1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/transport/webrtc/channel.py b/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/transport/webrtc/channel.py
index 31cc83c..4bb4e08 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/transport/webrtc/channel.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/transport/webrtc/channel.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ class _DataChannelBuffer:
 
 def _get_remote_ip(pc: RTCPeerConnection) -> str:
     """Best-effort extraction of the remote peer IP from the ICE transport."""
+    reported = getattr(pc, "remote_ip", None)
+    if reported is not None:      # held by a connection process (workers.py)
+        return reported
     try:
         dtls = pc.sctp and pc.sctp.transport
         ice = dtls and dtls.transport