[Weekly Progress Report GSoC 2026] Automatic Extraction of OpenWrt Firmware Image Metadata

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Mohammed Atif

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May 23, 2026, 9:06:39 AMMay 23
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Hello everyone, this thread will be used to track the progress of the GSoC 2026 project, [Automatic Extraction of OpenWrt Firmware Image Metadata](https://openwisp.io/docs/dev/developer/gsoc-ideas-2026.html#automatic-extraction-of-openwrt-firmware-image-metadata)

[May 18 - May 22] 

What have you worked on this week?

What are you going to work on next week?
  • Continue polishing #421, and the combined PR mentioned above for #412 & #413, and test them more
  • Start mapping out the UI and go over the email discussions again to note down the different safety workflows discussed from the perspective of the user

Is there any blocker?
  • No

Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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May 23, 2026, 9:15:57 AMMay 23
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Hello everyone, this thread will be used to track the progress of the GSoC 2026 project, Automatic Extraction of OpenWrt Firmware Image Metadata

[May 18 - May 22] 

What have you worked on this week?
  • Implemented the scope of #418 tested it and got the desired metadata extraction results
  • Replaced the subprocess call of the fwtool with the pure python implementation (also covered under #418 and its PR #421
  • Implemented the scope of #412 + #413  in a combined PR, wrote tests for this implementation
  • Manually tested the extraction pipeline in the UI after implementing the async extraction task

Mohammed Atif

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May 30, 2026, 10:55:52 AMMay 30
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[May 25 - May 29]


What have you worked on this week?
  • Worked on PR #421 to refine it even more,  added checksums for 2 real firmware images to enable integration tests
  • Cleaned up the duplicate tests present in #421
  • Added docs for decompression safety limit settings
What are you going to work on next week?
  • Start focusing on addressing the review comments on the combined PR #437 for issues #412 and #413 
  • Focus on manual testing the workflow now that we can test it in the UI on PR #437's branch
Is there any blocker?
  • No

Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Jun 6, 2026, 3:02:42 PMJun 6
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[June 1 - June 5] 


What have you worked on this week?
  • Worked on the human-readable label extraction from embedded DTB in firmware images for PR #421 
  • Reduced duplication in the core extraction logic
  • Cleaned up tests in PR #421

What are you going to work on next week?
  • Address the outstanding review comments on #421 and get it ready for final review
  • If #421 gets approved, move on to focusing on the review comments under PR #437

Is there any blocker?
  • No

Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Jun 13, 2026, 2:59:21 PMJun 13
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[June 8 - June 12]

What have you worked on this week?
  • Finalized PR #421, got it merged
  • Started working on PR #437, started addressing review comments

What are you going to work on next week?
  • Continue addressing the review comments on PR #437 and push the changes 
  • Continue the manual testing of the extraction workflow
Is there any blocker?
  • No

Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Jun 22, 2026, 4:00:01 AMJun 22
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[June 15 - June 19]

What have you worked on this week?
  • Addressed the outstanding review comments on PR #437
  • Implemented the bulk Re-extract metadata admin action, wrote tests as required and tested it manually

What're you going to work on next week?
  • Continue working on PR #437, polish the UI and start mapping out the safety workflows related to the extraction pipeline
  • Make PR #437 branch ready for manual testing, 

Is there any blocker?
  • No
Regards, 
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Jun 28, 2026, 2:32:55 PMJun 28
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[June 22 - June 26]


What have you worked on this week?
  • Worked on using colored badges for different extraction status
  • Removed compat_version from the UI as it was not that useful to the user
  • Made the 'Compatible' field more human-readable by displaying each compatible board identifier as an individual tag instead of a raw, comma-separated string 
  • Re-ordered the metadata field so that 'source' appears over 'Target' and 'Firmware Version'
  • Worked on the removal of the hardcoded firmware image map, removed 'Type' drop down from the firmware image inline
  • Made 'Failure reason' appear only on 'Failed' extractions to reduce noise

