From f864c5f5471a5522f8339a3b221fdd374fe34ea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Berthold <stefan.berthold@gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:43:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] allow direct message paths when denyf * is set

---
 examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp b/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
index b6d855f68..fb30b4559 100644
--- a/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
+++ b/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,10 @@ bool MyMesh::filterRecvFloodPacket(mesh::Packet* pkt) {
   if (pkt->getRouteType() == ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_FLOOD) {
     recv_pkt_region = region_map.findMatch(pkt, REGION_DENY_FLOOD);
   } else if (pkt->getRouteType() == ROUTE_TYPE_FLOOD) {
-    if (region_map.getWildcard().flags & REGION_DENY_FLOOD) {
+      if ((pkt->getPayloadType() == PAYLOAD_TYPE_GRP_TXT ||
+           pkt->getPayloadType() == PAYLOAD_TYPE_GRP_DATA ||
+           pkt->getPayloadType() == PAYLOAD_TYPE_ADVERT) &&
+          region_map.getWildcard().flags & REGION_DENY_FLOOD) {
       recv_pkt_region = NULL;
     } else {
       recv_pkt_region =  &region_map.getWildcard();