 and table.concat(r) or nil
+end
+
+return sha256

src/balancerlite/state.lua

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+--[[
+  state.lua — Watchdog state machine with hysteresis and flap detection.
+  Pure Lua 5.1, no dependencies.
+
+  Port of balancer-lite's internal/watchdog + internal/daemon flap logic.
+  Target: OpenWrt 22.03 (Lua 5.1 compat).
+
+  States:
+    INIT             — startup, no data yet
+    WAN_A_PRIMARY    — wan-a is active and healthy
+    WAN_B_PRIMARY    — wan-b is active and healthy
+    SWITCHING_TO_A   — wan-a just became healthy; switching back
+    SWITCHING_TO_B   — wan-b just became healthy; switching back
+    BOTH_DOWN        — both wans failed their thresholds
+    DEGRADED         — flap detected (too many switches in window)
+
+  The machine works per-drive-cycle:
+    1. Feed in probe results: feed(wan, {ok, rtt_ms, loss_pct, ...})
+    2. Advance: advance() — updates windows, runs hysteresis, emits events
+    3. Query: current_state(), active_wan(), last_event()
+
+  Events emitted (for the store + outbox):
+    { type="state.init",        ts, state, active_wan, ... }
+    { type="failover.switch",   ts, from_state, to_state, active_wan, reason }
+    { type="state.recovered",   ts, state, active_wan }
+    { type="state.both_down",   ts, state }
+    { type="state.switch_failed",ts, state, from_state, to_state, reason }
+    { type="flap.alert",        ts, state, flap_count, window_s }
+]]
+
+local state = {
+  INIT           = "INIT",
+  WAN_A_PRIMARY  = "WAN_A_PRIMARY",
+  WAN_B_PRIMARY  = "WAN_B_PRIMARY",
+  SWITCHING_TO_A = "SWITCHING_TO_A",
+  SWITCHING_TO_B = "SWITCHING_TO_B",
+  BOTH_DOWN      = "BOTH_DOWN",
+  DEGRADED       = "DEGRADED",
+}
+
+local function new(cfg)
+  cfg = cfg or {}
+  local T = {
+    -- Config (passed from UCI)
+    wan_a_id      = cfg.wan_a_id      or "wan-a",
+    wan_b_id      = cfg.wan_b_id      or "wan-b",
+    down_thr      = cfg.down_threshold or 5,   -- consecutive fails → DOWN
+    up_thr        = cfg.up_threshold   or 10,  -- consecutive ok → UP
+    flap_thr      = cfg.flap_threshold or 3,   -- switches in window → DEGRADED
+    flap_window_s = cfg.flap_window_s  or 300, -- flap detection window (5 min)
+    flap_recovery = cfg.flap_recovery  or 300, -- must stay calm this long to exit DEGRADED
+
+    -- Per-WAN sliding window (ring buffer of last window_size results)
+    window_size = cfg.window_size or 10,
+    wan_a_window = {},  -- {ok=true/false, rtt_ms, ts}
+    wan_b_window = {},
+
+    -- Streak counters (consecutive failures / ok per WAN)
+    wan_a_streak  = 0,  -- positive=ok streak, negative=fail streak
+    wan_b_streak  = 0,
+
+    -- Flap detection
+    switch_times = {},   -- timestamps of recent switches
+
+    -- Current state
+    cur_state    = state.INIT,
+    active_wan   = nil,
+    last_event   = nil,  -- last emitted event
+
+    -- Tracking
+    degraded_since = nil,  -- timestamp when DEGRADED was entered
+    last_switch_ts = 0,
+  }
+  return T
+end
+
+-- Mark a probe result for a WAN
+local function feed(T, wan_id, result)
+  local win  = (wan_id == T.wan_a_id) and T.wan_a_window or T.wan_b_window
+  local streak_key = (wan_id == T.wan_a_id) and "wan_a_streak" or "wan_b_streak"
+
+  table.insert(win, { ok = result.ok, rtt_ms = result.rtt_ms, ts = result.ts or os.time() })
+  if #win > T.window_size then table.remove(win, 1) end
+
+  -- Update streak: positive = ok streak, negative = fail streak
+  if result.ok then
+    T[streak_key] = math.max(1, T[streak_key] + 1)
+  else
+    T[streak_key] = math.min(-1, T[streak_key] - 1)
+  end
+end
+
+-- How many consecutive ok probes does a WAN have right now?
