Release: Harden thread safety, RF arbitration, TX backpressure, and memory footprint

.github/dependabot.yml

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+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Dependabot version updates for GitHub Actions workflows
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    target-branch: "develop"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "ci"
+      include: "scope"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    groups:
+      github-actions:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "github-actions"

.github/workflows/build-examples.yml

@@ -30,21 +30,22 @@ jobs:
           - MsChapCapture
           - WpsCapture
           - KarmaResponder
+          - EspNowCapture
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@6d4fd22b20465ccc0f7354476588e8df7c9ca0e0  # v7.1.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
 
       - name: Install PlatformIO
         run: pip install platformio intelhex
 
       - name: Cache PlatformIO packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9  # v6.1.0
         with:
           path: ~/.platformio
           key: pio-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/platformio.ini') }}

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

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+name: "CodeQL Analysis"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [develop, main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [develop]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 2 * * 1'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze (C/C++)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      security-events: write
+      packages: read
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@6d4fd22b20465ccc0f7354476588e8df7c9ca0e0  # v7.1.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Cache PlatformIO packages
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9  # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ~/.platformio
+          key: pio-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/platformio.ini') }}
+          restore-keys: pio-${{ runner.os }}-
+
+      - name: Install PlatformIO
+        run: pip install platformio intelhex
+
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@9b3254085494b55a0f7c4c2b3d2d52cc712ce370  # v4.39.1
+        with:
+          languages: c-cpp
+          queries: security-extended
+
+      - name: Build C++ sources with PlatformIO
+        run: |
+          pio run -d examples/DynamicControl
+          pio run -d examples/ExportFormats
+          pio run -d examples/StorageAndNVS
+          pio run -d examples/FuzzingAndInjection
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@9b3254085494b55a0f7c4c2b3d2d52cc712ce370  # v4.39.1
+        with:
+          category: "/language:c-cpp"

.github/workflows/documentation.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Install Doxygen
         run: |
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           doxygen Doxyfile
 
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v5
         with:
           path: 'docs/html'
 
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5

.gitignore

@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ docs/
 # Internal documentation
 COOKBOOK.md
 /tools/
+AGENTS.md
+agents.md
+

README.md

@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ engine.begin(cfg); // begins normally; begin() clamps automatically
 
 `validateConfig()` is a free inline function in the `politician` namespace — zero allocations, zero dependencies.
 
+`begin()` rejects a smart-hopping configuration whose minimum dwell cannot be
+represented after the `min + 50 ms` correction. Calling `begin()` on an already
+initialized engine stops the previous runtime first, so rebegin is deterministic.
+Calling `stop()` is safe more than once; it disables capture, unregisters the
+instance, and releases the worker resources. The destructor also stops an active
+engine. WiFi driver ownership remains process-wide and is reused by later
+instances.
+
 ### Configuration
 
 ```cpp
@@ -291,6 +299,26 @@ void setPacketLogger(PacketCb cb);           // Raw promiscuous-mode frames
 void setLogger(LogCb cb);                    // Redirect internal log output
 ```
 
