Merge branch 'main' into nmap/compaction-deploy

.dockerignore

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-.env
-.env.*
-*.pem
-*.key
-*.crt
-*.p12

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-blank_issues_enabled: true
-contact_links:
-  - name: Community Support
-    url: https://forum.netbird.io/
-    about: Community support forum
-  - name: Cloud Support
-    url: https://docs.netbird.io/help/report-bug-issues
-    about: Contact us for support
-  - name: Client/Connection Troubleshooting
-    url: https://docs.netbird.io/help/troubleshooting-client
-    about: See our client troubleshooting guide for help addressing common issues
-  - name: Self-host Troubleshooting
-    url: https://docs.netbird.io/selfhosted/troubleshooting
-    about: See our self-host troubleshooting guide for help addressing common issues

.github/workflows/check-license-dependencies.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check for problematic license dependencies
         run: |
-          echo "Checking for dependencies on management/, signal/, relay/, and proxy/ packages..."
+          echo "Checking for dependencies on management/, signal/, and relay/ packages..."
           echo ""
 
           # Find all directories except the problematic ones and system dirs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           while IFS= read -r dir; do
             echo "=== Checking $dir ==="
             # Search for problematic imports, excluding test files
-            RESULTS=$(grep -r "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/\(management\|signal\|relay\|proxy\)" "$dir" --include="*.go" 2>/dev/null | grep -v "_test.go" | grep -v "test_" | grep -v "/test/" || true)
+            RESULTS=$(grep -r "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/\(management\|signal\|relay\)" "$dir" --include="*.go" 2>/dev/null | grep -v "_test.go" | grep -v "test_" | grep -v "/test/" || true)
             if [ -n "$RESULTS" ]; then
               echo "❌ Found problematic dependencies:"
               echo "$RESULTS"
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ jobs:
             else
               echo "✓ No problematic dependencies found"
             fi
-          done < <(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -name "." -not -name "management" -not -name "signal" -not -name "relay" -not -name "proxy" -not -name "combined" -not -name ".git*" | sort)
+          done < <(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -name "." -not -name "management" -not -name "signal" -not -name "relay" -not -name ".git*" | sort)
 
           echo ""
           if [ $FOUND_ISSUES -eq 1 ]; then
-            echo "❌ Found dependencies on management/, signal/, relay/, or proxy/ packages"
+            echo "❌ Found dependencies on management/, signal/, or relay/ packages"
             echo "These packages are licensed under AGPLv3 and must not be imported by BSD-licensed code"
             exit 1
           else
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
               IMPORTERS=$(go list -json -deps ./... 2>/dev/null | jq -r "select(.Imports[]? == \"$package\") | .ImportPath")
 
               # Check if any importer is NOT in management/signal/relay
-              BSD_IMPORTER=$(echo "$IMPORTERS" | grep -v "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/\(management\|signal\|relay\|proxy\|combined\)" | head -1)
+              BSD_IMPORTER=$(echo "$IMPORTERS" | grep -v "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/\(management\|signal\|relay\)" | head -1)
 
               if [ -n "$BSD_IMPORTER" ]; then
                 echo "❌ $package ($license) is imported by BSD-licensed code: $BSD_IMPORTER"

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

@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ jobs:
         run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 
       - name: Test
-        run: NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE=${{ matrix.store }} CI=true go test -tags=devcert -exec 'sudo --preserve-env=CI,NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE' -timeout 5m -p 1 $(go list ./... | grep -v -e /management -e /signal -e /relay -e /proxy -e /combined)
+        run: NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE=${{ matrix.store }} CI=true go test -tags=devcert -exec 'sudo --preserve-env=CI,NETBIRD_STORE_ENGINE' -timeout 5m -p 1 $(go list ./... | grep -v /management)
 

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

@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ jobs:
             time go test -timeout 1m -failfast ./client/iface/...
             time go test -timeout 1m -failfast ./route/...
             time go test -timeout 1m -failfast ./sharedsock/...
+            time go test -timeout 1m -failfast ./signal/...
             time go test -timeout 1m -failfast ./util/...
             time go test -timeout 1m -failfast ./version/...

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

@@ -97,16 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: relay
         run: CGO_ENABLED=1 GOARCH=386 go build -o relay-386 .
 
-      - name: Build combined
-        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        working-directory: combined
-        run: CGO_ENABLED=1 go build .
-
-      - name: Build combined 386
-        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        working-directory: combined
-        run: CGO_ENABLED=1 GOARCH=386 go build -o combined-386 .
-
   test:
     name: "Client / Unit"
     needs: [build-cache]
@@ -154,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 
       - name: Test
-        run: CGO_ENABLED=1 GOARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} CI=true go test -tags devcert -exec 'sudo' -timeout 10m -p 1 $(go list ./... | grep -v -e /management -e /signal -e /relay -e /proxy -e /combined)
+        run: CGO_ENABLED=1 GOARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} CI=true go test -tags devcert -exec 'sudo' -timeout 10m -p 1 $(go list ./... | grep -v -e /management -e /signal -e /relay)
 
   test_client_on_docker:
     name: "Client (Docker) / Unit"
@@ -214,7 +204,7 @@ 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 -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 /client/ui -e /upload-server)
             '
 
   test_relay:
@@ -271,53 +261,6 @@ jobs:
             -exec 'sudo' \
             -timeout 10m -p 1 ./relay/... ./shared/relay/...
 
-  test_proxy:
-    name: "Proxy / Unit"
-    needs: [build-cache]
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        arch: [ '386','amd64' ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version-file: "go.mod"
-          cache: false
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386
-
-      - name: Get Go environment
-        run: |
-          echo "cache=$(go env GOCACHE)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "modcache=$(go env GOMODCACHE)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Cache Go modules
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ${{ env.cache }}
-            ${{ env.modcache }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gotest-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-gotest-cache-
-
-      - name: Install modules
-        run: go mod tidy
-
-      - name: check git status
-        run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
-
-      - name: Test
-        run: |
-          CGO_ENABLED=1 GOARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} \
-          go test -timeout 10m -p 1 ./proxy/...
-
   test_signal:
     name: "Signal / Unit"
     needs: [build-cache]
@@ -409,19 +352,12 @@ jobs:
         run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 
       - name: Login to Docker hub
-        if: github.event.pull_request && github.event.pull_request.head.repo && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == '' || github.repository == github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name || !github.head_ref
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        if: matrix.store == 'mysql' && (github.repository == github.head.repo.full_name || !github.head_ref)
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: docker login for root user
-        if: github.event.pull_request && github.event.pull_request.head.repo && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == '' || github.repository == github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name || !github.head_ref
-        env:
-          DOCKER_USER: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
-          DOCKER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
-        run: echo "$DOCKER_TOKEN" | sudo docker login --username "$DOCKER_USER" --password-stdin
-
       - name: download mysql image
         if: matrix.store == 'mysql'
         run: docker pull mlsmaycon/warmed-mysql:8
@@ -504,18 +440,15 @@ jobs:
         run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 
       - name: Login to Docker hub
-        if: github.event.pull_request && github.event.pull_request.head.repo && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == '' || github.repository == github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name || !github.head_ref
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        if: matrix.store == 'mysql' && (github.repository == github.head.repo.full_name || !github.head_ref)
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: docker login for root user
-        if: github.event.pull_request && github.event.pull_request.head.repo && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == '' || github.repository == github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name || !github.head_ref
-        env:
-          DOCKER_USER: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
-          DOCKER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
-        run: echo "$DOCKER_TOKEN" | sudo docker login --username "$DOCKER_USER" --password-stdin
+      - name: download mysql image
+        if: matrix.store == 'mysql'
+        run: docker pull mlsmaycon/warmed-mysql:8
 
       - name: Test
         run: |
@@ -596,18 +529,15 @@ jobs:
         run: git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 
       - name: Login to Docker hub
-        if: github.event.pull_request && github.event.pull_request.head.repo && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == '' || github.repository == github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name || !github.head_ref
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        if: matrix.store == 'mysql' && (github.repository == github.head.repo.full_name || !github.head_ref)
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: docker login for root user
-        if: github.event.pull_request && github.event.pull_request.head.repo && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == '' || github.repository == github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name || !github.head_ref
-        env:
-          DOCKER_USER: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
-          DOCKER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
-        run: echo "$DOCKER_TOKEN" | sudo docker login --username "$DOCKER_USER" --password-stdin
+      - name: download mysql image
+        if: matrix.store == 'mysql'
+        run: docker pull mlsmaycon/warmed-mysql:8
 
       - name: Test
         run: |

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

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: PsExec64 -s -w ${{ github.workspace }} C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ steps.go.outputs.go-version }}\x64\bin\go.exe env -w GOMODCACHE=${{ env.cache }}
       - 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 ${{ github.workspace }} C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ steps.go.outputs.go-version }}\x64\bin\go.exe mod tidy
-      - run: echo "files=$(go list ./... | ForEach-Object { $_ } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/management' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/relay' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/signal' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/proxy' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/combined' })" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+      - run: echo "files=$(go list ./... | ForEach-Object { $_ } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/management' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/relay' } | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '/signal' })" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: test
         run: PsExec64 -s -w ${{ github.workspace }} cmd.exe /c "C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ steps.go.outputs.go-version }}\x64\bin\go.exe test -tags=devcert -timeout 10m -p 1 ${{ env.files }} > test-out.txt 2>&1"

.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: codespell
         uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
         with:
-          ignore_words_list: erro,clienta,hastable,iif,groupd,testin,groupe,cros,ans,deriver,te
-          skip: go.mod,go.sum,**/proxy/web/**
+          ignore_words_list: erro,clienta,hastable,iif,groupd,testin,groupe,cros,ans
+          skip: go.mod,go.sum
   golangci:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false

.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-name: PR Title Check
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, edited, synchronize, reopened]
-
-jobs:
-  check-title:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Validate PR title prefix
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const title = context.payload.pull_request.title;
-            const allowedTags = [
-              'management',
-              'client',
-              'signal',
-              'proxy',
-              'relay',
-              'misc',
-              'infrastructure',
-              'self-hosted',
-              'doc',
-            ];
-
-            const pattern = /^\[([^\]]+)\]\s+.+/;
-            const match = title.match(pattern);
-
-            if (!match) {
-              core.setFailed(
-                `PR title must start with a tag in brackets.\n` +
-                `Example: [client] fix something\n` +
-                `Allowed tags: ${allowedTags.join(', ')}`
-              );
-              return;
-            }
-
-            const tags = match[1].split(',').map(t => t.trim().toLowerCase());
-
-            const invalid = tags.filter(t => !allowedTags.includes(t));
-            if (invalid.length > 0) {
-              core.setFailed(
-                `Invalid tag(s): ${invalid.join(', ')}\n` +
-                `Allowed tags: ${allowedTags.join(', ')}`
-              );
-              return;
-            }
-
-            console.log(`Valid PR title tags: [${tags.join(', ')}]`);

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  SIGN_PIPE_VER: "v0.1.1"
-  GORELEASER_VER: "v2.14.3"
+  SIGN_PIPE_VER: "v0.1.0"
+  GORELEASER_VER: "v2.3.2"
   PRODUCT_NAME: "NetBird"
   COPYRIGHT: "NetBird GmbH"
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
       - name: Log in to the GitHub container registry
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
@@ -169,13 +169,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install OS build dependencies
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
 
-      - name: Decode GPG signing key
-        env:
-          GPG_RPM_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_RPM_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-        run: |
-          echo "$GPG_RPM_PRIVATE_KEY" | base64 -d > /tmp/gpg-rpm-signing-key.asc
-          echo "GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE=/tmp/gpg-rpm-signing-key.asc" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Install goversioninfo
         run: go install github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo@233067e
       - name: Generate windows syso amd64
@@ -183,7 +176,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate windows syso arm64
         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@v4
         with:
           version: ${{ env.GORELEASER_VER }}
@@ -193,55 +185,6 @@ jobs:
           HOMEBREW_TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           UPLOAD_DEBIAN_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PKG_UPLOAD_SECRET }}
           UPLOAD_YUM_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PKG_UPLOAD_SECRET }}
-          GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE: ${{ env.GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE }}
-          NFPM_NETBIRD_RPM_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_RPM_PASSPHRASE }}
-      - name: Verify RPM signatures
-        run: |
-          docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/dist:/dist fedora:41 bash -c '
-            dnf install -y -q rpm-sign curl >/dev/null 2>&1
-            curl -sSL https://pkgs.netbird.io/yum/repodata/repomd.xml.key -o /tmp/rpm-pub.key
-            rpm --import /tmp/rpm-pub.key
-            echo "=== Verifying RPM signatures ==="
-            for rpm_file in /dist/*amd64*.rpm; do
-              [ -f "$rpm_file" ] || continue
-              echo "--- $(basename $rpm_file) ---"
-              rpm -K "$rpm_file"
-            done
-          '
-      - name: Clean up GPG key
-        if: always()
-        run: rm -f /tmp/gpg-rpm-signing-key.asc
-      - name: Tag and push images (amd64 only)
-        if: |
-          (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) ||
-          (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
-        run: |
-          resolve_tags() {
-            if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ]]; then
-              echo "pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
-            else
-              echo "main sha-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
-            fi
-          }
-
-          tag_and_push() {
-            local src="$1" img_name tag dst
-            img_name="${src%%:*}"
-            for tag in $(resolve_tags); do
-              dst="${img_name}:${tag}"
-              echo "Tagging ${src} -> ${dst}"
-              docker tag "$src" "$dst"
-              docker push "$dst"
-            done
-          }
-
-          export -f tag_and_push resolve_tags
-
-          echo '${{ steps.goreleaser.outputs.artifacts }}' | \
-            jq -r '.[] | select(.type == "Docker Image") | select(.goarch == "amd64") | .name' | \
-            grep '^ghcr.io/' | while read -r SRC; do
-              tag_and_push "$SRC"
-            done
       - name: upload non tags for debug purposes
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -308,13 +251,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         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
-        env:
-          GPG_RPM_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_RPM_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-        run: |
-          echo "$GPG_RPM_PRIVATE_KEY" | base64 -d > /tmp/gpg-rpm-signing-key.asc
-          echo "GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE=/tmp/gpg-rpm-signing-key.asc" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Install LLVM-MinGW for ARM64 cross-compilation
         run: |
           cd /tmp
@@ -339,24 +275,6 @@ jobs:
           HOMEBREW_TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           UPLOAD_DEBIAN_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PKG_UPLOAD_SECRET }}
           UPLOAD_YUM_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PKG_UPLOAD_SECRET }}
-          GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE: ${{ env.GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE }}
-          NFPM_NETBIRD_UI_RPM_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_RPM_PASSPHRASE }}
-      - name: Verify RPM signatures
-        run: |
-          docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/dist:/dist fedora:41 bash -c '
-            dnf install -y -q rpm-sign curl >/dev/null 2>&1
-            curl -sSL https://pkgs.netbird.io/yum/repodata/repomd.xml.key -o /tmp/rpm-pub.key
-            rpm --import /tmp/rpm-pub.key
-            echo "=== Verifying RPM signatures ==="
-            for rpm_file in /dist/*.rpm; do
-              [ -f "$rpm_file" ] || continue
-              echo "--- $(basename $rpm_file) ---"
-              rpm -K "$rpm_file"
-            done
-          '
-      - name: Clean up GPG key
-        if: always()
-        run: rm -f /tmp/gpg-rpm-signing-key.asc
       - name: upload non tags for debug purposes
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:

.gitignore

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 .run
 *.iml
 dist/
-!proxy/web/dist/
 bin/
 .env
 conf.json

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -106,26 +106,6 @@ 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 }}"
 
-  - id: netbird-server
-    dir: combined
-    env:
-      - CGO_ENABLED=1
-      - >-
-        {{- if eq .Runtime.Goos "linux" }}
-          {{- if eq .Arch "arm64"}}CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc{{- end }}
-          {{- if eq .Arch "arm"}}CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc{{- end }}
-        {{- end }}
-    binary: netbird-server
-    goos:
-      - linux
-    goarch:
-      - amd64
-      - arm64
-      - arm
-    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-upload
     dir: upload-server
     env: [CGO_ENABLED=0]
@@ -140,20 +120,6 @@ 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 }}"
 
-  - id: netbird-proxy
-    dir: proxy/cmd/proxy
-    env: [CGO_ENABLED=0]
-    binary: netbird-proxy
-    goos:
-      - linux
-    goarch:
-      - amd64
-      - arm64
-      - arm
-    ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X main.Version={{.Version}} -X main.Commit={{.Commit}} -X main.BuildDate={{.CommitDate}}
-    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
-
 universal_binaries:
   - id: netbird
 
@@ -171,12 +137,13 @@ nfpms:
   - maintainer: Netbird <dev@netbird.io>
     description: Netbird client.
     homepage: https://netbird.io/
-    id: netbird_deb
+    id: netbird-deb
     bindir: /usr/bin
     builds:
       - netbird
     formats:
       - deb
+
     scripts:
       postinstall: "release_files/post_install.sh"
       preremove: "release_files/pre_remove.sh"
@@ -184,18 +151,16 @@ nfpms:
   - maintainer: Netbird <dev@netbird.io>
     description: Netbird client.
     homepage: https://netbird.io/
-    id: netbird_rpm
+    id: netbird-rpm
     bindir: /usr/bin
     builds:
       - netbird
     formats:
       - rpm
+
     scripts:
       postinstall: "release_files/post_install.sh"
       preremove: "release_files/pre_remove.sh"
-    rpm:
-      signature:
-        key_file: '{{ if index .Env "GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE" }}{{ .Env.GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE }}{{ end }}'
 dockers:
   - image_templates:
       - netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-amd64
@@ -555,104 +520,6 @@ dockers:
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
       - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
       - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
-  - image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-    ids:
-      - netbird-server
-    goarch: amd64
-    use: buildx
-    dockerfile: combined/Dockerfile
-    build_flag_templates:
-      - "--platform=linux/amd64"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
-  - image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-    ids:
-      - netbird-server
-    goarch: arm64
-    use: buildx
-    dockerfile: combined/Dockerfile
-    build_flag_templates:
-      - "--platform=linux/arm64"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
-  - image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm
-    ids:
-      - netbird-server
-    goarch: arm
-    goarm: 6
-    use: buildx
-    dockerfile: combined/Dockerfile
-    build_flag_templates:
-      - "--platform=linux/arm"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
-  - image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-    ids:
-      - netbird-proxy
-    goarch: amd64
-    use: buildx
-    dockerfile: proxy/Dockerfile
-    build_flag_templates:
-      - "--platform=linux/amd64"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
-  - image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-    ids:
-      - netbird-proxy
-    goarch: arm64
-    use: buildx
-    dockerfile: proxy/Dockerfile
-    build_flag_templates:
-      - "--platform=linux/arm64"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
-  - image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm
-    ids:
-      - netbird-proxy
-    goarch: arm
-    goarm: 6
-    use: buildx
-    dockerfile: proxy/Dockerfile
-    build_flag_templates:
-      - "--platform=linux/arm"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.title={{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}"
-      - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/netbirdio/{{.ProjectName}}"
-      - "--label=maintainer=dev@netbird.io"
 docker_manifests:
   - name_template: netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}
     image_templates:
@@ -731,18 +598,6 @@ docker_manifests:
       - netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm
       - netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-amd64
 
-  - name_template: netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}
-    image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-
-  - name_template: netbirdio/netbird-server:latest
-    image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-
   - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}
     image_templates:
       - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
@@ -820,43 +675,6 @@ docker_manifests:
       - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
       - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-arm
       - ghcr.io/netbirdio/upload:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-
-  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}
-    image_templates:
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-
-  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:latest
-    image_templates:
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/netbird-server:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-
-  - name_template: netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}
-    image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-
-  - name_template: netbirdio/reverse-proxy:latest
-    image_templates:
-      - netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-
-  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}
-    image_templates:
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-
-  - name_template: ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:latest
-    image_templates:
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm64v8
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-arm
-      - ghcr.io/netbirdio/reverse-proxy:{{ .Version }}-amd64
-
 brews:
   - ids:
       - default
@@ -877,7 +695,7 @@ brews:
 uploads:
   - name: debian
     ids:
-      - netbird_deb
+      - netbird-deb
     mode: archive
     target: https://pkgs.wiretrustee.com/debian/pool/{{ .ArtifactName }};deb.distribution=stable;deb.component=main;deb.architecture={{ if .Arm }}armhf{{ else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }};deb.package=
     username: dev@wiretrustee.com
@@ -885,7 +703,7 @@ uploads:
 
   - name: yum
     ids:
-      - netbird_rpm
+      - netbird-rpm
     mode: archive
     target: https://pkgs.wiretrustee.com/yum/{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
     username: dev@wiretrustee.com

.goreleaser_ui.yaml

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ nfpms:
   - maintainer: Netbird <dev@netbird.io>
     description: Netbird client UI.
     homepage: https://netbird.io/
-    id: netbird_ui_deb
+    id: netbird-ui-deb
     package_name: netbird-ui
     builds:
       - netbird-ui
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ nfpms:
   - maintainer: Netbird <dev@netbird.io>
     description: Netbird client UI.
     homepage: https://netbird.io/
-    id: netbird_ui_rpm
+    id: netbird-ui-rpm
     package_name: netbird-ui
     builds:
       - netbird-ui
@@ -95,14 +95,11 @@ nfpms:
         dst: /usr/share/pixmaps/netbird.png
     dependencies:
       - netbird
-    rpm:
-      signature:
-        key_file: '{{ if index .Env "GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE" }}{{ .Env.GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE }}{{ end }}'
 
 uploads:
   - name: debian
     ids:
-      - netbird_ui_deb
+      - netbird-ui-deb
     mode: archive
     target: https://pkgs.wiretrustee.com/debian/pool/{{ .ArtifactName }};deb.distribution=stable;deb.component=main;deb.architecture={{ if .Arm }}armhf{{ else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }};deb.package=
     username: dev@wiretrustee.com
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@ uploads:
 
   - name: yum
     ids:
-      - netbird_ui_rpm
+      - netbird-ui-rpm
     mode: archive
     target: https://pkgs.wiretrustee.com/yum/{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
     username: dev@wiretrustee.com

LICENSE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This BSD‑3‑Clause license applies to all parts of the repository except for the directories management/, signal/, relay/ and combined/.
+This BSD‑3‑Clause license applies to all parts of the repository except for the directories management/, signal/ and relay/.
 Those directories are licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 (AGPLv3). See the respective LICENSE files inside each directory.
 
 BSD 3-Clause License

README.md

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
 
 https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/10cec749-bb56-4ab3-97af-4e38850108d2
 
-### Self-Host NetBird (Video)
-[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bZAgpT6nzaQ/0.jpg)](https://youtu.be/bZAgpT6nzaQ)
+### NetBird on Lawrence Systems (Video)
+[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kwrff6h0rEw/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwrff6h0rEw)
 
 ### Key features
 
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ See a complete [architecture overview](https://docs.netbird.io/about-netbird/how
 ### Community projects
 -  [NetBird installer script](https://github.com/physk/netbird-installer)
 -  [NetBird ansible collection by Dominion Solutions](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/dominion_solutions/netbird/)
--  [netbird-tui](https://github.com/n0pashkov/netbird-tui) — terminal UI for managing NetBird peers, routes, and settings
 
 **Note**: The `main` branch may be in an *unstable or even broken state* during development.
 For stable versions, see [releases](https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/releases).

client/Dockerfile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   sudo podman build -t localhost/netbird:latest -f client/Dockerfile --ignorefile .dockerignore-client .
 #   sudo podman run --rm -it --cap-add={BPF,NET_ADMIN,NET_RAW} localhost/netbird:latest
 
-FROM alpine:3.23.3
+FROM alpine:3.23.2
 # iproute2: busybox doesn't display ip rules properly
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
     bash \

client/android/client.go

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (c *Client) Run(platformFiles PlatformFiles, urlOpener URLOpener, isAndroid
 
 	// todo do not throw error in case of cancelled context
 	ctx = internal.CtxInitState(ctx)
-	c.connectClient = internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, cfg, c.recorder)
+	c.connectClient = internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, cfg, c.recorder, false)
 	return c.connectClient.RunOnAndroid(c.tunAdapter, c.iFaceDiscover, c.networkChangeListener, slices.Clone(dns.items), dnsReadyListener, stateFile)
 }
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (c *Client) RunWithoutLogin(platformFiles PlatformFiles, dns *DNSList, dnsR
 
 	// todo do not throw error in case of cancelled context
 	ctx = internal.CtxInitState(ctx)
-	c.connectClient = internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, cfg, c.recorder)
+	c.connectClient = internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, cfg, c.recorder, false)
 	return c.connectClient.RunOnAndroid(c.tunAdapter, c.iFaceDiscover, c.networkChangeListener, slices.Clone(dns.items), dnsReadyListener, stateFile)
 }
 

client/android/env_list.go

@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 package android
 
-import (
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-)
+import "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
 
 var (
-	// EnvKeyNBForceRelay Exported for Android java client to force relay connections
+	// EnvKeyNBForceRelay Exported for Android java client
 	EnvKeyNBForceRelay = peer.EnvKeyNBForceRelay
-
-	// EnvKeyNBLazyConn Exported for Android java client to configure lazy connection
-	EnvKeyNBLazyConn = lazyconn.EnvEnableLazyConn
-
-	// EnvKeyNBInactivityThreshold Exported for Android java client to configure connection inactivity threshold
-	EnvKeyNBInactivityThreshold = lazyconn.EnvInactivityThreshold
 )
 
 // EnvList wraps a Go map for export to Java

client/android/login.go

@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@ package android
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	gstatus "google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/cmd"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/system"
@@ -76,21 +84,34 @@ func (a *Auth) SaveConfigIfSSOSupported(listener SSOListener) {
 }
 
 func (a *Auth) saveConfigIfSSOSupported() (bool, error) {
-	authClient, err := auth.NewAuth(a.ctx, a.config.PrivateKey, a.config.ManagementURL, a.config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to create auth client: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer authClient.Close()
+	supportsSSO := true
+	err := a.withBackOff(a.ctx, func() (err error) {
+		_, err = internal.GetPKCEAuthorizationFlowInfo(a.ctx, a.config.PrivateKey, a.config.ManagementURL, nil)
+		if s, ok := gstatus.FromError(err); ok && (s.Code() == codes.NotFound || s.Code() == codes.Unimplemented) {
+			_, err = internal.GetDeviceAuthorizationFlowInfo(a.ctx, a.config.PrivateKey, a.config.ManagementURL)
+			s, ok := gstatus.FromError(err)
+			if !ok {
+				return err
+			}
+			if s.Code() == codes.NotFound || s.Code() == codes.Unimplemented {
+				supportsSSO = false
+				err = nil
+			}
 
-	supportsSSO, err := authClient.IsSSOSupported(a.ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to check SSO support: %v", err)
-	}
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return err
+	})
 
 	if !supportsSSO {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("backoff cycle failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	err = profilemanager.WriteOutConfig(a.cfgPath, a.config)
 	return true, err
 }
@@ -108,17 +129,19 @@ func (a *Auth) LoginWithSetupKeyAndSaveConfig(resultListener ErrListener, setupK
 }
 
 func (a *Auth) loginWithSetupKeyAndSaveConfig(setupKey string, deviceName string) error {
-	authClient, err := auth.NewAuth(a.ctx, a.config.PrivateKey, a.config.ManagementURL, a.config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create auth client: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer authClient.Close()
-
 	//nolint
 	ctxWithValues := context.WithValue(a.ctx, system.DeviceNameCtxKey, deviceName)
-	err, _ = authClient.Login(ctxWithValues, setupKey, "")
+
+	err := a.withBackOff(a.ctx, func() error {
+		backoffErr := internal.Login(ctxWithValues, a.config, setupKey, "")
+		if s, ok := gstatus.FromError(backoffErr); ok && (s.Code() == codes.PermissionDenied) {
+			// we got an answer from management, exit backoff earlier
+			return backoff.Permanent(backoffErr)
+		}
+		return backoffErr
+	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("login failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("backoff cycle failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return profilemanager.WriteOutConfig(a.cfgPath, a.config)
@@ -137,41 +160,49 @@ func (a *Auth) Login(resultListener ErrListener, urlOpener URLOpener, isAndroidT
 }
 
 func (a *Auth) login(urlOpener URLOpener, isAndroidTV bool) error {
-	authClient, err := auth.NewAuth(a.ctx, a.config.PrivateKey, a.config.ManagementURL, a.config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create auth client: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer authClient.Close()
+	var needsLogin bool
 
 	// check if we need to generate JWT token
-	needsLogin, err := authClient.IsLoginRequired(a.ctx)
+	err := a.withBackOff(a.ctx, func() (err error) {
+		needsLogin, err = internal.IsLoginRequired(a.ctx, a.config)
+		return
+	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to check login requirement: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("backoff cycle failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	jwtToken := ""
 	if needsLogin {
-		tokenInfo, err := a.foregroundGetTokenInfo(authClient, urlOpener, isAndroidTV)
+		tokenInfo, err := a.foregroundGetTokenInfo(urlOpener, isAndroidTV)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("interactive sso login failed: %v", err)
 		}
 		jwtToken = tokenInfo.GetTokenToUse()
 	}
 
-	err, _ = authClient.Login(a.ctx, "", jwtToken)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("login failed: %v", err)
-	}
+	err = a.withBackOff(a.ctx, func() error {
+		err := internal.Login(a.ctx, a.config, "", jwtToken)
 
-	go urlOpener.OnLoginSuccess()
+		if err == nil {
+			go urlOpener.OnLoginSuccess()
+		}
+
+		if s, ok := gstatus.FromError(err); ok && (s.Code() == codes.InvalidArgument || s.Code() == codes.PermissionDenied) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("backoff cycle failed: %v", err)
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (a *Auth) foregroundGetTokenInfo(authClient *auth.Auth, urlOpener URLOpener, isAndroidTV bool) (*auth.TokenInfo, error) {
-	oAuthFlow, err := authClient.GetOAuthFlow(a.ctx, isAndroidTV)
+func (a *Auth) foregroundGetTokenInfo(urlOpener URLOpener, isAndroidTV bool) (*auth.TokenInfo, error) {
+	oAuthFlow, err := auth.NewOAuthFlow(a.ctx, a.config, false, isAndroidTV, "")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get OAuth flow: %v", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	flowInfo, err := oAuthFlow.RequestAuthInfo(context.TODO())
@@ -181,10 +212,22 @@ func (a *Auth) foregroundGetTokenInfo(authClient *auth.Auth, urlOpener URLOpener
 
 	go urlOpener.Open(flowInfo.VerificationURIComplete, flowInfo.UserCode)
 
