feat(route): Discover - path discovery from the device, 1/3/5 tries 20 s apart, the routes found to use in the route editor

MyMesh::sendPathDiscovery() shares the request with the app's
CMD_SEND_PATH_DISCOVERY_REQ and hands the reply (the way there and back)
to the UI; PathEditor keeps up to 4 distinct routes with how often each
came. L2: Find the route under Route; L1: Discover row in Path / trace.
Docs: Discover, message routes on the map, Ask status and discovery.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/solo/contacts.md

@@ -87,6 +87,23 @@ With no reply, **Find break** traces to the first repeater, then the second,
 and so on, and shows where it stops. If every repeater answers, the node
 itself didn't.
 
+**Discover** finds the route for you. It asks the node by flood, and the
+reply says which repeaters the flood went through to reach it, and which the
+reply took back. These come from the mesh itself, not from anyone's position
+on the map. On the **Discover** row, **Left / Right** sets 1, 3 or 5 tries
+and **Enter** starts it (or stops it). Each try waits for its reply or its
+timeout, then 20 seconds more, so the floods don't come all at once. Each
+route found is listed under it with how many times it came; **Enter** on one
+puts it in the list, ready to **Trace** and save. A repeater you don't have
+as a contact shows as its hash (`?8D`). Nothing is saved until you save it.
+
+Only a node that answers requests can be asked: a companion whose
+Settings › Privacy › **Ask status** lets you (**Everyone**, or **Allowed**
+with Telem given to you), or a repeater or room you're logged in to (a guest
+login is enough). Your own Ask status decides the same for others finding a
+route to you. Not to be confused with **Discover scan** in the node options,
+which looks for nodes in direct range.
+
 **Save path** makes the list the contact's route; saved empty, messages go
 straight to the node. The route a node sends back usually replaces it again;
 **Keep path** stops that, and keeps the route after failed sends too.
@@ -99,6 +116,10 @@ straight to the node. The route a node sends back usually replaces it again;
 > the node to trace to it or stop at the last repeater. **Keep** is in the
 > header, **Find where** appears next to a "No reply". The repeaters can also
 > be tapped on the map, in order (**Map**); **Undo** takes the last one out.
+> **Discover** is under the route, in **Find the route**, with the number of
+> tries beside it and where it is (the try waiting for its reply, or the
+> seconds to the next one). Tap a route found to use it; the way back is under
+> it.
 
 ## Your own contact
 

docs/solo/messages.md

@@ -30,10 +30,20 @@ older and newer one.
   contains a location (see [Navigation](./navigation.md)).
 - **Path** on a received message: the repeaters it came through.
   **Relayed by** on your own channel post: the repeaters heard repeating it.
+- **Show route**: when the message has a route written in it, such as a
+  bot's `!path` reply (`3f:a1:c8`, see [Remote bot](./tools.md#remote-bot)).
+  It draws the route on a small map: you, each repeater numbered in order,
+  and the sender, with how many of the hops could be placed (a repeater
+  needs a position). In a direct message the route starts from you, because
+  it's the way your message went; on a channel it's someone else's, so it
+  doesn't. **Back** closes it.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > **Wio Tracker L2:** hold a bubble. The card shows when it was sent, the hop
-> count, the path as a diagram, and **Reply** / **Set target**.
+> count, the path as a diagram, and **Reply** / **Set target**, plus **Route**
+> when the message has a route in it: the nodes map opens with the route drawn
+> and its hops numbered, and the names along the bottom; **Done** goes back to
+> the conversation.
 
 ### How much is kept
 

docs/solo/settings.md

@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ nodes aren't added until you make room.
   **Allowed** (the contacts you gave that permission: **Telem** in a node's
   options in [Nodes](./contacts.md#nearby-nodes), or the phone app) or
   **Everyone**. Status is the battery; a request for location or
-  sensors is answered only where status is allowed too.
+  sensors is answered only where status is allowed too. Status also lets
+  others find a route to you (**Discover** in
+  [Path and trace](./contacts.md#path-and-trace), or the phone app's path
+  discovery).
 - **BT PIN**: the six-digit Bluetooth pairing PIN. Leave it empty for a new
   random one at each start, shown on screen. A new PIN is used from the next
   start; the phone pairs again after that.

examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp

@@ -1058,11 +1058,44 @@ namespace {
   };
 }
 
+// 'Path Discovery' is just a special case of flood + Telemetry req: the
+// reply comes back as a path return carrying both ways (onContactPathRecv()).
+int MyMesh::sendDiscoveryReq(ContactInfo& recipient, uint32_t& tag, uint32_t& est_timeout) {
+  uint8_t req_data[9];
+  req_data[0] = REQ_TYPE_GET_TELEMETRY_DATA;
+  req_data[1] = ~(TELEM_PERM_BASE);  // NEW: inverse permissions mask (ie. we only want BASE telemetry)
+  memset(&req_data[2], 0, 3);  // reserved
+  getRNG()->random(&req_data[5], 4);   // random blob to help make packet-hash unique
+  auto save = recipient.out_path_len;    // temporarily force sendRequest() to flood
+  recipient.out_path_len = OUT_PATH_UNKNOWN;
+  int result = sendRequest(recipient, req_data, sizeof(req_data), tag, est_timeout);
+  recipient.out_path_len = save;
+  return result;
+}
+
+uint32_t MyMesh::sendPathDiscovery(const uint8_t* pub_key, DiscoverCallback cb, uint32_t* est_timeout) {
+  ContactInfo* recipient = lookupContactByPubKey(pub_key, PUB_KEY_SIZE);
+  if (!recipient) return 0;
+  uint32_t tag, est;
+  if (sendDiscoveryReq(*recipient, tag, est) == MSG_SEND_FAILED) return 0;
+  _ui_discovery = tag;
+  _discover_cb = cb;
+  if (est_timeout) *est_timeout = est;
+  return tag;
+}
+
 bool MyMesh::onContactPathRecv(ContactInfo& contact, uint8_t* in_path, uint8_t in_path_len, uint8_t* out_path, uint8_t out_path_len, uint8_t extra_type, uint8_t* extra, uint8_t extra_len) {
   if (extra_type == PAYLOAD_TYPE_RESPONSE && extra_len > 4) {
     uint32_t tag;
     memcpy(&tag, extra, 4);
 
+    if (_ui_discovery && tag == _ui_discovery) {   // this device's own (sendPathDiscovery())
+      _ui_discovery = 0;
+      if (_discover_cb && mesh::Packet::isValidPathLen(in_path_len) && mesh::Packet::isValidPathLen(out_path_len))
+        _discover_cb(contact.id.pub_key, out_path, out_path_len, in_path, in_path_len);
+      return false;  // DON'T send reciprocal path, nor take it: the user picks
+    }
+
     if (tag == pending_discovery) {  // check for matching response tag)
       pending_discovery = 0;
 
@@ -2244,16 +2277,7 @@ void MyMesh::handleCmdFrame(size_t len) {
     ContactInfo *recipient = lookupContactByPubKey(pub_key, PUB_KEY_SIZE);
     if (recipient) {
       uint32_t tag, est_timeout;
-      // 'Path Discovery' is just a special case of flood + Telemetry req
+      int result = sendDiscoveryReq(*recipient, tag, est_timeout);
-      uint8_t req_data[9];
-      req_data[0] = REQ_TYPE_GET_TELEMETRY_DATA;
-      req_data[1] = ~(TELEM_PERM_BASE);  // NEW: inverse permissions mask (ie. we only want BASE telemetry)
-      memset(&req_data[2], 0, 3);  // reserved
-      getRNG()->random(&req_data[5], 4);   // random blob to help make packet-hash unique
-      auto save = recipient->out_path_len;    // temporarily force sendRequest() to flood
-      recipient->out_path_len = OUT_PATH_UNKNOWN;
-      int result = sendRequest(*recipient, req_data, sizeof(req_data), tag, est_timeout);
-      recipient->out_path_len = save;
       if (result == MSG_SEND_FAILED) {
         writeErrFrame(ERR_CODE_TABLE_FULL);
       } else {

examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h

@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@ public:
   bool setContactPinned(const uint8_t* pub_key, bool pin);   // keep / release the stored route
   bool setContactPath(const uint8_t* pub_key, const uint8_t* path, uint8_t hash_size, uint8_t hops, bool pin = false);
   void setPingCallback(PingCallback cb, void* arg);
+  // Path discovery from this device's UI (PathEditor::discover()): the node is
+  // asked by flood, and its reply brings the way the flood reached it (out)
+  // and the way the reply came back (in), as encoded path lengths and hashes,
+  // to the callback. The tag, 0 when not sent. One at a time; the app's own
+  // discovery (CMD_SEND_PATH_DISCOVERY_REQ) is answered to the app as before.
+  typedef void (*DiscoverCallback)(const uint8_t* pub_key, const uint8_t* out_path, uint8_t out_path_len,
+                                   const uint8_t* in_path, uint8_t in_path_len);
+  uint32_t sendPathDiscovery(const uint8_t* pub_key, DiscoverCallback cb, uint32_t* est_timeout = nullptr);
+  void cancelPathDiscovery() { _ui_discovery = 0; }
   void clearPingResult(uint32_t tag);
   PingResult* getPingResult(uint32_t tag);
   PingCallback getPingCallback() const { return _ping_callback; }
@@ -669,6 +678,9 @@ private:
   uint32_t ui_pending_admin_reply;  // pub_key prefix of the contact AdminScreen's sendAdminCommand() is awaiting a CLI reply from
   uint32_t pending_status;
   uint32_t pending_telemetry, pending_discovery;   // pending _TELEMETRY_REQ
+  uint32_t _ui_discovery = 0;                       // sendPathDiscovery()'s, answered to _discover_cb
+  DiscoverCallback _discover_cb = nullptr;
+  int sendDiscoveryReq(ContactInfo& recipient, uint32_t& tag, uint32_t& est_timeout);
   uint32_t pending_req;   // pending _BINARY_REQ
   BaseSerialInterface *_serial;
   Listener* _listener;

examples/companion_radio/ui-core/PathEditor.h

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 //                        ... repeater, to find the link where it stops
 //   poll()            -- advance a running trace (call every UI pass)
 //   save()            -- the list becomes the contact's out_path
+//   discover(tries)   -- asks the node by flood which way it's reached (path
+//                        discovery), `tries` times with a pause between; the
+//                        routes found, useFound() puts one in the list
 //
 // A TRACE is answered only by the node that hears the last retransmission, so
 // a route is traced there and back (A B dest B A): every node of it has to
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ public:
     ContactInfo* c = the_mesh.lookupContactByPubKey(pub_key, PUB_KEY_SIZE);
     if (!c) return false;
     cancelTrace();
+    stopDiscover();
+    _found_n = 0;
+    _disc_done = _disc_answered = 0;
     memcpy(_target_key, c->id.pub_key, PUB_KEY_SIZE);
     snprintf(_target_name, sizeof(_target_name), "%s", c->name);
     _target_repeats = c->type == ADV_TYPE_REPEATER;
@@ -195,6 +201,7 @@ public:
 
   // Call every UI pass while a trace may be running.
   void poll() {
+    pollDiscover();
     if (_state != RUNNING || !_ping) return;
     if (!_ping->isActive()) {   // the reply came (the engine released its slot), or it was dropped
       if (_ping->hopCount() > 0) {
@@ -245,6 +252,83 @@ public:
     return _links > 0;
   }
 
