From 825d333ea48f3d492e81ee5631ba75b1496fca63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clive Blackledge <clive@ansible.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:21:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Saving node role as a NodeHotentry

---
 src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp | 1 +
 src/mesh/NodeDB.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
index 48cc033c7..fd0fb9f6c 100644
--- a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ void NodeDB::syncHotFromCold(size_t index)
     hot.channel = node.channel;
     hot.next_hop = node.next_hop;
     hot.bitfield = node.bitfield;
+    hot.role = static_cast<uint8_t>(node.user.role);
     hot.hops_away = node.hops_away;
 
     uint8_t flags = 0;
diff --git a/src/mesh/NodeDB.h b/src/mesh/NodeDB.h
index 0992e7444..f3042f6cb 100644
--- a/src/mesh/NodeDB.h
+++ b/src/mesh/NodeDB.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct NodeHotEntry {
     uint32_t last_heard = 0;
     float snr = 0.0f;
     uint32_t bitfield = 0;
+    uint8_t role = meshtastic_Config_DeviceConfig_Role_CLIENT;
     uint8_t channel = 0;
     uint8_t next_hop = 0;
     uint8_t hops_away = 0;