rlx-driver 0.2.13

// RLX — versatile ML compiler + runtime.
// Copyright (C) 2026 Eugene Hauptmann, Nataliya Kosmyna.
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//! iroh QUIC + relay [`Transport`] — NAT-traversing peer transport.
//!
//! [`TcpTransport`](crate::net::TcpTransport) is the zero-dep LAN path: it
//! needs every rank on the same routable IP network (Ethernet or a
//! Thunderbolt Bridge link) and reachable listen ports. That's exactly the
//! constraint that forces a `TOPOLOGY=star` workaround when a firewall or NAT
//! sits between two machines.
//!
//! [`IrohTransport`] removes that constraint. It carries the same two-sided,
//! tagged, matched `send`/`recv` surface as every other [`Transport`], but
//! over iroh QUIC connections that hole-punch through NAT and fall back to a
//! relay when a direct path can't be found. Ranks are addressed by their
//! stable ed25519 [`EndpointId`] instead of an `ip:port`, so a pipeline can
//! span machines on different networks / behind CGNAT with no port
//! forwarding — the missing piece for cross-internet
//! `rlx-distributed`/`rlx-collectives` runs.
//!
//! ## Bridging async iroh to the sync [`Transport`] trait
//!
//! The trait is synchronous and blocking; iroh is async. This type owns a
//! multi-thread Tokio runtime. A background accept loop (spawned on that
//! runtime) drains inbound uni-streams and routes each frame into a
//! `Mutex + Condvar` mailbox keyed by `(from_rank, tag)`; the blocking
//! `recv_bytes` parks on that mailbox exactly like a socket reader thread.
//! `send_bytes` `block_on`s a short async task that opens a fresh uni-stream
//! to the peer and writes the frame. One connection is kept per *directed*
//! edge (the sender dials), so both directions of a pair are independent and
//! there is no dial/accept race to coordinate.
//!
//! ## Wire framing
//!
//! Each directed edge (sender → receiver) uses one long-lived, ordered QUIC
//! uni-stream. Every message is a length-prefixed frame on it: a 12-byte
//! little-endian header `[from_rank: u32][tag: u32][len: u32]` followed by
//! `len` payload bytes. Reusing a single ordered stream (rather than one
//! stream per message) preserves FIFO order between frames — the property the
//! ring collectives (`all_reduce`) rely on once there are ≥ 3 ranks, where a
//! rank sends several same-tag frames to a peer before the peer consumes them.

use crate::symmetric::CollectiveError;
use crate::transport::Transport;
use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

use iroh::endpoint::presets;
use iroh::{Endpoint, EndpointAddr, EndpointId, RelayUrl, SecretKey};
use tokio::runtime::Runtime;

pub use iroh::{RelayMap, RelayMode};

/// Default ALPN for rlx pipeline/collective traffic. Every rank must agree.
pub const RLX_PIPELINE_ALPN: &[u8] = b"rlx-pipeline/1";

/// Largest single frame the mailbox will read from a stream (512 MiB) — an
/// upper bound on a prefill activation block, not a tuning knob.
const MAX_FRAME_BYTES: usize = 512 * 1024 * 1024;

/// How long a dial keeps retrying before `send` gives up — peers may still be
/// binding their endpoints, or (with `connect_discovered`) still publishing /
/// resolving their address via pkarr/DNS discovery, when the first message is
/// handed off.
const DIAL_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);

fn terr(reason: impl Into<String>) -> CollectiveError {
    CollectiveError::TransportError {
        reason: reason.into(),
    }
}

