From 9a2540609bf6766019c6fc69ada3e57884ce11c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liquidraver <504870+liquidraver@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:36:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] is_new=true flag bug

---
 zephcore/helpers/BaseChatMesh.cpp | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/zephcore/helpers/BaseChatMesh.cpp b/zephcore/helpers/BaseChatMesh.cpp
index 7ce232f..5e6fc85 100644
--- a/zephcore/helpers/BaseChatMesh.cpp
+++ b/zephcore/helpers/BaseChatMesh.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ void BaseChatMesh::onAdvertRecv(mesh::Packet *packet, const mesh::Identity &id,
 		populateContactFromAdvert(*from, id, parser, timestamp);
 		from->sync_since = 0;
 		from->shared_secret_valid = false;
-		is_new = true;
 	} else {
 		LOG_INF("onAdvertRecv: existing contact, updating");
 	}