+  // ── discover ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // The node is asked by flood (MyMesh::sendPathDiscovery()); its reply says
+  // which repeaters the flood went through to reach it, and which the reply
+  // took back -- learned from the mesh, not from anyone's position. A flood
+  // goes everywhere, so several tries wait for each other's reply (or its
+  // timeout) and then DISCOVER_GAP_MS more. Each different route is kept
+  // with how many times it came; the fastest is not always the best, so the
+  // user picks one (useFound()) and can trace it.
+  static const int FOUND_MAX = 4;
+  static const int FOUND_HOPS = 8;   // hops kept of a route (one longer than the list holds: "too long")
+  static const uint32_t DISCOVER_GAP_MS = 20000;
+  struct Found {
+    uint8_t out_len, back_len;   // encoded path lengths (hop count | (hash size - 1) << 6)
+    uint8_t out[FOUND_HOPS * 3], back[FOUND_HOPS * 3];
+    uint8_t times;
+  };
+
+  bool discover(int tries) {
+    if (tries < 1) tries = 1;
+    stopDiscover();
+    _found_n = 0;
+    _disc_tries = (uint8_t)tries;
+    _disc_done = _disc_answered = 0;
+    return discoverSend();
+  }
+  void stopDiscover() {
+    if (_disc_waiting) the_mesh.cancelPathDiscovery();
+    _disc_waiting = false;
+    _disc_tries = 0;
+  }
+  bool discovering() const { return _disc_tries > 0 && _disc_done < _disc_tries; }
+  bool discoverWaiting() const { return _disc_waiting; }   // a try is out, its reply awaited
+  int discoverTry() const { return _disc_done + (_disc_waiting ? 1 : 0); }   // 1-based while waiting
+  int discoverTries() const { return _disc_tries; }
+  int discoverDone() const { return _disc_done; }
+  int discoverAnswered() const { return _disc_answered; }
+  bool discoverFailed() const { return _disc_failed; }
+  // Seconds to the next try, between tries.
+  int discoverNextIn() const {
+    if (!discovering() || _disc_waiting) return 0;
+    int32_t ms = (int32_t)(_disc_at - millis());
+    return ms > 0 ? (ms + 999) / 1000 : 0;
+  }
+
+  int foundCount() const { return _found_n; }
+  const Found& found(int i) const { return _found[i]; }
+  static int hopsOf(uint8_t len) { return len & 63; }
+  // Route i's hops, "Name > Name" (hash "?3F" for one not a contact), cut to fit.
+  void foundText(int i, bool back, char* out, size_t n) const {
+    const Found& f = _found[i];
+    const uint8_t len = back ? f.back_len : f.out_len;
+    const uint8_t* p = back ? f.back : f.out;
+    const int hops = hopsOf(len), size = (len >> 6) + 1;
+    size_t o = 0;
+    out[0] = '\0';
+    if (hops == 0) { snprintf(out, n, "direct"); return; }
+    for (int h = 0; h < hops && h < FOUND_HOPS && o + 4 < n; h++) {
+      char nm[NAME_LEN];
+      hashName(&p[h * size], size, nm, sizeof(nm));
+      o += snprintf(out + o, n - o, "%s%s", h ? " > " : "", nm);
+    }
+    if (hops > FOUND_HOPS && o + 4 < n) snprintf(out + o, n - o, " ...");
+  }
+  // Route i as the list (its repeaters by key where they're contacts).
+  bool useFound(int i) {
+    if (i < 0 || i >= _found_n) return false;
+    const Found& f = _found[i];
+    const int hops = hopsOf(f.out_len), size = (f.out_len >> 6) + 1;
+    cancelTrace();
+    _n = 0;
+    for (int h = 0; h < hops && h < MAX_HOPS; h++) loadHash(&f.out[h * size], size);
+    _too_long = hops > MAX_HOPS;
+    _edited = true;
+    invalidate();
+    return true;
+  }
+
   // ── save ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   // The list as the contact's stored route; an empty list stores "direct"
   // (no repeaters, sent straight to the node). False when the hops share no
@@ -265,6 +349,86 @@ public:
   }
 
 private:
+  // The editor a discovery reply goes to (one editor, one discovery at a time).
+  static PathEditor*& discOwner() { static PathEditor* p = nullptr; return p; }
+
+  bool discoverSend() {
+    uint32_t est = 0;
+    discOwner() = this;
+    _disc_failed = false;
+    if (!the_mesh.sendPathDiscovery(_target_key, onDiscovered, &est)) {
+      _disc_failed = true;
+      _disc_tries = 0;
+      return false;
+    }
+    _disc_waiting = true;
+    uint32_t wait = est + 4000;   // the flood there and the reply's flood back
+    if (wait < 8000) wait = 8000;
+    _disc_at = millis() + wait;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  void pollDiscover() {
+    if (_disc_tries == 0) return;
+    if (_disc_waiting) {
+      if ((int32_t)(millis() - _disc_at) < 0) return;
+      the_mesh.cancelPathDiscovery();   // no reply in time
+      tryOver();
+    } else if (_disc_done < _disc_tries && (int32_t)(millis() - _disc_at) >= 0) {
+      discoverSend();
+    }
+  }
+
+  // A try answered or timed out: the next one after the pause.
+  void tryOver() {
+    _disc_waiting = false;
+    _disc_done++;
+    _disc_at = millis() + DISCOVER_GAP_MS;
+  }
+
+  static void onDiscovered(const uint8_t* key, const uint8_t* out, uint8_t out_len, const uint8_t* back, uint8_t back_len) {
+    PathEditor* e = discOwner();
+    if (!e || !e->_disc_waiting || memcmp(key, e->_target_key, PUB_KEY_SIZE) != 0) return;
+    e->record(out, out_len, back, back_len);
+    e->_disc_answered++;
+    e->tryOver();
+  }
+
+  // A route found: another time for one already found (the latest way back
+  // with it), else a new one while there's room.
+  void record(const uint8_t* out, uint8_t out_len, const uint8_t* back, uint8_t back_len) {
+    const int osize = (out_len >> 6) + 1, bsize = (back_len >> 6) + 1;
+    if (osize > 3 || bsize > 3) return;
+    const int obytes = (hopsOf(out_len) < FOUND_HOPS ? hopsOf(out_len) : FOUND_HOPS) * osize;
+    const int bbytes = (hopsOf(back_len) < FOUND_HOPS ? hopsOf(back_len) : FOUND_HOPS) * bsize;
+    Found* f = nullptr;
+    for (int i = 0; i < _found_n && !f; i++)
+      if (_found[i].out_len == out_len && memcmp(_found[i].out, out, obytes) == 0) f = &_found[i];
+    if (f) {
+      if (f->times < 255) f->times++;
+    } else {
+      if (_found_n >= FOUND_MAX) return;
+      f = &_found[_found_n++];
+      f->out_len = out_len;
+      memcpy(f->out, out, obytes);
+      f->times = 1;
+    }
+    f->back_len = back_len;
+    memcpy(f->back, back, bbytes);
+  }
+
+  // A hash's repeater by name, else "?3F".
+  static void hashName(const uint8_t* hash, uint8_t size, char* out, size_t n) {
+    for (int idx = MAX_ANON_CONTACTS; ; idx++) {
+      ContactInfo c;
+      if (!the_mesh.getContactByIdx(idx, c)) break;
+      if (c.type == ADV_TYPE_REPEATER && c.id.isHashMatch(hash, size)) { snprintf(out, n, "%s", c.name); return; }
+    }
+    char hex[9] = {0};
+    for (uint8_t k = 0; k < size && k < 4; k++) snprintf(hex + k * 2, 3, "%02X", hash[k]);
+    snprintf(out, n, "?%s", hex);
+  }
+
   uint8_t saveWidth() const {   // 1..3 bytes of a stored path, the hash mode narrowed to what every hop has
     uint8_t want = _prefs ? _prefs->path_hash_mode + 1 : 1;
     if (want > 3) want = 3;
@@ -386,4 +550,9 @@ private:
   int      _links = 0;
   int16_t  _out_x4[MAX_NODES];
   int16_t  _back_x4[MAX_NODES];
+  Found    _found[FOUND_MAX];
+  int      _found_n = 0;
+  uint8_t  _disc_tries = 0, _disc_done = 0, _disc_answered = 0;
+  bool     _disc_waiting = false, _disc_failed = false;
+  uint32_t _disc_at = 0;   // waiting: the reply's deadline; between tries: the next one's time
 };