-	tokenInfo, err := oAuthFlow.WaitToken(a.ctx, flowInfo)
+	waitTimeout := time.Duration(flowInfo.ExpiresIn) * time.Second
+	waitCTX, cancel := context.WithTimeout(a.ctx, waitTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	tokenInfo, err := oAuthFlow.WaitToken(waitCTX, flowInfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("waiting for browser login failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return &tokenInfo, nil
 }
+
+func (a *Auth) withBackOff(ctx context.Context, bf func() error) error {
+	return backoff.RetryNotify(
+		bf,
+		backoff.WithContext(cmd.CLIBackOffSettings, ctx),
+		func(err error, duration time.Duration) {
+			log.Warnf("retrying Login to the Management service in %v due to error %v", duration, err)
+		})
+}

client/cmd/expose.go

@@ -1,280 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"os/signal"
-	"regexp"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-	"syscall"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
-)
-
-var pinRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^\d{6}$`)
-
-var (
-	exposePin          string
-	exposePassword     string
-	exposeUserGroups   []string
-	exposeDomain       string
-	exposeNamePrefix   string
-	exposeProtocol     string
-	exposeExternalPort uint16
-)
-
-var exposeCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "expose <port>",
-	Short: "Expose a local port via the NetBird reverse proxy",
-	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-	Example: `  netbird expose --with-password safe-pass 8080
-  netbird expose --protocol tcp 5432
-  netbird expose --protocol tcp --with-external-port 5433 5432
-  netbird expose --protocol tls --with-custom-domain tls.example.com 4443`,
-	RunE: exposeFn,
-}
-
-func init() {
-	exposeCmd.Flags().StringVar(&exposePin, "with-pin", "", "Protect the exposed service with a 6-digit PIN (e.g. --with-pin 123456)")
-	exposeCmd.Flags().StringVar(&exposePassword, "with-password", "", "Protect the exposed service with a password (e.g. --with-password my-secret)")
-	exposeCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&exposeUserGroups, "with-user-groups", nil, "Restrict access to specific user groups with SSO (e.g. --with-user-groups devops,Backend)")
-	exposeCmd.Flags().StringVar(&exposeDomain, "with-custom-domain", "", "Custom domain for the exposed service, must be configured to your account (e.g. --with-custom-domain myapp.example.com)")
-	exposeCmd.Flags().StringVar(&exposeNamePrefix, "with-name-prefix", "", "Prefix for the generated service name (e.g. --with-name-prefix my-app)")
-	exposeCmd.Flags().StringVar(&exposeProtocol, "protocol", "http", "Protocol to use: http, https, tcp, udp, or tls (e.g. --protocol tcp)")
-	exposeCmd.Flags().Uint16Var(&exposeExternalPort, "with-external-port", 0, "Public-facing external port on the proxy cluster (defaults to the target port for L4)")
-}
-
-// isClusterProtocol returns true for L4/TLS protocols that reject HTTP-style auth flags.
-func isClusterProtocol(protocol string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(protocol) {
-	case "tcp", "udp", "tls":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-// isPortBasedProtocol returns true for pure port-based protocols (TCP/UDP)
-// where domain display doesn't apply. TLS uses SNI so it has a domain.
-func isPortBasedProtocol(protocol string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(protocol) {
-	case "tcp", "udp":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-// extractPort returns the port portion of a URL like "tcp://host:12345", or
-// falls back to the given default formatted as a string.
-func extractPort(serviceURL string, fallback uint16) string {
-	u := serviceURL
-	if idx := strings.Index(u, "://"); idx != -1 {
-		u = u[idx+3:]
-	}
-	if i := strings.LastIndex(u, ":"); i != -1 {
-		if p := u[i+1:]; p != "" {
-			return p
-		}
-	}
-	return strconv.FormatUint(uint64(fallback), 10)
-}
-
-// resolveExternalPort returns the effective external port, defaulting to the target port.
-func resolveExternalPort(targetPort uint64) uint16 {
-	if exposeExternalPort != 0 {
-		return exposeExternalPort
-	}
-	return uint16(targetPort)
-}
-
-func validateExposeFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, portStr string) (uint64, error) {
-	port, err := strconv.ParseUint(portStr, 10, 32)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid port number: %s", portStr)
-	}
-	if port == 0 || port > 65535 {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid port number: must be between 1 and 65535")
-	}
-
-	if !isProtocolValid(exposeProtocol) {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unsupported protocol %q: must be http, https, tcp, udp, or tls", exposeProtocol)
-	}
-
-	if isClusterProtocol(exposeProtocol) {
-		if exposePin != "" || exposePassword != "" || len(exposeUserGroups) > 0 {
-			return 0, fmt.Errorf("auth flags (--with-pin, --with-password, --with-user-groups) are not supported for %s protocol", exposeProtocol)
-		}
-	} else if cmd.Flags().Changed("with-external-port") {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("--with-external-port is not supported for %s protocol", exposeProtocol)
-	}
-
-	if exposePin != "" && !pinRegexp.MatchString(exposePin) {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid pin: must be exactly 6 digits")
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flags().Changed("with-password") && exposePassword == "" {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("password cannot be empty")
-	}
-
-	if cmd.Flags().Changed("with-user-groups") && len(exposeUserGroups) == 0 {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("user groups cannot be empty")
-	}
-
-	return port, nil
-}
-
-func isProtocolValid(exposeProtocol string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(exposeProtocol) {
-	case "http", "https", "tcp", "udp", "tls":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-func exposeFn(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	SetFlagsFromEnvVars(rootCmd)
-
-	if err := util.InitLog(logLevel, util.LogConsole); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed initializing log %v", err)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	cmd.Root().SilenceUsage = false
-
-	port, err := validateExposeFlags(cmd, args[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	cmd.Root().SilenceUsage = true
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(cmd.Context())
-	defer cancel()
-
-	sigCh := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-	signal.Notify(sigCh, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
-	go func() {
-		<-sigCh
-		cancel()
-	}()
-
-	conn, err := DialClientGRPCServer(ctx, daemonAddr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("connect to daemon: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err := conn.Close(); err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("failed to close daemon connection: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	client := proto.NewDaemonServiceClient(conn)
-
-	protocol, err := toExposeProtocol(exposeProtocol)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	req := &proto.ExposeServiceRequest{
-		Port:       uint32(port),
-		Protocol:   protocol,
-		Pin:        exposePin,
-		Password:   exposePassword,
-		UserGroups: exposeUserGroups,
-		Domain:     exposeDomain,
-		NamePrefix: exposeNamePrefix,
-	}
-	if isClusterProtocol(exposeProtocol) {
-		req.ListenPort = uint32(resolveExternalPort(port))
-	}
-
-	stream, err := client.ExposeService(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expose service: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := handleExposeReady(cmd, stream, port); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return waitForExposeEvents(cmd, ctx, stream)
-}
-
-func toExposeProtocol(exposeProtocol string) (proto.ExposeProtocol, error) {
-	switch strings.ToLower(exposeProtocol) {
-	case "http":
-		return proto.ExposeProtocol_EXPOSE_HTTP, nil
-	case "https":
-		return proto.ExposeProtocol_EXPOSE_HTTPS, nil
-	case "tcp":
-		return proto.ExposeProtocol_EXPOSE_TCP, nil
-	case "udp":
-		return proto.ExposeProtocol_EXPOSE_UDP, nil
-	case "tls":
-		return proto.ExposeProtocol_EXPOSE_TLS, nil
-	default:
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unsupported protocol %q: must be http, https, tcp, udp, or tls", exposeProtocol)
-	}
-}
-
-func handleExposeReady(cmd *cobra.Command, stream proto.DaemonService_ExposeServiceClient, port uint64) error {
-	event, err := stream.Recv()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("receive expose event: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	ready, ok := event.Event.(*proto.ExposeServiceEvent_Ready)
-	if !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected expose event: %T", event.Event)
-	}
-	printExposeReady(cmd, ready.Ready, port)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func printExposeReady(cmd *cobra.Command, r *proto.ExposeServiceReady, port uint64) {
-	cmd.Println("Service exposed successfully!")
-	cmd.Printf("  Name:     %s\n", r.ServiceName)
-	if r.ServiceUrl != "" {
-		cmd.Printf("  URL:      %s\n", r.ServiceUrl)
-	}
-	if r.Domain != "" && !isPortBasedProtocol(exposeProtocol) {
-		cmd.Printf("  Domain:   %s\n", r.Domain)
-	}
-	cmd.Printf("  Protocol: %s\n", exposeProtocol)
-	cmd.Printf("  Internal: %d\n", port)
-	if isClusterProtocol(exposeProtocol) {
-		cmd.Printf("  External: %s\n", extractPort(r.ServiceUrl, resolveExternalPort(port)))
-	}
-	if r.PortAutoAssigned && exposeExternalPort != 0 {
-		cmd.Printf("\n  Note: requested port %d was reassigned\n", exposeExternalPort)
-	}
-	cmd.Println()
-	cmd.Println("Press Ctrl+C to stop exposing.")
-}
-
-func waitForExposeEvents(cmd *cobra.Command, ctx context.Context, stream proto.DaemonService_ExposeServiceClient) error {
-	for {
-		_, err := stream.Recv()
-		if err != nil {
-			if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				cmd.Println("\nService stopped.")
-				//nolint:nilerr
-				return nil
-			}
-			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("connection to daemon closed unexpectedly")
-			}
-			return fmt.Errorf("stream error: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-}

client/cmd/login.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os/user"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -276,15 +277,18 @@ func handleSSOLogin(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, loginResp *proto.Lo
 }
 
 func foregroundLogin(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, config *profilemanager.Config, setupKey, profileName string) error {
-	authClient, err := auth.NewAuth(ctx, config.PrivateKey, config.ManagementURL, config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create auth client: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer authClient.Close()
+	needsLogin := false
 
-	needsLogin, err := authClient.IsLoginRequired(ctx)
+	err := WithBackOff(func() error {
+		err := internal.Login(ctx, config, "", "")
+		if s, ok := gstatus.FromError(err); ok && (s.Code() == codes.InvalidArgument || s.Code() == codes.PermissionDenied) {
+			needsLogin = true
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("check login required: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("backoff cycle failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	jwtToken := ""
@@ -296,9 +300,23 @@ func foregroundLogin(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, config *profileman
 		jwtToken = tokenInfo.GetTokenToUse()
 	}
 
-	err, _ = authClient.Login(ctx, setupKey, jwtToken)
+	var lastError error
+
+	err = WithBackOff(func() error {
+		err := internal.Login(ctx, config, setupKey, jwtToken)
+		if s, ok := gstatus.FromError(err); ok && (s.Code() == codes.InvalidArgument || s.Code() == codes.PermissionDenied) {
+			lastError = err
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	})
+
+	if lastError != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("login failed: %v", lastError)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("login failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("backoff cycle failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -326,7 +344,11 @@ func foregroundGetTokenInfo(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, config *pro
 
 	openURL(cmd, flowInfo.VerificationURIComplete, flowInfo.UserCode, noBrowser)
 
-	tokenInfo, err := oAuthFlow.WaitToken(context.TODO(), flowInfo)
+	waitTimeout := time.Duration(flowInfo.ExpiresIn) * time.Second
+	waitCTX, c := context.WithTimeout(context.TODO(), waitTimeout)
+	defer c()
+
+	tokenInfo, err := oAuthFlow.WaitToken(waitCTX, flowInfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("waiting for browser login failed: %v", err)
 	}

client/cmd/root.go

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 
-	daddr "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/daemonaddr"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
 )
 
@@ -81,15 +80,6 @@ var (
 		Short:        "",
 		Long:         "",
 		SilenceUsage: true,
-		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			SetFlagsFromEnvVars(cmd.Root())
-
-			// Don't resolve for service commands — they create the socket, not connect to it.
-			if !isServiceCmd(cmd) {
-				daemonAddr = daddr.ResolveUnixDaemonAddr(daemonAddr)
-			}
-			return nil
-		},
 	}
 )
 
@@ -154,7 +144,6 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(forwardingRulesCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(debugCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(profileCmd)
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(exposeCmd)
 
 	networksCMD.AddCommand(routesListCmd)
 	networksCMD.AddCommand(routesSelectCmd, routesDeselectCmd)
@@ -396,6 +385,7 @@ func migrateToNetbird(oldPath, newPath string) bool {
 }
 
 func getClient(cmd *cobra.Command) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
+	SetFlagsFromEnvVars(rootCmd)
 	cmd.SetOut(cmd.OutOrStdout())
 
 	conn, err := DialClientGRPCServer(cmd.Context(), daemonAddr)
@@ -408,13 +398,3 @@ func getClient(cmd *cobra.Command) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 
 	return conn, nil
 }
-
-// isServiceCmd returns true if cmd is the "service" command or a child of it.
-func isServiceCmd(cmd *cobra.Command) bool {
-	for c := cmd; c != nil; c = c.Parent() {
-		if c.Name() == "service" {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}

client/cmd/service_controller.go

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (p *program) Stop(srv service.Service) error {
 
 // Common setup for service control commands
 func setupServiceControlCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc) (service.Service, error) {
-	// rootCmd env vars are already applied by PersistentPreRunE.
+	SetFlagsFromEnvVars(rootCmd)
 	SetFlagsFromEnvVars(serviceCmd)
 
 	cmd.SetOut(cmd.OutOrStdout())

client/cmd/signer/artifactkey.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater/reposign"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updatemanager/reposign"
 )
 
 var (

client/cmd/signer/artifactsign.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater/reposign"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updatemanager/reposign"
 )
 
 const (

client/cmd/signer/revocation.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater/reposign"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updatemanager/reposign"
 )
 
 const (

client/cmd/signer/rootkey.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater/reposign"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updatemanager/reposign"
 )
 
 var (

client/cmd/up.go

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func runInForegroundMode(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, activeProf *pr
 	r := peer.NewRecorder(config.ManagementURL.String())
 	r.GetFullStatus()
 
-	connectClient := internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, config, r)
+	connectClient := internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, config, r, false)
 	SetupDebugHandler(ctx, config, r, connectClient, "")
 
 	return connectClient.Run(nil, util.FindFirstLogPath(logFiles))

client/cmd/update_supported.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater/installer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updatemanager/installer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
 )
 

client/embed/embed.go

@@ -14,15 +14,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	wgnetstack "golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/tun/netstack"
 
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/netstack"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
 	sshcommon "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/system"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/domain"
 	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
 )
 
@@ -33,14 +30,6 @@ var (
 	ErrConfigNotInitialized = errors.New("config not initialized")
 )
 
-// PeerConnStatus is a peer's connection status.
-type PeerConnStatus = peer.ConnStatus
-
-const (
-	// PeerStatusConnected indicates the peer is in connected state.
-	PeerStatusConnected = peer.StatusConnected
-)
-
 // Client manages a netbird embedded client instance.
 type Client struct {
 	deviceName string
@@ -79,18 +68,6 @@ type Options struct {
 	StatePath string
 	// DisableClientRoutes disables the client routes
 	DisableClientRoutes bool
-	// BlockInbound blocks all inbound connections from peers
-	BlockInbound bool
-	// WireguardPort is the port for the WireGuard interface. Use 0 for a random port.
-	WireguardPort *int
-	// MTU is the MTU for the WireGuard interface.
-	// Valid values are in the range 576..8192 bytes.
-	// If non-nil, this value overrides any value stored in the config file.
-	// If nil, the existing config MTU (if non-zero) is preserved; otherwise it defaults to 1280.
-	// Set to a higher value (e.g. 1400) if carrying QUIC or other protocols that require larger datagrams.
-	MTU *uint16
-	// DNSLabels defines additional DNS labels configured in the peer.
-	DNSLabels []string
 }
 
 // validateCredentials checks that exactly one credential type is provided
@@ -122,12 +99,6 @@ func New(opts Options) (*Client, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if opts.MTU != nil {
-		if err := iface.ValidateMTU(*opts.MTU); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid MTU: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	if opts.LogOutput != nil {
 		logrus.SetOutput(opts.LogOutput)
 	}
@@ -156,24 +127,15 @@ func New(opts Options) (*Client, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var err error
-	var parsedLabels domain.List
-	if parsedLabels, err = domain.FromStringList(opts.DNSLabels); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid dns labels: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	t := true
 	var config *profilemanager.Config
+	var err error
 	input := profilemanager.ConfigInput{
 		ConfigPath:          opts.ConfigPath,
 		ManagementURL:       opts.ManagementURL,
 		PreSharedKey:        &opts.PreSharedKey,
 		DisableServerRoutes: &t,
 		DisableClientRoutes: &opts.DisableClientRoutes,
-		BlockInbound:        &opts.BlockInbound,
-		WireguardPort:       opts.WireguardPort,
-		MTU:                 opts.MTU,
-		DNSLabels:           parsedLabels,
 	}
 	if opts.ConfigPath != "" {
 		config, err = profilemanager.UpdateOrCreateConfig(input)
@@ -193,7 +155,6 @@ func New(opts Options) (*Client, error) {
 		setupKey:   opts.SetupKey,
 		jwtToken:   opts.JWTToken,
 		config:     config,
-		recorder:   peer.NewRecorder(config.ManagementURL.String()),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -215,17 +176,13 @@ func (c *Client) Start(startCtx context.Context) error {
 
 	// nolint:staticcheck
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, system.DeviceNameCtxKey, c.deviceName)
-
-	authClient, err := auth.NewAuth(ctx, c.config.PrivateKey, c.config.ManagementURL, c.config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create auth client: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer authClient.Close()
-
-	if err, _ := authClient.Login(ctx, c.setupKey, c.jwtToken); err != nil {
+	if err := internal.Login(ctx, c.config, c.setupKey, c.jwtToken); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("login: %w", err)
 	}
-	client := internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, c.config, c.recorder)
+
+	recorder := peer.NewRecorder(c.config.ManagementURL.String())
+	c.recorder = recorder
+	client := internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, c.config, recorder, false)
 	client.SetSyncResponsePersistence(true)
 
 	// either startup error (permanent backoff err) or nil err (successful engine up)
@@ -378,9 +335,14 @@ func (c *Client) NewHTTPClient() *http.Client {
 // Status returns the current status of the client.
 func (c *Client) Status() (peer.FullStatus, error) {
 	c.mu.Lock()
+	recorder := c.recorder
 	connect := c.connect
 	c.mu.Unlock()
 
+	if recorder == nil {
+		return peer.FullStatus{}, errors.New("client not started")
+	}
+
 	if connect != nil {
 		engine := connect.Engine()
 		if engine != nil {
@@ -388,7 +350,7 @@ func (c *Client) Status() (peer.FullStatus, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return c.recorder.GetFullStatus(), nil
+	return recorder.GetFullStatus(), nil
 }
 
 // GetLatestSyncResponse returns the latest sync response from the management server.

client/firewall/iptables/manager_linux.go

@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ type Manager struct {
 
 	wgIface iFaceMapper
 
-	ipv4Client   *iptables.IPTables
-	aclMgr       *aclManager
-	router       *router
-	rawSupported bool
+	ipv4Client *iptables.IPTables
+	aclMgr     *aclManager
+	router     *router
 }
 
 // iFaceMapper defines subset methods of interface required for manager
@@ -84,10 +83,6 @@ func (m *Manager) Init(stateManager *statemanager.Manager) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("acl manager init: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := m.initNoTrackChain(); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("raw table not available, notrack rules will be disabled: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	// persist early to ensure cleanup of chains
 	go func() {
 		if err := stateManager.PersistState(context.Background()); err != nil {
@@ -182,10 +177,6 @@ func (m *Manager) Close(stateManager *statemanager.Manager) error {
 
 	var merr *multierror.Error
 
-	if err := m.cleanupNoTrackChain(); err != nil {
-		merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("cleanup notrack chain: %w", err))
-	}
-
 	if err := m.aclMgr.Reset(); err != nil {
 		merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("reset acl manager: %w", err))
 	}
@@ -286,134 +277,6 @@ func (m *Manager) RemoveInboundDNAT(localAddr netip.Addr, protocol firewall.Prot
 	return m.router.RemoveInboundDNAT(localAddr, protocol, sourcePort, targetPort)
 }
 
-const (
-	chainNameRaw = "NETBIRD-RAW"
-	chainOUTPUT  = "OUTPUT"
-	tableRaw     = "raw"
-)
-
-// SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack creates notrack rules for eBPF proxy loopback traffic.
-// This prevents conntrack from tracking WireGuard proxy traffic on loopback, which
-// can interfere with MASQUERADE rules (e.g., from container runtimes like Podman/netavark).
-//
-// Traffic flows that need NOTRACK:
-//
-//  1. Egress: WireGuard -> fake endpoint (before eBPF rewrite)
-//     src=127.0.0.1:wgPort -> dst=127.0.0.1:fakePort
-//     Matched by: sport=wgPort
-//
-//  2. Egress: Proxy -> WireGuard (via raw socket)
-//     src=127.0.0.1:fakePort -> dst=127.0.0.1:wgPort
-//     Matched by: dport=wgPort
-//
-//  3. Ingress: Packets to WireGuard
-//     dst=127.0.0.1:wgPort
-//     Matched by: dport=wgPort
-//
-//  4. Ingress: Packets to proxy (after eBPF rewrite)
-//     dst=127.0.0.1:proxyPort
-//     Matched by: dport=proxyPort
-//
-// Rules are cleaned up when the firewall manager is closed.
-func (m *Manager) SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack(proxyPort, wgPort uint16) error {
-	m.mutex.Lock()
-	defer m.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	if !m.rawSupported {
-		return fmt.Errorf("raw table not available")
-	}
-
-	wgPortStr := fmt.Sprintf("%d", wgPort)
-	proxyPortStr := fmt.Sprintf("%d", proxyPort)
-
-	// Egress rules: match outgoing loopback UDP packets
-	outputRuleSport := []string{"-o", "lo", "-s", "127.0.0.1", "-d", "127.0.0.1", "-p", "udp", "--sport", wgPortStr, "-j", "NOTRACK"}
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.AppendUnique(tableRaw, chainNameRaw, outputRuleSport...); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("add output sport notrack rule: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	outputRuleDport := []string{"-o", "lo", "-s", "127.0.0.1", "-d", "127.0.0.1", "-p", "udp", "--dport", wgPortStr, "-j", "NOTRACK"}
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.AppendUnique(tableRaw, chainNameRaw, outputRuleDport...); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("add output dport notrack rule: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Ingress rules: match incoming loopback UDP packets
-	preroutingRuleWg := []string{"-i", "lo", "-s", "127.0.0.1", "-d", "127.0.0.1", "-p", "udp", "--dport", wgPortStr, "-j", "NOTRACK"}
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.AppendUnique(tableRaw, chainNameRaw, preroutingRuleWg...); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("add prerouting wg notrack rule: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	preroutingRuleProxy := []string{"-i", "lo", "-s", "127.0.0.1", "-d", "127.0.0.1", "-p", "udp", "--dport", proxyPortStr, "-j", "NOTRACK"}
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.AppendUnique(tableRaw, chainNameRaw, preroutingRuleProxy...); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("add prerouting proxy notrack rule: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("set up ebpf proxy notrack rules for ports %d,%d", proxyPort, wgPort)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (m *Manager) initNoTrackChain() error {
-	if err := m.cleanupNoTrackChain(); err != nil {
-		log.Debugf("cleanup notrack chain: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.NewChain(tableRaw, chainNameRaw); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create chain: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	jumpRule := []string{"-j", chainNameRaw}
-
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.InsertUnique(tableRaw, chainOUTPUT, 1, jumpRule...); err != nil {
-		if delErr := m.ipv4Client.DeleteChain(tableRaw, chainNameRaw); delErr != nil {
-			log.Debugf("delete orphan chain: %v", delErr)
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("add output jump rule: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.InsertUnique(tableRaw, chainPREROUTING, 1, jumpRule...); err != nil {
-		if delErr := m.ipv4Client.DeleteIfExists(tableRaw, chainOUTPUT, jumpRule...); delErr != nil {
-			log.Debugf("delete output jump rule: %v", delErr)
-		}
-		if delErr := m.ipv4Client.DeleteChain(tableRaw, chainNameRaw); delErr != nil {
-			log.Debugf("delete orphan chain: %v", delErr)
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("add prerouting jump rule: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	m.rawSupported = true
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (m *Manager) cleanupNoTrackChain() error {
-	exists, err := m.ipv4Client.ChainExists(tableRaw, chainNameRaw)
-	if err != nil {
-		if !m.rawSupported {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("check chain exists: %w", err)
-	}
-	if !exists {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	jumpRule := []string{"-j", chainNameRaw}
-
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.DeleteIfExists(tableRaw, chainOUTPUT, jumpRule...); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("remove output jump rule: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.DeleteIfExists(tableRaw, chainPREROUTING, jumpRule...); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("remove prerouting jump rule: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := m.ipv4Client.ClearAndDeleteChain(tableRaw, chainNameRaw); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("clear and delete chain: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	m.rawSupported = false
-	return nil
-}
-
 func getConntrackEstablished() []string {
 	return []string{"-m", "conntrack", "--ctstate", "RELATED,ESTABLISHED", "-j", "ACCEPT"}
 }

client/firewall/manager/firewall.go

@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ type Manager interface {
 
 	// RemoveInboundDNAT removes inbound DNAT rule
 	RemoveInboundDNAT(localAddr netip.Addr, protocol Protocol, sourcePort, targetPort uint16) error
-
-	// SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack creates static notrack rules for eBPF proxy loopback traffic.
-	// This prevents conntrack from interfering with WireGuard proxy communication.
-	SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack(proxyPort, wgPort uint16) error
 }
 
 func GenKey(format string, pair RouterPair) string {

client/firewall/nftables/manager_linux.go

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/nftables/binaryutil"
 	"github.com/google/nftables/expr"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
 	firewall "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
@@ -49,10 +48,8 @@ type Manager struct {
 	rConn   *nftables.Conn
 	wgIface iFaceMapper
 
-	router                 *router
-	aclManager             *AclManager
-	notrackOutputChain     *nftables.Chain
-	notrackPreroutingChain *nftables.Chain
+	router     *router
+	aclManager *AclManager
 }
 
 // Create nftables firewall manager
@@ -94,10 +91,6 @@ func (m *Manager) Init(stateManager *statemanager.Manager) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("acl manager init: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := m.initNoTrackChains(workTable); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("raw priority chains not available, notrack rules will be disabled: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	stateManager.RegisterState(&ShutdownState{})
 
 	// We only need to record minimal interface state for potential recreation.
@@ -295,15 +288,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Flush() error {
 	m.mutex.Lock()
 	defer m.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	if err := m.aclManager.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err := m.refreshNoTrackChains(); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed to refresh notrack chains: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return m.aclManager.Flush()
 }
 
 // AddDNATRule adds a DNAT rule
@@ -346,176 +331,6 @@ func (m *Manager) RemoveInboundDNAT(localAddr netip.Addr, protocol firewall.Prot
 	return m.router.RemoveInboundDNAT(localAddr, protocol, sourcePort, targetPort)
 }
 
-const (
-	chainNameRawOutput     = "netbird-raw-out"
-	chainNameRawPrerouting = "netbird-raw-pre"
-)
-
-// SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack creates notrack rules for eBPF proxy loopback traffic.
-// This prevents conntrack from tracking WireGuard proxy traffic on loopback, which
-// can interfere with MASQUERADE rules (e.g., from container runtimes like Podman/netavark).
-//
-// Traffic flows that need NOTRACK:
-//
-//  1. Egress: WireGuard -> fake endpoint (before eBPF rewrite)
-//     src=127.0.0.1:wgPort -> dst=127.0.0.1:fakePort
-//     Matched by: sport=wgPort
-//
-//  2. Egress: Proxy -> WireGuard (via raw socket)
-//     src=127.0.0.1:fakePort -> dst=127.0.0.1:wgPort
-//     Matched by: dport=wgPort
-//
-//  3. Ingress: Packets to WireGuard
-//     dst=127.0.0.1:wgPort
-//     Matched by: dport=wgPort
-//
-//  4. Ingress: Packets to proxy (after eBPF rewrite)
-//     dst=127.0.0.1:proxyPort
-//     Matched by: dport=proxyPort
-//
-// Rules are cleaned up when the firewall manager is closed.
-func (m *Manager) SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack(proxyPort, wgPort uint16) error {
-	m.mutex.Lock()
-	defer m.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	if m.notrackOutputChain == nil || m.notrackPreroutingChain == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("notrack chains not initialized")
-	}
-
-	proxyPortBytes := binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint16(proxyPort)
-	wgPortBytes := binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint16(wgPort)
-	loopback := []byte{127, 0, 0, 1}
-
-	// Egress rules: match outgoing loopback UDP packets
-	m.rConn.AddRule(&nftables.Rule{
-		Table: m.notrackOutputChain.Table,
-		Chain: m.notrackOutputChain,
-		Exprs: []expr.Any{
-			&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyOIFNAME, Register: 1},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: ifname("lo")},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseNetworkHeader, Offset: 12, Len: 4}, // saddr
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: loopback},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseNetworkHeader, Offset: 16, Len: 4}, // daddr
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: loopback},
-			&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyL4PROTO, Register: 1},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: []byte{unix.IPPROTO_UDP}},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseTransportHeader, Offset: 0, Len: 2},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: wgPortBytes}, // sport=wgPort
-			&expr.Counter{},
-			&expr.Notrack{},
-		},
-	})
-	m.rConn.AddRule(&nftables.Rule{
-		Table: m.notrackOutputChain.Table,
-		Chain: m.notrackOutputChain,
-		Exprs: []expr.Any{
-			&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyOIFNAME, Register: 1},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: ifname("lo")},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseNetworkHeader, Offset: 12, Len: 4}, // saddr
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: loopback},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseNetworkHeader, Offset: 16, Len: 4}, // daddr
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: loopback},
-			&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyL4PROTO, Register: 1},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: []byte{unix.IPPROTO_UDP}},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseTransportHeader, Offset: 2, Len: 2},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: wgPortBytes}, // dport=wgPort
-			&expr.Counter{},
-			&expr.Notrack{},
-		},
-	})
-
-	// Ingress rules: match incoming loopback UDP packets
-	m.rConn.AddRule(&nftables.Rule{
-		Table: m.notrackPreroutingChain.Table,
-		Chain: m.notrackPreroutingChain,
-		Exprs: []expr.Any{
-			&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyIIFNAME, Register: 1},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: ifname("lo")},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseNetworkHeader, Offset: 12, Len: 4}, // saddr
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: loopback},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseNetworkHeader, Offset: 16, Len: 4}, // daddr
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: loopback},
-			&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyL4PROTO, Register: 1},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: []byte{unix.IPPROTO_UDP}},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseTransportHeader, Offset: 2, Len: 2},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: wgPortBytes}, // dport=wgPort
-			&expr.Counter{},
-			&expr.Notrack{},
-		},
-	})
-	m.rConn.AddRule(&nftables.Rule{
-		Table: m.notrackPreroutingChain.Table,
-		Chain: m.notrackPreroutingChain,
-		Exprs: []expr.Any{
-			&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyIIFNAME, Register: 1},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: ifname("lo")},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseNetworkHeader, Offset: 12, Len: 4}, // saddr
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: loopback},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseNetworkHeader, Offset: 16, Len: 4}, // daddr
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: loopback},
-			&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyL4PROTO, Register: 1},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: []byte{unix.IPPROTO_UDP}},
-			&expr.Payload{DestRegister: 1, Base: expr.PayloadBaseTransportHeader, Offset: 2, Len: 2},
-			&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpEq, Register: 1, Data: proxyPortBytes}, // dport=proxyPort
-			&expr.Counter{},
-			&expr.Notrack{},
-		},
-	})
-
-	if err := m.rConn.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("flush notrack rules: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("set up ebpf proxy notrack rules for ports %d,%d", proxyPort, wgPort)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (m *Manager) initNoTrackChains(table *nftables.Table) error {
-	m.notrackOutputChain = m.rConn.AddChain(&nftables.Chain{
-		Name:     chainNameRawOutput,
-		Table:    table,
-		Type:     nftables.ChainTypeFilter,
-		Hooknum:  nftables.ChainHookOutput,
-		Priority: nftables.ChainPriorityRaw,
-	})
-
-	m.notrackPreroutingChain = m.rConn.AddChain(&nftables.Chain{
-		Name:     chainNameRawPrerouting,
-		Table:    table,
-		Type:     nftables.ChainTypeFilter,
-		Hooknum:  nftables.ChainHookPrerouting,
-		Priority: nftables.ChainPriorityRaw,
-	})
-
-	if err := m.rConn.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("flush chain creation: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (m *Manager) refreshNoTrackChains() error {
-	chains, err := m.rConn.ListChainsOfTableFamily(nftables.TableFamilyIPv4)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("list chains: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	tableName := getTableName()
-	for _, c := range chains {
-		if c.Table.Name != tableName {
-			continue
-		}
-		switch c.Name {
-		case chainNameRawOutput:
-			m.notrackOutputChain = c
-		case chainNameRawPrerouting:
-			m.notrackPreroutingChain = c
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (m *Manager) createWorkTable() (*nftables.Table, error) {
 	tables, err := m.rConn.ListTablesOfFamily(nftables.TableFamilyIPv4)
 	if err != nil {

client/firewall/nftables/router_linux.go

@@ -483,12 +483,7 @@ func (r *router) DeleteRouteRule(rule firewall.Rule) error {
 	}
 
 	if nftRule.Handle == 0 {
-		log.Warnf("route rule %s has no handle, removing stale entry", ruleKey)
-		if err := r.decrementSetCounter(nftRule); err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("decrement set counter for stale rule %s: %v", ruleKey, err)
-		}
-		delete(r.rules, ruleKey)
-		return nil
+		return fmt.Errorf("route rule %s has no handle", ruleKey)
 	}
 
 	if err := r.deleteNftRule(nftRule, ruleKey); err != nil {
@@ -665,32 +660,13 @@ func (r *router) AddNatRule(pair firewall.RouterPair) error {
 	}
 
 	if err := r.conn.Flush(); err != nil {
-		r.rollbackRules(pair)
-		return fmt.Errorf("insert rules for %s: %w", pair.Destination, err)
+		// TODO: rollback ipset counter
+		return fmt.Errorf("insert rules for %s: %v", pair.Destination, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-// rollbackRules cleans up unflushed rules and their set counters after a flush failure.
-func (r *router) rollbackRules(pair firewall.RouterPair) {
-	keys := []string{
-		firewall.GenKey(firewall.ForwardingFormat, pair),
-		firewall.GenKey(firewall.PreroutingFormat, pair),
-		firewall.GenKey(firewall.PreroutingFormat, firewall.GetInversePair(pair)),
-	}
-	for _, key := range keys {
-		rule, ok := r.rules[key]
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		if err := r.decrementSetCounter(rule); err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("rollback set counter for %s: %v", key, err)
-		}
-		delete(r.rules, key)
-	}
-}
-
 // addNatRule inserts a nftables rule to the conn client flush queue
 func (r *router) addNatRule(pair firewall.RouterPair) error {
 	sourceExp, err := r.applyNetwork(pair.Source, nil, true)
@@ -952,30 +928,18 @@ func (r *router) addLegacyRouteRule(pair firewall.RouterPair) error {
 func (r *router) removeLegacyRouteRule(pair firewall.RouterPair) error {
 	ruleKey := firewall.GenKey(firewall.ForwardingFormat, pair)
 
