persist node ids in .cache

brings back EXO_CACHE_HOME as always ~/.cache/exo/, and store the node
id in there. no random copies now!

dashboard/src/lib/components/HeaderNav.svelte

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     {#if showHome}
       <button
         onclick={handleHome}
-        class="text-sm text-white/70 hover:text-exo-yellow transition-colors tracking-wider uppercase flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer"
+        class="text-sm text-exo-light-gray hover:text-exo-yellow transition-colors tracking-wider uppercase flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer"
         title="Back to topology view"
       >
         <svg
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     {/if}
     <a
       href="/#/downloads"
-      class="text-sm text-white/70 hover:text-exo-yellow transition-colors tracking-wider uppercase flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer"
+      class="text-sm text-exo-light-gray hover:text-exo-yellow transition-colors tracking-wider uppercase flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer"
       title="View downloads overview"
     >
       {#if downloadProgress}

src/exo/routing/router.py

@@ -220,8 +220,6 @@ def get_node_id_keypair(
     Obtains the :class:`Keypair` associated with this node-ID.
     Obtain the :class:`PeerId` by from it.
     """
-    # TODO(evan): bring back node id persistence once we figure out how to deal with duplicates
-    return Keypair.generate()
 
     def lock_path(path: str | bytes | PathLike[str] | PathLike[bytes]) -> Path:
         return Path(str(path) + ".lock")
@@ -241,6 +239,6 @@ def get_node_id_keypair(
 
         # if no valid credentials, create new ones and persist
         with open(path, "w+b") as f:
-            keypair = Keypair.generate_ed25519()
+            keypair = Keypair.generate()
             f.write(keypair.to_bytes())
             return keypair

src/exo/shared/constants.py

@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ _EXO_HOME_ENV = os.environ.get("EXO_HOME", None)
 
 
 def _get_xdg_dir(env_var: str, fallback: str) -> Path:
-    """Get XDG directory, prioritising EXO_HOME environment variable if its set. On non-Linux platforms, default to ~/.exo."""
+    """Get XDG directory, prioritising EXO_HOME environment variable if its set. On non-Linux platforms, default to ~/.exo. Cache home always prefers .cache/exo"""
 
     if _EXO_HOME_ENV is not None:
         return Path.home() / _EXO_HOME_ENV
 
-    if sys.platform != "linux":
+    if sys.platform != "linux" and env_var != "XDG_CACHE_HOME":
         return Path.home() / ".exo"
 
     xdg_value = os.environ.get(env_var, None)
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ DASHBOARD_DIR = (
 # Log files (data/logs or cache)
 EXO_LOG_DIR = EXO_CACHE_HOME / "exo_log"
 EXO_LOG = EXO_LOG_DIR / "exo.log"
-EXO_TEST_LOG = EXO_CACHE_HOME / "exo_test.log"
 
 # Identity (config)
-EXO_NODE_ID_KEYPAIR = EXO_CONFIG_HOME / "node_id.keypair"
+EXO_NODE_ID_KEYPAIR = EXO_CACHE_HOME / "node_id.keypair"
 EXO_CONFIG_FILE = EXO_CONFIG_HOME / "config.toml"
 
 # libp2p topics for event forwarding