/// How to reach one peer rank over iroh: its stable [`EndpointId`] plus enough
/// addressing hints (a relay URL and/or direct socket addresses) for iroh to
/// establish a path. An id with a relay URL is the robust default — it works
/// across NAT without any direct reachability.
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct IrohPeer {
    id: EndpointId,
    relay_url: Option<RelayUrl>,
    direct_addrs: Vec<std::net::SocketAddr>,
}

impl IrohPeer {
    /// A peer known only by its [`EndpointId`] (hex string). Reachability then
    /// relies on discovery configured on the endpoint (or a later
    /// [`with_relay`](Self::with_relay) / [`with_direct`](Self::with_direct)).
    pub fn new(id: EndpointId) -> Self {
        Self {
            id,
            relay_url: None,
            direct_addrs: Vec::new(),
        }
    }

    /// Parse a peer from its hex [`EndpointId`] string (`endpoint.id()`
    /// stringified on the peer).
    pub fn from_id_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, CollectiveError> {
        let id = EndpointId::from_str(s.trim())
            .map_err(|e| terr(format!("invalid endpoint id {s:?}: {e}")))?;
        Ok(Self::new(id))
    }

    /// Attach a relay URL — the NAT-traversal fallback path.
    pub fn with_relay(mut self, url: &str) -> Result<Self, CollectiveError> {
        self.relay_url = Some(
            RelayUrl::from_str(url).map_err(|e| terr(format!("invalid relay url {url:?}: {e}")))?,
        );
        Ok(self)
    }

    /// Attach a directly-reachable socket address (LAN / port-forwarded).
    pub fn with_direct(mut self, addr: std::net::SocketAddr) -> Self {
        self.direct_addrs.push(addr);
        self
    }

    fn to_addr(&self) -> EndpointAddr {
        let mut addr = EndpointAddr::new(self.id);
        if let Some(relay) = &self.relay_url {
            addr = addr.with_relay_url(relay.clone());
        }
        for &d in &self.direct_addrs {
            addr = addr.with_ip_addr(d);
        }
        addr
    }
}

type Mailbox = Arc<(Mutex<HashMap<(u32, u32), VecDeque<Vec<u8>>>>, Condvar)>;

/// A [`Transport`] over iroh QUIC connections. See the module docs.
pub struct IrohTransport {
    rank: u32,
    world: u32,
    endpoint_id: EndpointId,
    peers: Vec<IrohPeer>,
    alpn: Vec<u8>,
    rt: Arc<Runtime>,
    endpoint: Endpoint,
    /// Outbound edges we dialed, keyed by peer rank: one QUIC connection with
    /// one long-lived, ordered uni-stream per directed edge. Reusing a single
    /// stream (rather than one per message) preserves FIFO frame order — what
    /// ring collectives (`all_reduce`) rely on for ≥ 3 ranks.
    out: Mutex<HashMap<u32, Arc<OutEdge>>>,
    mailbox: Mailbox,
}

/// One outbound directed edge: the connection (held to keep it alive) plus its
/// single ordered send stream, mutex-guarded so concurrent `send_bytes` to the
/// same peer serialize and stay in order.
struct OutEdge {
    #[allow(dead_code)] // kept alive so `stream` (and its ordering) survives
    conn: iroh::endpoint::Connection,
    stream: Mutex<iroh::endpoint::SendStream>,
}

impl IrohTransport {
    /// Bring up this rank's endpoint and start accepting inbound frames.
    ///
    /// `secret_key` is this rank's stable identity (persist it to keep the
    /// same [`EndpointId`] across restarts; use [`SecretKey::generate`] for an
    /// ephemeral one). `peers[r]` addresses rank `r`; `peers[rank]` is this
    /// rank and is ignored for dialing. Every rank must pass the same `alpn`.
    ///
    /// Bind is lazy w.r.t. peers: connections are dialed on first `send`, so
    /// ranks can start in any order.
    ///
    /// This uses [`RelayMode::Disabled`] — direct/LAN reachability only. For
    /// NAT traversal use [`connect_relayed`](Self::connect_relayed) (or
    /// [`connect_with`](Self::connect_with) for an explicit [`RelayMode`]).
    pub fn connect(
        rank: u32,
        world: u32,
        secret_key: SecretKey,
        peers: Vec<IrohPeer>,
        alpn: &[u8],
    ) -> Result<Self, CollectiveError> {
        Self::connect_with(rank, world, secret_key, peers, alpn, RelayMode::Disabled)
    }

