Change default interface name from wt0 to nb0

introduces a new flag --filter-by-connection-type to the status command.
It allows users to filter peers by connection type (P2P or Relayed) in both JSON and detailed views.

Input validation is added in parseFilters() to ensure proper usage, and --detail is auto-enabled if no output format is specified (consistent with other filters).

.github/workflows/git-town.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: git-town/action@v1
+      - uses: git-town/action@v1.2.1
         with:
-          skip-single-stacks: true
+          skip-single-stacks: true

.github/workflows/mobile-build-validation.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: gomobile init
         run: gomobile init
       - name: build android netbird lib
-        run: PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH) gomobile bind -o $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/netbird.aar -javapkg=io.netbird.gomobile -ldflags="-X golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/ipc.socketDirectory=/data/data/io.netbird.client/cache/wireguard -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version=buildtest"  $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/client/android
+        run: PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH) gomobile bind -o $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/netbird.aar -javapkg=io.netbird.gomobile -ldflags="-checklinkname=0 -X golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/ipc.socketDirectory=/data/data/io.netbird.client/cache/wireguard -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version=buildtest"  $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/client/android
         env:
           CGO_ENABLED: 0
           ANDROID_NDK_HOME: /usr/local/lib/android/sdk/ndk/23.1.7779620

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  SIGN_PIPE_VER: "v0.0.18"
+  SIGN_PIPE_VER: "v0.0.21"
   GORELEASER_VER: "v2.3.2"
   PRODUCT_NAME: "NetBird"
   COPYRIGHT: "NetBird GmbH"
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Log in to the GitHub container registry
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.CI_DOCKER_PUSH_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Install OS build dependencies
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
 
@@ -224,3 +231,17 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ env.SIGN_PIPE_VER }}
           token: ${{ secrets.SIGN_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           inputs: '{ "tag": "${{ github.ref }}", "skipRelease": false }'
+
+  post_on_forum:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
+    needs: [trigger_signer]
+    steps:
+      - uses: Codixer/discourse-topic-github-release-action@v2.0.1
+        with:
+          discourse-api-key: ${{ secrets.DISCOURSE_RELEASES_API_KEY }}
+          discourse-base-url: https://forum.netbird.io
+          discourse-author-username: NetBird
+          discourse-category: 17
+          discourse-tags:
+            releases          

.github/workflows/test-infrastructure-files.yml

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ jobs:
           NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE_MYSQL_DSN: '${{ env.NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE_MYSQL_DSN }}$'
           CI_NETBIRD_MGMT_IDP_SIGNKEY_REFRESH: false
           CI_NETBIRD_TURN_EXTERNAL_IP: "1.2.3.4"
+          CI_NETBIRD_MGMT_DISABLE_DEFAULT_POLICY: false
 
         run: |
           set -x
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ jobs:
           grep -A 7 Relay management.json | egrep '"Secret": ".+"'
           grep DisablePromptLogin management.json | grep 'true'
           grep LoginFlag management.json | grep 0
+          grep DisableDefaultPolicy management.json | grep "$CI_NETBIRD_MGMT_DISABLE_DEFAULT_POLICY"
 
       - name: Install modules
         run: go mod tidy

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ nfpms:
 dockers:
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-amd64
     ids:
       - netbird
     goarch: amd64
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
     ids:
       - netbird
     goarch: arm64
@@ -175,10 +177,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-arm
     ids:
       - netbird
     goarch: arm
@@ -191,11 +194,12 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
 
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-amd64
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-amd64
     ids:
       - netbird
     goarch: amd64
@@ -207,9 +211,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-arm64v8
     ids:
       - netbird
     goarch: arm64
@@ -221,9 +227,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-arm
     ids:
       - netbird
     goarch: arm
@@ -236,10 +244,12 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
 
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-amd64
     ids:
       - netbird-relay
     goarch: amd64
@@ -251,10 +261,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
     ids:
       - netbird-relay
     goarch: arm64
@@ -266,10 +277,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-arm
     ids:
       - netbird-relay
     goarch: arm
@@ -282,10 +294,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-amd64
     ids:
       - netbird-signal
     goarch: amd64
@@ -297,10 +310,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
     ids:
       - netbird-signal
     goarch: arm64
@@ -312,10 +326,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-arm
     ids:
       - netbird-signal
     goarch: arm
@@ -328,10 +343,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-amd64
     ids:
       - netbird-mgmt
     goarch: amd64
@@ -343,10 +359,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
     ids:
       - netbird-mgmt
     goarch: arm64
@@ -358,10 +375,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-arm
     ids:
       - netbird-mgmt
     goarch: arm
@@ -374,10 +392,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-debug-amd64
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-debug-amd64
     ids:
       - netbird-mgmt
     goarch: amd64
@@ -389,10 +408,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-debug-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-debug-arm64v8
     ids:
       - netbird-mgmt
     goarch: arm64
@@ -404,11 +424,12 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
 
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-debug-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-debug-arm
     ids:
       - netbird-mgmt
     goarch: arm
@@ -421,10 +442,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-amd64
     ids:
       - netbird-upload
     goarch: amd64
@@ -436,10 +458,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
     ids:
       - netbird-upload
     goarch: arm64
@@ -451,10 +474,11 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm
     ids:
       - netbird-upload
     goarch: arm
@@ -467,7 +491,7 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
+      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
 docker_manifests:
   - name_template: netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}
@@ -546,6 +570,84 @@ docker_manifests:
       - netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
       - netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm
       - netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:latest
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:rootless-latest
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-rootless-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:latest
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:latest
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:latest
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:debug-latest
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-debug-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-debug-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management:{{ .Version }}-debug-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-amd64
+
+  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:latest
+    image_templates:
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm
+      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-amd64
 brews:
   - ids:
       - default

README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
     <br>
     <a href="https://docs.netbird.io/slack-url">
         <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-@netbird-red.svg?logo=slack"/>
+     </a>
+    <a href="https://forum.netbird.io">
+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/community forum-@netbird-red.svg?logo=discourse"/>
      </a>  
      <br>
     <a href="https://gurubase.io/g/netbird">
@@ -29,13 +32,13 @@
   <br/>
   See <a href="https://netbird.io/docs/">Documentation</a>
   <br/>
-   Join our <a href="https://docs.netbird.io/slack-url">Slack channel</a>
+   Join our <a href="https://docs.netbird.io/slack-url">Slack channel</a> or our <a href="https://forum.netbird.io">Community forum</a>
   <br/>
  
 </strong>
 <br>
-<a href="https://github.com/netbirdio/kubernetes-operator">
+<a href="https://registry.terraform.io/providers/netbirdio/netbird/latest">
-    New: NetBird Kubernetes Operator
+    New: NetBird terraform provider
   </a> 
 </p>
 
@@ -47,10 +50,9 @@
 
 **Secure.** NetBird enables secure remote access by applying granular access policies while allowing you to manage them intuitively from a single place. Works universally on any infrastructure.
 
-### Open-Source Network Security in a Single Platform
+### Open Source Network Security in a Single Platform
 
-
+<img width="1188" alt="centralized-network-management 1" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c28cc8e4-15d2-4d2f-bb97-a6433db39d56" />
-![netbird_2](https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/assets/700848/46bc3b73-508d-4a0e-bb9a-f465d68646ab)
 
 ### NetBird on Lawrence Systems (Video)
 [![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kwrff6h0rEw/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwrff6h0rEw)

client/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 FROM alpine:3.21.3
 # iproute2: busybox doesn't display ip rules properly
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates ip6tables iproute2 iptables
+
+ARG NETBIRD_BINARY=netbird
+COPY ${NETBIRD_BINARY} /usr/local/bin/netbird
+
 ENV NB_FOREGROUND_MODE=true
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/netbird","up"]
-COPY netbird /usr/local/bin/netbird

client/Dockerfile-rootless

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FROM alpine:3.21.0
 
-COPY netbird /usr/local/bin/netbird
+ARG NETBIRD_BINARY=netbird
+COPY ${NETBIRD_BINARY} /usr/local/bin/netbird
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates \
     && adduser -D -h /var/lib/netbird netbird

client/android/client.go

@@ -59,10 +59,14 @@ type Client struct {
 	deviceName            string
 	uiVersion             string
 	networkChangeListener listener.NetworkChangeListener
+
+	connectClient *internal.ConnectClient
 }
 
 // NewClient instantiate a new Client
-func NewClient(cfgFile, deviceName string, uiVersion string, tunAdapter TunAdapter, iFaceDiscover IFaceDiscover, networkChangeListener NetworkChangeListener) *Client {
+func NewClient(cfgFile string, androidSDKVersion int, deviceName string, uiVersion string, tunAdapter TunAdapter, iFaceDiscover IFaceDiscover, networkChangeListener NetworkChangeListener) *Client {
+	execWorkaround(androidSDKVersion)
+
 	net.SetAndroidProtectSocketFn(tunAdapter.ProtectSocket)
 	return &Client{
 		cfgFile:               cfgFile,
@@ -106,8 +110,8 @@ func (c *Client) Run(urlOpener URLOpener, dns *DNSList, dnsReadyListener DnsRead
 
 	// todo do not throw error in case of cancelled context
 	ctx = internal.CtxInitState(ctx)
-	connectClient := internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, cfg, c.recorder)
+	c.connectClient = internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, cfg, c.recorder)
-	return connectClient.RunOnAndroid(c.tunAdapter, c.iFaceDiscover, c.networkChangeListener, dns.items, dnsReadyListener)
+	return c.connectClient.RunOnAndroid(c.tunAdapter, c.iFaceDiscover, c.networkChangeListener, dns.items, dnsReadyListener)
 }
 
 // RunWithoutLogin we apply this type of run function when the backed has been started without UI (i.e. after reboot).
@@ -132,8 +136,8 @@ func (c *Client) RunWithoutLogin(dns *DNSList, dnsReadyListener DnsReadyListener
 
 	// todo do not throw error in case of cancelled context
 	ctx = internal.CtxInitState(ctx)
-	connectClient := internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, cfg, c.recorder)
+	c.connectClient = internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, cfg, c.recorder)
-	return connectClient.RunOnAndroid(c.tunAdapter, c.iFaceDiscover, c.networkChangeListener, dns.items, dnsReadyListener)
+	return c.connectClient.RunOnAndroid(c.tunAdapter, c.iFaceDiscover, c.networkChangeListener, dns.items, dnsReadyListener)
 }
 
 // Stop the internal client and free the resources
@@ -174,6 +178,55 @@ func (c *Client) PeersList() *PeerInfoArray {
 	return &PeerInfoArray{items: peerInfos}
 }
 
+func (c *Client) Networks() *NetworkArray {
+	if c.connectClient == nil {
+		log.Error("not connected")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	engine := c.connectClient.Engine()
+	if engine == nil {
+		log.Error("could not get engine")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	routeManager := engine.GetRouteManager()
+	if routeManager == nil {
+		log.Error("could not get route manager")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	networkArray := &NetworkArray{
+		items: make([]Network, 0),
+	}
+
+	for id, routes := range routeManager.GetClientRoutesWithNetID() {
+		if len(routes) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		r := routes[0]
+		netStr := r.Network.String()
+		if r.IsDynamic() {
+			netStr = r.Domains.SafeString()
+		}
+
+		peer, err := c.recorder.GetPeer(routes[0].Peer)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("could not get peer info for %s: %v", routes[0].Peer, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		network := Network{
+			Name:    string(id),
+			Network: netStr,
+			Peer:    peer.FQDN,
+			Status:  peer.ConnStatus.String(),
+		}
+		networkArray.Add(network)
+	}
+	return networkArray
+}
+
 // OnUpdatedHostDNS update the DNS servers addresses for root zones
 func (c *Client) OnUpdatedHostDNS(list *DNSList) error {
 	dnsServer, err := dns.GetServerDns()

client/android/exec.go

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//go:build android
+
+package android
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	_ "unsafe"
+)
+
+// https://github.com/golang/go/pull/69543/commits/aad6b3b32c81795f86bc4a9e81aad94899daf520
+// In Android version 11 and earlier, pidfd-related system calls
+// are not allowed by the seccomp policy, which causes crashes due
+// to SIGSYS signals.
+
+//go:linkname checkPidfdOnce os.checkPidfdOnce
+var checkPidfdOnce func() error
+
+func execWorkaround(androidSDKVersion int) {
+	if androidSDKVersion > 30 { // above Android 11
+		return
+	}
+
+	checkPidfdOnce = func() error {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported Android version")
+	}
+}

client/android/networks.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//go:build android
+
+package android
+
+type Network struct {
+	Name    string
+	Network string
+	Peer    string
+	Status  string
+}
+
+type NetworkArray struct {
+	items []Network
+}
+
+func (array *NetworkArray) Add(s Network) *NetworkArray {
+	array.items = append(array.items, s)
+	return array
+}
+
+func (array *NetworkArray) Get(i int) *Network {
+	return &array.items[i]
+}
+
+func (array *NetworkArray) Size() int {
+	return len(array.items)
+}

client/android/peer_notifier.go

@@ -7,30 +7,23 @@ type PeerInfo struct {
 	ConnStatus string // Todo replace to enum
 }
 
-// PeerInfoCollection made for Java layer to get non default types as collection
+// PeerInfoArray is a wrapper of []PeerInfo
-type PeerInfoCollection interface {
-	Add(s string) PeerInfoCollection
-	Get(i int) string
-	Size() int
-}
-
-// PeerInfoArray is the implementation of the PeerInfoCollection
 type PeerInfoArray struct {
 	items []PeerInfo
 }
 
 // Add new PeerInfo to the collection
-func (array PeerInfoArray) Add(s PeerInfo) PeerInfoArray {
+func (array *PeerInfoArray) Add(s PeerInfo) *PeerInfoArray {
 	array.items = append(array.items, s)
 	return array
 }
 
 // Get return an element of the collection
-func (array PeerInfoArray) Get(i int) *PeerInfo {
+func (array *PeerInfoArray) Get(i int) *PeerInfo {
 	return &array.items[i]
 }
 
 // Size return with the size of the collection
-func (array PeerInfoArray) Size() int {
+func (array *PeerInfoArray) Size() int {
 	return len(array.items)
 }

client/android/preferences.go

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 )
 
-// Preferences export a subset of the internal config for gomobile
+// Preferences exports a subset of the internal config for gomobile
 type Preferences struct {
 	configInput internal.ConfigInput
 }
 
-// NewPreferences create new Preferences instance
+// NewPreferences creates a new Preferences instance
 func NewPreferences(configPath string) *Preferences {
 	ci := internal.ConfigInput{
 		ConfigPath: configPath,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func NewPreferences(configPath string) *Preferences {
 	return &Preferences{ci}
 }
 
-// GetManagementURL read url from config file
+// GetManagementURL reads URL from config file
 func (p *Preferences) GetManagementURL() (string, error) {
 	if p.configInput.ManagementURL != "" {
 		return p.configInput.ManagementURL, nil
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ func (p *Preferences) GetManagementURL() (string, error) {
 	return cfg.ManagementURL.String(), err
 }
 
-// SetManagementURL store the given url and wait for commit
+// SetManagementURL stores the given URL and waits for commit
 func (p *Preferences) SetManagementURL(url string) {
 	p.configInput.ManagementURL = url
 }
 
-// GetAdminURL read url from config file
+// GetAdminURL reads URL from config file
 func (p *Preferences) GetAdminURL() (string, error) {
 	if p.configInput.AdminURL != "" {
 		return p.configInput.AdminURL, nil
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ func (p *Preferences) GetAdminURL() (string, error) {
 	return cfg.AdminURL.String(), err
 }
 
-// SetAdminURL store the given url and wait for commit
+// SetAdminURL stores the given URL and waits for commit
 func (p *Preferences) SetAdminURL(url string) {
 	p.configInput.AdminURL = url
 }
 
-// GetPreSharedKey read preshared key from config file
+// GetPreSharedKey reads pre-shared key from config file
 func (p *Preferences) GetPreSharedKey() (string, error) {
 	if p.configInput.PreSharedKey != nil {
 		return *p.configInput.PreSharedKey, nil
@@ -66,12 +66,160 @@ func (p *Preferences) GetPreSharedKey() (string, error) {
 	return cfg.PreSharedKey, err
 }
 
-// SetPreSharedKey store the given key and wait for commit
+// SetPreSharedKey stores the given key and waits for commit
 func (p *Preferences) SetPreSharedKey(key string) {
 	p.configInput.PreSharedKey = &key
 }
 
-// Commit write out the changes into config file
+// SetRosenpassEnabled stores whether Rosenpass is enabled
+func (p *Preferences) SetRosenpassEnabled(enabled bool) {
+	p.configInput.RosenpassEnabled = &enabled
+}
+
+// GetRosenpassEnabled reads Rosenpass enabled status from config file
+func (p *Preferences) GetRosenpassEnabled() (bool, error) {
+	if p.configInput.RosenpassEnabled != nil {
+		return *p.configInput.RosenpassEnabled, nil
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := internal.ReadConfig(p.configInput.ConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return cfg.RosenpassEnabled, err
+}
+
+// SetRosenpassPermissive stores the given permissive setting and waits for commit
+func (p *Preferences) SetRosenpassPermissive(permissive bool) {
+	p.configInput.RosenpassPermissive = &permissive
+}
+
+// GetRosenpassPermissive reads Rosenpass permissive setting from config file
+func (p *Preferences) GetRosenpassPermissive() (bool, error) {
+	if p.configInput.RosenpassPermissive != nil {
+		return *p.configInput.RosenpassPermissive, nil
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := internal.ReadConfig(p.configInput.ConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return cfg.RosenpassPermissive, err
+}
+
+// GetDisableClientRoutes reads disable client routes setting from config file
+func (p *Preferences) GetDisableClientRoutes() (bool, error) {
+	if p.configInput.DisableClientRoutes != nil {
+		return *p.configInput.DisableClientRoutes, nil
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := internal.ReadConfig(p.configInput.ConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return cfg.DisableClientRoutes, err
+}
+
+// SetDisableClientRoutes stores the given value and waits for commit
+func (p *Preferences) SetDisableClientRoutes(disable bool) {
+	p.configInput.DisableClientRoutes = &disable
+}
+
+// GetDisableServerRoutes reads disable server routes setting from config file
+func (p *Preferences) GetDisableServerRoutes() (bool, error) {
+	if p.configInput.DisableServerRoutes != nil {
+		return *p.configInput.DisableServerRoutes, nil
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := internal.ReadConfig(p.configInput.ConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return cfg.DisableServerRoutes, err
+}
+
+// SetDisableServerRoutes stores the given value and waits for commit
+func (p *Preferences) SetDisableServerRoutes(disable bool) {
+	p.configInput.DisableServerRoutes = &disable
+}
+
+// GetDisableDNS reads disable DNS setting from config file
+func (p *Preferences) GetDisableDNS() (bool, error) {
+	if p.configInput.DisableDNS != nil {
+		return *p.configInput.DisableDNS, nil
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := internal.ReadConfig(p.configInput.ConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return cfg.DisableDNS, err
+}
+
+// SetDisableDNS stores the given value and waits for commit
+func (p *Preferences) SetDisableDNS(disable bool) {
+	p.configInput.DisableDNS = &disable
+}
+
+// GetDisableFirewall reads disable firewall setting from config file
+func (p *Preferences) GetDisableFirewall() (bool, error) {
+	if p.configInput.DisableFirewall != nil {
+		return *p.configInput.DisableFirewall, nil
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := internal.ReadConfig(p.configInput.ConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return cfg.DisableFirewall, err
+}
+
+// SetDisableFirewall stores the given value and waits for commit
+func (p *Preferences) SetDisableFirewall(disable bool) {
+	p.configInput.DisableFirewall = &disable
+}
+
+// GetServerSSHAllowed reads server SSH allowed setting from config file
+func (p *Preferences) GetServerSSHAllowed() (bool, error) {
+	if p.configInput.ServerSSHAllowed != nil {
+		return *p.configInput.ServerSSHAllowed, nil
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := internal.ReadConfig(p.configInput.ConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	if cfg.ServerSSHAllowed == nil {
+		// Default to false for security on Android
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return *cfg.ServerSSHAllowed, err
+}
+
+// SetServerSSHAllowed stores the given value and waits for commit
+func (p *Preferences) SetServerSSHAllowed(allowed bool) {
+	p.configInput.ServerSSHAllowed = &allowed
+}
+
+// GetBlockInbound reads block inbound setting from config file
+func (p *Preferences) GetBlockInbound() (bool, error) {
+	if p.configInput.BlockInbound != nil {
+		return *p.configInput.BlockInbound, nil
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := internal.ReadConfig(p.configInput.ConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return cfg.BlockInbound, err
+}
+
+// SetBlockInbound stores the given value and waits for commit
+func (p *Preferences) SetBlockInbound(block bool) {
+	p.configInput.BlockInbound = &block
+}
+
+// Commit writes out the changes to the config file
 func (p *Preferences) Commit() error {
 	_, err := internal.UpdateOrCreateConfig(p.configInput)
 	return err

client/cmd/debug.go

@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/server"
 	nbstatus "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/status"
 	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/proto"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/upload-server/types"
 )
 
 const errCloseConnection = "Failed to close connection: %v"
 
+var (
+	logFileCount        uint32
+	systemInfoFlag      bool
+	uploadBundleFlag    bool
+	uploadBundleURLFlag string
+)
+
 var debugCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "debug",
 	Short: "Debugging commands",
@@ -88,12 +96,13 @@ func debugBundle(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 
 	client := proto.NewDaemonServiceClient(conn)
 	request := &proto.DebugBundleRequest{
-		Anonymize:  anonymizeFlag,
+		Anonymize:    anonymizeFlag,
-		Status:     getStatusOutput(cmd, anonymizeFlag),
+		Status:       getStatusOutput(cmd, anonymizeFlag),
-		SystemInfo: debugSystemInfoFlag,
+		SystemInfo:   systemInfoFlag,
+		LogFileCount: logFileCount,
 	}
-	if debugUploadBundle {
+	if uploadBundleFlag {
-		request.UploadURL = debugUploadBundleURL
+		request.UploadURL = uploadBundleURLFlag
 	}
 	resp, err := client.DebugBundle(cmd.Context(), request)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -105,7 +114,7 @@ func debugBundle(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("upload failed: %s", resp.GetUploadFailureReason())
 	}
 
-	if debugUploadBundle {
+	if uploadBundleFlag {
 		cmd.Printf("Upload file key:\n%s\n", resp.GetUploadedKey())
 	}
 
@@ -223,12 +232,13 @@ func runForDuration(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	headerPreDown := fmt.Sprintf("----- Netbird pre-down - Timestamp: %s - Duration: %s", time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339), duration)
 	statusOutput = fmt.Sprintf("%s\n%s\n%s", statusOutput, headerPreDown, getStatusOutput(cmd, anonymizeFlag))
 	request := &proto.DebugBundleRequest{
-		Anonymize:  anonymizeFlag,
+		Anonymize:    anonymizeFlag,
-		Status:     statusOutput,
+		Status:       statusOutput,
-		SystemInfo: debugSystemInfoFlag,
+		SystemInfo:   systemInfoFlag,
+		LogFileCount: logFileCount,
 	}
-	if debugUploadBundle {
+	if uploadBundleFlag {
-		request.UploadURL = debugUploadBundleURL
+		request.UploadURL = uploadBundleURLFlag
 	}
 	resp, err := client.DebugBundle(cmd.Context(), request)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -255,7 +265,7 @@ func runForDuration(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("upload failed: %s", resp.GetUploadFailureReason())
 	}
 
-	if debugUploadBundle {
+	if uploadBundleFlag {
 		cmd.Printf("Upload file key:\n%s\n", resp.GetUploadedKey())
 	}
 
@@ -297,7 +307,7 @@ func getStatusOutput(cmd *cobra.Command, anon bool) string {
 		cmd.PrintErrf("Failed to get status: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
 		statusOutputString = nbstatus.ParseToFullDetailSummary(
-			nbstatus.ConvertToStatusOutputOverview(statusResp, anon, "", nil, nil, nil),
+			nbstatus.ConvertToStatusOutputOverview(statusResp, anon, "", nil, nil, nil, ""),
 		)
 	}
 	return statusOutputString
@@ -375,3 +385,15 @@ func generateDebugBundle(config *internal.Config, recorder *peer.Status, connect
 	}
 	log.Infof("Generated debug bundle from SIGUSR1 at: %s", path)
 }
+
+func init() {
+	debugBundleCmd.Flags().Uint32VarP(&logFileCount, "log-file-count", "C", 1, "Number of rotated log files to include in debug bundle")
+	debugBundleCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&systemInfoFlag, "system-info", "S", true, "Adds system information to the debug bundle")
+	debugBundleCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&uploadBundleFlag, "upload-bundle", "U", false, "Uploads the debug bundle to a server")
+	debugBundleCmd.Flags().StringVar(&uploadBundleURLFlag, "upload-bundle-url", types.DefaultBundleURL, "Service URL to get an URL to upload the debug bundle")
+
+	forCmd.Flags().Uint32VarP(&logFileCount, "log-file-count", "C", 1, "Number of rotated log files to include in debug bundle")
+	forCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&systemInfoFlag, "system-info", "S", true, "Adds system information to the debug bundle")
+	forCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&uploadBundleFlag, "upload-bundle", "U", false, "Uploads the debug bundle to a server")
+	forCmd.Flags().StringVar(&uploadBundleURLFlag, "upload-bundle-url", types.DefaultBundleURL, "Service URL to get an URL to upload the debug bundle")
+}

client/cmd/root.go

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/upload-server/types"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -38,10 +37,7 @@ const (
 	serverSSHAllowedFlag     = "allow-server-ssh"
 	extraIFaceBlackListFlag  = "extra-iface-blacklist"
 	dnsRouteIntervalFlag     = "dns-router-interval"
-	systemInfoFlag           = "system-info"
 	enableLazyConnectionFlag = "enable-lazy-connection"
-	uploadBundle             = "upload-bundle"
-	uploadBundleURL          = "upload-bundle-url"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -75,10 +71,7 @@ var (
 	autoConnectDisabled     bool
 	extraIFaceBlackList     []string
 	anonymizeFlag           bool
-	debugSystemInfoFlag     bool
 	dnsRouteInterval        time.Duration
-	debugUploadBundle       bool
-	debugUploadBundleURL    string
 	lazyConnEnabled         bool
 
 	rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -184,11 +177,8 @@ func init() {
 	upCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&rosenpassPermissive, rosenpassPermissiveFlag, false, "[Experimental] Enable Rosenpass in permissive mode to allow this peer to accept WireGuard connections without requiring Rosenpass functionality from peers that do not have Rosenpass enabled.")
 	upCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&serverSSHAllowed, serverSSHAllowedFlag, false, "Allow SSH server on peer. If enabled, the SSH server will be permitted")
 	upCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&autoConnectDisabled, disableAutoConnectFlag, false, "Disables auto-connect feature. If enabled, then the client won't connect automatically when the service starts.")
-	upCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&lazyConnEnabled, enableLazyConnectionFlag, false, "[Experimental] Enable the lazy connection feature. If enabled, the client will establish connections on-demand.")
+	upCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&lazyConnEnabled, enableLazyConnectionFlag, false, "[Experimental] Enable the lazy connection feature. If enabled, the client will establish connections on-demand. Note: this setting may be overridden by management configuration.")
 
-	debugCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&debugSystemInfoFlag, systemInfoFlag, "S", true, "Adds system information to the debug bundle")
-	debugCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&debugUploadBundle, uploadBundle, "U", false, fmt.Sprintf("Uploads the debug bundle to a server from URL defined by %s", uploadBundleURL))
-	debugCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&debugUploadBundleURL, uploadBundleURL, types.DefaultBundleURL, "Service URL to get an URL to upload the debug bundle")
 }
 
 // SetupCloseHandler handles SIGTERM signal and exits with success

client/cmd/status.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var (
 	statusFilter         string
 	ipsFilterMap         map[string]struct{}
 	prefixNamesFilterMap map[string]struct{}
+	connectionTypeFilter string
 )
 
 var statusCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ func init() {
 	statusCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&ipsFilter, "filter-by-ips", []string{}, "filters the detailed output by a list of one or more IPs, e.g., --filter-by-ips 100.64.0.100,100.64.0.200")
 	statusCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&prefixNamesFilter, "filter-by-names", []string{}, "filters the detailed output by a list of one or more peer FQDN or hostnames, e.g., --filter-by-names peer-a,peer-b.netbird.cloud")
 	statusCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&statusFilter, "filter-by-status", "", "filters the detailed output by connection status(idle|connecting|connected), e.g., --filter-by-status connected")
+	statusCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&connectionTypeFilter, "filter-by-connection-type", "", "filters the detailed output by connection type (P2P|Relayed), e.g., --filter-by-connection-type P2P")
 }
 
 func statusFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@@ -69,7 +71,10 @@ func statusFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if resp.GetStatus() == string(internal.StatusNeedsLogin) || resp.GetStatus() == string(internal.StatusLoginFailed) {
+	status := resp.GetStatus()
+
+	if status == string(internal.StatusNeedsLogin) || status == string(internal.StatusLoginFailed) ||
+		status == string(internal.StatusSessionExpired) {
 		cmd.Printf("Daemon status: %s\n\n"+
 			"Run UP command to log in with SSO (interactive login):\n\n"+
 			" netbird up \n\n"+
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ func statusFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	var outputInformationHolder = nbstatus.ConvertToStatusOutputOverview(resp, anonymizeFlag, statusFilter, prefixNamesFilter, prefixNamesFilterMap, ipsFilterMap)
+	var outputInformationHolder = nbstatus.ConvertToStatusOutputOverview(resp, anonymizeFlag, statusFilter, prefixNamesFilter, prefixNamesFilterMap, ipsFilterMap, connectionTypeFilter)
 	var statusOutputString string
 	switch {
 	case detailFlag:
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@ func getStatus(ctx context.Context) (*proto.StatusResponse, error) {
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 
-	resp, err := proto.NewDaemonServiceClient(conn).Status(ctx, &proto.StatusRequest{GetFullPeerStatus: true})
+	resp, err := proto.NewDaemonServiceClient(conn).Status(ctx, &proto.StatusRequest{GetFullPeerStatus: true, ShouldRunProbes: true})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("status failed: %v", status.Convert(err).Message())
 	}
@@ -153,6 +158,15 @@ func parseFilters() error {
 		enableDetailFlagWhenFilterFlag()
 	}
 
+	switch strings.ToLower(connectionTypeFilter) {
+	case "", "p2p", "relayed":
+		if strings.ToLower(connectionTypeFilter) != "" {
+			enableDetailFlagWhenFilterFlag()
+		}
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("wrong connection-type filter, should be one of P2P|Relayed, got: %s", connectionTypeFilter)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

client/cmd/system.go

@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ func init() {
 
 	upCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&blockInbound, blockInboundFlag, false,
 		"Block inbound connections. If enabled, the client will not allow any inbound connections to the local machine nor routed networks.\n"+
-		"This overrides any policies received from the management service.")
+			"This overrides any policies received from the management service.")
 }

client/cmd/testutil_test.go

@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ func startManagement(t *testing.T, config *types.Config, testFile string) (*grpc
 		Return(&types.Settings{}, nil).
 		AnyTimes()
 
-	accountManager, err := mgmt.BuildManager(context.Background(), store, peersUpdateManager, nil, "", "netbird.selfhosted", eventStore, nil, false, iv, metrics, port_forwarding.NewControllerMock(), settingsMockManager, permissionsManagerMock)
+	accountManager, err := mgmt.BuildManager(context.Background(), store, peersUpdateManager, nil, "", "netbird.selfhosted", eventStore, nil, false, iv, metrics, port_forwarding.NewControllerMock(), settingsMockManager, permissionsManagerMock, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
 	secretsManager := mgmt.NewTimeBasedAuthSecretsManager(peersUpdateManager, config.TURNConfig, config.Relay, settingsMockManager)
-	mgmtServer, err := mgmt.NewServer(context.Background(), config, accountManager, settingsMockManager, peersUpdateManager, secretsManager, nil, nil, nil)
+	mgmtServer, err := mgmt.NewServer(context.Background(), config, accountManager, settingsMockManager, peersUpdateManager, secretsManager, nil, nil, nil, &mgmt.MockIntegratedValidator{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}

client/cmd/trace.go

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func tracePacket(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 }
 
 func printTrace(cmd *cobra.Command, src, dst, proto string, sport, dport uint16, resp *proto.TracePacketResponse) {
-	cmd.Printf("Packet trace %s:%d -> %s:%d (%s)\n\n", src, sport, dst, dport, strings.ToUpper(proto))
+	cmd.Printf("Packet trace %s:%d → %s:%d (%s)\n\n", src, sport, dst, dport, strings.ToUpper(proto))
 
 	for _, stage := range resp.Stages {
 		if stage.ForwardingDetails != nil {

client/firewall/uspfilter/conntrack/common.go

@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ type ConnKey struct {
 }
 
 func (c ConnKey) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d -> %s:%d", c.SrcIP.Unmap(), c.SrcPort, c.DstIP.Unmap(), c.DstPort)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d → %s:%d", c.SrcIP.Unmap(), c.SrcPort, c.DstIP.Unmap(), c.DstPort)
 }

client/firewall/uspfilter/conntrack/icmp.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package conntrack
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ const (
 	DefaultICMPTimeout = 30 * time.Second
 	// ICMPCleanupInterval is how often we check for stale ICMP connections
 	ICMPCleanupInterval = 15 * time.Second
+
+	// MaxICMPPayloadLength is the maximum length of ICMP payload we consider for original packet info,
+	// which includes the IP header (20 bytes) and transport header (8 bytes)
+	MaxICMPPayloadLength = 28
 )
 
 // ICMPConnKey uniquely identifies an ICMP connection
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ type ICMPConnKey struct {
 }
 
 func (i ICMPConnKey) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s -> %s (id %d)", i.SrcIP, i.DstIP, i.ID)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s → %s (id %d)", i.SrcIP, i.DstIP, i.ID)
 }
 
 // ICMPConnTrack represents an ICMP connection state
@@ -50,6 +55,72 @@ type ICMPTracker struct {
 	flowLogger    nftypes.FlowLogger
 }
 
