feat(private-service): expose NetBird-only services over tunnel peers

Adds a new "private" service mode for the reverse proxy: services
reachable exclusively over the embedded WireGuard tunnel, gated by
per-peer group membership instead of operator auth schemes.

Wire contract
- ProxyMapping.private (field 13): the proxy MUST call
  ValidateTunnelPeer and fail closed; operator schemes are bypassed.
- ProxyCapabilities.private (4) + supports_private_service (5):
  capability gate. Management never streams private mappings to
  proxies that don't claim the capability; the broadcast path applies
  the same filter via filterMappingsForProxy.
- ValidateTunnelPeer RPC: resolves an inbound tunnel IP to a peer,
  checks the peer's groups against service.AccessGroups, and mints
  a session JWT on success. checkPeerGroupAccess fails closed when
  a private service has empty AccessGroups.
- ValidateSession/ValidateTunnelPeer responses now carry
  peer_group_ids + peer_group_names so the proxy can authorise
  policy-aware middlewares without an extra management round-trip.
- ProxyInboundListener + SendStatusUpdate.inbound_listener: per-account
  inbound listener state surfaced to dashboards.
- PathTargetOptions.direct_upstream (11): bypass the embedded NetBird
  client and dial the target via the proxy host's network stack for
  upstreams reachable without WireGuard.

Data model
- Service.Private (bool) + Service.AccessGroups ([]string, JSON-
  serialised). Validate() rejects bearer auth on private services.
  Copy() deep-copies AccessGroups. pgx getServices loads the columns.
- DomainConfig.Private threaded into the proxy auth middleware.
  Request handler routes private services through forwardWithTunnelPeer
  and returns 403 on validation failure.
- Account-level SynthesizePrivateServiceZones (synthetic DNS) and
  injectPrivateServicePolicies (synthetic ACL) gate on
  len(svc.AccessGroups) > 0.

Proxy
- /netbird proxy --private (embedded mode) flag; Config.Private in
  proxy/lifecycle.go.
- Per-account inbound listener (proxy/inbound.go) binding HTTP/HTTPS
  on the embedded NetBird client's WireGuard tunnel netstack.
- proxy/internal/auth/tunnel_cache: ValidateTunnelPeer response cache
  with single-flight de-duplication and per-account eviction.
- Local peerstore short-circuit: when the inbound IP isn't in the
  account roster, deny fast without an RPC.
- proxy/server.go reports SupportsPrivateService=true and redacts the
  full ProxyMapping JSON from info logs (auth_token + header-auth
  hashed values now only at debug level).

Identity forwarding
- ValidateSessionJWT returns user_id, email, method, groups,
  group_names. sessionkey.Claims carries Email + Groups + GroupNames
  so the proxy can stamp identity onto upstream requests without an
  extra management round-trip on every cookie-bearing request.
- CapturedData carries userEmail / userGroups / userGroupNames; the
  proxy stamps X-NetBird-User and X-NetBird-Groups on r.Out from the
  authenticated identity (strips client-supplied values first to
  prevent spoofing).
- AccessLog.UserGroups: access-log enrichment captures the user's
  group memberships at write time so the dashboard can render group
  context without reverse-resolving stale memberships.

OpenAPI/dashboard surface
- ReverseProxyService gains private + access_groups; ReverseProxyCluster
  gains private + supports_private. ReverseProxyTarget target_type
  enum gains "cluster". ServiceTargetOptions gains direct_upstream.
  ProxyAccessLog gains user_groups.

management/internals/modules/peers/manager.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package peers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/xid"
@@ -35,6 +36,14 @@ type Manager interface {
 	SetAccountManager(accountManager account.Manager)
 	GetPeerID(ctx context.Context, peerKey string) (string, error)
 	CreateProxyPeer(ctx context.Context, accountID string, peerKey string, cluster string) error
+	// GetPeerByTunnelIP looks up a peer in accountID by its WireGuard tunnel IP.
+	// Returns nil with an error when no match exists. No permission check;
+	// callers (the proxy's ValidateTunnelPeer RPC) are trusted server components.
+	GetPeerByTunnelIP(ctx context.Context, accountID string, ip net.IP) (*peer.Peer, error)
+	// GetPeerWithGroups returns the peer and the list of *types.Group it belongs
+	// to. Used by the proxy's auth path to authorise a request by the calling
+	// peer's group memberships.
+	GetPeerWithGroups(ctx context.Context, accountID, peerID string) (*peer.Peer, []*types.Group, error)
 }
 
 type managerImpl struct {
@@ -99,6 +108,24 @@ func (m *managerImpl) GetPeersByGroupIDs(ctx context.Context, accountID string,
 	return m.store.GetPeersByGroupIDs(ctx, accountID, groupsIDs)
 }
 
+// GetPeerByTunnelIP delegates to the store's indexed lookup.
+func (m *managerImpl) GetPeerByTunnelIP(ctx context.Context, accountID string, ip net.IP) (*peer.Peer, error) {
+	return m.store.GetPeerByIP(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID, ip)
+}
+
+// GetPeerWithGroups returns the peer plus its group memberships.
+func (m *managerImpl) GetPeerWithGroups(ctx context.Context, accountID, peerID string) (*peer.Peer, []*types.Group, error) {
+	p, err := m.store.GetPeerByID(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID, peerID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	groups, err := m.store.GetPeerGroups(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID, peerID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return p, nil, err
+	}
+	return p, groups, nil
+}
+
 func (m *managerImpl) DeletePeers(ctx context.Context, accountID string, peerIDs []string, userID string, checkConnected bool) error {
 	settings, err := m.store.GetAccountSettings(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID)
 	if err != nil {

management/internals/modules/peers/manager_mock.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package peers
 
 import (
 	context "context"
+	net "net"
 	reflect "reflect"
 
 	gomock "github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	account "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/account"
 	integrated_validator "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/integrations/integrated_validator"
 	peer "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/peer"
+	types "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
 )
 
 // MockManager is a mock of Manager interface.
@@ -38,6 +40,20 @@ func (m *MockManager) EXPECT() *MockManagerMockRecorder {
 	return m.recorder
 }
 
+// CreateProxyPeer mocks base method.
+func (m *MockManager) CreateProxyPeer(ctx context.Context, accountID, peerKey, cluster string) error {
+	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "CreateProxyPeer", ctx, accountID, peerKey, cluster)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].(error)
+	return ret0
+}
+
+// CreateProxyPeer indicates an expected call of CreateProxyPeer.
+func (mr *MockManagerMockRecorder) CreateProxyPeer(ctx, accountID, peerKey, cluster interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "CreateProxyPeer", reflect.TypeOf((*MockManager)(nil).CreateProxyPeer), ctx, accountID, peerKey, cluster)
+}
+
 // DeletePeers mocks base method.
 func (m *MockManager) DeletePeers(ctx context.Context, accountID string, peerIDs []string, userID string, checkConnected bool) error {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
@@ -97,6 +113,21 @@ func (mr *MockManagerMockRecorder) GetPeerAccountID(ctx, peerID interface{}) *go
 	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "GetPeerAccountID", reflect.TypeOf((*MockManager)(nil).GetPeerAccountID), ctx, peerID)
 }
 
+// GetPeerByTunnelIP mocks base method.
+func (m *MockManager) GetPeerByTunnelIP(ctx context.Context, accountID string, ip net.IP) (*peer.Peer, error) {
+	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "GetPeerByTunnelIP", ctx, accountID, ip)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].(*peer.Peer)
+	ret1, _ := ret[1].(error)
+	return ret0, ret1
+}
+
+// GetPeerByTunnelIP indicates an expected call of GetPeerByTunnelIP.
+func (mr *MockManagerMockRecorder) GetPeerByTunnelIP(ctx, accountID, ip interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "GetPeerByTunnelIP", reflect.TypeOf((*MockManager)(nil).GetPeerByTunnelIP), ctx, accountID, ip)
+}
+
 // GetPeerID mocks base method.
 func (m *MockManager) GetPeerID(ctx context.Context, peerKey string) (string, error) {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
@@ -112,6 +143,22 @@ func (mr *MockManagerMockRecorder) GetPeerID(ctx, peerKey interface{}) *gomock.C
 	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "GetPeerID", reflect.TypeOf((*MockManager)(nil).GetPeerID), ctx, peerKey)
 }
 
+// GetPeerWithGroups mocks base method.
+func (m *MockManager) GetPeerWithGroups(ctx context.Context, accountID, peerID string) (*peer.Peer, []*types.Group, error) {
+	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "GetPeerWithGroups", ctx, accountID, peerID)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].(*peer.Peer)
+	ret1, _ := ret[1].([]*types.Group)
+	ret2, _ := ret[2].(error)
+	return ret0, ret1, ret2
+}
+
+// GetPeerWithGroups indicates an expected call of GetPeerWithGroups.
+func (mr *MockManagerMockRecorder) GetPeerWithGroups(ctx, accountID, peerID interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "GetPeerWithGroups", reflect.TypeOf((*MockManager)(nil).GetPeerWithGroups), ctx, accountID, peerID)
+}
+
 // GetPeersByGroupIDs mocks base method.
 func (m *MockManager) GetPeersByGroupIDs(ctx context.Context, accountID string, groupsIDs []string) ([]*peer.Peer, error) {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
@@ -162,17 +209,3 @@ func (mr *MockManagerMockRecorder) SetNetworkMapController(networkMapController
 	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
 	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "SetNetworkMapController", reflect.TypeOf((*MockManager)(nil).SetNetworkMapController), networkMapController)
 }
-
-// CreateProxyPeer mocks base method.
-func (m *MockManager) CreateProxyPeer(ctx context.Context, accountID string, peerKey string, cluster string) error {
-	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "CreateProxyPeer", ctx, accountID, peerKey, cluster)
-	ret0, _ := ret[0].(error)
-	return ret0
-}
-
-// CreateProxyPeer indicates an expected call of CreateProxyPeer.
-func (mr *MockManagerMockRecorder) CreateProxyPeer(ctx, accountID, peerKey, cluster interface{}) *gomock.Call {
-	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "CreateProxyPeer", reflect.TypeOf((*MockManager)(nil).CreateProxyPeer), ctx, accountID, peerKey, cluster)
-}

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/accesslogs/accesslogentry.go

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ type AccessLogEntry struct {
 	BytesDownload   int64             `gorm:"index"`
 	Protocol        AccessLogProtocol `gorm:"index"`
 	Metadata        map[string]string `gorm:"serializer:json"`
+	// UserGroups captures the group IDs the user (UserId) belonged to at
+	// the time the entry was written, so the dashboard can render group
+	// context without reverse-resolving stale memberships.
+	UserGroups []string `gorm:"serializer:json"`
 }
 
 // FromProto creates an AccessLogEntry from a proto.AccessLog
@@ -125,6 +129,12 @@ func (a *AccessLogEntry) ToAPIResponse() *api.ProxyAccessLog {
 		metadata = &a.Metadata
 	}
 
+	var userGroups *[]string
+	if len(a.UserGroups) > 0 {
+		groups := append([]string(nil), a.UserGroups...)
+		userGroups = &groups
+	}
+
 	return &api.ProxyAccessLog{
 		Id:              a.ID,
 		ServiceId:       a.ServiceID,
@@ -145,5 +155,6 @@ func (a *AccessLogEntry) ToAPIResponse() *api.ProxyAccessLog {
 		BytesDownload:   a.BytesDownload,
 		Protocol:        protocol,
 		Metadata:        metadata,
+		UserGroups:      userGroups,
 	}
 }

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/accesslogs/manager/enrichment_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package manager
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/accesslogs"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+)
+
+func TestSaveAccessLog_EnrichesUserGroups(t *testing.T) {
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	defer ctrl.Finish()
+
+	mockStore := store.NewMockStore(ctrl)
+
+	user := &types.User{Id: "u1", AutoGroups: []string{"g1", "g2"}}
+	mockStore.EXPECT().
+		GetUserByUserID(gomock.Any(), store.LockingStrengthNone, "u1").
+		Return(user, nil)
+
+	var captured *accesslogs.AccessLogEntry
+	mockStore.EXPECT().
+		CreateAccessLog(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).
+		DoAndReturn(func(_ context.Context, e *accesslogs.AccessLogEntry) error {
+			captured = e
+			return nil
+		})
+
+	m := &managerImpl{store: mockStore}
+	entry := &accesslogs.AccessLogEntry{AccountID: "acc-1", UserId: "u1"}
+	require.NoError(t, m.SaveAccessLog(context.Background(), entry))
+
+	require.NotNil(t, captured, "CreateAccessLog must receive the entry")
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"g1", "g2"}, captured.UserGroups, "UserGroups should be hydrated from the user record")
+}

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/accesslogs/manager/manager.go

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ func (m *managerImpl) SaveAccessLog(ctx context.Context, logEntry *accesslogs.Ac
 		}
 	}
 
+	m.enrichUserGroups(ctx, logEntry)
+
 	if err := m.store.CreateAccessLog(ctx, logEntry); err != nil {
 		log.WithContext(ctx).WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"service_id": logEntry.ServiceID,
@@ -161,6 +163,25 @@ func (m *managerImpl) StopPeriodicCleanup() {
 	}
 }
 
+// enrichUserGroups attaches the user's auto-group memberships to the entry.
+// Best-effort: errors are logged at debug and never block the save.
+func (m *managerImpl) enrichUserGroups(ctx context.Context, logEntry *accesslogs.AccessLogEntry) {
+	if logEntry.UserId == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	user, err := m.store.GetUserByUserID(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, logEntry.UserId)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("access log user-group enrichment skipped for user %s: %v", logEntry.UserId, err)
+		return
+	}
+	if user == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	logEntry.UserGroups = append([]string(nil), user.AutoGroups...)
+}
+
 // resolveUserFilters converts user email/name filters to user ID filter
 func (m *managerImpl) resolveUserFilters(ctx context.Context, accountID string, filter *accesslogs.AccessLogFilter) error {
 	if filter.UserEmail == nil && filter.UserName == nil {

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/domain/domain.go

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ type Domain struct {
 	// SupportsCrowdSec is populated at query time from proxy cluster capabilities.
 	// Not persisted.
 	SupportsCrowdSec *bool `gorm:"-"`
+	// SupportsPrivate is populated at query time from proxy cluster capabilities. Not persisted.
+	SupportsPrivate *bool `gorm:"-"`
 }
 
 // EventMeta returns activity event metadata for a domain

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/domain/manager/api.go

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func domainToApi(d *domain.Domain) api.ReverseProxyDomain {
 		SupportsCustomPorts: d.SupportsCustomPorts,
 		RequireSubdomain:    d.RequireSubdomain,
 		SupportsCrowdsec:    d.SupportsCrowdSec,
+		SupportsPrivate:     d.SupportsPrivate,
 	}
 	if d.TargetCluster != "" {
 		resp.TargetCluster = &d.TargetCluster

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/domain/manager/manager.go

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type proxyManager interface {
 	ClusterSupportsCustomPorts(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	ClusterRequireSubdomain(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	ClusterSupportsCrowdSec(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
+	ClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 }
 
 type Manager struct {
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ func (m Manager) GetDomains(ctx context.Context, accountID, userID string) ([]*d
 		d.SupportsCustomPorts = m.proxyManager.ClusterSupportsCustomPorts(ctx, cluster)
 		d.RequireSubdomain = m.proxyManager.ClusterRequireSubdomain(ctx, cluster)
 		d.SupportsCrowdSec = m.proxyManager.ClusterSupportsCrowdSec(ctx, cluster)
+		d.SupportsPrivate = m.proxyManager.ClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx, cluster)
 		ret = append(ret, d)
 	}
 
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ func (m Manager) GetDomains(ctx context.Context, accountID, userID string) ([]*d
 		if d.TargetCluster != "" {
 			cd.SupportsCustomPorts = m.proxyManager.ClusterSupportsCustomPorts(ctx, d.TargetCluster)
 			cd.SupportsCrowdSec = m.proxyManager.ClusterSupportsCrowdSec(ctx, d.TargetCluster)
+			cd.SupportsPrivate = m.proxyManager.ClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx, d.TargetCluster)
 		}
 		// Custom domains never require a subdomain by default since
 		// the account owns them and should be able to use the bare domain.

