Add the interim `/tipc/` maddr grammar

`mk_maddr()`/`parse_maddr()` learn,

    /tipc/<stype>/<instance>/<scope>

mirroring how `uds` maps onto the spec-legal `/unix`.

XXX `str`-ONLY for now: there is no registered `/tipc` proto
in the multiaddr table (upstream track gh #483 +
multiformats/py-multiaddr#107) and `Multiaddr()` rejects an
unregistered name outright. `MsgTransport.maddr`s return type
is already `Multiaddr|str` (and `MsgpackUDSStream` already
exercises the `str` branch), so this fits — but it IS why gh

`parse_maddr()` therefore special-cases the `/tipc/` prefix
BEFORE handing anything to `Multiaddr()`.

Also drive the maddr mapping-table tests off `_address_types`
instead of a hardcoded len/dict so the next backend can't
fail them for the wrong reason.

(this patch was generated in some part by `claude-code` using `claude-opus-5` (`anthropic`))

tests/discovery/conftest.py

@@ -84,6 +84,35 @@ def _wait_for_daemon_ready(
                     timeout=poll_interval,
                 ):
                     return
+
+            elif tpt_proto == 'tipc':
+                # TIPC — `reg_addr` is the proto-keyed
+                # `('tipc', stype, instance, scope)` per
+                # `tractor.ipc._tipc.TIPCAddress.unwrap()`.
+                #
+                # NOTE, connecting *by name* IS the readiness
+                # probe: until the daemon `.bind()`s (i.e.
+                # publishes) the name, the kernel answers
+                # `EHOSTUNREACH` immediately — no timeout wait.
+                from tractor.ipc._tipc import (
+                    AF_TIPC,
+                    TIPC_ADDR_NAME,
+                )
+                _, stype, instance, scope = reg_addr
+                sock = socket.socket(AF_TIPC, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+                try:
+                    sock.settimeout(poll_interval)
+                    sock.connect((
+                        TIPC_ADDR_NAME,
+                        stype,
+                        instance,
+                        0,  # domain: 0 == "anywhere in scope"
+                        scope,
+                    ))
+                    return
+                finally:
+                    sock.close()
+
             else:
                 # UDS — `reg_addr` is a `(filedir, sockname)`
                 # tuple per `tractor.ipc._uds.UDSAddress.unwrap`.

tests/discovery/test_multiaddr.py

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ from tractor.discovery._multiaddr import (
     _tpt_proto_to_maddr,
     _maddr_to_tpt_proto,
 )
-from tractor.discovery._addr import wrap_address
+from tractor.discovery._addr import (
+    wrap_address,
+    _address_types,
+)
 
 
 def test_tpt_proto_to_maddr_mapping():
@@ -30,7 +33,12 @@ def test_tpt_proto_to_maddr_mapping():
     '''
     assert _tpt_proto_to_maddr['tcp'] == 'tcp'
     assert _tpt_proto_to_maddr['uds'] == 'unix'
-    assert len(_tpt_proto_to_maddr) == 2
+    assert _tpt_proto_to_maddr['tipc'] == 'tipc'
+
+    # NOTE, drive the expected set off the registration table
+    # (per the "drive-the-set-from-the-`Literal`" pattern) so
+    # adding a backend can't fail this for the wrong reason.
+    assert set(_tpt_proto_to_maddr) == set(_address_types)
 
 
 def test_mk_maddr_tcp_ipv4():
@@ -153,9 +161,12 @@ def test_maddr_to_tpt_proto_mapping():
 
     '''
     assert _maddr_to_tpt_proto == {
-        'tcp': 'tcp',
-        'unix': 'uds',
+        maddr_proto: proto_key
+        for proto_key, maddr_proto in _tpt_proto_to_maddr.items()
     }
+    assert _maddr_to_tpt_proto['tcp'] == 'tcp'
+    assert _maddr_to_tpt_proto['unix'] == 'uds'
+    assert _maddr_to_tpt_proto['tipc'] == 'tipc'
 
 
 def test_parse_maddr_tcp_ipv4():

tractor/_testing/addr.py

@@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ def get_rando_addr(
             assert addr.sockpath.resolve()
             testrun_reg_addr = addr.unwrap()
 