+// ICMPInfo holds ICMP type, code, and payload for lazy string formatting in logs
+type ICMPInfo struct {
+	TypeCode    layers.ICMPv4TypeCode
+	PayloadData [MaxICMPPayloadLength]byte
+	// actual length of valid data
+	PayloadLen int
+}
+
+// String implements fmt.Stringer for lazy evaluation in log messages
+func (info ICMPInfo) String() string {
+	if info.isErrorMessage() && info.PayloadLen >= MaxICMPPayloadLength {
+		if origInfo := info.parseOriginalPacket(); origInfo != "" {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%s (original: %s)", info.TypeCode, origInfo)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return info.TypeCode.String()
+}
+
+// isErrorMessage returns true if this ICMP type carries original packet info
+func (info ICMPInfo) isErrorMessage() bool {
+	typ := info.TypeCode.Type()
+	return typ == 3 || // Destination Unreachable
+		typ == 5 || // Redirect
+		typ == 11 || // Time Exceeded
+		typ == 12 // Parameter Problem
+}
+
+// parseOriginalPacket extracts info about the original packet from ICMP payload
+func (info ICMPInfo) parseOriginalPacket() string {
+	if info.PayloadLen < MaxICMPPayloadLength {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	// TODO: handle IPv6
+	if version := (info.PayloadData[0] >> 4) & 0xF; version != 4 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	protocol := info.PayloadData[9]
+	srcIP := net.IP(info.PayloadData[12:16])
+	dstIP := net.IP(info.PayloadData[16:20])
+
+	transportData := info.PayloadData[20:]
+
+	switch nftypes.Protocol(protocol) {
+	case nftypes.TCP:
+		srcPort := uint16(transportData[0])<<8 | uint16(transportData[1])
+		dstPort := uint16(transportData[2])<<8 | uint16(transportData[3])
+		return fmt.Sprintf("TCP %s:%d → %s:%d", srcIP, srcPort, dstIP, dstPort)
+
+	case nftypes.UDP:
+		srcPort := uint16(transportData[0])<<8 | uint16(transportData[1])
+		dstPort := uint16(transportData[2])<<8 | uint16(transportData[3])
+		return fmt.Sprintf("UDP %s:%d → %s:%d", srcIP, srcPort, dstIP, dstPort)
+
+	case nftypes.ICMP:
+		icmpType := transportData[0]
+		icmpCode := transportData[1]
+		return fmt.Sprintf("ICMP %s → %s (type %d code %d)", srcIP, dstIP, icmpType, icmpCode)
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("Proto %d %s → %s", protocol, srcIP, dstIP)
+	}
+}
+
 // NewICMPTracker creates a new ICMP connection tracker
 func NewICMPTracker(timeout time.Duration, logger *nblog.Logger, flowLogger nftypes.FlowLogger) *ICMPTracker {
 	if timeout == 0 {
@@ -93,30 +164,64 @@ func (t *ICMPTracker) updateIfExists(srcIP netip.Addr, dstIP netip.Addr, id uint
 }
 
 // TrackOutbound records an outbound ICMP connection
-func (t *ICMPTracker) TrackOutbound(srcIP netip.Addr, dstIP netip.Addr, id uint16, typecode layers.ICMPv4TypeCode, size int) {
+func (t *ICMPTracker) TrackOutbound(
+	srcIP netip.Addr,
+	dstIP netip.Addr,
+	id uint16,
+	typecode layers.ICMPv4TypeCode,
+	payload []byte,
+	size int,
+) {
 	if _, exists := t.updateIfExists(dstIP, srcIP, id, nftypes.Egress, size); !exists {
 		// if (inverted direction) conn is not tracked, track this direction
-		t.track(srcIP, dstIP, id, typecode, nftypes.Egress, nil, size)
+		t.track(srcIP, dstIP, id, typecode, nftypes.Egress, nil, payload, size)
 	}
 }
 
 // TrackInbound records an inbound ICMP Echo Request
-func (t *ICMPTracker) TrackInbound(srcIP netip.Addr, dstIP netip.Addr, id uint16, typecode layers.ICMPv4TypeCode, ruleId []byte, size int) {
+func (t *ICMPTracker) TrackInbound(
-	t.track(srcIP, dstIP, id, typecode, nftypes.Ingress, ruleId, size)
+	srcIP netip.Addr,
+	dstIP netip.Addr,
+	id uint16,
+	typecode layers.ICMPv4TypeCode,
+	ruleId []byte,
+	payload []byte,
+	size int,
+) {
+	t.track(srcIP, dstIP, id, typecode, nftypes.Ingress, ruleId, payload, size)
 }
 
 // track is the common implementation for tracking both inbound and outbound ICMP connections
-func (t *ICMPTracker) track(srcIP netip.Addr, dstIP netip.Addr, id uint16, typecode layers.ICMPv4TypeCode, direction nftypes.Direction, ruleId []byte, size int) {
+func (t *ICMPTracker) track(
+	srcIP netip.Addr,
+	dstIP netip.Addr,
+	id uint16,
+	typecode layers.ICMPv4TypeCode,
+	direction nftypes.Direction,
+	ruleId []byte,
+	payload []byte,
+	size int,
+) {
 	key, exists := t.updateIfExists(srcIP, dstIP, id, direction, size)
 	if exists {
 		return
 	}
 
 	typ, code := typecode.Type(), typecode.Code()
+	icmpInfo := ICMPInfo{
+		TypeCode: typecode,
+	}
+	if len(payload) > 0 {
+		icmpInfo.PayloadLen = len(payload)
+		if icmpInfo.PayloadLen > MaxICMPPayloadLength {
+			icmpInfo.PayloadLen = MaxICMPPayloadLength
+		}
+		copy(icmpInfo.PayloadData[:], payload[:icmpInfo.PayloadLen])
+	}
 
 	// non echo requests don't need tracking
 	if typ != uint8(layers.ICMPv4TypeEchoRequest) {
-		t.logger.Trace("New %s ICMP connection %s type %d code %d", direction, key, typ, code)
+		t.logger.Trace("New %s ICMP connection %s - %s", direction, key, icmpInfo)
 		t.sendStartEvent(direction, srcIP, dstIP, typ, code, ruleId, size)
 		return
 	}
@@ -138,7 +243,7 @@ func (t *ICMPTracker) track(srcIP netip.Addr, dstIP netip.Addr, id uint16, typec
 	t.connections[key] = conn
 	t.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	t.logger.Trace("New %s ICMP connection %s type %d code %d", direction, key, typ, code)
+	t.logger.Trace("New %s ICMP connection %s - %s", direction, key, icmpInfo)
 	t.sendEvent(nftypes.TypeStart, conn, ruleId)
 }
 

client/firewall/uspfilter/conntrack/icmp_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func BenchmarkICMPTracker(b *testing.B) {
 
 		b.ResetTimer()
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, uint16(i%65535), 0, 0)
+			tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, uint16(i%65535), 0, []byte{}, 0)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func BenchmarkICMPTracker(b *testing.B) {
 
 		// Pre-populate some connections
 		for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
-			tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, uint16(i), 0, 0)
+			tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, uint16(i), 0, []byte{}, 0)
 		}
 
 		b.ResetTimer()

client/firewall/uspfilter/filter.go

@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ type Manager struct {
 	flowLogger  nftypes.FlowLogger
 
 	blockRule firewall.Rule
+
+	// Internal 1:1 DNAT
+	dnatEnabled  atomic.Bool
+	dnatMappings map[netip.Addr]netip.Addr
+	dnatMutex    sync.RWMutex
+	dnatBiMap    *biDNATMap
 }
 
 // decoder for packages
@@ -189,6 +195,7 @@ func create(iface common.IFaceMapper, nativeFirewall firewall.Manager, disableSe
 		flowLogger:          flowLogger,
 		netstack:            netstack.IsEnabled(),
 		localForwarding:     enableLocalForwarding,
+		dnatMappings:        make(map[netip.Addr]netip.Addr),
 	}
 	m.routingEnabled.Store(false)
 
@@ -519,22 +526,6 @@ func (m *Manager) SetLegacyManagement(isLegacy bool) error {
 // Flush doesn't need to be implemented for this manager
 func (m *Manager) Flush() error { return nil }
 
-// AddDNATRule adds a DNAT rule
-func (m *Manager) AddDNATRule(rule firewall.ForwardRule) (firewall.Rule, error) {
-	if m.nativeFirewall == nil {
-		return nil, errNatNotSupported
-	}
-	return m.nativeFirewall.AddDNATRule(rule)
-}
-
-// DeleteDNATRule deletes a DNAT rule
-func (m *Manager) DeleteDNATRule(rule firewall.Rule) error {
-	if m.nativeFirewall == nil {
-		return errNatNotSupported
-	}
-	return m.nativeFirewall.DeleteDNATRule(rule)
-}
-
 // UpdateSet updates the rule destinations associated with the given set
 // by merging the existing prefixes with the new ones, then deduplicating.
 func (m *Manager) UpdateSet(set firewall.Set, prefixes []netip.Prefix) error {
@@ -581,14 +572,14 @@ func (m *Manager) UpdateSet(set firewall.Set, prefixes []netip.Prefix) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// DropOutgoing filter outgoing packets
+// FilterOutBound filters outgoing packets
-func (m *Manager) DropOutgoing(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
+func (m *Manager) FilterOutbound(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
-	return m.processOutgoingHooks(packetData, size)
+	return m.filterOutbound(packetData, size)
 }
 
-// DropIncoming filter incoming packets
+// FilterInbound filters incoming packets
-func (m *Manager) DropIncoming(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
+func (m *Manager) FilterInbound(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
-	return m.dropFilter(packetData, size)
+	return m.filterInbound(packetData, size)
 }
 
 // UpdateLocalIPs updates the list of local IPs
@@ -596,7 +587,7 @@ func (m *Manager) UpdateLocalIPs() error {
 	return m.localipmanager.UpdateLocalIPs(m.wgIface)
 }
 
-func (m *Manager) processOutgoingHooks(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
+func (m *Manager) filterOutbound(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
 	d := m.decoders.Get().(*decoder)
 	defer m.decoders.Put(d)
 
@@ -618,8 +609,8 @@ func (m *Manager) processOutgoingHooks(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	// for netflow we keep track even if the firewall is stateless
 	m.trackOutbound(d, srcIP, dstIP, size)
+	m.translateOutboundDNAT(packetData, d)
 
 	return false
 }
@@ -671,7 +662,7 @@ func (m *Manager) trackOutbound(d *decoder, srcIP, dstIP netip.Addr, size int) {
 		flags := getTCPFlags(&d.tcp)
 		m.tcpTracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, uint16(d.tcp.SrcPort), uint16(d.tcp.DstPort), flags, size)
 	case layers.LayerTypeICMPv4:
-		m.icmpTracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, d.icmp4.Id, d.icmp4.TypeCode, size)
+		m.icmpTracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, d.icmp4.Id, d.icmp4.TypeCode, d.icmp4.Payload, size)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -684,7 +675,7 @@ func (m *Manager) trackInbound(d *decoder, srcIP, dstIP netip.Addr, ruleID []byt
 		flags := getTCPFlags(&d.tcp)
 		m.tcpTracker.TrackInbound(srcIP, dstIP, uint16(d.tcp.SrcPort), uint16(d.tcp.DstPort), flags, ruleID, size)
 	case layers.LayerTypeICMPv4:
-		m.icmpTracker.TrackInbound(srcIP, dstIP, d.icmp4.Id, d.icmp4.TypeCode, ruleID, size)
+		m.icmpTracker.TrackInbound(srcIP, dstIP, d.icmp4.Id, d.icmp4.TypeCode, ruleID, d.icmp4.Payload, size)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -723,9 +714,9 @@ func (m *Manager) udpHooksDrop(dport uint16, dstIP netip.Addr, packetData []byte
 	return false
 }
 
-// dropFilter implements filtering logic for incoming packets.
+// filterInbound implements filtering logic for incoming packets.
 // If it returns true, the packet should be dropped.
-func (m *Manager) dropFilter(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
+func (m *Manager) filterInbound(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
 	d := m.decoders.Get().(*decoder)
 	defer m.decoders.Put(d)
 
@@ -747,8 +738,15 @@ func (m *Manager) dropFilter(packetData []byte, size int) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	// For all inbound traffic, first check if it matches a tracked connection.
+	if translated := m.translateInboundReverse(packetData, d); translated {
-	// This must happen before any other filtering because the packets are statefully tracked.
+		// Re-decode after translation to get original addresses
+		if err := d.parser.DecodeLayers(packetData, &d.decoded); err != nil {
+			m.logger.Error("Failed to re-decode packet after reverse DNAT: %v", err)
+			return true
+		}
+		srcIP, dstIP = m.extractIPs(d)
+	}
+
 	if m.stateful && m.isValidTrackedConnection(d, srcIP, dstIP, size) {
 		return false
 	}

client/firewall/uspfilter/filter_bench_test.go

@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ func BenchmarkCoreFiltering(b *testing.B) {
 
 				// For stateful scenarios, establish the connection
 				if sc.stateful {
-					manager.processOutgoingHooks(outbound, 0)
+					manager.filterOutbound(outbound, 0)
 				}
 
 				// Measure inbound packet processing
 				b.ResetTimer()
 				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-					manager.dropFilter(inbound, 0)
+					manager.filterInbound(inbound, 0)
 				}
 			})
 		}
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func BenchmarkStateScaling(b *testing.B) {
 			for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
 				outbound := generatePacket(b, srcIPs[i], dstIPs[i],
 					uint16(1024+i), 80, layers.IPProtocolTCP)
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(outbound, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(outbound, 0)
 			}
 
 			// Test packet
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ func BenchmarkStateScaling(b *testing.B) {
 			testIn := generatePacket(b, dstIPs[0], srcIPs[0], 80, 1024, layers.IPProtocolTCP)
 
 			// First establish our test connection
-			manager.processOutgoingHooks(testOut, 0)
+			manager.filterOutbound(testOut, 0)
 
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-				manager.dropFilter(testIn, 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(testIn, 0)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -263,12 +263,12 @@ func BenchmarkEstablishmentOverhead(b *testing.B) {
 			inbound := generatePacket(b, dstIP, srcIP, 80, 1024, layers.IPProtocolTCP)
 
 			if sc.established {
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(outbound, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(outbound, 0)
 			}
 
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-				manager.dropFilter(inbound, 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(inbound, 0)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -426,25 +426,25 @@ func BenchmarkRoutedNetworkReturn(b *testing.B) {
 			// For stateful cases and established connections
 			if !strings.Contains(sc.name, "allow_non_wg") ||
 				(strings.Contains(sc.state, "established") || sc.state == "post_handshake") {
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(outbound, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(outbound, 0)
 
 				// For TCP post-handshake, simulate full handshake
 				if sc.state == "post_handshake" {
 					// SYN
 					syn := generateTCPPacketWithFlags(b, srcIP, dstIP, 1024, 80, uint16(conntrack.TCPSyn))
-					manager.processOutgoingHooks(syn, 0)
+					manager.filterOutbound(syn, 0)
 					// SYN-ACK
 					synack := generateTCPPacketWithFlags(b, dstIP, srcIP, 80, 1024, uint16(conntrack.TCPSyn|conntrack.TCPAck))
-					manager.dropFilter(synack, 0)
+					manager.filterInbound(synack, 0)
 					// ACK
 					ack := generateTCPPacketWithFlags(b, srcIP, dstIP, 1024, 80, uint16(conntrack.TCPAck))
-					manager.processOutgoingHooks(ack, 0)
+					manager.filterOutbound(ack, 0)
 				}
 			}
 
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-				manager.dropFilter(inbound, 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(inbound, 0)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -568,17 +568,17 @@ func BenchmarkLongLivedConnections(b *testing.B) {
 				// Initial SYN
 				syn := generateTCPPacketWithFlags(b, srcIPs[i], dstIPs[i],
 					uint16(1024+i), 80, uint16(conntrack.TCPSyn))
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(syn, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(syn, 0)
 
 				// SYN-ACK
 				synack := generateTCPPacketWithFlags(b, dstIPs[i], srcIPs[i],
 					80, uint16(1024+i), uint16(conntrack.TCPSyn|conntrack.TCPAck))
-				manager.dropFilter(synack, 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(synack, 0)
 
 				// ACK
 				ack := generateTCPPacketWithFlags(b, srcIPs[i], dstIPs[i],
 					uint16(1024+i), 80, uint16(conntrack.TCPAck))
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(ack, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(ack, 0)
 			}
 
 			// Prepare test packets simulating bidirectional traffic
@@ -599,9 +599,9 @@ func BenchmarkLongLivedConnections(b *testing.B) {
 
 				// Simulate bidirectional traffic
 				// First outbound data
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(outPackets[connIdx], 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(outPackets[connIdx], 0)
 				// Then inbound response - this is what we're actually measuring
-				manager.dropFilter(inPackets[connIdx], 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(inPackets[connIdx], 0)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -700,19 +700,19 @@ func BenchmarkShortLivedConnections(b *testing.B) {
 				p := patterns[connIdx]
 
 				// Connection establishment
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.syn, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(p.syn, 0)
-				manager.dropFilter(p.synAck, 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(p.synAck, 0)
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.ack, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(p.ack, 0)
 
 				// Data transfer
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.request, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(p.request, 0)
-				manager.dropFilter(p.response, 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(p.response, 0)
 
 				// Connection teardown
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.finClient, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(p.finClient, 0)
-				manager.dropFilter(p.ackServer, 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(p.ackServer, 0)
-				manager.dropFilter(p.finServer, 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(p.finServer, 0)
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.ackClient, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(p.ackClient, 0)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -760,15 +760,15 @@ func BenchmarkParallelLongLivedConnections(b *testing.B) {
 			for i := 0; i < sc.connCount; i++ {
 				syn := generateTCPPacketWithFlags(b, srcIPs[i], dstIPs[i],
 					uint16(1024+i), 80, uint16(conntrack.TCPSyn))
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(syn, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(syn, 0)
 
 				synack := generateTCPPacketWithFlags(b, dstIPs[i], srcIPs[i],
 					80, uint16(1024+i), uint16(conntrack.TCPSyn|conntrack.TCPAck))
-				manager.dropFilter(synack, 0)
+				manager.filterInbound(synack, 0)
 
 				ack := generateTCPPacketWithFlags(b, srcIPs[i], dstIPs[i],
 					uint16(1024+i), 80, uint16(conntrack.TCPAck))
-				manager.processOutgoingHooks(ack, 0)
+				manager.filterOutbound(ack, 0)
 			}
 
 			// Pre-generate test packets
@@ -790,8 +790,8 @@ func BenchmarkParallelLongLivedConnections(b *testing.B) {
 					counter++
 
 					// Simulate bidirectional traffic
-					manager.processOutgoingHooks(outPackets[connIdx], 0)
+					manager.filterOutbound(outPackets[connIdx], 0)
-					manager.dropFilter(inPackets[connIdx], 0)
+					manager.filterInbound(inPackets[connIdx], 0)
 				}
 			})
 		})
@@ -879,17 +879,17 @@ func BenchmarkParallelShortLivedConnections(b *testing.B) {
 					p := patterns[connIdx]
 
 					// Full connection lifecycle
-					manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.syn, 0)
+					manager.filterOutbound(p.syn, 0)
-					manager.dropFilter(p.synAck, 0)
+					manager.filterInbound(p.synAck, 0)
-					manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.ack, 0)
+					manager.filterOutbound(p.ack, 0)
 
-					manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.request, 0)
+					manager.filterOutbound(p.request, 0)
-					manager.dropFilter(p.response, 0)
+					manager.filterInbound(p.response, 0)
 
-					manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.finClient, 0)
+					manager.filterOutbound(p.finClient, 0)
-					manager.dropFilter(p.ackServer, 0)
+					manager.filterInbound(p.ackServer, 0)
-					manager.dropFilter(p.finServer, 0)
+					manager.filterInbound(p.finServer, 0)
-					manager.processOutgoingHooks(p.ackClient, 0)
+					manager.filterOutbound(p.ackClient, 0)
 				}
 			})
 		})

client/firewall/uspfilter/filter_filter_test.go

@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ func TestPeerACLFiltering(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Implicit DROP (no rules)", func(t *testing.T) {
 		packet := createTestPacket(t, "100.10.0.1", "100.10.0.100", fw.ProtocolTCP, 12345, 443)
-		isDropped := manager.DropIncoming(packet, 0)
+		isDropped := manager.FilterInbound(packet, 0)
 		require.True(t, isDropped, "Packet should be dropped when no rules exist")
 	})
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ func TestPeerACLFiltering(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 
 			packet := createTestPacket(t, tc.srcIP, tc.dstIP, tc.proto, tc.srcPort, tc.dstPort)
-			isDropped := manager.DropIncoming(packet, 0)
+			isDropped := manager.FilterInbound(packet, 0)
 			require.Equal(t, tc.shouldBeBlocked, isDropped)
 		})
 	}
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ func TestRouteACLFiltering(t *testing.T) {
 			srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr(tc.srcIP)
 			dstIP := netip.MustParseAddr(tc.dstIP)
 
-			// testing routeACLsPass only and not DropIncoming, as routed packets are dropped after being passed
+			// testing routeACLsPass only and not FilterInbound, as routed packets are dropped after being passed
 			// to the forwarder
 			_, isAllowed := manager.routeACLsPass(srcIP, dstIP, tc.proto, tc.srcPort, tc.dstPort)
 			require.Equal(t, tc.shouldPass, isAllowed)

client/firewall/uspfilter/filter_test.go

@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func TestNotMatchByIP(t *testing.T) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if m.dropFilter(buf.Bytes(), 0) {
+	if m.filterInbound(buf.Bytes(), 0) {
 		t.Errorf("expected packet to be accepted")
 		return
 	}
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ func TestProcessOutgoingHooks(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Test hook gets called
-	result := manager.processOutgoingHooks(buf.Bytes(), 0)
+	result := manager.filterOutbound(buf.Bytes(), 0)
 	require.True(t, result)
 	require.True(t, hookCalled)
 
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ func TestProcessOutgoingHooks(t *testing.T) {
 	err = gopacket.SerializeLayers(buf, opts, ipv4)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	result = manager.processOutgoingHooks(buf.Bytes(), 0)
+	result = manager.filterOutbound(buf.Bytes(), 0)
 	require.False(t, result)
 }
 
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ func TestStatefulFirewall_UDPTracking(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Process outbound packet and verify connection tracking
-	drop := manager.DropOutgoing(outboundBuf.Bytes(), 0)
+	drop := manager.FilterOutbound(outboundBuf.Bytes(), 0)
 	require.False(t, drop, "Initial outbound packet should not be dropped")
 
 	// Verify connection was tracked
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ func TestStatefulFirewall_UDPTracking(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, cp := range checkPoints {
 		time.Sleep(cp.sleep)
 
-		drop = manager.dropFilter(inboundBuf.Bytes(), 0)
+		drop = manager.filterInbound(inboundBuf.Bytes(), 0)
 		require.Equal(t, cp.shouldAllow, !drop, cp.description)
 
 		// If the connection should still be valid, verify it exists
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ func TestStatefulFirewall_UDPTracking(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Create a new outbound connection for invalid tests
-	drop = manager.processOutgoingHooks(outboundBuf.Bytes(), 0)
+	drop = manager.filterOutbound(outboundBuf.Bytes(), 0)
 	require.False(t, drop, "Second outbound packet should not be dropped")
 
 	for _, tc := range invalidCases {
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ func TestStatefulFirewall_UDPTracking(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			// Verify the invalid packet is dropped
-			drop = manager.dropFilter(testBuf.Bytes(), 0)
+			drop = manager.filterInbound(testBuf.Bytes(), 0)
 			require.True(t, drop, tc.description)
 		})
 	}

client/firewall/uspfilter/forwarder/endpoint.go

@@ -86,5 +86,5 @@ type epID stack.TransportEndpointID
 
 func (i epID) String() string {
 	// src and remote is swapped
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d -> %s:%d", i.RemoteAddress, i.RemotePort, i.LocalAddress, i.LocalPort)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d → %s:%d", i.RemoteAddress, i.RemotePort, i.LocalAddress, i.LocalPort)
 }

client/firewall/uspfilter/forwarder/tcp.go

@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ func (f *Forwarder) proxyTCP(id stack.TransportEndpointID, inConn *gonet.TCPConn
 
 	if errInToOut != nil {
 		if !isClosedError(errInToOut) {
-			f.logger.Error("proxyTCP: copy error (in -> out) for %s: %v", epID(id), errInToOut)
+			f.logger.Error("proxyTCP: copy error (in → out) for %s: %v", epID(id), errInToOut)
 		}
 	}
 	if errOutToIn != nil {
 		if !isClosedError(errOutToIn) {
-			f.logger.Error("proxyTCP: copy error (out -> in) for %s: %v", epID(id), errOutToIn)
+			f.logger.Error("proxyTCP: copy error (out → in) for %s: %v", epID(id), errOutToIn)
 		}
 	}
 

client/firewall/uspfilter/forwarder/udp.go

@@ -250,10 +250,10 @@ func (f *Forwarder) proxyUDP(ctx context.Context, pConn *udpPacketConn, id stack
 	wg.Wait()
 
 	if outboundErr != nil && !isClosedError(outboundErr) {
-		f.logger.Error("proxyUDP: copy error (outbound->inbound) for %s: %v", epID(id), outboundErr)
+		f.logger.Error("proxyUDP: copy error (outbound→inbound) for %s: %v", epID(id), outboundErr)
 	}
 	if inboundErr != nil && !isClosedError(inboundErr) {
-		f.logger.Error("proxyUDP: copy error (inbound->outbound) for %s: %v", epID(id), inboundErr)
+		f.logger.Error("proxyUDP: copy error (inbound→outbound) for %s: %v", epID(id), inboundErr)
 	}
 
 	var rxPackets, txPackets uint64

client/firewall/uspfilter/nat.go

@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+package uspfilter
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/netip"
+
+	"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
+
+	firewall "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
+)
+
+var ErrIPv4Only = errors.New("only IPv4 is supported for DNAT")
+
+func ipv4Checksum(header []byte) uint16 {
+	if len(header) < 20 {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	var sum1, sum2 uint32
+
+	// Parallel processing - unroll and compute two sums simultaneously
+	sum1 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[0:2]))
+	sum2 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[2:4]))
+	sum1 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[4:6]))
+	sum2 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[6:8]))
+	sum1 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[8:10]))
+	// Skip checksum field at [10:12]
+	sum2 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[12:14]))
+	sum1 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[14:16]))
+	sum2 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[16:18]))
+	sum1 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[18:20]))
+
+	sum := sum1 + sum2
+
+	// Handle remaining bytes for headers > 20 bytes
+	for i := 20; i < len(header)-1; i += 2 {
+		sum += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(header[i : i+2]))
+	}
+
+	if len(header)%2 == 1 {
+		sum += uint32(header[len(header)-1]) << 8
+	}
+
+	// Optimized carry fold - single iteration handles most cases
+	sum = (sum & 0xFFFF) + (sum >> 16)
+	if sum > 0xFFFF {
+		sum++
+	}
+
+	return ^uint16(sum)
+}
+
+func icmpChecksum(data []byte) uint16 {
+	var sum1, sum2, sum3, sum4 uint32
+	i := 0
+
+	// Process 16 bytes at once with 4 parallel accumulators
+	for i <= len(data)-16 {
+		sum1 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i : i+2]))
+		sum2 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i+2 : i+4]))
+		sum3 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i+4 : i+6]))
+		sum4 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i+6 : i+8]))
+		sum1 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i+8 : i+10]))
+		sum2 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i+10 : i+12]))
+		sum3 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i+12 : i+14]))
+		sum4 += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i+14 : i+16]))
+		i += 16
+	}
+
+	sum := sum1 + sum2 + sum3 + sum4
+
+	// Handle remaining bytes
+	for i < len(data)-1 {
+		sum += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i : i+2]))
+		i += 2
+	}
+
+	if len(data)%2 == 1 {
+		sum += uint32(data[len(data)-1]) << 8
+	}
+
+	sum = (sum & 0xFFFF) + (sum >> 16)
+	if sum > 0xFFFF {
+		sum++
+	}
+
+	return ^uint16(sum)
+}
+
+type biDNATMap struct {
+	forward map[netip.Addr]netip.Addr
+	reverse map[netip.Addr]netip.Addr
+}
+
+func newBiDNATMap() *biDNATMap {
+	return &biDNATMap{
+		forward: make(map[netip.Addr]netip.Addr),
+		reverse: make(map[netip.Addr]netip.Addr),
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *biDNATMap) set(original, translated netip.Addr) {
+	b.forward[original] = translated
+	b.reverse[translated] = original
+}
+
+func (b *biDNATMap) delete(original netip.Addr) {
+	if translated, exists := b.forward[original]; exists {
+		delete(b.forward, original)
+		delete(b.reverse, translated)
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *biDNATMap) getTranslated(original netip.Addr) (netip.Addr, bool) {
+	translated, exists := b.forward[original]
+	return translated, exists
+}
+
+func (b *biDNATMap) getOriginal(translated netip.Addr) (netip.Addr, bool) {
+	original, exists := b.reverse[translated]
+	return original, exists
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) AddInternalDNATMapping(originalAddr, translatedAddr netip.Addr) error {
+	if !originalAddr.IsValid() || !translatedAddr.IsValid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid IP addresses")
+	}
+
+	if m.localipmanager.IsLocalIP(translatedAddr) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot map to local IP: %s", translatedAddr)
+	}
+
+	m.dnatMutex.Lock()
+	defer m.dnatMutex.Unlock()
+
+	// Initialize both maps together if either is nil
+	if m.dnatMappings == nil || m.dnatBiMap == nil {
+		m.dnatMappings = make(map[netip.Addr]netip.Addr)
+		m.dnatBiMap = newBiDNATMap()
+	}
+
+	m.dnatMappings[originalAddr] = translatedAddr
+	m.dnatBiMap.set(originalAddr, translatedAddr)
+
+	if len(m.dnatMappings) == 1 {
+		m.dnatEnabled.Store(true)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RemoveInternalDNATMapping removes a 1:1 IP address mapping
+func (m *Manager) RemoveInternalDNATMapping(originalAddr netip.Addr) error {
+	m.dnatMutex.Lock()
+	defer m.dnatMutex.Unlock()
+
+	if _, exists := m.dnatMappings[originalAddr]; !exists {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mapping not found for: %s", originalAddr)
+	}
+
+	delete(m.dnatMappings, originalAddr)
+	m.dnatBiMap.delete(originalAddr)
+	if len(m.dnatMappings) == 0 {
+		m.dnatEnabled.Store(false)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// getDNATTranslation returns the translated address if a mapping exists
+func (m *Manager) getDNATTranslation(addr netip.Addr) (netip.Addr, bool) {
+	if !m.dnatEnabled.Load() {
+		return addr, false
+	}
+
+	m.dnatMutex.RLock()
+	translated, exists := m.dnatBiMap.getTranslated(addr)
+	m.dnatMutex.RUnlock()
+	return translated, exists
+}
+
+// findReverseDNATMapping finds original address for return traffic
+func (m *Manager) findReverseDNATMapping(translatedAddr netip.Addr) (netip.Addr, bool) {
+	if !m.dnatEnabled.Load() {
+		return translatedAddr, false
+	}
+
+	m.dnatMutex.RLock()
+	original, exists := m.dnatBiMap.getOriginal(translatedAddr)
+	m.dnatMutex.RUnlock()
+	return original, exists
+}
+
+// translateOutboundDNAT applies DNAT translation to outbound packets
+func (m *Manager) translateOutboundDNAT(packetData []byte, d *decoder) bool {
+	if !m.dnatEnabled.Load() {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if len(packetData) < 20 || d.decoded[0] != layers.LayerTypeIPv4 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	dstIP := netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{packetData[16], packetData[17], packetData[18], packetData[19]})
+
+	translatedIP, exists := m.getDNATTranslation(dstIP)
+	if !exists {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if err := m.rewritePacketDestination(packetData, d, translatedIP); err != nil {
+		m.logger.Error("Failed to rewrite packet destination: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	m.logger.Trace("DNAT: %s -> %s", dstIP, translatedIP)
+	return true
+}
+
+// translateInboundReverse applies reverse DNAT to inbound return traffic
+func (m *Manager) translateInboundReverse(packetData []byte, d *decoder) bool {
+	if !m.dnatEnabled.Load() {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if len(packetData) < 20 || d.decoded[0] != layers.LayerTypeIPv4 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	srcIP := netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{packetData[12], packetData[13], packetData[14], packetData[15]})
+
+	originalIP, exists := m.findReverseDNATMapping(srcIP)
+	if !exists {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if err := m.rewritePacketSource(packetData, d, originalIP); err != nil {
+		m.logger.Error("Failed to rewrite packet source: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	m.logger.Trace("Reverse DNAT: %s -> %s", srcIP, originalIP)
+	return true
+}
+
+// rewritePacketDestination replaces destination IP in the packet
+func (m *Manager) rewritePacketDestination(packetData []byte, d *decoder, newIP netip.Addr) error {
+	if len(packetData) < 20 || d.decoded[0] != layers.LayerTypeIPv4 || !newIP.Is4() {
+		return ErrIPv4Only
+	}
+
+	var oldDst [4]byte
+	copy(oldDst[:], packetData[16:20])
+	newDst := newIP.As4()
+
+	copy(packetData[16:20], newDst[:])
+
+	ipHeaderLen := int(d.ip4.IHL) * 4
+	if ipHeaderLen < 20 || ipHeaderLen > len(packetData) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid IP header length")
+	}
+
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packetData[10:12], 0)
+	ipChecksum := ipv4Checksum(packetData[:ipHeaderLen])
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packetData[10:12], ipChecksum)
+
+	if len(d.decoded) > 1 {
+		switch d.decoded[1] {
+		case layers.LayerTypeTCP:
+			m.updateTCPChecksum(packetData, ipHeaderLen, oldDst[:], newDst[:])
+		case layers.LayerTypeUDP:
+			m.updateUDPChecksum(packetData, ipHeaderLen, oldDst[:], newDst[:])
+		case layers.LayerTypeICMPv4:
+			m.updateICMPChecksum(packetData, ipHeaderLen)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// rewritePacketSource replaces the source IP address in the packet
+func (m *Manager) rewritePacketSource(packetData []byte, d *decoder, newIP netip.Addr) error {
+	if len(packetData) < 20 || d.decoded[0] != layers.LayerTypeIPv4 || !newIP.Is4() {
+		return ErrIPv4Only
+	}
+
+	var oldSrc [4]byte
+	copy(oldSrc[:], packetData[12:16])
+	newSrc := newIP.As4()
+
+	copy(packetData[12:16], newSrc[:])
+
+	ipHeaderLen := int(d.ip4.IHL) * 4
+	if ipHeaderLen < 20 || ipHeaderLen > len(packetData) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid IP header length")
+	}
+
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packetData[10:12], 0)
+	ipChecksum := ipv4Checksum(packetData[:ipHeaderLen])
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packetData[10:12], ipChecksum)
+
+	if len(d.decoded) > 1 {
+		switch d.decoded[1] {
+		case layers.LayerTypeTCP:
+			m.updateTCPChecksum(packetData, ipHeaderLen, oldSrc[:], newSrc[:])
+		case layers.LayerTypeUDP:
+			m.updateUDPChecksum(packetData, ipHeaderLen, oldSrc[:], newSrc[:])
+		case layers.LayerTypeICMPv4:
+			m.updateICMPChecksum(packetData, ipHeaderLen)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) updateTCPChecksum(packetData []byte, ipHeaderLen int, oldIP, newIP []byte) {
+	tcpStart := ipHeaderLen
+	if len(packetData) < tcpStart+18 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	checksumOffset := tcpStart + 16
+	oldChecksum := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packetData[checksumOffset : checksumOffset+2])
+	newChecksum := incrementalUpdate(oldChecksum, oldIP, newIP)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packetData[checksumOffset:checksumOffset+2], newChecksum)
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) updateUDPChecksum(packetData []byte, ipHeaderLen int, oldIP, newIP []byte) {
+	udpStart := ipHeaderLen
+	if len(packetData) < udpStart+8 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	checksumOffset := udpStart + 6
+	oldChecksum := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packetData[checksumOffset : checksumOffset+2])
+
+	if oldChecksum == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	newChecksum := incrementalUpdate(oldChecksum, oldIP, newIP)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packetData[checksumOffset:checksumOffset+2], newChecksum)
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) updateICMPChecksum(packetData []byte, ipHeaderLen int) {
+	icmpStart := ipHeaderLen
+	if len(packetData) < icmpStart+8 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	icmpData := packetData[icmpStart:]
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(icmpData[2:4], 0)
+	checksum := icmpChecksum(icmpData)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(icmpData[2:4], checksum)
+}
+
+// incrementalUpdate performs incremental checksum update per RFC 1624
+func incrementalUpdate(oldChecksum uint16, oldBytes, newBytes []byte) uint16 {
+	sum := uint32(^oldChecksum)
+
+	// Fast path for IPv4 addresses (4 bytes) - most common case
+	if len(oldBytes) == 4 && len(newBytes) == 4 {
+		sum += uint32(^binary.BigEndian.Uint16(oldBytes[0:2]))
+		sum += uint32(^binary.BigEndian.Uint16(oldBytes[2:4]))
+		sum += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(newBytes[0:2]))
+		sum += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(newBytes[2:4]))
+	} else {
+		// Fallback for other lengths
+		for i := 0; i < len(oldBytes)-1; i += 2 {
+			sum += uint32(^binary.BigEndian.Uint16(oldBytes[i : i+2]))
+		}
+		if len(oldBytes)%2 == 1 {
+			sum += uint32(^oldBytes[len(oldBytes)-1]) << 8
+		}
+
+		for i := 0; i < len(newBytes)-1; i += 2 {
+			sum += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(newBytes[i : i+2]))
+		}
+		if len(newBytes)%2 == 1 {
+			sum += uint32(newBytes[len(newBytes)-1]) << 8
+		}
+	}
+
+	sum = (sum & 0xFFFF) + (sum >> 16)
+	if sum > 0xFFFF {
+		sum++
+	}
+
+	return ^uint16(sum)
+}
+
+// AddDNATRule adds a DNAT rule (delegates to native firewall for port forwarding)
+func (m *Manager) AddDNATRule(rule firewall.ForwardRule) (firewall.Rule, error) {
+	if m.nativeFirewall == nil {
+		return nil, errNatNotSupported
+	}
+	return m.nativeFirewall.AddDNATRule(rule)
+}
+
+// DeleteDNATRule deletes a DNAT rule (delegates to native firewall)
+func (m *Manager) DeleteDNATRule(rule firewall.Rule) error {
+	if m.nativeFirewall == nil {
+		return errNatNotSupported
+	}
+	return m.nativeFirewall.DeleteDNATRule(rule)
+}

