feat(mesh): optional plain-TCP Reticulum interface (radio-less Aurora interop)

Adds an additive, loopback-only TCP server/client interface to
reticulum-daemon and the Rust mesh wiring, alongside the unchanged serial
RNode path. Aurora (~/aurora) already speaks standard RNS/LXMF over plain
TCP by default, the same way Sideband already proved interop over LoRa
(docs/RETICULUM-TRANSPORT-PROGRESS.md gates #2/#3) — this closes the gap so
that interop is provable without scarce LoRa hardware, and gives archy a
path to eventually be dialed by an Aurora client.

Verified: daemon TCP transport round-trip, bidirectional LXMF DM against a
scripted RNS/LXMF stand-in for Aurora's Dart stack (content + dest-hash
match both directions), cargo check/test -p archipelago green (108 mesh
tests, 0 regressions), and a real MeshService::start() end-to-end test
spawning the daemon in TCP client mode with no serial probe.

TCP server mode is hard-gated to loopback in both Python and Rust — WAN/LAN
exposure is a deliberate future decision, not part of this change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
ssmithx 2026-07-03 18:08:35 +00:00
parent 01cbec27ed
commit 7f657ab099
7 changed files with 468 additions and 16 deletions

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@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ pub fn spawn_mesh_listener(
lora_region: Option<String>,
channel_name: Option<String>,
device_kind: Option<super::types::DeviceType>,
reticulum_tcp: Option<super::types::ReticulumTcpConfig>,
shutdown: tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>,
cmd_rx: mpsc::Receiver<MeshCommand>,
) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<()> {
@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ pub fn spawn_mesh_listener(
lora_region.as_deref(),
channel_name.as_deref(),
device_kind,
reticulum_tcp.clone(),
&mut shutdown,
&mut cmd_rx,
)

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@ -411,6 +411,50 @@ async fn open_preferred_path(
}
}
/// Bring up a Reticulum daemon over plain TCP — no physical RNode, no
/// `probe_rnode` KISS-detect gate. This is the radio-less counterpart to
/// `auto_detect_and_open`/`open_preferred_path`'s serial paths; see
/// `types::ReticulumTcpConfig`'s doc comment for scope (dev/verification,
/// loopback-only server bind).
async fn open_reticulum_tcp(
cfg: &ReticulumTcpConfig,
data_dir: &Path,
our_ed_pubkey_hex: &str,
our_x25519_pubkey_hex: &str,
) -> Result<(String, MeshRadioDevice, DeviceInfo)> {
let mut dev = match cfg {
ReticulumTcpConfig::Server { bind } => {
ReticulumLink::open_tcp_server(
bind,
data_dir,
Some(our_ed_pubkey_hex),
Some(our_x25519_pubkey_hex),
)
.await
.context("Could not open Reticulum TCP server interface")?
}
ReticulumTcpConfig::Client { connect } => {
ReticulumLink::open_tcp_client(
connect,
data_dir,
Some(our_ed_pubkey_hex),
Some(our_x25519_pubkey_hex),
)
.await
.context("Could not open Reticulum TCP client interface")?
}
};
let info = dev
.initialize()
.await
.context("Reticulum TCP interface failed to initialize")?;
let label = match cfg {
ReticulumTcpConfig::Server { bind } => format!("tcp-server:{bind}"),
ReticulumTcpConfig::Client { connect } => format!("tcp-client:{}", connect.join(",")),
};
Ok((label, MeshRadioDevice::Reticulum(dev), info))
}
/// ASCII marker for the original DM-via-channel format:
/// `@DM:` + base64(`[dest_prefix(6)][inner…]`). No sender info on the wire,
/// so the receiver has to guess the sender from its contact table — which
@ -787,11 +831,17 @@ pub(super) async fn run_mesh_session(
lora_region: Option<&str>,
channel_name: Option<&str>,
device_kind: Option<DeviceType>,
reticulum_tcp: Option<ReticulumTcpConfig>,
shutdown: &mut tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>,
cmd_rx: &mut mpsc::Receiver<MeshCommand>,
) -> Result<()> {
// Detect device — try preferred path first, fall back to auto-detect
let (device_path, mut device, device_info) = if let Some(path) = preferred_path {
// Detect device — TCP Reticulum config (radio-less) takes priority when
// set, otherwise try the preferred serial path, falling back to
// auto-detect. TCP mode is additive/dev-only; it never changes behavior
// for existing serial/RNode deployments where `reticulum_tcp` is None.