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/domain/manager/manager_test.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type mockProxyManager struct {
-	getActiveClusterAddressesFunc          func(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error)
+	getActiveClusterAddressesFunc           func(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error)
 	getActiveClusterAddressesForAccountFunc func(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]string, error)
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func (m *mockProxyManager) ClusterSupportsCrowdSec(_ context.Context, _ string)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (m *mockProxyManager) ClusterSupportsPrivate(_ context.Context, _ string) *bool {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func TestGetClusterAllowList_BYOPMergedWithPublic(t *testing.T) {
 	pm := &mockProxyManager{
 		getActiveClusterAddressesForAccountFunc: func(_ context.Context, accID string) ([]string, error) {
@@ -151,4 +155,3 @@ func TestGetClusterAllowList_PublicEmpty_BYOPOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"byop.example.com"}, result)
 }
-

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy/manager.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type Manager interface {
 	ClusterSupportsCustomPorts(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	ClusterRequireSubdomain(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	ClusterSupportsCrowdSec(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
+	ClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	CleanupStale(ctx context.Context, inactivityDuration time.Duration) error
 	GetAccountProxy(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (*Proxy, error)
 	CountAccountProxies(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (int64, error)

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy/manager/manager.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type store interface {
 	GetClusterSupportsCustomPorts(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	GetClusterRequireSubdomain(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	GetClusterSupportsCrowdSec(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
+	GetClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	CleanupStaleProxies(ctx context.Context, inactivityDuration time.Duration) error
 	GetProxyByAccountID(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (*proxy.Proxy, error)
 	CountProxiesByAccountID(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (int64, error)
@@ -137,6 +138,11 @@ func (m Manager) ClusterSupportsCrowdSec(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string
 	return m.store.GetClusterSupportsCrowdSec(ctx, clusterAddr)
 }
 
+// ClusterSupportsPrivate reports whether any active proxy claims the private capability (nil = unreported).
+func (m Manager) ClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool {
+	return m.store.GetClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx, clusterAddr)
+}
+
 // CleanupStale removes proxies that haven't sent heartbeat in the specified duration
 func (m *Manager) CleanupStale(ctx context.Context, inactivityDuration time.Duration) error {
 	if err := m.store.CleanupStaleProxies(ctx, inactivityDuration); err != nil {
@@ -178,4 +184,3 @@ func (m *Manager) DeleteAccountCluster(ctx context.Context, clusterAddress, acco
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy/manager/manager_test.go

@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 type mockStore struct {
-	saveProxyFunc                              func(ctx context.Context, p *proxy.Proxy) error
-	disconnectProxyFunc                        func(ctx context.Context, proxyID, sessionID string) error
-	updateProxyHeartbeatFunc                   func(ctx context.Context, p *proxy.Proxy) error
-	getActiveProxyClusterAddressesFunc         func(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error)
-	getActiveProxyClusterAddressesForAccFunc   func(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]string, error)
-	cleanupStaleProxiesFunc                    func(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration) error
-	getProxyByAccountIDFunc                    func(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (*proxy.Proxy, error)
-	countProxiesByAccountIDFunc                func(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (int64, error)
-	isClusterAddressConflictingFunc            func(ctx context.Context, clusterAddress, accountID string) (bool, error)
-	deleteAccountClusterFunc                   func(ctx context.Context, clusterAddress, accountID string) error
+	saveProxyFunc                            func(ctx context.Context, p *proxy.Proxy) error
+	disconnectProxyFunc                      func(ctx context.Context, proxyID, sessionID string) error
+	updateProxyHeartbeatFunc                 func(ctx context.Context, p *proxy.Proxy) error
+	getActiveProxyClusterAddressesFunc       func(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error)
+	getActiveProxyClusterAddressesForAccFunc func(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]string, error)
+	cleanupStaleProxiesFunc                  func(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration) error
+	getProxyByAccountIDFunc                  func(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (*proxy.Proxy, error)
+	countProxiesByAccountIDFunc              func(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (int64, error)
+	isClusterAddressConflictingFunc          func(ctx context.Context, clusterAddress, accountID string) (bool, error)
+	deleteAccountClusterFunc                 func(ctx context.Context, clusterAddress, accountID string) error
 }
 
 func (m *mockStore) SaveProxy(ctx context.Context, p *proxy.Proxy) error {
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ func (m *mockStore) GetClusterRequireSubdomain(_ context.Context, _ string) *boo
 func (m *mockStore) GetClusterSupportsCrowdSec(_ context.Context, _ string) *bool {
 	return nil
 }
+func (m *mockStore) GetClusterSupportsPrivate(_ context.Context, _ string) *bool {
+	return nil
+}
 
 func newTestManager(s store) *Manager {
 	meter := noop.NewMeterProvider().Meter("test")

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy/manager_mock.go

@@ -92,6 +92,20 @@ func (mr *MockManagerMockRecorder) ClusterSupportsCrowdSec(ctx, clusterAddr inte
 	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "ClusterSupportsCrowdSec", reflect.TypeOf((*MockManager)(nil).ClusterSupportsCrowdSec), ctx, clusterAddr)
 }
 
+// ClusterSupportsPrivate mocks base method.
+func (m *MockManager) ClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool {
+	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "ClusterSupportsPrivate", ctx, clusterAddr)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].(*bool)
+	return ret0
+}
+
+// ClusterSupportsPrivate indicates an expected call of ClusterSupportsPrivate.
+func (mr *MockManagerMockRecorder) ClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx, clusterAddr interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "ClusterSupportsPrivate", reflect.TypeOf((*MockManager)(nil).ClusterSupportsPrivate), ctx, clusterAddr)
+}
+
 // Connect mocks base method.
 func (m *MockManager) Connect(ctx context.Context, proxyID, sessionID, clusterAddress, ipAddress string, accountID *string, capabilities *Capabilities) (*Proxy, error) {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy/proxy.go

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ type Capabilities struct {
 	RequireSubdomain *bool
 	// SupportsCrowdsec indicates whether this proxy has CrowdSec configured.
 	SupportsCrowdsec *bool
+	// Private indicates whether this proxy is embedded in a netbird client
+	// and serves exclusively over the WireGuard tunnel (i.e. `netbird proxy`
+	// rather than the standalone netbird-proxy binary). Surfaces upstream
+	// so dashboards can distinguish per-peer / private clusters.
+	Private *bool
 }
 
 // Proxy represents a reverse proxy instance
@@ -67,10 +72,10 @@ type Cluster struct {
 	Type             ClusterType
 	Online           bool
 	ConnectedProxies int
-	// Capability flags. *bool because nil means "no proxy reported a
-	// capability for this cluster" — the dashboard renders these as
-	// unknown rather than false.
+	// *bool: nil = no proxy reported the capability; the dashboard renders that as unknown.
 	SupportsCustomPorts *bool
 	RequireSubdomain    *bool
 	SupportsCrowdSec    *bool
+	// Private is true when at least one connected proxy reported the embedded-`netbird proxy` capability.
+	Private *bool
 }

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service/manager/api.go

@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ func (h *handler) getClusters(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			SupportsCustomPorts: c.SupportsCustomPorts,
 			RequireSubdomain:    c.RequireSubdomain,
 			SupportsCrowdsec:    c.SupportsCrowdSec,
+			Private:             c.Private,
 		})
 	}
 

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service/manager/manager.go

@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ func (m *Manager) replaceHostByLookup(ctx context.Context, accountID string, s *
 			target.Host = resource.Domain
 		case service.TargetTypeSubnet:
 			// For subnets we do not do any lookups on the resource
+		case service.TargetTypeCluster:
+			// Cluster targets carry the upstream address on target_id; the
+			// proxy resolves the destination at request time.
 		default:
 			return fmt.Errorf("unknown target type: %s", target.TargetType)
 		}
@@ -779,6 +782,8 @@ func validateTargetReferences(ctx context.Context, transaction store.Store, acco
 			if err := validateResourceTarget(ctx, transaction, accountID, target); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+		case service.TargetTypeCluster:
+			// Cluster targets are addressed by target_id; no peer/resource lookup.
 		default:
 			return status.Errorf(status.InvalidArgument, "unknown target type %q for target %q", target.TargetType, target.TargetId)
 		}
@@ -962,12 +967,14 @@ func (m *Manager) ReloadAllServicesForAccount(ctx context.Context, accountID str
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get services: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	oidcCfg := m.proxyController.GetOIDCValidationConfig()
+
 	for _, s := range services {
 		err = m.replaceHostByLookup(ctx, accountID, s)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to replace host by lookup for service %s: %w", s.ID, err)
 		}
-		m.proxyController.SendServiceUpdateToCluster(ctx, accountID, s.ToProtoMapping(service.Update, "", m.proxyController.GetOIDCValidationConfig()), s.ProxyCluster)
+		m.proxyController.SendServiceUpdateToCluster(ctx, accountID, s.ToProtoMapping(service.Update, "", oidcCfg), s.ProxyCluster)
 	}
 
 	return nil

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service/manager/manager_test.go

@@ -1344,3 +1344,40 @@ func TestValidateSubdomainRequirement(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidateTargetReferences_ClusterTargetSkipsLookup(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	mockStore := store.NewMockStore(ctrl)
+	accountID := "test-account"
+
+	// No peer or resource lookups must be issued for cluster targets.
+	targets := []*rpservice.Target{
+		{TargetId: "eu.proxy.netbird.io", TargetType: rpservice.TargetTypeCluster},
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, validateTargetReferences(ctx, mockStore, accountID, targets), "cluster target must validate without store lookups")
+}
+
+func TestReplaceHostByLookup_SkipsClusterTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	mockStore := store.NewMockStore(ctrl)
+	accountID := "test-account"
+
+	mgr := &Manager{store: mockStore}
+
+	svc := &rpservice.Service{
+		ID:        "svc-1",
+		AccountID: accountID,
+		Targets: []*rpservice.Target{
+			{
+				TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				TargetType: rpservice.TargetTypeCluster,
+				Host:       "127.0.0.1",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, mgr.replaceHostByLookup(ctx, accountID, svc), "cluster target must not trigger peer/resource lookup")
+	assert.Equal(t, "127.0.0.1", svc.Targets[0].Host, "operator-supplied host must be preserved for cluster target")
+}

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service/service.go

@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ const (
 	StatusCertificateFailed  Status = "certificate_failed"
 	StatusError              Status = "error"
 
-	TargetTypePeer   TargetType = "peer"
-	TargetTypeHost   TargetType = "host"
-	TargetTypeDomain TargetType = "domain"
-	TargetTypeSubnet TargetType = "subnet"
+	TargetTypePeer    TargetType = "peer"
+	TargetTypeHost    TargetType = "host"
+	TargetTypeDomain  TargetType = "domain"
+	TargetTypeSubnet  TargetType = "subnet"
+	TargetTypeCluster TargetType = "cluster"
 
 	SourcePermanent = "permanent"
 	SourceEphemeral = "ephemeral"
@@ -60,14 +61,27 @@ type TargetOptions struct {
 	SessionIdleTimeout time.Duration     `json:"session_idle_timeout,omitempty"`
 	PathRewrite        PathRewriteMode   `json:"path_rewrite,omitempty"`
 	CustomHeaders      map[string]string `gorm:"serializer:json" json:"custom_headers,omitempty"`
+	// DirectUpstream bypasses the proxy's embedded NetBird client and dials
+	// the target via the proxy host's network stack. Useful for upstreams
+	// reachable without WireGuard (public APIs, LAN services, localhost
+	// sidecars). Default false.
+	DirectUpstream bool `json:"direct_upstream,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Target struct {
-	ID            uint          `gorm:"primaryKey" json:"-"`
-	AccountID     string        `gorm:"index:idx_target_account;not null" json:"-"`
-	ServiceID     string        `gorm:"index:idx_service_targets;not null" json:"-"`
-	Path          *string       `json:"path,omitempty"`
-	Host          string        `json:"host"` // the Host field is only used for subnet targets, otherwise ignored
+	ID        uint    `gorm:"primaryKey" json:"-"`
+	AccountID string  `gorm:"index:idx_target_account;not null" json:"-"`
+	ServiceID string  `gorm:"index:idx_service_targets;not null" json:"-"`
+	Path      *string `json:"path,omitempty"`
+	// Host carries the upstream address. For TargetTypeSubnet it is the only
+	// source — operator-supplied. For TargetTypePeer / TargetTypeHost /
+	// TargetTypeDomain it is overwritten by replaceHostByLookup with the
+	// resolved peer IP / resource address, *unless* Options.DirectUpstream
+	// is true and the operator supplied a non-empty value — then the
+	// operator value is preserved so they can dial the upstream via the
+	// host's network stack at an address other than the WG tunnel IP
+	// (e.g. a LAN IP, localhost sidecar, or DNS name).
+	Host          string        `json:"host"`
 	Port          uint16        `gorm:"index:idx_target_port" json:"port"`
 	Protocol      string        `gorm:"index:idx_target_protocol" json:"protocol"`
 	TargetId      string        `gorm:"index:idx_target_id" json:"target_id"`
@@ -200,6 +214,10 @@ type Service struct {
 	Mode             string `gorm:"default:'http'"`
 	ListenPort       uint16
 	PortAutoAssigned bool
+	// Private marks the service as NetBird-only: auth via ValidateTunnelPeer against AccessGroups instead of SSO. HTTP-only.
+	Private bool
+	// AccessGroups is the group ID allowlist for inbound peers on private services. Mutually exclusive with bearer SSO.
+	AccessGroups []string `json:"access_groups,omitempty" gorm:"serializer:json"`
 }
 
 // InitNewRecord generates a new unique ID and resets metadata for a newly created
@@ -299,6 +317,12 @@ func (s *Service) ToAPIResponse() *api.Service {
 		Mode:               &mode,
 		ListenPort:         &listenPort,
 		PortAutoAssigned:   &s.PortAutoAssigned,
+		Private:            &s.Private,
+	}
+
+	if len(s.AccessGroups) > 0 {
+		groups := append([]string(nil), s.AccessGroups...)
+		resp.AccessGroups = &groups
 	}
 
 	if s.ProxyCluster != "" {
@@ -308,6 +332,7 @@ func (s *Service) ToAPIResponse() *api.Service {
 	return resp
 }
 
+// ToProtoMapping converts the service into the wire format the proxy consumes.
 func (s *Service) ToProtoMapping(operation Operation, authToken string, oidcConfig proxy.OIDCValidationConfig) *proto.ProxyMapping {
 	pathMappings := s.buildPathMappings()
 
@@ -349,6 +374,7 @@ func (s *Service) ToProtoMapping(operation Operation, authToken string, oidcConf
 		RewriteRedirects: s.RewriteRedirects,
 		Mode:             s.Mode,
 		ListenPort:       int32(s.ListenPort), //nolint:gosec
+		Private:          s.Private,
 	}
 
 	if r := restrictionsToProto(s.Restrictions); r != nil {
@@ -455,7 +481,8 @@ func pathRewriteToProto(mode PathRewriteMode) proto.PathRewriteMode {
 }
 
 func targetOptionsToAPI(opts TargetOptions) *api.ServiceTargetOptions {
-	if !opts.SkipTLSVerify && opts.RequestTimeout == 0 && opts.SessionIdleTimeout == 0 && opts.PathRewrite == "" && len(opts.CustomHeaders) == 0 {
+	if !opts.SkipTLSVerify && opts.RequestTimeout == 0 && opts.SessionIdleTimeout == 0 &&
+		opts.PathRewrite == "" && len(opts.CustomHeaders) == 0 && !opts.DirectUpstream {
 		return nil
 	}
 	apiOpts := &api.ServiceTargetOptions{}
@@ -477,17 +504,22 @@ func targetOptionsToAPI(opts TargetOptions) *api.ServiceTargetOptions {
 	if len(opts.CustomHeaders) > 0 {
 		apiOpts.CustomHeaders = &opts.CustomHeaders
 	}
+	if opts.DirectUpstream {
+		apiOpts.DirectUpstream = &opts.DirectUpstream
+	}
 	return apiOpts
 }
 
 func targetOptionsToProto(opts TargetOptions) *proto.PathTargetOptions {
-	if !opts.SkipTLSVerify && opts.PathRewrite == "" && opts.RequestTimeout == 0 && len(opts.CustomHeaders) == 0 {
+	if !opts.SkipTLSVerify && opts.PathRewrite == "" && opts.RequestTimeout == 0 &&
+		len(opts.CustomHeaders) == 0 && !opts.DirectUpstream {
 		return nil
 	}
 	popts := &proto.PathTargetOptions{
-		SkipTlsVerify: opts.SkipTLSVerify,
-		PathRewrite:   pathRewriteToProto(opts.PathRewrite),
-		CustomHeaders: opts.CustomHeaders,
+		SkipTlsVerify:  opts.SkipTLSVerify,
+		PathRewrite:    pathRewriteToProto(opts.PathRewrite),
+		CustomHeaders:  opts.CustomHeaders,
+		DirectUpstream: opts.DirectUpstream,
 	}
 	if opts.RequestTimeout != 0 {
 		popts.RequestTimeout = durationpb.New(opts.RequestTimeout)
@@ -537,6 +569,9 @@ func targetOptionsFromAPI(idx int, o *api.ServiceTargetOptions) (TargetOptions,
 	if o.CustomHeaders != nil {
 		opts.CustomHeaders = *o.CustomHeaders
 	}
+	if o.DirectUpstream != nil {
+		opts.DirectUpstream = *o.DirectUpstream
+	}
 	return opts, nil
 }
 
