fix(clients/rust): harden client resilience for v0.1.0 release

- Track serial timeout in field instead of returning hardcoded 2s
- Always restore timeout in drain_rx, even on read errors
- Handle EINTR/Interrupted in read_frame (retry instead of error)
- Use connect_timeout for TCP mux (no more 2-min hangs)
- Set write timeout on mux sockets (unix + tcp)
- Log unexpected unsolicited frames in recv via tracing::warn
- Add unix socket timeout test for WouldBlock handling
- Add CHANGELOG.md, remove resolved CLAUDE_TODO.md

clients/rust/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 0.1.0 — 2026-04-06
+
+Initial release.
+
+### Features
+
+- High-level `Client<T>` with send/recv and command helpers (ping, set_config,
+  start_rx, stop_rx, transmit, get_config, get_mac, display_on, display_off)
+- COBS wire framing via `ucobs` (matches firmware implementation)
+- Auto-detection connection: TCP mux, Unix socket mux, direct USB serial
+- Bounded RX packet buffering (256 packets, FIFO eviction)
+- `FrameReader` accumulator for streaming byte sources
+- USB device discovery by VID:PID with blocking wait
+
+### Resilience
+
+- Cross-platform timeout handling: `TimedOut` (Windows) and `WouldBlock`
+  (Linux/macOS) both treated as clean timeouts in `read_frame`
+- `EINTR`/`Interrupted` signals retried automatically in `read_frame`
+- `drain_rx` always restores the original timeout, even on I/O errors
+- TCP mux connections use `connect_timeout` (bounded by caller's timeout)
+- Mux sockets set both read and write timeouts
+- `SerialTransport` tracks timeout accurately for save/restore
+- Unexpected unsolicited frames logged via `tracing::warn` instead of silently
+  discarded

clients/rust/src/client.rs

@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ impl<T: Transport> Client<T> {
             let data = read_frame(&mut self.transport)?
                 .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("timeout waiting for response"))?;
             let resp = Response::from_bytes(&data)
-                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("malformed response ({} bytes)", data.len()))?;
+                .ok_or_else(|| {
+                    let hex: Vec<String> = data.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect();
+                    anyhow::anyhow!("malformed response ({} bytes): [{}]", data.len(), hex.join(" "))
+                })?;
             if resp.is_rx_packet() {
                 self.buffer_rx(resp);
                 continue;
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ impl<T: Transport> Client<T> {
         if resp.is_rx_packet() {
             Ok(Some(resp))
         } else {
-            // Non-RxPacket unsolicited response — shouldn't happen, discard
+            tracing::warn!("recv: discarding unexpected unsolicited response: {resp:?}");
             Ok(None)
         }
     }
@@ -87,9 +90,10 @@ impl<T: Transport> Client<T> {
         self.transport
             .set_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10))?;
 
+        let result: anyhow::Result<()> = (|| {
             loop {
                 let Some(data) = read_frame(&mut self.transport)? else {
-                break;
+                    return Ok(());
                 };
                 if let Some(resp) = Response::from_bytes(&data)
                     && resp.is_rx_packet()
@@ -97,8 +101,11 @@ impl<T: Transport> Client<T> {
                     packets.push(resp);
                 }
             }
+        })();
 
+        // Always restore timeout, even if the loop errored
         self.transport.set_timeout(old_timeout)?;
+        result?;
         Ok(packets)
     }
 

clients/rust/src/codec.rs

@@ -107,9 +107,15 @@ pub fn read_frame(reader: &mut dyn std::io::Read) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Vec<u
                 }
                 buf.push(byte[0]);
             }
-            Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut => {
+            Err(e)
+                if matches!(
+                    e.kind(),
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut | std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock
+                ) =>
+            {
                 return Ok(None);
             }
+            Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::Interrupted => continue,
             Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
         }
     }
@@ -274,4 +280,51 @@ mod tests {
         let decoded = decode_frame(&encoded[..encoded.len() - 1]);
         assert_eq!(decoded, Some(data));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn config_response_cobs_roundtrip() {
+        // Exact Config response bytes: tag=1, freq=910525000, bw=62.5k, sf=7,
+        // cr=5, sync=0x3444, tx=22dBm, preamble=16, cad=1
+        // Note: preamble high byte is 0x00 — tests COBS with embedded zero.
+        let data = vec![
+            0x01, 0x48, 0x82, 0x45, 0x36, 0x06, 0x07, 0x05,
+            0x44, 0x34, 0x16, 0x10, 0x00, 0x01,
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(data.len(), 14);
+        let encoded = encode_frame(&data);
+        let decoded = decode_frame(&encoded[..encoded.len() - 1]);
+        assert_eq!(decoded, Some(data));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn config_response_cobs_roundtrip_cad_zero() {
+        // Same but with cad=0 — two consecutive 0x00 bytes at end.
+        let data = vec![
+            0x01, 0x48, 0x82, 0x45, 0x36, 0x06, 0x07, 0x05,
+            0x44, 0x34, 0x16, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00,
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(data.len(), 14);
+        let encoded = encode_frame(&data);
+        let decoded = decode_frame(&encoded[..encoded.len() - 1]);
+        assert_eq!(decoded, Some(data));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[test]
+    fn read_frame_socket_timeout_returns_none() {
+        use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
+        use std::time::Duration;
+
+        let (mut a, _b) = UnixStream::pair().unwrap();
+        a.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_millis(10)))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // No data written to _b, so read on `a` will time out with WouldBlock on Linux.
+        let result = read_frame(&mut a);
+        assert!(
+            result.is_ok(),
+            "socket timeout should be Ok(None), got: {result:?}"
+        );
+        assert!(result.unwrap().is_none());
+    }
 }

clients/rust/src/connect.rs

@@ -131,6 +131,36 @@ pub fn connect_default() -> anyhow::Result<Client<AnyTransport>> {
     connect(None, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
 }
 
