From 8d09c7d49d60f781593e37f83ae1d7970c5fcf09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: the8thbit <the8thbit@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:44:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid Internet version checks when displaying local radio
 information

---
 meshtastic/__main__.py        |  6 ------
 meshtastic/tests/test_main.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meshtastic/__main__.py b/meshtastic/__main__.py
index ca1680a58..b4de5386e 100644
--- a/meshtastic/__main__.py
+++ b/meshtastic/__main__.py
@@ -1081,12 +1081,6 @@ def setSimpleConfig(modem_preset):
                 interface.getNode(args.dest, **getNode_kwargs).showInfo()
                 closeNow = True
                 print("")
-                pypi_version = meshtastic.util.check_if_newer_version()
-                if pypi_version:
-                    print(
-                        f"*** A newer version v{pypi_version} is available!"
-                        ' Consider running "pip install --upgrade meshtastic" ***\n'
-                    )
             else:
                 print("Showing info of remote node is not supported.")
                 print(
diff --git a/meshtastic/tests/test_main.py b/meshtastic/tests/test_main.py
index e0d65f60f..46e410e50 100644
--- a/meshtastic/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/meshtastic/tests/test_main.py
@@ -244,6 +244,34 @@ def mock_showInfo():
             mo.assert_called()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.unit
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("reset_mt_config")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("connection_args,interface_class", [
+    ([], "meshtastic.serial_interface.SerialInterface"),
+    (["--host", "meshtastic.local"], "meshtastic.tcp_interface.TCPInterface"),
+])
+def test_main_info_without_internet(connection_args, interface_class, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    """Local radio information must not make an Internet request."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "argv", ["", "--info", *connection_args])
+    iface = MagicMock()
+    iface.showInfo.side_effect = lambda: print("Radio information")
+    iface.getNode.return_value.showInfo.side_effect = lambda: print("Node configuration")
+
+    with patch(interface_class, return_value=iface), patch(
+        "meshtastic.util.requests.get"
+    ) as request:
+        main()
+
+    request.assert_not_called()
+    iface.showInfo.assert_called_once_with()
+    iface.getNode.return_value.showInfo.assert_called_once_with()
+    iface.close.assert_called()
+    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Radio information" in out
+    assert "Node configuration" in out
+    assert err == ""
+
+
 @pytest.mark.unit
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("reset_mt_config")
 @patch("os.getlogin")