examples/companion_radio/ui-lvgl/RouteScreen.h

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ static void linkText(char* out, size_t n, int16_t out_x4, int16_t back_x4) {
 static int s_sel = -1;            // the hop showing its move / remove buttons
 static const int ROW_TARGET = 0xFE;   // a row's tap code: the node (trace to it or not)
 
+// Discover: how many tries (TRIES[s_tries]), kept while the device runs.
+static const char* TRIES_MAP[] = { "1", "3", "5", "" };
+static const int TRIES[] = { 1, 3, 5 };
+static int s_tries = 1;
+
 }  // namespace routeview
 
 static void onRouteAct(lv_event_t* e)     { s_ui->routeAct((uint8_t)(uintptr_t)lv_event_get_user_data(e)); }
@@ -47,6 +52,11 @@ static void onRoutePickRow(lv_event_t* e) { s_ui->routePick((int)vlist::arg(e));
 
 static void onRouteRow(lv_event_t* e)     { s_ui->routeOp(routeview::OP_SEL << 8 | (int)(uintptr_t)lv_event_get_user_data(e)); }
 static void onRouteKeep(lv_event_t* e)    { (void)e; s_ui->routeAct(routeview::RT_PIN); }
+static void onRouteDiscover(lv_event_t* e) { (void)e; s_ui->routeDiscover(); }
+static void onRouteFound(lv_event_t* e)   { s_ui->routeUseFound((int)(uintptr_t)lv_event_get_user_data(e)); }
+static void onRouteTries(lv_event_t* e) {
+  s_ui->routeDiscTries((int)lv_buttonmatrix_get_selected_button((lv_obj_t*)lv_event_get_target(e)));
+}
 
 // A small square button on a hop's row: user data = op << 8 | hop index.
 static lv_obj_t* routeSquare(lv_obj_t* row, const char* sym, int code) {
@@ -134,6 +144,9 @@ void UITask::buildRoute() {
   lv_obj_set_style_pad_row(_route_list, 4, 0);
 
