Make the home page's AS name search work (closes #151)

The AS Name Search card on the home page said the search was coming soon.
It now asks the new GET /api/v1/search/as?q=<text> and lists the matches
as links to their AS pages. asinfo.Search ignores case, returns the first
matches up to a limit in AS number order, and counts all matches. An
empty q answers 400.

When the database has no record of an AS, its page and /api/v1/as/{asn}
take its handle and description from asinfo and still list its prefixes.
They answer 404 only for an AS with no record, no asinfo entry and no
prefix. AS 0 means no known origin: it always answers 404, and the search
never lists it.

Model: opus-5-5

.dockerignore

@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
 
 # This repository's host-built artifacts: `make build` writes bin/, `go
 # build` in the root the binaries, `make run` log.txt, `make asupdate` its
-# .tmp file; test binaries, coverage profiles and source archives.
+# .tmp file; logs, test binaries, coverage profiles, source archives, and
+# the binaries and libraries a build for another platform writes.
 /bin
 /routewatch
 /asinfo-gen
@@ -82,15 +83,24 @@
 /out
 /pkg/asinfo/asdata.json
 **/*.tar.zst
+**/*.log
 **/*.test
 **/*.out
 **/*.tmp
+**/*.exe
+**/*.dll
+**/*.so
+**/*.dylib
 
 # Local databases. The image carries a source archive of the whole build
-# context, so these would otherwise ship inside it.
+# context, so these would otherwise ship inside it. The daemon's database
+# is db.sqlite, with its -wal and -shm files while it runs.
 **/*.db
 **/*.db-journal
 **/*.db-wal
+**/*.sqlite
+**/*.sqlite-wal
+**/*.sqlite-shm
 
 # A local Go workspace points at directories outside the build context.
 /go.work

.gitignore

@@ -67,10 +67,14 @@ node_modules/
 go.work
 go.work.sum
 
-# Local databases, temporary files and debug output.
+# Local databases, temporary files and debug output. The daemon's
+# database is db.sqlite, with its -wal and -shm files while it runs.
 *.db
 *.db-journal
 *.db-wal
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite-wal
+*.sqlite-shm
 *.tmp
 log.txt
 out

README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ table in real time: it streams BGP UPDATE messages from the RIPE RIS Live
 service, maintains a live routing table in SQLite, and provides HTTP APIs for
 querying routing information.
 
+## Rationale
+
+RIPE RIS Live streams the BGP updates that RIPE's route collectors receive, as
+they happen, from the moment a client connects. It reports changes, not the
+routing table they add up to, so it cannot say which AS an IP address is routed
+to now or which routes a prefix has. RouteWatch applies the feed's updates to
+live routing tables in its own SQLite database and answers IP-to-AS lookups and
+prefix pages from them.
+
+The feed sends no table when a client connects, so these tables hold only the
+routes the feed has announced since RouteWatch first started: an IP-to-AS lookup
+finds nothing for an address whose routes have not been announced since then.
+The tables also miss the updates RouteWatch drops when it falls behind under
+load and those sent while it is stopped, so a lookup or a prefix page can show a
+route the feed has withdrawn.
+
 ## Features
 
 - Real-time streaming of BGP updates from RIPE RIS Live
@@ -36,17 +52,21 @@ DEBUG=routewatch ./routewatch
 
 ## HTTP Endpoints
 
+Every route answers `HEAD` as it answers `GET`, without the body.
+
 ### Web Interface
 
-- `GET /` - Home page (HTML): headline figures, and lookups by AS number and by
-  IP address
+- `GET /` - Home page (HTML): headline figures, lookups by AS number and by IP
+  address, and a search of AS names
 - `GET /status` - HTML status dashboard, which reads `/api/v1/stats`
 - `GET /status.json` - JSON statistics: feed, memory, database and route figures
 - `GET /.well-known/healthcheck.json` - Health check (JSON): 200 when the
   database answers and the RIS Live feed is connected, otherwise 503;
   `data.status` is `ok` or `error` and `data.checks` says which check failed
 - `GET /as/{asn}` - AS detail page (HTML): the prefixes the AS originates and
-  its peers
+  its peers. When the database has no record of the AS, its handle and
+  description come from the AS list built into RouteWatch. The page then shows
+  no first-seen date.
 - `GET /prefix/{prefix}/{length}` - Prefix detail page (HTML), such as
   `/prefix/192.0.2.0/24`: every live route for the prefix, one per peer, and its
   origin ASes
@@ -75,9 +95,22 @@ DEBUG=routewatch ./routewatch
   and 404 when none of the addresses has a live route. A PTR lookup gets 2
   seconds; an address whose lookup takes longer is answered without PTR names.
 - `GET /api/v1/as/{asn}` - The AS and the prefixes it originates, IPv4 and IPv6
-  apart, each with when its newest route was updated
+  apart, each with when its newest route was updated. When the database has no
+  record of the AS, its handle and description come from the AS list built into
+  RouteWatch. The answer then has no `first_seen` or `last_seen`.
 - `GET /api/v1/prefix/{prefix}/{length}` - Every live route for the prefix, one
   per peer, and the same routes grouped by origin AS in `origins`
+- `GET /api/v1/search/as?q={text}` - Finds the ASes whose handle or description
+  contains `{text}`, ignoring case. `data` holds:
+    - `query`: `{text}` without its leading and trailing spaces
+    - `total`: the number of ASes that match
+    - `results`: the first 50 of them in AS number order, each with `asn`,
+      `handle` and `description`
+
+    The search reads the AS list built into RouteWatch, not the database. The
+    list comes from [ipverse/asn-info](https://github.com/ipverse/asn-info). A
+    match can therefore be an AS that the database has no record of. A `q` that
+    is missing, empty or only spaces answers 400.
 
 A JSON answer is `{"status": "ok", "data": ...}`, or for an error
 `{"status": "error", "error": {"msg": ..., "code": ...}}`, and carries an
@@ -88,10 +121,16 @@ took. The health check is the exception: its 503 answer is also
 A request that runs past its time limit answers 504: the limit is 30 seconds,
 and 4 seconds for the database reads behind `/status.json` and `/api/v1/stats`.
 An AS number, prefix or mask length that does not parse answers 400, as does a
-mask length out of range for its IP version. An AS the database does not hold,
-or a prefix with no live route, answers 404. The HTML pages give these errors as
-plain text. A 500 answer says only `Internal server error`, and a host name that
-does not resolve only `could not resolve host name`; the detail goes to the log.
+mask length out of range for its IP version. An AS answers 404 when it is not in
+the AS list built into RouteWatch and the database has neither a record of it
+nor a live route it originates. AS 0 always answers 404, because it means no
+known origin. The AS name search never lists it. A prefix with no live route
+answers 404 too. The HTML pages give these errors as plain text. Under `/api/v1`
+and `/ip/`, a path no route matches answers 404 with the message `Not found`,
+and `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`, `OPTIONS`, `TRACE` or `CONNECT` answers
+405 with `Method not allowed`. A 500 answer says only `Internal server error`,
+and a host name that does not resolve only `could not resolve host name`; the
+detail goes to the log.
 
 Every answer carries `Strict-Transport-Security`, `Content-Security-Policy`,
 `X-Frame-Options`, `X-Content-Type-Options`, `Referrer-Policy` and
@@ -190,11 +229,11 @@ routewatch/
     - **ASHandler**: Tracks all ASNs seen in AS paths
     - **PeerHandler**: Records BGP peer information
     - **PrefixHandler**: Maintains live routing table (upserts on announcement,
-      deletes on withdrawal or on an announcement whose AS path is empty or ends
-      in AS 0, deletes all of a peer's routes when its BGP session goes down).
-      Routes are kept per peer IP, so when one peer IP has sessions on two
-      collectors, a session going down on one also removes the routes the other
-      still carries, until they are announced again.
+      deletes on withdrawal or on an announcement whose AS path is empty or
+      holds AS 0 anywhere, deletes all of a peer's routes when its BGP session
+      goes down). Routes are kept per peer IP, so when one peer IP has sessions
+      on two collectors, a session going down on one also removes the routes the
+      other still carries, until they are announced again.
     - **PeeringHandler**: Extracts AS peering relationships from AS paths
 
 5. **HTTP Request Flow**

TODO.md

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ tested.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-26: the home page's AS name search lists the ASes whose handle or
+  description holds the text, as links to their pages, from the new
+  `/api/v1/search/as`; the search ignores case. When the database has no record
+  of an AS, its page takes the handle and description from the AS list built
+  into RouteWatch and still lists the AS's prefixes (closes #151)
 - 2026-10-19: README "HTTP Endpoints" lists every route with what it answers,
   "Database Schema" matches `schema.sql`, and the rest of the README matches the
   code; this file brought up to date (closes #72)

internal/database/database.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/config"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/logger"
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/ristypes"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/pkg/asinfo"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3" // CGO SQLite driver
 )
@@ -169,6 +170,20 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, logger *logger.Logger) (*Database, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create database directory: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// The size of the WAL file the previous run left, which Initialize logs
+	// with the start-up checkpoint. It is read before the database is opened,
+	// because opening it writes a frame to the WAL. There is no WAL file when
+	// the database is new or the last run closed the database, which deletes
+	// it.
+	var walBytes int64
+
+	wal, err := os.Stat(dbPath + walFileSuffix)
+	if err == nil {
+		walBytes = wal.Size()
+	} else if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		logger.Warn("Failed to read the WAL file's size on startup", "error", err)
+	}
+
 	// Per-connection SQLite settings go in the DSN so every pooled connection
 	// gets them, not just the one that runs the Initialize pragmas. _txlock=
 	// immediate makes every transaction take the write lock at BEGIN. Without it
@@ -229,7 +244,7 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, logger *logger.Logger) (*Database, error) {
 		counts: &liveCounts{},
 	}
 
-	err = database.Initialize()
+	err = database.Initialize(walBytes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize database: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -245,8 +260,16 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, logger *logger.Logger) (*Database, error) {
 	return database, nil
 }
 
-// Initialize creates the database schema if it doesn't exist.
-func (d *Database) Initialize() error {
+// The messages Initialize logs the start-up WAL checkpoint with.
+const (
+	startupCheckpointMessage           = "WAL checkpoint on startup"
+	startupCheckpointIncompleteMessage = "WAL checkpoint on startup incomplete"
+)
+
+// Initialize creates the database schema if it doesn't exist. walBytes is the
+// size of the WAL file the previous run left, which New reads before it opens
+// the database.
+func (d *Database) Initialize(walBytes int64) error {
 	// Set SQLite pragmas for performance. Per-connection settings (cache_size,
 	// synchronous, busy_timeout, journal_mode) live in the DSN, and New sets the
 	// writing connection's cache_size; temp_store is left at its default so
@@ -266,19 +289,33 @@ func (d *Database) Initialize() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Run WAL checkpoint on startup to consolidate any existing WAL
-	var walPages, checkpointedPages, movedPages int
+	// The start-up checkpoint copies the WAL a previous run left into the
+	// database file and empties the WAL file; its frame counts then read 0,
+	// so walBytes is logged with them.
+	var busy, walFrames, checkpointedFrames int
 
 	err := d.writer.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
 		"PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)",
-	).Scan(&walPages, &checkpointedPages, &movedPages)
-	if err != nil {
+	).Scan(&busy, &walFrames, &checkpointedFrames)
+
+	switch {
+	case err != nil:
 		d.logger.Warn("Failed to checkpoint WAL on startup", "error", err)
-	} else {
-		d.logger.Info("WAL checkpoint on startup",
-			"wal_pages", walPages,
-			"checkpointed", checkpointedPages,
-			"moved", movedPages,
+	case busy != 0:
+		// Another process using the database kept the checkpoint from
+		// copying or emptying all of the WAL.
+		d.logger.Warn(startupCheckpointIncompleteMessage,
+			"wal_bytes", walBytes,
+			"busy", busy,
+			"wal_frames", walFrames,
+			"checkpointed_frames", checkpointedFrames,
+		)
+	default:
+		d.logger.Info(startupCheckpointMessage,
+			"wal_bytes", walBytes,
+			"busy", busy,
+			"wal_frames", walFrames,
+			"checkpointed_frames", checkpointedFrames,
 		)
 	}
 
