release: v0.1.0

First cut release. Snapshots ./src/ as ./versions/v0.1.0/ via
`just cut-version v0.1.0` (22 files: 21 chapter MDs + SUMMARY.md).
Deployed alongside `latest` at:

  https://swaits.github.io/meshcore-spec/v0.1.0/

Also:

- CHANGELOG.md adopts Keep a Changelog-style version sections.
  Future entries land under [Unreleased] and graduate to a version
  heading when cut. The existing date-stamped pass entries stay
  put as a historical record of the work captured in v0.1.0.
- README.md fixes a stale "per vX.Y.Z tag" mention left over from
  the tag-based versioning model, and links the current release
  explicitly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

versions/v0.1.0/09-payload-path.md

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+# MeshCore Protocol Specification
+
+## Section 9: Payload — Path Return
+
+### Overview
+
+The PATH payload carries an encrypted return path from one node to another. It
+uses the same dest_hash + src_hash + encrypt-then-MAC envelope as REQ/RESPONSE/
+TXT_MSG, but the decrypted contents contain routing path data and optional extra
+application data.
+
+### Payload Type
+
+Header payload type field: `0x08` (PATH)
+
+### Wire Format (Outer)
+
+```
+ 0
++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+| dest_hash(1)  |  src_hash(1)  |    Cipher MAC (2 bytes)       |
++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+|                                                               |
+|              Ciphertext (N × 16 bytes, N ≥ 1)                |
+|                                                               |
++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+```
+
+The outer format is identical to [Section 6](06-payload-encrypted.md).
+
+### Decrypted Inner Format
+
+```
++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+|  path_len(1)  |         Path (hash_count × hash_size)        |
++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+| extra_type(1) |         Extra Data (variable)                 |
++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+```
+
+| Field | Size | Type | Description |
+|-------|------|------|-------------|
+| path_len | 1 byte | encoded | Same bitfield encoding as packet path_len (see [Section 3](03-path.md)) |
+| path | hash_count × hash_size | raw | The return path to the sender |
+| extra_type | 1 byte | uint8 | Type of extra data (lower 4 bits used; upper 4 reserved) |
+| extra | remaining | raw | Extra data (may include trailing zero padding from AES) |
+
+### Extra Type Values
+
+| Value | Description |
+|-------|-------------|
+| 0x00 | No meaningful extra data (reciprocal path) |
+| 0xFF | Dummy/padding (used when no real extra data; followed by 4 random bytes) |
+| Other | Application-defined |
+
+When creating a path return with no extra data, the reference implementation
+appends `0xFF` as extra_type followed by 4 random bytes to ensure the packet
+hash is unique.
+
+### Encoding
+
+1. Build the inner plaintext:
+   a. Write path_len byte (encoded hash_size and hash_count).
+   b. Write path bytes (hash_count × hash_size).
+   c. If extra data is provided: write extra_type (lower 4 bits), write extra.
+   d. If no extra data: write `0xFF`, write 4 random bytes.
+2. Encrypt the inner plaintext using encrypt-then-MAC with the shared secret.
+3. Prepend dest_hash and src_hash.
+
+### Decoding
+
+1. Decode the outer envelope (dest_hash, src_hash, MAC, ciphertext) as in
+   [Section 6](06-payload-encrypted.md).
+2. After decryption:
+   a. Read 1 byte as path_len. Decode hash_size and hash_count.
+   b. Read hash_count × hash_size bytes as the path.
+   c. Read 1 byte as extra_type (use lower 4 bits only).
+   d. Remaining bytes are extra data (may include AES zero-padding).
+
+### Cross-References
+
+- [Section 3: Path](03-path.md) — Path length encoding
+- [Section 6: Encrypted Payloads](06-payload-encrypted.md) — Outer envelope format
+- [Section 14: Cryptography](14-crypto.md) — Encrypt-then-MAC
+- Test vectors: `corpus/payloads/path-return/`
+
+### Reference Implementation
+
+- `Mesh::createPathReturn()` in `src/Mesh.cpp` — Encoding
+- `Mesh::onRecvPacket()`, PATH case within REQ/RESPONSE/TXT_MSG handling — Decoding