let (device_path, mut device, device_info) = if let Some(tcp_cfg) = &reticulum_tcp {
open_reticulum_tcp(tcp_cfg, data_dir, our_ed_pubkey_hex, our_x25519_pubkey_hex).await?
} else if let Some(path) = preferred_path {
match open_preferred_path(
path,
data_dir,

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@ -392,6 +392,13 @@ pub struct MeshConfig {
/// strict-probe auto-detect.
#[serde(default)]
pub device_kind: Option<types::DeviceType>,
/// Optional plain-TCP Reticulum interface — radio-less dev/verification
/// alternative to the serial-RNode path (see `types::ReticulumTcpConfig`
/// doc comment). Not exposed via `mesh.configure`/frontend; hand-edit
/// this file to use it. `None` (default) preserves today's
/// serial-only/auto-detect behavior unchanged.
#[serde(default)]
pub reticulum_tcp: Option<types::ReticulumTcpConfig>,
}
fn default_assistant_backend() -> String {
@ -422,6 +429,7 @@ impl Default for MeshConfig {
assistant_backend: default_assistant_backend(),
assistant_allowed_contacts: Vec::new(),
device_kind: None,
reticulum_tcp: None,
}
}
}
@ -704,6 +712,7 @@ impl MeshService {
self.config.lora_region.clone(),
self.config.channel_name.clone(),
self.config.device_kind,
self.config.reticulum_tcp.clone(),
shutdown_rx,
cmd_rx,
);
@ -2223,4 +2232,133 @@ mod tests {
assert!(loaded.enabled);
assert_eq!(loaded.device_path, Some("/dev/ttyUSB0".to_string()));
}
/// End-to-end: `MeshService::start()` spawns a real `reticulum-daemon` in
/// plain-TCP CLIENT mode (no serial RNode, no `probe_rnode`), dials a
/// second stand-alone daemon instance running in TCP SERVER mode (the
/// Aurora-side role — Aurora's `RnsTcpInterface` dials the same way), and
/// reaches `device_connected: true` via the exact `mesh.status`-backing
/// `MeshService::status()` call the RPC layer uses. This is the Rust-side
/// half of the archy<->Aurora TCP interop gate (see
/// docs/RETICULUM-TRANSPORT-PROGRESS.md); the LXMF wire-level proof
/// itself already passed via a scripted RNS/LXMF stand-in (Steps 1-2 of
/// that gate), so this test only needs to prove Rust's spawn/connect
/// path, not re-prove LXMF content delivery.
///
/// Requires `reticulum-daemon/.venv` (`python3 -m venv .venv &&
/// .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt`) — skips (not fails) if
/// absent, since CI doesn't provision a Python/RNS/LXMF environment for
/// the rest of the mesh test suite either.
#[tokio::test]
#[ignore = "spawns real reticulum-daemon subprocesses over loopback TCP; run manually with `cargo test -p archipelago -- --ignored mesh_service_connects_over_reticulum_tcp`"]
async fn mesh_service_connects_over_reticulum_tcp_client() {
use ed25519_dalek::SigningKey;
use rand::rngs::OsRng;
let repo_root = std::path::Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
.parent()
.and_then(|p| p.parent())
.expect("core/archipelago has two ancestors up to the repo root")
.to_path_buf();
let venv_py = repo_root.join("reticulum-daemon/.venv/bin/python");
let daemon_script = repo_root.join("reticulum-daemon/reticulum_daemon.py");
if !venv_py.exists() {
eprintln!(
"SKIP mesh_service_connects_over_reticulum_tcp_client: {} not found — \
run `python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt` \
in reticulum-daemon/",
venv_py.display()
);
return;
}
let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
// Stand-in "Aurora-side" server daemon: a second, independent
// reticulum-daemon instance in --tcp-listen mode. Any free loopback
// port works; this test doesn't need it fixed, so ask the OS for one.
