{
 "id": "a-bench-spec-that-retunes-a-live-mesh",
 "kind": "issue",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "A bench spec that retunes a live mesh node and restores it only at the end strands that node if the run is interrupted",
 "symptom": "The 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.",
 "hw": [
  "ht-n5262",
  "heltec-v4"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "meshcore-1.16.0"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "about": [
  "sargbench lora-* specs that use the live HT-n5262 node"
 ],
 "intent": "Run RF link tests against a live MeshCore node without dropping it from its mesh",
 "date": "2026-08-28",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}