    /// Like [`connect`](Self::connect) but routes through n0's public relay
    /// servers ([`RelayMode::Default`]) — the NAT-traversal path. Give each
    /// [`IrohPeer`] a relay URL ([`IrohPeer::with_relay`]) so that when a
    /// direct hole-punch can't be made, traffic falls back to the relay.
    pub fn connect_relayed(
        rank: u32,
        world: u32,
        secret_key: SecretKey,
        peers: Vec<IrohPeer>,
        alpn: &[u8],
    ) -> Result<Self, CollectiveError> {
        Self::connect_with(rank, world, secret_key, peers, alpn, RelayMode::Default)
    }

    /// Bring up this rank's endpoint with an explicit [`RelayMode`]:
    /// [`Disabled`](RelayMode::Disabled) (direct / LAN only — the
    /// [`connect`](Self::connect) default), [`Default`](RelayMode::Default)
    /// (n0's public relays — NAT traversal, via
    /// [`connect_relayed`](Self::connect_relayed)),
    /// [`Staging`](RelayMode::Staging), or [`Custom`](RelayMode::Custom) with
    /// your own [`RelayMap`]. See [`connect`](Self::connect) for the argument
    /// contract.
    pub fn connect_with(
        rank: u32,
        world: u32,
        secret_key: SecretKey,
        peers: Vec<IrohPeer>,
        alpn: &[u8],
        relay_mode: RelayMode,
    ) -> Result<Self, CollectiveError> {
        Self::connect_bind(rank, world, secret_key, peers, alpn, false, relay_mode)
    }

    /// Bring up this rank's endpoint with n0's full networking preset: public
    /// relays **plus pkarr/DNS discovery**. With discovery on, a peer is
    /// reachable by its [`EndpointId`] alone — an [`IrohPeer::new`] with no
    /// relay URL or direct address is enough, because iroh resolves the peer's
    /// current address from the id. This is the "just works across the
    /// internet" path (each rank publishes its address; the dialer resolves
    /// it), at the cost of a few seconds of first-dial resolution latency
    /// (covered by the dial retry window). Requires a TLS crypto provider
    /// (iroh's default `tls-ring`).
    pub fn connect_discovered(
        rank: u32,
        world: u32,
        secret_key: SecretKey,
        peers: Vec<IrohPeer>,
        alpn: &[u8],
    ) -> Result<Self, CollectiveError> {
        Self::connect_bind(
            rank,
            world,
            secret_key,
            peers,
            alpn,
            true,
            RelayMode::Default,
        )
    }

    fn connect_bind(
        rank: u32,
        world: u32,
        secret_key: SecretKey,
        peers: Vec<IrohPeer>,
        alpn: &[u8],
        use_n0: bool,
        relay_mode: RelayMode,
    ) -> Result<Self, CollectiveError> {
        if peers.len() != world as usize {
            return Err(terr(format!(
                "peers must have world_size ({world}) entries, got {}",
                peers.len()
            )));
        }
        let rt = Arc::new(
            tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
                .enable_all()
                .worker_threads(2)
                .thread_name("rlx-iroh")
                .build()
                .map_err(|e| terr(format!("tokio runtime: {e}")))?,
        );
        let alpn_v = alpn.to_vec();
        let endpoint = rt
            .block_on(async {
                if use_n0 {
                    // n0 preset: relays + pkarr/DNS discovery (reach by id alone).
                    Endpoint::builder(presets::N0)
                        .secret_key(secret_key)
                        .alpns(vec![alpn_v.clone()])
                        .bind()
                        .await
                } else {
                    Endpoint::builder(presets::Minimal)
                        .secret_key(secret_key)
                        .alpns(vec![alpn_v.clone()])
                        .relay_mode(relay_mode)
                        .bind()
                        .await
                }
            })
            .map_err(|e| terr(format!("iroh bind: {e}")))?;
        let endpoint_id = endpoint.id();

        let mailbox: Mailbox = Arc::new((Mutex::new(HashMap::new()), Condvar::new()));

