WiFi SSIDs with spaces missing from TUI list

[nmarley]

Which ISO version are you using?

2026-07-01

The installation log

I don't have network connectivity to be able to capture this from the device.

describe the problem

When using the guided installer's WiFi setup (wpa_supplicant / wpa_cli), networks whose SSIDs contain spaces never appear in the selection menu, even though they show up in wpa_cli scan_results / iwctl.

To Reproduce:

1. Boot Arch ISO (reproduced on archlinux-2026.07.01, archinstall 4.4-1, kernel 7.0.14-arch1-1).
2. Have a nearby AP whose SSID contains a space (e.g. My Home Network).
3. Start archinstall and use the WiFi connection prompt.
4. Observe: SSIDs without spaces are listed; SSIDs with spaces are missing.

Expected:

All scanned SSIDs from wpa_cli scan_results are shown, including names with spaces.

What Actually Happens:

SSIDs with spaces are not present in the menu.

[CooperWang0912]

I believe I have located the root cause, which is line 181-183 under lib/models/network.

The current code that parses wpa_cli scan_results is structured to be:

parts = line.split()
if len(parts) != 5:
	continue

In this case, when parsing SSID with spaces, the length of the parsed array will exceed 5, and fail silently due to the conditional check.

I have created a draft PR that works around this by using \t as the delimiter, and falling back to using split(maxsplit=4) when tabs are not present. Will probably create tests later for this to verify that it works.