client/firewall/uspfilter/nat_bench_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+package uspfilter
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/gopacket"
+	"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
+)
+
+// BenchmarkDNATTranslation measures the performance of DNAT operations
+func BenchmarkDNATTranslation(b *testing.B) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		name        string
+		proto       layers.IPProtocol
+		setupDNAT   bool
+		description string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "tcp_with_dnat",
+			proto:       layers.IPProtocolTCP,
+			setupDNAT:   true,
+			description: "TCP packet with DNAT translation enabled",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "tcp_without_dnat",
+			proto:       layers.IPProtocolTCP,
+			setupDNAT:   false,
+			description: "TCP packet without DNAT (baseline)",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "udp_with_dnat",
+			proto:       layers.IPProtocolUDP,
+			setupDNAT:   true,
+			description: "UDP packet with DNAT translation enabled",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "udp_without_dnat",
+			proto:       layers.IPProtocolUDP,
+			setupDNAT:   false,
+			description: "UDP packet without DNAT (baseline)",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "icmp_with_dnat",
+			proto:       layers.IPProtocolICMPv4,
+			setupDNAT:   true,
+			description: "ICMP packet with DNAT translation enabled",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "icmp_without_dnat",
+			proto:       layers.IPProtocolICMPv4,
+			setupDNAT:   false,
+			description: "ICMP packet without DNAT (baseline)",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, sc := range scenarios {
+		b.Run(sc.name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			manager, err := Create(&IFaceMock{
+				SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
+			}, false, flowLogger)
+			require.NoError(b, err)
+			defer func() {
+				require.NoError(b, manager.Close(nil))
+			}()
+
+			// Set logger to error level to reduce noise during benchmarking
+			manager.SetLogLevel(log.ErrorLevel)
+			defer func() {
+				// Restore to info level after benchmark
+				manager.SetLogLevel(log.InfoLevel)
+			}()
+
+			// Setup DNAT mapping if needed
+			originalIP := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.100")
+			translatedIP := netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.100")
+
+			if sc.setupDNAT {
+				err := manager.AddInternalDNATMapping(originalIP, translatedIP)
+				require.NoError(b, err)
+			}
+
+			// Create test packets
+			srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("172.16.0.1")
+			outboundPacket := generateDNATTestPacket(b, srcIP, originalIP, sc.proto, 12345, 80)
+
+			// Pre-establish connection for reverse DNAT test
+			if sc.setupDNAT {
+				manager.filterOutbound(outboundPacket, 0)
+			}
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			// Benchmark outbound DNAT translation
+			b.Run("outbound", func(b *testing.B) {
+				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+					// Create fresh packet each time since translation modifies it
+					packet := generateDNATTestPacket(b, srcIP, originalIP, sc.proto, 12345, 80)
+					manager.filterOutbound(packet, 0)
+				}
+			})
+
+			// Benchmark inbound reverse DNAT translation
+			if sc.setupDNAT {
+				b.Run("inbound_reverse", func(b *testing.B) {
+					for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+						// Create fresh packet each time since translation modifies it
+						packet := generateDNATTestPacket(b, translatedIP, srcIP, sc.proto, 80, 12345)
+						manager.filterInbound(packet, 0)
+					}
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkDNATConcurrency tests DNAT performance under concurrent load
+func BenchmarkDNATConcurrency(b *testing.B) {
+	manager, err := Create(&IFaceMock{
+		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
+	}, false, flowLogger)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(b, manager.Close(nil))
+	}()
+
+	// Set logger to error level to reduce noise during benchmarking
+	manager.SetLogLevel(log.ErrorLevel)
+	defer func() {
+		// Restore to info level after benchmark
+		manager.SetLogLevel(log.InfoLevel)
+	}()
+
+	// Setup multiple DNAT mappings
+	numMappings := 100
+	originalIPs := make([]netip.Addr, numMappings)
+	translatedIPs := make([]netip.Addr, numMappings)
+
+	for i := 0; i < numMappings; i++ {
+		originalIPs[i] = netip.MustParseAddr(fmt.Sprintf("192.168.%d.%d", (i/254)+1, (i%254)+1))
+		translatedIPs[i] = netip.MustParseAddr(fmt.Sprintf("10.0.%d.%d", (i/254)+1, (i%254)+1))
+		err := manager.AddInternalDNATMapping(originalIPs[i], translatedIPs[i])
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+	}
+
+	srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("172.16.0.1")
+
+	// Pre-generate packets
+	outboundPackets := make([][]byte, numMappings)
+	inboundPackets := make([][]byte, numMappings)
+	for i := 0; i < numMappings; i++ {
+		outboundPackets[i] = generateDNATTestPacket(b, srcIP, originalIPs[i], layers.IPProtocolTCP, 12345, 80)
+		inboundPackets[i] = generateDNATTestPacket(b, translatedIPs[i], srcIP, layers.IPProtocolTCP, 80, 12345)
+		// Establish connections
+		manager.filterOutbound(outboundPackets[i], 0)
+	}
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	b.Run("concurrent_outbound", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+			i := 0
+			for pb.Next() {
+				idx := i % numMappings
+				packet := generateDNATTestPacket(b, srcIP, originalIPs[idx], layers.IPProtocolTCP, 12345, 80)
+				manager.filterOutbound(packet, 0)
+				i++
+			}
+		})
+	})
+
+	b.Run("concurrent_inbound", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+			i := 0
+			for pb.Next() {
+				idx := i % numMappings
+				packet := generateDNATTestPacket(b, translatedIPs[idx], srcIP, layers.IPProtocolTCP, 80, 12345)
+				manager.filterInbound(packet, 0)
+				i++
+			}
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+// BenchmarkDNATScaling tests how DNAT performance scales with number of mappings
+func BenchmarkDNATScaling(b *testing.B) {
+	mappingCounts := []int{1, 10, 100, 1000}
+
+	for _, count := range mappingCounts {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("mappings_%d", count), func(b *testing.B) {
+			manager, err := Create(&IFaceMock{
+				SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
+			}, false, flowLogger)
+			require.NoError(b, err)
+			defer func() {
+				require.NoError(b, manager.Close(nil))
+			}()
+
+			// Set logger to error level to reduce noise during benchmarking
+			manager.SetLogLevel(log.ErrorLevel)
+			defer func() {
+				// Restore to info level after benchmark
+				manager.SetLogLevel(log.InfoLevel)
+			}()
+
+			// Setup DNAT mappings
+			for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
+				originalIP := netip.MustParseAddr(fmt.Sprintf("192.168.%d.%d", (i/254)+1, (i%254)+1))
+				translatedIP := netip.MustParseAddr(fmt.Sprintf("10.0.%d.%d", (i/254)+1, (i%254)+1))
+				err := manager.AddInternalDNATMapping(originalIP, translatedIP)
+				require.NoError(b, err)
+			}
+
+			// Test with the last mapping added (worst case for lookup)
+			srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("172.16.0.1")
+			lastOriginal := netip.MustParseAddr(fmt.Sprintf("192.168.%d.%d", ((count-1)/254)+1, ((count-1)%254)+1))
+
+			b.ResetTimer()
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				packet := generateDNATTestPacket(b, srcIP, lastOriginal, layers.IPProtocolTCP, 12345, 80)
+				manager.filterOutbound(packet, 0)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// generateDNATTestPacket creates a test packet for DNAT benchmarking
+func generateDNATTestPacket(tb testing.TB, srcIP, dstIP netip.Addr, proto layers.IPProtocol, srcPort, dstPort uint16) []byte {
+	tb.Helper()
+
+	ipv4 := &layers.IPv4{
+		TTL:      64,
+		Version:  4,
+		SrcIP:    srcIP.AsSlice(),
+		DstIP:    dstIP.AsSlice(),
+		Protocol: proto,
+	}
+
+	var transportLayer gopacket.SerializableLayer
+	switch proto {
+	case layers.IPProtocolTCP:
+		tcp := &layers.TCP{
+			SrcPort: layers.TCPPort(srcPort),
+			DstPort: layers.TCPPort(dstPort),
+			SYN:     true,
+		}
+		require.NoError(tb, tcp.SetNetworkLayerForChecksum(ipv4))
+		transportLayer = tcp
+	case layers.IPProtocolUDP:
+		udp := &layers.UDP{
+			SrcPort: layers.UDPPort(srcPort),
+			DstPort: layers.UDPPort(dstPort),
+		}
+		require.NoError(tb, udp.SetNetworkLayerForChecksum(ipv4))
+		transportLayer = udp
+	case layers.IPProtocolICMPv4:
+		icmp := &layers.ICMPv4{
+			TypeCode: layers.CreateICMPv4TypeCode(layers.ICMPv4TypeEchoRequest, 0),
+		}
+		transportLayer = icmp
+	}
+
+	buf := gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer()
+	opts := gopacket.SerializeOptions{ComputeChecksums: true, FixLengths: true}
+	err := gopacket.SerializeLayers(buf, opts, ipv4, transportLayer, gopacket.Payload("test"))
+	require.NoError(tb, err)
+	return buf.Bytes()
+}
+
+// BenchmarkChecksumUpdate specifically benchmarks checksum calculation performance
+func BenchmarkChecksumUpdate(b *testing.B) {
+	// Create test data for checksum calculations
+	testData := make([]byte, 64) // Typical packet size for checksum testing
+	for i := range testData {
+		testData[i] = byte(i)
+	}
+
+	b.Run("ipv4_checksum", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			_ = ipv4Checksum(testData[:20]) // IPv4 header is typically 20 bytes
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("icmp_checksum", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			_ = icmpChecksum(testData)
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("incremental_update", func(b *testing.B) {
+		oldBytes := []byte{192, 168, 1, 100}
+		newBytes := []byte{10, 0, 0, 100}
+		oldChecksum := uint16(0x1234)
+
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			_ = incrementalUpdate(oldChecksum, oldBytes, newBytes)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// BenchmarkDNATMemoryAllocations checks for memory allocations in DNAT operations
+func BenchmarkDNATMemoryAllocations(b *testing.B) {
+	manager, err := Create(&IFaceMock{
+		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
+	}, false, flowLogger)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(b, manager.Close(nil))
+	}()
+
+	// Set logger to error level to reduce noise during benchmarking
+	manager.SetLogLevel(log.ErrorLevel)
+	defer func() {
+		// Restore to info level after benchmark
+		manager.SetLogLevel(log.InfoLevel)
+	}()
+
+	originalIP := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.100")
+	translatedIP := netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.100")
+	srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("172.16.0.1")
+
+	err = manager.AddInternalDNATMapping(originalIP, translatedIP)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+
+	packet := generateDNATTestPacket(b, srcIP, originalIP, layers.IPProtocolTCP, 12345, 80)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		// Create fresh packet each time to isolate allocation testing
+		testPacket := make([]byte, len(packet))
+		copy(testPacket, packet)
+
+		// Parse the packet fresh each time to get a clean decoder
+		d := &decoder{decoded: []gopacket.LayerType{}}
+		d.parser = gopacket.NewDecodingLayerParser(
+			layers.LayerTypeIPv4,
+			&d.eth, &d.ip4, &d.ip6, &d.icmp4, &d.icmp6, &d.tcp, &d.udp,
+		)
+		d.parser.IgnoreUnsupported = true
+		err = d.parser.DecodeLayers(testPacket, &d.decoded)
+		assert.NoError(b, err)
+
+		manager.translateOutboundDNAT(testPacket, d)
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkDirectIPExtraction tests the performance improvement of direct IP extraction
+func BenchmarkDirectIPExtraction(b *testing.B) {
+	// Create a test packet
+	srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("172.16.0.1")
+	dstIP := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.100")
+	packet := generateDNATTestPacket(b, srcIP, dstIP, layers.IPProtocolTCP, 12345, 80)
+
+	b.Run("direct_byte_access", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			// Direct extraction from packet bytes
+			_ = netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{packet[16], packet[17], packet[18], packet[19]})
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("decoder_extraction", func(b *testing.B) {
+		// Create decoder once for comparison
+		d := &decoder{decoded: []gopacket.LayerType{}}
+		d.parser = gopacket.NewDecodingLayerParser(
+			layers.LayerTypeIPv4,
+			&d.eth, &d.ip4, &d.ip6, &d.icmp4, &d.icmp6, &d.tcp, &d.udp,
+		)
+		d.parser.IgnoreUnsupported = true
+		err := d.parser.DecodeLayers(packet, &d.decoded)
+		assert.NoError(b, err)
+
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			// Extract using decoder (traditional method)
+			dst, _ := netip.AddrFromSlice(d.ip4.DstIP)
+			_ = dst
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// BenchmarkChecksumOptimizations compares optimized vs standard checksum implementations
+func BenchmarkChecksumOptimizations(b *testing.B) {
+	// Create test IPv4 header (20 bytes)
+	header := make([]byte, 20)
+	for i := range header {
+		header[i] = byte(i)
+	}
+	// Clear checksum field
+	header[10] = 0
+	header[11] = 0
+
+	b.Run("optimized_ipv4_checksum", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			_ = ipv4Checksum(header)
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Test incremental checksum updates
+	oldIP := []byte{192, 168, 1, 100}
+	newIP := []byte{10, 0, 0, 100}
+	oldChecksum := uint16(0x1234)
+
+	b.Run("optimized_incremental_update", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			_ = incrementalUpdate(oldChecksum, oldIP, newIP)
+		}
+	})
+}

client/firewall/uspfilter/nat_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+package uspfilter
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/gopacket"
+	"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
+)
+
+// TestDNATTranslationCorrectness verifies DNAT translation works correctly
+func TestDNATTranslationCorrectness(t *testing.T) {
+	manager, err := Create(&IFaceMock{
+		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
+	}, false, flowLogger)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(t, manager.Close(nil))
+	}()
+
+	originalIP := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.100")
+	translatedIP := netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.100")
+	srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("172.16.0.1")
+
+	// Add DNAT mapping
+	err = manager.AddInternalDNATMapping(originalIP, translatedIP)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		protocol layers.IPProtocol
+		srcPort  uint16
+		dstPort  uint16
+	}{
+		{"TCP", layers.IPProtocolTCP, 12345, 80},
+		{"UDP", layers.IPProtocolUDP, 12345, 53},
+		{"ICMP", layers.IPProtocolICMPv4, 0, 0},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Test outbound DNAT translation
+			outboundPacket := generateDNATTestPacket(t, srcIP, originalIP, tc.protocol, tc.srcPort, tc.dstPort)
+			originalOutbound := make([]byte, len(outboundPacket))
+			copy(originalOutbound, outboundPacket)
+
+			// Process outbound packet (should translate destination)
+			translated := manager.translateOutboundDNAT(outboundPacket, parsePacket(t, outboundPacket))
+			require.True(t, translated, "Outbound packet should be translated")
+
+			// Verify destination IP was changed
+			dstIPAfter := netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{outboundPacket[16], outboundPacket[17], outboundPacket[18], outboundPacket[19]})
+			require.Equal(t, translatedIP, dstIPAfter, "Destination IP should be translated")
+
+			// Test inbound reverse DNAT translation
+			inboundPacket := generateDNATTestPacket(t, translatedIP, srcIP, tc.protocol, tc.dstPort, tc.srcPort)
+			originalInbound := make([]byte, len(inboundPacket))
+			copy(originalInbound, inboundPacket)
+
+			// Process inbound packet (should reverse translate source)
+			reversed := manager.translateInboundReverse(inboundPacket, parsePacket(t, inboundPacket))
+			require.True(t, reversed, "Inbound packet should be reverse translated")
+
+			// Verify source IP was changed back to original
+			srcIPAfter := netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{inboundPacket[12], inboundPacket[13], inboundPacket[14], inboundPacket[15]})
+			require.Equal(t, originalIP, srcIPAfter, "Source IP should be reverse translated")
+
+			// Test that checksums are recalculated correctly
+			if tc.protocol != layers.IPProtocolICMPv4 {
+				// For TCP/UDP, verify the transport checksum was updated
+				require.NotEqual(t, originalOutbound, outboundPacket, "Outbound packet should be modified")
+				require.NotEqual(t, originalInbound, inboundPacket, "Inbound packet should be modified")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// parsePacket helper to create a decoder for testing
+func parsePacket(t testing.TB, packetData []byte) *decoder {
+	t.Helper()
+	d := &decoder{
+		decoded: []gopacket.LayerType{},
+	}
+	d.parser = gopacket.NewDecodingLayerParser(
+		layers.LayerTypeIPv4,
+		&d.eth, &d.ip4, &d.ip6, &d.icmp4, &d.icmp6, &d.tcp, &d.udp,
+	)
+	d.parser.IgnoreUnsupported = true
+
+	err := d.parser.DecodeLayers(packetData, &d.decoded)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return d
+}
+
+// TestDNATMappingManagement tests adding/removing DNAT mappings
+func TestDNATMappingManagement(t *testing.T) {
+	manager, err := Create(&IFaceMock{
+		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
+	}, false, flowLogger)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(t, manager.Close(nil))
+	}()
+
+	originalIP := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.100")
+	translatedIP := netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.100")
+
+	// Test adding mapping
+	err = manager.AddInternalDNATMapping(originalIP, translatedIP)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify mapping exists
+	result, exists := manager.getDNATTranslation(originalIP)
+	require.True(t, exists)
+	require.Equal(t, translatedIP, result)
+
+	// Test reverse lookup
+	reverseResult, exists := manager.findReverseDNATMapping(translatedIP)
+	require.True(t, exists)
+	require.Equal(t, originalIP, reverseResult)
+
+	// Test removing mapping
+	err = manager.RemoveInternalDNATMapping(originalIP)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify mapping no longer exists
+	_, exists = manager.getDNATTranslation(originalIP)
+	require.False(t, exists)
+
+	_, exists = manager.findReverseDNATMapping(translatedIP)
+	require.False(t, exists)
+
+	// Test error cases
+	err = manager.AddInternalDNATMapping(netip.Addr{}, translatedIP)
+	require.Error(t, err, "Should reject invalid original IP")
+
+	err = manager.AddInternalDNATMapping(originalIP, netip.Addr{})
+	require.Error(t, err, "Should reject invalid translated IP")
+
+	err = manager.RemoveInternalDNATMapping(originalIP)
+	require.Error(t, err, "Should error when removing non-existent mapping")
+}

client/firewall/uspfilter/tracer.go

@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ func (m *Manager) addForwardingResult(trace *PacketTrace, action, remoteAddr str
 
 func (m *Manager) traceOutbound(packetData []byte, trace *PacketTrace) *PacketTrace {
 	// will create or update the connection state
-	dropped := m.processOutgoingHooks(packetData, 0)
+	dropped := m.filterOutbound(packetData, 0)
 	if dropped {
 		trace.AddResult(StageCompleted, "Packet dropped by outgoing hook", false)
 	} else {

client/iface/bind/activity.go

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package bind
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
+)
+
+const (
+	saveFrequency = int64(5 * time.Second)
+)
+
+type PeerRecord struct {
+	Address      netip.AddrPort
+	LastActivity atomic.Int64 // UnixNano timestamp
+}
+
+type ActivityRecorder struct {
+	mu         sync.RWMutex
+	peers      map[string]*PeerRecord         // publicKey to PeerRecord map
+	addrToPeer map[netip.AddrPort]*PeerRecord // address to PeerRecord map
+}
+
+func NewActivityRecorder() *ActivityRecorder {
+	return &ActivityRecorder{
+		peers:      make(map[string]*PeerRecord),
+		addrToPeer: make(map[netip.AddrPort]*PeerRecord),
+	}
+}
+
+// GetLastActivities returns a snapshot of peer last activity
+func (r *ActivityRecorder) GetLastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time {
+	r.mu.RLock()
+	defer r.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	activities := make(map[string]monotime.Time, len(r.peers))
+	for key, record := range r.peers {
+		monoTime := record.LastActivity.Load()
+		activities[key] = monotime.Time(monoTime)
+	}
+	return activities
+}
+
+// UpsertAddress adds or updates the address for a publicKey
+func (r *ActivityRecorder) UpsertAddress(publicKey string, address netip.AddrPort) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+
+	var record *PeerRecord
+	record, exists := r.peers[publicKey]
+	if exists {
+		delete(r.addrToPeer, record.Address)
+		record.Address = address
+	} else {
+		record = &PeerRecord{
+			Address: address,
+		}
+		record.LastActivity.Store(int64(monotime.Now()))
+		r.peers[publicKey] = record
+	}
+
+	r.addrToPeer[address] = record
+}
+
+func (r *ActivityRecorder) Remove(publicKey string) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	if record, exists := r.peers[publicKey]; exists {
+		delete(r.addrToPeer, record.Address)
+		delete(r.peers, publicKey)
+	}
+}
+
+// record updates LastActivity for the given address using atomic store
+func (r *ActivityRecorder) record(address netip.AddrPort) {
+	r.mu.RLock()
+	record, ok := r.addrToPeer[address]
+	r.mu.RUnlock()
+	if !ok {
+		log.Warnf("could not find record for address %s", address)
+		return
+	}
+
+	now := int64(monotime.Now())
+	last := record.LastActivity.Load()
+	if now-last < saveFrequency {
+		return
+	}
+
+	_ = record.LastActivity.CompareAndSwap(last, now)
+}

client/iface/bind/activity_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package bind
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
+)
+
+func TestActivityRecorder_GetLastActivities(t *testing.T) {
+	peer := "peer1"
+	ar := NewActivityRecorder()
+	ar.UpsertAddress("peer1", netip.MustParseAddrPort("192.168.0.5:51820"))
+	activities := ar.GetLastActivities()
+
+	p, ok := activities[peer]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected activity for peer %s, but got none", peer)
+	}
+
+	if monotime.Since(p) > 5*time.Second {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected activity for peer %s to be recent, but got %v", peer, p)
+	}
+}

client/iface/bind/control.go

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package bind
+
+import (
+	wireguard "golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/conn"
+
+	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/net"
+)
+
+// TODO: This is most likely obsolete since the control fns should be called by the wrapped udpconn (ice_bind.go)
+func init() {
+	listener := nbnet.NewListener()
+	if listener.ListenConfig.Control != nil {
+		*wireguard.ControlFns = append(*wireguard.ControlFns, listener.ListenConfig.Control)
+	}
+}

client/iface/bind/control_android.go

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package bind
-
-import (
-	wireguard "golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/conn"
-
-	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/net"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	// ControlFns is not thread safe and should only be modified during init.
-	*wireguard.ControlFns = append(*wireguard.ControlFns, nbnet.ControlProtectSocket)
-}

client/iface/bind/ice_bind.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package bind
 
 import (
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	wgConn "golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/conn"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
+	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/net"
 )
 
 type RecvMessage struct {
@@ -51,22 +53,24 @@ type ICEBind struct {
 	closedChanMu sync.RWMutex // protect the closeChan recreation from reading from it.
 	closed       bool
 
-	muUDPMux sync.Mutex
+	muUDPMux         sync.Mutex
-	udpMux   *UniversalUDPMuxDefault
+	udpMux           *UniversalUDPMuxDefault
-	address  wgaddr.Address
+	address          wgaddr.Address
+	activityRecorder *ActivityRecorder
 }
 
 func NewICEBind(transportNet transport.Net, filterFn FilterFn, address wgaddr.Address) *ICEBind {
 	b, _ := wgConn.NewStdNetBind().(*wgConn.StdNetBind)
 	ib := &ICEBind{
-		StdNetBind:   b,
+		StdNetBind:       b,
-		RecvChan:     make(chan RecvMessage, 1),
+		RecvChan:         make(chan RecvMessage, 1),
-		transportNet: transportNet,
+		transportNet:     transportNet,
-		filterFn:     filterFn,
+		filterFn:         filterFn,
-		endpoints:    make(map[netip.Addr]net.Conn),
+		endpoints:        make(map[netip.Addr]net.Conn),
-		closedChan:   make(chan struct{}),
+		closedChan:       make(chan struct{}),
-		closed:       true,
+		closed:           true,
-		address:      address,
+		address:          address,
+		activityRecorder: NewActivityRecorder(),
 	}
 
 	rc := receiverCreator{
@@ -100,6 +104,10 @@ func (s *ICEBind) Close() error {
 	return s.StdNetBind.Close()
 }
 
+func (s *ICEBind) ActivityRecorder() *ActivityRecorder {
+	return s.activityRecorder
+}
+
 // GetICEMux returns the ICE UDPMux that was created and used by ICEBind
 func (s *ICEBind) GetICEMux() (*UniversalUDPMuxDefault, error) {
 	s.muUDPMux.Lock()
@@ -146,7 +154,7 @@ func (s *ICEBind) createIPv4ReceiverFn(pc *ipv4.PacketConn, conn *net.UDPConn, r
 
 	s.udpMux = NewUniversalUDPMuxDefault(
 		UniversalUDPMuxParams{
-			UDPConn:   conn,
+			UDPConn:   nbnet.WrapUDPConn(conn),
 			Net:       s.transportNet,
 			FilterFn:  s.filterFn,
 			WGAddress: s.address,
@@ -199,6 +207,11 @@ func (s *ICEBind) createIPv4ReceiverFn(pc *ipv4.PacketConn, conn *net.UDPConn, r
 				continue
 			}
 			addrPort := msg.Addr.(*net.UDPAddr).AddrPort()
+
+			if isTransportPkg(msg.Buffers, msg.N) {
+				s.activityRecorder.record(addrPort)
+			}
+
 			ep := &wgConn.StdNetEndpoint{AddrPort: addrPort} // TODO: remove allocation
 			wgConn.GetSrcFromControl(msg.OOB[:msg.NN], ep)
 			eps[i] = ep
@@ -257,6 +270,13 @@ func (c *ICEBind) receiveRelayed(buffs [][]byte, sizes []int, eps []wgConn.Endpo
 		copy(buffs[0], msg.Buffer)
 		sizes[0] = len(msg.Buffer)
 		eps[0] = wgConn.Endpoint(msg.Endpoint)
+
+		if isTransportPkg(buffs, sizes[0]) {
+			if ep, ok := eps[0].(*Endpoint); ok {
+				c.activityRecorder.record(ep.AddrPort)
+			}
+		}
+
 		return 1, nil
 	}
 }
@@ -272,3 +292,19 @@ func putMessages(msgs *[]ipv6.Message, msgsPool *sync.Pool) {
 	}
 	msgsPool.Put(msgs)
 }
+
+func isTransportPkg(buffers [][]byte, n int) bool {
+	// The first buffer should contain at least 4 bytes for type
+	if len(buffers[0]) < 4 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// WireGuard packet type is a little-endian uint32 at start
+	packetType := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(buffers[0][:4])
+
+	// Check if packetType matches known WireGuard message types
+	if packetType == 4 && n > 32 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}

client/iface/bind/udp_mux.go

@@ -296,14 +296,20 @@ func (m *UDPMuxDefault) RemoveConnByUfrag(ufrag string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	m.addressMapMu.Lock()
+	var allAddresses []string
-	defer m.addressMapMu.Unlock()
-
 	for _, c := range removedConns {
 		addresses := c.getAddresses()
-		for _, addr := range addresses {
+		allAddresses = append(allAddresses, addresses...)
-			delete(m.addressMap, addr)
+	}
-		}
+
+	m.addressMapMu.Lock()
+	for _, addr := range allAddresses {
+		delete(m.addressMap, addr)
+	}
+	m.addressMapMu.Unlock()
+
+	for _, addr := range allAddresses {
+		m.notifyAddressRemoval(addr)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -351,14 +357,13 @@ func (m *UDPMuxDefault) registerConnForAddress(conn *udpMuxedConn, addr string)
 	}
 
 	m.addressMapMu.Lock()
-	defer m.addressMapMu.Unlock()
-
 	existing, ok := m.addressMap[addr]
 	if !ok {
 		existing = []*udpMuxedConn{}
 	}
 	existing = append(existing, conn)
 	m.addressMap[addr] = existing
+	m.addressMapMu.Unlock()
 
 	log.Debugf("ICE: registered %s for %s", addr, conn.params.Key)
 }
@@ -386,12 +391,12 @@ func (m *UDPMuxDefault) HandleSTUNMessage(msg *stun.Message, addr net.Addr) erro
 	// If you are using the same socket for the Host and SRFLX candidates, it might be that there are more than one
 	// muxed connection - one for the SRFLX candidate and the other one for the HOST one.
 	// We will then forward STUN packets to each of these connections.
-	m.addressMapMu.Lock()
+	m.addressMapMu.RLock()
 	var destinationConnList []*udpMuxedConn
 	if storedConns, ok := m.addressMap[addr.String()]; ok {
 		destinationConnList = append(destinationConnList, storedConns...)
 	}
-	m.addressMapMu.Unlock()
+	m.addressMapMu.RUnlock()
 
 	var isIPv6 bool
 	if udpAddr, _ := addr.(*net.UDPAddr); udpAddr != nil && udpAddr.IP.To4() == nil {

client/iface/bind/udp_mux_generic.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//go:build !ios
+
+package bind
+
+import (
+	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/net"
+)
+
+func (m *UDPMuxDefault) notifyAddressRemoval(addr string) {
+	wrapped, ok := m.params.UDPConn.(*UDPConn)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	nbnetConn, ok := wrapped.GetPacketConn().(*nbnet.UDPConn)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	nbnetConn.RemoveAddress(addr)
+}

client/iface/bind/udp_mux_ios.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build ios
+
+package bind
+
+func (m *UDPMuxDefault) notifyAddressRemoval(addr string) {
+	// iOS doesn't support nbnet hooks, so this is a no-op
+}

client/iface/bind/udp_mux_universal.go

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func NewUniversalUDPMuxDefault(params UniversalUDPMuxParams) *UniversalUDPMuxDef
 
