From ee381414a931ed9d7562410e08c9de5cdc7b94e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Artur Borecki <me@pufereq.pl>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 18:55:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore(backend_server.py): remove redundant HELLO msg handling

---
 src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py | 42 ----------------------
 1 file changed, 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py b/src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py
index 4bdee84..f4ab627 100644
--- a/src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py
+++ b/src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py
@@ -253,48 +253,6 @@ class BackendServer:
                     self._disconnect(client)
                     return
 
-                if client.id is None:
-                    # expect HELLO message
-                    try:
-                        msg = Message.from_bytes(client.inbound)
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        self.logger.error(
-                            f"Failed to parse HELLO message from {client}: {e}"
-                        )
-                        self._disconnect(client)
-                        return
-
-                    if (
-                        msg.category == Category.CONTROL
-                        and msg.action == ControlAction.HELLO
-                        and msg.payload.get("id") is not None
-                    ):
-                        client.id = msg.payload["id"]
-                        if (
-                            client.id in self.clients
-                            and self.clients[client.id].status == "connected"
-                        ):
-                            old_client: Client = self.clients[client.id]
-                            self.logger.warning(
-                                f"Client {client.id} is already connected from {old_client.addr}, disconnecting old client..."
-                            )
-                            self.send_close(old_client)
-
-                        self.clients[client.id] = client
-                        self.known_clients[client.id] = {
-                            "last_seen": client.last_seen
-                        }
-                        self._save_known_clients()
-                        client.status = ClientStatus.ONLINE
-
-                        self.logger.info(f"[+] Registered new client {client}")
-                    else:
-                        self.logger.error(
-                            f"Expected HELLO message from {client}, got {msg}"
-                        )
-                        self._disconnect(client)
-                        return
-
                 while b"\n" in client.inbound:
                     line, client.inbound = client.inbound.split(b"\n", 1)
                     self.logger.debug(