drb-c2-core/app/routers/discord_web.py

@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ async def start_node_stream(node_id: str, body: NodeStreamStart, decoded: dict =
 
 
 class NodeStreamStop(BaseModel):
-    stream_id: Optional[str] = None
+    # guild:channel snowflakes (leases.stream_id_for). Validated so a malformed
+    # id (e.g. one with "/") is a 422, not a Firestore path error / 500.
+    stream_id: Optional[str] = Field(None, pattern=r"^[0-9]{1,25}:[0-9]{1,25}$")
 
 
 @router.post("/nodes/{node_id}/streams/stop")

drb-c2-core/tests/test_discord_web_picker.py

@@ -205,3 +205,13 @@ def test_legacy_raw_id_join_refuses_other_orgs_server(fs):
     with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as e:
         run(nodes_router.send_command("n1", cmd, ADMIN))
     assert e.value.status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_stop_rejects_malformed_stream_id():
+    # "a/b" would otherwise reach Firestore as a document path and 500.
+    from pydantic import ValidationError
+    for bad in ("100/1001", "../x", "100:1001/extra", ""):
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            web.NodeStreamStop(stream_id=bad)
+    assert web.NodeStreamStop(stream_id="100:1001").stream_id == "100:1001"
+    assert web.NodeStreamStop().stream_id is None

drb-frontend/components/NodeDiscordRadio.tsx

@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ function DiscordPicker({
             </fieldset>
           )}
 
+          {!options.system_id && (
+            <p className="text-xs text-sev-moderate">
+              This node is not listening to a system yet. Assign it one before adding a radio channel.
+            </p>
+          )}
           {atNodeCap && !channelOnHere && (
             <p className="text-xs text-sev-moderate">
               This node already carries {options.limits.node_used} of {options.limits.node_max} radio channels. Stop one
@@ -439,7 +444,7 @@ export function NodeDiscordRadio({ nodeId }: { nodeId: string }) {
       {actionError && <p role="alert" className="px-4 py-2 text-xs text-sev-major border-t border-line">{actionError}</p>}
       {options && !options.node_online && streams.length > 0 && (
         <p className="px-4 py-2 text-xs text-ink-muted bg-raised border-t border-line">
-          This node is offline — its channels resume when it reconnects. If it stays down, persistent ones move to another node on the same system.
+          This node is offline — its channels resume if it reconnects shortly. If it stays down, ad-hoc ones stop and persistent ones move to another node on the same system.
         </p>
       )}