@@ -551,6 +586,14 @@ func (s *Service) FromAPIRequest(req *api.ServiceRequest, accountID string) erro
 	if req.ListenPort != nil {
 		s.ListenPort = uint16(*req.ListenPort) //nolint:gosec
 	}
+	if req.Private != nil {
+		s.Private = *req.Private
+	}
+	if req.AccessGroups != nil {
+		s.AccessGroups = append([]string(nil), *req.AccessGroups...)
+	} else {
+		s.AccessGroups = nil
+	}
 
 	targets, err := targetsFromAPI(accountID, req.Targets)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -740,6 +783,9 @@ func (s *Service) Validate() error {
 	if err := validateAccessRestrictions(&s.Restrictions); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := s.validatePrivateRequirements(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	switch s.Mode {
 	case ModeHTTP:
@@ -753,6 +799,23 @@ func (s *Service) Validate() error {
 	}
 }
 
+// validatePrivateRequirements enforces the private-service contract: HTTP mode, ≥1 access group, no bearer auth.
+func (s *Service) validatePrivateRequirements() error {
+	if !s.Private {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if s.Mode != "" && s.Mode != ModeHTTP {
+		return fmt.Errorf("private services only support HTTP mode, got %q", s.Mode)
+	}
+	if len(s.AccessGroups) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("private services require at least one access group")
+	}
+	if s.Auth.BearerAuth != nil && s.Auth.BearerAuth.Enabled {
+		return errors.New("private services cannot enable bearer auth (SSO): NetBird-only access and SSO are mutually exclusive")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *Service) validateHTTPMode() error {
 	if s.Domain == "" {
 		return errors.New("service domain is required")
@@ -799,11 +862,20 @@ func (s *Service) validateHTTPTargets() error {
 	for i, target := range s.Targets {
 		switch target.TargetType {
 		case TargetTypePeer, TargetTypeHost, TargetTypeDomain:
-			// host field will be ignored
+			// Host is normally overwritten by replaceHostByLookup with the
+			// resolved peer IP / resource address; operator-supplied values
+			// are honored only when DirectUpstream is set. Validate the
+			// override here so misconfigured hosts fail fast at API time.
+			if err := validateDirectUpstreamHost(i, target); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		case TargetTypeSubnet:
 			if target.Host == "" {
 				return fmt.Errorf("target %d has empty host but target_type is %q", i, target.TargetType)
 			}
+		case TargetTypeCluster:
+			// target_id carries the cluster address; the proxy resolves
+			// the upstream at request time. Host/port may be empty.
 		default:
 			return fmt.Errorf("target %d has invalid target_type %q", i, target.TargetType)
 		}
@@ -821,25 +893,55 @@ func (s *Service) validateHTTPTargets() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// validateDirectUpstreamHost validates the operator-supplied Host on a
+// peer/host/domain target when DirectUpstream is set. Empty Host is
+// allowed — the lookup fills in the default peer IP / resource address.
+// Without DirectUpstream the Host value is silently overwritten by
+// replaceHostByLookup, so we don't validate it (preserves the historical
+// behaviour where APIs accepted any value and dropped it). Non-empty
+// Host with DirectUpstream must look like a hostname or IP and must
+// not carry a port (port lives on Target.Port).
+func validateDirectUpstreamHost(idx int, target *Target) error {
+	if !target.Options.DirectUpstream {
+		return nil
+	}
+	host := strings.TrimSpace(target.Host)
+	if host == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if strings.ContainsAny(host, " \t/") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("target %d: host %q contains invalid characters", idx, host)
+	}
+	if _, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(host); err == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("target %d: host %q must not include a port (set target.port instead)", idx, host)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *Service) validateL4Target(target *Target) error {
 	// L4 services have a single target; per-target disable is meaningless
 	// (use the service-level Enabled flag instead). Force it on so that
 	// buildPathMappings always includes the target in the proto.
 	target.Enabled = true
 
-	if target.Port == 0 {
-		return errors.New("target port is required for L4 services")
-	}
 	if target.TargetId == "" {
 		return errors.New("target_id is required for L4 services")
 	}
+	if target.TargetType != TargetTypeCluster && target.Port == 0 {
+		return errors.New("target port is required for L4 services")
+	}
 	switch target.TargetType {
 	case TargetTypePeer, TargetTypeHost, TargetTypeDomain:
-		// OK
+		if err := validateDirectUpstreamHost(0, target); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	case TargetTypeSubnet:
 		if target.Host == "" {
 			return errors.New("target host is required for subnet targets")
 		}
+	case TargetTypeCluster:
+		// target_id carries the cluster address; the proxy resolves
+		// the upstream at request time.
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid target_type %q for L4 service", target.TargetType)
 	}
@@ -1174,6 +1276,11 @@ func (s *Service) Copy() *Service {
 		}
 	}
 
+	var accessGroups []string
+	if len(s.AccessGroups) > 0 {
+		accessGroups = append([]string(nil), s.AccessGroups...)
+	}
+
 	return &Service{
 		ID:                s.ID,
 		AccountID:         s.AccountID,
@@ -1195,6 +1302,8 @@ func (s *Service) Copy() *Service {
 		Mode:              s.Mode,
 		ListenPort:        s.ListenPort,
 		PortAutoAssigned:  s.PortAutoAssigned,
+		Private:           s.Private,
+		AccessGroups:      accessGroups,
 	}
 }
 

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service/service_test.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/hash/argon2id"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/http/api"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
 )
 
@@ -1116,3 +1117,148 @@ func TestValidate_HeaderAuths(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "exceeds maximum length")
 	})
 }
+
+func TestValidate_HTTPClusterTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	rp := validProxy()
+	rp.Targets = []*Target{{
+		TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		TargetType: TargetTypeCluster,
+		Protocol:   "http",
+		Enabled:    true,
+	}}
+	require.NoError(t, rp.Validate(), "HTTP cluster target with target_id must validate without host or port")
+}
+
+func TestValidate_HTTPClusterTarget_RequiresTargetId(t *testing.T) {
+	rp := validProxy()
+	rp.Targets = []*Target{{
+		TargetType: TargetTypeCluster,
+		Protocol:   "http",
+		Enabled:    true,
+	}}
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, rp.Validate(), "empty target_id", "cluster target must reject empty target_id")
+}
+
+func TestValidate_L4ClusterTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	rp := validProxy()
+	rp.Mode = ModeTCP
+	rp.ListenPort = 9000
+	rp.Targets = []*Target{{
+		TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		TargetType: TargetTypeCluster,
+		Protocol:   "tcp",
+		Enabled:    true,
+	}}
+	require.NoError(t, rp.Validate(), "L4 cluster target must validate without an explicit port")
+}
+
+func TestService_Copy_RoundtripsPrivate(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := validProxy()
+	svc.Private = true
+	svc.AccessGroups = []string{"grp-admins", "grp-ops"}
+	cp := svc.Copy()
+	require.NotNil(t, cp)
+	assert.True(t, cp.Private)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"grp-admins", "grp-ops"}, cp.AccessGroups)
+
+	cp.Private = false
+	assert.True(t, svc.Private)
+
+	cp.AccessGroups[0] = "grp-other"
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"grp-admins", "grp-ops"}, svc.AccessGroups)
+}
+
+func TestService_APIRoundtrip_Private(t *testing.T) {
+	enabled := true
+	private := true
+	accessGroups := []string{"grp-admins"}
+	targets := []api.ServiceTarget{{
+		TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		TargetType: api.ServiceTargetTargetType("cluster"),
+		Protocol:   "http",
+		Port:       80,
+		Enabled:    true,
+	}}
+	req := &api.ServiceRequest{
+		Name:         "svc-private",
+		Domain:       "myapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		Enabled:      enabled,
+		Private:      &private,
+		AccessGroups: &accessGroups,
+		Targets:      &targets,
+	}
+
+	svc := &Service{}
+	require.NoError(t, svc.FromAPIRequest(req, "acc-1"))
+	assert.True(t, svc.Private)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"grp-admins"}, svc.AccessGroups)
+
+	resp := svc.ToAPIResponse()
+	require.NotNil(t, resp.Private)
+	assert.True(t, *resp.Private)
+	require.NotNil(t, resp.AccessGroups)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"grp-admins"}, *resp.AccessGroups)
+}
+
+func TestValidate_Private_RequiresAccessGroups(t *testing.T) {
+	rp := validProxy()
+	rp.Private = true
+	rp.Targets = []*Target{{
+		TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		TargetType: TargetTypeCluster,
+		Protocol:   "http",
+		Enabled:    true,
+	}}
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, rp.Validate(), "access group")
+}
+
+func TestValidate_Private_RejectsBearerAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	rp := validProxy()
+	rp.Private = true
+	rp.AccessGroups = []string{"grp-admins"}
+	rp.Auth.BearerAuth = &BearerAuthConfig{
+		Enabled:            true,
+		DistributionGroups: []string{"grp-sso"},
+	}
+	rp.Targets = []*Target{{
+		TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		TargetType: TargetTypeCluster,
+		Protocol:   "http",
+		Enabled:    true,
+	}}
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, rp.Validate(), "mutually exclusive")
+}
+
+func TestValidate_Private_AcceptsNonClusterTargets(t *testing.T) {
+	rp := validProxy()
+	rp.Private = true
+	rp.AccessGroups = []string{"grp-admins"}
+	require.NoError(t, rp.Validate())
+}
+
+func TestValidate_Private_AcceptsClusterTargetWithAccessGroups(t *testing.T) {
+	rp := validProxy()
+	rp.Private = true
+	rp.AccessGroups = []string{"grp-admins"}
+	rp.Targets = []*Target{{
+		TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		TargetType: TargetTypeCluster,
+		Protocol:   "http",
+		Enabled:    true,
+	}}
+	require.NoError(t, rp.Validate())
+}
+
+func TestValidate_Private_RejectsNonHTTPMode(t *testing.T) {
+	rp := validProxy()
+	rp.Private = true
+	rp.AccessGroups = []string{"grp-admins"}
+	rp.Mode = ModeTCP
+	rp.Targets = []*Target{{
+		TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		TargetType: TargetTypeCluster,
+		Protocol:   "tcp",
+		Enabled:    true,
+	}}
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, rp.Validate(), "HTTP")
+}

management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/sessionkey/sessionkey.go

@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ type KeyPair struct {
 type Claims struct {
 	jwt.RegisteredClaims
 	Method auth.Method `json:"method"`
+	// Email is the calling user's email address. Carried so the
+	// proxy can stamp identity on upstream requests (e.g.
+	// x-litellm-end-user-id) without an extra management
+	// round-trip on every cookie-bearing request.
+	Email string `json:"email,omitempty"`
+	// Groups carries the user's group IDs so the proxy can stamp them
+	// onto upstream requests (X-NetBird-Groups) from the cookie path
+	// without an extra management round-trip.
+	Groups []string `json:"groups,omitempty"`
+	// GroupNames carries the human-readable display names for the ids
+	// in Groups, ordered identically (positional pairing). Slice may be
+	// shorter than Groups for tokens minted before names were
+	// resolvable; the consumer falls back to ids for missing positions.
+	GroupNames []string `json:"group_names,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func GenerateKeyPair() (*KeyPair, error) {
@@ -34,7 +48,13 @@ func GenerateKeyPair() (*KeyPair, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func SignToken(privKeyB64, userID, domain string, method auth.Method, expiration time.Duration) (string, error) {
+// SignToken mints a session JWT for the given user and domain. email,
+// groups, and groupNames, when non-empty, are embedded so the proxy can
+// authorise and stamp identity for policy-aware middlewares without a
+// management round-trip on every cookie-bearing request. groupNames
+// pairs positionally with groups; pass nil when names couldn't be
+// resolved.
+func SignToken(privKeyB64, userID, email, domain string, method auth.Method, groups, groupNames []string, expiration time.Duration) (string, error) {
 	privKeyBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(privKeyB64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("decode private key: %w", err)
@@ -56,7 +76,10 @@ func SignToken(privKeyB64, userID, domain string, method auth.Method, expiration
 			IssuedAt:  jwt.NewNumericDate(now),
 			NotBefore: jwt.NewNumericDate(now),
 		},
-		Method: method,
+		Method:     method,
+		Email:      email,
+		Groups:     append([]string(nil), groups...),
+		GroupNames: append([]string(nil), groupNames...),
 	}
 
 	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodEdDSA, claims)

management/internals/shared/grpc/proxy.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -79,7 +78,10 @@ type ProxyServiceServer struct {
 	// Manager for peers
 	peersManager peers.Manager
 
-	// Manager for users
+	// Manager for users — also resolves user.AutoGroups to *types.Group
+	// records via GetUserWithGroups, used to stamp human-readable
+	// group names into JWT claims and onto upstream identity-bearing
+	// requests (llm_identity_inject's tags header).
 	usersManager users.Manager
 
 	// Store for one-time authentication tokens
@@ -137,12 +139,9 @@ type proxyConnection struct {
 	tokenID      string
 	capabilities *proto.ProxyCapabilities
 	stream       proto.ProxyService_GetMappingUpdateServer
-	// syncStream is set when the proxy connected via SyncMappings.
-	// When non-nil, the sender goroutine uses this instead of stream.
-	syncStream proto.ProxyService_SyncMappingsServer
-	sendChan   chan *proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse
-	ctx        context.Context
-	cancel     context.CancelFunc
+	sendChan     chan *proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse
+	ctx          context.Context
+	cancel       context.CancelFunc
 }
 
 func enforceAccountScope(ctx context.Context, requestAccountID string) error {
@@ -210,322 +209,146 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) SetProxyController(proxyController proxy.Controller
 	s.proxyController = proxyController
 }
 
-// proxyConnectParams holds the validated parameters extracted from either
-// a GetMappingUpdateRequest or a SyncMappingsInit message.
-type proxyConnectParams struct {
-	proxyID      string
-	address      string
-	capabilities *proto.ProxyCapabilities
-}
-
 // GetMappingUpdate handles the control stream with proxy clients
 func (s *ProxyServiceServer) GetMappingUpdate(req *proto.GetMappingUpdateRequest, stream proto.ProxyService_GetMappingUpdateServer) error {
-	params, err := s.validateProxyConnect(req.GetProxyId(), req.GetAddress(), stream.Context())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	params.capabilities = req.GetCapabilities()
+	ctx := stream.Context()
 
-	conn, proxyRecord, err := s.registerProxyConnection(stream.Context(), params, &proxyConnection{
-		stream: stream,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err := s.sendSnapshot(stream.Context(), conn); err != nil {
-		s.cleanupFailedSnapshot(stream.Context(), conn)
-		return fmt.Errorf("send snapshot to proxy %s: %w", params.proxyID, err)
-	}
-
-	errChan := make(chan error, 2)
-	go s.sender(conn, errChan)
-
-	return s.serveProxyConnection(conn, proxyRecord, errChan, false)
-}
-
-// SyncMappings implements the bidirectional SyncMappings RPC.
-// It mirrors GetMappingUpdate but provides application-level back-pressure:
-// management waits for an ack from the proxy before sending the next batch.
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) SyncMappings(stream proto.ProxyService_SyncMappingsServer) error {
-	init, err := recvSyncInit(stream)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	params, err := s.validateProxyConnect(init.GetProxyId(), init.GetAddress(), stream.Context())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	params.capabilities = init.GetCapabilities()
-
-	conn, proxyRecord, err := s.registerProxyConnection(stream.Context(), params, &proxyConnection{
-		syncStream: stream,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err := s.sendSnapshotSync(stream.Context(), conn, stream); err != nil {
-		s.cleanupFailedSnapshot(stream.Context(), conn)
-		return fmt.Errorf("send snapshot to proxy %s: %w", params.proxyID, err)
-	}
-
-	errChan := make(chan error, 2)
-	go s.sender(conn, errChan)
-	go s.drainRecv(stream, errChan)
-
-	return s.serveProxyConnection(conn, proxyRecord, errChan, true)
-}
-
-// recvSyncInit receives and validates the first message on a SyncMappings stream.
-func recvSyncInit(stream proto.ProxyService_SyncMappingsServer) (*proto.SyncMappingsInit, error) {
-	firstMsg, err := stream.Recv()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "receive init: %v", err)
-	}
-	init := firstMsg.GetInit()
-	if init == nil {
-		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "first message must be init")
-	}
-	return init, nil
-}
-
-// validateProxyConnect validates the proxy ID and address, and checks cluster
-// address availability for account-scoped tokens.
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) validateProxyConnect(proxyID, address string, ctx context.Context) (proxyConnectParams, error) {
-	if proxyID == "" {
-		return proxyConnectParams{}, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "proxy_id is required")
-	}
-	if !isProxyAddressValid(address) {
-		return proxyConnectParams{}, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "proxy address is invalid")
-	}
-
-	token := GetProxyTokenFromContext(ctx)
-	if token != nil && token.AccountID != nil {
-		available, err := s.proxyManager.IsClusterAddressAvailable(ctx, address, *token.AccountID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return proxyConnectParams{}, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "check cluster address: %v", err)
-		}
-		if !available {
-			return proxyConnectParams{}, status.Errorf(codes.AlreadyExists, "cluster address %s is already in use", address)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return proxyConnectParams{proxyID: proxyID, address: address}, nil
-}
-
-// registerProxyConnection creates a proxyConnection, registers it with the
-// proxy manager and cluster, and stores it in connectedProxies. The caller
-// provides a partially initialised connSeed with stream-specific fields set;
-// the remaining fields are filled in here.
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) registerProxyConnection(ctx context.Context, params proxyConnectParams, connSeed *proxyConnection) (*proxyConnection, *proxy.Proxy, error) {
 	peerInfo := PeerIPFromContext(ctx)
+	log.Infof("New proxy connection from %s", peerInfo)
+
+	proxyID := req.GetProxyId()
+	if proxyID == "" {
+		return status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "proxy_id is required")
+	}
+
+	proxyAddress := req.GetAddress()
+	if !isProxyAddressValid(proxyAddress) {
+		return status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "proxy address is invalid")
+	}
 
 	var accountID *string
-	var tokenID string
-	if token := GetProxyTokenFromContext(ctx); token != nil {
-		if token.AccountID != nil {
-			accountID = token.AccountID
+	token := GetProxyTokenFromContext(ctx)
+	if token != nil && token.AccountID != nil {
+		accountID = token.AccountID
+
+		available, err := s.proxyManager.IsClusterAddressAvailable(ctx, proxyAddress, *accountID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "check cluster address: %v", err)
 		}
+		if !available {
+			return status.Errorf(codes.AlreadyExists, "cluster address %s is already in use", proxyAddress)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var tokenID string
+	if token != nil {
 		tokenID = token.ID
 	}
 
 	sessionID := uuid.NewString()
-	s.supersedePriorConnection(params.proxyID, sessionID)
 
