RTT Awareness Overview#

• Local signals derived from network behavior and device stability.
• Server‑declared signals published by the RTT ecosystem.

The merge of these two sources produces a single Awareness state that reflects how stable, clear, or drift‑prone the user’s environment currently feels.

Purpose of the Awareness Layer#

The Awareness layer gives the user a simple, ambient indicator of clarity without requiring sensors, permissions, or background services. It acts as the app’s “first sense,” offering:

• A quick read on environmental stability.
• A consistent interpretation across devices.
• A bridge between the RTT‑App and the broader RTT ecosystem.

Awareness is not diagnostic and does not attempt to infer intent or behavior. It is a structural signal, not a personal one.

What Awareness Measures#

Awareness focuses on conditions that can be observed without permissions:

• Network clarity such as DNS variance, handshake stability, and protocol fallback.
• Device stability such as UI thread jitter or memory pressure.
• Global regime state declared by the RTT server.

These signals are coarse but reliable. They allow the app to express clarity and drift in a way that is meaningful, consistent, and safe.

Awareness States#

The Awareness layer reduces all inputs into a small set of states:

• Clear — local signals stable, server state stable.
• Local Drift — local instability with a stable global state.
• Global Drift — global instability with a stable local state.
• Drift — both local and global signals unstable.

These states form the foundation for the app’s indicator UI and for any future features that depend on environmental clarity.

Design Principles#

The Awareness model follows several principles:

• Permissionless — no access to sensors, radios, or system settings.
• Predictable — stable behavior across platforms and devices.
• Composable — local and server signals can evolve independently.
• Minimal — no complex inference or opaque scoring.
• Transparent — the user can understand the meaning of each state.

These principles ensure that Awareness remains safe, lightweight, and aligned with the RTT philosophy.