let bind_addr = {
let sock = std::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
let addr = sock.local_addr().unwrap();
drop(sock); // release it so the daemon can bind — small TOCTOU window, acceptable for a manual/ignored test
addr
};
let server_dir = root.path().join("standin-server");
std::fs::create_dir_all(&server_dir).unwrap();
let server_seed = SigningKey::generate(&mut OsRng);
std::fs::write(server_dir.join("seed.bin"), server_seed.to_bytes()).unwrap();
let mut server = tokio::process::Command::new(&venv_py)
.arg(&daemon_script)
.arg("--identity-key")
.arg(server_dir.join("seed.bin"))
.arg("--socket")
.arg(server_dir.join("server.sock"))
.arg("--rns-config")
.arg(server_dir.join("rns-config"))
.arg("--tcp-listen")
.arg(bind_addr.to_string())
.arg("--display-name")
.arg("standin-server")
.kill_on_drop(true)
.spawn()
.expect("failed to spawn stand-in reticulum-daemon (server)");
// Give the server daemon time to bind before the client dials it.
tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
// Point ReticulumLink::daemon_command's dev-fallback at our venv —
// these env vars are read fresh on every spawn (mesh/reticulum.rs),
// so setting them here (test-process-global, but this test owns the
// only mesh session in this process) is sufficient.
std::env::set_var("ARCHY_RETICULUM_DAEMON_PY", &venv_py);
std::env::set_var("ARCHY_RETICULUM_DAEMON_SCRIPT", &daemon_script);
// Force the dev fallback even if a packaged binary happens to exist
// on this machine's PATH convention — this test wants exactly the
// freshly-built venv daemon under test.
std::env::set_var("ARCHY_RETICULUM_DAEMON_BIN", "/nonexistent-force-dev-fallback");
let data_dir = root.path().join("node");
std::fs::create_dir_all(data_dir.join("identity")).unwrap();
let node_signing_key = SigningKey::generate(&mut OsRng);
std::fs::write(
data_dir.join("identity").join("node_key"),
node_signing_key.to_bytes(),
)
.unwrap();
let ed_pubkey_hex = hex::encode(node_signing_key.verifying_key().to_bytes());
let did = crate::identity::did_key_from_pubkey_hex(&ed_pubkey_hex).unwrap();
let config = MeshConfig {
enabled: true,
reticulum_tcp: Some(types::ReticulumTcpConfig::Client {
connect: vec![bind_addr.to_string()],
}),
..Default::default()
};
save_config(&data_dir, &config).await.unwrap();
let mut service = MeshService::new(&data_dir, &node_signing_key, &did, &ed_pubkey_hex)
.await
.expect("MeshService::new failed");
service.start().expect("MeshService::start failed");
let deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(20);
let mut last_status = service.status().await;
while tokio::time::Instant::now() < deadline {
last_status = service.status().await;
if last_status.device_connected {
break;
}
tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(300)).await;
}
let _ = server.start_kill();
assert!(
last_status.device_connected,
"MeshService never reached device_connected: true over Reticulum TCP client \
mode within 20s (last status: {last_status:?})"
);
assert_eq!(last_status.device_type, DeviceType::Reticulum);
}
}

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@ -64,6 +64,44 @@ const RETICULUM_BINARY_CONTENT_MARKER: &str = "\u{0}b64:";
/// packaging); during development it can point at the venv's interpreter
/// invoking `reticulum_daemon.py` directly. Overridable for testing/packaging.
///
/// Which Reticulum interface the daemon should bring up. `Serial` is the
/// original (and only, until now) path — a physical RNode over a serial
/// port, gated behind `probe_rnode`'s KISS-detect handshake in `open()`.