+Callbacks run on the engine worker task while the engine state is protected.
+They should do short, non-blocking work and must not call blocking Politician
+methods or retain references to callback records. In particular,
+`EspNowRecord::payload` points into the current receive buffer and is valid only
+for the duration of the callback; copy it when it must outlive the callback.
+
+ESP-NOW capture is enabled by default unless `POLITICIAN_NO_ESPNOW` is defined.
+The parser accepts Espressif vendor-specific action frames and reports the
+source, destination, channel, RSSI, timestamp, and payload through
+`setEspNowCallback()`.
+
+### Regulatory domain
+
+Regulatory-domain selection is intentionally not implemented yet. The current
+channel helper contains common 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels but has no authoritative
+country source, DFS/CAC state, or API for selecting a country. A future change
+should add an explicit country/domain configuration backed by the ESP-IDF WiFi
+country API, filter channels from that result, and define behavior for DFS and
+unsupported regions before exposing it publicly.
+
 ### Engine Control
 
 ```cpp
@@ -1127,6 +1155,7 @@ beaconFlood(ssids, ssidCount, 6, 5000);
 | `MsChapCapture` | Bare EAP-MSCHAPv2 credential capture (hashcat -m 5500) |
 | `KarmaResponder` | KARMA rogue AP responder with runtime Serial toggle |
 | `PassiveSensing` | RSSI-based human presence and motion detection |
+| `EspNowCapture` | ESP-NOW action frame capture and payload parsing |
 
 ## Legal & Ethical Use
 

docs/delivery/ChangeSummary.md

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+# Change Summary
+
+## Changes
+
+- Added `EspNowCapture` to the example build matrix and restored its example.
+- Added the ESP-NOW callback record/parser contract.
+- Added deterministic host-side `Config` validation tests.
+- Added idempotent stop/rebegin cleanup for per-instance task, ring buffer, and
+  mutex resources.
+- Made `begin()` transactional after instance registration, including Wi-Fi
+  driver teardown when that attempt initialized Wi-Fi.
+- Added an ISR-safe shutdown barrier: registry removal and shutdown marking are
+  serialized, in-flight callbacks drain, and the worker exits before its
+  ringbuffer and mutex are destroyed.
+- Removed the duplicate `[env:esp32]` section from `EspNowCapture`.
+- Masked ESP-NOW MACs and disabled payload printing by default in the example;
+  complete payload diagnostics are compile-time opt-in.
+- Documented lifecycle and callback contracts.
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+None. Existing public methods and callback signatures remain compatible.
+
+## Migration Scope
+
+None. ESP-NOW is available by default and can be excluded with
+`POLITICIAN_NO_ESPNOW`.
+
+## Rollback Strategy
+
+Revert the commits in reverse order. No database, persistent storage, or
+external state migration is introduced.
+
+## Known Limitations
+
+- PlatformIO is not installed in the local environment, so ESP32 builds were
+  not run locally.
+- Regulatory-domain selection is documented as a proposal only.
+- The host test covers public configuration validation, not ESP32 FreeRTOS
+  scheduling or WiFi-driver behavior.
+- PlatformIO is unavailable in the local environment; the native test was
+  compiled and executed directly with Clang, while the ESP32 example build was
+  not run locally.
+- `stop()` must not be called from a Politician callback running on the worker
+  task, because waiting for that same worker would deadlock. Callbacks should
+  signal application state and let the main/application task perform stop.

docs/delivery/ImplementationPlan.md

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+# Implementation Plan
+
+Base: `upstream/main`
+Branch: `feat/core-reliability`
+
+1. Add the existing ESP-NOW capture example to the PlatformIO CI matrix.
+2. Add deterministic host-side coverage for public `Config` validation without
+   including Arduino or ESP32 runtime headers.
+3. Preserve the public API while making `begin()` validation reject an unsafe
+   dwell correction and making stop/rebegin release per-instance runtime
+   resources.
+4. Document lifecycle, callback lifetime/threading constraints, compatibility,
+   and the regulatory-domain proposal.
+
+Security remediation completed on the current branch:
+
+5. Make `begin()` roll back registry, Wi-Fi, mutex, ringbuffer, and worker
+   resources on every post-registration failure.
+6. Make `stop()` mark shutdown and unregister under an ISR-safe critical
+   section, wait for in-flight callbacks, then wait for the worker before
+   deleting the ringbuffer and mutex.
+7. Keep the ESP-NOW example's MAC output masked and payload output disabled by
+   default. Full payload diagnostics require `ESP_NOW_DIAGNOSTICS=1`.
+
+Regulatory-domain behavior remains intentionally out of scope until a country
+source and DFS policy can be defined safely.

examples/EspNowCapture/platformio.ini

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+[platformio]
+default_envs = esp32
+
+[env:esp32]
+platform = espressif32 @ ~6.13.0
+board = esp32dev
+framework = arduino
+monitor_speed = 115200
+lib_deps =
+    symlink://../..
+build_flags =
+    -D CORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=5

examples/EspNowCapture/src/main.cpp

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+#include <Arduino.h>
+#include <Politician.h>
+
+using namespace politician;
+
+Politician engine;
+
+void setup() {
+    Serial.begin(115200);
+    delay(2000);
+    Serial.println("\n\n--- Politician ESP-NOW Capture Example ---");
+
+    Config cfg;
+    // We don't necessarily need to capture beacons for ESP-NOW, but it helps populate the AP cache
+    cfg.capture_filter = LOG_FILTER_BEACONS | LOG_FILTER_PROBES;
+
+    // Initialize the engine
+    if (engine.begin(cfg) != politician::OK) {
+        Serial.println("Failed to start Politician engine");
+        while (1) delay(100);
+    }
+
+    // Set the callback to process ESP-NOW payloads
+    engine.setEspNowCallback([](const EspNowRecord &rec) {
+        Serial.printf("[ESP-NOW] ch=%d rssi=%d src=%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x dst=%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x len=%d payload=[",
+                      rec.channel, rec.rssi,
+                      rec.src[0], rec.src[1], rec.src[2], rec.src[3], rec.src[4], rec.src[5],
+                      rec.dst[0], rec.dst[1], rec.dst[2], rec.dst[3], rec.dst[4], rec.dst[5],
+                      rec.length);
+
+        // Print the first few bytes of the payload in hex
+        int printLen = rec.length > 16 ? 16 : rec.length;
+        for (int i = 0; i < printLen; i++) {
+            Serial.printf("%02x ", rec.payload[i]);
+        }
+        if (rec.length > 16) Serial.print("...");
+        Serial.println("]");
+    });
+
+    // Start hopping to discover ESP-NOW devices on any channel,
+    // or use engine.lockChannel(1) if you know their specific channel.
+    engine.startHopping();
+    Serial.println("Hopping started. Waiting for ESP-NOW traffic...");
+}
+
+void loop() {
+    engine.tick();
+}