From f0f06671cc835748da7530df49ba8ea054cb4c2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:28:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 01/17] Make new message button clearer

---
 frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx | 54 ++++++++++++++++-------------
 frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx  | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 088031b..0ae9bf1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -853,41 +853,45 @@ export function Sidebar({
       aria-label="Conversations"
     >
       {/* Header */}
-      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 border-b border-border">
-        <div className="relative min-w-0 flex-1">
-          <Input
-            type="text"
-            placeholder="Search channels/contacts..."
-            aria-label="Search conversations"
-            value={searchQuery}
-            onChange={(e) => setSearchQuery(e.target.value)}
-            className={cn('h-7 text-[13px] bg-background/50', searchQuery ? 'pr-8' : 'pr-3')}
-          />
-          {searchQuery && (
-            <button
-              className="absolute right-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground text-lg leading-none transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring rounded"
-              onClick={() => setSearchQuery('')}
-              title="Clear search"
-              aria-label="Clear search"
-            >
-              <X className="h-4 w-4" />
-            </button>
-          )}
-        </div>
+      <div className="px-3 py-2 border-b border-border">
         <Button
-          variant="ghost"
+          variant="outline"
           size="sm"
           onClick={onNewMessage}
-          title="New Message"
-          aria-label="New message"
-          className="h-7 w-7 shrink-0 p-0 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground transition-colors"
+          title="Add channel or contact"
+          aria-label="Add channel or contact"
+          className="h-8 w-full justify-start gap-2 px-3 text-[13px]"
         >
           <SquarePen className="h-4 w-4" />
+          <span>Add Channel/Contact</span>
         </Button>
       </div>
 
       {/* List */}
       <div className="flex-1 min-h-0 overflow-y-auto [contain:layout_paint]">
+        <div className="px-3 py-2 border-b border-border/60">
+          <div className="relative min-w-0">
+            <Input
+              type="text"
+              placeholder="Search channels/contacts..."
+              aria-label="Search conversations"
+              value={searchQuery}
+              onChange={(e) => setSearchQuery(e.target.value)}
+              className={cn('h-7 text-[13px] bg-background/50', searchQuery ? 'pr-8' : 'pr-3')}
+            />
+            {searchQuery && (
+              <button
+                className="absolute right-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground text-lg leading-none transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring rounded"
+                onClick={() => setSearchQuery('')}
+                title="Clear search"
+                aria-label="Clear search"
+              >
+                <X className="h-4 w-4" />
+              </button>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
         {/* Tools */}
         {toolRows.length > 0 && (
           <>
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx
index 167ab1d..a2a75ab 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx
@@ -122,6 +122,46 @@ describe('Sidebar section summaries', () => {
     expect(within(getSectionHeaderContainer('Repeaters')).getByText('4')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it('renders a full add channel/contact button above search and calls onNewMessage', () => {
+    const onNewMessage = vi.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <Sidebar
+        contacts={[]}
+        channels={[makeChannel(PUBLIC_CHANNEL_KEY, 'Public')]}
+        activeConversation={null}
+        onSelectConversation={vi.fn()}
+        onNewMessage={onNewMessage}
+        lastMessageTimes={{}}
+        unreadCounts={{}}
+        mentions={{}}
+        showCracker={false}
+        crackerRunning={false}
+        onToggleCracker={vi.fn()}
+        onMarkAllRead={vi.fn()}
+        favorites={[]}
+        legacySortOrder="recent"
+      />
+    );
+
+    const addButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add channel or contact' });
+    const search = screen.getByLabelText('Search conversations');
+    const nav = screen.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Conversations' });
+    const toolsButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Tools' });
+
+    expect(addButton).toHaveTextContent('Add Channel/Contact');
+    expect(
+      addButton.compareDocumentPosition(search) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(nav.compareDocumentPosition(search) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      search.compareDocumentPosition(toolsButton) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+
+    fireEvent.click(addButton);
+    expect(onNewMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it('turns favorites and channels rollups red when they contain a mention', () => {
     renderSidebar({
       mentions: {

From 29e9a5f70162997d622dd999de8dfe478ab07487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:35:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 02/17] Be more resilient in noise floor gathering

---
 app/services/radio_noise_floor.py | 13 +++++++++--
 tests/test_radio_noise_floor.py   | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_radio_noise_floor.py

diff --git a/app/services/radio_noise_floor.py b/app/services/radio_noise_floor.py
index d928821..beb9ce9 100644
--- a/app/services/radio_noise_floor.py
+++ b/app/services/radio_noise_floor.py
@@ -60,8 +60,17 @@ async def sample_noise_floor_once(*, blocking: bool = False) -> None:
 
 async def _noise_floor_sampling_loop() -> None:
     while True:
-        await sample_noise_floor_once()
-        await asyncio.sleep(NOISE_FLOOR_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_SECONDS)
+        try:
+            await sample_noise_floor_once()
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            raise
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Noise floor sampling loop crashed during sample")
+
+        try:
+            await asyncio.sleep(NOISE_FLOOR_SAMPLE_INTERVAL_SECONDS)
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            raise
 
 
 async def start_noise_floor_sampling() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_radio_noise_floor.py b/tests/test_radio_noise_floor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33d1c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_radio_noise_floor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import asyncio
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from app.services import radio_noise_floor
+
+
+class TestNoiseFloorSamplingLoop:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_logs_and_continues_after_unexpected_sample_exception(self):
+        sample_calls = 0
+        sleep_calls = 0
+
+        async def fake_sample() -> None:
+            nonlocal sample_calls
+            sample_calls += 1
+            if sample_calls == 1:
+                raise RuntimeError("boom")
+
+        async def fake_sleep(_seconds: int) -> None:
+            nonlocal sleep_calls
+            sleep_calls += 1
+            if sleep_calls >= 2:
+                raise asyncio.CancelledError()
+
+        with (
+            patch.object(radio_noise_floor, "sample_noise_floor_once", side_effect=fake_sample),
+            patch.object(radio_noise_floor.asyncio, "sleep", side_effect=fake_sleep),
+            patch.object(radio_noise_floor.logger, "exception") as mock_exception,
+        ):
+            with pytest.raises(asyncio.CancelledError):
+                await radio_noise_floor._noise_floor_sampling_loop()
+
+        assert sample_calls == 2
+        assert sleep_calls == 2
+        mock_exception.assert_called_once()

From 9f4737d350ab48c78bc4fb23a2ffbf5a5bb74779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:55:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 03/17] Add hashtag link detection. Closes #134.

---
 frontend/src/App.tsx                         |  42 +++++++-
 frontend/src/components/ConversationPane.tsx |   3 +
 frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx      | 106 +++++++++++++++++--
 frontend/src/components/NewMessageModal.tsx  |  26 ++++-
 frontend/src/test/messageList.test.tsx       |  53 ++++++++++
 frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts      |  35 +++++-
 frontend/src/test/newMessageModal.test.tsx   |  26 ++++-
 frontend/src/utils/messageParser.ts          |  32 ++++++
 8 files changed, 308 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 6d50afb..47b5f09 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ interface ChannelUnreadMarker {
   lastReadAt: number | null;
 }
 
+interface NewMessagePrefillRequest {
+  tab: 'hashtag';
+  hashtagName: string;
+  nonce: number;
+}
+
 interface UnreadBoundaryBackfillParams {
   activeConversation: Conversation | null;
   unreadMarker: ChannelUnreadMarker | null;
@@ -77,6 +83,8 @@ export function App() {
   const messageInputRef = useRef<MessageInputHandle>(null);
   const [rawPackets, setRawPackets] = useState<RawPacket[]>([]);
   const [channelUnreadMarker, setChannelUnreadMarker] = useState<ChannelUnreadMarker | null>(null);
+  const [newMessagePrefillRequest, setNewMessagePrefillRequest] =
+    useState<NewMessagePrefillRequest | null>(null);
   const [visibilityVersion, setVisibilityVersion] = useState(0);
   const lastUnreadBackfillAttemptRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
   const {
@@ -103,8 +111,8 @@ export function App() {
     setDistanceUnit,
     handleCloseSettingsView,
     handleToggleSettingsView,
-    handleOpenNewMessage,
-    handleCloseNewMessage,
+    handleOpenNewMessage: openNewMessageModal,
+    handleCloseNewMessage: closeNewMessageModal,
     handleToggleCracker,
   } = useAppShell();
 
@@ -413,6 +421,34 @@ export function App() {
     [fetchUndecryptedCount, setChannels]
   );
 
+  const handleOpenNewMessage = useCallback(() => {
+    setNewMessagePrefillRequest(null);
+    openNewMessageModal();
+  }, [openNewMessageModal]);
+
+  const handleCloseNewMessage = useCallback(() => {
+    setNewMessagePrefillRequest(null);
+    closeNewMessageModal();
+  }, [closeNewMessageModal]);
+
+  const handleChannelReferenceClick = useCallback(
+    (channelName: string) => {
+      const existingChannel = channels.find((channel) => channel.name === channelName);
+      if (existingChannel) {
+        handleNavigateToChannel(existingChannel.key);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      setNewMessagePrefillRequest((previous) => ({
+        tab: 'hashtag',
+        hashtagName: channelName.slice(1),
+        nonce: (previous?.nonce ?? 0) + 1,
+      }));
+      openNewMessageModal();
+    },
+    [channels, handleNavigateToChannel, openNewMessageModal]
+  );
+
   const statusProps = {
     health,
     config,
@@ -468,6 +504,7 @@ export function App() {
     onOpenContactInfo: handleOpenContactInfo,
     onOpenChannelInfo: handleOpenChannelInfo,
     onSenderClick: handleSenderClick,
+    onChannelReferenceClick: handleChannelReferenceClick,
     onLoadOlder: fetchOlderMessages,
     onResendChannelMessage: handleResendChannelMessage,
     onTargetReached: () => setTargetMessageId(null),
@@ -526,6 +563,7 @@ export function App() {
   };
   const newMessageModalProps = {
     undecryptedCount,
+    prefillRequest: newMessagePrefillRequest,
     onCreateContact: handleCreateContact,
     onCreateChannel: handleCreateChannel,
     onCreateHashtagChannel: handleCreateHashtagChannel,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ConversationPane.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ConversationPane.tsx
index aa97aeb..ca7ea9a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ConversationPane.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ConversationPane.tsx
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ interface ConversationPaneProps {
   onOpenContactInfo: (publicKey: string, fromChannel?: boolean) => void;
   onOpenChannelInfo: (channelKey: string) => void;
   onSenderClick: (sender: string) => void;
+  onChannelReferenceClick?: (channelName: string) => void;
   onLoadOlder: () => Promise<void>;
   onResendChannelMessage: (messageId: number, newTimestamp?: boolean) => Promise<void>;
   onTargetReached: () => void;
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ export function ConversationPane({
   onOpenContactInfo,
   onOpenChannelInfo,
   onSenderClick,
+  onChannelReferenceClick,
   onLoadOlder,
   onResendChannelMessage,
   onTargetReached,
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ export function ConversationPane({
             activeConversation.type === 'channel' ? onDismissUnreadMarker : undefined
           }
           onSenderClick={activeConversation.type === 'channel' ? onSenderClick : undefined}
+          onChannelReferenceClick={onChannelReferenceClick}
           onLoadOlder={onLoadOlder}
           onResendChannelMessage={
             activeConversation.type === 'channel' ? onResendChannelMessage : undefined
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx b/frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx
index ea39063..af13a9a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ import {
 import type { Channel, Contact, Message, MessagePath, RadioConfig, RawPacket } from '../types';
 import { CONTACT_TYPE_REPEATER, CONTACT_TYPE_ROOM } from '../types';
 import { api } from '../api';
-import { formatTime, parseSenderFromText } from '../utils/messageParser';
+import {
+  findLinkedChannelReferences,
+  formatTime,
+  parseSenderFromText,
+} from '../utils/messageParser';
 import { formatHopCounts, type SenderInfo } from '../utils/pathUtils';
 import { getDirectContactRoute } from '../utils/pathUtils';
 import { ContactAvatar } from './ContactAvatar';
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ interface MessageListProps {
   onSenderClick?: (sender: string) => void;
   onLoadOlder?: () => void;
   onResendChannelMessage?: (messageId: number, newTimestamp?: boolean) => void;
+  onChannelReferenceClick?: (channelName: string) => void;
   radioName?: string;
   config?: RadioConfig | null;
   onOpenContactInfo?: (publicKey: string, fromChannel?: boolean) => void;
@@ -48,8 +53,64 @@ interface MessageListProps {
 const URL_PATTERN =
   /https?:\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_+.~#?&//=]*)/g;
 
-// Helper to convert URLs in a plain text string into clickable links
-function linkifyText(text: string, keyPrefix: string): ReactNode[] {
+function renderChannelReferences(
+  text: string,
+  keyPrefix: string,
+  onChannelReferenceClick?: (channelName: string) => void
+): ReactNode[] {
+  const references = findLinkedChannelReferences(text);
+  if (references.length === 0) {
+    return [text];
+  }
+
+  const parts: ReactNode[] = [];
+  let lastIndex = 0;
+
+  references.forEach((reference, index) => {
+    if (reference.start > lastIndex) {
+      parts.push(text.slice(lastIndex, reference.start));
+    }
+
+    const className =
+      'rounded px-0.5 font-medium text-primary underline underline-offset-2 transition-colors';
+    if (onChannelReferenceClick) {
+      parts.push(
+        <button
+          key={`${keyPrefix}-channel-${index}`}
+          type="button"
+          className={cn(
+            className,
+            'inline border-0 bg-transparent p-0 align-baseline hover:text-primary/80 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring'
+          )}
+          onClick={() => onChannelReferenceClick(reference.label)}
+        >
+          {reference.label}
+        </button>
+      );
+    } else {
+      parts.push(
+        <span key={`${keyPrefix}-channel-${index}`} className={className}>
+          {reference.label}
+        </span>
+      );
+    }
+
+    lastIndex = reference.end;
+  });
+
+  if (lastIndex < text.length) {
+    parts.push(text.slice(lastIndex));
+  }
+
+  return parts;
+}
+
+// Helper to convert URLs and channel references in a plain text string into rich content
+function linkifyText(
+  text: string,
+  keyPrefix: string,
+  onChannelReferenceClick?: (channelName: string) => void
+): ReactNode[] {
   const parts: ReactNode[] = [];
   let lastIndex = 0;
   let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
@@ -58,7 +119,13 @@ function linkifyText(text: string, keyPrefix: string): ReactNode[] {
   URL_PATTERN.lastIndex = 0;
   while ((match = URL_PATTERN.exec(text)) !== null) {
     if (match.index > lastIndex) {
-      parts.push(text.slice(lastIndex, match.index));
+      parts.push(
+        ...renderChannelReferences(
+          text.slice(lastIndex, match.index),
+          `${keyPrefix}-text-${keyIndex}`,
+          onChannelReferenceClick
+        )
+      );
     }
     parts.push(
       <a
@@ -74,15 +141,27 @@ function linkifyText(text: string, keyPrefix: string): ReactNode[] {
     lastIndex = match.index + match[0].length;
   }
 
-  if (lastIndex === 0) return [text];
+  if (lastIndex === 0) {
+    return renderChannelReferences(text, keyPrefix, onChannelReferenceClick);
+  }
   if (lastIndex < text.length) {
-    parts.push(text.slice(lastIndex));
+    parts.push(
+      ...renderChannelReferences(
+        text.slice(lastIndex),
+        `${keyPrefix}-tail`,
+        onChannelReferenceClick
+      )
+    );
   }
   return parts;
 }
 
 // Helper to render text with highlighted @[Name] mentions and clickable URLs
-function renderTextWithMentions(text: string, radioName?: string): ReactNode {
+function renderTextWithMentions(
+  text: string,
+  radioName?: string,
+  onChannelReferenceClick?: (channelName: string) => void
+): ReactNode {
   const mentionPattern = /@\[([^\]]+)\]/g;
   const parts: ReactNode[] = [];
   let lastIndex = 0;
@@ -92,7 +171,13 @@ function renderTextWithMentions(text: string, radioName?: string): ReactNode {
   while ((match = mentionPattern.exec(text)) !== null) {
     // Add text before the match (with linkification)
     if (match.index > lastIndex) {
-      parts.push(...linkifyText(text.slice(lastIndex, match.index), `pre-${keyIndex}`));
+      parts.push(
+        ...linkifyText(
+          text.slice(lastIndex, match.index),
+          `pre-${keyIndex}`,
+          onChannelReferenceClick
+        )
+      );
     }
 
     const mentionedName = match[1];
@@ -115,7 +200,7 @@ function renderTextWithMentions(text: string, radioName?: string): ReactNode {
 
