fix(mesh): don't NAK an MQTT-only send that was already ACKed via the… - #11511
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughMQTT self-ACKs now mark pending packets without stopping LoRa retransmissions. After retries are exhausted, MQTT-acknowledged packets suppress ChangesMQTT ACK reliability
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The change prevents MQTT-only sends from being overwritten by a terminal delivery failure while preserving mesh retries. The PR is merge-ready after normal checks; only minor comment cleanup remains, with no actionable merge-blocking risk. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant MQTT
participant ReliableRouter
participant NextHopRouter
MQTT->>ReliableRouter: Deliver self-originated MQTT ACK
ReliableRouter->>ReliableRouter: Mark pending packet mqttAcked
ReliableRouter->>NextHopRouter: Continue LoRa retransmissions
NextHopRouter->>NextHopRouter: Exhaust retransmissions
NextHopRouter->>MQTT: Suppress MAX_RETRANSMIT for mqttAcked packet
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In `@src/mesh/ReliableRouter.cpp`:
- Around line 173-179: Shorten the MQTT ACK-related comments to one or two lines
while preserving only the non-obvious rationale: in src/mesh/ReliableRouter.cpp
lines 173-179, mention retained retries and terminal NAK suppression; in
src/mesh/NextHopRouter.h lines 45-49, define mqttAcked and its terminal-NAK
effect; in src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp lines 121-124, retain the broker-receipt limitation
and retry behavior; and in test/test_nexthop_routing/test_main.cpp lines
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| // An ACK we generated for ourselves because our own packet came back down from the broker we | ||
| // uplinked it to (see onReceiveProto() in MQTT.cpp). The broker having the packet is not | ||
| // evidence that any LoRa node does, so this must not stop retransmissions. But the originator | ||
| // has already been handed a successful ACK, so remember it on the pending record and let | ||
| // doRetransmissions() suppress the terminal NAK - without this the client shows a delivered | ||
| // message and then flips it to failed once the retries run out, which on an MQTT-only mesh | ||
| // (no neighbors in range to implicitly ACK) is every single message. |
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Reduce the new MQTT ACK comments to one or two lines. The repeated explanation exceeds the repository comment limit. Keep only the non-obvious behavior rationale.
src/mesh/ReliableRouter.cpp#L173-L179: replace the seven-line branch comment with a concise explanation of retained retries and terminal NAK suppression.src/mesh/NextHopRouter.h#L45-L49: shorten the field comment to definemqttAckedand its terminal-NAK effect.src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp#L121-L124: retain only the broker-receipt limitation and the retry behavior.test/test_nexthop_routing/test_main.cpp#L845-L849: shorten the test scenario comment to its assertion intent.
As per coding guidelines, keep code comments minimal—one or two lines—and document only non-obvious rationale.
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src/mesh/ReliableRouter.cpp#L173-L179(this comment)src/mesh/NextHopRouter.h#L45-L49src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp#L121-L124test/test_nexthop_routing/test_main.cpp#L845-L849
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In `@src/mesh/ReliableRouter.cpp` around lines 173 - 179, Shorten the MQTT
ACK-related comments to one or two lines while preserving only the non-obvious
rationale: in src/mesh/ReliableRouter.cpp lines 173-179, mention retained
retries and terminal NAK suppression; in src/mesh/NextHopRouter.h lines 45-49,
define mqttAcked and its terminal-NAK effect; in src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp lines
121-124, retain the broker-receipt limitation and retry behavior; and in
test/test_nexthop_routing/test_main.cpp lines 845-849, state the test assertion
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Problem
On a mesh where MQTT is the only path off the node (uplink/downlink enabled, no LoRa neighbors in range), every outgoing message is reported to the client as "Failed to deliver to mesh", after first showing as delivered.
Reproduction:
Cause
A broadcast sent with want_ack is only cleared from the pending-retransmission list by an implicit ACK — overhearing another node rebroadcast it. With no neighbors, that never happens.
onReceiveProto() in src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp covers this case: when the broker echoes back a packet we gateway'd ourselves, it mints a local ACK so the client sees the send succeed. #8939 tagged that ACK TRANSPORT_MQTT, and in the same change added a condition in ReliableRouter::sniffReceived that ignores ACKs matching isFromUs() && TRANSPORT_MQTT. The self-minted ACK is the only packet that condition can match — any other MQTT downlink from us is dropped earlier in onReceiveProto(). So the ACK reached the client but never cleared the pending record, retransmissions ran to exhaustion, and NextHopRouter::doRetransmissions() unconditionally emitted MAX_RETRANSMIT, overwriting the delivered state.
Change
Retransmission behavior is unchanged: an MQTT echo means the broker has the packet, not that any LoRa node does, so over-the-air retries still run in full.
Known limitation: if the broker echo arrives after the retries are exhausted, the pending record is already gone and the NAK still fires.
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