fix(database): rebuild the packet FTS index after the schema-52 table recreation

[jamesarich]

2.8.1 (29321949) upgraders are storming SQLITE_CORRUPT_VTAB (267, "database disk image is malformed") on every packet write — 11k Datadog RUM events across 450+ users in the first 36 hours after the Play prod rollout, with no self-heal and a reconnect storm behind "Post-handshake NodeDB install failed". This heals them.

Root cause. packet_fts is an FTS5 external-content table over packet, so its shadow tables are only valid while they agree with the content table's rowids and text. The 51→52 auto-migration (#6523, the snr nullability change) recreates packet via Room's copy/DROP/RENAME rebuild underneath the live FTS index. Upgraders come out of that chain desynced, and the Room-generated sync triggers then surface the corruption on every subsequent packet write — clearUnreadCount, markAllAsRead, deleteMessages, deleteContacts — instead of repairing it. The worst-affected cohort is 2.7.14 → 2.8.1 direct upgraders, who run the whole 38→52 chain (FTS creation + backfill + two packet recreations) in a single open. 2.8.0's own 50→51 packet rebuild (rssi) was mostly benign only because most upgraders' FTS index was still empty at that point in the chain.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Bump the database to schema 53 with a manual MIGRATION_52_53 whose only step is FTS5's 'rebuild' command. rebuild regenerates the index wholesale from the content table, so it repairs already-desynced installs exactly once (migrations are exactly-once) and re-asserts the invariant for everyone else. Fresh installs never run it.
• Wired through configureCommon(), so Android, desktop (the same KMP schema ships in the Flathub app) and iOS all get it.

Testing Performed

• ftsIndexSurvivesPacketTableRecreations (new, MeshtasticDatabaseMigrationTest): populates the index through Room's real sync triggers at schema 50, walks the 50→51→52 recreations plus the new rebuild, then exercises the exact write shapes that stormed in the field (clearUnreadCount-shaped UPDATE, message DELETE) and verifies MATCH results plus FTS5's external-content integrity-check (rank=1) on both sides of the writes.
• migrateAll updated to carry the manual migration; full 3→53 chain validates against the exported schemas.
• Full baseline green: spotlessApply spotlessCheck detekt assembleDebug test allTests kmpSmokeCompile (1,789 tests).

Notes for reviewers

• A clean-room repro of just the 51→52 copy-swap with a populated index does not desync in the test harness (rowids and text are preserved), so the precise field ingredient that seeds the desync is still unidentified — the leading candidates involve the full multi-step upgrade chain interleaved with Room's open sequence. The rebuild heals the invariant regardless of seed. If RUM shows *malformed* errors recurring on builds that include this migration, the seed is a live write path and needs a deeper hunt — baseline is <10 events/day for @application.name:"Meshtastic Android" @error.message:*malformed*.
• Any future migration that recreates packet (Room rebuilds the table for any nullability/constraint change — this has now happened twice, 50→51 and 51→52) must be followed by the same rebuild. The migration's KDoc and the regression test both encode this.
• Related but separate 29321949 fatals under investigation, not addressed here: the database is locked crash from the wedge-recovery two-connection overlap (busy-timeout hardening in a follow-up PR), and the libsqliteJni.so dlopen loop (install-side, 5 Pixel 6 Pro/Android 12 users, packaging verified correct in the shipped AAB).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved database upgrades to preserve message search functionality when packet data is rebuilt.
  • Added a migration to restore and maintain the full-text message index.

• Tests

  • Added migration coverage verifying search index integrity across database upgrades and packet table recreations.
  • Updated schema validation for the latest database version.

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Room schema version 53 adds database tables and indexes. The database registers a manual 52→53 migration that rebuilds packet_fts. JVM tests validate migration behavior and FTS synchronization after packet table recreation.

Changes

Database schema migration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Schema version 53 data model core/database/schemas/.../53.json	Schema version 53 defines operational, discovery, firmware, merge, and channel-set tables. It also defines indexes, foreign keys, FTS triggers, and the Room identity hash.
FTS rebuild migration core/database/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/MeshtasticDatabase.kt	The database version changes to 53. The registered MIGRATION_52_53 executes the FTS5 rebuild command for packet_fts.
Migration and FTS integrity tests core/database/src/jvmTest/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/MeshtasticDatabaseMigrationTest.kt	Migration tests run the explicit 52→53 migration and verify FTS search results after packet table recreation, updates, and deletes.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to bdfb2

The PR adds the schema-53 FTS rebuild and targeted regression coverage, but its migration test does not verify all packet rows and values before later mutations. This is a bounded correctness-evidence gap that should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RoomDatabase
  participant MIGRATION_52_53
  participant SQLite
  participant packet_fts
  RoomDatabase->>MIGRATION_52_53: Run migration from version 52 to 53
  MIGRATION_52_53->>SQLite: Execute FTS5 rebuild SQL
  SQLite->>packet_fts: Rebuild index content from packet

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 6 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Tests Prove The Path, Not The End State	⚠️ Warning	The added FTS test seeds a valid index and checks only the final state; a no-op 52→53 migration passes the same MATCH/integrity checks, as the SQLite recreation simulation confirmed.	Corrupt or desynchronize packet_fts before migration, then assert 52→53 rebuild restores MATCH results and integrity. Add coverage that configureCommon() registers the migration.
Regression Coverage For Changed Behavior	⚠️ Warning	The new test seeds a synchronized FTS index and passes MIGRATION_52_53 explicitly; the copy/drop/rename case remains valid without rebuild, and configureCommon() registration is untested.	Seed a schema-52 database with deliberately inconsistent packet_fts shadow/content rows, assert writes fail before 52→53 and succeed after rebuild, then open it through the real configureCommon() builder without explicitly supplying the...

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: rebuilding the packet FTS index after the schema-52 packet table recreation.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Sibling Call Sites And Presence Semantics	✅ Passed	The diff changes only the database version, FTS rebuild migration, and tests; schema 52 and 53 have identical entities and fields, with no changed nullable/default or zero-guard semantics.
Moved Code Diffed Against Its Original	✅ Passed	The diff adds schema data and migration/test code, with no deleted declarations, renames, or extracted files; therefore no moved code requires comparison or caller review.

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`@core/database/src/jvmTest/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/MeshtasticDatabaseMigrationTest.kt`:
- Around line 98-108: In MeshtasticDatabaseMigrationTest, assert the migrated
packet row count and persisted column values immediately after migration, before
the UPDATE and DELETE mutations. Verify both inserted rows, including uuid 2,
survived with their expected values; retain the existing post-mutation FTS
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