[Bug]: Nodes sometimes shows node as 'Direct' incorrectly

[cpatulea]

Hardware

Heltec V3

Connection Type

HTTP

Local or Hosted

https://client.meshtastic.org

Firmware Version

2.5.11.8e2a3e5

Description

Web client shows certain nodes as 'Direct':

but this is not accurate. See the corresponding meshtastic CLI --info output:

$ meshtastic --host 192.168.0.190 --info | grep -A20 da5cc010
  "!da5cc010": {
    "num": 3663511568,
    "user": {
      "id": "!da5cc010",
      "longName": "Meshtastic c010",
      "shortName": "c010",
      "hwModel": "UNSET"
    },
    "snr": -17.75,
    "lastHeard": 1733112925
  },

note hopsAway is missing entirely (maybe due to this logic: https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/blob/9f4c8a28043633fbeffc00da8c0ede02cebfdf9a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp#L1312)

In comparison, here is an example of a truly Direct node:

$ meshtastic --host 192.168.0.190 --info | grep -A20 3b9c03cd
  "!3b9c03cd": {
    "num": 1000080333,
    "user": {
      "id": "!3b9c03cd",
      "longName": "mars_tow",
      "shortName": "mars",
      "macaddr": "c2:b0:3b:9c:03:cd",
      "hwModel": "RAK4631",
      "role": "ROUTER",
      "publicKey": "M/5mJYjrSdNdtNPhC7tXNk3VLhX2pkhfaNf4IudFC08="
    },
    "snr": -14.0,
    "lastHeard": 1733112308,
    "deviceMetrics": {
      "batteryLevel": 61,
      "voltage": 3.812,
      "channelUtilization": 17.941668,
      "airUtilTx": 1.8800278,
      "uptimeSeconds": 86460
    },
    "hopsAway": 0
  },

Relevant console output

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