 	// wrap UDP connection, process server reflexive messages
 	// before they are passed to the UDPMux connection handler (connWorker)
-	m.params.UDPConn = &udpConn{
+	m.params.UDPConn = &UDPConn{
 		PacketConn: params.UDPConn,
 		mux:        m,
 		logger:     params.Logger,
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ func NewUniversalUDPMuxDefault(params UniversalUDPMuxParams) *UniversalUDPMuxDef
 		address:    params.WGAddress,
 	}
 
-	// embed UDPMux
 	udpMuxParams := UDPMuxParams{
 		Logger:  params.Logger,
 		UDPConn: m.params.UDPConn,
@@ -114,8 +113,8 @@ func (m *UniversalUDPMuxDefault) ReadFromConn(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
-// udpConn is a wrapper around UDPMux conn that overrides ReadFrom and handles STUN/TURN packets
+// UDPConn is a wrapper around UDPMux conn that overrides ReadFrom and handles STUN/TURN packets
-type udpConn struct {
+type UDPConn struct {
 	net.PacketConn
 	mux      *UniversalUDPMuxDefault
 	logger   logging.LeveledLogger
@@ -125,7 +124,12 @@ type udpConn struct {
 	address   wgaddr.Address
 }
 
-func (u *udpConn) WriteTo(b []byte, addr net.Addr) (int, error) {
+// GetPacketConn returns the underlying PacketConn
+func (u *UDPConn) GetPacketConn() net.PacketConn {
+	return u.PacketConn
+}
+
+func (u *UDPConn) WriteTo(b []byte, addr net.Addr) (int, error) {
 	if u.filterFn == nil {
 		return u.PacketConn.WriteTo(b, addr)
 	}
@@ -137,21 +141,21 @@ func (u *udpConn) WriteTo(b []byte, addr net.Addr) (int, error) {
 	return u.handleUncachedAddress(b, addr)
 }
 
-func (u *udpConn) handleCachedAddress(isRouted bool, b []byte, addr net.Addr) (int, error) {
+func (u *UDPConn) handleCachedAddress(isRouted bool, b []byte, addr net.Addr) (int, error) {
 	if isRouted {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("address %s is part of a routed network, refusing to write", addr)
 	}
 	return u.PacketConn.WriteTo(b, addr)
 }
 
-func (u *udpConn) handleUncachedAddress(b []byte, addr net.Addr) (int, error) {
+func (u *UDPConn) handleUncachedAddress(b []byte, addr net.Addr) (int, error) {
 	if err := u.performFilterCheck(addr); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	return u.PacketConn.WriteTo(b, addr)
 }
 
-func (u *udpConn) performFilterCheck(addr net.Addr) error {
+func (u *UDPConn) performFilterCheck(addr net.Addr) error {
 	host, err := getHostFromAddr(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Failed to get host from address %s: %v", addr, err)

client/iface/configurer/common.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package configurer
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
+)
+
+func prefixesToIPNets(prefixes []netip.Prefix) []net.IPNet {
+	ipNets := make([]net.IPNet, len(prefixes))
+	for i, prefix := range prefixes {
+		ipNets[i] = net.IPNet{
+			IP:   prefix.Addr().AsSlice(),                             // Convert netip.Addr to net.IP
+			Mask: net.CIDRMask(prefix.Bits(), prefix.Addr().BitLen()), // Create subnet mask
+		}
+	}
+	return ipNets
+}

client/iface/configurer/kernel_unix.go

@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ package configurer
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl"
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
 )
 
 var zeroKey wgtypes.Key
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ func (c *KernelConfigurer) ConfigureInterface(privateKey string, port int) error
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *KernelConfigurer) UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []net.IPNet, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error {
+func (c *KernelConfigurer) UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []netip.Prefix, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error {
 	peerKeyParsed, err := wgtypes.ParseKey(peerKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ func (c *KernelConfigurer) UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []net.IPNet, ke
 		PublicKey:         peerKeyParsed,
 		ReplaceAllowedIPs: false,
 		// don't replace allowed ips, wg will handle duplicated peer IP
-		AllowedIPs:                  allowedIps,
+		AllowedIPs:                  prefixesToIPNets(allowedIps),
 		PersistentKeepaliveInterval: &keepAlive,
 		Endpoint:                    endpoint,
 		PresharedKey:                preSharedKey,
@@ -91,10 +94,10 @@ func (c *KernelConfigurer) RemovePeer(peerKey string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *KernelConfigurer) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error {
+func (c *KernelConfigurer) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error {
-	_, ipNet, err := net.ParseCIDR(allowedIP)
+	ipNet := net.IPNet{
-	if err != nil {
+		IP:   allowedIP.Addr().AsSlice(),
-		return err
+		Mask: net.CIDRMask(allowedIP.Bits(), allowedIP.Addr().BitLen()),
 	}
 
 	peerKeyParsed, err := wgtypes.ParseKey(peerKey)
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ func (c *KernelConfigurer) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error
 		PublicKey:         peerKeyParsed,
 		UpdateOnly:        true,
 		ReplaceAllowedIPs: false,
-		AllowedIPs:        []net.IPNet{*ipNet},
+		AllowedIPs:        []net.IPNet{ipNet},
 	}
 
 	config := wgtypes.Config{
@@ -118,10 +121,10 @@ func (c *KernelConfigurer) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *KernelConfigurer) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error {
+func (c *KernelConfigurer) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error {
-	_, ipNet, err := net.ParseCIDR(allowedIP)
+	ipNet := net.IPNet{
-	if err != nil {
+		IP:   allowedIP.Addr().AsSlice(),
-		return fmt.Errorf("parse allowed IP: %w", err)
+		Mask: net.CIDRMask(allowedIP.Bits(), allowedIP.Addr().BitLen()),
 	}
 
 	peerKeyParsed, err := wgtypes.ParseKey(peerKey)
@@ -189,7 +192,11 @@ func (c *KernelConfigurer) configure(config wgtypes.Config) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer wg.Close()
+	defer func() {
+		if err := wg.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Failed to close wgctrl client: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	// validate if device with name exists
 	_, err = wg.Device(c.deviceName)
@@ -271,3 +278,7 @@ func (c *KernelConfigurer) GetStats() (map[string]WGStats, error) {
 	}
 	return stats, nil
 }
+
+func (c *KernelConfigurer) LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time {
+	return nil
+}

client/iface/configurer/name.go

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 package configurer
 
 // WgInterfaceDefault is a default interface name of Netbird
-const WgInterfaceDefault = "wt0"
+const WgInterfaceDefault = "nb0"

client/iface/configurer/usp.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/device"
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
 
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/bind"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
 	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/net"
 )
 
@@ -35,16 +38,18 @@ const (
 var ErrAllowedIPNotFound = fmt.Errorf("allowed IP not found")
 
 type WGUSPConfigurer struct {
-	device     *device.Device
+	device           *device.Device
-	deviceName string
+	deviceName       string
+	activityRecorder *bind.ActivityRecorder
 
 	uapiListener net.Listener
 }
 
-func NewUSPConfigurer(device *device.Device, deviceName string) *WGUSPConfigurer {
+func NewUSPConfigurer(device *device.Device, deviceName string, activityRecorder *bind.ActivityRecorder) *WGUSPConfigurer {
 	wgCfg := &WGUSPConfigurer{
-		device:     device,
+		device:           device,
-		deviceName: deviceName,
+		deviceName:       deviceName,
+		activityRecorder: activityRecorder,
 	}
 	wgCfg.startUAPI()
 	return wgCfg
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) ConfigureInterface(privateKey string, port int) error
 	return c.device.IpcSet(toWgUserspaceString(config))
 }
 
-func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []net.IPNet, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error {
+func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []netip.Prefix, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error {
 	peerKeyParsed, err := wgtypes.ParseKey(peerKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []net.IPNet, kee
 		PublicKey:         peerKeyParsed,
 		ReplaceAllowedIPs: false,
 		// don't replace allowed ips, wg will handle duplicated peer IP
-		AllowedIPs:                  allowedIps,
+		AllowedIPs:                  prefixesToIPNets(allowedIps),
 		PersistentKeepaliveInterval: &keepAlive,
 		PresharedKey:                preSharedKey,
 		Endpoint:                    endpoint,
@@ -86,7 +91,19 @@ func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []net.IPNet, kee
 		Peers: []wgtypes.PeerConfig{peer},
 	}
 
-	return c.device.IpcSet(toWgUserspaceString(config))
+	if ipcErr := c.device.IpcSet(toWgUserspaceString(config)); ipcErr != nil {
+		return ipcErr
+	}
+
+	if endpoint != nil {
+		addr, err := netip.ParseAddr(endpoint.IP.String())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse endpoint address: %w", err)
+		}
+		addrPort := netip.AddrPortFrom(addr, uint16(endpoint.Port))
+		c.activityRecorder.UpsertAddress(peerKey, addrPort)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) RemovePeer(peerKey string) error {
@@ -103,13 +120,16 @@ func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) RemovePeer(peerKey string) error {
 	config := wgtypes.Config{
 		Peers: []wgtypes.PeerConfig{peer},
 	}
-	return c.device.IpcSet(toWgUserspaceString(config))
+	ipcErr := c.device.IpcSet(toWgUserspaceString(config))
+
+	c.activityRecorder.Remove(peerKey)
+	return ipcErr
 }
 
-func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error {
+func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error {
-	_, ipNet, err := net.ParseCIDR(allowedIP)
+	ipNet := net.IPNet{
-	if err != nil {
+		IP:   allowedIP.Addr().AsSlice(),
-		return err
+		Mask: net.CIDRMask(allowedIP.Bits(), allowedIP.Addr().BitLen()),
 	}
 
 	peerKeyParsed, err := wgtypes.ParseKey(peerKey)
@@ -120,7 +140,7 @@ func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error {
 		PublicKey:         peerKeyParsed,
 		UpdateOnly:        true,
 		ReplaceAllowedIPs: false,
-		AllowedIPs:        []net.IPNet{*ipNet},
+		AllowedIPs:        []net.IPNet{ipNet},
 	}
 
 	config := wgtypes.Config{
@@ -130,7 +150,7 @@ func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error {
 	return c.device.IpcSet(toWgUserspaceString(config))
 }
 
-func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, ip string) error {
+func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error {
 	ipc, err := c.device.IpcGet()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -153,6 +173,8 @@ func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, ip string) error {
 
 	foundPeer := false
 	removedAllowedIP := false
+	ip := allowedIP.String()
+
 	for _, line := range lines {
 		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
 
@@ -175,8 +197,8 @@ func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, ip string) error {
 
 		// Append the line to the output string
 		if foundPeer && strings.HasPrefix(line, "allowed_ip=") {
-			allowedIP := strings.TrimPrefix(line, "allowed_ip=")
+			allowedIPStr := strings.TrimPrefix(line, "allowed_ip=")
-			_, ipNet, err := net.ParseCIDR(allowedIP)
+			_, ipNet, err := net.ParseCIDR(allowedIPStr)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -202,6 +224,10 @@ func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) FullStats() (*Stats, error) {
 	return parseStatus(c.deviceName, ipcStr)
 }
 
+func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time {
+	return c.activityRecorder.GetLastActivities()
+}
+
 // startUAPI starts the UAPI listener for managing the WireGuard interface via external tool
 func (t *WGUSPConfigurer) startUAPI() {
 	var err error

client/iface/device/device_android.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type WGTunDevice struct {
 	mtu        int
 	iceBind    *bind.ICEBind
 	tunAdapter TunAdapter
+	disableDNS bool
 
 	name           string
 	device         *device.Device
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ type WGTunDevice struct {
 	configurer     WGConfigurer
 }
 
-func NewTunDevice(address wgaddr.Address, port int, key string, mtu int, iceBind *bind.ICEBind, tunAdapter TunAdapter) *WGTunDevice {
+func NewTunDevice(address wgaddr.Address, port int, key string, mtu int, iceBind *bind.ICEBind, tunAdapter TunAdapter, disableDNS bool) *WGTunDevice {
 	return &WGTunDevice{
 		address:    address,
 		port:       port,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ func NewTunDevice(address wgaddr.Address, port int, key string, mtu int, iceBind
 		mtu:        mtu,
 		iceBind:    iceBind,
 		tunAdapter: tunAdapter,
+		disableDNS: disableDNS,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +51,13 @@ func (t *WGTunDevice) Create(routes []string, dns string, searchDomains []string
 	routesString := routesToString(routes)
 	searchDomainsToString := searchDomainsToString(searchDomains)
 
+	// Skip DNS configuration when DisableDNS is enabled
+	if t.disableDNS {
+		log.Info("DNS is disabled, skipping DNS and search domain configuration")
+		dns = ""
+		searchDomainsToString = ""
+	}
+
 	fd, err := t.tunAdapter.ConfigureInterface(t.address.String(), t.mtu, dns, searchDomainsToString, routesString)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("failed to create Android interface: %s", err)
@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ func (t *WGTunDevice) Create(routes []string, dns string, searchDomains []string
 	// this helps with support for the older NetBird clients that had a hardcoded direct mode
 	// t.device.DisableSomeRoamingForBrokenMobileSemantics()
 
-	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name)
+	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name, t.iceBind.ActivityRecorder())
 	err = t.configurer.ConfigureInterface(t.key, t.port)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.device.Close()

client/iface/device/device_darwin.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (t *TunDevice) Create() (WGConfigurer, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error assigning ip: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name)
+	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name, t.iceBind.ActivityRecorder())
 	err = t.configurer.ConfigureInterface(t.key, t.port)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.device.Close()

client/iface/device/device_filter.go

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import (
 
 // PacketFilter interface for firewall abilities
 type PacketFilter interface {
-	// DropOutgoing filter outgoing packets from host to external destinations
+	// FilterOutbound filter outgoing packets from host to external destinations
-	DropOutgoing(packetData []byte, size int) bool
+	FilterOutbound(packetData []byte, size int) bool
 
-	// DropIncoming filter incoming packets from external sources to host
+	// FilterInbound filter incoming packets from external sources to host
-	DropIncoming(packetData []byte, size int) bool
+	FilterInbound(packetData []byte, size int) bool
 
 	// AddUDPPacketHook calls hook when UDP packet from given direction matched
 	//
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (d *FilteredDevice) Read(bufs [][]byte, sizes []int, offset int) (n int, er
 	}
 
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-		if filter.DropOutgoing(bufs[i][offset:offset+sizes[i]], sizes[i]) {
+		if filter.FilterOutbound(bufs[i][offset:offset+sizes[i]], sizes[i]) {
 			bufs = append(bufs[:i], bufs[i+1:]...)
 			sizes = append(sizes[:i], sizes[i+1:]...)
 			n--
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (d *FilteredDevice) Write(bufs [][]byte, offset int) (int, error) {
 	filteredBufs := make([][]byte, 0, len(bufs))
 	dropped := 0
 	for _, buf := range bufs {
-		if !filter.DropIncoming(buf[offset:], len(buf)) {
+		if !filter.FilterInbound(buf[offset:], len(buf)) {
 			filteredBufs = append(filteredBufs, buf)
 			dropped++
 		}

client/iface/device/device_filter_test.go

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestDeviceWrapperRead(t *testing.T) {
 		tun.EXPECT().Write(mockBufs, 0).Return(0, nil)
 
 		filter := mocks.NewMockPacketFilter(ctrl)
-		filter.EXPECT().DropIncoming(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(true)
+		filter.EXPECT().FilterInbound(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(true)
 
 		wrapped := newDeviceFilter(tun)
 		wrapped.filter = filter
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func TestDeviceWrapperRead(t *testing.T) {
 				return 1, nil
 			})
 		filter := mocks.NewMockPacketFilter(ctrl)
-		filter.EXPECT().DropOutgoing(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(true)
+		filter.EXPECT().FilterOutbound(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(true)
 
 		wrapped := newDeviceFilter(tun)
 		wrapped.filter = filter

client/iface/device/device_ios.go

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (t *TunDevice) Create() (WGConfigurer, error) {
 	// this helps with support for the older NetBird clients that had a hardcoded direct mode
 	// t.device.DisableSomeRoamingForBrokenMobileSemantics()
 
-	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name)
+	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name, t.iceBind.ActivityRecorder())
 	err = t.configurer.ConfigureInterface(t.key, t.port)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.device.Close()

client/iface/device/device_netstack.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (t *TunNetstackDevice) Create() (WGConfigurer, error) {
 		device.NewLogger(wgLogLevel(), "[netbird] "),
 	)
 
-	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name)
+	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name, t.iceBind.ActivityRecorder())
 	err = t.configurer.ConfigureInterface(t.key, t.port)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = tunIface.Close()

client/iface/device/device_usp_unix.go

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (t *USPDevice) Create() (WGConfigurer, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error assigning ip: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name)
+	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name, t.iceBind.ActivityRecorder())
 	err = t.configurer.ConfigureInterface(t.key, t.port)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.device.Close()

client/iface/device/device_windows.go

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (t *TunDevice) Create() (WGConfigurer, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error assigning ip: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name)
+	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name, t.iceBind.ActivityRecorder())
 	err = t.configurer.ConfigureInterface(t.key, t.port)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.device.Close()

client/iface/device/interface.go

@@ -2,20 +2,23 @@ package device
 
 import (
 	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/configurer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
 )
 
 type WGConfigurer interface {
 	ConfigureInterface(privateKey string, port int) error
-	UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []net.IPNet, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error
+	UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []netip.Prefix, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error
 	RemovePeer(peerKey string) error
-	AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error
+	AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error
-	RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error
+	RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error
 	Close()
 	GetStats() (map[string]configurer.WGStats, error)
 	FullStats() (*configurer.Stats, error)
+	LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time
 }

client/iface/iface.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ const (
 	WgInterfaceDefault = configurer.WgInterfaceDefault
 )
 
+var (
+	// ErrIfaceNotFound is returned when the WireGuard interface is not found
+	ErrIfaceNotFound = fmt.Errorf("wireguard interface not found")
+)
+
 type wgProxyFactory interface {
 	GetProxy() wgproxy.Proxy
 	Free() error
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ type WGIFaceOpts struct {
 	MobileArgs   *device.MobileIFaceArguments
 	TransportNet transport.Net
 	FilterFn     bind.FilterFn
+	DisableDNS   bool
 }
 
 // WGIface represents an interface instance
@@ -111,38 +118,50 @@ func (w *WGIface) UpdateAddr(newAddr string) error {
 }
 
 // UpdatePeer updates existing Wireguard Peer or creates a new one if doesn't exist
-// Endpoint is optional
+// Endpoint is optional.
+// If allowedIps is given it will be added to the existing ones.
 func (w *WGIface) UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []netip.Prefix, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error {
 	w.mu.Lock()
 	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+	if w.configurer == nil {
+		return ErrIfaceNotFound
+	}
 
-	netIPNets := prefixesToIPNets(allowedIps)
+	log.Debugf("updating interface %s peer %s, endpoint %s, allowedIPs %v", w.tun.DeviceName(), peerKey, endpoint, allowedIps)
-	log.Debugf("updating interface %s peer %s, endpoint %s", w.tun.DeviceName(), peerKey, endpoint)
+	return w.configurer.UpdatePeer(peerKey, allowedIps, keepAlive, endpoint, preSharedKey)
-	return w.configurer.UpdatePeer(peerKey, netIPNets, keepAlive, endpoint, preSharedKey)
 }
 
 // RemovePeer removes a Wireguard Peer from the interface iface
 func (w *WGIface) RemovePeer(peerKey string) error {
 	w.mu.Lock()
 	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+	if w.configurer == nil {
+		return ErrIfaceNotFound
+	}
 
 	log.Debugf("Removing peer %s from interface %s ", peerKey, w.tun.DeviceName())
 	return w.configurer.RemovePeer(peerKey)
 }
 
 // AddAllowedIP adds a prefix to the allowed IPs list of peer
-func (w *WGIface) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error {
+func (w *WGIface) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error {
 	w.mu.Lock()
 	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+	if w.configurer == nil {
+		return ErrIfaceNotFound
+	}
 
 	log.Debugf("Adding allowed IP to interface %s and peer %s: allowed IP %s ", w.tun.DeviceName(), peerKey, allowedIP)
 	return w.configurer.AddAllowedIP(peerKey, allowedIP)
 }
 
 // RemoveAllowedIP removes a prefix from the allowed IPs list of peer
-func (w *WGIface) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error {
+func (w *WGIface) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error {
 	w.mu.Lock()
 	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+	if w.configurer == nil {
+		return ErrIfaceNotFound
+	}
 
 	log.Debugf("Removing allowed IP from interface %s and peer %s: allowed IP %s ", w.tun.DeviceName(), peerKey, allowedIP)
 	return w.configurer.RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey, allowedIP)
@@ -213,10 +232,29 @@ func (w *WGIface) GetWGDevice() *wgdevice.Device {
 
 // GetStats returns the last handshake time, rx and tx bytes
 func (w *WGIface) GetStats() (map[string]configurer.WGStats, error) {
+	if w.configurer == nil {
+		return nil, ErrIfaceNotFound
+	}
 	return w.configurer.GetStats()
 }
 
+func (w *WGIface) LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time {
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if w.configurer == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return w.configurer.LastActivities()
+
+}
+
 func (w *WGIface) FullStats() (*configurer.Stats, error) {
+	if w.configurer == nil {
+		return nil, ErrIfaceNotFound
+	}
+
 	return w.configurer.FullStats()
 }
 
@@ -254,14 +292,3 @@ func (w *WGIface) GetNet() *netstack.Net {
 
 	return w.tun.GetNet()
 }
-
-func prefixesToIPNets(prefixes []netip.Prefix) []net.IPNet {
-	ipNets := make([]net.IPNet, len(prefixes))
-	for i, prefix := range prefixes {
-		ipNets[i] = net.IPNet{
-			IP:   net.IP(prefix.Addr().AsSlice()),                     // Convert netip.Addr to net.IP
-			Mask: net.CIDRMask(prefix.Bits(), prefix.Addr().BitLen()), // Create subnet mask
-		}
-	}
-	return ipNets
-}

client/iface/iface_new_android.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func NewWGIFace(opts WGIFaceOpts) (*WGIface, error) {
 
 	wgIFace := &WGIface{
 		userspaceBind:  true,
-		tun:            device.NewTunDevice(wgAddress, opts.WGPort, opts.WGPrivKey, opts.MTU, iceBind, opts.MobileArgs.TunAdapter),
+		tun:            device.NewTunDevice(wgAddress, opts.WGPort, opts.WGPrivKey, opts.MTU, iceBind, opts.MobileArgs.TunAdapter, opts.DisableDNS),
 		wgProxyFactory: wgproxy.NewUSPFactory(iceBind),
 	}
 	return wgIFace, nil

client/iface/mocks/filter.go

@@ -48,32 +48,32 @@ func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) AddUDPPacketHook(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3
 	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "AddUDPPacketHook", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).AddUDPPacketHook), arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3)
 }
 
-// DropIncoming mocks base method.
+// FilterInbound mocks base method.
-func (m *MockPacketFilter) DropIncoming(arg0 []byte, arg1 int) bool {
+func (m *MockPacketFilter) FilterInbound(arg0 []byte, arg1 int) bool {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "DropIncoming", arg0, arg1)
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "FilterInbound", arg0, arg1)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(bool)
 	return ret0
 }
 
-// DropIncoming indicates an expected call of DropIncoming.
+// FilterInbound indicates an expected call of FilterInbound.
-func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) DropIncoming(arg0 interface{}, arg1 any) *gomock.Call {
+func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) FilterInbound(arg0 interface{}, arg1 any) *gomock.Call {
 	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "DropIncoming", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).DropIncoming), arg0, arg1)
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "FilterInbound", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).FilterInbound), arg0, arg1)
 }
 
-// DropOutgoing mocks base method.
+// FilterOutbound mocks base method.
-func (m *MockPacketFilter) DropOutgoing(arg0 []byte, arg1 int) bool {
+func (m *MockPacketFilter) FilterOutbound(arg0 []byte, arg1 int) bool {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "DropOutgoing", arg0, arg1)
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "FilterOutbound", arg0, arg1)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(bool)
 	return ret0
 }
 
-// DropOutgoing indicates an expected call of DropOutgoing.
+// FilterOutbound indicates an expected call of FilterOutbound.
-func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) DropOutgoing(arg0 interface{}, arg1 any) *gomock.Call {
+func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) FilterOutbound(arg0 interface{}, arg1 any) *gomock.Call {
 	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "DropOutgoing", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).DropOutgoing), arg0, arg1)
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "FilterOutbound", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).FilterOutbound), arg0, arg1)
 }
 
 // RemovePacketHook mocks base method.

client/iface/mocks/iface/mocks/filter.go

@@ -46,32 +46,32 @@ func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) AddUDPPacketHook(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3
 	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "AddUDPPacketHook", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).AddUDPPacketHook), arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3)
 }
 
-// DropIncoming mocks base method.
+// FilterInbound mocks base method.
-func (m *MockPacketFilter) DropIncoming(arg0 []byte) bool {
+func (m *MockPacketFilter) FilterInbound(arg0 []byte) bool {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "DropIncoming", arg0)
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "FilterInbound", arg0)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(bool)
 	return ret0
 }
 
-// DropIncoming indicates an expected call of DropIncoming.
+// FilterInbound indicates an expected call of FilterInbound.
-func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) DropIncoming(arg0 interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) FilterInbound(arg0 interface{}) *gomock.Call {
 	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "DropIncoming", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).DropIncoming), arg0)
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "FilterInbound", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).FilterInbound), arg0)
 }
 
-// DropOutgoing mocks base method.
+// FilterOutbound mocks base method.
-func (m *MockPacketFilter) DropOutgoing(arg0 []byte) bool {
+func (m *MockPacketFilter) FilterOutbound(arg0 []byte) bool {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "DropOutgoing", arg0)
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "FilterOutbound", arg0)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(bool)
 	return ret0
 }
 
-// DropOutgoing indicates an expected call of DropOutgoing.
+// FilterOutbound indicates an expected call of FilterOutbound.
-func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) DropOutgoing(arg0 interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+func (mr *MockPacketFilterMockRecorder) FilterOutbound(arg0 interface{}) *gomock.Call {
 	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "DropOutgoing", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).DropOutgoing), arg0)
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "FilterOutbound", reflect.TypeOf((*MockPacketFilter)(nil).FilterOutbound), arg0)
 }
 
 // SetNetwork mocks base method.

client/iface/netstack/tun.go

@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ func (t *NetStackTun) Create() (tun.Device, *netstack.Net, error) {
 	}
 	t.tundev = nsTunDev
 
-	skipProxy, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv(EnvSkipProxy))
+	var skipProxy bool
-	if err != nil {
+	if val := os.Getenv(EnvSkipProxy); val != "" {
-		log.Errorf("failed to parse %s: %s", EnvSkipProxy, err)
+		skipProxy, err = strconv.ParseBool(val)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("failed to parse %s: %s", EnvSkipProxy, err)
+		}
 	}
 	if skipProxy {
 		return nsTunDev, tunNet, nil

client/iface/wgproxy/bind/proxy.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/bind"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy/listener"
 )
 
 type ProxyBind struct {
@@ -28,6 +29,17 @@ type ProxyBind struct {
 	pausedMu  sync.Mutex
 	paused    bool
 	isStarted bool
+
+	closeListener *listener.CloseListener
+}
+
+func NewProxyBind(bind *bind.ICEBind) *ProxyBind {
+	p := &ProxyBind{
+		Bind:          bind,
+		closeListener: listener.NewCloseListener(),
+	}
+
+	return p
 }
 
 // AddTurnConn adds a new connection to the bind.
@@ -54,6 +66,10 @@ func (p *ProxyBind) EndpointAddr() *net.UDPAddr {
 	}
 }
 
+func (p *ProxyBind) SetDisconnectListener(disconnected func()) {
+	p.closeListener.SetCloseListener(disconnected)
+}
+
 func (p *ProxyBind) Work() {
 	if p.remoteConn == nil {
 		return
@@ -96,6 +112,9 @@ func (p *ProxyBind) close() error {
 	if p.closed {
 		return nil
 	}
+
+	p.closeListener.SetCloseListener(nil)
+
 	p.closed = true
 
 	p.cancel()
@@ -122,6 +141,7 @@ func (p *ProxyBind) proxyToLocal(ctx context.Context) {
 			if ctx.Err() != nil {
 				return
 			}
+			p.closeListener.Notify()
 			log.Errorf("failed to read from remote conn: %s, %s", p.remoteConn.RemoteAddr(), err)
 			return
 		}

client/iface/wgproxy/ebpf/wrapper.go

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy/listener"
 )
 
 // ProxyWrapper help to keep the remoteConn instance for net.Conn.Close function call
@@ -26,6 +28,15 @@ type ProxyWrapper struct {
 	pausedMu  sync.Mutex
 	paused    bool
 	isStarted bool
+
+	closeListener *listener.CloseListener
+}
+
+func NewProxyWrapper(WgeBPFProxy *WGEBPFProxy) *ProxyWrapper {
+	return &ProxyWrapper{
+		WgeBPFProxy:   WgeBPFProxy,
+		closeListener: listener.NewCloseListener(),
+	}
 }
 
 func (p *ProxyWrapper) AddTurnConn(ctx context.Context, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, remoteConn net.Conn) error {
@@ -43,6 +54,10 @@ func (p *ProxyWrapper) EndpointAddr() *net.UDPAddr {
 	return p.wgEndpointAddr
 }
 
+func (p *ProxyWrapper) SetDisconnectListener(disconnected func()) {
+	p.closeListener.SetCloseListener(disconnected)
+}
+
 func (p *ProxyWrapper) Work() {
 	if p.remoteConn == nil {
 		return
@@ -77,6 +92,8 @@ func (e *ProxyWrapper) CloseConn() error {
 
 	e.cancel()
 
+	e.closeListener.SetCloseListener(nil)
+
 	if err := e.remoteConn.Close(); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to close remote conn: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -117,6 +134,7 @@ func (p *ProxyWrapper) readFromRemote(ctx context.Context, buf []byte) (int, err
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
 			return 0, ctx.Err()
 		}
+		p.closeListener.Notify()
 		if !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
 			log.Errorf("failed to read from turn conn (endpoint: :%d): %s", p.wgEndpointAddr.Port, err)
 		}

client/iface/wgproxy/factory_kernel.go

@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ func (w *KernelFactory) GetProxy() Proxy {
 		return udpProxy.NewWGUDPProxy(w.wgPort)
 	}
 
-	return &ebpf.ProxyWrapper{
+	return ebpf.NewProxyWrapper(w.ebpfProxy)
-		WgeBPFProxy: w.ebpfProxy,
+
-	}
 }
 
 func (w *KernelFactory) Free() error {

client/iface/wgproxy/factory_usp.go

@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ func NewUSPFactory(iceBind *bind.ICEBind) *USPFactory {
 }
 
 func (w *USPFactory) GetProxy() Proxy {
-	return &proxyBind.ProxyBind{
+	return proxyBind.NewProxyBind(w.bind)
-		Bind: w.bind,
-	}
 }
 
 func (w *USPFactory) Free() error {

client/iface/wgproxy/listener/listener.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package listener
+
+type CloseListener struct {
+	listener func()
+}
+
+func NewCloseListener() *CloseListener {
+	return &CloseListener{}
+}
+
+func (c *CloseListener) SetCloseListener(listener func()) {
+	c.listener = listener
+}
+
+func (c *CloseListener) Notify() {
+	if c.listener != nil {
+		c.listener()
+	}
+}

client/iface/wgproxy/proxy.go

@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ type Proxy interface {
 	Work()                      // Work start or resume the proxy
 	Pause()                     // Pause to forward the packages from remote connection to WireGuard. The opposite way still works.
 	CloseConn() error
+	SetDisconnectListener(disconnected func())
 }

client/iface/wgproxy/proxy_test.go

@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ func TestProxyCloseByRemoteConn(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("failed to free ebpf proxy: %s", err)
 			}
 		}()
-		proxyWrapper := &ebpf.ProxyWrapper{
+		proxyWrapper := ebpf.NewProxyWrapper(ebpfProxy)
-			WgeBPFProxy: ebpfProxy,
-		}
 
 		tests = append(tests, struct {
 			name  string

client/iface/wgproxy/udp/proxy.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	cerrors "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/errors"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy/listener"
 )
 
 // WGUDPProxy proxies
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ type WGUDPProxy struct {
 	pausedMu  sync.Mutex
 	paused    bool
 	isStarted bool
+
+	closeListener *listener.CloseListener
 }
 
 // NewWGUDPProxy instantiate a UDP based WireGuard proxy. This is not a thread safe implementation
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ func NewWGUDPProxy(wgPort int) *WGUDPProxy {
 	log.Debugf("Initializing new user space proxy with port %d", wgPort)
 	p := &WGUDPProxy{
 		localWGListenPort: wgPort,
+		closeListener:     listener.NewCloseListener(),
 	}
 	return p
 }
@@ -67,6 +71,10 @@ func (p *WGUDPProxy) EndpointAddr() *net.UDPAddr {
 	return endpointUdpAddr
 }
 
+func (p *WGUDPProxy) SetDisconnectListener(disconnected func()) {
+	p.closeListener.SetCloseListener(disconnected)
+}
+
 // Work starts the proxy or resumes it if it was paused
 func (p *WGUDPProxy) Work() {
 	if p.remoteConn == nil {
@@ -111,6 +119,8 @@ func (p *WGUDPProxy) close() error {
 	if p.closed {
 		return nil
 	}
+
+	p.closeListener.SetCloseListener(nil)
 	p.closed = true
 
 	p.cancel()
@@ -141,6 +151,7 @@ func (p *WGUDPProxy) proxyToRemote(ctx context.Context) {
 			if ctx.Err() != nil {
 				return
 			}
+			p.closeListener.Notify()
 			log.Debugf("failed to read from wg interface conn: %s", err)
 			return
 		}

client/internal/acl/manager.go

@@ -398,11 +398,15 @@ func (d *DefaultManager) squashAcceptRules(
 	//
 	// We zeroed this to notify squash function that this protocol can't be squashed.
 	addRuleToCalculationMap := func(i int, r *mgmProto.FirewallRule, protocols map[mgmProto.RuleProtocol]*protoMatch) {
-		drop := r.Action == mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP || r.Port != ""
+		hasPortRestrictions := r.Action == mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP ||
-		if drop {
+			r.Port != "" || !portInfoEmpty(r.PortInfo)
+
+		if hasPortRestrictions {
+			// Don't squash rules with port restrictions
 			protocols[r.Protocol] = &protoMatch{ips: map[string]int{}}
 			return
 		}
+
 		if _, ok := protocols[r.Protocol]; !ok {
 			protocols[r.Protocol] = &protoMatch{
 				ips: map[string]int{},

client/internal/acl/manager_test.go

@@ -330,6 +330,434 @@ func TestDefaultManagerSquashRulesNoAffect(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, len(networkMap.FirewallRules), len(rules))
 }
 