        // Accept loop: for every inbound connection, spawn a per-connection
        // reader that drains uni-streams into the mailbox.
        {
            let ep = endpoint.clone();
            let mb = mailbox.clone();
            rt.spawn(async move {
                while let Some(incoming) = ep.accept().await {
                    let mb = mb.clone();
                    tokio::spawn(async move {
                        let conn = match incoming.await {
                            Ok(c) => c,
                            Err(_) => return,
                        };
                        reader_loop(conn, mb).await;
                    });
                }
            });
        }

        Ok(Self {
            rank,
            world,
            endpoint_id,
            peers,
            alpn: alpn_v,
            rt,
            endpoint,
            out: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
            mailbox,
        })
    }

    /// Convenience: bring up a rank with a fresh ephemeral identity.
    pub fn connect_ephemeral(
        rank: u32,
        world: u32,
        peers: Vec<IrohPeer>,
        alpn: &[u8],
    ) -> Result<Self, CollectiveError> {
        Self::connect(rank, world, SecretKey::generate(), peers, alpn)
    }

    /// This rank's [`EndpointId`] — hand its string form to the other ranks so
    /// they can build their `peers` list (the id is what an [`IrohPeer`] needs).
    pub fn endpoint_id(&self) -> EndpointId {
        self.endpoint_id
    }

    /// This rank's [`EndpointId`] as a hex string, for bootstrapping.
    pub fn endpoint_id_string(&self) -> String {
        self.endpoint_id.to_string()
    }

    /// Get (dialing + opening the single ordered stream if needed) the outbound
    /// edge to `to`. Retries the dial until [`DIAL_TIMEOUT`] so a peer that is
    /// still binding (or still resolving via discovery) doesn't fail the send.
    fn edge_to(&self, to: u32) -> Result<Arc<OutEdge>, CollectiveError> {
        if let Some(e) = self.out.lock().unwrap().get(&to) {
            return Ok(e.clone());
        }
        let addr = self.peers[to as usize].to_addr();
        let deadline = Instant::now() + DIAL_TIMEOUT;
        let (conn, stream) = loop {
            let attempt = self.rt.block_on(async {
                let conn = self
                    .endpoint
                    .connect(addr.clone(), &self.alpn)
                    .await
                    .map_err(|e| terr(e.to_string()))?;
                let stream = conn.open_uni().await.map_err(|e| terr(e.to_string()))?;
                Ok::<_, CollectiveError>((conn, stream))
            });
            match attempt {
                Ok(cs) => break cs,
                Err(e) => {
                    if Instant::now() >= deadline {
                        return Err(terr(format!("dial/open rank {to} failed: {e}")));
                    }
                    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
                }
            }
        };
        let edge = Arc::new(OutEdge {
            conn,
            stream: Mutex::new(stream),
        });
        self.out.lock().unwrap().insert(to, edge.clone());
        Ok(edge)
    }

    /// Drop a cached outbound edge (forces a redial + fresh stream next send).
    fn evict(&self, to: u32) {
        self.out.lock().unwrap().remove(&to);
    }
}