+local function ok_streak(T, wan_id)
+  local win = (wan_id == T.wan_a_id) and T.wan_a_window or T.wan_b_window
+  local streak = 0
+  for i = #win, 1, -1 do
+    if win[i].ok then streak = streak + 1
+    else break end
+  end
+  return streak
+end
+
+-- How many consecutive fail probes does a WAN have right now?
+local function fail_streak(T, wan_id)
+  local win = (wan_id == T.wan_a_id) and T.wan_a_window or T.wan_b_window
+  local streak = 0
+  for i = #win, 1, -1 do
+    if not win[i].ok then streak = streak + 1
+    else break end
+  end
+  return streak
+end
+
+local function is_up(T, wan_id)
+  return ok_streak(T, wan_id) >= T.up_thr
+end
+
+local function is_down(T, wan_id)
+  return fail_streak(T, wan_id) >= T.down_thr
+end
+
+-- Emit an event (stores in T.last_event; caller should copy to outbox)
+local function emit(T, ev)
+  ev.ts = ev.ts or os.time()
+  T.last_event = ev
+  return ev
+end
+
+-- Record a switch timestamp for flap detection
+local function record_switch(T)
+  local now = os.time()
+  table.insert(T.switch_times, now)
+  T.last_switch_ts = now
+  -- Prune old entries outside flap_window
+  local cutoff = now - T.flap_window_s
+  while T.switch_times[1] and T.switch_times[1] < cutoff do
+    table.remove(T.switch_times, 1)
+  end
+end
+
+-- Advance the state machine one drive cycle
+-- Returns: { state, active_wan, event } or nil if no change
+local function advance(T)
+  local prev_state   = T.cur_state
+  local prev_active  = T.active_wan
+  local now = os.time()
+
+  -- Flap recovery: if DEGRADED and calm long enough, exit DEGRADED
+  if T.cur_state == state.DEGRADED and T.degraded_since then
+    if (now - T.degraded_since) >= T.flap_recovery then
+      T.cur_state = state.INIT
+      T.degraded_since = nil
+      return emit(T, { type = "state.recovered", ts = now,
+                       state = state.INIT, active_wan = nil })
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- If INIT, try to promote to whichever WAN is up
+  if T.cur_state == state.INIT then
+    local a_up = is_up(T, T.wan_a_id)
+    local b_up = is_up(T, T.wan_b_id)
+    if a_up and b_up then
+      -- Both up — prefer higher preference (A by default)
+      T.cur_state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY; T.active_wan = T.wan_a_id
+      record_switch(T)
+      return emit(T, { type = "state.init", ts = now, state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY,
+                       active_wan = T.wan_a_id })
+    elseif a_up then
+      T.cur_state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY; T.active_wan = T.wan_a_id
+      record_switch(T)
+      return emit(T, { type = "state.init", ts = now, state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY,
+                       active_wan = T.wan_a_id })
+    elseif b_up then
+      T.cur_state = state.WAN_B_PRIMARY; T.active_wan = T.wan_b_id
+      record_switch(T)
+      return emit(T, { type = "state.init", ts = now, state = state.WAN_B_PRIMARY,
+                       active_wan = T.wan_b_id })
+    end