-	connCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-	connSeed.proxyID = params.proxyID
-	connSeed.sessionID = sessionID
-	connSeed.address = params.address
-	connSeed.accountID = accountID
-	connSeed.tokenID = tokenID
-	connSeed.capabilities = params.capabilities
-	connSeed.sendChan = make(chan *proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse, 100)
-	connSeed.ctx = connCtx
-	connSeed.cancel = cancel
-
-	var caps *proxy.Capabilities
-	if c := params.capabilities; c != nil {
-		caps = &proxy.Capabilities{
-			SupportsCustomPorts: c.SupportsCustomPorts,
-			RequireSubdomain:    c.RequireSubdomain,
-			SupportsCrowdsec:    c.SupportsCrowdsec,
-		}
-	}
-
-	proxyRecord, err := s.proxyManager.Connect(ctx, params.proxyID, sessionID, params.address, peerInfo, accountID, caps)
-	if err != nil {
-		cancel()
-		if accountID != nil {
-			return nil, nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to register BYOP proxy: %v", err)
-		}
-		log.WithContext(ctx).Warnf("failed to register proxy %s in database: %v", params.proxyID, err)
-		return nil, nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "register proxy in database: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	s.connectedProxies.Store(params.proxyID, connSeed)
-	if err := s.proxyController.RegisterProxyToCluster(ctx, params.address, params.proxyID); err != nil {
-		log.WithContext(ctx).Warnf("Failed to register proxy %s in cluster: %v", params.proxyID, err)
-	}
-
-	return connSeed, proxyRecord, nil
-}
-
-// supersedePriorConnection cancels any existing connection for the given proxy.
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) supersedePriorConnection(proxyID, newSessionID string) {
 	if old, loaded := s.connectedProxies.Load(proxyID); loaded {
 		oldConn := old.(*proxyConnection)
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"proxy_id":       proxyID,
 			"old_session_id": oldConn.sessionID,
-			"new_session_id": newSessionID,
+			"new_session_id": sessionID,
 		}).Info("Superseding existing proxy connection")
 		oldConn.cancel()
 	}
-}
 
-// cleanupFailedSnapshot removes the connection from the cluster and store
-// after a snapshot send failure.
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) cleanupFailedSnapshot(ctx context.Context, conn *proxyConnection) {
-	if s.connectedProxies.CompareAndDelete(conn.proxyID, conn) {
-		if err := s.proxyController.UnregisterProxyFromCluster(context.Background(), conn.address, conn.proxyID); err != nil {
-			log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("cleanup after snapshot failure for proxy %s: %v", conn.proxyID, err)
+	connCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	conn := &proxyConnection{
+		proxyID:      proxyID,
+		sessionID:    sessionID,
+		address:      proxyAddress,
+		accountID:    accountID,
+		tokenID:      tokenID,
+		capabilities: req.GetCapabilities(),
+		stream:       stream,
+		sendChan:     make(chan *proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse, 100),
+		ctx:          connCtx,
+		cancel:       cancel,
+	}
+
+	var caps *proxy.Capabilities
+	if c := req.GetCapabilities(); c != nil {
+		caps = &proxy.Capabilities{
+			SupportsCustomPorts: c.SupportsCustomPorts,
+			RequireSubdomain:    c.RequireSubdomain,
+			SupportsCrowdsec:    c.SupportsCrowdsec,
+			Private:             c.Private,
 		}
 	}
-	conn.cancel()
-	if err := s.proxyManager.Disconnect(context.Background(), conn.proxyID, conn.sessionID); err != nil {
-		log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("cleanup after snapshot failure for proxy %s: %v", conn.proxyID, err)
-	}
-}
-
-// drainRecv consumes and discards messages from a bidirectional stream.
-// The proxy sends an ack for every incremental update; we don't need them
-// after the snapshot phase. Recv errors are forwarded to errChan.
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) drainRecv(stream proto.ProxyService_SyncMappingsServer, errChan chan<- error) {
-	for {
-		if _, err := stream.Recv(); err != nil {
-			errChan <- err
-			return
+	proxyRecord, err := s.proxyManager.Connect(ctx, proxyID, sessionID, proxyAddress, peerInfo, accountID, caps)
+	if err != nil {
+		cancel()
+		if accountID != nil {
+			return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to register BYOP proxy: %v", err)
 		}
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Warnf("failed to register proxy %s in database: %v", proxyID, err)
+		return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "register proxy in database: %v", err)
 	}
-}
 
-// serveProxyConnection runs the post-snapshot lifecycle: heartbeat, sender,
-// and wait for termination. When bidi is true, normal stream closure (EOF,
-// canceled) is treated as a clean disconnect rather than an error.
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) serveProxyConnection(conn *proxyConnection, proxyRecord *proxy.Proxy, errChan <-chan error, bidi bool) error {
+	s.connectedProxies.Store(proxyID, conn)
+	if err := s.proxyController.RegisterProxyToCluster(ctx, conn.address, proxyID); err != nil {
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Warnf("Failed to register proxy %s in cluster: %v", proxyID, err)
+	}
+
+	if err := s.sendSnapshot(ctx, conn); err != nil {
+		if s.connectedProxies.CompareAndDelete(proxyID, conn) {
+			if unregErr := s.proxyController.UnregisterProxyFromCluster(context.Background(), conn.address, proxyID); unregErr != nil {
+				log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("cleanup after snapshot failure for proxy %s: %v", proxyID, unregErr)
+			}
+		}
+		cancel()
+		if disconnErr := s.proxyManager.Disconnect(context.Background(), proxyID, sessionID); disconnErr != nil {
+			log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("cleanup after snapshot failure for proxy %s: %v", proxyID, disconnErr)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("send snapshot to proxy %s: %w", proxyID, err)
+	}
+
+	errChan := make(chan error, 2)
+	go s.sender(conn, errChan)
+
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
-		"proxy_id":      conn.proxyID,
-		"session_id":    conn.sessionID,
-		"address":       conn.address,
-		"cluster_addr":  conn.address,
-		"account_id":    conn.accountID,
+		"proxy_id":      proxyID,
+		"session_id":    sessionID,
+		"address":       proxyAddress,
+		"cluster_addr":  proxyAddress,
+		"account_id":    accountID,
 		"total_proxies": len(s.GetConnectedProxies()),
 	}).Info("Proxy registered in cluster")
+	defer func() {
+		if !s.connectedProxies.CompareAndDelete(proxyID, conn) {
+			log.Infof("Proxy %s session %s: skipping cleanup, superseded by new connection", proxyID, sessionID)
+			cancel()
+			return
+		}
 
-	defer s.disconnectProxy(conn)
-	go s.heartbeat(conn.ctx, conn, proxyRecord)
+		if err := s.proxyController.UnregisterProxyFromCluster(context.Background(), conn.address, proxyID); err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("Failed to unregister proxy %s from cluster: %v", proxyID, err)
+		}
+		if err := s.proxyManager.Disconnect(context.Background(), proxyID, sessionID); err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("Failed to mark proxy %s as disconnected: %v", proxyID, err)
+		}
+
+		cancel()
+		log.Infof("Proxy %s session %s disconnected", proxyID, sessionID)
+	}()
+
+	go s.heartbeat(connCtx, conn, proxyRecord)
 
 	select {
 	case err := <-errChan:
-		if bidi && isStreamClosed(err) {
-			log.Infof("Proxy %s stream closed", conn.proxyID)
-			return nil
-		}
-		log.Warnf("Failed to send update: %v", err)
-		return fmt.Errorf("send update to proxy %s: %w", conn.proxyID, err)
-	case <-conn.ctx.Done():
-		log.Infof("Proxy %s context canceled", conn.proxyID)
-		return conn.ctx.Err()
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Warnf("Failed to send update: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("send update to proxy %s: %w", proxyID, err)
+	case <-connCtx.Done():
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Infof("Proxy %s context canceled", proxyID)
+		return connCtx.Err()
 	}
 }
 
-// disconnectProxy removes the connection from cluster and store, unless it
-// has already been superseded by a newer connection.
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) disconnectProxy(conn *proxyConnection) {
-	if !s.connectedProxies.CompareAndDelete(conn.proxyID, conn) {
-		log.Infof("Proxy %s session %s: skipping cleanup, superseded by new connection", conn.proxyID, conn.sessionID)
-		conn.cancel()
-		return
-	}
-
-	if err := s.proxyController.UnregisterProxyFromCluster(context.Background(), conn.address, conn.proxyID); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("Failed to unregister proxy %s from cluster: %v", conn.proxyID, err)
-	}
-	if err := s.proxyManager.Disconnect(context.Background(), conn.proxyID, conn.sessionID); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("Failed to mark proxy %s as disconnected: %v", conn.proxyID, err)
-	}
-
-	conn.cancel()
-	log.Infof("Proxy %s session %s disconnected", conn.proxyID, conn.sessionID)
-}
-
-// sendSnapshotSync sends the initial snapshot with back-pressure: it sends
-// one batch, then waits for the proxy to ack before sending the next.
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) sendSnapshotSync(ctx context.Context, conn *proxyConnection, stream proto.ProxyService_SyncMappingsServer) error {
-	if !isProxyAddressValid(conn.address) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("proxy address is invalid")
-	}
-	if s.snapshotBatchSize <= 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid snapshot batch size: %d", s.snapshotBatchSize)
-	}
-
-	mappings, err := s.snapshotServiceMappings(ctx, conn)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < len(mappings); i += s.snapshotBatchSize {
-		end := i + s.snapshotBatchSize
-		if end > len(mappings) {
-			end = len(mappings)
-		}
-		for _, m := range mappings[i:end] {
-			token, err := s.tokenStore.GenerateToken(m.AccountId, m.Id, s.proxyTokenTTL())
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("generate auth token for service %s: %w", m.Id, err)
-			}
-			m.AuthToken = token
-		}
-		if err := stream.Send(&proto.SyncMappingsResponse{
-			Mapping:             mappings[i:end],
-			InitialSyncComplete: end == len(mappings),
-		}); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("send snapshot batch: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		if err := waitForAck(stream); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(mappings) == 0 {
-		if err := stream.Send(&proto.SyncMappingsResponse{
-			InitialSyncComplete: true,
-		}); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("send snapshot completion: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		if err := waitForAck(stream); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func waitForAck(stream proto.ProxyService_SyncMappingsServer) error {
-	msg, err := stream.Recv()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("receive ack: %w", err)
-	}
-	if msg.GetAck() == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected ack, got %T", msg.GetMsg())
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // heartbeat updates the proxy's last_seen timestamp every minute and
 // disconnects the proxy if its access token has been revoked.
 func (s *ProxyServiceServer) heartbeat(ctx context.Context, conn *proxyConnection, p *proxy.Proxy) {
@@ -562,9 +385,6 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) sendSnapshot(ctx context.Context, conn *proxyConnec
 	if !isProxyAddressValid(conn.address) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("proxy address is invalid")
 	}
-	if s.snapshotBatchSize <= 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid snapshot batch size: %d", s.snapshotBatchSize)
-	}
 
 	mappings, err := s.snapshotServiceMappings(ctx, conn)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -644,26 +464,12 @@ func isProxyAddressValid(addr string) bool {
 	return err == nil
 }
 
-// isStreamClosed returns true for errors that indicate normal stream
-// termination: io.EOF, context cancellation, or gRPC Canceled.
-func isStreamClosed(err error) bool {
-	if err == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) || errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-		return true
-	}
-	return status.Code(err) == codes.Canceled
-}
-
-// sender handles sending messages to proxy.
-// When conn.syncStream is set the message is sent as SyncMappingsResponse;
-// otherwise the legacy GetMappingUpdateResponse stream is used.
+// sender handles sending messages to proxy
 func (s *ProxyServiceServer) sender(conn *proxyConnection, errChan chan<- error) {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case resp := <-conn.sendChan:
-			if err := conn.sendResponse(resp); err != nil {
+			if err := conn.stream.Send(resp); err != nil {
 				errChan <- err
 				return
 			}
@@ -673,17 +479,6 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) sender(conn *proxyConnection, errChan chan<- error)
 	}
 }
 
-// sendResponse sends a mapping update on whichever stream the proxy connected with.
-func (conn *proxyConnection) sendResponse(resp *proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse) error {
-	if conn.syncStream != nil {
-		return conn.syncStream.Send(&proto.SyncMappingsResponse{
-			Mapping:             resp.Mapping,
-			InitialSyncComplete: resp.InitialSyncComplete,
-		})
-	}
-	return conn.stream.Send(resp)
-}
-
 // SendAccessLog processes access log from proxy
 func (s *ProxyServiceServer) SendAccessLog(ctx context.Context, req *proto.SendAccessLogRequest) (*proto.SendAccessLogResponse, error) {
 	accessLog := req.GetLog()
@@ -754,6 +549,11 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) SendServiceUpdate(update *proto.GetMappingUpdateRes
 				InitialSyncComplete: update.InitialSyncComplete,
 			}
 		}
+		// Drop mappings the proxy lacks capability for (e.g. private without SupportsPrivateService).
+		connUpdate = filterMappingsForProxy(conn, connUpdate)
+		if len(connUpdate.Mapping) == 0 {
+			return true
+		}
 		resp := s.perProxyMessage(connUpdate, conn.proxyID)
 		if resp == nil {
 			log.Warnf("Token generation failed for proxy %s, disconnecting to force resync", conn.proxyID)
@@ -863,7 +663,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) SendServiceUpdateToCluster(ctx context.Context, upd
 			continue
 		}
 		if !proxyAcceptsMapping(conn, update) {
-			log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("Skipping proxy %s: does not support custom ports for mapping %s", proxyID, update.Id)
+			log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("Skipping proxy %s: missing capability for mapping %s", proxyID, update.Id)
 			continue
 		}
 		msg := s.perProxyMessage(updateResponse, proxyID)
@@ -882,24 +682,41 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) SendServiceUpdateToCluster(ctx context.Context, upd
 	}
 }
 
-// proxyAcceptsMapping returns whether the proxy should receive this mapping.
-// Old proxies that never reported capabilities are skipped for non-TLS L4
-// mappings with a custom listen port, since they don't understand the
-// protocol. Proxies that report capabilities (even SupportsCustomPorts=false)
-// are new enough to handle the mapping. TLS uses SNI routing and works on
-// any proxy. Delete operations are always sent so proxies can clean up.
+// proxyAcceptsMapping returns whether the proxy can receive this mapping. Private requires SupportsPrivateService; custom-port L4 requires SupportsCustomPorts. Removes always pass.
 func proxyAcceptsMapping(conn *proxyConnection, mapping *proto.ProxyMapping) bool {
 	if mapping.Type == proto.ProxyMappingUpdateType_UPDATE_TYPE_REMOVED {
 		return true
 	}
+	if mapping.GetPrivate() {
+		caps := conn.capabilities
+		if caps == nil || caps.SupportsPrivateService == nil || !*caps.SupportsPrivateService {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
 	if mapping.ListenPort == 0 || mapping.Mode == "tls" {
 		return true
 	}
-	// Old proxies that never reported capabilities don't understand
-	// custom port mappings.
 	return conn.capabilities != nil && conn.capabilities.SupportsCustomPorts != nil
 }
 