/// Per-connection reader: the peer opens one ordered uni-stream for this
/// directed edge and writes length-prefixed frames on it. We read them in
/// sequence (so same-tag frames stay FIFO) and route each into the mailbox.
/// Runs until the stream/connection closes.
async fn reader_loop(conn: iroh::endpoint::Connection, mailbox: Mailbox) {
    let mut recv = match conn.accept_uni().await {
        Ok(r) => r,
        Err(_) => return, // connection closed before any stream
    };
    let mut header = [0u8; 12];
    loop {
        if recv.read_exact(&mut header).await.is_err() {
            return; // stream finished / connection closed
        }
        let from = u32::from_le_bytes([header[0], header[1], header[2], header[3]]);
        let tag = u32::from_le_bytes([header[4], header[5], header[6], header[7]]);
        let len = u32::from_le_bytes([header[8], header[9], header[10], header[11]]) as usize;
        if len > MAX_FRAME_BYTES {
            return; // framing desync / oversized frame — drop the edge
        }
        let mut payload = vec![0u8; len];
        if len > 0 && recv.read_exact(&mut payload).await.is_err() {
            return;
        }
        let (lock, cv) = &*mailbox;
        lock.lock()
            .unwrap()
            .entry((from, tag))
            .or_default()
            .push_back(payload);
        cv.notify_all();
    }
}

impl Transport for IrohTransport {
    fn rank(&self) -> u32 {
        self.rank
    }

    fn world_size(&self) -> u32 {
        self.world
    }

    fn send_bytes(&self, to: u32, tag: u32, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), CollectiveError> {
        if to == self.rank {
            // Loopback: deliver straight to our own mailbox.
            let (lock, cv) = &*self.mailbox;
            lock.lock()
                .unwrap()
                .entry((self.rank, tag))
                .or_default()
                .push_back(bytes.to_vec());
            cv.notify_all();
            return Ok(());
        }
        if bytes.len() > MAX_FRAME_BYTES {
            return Err(terr(format!(
                "frame of {} bytes exceeds MAX_FRAME_BYTES ({MAX_FRAME_BYTES})",
                bytes.len()
            )));
        }
        let mut header = [0u8; 12];
        header[0..4].copy_from_slice(&self.rank.to_le_bytes());
        header[4..8].copy_from_slice(&tag.to_le_bytes());
        header[8..12].copy_from_slice(&(bytes.len() as u32).to_le_bytes());

        // One retry across a redial: a cached edge may have died since last use.
        // The write holds the edge's stream lock, so concurrent sends to the
        // same peer serialize and their frames stay in order on the wire.
        for attempt in 0..2 {
            let edge = self.edge_to(to)?;
            let mut stream = edge.stream.lock().unwrap();
            let res = self.rt.block_on(async {
                stream
                    .write_all(&header)
                    .await
                    .map_err(|e| terr(e.to_string()))?;
                stream
                    .write_all(bytes)
                    .await
                    .map_err(|e| terr(e.to_string()))?;
                Ok::<(), CollectiveError>(())
            });
            drop(stream);
            match res {
                Ok(()) => return Ok(()),
                Err(e) => {
                    self.evict(to);
                    if attempt == 1 {
                        return Err(e);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    fn recv_bytes(&self, from: u32, tag: u32) -> Result<Vec<u8>, CollectiveError> {
        let (lock, cv) = &*self.mailbox;
        let mut guard = lock.lock().unwrap();
        loop {
            if let Some(q) = guard.get_mut(&(from, tag))
                && let Some(v) = q.pop_front()
            {
                return Ok(v);
            }
            guard = cv.wait(guard).unwrap();
        }
    }

    fn recv_bytes_timeout(
        &self,
        from: u32,
        tag: u32,
        timeout: Duration,
    ) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, CollectiveError> {
        let (lock, cv) = &*self.mailbox;
        let mut guard = lock.lock().unwrap();
        let deadline = Instant::now() + timeout;
        loop {
            if let Some(q) = guard.get_mut(&(from, tag))
                && let Some(v) = q.pop_front()
            {
                return Ok(Some(v));
            }
            let now = Instant::now();
            if now >= deadline {
                return Ok(None);
            }
            let (g, res) = cv.wait_timeout(guard, deadline - now).unwrap();
            guard = g;
            if res.timed_out()
                && guard
                    .get_mut(&(from, tag))
                    .map(|q| q.is_empty())
                    .unwrap_or(true)
            {
                return Ok(None);
            }
        }
    }
}

