Fix review findings for embedded VNC server

* Made the docker check first for getting-started.sh, better atomic support for install.sh

* Check for docker socket perms

* Added fallback for systems without rpm-ostree or bootc.

* macOS fix for docker socket check

* Change error message for docker group.

No longer using a blanket recommendation for the docker group.

.coderabbit.yaml

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://coderabbit.ai/integrations/schema.v2.json
-language: en-US
-reviews:
-  profile: chill
-  request_changes_workflow: false
-  high_level_summary: true
-  poem: false
-  review_status: true
-  auto_review:
-    enabled: true
-    drafts: false
-  path_filters:
-    - "!**/*.tsx"
-    - "!**/*.ts"
-    - "!**/*.js"
-    - "!**/*.svg"
-chat:
-  auto_reply: true

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
         iptables=1.8.9-2 \
         libgl1-mesa-dev=22.3.6-1+deb12u1 \
         xorg-dev=1:7.7+23 \
+        libayatana-appindicator3-dev=0.5.92-1 \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && go install -v golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest

.github/workflows/golang-test-darwin.yml

@@ -45,15 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 
       - name: Test
-        # Exclude client/ui: its main.go uses //go:embed all:frontend/dist,
-        # which fails to compile until the frontend has been built. The Wails UI
-        # has no Go-side unit tests, and its release pipeline runs `pnpm build`
-        # before goreleaser.
-        # `go list -e` lets the listing succeed even though the embed fails to
-        # resolve; the grep then drops the broken package by path. Without -e,
-        # go list aborts with empty stdout and `go test` falls back to the repo
-        # root, which has no Go files.
-        run: NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE=${{ matrix.store }} CI=true go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -tags=devcert -exec 'sudo --preserve-env=CI,NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE' -timeout 5m -p 1 $(go list -e ./... | grep -v -e /management -e /signal -e /relay -e /proxy -e /combined -e /client/ui)
+        run: NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE=${{ matrix.store }} CI=true go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -tags=devcert -exec 'sudo --preserve-env=CI,NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE' -timeout 5m -p 1 $(go list ./... | grep -v -e /management -e /signal -e /relay -e /proxy -e /combined)
 
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@e79a6962e0d4c0c17b229090214935d2e33f8354 #v6.0.1

.github/workflows/golang-test-linux.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev gcc-multilib libpcap-dev
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev gcc-multilib libpcap-dev
 
       - name: Install 32-bit libpcap
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-gotest-cache-
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev gcc-multilib libpcap-dev
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev gcc-multilib libpcap-dev
 
       - name: Install 32-bit libpcap
         if: matrix.arch == '386'
@@ -158,15 +158,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 
       - name: Test
-        # Exclude client/ui: its main.go uses //go:embed all:frontend/dist,
-        # which fails to compile until the frontend has been built. The Wails UI
-        # has no Go-side unit tests, and its release pipeline runs `pnpm build`
-        # before goreleaser.
-        # `go list -e` lets the listing succeed even though the embed fails to
-        # resolve; the grep then drops the broken package by path. Without -e,
-        # go list aborts with empty stdout and `go test` falls back to the repo
-        # root, which has no Go files.
-        run: CGO_ENABLED=1 GOARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} CI=true go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -tags devcert -exec 'sudo' -timeout 10m -p 1 $(go list -e ./... | grep -v -e /management -e /signal -e /relay -e /proxy -e /combined -e /client/ui)
+        run: CGO_ENABLED=1 GOARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} CI=true go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -tags devcert -exec 'sudo' -timeout 10m -p 1 $(go list ./... | grep -v -e /management -e /signal -e /relay -e /proxy -e /combined)
 
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         if: matrix.arch == 'amd64'
@@ -176,6 +168,7 @@ jobs:
           slug: netbirdio/netbird
           flags: unit,client
 
+
   test_client_on_docker:
     name: "Client (Docker) / Unit"
     needs: [build-cache]
@@ -236,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
             sh -c ' \
               apk update; apk add --no-cache \
                 ca-certificates iptables ip6tables dbus dbus-dev libpcap-dev build-base; \
-              go test -buildvcs=false -tags devcert -v -timeout 10m -p 1 $(go list -e -buildvcs=false ./... | grep -v -e /management -e /signal -e /relay -e /proxy -e /combined -e /client/ui -e /upload-server)
+              go test -buildvcs=false -tags devcert -v -timeout 10m -p 1 $(go list -buildvcs=false ./... | grep -v -e /management -e /signal -e /relay -e /proxy -e /combined -e /client/ui -e /upload-server)
             '
 
   test_relay:

.github/workflows/golang-test-windows.yml

@@ -65,15 +65,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: PsExec64 -s -w ${{ github.workspace }} C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ steps.go.outputs.go-version }}\x64\bin\go.exe env -w GOCACHE=${{ env.modcache }}
       - run: PsExec64 -s -w ${{ github.workspace }} C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ steps.go.outputs.go-version }}\x64\bin\go.exe mod tidy
       - name: Generate test script
-        # Exclude client/ui: its main.go uses //go:embed all:frontend/dist,
-        # which fails to compile until the frontend has been built. The Wails UI
-        # has no Go-side unit tests, and its release pipeline runs `pnpm build`
-        # before goreleaser.
-        # `go list -e` lets the listing succeed even though the embed fails to
-        # resolve; the Where-Object pipeline then drops the broken package by
-        # path. Without -e, go list aborts with empty stdout.
         run: |
-          $packages = go list -e ./... | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/management' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/relay' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/signal' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/proxy' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/combined' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/client/ui' }
+          $packages = go list ./... | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/management' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/relay' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/signal' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/proxy' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/combined' }
           $goExe = "C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ steps.go.outputs.go-version }}\x64\bin\go.exe"
           $cmd = "$goExe test -tags=devcert -timeout 10m -p 1 $($packages -join ' ') > test-out.txt 2>&1"
           Set-Content -Path "${{ github.workspace }}\run-tests.cmd" -Value $cmd

.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml

@@ -22,15 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@8f01853be192eb0f849a5c7d721450e7a467c579 # v2.2
         with:
           ignore_words_list: erro,clienta,hastable,iif,groupd,testin,groupe,cros,ans,deriver,te,userA,ede,additionals
-          # Non-English UI translations trip codespell on real foreign words
-          # (de: "Sie", "oder", "ist"). Only en/common.json is the source of
-          # truth that should be spell-checked. List each translated locale
-          # dir below and add new ones as languages are added under
-          # client/ui/i18n/locales/. Single-star globs are matched per path
-          # segment by codespell and behave the same across versions; the
-          # recursive "**" form did not take effect with the codespell shipped
-          # by this action.
-          skip: go.mod,go.sum,*/proxy/web/*,*pnpm-lock.yaml,*package-lock.json,*/locales/de/*,*/locales/hu/*
+          skip: go.mod,go.sum,**/proxy/web/**
   golangci:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -62,16 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: false
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libpcap-dev
-      - name: Stub Wails frontend bundle
-        # client/ui/main.go has //go:embed all:frontend/dist. The
-        # directory is produced by `pnpm run build` and is gitignored, so
-        # lint-only runs (no frontend toolchain) need a placeholder file
-        # for the embed pattern to match.
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p client/ui/frontend/dist
-          touch client/ui/frontend/dist/.embed-placeholder
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libpcap-dev
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@82606bf257cbaff209d206a39f5134f0cfbfd2ee #v9.2.1
         with:

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Generate FreeBSD port diff
-        run: bash release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh
+        run: bash -x release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh
 
       - name: Generate FreeBSD port issue body
-        run: bash release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh
+        run: bash -x release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh
 
       - name: Check if diff was generated
         id: check_diff
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install goversioninfo
         run: go install github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo@233067e
       - name: Generate windows syso amd64
-        run: goversioninfo  -icon client/ui/build/windows/icon.ico -manifest client/manifest.xml -product-name ${{ env.PRODUCT_NAME }} -copyright "${{ env.COPYRIGHT }}" -ver-major ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.major }} -ver-minor ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.minor }} -ver-patch ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.patch }} -ver-build 0 -file-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -product-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -o client/resources_windows_amd64.syso
+        run: goversioninfo  -icon client/ui/assets/netbird.ico -manifest client/manifest.xml -product-name ${{ env.PRODUCT_NAME }} -copyright "${{ env.COPYRIGHT }}" -ver-major ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.major }} -ver-minor ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.minor }} -ver-patch ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.patch }} -ver-build 0 -file-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -product-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -o client/resources_windows_amd64.syso
       - name: Generate windows syso arm64
-        run: goversioninfo -arm -64 -icon client/ui/build/windows/icon.ico -manifest client/manifest.xml -product-name ${{ env.PRODUCT_NAME }} -copyright "${{ env.COPYRIGHT }}" -ver-major ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.major }} -ver-minor ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.minor }} -ver-patch ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.patch }} -ver-build 0 -file-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -product-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -o client/resources_windows_arm64.syso
+        run: goversioninfo -arm -64 -icon client/ui/assets/netbird.ico -manifest client/manifest.xml -product-name ${{ env.PRODUCT_NAME }} -copyright "${{ env.COPYRIGHT }}" -ver-major ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.major }} -ver-minor ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.minor }} -ver-patch ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.patch }} -ver-build 0 -file-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -product-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -o client/resources_windows_arm64.syso
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         id: goreleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@4c6ab561adb47e50c45ef534e2155934e91c40c1 # v7.2.0
@@ -356,21 +356,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: check git status
         run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '22'
-
-      - name: Set up pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
-        with:
-          version: 11
-
       - name: Install dependencies
-        # GTK4/WebKitGTK 6.0 dev libs for the default build + GTK3/WebKit2GTK 4.1
-        # dev libs for the legacy -tags gtk3 build (netbird-ui-gtk3). Both stacks
-        # coexist on the same runner; goreleaser builds both Linux variants here.
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libappindicator3-dev gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 libxxf86vm-dev gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64
 
       - name: Decode GPG signing key
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
@@ -389,16 +376,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "/tmp/llvm-mingw-20250709-ucrt-ubuntu-22.04-x86_64/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Install goversioninfo
         run: go install github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo@233067e
-      - name: Install wails3 CLI
-        # Version derived from go.mod so the binding generator always matches
-        # the wails runtime the binary links against.
-        run: |
-          WAILS_VERSION=$(go list -m -f '{{.Version}}' github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3)
-          go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@$WAILS_VERSION
       - name: Generate windows syso amd64
-        run: goversioninfo -64 -icon client/ui/build/windows/icon.ico -manifest client/ui/build/windows/wails.exe.manifest -product-name ${{ env.PRODUCT_NAME }}-"UI" -copyright "${{ env.COPYRIGHT }}" -ver-major ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.major }} -ver-minor ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.minor }} -ver-patch ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.patch }} -ver-build 0 -file-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -product-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -o client/ui/resources_windows_amd64.syso
+        run: goversioninfo -64 -icon client/ui/assets/netbird.ico -manifest client/ui/manifest.xml -product-name ${{ env.PRODUCT_NAME }}-"UI" -copyright "${{ env.COPYRIGHT }}" -ver-major ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.major }} -ver-minor ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.minor }} -ver-patch ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.patch }} -ver-build 0 -file-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -product-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -o client/ui/resources_windows_amd64.syso
       - name: Generate windows syso arm64
-        run: goversioninfo -arm -64 -icon client/ui/build/windows/icon.ico -manifest client/ui/build/windows/wails.exe.manifest -product-name ${{ env.PRODUCT_NAME }}-"UI" -copyright "${{ env.COPYRIGHT }}" -ver-major ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.major }} -ver-minor ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.minor }} -ver-patch ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.patch }} -ver-build 0 -file-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -product-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -o client/ui/resources_windows_arm64.syso
+        run: goversioninfo -arm -64 -icon client/ui/assets/netbird.ico -manifest client/ui/manifest.xml -product-name ${{ env.PRODUCT_NAME }}-"UI" -copyright "${{ env.COPYRIGHT }}" -ver-major ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.major }} -ver-minor ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.minor }} -ver-patch ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.patch }} -ver-build 0 -file-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -product-version ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}.0 -o client/ui/resources_windows_arm64.syso
 
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@4c6ab561adb47e50c45ef534e2155934e91c40c1 # v7.2.0
@@ -466,20 +447,6 @@ jobs:
         run: go mod tidy
       - name: check git status
         run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '22'
-      - name: Set up pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
-        with:
-          version: 11
-      - name: Install wails3 CLI
-        # Version derived from go.mod so the binding generator always matches
-        # the wails runtime the binary links against.
-        run: |
-          WAILS_VERSION=$(go list -m -f '{{.Version}}' github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3)
-          go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@$WAILS_VERSION
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         id: goreleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@4c6ab561adb47e50c45ef534e2155934e91c40c1 # v7.2.0
@@ -567,6 +534,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Move wintun.dll into dist
         run: mv ${{ env.downloadPath }}\wintun\bin\${{ matrix.wintun_arch }}\wintun.dll ${{ github.workspace }}\dist\${{ env.PackageWorkdir }}\
 
+      - name: Download Mesa3D (amd64 only)
+        id: download-mesa3d
+        if: matrix.arch == 'amd64'
+        uses: netbirdio/shared-actions/actions/win-download-and-verify@be5df6047383da2236e02243cceb857d8567c27e # v0.0.2
+        with:
+          url: https://pkgs.netbird.io/mesa3d/MesaForWindows-x64-20.1.8.7z
+          destination: ${{ env.downloadPath }}\mesa3d.7z
+          sha256: 71c7cb64ec229a1d6b8d62fa08e1889ed2bd17c0eeede8689daf0f25cb31d6b9
+
+      - name: Extract Mesa3D driver (amd64 only)
+        if: matrix.arch == 'amd64'
+        run: 7z x -o"${{ env.downloadPath }}" "${{ env.downloadPath }}/mesa3d.7z"
+
+      - name: Move opengl32.dll into dist (amd64 only)
+        if: matrix.arch == 'amd64'
+        run: mv ${{ env.downloadPath }}\opengl32.dll ${{ github.workspace }}\dist\${{ env.PackageWorkdir }}\
+
       - name: Download EnVar plugin for NSIS
         uses: netbirdio/shared-actions/actions/win-download-and-verify@be5df6047383da2236e02243cceb857d8567c27e # v0.0.2
         with:
@@ -589,28 +573,6 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.arch == 'amd64'
         run: 7z x -o"${{ github.workspace }}/NSIS_Plugins" "${{ github.workspace }}/ShellExecAsUser_amd64-Unicode.7z"
 
-      - name: Set up Go for wails3 CLI
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version-file: "go.mod"
-          cache: false
-
-      - name: Install wails3 CLI
-        # Version derived from go.mod so the bootstrapper payload always
-        # matches the wails runtime the binary links against.
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          WAILS_VERSION=$(go list -m -f '{{.Version}}' github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3)
-          go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@$WAILS_VERSION
-
-      - name: Stage WebView2 bootstrapper for installers
-        # Both client/installer.nsis and client/netbird.wxs reference
-        # client/MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe. wails3 writes it there.
-        # The signing pipeline (netbirdio/sign-pipelines) does the same
-        # step for release builds; this mirrors it for PR sanity testing.
-        shell: bash
-        run: wails3 generate webview2bootstrapper -dir client
-
       - name: Build NSIS installer
         shell: pwsh
         env:

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

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version-file: "go.mod"
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libpcap-dev
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libpcap-dev
       - name: Install golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@82606bf257cbaff209d206a39f5134f0cfbfd2ee #v9.2.1
         with:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Size: ${SIZE} bytes (${SIZE_MB} MB)"
 
-          if [ ${SIZE} -gt 58720256 ]; then
-            echo "Wasm binary size (${SIZE_MB}MB) exceeds 56MB limit!"
+          if [ ${SIZE} -gt 62914560 ]; then
+            echo "Wasm binary size (${SIZE_MB}MB) exceeds 60MB limit!"
             exit 1
           fi

.golangci.yaml

@@ -114,16 +114,6 @@ linters:
       - linters:
           - staticcheck
         text: "QF1012"
-      # client/ui/main.go uses //go:embed all:frontend/dist; the
-      # directory is populated by `pnpm build` in the release pipeline
-      # and missing at lint time, so the embed parses to "no matching
-      # files found" — surfaced by golangci-lint's typecheck pre-pass.
-      # Suppress just that one diagnostic; the rest of the package
-      # (services/, tray.go, grpc.go, ...) still gets linted normally.
-      - linters:
-          - typecheck
-        path: client/ui/main\.go
-        text: "pattern all:frontend/dist"
     paths:
       - third_party$
       - builtin$

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ nfpms:
     description: Netbird client.
     homepage: https://netbird.io/
     license: BSD-3-Clause
-    vendor: NetBird
     id: netbird_deb
     bindir: /usr/bin
     builds:
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ nfpms:
     description: Netbird client.
     homepage: https://netbird.io/
     license: BSD-3-Clause
-    vendor: NetBird
     id: netbird_rpm
     bindir: /usr/bin
     builds:

.goreleaser_ui.yaml

@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 version: 2
 
 project_name: netbird-ui
-
-before:
-  hooks:
-    # Bindings are gitignored; regenerate before the frontend build so
-    # the @wailsio/runtime Vite plugin can resolve them (vite refuses to
-    # build without them).
-    - sh -c 'cd client/ui && wails3 generate bindings -clean=true -ts'
-    - sh -c 'cd client/ui/frontend && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && pnpm build'
-
 builds:
   - id: netbird-ui
     dir: client/ui
@@ -24,25 +15,6 @@ builds:
       - -s -w -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.CommitDate}} -X main.builtBy=goreleaser
     mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
 
-  # Legacy GTK3 / WebKit2GTK 4.1 build for distros without WebKitGTK 6.0
-  # (Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, RHEL 9, Fedora <=39). -tags gtk3 flips Wails to
-  # the GTK3 stack and drops our GTK4-only XEmbed tray host (see
-  # xembed_host_gtk3_linux.go). Removed upstream in Wails v3.1.
-  - id: netbird-ui-gtk3
-    dir: client/ui
-    binary: netbird-ui
-    env:
-      - CGO_ENABLED=1
-    goos:
-      - linux
-    goarch:
-      - amd64
-    flags:
-      - -tags=gtk3
-    ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.CommitDate}} -X main.builtBy=goreleaser
-    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
-
   - id: netbird-ui-windows-amd64
     dir: client/ui
     binary: netbird-ui
@@ -79,10 +51,6 @@ archives:
     name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}-linux_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}"
     builds:
       - netbird-ui
-  - id: linux-gtk3-arch
-    name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}-linux-gtk3_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}"
-    builds:
-      - netbird-ui-gtk3
   - id: windows-arch
     name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}-windows_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}"
     builds:
@@ -93,8 +61,6 @@ nfpms:
   - maintainer: Netbird <dev@netbird.io>
     description: Netbird client UI.
     homepage: https://netbird.io/
-    license: BSD-3-Clause
-    vendor: NetBird
     id: netbird_ui_deb
     package_name: netbird-ui
     builds:
@@ -104,20 +70,16 @@ nfpms:
     scripts:
       postinstall: "release_files/ui-post-install.sh"
     contents:
-      - src: client/ui/build/linux/netbird.desktop
-        dst: /usr/share/applications/org.wails.netbird.desktop
-      - src: client/ui/build/appicon.png
+      - src: client/ui/build/netbird.desktop
+        dst: /usr/share/applications/netbird.desktop
+      - src: client/ui/assets/netbird.png
         dst: /usr/share/pixmaps/netbird.png
     dependencies:
       - netbird
-      - libgtk-4-1
-      - libwebkitgtk-6.0-4
 
   - maintainer: Netbird <dev@netbird.io>
     description: Netbird client UI.
     homepage: https://netbird.io/
-    license: BSD-3-Clause
-    vendor: NetBird
     id: netbird_ui_rpm
     package_name: netbird-ui
     builds:
@@ -127,67 +89,12 @@ nfpms:
     scripts:
       postinstall: "release_files/ui-post-install.sh"
     contents:
-      - src: client/ui/build/linux/netbird.desktop
-        dst: /usr/share/applications/org.wails.netbird.desktop
-      - src: client/ui/build/appicon.png
+      - src: client/ui/build/netbird.desktop
+        dst: /usr/share/applications/netbird.desktop
+      - src: client/ui/assets/netbird.png
         dst: /usr/share/pixmaps/netbird.png
     dependencies:
       - netbird
-      - gtk4
-      - webkitgtk6.0
-    rpm:
-      signature:
-        key_file: '{{ if index .Env "GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE" }}{{ .Env.GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE }}{{ end }}'
-
-  # Legacy GTK3 deb for Ubuntu 22.04 / Debian 12 (no WebKitGTK 6.0). Same
-  # package_name as the GTK4 deb -- the two are mutually-exclusive alternatives
-  # served from the matching distro repo; the package manager resolves by deps.
-  - maintainer: Netbird <dev@netbird.io>
-    description: Netbird client UI.
-    homepage: https://netbird.io/
-    license: BSD-3-Clause
-    vendor: NetBird
-    id: netbird_ui_deb_gtk3
-    package_name: netbird-ui
-    builds:
-      - netbird-ui-gtk3
-    formats:
-      - deb
-    scripts:
-      postinstall: "release_files/ui-post-install.sh"
-    contents:
-      - src: client/ui/build/linux/netbird.desktop
-        dst: /usr/share/applications/org.wails.netbird.desktop
-      - src: client/ui/build/appicon.png
-        dst: /usr/share/pixmaps/netbird.png
-    dependencies:
-      - netbird
-      - libgtk-3-0
-      - libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0
-
-  # Legacy GTK3 rpm for RHEL 9 / Fedora <=39 (no WebKitGTK 6.0).
-  - maintainer: Netbird <dev@netbird.io>
-    description: Netbird client UI.
-    homepage: https://netbird.io/
-    license: BSD-3-Clause
-    vendor: NetBird
-    id: netbird_ui_rpm_gtk3
-    package_name: netbird-ui
-    builds:
-      - netbird-ui-gtk3
-    formats:
-      - rpm
-    scripts:
-      postinstall: "release_files/ui-post-install.sh"
-    contents:
-      - src: client/ui/build/linux/netbird.desktop
-        dst: /usr/share/applications/org.wails.netbird.desktop
-      - src: client/ui/build/appicon.png
-        dst: /usr/share/pixmaps/netbird.png
-    dependencies:
-      - netbird
-      - gtk3
-      - webkit2gtk4.1
     rpm:
       signature:
         key_file: '{{ if index .Env "GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE" }}{{ .Env.GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE }}{{ end }}'
@@ -208,22 +115,3 @@ uploads:
     target: https://pkgs.wiretrustee.com/yum/{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
     username: dev@wiretrustee.com
     method: PUT
-
-  # Legacy GTK3 packages share the netbird-ui name, so they must live in a repo
-  # path the old distros point at -- here a dedicated `gtk3` distribution/path.
-  # TODO: confirm the final repo layout with the pkgs.wiretrustee.com owner.
-  - name: debian-gtk3
-    ids:
-      - netbird_ui_deb_gtk3
-    mode: archive
-    target: https://pkgs.wiretrustee.com/debian/pool/{{ .ArtifactName }};deb.distribution=gtk3;deb.component=main;deb.architecture={{ if .Arm }}armhf{{ else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }};deb.package=
-    username: dev@wiretrustee.com
-    method: PUT
-
-  - name: yum-gtk3
-    ids:
-      - netbird_ui_rpm_gtk3
-    mode: archive
-    target: https://pkgs.wiretrustee.com/yum-gtk3/{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
-    username: dev@wiretrustee.com
-    method: PUT

.goreleaser_ui_darwin.yaml

@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 version: 2
 
 project_name: netbird-ui
-
-before:
-  hooks:
-    # Bindings are gitignored; regenerate before the frontend build so
-    # the @wailsio/runtime Vite plugin can resolve them (vite refuses to
-    # build without them).
-    - sh -c 'cd client/ui && wails3 generate bindings -clean=true -ts'
-    - sh -c 'cd client/ui/frontend && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && pnpm build'
-
 builds:
   - id: netbird-ui-darwin
     dir: client/ui
@@ -29,6 +20,8 @@ builds:
     ldflags:
       - -s -w -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.CommitDate}} -X main.builtBy=goreleaser
     mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
+    tags:
+      - load_wgnt_from_rsrc
 
