fix: Rate limit iOS peer notifications to prevent flood (#972)

* fix: Rate limit iOS peer notifications to prevent flood

- Remove aggressive formIntersection that cleared recentlySeenPeers
  when peers temporarily dropped, causing them to be treated as "new"
- Add 5-minute cooldown between notifications (aligns with Android)
- Use fixed notification identifier so iOS updates existing notification
  instead of creating new ones
- Only mark peers as seen when notification is sent, so peers arriving
  during cooldown are included in the next notification

Fixes notification spam every 10-30 seconds when peers fluctuate.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: Bump version to 1.5.1

---------

Co-authored-by: jack <jackjackbits@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

bitchat.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"@executable_path/Frameworks",
 				);
-				MARKETING_VERSION = "$(MARKETING_VERSION)";
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.5.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = bitchat;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"@executable_path/Frameworks",
 				);
-				MARKETING_VERSION = "$(MARKETING_VERSION)";
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.5.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = bitchat;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = "$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)";
-				MARKETING_VERSION = "$(MARKETING_VERSION)";
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.5.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = bitchat;
 				REGISTER_APP_GROUPS = YES;
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = "$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)";
-				MARKETING_VERSION = "$(MARKETING_VERSION)";
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.5.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = bitchat;
 				REGISTER_APP_GROUPS = YES;

bitchat/Services/NotificationService.swift

@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ final class NotificationService {
     func sendNetworkAvailableNotification(peerCount: Int) {
         let title = "👥 bitchatters nearby!"
         let body = peerCount == 1 ? "1 person around" : "\(peerCount) people around"
-        let identifier = "network-available-\(Date().timeIntervalSince1970)"
+        // Fixed identifier so iOS updates the existing notification instead of creating new ones
+        let identifier = "network-available"
 
         sendLocalNotification(
             title: title,

bitchat/Services/TransportConfig.swift

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ enum TransportConfig {
 
     // Timers
     static let networkResetGraceSeconds: TimeInterval = 600 // 10 minutes
+    static let networkNotificationCooldownSeconds: TimeInterval = 300 // 5 minutes
     static let basePublicFlushInterval: TimeInterval = 0.08  // ~12.5 fps batching
 
     // BLE duty/announce/connect

bitchat/ViewModels/ChatViewModel.swift

@@ -3348,18 +3348,25 @@ final class ChatViewModel: ObservableObject, BitchatDelegate, CommandContextProv
                 self.scheduleNetworkEmptyTimer()
             } else {
                 self.invalidateNetworkEmptyTimer()
-                // Trim out peers we no longer observe before comparing for new arrivals
+                // Don't trim recentlySeenPeers here - let timers handle cleanup.
-                self.recentlySeenPeers.formIntersection(meshPeerSet)
+                // Trimming immediately causes peers to be treated as "new" when they
+                // briefly drop and reconnect, triggering notification floods.
                 let newPeers = meshPeerSet.subtracting(self.recentlySeenPeers)
 
                 if !newPeers.isEmpty {
-                    self.lastNetworkNotificationTime = Date()
+                    // Rate limit: max one notification per 5 minutes
-                    self.recentlySeenPeers.formUnion(newPeers)
+                    let cooldown = TransportConfig.networkNotificationCooldownSeconds
-                    NotificationService.shared.sendNetworkAvailableNotification(peerCount: meshPeers.count)
+                    if Date().timeIntervalSince(self.lastNetworkNotificationTime) >= cooldown {
-                    SecureLogger.info(
+                        // Only mark peers as seen when we actually notify about them
-                        "👥 Sent bitchatters nearby notification for \(meshPeers.count) mesh peers (new: \(newPeers.count))",
+                        // This ensures peers arriving during cooldown will be included in the next notification
-                        category: .session
+                        self.recentlySeenPeers.formUnion(newPeers)
-                    )
+                        self.lastNetworkNotificationTime = Date()
+                        NotificationService.shared.sendNetworkAvailableNotification(peerCount: meshPeers.count)
+                        SecureLogger.info(
+                            "👥 Sent bitchatters nearby notification for \(meshPeers.count) mesh peers (new: \(newPeers.count))",
+                            category: .session
+                        )
+                    }
                     self.scheduleNetworkResetTimer()
                 }
             }