Guard ticket creation against duplicates using event's existing ticket_id

upsert_event now returns ticket_id (4th element) so callers can skip
ticket creation when one already exists. This prevents calling the ticket
API every poll cycle for ongoing issues while still retrying if the
previous creation attempt failed (ticket_id stays NULL until success).

Cluster events use (is_new or not ticket_id) so they too get retried
on failure rather than relying solely on is_new.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

app.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ _diag_rate: dict = {}
 
 
 def _purge_old_jobs_loop():
-    """Background thread: remove stale diag jobs and run daily event purge."""
+    """Background thread: remove stale diagnostic jobs and mark stuck ones done."""
     while True:
         time.sleep(120)
         cutoff = time.time() - 600

db.py

@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ def upsert_event(
     target_detail: str,
     description: str,
 ) -> tuple:
-    """Insert or update a network event. Returns (id, is_new, consecutive_failures)."""
+    """Insert or update a network event. Returns (id, is_new, consecutive_failures, ticket_id)."""
     detail = target_detail or ''
     with get_conn() as conn:
         with conn.cursor() as cur:
             cur.execute(
-                """SELECT id, consecutive_failures FROM network_events
+                """SELECT id, consecutive_failures, ticket_id FROM network_events
                    WHERE event_type=%s AND target_name=%s AND target_detail=%s
                    AND resolved_at IS NULL LIMIT 1""",
                 (event_type, target_name, detail),
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def upsert_event(
                        WHERE id=%s""",
                     (new_count, description, existing['id']),
                 )
-                return existing['id'], False, new_count
+                return existing['id'], False, new_count, existing.get('ticket_id')
             else:
                 cur.execute(
                     """INSERT INTO network_events
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def upsert_event(
                        VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)""",
                     (event_type, severity, source_type, target_name, detail, description),
                 )
-                return cur.lastrowid, True, 1
+                return cur.lastrowid, True, 1, None
 
 
 def resolve_event(event_type: str, target_name: str, target_detail: str = '') -> None:

monitor.py

@@ -728,12 +728,12 @@ class NetworkMonitor:
                             db.check_suppressed(suppressions, 'interface', host, iface) or
                             db.check_suppressed(suppressions, 'host', host)
                         )
-                        event_id, is_new, consec = db.upsert_event(
+                        event_id, is_new, consec, ticket_id = db.upsert_event(
                             'interface_down', 'critical', 'prometheus',
                             host, iface,
                             f'Interface {iface} on {host} went link-down ({_now_utc()})',
                         )
-                        if not sup and consec >= self.fail_thresh:
+                        if not sup and consec >= self.fail_thresh and not ticket_id:
                             self._ticket_interface(event_id, host, iface, consec)
 
             if host_has_regression:
@@ -744,13 +744,13 @@ class NetworkMonitor:
         # Cluster-wide check – only genuine regressions count
         if len(hosts_with_regression) >= self.cluster_thresh:
             sup = db.check_suppressed(suppressions, 'all', '')
-            event_id, is_new, consec = db.upsert_event(
+            event_id, is_new, consec, ticket_id = db.upsert_event(
                 'cluster_network_issue', 'critical', 'prometheus',
                 self.cluster_name, '',
                 f'{len(hosts_with_regression)} hosts reporting simultaneous interface failures: '
                 f'{", ".join(hosts_with_regression)}',
             )
-            if not sup and is_new:
+            if not sup and (is_new or not ticket_id):
                 title = (
                     f'[{self.cluster_name}][auto][production][issue][network][cluster-wide] '
                     f'Multiple hosts reporting interface failures'
@@ -804,12 +804,12 @@ class NetworkMonitor:
             name = d['name']
             if not d['connected']:
                 sup = db.check_suppressed(suppressions, 'unifi_device', name)
-                event_id, is_new, consec = db.upsert_event(
+                event_id, is_new, consec, ticket_id = db.upsert_event(
                     'unifi_device_offline', 'critical', 'unifi',
                     name, d.get('type', ''),
                     f'UniFi {name} ({d.get("ip","")}) offline ({_now_utc()})',
                 )
-                if not sup and consec >= self.fail_thresh:
+                if not sup and consec >= self.fail_thresh and not ticket_id:
                     self._ticket_unifi(event_id, d)
             else:
                 db.resolve_event('unifi_device_offline', name, d.get('type', ''))
@@ -837,19 +837,19 @@ class NetworkMonitor:
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Ping-only hosts (no node_exporter)
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    def _process_ping_hosts(self, suppressions: list) -> None:
+    def _process_ping_hosts(self, suppressions: list, ping_states: Dict[str, bool]) -> None:
         for h in self.cfg.get('monitor', {}).get('ping_hosts', []):
             name, ip = h['name'], h['ip']
-            reachable = self.pulse.ping(ip)
+            reachable = ping_states.get(name, False)
 
             if not reachable:
                 sup = db.check_suppressed(suppressions, 'host', name)
-                event_id, is_new, consec = db.upsert_event(
+                event_id, is_new, consec, ticket_id = db.upsert_event(
                     'host_unreachable', 'critical', 'ping',
                     name, ip,
                     f'Host {name} ({ip}) unreachable via ping ({_now_utc()})',
                 )
-                if not sup and consec >= self.fail_thresh:
+                if not sup and consec >= self.fail_thresh and not ticket_id:
                     self._ticket_unreachable(event_id, name, ip, consec)
             else:
                 db.resolve_event('host_unreachable', name, ip)
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ class NetworkMonitor:
     def _collect_snapshot(
         self, iface_states: Dict[str, Dict[str, bool]],
         unifi_devices: Optional[List[dict]] = None,
+        ping_states: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None,
     ) -> dict:
         # Accept pre-fetched devices; fall back to empty list if unavailable
         display_unifi = unifi_devices if unifi_devices is not None else []
@@ -910,7 +911,7 @@ class NetworkMonitor:
 
         for h in self.cfg.get('monitor', {}).get('ping_hosts', []):
             name, ip = h['name'], h['ip']
-            reachable = self.pulse.ping(ip, count=1, timeout=2)
+            reachable = (ping_states or {}).get(name, False)
             hosts[name] = {
                 'ip': ip,
                 'interfaces': {},
@@ -942,8 +943,14 @@ class NetworkMonitor:
                 # 2. Fetch UniFi devices once — used by both snapshot and alert processing
                 unifi_devices = self.unifi.get_devices()
 
-                # 3. Collect and store snapshot for dashboard
-                snapshot = self._collect_snapshot(iface_states, unifi_devices)
+                # 3a. Ping-only hosts once — shared by snapshot and alert processing
+                ping_states: Dict[str, bool] = {
+                    h['name']: self.pulse.ping(h['ip'])
+                    for h in self.cfg.get('monitor', {}).get('ping_hosts', [])
+                }
+
+                # 3b. Collect and store snapshot for dashboard
+                snapshot = self._collect_snapshot(iface_states, unifi_devices, ping_states)
                 db.set_state('network_snapshot', snapshot)
                 db.set_state('last_check', _now_utc())
 
@@ -959,7 +966,7 @@ class NetworkMonitor:
                 self._process_interfaces(iface_states, suppressions)
                 self._process_unifi(unifi_devices, suppressions)
 
-                self._process_ping_hosts(suppressions)
+                self._process_ping_hosts(suppressions, ping_states)
 
                 # Housekeeping: deactivate expired suppressions and purge old resolved events
                 db.cleanup_expired_suppressions()