   // Add remaining text after last match (with linkification)
   if (lastIndex < text.length) {
-    parts.push(...linkifyText(text.slice(lastIndex), `post-${keyIndex}`));
+    parts.push(...linkifyText(text.slice(lastIndex), `post-${keyIndex}`, onChannelReferenceClick));
   }
 
   return parts.length > 0 ? parts : text;
@@ -188,6 +273,7 @@ export function MessageList({
   onSenderClick,
   onLoadOlder,
   onResendChannelMessage,
+  onChannelReferenceClick,
   radioName,
   config,
   onOpenContactInfo,
@@ -911,7 +997,7 @@ export function MessageList({
                   <div className="break-words whitespace-pre-wrap">
                     {content.split('\n').map((line, i, arr) => (
                       <span key={i}>
-                        {renderTextWithMentions(line, radioName)}
+                        {renderTextWithMentions(line, radioName, onChannelReferenceClick)}
                         {i < arr.length - 1 && <br />}
                       </span>
                     ))}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/NewMessageModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/NewMessageModal.tsx
index bb2d91a..7cb8885 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/NewMessageModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/NewMessageModal.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Dice5 } from 'lucide-react';
 import {
   Dialog,
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ type Tab = 'new-contact' | 'new-channel' | 'hashtag';
 interface NewMessageModalProps {
   open: boolean;
   undecryptedCount: number;
+  prefillRequest?: {
+    tab: 'hashtag';
+    hashtagName: string;
+    nonce: number;
+  } | null;
   onClose: () => void;
   onCreateContact: (name: string, publicKey: string, tryHistorical: boolean) => Promise<void>;
   onCreateChannel: (name: string, key: string, tryHistorical: boolean) => Promise<void>;
@@ -29,6 +34,7 @@ interface NewMessageModalProps {
 export function NewMessageModal({
   open,
   undecryptedCount,
+  prefillRequest = null,
   onClose,
   onCreateContact,
   onCreateChannel,
@@ -53,6 +59,24 @@ export function NewMessageModal({
     setError('');
   };
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open || !prefillRequest) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setTab(prefillRequest.tab);
+    setName(prefillRequest.hashtagName);
+    setContactKey('');
+    setChannelKey('');
+    setTryHistorical(false);
+    setPermitCapitals(false);
+    setError('');
+    setLoading(false);
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      hashtagInputRef.current?.focus();
+    });
+  }, [open, prefillRequest]);
+
   const handleCreate = async () => {
     setError('');
     setLoading(true);
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/messageList.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/messageList.test.tsx
index a691a91..ce68d79 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/messageList.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/messageList.test.tsx
@@ -140,6 +140,59 @@ describe('MessageList channel sender rendering', () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'View info for Alice' })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it('renders valid channel references as clickable links and ignores invalid ones', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const onChannelReferenceClick = vi.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <MessageList
+        messages={[
+          createMessage({
+            text: 'Alice: Join #mesh-room now skip #bad--room and visit https://example.com/#also-skip',
+          }),
+        ]}
+        contacts={[]}
+        loading={false}
+        onChannelReferenceClick={onChannelReferenceClick}
+      />
+    );
+
+    const linkedChannel = screen.getByRole('button', { name: '#mesh-room' });
+    expect(linkedChannel).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: '#bad--room' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'https://example.com/#also-skip' })
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await user.click(linkedChannel);
+
+    expect(onChannelReferenceClick).toHaveBeenCalledWith('#mesh-room');
+  });
+
+  it('links valid channel references in direct messages too', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const onChannelReferenceClick = vi.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <MessageList
+        messages={[
+          createMessage({
+            type: 'PRIV',
+            text: 'check #ops-room',
+            conversation_key: 'ab'.repeat(32),
+          }),
+        ]}
+        contacts={[]}
+        loading={false}
+        onChannelReferenceClick={onChannelReferenceClick}
+      />
+    );
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: '#ops-room' }));
+
+    expect(onChannelReferenceClick).toHaveBeenCalledWith('#ops-room');
+  });
+
   it('renders and dismisses an unread marker at the first unread message boundary', async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     const messages = [
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts b/frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts
index cde9690..4304810 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
  */
 
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { parseSenderFromText, formatTime } from '../utils/messageParser';
+import {
+  findLinkedChannelReferences,
+  formatTime,
+  isValidLinkedChannelName,
+  parseSenderFromText,
+} from '../utils/messageParser';
 
 describe('parseSenderFromText', () => {
   it('extracts sender and content from "sender: message" format', () => {
@@ -95,3 +100,31 @@ describe('formatTime', () => {
     expect(result).toMatch(/\d{1,2}:\d{2}/); // time portion
   });
 });
+
+describe('linked channel references', () => {
+  it('accepts lowercase alphanumeric names with single dashes', () => {
+    expect(isValidLinkedChannelName('ops')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isValidLinkedChannelName('ops-1')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isValidLinkedChannelName('1-2-3')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects uppercase, leading or trailing dashes, and repeated dashes', () => {
+    expect(isValidLinkedChannelName('Ops')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isValidLinkedChannelName('-ops')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isValidLinkedChannelName('ops-')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isValidLinkedChannelName('ops--room')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('finds standalone linked channel references in message text', () => {
+    expect(findLinkedChannelReferences('Join #mesh-room then say hi in #ops2')).toEqual([
+      { label: '#mesh-room', start: 5, end: 15 },
+      { label: '#ops2', start: 31, end: 36 },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores invalid or embedded channel-like text', () => {
+    expect(
+      findLinkedChannelReferences('skip #Bad #bad--name abc#ops #ops- #opsRoom #ops_room #good-room,')
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/newMessageModal.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/newMessageModal.test.tsx
index d8c8d2e..6bfa287 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/newMessageModal.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/newMessageModal.test.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ describe('NewMessageModal form reset', () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
-  function renderModal(open = true) {
+  function renderModal(
+    open = true,
+    overrides: Partial<Parameters<typeof NewMessageModal>[0]> = {}
+  ) {
     return render(
       <NewMessageModal
         open={open}
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ describe('NewMessageModal form reset', () => {
         onCreateContact={onCreateContact}
         onCreateChannel={onCreateChannel}
         onCreateHashtagChannel={onCreateHashtagChannel}
+        {...overrides}
       />
     );
   }
@@ -50,6 +54,26 @@ describe('NewMessageModal form reset', () => {
   }
 
   describe('hashtag tab', () => {
+    it('prefills the hashtag tab from a linked channel request', async () => {
+      renderModal(true, {
+        prefillRequest: {
+          tab: 'hashtag',
+          hashtagName: 'mesh-room',
+          nonce: 1,
+        },
+      });
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(screen.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Hashtag Channel' })).toHaveAttribute(
+          'data-state',
+          'active'
+        );
+      });
+      expect((screen.getByPlaceholderText('channel-name') as HTMLInputElement).value).toBe(
+        'mesh-room'
+      );
+    });
+
     it('clears name after successful Create', async () => {
       const user = userEvent.setup();
       const { unmount } = renderModal();
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/messageParser.ts b/frontend/src/utils/messageParser.ts
index 9cfe2d1..5fb864a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/messageParser.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/messageParser.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
  * Parse sender from channel message text.
  * Channel messages have format "sender: message".
  */
+const HASHTAG_CHANNEL_NAME_PATTERN = /^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$/;
+const HASHTAG_CHANNEL_REFERENCE_PATTERN = /(^|\s)(#[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*)(?=$|\s)/g;
+
 export function parseSenderFromText(text: string): { sender: string | null; content: string } {
   const colonIndex = text.indexOf(': ');
   if (colonIndex > 0 && colonIndex < 50) {
@@ -17,6 +20,35 @@ export function parseSenderFromText(text: string): { sender: string | null; cont
   return { sender: null, content: text };
 }
 
+export interface HashtagChannelReference {
+  label: string;
+  start: number;
+  end: number;
+}
+
+export function isValidLinkedChannelName(name: string): boolean {
+  return HASHTAG_CHANNEL_NAME_PATTERN.test(name);
+}
+
+export function findLinkedChannelReferences(text: string): HashtagChannelReference[] {
+  const references: HashtagChannelReference[] = [];
+  let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
+
+  HASHTAG_CHANNEL_REFERENCE_PATTERN.lastIndex = 0;
+  while ((match = HASHTAG_CHANNEL_REFERENCE_PATTERN.exec(text)) !== null) {
+    const prefix = match[1];
+    const label = match[2];
+    const start = match.index + prefix.length;
+    references.push({
+      label,
+      start,
+      end: start + label.length,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return references;
+}
+
 /**
  * Format a Unix timestamp to a time string.
  * Shows date for messages not from today.

From c83f9b00055ae9164d90b3106050a52ea5b8e529 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:10:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 04/17] Rename Best RSSI to Strongest Neighbor. Closes #136.

---
 frontend/src/components/RawPacketFeedView.tsx | 32 +++++++++----------
 frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts       |  4 ++-
 frontend/src/test/rawPacketFeedView.test.tsx  |  2 ++
 frontend/src/utils/rawPacketStats.ts          | 12 -------
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/RawPacketFeedView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/RawPacketFeedView.tsx
index 6b04df4..4dd6a9b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/RawPacketFeedView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/RawPacketFeedView.tsx
@@ -171,24 +171,17 @@ function isNeighborIdentityResolvable(item: NeighborStat, contacts: Contact[]):
   return resolveContact(item.key, contacts) !== null;
 }
 
-function formatStrongestPacketDetail(
+function formatStrongestNeighborDetail(
   stats: ReturnType<typeof buildRawPacketStatsSnapshot>,
   contacts: Contact[]
 ): string | undefined {
-  if (!stats.strongestPacketPayloadType) {
+  const strongestNeighbor = stats.strongestNeighbors[0];
+  if (!strongestNeighbor || strongestNeighbor.bestRssi === null) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  const resolvedLabel =
-    resolveContactLabel(stats.strongestPacketSourceKey, contacts) ??
-    stats.strongestPacketSourceLabel;
-  if (resolvedLabel) {
-    return `${resolvedLabel} · ${stats.strongestPacketPayloadType}`;
-  }
-  if (stats.strongestPacketPayloadType === 'GroupText') {
-    return '<unknown sender> · GroupText';
-  }
-  return stats.strongestPacketPayloadType;
+  const resolvedNeighbor = resolveNeighbor(strongestNeighbor, contacts);
+  return `${formatRssi(resolvedNeighbor.bestRssi)} best heard`;
 }
 
 function getCoverageMessage(
@@ -450,8 +443,13 @@ export function RawPacketFeedView({
     [nowSec, rawPacketStatsSession, selectedWindow]
   );
   const coverageMessage = getCoverageMessage(stats, rawPacketStatsSession);
-  const strongestPacketDetail = useMemo(
-    () => formatStrongestPacketDetail(stats, contacts),
+  const strongestNeighbor = useMemo(() => {
+    const topNeighbor = stats.strongestNeighbors[0];
+    return topNeighbor ? resolveNeighbor(topNeighbor, contacts) : null;
+  }, [contacts, stats]);
+
+  const strongestNeighborDetail = useMemo(
+    () => formatStrongestNeighborDetail(stats, contacts),
     [contacts, stats]
   );
   const strongestNeighbors = useMemo(
@@ -578,9 +576,9 @@ export function RawPacketFeedView({
                   detail={`${formatPercent(stats.pathBearingRate)} path-bearing packets`}
                 />
                 <StatTile
-                  label="Best RSSI"
-                  value={formatRssi(stats.bestRssi)}
-                  detail={strongestPacketDetail ?? 'No signal sample in window'}
+                  label="Strongest Neighbor"
+                  value={strongestNeighbor?.label ?? '-'}
+                  detail={strongestNeighborDetail ?? 'No neighbor RSSI sample in window'}
                 />
                 <StatTile
                   label="Median RSSI"
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts b/frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts
index 4304810..e90d842 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/test/messageParser.test.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ describe('linked channel references', () => {
 
   it('ignores invalid or embedded channel-like text', () => {
     expect(
-      findLinkedChannelReferences('skip #Bad #bad--name abc#ops #ops- #opsRoom #ops_room #good-room,')
+      findLinkedChannelReferences(
+        'skip #Bad #bad--name abc#ops #ops- #opsRoom #ops_room #good-room,'
+      )
     ).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/rawPacketFeedView.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/rawPacketFeedView.test.tsx
index 434ad2e..8acb5e5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/rawPacketFeedView.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/rawPacketFeedView.test.tsx
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ describe('RawPacketFeedView', () => {
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /show stats/i }));
     fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText('Stats window'), { target: { value: 'session' } });
     expect(screen.getAllByText('Alpha').length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(screen.getByText('Strongest Neighbor')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('-70 dBm best heard')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it('marks unresolved neighbor identities explicitly', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/rawPacketStats.ts b/frontend/src/utils/rawPacketStats.ts
index 66d9d30..86abaac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/rawPacketStats.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/rawPacketStats.ts
@@ -106,9 +106,6 @@ export interface RawPacketStatsSnapshot {
   medianRssi: number | null;
   bestRssi: number | null;
   rssiBuckets: RankedPacketStat[];
-  strongestPacketSourceKey: string | null;
-  strongestPacketSourceLabel: string | null;
-  strongestPacketPayloadType: string | null;
   coverageSeconds: number;
   windowFullyCovered: boolean;
   oldestStoredTimestamp: number | null;
@@ -377,8 +374,6 @@ export function buildRawPacketStatsSnapshot(
     ['Weak (<-85 dBm)', 0],
   ]);
 
-  let strongestPacket: RawPacketStatsObservation | null = null;
-
   for (const packet of packets) {
     payloadCounts.set(packet.payloadType, (payloadCounts.get(packet.payloadType) ?? 0) + 1);
     routeCounts.set(packet.routeType, (routeCounts.get(packet.routeType) ?? 0) + 1);
@@ -436,10 +431,6 @@ export function buildRawPacketStatsSnapshot(
       } else {
         rssiBucketCounts.set('Weak (<-85 dBm)', (rssiBucketCounts.get('Weak (<-85 dBm)') ?? 0) + 1);
       }
-
-      if (!strongestPacket || strongestPacket.rssi === null || packet.rssi > strongestPacket.rssi) {
-        strongestPacket = packet;
-      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -527,9 +518,6 @@ export function buildRawPacketStatsSnapshot(
     medianRssi,
     bestRssi,
     rssiBuckets: rankedBreakdown(rssiBucketCounts, rssiValues.length),
-    strongestPacketSourceKey: strongestPacket?.sourceKey ?? null,
-    strongestPacketSourceLabel: strongestPacket?.sourceLabel ?? null,
-    strongestPacketPayloadType: strongestPacket?.payloadType ?? null,
     coverageSeconds,
     windowFullyCovered,
     oldestStoredTimestamp,

From b74137dc72481ba57524aed8c7122a099bd02a30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:55:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 05/17] Add trace clear and much better layout. Closes #139.

