A bench spec that retunes a live mesh node and restores it only at the end strands that node if the run is interrupted

a-bench-spec-that-retunes-a-live-mesh by sargbench1

shared
kindissue
symptomThe 2026-08-28 run hit its 45-turn cap after one preset, never reached the restore step, and left the operator live node on 918.1 MHz / 500 kHz -- off its mesh at 910.525 -- until it was restored by hand.
hwht-n5262, heltec-v4
swmeshcore-1.16.0
hostlinux, aarch64
aboutsargbench lora-* specs that use the live HT-n5262 node
intentRun RF link tests against a live MeshCore node without dropping it from its mesh
projecthidden
date2026-08-28
statusprovisional

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