Background
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PR #285 set up the seed -> cache -> GDELT model for the carrier tracker
to address audit issues #244/#245/#246. The GDELT half of that pipeline
hits api.gdeltproject.org's doc API for headline-region keyword
matching -- low precision (false centroid positions per #245) AND
unreliable (the host times out from some networks, including Docker
Desktop on Windows).
USNI publishes a weekly Fleet & Marine Tracker with explicit prose like:
"The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is operating in the Red Sea"
"Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) is in port in
Yokosuka, Japan"
That is a strictly better source for U.S. Navy carrier positions:
authoritative, deterministically parseable, weekly cadence.
What this PR does
=================
New module: backend/services/fetchers/usni_fleet_tracker.py
- Pulls USNI's WordPress RSS feeds (site-wide + category, unioned).
- Picks the most recent fleet-tracker post by parsed pubDate.
- For each carrier in the registry, scans the article body for
"is operating in / is in port in / returned to / transiting" near
the carrier's name, hull code, or "<name> Carrier Strike Group"
variant. Captures the region/port phrase that follows.
- Maps the region phrase to coordinates via the existing
REGION_COORDS table, with a USNI-phrase alias table for the
specific wording USNI uses ("Yokosuka, Japan", "Norfolk, Va.",
"Naval Station San Diego", "5th Fleet AOR", etc.).
- Returns {hull: position_entry} with position_confidence="recent"
and position_source_at = the article's actual publication
timestamp (not now()).
Politeness
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Uses outbound_user_agent("usni-fleet-tracker") so USNI sees a
per-install Shadowbroker identifier (Round 7a / PR #292). The
article body pages return 403 to non-browser UAs; the WordPress RSS
feed serves the full <content:encoded> body and is the supported
aggregator path. No browser UA spoofing.
carrier_tracker.update_carrier_positions() now runs three phases:
1. Bootstrap from cache (or seed on first run).
2. USNI fleet tracker -- PRIMARY high-confidence source.
3. GDELT -- SECONDARY backfill; can NOT demote a "recent" USNI
position to an "approximate" GDELT headline match.
Verified live: 6 of 11 carriers picked up real May 18, 2026 positions
on first refresh (Eisenhower, Ford, Bush, Roosevelt, Lincoln,
Washington). The other 5 weren't mentioned in this week's article
(they're in port at homeports with no deployment changes) and kept
their cache entries -- which is the correct seed/cache contract from
PR #285.
Other small fixes bundled in
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docker-compose.yml: add the 6 third-party-fetcher opt-in env vars
(PREDICTION_MARKETS_ENABLED, FINANCIAL_ENABLED, FIMI_ENABLED,
NUFORC_ENABLED, NEWS_ENABLED, CROWDTHREAT_ENABLED). They were
documented in .env.example but never wired through compose, so setting
them in .env had no effect.
frontend/src/components/TopRightControls.tsx: fix 6 broken i18n keys
that were showing as raw "terminal.term1" / "terminal.cleanupDetail" /
"node.soloReady" placeholders in the INFONET TERMINAL modal. The
translation files have these strings under different key names; the
component now calls the right ones. Full-file sweep confirmed every
other t('...') key in the whole frontend resolves cleanly.
Introduce a lightweight i18n system with auto-detection of browser
language and localStorage persistence. Add complete Chinese translations
for all major UI sections: navigation, controls, update dialogs, node
activation, terminal launcher, data layers, settings, filters, and more.
Technical terms (Wormhole, Infonet, Mesh, Shodan, SAR, etc.) are
intentionally kept in English. Falls back to English when Chinese
translation is not found.
Co-authored-by: wangsudong <wangsudong@kylinos.cn>
Add Tor/onion runtime wiring and faster Infonet node status refresh.
Keep node bootstrap state clearer across Docker and local runtimes.
Use selected aircraft trail history for cumulative tracked-aircraft emissions.
- Derive gate envelope AES key from gate ID via HKDF so all nodes
sharing a gate can decrypt each other's messages (was node-local)
- Preserve gate_envelope/reply_to in chain payload normalization
- Bump Wormhole modal text from 9-10px to 12-13px
- Add aircraft icon zoom interpolation (0.8→2.0 across zoom 5-12)
- Reduce Mesh Chat panel text sizes for tighter layout
The self-updater extracted files inside the container but Docker restarts
from the original image, discarding all changes. Now detects Docker via
/.dockerenv and returns pull commands for the user to run on their host.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Gate messages now propagate via the Infonet hashchain as encrypted blobs — every node syncs them
through normal chain sync while only Gate members with MLS keys can decrypt. Added mesh reputation
system, peer push workers, voluntary Wormhole opt-in for node participation, fork recovery,
killwormhole scripts, obfuscated terminology, and hardened the self-updater to protect encryption
keys and chain state during updates.
New features: Shodan search, train tracking, Sentinel Hub imagery, 8 new intelligence layers,
CCTV expansion to 11,000+ cameras across 6 countries, Mesh Terminal CLI, prediction markets,
desktop-shell scaffold, and comprehensive mesh test suite (215 frontend + backend tests passing).
Community contributors: @wa1id, @AlborzNazari, @adust09, @Xpirix, @imqdcr, @csysp, @suranyami,
@chr0n1x, @johan-martensson, @singularfailure, @smithbh, @OrfeoTerkuci, @deuza, @tm-const,
@Elhard1, @ttulttul
Auto-update POST goes through Next.js proxy which dies when extracted
files trigger hot-reload. Network drops now transition to restart polling
instead of showing failure. Also adds admin key header and FastAPI error
field fallback. Gitignore updated to protect internal docs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Former-commit-id: 03162f8a4b7ad8a0f2983f81361df7dba42a8689
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