Gated behind NB_DISABLE_WG_KEEP_ALIVE for battery measurements; unset the
variable and the behaviour is unchanged.
Peers start with the 25s persistent keepalive so an idle responder still
emits traffic and triggers the handshake initiation, then the interval
drops to zero once the watcher observes a fresh handshake. The keepalive
is re-armed whenever a connection attempt restarts, so every new
handshake gets initiated the same way.
The watcher also stops its periodic handshake check after that first
observation: with keepalive disabled an idle peer never rotates its
handshake, so the periodic check would report a false disconnect every
checkPeriod and trigger a full reconnect.
* [relay] evict foreign client cache on disconnect
When a foreign relay's TCP connection drops, the manager's
onServerDisconnected handler only triggered reconnect logic for the
home server; the disconnected foreign entry stayed in the relayClients
cache. Subsequent OpenConn calls reused the closed client until the
60-second cleanup tick evicted it, breaking peer connectivity through
that relay for up to a minute.
Evict the foreign entry from the cache on disconnect so the next
OpenConn dials a fresh client.
Also:
- Make the reconnect backoff cap configurable via WithMaxBackoffInterval
ManagerOption; the previous hard-coded 60s constant forced
TestAutoReconnect to sleep ~61s. Test now polls Ready() and finishes
in ~2s.
- Add NB_HOME_RELAY_SERVERS env var that overrides the relay URL list
received from management, so a peer can be pinned to a specific home
relay (used by the netbird-conn-lab Edge 4 reproducer).
* [client] treat empty NB_HOME_RELAY_SERVERS as unset
Returning (urls=[], ok=true) when the env var contained only separators or
whitespace caused callers to wipe the mgmt-provided relay list, leaving the
peer with no relays. Treat a parsed-empty result the same as an unset env.
* [client] Suppress ICE signaling and periodic offers in force-relay mode
When NB_FORCE_RELAY is enabled, skip WorkerICE creation entirely,
suppress ICE credentials in offer/answer messages, disable the
periodic ICE candidate monitor, and fix isConnectedOnAllWay to
only check relay status so the guard stops sending unnecessary offers.
* [client] Dynamically suppress ICE based on remote peer's offer credentials
Track whether the remote peer includes ICE credentials in its
offers/answers. When remote stops sending ICE credentials, skip
ICE listener dispatch, suppress ICE credentials in responses, and
exclude ICE from the guard connectivity check. When remote resumes
sending ICE credentials, re-enable all ICE behavior.
* [client] Fix nil SessionID panic and force ICE teardown on relay-only transition
Fix nil pointer dereference in signalOfferAnswer when SessionID is nil
(relay-only offers). Close stale ICE agent immediately when remote peer
stops sending ICE credentials to avoid traffic black-hole during the
ICE disconnect timeout.
* [client] Add relay-only fallback check when ICE is unavailable
Ensure the relay connection is supported with the peer when ICE is disabled to prevent connectivity issues.
* [client] Add tri-state connection status to guard for smarter ICE retry (#5828)
* [client] Add tri-state connection status to guard for smarter ICE retry
Refactor isConnectedOnAllWay to return a ConnStatus enum (Connected,
Disconnected, PartiallyConnected) instead of a boolean. When relay is
up but ICE is not (PartiallyConnected), limit ICE offers to 3 retries
with exponential backoff then fall back to hourly attempts, reducing
unnecessary signaling traffic. Fully disconnected peers continue to
retry aggressively. External events (relay/ICE disconnect, signal/relay
reconnect) reset retry state to give ICE a fresh chance.
* [client] Clarify guard ICE retry state and trace log trigger
Split iceRetryState.attempt into shouldRetry (pure predicate) and
enterHourlyMode (explicit state transition) so the caller in
reconnectLoopWithRetry reads top-to-bottom. Restore the original
trace-log behavior in isConnectedOnAllWay so it only logs on full
disconnection, not on the new PartiallyConnected state.
* [client] Extract pure evalConnStatus and add unit tests
Split isConnectedOnAllWay into a thin method that snapshots state and
a pure evalConnStatus helper that takes a connStatusInputs struct, so
the tri-state decision logic can be exercised without constructing
full Worker or Handshaker objects. Add table-driven tests covering
force-relay, ICE-unavailable and fully-available code paths, plus
unit tests for iceRetryState budget/hourly transitions and reset.
* [client] Improve grammar in logs and refactor ICE credential checks
Zoltán Papp