/// `TcpServer`/`TcpClient` are the radio-less, dev/verification-only
/// addition (see `types::ReticulumTcpConfig`'s doc comment): they let the
/// daemon speak plain Reticulum TCP — the same transport Aurora's
/// `RnsTcpInterface`/`RnsTcpServerInterface` use by default — without any
/// physical hardware. `TcpServer` is hard-gated to loopback by
/// `open_tcp_server`; `TcpClient` (outbound dial) is unrestricted, the same
/// risk class as Aurora's own hub uplinks.
pub enum ReticulumInterface<'a> {
Serial(&'a str),
TcpServer(&'a str),
TcpClient(&'a [String]),
}
impl ReticulumInterface<'_> {
/// Human-readable label used for both the `device_path` status field and
/// (sanitized) the per-instance RPC socket filename. For `Serial` this is
/// exactly the old bare path — zero behavior change for the existing
/// hardware flow.
fn label(&self) -> String {
match self {
Self::Serial(path) => path.to_string(),
Self::TcpServer(bind) => format!("tcp-server:{bind}"),
Self::TcpClient(targets) => format!("tcp-client:{}", targets.join(",")),
}
}
}
/// Bind-scope guard for TCP server mode — see `ReticulumInterface` doc
/// comment. Mirrors `reticulum_daemon.py`'s `_require_loopback`; enforced
/// here too (defense in depth) since this is the gate an operator/caller
/// actually goes through in Rust.
fn is_loopback_host(host: &str) -> bool {
matches!(host, "127.0.0.1" | "::1" | "localhost")
}
/// `archy_ed_pubkey_hex`/`archy_x25519_pubkey_hex` (when known) are embedded
/// by the daemon in its announce app_data as `ARCHY:2:{ed}:{x25519}` — the
/// SAME wire format meshcore/Meshtastic identity adverts use — so a
@ -72,7 +110,7 @@ const RETICULUM_BINARY_CONTENT_MARKER: &str = "\u{0}b64:";
/// satisfying cross-protocol DM convergence with zero new Rust dispatch code.
fn daemon_command(
socket_path: &Path,
serial_port: &str,
iface: &ReticulumInterface<'_>,
identity_key: &Path,
archy_ed_pubkey_hex: Option<&str>,
archy_x25519_pubkey_hex: Option<&str>,
@ -94,9 +132,20 @@ fn daemon_command(
cmd.arg("--identity-key")
.arg(identity_key)
.arg("--socket")
.arg(socket_path)
.arg("--serial-port")
.arg(serial_port);
.arg(socket_path);
match iface {
ReticulumInterface::Serial(path) => {
cmd.arg("--serial-port").arg(path);
}
ReticulumInterface::TcpServer(bind) => {
cmd.arg("--tcp-listen").arg(bind);
}
ReticulumInterface::TcpClient(targets) => {
for target in *targets {
cmd.arg("--tcp-connect").arg(target);
}
}
}
if let (Some(ed), Some(x)) = (archy_ed_pubkey_hex, archy_x25519_pubkey_hex) {
cmd.arg("--archy-ed-pubkey-hex")
.arg(ed)
@ -189,11 +238,62 @@ impl ReticulumLink {
our_x25519_pubkey_hex: Option<&str>,
) -> Result<Self> {
probe_rnode(path).await.context("RNode KISS detect failed")?;
Self::spawn(path, data_dir, our_ed_pubkey_hex, our_x25519_pubkey_hex).await
Self::spawn(
ReticulumInterface::Serial(path),
data_dir,
our_ed_pubkey_hex,
our_x25519_pubkey_hex,
)
.await
}
/// Bring up a daemon in plain-TCP server mode — no physical RNode, no
/// `probe_rnode` gate. `bind` (`host:port`) must be loopback; see
/// `ReticulumInterface`/`is_loopback_host`.
