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Summary

The connected radio's firmware version and hardware model were attached to the connect action and nothing else, so a crash, a hang or a view carried no way to tell what the phone was talking to. The values existed on one event per session.

They are global attributes now, so they follow everything reported until the radio goes away.

What changed

  • setRadioContext(_:_:) and clearRadioContext() on the Datadog logger, backed by the SDK's global RUM attributes.
  • Each value is published where it becomes known rather than at the end of connect — the firmware version arrives with the device metadata, the hardware model with the connected node's info. On a reconnect either can land after the connection is already up, so setting both at one point misses them.
  • Cleared on disconnect, so a session does not inherit the last radio's details.
  • The connect action itself reported nothing on some reconnects, because device.firmwareVersion is briefly nil in that window. It falls back to the version stored at the version check, which is what checkIsVersionSupported already does for the same window and says so in its comment.

Testing

Builds clean for the simulator; SwiftLint clean on all four files.

Not verified against live telemetry — that needs a build in the field, and the useful check is that crash and hang events start carrying both values rather than only the connect action.

Noticed while here

UserDefaults.hardwareModel is declared with a default of "Unset" and never written anywhere, so it was not usable as a fallback for the model the way the firmware one was. Left alone here.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Improvements
    • Diagnostic reporting now retains the connected device’s firmware version when device details are temporarily unavailable.
    • Device hardware model and firmware information are included consistently across diagnostic events.
    • Diagnostic context is cleared when disconnecting, preventing information from a previous device from carrying over.

They were attached to the connect action alone, so a crash, a hang or a
view carried nothing about what the phone was talking to — the values
existed on one event per session and nowhere else.

They are global attributes now, set where each becomes known rather than
at the end of connect: the firmware version with the device metadata, the
hardware model with the connected node's info. On a reconnect either can
land after the connection is already up. Cleared on disconnect so the next
session does not inherit the last radio's details.

The connect action also reported nothing on some reconnects, for the same
reason: device.firmwareVersion is briefly nil in that window. It now falls
back to the version stored at the version check, the way
checkIsVersionSupported already does for the same window.
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This PR modifies user-facing Swift source files but does not update any page under docs/user/ or docs/developer/.

Changed source files:

Meshtastic/Accessory/Accessory Manager/AccessoryManager+Connect.swift
Meshtastic/Accessory/Accessory Manager/AccessoryManager+FromRadio.swift
Meshtastic/Accessory/Accessory Manager/AccessoryManager.swift

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Changed area Likely doc page
Views/Messages/ docs/user/messages.md
Views/Nodes/ docs/user/nodes.md
Views/Map/ docs/user/map.md
Views/Settings/Bluetooth/ docs/user/bluetooth.md
Views/Settings/Discovery/ docs/user/discovery.md
Views/Settings/MQTT/ docs/user/mqtt.md
Views/Settings/TAK/ docs/user/tak.md
Views/Settings/Firmware/ docs/user/firmware.md
Views/Settings/ (telemetry/sensor) docs/user/telemetry.md
Views/Settings/ (general) docs/user/settings.md
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The PR adds Datadog global radio context for firmware and hardware model values. Accessory manager events set these values during connection and metadata handling, and clear them after disconnection. Connect logging also uses a stored firmware version fallback.

Changes

Radio context tracking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Radio context API
Meshtastic/Extensions/Logger+DataDog.swift
Adds RadioContextKey, setRadioContext, and clearRadioContext for Datadog RUM global attributes.
Accessory manager integration
Meshtastic/Accessory/Accessory Manager/AccessoryManager+Connect.swift, Meshtastic/Accessory/Accessory Manager/AccessoryManager+FromRadio.swift, Meshtastic/Accessory/Accessory Manager/AccessoryManager.swift
Uses the stored firmware version when device firmware metadata is unavailable, records hardware and firmware context, and clears radio context after disconnection.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AccessoryManager
  participant DatadogLogger
  participant RUM
  AccessoryManager->>DatadogLogger: log connect with firmware fallback
  AccessoryManager->>DatadogLogger: set hardware model and firmware context
  DatadogLogger->>RUM: store global radio attributes
  AccessoryManager->>DatadogLogger: clear context after disconnect
  DatadogLogger->>RUM: remove radio attributes
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 53754

Telemetry may be attributed to the wrong radio or retain stale radio details, but the impact is limited to observability data.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Regression Coverage For Changed Behavior ⚠️ Warning Coverage is missing for all four non-trivial production paths. The PR changes only four production files and adds no tests. Existing AccessoryManagerDisconnectTests checks teardown state but not RUM… Add the four tests described above. Use a test RUM recorder or an injectable RUM sink so the tests assert emitted event attributes, not only that helper methods were called. Restore UserDefaults and clear RUM state in test teardown to pre…
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: carrying the radio firmware version and hardware model on telemetry events.
Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains what changed, why it changed, and how it was tested. It does not include the template checklist or a Screenshots/Videos section, but the core required information is p…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Sibling Call Sites And Presence Semantics ✅ Passed The PR does not change a field's absent-value representation. Device.firmwareVersion and Device.hardwareModel remain optional in both base and head, and all existing UI call sites remain unchanged…
Tests Prove The Path, Not The End State ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes four production Swift files and adds no tests. Therefore, no added or changed test can violate the stated path-verification criteria.
Moved Code Diffed Against Its Original ✅ Passed PASS — The authoritative PR diff modifies four existing files and adds 44 lines. It deletes no type or function and performs no extraction or relocation. Therefore the moved-code comparison criteria d…
Full details: Regression Coverage For Changed Behavior