+// filterMappingsForProxy drops mappings the proxy can't safely receive.
+func filterMappingsForProxy(conn *proxyConnection, update *proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse) *proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse {
+	if update == nil {
+		return update
+	}
+	filtered := make([]*proto.ProxyMapping, 0, len(update.Mapping))
+	for _, m := range update.Mapping {
+		if !proxyAcceptsMapping(conn, m) {
+			continue
+		}
+		filtered = append(filtered, m)
+	}
+	return &proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse{
+		Mapping:             filtered,
+		InitialSyncComplete: update.InitialSyncComplete,
+	}
+}
+
 // perProxyMessage returns a copy of update with a fresh one-time token for
 // create/update operations. For delete operations the original mapping is
 // used unchanged because proxies do not need to authenticate for removal.
@@ -945,6 +762,7 @@ func shallowCloneMapping(m *proto.ProxyMapping) *proto.ProxyMapping {
 		Mode:               m.Mode,
 		ListenPort:         m.ListenPort,
 		AccessRestrictions: m.AccessRestrictions,
+		Private:            m.Private,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -953,7 +771,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) Authenticate(ctx context.Context, req *proto.Authen
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	service, err := s.serviceManager.GetServiceByID(ctx, req.GetAccountId(), req.GetId())
+	service, err := s.lookupServiceByID(ctx, req.GetAccountId(), req.GetId())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("failed to get service from store: %v", err)
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "get service from store: %v", err)
@@ -961,7 +779,10 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) Authenticate(ctx context.Context, req *proto.Authen
 
 	authenticated, userId, method := s.authenticateRequest(ctx, req, service)
 
-	token, err := s.generateSessionToken(ctx, authenticated, service, userId, method)
+	// Non-OIDC schemes (PIN/Password/Header) authenticate against per-service
+	// secrets and have no user-level group context, so groups stay nil. Email
+	// is also empty — these schemes don't resolve a user record at sign time.
+	token, err := s.generateSessionToken(ctx, authenticated, service, userId, "", method, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1050,7 +871,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) logAuthenticationError(ctx context.Context, err err
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *ProxyServiceServer) generateSessionToken(ctx context.Context, authenticated bool, service *rpservice.Service, userId string, method proxyauth.Method) (string, error) {
+func (s *ProxyServiceServer) generateSessionToken(ctx context.Context, authenticated bool, service *rpservice.Service, userId, userEmail string, method proxyauth.Method, groupIDs, groupNames []string) (string, error) {
 	if !authenticated || service.SessionPrivateKey == "" {
 		return "", nil
 	}
@@ -1058,8 +879,11 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) generateSessionToken(ctx context.Context, authentic
 	token, err := sessionkey.SignToken(
 		service.SessionPrivateKey,
 		userId,
+		userEmail,
 		service.Domain,
 		method,
+		groupIDs,
+		groupNames,
 		proxyauth.DefaultSessionExpiry,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1070,6 +894,29 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) generateSessionToken(ctx context.Context, authentic
 	return token, nil
 }
 
+// pairGroupIDsAndNames splits a slice of resolved *types.Group records
+// into parallel id and name slices. Used to feed JWT claims and
+// response messages from a single GetUserWithGroups call. Position i
+// of the returned slices always pairs the same group: ids[i] is the
+// group id, names[i] is its display name. Records the manager skipped
+// (orphan ids in user.AutoGroups with no matching group row) are
+// already absent here, so the consumer can rely on positional pairing.
+func pairGroupIDsAndNames(groups []*types.Group) (ids, names []string) {
+	if len(groups) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	ids = make([]string, 0, len(groups))
+	names = make([]string, 0, len(groups))
+	for _, g := range groups {
+		if g == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		ids = append(ids, g.ID)
+		names = append(names, g.Name)
+	}
+	return ids, names
+}
+
 // SendStatusUpdate handles status updates from proxy clients.
 func (s *ProxyServiceServer) SendStatusUpdate(ctx context.Context, req *proto.SendStatusUpdateRequest) (*proto.SendStatusUpdateResponse, error) {
 	if err := enforceAccountScope(ctx, req.GetAccountId()); err != nil {
@@ -1216,19 +1063,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) GetOIDCURL(ctx context.Context, req *proto.GetOIDCU
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "redirect URL must use http or https scheme")
 	}
 	// Validate redirectURL against known service endpoints to avoid abuse of OIDC redirection.
-	services, err := s.serviceManager.GetAccountServices(ctx, req.GetAccountId())
-	if err != nil {
-		log.WithContext(ctx).Errorf("failed to get account services: %v", err)
-		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "get account services: %v", err)
-	}
-	var found bool
-	for _, service := range services {
-		if service.Domain == redirectURL.Hostname() {
-			found = true
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	if !found {
+	if _, err := s.getAccountServiceByDomain(ctx, req.GetAccountId(), redirectURL.Hostname()); err != nil {
 		log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("OIDC redirect URL %q does not match any service domain", redirectURL.Hostname())
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "service not found in store")
 	}
@@ -1334,7 +1169,9 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) ValidateState(state string) (verifier, redirectURL
 	return verifier, redirectURL, nil
 }
 
-// GenerateSessionToken creates a signed session JWT for the given domain and user.
+// GenerateSessionToken creates a signed session JWT for the given domain and
+// user. The user's group memberships are embedded in the token so policy-aware
+// middlewares on the proxy can authorise without an extra management round-trip.
 func (s *ProxyServiceServer) GenerateSessionToken(ctx context.Context, domain, userID string, method proxyauth.Method) (string, error) {
 	service, err := s.getServiceByDomain(ctx, domain)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1345,11 +1182,29 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) GenerateSessionToken(ctx context.Context, domain, u
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("no session key configured for domain: %s", domain)
 	}
 
+	var (
+		email      string
+		groupIDs   []string
+		groupNames []string
+	)
+	if s.usersManager != nil {
+		user, userGroups, uerr := s.usersManager.GetUserWithGroups(ctx, userID)
+		if uerr != nil {
+			log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("session token mint: lookup user %s: %v", userID, uerr)
+		} else if user != nil {
+			email = user.Email
+			groupIDs, groupNames = pairGroupIDsAndNames(userGroups)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return sessionkey.SignToken(
 		service.SessionPrivateKey,
 		userID,
+		email,
 		domain,
 		method,
+		groupIDs,
+		groupNames,
 		proxyauth.DefaultSessionExpiry,
 	)
 }
@@ -1411,6 +1266,11 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) getAccountServiceByDomain(ctx context.Context, acco
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("service not found for domain %s in account %s", domain, accountID)
 }
 
+// lookupServiceByID resolves a service by ID via the persisted store.
+func (s *ProxyServiceServer) lookupServiceByID(ctx context.Context, accountID, serviceID string) (*rpservice.Service, error) {
+	return s.serviceManager.GetServiceByID(ctx, accountID, serviceID)
+}
+
 // ValidateSession validates a session token and checks if the user has access to the domain.
 func (s *ProxyServiceServer) ValidateSession(ctx context.Context, req *proto.ValidateSessionRequest) (*proto.ValidateSessionResponse, error) {
 	domain := req.GetDomain()
@@ -1453,7 +1313,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) ValidateSession(ctx context.Context, req *proto.Val
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	userID, _, err := proxyauth.ValidateSessionJWT(sessionToken, domain, pubKeyBytes)
+	userID, _, _, _, _, err := proxyauth.ValidateSessionJWT(sessionToken, domain, pubKeyBytes)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"domain": domain,
@@ -1466,7 +1326,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) ValidateSession(ctx context.Context, req *proto.Val
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	user, err := s.usersManager.GetUser(ctx, userID)
+	user, userGroups, err := s.usersManager.GetUserWithGroups(ctx, userID)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"domain":  domain,
@@ -1500,12 +1360,15 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) ValidateSession(ctx context.Context, req *proto.Val
 			"user_id": userID,
 			"error":   err.Error(),
 		}).Debug("ValidateSession: access denied")
+		groupIDs, groupNames := pairGroupIDsAndNames(userGroups)
 		//nolint:nilerr
 		return &proto.ValidateSessionResponse{
-			Valid:        false,
-			UserId:       user.Id,
-			UserEmail:    user.Email,
-			DeniedReason: "not_in_group",
+			Valid:          false,
+			UserId:         user.Id,
+			UserEmail:      user.Email,
+			DeniedReason:   "not_in_group",
+			PeerGroupIds:   groupIDs,
+			PeerGroupNames: groupNames,
 		}, nil
 	}
 
@@ -1515,10 +1378,13 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) ValidateSession(ctx context.Context, req *proto.Val
 		"email":   user.Email,
 	}).Debug("ValidateSession: access granted")
 
+	groupIDs, groupNames := pairGroupIDsAndNames(userGroups)
 	return &proto.ValidateSessionResponse{
-		Valid:     true,
-		UserId:    user.Id,
-		UserEmail: user.Email,
+		Valid:          true,
+		UserId:         user.Id,
+		UserEmail:      user.Email,
+		PeerGroupIds:   groupIDs,
+		PeerGroupNames: groupNames,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -1526,6 +1392,138 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) getServiceByDomain(ctx context.Context, domain stri
 	return s.serviceManager.GetServiceByDomain(ctx, domain)
 }
 
+// ValidateTunnelPeer resolves an inbound peer by its WireGuard tunnel IP and
+// checks the peer's group membership against the service's access groups.
+// Peers without a user (machine agents, automation workloads) are
+// first-class callers, so authorisation runs off peer-group memberships
+// rather than the optional owning user's auto-groups.
+//
+// The minted session JWT carries peer.ID (Subject) and a display identity
+// (Email): user.Email when the peer is attached to a user, else peer.Name.
+// Downstream identity-stamping middlewares emit this display identity on
+// upstream requests, so per-human attribution lines up across a user's
+// devices and unattached peers still produce a stable, human-readable id.
+func (s *ProxyServiceServer) ValidateTunnelPeer(ctx context.Context, req *proto.ValidateTunnelPeerRequest) (*proto.ValidateTunnelPeerResponse, error) {
+	domain := req.GetDomain()
+	tunnelIPStr := req.GetTunnelIp()
+
+	if domain == "" || tunnelIPStr == "" {
+		return &proto.ValidateTunnelPeerResponse{
+			Valid:        false,
+			DeniedReason: "missing domain or tunnel_ip",
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	tunnelIP := net.ParseIP(tunnelIPStr)
+	if tunnelIP == nil {
+		return &proto.ValidateTunnelPeerResponse{
+			Valid:        false,
+			DeniedReason: "invalid_tunnel_ip",
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	service, err := s.getServiceByDomain(ctx, domain)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"domain": domain,
+			"error":  err.Error(),
+		}).Debug("ValidateTunnelPeer: service not found")
+		//nolint:nilerr
+		return &proto.ValidateTunnelPeerResponse{
+			Valid:        false,
+			DeniedReason: "service_not_found",
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	peer, err := s.peersManager.GetPeerByTunnelIP(ctx, service.AccountID, tunnelIP)
+	if err != nil || peer == nil {
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"domain":    domain,
+			"tunnel_ip": tunnelIPStr,
+		}).Debug("ValidateTunnelPeer: peer not found")
+		//nolint:nilerr
+		return &proto.ValidateTunnelPeerResponse{
+			Valid:        false,
+			DeniedReason: "peer_not_found",
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	_, peerGroups, err := s.peersManager.GetPeerWithGroups(ctx, service.AccountID, peer.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"domain":  domain,
+			"peer_id": peer.ID,
+			"error":   err.Error(),
+		}).Debug("ValidateTunnelPeer: peer groups lookup failed")
+		//nolint:nilerr
+		return &proto.ValidateTunnelPeerResponse{
+			Valid:        false,
+			DeniedReason: "peer_not_found",
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	groupIDs, groupNames := pairGroupIDsAndNames(peerGroups)
+
+	// Resolve the principal: when the peer is linked to a user, the
+	// human is the principal — multiple peers belonging to the same
+	// user share one access-log identity AND one consumption-counter
+	// dimension (caps are per-human, not per-device). Unlinked peers
+	// (machine agents, automation workloads) are their own principals
+	// keyed on peer.ID. displayIdentity is what upstream gateways
+	// (LiteLLM, Portkey) tag spend with — user.Email when linked, the
+	// peer's hostname when not.
+	principalID := peer.ID
+	displayIdentity := peer.Name
+	if peer.UserID != "" {
+		if user, uerr := s.usersManager.GetUser(ctx, peer.UserID); uerr == nil && user != nil {
+			principalID = user.Id
+			if user.Email != "" {
+				displayIdentity = user.Email
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := checkPeerGroupAccess(service, groupIDs); err != nil {
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"domain":  domain,
+			"peer_id": peer.ID,
+			"error":   err.Error(),
+		}).Debug("ValidateTunnelPeer: access denied")
+		//nolint:nilerr
+		return &proto.ValidateTunnelPeerResponse{
+			Valid:          false,
+			UserId:         principalID,
+			UserEmail:      displayIdentity,
+			DeniedReason:   "not_in_group",
+			PeerGroupIds:   groupIDs,
+			PeerGroupNames: groupNames,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	token, err := s.generateSessionToken(ctx, true, service, principalID, displayIdentity, proxyauth.MethodOIDC, groupIDs, groupNames)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+		"domain":       domain,
+		"tunnel_ip":    tunnelIPStr,
+		"peer_id":      peer.ID,
+		"peer_name":    peer.Name,
+		"principal_id": principalID,
+		"identity":     displayIdentity,
+	}).Debug("ValidateTunnelPeer: access granted")
+
+	return &proto.ValidateTunnelPeerResponse{
+		Valid:          true,
+		UserId:         principalID,
+		UserEmail:      displayIdentity,
+		SessionToken:   token,
+		PeerGroupIds:   groupIDs,
+		PeerGroupNames: groupNames,
+	}, nil
+}
+
 func (s *ProxyServiceServer) checkGroupAccess(service *rpservice.Service, user *types.User) error {
 	if service.Auth.BearerAuth == nil || !service.Auth.BearerAuth.Enabled {
 		return nil
@@ -1550,4 +1548,36 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) checkGroupAccess(service *rpservice.Service, user *
 	return fmt.Errorf("user not in allowed groups")
 }
 
+// checkPeerGroupAccess gates ValidateTunnelPeer; private with empty AccessGroups fails closed.
+func checkPeerGroupAccess(service *rpservice.Service, peerGroupIDs []string) error {
+	if service.Private {
+		if len(service.AccessGroups) == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("private service has no access groups")
+		}
+		return matchAnyGroup(service.AccessGroups, peerGroupIDs)
+	}
+
+	if service.Auth.BearerAuth != nil && service.Auth.BearerAuth.Enabled {
+		if len(service.Auth.BearerAuth.DistributionGroups) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return matchAnyGroup(service.Auth.BearerAuth.DistributionGroups, peerGroupIDs)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func matchAnyGroup(allowedGroups, peerGroupIDs []string) error {
+	allowedSet := make(map[string]bool, len(allowedGroups))
+	for _, groupID := range allowedGroups {
+		allowedSet[groupID] = true
+	}
+	for _, groupID := range peerGroupIDs {
+		if allowedSet[groupID] {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("peer not in allowed groups")
+}
+
 func ptr[T any](v T) *T { return &v }

management/internals/shared/grpc/proxy_group_access_test.go

@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ func (m *mockUsersManager) GetUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) (*types.U
 	return user, nil
 }
 