-	rule, exists := r.rules[ruleKey]
-	if !exists {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if rule.Handle == 0 {
-		log.Warnf("legacy forwarding rule %s has no handle, removing stale entry", ruleKey)
-		if err := r.decrementSetCounter(rule); err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("decrement set counter for stale rule %s: %v", ruleKey, err)
+	if rule, exists := r.rules[ruleKey]; exists {
+		if err := r.conn.DelRule(rule); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("remove legacy forwarding rule %s -> %s: %v", pair.Source, pair.Destination, err)
 		}
+
+		log.Debugf("removed legacy forwarding rule %s -> %s", pair.Source, pair.Destination)
+
 		delete(r.rules, ruleKey)
-		return nil
-	}
 
-	if err := r.conn.DelRule(rule); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("remove legacy forwarding rule %s -> %s: %w", pair.Source, pair.Destination, err)
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("removed legacy forwarding rule %s -> %s", pair.Source, pair.Destination)
-
-	delete(r.rules, ruleKey)
-
-	if err := r.decrementSetCounter(rule); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("decrement set counter: %w", err)
+		if err := r.decrementSetCounter(rule); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("decrement set counter: %w", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -1365,89 +1329,65 @@ func (r *router) RemoveNatRule(pair firewall.RouterPair) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf(refreshRulesMapError, err)
 	}
 
-	var merr *multierror.Error
-
 	if pair.Masquerade {
 		if err := r.removeNatRule(pair); err != nil {
-			merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("remove prerouting rule: %w", err))
+			return fmt.Errorf("remove prerouting rule: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		if err := r.removeNatRule(firewall.GetInversePair(pair)); err != nil {
-			merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("remove inverse prerouting rule: %w", err))
+			return fmt.Errorf("remove inverse prerouting rule: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	if err := r.removeLegacyRouteRule(pair); err != nil {
-		merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("remove legacy routing rule: %w", err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("remove legacy routing rule: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Set counters are decremented in the sub-methods above before flush. If flush fails,
-	// counters will be off until the next successful removal or refresh cycle.
 	if err := r.conn.Flush(); err != nil {
-		merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("flush remove nat rules %s: %w", pair.Destination, err))
-	}
-
-	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(merr)
-}
-
-func (r *router) removeNatRule(pair firewall.RouterPair) error {
-	ruleKey := firewall.GenKey(firewall.PreroutingFormat, pair)
-
-	rule, exists := r.rules[ruleKey]
-	if !exists {
-		log.Debugf("prerouting rule %s not found", ruleKey)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if rule.Handle == 0 {
-		log.Warnf("prerouting rule %s has no handle, removing stale entry", ruleKey)
-		if err := r.decrementSetCounter(rule); err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("decrement set counter for stale rule %s: %v", ruleKey, err)
-		}
-		delete(r.rules, ruleKey)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if err := r.conn.DelRule(rule); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("remove prerouting rule %s -> %s: %w", pair.Source, pair.Destination, err)
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("removed prerouting rule %s -> %s", pair.Source, pair.Destination)
-
-	delete(r.rules, ruleKey)
-
-	if err := r.decrementSetCounter(rule); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("decrement set counter: %w", err)
+		// TODO: rollback set counter
+		return fmt.Errorf("remove nat rules rule %s: %v", pair.Destination, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-// refreshRulesMap rebuilds the rule map from the kernel. This removes stale entries
-// (e.g. from failed flushes) and updates handles for all existing rules.
+func (r *router) removeNatRule(pair firewall.RouterPair) error {
+	ruleKey := firewall.GenKey(firewall.PreroutingFormat, pair)
+
+	if rule, exists := r.rules[ruleKey]; exists {
+		if err := r.conn.DelRule(rule); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("remove prerouting rule %s -> %s: %v", pair.Source, pair.Destination, err)
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("removed prerouting rule %s -> %s", pair.Source, pair.Destination)
+
+		delete(r.rules, ruleKey)
+
+		if err := r.decrementSetCounter(rule); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("decrement set counter: %w", err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Debugf("prerouting rule %s not found", ruleKey)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// refreshRulesMap refreshes the rule map with the latest rules. this is useful to avoid
+// duplicates and to get missing attributes that we don't have when adding new rules
 func (r *router) refreshRulesMap() error {
-	var merr *multierror.Error
-	newRules := make(map[string]*nftables.Rule)
 	for _, chain := range r.chains {
 		rules, err := r.conn.GetRules(chain.Table, chain)
 		if err != nil {
-			merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("list rules for chain %s: %w", chain.Name, err))
-			// preserve existing entries for this chain since we can't verify their state
-			for k, v := range r.rules {
-				if v.Chain != nil && v.Chain.Name == chain.Name {
-					newRules[k] = v
-				}
-			}
-			continue
+			return fmt.Errorf("list rules: %w", err)
 		}
 		for _, rule := range rules {
 			if len(rule.UserData) > 0 {
-				newRules[string(rule.UserData)] = rule
+				r.rules[string(rule.UserData)] = rule
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	r.rules = newRules
-	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(merr)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (r *router) AddDNATRule(rule firewall.ForwardRule) (firewall.Rule, error) {
@@ -1689,34 +1629,20 @@ func (r *router) DeleteDNATRule(rule firewall.Rule) error {
 	}
 
 	var merr *multierror.Error
-	var needsFlush bool
-
 	if dnatRule, exists := r.rules[ruleKey+dnatSuffix]; exists {
-		if dnatRule.Handle == 0 {
-			log.Warnf("dnat rule %s has no handle, removing stale entry", ruleKey+dnatSuffix)
-			delete(r.rules, ruleKey+dnatSuffix)
-		} else if err := r.conn.DelRule(dnatRule); err != nil {
+		if err := r.conn.DelRule(dnatRule); err != nil {
 			merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("delete dnat rule: %w", err))
-		} else {
-			needsFlush = true
 		}
 	}
 
 	if masqRule, exists := r.rules[ruleKey+snatSuffix]; exists {
-		if masqRule.Handle == 0 {
-			log.Warnf("snat rule %s has no handle, removing stale entry", ruleKey+snatSuffix)
-			delete(r.rules, ruleKey+snatSuffix)
-		} else if err := r.conn.DelRule(masqRule); err != nil {
+		if err := r.conn.DelRule(masqRule); err != nil {
 			merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("delete snat rule: %w", err))
-		} else {
-			needsFlush = true
 		}
 	}
 
-	if needsFlush {
-		if err := r.conn.Flush(); err != nil {
-			merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf(flushError, err))
-		}
+	if err := r.conn.Flush(); err != nil {
+		merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf(flushError, err))
 	}
 
 	if merr == nil {
@@ -1831,25 +1757,16 @@ func (r *router) RemoveInboundDNAT(localAddr netip.Addr, protocol firewall.Proto
 
 	ruleID := fmt.Sprintf("inbound-dnat-%s-%s-%d-%d", localAddr.String(), protocol, sourcePort, targetPort)
 
-	rule, exists := r.rules[ruleID]
-	if !exists {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if rule.Handle == 0 {
-		log.Warnf("inbound DNAT rule %s has no handle, removing stale entry", ruleID)
+	if rule, exists := r.rules[ruleID]; exists {
+		if err := r.conn.DelRule(rule); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("delete inbound DNAT rule %s: %w", ruleID, err)
+		}
+		if err := r.conn.Flush(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("flush delete inbound DNAT rule: %w", err)
+		}
 		delete(r.rules, ruleID)
-		return nil
 	}
 
-	if err := r.conn.DelRule(rule); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("delete inbound DNAT rule %s: %w", ruleID, err)
-	}
-	if err := r.conn.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("flush delete inbound DNAT rule: %w", err)
-	}
-	delete(r.rules, ruleID)
-
 	return nil
 }
 

client/firewall/nftables/router_linux_test.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	firewall "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/test"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/acl/id"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -720,137 +719,3 @@ func deleteWorkTable() {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestRouter_RefreshRulesMap_RemovesStaleEntries(t *testing.T) {
-	if check() != NFTABLES {
-		t.Skip("nftables not supported on this system")
-	}
-
-	workTable, err := createWorkTable()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer deleteWorkTable()
-
-	r, err := newRouter(workTable, ifaceMock, iface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, r.init(workTable))
-	defer func() { require.NoError(t, r.Reset()) }()
-
-	// Add a real rule to the kernel
-	ruleKey, err := r.AddRouteFiltering(
-		nil,
-		[]netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24")},
-		firewall.Network{Prefix: netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/24")},
-		firewall.ProtocolTCP,
-		nil,
-		&firewall.Port{Values: []uint16{80}},
-		firewall.ActionAccept,
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		require.NoError(t, r.DeleteRouteRule(ruleKey))
-	})
-
-	// Inject a stale entry with Handle=0 (simulates store-before-flush failure)
-	staleKey := "stale-rule-that-does-not-exist"
-	r.rules[staleKey] = &nftables.Rule{
-		Table:    r.workTable,
-		Chain:    r.chains[chainNameRoutingFw],
-		Handle:   0,
-		UserData: []byte(staleKey),
-	}
-
-	require.Contains(t, r.rules, staleKey, "stale entry should be in map before refresh")
-
-	err = r.refreshRulesMap()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	assert.NotContains(t, r.rules, staleKey, "stale entry should be removed after refresh")
-
-	realRule, ok := r.rules[ruleKey.ID()]
-	assert.True(t, ok, "real rule should still exist after refresh")
-	assert.NotZero(t, realRule.Handle, "real rule should have a valid handle")
-}
-
-func TestRouter_DeleteRouteRule_StaleHandle(t *testing.T) {
-	if check() != NFTABLES {
-		t.Skip("nftables not supported on this system")
-	}
-
-	workTable, err := createWorkTable()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer deleteWorkTable()
-
-	r, err := newRouter(workTable, ifaceMock, iface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, r.init(workTable))
-	defer func() { require.NoError(t, r.Reset()) }()
-
-	// Inject a stale entry with Handle=0
-	staleKey := "stale-route-rule"
-	r.rules[staleKey] = &nftables.Rule{
-		Table:    r.workTable,
-		Chain:    r.chains[chainNameRoutingFw],
-		Handle:   0,
-		UserData: []byte(staleKey),
-	}
-
-	// DeleteRouteRule should not return an error for stale handles
-	err = r.DeleteRouteRule(id.RuleID(staleKey))
-	assert.NoError(t, err, "deleting a stale rule should not error")
-	assert.NotContains(t, r.rules, staleKey, "stale entry should be cleaned up")
-}
-
-func TestRouter_AddNatRule_WithStaleEntry(t *testing.T) {
-	if check() != NFTABLES {
-		t.Skip("nftables not supported on this system")
-	}
-
-	manager, err := Create(ifaceMock, iface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, manager.Init(nil))
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		require.NoError(t, manager.Close(nil))
-	})
-
-	pair := firewall.RouterPair{
-		ID:          "staletest",
-		Source:      firewall.Network{Prefix: netip.MustParsePrefix("100.100.100.1/32")},
-		Destination: firewall.Network{Prefix: netip.MustParsePrefix("100.100.200.0/24")},
-		Masquerade:  true,
-	}
-
-	rtr := manager.router
-
-	// First add succeeds
-	err = rtr.AddNatRule(pair)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		require.NoError(t, rtr.RemoveNatRule(pair))
-	})
-
-	// Corrupt the handle to simulate stale state
-	natRuleKey := firewall.GenKey(firewall.PreroutingFormat, pair)
-	if rule, exists := rtr.rules[natRuleKey]; exists {
-		rule.Handle = 0
-	}
-	inverseKey := firewall.GenKey(firewall.PreroutingFormat, firewall.GetInversePair(pair))
-	if rule, exists := rtr.rules[inverseKey]; exists {
-		rule.Handle = 0
-	}
-
-	// Adding the same rule again should succeed despite stale handles
-	err = rtr.AddNatRule(pair)
-	assert.NoError(t, err, "AddNatRule should succeed even with stale entries")
-
-	// Verify rules exist in kernel
-	rules, err := rtr.conn.GetRules(rtr.workTable, rtr.chains[chainNameManglePrerouting])
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	found := 0
-	for _, rule := range rules {
-		if len(rule.UserData) > 0 && string(rule.UserData) == natRuleKey {
-			found++
-		}
-	}
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, found, "NAT rule should exist in kernel")
-}

client/firewall/uspfilter/allow_netbird.go

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 package uspfilter
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"net/netip"
+	"time"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/statemanager"
 )
 
@@ -11,7 +17,33 @@ func (m *Manager) Close(stateManager *statemanager.Manager) error {
 	m.mutex.Lock()
 	defer m.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	m.resetState()
+	m.outgoingRules = make(map[netip.Addr]RuleSet)
+	m.incomingDenyRules = make(map[netip.Addr]RuleSet)
+	m.incomingRules = make(map[netip.Addr]RuleSet)
+
+	if m.udpTracker != nil {
+		m.udpTracker.Close()
+	}
+
+	if m.icmpTracker != nil {
+		m.icmpTracker.Close()
+	}
+
+	if m.tcpTracker != nil {
+		m.tcpTracker.Close()
+	}
+
+	if fwder := m.forwarder.Load(); fwder != nil {
+		fwder.Stop()
+	}
+
+	if m.logger != nil {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		if err := m.logger.Stop(ctx); err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("failed to shutdown logger: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 
 	if m.nativeFirewall != nil {
 		return m.nativeFirewall.Close(stateManager)

client/firewall/uspfilter/allow_netbird_windows.go

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package uspfilter
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/netip"
 	"os/exec"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
@@ -23,7 +26,33 @@ func (m *Manager) Close(*statemanager.Manager) error {
 	m.mutex.Lock()
 	defer m.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	m.resetState()
+	m.outgoingRules = make(map[netip.Addr]RuleSet)
+	m.incomingDenyRules = make(map[netip.Addr]RuleSet)
+	m.incomingRules = make(map[netip.Addr]RuleSet)
+
+	if m.udpTracker != nil {
+		m.udpTracker.Close()
+	}
+
+	if m.icmpTracker != nil {
+		m.icmpTracker.Close()
+	}
+
+	if m.tcpTracker != nil {
+		m.tcpTracker.Close()
+	}
+
+	if fwder := m.forwarder.Load(); fwder != nil {
+		fwder.Stop()
+	}
+
+	if m.logger != nil {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		if err := m.logger.Stop(ctx); err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("failed to shutdown logger: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 
 	if !isWindowsFirewallReachable() {
 		return nil

client/firewall/uspfilter/conntrack/tcp.go

@@ -115,17 +115,6 @@ func (t *TCPConnTrack) IsTombstone() bool {
 	return t.tombstone.Load()
 }
 
-// IsSupersededBy returns true if this connection should be replaced by a new one
-// carrying the given flags. Tombstoned connections are always superseded; TIME-WAIT
-// connections are superseded by a pure SYN (a new connection attempt for the same
-// four-tuple, as contemplated by RFC 1122 §4.2.2.13 and RFC 6191).
-func (t *TCPConnTrack) IsSupersededBy(flags uint8) bool {
-	if t.tombstone.Load() {
-		return true
-	}
-	return flags&TCPSyn != 0 && flags&TCPAck == 0 && TCPState(t.state.Load()) == TCPStateTimeWait
-}
-
 // SetTombstone safely marks the connection for deletion
 func (t *TCPConnTrack) SetTombstone() {
 	t.tombstone.Store(true)
@@ -180,7 +169,7 @@ func (t *TCPTracker) updateIfExists(srcIP, dstIP netip.Addr, srcPort, dstPort ui
 	conn, exists := t.connections[key]
 	t.mutex.RUnlock()
 
-	if exists && !conn.IsSupersededBy(flags) {
+	if exists {
 		t.updateState(key, conn, flags, direction, size)
 		return key, uint16(conn.DNATOrigPort.Load()), true
 	}
@@ -252,7 +241,7 @@ func (t *TCPTracker) IsValidInbound(srcIP, dstIP netip.Addr, srcPort, dstPort ui
 	conn, exists := t.connections[key]
 	t.mutex.RUnlock()
 
-	if !exists || conn.IsSupersededBy(flags) {
+	if !exists || conn.IsTombstone() {
 		return false
 	}
 

client/firewall/uspfilter/conntrack/tcp_test.go

@@ -485,261 +485,6 @@ func TestTCPAbnormalSequences(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-// TestTCPPortReuseTombstone verifies that a new connection on a port with a
-// tombstoned (closed) conntrack entry is properly tracked. Without the fix,
-// updateIfExists treats tombstoned entries as live, causing track() to skip
-// creating a new connection. The subsequent SYN-ACK then fails IsValidInbound
-// because the entry is tombstoned, and the response packet gets dropped by ACL.
-func TestTCPPortReuseTombstone(t *testing.T) {
-	srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1")
-	dstIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.2")
-	srcPort := uint16(12345)
-	dstPort := uint16(80)
-
-	t.Run("Outbound port reuse after graceful close", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tracker := NewTCPTracker(DefaultTCPTimeout, logger, flowLogger)
-		defer tracker.Close()
-
-		key := ConnKey{SrcIP: srcIP, DstIP: dstIP, SrcPort: srcPort, DstPort: dstPort}
-
-		// Establish and gracefully close a connection (server-initiated close)
-		establishConnection(t, tracker, srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort)
-
-		// Server sends FIN
-		valid := tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0)
-		require.True(t, valid)
-
-		// Client sends FIN-ACK
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0)
-
-		// Server sends final ACK
-		valid = tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPAck, 0)
-		require.True(t, valid)
-
-		// Connection should be tombstoned
-		conn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.NotNil(t, conn, "old connection should still be in map")
-		require.True(t, conn.IsTombstone(), "old connection should be tombstoned")
-
-		// Now reuse the same port for a new connection
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPSyn, 100)
-
-		// The old tombstoned entry should be replaced with a new one
-		newConn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.NotNil(t, newConn, "new connection should exist")
-		require.False(t, newConn.IsTombstone(), "new connection should not be tombstoned")
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateSynSent, newConn.GetState())
-
-		// SYN-ACK for the new connection should be valid
-		valid = tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPSyn|TCPAck, 100)
-		require.True(t, valid, "SYN-ACK for new connection on reused port should be accepted")
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateEstablished, newConn.GetState())
-
-		// Data transfer should work
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPAck, 100)
-		valid = tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPPush|TCPAck, 500)
-		require.True(t, valid, "data should be allowed on new connection")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("Outbound port reuse after RST", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tracker := NewTCPTracker(DefaultTCPTimeout, logger, flowLogger)
-		defer tracker.Close()
-
-		key := ConnKey{SrcIP: srcIP, DstIP: dstIP, SrcPort: srcPort, DstPort: dstPort}
-
-		// Establish and RST a connection
-		establishConnection(t, tracker, srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort)
-		valid := tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPRst|TCPAck, 0)
-		require.True(t, valid)
-
-		conn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.True(t, conn.IsTombstone(), "RST connection should be tombstoned")
-
-		// Reuse the same port
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPSyn, 100)
-
-		newConn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.NotNil(t, newConn)
-		require.False(t, newConn.IsTombstone())
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateSynSent, newConn.GetState())
-
-		valid = tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPSyn|TCPAck, 100)
-		require.True(t, valid, "SYN-ACK should be accepted after RST tombstone")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("Inbound port reuse after close", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tracker := NewTCPTracker(DefaultTCPTimeout, logger, flowLogger)
-		defer tracker.Close()
-
-		clientIP := srcIP
-		serverIP := dstIP
-		clientPort := srcPort
-		serverPort := dstPort
-		key := ConnKey{SrcIP: clientIP, DstIP: serverIP, SrcPort: clientPort, DstPort: serverPort}
-
-		// Inbound connection: client SYN → server SYN-ACK → client ACK
-		tracker.TrackInbound(clientIP, serverIP, clientPort, serverPort, TCPSyn, nil, 100, 0)
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(serverIP, clientIP, serverPort, clientPort, TCPSyn|TCPAck, 100)
-		tracker.TrackInbound(clientIP, serverIP, clientPort, serverPort, TCPAck, nil, 100, 0)
-
-		conn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateEstablished, conn.GetState())
-
-		// Server-initiated close to reach Closed/tombstoned:
-		// Server FIN (opposite dir) → CloseWait
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(serverIP, clientIP, serverPort, clientPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 100)
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateCloseWait, conn.GetState())
-		// Client FIN-ACK (same dir as conn) → LastAck
-		tracker.TrackInbound(clientIP, serverIP, clientPort, serverPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, nil, 100, 0)
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateLastAck, conn.GetState())
-		// Server final ACK (opposite dir) → Closed → tombstoned
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(serverIP, clientIP, serverPort, clientPort, TCPAck, 100)
-
-		require.True(t, conn.IsTombstone())
-
-		// New inbound connection on same ports
-		tracker.TrackInbound(clientIP, serverIP, clientPort, serverPort, TCPSyn, nil, 100, 0)
-
-		newConn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.NotNil(t, newConn)
-		require.False(t, newConn.IsTombstone())
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateSynReceived, newConn.GetState())
-
-		// Complete handshake: server SYN-ACK, then client ACK
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(serverIP, clientIP, serverPort, clientPort, TCPSyn|TCPAck, 100)
-		tracker.TrackInbound(clientIP, serverIP, clientPort, serverPort, TCPAck, nil, 100, 0)
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateEstablished, newConn.GetState())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("Late ACK on tombstoned connection is harmless", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tracker := NewTCPTracker(DefaultTCPTimeout, logger, flowLogger)
-		defer tracker.Close()
-
-		key := ConnKey{SrcIP: srcIP, DstIP: dstIP, SrcPort: srcPort, DstPort: dstPort}
-
-		// Establish and close via passive close (server-initiated FIN → Closed → tombstoned)
-		establishConnection(t, tracker, srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort)
-		tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0) // CloseWait
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0)  // LastAck
-		tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPAck, 0)        // Closed
-
-		conn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.True(t, conn.IsTombstone())
-
-		// Late ACK should be rejected (tombstoned)
-		valid := tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPAck, 0)
-		require.False(t, valid, "late ACK on tombstoned connection should be rejected")
-
-		// Late outbound ACK should not create a new connection (not a SYN)
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPAck, 0)
-		require.True(t, tracker.connections[key].IsTombstone(), "late outbound ACK should not replace tombstoned entry")
-	})
-}
-
-func TestTCPPortReuseTimeWait(t *testing.T) {
-	srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1")
-	dstIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.2")
-	srcPort := uint16(12345)
-	dstPort := uint16(80)
-
-	t.Run("Outbound port reuse during TIME-WAIT (active close)", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tracker := NewTCPTracker(DefaultTCPTimeout, logger, flowLogger)
-		defer tracker.Close()
-
-		key := ConnKey{SrcIP: srcIP, DstIP: dstIP, SrcPort: srcPort, DstPort: dstPort}
-
-		// Establish connection
-		establishConnection(t, tracker, srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort)
-
-		// Active close: client (outbound initiator) sends FIN first
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0)
-		conn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateFinWait1, conn.GetState())
-
-		// Server ACKs the FIN
-		valid := tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPAck, 0)
-		require.True(t, valid)
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateFinWait2, conn.GetState())
-
-		// Server sends its own FIN
-		valid = tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0)
-		require.True(t, valid)
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateTimeWait, conn.GetState())
-
-		// Client sends final ACK (TIME-WAIT stays, not tombstoned)
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPAck, 0)
-		require.False(t, conn.IsTombstone(), "TIME-WAIT should not be tombstoned")
-
-		// New outbound SYN on the same port (port reuse during TIME-WAIT)
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPSyn, 100)
-
-		// Per RFC 1122/6191, new SYN during TIME-WAIT should start a new connection
-		newConn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.NotNil(t, newConn, "new connection should exist")
-		require.False(t, newConn.IsTombstone(), "new connection should not be tombstoned")
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateSynSent, newConn.GetState(), "new connection should be in SYN-SENT")
-
-		// SYN-ACK for new connection should be valid
-		valid = tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPSyn|TCPAck, 100)
-		require.True(t, valid, "SYN-ACK for new connection should be accepted")
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateEstablished, newConn.GetState())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("Inbound SYN during TIME-WAIT falls through to normal tracking", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tracker := NewTCPTracker(DefaultTCPTimeout, logger, flowLogger)
-		defer tracker.Close()
-
-		key := ConnKey{SrcIP: srcIP, DstIP: dstIP, SrcPort: srcPort, DstPort: dstPort}
-
-		// Establish outbound connection and close via active close → TIME-WAIT
-		establishConnection(t, tracker, srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort)
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0)
-		tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPAck, 0)
-		tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0)
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPAck, 0)
-
-		conn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateTimeWait, conn.GetState())
-
-		// Inbound SYN on same ports during TIME-WAIT: IsValidInbound returns false
-		// so the filter falls through to ACL check + TrackInbound (which creates
-		// a new connection via track() → updateIfExists skips TIME-WAIT for SYN)
-		valid := tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPSyn, 0)
-		require.False(t, valid, "inbound SYN during TIME-WAIT should fail conntrack validation")
-
-		// Simulate what the filter does next: TrackInbound via the normal path
-		tracker.TrackInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPSyn, nil, 100, 0)
-
-		// The new inbound connection uses the inverted key (dst→src becomes src→dst in track)
-		invertedKey := ConnKey{SrcIP: dstIP, DstIP: srcIP, SrcPort: dstPort, DstPort: srcPort}
-		newConn := tracker.connections[invertedKey]
-		require.NotNil(t, newConn, "new inbound connection should be tracked")
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateSynReceived, newConn.GetState())
-		require.False(t, newConn.IsTombstone())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("Late retransmit during TIME-WAIT still allowed", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tracker := NewTCPTracker(DefaultTCPTimeout, logger, flowLogger)
-		defer tracker.Close()
-
-		key := ConnKey{SrcIP: srcIP, DstIP: dstIP, SrcPort: srcPort, DstPort: dstPort}
-
-		// Establish and active close → TIME-WAIT
-		establishConnection(t, tracker, srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort)
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0)
-		tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPAck, 0)
-		tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPFin|TCPAck, 0)
-		tracker.TrackOutbound(srcIP, dstIP, srcPort, dstPort, TCPAck, 0)
-
-		conn := tracker.connections[key]
-		require.Equal(t, TCPStateTimeWait, conn.GetState())
-
-		// Late ACK retransmits during TIME-WAIT should still be accepted
-		valid := tracker.IsValidInbound(dstIP, srcIP, dstPort, srcPort, TCPAck, 0)
-		require.True(t, valid, "retransmitted ACK during TIME-WAIT should be accepted")
-	})
-}
-
 func TestTCPTimeoutHandling(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create tracker with a very short timeout for testing
 	shortTimeout := 100 * time.Millisecond

client/firewall/uspfilter/filter.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package uspfilter
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -13,13 +12,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/gopacket"
 	"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
 
 	firewall "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/uspfilter/common"
@@ -27,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/uspfilter/forwarder"
 	nblog "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/uspfilter/log"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/netstack"
-	nbid "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/acl/id"
 	nftypes "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/netflow/types"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/statemanager"
 )
@@ -93,7 +89,6 @@ type Manager struct {
 	incomingDenyRules map[netip.Addr]RuleSet
 	incomingRules     map[netip.Addr]RuleSet
 	routeRules        RouteRules
-	routeRulesMap     map[nbid.RuleID]*RouteRule
 	decoders          sync.Pool
 	wgIface           common.IFaceMapper
 	nativeFirewall    firewall.Manager
@@ -234,7 +229,6 @@ func create(iface common.IFaceMapper, nativeFirewall firewall.Manager, disableSe
 		flowLogger:          flowLogger,
 		netstack:            netstack.IsEnabled(),
 		localForwarding:     enableLocalForwarding,
-		routeRulesMap:       make(map[nbid.RuleID]*RouteRule),
 		dnatMappings:        make(map[netip.Addr]netip.Addr),
 		portDNATRules:       []portDNATRule{},
 		netstackServices:    make(map[serviceKey]struct{}),
@@ -486,15 +480,11 @@ func (m *Manager) addRouteFiltering(
 		return m.nativeFirewall.AddRouteFiltering(id, sources, destination, proto, sPort, dPort, action)
 	}
 
-	ruleKey := nbid.GenerateRouteRuleKey(sources, destination, proto, sPort, dPort, action)
-
-	if existingRule, ok := m.routeRulesMap[ruleKey]; ok {
-		return existingRule, nil
-	}
+	ruleID := uuid.New().String()
 
 	rule := RouteRule{
 		// TODO: consolidate these IDs
-		id:         string(ruleKey),
+		id:         ruleID,
 		mgmtId:     id,
 		sources:    sources,
 		dstSet:     destination.Set,
@@ -509,7 +499,6 @@ func (m *Manager) addRouteFiltering(
 
 	m.routeRules = append(m.routeRules, &rule)
 	m.routeRules.Sort()
-	m.routeRulesMap[ruleKey] = &rule
 
 	return &rule, nil
 }
@@ -526,20 +515,15 @@ func (m *Manager) deleteRouteRule(rule firewall.Rule) error {
 		return m.nativeFirewall.DeleteRouteRule(rule)
 	}
 
-	ruleKey := nbid.RuleID(rule.ID())
-	if _, ok := m.routeRulesMap[ruleKey]; !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("route rule not found: %s", ruleKey)
-	}
-
+	ruleID := rule.ID()
 	idx := slices.IndexFunc(m.routeRules, func(r *RouteRule) bool {
-		return r.id == string(ruleKey)
+		return r.id == ruleID
 	})
 	if idx < 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("route rule not found in slice: %s", ruleKey)
+		return fmt.Errorf("route rule not found: %s", ruleID)
 	}
 
 	m.routeRules = slices.Delete(m.routeRules, idx, idx+1)
-	delete(m.routeRulesMap, ruleKey)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -586,48 +570,6 @@ func (m *Manager) SetLegacyManagement(isLegacy bool) error {
 // Flush doesn't need to be implemented for this manager
 func (m *Manager) Flush() error { return nil }
 
