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wz-phone/docs/PRD-mtu-discovery.md
Siavash Sameni 766c9df442 feat(dred): continuous DRED tuning, PMTUD, extended Opus6k window
- DredTuner: maps live network metrics (loss/RTT/jitter) to continuous
  DRED duration every ~500ms instead of discrete tier-locked values.
  Includes jitter-spike detection for pre-emptive Starlink-style boost.
- Opus6k DRED extended from 500ms to 1040ms (max libopus 1.5 supports)
- PMTUD: quinn MtuDiscoveryConfig with upper_bound=1452, 300s interval
- TrunkedForwarder respects discovered MTU (was hard-coded 1200)
- QuinnPathSnapshot exposes quinn internal stats + discovered MTU
- AudioEncoder trait: set_expected_loss() + set_dred_duration() methods
- PathMonitor: sliding-window jitter variance for spike detection
- Integrated into both Android and desktop send tasks in engine.rs
- 14 new tests (10 tuner unit + 4 encoder integration)
- Updated ARCHITECTURE.md, PROGRESS.md, PRD-dred-integration, PRD-mtu

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-12 19:38:37 +04:00

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# PRD: QUIC Path MTU Discovery
## Problem
WarzonePhone uses conservative 1200-byte QUIC datagrams. Some network paths support larger MTUs (1400+), wasting bandwidth. Some broken paths (VPNs, tunnels, double-NAT, cellular) have MTU < 1200, causing silent packet drops — this may explain why Opus 64k fails on some paths while 24k works (larger encoded frames + FEC repair packets).
## Solution
Enable Quinn's built-in Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD) and handle edge cases:
1. PMTUD probes larger packet sizes and discovers the actual path MTU
2. Graceful fallback when datagrams exceed discovered MTU
3. Expose MTU in metrics for debugging
## Implementation
### Phase 1: Enable PMTUD in Quinn
`crates/wzp-transport/src/config.rs` — update `transport_config()`:
```rust
// Enable PMTUD (Quinn default is enabled, but we should ensure it)
config.mtu_discovery_config(Some(quinn::MtuDiscoveryConfig::default()));
// Set minimum MTU for safety (some paths can't handle 1200)
// Quinn default min is 1200, which is the QUIC spec minimum
```
Quinn's `MtuDiscoveryConfig` has:
- `interval`: how often to probe (default: 600s)
- `upper_bound`: max MTU to probe (default: 1452 for IPv4)
- `minimum_change`: min MTU increase to be worth probing (default: 20)
### Phase 2: Handle MTU-related Failures
In federation forwarding (`send_raw_datagram`), if the datagram exceeds the connection's current MTU, Quinn returns an error. Handle gracefully:
- Log warning with packet size vs MTU
- Drop the packet (don't crash)
- Track in metrics: `wzp_relay_mtu_exceeded_total`
### Phase 3: Codec-Aware MTU
When the path MTU is small, the relay or client should:
- Prefer lower-bitrate codecs (smaller packets)
- Reduce FEC ratio (fewer repair packets)
- This feeds into the adaptive quality system
### Phase 4: Expose MTU in Stats
- Add `path_mtu` to relay metrics (per peer)
- Add `path_mtu` to client stats (visible in UI)
- Log MTU on connection establishment
## Non-Goals (v1)
- Datagram fragmentation (QUIC datagrams are atomic — either fit or don't)
- Manual MTU override per relay config
- MTU-based codec selection (future, needs adaptive quality)
## Effort: 1 day
## Implementation Status (2026-04-12)
Phase 1 is now implemented:
### What was built
- **Transport config** (`crates/wzp-transport/src/config.rs`):
- `MtuDiscoveryConfig` with `upper_bound=1452`, `interval=300s`, `black_hole_cooldown=30s`
- `initial_mtu=1200` (safe QUIC minimum)
- Quinn's PLPMTUD binary-searches from 1200 up to 1452 automatically
- **`QuinnPathSnapshot::current_mtu`** (`crates/wzp-transport/src/quic.rs`):
- Reads `connection.max_datagram_size()` which reflects the PMTUD-discovered value
- Available to all callers via `transport.quinn_path_stats()`
- **Trunk batcher MTU-aware** (`crates/wzp-relay/src/room.rs`):
- `TrunkedForwarder::new()` initializes `max_bytes` from discovered MTU
- `send()` refreshes `max_bytes` on every call (cheap atomic read in quinn)
- Federation trunk frames grow automatically as PMTUD discovers larger paths
### Phases 2-3 status
- Phase 2 (handle MTU failures): Already handled — `send_media()`/`send_trunk()` check `max_datagram_size()` and return `DatagramTooLarge` errors. These are logged and the packet is dropped gracefully.
- Phase 3 (codec-aware MTU): Not yet implemented. Future video frames will need application-layer fragmentation when they exceed the discovered MTU.