Allow Hardware reinstall before robot attachment

editor-server/server.py

@@ -6254,7 +6254,56 @@ def report(percent: int, message: str) -> None:
         hardware_ports if scope in {"all", "hardware"} else []
     )
     if scope == "hardware" and not selected_hardware_ports:
-        raise HTTPException(409, "This device has no attached Hardware services to update.")
+        operation = str(req.operation or "auto").strip().lower()
+        if operation not in {"auto", "update", "reinstall"}:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                400,
+                "Hardware package operation must be update or reinstall.",
+            )
+        report(10, "Reinstalling Robot Hardware before robot discovery")
+        installed = _install_device_host_hardware_payload(
+            host_id,
+            DiscoverHostRobotsReq(password=req.password),
+            progress=lambda value: report(
+                10 + int(int(value.get("progress") or 0) * 0.85),
+                str(value.get("message") or "Installing Robot Hardware"),
+            ),
+        )
+        hardware_commit = str(
+            (installed.get("install") or {}).get("hardware_commit") or ""
+        )
+        summary = (
+            "Robot Hardware package reinstalled. Use Find and attach robots "
+            "to configure the detected hardware provider."
+        )
+        report(100, summary)
+        return {
+            "ok": True,
+            "scope": "hardware",
+            "device": installed["device"],
+            "update": {
+                "ok": True,
+                "components": [{
+                    "kind": "hardware",
+                    "service_name": "blacknode-hardware-awaiting-device",
+                    "port": 0,
+                    "before": {"version": "unknown", "commit": ""},
+                    "after": {
+                        "version": "unknown",
+                        "commit": hardware_commit[:12],
+                    },
+                    "changed": True,
+                    "state": "configured",
+                    "source_mode": "snapshot",
+                }],
+            },
+            "runtime": {},
+            "robots": [],
+            "stopped_deployments": [],
+            "controlled_robots": [],
+            "warnings": [],
+            "summary": summary,
+        }
 
     stopped_deployments: list[str] = []
     controlled_robots: list[str] = []

tests/test_editor_devices.py

@@ -2494,6 +2494,67 @@ def test_robot_discovery_configures_connected_robots_when_no_services_exist(self
         self.assertNotIn(hardware_token, response.text)
         self.assertNotIn("ssh-password", response.text)
 
+    def test_hardware_reinstall_before_robot_attachment_uses_package_installer(self):
+        host = server._device_registry.pair_host(
+            name="Jetson",
+            runtime_url="http://192.168.1.171:8766",
+            runtime_token="runtime-pairing-token-1234567890",
+            manifest={
+                "service": "blacknode-runtime",
+                "protocol_version": 1,
+                "device_id": "ubuntu",
+            },
+            managed_runtime={
+                "ssh_host": "192.168.1.171",
+                "ssh_port": 22,
+                "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
+                "host_fingerprint": "SHA256:trusted-device-key",
+                "instance_id": "default",
+                "runtime_port": 8766,
+                "service_name": "blacknode-runtime.service",
+                "install_root": "~/Blacknode/devices/default",
+                "runtime_dir": "~/Blacknode/devices/default/runtime",
+                "packages_dir": "~/Blacknode/devices/default/runtime/packages",
+                "delivery_mode": "pc_assisted",
+                "stack_mode": "isolated",
+                "hardware_dir": "~/Blacknode/devices/default/hardware",
+            },
+        )
+        installed_device = server._device_registry.get_host_public(host["id"])
+        progress = []
+
+        with patch.object(
+            server,
+            "_install_device_host_hardware_payload",
+            return_value={
+                "ok": True,
+                "device": installed_device,
+                "install": {
+                    "hardware_dir": "~/Blacknode/devices/default/hardware",
+                    "hardware_commit": "a" * 40,
+                },
+            },
+        ) as install:
+            result = server._update_device_host_payload(
+                host["id"],
+                server.UpdateManagedDeviceReq(
+                    password="ssh-password",
+                    scope="hardware",
+                    operation="reinstall",
+                ),
+                progress.append,
+            )
+
+        install.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertTrue(result["ok"])
+        self.assertEqual(result["update"]["components"][0]["port"], 0)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            result["update"]["components"][0]["after"]["commit"],
+            "a" * 12,
+        )
+        self.assertIn("Find and attach robots", result["summary"])
+        self.assertEqual(progress[-1]["progress"], 100)
+
     def test_runtime_only_device_can_install_managed_hardware_package(self):
         managed = {
             "ssh_host": "192.168.1.87",