fix(#134): quiet false "reconnect" log + report HDMI output and UI render resolution

Two device-REPORTING fixes from the #134 investigation (the PiP rendering itself
was #135).

1) "Device reconnects every ~45s" was a logging artifact, not instability. The
   player re-emits a full device:register on the SAME socket every ~45-60s
   (requestPlaylistRefresh) to pull a fresh playlist; the server logged
   "Device reconnected" for every register of a known device. The attached 4-day
   log showed 1415 "reconnected" vs 30 real socket connects and 0 heartbeat
   timeouts — the socket never dropped, so #134's "PiP lost between reconnects"
   was a misdiagnosis. Fix: only log a genuine reconnect (new socket); a
   same-socket re-register is a refresh (currentDeviceId === device_id) and stays
   quiet. The playlist still refreshes.

2) Device reported 720p while the monitor showed a 1080 signal. DeviceInfo
   reported getRealMetrics() — the UI RENDER SURFACE — but TV boxes render the UI
   at 720p and upscale to a 1080p HDMI signal. Now report BOTH: screen_width/height
   = the output mode (Display.Mode.physicalWidth/Height), render_width/height =
   the render surface (getRealMetrics). Two new nullable devices columns, stored on
   pairing INSERT + reconnect UPDATE, exposed via the device API, shown on the
   dashboard as "1920x1080 (UI 1280x720)" when they differ.

Backward compatible (required + verified on emulator): a device that omits
render_* — or sends no device_info at all — still registers, with render_* = null,
on both the INSERT and UPDATE paths. New columns nullable; stores use
`?? null` / `|| null`. All 167 server tests pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/telemetry/DeviceInfo.kt

@@ -37,12 +37,18 @@ class DeviceInfo(private val context: Context) {
     }
 
     fun getDeviceInfo(): JSONObject {
-        val display = getDisplayMetrics()
+        // Report BOTH: screen_* = the HDMI/panel OUTPUT resolution (Display.Mode), render_* =
+        // the UI render surface (getRealMetrics). On TV boxes that render at 720p and upscale
+        // to a 1080p signal these differ — surfacing both explains the discrepancy (#134).
+        val (outW, outH) = getOutputResolution()
+        val (renW, renH) = renderSurfaceSize()
         return JSONObject().apply {
             put("android_version", Build.VERSION.RELEASE)
             put("app_version", getAppVersion())
-            put("screen_width", display.widthPixels)
+            put("screen_width", outW)
-            put("screen_height", display.heightPixels)
+            put("screen_height", outH)
+            put("render_width", renW)
+            put("render_height", renH)
         }
     }
 
@@ -126,12 +132,37 @@ class DeviceInfo(private val context: Context) {
         return SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() / 1000
     }
 
-    private fun getDisplayMetrics(): DisplayMetrics {
+    /**
+     * The display's actual OUTPUT resolution — the HDMI / panel signal — taken from the
+     * active [android.view.Display.Mode]. This is deliberately NOT getRealMetrics(): many
+     * Android TV boxes/sticks (and TV-OS builds like YaOS) render the UI into a lower
+     * surface — commonly 1280x720 — and let the hardware scaler upscale it to a 1920x1080
+     * (or 4K) HDMI signal. getRealMetrics() reports that 720p RENDER SURFACE, so a panel
+     * receiving a real 1080p signal was being reported as 720p. Display.Mode.physicalWidth/
+     * Height reports the true output mode (orientation-independent — the panel doesn't rotate
+     * when we software-rotate the stage). Falls back to the render surface if no mode is
+     * available. (#134 follow-up: "device reports 720p while the monitor shows a 1080 signal".)
+     */
+    private fun getOutputResolution(): Pair<Int, Int> {
+        return try {
+            val wm = context.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE) as WindowManager
+            @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+            val mode = wm.defaultDisplay?.mode
+            val pw = mode?.physicalWidth ?: 0
+            val ph = mode?.physicalHeight ?: 0
+            if (pw > 0 && ph > 0) pw to ph else renderSurfaceSize()
+        } catch (e: Throwable) {
+            renderSurfaceSize()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Fallback: the UI render-surface size (getRealMetrics). May be < the output mode. */
+    private fun renderSurfaceSize(): Pair<Int, Int> {
         val dm = DisplayMetrics()
         val wm = context.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE) as WindowManager
         @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
         wm.defaultDisplay.getRealMetrics(dm)
-        return dm
+        return dm.widthPixels to dm.heightPixels
     }
 
