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Add exit-hook reasons for missing server responses - #721

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  • adds in server-client communication error states
  • DISC_NO_OFFER - DISCOVER sent no OFFER seen - re-transmitting DISCOVER
  • SOLICIT_NO_ADVERT - DHCPv6 equivalent
  • REQ_NO_RESP - REQUEST sent no RESPONSE seen - falling back to DISCOVER
  • REQ6_NO_REPLY - DHCPv6 equivalent after REQ_MAX_RC exceeded
  • RENEW_NO_RESP - RENEW sent no RESPONSE seen - T2 expired, attempting REBIND
  • RENEW6_NO_RESP - RENEW6 sent no RESPONSE - same but for DHCPv6
  • RS_TIMEOUT_NO_RA - Router Solicitations have been sent without seeing a Router Advertisement in reply. Only seen if noipv6rs is not set.

Closes #720.

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The change adds seven notification-only hook reasons for DHCP, DHCPv6, and IPv6 router discovery failures. Protocol mappings and interface flags are set before hook scripts run.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Hook reason protocol mapping
src/script.c
Timeout reasons map to PROTO_DHCP, PROTO_DHCP6, or PROTO_RA. These reasons set both if_up and if_down to false.
Protocol failure notifications
src/dhcp.c, src/dhcp6.c, src/ipv6nd.c, hooks/dhcpcd-run-hooks.8.in
DHCP, DHCPv6, and router solicitation failure paths invoke the matching script reason. The man page documents all seven reasons as notification-only.

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The PR adds new exit-hook reasons, but DISC_NO_OFFER may be reported even when no retransmission was successfully sent, which can mislead consumers of the hook event. The change is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to restore the transmission-success check.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant DHCPClient
  participant ScriptRunReason as script_runreason
  participant ScriptEnvironment as make_env
  participant HookScript
  DHCPClient->>ScriptRunReason: report failure reason
  ScriptRunReason->>ScriptEnvironment: build hook environment
  ScriptEnvironment->>ScriptEnvironment: map protocol and interface flags
  ScriptEnvironment->>HookScript: invoke notification-only hook
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: adding exit-hook reasons for missing server responses.
Description check ✅ Passed The description lists all new response-failure reasons and explains their triggering conditions. It directly matches the changeset.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes implement all seven exit-hook reasons required by issue #720 for DHCP, DHCPv6, and Router Advertisement response failures. The changes add notifications without changing the existing proto…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The documentation, protocol failure-path notifications, reason-to-protocol mapping, and hook flag handling all support issue #720. No unrelated changes are evident.
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The changes implement all seven exit-hook reasons required by issue #720 for DHCP, DHCPv6, and Router Advertisement response failures. The changes add notifications without changing the existing protocol behavior.

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In `@src/dhcp.c`:
- Line 1955: Update send_message() to report whether the DISCOVER packet was
actually transmitted, propagating failure for no-carrier, message-construction,
BPF-setup, and packet-send paths; in send_discover(), call script_runreason(ifp,
"DISC_NO_OFFER") only when send_message() indicates successful transmission.
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Comment thread src/dhcp.c
checking if send_message put something in the pipeline is a good idea. but it doesn't have one yet.
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Create new exit hooks for lack of server responses

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