[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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### Checklist
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- [ ] Is a feature enhancement
- [ ] It is a refactor
- [ ] Created tests that fail without the change (if possible)

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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.
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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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@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ preSharedKey="$NULL" # secret; redacted in log
allowServerSSH='true'
blockInbound="$NULL"
disableAutoConnect="$NULL"
disableAutostart="$NULL"
disableClientRoutes="$NULL"
disableServerRoutes="$NULL"
disableMetricsCollection="$NULL"
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ main() {
is_set "$allowServerSSH" && emit_bool allowServerSSH "$allowServerSSH"
is_set "$blockInbound" && emit_bool blockInbound "$blockInbound"
is_set "$disableAutoConnect" && emit_bool disableAutoConnect "$disableAutoConnect"
is_set "$disableAutostart" && emit_bool disableAutostart "$disableAutostart"
is_set "$disableClientRoutes" && emit_bool disableClientRoutes "$disableClientRoutes"
is_set "$disableServerRoutes" && emit_bool disableServerRoutes "$disableServerRoutes"
is_set "$disableMetricsCollection" && emit_bool disableMetricsCollection "$disableMetricsCollection"