pub async fn open_tcp_server(
bind: &str,
data_dir: &Path,
our_ed_pubkey_hex: Option<&str>,
our_x25519_pubkey_hex: Option<&str>,
) -> Result<Self> {
let host = bind.rsplit_once(':').map(|(h, _)| h).unwrap_or(bind);
anyhow::ensure!(
is_loopback_host(host),
"reticulum TCP server bind must be loopback-only (127.0.0.1/::1/localhost) — \
got {bind}; WAN/LAN exposure needs its own security review"
);
Self::spawn(
ReticulumInterface::TcpServer(bind),
data_dir,
our_ed_pubkey_hex,
our_x25519_pubkey_hex,
)
.await
}
/// Bring up a daemon in plain-TCP client mode, dialing one or more
/// `host:port` targets — no physical RNode, no `probe_rnode` gate.
pub async fn open_tcp_client(
targets: &[String],
data_dir: &Path,
our_ed_pubkey_hex: Option<&str>,
our_x25519_pubkey_hex: Option<&str>,
) -> Result<Self> {
anyhow::ensure!(
!targets.is_empty(),
"reticulum TCP client mode needs at least one target"
);
Self::spawn(
ReticulumInterface::TcpClient(targets),
data_dir,
our_ed_pubkey_hex,
our_x25519_pubkey_hex,
)
.await
}
async fn spawn(
path: &str,
iface: ReticulumInterface<'_>,
data_dir: &Path,
our_ed_pubkey_hex: Option<&str>,
our_x25519_pubkey_hex: Option<&str>,
@ -212,9 +312,10 @@ impl ReticulumLink {
let _ = tokio::fs::set_permissions(&runtime_dir, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o700))
.await;
}
let label = iface.label();
let socket_path = runtime_dir.join(format!(
"{}.sock",
path.replace(['/', ' '], "_")
label.replace(['/', ' ', ':', ','], "_")
));
if socket_path.exists() {
let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&socket_path);
@ -229,7 +330,7 @@ impl ReticulumLink {
let mut cmd = daemon_command(
&socket_path,
path,
&iface,
&identity_key,
our_ed_pubkey_hex,
our_x25519_pubkey_hex,
@ -274,13 +375,13 @@ impl ReticulumLink {
.map(str::to_string);
info!(
path = %path,
iface = %label,
dest_hash = %dest_hash_hex,
"Reticulum daemon ready"
);
let mut link = Self {
device_path: path.to_string(),
device_path: label,
socket_path,
child,
writer: write_half,

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@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for DeviceType {
}
}
/// Optional plain-TCP Reticulum interface, radio-less alternative to the
/// serial-RNode path. Dev/verification surface for now (e.g. proving
/// interop with Aurora's `RnsTcpInterface`/`RnsTcpServerInterface`, which is
/// its default connectivity mode) — not exposed through `mesh.configure`/the
/// frontend. `Server` is hard-gated to loopback in both the daemon and Rust
/// (`reticulum::is_loopback_host`); WAN/LAN exposure is a separate, deliberate
/// future decision (archy is otherwise Tor-first for inter-node traffic).
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(tag = "mode", rename_all = "snake_case")]
pub enum ReticulumTcpConfig {
/// Bind a `TCPServerInterface`. `bind` is `host:port`, host must be
/// loopback (127.0.0.1/::1/localhost).
Server { bind: String },
/// Dial one or more `TCPClientInterface` targets (`host:port`).
Client { connect: Vec<String> },
}
/// The per-message transport pill label for a radio-delivered message: the
/// active device's own name, since one session owns exactly one device.
/// Federation sends/receives are labelled "fips"/"tor" elsewhere — this only

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@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ owns. Stay out of `meshtastic.rs`/`protocol.rs` to avoid collisions.
| 2c | `MeshConfig.device_kind` reflashable-board pin | ✅ **DONE** this session (was the one open Phase-2 item) |
| 3 | Frontend (~8 label/CSS spots) | ✅ DONE (scoped down — see note below) |
| 4 | Multi-device (run all 3 radios at once) + per-network channels | ⏳ not started (follow-on, after 03) |
| 5 | Aurora interop — optional plain-TCP Reticulum interface (radio-less) | ✅ **DONE + verified 2026-07-03** — see checkpoint below. Real Aurora GUI test still open (manual follow-up). |
## Checkpoint 2026-06-30 (late session — read this first if cut off)
@ -290,3 +291,82 @@ Phase 0 gates #1#3 are now **all passed**. What's left:
second board will likely report the same `0001` stock serial since CP2102 modules commonly
ship with an unprogrammed default, so this may still need a different disambiguator.
