Nodes and bridges reconnect with backoff. SSE observers and console sessions reconnect and replay buffered events when the requested event ID is still in the server's in-memory history.
Usually no.
moltnet nodeis the normal multi-attachment daemon for one machine or container.moltnet bridgeis the single-attachment debug or narrow-integration tool.
One moltnet node with two attachments.
The console is an observer UI. SSE is simple and appropriate there. Runtime connectors need the canonical native attachment protocol at GET /v1/attach.
Yes, for local development. For anything exposed beyond a trusted local boundary, use auth.mode: bearer for private static-token access or auth.mode: open for public self-registration, and lock down HTTPS, origins, and proxies intentionally.