Bump the otel group across 1 directory with 5 updates

Bumps the otel group with 2 updates in the / directory: [go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib) and [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go).


Updates `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc` from 0.67.0 to 0.69.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/compare/zpages/v0.67.0...zpages/v0.69.0)

Updates `go.opentelemetry.io/otel` from 1.43.0 to 1.44.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/compare/v1.43.0...v1.44.0)

Updates `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus` from 0.64.0 to 0.66.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/compare/exporters/prometheus/v0.64.0...metric/x/v0.66.0)

Updates `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric` from 1.43.0 to 1.44.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/compare/v1.43.0...v1.44.0)

Updates `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric` from 1.43.0 to 1.44.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/compare/v1.43.0...v1.44.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc
  dependency-version: 0.69.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: otel
- dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel
  dependency-version: 1.44.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: otel
- dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus
  dependency-version: 0.66.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: otel
- dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric
  dependency-version: 1.44.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: otel
- dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
  dependency-version: 1.44.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: otel
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ dockers_v2:
        - netbirdio/netbird
        - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird
      tags:
-       - "v{{ .Version }}"
+       - "{{ .Version }}"
        - "{{ if eq .Env.SKIP_PUBLISH \"false\" }}latest{{ end }}"
      dockerfile: client/Dockerfile
      extra_files:
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ dockers_v2:
        - netbirdio/relay
        - ghcr.io/netbirdio/relay
      tags:
-       - "v{{ .Version }}"
+       - "{{ .Version }}"
        - "{{ if eq .Env.SKIP_PUBLISH \"false\" }}latest{{ end }}"
      dockerfile: relay/Dockerfile
      platforms:
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ dockers_v2:
        - netbirdio/signal
        - ghcr.io/netbirdio/signal
      tags:
-       - "v{{ .Version }}"
+       - "{{ .Version }}"
        - "{{ if eq .Env.SKIP_PUBLISH \"false\" }}latest{{ end }}"
      dockerfile: signal/Dockerfile
      platforms:
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ dockers_v2:
        - netbirdio/management
        - ghcr.io/netbirdio/management
      tags:
-       - "v{{ .Version }}"
+       - "{{ .Version }}"
        - "{{ if eq .Env.SKIP_PUBLISH \"false\" }}latest{{ end }}"
      dockerfile: management/Dockerfile
      platforms:
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ dockers_v2:
        - netbirdio/upload
        - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload
      tags:
-       - "v{{ .Version }}"
+       - "{{ .Version }}"
        - "{{ if eq .Env.SKIP_PUBLISH \"false\" }}latest{{ end }}"
      dockerfile: upload-server/Dockerfile
      platforms:
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ dockers_v2:
        - netbirdio/netbird-server
        - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server
      tags:
-       - "v{{ .Version }}"
+       - "{{ .Version }}"
        - "{{ if eq .Env.SKIP_PUBLISH \"false\" }}latest{{ end }}"
      dockerfile: combined/Dockerfile
      platforms:
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ dockers_v2:
        - netbirdio/reverse-proxy
        - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy
      tags:
-       - "v{{ .Version }}"
+       - "{{ .Version }}"
        - "{{ if eq .Env.SKIP_PUBLISH \"false\" }}latest{{ end }}"
      dockerfile: proxy/Dockerfile
      platforms:

client/cmd/login.go

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func switchProfile(ctx context.Context, handle string, username string) (profile
 		Username:    &username,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("switch profile failed: %v", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("switch profile failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return profilemanager.ID(resp.Id), nil

client/cmd/profile.go

@@ -138,26 +138,23 @@ func addProfileFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	currUser, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("get current user: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	conn, err := DialClientGRPCServer(cmd.Context(), daemonAddr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("connect to service CLI interface: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 
-	currUser, err := user.Current()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("get current user: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	daemonClient := proto.NewDaemonServiceClient(conn)
 	profileName := args[0]
 
-	resp, err := daemonClient.AddProfile(cmd.Context(), &proto.AddProfileRequest{
-		ProfileName: profileName,
-		Username:    currUser.Username,
-	})
+	id, err := addProfileOnDaemon(cmd.Context(), daemonClient, profileName, currUser.Username)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("add profile request: %w", err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	dupCount, _ := countProfilesWithName(cmd.Context(), daemonClient, currUser.Username, profileName)
@@ -166,7 +163,6 @@ func addProfileFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		cmd.Println("Use `netbird profile list --show-id` to disambiguate later.")
 	}
 
-	id := profilemanager.ID(resp.Id)
 	cmd.Printf("Profile added: %s  %s\n", id.ShortID(), profilemanager.StripCtrlChars(profileName))
 	return nil
 
@@ -330,3 +326,19 @@ func wrapAmbiguityError(err error, handle string) error {
 	}
 	return err
 }
+
+// addProfileOnDaemon issues the AddProfile RPC on an existing daemon client
+// and returns the new profile's ID. It is the single entry point for profile
+// creation, shared by `netbird profile add` and the `netbird up --profile
+// <name>` auto-create path.
+func addProfileOnDaemon(ctx context.Context, client proto.DaemonServiceClient, profileName, username string) (profilemanager.ID, error) {
+	resp, err := client.AddProfile(ctx, &proto.AddProfileRequest{
+		ProfileName: profileName,
+		Username:    username,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("add profile failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return profilemanager.ID(resp.Id), nil
+}

client/cmd/status.go

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
 	nbstatus "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/status"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
@@ -111,11 +110,10 @@ func statusFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	pm := profilemanager.NewProfileManager()
-	var profName string
-	if activeProf, err := pm.GetActiveProfile(); err == nil {
-		profName = activeProf.Name
-	}
+	// Resolve the active profile's display name via the daemon, which runs
+	// as root and can read the per-user profile files. The local profile
+	// manager only knows the active profile ID, not its display name.
+	profName := getActiveProfileName(ctx)
 
 	var outputInformationHolder = nbstatus.ConvertToStatusOutputOverview(resp.GetFullStatus(), nbstatus.ConvertOptions{
 		Anonymize:            anonymizeFlag,
@@ -167,6 +165,25 @@ func getStatus(ctx context.Context, fullPeerStatus bool, shouldRunProbes bool) (
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
+// getActiveProfileName asks the daemon for the active profile's display
+// name. The daemon runs as root and can read the per-user profile files to
+// resolve the ID to its human-readable name. Returns an empty string on any
+// error so status output degrades gracefully.
+func getActiveProfileName(ctx context.Context) string {
+	conn, err := DialClientGRPCServer(ctx, daemonAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	resp, err := proto.NewDaemonServiceClient(conn).GetActiveProfile(ctx, &proto.GetActiveProfileRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return resp.GetProfileName()
+}
+
 func parseFilters() error {
 	switch strings.ToLower(statusFilter) {
 	case "", "idle", "connecting", "connected":

client/cmd/up.go

@@ -128,15 +128,9 @@ func upFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var profileSwitched bool
 	// switch profile if provided
 	if profileName != "" {
-		resolvedID, err := switchProfile(cmd.Context(), profileName, username.Username)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := switchOrCreateProfile(cmd.Context(), pm, profileName, username.Username); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("switch profile: %v", err)
 		}
-
-		if err := pm.SwitchProfile(resolvedID); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("switch profile: %v", err)
-		}
-
 		profileSwitched = true
 	}
 
@@ -151,6 +145,52 @@ func upFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return runInDaemonMode(ctx, cmd, pm, activeProf, profileSwitched)
 }
 
+// switchOrCreateProfile switches the active profile to the one identified by
+// handle, creating it first when it does not exist yet. This restores the
+// pre-0.73 behaviour where `netbird up --profile <name>` auto-creates a
+// missing profile instead of failing.
+func switchOrCreateProfile(ctx context.Context, pm *profilemanager.ProfileManager, handle, username string) error {
+	resolvedID, err := switchProfile(ctx, handle, username)
+	if err != nil {
+		st, ok := gstatus.FromError(err)
+		if !ok || st.Code() != codes.NotFound {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Don't fail immediately on a create error: a concurrent run may
+		// have created the profile between the NotFound above and this
+		// call, in which case the retried switch still succeeds. Only
+		// surface the create error if the switch also fails.
+		_, createErr := createProfile(ctx, handle, username)
+		if resolvedID, err = switchProfile(ctx, handle, username); err != nil {
+			if createErr != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("create profile: %w", createErr)
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := pm.SwitchProfile(resolvedID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// createProfile dials the daemon and creates a new profile with the given
+// display name, returning its generated ID. Use addProfileOnDaemon directly
+// when a daemon client is already available to reuse the connection.
+func createProfile(ctx context.Context, profileName, username string) (profilemanager.ID, error) {
+	conn, err := DialClientGRPCServer(ctx, daemonAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		//nolint
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to daemon error: %v\n"+
+			"If the daemon is not running please run: "+
+			"\nnetbird service install \nnetbird service start\n", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	return addProfileOnDaemon(ctx, proto.NewDaemonServiceClient(conn), profileName, username)
+}
+
 func runInForegroundMode(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, activeProf *profilemanager.Profile) error {
 	// override the default profile filepath if provided
 	if configPath != "" {

client/internal/dns/server.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/netip"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -38,11 +39,15 @@ const (
 	// defaultWarningDelayBase is the starting grace window before a
 	// "Nameserver group unreachable" event fires for a group that's
 	// never been healthy and only has overlay upstreams with no
-	// Connected peer. Per-server and overridable; see warningDelayFor.
-	defaultWarningDelayBase = 30 * time.Second
+	// Connected peer. Per-server and overridable via envWarningDelay;
+	// see warningDelay.
+	defaultWarningDelayBase = 60 * time.Second
 	// warningDelayBonusCap caps the route-count bonus added to the
-	// base grace window. See warningDelayFor.
+	// base grace window. See warningDelay.
 	warningDelayBonusCap = 30 * time.Second
+	// envWarningDelay overrides defaultWarningDelayBase with a Go duration
+	// string (e.g. "90s", "2m"). Invalid or non-positive values are ignored.
+	envWarningDelay = "NB_DNS_HEALTH_WARNING_DELAY"
 )
 
 // errNoUsableNameservers signals that a merged-domain group has no usable
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ type DefaultServer struct {
 	disableSys         bool
 	mux                sync.Mutex
 	service            service
-	dnsMuxMap          registeredHandlerMap
+	dnsMuxHandlers     []handlerWrapper
 	localResolver      *local.Resolver
 	wgInterface        WGIface
 	hostManager        hostManager
@@ -199,8 +204,6 @@ type handlerWrapper struct {
 	priority int
 }
 
-type registeredHandlerMap map[types.HandlerID]handlerWrapper
-
 // DefaultServerConfig holds configuration parameters for NewDefaultServer
 type DefaultServerConfig struct {
 	WgInterface    WGIface
@@ -289,7 +292,6 @@ func newDefaultServer(
 		service:           dnsService,
 		handlerChain:      handlerChain,
 		extraDomains:      make(map[domain.Domain]int),
-		dnsMuxMap:         make(registeredHandlerMap),
 		localResolver:     local.NewResolver(),
 		wgInterface:       wgInterface,
 		statusRecorder:    statusRecorder,
@@ -298,7 +300,7 @@ func newDefaultServer(
 		hostManager:       &noopHostConfigurator{},
 		mgmtCacheResolver: mgmtCacheResolver,
 		currentConfigHash: ^uint64(0), // Initialize to max uint64 to ensure first config is always applied
-		warningDelayBase:  defaultWarningDelayBase,
+		warningDelayBase:  warningDelayBaseFromEnv(),
 		healthRefresh:     make(chan struct{}, 1),
 	}
 	// Wire the local resolver against the peer status recorder so it can
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) SetRouteSources(selected, active func() route.HAMap) {
 	type routeSettable interface {
 		setSelectedRoutes(func() route.HAMap)
 	}
-	for _, entry := range s.dnsMuxMap {
+	for _, entry := range s.dnsMuxHandlers {
 		if h, ok := entry.handler.(routeSettable); ok {
 			h.setSelectedRoutes(selected)
 		}
@@ -978,19 +980,23 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) usableNameServers(nameServers []nbdns.NameServer) []neti
 
 func (s *DefaultServer) updateMux(muxUpdates []handlerWrapper) {
 	// this will introduce a short period of time when the server is not able to handle DNS requests
-	for _, existing := range s.dnsMuxMap {
+	for _, existing := range s.dnsMuxHandlers {
 		s.deregisterHandler([]string{existing.domain}, existing.priority)
-		existing.handler.Stop()
+		// The local resolver is a persistent singleton shared by every custom
+		// zone and reused across config updates. Its chain registrations are
+		// per-config and must be deregistered, but Stop() cancels its lookup
+		// context (breaking external CNAME-target resolution) and clears its
+		// records, so it must not be torn down here.
+		if existing.handler != s.localResolver {
+			existing.handler.Stop()
+		}
 	}
 