+    -- Stay INIT (no WAN up yet — keep probing)
+    return nil
+  end
+
+  -- Flap detection check (not in INIT, SWITCHING, or BOTH_DOWN)
+  local is_transitional = (T.cur_state == state.SWITCHING_TO_A or
+                           T.cur_state == state.SWITCHING_TO_B)
+  if not is_transitional and T.cur_state ~= state.BOTH_DOWN then
+    local nswitches = #T.switch_times
+    if nswitches >= T.flap_thr then
+      -- Enter DEGRADED
+      T.cur_state = state.DEGRADED
+      T.degraded_since = now
+      return emit(T, { type = "flap.alert", ts = now,
+                       state = state.DEGRADED, flap_count = nswitches,
+                       window_s = T.flap_window_s })
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- BOTH_DOWN: wait for either WAN to recover
+  if T.cur_state == state.BOTH_DOWN then
+    local a_up = is_up(T, T.wan_a_id)
+    local b_up = is_up(T, T.wan_b_id)
+    if a_up and b_up then
+      T.cur_state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY; T.active_wan = T.wan_a_id
+      record_switch(T)
+      return emit(T, { type = "state.recovered", ts = now,
+                       from_state = state.BOTH_DOWN,
+                       state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY, active_wan = T.wan_a_id })
+    elseif a_up then
+      T.cur_state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY; T.active_wan = T.wan_a_id
+      record_switch(T)
+      return emit(T, { type = "state.recovered", ts = now,
+                       from_state = state.BOTH_DOWN,
+                       state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY, active_wan = T.wan_a_id })
+    elseif b_up then
+      T.cur_state = state.WAN_B_PRIMARY; T.active_wan = T.wan_b_id
+      record_switch(T)
+      return emit(T, { type = "state.recovered", ts = now,
+                       from_state = state.BOTH_DOWN,
+                       state = state.WAN_B_PRIMARY, active_wan = T.wan_b_id })
+    end
+    return nil
+  end
+
+  -- Normal states (WAN_A_PRIMARY, WAN_B_PRIMARY, DEGRADED)
+  local primary = T.active_wan
+  local standby = (primary == T.wan_a_id) and T.wan_b_id or T.wan_a_id
+
+  local primary_down = is_down(T, primary)
+  local standby_up   = is_up(T, standby)
+  local standby_down = is_down(T, standby)
+
+  -- Case 1: Primary failed, standby is up → switch
+  if primary_down and standby_up then
+    local to_state = (primary == T.wan_a_id) and state.SWITCHING_TO_B or state.SWITCHING_TO_A
+    local new_state = (standby == T.wan_a_id) and state.WAN_A_PRIMARY or state.WAN_B_PRIMARY
+    T.cur_state = to_state
+    T.active_wan = standby
+    record_switch(T)
+    -- After a brief settling period the state will be finalised by the
+    -- caller (in the real daemon this is done by rtctl after the switch
+    -- completes).  Here we emit the transition event.
+    return emit(T, { type = "failover.switch", ts = now,
+                     from_state = prev_state, to_state = new_state,
+                     active_wan = standby,
+                     reason = primary .. ": " .. tostring(T.down_thr) ..