     private fun getAppVersion(): String {

docs/134-device-reporting.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# #134 follow-ups — device reporting fixes
+
+Two issues surfaced while investigating #134 (the PiP bug report). Neither is the
+PiP rendering itself (that was #135) — both are device *reporting* problems.
+
+## 1. "Device reconnects every ~45s" — a logging artifact, not instability
+
+**Symptom (#134):** the server log shows the device reconnecting every ~45s, read
+as an unstable WebSocket that could drop PiP commands.
+
+**Reality:** the connection is stable. The player calls `requestPlaylistRefresh()`
+every ~45–60s, which **re-emits a full `device:register` on the *same* socket** to
+pull a fresh playlist. The server's register handler logged `Device reconnected`
+for *every* register of a known device, so a healthy device that re-registers
+~2000×/day looked like it was flapping.
+
+Evidence from the attached 4-day log:
+
+| Signal | Count |
+|--------|-------|
+| `Device reconnected` | **1415** |
+| `Device socket connected` (real) | 30 |
+| `Device disconnected` (real) | 21 |
+| `marked offline (heartbeat timeout)` | **0** |
+
+1415 "reconnects" vs 30 real socket connects, and the socket **never** timed out.
+So #134's "PiP lost between reconnects / queue TTL-expired" was a misdiagnosis —
+the socket doesn't drop; the PiP failure was the rendering bugs fixed in #135.
+
+**Fix** (`ws/deviceSocket.js`): a re-register on the *same* socket
+(`currentDeviceId === device_id`) is a playlist refresh, not a reconnect — only
+log `Device reconnected` for a genuinely new socket. The refresh still resends the
+playlist; it just no longer spams the log / reads as instability.
+
+Verified on the emulator: a periodic refresh was processed (device received a new
+playlist) while the server's `Device reconnected` count stayed flat; two genuine
+reconnects logged exactly twice.
+
+> Follow-up (not done here): the full re-register every ~45s is heavier than it
+> needs to be (re-runs fingerprint/token/eviction + resends the playlist). A
+> lightweight `device:request-playlist` event would cut that churn. Left as a
+> separate optimization.
+
+## 2. Reports 720p while the monitor shows a 1080 signal
+
+**Symptom (#134-adjacent):** a panel receiving a real 1080p HDMI signal was
+reported as 720p.
+
+**Cause:** `DeviceInfo` reported `getRealMetrics()` — the **UI render surface**.
+Many Android TV boxes/sticks (YaOS, Fire TV, etc.) render the UI at 1280×720 and
+let the hardware scaler upscale to a 1920×1080 (or 4K) HDMI signal. `getRealMetrics`
+honestly reports the 720p render surface; the monitor sees the 1080p output mode.
+They are two different numbers.
+
+**Fix:** report **both**, so neither is lost:
+
+- `screen_width` / `screen_height` = the **HDMI/panel output** mode, from
+  `Display.getMode().getPhysicalWidth()/getPhysicalHeight()` (orientation-independent;
+  the panel doesn't rotate when the stage is software-rotated). This is the headline
+  resolution and now reads 1080 on those boxes.
+- `render_width` / `render_height` = the **UI render surface**, from `getRealMetrics()`.
+
+Wiring: Android `DeviceInfo.getDeviceInfo()` → two new nullable `devices` columns
+(`render_width`, `render_height`, migration) → stored in both the pairing INSERT and
+the reconnect UPDATE → exposed via the device API (`SELECT d.*`) → the dashboard
+device detail shows `1920x1080 (UI 1280x720)` when they differ.
+
+### Backward compatibility
+
+Required and verified: a device that doesn't report the new fields must still be
+accepted.
+
+- New columns are **nullable**; the store uses `device_info.render_width ?? null`
+  (reconnect) and `device_info?.render_width || null` (pairing); `device_info`
+  itself remains optional.
+- Verified on the emulator: an old-style register with `screen_*` but no `render_*`,
+  and a register with **no `device_info` at all**, both succeed with `render_*` =
+  null — on both the INSERT (pairing) and UPDATE (reconnect) paths.
+- The dashboard only appends `(UI …)` when `render_*` is present and differs, so
+  legacy devices render as before.

frontend/js/views/device-detail.js

@@ -305,7 +305,14 @@ async function loadDevice(deviceId, activeTab = null) {
           ` : ''}
           <div class="info-card">
             <div class="info-card-label">${t('device.info.screen_resolution')}</div>
-            <div class="info-card-value small">${device.screen_width && device.screen_height ? device.screen_width + 'x' + device.screen_height : '--'}</div>
+            <div class="info-card-value small">${device.screen_width && device.screen_height
+              ? device.screen_width + 'x' + device.screen_height +
+                // #134: show the UI render surface alongside the HDMI output when they differ
+                // (TV boxes that render at 720p and upscale to a 1080p signal).
+                (device.render_width && device.render_height &&
+                 (device.render_width !== device.screen_width || device.render_height !== device.screen_height)
+                  ? ` (UI ${device.render_width}x${device.render_height})` : '')
+              : '--'}</div>
           </div>
           <div class="info-card">
             <div class="info-card-label">${t('device.clock.label')}</div>