+        # NOTE, `.get_random()` already derives the service
+        # *instance* from a `uuid4`+pid-salted seed, so both the
+        # within- and cross-proc isolation the other 2 protos
+        # hand-roll above comes for free.
+        #
+        # XXX matters MORE here than for tcp/uds: a TIPC name
+        # clash doesn't raise `EADDRINUSE`, it silently
+        # round-robins connects between both publishers.
+        case 'tipc':
+            from tractor.ipc._tipc import TIPCAddress
+            addr: TIPCAddress = addr_type.get_random()
+            assert addr.is_valid
+            testrun_reg_addr = addr.unwrap()
+
     # XXX, as sanity it should never the same as the default for the
     # host-singleton registry actor.
     assert def_reg_addr != testrun_reg_addr

tractor/discovery/_multiaddr.py

@@ -38,8 +38,23 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 _tpt_proto_to_maddr: dict[str, str] = {
     'tcp': 'tcp',
     'uds': 'unix',
+    'tipc': 'tipc',
 }
 
+# XXX, there is NO `/tipc` in the multiaddr protocol table yet
+# (upstream track: gh #483 + multiformats/py-multiaddr#107), and
+# `Multiaddr()` rejects an unregistered proto name outright.
+#
+# So until that lands `tipc` maddrs stay **`str`**-only — which
+# `MsgTransport.maddr`s `Multiaddr|str` return type already
+# allows and `MsgpackUDSStream.maddr` already exercises — and
+# `parse_maddr()` special-cases the prefix BEFORE handing
+# anything to `Multiaddr()`.
+#
+# This is also why gh #443's "always return `Multiaddr`" item
+# stays blocked.
+_tipc_maddr_prefix: str = '/tipc/'
+
 # reverse mapping: multiaddr protocol name -> tractor proto_key
 _maddr_to_tpt_proto: dict[str, str] = {
     v: k for k, v in _tpt_proto_to_maddr.items()
@@ -49,7 +64,7 @@ _maddr_to_tpt_proto: dict[str, str] = {
 
 def mk_maddr(
     addr: 'Address',
-) -> Multiaddr:
+) -> Multiaddr|str:
     '''
     Construct a `Multiaddr` from a tractor `Address` instance,
     dispatching on the `.proto_key` to build the correct
@@ -75,6 +90,18 @@ def mk_maddr(
                 f'/{net_proto}/{host}/{maddr_proto}/{port}'
             )
 
+        # NOTE, interim `str`-only grammar (see the
+        # `_tipc_maddr_prefix` note above),
+        #
+        #   /tipc/<stype>/<instance>/<scope>
+        #
+        # mirroring how `uds` maps onto the spec-legal `/unix`.
+        case 'tipc':
+            _, stype, instance, scope = addr.unwrap()
+            return (
+                f'/{maddr_proto}/{stype}/{instance}/{scope}'
+            )
+
         case 'uds':
             filedir, filename = addr.unwrap()
             filepath = Path(filedir) / filename
@@ -100,6 +127,17 @@ def parse_maddr(
     # lazy imports to avoid circular deps
     from tractor.ipc._tcp import TCPAddress
     from tractor.ipc._uds import UDSAddress
+    from tractor.ipc._tipc import TIPCAddress
+
+    # XXX MUST come before `Multiaddr()` which rejects the
+    # not-yet-registered `/tipc` proto name outright.
+    if maddr_str.startswith(_tipc_maddr_prefix):
+        _, _, stype, instance, scope = maddr_str.split('/')
+        return TIPCAddress(
+            _stype=int(stype),
+            _instance=int(instance),
+            _scope=int(scope),
+        )
 
     maddr = Multiaddr(maddr_str)
     proto_names: list[str] = [

tractor/ipc/_types.py

@@ -38,17 +38,23 @@ from tractor.ipc._uds import (
     UDSAddress,
     MsgpackUDSStream,
 )
+from tractor.ipc._tipc import (
+    AF_TIPC,
+    TIPCAddress,
+    MsgpackTIPCStream,
+)
 