-	muxUpdateMap := make(registeredHandlerMap)
-
 	for _, update := range muxUpdates {
 		s.registerHandler([]string{update.domain}, update.handler, update.priority)
-		muxUpdateMap[update.handler.ID()] = update
 	}
 
-	s.dnsMuxMap = muxUpdateMap
+	s.dnsMuxHandlers = muxUpdates
 }
 
 // updateNSGroupStates records the new group set and pokes the refresher.
@@ -1154,6 +1160,26 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) projectUnhealthy(p *nsGroupProj, servers []netip.AddrPor
 	return false
 }
 
+// warningDelayBaseFromEnv returns the base grace window, honoring
+// envWarningDelay when it holds a valid positive Go duration. Invalid or
+// non-positive values fall back to defaultWarningDelayBase.
+func warningDelayBaseFromEnv() time.Duration {
+	val := os.Getenv(envWarningDelay)
+	if val == "" {
+		return defaultWarningDelayBase
+	}
+	d, err := time.ParseDuration(val)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("invalid %s value %q, using default %v: %v", envWarningDelay, val, defaultWarningDelayBase, err)
+		return defaultWarningDelayBase
+	}
+	if d <= 0 {
+		log.Warnf("%s must be positive, got %v, using default %v", envWarningDelay, d, defaultWarningDelayBase)
+		return defaultWarningDelayBase
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
 // warningDelay returns the grace window for the given selected-route
 // count. Scales gently: +1s per 100 routes, capped by
 // warningDelayBonusCap. Parallel handshakes mean handshake time grows
@@ -1204,7 +1230,7 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) groupHasImmediateUpstream(servers []netip.AddrPort, snap
 // in more than one handler.
 func (s *DefaultServer) collectUpstreamHealth() map[netip.AddrPort]UpstreamHealth {
 	merged := make(map[netip.AddrPort]UpstreamHealth)
-	for _, entry := range s.dnsMuxMap {
+	for _, entry := range s.dnsMuxHandlers {
 		reporter, ok := entry.handler.(upstreamHealthReporter)
 		if !ok {
 			continue

client/internal/dns/server_test.go

@@ -104,19 +104,6 @@ func init() {
 	formatter.SetTextFormatter(log.StandardLogger())
 }
 
-func generateDummyHandler(d string, servers []nbdns.NameServer) *upstreamResolverBase {
-	var srvs []netip.AddrPort
-	for _, srv := range servers {
-		srvs = append(srvs, srv.AddrPort())
-	}
-	u := &upstreamResolverBase{
-		domain: domain.Domain(d),
-		cancel: func() {},
-	}
-	u.addRace(srvs)
-	return u
-}
-
 func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	nameServers := []nbdns.NameServer{
@@ -132,22 +119,20 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	dummyHandler := local.NewResolver()
-
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name                string
-		initUpstreamMap     registeredHandlerMap
+		initUpstreamMap     []handlerWrapper
 		initLocalZones      []nbdns.CustomZone
 		initSerial          uint64
 		inputSerial         uint64
 		inputUpdate         nbdns.Config
 		shouldFail          bool
-		expectedUpstreamMap registeredHandlerMap
+		expectedUpstreamMap []handlerWrapper
 		expectedLocalQs     []dns.Question
 	}{
 		{
 			name:            "Initial Config Should Succeed",
-			initUpstreamMap: make(registeredHandlerMap),
+			initUpstreamMap: nil,
 			initSerial:      0,
 			inputSerial:     1,
 			inputUpdate: nbdns.Config{
@@ -169,20 +154,17 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			expectedUpstreamMap: registeredHandlerMap{
-				generateDummyHandler("netbird.io", nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
+			expectedUpstreamMap: []handlerWrapper{
+				{
 					domain:   "netbird.io",
-					handler:  dummyHandler,
 					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
-				dummyHandler.ID(): handlerWrapper{
+				{
 					domain:   "netbird.cloud",
-					handler:  dummyHandler,
 					priority: PriorityLocal,
 				},
-				generateDummyHandler(".", nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
+				{
 					domain:   nbdns.RootZone,
-					handler:  dummyHandler,
 					priority: PriorityDefault,
 				},
 			},
@@ -191,10 +173,10 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:           "New Config Should Succeed",
 			initLocalZones: []nbdns.CustomZone{{Domain: "netbird.cloud", Records: []nbdns.SimpleRecord{{Name: "netbird.cloud", Type: 1, Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "10.0.0.1"}}}},
-			initUpstreamMap: registeredHandlerMap{
-				generateDummyHandler(zoneRecords[0].Name, nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
+			initUpstreamMap: []handlerWrapper{
+				{
 					domain:   "netbird.cloud",
-					handler:  dummyHandler,
+					handler:  &mockHandler{},
 					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 			},
@@ -215,15 +197,13 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			expectedUpstreamMap: registeredHandlerMap{
-				generateDummyHandler("netbird.io", nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
+			expectedUpstreamMap: []handlerWrapper{
+				{
 					domain:   "netbird.io",
-					handler:  dummyHandler,
 					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
-				"local-resolver": handlerWrapper{
+				{
 					domain:   "netbird.cloud",
-					handler:  dummyHandler,
 					priority: PriorityLocal,
 				},
 			},
@@ -232,7 +212,7 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:            "Smaller Config Serial Should Be Skipped",
 			initLocalZones:  []nbdns.CustomZone{},
-			initUpstreamMap: make(registeredHandlerMap),
+			initUpstreamMap: nil,
 			initSerial:      2,
 			inputSerial:     1,
 			shouldFail:      true,
@@ -240,7 +220,7 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:            "Empty NS Group Domain Or Not Primary Element Should Fail",
 			initLocalZones:  []nbdns.CustomZone{},
-			initUpstreamMap: make(registeredHandlerMap),
+			initUpstreamMap: nil,
 			initSerial:      0,
 			inputSerial:     1,
 			inputUpdate: nbdns.Config{
@@ -262,7 +242,7 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:            "Invalid NS Group Nameservers list Should Fail",
 			initLocalZones:  []nbdns.CustomZone{},
-			initUpstreamMap: make(registeredHandlerMap),
+			initUpstreamMap: nil,
 			initSerial:      0,
 			inputSerial:     1,
 			inputUpdate: nbdns.Config{
@@ -284,7 +264,7 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:            "Invalid Custom Zone Records list Should Skip",
 			initLocalZones:  []nbdns.CustomZone{},
-			initUpstreamMap: make(registeredHandlerMap),
+			initUpstreamMap: nil,
 			initSerial:      0,
 			inputSerial:     1,
 			inputUpdate: nbdns.Config{
@@ -301,42 +281,41 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			expectedUpstreamMap: registeredHandlerMap{generateDummyHandler(".", nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
+			expectedUpstreamMap: []handlerWrapper{{
 				domain:   ".",
-				handler:  dummyHandler,
 				priority: PriorityDefault,
 			}},
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "Empty Config Should Succeed and Clean Maps",
 			initLocalZones: []nbdns.CustomZone{{Domain: "netbird.cloud", Records: []nbdns.SimpleRecord{{Name: "netbird.cloud", Type: int(dns.TypeA), Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "10.0.0.1"}}}},
-			initUpstreamMap: registeredHandlerMap{
-				generateDummyHandler(zoneRecords[0].Name, nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
+			initUpstreamMap: []handlerWrapper{
+				{
 					domain:   zoneRecords[0].Name,
-					handler:  dummyHandler,
+					handler:  &mockHandler{},
 					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 			},
 			initSerial:          0,
 			inputSerial:         1,
 			inputUpdate:         nbdns.Config{ServiceEnable: true},
-			expectedUpstreamMap: make(registeredHandlerMap),
+			expectedUpstreamMap: nil,
 			expectedLocalQs:     []dns.Question{},
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "Disabled Service Should clean map",
 			initLocalZones: []nbdns.CustomZone{{Domain: "netbird.cloud", Records: []nbdns.SimpleRecord{{Name: "netbird.cloud", Type: int(dns.TypeA), Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "10.0.0.1"}}}},
-			initUpstreamMap: registeredHandlerMap{
-				generateDummyHandler(zoneRecords[0].Name, nameServers).ID(): handlerWrapper{
+			initUpstreamMap: []handlerWrapper{
+				{
 					domain:   zoneRecords[0].Name,
-					handler:  dummyHandler,
+					handler:  &mockHandler{},
 					priority: PriorityUpstream,
 				},
 			},
 			initSerial:          0,
 			inputSerial:         1,
 			inputUpdate:         nbdns.Config{ServiceEnable: false},
-			expectedUpstreamMap: make(registeredHandlerMap),
+			expectedUpstreamMap: nil,
 			expectedLocalQs:     []dns.Question{},
 		},
 	}
@@ -393,7 +372,7 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			}()
 
-			dnsServer.dnsMuxMap = testCase.initUpstreamMap
+			dnsServer.dnsMuxHandlers = testCase.initUpstreamMap
 			dnsServer.localResolver.Update(testCase.initLocalZones)
 			dnsServer.updateSerial = testCase.initSerial
 
@@ -405,14 +384,20 @@ func TestUpdateDNSServer(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("update dns server should not fail, got error: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			if len(dnsServer.dnsMuxMap) != len(testCase.expectedUpstreamMap) {
-				t.Fatalf("update upstream failed, map size is different than expected, want %d, got %d", len(testCase.expectedUpstreamMap), len(dnsServer.dnsMuxMap))
+			if len(dnsServer.dnsMuxHandlers) != len(testCase.expectedUpstreamMap) {
+				t.Fatalf("update upstream failed, map size is different than expected, want %d, got %d", len(testCase.expectedUpstreamMap), len(dnsServer.dnsMuxHandlers))
 			}
 
-			for key := range testCase.expectedUpstreamMap {
-				_, found := dnsServer.dnsMuxMap[key]
+			for _, expected := range testCase.expectedUpstreamMap {
+				found := false
+				for _, got := range dnsServer.dnsMuxHandlers {
+					if got.domain == expected.domain && got.priority == expected.priority {
+						found = true
+						break
+					}
+				}
 				if !found {
-					t.Fatalf("update upstream failed, key %s was not found in the dnsMuxMap: %#v", key, dnsServer.dnsMuxMap)
+					t.Fatalf("update upstream failed, handler for domain=%s priority=%d not found in dnsMuxHandlers: %#v", expected.domain, expected.priority, dnsServer.dnsMuxHandlers)
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -512,8 +497,8 @@ func TestDNSFakeResolverHandleUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	dnsServer.dnsMuxMap = registeredHandlerMap{
-		"id1": handlerWrapper{
+	dnsServer.dnsMuxHandlers = []handlerWrapper{
+		{
 			domain:   zoneRecords[0].Name,
 			handler:  &local.Resolver{},
 			priority: PriorityUpstream,
@@ -1029,15 +1014,15 @@ func (m *mockService) RegisterMux(string, dns.Handler) {}
 func (m *mockService) DeregisterMux(string)            {}
 
 func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
-	baseMatchHandlers := registeredHandlerMap{
-		"upstream-group1": {
+	baseMatchHandlers := []handlerWrapper{
+		{
 			domain: "example.com",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-group1",
 			},
 			priority: PriorityUpstream,
 		},
-		"upstream-group2": {
+		{
 			domain: "example.com",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-group2",
@@ -1046,15 +1031,15 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	baseRootHandlers := registeredHandlerMap{
-		"upstream-root1": {
+	baseRootHandlers := []handlerWrapper{
+		{
 			domain: ".",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-root1",
 			},
 			priority: PriorityDefault,
 		},
-		"upstream-root2": {
+		{
 			domain: ".",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-root2",
@@ -1063,22 +1048,22 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	baseMixedHandlers := registeredHandlerMap{
-		"upstream-group1": {
+	baseMixedHandlers := []handlerWrapper{
+		{
 			domain: "example.com",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-group1",
 			},
 			priority: PriorityUpstream,
 		},
-		"upstream-group2": {
+		{
 			domain: "example.com",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-group2",
 			},
 			priority: PriorityUpstream - 1,
 		},
-		"upstream-other": {
+		{
 			domain: "other.com",
 			handler: &mockHandler{
 				Id: "upstream-other",
@@ -1089,7 +1074,7 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string
-		initialHandlers  registeredHandlerMap
+		initialHandlers  []handlerWrapper
 		updates          []handlerWrapper
 		expectedHandlers map[string]string // map[HandlerID]domain
 		description      string
@@ -1373,32 +1358,38 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			server := &DefaultServer{
-				dnsMuxMap:    tt.initialHandlers,
-				handlerChain: NewHandlerChain(),
-				service:      &mockService{},
+				dnsMuxHandlers: tt.initialHandlers,
+				handlerChain:   NewHandlerChain(),
+				service:        &mockService{},
 			}
 
