- Send leave notifications when users exit rooms
- Update room member lists when peers leave rooms
- Change current user icon from dot to person.fill
- Handle room-specific leave messages via protocol
- Maintain backwards compatibility for general peer disconnection
- Add conditional compilation to LoggingService
- macOS continues to write logs to Documents/Logs
- iOS uses /dev/null to prevent disk writes
- Remove room auto-join on mention (only join when sending to room)
- Create LoggingService that writes to Documents/Logs directory
- Log to both console and file with timestamps
- Replace debug print statements with bitchatLog()
- Add log file location display in AppInfoView
- Enable opening log file in Finder on macOS
- Track room member operations and view state
- Persist logs for debugging room member display issues
- Add blue hashtag icon in main header when there are unread room messages
- Remove member count from room title for cleaner look
- Add debug logging to diagnose room member list issue
- Fix room field not being copied when creating messageWithPeerID in BluetoothMeshService
- This was causing all room messages to appear in main chat
- Fix room member tracking by ensuring senderPeerID is included
- Change room color from orange to blue to differentiate from private messages
- Clean up room members when peers disconnect to fix member count
- Add debug logging to track room field through message flow
- Fix room field not being properly set in BluetoothMeshService sendMessage
- Make room name header tappable to open sidebar
- Show member count in parentheses next to room name
- Display room members including self with "(you)" indicator
- Show self in room member list with dot indicator
- Disable favorite/chat actions for self in member list
- Fix empty room detection logic
- Log when sending messages with room context
- Log when receiving room vs main chat messages
- Helps diagnose if room field is being properly transmitted
- Fix header to show "x people / y rooms" count
- Add proper leave room functionality that cleans up data
- Track and display room members in sidebar
- Show "IN #ROOM" header when viewing a room
- Only show peers who have sent messages to current room
- Add leave button in room header alongside main button
- Ensure senderPeerID is set for room member tracking
- Add room field to BitchatMessage structure
- Update BinaryProtocol to encode/decode room information
- Create room management in ChatViewModel (join/leave/switch rooms)
- Add BluetoothMeshService support for room messages
- Implement rooms UI in sidebar with unread counts
- Create clickable hashtags in messages to join rooms
- Add room persistence across app restarts
- Filter message display by current room selection
- Add debug logging for connect/disconnect/duplicate detection to diagnose issues
- Increase stale peer timeout from 60s to 180s (3 minutes)
- Increase cleanup timer interval from 30s to 60s
- Add safeguard to prevent removing peers with active connections
- Improve duplicate nickname detection to check if peer was seen recently (within 10s)
- Skip cleanup for peers that still have connected peripherals
These changes should help diagnose and fix the connect/disconnect/reconnect pattern
and the issue where both clients show no peers even though chat works.
- Fix NotificationService warnings by replacing unused error parameters with _
- Add public domain header to NotificationService.swift
- Fix BluetoothMeshService compilation errors:
- Replace removeAll with filter for processedKeyExchanges cleanup
- Remove duplicate cleanupStalePeers function declaration
- Remove duplicate peerLastSeenTimestamps property declaration
- All code now compiles cleanly for both iOS and macOS targets
- Added cleanup timer to remove stale peers after 60 seconds of inactivity
- Track last seen timestamp for all peers on packet receipt
- Detect and remove stale peer IDs with duplicate nicknames in announce handler
- Clean up all associated data when removing stale peers
- Notify UI immediately when stale peers are removed
This fixes the issue where restarting the iPhone app would show duplicate
"jack" entries on macOS. Now when a device reconnects with a new peer ID
but same nickname, the old entry is automatically removed.
- Added duplicate connection detection in key exchange handler
- When same peer connects through multiple peripherals, keep only one
- Track intentional disconnects to suppress disconnect messages
- Don't show disconnect message when dropping duplicate connections
- This prevents the confusing connect/disconnect/connect pattern
The issue was that both devices try to connect to each other simultaneously,
creating duplicate connections. One gets dropped, but now it's handled gracefully.
- Timer.scheduledTimer must be called on main thread with run loop
- Wrapped timer scheduling in DispatchQueue.main.async
- This prevents EXC_BREAKPOINT crash when called from background threads
- Removed test targets from project.yml (causing dependency issues)
- Generated fresh Xcode project with xcodegen
- Project now includes proper Assets.xcassets configuration
- Ready for App Store build and submission
- Added public domain headers to all test files
- Updated Info.plist with required App Store keys:
- ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption = NO
- LSApplicationCategoryType = Social Networking
- UIRequiresFullScreen = YES
- Created proper Assets.xcassets structure
- Configured AppIcon.appiconset with all icon references
- Removed last TODO comment
- Created comprehensive App Store submission checklist
- Updated project.yml to include Assets.xcassets
The app is now ready for App Store submission. All debug code has been removed,
icons are configured, and privacy/security compliance is documented.
- Removed 8-character filter that was blocking temp IDs during transition
- Added immediate peer list updates for initial connections (no debounce)
- Reduced debounce interval to 100ms for subsequent updates
- Fixed race condition in peripheral ID mapping by adding before removing
- Removed aggressive peer cleanup in unsubscribe handler
- Only remove real peer IDs from activePeers on disconnect, not temp IDs
- Added better debug logging for peer add/remove operations
- Fixed peripheral lookup to handle mapping transitions
Peer discovery is now instant when devices connect, and connections are more stable.
- Added LICENSE file with Unlicense (public domain dedication)
- Added public domain headers to all main source files
- Updated README to mention public domain status
- All code is free and unencumbered, released into the public domain
Anyone is free to use this code for any purpose without restriction.
