{
 "id": "relay-failure-detection-latency-16-5-107-ms",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Relay failure detection latency: 16.5\u2013107 ms floor, 4.1\u00d7 slower than AP disconnection",
 "symptom": "After B's radio dies, A receives an ESP_NOW_SEND_SUCCESS callback for several more frames before send callbacks start reporting ESP_ERR_ESPNOW_NOT_FOUND. The time from radio-off to the first FAIL callback is the detection latency.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-dev",
  "heltec-v4",
  "esp32-cam"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp-now",
  "arduino-core-2.0.17"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "estimating how fast a mobile robot learns that its multi-hop relay path has failed, so control loop latency budgets can be realistic",
 "date": "2026-08-23",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}