 			// Perform the update
 			server.updateMux(tt.updates)
 
 			// Verify the results
-			assert.Equal(t, len(tt.expectedHandlers), len(server.dnsMuxMap),
+			assert.Equal(t, len(tt.expectedHandlers), len(server.dnsMuxHandlers),
 				"Number of handlers after update doesn't match expected")
 
 			// Check each expected handler
 			for id, expectedDomain := range tt.expectedHandlers {
-				handler, exists := server.dnsMuxMap[types.HandlerID(id)]
-				assert.True(t, exists, "Expected handler %s not found", id)
-				if exists {
-					assert.Equal(t, expectedDomain, handler.domain,
+				var found *handlerWrapper
+				for i := range server.dnsMuxHandlers {
+					if server.dnsMuxHandlers[i].handler.ID() == types.HandlerID(id) {
+						found = &server.dnsMuxHandlers[i]
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				assert.NotNil(t, found, "Expected handler %s not found", id)
+				if found != nil {
+					assert.Equal(t, expectedDomain, found.domain,
 						"Domain mismatch for handler %s", id)
 				}
 			}
 
 			// Verify no unexpected handlers exist
-			for HandlerID := range server.dnsMuxMap {
-				_, expected := tt.expectedHandlers[string(HandlerID)]
-				assert.True(t, expected, "Unexpected handler found: %s", HandlerID)
+			for _, entry := range server.dnsMuxHandlers {
+				_, expected := tt.expectedHandlers[string(entry.handler.ID())]
+				assert.True(t, expected, "Unexpected handler found: %s", entry.handler.ID())
 			}
 
 			// Verify the handlerChain state and order
@@ -1413,7 +1404,7 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 
 				// Verify handler exists in mux
 				foundInMux := false
-				for _, muxEntry := range server.dnsMuxMap {
+				for _, muxEntry := range server.dnsMuxHandlers {
 					if chainEntry.Handler == muxEntry.handler &&
 						chainEntry.Priority == muxEntry.priority &&
 						chainEntry.Pattern == dns.Fqdn(muxEntry.domain) {
@@ -1422,12 +1413,108 @@ func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux(t *testing.T) {
 					}
 				}
 				assert.True(t, foundInMux,
-					"Handler in chain not found in dnsMuxMap")
+					"Handler in chain not found in dnsMuxHandlers")
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
+// chainHasPattern reports whether the handler chain holds an entry registered
+// for the given fqdn pattern at the given priority.
+func chainHasPattern(s *DefaultServer, pattern string, priority int) bool {
+	for _, h := range s.handlerChain.handlers {
+		if h.OrigPattern == pattern && h.Priority == priority {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux_SharedHandlerZoneRemoval verifies that updateMux
+// tracks each (handler, domain) registration independently when one handler
+// serves multiple zones. Every custom zone is served by the same handler
+// instance (the local resolver, whose ID is the constant "local-resolver"), so
+// removing one zone must deregister exactly that zone's chain entry and leave
+// the others in place. Tracking registrations by handler ID alone collapses all
+// zones onto one entry, leaving removed zones in the chain to answer
+// authoritatively with no records.
+func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux_SharedHandlerZoneRemoval(t *testing.T) {
+	// One handler serves every custom zone, mirroring s.localResolver.
+	shared := &mockHandler{Id: "local-resolver"}
+
+	server := &DefaultServer{
+		handlerChain: NewHandlerChain(),
+		service:      &mockService{},
+	}
+
+	// Two custom zones under the same handler. The surviving zone is registered
+	// last, mirroring the management emission order.
+	server.updateMux([]handlerWrapper{
+		{domain: "userzone.test", handler: shared, priority: PriorityLocal},
+		{domain: "peerzone.test", handler: shared, priority: PriorityLocal},
+	})
+
+	require.True(t, chainHasPattern(server, "userzone.test.", PriorityLocal),
+		"userzone.test should be registered after the first update")
+	require.True(t, chainHasPattern(server, "peerzone.test.", PriorityLocal),
+		"peerzone.test should be registered after the first update")
+
+	// Remove one zone, keep the other.
+	server.updateMux([]handlerWrapper{
+		{domain: "peerzone.test", handler: shared, priority: PriorityLocal},
+	})
+
+	assert.True(t, chainHasPattern(server, "peerzone.test.", PriorityLocal),
+		"peerzone.test should remain after removing userzone.test")
+	assert.False(t, chainHasPattern(server, "userzone.test.", PriorityLocal),
+		"userzone.test handler must be deregistered, not leaked in the chain")
+}
+
+// TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux_PreservesLocalResolver verifies that updateMux
+// does not tear down the shared local resolver during reconfiguration. The
+// resolver is a process-lifetime singleton reused across config updates;
+// Stop() cancels its lookup context (breaking external CNAME-target
+// resolution) and clears its records. updateMux must deregister its chain
+// entries without stopping it. Records surviving a teardown update is the
+// observable proxy: Stop() would have cleared them.
+func TestDefaultServer_UpdateMux_PreservesLocalResolver(t *testing.T) {
+	resolver := local.NewResolver()
+	require.NoError(t, resolver.RegisterRecord(nbdns.SimpleRecord{
+		Name:  "peer.netbird.cloud.",
+		Type:  int(dns.TypeA),
+		Class: nbdns.DefaultClass,
+		TTL:   300,
+		RData: "10.0.0.1",
+	}))
+
+	server := &DefaultServer{
+		handlerChain:  NewHandlerChain(),
+		service:       &mockService{},
+		localResolver: resolver,
+	}
+
+	server.updateMux([]handlerWrapper{
+		{domain: "netbird.cloud", handler: resolver, priority: PriorityLocal},
+	})
+
+	// Remove the zone. The resolver must survive so its records and lookup
+	// context stay intact for the next registration.
+	server.updateMux(nil)
+
+	var response *dns.Msg
+	resolver.ServeDNS(&test.MockResponseWriter{
+		WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error {
+			response = m
+			return nil
+		},
+	}, &dns.Msg{Question: []dns.Question{{Name: "peer.netbird.cloud.", Qtype: dns.TypeA, Qclass: dns.ClassINET}}})
+
+	require.NotNil(t, response, "local resolver should answer after teardown")
+	assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, response.Rcode,
+		"local resolver records must survive teardown; updateMux must not Stop() the shared resolver")
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, response.Answer, "answer should contain the surviving record")
+}
+
 func TestExtraDomains(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                string
@@ -2049,7 +2136,6 @@ func TestBuildUpstreamHandler_MergesGroupsPerDomain(t *testing.T) {
 		localResolver: local.NewResolver(),
 		handlerChain:  NewHandlerChain(),
 		hostManager:   &noopHostConfigurator{},
-		dnsMuxMap:     make(registeredHandlerMap),
 	}
 
 	groups := []*nbdns.NameServerGroup{
@@ -2207,7 +2293,7 @@ func TestEvaluateNSGroupHealth(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// healthStubHandler is a minimal dnsMuxMap entry that exposes a fixed
+// healthStubHandler is a minimal dnsMuxHandlers entry that exposes a fixed
 // UpstreamHealth snapshot, letting tests drive recomputeNSGroupStates
 // without spinning up real handlers.
 type healthStubHandler struct {
@@ -2283,12 +2369,11 @@ func newProjTestFixture(t *testing.T) *projTestFixture {
 		ctx:              context.Background(),
 		wgInterface:      &mocWGIface{},
 		statusRecorder:   recorder,
-		dnsMuxMap:        make(registeredHandlerMap),
 		selectedRoutes:   func() route.HAMap { return fx.selected },
 		activeRoutes:     func() route.HAMap { return fx.active },
 		warningDelayBase: defaultWarningDelayBase,
 	}
-	fx.server.dnsMuxMap["example.com"] = handlerWrapper{domain: "example.com", handler: fx.stub, priority: PriorityUpstream}
+	fx.server.dnsMuxHandlers = []handlerWrapper{{domain: "example.com", handler: fx.stub, priority: PriorityUpstream}}
 
 	fx.server.mux.Lock()
 	fx.server.updateNSGroupStates([]*nbdns.NameServerGroup{fx.group})
@@ -2395,7 +2480,6 @@ func TestProjection_OverlayAddrNoRouteDelaysWarning(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx:              context.Background(),
 		wgInterface:      &mocWGIface{},
 		statusRecorder:   recorder,
-		dnsMuxMap:        make(registeredHandlerMap),
 		selectedRoutes:   func() route.HAMap { return nil },
 		activeRoutes:     func() route.HAMap { return nil },
 		warningDelayBase: 50 * time.Millisecond,
@@ -2407,7 +2491,7 @@ func TestProjection_OverlayAddrNoRouteDelaysWarning(t *testing.T) {
 	stub := &healthStubHandler{health: map[netip.AddrPort]UpstreamHealth{
 		overlayPeer: {LastFail: time.Now(), LastErr: "timeout"},
 	}}
-	server.dnsMuxMap["example.com"] = handlerWrapper{domain: "example.com", handler: stub, priority: PriorityUpstream}
+	server.dnsMuxHandlers = []handlerWrapper{{domain: "example.com", handler: stub, priority: PriorityUpstream}}
 
 	server.mux.Lock()
 	server.updateNSGroupStates([]*nbdns.NameServerGroup{group})
@@ -2444,7 +2528,6 @@ func TestProjection_StopClearsHealthState(t *testing.T) {
 		service:           NewServiceViaMemory(wgIface),
 		hostManager:       &noopHostConfigurator{},
 		extraDomains:      map[domain.Domain]int{},
-		dnsMuxMap:         make(registeredHandlerMap),
 		statusRecorder:    peer.NewRecorder("mgm"),
 		selectedRoutes:    func() route.HAMap { return nil },
 		activeRoutes:      func() route.HAMap { return nil },
@@ -2459,7 +2542,7 @@ func TestProjection_StopClearsHealthState(t *testing.T) {
 		NameServers: []nbdns.NameServer{{IP: srv.Addr(), NSType: nbdns.UDPNameServerType, Port: int(srv.Port())}},
 	}
 	stub := &healthStubHandler{health: map[netip.AddrPort]UpstreamHealth{srv: {LastOk: time.Now()}}}
-	server.dnsMuxMap["example.com"] = handlerWrapper{domain: "example.com", handler: stub, priority: PriorityUpstream}
+	server.dnsMuxHandlers = []handlerWrapper{{domain: "example.com", handler: stub, priority: PriorityUpstream}}
 
 	server.mux.Lock()
 	server.updateNSGroupStates([]*nbdns.NameServerGroup{group})
@@ -2484,6 +2567,32 @@ func TestProjection_StopClearsHealthState(t *testing.T) {
 // rule 3: startup failures while the peer is handshaking, then the peer
 // comes up and a query succeeds before the grace window elapses. No
 // warning should ever have fired, and no recovery either.
+func TestWarningDelayBaseFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		set  bool
+		val  string
+		want time.Duration
+	}{
+		{name: "unset uses default", set: false, want: defaultWarningDelayBase},
+		{name: "valid override", set: true, val: "90s", want: 90 * time.Second},
+		{name: "valid minutes", set: true, val: "2m", want: 2 * time.Minute},
+		{name: "invalid falls back", set: true, val: "notaduration", want: defaultWarningDelayBase},
+		{name: "zero falls back", set: true, val: "0s", want: defaultWarningDelayBase},
+		{name: "negative falls back", set: true, val: "-30s", want: defaultWarningDelayBase},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Setenv(envWarningDelay, tc.val)
+			if !tc.set {
+				os.Unsetenv(envWarningDelay)
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, warningDelayBaseFromEnv(), "grace window base")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestProjection_OverlayRecoversDuringGrace(t *testing.T) {
 	fx := newProjTestFixture(t)
 	fx.server.warningDelayBase = 200 * time.Millisecond
@@ -2595,7 +2704,6 @@ func TestProjection_MixedGroupEmitsImmediately(t *testing.T) {
 	server := &DefaultServer{
 		ctx:              context.Background(),
 		statusRecorder:   recorder,
-		dnsMuxMap:        make(registeredHandlerMap),
 		selectedRoutes:   func() route.HAMap { return overlayMap },
 		activeRoutes:     func() route.HAMap { return nil },
 		warningDelayBase: time.Hour,
@@ -2613,7 +2721,7 @@ func TestProjection_MixedGroupEmitsImmediately(t *testing.T) {
 			overlay: {LastFail: time.Now(), LastErr: "timeout"},
 		},
 	}
-	server.dnsMuxMap["example.com"] = handlerWrapper{domain: "example.com", handler: stub, priority: PriorityUpstream}
+	server.dnsMuxHandlers = []handlerWrapper{{domain: "example.com", handler: stub, priority: PriorityUpstream}}
 
 	server.mux.Lock()
 	server.updateNSGroupStates([]*nbdns.NameServerGroup{group})
@@ -2640,7 +2748,6 @@ func TestDNSLoopPrevention(t *testing.T) {
 		localResolver: local.NewResolver(),
 		handlerChain:  NewHandlerChain(),
 		hostManager:   &noopHostConfigurator{},
-		dnsMuxMap:     make(registeredHandlerMap),
 	}
 
 	tests := []struct {

client/internal/dns/upstream.go

@@ -443,21 +443,25 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) queryUpstream(parentCtx context.Context, r *dns.M
 		return raceResult{}, &upstreamFailure{upstream: upstream, reason: "no response"}
 	}
 
