test(e2e): real-device Playwright messaging suite (#1121)

* fix(connections): connect to the just-added connection via the live store

addConnectionAndConnect() adds a connection and then connects to it in the
same tick, but connect() resolved the id against the memoized `connections`
closure, which is stale until the hook re-renders. The just-added id was
therefore reported as an unknown connection id and Save silently never
connected any HTTP/Serial/Bluetooth device. Read savedConnections from
useDeviceStore.getState() so the lookup always sees the live store.

* test(e2e): real-device Playwright messaging suite

Drives the actual web app in Chromium against real meshtasticd firmware over
the HTTP phone API and verifies text messaging in both directions across a
two-node mesh. Nodes mesh over the firmware's built-in UDP multicast
(224.0.0.69) with no MQTT/relay; distinct node numbers, real encryption.

- Default backend: two Docker meshtasticd sim nodes (daily-debian). The same
  specs run against physical hardware via E2E_DEVICE_MODE=hardware.
- An off-browser Python meshtastic peer (e2e/peer/peer.py) drives/asserts the
  non-browser node over the TCP phone API, mirroring firmware mcp-server tests.
- Coverage: connect over HTTPS, mesh->web receive, web->mesh send. Direct
  messages are fixme'd (see below). CI workflow runs it on Linux.

Bugs surfaced by the suite:
- Fixed (prior commit): connect-on-save never connected (stale-closure id
  lookup in useConnections).
- Not fixed: apps/web/src/core/subscriptions.ts throws 'ReferenceError:
  nodeDB is not defined' on every device-metrics telemetry packet (the #1050
  migration removed that store); caught per-packet, so messaging still works.
- Not fixed: direct messages are blocked by a PKI 'Keys Mismatch' (the SDK's
  stored peer public key != the key presented during NodeInfo exchange), seen
  even with fresh sim nodes.

* test(e2e): address Copilot review feedback

- waitForTcp(): destroy the probe socket on the error path so repeated
  connection failures don't accumulate sockets/FDs across the retry loop.
- Don't remove the mesh containers in Playwright globalTeardown in CI — it
  raced the workflow's failure log capture. Teardown is now gated on
  E2E_DOCKER_DOWN only; CI dumps device logs on failure and tears the mesh
  down in a final always() workflow step.

* fix(sdk): fold device-metrics telemetry into nodes

apps/web/src/core/subscriptions.ts called nodeDB.addDeviceMetrics() on every
device-metrics telemetry packet, but the #1050 migration removed that store —
so it threw 'ReferenceError: nodeDB is not defined' on each telemetry packet
(caught per-packet by the SDK's HandleFromRadio, so messaging still worked but
the error spammed the console).

Route device metrics into the SDK NodesClient via onTelemetryPacket instead —
mirroring the existing position handler; the Node domain already carries a
deviceMetrics field — and drop the dead app-side handler. Adds a NodesClient
test covering the fold.

* docs(e2e): accurate DM root cause + bug status

The direct-message fixme is a simulator limitation, not a web-app bug: the
keyless meshtasticd sim nodes NAK a DM with NO_CHANNEL (routing error 6) — no
Curve25519 keypair is provisioned/shared, and current firmware can't deliver a
direct message without a per-node key / decryptable channel. The app surfaces
this correctly (key-refresh dialog). Re-enable against hardware or once the sim
provisions keys.

Also: mark the nodeDB telemetry bug fixed and note the CI teardown change.

* docs(e2e): precise DM root cause (firmware/sim PKI)

Followed up on the suggestion to provision keys in config.security: the keys
ARE settable and persist (verified via admin), but on the native meshtasticd
sim they don't sync to the node's owner / NodeInfo key — owner.public_key stays
empty and the node keeps its MAC-derived num — so the two nodes never exchange
keys. Combined with the firmware refusing non-PKI DMs ('Unknown public key for
destination ... refusing to send legacy DM'), the DM is NAK'd with NO_CHANNEL.
A firmware/sim limitation; DMs work on real hardware. Spec stays fixme.

* docs(e2e): definitive DM root cause (SimRadio PKC payload limit)

Per the steer to research the firmware: PKI keygen is gated on a set LoRa
region (NodeDB.cpp:3051) and the sim boots region-UNSET — setting lora.region
via admin DOES make the nodes generate and exchange keys (verified both ways).
But a PKI-encrypted DM still can't traverse the SimRadio: the PKC overhead
exceeds its payload limit ('Payload size larger than compressed message allows!
Send empty payload'), so the packet is truncated and the receiver NAKs
NO_CHANNEL ('No suitable channel found for decoding, hash 0x0'). The firmware
skips PKC under --sim (Router.cpp:730) for exactly this reason, but --sim also
disables the config-file loading the web app needs, so they're mutually
exclusive. DMs work on real hardware; spec stays fixme with this detail.

