From 5760fb3ad945771da110fd13144fe972fd6d0b00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian McEwen <ian@ianmcorvidae.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 12:40:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add reconnect for firmware_node

---
 meshtastic/tests/conftest.py | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meshtastic/tests/conftest.py b/meshtastic/tests/conftest.py
index 596f4b1..c863888 100644
--- a/meshtastic/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/meshtastic/tests/conftest.py
@@ -49,8 +49,17 @@ def firmware_node():
     _skip_firmware_if_unavailable()
     mesh = SimMesh(n_nodes=1, base_port=SINGLE_NODE_BASE_PORT)
     mesh.start()
-    set_region(mesh.get_node(0).port, "US")
-    yield mesh.get_node(0)
+    node = mesh.get_node(0)
+    set_region(node.port, "US")
+    # The region commit restarts the TCP listener, so reconnect the harness
+    # interface in case a test wants to use it directly.
+    if node.iface is not None:
+        try:
+            node.iface.close()
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            pass
+    node.connect()
+    yield node
     mesh.stop()