-// resetState clears all firewall rules and closes connection trackers.
-// Must be called with m.mutex held.
-func (m *Manager) resetState() {
-	maps.Clear(m.outgoingRules)
-	maps.Clear(m.incomingDenyRules)
-	maps.Clear(m.incomingRules)
-	maps.Clear(m.routeRulesMap)
-	m.routeRules = m.routeRules[:0]
-
-	if m.udpTracker != nil {
-		m.udpTracker.Close()
-	}
-
-	if m.icmpTracker != nil {
-		m.icmpTracker.Close()
-	}
-
-	if m.tcpTracker != nil {
-		m.tcpTracker.Close()
-	}
-
-	if fwder := m.forwarder.Load(); fwder != nil {
-		fwder.Stop()
-	}
-
-	if m.logger != nil {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
-		defer cancel()
-		if err := m.logger.Stop(ctx); err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("failed to shutdown logger: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack creates notrack rules for eBPF proxy loopback traffic.
-func (m *Manager) SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack(proxyPort, wgPort uint16) error {
-	if m.nativeFirewall == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return m.nativeFirewall.SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack(proxyPort, wgPort)
-}
-
 // UpdateSet updates the rule destinations associated with the given set
 // by merging the existing prefixes with the new ones, then deduplicating.
 func (m *Manager) UpdateSet(set firewall.Set, prefixes []netip.Prefix) error {

client/firewall/uspfilter/filter_routeacl_test.go

@@ -1,376 +0,0 @@
-package uspfilter
-
-import (
-	"net/netip"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
-	"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	wgdevice "golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/device"
-
-	fw "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/mocks"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
-)
-
-// TestAddRouteFilteringReturnsExistingRule verifies that adding the same route
-// filtering rule twice returns the same rule ID (idempotent behavior).
-func TestAddRouteFilteringReturnsExistingRule(t *testing.T) {
-	manager := setupTestManager(t)
-
-	sources := []netip.Prefix{
-		netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.1.0/24"),
-		netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.2.0/24"),
-	}
-	destination := fw.Network{Prefix: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24")}
-
-	// Add rule first time
-	rule1, err := manager.AddRouteFiltering(
-		[]byte("policy-1"),
-		sources,
-		destination,
-		fw.ProtocolTCP,
-		nil,
-		&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{443}},
-		fw.ActionAccept,
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NotNil(t, rule1)
-
-	// Add the same rule again
-	rule2, err := manager.AddRouteFiltering(
-		[]byte("policy-1"),
-		sources,
-		destination,
-		fw.ProtocolTCP,
-		nil,
-		&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{443}},
-		fw.ActionAccept,
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NotNil(t, rule2)
-
-	// These should be the same (idempotent) like nftables/iptables implementations
-	assert.Equal(t, rule1.ID(), rule2.ID(),
-		"Adding the same rule twice should return the same rule ID (idempotent)")
-
-	manager.mutex.RLock()
-	ruleCount := len(manager.routeRules)
-	manager.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, ruleCount,
-		"Should have exactly 2 rules (1 user rule + 1 block rule)")
-}
-
-// TestAddRouteFilteringDifferentRulesGetDifferentIDs verifies that rules with
-// different parameters get distinct IDs.
-func TestAddRouteFilteringDifferentRulesGetDifferentIDs(t *testing.T) {
-	manager := setupTestManager(t)
-
-	sources := []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.1.0/24")}
-
-	// Add first rule
-	rule1, err := manager.AddRouteFiltering(
-		[]byte("policy-1"),
-		sources,
-		fw.Network{Prefix: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24")},
-		fw.ProtocolTCP,
-		nil,
-		&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{443}},
-		fw.ActionAccept,
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Add different rule (different destination)
-	rule2, err := manager.AddRouteFiltering(
-		[]byte("policy-2"),
-		sources,
-		fw.Network{Prefix: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.2.0/24")}, // Different!
-		fw.ProtocolTCP,
-		nil,
-		&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{443}},
-		fw.ActionAccept,
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	assert.NotEqual(t, rule1.ID(), rule2.ID(),
-		"Different rules should have different IDs")
-
-	manager.mutex.RLock()
-	ruleCount := len(manager.routeRules)
-	manager.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, ruleCount, "Should have 3 rules (2 user rules + 1 block rule)")
-}
-
-// TestRouteRuleUpdateDoesNotCauseGap verifies that re-adding the same route
-// rule during a network map update does not disrupt existing traffic.
-func TestRouteRuleUpdateDoesNotCauseGap(t *testing.T) {
-	manager := setupTestManager(t)
-
-	sources := []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.1.0/24")}
-	destination := fw.Network{Prefix: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24")}
-
-	rule1, err := manager.AddRouteFiltering(
-		[]byte("policy-1"),
-		sources,
-		destination,
-		fw.ProtocolTCP,
-		nil,
-		nil,
-		fw.ActionAccept,
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.1.5")
-	dstIP := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.10")
-	_, pass := manager.routeACLsPass(srcIP, dstIP, layers.LayerTypeTCP, 12345, 443)
-	require.True(t, pass, "Traffic should pass with rule in place")
-
-	// Re-add same rule (simulates network map update)
-	rule2, err := manager.AddRouteFiltering(
-		[]byte("policy-1"),
-		sources,
-		destination,
-		fw.ProtocolTCP,
-		nil,
-		nil,
-		fw.ActionAccept,
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Idempotent IDs mean rule1.ID() == rule2.ID(), so the ACL manager
-	// won't delete rule1 during cleanup. If IDs differed, deleting rule1
-	// would remove the only matching rule and cause a traffic gap.
-	if rule1.ID() != rule2.ID() {
-		err = manager.DeleteRouteRule(rule1)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-	}
-
-	_, passAfter := manager.routeACLsPass(srcIP, dstIP, layers.LayerTypeTCP, 12345, 443)
-	assert.True(t, passAfter,
-		"Traffic should still pass after rule update - no gap should occur")
-}
-
-// TestBlockInvalidRoutedIdempotent verifies that blockInvalidRouted creates
-// exactly one drop rule for the WireGuard network prefix, and calling it again
-// returns the same rule without duplicating.
-func TestBlockInvalidRoutedIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	dev := mocks.NewMockDevice(ctrl)
-	dev.EXPECT().MTU().Return(1500, nil).AnyTimes()
-
-	wgNet := netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/16")
-
-	ifaceMock := &IFaceMock{
-		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
-		AddressFunc: func() wgaddr.Address {
-			return wgaddr.Address{
-				IP:      wgNet.Addr(),
-				Network: wgNet,
-			}
-		},
-		GetDeviceFunc: func() *device.FilteredDevice {
-			return &device.FilteredDevice{Device: dev}
-		},
-		GetWGDeviceFunc: func() *wgdevice.Device {
-			return &wgdevice.Device{}
-		},
-	}
-
-	manager, err := Create(ifaceMock, false, flowLogger, iface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		require.NoError(t, manager.Close(nil))
-	})
-
-	// Call blockInvalidRouted directly multiple times
-	rule1, err := manager.blockInvalidRouted(ifaceMock)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NotNil(t, rule1)
-
-	rule2, err := manager.blockInvalidRouted(ifaceMock)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NotNil(t, rule2)
-
-	rule3, err := manager.blockInvalidRouted(ifaceMock)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NotNil(t, rule3)
-
-	// All should return the same rule
-	assert.Equal(t, rule1.ID(), rule2.ID(), "Second call should return same rule")
-	assert.Equal(t, rule2.ID(), rule3.ID(), "Third call should return same rule")
-
-	// Should have exactly 1 route rule
-	manager.mutex.RLock()
-	ruleCount := len(manager.routeRules)
-	manager.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, ruleCount, "Should have exactly 1 block rule after 3 calls")
-
-	// Verify the rule blocks traffic to the WG network
-	srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.1")
-	dstIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.50")
-	_, pass := manager.routeACLsPass(srcIP, dstIP, layers.LayerTypeTCP, 12345, 80)
-	assert.False(t, pass, "Block rule should deny traffic to WG prefix")
-}
-
-// TestBlockRuleNotAccumulatedOnRepeatedEnableRouting verifies that calling
-// EnableRouting multiple times (as happens on each route update) does not
-// accumulate duplicate block rules in the routeRules slice.
-func TestBlockRuleNotAccumulatedOnRepeatedEnableRouting(t *testing.T) {
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	dev := mocks.NewMockDevice(ctrl)
-	dev.EXPECT().MTU().Return(1500, nil).AnyTimes()
-
-	wgNet := netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/16")
-
-	ifaceMock := &IFaceMock{
-		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
-		AddressFunc: func() wgaddr.Address {
-			return wgaddr.Address{
-				IP:      wgNet.Addr(),
-				Network: wgNet,
-			}
-		},
-		GetDeviceFunc: func() *device.FilteredDevice {
-			return &device.FilteredDevice{Device: dev}
-		},
-		GetWGDeviceFunc: func() *wgdevice.Device {
-			return &wgdevice.Device{}
-		},
-	}
-
-	manager, err := Create(ifaceMock, false, flowLogger, iface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		require.NoError(t, manager.Close(nil))
-	})
-
-	// Call EnableRouting multiple times (simulating repeated route updates)
-	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
-		require.NoError(t, manager.EnableRouting())
-	}
-
-	manager.mutex.RLock()
-	ruleCount := len(manager.routeRules)
-	manager.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, ruleCount,
-		"Repeated EnableRouting should not accumulate block rules")
-}
-
-// TestRouteRuleCountStableAcrossUpdates verifies that adding the same route
-// rule multiple times does not create duplicate entries.
-func TestRouteRuleCountStableAcrossUpdates(t *testing.T) {
-	manager := setupTestManager(t)
-
-	sources := []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.1.0/24")}
-	destination := fw.Network{Prefix: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24")}
-
-	// Simulate 5 network map updates with the same route rule
-	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
-		rule, err := manager.AddRouteFiltering(
-			[]byte("policy-1"),
-			sources,
-			destination,
-			fw.ProtocolTCP,
-			nil,
-			&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{443}},
-			fw.ActionAccept,
-		)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.NotNil(t, rule)
-	}
-
-	manager.mutex.RLock()
-	ruleCount := len(manager.routeRules)
-	manager.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, ruleCount,
-		"Should have exactly 2 rules (1 user rule + 1 block rule) after 5 updates")
-}
-
-// TestDeleteRouteRuleAfterIdempotentAdd verifies that deleting a route rule
-// after adding it multiple times works correctly.
-func TestDeleteRouteRuleAfterIdempotentAdd(t *testing.T) {
-	manager := setupTestManager(t)
-
-	sources := []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.1.0/24")}
-	destination := fw.Network{Prefix: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24")}
-
-	// Add same rule twice
-	rule1, err := manager.AddRouteFiltering(
-		[]byte("policy-1"),
-		sources,
-		destination,
-		fw.ProtocolTCP,
-		nil,
-		nil,
-		fw.ActionAccept,
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	rule2, err := manager.AddRouteFiltering(
-		[]byte("policy-1"),
-		sources,
-		destination,
-		fw.ProtocolTCP,
-		nil,
-		nil,
-		fw.ActionAccept,
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	require.Equal(t, rule1.ID(), rule2.ID(), "Should return same rule ID")
-
-	// Delete using first reference
-	err = manager.DeleteRouteRule(rule1)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Verify traffic no longer passes
-	srcIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.1.5")
-	dstIP := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.10")
-	_, pass := manager.routeACLsPass(srcIP, dstIP, layers.LayerTypeTCP, 12345, 443)
-	assert.False(t, pass, "Traffic should not pass after rule deletion")
-}
-
-func setupTestManager(t *testing.T) *Manager {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	dev := mocks.NewMockDevice(ctrl)
-	dev.EXPECT().MTU().Return(1500, nil).AnyTimes()
-
-	wgNet := netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/16")
-
-	ifaceMock := &IFaceMock{
-		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
-		AddressFunc: func() wgaddr.Address {
-			return wgaddr.Address{
-				IP:      wgNet.Addr(),
-				Network: wgNet,
-			}
-		},
-		GetDeviceFunc: func() *device.FilteredDevice {
-			return &device.FilteredDevice{Device: dev}
-		},
-		GetWGDeviceFunc: func() *wgdevice.Device {
-			return &wgdevice.Device{}
-		},
-	}
-
-	manager, err := Create(ifaceMock, false, flowLogger, iface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, manager.EnableRouting())
-
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		require.NoError(t, manager.Close(nil))
-	})
-
-	return manager
-}

client/firewall/uspfilter/filter_test.go

@@ -263,158 +263,6 @@ func TestAddUDPPacketHook(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestPeerRuleLifecycleDenyRules verifies that deny rules are correctly added
-// to the deny map and can be cleanly deleted without leaving orphans.
-func TestPeerRuleLifecycleDenyRules(t *testing.T) {
-	ifaceMock := &IFaceMock{
-		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
-	}
-
-	m, err := Create(ifaceMock, false, flowLogger, nbiface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer func() {
-		require.NoError(t, m.Close(nil))
-	}()
-
-	ip := net.ParseIP("192.168.1.1")
-	addr := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.1")
-
-	// Add multiple deny rules for different ports
-	rule1, err := m.AddPeerFiltering(nil, ip, fw.ProtocolTCP, nil,
-		&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{22}}, fw.ActionDrop, "")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	rule2, err := m.AddPeerFiltering(nil, ip, fw.ProtocolTCP, nil,
-		&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{80}}, fw.ActionDrop, "")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	m.mutex.RLock()
-	denyCount := len(m.incomingDenyRules[addr])
-	m.mutex.RUnlock()
-	require.Equal(t, 2, denyCount, "Should have exactly 2 deny rules")
-
-	// Delete the first deny rule
-	err = m.DeletePeerRule(rule1[0])
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	m.mutex.RLock()
-	denyCount = len(m.incomingDenyRules[addr])
-	m.mutex.RUnlock()
-	require.Equal(t, 1, denyCount, "Should have 1 deny rule after deleting first")
-
-	// Delete the second deny rule
-	err = m.DeletePeerRule(rule2[0])
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	m.mutex.RLock()
-	_, exists := m.incomingDenyRules[addr]
-	m.mutex.RUnlock()
-	require.False(t, exists, "Deny rules IP entry should be cleaned up when empty")
-}
-
-// TestPeerRuleAddAndDeleteDontLeak verifies that repeatedly adding and deleting
-// peer rules (simulating network map updates) does not leak rules in the maps.
-func TestPeerRuleAddAndDeleteDontLeak(t *testing.T) {
-	ifaceMock := &IFaceMock{
-		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
-	}
-
-	m, err := Create(ifaceMock, false, flowLogger, nbiface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer func() {
-		require.NoError(t, m.Close(nil))
-	}()
-
-	ip := net.ParseIP("192.168.1.1")
-	addr := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.1")
-
-	// Simulate 10 network map updates: add rule, delete old, add new
-	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
-		// Add a deny rule
-		rules, err := m.AddPeerFiltering(nil, ip, fw.ProtocolTCP, nil,
-			&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{22}}, fw.ActionDrop, "")
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		// Add an allow rule
-		allowRules, err := m.AddPeerFiltering(nil, ip, fw.ProtocolTCP, nil,
-			&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{80}}, fw.ActionAccept, "")
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		// Delete them (simulating ACL manager cleanup)
-		for _, r := range rules {
-			require.NoError(t, m.DeletePeerRule(r))
-		}
-		for _, r := range allowRules {
-			require.NoError(t, m.DeletePeerRule(r))
-		}
-	}
-
-	m.mutex.RLock()
-	denyCount := len(m.incomingDenyRules[addr])
-	allowCount := len(m.incomingRules[addr])
-	m.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	require.Equal(t, 0, denyCount, "No deny rules should remain after cleanup")
-	require.Equal(t, 0, allowCount, "No allow rules should remain after cleanup")
-}
-
-// TestMixedAllowDenyRulesSameIP verifies that allow and deny rules for the same
-// IP are stored in separate maps and don't interfere with each other.
-func TestMixedAllowDenyRulesSameIP(t *testing.T) {
-	ifaceMock := &IFaceMock{
-		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },
-	}
-
-	m, err := Create(ifaceMock, false, flowLogger, nbiface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer func() {
-		require.NoError(t, m.Close(nil))
-	}()
-
-	ip := net.ParseIP("192.168.1.1")
-
-	// Add allow rule for port 80
-	allowRule, err := m.AddPeerFiltering(nil, ip, fw.ProtocolTCP, nil,
-		&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{80}}, fw.ActionAccept, "")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Add deny rule for port 22
-	denyRule, err := m.AddPeerFiltering(nil, ip, fw.ProtocolTCP, nil,
-		&fw.Port{Values: []uint16{22}}, fw.ActionDrop, "")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	addr := netip.MustParseAddr("192.168.1.1")
-	m.mutex.RLock()
-	allowCount := len(m.incomingRules[addr])
-	denyCount := len(m.incomingDenyRules[addr])
-	m.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	require.Equal(t, 1, allowCount, "Should have 1 allow rule")
-	require.Equal(t, 1, denyCount, "Should have 1 deny rule")
-
-	// Delete allow rule should not affect deny rule
-	err = m.DeletePeerRule(allowRule[0])
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	m.mutex.RLock()
-	denyCountAfter := len(m.incomingDenyRules[addr])
-	m.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	require.Equal(t, 1, denyCountAfter, "Deny rule should still exist after deleting allow rule")
-
-	// Delete deny rule
-	err = m.DeletePeerRule(denyRule[0])
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	m.mutex.RLock()
-	_, denyExists := m.incomingDenyRules[addr]
-	_, allowExists := m.incomingRules[addr]
-	m.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	require.False(t, denyExists, "Deny rules should be empty")
-	require.False(t, allowExists, "Allow rules should be empty")
-}
-
 func TestManagerReset(t *testing.T) {
 	ifaceMock := &IFaceMock{
 		SetFilterFunc: func(device.PacketFilter) error { return nil },

client/firewall/uspfilter/log/log.go

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -18,18 +16,9 @@ const (
 	maxBatchSize         = 1024 * 16
 	maxMessageSize       = 1024 * 2
 	defaultFlushInterval = 2 * time.Second
-	defaultLogChanSize   = 1000
+	logChannelSize       = 1000
 )
 
-func getLogChannelSize() int {
-	if v := os.Getenv("NB_USPFILTER_LOG_BUFFER"); v != "" {
-		if n, err := strconv.Atoi(v); err == nil && n > 0 {
-			return n
-		}
-	}
-	return defaultLogChanSize
-}
-
 type Level uint32
 
 const (
@@ -80,7 +69,7 @@ type Logger struct {
 func NewFromLogrus(logrusLogger *log.Logger) *Logger {
 	l := &Logger{
 		output:     logrusLogger.Out,
-		msgChannel: make(chan logMessage, getLogChannelSize()),
+		msgChannel: make(chan logMessage, logChannelSize),
 		shutdown:   make(chan struct{}),
 		bufPool: sync.Pool{
 			New: func() any {

client/firewall/uspfilter/nat.go

@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ func incrementalUpdate(oldChecksum uint16, oldBytes, newBytes []byte) uint16 {
 	// Fast path for IPv4 addresses (4 bytes) - most common case
 	if len(oldBytes) == 4 && len(newBytes) == 4 {
 		sum += uint32(^binary.BigEndian.Uint16(oldBytes[0:2]))
-		sum += uint32(^binary.BigEndian.Uint16(oldBytes[2:4])) //nolint:gosec // length checked above
+		sum += uint32(^binary.BigEndian.Uint16(oldBytes[2:4]))
 		sum += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(newBytes[0:2]))
-		sum += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(newBytes[2:4])) //nolint:gosec // length checked above
+		sum += uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(newBytes[2:4]))
 	} else {
 		// Fallback for other lengths
 		for i := 0; i < len(oldBytes)-1; i += 2 {

client/grpc/dialer.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func Backoff(ctx context.Context) backoff.BackOff {
 
 // CreateConnection creates a gRPC client connection with the appropriate transport options.
 // The component parameter specifies the WebSocket proxy component path (e.g., "/management", "/signal").
-func CreateConnection(ctx context.Context, addr string, tlsEnabled bool, component string, extraOpts ...grpc.DialOption) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
+func CreateConnection(ctx context.Context, addr string, tlsEnabled bool, component string) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 	transportOption := grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials())
 	// for js, the outer websocket layer takes care of tls
 	if tlsEnabled && runtime.GOOS != "js" {
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ func CreateConnection(ctx context.Context, addr string, tlsEnabled bool, compone
 	connCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	opts := []grpc.DialOption{
+	conn, err := grpc.DialContext(
+		connCtx,
+		addr,
 		transportOption,
 		WithCustomDialer(tlsEnabled, component),
 		grpc.WithBlock(),
@@ -54,10 +56,7 @@ func CreateConnection(ctx context.Context, addr string, tlsEnabled bool, compone
 			Time:    30 * time.Second,
 			Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
 		}),
-	}
-	opts = append(opts, extraOpts...)
-
-	conn, err := grpc.DialContext(connCtx, addr, opts...)
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("dial context: %w", err)
 	}

client/iface/configurer/uapi.go

@@ -5,18 +5,20 @@ package configurer
 import (
 	"net"
 
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/ipc"
 )
 
 func openUAPI(deviceName string) (net.Listener, error) {
 	uapiSock, err := ipc.UAPIOpen(deviceName)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed to open uapi socket: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	listener, err := ipc.UAPIListen(deviceName, uapiSock)
 	if err != nil {
-		_ = uapiSock.Close()
+		log.Errorf("failed to listen on uapi socket: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 

client/iface/configurer/usp.go

@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ func NewUSPConfigurer(device *device.Device, deviceName string, activityRecorder
 	return wgCfg
 }
 
-func NewUSPConfigurerNoUAPI(device *device.Device, deviceName string, activityRecorder *bind.ActivityRecorder) *WGUSPConfigurer {
-	return &WGUSPConfigurer{
-		device:           device,
-		deviceName:       deviceName,
-		activityRecorder: activityRecorder,
-	}
-}
-
 func (c *WGUSPConfigurer) ConfigureInterface(privateKey string, port int) error {
 	log.Debugf("adding Wireguard private key")
 	key, err := wgtypes.ParseKey(privateKey)
@@ -566,7 +558,7 @@ func parseStatus(deviceName, ipcStr string) (*Stats, error) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			host, portStr, err := net.SplitHostPort(val)
+			host, portStr, err := net.SplitHostPort(strings.Trim(val, "[]"))
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("failed to parse endpoint: %v", err)
 				continue

client/iface/device/device_filter.go

@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ type PacketFilter interface {
 type FilteredDevice struct {
 	tun.Device
 
-	filter    PacketFilter
-	mutex     sync.RWMutex
-	closeOnce sync.Once
+	filter PacketFilter
+	mutex  sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 // newDeviceFilter constructor function
@@ -41,20 +40,6 @@ func newDeviceFilter(device tun.Device) *FilteredDevice {
 	}
 }
 
-// Close closes the underlying tun device exactly once.
-// wireguard-go's netTun.Close() panics on double-close due to a bare close(channel),
-// and multiple code paths can trigger Close on the same device.
-func (d *FilteredDevice) Close() error {
-	var err error
-	d.closeOnce.Do(func() {
-		err = d.Device.Close()
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Read wraps read method with filtering feature
 func (d *FilteredDevice) Read(bufs [][]byte, sizes []int, offset int) (n int, err error) {
 	if n, err = d.Device.Read(bufs, sizes, offset); err != nil {

client/iface/device/device_netstack.go

@@ -79,12 +79,10 @@ func (t *TunNetstackDevice) create() (WGConfigurer, error) {
 		device.NewLogger(wgLogLevel(), "[netbird] "),
 	)
 
-	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurerNoUAPI(t.device, t.name, t.bind.ActivityRecorder())
+	t.configurer = configurer.NewUSPConfigurer(t.device, t.name, t.bind.ActivityRecorder())
 	err = t.configurer.ConfigureInterface(t.key, t.port)
 	if err != nil {
-		if cErr := tunIface.Close(); cErr != nil {
-			log.Debugf("failed to close tun device: %v", cErr)
-		}
+		_ = tunIface.Close()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error configuring interface: %s", err)
 	}
 

client/iface/iface.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/errors"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/configurer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
-	nbnetstack "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/netstack"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/udpmux"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy"
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ func ValidateMTU(mtu uint16) error {
 
 type wgProxyFactory interface {
 	GetProxy() wgproxy.Proxy
-	GetProxyPort() uint16
 	Free() error
 }
 
@@ -82,12 +80,6 @@ func (w *WGIface) GetProxy() wgproxy.Proxy {
 	return w.wgProxyFactory.GetProxy()
 }
 
-// GetProxyPort returns the proxy port used by the WireGuard proxy.
-// Returns 0 if no proxy port is used (e.g., for userspace WireGuard).
-func (w *WGIface) GetProxyPort() uint16 {
-	return w.wgProxyFactory.GetProxyPort()
-}
-
 // GetBind returns the EndpointManager userspace bind mode.
 func (w *WGIface) GetBind() device.EndpointManager {
 	w.mu.Lock()
@@ -229,10 +221,6 @@ func (w *WGIface) Close() error {
 		result = multierror.Append(result, fmt.Errorf("failed to close wireguard interface %s: %w", w.Name(), err))
 	}
 
-	if nbnetstack.IsEnabled() {
-		return errors.FormatErrorOrNil(result)
-	}
-
 	if err := w.waitUntilRemoved(); err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("failed to remove WireGuard interface %s: %v", w.Name(), err)
 		if err := w.Destroy(); err != nil {

client/iface/netstack/tun.go

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (t *NetStackTun) Create() (tun.Device, *netstack.Net, error) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	return t.tundev, tunNet, nil
+	return nsTunDev, tunNet, nil
 }
 
 func (t *NetStackTun) Close() error {

client/iface/wgproxy/bind/proxy.go

@@ -114,21 +114,21 @@ func (p *ProxyBind) Pause() {
 }
 
 func (p *ProxyBind) RedirectAs(endpoint *net.UDPAddr) {
-	ep, err := addrToEndpoint(endpoint)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed to start package redirection: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-
 	p.pausedCond.L.Lock()
 	p.paused = false
 
-	p.wgCurrentUsed = ep
+	p.wgCurrentUsed = addrToEndpoint(endpoint)
 
 	p.pausedCond.Signal()
 	p.pausedCond.L.Unlock()
 }
 
+func addrToEndpoint(addr *net.UDPAddr) *bind.Endpoint {
+	ip, _ := netip.AddrFromSlice(addr.IP.To4())
+	addrPort := netip.AddrPortFrom(ip, uint16(addr.Port))
+	return &bind.Endpoint{AddrPort: addrPort}
+}
+
 func (p *ProxyBind) CloseConn() error {
 	if p.cancel == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("proxy not started")
@@ -212,16 +212,3 @@ func fakeAddress(peerAddress *net.UDPAddr) (*netip.AddrPort, error) {
 	netipAddr := netip.AddrPortFrom(fakeIP, uint16(peerAddress.Port))
 	return &netipAddr, nil
 }
-
-func addrToEndpoint(addr *net.UDPAddr) (*bind.Endpoint, error) {
-	if addr == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid address")
-	}
-	ip, ok := netip.AddrFromSlice(addr.IP)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("convert %s to netip.Addr", addr)
-	}
-
-	addrPort := netip.AddrPortFrom(ip.Unmap(), uint16(addr.Port))
-	return &bind.Endpoint{AddrPort: addrPort}, nil
-}

client/iface/wgproxy/ebpf/proxy.go

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/google/gopacket"
+	"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/pion/transport/v3"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -24,10 +26,13 @@ const (
 	loopbackAddr = "127.0.0.1"
 )
 
+var (
+	localHostNetIP = net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1")
+)
+
 // WGEBPFProxy definition for proxy with EBPF support
 type WGEBPFProxy struct {
 	localWGListenPort int
-	proxyPort         int
 	mtu               uint16
 
 	ebpfManager   ebpfMgr.Manager
@@ -35,8 +40,7 @@ type WGEBPFProxy struct {
 	turnConnMutex sync.Mutex
 
 	lastUsedPort uint16
-	rawConnIPv4  net.PacketConn
-	rawConnIPv6  net.PacketConn
+	rawConn      net.PacketConn
 	conn         transport.UDPConn
 
 	ctx       context.Context
@@ -58,39 +62,23 @@ func NewWGEBPFProxy(wgPort int, mtu uint16) *WGEBPFProxy {
 // Listen load ebpf program and listen the proxy
 func (p *WGEBPFProxy) Listen() error {
 	pl := portLookup{}
-	proxyPort, err := pl.searchFreePort()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	p.proxyPort = proxyPort
-
-	// Prepare IPv4 raw socket (required)
-	p.rawConnIPv4, err = rawsocket.PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv4()
+	wgPorxyPort, err := pl.searchFreePort()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Prepare IPv6 raw socket (optional)
-	p.rawConnIPv6, err = rawsocket.PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv6()
+	p.rawConn, err = rawsocket.PrepareSenderRawSocket()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to prepare IPv6 raw socket, continuing with IPv4 only: %v", err)
+		return err
 	}
 
-	err = p.ebpfManager.LoadWgProxy(proxyPort, p.localWGListenPort)
+	err = p.ebpfManager.LoadWgProxy(wgPorxyPort, p.localWGListenPort)
 	if err != nil {
-		if closeErr := p.rawConnIPv4.Close(); closeErr != nil {
-			log.Warnf("failed to close IPv4 raw socket: %v", closeErr)
-		}
-		if p.rawConnIPv6 != nil {
-			if closeErr := p.rawConnIPv6.Close(); closeErr != nil {
-				log.Warnf("failed to close IPv6 raw socket: %v", closeErr)
-			}
-		}
 		return err
 	}
 
 	addr := net.UDPAddr{
-		Port: proxyPort,
+		Port: wgPorxyPort,
 		IP:   net.ParseIP(loopbackAddr),
 	}
 
@@ -106,7 +94,7 @@ func (p *WGEBPFProxy) Listen() error {
 	p.conn = conn
 
 	go p.proxyToRemote()
-	log.Infof("local wg proxy listening on: %d", proxyPort)
+	log.Infof("local wg proxy listening on: %d", wgPorxyPort)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -147,25 +135,12 @@ func (p *WGEBPFProxy) Free() error {
 		result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 	}
 
-	if p.rawConnIPv4 != nil {
-		if err := p.rawConnIPv4.Close(); err != nil {
-			result = multierror.Append(result, err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if p.rawConnIPv6 != nil {
-		if err := p.rawConnIPv6.Close(); err != nil {
-			result = multierror.Append(result, err)
-		}
+	if err := p.rawConn.Close(); err != nil {
+		result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 	}
 	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(result)
 }
 
-// GetProxyPort returns the proxy listening port.
-func (p *WGEBPFProxy) GetProxyPort() uint16 {
-	return uint16(p.proxyPort)
-}
-
 // proxyToRemote read messages from local WireGuard interface and forward it to remote conn
 // From this go routine has only one instance.
 func (p *WGEBPFProxy) proxyToRemote() {
@@ -241,3 +216,34 @@ generatePort:
 	}
 	return p.lastUsedPort, nil
 }
+
+func (p *WGEBPFProxy) sendPkg(data []byte, endpointAddr *net.UDPAddr) error {
+	payload := gopacket.Payload(data)
+	ipH := &layers.IPv4{
+		DstIP:    localHostNetIP,
+		SrcIP:    endpointAddr.IP,
+		Version:  4,
+		TTL:      64,
+		Protocol: layers.IPProtocolUDP,
+	}
+	udpH := &layers.UDP{
+		SrcPort: layers.UDPPort(endpointAddr.Port),
+		DstPort: layers.UDPPort(p.localWGListenPort),
+	}
+
+	err := udpH.SetNetworkLayerForChecksum(ipH)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("set network layer for checksum: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	layerBuffer := gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer()
+
+	err = gopacket.SerializeLayers(layerBuffer, gopacket.SerializeOptions{ComputeChecksums: true, FixLengths: true}, ipH, udpH, payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("serialize layers: %w", err)
+	}
+	if _, err = p.rawConn.WriteTo(layerBuffer.Bytes(), &net.IPAddr{IP: localHostNetIP}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("write to raw conn: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}

client/iface/wgproxy/ebpf/wrapper.go

@@ -10,89 +10,12 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/google/gopacket"
-	"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/bufsize"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy/listener"
 )
 
-var (
-	errIPv6ConnNotAvailable = errors.New("IPv6 endpoint but rawConnIPv6 is not available")
-	errIPv4ConnNotAvailable = errors.New("IPv4 endpoint but rawConnIPv4 is not available")
-
-	localHostNetIPv4 = net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1")
-	localHostNetIPv6 = net.ParseIP("::1")
-
-	serializeOpts = gopacket.SerializeOptions{
-		ComputeChecksums: true,
-		FixLengths:       true,
-	}
-)
-
-// PacketHeaders holds pre-created headers and buffers for efficient packet sending
-type PacketHeaders struct {
-	ipH           gopacket.SerializableLayer
-	udpH          *layers.UDP
-	layerBuffer   gopacket.SerializeBuffer
-	localHostAddr net.IP
-	isIPv4        bool
-}
-
-func NewPacketHeaders(localWGListenPort int, endpoint *net.UDPAddr) (*PacketHeaders, error) {
-	var ipH gopacket.SerializableLayer
-	var networkLayer gopacket.NetworkLayer
-	var localHostAddr net.IP
-	var isIPv4 bool
-
-	// Check if source address is IPv4 or IPv6
-	if endpoint.IP.To4() != nil {
-		// IPv4 path
-		ipv4 := &layers.IPv4{
-			DstIP:    localHostNetIPv4,
-			SrcIP:    endpoint.IP,
-			Version:  4,
-			TTL:      64,
-			Protocol: layers.IPProtocolUDP,
-		}
-		ipH = ipv4
-		networkLayer = ipv4
-		localHostAddr = localHostNetIPv4
-		isIPv4 = true
-	} else {
-		// IPv6 path
-		ipv6 := &layers.IPv6{
-			DstIP:      localHostNetIPv6,
-			SrcIP:      endpoint.IP,
-			Version:    6,
-			HopLimit:   64,
-			NextHeader: layers.IPProtocolUDP,
-		}
-		ipH = ipv6
-		networkLayer = ipv6
-		localHostAddr = localHostNetIPv6
-		isIPv4 = false
-	}
-
-	udpH := &layers.UDP{
-		SrcPort: layers.UDPPort(endpoint.Port),
-		DstPort: layers.UDPPort(localWGListenPort),
-	}
-
-	if err := udpH.SetNetworkLayerForChecksum(networkLayer); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("set network layer for checksum: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return &PacketHeaders{
-		ipH:           ipH,
-		udpH:          udpH,
-		layerBuffer:   gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer(),
-		localHostAddr: localHostAddr,
-		isIPv4:        isIPv4,
-	}, nil
-}
-
 // ProxyWrapper help to keep the remoteConn instance for net.Conn.Close function call
 type ProxyWrapper struct {
 	wgeBPFProxy *WGEBPFProxy
@@ -101,10 +24,8 @@ type ProxyWrapper struct {
 	ctx        context.Context
 	cancel     context.CancelFunc
 
