From 8c4196d80e859b4e3b2b014279b77efaea323a50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Enot (ded) Skelly" Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 16:36:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add note about cold start --- README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3ca6ce2..4b753a3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ Beacon will: - Connect to the configured MQTT brokers - Start the HTTP server on `LISTEN_ADDR` (default `:8080`) +### Cold start and path resolution + +Path resolution, firmware capability detection, and known route storage all +depend on nodes having advertised at least once to a local observer. On a fresh +deployment `resolvedPath` will show `"confidence": "none"` for all hops and +`supportsMultibytePaths` will be `false` for all nodes until advert traffic +arrives and populates `node_short_ids`. This is expected behaviour — resolution +improves automatically as the mesh is observed over time. + --- ## Configuration