From e6a415310f7748ee8f177f99df25c72a4e8ba919 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Houmgaor <contact@houmgaor.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:25:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(startup): detect duplicate channel ports before binding

Catches misconfigured port collisions early and reports which channel
already claimed the port, rather than failing with a generic OS error.
---
 main.go | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8014c85d4..47c552eb7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ func main() {
 		si := 0
 		ci := 0
 		count := 1
+		seenPorts := make(map[uint16]string)
 		for j, ee := range config.Entrance.Entries {
 			for i, ce := range ee.Channels {
 				sid := (4096 + si*256) + (16 + ci)
@@ -345,6 +346,13 @@ func main() {
 					count++
 					continue
 				}
+				if prev, exists := seenPorts[ce.Port]; exists {
+					preventClose(config, fmt.Sprintf("Channel %d: port %d already used by %s", count, ce.Port, prev))
+					ci++
+					count++
+					continue
+				}
+				seenPorts[ce.Port] = fmt.Sprintf("channel %d", count)
 				c := *channelserver.NewServer(&channelserver.Config{
 					ID:          uint16(sid),
 					Logger:      logger.Named("channel-" + fmt.Sprint(count)),