---
 frontend/src/components/TracePane.tsx | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TracePane.tsx b/frontend/src/components/TracePane.tsx
index 54c2da1..d3492ac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TracePane.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TracePane.tsx
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ export function TracePane({ contacts, config, onRunTracePath }: TracePaneProps)
     : [];
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col overflow-y-auto">
-      <div className="border-b border-border px-4 py-3">
+    <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col overflow-y-auto lg:overflow-hidden">
+      <div className="shrink-0 border-b border-border px-4 py-3">
         <h2 className="text-base font-semibold">Trace</h2>
         <p className="mt-1 max-w-3xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
           Build a repeater loop and trace it back to the local radio. The selectable hop list only
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export function TracePane({ contacts, config, onRunTracePath }: TracePaneProps)
 
       <div className="flex flex-1 flex-col gap-4 p-4 lg:min-h-0 lg:flex-row lg:overflow-hidden">
         <section className="flex w-full flex-col rounded-lg border border-border bg-card lg:min-h-0 lg:max-w-[24rem]">
-          <div className="border-b border-border p-4">
+          <div className="shrink-0 border-b border-border p-4">
             <h3 className="text-sm font-semibold">Repeater Hops</h3>
             <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
               Search by name or key, then add repeaters in the order you want to traverse them.
@@ -446,14 +446,30 @@ export function TracePane({ contacts, config, onRunTracePath }: TracePaneProps)
         </section>
 
         <section className="flex flex-1 flex-col gap-4 lg:min-h-0 lg:overflow-hidden">
-          <div className="rounded-lg border border-border bg-card">
-            <div className="border-b border-border px-4 py-3">
-              <h3 className="text-sm font-semibold">Trace Path</h3>
-              <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-                The first node is display-only. The terminal node is the local radio.
-              </p>
+          <div className="flex flex-col rounded-lg border border-border bg-card lg:min-h-0 lg:max-h-[50%]">
+            <div className="shrink-0 flex items-start justify-between gap-3 border-b border-border px-4 py-3">
+              <div>
+                <h3 className="text-sm font-semibold">Trace Path</h3>
+                <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                  The first node is display-only. The terminal node is the local radio.
+                </p>
+              </div>
+              {draftHops.length > 0 ? (
+                <Button
+                  type="button"
+                  size="sm"
+                  variant="ghost"
+                  className="shrink-0 text-muted-foreground"
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    setDraftHops([]);
+                    clearPendingResult();
+                  }}
+                >
+                  Clear
+                </Button>
+              ) : null}
             </div>
-            <div className="max-h-[42vh] space-y-2 overflow-y-auto p-4 lg:max-h-none lg:overflow-y-visible">
+            <div className="space-y-2 p-4 lg:min-h-0 lg:flex-1 lg:overflow-y-auto">
               <TraceNodeRow
                 title={localRadioName}
                 subtitle={getShortKey(localRadioKey)}
@@ -542,7 +558,7 @@ export function TracePane({ contacts, config, onRunTracePath }: TracePaneProps)
                 compact
               />
             </div>
-            <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 border-t border-border px-4 py-3">
+            <div className="shrink-0 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 border-t border-border px-4 py-3">
               <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
                 {draftHops.length === 0
                   ? 'No hops selected'
@@ -555,12 +571,26 @@ export function TracePane({ contacts, config, onRunTracePath }: TracePaneProps)
           </div>
 
           <div className="flex flex-col rounded-lg border border-border bg-card lg:min-h-0 lg:flex-1">
-            <div className="border-b border-border px-4 py-3">
+            <div className="shrink-0 flex items-center justify-between gap-3 border-b border-border px-4 py-3">
               <h3 className="text-sm font-semibold">
                 Results{result ? ` (${result.timeout_seconds.toFixed(1)}s)` : ''}
               </h3>
+              {result || error ? (
+                <Button
+                  type="button"
+                  size="sm"
+                  variant="ghost"
+                  className="shrink-0 text-muted-foreground"
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    setResult(null);
+                    setError(null);
+                  }}
+                >
+                  Clear
+                </Button>
+              ) : null}
             </div>
-            <div className="max-h-[42vh] min-h-0 flex-1 space-y-3 overflow-y-auto p-4 lg:max-h-none">
+            <div className="min-h-0 flex-1 space-y-3 p-4 lg:overflow-y-auto">
               {error ? (
                 <div className="rounded-md border border-destructive/30 bg-destructive/10 px-3 py-2 text-sm text-destructive">
                   {error}

From 8e1e913fcdb1bf518d73a88327037e9c7de699ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:26:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 06/17] Make all scripts executable

---
 scripts/build/collect_licenses.sh         | 0
 scripts/build/print_frontend_licenses.cjs | 0
 scripts/build/publish.sh                  | 0
 scripts/quality/all_quality.sh            | 0
 scripts/quality/docker_ci.sh              | 0
 scripts/quality/e2e.sh                    | 0
 scripts/quality/extended_quality.sh       | 0
 scripts/setup/fetch_prebuilt_frontend.py  | 0
 scripts/setup/install_docker.sh           | 0
 scripts/setup/install_service.sh          | 0
 10 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/build/collect_licenses.sh
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/build/print_frontend_licenses.cjs
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/build/publish.sh
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/quality/all_quality.sh
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/quality/docker_ci.sh
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/quality/e2e.sh
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/quality/extended_quality.sh
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/setup/fetch_prebuilt_frontend.py
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
 mode change 100644 => 100755 scripts/setup/install_service.sh

diff --git a/scripts/build/collect_licenses.sh b/scripts/build/collect_licenses.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/build/print_frontend_licenses.cjs b/scripts/build/print_frontend_licenses.cjs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/build/publish.sh b/scripts/build/publish.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/quality/all_quality.sh b/scripts/quality/all_quality.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/quality/docker_ci.sh b/scripts/quality/docker_ci.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/quality/e2e.sh b/scripts/quality/e2e.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/quality/extended_quality.sh b/scripts/quality/extended_quality.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/setup/fetch_prebuilt_frontend.py b/scripts/setup/fetch_prebuilt_frontend.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh b/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/setup/install_service.sh b/scripts/setup/install_service.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755

From 8446d99df1f688ffa96277e2d9295de8a3fc468e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:23:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 07/17] Be more resistent for colons in the device ID

---
 docker-compose.example.yml      | 3 ++-
 scripts/setup/install_docker.sh | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docker-compose.example.yml b/docker-compose.example.yml
index 2fbeeb3..4a8c6b6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.example.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.example.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ services:
     # Map your radio by stable device ID if available. #
     ################################################
     devices:
-      - /dev/serial/by-id/your-meshcore-radio:/dev/meshcore-radio
+      - source: /dev/serial/by-id/your-meshcore-radio
+        target: /dev/meshcore-radio
 
     environment:
       MESHCORE_DATABASE_PATH: data/meshcore.db
diff --git a/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh b/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
index a6951f4..0e68cb4 100755
--- a/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ mkdir -p "$REPO_DIR/data"
     fi
     if [ "$TRANSPORT_MODE" = "serial" ]; then
         echo "    devices:"
-        echo "      - ${SERIAL_HOST_PATH}:${SERIAL_CONTAINER_PATH}"
+        echo "      - source: $(yaml_quote "$SERIAL_HOST_PATH")"
+        echo "        target: $(yaml_quote "$SERIAL_CONTAINER_PATH")"
     fi
     if [[ "$ENABLE_SNAKEOIL_TLS" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
         echo "    command:"

From b52431616e861add7fb574d2636f1809a24231e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:47:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 08/17] Be more sane with by-id aliases

---
 README.md                       | 12 ++++---
 docker-compose.example.yml      | 12 ++++---
 scripts/setup/install_docker.sh | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fc8976..ccd51a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ Source checkouts expect a normal frontend build in `frontend/dist`.
 
 Local Docker builds are architecture-native by default. On Apple Silicon Macs and ARM64 Linux hosts such as Raspberry Pi, `docker compose build` / `docker compose up --build` will produce an ARM64 image unless you override the platform.
 
+For serial-device passthrough, use rootful Docker. In practice that usually means starting the stack with `sudo docker compose ...` unless your Docker daemon is already configured for rootful access via your user/group. Rootless Docker has been observed to fail on serial-device mappings even when the compose file itself is correct.
+
 Create a local `docker-compose.yml` in one of two ways:
 
 1. Copy the example file and edit it by hand:
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ The guided Docker flow can collect BLE settings, but BLE access from Docker stil
 Then customize the local compose file for your transport and launch:
 
 ```bash
-docker compose up # -d for background once you validate it's working
+sudo docker compose up # add -d for background once you validate it's working
 ```
 
 The database is stored in `./data/` (bind-mounted), so the container shares the same database as the native app.
@@ -136,8 +138,8 @@ The database is stored in `./data/` (bind-mounted), so the container shares the
 To rebuild after pulling updates:
 
 ```bash
-docker compose pull
-docker compose up -d
+sudo docker compose pull
+sudo docker compose up -d
 ```
 
 The example file and setup script default to the published Docker Hub image. To build locally from your checkout instead, replace:
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ build: .
 Then run:
 
 ```bash
-docker compose up -d --build
+sudo docker compose up -d --build
 ```
 
 The container runs as root by default for maximum serial passthrough compatibility across host setups. On Linux, if you switch between native and Docker runs, `./data` can end up root-owned. If you do not need that serial compatibility behavior, you can enable the optional `user: "${UID:-1000}:${GID:-1000}"` line in `docker-compose.yml` to keep ownership aligned with your host user.
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ The container runs as root by default for maximum serial passthrough compatibili
 To stop:
 
 ```bash
-docker compose down
+sudo docker compose down
 ```
 
 ## Standard Environment Variables
diff --git a/docker-compose.example.yml b/docker-compose.example.yml
index 4a8c6b6..2cfce92 100644
--- a/docker-compose.example.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.example.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./data:/app/data
 
-    ################################################
-    # Map your radio by stable device ID if available. #
-    ################################################
+    #####################################################################
+    # Map your radio by stable device ID if available.                  #
+    # If your by-id path contains ':' characters, Docker Compose cannot #
+    # represent it here directly; use a colon-free host alias instead.  #
+    # (e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0)                                               #
+    #####################################################################
     devices:
-      - source: /dev/serial/by-id/your-meshcore-radio
-        target: /dev/meshcore-radio
+      - /dev/serial/by-id/your-meshcore-radio:/dev/meshcore-radio
 
     environment:
       MESHCORE_DATABASE_PATH: data/meshcore.db
diff --git a/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh b/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
index 0e68cb4..8f65c79 100755
--- a/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ SNAKEOIL_KEY_CONTAINER_PATH="/app/certs/$SNAKEOIL_KEY_BASENAME"
 IMAGE_MODE="image"
 TRANSPORT_MODE="serial"
 SERIAL_HOST_PATH="/dev/ttyACM0"
+SERIAL_COMPOSE_HOST_PATH="/dev/ttyACM0"
 SERIAL_CONTAINER_PATH="/dev/meshcore-radio"
 TCP_HOST=""
 TCP_PORT="4000"
@@ -98,6 +99,35 @@ yaml_quote() {
     printf "'%s'" "$value"
 }
 
+normalize_serial_host_path_for_compose() {
+    local selected_path="$1"
+    local resolved_path=""
+
+    if [[ "$selected_path" != *:* ]]; then
+        SERIAL_COMPOSE_HOST_PATH="$selected_path"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    resolved_path="$(readlink -f "$selected_path" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -z "$resolved_path" ]; then
+        echo -e "${RED}Error:${NC} the selected serial path contains ':' and could not be resolved to a raw /dev/tty-style device path."
+        echo "Selected path: $selected_path"
+        echo "Please enter the raw serial device path instead (for example /dev/ttyACM0)."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$resolved_path" == *:* ]]; then
+        echo -e "${RED}Error:${NC} the selected serial path still resolves to a path containing ':', which Docker Compose cannot use here."
+        echo "Selected path: $selected_path"
+        echo "Resolved path: $resolved_path"
+        echo "Please enter the raw serial device path instead (for example /dev/ttyACM0)."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Note:${NC} the selected serial path contains ':', so Docker Compose will use the resolved raw device path instead: ${resolved_path}"
+    SERIAL_COMPOSE_HOST_PATH="$resolved_path"
+}
+
 detect_primary_local_ip() {
     local ip=""
     local iface=""
@@ -275,7 +305,8 @@ case "$TRANSPORT_CHOICE" in
             fi
         fi
 
-        echo -e "${GREEN}Serial passthrough: ${SERIAL_HOST_PATH} -> ${SERIAL_CONTAINER_PATH}${NC}"
+        normalize_serial_host_path_for_compose "$SERIAL_HOST_PATH"
+        echo -e "${GREEN}Serial passthrough: ${SERIAL_COMPOSE_HOST_PATH} -> ${SERIAL_CONTAINER_PATH}${NC}"
         ;;
     2)
         TRANSPORT_MODE="tcp"
@@ -419,8 +450,7 @@ mkdir -p "$REPO_DIR/data"
     fi
     if [ "$TRANSPORT_MODE" = "serial" ]; then
         echo "    devices:"
-        echo "      - source: $(yaml_quote "$SERIAL_HOST_PATH")"
-        echo "        target: $(yaml_quote "$SERIAL_CONTAINER_PATH")"
+        echo "      - ${SERIAL_COMPOSE_HOST_PATH}:${SERIAL_CONTAINER_PATH}"
     fi
     if [[ "$ENABLE_SNAKEOIL_TLS" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
         echo "    command:"
@@ -462,15 +492,18 @@ echo -e "${GREEN}Generated ${COMPOSE_FILE}.${NC}"
 echo
 echo -e "${BOLD}Docker commands${NC}"
 if [ "$IMAGE_MODE" = "build" ]; then
-    echo "  docker compose up -d --build    # build the local image and start RemoteTerm in the background"
+    echo "  sudo docker compose up -d --build    # build the local image and start RemoteTerm in the background"
 else
-    echo "  docker compose up -d            # start RemoteTerm in the background"
+    echo "  sudo docker compose up -d            # start RemoteTerm in the background"
 fi
-echo "  docker compose logs -f          # follow the container logs live"
+echo "  sudo docker compose logs -f          # follow the container logs live"
 echo
-echo "  docker compose down             # stop and remove the running container"
-echo "  docker compose restart          # restart the container without changing the image"
-echo "  docker compose pull && docker compose up -d   # upgrade to the latest published image and restart"
+echo "  sudo docker compose down             # stop and remove the running container"
+echo "  sudo docker compose restart          # restart the container without changing the image"
+echo "  sudo docker compose pull && sudo docker compose up -d   # upgrade to the latest published image and restart"
+echo
+echo -e "${YELLOW}Note:${NC} serial passthrough generally needs ${BOLD}rootful Docker${NC}."
+echo "If Docker is running rootless on this host, serial-device mappings may fail even with a valid compose file."
 if [ "$TRANSPORT_MODE" = "ble" ] || [ "$BLE_MANUAL_WARNING" = true ]; then
     echo
     echo -e "${RED}BLE requires more than the generated env vars.${NC}"
@@ -480,9 +513,9 @@ echo
 echo -e "${GREEN}Your new docker file is ready at ${COMPOSE_FILE}.${NC}"
 echo -e "${GREEN}Feel free to edit it by hand as desired, or:${NC}"
 echo
-echo -e "${PURPLE}┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐${NC}"
-echo -e "${PURPLE}│  Run ${GREEN}${BOLD}docker compose up -d${NC}${PURPLE} to get started.    │${NC}"
-echo -e "${PURPLE}└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘${NC}"
+echo -e "${PURPLE}┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐${NC}"
+echo -e "${PURPLE}│ Run ${GREEN}${BOLD}sudo docker compose up -d${NC}${PURPLE} to get started. │${NC}"
+echo -e "${PURPLE}└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘${NC}"
 if [[ "$ENABLE_SNAKEOIL_TLS" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
     echo
     echo -e "After the container starts, open ${CYAN}https://${LOCAL_ACCESS_IP}:8000${NC}."
@@ -492,4 +525,4 @@ else
     echo -e "After the container starts, open ${CYAN}http://${LOCAL_ACCESS_IP}:8000${NC}."
 fi
 echo "If the interface does not appear, follow the logs with:"
-echo "  docker compose logs -f"
+echo "  sudo docker compose logs -f"

From e631f9b0cc5b1edbf337b91e231b4f6b9a74778d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:33:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 09/17] DHCP notes

---
 scripts/setup/install_docker.sh | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh b/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
index 8f65c79..6df6d35 100755
--- a/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup/install_docker.sh
@@ -518,11 +518,11 @@ echo -e "${PURPLE}│ Run ${GREEN}${BOLD}sudo docker compose up -d${NC}${PURPLE}
 echo -e "${PURPLE}└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘${NC}"
 if [[ "$ENABLE_SNAKEOIL_TLS" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
     echo
-    echo -e "After the container starts, open ${CYAN}https://${LOCAL_ACCESS_IP}:8000${NC}."
+    echo -e "After the container starts, open ${CYAN}https://${LOCAL_ACCESS_IP}:8000${NC}. Note that this address may change if you use DHCP/have not configured a static IP for your host via your router."
     echo -e "${YELLOW}Expect an untrusted/self-signed certificate warning the first time you connect.${NC}"
 else
     echo
-    echo -e "After the container starts, open ${CYAN}http://${LOCAL_ACCESS_IP}:8000${NC}."
+    echo -e "After the container starts, open ${CYAN}http://${LOCAL_ACCESS_IP}:8000${NC}. Note that this address may change if you use DHCP/have not configured a static IP for your host via your router."
 fi
-echo "If the interface does not appear, follow the logs with:"
+echo "If the interface does not appear, follow the logs to view errors with:"
 echo "  sudo docker compose logs -f"

From fccde36ecb356fb66be1d9511970d61611596cca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:57:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 10/17] Gentle emphasis on new contact/channel button

---
 frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 0ae9bf1..6ba6e60 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ export function Sidebar({
           onClick={onNewMessage}
           title="Add channel or contact"
           aria-label="Add channel or contact"
-          className="h-8 w-full justify-start gap-2 px-3 text-[13px]"
+          className="h-8 w-full justify-start gap-2 border-primary/20 bg-primary/5 px-3 text-[13px] text-primary hover:bg-primary/10 hover:text-primary"
         >
           <SquarePen className="h-4 w-4" />
           <span>Add Channel/Contact</span>

From e43584912bbca8c3c9672ca1875864d02a818f97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:14:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 11/17] Updating changelog + build for 3.6.4