 universal_binaries:
   - id: netbird-ui-darwin

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ go test -exec sudo ./...
 ```
 > On Windows use a powershell with administrator privileges
 
+> Non-GTK environments will need the `libayatana-appindicator3-dev` (debian/ubuntu) package installed
+
 ## Checklist before submitting a PR
 As a critical network service and open-source project, we must enforce a few things before submitting the pull-requests:
 - Keep functions as simple as possible, with a single purpose

client/cmd/login.go

@@ -22,19 +22,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
 )
 
-// extendSessionFlag drives the `netbird login --extend` flow: refresh the
-// SSO session expiry on the management server without tearing down the
-// tunnel. Mutually exclusive with setup-key login (a setup-key cannot
-// refresh an SSO-tracked peer — see auth.errSetupKeyOnSSOExpiredPeer).
-var extendSessionFlag bool
-
 func init() {
 	loginCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&noBrowser, noBrowserFlag, false, noBrowserDesc)
 	loginCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&showQR, showQRFlag, false, showQRDesc)
 	loginCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&profileName, profileNameFlag, "", profileNameDesc)
 	loginCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configPath, "config", "c", "", "(DEPRECATED) Netbird config file location")
-	loginCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&extendSessionFlag, "extend", false,
-		"refresh the SSO session expiry without tearing down the tunnel (requires an active connection)")
 }
 
 var loginCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -69,16 +61,6 @@ var loginCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if extendSessionFlag {
-			if providedSetupKey != "" {
-				return fmt.Errorf("--extend cannot be combined with a setup key; setup keys can only enrol new peers")
-			}
-			if err := doExtendSession(ctx, cmd); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("extend session failed: %v", err)
-			}
-			return nil
-		}
-
 		// workaround to run without service
 		if util.FindFirstLogPath(logFiles) == "" {
 			if err := doForegroundLogin(ctx, cmd, providedSetupKey, activeProf); err != nil {
@@ -168,65 +150,6 @@ func doDaemonLogin(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, providedSetupKey str
 	return nil
 }
 
-// doExtendSession drives the daemon's RequestExtendAuthSession /
-// WaitExtendAuthSession pair. The user is sent through a regular SSO flow
-// (browser + verification URL) and the resulting JWT is forwarded to the
-// management server's ExtendAuthSession RPC. The tunnel stays up
-// throughout — no Down/Up, no network-map resync.
-func doExtendSession(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command) 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()
-
-	client := proto.NewDaemonServiceClient(conn)
-
-	req := &proto.RequestExtendAuthSessionRequest{}
-	// Pre-fill the IdP login hint from the active profile so the user
-	// doesn't have to retype their email. Best-effort: we still proceed
-	// without a hint if the lookup fails.
-	pm := profilemanager.NewProfileManager()
-	if active, perr := pm.GetActiveProfile(); perr == nil {
-		if profState, sperr := pm.GetProfileState(active.Name); sperr == nil && profState.Email != "" {
-			req.Hint = &profState.Email
-		}
-	}
-
-	startResp, err := client.RequestExtendAuthSession(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("start extend session: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	uri := startResp.GetVerificationURIComplete()
-	if uri == "" {
-		uri = startResp.GetVerificationURI()
-	}
-	openURL(cmd, uri, startResp.GetUserCode(), noBrowser, showQR)
-
-	waitResp, err := client.WaitExtendAuthSession(ctx, &proto.WaitExtendAuthSessionRequest{
-		DeviceCode: startResp.GetDeviceCode(),
-		UserCode:   startResp.GetUserCode(),
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("wait for extend session: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if ts := waitResp.GetSessionExpiresAt(); ts.IsValid() && !ts.AsTime().IsZero() {
-		deadline := ts.AsTime().Local()
-		cmd.Printf("Session extended. New expiry: %s\n", deadline.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 MST"))
-	} else {
-		// Management reported the peer is not eligible (e.g. login
-		// expiration disabled on the account). Surface that fact
-		// instead of pretending the call succeeded.
-		cmd.Println("Session extension call completed, but the management server did not return a new deadline (peer may not be SSO-tracked or login expiration is disabled).")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func getActiveProfile(ctx context.Context, pm *profilemanager.ProfileManager, profileName string, username string) (*profilemanager.Profile, error) {
 	// switch profile if provided
 

client/cmd/status.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
@@ -118,11 +117,6 @@ func statusFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		profName = activeProf.Name
 	}
 
-	var sessionExpiresAt time.Time
-	if ts := resp.GetSessionExpiresAt(); ts.IsValid() {
-		sessionExpiresAt = ts.AsTime().UTC()
-	}
-
 	var outputInformationHolder = nbstatus.ConvertToStatusOutputOverview(resp.GetFullStatus(), nbstatus.ConvertOptions{
 		Anonymize:            anonymizeFlag,
 		DaemonVersion:        resp.GetDaemonVersion(),
@@ -133,7 +127,6 @@ func statusFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		IPsFilter:            ipsFilterMap,
 		ConnectionTypeFilter: connectionTypeFilter,
 		ProfileName:          profName,
-		SessionExpiresAt:     sessionExpiresAt,
 	})
 	var statusOutputString string
 	switch {

client/cmd/up.go

@@ -361,6 +361,12 @@ func setupSetConfigReq(customDNSAddressConverted []byte, cmd *cobra.Command, pro
 	if cmd.Flag(serverSSHAllowedFlag).Changed {
 		req.ServerSSHAllowed = &serverSSHAllowed
 	}
+	if cmd.Flag(serverVNCAllowedFlag).Changed {
+		req.ServerVNCAllowed = &serverVNCAllowed
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(disableVNCApprovalFlag).Changed {
+		req.DisableVNCApproval = &disableVNCApproval
+	}
 	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHRootFlag).Changed {
 		req.EnableSSHRoot = &enableSSHRoot
 	}
@@ -467,30 +473,14 @@ func setupConfig(customDNSAddressConverted []byte, cmd *cobra.Command, configFil
 	if cmd.Flag(serverSSHAllowedFlag).Changed {
 		ic.ServerSSHAllowed = &serverSSHAllowed
 	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHRootFlag).Changed {
-		ic.EnableSSHRoot = &enableSSHRoot
+	if cmd.Flag(serverVNCAllowedFlag).Changed {
+		ic.ServerVNCAllowed = &serverVNCAllowed
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(disableVNCApprovalFlag).Changed {
+		ic.DisableVNCApproval = &disableVNCApproval
 	}
 
-	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHSFTPFlag).Changed {
-		ic.EnableSSHSFTP = &enableSSHSFTP
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHLocalPortForwardFlag).Changed {
-		ic.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding = &enableSSHLocalPortForward
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHRemotePortForwardFlag).Changed {
-		ic.EnableSSHRemotePortForwarding = &enableSSHRemotePortForward
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(disableSSHAuthFlag).Changed {
-		ic.DisableSSHAuth = &disableSSHAuth
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(sshJWTCacheTTLFlag).Changed {
-		ic.SSHJWTCacheTTL = &sshJWTCacheTTL
-	}
+	applySSHFlagsToConfig(cmd, &ic)
 
 	if cmd.Flag(interfaceNameFlag).Changed {
 		if err := parseInterfaceName(interfaceName); err != nil {
@@ -566,6 +556,49 @@ func setupConfig(customDNSAddressConverted []byte, cmd *cobra.Command, configFil
 	return &ic, nil
 }
 
+func applySSHFlagsToConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, ic *profilemanager.ConfigInput) {
+	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHRootFlag).Changed {
+		ic.EnableSSHRoot = &enableSSHRoot
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHSFTPFlag).Changed {
+		ic.EnableSSHSFTP = &enableSSHSFTP
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHLocalPortForwardFlag).Changed {
+		ic.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding = &enableSSHLocalPortForward
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHRemotePortForwardFlag).Changed {
+		ic.EnableSSHRemotePortForwarding = &enableSSHRemotePortForward
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(disableSSHAuthFlag).Changed {
+		ic.DisableSSHAuth = &disableSSHAuth
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(sshJWTCacheTTLFlag).Changed {
+		ic.SSHJWTCacheTTL = &sshJWTCacheTTL
+	}
+}
+
+func applySSHFlagsToLogin(cmd *cobra.Command, req *proto.LoginRequest) {
+	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHRootFlag).Changed {
+		req.EnableSSHRoot = &enableSSHRoot
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHSFTPFlag).Changed {
+		req.EnableSSHSFTP = &enableSSHSFTP
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHLocalPortForwardFlag).Changed {
+		req.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding = &enableSSHLocalPortForward
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHRemotePortForwardFlag).Changed {
+		req.EnableSSHRemotePortForwarding = &enableSSHRemotePortForward
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(disableSSHAuthFlag).Changed {
+		req.DisableSSHAuth = &disableSSHAuth
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(sshJWTCacheTTLFlag).Changed {
+		ttl := int32(sshJWTCacheTTL)
+		req.SshJWTCacheTTL = &ttl
+	}
+}
+
 func setupLoginRequest(providedSetupKey string, customDNSAddressConverted []byte, cmd *cobra.Command) (*proto.LoginRequest, error) {
 	loginRequest := proto.LoginRequest{
 		SetupKey:            providedSetupKey,
@@ -595,31 +628,14 @@ func setupLoginRequest(providedSetupKey string, customDNSAddressConverted []byte
 	if cmd.Flag(serverSSHAllowedFlag).Changed {
 		loginRequest.ServerSSHAllowed = &serverSSHAllowed
 	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHRootFlag).Changed {
-		loginRequest.EnableSSHRoot = &enableSSHRoot
+	if cmd.Flag(serverVNCAllowedFlag).Changed {
+		loginRequest.ServerVNCAllowed = &serverVNCAllowed
+	}
+	if cmd.Flag(disableVNCApprovalFlag).Changed {
+		loginRequest.DisableVNCApproval = &disableVNCApproval
 	}
 
-	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHSFTPFlag).Changed {
-		loginRequest.EnableSSHSFTP = &enableSSHSFTP
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHLocalPortForwardFlag).Changed {
-		loginRequest.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding = &enableSSHLocalPortForward
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(enableSSHRemotePortForwardFlag).Changed {
-		loginRequest.EnableSSHRemotePortForwarding = &enableSSHRemotePortForward
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(disableSSHAuthFlag).Changed {
-		loginRequest.DisableSSHAuth = &disableSSHAuth
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flag(sshJWTCacheTTLFlag).Changed {
-		sshJWTCacheTTL32 := int32(sshJWTCacheTTL)
-		loginRequest.SshJWTCacheTTL = &sshJWTCacheTTL32
-	}
+	applySSHFlagsToLogin(cmd, &loginRequest)
 
 	if cmd.Flag(disableAutoConnectFlag).Changed {
 		loginRequest.DisableAutoConnect = &autoConnectDisabled

client/cmd/vnc_agent.go

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+//go:build windows || (darwin && !ios)
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
+	"os"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	vncserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc/server"
+)
+
+var (
+	vncAgentSocket    string
+	vncAgentTargetUID uint32
+)
+
+func init() {
+	vncAgentCmd.Flags().StringVar(&vncAgentSocket, "socket", "", "Unix-domain socket path the agent listens on (required)")
+	vncAgentCmd.Flags().Uint32Var(&vncAgentTargetUID, "target-uid", 0, "uid the agent should drop privileges to before listening (darwin only; 0 = stay as current uid)")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(vncAgentCmd)
+}
+
+// vncAgentCmd runs a VNC server inside the user's interactive session,
+// listening on a Unix-domain socket. The NetBird service spawns it: on
+// Windows via CreateProcessAsUser into the console session, on macOS via
+// launchctl asuser into the Aqua session.
+var vncAgentCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:    "vnc-agent",
+	Short:  "Run VNC capture agent (internal, spawned by service)",
+	Hidden: true,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		log.SetReportCaller(true)
+		log.SetFormatter(&log.JSONFormatter{})
+		log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+
+		if vncAgentSocket == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("--socket is required")
+		}
+
+		token := os.Getenv("NB_VNC_AGENT_TOKEN")
+		if token == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("NB_VNC_AGENT_TOKEN not set; agent requires a token from the service")
+		}
+		// Purge the token from env so it doesn't leak via /proc/<pid>/environ.
+		if err := os.Unsetenv("NB_VNC_AGENT_TOKEN"); err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("unset NB_VNC_AGENT_TOKEN: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Drop root privileges to the target console user BEFORE creating
+		// the listening socket: keeps a post-auth bug in the encoder /
+		// input / capture paths confined to the user's own privileges
+		// rather than escalating to host root, and makes the daemon's
+		// LOCAL_PEERCRED check see the right uid. No-op on Windows
+		// (both processes run as SYSTEM) and when --target-uid is 0.
+		if vncAgentTargetUID != 0 {
+			if err := dropAgentPrivileges(vncAgentTargetUID); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("drop privileges to uid %d: %w", vncAgentTargetUID, err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if err := os.Remove(vncAgentSocket); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			log.Debugf("remove stale socket %s: %v", vncAgentSocket, err)
+		}
+		ln, err := net.Listen("unix", vncAgentSocket)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("listen on %s: %w", vncAgentSocket, err)
+		}
+		if err := os.Chmod(vncAgentSocket, 0o600); err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("chmod %s: %v", vncAgentSocket, err)
+		}
+
+		capturer, injector, err := newAgentResources()
+		if err != nil {
+			_ = ln.Close()
+			return err
+		}
+		srv := vncserver.New(vncserver.Config{
+			Capturer:      capturer,
+			Injector:      injector,
+			DisableAuth:   true,
+			AgentTokenHex: token,
+			Listener:      ln,
+		})
+
+		if err := srv.Start(cmd.Context(), netip.AddrPort{}, netip.Prefix{}); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("start vnc server: %w", err)
+		}
+		log.Infof("vnc-agent listening on %s, ready", vncAgentSocket)
+
+		<-cmd.Context().Done()
+		log.Info("vnc-agent context cancelled, shutting down")
+		return srv.Stop()
+	},
+	SilenceUsage: true,
+}

client/cmd/vnc_agent_darwin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+//go:build darwin && !ios
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	vncserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc/server"
+)
+
+func newAgentResources() (vncserver.ScreenCapturer, vncserver.InputInjector, error) {
+	capturer := vncserver.NewMacPoller()
+	injector, err := vncserver.NewMacInputInjector()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("macOS input injector: %w", err)
+	}
+	return capturer, injector, nil
+}

client/cmd/vnc_agent_dropprivs_darwin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+//go:build darwin && !ios
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"strconv"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// dropAgentPrivileges drops the vnc-agent process from root (its
+// launchctl-asuser-inherited starting uid) to the target console user
+// before any other initialisation runs. Without this the agent runs as
+// root for the lifetime of the session; any post-auth memory-safety
+// issue in the capture/input/encode paths would then be a root-level
+// RCE on the host instead of a user-level one. Also makes the daemon's
+// LOCAL_PEERCRED check correctly identify the agent as the console user,
+// not as root.
+//
+// Returns an error when the agent is running as a non-root uid that
+// differs from targetUID: non-root can only setuid to itself, so a
+// mismatch here means the spawn went to the wrong session.
+func dropAgentPrivileges(targetUID uint32) error {
+	if targetUID == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("refusing to keep agent running as root (target uid 0)")
+	}
+	cur := uint32(os.Getuid())
+	if cur == targetUID {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if cur != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("agent uid %d does not match expected %d and we lack root to fix it", cur, targetUID)
+	}
+	// Resolve the target user's real primary group rather than reusing
+	// targetUID as the gid: a user's primary group on macOS is typically
+	// staff(20), not gid==uid. Fail closed if the lookup fails.
+	targetGID, err := primaryGroupID(targetUID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Drop supplementary groups first: setgid alone doesn't touch the
+	// auxiliary group list, leaving root's groups attached would let the
+	// dropped process write to root-only group-writable files.
+	if err := syscall.Setgroups([]int{}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("setgroups([]): %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := syscall.Setgid(targetGID); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("setgid(%d): %w", targetGID, err)
+	}
+	if err := syscall.Setuid(int(targetUID)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("setuid(%d): %w", targetUID, err)
+	}
+	if uint32(os.Getuid()) != targetUID || uint32(os.Geteuid()) != targetUID {
+		return fmt.Errorf("setuid verification: uid=%d euid=%d, expected %d", os.Getuid(), os.Geteuid(), targetUID)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// primaryGroupID resolves the real primary group id of the user with the
+// given uid. Fails closed: a lookup or parse error returns an error so the
+// caller never falls back to using uid as the gid.
+func primaryGroupID(targetUID uint32) (int, error) {
+	u, err := user.LookupId(strconv.Itoa(int(targetUID)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("look up uid %d: %w", targetUID, err)
+	}
+	gid, err := strconv.Atoi(u.Gid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("parse gid %q for uid %d: %w", u.Gid, targetUID, err)
+	}
+	return gid, nil
+}

client/cmd/vnc_agent_dropprivs_darwin_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//go:build darwin && !ios
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestDropAgentPrivileges_RefusesRootTarget locks in the contract that
+// dropAgentPrivileges must never be a no-op when asked to keep the
+// agent as root (target uid 0). A future caller that passes 0 by
+// mistake would otherwise leave the post-auth attack surface running
+// with full root privileges.
+func TestDropAgentPrivileges_RefusesRootTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	err := dropAgentPrivileges(0)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected refusal for target uid 0, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "root") {
+		t.Fatalf("error should mention root, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDropAgentPrivileges_NoOpWhenAlreadyTarget covers the dev path
+// where the agent is launched by hand as the target user (no root
+// available, no setuid needed). The helper must succeed silently
+// instead of trying (and failing) a setuid to its current uid.
+func TestDropAgentPrivileges_NoOpWhenAlreadyTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	// Skip when running as root: the early-return path we want to
+	// cover only fires when current uid == target uid.
+	uid := currentUIDForTest()
+	if uid == 0 {
+		t.Skip("test must not run as root; cannot exercise the no-op early-return")
+	}
+	if err := dropAgentPrivileges(uid); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no-op when current uid == target, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDropAgentPrivileges_RefusesMismatchedNonRoot guards the "non-root
+// caller tries to setuid to a different uid" path: setuid would fail
+// with EPERM anyway, but the helper should surface a clear error
+// before issuing the syscall so a misconfigured spawn (wrong --target-uid
+// flag) is debuggable.
+func TestDropAgentPrivileges_RefusesMismatchedNonRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	uid := currentUIDForTest()
+	if uid == 0 {
+		t.Skip("test must not run as root; covered case requires non-root caller")
+	}
+	err := dropAgentPrivileges(uid + 1)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected refusal when non-root caller asks to setuid elsewhere")
+	}
+}

client/cmd/vnc_agent_dropprivs_testhelpers_darwin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build darwin && !ios
+
+package cmd
+
+import "os"
+
+// currentUIDForTest exposes os.Getuid for the darwin dropprivs tests
+// without leaking an os import into the test file itself.
+func currentUIDForTest() uint32 {
+	return uint32(os.Getuid())
+}

client/cmd/vnc_agent_dropprivs_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package cmd
+
+// dropAgentPrivileges is a no-op on Windows: the agent and the daemon
+// both run as SYSTEM (the daemon spawns the agent into the interactive
+// session via CreateProcessAsUser with an impersonation token, but the
+// resulting process still runs under SYSTEM, not under the user's
+// account). The Windows path relies on the DACL-restricted socket
+// directory, the unpredictable per-spawn socket name, the listen-readiness
+// gate, and the per-spawn token for integrity instead.
+func dropAgentPrivileges(_ uint32) error {
+	return nil
+}

client/cmd/vnc_agent_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	vncserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc/server"
+)
+
+func newAgentResources() (vncserver.ScreenCapturer, vncserver.InputInjector, error) {
+	sessionID := vncserver.GetCurrentSessionID()
+	log.Infof("VNC agent running in Windows session %d", sessionID)
+	return vncserver.NewDesktopCapturer(), vncserver.NewWindowsInputInjector(), nil
+}

client/cmd/vnc_flags.go

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package cmd
+
+const (
+	serverVNCAllowedFlag   = "allow-server-vnc"
+	disableVNCApprovalFlag = "disable-vnc-approval"
+)
+
+var (
+	serverVNCAllowed   bool
+	disableVNCApproval bool
+)
+
+func init() {
+	upCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&serverVNCAllowed, serverVNCAllowedFlag, false, "Allow embedded VNC server on peer")
+	upCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&disableVNCApproval, disableVNCApprovalFlag, false, "Disable per-connection user approval prompts for the embedded VNC server")
+}

client/configs/configs.go

@@ -6,19 +6,30 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 )
 
-var StateDir string
+var (
+	// StateDir holds persistent state (config, profiles, install metadata).
+	StateDir string
+	// RuntimeDir holds ephemeral artifacts that should not survive reboot,
+	// such as Unix sockets for daemon and per-session IPC. Empty on
+	// platforms without a conventional /var/run-style location.
+	RuntimeDir string
+)
 
 func init() {
-	StateDir = os.Getenv("NB_STATE_DIR")
-	if StateDir != "" {
-		return
-	}
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "windows":
 		StateDir = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("PROGRAMDATA"), "Netbird")
 	case "darwin", "linux":
 		StateDir = "/var/lib/netbird"
+		RuntimeDir = "/var/run/netbird"
 	case "freebsd", "openbsd", "netbsd", "dragonfly":
 		StateDir = "/var/db/netbird"
+		RuntimeDir = "/var/run/netbird"
+	}
+	if v := os.Getenv("NB_STATE_DIR"); v != "" {
+		StateDir = v
+	}
+	if v := os.Getenv("NB_RUNTIME_DIR"); v != "" {
+		RuntimeDir = v
 	}
 }

client/embed/embed.go

@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func (c *Client) Status() (peer.FullStatus, error) {
 	if connect != nil {
 		engine := connect.Engine()
 		if engine != nil {
-			_ = engine.RunHealthProbes(context.Background(), false)
+			_ = engine.RunHealthProbes(false)
 		}
 	}
 

client/firewall/iptables/acl_linux.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package iptables
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"net"
 	"slices"
 
@@ -421,12 +422,17 @@ func (m *aclManager) updateState() {
 	currentState.Lock()
 	defer currentState.Unlock()
 
+	// Clone the maps so the persisted state holds a private snapshot. The
+	// live maps keep being mutated by subsequent rule operations while the
+	// state manager marshals the state from its periodic-save goroutine.
+	// Sharing them by reference races the two and aborts the process with a
+	// concurrent map iteration and write.
 	if m.v6 {
-		currentState.ACLEntries6 = m.entries
-		currentState.ACLIPsetStore6 = m.ipsetStore
+		currentState.ACLEntries6 = maps.Clone(m.entries)
+		currentState.ACLIPsetStore6 = m.ipsetStore.clone()
 	} else {
-		currentState.ACLEntries = m.entries
-		currentState.ACLIPsetStore = m.ipsetStore
+		currentState.ACLEntries = maps.Clone(m.entries)
+		currentState.ACLIPsetStore = m.ipsetStore.clone()
 	}
 
 	if err := m.stateManager.UpdateState(currentState); err != nil {

client/firewall/iptables/router_linux.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package iptables
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"net/netip"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -749,11 +750,17 @@ func (r *router) updateState() {
 	currentState.Lock()
 	defer currentState.Unlock()
 
+	// Clone the rule map so the persisted state holds a private snapshot. The
+	// live map keeps being mutated by subsequent rule operations while the
+	// state manager marshals the state from its periodic-save goroutine.
+	// Sharing it by reference races the two and aborts the process with a
+	// concurrent map iteration and write. The ipset counter guards itself
+	// during marshaling, so it can be shared directly.
 	if r.v6 {
-		currentState.RouteRules6 = r.rules
+		currentState.RouteRules6 = maps.Clone(r.rules)
 		currentState.RouteIPsetCounter6 = r.ipsetCounter
 	} else {
-		currentState.RouteRules = r.rules
+		currentState.RouteRules = maps.Clone(r.rules)
 		currentState.RouteIPsetCounter = r.ipsetCounter
 	}
 

client/firewall/iptables/rulestore_linux.go

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package iptables
 
-import "encoding/json"
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"maps"
+)
 
 type ipList struct {
 	ips map[string]struct{}
@@ -19,6 +22,14 @@ func (s *ipList) addIP(ip string) {
 	s.ips[ip] = struct{}{}
 }
 
+// clone returns a deep copy of the ipList with its own ips map.
+func (s *ipList) clone() *ipList {
+	if s == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &ipList{ips: maps.Clone(s.ips)}
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler
 func (s *ipList) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(struct {
@@ -55,6 +66,19 @@ func newIpsetStore() *ipsetStore {
 	}
 }
 
+// clone returns a deep copy of the ipsetStore with its own ipsets map and
+// independent ipList entries.
+func (s *ipsetStore) clone() *ipsetStore {
+	if s == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	cloned := &ipsetStore{ipsets: make(map[string]*ipList, len(s.ipsets))}
+	for name, list := range s.ipsets {
+		cloned.ipsets[name] = list.clone()
+	}
+	return cloned
+}
+
 func (s *ipsetStore) ipset(ipsetName string) (*ipList, bool) {
 	r, ok := s.ipsets[ipsetName]
 	return r, ok

client/installer.nsis

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 !define DESCRIPTION "Connect your devices into a secure WireGuard-based overlay network with SSO, MFA, and granular access controls."
 !define INSTALLER_NAME "netbird-installer.exe"
 !define MAIN_APP_EXE "Netbird"
-!define ICON "ui\\build\\windows\\icon.ico"
+!define ICON "ui\\assets\\netbird.ico"
 !define BANNER "ui\\build\\banner.bmp"
 !define LICENSE_DATA "..\\LICENSE"
 
@@ -280,43 +280,6 @@ CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${APP_NAME}.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${UI_APP_EXE}"
 CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\${APP_NAME}.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${UI_APP_EXE}"
 SectionEnd
 
-# Install the Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime if it isn't already present.
-# Macro adapted from Wails3's NSIS template (wails_tools.nsh): a registry
-# probe followed by a silent install of the embedded evergreen bootstrapper.
-# The MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe payload is staged next to this script
-# by the sign-pipelines build step (`wails3 generate webview2bootstrapper`).
-!macro nb.webview2runtime
-    SetRegView 64
-    # Per-machine install marker — populated when the runtime ships with
-    # Edge or has been installed by an admin previously.
-    ReadRegStr $0 HKLM "SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}" "pv"
-    ${If} $0 != ""
-        Goto webview2_ok
-    ${EndIf}
-    # Per-user fallback for HKCU installs.
-    ReadRegStr $0 HKCU "Software\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}" "pv"
-    ${If} $0 != ""
-        Goto webview2_ok
-    ${EndIf}
-
-    SetDetailsPrint both
-    DetailPrint "Installing: WebView2 Runtime"
-    SetDetailsPrint listonly
-
-    InitPluginsDir
-    CreateDirectory "$pluginsdir\webview2bootstrapper"
-    SetOutPath "$pluginsdir\webview2bootstrapper"
-    File "MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe"
-    ExecWait '"$pluginsdir\webview2bootstrapper\MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe" /silent /install'
-
-    SetDetailsPrint both
-    webview2_ok:
-!macroend
-
-Section -WebView2
-    !insertmacro nb.webview2runtime
-SectionEnd
-
 Section -Post
 ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\${MAIN_APP_EXE}" service install'
 ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\${MAIN_APP_EXE}" service start'
@@ -363,9 +326,9 @@ DetailPrint "Deleting application files..."
 Delete "$INSTDIR\${UI_APP_EXE}"
 Delete "$INSTDIR\${MAIN_APP_EXE}"
 Delete "$INSTDIR\wintun.dll"
-# Legacy: pre-Wails installs shipped opengl32.dll (Mesa3D for Fyne); remove
-# any leftover copy on uninstall so old upgrades don't leave it behind.
+!if ${ARCH} == "amd64"
 Delete "$INSTDIR\opengl32.dll"
+!endif
 DetailPrint "Removing application directory..."
 RmDir /r "$INSTDIR"
 

client/internal/approval/broker.go

@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+// Package approval brokers per-attempt user-accept prompts for inbound
+// remote access (VNC today, SSH and others in the future). A caller pushes
+// a Prompt; the broker emits a SystemEvent on the daemon→UI stream and
+// blocks until the UI calls the daemon's RespondApproval RPC, the per-
+// request timeout fires, or no subscriber is connected. The latter case
+// fails closed so a backgrounded UI cannot silently bypass the gate.
+package approval
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
+)
+
+// Metadata keys the broker reserves on the emitted SystemEvent. Callers
+// should not set these themselves; values in Prompt.Metadata that collide
+// are overwritten by the broker.
+const (
+	MetaRequestID = "request_id"
+	MetaKind      = "kind"
+	MetaExpiresAt = "expires_at"
+)
+
+// ShortKeyFingerprint formats a hex-encoded Noise_IK static pubkey as a
+// short, eyeball-able fingerprint to display in the approval dialog.
+// The dashboard-supplied display name attached to a SessionPubKey isn't
+// cryptographically asserted by the connecting client, so the prompt
+// must also show something that IS: the key fingerprint, a hash of
+// the static public key the client just proved possession of during the
+// Noise handshake. Returns the empty string when the input is too short
+// to plausibly be a hex pubkey, so the row is omitted rather than
+// rendered as a misleading partial.
+//
+// Output format: 16 hex chars grouped as XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (64 bits of
+// fingerprint, resistant to random-prefix collisions and easy for a human
+// to compare with an out-of-band reference).
+func ShortKeyFingerprint(hexKey string) string {
+	if len(hexKey) < 8 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	src := hexKey
+	if len(src) > 16 {
+		src = src[:16]
+	}
+	var out []byte
+	for i, c := range src {
+		if i > 0 && i%4 == 0 {
+			out = append(out, '-')
+		}
+		out = append(out, byte(c))
+	}
+	return string(out)
+}
+
+// Kind values for the well-known prompt subjects. New subsystems should
+// add a constant here so the UI can dispatch on a known string.
+const (
+	KindVNC = "vnc"
+	KindSSH = "ssh"
+)
+
+// DefaultTimeout is the wall-clock window the user has to accept or deny a
+// pending approval before the broker fails closed and returns ErrTimeout.
+// Kept well under typical VNC client and dashboard connection timeouts so
+// the RFB rejection actually reaches the browser instead of racing the
+// browser's own "connection timed out" message.
+const DefaultTimeout = 15 * time.Second
+
+// timeoutValue returns the active timeout. It's a var so tests in this
+// package can shorten the wait without exposing a setter on the public
+// API. Production code always sees DefaultTimeout.
+var timeoutValue = func() time.Duration { return DefaultTimeout }
+
+// ErrNoSubscriber indicates no UI is connected to consume the prompt.
+// The caller must reject the underlying connection (fail-closed).
+var ErrNoSubscriber = errors.New("no UI subscriber connected for approval")
+
+// ErrTimeout indicates the user did not respond within DefaultTimeout.
+var ErrTimeout = errors.New("approval timed out")
+
+// ErrDenied indicates the user explicitly denied the connection.
+var ErrDenied = errors.New("approval denied")
+
+// EventPublisher is the subset of peer.Status used to emit prompts.
+type EventPublisher interface {
+	PublishEvent(
+		severity proto.SystemEvent_Severity,
+		category proto.SystemEvent_Category,
+		msg string,
+		userMsg string,
+		metadata map[string]string,
+	)
+	HasEventSubscribers() bool
+}
+
+// Prompt describes the pending request shown to the user. Kind selects
+// the UI dispatch path (e.g. "vnc", "ssh"). Subject is the human-readable
+// one-liner the UI may show as a title or notification body. Metadata is
+// passed through verbatim and is the subsystem-specific payload (peer
+// name, source IP, mode, etc.).
+type Prompt struct {
+	Kind     string
+	Subject  string
+	Metadata map[string]string
+}
+
+// Decision carries the user's response to an approval prompt. ViewOnly is
+// only meaningful when Accept is true; it lets the host grant the
+// connection but signal the requester that input control is withheld.
+type Decision struct {
+	Accept   bool
+	ViewOnly bool
+}
+
+// Broker holds in-flight approval requests keyed by request ID.
+type Broker struct {
+	pub EventPublisher
+
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	pending map[string]chan Decision
+}
+
+// New returns a broker that publishes prompts via pub.
+func New(pub EventPublisher) *Broker {
+	return &Broker{
+		pub:     pub,
+		pending: make(map[string]chan Decision),
+	}
+}
+
+// Request emits a SystemEvent for p and blocks until the UI calls Respond,
+// ctx is cancelled, or DefaultTimeout elapses. Returns a Decision when
+// the user replied; ErrDenied / ErrTimeout / ErrNoSubscriber / ctx.Err
+// otherwise. Callers must treat any non-nil error as a deny.
+func (b *Broker) Request(ctx context.Context, p Prompt) (Decision, error) {
+	var zero Decision
+	if b == nil || b.pub == nil {
+		return zero, fmt.Errorf("approval broker not configured")
+	}
+	if !b.pub.HasEventSubscribers() {
+		return zero, ErrNoSubscriber
+	}
+
+	id := uuid.NewString()
+	resp := make(chan Decision, 1)
+
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	b.pending[id] = resp
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+
+	defer b.dropPending(id)
+
+	timeout := timeoutValue()
+	expiresAt := time.Now().Add(timeout)
+	meta := make(map[string]string, len(p.Metadata)+3)
+	for k, v := range p.Metadata {
+		meta[k] = v
+	}
+	meta[MetaRequestID] = id
+	meta[MetaKind] = p.Kind
+	meta[MetaExpiresAt] = expiresAt.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+
+	subject := p.Subject
+	if subject == "" {
+		subject = fmt.Sprintf("%s connection requires approval", p.Kind)
+	}
+	b.pub.PublishEvent(proto.SystemEvent_INFO, proto.SystemEvent_APPROVAL, subject, subject, meta)
+	log.Debugf("approval request %s (%s) emitted: %s", id, p.Kind, subject)
+
+	timer := time.NewTimer(timeout)
+	defer timer.Stop()
+
+	select {
+	case d := <-resp:
+		if !d.Accept {
+			return zero, ErrDenied
+		}
+		return d, nil
+	case <-timer.C:
+		return zero, ErrTimeout
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return zero, ctx.Err()
+	}
+}
+
+// Respond delivers the user's decision for id. Returns true when a pending
+// request matched and was woken, false when id was unknown or already done.
+func (b *Broker) Respond(id string, d Decision) bool {
+	if b == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	ch, ok := b.pending[id]
+	if ok {
+		delete(b.pending, id)
+	}
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	select {
+	case ch <- d:
+	default:
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func (b *Broker) dropPending(id string) {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	delete(b.pending, id)
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+}

client/internal/approval/broker_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,434 @@
+package approval
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
+)
+
+// fakePublisher records published events and reports whether subscribers
+// are connected. The subscribers flag is the security-critical signal:
+// when false the broker must refuse to emit and the gate must fail closed.
+type fakePublisher struct {
+	mu          sync.Mutex
+	subscribers bool
+	events      []*proto.SystemEvent
+}
+
+func (p *fakePublisher) PublishEvent(
+	severity proto.SystemEvent_Severity,
+	category proto.SystemEvent_Category,
+	msg string,
+	userMsg string,
+	metadata map[string]string,
+) {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	p.events = append(p.events, &proto.SystemEvent{
+		Severity:    severity,
+		Category:    category,
+		Message:     msg,
+		UserMessage: userMsg,
+		Metadata:    metadata,
+	})
+	p.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (p *fakePublisher) HasEventSubscribers() bool {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+	return p.subscribers
+}
+
+func (p *fakePublisher) lastEvent(t *testing.T) *proto.SystemEvent {
+	t.Helper()
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+	require.NotEmpty(t, p.events, "publisher saw no events")
+	return p.events[len(p.events)-1]
+}
+
+func (p *fakePublisher) eventCount() int {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+	return len(p.events)
+}
+
+// TestRequestNoSubscriberFailsClosed is the core fail-closed invariant:
+// when the UI is not subscribed, the broker must refuse without emitting
+// an event or arming a waiter. A regression here is a silent bypass.
+func TestRequestNoSubscriberFailsClosed(t *testing.T) {
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: false}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	_, err := b.Request(context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC, Subject: "test"})
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrNoSubscriber)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, pub.eventCount(), "no event must be emitted when fail-closed")
+
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	pending := len(b.pending)
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, pending, "no waiter must be registered on fail-closed")
+}
+
+// TestRequestTimeoutDenies verifies that a request without a UI response
+// returns ErrTimeout (deny) rather than nil (silent accept). Uses a short
+// per-test broker timeout via Respond after the fact to keep the test fast.
+func TestRequestTimeoutDenies(t *testing.T) {
+	// Replace DefaultTimeout for the lifetime of this test.
+	orig := DefaultTimeout
+	defaultTimeout(t, 60*time.Millisecond)
+	defer defaultTimeout(t, orig)
+
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	_, err := b.Request(context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC, Subject: "test"})
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrTimeout, "missing user response must yield ErrTimeout, not nil")
+	assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, time.Since(start), 50*time.Millisecond, "timeout fired prematurely")
+}
+
+// TestRequestDenied returns ErrDenied when the UI responds with false.
+func TestRequestDenied(t *testing.T) {
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	var requestID string
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		done <- requestErr(b, context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC, Subject: "test"})
+	}()
+
+	requestID = waitForRequestID(t, pub)
+	require.True(t, b.Respond(requestID, Decision{Accept: false}))
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrDenied)
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Request did not return after Respond(false)")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRequestAccepted is the happy path. Failure here doesn't bypass the
+// gate but breaks the feature.
+func TestRequestAccepted(t *testing.T) {
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		done <- requestErr(b, context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC, Subject: "test"})
+	}()
+
+	id := waitForRequestID(t, pub)
+	require.True(t, b.Respond(id, Decision{Accept: true}))
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Request did not return after Respond(true)")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRequestCtxCancelDenies verifies that an upstream cancel (e.g. the
+// engine shutting down mid-prompt) returns the cancel error rather than
+// nil. A nil here would be a silent bypass on shutdown races.
+func TestRequestCtxCancelDenies(t *testing.T) {
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		done <- requestErr(b, ctx, Prompt{Kind: KindVNC, Subject: "test"})
+	}()
+
+	// Wait until the prompt is in flight so cancel races a live waiter.
+	_ = waitForRequestID(t, pub)
+	cancel()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled)
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Request did not return after ctx cancel")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRespondUnknownIsNoop ensures a stray RespondApproval RPC cannot
+// affect or accidentally accept any in-flight request whose id it doesn't
+// match. Also confirms it doesn't panic.
+func TestRespondUnknownIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	// No in-flight prompts: Respond returns false.
+	assert.False(t, b.Respond("does-not-exist", Decision{Accept: true}))
+
+	// With an in-flight prompt, a wrong id still returns false and the
+	// prompt remains armed (eventually timing out as a deny).
+	defaultTimeout(t, 60*time.Millisecond)
+	defer defaultTimeout(t, DefaultTimeout)
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		done <- requestErr(b, context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC})
+	}()
+	realID := waitForRequestID(t, pub)
+	assert.False(t, b.Respond("totally-bogus", Decision{Accept: true}), "unknown id must not match")
+	assert.NotEqual(t, "totally-bogus", realID)
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrTimeout, "armed prompt must still time out, not accept")
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("prompt did not resolve")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRespondAfterTimeoutNoop confirms a late accept response can't
+// retroactively flip a denied (timed-out) request. The dropPending defer
+// in Request must have removed the entry by the time Respond races in.
+func TestRespondAfterTimeoutNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultTimeout(t, 30*time.Millisecond)
+	defer defaultTimeout(t, DefaultTimeout)
+
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		done <- requestErr(b, context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC})
+	}()
+	id := waitForRequestID(t, pub)
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrTimeout)
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("prompt did not time out")
+	}
+
+	assert.False(t, b.Respond(id, Decision{Accept: true}), "late respond must be no-op")
+}
+
+// TestRespondDoubleNoop ensures a duplicate ack from the UI doesn't leak
+// past the matched waiter or panic on a closed/full channel.
+func TestRespondDoubleNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		done <- requestErr(b, context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC})
+	}()
+	id := waitForRequestID(t, pub)
+	require.True(t, b.Respond(id, Decision{Accept: true}))
+	assert.False(t, b.Respond(id, Decision{Accept: false}), "second response must be no-op")
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("prompt did not resolve")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNilBrokerRequestErrors guards the engine pre-init path where the
+// broker may not yet exist (or its publisher is nil): Request must
+// error, never silently accept.
+func TestNilBrokerRequestErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	var b *Broker
+	_, err := b.Request(context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC})
+	assert.Error(t, err, "nil broker must error, never silently accept")
+
+	b2 := New(nil)
+	_, err = b2.Request(context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC})
+	assert.Error(t, err, "broker with nil publisher must error, never silently accept")
+}
+
+// TestPromptMetadataInjected confirms the broker stamps request_id, kind,
+// and expires_at on the emitted event. The UI relies on these keys; if
