packages/utils/watchcat, branch master

watchcat: fix interface reset does not work

2026-03-03T18:06:13Z

As reported in #23410 Network interface reset doesn't work as expected on a Wireguard VPN interface and in #27927 lt2p interface won't reboot, and mentioned in #27248, the current implementation of the option to restart an interface when connectivity check fails for some period does not result in an interface restart for all interface. Notably 'virtual' interfaces such as Wireguard and L2TP do not restart. The solution that works is to use `ifup ` instead of only changing the link status. This commit is based on the one in #27248 by @rondoval, who unfortunately has not updated the commit message as requested for half a year. Signed-off-by: Daniel F. Dickinson

luci-app-watchcat: revert unnecessary quoting in init script

2025-12-26T08:51:51Z

The quoting added in r18 for pinghosts is not needed. Multi-host support remains fully functional, but the extra quotes caused inconsistent argument handling between /etc/init.d/watchcat and /usr/bin/watchcat.sh, especially for single-IP configurations. This revert removes the unnecessary quoting in the init script and LUCI, restoring consistent behavior while keeping multiple ping hosts supported. Fixes: #28100 (watchcat: error if only one address is specified in pinghosts) Signed-off-by: Ivan Diaz

watchcat: passing the interface in the ping_reboot

2025-12-12T15:40:40Z

Although the watchcat_ping function also checked the iface variable, that variable was never populated. As a result we could not check if there was connectivity via a specific interface. Signed-off-by: Vasileios Anagnostopoulos

watchcat: set default value for mmifacename to prevent argument shift

2025-12-09T11:12:19Z

Set mmifacename default to "null" instead of an empty string to avoid argument displacement when the value is not defined. Also remove leftover debug comments from previous commit. Signed-off-by: Ivan Diaz

watchcat: fix argument handling and allow multiple ping hosts

2025-12-09T11:12:19Z

The backend now correctly supports multiple IP addresses and avoids argument shifting when mmifacename is empty. Signed-off-by: Ivan Diaz

watchcat: fix broken ping invocation for no-address-family configuration

2022-08-02T00:35:15Z

Fix for issue #19010 Signed-off-by: John Kohl Signed-off-by: Michal Kowalski <18610805+kofec@users.noreply.github.com>

watchcat: add support to run a script

2022-07-15T19:14:06Z

Signed-off-by: John Kohl

watchcat: add IP version selection support; fix bug with unlockbands

2022-07-15T19:14:06Z

Signed-off-by: John Kohl

utils/watchcat: restart failure time after network restart

2022-02-24T01:28:43Z

Without this change these settings: Mode: Restart Interface Period: 30s Check Interval: 5s will do ping every 30s, if all pings are fail then it try to take action every 5 second. After apply this patch watchcat will try to send ping every 5 second in next 30 sec before take action if all pings are fail. This is important for wireless uplinks like 3G/4G that need some time to establish connection. Signed-off-by: Rozhuk Ivan

watchcat: run through shfmt

2021-08-16T01:29:12Z

Cosmetic fixes mainly. Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev