From 1a3364a8a03d4bfc93f82839f0e69b0494d5850d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Meadors <benmmeadors@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:00:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate REPEATER role

Mark REPEATER role as deprecated in config.proto
---
 meshtastic/config.proto | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meshtastic/config.proto b/meshtastic/config.proto
index ca6a353..265b581 100644
--- a/meshtastic/config.proto
+++ b/meshtastic/config.proto
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ message Config {
        * Description: Infrastructure node for extending network coverage by relaying messages with minimal overhead. Not visible in Nodes list.
        * Technical Details: Mesh packets will simply be rebroadcasted over this node. Nodes configured with this role will not originate NodeInfo, Position, Telemetry
        *   or any other packet type. They will simply rebroadcast any mesh packets on the same frequency, channel num, spread factor, and coding rate.
+       * Deprecated in v2.7.11 because it creates "holes" in the mesh rebroadcast chain.
        */
-      REPEATER = 4;
+      REPEATER = 4 [deprecated = true];
 
       /*
        * Description: Broadcasts GPS position packets as priority.