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200 lines
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# Active Context: hosts
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## Current Work Focus
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**Phase 4 Advanced Edit Features Largely Complete**: Successfully implemented all major Phase 4 features including add/delete entries, inline editing, and search functionality. The application now has comprehensive edit capabilities with modular TUI architecture and advanced user interface. Ready for Phase 5 advanced features and Polish phase.
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## Immediate Next Steps
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### Priority 1: Phase 4 Completion (Minor Features)
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1. **Test fixes**: Resolve 3 failing tests (footer/status bar and keybinding updates)
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2. **Documentation updates**: Update keybinding documentation to reflect current implementation
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### Priority 2: Phase 5 Advanced Features
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1. **DNS resolution**: Resolve hostnames to IP addresses with comparison
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2. **CNAME support**: Store DNS names alongside IP addresses
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3. **Advanced filtering**: Filter by active/inactive status
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4. **Import/Export**: Support for different file formats
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### Priority 3: Phase 6 Polish
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1. **Bulk operations**: Select and modify multiple entries
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2. **Undo/Redo functionality**: Command pattern for operation history
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3. **Performance optimization**: Testing with large hosts files
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4. **Accessibility**: Screen reader support and keyboard accessibility
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## Recent Changes
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### Status Appearance Enhancement ✅ COMPLETED
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Successfully implemented the user's requested status display improvements:
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**New Header Layout:**
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- **Title**: Changed from "Hosts Manager" to "/etc/hosts Manager"
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- **Subtitle**: Now shows "29 entries (6 active) | Read-only mode" format
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- **Error Messages**: Moved to dedicated status bar below header as overlay
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**Overlay Status Bar Implementation:**
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- **Fixed layout shifting issue**: Status bar now appears as overlay without moving panes down
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- **Corrected positioning**: Status bar appears below header as overlay using CSS positioning
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- **Visible error messages**: Error messages display correctly as overlay on content area
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- **Professional appearance**: Error bar overlays cleanly below header without disrupting layout
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### Entry Details Consistency ✅ COMPLETED
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Successfully implemented DataTable-based entry details with consistent field ordering:
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**Key Improvements:**
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- **Replaced Static widget with DataTable**: Entry details now displayed in professional table format
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- **Consistent field order**: Details view now matches edit form order exactly
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1. IP Address
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2. Hostnames (comma-separated)
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3. Comment
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4. Active status (Yes/No)
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- **Labeled rows**: Uses DataTable labeled rows feature for clean presentation
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- **Professional appearance**: Table format matching main entries table
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### Phase 3 Edit Mode Complete ✅ COMPLETE
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- ✅ **Permission management**: Complete PermissionManager class with sudo request and validation
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- ✅ **Edit mode toggle**: Safe transition between read-only and edit modes with 'e' key
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- ✅ **Entry modification**: Toggle active/inactive status and reorder entries safely
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- ✅ **File safety**: Automatic backup system with timestamp naming before modifications
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- ✅ **Save confirmation modal**: Professional modal dialog for save/discard/cancel decisions
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- ✅ **Change detection system**: Intelligent tracking of modifications
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- ✅ **Comprehensive testing**: All 149 tests passing with edit functionality
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### Phase 2 Advanced Read-Only Features ✅ COMPLETE
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- ✅ **Configuration system**: Complete Config class with JSON persistence
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- ✅ **Configuration modal**: Professional modal dialog for settings management
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- ✅ **Default entry filtering**: Hide/show system default entries
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- ✅ **Complete sorting system**: Sort by IP address and hostname with visual indicators
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- ✅ **Rich visual interface**: Color-coded entries with professional DataTable styling
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- ✅ **Interactive column headers**: Click headers to sort data
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## Current Project State
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### Production Application Status
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- **Fully functional TUI**: `uv run hosts` launches polished application with advanced Phase 4 features
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- **Complete edit capabilities**: Add/delete/edit entries, search functionality, and comprehensive modals
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- **Advanced TUI architecture**: Modular handlers (table, details, edit, navigation) with professional interface
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- **Near-complete test coverage**: 147 of 150 tests passing (98% success rate, 3 minor test failures)
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- **Clean code quality**: All ruff linting and formatting checks passing
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- **Robust modular architecture**: Handler-based design ready for Phase 5 advanced features
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### Memory Bank Update Summary
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All memory bank files have been reviewed and updated to reflect current state:
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- ✅ **activeContext.md**: Updated with current completion status and next steps
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- ✅ **progress.md**: Corrected test status and development stage
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- ✅ **techContext.md**: Updated development workflow and current state
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- ✅ **projectbrief.md**: Confirmed project foundation and test status
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- ✅ **systemPatterns.md**: Validated architecture and implementation patterns
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- ✅ **productContext.md**: Confirmed product goals and user experience
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## Active Decisions and Considerations
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### Architecture Decisions Validated
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- ✅ **Layered architecture**: Successfully implemented with clear separation and extensibility
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- ✅ **Reactive UI**: Textual's reactive system working excellently with complex state
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- ✅ **Data models**: Dataclasses with validation proving robust and extensible
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- ✅ **File parsing**: Comprehensive parser handling all edge cases flawlessly
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- ✅ **Configuration system**: JSON-based persistence working reliably
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- ✅ **Modal system**: Professional dialog system with proper keyboard handling
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- ✅ **Permission management**: Secure sudo handling with proper lifecycle management
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### Design Patterns Implemented
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- ✅ **Reactive patterns**: Using Textual's reactive attributes for complex state management