@@ -855,7 +892,7 @@ func insertPrefixesInTable(
 
 // UpdatePrefixesBatch stores, in a single transaction, the prefixes that are
 // not stored yet, each first seen at its time in prefixes: the IPv4 prefixes
-// first and then the IPv6 prefixes.
+// first and then the IPv6 prefixes. A prefix that does not parse is not stored.
 func (d *Database) UpdatePrefixesBatch(prefixes map[string]time.Time) error {
 	if len(prefixes) == 0 {
 		return nil
@@ -874,6 +911,11 @@ func (d *Database) UpdatePrefixesBatch(prefixes map[string]time.Time) error {
 	prefixesV6 := make(map[string]time.Time)
 
 	for prefix, timestamp := range prefixes {
+		_, err := netip.ParsePrefix(prefix)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if detectIPVersion(prefix) == ipVersionV4 {
 			prefixesV4[prefix] = timestamp
 		} else {
@@ -1707,9 +1749,21 @@ func (d *Database) GetASDetails(asn int) (*ASN, []LiveRoute, error) {
 // GetASDetailsContext returns the AS and the prefixes it originates, the IPv4
 // ones first, each once with the time of its newest route. It makes two index
 // searches per prefix, however many peers carry the prefix.
+//
+// The routes of an AS can be stored before its record in the asns table. When
+// the AS has no record, its handle and description come from the AS info
+// lookup, and it has no seen times. An AS with no record, no lookup entry and
+// no prefix is ErrNoRoute.
+//
+// ristypes.NoOrigin means no known origin, not an AS, so it is ErrNoRoute
+// whatever is stored.
 func (d *Database) GetASDetailsContext(
 	ctx context.Context, asn int,
 ) (*ASN, []LiveRoute, error) {
+	if asn == ristypes.NoOrigin {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: AS%d", ErrNoRoute, asn)
+	}
+
 	// Get AS information
 	var (
 		asnInfo             ASN
@@ -1722,17 +1776,28 @@ func (d *Database) GetASDetailsContext(
 		asn,
 	).Scan(&asnInfo.ASN, &handle, &description, &asnInfo.FirstSeen,
 		&asnInfo.LastSeen)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: AS%d", ErrNoRoute, asn)
+
+	// known is whether the asns table or the AS info lookup holds the AS.
+	known := true
+
+	switch {
+	case errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows):
+		asnInfo.ASN = asn
+
+		info, ok := asinfo.Get(asn)
+		if ok {
+			asnInfo.Handle = info.Handle
+			asnInfo.Description = info.Description
 		}
 
+		known = ok
+	case err != nil:
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to query AS: %w", err)
+	default:
+		asnInfo.Handle = handle.String
+		asnInfo.Description = description.String
 	}
 
-	asnInfo.Handle = handle.String
-	asnInfo.Description = description.String
-
 	allPrefixes, err := d.originPrefixes(ctx, asn, ipVersionV4)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &asnInfo, nil, err
@@ -1743,7 +1808,13 @@ func (d *Database) GetASDetailsContext(
 		return &asnInfo, allPrefixes, err
 	}
 
-	return &asnInfo, append(allPrefixes, prefixesV6...), nil
+	allPrefixes = append(allPrefixes, prefixesV6...)
+
+	if !known && len(allPrefixes) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: AS%d", ErrNoRoute, asn)
+	}
+
+	return &asnInfo, allPrefixes, nil
 }
 
 // ASPeer represents a peering relationship with another AS including handle,

internal/database/database_internal_test.go

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package database
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/config"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/logger"
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/pkg/asinfo"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
@@ -1052,6 +1055,176 @@ func walFileSize(t *testing.T, db *Database) int64 {
 	return wal.Size()
 }
 
+// TestStartupCheckpointLogsItsFigures opens a new database, writes a route,
+// and opens the same file again while the first stays open, so that its WAL
+// file stays. The first open finds no WAL file: it logs a size of 0 and no
+// warning. The second logs the size of the WAL file the first left, and the
+// checkpoint's busy flag and frame counts, each under its own name; the
+// counts read 0 once the checkpoint has emptied the file.
+// Initialize logged the busy flag as wal_pages and the counts under each
+// other's names (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/117).
+func TestStartupCheckpointLogsItsFigures(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cfg := &config.Config{StateDir: t.TempDir()}
+
+	db, lines := openLogged(t, cfg)
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if line[slog.LevelKey] == slog.LevelWarn.String() {
+			t.Errorf("opening a new database logged a warning: %v", line)
+		}
+	}
+
+	line := findLine(t, lines, startupCheckpointMessage)
+	if line["wal_bytes"] != 0.0 {
+		t.Errorf("new database: start-up checkpoint logged wal_bytes = %v, "+
+			"want 0", line["wal_bytes"])
+	}
+
+	err := db.UpsertLiveRouteBatch([]*LiveRoute{
+		mkV4Route(t, "192.0.2.0/24", lockTestASN, time.Now().UTC()),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to store a route: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	walBytes := walFileSize(t, db)
+	if walBytes == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("WAL file empty after the route write, want frames in it")
+	}
+
+	_, lines = openLogged(t, cfg)
+	line = findLine(t, lines, startupCheckpointMessage)
+
+	for _, key := range []string{"busy", "wal_frames", "checkpointed_frames"} {
+		if line[key] != 0.0 {
+			t.Errorf("start-up checkpoint logged %s = %v, want 0", key, line[key])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if line["wal_bytes"] != float64(walBytes) {
+		t.Errorf("start-up checkpoint logged wal_bytes = %v, want the %d "+
+			"bytes the first database left", line["wal_bytes"], walBytes)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStartupCheckpointWarnsWhenIncomplete keeps a read open on a database
+// while a route is written after the read began, then opens the same file
+// again. The second open's start-up checkpoint cannot copy the frames written
+// after the read began, and gives up once the busy timeout has passed. It
+// checks that the checkpoint is logged as a warning with busy 1 and fewer
+// frames copied than the WAL holds.
+func TestStartupCheckpointWarnsWhenIncomplete(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cfg := &config.Config{StateDir: t.TempDir()}
+	db, _ := openLogged(t, cfg)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	reader, err := db.db.Conn(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to open the reading connection: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = reader.Close() }()
+
+	// A plain BEGIN starts a transaction that only reads, unlike the BEGIN
+	// IMMEDIATE of _txlock. It keeps the snapshot its first read takes until
+	// it ends.
+	_, err = reader.ExecContext(ctx, "BEGIN")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to begin the read transaction: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer func() { _, _ = reader.ExecContext(ctx, "ROLLBACK") }()
+
+	var routes int
+
+	err = reader.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		"SELECT count(*) FROM live_routes_v4").Scan(&routes)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read the live routes: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = db.UpsertLiveRouteBatch([]*LiveRoute{
+		mkV4Route(t, "192.0.2.0/24", lockTestASN, time.Now().UTC()),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to store a route after the read: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, lines := openLogged(t, cfg)
+	line := findLine(t, lines, startupCheckpointIncompleteMessage)
+
+	if line[slog.LevelKey] != slog.LevelWarn.String() {
+		t.Errorf("start-up checkpoint logged at level %v, want %s",
+			line[slog.LevelKey], slog.LevelWarn)
+	}
+
+	if line["busy"] != 1.0 {
+		t.Errorf("start-up checkpoint logged busy = %v, want 1", line["busy"])
+	}
+
+	walFrames, _ := line["wal_frames"].(float64)
+	checkpointedFrames, _ := line["checkpointed_frames"].(float64)
+
+	if checkpointedFrames >= walFrames {
+		t.Errorf("start-up checkpoint logged checkpointed_frames = %v and "+
+			"wal_frames = %v with a read open, want fewer copied than the WAL "+
+			"holds", line["checkpointed_frames"], line["wal_frames"])
+	}
+}
+
+// openLogged opens the database of cfg with a logger that writes JSON, and
+// returns it with the lines it logged while it opened, decoded.
+func openLogged(t *testing.T, cfg *config.Config) (*Database, []map[string]any) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var logged bytes.Buffer
+
+	db, err := New(cfg,
+		&logger.Logger{Logger: slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(&logged, nil))})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to open the database: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = db.Close() })
+
+	var lines []map[string]any
+
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(&logged)
+	for decoder.More() {
+		var line map[string]any
+
+		err := decoder.Decode(&line)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to decode the log: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		lines = append(lines, line)
+	}
+
+	return db, lines
+}
+
+// findLine returns the first of lines logged with message.
+func findLine(
+	t *testing.T,
+	lines []map[string]any,
+	message string,
+) map[string]any {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if line[slog.MessageKey] == message {
+			return line
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.Fatalf("no line %q in the log", message)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // TestGetRandomPrefixesByLengthListsPrefixOnce stores one prefix of each
 // family learned from two peers in the same second and checks that the
 // prefix-length sample lists each of them once.
@@ -1527,6 +1700,85 @@ func TestGetASDetailsListsEachPrefixOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestGetASDetailsOfASNotInDatabase asks for ASes that the database has no
+// record of, some with stored routes. Each gets the prefixes of its routes and
+// no seen times. One that the AS info lookup knows gets its handle and
+// description from it. An AS with no record, no lookup entry and no route is
+// ErrNoRoute. Before the fix every AS with no record was ErrNoRoute.
+func TestGetASDetailsOfASNotInDatabase(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db, err := New(&config.Config{StateDir: t.TempDir()}, logger.New())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = db.Close() }()
+
+	ts := time.Date(2026, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		asn      int
+		listed   bool     // in the AS info lookup
+		prefixes []string // of the routes stored for the AS
+	}{
+		{15169, true, []string{"192.0.2.0/24"}},
+		{13335, true, nil},
+		{4200000000, false, []string{"198.51.100.0/24"}},
+	}
+
+	var routes []*LiveRoute
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		if _, ok := asinfo.Get(tt.asn); ok != tt.listed {
+			t.Fatalf("AS%d in the AS info data: %t, want %t", tt.asn, ok, tt.listed)
+		}
+
+		for _, prefix := range tt.prefixes {
+			routes = append(routes, mkV4Route(t, prefix, tt.asn, ts))
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = db.UpsertLiveRouteBatch(routes)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UpsertLiveRouteBatch: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got, prefixes, err := db.GetASDetails(tt.asn)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("GetASDetails(%d): %v", tt.asn, err)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		want := ASN{ASN: tt.asn}
+		if info, ok := asinfo.Get(tt.asn); ok {
+			want.Handle, want.Description = info.Handle, info.Description
+		}
+
+		var gotPrefixes []string
+		for _, route := range prefixes {
+			gotPrefixes = append(gotPrefixes, route.Prefix)
+		}
+
+		if *got != want || !slices.Equal(gotPrefixes, tt.prefixes) {
+			t.Errorf("GetASDetails(%d) = %+v with prefixes %v, want %+v with %v",
+				tt.asn, *got, gotPrefixes, want, tt.prefixes)
+		}
+	}
+
+	const absentASN = 4200000001 // no record, no lookup entry and no route
+
+	if _, ok := asinfo.Get(absentASN); ok {
+		t.Fatalf("AS%d is in the AS info data", absentASN)
+	}
+
+	_, _, err = db.GetASDetails(absentASN)
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNoRoute) {
+		t.Errorf("GetASDetails(%d): error %v, want %v", absentASN, err, ErrNoRoute)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestASPrefixQueriesUseCoveringIndexes checks the plan of each query that
 // lists the prefixes an AS originates: a search of a covering index and no
 // temporary B-tree, so the list reads one index entry per prefix, not one