+	// A valid response means the upstream is reachable, whatever the Rcode.
+	u.markUpstreamOk(upstream)
+
 	proto := ""
 	if upstreamProto != nil {
 		proto = upstreamProto.protocol
 	}
 
 	if rm.Rcode == dns.RcodeServerFailure || rm.Rcode == dns.RcodeRefused {
+		// SERVFAIL and REFUSED are per-question outcomes (DNSSEC-bogus names,
+		// refused zones, transient recursion errors), not reachability
+		// problems: fail over for a better answer but keep the upstream healthy.
 		if code, ok := nonRetryableEDE(rm); ok {
 			if !hadEdns {
 				stripOPT(rm)
 			}
-			u.markUpstreamOk(upstream)
 			return raceResult{msg: rm, upstream: upstream, protocol: proto, ede: edeName(code)}, nil
 		}
 		reason := dns.RcodeToString[rm.Rcode]
-		u.markUpstreamFail(upstream, reason)
 		return raceResult{}, &upstreamFailure{upstream: upstream, reason: reason}
 	}
 
@@ -465,7 +469,6 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) queryUpstream(parentCtx context.Context, r *dns.M
 		stripOPT(rm)
 	}
 
-	u.markUpstreamOk(upstream)
 	return raceResult{msg: rm, upstream: upstream, protocol: proto}, nil
 }
 

client/internal/dns/upstream_test.go

@@ -517,6 +517,78 @@ func TestUpstreamResolver_HealthTracking(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotContains(t, health, bad, "sibling upstream should not be queried when primary answers")
 }
 
+// TestUpstreamResolver_HealthTracking_ResponseMeansReachable verifies that an
+// upstream which answers with SERVFAIL or REFUSED is recorded as healthy:
+// those are per-question outcomes from a reachable server and must not mark
+// the upstream unhealthy. Only transport failures (timeouts) do.
+func TestUpstreamResolver_HealthTracking_ResponseMeansReachable(t *testing.T) {
+	a := netip.MustParseAddrPort("192.0.2.10:53")
+	b := netip.MustParseAddrPort("192.0.2.11:53")
+	timeoutErr := &net.OpError{Op: "read", Err: fmt.Errorf("i/o timeout")}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		respA       mockUpstreamResponse
+		respB       mockUpstreamResponse
+		wantHealthy bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "both SERVFAIL are reachable",
+			respA:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeServerFailure, "")},
+			respB:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeServerFailure, "")},
+			wantHealthy: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "both REFUSED are reachable",
+			respA:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeRefused, "")},
+			respB:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeRefused, "")},
+			wantHealthy: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "timeout marks unhealthy",
+			respA:       mockUpstreamResponse{err: timeoutErr},
+			respB:       mockUpstreamResponse{err: timeoutErr},
+			wantHealthy: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			mockClient := &mockUpstreamResolverPerServer{
+				responses: map[string]mockUpstreamResponse{
+					a.String(): tc.respA,
+					b.String(): tc.respB,
+				},
+				rtt: time.Millisecond,
+			}
+
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+			defer cancel()
+
+			resolver := &upstreamResolverBase{
+				ctx:             ctx,
+				upstreamClient:  mockClient,
+				upstreamTimeout: UpstreamTimeout,
+			}
+			resolver.addRace([]netip.AddrPort{a, b})
+
+			responseWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error { return nil }}
+			resolver.ServeDNS(responseWriter, new(dns.Msg).SetQuestion("example.com.", dns.TypeA))
+
+			health := resolver.UpstreamHealth()
+			require.Contains(t, health, a, "primary upstream should have a health record")
+			if tc.wantHealthy {
+				assert.False(t, health[a].LastOk.IsZero(), "responding upstream should have LastOk set")
+				assert.True(t, health[a].LastFail.IsZero(), "responding upstream should not be marked failed")
+				assert.Empty(t, health[a].LastErr, "responding upstream should have no error")
+			} else {
+				assert.False(t, health[a].LastFail.IsZero(), "timed-out upstream should be marked failed")
+				assert.NotEmpty(t, health[a].LastErr, "timed-out upstream should record an error")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFormatFailures(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name     string

go.mod

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.1
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.50.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.43.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.45.0
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard v0.0.0-20231211153847-12269c276173
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl v0.0.0-20241231184526-a9ab2273dd10
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/windows v0.5.3
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.80.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11
 )
 
@@ -112,21 +112,21 @@ require (
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4
 	github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v1.1.3
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.67.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.64.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.69.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.66.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.44.0
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	goauthentik.io/api/v3 v3.2023051.3
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b
 	golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20251113184115-a159579294ab
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.34.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.53.0
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.35.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.55.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.42.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.43.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.15.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.276.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.19.2 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 // indirect
 	github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rymdport/portal v0.4.2 // indirect
@@ -322,15 +322,15 @@ require (
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.17.9 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.67.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.44.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/image v0.33.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.36.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.43.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.37.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.44.0 // indirect
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wintun v0.0.0-20230126152724-0fa3db229ce2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260401024825-9d38bb4040a9 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260526163538-3dc84a4a5aaa // indirect
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5 h1:pIgK94WWlQt1WLwAC5j2ynLaBRDiinoAb86HZHTU
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5/go.mod h1:SjE/0MzDEEAyrdr5Gqc6G+sXI67maCxzaT3A2+HqjUw=
 github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0 h1:s0LJW/iN9dkIH+EnhiD3BlkkP5QVIUVEoIwkU+A6qos=
 github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0/go.mod h1:vRYWnXvI6aWGpsdY/mOT/cbeVRBlPWtBNDb7kGR3uKM=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.19.2 h1:zUMhqEW66Ex7OXIiDkll3tl9a1ZdilUOd/F6ZXw4Vws=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.19.2/go.mod h1:M0aotyiemPhBCM0z5w87kL22CxfcH05ZpYlu+b4J7mw=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 h1:XwbrGOIplXW/AU3YhIhLODXMJYyC1isLFfYCsTEycfc=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1/go.mod h1:o9EMBZGRyvDrSPH1RqdxhojkuXstoe4UlK79eF5TGGo=
 github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.55.0 h1:zccPQIqYCXDt5NmcEabyYvOnomjs8Tlwl7tISjJh9Mk=
 github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.55.0/go.mod h1:DR51ilwU1uE164KuWXhinFcKWGlEjzys2l8zUl5Ss1U=
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.3 h1:YpPyAayJV+XErNsatSElgRZZVCwXX9QzkKYNvO7x0wM=
@@ -725,26 +725,28 @@ go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.17.9 h1:IexDdCuuNJ3BHrELgBlyaH9p60JXAvdzWR128q+U5
 go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.17.9/go.mod h1:LlOhpH5NUEfhxcAwG0UEkMqwYcc4JU18gtCdGudk/tQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.67.0 h1:yI1/OhfEPy7J9eoa6Sj051C7n5dvpj0QX8g4sRchg04=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.67.0/go.mod h1:NoUCKYWK+3ecatC4HjkRktREheMeEtrXoQxrqYFeHSc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.69.0 h1:2yEATaop1/a1I4psnSLgWVPLWwCzkqWakgJy7xTDVy0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.69.0/go.mod h1:D7J12YRapIekYyPWgGPlA/23pRmpSEZC5xJC/TTLI9U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.67.0 h1:OyrsyzuttWTSur2qN/Lm0m2a8yqyIjUVBZcxFPuXq2o=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.67.0/go.mod h1:C2NGBr+kAB4bk3xtMXfZ94gqFDtg/GkI7e9zqGh5Beg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0 h1:mYIM03dnh5zfN7HautFE4ieIig9amkNANT+xcVxAj9I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0/go.mod h1:JuG+u74mvjvcm8vj8pI5XiHy1zDeoCS2LB1spIq7Ay0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0 h1:JjwHmHpA4iZ3wBxluu2fbbE7j4kqlE8jXyAyPXH7HqU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0/go.mod h1:BMgjTHL9WPRlRjL2oZCBTL4whCGtXch2H4BhOPIAyYc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.19.0 h1:Mne5On7VWdx7omSrSSZvM4Kw7cS7NQkOOmLcgscI51U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.19.0/go.mod h1:IPtUMKL4O3tH5y+iXVyAXqpAwMuzC1IrxVS81rummfE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.19.0 h1:IeMeyr1aBvBiPVYihXIaeIZba6b8E1bYp7lbdxK8CQg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.19.0/go.mod h1:oVdCUtjq9MK9BlS7TtucsQwUcXcymNiEDjgDD2jMtZU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.64.0 h1:g0LRDXMX/G1SEZtK8zl8Chm4K6GBwRkjPKE36LxiTYs=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.64.0/go.mod h1:UrgcjnarfdlBDP3GjDIJWe6HTprwSazNjwsI+Ru6hro=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0 h1:d7638QeInOnuwOONPp4JAOGfbCEpYb+K6DVWvdxGzgM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0/go.mod h1:RDnPtIxvqlgO8GRW18W6Z/4P462ldprJtfxHxyKd2PY=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0 h1:pi5mE86i5rTeLXqoF/hhiBtUNcrAGHLKQdhg4h4V9Dg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0/go.mod h1:P+IkVU3iWukmiit/Yf9AWvpyRDlUeBaRg6Y+C58QHzg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0 h1:S88dyqXjJkuBNLeMcVPRFXpRw2fuwdvfCGLEo89fDkw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0/go.mod h1:C/RJtwSEJ5hzTiUz5pXF1kILHStzb9zFlIEe85bhj6A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0 h1:BkNrHpup+4k4w+ZZ86CZoHHEkohws8AY+WTX09nk+3A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0/go.mod h1:/QJhyVBUUswCphDVxq+8mld+AvhXZLhe+8WVFxiFff0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.66.0 h1:vkrK8PAznv2NKt2r+kdu252ccGzkEqLc2aSXbQIALYQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.66.0/go.mod h1:V/UB6D3vMF/UBOL5igAsAYnk1nG/bzYYTzvsB16cy7o=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0 h1:1w0gILTcHdr3YI+ixLyjemwrVnsMURbTZFrSYCdDdmc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0/go.mod h1:8O7hanEPBNgEMmybD3s2VBKcgWOCsA6tzHBPODAiquo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/x v0.66.0 h1:YkCrx1zLOChi9ZcZ6euupOcsgzbVlec7D/xoEU1+cTA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/x v0.66.0/go.mod h1:d1+BDj9t96do0/1LoU1ayfCv79ZgNE41qbhBvnMOBZk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.44.0 h1:nHYwb9lK+fJPU/dnT6s7W7Z8itMWyqrnVfbheVYrZ58=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.44.0/go.mod h1:Osuydd3Se74nqjAKxid74N5eC+jfEqfTegHRnq58oK0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.44.0 h1:3LlKgI+VjbVsjNRFZJZAJ30WjXC5VkNRks6si09iEfI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.44.0/go.mod h1:5B5pMARnXxKhltooO4xUuCBorl65a4EpnTalObqOigA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0 h1:jxF5CsGYCe74MCRx2X4g7WsY/VBKRqqpNvXlX/6gtIk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0/go.mod h1:oLl1jrMQAVo6v3GAggN+1VH9VIz9iUSvW53sW1Q8PIE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 h1:T0TX0tmXU8a3CbNXzEKGeU5mIVOdf0oykP+u2lIVU/I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Sy6pihPLfYHkr3NkUbEhGHFhINUSI/v80hjKIs5JXpM=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
@@ -755,8 +757,8 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
-go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 h1:6gvOSjQoTB3vt1l+CU+tSyi/HOjfOjRLJ4YwYZGwRO0=
-go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3/go.mod h1:zSxWcmIDjOzPXpjlTTbAsKokqkDNAVtZO0WOMiT90s8=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 h1:tuyd0P+2Ont/d6e2rl3be67goVK4R6deVxCUX5vyPaQ=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4/go.mod h1:gMZqIpDtDqOfM0uNfy0SkpRhvUryYH0Z6wdMYcacYXQ=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 goauthentik.io/api/v3 v3.2023051.3 h1:NebAhD/TeTWNo/9X3/Uj+rM5fG1HaiLOlKTNLQv9Qq4=
 goauthentik.io/api/v3 v3.2023051.3/go.mod h1:nYECml4jGbp/541hj8GcylKQG1gVBsKppHy4+7G8u4U=
@@ -771,8 +773,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0/go.mod h1:R0j02AL6hcrfOiy9T4ZYp/rcWeMxM3L6QYxlOuEG1m
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0/go.mod h1:CKFgDieR+mRhux2Lsu27y0fO304Db0wZe70UKqHu0v8=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.50.0 h1:zO47/JPrL6vsNkINmLoo/PH1gcxpls50DNogFvB5ZGI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.50.0/go.mod h1:3muZ7vA7PBCE6xgPX7nkzzjiUq87kRItoJQM1Yo8S+Q=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0 h1:IBPXwPfKxY7cWQZ38ZCIRPI50YLeevDLlLnyC5wRGTI=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0/go.mod h1:8AdwkbraGNABw2kOX6YFPs3WM22XqI4EXEd8g+x7Oc8=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b h1:M2rDM6z3Fhozi9O7NWsxAkg/yqS/lQJ6PmkyIV3YP+o=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b/go.mod h1:3//PLf8L/X+8b4vuAfHzxeRUl04Adcb341+IGKfnqS8=
 golang.org/x/image v0.33.0 h1:LXRZRnv1+zGd5XBUVRFmYEphyyKJjQjCRiOuAP3sZfQ=
@@ -789,8 +791,8 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.34.0 h1:xIHgNUUnW6sYkcM5Jleh05DvLOtwc6RitGHbDk4akRI=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.34.0/go.mod h1:ykgH52iCZe79kzLLMhyCUzhMci+nQj+0XkbXpNYtVjY=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.35.0 h1:Ww1D637e6Pg+Zb2KrWfHQUnH2dQRLBQyAtpr/haaJeM=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.35.0/go.mod h1:+GwiRhIInF8wPm+4AoT6L0FA1QWAad3OMdTRx4tFYlU=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180906233101-161cd47e91fd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
@@ -809,8 +811,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.15.0/go.mod h1:idbUs1IY1+zTqbi8yxTbhexhEEk5ur9LInksu6HrEpk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.20.0/go.mod h1:z8BVo6PvndSri0LbOE3hAn0apkU+1YvI6E70E9jsnvY=
 golang.org/x/net v0.21.0/go.mod h1:bIjVDfnllIU7BJ2DNgfnXvpSvtn8VRwhlsaeUTyUS44=
 golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
-golang.org/x/net v0.53.0 h1:d+qAbo5L0orcWAr0a9JweQpjXF19LMXJE8Ey7hwOdUA=
-golang.org/x/net v0.53.0/go.mod h1:JvMuJH7rrdiCfbeHoo3fCQU24Lf5JJwT9W3sJFulfgs=
+golang.org/x/net v0.55.0 h1:bcvxaJn3e1U6InsFWt1JUq1aSjnRxLzT2rtD2KfkDF8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.55.0/go.mod h1:L5U2KuzuOe1lY7Z+aWVIKK6qEeJXnXV9yzGA+WCHJww=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0/go.mod h1:yr7u4HXZRm1R1kBWqr/xKNqewf0plRYoB7sla+BCIXE=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0 h1:peZ/1z27fi9hUOFCAZaHyrpWG5lwe0RJEEEeH0ThlIs=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0/go.mod h1:YDBUJMTkDnJS+A4BP4eZBjCqtokkg1hODuPjwiGPO7Q=
@@ -862,8 +864,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.43.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
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+golang.org/x/sys v0.45.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
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-golang.org/x/term v0.42.0 h1:UiKe+zDFmJobeJ5ggPwOshJIVt6/Ft0rcfrXZDLWAWY=
-golang.org/x/term v0.42.0/go.mod h1:Dq/D+snpsbazcBG5+F9Q1n2rXV8Ma+71xEjTRufARgY=
+golang.org/x/term v0.43.0 h1:S4RLU2sB31O/NCl+zFN9Aru9A/Cq2aqKpTZJ6B+DwT4=
+golang.org/x/term v0.43.0/go.mod h1:lrhlHNdQJHO+1qVYiHfFKVuVioJIheAc3fBSMFYEIsk=
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@@ -889,8 +891,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
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-golang.org/x/text v0.36.0/go.mod h1:NIdBknypM8iqVmPiuco0Dh6P5Jcdk8lJL0CUebqK164=
+golang.org/x/text v0.37.0 h1:Cqjiwd9eSg8e0QAkyCaQTNHFIIzWtidPahFWR83rTrc=
+golang.org/x/text v0.37.0/go.mod h1:a5sjxXGs9hsn/AJVwuElvCAo9v8QYLzvavO5z2PiM38=
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@@ -904,8 +906,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc
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-golang.org/x/tools v0.43.0/go.mod h1:uHkMso649BX2cZK6+RpuIPXS3ho2hZo4FVwfoy1vIk0=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.44.0 h1:UP4ajHPIcuMjT1GqzDWRlalUEoY+uzoZKnhOjbIPD2c=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.44.0/go.mod h1:KA0AfVErSdxRZIsOVipbv3rQhVXTnlU6UhKxHd1seDI=
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@@ -925,10 +927,10 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20260319201613-d00831a3d3e7 h1:XzmzkmB14QhVhgn
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-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260401024825-9d38bb4040a9 h1:m8qni9SQFH0tJc1X0vmnpw/0t+AImlSvp30sEupozUg=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260401024825-9d38bb4040a9/go.mod h1:4Hqkh8ycfw05ld/3BWL7rJOSfebL2Q+DVDeRgYgxUU8=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.80.0 h1:Xr6m2WmWZLETvUNvIUmeD5OAagMw3FiKmMlTdViWsHM=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.80.0/go.mod h1:ho/dLnxwi3EDJA4Zghp7k2Ec1+c2jqup0bFkw07bwF4=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260526163538-3dc84a4a5aaa h1:mZHHdPZl0dbGHCflZgAq/Q468DWVFcU2whhB2KAo8fk=
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+google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.1 h1:VnnIIZ88UzOOKLukQi+ImGz8O1Wdp8nAGGnvOfEIWQQ=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.1/go.mod h1:xGH9GfzOyMTGIOXBJmXt+BX/V0kcdQbdcuwQ/zNw42I=
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management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service/manager/manager_test.go