6. Phase 4 (run all 3 radios at once) — still not started, follow-on after the above.
## Checkpoint 2026-07-03 — Phase 5: Aurora interop via plain-TCP Reticulum (radio-less)
**Why:** `~/aurora` (a separate Flutter off-grid messenger) already runs real RNS + LXMF
(`LxmfRouter`, comment "interop with Sideband/NomadNet/MeshChat" in `rns_service.dart`), and its
**default** connectivity mode is plain TCP (`RnsTcpInterface`/`RnsTcpServerInterface`), not radio —
it ships a static bootstrap list of public RNS hubs on port 4242. Archy's daemon could previously
only bring up a serial-RNode interface, so it was unreachable by Aurora (or any TCP-based RNS/LXMF
client) at all, and every interop proof was bottlenecked on scarce LoRa hardware. This phase adds
an **optional, additive, loopback-only plain-TCP interface**, proves interop with a scripted
RNS/LXMF stand-in (the same class of proof the Sideband gate already established), and leaves the
serial/RNode path completely unchanged.
**Done, all verified:**
1. `reticulum-daemon/reticulum_daemon.py``_write_rns_config()` gained a third branch
(`--tcp-listen HOST:PORT``TCPServerInterface`, `--tcp-connect HOST:PORT` repeatable →
`TCPClientInterface`), mutually exclusive with `--serial-port`. `--tcp-listen` is hard-gated to
loopback (`_require_loopback`) — archy is otherwise Tor-first for inter-node traffic, so a
WAN/LAN-exposed Reticulum port is a deliberate future decision, not something this phase does
silently. Verified: `--selftest` regression still passes; two daemon processes (server +
client, throwaway identities) reached `connected: true` on both sides via `mesh.status`-daemon
RPC, live `TCPServerInterface`/`TCPClientInterface` visible in `get_interface_stats()`.
2. **Bidirectional LXMF DM gate against a scripted Aurora stand-in** (Python RNS+LXMF client
dialing as a `TCPClientInterface` + running its own `LXMRouter` — a legitimate protocol-level
proxy for Aurora's Dart stack, same wire format): forward (stand-in → archy daemon) and reverse
(archy daemon → stand-in) both delivered with matching content and correct source/dest hashes,
confirmed via the daemon's own `recv`/`delivered` RPC events. Direct TCP analogue of the
already-passed Sideband gate (RF → TCP, Sideband → scripted stand-in).
3. **Rust wiring**, fully additive — the serial/RNode path is byte-for-byte unchanged:
- `mesh/reticulum.rs`: new `ReticulumInterface` enum (`Serial`/`TcpServer`/`TcpClient`) threads
through `daemon_command()`/`spawn()`; `open()` (serial) now just wraps
`ReticulumInterface::Serial` — same `probe_rnode` gate as before. New
`open_tcp_server()`/`open_tcp_client()` associated fns skip `probe_rnode` entirely (the
"spawn without a physical RNode" path); `open_tcp_server` hard-enforces
`is_loopback_host()` (mirrors the Python-side guard).
- `mesh/types.rs`: new `ReticulumTcpConfig` enum (`Server { bind }` / `Client { connect }`).
- `mesh/mod.rs`: `MeshConfig.reticulum_tcp: Option<ReticulumTcpConfig>` (`#[serde(default)]`,
`None` by default — no migration, zero behavior change when unset); threaded into
`start()``spawn_mesh_listener`.
- `listener/mod.rs` / `listener/session.rs`: `reticulum_tcp` param threaded through
`spawn_mesh_listener`/`run_mesh_session`; new leading branch — if set, a new
`open_reticulum_tcp()` helper dispatches to `open_tcp_server`/`open_tcp_client`; otherwise
falls through to the **untouched** existing `preferred_path`/`auto_detect_and_open` logic.