+func TestDefaultManagerSquashRulesWithPortRestrictions(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		rules         []*mgmProto.FirewallRule
+		expectedCount int
+		description   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "should not squash rules with port ranges",
+			rules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					PortInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+						PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range_{
+							Range: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range{
+								Start: 8080,
+								End:   8090,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					PortInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+						PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range_{
+							Range: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range{
+								Start: 8080,
+								End:   8090,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.3",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					PortInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+						PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range_{
+							Range: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range{
+								Start: 8080,
+								End:   8090,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.4",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					PortInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+						PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range_{
+							Range: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range{
+								Start: 8080,
+								End:   8090,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCount: 4,
+			description:   "Rules with port ranges should not be squashed even if they cover all peers",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should not squash rules with specific ports",
+			rules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					PortInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+						PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Port{
+							Port: 80,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					PortInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+						PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Port{
+							Port: 80,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.3",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					PortInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+						PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Port{
+							Port: 80,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.4",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					PortInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+						PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Port{
+							Port: 80,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCount: 4,
+			description:   "Rules with specific ports should not be squashed even if they cover all peers",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should not squash rules with legacy port field",
+			rules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					Port:      "443",
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					Port:      "443",
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.3",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					Port:      "443",
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.4",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					Port:      "443",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCount: 4,
+			description:   "Rules with legacy port field should not be squashed",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should not squash rules with DROP action",
+			rules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.3",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.4",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCount: 4,
+			description:   "Rules with DROP action should not be squashed",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should squash rules without port restrictions",
+			rules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.3",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.4",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCount: 1,
+			description:   "Rules without port restrictions should be squashed into a single 0.0.0.0 rule",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "mixed rules should not squash protocol with port restrictions",
+			rules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					PortInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+						PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Port{
+							Port: 80,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.3",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.4",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCount: 4,
+			description:   "TCP should not be squashed because one rule has port restrictions",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should squash UDP but not TCP when TCP has port restrictions",
+			rules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
+				// TCP rules with port restrictions - should NOT be squashed
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					Port:      "443",
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					Port:      "443",
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.3",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					Port:      "443",
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.4",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+					Port:      "443",
+				},
+				// UDP rules without port restrictions - SHOULD be squashed
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_UDP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_UDP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.3",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_UDP,
+				},
+				{
+					PeerIP:    "10.93.0.4",
+					Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
+					Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
+					Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_UDP,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCount: 5, // 4 TCP rules + 1 squashed UDP rule (0.0.0.0)
+			description:   "UDP should be squashed to 0.0.0.0 rule, but TCP should remain as individual rules due to port restrictions",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			networkMap := &mgmProto.NetworkMap{
+				RemotePeers: []*mgmProto.RemotePeerConfig{
+					{AllowedIps: []string{"10.93.0.1"}},
+					{AllowedIps: []string{"10.93.0.2"}},
+					{AllowedIps: []string{"10.93.0.3"}},
+					{AllowedIps: []string{"10.93.0.4"}},
+				},
+				FirewallRules: tt.rules,
+			}
+
+			manager := &DefaultManager{}
+			rules, _ := manager.squashAcceptRules(networkMap)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedCount, len(rules), tt.description)
+
+			// For squashed rules, verify we get the expected 0.0.0.0 rule
+			if tt.expectedCount == 1 {
+				assert.Equal(t, "0.0.0.0", rules[0].PeerIP)
+				assert.Equal(t, mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN, rules[0].Direction)
+				assert.Equal(t, mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT, rules[0].Action)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPortInfoEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		portInfo *mgmProto.PortInfo
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "nil PortInfo should be empty",
+			portInfo: nil,
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "PortInfo with zero port should be empty",
+			portInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+				PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Port{
+					Port: 0,
+				},
+			},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "PortInfo with valid port should not be empty",
+			portInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+				PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Port{
+					Port: 80,
+				},
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "PortInfo with nil range should be empty",
+			portInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+				PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range_{
+					Range: nil,
+				},
+			},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "PortInfo with zero start range should be empty",
+			portInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+				PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range_{
+					Range: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range{
+						Start: 0,
+						End:   100,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "PortInfo with zero end range should be empty",
+			portInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+				PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range_{
+					Range: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range{
+						Start: 80,
+						End:   0,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "PortInfo with valid range should not be empty",
+			portInfo: &mgmProto.PortInfo{
+				PortSelection: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range_{
+					Range: &mgmProto.PortInfo_Range{
+						Start: 8080,
+						End:   8090,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := portInfoEmpty(tt.portInfo)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, result)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDefaultManagerEnableSSHRules(t *testing.T) {
 	networkMap := &mgmProto.NetworkMap{
 		PeerConfig: &mgmProto.PeerConfig{

client/internal/config.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var defaultInterfaceBlacklist = []string{
-	iface.WgInterfaceDefault, "wt", "utun", "tun0", "zt", "ZeroTier", "wg", "ts",
+	iface.WgInterfaceDefault, "nb", "wt", "utun", "tun0", "zt", "ZeroTier", "wg", "ts",
 	"Tailscale", "tailscale", "docker", "veth", "br-", "lo",
 }
 
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ func createNewConfig(input ConfigInput) (*Config, error) {
 	config := &Config{
 		// defaults to false only for new (post 0.26) configurations
 		ServerSSHAllowed: util.False(),
+		// default to disabling server routes on Android for security
+		DisableServerRoutes: runtime.GOOS == "android",
 	}
 
 	if _, err := config.apply(input); err != nil {
@@ -317,10 +319,6 @@ func (config *Config) apply(input ConfigInput) (updated bool, err error) {
 			*input.WireguardPort, config.WgPort)
 		config.WgPort = *input.WireguardPort
 		updated = true
-	} else if config.WgPort == 0 {
-		config.WgPort = iface.DefaultWgPort
-		log.Infof("using default Wireguard port %d", config.WgPort)
-		updated = true
 	}
 
 	if input.InterfaceName != nil && *input.InterfaceName != config.WgIface {
@@ -416,9 +414,15 @@ func (config *Config) apply(input ConfigInput) (updated bool, err error) {
 		config.ServerSSHAllowed = input.ServerSSHAllowed
 		updated = true
 	} else if config.ServerSSHAllowed == nil {
-		// enables SSH for configs from old versions to preserve backwards compatibility
+		if runtime.GOOS == "android" {
-		log.Infof("falling back to enabled SSH server for pre-existing configuration")
+			// default to disabled SSH on Android for security
-		config.ServerSSHAllowed = util.True()
+			log.Infof("setting SSH server to false by default on Android")
+			config.ServerSSHAllowed = util.False()
+		} else {
+			// enables SSH for configs from old versions to preserve backwards compatibility
+			log.Infof("falling back to enabled SSH server for pre-existing configuration")
+			config.ServerSSHAllowed = util.True()
+		}
 		updated = true
 	}
 

client/internal/conn_mgr.go

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn/manager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/dispatcher"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peerstore"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
 )
 
 // ConnMgr coordinates both lazy connections (established on-demand) and permanent peer connections.
@@ -25,25 +25,25 @@ import (
 //
 // The implementation is not thread-safe; it is protected by engine.syncMsgMux.
 type ConnMgr struct {
-	peerStore      *peerstore.Store
+	peerStore        *peerstore.Store
-	statusRecorder *peer.Status
+	statusRecorder   *peer.Status
-	iface          lazyconn.WGIface
+	iface            lazyconn.WGIface
-	dispatcher     *dispatcher.ConnectionDispatcher
+	enabledLocally   bool
-	enabledLocally bool
+	rosenpassEnabled bool
 
 	lazyConnMgr *manager.Manager
 
-	wg        sync.WaitGroup
+	wg            sync.WaitGroup
-	ctx       context.Context
+	lazyCtx       context.Context
-	ctxCancel context.CancelFunc
+	lazyCtxCancel context.CancelFunc
 }
 
-func NewConnMgr(engineConfig *EngineConfig, statusRecorder *peer.Status, peerStore *peerstore.Store, iface lazyconn.WGIface, dispatcher *dispatcher.ConnectionDispatcher) *ConnMgr {
+func NewConnMgr(engineConfig *EngineConfig, statusRecorder *peer.Status, peerStore *peerstore.Store, iface lazyconn.WGIface) *ConnMgr {
 	e := &ConnMgr{
-		peerStore:      peerStore,
+		peerStore:        peerStore,
-		statusRecorder: statusRecorder,
+		statusRecorder:   statusRecorder,
-		iface:          iface,
+		iface:            iface,
-		dispatcher:     dispatcher,
+		rosenpassEnabled: engineConfig.RosenpassEnabled,
 	}
 	if engineConfig.LazyConnectionEnabled || lazyconn.IsLazyConnEnabledByEnv() {
 		e.enabledLocally = true
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if e.rosenpassEnabled {
+		log.Warnf("rosenpass connection manager is enabled, lazy connection manager will not be started")
+		return
+	}
+
 	e.initLazyManager(ctx)
 	e.statusRecorder.UpdateLazyConnection(true)
 }
@@ -82,10 +87,15 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) UpdatedRemoteFeatureFlag(ctx context.Context, enabled bool) er
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		log.Infof("lazy connection manager is enabled by management feature flag")
+		if e.rosenpassEnabled {
+			log.Infof("rosenpass connection manager is enabled, lazy connection manager will not be started")
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		log.Warnf("lazy connection manager is enabled by management feature flag")
 		e.initLazyManager(ctx)
 		e.statusRecorder.UpdateLazyConnection(true)
-		return e.addPeersToLazyConnManager(ctx)
+		return e.addPeersToLazyConnManager()
 	} else {
 		if e.lazyConnMgr == nil {
 			return nil
@@ -97,8 +107,18 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) UpdatedRemoteFeatureFlag(ctx context.Context, enabled bool) er
 	}
 }
 
+// UpdateRouteHAMap updates the route HA mappings in the lazy connection manager
+func (e *ConnMgr) UpdateRouteHAMap(haMap route.HAMap) {
+	if !e.isStartedWithLazyMgr() {
+		log.Debugf("lazy connection manager is not started, skipping UpdateRouteHAMap")
+		return
+	}
+
+	e.lazyConnMgr.UpdateRouteHAMap(haMap)
+}
+
 // SetExcludeList sets the list of peer IDs that should always have permanent connections.
-func (e *ConnMgr) SetExcludeList(peerIDs map[string]bool) {
+func (e *ConnMgr) SetExcludeList(ctx context.Context, peerIDs map[string]bool) {
 	if e.lazyConnMgr == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -122,7 +142,7 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) SetExcludeList(peerIDs map[string]bool) {
 		excludedPeers = append(excludedPeers, lazyPeerCfg)
 	}
 
-	added := e.lazyConnMgr.ExcludePeer(e.ctx, excludedPeers)
+	added := e.lazyConnMgr.ExcludePeer(excludedPeers)
 	for _, peerID := range added {
 		var peerConn *peer.Conn
 		var exists bool
@@ -132,7 +152,7 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) SetExcludeList(peerIDs map[string]bool) {
 		}
 
 		peerConn.Log.Infof("peer has been added to lazy connection exclude list, opening permanent connection")
-		if err := peerConn.Open(e.ctx); err != nil {
+		if err := peerConn.Open(ctx); err != nil {
 			peerConn.Log.Errorf("failed to open connection: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -190,7 +210,7 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) RemovePeerConn(peerKey string) {
 	if !ok {
 		return
 	}
-	defer conn.Close()
+	defer conn.Close(false)
 
 	if !e.isStartedWithLazyMgr() {
 		return
@@ -200,23 +220,27 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) RemovePeerConn(peerKey string) {
 	conn.Log.Infof("removed peer from lazy conn manager")
 }
 
-func (e *ConnMgr) OnSignalMsg(ctx context.Context, peerKey string) (*peer.Conn, bool) {
+func (e *ConnMgr) ActivatePeer(ctx context.Context, conn *peer.Conn) {
-	conn, ok := e.peerStore.PeerConn(peerKey)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-
 	if !e.isStartedWithLazyMgr() {
-		return conn, true
+		return
 	}
 
-	if found := e.lazyConnMgr.ActivatePeer(ctx, peerKey); found {
+	if found := e.lazyConnMgr.ActivatePeer(conn.GetKey()); found {
-		conn.Log.Infof("activated peer from inactive state")
+		if err := conn.Open(ctx); err != nil {
-		if err := conn.Open(e.ctx); err != nil {
 			conn.Log.Errorf("failed to open connection: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
-	return conn, true
+}
+
+// DeactivatePeer deactivates a peer connection in the lazy connection manager.
+// If locally the lazy connection is disabled, we force the peer connection open.
+func (e *ConnMgr) DeactivatePeer(conn *peer.Conn) {
+	if !e.isStartedWithLazyMgr() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	conn.Log.Infof("closing peer connection: remote peer initiated inactive, idle lazy state and sent GOAWAY")
+	e.lazyConnMgr.DeactivatePeer(conn.ConnID())
 }
 
 func (e *ConnMgr) Close() {
@@ -224,29 +248,27 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) Close() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	e.ctxCancel()
+	e.lazyCtxCancel()
 	e.wg.Wait()
 	e.lazyConnMgr = nil
 }
 
-func (e *ConnMgr) initLazyManager(parentCtx context.Context) {
+func (e *ConnMgr) initLazyManager(engineCtx context.Context) {
 	cfg := manager.Config{
 		InactivityThreshold: inactivityThresholdEnv(),
 	}
-	e.lazyConnMgr = manager.NewManager(cfg, e.peerStore, e.iface, e.dispatcher)
+	e.lazyConnMgr = manager.NewManager(cfg, engineCtx, e.peerStore, e.iface)
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(parentCtx)
+	e.lazyCtx, e.lazyCtxCancel = context.WithCancel(engineCtx)
-	e.ctx = ctx
-	e.ctxCancel = cancel
 
 	e.wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer e.wg.Done()
-		e.lazyConnMgr.Start(ctx)
+		e.lazyConnMgr.Start(e.lazyCtx)
 	}()
 }
 
-func (e *ConnMgr) addPeersToLazyConnManager(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (e *ConnMgr) addPeersToLazyConnManager() error {
 	peers := e.peerStore.PeersPubKey()
 	lazyPeerCfgs := make([]lazyconn.PeerConfig, 0, len(peers))
 	for _, peerID := range peers {
@@ -266,7 +288,7 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) addPeersToLazyConnManager(ctx context.Context) error {
 		lazyPeerCfgs = append(lazyPeerCfgs, lazyPeerCfg)
 	}
 
-	return e.lazyConnMgr.AddActivePeers(ctx, lazyPeerCfgs)
+	return e.lazyConnMgr.AddActivePeers(lazyPeerCfgs)
 }
 
 func (e *ConnMgr) closeManager(ctx context.Context) {
@@ -274,7 +296,7 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) closeManager(ctx context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	e.ctxCancel()
+	e.lazyCtxCancel()
 	e.wg.Wait()
 	e.lazyConnMgr = nil
 
@@ -284,7 +306,7 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) closeManager(ctx context.Context) {
 }
 
 func (e *ConnMgr) isStartedWithLazyMgr() bool {
-	return e.lazyConnMgr != nil && e.ctxCancel != nil
+	return e.lazyConnMgr != nil && e.lazyCtxCancel != nil
 }
 
 func inactivityThresholdEnv() *time.Duration {

client/internal/connect.go

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	gstatus "google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/listener"
@@ -500,6 +499,9 @@ func loginToManagement(ctx context.Context, client mgm.Client, pubSSHKey []byte,
 		config.DisableServerRoutes,
 		config.DisableDNS,
 		config.DisableFirewall,
+		config.BlockLANAccess,
+		config.BlockInbound,
+		config.LazyConnectionEnabled,
 	)
 	loginResp, err := client.Login(*serverPublicKey, sysInfo, pubSSHKey, config.DNSLabels)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -523,17 +525,13 @@ func statusRecorderToSignalConnStateNotifier(statusRecorder *peer.Status) signal
 
 // freePort attempts to determine if the provided port is available, if not it will ask the system for a free port.
 func freePort(initPort int) (int, error) {
-	addr := net.UDPAddr{}
+	addr := net.UDPAddr{Port: initPort}
-	if initPort == 0 {
-		initPort = iface.DefaultWgPort
-	}
-
-	addr.Port = initPort
 
 	conn, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", &addr)
 	if err == nil {
+		returnPort := conn.LocalAddr().(*net.UDPAddr).Port
 		closeConnWithLog(conn)
-		return initPort, nil
+		return returnPort, nil
 	}
 
 	// if the port is already in use, ask the system for a free port

client/internal/connect_test.go

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ func Test_freePort(t *testing.T) {
 		shouldMatch bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name:        "not provided, fallback to default",
+			name:        "when port is 0 use random port",
 			port:        0,
-			want:        51820,
+			want:        0,
-			shouldMatch: true,
+			shouldMatch: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "provided and available",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func Test_freePort(t *testing.T) {
 			shouldMatch: false,
 		},
 	}
-	c1, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", &net.UDPAddr{Port: 51830})
+	c1, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", &net.UDPAddr{Port: 0})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("freePort error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ func Test_freePort(t *testing.T) {
 		_ = c1.Close()
 	}(c1)
 
+	if tests[1].port == c1.LocalAddr().(*net.UDPAddr).Port {
+		tests[1].port++
+		tests[1].want++
+	}
+
+	tests[2].port = c1.LocalAddr().(*net.UDPAddr).Port
+	tests[2].want = c1.LocalAddr().(*net.UDPAddr).Port
+
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {

client/internal/debug/debug.go

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ type BundleGenerator struct {
 	anonymize         bool
 	clientStatus      string
 	includeSystemInfo bool
+	logFileCount      uint32
 
 	archive *zip.Writer
 }
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ type BundleConfig struct {
 	Anonymize         bool
 	ClientStatus      string
 	IncludeSystemInfo bool
+	LogFileCount      uint32
 }
 
 type GeneratorDependencies struct {
@@ -185,6 +187,12 @@ type GeneratorDependencies struct {
 }
 
 func NewBundleGenerator(deps GeneratorDependencies, cfg BundleConfig) *BundleGenerator {
+	// Default to 1 log file for backward compatibility when 0 is provided
+	logFileCount := cfg.LogFileCount
+	if logFileCount == 0 {
+		logFileCount = 1
+	}
+
 	return &BundleGenerator{
 		anonymizer: anonymize.NewAnonymizer(anonymize.DefaultAddresses()),
 
@@ -196,6 +204,7 @@ func NewBundleGenerator(deps GeneratorDependencies, cfg BundleConfig) *BundleGen
 		anonymize:         cfg.Anonymize,
 		clientStatus:      cfg.ClientStatus,
 		includeSystemInfo: cfg.IncludeSystemInfo,
+		logFileCount:      logFileCount,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -561,32 +570,8 @@ func (g *BundleGenerator) addLogfile() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("add client log file to zip: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// add latest rotated log file
+	// add rotated log files based on logFileCount
-	pattern := filepath.Join(logDir, "client-*.log.gz")
+	g.addRotatedLogFiles(logDir)
-	files, err := filepath.Glob(pattern)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to glob rotated logs: %v", err)
-	} else if len(files) > 0 {
-		// pick the file with the latest ModTime
-		sort.Slice(files, func(i, j int) bool {
-			fi, err := os.Stat(files[i])
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Warnf("failed to stat rotated log %s: %v", files[i], err)
-				return false
-			}
-			fj, err := os.Stat(files[j])
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Warnf("failed to stat rotated log %s: %v", files[j], err)
-				return false
-			}
-			return fi.ModTime().Before(fj.ModTime())
-		})
-		latest := files[len(files)-1]
-		name := filepath.Base(latest)
-		if err := g.addSingleLogFileGz(latest, name); err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("failed to add rotated log %s: %v", name, err)
-		}
-	}
 
 	stdErrLogPath := filepath.Join(logDir, errorLogFile)
 	stdoutLogPath := filepath.Join(logDir, stdoutLogFile)
@@ -670,6 +655,52 @@ func (g *BundleGenerator) addSingleLogFileGz(logPath, targetName string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// addRotatedLogFiles adds rotated log files to the bundle based on logFileCount
+func (g *BundleGenerator) addRotatedLogFiles(logDir string) {
+	if g.logFileCount == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	pattern := filepath.Join(logDir, "client-*.log.gz")
+	files, err := filepath.Glob(pattern)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed to glob rotated logs: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(files) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// sort files by modification time (newest first)
+	sort.Slice(files, func(i, j int) bool {
+		fi, err := os.Stat(files[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("failed to stat rotated log %s: %v", files[i], err)
+			return false
+		}
+		fj, err := os.Stat(files[j])
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("failed to stat rotated log %s: %v", files[j], err)
+			return false
+		}
+		return fi.ModTime().After(fj.ModTime())
+	})
+
+	// include up to logFileCount rotated files
+	maxFiles := int(g.logFileCount)
+	if maxFiles > len(files) {
+		maxFiles = len(files)
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < maxFiles; i++ {
+		name := filepath.Base(files[i])
+		if err := g.addSingleLogFileGz(files[i], name); err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("failed to add rotated log %s: %v", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (g *BundleGenerator) addFileToZip(reader io.Reader, filename string) error {
 	header := &zip.FileHeader{
 		Name:     filename,

client/internal/dns/handler_chain.go

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	PriorityDNSRoute    = 100
+	PriorityLocal    = 100
-	PriorityMatchDomain = 50
+	PriorityDNSRoute = 75
-	PriorityDefault     = 1
+	PriorityUpstream = 50
+	PriorityDefault  = 1
 )
 
 type SubdomainMatcher interface {

client/internal/dns/handler_chain_test.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestHandlerChain_ServeDNS_Priorities(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Setup handlers with different priorities
 	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", defaultHandler, nbdns.PriorityDefault)
-	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", matchDomainHandler, nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain)
+	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", matchDomainHandler, nbdns.PriorityUpstream)
 	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", dnsRouteHandler, nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute)
 
 	// Create test request
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func TestHandlerChain_ServeDNS_OverlappingDomains(t *testing.T) {
 				priority int
 			}{
 				{pattern: "*.example.com.", priority: nbdns.PriorityDefault},
-				{pattern: "*.example.com.", priority: nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain},
+				{pattern: "*.example.com.", priority: nbdns.PriorityUpstream},
 				{pattern: "*.example.com.", priority: nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute},
 			},
 			queryDomain:     "test.example.com.",
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestHandlerChain_ServeDNS_OverlappingDomains(t *testing.T) {
 				priority int
 			}{
 				{pattern: "*.example.com.", priority: nbdns.PriorityDefault},
-				{pattern: "test.example.com.", priority: nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain},
+				{pattern: "test.example.com.", priority: nbdns.PriorityUpstream},
 				{pattern: "*.test.example.com.", priority: nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute},
 			},
 			queryDomain:     "sub.test.example.com.",
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func TestHandlerChain_ServeDNS_ChainContinuation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Add handlers in priority order
 	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", handler1, nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute)
-	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", handler2, nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain)
+	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", handler2, nbdns.PriorityUpstream)
 	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", handler3, nbdns.PriorityDefault)
 
 	// Create test request
@@ -344,13 +344,13 @@ func TestHandlerChain_PriorityDeregistration(t *testing.T) {
 				priority int
 			}{
 				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute},
-				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain},
+				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream},
 				{"remove", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute},
 			},
 			query: "example.com.",
 			expectedCalls: map[int]bool{
-				nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute:    false,
+				nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute: false,
-				nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain: true,
+				nbdns.PriorityUpstream: true,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -361,13 +361,13 @@ func TestHandlerChain_PriorityDeregistration(t *testing.T) {
 				priority int
 			}{
 				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute},
-				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain},
+				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream},
-				{"remove", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain},
+				{"remove", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream},
 			},
 			query: "example.com.",
 			expectedCalls: map[int]bool{
-				nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute:    true,
+				nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute: true,
-				nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain: false,
+				nbdns.PriorityUpstream: false,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -378,16 +378,16 @@ func TestHandlerChain_PriorityDeregistration(t *testing.T) {
 				priority int
 			}{
 				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute},
-				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain},
+				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream},
 				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityDefault},
 				{"remove", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute},
-				{"remove", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain},
+				{"remove", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream},
 			},
 			query: "example.com.",
 			expectedCalls: map[int]bool{
-				nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute:    false,
+				nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute: false,
-				nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain: false,
+				nbdns.PriorityUpstream: false,
-				nbdns.PriorityDefault:     true,
+				nbdns.PriorityDefault:  true,
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func TestHandlerChain_MultiPriorityHandling(t *testing.T) {
 	// Add handlers in mixed order
 	chain.AddHandler(testDomain, defaultHandler, nbdns.PriorityDefault)
 	chain.AddHandler(testDomain, routeHandler, nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute)
-	chain.AddHandler(testDomain, matchHandler, nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain)
+	chain.AddHandler(testDomain, matchHandler, nbdns.PriorityUpstream)
 
 	// Test 1: Initial state
 	w1 := &nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: &test.MockResponseWriter{}}
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func TestHandlerChain_MultiPriorityHandling(t *testing.T) {
 	defaultHandler.Calls = nil
 
 	// Test 3: Remove middle priority handler
-	chain.RemoveHandler(testDomain, nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain)
+	chain.RemoveHandler(testDomain, nbdns.PriorityUpstream)
 
 	w3 := &nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: &test.MockResponseWriter{}}
 	// Now lowest priority handler (defaultHandler) should be called
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ func TestHandlerChain_CaseSensitivity(t *testing.T) {
 				shouldMatch bool
 			}{
 				{"EXAMPLE.COM.", nbdns.PriorityDefault, false, false},
-				{"example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, false, false},
+				{"example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, false, false},
 				{"Example.Com.", nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute, false, true},
 			},
 			query:         "example.com.",
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ func TestHandlerChain_DomainSpecificityOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 				priority  int
 				subdomain bool
 			}{
-				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, true},
+				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, true},
-				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, false},
+				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, false},
 			},
 			query:         "sub.example.com.",
 			expectedMatch: "sub.example.com.",
@@ -717,8 +717,8 @@ func TestHandlerChain_DomainSpecificityOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 				priority  int
 				subdomain bool
 			}{
-				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, true},
+				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, true},
-				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, true},
+				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, true},
 			},
 			query:         "sub.example.com.",
 			expectedMatch: "sub.example.com.",
@@ -732,10 +732,10 @@ func TestHandlerChain_DomainSpecificityOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 				priority  int
 				subdomain bool
 			}{
-				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, true},
+				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, true},
-				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, true},
+				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, true},
-				{"add", "test.sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, false},
+				{"add", "test.sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, false},
-				{"remove", "test.sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, false},
+				{"remove", "test.sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, false},
 			},
 			query:         "test.sub.example.com.",
 			expectedMatch: "sub.example.com.",
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ func TestHandlerChain_DomainSpecificityOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 				priority  int
 				subdomain bool
 			}{
-				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, false},
+				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, false},
 				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute, true},
 			},
 			query:         "sub.example.com.",
@@ -764,9 +764,9 @@ func TestHandlerChain_DomainSpecificityOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 				priority  int
 				subdomain bool
 			}{
-				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, true},
+				{"add", "example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, true},
-				{"add", "other.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, true},
+				{"add", "other.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, true},
-				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityMatchDomain, false},
+				{"add", "sub.example.com.", nbdns.PriorityUpstream, false},
 			},
 			query:         "sub.example.com.",
 			expectedMatch: "sub.example.com.",

client/internal/dns/local/local.go

@@ -12,16 +12,19 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/types"
 	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/domain"
 )
 
 type Resolver struct {
 	mu      sync.RWMutex
 	records map[dns.Question][]dns.RR
+	domains map[domain.Domain]struct{}
 }
 
 func NewResolver() *Resolver {
 	return &Resolver{
 		records: make(map[dns.Question][]dns.RR),
+		domains: make(map[domain.Domain]struct{}),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -64,8 +67,12 @@ func (d *Resolver) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 		replyMessage.Rcode = dns.RcodeSuccess
 		replyMessage.Answer = append(replyMessage.Answer, records...)
 	} else {
-		// TODO: return success if we have a different record type for the same name, relevant for search domains
+		// Check if we have any records for this domain name with different types
-		replyMessage.Rcode = dns.RcodeNameError
+		if d.hasRecordsForDomain(domain.Domain(question.Name)) {
+			replyMessage.Rcode = dns.RcodeSuccess // NOERROR with 0 records
+		} else {
+			replyMessage.Rcode = dns.RcodeNameError // NXDOMAIN
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := w.WriteMsg(replyMessage); err != nil {
@@ -73,6 +80,15 @@ func (d *Resolver) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 	}
 }
 
+// hasRecordsForDomain checks if any records exist for the given domain name regardless of type
+func (d *Resolver) hasRecordsForDomain(domainName domain.Domain) bool {
+	d.mu.RLock()
+	defer d.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	_, exists := d.domains[domainName]
+	return exists
+}
+
 // lookupRecords fetches *all* DNS records matching the first question in r.
 func (d *Resolver) lookupRecords(question dns.Question) []dns.RR {
 	d.mu.RLock()
@@ -111,6 +127,7 @@ func (d *Resolver) Update(update []nbdns.SimpleRecord) {
 	defer d.mu.Unlock()
 
 	maps.Clear(d.records)
+	maps.Clear(d.domains)
 
 	for _, rec := range update {
 		if err := d.registerRecord(rec); err != nil {
@@ -144,6 +161,7 @@ func (d *Resolver) registerRecord(record nbdns.SimpleRecord) error {
 	}
 
 	d.records[q] = append(d.records[q], rr)
+	d.domains[domain.Domain(q.Name)] = struct{}{}
 
 	return nil
 }

client/internal/dns/local/local_test.go

@@ -470,3 +470,115 @@ func TestLocalResolver_CNAMEFallback(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestLocalResolver_NoErrorWithDifferentRecordType verifies that querying for a record type
+// that doesn't exist but where other record types exist for the same domain returns NOERROR
+// with 0 records instead of NXDOMAIN
+func TestLocalResolver_NoErrorWithDifferentRecordType(t *testing.T) {
+	resolver := NewResolver()
+
+	recordA := nbdns.SimpleRecord{
+		Name:  "example.netbird.cloud.",
+		Type:  int(dns.TypeA),
+		Class: nbdns.DefaultClass,
+		TTL:   300,
+		RData: "192.168.1.100",
+	}
+
+	recordCNAME := nbdns.SimpleRecord{
+		Name:  "alias.netbird.cloud.",
+		Type:  int(dns.TypeCNAME),
+		Class: nbdns.DefaultClass,
+		TTL:   300,
+		RData: "target.example.com.",
+	}
+
+	resolver.Update([]nbdns.SimpleRecord{recordA, recordCNAME})
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name           string
+		queryName      string
+		queryType      uint16
+		expectedRcode  int
+		shouldHaveData bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:           "Query A record that exists",
+			queryName:      "example.netbird.cloud.",
+			queryType:      dns.TypeA,
+			expectedRcode:  dns.RcodeSuccess,
+			shouldHaveData: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "Query AAAA for domain with only A record",
+			queryName:      "example.netbird.cloud.",
+			queryType:      dns.TypeAAAA,
+			expectedRcode:  dns.RcodeSuccess,
+			shouldHaveData: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "Query other record with different case and non-fqdn",
+			queryName:      "EXAMPLE.netbird.cloud",
+			queryType:      dns.TypeAAAA,
+			expectedRcode:  dns.RcodeSuccess,
+			shouldHaveData: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "Query TXT for domain with only A record",
+			queryName:      "example.netbird.cloud.",
+			queryType:      dns.TypeTXT,
+			expectedRcode:  dns.RcodeSuccess,
+			shouldHaveData: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "Query A for domain with only CNAME record",
+			queryName:      "alias.netbird.cloud.",
+			queryType:      dns.TypeA,
+			expectedRcode:  dns.RcodeSuccess,
+			shouldHaveData: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "Query AAAA for domain with only CNAME record",
+			queryName:      "alias.netbird.cloud.",
+			queryType:      dns.TypeAAAA,
+			expectedRcode:  dns.RcodeSuccess,
+			shouldHaveData: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "Query for completely non-existent domain",
+			queryName:      "nonexistent.netbird.cloud.",
+			queryType:      dns.TypeA,
+			expectedRcode:  dns.RcodeNameError,
+			shouldHaveData: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var responseMSG *dns.Msg
+
+			msg := new(dns.Msg).SetQuestion(tc.queryName, tc.queryType)
+
+			responseWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{
+				WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error {
+					responseMSG = m
+					return nil
+				},
+			}
+
+			resolver.ServeDNS(responseWriter, msg)
+
+			require.NotNil(t, responseMSG, "Should have received a response message")
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedRcode, responseMSG.Rcode,
+				"Response code should be %d (%s)",
+				tc.expectedRcode, dns.RcodeToString[tc.expectedRcode])
+
+			if tc.shouldHaveData {
+				assert.Greater(t, len(responseMSG.Answer), 0, "Response should contain answers")
+			} else {
+				assert.Equal(t, 0, len(responseMSG.Answer), "Response should contain no answers")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

client/internal/dns/server.go

@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) buildLocalHandlerUpdate(customZones []nbdns.CustomZone)
 		muxUpdates = append(muxUpdates, handlerWrapper{
 			domain:   customZone.Domain,
 			handler:  s.localResolver,
-			priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+			priority: PriorityLocal,
 		})
 
 		for _, record := range customZone.Records {
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) buildUpstreamHandlerUpdate(nameServerGroups []*nbdns.Nam
 	groupedNS := groupNSGroupsByDomain(nameServerGroups)
 
 	for _, domainGroup := range groupedNS {
-		basePriority := PriorityMatchDomain
+		basePriority := PriorityUpstream
 		if domainGroup.domain == nbdns.RootZone {
 			basePriority = PriorityDefault
 		}
@@ -588,10 +588,14 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) createHandlersForDomainGroup(domainGroup nsGroupsByDomai
 		// Decrement priority by handler index (0, 1, 2, ...) to avoid conflicts
 		priority := basePriority - i
 
