ensure_lora_region previously force-overrode the device's region with the
mesh-config region (EU_868) whenever they differed — which would shove a US/ANZ
user's radio onto EU_868: an illegal band that also cuts it off from its local
mesh. Off-the-shelf interop must respect whatever region the user flashed.
Now: a radio that already reports a REAL region (US, EU_868, ANZ, …) is left
untouched. We only set a region when the device reports UNSET (a fresh radio is
RF-silent and can't mesh at all), using the operator-configured region as the
fallback. Unknown/None (never reported) is also left alone. Pairs with the
default-channel change so a meshtastic archy node behaves like a stock device.
cargo check green (built into the same binary as the channel fix).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Make a meshtastic-equipped archy node work like a stock Meshtastic device AND
keep the private archy group, instead of being isolated on a custom primary:
- slot 0 (PRIMARY) = the DEFAULT public channel (empty name + default key) →
interoperates with every off-the-shelf device on LongFast and picks up
default-channel users; our NodeInfo broadcasts ride here like normal.
- slot 1 (SECONDARY) = "archipelago" (deterministic psk) → private archy↔archy.
Previously the driver set "archipelago" as the PRIMARY, isolating archy from the
public mesh. Now ensure_channel writes at most one channel per call (default
primary first, then archipelago secondary), reusing the existing reboot→
reconnect→re-check loop so it converges in ≤2 cycles without reboot-looping;
primary_is_default() accepts the default key in 1-byte or expanded form so a
stock radio is never needlessly rewritten. set_channel generalized to
(index, name, psk, role); want_config parse tracks both slots.
MeshCore needs no change — it never overrides channels (ensure_channel is a
no-op) and already rides MeshCore's default Public channel off the shelf.
cargo check green. NEEDS radio verify on .116/.198 (default-channel RX + archy
group on the secondary). Channel provision cap (3) covers the 2-write migration.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The synthetic meshcore-style frame the meshtastic driver builds can't carry the
radio's PKI-encryption status, so received meshtastic DMs never lit the E2E pill.
Thread it out-of-band: the device records `last_rx_encrypted` (= packet
pki_encrypted) when it yields a text frame; the session loop reads it via
`take_rx_encrypted()` right after dispatch and stamps the just-stored received
message E2E (dispatch::stamp_received_encrypted, monotonic-id keyed). Meshcore
returns false here (its E2E is derived in the frames decrypt path). Pure
out-of-band signal — no change to the shared meshcore wire format.
Built + deployed live in binary d937814e on .116/.198. cargo check green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses the open Meshtastic parity bug (project_meshtastic_parity): the
running driver received nothing (`mesh.messages` stayed []) though the radio
got the packets and sends worked.
Root-cause candidate: `try_recv_frame` decoded ONE serial frame per poll and
returned Ok(None) for every non-text FromRadio frame, so the session loop slept
50ms between frames. Under Meshtastic's frequent NodeInfo/telemetry stream a
received text packet queued behind them, and read_from_radio's 64KB buffer cap
could drain (drop) it before it was ever decoded — reception silently dead while
sends kept working.
- try_recv_frame now drains a bounded batch (64) per poll, processing each
frame's side effects and returning the first inbound text frame, so a text
packet is decoded the same poll it arrives and the buffer never grows enough
to hit the lossy cap. Bounded so a continuous flood still yields to select!.
- packet_to_inbound_frame logs every decoded packet (from/portnum/payload_len)
and a "did not parse (dropped)" case, so one live radio pass is conclusive.
The rest of the decode path was verified correct by inspection (FROM_RADIO_PACKET
=2, wire-type-5 handled, parse_mesh_packet sound, 60s heartbeat present) — not a
parse bug. cargo check green. NEEDS a live radio pass on a rig that isn't .228
(off-limits: bitcoin testing) to confirm.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fresh Meshtastic radios ship region-UNSET (RF-silent) and on mismatched
channels, so nodes only ever saw themselves. Bring them to MeshCore parity
using the official Meshtastic admin API:
- Auto-provision LoRa region (set_config, AdminMessage field 34) from a new
mesh-config `lora_region` (e.g. EU_868) when the radio's region differs.
