From bb1320913ac670a06e4a86a0b02e6febfdc56310 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Qvist <bc7291552be7a58f361522990465165c>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:54:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added discovered interface auto-connect criteria constants

---
 RNS/Discovery.py      | 3 +++
 RNS/Reticulum.py      | 9 +++++++++
 docs/source/using.rst | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RNS/Discovery.py b/RNS/Discovery.py
index 9b17f613..6c00b1e4 100644
--- a/RNS/Discovery.py
+++ b/RNS/Discovery.py
@@ -483,6 +483,9 @@ class InterfaceDiscovery():
     AUTOCONNECT_TYPES  = ["BackboneInterface", "TCPServerInterface"]
     DISCOVERABLE_TYPES = ["BackboneInterface", "TCPServerInterface", "I2PInterface", "RNodeInterface", "WeaveInterface", "KISSInterface"]
 
+    AUTOCONNECT_IMPLS  = ["RNS"]
+    AUTOCONNECT_MIN_V  = "1.5.2"
+
     AC_TRANSPORT_MODE  = RNS.Interfaces.Interface.Interface.MODE_GATEWAY
     AC_GRAVITY         = 0
 
diff --git a/RNS/Reticulum.py b/RNS/Reticulum.py
index 172c4f1e..7b11a351 100755
--- a/RNS/Reticulum.py
+++ b/RNS/Reticulum.py
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ class Reticulum:
         Reticulum.__discovery_enabled                 = False
         Reticulum.__discover_interfaces               = False
         Reticulum.__autoconnect_discovered_interfaces = False
+        Reticulum.__autoconnect_unverified            = False
         Reticulum.__autoconnect_interface_mode        = None
         Reticulum.__autoconnect_interface_gravity     = None
         Reticulum.__autoconnect_announces_to_internal = None
@@ -628,6 +629,10 @@ class Reticulum:
                     v = self.config["reticulum"].as_int(option)
                     if v > 0: Reticulum.__autoconnect_discovered_interfaces = v
 
+                if option == "autoconnect_unverified_implementations":
+                    v = self.config["reticulum"].as_bool(option)
+                    Reticulum.__autoconnect_unverified = v
+
                 if option == "autoconnect_interface_mode":
                     v = None; dmode = str(self.config["reticulum"]["autoconnect_interface_mode"]).lower()
                     if   dmode == "full":         v = Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
@@ -2142,6 +2147,10 @@ class Reticulum:
     def should_autoconnect_discovered_interfaces():
         return Reticulum.__autoconnect_discovered_interfaces > 0
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def should_autoconnect_unverified_implementations():
+        return Reticulum.__autoconnect_unverified
+
     @staticmethod
     def autoconnect_interface_mode():
         return Reticulum.__autoconnect_interface_mode
diff --git a/docs/source/using.rst b/docs/source/using.rst
index 3abb4734..77c86c0d 100644
--- a/docs/source/using.rst
+++ b/docs/source/using.rst
@@ -1234,6 +1234,8 @@ For more fine-grained control over how discovered interfaces are auto-connected,
 
 * The ``autoconnect_announces_to_internal`` option allows you to specify that auto-connected interfaces should propagate announces to ``internal`` mode interfaces, even if the auto-connected interface's mode would normally not allow for this.
 
+* The ``autoconnect_unverified_implementations`` option will allow the interface discovery system to auto-connect to *any* announced interface, even those coming from unverified, experimental or potentially broken implementations. Be very careful with this option.
+
 Remote Management
 -----------------