Multi-bridge routing was broken: all incoming radicle-node connections
were routed to remote_bridges[0] regardless of which NID was being
reached. Fixed by allocating a dedicated OS-assigned TCP port per
discovered remote bridge; auto_seed registers each NID at its specific
port so radicle-node connections always reach the correct peer.
Gossip relay integrated into 'radicle-rns seed': watches the seed's
storage, auto-discovers repos as they are seeded, notifies remote gossip
peers of ref changes. bridge_port=None skips the redundant rad-node-
connect step (bridge's auto_seed already registered NIDs correctly).
Other fixes:
- bridge.py: link FAILED state now breaks the wait loop immediately
instead of waiting out the full 30 s timeout
- bridge.py: get_remote_bridge_nid now reads _bridge_nids under lock
- bridge.py: NID length bounds-checked before slice in _handle_announce
- gossip.py: add rad_home param so seed's rad calls use correct RAD_HOME
- gossip.py: add auto_discover flag to scan storage for new repos each cycle
- gossip.py: import os moved to top-level
- cli.py: gossip status line only prints when peer count changes (not
every 5 s on any stats change)
- cli.py: add --poll-interval to seed command
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Rips out the custom git-bundle/sync/adaptive/qr parallel sync stack and
replaces it with a proper seed-to-seed architecture: two real radicle-node
instances (each with seedingPolicy=allow) bridge over Reticulum/LoRa.
Users connect their own radicle-node to the local seed once; all mesh
sync happens in the background using Radicle's own protocol, so atomicity,
Noise XK encryption, and pack verification are all handled natively.
New modules:
- seed.py: SeedNode — manages a dedicated radicle-node subprocess under its
own RAD_HOME (~/.radicle-rns/seed/), writes a seed config only on first
run, uses DEVNULL I/O to prevent pipe-buffer deadlocks
- gossip.py: GossipRelay — polls ~/.radicle/storage/<rid>/ for ref changes,
broadcasts ~200-500 byte RNS packets to known peers, on receipt calls
`rad sync --fetch --rid X`; thread-safe via separate peers/refs locks
New CLI commands:
- `radicle-rns seed`: starts seed radicle-node + bridge as one command;
auto-discovers remote seeds over the mesh and connects them
- `radicle-rns gossip`: runs ref-watching notification relay
bridge.py: added rad_home parameter so `rad node connect` is called with
the seed's RAD_HOME when auto-connecting remote seeds.
Bug fixes applied during review:
- seed.py: PIPE→DEVNULL (64 KB pipe buffer deadlock)
- seed.py: missing wait() after kill() (zombie process)
- seed.py: write_config() now idempotent (preserves user customisations)
- seed.py: is_initialized() wraps TimeoutExpired in except Exception
- seed.py: removed hardcoded "network":"main" (breaks testnet)
- seed.py: moved `import socket` to top-level
- cli.py: bridge.start() inside try/finally (orphaned seed on start error)
- cli.py: status line gated on known_bridges change (not every 5 s)
- cli.py: removed dead get_remote_bridges() call in bridge status loop
- gossip.py: added _refs_lock protecting _known_refs across threads
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
bridge.py:
- Fix _on_tunnel_opened/_on_tunnel_closed instance attrs shadowing methods
of the same name, causing NoneType-not-callable on every tunnel close
- Fix auto_seed not firing on --connect path: NID registration now triggers
whenever the NID is first learned from an announce, not only on is_new
- Move nid_is_new check inside _remote_bridges_lock to prevent double
rad-node-connect on concurrent announces
- Distinguish link CLOSED vs timeout in link establishment log message
- Add startup re-announce loop so peers that start slightly later are
discovered without manual --connect; delays are configurable
- Add announce_retry_delays parameter (default 5,15,30s; use 60,300,900s
on LoRa to respect duty cycle limits)
cli.py:
- Expose --announce-retry-delays flag with validation and helpful error
README.md:
- Rewrite setup section based on real end-to-end test (two machines,
radicle-node listen config, rad remote add workflow)
- Remove --connect and rad node connect from required steps; both are
now automatic via auto-discovery and auto-seed
- Add LoRa duty cycle note for announce delays
- Add full git workflow: init, push, clone, fetch across mesh
Maciek "mab122" Bator