- Auto-provision a shared primary channel (set_channel, field 33) with a
PSK derived deterministically from channel_name, so every node converges on
one mesh — the parity equivalent of MeshCore's named "archipelago" channel.
- Read current region/channel from want_config; only write when different
(no reboot loop); cap attempts so a radio that won't persist can't loop.
- Active NodeInfo advert scaffolding + aggressive serial drain.
Verified on .116+.228: region+channel persist, discovery works (both see each
other as named reachable contacts), bidirectional RF + sending confirmed.
Receiving in the running driver is still under diagnosis (instrumentation added).
Also removes the unwanted `meshtastic` daemon app from the registry (it was
never meant to be a container — native driver provides system-level support):
deletes apps/meshtastic + catalog entries (app-catalog, neode-ui, releases) +
test refs. Meshtastic stays native, like MeshCore.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Meshtastic device rename was a no-op — set_advert_name only updated an
in-memory field and never told the radio, so the device kept its firmware
default ('Meshtastic xxxx') and wasn't findable from external Meshtastic
apps. MeshCore already renamed correctly (CMD_SET_ADVERT_NAME); this brings
Meshtastic to parity.
Send an AdminMessage{set_owner=User{long_name,short_name}} to the locally
connected node (admin packet to our own node_num on the ADMIN_APP port).
Local serial admin needs no session passkey, matching the official client.
long_name = server name (<=39 chars); short_name = first 4 alphanumerics,
upper-cased. Verified on real hardware: .120 -> 'Archy-X250-EXP', .5 ->
'Archy-X250-Beta' (name read back from the radio after reconnect).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Meshtastic DMs were falling back to a channel broadcast, so every node
on the LoRa channel saw a "direct" message. Send a directed MeshPacket
(to = node num, decoded from the synthetic pubkey's node-id bytes)
instead — the Meshtastic analog of the meshcore CMD_SEND_TXT_MSG fix.
DMs now reach only the recipient; firmware auto-PKC-encrypts them
end-to-end once NodeInfo keys are exchanged.
Capture E2E status at the driver level (no shared-type/UI change):
- learn each peer's real Curve25519 key from User.public_key (field 8)
and inbound MeshPacket.public_key (16), kept in a side-map separate
from the synthetic routing key so unicast routing is untouched
- detect inbound MeshPacket.pki_encrypted (17) to tell a true E2E DM
from a channel-PSK fallback
- peer_is_pkc_capable() seam for a future mesh-tab E2E badge
Hot-swap preserved: no dispatched MeshRadioDevice signature or the
shared ParsedContact changed, so meshcore and meshtastic stay
interchangeable behind the listener.
Adds tests/multinode/meshtastic.sh, a two/three-radio on-air parity
harness (detect, discover, DM round-trip, DM privacy, channel
broadcast, typed envelope, reachability).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- DMs now use native meshcore unicast (CMD_SEND_TXT_MSG) instead of @DM2 channel
broadcasts: private (E2E-encrypted to the recipient pubkey by firmware), off the
public channel, and decodable by stock clients. Plain text (split, not MC-chunked)
to non-archipelago contacts; typed envelopes to archy peers.
- !ai replies now DM the asker privately (RadioDm) instead of broadcasting on ch0.
- Auto contact-import: a heard advert (PUSH_CONTACT_ADVERT/0x80, 32-byte pubkey) is
added via CMD_ADD_UPDATE_CONTACT (0x09) so contacts appear without a flood advert.
- clear-all now DELETES firmware contacts via CMD_REMOVE_CONTACT (0x0F) instead of
blocklisting; blocking filter removed entirely. Wiped contacts return when reachable.
- Contact reachability: MeshPeer carries last_advert + reachable (path-based); UI shows
a reachability dot.
- Peers list: contact search box (filter by name/DID/npub/pubkey) with a clear button.
- send_message routes stock contacts as plain native text (fixes garbled envelopes).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