+func (m *mockUsersManager) GetUserWithGroups(ctx context.Context, userID string) (*types.User, []*types.Group, error) {
+	user, err := m.GetUser(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	return user, nil, nil
+}
+
 func TestValidateUserGroupAccess(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string
@@ -420,3 +428,46 @@ func TestGetAccountProxyByDomain(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCheckPeerGroupAccess(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("private with empty AccessGroups denies", func(t *testing.T) {
+		svc := &service.Service{Private: true, AccessGroups: nil}
+		err := checkPeerGroupAccess(svc, []string{"grp-admins"})
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "no access groups")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("private with peer in AccessGroups allows", func(t *testing.T) {
+		svc := &service.Service{Private: true, AccessGroups: []string{"grp-admins", "grp-ops"}}
+		assert.NoError(t, checkPeerGroupAccess(svc, []string{"grp-other", "grp-ops"}))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("private with peer outside AccessGroups denies", func(t *testing.T) {
+		svc := &service.Service{Private: true, AccessGroups: []string{"grp-admins"}}
+		assert.Error(t, checkPeerGroupAccess(svc, []string{"grp-other"}))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("bearer enabled with empty DistributionGroups allows", func(t *testing.T) {
+		svc := &service.Service{
+			Auth: service.AuthConfig{BearerAuth: &service.BearerAuthConfig{Enabled: true}},
+		}
+		assert.NoError(t, checkPeerGroupAccess(svc, []string{"grp-anyone"}))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("bearer enabled gates on DistributionGroups", func(t *testing.T) {
+		svc := &service.Service{
+			Auth: service.AuthConfig{
+				BearerAuth: &service.BearerAuthConfig{
+					Enabled:            true,
+					DistributionGroups: []string{"grp-allowed"},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		assert.NoError(t, checkPeerGroupAccess(svc, []string{"grp-allowed"}))
+		assert.Error(t, checkPeerGroupAccess(svc, []string{"grp-other"}))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non-private non-bearer is open", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.NoError(t, checkPeerGroupAccess(&service.Service{}, nil))
+	})
+}

management/internals/shared/grpc/sync_mappings_test.go

@@ -1,411 +0,0 @@
-package grpc
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
-
-	rpservice "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
-)
-
-// syncRecordingStream is a mock ProxyService_SyncMappingsServer that records
-// sent messages and returns pre-loaded ack responses from Recv.
-type syncRecordingStream struct {
-	grpc.ServerStream
-
-	mu       sync.Mutex
-	sent     []*proto.SyncMappingsResponse
-	recvMsgs []*proto.SyncMappingsRequest
-	recvIdx  int
-}
-
-func (s *syncRecordingStream) Send(m *proto.SyncMappingsResponse) error {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.sent = append(s.sent, m)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *syncRecordingStream) Recv() (*proto.SyncMappingsRequest, error) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if s.recvIdx >= len(s.recvMsgs) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no more recv messages")
-	}
-	msg := s.recvMsgs[s.recvIdx]
-	s.recvIdx++
-	return msg, nil
-}
-
-func (s *syncRecordingStream) Context() context.Context     { return context.Background() }
-func (s *syncRecordingStream) SetHeader(metadata.MD) error  { return nil }
-func (s *syncRecordingStream) SendHeader(metadata.MD) error { return nil }
-func (s *syncRecordingStream) SetTrailer(metadata.MD)       {}
-func (s *syncRecordingStream) SendMsg(any) error            { return nil }
-func (s *syncRecordingStream) RecvMsg(any) error            { return nil }
-
-func ackMsg() *proto.SyncMappingsRequest {
-	return &proto.SyncMappingsRequest{
-		Msg: &proto.SyncMappingsRequest_Ack{Ack: &proto.SyncMappingsAck{}},
-	}
-}
-
-func TestSendSnapshotSync_BatchesWithAcks(t *testing.T) {
-	const cluster = "cluster.example.com"
-	const batchSize = 3
-	const totalServices = 7 // 3 + 3 + 1 → 3 batches, 3 acks (one per batch, including final)
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	mgr := rpservice.NewMockManager(ctrl)
-	mgr.EXPECT().GetGlobalServices(gomock.Any()).Return(makeServices(totalServices, cluster), nil)
-
-	s := newSnapshotTestServer(t, batchSize)
-	s.serviceManager = mgr
-
-	stream := &syncRecordingStream{
-		recvMsgs: []*proto.SyncMappingsRequest{ackMsg(), ackMsg(), ackMsg()},
-	}
-	conn := &proxyConnection{
-		proxyID:    "proxy-a",
-		address:    cluster,
-		syncStream: stream,
-	}
-
-	err := s.sendSnapshotSync(context.Background(), conn, stream)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	require.Len(t, stream.sent, 3, "should send ceil(7/3) = 3 batches")
-
-	assert.Len(t, stream.sent[0].Mapping, 3)
-	assert.False(t, stream.sent[0].InitialSyncComplete)
-
-	assert.Len(t, stream.sent[1].Mapping, 3)
-	assert.False(t, stream.sent[1].InitialSyncComplete)
-
-	assert.Len(t, stream.sent[2].Mapping, 1)
-	assert.True(t, stream.sent[2].InitialSyncComplete)
-
-	// All 3 acks consumed — including the final batch.
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, stream.recvIdx)
-}
-
-func TestSendSnapshotSync_SingleBatchWaitsForAck(t *testing.T) {
-	const cluster = "cluster.example.com"
-	const batchSize = 100
-	const totalServices = 5
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	mgr := rpservice.NewMockManager(ctrl)
-	mgr.EXPECT().GetGlobalServices(gomock.Any()).Return(makeServices(totalServices, cluster), nil)
-
-	s := newSnapshotTestServer(t, batchSize)
-	s.serviceManager = mgr
-
-	stream := &syncRecordingStream{
-		recvMsgs: []*proto.SyncMappingsRequest{ackMsg()},
-	}
-	conn := &proxyConnection{
-		proxyID:    "proxy-a",
-		address:    cluster,
-		syncStream: stream,
-	}
-
-	err := s.sendSnapshotSync(context.Background(), conn, stream)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	require.Len(t, stream.sent, 1)
-	assert.Len(t, stream.sent[0].Mapping, totalServices)
-	assert.True(t, stream.sent[0].InitialSyncComplete)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, stream.recvIdx, "final batch ack must be consumed")
-}
-
-func TestSendSnapshotSync_EmptySnapshot(t *testing.T) {
-	const cluster = "cluster.example.com"
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	mgr := rpservice.NewMockManager(ctrl)
-	mgr.EXPECT().GetGlobalServices(gomock.Any()).Return(nil, nil)
-
-	s := newSnapshotTestServer(t, 500)
-	s.serviceManager = mgr
-
-	stream := &syncRecordingStream{
-		recvMsgs: []*proto.SyncMappingsRequest{ackMsg()},
-	}
-	conn := &proxyConnection{
-		proxyID:    "proxy-a",
-		address:    cluster,
-		syncStream: stream,
-	}
-
-	err := s.sendSnapshotSync(context.Background(), conn, stream)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	require.Len(t, stream.sent, 1, "empty snapshot must still send sync-complete")
-	assert.Empty(t, stream.sent[0].Mapping)
-	assert.True(t, stream.sent[0].InitialSyncComplete)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, stream.recvIdx, "empty snapshot ack must be consumed")
-}
-
-func TestSendSnapshotSync_MissingAckReturnsError(t *testing.T) {
-	const cluster = "cluster.example.com"
-	const batchSize = 2
-	const totalServices = 4 // 2 batches → 1 ack needed, but we provide none
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	mgr := rpservice.NewMockManager(ctrl)
-	mgr.EXPECT().GetGlobalServices(gomock.Any()).Return(makeServices(totalServices, cluster), nil)
-
-	s := newSnapshotTestServer(t, batchSize)
-	s.serviceManager = mgr
-
-	// No acks available — Recv will return error.
-	stream := &syncRecordingStream{}
-	conn := &proxyConnection{
-		proxyID:    "proxy-a",
-		address:    cluster,
-		syncStream: stream,
-	}
-
-	err := s.sendSnapshotSync(context.Background(), conn, stream)
-	require.Error(t, err)
-	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "receive ack")
-	// First batch should have been sent before the error.
-	require.Len(t, stream.sent, 1)
-}
-
-func TestSendSnapshotSync_WrongMessageInsteadOfAck(t *testing.T) {
-	const cluster = "cluster.example.com"
-	const batchSize = 2
-	const totalServices = 4
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	mgr := rpservice.NewMockManager(ctrl)
-	mgr.EXPECT().GetGlobalServices(gomock.Any()).Return(makeServices(totalServices, cluster), nil)
-
-	s := newSnapshotTestServer(t, batchSize)
-	s.serviceManager = mgr
-
-	// Send an init message instead of an ack.
-	stream := &syncRecordingStream{
-		recvMsgs: []*proto.SyncMappingsRequest{
-			{Msg: &proto.SyncMappingsRequest_Init{Init: &proto.SyncMappingsInit{ProxyId: "bad"}}},
-		},
-	}
-	conn := &proxyConnection{
-		proxyID:    "proxy-a",
-		address:    cluster,
-		syncStream: stream,
-	}
-
-	err := s.sendSnapshotSync(context.Background(), conn, stream)
-	require.Error(t, err)
-	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "expected ack")
-}
-
-func TestSendSnapshotSync_BackPressureOrdering(t *testing.T) {
-	// Verify batches are sent strictly sequentially — batch N+1 is not sent
-	// until the ack for batch N is received, including the final batch.
-	const cluster = "cluster.example.com"
-	const batchSize = 2
-	const totalServices = 6 // 3 batches, 3 acks
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	mgr := rpservice.NewMockManager(ctrl)
-	mgr.EXPECT().GetGlobalServices(gomock.Any()).Return(makeServices(totalServices, cluster), nil)
-
-	s := newSnapshotTestServer(t, batchSize)
-	s.serviceManager = mgr
-
-	var mu sync.Mutex
-	var events []string
-
-	// Build a stream that logs send/recv events so we can verify ordering.
-	ackCh := make(chan struct{}, 3)
-	stream := &orderTrackingStream{
-		mu:     &mu,
-		events: &events,
-		ackCh:  ackCh,
-	}
-	conn := &proxyConnection{
-		proxyID:    "proxy-a",
-		address:    cluster,
-		syncStream: stream,
-	}
-
-	// Feed acks asynchronously after a short delay to simulate real proxy.
-	go func() {
-		for range 3 {
-			time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-			ackCh <- struct{}{}
-		}
-	}()
-
-	err := s.sendSnapshotSync(context.Background(), conn, stream)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	mu.Lock()
-	defer mu.Unlock()
-
-	// Expected: send, recv-ack, send, recv-ack, send, recv-ack.
-	require.Len(t, events, 6)
-	assert.Equal(t, "send", events[0])
-	assert.Equal(t, "recv", events[1])
-	assert.Equal(t, "send", events[2])
-	assert.Equal(t, "recv", events[3])
-	assert.Equal(t, "send", events[4])
-	assert.Equal(t, "recv", events[5])
-}
-
-// orderTrackingStream logs "send" and "recv" events and blocks Recv until
-// an ack is signaled via ackCh.
-type orderTrackingStream struct {
-	grpc.ServerStream
-	mu     *sync.Mutex
-	events *[]string
-	ackCh  chan struct{}
-}
-
-func (s *orderTrackingStream) Send(_ *proto.SyncMappingsResponse) error {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	*s.events = append(*s.events, "send")
-	s.mu.Unlock()
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *orderTrackingStream) Recv() (*proto.SyncMappingsRequest, error) {
-	<-s.ackCh
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	*s.events = append(*s.events, "recv")
-	s.mu.Unlock()
-	return ackMsg(), nil
-}
-
-func (s *orderTrackingStream) Context() context.Context     { return context.Background() }
-func (s *orderTrackingStream) SetHeader(metadata.MD) error  { return nil }
-func (s *orderTrackingStream) SendHeader(metadata.MD) error { return nil }
-func (s *orderTrackingStream) SetTrailer(metadata.MD)       {}
-func (s *orderTrackingStream) SendMsg(any) error            { return nil }
-func (s *orderTrackingStream) RecvMsg(any) error            { return nil }
-
-func TestSendSnapshotSync_TokensGeneratedPerBatch(t *testing.T) {
-	const cluster = "cluster.example.com"
-	const batchSize = 2
-	const totalServices = 4
-	const ttl = 100 * time.Millisecond
-	const ackDelay = 200 * time.Millisecond
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	mgr := rpservice.NewMockManager(ctrl)
-	mgr.EXPECT().GetGlobalServices(gomock.Any()).Return(makeServices(totalServices, cluster), nil)
-
-	s := newSnapshotTestServer(t, batchSize)
-	s.serviceManager = mgr
-	s.tokenTTL = ttl
-
-	// Build a stream that validates tokens immediately on Send, then
-	// delays the ack to ensure the next batch's tokens are generated fresh.
-	var validateErrs []error
-	ackCh := make(chan struct{}, 2)
-	stream := &tokenValidatingSyncStream{
-		tokenStore:   s.tokenStore,
-		validateErrs: &validateErrs,
-		ackCh:        ackCh,
-	}
-	conn := &proxyConnection{
-		proxyID:    "proxy-a",
-		address:    cluster,
-		syncStream: stream,
-	}
-
-	go func() {
-		// Delay first ack so that if tokens were all generated upfront they'd expire.
-		time.Sleep(ackDelay)
-		ackCh <- struct{}{}
-		// Final batch ack — immediate.
-		ackCh <- struct{}{}
-	}()
-
-	err := s.sendSnapshotSync(context.Background(), conn, stream)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Empty(t, validateErrs,
-		"tokens must remain valid: per-batch generation guarantees freshness")
-}
-
-type tokenValidatingSyncStream struct {
-	grpc.ServerStream
-	tokenStore   *OneTimeTokenStore
-	validateErrs *[]error
-	ackCh        chan struct{}
-}
-
-func (s *tokenValidatingSyncStream) Send(m *proto.SyncMappingsResponse) error {
-	for _, mapping := range m.Mapping {
-		if err := s.tokenStore.ValidateAndConsume(mapping.AuthToken, mapping.AccountId, mapping.Id); err != nil {
-			*s.validateErrs = append(*s.validateErrs, fmt.Errorf("svc %s: %w", mapping.Id, err))
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *tokenValidatingSyncStream) Recv() (*proto.SyncMappingsRequest, error) {
-	<-s.ackCh
-	return ackMsg(), nil
-}
-
-func (s *tokenValidatingSyncStream) Context() context.Context     { return context.Background() }
-func (s *tokenValidatingSyncStream) SetHeader(metadata.MD) error  { return nil }
-func (s *tokenValidatingSyncStream) SendHeader(metadata.MD) error { return nil }
-func (s *tokenValidatingSyncStream) SetTrailer(metadata.MD)       {}
-func (s *tokenValidatingSyncStream) SendMsg(any) error            { return nil }
-func (s *tokenValidatingSyncStream) RecvMsg(any) error            { return nil }
-
-func TestConnectionSendResponse_RoutesToSyncStream(t *testing.T) {
-	stream := &syncRecordingStream{}
-	conn := &proxyConnection{
-		syncStream: stream,
-	}
-
-	resp := &proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse{
-		Mapping: []*proto.ProxyMapping{
-			{Id: "svc-1", AccountId: "acct-1", Domain: "example.com"},
-		},
-		InitialSyncComplete: true,
-	}
-
-	err := conn.sendResponse(resp)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	require.Len(t, stream.sent, 1)
-	assert.Len(t, stream.sent[0].Mapping, 1)
-	assert.Equal(t, "svc-1", stream.sent[0].Mapping[0].Id)
-	assert.True(t, stream.sent[0].InitialSyncComplete)
-}
-
-func TestConnectionSendResponse_RoutesToLegacyStream(t *testing.T) {
-	stream := &recordingStream{}
-	conn := &proxyConnection{
-		stream: stream,
-	}
-
-	resp := &proto.GetMappingUpdateResponse{
-		Mapping: []*proto.ProxyMapping{
-			{Id: "svc-2", AccountId: "acct-2"},
-		},
-	}
-
-	err := conn.sendResponse(resp)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	require.Len(t, stream.messages, 1)
-	assert.Equal(t, "svc-2", stream.messages[0].Mapping[0].Id)
-}

management/internals/shared/grpc/validate_session_test.go

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func generateSessionKeyPair(t *testing.T) (string, string) {
 
 func createSessionToken(t *testing.T, privKeyB64, userID, domain string) string {
 	t.Helper()
-	token, err := sessionkey.SignToken(privKeyB64, userID, domain, auth.MethodOIDC, time.Hour)
+	token, err := sessionkey.SignToken(privKeyB64, userID, domain, auth.MethodOIDC, nil, time.Hour)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return token
 }
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ func TestValidateSession_UserAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, resp.Valid, "User should be allowed access")
 	assert.Equal(t, "allowedUserId", resp.UserId)
 	assert.Empty(t, resp.DeniedReason)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"allowedGroupId"}, resp.GetPeerGroupIds(), "PeerGroupIds must mirror the resolved user's group memberships")
 }
 
 func TestValidateSession_UserNotInAllowedGroup(t *testing.T) {
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ func TestValidateSession_UserNotInAllowedGroup(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, resp.Valid, "User not in group should be denied")
 	assert.Equal(t, "not_in_group", resp.DeniedReason)
 	assert.Equal(t, "nonGroupUserId", resp.UserId)
+	assert.Empty(t, resp.GetPeerGroupIds(), "PeerGroupIds must mirror the resolved user's actual (empty) memberships on denial")
 }
 
 func TestValidateSession_UserInDifferentAccount(t *testing.T) {

management/server/store/sql_store.go

@@ -2178,7 +2178,8 @@ func (s *SqlStore) getServices(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*rpserv
 	const serviceQuery = `SELECT id, account_id, name, domain, enabled, auth,
 		meta_created_at, meta_certificate_issued_at, meta_status, proxy_cluster,
 		pass_host_header, rewrite_redirects, session_private_key, session_public_key,
-		mode, listen_port, port_auto_assigned, source, source_peer, terminated
+		mode, listen_port, port_auto_assigned, source, source_peer, terminated,
+		private, access_groups
 		FROM services WHERE account_id = $1`
 
 	const targetsQuery = `SELECT id, account_id, service_id, path, host, port, protocol,
@@ -2193,10 +2194,11 @@ func (s *SqlStore) getServices(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*rpserv
 	services, err := pgx.CollectRows(serviceRows, func(row pgx.CollectableRow) (*rpservice.Service, error) {
 		var s rpservice.Service
 		var auth []byte
+		var accessGroups []byte
 		var createdAt, certIssuedAt sql.NullTime
 		var status, proxyCluster, sessionPrivateKey, sessionPublicKey sql.NullString
 		var mode, source, sourcePeer sql.NullString
-		var terminated, portAutoAssigned sql.NullBool
+		var terminated, portAutoAssigned, private sql.NullBool
 		var listenPort sql.NullInt64
 		err := row.Scan(
 			&s.ID,
@@ -2219,6 +2221,8 @@ func (s *SqlStore) getServices(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*rpserv
 			&source,
 			&sourcePeer,
 			&terminated,
+			&private,
+			&accessGroups,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -2230,6 +2234,16 @@ func (s *SqlStore) getServices(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*rpserv
 			}
 		}
 