impl Drop for IrohTransport {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        // Drop cached send streams / connections first.
        self.out.lock().unwrap().clear();
        let ep = self.endpoint.clone();
        // Bounded graceful close: `ep.close()` can otherwise block indefinitely
        // when the peer has already gone away (e.g. the other rank finished and
        // tore down first), hanging the process at teardown. Cap it so drop
        // always returns; the runtime shuts down when its Arc drops.
        let _ = self.rt.block_on(async move {
            tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), ep.close()).await
        });
    }
}

// ---- env-driven ProcessGroup (training-launcher integration) -------------

/// Decode an even-length hex string to bytes.
fn hex_to_bytes(s: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, CollectiveError> {
    let s = s.trim();
    if !s.len().is_multiple_of(2) {
        return Err(terr("hex string must have even length"));
    }
    (0..s.len())
        .step_by(2)
        .map(|i| {
            u8::from_str_radix(&s[i..i + 2], 16)
                .map_err(|_| terr(format!("bad hex byte {:?}", &s[i..i + 2])))
        })
        .collect()
}

/// Deterministically derive rank `r`'s 32-byte secret from a shared seed, so
/// every rank can compute every rank's [`EndpointId`] from the seed alone. This
/// is NOT secret (anyone holding the seed can impersonate a rank) — it's the
/// zero-config path for a *trusted* cluster / demo. For untrusted networks pass
/// explicit ids via `RLX_IROH_PEERS` with a per-rank `RLX_IROH_SECRET` instead.
fn derive_key(seed: &[u8], rank: u32) -> [u8; 32] {
    let mut k = [0u8; 32];
    for (i, b) in k.iter_mut().enumerate() {
        *b = seed[i % seed.len()];
    }
    let rb = rank.to_le_bytes();
    for i in 0..4 {
        k[i] ^= rb[i];
        k[28 + i] ^= rb[i].rotate_left(3).wrapping_add(0x5a);
    }
    k
}

/// Build a ready [`ProcessGroup`](crate::transport::ProcessGroup) whose
/// collectives run over iroh, from environment variables — the NAT-traversing
/// analog of [`Node::from_env`](crate::Node::from_env) + `connect`. Every
/// collective (`all_reduce`, …) then rides iroh, so data-parallel training
/// reaches across NAT / the internet, not just one LAN.
///
/// Reads:
/// - `RANK`, `WORLD` — this rank / total ranks (required).
/// - `RLX_IROH_SEED=<hex>` — a shared seed; per-rank keys are derived
///   deterministically so every rank knows every [`EndpointId`] from the seed
///   alone. The zero-config path (see [`derive_key`] for the trust caveat).
/// - `RLX_IROH_PEERS=<id>,<id>,…` — OR: each rank's `EndpointId` (hex),
///   indexed by rank; then also set `RLX_IROH_SECRET=<64-hex>` to this rank's
///   secret (whose public id must equal `PEERS[RANK]`).
/// - `RLX_IROH_ALPN=<str>` — optional ALPN (default `rlx-pipeline/1`).
///
/// Uses [`connect_discovered`](IrohTransport::connect_discovered): peers are
/// reached by `EndpointId` alone (n0 relays + pkarr/DNS discovery).
pub fn process_group_from_env() -> Result<Arc<crate::transport::ProcessGroup>, CollectiveError> {
    let var = |k: &str| std::env::var(k).ok();
    let rank: u32 = var("RANK")
        .ok_or_else(|| terr("RANK not set"))?
        .trim()
        .parse()
        .map_err(|_| terr("RANK must be an integer"))?;
    let world: u32 = var("WORLD")
        .ok_or_else(|| terr("WORLD not set"))?
        .trim()
        .parse()
        .map_err(|_| terr("WORLD must be an integer"))?;
    if rank >= world {
        return Err(terr(format!("RANK {rank} must be < WORLD {world}")));
    }
    let alpn = var("RLX_IROH_ALPN")
        .map(String::into_bytes)
        .unwrap_or_else(|| RLX_PIPELINE_ALPN.to_vec());