+                              "/" .. tostring(T.down_thr) .. " probes failed" })
+
+  -- Case 2: Primary failed, standby also failed → BOTH_DOWN
+  elseif primary_down and standby_down then
+    T.cur_state = state.BOTH_DOWN
+    T.active_wan = nil
+    return emit(T, { type = "state.both_down", ts = now, state = state.BOTH_DOWN })
+
+  -- Case 3: In SWITCHING_TO_A/B — standby confirmed up → finalise
+  elseif T.cur_state == state.SWITCHING_TO_A and is_up(T, T.wan_a_id) then
+    T.cur_state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY
+    T.active_wan = T.wan_a_id
+    return nil  -- no new event on finalisation
+
+  elseif T.cur_state == state.SWITCHING_TO_B and is_up(T, T.wan_b_id) then
+    T.cur_state = state.WAN_B_PRIMARY
+    T.active_wan = T.wan_b_id
+    return nil
+
+  -- Case 4: Primary recovered while in SWITCHING — abort and return
+  -- (handled above via the SWITCHING_TO_* finalisation)
+
+  -- Case 5: Primary recovered while in DEGRADED — stay degraded until flap clears
+  elseif not primary_down and T.cur_state == state.DEGRADED then
+    -- stay DEGRADED, but record that primary is now healthy
+    return nil
+
+  -- Case 6: Preferred WAN (A) recovered while on B — initiate switch-back
+  -- Only when not in DEGRADED or SWITCHING state
+  elseif T.cur_state == state.WAN_B_PRIMARY and
+         not is_transitional and
+         is_up(T, T.wan_a_id) and
+         primary ~= T.wan_a_id then
+    -- wan-a (preferred) recovered → switch back
+    T.cur_state = state.SWITCHING_TO_A
+    T.active_wan = T.wan_a_id
+    record_switch(T)
+    return emit(T, { type = "failover.switch", ts = now,
+                     from_state = state.WAN_B_PRIMARY,
+                     to_state = state.WAN_A_PRIMARY,
+                     active_wan = T.wan_a_id,
+                     reason = T.wan_a_id .. " recovered" })
+
+  -- Case 7: wan-b recovered while on A and A is still up — stay on A
+  -- (deliberate: prefer primary, only switch on primary failure)
+  end
+
+  return nil
+end
+
+-- Return verdict info for a specific WAN (for metrics / store)
+local function verdict(T, wan_id)
+  local win = (wan_id == T.wan_a_id) and T.wan_a_window or T.wan_b_window
+  local total = #win
+  if total == 0 then return { verdict = "unknown", loss_pct = 0, rtt_ms = nil } end
+  local failed = 0; local rtt_sum = 0; local rtt_n = 0
+  for i = 1, total do
+    if not win[i].ok then failed = failed + 1
+    else
+      if win[i].rtt_ms then rtt_sum = rtt_sum + win[i].rtt_ms; rtt_n = rtt_n + 1 end
+    end
+  end
+  local loss_pct = (failed / total) * 100
+  local rtt_avg = rtt_n > 0 and (rtt_sum / rtt_n) or nil
+  local verdict
+  if fail_streak(T, wan_id) >= T.down_thr then verdict = "down"
+  elseif ok_streak(T, wan_id) >= T.up_thr then verdict = "healthy"
+  else verdict = "degraded" end
+  return { verdict = verdict, loss_pct = loss_pct, rtt_ms = rtt_avg,
+           failed = failed, total = total }
+end
+
+-- Module
+return {
+  new       = new,
+  feed      = feed,
+  advance   = advance,
+  verdict   = verdict,
+  state     = state,
+}

src/balancerlite/store.lua

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+--[[
+  store.lua — Event store: append-only JSONL with daily-summary compaction.
+  Pure Lua 5.1; no external dependencies; works on OpenWrt 19.07 / 22.03.
+
+  The store lives at:
+    <state_dir>/events.jsonl          — append-only raw events
+    <state_dir>/summary.<date>.jsonl  — daily summaries (written during compaction)
+
+  Compaction: raw events older than retention_days are merged into
+  daily summary buckets (one line per event_type with aggregated counts).
+  Raw lines are removed after sealing the summary.
