Only apply uptime penalty on repeated restarts

server.py

@@ -91,17 +91,17 @@ def announce():
 
 	if action == "update" and not old:
 		if app.config["ALLOW_UPDATE_WITHOUT_OLD"]:
-			old = server
+			action = "start"
-			old["start"] = time.time()
-			old["clients_top"] = 0
-			old["updates"] = 0
-			old["total_clients"] = 0
 		else:
 			return "Server to update not found."
 
-	server["update_time"] = time.time()
+	server["update_time"] = int(time.time())
 
-	server["start"] = time.time() if action == "start" else old["start"]
+	if action == "start":
+		server["start"] = int(time.time())
+		tracker.push("%s:%d" % (server["ip"], server["port"]), server["start"])
+	else:
+		server["start"] = old["start"]
 
 	if "clients_list" in server:
 		server["clients"] = len(server["clients_list"])
@@ -301,6 +301,29 @@ def asyncFinishThread(server):
 	serverList.update(server)
 
 
+class UptimeTracker:
+	def  __init__(self):
+		self.d = {}
+		self.cleanTime = 0
+		self.lock = RLock()
+	def push(self, id, ts):
+		with self.lock:
+			if time.time() >= self.cleanTime: # clear once in a while
+				self.d.clear()
+				self.cleanTime = time.time() + 48*60*60
+
+			if id in self.d:
+				self.d[id] = self.d[id][-1:] + [ts]
+			else:
+				self.d[id] = [0, ts]
+	# returns the before-last start time, in bulk
+	def getStartTimes(self):
+		ret = {}
+		with self.lock:
+			for k, v in self.d.items():
+				ret[k] = v[0]
+		return ret
+
 class ServerList:
 	def __init__(self):
 		self.list = []
@@ -329,6 +352,8 @@ class ServerList:
 				pass
 
 	def sort(self):
+		start_times = tracker.getStartTimes()
+
 		def server_points(server):
 			points = 0
 
@@ -366,10 +391,13 @@ class ServerList:
 				points -= (server["ping"] - 0.4) * 8
 
 			# Up to -8 for less than an hour of uptime (penalty linearly decreasing)
+			# only if the server has restarted before within the last 2 hours
 			HOUR_SECS = 60 * 60
 			uptime = server["uptime"]
 			if uptime < HOUR_SECS:
-				points -= ((HOUR_SECS - uptime) / HOUR_SECS) * 8
+				start_time = start_times.get("%s:%d" % (server["ip"], server["port"]), 0)
+				if start_time >= time.time() - 2 * HOUR_SECS:
+					points -= ((HOUR_SECS - uptime) / HOUR_SECS) * 8
 
 			# reduction to 40% for servers that support both legacy (v4) and v5 clients
 			if server["proto_min"] <= 32 and server["proto_max"] > 36:
@@ -446,6 +474,10 @@ class PurgeThread(Thread):
 			time.sleep(60)
 			serverList.purgeOld()
 
+# Globals / Startup
+
+tracker = UptimeTracker()
+
 serverList = ServerList()
 
 PurgeThread().start()