 # if TYPE_CHECKING:
 #     from tractor._addr import Address
 
 
-Address = TCPAddress|UDSAddress
+Address = TCPAddress|UDSAddress|TIPCAddress
 
 # manually updated list of all supported msg transport types
 _msg_transports = [
     MsgpackTCPStream,
-    MsgpackUDSStream
+    MsgpackUDSStream,
+    MsgpackTIPCStream,
 ]
 
 
@@ -59,15 +65,17 @@ _key_to_transport: dict[
 ] = {
     ('msgpack', 'tcp'): MsgpackTCPStream,
     ('msgpack', 'uds'): MsgpackUDSStream,
+    ('msgpack', 'tipc'): MsgpackTIPCStream,
 }
 
 # convert an Address wrapper to its corresponding transport type
 _addr_to_transport: dict[
-    Type[TCPAddress|UDSAddress],
+    Type[TCPAddress|UDSAddress|TIPCAddress],
     Type[MsgTransport]
 ] = {
     TCPAddress: MsgpackTCPStream,
     UDSAddress: MsgpackUDSStream,
+    TIPCAddress: MsgpackTIPCStream,
 }
 
 
@@ -108,6 +116,12 @@ def transport_from_stream(
             case socket.AF_UNIX:
                 transport = 'uds'
 
+            # NOTE, `AF_TIPC` is linux-only in CPython so we
+            # match the `._tipc` constant (which carries a uapi
+            # fallback) rather than `socket.AF_TIPC`.
+            case _ if sock.family == AF_TIPC:
+                transport = 'tipc'
+
             case _:
                 raise NotImplementedError(
                     f'Unsupported socket family: {sock.family}'

tractor/msg/types.py

@@ -188,6 +188,31 @@ class Aid(
     __repr__ = pretty_struct.Struct.__repr__
 
 
+# NOTE, mirrors `.discovery._addr.UnwrappedAddress` but is
+# re-declared here to dodge the circular import
+# (`._addr` -> `.ipc._tcp` -> `.msg`).
+#
+# XXX this is the **wire** shape, so widening it is a wire-format
+# change; keep the two decls in sync.
+# XXX VARIADIC on purpose! `msgspec` rejects a union holding
+# more than one array-like type ("Type unions may not contain
+# more than one array-like (list, set, tuple) type"), so the two
+# concrete shapes,
+#
+#   ('127.0.0.1', 1616)                 # tcp
+#   ('/run/user/1000/tractor', 'x.sock')  # uds
+#   ('tipc', 1953628160, 1616, 2)       # proto-keyed (tipc)
+#
+# can't be spelled as `tuple[str, str|int]|tuple[str, int, int,
+# int]`. Widen to one homogeneous variadic tuple instead.
+#
+# ?TODO, the real fix is the `UnwrappedAddress` proto-key
+# migration (see `.discovery._addr`) after which this becomes a
+# tagged union keyed off elem 0 and full per-proto validation
+# comes back.
+UnwrappedAddress = tuple[str|int, ...]
+
+
 class SpawnSpec(
     pretty_struct.Struct,
     tag=True,
@@ -213,8 +238,8 @@ class SpawnSpec(
 
     # TODO: not just sockaddr pairs?
     # -[ ] abstract into a `TransportAddr` type?
-    reg_addrs: list[tuple[str, str|int]]
-    bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, str|int]]|None
+    reg_addrs: list[UnwrappedAddress]
+    bind_addrs: list[UnwrappedAddress]|None
 
 
 # TODO: caps based RPC support in the payload?

tractor/runtime/_state.py

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 TransportProtocolKey = Literal[
     'tcp',
     'uds',
+    'tipc',
 ]
 _def_tpt_proto: TransportProtocolKey = 'tcp'