Add `MsgpackTIPCStream`, the `AF_TIPC` `MsgTransport`

Wire `.connect_to()` (dial by service name), `.connected()`
and `.get_stream_addrs()` on top of `MsgpackTransport` so
`trio.SocketStream` + the existing `<I`-prefix framing carry
`msgpack` msgs over TIPC unchanged.

XXX both ends of a connected TIPC sock answer `TIPC_ADDR_ID`
port-ids and a port-id carries NO service name, so,
- the *dialling* side re-asserts the name it actually dialled
  over `._raddr` (same move as `MsgpackUDSStream`s peer-pid
  re-assign),
- the *accepting* side keeps a `TIPC_NAME_UNKNOWN` sentinel
  plus the observed `(node, ref)`. It doesn't need more — the
  `Aid` from `._do_handshake()` already carries the peer's
  logical identity.

Also normalize dial failures: TIPC answers an unpublished-name
lookup with `EHOSTUNREACH`, which python maps to a **bare**
`OSError` and NOT a `ConnectionError` subtype the way
`ECONNREFUSED` maps to `ConnectionRefusedError`. The
discovery-ping path needs the `ConnectionError` shape, so the
`_reraise_as_connerr()` wrap is load-bearing, not polish.

XXX ALSO tolerate a dead peer in `.get_stream_addrs()`!
Unlike tcp/uds — where the kernel keeps answering the peer
addr until *we* close — TIPC answers `ENOTCONN` once the peer
is gone. Since `MsgpackTransport.__init__()` calls
`.get_stream_addrs()` (via `Channel.from_stream()`) BEFORE the
handshake, an unguarded `OSError` there escapes
`handle_stream_from_peer()`s handshake tolerance (contract §4)
and tears down the WHOLE actor. Any connect-then-drop peer — a
port scan, a liveness probe, a cancelled dial — was a remote
actor-kill. A dead peer must cost us an addr, not the runtime.

Deats,
- `TIPC_IMPORTANCE` exposed as a `.connect_to()` kwarg — TIPC
  can rank a conn's traffic under congestion, which no other
  backend can do. Defaulted to the kernel default for now;
  wiring the parent<->child chan to `HIGH` is a follow-up.
- `TIPC_DEST_DROPPABLE = 0` so undeliverable msgs surface as
  errors instead of being silently dropped.

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

tests/discovery/conftest.py

@@ -84,35 +84,6 @@ 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

@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ from tractor.discovery._multiaddr import (
     _tpt_proto_to_maddr,
     _maddr_to_tpt_proto,
 )
-from tractor.discovery._addr import (
+from tractor.discovery._addr import wrap_address
-    wrap_address,
-    _address_types,
-)
 
 
 def test_tpt_proto_to_maddr_mapping():
@@ -33,12 +30,7 @@ def test_tpt_proto_to_maddr_mapping():
     '''
     assert _tpt_proto_to_maddr['tcp'] == 'tcp'
     assert _tpt_proto_to_maddr['uds'] == 'unix'
-    assert _tpt_proto_to_maddr['tipc'] == 'tipc'
+    assert len(_tpt_proto_to_maddr) == 2
-
-    # 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():
@@ -161,12 +153,9 @@ def test_maddr_to_tpt_proto_mapping():
 
     '''
     assert _maddr_to_tpt_proto == {
-        maddr_proto: proto_key
+        'tcp': 'tcp',
-        for proto_key, maddr_proto in _tpt_proto_to_maddr.items()
+        'unix': 'uds',
     }
-    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

@@ -99,20 +99,6 @@ 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

@@ -38,23 +38,8 @@ 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()
@@ -64,7 +49,7 @@ _maddr_to_tpt_proto: dict[str, str] = {
 
 def mk_maddr(
     addr: 'Address',
-) -> Multiaddr|str:
+) -> Multiaddr:
     '''
     Construct a `Multiaddr` from a tractor `Address` instance,
     dispatching on the `.proto_key` to build the correct
@@ -90,18 +75,6 @@ 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
@@ -127,17 +100,6 @@ 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

@@ -38,23 +38,17 @@ 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|TIPCAddress
+Address = TCPAddress|UDSAddress
 
 # manually updated list of all supported msg transport types
 _msg_transports = [
     MsgpackTCPStream,
-    MsgpackUDSStream,
+    MsgpackUDSStream
-    MsgpackTIPCStream,
 ]
 
 
@@ -65,17 +59,15 @@ _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|TIPCAddress],
+    Type[TCPAddress|UDSAddress],
     Type[MsgTransport]
 ] = {
     TCPAddress: MsgpackTCPStream,
     UDSAddress: MsgpackUDSStream,
-    TIPCAddress: MsgpackTIPCStream,
 }
 
 
@@ -116,12 +108,6 @@ 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

@@ -188,31 +188,6 @@ 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,
@@ -238,8 +213,8 @@ class SpawnSpec(
 
     # TODO: not just sockaddr pairs?
     # -[ ] abstract into a `TransportAddr` type?
-    reg_addrs: list[UnwrappedAddress]
+    reg_addrs: list[tuple[str, str|int]]
-    bind_addrs: list[UnwrappedAddress]|None
+    bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, str|int]]|None
 
 
 # TODO: caps based RPC support in the payload?

tractor/runtime/_state.py

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