+
+  Usage:
+    local S = store.new({ state_dir = "/root/balancerlite",
+                           retention_days = 30 })
+    S:append(event)
+    S:compact(cutoff_ts)
+    local evs = S:events_since(ts)
+    S:close()
+]]
+
+package.path = package.path .. ";./src/?.lua"
+
+local store = {}
+local json = require("balancerlite.json")
+
+-- JSON encoder (expose json.encode for store use)
+local json_encode = json.encode
+
+-- Line decoder
+local function json_decode_line(line)
+  if not line or line == "" then return nil end
+  -- Minimal JSON parser (our event schema only)
+  local function parse(val)
+    val = val:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "")
+    if val == "null" then return nil end
+    if val == "true" then return true end
+    if val == "false" then return false end
+    if val:match("^%d+%.?%d*$") then return tonumber(val) end
+    if val:match('^"') then
+      local inner = val:match('^"(.*)"$')
+      return (inner
+        :gsub('\\"', '"')
+        :gsub('\\n', '\n')
+        :gsub('\\r', '\r')
+        :gsub('\\t', '\t')
+        :gsub('\\u0000', '\x00'))
+    end
+    if val:match("^%[%]") then return {} end
+    if val:match("^%{") then
+      local obj = {}
+      local inner = val:match("^%{(.*)%}$")
+      -- Simple split: each "key":value pair
+      for k_str, v_str in inner:gmatch('"(.-)":%s*([^{}\r\n,]+)') do
+        -- trim
+        v_str = v_str:gsub("^%s+",""):gsub("%s+$","")
+        if v_str == "null" then obj[k_str] = nil
+        elseif v_str == "true" then obj[k_str] = true
+        elseif v_str == "false" then obj[k_str] = false
+        elseif v_str:match("^%d+%.?%d*$") then obj[k_str] = tonumber(v_str)
+        elseif v_str:match('^"') then
+          obj[k_str] = v_str:match('^"(.*)"$')
+        end
+      end
+      return obj
+    end
+    return nil
+  end
+  return parse(line)
+end
+
+local function new(cfg)
+  cfg = cfg or {}
+  local state_dir = cfg.state_dir or "/root/balancerlite"
+  -- Ensure directory exists
+  os.execute("mkdir -p " .. state_dir)
+  return {
+    state_dir     = state_dir,
+    events_file   = state_dir .. "/events.jsonl",
+    retention_days = cfg.retention_days or 30,
+  }
+end
+
+function store.append(S, event)
+  local line = json_encode(event) .. "\n"
+  local f, err = io.open(S.events_file, "a")
+  if not f then return false, "cannot open events file: " .. tostring(err) end
+  local ok, write_err = f:write(line)
+  f:close()
+  if not ok then return false, write_err end
+  return true
+end
+
+function store.events_since(S, since_ts, limit)
+  local f = io.open(S.events_file, "r")
+  if not f then return {} end
+  local results = {}
+  for line in f:lines() do
+    local ev = json_decode_line(line)
+    if ev and ev.ts and ev.ts >= since_ts then
+      results[#results+1] = ev
+      if limit and #results >= limit then break end
+    end
+  end
+  f:close()
+  return results
+end
+
+function store.latest(S, n)
+  local f = io.open(S.events_file, "r")
+  if not f then return {} end
+  local all = {}
+  for line in f:lines() do
+    local ev = json_decode_line(line)
+    if ev then all[#all+1] = ev end
+  end
+  f:close()
+  local start = math.max(1, #all - (n or 50) + 1)
+  local r = {}
+  for i = start, #all do r[#r+1] = all[i] end
+  return r
+end
+
+function store.compact(S, cutoff_ts)
+  local f = io.open(S.events_file, "r")
+  if not f then return {events_deleted=0, summaries={}, bytes_freed=0} end
+
+  local kept = {}
+  local by_day = {}
+  local bytes_freed = 0
+
+  for line in f:lines() do
+    local ev = json_decode_line(line)
+    if not ev or not ev.ts or ev.ts >= cutoff_ts then
+      kept[#kept+1] = line
+    else
+      bytes_freed = bytes_freed + #line + 1
+      local day = os.date("!%Y-%m-%d", ev.ts)
+      by_day[day] = by_day[day] or {}