+// they are dropped, the user cannot route the prompt and the response
+// path breaks (which fails closed via timeout).
+func TestPromptMetadataInjected(t *testing.T) {
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		done <- requestErr(b, context.Background(), Prompt{
+			Kind:     KindVNC,
+			Subject:  "VNC connection from peerA",
+			Metadata: map[string]string{"peer_name": "peerA"},
+		})
+	}()
+
+	id := waitForRequestID(t, pub)
+	ev := pub.lastEvent(t)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, proto.SystemEvent_APPROVAL, ev.Category)
+	assert.Equal(t, KindVNC, ev.Metadata[MetaKind])
+	assert.Equal(t, id, ev.Metadata[MetaRequestID])
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, ev.Metadata[MetaExpiresAt])
+	assert.Equal(t, "peerA", ev.Metadata["peer_name"], "caller metadata must pass through")
+
+	require.True(t, b.Respond(id, Decision{Accept: true}))
+	<-done
+}
+
+// TestConcurrentRequests verifies that two concurrent prompts are tracked
+// independently. A bug that aliases ids would let one Respond unblock
+// the wrong waiter (a silent accept across prompts).
+func TestConcurrentRequests(t *testing.T) {
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	const n = 20
+	results := make(chan error, n)
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			results <- requestErr(b, context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC})
+		}()
+	}
+
+	ids := waitForNRequestIDs(t, pub, n)
+	require.Len(t, ids, n)
+
+	// Deny exactly half, accept the rest. Track outcome per id so we can
+	// match each Request's return value against the response we sent.
+	denySet := make(map[string]bool, n)
+	for i, id := range ids {
+		deny := i%2 == 0
+		denySet[id] = deny
+		require.True(t, b.Respond(id, Decision{Accept: !deny}))
+	}
+
+	// Collect all returns and check no nil errors slipped past a deny.
+	var accepted, denied atomic.Int32
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		select {
+		case err := <-results:
+			if err == nil {
+				accepted.Add(1)
+			} else {
+				assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrDenied)
+				denied.Add(1)
+			}
+		case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+			t.Fatalf("only got %d/%d responses", i, n)
+		}
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(n/2), denied.Load())
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(n/2), accepted.Load())
+}
+
+// waitForRequestID blocks until the publisher sees its next event and
+// returns the request_id stamped on it.
+func waitForRequestID(t *testing.T, pub *fakePublisher) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)
+	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		pub.mu.Lock()
+		count := len(pub.events)
+		var id string
+		if count > 0 {
+			id = pub.events[count-1].Metadata[MetaRequestID]
+		}
+		pub.mu.Unlock()
+		if id != "" {
+			return id
+		}
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	t.Fatal("timeout waiting for emitted event")
+	return ""
+}
+
+func waitForNRequestIDs(t *testing.T, pub *fakePublisher, n int) []string {
+	t.Helper()
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)
+	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		pub.mu.Lock()
+		count := len(pub.events)
+		pub.mu.Unlock()
+		if count >= n {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	pub.mu.Lock()
+	defer pub.mu.Unlock()
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(pub.events))
+	seen := make(map[string]struct{}, len(pub.events))
+	for _, ev := range pub.events {
+		id := ev.Metadata[MetaRequestID]
+		if id == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, dup := seen[id]; dup {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[id] = struct{}{}
+		out = append(out, id)
+	}
+	if len(out) < n {
+		t.Fatalf("only got %d/%d request ids", len(out), n)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// defaultTimeout swaps the broker's per-request wall-clock window so the
+// timeout tests run quickly. Restores the prior value on the next call.
+func defaultTimeout(t *testing.T, d time.Duration) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if d <= 0 {
+		t.Fatal("defaultTimeout must be > 0")
+	}
+	timeoutValue = func() time.Duration { return d }
+}
+
+// requestErr wraps Broker.Request to drop the Decision when tests only
+// care about the error path. Keeps the goroutine bodies tight.
+func requestErr(b *Broker, ctx context.Context, p Prompt) error {
+	_, err := b.Request(ctx, p)
+	return err
+}
+
+// TestRequestViewOnly checks the view-only outcome flows through Request's
+// Decision return without being silently swallowed.
+func TestRequestViewOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	pub := &fakePublisher{subscribers: true}
+	b := New(pub)
+
+	type result struct {
+		d   Decision
+		err error
+	}
+	done := make(chan result, 1)
+	go func() {
+		d, err := b.Request(context.Background(), Prompt{Kind: KindVNC})
+		done <- result{d, err}
+	}()
+
+	id := waitForRequestID(t, pub)
+	require.True(t, b.Respond(id, Decision{Accept: true, ViewOnly: true}))
+
+	select {
+	case r := <-done:
+		assert.NoError(t, r.err)
+		assert.True(t, r.d.Accept)
+		assert.True(t, r.d.ViewOnly, "ViewOnly must survive the round-trip")
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("view-only request did not resolve")
+	}
+}

client/internal/approval/fingerprint_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package approval
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TestShortKeyFingerprint locks in the format the VNC approval prompt
+// shows to the user. The fingerprint is the user's only cryptographic
+// anchor against a malicious management server that pushes a spoofed
+// display name, so accidental changes to its format would silently
+// undermine that defence.
+func TestShortKeyFingerprint(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		in   string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "full_32_byte_pubkey",
+			in:   "0123456789abcdeffedcba9876543210ffeeddccbbaa99887766554433221100",
+			want: "0123-4567-89ab-cdef",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "exactly_16_chars",
+			in:   "0123456789abcdef",
+			want: "0123-4567-89ab-cdef",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "borderline_8_chars",
+			in:   "01234567",
+			want: "0123-4567",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "too_short_returns_empty",
+			in:   "0123",
+			want: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty_returns_empty",
+			in:   "",
+			want: "",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := ShortKeyFingerprint(tc.in)
+			if got != tc.want {
+				t.Fatalf("ShortKeyFingerprint(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.in, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestShortKeyFingerprint_DistinctKeysDistinctOutputs guards against a
+// formatting bug that would collapse different prefixes onto the same
+// displayed fingerprint and let an attacker substitute their pubkey for
+// a victim's while keeping the prompt visually identical.
+func TestShortKeyFingerprint_DistinctKeysDistinctOutputs(t *testing.T) {
+	a := ShortKeyFingerprint("0123456789abcdef" + "rest_of_pubkey_ignored")
+	b := ShortKeyFingerprint("0123456789abcde0" + "rest_of_pubkey_ignored")
+	if a == b {
+		t.Fatalf("expected distinct outputs for distinct prefixes, both = %q", a)
+	}
+}

client/internal/auth/auth.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package auth
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/url"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -22,25 +21,6 @@ import (
 	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
 )
 
-// peerLoginExpiredMsg is the exact phrase the management server returns
-// when a previously SSO-enrolled peer's login has expired. Sourced from
-// shared/management/status/error.go (NewPeerLoginExpiredError). Matched
-// by substring so a future server-side rewording that keeps the phrase
-// still triggers the friendly fallback in Login().
-const peerLoginExpiredMsg = "peer login has expired"
-
-// errSetupKeyOnSSOExpiredPeer replaces the raw management error when the
-// user runs `netbird login -k <setup-key>` against a peer that was
-// originally enrolled via SSO. Wrapped in a PermissionDenied gRPC status
-// so callers' existing isPermissionDenied / isAuthError checks still
-// classify it correctly (early-exit from retry backoff, StatusNeedsLogin
-// in the server state machine).
-var errSetupKeyOnSSOExpiredPeer = status.Error(
-	codes.PermissionDenied,
-	"this peer was originally enrolled via SSO and its session has expired. "+
-		"Setup keys can only enrol new peers — run `netbird up` (interactive SSO) to re-login.",
-)
-
 // Auth manages authentication operations with the management server
 // It maintains a long-lived connection and automatically handles reconnection with backoff
 type Auth struct {
@@ -204,15 +184,6 @@ func (a *Auth) Login(ctx context.Context, setupKey string, jwtToken string) (err
 			log.Debugf("peer registration required")
 			_, err = a.registerPeer(client, ctx, setupKey, jwtToken, pubSSHKey)
 			if err != nil {
-				// The peer pub-key is already on file with the management
-				// server (originally enrolled via SSO) and the session has
-				// expired. The setup-key path can only enrol new peers, so
-				// retrying with -k will keep failing. Replace the raw mgm
-				// message with an actionable hint that tells the user to
-				// re-authenticate via SSO instead.
-				if setupKey != "" && jwtToken == "" && isPeerLoginExpired(err) {
-					err = errSetupKeyOnSSOExpiredPeer
-				}
 				isAuthError = isPermissionDenied(err)
 				return err
 			}
@@ -344,6 +315,7 @@ func (a *Auth) setSystemInfoFlags(info *system.Info) {
 		a.config.RosenpassEnabled,
 		a.config.RosenpassPermissive,
 		a.config.ServerSSHAllowed,
+		a.config.ServerVNCAllowed,
 		a.config.DisableClientRoutes,
 		a.config.DisableServerRoutes,
 		a.config.DisableDNS,
@@ -503,16 +475,3 @@ func isLoginNeeded(err error) bool {
 func isRegistrationNeeded(err error) bool {
 	return isPermissionDenied(err)
 }
-
-// isPeerLoginExpired reports whether err is the management server's
-// "peer login has expired" PermissionDenied response. Used by Login to
-// detect the case where the caller passed a setup-key but the peer is
-// actually an SSO-enrolled record whose session needs refreshing — the
-// setup-key path cannot help there.
-func isPeerLoginExpired(err error) bool {
-	if !isPermissionDenied(err) {
-		return false
-	}
-	s, _ := status.FromError(err)
-	return strings.Contains(s.Message(), peerLoginExpiredMsg)
-}

client/internal/auth/auth_test.go

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-package auth
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
-)
-
-func TestIsPeerLoginExpired(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		name string
-		err  error
-		want bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "nil",
-			err:  nil,
-			want: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "plain error (not a gRPC status)",
-			err:  errors.New("network read: connection reset"),
-			want: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "PermissionDenied with different message",
-			err:  status.Error(codes.PermissionDenied, "user is blocked"),
-			want: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Unauthenticated with the expected phrase",
-			// Wrong status code — must still return false.
-			err:  status.Error(codes.Unauthenticated, "peer login has expired, please log in once more"),
-			want: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "exact server message",
-			err:  status.Error(codes.PermissionDenied, "peer login has expired, please log in once more"),
-			want: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "phrase as substring",
-			// Future-proofing: if mgm reworords but keeps the phrase,
-			// the friendly fallback must still kick in.
-			err:  status.Error(codes.PermissionDenied, "session refused: peer login has expired (account=foo)"),
-			want: true,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := isPeerLoginExpired(tc.err); got != tc.want {
-				t.Fatalf("isPeerLoginExpired(%v) = %v, want %v", tc.err, got, tc.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestErrSetupKeyOnSSOExpiredPeer(t *testing.T) {
-	// Sentinel must surface as PermissionDenied so the upstream
-	// isPermissionDenied / isAuthError checks classify it correctly
-	// (short-circuit retry backoff, set StatusNeedsLogin).
-	if !isPermissionDenied(errSetupKeyOnSSOExpiredPeer) {
-		t.Fatalf("errSetupKeyOnSSOExpiredPeer must be a PermissionDenied gRPC error")
-	}
-
-	// Message must actually mention SSO and `netbird up` so it is
-	// actionable for the end user. Loose substring checks keep the
-	// test resilient to copy edits.
-	s, _ := status.FromError(errSetupKeyOnSSOExpiredPeer)
-	msg := strings.ToLower(s.Message())
-	for _, want := range []string{"sso", "netbird up"} {
-		if !strings.Contains(msg, want) {
-			t.Errorf("sentinel message should contain %q, got %q", want, s.Message())
-		}
-	}
-}

client/internal/auth/pending_flow.go

@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-package auth
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// PendingFlow stores an in-progress OAuth flow between the RPC that
-// initiates it (returns the verification URI to the UI) and the RPC
-// that waits for the user to complete it. The flow handle, the
-// device-code info, and the absolute expiry are kept together so the
-// waiting RPC can validate the device code and reuse the same flow.
-//
-// PendingFlow is safe for concurrent use; callers must not access the
-// stored fields directly.
-type PendingFlow struct {
-	mu         sync.Mutex
-	flow       OAuthFlow
-	info       AuthFlowInfo
-	expiresAt  time.Time
-	waitCancel context.CancelFunc
-}
-
-// NewPendingFlow returns an empty PendingFlow ready to be populated by Set.
-func NewPendingFlow() *PendingFlow {
-	return &PendingFlow{}
-}
-
-// Set stores the flow and its authorization info, computing the absolute
-// expiry from info.ExpiresIn (seconds, as returned by the IdP).
-func (p *PendingFlow) Set(flow OAuthFlow, info AuthFlowInfo) {
-	p.mu.Lock()
-	defer p.mu.Unlock()
-	p.flow = flow
-	p.info = info
-	p.expiresAt = time.Now().Add(time.Duration(info.ExpiresIn) * time.Second)
-}
-
-// Get returns the stored flow, info, and whether a flow is currently
-// pending. Returns (nil, zero, false) after Clear or before Set.
-func (p *PendingFlow) Get() (OAuthFlow, AuthFlowInfo, bool) {
-	p.mu.Lock()
-	defer p.mu.Unlock()
-	if p.flow == nil {
-		return nil, AuthFlowInfo{}, false
-	}
-	return p.flow, p.info, true
-}
-
-// ExpiresAt returns the absolute expiry of the pending flow. Returns
-// the zero time when no flow is pending.
-func (p *PendingFlow) ExpiresAt() time.Time {
-	p.mu.Lock()
-	defer p.mu.Unlock()
-	return p.expiresAt
-}
-
-// SetWaitCancel records the cancel function for the goroutine currently
-// blocked in WaitToken so a new RequestAuth can preempt it.
-func (p *PendingFlow) SetWaitCancel(cancel context.CancelFunc) {
-	p.mu.Lock()
-	defer p.mu.Unlock()
-	p.waitCancel = cancel
-}
-
-// CancelWait invokes and clears the stored wait-cancel, if any. Safe to
-// call when no wait is in progress.
-func (p *PendingFlow) CancelWait() {
-	p.mu.Lock()
-	cancel := p.waitCancel
-	p.waitCancel = nil
-	p.mu.Unlock()
-	if cancel != nil {
-		cancel()
-	}
-}
-
-// Clear resets the pending flow to empty. Any stored wait-cancel is
-// dropped without being invoked — call CancelWait first if the waiting
-// goroutine must be stopped.
-func (p *PendingFlow) Clear() {
-	p.mu.Lock()
-	defer p.mu.Unlock()
-	p.flow = nil
-	p.info = AuthFlowInfo{}
-	p.expiresAt = time.Time{}
-	p.waitCancel = nil
-}

client/internal/auth/sessionwatch/event.go

@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-package sessionwatch
-
-import (
-	"strconv"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// internal event kinds are no longer exposed: the watcher drives the Sink
-// directly (NotifyStateChange on deadline change/clear, PublishEvent at
-// each warning lead). Tests use a mock Sink to observe what the watcher
-// emits.
-
-// Metadata keys attached by the daemon to session-warning SystemEvents.
-// The UI tray reads these to build a locale-aware notification without
-// relying on the daemon's locale-less UserMessage string, and to
-// disambiguate the T-WarningLead notification from the T-FinalWarningLead
-// fallback that auto-opens the SessionAboutToExpire dialog.
-const (
-	// MetaSessionWarning is set to "true" on both warning events (T-10 and
-	// T-2) so the UI can detect a session-warning SystemEvent without
-	// matching on the message text. Use MetaSessionFinal to distinguish
-	// the two.
-	MetaSessionWarning = "session_warning"
-	// MetaSessionFinal is set to "true" on the T-FinalWarningLead event
-	// only. Consumers that need to auto-open the SessionAboutToExpire
-	// dialog gate on this; T-WarningLead events leave the field unset.
-	MetaSessionFinal = "session_final_warning"
-	// MetaSessionExpiresAt carries the absolute UTC deadline encoded with
-	// FormatExpiresAt; consumers must decode with ParseExpiresAt so a
-	// future format change stays a single edit.
-	MetaSessionExpiresAt = "session_expires_at"
-	// MetaSessionLeadMinutes carries the lead in whole minutes (WarningLead
-	// for the T-10 event, FinalWarningLead for the T-2 event) so the UI
-	// can show "expires in ~N minutes" without hardcoding either constant.
-	MetaSessionLeadMinutes = "lead_minutes"
-	// MetaSessionDeadlineRejected is attached to the ERROR/AUTHENTICATION
-	// SystemEvent the daemon emits when it discards a deadline from the
-	// management server (pre-epoch, too far in the future, or past the
-	// clock-skew tolerance). The value is the rejection reason string.
-	// userMessage is left empty; the UI detects the event via this key
-	// and builds a localized notification — same pattern as the session
-	// warnings above.
-	MetaSessionDeadlineRejected = "session_deadline_rejected"
-)
-
-// expiresAtLayout is the wire format used for MetaSessionExpiresAt.
-// Producer and consumers both go through FormatExpiresAt/ParseExpiresAt
-// so this layout stays a single source of truth.
-const expiresAtLayout = time.RFC3339
-
-// FormatExpiresAt encodes a deadline for MetaSessionExpiresAt. Always
-// emits UTC so a consumer in another timezone reads the same wall-clock
-// deadline.
-func FormatExpiresAt(t time.Time) string {
-	return t.UTC().Format(expiresAtLayout)
-}
-
-// ParseExpiresAt decodes the MetaSessionExpiresAt value back to a UTC
-// time. Returns an error when the field is empty or malformed; the
-// caller decides whether to fall back (zero value) or propagate.
-func ParseExpiresAt(s string) (time.Time, error) {
-	t, err := time.Parse(expiresAtLayout, s)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Time{}, err
-	}
-	return t.UTC(), nil
-}
-
-// FormatLeadMinutes encodes a lead duration for MetaSessionLeadMinutes
-// as the integer count of whole minutes. Sub-minute residuals are
-// truncated — the field is informational ("expires in ~N minutes") and
-// fractional minutes don't change what the UI displays.
-func FormatLeadMinutes(d time.Duration) string {
-	return strconv.Itoa(int(d / time.Minute))
-}
-
-// ParseLeadMinutes decodes a MetaSessionLeadMinutes value. Returns 0
-// and the parse error for malformed input; consumers that prefer a
-// silent fallback can simply ignore the error.
-func ParseLeadMinutes(s string) (int, error) {
-	return strconv.Atoi(s)
-}

client/internal/auth/sessionwatch/watcher.go

@@ -1,387 +0,0 @@
-// Package sessionwatch tracks the SSO session expiry deadline that the
-// management server publishes via LoginResponse / SyncResponse and fires
-// two warning events at fixed lead times before expiry: an interactive
-// T-WarningLead notification and a dismiss-gated T-FinalWarningLead
-// fallback dialog.
-//
-// The watcher is idempotent: Update may be called as often as the network
-// map snapshots arrive. Repeating the same deadline is a no-op; a new
-// deadline reschedules the timers and arms a fresh warning cycle.
-//
-// Warning firing is edge-detected. Each unique deadline value fires each
-// warning callback at most once.
-package sessionwatch
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
-	cProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
-)
-
-const (
-	// Skew tolerates a small clock difference between the management
-	// server and this peer before treating a deadline as "in the past".
-	// Slightly above typical NTP drift; tight enough that the UI doesn't
-	// paint a stale expiry as if it were valid.
-	Skew = 30 * time.Second
-
-	// maxDeadlineHorizon caps how far in the future an accepted deadline
-	// can sit. A timestamp beyond this is almost certainly a protocol
-	// glitch, and silently arming a 100-year timer would hide the bug.
-	maxDeadlineHorizon = 10 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour
-
-	// WarningLead is how far before expiry the first (interactive)
-	// warning fires. Drives the T-10 OS notification with
-	// Extend/Dismiss actions.
-	WarningLead = 10 * time.Minute
-
-	// FinalWarningLead is how far before expiry the fallback final
-	// warning fires. Drives the auto-opened SessionAboutToExpire dialog,
-	// but only when the user has not dismissed the T-WarningLead warning
-	// for the same deadline. Must be strictly less than WarningLead.
-	FinalWarningLead = 2 * time.Minute
-)
-
-var (
-	// ErrDeadlineBeforeEpoch is returned by Update when the supplied
-	// deadline pre-dates 1970-01-01.
-	ErrDeadlineBeforeEpoch = errors.New("session deadline before unix epoch")
-
-	// ErrDeadlineTooFarFuture is returned by Update when the supplied
-	// deadline is more than maxDeadlineHorizon in the future.
-	ErrDeadlineTooFarFuture = errors.New("session deadline too far in the future")
-
-	// ErrDeadlineInPast is returned by Update when the supplied deadline
-	// is more than Skew in the past.
-	ErrDeadlineInPast = errors.New("session deadline in the past")
-)
-
-// StatusRecorder is the side-effect surface the watcher drives on every
-// state transition. Production wires this to peer.Status (SetSessionExpiresAt
-// for deadline change/clear, PublishEvent for the two warnings); tests pass
-// a fake recorder so the same surface is observable without an engine.
-//
-// The watcher is the single owner of the deadline propagated to the
-// recorder: every set, clear, sanity-check rejection and Close routes the
-// value through SetSessionExpiresAt, so the SubscribeStatus snapshot the UI
-// reads can never drift from the watcher's timer state. (SetSessionExpiresAt
-// fans out its own state-change notification, so no separate notify is
-// needed.) The recorder is server-scoped and outlives this engine-scoped
-// watcher — without the Close-time clear a teardown (Down, or the Down+Up of
-// a profile switch) would leave the next session showing the previous one's
-// stale "expires in" value.
-//
-// PublishEvent's signature mirrors peer.Status.PublishEvent: the watcher
-// composes the metadata internally so the wire format (MetaSession*) is
-// owned by sessionwatch, not the caller.
-type StatusRecorder interface {
-	SetSessionExpiresAt(deadline time.Time)
-	PublishEvent(
-		severity cProto.SystemEvent_Severity,
-		category cProto.SystemEvent_Category,
-		message string,
-		userMessage string,
-		metadata map[string]string,
-	)
-}
-
-// Watcher observes the latest session deadline and fires two warnings
-// before it expires: the interactive T-WarningLead notification, and the
-// fallback T-FinalWarningLead dialog (suppressed when the user dismissed
-// the first one for the same deadline). Safe for concurrent use.
-type Watcher struct {
-	lead      time.Duration
-	finalLead time.Duration
-
-	mu           sync.Mutex
-	current      time.Time
-	timer        *time.Timer
-	finalTimer   *time.Timer
-	firedAt      time.Time // deadline value the T-WarningLead callback last fired against
-	finalFiredAt time.Time // deadline value the T-FinalWarningLead callback last fired against
-	dismissedAt  time.Time // deadline value the user dismissed via Dismiss(); gates fireFinal
-	closed       bool
-	recorder     StatusRecorder
-}
-
-// New returns a watcher with the package defaults WarningLead and
-// FinalWarningLead. Pass nil for recorder to silence side effects (handy
-// in unit tests that exercise sanity checks without observing the publish
-// path).
-func New(recorder StatusRecorder) *Watcher {
-	return NewWithLeads(WarningLead, FinalWarningLead, recorder)
-}
-
-// NewWithLeads returns a watcher with custom lead times. Useful for tests.
-// final must be strictly less than lead; otherwise both timers fire in the
-// wrong order or simultaneously and the UI flow breaks. A zero final lead
-// disables the final-warning timer entirely (see armTimerLocked) so a
-// millisecond-scale deadline doesn't flush both timers in one tick.
-func NewWithLeads(lead, final time.Duration, recorder StatusRecorder) *Watcher {
-	return &Watcher{
-		lead:      lead,
-		finalLead: final,
-		recorder:  recorder,
-	}
-}
-
-// Update sets the latest deadline. Pass the zero time to clear (e.g. when
-// a Sync push from the server omits the field because login expiration
-// was disabled).
-//
-// Same-value updates are no-ops. A different non-zero value cancels any
-// pending timer, resets the "already fired" guard, and arms a new one.
-//
-// Returns one of the sentinel Err* values when the deadline fails the
-// sanity checks (pre-epoch, far future, or in the past beyond Skew).
-// In every error case the watcher first clears its state so it stays
-// consistent with what the caller will push into its other sinks (e.g.
-// applySessionDeadline forces a zero deadline into the status recorder
-// after a non-nil error).
-func (w *Watcher) Update(deadline time.Time) error {
-	w.mu.Lock()
-	if w.closed {
-		w.mu.Unlock()
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if deadline.IsZero() {
-		w.clearLocked()
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	now := time.Now()
-	switch {
-	case deadline.Before(time.Unix(0, 0)):
-		w.clearLocked()
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrDeadlineBeforeEpoch, deadline)
-	case deadline.After(now.Add(maxDeadlineHorizon)):
-		w.clearLocked()
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrDeadlineTooFarFuture, deadline)
-	case deadline.Before(now.Add(-Skew)):
-		w.clearLocked()
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v (now=%v)", ErrDeadlineInPast, deadline, now)
-	}
-
-	if deadline.Equal(w.current) {
-		w.mu.Unlock()
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	w.stopTimerLocked()
-	w.current = deadline
-	// Reset every per-deadline guard so a refreshed deadline arms a fresh
-	// warning cycle: both edge triggers and the user Dismiss decision
-	// (the user agreed to the old deadline expiring; a new deadline
-	// restarts the contract).
-	w.firedAt = time.Time{}
-	w.finalFiredAt = time.Time{}
-	w.dismissedAt = time.Time{}
-
-	w.armTimerLocked(deadline)
-	recorder := w.recorder
-	w.mu.Unlock()
-	if recorder != nil {
-		recorder.SetSessionExpiresAt(deadline)
-	}
-	log.Infof("auth session deadline set to: %s (in %s)", deadline.Format(time.RFC3339), time.Until(deadline).Round(time.Second))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Deadline returns the most recently observed deadline. Zero when no
-// deadline is currently tracked.
-func (w *Watcher) Deadline() time.Time {
-	w.mu.Lock()
-	defer w.mu.Unlock()
-	return w.current
-}
-
-// Dismiss records the user's "Dismiss" action against the current deadline
-// and suppresses the upcoming final-warning callback for that deadline.
-// Idempotent: repeated calls are no-ops. A subsequent Update with a fresh
-// deadline resets the dismissal so the final-warning cycle re-arms.
-//
-// No-op when the watcher holds no deadline or has been closed.
-func (w *Watcher) Dismiss() {
-	w.mu.Lock()
-	defer w.mu.Unlock()
-	if w.closed || w.current.IsZero() {
-		return
-	}
-	if w.dismissedAt.Equal(w.current) {
-		return
-	}
-	w.dismissedAt = w.current
-	// Cancel the armed final-warning timer eagerly. fireFinal would also
-	// gate on dismissedAt, but stopping the timer avoids a wakeup with
-	// nothing to do and makes the intent visible.
-	if w.finalTimer != nil {
-		w.finalTimer.Stop()
-		w.finalTimer = nil
-	}
-	log.Infof("auth session final-warning dismissed for deadline %s", w.current.Format(time.RFC3339))
-}
-
-// Close stops any pending timer and drops the deadline on the status
-// recorder. Update calls after Close are ignored. Clearing the recorder
-// here is what keeps a teardown (Down, or the Down+Up of a profile switch)
-// from leaving the next session showing this one's stale "expires in"
-// value — the recorder is server-scoped and outlives this engine-scoped
-// watcher, so nothing else drops the anchor on teardown.
-func (w *Watcher) Close() {
-	w.mu.Lock()
-	if w.closed {
-		w.mu.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
-	w.closed = true
-	w.stopTimerLocked()
-	hadDeadline := !w.current.IsZero()
-	w.current = time.Time{}
-	w.firedAt = time.Time{}
-	w.finalFiredAt = time.Time{}
-	w.dismissedAt = time.Time{}
-	recorder := w.recorder
-	w.mu.Unlock()
-	if recorder != nil && hadDeadline {
-		recorder.SetSessionExpiresAt(time.Time{})
-	}
-}
-
-// clearLocked drops the tracked deadline and notifies the recorder so
-// downstream consumers (SubscribeStatus stream, UI) drop their anchor.
-// The caller must hold w.mu; this helper releases it before invoking
-// the recorder.
-func (w *Watcher) clearLocked() {
-	if w.current.IsZero() {
-		w.mu.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
-	w.stopTimerLocked()
-	w.current = time.Time{}
-	w.firedAt = time.Time{}
-	w.finalFiredAt = time.Time{}
-	w.dismissedAt = time.Time{}
-	recorder := w.recorder
-	w.mu.Unlock()
-	if recorder != nil {
-		recorder.SetSessionExpiresAt(time.Time{})
-	}
-	log.Infof("auth session deadline cleared")
-}
-
-func (w *Watcher) stopTimerLocked() {
-	if w.timer != nil {
-		w.timer.Stop()
-		w.timer = nil
-	}
-	if w.finalTimer != nil {
-		w.finalTimer.Stop()
-		w.finalTimer = nil
-	}
-}
-
-func (w *Watcher) armTimerLocked(deadline time.Time) {
-	w.timer = armOneShotLocked(deadline.Add(-w.lead), func() { w.fire(deadline) })
-	// finalLead <= 0 disables the final-warning timer entirely. Used by
-	// tests that predate the final-warning fallback so a millisecond-scale
-	// deadline does not flush both timers at once.
-	if w.finalLead > 0 {
-		w.finalTimer = armOneShotLocked(deadline.Add(-w.finalLead), func() { w.fireFinal(deadline) })
-	}
-}
-
-func (w *Watcher) fire(armedFor time.Time) {
-	w.mu.Lock()
-	if w.closed || !w.current.Equal(armedFor) {
-		// Deadline moved while we were waiting (e.g. a successful extend).
-		// The reschedule path armed a fresh timer; this one is stale.
-		w.mu.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
-	if !w.firedAt.IsZero() && w.firedAt.Equal(armedFor) {
-		w.mu.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
-	w.firedAt = armedFor
-	recorder := w.recorder
-	w.mu.Unlock()
-	if recorder == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	log.Infof("auth session expiry soon warning fired")
-	publishWarning(recorder, armedFor, false)
-}
-
-// fireFinal mirrors fire for the T-FinalWarningLead timer with an extra
-// dismiss-gate: if the user dismissed the T-WarningLead notification for
-// this deadline, the final warning is suppressed entirely.
-func (w *Watcher) fireFinal(armedFor time.Time) {
-	w.mu.Lock()
-	if w.closed || !w.current.Equal(armedFor) {
-		w.mu.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
-	if !w.finalFiredAt.IsZero() && w.finalFiredAt.Equal(armedFor) {
-		w.mu.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
-	if w.dismissedAt.Equal(armedFor) {
-		w.mu.Unlock()
-		log.Infof("auth session final-warning skipped (dismissed by user)")
-		return
-	}
-	w.finalFiredAt = armedFor
-	recorder := w.recorder
-	w.mu.Unlock()
-	if recorder == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	log.Infof("auth session final-warning fired")
-	publishWarning(recorder, armedFor, true)
-}
-
-// armOneShotLocked schedules cb at fireAt. When fireAt is already in the
-// past it dispatches on the next scheduler tick so a state-change recorder
-// notification (invoked after w.mu is released) lands first. Caller must
-// hold w.mu.
-func armOneShotLocked(fireAt time.Time, cb func()) *time.Timer {
-	delay := time.Until(fireAt)
-	if delay <= 0 {
-		return time.AfterFunc(0, cb)
-	}
-	return time.AfterFunc(delay, cb)
-}
-
-// publishWarning composes the SystemEvent for a watcher-fired warning and
-// pushes it through the recorder. Severity is CRITICAL on both — bypassing
-// the user's Notifications toggle is deliberate: missing the warning
-// window forces the post-mortem SessionExpired flow (tunnel torn down,
-// lock icon, manual re-login), which is the UX we are trying to avoid.
-func publishWarning(recorder StatusRecorder, deadline time.Time, final bool) {
-	lead := WarningLead
-	message := "session expiry warning"
-	meta := map[string]string{
-		MetaSessionWarning:   "true",
-		MetaSessionExpiresAt: FormatExpiresAt(deadline),
-	}
-	if final {
-		lead = FinalWarningLead
-		message = "session expiry final warning"
-		meta[MetaSessionFinal] = "true"
-	}
-	meta[MetaSessionLeadMinutes] = FormatLeadMinutes(lead)
-
-	recorder.PublishEvent(
-		cProto.SystemEvent_CRITICAL,
-		cProto.SystemEvent_AUTHENTICATION,
-		message,
-		"",
-		meta,
-	)
-}

client/internal/auth/sessionwatch/watcher_test.go

@@ -1,519 +0,0 @@
-package sessionwatch
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"sync"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	cProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
-)
-
-// fakeRecorder satisfies StatusRecorder and records every call so tests
-// can observe what the watcher emits. SetSessionExpiresAt and PublishEvent
-// land in the same ordered events slice (with the Kind distinguishing
-// them) so tests that care about ordering still work. lastDeadline holds
-// the most recent value passed to SetSessionExpiresAt so tests can assert
-// the recorder ended up cleared/set as expected.
-type fakeRecorder struct {
-	mu           sync.Mutex
-	events       []event
-	lastDeadline time.Time
-}
-
-type eventKind int
-
-const (
-	stateChange eventKind = iota
-	publish
-)
-
-type event struct {
-	kind eventKind
-	// Set only for publish events.
-	severity cProto.SystemEvent_Severity
-	category cProto.SystemEvent_Category
-	message  string
-	meta     map[string]string
-}
-
-// SetSessionExpiresAt mirrors peer.Status: a same-value write is a no-op,
-// a real change records the new value and fans out a state-change (the
-// production recorder calls notifyStateChange internally). The baseline
-// is the zero time, so an initial clear before any deadline is set emits
-// nothing — matching the real recorder.
-func (r *fakeRecorder) SetSessionExpiresAt(deadline time.Time) {
-	r.mu.Lock()
-	defer r.mu.Unlock()
-	if r.lastDeadline.Equal(deadline) {
-		return
-	}
-	r.lastDeadline = deadline
-	r.events = append(r.events, event{kind: stateChange})
-}
-
-func (r *fakeRecorder) deadline() time.Time {
-	r.mu.Lock()
-	defer r.mu.Unlock()
-	return r.lastDeadline
-}
-
-func (r *fakeRecorder) PublishEvent(
-	severity cProto.SystemEvent_Severity,
-	category cProto.SystemEvent_Category,
-	message string,
-	_ string,
-	metadata map[string]string,
-) {
-	r.mu.Lock()
-	defer r.mu.Unlock()
-	r.events = append(r.events, event{
-		kind:     publish,
-		severity: severity,
-		category: category,
-		message:  message,
-		meta:     metadata,
-	})
-}
-
-func (r *fakeRecorder) snapshot() []event {
-	r.mu.Lock()
-	defer r.mu.Unlock()
-	out := make([]event, len(r.events))
-	copy(out, r.events)
-	return out
-}
-
-func (e event) isFinalWarning() bool {
-	return e.kind == publish && e.meta[MetaSessionFinal] == "true"
-}
-
-func (e event) isWarning() bool {
-	return e.kind == publish && e.meta[MetaSessionWarning] == "true" && e.meta[MetaSessionFinal] != "true"
-}
-
-func countWhere(events []event, pred func(event) bool) int {
-	n := 0
-	for _, e := range events {
-		if pred(e) {
-			n++
-		}
-	}
-	return n
-}
-
-func waitForEvents(t *testing.T, r *fakeRecorder, want int) []event {
-	t.Helper()
-	deadline := time.Now().Add(500 * time.Millisecond)
-	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
-		if got := r.snapshot(); len(got) >= want {
-			return got
-		}
-		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
-	}
-	got := r.snapshot()
-	t.Fatalf("timed out waiting for %d events, got %d: %+v", want, len(got), got)
-	return nil
-}
-
-// newWatcher builds a watcher with the final timer disabled (finalLead=0),
-// matching the lead-only behaviour the pre-final-warning tests assume.
-func newWatcher(lead time.Duration, r *fakeRecorder) *Watcher {
-	return NewWithLeads(lead, 0, r)
-}
-
-func TestUpdateZeroBeforeAnythingIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(50*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	_ = w.Update(time.Time{})
-
-	if got := r.snapshot(); len(got) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected no events on initial zero, got %+v", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUpdateNonZeroFiresStateChange(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(50*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	d := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-
-	events := waitForEvents(t, r, 1)
-	if events[0].kind != stateChange {
-		t.Fatalf("expected stateChange, got %+v", events[0])
-	}
-	if !w.Deadline().Equal(d) {
-		t.Fatalf("deadline mismatch: %v vs %v", w.Deadline(), d)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestSameDeadlineIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(50*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	d := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-
-	events := waitForEvents(t, r, 1)
-	if len(events) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected exactly 1 event for repeated same deadline, got %d: %+v", len(events), events)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestWarningFiresOnceWithinLeadWindow(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	lead := 50 * time.Millisecond
-	w := newWatcher(lead, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	// Deadline 80ms out — warning should fire after ~30ms.
-	d := time.Now().Add(80 * time.Millisecond)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-
-	events := waitForEvents(t, r, 2)
-	if events[0].kind != stateChange {
-		t.Fatalf("event[0] should be stateChange, got %+v", events[0])
-	}
-	if !events[1].isWarning() {
-		t.Fatalf("event[1] should be a warning publish, got %+v", events[1])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestWarningFiresImmediatelyWhenAlreadyInsideWindow(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(time.Hour, r) // lead > delta => fire immediately
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	d := time.Now().Add(10 * time.Millisecond)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-
-	events := waitForEvents(t, r, 2)
-	if !events[1].isWarning() {
-		t.Fatalf("expected immediate warning publish, got %+v", events[1])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNewDeadlineCancelsPriorTimer(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	lead := 50 * time.Millisecond
-	w := newWatcher(lead, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	first := time.Now().Add(80 * time.Millisecond) // would fire warning ~30ms in
-	_ = w.Update(first)
-
-	// Replace with a far-future deadline before the warning fires.
-	time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
-	second := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
-	_ = w.Update(second)
-
-	// Wait past when first's warning would have fired.
-	time.Sleep(80 * time.Millisecond)
-
-	if n := countWhere(r.snapshot(), event.isWarning); n != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("warning fired for cancelled deadline: %+v", r.snapshot())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRefreshAfterFireArmsNewWarning(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	lead := 30 * time.Millisecond
-	w := newWatcher(lead, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	first := time.Now().Add(50 * time.Millisecond)
-	_ = w.Update(first)
-
-	// Wait for stateChange + warning of the first cycle.
-	waitForEvents(t, r, 2)
-
-	// Simulate a successful extend: brand new deadline.
-	second := time.Now().Add(60 * time.Millisecond)
-	_ = w.Update(second)
-
-	// 4 events total: stateChange, warning (first), stateChange, warning (second).
-	events := waitForEvents(t, r, 4)
-	if events[2].kind != stateChange {
-		t.Fatalf("event[2] should be stateChange for the new deadline, got %+v", events[2])
-	}
-	if !events[3].isWarning() {
-		t.Fatalf("event[3] should be a warning publish for the new deadline, got %+v", events[3])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUpdateZeroAfterNonZeroClearsState(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(time.Hour, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	d := time.Now().Add(2 * time.Hour)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-	waitForEvents(t, r, 1)
-
-	_ = w.Update(time.Time{})
-
-	events := waitForEvents(t, r, 2)
-	if events[1].kind != stateChange {
-		t.Fatalf("expected stateChange on clear, got %+v", events[1])
-	}
-	if !w.Deadline().IsZero() {
-		t.Fatalf("Deadline should be zero after clear")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUpdateRejectsBeforeEpoch(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(50*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	good := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
-	if err := w.Update(good); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed Update: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	err := w.Update(time.Unix(-100, 0))
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrDeadlineBeforeEpoch) {
-		t.Fatalf("want ErrDeadlineBeforeEpoch, got %v", err)
-	}
-	if !w.Deadline().IsZero() {
-		t.Fatalf("rejected pre-epoch update must clear deadline; got %v", w.Deadline())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUpdateRejectsTooFarFuture(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(50*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	good := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
-	if err := w.Update(good); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed Update: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	err := w.Update(time.Now().Add(50 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour))
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrDeadlineTooFarFuture) {
-		t.Fatalf("want ErrDeadlineTooFarFuture, got %v", err)
-	}
-	if !w.Deadline().IsZero() {
-		t.Fatalf("rejected far-future update must clear deadline; got %v", w.Deadline())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUpdateInPastClearsDeadline(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(50*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	good := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
-	if err := w.Update(good); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed Update: %v", err)
-	}
-	// Drain the stateChange from the seed.
-	waitForEvents(t, r, 1)
-
-	err := w.Update(time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Hour))
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrDeadlineInPast) {
-		t.Fatalf("want ErrDeadlineInPast, got %v", err)
-	}
-	if !w.Deadline().IsZero() {
-		t.Fatalf("in-past update must clear the deadline, got %v", w.Deadline())
-	}
-	events := waitForEvents(t, r, 2)
-	if events[1].kind != stateChange {
-		t.Fatalf("expected stateChange on clear, got %+v", events[1])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUpdateWithinSkewAccepted(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(50*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	// 5 seconds in the past is within the 30s Skew tolerance — accept it.
-	d := time.Now().Add(-5 * time.Second)
-	if err := w.Update(d); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("within-skew Update should succeed, got %v", err)
-	}
-	if !w.Deadline().Equal(d) {
-		t.Fatalf("expected deadline to be applied, got %v want %v", w.Deadline(), d)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCloseSilencesUpdates(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(50*time.Millisecond, r)
-	w.Close()
-
-	_ = w.Update(time.Now().Add(time.Hour))
-
-	time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond)
-	if got := r.snapshot(); len(got) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected no events after Close, got %+v", got)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestCloseClearsRecorderDeadline pins the profile-switch fix: a watcher
-// holding a live deadline must zero the recorder on Close so the next
-// engine's watcher (and the UI reading the shared server-scoped recorder)
-// doesn't start out showing the previous session's stale "expires in".
-func TestCloseClearsRecorderDeadline(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(time.Hour, r)
-
-	d := time.Now().Add(2 * time.Hour)
-	if err := w.Update(d); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed Update: %v", err)
-	}
-	if got := r.deadline(); !got.Equal(d) {
-		t.Fatalf("recorder deadline after Update = %v, want %v", got, d)
-	}
-
-	w.Close()
-
-	if got := r.deadline(); !got.IsZero() {
-		t.Fatalf("recorder deadline after Close = %v, want zero", got)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestCloseWithoutDeadlineLeavesRecorderUntouched guards the symmetric
-// case: closing a watcher that never held a deadline must not emit a
-// redundant clear (the recorder may legitimately hold a value written by
-// some other path; the watcher only owns what it set).
-func TestCloseWithoutDeadlineLeavesRecorderUntouched(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := newWatcher(time.Hour, r)