-		// Check if we're about to overlap with the next priority tier
+		// Check if we're about to overlap with the next priority tier.
-		if basePriority == PriorityMatchDomain && priority <= PriorityDefault {
+		// This boundary check ensures that the priority of upstream handlers does not conflict
+		// with the default priority tier. By decrementing the priority for each handler, we avoid
+		// overlaps, but if the calculated priority falls into the default tier, we skip the remaining
+		// handlers to maintain the integrity of the priority system.
+		if basePriority == PriorityUpstream && priority <= PriorityDefault {
 			log.Warnf("too many handlers for domain=%s, would overlap with default priority tier (diff=%d). Skipping remaining handlers",
-				domainGroup.domain, PriorityMatchDomain-PriorityDefault)
+				domainGroup.domain, PriorityUpstream-PriorityDefault)
 			break
 		}
 

client/internal/dns/server_test.go

@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 				generateDummyHandler("netbird.io", nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
 					domain:   "netbird.io",
 					handler:  dummyHandler,
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 				dummyHandler.ID(): handlerWrapper{
 					domain:   "netbird.cloud",
 					handler:  dummyHandler,
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityLocal,
 				},
 				generateDummyHandler(".", nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
 					domain:   nbdns.RootZone,
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 				generateDummyHandler(zoneRecords[0].Name, nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
 					domain:   "netbird.cloud",
 					handler:  dummyHandler,
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 			},
 			initSerial:  0,
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 				generateDummyHandler("netbird.io", nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
 					domain:   "netbird.io",
 					handler:  dummyHandler,
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 				"local-resolver": handlerWrapper{
 					domain:   "netbird.cloud",
 					handler:  dummyHandler,
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityLocal,
 				},
 			},
 			expectedLocalQs: []dns.Question{{Name: zoneRecords[0].Name, Qtype: 1, Qclass: 1}},
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 				generateDummyHandler(zoneRecords[0].Name, nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
 					domain:   zoneRecords[0].Name,
 					handler:  dummyHandler,
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 			},
 			initSerial:          0,
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 				generateDummyHandler(zoneRecords[0].Name, nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
 					domain:   zoneRecords[0].Name,
 					handler:  dummyHandler,
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 			},
 			initSerial:          0,
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func TestDNSFakeResolverHandleUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ctrl.Finish()
 
 	packetfilter := pfmock.NewMockPacketFilter(ctrl)
-	packetfilter.EXPECT().DropOutgoing(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).AnyTimes()
+	packetfilter.EXPECT().FilterOutbound(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).AnyTimes()
 	packetfilter.EXPECT().AddUDPPacketHook(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any())
 	packetfilter.EXPECT().RemovePacketHook(gomock.Any())
 
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ func TestDNSFakeResolverHandleUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 		"id1": handlerWrapper{
 			domain:   zoneRecords[0].Name,
 			handler:  &local.Resolver{},
-			priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+			priority: PriorityUpstream,
 		},
 	}
 	//dnsServer.localResolver.RegisteredMap = local.RegistrationMap{local.BuildRecordKey("netbird.cloud", dns.ClassINET, dns.TypeA): struct{}{}}
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ func TestHandlerChain_DomainPriorities(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", dnsRouteHandler, PriorityDNSRoute)
-	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", upstreamHandler, PriorityMatchDomain)
+	chain.AddHandler("example.com.", upstreamHandler, PriorityUpstream)
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name            string
@@ -1059,14 +1059,14 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-group1",
 			},
-			priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+			priority: PriorityUpstream,
 		},
 		"upstream-group2": {
 			domain: "example.com",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-group2",
 			},
-			priority: PriorityMatchDomain - 1,
+			priority: PriorityUpstream - 1,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -1093,21 +1093,21 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-group1",
 			},
-			priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+			priority: PriorityUpstream,
 		},
 		"upstream-group2": {
 			domain: "example.com",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-group2",
 			},
-			priority: PriorityMatchDomain - 1,
+			priority: PriorityUpstream - 1,
 		},
 		"upstream-other": {
 			domain: "other.com",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-other",
 			},
-			priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+			priority: PriorityUpstream,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group2",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain - 1,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream - 1,
 				},
 			},
 			expectedHandlers: map[string]string{
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group1",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 			},
 			expectedHandlers: map[string]string{
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group3",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain + 1,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream + 1,
 				},
 				// Keep existing groups with their original priorities
 				{
@@ -1172,14 +1172,14 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group1",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 				{
 					domain: "example.com",
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group2",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain - 1,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream - 1,
 				},
 			},
 			expectedHandlers: map[string]string{
@@ -1199,14 +1199,14 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group1",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 				{
 					domain: "example.com",
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group2",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain - 1,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream - 1,
 				},
 				// Add group3 with lowest priority
 				{
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group3",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain - 2,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream - 2,
 				},
 			},
 			expectedHandlers: map[string]string{
@@ -1335,14 +1335,14 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group1",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 				{
 					domain: "other.com",
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-other",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 			},
 			expectedHandlers: map[string]string{
@@ -1360,28 +1360,28 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group1",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 				{
 					domain: "example.com",
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-group2",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain - 1,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream - 1,
 				},
 				{
 					domain: "other.com",
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-other",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 				{
 					domain: "new.com",
 					handler: &mockHandler{
 						Id: "upstream-new",
 					},
-					priority: PriorityMatchDomain,
+					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 			},
 			expectedHandlers: map[string]string{
@@ -1791,14 +1791,14 @@ func TestExtraDomainsRefCounting(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Register domains from different handlers with same domain
 	server.RegisterHandler(domain.List{"*.shared.example.com"}, &MockHandler{}, PriorityDNSRoute)
-	server.RegisterHandler(domain.List{"shared.example.com."}, &MockHandler{}, PriorityMatchDomain)
+	server.RegisterHandler(domain.List{"shared.example.com."}, &MockHandler{}, PriorityUpstream)
 
 	// Verify refcount is 2
 	zoneKey := toZone("shared.example.com")
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, server.extraDomains[zoneKey], "Refcount should be 2 after registering same domain twice")
 
 	// Deregister one handler
-	server.DeregisterHandler(domain.List{"shared.example.com"}, PriorityMatchDomain)
+	server.DeregisterHandler(domain.List{"shared.example.com"}, PriorityUpstream)
 
 	// Verify refcount is 1
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, server.extraDomains[zoneKey], "Refcount should be 1 after deregistering one handler")
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ func TestDomainCaseHandling(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	server.RegisterHandler(domain.List{"MIXED.example.com"}, &MockHandler{}, PriorityDefault)
-	server.RegisterHandler(domain.List{"mixed.EXAMPLE.com"}, &MockHandler{}, PriorityMatchDomain)
+	server.RegisterHandler(domain.List{"mixed.EXAMPLE.com"}, &MockHandler{}, PriorityUpstream)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(server.extraDomains), "Case differences should be normalized")
 
@@ -1945,3 +1945,111 @@ func TestDomainCaseHandling(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, domains, "config.example.com.", "Mixed case domain should be normalized and pre.sent")
 	assert.Contains(t, domains, "mixed.example.com.", "Mixed case domain should be normalized and present")
 }
+
+func TestLocalResolverPriorityInServer(t *testing.T) {
+	server := &DefaultServer{
+		ctx:           context.Background(),
+		wgInterface:   &mocWGIface{},
+		handlerChain:  NewHandlerChain(),
+		localResolver: local.NewResolver(),
+		service:       &mockService{},
+		extraDomains:  make(map[domain.Domain]int),
+	}
+
+	config := nbdns.Config{
+		ServiceEnable: true,
+		CustomZones: []nbdns.CustomZone{
+			{
+				Domain: "local.example.com",
+				Records: []nbdns.SimpleRecord{
+					{
+						Name:  "test.local.example.com",
+						Type:  int(dns.TypeA),
+						Class: nbdns.DefaultClass,
+						TTL:   300,
+						RData: "192.168.1.100",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		NameServerGroups: []*nbdns.NameServerGroup{
+			{
+				Domains: []string{"local.example.com"}, // Same domain as local records
+				NameServers: []nbdns.NameServer{
+					{
+						IP:     netip.MustParseAddr("8.8.8.8"),
+						NSType: nbdns.UDPNameServerType,
+						Port:   53,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	localMuxUpdates, _, err := server.buildLocalHandlerUpdate(config.CustomZones)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	upstreamMuxUpdates, err := server.buildUpstreamHandlerUpdate(config.NameServerGroups)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify that local handler has higher priority than upstream for same domain
+	var localPriority, upstreamPriority int
+	localFound, upstreamFound := false, false
+
+	for _, update := range localMuxUpdates {
+		if update.domain == "local.example.com" {
+			localPriority = update.priority
+			localFound = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, update := range upstreamMuxUpdates {
+		if update.domain == "local.example.com" {
+			upstreamPriority = update.priority
+			upstreamFound = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	assert.True(t, localFound, "Local handler should be found")
+	assert.True(t, upstreamFound, "Upstream handler should be found")
+	assert.Greater(t, localPriority, upstreamPriority,
+		"Local handler priority (%d) should be higher than upstream priority (%d)",
+		localPriority, upstreamPriority)
+	assert.Equal(t, PriorityLocal, localPriority, "Local handler should use PriorityLocal")
+	assert.Equal(t, PriorityUpstream, upstreamPriority, "Upstream handler should use PriorityUpstream")
+}
+
+func TestLocalResolverPriorityConstants(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that priority constants are ordered correctly
+	assert.Greater(t, PriorityLocal, PriorityDNSRoute, "Local priority should be higher than DNS route")
+	assert.Greater(t, PriorityLocal, PriorityUpstream, "Local priority should be higher than upstream")
+	assert.Greater(t, PriorityUpstream, PriorityDefault, "Upstream priority should be higher than default")
+
+	// Test that local resolver uses the correct priority
+	server := &DefaultServer{
+		localResolver: local.NewResolver(),
+	}
+
+	config := nbdns.Config{
+		CustomZones: []nbdns.CustomZone{
+			{
+				Domain: "local.example.com",
+				Records: []nbdns.SimpleRecord{
+					{
+						Name:  "test.local.example.com",
+						Type:  int(dns.TypeA),
+						Class: nbdns.DefaultClass,
+						TTL:   300,
+						RData: "192.168.1.100",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	localMuxUpdates, _, err := server.buildLocalHandlerUpdate(config.CustomZones)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, localMuxUpdates, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, PriorityLocal, localMuxUpdates[0].priority, "Local handler should use PriorityLocal")
+	assert.Equal(t, "local.example.com", localMuxUpdates[0].domain)
+}

client/internal/dns/upstream.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package dns
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
@@ -103,19 +104,21 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) Stop() {
 
 // ServeDNS handles a DNS request
 func (u *upstreamResolverBase) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
+	requestID := GenerateRequestID()
+	logger := log.WithField("request_id", requestID)
 	var err error
 	defer func() {
 		u.checkUpstreamFails(err)
 	}()
 
-	log.Tracef("received upstream question: domain=%s type=%v class=%v", r.Question[0].Name, r.Question[0].Qtype, r.Question[0].Qclass)
+	logger.Tracef("received upstream question: domain=%s type=%v class=%v", r.Question[0].Name, r.Question[0].Qtype, r.Question[0].Qclass)
 	if r.Extra == nil {
 		r.MsgHdr.AuthenticatedData = true
 	}
 
 	select {
 	case <-u.ctx.Done():
-		log.Tracef("%s has been stopped", u)
+		logger.Tracef("%s has been stopped", u)
 		return
 	default:
 	}
@@ -132,35 +135,35 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 
 		if err != nil {
 			if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) || isTimeout(err) {
-				log.Warnf("upstream %s timed out for question domain=%s", upstream, r.Question[0].Name)
+				logger.Warnf("upstream %s timed out for question domain=%s", upstream, r.Question[0].Name)
 				continue
 			}
-			log.Warnf("failed to query upstream %s for question domain=%s: %s", upstream, r.Question[0].Name, err)
+			logger.Warnf("failed to query upstream %s for question domain=%s: %s", upstream, r.Question[0].Name, err)
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if rm == nil || !rm.Response {
-			log.Warnf("no response from upstream %s for question domain=%s", upstream, r.Question[0].Name)
+			logger.Warnf("no response from upstream %s for question domain=%s", upstream, r.Question[0].Name)
 			continue
 		}
 
 		u.successCount.Add(1)
-		log.Tracef("took %s to query the upstream %s for question domain=%s", t, upstream, r.Question[0].Name)
+		logger.Tracef("took %s to query the upstream %s for question domain=%s", t, upstream, r.Question[0].Name)
 
 		if err = w.WriteMsg(rm); err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("failed to write DNS response for question domain=%s: %s", r.Question[0].Name, err)
+			logger.Errorf("failed to write DNS response for question domain=%s: %s", r.Question[0].Name, err)
 		}
 		// count the fails only if they happen sequentially
 		u.failsCount.Store(0)
 		return
 	}
 	u.failsCount.Add(1)
-	log.Errorf("all queries to the %s failed for question domain=%s", u, r.Question[0].Name)
+	logger.Errorf("all queries to the %s failed for question domain=%s", u, r.Question[0].Name)
 
 	m := new(dns.Msg)
 	m.SetRcode(r, dns.RcodeServerFailure)
 	if err := w.WriteMsg(m); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed to write error response for %s for question domain=%s: %s", u, r.Question[0].Name, err)
+		logger.Errorf("failed to write error response for %s for question domain=%s: %s", u, r.Question[0].Name, err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -385,3 +388,13 @@ func ExchangeWithFallback(ctx context.Context, client *dns.Client, r *dns.Msg, u
 
 	return rm, t, nil
 }
+
+func GenerateRequestID() string {
+	bytes := make([]byte, 4)
+	_, err := rand.Read(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed to generate request ID: %v", err)
+		return ""
+	}
+	return hex.EncodeToString(bytes)
+}

client/internal/dns/upstream_android.go

@@ -84,3 +84,10 @@ func (u *upstreamResolver) isLocalResolver(upstream string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func GetClientPrivate(ip netip.Addr, interfaceName string, dialTimeout time.Duration) (*dns.Client, error) {
+	return &dns.Client{
+		Timeout: dialTimeout,
+		Net:     "udp",
+	}, nil
+}

client/internal/dns/upstream_general.go

@@ -36,3 +36,10 @@ func newUpstreamResolver(
 func (u *upstreamResolver) exchange(ctx context.Context, upstream string, r *dns.Msg) (rm *dns.Msg, t time.Duration, err error) {
 	return ExchangeWithFallback(ctx, &dns.Client{}, r, upstream)
 }
+
+func GetClientPrivate(ip netip.Addr, interfaceName string, dialTimeout time.Duration) (*dns.Client, error) {
+	return &dns.Client{
+		Timeout: dialTimeout,
+		Net:     "udp",
+	}, nil
+}

client/internal/dnsfwd/forwarder.go

@@ -18,14 +18,20 @@ import (
 	nberrors "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/errors"
 	firewall "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/domain"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
 )
 
 const errResolveFailed = "failed to resolve query for domain=%s: %v"
 const upstreamTimeout = 15 * time.Second
 
+type resolver interface {
+	LookupNetIP(ctx context.Context, network, host string) ([]netip.Addr, error)
+}
+
+type firewaller interface {
+	UpdateSet(set firewall.Set, prefixes []netip.Prefix) error
+}
+
 type DNSForwarder struct {
 	listenAddress  string
 	ttl            uint32
@@ -38,16 +44,18 @@ type DNSForwarder struct {
 
 	mutex      sync.RWMutex
 	fwdEntries []*ForwarderEntry
-	firewall   firewall.Manager
+	firewall   firewaller
+	resolver   resolver
 }
 
-func NewDNSForwarder(listenAddress string, ttl uint32, firewall firewall.Manager, statusRecorder *peer.Status) *DNSForwarder {
+func NewDNSForwarder(listenAddress string, ttl uint32, firewall firewaller, statusRecorder *peer.Status) *DNSForwarder {
 	log.Debugf("creating DNS forwarder with listen_address=%s ttl=%d", listenAddress, ttl)
 	return &DNSForwarder{
 		listenAddress:  listenAddress,
 		ttl:            ttl,
 		firewall:       firewall,
 		statusRecorder: statusRecorder,
+		resolver:       net.DefaultResolver,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -57,14 +65,17 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) Listen(entries []*ForwarderEntry) error {
 	// UDP server
 	mux := dns.NewServeMux()
 	f.mux = mux
+	mux.HandleFunc(".", f.handleDNSQueryUDP)
 	f.dnsServer = &dns.Server{
 		Addr:    f.listenAddress,
 		Net:     "udp",
 		Handler: mux,
 	}
+
 	// TCP server
 	tcpMux := dns.NewServeMux()
 	f.tcpMux = tcpMux
+	tcpMux.HandleFunc(".", f.handleDNSQueryTCP)
 	f.tcpServer = &dns.Server{
 		Addr:    f.listenAddress,
 		Net:     "tcp",
@@ -87,30 +98,13 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) Listen(entries []*ForwarderEntry) error {
 	// return the first error we get (e.g. bind failure or shutdown)
 	return <-errCh
 }
+
 func (f *DNSForwarder) UpdateDomains(entries []*ForwarderEntry) {
 	f.mutex.Lock()
 	defer f.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	if f.mux == nil {
-		log.Debug("DNS mux is nil, skipping domain update")
-		f.fwdEntries = entries
-		return
-	}
-
-	oldDomains := filterDomains(f.fwdEntries)
-	for _, d := range oldDomains {
-		f.mux.HandleRemove(d.PunycodeString())
-		f.tcpMux.HandleRemove(d.PunycodeString())
-	}
-
-	newDomains := filterDomains(entries)
-	for _, d := range newDomains {
-		f.mux.HandleFunc(d.PunycodeString(), f.handleDNSQueryUDP)
-		f.tcpMux.HandleFunc(d.PunycodeString(), f.handleDNSQueryTCP)
-	}
-
 	f.fwdEntries = entries
-	log.Debugf("Updated domains from %v to %v", oldDomains, newDomains)
+	log.Debugf("Updated DNS forwarder with %d domains", len(entries))
 }
 
 func (f *DNSForwarder) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -157,22 +151,31 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQuery(w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg) *dns
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	mostSpecificResId, matchingEntries := f.getMatchingEntries(strings.TrimSuffix(domain, "."))
+	// query doesn't match any configured domain
+	if mostSpecificResId == "" {
+		resp.Rcode = dns.RcodeRefused
+		if err := w.WriteMsg(resp); err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("failed to write DNS response: %v", err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), upstreamTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
-	ips, err := net.DefaultResolver.LookupNetIP(ctx, network, domain)
+	ips, err := f.resolver.LookupNetIP(ctx, network, domain)
 	if err != nil {
 		f.handleDNSError(w, query, resp, domain, err)
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	f.updateInternalState(domain, ips)
+	f.updateInternalState(ips, mostSpecificResId, matchingEntries)
 	f.addIPsToResponse(resp, domain, ips)
 
 	return resp
 }
 
 func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQueryUDP(w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg) {
-
 	resp := f.handleDNSQuery(w, query)
 	if resp == nil {
 		return
@@ -206,9 +209,8 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQueryTCP(w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (f *DNSForwarder) updateInternalState(domain string, ips []netip.Addr) {
+func (f *DNSForwarder) updateInternalState(ips []netip.Addr, mostSpecificResId route.ResID, matchingEntries []*ForwarderEntry) {
 	var prefixes []netip.Prefix
-	mostSpecificResId, matchingEntries := f.getMatchingEntries(strings.TrimSuffix(domain, "."))
 	if mostSpecificResId != "" {
 		for _, ip := range ips {
 			var prefix netip.Prefix
@@ -339,16 +341,3 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) getMatchingEntries(domain string) (route.ResID, []*Forwar
 
 	return selectedResId, matches
 }
-
-// filterDomains returns a list of normalized domains
-func filterDomains(entries []*ForwarderEntry) domain.List {
-	newDomains := make(domain.List, 0, len(entries))
-	for _, d := range entries {
-		if d.Domain == "" {
-			log.Warn("empty domain in DNS forwarder")
-			continue
-		}
-		newDomains = append(newDomains, domain.Domain(nbdns.NormalizeZone(d.Domain.PunycodeString())))
-	}
-	return newDomains
-}

client/internal/dnsfwd/forwarder_test.go

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 package dnsfwd
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/netip"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	firewall "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/test"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/domain"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
 )
@@ -13,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 func Test_getMatchingEntries(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name           string
-		storedMappings map[string]route.ResID // key: domain pattern, value: resId
+		storedMappings map[string]route.ResID
 		queryDomain    string
 		expectedResId  route.ResID
 	}{
@@ -44,7 +54,7 @@ func Test_getMatchingEntries(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:           "Wildcard pattern does not match different domain",
 			storedMappings: map[string]route.ResID{"*.example.com": "res4"},
-			queryDomain:    "foo.notexample.com",
+			queryDomain:    "foo.example.org",
 			expectedResId:  "",
 		},
 		{
@@ -101,3 +111,619 @@ func Test_getMatchingEntries(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+type MockFirewall struct {
+	mock.Mock
+}
+
+func (m *MockFirewall) UpdateSet(set firewall.Set, prefixes []netip.Prefix) error {
+	args := m.Called(set, prefixes)
+	return args.Error(0)
+}
+
+type MockResolver struct {
+	mock.Mock
+}
+
+func (m *MockResolver) LookupNetIP(ctx context.Context, network, host string) ([]netip.Addr, error) {
+	args := m.Called(ctx, network, host)
+	return args.Get(0).([]netip.Addr), args.Error(1)
+}
+
+func TestDNSForwarder_SubdomainAccessLogic(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name             string
+		configuredDomain string
+		queryDomain      string
+		shouldMatch      bool
+		expectedResID    route.ResID
+		description      string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:             "exact domain match should be allowed",
+			configuredDomain: "example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "example.com",
+			shouldMatch:      true,
+			expectedResID:    "test-res-id",
+			description:      "Direct match to configured domain should work",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "subdomain access should be restricted",
+			configuredDomain: "example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "mail.example.com",
+			shouldMatch:      false,
+			expectedResID:    "",
+			description:      "Subdomain should not be accessible unless explicitly configured",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "wildcard should allow subdomains",
+			configuredDomain: "*.example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "mail.example.com",
+			shouldMatch:      true,
+			expectedResID:    "test-res-id",
+			description:      "Wildcard domains should allow subdomain access",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "wildcard should allow base domain",
+			configuredDomain: "*.example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "example.com",
+			shouldMatch:      true,
+			expectedResID:    "test-res-id",
+			description:      "Wildcard should also match the base domain",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "deep subdomain should be restricted",
+			configuredDomain: "example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "deep.mail.example.com",
+			shouldMatch:      false,
+			expectedResID:    "",
+			description:      "Deep subdomains should not be accessible",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "wildcard allows deep subdomains",
+			configuredDomain: "*.example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "deep.mail.example.com",
+			shouldMatch:      true,
+			expectedResID:    "test-res-id",
+			description:      "Wildcard should allow deep subdomains",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			forwarder := &DNSForwarder{}
+
+			d, err := domain.FromString(tt.configuredDomain)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			entries := []*ForwarderEntry{
+				{
+					Domain: d,
+					ResID:  "test-res-id",
+				},
+			}
+
+			forwarder.UpdateDomains(entries)
+
+			resID, matchingEntries := forwarder.getMatchingEntries(tt.queryDomain)
+
+			if tt.shouldMatch {
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedResID, resID, "Expected matching ResID")
+				assert.NotEmpty(t, matchingEntries, "Expected matching entries")
+				t.Logf("✓ Domain %s correctly matches pattern %s", tt.queryDomain, tt.configuredDomain)
+			} else {
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedResID, resID, "Expected no ResID match")
+				assert.Empty(t, matchingEntries, "Expected no matching entries")
+				t.Logf("✓ Domain %s correctly does NOT match pattern %s", tt.queryDomain, tt.configuredDomain)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDNSForwarder_UnauthorizedDomainAccess(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("Skipping integration test in short mode")
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name             string
+		configuredDomain string
+		queryDomain      string
+		shouldResolve    bool
+		description      string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:             "configured exact domain resolves",
+			configuredDomain: "example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "example.com",
+			shouldResolve:    true,
+			description:      "Exact match should resolve",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "unauthorized subdomain blocked",
+			configuredDomain: "example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "mail.example.com",
+			shouldResolve:    false,
+			description:      "Subdomain should be blocked without wildcard",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "wildcard allows subdomain",
+			configuredDomain: "*.example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "mail.example.com",
+			shouldResolve:    true,
+			description:      "Wildcard should allow subdomain",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "wildcard allows base domain",
+			configuredDomain: "*.example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "example.com",
+			shouldResolve:    true,
+			description:      "Wildcard should allow base domain",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "unrelated domain blocked",
+			configuredDomain: "example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "example.org",
+			shouldResolve:    false,
+			description:      "Unrelated domain should be blocked",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "deep subdomain blocked",
+			configuredDomain: "example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "deep.mail.example.com",
+			shouldResolve:    false,
+			description:      "Deep subdomain should be blocked",
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "wildcard allows deep subdomain",
+			configuredDomain: "*.example.com",
+			queryDomain:      "deep.mail.example.com",
+			shouldResolve:    true,
+			description:      "Wildcard should allow deep subdomain",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			mockFirewall := &MockFirewall{}
+			mockResolver := &MockResolver{}
+
+			if tt.shouldResolve {
+				mockFirewall.On("UpdateSet", mock.AnythingOfType("manager.Set"), mock.AnythingOfType("[]netip.Prefix")).Return(nil)
+
+				// Mock successful DNS resolution
+				fakeIP := netip.MustParseAddr("1.2.3.4")
+				mockResolver.On("LookupNetIP", mock.Anything, "ip4", dns.Fqdn(tt.queryDomain)).Return([]netip.Addr{fakeIP}, nil)
+			}
+
+			forwarder := NewDNSForwarder("127.0.0.1:0", 300, mockFirewall, &peer.Status{})
+			forwarder.resolver = mockResolver
+
+			d, err := domain.FromString(tt.configuredDomain)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			entries := []*ForwarderEntry{
+				{
+					Domain: d,
+					ResID:  "test-res-id",
+					Set:    firewall.NewDomainSet([]domain.Domain{d}),
+				},
+			}
+
+			forwarder.UpdateDomains(entries)
+
+			query := &dns.Msg{}
+			query.SetQuestion(dns.Fqdn(tt.queryDomain), dns.TypeA)
+
+			mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+			resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(mockWriter, query)
+
+			if tt.shouldResolve {
+				require.NotNil(t, resp, "Expected response for authorized domain")
+				require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode, "Expected successful response")
+				assert.NotEmpty(t, resp.Answer, "Expected DNS answer records")
+
+				time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+				mockFirewall.AssertExpectations(t)
+				mockResolver.AssertExpectations(t)
+			} else {
+				if resp != nil {
+					assert.True(t, len(resp.Answer) == 0 || resp.Rcode != dns.RcodeSuccess,
+						"Unauthorized domain should not return successful answers")
+				}
+				mockFirewall.AssertNotCalled(t, "UpdateSet")
+				mockResolver.AssertNotCalled(t, "LookupNetIP")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDNSForwarder_FirewallSetUpdates(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name              string
+		configuredDomains []string
+		query             string
+		mockIP            string
+		shouldResolve     bool
+		expectedSetCount  int // How many sets should be updated
+		description       string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:              "exact domain gets firewall update",
+			configuredDomains: []string{"example.com"},
+			query:             "example.com",
+			mockIP:            "1.1.1.1",
+			shouldResolve:     true,
+			expectedSetCount:  1,
+			description:       "Single exact match updates one set",
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "wildcard domain gets firewall update",
+			configuredDomains: []string{"*.example.com"},
+			query:             "mail.example.com",
+			mockIP:            "1.1.1.2",
+			shouldResolve:     true,
+			expectedSetCount:  1,
+			description:       "Wildcard match updates one set",
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "overlapping exact and wildcard both get updates",
+			configuredDomains: []string{"*.example.com", "mail.example.com"},
+			query:             "mail.example.com",
+			mockIP:            "1.1.1.3",
+			shouldResolve:     true,
+			expectedSetCount:  2,
+			description:       "Both exact and wildcard sets should be updated",
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "unauthorized domain gets no firewall update",
+			configuredDomains: []string{"example.com"},
+			query:             "mail.example.com",
+			mockIP:            "1.1.1.4",
+			shouldResolve:     false,
+			expectedSetCount:  0,
+			description:       "No firewall update for unauthorized domains",
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "multiple wildcards matching get all updated",
+			configuredDomains: []string{"*.example.com", "*.sub.example.com"},
+			query:             "test.sub.example.com",
+			mockIP:            "1.1.1.5",
+			shouldResolve:     true,
+			expectedSetCount:  2,
+			description:       "All matching wildcard sets should be updated",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			mockFirewall := &MockFirewall{}
+			mockResolver := &MockResolver{}
+
+			// Set up forwarder
+			forwarder := NewDNSForwarder("127.0.0.1:0", 300, mockFirewall, &peer.Status{})
+			forwarder.resolver = mockResolver
+
+			// Create entries and track sets
+			var entries []*ForwarderEntry
+			sets := make([]firewall.Set, 0)
+
+			for i, configDomain := range tt.configuredDomains {
+				d, err := domain.FromString(configDomain)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				set := firewall.NewDomainSet([]domain.Domain{d})
+				sets = append(sets, set)
+
+				entries = append(entries, &ForwarderEntry{
+					Domain: d,
+					ResID:  route.ResID(fmt.Sprintf("res-%d", i)),
+					Set:    set,
+				})
+			}
+
+			forwarder.UpdateDomains(entries)
+
+			// Set up mocks
+			if tt.shouldResolve {
+				fakeIP := netip.MustParseAddr(tt.mockIP)
+				mockResolver.On("LookupNetIP", mock.Anything, "ip4", dns.Fqdn(tt.query)).
+					Return([]netip.Addr{fakeIP}, nil).Once()
+
+				expectedPrefixes := []netip.Prefix{netip.PrefixFrom(fakeIP, 32)}
+
+				// Count how many sets should actually match
+				updateCount := 0
+				for i, entry := range entries {
+					domain := strings.ToLower(tt.query)
+					pattern := entry.Domain.PunycodeString()
+
+					matches := false
+					if strings.HasPrefix(pattern, "*.") {
+						baseDomain := strings.TrimPrefix(pattern, "*.")
+						if domain == baseDomain || strings.HasSuffix(domain, "."+baseDomain) {
+							matches = true
+						}
+					} else if domain == pattern {
+						matches = true
+					}
+
+					if matches {
+						mockFirewall.On("UpdateSet", sets[i], expectedPrefixes).Return(nil).Once()
+						updateCount++
+					}
+				}
+
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedSetCount, updateCount,
+					"Expected %d sets to be updated, but mock expects %d",
+					tt.expectedSetCount, updateCount)
+			}
+
+			// Execute query
+			dnsQuery := &dns.Msg{}
+			dnsQuery.SetQuestion(dns.Fqdn(tt.query), dns.TypeA)
+
+			mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+			resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(mockWriter, dnsQuery)
+
+			// Verify response
+			if tt.shouldResolve {
+				require.NotNil(t, resp, "Expected response for authorized domain")
+				require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
+				require.NotEmpty(t, resp.Answer)
+			} else if resp != nil {
+				assert.True(t, resp.Rcode == dns.RcodeRefused || len(resp.Answer) == 0,
+					"Unauthorized domain should be refused or have no answers")
+			}
+
+			// Verify all mock expectations were met
+			mockFirewall.AssertExpectations(t)
+			mockResolver.AssertExpectations(t)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// Test to verify that multiple IPs for one domain result in all prefixes being sent together
+func TestDNSForwarder_MultipleIPsInSingleUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	mockFirewall := &MockFirewall{}
+	mockResolver := &MockResolver{}
+
+	forwarder := NewDNSForwarder("127.0.0.1:0", 300, mockFirewall, &peer.Status{})
+	forwarder.resolver = mockResolver
+
+	// Configure a single domain
+	d, err := domain.FromString("example.com")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	set := firewall.NewDomainSet([]domain.Domain{d})
+	entries := []*ForwarderEntry{{
+		Domain: d,
+		ResID:  "test-res",
+		Set:    set,
+	}}
+
+	forwarder.UpdateDomains(entries)
+
+	// Mock resolver returns multiple IPs
+	ips := []netip.Addr{
+		netip.MustParseAddr("1.1.1.1"),
+		netip.MustParseAddr("1.1.1.2"),
+		netip.MustParseAddr("1.1.1.3"),
+	}
+	mockResolver.On("LookupNetIP", mock.Anything, "ip4", "example.com.").
+		Return(ips, nil).Once()
+
+	// Expect ONE UpdateSet call with ALL prefixes
+	expectedPrefixes := []netip.Prefix{
+		netip.PrefixFrom(ips[0], 32),
+		netip.PrefixFrom(ips[1], 32),
+		netip.PrefixFrom(ips[2], 32),
+	}
+	mockFirewall.On("UpdateSet", set, expectedPrefixes).Return(nil).Once()
+
+	// Execute query
+	query := &dns.Msg{}
+	query.SetQuestion("example.com.", dns.TypeA)
+
+	mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+	resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(mockWriter, query)
+
+	// Verify response contains all IPs
+	require.NotNil(t, resp)
+	require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
+	require.Len(t, resp.Answer, 3, "Should have 3 answer records")
+
+	// Verify mocks
+	mockFirewall.AssertExpectations(t)
+	mockResolver.AssertExpectations(t)
+}
+
+func TestDNSForwarder_ResponseCodes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		queryType    uint16
+		queryDomain  string
+		configured   string
+		expectedCode int
+		description  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "unauthorized domain returns REFUSED",
+			queryType:    dns.TypeA,
+			queryDomain:  "evil.com",
+			configured:   "example.com",
+			expectedCode: dns.RcodeRefused,
+			description:  "RFC compliant REFUSED for unauthorized queries",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "unsupported query type returns NOTIMP",
+			queryType:    dns.TypeMX,
+			queryDomain:  "example.com",
+			configured:   "example.com",
+			expectedCode: dns.RcodeNotImplemented,
+			description:  "RFC compliant NOTIMP for unsupported types",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "CNAME query returns NOTIMP",
+			queryType:    dns.TypeCNAME,
+			queryDomain:  "example.com",
+			configured:   "example.com",
+			expectedCode: dns.RcodeNotImplemented,
+			description:  "CNAME queries not supported",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "TXT query returns NOTIMP",
+			queryType:    dns.TypeTXT,
+			queryDomain:  "example.com",
+			configured:   "example.com",
+			expectedCode: dns.RcodeNotImplemented,
+			description:  "TXT queries not supported",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			forwarder := NewDNSForwarder("127.0.0.1:0", 300, nil, &peer.Status{})
+
+			d, err := domain.FromString(tt.configured)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			entries := []*ForwarderEntry{{Domain: d, ResID: "test-res"}}
+			forwarder.UpdateDomains(entries)
+
+			query := &dns.Msg{}
+			query.SetQuestion(dns.Fqdn(tt.queryDomain), tt.queryType)
+
+			// Capture the written response
+			var writtenResp *dns.Msg
+			mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{
+				WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error {
+					writtenResp = m
+					return nil
+				},
+			}
+
+			_ = forwarder.handleDNSQuery(mockWriter, query)
+
+			// Check the response written to the writer
+			require.NotNil(t, writtenResp, "Expected response to be written")
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedCode, writtenResp.Rcode, tt.description)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDNSForwarder_TCPTruncation(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that large UDP responses are truncated with TC bit set
+	mockResolver := &MockResolver{}
+	forwarder := NewDNSForwarder("127.0.0.1:0", 300, nil, &peer.Status{})
+	forwarder.resolver = mockResolver
+
+	d, _ := domain.FromString("example.com")
+	entries := []*ForwarderEntry{{Domain: d, ResID: "test-res"}}
+	forwarder.UpdateDomains(entries)
+
+	// Mock many IPs to create a large response
+	var manyIPs []netip.Addr
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		manyIPs = append(manyIPs, netip.MustParseAddr(fmt.Sprintf("1.1.1.%d", i%256)))
+	}
+	mockResolver.On("LookupNetIP", mock.Anything, "ip4", "example.com.").Return(manyIPs, nil)
+
+	// Query without EDNS0
+	query := &dns.Msg{}
+	query.SetQuestion("example.com.", dns.TypeA)
+
+	var writtenResp *dns.Msg
+	mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{
+		WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error {
+			writtenResp = m
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	forwarder.handleDNSQueryUDP(mockWriter, query)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, writtenResp)
+	assert.True(t, writtenResp.Truncated, "Large response should be truncated")
+	assert.LessOrEqual(t, writtenResp.Len(), dns.MinMsgSize, "Response should fit in minimum UDP size")
+}
+
+func TestDNSForwarder_MultipleOverlappingPatterns(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test complex overlapping pattern scenarios
+	mockFirewall := &MockFirewall{}
+	mockResolver := &MockResolver{}
+
+	forwarder := NewDNSForwarder("127.0.0.1:0", 300, mockFirewall, &peer.Status{})
+	forwarder.resolver = mockResolver
+
+	// Set up complex overlapping patterns
+	patterns := []string{
+		"*.example.com",         // Matches all subdomains
+		"*.mail.example.com",    // More specific wildcard
+		"smtp.mail.example.com", // Exact match
+		"example.com",           // Base domain
+	}
+
+	var entries []*ForwarderEntry
+	sets := make(map[string]firewall.Set)
+
+	for _, pattern := range patterns {
+		d, _ := domain.FromString(pattern)
+		set := firewall.NewDomainSet([]domain.Domain{d})
+		sets[pattern] = set
+		entries = append(entries, &ForwarderEntry{
+			Domain: d,
+			ResID:  route.ResID("res-" + pattern),
+			Set:    set,
+		})
+	}
+
+	forwarder.UpdateDomains(entries)
+
+	// Test smtp.mail.example.com - should match 3 patterns
+	fakeIP := netip.MustParseAddr("1.2.3.4")
+	mockResolver.On("LookupNetIP", mock.Anything, "ip4", "smtp.mail.example.com.").Return([]netip.Addr{fakeIP}, nil)
+
+	expectedPrefix := netip.PrefixFrom(fakeIP, 32)
+	// All three matching patterns should get firewall updates
+	mockFirewall.On("UpdateSet", sets["smtp.mail.example.com"], []netip.Prefix{expectedPrefix}).Return(nil)
+	mockFirewall.On("UpdateSet", sets["*.mail.example.com"], []netip.Prefix{expectedPrefix}).Return(nil)
+	mockFirewall.On("UpdateSet", sets["*.example.com"], []netip.Prefix{expectedPrefix}).Return(nil)
+
+	query := &dns.Msg{}
+	query.SetQuestion("smtp.mail.example.com.", dns.TypeA)
+
+	mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+	resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(mockWriter, query)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, resp)
+	assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
+
+	// Verify all three sets were updated
+	mockFirewall.AssertExpectations(t)
+
+	// Verify the most specific ResID was selected
+	// (exact match should win over wildcards)
+	resID, matches := forwarder.getMatchingEntries("smtp.mail.example.com")
+	assert.Equal(t, route.ResID("res-smtp.mail.example.com"), resID)
+	assert.Len(t, matches, 3, "Should match 3 patterns")
+}
+
+func TestDNSForwarder_EmptyQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test handling of malformed query with no questions
+	forwarder := NewDNSForwarder("127.0.0.1:0", 300, nil, &peer.Status{})
+
+	query := &dns.Msg{}
+	// Don't set any question
+
+	writeCalled := false
+	mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{
+		WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error {
+			writeCalled = true
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(mockWriter, query)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, resp, "Should return nil for empty query")
+	assert.False(t, writeCalled, "Should not write response for empty query")
+}

