refactor(macros): change auto_connect_peers default to true

Changed the default value of `auto_connect_peers` from `false` to `true`
in the `freenet_test` macro, as analysis showed ~90% of tests were
explicitly setting it to `true`.

Changes:
- Set `auto_connect_peers = true` as default in parser.rs
- Removed redundant `auto_connect_peers = true` from all test files
  (10+ occurrences across operations.rs, connectivity.rs, etc.)
- Updated documentation to reflect new default behavior
- Added parser tests to verify default and explicit overrides work correctly

Benefits:
- Reduces boilerplate in test authoring
- Better developer experience (most tests want peer connectivity)
- Tests requiring manual connection control can still use explicit `false`
- No breaking changes - backward compatible

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: iduartgomez

apps/freenet-ping/app/tests/run_app.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use tokio_tungstenite::connect_async;
 /// connecting to the gateway.
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 15,
     aggregate_events = "always",
@@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ async fn test_basic_gateway_connectivity(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 ///
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer1", "peer2"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 30,
     aggregate_events = "always",

crates/core/tests/connectivity.rs

@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ async fn get_contract(
 /// Test PUT operation across two peers (gateway and peer)
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-a"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 15,
     tokio_flavor = "multi_thread",
@@ -239,7 +238,6 @@ async fn test_put_contract(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-a"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 20,
     tokio_flavor = "multi_thread",
@@ -410,7 +408,6 @@ async fn test_update_contract(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 /// This is a regression test for issue #1995.
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-a"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 15,
     tokio_flavor = "multi_thread",
@@ -597,7 +594,6 @@ async fn test_put_merge_persists_state(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 // If this test becomes flaky again, see issue #1798 for historical context.
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "node-a", "node-b"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 600,
     startup_wait_secs = 40,
     tokio_flavor = "multi_thread",
@@ -1171,7 +1167,6 @@ async fn test_multiple_clients_subscription(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult
 
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "node-a"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 120,
     startup_wait_secs = 20,
     tokio_flavor = "multi_thread",
@@ -1399,7 +1394,6 @@ async fn test_get_with_subscribe_flag(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 // FIXME Update notification is not received
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "node-a"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 20,
     tokio_flavor = "multi_thread",
@@ -1680,7 +1674,6 @@ async fn test_put_with_subscribe_flag(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "client-node"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 20,
     tokio_flavor = "multi_thread",
@@ -1838,7 +1831,6 @@ async fn test_delegate_request(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-a", "peer-c"],
     gateways = ["gateway"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 240,
     startup_wait_secs = 15,
     aggregate_events = "on_failure",
@@ -2412,7 +2404,6 @@ async fn wait_for_subscribe_response(
 
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-node"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 10,
     tokio_flavor = "multi_thread",
@@ -2486,7 +2477,6 @@ async fn test_subscription_introspection(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-a"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 20,
     tokio_flavor = "multi_thread",

crates/core/tests/operations.rs

@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ async fn test_multiple_gateways(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 /// Test with auto_connect_peers enabled
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1", "peer-2"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 120,
     startup_wait_secs = 15
 )]
@@ -242,7 +241,6 @@ async fn test_auto_connect_peers(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gw-1", "gw-2", "peer-1", "peer-2"],
     gateways = ["gw-1", "gw-2"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 120,
     startup_wait_secs = 15
 )]

crates/core/tests/test_macro_example.rs

@@ -29,19 +29,18 @@ async fn test_basic_gateway(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 }
 ```
 
-### Multi-Node Test with Auto-Connect
+### Multi-Node Test
 
 ```rust
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1", "peer-2"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     aggregate_events = "on_failure"
 )]
 async fn test_network_operations(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
     let gateway = ctx.gateway()?;
     let peers = ctx.peers();
 
-    // All peers are automatically configured to connect to the gateway
+    // Peers are automatically configured to connect to the gateway (default behavior)
     assert_eq!(peers.len(), 2);
 
     // Your test logic here...
@@ -85,16 +84,22 @@ async fn test_multi_gateway(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 #### `auto_connect_peers`
 Automatically configure all peer nodes to connect to all gateway nodes.
 