-
-	w.Close()
-
-	if got := r.snapshot(); len(got) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected no events from Close on an empty watcher, got %+v", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFinalWarningFiresAfterRegularWarning(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	// Warning fires at deadline-80ms, final at deadline-30ms.
-	w := NewWithLeads(80*time.Millisecond, 30*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	d := time.Now().Add(100 * time.Millisecond)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-
-	// Expect stateChange + warning + final-warning.
-	events := waitForEvents(t, r, 3)
-
-	if countWhere(events, func(e event) bool { return e.kind == stateChange }) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected exactly 1 stateChange, got %+v", events)
-	}
-	if countWhere(events, event.isWarning) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected exactly 1 warning publish, got %+v", events)
-	}
-	if countWhere(events, event.isFinalWarning) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected exactly 1 final-warning publish, got %+v", events)
-	}
-
-	// Warning must precede final (same deadline, longer lead fires first).
-	var wIdx, fIdx int
-	for i, e := range events {
-		switch {
-		case e.isWarning():
-			wIdx = i
-		case e.isFinalWarning():
-			fIdx = i
-		}
-	}
-	if wIdx > fIdx {
-		t.Fatalf("warning must publish before final-warning, got order %+v", events)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDismissSuppressesFinalWarning(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := NewWithLeads(80*time.Millisecond, 30*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	d := time.Now().Add(100 * time.Millisecond)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-
-	// Wait for the warning publish so we know we're inside the warning
-	// window, then dismiss before the final timer would fire.
-	deadline := time.Now().Add(500 * time.Millisecond)
-	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
-		if countWhere(r.snapshot(), event.isWarning) >= 1 {
-			break
-		}
-		time.Sleep(2 * time.Millisecond)
-	}
-	if countWhere(r.snapshot(), event.isWarning) < 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("warning did not publish in time, events=%+v", r.snapshot())
-	}
-
-	w.Dismiss()
-
-	// Now wait past when the final would have fired.
-	time.Sleep(120 * time.Millisecond)
-
-	if n := countWhere(r.snapshot(), event.isFinalWarning); n != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("final-warning published after Dismiss(), events=%+v", r.snapshot())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDismissResetByNewDeadline(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := NewWithLeads(80*time.Millisecond, 30*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	first := time.Now().Add(100 * time.Millisecond)
-	_ = w.Update(first)
-
-	// Dismiss against the first deadline.
-	w.Dismiss()
-
-	// Replace with a fresh deadline before the first's timers complete.
-	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-	second := time.Now().Add(100 * time.Millisecond)
-	_ = w.Update(second)
-
-	// The second cycle must publish a final-warning (the dismiss state
-	// did not carry over).
-	deadline := time.Now().Add(500 * time.Millisecond)
-	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
-		if countWhere(r.snapshot(), event.isFinalWarning) >= 1 {
-			break
-		}
-		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
-	}
-	if countWhere(r.snapshot(), event.isFinalWarning) < 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("final-warning did not publish on fresh deadline after Dismiss reset, events=%+v", r.snapshot())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDismissBeforeUpdateIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &fakeRecorder{}
-	w := NewWithLeads(80*time.Millisecond, 30*time.Millisecond, r)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	// No deadline tracked yet; Dismiss must be a no-op (no panic, no state).
-	w.Dismiss()
-
-	d := time.Now().Add(100 * time.Millisecond)
-	_ = w.Update(d)
-
-	// Final warning should still publish — Dismiss only acts on the current
-	// deadline, and there was none at the time of the call.
-	deadline := time.Now().Add(500 * time.Millisecond)
-	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
-		if countWhere(r.snapshot(), event.isFinalWarning) >= 1 {
-			return
-		}
-		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
-	}
-	t.Fatalf("final-warning did not publish after no-op pre-Update Dismiss, events=%+v", r.snapshot())
-}

client/internal/connect.go

@@ -257,15 +257,6 @@ func (c *ConnectClient) run(mobileDependency MobileDependency, runningChan chan
 		log.Debugf("connecting to the Management service %s", c.config.ManagementURL.Host)
 		mgmClient, err := mgm.NewClient(engineCtx, c.config.ManagementURL.Host, myPrivateKey, mgmTlsEnabled)
 		if err != nil {
-			// On daemon shutdown / Down() the parent context is cancelled
-			// and the dial fails with "context canceled". Wrapping that
-			// into state would leave the snapshot stuck at Connecting+err
-			// until the backoff loop wakes up — instead let the operation
-			// return cleanly so the deferred state.Set(StatusIdle) takes
-			// effect on the next iteration.
-			if c.ctx.Err() != nil {
-				return nil
-			}
 			return wrapErr(gstatus.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "failed connecting to Management Service : %s", err))
 		}
 		mgmNotifier := statusRecorderToMgmConnStateNotifier(c.statusRecorder)
@@ -399,10 +390,6 @@ func (c *ConnectClient) run(mobileDependency MobileDependency, runningChan chan
 			return wrapErr(err)
 		}
 
-		// Seed the session-expiry deadline from the LoginResponse. Subsequent
-		// changes flow in through SyncResponse and are applied in handleSync.
-		engine.ApplySessionDeadline(loginResp.GetSessionExpiresAt())
-
 		log.Infof("Netbird engine started, the IP is: %s", peerConfig.GetAddress())
 		state.Set(StatusConnected)
 
@@ -443,11 +430,7 @@ func (c *ConnectClient) run(mobileDependency MobileDependency, runningChan chan
 	}
 
 	c.statusRecorder.ClientStart()
-	// Wrap the backoff with c.ctx so Down()/actCancel propagates into the
-	// inter-attempt sleep — otherwise a 15s MaxInterval can keep the retry
-	// loop alive long after the caller asked to give up, leaving the
-	// status stream stuck at Connecting.
-	err = backoff.Retry(operation, backoff.WithContext(backOff, c.ctx))
+	err = backoff.Retry(operation, backOff)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Debugf("exiting client retry loop due to unrecoverable error: %s", err)
 		if s, ok := gstatus.FromError(err); ok && (s.Code() == codes.PermissionDenied) {
@@ -585,6 +568,8 @@ func createEngineConfig(key wgtypes.Key, config *profilemanager.Config, peerConf
 		RosenpassEnabled:              config.RosenpassEnabled,
 		RosenpassPermissive:           config.RosenpassPermissive,
 		ServerSSHAllowed:              util.ReturnBoolWithDefaultTrue(config.ServerSSHAllowed),
+		ServerVNCAllowed:              config.ServerVNCAllowed != nil && *config.ServerVNCAllowed,
+		DisableVNCApproval:            config.DisableVNCApproval,
 		EnableSSHRoot:                 config.EnableSSHRoot,
 		EnableSSHSFTP:                 config.EnableSSHSFTP,
 		EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding:  config.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding,
@@ -667,6 +652,7 @@ func loginToManagement(ctx context.Context, client mgm.Client, pubSSHKey []byte,
 		config.RosenpassEnabled,
 		config.RosenpassPermissive,
 		config.ServerSSHAllowed,
+		config.ServerVNCAllowed,
 		config.DisableClientRoutes,
 		config.DisableServerRoutes,
 		config.DisableDNS,

client/internal/debug/debug.go

@@ -644,6 +644,12 @@ func (g *BundleGenerator) addCommonConfigFields(configContent *strings.Builder)
 	if g.internalConfig.SSHJWTCacheTTL != nil {
 		configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("SSHJWTCacheTTL: %d\n", *g.internalConfig.SSHJWTCacheTTL))
 	}
+	if g.internalConfig.ServerVNCAllowed != nil {
+		configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("ServerVNCAllowed: %v\n", *g.internalConfig.ServerVNCAllowed))
+	}
+	if g.internalConfig.DisableVNCApproval != nil {
+		configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DisableVNCApproval: %v\n", *g.internalConfig.DisableVNCApproval))
+	}
 
 	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DisableClientRoutes: %v\n", g.internalConfig.DisableClientRoutes))
 	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DisableServerRoutes: %v\n", g.internalConfig.DisableServerRoutes))
@@ -806,6 +812,8 @@ func (g *BundleGenerator) addSyncResponse() error {
 		AllowPartial:    true,
 	}
 
+	g.maskSecrets()
+
 	jsonBytes, err := options.Marshal(g.syncResponse)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("generate json: %w", err)
@@ -818,6 +826,27 @@ func (g *BundleGenerator) addSyncResponse() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (g *BundleGenerator) maskSecrets() {
+	if g.syncResponse == nil || g.syncResponse.NetbirdConfig == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if g.syncResponse.NetbirdConfig.Flow != nil {
+		g.syncResponse.NetbirdConfig.Flow.TokenPayload = maskedValue
+
+	}
+
+	if g.syncResponse.NetbirdConfig.Relay != nil {
+		g.syncResponse.NetbirdConfig.Relay.TokenPayload = maskedValue
+	}
+
+	for i := range g.syncResponse.NetbirdConfig.Turns {
+		if g.syncResponse.NetbirdConfig.Turns[i] != nil {
+			g.syncResponse.NetbirdConfig.Turns[i].Password = maskedValue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (g *BundleGenerator) addStateFile() error {
 	sm := profilemanager.NewServiceManager("")
 	path := sm.GetStatePath()

client/internal/debug/debug_test.go

@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ func TestAddConfig_AllFieldsCovered(t *testing.T) {
 		RosenpassEnabled:              true,
 		RosenpassPermissive:           true,
 		ServerSSHAllowed:              &bTrue,
+		ServerVNCAllowed:              &bTrue,
+		DisableVNCApproval:            &bTrue,
 		EnableSSHRoot:                 &bTrue,
 		EnableSSHSFTP:                 &bTrue,
 		EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding:  &bTrue,

client/internal/dns/server.go

@@ -777,13 +777,24 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) applyHostConfig() {
 // context is released rather than leaked until GC.
 func (s *DefaultServer) registerFallback() {
 	originalNameservers := s.hostManager.getOriginalNameservers()
-	if len(originalNameservers) == 0 {
+
+	serverIP := s.service.RuntimeIP()
+	var servers []netip.AddrPort
+	for _, ns := range originalNameservers {
+		if ns == serverIP {
+			log.Debugf("skipping original nameserver %s as it is the same as the server IP %s", ns, serverIP)
+			continue
+		}
+		servers = append(servers, netip.AddrPortFrom(ns, DefaultPort))
+	}
+
+	if len(servers) == 0 {
 		log.Debugf("no fallback upstreams to register; clearing PriorityFallback handler")
 		s.clearFallback()
 		return
 	}
 
-	log.Infof("registering original nameservers %v as upstream handlers with priority %d", originalNameservers, PriorityFallback)
+	log.Infof("registering original nameservers %v as upstream handlers with priority %d", servers, PriorityFallback)
 
 	handler, err := newUpstreamResolver(
 		s.ctx,
@@ -797,11 +808,6 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) registerFallback() {
 		return
 	}
 	handler.selectedRoutes = s.selectedRoutes
-
-	var servers []netip.AddrPort
-	for _, ns := range originalNameservers {
-		servers = append(servers, netip.AddrPortFrom(ns, DefaultPort))
-	}
 	handler.addRace(servers)
 
 	prev := s.fallbackHandler

client/internal/engine.go

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/udpmux"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/acl"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/approval"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns"
 	dnsconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/config"
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ type EngineConfig struct {
 	RosenpassPermissive bool
 
 	ServerSSHAllowed              bool
+	ServerVNCAllowed              bool
+	DisableVNCApproval            *bool
 	EnableSSHRoot                 *bool
 	EnableSSHSFTP                 *bool
 	EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding  *bool
@@ -209,7 +212,9 @@ type Engine struct {
 
 	networkMonitor *networkmonitor.NetworkMonitor
 
-	sshServer sshServer
+	sshServer      sshServer
+	vncSrv         vncServer
+	approvalBroker *approval.Broker
 
 	statusRecorder *peer.Status
 
@@ -260,20 +265,6 @@ type Engine struct {
 	jobExecutorWG sync.WaitGroup
 
 	exposeManager *expose.Manager
-
-	sessionWatcher sessionDeadlineWatcher
-}
-
-// sessionDeadlineWatcher is the engine-facing surface of the SSO session
-// expiry watcher. The concrete implementation (sessionwatch.Watcher) is wired
-// in via newSessionWatcher, which is build-tagged so the js/wasm build links a
-// no-op stub instead of pulling the full sessionwatch package (and its timer
-// machinery) into the binary — the wasm client never runs the engine's
-// session-warning flow.
-type sessionDeadlineWatcher interface {
-	Update(deadline time.Time) error
-	Dismiss()
-	Close()
 }
 
 // Peer is an instance of the Connection Peer
@@ -309,6 +300,7 @@ func NewEngine(
 		TURNs:              []*stun.URI{},
 		networkSerial:      0,
 		statusRecorder:     services.StatusRecorder,
+		approvalBroker:     approval.New(services.StatusRecorder),
 		stateManager:       services.StateManager,
 		portForwardManager: portforward.NewManager(),
 		checks:             services.Checks,
@@ -318,17 +310,6 @@ func NewEngine(
 		updateManager:      services.UpdateManager,
 		syncStoreDir:       config.StateDir,
 	}
-	// sessionWatcher keeps the SubscribeStatus consumers in sync with the
-	// session expiry deadline. Deadline-change ticks come for free via
-	// Status.SetSessionExpiresAt; the watcher exists to push a wake-up at
-	// T-WarningLead and T-FinalWarningLead so the UI repaints the remaining
-	// time / warning state even when nothing else changed, and to publish
-	// two SystemEvents (the warning composition lives in sessionwatch so
-	// the wire format stays owned by one package):
-	//   - T-WarningLead   → interactive "Extend now / Dismiss" notification
-	//   - T-FinalWarningLead → auto-opened SessionAboutToExpire dialog,
-	//     suppressed when the user dismissed the earlier warning
-	engine.sessionWatcher = newSessionWatcher(engine.statusRecorder)
 
 	log.Infof("I am: %s", config.WgPrivateKey.PublicKey().String())
 	return engine
@@ -356,6 +337,10 @@ func (e *Engine) Stop() error {
 		log.Warnf("failed to stop SSH server: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if err := e.stopVNCServer(); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed to stop VNC server: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	e.cleanupSSHConfig()
 
 	if e.ingressGatewayMgr != nil {
@@ -369,10 +354,6 @@ func (e *Engine) Stop() error {
 		e.srWatcher.Close()
 	}
 
-	if e.sessionWatcher != nil {
-		e.sessionWatcher.Close()
-	}
-
 	if e.updateManager != nil {
 		e.updateManager.SetDownloadOnly()
 	}
@@ -905,8 +886,6 @@ func (e *Engine) handleSync(update *mgmProto.SyncResponse) error {
 		return e.ctx.Err()
 	}
 
-	e.ApplySessionDeadline(update.GetSessionExpiresAt())
-
 	if update.NetworkMap != nil && update.NetworkMap.PeerConfig != nil {
 		e.handleAutoUpdateVersion(update.NetworkMap.PeerConfig.AutoUpdate)
 	}
@@ -954,14 +933,7 @@ func (e *Engine) handleSync(update *mgmProto.SyncResponse) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// only apply new changes and ignore old ones
-	if err := e.updateNetworkMap(nm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Persist sync response only after updateNetworkMap accepted and applied the update,
-	// so GetLatestSyncResponse() never returns state the engine did not actually apply.
-	// Done under the dedicated lock (syncRespMux), not under syncMsgMux.
+	// Persist sync response under the dedicated lock (syncRespMux), not under syncMsgMux.
 	// A non-nil syncStore is what marks persistence as enabled. Hold the lock for
 	// the whole Set so the store cannot be cleared (disabled / engine close)
 	// mid-call and have this write resurrect a file that was just removed.
@@ -975,6 +947,11 @@ func (e *Engine) handleSync(update *mgmProto.SyncResponse) error {
 	}
 	e.syncRespMux.RUnlock()
 
+	// only apply new changes and ignore old ones
+	if err := e.updateNetworkMap(nm); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	e.statusRecorder.PublishEvent(cProto.SystemEvent_INFO, cProto.SystemEvent_SYSTEM, "Network map updated", "", nil)
 
 	return nil
@@ -1053,6 +1030,7 @@ func (e *Engine) updateChecksIfNew(checks []*mgmProto.Checks) error {
 		e.config.RosenpassEnabled,
 		e.config.RosenpassPermissive,
 		&e.config.ServerSSHAllowed,
+		&e.config.ServerVNCAllowed,
 		e.config.DisableClientRoutes,
 		e.config.DisableServerRoutes,
 		e.config.DisableDNS,
@@ -1100,6 +1078,10 @@ func (e *Engine) updateConfig(conf *mgmProto.PeerConfig) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := e.updateVNC(); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed handling VNC server setup: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	state := e.statusRecorder.GetLocalPeerState()
 	state.IP = e.wgInterface.Address().String()
 	state.IPv6 = e.wgInterface.Address().IPv6String()
@@ -1187,7 +1169,7 @@ func (e *Engine) handleBundle(params *mgmProto.BundleParameters) (*mgmProto.JobR
 		ClientMetrics:  e.clientMetrics,
 		DaemonVersion:  version.NetbirdVersion(),
 		RefreshStatus: func() {
-			e.RunHealthProbes(e.ctx, true)
+			e.RunHealthProbes(true)
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -1227,6 +1209,7 @@ func (e *Engine) receiveManagementEvents() {
 			e.config.RosenpassEnabled,
 			e.config.RosenpassPermissive,
 			&e.config.ServerSSHAllowed,
+			&e.config.ServerVNCAllowed,
 			e.config.DisableClientRoutes,
 			e.config.DisableServerRoutes,
 			e.config.DisableDNS,
@@ -1416,6 +1399,11 @@ func (e *Engine) updateNetworkMap(networkMap *mgmProto.NetworkMap) error {
 		e.updateSSHServerAuth(networkMap.GetSshAuth())
 	}
 
+	// VNC auth: always sync, including nil so cleared auth on the management
+	// side is applied locally, and so it isn't skipped on the RemotePeersIsEmpty
+	// cleanup path.
+	e.updateVNCServerAuth(networkMap.GetVncAuth())
+
 	// must set the exclude list after the peers are added. Without it the manager can not figure out the peers parameters from the store
 	excludedLazyPeers := e.toExcludedLazyPeers(forwardingRules, remotePeers)
 	e.connMgr.SetExcludeList(e.ctx, excludedLazyPeers)
@@ -1883,6 +1871,7 @@ func (e *Engine) readInitialSettings() ([]*route.Route, *nbdns.Config, bool, err
 		e.config.RosenpassEnabled,
 		e.config.RosenpassPermissive,
 		&e.config.ServerSSHAllowed,
+		&e.config.ServerVNCAllowed,
 		e.config.DisableClientRoutes,
 		e.config.DisableServerRoutes,
 		e.config.DisableDNS,
@@ -2084,20 +2073,7 @@ func (e *Engine) getRosenpassAddr() string {
 
 // RunHealthProbes executes health checks for Signal, Management, Relay, and WireGuard services
 // and updates the status recorder with the latest states.
-//
-// ctx scopes the (potentially slow) STUN/TURN probing: a caller that gives up —
-// e.g. a Status RPC whose client disconnected — cancels its ctx and the probe
-// returns instead of running to its per-component timeout. The engine's own
-// lifetime ctx still applies independently, so an engine shutdown aborts the
-// probe even if the caller's ctx is context.Background().
-func (e *Engine) RunHealthProbes(ctx context.Context, waitForResult bool) bool {
-	// Tie the caller's ctx to the engine lifetime: either cancelling aborts
-	// the probe below.
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-	defer cancel()
-	stop := context.AfterFunc(e.ctx, cancel)
-	defer stop()
-
+func (e *Engine) RunHealthProbes(waitForResult bool) bool {
 	e.syncMsgMux.Lock()
 
 	signalHealthy := e.signal.IsHealthy()
@@ -2120,9 +2096,9 @@ func (e *Engine) RunHealthProbes(ctx context.Context, waitForResult bool) bool {
 	if runtime.GOOS != "js" {
 		var results []relay.ProbeResult
 		if waitForResult {
-			results = e.probeStunTurn.ProbeAllWaitResult(ctx, stuns, turns)
+			results = e.probeStunTurn.ProbeAllWaitResult(e.ctx, stuns, turns)
 		} else {
-			results = e.probeStunTurn.ProbeAll(ctx, stuns, turns)
+			results = e.probeStunTurn.ProbeAll(e.ctx, stuns, turns)
 		}
 		e.statusRecorder.UpdateRelayStates(results)
 
@@ -2680,3 +2656,16 @@ func decodeRelayIP(b []byte) netip.Addr {
 	}
 	return ip.Unmap()
 }
+
+// RespondApproval relays the user's decision for a pending approval to
+// the broker. viewOnly is honoured only when accept is true. Returns
+// true when the request_id matched a live prompt.
+func (e *Engine) RespondApproval(requestID string, accept, viewOnly bool) bool {
+	if e == nil || e.approvalBroker == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return e.approvalBroker.Respond(requestID, approval.Decision{
+		Accept:   accept,
+		ViewOnly: accept && viewOnly,
+	})
+}

client/internal/engine_authsession.go

@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-package internal
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
-
-	cProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth/sessionwatch"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/system"
-)
-
-// ApplySessionDeadline propagates the absolute SSO session deadline carried on
-// LoginResponse / SyncResponse to both the watcher (for the edge-triggered
-// warning) and the status recorder (for the SubscribeStatus / Status RPC
-// snapshot the UI consumes).
-//
-// The wire field is 3-state:
-//   - nil                        → snapshot carries no info; keep the
-//     previously-anchored deadline (no-op)
-//   - explicit zero (s=0, n=0)   → peer is not SSO-registered or expiry is
-//     disabled; clear both sinks
-//   - valid timestamp            → new deadline; arm watcher, expose on
-//     status recorder
-//
-// Deadline sanity-checks live in sessionwatch.Watcher.Update. Any rejected
-// value is treated as a clear on both sinks: the alternative — leaving the
-// previously-known deadline in place — risks the UI confidently displaying
-// a stale "expires in X" while the server has actually invalidated it.
-func (e *Engine) ApplySessionDeadline(ts *timestamppb.Timestamp) {
-	if ts == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	var deadline time.Time
-	// Explicit zero (seconds=0 AND nanos=0) is the sentinel for "disabled".
-	// Everything else flows through Watcher.Update, whose sanity-checks
-	// reject out-of-range / pre-epoch / far-future / too-stale values and
-	// clear on rejection.
-	if ts.GetSeconds() != 0 || ts.GetNanos() != 0 {
-		deadline = ts.AsTime().UTC()
-	}
-	if e.sessionWatcher == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	// Watcher.Update owns the propagation to the status recorder (the
-	// SubscribeStatus / Status snapshot the UI reads): a set writes the
-	// deadline, a clear or a sanity-check rejection writes the zero value.
-	// Keeping a single writer is what stops the recorder from drifting out
-	// of sync with the warning timers.
-	if err := e.sessionWatcher.Update(deadline); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("auth session deadline rejected: %v, clearing", err)
-		e.statusRecorder.PublishEvent(
-			cProto.SystemEvent_ERROR,
-			cProto.SystemEvent_AUTHENTICATION,
-			"session deadline rejected",
-			"",
-			map[string]string{sessionwatch.MetaSessionDeadlineRejected: err.Error()},
-		)
-	}
-}
-
-// DismissSessionWarning records the user's "Dismiss" click on the
-// T-WarningLead interactive notification and suppresses the upcoming
-// T-FinalWarningLead fallback for the current deadline. No-op when the
-// watcher is not running or holds no deadline.
-func (e *Engine) DismissSessionWarning() {
-	if e.sessionWatcher == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	e.sessionWatcher.Dismiss()
-}
-
-// ExtendAuthSession asks the management server to refresh the SSO session
-// expiry deadline using the supplied JWT, then mirrors the new deadline into
-// the daemon's state. The tunnel is untouched; no resync, no reconnect.
-//
-// Returns the new absolute UTC deadline (or zero time when the server
-// reports the peer is not eligible for extension).
-func (e *Engine) ExtendAuthSession(ctx context.Context, jwtToken string) (time.Time, error) {
-	if jwtToken == "" {
-		return time.Time{}, errors.New("jwt token is required")
-	}
-	if e.mgmClient == nil {
-		return time.Time{}, errors.New("management client is not initialised")
-	}
-
-	info, err := system.GetInfoWithChecks(ctx, e.checks)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to collect system info for session extend: %v", err)
-		info = system.GetInfo(ctx)
-	}
-
-	resp, err := e.mgmClient.ExtendAuthSession(info, jwtToken)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("extend auth session on management: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	e.ApplySessionDeadline(resp.GetSessionExpiresAt())
-
-	if resp.GetSessionExpiresAt().IsValid() {
-		return resp.GetSessionExpiresAt().AsTime().UTC(), nil
-	}
-	return time.Time{}, nil
-}

client/internal/engine_session_deadline_test.go

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-package internal
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth/sessionwatch"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-)
-
-// TestApplySessionDeadline_ThreeState pins down the 3-state semantics of the
-// wire field carried on LoginResponse / SyncResponse:
-//
-//   - nil pointer            → no info; previously-anchored deadline survives
-//   - explicit zero value    → "expiry disabled" sentinel; both sinks cleared
-//   - valid future timestamp → new deadline propagated to both sinks
-func TestApplySessionDeadline_ThreeState(t *testing.T) {
-	newEngine := func() *Engine {
-		recorder := peer.NewRecorder("")
-		return &Engine{
-			statusRecorder: recorder,
-			sessionWatcher: sessionwatch.New(recorder),
-		}
-	}
-
-	t.Run("valid timestamp sets deadline on both sinks", func(t *testing.T) {
-		e := newEngine()
-		deadline := time.Now().Add(time.Hour).UTC().Truncate(time.Second)
-
-		e.ApplySessionDeadline(timestamppb.New(deadline))
-
-		require.True(t, e.statusRecorder.GetSessionExpiresAt().Equal(deadline),
-			"status recorder should hold the new deadline")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("nil is a no-op and preserves previous deadline", func(t *testing.T) {
-		e := newEngine()
-		seeded := time.Now().Add(time.Hour).UTC().Truncate(time.Second)
-		e.ApplySessionDeadline(timestamppb.New(seeded))
-		require.True(t, e.statusRecorder.GetSessionExpiresAt().Equal(seeded))
-
-		e.ApplySessionDeadline(nil)
-
-		require.True(t, e.statusRecorder.GetSessionExpiresAt().Equal(seeded),
-			"nil snapshot must not disturb the existing deadline")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("explicit zero clears a previously-anchored deadline", func(t *testing.T) {
-		e := newEngine()
-		seeded := time.Now().Add(time.Hour).UTC().Truncate(time.Second)
-		e.ApplySessionDeadline(timestamppb.New(seeded))
-		require.True(t, e.statusRecorder.GetSessionExpiresAt().Equal(seeded))
-
-		// Explicit zero Timestamp{} (seconds=0, nanos=0) is the
-		// "expiry disabled / not SSO" sentinel.
-		e.ApplySessionDeadline(&timestamppb.Timestamp{})
-
-		require.True(t, e.statusRecorder.GetSessionExpiresAt().IsZero(),
-			"explicit zero sentinel must clear the deadline")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("invalid timestamp clears the deadline", func(t *testing.T) {
-		e := newEngine()
-		seeded := time.Now().Add(time.Hour).UTC().Truncate(time.Second)
-		e.ApplySessionDeadline(timestamppb.New(seeded))
-		require.True(t, e.statusRecorder.GetSessionExpiresAt().Equal(seeded))
-
-		// Out-of-range nanos → IsValid()==false; same-meaning as the
-		// disabled sentinel for downstream sinks.
-		e.ApplySessionDeadline(&timestamppb.Timestamp{Seconds: 1, Nanos: -1})
-
-		require.True(t, e.statusRecorder.GetSessionExpiresAt().IsZero(),
-			"invalid timestamp must clear the deadline")
-	})
-}

client/internal/engine_sessionwatch.go

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !js
-
-package internal
-
-import (
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth/sessionwatch"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-)
-
-// newSessionWatcher returns the real SSO session expiry watcher for every
-// non-wasm build. The js/wasm build gets a no-op stub from
-// engine_sessionwatch_js.go so the sessionwatch package (and its timer
-// machinery) never links into the wasm binary.
-func newSessionWatcher(recorder *peer.Status) sessionDeadlineWatcher {
-	return sessionwatch.New(recorder)
-}

client/internal/engine_sessionwatch_js.go

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-//go:build js
-
-package internal
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-)
-
-// noopSessionWatcher is the js/wasm stand-in for sessionwatch.Watcher. The
-// wasm client never runs the engine's session-warning flow (the interactive
-// T-WarningLead notification and the T-FinalWarningLead fallback dialog live
-// in the desktop UI), so linking the full sessionwatch package (timers, event
-// composition) would only bloat the binary.
-//
-// It still mirrors the deadline into the status recorder so the SubscribeStatus
-// / Status snapshot the UI consumes stays correct — only the timer-driven
-// warnings are dropped.
-type noopSessionWatcher struct {
-	recorder *peer.Status
-}
-
-func newSessionWatcher(recorder *peer.Status) sessionDeadlineWatcher {
-	return noopSessionWatcher{recorder: recorder}
-}
-
-// Update mirrors the real watcher's recorder propagation without the timers or
-// sanity-check sentinels: a valid deadline is exposed on the status snapshot,
-// the zero time clears it.
-func (w noopSessionWatcher) Update(deadline time.Time) error {
-	if w.recorder != nil {
-		w.recorder.SetSessionExpiresAt(deadline)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (noopSessionWatcher) Dismiss() {
-	// No-op: only suppresses the timer-driven final-warning, which this stub never arms.
-}
-
-func (noopSessionWatcher) Close() {
-	// No-op: no timers to stop and no state to unwind; the recorder is cleared via Update(zero).
-}

client/internal/engine_ssh.go

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import (
 	firewallManager "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/netstack"
 	nftypes "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/netflow/types"
-	sshauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/auth"
 	sshconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/config"
 	sshserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/server"
 	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
+	sshauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sessionauth"
 	sshuserhash "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sshauth"
 )
 
@@ -237,22 +237,18 @@ func (e *Engine) startSSHServer(jwtConfig *sshserver.JWTConfig) error {
 		return errors.New("wg interface not initialized")
 	}
 
+	wgAddr := e.wgInterface.Address()
 	serverConfig := &sshserver.Config{
-		HostKeyPEM: e.config.SSHKey,
-		JWT:        jwtConfig,
+		HostKeyPEM:        e.config.SSHKey,
+		JWT:               jwtConfig,
+		NetstackNet:       e.wgInterface.GetNet(),
+		NetworkValidation: wgAddr,
 	}
 	server := sshserver.New(serverConfig)
 
-	wgAddr := e.wgInterface.Address()
-	server.SetNetworkValidation(wgAddr)
-
 	netbirdIP := wgAddr.IP
 	listenAddr := netip.AddrPortFrom(netbirdIP, sshserver.InternalSSHPort)
 
-	if netstackNet := e.wgInterface.GetNet(); netstackNet != nil {
-		server.SetNetstackNet(netstackNet)
-	}
-
 	e.configureSSHServer(server)
 
 	if err := server.Start(e.ctx, listenAddr); err != nil {

client/internal/engine_vnc.go

@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+//go:build !js && !ios && !android
+
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/netip"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	firewallManager "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/approval"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/metrics"
+	nftypes "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/netflow/types"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc"
+	vncserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc/server"
+	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
+	sshauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sessionauth"
+	sshuserhash "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sshauth"
+)
+
+type vncServer interface {
+	Start(ctx context.Context, addr netip.AddrPort, network netip.Prefix) error
+	Stop() error
+	ActiveSessions() []vncserver.ActiveSessionInfo
+}
+
+func (e *Engine) setupVNCPortRedirection() error {
+	if e.firewall == nil || e.wgInterface == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	localAddr := e.wgInterface.Address().IP
+	if !localAddr.IsValid() {
+		return errors.New("invalid local NetBird address")
+	}
+
+	if err := e.firewall.AddInboundDNAT(localAddr, firewallManager.ProtocolTCP, vnc.ExternalPort, vnc.InternalPort); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("add VNC port redirection: %w", err)
+	}
+	log.Infof("VNC port redirection: %s:%d -> %s:%d", localAddr, vnc.ExternalPort, localAddr, vnc.InternalPort)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e *Engine) cleanupVNCPortRedirection() error {
+	if e.firewall == nil || e.wgInterface == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	localAddr := e.wgInterface.Address().IP
+	if !localAddr.IsValid() {
+		return errors.New("invalid local NetBird address")
+	}
+
+	if err := e.firewall.RemoveInboundDNAT(localAddr, firewallManager.ProtocolTCP, vnc.ExternalPort, vnc.InternalPort); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("remove VNC port redirection: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// updateVNC handles starting/stopping the VNC server based on the config flag.
+func (e *Engine) updateVNC() error {
+	if !e.config.ServerVNCAllowed {
+		if e.vncSrv != nil {
+			log.Info("VNC server disabled, stopping")
+		}
+		return e.stopVNCServer()
+	}
+
+	if e.config.BlockInbound {
+		log.Info("VNC server disabled because inbound connections are blocked")
+		return e.stopVNCServer()
+	}
+
+	if e.vncSrv != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return e.startVNCServer()
+}
+
+func (e *Engine) startVNCServer() error {
+	if e.wgInterface == nil {
+		return errors.New("wg interface not initialized")
+	}
+
+	capturer, injector, ok := newPlatformVNC()
+	if !ok {
+		log.Debug("VNC server not supported on this platform")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	netbirdIP := e.wgInterface.Address().IP
+
+	var sessionRecorder func(vncserver.SessionTick)
+	if e.clientMetrics != nil {
+		sessionRecorder = func(t vncserver.SessionTick) {
+			e.clientMetrics.RecordVNCSessionTick(e.ctx, metrics.VNCSessionTick{
+				Period:        t.Period,
+				BytesOut:      t.BytesOut,
+				Writes:        t.Writes,
+				FBUs:          t.FBUs,
+				MaxFBUBytes:   t.MaxFBUBytes,
+				MaxFBURects:   t.MaxFBURects,
+				MaxWriteBytes: t.MaxWriteBytes,
+				WriteNanos:    t.WriteNanos,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	serviceMode := vncNeedsServiceMode()
+	if serviceMode {
+		log.Info("VNC: running as system service, enabling service mode (per-session agent proxy)")
+	}
+	requireApproval := e.config.DisableVNCApproval == nil || !*e.config.DisableVNCApproval
+	srv := vncserver.New(vncserver.Config{
+		Capturer:        capturer,
+		Injector:        injector,
+		IdentityKey:     e.config.WgPrivateKey[:],
+		ServiceMode:     serviceMode,
+		SessionRecorder: sessionRecorder,
+		NetstackNet:     e.wgInterface.GetNet(),
+		RequireApproval: requireApproval,
+		Approver:        &vncApprover{broker: e.approvalBroker, statusRecorder: e.statusRecorder},
+	})
+
+	listenAddr := netip.AddrPortFrom(netbirdIP, vnc.InternalPort)
+	network := e.wgInterface.Address().Network
+	if err := srv.Start(e.ctx, listenAddr, network); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start VNC server: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	e.vncSrv = srv
+
+	if netstackNet := e.wgInterface.GetNet(); netstackNet != nil {
+		if registrar, ok := e.firewall.(interface {
+			RegisterNetstackService(protocol nftypes.Protocol, port uint16)
+		}); ok {
+			registrar.RegisterNetstackService(nftypes.TCP, vnc.InternalPort)
+			log.Debugf("registered VNC service with netstack for TCP:%d", vnc.InternalPort)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := e.setupVNCPortRedirection(); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("setup VNC port redirection: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("VNC server enabled")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// updateVNCServerAuth updates VNC fine-grained access control from management.
+// A nil vncAuth clears all authorized users and session pubkeys so management
+// can revoke access by omitting the field on the next sync.
+func (e *Engine) updateVNCServerAuth(vncAuth *mgmProto.VNCAuth) {
+	if e.vncSrv == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	vncSrv, ok := e.vncSrv.(*vncserver.Server)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if vncAuth == nil {
+		vncSrv.UpdateVNCAuth(&sshauth.Config{})
+		return
+	}
+
+	protoUsers := vncAuth.GetAuthorizedUsers()
+	authorizedUsers := make([]sshuserhash.UserIDHash, len(protoUsers))
+	for i, hash := range protoUsers {
+		if len(hash) != 16 {
+			log.Warnf("invalid VNC auth hash length %d, expected 16", len(hash))
+			return
+		}
+		authorizedUsers[i] = sshuserhash.UserIDHash(hash)
+	}
+
+	machineUsers := make(map[string][]uint32)
+	for osUser, indexes := range vncAuth.GetMachineUsers() {
+		machineUsers[osUser] = indexes.GetIndexes()
+	}
+
+	sessionPubKeys := make([]sshauth.SessionPubKey, 0, len(vncAuth.GetSessionPubKeys()))
+	for _, pk := range vncAuth.GetSessionPubKeys() {
+		pub := pk.GetPubKey()
+		if len(pub) != 32 {
+			log.Warnf("VNC session pubkey wrong length %d", len(pub))
+			continue
+		}
+		hash := pk.GetUserIdHash()
+		if len(hash) != 16 {
+			log.Warnf("VNC session user id hash wrong length %d", len(hash))
+			continue
+		}
+		sessionPubKeys = append(sessionPubKeys, sshauth.SessionPubKey{
+			PubKey:      pub,
+			UserIDHash:  sshuserhash.UserIDHash(hash),
+			DisplayName: pk.GetDisplayName(),
+		})
+	}
+
+	vncSrv.UpdateVNCAuth(&sshauth.Config{
+		AuthorizedUsers: authorizedUsers,
+		MachineUsers:    machineUsers,
+		SessionPubKeys:  sessionPubKeys,
+	})
+}
+
+// GetVNCServerStatus returns whether the VNC server is running and the list
+// of active VNC sessions. The pointer is captured under syncMsgMux so a
+// concurrent updateVNC/stopVNCServer cannot swap it out between the nil
+// check and the ActiveSessions call.
+func (e *Engine) GetVNCServerStatus() (enabled bool, sessions []vncserver.ActiveSessionInfo) {
+	e.syncMsgMux.Lock()
+	vncSrv := e.vncSrv
+	e.syncMsgMux.Unlock()
+	if vncSrv == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return true, vncSrv.ActiveSessions()
+}
+
+func (e *Engine) stopVNCServer() error {
+	if e.vncSrv == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := e.cleanupVNCPortRedirection(); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("cleanup VNC port redirection: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if e.wgInterface != nil && e.wgInterface.GetNet() != nil {
+		if registrar, ok := e.firewall.(interface {
+			UnregisterNetstackService(protocol nftypes.Protocol, port uint16)
+		}); ok {
+			registrar.UnregisterNetstackService(nftypes.TCP, vnc.InternalPort)
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Info("stopping VNC server")
+	err := e.vncSrv.Stop()
+	e.vncSrv = nil
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("stop VNC server: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// vncApprover adapts the generic approval.Broker for the VNC server.
+type vncApprover struct {
+	broker         *approval.Broker
+	statusRecorder *peer.Status
+}
+
+func (a *vncApprover) Request(ctx context.Context, info vncserver.ApprovalInfo) (vncserver.ApprovalDecision, error) {
+	// Resolve the source overlay IP to a peer FQDN for the prompt label.
+	if info.PeerName == "" && info.SourceIP != "" && a.statusRecorder != nil {
+		if fqdn, ok := a.statusRecorder.PeerByIP(info.SourceIP); ok {
+			info.PeerName = fqdn
+		}
+	}
+	subject := fmt.Sprintf("VNC connection from %s", displayPeer(info))
+	meta := map[string]string{
+		"peer_name":   info.PeerName,
+		"peer_pubkey": info.PeerPubKey,
+		"source_ip":   info.SourceIP,
+		"mode":        info.Mode,
+		"username":    info.Username,
+		"initiator":   info.Initiator,
+	}
+	d, err := a.broker.Request(ctx, approval.Prompt{
+		Kind:     approval.KindVNC,
+		Subject:  subject,
+		Metadata: meta,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return vncserver.ApprovalDecision{}, err
+	}
+	return vncserver.ApprovalDecision{ViewOnly: d.ViewOnly}, nil
+}
+
+func displayPeer(info vncserver.ApprovalInfo) string {
+	if info.Initiator != "" {
+		return info.Initiator
+	}
+	if info.PeerName != "" {
+		return info.PeerName
+	}
+	if info.SourceIP != "" {
+		return info.SourceIP
+	}
+	if info.PeerPubKey != "" {
+		return info.PeerPubKey
+	}
+	return "unknown peer"
+}

client/internal/engine_vnc_console_freebsd.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//go:build freebsd
+
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	vncserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc/server"
+)
+
+// newConsoleVNC builds the FreeBSD console fallback: vt(4) framebuffer
+// for capture, /dev/uinput for input. The uinput device requires the
+// `uinput` kernel module (`kldload uinput`); without it, input init
+// fails and we drop to a stub injector so the user still gets a
+// view-only screen mirror.
+func newConsoleVNC() (vncserver.ScreenCapturer, vncserver.InputInjector, error) {
+	poller := vncserver.NewFBPoller("")
+	w, h := poller.Width(), poller.Height()
+	if w == 0 || h == 0 {
+		poller.Close()
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("vt framebuffer init failed (vt may not allow mmap on this driver)")
+	}
+	if inj, err := vncserver.NewUInputInjector(w, h); err == nil {
+		return poller, inj, nil
+	} else {
+		log.Infof("VNC console: uinput unavailable (%v); view-only mode. Run `kldload uinput` to enable input.", err)
+		return poller, &vncserver.StubInputInjector{}, nil
+	}
+}

client/internal/engine_vnc_console_linux.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//go:build linux && !android
+
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	vncserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc/server"
+)
+
+// newConsoleVNC builds a framebuffer + uinput VNC backend for boxes
+// without a running X server. Used as the auto-fallback when
+// newPlatformVNC can't reach X. Returns an error when /dev/fb0 or
+// /dev/uinput aren't usable so the caller can drop back to a stub.
+func newConsoleVNC() (vncserver.ScreenCapturer, vncserver.InputInjector, error) {
+	poller := vncserver.NewFBPoller("")
+	w, h := poller.Width(), poller.Height()
+	if w == 0 || h == 0 {
+		poller.Close()
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("framebuffer capturer init failed (is /dev/fb0 readable?)")
+	}
+	inj, err := vncserver.NewUInputInjector(w, h)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("uinput unavailable, falling back to view-only VNC: %v", err)
+		return poller, &vncserver.StubInputInjector{}, nil
+	}
+	return poller, inj, nil
+}

client/internal/engine_vnc_darwin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build darwin && !ios
+
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	vncserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc/server"
+)
+
+func newPlatformVNC() (vncserver.ScreenCapturer, vncserver.InputInjector, bool) {
+	capturer := vncserver.NewMacPoller()
+	// Prompt for Screen Recording at server-enable time rather than first
+	// client-connect. The native prompt is far easier for users to act on
+	// in the moment they toggled VNC on than later when "the screen looks
+	// like wallpaper" would otherwise be the only clue.
+	vncserver.PrimeScreenCapturePermission()
+	injector, err := vncserver.NewMacInputInjector()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("VNC: macOS input injector: %v", err)
+		return capturer, &vncserver.StubInputInjector{}, true
+	}
+	return capturer, injector, true
+}
+
+// vncNeedsServiceMode reports whether the running process is a system
+// LaunchDaemon (root, parented by launchd). Daemons sit in the global
+// bootstrap namespace and cannot talk to WindowServer; we route capture
+// through a per-user agent in that case.
+func vncNeedsServiceMode() bool {
+	return os.Geteuid() == 0 && os.Getppid() == 1
+}

client/internal/engine_vnc_stub.go

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//go:build js || ios || android
+
+package internal
+
+import (
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
+)
+
+type vncServer interface{}
+
+func (e *Engine) updateVNC() error { return nil }
+
+func (e *Engine) updateVNCServerAuth(auth *mgmProto.VNCAuth) {
+	if auth == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	log.Debugf("ignoring VNC auth push on platform without a VNC server: %d session pubkeys, %d authorized users",
+		len(auth.GetSessionPubKeys()), len(auth.GetAuthorizedUsers()))
+}
+
+func (e *Engine) stopVNCServer() error { return nil }

client/internal/engine_vnc_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package internal
+
+import vncserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc/server"
+
+func newPlatformVNC() (vncserver.ScreenCapturer, vncserver.InputInjector, bool) {
