fix(settings): re-learn the node number when the first region set renumbers the radio

[jamesarich]

Problem

Fresh 2.8 radio, first region set from the app: the save never confirms, and every config write after it fails with "Recipient key unavailable" until you disconnect and reconnect. Fixes #7017.

Cause

Firmware >= 2.8.0 (meshtastic/firmware#11426) generates the PKI keypair when the region is first set, and moves my_node_num to crc32(public_key) at the same time. That move happens live: LoRa config changes no longer reboot the node (AdminModule.cpp, requiresReboot = false for the lora case), BLE stays up, and PhoneAPI only sends my_info during the want_config_id handshake. So the app keeps the pre-region node number.

Two consequences follow:

1. The set_config's own routing ACK arrives from the new number, and ProcessRadioResponseUseCase's packet.from == destNum success guard dropped it — the save sat at 0% until the 30 s timeout.
2. Every later admin packet is addressed to the old number, which the radio no longer recognises as itself. It takes the remote-DM path, tries to PKC-encrypt for a node with no stored key, and NAKs PKI_SEND_FAIL_PUBLIC_KEY — the string the user sees as "Recipient key unavailable".

Reproduced on the wire against a factory-fresh xiao S3 on 2.8.0.8eda860, in a single serial session (so no reconnect can mask it):

handshake: my_node_num=!2821150b, security.public_key len=0, region=UNSET
set lora.region UNSET -> US
  <- ROUTING from=!cfa242df  (ack for the set_config, from a number we have never seen)
next admin write, addressed to the cached !2821150b
  <- ROUTING from=!cfa242df  PKI_SEND_FAIL_PUBLIC_KEY

device_info afterwards confirms my_node_num moved and the old entry is gone from the node DB (firmware's createNewIdentity() removes it).

Fix

• ProcessRadioResponseUseCase: a routing ACK for one of our own requests that arrives from a node other than the addressed one now returns UnexpectedAckSender(from) instead of null. It is information, not noise.
• RadioConfigViewModel: for a local pending save, that result can only mean the radio renumbered itself mid-session. Clear the request, call MeshConnectionManager.startConfigOnly() to re-learn my_node_num (Stage 2 already migrates the stale self row), and resolve the save as success.
• The session's destination is now activeDestNum. Node detail → Administration opens the connected node's settings with its number injected (a Remote session on ourselves), which would otherwise have kept addressing the old number and stopped counting as local after the handshake. It is cleared to null when the renumber is detected, so destNode and isLocal follow the connected node.
• Remote admin targets and reads return early instead of falling through. That closes a second, pre-existing hole: a foreign ACK whose request_id collided with a live remote request could previously retire that request and resolve a remote save through the generic completion path.

The packet.from == destNum success guard is unchanged — it still rejects foreign ACKs; they are now reported rather than silently swallowed.

The re-handshake is triggered by the ACK rather than immediately after enqueueing the write, because sendToRadio(ToRadio) bypasses the outbound packet queue: a want_config_id sent at enqueue time can overtake the set_config and return the old number, leaving the app just as stale.

Firmware side

The radio should tell an already-connected client that its identity moved, either by rebooting after the first region set (the pre-2.8 behaviour, which every client already handles) or by re-sending my_info. Filed as meshtastic/firmware#11718; this PR makes the Android client survive the current behaviour. iOS has the same window (LoRaConfig.swift uses its factoryFresh check only to pick a modem preset).

Constitution Check

• I KMP — commonMain only, no java.* / android.* imports.
• II Zero lint — spotlessApply/spotlessCheck and detekt pass on both modules.
• III CMP — no UI change.
• IV Privacy — no PII, location or key material logged; node numbers only, matching existing practice.
• V Design standards — N/A, no user-visible UI change.
• VI Documentation freshness — no page change needed. docs/en/user/connections.md already documents setting the region on a fresh radio; this makes the documented flow actually work.
• VII Verify before push — :core:domain:allTests, :feature:settings:allTests (263 pass), detekt, spotlessCheck and kmpSmokeCompile all run locally before pushing; CI confirmed after.

Tests

• ProcessRadioResponseUseCaseTest — a routing ACK from an unaddressed node is reported instead of dropped.
• RadioConfigViewModelTest — a local save ACKed by a renumbered radio re-runs the handshake and completes; a session opened on the connected node by number follows it after the renumber (the next write targets the new number); a remote save ACKed by an unexpected node neither re-handshakes nor completes. Both drive the real ProcessRadioResponseUseCase with a genuine ROUTING_APP packet rather than a stubbed result.

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Walkthrough

Changes

Unexpected ACK handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Typed unexpected ACK result core/domain/.../ProcessRadioResponseUseCase.kt, core/domain/.../ProcessRadioResponseUseCaseTest.kt	Routing responses now return UnexpectedAckSender with the sender node number. Tests cover ACKs from an unexpected node.
Local save recovery and validation feature/settings/.../RadioConfigViewModel.kt, feature/settings/.../*Test.kt	Local saves restart the configuration handshake and complete successfully after a renumbered radio ACK. Remote saves remain pending. Tests cover both paths and update constructor wiring.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 224e5

After a radio renumbers during its first region save, later local configuration changes may still be sent to its former node number and fail until the session is reconnected.

