From 07d354fa02e7d9843fac8d22d4db9027165a0044 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GUVWAF <78759985+GUVWAF@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:42:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Move airtime calculation to when Tx is complete (#8427)

---
 src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.cpp | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.cpp b/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.cpp
index 2567d9e7f..80e51b8bc 100644
--- a/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.cpp
@@ -289,12 +289,7 @@ void RadioLibInterface::onNotify(uint32_t notification)
                         // actual transmission as short as possible
                         txp = txQueue.dequeue();
                         assert(txp);
-                        bool sent = startSend(txp);
-                        if (sent) {
-                            // Packet has been sent, count it toward our TX airtime utilization.
-                            uint32_t xmitMsec = getPacketTime(txp);
-                            airTime->logAirtime(TX_LOG, xmitMsec);
-                        }
+                        startSend(txp);
                         LOG_DEBUG("%d packets remain in the TX queue", txQueue.getMaxLen() - txQueue.getFree());
                     }
                 }
@@ -413,6 +408,10 @@ void RadioLibInterface::completeSending()
     sendingPacket = NULL;
 
     if (p) {
+        // Packet has been sent, count it toward our TX airtime utilization.
+        uint32_t xmitMsec = getPacketTime(p);
+        airTime->logAirtime(TX_LOG, xmitMsec);
+
         txGood++;
         if (!isFromUs(p))
             txRelay++;