From b5e9c41d2de6e42d44c2e5d881738daa7ff2317b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: orignal <i2porignal@yandex.ru>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 08:40:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] always try to build inbound tunnel through existing
 connection if limited connectivity

---
 libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp b/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
index 15d79ce0..1af0bef2 100644
--- a/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* Copyright (c) 2013-2025, The PurpleI2P Project
+* Copyright (c) 2013-2026, The PurpleI2P Project
 *
 * This file is part of Purple i2pd project and licensed under BSD3
 *
@@ -590,7 +590,8 @@ namespace tunnel
 			start++;
 		}
 		else if (i2p::transport::transports.GetNumPeers () > 100 ||
-			(inbound && i2p::transport::transports.GetNumPeers () > 25))
+			(inbound && (i2p::transport::transports.GetNumPeers () > 25 ||
+            (i2p::context.IsLimitedConnectivity () && i2p::transport::transports.GetNumPeers () > 0))))
 		{
 			auto r = i2p::transport::transports.GetRandomPeer (m_IsHighBandwidth && !i2p::context.IsLimitedConnectivity ());
 			if (r && r->IsECIES () && (!r->HasProfile () || !r->GetProfile ()->IsBad ()) &&