Suggested reviewers: jeremiah-k

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 6 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Tests Prove The Path, Not The End State	⚠️ Warning	The new local-save test proves the changed path: reverting the new result handling prevents startConfigOnly() and Success. The domain test also fails when the routing fallback is reverted. However…	Remove the redundant remote-save test, or replace it with a test that exercises and verifies an observable behavior introduced by the new handling. Do not rely only on unchanged negative outcomes such as no call and Loading; if remote han…
Regression Coverage For Changed Behavior	⚠️ Warning	Coverage is incomplete for the changed response path. The direct ProcessRadioResponseUseCase test proves UnexpectedAckSender, and the ViewModel tests cover the basic local-save and remote-save bra…	Add regression tests for each gap. For the local save test, assert startConfigOnly() is not called before the routing ACK, assert it is called exactly once after the ACK, advance virtual time past 30 seconds, and assert the state remains …

✅ Passed checks (6 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address issue #7017 by detecting unexpected acknowledgments after radio renumbering, re-running the local configuration handshake, and completing the save without requiring reconnection. T…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All production and test changes support the linked issue. No unrelated code changes are present.
Sibling Call Sites And Presence Semantics	✅ Passed	The PR changes one absent routing-response case from null to RadioResponseResult.UnexpectedAckSender. Repository search found one production consumer in RadioConfigViewModel; it has an explicit …
Moved Code Diffed Against Its Original	✅ Passed	The custom check is not applicable. The PR diff contains five modified files only; git diff --find-renames reports no deleted or renamed source file. Declaration checks show one new `UnexpectedAckSe…
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: re-learning the radio node number after the first region setting renumbers the radio.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

The changes address issue #7017 by detecting unexpected acknowledgments after radio renumbering, re-running the local configuration handshake, and completing the save without requiring reconnection. Tests cover local renumbering and protection against incorrect remote-save completion.

Full details: Sibling Call Sites And Presence Semantics

Explanation

The PR changes one absent routing-response case from null to RadioResponseResult.UnexpectedAckSender. Repository search found one production consumer in RadioConfigViewModel; it has an explicit UnexpectedAckSender branch and returns before generic request completion. The late-remote-read path also avoids generic handling. No sibling call site remains unchanged. The new from field has no default value and is not a physical measurement field, so the zero-default rule does not apply.

Full details: Tests Prove The Path, Not The End State

Explanation

The new local-save test proves the changed path: reverting the new result handling prevents startConfigOnly() and Success. The domain test also fails when the routing fallback is reverted. However, the new remote-save test does not prove the changed code. In the parent revision, an unexpected routing ACK returned null, and processPacketResponse already returned without completing the request. Therefore, that test's exactly(0) handshake assertion and Loading assertion still pass with the production behavior reverted. The constructor/setup change and profile round-trip test do not add relevant path coverage.

Resolution

Remove the redundant remote-save test, or replace it with a test that exercises and verifies an observable behavior introduced by the new handling. Do not rely only on unchanged negative outcomes such as no call and Loading; if remote handling intentionally has no new side effect, cover the result classification in the domain test and retain the positive local-save side-effect test.

Full details: Regression Coverage For Changed Behavior

Explanation

Coverage is incomplete for the changed response path. The direct ProcessRadioResponseUseCase test proves UnexpectedAckSender, and the ViewModel tests cover the basic local-save and remote-save branches. The following changed behaviors remain unprotected: 1. RadioConfigViewModel.processPacketResponse clears request IDs, starts MeshConnectionManager.startConfigOnly(), and marks the local save successful. The test checks only the immediate result after the ACK. It does not prove that the handshake starts only after the ACK or that the 30-second request timeout is cancelled. A delayed timeout could still replace success with an error. 2. The early-return behavior for unexpected ACKs on reads is not tested. The existing remote-save test uses an empty route. It does not cover a remote loadConfigRoute with a non-empty route, where falling through could remove the read request and drop the later ADMIN_APP response. The retained late-remote-read path is also not covered. 3. The new local condition also matches other empty-route operations. sendAdminRequest() clears the route before local reboot/reset requests, and updateChannels() uses an empty route for multi-write batches. No test checks that an unexpected ACK for a local admin action or for the first write in a local channel batch does not trigger a re-handshake and premature success.

Resolution

Add regression tests for each gap. For the local save test, assert startConfigOnly() is not called before the routing ACK, assert it is called exactly once after the ACK, advance virtual time past 30 seconds, and assert the state remains successful. Add a remote read test that emits a real unexpected ROUTING_APP ACK, verifies the read remains pending and no handshake starts, then emits the matching ADMIN_APP response and verifies that it is processed. Add a late-read variant after the request deadline. Add tests for a local AdminRoute.REBOOT or reset and for a two-write local channel batch; an unexpected sender must not re-handshake or resolve the operation before its valid response(s).

Full details: Moved Code Diffed Against Its Original

Explanation

The custom check is not applicable. The PR diff contains five modified files only; git diff --find-renames reports no deleted or renamed source file. Declaration checks show one new UnexpectedAckSender, an edited-in-place createViewModel, and new tests/helper code. No type or function moved to another file or module, so no moved implementation or removed-declaration call sites require line-by-line comparison.

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In
`@feature/settings/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/feature/settings/radio/RadioConfigViewModel.kt`:
- Line 1249: Update RadioConfigViewModel around
connectionManager.startConfigOnly() so local-session identity remains local
after the radio renumbering handshake: refresh the active destination to the
learned myNodeNum or otherwise keep isLocal independent of the injected destNum.
Ensure subsequent writes target the new node number, and add a regression test
covering a non-null initial destNum, renumbering ACK, myNodeNum update, and the
next write destination.

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