   _route_note = noteLabel(scroll, "", THEME_FONT_SMALL, theme::TEXT_MUTED);
+  _route_disc = flexBox(scroll, LV_FLEX_FLOW_COLUMN);
+  lv_obj_set_width(_route_disc, LV_PCT(100));
+  _route_disc_shown = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 
   lv_obj_t* bar = buttonBar(body);
   barButton(bar, LV_SYMBOL_PLUS " Add", onRouteAct, routeview::RT_ADD);
@@ -141,6 +154,7 @@ void UITask::buildRoute() {
   _route_trace_btn = barButton(bar, LV_SYMBOL_LOOP " Trace", onRouteAct, routeview::RT_TRACE, true);
   _route_save_btn = barButton(bar, LV_SYMBOL_SAVE " Save", onRouteAct, routeview::RT_SAVE);
   routeRebuild();
+  routeDiscRebuild();
 }
 
 // What the chain shows: the state, the links with a result, a probe's step.
@@ -265,6 +279,83 @@ void UITask::routeStatus() {
 void UITask::routePoll() {
   _core->route.poll();
   if (routeSig() != _route_shown) routeRebuild();
+  if (routeDiscSig() != _route_disc_shown) routeDiscRebuild();
+}
+
+// ── Discover ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+uint32_t UITask::routeDiscSig() {
+  PathEditor& R = _core->route;
+  return (uint32_t)R.discovering() | (uint32_t)R.discoverWaiting() << 1 | (uint32_t)R.discoverDone() << 2 |
+         (uint32_t)R.discoverAnswered() << 6 | (uint32_t)R.foundCount() << 10 | (uint32_t)R.discoverNextIn() << 13 |
+         (uint32_t)R.discoverFailed() << 20 | (uint32_t)routeview::s_tries << 21 | (uint32_t)(R.discoverTries() > 0) << 23;
+}
+
+// Under the chain: how many tries and Discover (Stop while it runs), where
+// it is, then each route found -- its repeaters, how often it came, the way
+// back -- a tap putting it in the list above.
+void UITask::routeDiscRebuild() {
+  if (!_route_disc) return;
+  using namespace routeview;
+  PathEditor& R = _core->route;
+  lv_obj_clean(_route_disc);
+  lv_obj_t* g = group(_route_disc, "FIND THE ROUTE");
+  lv_obj_t* row = groupLine(g, false);
+  groupText(row, "Discover", "Ask the node which way it's reached: a flood each try, 20 s apart");
+  lv_obj_t* seg = segmented(row, TRIES_MAP, s_tries, 84, 30);
+  lv_obj_add_event_cb(seg, onRouteTries, LV_EVENT_VALUE_CHANGED, NULL);
+
+  char t[160];
+  t[0] = '\0';
+  if (R.discoverFailed()) snprintf(t, sizeof(t), "Couldn't send the request");
+  else if (R.discoverWaiting())
+    snprintf(t, sizeof(t), "Try %d of %d: waiting for the reply...", R.discoverTry(), R.discoverTries());
+  else if (R.discovering())
+    snprintf(t, sizeof(t), "%d of %d answered, next try in %d s", R.discoverAnswered(), R.discoverDone(), R.discoverNextIn());
+  else if (R.discoverTries() > 0 && R.discoverAnswered())
+    snprintf(t, sizeof(t), "%d of %d answered", R.discoverAnswered(), R.discoverDone());
+  else if (R.discoverTries() > 0)
+    snprintf(t, sizeof(t), "No answer to %d tr%s. A companion answers only if its Settings > Privacy > Status lets you, a repeater after a login",
+             R.discoverDone(), R.discoverDone() == 1 ? "y" : "ies");
+  if (t[0]) {
+    lv_obj_t* l = groupLine(g, false);
+    noteLabel(l, t, THEME_FONT_SMALL, R.discoverFailed() ? theme::FAIL : theme::TEXT_MUTED);
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < R.foundCount(); i++) {
+    const PathEditor::Found& f = R.found(i);
+    char route[96], back[64], sub[96];
+    R.foundText(i, false, route, sizeof(route));
+    R.foundText(i, true, back, sizeof(back));
+    const int hops = PathEditor::hopsOf(f.out_len);
+    snprintf(sub, sizeof(sub), "%d hop%s%s, found %u time%s. Back: %s", hops, hops == 1 ? "" : "s",
+             hops > PathEditor::MAX_HOPS ? " (too long to use)" : "", (unsigned)f.times, f.times == 1 ? "" : "s", back);
+    lv_obj_t* r = groupLine(g, true);
+    groupText(r, route, sub);
+    label(r, "Use", THEME_FONT_SMALL, theme::ACCENT);
+    lv_obj_add_event_cb(r, onRouteFound, LV_EVENT_CLICKED, (void*)(uintptr_t)i);
+  }
+  lv_obj_t* bar = buttonBar(_route_disc);
+  barButton(bar, R.discovering() ? LV_SYMBOL_CLOSE " Stop" : LV_SYMBOL_REFRESH " Discover", onRouteDiscover, 0, !R.discovering());
+  _route_disc_shown = routeDiscSig();
+}
+
+void UITask::routeDiscover() {
+  PathEditor& R = _core->route;
+  if (R.discovering()) R.stopDiscover();
+  else R.discover(routeview::TRIES[routeview::s_tries]);
+  routeDiscRebuild();
+}
+
+void UITask::routeDiscTries(int sel) {
+  if (sel >= 0 && sel < 3) routeview::s_tries = sel;
+}
+
+void UITask::routeUseFound(int i) {
+  PathEditor& R = _core->route;
+  if (PathEditor::hopsOf(R.found(i).out_len) > PathEditor::MAX_HOPS) { showToast("Too long: up to 7 repeaters"); return; }
+  if (!R.useFound(i)) return;
+  showToast("In the list: Trace to check it, Save to use it");
+  routeRebuild();
 }
 