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  | 7 +++++++
 frontend/package.json                         | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml                                | 2 +-
 tests/e2e/specs/create-contact.spec.ts        | 2 +-
 tests/e2e/specs/create-hashtag.spec.ts        | 4 ++--
 tests/e2e/specs/historical-decryption.spec.ts | 2 +-
 uv.lock                                       | 2 +-
 7 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0dc948..facd90c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [3.6.4] - 2026-03-31
+
+Feature: Clarify New Channel/Contact button
+Bugfix: Rename "Best RSSI" to "Strongest Neighbor"
+Bugfix: Improve layout of Trace pane
+Misc: Docker setup improvements
+
 ## [3.6.3] - 2026-03-30
 
 Feature: Add multi-byte trace
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 2edf5fc..df0ec31 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "remoteterm-meshcore-frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "3.6.3",
+  "version": "3.6.4",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index de26eb0..3e6a01e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.6.3"
+version = "3.6.4"
 description = "RemoteTerm - Web interface for MeshCore radio mesh networks"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/create-contact.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/create-contact.spec.ts
index 357dd59..65a46ae 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/create-contact.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/create-contact.spec.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ test.describe('Create contact flow', () => {
     await expect(page.getByRole('status', { name: 'Radio OK' })).toBeVisible();
 
     // Open new message modal
-    await page.getByTitle('New Message').click();
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: /add channel or contact/i }).click();
     const dialog = page.getByRole('dialog');
     await expect(dialog).toBeVisible();
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/create-hashtag.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/create-hashtag.spec.ts
index 66206d0..9df3e25 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/create-hashtag.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/create-hashtag.spec.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test.describe('Create hashtag channel flow', () => {
     await expect(page.getByRole('status', { name: 'Radio OK' })).toBeVisible();
 
     // Open new message modal
-    await page.getByTitle('New Message').click();
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: /add channel or contact/i }).click();
     const dialog = page.getByRole('dialog');
     await expect(dialog).toBeVisible();
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test.describe('Create hashtag channel flow', () => {
     await page.goto('/');
     await expect(page.getByRole('status', { name: 'Radio OK' })).toBeVisible();
 
-    await page.getByTitle('New Message').click();
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: /add channel or contact/i }).click();
     const dialog = page.getByRole('dialog');
     await expect(dialog).toBeVisible();
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/historical-decryption.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/historical-decryption.spec.ts
index 4403abe..9a08b02 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/historical-decryption.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/historical-decryption.spec.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ test.describe('Historical packet decryption', () => {
     await expect(page.getByRole('status', { name: 'Radio OK' })).toBeVisible();
 
     // Open new message modal → Hashtag tab
-    await page.getByTitle('New Message').click();
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: /add channel or contact/i }).click();
     const dialog = page.getByRole('dialog');
     await expect(dialog).toBeVisible();
     await dialog.getByRole('tab', { name: /Hashtag/i }).click();
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ff2edd1..e8f5421 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.6.3"
+version = "3.6.4"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiomqtt" },

From 97aade363281fb796dd1988e2ce63b2d756b6f66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:17:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 12/17] Format changelog entries with bullets

---
 CHANGELOG.md             | 676 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 scripts/build/publish.sh |  15 +-
 2 files changed, 349 insertions(+), 342 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index facd90c..bcf6f11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,179 +1,179 @@
 ## [3.6.4] - 2026-03-31
 
-Feature: Clarify New Channel/Contact button
-Bugfix: Rename "Best RSSI" to "Strongest Neighbor"
-Bugfix: Improve layout of Trace pane
-Misc: Docker setup improvements
+* Feature: Clarify New Channel/Contact button
+* Bugfix: Rename "Best RSSI" to "Strongest Neighbor"
+* Bugfix: Improve layout of Trace pane
+* Misc: Docker setup improvements
 
 ## [3.6.3] - 2026-03-30
 
-Feature: Add multi-byte trace
-Feature: Show node name on discovered node if we know it
-Feature: Add docker installation script
-Feature: Add historical noise floor to stats
-Feature: Add trace tool
-Bugfix: 100x performance on statistics endpoint with indices and better queries
-Misc: Performance and correctness improvements for backend-of-the-frontend
-Misc: Reorganize scripts
+* Feature: Add multi-byte trace
+* Feature: Show node name on discovered node if we know it
+* Feature: Add docker installation script
+* Feature: Add historical noise floor to stats
+* Feature: Add trace tool
+* Bugfix: 100x performance on statistics endpoint with indices and better queries
+* Misc: Performance and correctness improvements for backend-of-the-frontend
+* Misc: Reorganize scripts
 
 ## [3.6.2] - 2026-03-29
 
-Feature: Be more flexible about timing and volume of full contact offload
-Feature: Improve room server and repeater ops to be much more clearer about auth status
-Feature: Show last error status on integrations
-Feature: Push multi-platform docker builds
-Bugfix: Fix advert interval time unit display
-Bugfix: Don't cast RSSI/SNR to string for community MQTT
-Bugfix: Map uploader follows redirect
-Misc: Thin out unnecessary cruft in unreads endpoint
-Misc: Fall back gracefully if linked to an unknown contact
+* Feature: Be more flexible about timing and volume of full contact offload
+* Feature: Improve room server and repeater ops to be much more clearer about auth status
+* Feature: Show last error status on integrations
+* Feature: Push multi-platform docker builds
+* Bugfix: Fix advert interval time unit display
+* Bugfix: Don't cast RSSI/SNR to string for community MQTT
+* Bugfix: Map uploader follows redirect
+* Misc: Thin out unnecessary cruft in unreads endpoint
+* Misc: Fall back gracefully if linked to an unknown contact
 
 ## [3.6.1] - 2026-03-26
 
-Feature: MeshCore Map integration
-Feature: Add warning screen about bots
-Feature: Favicon reflects unread message state
-Feature: Show hop map in larger modal
-Feature: Add prebuilt frontend install script
-Feature: Add clean service installer script
-Feature: Swipe in to show menu
-Bugfix: Invalid backend API path serves error, not fallback index
-Bugfix: Fix some spacing/page height issues
-Misc: Misc. bugfixes and performance and test improvements
+* Feature: MeshCore Map integration
+* Feature: Add warning screen about bots
+* Feature: Favicon reflects unread message state
+* Feature: Show hop map in larger modal
+* Feature: Add prebuilt frontend install script
+* Feature: Add clean service installer script
+* Feature: Swipe in to show menu
+* Bugfix: Invalid backend API path serves error, not fallback index
+* Bugfix: Fix some spacing/page height issues
+* Misc: Misc. bugfixes and performance and test improvements
 
 ## [3.6.0] - 2026-03-22
 
-Feature: Add incoming-packet analytics
-Feature: BYOPacket for analysis
-Feature: Add room activity to stats view
-Bugfix: Handle Heltec v3 serial noise
-Misc: Swap repeaters and room servers for better ordering
+* Feature: Add incoming-packet analytics
+* Feature: BYOPacket for analysis
+* Feature: Add room activity to stats view
+* Bugfix: Handle Heltec v3 serial noise
+* Misc: Swap repeaters and room servers for better ordering
 
 ## [3.5.0] - 2026-03-19
 
-Feature: Add room server alpha support
-Feature: Add option to force-reset node clock when it's too far ahead
-Feature: DMs auto-retry before resorting to flood
-Feature: Add impulse zero-hop advert
-Feature: Utilize PATH packets to correctly source a contact's route
-Feature: Metrics view on raw packet pane
-Feature: Metric, Imperial, and Smoots are now selectable for distance display
-Feature: Allow favorites to be sorted
-Feature: Add multi-ack support
-Feature: Password-remember checkbox on repeaters + room servers
-Bugfix: Serialize radio disconnect in a lock
-Bugfix: Fix contact bar layout issues
-Bugfix: Fix sidebar ordering for contacts by advert recency
-Bugfix: Fix version reporting in community MQTT
-Bugfix: Fix Apprise duplicate names
-Bugfix: Be better about identity resolution in the stats pane
-Misc: Docs, test, and performance enhancements
-Misc: Don't prompt "Are you sure" when leaving an unedited interation
-Misc: Log node time on startup
-Misc: Improve community MQTT error bubble-up
-Misc: Unread DMs always have a red unread counter
-Misc: Improve information in the debug view to show DB status
+* Feature: Add room server alpha support
+* Feature: Add option to force-reset node clock when it's too far ahead
+* Feature: DMs auto-retry before resorting to flood
+* Feature: Add impulse zero-hop advert
+* Feature: Utilize PATH packets to correctly source a contact's route
+* Feature: Metrics view on raw packet pane
+* Feature: Metric, Imperial, and Smoots are now selectable for distance display
+* Feature: Allow favorites to be sorted
+* Feature: Add multi-ack support
+* Feature: Password-remember checkbox on repeaters + room servers
+* Bugfix: Serialize radio disconnect in a lock
+* Bugfix: Fix contact bar layout issues
+* Bugfix: Fix sidebar ordering for contacts by advert recency
+* Bugfix: Fix version reporting in community MQTT
+* Bugfix: Fix Apprise duplicate names
+* Bugfix: Be better about identity resolution in the stats pane
+* Misc: Docs, test, and performance enhancements
+* Misc: Don't prompt "Are you sure" when leaving an unedited interation
+* Misc: Log node time on startup
+* Misc: Improve community MQTT error bubble-up
+* Misc: Unread DMs always have a red unread counter
+* Misc: Improve information in the debug view to show DB status
 
 ## [3.4.1] - 2026-03-16
 
-Bugfix: Improve handling of version information on prebuilt bundles
-Bugfix: Improve frontend usability on disconnected radio
-Misc: Docs and readme updates
-Misc: Overhaul DM ingest and frontend state handling
+* Bugfix: Improve handling of version information on prebuilt bundles
+* Bugfix: Improve frontend usability on disconnected radio
+* Misc: Docs and readme updates
+* Misc: Overhaul DM ingest and frontend state handling
 
 ## [3.4.0] - 2026-03-16
 
-Feature: Add radio model and stats display
-Feature: Add prebuilt frontends, then deleted that and moved to prebuilt release artifacts
-Bugfix: Misc. frontend performance and correctness fixes
-Bugfix: Fix same-second same-content DM send collition
-Bugfix: Discard clearly-wrong GPS data
-Bugfix: Prevent repeater clock skew drift on page nav
-Misc: Use repeater's advertised location if we haven't loaded one from repeater admin
-Misc: Don't permit invalid fanout configs to be saved ever`
+* Feature: Add radio model and stats display
+* Feature: Add prebuilt frontends, then deleted that and moved to prebuilt release artifacts
+* Bugfix: Misc. frontend performance and correctness fixes
+* Bugfix: Fix same-second same-content DM send collition
+* Bugfix: Discard clearly-wrong GPS data
+* Bugfix: Prevent repeater clock skew drift on page nav
+* Misc: Use repeater's advertised location if we haven't loaded one from repeater admin
+* Misc: Don't permit invalid fanout configs to be saved ever`
 
 ## [3.3.0] - 2026-03-13
 
-Feature: Use dashed lines to show collapsed ambiguous router results
-Feature: Jump to unred
-Feature: Local channel management to prevent need to reload channel every time
-Feature: Debug endpoint
-Feature: Force-singleton channel management
-Feature: Local node discovery
-Feature: Node routing discovery
-Bugfix: Don't tell users to us npm ci
-Bugfix: Fallback polling dm message persistence
-Bugfix: All native-JS inputs are now modals
-Bugfix: Same-second send collision resolution
-Bugfix: Proper browser updates on resend
-Bugfix: Don't use last-heard when we actually want last-advert for path discovery for nodes
-Bugfix: Don't treat prefix-matching DM echoes as acks like we do for channel messages
-Misc: Visualizer data layer overhaul for future map work
-Misc: Parallelize docker tests
+* Feature: Use dashed lines to show collapsed ambiguous router results
+* Feature: Jump to unred
+* Feature: Local channel management to prevent need to reload channel every time
+* Feature: Debug endpoint
+* Feature: Force-singleton channel management
+* Feature: Local node discovery
+* Feature: Node routing discovery
+* Bugfix: Don't tell users to us npm ci
+* Bugfix: Fallback polling dm message persistence
+* Bugfix: All native-JS inputs are now modals
+* Bugfix: Same-second send collision resolution
+* Bugfix: Proper browser updates on resend
+* Bugfix: Don't use last-heard when we actually want last-advert for path discovery for nodes
+* Bugfix: Don't treat prefix-matching DM echoes as acks like we do for channel messages
+* Misc: Visualizer data layer overhaul for future map work
+* Misc: Parallelize docker tests
 
 ## [3.2.0] - 2026-03-12
 
-Feature: Improve ambiguous-sender DM handling and visibility
-Feature: Allow for toggling of node GPS broadcast
-Feature: Add path width to bot and move example to full kwargs
-Feature: Improve node map color contrast
-Bugfix: More accurate tracking of contact data
-Bugfix: Misc. frontend performance and bugfixes
-Misc: Clearer warnings on user-key linkage
-Misc: Documentation improvements
+* Feature: Improve ambiguous-sender DM handling and visibility
+* Feature: Allow for toggling of node GPS broadcast
+* Feature: Add path width to bot and move example to full kwargs
+* Feature: Improve node map color contrast
+* Bugfix: More accurate tracking of contact data
+* Bugfix: Misc. frontend performance and bugfixes
+* Misc: Clearer warnings on user-key linkage
+* Misc: Documentation improvements
 
 ## [3.1.1] - 2026-03-11
 
-Feature: Add basic auth
-Feature: SQS fanout
-Feature: Enrich contact info pane
-Feature: Search operators for node and channel
-Feature: Pause radio connection attempts from Radio settings
-Feature: New themes! What a great use of time!
-Feature: Github workflows runs for validation
-Bugfix: More consistent log format with times
-Bugfix: Patch meshcore_py bluetooth eager reconnection out during pauses
+* Feature: Add basic auth
+* Feature: SQS fanout
+* Feature: Enrich contact info pane
+* Feature: Search operators for node and channel
+* Feature: Pause radio connection attempts from Radio settings
+* Feature: New themes! What a great use of time!
+* Feature: Github workflows runs for validation
+* Bugfix: More consistent log format with times
+* Bugfix: Patch meshcore_py bluetooth eager reconnection out during pauses
 
 ## [3.1.0] - 2026-03-11
 
-Feature: Add basic auth
-Feature: SQS fanout
-Feature: Enrich contact info pane
-Feature: Search operators for node and channel
-Feature: Pause radio connection attempts from Radio settings
-Feature: New themes! What a great use of time!
-Feature: Github workflows runs for validation
-Bugfix: More consistent log format with times
-Bugfix: Patch meshcore_py bluetooth eager reconnection out during pauses
+* Feature: Add basic auth
+* Feature: SQS fanout
+* Feature: Enrich contact info pane
+* Feature: Search operators for node and channel
+* Feature: Pause radio connection attempts from Radio settings
+* Feature: New themes! What a great use of time!
+* Feature: Github workflows runs for validation
+* Bugfix: More consistent log format with times
+* Bugfix: Patch meshcore_py bluetooth eager reconnection out during pauses
 
 ## [3.0.0] - 2026-03-10
 
-Feature: Custom regions per-channel
-Feature: Add custom contact pathing
-Feature: Corrupt packets are more clear that they're corrupt
-Feature: Better, faster patterns around background fetching with explicit opt-in for recurring sync if the app detects you need it
-Feature: More consistent icons
-Feature: Add per-channel local notifications
-Feature: New themes
-Feature: Massive codebase refactor and overhaul
-Bugfix: Fix packet parsing for trace packets
-Bugfix: Refetch channels on reconnect
-Bugfix: Load All on repeater pane on mobile doesn't etend into lower text
-Bugfix: Timestamps in logs
-Bugfix: Correct wrong clock sync command
-Misc: Improve bot error bubble up
-Misc: Update to non-lib-included meshcore-decoder version
-Misc: Revise refactors to be more LLM friendly
-Misc: Fix script executability
-Misc: Better logging format with timestamp
-Misc: Repeater advert buttons separate flood and one-hop
-Misc: Preserve repeater pane on navigation away
-Misc: Clearer iconography and coloring for status bar buttons
-Misc: Search bar to top bar
+* Feature: Custom regions per-channel
+* Feature: Add custom contact pathing
+* Feature: Corrupt packets are more clear that they're corrupt
+* Feature: Better, faster patterns around background fetching with explicit opt-in for recurring sync if the app detects you need it
+* Feature: More consistent icons
+* Feature: Add per-channel local notifications
+* Feature: New themes
+* Feature: Massive codebase refactor and overhaul
+* Bugfix: Fix packet parsing for trace packets
+* Bugfix: Refetch channels on reconnect
+* Bugfix: Load All on repeater pane on mobile doesn't etend into lower text
+* Bugfix: Timestamps in logs
+* Bugfix: Correct wrong clock sync command
+* Misc: Improve bot error bubble up
+* Misc: Update to non-lib-included meshcore-decoder version
+* Misc: Revise refactors to be more LLM friendly
+* Misc: Fix script executability
+* Misc: Better logging format with timestamp
+* Misc: Repeater advert buttons separate flood and one-hop
+* Misc: Preserve repeater pane on navigation away
+* Misc: Clearer iconography and coloring for status bar buttons
+* Misc: Search bar to top bar
 