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ func TestDeletePeerService_SourcePeerValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()
 		tokenStore := nbgrpc.NewOneTimeTokenStore(context.Background(), testCacheStore(t))
 		pkceStore := nbgrpc.NewPKCEVerifierStore(context.Background(), testCacheStore(t))
-		srv := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(nil, tokenStore, pkceStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+		srv := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(nil, tokenStore, pkceStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
 		return srv
 	}
 
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ func setupIntegrationTest(t *testing.T) (*Manager, store.Store) {
 
 	tokenStore := nbgrpc.NewOneTimeTokenStore(ctx, testCacheStore(t))
 	pkceStore := nbgrpc.NewPKCEVerifierStore(ctx, testCacheStore(t))
-	proxySrv := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(nil, tokenStore, pkceStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	proxySrv := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(nil, tokenStore, pkceStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
 
 	proxyController, err := proxymanager.NewGRPCController(proxySrv, noop.NewMeterProvider().Meter(""))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ func TestDeleteService_DeletesTargets(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tokenStore := nbgrpc.NewOneTimeTokenStore(ctx, testCacheStore(t))
 	pkceStore := nbgrpc.NewPKCEVerifierStore(ctx, testCacheStore(t))
-	proxySrv := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(nil, tokenStore, pkceStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	proxySrv := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(nil, tokenStore, pkceStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
 
 	proxyController, err := proxymanager.NewGRPCController(proxySrv, noop.NewMeterProvider().Meter(""))
 	require.NoError(t, err)

management/internals/server/boot.go

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (s *BaseServer) GRPCServer() *grpc.Server {
 
 func (s *BaseServer) ReverseProxyGRPCServer() *nbgrpc.ProxyServiceServer {
 	return Create(s, func() *nbgrpc.ProxyServiceServer {
-		proxyService := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(s.AccessLogsManager(), s.ProxyTokenStore(), s.PKCEVerifierStore(), s.proxyOIDCConfig(), s.PeersManager(), s.UsersManager(), s.ProxyManager(), s.Store())
+		proxyService := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(s.AccessLogsManager(), s.ProxyTokenStore(), s.PKCEVerifierStore(), s.proxyOIDCConfig(), s.PeersManager(), s.UsersManager(), s.IdpManager(), s.ProxyManager(), s.Store())
 		s.AfterInit(func(s *BaseServer) {
 			proxyService.SetServiceManager(s.ServiceManager())
 			proxyService.SetProxyController(s.ServiceProxyController())

management/internals/shared/grpc/proxy.go

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy"
 	rpservice "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/sessionkey"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/idp"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/users"
 	proxyauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/proxy/auth"
@@ -82,6 +84,9 @@ type ProxyServiceServer struct {
 	// Manager for users
 	usersManager users.Manager
 
+	// Manager for IdP-enriched user data (may be nil when no IdP is configured)
+	idpManager idp.Manager
+
 	// Store for one-time authentication tokens
 	tokenStore *OneTimeTokenStore
 
@@ -157,7 +162,7 @@ func enforceAccountScope(ctx context.Context, requestAccountID string) error {
 }
 
 // NewProxyServiceServer creates a new proxy service server.
-func NewProxyServiceServer(accessLogMgr accesslogs.Manager, tokenStore *OneTimeTokenStore, pkceStore *PKCEVerifierStore, oidcConfig ProxyOIDCConfig, peersManager peers.Manager, usersManager users.Manager, proxyMgr proxy.Manager, tokenChecker ProxyTokenChecker) *ProxyServiceServer {
+func NewProxyServiceServer(accessLogMgr accesslogs.Manager, tokenStore *OneTimeTokenStore, pkceStore *PKCEVerifierStore, oidcConfig ProxyOIDCConfig, peersManager peers.Manager, usersManager users.Manager, idpManager idp.Manager, proxyMgr proxy.Manager, tokenChecker ProxyTokenChecker) *ProxyServiceServer {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	s := &ProxyServiceServer{
 		accessLogManager:  accessLogMgr,
@@ -166,6 +171,7 @@ func NewProxyServiceServer(accessLogMgr accesslogs.Manager, tokenStore *OneTimeT
 		pkceVerifierStore: pkceStore,
 		peersManager:      peersManager,
 		usersManager:      usersManager,
+		idpManager:        idpManager,
 		proxyManager:      proxyMgr,
 		tokenChecker:      tokenChecker,
 		snapshotBatchSize: snapshotBatchSizeFromEnv(),
@@ -1702,22 +1708,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) ValidateTunnelPeer(ctx context.Context, req *proto.
 	}
 
 	groupIDs, groupNames := pairGroupIDsAndNames(peerGroups)
-
-	// Resolve the principal: when the peer is linked to a user, the human
-	// is the principal so multiple peers owned by the same user share a
-	// single identity. Unlinked peers (machine agents) are their own
-	// principal keyed on peer.ID. displayIdentity is what upstream gateways
-	// tag spend with — user.Email when linked, peer.Name when not.
-	principalID := peer.ID
-	displayIdentity := peer.Name
-	if peer.UserID != "" {
-		if user, uerr := s.usersManager.GetUser(ctx, peer.UserID); uerr == nil && user != nil {
-			principalID = user.Id
-			if user.Email != "" {
-				displayIdentity = user.Email
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	principalID, displayIdentity := s.getTunnelPeerInfo(ctx, domain, service, peer)
 
