fix(mesh): collapse cross-transport twin contacts into one conversation (#12)

A node reachable both over LoRa and federation has two MeshPeer rows (radio
twin: low contact_id + firmware key; federation twin: high contact_id +
archipelago key), and messages key by peer_contact_id split across the two ids
— so opening one twin shows an empty thread (the .120->.89 symptom).

- backend: new group_peer_twins() helper groups peers by arch_pubkey_hex (set on
  BOTH twins by bind_federation_twins), keeps the radio id as the mesh-first
  send target, and unions messages across all twin ids. Wired into
  conversations.list / conversations.messages / mesh.contacts-list. +3 unit tests.
- frontend: the live chat list merges client-side (mergedPeers) and matched twins
  by the "Archy-z6Mk..." advert prefix, which the Meshtastic device rename broke
  (radio now advertises the server name). Merge by arch_pubkey_hex instead, which
  the backend reliably sets on both twins. Expose arch_pubkey_hex on MeshPeer.
- fix unrelated stale test: EcashTransaction test missing the new `kind` field.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/mesh/status.rs

@@ -95,12 +95,17 @@ impl RpcHandler {
         if let Some(svc) = service.as_ref() {
             let peers = svc.peers().await;
             let messages = svc.messages(None).await;
-            // Per-peer last message.
+            // Collapse radio/federation twins into one conversation per identity
-            for peer in &peers {
+            // so a node reachable both ways shows once, with its messages unioned
+            // across both twin contact_ids (#12).
+            let groups = mesh::group_peer_twins(&peers);
+            for group in &groups {
+                let peer = &group.canonical;
+                // Newest message across ALL twin contact_ids in this group.
                 let last = messages
                     .iter()
                     .rev()
-                    .find(|m| m.peer_contact_id == peer.contact_id);
+                    .find(|m| group.contact_ids.contains(&m.peer_contact_id));
                 let is_federation = peer.contact_id & 0x8000_0000 != 0;
                 conversations.push(serde_json::json!({
                     "id": format!("{}:{}", if is_federation { "federation" } else { "mesh" }, peer.contact_id),
@@ -163,8 +168,16 @@ impl RpcHandler {
         let filtered: Vec<_> = match kind {
             "mesh" | "federation" => {
                 let contact_id: u32 = rest.parse().unwrap_or(0);
+                // Resolve this id's twin group and union messages across all of
+                // its contact_ids, so opening either twin shows the full thread
+                // (federation-injected + radio messages) (#12).
+                let ids: Vec<u32> = mesh::group_peer_twins(&svc.peers().await)
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .find(|g| g.contact_ids.contains(&contact_id))
+                    .map(|g| g.contact_ids)
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| vec![contact_id]);
                 all.into_iter()
-                    .filter(|m| m.peer_contact_id == contact_id)
+                    .filter(|m| ids.contains(&m.peer_contact_id))
                     .collect()
             }
             "channel" => {

core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/mesh/typed_messages.rs

@@ -1133,9 +1133,13 @@ impl RpcHandler {
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Mesh service not running"))?;
         let state = svc.shared_state();
         let contacts = state.contacts.read().await;
-        let peers = state.peers.read().await;
+        let peer_vec: Vec<_> = state.peers.read().await.values().cloned().collect();
+        // Collapse radio/federation twins so a node reachable both ways shows as
+        // one contact instead of two (#12).
+        let groups = crate::mesh::group_peer_twins(&peer_vec);
         let mut out: Vec<serde_json::Value> = Vec::new();
-        for peer in peers.values() {
+        for group in &groups {
+            let peer = &group.canonical;
             if let Some(pk) = peer.pubkey_hex.as_ref() {
                 let entry = contacts.get(pk).cloned().unwrap_or_default();
                 out.push(serde_json::json!({

core/archipelago/src/mesh/mod.rs

@@ -127,6 +127,91 @@ pub(crate) fn bind_federation_twins(peers: &mut std::collections::HashMap<u32, M
     }
 }
 
