fix: current speed stuck at 0 B/s (unstable spring animation) - #30
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animate.Spring multiplied velocity by 1 - damping*dt. At the UI tick interval (130ms) this evaluates to 1 - 12*0.13 = -0.56, a negative damping factor that flips the velocity sign and grows its magnitude every tick. The animated throughput value collapsed to deep negative values, which FormatBpsExt clamps to zero — so the current download/ upload readout stayed at 0 B/s while the sparkline and peak (which read raw history samples) showed real traffic. Damping now uses exp(-damping*dt), which stays positive for any step size, keeping the spring stable and convergent. Adds a regression test at the UI tick interval. Bump VERSION to 0.2.2. Closes #29
Reviewer's GuideStabilizes the UI spring animation used for live speed readouts by switching to exponential damping and adds a regression test, plus a patch-level version bump and changelog entry for 0.2.2. Sequence diagram for stabilized live speed spring animationsequenceDiagram
actor User
participant UI
participant Spring
participant FormatBpsExt
User->>UI: triggerTick
UI->>Spring: Spring(current, target, velocityPtr, dt)
Spring->>Spring: update velocity with stiffness
Spring->>Spring: apply exp(-damping*dt) damping
Spring-->>UI: return newCurrent
UI->>FormatBpsExt: FormatBpsExt(newCurrent)
FormatBpsExt-->>UI: formattedSpeed
UI-->>User: display formattedSpeed
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change replaces linear spring damping with exponential damping based on ChangesSpring stability and release
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change fixes the live speed display by stabilizing spring damping. Merge readiness is low risk, with minor follow-up needed to make the regression test reject non-finite results and narrow the changelog’s stability claim to the supported UI interval. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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TestSpringStableAtUITickInterval, consider replacing the hard-coded0.13with a named constant (or referencing the UI tick interval source) so the test stays aligned if the tick rate changes in the future. - Now that
Springusesmath.Exp(-damping * dt), it may be worth adding a short comment near the function explaining the expected range ofdtanddamping(e.g., to avoid extreme under/overflow) so future changes don’t accidentally push it into pathological regimes.
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- In `TestSpringStableAtUITickInterval`, consider replacing the hard-coded `0.13` with a named constant (or referencing the UI tick interval source) so the test stays aligned if the tick rate changes in the future.
- Now that `Spring` uses `math.Exp(-damping * dt)`, it may be worth adding a short comment near the function explaining the expected range of `dt` and `damping` (e.g., to avoid extreme under/overflow) so future changes don’t accidentally push it into pathological regimes.Help me be more useful! Please click 👍 or 👎 on each comment and I'll use the feedback to improve your reviews.
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In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Line 4: Update the changelog entry’s stability claim to state that exponential
damping keeps the spring stable and convergent at the tested 130 ms UI interval,
rather than at any step size. Also correct “evaluated” to “evaluates.”
In `@internal/animate/ease_test.go`:
- Around line 57-67: Update the Spring convergence test loop after each Spring
call to explicitly fail when val is NaN or infinite, before the minVal and
convergence checks; retain the existing oscillation and convergence assertions
for finite values.
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| - Current download/upload speed always displaying `0 B/s` — the spring animation in `animate.Spring` was numerically unstable at the UI tick interval (130ms), since `1 - damping*dt` evaluated to a negative damping factor. Velocity flipped sign and grew every tick, driving the animated value deeply negative, where `FormatBpsExt` clamped it to `0 B/s`. Damping now uses an exponential factor (`exp(-damping*dt)`), keeping the spring stable and convergent at any step size. The sparkline and peak values were unaffected because they read raw history samples directly. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Limit and correct the stability claim.
Exponential damping keeps the damping multiplier positive, but Spring still performs explicit force integration without a dt bound or substepping. This change does not establish convergence at every possible step size. Limit the claim to the tested 130 ms UI interval unless a timestep contract is added. Also change evaluated to evaluates.
Proposed changelog fix
-- Current download/upload speed always displaying `0 B/s` — the spring animation in `animate.Spring` was numerically unstable at the UI tick interval (130ms), since `1 - damping*dt` evaluated to a negative damping factor. Velocity flipped sign and grew every tick, driving the animated value deeply negative, where `FormatBpsExt` clamped it to `0 B/s`. Damping now uses an exponential factor (`exp(-damping*dt)`), keeping the spring stable and convergent at any step size. The sparkline and peak values were unaffected because they read raw history samples directly.