internal/database/dockerignore_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/config"
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/logger"
+)
+
+// TestDockerignoreExcludesDatabaseFiles checks that .dockerignore keeps the
+// database file, and the WAL and shared-memory files SQLite writes next to it,
+// out of the build context wherever they sit in the clone. The image ships the
+// whole build context as a source archive.
+func TestDockerignoreExcludesDatabaseFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db, err := New(&config.Config{StateDir: t.TempDir()}, logger.New())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = db.Close() }()
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile("../../.dockerignore")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read .dockerignore: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Docker reads `**/` as any number of directories and the rest of the
+	// pattern as filepath.Match does, so `**/` followed by a pattern that
+	// matches a file's name excludes that file at any depth.
+	var anyDepth []string
+
+	for line := range strings.Lines(string(data)) {
+		pattern, ok := strings.CutPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(line), "**/")
+		if ok {
+			anyDepth = append(anyDepth, pattern)
+		}
+	}
+
+	name := filepath.Base(db.path)
+
+	for _, file := range []string{name, name + "-wal", name + "-shm"} {
+		excluded := false
+
+		for _, pattern := range anyDepth {
+			matched, err := filepath.Match(pattern, file)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("bad .dockerignore pattern **/%s: %v", pattern, err)
+			}
+
+			excluded = excluded || matched
+		}
+
+		if !excluded {
+			t.Errorf(".dockerignore has no **/ pattern that excludes %s", file)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/database/models.go

@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ type ASN struct {
 	RIRRegDate  *time.Time `json:"rir_registration_date,omitempty"`
 	RIRLastMod  *time.Time `json:"rir_last_modified,omitempty"`
 	WHOISRaw    string     `json:"whois_raw,omitempty"`
-	// Timestamps
-	FirstSeen      time.Time  `json:"first_seen"`
-	LastSeen       time.Time  `json:"last_seen"`
+	// Timestamps. They are zero, and left out of JSON, for an AS that has no
+	// record in the asns table.
+	FirstSeen      time.Time  `json:"first_seen,omitzero"`
+	LastSeen       time.Time  `json:"last_seen,omitzero"`
 	WHOISUpdatedAt *time.Time `json:"whois_updated_at,omitempty"`
 }
 

internal/ristypes/ris.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package ristypes
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"slices"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 // ASPath is a BGP AS path as the feed writes it: an array of AS numbers in
-// which an AS set is an array of its members, such as [1, 2, [3, 4]].
+// which an AS set is an array of its members, such as [1, 2, [3, 4]]. A path
+// that holds AS 0 decodes as an empty one (UnmarshalJSON).
 type ASPath struct {
 	// Sequence is the path's AS numbers in order. A set of one member that
 	// ends the path counts as that AS and is its last element. The members of
@@ -37,34 +39,56 @@ type ASPath struct {
 	Set []int
 }
 
+// NoOrigin is the origin AS of a route whose origin is not known. AS 0 is
+// reserved, so no AS has this number.
+const NoOrigin = 0
+
 // Origin returns the AS that originated the route: the last AS of the
-// sequence, or 0 (none) when the path ends in a set of several members or is
+// sequence, or NoOrigin when the path ends in a set of several members or is
 // empty.
 func (p *ASPath) Origin() int {
 	if len(p.Set) > 0 || len(p.Sequence) == 0 {
-		return 0
+		return NoOrigin
 	}
 
 	return p.Sequence[len(p.Sequence)-1]
 }
 
-// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface for ASPath.
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface for ASPath. A path
+// that holds AS 0 anywhere, a member of an AS set included, decodes as an empty
+// path: RFC 7607 makes such a path malformed and its announcements
+// withdrawals. On an announcement with an empty path the prefix handler
+// deletes the peer's route, and the AS and peering handlers record nothing.
 func (p *ASPath) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	path, err := decodeASPath(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if slices.Contains(path.Sequence, 0) || slices.Contains(path.Set, 0) {
+		path = ASPath{}
+	}
+
+	*p = path
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// decodeASPath decodes an AS path as the feed writes it.
+func decodeASPath(data []byte) (ASPath, error) {
 	// Most paths have no AS set and decode as a plain array of integers.
 	var sequence []int
 
 	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &sequence)
 	if err == nil {
-		*p = ASPath{Sequence: sequence}
-
-		return nil
+		return ASPath{Sequence: sequence}, nil
 	}
 
 	var raw []any
 
 	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &raw)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return ASPath{}, err
 	}
 
 	path := ASPath{Sequence: make([]int, 0, len(raw))}
@@ -90,9 +114,7 @@ func (p *ASPath) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	*p = path
-
-	return nil
+	return path, nil
 }
 
 // RISLiveMessage represents the outer wrapper message from the RIPE RIS Live stream.

internal/ristypes/ris_test.go

@@ -145,3 +145,33 @@ func TestASPathKeepsATrailingSetApart(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestASPathWithASZeroDecodesAsAnEmptyPath decodes AS paths that hold AS 0
+// before their end, at their end, or in an AS set. RFC 7607 makes such a path
+// malformed, so each decodes as an empty path.
+func TestASPathWithASZeroDecodesAsAnEmptyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	for _, path := range []string{
+		"[64496, 0, 64497]",
+		"[64496, 0]",
+		"[64496, [0, 64497], 64498]",
+		"[64496, [64497, 0]]",
+	} {
+		t.Run(path, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			var got ristypes.ASPath
+
+			err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(path), &got)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unmarshal %s: %v", path, err)
+			}
+
+			if len(got.Sequence) > 0 || len(got.Set) > 0 {
+				t.Errorf("%s decoded to sequence %v and set %v, want an empty path",
+					path, got.Sequence, got.Set)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/routewatch/app.go

@@ -116,17 +116,18 @@ func (rw *RouteWatch) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Start ASN WHOIS fetcher for background updates. The HTTP handlers read
+	// the server's fetcher without a lock, so it is set before they run.
+	rw.asnFetcher = NewASNFetcher(rw.db, rw.logger.Logger)
+	rw.asnFetcher.Start(ctx)
+	rw.server.SetASNFetcher(rw.asnFetcher)
+
 	// Start HTTP server
 	err = rw.server.Start(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Start ASN WHOIS fetcher for background updates
-	rw.asnFetcher = NewASNFetcher(rw.db, rw.logger.Logger)
-	rw.asnFetcher.Start(ctx)
-	rw.server.SetASNFetcher(rw.asnFetcher)
-
 	// Start database maintenance goroutine
 	rw.dbMaintainer = NewDBMaintainer(rw.db, rw.logger.Logger)
 	rw.dbMaintainer.Start(ctx)

internal/routewatch/ashandler_internal_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package routewatch
 
 import (
+	"maps"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/logger"
@@ -42,3 +44,25 @@ func TestASHandlerStoresTheEarliestAndLatestTimesOfANewAS(t *testing.T) {
 			asn.LastSeen, second.ParsedTimestamp)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestASHandlerRecordsNothingFromAPathWithASZero handles an update whose AS
+// path holds AS 0 between two other ASes. RFC 7607 makes such a path
+// malformed, so neither AS is recorded.
+func TestASHandlerRecordsNothingFromAPathWithASZero(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	store := newMockStore()
+
+	// Built without NewASHandler's flush goroutine, so the test flushes itself.
+	h := &ASHandler{db: store, logger: logger.New()}
+
+	msg := peerAnnouncement(testPeerIP, testV4Prefix)
+	msg.Path = decodePath(t, testASNA, 0, testASNB)
+	h.HandleMessage(msg)
+	h.flushBatch()
+
+	if len(store.ASNs) > 0 {
+		t.Errorf("ASes recorded = %v, want none",
+			slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(store.ASNs)))
+	}
+}

internal/routewatch/asnfetcher.go

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ type ASNFetcher struct {
 	currentInterval  time.Duration
 	consecutiveFails int
 
-	// hourly stats tracking
+	// hourly stats tracking; now is the clock, time.Now except in tests
+	now          func() time.Time
 	statsMu      sync.Mutex
 	successTimes []time.Time
 	errorTimes   []time.Time
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func NewASNFetcher(db database.Store, logger *slog.Logger) *ASNFetcher {
 		stopCh:          make(chan struct{}),
 		done:            make(chan struct{}),
 		currentInterval: baseInterval,
+		now:             time.Now,
 		successTimes:    make([]time.Time, 0),
 		errorTimes:      make([]time.Time, 0),
 	}
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ func (f *ASNFetcher) GetStats() server.ASNFetcherStats {
 	f.intervalMu.Unlock()
 
 	// Prune old entries and count
-	cutoff := time.Now().Add(-statsWindow)
+	cutoff := f.now().Add(-statsWindow)
 	f.successTimes = pruneOldTimes(f.successTimes, cutoff)
 	f.errorTimes = pruneOldTimes(f.errorTimes, cutoff)
 
@@ -133,16 +135,15 @@ func (f *ASNFetcher) GetStats() server.ASNFetcherStats {
 	}
 }
 
-// pruneOldTimes removes times older than cutoff and returns the pruned slice.
+// pruneOldTimes drops the times at or before cutoff from the front of times,
+// which holds times in the order they were recorded, and returns the rest. It
+// copies nothing, so it is cheap enough to run on every append.
 func pruneOldTimes(times []time.Time, cutoff time.Time) []time.Time {
-	result := make([]time.Time, 0, len(times))
-	for _, t := range times {
-		if t.After(cutoff) {
-			result = append(result, t)
-		}
+	for len(times) > 0 && !times[0].After(cutoff) {
+		times = times[1:]
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return times
 }
 
 // getInterval returns the current fetch interval.
@@ -170,9 +171,11 @@ func (f *ASNFetcher) recordSuccess() {
 	}
 	f.intervalMu.Unlock()
 
