Find supernets, don't create them

app/models/waf_policy.rb

@@ -152,10 +152,14 @@ validate :targets_must_be_array
   def create_rule_for_network_range(network_range)
     return nil unless matches_network_range?(network_range)
 
+    # For country policies, expand to largest matching ancestor
+    # This consolidates /24 rules into /16, /8, etc. when possible
+    expanded_range = find_largest_matching_ancestor(network_range)
+
     # Check for existing supernet rules before attempting to create
-    if network_range.supernet_rules.any?
-      supernet = network_range.supernet_rules.first
-      Rails.logger.debug "Skipping rule creation for #{network_range.cidr} - covered by supernet rule ##{supernet.id} (#{supernet.network_range.cidr})"
+    if expanded_range.supernet_rules.any?
+      supernet = expanded_range.supernet_rules.first
+      Rails.logger.debug "Skipping rule creation for #{expanded_range.cidr} - covered by supernet rule ##{supernet.id} (#{supernet.network_range.cidr})"
       return nil
     end
 
@@ -164,21 +168,21 @@ validate :targets_must_be_array
       rule = Rule.create!(
         waf_rule_type: 'network',
         waf_action: policy_action.to_sym,
-        network_range: network_range,
+        network_range: expanded_range,
         waf_policy: self,
         user: user,
         source: "policy",
-        metadata: build_rule_metadata(network_range),
-        priority: network_range.prefix_length
+        metadata: build_rule_metadata(expanded_range),
+        priority: expanded_range.prefix_length
       )
     rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
       # Rule already exists (created by another job or earlier in this job)
       # Find and return the existing rule
-      Rails.logger.debug "Rule already exists for #{network_range.cidr} with policy #{name}"
+      Rails.logger.debug "Rule already exists for #{expanded_range.cidr} with policy #{name}"
       return Rule.find_by(
         waf_rule_type: 'network',
         waf_action: policy_action,
-        network_range: network_range,
+        network_range: expanded_range,
         waf_policy: self,
         source: "policy"
       )
@@ -505,6 +509,64 @@ validate :targets_must_be_array
     base_metadata.merge!(additional_data || {})
   end
 
+  # For country policies, find the largest ancestor network that matches the same country
+  # This allows consolidating /24 rules into /16, /8, etc. when the entire block is in the same country
+  def find_largest_matching_ancestor(network_range)
+    return network_range unless country_policy?
+
+    country = network_range.country || network_range.inherited_intelligence[:country]
+    return network_range unless country
+
+    # Check if this network has IPAPI data with a larger CIDR (asn.route or ipapi_returned_cidr)
+    ipapi_cidr = network_range.network_data&.dig('ipapi', 'asn', 'route') ||
+                 network_range.network_data&.dig('ipapi_returned_cidr')
+
+    if ipapi_cidr && ipapi_cidr != network_range.cidr
+      # IPAPI returned a larger network - use it if it exists
+      existing = NetworkRange.find_by(network: ipapi_cidr)
+      if existing
+        existing_country = existing.country || existing.inherited_intelligence[:country]
+        if existing_country == country
+          Rails.logger.debug "Using IPAPI CIDR #{existing.cidr} instead of #{network_range.cidr} (both #{country})"
+          return existing
+        end
+      else
+        # Create the IPAPI network range if it doesn't exist
+        begin
+          ipapi_network = NetworkRange.create!(
+            network: ipapi_cidr,
+            source: 'inherited',
+            country: country
+          )
+          Rails.logger.info "Created IPAPI network range #{ipapi_cidr} for country #{country}"
+          return ipapi_network
+        rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
+          # Race condition - another process created it
+          existing = NetworkRange.find_by(network: ipapi_cidr)
+          return existing || network_range
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Fallback: Look for existing parent networks with IPAPI data and same country
+    # Query for all networks that contain this network and have IPAPI data
+    parent_with_ipapi = NetworkRange.where(
+      "?::inet << network", network_range.cidr
+    ).where(
+      "network_data ? 'ipapi' AND " \
+      "network_data -> 'ipapi' ->> 'location' ->> 'country_code' = ?",
+      country
+    ).order("masklen(network) DESC").first
+
+    if parent_with_ipapi
+      Rails.logger.debug "Found existing IPAPI parent #{parent_with_ipapi.cidr} for #{network_range.cidr} (both #{country})"
+      return parent_with_ipapi
+    end
+
+    # No expansion possible - use original network
+    network_range
+  end
+
   def matched_field(network_range)
     case policy_type
     when 'country'