* Sign public broadcasts; verify relayed messages via persisted signing keys; keep scheduled relays in sparse graphs and speed their jitter; persist announce signing key for offline auth; add short backoff after disconnect errors to reduce reconnect thrash
* Add connected vs reachable model: retain peers after link drop, expire after reachability window; expose all peers in snapshots; compute isReachable in UI; add meshReachable state and sorting; avoid removing peers on link events; notify UI on stale removals
* ContentView: handle new .meshReachable connection state in header icon switch (exhaustive switch fix)
* Logs: tag relayed announces as 'Reachable via mesh' and annotate public message logs with (direct|mesh) path for easier field analysis
* Fix syntax error: remove stray else/log inserted into writeOrEnqueue; keep logs clean
* UI: use 'point.3.connected.trianglepath.dotted' for mesh-reachable; change people count to include connected+reachable (exclude Nostr-only)
* UI: switch to 'point.3.filled.connected.trianglepath.dotted' for mesh-reachable icons in list and header
* Reachability: reduce retention to 21s for all peers (verified and unverified) to minimize stale presence
* mesh DMs/acks: route to reachable peers; queue READ/DELIVERED until handshake; add Transport.isPeerReachable; UI: hide offline non-mutuals; DM header: better name fallback + show transport + encryption icons; fix NostrTransport conformance
* Verification sheet: compute encryption status and fingerprint using short mesh ID mapping (fix 'not encrypted/handshake' for DMs with stable key)
* Announce cadence: faster discovery (4s), sparse 15±4s, dense 30±8s; initial 0.6s; post-subscribe 50ms; min-force 150ms; maintenance 5s; proactive announces on handshake + recent-traffic nudge
* Relay: increase broadcast TTL cap in sparse graphs to 6; tighten jitter for handshake (10–35ms) and directed (20–60ms) relays
* Range/robustness: store-and-forward for directed packets (15s) with flush on new links + periodic; announces: no subset + afterglow re-announce on first-seen; adaptive scanning: force ON when <=2 neighbors or recent traffic
* Fix warnings: remove unused msgID and unused mutable var in directed spool flush
* Announces: TTL 7 (sparse only) via RelayController; no fanout subset for announces; neighbor-change rebroadcast of last 2–3 announces. Fragments: faster pacing (5ms global, 4ms directed).
* Peer list: real-time icon updates by publishing snapshots on connectivity checks; add unread message indicator (envelope) next to peers with unread DMs
* UI: unread envelope uses orange; hasUnreadMessages checks Nostr conv key for peers with known Nostr pubkeys (geohash DM consistency)
* Logs/robustness: debounce disconnect notifications (1.5s), debounce 'reconnected' logs (2s), add weak-link cooldown after timeouts on very weak RSSI (<= -90)
* Peer icons: faster, accurate reachability\n\n- Run connectivity checks every maintenance tick (5s)\n- Publish peer snapshots on central unsubscribe for instant UI refresh\n- Lower inactivity timeout to 8s and disconnect debounce to 0.9s\n- Gate reachability on mesh-attached (>=1 direct link); no links => no reachable peers\n- Keep 21s retention for verified/unverified, but only when attached to mesh\n\nImproves list responsiveness when walking out of range and prevents stale 'reachable' states when isolated.
---------
Co-authored-by: jack <jackjackbits@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix(geo-block): enable block/unblock for geohash users and enforce blocks\n\n- Add persisted set of blocked Nostr pubkeys in SecureIdentityStateManager\n- Check Nostr blocks for incoming messages (public + geo DMs)\n- Prevent sending geo DMs to blocked users\n- Extend /block and /unblock to resolve geohash display names to pubkeys and act accordingly\n- Improve /block list to show geohash blocks (visible names or #suffix)
* fix(geo-block): enforce blocks on geohash public and DM receive; add block/unblock actions to geohash people list
* fix: mark handlePublicMessage as @MainActor to call isMessageBlocked safely
* ui(block): show blocked indicator (nosign icon) next to blocked peers in mesh and geohash lists
* fix(geo-block): early-drop blocked pubkeys on geohash receive; filter blocked users from participants list
* fix(geo-block): purge existing geohash messages/DMs on block; block directly from chat using Nostr sender ID when available
---------
Co-authored-by: jack <jackjackbits@users.noreply.github.com>
- Created AI_CONTEXT.md as central documentation hub for AI assistants
- Added detailed file-level documentation to all major components
- Documented architecture, design decisions, and security considerations
- Added usage examples and integration guidance
- Improved code discoverability with clear component descriptions
Documentation covers:
- BluetoothMeshService: Core networking and mesh protocol
- BitchatProtocol: Application-layer protocol design
- NoiseProtocol: Cryptographic implementation details
- ChatViewModel: Business logic and state management
- IdentityModels: Three-layer identity architecture
- NoiseEncryptionService: High-level encryption API
- SecureIdentityStateManager: Secure persistence layer
- BinaryProtocol: Low-level wire format
This documentation will significantly improve AI understanding of the codebase structure and enable faster, more accurate assistance with development tasks.
