Fixed NAT table exhaustion possibly?

Peercord Source/public/version.js

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-window.APP_VERSION = '1.0.5';
+window.APP_VERSION = '1.0.6';
-window.APP_VERSION_COLOR = 'hsl(122, 80%, 60%)';
+window.APP_VERSION_COLOR = 'hsl(123, 80%, 60%)';

Peercord Source/src/components/ChatArea.jsx

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ export default function ChatArea({ activeView, activeChannel, setActiveChannel,
   const editTextareaRef = useRef(null);
   const fileInputRef = useRef(null);
   const lastTypingTime = useRef(0);
+  const lastSentReadIdRef = useRef(null);
 
   const isDMView = activeView === 'dms';
   const gcObj = isDMView ? servers.find(s => s.topicHex === activeChannel && s.isGroupChat) : null;
@@ -384,7 +385,10 @@ export default function ChatArea({ activeView, activeChannel, setActiveChannel,
       const latestMsg = currentChannelMessages[currentChannelMessages.length - 1];
       const latestMsgId = latestMsg ? latestMsg.id : null;
       
-      if (latestMsgId) network.sendReadReceipt(networkChannelId, latestMsgId);
+      if (latestMsgId && latestMsgId !== lastSentReadIdRef.current) {
+        network.sendReadReceipt(networkChannelId, latestMsgId);
+        lastSentReadIdRef.current = latestMsgId;
+      }
       markChannelRead(networkChannelId);
     };
 

Peercord Source/src/components/GroupCallView.jsx

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default function GroupCallView({ channel, serverTopicHex, vcChannelId, my
       };
       
       broadcastState(); // Initial broadcast
-      const interval = setInterval(broadcastState, 3000);
+      const interval = setInterval(broadcastState, 10000);
       
       return () => {
         clearInterval(interval);

Peercord Source/src/components/ProfileSettingsModal.jsx

@@ -340,6 +340,12 @@ export default function ProfileSettingsModal({ profile, myKey, onClose, onSave,
           >
             Storage Management
           </button>
+          <button 
+            onClick={() => setActiveTab('network')}
+            className={`text-left px-3 py-1.5 rounded text-sm font-medium ${activeTab === 'network' ? 'bg-panel text-text' : 'text-muted hover:bg-panel/50 hover:text-text'}`}
+          >
+            Network & Diagnostics
+          </button>
           <button 
             onClick={() => setActiveTab('settings')}
             className={`text-left px-3 py-1.5 rounded text-sm font-medium ${activeTab === 'settings' ? 'bg-panel text-text' : 'text-muted hover:bg-panel/50 hover:text-text'}`}
@@ -721,6 +727,63 @@ export default function ProfileSettingsModal({ profile, myKey, onClose, onSave,
           <StorageSettings dms={dms} servers={servers} knownUsers={knownUsers} />
         )}
 
