new tasks, model pricing, auto quantisation, etc...

tests/test_mining_cli.py

@@ -388,6 +388,48 @@ def test_legacy_start_treats_repo_model_as_model_id(monkeypatch):
     assert captured["model_id"] == "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
 
 
+def test_legacy_start_falls_back_to_env_tracker_and_model(monkeypatch):
+    """`meshnet-node start` uses env defaults when tracker/model flags are omitted."""
+    import importlib
+
+    from meshnet_node import config as config_mod
+    from meshnet_node.cli import main
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MESHNET_TRACKER_URL", "http://env-tracker:8081")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MESHNET_MODEL", "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct")
+    importlib.reload(config_mod)
+
+    captured = {}
+
+    def fake_run_startup(*args, **kwargs):
+        captured.update(kwargs)
+        class _FakeNode:
+            chat_completion_count = 0
+            def stop(self): pass
+        return _FakeNode()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "argv", [
+        "meshnet-node", "start",
+        "--port", "0",
+    ])
+
+    try:
+        with patch("meshnet_node.startup.run_startup", side_effect=fake_run_startup):
+            with patch("time.sleep", side_effect=KeyboardInterrupt):
+                try:
+                    main()
+                except SystemExit as exc:
+                    assert exc.code == 0
+    finally:
+        monkeypatch.delenv("MESHNET_TRACKER_URL", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.delenv("MESHNET_MODEL", raising=False)
+        importlib.reload(config_mod)
+
+    assert captured["tracker_url"] == "http://env-tracker:8081"
+    assert captured["model"] == "Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
+    assert captured["model_id"] == "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
+
+
 def test_legacy_start_without_port_uses_next_available_port(monkeypatch):
     """Omitting --port skips an occupied default port before startup loads the model."""
     from meshnet_node.cli import main