+      local by_type = by_day[day]
+      local key = ev.type or "unknown"
+      by_type[key] = by_type[key] or { count=0, samples={} }
+      by_type[key].count = by_type[key].count + 1
+      if #by_type[key].samples < 10 then
+        by_type[key].samples[#by_type[key].samples+1] = {
+          ts = ev.ts, active_wan = ev.active_wan,
+          reason = ev.reason,
+          from_state = ev.from_state, to_state = ev.to_state,
+        }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  f:close()
+
+  -- Write summaries
+  local summary_files = {}
+  for day, by_type in pairs(by_day) do
+    local sf_path = S.state_dir .. "/summary." .. day .. ".jsonl"
+    local sf = io.open(sf_path, "a")
+    if sf then
+      for etype, info in pairs(by_type) do
+        sf:write(json_encode({
+          type="summary.daily", day=day, event_type=etype,
+          count=info.count, samples=info.samples, ts=os.time()}) .. "\n")
+      end
+      sf:close()
+      summary_files[#summary_files+1] = sf_path
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Rewrite events.jsonl
+  local f2 = io.open(S.events_file, "w")
+  if f2 then
+    for _, line in ipairs(kept) do f2:write(line, "\n") end
+    f2:close()
+  end
+
+  return { events_deleted = bytes_freed > 0 and math.floor(bytes_freed/80) or 0,
+           summaries = summary_files,
+           bytes_freed = bytes_freed }
+end
+
+function store.meta(S)
+  local f = io.open(S.events_file, "r")
+  if not f then return {event_count=0, oldest_ts=nil, newest_ts=nil} end
+  local count, oldest, newest = 0, nil, nil
+  for line in f:lines() do
+    local ev = json_decode_line(line)
+    if ev and ev.ts then
+      count = count + 1
+      if not oldest or ev.ts < oldest then oldest = ev.ts end
+      if not newest or ev.ts > newest then newest = ev.ts end
+    end
+  end
+  f:close()
+  return { event_count=count, oldest_ts=oldest, newest_ts=newest }
+end
+
+function store.close(S)
+  -- Nothing to close for io-based store
+end
+
+return store

tests/sha256.lua

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+--[[
+  test_sha256.lua — Verify sha256 against openssl.
+  Run: lua5.1 tests/test_sha256.lua
+]]
+
+package.path = package.path .. ";./src/?.lua"
+local sha = require("balancerlite.sha256")
+
+local function assert_eq(a, b, msg)
+  if a ~= b then
+    error(((msg or "") .. "\n  expected: " .. tostring(b)
+      .. "\n  got:      " .. tostring(a)), 2)
+  end
+end
+
+local function check(msg, expected_hex)
+  local h = sha.hex(msg)
+  local ok = (h == expected_hex)
+  print((ok and "PASS" or "FAIL") .. " sha256("
+    .. (msg == "" and '""' or string.format("%q", msg))
+    .. ") = " .. (h or "nil"))
+  if not ok then print("  EXPECTED: " .. expected_hex) end
+  return ok
+end
+
+local function check_hmac(key, msg, expected_hex)
+  local h = sha.hmac_hex(key, msg)
+  local ok = (h == expected_hex)
+  print((ok and "PASS" or "FAIL") .. " HMAC("
+    .. string.format("%q", key) .. ", "
+    .. string.format("%q", msg)
+    .. ") = " .. (h or "nil"))
+  if not ok then print("  EXPECTED: " .. expected_hex) end
+  return ok
+end
+
+print("=== SHA-256 / HMAC test vectors ===")
+
+local all_ok = true
+
+-- SHA-256 (openssl verified)
+all_ok = check("", "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855") and all_ok
+all_ok = check("abc", "ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad") and all_ok
+
+-- HMAC-SHA256 (openssl verified)
+all_ok = check_hmac("key",
+  "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog",
+  "f7bc83f430538424b13298e6aa6fb143ef4d59a14946175997479dbc2d1a3cd8") and all_ok
+
+print(all_ok and "PASS: sha256" or "FAIL: sha256")

tests/state.lua

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+--[[
+  test_state.lua — Watchdog state machine unit tests
+  Run: lua5.1 tests/test_state.lua