+	return vncserver.NewDesktopCapturer(), vncserver.NewWindowsInputInjector(), true
+}
+
+func vncNeedsServiceMode() bool {
+	return vncserver.GetCurrentSessionID() == 0
+}

client/internal/engine_vnc_x11.go

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//go:build (linux && !android) || freebsd
+
+package internal
+
+import (
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	vncserver "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/vnc/server"
+)
+
+func newPlatformVNC() (vncserver.ScreenCapturer, vncserver.InputInjector, bool) {
+	// Prefer X11 when an X server is reachable. NewX11InputInjector probes
+	// DISPLAY (and /proc) eagerly, so a non-nil error here means no X.
+	injector, err := vncserver.NewX11InputInjector("", "", "")
+	if err == nil {
+		return vncserver.NewX11Poller("", ""), injector, true
+	}
+	log.Debugf("VNC: X11 not available: %v", err)
+
+	// Fallback for headless / pre-X states (kernel console, login manager
+	// without X, physical server in recovery): stream the framebuffer and
+	// inject input via /dev/uinput.
+	consoleCap, consoleInj, err := newConsoleVNC()
+	if err == nil {
+		log.Infof("VNC: using framebuffer console capture (%dx%d)", consoleCap.Width(), consoleCap.Height())
+		return consoleCap, consoleInj, true
+	}
+	log.Debugf("VNC: framebuffer console fallback unavailable: %v", err)
+
+	return &vncserver.StubCapturer{}, &vncserver.StubInputInjector{}, false
+}
+
+func vncNeedsServiceMode() bool {
+	return false
+}

client/internal/metrics/influxdb.go

@@ -120,6 +120,36 @@ func (m *influxDBMetrics) RecordSyncDuration(_ context.Context, agentInfo AgentI
 	m.trimLocked()
 }
 
+func (m *influxDBMetrics) RecordVNCSessionTick(_ context.Context, agentInfo AgentInfo, tick VNCSessionTick) {
+	tags := fmt.Sprintf("deployment_type=%s,version=%s,os=%s,arch=%s,peer_id=%s",
+		agentInfo.DeploymentType.String(),
+		agentInfo.Version,
+		agentInfo.OS,
+		agentInfo.Arch,
+		agentInfo.peerID,
+	)
+
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	m.samples = append(m.samples, influxSample{
+		measurement: "netbird_vnc_traffic",
+		tags:        tags,
+		fields: map[string]float64{
+			"period_seconds":     tick.Period.Seconds(),
+			"bytes_out":          float64(tick.BytesOut),
+			"writes":             float64(tick.Writes),
+			"fbus":               float64(tick.FBUs),
+			"max_fbu_bytes":      float64(tick.MaxFBUBytes),
+			"max_fbu_rects":      float64(tick.MaxFBURects),
+			"max_write_bytes":    float64(tick.MaxWriteBytes),
+			"write_time_seconds": float64(tick.WriteNanos) / 1e9,
+		},
+		timestamp: time.Now(),
+	})
+	m.trimLocked()
+}
+
 func (m *influxDBMetrics) RecordLoginDuration(_ context.Context, agentInfo AgentInfo, duration time.Duration, success bool) {
 	result := "success"
 	if !success {

client/internal/metrics/metrics.go

@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ type metricsImplementation interface {
 	// RecordLoginDuration records how long the login to management took
 	RecordLoginDuration(ctx context.Context, agentInfo AgentInfo, duration time.Duration, success bool)
 
+	// RecordVNCSessionTick records a periodic snapshot of one VNC
+	// session's wire activity. Called once per metricsConn tick interval
+	// (and once at session close), only when the tick saw activity.
+	RecordVNCSessionTick(ctx context.Context, agentInfo AgentInfo, tick VNCSessionTick)
+
 	// Export exports metrics in InfluxDB line protocol format
 	Export(w io.Writer) error
 
@@ -78,6 +83,21 @@ type ClientMetrics struct {
 	pushCancel context.CancelFunc
 }
 
+// VNCSessionTick is one sampling slice of a VNC session's wire activity.
+// BytesOut / Writes / FBUs / WriteNanos are deltas observed during this
+// tick; Max* fields are the high-water marks observed during the tick.
+// Period is the wall-clock duration the deltas cover.
+type VNCSessionTick struct {
+	Period        time.Duration
+	BytesOut      uint64
+	Writes        uint64
+	FBUs          uint64
+	MaxFBUBytes   uint64
+	MaxFBURects   uint64
+	MaxWriteBytes uint64
+	WriteNanos    uint64
+}
+
 // ConnectionStageTimestamps holds timestamps for each connection stage
 type ConnectionStageTimestamps struct {
 	SignalingReceived  time.Time // First signal received from remote peer (both initial and reconnection)
@@ -127,6 +147,17 @@ func (c *ClientMetrics) RecordSyncDuration(ctx context.Context, duration time.Du
 	c.impl.RecordSyncDuration(ctx, agentInfo, duration)
 }
 
+// RecordVNCSessionTick records a periodic snapshot of one VNC session.
+func (c *ClientMetrics) RecordVNCSessionTick(ctx context.Context, tick VNCSessionTick) {
+	if c == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	agentInfo := c.agentInfo
+	c.mu.RUnlock()
+	c.impl.RecordVNCSessionTick(ctx, agentInfo, tick)
+}
+
 // RecordLoginDuration records how long the login to management server took
 func (c *ClientMetrics) RecordLoginDuration(ctx context.Context, duration time.Duration, success bool) {
 	if c == nil {

client/internal/metrics/push_test.go

@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ func (m *mockMetrics) RecordSyncDuration(_ context.Context, _ AgentInfo, _ time.
 func (m *mockMetrics) RecordLoginDuration(_ context.Context, _ AgentInfo, _ time.Duration, _ bool) {
 }
 
+func (m *mockMetrics) RecordVNCSessionTick(_ context.Context, _ AgentInfo, _ VNCSessionTick) {
+}
+
 func (m *mockMetrics) Export(w io.Writer) error {
 	if m.exportData != "" {
 		_, err := w.Write([]byte(m.exportData))

client/internal/peer/status.go

@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/netip"
-	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
@@ -193,27 +191,21 @@ func (s *StatusChangeSubscription) Events() chan map[string]RouterState {
 // every private-service request) don't contend against each other.
 // Pure read methods take RLock; anything that mutates state takes Lock.
 type Status struct {
-	mux                 sync.RWMutex
-	peers               map[string]State
-	changeNotify        map[string]map[string]*StatusChangeSubscription // map[peerID]map[subscriptionID]*StatusChangeSubscription
-	signalState         bool
-	signalError         error
-	managementState     bool
-	managementError     error
-	relayStates         []relay.ProbeResult
-	localPeer           LocalPeerState
-	offlinePeers        []State
-	mgmAddress          string
-	signalAddress       string
-	notifier            *notifier
-	rosenpassEnabled    bool
-	rosenpassPermissive bool
-	// sessionExpiresAt is the absolute UTC instant at which the peer's SSO
-	// session expires. Zero when the peer is not SSO-tracked or login
-	// expiration is disabled. Populated from management LoginResponse /
-	// SyncResponse and exposed via the daemon's Status / SubscribeStatus RPC
-	// so the UI can show remaining time without itself talking to mgm.
-	sessionExpiresAt      time.Time
+	mux                   sync.RWMutex
+	peers                 map[string]State
+	changeNotify          map[string]map[string]*StatusChangeSubscription // map[peerID]map[subscriptionID]*StatusChangeSubscription
+	signalState           bool
+	signalError           error
+	managementState       bool
+	managementError       error
+	relayStates           []relay.ProbeResult
+	localPeer             LocalPeerState
+	offlinePeers          []State
+	mgmAddress            string
+	signalAddress         string
+	notifier              *notifier
+	rosenpassEnabled      bool
+	rosenpassPermissive   bool
 	nsGroupStates         []NSGroupState
 	resolvedDomainsStates map[domain.Domain]ResolvedDomainInfo
 	lazyConnectionEnabled bool
@@ -229,21 +221,6 @@ type Status struct {
 	eventStreams map[string]chan *proto.SystemEvent
 	eventQueue   *EventQueue
 
-	// stateChangeStreams fan-out connection-state changes (connected /
-	// disconnected / connecting / address change / peers list change) to
-	// every active SubscribeStatus gRPC stream. Each subscriber gets a
-	// buffered chan; the notifier non-blockingly pings them so a slow
-	// consumer can never stall the daemon.
-	stateChangeMux     sync.Mutex
-	stateChangeStreams map[string]chan struct{}
-
-	// networksRevision bumps whenever the routed-networks set or their
-	// selected state changes (driven by the route manager). Surfaced in the
-	// status snapshot so the UI can fingerprint on it and re-fetch
-	// ListNetworks only on a real change. Atomic so the snapshot builder can
-	// read it without taking mux.
-	networksRevision atomic.Uint64
-
 	ingressGwMgr *ingressgw.Manager
 
 	routeIDLookup routeIDLookup
@@ -257,7 +234,6 @@ func NewRecorder(mgmAddress string) *Status {
 		changeNotify:          make(map[string]map[string]*StatusChangeSubscription),
 		eventStreams:          make(map[string]chan *proto.SystemEvent),
 		eventQueue:            NewEventQueue(eventQueueSize),
-		stateChangeStreams:    make(map[string]chan struct{}),
 		offlinePeers:          make([]State, 0),
 		notifier:              newNotifier(),
 		mgmAddress:            mgmAddress,
@@ -416,7 +392,6 @@ func (d *Status) UpdatePeerState(receivedState State) error {
 	if notifyRouter {
 		d.dispatchRouterPeers(receivedState.PubKey, routerSnapshot)
 	}
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -442,7 +417,6 @@ func (d *Status) AddPeerStateRoute(peer string, route string, resourceId route.R
 
 	// todo: consider to make sense of this notification or not
 	d.notifier.peerListChanged(numPeers)
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -468,7 +442,6 @@ func (d *Status) RemovePeerStateRoute(peer string, route string) error {
 
 	// todo: consider to make sense of this notification or not
 	d.notifier.peerListChanged(numPeers)
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -518,7 +491,6 @@ func (d *Status) UpdatePeerICEState(receivedState State) error {
 	if notifyRouter {
 		d.dispatchRouterPeers(receivedState.PubKey, routerSnapshot)
 	}
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -555,7 +527,6 @@ func (d *Status) UpdatePeerRelayedState(receivedState State) error {
 	if notifyRouter {
 		d.dispatchRouterPeers(receivedState.PubKey, routerSnapshot)
 	}
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -591,7 +562,6 @@ func (d *Status) UpdatePeerRelayedStateToDisconnected(receivedState State) error
 	if notifyRouter {
 		d.dispatchRouterPeers(receivedState.PubKey, routerSnapshot)
 	}
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -630,7 +600,6 @@ func (d *Status) UpdatePeerICEStateToDisconnected(receivedState State) error {
 	if notifyRouter {
 		d.dispatchRouterPeers(receivedState.PubKey, routerSnapshot)
 	}
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -724,7 +693,6 @@ func (d *Status) FinishPeerListModifications() {
 	for _, rd := range dispatches {
 		d.dispatchRouterPeers(rd.peerID, rd.snapshot)
 	}
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 }
 
 func (d *Status) SubscribeToPeerStateChanges(ctx context.Context, peerID string) *StatusChangeSubscription {
@@ -783,41 +751,6 @@ func (d *Status) UpdateLocalPeerState(localPeerState LocalPeerState) {
 	d.mux.Unlock()
 
 	d.notifier.localAddressChanged(fqdn, ip)
-	d.notifyStateChange()
-}
-
-// SetSessionExpiresAt records the absolute UTC instant at which the peer's
-// SSO session is set to expire. Pass the zero value to clear (e.g. when the
-// management server stops publishing a deadline because login expiration was
-// disabled or the peer is not SSO-tracked). Same-value updates are no-ops;
-// real changes fan out via notifyStateChange so SubscribeStatus consumers
-// pick up the new deadline on their next read.
-func (d *Status) SetSessionExpiresAt(deadline time.Time) {
-	d.mux.Lock()
-	if d.sessionExpiresAt.Equal(deadline) {
-		d.mux.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
-	d.sessionExpiresAt = deadline
-	d.mux.Unlock()
-	d.notifyStateChange()
-}
-
-// GetSessionExpiresAt returns the most recently recorded SSO session deadline,
-// or the zero value when no deadline is tracked. A deadline that has already
-// slipped into the past reports as "none": once the session has expired it is
-// no longer a meaningful countdown, and the sessionwatch.Watcher does not
-// arm a timer at the deadline itself to clear it (only the two pre-expiry
-// warnings). Without this guard the UI would keep painting a stale
-// "expires in …" against a moment that has passed until the next login,
-// extend, or teardown rewrote the value.
-func (d *Status) GetSessionExpiresAt() time.Time {
-	d.mux.Lock()
-	defer d.mux.Unlock()
-	if !d.sessionExpiresAt.IsZero() && d.sessionExpiresAt.Before(time.Now()) {
-		return time.Time{}
-	}
-	return d.sessionExpiresAt
 }
 
 // AddLocalPeerStateRoute adds a route to the local peer state
@@ -886,19 +819,11 @@ func (d *Status) CleanLocalPeerState() {
 	d.mux.Unlock()
 
 	d.notifier.localAddressChanged(fqdn, ip)
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 }
 
 // MarkManagementDisconnected sets ManagementState to disconnected
 func (d *Status) MarkManagementDisconnected(err error) {
 	d.mux.Lock()
-	// Health checks re-mark the same state on every probe; skip the fan-out
-	// when nothing actually changed so we don't flood SubscribeStatus
-	// consumers with identical snapshots.
-	if !d.managementState && errors.Is(d.managementError, err) {
-		d.mux.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
 	d.managementState = false
 	d.managementError = err
 	mgm := d.managementState
@@ -906,16 +831,11 @@ func (d *Status) MarkManagementDisconnected(err error) {
 	d.mux.Unlock()
 
 	d.notifier.updateServerStates(mgm, sig)
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 }
 
 // MarkManagementConnected sets ManagementState to connected
 func (d *Status) MarkManagementConnected() {
 	d.mux.Lock()
-	if d.managementState && d.managementError == nil {
-		d.mux.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
 	d.managementState = true
 	d.managementError = nil
 	mgm := d.managementState
@@ -923,7 +843,6 @@ func (d *Status) MarkManagementConnected() {
 	d.mux.Unlock()
 
 	d.notifier.updateServerStates(mgm, sig)
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 }
 
 // UpdateSignalAddress update the address of the signal server
@@ -957,10 +876,6 @@ func (d *Status) UpdateLazyConnection(enabled bool) {
 // MarkSignalDisconnected sets SignalState to disconnected
 func (d *Status) MarkSignalDisconnected(err error) {
 	d.mux.Lock()
-	if !d.signalState && errors.Is(d.signalError, err) {
-		d.mux.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
 	d.signalState = false
 	d.signalError = err
 	mgm := d.managementState
@@ -968,16 +883,11 @@ func (d *Status) MarkSignalDisconnected(err error) {
 	d.mux.Unlock()
 
 	d.notifier.updateServerStates(mgm, sig)
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 }
 
 // MarkSignalConnected sets SignalState to connected
 func (d *Status) MarkSignalConnected() {
 	d.mux.Lock()
-	if d.signalState && d.signalError == nil {
-		d.mux.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
 	d.signalState = true
 	d.signalError = nil
 	mgm := d.managementState
@@ -985,7 +895,6 @@ func (d *Status) MarkSignalConnected() {
 	d.mux.Unlock()
 
 	d.notifier.updateServerStates(mgm, sig)
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 }
 
 func (d *Status) UpdateRelayStates(relayResults []relay.ProbeResult) {
@@ -1183,19 +1092,16 @@ func (d *Status) GetFullStatus() FullStatus {
 // ClientStart will notify all listeners about the new service state
 func (d *Status) ClientStart() {
 	d.notifier.clientStart()
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 }
 
 // ClientStop will notify all listeners about the new service state
 func (d *Status) ClientStop() {
 	d.notifier.clientStop()
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 }
 
 // ClientTeardown will notify all listeners about the service is under teardown
 func (d *Status) ClientTeardown() {
 	d.notifier.clientTearDown()
-	d.notifyStateChange()
 }
 
 // SetConnectionListener set a listener to the notifier
@@ -1317,6 +1223,15 @@ func (d *Status) SubscribeToEvents() *EventSubscription {
 	}
 }
 
+// HasEventSubscribers reports whether any client is currently subscribed
+// to the daemon's SystemEvent stream. Used by the VNC approval broker to
+// fail closed when no UI is connected to prompt the user.
+func (d *Status) HasEventSubscribers() bool {
+	d.eventMux.Lock()
+	defer d.eventMux.Unlock()
+	return len(d.eventStreams) > 0
+}
+
 // UnsubscribeFromEvents removes an event subscription
 func (d *Status) UnsubscribeFromEvents(sub *EventSubscription) {
 	if sub == nil {
@@ -1337,82 +1252,6 @@ func (d *Status) GetEventHistory() []*proto.SystemEvent {
 	return d.eventQueue.GetAll()
 }
 
-// SubscribeToStateChanges hands back a channel that receives a tick on
-// every connection-state change (connected / disconnected / connecting /
-// address change / peers-list change). The channel is buffered to one
-// pending tick so a coalesced burst still wakes the consumer exactly
-// once. Pass the returned id to UnsubscribeFromStateChanges to detach.
-func (d *Status) SubscribeToStateChanges() (string, <-chan struct{}) {
-	d.stateChangeMux.Lock()
-	defer d.stateChangeMux.Unlock()
-
-	id := uuid.New().String()
-	ch := make(chan struct{}, 1)
-	d.stateChangeStreams[id] = ch
-	return id, ch
-}
-
-// UnsubscribeFromStateChanges releases a SubscribeToStateChanges channel
-// and closes it so any consumer goroutine selecting on the channel
-// unblocks cleanly.
-func (d *Status) UnsubscribeFromStateChanges(id string) {
-	d.stateChangeMux.Lock()
-	defer d.stateChangeMux.Unlock()
-
-	if ch, ok := d.stateChangeStreams[id]; ok {
-		close(ch)
-		delete(d.stateChangeStreams, id)
-	}
-}
-
-// notifyStateChange wakes every SubscribeToStateChanges subscriber. Drops
-// the tick if a subscriber's buffer is full — by definition the consumer
-// is already going to fetch the latest snapshot, so multiple pending ticks
-// would be redundant.
-func (d *Status) notifyStateChange() {
-	if _, file, line, ok := runtime.Caller(1); ok {
-		log.Infof("--- notifyStateChange from %s:%d", file, line)
-	}
-	d.stateChangeMux.Lock()
-	defer d.stateChangeMux.Unlock()
-
-	for _, ch := range d.stateChangeStreams {
-		select {
-		case ch <- struct{}{}:
-		default:
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// NotifyStateChange is the public wake-the-subscribers entry point used by
-// callers that mutate state outside the peer recorder — most importantly
-// the connect-state machine, which writes StatusNeedsLogin into the
-// shared contextState (client/internal/state.go) without touching any
-// recorder field. Without this push the SubscribeStatus stream stays on
-// the previous snapshot until an unrelated peer/management/signal
-// change happens to fire notifyStateChange, leaving the UI's status
-// out of sync with the daemon.
-func (d *Status) NotifyStateChange() {
-	d.notifyStateChange()
-}
-
-// BumpNetworksRevision increments the routed-networks revision and wakes every
-// SubscribeStatus subscriber. The route manager calls it when a network map
-// changes the available routes or when a selection is applied — the peer
-// status itself only records actively-routed (chosen) networks, so without
-// this bump a candidate route appearing/disappearing would never reach the UI.
-func (d *Status) BumpNetworksRevision() {
-	d.networksRevision.Add(1)
-	d.notifyStateChange()
-}
-
-// GetNetworksRevision returns the current routed-networks revision, surfaced in
-// the status snapshot so the UI can detect route/selection changes (see
-// BumpNetworksRevision).
-func (d *Status) GetNetworksRevision() uint64 {
-	return d.networksRevision.Load()
-}
-
 func (d *Status) SetWgIface(wgInterface WGIfaceStatus) {
 	d.mux.Lock()
 	defer d.mux.Unlock()

client/internal/peer/status_test.go

@@ -297,39 +297,3 @@ func TestGetFullStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, signalState, fullStatus.SignalState, "signal status should be equal")
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []State{peerState1, peerState2}, fullStatus.Peers, "peers states should match")
 }
-
-// notified reports whether a state-change tick is pending on ch, draining it.
-func notified(ch <-chan struct{}) bool {
-	select {
-	case <-ch:
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-func TestMarkServerStateDoesNotNotifyWhenUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
-	status := NewRecorder("https://mgm")
-	_, ch := status.SubscribeToStateChanges()
-
-	// First transition is a real change and must notify.
-	status.MarkManagementConnected()
-	require.True(t, notified(ch), "first connect should notify")
-
-	// Re-marking the same state must not notify again.
-	status.MarkManagementConnected()
-	assert.False(t, notified(ch), "redundant connect should not notify")
-
-	// Same for signal.
-	status.MarkSignalConnected()
-	require.True(t, notified(ch), "first signal connect should notify")
-	status.MarkSignalConnected()
-	assert.False(t, notified(ch), "redundant signal connect should not notify")
-
-	// A genuine change (disconnect with an error) notifies again.
-	err := errors.New("boom")
-	status.MarkManagementDisconnected(err)
-	require.True(t, notified(ch), "disconnect should notify")
-	status.MarkManagementDisconnected(err)
-	assert.False(t, notified(ch), "redundant disconnect should not notify")
-}

client/internal/profilemanager/config.go

@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ type ConfigInput struct {
 	StateFilePath                 string
 	PreSharedKey                  *string
 	ServerSSHAllowed              *bool
+	ServerVNCAllowed              *bool
+	DisableVNCApproval            *bool
 	EnableSSHRoot                 *bool
 	EnableSSHSFTP                 *bool
 	EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding  *bool
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	RosenpassEnabled              bool
 	RosenpassPermissive           bool
 	ServerSSHAllowed              *bool
+	ServerVNCAllowed              *bool
+	DisableVNCApproval            *bool
 	EnableSSHRoot                 *bool
 	EnableSSHSFTP                 *bool
 	EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding  *bool
@@ -418,6 +422,33 @@ func (config *Config) apply(input ConfigInput) (updated bool, err error) {
 		updated = true
 	}
 
+	if input.ServerVNCAllowed != nil {
+		if config.ServerVNCAllowed == nil || *input.ServerVNCAllowed != *config.ServerVNCAllowed {
+			if *input.ServerVNCAllowed {
+				log.Infof("enabling VNC server")
+			} else {
+				log.Infof("disabling VNC server")
+			}
+			config.ServerVNCAllowed = input.ServerVNCAllowed
+			updated = true
+		}
+	} else if config.ServerVNCAllowed == nil {
+		config.ServerVNCAllowed = util.False()
+		updated = true
+	}
+
+	if input.DisableVNCApproval != nil {
+		if config.DisableVNCApproval == nil || *input.DisableVNCApproval != *config.DisableVNCApproval {
+			if *input.DisableVNCApproval {
+				log.Infof("disabling VNC connection approval prompt")
+			} else {
+				log.Infof("enabling VNC connection approval prompt")
+			}
+			config.DisableVNCApproval = input.DisableVNCApproval
+			updated = true
+		}
+	}
+
 	if input.EnableSSHRoot != nil && input.EnableSSHRoot != config.EnableSSHRoot {
 		if *input.EnableSSHRoot {
 			log.Infof("enabling SSH root login")

client/internal/profilemanager/state.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
@@ -60,22 +59,3 @@ func (pm *ProfileManager) SetActiveProfileState(state *ProfileState) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-// RemoveProfileState deletes the per-profile state file (which holds the
-// account email used for the SSO login hint and the UI display). Called after
-// a successful logout so a logged-out profile no longer shows a stale account
-// email. The state file only stores the email, so deleting it is equivalent to
-// clearing it; the next SSO login recreates it. A missing file is not an error.
-func (pm *ProfileManager) RemoveProfileState(profileName string) error {
-	configDir, err := getConfigDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("get config directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	stateFile := filepath.Join(configDir, profileName+".state.json")
-	if err := os.Remove(stateFile); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("remove profile state: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}

client/internal/routemanager/exit_node_selection_test.go

@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-package routemanager
-
-import (
-	"net/netip"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routeselector"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
-)
-
-func newExitNodeTestManager() *DefaultManager {
-	return &DefaultManager{routeSelector: routeselector.NewRouteSelector()}
-}
-
-func exitRoute(netID, peer string, skipAutoApply bool) *route.Route {
-	return &route.Route{
-		NetID:         route.NetID(netID),
-		Network:       netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
-		Peer:          peer,
-		SkipAutoApply: skipAutoApply,
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPickPreferredExitNode(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name string
-		info exitNodeInfo
-		want route.NetID
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "persisted user selection wins over management",
-			info: exitNodeInfo{
-				allIDs:               []route.NetID{"a", "b", "c"},
-				userSelected:         []route.NetID{"b"},
-				selectedByManagement: []route.NetID{"a"},
-			},
-			want: "b",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "multiple user-selected self-heal to deterministic min",
-			info: exitNodeInfo{
-				allIDs:       []route.NetID{"a", "b", "c"},
-				userSelected: []route.NetID{"c", "a"},
-			},
-			want: "a",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "explicit opt-out keeps none",
-			info: exitNodeInfo{
-				allIDs:         []route.NetID{"a", "b"},
-				userDeselected: []route.NetID{"a", "b"},
-			},
-			want: "",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "fresh defaults to management auto-apply pick",
-			info: exitNodeInfo{
-				allIDs:               []route.NetID{"a", "b", "c"},
-				selectedByManagement: []route.NetID{"b"},
-			},
-			want: "b",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "no user pick and no management auto-apply selects none",
-			info: exitNodeInfo{
-				allIDs: []route.NetID{"c", "a", "b"},
-			},
-			want: "",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "user-deselect does not block a management auto-apply sibling",
-			info: exitNodeInfo{
-				allIDs:               []route.NetID{"a", "b"},
-				userDeselected:       []route.NetID{"a"},
-				selectedByManagement: []route.NetID{"b"},
-			},
-			want: "b",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, pickPreferredExitNode(tt.info), "preferred exit node")
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestEnforceSingleExitNode(t *testing.T) {
-	m := newExitNodeTestManager()
-	all := []route.NetID{"a", "b", "c"}
-
-	m.enforceSingleExitNode("b", all)
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("a"), "a should be deselected")
-	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("b"), "b should be the only selected exit node")
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("c"), "c should be deselected")
-
-	// Switching the preferred node moves the single selection.
-	m.enforceSingleExitNode("c", all)
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("a"), "a stays deselected")
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("b"), "b should now be deselected")
-	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("c"), "c should now be selected")
-
-	// Empty preferred turns every exit node off.
-	m.enforceSingleExitNode("", all)
-	for _, id := range all {
-		assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected(id), "no exit node should be selected")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestEnforceSingleExitNode_RespectsDeselectAll(t *testing.T) {
-	m := newExitNodeTestManager()
-	m.routeSelector.DeselectAllRoutes()
-
-	m.enforceSingleExitNode("b", []route.NetID{"a", "b"})
-
-	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsDeselectAllActive(), "global deselect-all must stay in effect")
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("b"), "no exit node should be forced on while deselect-all is set")
-}
-
-func TestUpdateRouteSelectorFromManagement_FreshSelectsOne(t *testing.T) {
-	m := newExitNodeTestManager()
-	routes := route.HAMap{
-		"exitA|0.0.0.0/0":    {exitRoute("exitA", "p1", false)},
-		"exitB|0.0.0.0/0":    {exitRoute("exitB", "p2", false)},
-		"lan|192.168.1.0/24": {{NetID: "lan", Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24"), Peer: "p3"}},
-		"exitC|0.0.0.0/0":    {exitRoute("exitC", "p4", false)},
-	}
-
-	m.updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(routes)
-
-	// Exactly one exit node (the deterministic first) is selected.
-	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA"), "exitA is the deterministic default")
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "exitB must not also be selected")
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitC"), "exitC must not also be selected")
-	// Non-exit routes are left at their default-on state.
-	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("lan"), "non-exit route selection is untouched")
-}
-
-func TestUpdateRouteSelectorFromManagement_HonorsPersistedPick(t *testing.T) {
-	m := newExitNodeTestManager()
-	routes := route.HAMap{
-		"exitA|0.0.0.0/0": {exitRoute("exitA", "p1", false)},
-		"exitB|0.0.0.0/0": {exitRoute("exitB", "p2", false)},
-	}
-	all := []route.NetID{"exitA", "exitB"}
-
-	// Simulate the state the runtime select path leaves behind: exactly one
-	// exit node explicitly selected, its sibling deselected.
-	require.NoError(t, m.routeSelector.SelectRoutes([]route.NetID{"exitB"}, true, all))
-	require.NoError(t, m.routeSelector.DeselectRoutes([]route.NetID{"exitA"}, all))
-
-	m.updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(routes)
-
-	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "persisted pick must stay selected")
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA"), "the other exit node stays deselected")
-}
-
-func TestUpdateRouteSelectorFromManagement_OptOutKeepsNone(t *testing.T) {
-	m := newExitNodeTestManager()
-	routes := route.HAMap{
-		"exitA|0.0.0.0/0": {exitRoute("exitA", "p1", false)},
-		"exitB|0.0.0.0/0": {exitRoute("exitB", "p2", false)},
-	}
-	all := []route.NetID{"exitA", "exitB"}
-
-	// User deselected exit nodes and selected none.
-	require.NoError(t, m.routeSelector.DeselectRoutes(all, all))
-
-	m.updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(routes)
-
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA"), "opt-out keeps exitA off")
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "opt-out keeps exitB off")
-}
-
-func TestUpdateRouteSelectorFromManagement_NoAutoApplySelectsNone(t *testing.T) {
-	m := newExitNodeTestManager()
-	// SkipAutoApply=true: management offers the exit nodes but doesn't request
-	// auto-activation, so none should be selected until the user picks one.
-	routes := route.HAMap{
-		"exitA|0.0.0.0/0": {exitRoute("exitA", "p1", true)},
-		"exitB|0.0.0.0/0": {exitRoute("exitB", "p2", true)},
-	}
-
-	m.updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(routes)
-
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA"), "no auto-apply keeps exitA off")
-	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "no auto-apply keeps exitB off")
-}

client/internal/routemanager/manager.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"runtime"
 	"slices"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -440,11 +439,6 @@ func (m *DefaultManager) UpdateRoutes(
 
 		m.updateClientNetworks(updateSerial, filteredClientRoutes)
 		m.notifier.OnNewRoutes(filteredClientRoutes)
-		// A new network map can add or drop route/exit-node candidates without
-		// touching any peer's chosen-route state, so the peer status alone
-		// wouldn't notify SubscribeStatus subscribers. Bump the revision so the
-		// UI re-fetches ListNetworks.
-		m.statusRecorder.BumpNetworksRevision()
 	}
 	m.clientRoutes = clientRoutes
 
@@ -585,10 +579,6 @@ func (m *DefaultManager) TriggerSelection(networks route.HAMap) {
 	if err := m.stateManager.UpdateState((*SelectorState)(m.routeSelector)); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("failed to update state: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	// A selection change flips Network.selected without altering the candidate
-	// set, so bump the revision to push the new state to the UI.
-	m.statusRecorder.BumpNetworksRevision()
 }
 
 // stopObsoleteClients stops the client network watcher for the networks that are not in the new list
@@ -708,22 +698,22 @@ func resolveURLsToIPs(urls []string) []net.IP {
 	return ips
 }
 
-// updateRouteSelectorFromManagement reconciles exit-node selection on every
-// network map: it keeps at most one exit node selected — the user's persisted
-// pick, else whatever management marks for auto-apply (SkipAutoApply=false),
-// else none. We never auto-activate an exit node the map doesn't request; it
-// stays off until the user picks it. Exit nodes are mutually exclusive, but the
-// RouteSelector stores routes with default-on semantics, so without this every
-// available exit node would report selected at once.
+// updateRouteSelectorFromManagement updates the route selector based on the isSelected status from the management server
 func (m *DefaultManager) updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(clientRoutes route.HAMap) {
-	info := m.collectExitNodeInfo(clientRoutes)
-	if len(info.allIDs) == 0 {
+	// An explicit user "deselect all" must not be overridden by management auto-apply.
+	// Auto-applying an exit node here would call SelectRoutes, which clears the
+	// deselect-all flag and re-enables every route the user turned off.
+	if m.routeSelector.IsDeselectAll() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	preferred := pickPreferredExitNode(info)
-	m.enforceSingleExitNode(preferred, info.allIDs)
-	m.logExitNodeUpdate(info, preferred)
+	exitNodeInfo := m.collectExitNodeInfo(clientRoutes)
+	if len(exitNodeInfo.allIDs) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	m.updateExitNodeSelections(exitNodeInfo)
+	m.logExitNodeUpdate(exitNodeInfo)
 }
 
 type exitNodeInfo struct {
@@ -733,10 +723,6 @@ type exitNodeInfo struct {
 	userDeselected       []route.NetID
 }
 
-// collectExitNodeInfo categorises the available exit nodes by their persisted
-// selection state. It keys on the base (v4) NetID and skips the synthesized
-// "-v6" partner, which inherits its base's selection through the RouteSelector
-// — counting it separately would double-count the pair.
 func (m *DefaultManager) collectExitNodeInfo(clientRoutes route.HAMap) exitNodeInfo {
 	var info exitNodeInfo
 
@@ -746,9 +732,6 @@ func (m *DefaultManager) collectExitNodeInfo(clientRoutes route.HAMap) exitNodeI
 		}
 
 		netID := haID.NetID()
-		if strings.HasSuffix(string(netID), route.V6ExitSuffix) {
-			continue
-		}
 		info.allIDs = append(info.allIDs, netID)
 
 		if m.routeSelector.HasUserSelectionForRoute(netID) {
@@ -785,69 +768,45 @@ func (m *DefaultManager) checkManagementSelection(routes []*route.Route, netID r
 	}
 }
 
-// pickPreferredExitNode chooses the single exit node to keep selected. In order:
-//   - a persisted user selection wins (deterministic if several survive from
-//     legacy state, so the set self-heals down to one);
-//   - otherwise activate only what management marks for auto-apply
-//     (SkipAutoApply=false); the lexicographically first if it marks several.
-//
-// Returns "" when neither holds — we never force an arbitrary exit node on. A
-// route the map doesn't auto-apply stays off until the user selects it.
-// info.userDeselected is informational only: an explicit deselect simply keeps
-// that route out of both lists above, so it can't be picked.
-func pickPreferredExitNode(info exitNodeInfo) route.NetID {
-	if len(info.userSelected) > 0 {
-		return minNetID(info.userSelected)
-	}
-	if len(info.selectedByManagement) > 0 {
-		return minNetID(info.selectedByManagement)
-	}
-	return ""
+func (m *DefaultManager) updateExitNodeSelections(info exitNodeInfo) {
+	routesToDeselect := m.getRoutesToDeselect(info.allIDs)
+	m.deselectExitNodes(routesToDeselect)
+	m.selectExitNodesByManagement(info.selectedByManagement, info.allIDs)
 }
 
-// enforceSingleExitNode makes preferred the only selected exit node: every other
-// available exit node is deselected and preferred (if any) is selected, without
-// disturbing non-exit route selections. A global deselect-all is left untouched
-// so the user's "all off" stays in effect.
-func (m *DefaultManager) enforceSingleExitNode(preferred route.NetID, allIDs []route.NetID) {
-	if m.routeSelector.IsDeselectAllActive() {
+func (m *DefaultManager) getRoutesToDeselect(allIDs []route.NetID) []route.NetID {
+	var routesToDeselect []route.NetID
+	for _, netID := range allIDs {
+		if !m.routeSelector.HasUserSelectionForRoute(netID) {
+			routesToDeselect = append(routesToDeselect, netID)
+		}
+	}
+	return routesToDeselect
+}
+
+func (m *DefaultManager) deselectExitNodes(routesToDeselect []route.NetID) {
+	if len(routesToDeselect) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
-	others := make([]route.NetID, 0, len(allIDs))
-	for _, id := range allIDs {
-		if id != preferred {
-			others = append(others, id)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(others) > 0 {
-		if err := m.routeSelector.DeselectRoutes(others, allIDs); err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("deselect other exit nodes: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-	if preferred != "" {
-		if err := m.routeSelector.SelectRoutes([]route.NetID{preferred}, true, allIDs); err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("select preferred exit node %q: %v", preferred, err)
-		}
+	err := m.routeSelector.DeselectRoutes(routesToDeselect, routesToDeselect)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("Failed to deselect exit nodes: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *DefaultManager) logExitNodeUpdate(info exitNodeInfo, preferred route.NetID) {
-	log.Debugf("Exit node selection: %d available, preferred=%q (%d user-selected, %d user-deselected, %d management-selected)",
-		len(info.allIDs), preferred, len(info.userSelected), len(info.userDeselected), len(info.selectedByManagement))
+func (m *DefaultManager) selectExitNodesByManagement(selectedByManagement []route.NetID, allIDs []route.NetID) {
+	if len(selectedByManagement) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	err := m.routeSelector.SelectRoutes(selectedByManagement, true, allIDs)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("Failed to select exit nodes: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
-// minNetID returns the lexicographically smallest NetID, for a deterministic
-// default pick that stays stable across restarts.
-func minNetID(ids []route.NetID) route.NetID {
-	if len(ids) == 0 {
-		return ""
-	}
-	best := ids[0]
-	for _, id := range ids[1:] {
-		if id < best {
-			best = id
-		}
-	}
-	return best
+func (m *DefaultManager) logExitNodeUpdate(info exitNodeInfo) {
+	log.Debugf("Updated route selector: %d exit nodes available, %d selected by management, %d user-selected, %d user-deselected",
+		len(info.allIDs), len(info.selectedByManagement), len(info.userSelected), len(info.userDeselected))
 }

client/internal/routemanager/selector_management_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package routemanager
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routeselector"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
+)
+
+func exitNodeRoutes(netID route.NetID, skipAutoApply bool) route.HAMap {
+	haID := route.HAUniqueID(string(netID) + "|0.0.0.0/0")
+	return route.HAMap{
+		haID: []*route.Route{
+			{
+				ID:            "r-" + route.ID(netID),
+				NetID:         netID,
+				Network:       netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0"),
+				NetworkType:   route.IPv4Network,
+				Enabled:       true,
+				SkipAutoApply: skipAutoApply,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUpdateRouteSelectorFromManagement(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("management auto-apply selects exit node without user selection", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m := &DefaultManager{routeSelector: routeselector.NewRouteSelector()}
+		routes := exitNodeRoutes("exit1", false)
+
+		m.updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(routes)
+
+		require.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exit1"), "auto-apply exit node should be selected")
+		require.Len(t, m.routeSelector.FilterSelectedExitNodes(routes), 1, "selected exit node should pass the filter")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("management SkipAutoApply leaves exit node deselected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m := &DefaultManager{routeSelector: routeselector.NewRouteSelector()}
+		routes := exitNodeRoutes("exit1", true)
+
+		m.updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(routes)
+
+		require.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exit1"), "SkipAutoApply exit node should not be selected")
+		require.Empty(t, m.routeSelector.FilterSelectedExitNodes(routes), "deselected exit node should be filtered out")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("user selection is not overridden by management", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m := &DefaultManager{routeSelector: routeselector.NewRouteSelector()}
+		require.NoError(t, m.routeSelector.SelectRoutes([]route.NetID{"exit1"}, true, []route.NetID{"exit1"}))
+		routes := exitNodeRoutes("exit1", true)
+
+		m.updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(routes)
+
+		require.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exit1"), "explicit user selection must survive a management sync that wants to skip auto-apply")
+		require.Len(t, m.routeSelector.FilterSelectedExitNodes(routes), 1, "user-selected exit node should pass the filter")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("deselect-all is preserved across a management sync", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m := &DefaultManager{routeSelector: routeselector.NewRouteSelector()}
+		m.routeSelector.DeselectAllRoutes()
+		routes := exitNodeRoutes("exit1", false)
+
+		m.updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(routes)
+
+		require.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsDeselectAll(), "an explicit deselect-all must not be cleared by management auto-apply")
+		require.Empty(t, m.routeSelector.FilterSelectedExitNodes(routes), "no routes should be selected while deselect-all is set")
+	})
+}

client/internal/routeselector/routeselector.go

@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ func (rs *RouteSelector) DeselectAllRoutes() {
 	clear(rs.selectedRoutes)
 }
 
+// IsDeselectAll reports whether the user has explicitly deselected all routes.
+func (rs *RouteSelector) IsDeselectAll() bool {
+	rs.mu.RLock()
+	defer rs.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	return rs.deselectAll
+}
+
 // IsSelected checks if a specific route is selected.
 func (rs *RouteSelector) IsSelected(routeID route.NetID) bool {
 	rs.mu.RLock()
@@ -124,16 +132,6 @@ func (rs *RouteSelector) IsSelected(routeID route.NetID) bool {
 	return rs.isSelectedLocked(routeID)
 }
 
-// IsDeselectAllActive reports whether the global "deselect all" flag is set,
-// i.e. the user disabled every route. Callers enforcing per-route invariants
-// (e.g. single exit node) should leave the selection untouched when it is.
-func (rs *RouteSelector) IsDeselectAllActive() bool {
-	rs.mu.RLock()
-	defer rs.mu.RUnlock()
-
-	return rs.deselectAll
-}
-
 // FilterSelected removes unselected routes from the provided map.
 func (rs *RouteSelector) FilterSelected(routes route.HAMap) route.HAMap {
 	rs.mu.RLock()

client/internal/state.go

@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ package internal
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"runtime"
 	"sync"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 type StatusType string
@@ -36,37 +33,17 @@ func CtxGetState(ctx context.Context) *contextState {
 }
 
 type contextState struct {
-	err      error
-	status   StatusType
-	mutex    sync.Mutex
-	onChange func()
-}
-
-// SetOnChange installs a callback fired after every successful Set. Used by
-// the daemon to wire the status recorder's notifyStateChange so any
-// state.Set in the connect/login paths pushes a fresh snapshot to
-// SubscribeStatus subscribers without each callsite having to opt in.
-// The callback runs outside the contextState mutex to avoid a lock-order
-// dependency with the recorder's stateChangeMux.
-func (c *contextState) SetOnChange(fn func()) {
-	c.mutex.Lock()
-	c.onChange = fn
-	c.mutex.Unlock()
+	err    error
+	status StatusType
+	mutex  sync.Mutex
 }
 
 func (c *contextState) Set(update StatusType) {
-	if _, file, line, ok := runtime.Caller(1); ok {
-		log.Infof("--- state.Set(%s) from %s:%d", update, file, line)
-	}
 	c.mutex.Lock()
+	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
+
 	c.status = update
 	c.err = nil
-	cb := c.onChange
-	c.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	if cb != nil {
-		cb()
-	}
 }
 
 func (c *contextState) Status() (StatusType, error) {
@@ -80,17 +57,6 @@ func (c *contextState) Status() (StatusType, error) {
 	return c.status, nil
 }
 
-// CurrentStatus returns the last status set via Set, ignoring any wrapped
-// error. Use when the status is needed for reporting purposes (e.g. the
-// status snapshot stream) and a transient wrapped error from a retry loop
-// shouldn't blank out the underlying status.
-func (c *contextState) CurrentStatus() StatusType {
-	c.mutex.Lock()
-	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	return c.status
-}
-
 func (c *contextState) Wrap(err error) error {
 	c.mutex.Lock()
 	defer c.mutex.Unlock()

