fixes

bitchat/Services/BLE/BLEService.swift

@@ -779,8 +779,7 @@ final class BLEService: NSObject {
     private func broadcastPacket(_ packet: BitchatPacket, transferId: String? = nil) {
         // Apply route if recipient exists (centralized route application)
         let packetToSend: BitchatPacket
-        if let recipientID = packet.recipientID,
-           let recipientPeerID = PeerID(hexData: recipientID) {
+        if let recipientPeerID = PeerID(hexData: packet.recipientID) {
             packetToSend = applyRouteIfAvailable(packet, to: recipientPeerID)
         } else {
             packetToSend = packet
@@ -2519,8 +2518,7 @@ extension BLEService {
         // If we're the last intermediate hop, forward to destination
         if index == route.count - 1 {
             guard packet.ttl > 1 else { return true }
-            guard let recipientID = packet.recipientID,
-                  let destinationPeer = PeerID(hexData: recipientID),
+            guard let destinationPeer = PeerID(hexData: packet.recipientID),
                   isPeerConnected(destinationPeer) else {
                 return false
             }

bitchat/Services/MeshTopologyTracker.swift

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ final class MeshTopologyTracker {
 
     func computeRoute(from start: Data?, to goal: Data?, maxHops: Int = 10) -> [Data]? {
         guard let source = sanitize(start), let target = sanitize(goal) else { return nil }
-        if source == target { return nil } // Direct connection, no intermediate hops
+        if source == target { return [] } // Direct connection, no intermediate hops
 
         let graph = queue.sync { adjacency }
         guard graph[source] != nil, graph[target] != nil else { return nil }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ final class MeshTopologyTracker {
                 nextPath.append(neighbor)
                 if neighbor == target {
                     // Remove start and end, return only intermediate hops
-                    guard nextPath.count >= 2 else { return nil }
+                    guard nextPath.count >= 2 else { return [] }
                     return Array(nextPath.dropFirst().dropLast())
                 }
                 if nextPath.count <= maxHops {

bitchatTests/Services/MeshTopologyTrackerTests.swift

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ struct MeshTopologyTrackerTests {
 
         tracker.recordDirectLink(between: a, and: b)
         let route = try #require(tracker.computeRoute(from: a, to: b))
-        #expect(route == [a, b])
+        // Direct connection returns empty route (no intermediate hops)
+        #expect(route == [])
     }
 
     @Test func multiHopRouteComputation() throws {
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ struct MeshTopologyTrackerTests {
         tracker.recordDirectLink(between: c, and: d)
 
         let route = try #require(tracker.computeRoute(from: a, to: d))
-        #expect(route == [a, b, c, d])
+        // Route should only contain intermediate hops (b, c), excluding start (a) and end (d)
+        #expect(route == [b, c])
     }
 
     @Test func recordRouteAddsEdges() throws {
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ struct MeshTopologyTrackerTests {
 
         a.append(Data(repeating: 0, count: BinaryProtocol.senderIDSize - a.count))
         let route = try #require(tracker.computeRoute(from: a, to: c))
-        #expect(route.first == a)
-        #expect(route.last == c)
+        // Route should only contain intermediate hops (b), excluding start (a) and end (c)
+        #expect(route == [b])
     }
 
     @Test func removingDirectLinkBreaksRoute() throws {
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ struct MeshTopologyTrackerTests {
         tracker.recordDirectLink(between: a, and: b)
         tracker.recordDirectLink(between: b, and: c)
         let initialRoute = try #require(tracker.computeRoute(from: a, to: c))
-        #expect(initialRoute == [a, b, c])
+        // Route should only contain intermediate hops (b), excluding start (a) and end (c)
+        #expect(initialRoute == [b])
 
         tracker.removeDirectLink(between: b, and: c)
         #expect(tracker.computeRoute(from: a, to: c) == nil)
@@ -77,10 +80,22 @@ struct MeshTopologyTrackerTests {
 
         tracker.recordRoute([a, b, c])
         let initialRoute = try #require(tracker.computeRoute(from: a, to: c))
-        #expect(initialRoute == [a, b, c])
+        // Route should only contain intermediate hops (b), excluding start (a) and end (c)
+        #expect(initialRoute == [b])
 
         tracker.removePeer(b)
         #expect(tracker.computeRoute(from: a, to: c) == nil)
     }
 
+    @Test func sameStartAndEndReturnsEmptyRoute() throws {
+        let tracker = MeshTopologyTracker()
+        let a = try hex("0102030405060708")
+        let b = try hex("1112131415161718")
+
+        tracker.recordDirectLink(between: a, and: b)
+        // When start == end, route should be empty (no intermediate hops needed)
+        let route = try #require(tracker.computeRoute(from: a, to: a))
+        #expect(route == [])
+    }
+
 }