From 7c53ed5ae77b85007f8b88386f9013f838e2096e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sigil-03 <sigil@glyphs.tech>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 08:17:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add periodic heartbeat broadcast

---
 src/main.rs | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2351819..cdd54c7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use rand_core::OsRng;
+use reticulum::destination::DestinationName;
+use reticulum::identity::PrivateIdentity;
 use tokio::fs;
 
 use clap::Parser;
@@ -8,6 +11,7 @@ use reticulum::iface::tcp_client::TcpClient;
 use reticulum::iface::tcp_server::TcpServer;
 use reticulum::iface::udp::UdpInterface;
 use reticulum::transport::{Transport, TransportConfig};
+use tokio::time::{Duration, interval};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 struct TcpServerConfig {
@@ -60,7 +64,15 @@ async fn main() {
     transport_config.set_retransmit(false);
     transport_config.set_broadcast(true);
     // set up the reticulum transport
-    let transport = Transport::new(transport_config);
+    let mut transport = Transport::new(transport_config);
+
+    // set up destination
+    let id = PrivateIdentity::new_from_rand(OsRng);
+
+    let hb_destination = transport
+        .add_destination(id, DestinationName::new("transport node", "heartbeat"))
+        .await;
+    log::info!("dest ID: {}", hb_destination.lock().await.desc.address_hash);
 
     // set up interfaces
     for iface_config in config.interfaces {
@@ -87,8 +99,19 @@ async fn main() {
         }
     }
 
-    // run until exit
-    let _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await;
+    let mut heartbeat_interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(5));
 
-    log::info!("exit");
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {
+                break;
+            }
+            _ = heartbeat_interval.tick() => {
+                log::trace!("send heartbeat");
+                transport.send_announce(&hb_destination, None).await;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    log::info!("exit!");
 }