[Feature Request] Allow a room server to save public channel messages

[dfrederick15]

When someone is outside the mesh coverage area, A user could either poll the room server for 'Missed Messages' or go through and read messages the room server logged.

[4np]

I have thought about this in the past as well. Having a roomserver be able to store and forward missed packets when a radio arrives home sounds great in principle.

What is challenging with this idea is that the roomserver needs to replay those missed mesh packets over LoRa for the companion to receive them.

This would cause issues with these duplicate / replayed mesh packets getting repeated over the mesh causing additional air time, packet bloat, duty cycle challenges and degradation of the mesh.

And that's not even taking into consideration how a roomserver would even know what mesh packets to store; when does a companion leave the home and when does it return? The companion can be out of the home and still receive all the mesh packets.

[Birdboi558]

Stop

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On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM Jeroen Wesbeek ***@***.***> wrote: *4np* left a comment (meshcore-dev/MeshCore#1290) <#1290 (comment)> I have thought in the past this would be a nice feature as well, so that when you come home you see the messages you have missed. What is probably challenging with this idea is that the roomserver needs to replay those messages over LoRa for the companion to receive them. This would probably cause issues with these duplicate / replayed mesh packets getting repeated over the mesh causing packet bloat. Let alone causing challenges with the duty cycle. Unless some other wireless protocol, like BLE, is used to have the companion check in with the roomserver to catch up, this will probable won't work. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1290 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BRVHNNGKNDGRHL2XN4EMOUD4FBC2ZAVCNFSM6AAAAACQKUA72OVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTOMBXGQZDQOBRHE> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>