client/internal/engine.go

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 	nftypes "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/netflow/types"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/networkmonitor"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/dispatcher"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/guard"
 	icemaker "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/ice"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peerstore"
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ import (
 	signal "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/signal/client"
 	sProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/signal/proto"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
-	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/net"
 )
 
 // PeerConnectionTimeoutMax is a timeout of an initial connection attempt to a remote peer.
@@ -139,9 +137,6 @@ type Engine struct {
 
 	connMgr *ConnMgr
 
-	beforePeerHook nbnet.AddHookFunc
-	afterPeerHook  nbnet.RemoveHookFunc
-
 	// rpManager is a Rosenpass manager
 	rpManager *rosenpass.Manager
 
@@ -175,8 +170,7 @@ type Engine struct {
 	sshServerFunc func(hostKeyPEM []byte, addr string) (nbssh.Server, error)
 	sshServer     nbssh.Server
 
-	statusRecorder     *peer.Status
+	statusRecorder *peer.Status
-	peerConnDispatcher *dispatcher.ConnectionDispatcher
 
 	firewall          firewallManager.Manager
 	routeManager      routemanager.Manager
@@ -383,7 +377,13 @@ func (e *Engine) Start() error {
 	}
 	e.stateManager.Start()
 
-	initialRoutes, dnsServer, err := e.newDnsServer()
+	initialRoutes, dnsConfig, dnsFeatureFlag, err := e.readInitialSettings()
+	if err != nil {
+		e.close()
+		return fmt.Errorf("read initial settings: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	dnsServer, err := e.newDnsServer(dnsConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		e.close()
 		return fmt.Errorf("create dns server: %w", err)
@@ -400,16 +400,13 @@ func (e *Engine) Start() error {
 		InitialRoutes:       initialRoutes,
 		StateManager:        e.stateManager,
 		DNSServer:           dnsServer,
+		DNSFeatureFlag:      dnsFeatureFlag,
 		PeerStore:           e.peerStore,
 		DisableClientRoutes: e.config.DisableClientRoutes,
 		DisableServerRoutes: e.config.DisableServerRoutes,
 	})
-	beforePeerHook, afterPeerHook, err := e.routeManager.Init()
+	if err := e.routeManager.Init(); err != nil {
-	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Failed to initialize route manager: %s", err)
-	} else {
-		e.beforePeerHook = beforePeerHook
-		e.afterPeerHook = afterPeerHook
 	}
 
 	e.routeManager.SetRouteChangeListener(e.mobileDep.NetworkChangeListener)
@@ -451,9 +448,7 @@ func (e *Engine) Start() error {
 		NATExternalIPs:       e.parseNATExternalIPMappings(),
 	}
 
-	e.peerConnDispatcher = dispatcher.NewConnectionDispatcher()
+	e.connMgr = NewConnMgr(e.config, e.statusRecorder, e.peerStore, wgIface)
-
-	e.connMgr = NewConnMgr(e.config, e.statusRecorder, e.peerStore, wgIface, e.peerConnDispatcher)
 	e.connMgr.Start(e.ctx)
 
 	e.srWatcher = guard.NewSRWatcher(e.signal, e.relayManager, e.mobileDep.IFaceDiscover, iceCfg)
@@ -488,9 +483,9 @@ func (e *Engine) createFirewall() error {
 }
 
 func (e *Engine) initFirewall() error {
-	if err := e.routeManager.EnableServerRouter(e.firewall); err != nil {
+	if err := e.routeManager.SetFirewall(e.firewall); err != nil {
 		e.close()
-		return fmt.Errorf("enable server router: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("set firewall: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if e.config.BlockLANAccess {
@@ -786,6 +781,9 @@ func (e *Engine) updateChecksIfNew(checks []*mgmProto.Checks) error {
 		e.config.DisableServerRoutes,
 		e.config.DisableDNS,
 		e.config.DisableFirewall,
+		e.config.BlockLANAccess,
+		e.config.BlockInbound,
+		e.config.LazyConnectionEnabled,
 	)
 
 	if err := e.mgmClient.SyncMeta(info); err != nil {
@@ -905,6 +903,9 @@ func (e *Engine) receiveManagementEvents() {
 			e.config.DisableServerRoutes,
 			e.config.DisableDNS,
 			e.config.DisableFirewall,
+			e.config.BlockLANAccess,
+			e.config.BlockInbound,
+			e.config.LazyConnectionEnabled,
 		)
 
 		// err = e.mgmClient.Sync(info, e.handleSync)
@@ -1003,11 +1004,18 @@ func (e *Engine) updateNetworkMap(networkMap *mgmProto.NetworkMap) error {
 		log.Errorf("failed to update dns server, err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	dnsRouteFeatureFlag := toDNSFeatureFlag(networkMap)
-
 	// apply routes first, route related actions might depend on routing being enabled
 	routes := toRoutes(networkMap.GetRoutes())
-	if err := e.routeManager.UpdateRoutes(serial, routes, dnsRouteFeatureFlag); err != nil {
+	serverRoutes, clientRoutes := e.routeManager.ClassifyRoutes(routes)
+
+	// lazy mgr needs to be aware of which routes are available before they are applied
+	if e.connMgr != nil {
+		e.connMgr.UpdateRouteHAMap(clientRoutes)
+		log.Debugf("updated lazy connection manager with %d HA groups", len(clientRoutes))
+	}
+
+	dnsRouteFeatureFlag := toDNSFeatureFlag(networkMap)
+	if err := e.routeManager.UpdateRoutes(serial, serverRoutes, clientRoutes, dnsRouteFeatureFlag); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("failed to update routes: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -1067,8 +1075,8 @@ func (e *Engine) updateNetworkMap(networkMap *mgmProto.NetworkMap) error {
 	}
 
 	// must set the exclude list after the peers are added. Without it the manager can not figure out the peers parameters from the store
-	excludedLazyPeers := e.toExcludedLazyPeers(routes, forwardingRules, networkMap.GetRemotePeers())
+	excludedLazyPeers := e.toExcludedLazyPeers(forwardingRules, networkMap.GetRemotePeers())
-	e.connMgr.SetExcludeList(excludedLazyPeers)
+	e.connMgr.SetExcludeList(e.ctx, excludedLazyPeers)
 
 	e.networkSerial = serial
 
@@ -1241,14 +1249,10 @@ func (e *Engine) addNewPeer(peerConfig *mgmProto.RemotePeerConfig) error {
 	}
 
 	if exists := e.connMgr.AddPeerConn(e.ctx, peerKey, conn); exists {
-		conn.Close()
+		conn.Close(false)
 		return fmt.Errorf("peer already exists: %s", peerKey)
 	}
 
-	if e.beforePeerHook != nil && e.afterPeerHook != nil {
-		conn.AddBeforeAddPeerHook(e.beforePeerHook)
-		conn.AddAfterRemovePeerHook(e.afterPeerHook)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -1288,13 +1292,12 @@ func (e *Engine) createPeerConn(pubKey string, allowedIPs []netip.Prefix, agentV
 	}
 
 	serviceDependencies := peer.ServiceDependencies{
-		StatusRecorder:     e.statusRecorder,
+		StatusRecorder: e.statusRecorder,
-		Signaler:           e.signaler,
+		Signaler:       e.signaler,
-		IFaceDiscover:      e.mobileDep.IFaceDiscover,
+		IFaceDiscover:  e.mobileDep.IFaceDiscover,
-		RelayManager:       e.relayManager,
+		RelayManager:   e.relayManager,
-		SrWatcher:          e.srWatcher,
+		SrWatcher:      e.srWatcher,
-		Semaphore:          e.connSemaphore,
+		Semaphore:      e.connSemaphore,
-		PeerConnDispatcher: e.peerConnDispatcher,
 	}
 	peerConn, err := peer.NewConn(config, serviceDependencies)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1317,11 +1320,16 @@ func (e *Engine) receiveSignalEvents() {
 			e.syncMsgMux.Lock()
 			defer e.syncMsgMux.Unlock()
 
-			conn, ok := e.connMgr.OnSignalMsg(e.ctx, msg.Key)
+			conn, ok := e.peerStore.PeerConn(msg.Key)
 			if !ok {
 				return fmt.Errorf("wrongly addressed message %s", msg.Key)
 			}
 
+			msgType := msg.GetBody().GetType()
+			if msgType != sProto.Body_GO_IDLE {
+				e.connMgr.ActivatePeer(e.ctx, conn)
+			}
+
 			switch msg.GetBody().Type {
 			case sProto.Body_OFFER:
 				remoteCred, err := signal.UnMarshalCredential(msg)
@@ -1378,6 +1386,8 @@ func (e *Engine) receiveSignalEvents() {
 
 				go conn.OnRemoteCandidate(candidate, e.routeManager.GetClientRoutes())
 			case sProto.Body_MODE:
+			case sProto.Body_GO_IDLE:
+				e.connMgr.DeactivatePeer(conn)
 			}
 
 			return nil
@@ -1475,7 +1485,12 @@ func (e *Engine) close() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (e *Engine) readInitialSettings() ([]*route.Route, *nbdns.Config, error) {
+func (e *Engine) readInitialSettings() ([]*route.Route, *nbdns.Config, bool, error) {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "android" {
+		// nolint:nilnil
+		return nil, nil, false, nil
+	}
+
 	info := system.GetInfo(e.ctx)
 	info.SetFlags(
 		e.config.RosenpassEnabled,
@@ -1485,15 +1500,19 @@ func (e *Engine) readInitialSettings() ([]*route.Route, *nbdns.Config, error) {
 		e.config.DisableServerRoutes,
 		e.config.DisableDNS,
 		e.config.DisableFirewall,
+		e.config.BlockLANAccess,
+		e.config.BlockInbound,
+		e.config.LazyConnectionEnabled,
 	)
 
 	netMap, err := e.mgmClient.GetNetworkMap(info)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, false, err
 	}
 	routes := toRoutes(netMap.GetRoutes())
 	dnsCfg := toDNSConfig(netMap.GetDNSConfig(), e.wgInterface.Address().Network)
-	return routes, &dnsCfg, nil
+	dnsFeatureFlag := toDNSFeatureFlag(netMap)
+	return routes, &dnsCfg, dnsFeatureFlag, nil
 }
 
 func (e *Engine) newWgIface() (*iface.WGIface, error) {
@@ -1510,6 +1529,7 @@ func (e *Engine) newWgIface() (*iface.WGIface, error) {
 		MTU:          iface.DefaultMTU,
 		TransportNet: transportNet,
 		FilterFn:     e.addrViaRoutes,
+		DisableDNS:   e.config.DisableDNS,
 	}
 
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
@@ -1540,18 +1560,14 @@ func (e *Engine) wgInterfaceCreate() (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (e *Engine) newDnsServer() ([]*route.Route, dns.Server, error) {
+func (e *Engine) newDnsServer(dnsConfig *nbdns.Config) (dns.Server, error) {
 	// due to tests where we are using a mocked version of the DNS server
 	if e.dnsServer != nil {
-		return nil, e.dnsServer, nil
+		return e.dnsServer, nil
 	}
 
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "android":
-		routes, dnsConfig, err := e.readInitialSettings()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
-		}
 		dnsServer := dns.NewDefaultServerPermanentUpstream(
 			e.ctx,
 			e.wgInterface,
@@ -1562,19 +1578,19 @@ func (e *Engine) newDnsServer() ([]*route.Route, dns.Server, error) {
 			e.config.DisableDNS,
 		)
 		go e.mobileDep.DnsReadyListener.OnReady()
-		return routes, dnsServer, nil
+		return dnsServer, nil
 
 	case "ios":
 		dnsServer := dns.NewDefaultServerIos(e.ctx, e.wgInterface, e.mobileDep.DnsManager, e.statusRecorder, e.config.DisableDNS)
-		return nil, dnsServer, nil
+		return dnsServer, nil
 
 	default:
 		dnsServer, err := dns.NewDefaultServer(e.ctx, e.wgInterface, e.config.CustomDNSAddress, e.statusRecorder, e.stateManager, e.config.DisableDNS)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		return nil, dnsServer, nil
+		return dnsServer, nil
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1933,18 +1949,8 @@ func (e *Engine) updateForwardRules(rules []*mgmProto.ForwardingRule) ([]firewal
 	return forwardingRules, nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(merr)
 }
 
-func (e *Engine) toExcludedLazyPeers(routes []*route.Route, rules []firewallManager.ForwardRule, peers []*mgmProto.RemotePeerConfig) map[string]bool {
+func (e *Engine) toExcludedLazyPeers(rules []firewallManager.ForwardRule, peers []*mgmProto.RemotePeerConfig) map[string]bool {
 	excludedPeers := make(map[string]bool)
-	for _, r := range routes {
-		if r.Peer == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		if !excludedPeers[r.Peer] {
-			log.Infof("exclude router peer from lazy connection: %s", r.Peer)
-			excludedPeers[r.Peer] = true
-		}
-	}
-
 	for _, r := range rules {
 		ip := r.TranslatedAddress
 		for _, p := range peers {

client/internal/engine_test.go

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/dispatcher"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/guard"
 	icemaker "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/ice"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routemanager"
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/telemetry"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
 	relayClient "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/relay/client"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
 	signal "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/signal/client"
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ type MockWGIface struct {
 	UpdateAddrFunc             func(newAddr string) error
 	UpdatePeerFunc             func(peerKey string, allowedIps []netip.Prefix, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error
 	RemovePeerFunc             func(peerKey string) error
-	AddAllowedIPFunc           func(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error
+	AddAllowedIPFunc           func(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error
-	RemoveAllowedIPFunc        func(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error
+	RemoveAllowedIPFunc        func(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error
 	CloseFunc                  func() error
 	SetFilterFunc              func(filter device.PacketFilter) error
 	GetFilterFunc              func() device.PacketFilter
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ type MockWGIface struct {
 	GetInterfaceGUIDStringFunc func() (string, error)
 	GetProxyFunc               func() wgproxy.Proxy
 	GetNetFunc                 func() *netstack.Net
+	LastActivitiesFunc         func() map[string]monotime.Time
 }
 
 func (m *MockWGIface) FullStats() (*configurer.Stats, error) {
@@ -147,11 +148,11 @@ func (m *MockWGIface) RemovePeer(peerKey string) error {
 	return m.RemovePeerFunc(peerKey)
 }
 
-func (m *MockWGIface) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error {
+func (m *MockWGIface) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error {
 	return m.AddAllowedIPFunc(peerKey, allowedIP)
 }
 
-func (m *MockWGIface) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error {
+func (m *MockWGIface) RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error {
 	return m.RemoveAllowedIPFunc(peerKey, allowedIP)
 }
 
@@ -187,6 +188,13 @@ func (m *MockWGIface) GetNet() *netstack.Net {
 	return m.GetNetFunc()
 }
 
+func (m *MockWGIface) LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time {
+	if m.LastActivitiesFunc != nil {
+		return m.LastActivitiesFunc()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	_ = util.InitLog("debug", "console")
 	code := m.Run()
@@ -392,7 +400,7 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMap(t *testing.T) {
 		StatusRecorder:   engine.statusRecorder,
 		RelayManager:     relayMgr,
 	})
-	_, _, err = engine.routeManager.Init()
+	err = engine.routeManager.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	engine.dnsServer = &dns.MockServer{
 		UpdateDNSServerFunc: func(serial uint64, update nbdns.Config) error { return nil },
@@ -404,7 +412,7 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMap(t *testing.T) {
 	engine.udpMux = bind.NewUniversalUDPMuxDefault(bind.UniversalUDPMuxParams{UDPConn: conn})
 	engine.ctx = ctx
 	engine.srWatcher = guard.NewSRWatcher(nil, nil, nil, icemaker.Config{})
-	engine.connMgr = NewConnMgr(engine.config, engine.statusRecorder, engine.peerStore, wgIface, dispatcher.NewConnectionDispatcher())
+	engine.connMgr = NewConnMgr(engine.config, engine.statusRecorder, engine.peerStore, wgIface)
 	engine.connMgr.Start(ctx)
 
 	type testCase struct {
@@ -643,12 +651,12 @@ func TestEngine_Sync(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
-		name           string
+		name                 string
-		inputErr       error
+		inputErr             error
-		networkMap     *mgmtProto.NetworkMap
+		networkMap           *mgmtProto.NetworkMap
-		expectedLen    int
+		expectedLen          int
-		expectedRoutes []*route.Route
+		expectedClientRoutes route.HAMap
-		expectedSerial uint64
+		expectedSerial       uint64
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "Routes Config Should Be Passed To Manager",
@@ -676,22 +684,26 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			expectedLen: 2,
-			expectedRoutes: []*route.Route{
+			expectedClientRoutes: route.HAMap{
-				{
+				"n1|192.168.0.0/24": []*route.Route{
-					ID:          "a",
+					{
-					Network:     netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.0.0/24"),
+						ID:          "a",
-					NetID:       "n1",
+						Network:     netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.0.0/24"),
-					Peer:        "p1",
+						NetID:       "n1",
-					NetworkType: 1,
+						Peer:        "p1",
-					Masquerade:  false,
+						NetworkType: 1,
+						Masquerade:  false,
+					},
 				},
-				{
+				"n2|192.168.1.0/24": []*route.Route{
-					ID:          "b",
+					{
-					Network:     netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24"),
+						ID:          "b",
-					NetID:       "n2",
+						Network:     netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24"),
-					Peer:        "p1",
+						NetID:       "n2",
-					NetworkType: 1,
+						Peer:        "p1",
-					Masquerade:  false,
+						NetworkType: 1,
+						Masquerade:  false,
+					},
 				},
 			},
 			expectedSerial: 1,
@@ -704,9 +716,9 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 				RemotePeersIsEmpty: false,
 				Routes:             nil,
 			},
-			expectedLen:    0,
+			expectedLen:          0,
-			expectedRoutes: []*route.Route{},
+			expectedClientRoutes: nil,
-			expectedSerial: 1,
+			expectedSerial:       1,
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "Error Shouldn't Break Engine",
@@ -717,9 +729,9 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 				RemotePeersIsEmpty: false,
 				Routes:             nil,
 			},
-			expectedLen:    0,
+			expectedLen:          0,
-			expectedRoutes: []*route.Route{},
+			expectedClientRoutes: nil,
-			expectedSerial: 1,
+			expectedSerial:       1,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -762,21 +774,34 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 			engine.wgInterface, err = iface.NewWGIFace(opts)
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "shouldn't return error")
 			input := struct {
-				inputSerial uint64
+				inputSerial  uint64
-				inputRoutes []*route.Route
+				clientRoutes route.HAMap
 			}{}
 
 			mockRouteManager := &routemanager.MockManager{
-				UpdateRoutesFunc: func(updateSerial uint64, newRoutes []*route.Route) error {
+				UpdateRoutesFunc: func(updateSerial uint64, serverRoutes map[route.ID]*route.Route, clientRoutes route.HAMap, useNewDNSRoute bool) error {
 					input.inputSerial = updateSerial
-					input.inputRoutes = newRoutes
+					input.clientRoutes = clientRoutes
 					return testCase.inputErr
 				},
+				ClassifyRoutesFunc: func(newRoutes []*route.Route) (map[route.ID]*route.Route, route.HAMap) {
+					if len(newRoutes) == 0 {
+						return nil, nil
+					}
+
+					// Classify all routes as client routes (not matching our public key)
+					clientRoutes := make(route.HAMap)
+					for _, r := range newRoutes {
+						haID := r.GetHAUniqueID()
+						clientRoutes[haID] = append(clientRoutes[haID], r)
+					}
+					return nil, clientRoutes
+				},
 			}
 
 			engine.routeManager = mockRouteManager
 			engine.dnsServer = &dns.MockServer{}
-			engine.connMgr = NewConnMgr(engine.config, engine.statusRecorder, engine.peerStore, engine.wgInterface, dispatcher.NewConnectionDispatcher())
+			engine.connMgr = NewConnMgr(engine.config, engine.statusRecorder, engine.peerStore, engine.wgInterface)
 			engine.connMgr.Start(ctx)
 
 			defer func() {
@@ -789,8 +814,8 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 			err = engine.updateNetworkMap(testCase.networkMap)
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "shouldn't return error")
 			assert.Equal(t, testCase.expectedSerial, input.inputSerial, "serial should match")
-			assert.Len(t, input.inputRoutes, testCase.expectedLen, "clientRoutes len should match")
+			assert.Len(t, input.clientRoutes, testCase.expectedLen, "clientRoutes len should match")
-			assert.Equal(t, testCase.expectedRoutes, input.inputRoutes, "clientRoutes should match")
+			assert.Equal(t, testCase.expectedClientRoutes, input.clientRoutes, "clientRoutes should match")
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -951,7 +976,7 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithDNSUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "shouldn't return error")
 
 			mockRouteManager := &routemanager.MockManager{
-				UpdateRoutesFunc: func(updateSerial uint64, newRoutes []*route.Route) error {
+				UpdateRoutesFunc: func(updateSerial uint64, serverRoutes map[route.ID]*route.Route, clientRoutes route.HAMap, useNewDNSRoute bool) error {
 					return nil
 				},
 			}
@@ -974,7 +999,7 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithDNSUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			engine.dnsServer = mockDNSServer
-			engine.connMgr = NewConnMgr(engine.config, engine.statusRecorder, engine.peerStore, engine.wgInterface, dispatcher.NewConnectionDispatcher())
+			engine.connMgr = NewConnMgr(engine.config, engine.statusRecorder, engine.peerStore, engine.wgInterface)
 			engine.connMgr.Start(ctx)
 
 			defer func() {
@@ -1368,7 +1393,7 @@ func createEngine(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc, setupKey strin
 	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
 		ifaceName = fmt.Sprintf("utun1%d", i)
 	} else {
-		ifaceName = fmt.Sprintf("wt%d", i)
+		ifaceName = fmt.Sprintf("nb%d", i)
 	}
 
 	wgPort := 33100 + i
@@ -1456,16 +1481,20 @@ func startManagement(t *testing.T, dataDir, testFile string) (*grpc.Server, stri
 		GetSettings(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).
 		Return(&types.Settings{}, nil).
 		AnyTimes()
+	settingsMockManager.EXPECT().
+		GetExtraSettings(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).
+		Return(&types.ExtraSettings{}, nil).
+		AnyTimes()
 
 	permissionsManager := permissions.NewManager(store)
 
-	accountManager, err := server.BuildManager(context.Background(), store, peersUpdateManager, nil, "", "netbird.selfhosted", eventStore, nil, false, ia, metrics, port_forwarding.NewControllerMock(), settingsMockManager, permissionsManager)
+	accountManager, err := server.BuildManager(context.Background(), store, peersUpdateManager, nil, "", "netbird.selfhosted", eventStore, nil, false, ia, metrics, port_forwarding.NewControllerMock(), settingsMockManager, permissionsManager, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
 
 	secretsManager := server.NewTimeBasedAuthSecretsManager(peersUpdateManager, config.TURNConfig, config.Relay, settingsMockManager)
-	mgmtServer, err := server.NewServer(context.Background(), config, accountManager, settingsMockManager, peersUpdateManager, secretsManager, nil, nil, nil)
+	mgmtServer, err := server.NewServer(context.Background(), config, accountManager, settingsMockManager, peersUpdateManager, secretsManager, nil, nil, nil, &server.MockIntegratedValidator{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}

client/internal/iface_common.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
 )
 
 type wgIfaceBase interface {
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ type wgIfaceBase interface {
 	GetProxy() wgproxy.Proxy
 	UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []netip.Prefix, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error
 	RemovePeer(peerKey string) error
-	AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error
+	AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error
-	RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP string) error
+	RemoveAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error
 	Close() error
 	SetFilter(filter device.PacketFilter) error
 	GetFilter() device.PacketFilter
@@ -38,4 +39,5 @@ type wgIfaceBase interface {
 	GetStats() (map[string]configurer.WGStats, error)
 	GetNet() *netstack.Net
 	FullStats() (*configurer.Stats, error)
+	LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time
 }

client/internal/lazyconn/activity/listener.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 // Listener it is not a thread safe implementation, do not call Close before ReadPackets. It will cause blocking
 type Listener struct {
-	wgIface  lazyconn.WGIface
+	wgIface  WgInterface
 	peerCfg  lazyconn.PeerConfig
 	conn     *net.UDPConn
 	endpoint *net.UDPAddr
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type Listener struct {
 	isClosed atomic.Bool // use to avoid error log when closing the listener
 }
 
-func NewListener(wgIface lazyconn.WGIface, cfg lazyconn.PeerConfig) (*Listener, error) {
+func NewListener(wgIface WgInterface, cfg lazyconn.PeerConfig) (*Listener, error) {
 	d := &Listener{
 		wgIface: wgIface,
 		peerCfg: cfg,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (d *Listener) ReadPackets() {
 		n, remoteAddr, err := d.conn.ReadFromUDP(make([]byte, 1))
 		if err != nil {
 			if d.isClosed.Load() {
-				d.peerCfg.Log.Debugf("exit from activity listener")
+				d.peerCfg.Log.Infof("exit from activity listener")
 			} else {
 				d.peerCfg.Log.Errorf("failed to read from activity listener: %s", err)
 			}
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ func (d *Listener) ReadPackets() {
 			d.peerCfg.Log.Warnf("received %d bytes from %s, too short", n, remoteAddr)
 			continue
 		}
+		d.peerCfg.Log.Infof("activity detected")
 		break
 	}
 
+	d.peerCfg.Log.Debugf("removing lazy endpoint: %s", d.endpoint.String())
 	if err := d.removeEndpoint(); err != nil {
 		d.peerCfg.Log.Errorf("failed to remove endpoint: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ func (d *Listener) ReadPackets() {
 }
 
 func (d *Listener) Close() {
-	d.peerCfg.Log.Infof("closing listener: %s", d.conn.LocalAddr().String())
+	d.peerCfg.Log.Infof("closing activity listener: %s", d.conn.LocalAddr().String())
 	d.isClosed.Store(true)
 
 	if err := d.conn.Close(); err != nil {
@@ -81,7 +83,6 @@ func (d *Listener) Close() {
 }
 
 func (d *Listener) removeEndpoint() error {
-	d.peerCfg.Log.Debugf("removing lazy endpoint: %s", d.endpoint.String())
 	return d.wgIface.RemovePeer(d.peerCfg.PublicKey)
 }
 

client/internal/lazyconn/activity/manager.go

@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 package activity
 
 import (
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn"
 	peerid "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/id"
 )
 
+type WgInterface interface {
+	RemovePeer(peerKey string) error
+	UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []netip.Prefix, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error
+}
+
 type Manager struct {
 	OnActivityChan chan peerid.ConnID
 
-	wgIface lazyconn.WGIface
+	wgIface WgInterface
 
 	peers map[peerid.ConnID]*Listener
 	done  chan struct{}
@@ -20,7 +29,7 @@ type Manager struct {
 	mu sync.Mutex
 }
 