 void UITask::routeAct(uint8_t act) {

examples/companion_radio/ui-lvgl/UITask.h

@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ public:
   void routeStatus();
   uint32_t routeSig();
   void routePoll();
+  void routeDiscRebuild();
+  uint32_t routeDiscSig();
+  void routeDiscover();
+  void routeDiscTries(int sel);
+  void routeUseFound(int i);
   void routeAct(uint8_t act);
   void routeOp(int code);
   void routeKeep();
@@ -664,6 +669,8 @@ private:
   lv_obj_t* _route_save_btn = nullptr;
   lv_obj_t* _route_probe_row = nullptr;   // "Find where it stops", after a trace with no reply
   lv_obj_t* _route_note = nullptr;
+  lv_obj_t* _route_disc = nullptr;        // Discover: the tries, its progress, the routes found
+  uint32_t  _route_disc_shown = 0xFFFFFFFF;   // what routeDiscRebuild() drew (routeDiscSig())
   lv_obj_t* _route_keep_btn = nullptr;    // header: Keep (accent while kept)
   uint32_t  _route_shown = 0xFFFFFFFF;     // what routeRebuild() drew (routeSig())
   uint32_t  _next_route_ms = 0;

examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h

@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ class RouteView {
   int  _menu_hop = 0;
   uint8_t _seen_state = PathEditor::IDLE;   // a result's alert, once
   uint8_t _sel_kind = 0xFF;                 // the action row under the cursor, kept as rows come and go
+  bool _seen_disc = false;                  // a discovery running at the last pass: its end said once
+  uint8_t _tries = 1;                       // Discover: triesOf(_tries) tries
 
-  enum Row : uint8_t { R_HOP, R_NODE, R_ADD, R_TRACE, R_PROBE, R_TO_NODE, R_SAVE, R_KEEP };
+  // R_FOUND before R_NODE: like the hops, not an action the cursor follows.
+  enum Row : uint8_t { R_HOP, R_FOUND, R_NODE, R_ADD, R_TRACE, R_PROBE, R_TO_NODE, R_SAVE, R_KEEP, R_DISCOVER };
+  static int triesOf(int i) { return i == 0 ? 1 : i == 1 ? 3 : 5; }
 
   PathEditor& R() { return _task->core().route; }
   // The rows: the hops, the node, then the actions (Find break only after a
-  // trace with no reply).
+  // trace with no reply), Discover and the routes it found.
   int rows(Row* out) {
     PathEditor& r = R();
     int k = 0;
@@ -38,9 +42,17 @@ class RouteView {
     if (r.count() > 0) out[k++] = R_TO_NODE;   // with no repeaters the trace is to the node
     out[k++] = R_SAVE;
     out[k++] = R_KEEP;
+    out[k++] = R_DISCOVER;
+    for (int i = 0; i < r.foundCount(); i++) out[k++] = R_FOUND;
     return k;
   }
-  static const int ROWS_MAX = PathEditor::MAX_HOPS + 7;
+  static const int ROWS_MAX = PathEditor::MAX_HOPS + 8 + PathEditor::FOUND_MAX;
+  // Which found route row `idx` is.
+  static int foundIndex(const Row* kind, int idx) {
+    int f = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < idx; i++) if (kind[i] == R_FOUND) f++;
+    return f;
+  }
 