+**Default:** `true`
+
 ```rust
+// Default behavior - peers auto-connect
+#[freenet_test(nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1", "peer-2"])]
+
+// Explicitly disable auto-connection if needed
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1", "peer-2"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true  // Peers auto-connect to gateway
+    auto_connect_peers = false
 )]
 ```
 
 **Behavior:**
-- When `true`: Peers are pre-configured with gateway connection info
-- When `false` (default): You must manually configure peer connections
+- When `true` (default): Peers are pre-configured with gateway connection info
+- When `false`: You must manually configure peer connections
 - Works with multiple gateways (peers connect to all gateways)
 
 #### `aggregate_events`
@@ -288,7 +293,7 @@ use freenet_stdlib::prelude::*;
 
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1", "peer-2"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
+    
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 15,
     aggregate_events = "on_failure",
@@ -438,7 +443,7 @@ EVENT LOG SUMMARY
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gw-1", "gw-2", "peer-1", "peer-2", "peer-3", "peer-4"],
     gateways = ["gw-1", "gw-2"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
+    
     startup_wait_secs = 20  // More time for connections to establish
 )]
 ```

crates/freenet-macros/README.md

@@ -86,15 +86,14 @@ use parser::FreenetTestArgs;
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
-/// ## Auto-Connect Peers to Gateways
+/// ## Auto-Connect Peers to Gateways (Default Behavior)
 /// ```ignore
 /// #[freenet_test(
 ///     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1", "peer-2"],
-///     auto_connect_peers = true,  // Peers will connect to gateway
 ///     timeout_secs = 120
 /// )]
 /// async fn test_with_connections(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
-///     // Peers are configured to discover and connect to the gateway
+///     // Peers are automatically configured to connect to the gateway (default: auto_connect_peers = true)
 ///     let gateway = ctx.gateway()?;
 ///     let peers = ctx.peers();
 ///     // Test peer-gateway interactions...

crates/freenet-macros/src/lib.rs

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl syn::parse::Parse for FreenetTestArgs {
     fn parse(input: syn::parse::ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
         let mut nodes = None;
         let mut gateways = None;
-        let mut auto_connect_peers = false;
+        let mut auto_connect_peers = true;
         let mut timeout_secs = 180;
         let mut startup_wait_secs = 15;
         let mut aggregate_events = AggregateEventsMode::OnFailure;
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let args: FreenetTestArgs = syn::parse2(tokens).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(args.nodes, vec!["gateway", "peer-1"]);
+        assert_eq!(args.auto_connect_peers, true); // Verify default is true
         assert_eq!(args.timeout_secs, 180);
         assert_eq!(args.startup_wait_secs, 15);
         assert_eq!(args.aggregate_events, AggregateEventsMode::OnFailure);
@@ -276,4 +277,28 @@ mod tests {
         let result: Result<FreenetTestArgs, _> = syn::parse2(tokens);
         assert!(result.is_err());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_auto_connect_peers_explicit_false() {
+        let tokens = quote! {
+            nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1"],
+            auto_connect_peers = false
+        };
+
+        let args: FreenetTestArgs = syn::parse2(tokens).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(args.nodes, vec!["gateway", "peer-1"]);
+        assert_eq!(args.auto_connect_peers, false); // Verify explicit false works
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_auto_connect_peers_explicit_true() {
+        let tokens = quote! {
+            nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1"],
+            auto_connect_peers = true
+        };
+
+        let args: FreenetTestArgs = syn::parse2(tokens).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(args.nodes, vec!["gateway", "peer-1"]);
+        assert_eq!(args.auto_connect_peers, true);
+    }
 }

crates/freenet-macros/src/parser.rs

@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ use freenet_macros::freenet_test;
 
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1", "peer-2"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     aggregate_events = "on_failure"  // Automatic event aggregation!
 )]
 async fn test_network_operation(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ async fn test_gateway_starts(ctx: &mut TestContext) -> TestResult {
 ```rust
 #[freenet_test(
     nodes = ["gateway", "peer-1", "peer-2"],
-    auto_connect_peers = true,
     timeout_secs = 180,
     startup_wait_secs = 15
 )]