-	// Record success time for stats
+	// Record success time for stats, dropping those older than statsWindow
 	f.statsMu.Lock()
-	f.successTimes = append(f.successTimes, time.Now())
+	now := f.now()
+	f.successTimes = pruneOldTimes(f.successTimes, now.Add(-statsWindow))
+	f.successTimes = append(f.successTimes, now)
 	f.statsMu.Unlock()
 }
 
@@ -194,9 +197,11 @@ func (f *ASNFetcher) recordFailure() {
 	}
 	f.intervalMu.Unlock()
 
-	// Record error time for stats
+	// Record error time for stats, dropping those older than statsWindow
 	f.statsMu.Lock()
-	f.errorTimes = append(f.errorTimes, time.Now())
+	now := f.now()
+	f.errorTimes = pruneOldTimes(f.errorTimes, now.Add(-statsWindow))
+	f.errorTimes = append(f.errorTimes, now)
 	f.statsMu.Unlock()
 }
 

internal/routewatch/asnfetcher_internal_test.go

@@ -203,3 +203,35 @@ func TestASNFetcherStopReturnsByItsDeadline(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("the fetcher goroutine did not return after the lookup ended")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestRecordKeepsOnlyTheStatsWindow records a success and a failure every
+// second, by a clock the test sets, far longer than statsWindow, and never
+// asks for the stats. The fetcher must keep only the times within the last
+// statsWindow.
+func TestRecordKeepsOnlyTheStatsWindow(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const (
+		records = 100_000
+		step    = time.Second
+		want    = int(statsWindow / step)
+	)
+
+	clock := time.Now()
+
+	f := NewASNFetcher(newMockStore(), logger.New().Logger)
+	f.now = func() time.Time { return clock }
+
+	for range records {
+		clock = clock.Add(step)
+
+		f.recordSuccess()
+		f.recordFailure()
+	}
+
+	if len(f.successTimes) != want || len(f.errorTimes) != want {
+		t.Errorf("%d success and %d error times kept, want %d of each, "+
+			"those of the last %s", len(f.successTimes), len(f.errorTimes),
+			want, statsWindow)
+	}
+}

internal/routewatch/peeringhandler.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type PeeringHandler struct {
 	// and the latest time an update carried it.
 	mu           sync.Mutex
 	asPaths      map[string]database.SeenTimes
-	droppedPaths int // paths dropped because the map was full
+	droppedPaths int // paths dropped since the last run because the map was full
 	// writing is how many paths processPeerings took from asPaths and has
 	// not finished writing the peerings of.
 	writing int
@@ -190,12 +190,14 @@ func (h *PeeringHandler) processLoop() {
 func (h *PeeringHandler) processPeerings() {
 	// Take the accumulated paths and replace the map with a fresh empty one
 	// under the lock. Each path is processed exactly once and the memory is
-	// released, so the map never grows past a single interval's traffic.
+	// released, so the map never grows past a single interval's traffic. The
+	// count of dropped paths starts again with the new map.
 	h.mu.Lock()
 	paths := h.asPaths
 	h.asPaths = make(map[string]database.SeenTimes)
 	h.writing = len(paths)
 	dropped := h.droppedPaths
+	h.droppedPaths = 0
 	h.mu.Unlock()
 
 	if len(paths) == 0 {

internal/routewatch/peeringhandler_internal_test.go

@@ -153,6 +153,43 @@ func TestPeeringHandlerLeavesATrailingASSetOutOfThePeerings(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestPeeringHandlerRecordsNothingFromAPathWithASZero handles AS paths that
+// hold AS 0. RFC 7607 makes such a path malformed, so no peering is recorded
+// from it, not even one between two other ASes of the path.
+func TestPeeringHandlerRecordsNothingFromAPathWithASZero(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		path []any
+	}{
+		{name: "AS 0 between two ASes", path: []any{testASNA, 0, testASNB}},
+		{
+			name: "AS 0 after two ASes",
+			path: []any{testASNA, testASNB, 0, testASNC},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			store := newMockStore()
+			h := newTestHandler(store)
+			h.HandleMessage(&ristypes.RISMessage{
+				Path:            decodePath(t, tt.path...),
+				ParsedTimestamp: time.Now().UTC(),
+			})
+			h.ProcessPeeringsNow()
+
+			if len(store.Peerings) > 0 {
+				t.Errorf("peerings recorded = %v, want none",
+					slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(store.Peerings)))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // TestPeeringHandlerProcessesEachRunAndEmpties verifies that a processing run
 // empties the path map (the swap) and that a path seen again after a run is
 // recorded in the next run too.
@@ -264,6 +301,36 @@ func TestPeeringHandlerCapDropsAndCounts(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestPeeringHandlerRunResetsTheDroppedCount fills the map, has the handler
+// drop one path, and runs the processing. The count of dropped paths is the
+// run's own, so it is 0 again after the run.
+func TestPeeringHandlerRunResetsTheDroppedCount(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	h := newTestHandler(newMockStore())
+
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	// Paths of one AS carry no peering, so the run records nothing.
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	for asn := 1; len(h.asPaths) < maxTrackedPaths; asn++ {
+		h.asPaths[pathKey(t, asn)] = database.SeenTimes{First: now, Last: now}
+	}
+	h.mu.Unlock()
+
+	handle(h, now, testASNA, testASNB)
+
+	if _, dropped := snapshot(h); dropped != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("want dropped count 1 with the map full, got %d", dropped)
+	}
+
+	h.ProcessPeeringsNow()
+
+	if _, dropped := snapshot(h); dropped != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("want dropped count 0 after a run, got %d", dropped)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestPeeringHandlerStoresTheEarliestAndLatestTimesOfANewPeering handles two
 // updates whose path carries a peering the database does not hold yet, the
 // second 5 seconds after the first, in one run into a real database. The

internal/routewatch/prefixhandler.go

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ const (
 
 // PrefixHandler tracks BGP prefixes and maintains a live routing table in the
 // database. Routes are added on announcement and deleted on withdrawal or on an
-// announcement whose AS path is empty or ends in AS 0, and all routes of a peer
-// are deleted when its BGP session goes down.
+// announcement whose AS path is empty or holds AS 0 anywhere, and all routes of
+// a peer are deleted when its BGP session goes down.
 type PrefixHandler struct {
 	db      database.Store
 	logger  *logger.Logger
@@ -373,10 +373,10 @@ func (h *PrefixHandler) flushBatch() {
 		// An announcement is stored when its path gives an origin, or when it
 		// ends in an AS set of several members: that route is stored with
 		// origin 0 (none). Any other update deletes the peer's route for the
-		// prefix: a withdrawal, or an announcement whose path is empty or ends
-		// in AS 0. Such an announcement replaces the peer's route, as any
-		// announcement does, with none (RFC 7607 treats AS 0 in a path as a
-		// withdrawal).
+		// prefix: a withdrawal, or an announcement whose path is empty or
+		// holds AS 0 anywhere (the decoder empties such a path). Such an
+		// announcement replaces the peer's route, as any announcement does,
+		// with none (RFC 7607 treats AS 0 in a path as a withdrawal).
 		if update.messageType == "announcement" &&
 			(update.originASN > 0 || update.endsInSet) {
 			// Create live route for batch upsert
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func (h *PrefixHandler) flushBatch() {
 			// Parse CIDR to get IP version
 			_, ipVersion, err := parseCIDR(update.prefix)
 			if err != nil {
-				h.logger.Error("Failed to parse CIDR for withdrawal",
+				h.logger.Error("Failed to parse CIDR for route deletion",
 					"prefix", update.prefix, "error", err)
 
 				continue

internal/routewatch/prefixhandler_internal_test.go

@@ -381,11 +381,12 @@ func TestPrefixHandlerDoesNotStoreAnAnnouncementWithAnEmptyPath(t *testing.T) {
 // TestPrefixHandlerRemovesTheRouteOnAnAnnouncementWithoutAnOrigin runs, through
 // the prefix handler into a real database, a peer's announcement of a prefix
 // with origin AS testASNB and then the peer's announcement of the prefix with
-// an AS path that gives no origin: one whose last AS is 0, or an empty one. As
-// any later announcement from the peer does, the second replaces the peer's
-// route, here with none, whether it comes in a later batch or follows a
-// withdrawal in one batch. The in-memory route count and prefix distribution
-// must match the route table.
+// an AS path that gives no origin: one whose last AS is 0, an empty one, or one
+// that holds AS 0 before its end, which decodes as an empty path. As any later
+// announcement from the peer does, the second replaces the peer's route, here
+// with none, whether it comes in a later batch or follows a withdrawal in one
+// batch. The in-memory route count and prefix distribution must match the
+// route table.
 func TestPrefixHandlerRemovesTheRouteOnAnAnnouncementWithoutAnOrigin(
 	t *testing.T,
 ) {
@@ -421,6 +422,12 @@ func TestPrefixHandlerRemovesTheRouteOnAnAnnouncementWithoutAnOrigin(
 			name:  "an empty path",
 			batch: []*ristypes.RISMessage{noOrigin(ristypes.ASPath{})},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "a path with AS 0 before its end",
+			batch: []*ristypes.RISMessage{
+				noOrigin(decodePath(t, testASNA, 0, testASNB)),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:  "a withdrawal and then a path whose last AS is 0",
 			batch: []*ristypes.RISMessage{withdrawal, noOrigin(endsInZero)},
@@ -440,6 +447,64 @@ func TestPrefixHandlerRemovesTheRouteOnAnAnnouncementWithoutAnOrigin(
 	}
 }
 
+// TestPrefixHandlerDoesNotStoreAPrefixThatDoesNotParse runs an announcement of
+// "not-a-prefix" and a withdrawal of "also/bad" through the prefix handler into
+// a real database. Neither is stored in the prefix tables: the prefix count in
+// the stats stays 0, both as kept in memory and as counted from the tables when
+// the database is opened again.
+func TestPrefixHandlerDoesNotStoreAPrefixThatDoesNotParse(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cfg := &config.Config{StateDir: t.TempDir()}
+
+	db, err := database.New(cfg, logger.New())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create database: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Built without NewPrefixHandler's flush timer, so the test flushes itself.
+	h := &PrefixHandler{db: db, logger: logger.New()}
+
+	withdrawal := &ristypes.RISMessage{
+		Type:            ristypes.MessageTypeUpdate,
+		Peer:            testPeerIP,
+		ParsedTimestamp: time.Date(2026, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC),
+		Withdrawals:     []string{"also/bad"},
+	}
+	h.HandleMessage(peerAnnouncement(testPeerIP, "not-a-prefix"))
+	h.HandleMessage(withdrawal)
+	h.flushBatch()
+
+	checkNoPrefixes := func(when string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		stats, err := db.GetStatsContext(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("GetStatsContext %s: %v", when, err)
+		}
+
+		if stats.Prefixes != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("prefix count %s = %d, want 0", when, stats.Prefixes)
+		}
+	}
+
+	checkNoPrefixes("after the flush")
+
+	err = db.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Close: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	db, err = database.New(cfg, logger.New())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to open the database again: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = db.Close() })
+
+	checkNoPrefixes("after opening the database again")
+}
+
 // TestStateMessagesGoToThePrefixHandlerNotThePeerHandler checks that STATE
 // messages go to the prefix handler, which acts on a down, and not to the peer
 // handler, which would record a peer whose session never comes up as active.