+        {activeTab === 'network' && (
+          <div className="max-w-2xl">
+            <h2 className="text-xl font-bold text-text mb-6">Network & Diagnostics</h2>
+            
+            <div className="bg-surface rounded-lg p-6 mb-6">
+              <h3 className="text-muted uppercase text-xs font-bold mb-4">Connection Status</h3>
+              <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-4 mb-4">
+                <div className="bg-panel p-4 rounded border border-surface">
+                  <div className="text-xs text-muted uppercase font-bold mb-1">DHT Status</div>
+                  <div className="text-lg font-bold text-green-500">
+                    {network.swarm?.dht?.ephemeral !== false ? 'Client Mode (Safe)' : 'Routing Mode (Warning)'}
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+                <div className="bg-panel p-4 rounded border border-surface">
+                  <div className="text-xs text-muted uppercase font-bold mb-1">Active Peers</div>
+                  <div className="text-lg font-bold text-text">{network.peers.size}</div>
+                </div>
+                <div className="bg-panel p-4 rounded border border-surface">
+                  <div className="text-xs text-muted uppercase font-bold mb-1">Joined Topics</div>
+                  <div className="text-lg font-bold text-text">{network.joinedTopics.size}</div>
+                </div>
+                <div className="bg-panel p-4 rounded border border-surface">
+                  <div className="text-xs text-muted uppercase font-bold mb-1">Pending Connections</div>
+                  <div className="text-lg font-bold text-text">{network.swarm?.connecting || 0}</div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              
+              <div className="bg-panel p-4 rounded border border-surface">
+                <h4 className="text-sm font-bold text-text mb-2">NAT / Router Health</h4>
+                <p className="text-xs text-muted mb-4">
+                  If your router's NAT table is exhausted, you will see 0 peers and fail to connect to other services (like VNC). 
+                  Client Mode prevents Peercord from routing background traffic for the network, which protects your router.
+                </p>
+                <p className="text-xs text-yellow-500 font-bold mb-4">
+                  Note: If you still cannot connect to anyone, your router's NAT table may currently be full from a previous session. Please restart your router to clear it.
+                </p>
+                <button 
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    if (network.swarm) {
+                      console.info("--- NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS ---");
+                      console.info("Peers:", network.peers.size);
+                      console.info("Topics:", network.joinedTopics.size);
+                      console.info("Connecting:", network.swarm.connecting);
+                      console.info("DHT Ephemeral:", network.swarm.dht?.ephemeral);
+                      console.info("---------------------------");
+                      alert("Diagnostics logged to F10 Console.");
+                    }
+                  }}
+                  className="bg-accent hover:opacity-90 text-white px-4 py-2 rounded text-sm font-medium transition-opacity"
+                >
+                  Run Diagnostics (Check F10 Console)
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
         {activeTab === 'settings' && (
           <div className="max-w-2xl">
             <h2 className="text-xl font-bold text-text mb-6">App Settings</h2>

Peercord Source/src/p2p/index.js

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class P2PNetwork {
     this.syncTimeout = null;
     this._msgTimeout = null;
     this._identityTimeout = null;
+    this._reconnectTimeout = null;
     
     this.transfers = {};
     this.webrtcListeners = new Set();
@@ -396,10 +397,14 @@ class P2PNetwork {
 
   async reconnect() {
     if (!this.swarm) return;
+    
+    if (this._reconnectTimeout) return;
+    this._reconnectTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      this._reconnectTimeout = null;
+    }, 5000);
+
     console.log("[P2P] Network online event detected. Reconnecting...");
     try {
-      // Hyperswarm handles reconnections automatically. 
-      // Forcing a non-blocking flush is enough to kickstart the DHT without causing a UDP flood.
       this.swarm.flush().catch(()=>{});
     } catch (e) {
       console.warn("[P2P] Reconnect flush failed:", e);
@@ -530,7 +535,12 @@ class P2PNetwork {
     await Promise.all(corePromises);
 
     // SETUP SWARM
-    this.swarm = new Hyperswarm({ keyPair: { publicKey, secretKey } });
+    this.swarm = new Hyperswarm({ 
+      keyPair: { publicKey, secretKey },
+      ephemeral: true, // CRITICAL FIX: Prevents node from becoming a routing node and exhausting router NAT table
+      maxPeers: 128
+    });
+    
     this.swarm.on('connection', (conn, info) => {
       conn.on('error', () => {}); // Prevent ECONNRESET crashes
       this.store.replicate(conn);
@@ -577,7 +587,7 @@ class P2PNetwork {
 
     // BACKGROUND JOINS TO PREVENT UDP FLOOD / NAT EXHAUSTION
     (async () => {
-      const pace = () => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 400)); // 400ms between DHT lookups
+      const pace = () => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000)); // 1000ms between DHT lookups
 
       if (this.username && this.username !== 'unknown') {
         const myTopic = b4a.alloc(32);
@@ -667,6 +677,7 @@ class P2PNetwork {
     this.webrtcListeners.clear();
     if (this._msgTimeout) clearTimeout(this._msgTimeout);
     if (this._identityTimeout) clearTimeout(this._identityTimeout);
+    if (this._reconnectTimeout) clearTimeout(this._reconnectTimeout);
   }
 
   async wipeAllData() {