- Deliberately **not** wired into `mesh.configure`/the frontend — dev/verification-only surface
for now (hand-edit `mesh-config.json`), consistent with how narrowly scoped this phase is.
- `cargo check -p archipelago` + `cargo test -p archipelago` (mesh module): **108 passed, 0
failed, 1 ignored** (the pre-existing hardware-gated `probe_rnode_detects_real_hardware`) —
zero regression to the serial/RNode path, provable without any hardware.
4. **End-to-end Rust integration test** (`mesh::tests::mesh_service_connects_over_reticulum_tcp_client`,
`#[ignore]`d — spawns real subprocesses, skipped in the default `cargo test` run the same way
the rest of the mesh suite skips hardware-gated tests): a real `MeshService::start()` spawns the
daemon in TCP **client** mode (no serial probe at all), dials a second stand-alone daemon
instance in TCP **server** mode (the Aurora-side role), and reaches `device_connected: true` /
`device_type: Reticulum` via the exact `MeshService::status()` call the `mesh.status` RPC uses.
Passed in ~2.6s. Run manually: `cargo test -p archipelago -- --ignored
mesh_service_connects_over_reticulum_tcp` (needs `reticulum-daemon/.venv`, see below).
**Environment note:** this session's Rust toolchain drift — system `rustc` (apt, 1.85.0) is too
old for code already on `main` (`u32::is_multiple_of` in `health_monitor.rs`, stabilized upstream
after 1.85); a pre-installed rustup toolchain at
`~/.rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` (1.96.0) builds clean. Not something this
phase's changes caused — pre-existing, just newly hit. Put that toolchain's `bin/` first on `PATH`
if `cargo check`/`test` reports `E0658 unsigned_is_multiple_of`.
**Explicitly NOT done (out of scope for this phase, see plan non-goals):**
- Real Aurora Flutter GUI verification — this dev sandbox has no `flutter`, no `$DISPLAY`, and no
`reticulum-dart` sibling checked out (Aurora's actual RNS implementation lives in that separate
repo; Aurora's CI clones it fresh at build time). The scripted-stand-in gate above is the
protocol-level substitute. **Manual follow-up**: point a real Aurora build's TCP hub list (or an
ad hoc connect) at an archy node's `--tcp-listen` address and confirm an LXMF DM in the actual
app UI.
- Any non-loopback (LAN/WAN) TCP bind — hard-gated off on purpose; a real "Aurora hub" deployment
needs its own security review given archy's Tor-first posture for inter-node traffic.
- LXMF propagation-node / always-on-hub role for archy (bridging Aurora's offline BLE peers) —
bigger architectural + storage commitment.
- Identity unification between archy's and Aurora's independent Nostr/secp256k1 keys — both
already have separate Nostr identities with no derivation link; out of scope here.
- `mesh.configure` RPC / frontend exposure of `reticulum_tcp` — stays hand-edit-only until/unless
it becomes user-facing.

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@ -59,9 +59,33 @@ from archy_rns_identity import lxmf_destination_hash, load_identity
# ─────────────────────────── RNS config generation ───────────────────────────
def _write_rns_config(configdir: Path, *, serial_port: str | None, lora: dict, no_radio: bool) -> None:
"""Materialise an RNS config file. RNode interface for real radios; a loopback-
only config for --selftest so the stack comes up without hardware or network."""
def _require_loopback(host: str) -> None:
"""Bind-scope guard: TCP server mode is dev/verification only for now. WAN/LAN
exposure is a separate future decision needing its own security review archy
is Tor-first for inter-node traffic (see README/CLAUDE.md), and a plain-TCP
Reticulum listener bound beyond loopback would bypass that entirely. Defense in
depth: the Rust side enforces the same rule (reticulum.rs::is_loopback_host),
but this daemon can also be invoked directly, so it re-checks here too."""