internal/server/handlers.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/database"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/metrics"
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/ristypes"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/streamer"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/templates"
 	asinfo "git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/pkg/asinfo"
@@ -56,10 +57,18 @@ const (
 // Error messages an answer sends, in place of the error behind it where there
 // is one.
 const (
-	invalidPrefixMessage   = "Invalid prefix"
-	hostNotResolvedMessage = "could not resolve host name"
-	hostNotPublicMessage   = "host name has no public address"
-	tooManyTargetsMessage  = "Too many addresses or host names"
+	invalidPrefixMessage      = "Invalid prefix"
+	hostNotResolvedMessage    = "could not resolve host name"
+	hostNotPublicMessage      = "host name has no public address"
+	tooManyTargetsMessage     = "Too many addresses or host names"
+	searchQueryMissingMessage = "Missing search query"
+)
+
+// The AS name search reads the text it looks for from the URL query parameter
+// asSearchQueryParam, and answers with at most maxASSearchResults matches.
+const (
+	asSearchQueryParam = "q"
+	maxASSearchResults = 50
 )
 
 // IP versions as database.LiveRoute.IPVersion records them.
@@ -1001,11 +1010,12 @@ func (s *Server) handleASDetailJSON() http.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-// splitRoutesByIPVersion groups routes into the IPv4 and the IPv6 ones.
+// splitRoutesByIPVersion groups routes into the IPv4 and the IPv6 ones. Neither
+// group is nil, so that a JSON answer holds [] for an empty one and not null.
 func splitRoutesByIPVersion(
 	routes []database.LiveRoute,
 ) ([]database.LiveRoute, []database.LiveRoute) {
-	var ipv4Routes, ipv6Routes []database.LiveRoute
+	ipv4Routes, ipv6Routes := []database.LiveRoute{}, []database.LiveRoute{}
 
 	for _, route := range routes {
 		if route.IPVersion == ipVersionV4 {
@@ -1105,6 +1115,56 @@ func (s *Server) handlePrefixDetailJSON() http.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// ASSearchResponse is the answer to an AS name search: the text searched for,
+// the number of ASes that match it, and the first maxASSearchResults of them in
+// AS number order.
+type ASSearchResponse struct {
+	Query   string        `json:"query"`
+	Total   int           `json:"total"`
+	Results []asinfo.Info `json:"results"`
+}
+
+// handleASSearch returns a handler that searches the AS list built into
+// asinfo for the text in the q parameter, without its leading and trailing
+// spaces. It answers 400 when no text is left.
+func (s *Server) handleASSearch() http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		query := strings.TrimSpace(r.URL.Query().Get(asSearchQueryParam))
+		if query == "" {
+			s.writeJSONError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, searchQueryMissingMessage)
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		// AS 0 means no known origin and has no AS page, so the answer leaves
+		// it out. The matches come in AS number order, so AS 0 can only be the
+		// first. The search asks for one match more than the answer holds, to
+		// take its place.
+		results, total := asinfo.Search(query, maxASSearchResults+1)
+		if len(results) > 0 && results[0].ASN == ristypes.NoOrigin {
+			results = results[1:]
+			total--
+		}
+
+		results = results[:min(len(results), maxASSearchResults)]
+
+		// results is an empty list rather than nil when nothing matches, so
+		// that the answer holds [] and not null.
+		if results == nil {
+			results = []asinfo.Info{}
+		}
+
+		err := writeJSONSuccess(w, ASSearchResponse{
+			Query:   query,
+			Total:   total,
+			Results: results,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			s.logger.Error("Failed to encode AS search results", "error", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // handleASDetail returns a handler that serves the AS detail HTML page
 func (s *Server) handleASDetail() http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

internal/server/handlers_internal_test.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/database"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/logger"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/metrics"
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/ristypes"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/streamer"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/pkg/asinfo"
 )
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 // The prefix and peer addresses the prefix page tests store routes for.
 const (
 	testPrefixV4 = "192.0.2.0/24"
+	testPrefixV6 = "2001:db8::/32"
 	testPeerV4   = "198.51.100.1"
 	testPeerV6   = "2001:db8::1"
 )
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ func TestStatsHandlersAnswerFromMemory(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // newServerWithTestRoutes returns a server on a new database that holds a
-// route for testPrefixV4 and one for 2001:db8::/32.
+// route for testPrefixV4 and one for testPrefixV6.
 func newServerWithTestRoutes(t *testing.T) *Server {
 	t.Helper()
 
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ func newServerWithTestRoutes(t *testing.T) *Server {
 			NextHop: testPeerV4, LastUpdated: ts,
 		},
 		{
-			Prefix: "2001:db8::/32", MaskLength: 32, IPVersion: 6,
+			Prefix: testPrefixV6, MaskLength: 32, IPVersion: 6,
 			OriginASN: 64501, PeerIP: testPeerV6, ASPath: []int{64501},
 			NextHop: testPeerV6, LastUpdated: ts,
 		},
@@ -1166,6 +1168,389 @@ func TestIPLookupHidesPrivateAddresses(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// asSearchPath is the path of the AS name search.
+const asSearchPath = "/api/v1/search/as"
+
+// searchAS sends an AS name search with the URL query rawQuery through s's
+// router, expects a 200 answer, and returns its data.
+func searchAS(t *testing.T, s *Server, rawQuery string) ASSearchResponse {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		t.Context(), http.MethodGet, asSearchPath+"?"+rawQuery, nil))
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+			rawQuery, rec.Code, http.StatusOK, rec.Body)
+	}
+
+	var body struct {
+		Data ASSearchResponse `json:"data"`
+	}
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: decoding the answer %q: %v", rawQuery, rec.Body, err)
+	}
+
+	return body.Data
+}
+
+// TestASSearchAnswersMatches searches for Cloudflare's handle in lower case,
+// with spaces around it, and expects AS13335 among the matches. Before the fix
+// there was no AS name search, and the home page's search card said it was
+// coming soon (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/151).
+func TestASSearchAnswersMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const query = "cloudflarenet"
+
+	data := searchAS(t, newServerWithTestRoutes(t), "q=%20"+query+"%20")
+
+	if data.Query != query {
+		t.Errorf("query %q, want %q", data.Query, query)
+	}
+
+	if data.Total != len(data.Results) {
+		t.Errorf("total %d, but %d results", data.Total, len(data.Results))
+	}
+
+	cloudflare := asinfo.Info{
+		ASN: 13335, Handle: "CLOUDFLARENET", Description: "Cloudflare, Inc.",
+	}
+	if !slices.Contains(data.Results, cloudflare) {
+		t.Errorf("results %v do not hold %v", data.Results, cloudflare)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestASSearchAnswersEmptyListWhenNothingMatches expects a search that matches
+// nothing to answer 200 with a total of 0 and an empty list, not null.
+func TestASSearchAnswersEmptyListWhenNothingMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	data := searchAS(t, newServerWithTestRoutes(t), "q=XYZABC123456")
+
+	if data.Total != 0 || data.Results == nil || len(data.Results) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("total %d and results %#v, want 0 and an empty list",
+			data.Total, data.Results)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestASSearchAnswers400ForEmptyQuery expects a search with no q, an empty q
+// or a q of only spaces to answer 400 with the JSON error body.
+func TestASSearchAnswers400ForEmptyQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newServerWithTestRoutes(t)
+
+	for _, path := range []string{
+		asSearchPath, asSearchPath + "?q=", asSearchPath + "?q=%20%20",
+	} {
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodGet, path, nil))
+
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				path, rec.Code, http.StatusBadRequest, rec.Body)
+		}
+
+		checkJSONErrorCode(t, path, rec, http.StatusBadRequest)
+		checkJSONErrorMessage(t, path, rec, searchQueryMissingMessage)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestASSearchShowsFirstMatchesAndTotal searches for a word with more matches
+// than an answer holds, and expects the first maxASSearchResults of them, in
+// AS number order, and the number of all of them.
+func TestASSearchShowsFirstMatchesAndTotal(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const query = "university"
+
+	all, _ := asinfo.Search(query, asinfo.Total())
+	if len(all) <= maxASSearchResults {
+		t.Fatalf("Search(%q) has %d matches; the test needs more than %d",
+			query, len(all), maxASSearchResults)
+	}
+
+	data := searchAS(t, newServerWithTestRoutes(t), "q="+query)
+
+	if data.Total != len(all) {
+		t.Errorf("total %d, want %d", data.Total, len(all))
+	}
+
+	if !slices.Equal(data.Results, all[:maxASSearchResults]) {
+		t.Errorf("results %v, want the first %d matches %v",
+			data.Results, maxASSearchResults, all[:maxASSearchResults])
+	}
+}
+
+// The AS numbers the AS detail tests ask for. storedASN originates the route
+// for testPrefixV4 and is in the database. routeOnlyASN originates the route
+// for testPrefixV6, but the database has no record of the AS itself, as when
+// a route is stored before its AS. builtInOnlyASN is in the AS list built into
+// asinfo but not in the database. unknownASN is in neither.
+const (
+	storedASN      = 64500
+	routeOnlyASN   = 64501
+	builtInOnlyASN = 15169
+	unknownASN     = 4200000000
+)
+
+// zeroDate is how a page writes a time that was never set.
+const zeroDate = "0001-01-01"
+
+// firstSeenCard is the label of the AS page's first-seen date.
+const firstSeenCard = `<div class="info-label">First Seen</div>`
+
+// newServerWithStoredAS returns newServerWithTestRoutes's server with storedASN
+// added to the database. It fails the test when the AS list built into asinfo
+// lacks routeOnlyASN or builtInOnlyASN, or holds unknownASN.
+func newServerWithStoredAS(t *testing.T) *Server {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	for _, asn := range []int{routeOnlyASN, builtInOnlyASN} {
+		if _, ok := asinfo.Get(asn); !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("AS%d is not in the AS info data", asn)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := asinfo.Get(unknownASN); ok {
+		t.Fatalf("AS%d is in the AS info data", unknownASN)
+	}
+
+	s := newServerWithTestRoutes(t)
+
+	_, err := s.db.GetOrCreateASN(storedASN, time.Date(2026, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetOrCreateASN: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return s
+}
+
+// TestASDetailJSONAnswersBuiltInAS asks /api/v1/as/ for each of the ASes above.
+// All but unknownASN answer 200 with the handle and description from the
+// built-in AS list and their prefixes, as lists even when empty. Only storedASN
+// has a first_seen time. unknownASN answers 404. Before the fix builtInOnlyASN
+// and routeOnlyASN answered 404 too
+// (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/151).
+func TestASDetailJSONAnswersBuiltInAS(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newServerWithStoredAS(t)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		asn           int
+		wantCode      int
+		wantPrefixes  []string
+		wantFirstSeen bool
+	}{
+		{storedASN, http.StatusOK, []string{testPrefixV4}, true},
+		{routeOnlyASN, http.StatusOK, []string{testPrefixV6}, false},
+		{builtInOnlyASN, http.StatusOK, nil, false},
+		{unknownASN, http.StatusNotFound, nil, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		path := "/api/v1/as/" + strconv.Itoa(tt.asn)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodGet, path, nil))
+
+		if rec.Code != tt.wantCode {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				path, rec.Code, tt.wantCode, rec.Body)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tt.wantCode != http.StatusOK {
+			checkJSONErrorCode(t, path, rec, tt.wantCode)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		//nolint:tagliatelle // field names are the existing JSON API
+		var body struct {
+			Data struct {
+				ASN          database.ASN         `json:"asn"`
+				IPv4Prefixes []database.LiveRoute `json:"ipv4_prefixes"`
+				IPv6Prefixes []database.LiveRoute `json:"ipv6_prefixes"`
+			} `json:"data"`
+		}
+
+		err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: decoding the answer %q: %v", path, rec.Body, err)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		info, _ := asinfo.Get(tt.asn)
+		got := body.Data.ASN
+
+		if got.ASN != tt.asn || got.Handle != info.Handle ||
+			got.Description != info.Description {
+			t.Errorf("%s: AS %d %q %q, want %d %q %q", path, got.ASN,
+				got.Handle, got.Description, tt.asn, info.Handle, info.Description)
+		}
+
+		if body.Data.IPv4Prefixes == nil || body.Data.IPv6Prefixes == nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: a prefix list is null; body %s", path, rec.Body)
+		}
+
+		routes := slices.Concat(body.Data.IPv4Prefixes, body.Data.IPv6Prefixes)
+
+		gotPrefixes := make([]string, 0, len(routes))
+		for _, route := range routes {
+			gotPrefixes = append(gotPrefixes, route.Prefix)
+		}
+
+		if !slices.Equal(gotPrefixes, tt.wantPrefixes) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: prefixes %v, want %v", path, gotPrefixes, tt.wantPrefixes)
+		}
+
+		gotFirstSeen := strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), `"first_seen"`)
+		if gotFirstSeen != tt.wantFirstSeen {
+			t.Errorf("%s: has first_seen %t, want %t; body %s",
+				path, gotFirstSeen, tt.wantFirstSeen, rec.Body)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestASDetailPageShowsBuiltInAS asks /as/ for each of the ASes above. All but
+// unknownASN answer 200 with the handle and description from the built-in AS
+// list. storedASN and routeOnlyASN list their prefixes, and builtInOnlyASN says
+// the AS announces none. Only storedASN shows a first-seen date, and no page
+// shows a date that was never set. unknownASN answers 404. Before the fix
+// builtInOnlyASN and routeOnlyASN answered 404 too
+// (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/151).
+func TestASDetailPageShowsBuiltInAS(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newServerWithStoredAS(t)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		asn           int
+		wantCode      int
+		wantText      string
+		wantFirstSeen bool
+	}{
+		{storedASN, http.StatusOK, testPrefixV4, true},
+		{routeOnlyASN, http.StatusOK, testPrefixV6, false},
+		{builtInOnlyASN, http.StatusOK, "No prefixes announced by this AS", false},
+		{unknownASN, http.StatusNotFound, "", false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		path := "/as/" + strconv.Itoa(tt.asn)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodGet, path, nil))
+
+		if rec.Code != tt.wantCode {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				path, rec.Code, tt.wantCode, rec.Body)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tt.wantCode != http.StatusOK {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		info, _ := asinfo.Get(tt.asn)
+		page := rec.Body.String()
+
+		for _, want := range []string{
+			html.EscapeString(info.Handle),
+			html.EscapeString(info.Description),
+			tt.wantText,
+		} {
+			if !strings.Contains(page, want) {
+				t.Errorf("%s: page does not show %q", path, want)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if strings.Contains(page, zeroDate) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: page shows the date %s", path, zeroDate)
+		}
+
+		gotFirstSeen := strings.Contains(page, firstSeenCard)
+		if gotFirstSeen != tt.wantFirstSeen {
+			t.Errorf("%s: shows a first-seen date %t, want %t",
+				path, gotFirstSeen, tt.wantFirstSeen)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNoOriginHasNoASAnswers stores a route with no known origin, which has
+// origin AS 0 (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/75). It expects
+// /as/0 and /api/v1/as/0 to answer 404. It expects a search for "iana" to leave
+// AS 0 out of its results and its total, although the AS list built into
+// asinfo holds AS 0. That search has more matches than an answer holds, so it
+// still lists maxASSearchResults of them.
+func TestNoOriginHasNoASAnswers(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const (
+		noOriginPrefix = "203.0.113.0/24"
+		query          = "iana"
+	)
+
+	s := newServerWithTestRoutes(t)
+
+	err := s.db.UpsertLiveRouteBatch([]*database.LiveRoute{{
+		Prefix: noOriginPrefix, MaskLength: 24, IPVersion: 4,
+		OriginASN: ristypes.NoOrigin, PeerIP: testPeerV4,
+		ASPath: []int{64500, 64501, 64502}, NextHop: testPeerV4,
+		LastUpdated: time.Date(2026, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC),
+	}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UpsertLiveRouteBatch: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	asn := strconv.Itoa(ristypes.NoOrigin)
+
+	for _, path := range []string{"/as/" + asn, "/api/v1/as/" + asn} {
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodGet, path, nil))
+
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				path, rec.Code, http.StatusNotFound, rec.Body)
+		}
+	}
+
+	first, total := asinfo.Search(query, 1)
+	if len(first) != 1 || first[0].ASN != ristypes.NoOrigin {
+		t.Fatalf("AS%d is not the first match for %q in the AS info data",
+			ristypes.NoOrigin, query)
+	}
+
+	data := searchAS(t, s, "q="+query)
+
+	for _, info := range data.Results {
+		if info.ASN == ristypes.NoOrigin {
+			t.Errorf("the search for %q lists AS%d", query, info.ASN)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if data.Total != total-1 {
+		t.Errorf("the search for %q has a total of %d, want %d",
+			query, data.Total, total-1)
+	}
+
+	if len(data.Results) != maxASSearchResults {
+		t.Errorf("the search for %q lists %d matches, want %d",
+			query, len(data.Results), maxASSearchResults)
+	}
+}
+
 // settledGoroutineCount lets transient goroutines finish, then reports the
 // current count.
 func settledGoroutineCount() int {

