From 564633d0f6ac77cd0943e8378fa4789a5e14ef47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James <91348155+FrogAi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 12:00:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Generate a fake "DongleID" for unofficial devices

---
 system/athena/registration.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 mode change 100755 => 100644 system/athena/registration.py

diff --git a/system/athena/registration.py b/system/athena/registration.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 405b2423..5df906cf
--- a/system/athena/registration.py
+++ b/system/athena/registration.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import time
 import json
 import jwt
+import random
+import string
 from typing import cast
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ def register(show_spinner=False) -> str | None:
 
         if resp.status_code in (402, 403):
           cloudlog.info(f"Unable to register device, got {resp.status_code}")
-          dongle_id = UNREGISTERED_DONGLE_ID
+          dongle_id = ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits, k=16))
         else:
           dongleauth = json.loads(resp.text)
           dongle_id = dongleauth["dongle_id"]