From 18d73f38ade7a5ce5511d24d6c4ddedc8b6acb7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henri Bergius <henri.bergius@iki.fi>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:32:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Catch decoding errors, refs #808

---
 .../core/src/utils/transform/decodePacket.ts   | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/transform/decodePacket.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/transform/decodePacket.ts
index d44e52cf..9143f7ca 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/transform/decodePacket.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/transform/decodePacket.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,20 @@ export const decodePacket = (device: MeshDevice) =>
           break;
         }
         case "packet": {
-          const decodedMessage = fromBinary(
-            Protobuf.Mesh.FromRadioSchema,
-            chunk.data,
-          );
+          let decodedMessage;
+          try {
+            decodedMessage = fromBinary(
+              Protobuf.Mesh.FromRadioSchema,
+              chunk.data,
+            );
+          } catch (e) {
+            device.log.error(
+              Types.Emitter[Types.Emitter.HandleFromRadio],
+              "⚠️  Received undecodable packet",
+              e,
+            );
+            break;
+          }
           device.events.onFromRadio.dispatch(decodedMessage);
 
           /** @todo Add map here when `all=true` gets fixed. */