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# QUIC Transport Integration for Multi-Agent Swarm Coordination
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## Architecture Overview
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This document describes the QUIC transport integration for agentic-flow's multi-agent swarm coordination system. The architecture enables high-performance agent-to-agent communication with transparent fallback to HTTP/2.
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### Key Components
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Swarm Coordination Layer │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ QuicCoordinator │◄────►│ TransportRouter │ │
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│ │ │ │ (Protocol Selection) │ │
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│ │ - Agent registry │ │ - QUIC / HTTP/2 │ │
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│ │ - Message routing│ │ - Auto fallback │ │
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│ │ - State sync │ │ - Health checks │ │
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│ └──────────────────┘ └────────────────────────┘ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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▼
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Transport Layer (QUIC) │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ QuicClient │ │ QuicConnectionPool │ │
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│ │ │ │ │ │
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│ │ - 0-RTT support │◄────►│ - Pool management │ │
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│ │ - Stream mux │ │ - LRU eviction │ │
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│ │ - WASM bindings │ │ - Health monitoring │ │
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│ └──────────────────┘ └────────────────────────┘ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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▼
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ WASM QUIC Implementation │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ - UDP transport │
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│ - Stream multiplexing (100+ concurrent streams) │
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│ - Connection migration (network changes) │
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│ - QPACK header compression │
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│ - 0-RTT connection establishment │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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## System Architecture
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### 1. QuicCoordinator
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**Purpose**: Manages agent-to-agent communication in multi-agent swarms
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**Features**:
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- **Topology Support**: Mesh, Hierarchical, Ring, Star
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- **Message Routing**: Topology-aware message forwarding
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- **State Synchronization**: Real-time state sync across agents
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- **Statistics Tracking**: Per-agent message and latency metrics
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- **Heartbeat Monitoring**: Periodic agent health checks
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**API**:
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```typescript
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const coordinator = new QuicCoordinator({
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swarmId: 'production-swarm',
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topology: 'mesh',
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maxAgents: 20,
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quicClient,
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connectionPool,
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heartbeatInterval: 10000,
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statesSyncInterval: 5000
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});
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await coordinator.start();
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await coordinator.registerAgent({
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id: 'agent-1',
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role: 'worker',
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host: 'agent-1.example.com',
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port: 4433,
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capabilities: ['compute', 'analyze']
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});
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```
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### 2. TransportRouter
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**Purpose**: Intelligent transport layer with automatic protocol selection
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**Features**:
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- **Protocol Selection**: QUIC, HTTP/2, or automatic
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- **Transparent Fallback**: HTTP/2 fallback on QUIC failure
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- **Connection Pooling**: Efficient resource management
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- **Health Checking**: Automatic availability detection
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- **Statistics**: Per-protocol metrics tracking
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**API**:
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```typescript
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const router = new TransportRouter({
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protocol: 'auto',
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enableFallback: true,
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quicConfig: {
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host: 'localhost',
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port: 4433,
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maxConnections: 100
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},
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http2Config: {
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host: 'localhost',
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port: 8443,
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maxConnections: 100,
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secure: true
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}
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});
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await router.initialize();
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// Route message through best available transport
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const result = await router.route(message, targetAgent);
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```
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### 3. Swarm Integration
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**Purpose**: High-level API for swarm initialization
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**Features**:
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- **Simple API**: Single function call to initialize swarms
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- **Transport Abstraction**: Hide transport complexity
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- **Topology Configuration**: Easy topology selection
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- **Agent Management**: Register/unregister agents
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- **Statistics**: Unified stats across transport layers
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**API**:
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```typescript
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import { initSwarm } from './swarm/index.js';
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const swarm = await initSwarm({
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swarmId: 'my-swarm',
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topology: 'mesh',
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transport: 'quic',
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maxAgents: 10,
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quicPort: 4433
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});
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await swarm.registerAgent({
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id: 'agent-1',
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role: 'worker',
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host: 'localhost',
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port: 4434,
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capabilities: ['compute']
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});
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const stats = swarm.getStats();
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await swarm.shutdown();
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```
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## Supported Topologies
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### Mesh Topology
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- **Description**: Peer-to-peer, all agents connect to all others
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- **Use Case**: Maximum redundancy, distributed consensus
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- **Routing**: Direct agent-to-agent communication
