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The Shearwater parser reads up to four air integration transmitters (T1 to T4) from the dive samples, plus two more on HP CCR dives. Each sample records the gas mix in use and the pressure of each transmitter, but nothing in the log says which gas mix each transmitter is on. The parser therefore reports every tank with DC_GASMIX_UNKNOWN, and applications have to guess. Subsurface guesses by position (tank i gets gas mix i), which is wrong for most multi-tank setups. With a sidemount pair on bottom gas plus 50% and oxygen stages, all four cylinders end up with the wrong gas.

The link can be worked out from the samples, because a tank's pressure only falls while its gas is being breathed. This change does that with two simple rules, and leaves a tank unlinked when the answer isn't clear.

Linking each tank to a gas mix

For each tank, add up how far its pressure fell while each gas mix was selected on the computer. The tank is linked to the mix with the biggest drop, as long as that drop is at least 10 bar and at least twice the drop on any other mix. Otherwise it stays DC_GASMIX_UNKNOWN, as today. Several tanks can be linked to the same mix: a sidemount pair, independent doubles, or staged tanks of the same gas.

For example, the 2026-11-07 dive below, with bottom gas 21%, then 50%, then oxygen:

Tank	Drop on 21%	Drop on 50%	Drop on 99%	Linked to
T1	144 bar	-1 bar	0 bar	21%
T2	151 bar	-2 bar	0 bar	21%
T3	4 bar	32 bar	-2 bar	50%
T4	–	0 bar	30 bar	99%

The stages only count from their highest reading, when their valves were opened (see below), so T4 has nothing on 21%.

Sidemount pairs

Opening record 4, byte 29 holds the gas time remaining (GTR) mode, a bit mask of the transmitters it uses (bit 0 is T1 to bit 3 is T4). With two or more bits set, the parser already marks those tanks DC_TANK_USAGE_SIDEMOUNT. These tanks are now counted together when linking, so both get the gas mix of the pair, even if one side was barely breathed. This is a direct signal from the dive computer. On my dives the byte is 0x03: T1 and T2.

Closed stage valves

Many divers keep stage valves closed until the gas switch. Until then the transmitter reads the gas left in the regulator as it slowly bleeds down, sometimes to a few bar. So when measuring a tank's use, readings before its highest reading are ignored, and the tank's begin pressure (dc_tank_t::beginpressure) is now its highest reading rather than its first one. This only changes that one summary number. The end pressure is unchanged, and the pressure samples, which applications use for the graph, are reported exactly as before.

This is only done for open circuit dives. The matching is in a small header, shearwater_tank_gas.h, so it can be unit tested on its own, following the pattern of mares_iconhd_freedive.h.

Results

Three of my own Perdix 2 dives (firmware 102, log version 17), each with a sidemount pair on T1/T2 and stages on T3 (50%) and T4 (oxygen), stage valves closed until the switch:

Dive	T1 / T2	T3	T4	T3 begin pressure	T4 begin pressure
2026-07-04	21% / 21%	50%	99%	192 bar (was 112)	147 bar (was 125)
2026-10-24	20/17 / 20/17	50%	99%	189 bar (was 5)	79 bar (was 6)
2026-11-07	21% / 21%	50%	99%	207 bar (was 179)	162 bar (was 115)

All links match the actual setup. On dives with only the sidemount pair on transmitters, and stages without them, both sides link to the bottom gas. Across 91 dives from the same computer there were no parse failures. The tanks left unlinked were on pool and shallow dives with almost no gas use.

Known limitation

A stage that is opened at the surface and then barely breathed can be linked to the wrong gas mix. The cooling on descent lowers its pressure while the bottom gas is in use, and with little real use afterwards, that drop wins. Handling it would need a model of temperature effects, which I think is more complexity than this is worth.

Tests

• test/test_shearwater_tank_gas.c: seven cases with synthetic traces: sidemount with closed stages, doubles without the sidemount flag, all tanks on one gas, an unused stage, a tank used equally on two mixes, and a one-sided sidemount with and without the flag.
• test/fixtures/shearwater_perdix2-0001.bin: the 2026-11-07 dive above (no GPS fix), added to the parse fixture manifest.

An out-of-tree make check passes (3/3) and test/run-parse.sh parses all fixtures. The build has no warnings.

The Subsurface side, which uses these links, is in subsurface/subsurface#5111.

Related: subsurface/subsurface#5028, subsurface/subsurface#2190.

The code was written with Claude Code and is marked as AI-generated. I have reviewed it and tested it against my own dives.

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• Infer open-circuit tank gas mixes from pressure drops. Require a clear, sufficiently large drop to assign a mix.
• Evaluate sidemount pairs together. Use each tank’s highest reading as its begin pressure.
• Add assignment tests and a Perdix 2 fixture test.