+]]
+
+package.path = package.path .. ";./src/?.lua"
+local M = require("balancerlite.state")
+local state = M.state
+
+local function assert_eq(a, b, msg)
+  if a ~= b then
+    error(((msg or "") .. ": expected " .. tostring(b) .. ", got " .. tostring(a)), 2)
+  end
+end
+
+local TBASE = 1000000000
+
+local function feed_ok(s, wan_id, n, base)
+  base = base or TBASE
+  for i = 1, (n or 1) do
+    M.feed(s, wan_id, {ok=true, rtt_ms=5, ts=base+i})
+  end
+end
+
+local function feed_fail(s, wan_id, n, base)
+  base = base or TBASE
+  for i = 1, (n or 1) do
+    M.feed(s, wan_id, {ok=false, ts=base+i})
+  end
+end
+
+print("=== State machine tests ===")
+
+-- TEST 1: INIT → WAN_A_PRIMARY
+local S = M.new({ down_threshold=3, up_threshold=3, flap_threshold=99,
+                   flap_window_s=300, flap_recovery=300 })
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.INIT, "initial state")
+feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 3)
+local ev = M.advance(S)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.WAN_A_PRIMARY, "wan-a up → WAN_A_PRIMARY")
+assert_eq(ev.type, "state.init", "event type")
+print("  TEST 1: INIT→WAN_A_PRIMARY: OK")
+
+-- TEST 2: Failover wan-a → wan-b
+S = M.new({ down_threshold=3, up_threshold=3, flap_threshold=99,
+               flap_window_s=300, flap_recovery=300 })
+feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 3); M.advance(S)       -- WAN_A_PRIMARY
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.WAN_A_PRIMARY, "setup: wan-a primary")
+feed_ok(S, "wan-b", 3); M.advance(S)       -- wan-b is also up
+feed_fail(S, "wan-a", 3)
+ev = M.advance(S)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.SWITCHING_TO_B, "wan-a down + wan-b up → SWITCHING_TO_B")
+assert_eq(ev.type, "failover.switch", "event type")
+ev = M.advance(S)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.WAN_B_PRIMARY, "confirmed → WAN_B_PRIMARY")
+print("  TEST 2: wan-a→wan-b failover: OK")
+
+-- TEST 3: BOTH_DOWN when both fail
+S = M.new({ down_threshold=2, up_threshold=2, flap_threshold=99,
+               flap_window_s=300, flap_recovery=300 })
+feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 2); M.advance(S)
+feed_fail(S, "wan-a", 2); feed_fail(S, "wan-b", 2)
+ev = M.advance(S)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.BOTH_DOWN, "both fail → BOTH_DOWN")
+assert_eq(ev.type, "state.both_down", "event type")
+print("  TEST 3: BOTH_DOWN: OK")
+
+-- TEST 4: Recovery from BOTH_DOWN → WAN_B_PRIMARY (direct, no SWITCHING)
+S = M.new({ down_threshold=2, up_threshold=2, flap_threshold=99,
+               flap_window_s=300, flap_recovery=300 })
+feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 2); M.advance(S)
+feed_fail(S, "wan-a", 2); feed_fail(S, "wan-b", 2)
+M.advance(S)  -- BOTH_DOWN
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.BOTH_DOWN, "setup: BOTH_DOWN")
+feed_ok(S, "wan-b", 2)
+ev = M.advance(S)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.WAN_B_PRIMARY, "wan-b recovers → WAN_B_PRIMARY")
+assert_eq(ev.type, "state.recovered", "event is state.recovered")
+print("  TEST 4: BOTH_DOWN recovery: OK")
+
+-- TEST 5: Hysteresis (up_thr > down_thr)
+S = M.new({ down_threshold=2, up_threshold=5, flap_threshold=99,
+               flap_window_s=300, flap_recovery=300 })
+feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 5); M.advance(S)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.WAN_A_PRIMARY, "setup: wan-a primary")
+feed_fail(S, "wan-a", 2); feed_fail(S, "wan-b", 2)
+ev = M.advance(S)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.BOTH_DOWN, "both fail (2 fails each) → BOTH_DOWN")
+print("  TEST 5: hysteresis (up=5, down=2): OK")
+
+-- TEST 6: DEGRADED on flap (3 switches needed)
+-- Each switch: stable → failure+ok → SWITCHING → advance → stable (records switch).
