fix(anpr): sliding poll window so a car arriving mid-loop isn't lost

A loop started by a far/early car would (a) give up before the REAL car settled at
the barrier, and (b) swallow the real car's pushes (the #polling guard dropped them).
So a confident-but-wrong far-car plate could win, or the intended car get debounced
out after the loop ended — wrong car acted on, right car blocked.

Fix: a push that JOINS a running loop now EXTENDS the deadline (lastPush +
ANPR_POLL_WINDOW_MS) instead of being dropped, capped at start + ANPR_POLL_MAX_MS
(30s) so a continuously-busy lane can't slide forever. Each tick still pulls a FRESH
frame, so the loop tracks whoever is at the barrier NOW, not the car that started it.
Per-camera sliding deadline in #pollDeadline (cleared with #polling in finally).

+1 test (push mid-poll keeps the loop alive past the initial deadline); 171 server
tests green. New knob ANPR_POLL_MAX_MS documented in the komodo env reference + the
two concurrency guards written up in lane-presence-and-anpr-entry.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V

apps/server/src/anpr-entry.test.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
   vi.restoreAllMocks();
   delete process.env.ANPR_POLL_MS;
   delete process.env.ANPR_POLL_WINDOW_MS;
+  delete process.env.ANPR_POLL_MAX_MS;
 });
 
 /** A camera bound to an entry relay; `anpr` toggles the opt-in flag. */
@@ -173,6 +174,42 @@ describe("AnprBridge", () => {
     expect(captureSnapshot.mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3); // re-pulled fresh frames
   });
 
+  it("SLIDES the window: a push mid-poll keeps the loop alive past the initial deadline", async () => {
+    // A loop started by an early/far car would expire — but a NEW push (another car arriving)
+    // extends the deadline, so the loop keeps polling and reads the car that settles at the
+    // barrier. Here: a SHORT base window, vision stays low until attempt 5; a second push at
+    // the start bumps the deadline so attempt 5's confident read still lands.
+    const cam = seedCamera({ anpr: true });
+    const confs = [0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.97];
+    let i = 0;
+    const vision = {
+      enabled: true,
+      analyze: vi.fn(async () => ({
+        plate: { text: "AA111BB", confidence: confs[Math.min(i++, confs.length - 1)] },
+        plates: [],
+        lowConfidence: false,
+        modelVersion: "test",
+        tookMs: 1,
+      })),
+    } as unknown as VisionClient;
+    process.env.ANPR_POLL_MS = "5";
+    process.env.ANPR_POLL_WINDOW_MS = "12"; // tiny — would expire ~attempt 2 WITHOUT a slide
+    process.env.ANPR_POLL_MAX_MS = "5000"; // ceiling far above, so the slide is what matters
+    const bridge = new AnprBridge(db, vision, fakeSubFlow(SUB_MATCH), silentLogger());
+
+    const reads = await captureReads(async () => {
+      const loop = bridge.onVehicleDetected(cam); // starts the loop
+      // Joining pushes keep sliding the deadline forward so the slow-to-confident read lands.
+      for (let k = 0; k < 5; k++) {
+        await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5));
+        void bridge.onVehicleDetected(cam); // each bumps the deadline (loop already running)
+      }
+      await loop;
+    });
+    expect(reads).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(reads[0]).toMatchObject({ value: "AA111BB" });
+  });
+
   it("ABORTS if the subscriber transacts by another credential mid-poll (no double-act)", async () => {
     // The car's plate is read (identity known) but stays below the floor; meanwhile the
     // subscriber scans their card → openOccurrenceCount drops. The bridge must abort and NOT

apps/server/src/anpr-entry.ts

@@ -59,13 +59,22 @@ function pollMs(): number {
   return Number.isFinite(raw) && raw > 0 ? raw : 1000;
 }
 
-/** Total time to keep polling for a confident read before giving up (the car drove off, or
- *  it's a non-subscriber). Bounded so a stray car can't loop forever. */
+/** How long to keep polling AFTER THE LAST vehicle push before giving up. SLIDING: each new
+ *  push for the camera extends the deadline by this much from now — so a loop started by a
+ *  far/early car keeps pulling fresh frames as the REAL car arrives and settles at the
+ *  barrier (the loop tracks "whoever is here now", not the car that started it). */
 function pollWindowMs(): number {
   const raw = Number(process.env.ANPR_POLL_WINDOW_MS ?? 8000);
   return Number.isFinite(raw) && raw > 0 ? raw : 8000;
 }
 
