From 04ab61cf6fcca5d0f6847324c78f095254d00cd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NINJA-1029 <sudharsan1602@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 14:59:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] perf: optimize bridge outbox sweep during idle states

---
 bitchat/Services/MessageRouter.swift | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bitchat/Services/MessageRouter.swift b/bitchat/Services/MessageRouter.swift
index 4d8286ce..0a34539e 100644
--- a/bitchat/Services/MessageRouter.swift
+++ b/bitchat/Services/MessageRouter.swift
@@ -103,11 +103,12 @@ final class MessageRouter {
         bridgeSweepTask = Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
             while !Task.isCancelled {
                 try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: UInt64(interval * 1_000_000_000))
+                guard let self = self, !self.outbox.isEmpty else { continue }
                 // Expire stale outbox entries in-session too — otherwise a DM
                 // to a peer that never reconnects sits on "sending" until the
                 // next relaunch instead of surfacing as failed.
-                self?.cleanupExpiredMessages()
-                self?.retryBridgeCourierDeposits()
+                self.cleanupExpiredMessages()
+                self.retryBridgeCourierDeposits()
             }
         }
     }