Prepares the repository for the release-branch process agreed internally:
one long-lived release-0.N branch per minor, with fixes backported by
cherry-pick and patch releases tagged from the branch.
Pushes to release-* branches now run the Release workflow and publish
immutable sha-* container images, the way pushes to main already do, so
a release branch can be tested before it is tagged. Release branches
never publish the floating "main" image tag. The push-to-main CI
workflows (Go tests on all platforms, frontend UI, install script,
mobile/wasm validation, infrastructure files, license check) also run
on release-* pushes; pull request triggers were already unfiltered, so
backport PRs were covered — this closes the post-merge gap.
Releases are no longer marked latest before signing: make_latest is
now false in all four goreleaser configs, so a release stays published
but not latest until the signing pipeline uploads the signed Windows
and macOS artifacts and marks it latest itself. Previously the release
became GitHub's "Latest release" at publish time, and the download
endpoints that resolve through the latest-release API could serve a
release whose signed installers did not exist yet. prerelease: auto
additionally labels rc tags as prereleases, so a release candidate can
never take the latest slot.
The trigger_sync_tag job is removed: it dispatched a downstream
image build on every v* tag (release candidates included), which would
race the deliberate release-branch build on every release. The android
and ios submodule bumps are unchanged.
Also sets perennial-regex = "^release-" so git-town never syncs or
ships a release branch into main.
## Describe your changes
The UI shells out to xdg-open to launch the external browser for the SSO
verification page, which the embedded webview cannot open inline, and to
reveal the debug bundle in the file manager.
client/ui/build/linux/nfpm/nfpm.yaml lists xdg-utils for every package
format, but the released packages are built from the goreleaser configs,
where it was missing: the GTK and WebKitGTK dependencies carried over
and xdg-utils did not. Add it to all four nfpm dependency lists.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **Bug Fixes**
* Added required desktop integration support to Debian and RPM packages.
* Ensured GTK3 packages include the same runtime support for opening
links and files through the system.
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- **Wails v3 application** (`client/ui`) with a React + TypeScript + Tailwind frontend replacing the Fyne UI: main connection view, exit-node switcher, networks/peers browser with detail panels, profile management, settings (general, network, SSH, security, troubleshooting, appearance), debug-bundle creation, and a first-run welcome flow.
- **Internationalization**: go-i18n bundle with 9 locales (en, de, es, fr, hu, it, pt, ru, zh-CN) shared between the tray and the frontend.
- **New system tray** implementation with per-platform theme-aware icons, including a native XEmbed host for Linux (`xembed_tray_linux.c`) and a Linux theme watcher.
- **Session handling**: auth session watcher (`client/internal/auth/sessionwatch`), pending login flow, session-expiration dialog and tray notifications, and `netbird login` improvements.
- **Daemon API extensions** (`daemon.proto`): status stream subscription, event stream, networks/exit-node selection endpoints, and richer full status — with probe throttling on the daemon side to protect against UI-driven request storms.
- **UI preferences store** persisted per profile, autostart management via the daemon (single source of truth in HKCU on Windows).
- **Build system**: Taskfile-based builds per platform (macOS, Linux, Windows), Docker cross-compilation images, MSIX/NSIS/nfpm/AppImage packaging, and a new `frontend-ui` CI workflow.
Co-authored-by: Zoltan Papp <zoltan.pmail@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Eduard Gert <kontakt@eduardgert.de>
Co-authored-by: braginini <bangvalo@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Pascal Fischer <32096965+pascal-fischer@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: riccardom <riccardomanfrin@gmail.com>
- introduce variables to avoid publishing latest docker tags and installers
- Refactor .goreleaser.yaml to simplify docker configurations and add environment-driven flags
- removed management debug containers (it was doing only log var)
- Stopped building arm v6 32bits in favor of v7 32 bits for services (not client)
- Add target argument to docker files
* [misc] Add GPG signing key support for deb and rpm packages
* [misc] Improve GPG key management for deb and rpm signing
* [misc] Extract GPG key import logic into a reusable script
* [misc] Add key fingerprint extraction and targeted export for GPG keys
* [misc] Remove passphrase from GPG keys before exporting
* [misc] Simplify GPG key management by removing import script
* [misc] Bump GoReleaser version to v2.14.3 in release workflow
* [misc] Replace GPG passphrase variables with NFPM-prefixed alternatives in workflows and configs
* [misc] Update naming conventions for package IDs and passphrase variables in workflows and configs
* [misc] Standardize NFPM variable naming in release workflow
* [misc] Adjust NFPM variable names for consistency in release workflow
* [misc] Remove Debian signing GPG key usage in workflows and configs
Added accessible tray icons with:
- dark mode support on Windows and Linux, kudos to @burgosz for the PoC
- template icon support on MacOS
Also added appropriate connecting status icons
* Update dependencies and switch systray library
This commit updates the project's dependencies and switches from the 'getlantern/systray' library to the 'fyne.io/systray' library. It also removes some unused dependencies, improving the maintainability and performance of the project. This change in the system tray library is an upgrade which offers more extensive features and better support.
* Remove legacy_appindicator tag from .goreleaser_ui.yaml
This PR updates the system tray icons to reflect both connection status and availability of updates. Now, the tray will show distinct icons for the following states: connected, disconnected, update available while connected, and update available while disconnected. This change improves user experience by providing a clear visual status indicator.
- Add new icons for connected and disconnected states with update available.
- Implement logic to switch icons based on connection status and update availability.
- Remove old icon references for default and update states.
Periodically fetch the latest available version, and the UI will shows a new menu for the download link. It checks both the daemon version and the UI version.
decouple goreleaser ui might help us
parallelize workflow and run local tests
dividing the release workflow for each goreleaser
and making trigger sign a different job them
when small issues with sign happen
Viktor Liu
