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Closes #753.

Description of Changes

Allocates subnet-division child subnets from the lowest compatible free range, allowing deleted allocations to be reused.

Temporarily installs the IPAM branch from openwisp/openwisp-ipam#250. Remove this dependency override after that pull request is merged and the normal development dependency includes the new allocator.

Manual testing is pending. To test manually, create device allocations, delete an earlier allocation, then provision another device and verify that it receives the lowest available child subnet.

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Used the IPAM free-range iterator to reuse deleted child subnet
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Closes #753
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12-12: Pin the dependency to an immutable revision.

This is the same mutable-branch dependency issue raised in the previous review. Future changes to issues/753-subnet-division-rule-white-space can change the code installed by builds. Replace the branch archive with the reviewed commit SHA.


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Subnet division now iterates over available subnet ranges instead of scanning forward from the last subnet. It reuses freed subnet space and reports insufficient allocation after generation completes. The create_subnets signature no longer accepts max_subnet. Tests cover logging and reuse after device deletion. Documentation and the openwisp-ipam source reference were updated.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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  participant ConfigProvisioning
  participant create_subnets
  participant IPAM
  participant NotificationLogger
  ConfigProvisioning->>create_subnets: request child subnet generation
  create_subnets->>IPAM: get available subnet ranges
  IPAM-->>create_subnets: candidate subnets
  create_subnets->>NotificationLogger: report insufficient generated subnets
  create_subnets-->>ConfigProvisioning: generated subnets
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR satisfies the coding requirements in #753. create_subnets now iterates over master_subnet.get_available_subnets(division_rule.size), so allocation starts at the lowest compatible free range…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed files remain within #753. The allocator change implements whitespace reuse. The test covers the new behavior. The documentation states the new allocation order. The temporary `openwisp-ipa…
Ui Changes, Regression Test, Docs ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request changes subnet-allocation backend logic, dependency configuration, tests, and user documentation. It does not change UI files or introduce an end-user-facing UI, so before/after…
Title check ✅ Passed The title uses the required [change] prefix and clearly describes the subnet-division whitespace reuse change.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the required checklist, issue reference, change summary, temporary dependency note, manual testing plan, and screenshot status. Manual testing is marked as pending, but the de…

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🔵 Trivial · Remove the unused maximum-subnet lookup from the new allocator. · openwisp_controller/subnet_division/rule_types/base.py:229-229

229-229: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the unused maximum-subnet lookup from the new allocator.

get_available_subnets now selects candidates, so the return value of get_max_subnet is ignored. get_max_subnet still executes the ordered child-subnet query on every provisioning attempt. This query is redundant when child subnets already exist and for host-route rules. Keep only the initial non-host reservation behavior.

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140-140: LGTM!

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215-215: 🎯 Functional Correctness

The parent revision already defines create_subnets(config, division_rule, generated_indexes) and already calls it with three arguments. No max_subnet parameter was removed in this change, so the claimed compatibility break is refuted.

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