 	if err := checkPeerGroupAccess(service, groupIDs); err != nil {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"domain": domain, "peer_id": peer.ID, "error": err.Error()}).Debug("ValidateTunnelPeer: access denied")
@@ -1754,6 +1745,45 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) ValidateTunnelPeer(ctx context.Context, req *proto.
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// getTunnelPeerInfo returns the principal ID and display name for a peer, e.g. a
+// user or peer ID, and peer name or user email.
+func (s *ProxyServiceServer) getTunnelPeerInfo(ctx context.Context, domain string, service *rpservice.Service, peer *peer.Peer) (string, string) {
+	// Resolve the principal: when the peer is linked to a user, the human is the
+	// principal so multiple peers owned by the same user share a single
+	// identity. Unlinked peers (machine agents) are their own principal keyed on
+	// peer.ID. displayIdentity is what upstream gateways tag spend with —
+	// user.Email when linked, peer.Name when not.
+
+	// If the peer isn't associated with a user, return the peer info directly.
+	if peer.UserID == "" {
+		return peer.ID, peer.Name
+	}
+
+	// Otherwise, if the peer is linked to a user, the user is the principal and
+	// if an IdP is available, we gather details on the user from it.
+	principalID := peer.UserID
+	displayIdentity := peer.Name
+	// Stored column first (cheap, but often empty for OIDC-provisioned users).
+	if user, uerr := s.usersManager.GetUser(ctx, peer.UserID); uerr == nil && user != nil {
+		principalID = user.Id
+		if user.Email != "" {
+			displayIdentity = user.Email
+		}
+	}
+	// IdP enrichment wins when available — the stored email column is a
+	// best-effort cache and is frequently empty for OIDC users. Enrichment
+	// failures must never fail the RPC; we simply keep the stored/peer identity.
+	if s.idpManager != nil {
+		if ud, uerr := s.idpManager.GetUserDataByID(ctx, peer.UserID, idp.AppMetadata{WTAccountID: service.AccountID}); uerr == nil && ud != nil && ud.Email != "" {
+			displayIdentity = ud.Email
+		} else if uerr != nil {
+			log.WithFields(log.Fields{"domain": domain, "user_id": peer.UserID, "error": uerr.Error()}).Debug("ValidateTunnelPeer: IdP user enrichment failed; using stored/peer identity")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return principalID, displayIdentity
+}
+
 // checkPeerGroupAccess gates ValidateTunnelPeer by the service's required
 // groups. Private services authorise against AccessGroups (empty list fails
 // closed — Validate() rejects that at save time but the RPC is the security

management/internals/shared/grpc/proxy_group_access_test.go

@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@ package grpc
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"net"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/peers"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/idp"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
 )
 
 type mockReverseProxyManager struct {
@@ -137,6 +142,52 @@ func (m *mockUsersManager) GetUserWithGroups(ctx context.Context, userID string)
 	return user, nil, nil
 }
 
+// mockTunnelPeersManager implements only the two peers.Manager methods that
+// ValidateTunnelPeer calls; the embedded interface satisfies the rest (and
+// panics if any unexpected method is invoked).
+type mockTunnelPeersManager struct {
+	peers.Manager
+	peer      *peer.Peer
+	peerErr   error
+	groups    []*types.Group
+	groupsErr error
+}
+
+func (m *mockTunnelPeersManager) GetPeerByTunnelIP(_ context.Context, _ string, _ net.IP) (*peer.Peer, error) {
+	return m.peer, m.peerErr
+}
+
+func (m *mockTunnelPeersManager) GetPeerWithGroups(_ context.Context, _, _ string) (*peer.Peer, []*types.Group, error) {
+	return m.peer, m.groups, m.groupsErr
+}
+
+// mockTunnelIdpManager implements only GetUserDataByID; the embedded interface
+// satisfies the rest of idp.Manager. hasData==false returns (nil, nil) to model
+// an IdP that knows nothing about the user.
+type mockTunnelIdpManager struct {
+	idp.Manager
+	email    string
+	hasData  bool
+	err      error
+	gotCalls int
+	gotMeta  []idp.AppMetadata
+}
+
+func (m *mockTunnelIdpManager) GetUserDataByID(_ context.Context, userID string, meta idp.AppMetadata) (*idp.UserData, error) {
+	m.gotCalls++
+	m.gotMeta = append(m.gotMeta, meta)
+	if m.err != nil {
+		return nil, m.err
+	}
+	if !m.hasData {
+		// This might not be a thing any of the actual IDP implementations do,
+		// i.e. return a nil value with no error, but it seems valuable to test
+		// that behavior here.
+		return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil
+	}
+	return &idp.UserData{ID: userID, Email: m.email}, nil
+}
+
 func TestValidateUserGroupAccess(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string
@@ -354,6 +405,163 @@ func TestValidateUserGroupAccess(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestValidateTunnelPeerUserEmailEnrichment verifies the UserEmail/UserId
+// resolution in ValidateTunnelPeer, including the IdP-enrichment fallback order
+// (IdP email -> stored User.Email -> peer.Name).
+func TestValidateTunnelPeerUserEmailEnrichment(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		domain    = "app.example.com"
+		accountID = "account1"
+		peerID    = "peer1"
+		peerName  = "peer-display-name"
+		userID    = "user1"
+	)
+
+	storedUser := map[string]*types.User{userID: {Id: userID, AccountID: accountID, Email: "stored@example.com"}}
+	storedUserNoEmail := map[string]*types.User{userID: {Id: userID, AccountID: accountID, Email: ""}}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		peerUserID   string
+		storedUsers  map[string]*types.User
+		storedErr    error
+		noIdP        bool
+		idpEmail     string
+		idpHasData   bool
+		idpErr       error
+		expectEmail  string
+		expectUserID string
+		expectIdPHit bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "idp email wins over stored email",
+			peerUserID:   userID,
+			storedUsers:  storedUser,
+			idpEmail:     "idp@example.com",
+			idpHasData:   true,
+			expectEmail:  "idp@example.com",
+			expectUserID: userID,
+			expectIdPHit: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "stored email when idp returns empty email",
+			peerUserID:   userID,
+			storedUsers:  storedUser,
+			idpEmail:     "",
+			idpHasData:   true,
+			expectEmail:  "stored@example.com",
+			expectUserID: userID,
+			expectIdPHit: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "stored email when idp has no data",
+			peerUserID:   userID,
+			storedUsers:  storedUser,
+			idpHasData:   false,
+			expectEmail:  "stored@example.com",
+			expectUserID: userID,
+			expectIdPHit: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "stored email when idp errors",
+			peerUserID:   userID,
+			storedUsers:  storedUser,
+			idpErr:       errors.New("idp unreachable"),
+			expectEmail:  "stored@example.com",
+			expectUserID: userID,
+			expectIdPHit: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "stored email when no idp manager",
+			peerUserID:   userID,
+			storedUsers:  storedUser,
+			noIdP:        true,
+			expectEmail:  "stored@example.com",
+			expectUserID: userID,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "idp email when stored email is empty",
+			peerUserID:   userID,
+			storedUsers:  storedUserNoEmail,
+			idpEmail:     "idp@example.com",
+			idpHasData:   true,
+			expectEmail:  "idp@example.com",
+			expectUserID: userID,
+			expectIdPHit: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "idp email when stored user missing keeps peer.UserID as principal",
+			peerUserID:   userID,
+			storedUsers:  map[string]*types.User{},
+			idpEmail:     "idp@example.com",
+			idpHasData:   true,
+			expectEmail:  "idp@example.com",
+			expectUserID: userID,
+			expectIdPHit: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "unlinked peer uses peer name and never consults idp",
+			peerUserID:   "",
+			storedUsers:  storedUser,
+			idpEmail:     "idp@example.com",
+			idpHasData:   true,
+			expectEmail:  peerName,
+			expectUserID: peerID,
+			expectIdPHit: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "linked peer with empty stored email and no idp falls back to peer name",
+			peerUserID:   userID,
+			storedUsers:  storedUserNoEmail,
+			noIdP:        true,
+			expectEmail:  peerName,
+			expectUserID: userID,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			svc := &service.Service{Domain: domain, AccountID: accountID}
+			server := &ProxyServiceServer{
+				serviceManager: &mockReverseProxyManager{
+					proxiesByAccount: map[string][]*service.Service{accountID: {svc}},
+				},
+				peersManager: &mockTunnelPeersManager{
+					peer: &peer.Peer{ID: peerID, Name: peerName, UserID: tt.peerUserID},
+				},
+				usersManager: &mockUsersManager{users: tt.storedUsers, err: tt.storedErr},
+			}
+
+			var idpMock *mockTunnelIdpManager
+			if !tt.noIdP {
+				idpMock = &mockTunnelIdpManager{email: tt.idpEmail, hasData: tt.idpHasData, err: tt.idpErr}
+				server.idpManager = idpMock
+			}
+
+			resp, err := server.ValidateTunnelPeer(context.Background(), &proto.ValidateTunnelPeerRequest{
+				Domain:   domain,
+				TunnelIp: "100.64.0.1",
+			})
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NotNil(t, resp)
+			assert.True(t, resp.GetValid(), "expected access granted")
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectEmail, resp.GetUserEmail())
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectUserID, resp.GetUserId())
+
+			if idpMock != nil {
+				if tt.expectIdPHit {
+					assert.Equal(t, 1, idpMock.gotCalls, "expected IdP to be consulted")
+					require.Len(t, idpMock.gotMeta, 1)
+					assert.Equal(t, accountID, idpMock.gotMeta[0].WTAccountID)
+				} else {
+					assert.Equal(t, 0, idpMock.gotCalls, "expected IdP to not be consulted")
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetAccountProxyByDomain(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string

management/internals/shared/grpc/validate_session_test.go

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func setupValidateSessionTest(t *testing.T) *validateSessionTestSetup {
 	tokenStore := NewOneTimeTokenStore(ctx, testCacheStore(t))
 	pkceStore := NewPKCEVerifierStore(ctx, testCacheStore(t))
 
-	proxyService := NewProxyServiceServer(nil, tokenStore, pkceStore, ProxyOIDCConfig{}, nil, usersManager, proxyManager, nil)
+	proxyService := NewProxyServiceServer(nil, tokenStore, pkceStore, ProxyOIDCConfig{}, nil, usersManager, nil, proxyManager, nil)
 	proxyService.SetServiceManager(serviceManager)
 
 	createTestProxies(t, ctx, testStore)

management/server/account_test.go

@@ -3215,7 +3215,7 @@ func createManager(t testing.TB) (*DefaultAccountManager, *update_channel.PeersU
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	proxyGrpcServer := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(nil, nil, nil, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, peersManager, nil, proxyManager, nil)
+	proxyGrpcServer := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(nil, nil, nil, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, peersManager, nil, nil, proxyManager, nil)
 	proxyController, err := proxymanager.NewGRPCController(proxyGrpcServer, noop.Meter{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err

management/server/http/handlers/proxy/auth_callback_integration_test.go

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ func setupAuthCallbackTest(t *testing.T) *testSetup {
 		usersManager,
 		nil,
 		nil,
+		nil,
 	)
 
 	proxyService.SetServiceManager(&testServiceManager{store: testStore})

management/server/http/testing/testing_tools/channel/channel.go

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func BuildApiBlackBoxWithDBState(t testing_tools.TB, sqlFile string, expectedPee
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create proxy manager: %v", err)
 	}
-	proxyServiceServer := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(accessLogsManager, proxyTokenStore, pkceverifierStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, peersManager, userManager, proxyMgr, nil)
+	proxyServiceServer := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(accessLogsManager, proxyTokenStore, pkceverifierStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, peersManager, userManager, nil, proxyMgr, nil)
 	domainManager := manager.NewManager(store, proxyMgr, permissionsManager, am)
 	serviceProxyController, err := proxymanager.NewGRPCController(proxyServiceServer, noopMeter)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func BuildApiBlackBoxWithDBStateAndPeerChannel(t testing_tools.TB, sqlFile strin
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create proxy manager: %v", err)
 	}
-	proxyServiceServer := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(accessLogsManager, proxyTokenStore, pkceverifierStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, peersManager, userManager, proxyMgr, nil)
+	proxyServiceServer := nbgrpc.NewProxyServiceServer(accessLogsManager, proxyTokenStore, pkceverifierStore, nbgrpc.ProxyOIDCConfig{}, peersManager, userManager, nil, proxyMgr, nil)
 	domainManager := manager.NewManager(store, proxyMgr, permissionsManager, am)
 	serviceProxyController, err := proxymanager.NewGRPCController(proxyServiceServer, noopMeter)
 	if err != nil {

management/server/peer.go

@@ -982,8 +982,6 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) SyncPeer(ctx context.Context, sync types.PeerSy
 	var peer *nbpeer.Peer
 	var updated, versionChanged, ipv6CapabilityChanged bool
 	var err error
-	var postureChecks []*posture.Checks
-	var peerGroupIDs []string
 
 	settings, err := am.Store.GetAccountSettings(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1011,13 +1009,8 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) SyncPeer(ctx context.Context, sync types.PeerSy
 			return status.NewPeerLoginExpiredError()
 		}
 