Explanation

Coverage is missing for all four non-trivial production paths. The PR changes only four production files and adds no tests. Existing AccessoryManagerDisconnectTests checks teardown state but not RUM context. Existing RUMScreenNameTests checks view-name filtering but not RUM attributes. 1. DatadogLogger.setRadioContext and clearRadioContext (Logger+DataDog.swift). The change is visible in Datadog RUM actions, views, and errors. A key risk is that empty values or clearRadioContext() leave stale firmware or hardware attributes, or that global attributes do not reach later event types. Add an RUM integration test with a test recorder or RUM monitor. Set both keys, emit representative events, assert both keys. Set nil and "", then clear all keys and assert that later events contain neither key. 2. AccessoryManager.handleDeviceMetadata and handleNodeInfo (AccessoryManager+FromRadio.swift). These paths consume inbound device-metadata and node-info protocol packets after connection. The risk is an ordering or filtering regression: metadata can arrive after Step 8, and a non-connected node or node without user data must not publish the connected radio's model. Add a connected-manager fixture that delivers metadata and matching node info after connection, asserts firmware and hardware attributes on a subsequent RUM event, and verifies that non-matching or missing-user node info does not change the context. 3. AccessoryManager.disconnect() (AccessoryManager.swift). The change is visible at transport teardown and on the next RUM event. The risk is stale context after a normal disconnect or after the transport throws, causing the next radio session to inherit the previous radio's values. Extend the existing disconnect lifecycle tests by seeding both attributes, testing success and transport-error paths, and asserting that both attributes are absent after teardown. 4. Connect Step 8 firmware fallback (AccessoryManager+Connect.swift). This path reads UserDefaults.firmwareVersion and publishes the connect action for the common BLE, serial, and TCP connection flow. The reconnect risk is a nil live firmware value producing an action without firmware, while the default "0.0.0" must not be reported and a live value must take precedence. Add an integration test with a fake connection and a nil live firmware value, a non-default stored version, and a captured connect action. Add cases for "0.0.0" and a live firmware value. The stored-version case must fail without the new fallback branch.

Resolution

Add the four tests described above. Use a test RUM recorder or an injectable RUM sink so the tests assert emitted event attributes, not only that helper methods were called. Restore UserDefaults and clear RUM state in test teardown to prevent cross-test contamination.


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What changed in this PR

Moves radio firmware and hardware model data from connect-only RUM actions into global Datadog RUM attributes.

Changes:

  • Adds radio context setters and cleanup.
  • Populates context from metadata and node information.
  • Adds a firmware fallback for reconnect actions.
File Description
Meshtastic/​Extensions/​Logger+DataDog.swift Updated as part of this pull request.
Meshtastic/​Accessory/​Accessory Manager/​AccessoryManager+FromRadio.swift Updated as part of this pull request.
Meshtastic/​Accessory/​Accessory Manager/​AccessoryManager+Connect.swift Updated as part of this pull request.
Meshtastic/​Accessory/​Accessory Manager/​AccessoryManager.swift Updated as part of this pull request.

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In `@Meshtastic/Accessory/Accessory` Manager/AccessoryManager.swift:
- Line 704: Move Logger.datadog.clearRadioContext() into closeConnection() so
every connection teardown path clears the previous radio context, and remove the
redundant call from disconnect() if necessary. Preserve the existing discovery
and switching-device behavior.

In `@Meshtastic/Accessory/Accessory` Manager/AccessoryManager+Connect.swift:
- Around line 322-323: Update the firmware fallback in the connect flow to
associate the cached version with the connected device’s device.id, and only use
it when that stored identity matches device.id. Prevent versionCheck == false
from reusing another radio’s global firmware value.

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Comment thread Meshtastic/Accessory/Accessory Manager/AccessoryManager+Connect.swift Outdated
Review found two holes.

The clear ran in disconnect(), which is only the path the user takes. An
unexpected link loss, a failed connect and a retry all tear down through
closeConnection() without going near it, so the old radio's details stayed
attached to whatever happened next. Moved into closeConnection().

The connect action fell back to UserDefaults.firmwareVersion, which holds
whichever radio was version checked last. A second radio connecting before
its own metadata arrived would have been reported with the first one's
version — worse than reporting nothing. It reads that node's own stored
metadata now.
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garthvh merged commit 6f3ee55 into main Sep 22, 2026
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garthvh deleted the fix/datadog-radio-context branch September 22, 2026 15:42
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