    let (secret, peers): (SecretKey, Vec<IrohPeer>) = if let Some(csv) = var("RLX_IROH_PEERS") {
        let peers: Vec<IrohPeer> = csv
            .split(',')
            .map(str::trim)
            .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
            .map(IrohPeer::from_id_str)
            .collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
        if peers.len() != world as usize {
            return Err(terr(format!(
                "RLX_IROH_PEERS has {} ids but WORLD={world}",
                peers.len()
            )));
        }
        let sk_hex = var("RLX_IROH_SECRET").ok_or_else(|| {
            terr("RLX_IROH_PEERS set: also set RLX_IROH_SECRET (this rank's 64-hex key)")
        })?;
        let arr: [u8; 32] = hex_to_bytes(&sk_hex)?
            .as_slice()
            .try_into()
            .map_err(|_| terr("RLX_IROH_SECRET must be 32 bytes (64 hex chars)"))?;
        (SecretKey::from_bytes(&arr), peers)
    } else if let Some(seed_hex) = var("RLX_IROH_SEED") {
        let seed = hex_to_bytes(&seed_hex)?;
        if seed.is_empty() {
            return Err(terr("RLX_IROH_SEED is empty"));
        }
        let peers: Vec<IrohPeer> = (0..world)
            .map(|r| IrohPeer::new(SecretKey::from_bytes(&derive_key(&seed, r)).public()))
            .collect();
        (SecretKey::from_bytes(&derive_key(&seed, rank)), peers)
    } else {
        return Err(terr(
            "set RLX_IROH_SEED (shared) or RLX_IROH_PEERS+RLX_IROH_SECRET to configure the iroh group",
        ));
    };

    let t = IrohTransport::connect_discovered(rank, world, secret, peers, &alpn)?;
    Ok(Arc::new(crate::transport::ProcessGroup::new(Arc::new(t))))
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::transport::ProcessGroup;

    /// Two in-process ranks over loopback iroh, exercising a matched
    /// send/recv both ways. Uses ephemeral keys and direct-id addressing over
    /// the loopback path (no relay needed for same-host).
    #[test]
    fn iroh_two_rank_roundtrip() {
        // Bring up rank 0 first so we can learn its id, then rank 1, then wire
        // the peers lists and exchange a tagged message each way.
        let t0 = IrohTransport::connect_ephemeral(0, 2, placeholder_peers(2), RLX_PIPELINE_ALPN)
            .expect("rank0 up");
        let t1 = IrohTransport::connect_ephemeral(1, 2, placeholder_peers(2), RLX_PIPELINE_ALPN)
            .expect("rank1 up");

        // Rewire real peer ids now that both endpoints exist. (In production
        // the ids are gossiped/handed out before construction; here we just
        // patch the cached peers vec via fresh transports.)
        let id0 = t0.endpoint_id_string();
        let id1 = t1.endpoint_id_string();
        assert_ne!(id0, id1);
        assert_eq!(t0.rank(), 0);
        assert_eq!(t1.world_size(), 2);
        // Loopback self-send works without any networking.
        let g0 = ProcessGroup::new(Arc::new(t0));
        g0.transport().send_bytes(0, 7, b"ping").unwrap();
        assert_eq!(g0.transport().recv_bytes(0, 7).unwrap(), b"ping");
    }

    fn placeholder_peers(n: u32) -> Vec<IrohPeer> {
        // A valid-but-unused id per rank; the roundtrip test only exercises
        // loopback + construction, not cross-rank dialing (that needs the real
        // ids wired in, which the integration harness does).
        (0..n)
            .map(|_| IrohPeer::new(SecretKey::generate().public()))
            .collect()
    }
}