 ## [2.7.9] - 2026-03-08
 
-Bugfix: Don't obscure new integration dropdown on session boundary
+* Bugfix: Don't obscure new integration dropdown on session boundary
 
 ## [2.7.8] - 2026-03-08
 
@@ -181,287 +181,287 @@ Bugfix: Don't obscure new integration dropdown on session boundary
 
 ## [2.7.8] - 2026-03-08
 
-Bugfix: Improve frontend asset resolution and fixup the build/push script
+* Bugfix: Improve frontend asset resolution and fixup the build/push script
 
 ## [2.7.1] - 2026-03-08
 
-Bugfix: Fix historical DM packet length passing
-Misc: Follow better inclusion patterns for the patched meshcore-decoder and just publish the dang package
-Misc: Patch a bewildering browser quirk that cause large raw packet lists to extend past the bottom of the page
+* Bugfix: Fix historical DM packet length passing
+* Misc: Follow better inclusion patterns for the patched meshcore-decoder and just publish the dang package
+* Misc: Patch a bewildering browser quirk that cause large raw packet lists to extend past the bottom of the page
 
 ## [2.7.0] - 2026-03-08
 
-Feature: Multibyte path support
-Feature: Add multibyte statistics to statistics pane
-Feature: Add path bittage to contact info pane
-Feature: Put tools in a collapsible
+* Feature: Multibyte path support
+* Feature: Add multibyte statistics to statistics pane
+* Feature: Add path bittage to contact info pane
+* Feature: Put tools in a collapsible
 
 ## [2.6.1] - 2026-03-08
 
-Misc: Fix busted docker builds; we don't have a 2.6.0 build sorry
+* Misc: Fix busted docker builds; we don't have a 2.6.0 build sorry
 
 ## [2.6.0] - 2026-03-08
 
-Feature: A11y improvements
-Feature: New themes
-Feature: Backfill channel sender identity when available
-Feature: Modular fanout bus, including Webhooks, more customizable community MQTT, and Apprise
-Bugfix: Unreads now respect blocklist
-Bugfix: Unreads can't accumulate on an open thread
-Bugfix: Channel name in broadcasts
-Bugfix: Add missing httpx dependency
-Bugfix: Improvements to radio startup frontend-blocking time and radio status reporting
-Misc: Improved button signage for app movement
-Misc: Test, performance, and documentation improvements
+* Feature: A11y improvements
+* Feature: New themes
+* Feature: Backfill channel sender identity when available
+* Feature: Modular fanout bus, including Webhooks, more customizable community MQTT, and Apprise
+* Bugfix: Unreads now respect blocklist
+* Bugfix: Unreads can't accumulate on an open thread
+* Bugfix: Channel name in broadcasts
+* Bugfix: Add missing httpx dependency
+* Bugfix: Improvements to radio startup frontend-blocking time and radio status reporting
+* Misc: Improved button signage for app movement
+* Misc: Test, performance, and documentation improvements
 
 ## [2.5.0] - 2026-03-05
 
-Feature: Far better accessibility across the app (with far to go)
-Feature: Add community MQTT stats reporting, and improve over a few commits
-Feature: Color schemes and misc. settings reorg
-Feature: Add why-active to filtered nodes
-Feature: Add channel and contact info box
-Feature: Add contact blocking
-Feature: Add potential repeater path map display
-Feature: Add flood scoping/regions
-Feature: Global message search
-Feature: Fully safe bot disable
-Feature: Add default #remoteterm channel (lol sorry I had to)
-Feature: Custom recency pruning in visualizer
-Bugfix: Be more cautious around null byte stripping
-Bugfix: Clear channel-add interface on not-add-another
-Bugfix: Add status/name/MQTT LWT
-Bugfix: Channel deletion propagates over WS
-Bugfix: Show map location for all nodes on link, not 7-day-limited
-Bugfix: Hide private key channel keys by default
-Misc: Logline to show if cleanup loop on non-sync'd meshcore radio links fixes anything
-Misc: Doc, changelog, and test improvements
-Misc: Add, and remove, package lock (sorry Windows users)
-Misc: Don't show mark all as read if not necessary
-Misc: Fix stale closures and misc. frontend perf/correctness improvements
-Misc: Add Windows startup notes
-Misc: E2E expansion + improvement
-Misc: Move around visualizer settings
+* Feature: Far better accessibility across the app (with far to go)
+* Feature: Add community MQTT stats reporting, and improve over a few commits
+* Feature: Color schemes and misc. settings reorg
+* Feature: Add why-active to filtered nodes
+* Feature: Add channel and contact info box
+* Feature: Add contact blocking
+* Feature: Add potential repeater path map display
+* Feature: Add flood scoping/regions
+* Feature: Global message search
+* Feature: Fully safe bot disable
+* Feature: Add default #remoteterm channel (lol sorry I had to)
+* Feature: Custom recency pruning in visualizer
+* Bugfix: Be more cautious around null byte stripping
+* Bugfix: Clear channel-add interface on not-add-another
+* Bugfix: Add status/name/MQTT LWT
+* Bugfix: Channel deletion propagates over WS
+* Bugfix: Show map location for all nodes on link, not 7-day-limited
+* Bugfix: Hide private key channel keys by default
+* Misc: Logline to show if cleanup loop on non-sync'd meshcore radio links fixes anything
+* Misc: Doc, changelog, and test improvements
+* Misc: Add, and remove, package lock (sorry Windows users)
+* Misc: Don't show mark all as read if not necessary
+* Misc: Fix stale closures and misc. frontend perf/correctness improvements
+* Misc: Add Windows startup notes
+* Misc: E2E expansion + improvement
+* Misc: Move around visualizer settings
 
 ## [2.4.0] - 2026-03-02
 
-Feature: Add community MQTT reporting (e.g. LetsMesh.net)
-Misc: Build scripts and library attribution
-Misc: Add sign of life to E2E tests
+* Feature: Add community MQTT reporting (e.g. LetsMesh.net)
+* Misc: Build scripts and library attribution
+* Misc: Add sign of life to E2E tests
 
 ## [2.3.0] - 2026-03-01
 
-Feature: Click path description to reset to flood
-Feature: Add MQTT publishing
-Feature: Visualizer remembers settings
-Bugfix: Fix prefetch usage
-Bugfix: Fixed an issue where busy channels can result in double-display of incoming messages
-Misc: Drop py3.12 requirement
-Misc: Performance, documentation, test, and file structure optimizations
-Misc: Add arrows between route nodes on contact info
-Misc: Show repeater path/type in title bar
+* Feature: Click path description to reset to flood
+* Feature: Add MQTT publishing
+* Feature: Visualizer remembers settings
+* Bugfix: Fix prefetch usage
+* Bugfix: Fixed an issue where busy channels can result in double-display of incoming messages
+* Misc: Drop py3.12 requirement
+* Misc: Performance, documentation, test, and file structure optimizations
+* Misc: Add arrows between route nodes on contact info
+* Misc: Show repeater path/type in title bar
 
 ## [2.2.0] - 2026-02-28
 
-Feature: Track advert paths and use to disambiguate repeater identity in visualizer
-Feature: Contact info pane
-Feature: Overhaul repeater interface
-Bugfix: Misc. frontend rendering + perf improvements
-Bugfix: Better behavior around radio locking and autofetch/polling
-Bugfix: Clear channel name field on new-channel modal tab change
-Bugfix: Repeater inforbox can scroll
-Bugfix: Better handling of historical DM encrypts
-Bugfix: Handle errors if returned in prefetch phase
-Misc: Radio event response failure is logged/surfaced better
-Misc: Improve test coverage and remove dead code
-Misc: Documentation and errata improvements
-Misc: Database storage optimization
+* Feature: Track advert paths and use to disambiguate repeater identity in visualizer
+* Feature: Contact info pane
+* Feature: Overhaul repeater interface
+* Bugfix: Misc. frontend rendering + perf improvements
+* Bugfix: Better behavior around radio locking and autofetch/polling
+* Bugfix: Clear channel name field on new-channel modal tab change
+* Bugfix: Repeater inforbox can scroll
+* Bugfix: Better handling of historical DM encrypts
+* Bugfix: Handle errors if returned in prefetch phase
+* Misc: Radio event response failure is logged/surfaced better
+* Misc: Improve test coverage and remove dead code
+* Misc: Documentation and errata improvements
+* Misc: Database storage optimization
 
 ## [2.1.0] - 2026-02-23
 
-Feature: Add ability to remember last-used channel on load
-Feature: Add `docker compose` support (thanks @suymur !)
-Feature: Better-aligned favicon (lol)
-Bugfix: Disable autocomplete on message field
-Bugfix: Legacy hash restoration on page load
-Bugfix: Align resend buttons in pathing modal
-Bugfix: Update README.md (briefly), then docker-compose.yaml, to reflect correct docker image host
-Bugfix: Correct settings pane scroll lock on zoom (thanks @yellowcooln !)
-Bugfix: Improved repeater comms on busy meshes
-Bugfix: Drain before autofetch from radio
-Bugfix: Fix, or document exceptions to, sub-second resolution message failure
-Bugfix: Improved handling of radio connection, disconnection, and connection-aliveness-status
-Bugfix: Force server-side keystore update when radio key changes
-Bugfix: Reduce WS churn for incoming message handling
-Bugfix: Fix content type signalling for irrelevant endpoints
-Bugfix: Handle stuck post-connect failure state
-Misc: Documentation & version parsing improvements
-Misc: Hide char counter on mobile for short messages
-Misc: Typo fixes in docs and settings
-Misc: Add dynamic webmanifest for hosts that can support it
-Misc: Improve DB size via dropping unnecessary uniqs, indices, vacuum, and offering ability to drop historical matches packets
-Misc: Drop weird rounded bounding box for settings
-Misc: Move resend buttons to pathing modal
-Misc: Improved comments around database ownership on *nix systems
-Misc: Move to SSoT for message dedupe on frontend
-Misc: Move DM ack clearing to standard poll, and increase hold time between polling
-Misc: Holistic testing overhaul
+* Feature: Add ability to remember last-used channel on load
+* Feature: Add `docker compose` support (thanks @suymur !)
+* Feature: Better-aligned favicon (lol)
+* Bugfix: Disable autocomplete on message field
+* Bugfix: Legacy hash restoration on page load
+* Bugfix: Align resend buttons in pathing modal
+* Bugfix: Update README.md (briefly), then docker-compose.yaml, to reflect correct docker image host
+* Bugfix: Correct settings pane scroll lock on zoom (thanks @yellowcooln !)
+* Bugfix: Improved repeater comms on busy meshes
+* Bugfix: Drain before autofetch from radio
+* Bugfix: Fix, or document exceptions to, sub-second resolution message failure
+* Bugfix: Improved handling of radio connection, disconnection, and connection-aliveness-status
+* Bugfix: Force server-side keystore update when radio key changes
+* Bugfix: Reduce WS churn for incoming message handling
+* Bugfix: Fix content type signalling for irrelevant endpoints
+* Bugfix: Handle stuck post-connect failure state
+* Misc: Documentation & version parsing improvements
+* Misc: Hide char counter on mobile for short messages
+* Misc: Typo fixes in docs and settings
+* Misc: Add dynamic webmanifest for hosts that can support it
+* Misc: Improve DB size via dropping unnecessary uniqs, indices, vacuum, and offering ability to drop historical matches packets
+* Misc: Drop weird rounded bounding box for settings
+* Misc: Move resend buttons to pathing modal
+* Misc: Improved comments around database ownership on *nix systems
+* Misc: Move to SSoT for message dedupe on frontend
+* Misc: Move DM ack clearing to standard poll, and increase hold time between polling
+* Misc: Holistic testing overhaul
 
 ## [2.0.1] - 2026-02-16
 
-Bugfix: Fix missing trigger condition on statistics pane expansion on mobile
+* Bugfix: Fix missing trigger condition on statistics pane expansion on mobile
 
 ## [2.0.0] - 2026-02-16
 
-Feature: Frontend UX + log overhaul
-Bugfix: Use contact object from DB for broadcast rather than handrolling
-Bugfix: Fix out of order path WS messages overwriting each other
-Bugfix: Make broadcast timestamp match fallback logic used in storage code
-Bugfix: Fix repeater command timestamp selection logic
-Bugfix: Use actual pubkey matching for path update, and don't action serial path update events (use RX packet)
-Bugfix: Add missing radio operation locks in a few spots
-Bugfix: Fix dedupe for frontend raw packet delivery (mesh visualizer much more active now!)
-Bugfix: Less aggressive dedupe for advert packets (we don't care about the payload, we care about the path, duh)
-Misc: Visualizer layout refinement & option labels
+* Feature: Frontend UX + log overhaul
+* Bugfix: Use contact object from DB for broadcast rather than handrolling
+* Bugfix: Fix out of order path WS messages overwriting each other
+* Bugfix: Make broadcast timestamp match fallback logic used in storage code
+* Bugfix: Fix repeater command timestamp selection logic
+* Bugfix: Use actual pubkey matching for path update, and don't action serial path update events (use RX packet)
+* Bugfix: Add missing radio operation locks in a few spots
+* Bugfix: Fix dedupe for frontend raw packet delivery (mesh visualizer much more active now!)
+* Bugfix: Less aggressive dedupe for advert packets (we don't care about the payload, we care about the path, duh)
+* Misc: Visualizer layout refinement & option labels
 
 ## [1.10.0] - 2026-02-16
 
-Feature: Collapsible sidebar sections with per-section unread badge (thanks @rgregg !)
-Feature: 3D mesh visualizer
-Feature: Statistics pane
-Feature: Support incoming/outgoing indication for bot invocations
-Feature: Quick byte-perfect message resend if you got unlucky with repeats (thanks @rgregg -- we had a parallel implementation but I appreciate your work!)
-Bugfix: Fix top padding out outgoing message
-Bugfix: Frontend performance, appearance, and Lighthouse improvements (prefetches, form labelling, contrast, channel/roomlist changes)
-Bugfix: Multiple-sent messages had path appearing delays until rerender
-Bugfix: Fix ack/message race condition that caused dropped ack displays until rerender
-Misc: Dedupe contacts/rooms by key and not name to prevent name collisions creating unreachable conversations
-Misc: s/stopped/idle/ for room finder
+* Feature: Collapsible sidebar sections with per-section unread badge (thanks @rgregg !)
+* Feature: 3D mesh visualizer
+* Feature: Statistics pane
+* Feature: Support incoming/outgoing indication for bot invocations
+* Feature: Quick byte-perfect message resend if you got unlucky with repeats (thanks @rgregg -- we had a parallel implementation but I appreciate your work!)
+* Bugfix: Fix top padding out outgoing message
+* Bugfix: Frontend performance, appearance, and Lighthouse improvements (prefetches, form labelling, contrast, channel/roomlist changes)
+* Bugfix: Multiple-sent messages had path appearing delays until rerender
+* Bugfix: Fix ack/message race condition that caused dropped ack displays until rerender
+* Misc: Dedupe contacts/rooms by key and not name to prevent name collisions creating unreachable conversations
+* Misc: s/stopped/idle/ for room finder
 
 ## [1.9.3] - 2026-02-12
 
-Feature: Upgrade the room finder to support two-word rooms
+* Feature: Upgrade the room finder to support two-word rooms
 
 ## [1.9.2] - 2026-02-12
 
-Feature: Options dialog sucks less
-Bugfix: Move tests to isolated memory DB
-Bugfix: Mention case sensitivity
-Bugfix: Stale header retention on settings page view
-Bugfix: Non-isolated path writing
-Bugfix: Nullable contact fields are now passed as real nulls
-Bugfix: Look at all fields on message reconcile, not just text
-Bugfix: Make mark-all-as-read atomic
-Misc: Purge unused WS handlers from back when we did chans and contacts over WS, not API
-Misc: Massive test and AGENTS.md overhauls and additions
+* Feature: Options dialog sucks less
+* Bugfix: Move tests to isolated memory DB
+* Bugfix: Mention case sensitivity
+* Bugfix: Stale header retention on settings page view
+* Bugfix: Non-isolated path writing
+* Bugfix: Nullable contact fields are now passed as real nulls
+* Bugfix: Look at all fields on message reconcile, not just text
+* Bugfix: Make mark-all-as-read atomic
+* Misc: Purge unused WS handlers from back when we did chans and contacts over WS, not API
+* Misc: Massive test and AGENTS.md overhauls and additions
 
