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+"""The CultMesh local server's RUDP loop asks each peer's session whether a Connect
+repeats. A retransmitted Connect keeps the peer; a restarted client on the same
+address is a new one."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import socket
+import time
+import unittest
+
+import msgpack
+from cultmesh_py import create_node
+from cultmesh_py.server import CultMeshLocalServer
+from cultnet_py import (
+    CultNetRudpSendOptions,
+    CultNetRudpSession,
+    CultNetRudpSessionOptions,
+)
+from cultnet_py.transport import decode_rudp_packet, encode_rudp_packet
+
+CONNECTION_ID = 0x10203091
+HELLO = msgpack.packb({"schemaVersion": "cultnet.hello.v0", "runtimeId": "probe", "runtimeKind": "test"}, use_bin_type=True)
+
+
+class RudpServerGenerationTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.server = CultMeshLocalServer(node=create_node(runtime_id="rudp-generation"), rudp_connection_id=CONNECTION_ID)
+        self.server.start()
+        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        self.sock.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
+        self.sock.settimeout(0.02)
+        self.target = ("127.0.0.1", self.server.port)
+        self.responses = 0
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.sock.close()
+        self.server.stop()
+
+    def to_server(self, packet) -> None:
+        self.sock.sendto(encode_rudp_packet(packet), self.target)
+
+    def pump(self, session: CultNetRudpSession, until, seconds: float = 2.0) -> bool:
+        deadline = time.monotonic() + seconds
+        while time.monotonic() < deadline:
+            if until():
+                return True
+            try:
+                wire, _ = self.sock.recvfrom(65535)
+            except TimeoutError:
+                continue
+            packet = decode_rudp_packet(wire)
+            result = session.receive(packet, int(time.monotonic() * 1000))
+            if packet.reliable or packet.packet_type.value == "accept":
+                self.to_server(session.create_ack_for_received(packet.sequence))
+            for frame in result.delivered:
+                if msgpack.unpackb(frame.payload, raw=False).get("schemaVersion") == "cultnet.hello.v0":
+                    self.responses += 1
+        return until()
+
+    def new_session(self, initial_sequence: int) -> CultNetRudpSession:
+        return CultNetRudpSession(CultNetRudpSessionOptions(connection_id=CONNECTION_ID, initial_sequence=initial_sequence))
+
+    def test_a_retransmitted_connect_keeps_the_peer_and_a_restarted_client_is_admitted(self) -> None:
+        first = self.new_session(50)
+        connect = first.create_connect(0, b"same")
+        self.to_server(connect)
+        self.assertTrue(self.pump(first, lambda: first.connected), "the first Accept")
+        hello = first.send("schema", HELLO, CultNetRudpSendOptions(reliable=True, ordered=True))
+        self.to_server(hello)
+        self.assertTrue(self.pump(first, lambda: self.responses == 1), "the first answer")
+
+        # A retransmitted Connect is a repeat: the data already delivered is not delivered, or answered, again.
+        self.to_server(connect)
+        self.to_server(hello)
+        self.pump(first, lambda: False, 0.4)
+        self.assertEqual(self.responses, 1, "the retransmitted Connect reset the peer")
+
+        # The same client restarted on the same address, connection id and payload.
+        second = self.new_session(7)
+        self.to_server(second.create_connect(0, b"same"))
+        self.assertTrue(self.pump(second, lambda: second.connected), "the restarted client's Accept")
+        self.to_server(second.send("schema", HELLO, CultNetRudpSendOptions(reliable=True, ordered=True)))
+        self.assertTrue(self.pump(second, lambda: self.responses == 2), "the restarted client's answer")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()