internal/server/middleware.go

@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ func deadlinePassed(ctx context.Context) bool {
 //
 // If a response is not valid JSON or is empty when JSON is expected, the middleware
 // returns a properly formatted JSON error response. If the request's time limit
-// has passed, it answers 504 with the error message "Request timeout". For other
-// errors, it returns "Internal server error" with status 500 if the original
+// has passed, it answers 504 with the error message "Request timeout". A 4xx
+// keeps its status, with the status's standard text as the message. For other
+// errors, it returns "Internal server error", with status 500 if the original
 // status was 200.
 //
 // Non-JSON responses are passed through unchanged.
@@ -203,8 +204,13 @@ func JSONValidationMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
 
 		errorMsg := internalErrorMessage
-		if statusCode == http.StatusGatewayTimeout {
+
+		switch {
+		case statusCode == http.StatusGatewayTimeout:
 			errorMsg = requestTimeoutMessage
+		case statusCode >= http.StatusBadRequest &&
+			statusCode < http.StatusInternalServerError:
+			errorMsg = http.StatusText(statusCode)
 		}
 
 		response := map[string]any{

internal/server/middleware_internal_test.go

@@ -58,6 +58,34 @@ func TestResponsesCarrySecurityHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestJSONValidationKeeps4xxWithoutBody wraps a handler that answers 400
+// without a body in JSONValidationMiddleware and checks that the JSON error
+// body keeps the 400 and gives the status's own text. Before the fix it said
+// "Internal server error"
+// (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/111).
+func TestJSONValidationKeeps4xxWithoutBody(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	handler := JSONValidationMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		}))
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+		t.Context(), http.MethodGet, "/", nil))
+
+	const name = "400 without a body"
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+			name, rec.Code, http.StatusBadRequest, rec.Body)
+	}
+
+	checkJSONErrorCode(t, name, rec, http.StatusBadRequest)
+	checkJSONErrorMessage(t, name, rec, http.StatusText(http.StatusBadRequest))
+}
+
 // TestPagesCarryTheCSPNonce checks that every script and style block of each
 // page carries the nonce its Content-Security-Policy header names, so that the
 // browser runs and applies them, that each answer has a nonce of its own, and

internal/server/routes.go

@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 )
 
+// The error messages the JSON routes under /api/v1 and /ip answer with when no
+// route matches the path, and when none takes the method.
+const (
+	notFoundMessage         = "Not found"
+	methodNotAllowedMessage = "Method not allowed"
+
+	// jsonRoutesAllow is the Allow header of their 405 answer: every one of
+	// them takes GET and HEAD, and no other method.
+	jsonRoutesAllow = "GET, HEAD"
+)
+
 // setupRoutes configures the HTTP routes
 func (s *Server) setupRoutes() {
 	r := chi.NewRouter()
 
 	// Middleware
 	r.Use(DecodedPathMiddleware)
+	// GetHead serves HEAD with the GET handler. It looks the route up by the
+	// path DecodedPathMiddleware sets, so it comes after it.
+	r.Use(middleware.GetHead)
 	r.Use(SecurityHeadersMiddleware)
 	r.Use(middleware.RequestID)
 	r.Use(RealIPMiddleware(s.trustedProxies))
@@ -40,20 +55,39 @@ func (s *Server) setupRoutes() {
 	r.Get("/prefixlength/{length}", s.handlePrefixLength())
 	r.Get("/prefixlength6/{length}", s.handlePrefixLength6())
 
+	// The JSON routes answer a path or method they do not take with the JSON
+	// error body, as they answer everything else.
+	jsonNotFound := func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		s.writeJSONError(w, http.StatusNotFound, notFoundMessage)
+	}
+	jsonMethodNotAllowed := func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		// chi's own 405 answer sets Allow; one set in its place must too.
+		w.Header().Set("Allow", jsonRoutesAllow)
+		s.writeJSONError(w, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, methodNotAllowedMessage)
+	}
+
 	// IP info JSON endpoints (replaces old /ip redirect)
 	r.Route("/ip", func(r chi.Router) {
 		r.Use(JSONValidationMiddleware)
-		r.Get("/", s.handleIPInfo())       // Client IP
+		r.NotFound(jsonNotFound)
+		r.MethodNotAllowed(jsonMethodNotAllowed)
+		r.Get("/", s.handleIPInfo()) // Client IP
+		// GetHead does not reach this route: mounting the group registers
+		// /ip and /ip/ for every method, so HEAD arrives here as HEAD.
+		r.Head("/", s.handleIPInfo())
 		r.Get("/{addr}", s.handleIPInfo()) // Specified IP
 	})
 