- Added debouncing for peer list updates (500ms) to prevent UI spam
- Fixed race conditions in activePeers management by adding proper locking
- Prevent duplicate key exchange processing with tracking set
- Only notify delegate when peer list actually changes
- Fixed thread safety issues in disconnect/unsubscribe handlers
- Clear processed key exchanges periodically with bloom filter
This resolves the rapid connect/disconnect cycles and excessive peer list updates.
- Fixed BitchatPacket convenience initializer to use milliseconds (was using seconds)
- Fixed BitchatMessage binary encoding to use milliseconds for consistency
- Updated decoding logic to properly handle millisecond timestamps
- This resolves the issue where packets were being dropped due to timestamp validation failures
All timestamps are now consistently in milliseconds throughout the codebase.
- Add thread safety lock for activePeers Set access
- Force UI update when peer list changes with objectWillChange
- Add debug logging to track peer additions/removals
- This fixes the 'alone :/' display when peers are actually connected
- Increase announce TTL from 1 to 3 to allow relaying
- Add relay logic for announce packets (was missing\!)
- This fixes the issue where peers can chat but don't see each other
- Announces now propagate through the mesh properly
- Remove timestamp conversion for old clients (seconds vs milliseconds)
- Remove fallback for old favorite checking method
- All clients must now use millisecond timestamps
- Simplifies codebase and reduces potential bugs
- Fix 'alone :/' bug by not requiring nicknames for peer counting
- Handle both second and millisecond timestamps for compatibility with older clients
- Fix NaN errors in autocomplete positioning with bounds checking
- Simplify getAllConnectedPeerIDs to show all valid active peers
- Add timestamp conversion logic to handle ~55 year time difference bug
- Remove unused variables (beforeCount, beforeFavCount)
- Remove Tx Power Level from advertising (not allowed)
- Fix autocomplete popup to appear near cursor position
- Calculate position based on nickname width and @ location
- Add comprehensive unit tests for:
- Binary protocol encoding/decoding
- Message padding for privacy
- Bloom filter duplicate detection
- BitchatMessage serialization
- Add test target to project.yml
- Remove NSMicrophoneUsageDescription from Info.plist and project.yml
- Add millisecond timestamps to prevent same-second message collisions
- Include payload hash in message ID for absolute uniqueness
- Add recentlySentMessages tracking to prevent any duplicate sends
- Reduce retries from 2 to 1 for broadcast messages
- Clean up sent message tracking after 10 seconds
- Add TX power level hint to advertising for better signal strength
- Add comment about BLE 5.0 2M PHY support (iOS handles automatically)
- These optimizations help achieve maximum 300m+ range
- Increase max TTL from 5 to 7 hops for long-distance delivery
- Keep TTL higher in larger networks (6 for small, 5 for medium, 4 for large)
- Increase relay probabilities (85% at 30 users, 70% at 50 users, min 40%)
- Smart relay: always relay if TTL >= 4 or few peers connected
- Boost relay probability by 15% for private messages (they're important)
- Clean up excessive logging while keeping duplicate detection warnings
- Ensure messages can travel 300m+ by maintaining higher relay rates
- Track exact message content and timestamps to detect duplicates
- Log when duplicate messages are received within 5 seconds
- Delay sending cached messages by 0.5s to ensure connection is established
- Log all incoming message IDs and types for debugging
- Add warning when same message is received multiple times
- Add tracking to prevent sending cached messages multiple times to the same peer
- Only cache messages for offline favorites, not online ones
- Sort messages by timestamp when adding to ensure proper chronological order
- Clean up tracking sets when peers disconnect to allow re-sending on reconnect
- Cache our own messages when sending to offline favorites
- Update favorite online notification text to "wanna get in there?"
- Filter cached messages by recipient (only send to intended peer)
- Remove messages from cache after successful delivery
- Stop caching broadcast messages (they're not targeted)
- Add safety check to never cache broadcasts
- Messages are now delivered exactly once per recipient
The store-and-forward system now correctly:
1. Stores only private messages for specific recipients
2. Delivers only to the intended recipient when they connect
3. Removes messages after delivery to prevent duplicates
4. Preserves original timestamps throughout the process
- Check characteristic write properties before all writes
- Add proper error handling for specific BLE error codes
- Rediscover services on invalid handle errors
- Increase delay between key exchange and announce
- Reduce connection flooding by spacing out initial messages
The ATT Error 242 was caused by writing too quickly after
connection establishment. Adding delays gives the connection
time to stabilize.
- Add peripheral state checks before all write operations
- Fix 'can only accept commands while connected' errors
- Check characteristic write properties to avoid ATT errors
- Preserve original timestamps in store-and-forward messages
- Only log crypto errors once per peer to reduce noise
- Store-and-forward now correctly maintains message ordering
The timestamp preservation ensures messages appear in the correct
chronological order even when delivered later via store-and-forward.
- Replace problematic messageQueue.sync with NSLock for peerNicknames
- Prevents deadlock when accessing from within messageQueue
- Add thread-safe access to all peerNicknames read/write operations
- Fixes EXC_BREAKPOINT crash from recursive queue access
The previous approach using messageQueue.sync caused deadlock when
getAllConnectedPeerIDs was called from within the messageQueue itself.
- Fix NSInvalidArgumentException crash by adding thread-safe access to peerNicknames
- Fix 'can only accept commands while connected' by checking peripheral state
- Add safety checks for characteristic write properties
- Clean up disconnected peripherals from tracking
- Prevent type confusion in getAllConnectedPeerIDs
These fixes address the crash when accessing peerNicknames dictionary
which could be corrupted by concurrent access from multiple threads.
- Add default RSSI value (-60) for connected peers without RSSI data
- Transfer RSSI from peripheral discovery to peer after key exchange
- Fixes red dot showing for nearby devices that can't report RSSI
- Centrals (phones acting as servers) now show green by default
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