-	wgRelayedEndpointAddr *net.UDPAddr
-	headers               *PacketHeaders
-	headerCurrentUsed     *PacketHeaders
-	rawConn               net.PacketConn
+	wgRelayedEndpointAddr     *net.UDPAddr
+	wgEndpointCurrentUsedAddr *net.UDPAddr
 
 	paused     bool
 	pausedCond *sync.Cond
@@ -120,32 +41,15 @@ func NewProxyWrapper(proxy *WGEBPFProxy) *ProxyWrapper {
 		closeListener: listener.NewCloseListener(),
 	}
 }
-
-func (p *ProxyWrapper) AddTurnConn(ctx context.Context, _ *net.UDPAddr, remoteConn net.Conn) error {
+func (p *ProxyWrapper) AddTurnConn(ctx context.Context, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, remoteConn net.Conn) error {
 	addr, err := p.wgeBPFProxy.AddTurnConn(remoteConn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("add turn conn: %w", err)
 	}
-
-	headers, err := NewPacketHeaders(p.wgeBPFProxy.localWGListenPort, addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create packet sender: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Check if required raw connection is available
-	if !headers.isIPv4 && p.wgeBPFProxy.rawConnIPv6 == nil {
-		return errIPv6ConnNotAvailable
-	}
-	if headers.isIPv4 && p.wgeBPFProxy.rawConnIPv4 == nil {
-		return errIPv4ConnNotAvailable
-	}
-
 	p.remoteConn = remoteConn
 	p.ctx, p.cancel = context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	p.wgRelayedEndpointAddr = addr
-	p.headers = headers
-	p.rawConn = p.selectRawConn(headers)
-	return nil
+	return err
 }
 
 func (p *ProxyWrapper) EndpointAddr() *net.UDPAddr {
@@ -164,8 +68,7 @@ func (p *ProxyWrapper) Work() {
 	p.pausedCond.L.Lock()
 	p.paused = false
 
-	p.headerCurrentUsed = p.headers
-	p.rawConn = p.selectRawConn(p.headerCurrentUsed)
+	p.wgEndpointCurrentUsedAddr = p.wgRelayedEndpointAddr
 
 	if !p.isStarted {
 		p.isStarted = true
@@ -188,32 +91,10 @@ func (p *ProxyWrapper) Pause() {
 }
 
 func (p *ProxyWrapper) RedirectAs(endpoint *net.UDPAddr) {
-	if endpoint == nil || endpoint.IP == nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed to start package redirection, endpoint is nil")
-		return
-	}
-
-	header, err := NewPacketHeaders(p.wgeBPFProxy.localWGListenPort, endpoint)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed to create packet headers: %s", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Check if required raw connection is available
-	if !header.isIPv4 && p.wgeBPFProxy.rawConnIPv6 == nil {
-		log.Error(errIPv6ConnNotAvailable)
-		return
-	}
-	if header.isIPv4 && p.wgeBPFProxy.rawConnIPv4 == nil {
-		log.Error(errIPv4ConnNotAvailable)
-		return
-	}
-
 	p.pausedCond.L.Lock()
 	p.paused = false
 
-	p.headerCurrentUsed = header
-	p.rawConn = p.selectRawConn(header)
+	p.wgEndpointCurrentUsedAddr = endpoint
 
 	p.pausedCond.Signal()
 	p.pausedCond.L.Unlock()
@@ -255,7 +136,7 @@ func (p *ProxyWrapper) proxyToLocal(ctx context.Context) {
 			p.pausedCond.Wait()
 		}
 
-		err = p.sendPkg(buf[:n], p.headerCurrentUsed)
+		err = p.wgeBPFProxy.sendPkg(buf[:n], p.wgEndpointCurrentUsedAddr)
 		p.pausedCond.L.Unlock()
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -281,29 +162,3 @@ func (p *ProxyWrapper) readFromRemote(ctx context.Context, buf []byte) (int, err
 	}
 	return n, nil
 }
-
-func (p *ProxyWrapper) sendPkg(data []byte, header *PacketHeaders) error {
-	defer func() {
-		if err := header.layerBuffer.Clear(); err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("failed to clear layer buffer: %s", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	payload := gopacket.Payload(data)
-
-	if err := gopacket.SerializeLayers(header.layerBuffer, serializeOpts, header.ipH, header.udpH, payload); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("serialize layers: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if _, err := p.rawConn.WriteTo(header.layerBuffer.Bytes(), &net.IPAddr{IP: header.localHostAddr}); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("write to raw conn: %w", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (p *ProxyWrapper) selectRawConn(header *PacketHeaders) net.PacketConn {
-	if header.isIPv4 {
-		return p.wgeBPFProxy.rawConnIPv4
-	}
-	return p.wgeBPFProxy.rawConnIPv6
-}

client/iface/wgproxy/factory_kernel.go

@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ func (w *KernelFactory) GetProxy() Proxy {
 	return ebpf.NewProxyWrapper(w.ebpfProxy)
 }
 
-// GetProxyPort returns the eBPF proxy port, or 0 if eBPF is not active.
-func (w *KernelFactory) GetProxyPort() uint16 {
-	if w.ebpfProxy == nil {
-		return 0
-	}
-	return w.ebpfProxy.GetProxyPort()
-}
-
 func (w *KernelFactory) Free() error {
 	if w.ebpfProxy == nil {
 		return nil

client/iface/wgproxy/factory_usp.go

@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ func (w *USPFactory) GetProxy() Proxy {
 	return proxyBind.NewProxyBind(w.bind, w.mtu)
 }
 
-// GetProxyPort returns 0 as userspace WireGuard doesn't use a separate proxy port.
-func (w *USPFactory) GetProxyPort() uint16 {
-	return 0
-}
-
 func (w *USPFactory) Free() error {
 	return nil
 }

client/iface/wgproxy/rawsocket/rawsocket.go

@@ -8,87 +8,43 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"syscall"
 
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
-
 	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/net"
 )
 
-// PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv4 creates and configures a raw socket for sending IPv4 packets
-func PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv4() (net.PacketConn, error) {
-	return prepareSenderRawSocket(syscall.AF_INET, true)
-}
-
-// PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv6 creates and configures a raw socket for sending IPv6 packets
-func PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv6() (net.PacketConn, error) {
-	return prepareSenderRawSocket(syscall.AF_INET6, false)
-}
-
-func prepareSenderRawSocket(family int, isIPv4 bool) (net.PacketConn, error) {
+func PrepareSenderRawSocket() (net.PacketConn, error) {
 	// Create a raw socket.
-	fd, err := syscall.Socket(family, syscall.SOCK_RAW, syscall.IPPROTO_RAW)
+	fd, err := syscall.Socket(syscall.AF_INET, syscall.SOCK_RAW, syscall.IPPROTO_RAW)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating raw socket failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Set the header include option on the socket to tell the kernel that headers are included in the packet.
-	// For IPv4, we need to set IP_HDRINCL. For IPv6, we need to set IPV6_HDRINCL to accept application-provided IPv6 headers.
-	if isIPv4 {
-		err = syscall.SetsockoptInt(fd, syscall.IPPROTO_IP, unix.IP_HDRINCL, 1)
-		if err != nil {
-			if closeErr := syscall.Close(fd); closeErr != nil {
-				log.Warnf("failed to close raw socket fd: %v", closeErr)
-			}
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("setting IP_HDRINCL failed: %w", err)
-		}
-	} else {
-		err = syscall.SetsockoptInt(fd, syscall.IPPROTO_IPV6, unix.IPV6_HDRINCL, 1)
-		if err != nil {
-			if closeErr := syscall.Close(fd); closeErr != nil {
-				log.Warnf("failed to close raw socket fd: %v", closeErr)
-			}
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("setting IPV6_HDRINCL failed: %w", err)
-		}
+	// Set the IP_HDRINCL option on the socket to tell the kernel that headers are included in the packet.
+	err = syscall.SetsockoptInt(fd, syscall.IPPROTO_IP, syscall.IP_HDRINCL, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("setting IP_HDRINCL failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// Bind the socket to the "lo" interface.
 	err = syscall.SetsockoptString(fd, syscall.SOL_SOCKET, syscall.SO_BINDTODEVICE, "lo")
 	if err != nil {
-		if closeErr := syscall.Close(fd); closeErr != nil {
-			log.Warnf("failed to close raw socket fd: %v", closeErr)
-		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("binding to lo interface failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// Set the fwmark on the socket.
 	err = nbnet.SetSocketOpt(fd)
 	if err != nil {
-		if closeErr := syscall.Close(fd); closeErr != nil {
-			log.Warnf("failed to close raw socket fd: %v", closeErr)
-		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("setting fwmark failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// Convert the file descriptor to a PacketConn.
 	file := os.NewFile(uintptr(fd), fmt.Sprintf("fd %d", fd))
 	if file == nil {
-		if closeErr := syscall.Close(fd); closeErr != nil {
-			log.Warnf("failed to close raw socket fd: %v", closeErr)
-		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("converting fd to file failed")
 	}
 	packetConn, err := net.FilePacketConn(file)
 	if err != nil {
-		if closeErr := file.Close(); closeErr != nil {
-			log.Warnf("failed to close file: %v", closeErr)
-		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("converting file to packet conn failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Close the original file to release the FD (net.FilePacketConn duplicates it)
-	if closeErr := file.Close(); closeErr != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to close file after creating packet conn: %v", closeErr)
-	}
-
 	return packetConn, nil
 }

client/iface/wgproxy/redirect_test.go

@@ -1,353 +0,0 @@
-//go:build linux && !android
-
-package wgproxy
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"net"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy/ebpf"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgproxy/udp"
-)
-
-// compareUDPAddr compares two UDP addresses, ignoring IPv6 zone IDs
-// IPv6 link-local addresses include zone IDs (e.g., fe80::1%lo) which we should ignore
-func compareUDPAddr(addr1, addr2 net.Addr) bool {
-	udpAddr1, ok1 := addr1.(*net.UDPAddr)
-	udpAddr2, ok2 := addr2.(*net.UDPAddr)
-
-	if !ok1 || !ok2 {
-		return addr1.String() == addr2.String()
-	}
-
-	// Compare IP and Port, ignoring zone
-	return udpAddr1.IP.Equal(udpAddr2.IP) && udpAddr1.Port == udpAddr2.Port
-}
-
-// TestRedirectAs_eBPF_IPv4 tests RedirectAs with eBPF proxy using IPv4 addresses
-func TestRedirectAs_eBPF_IPv4(t *testing.T) {
-	wgPort := 51850
-	ebpfProxy := ebpf.NewWGEBPFProxy(wgPort, 1280)
-	if err := ebpfProxy.Listen(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to initialize ebpf proxy: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err := ebpfProxy.Free(); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed to free ebpf proxy: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	proxy := ebpf.NewProxyWrapper(ebpfProxy)
-
-	// NetBird UDP address of the remote peer
-	nbAddr := &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("100.108.111.177"),
-		Port: 38746,
-	}
-
-	p2pEndpoint := &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("192.168.0.56"),
-		Port: 51820,
-	}
-
-	testRedirectAs(t, proxy, wgPort, nbAddr, p2pEndpoint)
-}
-
-// TestRedirectAs_eBPF_IPv6 tests RedirectAs with eBPF proxy using IPv6 addresses
-func TestRedirectAs_eBPF_IPv6(t *testing.T) {
-	wgPort := 51851
-	ebpfProxy := ebpf.NewWGEBPFProxy(wgPort, 1280)
-	if err := ebpfProxy.Listen(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to initialize ebpf proxy: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err := ebpfProxy.Free(); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed to free ebpf proxy: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	proxy := ebpf.NewProxyWrapper(ebpfProxy)
-
-	// NetBird UDP address of the remote peer
-	nbAddr := &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("100.108.111.177"),
-		Port: 38746,
-	}
-
-	p2pEndpoint := &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("fe80::56"),
-		Port: 51820,
-	}
-
-	testRedirectAs(t, proxy, wgPort, nbAddr, p2pEndpoint)
-}
-
-// TestRedirectAs_UDP_IPv4 tests RedirectAs with UDP proxy using IPv4 addresses
-func TestRedirectAs_UDP_IPv4(t *testing.T) {
-	wgPort := 51852
-	proxy := udp.NewWGUDPProxy(wgPort, 1280)
-
-	// NetBird UDP address of the remote peer
-	nbAddr := &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("100.108.111.177"),
-		Port: 38746,
-	}
-
-	p2pEndpoint := &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("192.168.0.56"),
-		Port: 51820,
-	}
-
-	testRedirectAs(t, proxy, wgPort, nbAddr, p2pEndpoint)
-}
-
-// TestRedirectAs_UDP_IPv6 tests RedirectAs with UDP proxy using IPv6 addresses
-func TestRedirectAs_UDP_IPv6(t *testing.T) {
-	wgPort := 51853
-	proxy := udp.NewWGUDPProxy(wgPort, 1280)
-
-	// NetBird UDP address of the remote peer
-	nbAddr := &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("100.108.111.177"),
-		Port: 38746,
-	}
-
-	p2pEndpoint := &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("fe80::56"),
-		Port: 51820,
-	}
-
-	testRedirectAs(t, proxy, wgPort, nbAddr, p2pEndpoint)
-}
-
-// testRedirectAs is a helper function that tests the RedirectAs functionality
-// It verifies that:
-// 1. Initial traffic from relay connection works
-// 2. After calling RedirectAs, packets appear to come from the p2p endpoint
-// 3. Multiple packets are correctly redirected with the new source address
-func testRedirectAs(t *testing.T, proxy Proxy, wgPort int, nbAddr, p2pEndpoint *net.UDPAddr) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	// Create WireGuard listeners on both IPv4 and IPv6 to support both P2P connection types
-	// In reality, WireGuard binds to a port and receives from both IPv4 and IPv6
-	wgListener4, err := net.ListenUDP("udp4", &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
-		Port: wgPort,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create IPv4 WireGuard listener: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer wgListener4.Close()
-
-	wgListener6, err := net.ListenUDP("udp6", &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("::1"),
-		Port: wgPort,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create IPv6 WireGuard listener: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer wgListener6.Close()
-
-	// Determine which listener to use based on the NetBird address IP version
-	// (this is where initial traffic will come from before RedirectAs is called)
-	var wgListener *net.UDPConn
-	if p2pEndpoint.IP.To4() == nil {
-		wgListener = wgListener6
-	} else {
-		wgListener = wgListener4
-	}
-
-	// Create relay server and connection
-	relayServer, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
-		Port: 0, // Random port
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create relay server: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer relayServer.Close()
-
-	relayConn, err := net.Dial("udp", relayServer.LocalAddr().String())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create relay connection: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer relayConn.Close()
-
-	// Add TURN connection to proxy
-	if err := proxy.AddTurnConn(ctx, nbAddr, relayConn); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to add TURN connection: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err := proxy.CloseConn(); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed to close proxy connection: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// Start the proxy
-	proxy.Work()
-
-	// Phase 1: Test initial relay traffic
-	msgFromRelay := []byte("hello from relay")
-	if _, err := relayServer.WriteTo(msgFromRelay, relayConn.LocalAddr()); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to write to relay server: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Set read deadline to avoid hanging
-	if err := wgListener4.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to set read deadline: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	buf := make([]byte, 1024)
-	n, _, err := wgListener4.ReadFrom(buf)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to read from WireGuard listener: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if n != len(msgFromRelay) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %d bytes, got %d", len(msgFromRelay), n)
-	}
-
-	if string(buf[:n]) != string(msgFromRelay) {
-		t.Errorf("expected message %q, got %q", msgFromRelay, buf[:n])
-	}
-
-	// Phase 2: Redirect to p2p endpoint
-	proxy.RedirectAs(p2pEndpoint)
-
-	// Give the proxy a moment to process the redirect
-	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-
-	// Phase 3: Test redirected traffic
-	redirectedMessages := [][]byte{
-		[]byte("redirected message 1"),
-		[]byte("redirected message 2"),
-		[]byte("redirected message 3"),
-	}
-
-	for i, msg := range redirectedMessages {
-		if _, err := relayServer.WriteTo(msg, relayConn.LocalAddr()); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to write redirected message %d: %v", i+1, err)
-		}
-
-		if err := wgListener.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to set read deadline: %v", err)
-		}
-
-		n, srcAddr, err := wgListener.ReadFrom(buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to read redirected message %d: %v", i+1, err)
-		}
-
-		// Verify message content
-		if string(buf[:n]) != string(msg) {
-			t.Errorf("message %d: expected %q, got %q", i+1, msg, buf[:n])
-		}
-
-		// Verify source address matches p2p endpoint (this is the key test)
-		// Use compareUDPAddr to ignore IPv6 zone IDs
-		if !compareUDPAddr(srcAddr, p2pEndpoint) {
-			t.Errorf("message %d: expected source address %s, got %s",
-				i+1, p2pEndpoint.String(), srcAddr.String())
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// TestRedirectAs_Multiple_Switches tests switching between multiple endpoints
-func TestRedirectAs_Multiple_Switches(t *testing.T) {
-	wgPort := 51856
-	ebpfProxy := ebpf.NewWGEBPFProxy(wgPort, 1280)
-	if err := ebpfProxy.Listen(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to initialize ebpf proxy: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err := ebpfProxy.Free(); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed to free ebpf proxy: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	proxy := ebpf.NewProxyWrapper(ebpfProxy)
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	// Create WireGuard listener
-	wgListener, err := net.ListenUDP("udp4", &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
-		Port: wgPort,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create WireGuard listener: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer wgListener.Close()
-
-	// Create relay server and connection
-	relayServer, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
-		Port: 0,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create relay server: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer relayServer.Close()
-
-	relayConn, err := net.Dial("udp", relayServer.LocalAddr().String())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create relay connection: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer relayConn.Close()
-
-	nbAddr := &net.UDPAddr{
-		IP:   net.ParseIP("100.108.111.177"),
-		Port: 38746,
-	}
-
-	if err := proxy.AddTurnConn(ctx, nbAddr, relayConn); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to add TURN connection: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err := proxy.CloseConn(); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed to close proxy connection: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	proxy.Work()
-
-	// Test switching between multiple endpoints - using addresses in local subnet
-	endpoints := []*net.UDPAddr{
-		{IP: net.ParseIP("192.168.0.100"), Port: 51820},
-		{IP: net.ParseIP("192.168.0.101"), Port: 51821},
-		{IP: net.ParseIP("192.168.0.102"), Port: 51822},
-	}
-
-	for i, endpoint := range endpoints {
-		proxy.RedirectAs(endpoint)
-		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-
-		msg := []byte("test message")
-		if _, err := relayServer.WriteTo(msg, relayConn.LocalAddr()); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to write message for endpoint %d: %v", i, err)
-		}
-
-		buf := make([]byte, 1024)
-		if err := wgListener.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to set read deadline: %v", err)
-		}
-
-		n, srcAddr, err := wgListener.ReadFrom(buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to read message for endpoint %d: %v", i, err)
-		}
-
-		if string(buf[:n]) != string(msg) {
-			t.Errorf("endpoint %d: expected message %q, got %q", i, msg, buf[:n])
-		}
-
-		if !compareUDPAddr(srcAddr, endpoint) {
-			t.Errorf("endpoint %d: expected source %s, got %s",
-				i, endpoint.String(), srcAddr.String())
-		}
-	}
-}

client/iface/wgproxy/udp/proxy.go

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func NewWGUDPProxy(wgPort int, mtu uint16) *WGUDPProxy {
 // the connection is complete, an error is returned. Once successfully
 // connected, any expiration of the context will not affect the
 // connection.
-func (p *WGUDPProxy) AddTurnConn(ctx context.Context, _ *net.UDPAddr, remoteConn net.Conn) error {
+func (p *WGUDPProxy) AddTurnConn(ctx context.Context, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, remoteConn net.Conn) error {
 	dialer := net.Dialer{}
 	localConn, err := dialer.DialContext(ctx, "udp", fmt.Sprintf(":%d", p.localWGListenPort))
 	if err != nil {

client/iface/wgproxy/udp/rawsocket.go

@@ -19,56 +19,37 @@ var (
 		FixLengths:       true,
 	}
 
-	localHostNetIPAddrV4 = &net.IPAddr{
+	localHostNetIPAddr = &net.IPAddr{
 		IP: net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
 	}
-	localHostNetIPAddrV6 = &net.IPAddr{
-		IP: net.ParseIP("::1"),
-	}
 )
 
 type SrcFaker struct {
 	srcAddr *net.UDPAddr
 
-	rawSocket     net.PacketConn
-	ipH           gopacket.SerializableLayer
-	udpH          gopacket.SerializableLayer
-	layerBuffer   gopacket.SerializeBuffer
-	localHostAddr *net.IPAddr
+	rawSocket   net.PacketConn
+	ipH         gopacket.SerializableLayer
+	udpH        gopacket.SerializableLayer
+	layerBuffer gopacket.SerializeBuffer
 }
 
 func NewSrcFaker(dstPort int, srcAddr *net.UDPAddr) (*SrcFaker, error) {
-	// Create only the raw socket for the address family we need
-	var rawSocket net.PacketConn
-	var err error
-	var localHostAddr *net.IPAddr
-
-	if srcAddr.IP.To4() != nil {
-		rawSocket, err = rawsocket.PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv4()
-		localHostAddr = localHostNetIPAddrV4
-	} else {
-		rawSocket, err = rawsocket.PrepareSenderRawSocketIPv6()
-		localHostAddr = localHostNetIPAddrV6
-	}
+	rawSocket, err := rawsocket.PrepareSenderRawSocket()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	ipH, udpH, err := prepareHeaders(dstPort, srcAddr)
 	if err != nil {
-		if closeErr := rawSocket.Close(); closeErr != nil {
-			log.Warnf("failed to close raw socket: %v", closeErr)
-		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	f := &SrcFaker{
-		srcAddr:       srcAddr,
-		rawSocket:     rawSocket,
-		ipH:           ipH,
-		udpH:          udpH,
-		layerBuffer:   gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer(),
-		localHostAddr: localHostAddr,
+		srcAddr:     srcAddr,
+		rawSocket:   rawSocket,
+		ipH:         ipH,
+		udpH:        udpH,
+		layerBuffer: gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer(),
 	}
 
 	return f, nil
@@ -91,7 +72,7 @@ func (f *SrcFaker) SendPkg(data []byte) (int, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("serialize layers: %w", err)
 	}
-	n, err := f.rawSocket.WriteTo(f.layerBuffer.Bytes(), f.localHostAddr)
+	n, err := f.rawSocket.WriteTo(f.layerBuffer.Bytes(), localHostNetIPAddr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("write to raw conn: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -99,40 +80,19 @@ func (f *SrcFaker) SendPkg(data []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func prepareHeaders(dstPort int, srcAddr *net.UDPAddr) (gopacket.SerializableLayer, gopacket.SerializableLayer, error) {
-	var ipH gopacket.SerializableLayer
-	var networkLayer gopacket.NetworkLayer
-
-	// Check if source IP is IPv4 or IPv6
-	if srcAddr.IP.To4() != nil {
-		// IPv4
-		ipv4 := &layers.IPv4{
-			DstIP:    localHostNetIPAddrV4.IP,
-			SrcIP:    srcAddr.IP,
-			Version:  4,
-			TTL:      64,
-			Protocol: layers.IPProtocolUDP,
-		}
-		ipH = ipv4
-		networkLayer = ipv4
-	} else {
-		// IPv6
-		ipv6 := &layers.IPv6{
-			DstIP:      localHostNetIPAddrV6.IP,
-			SrcIP:      srcAddr.IP,
-			Version:    6,
-			HopLimit:   64,
-			NextHeader: layers.IPProtocolUDP,
-		}
-		ipH = ipv6
-		networkLayer = ipv6
+	ipH := &layers.IPv4{
+		DstIP:    net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
+		SrcIP:    srcAddr.IP,
+		Version:  4,
+		TTL:      64,
+		Protocol: layers.IPProtocolUDP,
 	}
-
 	udpH := &layers.UDP{
 		SrcPort: layers.UDPPort(srcAddr.Port),
 		DstPort: layers.UDPPort(dstPort), // dst is the localhost WireGuard port
 	}
 
-	err := udpH.SetNetworkLayerForChecksum(networkLayer)
+	err := udpH.SetNetworkLayerForChecksum(ipH)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("set network layer for checksum: %w", err)
 	}

client/internal/acl/manager_test.go

@@ -189,212 +189,6 @@ func TestDefaultManagerStateless(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-// TestDenyRulesNotAccumulatedOnRepeatedApply verifies that applying the same
-// deny rules repeatedly does not accumulate duplicate rules in the uspfilter.
-// This tests the full ACL manager -> uspfilter integration.
-func TestDenyRulesNotAccumulatedOnRepeatedApply(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv("NB_WG_KERNEL_DISABLED", "true")
-
-	networkMap := &mgmProto.NetworkMap{
-		FirewallRules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
-			{
-				PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
-				Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
-				Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP,
-				Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
-				Port:      "22",
-			},
-			{
-				PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
-				Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
-				Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP,
-				Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
-				Port:      "80",
-			},
-			{
-				PeerIP:    "10.93.0.3",
-				Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
-				Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
-				Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
-				Port:      "443",
-			},
-		},
-		FirewallRulesIsEmpty: false,
-	}
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	defer ctrl.Finish()
-
-	ifaceMock := mocks.NewMockIFaceMapper(ctrl)
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().IsUserspaceBind().Return(true).AnyTimes()
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().SetFilter(gomock.Any())
-	network := netip.MustParsePrefix("172.0.0.1/32")
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().Name().Return("lo").AnyTimes()
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().Address().Return(wgaddr.Address{
-		IP:      network.Addr(),
-		Network: network,
-	}).AnyTimes()
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().GetWGDevice().Return(nil).AnyTimes()
-
-	fw, err := firewall.NewFirewall(ifaceMock, nil, flowLogger, false, iface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer func() {
-		require.NoError(t, fw.Close(nil))
-	}()
-
-	acl := NewDefaultManager(fw)
-
-	// Apply the same rules 5 times (simulating repeated network map updates)
-	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
-		acl.ApplyFiltering(networkMap, false)
-	}
-
-	// The ACL manager should track exactly 3 rule pairs (2 deny + 1 accept inbound)
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(acl.peerRulesPairs),
-		"Should have exactly 3 rule pairs after 5 identical updates")
-}
-
-// TestDenyRulesCleanedUpOnRemoval verifies that deny rules are properly cleaned
-// up when they're removed from the network map in a subsequent update.
-func TestDenyRulesCleanedUpOnRemoval(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv("NB_WG_KERNEL_DISABLED", "true")
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	defer ctrl.Finish()
-
-	ifaceMock := mocks.NewMockIFaceMapper(ctrl)
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().IsUserspaceBind().Return(true).AnyTimes()
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().SetFilter(gomock.Any())
-	network := netip.MustParsePrefix("172.0.0.1/32")
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().Name().Return("lo").AnyTimes()
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().Address().Return(wgaddr.Address{
-		IP:      network.Addr(),
-		Network: network,
-	}).AnyTimes()
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().GetWGDevice().Return(nil).AnyTimes()
-
-	fw, err := firewall.NewFirewall(ifaceMock, nil, flowLogger, false, iface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer func() {
-		require.NoError(t, fw.Close(nil))
-	}()
-
-	acl := NewDefaultManager(fw)
-
-	// First update: add deny and accept rules
-	networkMap1 := &mgmProto.NetworkMap{
-		FirewallRules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
-			{
-				PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
-				Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
-				Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP,
-				Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
-				Port:      "22",
-			},
-			{
-				PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
-				Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
-				Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
-				Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
-				Port:      "443",
-			},
-		},
-		FirewallRulesIsEmpty: false,
-	}
-
-	acl.ApplyFiltering(networkMap1, false)
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(acl.peerRulesPairs), "Should have 2 rules after first update")
-
-	// Second update: remove the deny rule, keep only accept
-	networkMap2 := &mgmProto.NetworkMap{
-		FirewallRules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
-			{
-				PeerIP:    "10.93.0.2",
-				Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
-				Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
-				Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
-				Port:      "443",
-			},
-		},
-		FirewallRulesIsEmpty: false,
-	}
-
-	acl.ApplyFiltering(networkMap2, false)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(acl.peerRulesPairs),
-		"Should have 1 rule after removing deny rule")
-
-	// Third update: remove all rules
-	networkMap3 := &mgmProto.NetworkMap{
-		FirewallRules:        []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{},
-		FirewallRulesIsEmpty: true,
-	}
-
-	acl.ApplyFiltering(networkMap3, false)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(acl.peerRulesPairs),
-		"Should have 0 rules after removing all rules")
-}
-
-// TestRuleUpdateChangingAction verifies that when a rule's action changes from
-// accept to deny (or vice versa), the old rule is properly removed and the new
-// one added without leaking.
-func TestRuleUpdateChangingAction(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv("NB_WG_KERNEL_DISABLED", "true")
-
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	defer ctrl.Finish()
-
-	ifaceMock := mocks.NewMockIFaceMapper(ctrl)
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().IsUserspaceBind().Return(true).AnyTimes()
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().SetFilter(gomock.Any())
-	network := netip.MustParsePrefix("172.0.0.1/32")
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().Name().Return("lo").AnyTimes()
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().Address().Return(wgaddr.Address{
-		IP:      network.Addr(),
-		Network: network,
-	}).AnyTimes()
-	ifaceMock.EXPECT().GetWGDevice().Return(nil).AnyTimes()
-
-	fw, err := firewall.NewFirewall(ifaceMock, nil, flowLogger, false, iface.DefaultMTU)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer func() {
-		require.NoError(t, fw.Close(nil))
-	}()
-
-	acl := NewDefaultManager(fw)
-
-	// First update: accept rule
-	networkMap := &mgmProto.NetworkMap{
-		FirewallRules: []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
-			{
-				PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
-				Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
-				Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_ACCEPT,
-				Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
-				Port:      "22",
-			},
-		},
-		FirewallRulesIsEmpty: false,
-	}
-	acl.ApplyFiltering(networkMap, false)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(acl.peerRulesPairs))
-
-	// Second update: change to deny (same IP/port/proto, different action)
-	networkMap.FirewallRules = []*mgmProto.FirewallRule{
-		{
-			PeerIP:    "10.93.0.1",
-			Direction: mgmProto.RuleDirection_IN,
-			Action:    mgmProto.RuleAction_DROP,
-			Protocol:  mgmProto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
-			Port:      "22",
-		},
-	}
-	acl.ApplyFiltering(networkMap, false)
-
-	// Should still have exactly 1 rule (the old accept removed, new deny added)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(acl.peerRulesPairs),
-		"Changing action should result in exactly 1 rule, not 2")
-}
-
 func TestPortInfoEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string

