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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions lib/src/oura.dart
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Expand Up @@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ const int kOuraEvtTemp = 0x46;
/// A single skin-temperature reading.
const int kOuraEvtTempPeriod = 0x69;

/// The RTC beacon, a wall-clock anchor the ring emits on its own. See
/// [decodeRtcBeacon].
const int kOuraEvtRtcBeacon = 0x85;

/// Firmware diagnostics. Subtype-multiplexed; see [decodeDebugData].
const int kOuraEvtDebugData = 0x61;

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return (v >= 1700000000 && v <= 4100000000) ? v : null;
}

/// Unix seconds from an `rtc_beacon` (`0x85`) body, or null when [e] is not
/// one or the value is not a date.
///
/// Layout: `u32` LE Unix seconds at offset 0, then reserved bytes and a `u16`
/// at offset 8 whose meaning is unknown. Bodies under 10 bytes are refused.
/// Same date window as [decodeTimeSync], so an unset RTC never becomes an
/// anchor.
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Expose the raw RTC beacon timestamp or document the date-window policy.

decodeRtcBeacon returns null for values outside 1700000000–4100000000. This prevents callers from receiving valid raw u32 beacon seconds and makes those values indistinguishable from malformed beacons. If the beacon contract exposes the raw value, remove the window and update the unset-RTC test. Otherwise, update the PR description to document the deliberate policy.

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-/// Unix seconds from an `rtc_beacon` (`0x85`) body, or null when [e] is not
-/// one or the value is not a date.
+/// Unix seconds from an `rtc_beacon` (`0x85`) body, or null when [e] is not
+/// one. The caller decides whether the value is a plausible date.
 ///
 /// Layout: `u32` LE Unix seconds at offset 0, then reserved bytes and a `u16`
 /// at offset 8 whose meaning is unknown. Bodies under 10 bytes are refused.
-/// Same date window as [decodeTimeSync], so an unset RTC never becomes an
-/// anchor.
 int? decodeRtcBeacon(OuraEvent e) {
   if (e.tag != kOuraEvtRtcBeacon || e.body.length < 10) return null;
   final v = e.body
       .buffer
       .asByteData(e.body.offsetInBytes)
       .getUint32(0, Endian.little);
-  return (v >= 1700000000 && v <= 4100000000) ? v : null;
+  return v;
 }
-      expect(decodeRtcBeacon(unset), isNull);
+      expect(decodeRtcBeacon(unset), 1);
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Review comment at @lib/src/oura.dart around lines 134 - 140:
Update decodeRtcBeacon to return the decoded u32 timestamp for valid beacon
bodies without applying the date window, and revise its documentation to state
that callers decide whether the value is a plausible date. Update the unset-RTC
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int? decodeRtcBeacon(OuraEvent e) {
if (e.tag != kOuraEvtRtcBeacon || e.body.length < 10) return null;
final v = e.body.buffer
.asByteData(e.body.offsetInBytes)
.getUint32(0, Endian.little);
return (v >= 1700000000 && v <= 4100000000) ? v : null;
}

/// Skin temperature in degrees Celsius, one entry per probe.
///
/// The wire carries signed 16-bit little-endian CENTI-degrees. Anything outside
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Expand Up @@ -243,6 +243,23 @@ void main() {
parseOuraFrame(_hex('4208') + _hex('01000000') + _hex('00000000'))!)!;
expect(decodeTimeSync(unset), isNull);
});
test('an rtc beacon is a little-endian unix second', () {
final ok = parseOuraEvent(parseOuraFrame(
_hex('850e') + _hex('01000000') + _hex('4fd2376a00000000e803'))!)!;
expect(decodeRtcBeacon(ok), 1782043215);
// A body too short for the full layout is not a beacon.
final short = parseOuraEvent(parseOuraFrame(
_hex('8509') + _hex('01000000') + _hex('4fd2376a00000000'))!)!;
expect(decodeRtcBeacon(short), isNull);
// A different tag is not a beacon either.
final other = parseOuraEvent(parseOuraFrame(
_hex('420e') + _hex('01000000') + _hex('4fd2376a00000000e803'))!)!;
expect(decodeRtcBeacon(other), isNull);
// An unset RTC is not an anchor.
final unset = parseOuraEvent(parseOuraFrame(
_hex('850e') + _hex('01000000') + _hex('0100000000000000e803'))!)!;
expect(decodeRtcBeacon(unset), isNull);
});
});

group('outbound frames', () {
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