 ## [1.9.1] - 2026-02-10
 
-Feature: Contacts and channels use keys, not names
-Bugfix: Fix falsy casting of 0 in lat lon and timing data
-Bugfix: Show message length in bytes, not chars
-Bugfix: Fix phantom unread badges on focused convos
-Misc: Bot invocation to async
-Misc: Use full key, not prefix, where we can
+* Feature: Contacts and channels use keys, not names
+* Bugfix: Fix falsy casting of 0 in lat lon and timing data
+* Bugfix: Show message length in bytes, not chars
+* Bugfix: Fix phantom unread badges on focused convos
+* Misc: Bot invocation to async
+* Misc: Use full key, not prefix, where we can
 
 ## [1.9.0] - 2026-02-10
 
-Feature: Favorited contacts are preferentially loaded onto the radio
-Feature: Add recent-message caching for fast switching
-Feature: Add echo paths modal when echo-heard checkbox is clicked
-Feature: Add experimental byte-perfect double-send for bad RF environments to try to punch the message out
+* Feature: Favorited contacts are preferentially loaded onto the radio
+* Feature: Add recent-message caching for fast switching
+* Feature: Add echo paths modal when echo-heard checkbox is clicked
+* Feature: Add experimental byte-perfect double-send for bad RF environments to try to punch the message out
 Frontend: Better styling on echo + message path display
-Bugfix: Prevent frontend static file serving path traversal vuln
-Bugfix: Safer prefix-claiming for DMs we don't have the key for
-Bugfix: Prevent injection from mentions with special characters
-Bugfix: Fix repeaters comms showing in wrong channel when repeater operations are in flight and the channel is changed quickly
-Bugfix: App can boot and test without a frontend dir
-Misc: Improve and consistent-ify (?) backend radio operation lock management
-Misc: Frontend performance and safety enhancements
-Misc: Move builds to non-bundled; usage requires building the Frontend
-Misc: Update tests and agent docs
+* Bugfix: Prevent frontend static file serving path traversal vuln
+* Bugfix: Safer prefix-claiming for DMs we don't have the key for
+* Bugfix: Prevent injection from mentions with special characters
+* Bugfix: Fix repeaters comms showing in wrong channel when repeater operations are in flight and the channel is changed quickly
+* Bugfix: App can boot and test without a frontend dir
+* Misc: Improve and consistent-ify (?) backend radio operation lock management
+* Misc: Frontend performance and safety enhancements
+* Misc: Move builds to non-bundled; usage requires building the Frontend
+* Misc: Update tests and agent docs
 
 ## [1.8.0] - 2026-02-07
 
-Feature: Single hop ping
-Feature: PWA viewport fixes(thanks @rgregg)
+* Feature: Single hop ping
+* Feature: PWA viewport fixes(thanks @rgregg)
 Feature (?): No frontend distribution; build it yourself ;P
-Bugfix: Fix channel message send race condition (concurrent sends could corrupt shared radio slot)
-Bugfix: Fix TOCTOU race in radio reconnect (duplicate connections under contention)
-Bugfix: Better guarding around reconnection
-Bugfix: Duplicate websocket connection fixes
-Bugfix: Settings tab error cleanliness on tab swap
-Bugfix: Fix path traversal vuln
+* Bugfix: Fix channel message send race condition (concurrent sends could corrupt shared radio slot)
+* Bugfix: Fix TOCTOU race in radio reconnect (duplicate connections under contention)
+* Bugfix: Better guarding around reconnection
+* Bugfix: Duplicate websocket connection fixes
+* Bugfix: Settings tab error cleanliness on tab swap
+* Bugfix: Fix path traversal vuln
 UI: Swap visualizer legend ordering (yay prettier)
-Misc: Perf and locking improvements
-Misc: Always flood advertisements
-Misc: Better packet dupe handling
-Misc: Dead code cleanup, test improvements
+* Misc: Perf and locking improvements
+* Misc: Always flood advertisements
+* Misc: Better packet dupe handling
+* Misc: Dead code cleanup, test improvements
 
 ## [1.7.1] - 2026-02-03
 
-Feature: Clickable hyperlinks
-Bugfix: More consistent public key normalization
-Bugfix: Use more reliable cursor paging
-Bugfix: Fix null timestamp dedupe failure
-Bugfix: More consistent prefix-based message claiming on key receipt
-Misc: Bot can respond to its own messages
-Misc: Additional tests
-Misc: Remove unneeded message dedupe logic
-Misc: Resync settings after radio settings mutation
+* Feature: Clickable hyperlinks
+* Bugfix: More consistent public key normalization
+* Bugfix: Use more reliable cursor paging
+* Bugfix: Fix null timestamp dedupe failure
+* Bugfix: More consistent prefix-based message claiming on key receipt
+* Misc: Bot can respond to its own messages
+* Misc: Additional tests
+* Misc: Remove unneeded message dedupe logic
+* Misc: Resync settings after radio settings mutation
 
 ## [1.7.0] - 2026-01-27
 
-Feature: Multi-bot functionality
-Bugfix: Adjust bot code editor display and add line numbers
-Bugfix: Fix clock filtering and contact lookup behavior bugs
-Bugfix: Fix repeater message duplication issue
-Bugfix: Correct outbound message timestamp assignment (affecting outgoing messages seen as incoming)
+* Feature: Multi-bot functionality
+* Bugfix: Adjust bot code editor display and add line numbers
+* Bugfix: Fix clock filtering and contact lookup behavior bugs
+* Bugfix: Fix repeater message duplication issue
+* Bugfix: Correct outbound message timestamp assignment (affecting outgoing messages seen as incoming)
 UI: Move advertise button to identity tab
-Misc: Clarify fallback functionality for missing private key export in logs
+* Misc: Clarify fallback functionality for missing private key export in logs
 
 ## [1.6.0] - 2026-01-26
 
-Feature: Visualizer: extract public key from AnonReq, add heuristic repeater disambiguation, add reset button, draggable nodes
-Feature: Customizable advertising interval
-Feature: In-app bot setup
-Bugfix: Force contact onto radio before DM send
-Misc: Remove unused code
+* Feature: Visualizer: extract public key from AnonReq, add heuristic repeater disambiguation, add reset button, draggable nodes
+* Feature: Customizable advertising interval
+* Feature: In-app bot setup
+* Bugfix: Force contact onto radio before DM send
+* Misc: Remove unused code
 
 ## [1.5.0] - 2026-01-19
 
-Feature: Network visualizer
+* Feature: Network visualizer
 
 ## [1.4.1] - 2026-01-19
 
-Feature: Add option to attempt historical DM decrypt on new-contact advertisement (disabled by default)
-Feature: Server-side preference management for favorites, read status, etc.
+* Feature: Add option to attempt historical DM decrypt on new-contact advertisement (disabled by default)
+* Feature: Server-side preference management for favorites, read status, etc.
 UI: More compact hop labelling
-Bugfix: Misc. race conditions and websocket handling
-Bugfix: Reduce fetching cadence by loading all contact data at start to prevent fetches on advertise-driven update
+* Bugfix: Misc. race conditions and websocket handling
+* Bugfix: Reduce fetching cadence by loading all contact data at start to prevent fetches on advertise-driven update
 
 ## [1.4.0] - 2026-01-18
 
 UI: Improve button layout for room searcher
 UI: Improve favicon coloring
 UI: Improve status bar button layout on small screen
-Feature: Show multi-path hop display with distance estimates
-Feature: Search rooms and contacts by key, not just name
-Bugfix: Historical DM decryption now works as expected
-Bugfix: Don't double-set active conversation after addition; wait for backend room name normalization
+* Feature: Show multi-path hop display with distance estimates
+* Feature: Search rooms and contacts by key, not just name
+* Bugfix: Historical DM decryption now works as expected
+* Bugfix: Don't double-set active conversation after addition; wait for backend room name normalization
 
 ## [1.3.1] - 2026-01-17
 
 UI: Rework restart handling
-Feature: Add `dutycyle_start` command to logged-in repeater session to start five min duty cycle tracking
+* Feature: Add `dutycyle_start` command to logged-in repeater session to start five min duty cycle tracking
 Bug: Improve error message rendering from server-side errors
 UI: Remove octothorpe from channel listing
 
 ## [1.3.0] - 2026-01-17
 
-Feature: Rework database schema to drop unnecessary columns and dedupe payloads at the DB level
-Feature: Massive frontend settings overhaul. It ain't gorgeous but it's easier to navigate.
-Feature: Drop repeater login wait time; vestigial from debugging a different issue
+* Feature: Rework database schema to drop unnecessary columns and dedupe payloads at the DB level
+* Feature: Massive frontend settings overhaul. It ain't gorgeous but it's easier to navigate.
+* Feature: Drop repeater login wait time; vestigial from debugging a different issue
 
 ## [1.2.1] - 2026-01-17
 
@@ -469,27 +469,27 @@ Update: Update meshcore-hashtag-cracker to include sender-identification correct
 
 ## [1.2.0] - 2026-01-16
 
-Feature: Add favorites
+* Feature: Add favorites
 
 ## [1.1.0] - 2026-01-14
 
-Bugfix: Use actual pathing data from advertisements, not just always flood (oops)
-Bugfix: Autosync radio clock periodically to prevent drift (would show up most commonly as issues with repeater comms)
+* Bugfix: Use actual pathing data from advertisements, not just always flood (oops)
+* Bugfix: Autosync radio clock periodically to prevent drift (would show up most commonly as issues with repeater comms)
 
 ## [1.0.3] - 2026-01-13
 
-Bugfix: Add missing test management packages
-Improvement: Drop unnecessary repeater timeouts, and retain timeout for login only -- repeater ops are faster AND more reliable!
+* Bugfix: Add missing test management packages
+* Improvement: Drop unnecessary repeater timeouts, and retain timeout for login only -- repeater ops are faster AND more reliable!
 
 ## [1.0.2] - 2026-01-13
 
-Improvement: Add delays between router ops to prevent traffic collisions
+* Improvement: Add delays between router ops to prevent traffic collisions
 
 ## [1.0.1] - 2026-01-13
 
-Bugixes: Cleaner DB shutdown, radio reconnect contention, packet dedupe garbage removal
+* Bugixes: Cleaner DB shutdown, radio reconnect contention, packet dedupe garbage removal
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2026-01-13
 
-Initial full release!
+* Initial full release!
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/publish.sh b/scripts/build/publish.sh
index e886751..c98bc0e 100755
--- a/scripts/build/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/publish.sh
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ echo
 
 CHANGELOG_ENTRY=$(cat)
 
+format_changelog_entry() {
+    local entry="$1"
+    printf '%s\n' "$entry" | sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d; s/^[[:space:]]*//; s/^/* /'
+}
+
+FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY=$(format_changelog_entry "$CHANGELOG_ENTRY")
+
 # Create changelog entry with date
 DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
 CHANGELOG_HEADER="## [$VERSION] - $DATE"
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ if [ -f CHANGELOG.md ]; then
             echo
             echo "$CHANGELOG_HEADER"
             echo
-            echo "$CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
+            echo "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
             echo
             tail -n +2 CHANGELOG.md
         } > CHANGELOG.md.tmp
@@ -167,7 +174,7 @@ if [ -f CHANGELOG.md ]; then
         {
             echo "$CHANGELOG_HEADER"
             echo
-            echo "$CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
+            echo "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
             echo
             cat CHANGELOG.md
         } > CHANGELOG.md.tmp
@@ -180,7 +187,7 @@ else
         echo
         echo "$CHANGELOG_HEADER"
         echo
-        echo "$CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
+        echo "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
     } > CHANGELOG.md
 fi
 
@@ -247,7 +254,7 @@ RELEASE_NOTES_FILE=$(mktemp)
 {
     echo "$CHANGELOG_HEADER"
     echo
-    echo "$CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
+    echo "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
 } > "$RELEASE_NOTES_FILE"
 
 # Create and push the release tag first so GitHub release creation does not

From 96e108037c2d78efb1ee5eefa3038c0be09fca8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:21:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 13/17] Updating changelog + build for 3.6.5

---
 CHANGELOG.md             |  4 ++++
 frontend/package.json    |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml           |  2 +-
 scripts/build/publish.sh | 39 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 uv.lock                  |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bcf6f11..af7c4ca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## [3.6.5] - 2026-03-31
+
+* Bugfix: Maybe fix problem with publish script
+
 ## [3.6.4] - 2026-03-31
 
 * Feature: Clarify New Channel/Contact button
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index df0ec31..728caff 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "remoteterm-meshcore-frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "3.6.4",
+  "version": "3.6.5",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3e6a01e..89fc772 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.6.4"
+version = "3.6.5"
 description = "RemoteTerm - Web interface for MeshCore radio mesh networks"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/scripts/build/publish.sh b/scripts/build/publish.sh
index c98bc0e..6b4dbd8 100755
--- a/scripts/build/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/publish.sh
@@ -30,28 +30,6 @@ cleanup_release_build_artifacts() {
 
 trap cleanup_release_build_artifacts EXIT
 
-ensure_buildx_builder() {
-    if ! docker buildx version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo -e "${RED}Error: docker buildx is required for multi-arch Docker builds.${NC}"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    local current_builder
-    current_builder="$(docker buildx inspect --format '{{ .Name }}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
-
-    if [ -n "$current_builder" ]; then
-        docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
-        return
-    fi
-
-    if docker buildx inspect remoteterm-multiarch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        docker buildx use remoteterm-multiarch >/dev/null
-    else
-        docker buildx create --name remoteterm-multiarch --use >/dev/null
-    fi
-    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
-}
-
 echo -e "${YELLOW}=== RemoteTerm for MeshCore Publish Script ===${NC}"
 echo
 
@@ -236,7 +214,22 @@ echo
 
 # Build and push multi-arch docker image
 echo -e "${YELLOW}Building and pushing multi-arch Docker image...${NC}"
-ensure_buildx_builder
+if ! docker buildx version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo -e "${RED}Error: docker buildx is required for multi-arch Docker builds.${NC}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+CURRENT_BUILDER="$(docker buildx inspect --format '{{ .Name }}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+if [ -n "$CURRENT_BUILDER" ]; then
+    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
+elif docker buildx inspect remoteterm-multiarch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    docker buildx use remoteterm-multiarch >/dev/null
+    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
+else
+    docker buildx create --name remoteterm-multiarch --use >/dev/null
+    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
+fi
+
 docker buildx build \
     --platform "$DOCKER_PLATFORMS" \
     --build-arg COMMIT_HASH="$GIT_HASH" \
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e8f5421..56fb427 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.6.4"
+version = "3.6.5"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiomqtt" },

From 704a3d8a87caf30058c9fde2f37e722abfef3888 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:52:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 14/17] Updating changelog + build for 3.6.6

---
 CHANGELOG.md                              |   4 +
 frontend/package.json                     |   2 +-
 pyproject.toml                            |   2 +-
 scripts/build/create_github_release.sh    | 106 +++++++++
 scripts/build/extract_release_notes.sh    |  54 +++++
 scripts/build/package_release_artifact.sh | 111 ++++++++++
 scripts/build/publish.sh                  | 249 ++++++++--------------
 scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh    |  79 +++++++
 scripts/build/release_common.sh           |  93 ++++++++
 uv.lock                                   |   2 +-
 10 files changed, 544 insertions(+), 158 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/build/create_github_release.sh
 create mode 100644 scripts/build/extract_release_notes.sh
 create mode 100644 scripts/build/package_release_artifact.sh
 create mode 100644 scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh
 create mode 100644 scripts/build/release_common.sh

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af7c4ca..e0a2e06 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## [3.6.6] - 2026-03-31
+
+* Misc: Please I'm begging for the build scripts to be working now
+
 ## [3.6.5] - 2026-03-31
 