client/internal/auth/auth.go

@@ -1,499 +0,0 @@
-package auth
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"net/url"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/system"
-	mgm "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client/common"
-	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
-)
-
-// Auth manages authentication operations with the management server
-// It maintains a long-lived connection and automatically handles reconnection with backoff
-type Auth struct {
-	mutex         sync.RWMutex
-	client        *mgm.GrpcClient
-	config        *profilemanager.Config
-	privateKey    wgtypes.Key
-	mgmURL        *url.URL
-	mgmTLSEnabled bool
-}
-
-// NewAuth creates a new Auth instance that manages authentication flows
-// It establishes a connection to the management server that will be reused for all operations
-// The connection is automatically recreated with backoff if it becomes disconnected
-func NewAuth(ctx context.Context, privateKey string, mgmURL *url.URL, config *profilemanager.Config) (*Auth, error) {
-	// Validate WireGuard private key
-	myPrivateKey, err := wgtypes.ParseKey(privateKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// Determine TLS setting based on URL scheme
-	mgmTLSEnabled := mgmURL.Scheme == "https"
-
-	log.Debugf("connecting to Management Service %s", mgmURL.String())
-	mgmClient, err := mgm.NewClient(ctx, mgmURL.Host, myPrivateKey, mgmTLSEnabled)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed connecting to Management Service %s: %v", mgmURL.String(), err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("connected to the Management service %s", mgmURL.String())
-
-	return &Auth{
-		client:        mgmClient,
-		config:        config,
-		privateKey:    myPrivateKey,
-		mgmURL:        mgmURL,
-		mgmTLSEnabled: mgmTLSEnabled,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-// Close closes the management client connection
-func (a *Auth) Close() error {
-	a.mutex.Lock()
-	defer a.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	if a.client == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return a.client.Close()
-}
-
-// IsSSOSupported checks if the management server supports SSO by attempting to retrieve auth flow configurations.
-// Returns true if either PKCE or Device authorization flow is supported, false otherwise.
-// This function encapsulates the SSO detection logic to avoid exposing gRPC error codes to upper layers.
-// Automatically retries with backoff and reconnection on connection errors.
-func (a *Auth) IsSSOSupported(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-	var supportsSSO bool
-
-	err := a.withRetry(ctx, func(client *mgm.GrpcClient) error {
-		// Try PKCE flow first
-		_, err := a.getPKCEFlow(client)
-		if err == nil {
-			supportsSSO = true
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		// Check if PKCE is not supported
-		if s, ok := status.FromError(err); ok && (s.Code() == codes.NotFound || s.Code() == codes.Unimplemented) {
-			// PKCE not supported, try Device flow
-			_, err = a.getDeviceFlow(client)
-			if err == nil {
-				supportsSSO = true
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			// Check if Device flow is also not supported
-			if s, ok := status.FromError(err); ok && (s.Code() == codes.NotFound || s.Code() == codes.Unimplemented) {
-				// Neither PKCE nor Device flow is supported
-				supportsSSO = false
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			// Device flow check returned an error other than NotFound/Unimplemented
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// PKCE flow check returned an error other than NotFound/Unimplemented
-		return err
-	})
-
-	return supportsSSO, err
-}
-
-// GetOAuthFlow returns an OAuth flow (PKCE or Device) using the existing management connection
-// This avoids creating a new connection to the management server
-func (a *Auth) GetOAuthFlow(ctx context.Context, forceDeviceAuth bool) (OAuthFlow, error) {
-	var flow OAuthFlow
-	var err error
-
-	err = a.withRetry(ctx, func(client *mgm.GrpcClient) error {
-		if forceDeviceAuth {
-			flow, err = a.getDeviceFlow(client)
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// Try PKCE flow first
-		flow, err = a.getPKCEFlow(client)
-		if err != nil {
-			// If PKCE not supported, try Device flow
-			if s, ok := status.FromError(err); ok && (s.Code() == codes.NotFound || s.Code() == codes.Unimplemented) {
-				flow, err = a.getDeviceFlow(client)
-				return err
-			}
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	return flow, err
-}
-
-// IsLoginRequired checks if login is required by attempting to authenticate with the server
-// Automatically retries with backoff and reconnection on connection errors.
-func (a *Auth) IsLoginRequired(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-	pubSSHKey, err := ssh.GeneratePublicKey([]byte(a.config.SSHKey))
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	var needsLogin bool
-
-	err = a.withRetry(ctx, func(client *mgm.GrpcClient) error {
-		_, _, err := a.doMgmLogin(client, ctx, pubSSHKey)
-		if isLoginNeeded(err) {
-			needsLogin = true
-			return nil
-		}
-		needsLogin = false
-		return err
-	})
-
-	return needsLogin, err
-}
-
-// Login attempts to log in or register the client with the management server
-// Returns error and a boolean indicating if it's an authentication error (permission denied) that should stop retries.
-// Automatically retries with backoff and reconnection on connection errors.
-func (a *Auth) Login(ctx context.Context, setupKey string, jwtToken string) (error, bool) {
-	pubSSHKey, err := ssh.GeneratePublicKey([]byte(a.config.SSHKey))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err, false
-	}
-
-	var isAuthError bool
-
-	err = a.withRetry(ctx, func(client *mgm.GrpcClient) error {
-		serverKey, _, err := a.doMgmLogin(client, ctx, pubSSHKey)
-		if serverKey != nil && isRegistrationNeeded(err) {
-			log.Debugf("peer registration required")
-			_, err = a.registerPeer(client, ctx, setupKey, jwtToken, pubSSHKey)
-			if err != nil {
-				isAuthError = isPermissionDenied(err)
-				return err
-			}
-		} else if err != nil {
-			isAuthError = isPermissionDenied(err)
-			return err
-		}
-
-		isAuthError = false
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	return err, isAuthError
-}
-
-// getPKCEFlow retrieves PKCE authorization flow configuration and creates a flow instance
-func (a *Auth) getPKCEFlow(client *mgm.GrpcClient) (*PKCEAuthorizationFlow, error) {
-	serverKey, err := client.GetServerPublicKey()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed while getting Management Service public key: %v", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	protoFlow, err := client.GetPKCEAuthorizationFlow(*serverKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		if s, ok := status.FromError(err); ok && s.Code() == codes.NotFound {
-			log.Warnf("server couldn't find pkce flow, contact admin: %v", err)
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		log.Errorf("failed to retrieve pkce flow: %v", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	protoConfig := protoFlow.GetProviderConfig()
-	config := &PKCEAuthProviderConfig{
-		Audience:              protoConfig.GetAudience(),
-		ClientID:              protoConfig.GetClientID(),
-		ClientSecret:          protoConfig.GetClientSecret(),
-		TokenEndpoint:         protoConfig.GetTokenEndpoint(),
-		AuthorizationEndpoint: protoConfig.GetAuthorizationEndpoint(),
-		Scope:                 protoConfig.GetScope(),
-		RedirectURLs:          protoConfig.GetRedirectURLs(),
-		UseIDToken:            protoConfig.GetUseIDToken(),
-		ClientCertPair:        a.config.ClientCertKeyPair,
-		DisablePromptLogin:    protoConfig.GetDisablePromptLogin(),
-		LoginFlag:             common.LoginFlag(protoConfig.GetLoginFlag()),
-	}
-
-	if err := validatePKCEConfig(config); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	flow, err := NewPKCEAuthorizationFlow(*config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return flow, nil
-}
-
-// getDeviceFlow retrieves device authorization flow configuration and creates a flow instance
-func (a *Auth) getDeviceFlow(client *mgm.GrpcClient) (*DeviceAuthorizationFlow, error) {
-	serverKey, err := client.GetServerPublicKey()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed while getting Management Service public key: %v", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	protoFlow, err := client.GetDeviceAuthorizationFlow(*serverKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		if s, ok := status.FromError(err); ok && s.Code() == codes.NotFound {
-			log.Warnf("server couldn't find device flow, contact admin: %v", err)
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		log.Errorf("failed to retrieve device flow: %v", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	protoConfig := protoFlow.GetProviderConfig()
-	config := &DeviceAuthProviderConfig{
-		Audience:           protoConfig.GetAudience(),
-		ClientID:           protoConfig.GetClientID(),
-		ClientSecret:       protoConfig.GetClientSecret(),
-		Domain:             protoConfig.Domain,
-		TokenEndpoint:      protoConfig.GetTokenEndpoint(),
-		DeviceAuthEndpoint: protoConfig.GetDeviceAuthEndpoint(),
-		Scope:              protoConfig.GetScope(),
-		UseIDToken:         protoConfig.GetUseIDToken(),
-	}
-
-	// Keep compatibility with older management versions
-	if config.Scope == "" {
-		config.Scope = "openid"
-	}
-
-	if err := validateDeviceAuthConfig(config); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	flow, err := NewDeviceAuthorizationFlow(*config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return flow, nil
-}
-
-// doMgmLogin performs the actual login operation with the management service
-func (a *Auth) doMgmLogin(client *mgm.GrpcClient, ctx context.Context, pubSSHKey []byte) (*wgtypes.Key, *mgmProto.LoginResponse, error) {
-	serverKey, err := client.GetServerPublicKey()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed while getting Management Service public key: %v", err)
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-
-	sysInfo := system.GetInfo(ctx)
-	a.setSystemInfoFlags(sysInfo)
-	loginResp, err := client.Login(*serverKey, sysInfo, pubSSHKey, a.config.DNSLabels)
-	return serverKey, loginResp, err
-}
-
-// registerPeer checks whether setupKey was provided via cmd line and if not then it prompts user to enter a key.
-// Otherwise tries to register with the provided setupKey via command line.
-func (a *Auth) registerPeer(client *mgm.GrpcClient, ctx context.Context, setupKey string, jwtToken string, pubSSHKey []byte) (*mgmProto.LoginResponse, error) {
-	serverPublicKey, err := client.GetServerPublicKey()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed while getting Management Service public key: %v", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	validSetupKey, err := uuid.Parse(setupKey)
-	if err != nil && jwtToken == "" {
-		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "invalid setup-key or no sso information provided, err: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("sending peer registration request to Management Service")
-	info := system.GetInfo(ctx)
-	a.setSystemInfoFlags(info)
-	loginResp, err := client.Register(*serverPublicKey, validSetupKey.String(), jwtToken, info, pubSSHKey, a.config.DNSLabels)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed registering peer %v", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	log.Infof("peer has been successfully registered on Management Service")
-
-	return loginResp, nil
-}
-
-// setSystemInfoFlags sets all configuration flags on the provided system info
-func (a *Auth) setSystemInfoFlags(info *system.Info) {
-	info.SetFlags(
-		a.config.RosenpassEnabled,
-		a.config.RosenpassPermissive,
-		a.config.ServerSSHAllowed,
-		a.config.DisableClientRoutes,
-		a.config.DisableServerRoutes,
-		a.config.DisableDNS,
-		a.config.DisableFirewall,
-		a.config.BlockLANAccess,
-		a.config.BlockInbound,
-		a.config.LazyConnectionEnabled,
-		a.config.EnableSSHRoot,
-		a.config.EnableSSHSFTP,
-		a.config.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding,
-		a.config.EnableSSHRemotePortForwarding,
-		a.config.DisableSSHAuth,
-	)
-}
-
-// reconnect closes the current connection and creates a new one
-// It checks if the brokenClient is still the current client before reconnecting
-// to avoid multiple threads reconnecting unnecessarily
-func (a *Auth) reconnect(ctx context.Context, brokenClient *mgm.GrpcClient) error {
-	a.mutex.Lock()
-	defer a.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	// Double-check: if client has already been replaced by another thread, skip reconnection
-	if a.client != brokenClient {
-		log.Debugf("client already reconnected by another thread, skipping")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// Create new connection FIRST, before closing the old one
-	// This ensures a.client is never nil, preventing panics in other threads
-	log.Debugf("reconnecting to Management Service %s", a.mgmURL.String())
-	mgmClient, err := mgm.NewClient(ctx, a.mgmURL.Host, a.privateKey, a.mgmTLSEnabled)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed reconnecting to Management Service %s: %v", a.mgmURL.String(), err)
-		// Keep the old client if reconnection fails
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Close old connection AFTER new one is successfully created
-	oldClient := a.client
-	a.client = mgmClient
-
-	if oldClient != nil {
-		if err := oldClient.Close(); err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("error closing old connection: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("successfully reconnected to Management service %s", a.mgmURL.String())
-	return nil
-}
-
-// isConnectionError checks if the error is a connection-related error that should trigger reconnection
-func isConnectionError(err error) bool {
-	if err == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	s, ok := status.FromError(err)
-	if !ok {
-		return false
-	}
-	// These error codes indicate connection issues
-	return s.Code() == codes.Unavailable ||
-		s.Code() == codes.DeadlineExceeded ||
-		s.Code() == codes.Canceled ||
-		s.Code() == codes.Internal
-}
-
-// withRetry wraps an operation with exponential backoff retry logic
-// It automatically reconnects on connection errors
-func (a *Auth) withRetry(ctx context.Context, operation func(client *mgm.GrpcClient) error) error {
-	backoffSettings := &backoff.ExponentialBackOff{
-		InitialInterval:     500 * time.Millisecond,
-		RandomizationFactor: 0.5,
-		Multiplier:          1.5,
-		MaxInterval:         10 * time.Second,
-		MaxElapsedTime:      2 * time.Minute,
-		Stop:                backoff.Stop,
-		Clock:               backoff.SystemClock,
-	}
-	backoffSettings.Reset()
-
-	return backoff.RetryNotify(
-		func() error {
-			// Capture the client BEFORE the operation to ensure we track the correct client
-			a.mutex.RLock()
-			currentClient := a.client
-			a.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-			if currentClient == nil {
-				return status.Errorf(codes.Unavailable, "client is not initialized")
-			}
-
-			// Execute operation with the captured client
-			err := operation(currentClient)
-			if err == nil {
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			// If it's a connection error, attempt reconnection using the client that was actually used
-			if isConnectionError(err) {
-				log.Warnf("connection error detected, attempting reconnection: %v", err)
-
-				if reconnectErr := a.reconnect(ctx, currentClient); reconnectErr != nil {
-					log.Errorf("reconnection failed: %v", reconnectErr)
-					return reconnectErr
-				}
-				// Return the original error to trigger retry with the new connection
-				return err
-			}
-
-			// For authentication errors, don't retry
-			if isAuthenticationError(err) {
-				return backoff.Permanent(err)
-			}
-
-			return err
-		},
-		backoff.WithContext(backoffSettings, ctx),
-		func(err error, duration time.Duration) {
-			log.Warnf("operation failed, retrying in %v: %v", duration, err)
-		},
-	)
-}
-
-// isAuthenticationError checks if the error is an authentication-related error that should not be retried.
-// Returns true if the error is InvalidArgument or PermissionDenied, indicating that retrying won't help.
-func isAuthenticationError(err error) bool {
-	if err == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	s, ok := status.FromError(err)
-	if !ok {
-		return false
-	}
-	return s.Code() == codes.InvalidArgument || s.Code() == codes.PermissionDenied
-}
-
-// isPermissionDenied checks if the error is a PermissionDenied error.
-// This is used to determine if early exit from backoff is needed (e.g., when the server responded but denied access).
-func isPermissionDenied(err error) bool {
-	if err == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	s, ok := status.FromError(err)
-	if !ok {
-		return false
-	}
-	return s.Code() == codes.PermissionDenied
-}
-
-func isLoginNeeded(err error) bool {
-	return isAuthenticationError(err)
-}
-
-func isRegistrationNeeded(err error) bool {
-	return isPermissionDenied(err)
-}

client/internal/auth/device_flow.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/embeddedroots"
 )
 
@@ -25,56 +26,12 @@ const (
 
 var _ OAuthFlow = &DeviceAuthorizationFlow{}
 
-// DeviceAuthProviderConfig has all attributes needed to initiate a device authorization flow
-type DeviceAuthProviderConfig struct {
-	// ClientID An IDP application client id
-	ClientID string
-	// ClientSecret An IDP application client secret
-	ClientSecret string
-	// Domain An IDP API domain
-	// Deprecated. Use OIDCConfigEndpoint instead
-	Domain string
-	// Audience An Audience for to authorization validation
-	Audience string
-	// TokenEndpoint is the endpoint of an IDP manager where clients can obtain access token
-	TokenEndpoint string
-	// DeviceAuthEndpoint is the endpoint of an IDP manager where clients can obtain device authorization code
-	DeviceAuthEndpoint string
-	// Scopes provides the scopes to be included in the token request
-	Scope string
-	// UseIDToken indicates if the id token should be used for authentication
-	UseIDToken bool
-	// LoginHint is used to pre-fill the email/username field during authentication
-	LoginHint string
-}
-
-// validateDeviceAuthConfig validates device authorization provider configuration
-func validateDeviceAuthConfig(config *DeviceAuthProviderConfig) error {
-	errorMsgFormat := "invalid provider configuration received from management: %s value is empty. Contact your NetBird administrator"
-
-	if config.Audience == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "Audience")
-	}
-	if config.ClientID == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "Client ID")
-	}
-	if config.TokenEndpoint == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "Token Endpoint")
-	}
-	if config.DeviceAuthEndpoint == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "Device Auth Endpoint")
-	}
-	if config.Scope == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "Device Auth Scopes")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // DeviceAuthorizationFlow implements the OAuthFlow interface,
 // for the Device Authorization Flow.
 type DeviceAuthorizationFlow struct {
-	providerConfig DeviceAuthProviderConfig
-	HTTPClient     HTTPClient
+	providerConfig internal.DeviceAuthProviderConfig
+
+	HTTPClient HTTPClient
 }
 
 // RequestDeviceCodePayload used for request device code payload for auth0
@@ -100,7 +57,7 @@ type TokenRequestResponse struct {
 }
 
 // NewDeviceAuthorizationFlow returns device authorization flow client
-func NewDeviceAuthorizationFlow(config DeviceAuthProviderConfig) (*DeviceAuthorizationFlow, error) {
+func NewDeviceAuthorizationFlow(config internal.DeviceAuthProviderConfig) (*DeviceAuthorizationFlow, error) {
 	httpTransport := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
 	httpTransport.MaxIdleConns = 5
 
@@ -132,11 +89,6 @@ func (d *DeviceAuthorizationFlow) GetClientID(ctx context.Context) string {
 	return d.providerConfig.ClientID
 }
 
-// SetLoginHint sets the login hint for the device authorization flow
-func (d *DeviceAuthorizationFlow) SetLoginHint(hint string) {
-	d.providerConfig.LoginHint = hint
-}
-
 // RequestAuthInfo requests a device code login flow information from Hosted
 func (d *DeviceAuthorizationFlow) RequestAuthInfo(ctx context.Context) (AuthFlowInfo, error) {
 	form := url.Values{}
@@ -247,22 +199,14 @@ func (d *DeviceAuthorizationFlow) requestToken(info AuthFlowInfo) (TokenRequestR
 }
 
 // WaitToken waits user's login and authorize the app. Once the user's authorize
-// it retrieves the access token from Hosted's endpoint and validates it before returning.
-// The method creates a timeout context internally based on info.ExpiresIn.
+// it retrieves the access token from Hosted's endpoint and validates it before returning
 func (d *DeviceAuthorizationFlow) WaitToken(ctx context.Context, info AuthFlowInfo) (TokenInfo, error) {
-	// Create timeout context based on flow expiration
-	timeout := time.Duration(info.ExpiresIn) * time.Second
-	waitCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
-	defer cancel()
-
 	interval := time.Duration(info.Interval) * time.Second
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
-
 	for {
 		select {
-		case <-waitCtx.Done():
-			return TokenInfo{}, waitCtx.Err()
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return TokenInfo{}, ctx.Err()
 		case <-ticker.C:
 
 			tokenResponse, err := d.requestToken(info)

client/internal/auth/device_flow_test.go

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 )
 
 type mockHTTPClient struct {
@@ -113,19 +115,18 @@ func TestHosted_RequestDeviceCode(t *testing.T) {
 				err:     testCase.inputReqError,
 			}
 
-			config := DeviceAuthProviderConfig{
-				Audience:           expectedAudience,
-				ClientID:           expectedClientID,
-				Scope:              expectedScope,
-				TokenEndpoint:      "test.hosted.com/token",
-				DeviceAuthEndpoint: "test.hosted.com/device/auth",
-				UseIDToken:         false,
+			deviceFlow := &DeviceAuthorizationFlow{
+				providerConfig: internal.DeviceAuthProviderConfig{
+					Audience:           expectedAudience,
+					ClientID:           expectedClientID,
+					Scope:              expectedScope,
+					TokenEndpoint:      "test.hosted.com/token",
+					DeviceAuthEndpoint: "test.hosted.com/device/auth",
+					UseIDToken:         false,
+				},
+				HTTPClient: &httpClient,
 			}
 
-			deviceFlow, err := NewDeviceAuthorizationFlow(config)
-			require.NoError(t, err, "creating device flow should not fail")
-			deviceFlow.HTTPClient = &httpClient
-
 			authInfo, err := deviceFlow.RequestAuthInfo(context.TODO())
 			testCase.testingErrFunc(t, err, testCase.expectedErrorMSG)
 
@@ -279,19 +280,18 @@ func TestHosted_WaitToken(t *testing.T) {
 				countResBody: testCase.inputCountResBody,
 			}
 
-			config := DeviceAuthProviderConfig{
-				Audience:           testCase.inputAudience,
-				ClientID:           clientID,
-				TokenEndpoint:      "test.hosted.com/token",
-				DeviceAuthEndpoint: "test.hosted.com/device/auth",
-				Scope:              "openid",
-				UseIDToken:         false,
+			deviceFlow := DeviceAuthorizationFlow{
+				providerConfig: internal.DeviceAuthProviderConfig{
+					Audience:           testCase.inputAudience,
+					ClientID:           clientID,
+					TokenEndpoint:      "test.hosted.com/token",
+					DeviceAuthEndpoint: "test.hosted.com/device/auth",
+					Scope:              "openid",
+					UseIDToken:         false,
+				},
+				HTTPClient: &httpClient,
 			}
 
-			deviceFlow, err := NewDeviceAuthorizationFlow(config)
-			require.NoError(t, err, "creating device flow should not fail")
-			deviceFlow.HTTPClient = &httpClient
-
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.TODO(), testCase.inputTimeout)
 			defer cancel()
 			tokenInfo, err := deviceFlow.WaitToken(ctx, testCase.inputInfo)

client/internal/auth/oauth.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	gstatus "google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
 )
 
@@ -86,33 +87,19 @@ func NewOAuthFlow(ctx context.Context, config *profilemanager.Config, isUnixDesk
 
 // authenticateWithPKCEFlow initializes the Proof Key for Code Exchange flow auth flow
 func authenticateWithPKCEFlow(ctx context.Context, config *profilemanager.Config, hint string) (OAuthFlow, error) {
-	authClient, err := NewAuth(ctx, config.PrivateKey, config.ManagementURL, config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create auth client: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer authClient.Close()
-
-	pkceFlowInfo, err := authClient.getPKCEFlow(authClient.client)
+	pkceFlowInfo, err := internal.GetPKCEAuthorizationFlowInfo(ctx, config.PrivateKey, config.ManagementURL, config.ClientCertKeyPair)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting pkce authorization flow info failed with error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if hint != "" {
-		pkceFlowInfo.SetLoginHint(hint)
-	}
+	pkceFlowInfo.ProviderConfig.LoginHint = hint
 
-	return pkceFlowInfo, nil
+	return NewPKCEAuthorizationFlow(pkceFlowInfo.ProviderConfig)
 }
 
 // authenticateWithDeviceCodeFlow initializes the Device Code auth Flow
 func authenticateWithDeviceCodeFlow(ctx context.Context, config *profilemanager.Config, hint string) (OAuthFlow, error) {
-	authClient, err := NewAuth(ctx, config.PrivateKey, config.ManagementURL, config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create auth client: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer authClient.Close()
-
-	deviceFlowInfo, err := authClient.getDeviceFlow(authClient.client)
+	deviceFlowInfo, err := internal.GetDeviceAuthorizationFlowInfo(ctx, config.PrivateKey, config.ManagementURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		switch s, ok := gstatus.FromError(err); {
 		case ok && s.Code() == codes.NotFound:
@@ -127,9 +114,7 @@ func authenticateWithDeviceCodeFlow(ctx context.Context, config *profilemanager.
 		}
 	}
 
-	if hint != "" {
-		deviceFlowInfo.SetLoginHint(hint)
-	}
+	deviceFlowInfo.ProviderConfig.LoginHint = hint
 
-	return deviceFlowInfo, nil
+	return NewDeviceAuthorizationFlow(deviceFlowInfo.ProviderConfig)
 }

client/internal/auth/pkce_flow.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/templates"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client/common"
 )
@@ -34,67 +35,17 @@ const (
 	defaultPKCETimeoutSeconds = 300
 )
 
-// PKCEAuthProviderConfig has all attributes needed to initiate PKCE authorization flow
-type PKCEAuthProviderConfig struct {
-	// ClientID An IDP application client id
-	ClientID string
-	// ClientSecret An IDP application client secret
-	ClientSecret string
-	// Audience An Audience for to authorization validation
-	Audience string
-	// TokenEndpoint is the endpoint of an IDP manager where clients can obtain access token
-	TokenEndpoint string
-	// AuthorizationEndpoint is the endpoint of an IDP manager where clients can obtain authorization code
-	AuthorizationEndpoint string
-	// Scopes provides the scopes to be included in the token request
-	Scope string
-	// RedirectURL handles authorization code from IDP manager
-	RedirectURLs []string
-	// UseIDToken indicates if the id token should be used for authentication
-	UseIDToken bool
-	// ClientCertPair is used for mTLS authentication to the IDP
-	ClientCertPair *tls.Certificate
-	// DisablePromptLogin makes the PKCE flow to not prompt the user for login
-	DisablePromptLogin bool
-	// LoginFlag is used to configure the PKCE flow login behavior
-	LoginFlag common.LoginFlag
-	// LoginHint is used to pre-fill the email/username field during authentication
-	LoginHint string
-}
-
-// validatePKCEConfig validates PKCE provider configuration
-func validatePKCEConfig(config *PKCEAuthProviderConfig) error {
-	errorMsgFormat := "invalid provider configuration received from management: %s value is empty. Contact your NetBird administrator"
-
-	if config.ClientID == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "Client ID")
-	}
-	if config.TokenEndpoint == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "Token Endpoint")
-	}
-	if config.AuthorizationEndpoint == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "Authorization Auth Endpoint")
-	}
-	if config.Scope == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "PKCE Auth Scopes")
-	}
-	if config.RedirectURLs == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errorMsgFormat, "PKCE Redirect URLs")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // PKCEAuthorizationFlow implements the OAuthFlow interface for
 // the Authorization Code Flow with PKCE.
 type PKCEAuthorizationFlow struct {
-	providerConfig PKCEAuthProviderConfig
+	providerConfig internal.PKCEAuthProviderConfig
 	state          string
 	codeVerifier   string
 	oAuthConfig    *oauth2.Config
 }
 
 // NewPKCEAuthorizationFlow returns new PKCE authorization code flow.
-func NewPKCEAuthorizationFlow(config PKCEAuthProviderConfig) (*PKCEAuthorizationFlow, error) {
+func NewPKCEAuthorizationFlow(config internal.PKCEAuthProviderConfig) (*PKCEAuthorizationFlow, error) {
 	var availableRedirectURL string
 
 	excludedRanges := getSystemExcludedPortRanges()
@@ -173,21 +124,10 @@ func (p *PKCEAuthorizationFlow) RequestAuthInfo(ctx context.Context) (AuthFlowIn
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// SetLoginHint sets the login hint for the PKCE authorization flow
-func (p *PKCEAuthorizationFlow) SetLoginHint(hint string) {
-	p.providerConfig.LoginHint = hint
-}
-
 // WaitToken waits for the OAuth token in the PKCE Authorization Flow.
 // It starts an HTTP server to receive the OAuth token callback and waits for the token or an error.
 // Once the token is received, it is converted to TokenInfo and validated before returning.
-// The method creates a timeout context internally based on info.ExpiresIn.
-func (p *PKCEAuthorizationFlow) WaitToken(ctx context.Context, info AuthFlowInfo) (TokenInfo, error) {
-	// Create timeout context based on flow expiration
-	timeout := time.Duration(info.ExpiresIn) * time.Second
-	waitCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
-	defer cancel()
-
+func (p *PKCEAuthorizationFlow) WaitToken(ctx context.Context, _ AuthFlowInfo) (TokenInfo, error) {
 	tokenChan := make(chan *oauth2.Token, 1)
 	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
 
@@ -198,7 +138,7 @@ func (p *PKCEAuthorizationFlow) WaitToken(ctx context.Context, info AuthFlowInfo
 
 	server := &http.Server{Addr: fmt.Sprintf(":%s", parsedURL.Port())}
 	defer func() {
-		shutdownCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		shutdownCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()
 
 		if err := server.Shutdown(shutdownCtx); err != nil {
@@ -209,8 +149,8 @@ func (p *PKCEAuthorizationFlow) WaitToken(ctx context.Context, info AuthFlowInfo
 	go p.startServer(server, tokenChan, errChan)
 
 	select {
-	case <-waitCtx.Done():
-		return TokenInfo{}, waitCtx.Err()
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return TokenInfo{}, ctx.Err()
 	case token := <-tokenChan:
 		return p.parseOAuthToken(token)
 	case err := <-errChan:

client/internal/auth/pkce_flow_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 	mgm "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client/common"
 )
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func TestPromptLogin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range tt {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			config := PKCEAuthProviderConfig{
+			config := internal.PKCEAuthProviderConfig{
 				ClientID:              "test-client-id",
 				Audience:              "test-audience",
 				TokenEndpoint:         "https://test-token-endpoint.com/token",

client/internal/auth/pkce_flow_windows_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 )
 
 func TestParseExcludedPortRanges(t *testing.T) {
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ func TestNewPKCEAuthorizationFlow_WithActualExcludedPorts(t *testing.T) {
 
 	availablePort := 65432
 
-	config := PKCEAuthProviderConfig{
+	config := internal.PKCEAuthProviderConfig{
 		ClientID:              "test-client-id",
 		Audience:              "test-audience",
 		TokenEndpoint:         "https://test-token-endpoint.com/token",

client/internal/connect.go

@@ -20,15 +20,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/netstack"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/listener"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/statemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/stdnet"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater/installer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updatemanager"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updatemanager/installer"
 	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/net"
 	cProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh"
@@ -44,13 +43,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ConnectClient struct {
-	ctx            context.Context
-	config         *profilemanager.Config
-	statusRecorder *peer.Status
+	ctx                 context.Context
+	config              *profilemanager.Config
+	statusRecorder      *peer.Status
+	doInitialAutoUpdate bool
 
-	engine        *Engine
-	engineMutex   sync.Mutex
-	updateManager *updater.Manager
+	engine      *Engine
+	engineMutex sync.Mutex
 
 	persistSyncResponse bool
 }
@@ -59,19 +58,17 @@ func NewConnectClient(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	config *profilemanager.Config,
 	statusRecorder *peer.Status,
+	doInitalAutoUpdate bool,
 ) *ConnectClient {
 	return &ConnectClient{
-		ctx:            ctx,
-		config:         config,
-		statusRecorder: statusRecorder,
-		engineMutex:    sync.Mutex{},
+		ctx:                 ctx,
+		config:              config,
+		statusRecorder:      statusRecorder,
+		doInitialAutoUpdate: doInitalAutoUpdate,
+		engineMutex:         sync.Mutex{},
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *ConnectClient) SetUpdateManager(um *updater.Manager) {
-	c.updateManager = um
-}
-
 // Run with main logic.
 func (c *ConnectClient) Run(runningChan chan struct{}, logPath string) error {
 	return c.run(MobileDependency{}, runningChan, logPath)
@@ -189,13 +186,14 @@ func (c *ConnectClient) run(mobileDependency MobileDependency, runningChan chan
 	stateManager := statemanager.New(path)
 	stateManager.RegisterState(&sshconfig.ShutdownState{})
 
-	if c.updateManager != nil {
-		c.updateManager.CheckUpdateSuccess(c.ctx)
-	}
+	updateManager, err := updatemanager.NewManager(c.statusRecorder, stateManager)
+	if err == nil {
+		updateManager.CheckUpdateSuccess(c.ctx)
 
-	inst := installer.New()
-	if err := inst.CleanUpInstallerFiles(); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed to clean up temporary installer file: %v", err)
+		inst := installer.New()
+		if err := inst.CleanUpInstallerFiles(); err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("failed to clean up temporary installer file: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	defer c.statusRecorder.ClientStop()
@@ -246,7 +244,7 @@ func (c *ConnectClient) run(mobileDependency MobileDependency, runningChan chan
 		localPeerState := peer.LocalPeerState{
 			IP:              loginResp.GetPeerConfig().GetAddress(),
 			PubKey:          myPrivateKey.PublicKey().String(),
-			KernelInterface: device.WireGuardModuleIsLoaded() && !netstack.IsEnabled(),
+			KernelInterface: device.WireGuardModuleIsLoaded(),
 			FQDN:            loginResp.GetPeerConfig().GetFqdn(),
 		}
 		c.statusRecorder.UpdateLocalPeerState(localPeerState)
@@ -309,15 +307,7 @@ func (c *ConnectClient) run(mobileDependency MobileDependency, runningChan chan
 		checks := loginResp.GetChecks()
 
 		c.engineMutex.Lock()
-		engine := NewEngine(engineCtx, cancel, engineConfig, EngineServices{
-			SignalClient:   signalClient,
-			MgmClient:      mgmClient,
-			RelayManager:   relayManager,
-			StatusRecorder: c.statusRecorder,
-			Checks:         checks,
-			StateManager:   stateManager,
-			UpdateManager:  c.updateManager,
-		}, mobileDependency)
+		engine := NewEngine(engineCtx, cancel, signalClient, mgmClient, relayManager, engineConfig, mobileDependency, c.statusRecorder, checks, stateManager)
 		engine.SetSyncResponsePersistence(c.persistSyncResponse)
 		c.engine = engine
 		c.engineMutex.Unlock()
@@ -327,15 +317,21 @@ func (c *ConnectClient) run(mobileDependency MobileDependency, runningChan chan
 			return wrapErr(err)
 		}
 
