libp2p-mesh 2026.5.31 → 2026.5.32

package/dist/src/mesh.js

@@ -333,7 +333,9 @@ export function createMeshNetwork(options) {
             runOnTransientConnection: true,
         });
         await state.node.start();
-        // Wait for DHT routing table to populate before registering pubkey
+        // Wait for DHT routing table to populate before registering pubkey.
+        // Non-blocking: we don't await the pubkey registration here — it runs
+        // in the background so the node can start serving messages immediately.
         if (enableDHT) {
             const dht = getDHTService();
             if (dht) {
@@ -353,7 +355,12 @@ export function createMeshNetwork(options) {
                     logger?.warn?.(`[libp2p-mesh] DHT routing table still empty after ${maxAttempts}s; continuing anyway`);
                 }
                 if (state.instanceIdentity) {
-                    await registerPubkey(dht, state.instanceIdentity.id, state.instanceIdentity.pubkey, logger).catch(() => {
+                    // Fire-and-forget: pubkey registration is best-effort. In LAN
+                    // scenarios with mDNS, peers connect directly and don't need DHT
+                    // pubkey lookup to exchange identities. The registration will
+                    // succeed once the DHT routing table populates (e.g. when a
+                    // bootstrap peer is discovered or another DHT node joins).
+                    registerPubkey(dht, state.instanceIdentity.id, state.instanceIdentity.pubkey, logger).catch(() => {
                         // Already logged inside registerPubkey
                     });
                 }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libp2p-mesh",
-  "version": "2026.5.31",
+  "version": "2026.5.32",
   "description": "OpenClaw libp2p P2P mesh network plugin for cross-instance agent communication",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",

package/src/mesh.ts

@@ -388,7 +388,9 @@ export function createMeshNetwork(options: {
 
     await state.node.start();
 
-    // Wait for DHT routing table to populate before registering pubkey
+    // Wait for DHT routing table to populate before registering pubkey.
+    // Non-blocking: we don't await the pubkey registration here — it runs
+    // in the background so the node can start serving messages immediately.
     if (enableDHT) {
       const dht = getDHTService();
       if (dht) {
@@ -409,9 +411,16 @@ export function createMeshNetwork(options: {
         }
 
         if (state.instanceIdentity) {
-          await registerPubkey(dht, state.instanceIdentity.id, state.instanceIdentity.pubkey, logger).catch(() => {
-            // Already logged inside registerPubkey
-          });
+          // Fire-and-forget: pubkey registration is best-effort. In LAN
+          // scenarios with mDNS, peers connect directly and don't need DHT
+          // pubkey lookup to exchange identities. The registration will
+          // succeed once the DHT routing table populates (e.g. when a
+          // bootstrap peer is discovered or another DHT node joins).
+          registerPubkey(dht, state.instanceIdentity.id, state.instanceIdentity.pubkey, logger).catch(
+            () => {
+              // Already logged inside registerPubkey
+            },
+          );
         }
       }
     }