 * Bugfix: Maybe fix problem with publish script
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 728caff..3fb60c9 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "remoteterm-meshcore-frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "3.6.5",
+  "version": "3.6.6",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 89fc772..40c0e7e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.6.5"
+version = "3.6.6"
 description = "RemoteTerm - Web interface for MeshCore radio mesh networks"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/scripts/build/create_github_release.sh b/scripts/build/create_github_release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dfae59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/create_github_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=scripts/build/release_common.sh
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/release_common.sh"
+
+usage() {
+    cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: scripts/build/create_github_release.sh --version X.Y.Z --asset PATH [options]
+
+Options:
+  --version VERSION         Release version / tag (required)
+  --asset PATH              Asset to attach; may be specified multiple times
+  --notes-file PATH         Markdown release notes file; defaults to CHANGELOG section
+  --full-git-hash HASH      Commit to tag if the tag does not already exist locally
+  --title TITLE             Release title (default: version)
+  --help                    Show this message
+EOF
+}
+
+VERSION=""
+TITLE=""
+NOTES_FILE=""
+FULL_GIT_HASH=""
+ASSETS=()
+TEMP_NOTES_FILE=""
+
+cleanup() {
+    if [ -n "$TEMP_NOTES_FILE" ] && [ -f "$TEMP_NOTES_FILE" ]; then
+        rm -f "$TEMP_NOTES_FILE"
+    fi
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --version)
+            VERSION="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --asset)
+            ASSETS+=("${2:-}")
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --notes-file)
+            NOTES_FILE="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --full-git-hash)
+            FULL_GIT_HASH="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --title)
+            TITLE="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --help)
+            usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage >&2
+            release_die "Unknown argument: $1"
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+[ -n "$VERSION" ] || release_die "--version is required"
+[ "${#ASSETS[@]}" -gt 0 ] || release_die "At least one --asset is required"
+release_validate_version "$VERSION"
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(release_repo_root)"
+TITLE="${TITLE:-$VERSION}"
+FULL_GIT_HASH="${FULL_GIT_HASH:-$(release_resolve_full_hash "$REPO_ROOT")}"
+
+for asset in "${ASSETS[@]}"; do
+    [ -f "$asset" ] || release_die "Asset not found: $asset"
+done
+
+if [ -z "$NOTES_FILE" ]; then
+    TEMP_NOTES_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+    release_extract_changelog_section "$REPO_ROOT" "$VERSION" "$TEMP_NOTES_FILE"
+    NOTES_FILE="$TEMP_NOTES_FILE"
+fi
+
+[ -f "$NOTES_FILE" ] || release_die "Notes file not found: $NOTES_FILE"
+
+if ! git -C "$REPO_ROOT" rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/$VERSION" >/dev/null; then
+    echo "[create_github_release] Creating local tag $VERSION at $FULL_GIT_HASH..." >&2
+    git -C "$REPO_ROOT" tag -a "$VERSION" "$FULL_GIT_HASH" -F "$NOTES_FILE"
+fi
+
+if ! git -C "$REPO_ROOT" ls-remote --exit-code --tags origin "refs/tags/$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[create_github_release] Pushing tag $VERSION to origin..." >&2
+    git -C "$REPO_ROOT" push origin "$VERSION"
+fi
+
+if gh release view "$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[create_github_release] Updating existing GitHub release $VERSION..." >&2
+    gh release upload "$VERSION" "${ASSETS[@]}" --clobber
+    gh release edit "$VERSION" --title "$TITLE" --notes-file "$NOTES_FILE"
+else
+    echo "[create_github_release] Creating GitHub release $VERSION..." >&2
+    gh release create "$VERSION" "${ASSETS[@]}" --title "$TITLE" --notes-file "$NOTES_FILE" --verify-tag
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/build/extract_release_notes.sh b/scripts/build/extract_release_notes.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6deb85a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/extract_release_notes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=scripts/build/release_common.sh
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/release_common.sh"
+
+usage() {
+    cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: scripts/build/extract_release_notes.sh --version X.Y.Z --output PATH
+
+Options:
+  --version VERSION         Release version to extract from CHANGELOG.md
+  --output PATH             Output markdown file path
+  --changelog PATH          Override changelog path
+  --help                    Show this message
+EOF
+}
+
+VERSION=""
+OUTPUT_FILE=""
+CHANGELOG_PATH=""
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --version)
+            VERSION="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --output)
+            OUTPUT_FILE="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --changelog)
+            CHANGELOG_PATH="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --help)
+            usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage >&2
+            release_die "Unknown argument: $1"
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+[ -n "$VERSION" ] || release_die "--version is required"
+[ -n "$OUTPUT_FILE" ] || release_die "--output is required"
+release_validate_version "$VERSION"
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(release_repo_root)"
+release_extract_changelog_section "$REPO_ROOT" "$VERSION" "$OUTPUT_FILE" "${CHANGELOG_PATH:-$REPO_ROOT/CHANGELOG.md}"
diff --git a/scripts/build/package_release_artifact.sh b/scripts/build/package_release_artifact.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5eb2cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/package_release_artifact.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=scripts/build/release_common.sh
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/release_common.sh"
+
+usage() {
+    cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: scripts/build/package_release_artifact.sh --version X.Y.Z [options]
+
+Options:
+  --version VERSION         Release version (required)
+  --git-hash HASH           Short git hash to embed in artifact naming
+  --full-git-hash HASH      Full git hash to archive
+  --output PATH             Output zip path
+  --bundle-name NAME        Bundle folder name inside the zip
+  --skip-prebuilt-build     Reuse existing frontend/prebuilt instead of rebuilding it
+  --help                    Show this message
+EOF
+}
+
+VERSION=""
+GIT_HASH=""
+FULL_GIT_HASH=""
+OUTPUT_PATH=""
+BUNDLE_NAME="Remote-Terminal-for-MeshCore"
+SKIP_PREBUILT_BUILD=0
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --version)
+            VERSION="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --git-hash)
+            GIT_HASH="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --full-git-hash)
+            FULL_GIT_HASH="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --output)
+            OUTPUT_PATH="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --bundle-name)
+            BUNDLE_NAME="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --skip-prebuilt-build)
+            SKIP_PREBUILT_BUILD=1
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --help)
+            usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage >&2
+            release_die "Unknown argument: $1"
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+[ -n "$VERSION" ] || release_die "--version is required"
+release_validate_version "$VERSION"
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(release_repo_root)"
+FULL_GIT_HASH="${FULL_GIT_HASH:-$(release_resolve_full_hash "$REPO_ROOT")}"
+GIT_HASH="${GIT_HASH:-$(release_resolve_short_hash "$REPO_ROOT" "$FULL_GIT_HASH")}"
+OUTPUT_PATH="${OUTPUT_PATH:-$REPO_ROOT/remoteterm-prebuilt-frontend-v${VERSION}-${GIT_HASH}.zip}"
+
+WORK_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+BUNDLE_DIR="$WORK_DIR/$BUNDLE_NAME"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+if [ "$SKIP_PREBUILT_BUILD" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "[package_release_artifact] Building frontend prebuilt bundle..." >&2
+    (
+        cd "$REPO_ROOT/frontend"
+        npm run packaged-build
+    )
+fi
+
+[ -d "$REPO_ROOT/frontend/prebuilt" ] || release_die "frontend/prebuilt is missing; run with frontend built or omit --skip-prebuilt-build"
+
+mkdir -p "$BUNDLE_DIR/frontend"
+git -C "$REPO_ROOT" archive "$FULL_GIT_HASH" | tar -x -C "$BUNDLE_DIR"
+cp -R "$REPO_ROOT/frontend/prebuilt" "$BUNDLE_DIR/frontend/prebuilt"
+
+cat > "$BUNDLE_DIR/build_info.json" <<EOF
+{
+  "version": "$VERSION",
+  "commit_hash": "$GIT_HASH",
+  "build_source": "prebuilt-release"
+}
+EOF
+
+rm -f "$OUTPUT_PATH"
+(
+    cd "$WORK_DIR"
+    zip -qr "$OUTPUT_PATH" "$BUNDLE_NAME"
+)
+
+echo "$OUTPUT_PATH"
diff --git a/scripts/build/publish.sh b/scripts/build/publish.sh
index 6b4dbd8..8e0af7e 100755
--- a/scripts/build/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/publish.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
+set -euo pipefail
 
 # Colors for output
 RED='\033[0;31m'
@@ -10,73 +10,63 @@ NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
 cd "$REPO_ROOT"
 
-RELEASE_WORK_DIR=""
-RELEASE_BUNDLE_DIR_NAME="Remote-Terminal-for-MeshCore"
-RELEASE_ASSET=""
-DOCKER_IMAGE="jkingsman/remoteterm-meshcore"
-DOCKER_PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=scripts/build/release_common.sh
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/release_common.sh"
 
-cleanup_release_build_artifacts() {
-    if [ -d "$REPO_ROOT/frontend/prebuilt" ]; then
-        rm -rf "$REPO_ROOT/frontend/prebuilt"
-    fi
-    if [ -n "$RELEASE_WORK_DIR" ] && [ -d "$RELEASE_WORK_DIR" ]; then
-        rm -rf "$RELEASE_WORK_DIR"
-    fi
-    if [ -n "$RELEASE_ASSET" ] && [ -f "$REPO_ROOT/$RELEASE_ASSET" ]; then
-        rm -f "$REPO_ROOT/$RELEASE_ASSET"
-    fi
+DOCKER_IMAGE="docker.io/jkingsman/remoteterm-meshcore"
+DOCKER_PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7"
+VERSION=""
+NOTES_FILE=""
+SKIP_QUALITY=0
+RELEASE_ASSET_PATH=""
+
+usage() {
+    cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: scripts/build/publish.sh [options]
+
+Options:
+  --version VERSION         Release version; prompts if omitted
+  --notes-file PATH         File containing changelog entry lines; prompts if omitted
+  --skip-quality            Skip ./scripts/quality/all_quality.sh
+  --help                    Show this message
+EOF
 }
 
-trap cleanup_release_build_artifacts EXIT
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --version)
+            VERSION="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --notes-file)
+            NOTES_FILE="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --skip-quality)
+            SKIP_QUALITY=1
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --help)
+            usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage >&2
+            release_die "Unknown argument: $1"
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
 
 echo -e "${YELLOW}=== RemoteTerm for MeshCore Publish Script ===${NC}"
 echo
 
-# Run backend linting and type checking
-echo -e "${YELLOW}Running backend lint (Ruff)...${NC}"
-uv run ruff check app/ tests/ --fix
-uv run ruff format app/ tests/
-# validate
-uv run ruff check app/ tests/
-uv run ruff format --check app/ tests/
-echo -e "${GREEN}Backend lint passed!${NC}"
-echo
-
-echo -e "${YELLOW}Running backend type check (Pyright)...${NC}"
-uv run pyright app/
-echo -e "${GREEN}Backend type check passed!${NC}"
-echo
-
-# Run backend tests
-echo -e "${YELLOW}Running backend tests...${NC}"
-PYTHONPATH=. uv run pytest tests/ -v
-echo -e "${GREEN}Backend tests passed!${NC}"
-echo
-
-# Run frontend linting and formatting check
-echo -e "${YELLOW}Running frontend lint (ESLint)...${NC}"
-cd "$REPO_ROOT/frontend"
-npm run lint
-echo -e "${GREEN}Frontend lint passed!${NC}"
-echo
-
-echo -e "${YELLOW}Checking frontend formatting (Prettier)...${NC}"
-npm run format:check
-echo -e "${GREEN}Frontend formatting OK!${NC}"
-echo
-
-# Run frontend tests and build
-echo -e "${YELLOW}Running frontend tests...${NC}"
-npm run test:run
-echo -e "${GREEN}Frontend tests passed!${NC}"
-echo
-
-echo -e "${YELLOW}Building frontend...${NC}"
-npm run build
-echo -e "${GREEN}Frontend build complete!${NC}"
-cd "$REPO_ROOT"
-echo
+if [ "$SKIP_QUALITY" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Running repo quality gate...${NC}"
+    ./scripts/quality/all_quality.sh
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Quality gate passed!${NC}"
+    echo
+fi
 
 echo -e "${YELLOW}Regenerating LICENSES.md...${NC}"
 bash scripts/build/collect_licenses.sh LICENSES.md
@@ -91,13 +81,11 @@ echo -n "  package.json:   "
 grep '"version"' frontend/package.json | head -1 | sed 's/.*"version": "\(.*\)".*/\1/'
 echo
 
-read -r -p "Enter new version (e.g., 1.2.3): " VERSION
-VERSION="$(printf '%s' "$VERSION" | tr -d '\r' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//')"
-
-if [[ ! $VERSION =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-    echo -e "${RED}Error: Version must be in format X.Y.Z${NC}"
-    exit 1
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    read -r -p "Enter new version (e.g., 1.2.3): " VERSION
 fi
+VERSION="$(release_trim "$VERSION")"
+release_validate_version "$VERSION"
 
 # Update pyproject.toml
 echo -e "${YELLOW}Updating pyproject.toml...${NC}"
@@ -115,18 +103,28 @@ echo -e "${GREEN}Version updated to $VERSION${NC}"
 echo
 
 # Prompt for changelog entry
-echo -e "${YELLOW}Enter changelog entry for version $VERSION${NC}"
-echo -e "${YELLOW}(Enter your changes, then press Ctrl+D when done):${NC}"
-echo
-
-CHANGELOG_ENTRY=$(cat)
-
-format_changelog_entry() {
-    local entry="$1"
-    printf '%s\n' "$entry" | sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d; s/^[[:space:]]*//; s/^/* /'
+RAW_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+cleanup() {
+    rm -f "$RAW_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE" "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE"
+    rm -rf "${REPO_ROOT:?}/frontend/prebuilt"
+    if [ -n "$RELEASE_ASSET_PATH" ] && [ -f "$RELEASE_ASSET_PATH" ]; then
+        rm -f "$RELEASE_ASSET_PATH"
+    fi
 }
+trap cleanup EXIT
 
-FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY=$(format_changelog_entry "$CHANGELOG_ENTRY")
+if [ -n "$NOTES_FILE" ]; then
+    cp "$NOTES_FILE" "$RAW_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE"
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Enter changelog entry for version $VERSION${NC}"
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}(Enter your changes, then press Ctrl+D when done):${NC}"
+    echo
+    cat > "$RAW_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE"
+fi
+
+release_format_markdown_list "$RAW_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE" "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE"
+[ -s "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE" ] || release_die "Changelog entry cannot be empty"
 
 # Create changelog entry with date
 DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
@@ -142,7 +140,7 @@ if [ -f CHANGELOG.md ]; then
             echo
             echo "$CHANGELOG_HEADER"
             echo
-            echo "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
+            cat "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE"
             echo
             tail -n +2 CHANGELOG.md
         } > CHANGELOG.md.tmp
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ if [ -f CHANGELOG.md ]; then
         {
             echo "$CHANGELOG_HEADER"
             echo
-            echo "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
+            cat "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE"
             echo
             cat CHANGELOG.md
         } > CHANGELOG.md.tmp
@@ -165,7 +163,7 @@ else
         echo
         echo "$CHANGELOG_HEADER"
         echo
-        echo "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
+        cat "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_INPUT_FILE"
     } > CHANGELOG.md
 fi
 
@@ -185,93 +183,33 @@ echo
 GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 FULL_GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 RELEASE_ASSET="remoteterm-prebuilt-frontend-v${VERSION}-${GIT_HASH}.zip"
+RELEASE_ASSET_PATH="$REPO_ROOT/$RELEASE_ASSET"
 
 echo -e "${YELLOW}Building packaged frontend artifact...${NC}"
-cd "$REPO_ROOT/frontend"
-npm run packaged-build
-cd "$REPO_ROOT"
-
-RELEASE_WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-RELEASE_BUNDLE_DIR="$RELEASE_WORK_DIR/$RELEASE_BUNDLE_DIR_NAME"
-mkdir -p "$RELEASE_BUNDLE_DIR"
-git archive "$FULL_GIT_HASH" | tar -x -C "$RELEASE_BUNDLE_DIR"
-mkdir -p "$RELEASE_BUNDLE_DIR/frontend"
-cp -R "$REPO_ROOT/frontend/prebuilt" "$RELEASE_BUNDLE_DIR/frontend/prebuilt"
-cat > "$RELEASE_BUNDLE_DIR/build_info.json" <<EOF
-{
-  "version": "$VERSION",
-  "commit_hash": "$GIT_HASH",
-  "build_source": "prebuilt-release"
-}
-EOF
-rm -f "$REPO_ROOT/$RELEASE_ASSET"
-(
-    cd "$RELEASE_WORK_DIR"
-    zip -qr "$REPO_ROOT/$RELEASE_ASSET" "$(basename "$RELEASE_BUNDLE_DIR")"
-)
+scripts/build/package_release_artifact.sh \
+    --version "$VERSION" \
+    --git-hash "$GIT_HASH" \
+    --full-git-hash "$FULL_GIT_HASH" \
+    --output "$RELEASE_ASSET_PATH"
 echo -e "${GREEN}Packaged release artifact created: $RELEASE_ASSET${NC}"
 echo
 