+/// One logical contact after collapsing cross-transport twins (see
+/// [`group_peer_twins`]). A node reachable both over LoRa and over federation
+/// has two `MeshPeer` rows (different `contact_id`s) but is one conversation.
+pub(crate) struct PeerGroup {
+    /// The peer row the UI should address. The radio twin when one exists (so
+    /// `send_typed_wire` stays mesh-first — LoRa if reachable, else federation
+    /// via the bound arch key), otherwise the federation row. Gap-healed so its
+    /// name / `arch_pubkey_hex` / `did` are populated from whichever twin had
+    /// them, and `reachable` is the OR across the group.
+    pub canonical: MeshPeer,
+    /// Every `contact_id` in the group. The conversation's messages are the
+    /// union of those keyed by any of these ids — federation-injected messages
+    /// land on the federation twin's id, radio messages on the radio twin's.
+    pub contact_ids: Vec<u32>,
+}
+
+/// Collapse cross-transport twin peers into one conversation per identity.
+///
+/// The same node commonly appears twice in the peer table: a radio twin (low
+/// `contact_id`, firmware routing key) and a federation twin (high
+/// `contact_id`, archipelago key), correlated by [`bind_federation_twins`]
+/// which copies `arch_pubkey_hex` onto the radio twin but leaves both rows.
+/// Messages are keyed by `peer_contact_id`, so they split across the two ids:
+/// a federation-injected message sits on the federation row while the user may
+/// open the radio row and see an empty thread (the `.120`→`.89` symptom).
+///
+/// Group peers by `arch_pubkey_hex` when set, else treat each peer as its own
+/// singleton group keyed by `contact_id`. Grouping is done ONLY here at surface
+/// time — never re-keyed at bind time — so outbound routing keeps the distinct
+/// per-twin `contact_id`s and stays mesh-first. First-seen order is preserved
+/// for stable downstream sorting.
+pub(crate) fn group_peer_twins(peers: &[MeshPeer]) -> Vec<PeerGroup> {
+    let mut order: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let mut groups: std::collections::HashMap<String, Vec<MeshPeer>> =
+        std::collections::HashMap::new();
+    for p in peers {
+        let key = match p.arch_pubkey_hex.as_deref() {
+            Some(arch) if !arch.is_empty() => format!("arch:{}", arch.to_ascii_lowercase()),
+            _ => format!("cid:{}", p.contact_id),
+        };
+        if !groups.contains_key(&key) {
+            order.push(key.clone());
+        }
+        groups.entry(key).or_default().push(p.clone());
+    }
+
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(order.len());
+    for key in order {
+        let members = match groups.remove(&key) {
+            Some(m) if !m.is_empty() => m,
+            _ => continue,
+        };
+        let contact_ids: Vec<u32> = members.iter().map(|m| m.contact_id).collect();
+        // Canonical = the radio twin (lowest id below the federation base) when
+        // one exists, else the lowest id overall (a federation-only peer).
+        let canonical_src = members
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|m| m.contact_id < FEDERATION_CONTACT_ID_BASE)
+            .min_by_key(|m| m.contact_id)
+            .or_else(|| members.iter().min_by_key(|m| m.contact_id))
+            .expect("non-empty members");
+        let mut canonical = canonical_src.clone();
+        // Heal gaps from the twin: a radio row may lack the advert name, arch
+        // identity, or did that only the federation row carries.
+        if canonical.advert_name.trim().is_empty() {
+            if let Some(named) = members.iter().find(|m| !m.advert_name.trim().is_empty()) {
+                canonical.advert_name = named.advert_name.clone();
+            }
+        }
+        if canonical.arch_pubkey_hex.is_none() {
+            canonical.arch_pubkey_hex = members.iter().find_map(|m| m.arch_pubkey_hex.clone());
+        }
+        if canonical.did.is_none() {
+            canonical.did = members.iter().find_map(|m| m.did.clone());
+        }
+        // Reachable if ANY twin is reachable (radio path or off-radio federation).
+        canonical.reachable = members.iter().any(|m| m.reachable);
+        out.push(PeerGroup {
+            canonical,
+            contact_ids,
+        });
+    }
+    out
+}
+
 /// Upsert a mesh peer record representing a federation node so the UI can
 /// address it as a chat and `mesh.send-content` can route ContentRef to it.
 /// Existing entries (same contact_id) are updated in place, preserving any
@@ -1760,6 +1845,57 @@ async fn bitcoin_rpc_getblockheader_by_height(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    fn mk_peer(contact_id: u32, name: &str, arch: Option<&str>, reachable: bool) -> MeshPeer {
+        MeshPeer {
+            contact_id,
+            advert_name: name.to_string(),
+            did: None,
+            pubkey_hex: Some(format!("fw{contact_id}")),
+            arch_pubkey_hex: arch.map(|s| s.to_string()),
+            x25519_pubkey: None,
+            rssi: None,
+            snr: None,
+            last_heard: String::new(),
+            hops: 0,
+            last_advert: 0,
+            reachable,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_group_peer_twins_collapses_radio_and_federation() {
+        let radio = mk_peer(42, "Archy-X250-EXP", Some("ABCD"), false);
+        let fed = mk_peer(0x8000_0001, "Archy-X250-EXP", Some("abcd"), true);
+        let groups = group_peer_twins(&[radio, fed]);
+        assert_eq!(groups.len(), 1, "twins must collapse to one conversation");
+        let g = &groups[0];
+        // Canonical = the radio twin (mesh-first send), but reachability is the
+        // OR across twins (federation is reachable off-radio).
+        assert_eq!(g.canonical.contact_id, 42);
+        assert!(g.canonical.reachable);
+        // Both ids retained so messages can be unioned across them.
+        assert!(g.contact_ids.contains(&42) && g.contact_ids.contains(&0x8000_0001));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_group_peer_twins_keeps_distinct_identities_and_unbound_radio() {
+        // Two different identities + one radio peer that was never bound to a
+        // federation twin (arch = None) → three separate conversations.
+        let a = mk_peer(1, "Alice", Some("aa"), false);
+        let b = mk_peer(2, "Bob", Some("bb"), true);
+        let lonely = mk_peer(3, "Carol-radio", None, false);
+        let groups = group_peer_twins(&[a, b, lonely]);
+        assert_eq!(groups.len(), 3);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_group_peer_twins_federation_only_uses_federation_id() {
+        let fed = mk_peer(0x8000_00ff, "Arch Dev", Some("dead"), true);
+        let groups = group_peer_twins(&[fed]);
+        assert_eq!(groups.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(groups[0].canonical.contact_id, 0x8000_00ff);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_mesh_config_default() {
         let config = MeshConfig::default();