+/// Connect to a mux daemon only (TCP via env var, then Unix socket).
+///
+/// Unlike [`connect`], this **never** falls back to direct USB serial.
+/// Returns an error if no mux is reachable — the caller can retry with backoff.
+///
+/// This is the Rust equivalent of the Python client's "sticky mux" behavior:
+/// once you decide to use the mux, you stay on the mux.
+pub fn connect_mux_auto(timeout: Duration) -> anyhow::Result<Client<AnyTransport>> {
+    // Try TCP mux via environment variable.
+    if let Ok(tcp) = std::env::var("DONGLORA_MUX_TCP")
+        && let Some(transport) = try_tcp_mux(&tcp, timeout)
+    {
+        debug!("connected to TCP mux at {tcp}");
+        return Ok(Client::new(AnyTransport::Mux(transport)));
+    }
+
+    // Try Unix socket mux.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        let path = find_mux_socket()
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("no mux socket found"))?;
+        let transport = MuxTransport::unix(&path, timeout)?;
+        debug!("connected to mux socket at {path}");
+        Ok(Client::new(AnyTransport::Mux(transport)))
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    anyhow::bail!("mux-only mode requires Unix socket support or DONGLORA_MUX_TCP")
+}
+
 fn try_tcp_mux(addr: &str, timeout: Duration) -> Option<MuxTransport> {
     let (host, port) = if let Some((h, p)) = addr.rsplit_once(':') {
         let host = if h.is_empty() { "localhost" } else { h };

clients/rust/src/lib.rs

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub mod transport;
 // Flat re-exports for convenience
 pub use client::Client;
 pub use codec::{decode_frame, encode_frame, read_frame, FrameReader};
-pub use connect::{connect, connect_default, default_socket_path};
+pub use connect::{connect, connect_default, connect_mux_auto, default_socket_path};
 pub use discovery::{find_port, wait_for_device, USB_PID, USB_VID};
 pub use protocol::{
     Bandwidth, Command, ErrorCode, RadioConfig, Response, CMD_TAG_SET_CONFIG, CMD_TAG_START_RX,

clients/rust/src/transport.rs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub trait Transport: Read + Write + Send {
 /// Direct USB serial port connection to a DongLoRa dongle.
 pub struct SerialTransport {
     port: Box<dyn serialport::SerialPort>,
+    timeout: Duration,
 }
 
 impl SerialTransport {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ impl SerialTransport {
             .timeout(timeout)
             .open()
             .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to open serial port {path}: {e}"))?;
-        Ok(Self { port })
+        Ok(Self { port, timeout })
     }
 
     /// Clear the serial input buffer.
@@ -62,13 +63,13 @@ impl Transport for SerialTransport {
     fn set_timeout(&mut self, timeout: Duration) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         self.port
             .set_timeout(timeout)
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to set serial timeout: {e}"))
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to set serial timeout: {e}"))?;
+        self.timeout = timeout;
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn timeout(&self) -> Duration {
-        // serialport doesn't have a getter, so we'd need to track it ourselves.
+        self.timeout
-        // For now, return a sensible default. The actual timeout is set on the port.
-        Duration::from_secs(2)
     }
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +95,10 @@ impl MuxTransport {
             .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to connect to mux socket {path}: {e}"))?;
         stream
             .set_read_timeout(Some(timeout))
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to set socket timeout: {e}"))?;
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to set socket read timeout: {e}"))?;
+        stream
+            .set_write_timeout(Some(timeout))
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to set socket write timeout: {e}"))?;
         Ok(Self {
             stream: MuxStream::Unix(stream),
             timeout,
@@ -103,12 +107,22 @@ impl MuxTransport {
 
     /// Connect to the mux daemon via TCP.
     pub fn tcp(host: &str, port: u16, timeout: Duration) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+
         let addr = format!("{host}:{port}");
-        let stream = std::net::TcpStream::connect(&addr)
+        let sock_addr = addr
+            .to_socket_addrs()
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to resolve mux address {addr}: {e}"))?
+            .next()
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("no addresses found for {addr}"))?;
+        let stream = std::net::TcpStream::connect_timeout(&sock_addr, timeout)
             .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to connect to mux at {addr}: {e}"))?;
         stream
             .set_read_timeout(Some(timeout))
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to set TCP timeout: {e}"))?;
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to set TCP read timeout: {e}"))?;
+        stream
+            .set_write_timeout(Some(timeout))
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to set TCP write timeout: {e}"))?;
         Ok(Self {
             stream: MuxStream::Tcp(stream),
             timeout,
@@ -149,8 +163,12 @@ impl Transport for MuxTransport {
         self.timeout = timeout;
         let result = match &self.stream {
             #[cfg(unix)]
-            MuxStream::Unix(s) => s.set_read_timeout(Some(timeout)),
+            MuxStream::Unix(s) => s
-            MuxStream::Tcp(s) => s.set_read_timeout(Some(timeout)),
+                .set_read_timeout(Some(timeout))
+                .and_then(|()| s.set_write_timeout(Some(timeout))),
+            MuxStream::Tcp(s) => s
+                .set_read_timeout(Some(timeout))
+                .and_then(|()| s.set_write_timeout(Some(timeout))),
         };
         result.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to set timeout: {e}"))
     }