What're you going to work on next week?
  • Continue working on different areas of the UI (notification messages, auto-scroll functionality in the manual input page, etc)
  • Open an issue for auto-triggering metadata extraction for firmware images via data migration
  • Continue writing documentation for the changes made so far
  • Continue working on the items mentioned in the check list

Is there any blocker?
  • No

Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Jul 5, 2026, 2:01:59 PMJul 5
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[June 29 - July 03]

What have you worked on this week?
  • Improved the notifications as discussed by adding a hyper link for the extracted image which takes the user to the image detail page 
  • Documented the new automatic extraction of metadata pipeline and device pairing mechanism, updated the old documentation accordingly

What're you going to work on next week?
  • Address the remaining review comments on PR #437 
  • Continue working on the items mentioned in the check list and open new issues as per the check list (if required)

Is there any blocker?
  • No

Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Jul 12, 2026, 3:13:17 AMJul 12
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[July 06 - July 10] 


What have you worked on this week?
  • Addressed the pending review comments by mentor and code rabbit on PR #437
  • Documented the progress made so far for the blog

What're you going to work on next week?
  • Continue focusing on the items mentioned in the checklist
  • Make the Celery task more modular
  • Continue manual testing the workflow 

Is there any blocker? 
  • No 

Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Jul 20, 2026, 11:28:33 AMJul 20
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[July 13 - July 17]

What have you worked on this week?
  • Addressed the review comments on PR #437
  • Started working on the data migration to get the important metadata for pre-existing images, added back the hardware.py file, and the setting changes related to it

What're you going to work on this week?
  • Continue working on the migration file
  • Continue working on making the Celery task more modular
  • Make changes to docs related to deprecation of hardware.py and other settings wherever required
Is there any blocker?
  • No
Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Jul 24, 2026, 5:12:25 PMJul 24
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[July 20 - July 24]


What have you worked on this week?
  • Worked on the migration file, added functionality for handling custom deployments via settings
  • Addressed the new review comments on PR #437
What're you going to work on next week?
  • Make changes to the migration file (if required)
  • Continue to focus on making the extraction task more modular
Is there any blocker
  • No
Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Aug 2, 2026, 2:34:33 PMAug 2
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[July 27 - July 31]

What have you worked on this week?
  • Polished the migration file, added functionality to handle pre-existing images with 'unconfirmed' status
  • Created the sample app equivalents of the new migration files
  • Addressed the review comments, focusing on improvements related to admin UI + overall safety workflow

What're you going to work on next week?
  • Address the latest review comments on PR #437
  • Improve existing documentation related to this pipeline/add new sections to the docs as required
  • Continue working on the pending items from the checklist (present in the PR description)

Is there any blocker?
  • No

Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Aug 10, 2026, 2:31:02 AM (10 days ago) Aug 10
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[August 03 - August 07]


What have you worked on this week?
  • Worked on query efficiency, correct status enforcement, bugs related to legacy images being stuck in the wrong state
  • Worked on resolving re-extraction race, non-idempotent migration logging, file replacement scenarios via API 
  • Other minor review comments related to UI, docs etc

What're you going to work on next week?
  • Address the pending review comments on PR #437
  • Update documentation as required
  • Keep working on items in the 'Pending list'

Is there any blocker?
  • No

Regards,
Mohammed Atif

Mohammed Atif

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Aug 17, 2026, 12:56:26 AM (3 days ago) Aug 17
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[August 10 - August 14]

What have you worked on this week?
  • Polished migration files, focused on resolving cases where pre legacy images might be stuck in an uneditable state
  • Polished the tar wrapped kernel extraction by making it go through existing decompressors
  • Capped the DTB signature scan so modified image cant force unbounded parsing attempts 

What're you going to work on next week?
  • Address the pending review comments on PR #437
  • Polish documentation
  • Prepare for the final evaluation

Is there any blocker?
  • No

Regards,
Mohammed Atif
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