Bug: node_id generation uses display hostname instead of system hostname #1936
Description
Problem
_generate_node_id() in api/nodes.py:268-271 generates a deterministic node_id by hashing node_data.hostname. Since hostname stores user-provided display names (e.g., 00-SLM-Manager) rather than actual system hostnames (Issue #1814), the same physical machine could get different node_ids if enrolled with different display names.
Impact
Severity: low — most enrollments provide explicit node_id. But when fallback is used, the generated ID is non-deterministic relative to the actual machine.
Suggested Fix
Use ansible_name (added in PR #1932) or ip_address for the hash when node_id is not provided.
Discovered During
Working on #1814 (nodes.hostname data quality)
Location
autobot-slm-backend/api/nodes.py:262-271