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Co-authored-by: Dan Ditomaso <dan.ditomaso@gmail.com>
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2026-06-20 11:19:50 -04:00
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import { type ChildProcess, spawn } from "node:child_process";
import path from "node:path";
/**
* Thin TypeScript wrapper around e2e/peer/peer.py — the off-browser "mesh peer"
* that talks to the non-browser node over the TCP phone API. It sends text,
* blocks until a specific text is received, or reports the node's number.
*/
const PYTHON = process.env.E2E_PEER_PYTHON ?? path.resolve("e2e/peer/.venv/bin/python");
const SCRIPT = path.resolve("e2e/peer/peer.py");
const HOST = process.env.E2E_PEER_HOST ?? "127.0.0.1";
const PORT = process.env.E2E_PEER_PORT ?? "14404";
function spawnPeer(args: string[]): ChildProcess {
return spawn(PYTHON, [SCRIPT, "--host", HOST, "--port", PORT, ...args]);
}
/** Invoke `onLine` for each complete stdout line. */
function onStdoutLines(child: ChildProcess, onLine: (line: string) => void): void {
let buf = "";
child.stdout?.on("data", (chunk: Buffer) => {
buf += chunk.toString();
let idx: number;
while ((idx = buf.indexOf("\n")) >= 0) {
const line = buf.slice(0, idx).trim();
buf = buf.slice(idx + 1);
if (line) onLine(line);
}
});
}
/** Send a text from the peer node. Broadcast unless `to` (a node number) is given. */
export function peerSend(
text: string,
opts: { to?: number; wantAck?: boolean } = {},
): Promise<void> {
const args = ["send", text];
if (opts.to != null) args.push("--to", String(opts.to));
if (opts.wantAck) args.push("--want-ack");
const child = spawnPeer(args);
let stderr = "";
child.stderr?.on("data", (d) => {
stderr += d.toString();
});
return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
child.on("exit", (code) =>
code === 0 ? resolve() : reject(new Error(`peer send exited ${code}: ${stderr.trim()}`)),
);
child.on("error", reject);
});
}
/** Read the peer node's own node number. */
export function peerNodeNum(): Promise<number> {
const child = spawnPeer(["node-num"]);
let num: number | null = null;
let stderr = "";
child.stderr?.on("data", (d) => {
stderr += d.toString();
});
onStdoutLines(child, (line) => {
const m = line.match(/^NODE_NUM=(\d+)/);
if (m) num = Number(m[1]);
});
return new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {
child.on("exit", (code) =>
num != null
? resolve(num)
: reject(new Error(`peer node-num failed (${code}): ${stderr.trim()}`)),
);
child.on("error", reject);
});
}
export type RecvHandle = {
/** Resolves with the sender node number once the awaited text arrives. */
received: Promise<number>;
/** Kill the listener early. */
stop: () => void;
};
/**
* Start listening on the peer node for `text`. The returned promise resolves
* once the listener is subscribed (so the caller can then trigger the browser
* send without racing). The handle's `received` resolves when the text lands.
*/
export function startPeerRecv(
text: string,
opts: { fromNode?: number; timeout?: number } = {},
): Promise<RecvHandle> {
const { fromNode, timeout = 60 } = opts;
const args = ["recv", text, "--timeout", String(timeout)];
if (fromNode != null) args.push("--from-node", String(fromNode));
const child = spawnPeer(args);
let stderr = "";
child.stderr?.on("data", (d) => {
stderr += d.toString();
});
let resolveReceived!: (n: number) => void;
let rejectReceived!: (e: Error) => void;
const received = new Promise<number>((res, rej) => {
resolveReceived = res;
rejectReceived = rej;
});
const handle: RecvHandle = { received, stop: () => child.kill() };
return new Promise<RecvHandle>((resolveReady, rejectReady) => {
let from: number | null = null;
onStdoutLines(child, (line) => {
if (line === "READY") resolveReady(handle);
const m = line.match(/^RECEIVED=(\d+)/);
if (m) from = Number(m[1]);
});
child.on("exit", (code) => {
if (code === 0 && from != null) {
resolveReceived(from);
} else {
const err = new Error(
`peer recv exited ${code} (no match for "${text}"): ${stderr.trim()}`,
);
rejectReady(err);
rejectReceived(err);
}
});
child.on("error", (e) => {
rejectReady(e);
rejectReceived(e);
});
});
}
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import { test as base, expect } from "@playwright/test";
import { ConnectionPage } from "../pages/ConnectionPage.ts";
import { MessagesPage } from "../pages/MessagesPage.ts";
export type DeviceInfo = {
/** host:port the browser connects to, e.g. "127.0.0.1:9443". */
host: string;
/** Whether the device webserver is HTTPS. */
tls: boolean;
};
type Fixtures = {
connectionPage: ConnectionPage;
messagesPage: MessagesPage;
device: DeviceInfo;
};
export const test = base.extend<Fixtures>({
connectionPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
await use(new ConnectionPage(page));
},
messagesPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
await use(new MessagesPage(page));
},
// oxlint-disable-next-line no-empty-pattern -- Playwright fixture with no deps
device: async ({}, use) => {
const url = new URL(process.env.E2E_NODE_A_URL ?? "https://127.0.0.1:9443");
await use({ host: url.host, tls: url.protocol === "https:" });
},
});
export { expect };