+		if loginResp.PeerConfig != nil && loginResp.PeerConfig.AutoUpdate != nil {
+			// AutoUpdate will be true when the user click on "Connect" menu on the UI
+			if c.doInitialAutoUpdate {
+				log.Infof("start engine by ui, run auto-update check")
+				c.engine.InitialUpdateHandling(loginResp.PeerConfig.AutoUpdate)
+				c.doInitialAutoUpdate = false
+			}
+		}
+
 		log.Infof("Netbird engine started, the IP is: %s", peerConfig.GetAddress())
 		state.Set(StatusConnected)
 
 		if runningChan != nil {
-			select {
-			case <-runningChan:
-			default:
-				close(runningChan)
-			}
+			close(runningChan)
+			runningChan = nil
 		}
 
 		<-engineCtx.Done()

client/internal/daemonaddr/resolve.go

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !windows && !ios && !android
-
-package daemonaddr
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-var scanDir = "/var/run/netbird"
-
-// setScanDir overrides the scan directory (used by tests).
-func setScanDir(dir string) {
-	scanDir = dir
-}
-
-// ResolveUnixDaemonAddr checks whether the default Unix socket exists and, if not,
-// scans /var/run/netbird/ for a single .sock file to use instead. This handles the
-// mismatch between the netbird@.service template (which places the socket under
-// /var/run/netbird/<instance>.sock) and the CLI default (/var/run/netbird.sock).
-func ResolveUnixDaemonAddr(addr string) string {
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(addr, "unix://") {
-		return addr
-	}
-
-	sockPath := strings.TrimPrefix(addr, "unix://")
-	if _, err := os.Stat(sockPath); err == nil {
-		return addr
-	}
-
-	entries, err := os.ReadDir(scanDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return addr
-	}
-
-	var found []string
-	for _, e := range entries {
-		if e.IsDir() {
-			continue
-		}
-		if strings.HasSuffix(e.Name(), ".sock") {
-			found = append(found, filepath.Join(scanDir, e.Name()))
-		}
-	}
-
-	switch len(found) {
-	case 1:
-		resolved := "unix://" + found[0]
-		log.Debugf("Default daemon socket not found, using discovered socket: %s", resolved)
-		return resolved
-	case 0:
-		return addr
-	default:
-		log.Warnf("Default daemon socket not found and multiple sockets discovered in %s; pass --daemon-addr explicitly", scanDir)
-		return addr
-	}
-}

client/internal/daemonaddr/resolve_stub.go

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-//go:build windows || ios || android
-
-package daemonaddr
-
-// ResolveUnixDaemonAddr is a no-op on platforms that don't use Unix sockets.
-func ResolveUnixDaemonAddr(addr string) string {
-	return addr
-}

client/internal/daemonaddr/resolve_test.go

@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !windows && !ios && !android
-
-package daemonaddr
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-// createSockFile creates a regular file with a .sock extension.
-// ResolveUnixDaemonAddr uses os.Stat (not net.Dial), so a regular file is
-// sufficient and avoids Unix socket path-length limits on macOS.
-func createSockFile(t *testing.T, path string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	if err := os.WriteFile(path, nil, 0o600); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create test sock file at %s: %v", path, err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveUnixDaemonAddr_DefaultExists(t *testing.T) {
-	tmp := t.TempDir()
-	sock := filepath.Join(tmp, "netbird.sock")
-	createSockFile(t, sock)
-
-	addr := "unix://" + sock
-	got := ResolveUnixDaemonAddr(addr)
-	if got != addr {
-		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", addr, got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveUnixDaemonAddr_SingleDiscovered(t *testing.T) {
-	tmp := t.TempDir()
-
-	// Default socket does not exist
-	defaultAddr := "unix://" + filepath.Join(tmp, "netbird.sock")
-
-	// Create a scan dir with one socket
-	sd := filepath.Join(tmp, "netbird")
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(sd, 0o755); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	instanceSock := filepath.Join(sd, "main.sock")
-	createSockFile(t, instanceSock)
-
-	origScanDir := scanDir
-	setScanDir(sd)
-	t.Cleanup(func() { setScanDir(origScanDir) })
-
-	got := ResolveUnixDaemonAddr(defaultAddr)
-	expected := "unix://" + instanceSock
-	if got != expected {
-		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveUnixDaemonAddr_MultipleDiscovered(t *testing.T) {
-	tmp := t.TempDir()
-
-	defaultAddr := "unix://" + filepath.Join(tmp, "netbird.sock")
-
-	sd := filepath.Join(tmp, "netbird")
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(sd, 0o755); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	createSockFile(t, filepath.Join(sd, "main.sock"))
-	createSockFile(t, filepath.Join(sd, "other.sock"))
-
-	origScanDir := scanDir
-	setScanDir(sd)
-	t.Cleanup(func() { setScanDir(origScanDir) })
-
-	got := ResolveUnixDaemonAddr(defaultAddr)
-	if got != defaultAddr {
-		t.Errorf("expected original %s, got %s", defaultAddr, got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveUnixDaemonAddr_NoSocketsFound(t *testing.T) {
-	tmp := t.TempDir()
-
-	defaultAddr := "unix://" + filepath.Join(tmp, "netbird.sock")
-
-	sd := filepath.Join(tmp, "netbird")
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(sd, 0o755); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	origScanDir := scanDir
-	setScanDir(sd)
-	t.Cleanup(func() { setScanDir(origScanDir) })
-
-	got := ResolveUnixDaemonAddr(defaultAddr)
-	if got != defaultAddr {
-		t.Errorf("expected original %s, got %s", defaultAddr, got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveUnixDaemonAddr_NonUnixAddr(t *testing.T) {
-	addr := "tcp://127.0.0.1:41731"
-	got := ResolveUnixDaemonAddr(addr)
-	if got != addr {
-		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", addr, got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveUnixDaemonAddr_ScanDirMissing(t *testing.T) {
-	tmp := t.TempDir()
-
-	defaultAddr := "unix://" + filepath.Join(tmp, "netbird.sock")
-
-	origScanDir := scanDir
-	setScanDir(filepath.Join(tmp, "nonexistent"))
-	t.Cleanup(func() { setScanDir(origScanDir) })
-
-	got := ResolveUnixDaemonAddr(defaultAddr)
-	if got != defaultAddr {
-		t.Errorf("expected original %s, got %s", defaultAddr, got)
-	}
-}

client/internal/debug/debug.go

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/anonymize"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater/installer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updatemanager/installer"
 	nbstatus "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/status"
 	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ type BundleGenerator struct {
 	syncResponse   *mgmProto.SyncResponse
 	logPath        string
 	cpuProfile     []byte
-	refreshStatus  func() // Optional callback to refresh status before bundle generation
 
 	anonymize         bool
 	includeSystemInfo bool
@@ -249,7 +248,6 @@ type GeneratorDependencies struct {
 	SyncResponse   *mgmProto.SyncResponse
 	LogPath        string
 	CPUProfile     []byte
-	RefreshStatus  func() // Optional callback to refresh status before bundle generation
 }
 
 func NewBundleGenerator(deps GeneratorDependencies, cfg BundleConfig) *BundleGenerator {
@@ -267,7 +265,6 @@ func NewBundleGenerator(deps GeneratorDependencies, cfg BundleConfig) *BundleGen
 		syncResponse:   deps.SyncResponse,
 		logPath:        deps.LogPath,
 		cpuProfile:     deps.CPUProfile,
-		refreshStatus:  deps.RefreshStatus,
 
 		anonymize:         cfg.Anonymize,
 		includeSystemInfo: cfg.IncludeSystemInfo,
@@ -411,10 +408,6 @@ func (g *BundleGenerator) addStatus() error {
 			profName = activeProf.Name
 		}
 
-		if g.refreshStatus != nil {
-			g.refreshStatus()
-		}
-
 		fullStatus := g.statusRecorder.GetFullStatus()
 		protoFullStatus := nbstatus.ToProtoFullStatus(fullStatus)
 		protoFullStatus.Events = g.statusRecorder.GetEventHistory()

client/internal/device_auth.go

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+
+	mgm "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client"
+)
+
+// DeviceAuthorizationFlow represents Device Authorization Flow information
+type DeviceAuthorizationFlow struct {
+	Provider       string
+	ProviderConfig DeviceAuthProviderConfig
+}
+
+// DeviceAuthProviderConfig has all attributes needed to initiate a device authorization flow
+type DeviceAuthProviderConfig struct {
+	// ClientID An IDP application client id
+	ClientID string
+	// ClientSecret An IDP application client secret
+	ClientSecret string
+	// Domain An IDP API domain
+	// Deprecated. Use OIDCConfigEndpoint instead
+	Domain string
+	// Audience An Audience for to authorization validation
+	Audience string
+	// TokenEndpoint is the endpoint of an IDP manager where clients can obtain access token
+	TokenEndpoint string
+	// DeviceAuthEndpoint is the endpoint of an IDP manager where clients can obtain device authorization code
+	DeviceAuthEndpoint string
+	// Scopes provides the scopes to be included in the token request
+	Scope string
+	// UseIDToken indicates if the id token should be used for authentication
+	UseIDToken bool
+	// LoginHint is used to pre-fill the email/username field during authentication
+	LoginHint string
+}
+
+// GetDeviceAuthorizationFlowInfo initialize a DeviceAuthorizationFlow instance and return with it
+func GetDeviceAuthorizationFlowInfo(ctx context.Context, privateKey string, mgmURL *url.URL) (DeviceAuthorizationFlow, error) {
+	// validate our peer's Wireguard PRIVATE key
+	myPrivateKey, err := wgtypes.ParseKey(privateKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed parsing Wireguard key %s: [%s]", privateKey, err.Error())
+		return DeviceAuthorizationFlow{}, err
+	}
+
+	var mgmTLSEnabled bool
+	if mgmURL.Scheme == "https" {
+		mgmTLSEnabled = true
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("connecting to Management Service %s", mgmURL.String())
+	mgmClient, err := mgm.NewClient(ctx, mgmURL.Host, myPrivateKey, mgmTLSEnabled)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed connecting to Management Service %s %v", mgmURL.String(), err)
+		return DeviceAuthorizationFlow{}, err
+	}
+	log.Debugf("connected to the Management service %s", mgmURL.String())
+
+	defer func() {
+		err = mgmClient.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("failed to close the Management service client %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	serverKey, err := mgmClient.GetServerPublicKey()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed while getting Management Service public key: %v", err)
+		return DeviceAuthorizationFlow{}, err
+	}
+
+	protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow, err := mgmClient.GetDeviceAuthorizationFlow(*serverKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		if s, ok := status.FromError(err); ok && s.Code() == codes.NotFound {
+			log.Warnf("server couldn't find device flow, contact admin: %v", err)
+			return DeviceAuthorizationFlow{}, err
+		}
+		log.Errorf("failed to retrieve device flow: %v", err)
+		return DeviceAuthorizationFlow{}, err
+	}
+
+	deviceAuthorizationFlow := DeviceAuthorizationFlow{
+		Provider: protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow.Provider.String(),
+
+		ProviderConfig: DeviceAuthProviderConfig{
+			Audience:           protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow.GetProviderConfig().GetAudience(),
+			ClientID:           protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow.GetProviderConfig().GetClientID(),
+			ClientSecret:       protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow.GetProviderConfig().GetClientSecret(),
+			Domain:             protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow.GetProviderConfig().Domain,
+			TokenEndpoint:      protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow.GetProviderConfig().GetTokenEndpoint(),
+			DeviceAuthEndpoint: protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow.GetProviderConfig().GetDeviceAuthEndpoint(),
+			Scope:              protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow.GetProviderConfig().GetScope(),
+			UseIDToken:         protoDeviceAuthorizationFlow.GetProviderConfig().GetUseIDToken(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	// keep compatibility with older management versions
+	if deviceAuthorizationFlow.ProviderConfig.Scope == "" {
+		deviceAuthorizationFlow.ProviderConfig.Scope = "openid"
+	}
+
+	err = isDeviceAuthProviderConfigValid(deviceAuthorizationFlow.ProviderConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return DeviceAuthorizationFlow{}, err
+	}
+
+	return deviceAuthorizationFlow, nil
+}
+
+func isDeviceAuthProviderConfigValid(config DeviceAuthProviderConfig) error {
+	errorMSGFormat := "invalid provider configuration received from management: %s value is empty. Contact your NetBird administrator"
+	if config.Audience == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf(errorMSGFormat, "Audience")
+	}
+	if config.ClientID == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf(errorMSGFormat, "Client ID")
+	}
+	if config.TokenEndpoint == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf(errorMSGFormat, "Token Endpoint")
+	}
+	if config.DeviceAuthEndpoint == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf(errorMSGFormat, "Device Auth Endpoint")
+	}
+	if config.Scope == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf(errorMSGFormat, "Device Auth Scopes")
+	}
+	return nil
+}

client/internal/dns/handler_chain_test.go

@@ -112,54 +112,6 @@ func TestHandlerChain_ServeDNS_DomainMatching(t *testing.T) {
 			matchSubdomains: false,
 			shouldMatch:     false,
 		},
-		{
-			name:            "single letter TLD exact match",
-			handlerDomain:   "example.x.",
-			queryDomain:     "example.x.",
-			isWildcard:      false,
-			matchSubdomains: false,
-			shouldMatch:     true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "single letter TLD subdomain match",
-			handlerDomain:   "example.x.",
-			queryDomain:     "sub.example.x.",
-			isWildcard:      false,
-			matchSubdomains: true,
-			shouldMatch:     true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "single letter TLD wildcard match",
-			handlerDomain:   "*.example.x.",
-			queryDomain:     "sub.example.x.",
-			isWildcard:      true,
-			matchSubdomains: false,
-			shouldMatch:     true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "two letter domain labels",
-			handlerDomain:   "a.b.",
-			queryDomain:     "a.b.",
-			isWildcard:      false,
-			matchSubdomains: false,
-			shouldMatch:     true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "single character domain",
-			handlerDomain:   "x.",
-			queryDomain:     "x.",
-			isWildcard:      false,
-			matchSubdomains: false,
-			shouldMatch:     true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "single character domain with subdomain match",
-			handlerDomain:   "x.",
-			queryDomain:     "sub.x.",
-			isWildcard:      false,
-			matchSubdomains: true,
-			shouldMatch:     true,
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {

client/internal/dns/host_darwin.go

@@ -9,13 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/netip"
 	"os/exec"
-	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
-	nberrors "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/errors"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
 
@@ -24,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat            = "State:/Network/Service/NetBird-%s/DNS"
-	netbirdDNSStateKeyIndexedFormat     = "State:/Network/Service/NetBird-%s-%d/DNS"
 	globalIPv4State                     = "State:/Network/Global/IPv4"
 	primaryServiceStateKeyFormat        = "State:/Network/Service/%s/DNS"
 	keySupplementalMatchDomains         = "SupplementalMatchDomains"
@@ -38,22 +33,11 @@ const (
 	searchSuffix                        = "Search"
 	matchSuffix                         = "Match"
 	localSuffix                         = "Local"
-
-	// maxDomainsPerResolverEntry is the max number of domains per scutil resolver key.
-	// scutil's d.add has maxArgs=101 (key + * + 99 values), so 99 is the hard cap.
-	maxDomainsPerResolverEntry = 50
-
-	// maxDomainBytesPerResolverEntry is the max total bytes of domain strings per key.
-	// scutil has an undocumented ~2048 byte value buffer; we stay well under it.
-	maxDomainBytesPerResolverEntry = 1500
 )
 
 type systemConfigurator struct {
 	createdKeys       map[string]struct{}
 	systemDNSSettings SystemDNSSettings
-
-	mu              sync.RWMutex
-	origNameservers []netip.Addr
 }
 
 func newHostManager() (*systemConfigurator, error) {
@@ -95,23 +79,28 @@ func (s *systemConfigurator) applyDNSConfig(config HostDNSConfig, stateManager *
 		searchDomains = append(searchDomains, strings.TrimSuffix(""+dConf.Domain, "."))
 	}
 
-	if err := s.removeKeysContaining(matchSuffix); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to remove old match keys: %v", err)
-	}
+	matchKey := getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, matchSuffix)
+	var err error
 	if len(matchDomains) != 0 {
-		if err := s.addBatchedDomains(matchSuffix, matchDomains, config.ServerIP, config.ServerPort, false); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("add match domains: %w", err)
-		}
+		err = s.addMatchDomains(matchKey, strings.Join(matchDomains, " "), config.ServerIP, config.ServerPort)
+	} else {
+		log.Infof("removing match domains from the system")
+		err = s.removeKeyFromSystemConfig(matchKey)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("add match domains: %w", err)
 	}
 	s.updateState(stateManager)
 
-	if err := s.removeKeysContaining(searchSuffix); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to remove old search keys: %v", err)
-	}
+	searchKey := getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, searchSuffix)
 	if len(searchDomains) != 0 {
-		if err := s.addBatchedDomains(searchSuffix, searchDomains, config.ServerIP, config.ServerPort, true); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("add search domains: %w", err)
-		}
+		err = s.addSearchDomains(searchKey, strings.Join(searchDomains, " "), config.ServerIP, config.ServerPort)
+	} else {
+		log.Infof("removing search domains from the system")
+		err = s.removeKeyFromSystemConfig(searchKey)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("add search domains: %w", err)
 	}
 	s.updateState(stateManager)
 
@@ -155,7 +144,8 @@ func (s *systemConfigurator) restoreHostDNS() error {
 
 func (s *systemConfigurator) getRemovableKeysWithDefaults() []string {
 	if len(s.createdKeys) == 0 {
-		return s.discoverExistingKeys()
+		// return defaults for startup calls
+		return []string{getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, searchSuffix), getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, matchSuffix)}
 	}
 
 	keys := make([]string, 0, len(s.createdKeys))
@@ -165,47 +155,6 @@ func (s *systemConfigurator) getRemovableKeysWithDefaults() []string {
 	return keys
 }
 
-// discoverExistingKeys probes scutil for all NetBird DNS keys that may exist.
-// This handles the case where createdKeys is empty (e.g., state file lost after unclean shutdown).
-func (s *systemConfigurator) discoverExistingKeys() []string {
-	dnsKeys, err := getSystemDNSKeys()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed to get system DNS keys: %v", err)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	var keys []string
-
-	for _, suffix := range []string{searchSuffix, matchSuffix, localSuffix} {
-		key := getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, suffix)
-		if strings.Contains(dnsKeys, key) {
-			keys = append(keys, key)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, suffix := range []string{searchSuffix, matchSuffix} {
-		for i := 0; ; i++ {
-			key := fmt.Sprintf(netbirdDNSStateKeyIndexedFormat, suffix, i)
-			if !strings.Contains(dnsKeys, key) {
-				break
-			}
-			keys = append(keys, key)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return keys
-}
-
-// getSystemDNSKeys gets all DNS keys
-func getSystemDNSKeys() (string, error) {
-	command := "list .*DNS\nquit\n"
-	out, err := runSystemConfigCommand(command)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return string(out), nil
-}
-
 func (s *systemConfigurator) removeKeyFromSystemConfig(key string) error {
 	line := buildRemoveKeyOperation(key)
 	_, err := runSystemConfigCommand(wrapCommand(line))
@@ -230,11 +179,12 @@ func (s *systemConfigurator) addLocalDNS() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	domainsStr := strings.Join(s.systemDNSSettings.Domains, " ")
-	if err := s.addDNSState(localKey, domainsStr, s.systemDNSSettings.ServerIP, s.systemDNSSettings.ServerPort, true); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("add local dns state: %w", err)
+	if err := s.addSearchDomains(
+		localKey,
+		strings.Join(s.systemDNSSettings.Domains, " "), s.systemDNSSettings.ServerIP, s.systemDNSSettings.ServerPort,
+	); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("add search domains: %w", err)
 	}
-	s.createdKeys[localKey] = struct{}{}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -268,7 +218,6 @@ func (s *systemConfigurator) getSystemDNSSettings() (SystemDNSSettings, error) {
 	}
 
 	var dnsSettings SystemDNSSettings
-	var serverAddresses []netip.Addr
 	inSearchDomainsArray := false
 	inServerAddressesArray := false
 
@@ -295,12 +244,9 @@ func (s *systemConfigurator) getSystemDNSSettings() (SystemDNSSettings, error) {
 			dnsSettings.Domains = append(dnsSettings.Domains, searchDomain)
 		} else if inServerAddressesArray {
 			address := strings.Split(line, " : ")[1]
-			if ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(address); err == nil && !ip.IsUnspecified() {
-				ip = ip.Unmap()
-				serverAddresses = append(serverAddresses, ip)
-				if !dnsSettings.ServerIP.IsValid() && ip.Is4() {
-					dnsSettings.ServerIP = ip
-				}
+			if ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(address); err == nil && ip.Is4() {
+				dnsSettings.ServerIP = ip.Unmap()
+				inServerAddressesArray = false // Stop reading after finding the first IPv4 address
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -312,90 +258,31 @@ func (s *systemConfigurator) getSystemDNSSettings() (SystemDNSSettings, error) {
 	// default to 53 port
 	dnsSettings.ServerPort = DefaultPort
 
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	s.origNameservers = serverAddresses
-	s.mu.Unlock()
-
 	return dnsSettings, nil
 }
 
-func (s *systemConfigurator) getOriginalNameservers() []netip.Addr {
-	s.mu.RLock()
-	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
-	return slices.Clone(s.origNameservers)
+func (s *systemConfigurator) addSearchDomains(key, domains string, ip netip.Addr, port int) error {
+	err := s.addDNSState(key, domains, ip, port, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("add dns state: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("added %d search domains to the state. Domain list: %s", len(strings.Split(domains, " ")), domains)
+
+	s.createdKeys[key] = struct{}{}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
-// splitDomainsIntoBatches splits domains into batches respecting both element count and byte size limits.
-func splitDomainsIntoBatches(domains []string) [][]string {
-	if len(domains) == 0 {
-		return nil
+func (s *systemConfigurator) addMatchDomains(key, domains string, dnsServer netip.Addr, port int) error {
+	err := s.addDNSState(key, domains, dnsServer, port, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("add dns state: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	var batches [][]string
-	var current []string
-	currentBytes := 0
+	log.Infof("added %d match domains to the state. Domain list: %s", len(strings.Split(domains, " ")), domains)
 
-	for _, d := range domains {
-		domainLen := len(d)
-		newBytes := currentBytes + domainLen
-		if currentBytes > 0 {
-			newBytes++ // space separator
-		}
-
-		if len(current) > 0 && (len(current) >= maxDomainsPerResolverEntry || newBytes > maxDomainBytesPerResolverEntry) {
-			batches = append(batches, current)
-			current = nil
-			currentBytes = 0
-		}
-
-		current = append(current, d)
-		if currentBytes > 0 {
-			currentBytes += 1 + domainLen
-		} else {
-			currentBytes = domainLen
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(current) > 0 {
-		batches = append(batches, current)
-	}
-
-	return batches
-}
-
-// removeKeysContaining removes all created keys that contain the given substring.
-func (s *systemConfigurator) removeKeysContaining(suffix string) error {
-	var toRemove []string
-	for key := range s.createdKeys {
-		if strings.Contains(key, suffix) {
-			toRemove = append(toRemove, key)
-		}
-	}
-	var multiErr *multierror.Error
-	for _, key := range toRemove {
-		if err := s.removeKeyFromSystemConfig(key); err != nil {
-			multiErr = multierror.Append(multiErr, fmt.Errorf("couldn't remove key %s: %w", key, err))
-		}
-	}
-	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(multiErr)
-}
-
-// addBatchedDomains splits domains into batches and creates indexed scutil keys for each batch.
-func (s *systemConfigurator) addBatchedDomains(suffix string, domains []string, ip netip.Addr, port int, enableSearch bool) error {
-	batches := splitDomainsIntoBatches(domains)
-
-	for i, batch := range batches {
-		key := fmt.Sprintf(netbirdDNSStateKeyIndexedFormat, suffix, i)
-		domainsStr := strings.Join(batch, " ")
-
-		if err := s.addDNSState(key, domainsStr, ip, port, enableSearch); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("add dns state for batch %d: %w", i, err)
-		}
-
-		s.createdKeys[key] = struct{}{}
-	}
-
-	log.Infof("added %d %s domains across %d resolver entries", len(domains), suffix, len(batches))
+	s.createdKeys[key] = struct{}{}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -458,6 +345,7 @@ func (s *systemConfigurator) flushDNSCache() error {
 	if out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("restart mDNSResponder: %w, output: %s", err, out)
 	}
+
 	log.Info("flushed DNS cache")
 	return nil
 }

client/internal/dns/host_darwin_test.go

@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 package dns
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"net/netip"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -52,22 +49,17 @@ func TestDarwinDNSUncleanShutdownCleanup(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, sm.PersistState(context.Background()))
 
+	searchKey := getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, searchSuffix)
+	matchKey := getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, matchSuffix)
 	localKey := getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, localSuffix)
 
-	// Collect all created keys for cleanup verification
-	createdKeys := make([]string, 0, len(configurator.createdKeys))
-	for key := range configurator.createdKeys {
-		createdKeys = append(createdKeys, key)
-	}
-
 	defer func() {
-		for _, key := range createdKeys {
+		for _, key := range []string{searchKey, matchKey, localKey} {
 			_ = removeTestDNSKey(key)
 		}
-		_ = removeTestDNSKey(localKey)
 	}()
 
-	for _, key := range createdKeys {
+	for _, key := range []string{searchKey, matchKey, localKey} {
 		exists, err := checkDNSKeyExists(key)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		if exists {
@@ -91,223 +83,13 @@ func TestDarwinDNSUncleanShutdownCleanup(t *testing.T) {
 	err = shutdownState.Cleanup()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	for _, key := range createdKeys {
+	for _, key := range []string{searchKey, matchKey, localKey} {
 		exists, err := checkDNSKeyExists(key)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.False(t, exists, "Key %s should NOT exist after cleanup", key)
 	}
 }
 
-// generateShortDomains generates domains like a.com, b.com, ..., aa.com, ab.com, etc.
-func generateShortDomains(count int) []string {
-	domains := make([]string, 0, count)
-	for i := range count {
-		label := ""
-		n := i
-		for {
-			label = string(rune('a'+n%26)) + label
-			n = n/26 - 1
-			if n < 0 {
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		domains = append(domains, label+".com")
-	}
-	return domains
-}
-
-// generateLongDomains generates domains like subdomain-000.department.organization-name.example.com
-func generateLongDomains(count int) []string {
-	domains := make([]string, 0, count)
-	for i := range count {
-		domains = append(domains, fmt.Sprintf("subdomain-%03d.department.organization-name.example.com", i))
-	}
-	return domains
-}
-
-// readDomainsFromKey reads the SupplementalMatchDomains array back from scutil for a given key.
-func readDomainsFromKey(t *testing.T, key string) []string {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	cmd := exec.Command(scutilPath)
-	cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(fmt.Sprintf("open\nshow %s\nquit\n", key))
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
-	require.NoError(t, err, "scutil show should succeed")
-
-	var domains []string
-	inArray := false
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(out))
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
-		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "SupplementalMatchDomains") && strings.Contains(line, "<array>") {
-			inArray = true
-			continue
-		}
-		if inArray {
-			if line == "}" {
-				break
-			}
-			// lines look like: "0 : a.com"
-			parts := strings.SplitN(line, " : ", 2)
-			if len(parts) == 2 {
-				domains = append(domains, parts[1])
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	require.NoError(t, scanner.Err())
-	return domains
-}
-
-func TestSplitDomainsIntoBatches(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name            string
-		domains         []string
-		expectedCount   int
-		checkAllPresent bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:          "empty",
-			domains:       nil,
-			expectedCount: 0,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "under_limit",
-			domains:         generateShortDomains(10),
-			expectedCount:   1,
-			checkAllPresent: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "at_element_limit",
-			domains:         generateShortDomains(50),
-			expectedCount:   1,
-			checkAllPresent: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "over_element_limit",
-			domains:         generateShortDomains(51),
-			expectedCount:   2,
-			checkAllPresent: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "triple_element_limit",
-			domains:         generateShortDomains(150),
-			expectedCount:   3,
-			checkAllPresent: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "long_domains_hit_byte_limit",
-			domains:         generateLongDomains(50),
-			checkAllPresent: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "500_short_domains",
-			domains:         generateShortDomains(500),
-			expectedCount:   10,
-			checkAllPresent: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "500_long_domains",
-			domains:         generateLongDomains(500),
-			checkAllPresent: true,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range tests {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			batches := splitDomainsIntoBatches(tc.domains)
-
-			if tc.expectedCount > 0 {
-				assert.Len(t, batches, tc.expectedCount, "expected %d batches", tc.expectedCount)
-			}
-
-			// Verify each batch respects limits
-			for i, batch := range batches {
-				assert.LessOrEqual(t, len(batch), maxDomainsPerResolverEntry,
-					"batch %d exceeds element limit", i)
-
-				totalBytes := 0
-				for j, d := range batch {
-					if j > 0 {
-						totalBytes++
-					}
-					totalBytes += len(d)
-				}
-				assert.LessOrEqual(t, totalBytes, maxDomainBytesPerResolverEntry,
-					"batch %d exceeds byte limit (%d bytes)", i, totalBytes)
-			}
-
-			if tc.checkAllPresent {
-				var all []string
-				for _, batch := range batches {
-					all = append(all, batch...)
-				}
-				assert.Equal(t, tc.domains, all, "all domains should be present in order")
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// TestMatchDomainBatching writes increasing numbers of domains via the batching mechanism
-// and verifies all domains are readable across multiple scutil keys.
-func TestMatchDomainBatching(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping scutil integration test in short mode")
-	}
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name      string
-		count     int
-		generator func(int) []string
-	}{
-		{"short_10", 10, generateShortDomains},
-		{"short_50", 50, generateShortDomains},
-		{"short_100", 100, generateShortDomains},
-		{"short_200", 200, generateShortDomains},
-		{"short_500", 500, generateShortDomains},
-		{"long_10", 10, generateLongDomains},
-		{"long_50", 50, generateLongDomains},
-		{"long_100", 100, generateLongDomains},
-		{"long_200", 200, generateLongDomains},
-		{"long_500", 500, generateLongDomains},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			configurator := &systemConfigurator{
-				createdKeys: make(map[string]struct{}),
-			}
-
-			defer func() {
-				for key := range configurator.createdKeys {
-					_ = removeTestDNSKey(key)
-				}
-			}()
-
-			domains := tc.generator(tc.count)
-			err := configurator.addBatchedDomains(matchSuffix, domains, netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1"), 53, false)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-
-			batches := splitDomainsIntoBatches(domains)
-			t.Logf("wrote %d domains across %d batched keys", tc.count, len(batches))
-
-			// Read back all domains from all batched keys
-			var got []string
-			for i := range batches {
-				key := fmt.Sprintf(netbirdDNSStateKeyIndexedFormat, matchSuffix, i)
-				exists, err := checkDNSKeyExists(key)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				require.True(t, exists, "key %s should exist", key)
-
-				got = append(got, readDomainsFromKey(t, key)...)
-			}
-
-			t.Logf("read back %d/%d domains from %d keys", len(got), tc.count, len(batches))
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.count, len(got), "all domains should be readable")
-			assert.Equal(t, domains, got, "domains should match in order")
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func checkDNSKeyExists(key string) (bool, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(scutilPath)
 	cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader("show " + key + "\nquit\n")
@@ -327,169 +109,3 @@ func removeTestDNSKey(key string) error {
 	_, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	return err
 }
-
-func TestGetOriginalNameservers(t *testing.T) {
-	configurator := &systemConfigurator{
-		createdKeys: make(map[string]struct{}),
-		origNameservers: []netip.Addr{
-			netip.MustParseAddr("8.8.8.8"),
-			netip.MustParseAddr("1.1.1.1"),
-		},
-	}
-
-	servers := configurator.getOriginalNameservers()
-	assert.Len(t, servers, 2)
-	assert.Equal(t, netip.MustParseAddr("8.8.8.8"), servers[0])
-	assert.Equal(t, netip.MustParseAddr("1.1.1.1"), servers[1])
-}
-
-func TestGetOriginalNameserversFromSystem(t *testing.T) {
-	configurator := &systemConfigurator{
-		createdKeys: make(map[string]struct{}),
-	}
-
-	_, err := configurator.getSystemDNSSettings()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	servers := configurator.getOriginalNameservers()
-
-	require.NotEmpty(t, servers, "expected at least one DNS server from system configuration")
-
-	for _, server := range servers {
-		assert.True(t, server.IsValid(), "server address should be valid")
-		assert.False(t, server.IsUnspecified(), "server address should not be unspecified")
-	}
-
-	t.Logf("found %d original nameservers: %v", len(servers), servers)
-}
-
-func setupTestConfigurator(t *testing.T) (*systemConfigurator, *statemanager.Manager, func()) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-	stateFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "state.json")
-	sm := statemanager.New(stateFile)
-	sm.RegisterState(&ShutdownState{})
-	sm.Start()
-
-	configurator := &systemConfigurator{
-		createdKeys: make(map[string]struct{}),
-	}
-
-	cleanup := func() {
-		_ = sm.Stop(context.Background())
-		for key := range configurator.createdKeys {
-			_ = removeTestDNSKey(key)
-		}
-		// Also clean up old-format keys and local key in case they exist
-		_ = removeTestDNSKey(getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, searchSuffix))
-		_ = removeTestDNSKey(getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, matchSuffix))
-		_ = removeTestDNSKey(getKeyWithInput(netbirdDNSStateKeyFormat, localSuffix))
-	}
-
-	return configurator, sm, cleanup
-}
-
-func TestOriginalNameserversNoTransition(t *testing.T) {
-	netbirdIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1")
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name     string
-		routeAll bool
-	}{
-		{"routeall_false", false},
-		{"routeall_true", true},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			configurator, sm, cleanup := setupTestConfigurator(t)
-			defer cleanup()
-
-			_, err := configurator.getSystemDNSSettings()
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			initialServers := configurator.getOriginalNameservers()
-			t.Logf("Initial servers: %v", initialServers)
-			require.NotEmpty(t, initialServers)
-
-			for _, srv := range initialServers {
-				require.NotEqual(t, netbirdIP, srv, "initial servers should not contain NetBird IP")
-			}
-
-			config := HostDNSConfig{
-				ServerIP:   netbirdIP,
-				ServerPort: 53,
-				RouteAll:   tc.routeAll,
-				Domains:    []DomainConfig{{Domain: "example.com", MatchOnly: true}},
-			}
-
-			for i := 1; i <= 2; i++ {
-				err = configurator.applyDNSConfig(config, sm)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-
-				servers := configurator.getOriginalNameservers()
-				t.Logf("After apply %d (RouteAll=%v): %v", i, tc.routeAll, servers)
-				assert.Equal(t, initialServers, servers)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestOriginalNameserversRouteAllTransition(t *testing.T) {
-	netbirdIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1")
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name         string
-		initialRoute bool
-	}{
-		{"start_with_routeall_false", false},
-		{"start_with_routeall_true", true},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			configurator, sm, cleanup := setupTestConfigurator(t)
-			defer cleanup()
-
-			_, err := configurator.getSystemDNSSettings()
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			initialServers := configurator.getOriginalNameservers()
-			t.Logf("Initial servers: %v", initialServers)
-			require.NotEmpty(t, initialServers)
-
-			config := HostDNSConfig{
-				ServerIP:   netbirdIP,
-				ServerPort: 53,
-				RouteAll:   tc.initialRoute,
-				Domains:    []DomainConfig{{Domain: "example.com", MatchOnly: true}},
-			}
-
-			// First apply
-			err = configurator.applyDNSConfig(config, sm)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			servers := configurator.getOriginalNameservers()
-			t.Logf("After first apply (RouteAll=%v): %v", tc.initialRoute, servers)
-			assert.Equal(t, initialServers, servers)
-
-			// Toggle RouteAll
-			config.RouteAll = !tc.initialRoute
-			err = configurator.applyDNSConfig(config, sm)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			servers = configurator.getOriginalNameservers()
-			t.Logf("After toggle (RouteAll=%v): %v", config.RouteAll, servers)
-			assert.Equal(t, initialServers, servers)
-
-			// Toggle back
-			config.RouteAll = tc.initialRoute
-			err = configurator.applyDNSConfig(config, sm)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			servers = configurator.getOriginalNameservers()
-			t.Logf("After toggle back (RouteAll=%v): %v", config.RouteAll, servers)
-			assert.Equal(t, initialServers, servers)
-
-			for _, srv := range servers {
-				assert.NotEqual(t, netbirdIP, srv, "servers should not contain NetBird IP")
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}

client/internal/dns/host_windows.go

@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ const (
 	dnsPolicyConfigConfigOptionsKey     = "ConfigOptions"
 	dnsPolicyConfigConfigOptionsValue   = 0x8
 
