From 269efecb36823eb0ad857cd4683b10550aaf4b3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Simon=20St=C3=BCrz?= <simon.stuerz@nymea.io>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:02:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure NetworkDeviceMonitor on localhost are always
 reachable

---
 .../hardware/network/networkdevicediscoveryimpl.cpp       | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libnymea-core/hardware/network/networkdevicediscoveryimpl.cpp b/libnymea-core/hardware/network/networkdevicediscoveryimpl.cpp
index 20252018..9efa2b4c 100644
--- a/libnymea-core/hardware/network/networkdevicediscoveryimpl.cpp
+++ b/libnymea-core/hardware/network/networkdevicediscoveryimpl.cpp
@@ -703,6 +703,14 @@ void NetworkDeviceDiscoveryImpl::evaluateMonitor(NetworkDeviceMonitorImpl *monit
 
     bool requiresRefresh = false;
 
+    if (monitor->networkDeviceInfo().address() == QHostAddress::LocalHost) {
+        // The localhost has to be always reachable
+        monitor->setLastConnectionAttempt(currentDateTime);
+        monitor->setLastSeen(currentDateTime);
+        monitor->setReachable(true);
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (!monitor->networkDeviceInfo().isValid()) {
         qCDebug(dcNetworkDeviceDiscovery()) << "Network device info not valid for" << monitor;
         requiresRefresh = true;