   void openHopMenu(int i) {
     _menu_hop = i;
@@ -58,6 +70,13 @@ class RouteView {
   // What a result means, said once when it comes.
   void announce() {
     PathEditor& r = R();
+    if (_seen_disc && !r.discovering() && r.discoverTries() > 0) {   // a discovery just ended
+      char t[32];
+      if (r.discoverAnswered()) snprintf(t, sizeof(t), "%d/%d answered", r.discoverAnswered(), r.discoverDone());
+      else snprintf(t, sizeof(t), "No answer");
+      _task->showAlert(t, 1500);
+    }
+    _seen_disc = r.discovering();
     if (r.state() == _seen_state) return;
     _seen_state = r.state();
     char t[48];
@@ -99,6 +118,7 @@ public:
     _menu.active = false;
     _seen_state = PathEditor::IDLE;
     _sel_kind = 0xFF;
+    _seen_disc = false;
     return true;
   }
   // Back from picking a repeater: the cursor on Add, for the next one.
@@ -108,7 +128,7 @@ public:
     _sel_kind = R_ADD;
   }
   void close() {
-    if (_task) R().cancelTrace();
+    if (_task) { R().cancelTrace(); R().stopDiscover(); }
     _active = false;
     _menu.active = false;
   }
@@ -158,6 +178,20 @@ public:
         case R_TO_NODE: snprintf(left, sizeof(left), "To node"); snprintf(right, sizeof(right), "%s", r.toNode() ? "ON" : "OFF"); break;
         case R_SAVE:    snprintf(left, sizeof(left), "%s", n ? "Save path" : "Save direct"); break;
         case R_KEEP:    snprintf(left, sizeof(left), "Keep path"); snprintf(right, sizeof(right), "%s", r.pinned() ? "ON" : "OFF"); break;
+        case R_DISCOVER:
+          if (r.discoverWaiting()) snprintf(left, sizeof(left), "Discover %d/%d...", r.discoverTry(), r.discoverTries());
+          else if (r.discovering()) snprintf(left, sizeof(left), "Next try %ds", r.discoverNextIn());
+          else snprintf(left, sizeof(left), "Discover");
+          snprintf(right, sizeof(right), "%s", r.discovering() ? "Stop" : _tries == 0 ? "1 try" : _tries == 1 ? "3 tries" : "5 tries");
+          break;
+        case R_FOUND: {
+          const int f = foundIndex(kind, idx);
+          char route[40];
+          r.foundText(f, false, route, sizeof(route));
+          snprintf(left, sizeof(left), "Use %s", route);
+          snprintf(right, sizeof(right), "%ux", (unsigned)r.found(f).times);
+          break;
+        }
       }
       const int rw = right[0] ? display.getTextWidth(right) + display.getCharWidth() : 0;
       display.drawTextEllipsized(2, y, display.width() - reserve - 4 - rw, left, sel);
@@ -167,7 +201,7 @@ public:
       }
     });
     if (_menu.active) _menu.render(display);
-    return r.state() == PathEditor::RUNNING ? 100 : 2000;
+    return r.state() == PathEditor::RUNNING ? 100 : r.discovering() ? 500 : 2000;
   }
 
   // Returns true: the key was used (the view is modal).
@@ -196,6 +230,7 @@ public:
       if (k == R_HOP) { if (r.move(_sel, dir)) _sel += dir; }   // reorder in place
       else if (k == R_TO_NODE) r.setToNode(!r.toNode());
       else if (k == R_KEEP) toggleKeep();
+      else if (k == R_DISCOVER && !r.discovering()) _tries = (uint8_t)((_tries + 3 + dir) % 3);
       return true;
     }
     if (c != KEY_ENTER && c != KEY_CONTEXT_MENU) return true;
@@ -220,6 +255,17 @@ public:
         else _task->showAlert(r.count() ? "Path saved" : "Saved: direct", 1000);
         break;
       case R_KEEP: toggleKeep(); break;
+      case R_DISCOVER:
+        if (r.discovering()) r.stopDiscover();
+        else if (!r.discover(triesOf(_tries))) _task->showAlert("Send failed", 1000);
+        else _seen_disc = true;
+        break;
+      case R_FOUND: {
+        const int f = foundIndex(kind, _sel);
+        if (PathEditor::hopsOf(r.found(f).out_len) > PathEditor::MAX_HOPS) { _task->showAlert("Too long", 1000); break; }
+        if (r.useFound(f)) { _task->showAlert("In list: Trace, Save", 1200); _sel = 0; }
+        break;
+      }
     }
     return true;
   }