feat(lte): daily data-cap tracking and carrier reset SMS (v0.23.23-beta)

Requested in discussion #85. Several European carriers sell "unlimited" mobile
data that is throttled hard past a daily allowance, and lift the throttle when
the subscriber texts a short code — 10 GB then 64 kbps until you text 1237, in
the reporter's case. Doing that by hand every evening is exactly the sort of
thing this should handle.

Two facts from the contributor's hardware shaped the whole design.

**Interface byte counters do not survive a reboot.** So there is no running
total to read; usage has to be accumulated from poll to poll on our side. That
makes our figure a permanent undercount — traffic during a reboot, before the
device was adopted, or between a missed poll and the next is invisible. An
undercount fires late, and late means the user is already throttled, so the
trigger deliberately fires below the configured allowance (5% by default, and
adjustable). Firing early costs one SMS; firing late costs the evening.

**The carrier's own counter resets at local midnight.** That anchors the period
and, more usefully, bounds the error: both counters reset together, so our drift
cannot accumulate past a single day. Periods are keyed by local date string
rather than timestamp, which detects the rollover without converting local
wall-clock back to UTC — where daylight saving usually goes wrong.

A counter that reads *lower* than the previous sample is treated as a reboot and
the new value taken as the delta, rather than as negative usage that would
corrupt the running total for the rest of the day.

The manual send is deliberately independent of everything else: not gated on the
rule being enabled, on a threshold, or on our usage estimate. It is the half of
this feature that is trustworthy — one known action, for a reason the operator
already has — and it is what makes the automatic half optional rather than
load-bearing. The automatic trigger carries a cooldown because usage sits *at*
the cap once reached rather than above it; without one, a link parked on its
limit would text the carrier on every poll. Sending twice is a nuisance, forty
times is an incident.

Every send is recorded with the counter reading at the time, so a misfire is
explainable rather than mysterious.

Accounting logic lives in utils/dataCap.ts with 18 tests, covering the reboot
case, the local-midnight rollover across zones and a non-midnight reset, the
margin, and the cooldown. Failures in tracking are logged and swallowed: a
convenience feature must never break the collection it rides on.

Also fixes an error path found while testing. DeviceCollector decrypts the
stored credential in its constructor, which sat outside the route's try block, so
an unreadable credential escaped as a raw 500 carrying an internal message and
left no record of the attempt. It now returns 502, says the credentials could not
be read rather than quoting a cipher error at someone hunting a modem fault, and
logs the failure like any other.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

frontend/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mikrotik-manager-frontend",
-  "version": "0.23.22-beta",
+  "version": "0.23.23-beta",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