+		if len(accessGroups) > 0 {
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(accessGroups, &s.AccessGroups); err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal access_groups: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if private.Valid {
+			s.Private = private.Bool
+		}
+
 		s.Meta = rpservice.Meta{}
 		if createdAt.Valid {
 			s.Meta.CreatedAt = createdAt.Time
@@ -5826,6 +5840,7 @@ var validCapabilityColumns = map[string]struct{}{
 	"supports_custom_ports": {},
 	"require_subdomain":     {},
 	"supports_crowdsec":     {},
+	"private":               {},
 }
 
 // GetClusterSupportsCustomPorts returns whether any active proxy in the cluster
@@ -5840,6 +5855,12 @@ func (s *SqlStore) GetClusterRequireSubdomain(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr s
 	return s.getClusterCapability(ctx, clusterAddr, "require_subdomain")
 }
 
+// GetClusterSupportsPrivate reports whether any active proxy in the cluster
+// has the private capability (nil = unreported).
+func (s *SqlStore) GetClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool {
+	return s.getClusterCapability(ctx, clusterAddr, "private")
+}
+
 // GetClusterSupportsCrowdSec returns whether all active proxies in the cluster
 // have CrowdSec configured. Returns nil when no proxy reported the capability.
 // Unlike other capabilities that use ANY-true (for rolling upgrades), CrowdSec

management/server/store/sql_store_service_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	rpservice "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service"
+)
+
+func TestSqlStore_GetAccount_PrivateServiceRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
+	if (os.Getenv("CI") == "true" && runtime.GOOS == "darwin") || runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("skip CI tests on darwin and windows")
+	}
+
+	runTestForAllEngines(t, "", func(t *testing.T, store Store) {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		account := newAccountWithId(ctx, "account_private_svc", "testuser", "")
+		require.NoError(t, store.SaveAccount(ctx, account))
+
+		svc := &rpservice.Service{
+			ID:           "svc-private",
+			AccountID:    account.Id,
+			Name:         "private-svc",
+			Domain:       "private.example",
+			ProxyCluster: "cluster.example",
+			Enabled:      true,
+			Mode:         rpservice.ModeHTTP,
+			Private:      true,
+			AccessGroups: []string{"grp-admins", "grp-ops"},
+		}
+		require.NoError(t, store.CreateService(ctx, svc))
+
+		loaded, err := store.GetAccount(ctx, account.Id)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, loaded.Services, 1)
+
+		got := loaded.Services[0]
+		assert.True(t, got.Private)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"grp-admins", "grp-ops"}, got.AccessGroups)
+	})
+}

management/server/store/store.go

@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ type Store interface {
 	GetClusterSupportsCustomPorts(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	GetClusterRequireSubdomain(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	GetClusterSupportsCrowdSec(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
+	GetClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool
 	CleanupStaleProxies(ctx context.Context, inactivityDuration time.Duration) error
 	GetProxyByAccountID(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (*proxy.Proxy, error)
 	CountProxiesByAccountID(ctx context.Context, accountID string) (int64, error)

management/server/store/store_mock.go

@@ -1461,6 +1461,20 @@ func (mr *MockStoreMockRecorder) GetClusterSupportsCustomPorts(ctx, clusterAddr
 	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "GetClusterSupportsCustomPorts", reflect.TypeOf((*MockStore)(nil).GetClusterSupportsCustomPorts), ctx, clusterAddr)
 }
 
+// GetClusterSupportsPrivate mocks base method.
+func (m *MockStore) GetClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx context.Context, clusterAddr string) *bool {
+	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "GetClusterSupportsPrivate", ctx, clusterAddr)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].(*bool)
+	return ret0
+}
+
+// GetClusterSupportsPrivate indicates an expected call of GetClusterSupportsPrivate.
+func (mr *MockStoreMockRecorder) GetClusterSupportsPrivate(ctx, clusterAddr interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "GetClusterSupportsPrivate", reflect.TypeOf((*MockStore)(nil).GetClusterSupportsPrivate), ctx, clusterAddr)
+}
+
 // GetCustomDomain mocks base method.
 func (m *MockStore) GetCustomDomain(ctx context.Context, accountID, domainID string) (*domain.Domain, error) {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()

management/server/types/account.go

@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultTTL                      = 300
+	defaultTTL = 300
+	// privateServiceDNSRecordTTL is short so proxy-peer changes propagate quickly to clients.
+	privateServiceDNSRecordTTL      = 5
 	DefaultPeerLoginExpiration      = 24 * time.Hour
 	DefaultPeerInactivityExpiration = 10 * time.Minute
 
@@ -254,6 +256,117 @@ func getUniqueHostLabel(name string, peerLabels LookupMap) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// SynthesizePrivateServiceZones returns in-memory CustomZones with A records pointing each enabled private service the peer can reach at the cluster's proxy-peer IPs. One zone per cluster (multiple services share); records gated by AccessGroups.
+func (a *Account) SynthesizePrivateServiceZones(peerID string) []nbdns.CustomZone {
+	peer, ok := a.Peers[peerID]
+	if !ok || peer == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if len(a.Services) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	proxyPeersByCluster := a.GetProxyPeers()
+	if len(proxyPeersByCluster) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	peerGroups := a.GetPeerGroups(peerID)
+	zonesByCluster := map[string]*nbdns.CustomZone{}
+
+	for _, svc := range a.Services {
+		if svc == nil || !svc.Enabled || !svc.Private {
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(svc.AccessGroups) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !peerInDistributionGroups(peerGroups, svc.AccessGroups) {
+			continue
+		}
+		proxyPeers := proxyPeersByCluster[svc.ProxyCluster]
+		if len(proxyPeers) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		zone, exists := zonesByCluster[svc.ProxyCluster]
+		if !exists {
+			// NonAuthoritative makes this a match-only zone: queries for
+			// names without an explicit record fall through to the
+			// upstream resolver instead of returning NXDOMAIN. Without
+			// it, adding a single private service would black-hole every
+			// other name under the cluster apex.
+			zone = &nbdns.CustomZone{
+				Domain:           dns.Fqdn(svc.ProxyCluster),
+				Records:          []nbdns.SimpleRecord{},
+				NonAuthoritative: true,
+			}
+			zonesByCluster[svc.ProxyCluster] = zone
+		}
+
+		emitted := 0
+		skippedDisconnected := 0
+		for _, p := range proxyPeers {
+			if p == nil || !p.IP.IsValid() {
+				continue
+			}
+			// Only emit a record when the proxy peer is actually
+			// connected. A disconnected proxy peer's tunnel IP won't
+			// answer; pointing DNS at it would produce a black hole
+			// for as long as the record is cached client-side.
+			if p.Status == nil || !p.Status.Connected {
+				skippedDisconnected++
+				continue
+			}
+			zone.Records = append(zone.Records, nbdns.SimpleRecord{
+				Name:  dns.Fqdn(svc.Domain),
+				Type:  int(dns.TypeA),
+				Class: nbdns.DefaultClass,
+				TTL:   privateServiceDNSRecordTTL,
+				RData: p.IP.String(),
+			})
+			emitted++
+		}
+		// Disagreement with the firewall path is the typical
+		// "domain doesn't reach client but firewall rules do"
+		// symptom: the synth service is otherwise fine, only the
+		// proxy peer's persisted Connected flag is wrong (most
+		// likely the connection reaper marked it disconnected even
+		// though the gRPC stream is alive).
+		if emitted == 0 && skippedDisconnected > 0 {
+			log.Debugf("private-zone synth: svc %s domain=%s cluster=%s emitted_zero proxy_peers=%d all_disconnected=%d (firewall would still fire)",
+				svc.ID, svc.Domain, svc.ProxyCluster, len(proxyPeers), skippedDisconnected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	out := make([]nbdns.CustomZone, 0, len(zonesByCluster))
+	for _, zone := range zonesByCluster {
+		if len(zone.Records) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, *zone)
+	}
+	if len(out) == 0 && len(a.Services) > 0 {
+		// Targeted diagnostic for the "firewall yes, DNS no" divergence —
+		// fires only when services exist but synth returns zero zones,
+		// so accounts without private services produce no noise.
+		log.Debugf("private-zone synth: peer %s account %s returned 0 zones from %d candidate service(s)",
+			peerID, a.Id, len(a.Services))
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// peerInDistributionGroups reports whether any of the peer's groups
+// matches the service's bearer-auth distribution_groups.
+func peerInDistributionGroups(peerGroups LookupMap, distributionGroups []string) bool {
+	for _, gid := range distributionGroups {
+		if _, ok := peerGroups[gid]; ok {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (a *Account) GetPeersCustomZone(ctx context.Context, dnsDomain string) nbdns.CustomZone {
 	var merr *multierror.Error
 
@@ -1498,6 +1611,53 @@ func (a *Account) injectServiceProxyPolicies(ctx context.Context, service *servi
 		a.injectTargetProxyPolicies(ctx, service, target, proxyPeers)
 	}
 
+	a.injectPrivateServicePolicies(service, proxyPeers)
+}
+
+// injectPrivateServicePolicies synthesises an in-memory ACL: AccessGroups → cluster proxy peers on TCP 80/443.
+func (a *Account) injectPrivateServicePolicies(svc *service.Service, proxyPeers []*nbpeer.Peer) {
+	if !svc.Private {
+		return
+	}
+	if len(svc.AccessGroups) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	if len(proxyPeers) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	for _, proxyPeer := range proxyPeers {
+		a.Policies = append(a.Policies, a.createPrivateServicePolicy(svc, proxyPeer))
+	}
+}
+
+func (a *Account) createPrivateServicePolicy(svc *service.Service, proxyPeer *nbpeer.Peer) *Policy {
+	policyID := fmt.Sprintf("private-access-%s-%s", svc.ID, proxyPeer.ID)
+	sources := append([]string(nil), svc.AccessGroups...)
+	return &Policy{
+		ID:      policyID,
+		Name:    fmt.Sprintf("Private Access to %s", svc.Name),
+		Enabled: true,
+		Rules: []*PolicyRule{
+			{
+				ID:       policyID,
+				PolicyID: policyID,
+				Name:     fmt.Sprintf("Allow access groups to reach %s", svc.Name),
+				Enabled:  true,
+				Sources:  sources,
+				DestinationResource: Resource{
+					ID:   proxyPeer.ID,
+					Type: ResourceTypePeer,
+				},
+				Bidirectional: false,
+				Protocol:      PolicyRuleProtocolTCP,
+				Action:        PolicyTrafficActionAccept,
+				PortRanges: []RulePortRange{
+					{Start: 80, End: 80},
+					{Start: 443, End: 443},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
 }
 
 func (a *Account) injectTargetProxyPolicies(ctx context.Context, service *service.Service, target *service.Target, proxyPeers []*nbpeer.Peer) {

management/server/types/account_components.go

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ func (a *Account) GetPeerNetworkMapComponents(
 
 	peerGroups := a.GetPeerGroups(peerID)
 	components.AccountZones = filterPeerAppliedZones(ctx, accountZones, peerGroups)
+	components.AccountZones = append(components.AccountZones, a.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones(peerID)...)
 
 	for _, nsGroup := range a.NameServerGroups {
 		if nsGroup.Enabled {

management/server/types/account_private_netmap_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
+	nbpeer "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/peer"
+)
+
+func TestPrivateService_NetworkMap_UserPeer_AndProxyPeer(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Peers["user-peer"].Meta.WtVersion = "0.50.0"
+	account.Peers["proxy-peer"].Meta.WtVersion = "0.50.0"
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	account.InjectProxyPolicies(ctx)
+
+	validated := map[string]struct{}{
+		"user-peer":  {},
+		"proxy-peer": {},
+	}
+
+	t.Run("user-peer update", func(t *testing.T) {
+		nm := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(ctx, "user-peer", nbdns.CustomZone{}, nil, validated, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+		require.NotNil(t, nm)
+
+		zone, ok := findCustomZone(nm.DNSConfig.CustomZones, "eu.proxy.netbird.io")
+		require.True(t, ok)
+		require.Len(t, zone.Records, 1)
+		assert.Equal(t, "myapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io.", zone.Records[0].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, int(dns.TypeA), zone.Records[0].Type)
+		assert.Equal(t, "100.64.0.99", zone.Records[0].RData)
+
+		assert.Contains(t, netmapPeerIDs(nm.Peers), "proxy-peer")
+		assertPrivateServiceFirewallRules(t, nm.FirewallRules, "100.64.0.99", FirewallRuleDirectionOUT)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("proxy-peer update", func(t *testing.T) {
+		nm := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(ctx, "proxy-peer", nbdns.CustomZone{}, nil, validated, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+		require.NotNil(t, nm)
+
+		assert.Contains(t, netmapPeerIDs(nm.Peers), "user-peer")
+		assertPrivateServiceFirewallRules(t, nm.FirewallRules, "100.64.0.10", FirewallRuleDirectionIN)
+	})
+}
+
+func netmapPeerIDs(peers []*nbpeer.Peer) []string {
+	ids := make([]string, 0, len(peers))
+	for _, p := range peers {
+		if p == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		ids = append(ids, p.ID)
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
+func assertPrivateServiceFirewallRules(t *testing.T, rules []*FirewallRule, peerIP string, direction int) {
+	t.Helper()
+	wantPorts := map[uint16]bool{80: false, 443: false}
+	for _, r := range rules {
+		if r == nil || r.PeerIP != peerIP || r.Direction != direction {
+			continue
+		}
+		if r.Protocol != string(PolicyRuleProtocolTCP) || r.Action != string(PolicyTrafficActionAccept) {
+			continue
+		}
+		switch {
+		case r.PortRange.Start == r.PortRange.End && r.PortRange.Start != 0:
+			wantPorts[r.PortRange.Start] = true
+		case r.Port == "80":
+			wantPorts[80] = true
+		case r.Port == "443":
+			wantPorts[443] = true
+		}
+	}
+	for port, found := range wantPorts {
+		assert.Truef(t, found, "missing TCP accept rule on port %d for peer %s direction %d", port, peerIP, direction)
+	}
+}

