From 7c90c2e93c9ee63c7aceca980a4d0fe20a3a9e8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jokob-sk <jokob.sk@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 22:12:30 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] BE: spinner + timestamp work #1251

Signed-off-by: jokob-sk <jokob.sk@gmail.com>
---
 server/app_state.py            |  4 ++--
 server/scan/device_handling.py | 14 ++++++++------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/app_state.py b/server/app_state.py
index 463c87b9..e257d09b 100755
--- a/server/app_state.py
+++ b/server/app_state.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class app_state_class:
     def __init__(self, currentState=None, 
                        settingsSaved=None, 
                        settingsImported=None, 
-                       showSpinner=False, 
+                       showSpinner=None, 
                        graphQLServerStarted=0, 
                        processScan=False,
                        pluginsStates=None):
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class app_state_class:
 def updateState(newState = None, 
                 settingsSaved = None, 
                 settingsImported = None, 
-                showSpinner = False, 
+                showSpinner = None, 
                 graphQLServerStarted = None, 
                 processScan = None, 
                 pluginsStates=None):
diff --git a/server/scan/device_handling.py b/server/scan/device_handling.py
index f908661c..67dc9915 100755
--- a/server/scan/device_handling.py
+++ b/server/scan/device_handling.py
@@ -532,12 +532,14 @@ def update_devices_names(pm):
     last_checked_str = pm.name_plugins_checked
     last_checked_dt = parser.parse(last_checked_str) if isinstance(last_checked_str, str) else last_checked_str
 
-    # Find the most recent plugin update time among name-related plugins
-    state_times = [
-        pm.plugin_states.get(p, {}).get("stateUpdated")
-        for p in name_plugins
-        if pm.plugin_states.get(p)
-    ]
+    # Collect valid state update timestamps for name-related plugins
+    state_times = []
+    for p in name_plugins:
+        state_updated = pm.plugin_states.get(p, {}).get("stateUpdated")
+        if state_updated and state_updated.strip():  # skip empty or None
+            state_times.append(state_updated)
+
+    # Determine the latest valid stateUpdated timestamp
     latest_state_str = max(state_times, default=None)
     latest_state_dt = parser.parse(latest_state_str) if latest_state_str else None