From 2b59c7f519ab895847e2cd6316abcd2a28ba4cfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Bennett <jbennett@incomsystems.biz>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 18:22:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add nodeinfo bool/bitfield for is_manually_validated

---
 meshtastic/deviceonly.proto | 6 ++++++
 meshtastic/mesh.proto       | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meshtastic/deviceonly.proto b/meshtastic/deviceonly.proto
index 3be781f..623532a 100644
--- a/meshtastic/deviceonly.proto
+++ b/meshtastic/deviceonly.proto
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ message NodeInfoLite {
    * Last byte of the node number of the node that should be used as the next hop to reach this node.
    */
   uint32 next_hop = 12;
+
+  /*
+   * Bitfield for storing booleans.
+   * LSB 0 is_manually_validated
+   */
+  uint32 bitfield = 13;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/meshtastic/mesh.proto b/meshtastic/mesh.proto
index eedc872..c2c68b5 100644
--- a/meshtastic/mesh.proto
+++ b/meshtastic/mesh.proto
@@ -1459,6 +1459,13 @@ message NodeInfo {
    * Persists between NodeDB internal clean ups
    */
   bool is_ignored = 11;
+
+  /*
+   * True if node public key has been validated.
+   * Persists between NodeDB internal clean ups
+   * LSB 0 of the bitfield
+   */
+  bool is_manually_validated = 12;
 }
 
 /*