Meshcore direct unicast silently drops between our two Archy nodes
(firmware reports flood sends with resp_code=6 but nothing arrives).
Wrap DMs as channel-1 broadcasts with a [0xD1][dest_prefix(6)][inner]
header; receivers filter by prefix and dispatch the inner payload
through the existing typed/base64/chunk ladder. Shrink chunk body to
125B so the wrapper still fits the 160B LoRa budget. Auto-heal
routing: CMD_RESET_PATH (0x0D) any type-1 contact with path_len=0 on
refresh so floods take over. send_text now returns the firmware's
flood/direct mode flag for diagnostics.
Disable the 120s presence heartbeat broadcaster — its CBOR payload
was being re-echoed as plaintext by the shared repeater, spamming
every visible node with garbled "Archy-…: av�…fstatusfonline…"
messages on channel 0. mesh.broadcast-presence RPC stays registered
but no longer transmits. Re-enable only once presence moves off the
shared broadcast path.
Also: MeshState.cmd_tx behind RwLock so stop()→start() cycles don't
fail with "command channel already consumed"; MeshService.send_cmd
helper; drop_message_by_id for control envelopes that shouldn't
appear as Sent bubbles; self_advert_name reflected into MeshStatus
after set; path_len/flags parsed out of RESP_CONTACT.
Frontend: unified inbox merges mesh peers with federation nodes by
DID/pubkey/name; hide presence/read_receipt/edit/channel_invite/
contact_card from chat stream; publicChannel index → 1 to match the
new DM-via-channel routing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Root cause: systemd PrivateDevices=yes hid /dev/ttyUSB* from the service,
preventing .198 from connecting to its Heltec V3 after the security hardening.
Changes:
- Set PrivateDevices=no in systemd service (serial access needs physical devices;
other hardening layers remain: NoNewPrivileges, ProtectSystem, RestrictNamespaces)
- Add SupplementaryGroups=dialout for explicit serial permissions
- Add fallback auto-detect when configured serial path fails to open
- Add exponential backoff on reconnect (5s→60s cap) to reduce log spam
- Add pre-open device existence check with actionable error messages
- Add udev rule (99-mesh-radio.rules) for stable /dev/mesh-radio symlink
- Add /dev/mesh-radio to serial candidate list (checked first)
- Add Connect button per detected device in Mesh UI
- Deploy udev rule to both servers and ISO build
- Fix FEDI_HASH unbound variable in deploy script
- Fix deploy binary step to handle hung service stop gracefully
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
