Merge pull request 'A host logs in as node.<name> and hears answers on its own inbox' (#35 ) from fix/a-host-uses-its-own-inbox into main

A host hears the server's answers on its own inbox
The mesh grants a machine exactly its own inbox prefix; the client used the default one and was refused a subscription to it.
2026-09-27 23:18:30 +00:00 · 2026-09-28 01:16:23 +02:00 · 2026-09-28 01:13:52 +02:00 · 2026-09-27 22:09:08 +00:00
1 changed files with 7 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ func dialNats(ctx context.Context, m Membership, timeout time.Duration) (Link, e
 	}
 	opts := []nats.Option{
 		nats.Secure(config),
-		nats.UserInfo(m.Node, m.Password),
+		// The mesh names a machine's bus user "node.<name>" (the controller's principal scheme), and
+		// the server refused the bare name the first time a machine dialled it: "authentication
+		// error - User". The same string the mesh composed into the user list, or nothing connects.
+		nats.UserInfo("node."+m.Node, m.Password),
+		// Replies to what this client asks the server arrive on its inbox, and the mesh grants a
+		// machine exactly its own: the same prefix the user list was composed with.
+		nats.CustomInboxPrefix("_INBOX.node." + m.Node),
 		nats.Name("mesh-host/" + m.Node),
 		nats.Timeout(timeout),
 		// A node that has silently lost its route notices, rather than holding a connection the
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
jschoubben	4ef41ad5a0	Merge pull request 'A host logs in as node.<name> and hears answers on its own inbox' (#35 ) from fix/a-host-uses-its-own-inbox into main	2026-09-27 23:18:30 +00:00
jschoubben	d749de989c	A host hears the server's answers on its own inbox The mesh grants a machine exactly its own inbox prefix; the client used the default one and was refused a subscription to it.	2026-09-28 01:16:23 +02:00
jschoubben	14e64844df	A host logs in to the new bus as node.<name> The mesh names a machine's bus user node.<name>; the host dialled with the bare name and every machine was refused the first time it reached the server: "authentication error - User". Same string as the composed user list, or nothing connects.	2026-09-28 01:13:52 +02:00
jschoubben	d82fc9a121	Merge pull request 'A machine moves to the bus its declaration tells it to' (#34 ) from feat/a-machine-moves-to-the-bus-it-is-told into main	2026-09-27 22:09:08 +00:00