frontend/src/components/device-detail/DataCapCard.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { MessageSquare, Send, RefreshCw, AlertTriangle } from 'lucide-react';
+import { dataCapApi, type LteDataCapRule } from '../../services/api';
+
+/**
+ * Daily data-cap SMS for carriers that throttle "unlimited" plans.
+ *
+ * The manual button is the trustworthy half and is therefore always available,
+ * independent of the rule being enabled: pressing it does one known thing for a
+ * reason the operator already has. The automatic trigger rests on a usage figure
+ * we reconstruct from polling, which cannot see traffic during a reboot or
+ * before the device was adopted — so it always reads low, and the margin exists
+ * to compensate (discussion #85).
+ */
+
+const GB = 1024 ** 3;
+const fmtGB = (bytes: number) => (bytes / GB).toFixed(2);
+
+export default function DataCapCard({ deviceId, interfaceName }: { deviceId: number; interfaceName: string }) {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const [result, setResult] = useState<{ ok: boolean; text: string } | null>(null);
+
+  const { data } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['data-cap', deviceId],
+    queryFn: () => dataCapApi.get(deviceId).then(r => r.data),
+    refetchInterval: 60_000,
+  });
+
+  const rule = data?.rules.find(r => r.interface_name === interfaceName);
+  const sends = (data?.sends ?? []).filter(s => s.interface_name === interfaceName);
+
+  const [form, setForm] = useState({
+    enabled: false, phone_number: '', thresholdGB: '10', margin_pct: 5,
+    reset_hour: 0, reset_minute: 0,
+    timezone: Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone || 'UTC',
+    cooldown_minutes: 60,
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!rule) return;
+    setForm({
+      enabled: rule.enabled,
+      phone_number: rule.phone_number,
+      thresholdGB: (Number(rule.threshold_bytes) / GB).toString(),
+      margin_pct: rule.margin_pct,
+      reset_hour: rule.reset_hour,
+      reset_minute: rule.reset_minute,
+      timezone: rule.timezone,
+      cooldown_minutes: rule.cooldown_minutes,
+    });
+  }, [rule?.id, rule?.updated_at]);
+
+  const save = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: () => dataCapApi.save(deviceId, interfaceName, {
+      enabled: form.enabled,
+      phone_number: form.phone_number,
+      message: '',
+      threshold_bytes: Math.round(Number(form.thresholdGB) * GB),
+      margin_pct: form.margin_pct,
+      reset_hour: form.reset_hour,
+      reset_minute: form.reset_minute,
+      timezone: form.timezone,
+      cooldown_minutes: form.cooldown_minutes,
+    }),
+    onSuccess: (r) => {
+      setResult({ ok: true, text: r.data.message });
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['data-cap', deviceId] });
+    },
+    onError: (e: unknown) => setResult({
+      ok: false,
+      text: (e as { response?: { data?: { error?: string } } })?.response?.data?.error || 'Could not save',
+    }),
+  });
+
+  const sendNow = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: () => dataCapApi.sendNow(deviceId, interfaceName),
+    onSuccess: (r) => {
+      setResult({ ok: true, text: r.data.message });
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['data-cap', deviceId] });
+    },
+    onError: (e: unknown) => setResult({
+      ok: false,
+      text: (e as { response?: { data?: { error?: string } } })?.response?.data?.error || 'Could not send',
+    }),
+  });
+
+  const used = rule ? Number(rule.period_bytes) : 0;
+  const cap = Number(form.thresholdGB) * GB || 0;
+  const firesAt = cap * (1 - form.margin_pct / 100);
+  const pct = cap > 0 ? Math.min(100, (used / cap) * 100) : 0;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="bg-white dark:bg-slate-800 rounded-lg border border-gray-200 dark:border-slate-700 p-4 space-y-4">
+      <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
+        <MessageSquare className="w-5 h-5 mt-0.5 text-gray-400 dark:text-slate-500" />
+        <div className="min-w-0">
+          <h3 className="font-semibold text-gray-900 dark:text-white">Data-cap reset SMS</h3>
+          <p className="text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-slate-300 mt-0.5">
+            Some carriers throttle an “unlimited” plan past a daily allowance and lift it when you
+            text a short code. This tracks usage on <span className="font-mono text-xs">{interfaceName}</span> and
+            can send that message for you.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Usage so far this period */}
+      {rule && (
+        <div>
+          <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between text-xs mb-1">
+            <span className="text-gray-500 dark:text-slate-400">
+              Counted this period{rule.period_key ? ` (${rule.period_key})` : ''}
+            </span>
+            <span className="tabular-nums text-gray-900 dark:text-white">
+              {fmtGB(used)} / {form.thresholdGB} GB
+            </span>
+          </div>
+          <div className="h-2 rounded-full bg-gray-100 dark:bg-slate-700 overflow-hidden">
+            <div
+              className={`h-full rounded-full ${used >= firesAt ? 'bg-amber-500' : 'bg-blue-500'}`}
+              style={{ width: `${Math.max(1, pct)}%` }}
+            />
+          </div>
+          <p className="mt-1 text-[11px] text-gray-400 dark:text-slate-500">
+            Counted from polling, so it reads low — traffic during a reboot or before this device was
+            added is invisible to us. Sends at {fmtGB(firesAt)} GB ({form.margin_pct}% early) for that reason.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {/* Settings */}
+      <div className="grid grid-cols-2 sm:grid-cols-3 gap-3">
+        <label className="text-xs">
+          <span className="text-gray-500 dark:text-slate-400">Send to</span>
+          <input className="input mt-1 w-full text-sm" placeholder="1237"
+            value={form.phone_number} onChange={e => setForm({ ...form, phone_number: e.target.value })} />
+        </label>
+        <label className="text-xs">
+          <span className="text-gray-500 dark:text-slate-400">Allowance (GB)</span>
+          <input className="input mt-1 w-full text-sm" type="number" min="0.1" step="0.1"
+            value={form.thresholdGB} onChange={e => setForm({ ...form, thresholdGB: e.target.value })} />
+        </label>
+        <label className="text-xs">
+          <span className="text-gray-500 dark:text-slate-400">Send early by (%)</span>
+          <input className="input mt-1 w-full text-sm" type="number" min="0" max="50"
+            value={form.margin_pct} onChange={e => setForm({ ...form, margin_pct: Number(e.target.value) })} />
+        </label>
+        <label className="text-xs">
+          <span className="text-gray-500 dark:text-slate-400">Resets at</span>
+          <input className="input mt-1 w-full text-sm" type="time"
+            value={`${String(form.reset_hour).padStart(2, '0')}:${String(form.reset_minute).padStart(2, '0')}`}
+            onChange={e => {
+              const [h, m] = e.target.value.split(':').map(Number);
+              setForm({ ...form, reset_hour: h || 0, reset_minute: m || 0 });
+            }} />
+        </label>
+        <label className="text-xs">
+          <span className="text-gray-500 dark:text-slate-400">Timezone</span>
+          <input className="input mt-1 w-full text-sm" value={form.timezone}
+            onChange={e => setForm({ ...form, timezone: e.target.value })} />
+        </label>
+        <label className="text-xs">
+          <span className="text-gray-500 dark:text-slate-400">Cooldown (min)</span>
+          <input className="input mt-1 w-full text-sm" type="number" min="1" max="1440"
+            value={form.cooldown_minutes}
+            onChange={e => setForm({ ...form, cooldown_minutes: Number(e.target.value) })} />
+        </label>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
+        <label className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-slate-300">
+          <input type="checkbox" checked={form.enabled}
+            onChange={e => setForm({ ...form, enabled: e.target.checked })} />
+          Send automatically at the threshold
+        </label>
+        <button className="btn-secondary text-xs" onClick={() => save.mutate()} disabled={save.isPending}>
+          {save.isPending ? 'Saving…' : 'Save'}
+        </button>
+        {/* Always available: this half does not depend on our usage estimate. */}
+        <button className="btn-primary text-xs flex items-center gap-1.5 ml-auto"
+          onClick={() => sendNow.mutate()} disabled={sendNow.isPending || !form.phone_number}>
+          {sendNow.isPending ? <RefreshCw className="w-3.5 h-3.5 animate-spin" /> : <Send className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />}
+          Send now
+        </button>
+      </div>
+
+      {result && (
+        <p className={`text-xs ${result.ok ? 'text-green-700 dark:text-green-400' : 'text-red-600 dark:text-red-400'}`}>
+          {result.text}
+        </p>
+      )}
+
+      {!rule && (
+        <div className="flex gap-2 rounded-lg border border-gray-200 p-2 text-[11px] text-gray-500 dark:border-slate-700 dark:text-slate-400">
+          <AlertTriangle className="w-3.5 h-3.5 shrink-0 mt-0.5" />
+          <span>
+            The modem needs SMS enabled — check <span className="font-mono">/tool/sms/print</span> reports
+            <span className="font-mono"> receive-enabled: yes</span>. If sent messages are kept on the SIM they
+            will eventually fill it, and sending then fails quietly.
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {sends.length > 0 && (
+        <div>
+          <h4 className="text-xs font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-white mb-1">Recent sends</h4>
+          <ul className="space-y-1">
+            {sends.slice(0, 5).map((s, i) => (
+              <li key={i} className="text-[11px] flex flex-wrap gap-x-2">
+                <span className="text-gray-500 dark:text-slate-400">
+                  {new Date(s.at).toLocaleString([], { month: 'short', day: 'numeric', hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' })}
+                </span>
+                <span className="text-gray-700 dark:text-slate-300">{s.trigger}</span>
+                {s.period_bytes != null && (
+                  <span className="text-gray-400 dark:text-slate-500">at {fmtGB(Number(s.period_bytes))} GB</span>
+                )}
+                {s.ok
+                  ? <span className="text-green-600 dark:text-green-400">sent</span>
+                  : <span className="text-red-600 dark:text-red-400">failed: {s.error}</span>}
+              </li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}