Co-authored-by: jack <jackjackbits@users.noreply.github.com>
- Add handshakeRequest packet type (0x25) to notify recipients about queued messages
- Create HandshakeRequest struct with binary encoding for efficient transmission
- Send handshake requests when messages are queued due to missing session
- Display notifications when someone wants to send messages
- Fix verification persistence bug by adding forceSave on app termination
- Update UI to handle optional encryption icons (hide when no handshake attempted)
Co-authored-by: jack <jackjackbits@users.noreply.github.com>
* Remove sequence numbers from protocol
- Remove sequenceNumber field from BitchatPacket struct
- Update BinaryProtocol to not encode/decode sequence numbers (header size reduced from 17 to 13 bytes)
- Replace sequence-based duplicate detection with content-based using packet ID hash
- Update packet ID generation to use SHA256(senderID + timestamp + type + payload prefix)
- Remove all sequence tracking variables and methods
- Simplify duplicate detection to rely on timestamp and content hashing
* Fix connection stability issues
- Increase peer availability check interval from 5 to 15 seconds
- Fix availability logic to not mark connected peers as unavailable
- Add BLE connection keepalive timer (20s) to prevent iOS timeouts
- Fix missing delivery ACKs by passing peripheral context through Noise decryption
- Reduce identity announce frequency from 2 to 10 seconds minimum
- Remove unnecessary identity announces on connection
- Debounce identity cache keychain saves (2 second delay)
- Add message retry notification handler in ChatViewModel
- Fix version negotiation redundancy by checking existing negotiations
- Keep Noise sessions for already-connected peers
* Fix build errors in message retry handler
- Fix reference to 'displayedMessages' - should be 'messages'
- Fix sendMessage call signature to use individual parameters instead of message object
- Both iOS and macOS builds now succeed
* Fix remaining connection stability issues
- Fix duplicate identity announces with content-based deduplication
- Simplify peripheral mapping with cleaner temp ID to peer ID transitions
- Improve graceful leave detection across peer ID rotations
- Track previousPeerID from announcements to maintain state
- Add time-based cleanup for gracefully left peers
* Fix connection stability issues
- Add special duplicate detection for identity announces
- Simplify peripheral mapping with dedicated structure
- Improve graceful leave detection with peer ID rotation handling
- Track graceful leave timestamps for cleanup
- Transfer states properly during peer ID rotation
* Improve BLE connection stability and message reliability
- Increase peer availability timeout from 5s to 15s to prevent flapping
- Add BLE keepalive timer with 30s interval to maintain connections
- Fix missing delivery ACKs by passing peripheral context through decryption
- Reduce identity announce frequency from 2s to 10s minimum interval
- Add keychain save debouncing with 2s delay to prevent excessive writes
- Implement message retry system for failed deliveries to favorites
- Fix version negotiation redundancy by checking existing state
- Add special duplicate detection for identity announcements
- Implement graceful leave detection with peer ID rotation support
- Simplify peripheral mapping to reduce complexity
- Fix switch statement structure issues causing build errors
These changes significantly improve connection stability, eliminate peer availability flapping, and ensure reliable message delivery.
---------
Co-authored-by: jack <jackjackbits@users.noreply.github.com>
- Remove channel UI elements from ContentView
- Remove channel data structures and methods from ChatViewModel
- Remove channel commands (/j, /leave, /channels)
- Remove channel field from BitchatMessage protocol
- Remove channel message types and handling
- Remove NoiseChannelEncryption.swift entirely
- Clean up all channel references across the codebase
- Fix compilation warnings (var to let conversions)
- Remove all outdated test files that used incorrect APIs
- Simplify app to only support public broadcast and 1:1 private messages
- Rename SecurityLogger to SecureLogger for better clarity
- Add file:line:function tracking to all log entries
- Optimize logging with pre-compiled regex patterns and NSCache
- Add comprehensive logging for critical protocol flow points
- Fix iOS entitlements to include Bluetooth permission
- Fix VersionHello field name and optional chaining issues
- Fix Package.swift resource warnings
- Fix test compilation errors with proper type annotations