if host not in ("127.0.0.1", "::1", "localhost"):
raise SystemExit(
f"--tcp-listen host must be loopback-only (got {host!r}); "
"WAN/LAN bind is out of scope for this daemon build"
)
def _write_rns_config(
configdir: Path,
*,
serial_port: str | None,
lora: dict,
no_radio: bool,
tcp_listen: str | None = None,
tcp_connect: list[str] | None = None,
) -> None:
"""Materialise an RNS config file. RNode interface for real radios; plain-TCP
server/client interface(s) for radio-less dev/verification (e.g. Aurora
interop testing); a loopback-only disabled config for --selftest so the stack
comes up with zero interfaces at all."""
configdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
cfg = configdir / "config"
if no_radio:
@ -70,7 +94,7 @@ def _write_rns_config(configdir: Path, *, serial_port: str | None, lora: dict, n
" type = AutoInterface\n"
" enabled = no\n"
)
else:
elif serial_port:
interfaces = (
" [[RNode LoRa]]\n"
" type = RNodeInterface\n"
@ -82,6 +106,33 @@ def _write_rns_config(configdir: Path, *, serial_port: str | None, lora: dict, n
f" spreadingfactor = {lora['spreadingfactor']}\n"
f" codingrate = {lora['codingrate']}\n"
)
elif tcp_listen or tcp_connect:
parts = []
if tcp_listen:
host, _, port = tcp_listen.rpartition(":")
_require_loopback(host)
parts.append(
" [[Reticulum TCP Server]]\n"
" type = TCPServerInterface\n"
" enabled = yes\n"
f" listen_ip = {host}\n"
f" listen_port = {port}\n"
)
for i, target in enumerate(tcp_connect or []):
host, _, port = target.rpartition(":")
parts.append(
f" [[Reticulum TCP Client {i}]]\n"
" type = TCPClientInterface\n"
" enabled = yes\n"
f" target_host = {host}\n"
f" target_port = {port}\n"
)
interfaces = "\n".join(parts)
else:
raise SystemExit(
"no interface configured: need --serial-port, --tcp-listen/--tcp-connect, "
"or --no-radio"
)
cfg.write_text(
"[reticulum]\n"
" enable_transport = no\n"
@ -137,6 +188,8 @@ class ReticulumDaemon:
"codingrate": self.args.codingrate,
},
no_radio=self.args.no_radio,
tcp_listen=self.args.tcp_listen,
tcp_connect=self.args.tcp_connect,
)
self.reticulum = RNS.Reticulum(configdir=str(configdir))
self.identity = load_identity(self.seed)
@ -483,6 +536,11 @@ def _parse_args(argv):
p.add_argument("--socket", default="/tmp/archy-reticulum.sock", help="Unix RPC socket path")
p.add_argument("--rns-config", default=str(Path.home() / ".archy-reticulum"), help="RNS config/storage dir")
p.add_argument("--serial-port", help="RNode serial device, e.g. /dev/reticulum-radio")
p.add_argument("--tcp-listen", default=None, metavar="HOST:PORT",
help="Bind a plain-TCP Reticulum server interface (dev/verification "
"only; loopback-only, e.g. 127.0.0.1:4242).")
p.add_argument("--tcp-connect", action="append", default=None, metavar="HOST:PORT",
help="Dial a plain-TCP Reticulum client interface (repeatable).")
p.add_argument("--display-name", default="Archy", help="LXMF display name")
p.add_argument("--archy-ed-pubkey-hex", default=None,
help="Archy ed25519 pubkey hex (64 chars) — embedded in the announce "
@ -530,6 +588,12 @@ def main(argv=None) -> int:
_install_parent_death_signal()
args = _parse_args(argv if argv is not None else sys.argv[1:])
if args.serial_port and (args.tcp_listen or args.tcp_connect):
raise SystemExit(
"--serial-port is mutually exclusive with --tcp-listen/--tcp-connect "
"(one daemon process = one interface)"
)
if args.check:
seed = ReticulumDaemon._read_seed(Path(args.identity_key))
print(lxmf_destination_hash(seed).hex())