Date range flicker causing frequent requests

[jmadden173]

Describe the Bug

Cannot confirm that this is the actual cause but hovering over data points was causing the date range to flicker. Either way the daterange was constantly updating causing requests to spam the backend and putting load on the local browser.

@aleclevy When I was observing the behavior I got an API alarm so this could be triggering those alarms.

To Reproduce

Viewing this cell: https://dirtviz.jlab.ucsc.edu/dashboard?cell_id=2307&startDate=2026-03-16T18%3A14%3A22.000-07%3A00&endDate=2026-03-30T18%3A14%3A22.000-07%3A00

and hovering over points.

Expected Behavior

Date range stays static.

Screenshots

2026-03-30_11-14-14.mp4

Environment

OS: Linux spruce 6.12.61-1-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:50:46 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Browser: Mozilla Firefox 146.0

Additional Context

N/A

[jmadden173]

Relevant to this PR: #713

[CODEAbhinav-art]

@jmadden173,
Rohit's PR (#713) actually fixes a different bug related to selecting a cell, but it doesn't change anything about hovering over the chart.

This hover flicker is happening because the code for the mouse tooltip is accidentally mixed up with the main date range. So, every time the mouse moves, the app thinks the dates are changing and keeps trying to load new data.

I can work on separating these so the mouse hover doesn't affect the calendar dates, and I'll open a new PR for this specific fix. Let me know if that sounds good?

[aleclevy]

@CODEAbhinav-art
That sounds great. We would greatly appreciate your help with this.

[CODEAbhinav-art]

Hey @jmadden173 and @aleclevy,

I pulled the latest main branch to work on this, but the bug seems to be gone! Hovering no longer causes the date range to flicker or spam the network, either locally or on the live site.

It looks like a recent update (possibly PR #713) already fixed the root cause.

Are we good to close this issue?

[aleclevy]

Yep! Seems like its gone. Will reopen if this issue persists. Thanks everyone.