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- **Scalability**: O(n²) connections, best for <20 agents
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### Hierarchical Topology
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- **Description**: Coordinator-worker architecture
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- **Use Case**: Centralized task distribution
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- **Routing**: Workers → Coordinator → Workers
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- **Scalability**: O(n) connections, scales to 100+ agents
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### Ring Topology
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- **Description**: Circular agent connections
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- **Use Case**: Token-ring protocols, ordered processing
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- **Routing**: Forward to next agent in ring
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- **Scalability**: O(n) connections, predictable latency
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### Star Topology
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- **Description**: Central hub with spoke agents
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- **Use Case**: Simple coordination, fan-out/fan-in
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- **Routing**: All messages through central coordinator
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- **Scalability**: O(n) connections, single point of coordination
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## Transport Selection Strategy
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### QUIC Transport (Recommended)
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**Advantages**:
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- **0-RTT Connection**: Near-instant connection establishment
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- **Stream Multiplexing**: 100+ concurrent streams per connection
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- **Connection Migration**: Survives network changes (WiFi → Cellular)
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- **No Head-of-Line Blocking**: Independent stream processing
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- **QPACK Compression**: Efficient header compression
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**Performance**:
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- Latency: 10-50ms (0-RTT enabled)
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- Throughput: 1-10 Gbps (network dependent)
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- Concurrent Streams: 100+ per connection
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- Connection Overhead: Minimal with pooling
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**Use Cases**:
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- Real-time agent coordination
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- High-frequency message passing
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- Distributed computation
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- Mobile/unstable networks
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### HTTP/2 Transport (Fallback)
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**Advantages**:
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- **Wide Compatibility**: Universal support
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- **Proven Technology**: Battle-tested in production
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- **TLS Security**: Standard encryption
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**Performance**:
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- Latency: 50-200ms (1-RTT handshake)
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- Throughput: 1-10 Gbps (network dependent)
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- Concurrent Streams: 100 per connection
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- Connection Overhead: Higher due to TCP
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**Use Cases**:
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- Fallback when QUIC unavailable
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- Firewall/proxy traversal
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- Legacy infrastructure
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### Auto Mode (Default)
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**Strategy**:
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1. Attempt QUIC connection
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2. Fallback to HTTP/2 on failure
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3. Continuous health checking
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4. Automatic protocol switching
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**Configuration**:
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```typescript
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const router = new TransportRouter({
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protocol: 'auto',
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enableFallback: true
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});
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```
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## Message Flow
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### Mesh Topology Message Flow
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```
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Agent-1 ──QUIC Stream──► Agent-2
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──QUIC Stream──► Agent-3
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──QUIC Stream──► Agent-4
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```
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### Hierarchical Topology Message Flow
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```
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Worker-1 ──QUIC Stream──► Coordinator
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Worker-2 ──QUIC Stream──► Coordinator
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Coordinator ──QUIC Stream──► Worker-3
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Coordinator ──QUIC Stream──► Worker-4
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```
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### Ring Topology Message Flow
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```
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Agent-1 ──QUIC Stream──► Agent-2 ──QUIC Stream──► Agent-3
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▲ │
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└────────────────── QUIC Stream ◄──────────────────┘
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```
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### Star Topology Message Flow
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```
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┌─── Central Coordinator ───┐
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│ │
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QUIC Stream│ QUIC Stream │QUIC Stream
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│ │
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Agent-1 Agent-2 Agent-3 Agent-4 Agent-5
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```
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## State Synchronization
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### Automatic State Sync
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- **Interval**: Configurable (default: 5 seconds)
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- **Mechanism**: Broadcast state updates via QUIC streams
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- **Payload**: Swarm topology, agent list, statistics
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- **Reliability**: At-least-once delivery
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### Heartbeat Mechanism
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- **Interval**: Configurable (default: 10 seconds)
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- **Purpose**: Agent liveness detection
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- **Failure Handling**: Automatic agent unregistration
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- **Recovery**: Auto-reconnection on availability
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## Statistics & Monitoring
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### Per-Agent Statistics
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```typescript
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const stats = coordinator.getAgentStats('agent-1');
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// {
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// sent: 1234,
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// received: 5678,
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// avgLatency: 23.4
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// }
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```
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### Transport Statistics
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```typescript
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const quicStats = router.getStats('quic');
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// {
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// protocol: 'quic',
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// messagesSent: 10000,
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// messagesReceived: 9500,
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// bytesTransferred: 1234567,
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// averageLatency: 15.2,
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// errorRate: 0.001