client/internal/statemanager/manager.go

@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ func New(filePath string) *Manager {
 	}
 }
 
+// FilePath returns the path of the underlying state file.
+func (m *Manager) FilePath() string {
+	if m == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return m.filePath
+}
+
 // Start starts the state manager periodic save routine
 func (m *Manager) Start() {
 	if m == nil {

client/netbird.wxs

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 					</File>
 					<File ProcessorArchitecture="$(var.ProcessorArchitecture)" Source=".\dist\netbird_windows_$(var.ArchSuffix)\wintun.dll" />
 					<File Id="NetbirdToastIcon" Name="netbird.png" Source=".\client\ui\assets\netbird.png" />
+					<?if $(var.ArchSuffix) = "amd64" ?>
+					<File ProcessorArchitecture="$(var.ProcessorArchitecture)" Source=".\dist\netbird_windows_$(var.ArchSuffix)\opengl32.dll" />
+					<?endif ?>
 
 					<ServiceInstall
                                      Id="NetBirdService"
@@ -59,14 +62,6 @@
 			<Component Id="NetbirdAumidRegistry" Guid="*">
 				<RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="Software\Classes\AppUserModelId\NetBird" ForceDeleteOnUninstall="yes">
 					<RegistryValue Name="InstalledByMSI" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes" />
-					<!-- Pre-seed the CLSID the Wails notifications service reads on
-					     first startup (notifications_windows.go:getGUID looks for
-					     the CustomActivator value under this key). Without this
-					     the service generates a fresh per-install UUID, which
-					     diverges from the ToastActivatorCLSID set on the Start
-					     Menu / Desktop shortcuts above and the COM activator
-					     never fires when a toast is clicked. -->
-					<RegistryValue Name="CustomActivator" Type="string" Value="{0E1B4DE7-E148-432B-9814-544F941826EC}" />
 				</RegistryKey>
 			</Component>
 		</StandardDirectory>
@@ -90,40 +85,10 @@
 		<util:CloseApplication Id="CloseNetBird" CloseMessage="no" Target="netbird.exe" RebootPrompt="no" />
 		<util:CloseApplication Id="CloseNetBirdUI" CloseMessage="no" Target="netbird-ui.exe" RebootPrompt="no" TerminateProcess="0" />
 
-		<!-- WebView2 evergreen runtime detection.
-		     Probe both the per-machine and per-user EdgeUpdate keys; if either
-		     reports a non-empty `pv` value the runtime is already installed
-		     and we skip the bootstrapper. -->
-		<Property Id="WEBVIEW2_VERSION_HKLM">
-			<RegistrySearch Id="WV2HKLM" Root="HKLM"
-				Key="SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}"
-				Name="pv" Type="raw" Bitness="always64" />
-		</Property>
-		<Property Id="WEBVIEW2_VERSION_HKCU">
-			<RegistrySearch Id="WV2HKCU" Root="HKCU"
-				Key="Software\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}"
-				Name="pv" Type="raw" />
-		</Property>
 
-		<!-- Embed the bootstrapper payload. Path is relative to the WiX
-		     working directory; sign-pipelines stages it next to client/
-		     via `wails3 generate webview2bootstrapper`. -->
-		<Binary Id="WebView2Bootstrapper" SourceFile=".\client\MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe" />
-
-		<CustomAction Id="InstallWebView2"
-			BinaryRef="WebView2Bootstrapper"
-			ExeCommand="/silent /install"
-			Execute="deferred"
-			Impersonate="no"
-			Return="check" />
-
-		<InstallExecuteSequence>
-			<Custom Action="InstallWebView2" Before="InstallFinalize"
-				Condition="NOT WEBVIEW2_VERSION_HKLM AND NOT WEBVIEW2_VERSION_HKCU AND NOT REMOVE" />
-		</InstallExecuteSequence>
 
 		<!-- Icons -->
-		<Icon Id="NetbirdIcon" SourceFile=".\client\ui\build\windows\icon.ico" />
+		<Icon Id="NetbirdIcon" SourceFile=".\client\ui\assets\netbird.ico" />
 		<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="NetbirdIcon" />
 
 	</Package>

client/proto/daemon.proto

@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ service DaemonService {
   // Status of the service.
   rpc Status(StatusRequest) returns (StatusResponse) {}
 
-  // SubscribeStatus pushes a fresh StatusResponse on connection state
-  // changes (Connected / Disconnected / Connecting / address change /
-  // peers list change). The first message on the stream is the current
-  // snapshot, so a freshly-subscribed UI doesn't need to also call Status.
-  rpc SubscribeStatus(StatusRequest) returns (stream StatusResponse) {}
-
   // Down stops engine work in the daemon.
   rpc Down(DownRequest) returns (DownResponse) {}
 
@@ -115,25 +109,6 @@ service DaemonService {
   // WaitJWTToken waits for JWT authentication completion
   rpc WaitJWTToken(WaitJWTTokenRequest) returns (WaitJWTTokenResponse) {}
 
-  // RequestExtendAuthSession initiates an SSO session-extension flow.
-  // The daemon prepares a PKCE/device-code request against the IdP and
-  // returns the verification URI; the UI is expected to open it. The flow
-  // state is kept in the daemon until WaitExtendAuthSession completes it.
-  rpc RequestExtendAuthSession(RequestExtendAuthSessionRequest) returns (RequestExtendAuthSessionResponse) {}
-
-  // WaitExtendAuthSession blocks until the user finishes the SSO step
-  // started by RequestExtendAuthSession, then forwards the resulting JWT
-  // to the management server's ExtendAuthSession RPC. Returns the new
-  // session expiry deadline. The tunnel stays up the entire time.
-  rpc WaitExtendAuthSession(WaitExtendAuthSessionRequest) returns (WaitExtendAuthSessionResponse) {}
-
-  // DismissSessionWarning records that the user clicked "Dismiss" on the
-  // T-WarningLead interactive notification, suppressing the auto-opened
-  // SessionAboutToExpire dialog that would otherwise fire at
-  // T-FinalWarningLead for the current deadline. Idempotent and best-effort:
-  // a missed call only means the fallback dialog will still appear.
-  rpc DismissSessionWarning(DismissSessionWarningRequest) returns (DismissSessionWarningResponse) {}
-
 // StartCPUProfile starts CPU profiling in the daemon
   rpc StartCPUProfile(StartCPUProfileRequest) returns (StartCPUProfileResponse) {}
 
@@ -144,6 +119,14 @@ service DaemonService {
 
   // ExposeService exposes a local port via the NetBird reverse proxy
   rpc ExposeService(ExposeServiceRequest) returns (stream ExposeServiceEvent) {}
+
+  // RespondApproval delivers the user's accept/deny decision for a
+  // pending user-approval prompt. The daemon pushes the prompt as a
+  // SystemEvent with category APPROVAL and metadata key "request_id";
+  // the UI calls this RPC with the same request_id to unblock whichever
+  // subsystem (VNC, SSH, ...) is waiting. The "kind" metadata key tells
+  // the UI which subsystem the prompt belongs to.
+  rpc RespondApproval(RespondApprovalRequest) returns (RespondApprovalResponse) {}
 }
 
 
@@ -230,6 +213,10 @@ message LoginRequest {
   optional bool disableSSHAuth = 38;
   optional int32 sshJWTCacheTTL = 39;
   optional bool disable_ipv6 = 40;
+
+  optional bool serverVNCAllowed = 41;
+
+  optional bool disableVNCApproval = 42;
 }
 
 message LoginResponse {
@@ -252,12 +239,6 @@ message UpRequest {
   optional string profileName = 1;
   optional string username = 2;
   reserved 3;
-  // async instructs the daemon to start the connection attempt and return
-  // immediately without waiting for the engine to become ready. Status updates
-  // are delivered via the SubscribeStatus stream. When false (the default) the
-  // RPC blocks until the engine is running or gives up, which is the behaviour
-  // needed by the CLI.
-  bool async = 4;
 }
 
 message UpResponse {}
@@ -275,10 +256,6 @@ message StatusResponse{
   FullStatus fullStatus = 2;
   // NetBird daemon version
   string daemonVersion = 3;
-  // Absolute UTC instant at which the peer's SSO session expires.
-  // Unset when the peer is not SSO-registered or login expiration is disabled.
-  // The UI derives "warning active" from this value and its own clock.
-  google.protobuf.Timestamp sessionExpiresAt = 4;
 }
 
 message DownRequest {}
@@ -349,6 +326,10 @@ message GetConfigResponse {
   int32 sshJWTCacheTTL = 26;
 
   bool disable_ipv6 = 27;
+
+  bool serverVNCAllowed = 28;
+
+  bool disableVNCApproval = 29;
 }
 
 // PeerState contains the latest state of a peer
@@ -430,6 +411,25 @@ message SSHServerState {
   repeated SSHSessionInfo sessions = 2;
 }
 
+// VNCSessionInfo contains information about an active VNC session
+message VNCSessionInfo {
+  string remoteAddress = 1;
+  string mode = 2;
+  string username = 3;
+  // userID is the Noise-verified session identity (hashed user ID from
+  // the ACL session-key entry), empty when auth is disabled.
+  string userID = 4;
+  // initiator is the human-readable display name of the dashboard user
+  // who minted the SessionPubKey, when known.
+  string initiator = 5;
+}
+
+// VNCServerState contains the latest state of the VNC server
+message VNCServerState {
+  bool enabled = 1;
+  repeated VNCSessionInfo sessions = 2;
+}
+
 // FullStatus contains the full state held by the Status instance
 message FullStatus {
   ManagementState managementState = 1;
@@ -444,12 +444,7 @@ message FullStatus {
 
   bool lazyConnectionEnabled = 9;
   SSHServerState sshServerState = 10;
-
-  // networksRevision bumps whenever the set of routed networks (route and
-  // exit-node candidates) or their selected state changes. The UI fingerprints
-  // on it to know when to re-fetch ListNetworks via the push stream, instead
-  // of polling on every status snapshot.
-  uint64 networksRevision = 11;
+  VNCServerState vncServerState = 11;
 }
 
 // Networks
@@ -638,6 +633,7 @@ message SystemEvent {
     AUTHENTICATION = 2;
     CONNECTIVITY = 3;
     SYSTEM = 4;
+    APPROVAL = 5;
   }
 
   string id = 1;
@@ -721,6 +717,10 @@ message SetConfigRequest {
   optional bool disableSSHAuth = 33;
   optional int32 sshJWTCacheTTL = 34;
   optional bool disable_ipv6 = 35;
+
+  optional bool serverVNCAllowed = 36;
+
+  optional bool disableVNCApproval = 37;
 }
 
 message SetConfigResponse{}
@@ -841,55 +841,6 @@ message WaitJWTTokenResponse {
   int64 expiresIn = 3;
 }
 
-// RequestExtendAuthSessionRequest kicks off the session-extension SSO flow.
-message RequestExtendAuthSessionRequest {
-  // Optional OIDC login_hint (typically the user's email) to pre-fill the
-  // IdP login form.
-  optional string hint = 1;
-}
-
-// RequestExtendAuthSessionResponse carries the verification URI the UI
-// should open in a browser. The daemon retains the flow state and resolves
-// it via WaitExtendAuthSession.
-message RequestExtendAuthSessionResponse {
-  // verification URI for the user to open in the browser
-  string verificationURI = 1;
-  // complete verification URI (with embedded user code)
-  string verificationURIComplete = 2;
-  // user code to enter on verification URI (for device-code flows)
-  string userCode = 3;
-  // device code for matching the WaitExtendAuthSession call to this flow
-  string deviceCode = 4;
-  // expiration time in seconds for the device code / PKCE flow
-  int64 expiresIn = 5;
-}
-
-// WaitExtendAuthSessionRequest is sent by the UI after it opens the
-// verification URI. The daemon blocks on this call until the user
-// completes (or aborts) the SSO step.
-message WaitExtendAuthSessionRequest {
-  // device code returned by RequestExtendAuthSession
-  string deviceCode = 1;
-  // user code for verification
-  string userCode = 2;
-}
-
-// WaitExtendAuthSessionResponse carries the refreshed deadline returned
-// by the management server. Unset when the management server reports the
-// peer is not eligible for session extension.
-message WaitExtendAuthSessionResponse {
-  google.protobuf.Timestamp sessionExpiresAt = 1;
-}
-
-// DismissSessionWarningRequest is sent by the UI when the user clicks
-// "Dismiss" on the T-WarningLead notification.
-message DismissSessionWarningRequest {}
-
-// DismissSessionWarningResponse acknowledges the dismissal. Carries no
-// payload — the daemon's only obligation is to silence the upcoming
-// T-FinalWarningLead fallback for the current deadline.
-message DismissSessionWarningResponse {}
-
 // StartCPUProfileRequest for starting CPU profiling
 message StartCPUProfileRequest {}
 
@@ -964,3 +915,18 @@ message StartBundleCaptureRequest {
 message StartBundleCaptureResponse {}
 message StopBundleCaptureRequest {}
 message StopBundleCaptureResponse {}
+
+message RespondApprovalRequest {
+  // request_id matches the SystemEvent metadata key emitted by the daemon
+  // when a subsystem awaits user approval for an inbound connection.
+  string request_id = 1;
+  // accept is true if the user approved the request, false if they
+  // denied it. A missing or unknown request_id is treated as a no-op.
+  bool accept = 2;
+  // view_only signals that the user granted the connection but withheld
+  // input control. Only meaningful when accept is true; ignored when
+  // accept is false.
+  bool view_only = 3;
+}
+
+message RespondApprovalResponse {}

client/server/capture.go

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (s *Server) StartCapture(req *proto.StartCaptureRequest, stream proto.Daemo
 		return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "create capture session: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	engine, err := s.claimCapture(sess)
+	engine, err := s.claimCapture(sess, func() { pw.Close() })
 	if err != nil {
 		sess.Stop()
 		pw.Close()
@@ -190,10 +190,7 @@ func (s *Server) StartBundleCapture(_ context.Context, req *proto.StartBundleCap
 
 	s.stopBundleCaptureLocked()
 	s.cleanupBundleCapture()
-
-	if s.activeCapture != nil {
-		return nil, status.Error(codes.FailedPrecondition, "another capture is already running")
-	}
+	s.evictActiveCaptureLocked()
 
 	engine, err := s.getCaptureEngineLocked()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -304,29 +301,58 @@ func (s *Server) cleanupBundleCapture() {
 	s.bundleCapture = nil
 }
 
-// claimCapture reserves the engine's capture slot for sess. Returns
-// FailedPrecondition if another capture is already active.
-func (s *Server) claimCapture(sess *capture.Session) (*internal.Engine, error) {
+// claimCapture reserves the engine's capture slot for sess. If another
+// capture is already running it is evicted: a previous streaming session
+// whose gRPC client died and never freed the slot stays stuck otherwise,
+// and a bundle capture is just informational state.
+func (s *Server) claimCapture(sess *capture.Session, cancel func()) (*internal.Engine, error) {
 	s.mutex.Lock()
 	defer s.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	if s.activeCapture != nil {
-		return nil, status.Error(codes.FailedPrecondition, "another capture is already running")
-	}
+	s.evictActiveCaptureLocked()
 	engine, err := s.getCaptureEngineLocked()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	s.activeCapture = sess
+	s.activeCaptureCancel = cancel
 	return engine, nil
 }
 
+// evictActiveCaptureLocked tears down whatever capture currently owns
+// the engine slot so a fresh claim can succeed. Caller must hold mutex.
+func (s *Server) evictActiveCaptureLocked() {
+	if s.activeCapture == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if s.bundleCapture != nil && s.bundleCapture.sess == s.activeCapture {
+		log.Infof("evicting running bundle capture to start a new capture")
+		s.stopBundleCaptureLocked()
+		return
+	}
+	log.Infof("evicting previous streaming capture to start a new one")
+	prev := s.activeCapture
+	cancel := s.activeCaptureCancel
+	if engine, err := s.getCaptureEngineLocked(); err == nil {
+		if err := engine.SetCapture(nil); err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("clear previous capture: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	s.activeCapture = nil
+	s.activeCaptureCancel = nil
+	prev.Stop()
+	if cancel != nil {
+		cancel()
+	}
+}
+
 // releaseCapture clears the active-capture owner if it still matches sess.
 func (s *Server) releaseCapture(sess *capture.Session) {
 	s.mutex.Lock()
 	defer s.mutex.Unlock()
 	if s.activeCapture == sess {
 		s.activeCapture = nil
+		s.activeCaptureCancel = nil
 	}
 }
 
@@ -341,6 +367,7 @@ func (s *Server) clearCaptureIfOwner(sess *capture.Session, engine *internal.Eng
 		log.Debugf("clear capture: %v", err)
 	}
 	s.activeCapture = nil
+	s.activeCaptureCancel = nil
 }
 
 func (s *Server) getCaptureEngineLocked() (*internal.Engine, error) {

client/server/debug.go

@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ func (s *Server) DebugBundle(_ context.Context, req *proto.DebugBundleRequest) (
 		if engine != nil {
 			refreshStatus = func() {
 				log.Debug("refreshing system health status for debug bundle")
-				// Background ctx: the bundle wants a full, fresh probe regardless
-				// of the DebugBundle RPC client's lifetime. The engine's own ctx
-				// still aborts it on shutdown.
-				engine.RunHealthProbes(context.Background(), true)
+				engine.RunHealthProbes(true)
 			}
 		}
 	}

client/server/network.go

@@ -172,17 +172,6 @@ func (s *Server) SelectNetworks(_ context.Context, req *proto.SelectNetworksRequ
 		if err := routeSelector.SelectRoutes(routes, req.GetAppend(), netIdRoutes); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("select routes: %w", err)
 		}
-
-		// Exit nodes are mutually exclusive: if this selection activates an
-		// exit node, deselect every other available exit node so two can't be
-		// selected at once. Non-exit route selections are left untouched.
-		if requestActivatesExitNode(routes, routesMap) {
-			if others := otherExitNodeIDs(routesMap, routes); len(others) > 0 {
-				if err := routeSelector.DeselectRoutes(others, netIdRoutes); err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("deselect sibling exit nodes: %w", err)
-				}
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	routeManager.TriggerSelection(routeManager.GetClientRoutes())
 
@@ -260,38 +249,3 @@ func toNetIDs(routes []string) []route.NetID {
 	}
 	return netIDs
 }
-
-func isExitNodeRoutes(routes []*route.Route) bool {
-	return len(routes) > 0 && (route.IsV4DefaultRoute(routes[0].Network) || route.IsV6DefaultRoute(routes[0].Network))
-}
-
-// requestActivatesExitNode reports whether any requested NetID maps to an exit
-// node (default route) in the current route table.
-func requestActivatesExitNode(requested []route.NetID, routesMap map[route.NetID][]*route.Route) bool {
-	for _, id := range requested {
-		if isExitNodeRoutes(routesMap[id]) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// otherExitNodeIDs returns every available exit-node NetID that is not in the
-// requested set — the siblings to deselect so a single exit node stays active.
-func otherExitNodeIDs(routesMap map[route.NetID][]*route.Route, requested []route.NetID) []route.NetID {
-	keep := make(map[route.NetID]struct{}, len(requested))
-	for _, id := range requested {
-		keep[id] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	var others []route.NetID
-	for id, routes := range routesMap {
-		if !isExitNodeRoutes(routes) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if _, ok := keep[id]; ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		others = append(others, id)
-	}
-	return others
-}

client/server/network_exitnode_test.go

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package server
-
-import (
-	"net/netip"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
-)
-
-func TestExitNodeSelectionHelpers(t *testing.T) {
-	routesMap := map[route.NetID][]*route.Route{
-		"exitA": {{Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0")}},
-		"exitB": {{Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0")}},
-		"lan":   {{Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.0.0/16")}},
-	}
-
-	assert.True(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"exitA"}, routesMap), "v4 default route is an exit node")
-	assert.True(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"exitB"}, routesMap), "v6 default route is an exit node")
-	assert.False(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"lan"}, routesMap), "lan route is not an exit node")
-	assert.False(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"missing"}, routesMap), "unknown id is not an exit node")
-
-	others := otherExitNodeIDs(routesMap, []route.NetID{"exitB"})
-	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []route.NetID{"exitA"}, others, "only the other exit node is a sibling; the lan route is ignored")
-}

client/server/probe_throttle.go

@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-package server
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-// healthProbeRunner runs the full, expensive probe (network round-trips to
-// management, signal and the relays) and reports whether every component was
-// healthy. ctx cancels the probe when the caller gives up. Satisfied by
-// *internal.Engine.
-type healthProbeRunner interface {
-	RunHealthProbes(ctx context.Context, waitForResult bool) bool
-}
-
-// statsRefresher does the cheap WireGuard-stats refresh callers fall back to
-// when a fresh probe isn't warranted. Satisfied by *peer.Status.
-type statsRefresher interface {
-	RefreshWireGuardStats() error
-}
-
-// probeThrottle rate-limits and single-flights the daemon's health probes.
-//
-// Health probes are expensive (network round-trips to management, signal and
-// the relays), while Status(GetFullPeerStatus=true) RPCs can arrive frequently
-// and concurrently — the desktop UI alone issues one per connect/disconnect.
-// probeThrottle keeps that load bounded with two rules:
-//
-//   - Single-flight: only one probe runs at a time. Callers that pile up while
-//     a probe is in flight share its result instead of each launching another,
-//     even when that probe failed. A failed probe therefore does not make every
-//     waiter re-probe in turn; the next, non-overlapping caller can try again.
-//   - Throttle: after a fully successful probe the result is cached for
-//     interval. While any component is unhealthy the cache is not advanced, so
-//     later callers keep probing frequently and notice recovery quickly — the
-//     intentional "probe often while unhealthy" behaviour from the original
-//     design.
-type probeThrottle struct {
-	interval time.Duration
-
-	mu          sync.Mutex
-	lastOK      time.Time // last fully-successful probe; drives the throttle window
-	completedAt time.Time // when the most recent probe finished; drives single-flight sharing
-}
-
-func newProbeThrottle(interval time.Duration) *probeThrottle {
-	return &probeThrottle{interval: interval}
-}
-
-// Run decides whether to run a fresh health probe or serve the most recent
-// result. It serialises concurrent callers: at most one runner.RunHealthProbes
-// executes at a time and the rest call refresher.RefreshWireGuardStats and read
-// the snapshot it produced.
-//
-// Both calls run while the throttle's lock is held, so a slow probe blocks
-// other callers until it completes — that blocking is the single-flight
-// guarantee. ctx is forwarded to RunHealthProbes so a caller that gives up
-// cancels the in-flight probe (and any caller still queued on the lock falls
-// through quickly once it acquires it, since the probe ctx is already done).
-func (t *probeThrottle) Run(ctx context.Context, runner healthProbeRunner, refresher statsRefresher, waitForResult bool) {
-	entered := time.Now()
-
-	t.mu.Lock()
-	defer t.mu.Unlock()
-
-	// A probe that finished after we entered ran while we were waiting on the
-	// lock — i.e. a peer in the same burst already probed for us, so share its
-	// result rather than launch another. This holds even when that probe
-	// failed, so a failed probe doesn't make every waiter re-probe in turn.
-	sharedRecentProbe := t.completedAt.After(entered)
-	throttled := time.Since(t.lastOK) <= t.interval
-
-	if sharedRecentProbe || throttled {
-		if err := refresher.RefreshWireGuardStats(); err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("failed to refresh WireGuard stats: %v", err)
-		}
-		return
-	}
-
-	healthy := runner.RunHealthProbes(ctx, waitForResult)
-	t.completedAt = time.Now()
-	if healthy {
-		t.lastOK = t.completedAt
-	}
-}

client/server/probe_throttle_test.go

@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-package server
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// fakeProber implements both healthProbeRunner and statsRefresher with
-// caller-supplied behaviour.
-type fakeProber struct {
-	onProbe   func() bool
-	onRefresh func()
-}
-
-func (f fakeProber) RunHealthProbes(context.Context, bool) bool {
-	return f.onProbe()
-}
-
-func (f fakeProber) RefreshWireGuardStats() error {
-	if f.onRefresh != nil {
-		f.onRefresh()
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func TestProbeThrottle_CachesAfterSuccess(t *testing.T) {
-	pt := newProbeThrottle(time.Minute)
-
-	var probes, refreshes int
-	prober := fakeProber{
-		onProbe:   func() bool { probes++; return true },
-		onRefresh: func() { refreshes++ },
-	}
-
-	pt.Run(context.Background(), prober, prober, false)
-	pt.Run(context.Background(), prober, prober, false)
-
-	if probes != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 1 probe within the throttle window, got %d", probes)
-	}
-	if refreshes != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected the throttled caller to refresh stats once, got %d", refreshes)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProbeThrottle_StaysOpenWhileUnhealthy(t *testing.T) {
-	pt := newProbeThrottle(time.Minute)
-
-	var probes int
-	prober := fakeProber{onProbe: func() bool { probes++; return false }} // never healthy
-
-	// Sequential, non-overlapping callers must each re-probe while unhealthy:
-	// a failed probe does not advance the throttle window.
-	pt.Run(context.Background(), prober, prober, false)
-	pt.Run(context.Background(), prober, prober, false)
-	pt.Run(context.Background(), prober, prober, false)
-
-	if probes != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected every non-overlapping caller to probe while unhealthy, got %d", probes)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProbeThrottle_SingleFlightSharesResult(t *testing.T) {
-	pt := newProbeThrottle(time.Minute)
-
-	var probes int32
-	release := make(chan struct{})
-	started := make(chan struct{})
-
-	// First caller blocks inside the probe until released, holding the lock so
-	// the others pile up behind it.
-	prober := fakeProber{onProbe: func() bool {
-		if atomic.AddInt32(&probes, 1) == 1 {
-			close(started)
-			<-release
-		}
-		return false // unhealthy — the share must happen regardless of result
-	}}
-
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
-		pt.Run(context.Background(), prober, prober, false)
-	}()
-
-	<-started // ensure the first probe is in flight before the burst arrives
-
-	const waiters = 9
-	wg.Add(waiters)
-	for i := 0; i < waiters; i++ {
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			pt.Run(context.Background(), prober, prober, false)
-		}()
-	}
-
-	// Give the waiters time to block on the lock, then let the first finish.
-	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
-	close(release)
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&probes); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected a concurrent burst to run exactly 1 probe, got %d", got)
-	}
-}

client/server/server.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 	gstatus "google.golang.org/grpc/status"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/expose"
@@ -68,12 +67,6 @@ type Server struct {
 	logFile string
 
 	oauthAuthFlow oauthAuthFlow
-	// extendAuthSessionFlow holds the pending PKCE flow created by
-	// RequestExtendAuthSession until WaitExtendAuthSession resolves it.
-	// Kept separate from oauthAuthFlow (which is reserved for the SSH
-	// JWT path) so a concurrent SSH auth doesn't clobber the session
-	// extend flow or vice versa.
-	extendAuthSessionFlow *auth.PendingFlow
 
 	mutex  sync.Mutex
 	config *profilemanager.Config
@@ -87,7 +80,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	statusRecorder *peer.Status
 	sessionWatcher *internal.SessionWatcher
 
-	probeThrottle       *probeThrottle
+	lastProbe           time.Time
 	persistSyncResponse bool
 	isSessionActive     atomic.Bool
 
@@ -100,8 +93,12 @@ type Server struct {
 	captureEnabled         bool
 	bundleCapture          *bundleCapture
 	// activeCapture is the session currently installed on the engine; guarded by s.mutex.
-	activeCapture    *capture.Session
-	networksDisabled bool
+	activeCapture *capture.Session
+	// activeCaptureCancel tears down the streaming pipe/cancel for the
+	// active streaming capture so eviction unblocks the StartCapture RPC
+	// handler. Nil for bundle captures (they own their own context).
+	activeCaptureCancel func()
+	networksDisabled    bool
 
 	sleepHandler *sleephandler.SleepHandler
 
@@ -130,8 +127,6 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, logFile string, configFile string, profilesDisable
 		captureEnabled:         captureEnabled,
 		networksDisabled:       networksDisabled,
 		jwtCache:               newJWTCache(),
-		extendAuthSessionFlow:  auth.NewPendingFlow(),
-		probeThrottle:          newProbeThrottle(probeThreshold),
 	}
 	agent := &serverAgent{s}
 	s.sleepHandler = sleephandler.New(agent)
@@ -149,15 +144,6 @@ func (s *Server) Start() error {
 	}
 
 	state := internal.CtxGetState(s.rootCtx)
-	// Every contextState.Set in the connect/login/server paths must push a
-	// SubscribeStatus snapshot, otherwise transitions that don't happen to
-	// be accompanied by a Mark{Management,Signal,...} call (e.g. plain
-	// StatusNeedsLogin after a PermissionDenied login, StatusLoginFailed
-	// after OAuth init failure, StatusIdle in the Login defer) leave the
-	// UI stuck on the previous status until the next unrelated peer event.
-	// Binding the recorder here means new state.Set callsites don't have
-	// to opt in individually.
-	state.SetOnChange(s.statusRecorder.NotifyStateChange)
 
 	if err := handlePanicLog(); err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("failed to redirect stderr: %v", err)
@@ -238,20 +224,10 @@ func (s *Server) Start() error {
 // mechanism to keep the client connected even when the connection is lost.
 // we cancel retry if the client receive a stop or down command, or if disable auto connect is configured.
 func (s *Server) connectWithRetryRuns(ctx context.Context, profileConfig *profilemanager.Config, statusRecorder *peer.Status, runningChan chan struct{}, giveUpChan chan struct{}) {
-	// close(giveUpChan) MUST run on every exit path (DisableAutoConnect
-	// return, backoff.Retry return, panic) — Down() blocks for up to 5s
-	// waiting on this signal before flipping the state to Idle, and a
-	// missed close leaves Down() always hitting the timeout. The signal
-	// fires AFTER clientRunning=false is committed under the mutex so a
-	// Down/Up racing with the goroutine exit never observes a half-state
-	// (chan closed but clientRunning still true).
 	defer func() {
 		s.mutex.Lock()
 		s.clientRunning = false
 		s.mutex.Unlock()
-		if giveUpChan != nil {
-			close(giveUpChan)
-		}
 	}()
 
 	if s.config.DisableAutoConnect {
@@ -286,15 +262,6 @@ func (s *Server) connectWithRetryRuns(ctx context.Context, profileConfig *profil
 	runOperation := func() error {
 		err := s.connect(ctx, profileConfig, statusRecorder, runningChan)
 		if err != nil {
-			// PermissionDenied means the daemon transitioned to NeedsLogin
-			// inside connect(). Without backoff.Permanent the outer retry
-			// re-enters connect(), which resets the state to Connecting and
-			// makes the tray flicker between NeedsLogin and Connecting until
-			// the user logs in. Stop retrying and let the state stick.
-			if s, ok := gstatus.FromError(err); ok && s.Code() == codes.PermissionDenied {
-				log.Debugf("run client connection exited with PermissionDenied, waiting for login")
-				return backoff.Permanent(err)
-			}
 			log.Debugf("run client connection exited with error: %v. Will retry in the background", err)
 			return err
 		}
@@ -306,6 +273,10 @@ func (s *Server) connectWithRetryRuns(ctx context.Context, profileConfig *profil
 	if err := backoff.Retry(runOperation, backOff); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("operation failed: %v", err)
 	}
+
+	if giveUpChan != nil {
+		close(giveUpChan)
+	}
 }
 
 // loginAttempt attempts to login using the provided information. it returns a status in case something fails
@@ -374,7 +345,9 @@ func (s *Server) SetConfig(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.SetConfigReques
 	}
 
 	if msg.OptionalPreSharedKey != nil {
-		config.PreSharedKey = msg.OptionalPreSharedKey
+		if *msg.OptionalPreSharedKey != "" {
+			config.PreSharedKey = msg.OptionalPreSharedKey
+		}
 	}
 
 	if msg.CleanDNSLabels {
@@ -407,6 +380,8 @@ func (s *Server) SetConfig(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.SetConfigReques
 	config.RosenpassPermissive = msg.RosenpassPermissive
 	config.DisableAutoConnect = msg.DisableAutoConnect
 	config.ServerSSHAllowed = msg.ServerSSHAllowed
+	config.ServerVNCAllowed = msg.ServerVNCAllowed
+	config.DisableVNCApproval = msg.DisableVNCApproval
 	config.NetworkMonitor = msg.NetworkMonitor
 	config.DisableClientRoutes = msg.DisableClientRoutes
 	config.DisableServerRoutes = msg.DisableServerRoutes
@@ -540,6 +515,8 @@ func (s *Server) Login(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.LoginRequest) (*pro
 		return &proto.LoginResponse{}, nil
 	}
 
+	state.Set(internal.StatusConnecting)
+
 	if msg.SetupKey == "" {
 		hint := ""
 		if msg.Hint != nil {
@@ -554,7 +531,6 @@ func (s *Server) Login(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.LoginRequest) (*pro
 		if s.oauthAuthFlow.flow != nil && s.oauthAuthFlow.flow.GetClientID(ctx) == oAuthFlow.GetClientID(ctx) {
 			if s.oauthAuthFlow.expiresAt.After(time.Now().Add(90 * time.Second)) {
 				log.Debugf("using previous oauth flow info")
-				state.Set(internal.StatusNeedsLogin)
 				return &proto.LoginResponse{
 					NeedsSSOLogin:           true,
 					VerificationURI:         s.oauthAuthFlow.info.VerificationURI,
@@ -591,11 +567,6 @@ func (s *Server) Login(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.LoginRequest) (*pro
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	// Setup-key path: we are about to dial Management with the key, so the
-	// Connecting paint is meaningful here — unlike the SSO branch above,
-	// which returns NeedsLogin and parks on the browser leg.
-	state.Set(internal.StatusConnecting)
-
 	if loginStatus, err := s.loginAttempt(ctx, msg.SetupKey, ""); err != nil {
 		state.Set(loginStatus)
 		return nil, err
@@ -604,43 +575,8 @@ func (s *Server) Login(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.LoginRequest) (*pro
 	return &proto.LoginResponse{}, nil
 }
 
-// WaitSSOLogin validates the supplied userCode against the in-flight OAuth
-// device/PKCE flow and blocks until the user finishes the browser leg.
-//
-// The daemon holds StatusNeedsLogin for the whole browser wait (set on
-// entry): the login is not done until the token returns, so a client that
-// (re)attaches mid-wait — a restarted UI, a second `netbird up` — reads
-// "login required" and offers the affordance, instead of a Connecting that
-// never resolves. The wait is also tied to the caller's context (see the
-// goroutine below), so a client that goes away cancels the wait instead of
-// orphaning it on rootCtx until the device-code window expires.
-//
-// State transitions on exit:
-//
-//	┌──────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
-//	│ Outcome                                  │ contextState                     │
-//	├──────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
-//	│ Success → loginAttempt ok                │ NeedsLogin held; the caller's Up │
-//	│                                          │   drives Connecting → Connected  │
-//	│ Success → loginAttempt → still-NeedsLogin│ StatusNeedsLogin (loginAttempt)  │
-//	│ Success → loginAttempt error             │ StatusLoginFailed (loginAttempt) │
-//	│ UserCode mismatch                        │ StatusLoginFailed                │
-//	│ WaitToken: context.Canceled              │ NeedsLogin held. Caller gone     │
-//	│   (caller went away — UI restart /       │   (UI/CLI) → a fresh client      │
-//	│   Ctrl+C — or internal abort: profile    │   shows the login affordance;    │
-//	│   switch / app quit / another            │   internal aborts are            │
-//	│   WaitSSOLogin via actCancel/waitCancel) │   overwritten by the next Up.    │
-//	│ WaitToken: context.DeadlineExceeded      │ StatusNeedsLogin                 │
-//	│   (OAuth device-code window expired      │   (retryable; the UI's "Connect" │
-//	│   while waiting on the browser leg)      │   re-enters the Login flow)      │
-//	│ WaitToken: any other error               │ StatusLoginFailed                │
-//	│   (access_denied, expired_token, HTTP    │   (genuine auth/IO failure;      │
-//	│   failure, token validation rejection)   │   surfaced verbatim to caller)   │
-//	└──────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
-//
-// The defer still applies a StatusIdle fallback for the early
-// oauth-flow-not-initialized return (before the entry Set), so a half state
-// doesn't leak when there is nothing to wait on.
+// WaitSSOLogin uses the userCode to validate the TokenInfo and
+// waits for the user to continue with the login on a browser
 func (s *Server) WaitSSOLogin(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.WaitSSOLoginRequest) (*proto.WaitSSOLoginResponse, error) {
 	s.mutex.Lock()
 	if s.actCancel != nil {
@@ -648,21 +584,6 @@ func (s *Server) WaitSSOLogin(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.WaitSSOLogin
 	}
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(s.rootCtx)
 
-	// Tie the in-flight browser wait to the caller. ctx stays rooted in
-	// rootCtx so CtxGetState resolves the daemon's contextState, but if the
-	// UI window or CLI that drove the login goes away mid-flow (restart,
-	// Ctrl+C) the gRPC callerCtx cancels and we cancel the wait instead of
-	// orphaning it on rootCtx until the OAuth device-code window expires.
-	// The goroutine exits as soon as either context completes, so it can't
-	// outlive the RPC.
-	go func() {
-		select {
-		case <-callerCtx.Done():
-			cancel()
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-		}
-	}()
-
 	md, ok := metadata.FromIncomingContext(callerCtx)
 	if ok {
 		ctx = metadata.NewOutgoingContext(ctx, md)
@@ -688,11 +609,7 @@ func (s *Server) WaitSSOLogin(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.WaitSSOLogin
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// Hold NeedsLogin for the whole browser wait — the login is not done
-	// until the token returns, so a client that (re)attaches mid-wait
-	// (restarted UI, second `netbird up`) reads "login required" and offers
-	// the affordance instead of a Connecting that never resolves.
-	state.Set(internal.StatusNeedsLogin)
+	state.Set(internal.StatusConnecting)
 
 	s.mutex.Lock()
 	flowInfo := s.oauthAuthFlow.info
@@ -719,30 +636,7 @@ func (s *Server) WaitSSOLogin(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.WaitSSOLogin
 		s.mutex.Lock()
 		s.oauthAuthFlow.expiresAt = time.Now()
 		s.mutex.Unlock()
-		switch {
-		case errors.Is(err, context.Canceled):
-			// External abort. If our caller cancelled (the client closed
-			// the browser-login popup, or the UI went away — callerCtx is
-			// done), clear the abandoned OAuth flow so a fresh Login starts
-			// a new device code instead of reusing this one. The entry
-			// NeedsLogin stays in place, so a reattaching client shows the
-			// login affordance. An internal abort (actCancel from a new
-			// Login/WaitSSOLogin, callerCtx still live) leaves the flow for
-			// the new owner — don't clobber it.
-			if callerCtx.Err() != nil {
-				s.mutex.Lock()
-				s.oauthAuthFlow = oauthAuthFlow{}
-				s.mutex.Unlock()
-			}
-		case errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
-			// OAuth device-code window expired with no user action.
-			// Retryable — leave the daemon in NeedsLogin so the UI
-			// keeps the Login affordance instead of reading as a
-			// hard failure.
-			state.Set(internal.StatusNeedsLogin)
-		default:
-			state.Set(internal.StatusLoginFailed)
-		}
+		state.Set(internal.StatusLoginFailed)
 		log.Errorf("waiting for browser login failed: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -793,22 +687,6 @@ func (s *Server) Up(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.UpRequest) (*proto.UpR
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// StatusNeedsLogin is a legitimate fresh-start entry state: a successful
-	// WaitSSOLogin deliberately leaves the daemon in NeedsLogin (the login is
-	// done, the token is in hand, but the engine hasn't been brought up yet —
-	// see WaitSSOLogin's state-transition table). The same holds after a
-	// mid-session expiry tore the engine down (clientRunning == false) and the
-	// user re-authenticated. In both cases the caller's Up is expected to drive
-	// the connection; treat NeedsLogin like Idle and reset to Idle so the
-	// engine's own StatusConnecting → StatusConnected progression starts from a
-	// clean slate. Without this, the first Up after an SSO login fails with
-	// "up already in progress" and the user has to trigger Up a second time
-	// (CLI: re-run `netbird up`; GUI: click Connect again).
-	if status == internal.StatusNeedsLogin {
-		status = internal.StatusIdle
-		state.Set(internal.StatusIdle)
-	}
-
 	if status != internal.StatusIdle {
 		s.mutex.Unlock()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("up already in progress: current status %s", status)
@@ -873,9 +751,6 @@ func (s *Server) Up(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.UpRequest) (*proto.UpR
 	go s.connectWithRetryRuns(ctx, s.config, s.statusRecorder, s.clientRunningChan, s.clientGiveUpChan)
 
 	s.mutex.Unlock()
-	if msg.GetAsync() {
-		return &proto.UpResponse{}, nil
-	}
 	return s.waitForUp(callerCtx)
 }
 
@@ -959,10 +834,6 @@ func (s *Server) SwitchProfile(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.SwitchProfi
 
 	s.config = config
 
-	if msg != nil && msg.ProfileName != nil {
-		s.publishProfileListChanged(*msg.ProfileName)
-	}
-
 	return &proto.SwitchProfileResponse{}, nil
 }
 
@@ -979,37 +850,23 @@ func (s *Server) Down(ctx context.Context, _ *proto.DownRequest) (*proto.DownRes
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	state := internal.CtxGetState(s.rootCtx)
+	state.Set(internal.StatusIdle)
+
 	s.mutex.Unlock()
 
 	// Wait for the connectWithRetryRuns goroutine to finish with a short timeout.
 	// This prevents the goroutine from setting ErrResetConnection after Down() returns.
-	// The giveUpChan is closed by the goroutine's deferred cleanup (see
-	// connectWithRetryRuns) on every exit path. A timeout here typically
-	// means the goroutine is still wedged inside a slow teardown step.
+	// The giveUpChan is closed at the end of connectWithRetryRuns.
 	if giveUpChan != nil {
 		select {
 		case <-giveUpChan:
-			log.Debugf("client goroutine finished, giveUpChan closed")
+			log.Debugf("client goroutine finished successfully")
 		case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
 			log.Warnf("timeout waiting for client goroutine to finish, proceeding anyway")
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Set Idle only after the retry goroutine has exited (or timed out).
-	// Setting it earlier races with the goroutine's own Set(StatusConnecting)
-	// at the top of each retry attempt, which would leave the snapshot
-	// stuck at Connecting long after the user asked to disconnect.
-	internal.CtxGetState(s.rootCtx).Set(internal.StatusIdle)
-
-	// Clear stale management/signal errors so the next Up() (typically for a
-	// different profile) starts with a clean status snapshot. Without this,
-	// a managementError left over from a LoginFailed cycle persists in the
-	// statusRecorder and appears in the new profile's initial
-	// SubscribeStatus snapshot, making the new profile look like it also
-	// failed to log in.
-	s.statusRecorder.MarkManagementDisconnected(nil)
-	s.statusRecorder.MarkSignalDisconnected(nil)
-
 	return &proto.DownResponse{}, nil
 }
 
@@ -1214,19 +1071,7 @@ func (s *Server) sendLogoutRequestWithConfig(ctx context.Context, config *profil
 		}
 	}()
 
-	if err := mgmClient.Logout(); err != nil {
-		// The peer is already gone from the management server (e.g. deleted
-		// from the dashboard). The logout's goal — deregistering this peer —
-		// is therefore already satisfied, so treat NotFound as success rather
-		// than blocking the logout/profile-removal flow.
-		if logoutPeerGone(err) {
-			log.Infof("peer already removed from management server, treating logout as successful")
-			return nil
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return mgmClient.Logout()
 }
 
 // Status returns the daemon status
@@ -1275,24 +1120,9 @@ func (s *Server) Status(
 		}
 	}
 
-	return s.buildStatusResponse(ctx, msg)
-}
-
-// buildStatusResponse composes a StatusResponse from the current daemon
-// state. Shared between the unary Status RPC and the SubscribeStatus
-// stream so both paths return identical snapshots. ctx scopes the health
-// probe runProbes may trigger — a caller that disconnects cancels it.
-func (s *Server) buildStatusResponse(ctx context.Context, msg *proto.StatusRequest) (*proto.StatusResponse, error) {
-	state := internal.CtxGetState(s.rootCtx)
-	status, err := state.Status()
+	status, err := internal.CtxGetState(s.rootCtx).Status()
 	if err != nil {
-		// state.Status() blanks the status when err is set (e.g. management
-		// retry loop wrapped a connection error). The underlying status is
-		// still meaningful and the failure is already surfaced via
-		// FullStatus.ManagementState.Error, so don't propagate err — that
-		// would tear down the SubscribeStatus stream and cause the UI to
-		// mark the daemon as unreachable on every retry.
-		status = state.CurrentStatus()
