fix: enhance network sniffer with status endpoint and improve thread management

backend/src/network_sniffer.py

@@ -4,18 +4,22 @@ import asyncpg
 import threading
 import logging
 import os
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Dict
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 logger = logging.getLogger("sniffer")
 
 DB_DSN = "postgresql://mitm_user:mitm_password@localhost:5432/mitm_db"
 
-sniffer_threads = {}
+# Active sniffer threads and stop flags
+sniffer_threads: Dict[str, threading.Thread] = {}
+thread_stop_flags: Dict[str, threading.Event] = {}
+
+# Cache for bridge → ports
 bridge_ports_cache = {}
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  ASYNC LOOP FOR DATABASE INSERTS
+# ASYNC LOOP FOR DB INSERTS
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 async_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
 
@@ -27,19 +31,15 @@ threading.Thread(target=start_async_loop, args=(async_loop,), daemon=True).start
 
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  BRIDGE PORT DETECTION
+#  BRIDGE PORT HANDLING
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_bridge_ports(bridge: str) -> List[str]:
-    """
-    Return all interfaces that belong to this Linux bridge.
-    Cached for performance.
-    """
     if bridge in bridge_ports_cache:
         return bridge_ports_cache[bridge]
 
     base = f"/sys/class/net/{bridge}/brif/"
     if not os.path.isdir(base):
-        logger.error(f"Bridge {bridge} does not exist or brif folder missing")
+        logger.error(f"Bridge {bridge} does not exist")
         return []
 
     ports = os.listdir(base)
@@ -49,15 +49,9 @@ def get_bridge_ports(bridge: str) -> List[str]:
 
 
 def determine_direction(pkt_iface: str, bridge: str):
-    """
-    Determine ingress + egress:
-    - ingress  = interface where packet was received
-    - egress   = other bridge ports (the packet will be forwarded to)
-    """
     ports = get_bridge_ports(bridge)
     ingress = pkt_iface
     egress = [p for p in ports if p != pkt_iface]
-
     return ingress, egress
 
 
@@ -67,6 +61,7 @@ def determine_direction(pkt_iface: str, bridge: str):
 async def db_insert_packet(pkt_info: dict):
     try:
         conn = await asyncpg.connect(DB_DSN)
+
         await conn.execute("""
             INSERT INTO packets(
                 iface,
@@ -80,10 +75,11 @@ async def db_insert_packet(pkt_info: dict):
                 length,
                 ebpf_verdict,
                 raw
-            ) VALUES($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11)
+            )
+            VALUES($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11)
         """,
-        pkt_info["ingress"],        # interface where packet arrived
-        "unknown",                  # direction (can update later)
+        pkt_info["ingress"],
+        "unknown",
         pkt_info["src_mac"],
         pkt_info["dst_mac"],
         pkt_info["eth_type"],
@@ -91,15 +87,12 @@ async def db_insert_packet(pkt_info: dict):
         pkt_info["dst_ip"],
         pkt_info["protocol"],
         pkt_info["length"],
-        str(pkt_info.get("egress")), # optional egress info as text
+        str(pkt_info["egress"]),
         pkt_info["raw"]
         )
 
-        logger.info(f"DB insert OK: ingress={pkt_info['ingress']} src={pkt_info['src_ip']} dst={pkt_info['dst_ip']}")
-
     except Exception as e:
         logger.exception(f"DB insert failed: {e}")
-
     finally:
         if 'conn' in locals():
             await conn.close()
@@ -110,9 +103,7 @@ async def db_insert_packet(pkt_info: dict):
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 def handle_packet(pkt, bridge: str):
     pkt_iface = getattr(pkt, "sniffed_on", None)
-
     if not pkt_iface:
-        logger.warning("Packet missing sniffed_on metadata")
         return
 
     ingress, egress = determine_direction(pkt_iface, bridge)
@@ -139,25 +130,65 @@ def handle_packet(pkt, bridge: str):
 def start_sniffer_thread(bridge: str):
     ports = get_bridge_ports(bridge)
 
-    def sniff_blocking(iface):
-        logger.info(f"Starting sniff on {iface}")
-        sniff(iface=iface, prn=lambda x: handle_packet(x, bridge), store=False)
-
     for iface in ports:
-        if iface not in sniffer_threads:
-            thread = threading.Thread(target=sniff_blocking, args=(iface,), daemon=True)
-            thread.start()
-            sniffer_threads[iface] = thread
+        if iface in sniffer_threads:
+            continue
+
+        stop_event = threading.Event()
+        thread_stop_flags[iface] = stop_event
+
+        def sniff_blocking(ifname=iface):
+            logger.info(f"Sniffer STARTED on {ifname}")
+
+            sniff(
+                iface=ifname,
+                prn=lambda pkt: handle_packet(pkt, bridge),
+                store=False,
+                stop_filter=lambda _: stop_event.is_set(),
+                timeout=1  # ensure periodic stop checks
+            )
+
+            logger.info(f"Sniffer STOPPED on {ifname}")
+
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=sniff_blocking, daemon=True)
+        sniffer_threads[iface] = thread
+        thread.start()
 
     return sniffer_threads
 
 
 async def start_sniffing(bridge: str):
-    get_bridge_ports(bridge)
     start_sniffer_thread(bridge)
+    return True
 
 
 async def stop_sniffing():
-    # Scapy can't stop sniff(), so we drop the thread references
+    logger.info("Stopping all sniffers…")
+
+    for iface, stop_event in thread_stop_flags.items():
+        stop_event.set()
+
+    for iface, thread in sniffer_threads.items():
+        thread.join(timeout=2)
+
     sniffer_threads.clear()
+    thread_stop_flags.clear()
+
+    logger.info("All sniffers stopped.")
     return True
+
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  STATUS HELPER (for API endpoint)
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------
+def get_sniffer_status():
+    """
+    Return a dict of interface → running/stopped status.
+    Useful for an API /status endpoint.
+    """
+    status = {}
+
+    for iface, t in sniffer_threads.items():
+        status[iface] = "running" if t.is_alive() else "stopped"
+
+    return status

backend/src/routes_sniffer.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter
 from typing import List
-from src.network_sniffer import start_sniffing, stop_sniffing
+from src.network_sniffer import get_sniffer_status, start_sniffing, stop_sniffing
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ async def start_sniffer(bridge: str):
 async def stop_sniffer_api():
     await stop_sniffing()
     return {"status": "stopped"}
+
+@router.get("/status")
+async def status():
+    return get_sniffer_status()