feat(core/fec): adaptive FEC — size recovery to measured loss, not a flat 20%

On a clean link the flat 20% FEC is pure waste: extra wire bytes AND extra
packets. On a packet-rate-bound uplink (the Steam Deck's WiFi tx caps ~22k pps
regardless of bitrate) those extra packets directly cost goodput — measured at
200 Mbps goodput, 20% FEC drove ~10% loss vs ~2.6% at 0% (it saturated the link).

Adaptive FEC closes the loop:
- Client measures the loss FEC is absorbing each ~750 ms window from session stats
  (recovered shards / received, + a bump when a frame went unrecoverable) and sends
  a periodic `LossReport { loss_ppm }` on the control stream (new message;
  `window_loss_ppm` helper, shared + unit-tested). Connector (Apple/Linux/Windows)
  and probe both report; suppressed during a speed test so its filler can't skew it.
- Host maps loss → recovery % (`adapt_fec`: ≈ loss×1.4 + 1pt, clamped 1..50) and
  applies it live via `Session::set_fec_percent` (the wire is self-describing — each
  packet carries its block's data/recovery counts, so the receiver needs no notice).
  A clean link decays to ~1%; loss ramps it up and converges.
- `PUNKTFUNK_FEC_PCT`, when set, now PINS FEC static (disables adaptation) so
  speed-test / measurement runs keep a fixed, known overhead. Unset ⇒ adaptive,
  starting at 10%.

An older host ignores LossReport (unknown control message) and keeps static FEC;
an older client simply never reports and the host holds its start value. Builds +
clippy + fmt + tests green (adapt_fec / window_loss_ppm / loss_report unit tests).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -167,6 +167,18 @@ pub struct Reconfigured {
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct RequestKeyframe;
/// `client → host`, periodic: the client's observed data-plane loss, so the host can size FEC to
/// the link instead of a flat percentage (adaptive FEC). `loss_ppm` is parts-per-million of shards
/// that arrived missing-but-recovered (plus a bump when frames went unrecoverable) over the report
/// window — i.e. the loss FEC is currently absorbing. The host maps it to a recovery percentage,
/// clamped to a sane band, and applies it live; a clean link decays toward the floor (fewer packets,
/// which directly helps a packet-rate-bound uplink like the Steam Deck's WiFi tx). Fire-and-forget.
/// A host that predates this ignores it (unknown control message) and keeps its static FEC.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct LossReport {
pub loss_ppm: u32,
}
/// `client → host`, any time after [`Start`]: run a bandwidth speed test. The host bursts
/// filler access units (flagged [`crate::packet::FLAG_PROBE`]) over the data plane at
/// `target_kbps` of application goodput for `duration_ms`, *pausing video for the duration*, then
@@ -251,6 +263,8 @@ pub const MSG_RECONFIGURE: u8 = 0x01;
pub const MSG_RECONFIGURED: u8 = 0x02;
/// Type byte of [`RequestKeyframe`].
pub const MSG_REQUEST_KEYFRAME: u8 = 0x03;
/// Type byte of [`LossReport`].
pub const MSG_LOSS_REPORT: u8 = 0x04;
/// Type byte of [`ProbeRequest`].
pub const MSG_PROBE_REQUEST: u8 = 0x20;
/// Type byte of [`ProbeResult`].
@@ -821,6 +835,43 @@ impl RequestKeyframe {
}
}
impl LossReport {
pub fn encode(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
// magic[0..4] type[4] loss_ppm[5..9]
let mut b = Vec::with_capacity(9);
b.extend_from_slice(CTL_MAGIC);
b.push(MSG_LOSS_REPORT);
b.extend_from_slice(&self.loss_ppm.to_le_bytes());
b
}
pub fn decode(b: &[u8]) -> Result<LossReport> {
if b.len() != 9 || &b[0..4] != CTL_MAGIC || b[4] != MSG_LOSS_REPORT {
return Err(PunktfunkError::InvalidArg("bad LossReport"));
}
Ok(LossReport {
loss_ppm: u32::from_le_bytes(b[5..9].try_into().unwrap()),
})
}
}
/// Compute a [`LossReport`] `loss_ppm` from one window's session-stat deltas: shards FEC recovered
/// (the loss it absorbed), shards received, and frames that went unrecoverable. Loss ≈ recovered /
/// (received + recovered) — the fraction of shards that arrived missing. A frame drop means loss
/// exceeded the current FEC budget (so `recovered` plateaus), so add a fixed bump to push the host's
/// FEC up past the cap on the next adjustment. Returns parts-per-million, capped at 1e6.
pub fn window_loss_ppm(recovered: u64, received: u64, frames_dropped: u64) -> u32 {
let denom = received.saturating_add(recovered);
let mut ppm = recovered
.saturating_mul(1_000_000)
.checked_div(denom)
.unwrap_or(0) as u32;
if frames_dropped > 0 {
ppm = ppm.saturating_add(50_000); // +5%: unrecoverable loss → raise FEC past the current cap
}
ppm.min(1_000_000)
}
impl ProbeRequest {
pub fn encode(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
// magic[0..4] type[4] target_kbps[5..9] duration_ms[9..13]
@@ -1877,6 +1928,35 @@ mod tests {
assert!(RequestKeyframe::decode(&[bytes.as_slice(), &[0]].concat()).is_err());
}
#[test]
fn loss_report_roundtrip() {
for loss_ppm in [0u32, 1, 12_345, 50_000, 1_000_000] {
let r = LossReport { loss_ppm };
assert_eq!(LossReport::decode(&r.encode()).unwrap(), r);
}
// Disjoint from the other control messages (type byte + length).
assert!(LossReport::decode(&RequestKeyframe.encode()).is_err());
assert!(RequestKeyframe::decode(&LossReport { loss_ppm: 0 }.encode()).is_err());
assert!(LossReport::decode(
&[LossReport { loss_ppm: 0 }.encode().as_slice(), &[0]].concat()
)
.is_err());
}
#[test]
fn window_loss_ppm_estimates_and_caps() {
// No traffic → 0. A clean window (nothing recovered) → 0.
assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(0, 0, 0), 0);
assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(0, 1000, 0), 0);
// 50 recovered of 1000 total (950 received + 50 recovered) = 5%.
assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(50, 950, 0), 50_000);
// An unrecoverable frame adds the +5% bump (push FEC past the current cap).
assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(50, 950, 1), 100_000);
// A total-loss window with a drop but nothing received still reports the bump, capped at 1e6.
assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(0, 0, 3), 50_000);
assert!(window_loss_ppm(u64::MAX, 1, 9) <= 1_000_000);
}
#[test]
fn probe_messages_roundtrip() {
let req = ProbeRequest {