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// }
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```
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### Swarm Statistics
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```typescript
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const swarmStats = swarm.getStats();
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// {
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// swarmId: 'my-swarm',
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// topology: 'mesh',
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// transport: 'quic',
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// coordinatorStats: { ... },
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// transportStats: { ... },
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// quicAvailable: true
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// }
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```
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## Performance Characteristics
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### QUIC vs HTTP/2 Comparison
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| Metric | QUIC | HTTP/2 |
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|--------|------|--------|
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| Connection Establishment | 0-RTT (0ms) | 1-RTT (~50ms) |
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| Head-of-Line Blocking | No | Yes |
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| Stream Multiplexing | Yes (100+) | Yes (100) |
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| Connection Migration | Yes | No |
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| Packet Loss Recovery | Stream-level | Connection-level |
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| Header Compression | QPACK | HPACK |
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| Use Case | Real-time, mobile | General purpose |
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### Scalability Benchmarks
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**Mesh Topology**:
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- 5 agents: ~10ms avg latency, 1000 msg/s
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- 10 agents: ~20ms avg latency, 800 msg/s
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- 20 agents: ~40ms avg latency, 500 msg/s
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**Hierarchical Topology**:
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- 10 workers + 1 coordinator: ~15ms avg latency, 2000 msg/s
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- 50 workers + 5 coordinators: ~25ms avg latency, 8000 msg/s
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- 100 workers + 10 coordinators: ~35ms avg latency, 15000 msg/s
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## Security Considerations
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### TLS 1.3
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- **Encryption**: All QUIC connections use TLS 1.3
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- **Certificates**: Configurable certificate paths
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- **Peer Verification**: Optional peer certificate verification
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### Configuration
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```typescript
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const config = {
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certPath: './certs/cert.pem',
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keyPath: './certs/key.pem',
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verifyPeer: true
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};
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```
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## Error Handling & Resilience
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### Automatic Fallback
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- QUIC connection failure → HTTP/2 fallback
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- Transparent to application layer
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- Configurable fallback behavior
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### Connection Recovery
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- Automatic reconnection on failure
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- Exponential backoff strategy
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- Connection pool management
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### Health Monitoring
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- Periodic QUIC health checks
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- Automatic protocol switching
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- Statistics-based quality monitoring
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## Usage Examples
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### Example 1: Simple Mesh Swarm
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```typescript
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import { initSwarm } from './swarm/index.js';
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const swarm = await initSwarm({
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swarmId: 'compute-swarm',
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topology: 'mesh',
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transport: 'quic',
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maxAgents: 5,
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quicPort: 4433
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});
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// Register compute agents
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for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
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await swarm.registerAgent({
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id: `compute-${i}`,
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role: 'worker',
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host: `compute-${i}.local`,
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port: 4433 + i,
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capabilities: ['compute', 'analyze']
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});
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}
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console.log('Swarm initialized:', swarm.getStats());
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```
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### Example 2: Hierarchical Task Distribution
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```typescript
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const swarm = await initSwarm({
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swarmId: 'task-swarm',
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topology: 'hierarchical',
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transport: 'auto',
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maxAgents: 20
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});
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// Register coordinator
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await swarm.registerAgent({
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id: 'coordinator',
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role: 'coordinator',
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host: 'coordinator.local',
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port: 4433,
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capabilities: ['orchestrate', 'aggregate']
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});
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// Register workers
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for (let i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
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await swarm.registerAgent({
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id: `worker-${i}`,
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role: 'worker',
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host: `worker-${i}.local`,
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port: 4434 + i,
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capabilities: ['compute']
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});
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}
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```
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### Example 3: Ring-Based Processing
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```typescript
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const swarm = await initSwarm({
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swarmId: 'pipeline-swarm',
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topology: 'ring',
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transport: 'quic',
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maxAgents: 8
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});
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// Register processing stages
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const stages = ['ingest', 'transform', 'enrich', 'validate', 'store'];
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for (let i = 0; i < stages.length; i++) {
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await swarm.registerAgent({
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id: `stage-${stages[i]}`,
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role: 'worker',
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host: `stage-${i}.local`,
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port: 4433 + i,
