* **New Features**
* Access logs now include bytes_upload and bytes_download (API and schemas updated, fields required).
* Certificate issuance duration is now recorded as a metric.
* **Refactor**
* Metrics switched from Prometheus client to OpenTelemetry-backed meters; health endpoint now exposes OpenMetrics via OTLP exporter.
* **Tests**
* Metric tests updated to use OpenTelemetry Prometheus exporter and MeterProvider.
The expose tracker used sync.Map for in-memory TTL tracking of active expose sessions, which broke and lost all sessions on restart.
Replace with SQL-backed operations that reuse the existing meta_last_renewed_at column:
- Add store methods: RenewEphemeralService, GetExpiredEphemeralServices, CountEphemeralServicesByPeer, EphemeralServiceExists
- Move duplicate/limit checks inside a transaction with row-level locking (SELECT ... FOR UPDATE) to prevent concurrent bypass
- Reaper re-checks expiry under row lock to avoid deleting a just-renewed service and prevent duplicate event emission
- Add composite index on (source, source_peer) for efficient queries
- Batch-limit and column-select the reaper query to avoid DB/GC spikes
- Filter out malformed rows with empty source_peer
Consolidate all expose business logic (validation, permission checks, TTL tracking, reaping) into the manager layer, making the gRPC layer a pure transport adapter that only handles proto conversion and authentication.
- Add ExposeServiceRequest/ExposeServiceResponse domain types with validation in the reverseproxy package
- Move expose tracker (TTL tracking, reaping, per-peer limits) from gRPC server into manager/expose_tracker.go
- Internalize tracking in CreateServiceFromPeer, RenewServiceFromPeer, and new StopServiceFromPeer so callers don't manage tracker state
- Untrack ephemeral services in DeleteService/DeleteAllServices to keep tracker in sync when services are deleted via API
- Simplify gRPC expose handlers to parse, auth, convert, delegate
- Remove tracker methods from Manager interface (internal detail)
CLI: new expose command to publish a local port with flags for PIN, password, user groups, custom domain, name prefix and protocol (HTTP default).
Management/API: create/renew/stop expose sessions (streamed status), automatic naming/domain, TTL renewals, background expiration, new management RPCs and client methods.
UI/API: account settings now include peer_expose_enabled and peer_expose_groups; new activity codes for peer expose events.
Bug Fixes
Network and DNS updates now defer service and reverse-proxy reloads until after account updates complete, preventing inconsistent proxy state and race conditions.
Chores
Removed automatic peer/broadcast updates immediately following bulk service reloads.
Tests
Added a test ensuring network-range changes complete without deadlock.
Embed Dex as a built-in IdP to simplify self-hosting setup.
Adds an embedded OIDC Identity Provider (Dex) with local user management and optional external IdP connectors (Google/GitHub/OIDC/SAML), plus device-auth flow for CLI login. Introduces instance onboarding/setup endpoints (including owner creation), field-level encryption for sensitive user data, a streamlined self-hosting provisioning script, and expanded APIs + test coverage for IdP management.
more at https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/5008#issuecomment-3718987393