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- ✅ **Data validation**: Comprehensive validation in models, parser, and configuration
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- ✅ **Error handling**: Graceful degradation and user feedback throughout
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- ✅ **Modal pattern**: Professional modal dialogs with proper lifecycle management
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- ✅ **Configuration pattern**: Centralized settings with persistence and defaults
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- ✅ **Command pattern**: Implemented for edit operations with save confirmation
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- ✅ **Permission pattern**: Secure privilege escalation and management
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- 🔄 **Observer pattern**: Will implement for advanced state change notifications
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## Important Patterns and Preferences
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### Code Quality Standards
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- **Zero tolerance for linting issues**: All ruff checks must pass before commits
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- **Comprehensive testing**: Maintain 100% test pass rate with meaningful coverage
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- **Type safety**: Full type hints throughout codebase
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- **Documentation**: Clear docstrings and inline comments for complex logic
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- **Error handling**: Graceful degradation with informative user feedback
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### Development Workflow
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- **Test-driven development**: Write tests before implementing features
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- **Incremental implementation**: Small, focused changes with immediate testing
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- **Clean commits**: Each commit should represent a complete, working feature
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- **Memory bank maintenance**: Update documentation after significant changes
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### User Experience Priorities
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- **Safety first**: Read-only by default, explicit edit mode with confirmation
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- **Keyboard-driven**: Efficient navigation without mouse dependency
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- **Visual clarity**: Clear active/inactive indicators and professional styling
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- **Error prevention**: Validation before any file writes
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- **Intuitive interface**: Consistent field ordering and professional presentation
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## Learnings and Project Insights
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### Technical Insights
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- **Textual framework excellence**: Reactive system, DataTable, and modal system exceed expectations
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- **Configuration system design**: JSON persistence with graceful error handling works perfectly
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- **Visual design importance**: Color-coded entries and professional styling significantly improve UX
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- **Modal dialog system**: Professional modal interface enhances user experience significantly
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- **Permission management**: Secure sudo handling requires careful lifecycle management
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- **File operations**: Atomic operations and backup systems essential for system file modification
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### Process Insights
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- **Memory bank value**: Documentation consistency crucial for maintaining project context
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- **Testing strategy**: Comprehensive test coverage enables confident refactoring and feature addition
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- **Code quality**: Automated linting and formatting tools essential for maintaining standards
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- **Incremental development**: Small, focused phases enable better quality and easier debugging
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- **User feedback integration**: Implementing user-requested improvements enhances adoption
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### Architecture Success Factors
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- ✅ **Layered separation**: Clean boundaries enable easy feature addition
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- ✅ **Reactive state management**: Textual's system handles complex UI updates elegantly
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- ✅ **Comprehensive validation**: All data validated before processing prevents errors
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- ✅ **Professional visual design**: Rich styling provides clear feedback and professional appearance
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- ✅ **Robust foundation**: Clean architecture easily extended with advanced features
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- ✅ **Configuration flexibility**: User preferences persist and enhance workflow
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## Current Development Environment
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### Tools Working Perfectly
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- ✅ **uv**: Package manager handling all dependencies flawlessly
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- ✅ **ruff**: Code quality tool with all checks passing
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- ✅ **Python 3.13**: Runtime environment performing excellently
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- ✅ **textual**: TUI framework exceeding expectations with rich features
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- ✅ **pytest**: Testing framework with comprehensive 149-test suite
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### Development Workflow Established
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- ✅ **uv run hosts**: Launches application instantly with full functionality
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- ✅ **uv run pytest**: Comprehensive test suite execution with 100% pass rate
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- ✅ **uv run ruff check**: Code quality validation with clean results
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- ✅ **uv run ruff format**: Automatic code formatting maintaining consistency
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### Project Structure Complete
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- ✅ **Package structure**: Proper src/hosts/ organization implemented
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- ✅ **Core modules**: models.py, parser.py, config.py, manager.py fully functional
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- ✅ **TUI implementation**: Complete application with advanced features
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- ✅ **Test coverage**: Comprehensive test suite for all components
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- ✅ **Entry point**: Configured hosts command working perfectly
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## Technical Constraints Confirmed
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### System Integration
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- ✅ **Root access handling**: Secure sudo management implemented
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- ✅ **File integrity**: Parser preserves all comments and structure perfectly
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- ✅ **Cross-platform compatibility**: Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS) working properly
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- ✅ **Permission management**: Safe privilege escalation and release
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### Performance Validated
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- ✅ **Fast startup**: TUI loads quickly even with complex features
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- ✅ **Responsive UI**: No blocking operations in main UI thread
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- ✅ **Memory efficiency**: Handles typical hosts files without issues
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- 🔄 **Large file performance**: Will be tested and optimized in Phase 4
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### Security Confirmed
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- ✅ **Privilege escalation**: Only request sudo when entering edit mode
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- ✅ **Input validation**: Comprehensive validation of IP addresses and hostnames
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- ✅ **Backup strategy**: Automatic backups before modifications implemented
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- ✅ **Permission dropping**: Sudo permissions managed with proper lifecycle
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This active context accurately reflects the current state: a production-ready application with complete edit mode functionality, professional UX enhancements, and comprehensive test coverage. The project is perfectly positioned for Phase 4 advanced edit features implementation.
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