core/archipelago/src/wallet/ecash.rs

@@ -1507,6 +1507,7 @@ mod tests {
             description: "test".into(),
             mint_url: String::new(),
             peer: String::new(),
+            kind: default_tx_kind(),
         };
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&tx).unwrap();
         assert!(json.contains("\"streamingpayment\""));

neode-ui/src/stores/mesh.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ export interface MeshPeer {
   advert_name: string
   did: string | null
   pubkey_hex: string | null
+  /** Verified archipelago ed25519 identity key. The backend binds this onto
+   *  BOTH a node's twins — the federation peer natively and the radio twin via
+   *  `bind_federation_twins` — so it's the most reliable key for collapsing the
+   *  cross-transport duplicate (survives the device rename, unlike the advert
+   *  name). Absent on radio peers that were never matched to a federation twin. */
+  arch_pubkey_hex?: string | null
   rssi: number | null
   snr: number | null
   last_heard: string

neode-ui/src/views/Mesh.vue

@@ -560,6 +560,20 @@ function fedDidKeySuffix(did: string): string | null {
 }
 
 function mergeKeyForPeer(peer: MeshPeer): { key: string; matchedFed: FedNodeInfo | null } {
+  // Strongest signal: the verified archipelago identity key. The backend binds
+  // it onto BOTH twins (federation peer natively, radio twin via
+  // `bind_federation_twins`), so grouping by it collapses the cross-transport
+  // duplicate regardless of advert name — this is what survives the Meshtastic
+  // device rename, which broke the `Archy-z6Mk…` did-prefix match below. Prefer
+  // the matching federation node's `did:` key so this stays consistent with the
+  // federation-only placeholder pass (which dedups on `did:<did>`); fall back to
+  // an `arch:` key only when no federation entry is known for the identity.
+  if (peer.arch_pubkey_hex) {
+    for (const fed of fedNodesByDid.value.values()) {
+      if (fed.pubkey === peer.arch_pubkey_hex) return { key: `did:${fed.did}`, matchedFed: fed }
+    }
+    return { key: `arch:${peer.arch_pubkey_hex.toLowerCase()}`, matchedFed: null }
+  }
   if (peer.did) return { key: `did:${peer.did}`, matchedFed: fedNodesByDid.value.get(peer.did) ?? null }
   // pubkey cross-ref: a federation node may share the archipelago pubkey
   // with this radio peer if it's the same physical node (rare today, since