management/server/types/account_private_zones_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service"
+	nbpeer "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/peer"
+)
+
+func privateZoneTestAccount(t *testing.T) *Account {
+	t.Helper()
+	return &Account{
+		Id:       "acct-1",
+		Settings: &Settings{},
+		Network: &Network{
+			Identifier: "net-1",
+			Net:        net.IPNet{IP: net.ParseIP("100.64.0.0"), Mask: net.CIDRMask(10, 32)},
+		},
+		Peers: map[string]*nbpeer.Peer{
+			"user-peer": {
+				ID:        "user-peer",
+				AccountID: "acct-1",
+				Key:       "user-peer-key",
+				IP:        netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.10"),
+				Status:    &nbpeer.PeerStatus{Connected: true},
+			},
+			"proxy-peer": {
+				ID:        "proxy-peer",
+				AccountID: "acct-1",
+				Key:       "proxy-peer-key",
+				IP:        netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.99"),
+				Status:    &nbpeer.PeerStatus{Connected: true},
+				ProxyMeta: nbpeer.ProxyMeta{
+					Embedded: true,
+					Cluster:  "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		Groups: map[string]*Group{
+			"grp-admins": {
+				ID:    "grp-admins",
+				Name:  "admins",
+				Peers: []string{"user-peer"},
+			},
+		},
+		Services: []*service.Service{
+			{
+				ID:           "svc-1",
+				AccountID:    "acct-1",
+				Name:         "myapp",
+				Domain:       "myapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				ProxyCluster: "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				Enabled:      true,
+				Private:      true,
+				Mode:         service.ModeHTTP,
+				AccessGroups: []string{"grp-admins"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_PeerInGroup_GetsRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	require.Len(t, zones, 1, "one cluster should produce one zone")
+	zone := zones[0]
+	assert.Equal(t, "eu.proxy.netbird.io.", zone.Domain, "zone apex must be the cluster FQDN")
+	assert.True(t, zone.NonAuthoritative, "synth zone must be match-only so unrelated sibling names fall through to the upstream resolver")
+	require.Len(t, zone.Records, 1, "one private service yields one A record")
+	rec := zone.Records[0]
+	assert.Equal(t, "myapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io.", rec.Name, "record name is the service FQDN")
+	assert.Equal(t, int(dns.TypeA), rec.Type, "record type must be A")
+	assert.Equal(t, "100.64.0.99", rec.RData, "record points at the embedded proxy peer's tunnel IP")
+	assert.Equal(t, privateServiceDNSRecordTTL, rec.TTL, "TTL must match the synth-records constant")
+	assert.Equal(t, nbdns.DefaultClass, rec.Class, "record class must be the package default")
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_PeerNotInGroup_NoRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Groups["grp-admins"].Peers = nil
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	assert.Empty(t, zones, "peer outside distribution_groups must not see private-service records")
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_NotPrivate_NoRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Services[0].Private = false
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	assert.Empty(t, zones, "non-private service must not produce DNS records")
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_NoAccessGroups_NoRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Services[0].AccessGroups = nil
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	assert.Empty(t, zones, "private service without bearer auth must not produce DNS records")
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_NoProxyPeers_NoRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	delete(account.Peers, "proxy-peer")
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	assert.Empty(t, zones, "no embedded proxy peer in cluster means no record to emit")
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_DisabledService_NoRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Services[0].Enabled = false
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	assert.Empty(t, zones, "disabled service must not produce DNS records")
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_DisconnectedProxyPeer_NoRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Peers["proxy-peer"].Status = &nbpeer.PeerStatus{Connected: false}
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	assert.Empty(t, zones, "disconnected proxy peer must not produce a DNS record (would be a black hole)")
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_PartiallyDisconnectedProxyPeers_OnlyConnectedSurface(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Peers["proxy-peer-2"] = &nbpeer.Peer{
+		ID:        "proxy-peer-2",
+		AccountID: "acct-1",
+		Key:       "proxy-peer-2-key",
+		IP:        netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.100"),
+		Status:    &nbpeer.PeerStatus{Connected: false},
+		ProxyMeta: nbpeer.ProxyMeta{Embedded: true, Cluster: "eu.proxy.netbird.io"},
+	}
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	require.Len(t, zones, 1)
+	require.Len(t, zones[0].Records, 1, "only the connected proxy peer must surface")
+	assert.Equal(t, "100.64.0.99", zones[0].Records[0].RData)
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_MultipleProxyPeers_RoundRobin(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Peers["proxy-peer-2"] = &nbpeer.Peer{
+		ID:        "proxy-peer-2",
+		AccountID: "acct-1",
+		Key:       "proxy-peer-2-key",
+		IP:        netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.100"),
+		Status:    &nbpeer.PeerStatus{Connected: true},
+		ProxyMeta: nbpeer.ProxyMeta{Embedded: true, Cluster: "eu.proxy.netbird.io"},
+	}
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	require.Len(t, zones, 1, "still one cluster yields one zone")
+	require.Len(t, zones[0].Records, 2, "two proxy peers must produce two A records on the same name")
+	rdata := []string{zones[0].Records[0].RData, zones[0].Records[1].RData}
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"100.64.0.99", "100.64.0.100"}, rdata, "both proxy peer IPs must surface")
+}
+
+// findCustomZone returns the CustomZone whose Domain equals the FQDN
+// of want, or a zero value when not found. Tests use it to assert
+// that the synth zone reaches dnsUpdate.CustomZones end-to-end.
+func findCustomZone(zones []nbdns.CustomZone, want string) (nbdns.CustomZone, bool) {
+	wantFqdn := dns.Fqdn(want)
+	for _, z := range zones {
+		if z.Domain == wantFqdn {
+			return z, true
+		}
+	}
+	return nbdns.CustomZone{}, false
+}
+
+// TestPrivateZone_GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents_ShipsSynthZone
+// covers the components-based builder path. The components builder
+// appends SynthesizePrivateServiceZones to AccountZones; the
+// CalculateNetworkMapFromComponents step then merges AccountZones
+// into dnsUpdate.CustomZones.
+func TestPrivateZone_GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents_ShipsSynthZone(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	validated := map[string]struct{}{
+		"user-peer":  {},
+		"proxy-peer": {},
+	}
+
+	nm := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(ctx, "user-peer", nbdns.CustomZone{}, nil, validated, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	require.NotNil(t, nm, "network map must be produced for an in-account peer")
+
+	zone, ok := findCustomZone(nm.DNSConfig.CustomZones, "eu.proxy.netbird.io")
+	require.True(t, ok, "shipped CustomZones must include the synth zone for the cluster")
+	require.Len(t, zone.Records, 1, "exactly one record per private service per connected proxy peer")
+	rec := zone.Records[0]
+	assert.Equal(t, "myapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io.", rec.Name, "record name is the service FQDN")
+	assert.Equal(t, "100.64.0.99", rec.RData, "record points at the embedded proxy peer's tunnel IP")
+}
+
+// TestPrivateZone_GetPeerNetworkMap_PeerOutsideGroups_OmitsSynthZone
+// confirms the negative case the user encountered: a peer whose
+// groups don't overlap the policy's distribution_groups gets a
+// network map with no synth zone (and the wildcard / peer zones still
+// flow through). This is the test mirror of the runtime confusion
+// where the user looked at a non-distribution-group peer and assumed
+// the synth path was broken.
+func TestPrivateZone_GetPeerNetworkMap_PeerOutsideGroups_OmitsSynthZone(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Peers["outsider"] = &nbpeer.Peer{
+		ID:        "outsider",
+		AccountID: "acct-1",
+		Key:       "outsider-key",
+		IP:        netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.20"),
+		Status:    &nbpeer.PeerStatus{Connected: true},
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	validated := map[string]struct{}{
+		"user-peer":  {},
+		"proxy-peer": {},
+		"outsider":   {},
+	}
+
+	nm := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(ctx, "outsider", nbdns.CustomZone{}, nil, validated, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	require.NotNil(t, nm)
+
+	_, ok := findCustomZone(nm.DNSConfig.CustomZones, "eu.proxy.netbird.io")
+	assert.False(t, ok, "peer outside the distribution_groups must not see the synth zone")
+}
+
+func TestSynthesizePrivateServiceZones_TwoServicesSameCluster_OneZone(t *testing.T) {
+	account := privateZoneTestAccount(t)
+	account.Services = append(account.Services, &service.Service{
+		ID:           "svc-2",
+		AccountID:    "acct-1",
+		Name:         "anotherapp",
+		Domain:       "anotherapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		ProxyCluster: "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+		Enabled:      true,
+		Private:      true,
+		Mode:         service.ModeHTTP,
+		AccessGroups: []string{"grp-admins"},
+	})
+
+	zones := account.SynthesizePrivateServiceZones("user-peer")
+	require.Len(t, zones, 1, "two services on the same cluster must collapse into one zone")
+	require.Len(t, zones[0].Records, 2, "two services yield two A records")
+	names := []string{zones[0].Records[0].Name, zones[0].Records[1].Name}
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"myapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io.", "anotherapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io."}, names, "both service domains must surface")
+}

management/server/types/account_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package types
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/zones"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/zones/records"
 	resourceTypes "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/networks/resources/types"
@@ -82,9 +84,9 @@ func setupTestAccount() *Account {
 		},
 		Groups: map[string]*Group{
 			"groupAll": {
-				ID:    "groupAll",
-				Name:  "All",
-				Peers: []string{"peer1", "peer2", "peer3", "peer11", "peer12", "peer21", "peer31", "peer32", "peer41", "peer51", "peer61"},
+				ID:     "groupAll",
+				Name:   "All",
+				Peers:  []string{"peer1", "peer2", "peer3", "peer11", "peer12", "peer21", "peer31", "peer32", "peer41", "peer51", "peer61"},
 				Issued: GroupIssuedAPI,
 			},
 			"group1": {
@@ -1583,3 +1585,203 @@ func Test_filterPeerAppliedZones(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestInjectPrivateServicePolicies_ProxyPeerGetsInboundRule(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	userPeerIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.10")
+	proxyPeerIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.99")
+
+	account := &Account{
+		Id: "acct-1",
+		Network: &Network{
+			Identifier: "net-1",
+			Net:        net.IPNet{IP: net.ParseIP("100.64.0.0"), Mask: net.CIDRMask(10, 32)},
+		},
+		Peers: map[string]*nbpeer.Peer{
+			"user-peer": {
+				ID:        "user-peer",
+				AccountID: "acct-1",
+				Key:       "user-peer-key",
+				IP:        userPeerIP,
+			},
+			"proxy-peer": {
+				ID:        "proxy-peer",
+				AccountID: "acct-1",
+				Key:       "proxy-peer-key",
+				IP:        proxyPeerIP,
+				ProxyMeta: nbpeer.ProxyMeta{
+					Embedded: true,
+					Cluster:  "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		Groups: map[string]*Group{
+			"grp-admins": {
+				ID:    "grp-admins",
+				Name:  "admins",
+				Peers: []string{"user-peer"},
+			},
+		},
+		Services: []*service.Service{
+			{
+				ID:           "svc-1",
+				AccountID:    "acct-1",
+				Name:         "myapp",
+				Domain:       "myapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				ProxyCluster: "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				Enabled:      true,
+				Private:      true,
+				Mode:         service.ModeHTTP,
+				AccessGroups: []string{"grp-admins"},
+				Targets: []*service.Target{
+					{
+						TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+						TargetType: service.TargetTypeCluster,
+						Protocol:   "http",
+						Host:       "127.0.0.1",
+						Port:       8080,
+						Enabled:    true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	account.InjectProxyPolicies(ctx)
+
+	var found *Policy
+	for _, p := range account.Policies {
+		if p != nil && p.ID == "private-access-svc-1-proxy-peer" {
+			found = p
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	require.NotNil(t, found, "expected synthesised private-access policy in account.Policies")
+	require.Len(t, found.Rules, 1, "policy should have exactly one rule")
+	rule := found.Rules[0]
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"grp-admins"}, rule.Sources, "sources should be group IDs verbatim")
+	assert.Equal(t, "proxy-peer", rule.DestinationResource.ID, "destination resource should be the proxy peer ID")
+	assert.Equal(t, ResourceTypePeer, rule.DestinationResource.Type, "destination resource type should be peer")
+
+	validatedPeersMap := map[string]struct{}{
+		"user-peer":  {},
+		"proxy-peer": {},
+	}
+
+	proxyPeer := account.Peers["proxy-peer"]
+	aclPeers, firewallRules, _, _ := account.GetPeerConnectionResources(ctx, proxyPeer, validatedPeersMap, nil)
+
+	var sawUserAsAclPeer bool
+	for _, p := range aclPeers {
+		if p.ID == "user-peer" {
+			sawUserAsAclPeer = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	assert.True(t, sawUserAsAclPeer, "proxy peer should see the user peer as an ACL peer")
+
+	var inboundRules []*FirewallRule
+	for _, r := range firewallRules {
+		if r.Direction == FirewallRuleDirectionIN && r.PeerIP == userPeerIP.String() {
+			inboundRules = append(inboundRules, r)
+		}
+	}
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, inboundRules, "proxy peer should have inbound firewall rules from the user peer")
+}
+
+func TestInjectPrivateServicePolicies_NotPrivate_NoPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	account := privateServiceTestAccount(t)
+	account.Services[0].Private = false
+
+	account.InjectProxyPolicies(ctx)
+	assert.False(t, hasPrivateAccessPolicy(account, "svc-1"), "non-private service must not synthesise an access policy")
+}
+
+func TestInjectPrivateServicePolicies_EmptyAccessGroups_NoPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	account := privateServiceTestAccount(t)
+	account.Services[0].AccessGroups = nil
+
+	account.InjectProxyPolicies(ctx)
+	assert.False(t, hasPrivateAccessPolicy(account, "svc-1"), "private service with no access groups must not synthesise a policy")
+}
+
+func TestInjectPrivateServicePolicies_NoProxyPeers_NoPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	account := privateServiceTestAccount(t)
+	delete(account.Peers, "proxy-peer")
+
+	account.InjectProxyPolicies(ctx)
+	assert.False(t, hasPrivateAccessPolicy(account, "svc-1"), "policy must not synthesise when the cluster has no proxy peers")
+}
+
+func privateServiceTestAccount(t *testing.T) *Account {
+	t.Helper()
+	return &Account{
+		Id: "acct-1",
+		Network: &Network{
+			Identifier: "net-1",
+			Net:        net.IPNet{IP: net.ParseIP("100.64.0.0"), Mask: net.CIDRMask(10, 32)},
+		},
+		Peers: map[string]*nbpeer.Peer{
+			"user-peer": {
+				ID:        "user-peer",
+				AccountID: "acct-1",
+				Key:       "user-peer-key",
+				IP:        netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.10"),
+			},
+			"proxy-peer": {
+				ID:        "proxy-peer",
+				AccountID: "acct-1",
+				Key:       "proxy-peer-key",
+				IP:        netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.99"),
+				ProxyMeta: nbpeer.ProxyMeta{
+					Embedded: true,
+					Cluster:  "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		Groups: map[string]*Group{
+			"grp-admins": {
+				ID:    "grp-admins",
+				Name:  "admins",
+				Peers: []string{"user-peer"},
+			},
+		},
+		Services: []*service.Service{
+			{
+				ID:           "svc-1",
+				AccountID:    "acct-1",
+				Name:         "myapp",
+				Domain:       "myapp.eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				ProxyCluster: "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+				Enabled:      true,
+				Private:      true,
+				Mode:         service.ModeHTTP,
+				AccessGroups: []string{"grp-admins"},
+				Targets: []*service.Target{
+					{
+						TargetId:   "eu.proxy.netbird.io",
+						TargetType: service.TargetTypeCluster,
+						Protocol:   "http",
+						Host:       "127.0.0.1",
+						Port:       8080,
+						Enabled:    true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func hasPrivateAccessPolicy(account *Account, serviceID string) bool {
+	prefix := "private-access-" + serviceID + "-"
+	for _, p := range account.Policies {
+		if p != nil && len(p.ID) > len(prefix) && p.ID[:len(prefix)] == prefix {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

management/server/users/manager.go

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ import (
 
 type Manager interface {
 	GetUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) (*types.User, error)
+	// GetUserWithGroups returns the user and the *types.Group
+	// records for the user's AutoGroups, in the same order as
+	// AutoGroups. Group ids that don't resolve to a stored group
+	// are skipped from the returned slice (the parallel id list is
+	// derivable from the returned User). Wraps two store calls
+	// today; can be optimised to a single JOIN later if needed.
+	GetUserWithGroups(ctx context.Context, userID string) (*types.User, []*types.Group, error)
 }
 
 type managerImpl struct {
@@ -29,6 +36,27 @@ func (m *managerImpl) GetUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) (*types.User,
 	return m.store.GetUserByUserID(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, userID)
 }
 
+func (m *managerImpl) GetUserWithGroups(ctx context.Context, userID string) (*types.User, []*types.Group, error) {
+	user, err := m.store.GetUserByUserID(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	if len(user.AutoGroups) == 0 {
+		return user, nil, nil
+	}
+	groupsMap, err := m.store.GetGroupsByIDs(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, user.AccountID, user.AutoGroups)
+	if err != nil {
+		return user, nil, err
+	}
+	groups := make([]*types.Group, 0, len(user.AutoGroups))
+	for _, id := range user.AutoGroups {
+		if g, ok := groupsMap[id]; ok && g != nil {
+			groups = append(groups, g)
+		}
+	}
+	return user, groups, nil
+}
+
 func NewManagerMock() Manager {
 	return &managerMock{}
 }
@@ -47,3 +75,11 @@ func (m *managerMock) GetUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) (*types.User,
 		return nil, errors.New("user not found")
 	}
 }
+
+func (m *managerMock) GetUserWithGroups(ctx context.Context, userID string) (*types.User, []*types.Group, error) {
+	user, err := m.GetUser(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	return user, nil, nil
+}