frontend/src/components/device-detail/LteTab.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
 } from 'recharts';
 import { Signal, RadioTower, ArrowLeftRight, RotateCcw, Radio, ArrowUpFromLine } from 'lucide-react';
 import { lteApi, type LteInterface, type LteHistoryEvent } from '../../services/api';
+import DataCapCard from './DataCapCard';
 
 interface Props {
   deviceId: number;
@@ -326,6 +327,11 @@ export default function LteTab({ deviceId }: Props) {
         );
       })}
 
+      {/* Carrier data-cap SMS, per interface (discussion #85) */}
+      {interfaces.map(iface => (
+        <DataCapCard key={`cap-${iface.interface_name}`} deviceId={deviceId} interfaceName={iface.interface_name} />
+      ))}
+
       {/* Signal over time */}
       <div className="bg-white dark:bg-slate-800 rounded-lg border border-gray-200 dark:border-slate-700 p-4">
         <div className="flex items-center justify-between mb-4 gap-3 flex-wrap">

frontend/src/services/api.ts

@@ -340,6 +340,32 @@ export const pollerApi = {
     '/system/poller/drain'),
 };
 
+
+export interface LteDataCapRule {
+  id: number; interface_name: string; enabled: boolean;
+  phone_number: string; message: string;
+  threshold_bytes: string; margin_pct: number;
+  reset_hour: number; reset_minute: number; timezone: string;
+  cooldown_minutes: number;
+  period_key: string | null; period_bytes: string;
+  last_sent_at: string | null; updated_at: string;
+}
+
+export interface LteDataCapSend {
+  interface_name: string; at: string; trigger: 'manual' | 'threshold';
+  phone_number: string | null; period_bytes: string | null;
+  ok: boolean; error: string | null;
+}
+
+export const dataCapApi = {
+  get: (deviceId: number) =>
+    api.get<{ rules: LteDataCapRule[]; sends: LteDataCapSend[] }>(`/devices/${deviceId}/lte/data-cap`),
+  save: (deviceId: number, iface: string, body: Record<string, unknown>) =>
+    api.put<{ message: string }>(`/devices/${deviceId}/lte/data-cap/${encodeURIComponent(iface)}`, body),
+  sendNow: (deviceId: number, iface: string) =>
+    api.post<{ message: string }>(`/devices/${deviceId}/lte/data-cap/${encodeURIComponent(iface)}/send`),
+};
+
 export const devicesApi = {
   list: () => api.get<Device[]>('/devices'),
   discovered: () => api.get<DiscoveredDevice[]>('/devices/discovered'),

frontend/src/version.ts

@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const APP_VERSION = 'v0.23.22 Beta';
+export const APP_VERSION = 'v0.23.23 Beta';