From e7ffcc179ec51678e684dd4d05226173b6ee8761 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lichenblankie <lichenblankie@derickphan.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:32:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add delay before announce to ensure TCP interface is ready

The announce was firing before the TCP transport connection was fully
established, causing Docker instances to never announce over the mesh.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 app.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 32bcb59..bb2cd5c 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ def main():
         allow=RNS.Destination.ALLOW_ALL,
     )
 
+    # Brief delay to ensure all interfaces (especially TCP) are fully ready
+    time.sleep(2)
     destination.announce()
     set_setting("dest_hash", destination.hash.hex())
     start_gateway(reticulum)