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Walkthrough

The change adds a routine that assigns gas mixes to Shearwater tanks from gas-use and pressure traces. The Shearwater Predator parser records these traces, applies the assignment for open-circuit dives, and returns assigned gas-mix indices when available. Tests cover assignment rules and a Perdix 2 fixture.

Changes

Tank gas assignment and parser integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Gas assignment rules and unit tests src/shearwater_tank_gas.h, test/test_shearwater_tank_gas.c, test/Makefile.am	The assignment routine uses pressure drops during intervals with unchanged gas use. It pools selected sidemount transmitters and leaves assignments unset when usage is insufficient or ambiguous. Tests cover sidemount behavior, unused tanks, ambiguity, thresholds, and gas changes.
Parser trace collection and assignment src/shearwater_predator_parser.c, src/Makefile.am	The parser records per-sample gas and tank-pressure traces. For open-circuit dives, it assigns tank gases, maps assignments to the filtered gas-mix list, and exposes valid assignments through tank fields.
Perdix 2 fixture validation Makefile.am, test/Makefile.am, test/fixtures/manifest.txt, test/test_shearwater_perdix2_tanks.c	The fixture is registered in the distribution lists and manifest. The fixture-based test checks gas-mix and tank counts, assigned gas indices, and begin pressures.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: jefdriesen, mikeller

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 48065

The change is mergeable with normal checks. An additional stride-boundary test would improve coverage; the previous HP-CCR concern no longer applies to CCR dives.

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[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

Gas changes during missing readings can misattribute pressure drops to a mix, and the unguarded highest-pressure adjustment alters CCR/SCR tank summaries beyond the intended open-circuit scope.

2 open issues

• Restrict highest-pressure adjustment to open-circuit dives · New
• Invalidate pressure intervals when gas changes during missing readings · New

What changed in this PR

This PR adds pressure-based gas-mix inference to the Shearwater parser, reducing reliance on applications guessing tank-to-gas links by position.

Changes:

• Infers tank gas mixes from pressure drops, pooling sidemount pairs and leaving ambiguous matches unknown.
• Uses peak pressure for tank begin-pressure summaries to account for initially closed stage valves.
• Adds synthetic matching tests and registers a Perdix 2 parse fixture.

File	Description
test/​test_shearwater_tank_gas.c	Adds seven synthetic tank-matching test cases.
test/​Makefile.am	Registers the new tests and distributes the fixture.
test/​fixtures/​manifest.txt	Registers the Perdix 2 parse fixture.
src/​shearwater_tank_gas.h	Implements pressure-based gas matching and sidemount pooling.
src/​shearwater_predator_parser.c	Collects pressure traces and exposes inferred gas links and peak begin pressures.
src/​Makefile.am	Includes the matching header in library sources.
Makefile.am	Adds the Perdix 2 fixture to distribution files.

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Actionable comments posted: 5

Nitpick comments: 2

src/shearwater_predator_parser.c: 1

983-984: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift

Add a parser-level test for tank gas mappings.

The new tests check the assignment helper, but not DC_FIELD_TANK. Add a fixture with a filtered gas entry and an inactive tank slot. Use a known assignment where source gas index 1 maps to public index 0 and tank slot 1 compacts to tank 0. Assert the tank count and tank 0’s gas index.

This test would catch regressions that store UNDEFINED or bypass gasmap.

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Review comment at @src/shearwater_predator_parser.c around lines 983 - 984:
Add a parser-level test that exercises DC_FIELD_TANK with a filtered gas entry
and an inactive tank slot; use the assignment where source gas index 1 maps to
public index 0 and tank slot 1 compacts to tank 0, then assert the resulting
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test/test_shearwater_tank_gas.c: 1

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Test the inclusive assignment boundaries.

Add traces where the winning usage equals MINUSE and where it equals twice a positive runner-up. Assert that each tank receives a gas mix. The current cases would not detect a change from >= to > at either boundary.

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Review comment at @test/test_shearwater_tank_gas.c around lines 36 - 37:
Extend the tank-gas assignment test around shearwater_tank_gas_assign with cases
where the winning usage equals MINUSE and where it equals twice a positive
runner-up; assert that each tank receives a gas mix in both cases.

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Review comments at @src/shearwater_predator_parser.c:
- Around line 974-976: Update the begin-pressure calculation in the
extended-sample loop so HP-CCR readings also contribute to the maximum. Preserve
the existing comparison and update behavior for other tank types, and ensure
DC_FIELD_TANK reports the highest applicable reading.
- Around line 980-981: Update the minimum-pressure threshold passed to
shearwater_tank_gas_assign so conversion from 10 bar to pressure units rounds up
to 73 units, preventing assignment below the required minimum. Preserve the
surrounding arguments and assignment behavior.
- Around line 979-981: Update the tank-gas matching guard around
shearwater_tank_gas_assign so it runs only for open-circuit modes: M_OC_TEC,
M_OC_REC, and M_AVELO. Exclude M_GAUGE, M_PPO2, freedive, and CCR modes from
this matching path.