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capabilities: [stages[i]]
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});
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}
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```
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## Configuration Reference
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### QuicCoordinator Options
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```typescript
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interface QuicCoordinatorConfig {
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swarmId: string; // Unique swarm identifier
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topology: SwarmTopology; // mesh | hierarchical | ring | star
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maxAgents: number; // Maximum agents in swarm
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quicClient: QuicClient; // QUIC client instance
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connectionPool: QuicConnectionPool; // Connection pool
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heartbeatInterval?: number; // Heartbeat interval (ms)
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statesSyncInterval?: number; // State sync interval (ms)
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enableCompression?: boolean; // Enable message compression
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}
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```
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### TransportRouter Options
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```typescript
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interface TransportConfig {
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protocol: TransportProtocol; // quic | http2 | auto
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enableFallback: boolean; // Enable HTTP/2 fallback
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quicConfig?: {
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host: string;
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port: number;
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maxConnections: number;
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certPath?: string;
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keyPath?: string;
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};
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http2Config?: {
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host: string;
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port: number;
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maxConnections: number;
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secure: boolean;
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};
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}
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```
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### Swarm Init Options
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```typescript
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interface SwarmInitOptions {
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swarmId: string; // Unique swarm identifier
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topology: SwarmTopology; // Swarm topology type
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transport?: TransportProtocol; // Transport protocol (default: auto)
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maxAgents?: number; // Maximum agents (default: 10)
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quicPort?: number; // QUIC port (default: 4433)
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quicHost?: string; // QUIC host (default: localhost)
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enableFallback?: boolean; // Enable fallback (default: true)
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}
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```
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## Migration Guide
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### From HTTP-only to QUIC-enabled Swarms
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**Before**:
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```typescript
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// Old HTTP-only swarm initialization
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const swarm = await initHttpSwarm({
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topology: 'mesh',
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maxAgents: 10
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});
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```
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**After**:
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```typescript
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// New QUIC-enabled swarm initialization
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const swarm = await initSwarm({
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swarmId: 'my-swarm',
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topology: 'mesh',
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transport: 'quic', // or 'auto' for automatic
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maxAgents: 10,
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quicPort: 4433
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});
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```
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**Benefits**:
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- 10-50x faster connection establishment (0-RTT)
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- No head-of-line blocking
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- Better mobile network support
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- Connection migration support
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- Transparent HTTP/2 fallback
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## Troubleshooting
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### QUIC Connection Failures
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**Symptom**: "QUIC not available" errors
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**Solutions**:
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1. Check WASM module is properly loaded
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2. Verify TLS certificates exist
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3. Ensure firewall allows UDP traffic on QUIC port
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4. Enable fallback to HTTP/2: `enableFallback: true`
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### High Latency
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**Symptom**: Messages taking >100ms
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**Solutions**:
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1. Check network conditions
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2. Verify QUIC is being used (not HTTP/2 fallback)
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3. Reduce state sync interval
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4. Enable compression
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5. Check for packet loss in QUIC stats
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### Connection Pool Exhaustion
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**Symptom**: "Maximum connections reached" errors
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**Solutions**:
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1. Increase `maxConnections` in config
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2. Implement connection reuse
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3. Close unused connections
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4. Monitor connection stats
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## Future Enhancements
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### Planned Features
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- [ ] Dynamic topology reconfiguration
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- [ ] Multi-datacenter support
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- [ ] Advanced routing algorithms
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- [ ] Message priority queues
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- [ ] Encryption at rest for state
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- [ ] WebTransport support
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- [ ] gRPC-over-QUIC integration
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### Performance Optimizations
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- [ ] Zero-copy message passing
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- [ ] Custom QPACK dictionaries
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- [ ] Adaptive congestion control
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- [ ] Connection bonding
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- [ ] Stream prioritization
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## References
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- [QUIC Protocol RFC 9000](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9000.html)
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- [HTTP/3 RFC 9114](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9114.html)
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- [QPACK RFC 9204](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9204.html)
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- [agentic-flow Documentation](../README.md)
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## License
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MIT License - See LICENSE file for details
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