 	// API routes
 	r.Route("/api/v1", func(r chi.Router) {
 		r.Use(JSONValidationMiddleware)
+		r.NotFound(jsonNotFound)
+		r.MethodNotAllowed(jsonMethodNotAllowed)
 		r.Get("/stats", s.handleStats())
 		r.Get("/ip/{ip}", s.handleIPLookup())
 		r.Get("/as/{asn}", s.handleASDetailJSON())
 		r.Get("/prefix/{prefix}/{len}", s.handlePrefixDetailJSON())
+		r.Get("/search/as", s.handleASSearch())
 	})
 
 	s.router = r

internal/server/routes_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestRoutesAnswerHEAD sends HEAD for a page and JSON routes through the
+// server's router and checks that each answers as GET does. /ip and /ip/, the
+// lookup of the caller's own address, are in the list because chi's GetHead
+// does not reach them. Before the fix every route answered HEAD with 405
+// (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/111).
+func TestRoutesAnswerHEAD(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newServerWithTestRoutes(t)
+
+	for _, path := range []string{"/", statsPath, "/ip", "/ip/"} {
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodHead, path, nil))
+
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Errorf("HEAD %s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				path, rec.Code, http.StatusOK, rec.Body)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJSONRoutesAnswerUnmatchedRequestsWithJSONErrors sends a method the JSON
+// routes do not take, and a path none of them matches, to each group of JSON
+// routes through the server's router. Each must answer with the JSON error
+// body, and a 405 must name the methods the routes take in its Allow header.
+// Before the fix a 405 said "Internal server error" and a 404 was chi's plain
+// text answer (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/111).
+func TestJSONRoutesAnswerUnmatchedRequestsWithJSONErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s := newServerWithTestRoutes(t)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		method   string
+		path     string
+		wantCode int
+		wantMsg  string
+	}{
+		{http.MethodPost, statsPath, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, methodNotAllowedMessage},
+		{http.MethodPost, "/ip/", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, methodNotAllowedMessage},
+		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/nothing", http.StatusNotFound, notFoundMessage},
+		{http.MethodGet, "/ip/192.0.2.1/nothing", http.StatusNotFound, notFoundMessage},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		name := tt.method + " " + tt.path
+
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), tt.method, tt.path, nil))
+
+		if rec.Code != tt.wantCode {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s",
+				name, rec.Code, tt.wantCode, rec.Body)
+		}
+
+		checkJSONErrorCode(t, name, rec, tt.wantCode)
+		checkJSONErrorMessage(t, name, rec, tt.wantMsg)
+
+		allow := rec.Header().Get("Allow")
+		if tt.wantCode == http.StatusMethodNotAllowed && allow != jsonRoutesAllow {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Allow %q, want %q", name, allow, jsonRoutesAllow)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// checkJSONErrorMessage checks that rec holds the JSON error body with the
+// given message.
+func checkJSONErrorMessage(
+	t *testing.T, name string, rec *httptest.ResponseRecorder, want string,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var body struct {
+		Error struct {
+			Msg string `json:"msg"`
+		} `json:"error"`
+	}
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("%s: decoding the answer %q: %v", name, rec.Body, err)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	if body.Error.Msg != want {
+		t.Errorf("%s: error message %q, want %q", name, body.Error.Msg, want)
+	}
+}

internal/server/server.go

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-// Package server provides HTTP endpoints for status monitoring and statistics
+// Package server serves RouteWatch's web pages and JSON API:
+//   - the home page, the status figures and the health check
+//   - the AS, prefix and prefix length pages, and the JSON answers behind them
+//   - the IP lookups
+//   - the AS name search
 package server
 
 import (
@@ -139,7 +143,8 @@ func (s *Server) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// SetASNFetcher sets the ASN WHOIS fetcher for on-demand lookups.
+// SetASNFetcher sets the ASN WHOIS fetcher for on-demand lookups. Call it
+// before Start: the handlers read the fetcher without a lock.
 func (s *Server) SetASNFetcher(fetcher ASNFetcher) {
 	s.asnFetcher = fetcher
 }

internal/streamer/streamer.go

@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ type RawMessageHandler func(line string)
 // handlerMetrics tracks performance metrics for a handler
 type handlerMetrics struct {
 	processedCount     uint64        // Total messages processed
-	droppedCount       uint64        // Total messages dropped
+	droppedCount       atomic.Uint64 // Total messages dropped; not under mu
 	totalTime          time.Duration // Total processing time (for average calculation)
 	minTime            time.Duration // Minimum processing time
 	maxTime            time.Duration // Maximum processing time
 	queueHighWaterMark int           // Maximum queue length seen
-	mu                 sync.Mutex    // Protects the metrics
+	mu                 sync.Mutex    // Protects the other metrics
 }
 
 // handlerInfo wraps a handler with its queue and metrics
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func (s *Streamer) GetHandlerStats() []HandlerStats {
 			QueueCapacity:      cap(info.queue),
 			QueueHighWaterMark: info.metrics.queueHighWaterMark,
 			ProcessedCount:     info.metrics.processedCount,
-			DroppedCount:       info.metrics.droppedCount,
+			DroppedCount:       info.metrics.droppedCount.Load(),
 			MinProcessTime:     info.metrics.minTime,
 			MaxProcessTime:     info.metrics.maxTime,
 		}
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func (s *Streamer) logMetrics() {
 				"queue_len", len(info.queue),
 				"queue_cap", cap(info.queue),
 				"processed", info.metrics.processedCount,
-				"dropped", info.metrics.droppedCount,
+				"dropped", info.metrics.droppedCount.Load(),
 				"avg_time", avgTime,
 				"min_time", info.metrics.minTime,
 				"max_time", info.metrics.maxTime,
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ func (s *Streamer) dispatchMessage(
 		}
 
 		if !s.queueMessage(info, msg) {
-			atomic.AddUint64(&info.metrics.droppedCount, 1)
+			info.metrics.droppedCount.Add(1)
 			s.totalDropped.Add(1)
 
 			continue

internal/streamer/streamer_internal_test.go

@@ -621,6 +621,68 @@ func TestStreamReadsLongLine(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// blockedHandler wants UPDATE messages, has room on its queue for one, and
+// does not return from HandleMessage until release is closed.
+type blockedHandler struct {
+	release chan struct{}
+}
+
+func (blockedHandler) WantsMessage(messageType string) bool {
+	return messageType == ristypes.MessageTypeUpdate
+}
+
+func (blockedHandler) QueueCapacity() int { return 1 }
+
+func (h blockedHandler) HandleMessage(*ristypes.RISMessage) { <-h.release }
+
+// TestHandlerStatsReadWhileMessagesAreDropped has the server send a few UPDATE
+// lines to a blockedHandler, so the read loop drops all but the one the
+// handler holds and the one on its queue, while the test reads the handler's
+// statistics. The drop count must reach the number dropped, and the race
+// detector must find the count read and written safely.
+func TestHandlerStatsReadWhileMessagesAreDropped(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const (
+		lines       = 5
+		wantDropped = lines - 2
+		maxWait     = 5 * time.Second
+	)
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			_, _ = io.WriteString(w, strings.Repeat(updateLine, lines))
+
+			flush(w)
+			<-r.Context().Done()
+		}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	s := New(logger.New(), metrics.New())
+	s.url = srv.URL
+	handler := blockedHandler{release: make(chan struct{})}
+	s.RegisterHandler(handler)
+
+	err := s.Start(t.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Start returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer s.Stop(t.Context())
+	defer close(handler.release)
+
+	// The test polls instead of waiting for a signal from the read loop: a
+	// signal would order the drops before the reads here, and the race
+	// detector would have nothing to report.
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(maxWait)
+
+	for s.GetHandlerStats()[0].DroppedCount < wantDropped {
+		if time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			t.Fatalf("fewer than %d messages counted as dropped within %s",
+				wantDropped, maxWait)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestPeerCountCountsEveryPeerHeardFrom has the server send an UPDATE from
 // stateDownPeer and a KEEPALIVE from another peer, with no OPEN from either,
 // and then a message that ends stateDownPeer's session: a NOTIFICATION, or a

internal/templates/as_detail.html

@@ -233,10 +233,12 @@
                 <div class="info-label">Peer ASNs</div>
                 <div class="info-value">{{.PeerCount}}</div>
             </div>
+            {{if not .ASN.FirstSeen.IsZero}}
             <div class="info-card">
                 <div class="info-label">First Seen</div>
                 <div class="info-value">{{.ASN.FirstSeen.Format "2006-01-02"}}</div>
             </div>
+            {{end}}
         </div>
 
         {{if .IPv4Prefixes}}

internal/templates/index.html

@@ -174,6 +174,38 @@
         #asname-results .search-message {
             font-size: 13px;
         }
+        #asname-results .error {
+            color: #c00;
+        }
+        .asname-list {
+            list-style: none;
+            margin: 12px 0 0 0;
+            padding: 0;
+            max-height: 400px;
+            overflow-y: auto;
+        }
+        .asname-list li {
+            border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
+        }
+        .asname-list a {
+            display: block;
+            padding: 8px 4px;
+            color: #2c3e50;
+            text-decoration: none;
+            font-size: 14px;
+        }
+        .asname-list a:hover {
+            background: #f5f5f5;
+        }
+        .asname-list .asn {
+            font-weight: 600;
+            color: #3498db;
+        }
+        .asname-list .description {
+            display: block;
+            color: #7f8c8d;
+            font-size: 12px;
+        }
 
         /* IP Lookup result */
         .ip-result {
@@ -306,7 +338,7 @@
                     <input type="text" id="asname-input" placeholder="e.g., Google, Cloudflare" autocomplete="off">
                     <button type="submit">Search</button>
                 </form>
-                <p class="search-hint">Search for autonomous systems by organization name</p>
+                <p class="search-hint">Search for autonomous systems by organization name or handle</p>
                 <div id="asname-results"></div>
             </div>
 
@@ -387,24 +419,82 @@
             }
         });
 
-        // AS name search
+        // AS name search. The handles and descriptions come from outside data,
+        // so the results are built with textContent, never innerHTML.
+        const asNameResults = document.getElementById('asname-results');
+
+        // Replace the search results with one line of text.
+        function showASNameMessage(text, className) {
+            const line = document.createElement('p');
+            line.className = className;
+            line.textContent = text;
+            asNameResults.replaceChildren(line);
+        }
+
+        // List the matches of a search answer, each as a link to its AS page,
+        // and say how many more matched than the answer holds.
+        function showASNameMatches(data) {
+            if (data.total === 0) {
+                showASNameMessage('No AS matches "' + data.query + '".', 'search-message');
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const list = document.createElement('ul');
+            list.className = 'asname-list';
+            for (const match of data.results) {
+                const asn = document.createElement('span');
+                asn.className = 'asn';
+                asn.textContent = 'AS' + match.asn;
+
+                const description = document.createElement('span');
+                description.className = 'description';
+                description.textContent = match.description;
+
+                const link = document.createElement('a');
+                link.href = '/as/' + match.asn;
+                link.append(asn, ' ' + match.handle, description);
+
+                const item = document.createElement('li');
+                item.append(link);
+                list.append(item);
+            }
+            asNameResults.replaceChildren(list);
+
+            const more = data.total - data.results.length;
+            if (more > 0) {
+                const line = document.createElement('p');
+                line.className = 'search-message';
+                line.textContent = more.toLocaleString() + ' more matched. Narrow the search to see them.';
+                asNameResults.append(line);
+            }
+        }
+
         document.getElementById('asname-form').addEventListener('submit', function(e) {
             e.preventDefault();
             const query = document.getElementById('asname-input').value.trim();
             if (!query) return;
 