Review comments at @src/shearwater_tank_gas.h:
- Line 65: Before initializing previous_gas from gas[start], check whether
highest is zero and skip the current tank when it is; preserve the existing
gas-trace processing for tanks with pressure readings.
- Around line 68-73: Update the pressure-interval logic around previous and
previous_gas to remember any gas change, including changes observed while p is
zero; attribute the pressure drop to use[i][gas[n]] only when no gas change
occurred between the two pressure readings, even if the gas later changes back.
Reset the interval tracking at each new pressure reading.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @src/shearwater_predator_parser.c:
- Around line 983-984: Add a parser-level test that exercises DC_FIELD_TANK with
a filtered gas entry and an inactive tank slot; use the assignment where source
gas index 1 maps to public index 0 and tank slot 1 compacts to tank 0, then
assert the resulting tank count and tank 0 gas index. Ensure the test verifies
the parser applies gasmap and does not store UNDEFINED.

Review comments at @test/test_shearwater_tank_gas.c:
- Around line 36-37: Extend the tank-gas assignment test around
shearwater_tank_gas_assign with cases where the winning usage equals MINUSE and
where it equals twice a positive runner-up; assert that each tank receives a gas
mix in both cases.

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[notionparallax]

Thanks for the reviews. Pushed 480658d, which addresses the inline comments (replies on each), plus:

• Tests for the inclusive limits (exactly the minimum use, and exactly twice the use on the next mix) and for a gas mix change during missing readings.
• A parser-level test, test_shearwater_perdix2_tanks, that parses the Perdix 2 fixture and checks the tank count, each tank's gas mix index (after the gas list is filtered) and the begin pressures.
• The gas mix trace is now allocated with calloc.

Not changed: docstring coverage, as libdivecomputer doesn't use docstrings.

make check passes (4/4), the build has no warnings, and all fixtures parse. Results on my 91 dives are unchanged. subsurface/subsurface#5111 now points at this commit.

[Copilot]

🔵 Needs a closer look

Trace buffers are unnecessarily allocated and populated for non-OC dives, adding memory overhead and an avoidable allocation-failure path.

No open issues 🎉

1 previously missed issue

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Allocate and process trace buffers only for OC dives

src/​shearwater_predator_parser.c:582

These trace buffers are allocated and populated even for non-OC dives, although only OC dives use them. With six tank slots and 32-bit unsigned integers, this adds about 28 bytes per possible record and a new allocation-failure path for dives that cannot benefit from matching. Determine whether OC air-integration matching is needed before allocating the buffers, and guard trace collection and processing accordingly.

2 resolved since last review

• Invalidate pressure intervals when gas changes during missing readings
• Restrict highest-pressure adjustment to open-circuit dives

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Nitpick comments: 1

src/shearwater_tank_gas.h: 1

50-50: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value

Test the pressure stride above the tank cap.

Add a nine-tank, two-sample test with tank 0 pressures of 1000 and 900 and assert gas 0. The current tests use at most six tanks. They would not detect indexing with the capped stride, which would miss this drop.

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Add a test for nine tanks with two pressure samples, setting tank 0 to 1000 and
900 and asserting gas 0. Ensure the test exercises pressure indexing with the
full tank count rather than the capped stride, so it detects the pressure drop
above the tank cap.

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- Line 50: Add a test for nine tanks with two pressure samples, setting tank 0
to 1000 and 900 and asserting gas 0. Ensure the test exercises pressure indexing
with the full tank count rather than the capped stride, so it detects the
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[notionparallax]

Closing this, following the review on subsurface/subsurface#5111: the begin pressure and the guess of the tank to gas mix links now live in Subsurface rather than in the Shearwater backend, so that this fork doesn't drift further from upstream libdivecomputer.

• Import: start a stage with a closed valve at its full pressure subsurface#5114 handles stages with closed valves.
• Import: optionally guess the gas mix of each tank subsurface#5115 adds the guess, as an option that is off by default.

Neither needs a libdivecomputer change. The only fact about tanks in the Shearwater log beyond the pressures is the sidemount flag from the GTR mode, which this parser already reports as DC_TANK_USAGE_SIDEMOUNT.

The notes on the log format and on which parsers report links are in the closing comment of subsurface/subsurface#5111.

Thanks to the reviewers for the comments here. The ones about gas changes during missing readings, CCR dives and the limits carried over into the Subsurface version.