+- Current download/upload speed always displaying `0 B/s` — the spring animation in `animate.Spring` was numerically unstable at the UI tick interval (130ms), since `1 - damping*dt` evaluates to a negative damping factor. Velocity flipped sign and grew every tick, driving the animated value deeply negative, where `FormatBpsExt` clamped it to `0 B/s`. Damping now uses an exponential factor (`exp(-damping*dt)`), keeping the spring stable at the UI tick interval. The sparkline and peak values were unaffected because they read raw history samples directly.📝 Committable suggestion
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| - Current download/upload speed always displaying `0 B/s` — the spring animation in `animate.Spring` was numerically unstable at the UI tick interval (130ms), since `1 - damping*dt` evaluated to a negative damping factor. Velocity flipped sign and grew every tick, driving the animated value deeply negative, where `FormatBpsExt` clamped it to `0 B/s`. Damping now uses an exponential factor (`exp(-damping*dt)`), keeping the spring stable and convergent at any step size. The sparkline and peak values were unaffected because they read raw history samples directly. | |
| - Current download/upload speed always displaying `0 B/s` — the spring animation in `animate.Spring` was numerically unstable at the UI tick interval (130ms), since `1 - damping*dt` evaluates to a negative damping factor. Velocity flipped sign and grew every tick, driving the animated value deeply negative, where `FormatBpsExt` clamped it to `0 B/s`. Damping now uses an exponential factor (`exp(-damping*dt)`), keeping the spring stable at the UI tick interval. The sparkline and peak values were unaffected because they read raw history samples directly. |
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In `@CHANGELOG.md` at line 4, Update the changelog entry’s stability claim to
state that exponential damping keeps the spring stable and convergent at the
tested 130 ms UI interval, rather than at any step size. Also correct
“evaluated” to “evaluates.”
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| for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ { | ||
| val = Spring(val, target, &vel, 0.13) | ||
| if val < minVal { | ||
| minVal = val | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
| if math.Abs(val-target) > target*0.01 { | ||
| t.Errorf("Spring did not converge at dt=0.13: %f (want ~%f)", val, target) | ||
| } | ||
| if minVal < 0 { | ||
| t.Errorf("Spring oscillated negative at dt=0.13 (min %f) — value would render as 0 B/s", minVal) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Reject non-finite values explicitly.
If Spring returns NaN, both math.Abs(val-target) > ... and val < minVal are false. The regression test can then pass incorrectly. Check for NaN and infinity immediately after each spring update.
Proposed test fix
for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
val = Spring(val, target, &vel, 0.13)
+ if math.IsNaN(val) || math.IsInf(val, 0) {
+ t.Fatalf("Spring returned a non-finite value at tick %d: %f", i, val)
+ }
if val < minVal {
minVal = val
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| for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ { | |
| val = Spring(val, target, &vel, 0.13) | |
| if val < minVal { | |
| minVal = val | |
| } | |
| } | |
| if math.Abs(val-target) > target*0.01 { | |
| t.Errorf("Spring did not converge at dt=0.13: %f (want ~%f)", val, target) | |
| } | |
| if minVal < 0 { | |
| t.Errorf("Spring oscillated negative at dt=0.13 (min %f) — value would render as 0 B/s", minVal) | |
| for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ { | |
| val = Spring(val, target, &vel, 0.13) | |
| if math.IsNaN(val) || math.IsInf(val, 0) { | |
| t.Fatalf("Spring returned a non-finite value at tick %d: %f", i, val) | |
| } | |
| if val < minVal { | |
| minVal = val | |
| } | |
| } | |
| if math.Abs(val-target) > target*0.01 { | |
| t.Errorf("Spring did not converge at dt=0.13: %f (want ~%f)", val, target) | |
| } | |
| if minVal < 0 { | |
| t.Errorf("Spring oscillated negative at dt=0.13 (min %f) — value would render as 0 B/s", minVal) |
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In `@internal/animate/ease_test.go` around lines 57 - 67, Update the Spring
convergence test loop after each Spring call to explicitly fail when val is NaN
or infinite, before the minVal and convergence checks; retain the existing
oscillation and convergence assertions for finite values.
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What
Fixes #29 — the live download/upload speed readout in hero/compact/mini views was stuck at
0 B/swhile the sparkline and peak values showed real traffic.Root cause
animate.Springdamped velocity with1 - damping*dt. The UI tick interval is 130ms, so withdamping = 12this evaluates to1 - 12*0.13 = -0.56— a negative damping factor. Every tick the velocity flipped sign and grew in magnitude, driving the animated value (animDown/animUp) to deep negative numbers.FormatBpsExtclamps negatives to zero, so the display stuck at0 B/s— confirmed by simulation. The sparkline and peak were unaffected because they read raw history samples, exactly matching the issue report.Fix
Use an exponential damping factor
exp(-damping*dt), which stays positive for any step size. Spring remains underdamped (nice overshoot) but provably stable and convergent at 130ms ticks.Also bumped VERSION to 0.2.2 (VERSION file,
main.goversion string, CHANGELOG entry).Verification
make checkpasses (fmt, vet, golangci-lint 0 issues, tests except a pre-existing env-dependentTestLoadMissingfailure that also fails on clean main)TestSpringStableAtUITickInterval: simulates 1000 ticks at dt=0.13 toward a 33 MB/s target — old code diverged to ~-10¹⁸, new code converges to target with no negative valuesCloses #29
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Stabilize rate animations so live transfer speeds render correctly instead of remaining at 0 B/s.
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