From 980debd8e8529f0ba6ab90afa2e673e3d1a46aa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Garth Vander Houwen <garthvh@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 10:01:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Auto favorite node when sending a DM

---
 Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift b/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
index b5971896..e26d6245 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
@@ -1120,6 +1120,19 @@ class BLEManager: NSObject, CBPeripheralDelegate, MqttClientProxyManagerDelegate
 					if newMessage.toUser?.pkiEncrypted ?? false {
 						meshPacket.pkiEncrypted = true
 						meshPacket.publicKey = newMessage.toUser?.publicKey ?? Data()
+						// Auto Favorite nodes you DM so they don't roll out of the nodedb
+						if !(newMessage.toUser?.userNode?.favorite ?? true) {
+							newMessage.toUser?.userNode?.favorite = true
+							do {
+								try context.save()
+								Logger.data.info("💾 Auto favorited node bases on sending a message \(self.connectedPeripheral.num.toHex(), privacy: .public) to \(toUserNum.toHex(), privacy: .public)")
+								_ = self.setFavoriteNode(node: (newMessage.toUser?.userNode)!, connectedNodeNum: fromUserNum)
+							} catch {
+								context.rollback()
+								let nsError = error as NSError
+								Logger.data.error("Unresolved Core Data error when auto favoriting in Send Message Function. Error: \(nsError, privacy: .public)")
+							}
+						}
 					}
 					meshPacket.id = UInt32(newMessage.messageId)
 					if toUserNum > 0 {