+-- 3 switches = 3 advance() calls from stable states that changed = DEGRADED.
+S = M.new({ down_threshold=2, up_threshold=2, flap_threshold=3,
+               flap_window_s=300, flap_recovery=300 })
+
+feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 2); M.advance(S)       -- → WAN_A_PRIMARY  [switch 1]
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.WAN_A_PRIMARY)
+
+-- Switch 1: A→B
+feed_fail(S, "wan-a", 2); feed_ok(S, "wan-b", 2)
+M.advance(S)   -- → SWITCHING_TO_B
+M.advance(S)   -- → WAN_B_PRIMARY   [switch 2]
+
+-- Switch 2: B→A
+feed_fail(S, "wan-b", 2); feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 2)
+M.advance(S)   -- → SWITCHING_TO_A
+M.advance(S)   -- → WAN_A_PRIMARY   [switch 3]
+
+-- Switch 3: A→B — 3rd switch → DEGRADED
+feed_fail(S, "wan-a", 2); feed_ok(S, "wan-b", 2)
+M.advance(S)   -- → SWITCHING_TO_B
+ev = M.advance(S)   -- → DEGRADED (nswitches=3 >= flap_threshold=3)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.DEGRADED, "3 prior switches → DEGRADED")
+assert_eq(ev.type, "flap.alert", "event is flap.alert")
+print("  TEST 6: flap → DEGRADED: OK")
+
+-- TEST 7: DEGRADED persists until flap_recovery (use flap_threshold=2 so BOTH_DOWN
+-- doesn't keep accumulating; BOTH_DOWN clears switch_times, so only count stable switches)
+S = M.new({ down_threshold=2, up_threshold=2, flap_threshold=2,
+               flap_window_s=300, flap_recovery=300 })
+
+feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 2);  M.advance(S)        -- → WAN_A_PRIMARY
+feed_fail(S, "wan-a", 2); feed_ok(S, "wan-b", 2)
+M.advance(S); M.advance(S)                  -- → WAN_B_PRIMARY  [switch 1]
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.WAN_B_PRIMARY)
+
+-- Switch 2: B→A → DEGRADED (flap_threshold=2, 2nd switch triggers DEGRADED)
+feed_fail(S, "wan-b", 2); feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 2)
+M.advance(S);  -- → SWITCHING_TO_A
+ev = M.advance(S)  -- → WAN_A_PRIMARY  [switch 2] → DEGRADED
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.DEGRADED, "2 switches → DEGRADED")
+assert_eq(ev.type, "flap.alert", "event is flap.alert")
+
+ev = M.advance(S)  -- no new switches, no calm period → stays DEGRADED
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.DEGRADED, "still DEGRADED (no calm period)")
+print("  TEST 7: DEGRADED persists until calm: OK")
+
+-- TEST 8: Switch-back to preferred (A recovers while on B)
+S = M.new({ down_threshold=2, up_threshold=2, flap_threshold=99,
+               flap_window_s=300, flap_recovery=300 })
+feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 2); M.advance(S)        -- WAN_A_PRIMARY
+feed_fail(S, "wan-a", 2); feed_ok(S, "wan-b", 2)
+M.advance(S)   -- → SWITCHING_TO_B
+M.advance(S)   -- → WAN_B_PRIMARY  (now on wan-b)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.WAN_B_PRIMARY, "on wan-b")
+feed_ok(S, "wan-a", 2)  -- wan-a recovers
+ev = M.advance(S)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.SWITCHING_TO_A, "wan-a recovered → SWITCHING_TO_A")
+ev = M.advance(S)
+assert_eq(S.cur_state, state.WAN_A_PRIMARY, "confirmed → WAN_A_PRIMARY")
+print("  TEST 8: switch-back to preferred: OK")
+
+print("PASS: state")