+/** Hard ceiling on a single loop from its START, so a continuously-busy lane (pushes never
+ *  stop) can't slide the window forever. The loop ends at min(lastPush + window, start + max). */
+function pollMaxMs(): number {
+  const raw = Number(process.env.ANPR_POLL_MAX_MS ?? 30_000);
+  return Number.isFinite(raw) && raw > 0 ? raw : 30_000;
+}
+
 const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise<void>((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 
 /** A plate DeviceReadEvent skeleton (value filled by the caller) — for matching the
@@ -83,12 +92,17 @@ export class AnprBridge {
   readonly #debounceMs: number;
   readonly #pollMs: number;
   readonly #pollWindowMs: number;
+  readonly #pollMaxMs: number;
   /** Last-fire timestamps, keyed by deviceId (camera-level, pre-snapshot) AND by
    *  `deviceId:plate` (post-match) — both gated against #debounceMs. */
   readonly #lastFire = new Map<string, number>();
   /** Cameras with a poll loop already in flight — a re-fired alarm (the camera pushes ~1Hz
    *  while the car sits) must NOT start a second concurrent loop on the same camera. */
   readonly #polling = new Set<string>();
+  /** Per-camera SLIDING deadline for the running poll loop. A push that joins a running loop
+   *  bumps this forward (lastPush + window, capped at start + max), so the loop keeps pulling
+   *  fresh frames while cars keep arriving — tracking whoever settles at the barrier. */
+  readonly #pollDeadline = new Map<string, number>();
 
   constructor(db: Db, vision: VisionClient | null, subscription: SubscriptionFlow, logger: FastifyBaseLogger) {
     this.#db = db;
@@ -99,6 +113,7 @@ export class AnprBridge {
     this.#debounceMs = debounceMs();
     this.#pollMs = pollMs();
     this.#pollWindowMs = pollWindowMs();
+    this.#pollMaxMs = pollMaxMs();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -122,10 +137,19 @@ export class AnprBridge {
       // ~1Hz re-fires for #debounceMs (set on success below). A fresh alarm AFTER the
       // window is a new presentation and may start a new poll loop.
       if (this.#debounced(deviceId)) return;
-      // One poll loop per camera: the camera pushes the SAME alarm ~1Hz while the car
-      // sits at the barrier — those re-fires must JOIN the running loop, not spawn N of them.
-      if (this.#polling.has(deviceId)) return;
+      // One poll loop per camera. A push that arrives while a loop runs JOINs it — and
+      // SLIDES the deadline forward (a different car arriving mid-loop keeps the loop alive
+      // so it tracks whoever's at the barrier now, instead of giving up on the early car).
+      const now = Date.now();
+      if (this.#polling.has(deviceId)) {
+        const cur = this.#pollDeadline.get(deviceId) ?? now;
+        // Slide to lastPush + window, but never past the per-loop hard ceiling (set at start).
+        this.#pollDeadline.set(deviceId, Math.max(cur, now + this.#pollWindowMs));
+        return;
+      }
       this.#polling.add(deviceId);
+      // Initial deadline; the hard ceiling (start + max) is enforced in the loop below.
+      this.#pollDeadline.set(deviceId, now + this.#pollWindowMs);
 
       const camera = buildCamera(row);
       if (!camera) {
@@ -153,10 +177,12 @@ export class AnprBridge {
       let result: Awaited<ReturnType<VisionClient["analyze"]>> = null;
       let watchedSubId: string | null = null;
       let baselineOpen = 0;
-      const deadline = Date.now() + this.#pollWindowMs;
+      // Hard ceiling for THIS loop (start + max); the sliding deadline (bumped by joining
+      // pushes) is read from #pollDeadline each tick but never allowed past this cap.
+      const hardCap = Date.now() + this.#pollMaxMs;
       let attempts = 0;
       try {
-        while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+        while (Date.now() < Math.min(this.#pollDeadline.get(deviceId) ?? 0, hardCap)) {
           attempts++;
           const shot = await camera.captureSnapshot({ direction });
           const r = await this.#vision.analyze(shot.bytes, shot.contentType);
@@ -189,11 +215,14 @@ export class AnprBridge {
                 `${this.#entryMinConfidence} — re-pulling (attempt ${attempts})`,
             );
           }
-          if (Date.now() + this.#pollMs >= deadline) break;
+          // Stop if the next tick would land past the (possibly slid) deadline or the cap.
+          const effDeadline = Math.min(this.#pollDeadline.get(deviceId) ?? 0, hardCap);
+          if (Date.now() + this.#pollMs >= effDeadline) break;
           await sleep(this.#pollMs);
         }
       } finally {
         this.#polling.delete(deviceId);
+        this.#pollDeadline.delete(deviceId);
       }
 
       if (!result || !result.plate) {