server/db/database.js

@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ const migrations = [
   // #106: cosmetic per-workspace display ordering for the Displays view (drag-to-
   // reorder). Default 0 -> existing devices fall back to the created_at tiebreak.
   "ALTER TABLE devices ADD COLUMN sort_order INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+  // #134: distinguish the HDMI/panel OUTPUT resolution (screen_width/height, from
+  // Display.Mode) from the UI RENDER SURFACE (render_width/height, from getRealMetrics).
+  // TV boxes/sticks often render the UI at 1280x720 and scale it up to a 1080p/4K HDMI
+  // signal, so the two differ — surfacing both explains "reports 720 but monitor sees 1080".
+  "ALTER TABLE devices ADD COLUMN render_width INTEGER",
+  "ALTER TABLE devices ADD COLUMN render_height INTEGER",
 ];
 // Apply each ALTER idempotently. A "duplicate column name" / "already exists"
 // error means the column is already present (expected on a migrated DB) - benign.

server/routes/devices.js

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ router.get('/unassigned', (req, res) => {
   }
   const devices = db.prepare(`
     SELECT id, pairing_code, status, ip_address, android_version, app_version,
-      screen_width, screen_height, created_at, last_heartbeat
+      screen_width, screen_height, render_width, render_height, created_at, last_heartbeat
     FROM devices WHERE user_id IS NULL
     ORDER BY created_at DESC
   `).all();

server/ws/deviceSocket.js

@@ -338,6 +338,14 @@ module.exports = function setupDeviceSocket(io) {
         // Reconnecting known device — require valid token
         const device = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM devices WHERE id = ?').get(device_id);
         if (device) {
+          // A re-register on the SAME socket is a playlist REFRESH, not a reconnect: the
+          // player re-emits device:register every ~45-60s (requestPlaylistRefresh) to pull a
+          // fresh playlist, and the socket never dropped. currentDeviceId is still null on a
+          // genuinely new socket and already === device_id on a same-socket refresh. Tracking
+          // this stops a healthy device (~2000 re-registers/day) from spamming "Device
+          // reconnected" and reading as connection instability (#134 — there were 1415
+          // "reconnected" logs against only ~30 real socket connects and 0 heartbeat timeouts).
+          const isPlaylistRefresh = currentDeviceId === device_id;
           // Validate device token (skip for legacy devices that don't have a token yet)
           if (device.device_token && !validateDeviceToken(device_id, device_token)) {
             console.warn(`Invalid device token for ${device_id} from ${getClientIp(socket)} — received_len=${(device_token || '').length}, stored_len=${device.device_token.length}, received_prefix=${(device_token || '').substring(0, 8)}, stored_prefix=${device.device_token.substring(0, 8)}`);
@@ -364,8 +372,8 @@ module.exports = function setupDeviceSocket(io) {
           }
 
           if (device_info) {
-            db.prepare('UPDATE devices SET android_version = ?, app_version = ?, screen_width = ?, screen_height = ? WHERE id = ?')
+            db.prepare('UPDATE devices SET android_version = ?, app_version = ?, screen_width = ?, screen_height = ?, render_width = ?, render_height = ? WHERE id = ?')
-              .run(device_info.android_version, device_info.app_version, device_info.screen_width, device_info.screen_height, device_id);
+              .run(device_info.android_version, device_info.app_version, device_info.screen_width, device_info.screen_height, device_info.render_width ?? null, device_info.render_height ?? null, device_id);
           }
 
           heartbeat.registerConnection(device_id, socket.id);
@@ -418,7 +426,9 @@ module.exports = function setupDeviceSocket(io) {
           }
 
           emitToDeviceWorkspace(dashboardNs, device_id, 'dashboard:device-status', { device_id, status: 'online' });
-          console.log(`Device reconnected: ${device_id}`);
+          // Only log a genuine reconnect (new socket). Same-socket periodic refreshes stay
+          // quiet so the log reflects real connection events, not the 45s refresh cadence.
+          if (!isPlaylistRefresh) console.log(`Device reconnected: ${device_id}`);
           return;
         }
 
@@ -436,14 +446,16 @@ module.exports = function setupDeviceSocket(io) {
         authenticated = true;
 
         db.prepare(`
-          INSERT INTO devices (id, pairing_code, device_token, status, ip_address, android_version, app_version, screen_width, screen_height, last_heartbeat)
+          INSERT INTO devices (id, pairing_code, device_token, status, ip_address, android_version, app_version, screen_width, screen_height, render_width, render_height, last_heartbeat)
-          VALUES (?, ?, ?, 'provisioning', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, strftime('%s','now'))
+          VALUES (?, ?, ?, 'provisioning', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, strftime('%s','now'))
         `).run(
           id, pairing_code, newToken, getClientIp(socket),
           device_info?.android_version || null,
           device_info?.app_version || null,
           device_info?.screen_width || null,
-          device_info?.screen_height || null
+          device_info?.screen_height || null,
+          device_info?.render_width || null,
+          device_info?.render_height || null
         );
 
         heartbeat.registerConnection(id, socket.id);