meshbay.git/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/transport/webrtc/dispatch.py, branch 0.20

feat(node): accept a device link request before the proof (MNP 6.3)

2026-10-14T20:20:15Z

A new device of a known account holds no identity the node pinned, so it cannot complete a handshake until a pinned device approves it: it now files device_add_request in the pre-proof window, as the desktop app's case already required. The request stays inert until countersigned; at most 10 are pending per account, the oldest dropped. A 6.2 node answers it "Handshake required", which a client reads as "cannot link here". Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5

feat: let the operator pause and resume a root's indexing (MNP 6.2)

2026-10-11T22:17:32Z

A whole-root walk now checks its root before every file: removed or ejected, it stops instead of reading the drive to the end; paused, it finishes from the hash cache alone. A paused root is not watched, not swept by reconcile and survives a restart (roster), its indexed files stay served. Resume runs the reconcile sweep over the root, so entries and their enrichment are kept. Signed root_pause / root_resume over MNP, loopback routes, CLI `root pause|resume`, a pause button on the indexing dock and pause/resume in the roots table of Group settings. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5

feat: let the operator purge a group's chat (MNP 6.1)

2026-10-09T10:17:38Z

Signed chat_purge from the Chat settings deletes every stored message; epoch keys and attachments stay. The ack is broadcast so open chat panels empty. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5

perf(node): list a group's directories off the event loop

2026-10-07T19:31:10Z

Every full index walked all roots on the loop, and a node with several large roots stopped answering for seconds. Walk directories only, on the roots' disk thread; index_sync is spawned and still answers on failure. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5

refactor(mnp): remove ten operator messages no client sent

2026-10-02T08:51:19Z

node_status, node_settings_set, roster_read, denylist_read, denylist_clear, node_reload and the signed gek_rotate, member_unpin, transfer_limits, group_detach leave MNP 6.0; the Node page and the CLI do this work over loopback. Their ops keep their tests, moved to the ops level. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5

feat(mnp): sharing a folder is decided on the node's machine only (MNP 6.0)

2026-10-02T08:20:09Z

root_add, root_update and group_attach leave MNP: adding a directory and switching writable/removable go through the loopback API (native dialog in the desktop app) or the CLI. The operator's Settings tab still lists the roots from any browser, read-only. The desktop app refuses to sign those ops; a loopback flag change now reaches open pages (publish_roots). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5

refactor(node): dispatch MNP messages through a table

2026-09-24T14:45:38Z

The pre-authentication guards stay explicit code, in the same order and text. After the handshake, a table maps each type to its handler and to whether it runs as a task, the choice each branch made; the three inline blocks become StreamingMixin methods, unchanged. The dispatch golden is identical, including types that are not strings. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5

refactor(node): move _dispatch_message out of webrtc_server, unchanged

2026-09-24T14:45:38Z

DispatchMixin in transport/webrtc/dispatch.py, with the pre-proof fetch bound it enforces. The elif chain moves as it is; turning it into a table is the next commit, on its own. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5