[client] checks/enforce MDM disableAutostart on every GUI launch, not just fresh installs (#6782)

## Describe your changes

`applyAutostartDefault` gated all MDM enforcement behind the one-time
`AutostartInitialized` marker, so MDM `disableAutostart` only affected
fresh installs — a policy pushed after autostart had been enabled could
not
revoke the OS login-item. 

The PR adds follow-up MDM enforcements at the top of
the function: if at any time MDM sets `disableAutostart=true` and the OS
registration is
present, force `SetEnabled(false)` to align it.

Trade-off: once the admin lifts the policy, autostart stays off until
the user re-toggles
in Settings — consistent with "MDM always wins" behavior of the other
managed keys.

## Issue ticket number and link

Follow-up to PR https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6738
(introduced
the `disableAutostart` MDM key with fresh-install-only semantics).

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- [ ] Is a feature enhancement
- [ ] It is a refactor
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **New Features**
- Added an administrative policy to disable client autostart (“Disable
Autostart”).
- Added support for configuring this policy via macOS MDM, Windows Group
Policy (ADMX/ADML), and registry settings.
- When enforced, the client prevents new autostart registration on fresh
installs and removes existing autostart on the next GUI launch, keeping
it disabled until the policy is lifted.

- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved enforcement logic for managed autostart defaults so policy
state is applied consistently during startup and first-run setup.
<!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->
This commit is contained in:
Riccardo Manfrin
2026-07-22 11:34:13 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent 0e520ee9f5
commit dc89b471fa
8 changed files with 40 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func autostartDisabledByMDM(policy *mdm.Policy) bool {
// netbirdFootprintExists reports whether the machine already carries NetBird
// daemon config or state, meaning this is not a genuinely fresh install. It is
// the update-safety gate for the autostart default: upgrading users always
// have a footprint, so an update can never trigger a login-item write.
// have a footprint, so an update can never trigger a autostart entry write.
func netbirdFootprintExists() bool {
candidates := []string{
profilemanager.DefaultConfigPath,
@@ -69,9 +69,23 @@ func netbirdFootprintExists() bool {
// applyAutostartDefault runs the one-time launch-on-login default for genuinely
// fresh installs. The autostartInitialized marker is persisted before any
// enable attempt so a crash mid-flow degrades to "never enabled" instead of
// retrying login-item writes on every launch. A user's later disable in
// retrying autostart entry writes on every launch. A user's later disable in
// Settings is never overridden: the marker guarantees at-most-once, ever.
func applyAutostartDefault(ctx context.Context, autostart *services.Autostart, prefs *preferences.Store, prefsFileExisted bool) {
mdmDisabled := autostartDisabledByMDM(mdm.LoadPolicy())
if mdmDisabled {
if enabled, err := autostart.IsEnabled(ctx); err != nil {
log.Warnf("MDM disableAutostart: read autostart state: %v", err)
} else if enabled {
if err := autostart.SetEnabled(ctx, false); err != nil {
log.Warnf("MDM disableAutostart: force off failed: %v", err)
} else {
log.Info("MDM disableAutostart enforced: autostart turned off")
}
}
}
priorFootprint := netbirdFootprintExists() || prefsFileExisted
if prefs.Get().AutostartInitialized {
@@ -84,7 +98,7 @@ func applyAutostartDefault(ctx context.Context, autostart *services.Autostart, p
state := autostartDefaultState{
supported: autostart.Supported(ctx),
mdmDisabled: autostartDisabledByMDM(mdm.LoadPolicy()),
mdmDisabled: mdmDisabled,
priorInstall: priorFootprint,
}
enable, reason := shouldEnableAutostartDefault(state)
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/pkg/application"
)
// Autostart facade over Wails' AutostartManager. The OS login-item registration
// Autostart facade over Wails' AutostartManager. The OS autostart entry registration
// is the single source of truth; nothing is mirrored to preferences.
type Autostart struct {
mgr *application.AutostartManager