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	if status == internal.StatusNeedsLogin && s.isSessionActive.Load() {
@@ -1303,20 +1133,16 @@ func (s *Server) buildStatusResponse(ctx context.Context, msg *proto.StatusReque
 
 	statusResponse := proto.StatusResponse{Status: string(status), DaemonVersion: version.NetbirdVersion()}
 
-	if deadline := s.statusRecorder.GetSessionExpiresAt(); !deadline.IsZero() {
-		statusResponse.SessionExpiresAt = timestamppb.New(deadline)
-	}
-
 	s.statusRecorder.UpdateManagementAddress(s.config.ManagementURL.String())
 	s.statusRecorder.UpdateRosenpass(s.config.RosenpassEnabled, s.config.RosenpassPermissive)
 
 	if msg.GetFullPeerStatus {
-		s.runProbes(ctx, msg.ShouldRunProbes)
+		s.runProbes(msg.ShouldRunProbes)
 		fullStatus := s.statusRecorder.GetFullStatus()
 		pbFullStatus := fullStatus.ToProto()
 		pbFullStatus.Events = s.statusRecorder.GetEventHistory()
 		pbFullStatus.SshServerState = s.getSSHServerState()
-		pbFullStatus.NetworksRevision = s.statusRecorder.GetNetworksRevision()
+		pbFullStatus.VncServerState = s.getVNCServerState()
 		statusResponse.FullStatus = pbFullStatus
 	}
 
@@ -1356,6 +1182,38 @@ func (s *Server) getSSHServerState() *proto.SSHServerState {
 	return sshServerState
 }
 
+// getVNCServerState retrieves the current VNC server state.
+func (s *Server) getVNCServerState() *proto.VNCServerState {
+	s.mutex.Lock()
+	connectClient := s.connectClient
+	s.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if connectClient == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	engine := connectClient.Engine()
+	if engine == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	enabled, sessions := engine.GetVNCServerStatus()
+	pbSessions := make([]*proto.VNCSessionInfo, 0, len(sessions))
+	for _, sess := range sessions {
+		pbSessions = append(pbSessions, &proto.VNCSessionInfo{
+			RemoteAddress: sess.RemoteAddress,
+			Mode:          sess.Mode,
+			Username:      sess.Username,
+			UserID:        sess.UserID,
+			Initiator:     sess.Initiator,
+		})
+	}
+	return &proto.VNCServerState{
+		Enabled:  enabled,
+		Sessions: pbSessions,
+	}
+}
+
 // GetPeerSSHHostKey retrieves SSH host key for a specific peer
 func (s *Server) GetPeerSSHHostKey(
 	ctx context.Context,
@@ -1537,144 +1395,6 @@ func (s *Server) WaitJWTToken(
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// RequestExtendAuthSession initiates the SSO session-extension flow and
-// returns the verification URI the UI should open. The flow state is held
-// in s.extendAuthSessionFlow until WaitExtendAuthSession resolves it.
-func (s *Server) RequestExtendAuthSession(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	msg *proto.RequestExtendAuthSessionRequest,
-) (*proto.RequestExtendAuthSessionResponse, error) {
-	if ctx.Err() != nil {
-		return nil, ctx.Err()
-	}
-
-	s.mutex.Lock()
-	config := s.config
-	connectClient := s.connectClient
-	s.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	if config == nil {
-		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "client is not configured")
-	}
-	if connectClient == nil {
-		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "client is not running")
-	}
-
-	hint := ""
-	if msg.Hint != nil {
-		hint = *msg.Hint
-	}
-	if hint == "" {
-		hint = profilemanager.GetLoginHint()
-	}
-
-	isDesktop := isUnixRunningDesktop()
-	oAuthFlow, err := auth.NewOAuthFlow(ctx, config, isDesktop, false, hint)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to create OAuth flow: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	authInfo, err := oAuthFlow.RequestAuthInfo(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to request auth info: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	s.extendAuthSessionFlow.Set(oAuthFlow, authInfo)
-
-	return &proto.RequestExtendAuthSessionResponse{
-		VerificationURI:         authInfo.VerificationURI,
-		VerificationURIComplete: authInfo.VerificationURIComplete,
-		UserCode:                authInfo.UserCode,
-		DeviceCode:              authInfo.DeviceCode,
-		ExpiresIn:               int64(authInfo.ExpiresIn),
-	}, nil
-}
-
-// WaitExtendAuthSession blocks until the user completes the SSO step
-// initiated by RequestExtendAuthSession, then forwards the resulting JWT
-// to the management server's ExtendAuthSession RPC. The returned deadline
-// is also applied locally via the engine so SubscribeStatus consumers see
-// the refreshed state.
-func (s *Server) WaitExtendAuthSession(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	req *proto.WaitExtendAuthSessionRequest,
-) (*proto.WaitExtendAuthSessionResponse, error) {
-	if ctx.Err() != nil {
-		return nil, ctx.Err()
-	}
-
-	oAuthFlow, authInfo, ok := s.extendAuthSessionFlow.Get()
-
-	s.mutex.Lock()
-	connectClient := s.connectClient
-	s.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	if !ok || authInfo.DeviceCode != req.DeviceCode {
-		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "invalid device code or no active extend-session flow")
-	}
-
-	// Preempt a previous WaitExtendAuthSession (e.g. when the tray
-	// notification and the about-to-expire dialog both start a flow on
-	// the same deadline). The older waiter exits via context.Canceled;
-	// the new one takes over the IdP poll.
-	s.extendAuthSessionFlow.CancelWait()
-
-	waitCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-	defer cancel()
-	s.extendAuthSessionFlow.SetWaitCancel(cancel)
-
-	tokenInfo, err := oAuthFlow.WaitToken(waitCtx, authInfo)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-			return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.Canceled, "extend-session flow preempted")
-		}
-		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to obtain JWT token: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Clear pending flow before talking to mgm so a retry can re-initiate.
-	s.extendAuthSessionFlow.Clear()
-
-	if connectClient == nil {
-		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "client is not running")
-	}
-	engine := connectClient.Engine()
-	if engine == nil {
-		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "engine is not initialised")
-	}
-
-	deadline, err := engine.ExtendAuthSession(ctx, tokenInfo.GetTokenToUse())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.Internal, "management ExtendAuthSession failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	resp := &proto.WaitExtendAuthSessionResponse{}
-	if !deadline.IsZero() {
-		resp.SessionExpiresAt = timestamppb.New(deadline)
-	}
-	return resp, nil
-}
-
-// DismissSessionWarning forwards the user's "Dismiss" click on the
-// T-WarningLead notification down to the engine's sessionWatcher so the
-// T-FinalWarningLead fallback is suppressed for the current deadline.
-// Best-effort: when the client/engine is not yet running the call is a
-// successful no-op (the watcher has no deadline to dismiss anyway).
-func (s *Server) DismissSessionWarning(
-	_ context.Context,
-	_ *proto.DismissSessionWarningRequest,
-) (*proto.DismissSessionWarningResponse, error) {
-	s.mutex.Lock()
-	connectClient := s.connectClient
-	s.mutex.Unlock()
-	if connectClient == nil {
-		return &proto.DismissSessionWarningResponse{}, nil
-	}
-	if engine := connectClient.Engine(); engine != nil {
-		engine.DismissSessionWarning()
-	}
-	return &proto.DismissSessionWarningResponse{}, nil
-}
-
 // ExposeService exposes a local port via the NetBird reverse proxy.
 func (s *Server) ExposeService(req *proto.ExposeServiceRequest, srv proto.DaemonService_ExposeServiceServer) error {
 	s.mutex.Lock()
@@ -1734,6 +1454,27 @@ func (s *Server) ExposeService(req *proto.ExposeServiceRequest, srv proto.Daemon
 	return nil
 }
 
+// RespondApproval relays the user's accept/deny decision for a pending
+// approval prompt to the engine's broker. Unknown or already-resolved
+// request_ids are silently no-op'd so a slow UI cannot deny a prompt the
+// user already handled (or that already timed out).
+func (s *Server) RespondApproval(_ context.Context, msg *proto.RespondApprovalRequest) (*proto.RespondApprovalResponse, error) {
+	s.mutex.Lock()
+	connectClient := s.connectClient
+	s.mutex.Unlock()
+	if connectClient == nil {
+		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "client not initialized")
+	}
+	engine := connectClient.Engine()
+	if engine == nil {
+		return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "engine not running")
+	}
+	if !engine.RespondApproval(msg.GetRequestId(), msg.GetAccept(), msg.GetViewOnly()) {
+		log.Debugf("approval response for unknown request_id %s", msg.GetRequestId())
+	}
+	return &proto.RespondApprovalResponse{}, nil
+}
+
 func isUnixRunningDesktop() bool {
 	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" && runtime.GOOS != "freebsd" {
 		return false
@@ -1741,7 +1482,7 @@ func isUnixRunningDesktop() bool {
 	return os.Getenv("DESKTOP_SESSION") != "" || os.Getenv("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP") != ""
 }
 
-func (s *Server) runProbes(ctx context.Context, waitForProbeResult bool) {
+func (s *Server) runProbes(waitForProbeResult bool) {
 	if s.connectClient == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -1751,7 +1492,15 @@ func (s *Server) runProbes(ctx context.Context, waitForProbeResult bool) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	s.probeThrottle.Run(ctx, engine, s.statusRecorder, waitForProbeResult)
+	if time.Since(s.lastProbe) > probeThreshold {
+		if engine.RunHealthProbes(waitForProbeResult) {
+			s.lastProbe = time.Now()
+		}
+	} else {
+		if err := s.statusRecorder.RefreshWireGuardStats(); err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("failed to refresh WireGuard stats: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // GetConfig of the daemon.
@@ -1842,6 +1591,8 @@ func (s *Server) GetConfig(ctx context.Context, req *proto.GetConfigRequest) (*p
 		Mtu:                           int64(cfg.MTU),
 		DisableAutoConnect:            cfg.DisableAutoConnect,
 		ServerSSHAllowed:              *cfg.ServerSSHAllowed,
+		ServerVNCAllowed:              cfg.ServerVNCAllowed != nil && *cfg.ServerVNCAllowed,
+		DisableVNCApproval:            cfg.DisableVNCApproval != nil && *cfg.DisableVNCApproval,
 		RosenpassEnabled:              cfg.RosenpassEnabled,
 		RosenpassPermissive:           cfg.RosenpassPermissive,
 		LazyConnectionEnabled:         cfg.LazyConnectionEnabled,
@@ -1880,8 +1631,6 @@ func (s *Server) AddProfile(ctx context.Context, msg *proto.AddProfileRequest) (
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create profile: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	s.publishProfileListChanged(msg.ProfileName)
-
 	return &proto.AddProfileResponse{}, nil
 }
 
@@ -1903,32 +1652,9 @@ func (s *Server) RemoveProfile(ctx context.Context, msg *proto.RemoveProfileRequ
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to remove profile: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	s.publishProfileListChanged(msg.ProfileName)
-
 	return &proto.RemoveProfileResponse{}, nil
 }
 
-// publishProfileListChanged nudges the desktop UI to refresh its profile list
-// after a CLI-driven add/remove. The daemon exposes no dedicated
-// profile-changed RPC event, and a profile add/remove doesn't move the
-// connection status, so the UI's SubscribeStatus path never fires for it (and
-// the tray's status-string guard would swallow it anyway). Instead we publish
-// a marked INFO/SYSTEM event over SubscribeEvents: the UI's dispatchSystemEvent
-// recognises the metadata "kind" marker and translates it into its internal
-// profile-changed signal that both the tray menu and the React profile views
-// already subscribe to (see client/ui/services/daemon_feed.go,
-// MetadataKindProfileListChanged). userMessage is intentionally empty so this
-// stays a silent refresh signal rather than a user-facing notification.
-func (s *Server) publishProfileListChanged(profileName string) {
-	s.statusRecorder.PublishEvent(
-		proto.SystemEvent_INFO,
-		proto.SystemEvent_SYSTEM,
-		"Profile list changed",
-		"",
-		map[string]string{"kind": "profile-list-changed", "profile": profileName},
-	)
-}
-
 // ListProfiles lists all profiles in the daemon.
 func (s *Server) ListProfiles(ctx context.Context, msg *proto.ListProfilesRequest) (*proto.ListProfilesResponse, error) {
 	s.mutex.Lock()
@@ -2133,15 +1859,3 @@ func persistLoginOverrides(activeProf *profilemanager.ActiveProfileState, manage
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-// logoutPeerGone reports whether a management Logout failed because the peer
-// no longer exists server-side (gRPC NotFound), walking the wrap chain since
-// the client wraps the gRPC status with fmt.Errorf.
-func logoutPeerGone(err error) bool {
-	for e := err; e != nil; e = errors.Unwrap(e) {
-		if s, ok := gstatus.FromError(e); ok && s.Code() == codes.NotFound {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}

client/server/setconfig_test.go

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ func TestSetConfig_AllFieldsSaved(t *testing.T) {
 	rosenpassEnabled := true
 	rosenpassPermissive := true
 	serverSSHAllowed := true
+	serverVNCAllowed := true
+	disableVNCApproval := true
 	interfaceName := "utun100"
 	wireguardPort := int64(51820)
 	preSharedKey := "test-psk"
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ func TestSetConfig_AllFieldsSaved(t *testing.T) {
 		RosenpassEnabled:      &rosenpassEnabled,
 		RosenpassPermissive:   &rosenpassPermissive,
 		ServerSSHAllowed:      &serverSSHAllowed,
+		ServerVNCAllowed:      &serverVNCAllowed,
+		DisableVNCApproval:    &disableVNCApproval,
 		InterfaceName:         &interfaceName,
 		WireguardPort:         &wireguardPort,
 		OptionalPreSharedKey:  &preSharedKey,
@@ -127,6 +131,10 @@ func TestSetConfig_AllFieldsSaved(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, rosenpassPermissive, cfg.RosenpassPermissive)
 	require.NotNil(t, cfg.ServerSSHAllowed)
 	require.Equal(t, serverSSHAllowed, *cfg.ServerSSHAllowed)
+	require.NotNil(t, cfg.ServerVNCAllowed)
+	require.Equal(t, serverVNCAllowed, *cfg.ServerVNCAllowed)
+	require.NotNil(t, cfg.DisableVNCApproval)
+	require.Equal(t, disableVNCApproval, *cfg.DisableVNCApproval)
 	require.Equal(t, interfaceName, cfg.WgIface)
 	require.Equal(t, int(wireguardPort), cfg.WgPort)
 	require.Equal(t, preSharedKey, cfg.PreSharedKey)
@@ -179,6 +187,8 @@ func verifyAllFieldsCovered(t *testing.T, req *proto.SetConfigRequest) {
 		"RosenpassEnabled":              true,
 		"RosenpassPermissive":           true,
 		"ServerSSHAllowed":              true,
+		"ServerVNCAllowed":              true,
+		"DisableVNCApproval":            true,
 		"InterfaceName":                 true,
 		"WireguardPort":                 true,
 		"OptionalPreSharedKey":          true,
@@ -240,6 +250,8 @@ func TestCLIFlags_MappedToSetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		"enable-rosenpass":                  "RosenpassEnabled",
 		"rosenpass-permissive":              "RosenpassPermissive",
 		"allow-server-ssh":                  "ServerSSHAllowed",
+		"allow-server-vnc":                  "ServerVNCAllowed",
+		"disable-vnc-approval":              "DisableVNCApproval",
 		"interface-name":                    "InterfaceName",
 		"wireguard-port":                    "WireguardPort",
 		"preshared-key":                     "OptionalPreSharedKey",

client/server/status_stream.go

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-package server
-
-import (
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
-)
-
-// SubscribeStatus pushes a fresh StatusResponse on every connection state
-// change. The first message is the current snapshot, so a re-subscribing
-// client doesn't need to also call Status. Subsequent messages fire when
-// the peer recorder reports any of: connected/disconnected/connecting,
-// management or signal flip, address change, or peers list change.
-//
-// The change channel coalesces bursts to a single tick. If the consumer
-// is slow the daemon drops extras (not blocks), and the next snapshot
-// the consumer pulls already reflects everything.
-func (s *Server) SubscribeStatus(req *proto.StatusRequest, stream proto.DaemonService_SubscribeStatusServer) error {
-	subID, ch := s.statusRecorder.SubscribeToStateChanges()
-	defer func() {
-		s.statusRecorder.UnsubscribeFromStateChanges(subID)
-		log.Debug("client unsubscribed from status updates")
-	}()
-
-	log.Debug("client subscribed to status updates")
-
-	if err := s.sendStatusSnapshot(req, stream); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	for {
-		select {
-		case _, ok := <-ch:
-			if !ok {
-				return nil
-			}
-			if err := s.sendStatusSnapshot(req, stream); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		case <-stream.Context().Done():
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *Server) sendStatusSnapshot(req *proto.StatusRequest, stream proto.DaemonService_SubscribeStatusServer) error {
-	resp, err := s.buildStatusResponse(stream.Context(), req)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("build status snapshot for stream: %v", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := stream.Send(resp); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("send status snapshot to stream: %v", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}

client/ssh/proxy/proxy_test.go

@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
 	nbssh "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh"
-	sshauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/server"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/testutil"
 	nbjwt "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/auth/jwt"
+	sshauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sessionauth"
 	sshuserhash "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sshauth"
 )
 

client/ssh/server/jwt_test.go

@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	nbssh "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh"
-	sshauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/client"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/detection"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/testutil"
 	nbjwt "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/auth/jwt"
+	sshauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sessionauth"
 	sshuserhash "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sshauth"
 )
 

client/ssh/server/server.go

@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/tun/netstack"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
-	sshauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/detection"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/auth/jwt"
+	sshauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sessionauth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/netrelay"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version"
 )
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// HostKey is the SSH server host key in PEM format
 	HostKeyPEM []byte
+
+	// NetstackNet, when non-nil, makes the SSH server listen via the
+	// supplied userspace network stack instead of an OS socket.
+	NetstackNet *netstack.Net
+
+	// NetworkValidation, when non-zero, restricts inbound connections to
+	// peers inside the NetBird overlay defined by this WireGuard address.
+	NetworkValidation wgaddr.Address
 }
 
 // SessionInfo contains information about an active SSH session
@@ -208,12 +216,15 @@ type SessionInfo struct {
 	PortForwards  []string
 }
 
-// New creates an SSH server instance with the provided host key and optional JWT configuration
-// If jwtConfig is nil, JWT authentication is disabled
+// New creates an SSH server instance from the supplied Config. Fields are
+// read once at construction; mutating Config afterwards has no effect.
+// JWT == nil disables JWT authentication.
 func New(config *Config) *Server {
 	s := &Server{
 		mu:                     sync.RWMutex{},
 		hostKeyPEM:             config.HostKeyPEM,
+		netstackNet:            config.NetstackNet,
+		wgAddress:              config.NetworkValidation,
 		sessions:               make(map[sessionKey]*sessionState),
 		pendingAuthJWT:         make(map[authKey]string),
 		remoteForwardListeners: make(map[forwardKey]net.Listener),
@@ -434,20 +445,6 @@ func (s *Server) buildSessionInfo(state *sessionState) SessionInfo {
 	return info
 }
 
-// SetNetstackNet sets the netstack network for userspace networking
-func (s *Server) SetNetstackNet(net *netstack.Net) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.netstackNet = net
-}
-
-// SetNetworkValidation configures network-based connection filtering
-func (s *Server) SetNetworkValidation(addr wgaddr.Address) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.wgAddress = addr
-}
-
 // UpdateSSHAuth updates the SSH fine-grained access control configuration
 // This should be called when network map updates include new SSH auth configuration
 func (s *Server) UpdateSSHAuth(config *sshauth.Config) {

client/ssh/server/test.go

@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-// This file is intentionally named test.go (not test_test.go) so the exported
-// StartTestServer helper is visible to the ssh/proxy and ssh/client external
-// test packages, not just this package's own tests. The //go:build !js tag
-// keeps its "testing" import — and the whole testing/flag/regexp transitive
-// chain it drags in — out of the wasm client, which links ssh/server through
-// the engine but never runs Go tests under GOOS=js.
-//go:build !js
-
 package server
 
 import (

client/status/status.go

@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ type ConvertOptions struct {
 	IPsFilter            map[string]struct{}
 	ConnectionTypeFilter string
 	ProfileName          string
-	// SessionExpiresAt is the absolute UTC instant at which the peer's SSO
-	// session expires. Zero when the peer is not SSO-tracked or login
-	// expiration is disabled. Sourced from StatusResponse.SessionExpiresAt.
-	SessionExpiresAt time.Time
 }
 
 type PeerStateDetailOutput struct {
@@ -135,6 +131,19 @@ type SSHServerStateOutput struct {
 	Sessions []SSHSessionOutput `json:"sessions" yaml:"sessions"`
 }
 
+type VNCSessionOutput struct {
+	RemoteAddress string `json:"remoteAddress" yaml:"remoteAddress"`
+	Mode          string `json:"mode" yaml:"mode"`
+	Username      string `json:"username,omitempty" yaml:"username,omitempty"`
+	UserID        string `json:"userID,omitempty" yaml:"userID,omitempty"`
+	Initiator     string `json:"initiator,omitempty" yaml:"initiator,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type VNCServerStateOutput struct {
+	Enabled  bool               `json:"enabled" yaml:"enabled"`
+	Sessions []VNCSessionOutput `json:"sessions" yaml:"sessions"`
+}
+
 type OutputOverview struct {
 	Peers                   PeersStateOutput           `json:"peers" yaml:"peers"`
 	CliVersion              string                     `json:"cliVersion" yaml:"cliVersion"`
@@ -158,11 +167,7 @@ type OutputOverview struct {
 	LazyConnectionEnabled   bool                       `json:"lazyConnectionEnabled" yaml:"lazyConnectionEnabled"`
 	ProfileName             string                     `json:"profileName" yaml:"profileName"`
 	SSHServerState          SSHServerStateOutput       `json:"sshServer" yaml:"sshServer"`
-	// SessionExpiresAt is the absolute UTC instant at which the peer's SSO
-	// session expires. nil when the peer is not SSO-tracked or login
-	// expiration is disabled. Pointer (rather than zero-value time.Time) so
-	// JSON / YAML omit the field entirely with `,omitempty`.
-	SessionExpiresAt *time.Time `json:"sessionExpiresAt,omitempty" yaml:"sessionExpiresAt,omitempty"`
+	VNCServerState          VNCServerStateOutput       `json:"vncServer" yaml:"vncServer"`
 }
 
 // ConvertToStatusOutputOverview converts protobuf status to the output overview.
@@ -183,6 +188,7 @@ func ConvertToStatusOutputOverview(pbFullStatus *proto.FullStatus, opts ConvertO
 
 	relayOverview := mapRelays(pbFullStatus.GetRelays())
 	sshServerOverview := mapSSHServer(pbFullStatus.GetSshServerState())
+	vncServerOverview := mapVNCServer(pbFullStatus.GetVncServerState())
 	peersOverview := mapPeers(pbFullStatus.GetPeers(), opts.StatusFilter, opts.PrefixNamesFilter, opts.PrefixNamesFilterMap, opts.IPsFilter, opts.ConnectionTypeFilter)
 
 	overview := OutputOverview{
@@ -208,10 +214,7 @@ func ConvertToStatusOutputOverview(pbFullStatus *proto.FullStatus, opts ConvertO
 		LazyConnectionEnabled:   pbFullStatus.GetLazyConnectionEnabled(),
 		ProfileName:             opts.ProfileName,
 		SSHServerState:          sshServerOverview,
-	}
-	if !opts.SessionExpiresAt.IsZero() {
-		t := opts.SessionExpiresAt
-		overview.SessionExpiresAt = &t
+		VNCServerState:          vncServerOverview,
 	}
 
 	if opts.Anonymize {
@@ -286,6 +289,26 @@ func mapSSHServer(sshServerState *proto.SSHServerState) SSHServerStateOutput {
 	}
 }
 
+func mapVNCServer(state *proto.VNCServerState) VNCServerStateOutput {
+	if state == nil {
+		return VNCServerStateOutput{Sessions: []VNCSessionOutput{}}
+	}
+	sessions := make([]VNCSessionOutput, 0, len(state.GetSessions()))
+	for _, sess := range state.GetSessions() {
+		sessions = append(sessions, VNCSessionOutput{
+			RemoteAddress: sess.GetRemoteAddress(),
+			Mode:          sess.GetMode(),
+			Username:      sess.GetUsername(),
+			UserID:        sess.GetUserID(),
+			Initiator:     sess.GetInitiator(),
+		})
+	}
+	return VNCServerStateOutput{
+		Enabled:  state.GetEnabled(),
+		Sessions: sessions,
+	}
+}
+
 func mapPeers(
 	peers []*proto.PeerState,
 	statusFilter string,
@@ -548,17 +571,28 @@ func (o *OutputOverview) GeneralSummary(showURL bool, showRelays bool, showNameS
 		}
 	}
 
-	peersCountString := fmt.Sprintf("%d/%d Connected", o.Peers.Connected, o.Peers.Total)
+	vncServerStatus := "Disabled"
+	if o.VNCServerState.Enabled {
+		vncSessionCount := len(o.VNCServerState.Sessions)
+		if vncSessionCount > 0 {
+			sessionWord := "session"
+			if vncSessionCount > 1 {
+				sessionWord = "sessions"
+			}
+			vncServerStatus = fmt.Sprintf("Enabled (%d active %s)", vncSessionCount, sessionWord)
+		} else {
+			vncServerStatus = "Enabled"
+		}
 
-	var sessionExpiryString string
-	if o.SessionExpiresAt != nil && !o.SessionExpiresAt.IsZero() {
-		sessionExpiryString = fmt.Sprintf(
-			"Session expires: %s (in %s)\n",
-			o.SessionExpiresAt.Format(time.RFC3339),
-			FormatRemainingDuration(time.Until(*o.SessionExpiresAt)),
-		)
+		if showSSHSessions && vncSessionCount > 0 {
+			for _, sess := range o.VNCServerState.Sessions {
+				vncServerStatus += "\n  " + formatVNCSessionLine(sess)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
+	peersCountString := fmt.Sprintf("%d/%d Connected", o.Peers.Connected, o.Peers.Total)
+
 	var forwardingRulesString string
 	if o.NumberOfForwardingRules > 0 {
 		forwardingRulesString = fmt.Sprintf("Forwarding rules: %d\n", o.NumberOfForwardingRules)
@@ -603,9 +637,9 @@ func (o *OutputOverview) GeneralSummary(showURL bool, showRelays bool, showNameS
 			"Quantum resistance: %s\n"+
 			"Lazy connection: %s\n"+
 			"SSH Server: %s\n"+
+			"VNC Server: %s\n"+
 			"Networks: %s\n"+
 			"%s"+
-			"%s"+
 			"Peers count: %s\n",
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s%s", goos, goarch, goarm),
 		daemonVersion,
@@ -623,9 +657,9 @@ func (o *OutputOverview) GeneralSummary(showURL bool, showRelays bool, showNameS
 		rosenpassEnabledStatus,
 		lazyConnectionEnabledStatus,
 		sshServerStatus,
+		vncServerStatus,
 		networks,
 		forwardingRulesString,
-		sessionExpiryString,
 		peersCountString,
 	)
 	return summary
@@ -983,6 +1017,26 @@ func anonymizePeerDetail(a *anonymize.Anonymizer, peer *PeerStateDetailOutput) {
 	}
 }
 
+// formatVNCSessionLine renders a single VNC session row for the detailed
+// status output. The leading slot identifies the initiator (display name
+// when known, hashed UserID otherwise); the post-arrow slot is the OS
+// user the session targets and is omitted in attach mode where the
+// destination is the current console user (unknown to the daemon).
+func formatVNCSessionLine(sess VNCSessionOutput) string {
+	who := sess.Initiator
+	if who == "" {
+		who = sess.UserID
+	}
+	prefix := sess.RemoteAddress
+	if who != "" {
+		prefix = fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", who, sess.RemoteAddress)
+	}
+	if sess.Username != "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("[%s -> %s] mode=%s", prefix, sess.Username, sess.Mode)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("[%s] mode=%s", prefix, sess.Mode)
+}
+
 func anonymizeOverview(a *anonymize.Anonymizer, overview *OutputOverview) {
 	for i, peer := range overview.Peers.Details {
 		peer := peer
@@ -1003,6 +1057,19 @@ func anonymizeOverview(a *anonymize.Anonymizer, overview *OutputOverview) {
 		overview.Relays.Details[i] = detail
 	}
 
+	anonymizeNSServerGroups(a, overview)
+
+	for i, route := range overview.Networks {
+		overview.Networks[i] = a.AnonymizeRoute(route)
+	}
+
+	overview.FQDN = a.AnonymizeDomain(overview.FQDN)
+
+	anonymizeEvents(a, overview)
+	anonymizeServerSessions(a, overview)
+}
+
+func anonymizeNSServerGroups(a *anonymize.Anonymizer, overview *OutputOverview) {
 	for i, nsGroup := range overview.NSServerGroups {
 		for j, domain := range nsGroup.Domains {
 			overview.NSServerGroups[i].Domains[j] = a.AnonymizeDomain(domain)
@@ -1014,13 +1081,9 @@ func anonymizeOverview(a *anonymize.Anonymizer, overview *OutputOverview) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+}
 
-	for i, route := range overview.Networks {
-		overview.Networks[i] = a.AnonymizeRoute(route)
-	}
-
-	overview.FQDN = a.AnonymizeDomain(overview.FQDN)
-
+func anonymizeEvents(a *anonymize.Anonymizer, overview *OutputOverview) {
 	for i, event := range overview.Events {
 		overview.Events[i].Message = a.AnonymizeString(event.Message)
 		overview.Events[i].UserMessage = a.AnonymizeString(event.UserMessage)
@@ -1029,67 +1092,24 @@ func anonymizeOverview(a *anonymize.Anonymizer, overview *OutputOverview) {
 			event.Metadata[k] = a.AnonymizeString(v)
 		}
 	}
+}
 
+func anonymizeRemoteAddress(a *anonymize.Anonymizer, addr string) string {
+	if host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr); err == nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", a.AnonymizeIPString(host), port)
+	}
+	return a.AnonymizeIPString(addr)
+}
+
+func anonymizeServerSessions(a *anonymize.Anonymizer, overview *OutputOverview) {
 	for i, session := range overview.SSHServerState.Sessions {
-		if host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(session.RemoteAddress); err == nil {
-			overview.SSHServerState.Sessions[i].RemoteAddress = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", a.AnonymizeIPString(host), port)
-		} else {
-			overview.SSHServerState.Sessions[i].RemoteAddress = a.AnonymizeIPString(session.RemoteAddress)
-		}
+		overview.SSHServerState.Sessions[i].RemoteAddress = anonymizeRemoteAddress(a, session.RemoteAddress)
 		overview.SSHServerState.Sessions[i].Command = a.AnonymizeString(session.Command)
 	}
-}
-
-// FormatRemainingDuration renders a time.Duration for the "Session expires"
-// line. Examples: "2h 15m", "47m 12s", "8s", "expired 3m ago".
-//
-// Granularity drops to seconds only under a minute, otherwise minutes are
-// the smallest unit shown — sub-minute precision is noise for a deadline
-// that's hours or days out.
-func FormatRemainingDuration(d time.Duration) string {
-	if d <= 0 {
-		return "expired " + HumaniseDuration(-d) + " ago"
-	}
-	return HumaniseDuration(d)
-}
-
-// HumaniseDuration renders a positive duration in compact form (e.g.
-// "2h 15m", "47m", "8s"). Exposed alongside FormatRemainingDuration so
-// callers that don't need the "expired … ago" wording can format
-// positive durations directly.
-func HumaniseDuration(d time.Duration) string {
-	if d < time.Minute {
-		s := int(d.Round(time.Second).Seconds())
-		if s < 1 {
-			s = 1
-		}
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%ds", s)
-	}
-
-	const (
-		day    = 24 * time.Hour
-		hour   = time.Hour
-		minute = time.Minute
-	)
-
-	days := int64(d / day)
-	d -= time.Duration(days) * day
-	hours := int64(d / hour)
-	d -= time.Duration(hours) * hour
-	minutes := int64(d / minute)
-
-	switch {
-	case days > 0:
-		if hours == 0 {
-			return fmt.Sprintf("%dd", days)
-		}
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dd %dh", days, hours)
-	case hours > 0:
-		if minutes == 0 {
-			return fmt.Sprintf("%dh", hours)
-		}
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dh %dm", hours, minutes)
-	default:
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dm", minutes)
+	for i, sess := range overview.VNCServerState.Sessions {
+		overview.VNCServerState.Sessions[i].RemoteAddress = anonymizeRemoteAddress(a, sess.RemoteAddress)
+		overview.VNCServerState.Sessions[i].Username = a.AnonymizeString(sess.Username)
+		overview.VNCServerState.Sessions[i].UserID = a.AnonymizeString(sess.UserID)
+		overview.VNCServerState.Sessions[i].Initiator = a.AnonymizeString(sess.Initiator)
 	}
 }

client/status/status_test.go

@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ var overview = OutputOverview{
 		Enabled:  false,
 		Sessions: []SSHSessionOutput{},
 	},
+	VNCServerState: VNCServerStateOutput{
+		Enabled:  false,
+		Sessions: []VNCSessionOutput{},
+	},
 }
 
 func TestConversionFromFullStatusToOutputOverview(t *testing.T) {
@@ -407,6 +411,10 @@ func TestParsingToJSON(t *testing.T) {
 		  "sshServer":{
 		    "enabled":false,
 			"sessions":[]
+		  },
+		  "vncServer":{
+		    "enabled":false,
+			"sessions":[]
 		  }
         }`
 	// @formatter:on
@@ -517,6 +525,9 @@ profileName: ""
 sshServer:
     enabled: false
     sessions: []
+vncServer:
+    enabled: false
+    sessions: []
 `
 
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedYAML, yaml)
@@ -587,6 +598,7 @@ Wireguard port: %d
 Quantum resistance: false
 Lazy connection: false
 SSH Server: Disabled
+VNC Server: Disabled
 Networks: 10.10.0.0/24
 Peers count: 2/2 Connected
 `, lastConnectionUpdate1, lastHandshake1, lastConnectionUpdate2, lastHandshake2, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, overview.CliVersion, overview.WgPort)
@@ -613,6 +625,7 @@ Wireguard port: 51820
 Quantum resistance: false
 Lazy connection: false
 SSH Server: Disabled
+VNC Server: Disabled
 Networks: 10.10.0.0/24
 Peers count: 2/2 Connected
 `
@@ -647,50 +660,3 @@ func TestTimeAgo(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func TestHumaniseDuration(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		in   time.Duration
-		want string
-	}{
-		{0, "1s"},
-		{500 * time.Millisecond, "1s"},
-		{8 * time.Second, "8s"},
-		{59 * time.Second, "59s"},
-		{time.Minute, "1m"},
-		{47*time.Minute + 12*time.Second, "47m"},
-		{time.Hour, "1h"},
-		{2*time.Hour + 15*time.Minute, "2h 15m"},
-		{2 * time.Hour, "2h"},
-		{24 * time.Hour, "1d"},
-		{2*24*time.Hour + 3*time.Hour, "2d 3h"},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		got := HumaniseDuration(tc.in)
-		assert.Equal(t, tc.want, got, "input %s", tc.in)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFormatRemainingDuration_Expired(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.Equal(t, "expired 3m ago", FormatRemainingDuration(-3*time.Minute))
-	assert.Equal(t, "expired 1s ago", FormatRemainingDuration(-500*time.Millisecond))
-}
-
-func TestSessionExpiresLineRendered(t *testing.T) {
-	in := overview // copy of the package-level fixture
-	deadline := time.Now().Add(2*time.Hour + 30*time.Minute).UTC()
-	in.SessionExpiresAt = &deadline
-
-	out := in.GeneralSummary(false, false, false, false)
-	assert.Contains(t, out, "Session expires: ")
-	assert.Contains(t, out, deadline.Format(time.RFC3339))
-	// 2h 30m drifts to "2h 29m" within 60s — match the family prefix.
-	assert.Contains(t, out, "(in 2h ")
-}
-
-func TestSessionExpiresLineOmittedWhenNil(t *testing.T) {
-	in := overview
-	in.SessionExpiresAt = nil
-	out := in.GeneralSummary(false, false, false, false)
-	assert.NotContains(t, out, "Session expires")
-}

client/system/info.go

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ type Info struct {
 	RosenpassEnabled    bool
 	RosenpassPermissive bool
 	ServerSSHAllowed    bool
+	ServerVNCAllowed    bool
 
 	DisableClientRoutes bool
 	DisableServerRoutes bool
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ type Info struct {
 func (i *Info) SetFlags(
 	rosenpassEnabled, rosenpassPermissive bool,
 	serverSSHAllowed *bool,
+	serverVNCAllowed *bool,
 	disableClientRoutes, disableServerRoutes,
 	disableDNS, disableFirewall, blockLANAccess, blockInbound, disableIPv6, lazyConnectionEnabled bool,
 	enableSSHRoot, enableSSHSFTP, enableSSHLocalPortForwarding, enableSSHRemotePortForwarding *bool,
@@ -93,6 +95,9 @@ func (i *Info) SetFlags(
 	if serverSSHAllowed != nil {
 		i.ServerSSHAllowed = *serverSSHAllowed
 	}
+	if serverVNCAllowed != nil {
+		i.ServerVNCAllowed = *serverVNCAllowed
+	}
 
 	i.DisableClientRoutes = disableClientRoutes
 	i.DisableServerRoutes = disableServerRoutes

client/ui/.gitignore

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-.task
-bin
-frontend/dist
-frontend/node_modules
-frontend/bindings
-frontend/.vite
-build/linux/appimage/build
-build/windows/nsis/MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe

client/ui/CLAUDE.md

@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-# NetBird Wails UI — Working Notes
-
-This is the Wails v3 desktop UI for NetBird. Go services live in `services/`; the React/TS frontend lives in `frontend/`; bindings between them are generated under `frontend/bindings/`.
-
-> **Keep these notes current.** When working in this directory with Claude, update this file (and `frontend/CLAUDE.md` for frontend-only changes) whenever you add a service, change an event name, shift a convention, rename a key directory, or land any other change that future-you would want to know about before reading the code. The goal is that a cold-start agent can orient itself from these notes without re-deriving the codebase.
-
-## Layout
-
-### Go (top-level package `main`)
-- `main.go` — app entry. Builds the shared gRPC `Conn`, constructs services, registers them with Wails, creates the main webview window, then starts (in order) the Linux SNI watcher → tray → `peers.Watch` → `app.Run`. CLI flags: `--daemon-addr`, `--log-file` (repeatable; first user-provided value drops the seeded `console` default), `--log-level` (`trace|debug|info|warn|error`, default `info`).
-- `tray.go` — `Tray` struct + menu. Subscribes to `EventStatus`, `EventSystem`, `EventUpdateAvailable`, `EventUpdateProgress`. Owns per-status icon/dot, Profiles submenu, Connect/Disconnect swap, About → Update, session-expired toast.
-- **Tray menu updates go through `relayoutMenu` (whole-tree rebuild), never in-place submenu mutation.** Any dynamic menu change — Profiles submenu (`tray_profiles.go loadProfiles` → caches rows under `profilesMu`, then `fillProfileSubmenu`), Exit Node submenu (`tray_exitnodes.go refreshExitNodes` → `fillExitNodeSubmenu`), daemon-version row (`tray_status.go`), and the About → Update row (`tray_update.go applyState` → `onMenuChange` callback) — rebuilds the entire menu via `Tray.relayoutMenu` (`buildMenu()` + repaint cached state + single `t.tray.SetMenu`). Serialised by `menuMu`. **Why:** on KDE/Plasma the StatusNotifierItem host caches a submenu's layout the first time it's opened (`GetLayout` for that submenu id) and never re-fetches it on a `LayoutUpdated(parent=0)` signal — so the old `submenu.Clear()`+`Add()` left both the visible rows AND the click→id mapping frozen on the first snapshot. Because `Clear()`+`Add()` allocates fresh monotonic item ids each time (Wails `menuitem.go`), clicks then sent ids the rebuilt `itemMap` no longer knew, and silently no-op'd ("Manage Profiles" stopped responding after the first switch). `buildMenu()` allocates a brand-new submenu container id each relayout, which Plasma treats as unseen and re-queries on next open — fixing both the stale paint and the dead clicks. Confirmed via `dbus-monitor`: a re-opened submenu issued no `GetLayout` until its container id changed. The whole-tree `SetMenu` also subsumes the older darwin detached-NSMenu workaround. `fill*Submenu` helpers are pure UI (read caches, no daemon fetch, no `SetMenu`) so `relayoutMenu` never recurses back into the fetchers.
-- `tray_linux.go` — `init()` sets `WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1` (blank-white window on VMs / minimal WMs) and `WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1` (Intel/Mesa SIGSEGV in `g_application_run` via unimplemented DRM-format-modifier paths — DMABUF-disable alone doesn't cover the GL compositor). Both are skipped if the user already set the var. Also `WEBKIT_DISABLE_SANDBOX_THIS_IS_DANGEROUS=1` when unprivileged userns are blocked.
-- `tray_watcher_linux.go`, `xembed_host_linux.go`, `xembed_tray_linux.{c,h}` — in-process SNI watcher + XEmbed bridge for minimal WMs. See `LINUX-TRAY.md`.
-- `signal_unix.go` / `signal_windows.go` — `listenForShowSignal`. Unix uses SIGUSR1; Windows uses a named event `Global\NetBirdQuickActionsTriggerEvent`. Mirrors the legacy Fyne UI's external-trigger contract so the installer / CLI keep working.
-- `grpc.go` — lazy, mutex-protected gRPC `Conn` shared by every service. `DaemonAddr()`: `unix:///var/run/netbird.sock` on Linux/macOS, `tcp://127.0.0.1:41731` on Windows.
-- `icons.go` — `//go:embed` tray/window PNGs. macOS uses template variants (`*-macos.png`); Linux uses a monochrome black/white pair (`*-mono.png` black for light panels, `*-mono-dark.png` white for dark panels); Windows reuses the colored light PNG (multi-frame `.ico` never redrew on Wails3's `NIM_MODIFY`). The `*-mono*` set is generated from the macOS template silhouettes (states differ by shape, not color); `tray_icon.go iconForState` branches on `runtime.GOOS` (`linux` → mono, else colored).
-- **Linux mono icon theme selection** — Wails v3's Linux SNI backend ignores `SetDarkModeIcon` (its `setDarkModeIcon` just calls `setIcon`, last-write-wins — see `pkg/application/systemtray_linux.go`), and the SNI spec carries no panel light/dark hint. So `tray_theme_linux.go` detects the desktop colour scheme itself and `iconForState` picks black-vs-white, with `applyIcon` pushing a single `SetIcon` on Linux (no `SetDarkModeIcon`). Detection order: freedesktop **Settings portal** (`org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read` of `org.freedesktop.appearance`/`color-scheme`: 0=no-pref, 1=dark, 2=light) → on 0/unavailable, fall back to the **`GTK_THEME`** env var (`:dark` suffix ⇒ dark) → else default dark (suits the common dark panel). A private session-bus `SettingChanged` subscription repaints live on theme flips. `Tray.panelDark func() bool` is seeded by `startTrayTheme()` (Linux only; `tray_theme_other.go` is a no-op stub) before the first `applyIcon`; `panelIsDark()` returns true when `panelDark` is nil.
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-### Wails services (`services/*.go`)
-Each service is registered via `app.RegisterService(application.NewService(svc))`. Every method becomes a TS function in `frontend/bindings/.../services/`. Frontend-facing details (TS signatures, push events, models) are in `frontend/WAILS-API.md`. After editing any `services/*.go` or the proto, regenerate with `wails3 generate bindings -clean=true -ts` (or `pnpm bindings` from `frontend/`). `frontend/bindings/**` is gitignored.
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-For frontend-side conventions (routing, providers, contexts) see `frontend/CLAUDE.md`.
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-## Services rundown
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-All services live in `services/` and assume a build tag `!android && !ios && !freebsd && !js`. Each takes a shared `DaemonConn` (`conn.go`) and is registered in `main.go`.
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-| Service | File | Responsibility |
-|---|---|---|
-| `Connection` | `connection.go` | `Login` / `WaitSSOLogin` / `Up` / `Down` / `Logout` / `OpenURL`. `Up` is always async (`Async: true`); status flows back through `Peers`. `Login` Down-resets the daemon first to dislodge a stale WaitSSOLogin. `OpenURL` honors `$BROWSER`. |
-| `Settings` | `settings.go` | `GetConfig` / `SetConfig` (partial update — pointer fields are sent, nil fields preserved) / `GetFeatures` (operator-disabled UI surfaces). |
-| `Profiles` | `profile.go` | `Username` / `List` / `GetActive` / `Switch` / `Add` / `Remove`. `List` populates `Email` from the **user-side** state file (`profilemanager.NewProfileManager().GetProfileState`) — the daemon runs as root and can't read it. |
-| `ProfileSwitcher` | `profileswitcher.go` | `SwitchActive` — the single entry point both tray and frontend should use for profile flips. Applies the reconnect policy (see "Profile switching" below), mirrors the daemon switch into the user-side `profilemanager`, drives optimistic feedback via `Peers.BeginProfileSwitch`. |
-| `Peers` | `peers.go` | Daemon status snapshot + two long-running streams (`SubscribeStatus` → `EventStatus`, `SubscribeEvents` → `EventSystem`). Emits synthetic `StatusDaemonUnavailable` when the socket is unreachable. Owns the profile-switch suppression filter (`BeginProfileSwitch` / `CancelProfileSwitch` / `shouldSuppress`). Fan-outs update metadata into dedicated `EventUpdateAvailable` / `EventUpdateProgress` events. |
-| `Networks` | `network.go` | `List` / `Select` / `Deselect` of routed networks. |
-| `Forwarding` | `forwarding.go` | `List` exposed/forwarded services from the daemon's reverse-proxy table. |
-| `Debug` | `debug.go` | `Bundle` (debug bundle creation + optional upload) / `Get|SetLogLevel` / `RevealFile` (cross-platform "show in file manager"). |
-| `Update` | `update.go` | `GetState` / `Trigger` (enforced installer) / `GetInstallerResult` / `Quit`. The install-progress UI lives in its own auxiliary window (`/#/dialog/install-progress`), opened by `WindowManager.OpenInstallProgress` — the daemon goes unreachable mid-install so it can't be inside the main window. |