-            const resultsDiv = document.getElementById('asname-results');
-            resultsDiv.innerHTML = '<p class="loading">Searching...</p>';
-
-            // Use a simple client-side search against the asinfo data
-            // For now, redirect to AS page if it looks like an ASN
-            if (/^\d+$/.test(query)) {
-                window.location.href = '/as/' + query;
+            // A number, or AS and a number, opens that AS's page
+            const asn = query.replace(/^AS/i, '');
+            if (/^\d+$/.test(asn)) {
+                window.location.href = '/as/' + asn;
                 return;
             }
 
-            // Show a message that server-side search is coming
-            resultsDiv.innerHTML = '<p class="search-message">AS name search coming soon. For now, try an AS number.</p>';
+            showASNameMessage('Searching...', 'loading');
+
+            fetch('/api/v1/search/as?q=' + encodeURIComponent(query))
+                .then(response => response.json())
+                .then(response => {
+                    if (response.status === 'error') {
+                        showASNameMessage('Error: ' + response.error.msg, 'error');
+                    } else {
+                        showASNameMatches(response.data);
+                    }
+                })
+                .catch(error => {
+                    showASNameMessage('Error: ' + error.message, 'error');
+                });
         });
 
         // IP lookup

internal/templates/templates_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package templates_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"html/template"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/internal/templates"
+)
+
+// TestFooterLicense renders the home and status pages and expects each footer
+// to name the licence in LICENSE, MIT, and not WTFPL.
+func TestFooterLicense(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const (
+		license      = "MIT"
+		wrongLicense = "WTFPL"
+	)
+
+	pages := map[string]*template.Template{
+		"index":  templates.IndexTemplate(),
+		"status": templates.StatusTemplate(),
+	}
+
+	for name, tmpl := range pages {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			var page bytes.Buffer
+
+			err := tmpl.Execute(&page, struct{ CSPNonce string }{})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("rendering the page: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			_, footer, found := strings.Cut(page.String(), "<footer")
+			if !found {
+				t.Fatal("the page has no footer")
+			}
+
+			footer, _, _ = strings.Cut(footer, "</footer>")
+
+			if !strings.Contains(footer, license) {
+				t.Errorf("footer does not name %s: %q", license, footer)
+			}
+
+			if strings.Contains(footer, wrongLicense) {
+				t.Errorf("footer names %s: %q", wrongLicense, footer)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/version/version.go

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ const (
 	Author = "@sneak"
 	// AuthorURL is the author's website
 	AuthorURL = "https://sneak.berlin"
-	// License is the program license
-	License = "WTFPL"
+	// License is the program license, as LICENSE grants it
+	License = "MIT"
 	// RepoURL is the git repository URL
 	RepoURL = "https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch"
 )

pkg/asinfo/asinfo.go

@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ package asinfo
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"cmp"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -23,6 +26,17 @@ type Info struct {
 type Registry struct {
 	mu    sync.RWMutex
 	byASN map[int]*Info
+	// searchEntries holds every entry in AS number order, for Search.
+	searchEntries []searchEntry
+}
+
+// searchEntry is an entry with its handle and description in lower case. They
+// are put in lower case once, when the data loads, so that Search only
+// compares.
+type searchEntry struct {
+	info             *Info
+	lowerHandle      string
+	lowerDescription string
 }
 
 var (
@@ -59,9 +73,21 @@ func initRegistry() {
 		panic("failed to unmarshal embedded AS data: " + err.Error())
 	}
 
+	slices.SortFunc(asInfos, func(a, b Info) int {
+		return cmp.Compare(a.ASN, b.ASN)
+	})
+
+	defaultRegistry.searchEntries = make([]searchEntry, 0, len(asInfos))
+
 	for i := range asInfos {
 		info := &asInfos[i]
 		defaultRegistry.byASN[info.ASN] = info
+		defaultRegistry.searchEntries = append(defaultRegistry.searchEntries,
+			searchEntry{
+				info:             info,
+				lowerHandle:      strings.ToLower(info.Handle),
+				lowerDescription: strings.ToLower(info.Description),
+			})
 	}
 }
 
@@ -129,36 +155,36 @@ func All() []Info {
 	return result
 }
 
-// Search searches for AS entries where the handle or description contains the query
-// This is a simple case-sensitive substring search
-func Search(query string) []Info {
+// Search finds the AS entries whose handle or description contains query,
+// ignoring case. It returns the first limit of them in AS number order, and the
+// number of entries that match. An empty query matches nothing.
+func Search(query string, limit int) ([]Info, int) {
 	once.Do(initRegistry)
 
+	if query == "" {
+		return nil, 0
+	}
+
+	query = strings.ToLower(query)
+
 	defaultRegistry.mu.RLock()
 	defer defaultRegistry.mu.RUnlock()
 
-	var results []Info
+	var (
+		results []Info
+		total   int
+	)
 
-	for _, info := range defaultRegistry.byASN {
-		if contains(info.Handle, query) || contains(info.Description, query) {
-			results = append(results, *info)
+	for _, entry := range defaultRegistry.searchEntries {
+		if strings.Contains(entry.lowerHandle, query) ||
+			strings.Contains(entry.lowerDescription, query) {
+			if total < limit {
+				results = append(results, *entry.info)
+			}
+
+			total++
 		}
 	}
 
-	return results
-}
-
-// contains is a simple substring search
-func contains(s, substr string) bool {
-	return len(substr) > 0 && len(s) >= len(substr) && containsImpl(s, substr)
-}
-
-func containsImpl(s, substr string) bool {
-	for i := 0; i <= len(s)-len(substr); i++ {
-		if s[i:i+len(substr)] == substr {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
+	return results, total
 }

pkg/asinfo/asinfo_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package asinfo_test
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -140,11 +142,6 @@ func TestSearch(t *testing.T) {
 			query:   "University",
 			wantMin: 10,
 		},
-		{
-			name:    "Empty search",
-			query:   "",
-			wantMin: 0,
-		},
 		{
 			name:    "Non-existent org",
 			query:   "XYZABC123456",
@@ -156,26 +153,115 @@ func TestSearch(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			results := asinfo.Search(tt.query)
+			results, _ := asinfo.Search(tt.query, asinfo.Total())
 			if len(results) < tt.wantMin {
 				t.Errorf("Search(%q) returned %d results, want at least %d",
 					tt.query, len(results), tt.wantMin)
 			}
 
-			// Verify all results contain the query
-			if tt.query != "" {
-				for _, r := range results {
-					if !strings.Contains(r.Handle, tt.query) &&
-						!strings.Contains(r.Description, tt.query) {
-						t.Errorf("Search result ASN %d doesn't contain query %q",
-							r.ASN, tt.query)
-					}
+			// Verify all results contain the query, ignoring case
+			query := strings.ToLower(tt.query)
+			for _, r := range results {
+				if !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(r.Handle), query) &&
+					!strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(r.Description), query) {
+					t.Errorf("Search result ASN %d doesn't contain query %q",
+						r.ASN, tt.query)
 				}
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
+// TestSearchEmptyQueryMatchesNothing expects an empty query to match no AS,
+// although every handle contains the empty string.
+func TestSearchEmptyQueryMatchesNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	results, total := asinfo.Search("", asinfo.Total())
+	if len(results) != 0 || total != 0 {
+		t.Errorf(`Search("") returned %d results and a total of %d, want none`,
+			len(results), total)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSearchIgnoresCase searches for Cloudflare's handle in lower case and its
+// description in upper case, and expects both searches to find AS13335.
+func TestSearchIgnoresCase(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const cloudflareASN = 13335 // handle CLOUDFLARENET, "Cloudflare, Inc."
+
+	isCloudflare := func(info asinfo.Info) bool {
+		return info.ASN == cloudflareASN
+	}
+
+	for _, query := range []string{"cloudflarenet", "CLOUDFLARE, INC."} {
+		results, _ := asinfo.Search(query, asinfo.Total())
+		if !slices.ContainsFunc(results, isCloudflare) {
+			t.Errorf("Search(%q) did not find AS%d", query, cloudflareASN)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSearchOrdersByASN expects the matches of a search with many of them to
+// come in AS number order.
+func TestSearchOrdersByASN(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const query = "University"
+
+	results, _ := asinfo.Search(query, asinfo.Total())
+
+	for i := 1; i < len(results); i++ {
+		if results[i-1].ASN >= results[i].ASN {
+			t.Fatalf("Search(%q): AS%d comes after AS%d",
+				query, results[i].ASN, results[i-1].ASN)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSearchStopsAtLimit searches for a word that matches more entries than
+// the limit. It expects exactly limit entries, the first matches in AS number
+// order, and the number of all matches, counted here from All.
+func TestSearchStopsAtLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const (
+		query = "university"
+		limit = 10
+	)
+
+	var matches []asinfo.Info
+
+	for _, info := range asinfo.All() {
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(info.Handle), query) ||
+			strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(info.Description), query) {
+			matches = append(matches, info)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(matches) <= limit {
+		t.Fatalf("%q matches %d entries; the test needs more than %d",
+			query, len(matches), limit)
+	}
+
+	slices.SortFunc(matches, func(a, b asinfo.Info) int {
+		return cmp.Compare(a.ASN, b.ASN)
+	})
+
+	results, total := asinfo.Search(query, limit)
+
+	if total != len(matches) {
+		t.Errorf("Search(%q, %d): total %d, want %d",
+			query, limit, total, len(matches))
+	}
+
+	if !slices.Equal(results, matches[:limit]) {
+		t.Errorf("Search(%q, %d) = %v, want %v",
+			query, limit, results, matches[:limit])
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDataIntegrity(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -215,11 +301,13 @@ func BenchmarkGet(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkSearch(b *testing.B) {
+	const limit = 50
+
 	queries := []string{"Google", "Amazon", "Microsoft", "University"}
 
 	b.ResetTimer()
 
 	for i := range b.N {
-		asinfo.Search(queries[i%len(queries)])
+		asinfo.Search(queries[i%len(queries)], limit)
 	}
 }

pkg/asinfo/doc.go

@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ Basic usage:
 	// Get just the description
 	desc := asinfo.GetDescription(15169) // "Google LLC"
 
-	// Search for AS entries
-	results := asinfo.Search("University")
+	// Search the handles and descriptions, ignoring case, for the first 10
+	// matches in AS number order and the number of all matches
+	results, total := asinfo.Search("university", 10)
+	fmt.Printf("%d matches\n", total)
 	for _, as := range results {
 		fmt.Printf("AS%d: %s\n", as.ASN, as.Description)
 	}

pkg/asinfo/example_test.go

@@ -21,9 +21,16 @@ func ExampleGetDescription() {
 }
 
 func ExampleSearch() {
-	results := asinfo.Search("MIT-GATEWAY")
+	const limit = 10
+
+	results, total := asinfo.Search("mit-gateway", limit)
+
+	fmt.Printf("%d of %d matches\n", len(results), total)
+
 	for _, info := range results {
 		fmt.Printf("AS%d: %s - %s\n", info.ASN, info.Handle, info.Description)
 	}
-	// Output: AS3: MIT-GATEWAYS - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+	// Output:
+	// 1 of 1 matches
+	// AS3: MIT-GATEWAYS - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 }