1 files changed, 43 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/transport/paths.rs b/src/transport/paths.rs
index 93ba464..13fc6db 100644
--- a/src/transport/paths.rs
+++ b/src/transport/paths.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ struct PathState {
     used: Option<Instant>,
     /// Smoothed round-trip time of its PINGs.
     rtt: Option<Duration>,
+    /// Where the transport went when `rtt` was measured (`Paths::location`).
+    measured_at: Option<String>,
     /// The PING out, by nonce, and when it went.
     probe: Option<(u64, Instant)>,
     last_probe: Option<Instant>,
@@ -301,6 +303,22 @@ impl Table {
     }
 
     /// A PONG with `nonce` from `address`: the round trip, if it answers our PING out.
+    /// The transport of `address` now goes to `location` (a libp2p peer over another
+    /// connection: through a relay before, directly now): round trips measured before
+    /// were of another way, and would weigh on the next ones for minutes (`pong`
+    /// smooths), so they are dropped.
+    fn located(&mut self, address: &str, location: &str) {
+        let Some(path) = self.paths.get_mut(address) else {
+            return;
+        };
+        if path.measured_at.as_deref() != Some(location) {
+            if path.measured_at.is_some() {
+                path.rtt = None;
+            }
+            path.measured_at = Some(location.to_owned());
+        }
+    }
+
     fn pong(&mut self, address: &str, nonce: u64, now: Instant) -> Option<Duration> {
         let path = self.paths.get_mut(address)?;
         let (expected, sent) = path.probe?;
@@ -788,9 +806,10 @@ impl Paths {
                 });
             }
             ParsedMessage::Pong(nonce) => {
-                self.table
-                    .lock_or_recover()
-                    .pong(&address, nonce, Instant::now());
+                let location = self.location(&address);
+                let mut table = self.table.lock_or_recover();
+                table.located(&address, &location);
+                table.pong(&address, nonce, Instant::now());
             }
             _ => {}
         }
@@ -1055,6 +1074,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert!((rtt - 100.0).abs() < 1e-6, "{rtt}");
     }
 
+    /// Round trips of another way to the peer (through a relay, then directly) don't
+    /// weigh on those of the new one.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_path_that_goes_elsewhere_is_measured_anew() {
+        let mut table = Table::default();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        table.rank(paths(&["libp2p:x", "mycelium:x"]), now);
+        let ping = |table: &mut Table, nonce: u64, at: Instant, ms: u64| {
+            table.pinged("libp2p:x", nonce, at);
+            table.pong("libp2p:x", nonce, at + Duration::from_millis(ms));
+        };
+        table.located("libp2p:x", "libp2p:/relayed");
+        ping(&mut table, 1, now, 120);
+        table.located("libp2p:x", "libp2p:/relayed");
+        ping(&mut table, 2, now + Duration::from_secs(30), 120);
+        table.located("libp2p:x", "libp2p:/lan");
+        ping(&mut table, 3, now + Duration::from_secs(60), 2);
+        let rtt = table.info("libp2p:x", now).rtt_ms.unwrap();
+        assert!((rtt - 2.0).abs() < 1e-6, "{rtt}");
+    }
+
     /// The node's keepalive PING on a path is its probe: paths doesn't ping it too, and
     /// the PONG measures it.
     #[test]