fix(ci): keep KISS artifacts outside OTA gate

build.sh

@@ -2035,6 +2035,16 @@ is_kiss_modem_target() {
   esac
 }
 
+requires_wireless_self_update() {
+  # KISS firmware is a host-controlled radio modem, not a standalone node.
+  # It deliberately has no application updater: the connected host performs
+  # any firmware maintenance over its wired programming interface. Building
+  # it with --include-kiss must not misrepresent that as an OTA regression.
+  [ "${REQUIRE_OTA_UPDATES:-0}" = "1" ] \
+    && ! is_companion_build "$1" \
+    && ! is_kiss_modem_target "$1"
+}
+
 is_bluetooth_target() {
   case "$(get_variant_name_for_env "$1")" in
     companion_radio_ble|*_companion_radio_ble)
@@ -4067,7 +4077,7 @@ write_build_capability_manifest() {
   )
   local item
 
-  if [ "${REQUIRE_OTA_UPDATES:-0}" = "1" ] && ! is_companion_build "$env_name"; then
+  if requires_wireless_self_update "$env_name"; then
     checker_args+=(--require-ota)
   fi
   if [ "$env_platform" = "ESP32_PLATFORM" ]; then
@@ -4170,8 +4180,9 @@ output_artifact_exists() {
 }
 
 build_artifacts_exist() {
-  local env_platform=$1
-  local firmware_filename=$2
+  local env_name=$1
+  local env_platform=$2
+  local firmware_filename=$3
 
   output_artifact_exists "${firmware_filename}.capabilities.json" || return 1
   python3 scripts/firmware_memory_manifest.py validate-package \
@@ -4190,7 +4201,7 @@ proven = {(item.get("capability"), item.get("evidence"))
 required = {tuple(value.split("=", 1)) for value in sys.argv[2:]}
 sys.exit(0 if required <= proven else 1)
 PY
-  if [ "${REQUIRE_OTA_UPDATES:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+  if requires_wireless_self_update "$env_name"; then
     python3 - "${OUTPUT_DIR}/${firmware_filename}.capabilities.json" <<'PY' || return 1
 import json, sys
 manifest = json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))
@@ -4496,7 +4507,7 @@ build_firmware() {
   local embedded_version_string="${firmware_version}${embedded_build_suffix}${embedded_variant_tag}-${commit_hash}"
 
   declare_full_logging_application_contract "$env_name"
-  if [ "$RESUME_BUILD_OUTPUT" == "1" ] && build_artifacts_exist "$env_platform" "$firmware_filename"; then
+  if [ "$RESUME_BUILD_OUTPUT" == "1" ] && build_artifacts_exist "$env_name" "$env_platform" "$firmware_filename"; then
     echo "Skipping ${env_name}; existing artifacts found for ${firmware_filename}."
     return 0
   fi

test/test_message_navigation.py

@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ class MessageNavigationTest(unittest.TestCase):
         home = source[source.index("class HomeScreen :"):]
         home_navigation = home[home.index("  bool handleInput(char c) override {"):]
         home_navigation = home_navigation.split("#ifdef COMPANION_EXCLUSIVE_WIFI_BLE", 1)[0]
+        # This focused navigation harness intentionally omits HomeScreen's
+        # radio-page timing state. Entering the radio page resets that state
+        # in production, but it is unrelated to the button routing exercised
+        # below, so remove only that call from the extracted fragment.
+        home_navigation = home_navigation.replace(
+            "if (_page == HomePage::RADIO) resetRadioProfileDisplayPage();\n", "")
         home_navigation = home_navigation.replace("{\n", "{\n    Screen::handleInput(c);\n", 1)
         implementation += ("class HomeScreen : public Screen { public: UITask* _task; "
                            "enum HomePage {FIRST,MESSAGES,RECENT,RADIO,DISCOVERY,Count}; int _page=0; "

test/test_release_ota_policy.sh

@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ resolve_command_targets build-firmwares-logging-matrix >/dev/null
   || fail "USB-updated Companion was excluded"
 [ "${#OTA_EXCLUDED_TARGETS[@]}" = 2 ] || fail "missing exclusion report"
 
+# KISS is a host-controlled modem, so including it in a logging build does
+# not turn it into a self-updating infrastructure node. Its cable-only
+# maintenance path must not reject an otherwise valid KISS artifact.
+REQUIRE_OTA_UPDATES=1
+requires_wireless_self_update Heltec_t096_kiss_modem \
+  && fail "KISS modem incorrectly requires wireless self-update"
+requires_wireless_self_update nrf_repeater \
+  || fail "standalone nRF repeater lost wireless self-update requirement"
+requires_wireless_self_update esp_companion_radio_full \
+  && fail "Companion incorrectly requires wireless self-update"
+
 parse_cli_options build-firmwares-logging-matrix --allow-no-ota
 resolve_command_targets "${PARSED_COMMAND_ARGS[@]}" >/dev/null
 [ "${#RESOLVED_BUILD_TARGETS[@]}" = 5 ] || fail "development override lost targets"