Fixed crash after receiving empty APRS payload

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,10 +13,25 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - First working version.
 
 ## [1.0.1] - 2023-01-14
-- Changed: aprs_status (published on the MQTT broker) now returns actual state of transmision (sending, retrying, send or failed) instead if just 'ready' and 'busy'.
+
+### Changed
+
+- aprs_status (published on the MQTT broker) now returns actual state of transmision (sending, retrying, send or failed) instead if just 'ready' and 'busy'.
 
 ## [1.1.0] - 2023-07-08
-- Added: APRS nodes can now be polled to get there actual status. An extra section in the YAML configuration file is added for this functionality.
+
+### Added
+
+- APRS nodes can now be polled to get there actual status. An extra section in the YAML configuration file is added for this functionality.
 
 ## [1.1.1] - 2024-01-04
-- Fixed: after reconnect to MQTT broker messages from broker were not received.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- after reconnect to MQTT broker messages from broker were not received.
+
+## [1.1.2] - 2024-01--8
+
+### Fixed
+
+- In parsePacket(string): Occasionally a bad APRS packet is received causing the program to crash with an "IndexError: list index out of range". Fix: check if index IS out of range before copying it to payload

aprs-mqtt-bridge.py

@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ def parsePacket(string):
             source = listAddress[1]
             destination = listAddress[0]
             digipeaters = listAddress[2:]
-            payload = buffer[1]
+            # Occasionally a bad packet is received causng the program to crash with an "IndexError: list index out of range". Fix: check if index IS out of range before copying it to payload
+            if len(buffer) > 1:
+                payload = buffer[1]
+            else:
+                payload = 'NOT VALID'
         else:
             # If there was an error decoding the address we return save values which will be ignored by the rest of the program
             source = 'NOCALL'