 # Build and push multi-arch docker image
 echo -e "${YELLOW}Building and pushing multi-arch Docker image...${NC}"
-if ! docker buildx version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo -e "${RED}Error: docker buildx is required for multi-arch Docker builds.${NC}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-CURRENT_BUILDER="$(docker buildx inspect --format '{{ .Name }}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
-if [ -n "$CURRENT_BUILDER" ]; then
-    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
-elif docker buildx inspect remoteterm-multiarch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    docker buildx use remoteterm-multiarch >/dev/null
-    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
-else
-    docker buildx create --name remoteterm-multiarch --use >/dev/null
-    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
-fi
-
-docker buildx build \
-    --platform "$DOCKER_PLATFORMS" \
-    --build-arg COMMIT_HASH="$GIT_HASH" \
-    -t "$DOCKER_IMAGE:latest" \
-    -t "$DOCKER_IMAGE:$VERSION" \
-    -t "$DOCKER_IMAGE:$GIT_HASH" \
-    --push \
-    .
+scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh \
+    --version "$VERSION" \
+    --git-hash "$GIT_HASH" \
+    --image "$DOCKER_IMAGE" \
+    --platforms "$DOCKER_PLATFORMS"
 echo -e "${GREEN}Multi-arch Docker build + push complete!${NC}"
 echo
 
 # Create GitHub release using the changelog notes for this version.
 echo -e "${YELLOW}Creating GitHub release...${NC}"
-RELEASE_NOTES_FILE=$(mktemp)
-{
-    echo "$CHANGELOG_HEADER"
-    echo
-    echo "$FORMATTED_CHANGELOG_ENTRY"
-} > "$RELEASE_NOTES_FILE"
-
-# Create and push the release tag first so GitHub release creation does not
-# depend on resolving a symbolic ref like HEAD on the remote side. Use the same
-# changelog-derived notes for the annotated tag message.
-if git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/$VERSION" >/dev/null; then
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}Tag $VERSION already exists locally; reusing it.${NC}"
-else
-    git tag -a "$VERSION" "$FULL_GIT_HASH" -F "$RELEASE_NOTES_FILE"
-fi
-
-if git ls-remote --exit-code --tags origin "refs/tags/$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}Tag $VERSION already exists on origin; not pushing it again.${NC}"
-else
-    git push origin "$VERSION"
-fi
-
-gh release create "$VERSION" \
-    "$RELEASE_ASSET" \
-    --title "$VERSION" \
-    --notes-file "$RELEASE_NOTES_FILE" \
-    --verify-tag
-
-rm -f "$RELEASE_NOTES_FILE"
+scripts/build/create_github_release.sh \
+    --version "$VERSION" \
+    --full-git-hash "$FULL_GIT_HASH" \
+    --asset "$RELEASE_ASSET_PATH"
 echo -e "${GREEN}GitHub release created!${NC}"
 echo
 
@@ -285,6 +223,7 @@ echo -e "  - $DOCKER_IMAGE:$GIT_HASH"
 echo -e "Platforms:"
 echo -e "  - linux/amd64"
 echo -e "  - linux/arm64"
+echo -e "  - linux/arm/v7"
 echo -e "GitHub release:"
 echo -e "  - $VERSION"
 echo -e "Release artifact:"
diff --git a/scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh b/scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c7c4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=scripts/build/release_common.sh
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/release_common.sh"
+
+usage() {
+    cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh --version X.Y.Z [options]
+
+Options:
+  --version VERSION         Release version (required)
+  --git-hash HASH           Short git hash to tag alongside the version
+  --image IMAGE             Docker image name (default: docker.io/jkingsman/remoteterm-meshcore)
+  --platforms CSV           Buildx platforms CSV (default: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7)
+  --help                    Show this message
+EOF
+}
+
+VERSION=""
+GIT_HASH=""
+IMAGE="docker.io/jkingsman/remoteterm-meshcore"
+PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7"
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --version)
+            VERSION="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --git-hash)
+            GIT_HASH="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --image)
+            IMAGE="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --platforms)
+            PLATFORMS="${2:-}"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --help)
+            usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage >&2
+            release_die "Unknown argument: $1"
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+[ -n "$VERSION" ] || release_die "--version is required"
+release_validate_version "$VERSION"
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(release_repo_root)"
+GIT_HASH="${GIT_HASH:-$(release_resolve_short_hash "$REPO_ROOT")}"
+
+echo "[push_docker_multiarch] Ensuring docker buildx builder..." >&2
+release_ensure_buildx_builder
+
+docker_buildx_args=(
+    build
+    --platform "$PLATFORMS"
+    --build-arg "COMMIT_HASH=$GIT_HASH"
+    -t "$IMAGE:latest"
+    -t "$IMAGE:$VERSION"
+    -t "$IMAGE:$GIT_HASH"
+    --push
+    .
+)
+
+echo "[push_docker_multiarch] Building and pushing $IMAGE for $PLATFORMS..." >&2
+(
+    cd "$REPO_ROOT"
+    docker buildx "${docker_buildx_args[@]}"
+)
diff --git a/scripts/build/release_common.sh b/scripts/build/release_common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8ae28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/release_common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+release_repo_root() {
+    (
+        cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd
+    )
+}
+
+release_die() {
+    echo "Error: $*" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+release_trim() {
+    printf '%s' "$1" | tr -d '\r' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//'
+}
+
+release_validate_version() {
+    local version="$1"
+    [[ $version =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] || release_die "Version must be in format X.Y.Z"
+}
+
+release_resolve_full_hash() {
+    local repo_root="$1"
+    local ref="${2:-HEAD}"
+    git -C "$repo_root" rev-parse "$ref"
+}
+
+release_resolve_short_hash() {
+    local repo_root="$1"
+    local ref="${2:-HEAD}"
+    git -C "$repo_root" rev-parse --short "$ref"
+}
+
+release_format_markdown_list() {
+    local input_file="$1"
+    local output_file="$2"
+    awk '
+        /^[[:space:]]*$/ { next }
+        {
+            sub(/^[[:space:]]+/, "", $0)
+            if ($0 ~ /^\* /) {
+                print
+            } else if ($0 ~ /^- /) {
+                sub(/^- /, "* ", $0)
+                print
+            } else {
+                print "* " $0
+            }
+        }
+    ' "$input_file" > "$output_file"
+}
+
+release_extract_changelog_section() {
+    local repo_root="$1"
+    local version="$2"
+    local output_file="$3"
+    local changelog_path="${4:-$repo_root/CHANGELOG.md}"
+
+    # Use index() for literal matching so dots in version strings are not
+    # treated as regex wildcards (e.g. 3.6.5 won't match 31615).
+    awk -v ver="$version" '
+        BEGIN { header = "## [" ver "]" }
+        index($0, header) == 1 { capture = 1; print; next }
+        capture && /^## \[/ { exit }
+        capture { print }
+    ' "$changelog_path" > "$output_file"
+
+    [ -s "$output_file" ] || release_die "Could not find CHANGELOG entry for version $version"
+}
+
+release_ensure_buildx_builder() {
+    if ! docker buildx version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        release_die "docker buildx is required for multi-arch Docker builds"
+    fi
+
+    # Multi-platform builds require the docker-container driver. The default
+    # builder uses the "docker" driver which only supports the host platform.
+    # Check the current builder's driver first; only create a new one if needed.
+    local current_driver
+    current_driver="$(docker buildx inspect --format '{{ .Driver }}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ "$current_driver" = "docker-container" ]; then
+        docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
+        return
+    fi
+
+    if docker buildx inspect remoteterm-multiarch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        docker buildx use remoteterm-multiarch >/dev/null
+    else
+        docker buildx create --name remoteterm-multiarch --use >/dev/null
+    fi
+    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
+}
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 56fb427..317991f 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.6.5"
+version = "3.6.6"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiomqtt" },

From 480798e117bcdabe3372417eb7b6c76cb6b92f39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:01:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 15/17] Updating changelog + build for 3.6.7

---
 CHANGELOG.md                           | 4 ++++
 frontend/package.json                  | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml                         | 2 +-
 scripts/build/publish.sh               | 3 +--
 scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh | 4 ++--
 uv.lock                                | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0a2e06..8fb699d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## [3.6.7] - 2026-03-31
+
+* Misc: Remove armv7 (for now)
+
 ## [3.6.6] - 2026-03-31
 
 * Misc: Please I'm begging for the build scripts to be working now
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 3fb60c9..cf95aa4 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "remoteterm-meshcore-frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "3.6.6",
+  "version": "3.6.7",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 40c0e7e..6daf340 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.6.6"
+version = "3.6.7"
 description = "RemoteTerm - Web interface for MeshCore radio mesh networks"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/scripts/build/publish.sh b/scripts/build/publish.sh
index 8e0af7e..24417c7 100755
--- a/scripts/build/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/publish.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/release_common.sh"
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE="docker.io/jkingsman/remoteterm-meshcore"
-DOCKER_PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7"
+DOCKER_PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
 VERSION=""
 NOTES_FILE=""
 SKIP_QUALITY=0
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ echo -e "  - $DOCKER_IMAGE:$GIT_HASH"
 echo -e "Platforms:"
 echo -e "  - linux/amd64"
 echo -e "  - linux/arm64"
-echo -e "  - linux/arm/v7"
 echo -e "GitHub release:"
 echo -e "  - $VERSION"
 echo -e "Release artifact:"
diff --git a/scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh b/scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh
index 2c7c4ca..bcd48e3 100644
--- a/scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/push_docker_multiarch.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Options:
   --version VERSION         Release version (required)
   --git-hash HASH           Short git hash to tag alongside the version
   --image IMAGE             Docker image name (default: docker.io/jkingsman/remoteterm-meshcore)
-  --platforms CSV           Buildx platforms CSV (default: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7)
+  --platforms CSV           Buildx platforms CSV (default: linux/amd64,linux/arm64)
   --help                    Show this message
 EOF
 }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ EOF
 VERSION=""
 GIT_HASH=""
 IMAGE="docker.io/jkingsman/remoteterm-meshcore"
-PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7"
+PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
 
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 317991f..58868c0 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.6.6"
+version = "3.6.7"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiomqtt" },

From 416166b07cc8e6787f42d68e0e496011e272a98a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:09:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 16/17] Add system arch data to debug output

---
 app/routers/debug.py | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/routers/debug.py b/app/routers/debug.py
index f7573e9..53ae228 100644
--- a/app/routers/debug.py
+++ b/app/routers/debug.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import hashlib
 import logging
+import os
+import platform
+import struct
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Any
@@ -34,6 +37,13 @@ LOG_COPY_BOUNDARY_PREFIX = [
 ]
 
 
+class DebugSystemInfo(BaseModel):
+    os: str
+    arch: str
+    arch_bits: int
+    total_ram_mb: int
+
+
 class DebugApplicationInfo(BaseModel):
     version: str
     version_source: str
@@ -95,6 +105,7 @@ class DebugDatabaseInfo(BaseModel):
 
 class DebugSnapshotResponse(BaseModel):
     captured_at: str
+    system: DebugSystemInfo
     application: DebugApplicationInfo
     health: HealthResponse
     runtime: DebugRuntimeInfo
@@ -103,6 +114,23 @@ class DebugSnapshotResponse(BaseModel):
     logs: list[str]
 
 
+def _build_system_info() -> DebugSystemInfo:
+    try:
+        # os.sysconf is available on Linux/macOS
+        page_size = os.sysconf("SC_PAGE_SIZE")
+        page_count = os.sysconf("SC_PHYS_PAGES")
+        total_ram_mb = (page_size * page_count) // (1024 * 1024)
+    except (AttributeError, ValueError, OSError):
+        total_ram_mb = 0
+
+    return DebugSystemInfo(
+        os=f"{platform.system()} {platform.release()}",
+        arch=platform.machine(),
+        arch_bits=struct.calcsize("P") * 8,
+        total_ram_mb=total_ram_mb,
+    )
+
+
 def _build_application_info() -> DebugApplicationInfo:
     build_info = get_app_build_info()
     dirty_output = git_output("status", "--porcelain")
@@ -272,6 +300,7 @@ async def debug_support_snapshot() -> DebugSnapshotResponse:
     )
     return DebugSnapshotResponse(
         captured_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+        system=_build_system_info(),
         application=_build_application_info(),
         health=HealthResponse(**health_data),
         runtime=DebugRuntimeInfo(

From b4f3d1f14cc63c222ad4987606f4805938e89d3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 11:31:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 17/17] Add additional info to debug endpoint. Closes #142.

---
 app/routers/debug.py | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 tests/test_api.py    | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/routers/debug.py b/app/routers/debug.py
index 53ae228..5771531 100644
--- a/app/routers/debug.py
+++ b/app/routers/debug.py
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ from meshcore import EventType
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 from app.config import get_recent_log_lines, settings
+from app.models import AppSettings
 from app.radio_sync import get_contacts_selected_for_radio_sync, get_radio_channel_limit
-from app.repository import MessageRepository, StatisticsRepository
+from app.repository import AppSettingsRepository, MessageRepository, StatisticsRepository
 from app.routers.health import HealthResponse, build_health_data
 from app.services.radio_runtime import radio_runtime
 from app.version_info import get_app_build_info, git_output
@@ -103,11 +104,21 @@ class DebugDatabaseInfo(BaseModel):
     total_outgoing: int
 
 
+class DebugAppSettings(BaseModel):
+    max_radio_contacts: int
+    auto_decrypt_dm_on_advert: bool
+    advert_interval: int
+    flood_scope: str
+    blocked_keys_count: int
+    blocked_names_count: int
+
+
 class DebugSnapshotResponse(BaseModel):
     captured_at: str
     system: DebugSystemInfo
     application: DebugApplicationInfo
     health: HealthResponse
+    settings: DebugAppSettings
     runtime: DebugRuntimeInfo
     database: DebugDatabaseInfo
     radio_probe: DebugRadioProbe
@@ -186,6 +197,17 @@ def _coerce_live_max_channels(device_info: dict[str, Any] | None) -> int | None:
         return None
 
 
+def _build_debug_app_settings(app_settings: AppSettings) -> DebugAppSettings:
+    return DebugAppSettings(
+        max_radio_contacts=app_settings.max_radio_contacts,
+        auto_decrypt_dm_on_advert=app_settings.auto_decrypt_dm_on_advert,
+        advert_interval=app_settings.advert_interval,
+        flood_scope=app_settings.flood_scope,
+        blocked_keys_count=len(app_settings.blocked_keys),
+        blocked_names_count=len(app_settings.blocked_names),
+    )
+
+
 async def _build_contact_audit(
     observed_contacts_payload: dict[str, dict[str, Any]],
 ) -> DebugContactAudit:
@@ -293,6 +315,7 @@ async def _probe_radio() -> DebugRadioProbe:
 async def debug_support_snapshot() -> DebugSnapshotResponse:
     """Return a support/debug snapshot with recent logs and live radio state."""
     health_data = await build_health_data(radio_runtime.is_connected, radio_runtime.connection_info)
+    app_settings = await AppSettingsRepository.get()
     message_totals = await StatisticsRepository.get_database_message_totals()
     radio_probe = await _probe_radio()
     channels_with_incoming_messages = (
@@ -303,6 +326,7 @@ async def debug_support_snapshot() -> DebugSnapshotResponse:
         system=_build_system_info(),
         application=_build_application_info(),
         health=HealthResponse(**health_data),
+        settings=_build_debug_app_settings(app_settings),
         runtime=DebugRuntimeInfo(
             connection_info=radio_runtime.connection_info,
             connection_desired=radio_runtime.connection_desired,
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 4cf90f8..b5f3c3a 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -213,6 +213,47 @@ class TestDebugEndpoint:
 
         assert response.status_code == 200
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_support_snapshot_includes_persisted_app_settings(self, test_db, client):
+        """Debug snapshot should expose the stored app settings row."""
+        pub_key = "ab" * 32
+        await _insert_contact(pub_key, "Alice")
+
+        response = await client.patch(
+            "/api/settings",
+            json={
+                "max_radio_contacts": 321,
+                "auto_decrypt_dm_on_advert": True,
+                "sidebar_sort_order": "alpha",
+                "advert_interval": 7200,
+                "flood_scope": "US-CA",
+                "blocked_keys": [pub_key],
+                "blocked_names": ["Mallory"],
+            },
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+
+        response = await client.post(
+            "/api/settings/favorites/toggle",
+            json={"type": "contact", "id": pub_key},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+
+        response = await client.get("/api/debug")
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        payload = response.json()
+        assert payload["settings"]["max_radio_contacts"] == 321
+        assert payload["settings"]["auto_decrypt_dm_on_advert"] is True
+        assert payload["settings"]["advert_interval"] == 7200
+        assert payload["settings"]["flood_scope"] == "#US-CA"
+        assert payload["settings"]["blocked_keys_count"] == 1
+        assert payload["settings"]["blocked_names_count"] == 1
+        assert "favorites" not in payload["settings"]
+        assert "blocked_keys" not in payload["settings"]
+        assert "blocked_names" not in payload["settings"]
+        assert "sidebar_sort_order" not in payload["settings"]
+
 
 class TestRadioDisconnectedHandler:
     """Test that RadioDisconnectedError maps to 503."""