-func NewManager(wgIface lazyconn.WGIface) *Manager {
+func NewManager(wgIface WgInterface) *Manager {
 	m := &Manager{
 		OnActivityChan: make(chan peerid.ConnID, 1),
 		wgIface:        wgIface,

client/internal/lazyconn/inactivity/inactivity.go

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-package inactivity
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"time"
-
-	peer "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/id"
-)
-
-const (
-	DefaultInactivityThreshold = 60 * time.Minute // idle after 1 hour inactivity
-	MinimumInactivityThreshold = 3 * time.Minute
-)
-
-type Monitor struct {
-	id                  peer.ConnID
-	timer               *time.Timer
-	cancel              context.CancelFunc
-	inactivityThreshold time.Duration
-}
-
-func NewInactivityMonitor(peerID peer.ConnID, threshold time.Duration) *Monitor {
-	i := &Monitor{
-		id:                  peerID,
-		timer:               time.NewTimer(0),
-		inactivityThreshold: threshold,
-	}
-	i.timer.Stop()
-	return i
-}
-
-func (i *Monitor) Start(ctx context.Context, timeoutChan chan peer.ConnID) {
-	i.timer.Reset(i.inactivityThreshold)
-	defer i.timer.Stop()
-
-	ctx, i.cancel = context.WithCancel(ctx)
-	defer func() {
-		defer i.cancel()
-		select {
-		case <-i.timer.C:
-		default:
-		}
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-i.timer.C:
-		select {
-		case timeoutChan <- i.id:
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return
-		}
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		return
-	}
-}
-
-func (i *Monitor) Stop() {
-	if i.cancel == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	i.cancel()
-}
-
-func (i *Monitor) PauseTimer() {
-	i.timer.Stop()
-}
-
-func (i *Monitor) ResetTimer() {
-	i.timer.Reset(i.inactivityThreshold)
-}

client/internal/lazyconn/inactivity/inactivity_test.go

@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-package inactivity
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	peerid "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/id"
-)
-
-type MocPeer struct {
-}
-
-func (m *MocPeer) ConnID() peerid.ConnID {
-	return peerid.ConnID(m)
-}
-
-func TestInactivityMonitor(t *testing.T) {
-	tCtx, testTimeoutCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
-	defer testTimeoutCancel()
-
-	p := &MocPeer{}
-	im := NewInactivityMonitor(p.ConnID(), time.Second*2)
-
-	timeoutChan := make(chan peerid.ConnID)
-
-	exitChan := make(chan struct{})
-
-	go func() {
-		defer close(exitChan)
-		im.Start(tCtx, timeoutChan)
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-timeoutChan:
-	case <-tCtx.Done():
-		t.Fatal("timeout")
-	}
-
-	select {
-	case <-exitChan:
-	case <-tCtx.Done():
-		t.Fatal("timeout")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestReuseInactivityMonitor(t *testing.T) {
-	p := &MocPeer{}
-	im := NewInactivityMonitor(p.ConnID(), time.Second*2)
-
-	timeoutChan := make(chan peerid.ConnID)
-
-	for i := 2; i > 0; i-- {
-		exitChan := make(chan struct{})
-
-		testTimeoutCtx, testTimeoutCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
-
-		go func() {
-			defer close(exitChan)
-			im.Start(testTimeoutCtx, timeoutChan)
-		}()
-
-		select {
-		case <-timeoutChan:
-		case <-testTimeoutCtx.Done():
-			t.Fatal("timeout")
-		}
-
-		select {
-		case <-exitChan:
-		case <-testTimeoutCtx.Done():
-			t.Fatal("timeout")
-		}
-		testTimeoutCancel()
-	}
-}
-
-func TestStopInactivityMonitor(t *testing.T) {
-	tCtx, testTimeoutCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
-	defer testTimeoutCancel()
-
-	p := &MocPeer{}
-	im := NewInactivityMonitor(p.ConnID(), DefaultInactivityThreshold)
-
-	timeoutChan := make(chan peerid.ConnID)
-
-	exitChan := make(chan struct{})
-
-	go func() {
-		defer close(exitChan)
-		im.Start(tCtx, timeoutChan)
-	}()
-
-	go func() {
-		time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
-		im.Stop()
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-timeoutChan:
-		t.Fatal("unexpected timeout")
-	case <-exitChan:
-	case <-tCtx.Done():
-		t.Fatal("timeout")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPauseInactivityMonitor(t *testing.T) {
-	tCtx, testTimeoutCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*10)
-	defer testTimeoutCancel()
-
-	p := &MocPeer{}
-	trashHold := time.Second * 3
-	im := NewInactivityMonitor(p.ConnID(), trashHold)
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
-
-	timeoutChan := make(chan peerid.ConnID)
-
-	exitChan := make(chan struct{})
-
-	go func() {
-		defer close(exitChan)
-		im.Start(ctx, timeoutChan)
-	}()
-
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // grant time to start the monitor
-	im.PauseTimer()
-
-	// check to do not receive timeout
-	thresholdCtx, thresholdCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), trashHold+time.Second)
-	defer thresholdCancel()
-	select {
-	case <-exitChan:
-		t.Fatal("unexpected exit")
-	case <-timeoutChan:
-		t.Fatal("unexpected timeout")
-	case <-thresholdCtx.Done():
-		// test ok
-	case <-tCtx.Done():
-		t.Fatal("test timed out")
-	}
-
-	// test reset timer
-	im.ResetTimer()
-
-	select {
-	case <-tCtx.Done():
-		t.Fatal("test timed out")
-	case <-exitChan:
-		t.Fatal("unexpected exit")
-	case <-timeoutChan:
-		// expected timeout
-	}
-}

client/internal/lazyconn/inactivity/manager.go

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+package inactivity
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
+)
+
+const (
+	checkInterval = 1 * time.Minute
+
+	DefaultInactivityThreshold = 15 * time.Minute
+	MinimumInactivityThreshold = 1 * time.Minute
+)
+
+type WgInterface interface {
+	LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time
+}
+
+type Manager struct {
+	inactivePeersChan chan map[string]struct{}
+
+	iface               WgInterface
+	interestedPeers     map[string]*lazyconn.PeerConfig
+	inactivityThreshold time.Duration
+}
+
+func NewManager(iface WgInterface, configuredThreshold *time.Duration) *Manager {
+	inactivityThreshold, err := validateInactivityThreshold(configuredThreshold)
+	if err != nil {
+		inactivityThreshold = DefaultInactivityThreshold
+		log.Warnf("invalid inactivity threshold configured: %v, using default: %v", err, DefaultInactivityThreshold)
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("inactivity threshold configured: %v", inactivityThreshold)
+	return &Manager{
+		inactivePeersChan:   make(chan map[string]struct{}, 1),
+		iface:               iface,
+		interestedPeers:     make(map[string]*lazyconn.PeerConfig),
+		inactivityThreshold: inactivityThreshold,
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) InactivePeersChan() chan map[string]struct{} {
+	if m == nil {
+		// return a nil channel that blocks forever
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return m.inactivePeersChan
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) AddPeer(peerCfg *lazyconn.PeerConfig) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if _, exists := m.interestedPeers[peerCfg.PublicKey]; exists {
+		return
+	}
+
+	peerCfg.Log.Infof("adding peer to inactivity manager")
+	m.interestedPeers[peerCfg.PublicKey] = peerCfg
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) RemovePeer(peer string) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	pi, ok := m.interestedPeers[peer]
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	pi.Log.Debugf("remove peer from inactivity manager")
+	delete(m.interestedPeers, peer)
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) Start(ctx context.Context) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	ticker := newTicker(checkInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C():
+			idlePeers, err := m.checkStats()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("error checking stats: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			if len(idlePeers) == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			m.notifyInactivePeers(ctx, idlePeers)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) notifyInactivePeers(ctx context.Context, inactivePeers map[string]struct{}) {
+	select {
+	case m.inactivePeersChan <- inactivePeers:
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return
+	default:
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) checkStats() (map[string]struct{}, error) {
+	lastActivities := m.iface.LastActivities()
+
+	idlePeers := make(map[string]struct{})
+
+	checkTime := time.Now()
+	for peerID, peerCfg := range m.interestedPeers {
+		lastActive, ok := lastActivities[peerID]
+		if !ok {
+			// when peer is in connecting state
+			peerCfg.Log.Warnf("peer not found in wg stats")
+			continue
+		}
+
+		since := monotime.Since(lastActive)
+		if since > m.inactivityThreshold {
+			peerCfg.Log.Infof("peer is inactive since time: %s", checkTime.Add(-since).String())
+			idlePeers[peerID] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return idlePeers, nil
+}
+
+func validateInactivityThreshold(configuredThreshold *time.Duration) (time.Duration, error) {
+	if configuredThreshold == nil {
+		return DefaultInactivityThreshold, nil
+	}
+	if *configuredThreshold < MinimumInactivityThreshold {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("configured inactivity threshold %v is too low, using %v", *configuredThreshold, MinimumInactivityThreshold)
+	}
+	return *configuredThreshold, nil
+}

client/internal/lazyconn/inactivity/manager_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package inactivity
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
+)
+
+type mockWgInterface struct {
+	lastActivities map[string]monotime.Time
+}
+
+func (m *mockWgInterface) LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time {
+	return m.lastActivities
+}
+
+func TestPeerTriggersInactivity(t *testing.T) {
+	peerID := "peer1"
+
+	wgMock := &mockWgInterface{
+		lastActivities: map[string]monotime.Time{
+			peerID: monotime.Time(int64(monotime.Now()) - int64(20*time.Minute)),
+		},
+	}
+
+	fakeTick := make(chan time.Time, 1)
+	newTicker = func(d time.Duration) Ticker {
+		return &fakeTickerMock{CChan: fakeTick}
+	}
+
+	peerLog := log.WithField("peer", peerID)
+	peerCfg := &lazyconn.PeerConfig{
+		PublicKey: peerID,
+		Log:       peerLog,
+	}
+
+	manager := NewManager(wgMock, nil)
+	manager.AddPeer(peerCfg)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Start the manager in a goroutine
+	go manager.Start(ctx)
+
+	// Send a tick to simulate time passage
+	fakeTick <- time.Now()
+
+	// Check if peer appears on inactivePeersChan
+	select {
+	case inactivePeers := <-manager.inactivePeersChan:
+		assert.Contains(t, inactivePeers, peerID, "expected peer to be marked inactive")
+	case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("expected inactivity event, but none received")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPeerTriggersActivity(t *testing.T) {
+	peerID := "peer1"
+
+	wgMock := &mockWgInterface{
+		lastActivities: map[string]monotime.Time{
+			peerID: monotime.Time(int64(monotime.Now()) - int64(5*time.Minute)),
+		},
+	}
+
+	fakeTick := make(chan time.Time, 1)
+	newTicker = func(d time.Duration) Ticker {
+		return &fakeTickerMock{CChan: fakeTick}
+	}
+
+	peerLog := log.WithField("peer", peerID)
+	peerCfg := &lazyconn.PeerConfig{
+		PublicKey: peerID,
+		Log:       peerLog,
+	}
+
+	manager := NewManager(wgMock, nil)
+	manager.AddPeer(peerCfg)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Start the manager in a goroutine
+	go manager.Start(ctx)
+
+	// Send a tick to simulate time passage
+	fakeTick <- time.Now()
+
+	// Check if peer appears on inactivePeersChan
+	select {
+	case <-manager.inactivePeersChan:
+		t.Fatal("expected inactive peer to be marked inactive")
+	case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+		// No inactivity event should be received
+	}
+}
+
+// fakeTickerMock implements Ticker interface for testing
+type fakeTickerMock struct {
+	CChan chan time.Time
+}
+
+func (f *fakeTickerMock) C() <-chan time.Time {
+	return f.CChan
+}
+
+func (f *fakeTickerMock) Stop() {}

client/internal/lazyconn/inactivity/ticker.go

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package inactivity
+
+import "time"
+
+var newTicker = func(d time.Duration) Ticker {
+	return &realTicker{t: time.NewTicker(d)}
+}
+
+type Ticker interface {
+	C() <-chan time.Time
+	Stop()
+}
+
+type realTicker struct {
+	t *time.Ticker
+}
+
+func (r *realTicker) C() <-chan time.Time {
+	return r.t.C
+}
+
+func (r *realTicker) Stop() {
+	r.t.Stop()
+}

client/internal/lazyconn/manager/manager.go

@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn/activity"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn/inactivity"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/dispatcher"
 	peerid "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/id"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peerstore"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -37,71 +38,106 @@ type Config struct {
 // - Managing inactivity monitors for lazy connections (based on peer disconnection events)
 // - Maintaining a list of excluded peers that should always have permanent connections
 // - Handling connection establishment based on peer signaling
+// - Managing route HA groups and activating all peers in a group when one peer is activated
 type Manager struct {
+	engineCtx           context.Context
 	peerStore           *peerstore.Store
-	connStateDispatcher *dispatcher.ConnectionDispatcher
 	inactivityThreshold time.Duration
 
-	connStateListener    *dispatcher.ConnectionListener
 	managedPeers         map[string]*lazyconn.PeerConfig
 	managedPeersByConnID map[peerid.ConnID]*managedPeer
 	excludes             map[string]lazyconn.PeerConfig
 	managedPeersMu       sync.Mutex
 
-	activityManager    *activity.Manager
+	activityManager   *activity.Manager
-	inactivityMonitors map[peerid.ConnID]*inactivity.Monitor
+	inactivityManager *inactivity.Manager
 
-	cancel     context.CancelFunc
+	// Route HA group management
-	onInactive chan peerid.ConnID
+	// If any peer in the same HA group is active, all peers in that group should prevent going idle
+	peerToHAGroups map[string][]route.HAUniqueID // peer ID -> HA groups they belong to
+	haGroupToPeers map[route.HAUniqueID][]string // HA group -> peer IDs in the group
+	routesMu       sync.RWMutex
 }
 
-func NewManager(config Config, peerStore *peerstore.Store, wgIface lazyconn.WGIface, connStateDispatcher *dispatcher.ConnectionDispatcher) *Manager {
+// NewManager creates a new lazy connection manager
+// engineCtx is the context for creating peer Connection
+func NewManager(config Config, engineCtx context.Context, peerStore *peerstore.Store, wgIface lazyconn.WGIface) *Manager {
 	log.Infof("setup lazy connection service")
+
 	m := &Manager{
+		engineCtx:            engineCtx,
 		peerStore:            peerStore,
-		connStateDispatcher:  connStateDispatcher,
 		inactivityThreshold:  inactivity.DefaultInactivityThreshold,
 		managedPeers:         make(map[string]*lazyconn.PeerConfig),
 		managedPeersByConnID: make(map[peerid.ConnID]*managedPeer),
 		excludes:             make(map[string]lazyconn.PeerConfig),
 		activityManager:      activity.NewManager(wgIface),
-		inactivityMonitors:   make(map[peerid.ConnID]*inactivity.Monitor),
+		peerToHAGroups:       make(map[string][]route.HAUniqueID),
-		onInactive:           make(chan peerid.ConnID),
+		haGroupToPeers:       make(map[route.HAUniqueID][]string),
 	}
 
-	if config.InactivityThreshold != nil {
+	if wgIface.IsUserspaceBind() {
-		if *config.InactivityThreshold >= inactivity.MinimumInactivityThreshold {
+		m.inactivityManager = inactivity.NewManager(wgIface, config.InactivityThreshold)
-			m.inactivityThreshold = *config.InactivityThreshold
+	} else {
-		} else {
+		log.Warnf("inactivity manager not supported for kernel mode, wait for remote peer to close the connection")
-			log.Warnf("inactivity threshold is too low, using %v", m.inactivityThreshold)
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
+
+// UpdateRouteHAMap updates the HA group mappings for routes
+// This should be called when route configuration changes
+func (m *Manager) UpdateRouteHAMap(haMap route.HAMap) {
+	m.routesMu.Lock()
+	defer m.routesMu.Unlock()
+
+	maps.Clear(m.peerToHAGroups)
+	maps.Clear(m.haGroupToPeers)
+
+	for haUniqueID, routes := range haMap {
+		var peers []string
+
+		peerSet := make(map[string]bool)
+		for _, r := range routes {
+			if !peerSet[r.Peer] {
+				peerSet[r.Peer] = true
+				peers = append(peers, r.Peer)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(peers) <= 1 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		m.haGroupToPeers[haUniqueID] = peers
+
+		for _, peerID := range peers {
+			m.peerToHAGroups[peerID] = append(m.peerToHAGroups[peerID], haUniqueID)
 		}
 	}
 
-	m.connStateListener = &dispatcher.ConnectionListener{
+	log.Debugf("updated route HA mappings: %d HA groups, %d peers with routes", len(m.haGroupToPeers), len(m.peerToHAGroups))
-		OnConnected:    m.onPeerConnected,
-		OnDisconnected: m.onPeerDisconnected,
-	}
-
-	connStateDispatcher.AddListener(m.connStateListener)
-
-	return m
 }
 
 // Start starts the manager and listens for peer activity and inactivity events
 func (m *Manager) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 	defer m.close()
 
-	ctx, m.cancel = context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	if m.inactivityManager != nil {
+		go m.inactivityManager.Start(ctx)
+	}
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		case peerConnID := <-m.activityManager.OnActivityChan:
-			m.onPeerActivity(ctx, peerConnID)
+			m.onPeerActivity(peerConnID)
-		case peerConnID := <-m.onInactive:
+		case peerIDs := <-m.inactivityManager.InactivePeersChan():
-			m.onPeerInactivityTimedOut(peerConnID)
+			m.onPeerInactivityTimedOut(peerIDs)
 		}
 	}
+
 }
 
 // ExcludePeer marks peers for a permanent connection
@@ -109,7 +145,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 // Adds them back to the managed list and start the inactivity listener if they are removed from the exclude list. In
 // this case, we suppose that the connection status is connected or connecting.
 // If the peer is not exists yet in the managed list then the responsibility is the upper layer to call the AddPeer function
-func (m *Manager) ExcludePeer(ctx context.Context, peerConfigs []lazyconn.PeerConfig) []string {
+func (m *Manager) ExcludePeer(peerConfigs []lazyconn.PeerConfig) []string {
 	m.managedPeersMu.Lock()
 	defer m.managedPeersMu.Unlock()
 
@@ -140,7 +176,7 @@ func (m *Manager) ExcludePeer(ctx context.Context, peerConfigs []lazyconn.PeerCo
 
 		peerCfg.Log.Infof("peer removed from lazy connection exclude list")
 
-		if err := m.addActivePeer(ctx, peerCfg); err != nil {
+		if err := m.addActivePeer(&peerCfg); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("failed to add peer to lazy connection manager: %s", err)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -170,20 +206,24 @@ func (m *Manager) AddPeer(peerCfg lazyconn.PeerConfig) (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	im := inactivity.NewInactivityMonitor(peerCfg.PeerConnID, m.inactivityThreshold)
-	m.inactivityMonitors[peerCfg.PeerConnID] = im
-
 	m.managedPeers[peerCfg.PublicKey] = &peerCfg
 	m.managedPeersByConnID[peerCfg.PeerConnID] = &managedPeer{
 		peerCfg:         &peerCfg,
 		expectedWatcher: watcherActivity,
 	}
+
+	// Check if this peer should be activated because its HA group peers are active
+	if group, ok := m.shouldActivateNewPeer(peerCfg.PublicKey); ok {
+		peerCfg.Log.Debugf("peer belongs to active HA group %s, will activate immediately", group)
+		m.activateNewPeerInActiveGroup(peerCfg)
+	}
+
 	return false, nil
 }
 
 // AddActivePeers adds a list of peers to the lazy connection manager
 // suppose these peers was in connected or in connecting states
-func (m *Manager) AddActivePeers(ctx context.Context, peerCfg []lazyconn.PeerConfig) error {
+func (m *Manager) AddActivePeers(peerCfg []lazyconn.PeerConfig) error {
 	m.managedPeersMu.Lock()
 	defer m.managedPeersMu.Unlock()
 
@@ -193,7 +233,7 @@ func (m *Manager) AddActivePeers(ctx context.Context, peerCfg []lazyconn.PeerCon
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if err := m.addActivePeer(ctx, cfg); err != nil {
+		if err := m.addActivePeer(&cfg); err != nil {
 			cfg.Log.Errorf("failed to add peer to lazy connection manager: %v", err)
 			return err
 		}
@@ -209,58 +249,187 @@ func (m *Manager) RemovePeer(peerID string) {
 }
 
 // ActivatePeer activates a peer connection when a signal message is received
-func (m *Manager) ActivatePeer(ctx context.Context, peerID string) (found bool) {
+// Also activates all peers in the same HA groups as this peer
+func (m *Manager) ActivatePeer(peerID string) (found bool) {
+	m.managedPeersMu.Lock()
+	defer m.managedPeersMu.Unlock()
+	cfg, mp := m.getPeerForActivation(peerID)
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	cfg.Log.Infof("activate peer from inactive state by remote signal message")
+
+	if !m.activateSinglePeer(cfg, mp) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	m.activateHAGroupPeers(cfg)
+	return true
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) DeactivatePeer(peerID peerid.ConnID) {
 	m.managedPeersMu.Lock()
 	defer m.managedPeersMu.Unlock()
 
+	mp, ok := m.managedPeersByConnID[peerID]
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if mp.expectedWatcher != watcherInactivity {
+		return
+	}
+
+	m.peerStore.PeerConnClose(mp.peerCfg.PublicKey)
+
+	mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("start activity monitor")
+
+	mp.expectedWatcher = watcherActivity
+
+	m.inactivityManager.RemovePeer(mp.peerCfg.PublicKey)
+
+	if err := m.activityManager.MonitorPeerActivity(*mp.peerCfg); err != nil {
+		mp.peerCfg.Log.Errorf("failed to create activity monitor: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+// getPeerForActivation checks if a peer can be activated and returns the necessary structs
+// Returns nil values if the peer should be skipped
+func (m *Manager) getPeerForActivation(peerID string) (*lazyconn.PeerConfig, *managedPeer) {
 	cfg, ok := m.managedPeers[peerID]
 	if !ok {
-		return false
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	mp, ok := m.managedPeersByConnID[cfg.PeerConnID]
 	if !ok {
-		return false
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	// signal messages coming continuously after success activation, with this avoid the multiple activation
+	if mp.expectedWatcher == watcherInactivity {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	return cfg, mp
+}
+
+// activateSinglePeer activates a single peer
+// return true if the peer was activated, false if it was already active
+func (m *Manager) activateSinglePeer(cfg *lazyconn.PeerConfig, mp *managedPeer) bool {
 	if mp.expectedWatcher == watcherInactivity {
 		return false
 	}
 
 	mp.expectedWatcher = watcherInactivity
-
 	m.activityManager.RemovePeer(cfg.Log, cfg.PeerConnID)
-
+	m.inactivityManager.AddPeer(cfg)
-	im, ok := m.inactivityMonitors[cfg.PeerConnID]
-	if !ok {
-		cfg.Log.Errorf("inactivity monitor not found for peer")
-		return false
-	}
-
-	mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("starting inactivity monitor")
-	go im.Start(ctx, m.onInactive)
-
 	return true
 }
 
-func (m *Manager) addActivePeer(ctx context.Context, peerCfg lazyconn.PeerConfig) error {
+// activateHAGroupPeers activates all peers in HA groups that the given peer belongs to
+func (m *Manager) activateHAGroupPeers(triggeredPeerCfg *lazyconn.PeerConfig) {
+	var peersToActivate []string
+
+	m.routesMu.RLock()
+	haGroups := m.peerToHAGroups[triggeredPeerCfg.PublicKey]
+
+	if len(haGroups) == 0 {
+		m.routesMu.RUnlock()
+		triggeredPeerCfg.Log.Debugf("peer is not part of any HA groups")
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, haGroup := range haGroups {
+		peers := m.haGroupToPeers[haGroup]
+		for _, peerID := range peers {
+			if peerID != triggeredPeerCfg.PublicKey {
+				peersToActivate = append(peersToActivate, peerID)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	m.routesMu.RUnlock()
+
+	activatedCount := 0
+	for _, peerID := range peersToActivate {
+		cfg, mp := m.getPeerForActivation(peerID)
+		if cfg == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if m.activateSinglePeer(cfg, mp) {
+			activatedCount++
+			cfg.Log.Infof("activated peer as part of HA group (triggered by %s)", triggeredPeerCfg.PublicKey)
+			m.peerStore.PeerConnOpen(m.engineCtx, cfg.PublicKey)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if activatedCount > 0 {
+		log.Infof("activated %d additional peers in HA groups for peer %s (groups: %v)",
+			activatedCount, triggeredPeerCfg.PublicKey, haGroups)
+	}
+}
+
+// shouldActivateNewPeer checks if a newly added peer should be activated
+// because other peers in its HA groups are already active
+func (m *Manager) shouldActivateNewPeer(peerID string) (route.HAUniqueID, bool) {
+	m.routesMu.RLock()
+	defer m.routesMu.RUnlock()
+
+	haGroups := m.peerToHAGroups[peerID]
+	if len(haGroups) == 0 {
+		return "", false
+	}
+
+	for _, haGroup := range haGroups {
+		peers := m.haGroupToPeers[haGroup]
+		for _, groupPeerID := range peers {
+			if groupPeerID == peerID {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			cfg, ok := m.managedPeers[groupPeerID]
+			if !ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			if mp, ok := m.managedPeersByConnID[cfg.PeerConnID]; ok && mp.expectedWatcher == watcherInactivity {
+				return haGroup, true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
+
+// activateNewPeerInActiveGroup activates a newly added peer that should be active due to HA group
+func (m *Manager) activateNewPeerInActiveGroup(peerCfg lazyconn.PeerConfig) {
+	mp, ok := m.managedPeersByConnID[peerCfg.PeerConnID]
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !m.activateSinglePeer(&peerCfg, mp) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	peerCfg.Log.Infof("activated newly added peer due to active HA group peers")
+	m.peerStore.PeerConnOpen(m.engineCtx, peerCfg.PublicKey)
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) addActivePeer(peerCfg *lazyconn.PeerConfig) error {
 	if _, ok := m.managedPeers[peerCfg.PublicKey]; ok {
 		peerCfg.Log.Warnf("peer already managed")
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	im := inactivity.NewInactivityMonitor(peerCfg.PeerConnID, m.inactivityThreshold)
+	m.managedPeers[peerCfg.PublicKey] = peerCfg
-	m.inactivityMonitors[peerCfg.PeerConnID] = im
-
-	m.managedPeers[peerCfg.PublicKey] = &peerCfg
 	m.managedPeersByConnID[peerCfg.PeerConnID] = &managedPeer{
-		peerCfg:         &peerCfg,
+		peerCfg:         peerCfg,
 		expectedWatcher: watcherInactivity,
 	}
 
-	peerCfg.Log.Infof("starting inactivity monitor on peer that has been removed from exclude list")
+	m.inactivityManager.AddPeer(peerCfg)
-	go im.Start(ctx, m.onInactive)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -272,12 +441,7 @@ func (m *Manager) removePeer(peerID string) {
 
 	cfg.Log.Infof("removing lazy peer")
 
-	if im, ok := m.inactivityMonitors[cfg.PeerConnID]; ok {
+	m.inactivityManager.RemovePeer(cfg.PublicKey)
-		im.Stop()
-		delete(m.inactivityMonitors, cfg.PeerConnID)
-		cfg.Log.Debugf("inactivity monitor stopped")
-	}
-
 	m.activityManager.RemovePeer(cfg.Log, cfg.PeerConnID)
 	delete(m.managedPeers, peerID)
 	delete(m.managedPeersByConnID, cfg.PeerConnID)
@@ -287,20 +451,70 @@ func (m *Manager) close() {
 	m.managedPeersMu.Lock()
 	defer m.managedPeersMu.Unlock()
 
-	m.cancel()
-
-	m.connStateDispatcher.RemoveListener(m.connStateListener)
 	m.activityManager.Close()
-	for _, iw := range m.inactivityMonitors {
+
-		iw.Stop()
-	}
-	m.inactivityMonitors = make(map[peerid.ConnID]*inactivity.Monitor)
 	m.managedPeers = make(map[string]*lazyconn.PeerConfig)
 	m.managedPeersByConnID = make(map[peerid.ConnID]*managedPeer)
+
+	// Clear route mappings
+	m.routesMu.Lock()
+	m.peerToHAGroups = make(map[string][]route.HAUniqueID)
+	m.haGroupToPeers = make(map[route.HAUniqueID][]string)
+	m.routesMu.Unlock()
+
 	log.Infof("lazy connection manager closed")
 }
 
-func (m *Manager) onPeerActivity(ctx context.Context, peerConnID peerid.ConnID) {
+// shouldDeferIdleForHA checks if peer should stay connected due to HA group requirements
+func (m *Manager) shouldDeferIdleForHA(inactivePeers map[string]struct{}, peerID string) bool {
+	m.routesMu.RLock()
+	defer m.routesMu.RUnlock()
+
+	haGroups := m.peerToHAGroups[peerID]
+	if len(haGroups) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, haGroup := range haGroups {
+		if active := m.checkHaGroupActivity(haGroup, peerID, inactivePeers); active {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) checkHaGroupActivity(haGroup route.HAUniqueID, peerID string, inactivePeers map[string]struct{}) bool {
+	groupPeers := m.haGroupToPeers[haGroup]
+	for _, groupPeerID := range groupPeers {
+
+		if groupPeerID == peerID {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		cfg, ok := m.managedPeers[groupPeerID]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		groupMp, ok := m.managedPeersByConnID[cfg.PeerConnID]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if groupMp.expectedWatcher != watcherInactivity {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// If any peer in the group is active, do defer idle
+		if _, isInactive := inactivePeers[groupPeerID]; !isInactive {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) onPeerActivity(peerConnID peerid.ConnID) {
 	m.managedPeersMu.Lock()
 	defer m.managedPeersMu.Unlock()
 
@@ -317,88 +531,56 @@ func (m *Manager) onPeerActivity(ctx context.Context, peerConnID peerid.ConnID)
 
 	mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("detected peer activity")
 
-	mp.expectedWatcher = watcherInactivity
+	if !m.activateSinglePeer(mp.peerCfg, mp) {
+		return
+	}
 
-	mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("starting inactivity monitor")
+	m.activateHAGroupPeers(mp.peerCfg)
-	go m.inactivityMonitors[peerConnID].Start(ctx, m.onInactive)
 
-	m.peerStore.PeerConnOpen(ctx, mp.peerCfg.PublicKey)
+	m.peerStore.PeerConnOpen(m.engineCtx, mp.peerCfg.PublicKey)
 }
 
-func (m *Manager) onPeerInactivityTimedOut(peerConnID peerid.ConnID) {
+func (m *Manager) onPeerInactivityTimedOut(peerIDs map[string]struct{}) {
 	m.managedPeersMu.Lock()
 	defer m.managedPeersMu.Unlock()
 
-	mp, ok := m.managedPeersByConnID[peerConnID]
+	for peerID := range peerIDs {
-	if !ok {
+		peerCfg, ok := m.managedPeers[peerID]
-		log.Errorf("peer not found by id: %v", peerConnID)
+		if !ok {
-		return
+			log.Errorf("peer not found by peerId: %v", peerID)
-	}
+			continue
+		}
 
-	if mp.expectedWatcher != watcherInactivity {
+		mp, ok := m.managedPeersByConnID[peerCfg.PeerConnID]
-		mp.peerCfg.Log.Warnf("ignore inactivity event")
+		if !ok {
-		return
+			log.Errorf("peer not found by conn id: %v", peerCfg.PeerConnID)
-	}
+			continue
+		}
 
-	mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("connection timed out")
+		if mp.expectedWatcher != watcherInactivity {
+			mp.peerCfg.Log.Warnf("ignore inactivity event")
+			continue
+		}
 
-	// this is blocking operation, potentially can be optimized
+		if m.shouldDeferIdleForHA(peerIDs, mp.peerCfg.PublicKey) {
-	m.peerStore.PeerConnClose(mp.peerCfg.PublicKey)
+			mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("defer inactivity due to active HA group peers")
+			continue
+		}
 
-	mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("start activity monitor")
+		mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("connection timed out")
 
-	mp.expectedWatcher = watcherActivity
+		// this is blocking operation, potentially can be optimized
+		m.peerStore.PeerConnIdle(mp.peerCfg.PublicKey)
 
-	// just in case free up
+		mp.expectedWatcher = watcherActivity
-	m.inactivityMonitors[peerConnID].PauseTimer()
 
-	if err := m.activityManager.MonitorPeerActivity(*mp.peerCfg); err != nil {
+		m.inactivityManager.RemovePeer(mp.peerCfg.PublicKey)
-		mp.peerCfg.Log.Errorf("failed to create activity monitor: %v", err)
+
-		return
+		mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("start activity monitor")
+
+		if err := m.activityManager.MonitorPeerActivity(*mp.peerCfg); err != nil {
+			mp.peerCfg.Log.Errorf("failed to create activity monitor: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
 	}
 }
-
-func (m *Manager) onPeerConnected(peerConnID peerid.ConnID) {
-	m.managedPeersMu.Lock()
-	defer m.managedPeersMu.Unlock()
-
-	mp, ok := m.managedPeersByConnID[peerConnID]
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if mp.expectedWatcher != watcherInactivity {
-		return
-	}
-
-	iw, ok := m.inactivityMonitors[mp.peerCfg.PeerConnID]
-	if !ok {
-		mp.peerCfg.Log.Errorf("inactivity monitor not found for peer")
-		return
-	}
-
-	mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("peer connected, pausing inactivity monitor while connection is not disconnected")
-	iw.PauseTimer()
-}
-
-func (m *Manager) onPeerDisconnected(peerConnID peerid.ConnID) {
-	m.managedPeersMu.Lock()
-	defer m.managedPeersMu.Unlock()
-
-	mp, ok := m.managedPeersByConnID[peerConnID]
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if mp.expectedWatcher != watcherInactivity {
-		return
-	}
-
-	iw, ok := m.inactivityMonitors[mp.peerCfg.PeerConnID]
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-
-	mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("reset inactivity monitor timer")
-	iw.ResetTimer()
-}

client/internal/lazyconn/wgiface.go

@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
 )
 
 type WGIface interface {
 	RemovePeer(peerKey string) error
 	UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []netip.Prefix, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error
+	IsUserspaceBind() bool
+	LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time
 }

client/internal/login.go

@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ func doMgmLogin(ctx context.Context, mgmClient *mgm.GrpcClient, pubSSHKey []byte
 		config.DisableServerRoutes,
 		config.DisableDNS,
 		config.DisableFirewall,
+		config.BlockLANAccess,
+		config.BlockInbound,
+		config.LazyConnectionEnabled,
 	)
 	_, err = mgmClient.Login(*serverKey, sysInfo, pubSSHKey, config.DNSLabels)
 	return serverKey, err
@@ -139,10 +142,13 @@ func registerPeer(ctx context.Context, serverPublicKey wgtypes.Key, client *mgm.
 		config.DisableServerRoutes,
 		config.DisableDNS,
 		config.DisableFirewall,
+		config.BlockLANAccess,
+		config.BlockInbound,
+		config.LazyConnectionEnabled,
 	)
 	loginResp, err := client.Register(serverPublicKey, validSetupKey.String(), jwtToken, info, pubSSHKey, config.DNSLabels)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed registering peer %v,%s", err, validSetupKey.String())
+		log.Errorf("failed registering peer %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 

client/internal/netflow/conntrack/conntrack.go

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (c *ConnTrack) handleEvent(event nfct.Event) {
 		eventStr = "Ended"
 	}
 
-	log.Tracef("%s %s %s connection: %s:%d -> %s:%d", eventStr, direction, proto, srcIP, srcPort, dstIP, dstPort)
+	log.Tracef("%s %s %s connection: %s:%d → %s:%d", eventStr, direction, proto, srcIP, srcPort, dstIP, dstPort)
 
 	c.flowLogger.StoreEvent(nftypes.EventFields{
 		FlowID:     flowID,