-		peerGroupIDs, err = getPeerGroupIDs(ctx, transaction, accountID, peer.ID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
 		oldHasIPv6Cap := peer.HasCapability(nbpeer.PeerCapabilityIPv6Overlay)
-		updated, versionChanged = peer.UpdateMetaIfNew(sync.Meta)
+		updated, versionChanged = peer.UpdateMetaIfNew(ctx, sync.Meta)
 		ipv6CapabilityChanged = oldHasIPv6Cap != peer.HasCapability(nbpeer.PeerCapabilityIPv6Overlay)
 		if updated {
 			am.metrics.AccountManagerMetrics().CountPeerMetUpdate()
@@ -1025,11 +1018,6 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) SyncPeer(ctx context.Context, sync types.PeerSy
 			if err = transaction.SavePeer(ctx, accountID, peer); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-
-			postureChecks, err = getPeerPostureChecks(ctx, transaction, accountID, peer.ID)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
@@ -1037,6 +1025,11 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) SyncPeer(ctx context.Context, sync types.PeerSy
 		return nil, nil, nil, 0, err
 	}
 
+	peerGroupIDs, err := getPeerGroupIDs(ctx, am.Store, accountID, peer.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, 0, err
+	}
+
 	peerNotValid, isStatusChanged, err := am.integratedPeerValidator.IsNotValidPeer(ctx, accountID, peer, peerGroupIDs, settings.Extra)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, 0, err
@@ -1047,9 +1040,9 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) SyncPeer(ctx context.Context, sync types.PeerSy
 		return nil, nil, nil, 0, err
 	}
 
-	if isStatusChanged || sync.UpdateAccountPeers || ipv6CapabilityChanged || (updated && (len(postureChecks) > 0 || versionChanged)) {
+	if isStatusChanged || sync.UpdateAccountPeers || ipv6CapabilityChanged || (updated && (len(resPostureChecks) > 0 || versionChanged)) {
 		changedPeerIDs := []string{peer.ID}
-		affectedPeerIDs := am.syncPeerAffectedPeers(ctx, accountID, peer.ID, nmap, peerNotValid, updated, len(postureChecks) > 0)
+		affectedPeerIDs := am.syncPeerAffectedPeers(ctx, accountID, peer.ID, nmap, peerNotValid, updated, len(resPostureChecks) > 0)
 		if err = am.networkMapController.OnPeersUpdated(ctx, accountID, changedPeerIDs, affectedPeerIDs); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("notify network map controller of peer update: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -1124,7 +1117,7 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) LoginPeer(ctx context.Context, login types.Peer
 	}
 
 	var peer *nbpeer.Peer
-	var shouldStorePeer bool
+	var shouldStorePeer, shouldUpdatePeers bool
 	var peerGroupIDs []string
 
 	settings, err := am.Store.GetAccountSettings(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID)
@@ -1151,14 +1144,10 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) LoginPeer(ctx context.Context, login types.Peer
 
 			if changed {
 				shouldStorePeer = true
+				shouldUpdatePeers = true
 			}
 		}
 
-		peerGroupIDs, err = getPeerGroupIDs(ctx, transaction, accountID, peer.ID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
 		if peer.SSHKey != login.SSHKey {
 			peer.SSHKey = login.SSHKey
 			shouldStorePeer = true
@@ -1180,7 +1169,15 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) LoginPeer(ctx context.Context, login types.Peer
 		return nil, nil, nil, false, err
 	}
 
-	isRequiresApproval, isStatusChanged, err := am.integratedPeerValidator.IsNotValidPeer(ctx, accountID, peer, peerGroupIDs, settings.Extra)
+	// This is needed to keep in memory for the peer config. Otherwise browser client will end in a retry loop
+	peer.UpdateMetaIfNew(ctx, login.Meta)
+
+	peerGroupIDs, err = getPeerGroupIDs(ctx, am.Store, accountID, peer.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	isRequiresApproval, _, err := am.integratedPeerValidator.IsNotValidPeer(ctx, accountID, peer, peerGroupIDs, settings.Extra)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, false, err
 	}
@@ -1190,7 +1187,7 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) LoginPeer(ctx context.Context, login types.Peer
 		return nil, nil, nil, false, err
 	}
 
-	if isStatusChanged || shouldStorePeer {
+	if shouldUpdatePeers {
 		changedPeerIDs := []string{peer.ID}
 		affectedPeerIDs := am.resolveAffectedPeersForPeerChanges(ctx, am.Store, accountID, changedPeerIDs)
 		if err = am.networkMapController.OnPeersUpdated(ctx, accountID, changedPeerIDs, affectedPeerIDs); err != nil {
@@ -1286,12 +1283,22 @@ func getPeerLoginInfo(ctx context.Context, transaction store.Store, accountID st
 		return network, nil, false, nil
 	}
 
-	postureChecks, err := getPeerPostureChecks(ctx, transaction, accountID, peer.ID)
+	policies, err := transaction.GetAccountPolicies(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, false, err
 	}
 
-	enableSSH, err := isPeerSSHEnabled(ctx, transaction, accountID, peer)
+	peerGroupIDs, err := transaction.GetPeerGroupIDs(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID, peer.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	postureChecks, err := getPeerPostureChecks(ctx, transaction, accountID, peerGroupIDs, policies)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	enableSSH, err := isPeerSSHEnabled(ctx, peer, policies, peerGroupIDs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, false, err
 	}
@@ -1299,32 +1306,16 @@ func getPeerLoginInfo(ctx context.Context, transaction store.Store, accountID st
 	return network, postureChecks, enableSSH, nil
 }
 
-func isPeerSSHEnabled(ctx context.Context, transaction store.Store, accountID string, peer *nbpeer.Peer) (bool, error) {
-	policies, err := transaction.GetAccountPolicies(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
+func isPeerSSHEnabled(ctx context.Context, peer *nbpeer.Peer, policies []*types.Policy, peerGroupIDs []string) (bool, error) {
+	groupIDsMap := make(map[string]struct{}, len(peerGroupIDs))
+	for _, peerID := range peerGroupIDs {
+		groupIDsMap[peerID] = struct{}{}
 	}
-
-	peerGroups, err := transaction.GetPeerGroups(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID, peer.ID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	peerGroupIDs := make(map[string]struct{}, len(peerGroups))
-	for _, g := range peerGroups {
-		peerGroupIDs[g.ID] = struct{}{}
-	}
-
-	return types.PeerSSHEnabledFromPolicies(policies, peer.ID, peerGroupIDs, peer.SSHEnabled), nil
+	return types.PeerSSHEnabledFromPolicies(policies, peer.ID, groupIDsMap, peer.SSHEnabled), nil
 }
 
 // getPeerPostureChecks returns the posture checks for the peer.
-func getPeerPostureChecks(ctx context.Context, transaction store.Store, accountID, peerID string) ([]*posture.Checks, error) {
-	policies, err := transaction.GetAccountPolicies(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
+func getPeerPostureChecks(ctx context.Context, transaction store.Store, accountID string, peerGroupIDs []string, policies []*types.Policy) ([]*posture.Checks, error) {
 	if len(policies) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -1336,11 +1327,7 @@ func getPeerPostureChecks(ctx context.Context, transaction store.Store, accountI
 			continue
 		}
 
-		postureChecksIDs, err := processPeerPostureChecks(ctx, transaction, policy, accountID, peerID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
+		postureChecksIDs := processPeerPostureChecks(policy, peerGroupIDs)
 		peerPostureChecksIDs = append(peerPostureChecksIDs, postureChecksIDs...)
 	}
 
@@ -1353,29 +1340,19 @@ func getPeerPostureChecks(ctx context.Context, transaction store.Store, accountI
 }
 
 // processPeerPostureChecks checks if the peer is in the source group of the policy and returns the posture checks.
-func processPeerPostureChecks(ctx context.Context, transaction store.Store, policy *types.Policy, accountID, peerID string) ([]string, error) {
+func processPeerPostureChecks(policy *types.Policy, peerGroupIDs []string) []string {
 	for _, rule := range policy.Rules {
 		if !rule.Enabled {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		sourceGroups, err := transaction.GetGroupsByIDs(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID, rule.Sources)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
 		for _, sourceGroup := range rule.Sources {
-			group, ok := sourceGroups[sourceGroup]
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to check peer in policy source group")
-			}
-
-			if slices.Contains(group.Peers, peerID) {
-				return policy.SourcePostureChecks, nil
+			if slices.Contains(peerGroupIDs, sourceGroup) {
+				return policy.SourcePostureChecks
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 // checkIFPeerNeedsLoginWithoutLock checks if the peer needs login without acquiring the account lock. The check validate if the peer was not added via SSO

management/server/peer/peer.go

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package peer
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"slices"
-	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/util"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/http/api"
 )
@@ -162,49 +166,7 @@ type PeerSystemMeta struct { //nolint:revive
 }
 
 func (p PeerSystemMeta) isEqual(other PeerSystemMeta) bool {
-	sort.Slice(p.NetworkAddresses, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return p.NetworkAddresses[i].Mac < p.NetworkAddresses[j].Mac
-	})
-	sort.Slice(other.NetworkAddresses, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return other.NetworkAddresses[i].Mac < other.NetworkAddresses[j].Mac
-	})
-	equalNetworkAddresses := slices.EqualFunc(p.NetworkAddresses, other.NetworkAddresses, func(addr NetworkAddress, oAddr NetworkAddress) bool {
-		return addr.Mac == oAddr.Mac && addr.NetIP == oAddr.NetIP
-	})
-	if !equalNetworkAddresses {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	sort.Slice(p.Files, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return p.Files[i].Path < p.Files[j].Path
-	})
-	sort.Slice(other.Files, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return other.Files[i].Path < other.Files[j].Path
-	})
-	equalFiles := slices.EqualFunc(p.Files, other.Files, func(file File, oFile File) bool {
-		return file.Path == oFile.Path && file.Exist == oFile.Exist && file.ProcessIsRunning == oFile.ProcessIsRunning
-	})
-	if !equalFiles {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return p.Hostname == other.Hostname &&
-		p.GoOS == other.GoOS &&
-		p.Kernel == other.Kernel &&
-		p.KernelVersion == other.KernelVersion &&
-		p.Core == other.Core &&
-		p.Platform == other.Platform &&
-		p.OS == other.OS &&
-		p.OSVersion == other.OSVersion &&
-		p.WtVersion == other.WtVersion &&
-		p.UIVersion == other.UIVersion &&
-		p.SystemSerialNumber == other.SystemSerialNumber &&
-		p.SystemProductName == other.SystemProductName &&
-		p.SystemManufacturer == other.SystemManufacturer &&
-		p.Environment.Cloud == other.Environment.Cloud &&
-		p.Environment.Platform == other.Environment.Platform &&
-		p.Flags.isEqual(other.Flags) &&
-		capabilitiesEqual(p.Capabilities, other.Capabilities)
+	return len(metaDiff(p, other)) == 0
 }
 
 func (p PeerSystemMeta) isEmpty() bool {
@@ -296,7 +258,7 @@ func (p *Peer) Copy() *Peer {
 
 // UpdateMetaIfNew updates peer's system metadata if new information is provided
 // returns true if meta was updated, false otherwise
-func (p *Peer) UpdateMetaIfNew(meta PeerSystemMeta) (updated, versionChanged bool) {
+func (p *Peer) UpdateMetaIfNew(ctx context.Context, meta PeerSystemMeta) (updated, versionChanged bool) {
 	if meta.isEmpty() {
 		return updated, versionChanged
 	}
@@ -308,14 +270,121 @@ func (p *Peer) UpdateMetaIfNew(meta PeerSystemMeta) (updated, versionChanged boo
 		meta.UIVersion = p.Meta.UIVersion
 	}
 
-	if p.Meta.isEqual(meta) {
-		return updated, versionChanged
+	oldVersion := p.Meta.WtVersion
+
+	diff := metaDiff(p.Meta, meta)
+	if len(diff) != 0 {
+		p.Meta = meta
+		updated = true
 	}
-	p.Meta = meta
-	updated = true
+
+	versionInfo := ""
+	if versionChanged {
+		versionInfo = fmt.Sprintf("version changed: %s -> %s, ", oldVersion, meta.WtVersion)
+	}
+
+	if len(diff) > 0 || versionChanged {
+		log.WithContext(ctx).
+			Debugf("peer meta updated, %s%d field(s) changed: %s", versionInfo, len(diff), strings.Join(diff, ", "))
+	}
+
 	return updated, versionChanged
 }
 