-| `WindowManager` | `windowmanager.go` | `OpenSettings(tab)` / `OpenBrowserLogin(uri)` / `CloseBrowserLogin` / `OpenSessionExpiration(seconds)` / `CloseSessionExpiration` / `OpenInstallProgress(version)` / `CloseInstallProgress` / `OpenWelcome` / `CloseWelcome` / `OpenError(title, message)` / `CloseError` / `OpenMain`. `OpenSettings("")` opens the General tab; pass a tab id (e.g. `"profiles"`) to deep-link, encoded as `?tab=…` in the start URL. `OpenInstallProgress` is `AlwaysOnTop` and hides every other visible window for the duration of the install (restored on close). `OpenMain` is the handoff path from the welcome window to the main UI (avoids depending on the tray). Auxiliary windows are created on first open and **destroyed** on close (Wails-recommended singleton pattern; prevents the macOS dock-reopen from resurrecting hidden windows). |
-| `I18n` | `i18n.go` | Thin facade over `i18n.Bundle`. `Languages()` returns the shipped locales (`_index.json`); `Bundle(code)` returns the full key→text map for one language so the React layer can drive its own translation library. |
-| `Preferences` | `preferences.go` | Thin facade over `preferences.Store`. `Get()` returns `{language, viewMode, onboardingCompleted}`; `SetLanguage(code)` validates against `i18n.Bundle.HasLanguage` and persists; `SetViewMode(mode)` validates against the known set (`default`/`advanced`) and persists; `SetOnboardingCompleted(bool)` persists the welcome-window dismissal. All broadcast `netbird:preferences:changed`. `main.go` reads `viewMode` from the store to size the main window at startup. |
-| `Autostart` | `autostart.go` | Thin facade over Wails' `app.Autostart` (`*application.AutostartManager`). `Supported()` / `IsEnabled()` / `SetEnabled(bool)` — launch-the-UI-at-login toggle. The OS login-item registration (launchd/SMAppService on macOS, `HKCU\…\Run` on Windows, XDG `.desktop` on Linux) is the **single source of truth** — nothing is mirrored to the preferences file. `Enable` registers the running executable with no extra args (the app comes up hidden into the tray). Affects the **graphical UI only**, not the daemon/background service. `Supported()` is false on server/mobile builds (`ErrAutostartNotSupported`); the React toggle in `SettingsGeneral.tsx` hides itself when false. |
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-`DaemonConn` is defined in `services/conn.go`; `ptrStr` (string-to-*string helper for proto pointer fields) lives there too.
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-## Daemon proto
-- Proto source: `../proto/daemon.proto`. Generated Go in `../proto/*.pb.go`.
-- Regen: `cd ../proto && protoc --go_out=. --go_opt=paths=source_relative --go-grpc_out=. --go-grpc_opt=paths=source_relative daemon.proto`
-- Pinned versions (see `daemon.pb.go` header): `protoc v7.34.1`, `protoc-gen-go v1.36.6`. CI's `proto-version-check` workflow fails on mismatch.
-- After proto regen, also regen Wails bindings so the TS layer picks up new fields.
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-## Events bus
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-`main.go` registers five typed events for the frontend: `netbird:status` (`Status`), `netbird:event` (`SystemEvent`), `netbird:profile:changed` (`ProfileRef`), `netbird:update:available` (`UpdateAvailable`), `netbird:update:progress` (`UpdateProgress`). `netbird:profile:changed` fires from `ProfileSwitcher.SwitchActive` after a successful daemon-side switch — both the React `ProfileContext` and the tray subscribe so a flip driven from one surface paints in the others (the daemon itself does not emit a profile event). Plus three plain-string events:
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-- `EventTriggerLogin = "trigger-login"` — tray asking the frontend's `startLogin()` to begin an SSO flow. The tray does **not** show the main window when emitting — the hidden webview is alive and subscribed, so `startLogin` runs and the only visible surface is the BrowserLogin popup it opens.
-- `EventBrowserLoginCancel = "browser-login:cancel"` — the `BrowserLogin` window's Cancel button or red-X close. `startLogin()` listens and tears down the daemon's pending `WaitSSOLogin`.
-- `preferences.EventPreferencesChanged = "netbird:preferences:changed"` — emitted after every successful `SetLanguage` (payload `{language}`). Both the tray menu rebuild and the React `i18next.changeLanguage` subscribe so a flip from any window paints everywhere.
-- `EventSettingsOpen = "netbird:settings:open"` (payload: tab string, e.g. `"general"` / `"profiles"`) — emitted by `WindowManager.OpenSettings(tab)` to set the active tab before Go calls `Show`/`Focus`. The matching reset-to-General on close lives in the React side via `document.visibilitychange` (Wails events from the Go close hook race `Hide` and flash the previous tab for one frame).
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-Daemon connection status strings (`services/peers.go`) mirror `internal.Status*` in `client/internal/state.go`: `Connected`, `Connecting`, `Idle`, `NeedsLogin`, `LoginFailed`, `SessionExpired`, plus the synthetic `DaemonUnavailable` emitted by `Peers` when the socket is unreachable.
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-## Profile switching
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-`services/profileswitcher.go` is the single source of truth for the reconnect policy. Both the tray (`tray.go switchProfile`) and the frontend (via `modules/profiles/ProfileContext.tsx`'s `switchProfile`, which `modules/profiles/ProfilesTab.tsx` and the header `ProfileDropdown` go through) call `ProfileSwitcher.SwitchActive`; identical inputs give identical state transitions.
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-Reconnect policy (driven by `prevStatus` from `Peers.Get`):
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-| Previous status | Action | Optimistic UI | Suppressed events until new flow begins |
-|---|---|---|---|
-| Connected | Switch + Down + Up | Connecting (synthetic) | Connected, Idle |
-| Connecting | Switch + Down + Up | Connecting (unchanged) | Connected, Idle |
-| NeedsLogin / LoginFailed / SessionExpired | Switch + Down | (no change) | — |
-| Idle | Switch only | (no change) | — |
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-Only Connected/Connecting trigger `Peers.BeginProfileSwitch`. That:
-1. Sets a 30s `switchInProgress` guard.
-2. Emits a synthetic `Status{Status: StatusConnecting}` so both tray and React paint immediately.
-3. Tells `statusStreamLoop` to drop the daemon's stale Connected updates (peer count drops as the engine tears down) and the transient Idle in between Down and the new Up.
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-`shouldSuppress` releases the guard as soon as a status that signals the new flow began arrives:
-- **Suppressed**: Connected, Idle
-- **Pass through and clear**: Connecting / NeedsLogin / LoginFailed / SessionExpired / DaemonUnavailable
-- **Timeout fallback**: 30s elapsed → clear flag, emit normally.
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-`Peers.CancelProfileSwitch` aborts the suppression — called by `tray.go handleDisconnect` so the user's "Disconnect while Connecting" click paints through immediately.
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-Also: `ProfileSwitcher.SwitchActive` mirrors the daemon switch into the user-side `profilemanager` (`~/Library/Application Support/netbird/active_profile`). The CLI's `netbird up` reads this file and sends the resolved profile name back; if it diverges from the daemon's `/var/lib/netbird/active_profile.json`, the daemon silently flips back. Mirror failures don't abort the switch — surfaced as a warning.
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-## Auxiliary windows (`WindowManager`)
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-The main window is created up front in `main.go`. Auxiliary windows are created on demand by `services.WindowManager`:
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-- **Settings** (`/#/settings`) — opened from the header gear icon (`pages/main/Header.tsx → WindowManager.OpenSettings("")`), the tray's Settings menu entry (`tray.go openSettings`), and the profile dropdown's "Manage Profiles" entry (`WindowManager.OpenSettings("profiles")`, which sets `?tab=profiles` in the start URL — `Settings.tsx` reads it via `useSearchParams`). The window hosts every settings tab — including **Profiles** (`ProfilesTab.tsx`, `UserCircle` icon, sits between Security and SSH), which lists profiles in a table with Deregister/Delete in a per-row kebab and an Add Profile button. Both call sites go through `WindowManager` so the user sees the same dedicated frameless window from either trigger — the tray used to repurpose the main window via `SetURL("/#/settings")`, which replaced the main UI in place. Frameless-look (opaque macOS backdrop, hidden inset title bar), fixed 900×640, no resize, no minimise/maximise. **Unlike the other auxiliary windows**, Settings is created eagerly (hidden) inside `NewWindowManager` and hides on close instead of being destroyed — first open is instant. The window stays at a single URL (`/#/settings`) forever; `OpenSettings(tab)` does **not** call `SetURL`. Instead it emits `netbird:settings:open` with the target tab (empty → `"general"`), then calls `Show`/`Focus`. `SettingsPage` keeps the active tab in React local state and listens for the event to switch. **Reset-on-close lives in the React side**, not the Go close hook: `SettingsPage` listens for `document.visibilitychange` and resets the tab to General when the page goes hidden. Doing it via `Event.Emit` from the close hook didn't work — the dispatch goroutine races `Hide`, the JS listener often runs only after the *next* `Show`, and the user sees a one-frame flash of the previous tab. The Page Visibility API fires before WebKit throttles the page, so the state update lands while we're still in foreground JS. (The earlier `SetURL` path re-loaded the WKWebView entirely, re-mounting the `AppLayout` provider stack and visibly flashing the `SettingsSkeleton` while `SettingsContext` re-fetched config.)
-- **BrowserLogin** (`/#/dialog/browser-login?uri=…`) — opened by the connection toggle's SSO flow (`pages/main/ConnectionStatusSwitch.tsx`). 460×440, fixed size. The close button (red X) fires `EventBrowserLoginCancel` so the JS-side `startLogin()` can tear down the daemon's pending `WaitSSOLogin`. `WindowManager.CloseBrowserLogin` closes it programmatically when the flow completes.
-- **SessionExpiration** (`/#/dialog/session-expiration?seconds=<n>`) — opened by `WindowManager.OpenSessionExpiration(seconds)`. 460×380, fixed size, `AlwaysOnTop: true`. The React-side buttons close the window via `WindowManager.CloseSessionExpiration` and (for Sign-in / Stay-connected) emit `EventTriggerLogin` so the main window's `startLogin()` orchestrator handles the SSO flow. Triggered by the tray today: `tray_session.go openSessionExpiration` fires it at T-FinalWarningLead when the earlier T-10 notification wasn't dismissed, and `openSessionExtendFlow` opens it on tray-row click seeded with the live remaining time. **Multi-monitor aware** — targets the display the OS cursor is currently on via `WindowManager.getScreenBasedOnCursorPosition`, which queries the native cursor location per-OS through `getCursorPosition` (`services/cursor_{darwin,windows,linux,other}.go`): `NSEvent.mouseLocation` flipped against the primary's frame height on macOS, `w32.GetCursorPos` + ScreenManager `PhysicalToDipPoint` on Windows, X11 `XQueryPointer` on Linux. The X11 query covers Wayland sessions too via XWayland, which ships by default on every supported Linux target. **Verified distro coverage**: Windows, macOS, Ubuntu 22.04 + 24.04 (GNOME-Wayland default + XWayland), Fedora 40 (GNOME-Wayland + XWayland), Debian 12 (GNOME default + XWayland), Arch Linux (any DE/compositor + XWayland), Linux Mint (Cinnamon-Xorg → Xorg direct), GNOME (Xorg + Wayland), Fluxbox (Xorg, exercised by the xembed-tray test path). Falls back gracefully (no panic, no error) to the main window's screen, then the OS default, when the cursor can't be resolved (headless / no DISPLAY / pure-Wayland-without-XWayland). Both first-create and re-show go through a single helper, `WindowManager.centerOnCursorScreen`: synchronous SetPosition first (covers full desktops and re-show with a still-alive GTK surface), then on minimal WMs (`recenterOnShow` — the Fluxbox/XEmbed-tray path) the same ~1s realize-detection retry loop `centerWhenReady` uses, because Wails' Linux SetPosition silently no-ops against a nil GdkSurface and Fluxbox would otherwise leave the window on the primary monitor.
-- **InstallProgress** (`/#/dialog/install-progress?version=<v>`) — opened by `WindowManager.OpenInstallProgress(version)` from `ClientVersionContext` (force-install branch on `installing` flip, user-driven enforced branch from `triggerUpdate`). 360-wide auto-sized via `useAutoSizeWindow`, `AlwaysOnTop`. Owns its own polling loop against `Update.GetInstallerResult` with the 5-second daemon-down-grace (sustained gRPC failure = success → call `Update.Quit()`). Hides every other visible window on open (restored on close).
-- **Welcome** (`/#/dialog/welcome`) — first-launch onboarding window opened by `WindowManager.OpenWelcome()` from `main.go`'s `ApplicationStarted` hook, gated by `prefStore.Get().OnboardingCompleted` so it only fires on a fresh install. Auto-sized via `useAutoSizeWindow`, centered (`InitialPosition: WindowCentered`), inherits `AlwaysOnTop` from `DialogWindowOptions`. Two-step state machine: **(1)** tray-screenshot pitch with the per-OS tray icon; **(2)** Cloud-vs-self-hosted segmented control with optional URL input — only rendered when `shouldShowManagementStep` returns true (default profile + no recorded email + management URL is empty/cloud-default). The Continue button on either terminal step flips `Preferences.SetOnboardingCompleted(true)`, calls `WindowManager.OpenMain()`, then `WindowManager.CloseWelcome()`.
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-- **Error** (`/#/dialog/error?message=<m>`) — the app's single error surface, opened by `WindowManager.OpenError(title, message)`. **This replaced the native OS MessageBox outright**: the frontend `errorDialog({Title, Message})` wrapper in `lib/dialogs.ts` now drives this window (same name/signature as before, so call sites were untouched), and the native `Dialogs.Error`/`Warning`/`Info`/`Question` wrappers plus the Windows `Detached` workaround were deleted (nothing called warning/info/question). Frameless NetBird chrome, `AlwaysOnTop` (inherited from `DialogWindowOptions`), auto-sized to the variable-length message via `useAutoSizeWindow`. **`title` is the window's chrome title** — set Go-side as `"NetBird - <title>"` (empty falls back to the localised "Error"), *not* shown in the body — so it's excluded from `retitleAll` (a language flip must not clobber the live error title). **`message` is the body text**, carried as a query param (`errorDialogURL` query-escapes it so newlines/`&` in formatted daemon errors survive into `useSearchParams`). The left-aligned body is just the danger `SquareIcon` + message + a bottom-right Close button. A second error while one is open updates the live window (`SetTitle` + `SetURL`) instead of stacking another. Singleton, destroyed on close. The Close button (and the Escape key — keyboard cancellation) calls `WindowManager.CloseError()`. Note the behaviour change vs the old native box: `errorDialog()` resolves as soon as the window opens (it no longer blocks until dismissed). **macOS caveat:** the window uses `MacTitleBarHiddenInset`, so the chrome title isn't visibly rendered there — on macOS the error name would not be shown anywhere since it's no longer in the body.
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-The four lazy auxiliary windows (BrowserLogin, SessionExpiration, InstallProgress, Error) are **destroyed** on close (mutex-guarded singleton; `closing` hook nils the field). Destroying rather than hiding is deliberate — Wails' macOS dock-reopen handler resurrects hidden windows, which we don't want for transient surfaces. Settings is the exception: it's created hidden up-front and uses a `RegisterHook` close interceptor (`e.Cancel(); Hide()`) to keep the webview warm.
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-On macOS, `main.go` overrides Wails' default `applicationShouldHandleReopen` listener (which shows *every* hidden window — see `pkg/application/events_common_darwin.go`) by registering an application event hook that cancels the event and shows only the main window. Without this, clicking the dock icon would resurrect the hide-on-close Settings window alongside the main one.
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-The main window is **hidden** on close (the `WindowClosing` hook calls `e.Cancel(); window.Hide()`). The user reaches "really quit" through the tray → Quit menu entry.
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-## Localisation (i18n)
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-The locale tree under `client/ui/i18n/locales/` is the single source of truth for both Go (tray, OS notifications) and React (every user-facing string). It sits next to the Go `i18n` package (the tray's consumer) so a single JSON tree drives both surfaces. Layout: `_index.json` lists shipped languages (`code` / `displayName` / `englishName`); `<code>/common.json` per language. `en/common.json` must exist (the `Bundle` loader hard-fails without it); languages listed in `_index.json` without a bundle are skipped with a warning. Placeholders are single-braced (`"Install version {version}"`) — Go substitutes via `Bundle.Translate(lang, key, "name", value, ...)`; React uses i18next with `interpolation: { prefix: "{", suffix: "}" }`.
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-Adding a language: drop a `<code>/common.json` under `client/ui/i18n/locales/`, append a row to `_index.json`, rebuild. Go reads the tree via `//go:embed all:i18n/locales` in `client/ui/main.go`; Vite reads it via the `../../../i18n/locales/*/common.json` glob in `frontend/src/lib/i18n.ts`, with `server.fs.allow` in `vite.config.ts` whitelisting the parent dir so the dev server can serve files outside `frontend/`.
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-Package layout:
-- `client/ui/i18n/` — pure `LanguageCode` / `Language` / `Bundle` loader. No Wails / no daemon. Reads the tree from an `fs.FS` passed in by `main.go`.
-- `client/ui/preferences/` — `Store` persists `UIPreferences{language}` to `os.UserConfigDir()/netbird/ui-preferences.json` (per-OS-user, shared across daemon profiles). Validates against an injected `LanguageValidator` (`*i18n.Bundle`). No file → in-memory default `en`, persisted on first `SetLanguage`. Broadcasts via in-process pub/sub + optional Wails event emitter.
-- `services/i18n.go` + `services/preferences.go` — Wails facades. Preferences emits `netbird:preferences:changed` (payload `{language}`) on every `SetLanguage`.
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-Key conventions: `tray.*` / `notify.*` (Go-side), `common.* / connect.* / nav.* / profile.* / settings.* / update.* / browserLogin.* / sessionExpiration.* / peers.*` (frontend). Keep keys stable — renames cascade everywhere.
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-## Linux tray support
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-The in-process `StatusNotifierWatcher` + XEmbed host that lets the tray work on minimal WMs is detailed in `LINUX-TRAY.md` (sibling). Touch that doc when modifying `tray_watcher_linux.go` / `xembed_host_linux.go` / `xembed_tray_linux.{c,h}`.
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-**Legacy `-tags gtk3` build:** Wails v3 defaults to GTK4/WebKitGTK 6.0; the legacy GTK3/WebKit2GTK 4.1 path (`-tags gtk3`, for Ubuntu 22.04 / Debian 12 / RHEL 9 / Fedora ≤39, removed upstream in Wails v3.1) is shipped as a second `netbird-ui` package built via `EXTRA_TAGS=gtk3` / a separate goreleaser lane. `xembed_host_linux.go` + `xembed_tray_linux.{c,h}` are GTK4-only (`//go:build … && !gtk3`); on gtk3 builds `xembed_host_gtk3_linux.go` stubs them out (`xembedTrayAvailable()` → false), so the minimal-WM XEmbed fallback is **absent on gtk3** (tray still works on SNI-capable desktops). Keep the C files' `//go:build` constraints in sync with the Go file.
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-## Wails Dialogs (frontend, `@wailsio/runtime`)
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-The app no longer uses native `@wailsio/runtime` `Dialogs.*` message boxes — errors go through the custom Error window (see below), confirmations through the in-app `useConfirm()` modal. `WAILS-DIALOGS.md` (sibling) is retained only as reference for the native API surface and the Go-side frameless-window pattern, should a native file picker (`OpenFile`/`SaveFile`) ever be needed.
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-## Conventions in this codebase
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-### Errors → custom Error window
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-User-actionable operation failures (config save, profile switch, debug bundle, update, login, etc.) surface via the frontend `errorDialog({Title, Message})` helper in `frontend/src/lib/dialogs.ts`, which opens the custom always-on-top **Error** auxiliary window (`WindowManager.OpenError`, `/#/dialog/error` — see the Auxiliary windows section). Use an action-named title — "Save Settings Failed", "Switch Profile Failed", not "Error" / "Something went wrong" (the window already shows a red error icon). The name `errorDialog` and its `{Title, Message}` shape are unchanged from when it wrapped the native `Dialogs.Error`, so call sites were untouched; the native `Dialogs.Error`/`Warning`/`Info`/`Question` wrappers and the Windows `Detached` workaround were removed (the native MessageBox could wedge the main window's close button — see the Error-window note). Confirmations use the in-app `useConfirm()` modal (`contexts/DialogContext.tsx`), which resolves to a boolean.
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-**Skip dialogs entirely** for: inline form validation (`Input.tsx`, URL-format checks — too heavy for keystroke feedback); transient link errors on the dashboard (flap in/out with daemon — use an inline indicator); "partial success" notes inside an otherwise-OK flow (e.g. "bundle saved but upload failed" stays inline). The install-progress window owns its own error UI in-place (timeout/canceled/failed phases) — no error dialog needed there.
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-### OS notifications
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-The tray uses Wails' built-in `notifications` service. One `notifications.NotificationService` is created in `main.go` and passed into `TrayServices.Notifier`. Notification IDs are prefixed for coalescing: `netbird-update-<version>`, `netbird-event-<id>`, `netbird-tray-error`, `netbird-session-expired`. Notifications are gated by the user's "Notifications" toggle (cached in `Tray.notificationsEnabled`, seeded from `Settings.GetConfig` at boot). `Severity == "critical"` events bypass the gate, mirroring the legacy Fyne `event.Manager`.
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-### Profile switching invariants
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-`ProfileSwitcher.SwitchActive` is the only switch path on the TS side — `ProfileContext.switchProfile` is the single TS wrapper, and `modules/profiles/ProfilesTab.tsx` + the header `ProfileDropdown` both go through it. The Go side captures `prevStatus`, drives the optimistic-Connecting paint via `Peers.BeginProfileSwitch`, mirrors into the user-side `profilemanager`, and conditionally fires Down/Up per the reconnect-policy table above.
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-**Never call `Connection.Up` on an Idle/NeedsLogin daemon** — the daemon's internal 50s `waitForUp` blocks until `DeadlineExceeded`. `Connection.Up` from the frontend is reserved for the explicit Connect button (`ConnectionStatusSwitch.connect`) and the post-SSO resume inside `startLogin`; the gating for profile-switch reconnects lives Go-side in `ProfileSwitcher.SwitchActive`.
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-## Build / dev tasks
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-`task dev` (Wails dev, live reload), `task build` (prod build for the current OS, dispatches to `build/{darwin,linux,windows}/Taskfile.yml`), `task build:server` / `run:server` / `build:docker` / `run:docker` (server-mode variants in `build/Taskfile.yml`). **No** `task generate:bindings` alias — run `wails3 generate bindings -clean=true -ts` directly from this directory. CLI flags + log-target semantics are documented in the `main.go` bullet under "Layout".
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-Both `windows:build` and `windows:build:console` (the latter outputs `bin/netbird-ui-console.exe` linked against the console subsystem, so Go stdout/stderr/logrus print to the launching terminal) honour `DEV=true`, which drops the `-tags production` flag. The `production` tag is what disables the WebKit/WebView2 DevTools inspector — so `DEV=true` is the only way to get a Windows binary where the frontend JS console is reachable (right-click → Inspect / F12). Cross-compile from Linux with `CGO_ENABLED=1 task windows:build:console DEV=true`.
-
-## Useful references
-- `WAILS-DIALOGS.md` (sibling) — full `@wailsio/runtime` `Dialogs` API + per-OS behaviour + frameless-window pattern.
-- `LINUX-TRAY.md` (sibling) — StatusNotifierWatcher + XEmbed host details.
-- `frontend/WAILS-API.md` — frontend-facing binding signatures and model shapes.
-- Wails v3 dialog docs: https://v3.wails.io/features/dialogs/message/ and https://v3.wails.io/features/dialogs/custom/ (may 403 from some clients).
-- Wails v3 multiple-windows guidance: https://v3.wails.io/learn/multiple-windows/
-- Authoritative TS signatures: `frontend/node_modules/@wailsio/runtime/types/dialogs.d.ts`.
-- Wails examples: https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/tree/master/v3/examples/dialogs

client/ui/LINUX-TRAY.md

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Linux tray support (StatusNotifierWatcher + XEmbed)
-
-Minimal WMs (Fluxbox, OpenBox, i3, dwm, vanilla GNOME without the AppIndicator extension) don't ship a `StatusNotifierWatcher`, so tray icons using libayatana-appindicator / freedesktop StatusNotifier silently fail. `main.go` calls `startStatusNotifierWatcher()` *before* `NewTray` so the Wails systray's `RegisterStatusNotifierItem` call hits the in-process watcher we control.
-
-- `tray_watcher_linux.go` — owns `org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher` on the session bus if no other process has it. Safe to call unconditionally.
-- `xembed_host_linux.go` + `xembed_tray_linux.{c,h}` — when an XEmbed tray (`_NET_SYSTEM_TRAY_S0`) is available, also start an in-process XEmbed host that bridges the SNI icon into the XEmbed tray. Reads `IconPixmap` over D-Bus, draws via cairo+X11, polls for clicks, fetches `com.canonical.dbusmenu.GetLayout` for the popup menu, fires `com.canonical.dbusmenu.Event` on click.
-
-Build is gated on `linux && !386`; the 386 build (no cgo) and non-Linux builds use the `tray_watcher_other.go` no-op.
-
-## Legacy GTK3 build (`-tags gtk3`)
-
-The XEmbed host (`xembed_host_linux.go` + `xembed_tray_linux.{c,h}`) hard-links GTK4 and uses GTK4-only popup-menu APIs (`GdkSurface`, `GtkEventControllerFocus`, `gtk_window_set_child`, `gdk_display_get_monitors`→`GListModel`, …), so it cannot compile against GTK3. On the legacy `-tags gtk3` build those files are excluded (`//go:build … && !gtk3`) and `xembed_host_gtk3_linux.go` provides a pure-Go stub where `xembedTrayAvailable()` returns false. The watcher probe then exits immediately, so the in-process XEmbed fallback is **absent on GTK3 builds** — the tray works only where the desktop ships its own `StatusNotifierWatcher` (KDE, GNOME+AppIndicator, Cinnamon/xapp, XFCE), not on minimal WMs. Rather than port the ~150-line C menu layer to GTK3 we accept this gap; `-tags gtk3` is removed upstream in Wails v3.1.

client/ui/README.md

@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-# NetBird desktop UI (Wails3 + React)
-
-Replaces `client/ui` (Fyne). One binary on Windows / macOS / Linux,
-talks to the NetBird daemon over gRPC, renders a React frontend in a
-WebView.
-
-## Prerequisites
-
-- Go ≥ 1.25, Node ≥ 20, **pnpm** (`corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate`)
-- `wails3` CLI: `go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@latest`
-- `task`: `go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@latest`
-- A running NetBird daemon (default: `unix:///var/run/netbird.sock`,
-  Windows `tcp://127.0.0.1:41731`)
-- Linux only: `libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev`, `libgtk-4-dev`, `libsoup-3.0-dev`
-
-### Legacy GTK3 build
-
-Wails v3 builds on GTK4 / WebKitGTK 6.0 by default. Distros that don't ship
-WebKitGTK 6.0 yet (Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, RHEL 9, Fedora ≤ 39) need the
-legacy GTK3 / WebKit2GTK 4.1 build, produced with `-tags gtk3` (e.g.
-`task build EXTRA_TAGS=gtk3`). It needs `libgtk-3-dev` + `libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev`
-instead of the GTK4 libs above. `-tags gtk3` is removed upstream in Wails v3.1.
-
-> **Tray limitation:** the GTK3 build drops the in-process XEmbed
-> `StatusNotifierWatcher` (its menu layer is GTK4-only — see
-> [`LINUX-TRAY.md`](LINUX-TRAY.md) and `xembed_host_gtk3_linux.go`). The tray
-> still works on desktops that ship their own watcher (KDE, GNOME+AppIndicator,
-> Cinnamon/xapp, XFCE, …); only the minimal-WM fallback (Fluxbox/OpenBox/i3/dwm)
-> is unavailable on GTK3 packages.
-
-## Develop without rebuilding
-
-```bash
-cd client/ui
-task dev
-```
-
-`task dev` runs Vite (port 9245) + the Go binary + a `*.go` watcher.
-Frontend edits hot-reload instantly. Go edits trigger a rebuild and
-relaunch. Pass daemon flags after `--`:
-
-```bash
-task dev -- --daemon-addr=tcp://127.0.0.1:41731
-```
-
-For pure UI work (no native window, fastest loop):
-
-```bash
-cd frontend && pnpm dev
-```
-
-## Production build
-
-```bash
-task build
-```
-
-Output in `bin/`. Frontend assets are embedded into the binary.
-
-### Cross-compile Windows from Linux
-
-Install the mingw-w64 toolchain once:
-
-```bash
-sudo apt install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64           # Debian/Ubuntu
-sudo dnf install mingw64-gcc                    # Fedora
-sudo pacman -S mingw-w64-gcc                    # Arch
-```
-
-Then:
-
-```bash
-CGO_ENABLED=1 task windows:build
-```
-
-Produces `bin/netbird-ui.exe`. macOS cross-compile from Linux is not
-supported (signing and notarization need a real Mac).
-
-### Windows console build (logs in the terminal)
-
-Default `windows:build` links the binary as a Windows GUI app, which
-detaches from the launching console — `logrus` output, `fmt.Println`,
-and panics go nowhere visible. To debug tray/event/daemon issues:
-
-```bash
-CGO_ENABLED=1 task windows:build:console
-```
-
-Produces `bin/netbird-ui-console.exe`. Run it from `cmd.exe` /
-PowerShell / Windows Terminal and stdout/stderr land in that
-terminal. Same flag works on a native Windows build (drop the
-`CGO_ENABLED=1` if your toolchain already has it set).
-
-## Regenerating bindings
-
-When a Go service signature changes:
-
-```bash
-wails3 generate bindings
-```
-
-`task dev` does this automatically on `*.go` save.
-
-## Tray icons
-
-Source SVGs live in `assets/svg/` (state.svg + state-macos.svg). After editing
-any SVG, rasterize to the PNGs the Go side embeds:
-
-```bash
-task common:generate:tray:icons
-```
-
-Requires Inkscape. Commit the resulting `assets/*.png` files alongside the
-SVG change so CI doesn't need Inkscape installed.

client/ui/Taskfile.yml

@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-version: '3'
-
-includes:
-  common: ./build/Taskfile.yml
-  windows: ./build/windows/Taskfile.yml
-  darwin: ./build/darwin/Taskfile.yml
-  linux: ./build/linux/Taskfile.yml
-
-vars:
-  APP_NAME: "netbird-ui"
-  BIN_DIR: "bin"
-  VITE_PORT: '{{.WAILS_VITE_PORT | default 9245}}'
-
-tasks:
-  build:
-    summary: Builds the application
-    cmds:
-      - task: "{{OS}}:build"
-
-  package:
-    summary: Packages a production build of the application
-    cmds:
-      - task: "{{OS}}:package"
-
-  run:
-    summary: Runs the application
-    cmds:
-      - task: "{{OS}}:run"
-
-  dev:
-    summary: Runs the application in development mode
-    cmds:
-      - wails3 dev -config ./build/config.yml -port {{.VITE_PORT}}
-
-  setup:docker:
-    summary: Builds Docker image for cross-compilation (~800MB download)
-    cmds:
-      - task: common:setup:docker
-
-  build:server:
-    summary: Builds the application in server mode (no GUI, HTTP server only)
-    cmds:
-      - task: common:build:server
-
-  run:server:
-    summary: Runs the application in server mode
-    cmds:
-      - task: common:run:server
-
-  build:docker:
-    summary: Builds a Docker image for server mode deployment
-    cmds:
-      - task: common:build:docker
-
-  run:docker:
-    summary: Builds and runs the Docker image
-    cmds:
-      - task: common:run:docker

client/ui/WAILS-DIALOGS.md

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# Wails Dialogs (frontend, `@wailsio/runtime`)
-
-The frontend dialog API lives in `@wailsio/runtime` as `Dialogs`. Authoritative signatures are in
-`frontend/node_modules/@wailsio/runtime/types/dialogs.d.ts`.
-
-See `CLAUDE.md` for project conventions on *when* to use these (errors vs. inline validation, confirmation flow, etc.).
-
-## Message dialogs
-
-```ts
-import { Dialogs } from "@wailsio/runtime";
-
-await Dialogs.Info({ Title, Message, Buttons?, Detached? });
-await Dialogs.Warning({ Title, Message, Buttons?, Detached? });
-await Dialogs.Error({ Title, Message, Buttons?, Detached? });
-await Dialogs.Question({ Title, Message, Buttons?, Detached? });
-```
-
-All four return `Promise<string>` resolving to the **Label** of the button the user clicked. With no `Buttons` provided you get a single OK button — the promise just resolves when the user dismisses.
-
-`MessageDialogOptions` fields:
-- `Title?: string` — window title (short).
-- `Message?: string` — the body text.
-- `Buttons?: Button[]` — custom buttons. Each `Button` is `{ Label?, IsCancel?, IsDefault? }`. `IsCancel` is what Esc/⌘. triggers; `IsDefault` is what Enter triggers.
-- `Detached?: boolean` — when `true`, the dialog isn't tied to the parent window (no sheet behavior on macOS).
-
-## File dialogs
-
-`Dialogs.OpenFile(options)` and `Dialogs.SaveFile(options)` — see `dialogs.d.ts` for the full `OpenFileDialogOptions` / `SaveFileDialogOptions` field set (filters, ButtonText, multi-select, hidden files, alias resolution, directory mode, etc).
-
-## Per-OS behavior
-
-| Platform | Behavior |
-|---|---|
-| **macOS** | Sheet-style when attached to a parent window. Up to ~4 custom buttons render naturally. Keyboard: Enter = default, ⌘. or Esc = cancel. Follows system theme. Accessibility is built-in. |
-| **Windows** | Modal `TaskDialog`-style. Standard button labels are nudged toward OS conventions. Keyboard: Enter = default, Esc = cancel. Follows system theme. |
-| **Linux** | GTK dialogs — appearance varies by desktop environment (GNOME/KDE). Follows desktop theme. Standard keyboard nav. |
-
-Behavioural notes that affect us:
-- The promise resolves with the **button label string**, not an index. Compare against the literal `Label` you passed (e.g. `if (result !== "Delete") return;`).
-- `Buttons[]` on Linux/Windows uses the labels you supply, but the OS layout/styling is fixed.
-- `Dialogs.Error` plays the platform error sound and uses the platform error icon. Don't use it for confirmations — use `Dialogs.Warning` or `Dialogs.Question`.
-- Don't fire dialogs in a tight loop or from every keystroke — they interrupt focus and (on macOS) animate in/out. Debounce or guard with a `busy` flag.
-
-## Frameless / custom-window dialogs (Go side)
-
-When the native dialog API isn't enough — rich content, embedded webview, multi-screen flow — open a regular Wails window. This is done on the **Go side** via `app.Window.NewWithOptions(application.WebviewWindowOptions{...})`. Useful options:
-- `Parent` — attach to a parent so OS treats it as a child.
-- `AlwaysOnTop: true` — float above the parent.
-- `Frameless: true` — no titlebar/chrome.
-- `Resizable: false` (also `DisableResize: true` in v3) — fixed-size dialog feel.
-- `Hidden: true` initially, then `dialog.Show()` + `dialog.SetFocus()`.
-
-We **do** use this pattern, but pragmatically: `WindowManager.OpenSettings` and `OpenBrowserLogin` are regular small webview windows (not modal sheets) with no resize, hidden minimise/maximise buttons, and a translucent macOS title bar. They're not classic "OS modal dialogs"; they're just lightweight ancillary windows that look the part. Modal behaviour (`parent.SetEnabled(false)`) is intentionally not used — the user can still click back to the main window.
-
-In-app modals (`NewProfileDialog`, delete-profile confirmation, etc.) are Radix `Dialog` primitives inside the main webview. Reach for a custom OS window only when content must escape the main window (BrowserLogin is the canonical example — its lifecycle is tied to the SSO wait) or when the window needs its own taskbar entry / dock icon.

client/ui/approval.go

@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+//go:build !(linux && 386)
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2"
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/container"
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/widget"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/approval"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
+)
+
+// Approval metadata that is remote-peer or dashboard controlled is passed to
+// the forked netbird-ui via environment variables rather than argv, so it is
+// not exposed to other local users through ps.
+const (
+	envApprovalInitiator      = "NB_APPROVAL_INITIATOR"
+	envApprovalPeerName       = "NB_APPROVAL_PEER_NAME"
+	envApprovalSourceIP       = "NB_APPROVAL_SOURCE_IP"
+	envApprovalUsername       = "NB_APPROVAL_USERNAME"
+	envApprovalKeyFingerprint = "NB_APPROVAL_KEY_FINGERPRINT"
+	envApprovalSubject        = "NB_APPROVAL_SUBJECT"
+)
+
+// handleApprovalEvent forks a netbird-ui child process to render the
+// dialog on its own fyne main loop. Top-level windows opened from a
+// background goroutine of the tray process don't render reliably on
+// Linux/GTK, so the rest of the UI (settings, login URL, update) uses
+// the same fork pattern.
+func (s *serviceClient) handleApprovalEvent(ev *proto.SystemEvent) {
+	if ev == nil || ev.Category != proto.SystemEvent_APPROVAL {
+		return
+	}
+	requestID := ev.Metadata["request_id"]
+	if requestID == "" {
+		log.Warnf("approval event missing request_id: %v", ev.Metadata)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Only the request id, kind, and deadline stay on argv: they are
+	// daemon-issued and non-sensitive. The remote-influenced fields go
+	// through the child's environment.
+	args := []string{
+		"--approval-request-id=" + requestID,
+		"--approval-kind=" + ev.Metadata["kind"],
+		"--approval-expires-at=" + ev.Metadata["expires_at"],
+	}
+	env := append(os.Environ(),
+		envApprovalInitiator+"="+ev.Metadata["initiator"],
+		envApprovalPeerName+"="+ev.Metadata["peer_name"],
+		envApprovalSourceIP+"="+ev.Metadata["source_ip"],
+		envApprovalUsername+"="+ev.Metadata["username"],
+		envApprovalKeyFingerprint+"="+ev.Metadata["peer_pubkey"],
+		envApprovalSubject+"="+ev.UserMessage,
+	)
+	go s.runApprovalCommand(s.ctx, env, args)
+}
+
+// runApprovalCommand forks netbird-ui to render the approval dialog,
+// inheriting the parent environment plus the approval-specific variables. It
+// mirrors runSelfCommand but sets cmd.Env so the sensitive metadata never
+// appears on the child's argv.
+func (s *serviceClient) runApprovalCommand(ctx context.Context, env, args []string) {
+	proc, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("get executable path: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	cmdArgs := append([]string{"--approval=true", "--daemon-addr=" + s.addr}, args...)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, proc, cmdArgs...)
+	cmd.Env = env
+
+	if out := s.attachOutput(cmd); out != nil {
+		defer func() {
+			if err := out.Close(); err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("close log file %s: %v", s.logFile, err)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("running approval command: %s", cmd.String())
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		var exitErr *exec.ExitError
+		if errors.As(err, &exitErr) {
+			log.Printf("approval command failed with exit code %d", exitErr.ExitCode())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// showApprovalUI runs the dialog on the forked process's fyne main loop
+// and forwards the user's decision to the daemon via RespondApproval.
+func (s *serviceClient) showApprovalUI(req approvalRequest) {
+	w := s.app.NewWindow(approvalTitle(req.kind))
+	w.Resize(fyne.NewSize(480, 260))
+	w.CenterOnScreen()
+	w.RequestFocus()
+
+	var rows []string
+	if req.initiator != "" {
+		// The display name comes from the management dashboard and is
+		// not cryptographically asserted by the connecting client. The
+		// key fingerprint that follows IS: it's the Noise_IK static
+		// public key the client just proved possession of. Show both
+		// so the user can sanity-check that "Alice" is really the
+		// Alice they trust.
+		rows = append(rows, "From user:  "+req.initiator)
+	}
+	if fp := approval.ShortKeyFingerprint(req.keyFingerprint); fp != "" {
+		rows = append(rows, "Key fp:     "+fp)
+	}
+	if req.peerName != "" {
+		rows = append(rows, "Via peer:   "+req.peerName)
+	}
+	if req.sourceIP != "" && req.sourceIP != req.peerName {
+		rows = append(rows, "Source IP:  "+req.sourceIP)
+	}
+	if req.username != "" {
+		rows = append(rows, "OS user:    "+req.username)
+	}
+	if len(rows) == 0 {
+		rows = []string{"Remote: " + req.displayPeer()}
+	}
+	body := strings.Join(rows, "\n")
+	bodyLabel := widget.NewLabel(body)
+	bodyLabel.Wrapping = fyne.TextWrapWord
+
+	countdown := widget.NewLabel("")
+	deadline := req.deadline()
+	updateCountdown := func() {
+		remaining := time.Until(deadline).Round(time.Second)
+		if remaining < 0 {
+			remaining = 0
+		}
+		countdown.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("Auto-deny in %s", remaining))
+	}
+	updateCountdown()
+
+	type outcome struct {
+		accept   bool
+		viewOnly bool
+	}
+	decided := make(chan outcome, 1)
+	decide := func(o outcome) {
+		select {
+		case decided <- o:
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+
+	allow := widget.NewButton("Allow", func() { decide(outcome{accept: true}) })
+	allow.Importance = widget.HighImportance
+	allowView := widget.NewButton("Allow (view only)", func() { decide(outcome{accept: true, viewOnly: true}) })
+	deny := widget.NewButton("Deny", func() { decide(outcome{accept: false}) })
+
+	header := widget.NewLabelWithStyle(req.subject, fyne.TextAlignLeading, fyne.TextStyle{Bold: true})
+	buttonRow := container.NewGridWithColumns(3, allow, allowView, deny)
+	info := container.NewVBox(header, widget.NewSeparator(), bodyLabel, widget.NewSeparator(), countdown)
+	w.SetContent(container.NewPadded(container.NewBorder(nil, buttonRow, nil, nil, info)))
+	w.SetCloseIntercept(func() { decide(outcome{}) })
+
+	go func() {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+		defer ticker.Stop()
+		for range ticker.C {
+			if time.Until(deadline) <= 0 {
+				decide(outcome{})
+				return
+			}
+			fyne.Do(updateCountdown)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		o := <-decided
+		s.sendApprovalResponse(req.requestID, o.accept, o.viewOnly)
+		fyne.Do(func() {
+			w.Close()
+			s.app.Quit()
+		})
+	}()
+
+	w.Show()
+}
+
+func (s *serviceClient) sendApprovalResponse(requestID string, accept, viewOnly bool) {
+	conn, err := s.getSrvClient(defaultFailTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("approval response: get daemon client: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(s.ctx, defaultFailTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	if _, err := conn.RespondApproval(ctx, &proto.RespondApprovalRequest{
+		RequestId: requestID,
+		Accept:    accept,
+		ViewOnly:  viewOnly,
+	}); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("approval response: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// approvalRequest is the parsed --approval-* CLI args that the forked
+// dialog process consumes.
+type approvalRequest struct {
+	requestID      string
+	kind           string
+	initiator      string
+	peerName       string
+	sourceIP       string
+	username       string
+	subject        string
+	expiresAt      string
+	keyFingerprint string
+}
+
+func (r approvalRequest) displayPeer() string {
+	switch {
+	case r.initiator != "":
+		return r.initiator
+	case r.peerName != "":
+		return r.peerName
+	case r.sourceIP != "":
+		return r.sourceIP
+	default:
+		return "unknown peer"
+	}
+}
+
+// deadline returns the wall-clock auto-deny moment. Falls back to a short
+// local window when the daemon's expires_at is missing/unparsable, so a
+// stale value never leaves the dialog open indefinitely.
+func (r approvalRequest) deadline() time.Time {
+	if t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, r.expiresAt); err == nil {
+		return t
+	}
+	return time.Now().Add(13 * time.Second)
+}
+
+func approvalTitle(kind string) string {
+	switch kind {
+	case "vnc":
+		return "Allow VNC Connection?"
+	case "ssh":
+		return "Allow SSH Connection?"
+	default:
+		return "Allow Incoming Connection?"
+	}
+}