From b31146f62fc275bfd7e258e0ea40928d166443ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Meadors <benmmeadors@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:57:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Skip favorite nodes when clearing out oldest in NodeDB

---
 src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
index 80b46a4268..f65fe0da35 100644
--- a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ meshtastic_NodeInfoLite *NodeDB::getOrCreateMeshNode(NodeNum n)
             uint32_t oldest = UINT32_MAX;
             int oldestIndex = -1;
             for (int i = 1; i < numMeshNodes; i++) {
-                if (meshNodes->at(i).last_heard < oldest) {
+                if (!meshNodes->at(i).is_favorite && meshNodes->at(i).last_heard < oldest) {
                     oldest = meshNodes->at(i).last_heard;
                     oldestIndex = i;
                 }