+// metaDiff returns a human-readable list of the fields that differ between the
+// old and new meta, each formatted as `field: <old> -> <new>`. It is the single
+// source of truth for meta comparison: isEqual reports equality as an empty
+// diff, so the log line can never disagree with the change decision. Slices are
+// cloned before sorting, so callers' meta is not mutated.
+func metaDiff(oldMeta, newMeta PeerSystemMeta) []string {
+	var diff []string
+	add := func(field string, oldVal, newVal any) {
+		diff = append(diff, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %v -> %v", field, oldVal, newVal))
+	}
+
+	if oldMeta.Hostname != newMeta.Hostname {
+		add("hostname", oldMeta.Hostname, newMeta.Hostname)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.GoOS != newMeta.GoOS {
+		add("goos", oldMeta.GoOS, newMeta.GoOS)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.Kernel != newMeta.Kernel {
+		add("kernel", oldMeta.Kernel, newMeta.Kernel)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.KernelVersion != newMeta.KernelVersion {
+		add("kernel_version", oldMeta.KernelVersion, newMeta.KernelVersion)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.Core != newMeta.Core {
+		add("core", oldMeta.Core, newMeta.Core)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.Platform != newMeta.Platform {
+		add("platform", oldMeta.Platform, newMeta.Platform)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.OS != newMeta.OS {
+		add("os", oldMeta.OS, newMeta.OS)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.OSVersion != newMeta.OSVersion {
+		add("os_version", oldMeta.OSVersion, newMeta.OSVersion)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.WtVersion != newMeta.WtVersion {
+		add("wt_version", oldMeta.WtVersion, newMeta.WtVersion)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.UIVersion != newMeta.UIVersion {
+		add("ui_version", oldMeta.UIVersion, newMeta.UIVersion)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.SystemSerialNumber != newMeta.SystemSerialNumber {
+		add("system_serial_number", oldMeta.SystemSerialNumber, newMeta.SystemSerialNumber)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.SystemProductName != newMeta.SystemProductName {
+		add("system_product_name", oldMeta.SystemProductName, newMeta.SystemProductName)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.SystemManufacturer != newMeta.SystemManufacturer {
+		add("system_manufacturer", oldMeta.SystemManufacturer, newMeta.SystemManufacturer)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.Environment.Cloud != newMeta.Environment.Cloud {
+		add("environment_cloud", oldMeta.Environment.Cloud, newMeta.Environment.Cloud)
+	}
+	if oldMeta.Environment.Platform != newMeta.Environment.Platform {
+		add("environment_platform", oldMeta.Environment.Platform, newMeta.Environment.Platform)
+	}
+	if !oldMeta.Flags.isEqual(newMeta.Flags) {
+		add("flags", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", oldMeta.Flags), fmt.Sprintf("%+v", newMeta.Flags))
+	}
+	if !capabilitiesEqual(oldMeta.Capabilities, newMeta.Capabilities) {
+		add("capabilities", oldMeta.Capabilities, newMeta.Capabilities)
+	}
+
+	if !sameMultiset(oldMeta.NetworkAddresses, newMeta.NetworkAddresses) {
+		add("network_addresses", fmt.Sprintf("%v", oldMeta.NetworkAddresses), fmt.Sprintf("%v", newMeta.NetworkAddresses))
+	}
+
+	if !sameMultiset(oldMeta.Files, newMeta.Files) {
+		add("files", fmt.Sprintf("%v", oldMeta.Files), fmt.Sprintf("%v", newMeta.Files))
+	}
+
+	return diff
+}
+
+// sameMultiset reports whether two slices contain the same elements with the
+// same multiplicity, ignoring order. The element type is the comparison key, so
+// every field participates in equality.
+func sameMultiset[T comparable](a, b []T) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+	counts := make(map[T]int, len(a))
+	for _, v := range a {
+		counts[v]++
+	}
+	for _, v := range b {
+		counts[v]--
+		if counts[v] == 0 {
+			delete(counts, v)
+		}
+	}
+	return len(counts) == 0
+}
+
 // GetLastLogin returns the last login time of the peer.
 func (p *Peer) GetLastLogin() time.Time {
 	if p.LastLogin != nil {

management/server/peer/peer_metadiff_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package peer
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// metaDiffExtraEntries accounts for PeerSystemMeta fields that metaDiff does not
+// map 1:1 to a single diff entry. Today the only such field is Environment, which
+// is exploded into two checks (Cloud, Platform) and therefore yields one extra
+// entry beyond its single struct field. If you teach metaDiff to explode another
+// field into N entries, bump this by N-1; if you collapse a field, lower it.
+const metaDiffExtraEntries = 1
+
+// TestMetaDiff_CoversAllFields fully populates a PeerSystemMeta with non-zero
+// values and diffs it against the zero value, then asserts metaDiff emits exactly
+// one entry per exported field (plus metaDiffExtraEntries for fields it explodes).
+//
+// The expected count is derived from the struct via reflection, so adding a field
+// to PeerSystemMeta raises the expectation automatically — but the actual diff
+// only grows if metaDiff was taught to compare the new field. A mismatch means
+// someone changed the struct without updating metaDiff (or this test's
+// extra-entry accounting), which is exactly what we want to catch.
+func TestMetaDiff_CoversAllFields(t *testing.T) {
+	var full PeerSystemMeta
+	exported := populateAll(t, reflect.ValueOf(&full).Elem())
+	require.NotZero(t, exported, "expected PeerSystemMeta to expose fields")
+
+	diff := metaDiff(PeerSystemMeta{}, full)
+
+	require.Len(t, diff, exported+metaDiffExtraEntries,
+		"metaDiff entry count no longer matches PeerSystemMeta's fields: a field was "+
+			"likely added or removed without updating metaDiff (or metaDiffExtraEntries). "+
+			"diff was: %v", diff)
+
+	require.False(t, full.isEqual(PeerSystemMeta{}),
+		"isEqual must report a fully-populated meta as different from the zero value")
+}
+
+// TestFlags_isEqualChecksEveryField guards the one field that the count-based
+// TestMetaDiff_CoversAllFields cannot: metaDiff collapses all of Flags into a
+// single "flags" diff entry, so a new Flags field that Flags.isEqual forgets to
+// compare would not change the diff count. This flips each Flags field on its own
+// and asserts Flags.isEqual notices, so adding a Flags field without comparing it
+// fails here.
+func TestFlags_isEqualChecksEveryField(t *testing.T) {
+	typ := reflect.TypeOf(Flags{})
+	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
+		f := typ.Field(i)
+		require.Equal(t, reflect.Bool, f.Type.Kind(),
+			"Flags.%s is not a bool; extend this test to set it non-zero", f.Name)
+
+		var a, b Flags
+		reflect.ValueOf(&b).Elem().Field(i).SetBool(true)
+		require.False(t, a.isEqual(b), "Flags.isEqual ignores field %s", f.Name)
+	}
+}
+
+// populateAll sets every exported field of the struct to a deterministic non-zero
+// value, recursing into nested structs and the element type of struct slices so
+// that each leaf differs from zero. It returns the number of exported fields on
+// the top-level struct. netip.Prefix is treated as an opaque leaf (it has no
+// settable exported fields and is comparable with ==).
+func populateAll(t *testing.T, v reflect.Value) int {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	typ := v.Type()
+	exported := 0
+	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
+		f := typ.Field(i)
+		if f.PkgPath != "" { // unexported
+			continue
+		}
+		exported++
+		setNonZero(t, v.Field(i))
+	}
+	return exported
+}
+
+// setNonZero assigns a deterministic non-zero value to a field based on its kind,
+// recursing into nested structs and populating one element of slice fields.
+func setNonZero(t *testing.T, field reflect.Value) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if field.Type() == reflect.TypeOf(netip.Prefix{}) {
+		field.Set(reflect.ValueOf(netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/24")))
+		return
+	}
+
+	switch field.Kind() {
+	case reflect.String:
+		field.SetString("non-zero")
+	case reflect.Bool:
+		field.SetBool(true)
+	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
+		field.SetInt(7)
+	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
+		field.SetUint(7)
+	case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
+		field.SetFloat(7)
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		populateAll(t, field)
+	case reflect.Slice:
+		s := reflect.MakeSlice(field.Type(), 1, 1)
+		setNonZero(t, s.Index(0))
+		field.Set(s)
+	default:
+		t.Fatalf("unhandled field kind %s; extend setNonZero", field.Kind())
+	}
+}

proxy/management_byop_integration_test.go

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ func setupBYOPIntegrationTest(t *testing.T) *byopTestSetup {
 		oidcConfig,
 		nil,
 		usersManager,
+		nil,
 		realProxyManager,
 		nil,
 	)

proxy/management_integration_test.go

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ func setupIntegrationTest(t *testing.T) *integrationTestSetup {
 		oidcConfig,
 		nil,
 		usersManager,
+		nil,
 		proxyManager,
 		nil,
 	)

release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ AWK_FIRST_FIELD='{print $1}'
 
 fetch_all_tags() {
     curl -sL "https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPO}/tags" 2>/dev/null | \
-        grep -oE '/releases/tag/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | \
+        grep -oE '/releases/tag/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([^"]+)?' | \
+        grep -iv 'rc' | \
         sed 's/.*\/v//' | \
         sort -u -V
     return 0

release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ fetch_current_ports_version() {
 fetch_all_tags() {
     # Fetch tags from GitHub tags page (no rate limiting, no auth needed)
     curl -sL "https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPO}/tags" 2>/dev/null | \
-        grep -oE '/releases/tag/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | \
+        grep -oE '/releases/tag/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([^"]+)?' | \
+        grep -iv 'rc' | \
         sed 's/.*\/v//' | \
         sort -u -V
     return 0

signal/peer/peer.go

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ type Peer struct {
 
 	// a gRpc connection stream to the Peer
 	Stream proto.SignalExchange_ConnectStreamServer
+	// sendMu serializes writes to Stream. gRPC forbids concurrent SendMsg on
+	// the same ServerStream, and a peer can be the target of many senders at
+	// once.
+	sendMu sync.Mutex
 
 	// registration time
 	RegisteredAt time.Time
@@ -33,6 +37,13 @@ type Peer struct {
 	Cancel context.CancelFunc
 }
 
+// Send writes a message to the peer's stream, serializing concurrent senders.
+func (p *Peer) Send(msg *proto.EncryptedMessage) error {
+	p.sendMu.Lock()
+	defer p.sendMu.Unlock()
+	return p.Stream.Send(msg)
+}
+
 // NewPeer creates a new instance of a connected Peer
 func NewPeer(id string, stream proto.SignalExchange_ConnectStreamServer, cancel context.CancelFunc) *Peer {
 	return &Peer{

signal/server/concurrent_send_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/signal/proto"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/signal/peer"
+)
+
+// concurrencyCheckStream records the maximum number of Send calls in flight at
+// once. gRPC forbids concurrent SendMsg on the same ServerStream, so a correct
+// server must never have more than one in flight per peer.
+type concurrencyCheckStream struct {
+	proto.SignalExchange_ConnectStreamServer
+	ctx      context.Context
+	inflight atomic.Int32
+	maxSeen  atomic.Int32
+}
+
+func (s *concurrencyCheckStream) Send(*proto.EncryptedMessage) error {
+	n := s.inflight.Add(1)
+	for {
+		old := s.maxSeen.Load()
+		if n <= old || s.maxSeen.CompareAndSwap(old, n) {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	// Widen the window so overlapping callers are reliably observed.
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+	s.inflight.Add(-1)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *concurrencyCheckStream) Context() context.Context { return s.ctx }
+
+// TestForwardMessageToPeerSerializesSend verifies that concurrent forwards to the
+// same peer never call Stream.Send concurrently, which would violate the gRPC
+// ServerStream contract.
+func TestForwardMessageToPeerSerializesSend(t *testing.T) {
+	s, err := NewServer(context.Background(), otel.Meter(""))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	const peerID = "peerX"
+	stream := &concurrencyCheckStream{ctx: context.Background()}
+	_, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+	require.NoError(t, s.registry.Register(peer.NewPeer(peerID, stream, cancel)))
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			s.forwardMessageToPeer(context.Background(), &proto.EncryptedMessage{Key: "sender", RemoteKey: peerID})
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	require.Equal(t, int32(1), stream.maxSeen.Load(), "Stream.Send must never run concurrently on the same peer stream")
+}

signal/server/signal.go

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (s *Server) forwardMessageToPeer(ctx context.Context, msg *proto.EncryptedM
 	sendResultChan := make(chan error, 1)
 	go func() {
 		select {
-		case sendResultChan <- dstPeer.Stream.Send(msg):
+		case sendResultChan <- dstPeer.Send(msg):
 			return
 		case <-dstPeer.Stream.Context().Done():
 			return