-	nrptMaxDomainsPerRule = 50
-
 	interfaceConfigPath          = `SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces`
 	interfaceConfigNameServerKey = "NameServer"
 	interfaceConfigSearchListKey = "SearchList"
@@ -200,11 +198,10 @@ func (r *registryConfigurator) applyDNSConfig(config HostDNSConfig, stateManager
 
 	if len(matchDomains) != 0 {
 		count, err := r.addDNSMatchPolicy(matchDomains, config.ServerIP)
-		// Update count even on error to ensure cleanup covers partially created rules
-		r.nrptEntryCount = count
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("add dns match policy: %w", err)
 		}
+		r.nrptEntryCount = count
 	} else {
 		r.nrptEntryCount = 0
 	}
@@ -242,33 +239,23 @@ func (r *registryConfigurator) addDNSSetupForAll(ip netip.Addr) error {
 func (r *registryConfigurator) addDNSMatchPolicy(domains []string, ip netip.Addr) (int, error) {
 	// if the gpo key is present, we need to put our DNS settings there, otherwise our config might be ignored
 	// see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-gpnrpt/8cc31cb9-20cb-4140-9e85-3e08703b4745
+	for i, domain := range domains {
+		localPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", dnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, i)
+		gpoPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", gpoDnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, i)
 
-	// We need to batch domains into chunks and create one NRPT rule per batch.
-	ruleIndex := 0
-	for i := 0; i < len(domains); i += nrptMaxDomainsPerRule {
-		end := i + nrptMaxDomainsPerRule
-		if end > len(domains) {
-			end = len(domains)
+		singleDomain := []string{domain}
+
+		if err := r.configureDNSPolicy(localPath, singleDomain, ip); err != nil {
+			return i, fmt.Errorf("configure DNS Local policy for domain %s: %w", domain, err)
 		}
-		batchDomains := domains[i:end]
-
-		localPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", dnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, ruleIndex)
-		gpoPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", gpoDnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, ruleIndex)
-
-		if err := r.configureDNSPolicy(localPath, batchDomains, ip); err != nil {
-			return ruleIndex, fmt.Errorf("configure DNS Local policy for rule %d: %w", ruleIndex, err)
-		}
-
-		// Increment immediately so the caller's cleanup path knows about this rule
-		ruleIndex++
 
 		if r.gpo {
-			if err := r.configureDNSPolicy(gpoPath, batchDomains, ip); err != nil {
-				return ruleIndex, fmt.Errorf("configure gpo DNS policy for rule %d: %w", ruleIndex-1, err)
+			if err := r.configureDNSPolicy(gpoPath, singleDomain, ip); err != nil {
+				return i, fmt.Errorf("configure gpo DNS policy: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
 
-		log.Debugf("added NRPT rule %d with %d domains", ruleIndex-1, len(batchDomains))
+		log.Debugf("added NRPT entry for domain: %s", domain)
 	}
 
 	if r.gpo {
@@ -277,8 +264,8 @@ func (r *registryConfigurator) addDNSMatchPolicy(domains []string, ip netip.Addr
 		}
 	}
 
-	log.Infof("added %d NRPT rules for %d domains", ruleIndex, len(domains))
-	return ruleIndex, nil
+	log.Infof("added %d separate NRPT entries. Domain list: %s", len(domains), domains)
+	return len(domains), nil
 }
 
 func (r *registryConfigurator) configureDNSPolicy(policyPath string, domains []string, ip netip.Addr) error {

client/internal/dns/host_windows_test.go

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 // TestNRPTEntriesCleanupOnConfigChange tests that old NRPT entries are properly cleaned up
 // when the number of match domains decreases between configuration changes.
-// With batching enabled (50 domains per rule), we need enough domains to create multiple rules.
 func TestNRPTEntriesCleanupOnConfigChange(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("skipping registry integration test in short mode")
@@ -38,60 +37,51 @@ func TestNRPTEntriesCleanupOnConfigChange(t *testing.T) {
 		gpo:  false,
 	}
 
-	// Create 125 domains which will result in 3 NRPT rules (50+50+25)
-	domains125 := make([]DomainConfig, 125)
-	for i := 0; i < 125; i++ {
-		domains125[i] = DomainConfig{
-			Domain:    fmt.Sprintf("domain%d.com", i+1),
-			MatchOnly: true,
-		}
-	}
-
-	config125 := HostDNSConfig{
+	config5 := HostDNSConfig{
 		ServerIP: testIP,
-		Domains:  domains125,
+		Domains: []DomainConfig{
+			{Domain: "domain1.com", MatchOnly: true},
+			{Domain: "domain2.com", MatchOnly: true},
+			{Domain: "domain3.com", MatchOnly: true},
+			{Domain: "domain4.com", MatchOnly: true},
+			{Domain: "domain5.com", MatchOnly: true},
+		},
 	}
 
-	err = cfg.applyDNSConfig(config125, nil)
+	err = cfg.applyDNSConfig(config5, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	// Verify 3 NRPT rules exist
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, cfg.nrptEntryCount, "Should create 3 NRPT rules for 125 domains")
-	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+	// Verify all 5 entries exist
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
 		exists, err := registryKeyExists(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", dnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, i))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.True(t, exists, "NRPT rule %d should exist after first config", i)
+		assert.True(t, exists, "Entry %d should exist after first config", i)
 	}
 
-	// Reduce to 75 domains which will result in 2 NRPT rules (50+25)
-	domains75 := make([]DomainConfig, 75)
-	for i := 0; i < 75; i++ {
-		domains75[i] = DomainConfig{
-			Domain:    fmt.Sprintf("domain%d.com", i+1),
-			MatchOnly: true,
-		}
-	}
-
-	config75 := HostDNSConfig{
+	config2 := HostDNSConfig{
 		ServerIP: testIP,
-		Domains:  domains75,
+		Domains: []DomainConfig{
+			{Domain: "domain1.com", MatchOnly: true},
+			{Domain: "domain2.com", MatchOnly: true},
+		},
 	}
 
-	err = cfg.applyDNSConfig(config75, nil)
+	err = cfg.applyDNSConfig(config2, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	// Verify first 2 NRPT rules exist
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, cfg.nrptEntryCount, "Should create 2 NRPT rules for 75 domains")
+	// Verify first 2 entries exist
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
 		exists, err := registryKeyExists(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", dnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, i))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.True(t, exists, "NRPT rule %d should exist after second config", i)
+		assert.True(t, exists, "Entry %d should exist after second config", i)
 	}
 
-	// Verify rule 2 is cleaned up
-	exists, err := registryKeyExists(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", dnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, 2))
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.False(t, exists, "NRPT rule 2 should NOT exist after reducing to 75 domains")
+	// Verify entries 2-4 are cleaned up
+	for i := 2; i < 5; i++ {
+		exists, err := registryKeyExists(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", dnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, i))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.False(t, exists, "Entry %d should NOT exist after reducing to 2 domains", i)
+	}
 }
 
 func registryKeyExists(path string) (bool, error) {
@@ -107,106 +97,6 @@ func registryKeyExists(path string) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 func cleanupRegistryKeys(*testing.T) {
-	// Clean up more entries to account for batching tests with many domains
-	cfg := &registryConfigurator{nrptEntryCount: 20}
+	cfg := &registryConfigurator{nrptEntryCount: 10}
 	_ = cfg.removeDNSMatchPolicies()
 }
-
-// TestNRPTDomainBatching verifies that domains are correctly batched into NRPT rules.
-func TestNRPTDomainBatching(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping registry integration test in short mode")
-	}
-
-	defer cleanupRegistryKeys(t)
-	cleanupRegistryKeys(t)
-
-	testIP := netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1")
-
-	// Create a test interface registry key so updateSearchDomains doesn't fail
-	testGUID := "{12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789ABC}"
-	interfacePath := `SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\` + testGUID
-	testKey, _, err := registry.CreateKey(registry.LOCAL_MACHINE, interfacePath, registry.SET_VALUE)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "Should create test interface registry key")
-	testKey.Close()
-	defer func() {
-		_ = registry.DeleteKey(registry.LOCAL_MACHINE, interfacePath)
-	}()
-
-	cfg := &registryConfigurator{
-		guid: testGUID,
-		gpo:  false,
-	}
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name              string
-		domainCount       int
-		expectedRuleCount int
-	}{
-		{
-			name:              "Less than 50 domains (single rule)",
-			domainCount:       30,
-			expectedRuleCount: 1,
-		},
-		{
-			name:              "Exactly 50 domains (single rule)",
-			domainCount:       50,
-			expectedRuleCount: 1,
-		},
-		{
-			name:              "51 domains (two rules)",
-			domainCount:       51,
-			expectedRuleCount: 2,
-		},
-		{
-			name:              "100 domains (two rules)",
-			domainCount:       100,
-			expectedRuleCount: 2,
-		},
-		{
-			name:              "125 domains (three rules: 50+50+25)",
-			domainCount:       125,
-			expectedRuleCount: 3,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// Clean up before each subtest
-			cleanupRegistryKeys(t)
-
-			// Generate domains
-			domains := make([]DomainConfig, tc.domainCount)
-			for i := 0; i < tc.domainCount; i++ {
-				domains[i] = DomainConfig{
-					Domain:    fmt.Sprintf("domain%d.com", i+1),
-					MatchOnly: true,
-				}
-			}
-
-			config := HostDNSConfig{
-				ServerIP: testIP,
-				Domains:  domains,
-			}
-
-			err := cfg.applyDNSConfig(config, nil)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-
-			// Verify that exactly expectedRuleCount rules were created
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedRuleCount, cfg.nrptEntryCount,
-				"Should create %d NRPT rules for %d domains", tc.expectedRuleCount, tc.domainCount)
-
-			// Verify all expected rules exist
-			for i := 0; i < tc.expectedRuleCount; i++ {
-				exists, err := registryKeyExists(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", dnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, i))
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.True(t, exists, "NRPT rule %d should exist", i)
-			}
-
-			// Verify no extra rules were created
-			exists, err := registryKeyExists(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", dnsPolicyConfigMatchPath, tc.expectedRuleCount))
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.False(t, exists, "No NRPT rule should exist at index %d", tc.expectedRuleCount)
-		})
-	}
-}

client/internal/dns/local/local.go

@@ -77,14 +77,11 @@ func (d *Resolver) ID() types.HandlerID {
 	return "local-resolver"
 }
 
-func (d *Resolver) ProbeAvailability(context.Context) {}
+func (d *Resolver) ProbeAvailability() {}
 
 // ServeDNS handles a DNS request
 func (d *Resolver) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
-	logger := log.WithFields(log.Fields{
-		"request_id": resutil.GetRequestID(w),
-		"dns_id":     fmt.Sprintf("%04x", r.Id),
-	})
+	logger := log.WithField("request_id", resutil.GetRequestID(w))
 
 	if len(r.Question) == 0 {
 		logger.Debug("received local resolver request with no question")

client/internal/dns/mgmt/mgmt.go

@@ -376,9 +376,9 @@ func (m *Resolver) extractDomainsFromServerDomains(serverDomains dnsconfig.Serve
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Flow receiver domain is intentionally excluded from caching.
-	// Cloud providers may rotate the IP behind this domain; a stale cached record
-	// causes TLS certificate verification failures on reconnect.
+	if serverDomains.Flow != "" {
+		domains = append(domains, serverDomains.Flow)
+	}
 
 	for _, stun := range serverDomains.Stuns {
 		if stun != "" {

client/internal/dns/mgmt/mgmt_test.go

@@ -391,8 +391,7 @@ func TestResolver_PartialUpdateAddsNewTypePreservesExisting(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	assert.Len(t, resolver.GetCachedDomains(), 3)
 
-	// Update with partial ServerDomains (only flow domain - flow is intentionally excluded from
-	// caching to prevent TLS failures from stale records, so all existing domains are preserved)
+	// Update with partial ServerDomains (only flow domain - new type, should preserve all existing)
 	partialDomains := dnsconfig.ServerDomains{
 		Flow: "github.com",
 	}
@@ -401,10 +400,10 @@ func TestResolver_PartialUpdateAddsNewTypePreservesExisting(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skipf("Skipping test due to DNS resolution failure: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	assert.Len(t, removedDomains, 0, "Should not remove any domains when only flow domain is provided")
+	assert.Len(t, removedDomains, 0, "Should not remove any domains when adding new type")
 
 	finalDomains := resolver.GetCachedDomains()
-	assert.Len(t, finalDomains, 3, "Flow domain is not cached; all original domains should be preserved")
+	assert.Len(t, finalDomains, 4, "Should have all original domains plus new flow domain")
 
 	domainStrings := make([]string, len(finalDomains))
 	for i, d := range finalDomains {
@@ -413,5 +412,5 @@ func TestResolver_PartialUpdateAddsNewTypePreservesExisting(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, domainStrings, "example.org")
 	assert.Contains(t, domainStrings, "google.com")
 	assert.Contains(t, domainStrings, "cloudflare.com")
-	assert.NotContains(t, domainStrings, "github.com")
+	assert.Contains(t, domainStrings, "github.com")
 }

client/internal/dns/mock_server.go

@@ -84,18 +84,3 @@ func (m *MockServer) UpdateServerConfig(domains dnsconfig.ServerDomains) error {
 func (m *MockServer) PopulateManagementDomain(mgmtURL *url.URL) error {
 	return nil
 }
-
-// BeginBatch mock implementation of BeginBatch from Server interface
-func (m *MockServer) BeginBatch() {
-	// Mock implementation - no-op
-}
-
-// EndBatch mock implementation of EndBatch from Server interface
-func (m *MockServer) EndBatch() {
-	// Mock implementation - no-op
-}
-
-// CancelBatch mock implementation of CancelBatch from Server interface
-func (m *MockServer) CancelBatch() {
-	// Mock implementation - no-op
-}

client/internal/dns/server.go

@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/netip"
 	"net/url"
-	"os"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/domain"
 )
 
-const envSkipDNSProbe = "NB_SKIP_DNS_PROBE"
-
 // ReadyListener is a notification mechanism what indicate the server is ready to handle host dns address changes
 type ReadyListener interface {
 	OnReady()
@@ -45,9 +41,6 @@ type IosDnsManager interface {
 type Server interface {
 	RegisterHandler(domains domain.List, handler dns.Handler, priority int)
 	DeregisterHandler(domains domain.List, priority int)
-	BeginBatch()
-	EndBatch()
-	CancelBatch()
 	Initialize() error
 	Stop()
 	DnsIP() netip.Addr
@@ -90,7 +83,6 @@ type DefaultServer struct {
 	currentConfigHash  uint64
 	handlerChain       *HandlerChain
 	extraDomains       map[domain.Domain]int
-	batchMode          bool
 
 	mgmtCacheResolver *mgmt.Resolver
 
@@ -104,16 +96,12 @@ type DefaultServer struct {
 
 	statusRecorder *peer.Status
 	stateManager   *statemanager.Manager
-
-	probeMu     sync.Mutex
-	probeCancel context.CancelFunc
-	probeWg     sync.WaitGroup
 }
 
 type handlerWithStop interface {
 	dns.Handler
 	Stop()
-	ProbeAvailability(context.Context)
+	ProbeAvailability()
 	ID() types.HandlerID
 }
 
@@ -242,9 +230,7 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) RegisterHandler(domains domain.List, handler dns.Handler
 		// convert to zone with simple ref counter
 		s.extraDomains[toZone(domain)]++
 	}
-	if !s.batchMode {
-		s.applyHostConfig()
-	}
+	s.applyHostConfig()
 }
 
 func (s *DefaultServer) registerHandler(domains []string, handler dns.Handler, priority int) {
@@ -273,41 +259,9 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) DeregisterHandler(domains domain.List, priority int) {
 			delete(s.extraDomains, zone)
 		}
 	}
-	if !s.batchMode {
-		s.applyHostConfig()
-	}
-}
-
-// BeginBatch starts batch mode for DNS handler registration/deregistration.
-// In batch mode, applyHostConfig() is not called after each handler operation,
-// allowing multiple handlers to be registered/deregistered efficiently.
-// Must be followed by EndBatch() to apply the accumulated changes.
-func (s *DefaultServer) BeginBatch() {
-	s.mux.Lock()
-	defer s.mux.Unlock()
-	log.Debugf("DNS batch mode enabled")
-	s.batchMode = true
-}
-
-// EndBatch ends batch mode and applies all accumulated DNS configuration changes.
-func (s *DefaultServer) EndBatch() {
-	s.mux.Lock()
-	defer s.mux.Unlock()
-	log.Debugf("DNS batch mode disabled, applying accumulated changes")
-	s.batchMode = false
 	s.applyHostConfig()
 }
 
-// CancelBatch cancels batch mode without applying accumulated changes.
-// This is useful when operations fail partway through and you want to
-// discard partial state rather than applying it.
-func (s *DefaultServer) CancelBatch() {
-	s.mux.Lock()
-	defer s.mux.Unlock()
-	log.Debugf("DNS batch mode cancelled, discarding accumulated changes")
-	s.batchMode = false
-}
-
 func (s *DefaultServer) deregisterHandler(domains []string, priority int) {
 	log.Debugf("deregistering handler with priority %d for %v", priority, domains)
 
@@ -366,13 +320,7 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) DnsIP() netip.Addr {
 
 // Stop stops the server
 func (s *DefaultServer) Stop() {
-	s.probeMu.Lock()
-	if s.probeCancel != nil {
-		s.probeCancel()
-	}
 	s.ctxCancel()
-	s.probeMu.Unlock()
-	s.probeWg.Wait()
 	s.shutdownWg.Wait()
 
 	s.mux.Lock()
@@ -489,66 +437,17 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) SearchDomains() []string {
 }
 
 // ProbeAvailability tests each upstream group's servers for availability
-// and deactivates the group if no server responds.
-// If a previous probe is still running, it will be cancelled before starting a new one.
+// and deactivates the group if no server responds
 func (s *DefaultServer) ProbeAvailability() {
-	if val := os.Getenv(envSkipDNSProbe); val != "" {
-		skipProbe, err := strconv.ParseBool(val)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("failed to parse %s: %v", envSkipDNSProbe, err)
-		}
-		if skipProbe {
-			log.Infof("skipping DNS probe due to %s", envSkipDNSProbe)
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	s.probeMu.Lock()
-
-	// don't start probes on a stopped server
-	if s.ctx.Err() != nil {
-		s.probeMu.Unlock()
-		return
-	}
-
-	// cancel any running probe
-	if s.probeCancel != nil {
-		s.probeCancel()
-		s.probeCancel = nil
-	}
-
-	// wait for the previous probe goroutines to finish while holding
-	// the mutex so no other caller can start a new probe concurrently
-	s.probeWg.Wait()
-
-	// start a new probe
-	probeCtx, probeCancel := context.WithCancel(s.ctx)
-	s.probeCancel = probeCancel
-
-	s.probeWg.Add(1)
-	defer s.probeWg.Done()
-
-	// Snapshot handlers under s.mux to avoid racing with updateMux/dnsMuxMap writers.
-	s.mux.Lock()
-	handlers := make([]handlerWithStop, 0, len(s.dnsMuxMap))
-	for _, mux := range s.dnsMuxMap {
-		handlers = append(handlers, mux.handler)
-	}
-	s.mux.Unlock()
-
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	for _, handler := range handlers {
+	for _, mux := range s.dnsMuxMap {
 		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(h handlerWithStop) {
+		go func(mux handlerWithStop) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			h.ProbeAvailability(probeCtx)
-		}(handler)
+			mux.ProbeAvailability()
+		}(mux.handler)
 	}
-
-	s.probeMu.Unlock()
-
 	wg.Wait()
-	probeCancel()
 }
 
 func (s *DefaultServer) UpdateServerConfig(domains dnsconfig.ServerDomains) error {
@@ -609,7 +508,6 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) applyConfiguration(update nbdns.Config) error {
 		s.currentConfig.RouteAll = false
 	}
 
-	// Always apply host config for management updates, regardless of batch mode
 	s.applyHostConfig()
 
 	s.shutdownWg.Add(1)
@@ -717,7 +615,7 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) applyHostConfig() {
 	s.registerFallback(config)
 }
 
-// registerFallback registers original nameservers as low-priority fallback handlers.
+// registerFallback registers original nameservers as low-priority fallback handlers
 func (s *DefaultServer) registerFallback(config HostDNSConfig) {
 	hostMgrWithNS, ok := s.hostManager.(hostManagerWithOriginalNS)
 	if !ok {
@@ -726,7 +624,6 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) registerFallback(config HostDNSConfig) {
 
 	originalNameservers := hostMgrWithNS.getOriginalNameservers()
 	if len(originalNameservers) == 0 {
-		s.deregisterHandler([]string{nbdns.RootZone}, PriorityFallback)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -974,7 +871,6 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) upstreamCallbacks(
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Always apply host config when nameserver goes down, regardless of batch mode
 		s.applyHostConfig()
 
 		go func() {
@@ -1010,7 +906,6 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) upstreamCallbacks(
 			s.registerHandler([]string{nbdns.RootZone}, handler, priority)
 		}
 
-		// Always apply host config when nameserver reactivates, regardless of batch mode
 		s.applyHostConfig()
 
 		s.updateNSState(nsGroup, nil, true)

client/internal/dns/server_export_test.go

@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@ func TestGetServerDns(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("invalid dns server instance: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	mockSrvB, ok := srvB.(*MockServer)
-	if !ok {
-		t.Errorf("returned server is not a MockServer")
-	}
-
-	if mockSrvB != srv {
+	if srvB != srv {
 		t.Errorf("mismatch dns instances")
 	}
 }

client/internal/dns/server_test.go

@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ type mockHandler struct {
 
 func (m *mockHandler) ServeDNS(dns.ResponseWriter, *dns.Msg) {}
 func (m *mockHandler) Stop()                                 {}
-func (m *mockHandler) ProbeAvailability(context.Context)     {}
+func (m *mockHandler) ProbeAvailability()                    {}
 func (m *mockHandler) ID() types.HandlerID                   { return types.HandlerID(m.Id) }
 
 type mockService struct{}

client/internal/dns/service_listener.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ func (s *serviceViaListener) Listen() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("eval listen address: %w", err)
 	}
 	s.listenIP = s.listenIP.Unmap()
-	s.server.Addr = net.JoinHostPort(s.listenIP.String(), strconv.Itoa(int(s.listenPort)))
+	s.server.Addr = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", s.listenIP, s.listenPort)
 	log.Debugf("starting dns on %s", s.server.Addr)
 	go func() {
 		s.setListenerStatus(true)
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ func (s *serviceViaListener) testFreePort(port int) (netip.Addr, bool) {
 }
 
 func (s *serviceViaListener) tryToBind(ip netip.Addr, port int) bool {
-	addrString := net.JoinHostPort(ip.String(), strconv.Itoa(port))
+	addrString := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ip, port)
 	udpAddr := net.UDPAddrFromAddrPort(netip.MustParseAddrPort(addrString))
 	probeListener, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", udpAddr)
 	if err != nil {

client/internal/dns/test/mock.go

@@ -8,21 +8,15 @@ import (
 
 type MockResponseWriter struct {
 	WriteMsgFunc func(m *dns.Msg) error
-	lastResponse *dns.Msg
 }
 
 func (rw *MockResponseWriter) WriteMsg(m *dns.Msg) error {
-	rw.lastResponse = m
 	if rw.WriteMsgFunc != nil {
 		return rw.WriteMsgFunc(m)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (rw *MockResponseWriter) GetLastResponse() *dns.Msg {
-	return rw.lastResponse
-}
-
 func (rw *MockResponseWriter) LocalAddr() net.Addr       { return nil }
 func (rw *MockResponseWriter) RemoteAddr() net.Addr      { return nil }
 func (rw *MockResponseWriter) Write([]byte) (int, error) { return 0, nil }

client/internal/dns/upstream.go

@@ -65,18 +65,12 @@ type upstreamResolverBase struct {
 	mutex            sync.Mutex
 	reactivatePeriod time.Duration
 	upstreamTimeout  time.Duration
-	wg               sync.WaitGroup
 
 	deactivate     func(error)
 	reactivate     func()
 	statusRecorder *peer.Status
 }
 
-type upstreamFailure struct {
-	upstream netip.AddrPort
-	reason   string
-}
-
 func newUpstreamResolverBase(ctx context.Context, statusRecorder *peer.Status, domain string) *upstreamResolverBase {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 
@@ -116,19 +110,11 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) MatchSubdomains() bool {
 func (u *upstreamResolverBase) Stop() {
 	log.Debugf("stopping serving DNS for upstreams %s", u.upstreamServers)
 	u.cancel()
-
-	u.mutex.Lock()
-	u.wg.Wait()
-	u.mutex.Unlock()
-
 }
 
 // ServeDNS handles a DNS request
 func (u *upstreamResolverBase) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
-	logger := log.WithFields(log.Fields{
-		"request_id": resutil.GetRequestID(w),
-		"dns_id":     fmt.Sprintf("%04x", r.Id),
-	})
+	logger := log.WithField("request_id", resutil.GetRequestID(w))
 
 	u.prepareRequest(r)
 
@@ -137,13 +123,11 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	ok, failures := u.tryUpstreamServers(w, r, logger)
-	if len(failures) > 0 {
-		u.logUpstreamFailures(r.Question[0].Name, failures, ok, logger)
-	}
-	if !ok {
-		u.writeErrorResponse(w, r, logger)
+	if u.tryUpstreamServers(w, r, logger) {
+		return
 	}
+
+	u.writeErrorResponse(w, r, logger)
 }
 
 func (u *upstreamResolverBase) prepareRequest(r *dns.Msg) {
@@ -152,7 +136,7 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) prepareRequest(r *dns.Msg) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (u *upstreamResolverBase) tryUpstreamServers(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, logger *log.Entry) (bool, []upstreamFailure) {
+func (u *upstreamResolverBase) tryUpstreamServers(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, logger *log.Entry) bool {
 	timeout := u.upstreamTimeout
 	if len(u.upstreamServers) > 1 {
 		maxTotal := 5 * time.Second
@@ -165,19 +149,15 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) tryUpstreamServers(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.M
 		}
 	}
 
-	var failures []upstreamFailure
 	for _, upstream := range u.upstreamServers {
-		if failure := u.queryUpstream(w, r, upstream, timeout, logger); failure != nil {
-			failures = append(failures, *failure)
-		} else {
-			return true, failures
+		if u.queryUpstream(w, r, upstream, timeout, logger) {
+			return true
 		}
 	}
-	return false, failures
+	return false
 }
 
-// queryUpstream queries a single upstream server. Returns nil on success, or failure info to try next upstream.
-func (u *upstreamResolverBase) queryUpstream(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, upstream netip.AddrPort, timeout time.Duration, logger *log.Entry) *upstreamFailure {
+func (u *upstreamResolverBase) queryUpstream(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, upstream netip.AddrPort, timeout time.Duration, logger *log.Entry) bool {
 	var rm *dns.Msg
 	var t time.Duration
 	var err error
@@ -191,32 +171,31 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) queryUpstream(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, u
 	}()
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return u.handleUpstreamError(err, upstream, startTime)
+		u.handleUpstreamError(err, upstream, r.Question[0].Name, startTime, timeout, logger)
+		return false
 	}
 
 	if rm == nil || !rm.Response {
-		return &upstreamFailure{upstream: upstream, reason: "no response"}
+		logger.Warnf("no response from upstream %s for question domain=%s", upstream, r.Question[0].Name)
+		return false
 	}
 
-	if rm.Rcode == dns.RcodeServerFailure || rm.Rcode == dns.RcodeRefused {
-		return &upstreamFailure{upstream: upstream, reason: dns.RcodeToString[rm.Rcode]}
-	}
-
-	u.writeSuccessResponse(w, rm, upstream, r.Question[0].Name, t, logger)
-	return nil
+	return u.writeSuccessResponse(w, rm, upstream, r.Question[0].Name, t, logger)
 }
 
-func (u *upstreamResolverBase) handleUpstreamError(err error, upstream netip.AddrPort, startTime time.Time) *upstreamFailure {
+func (u *upstreamResolverBase) handleUpstreamError(err error, upstream netip.AddrPort, domain string, startTime time.Time, timeout time.Duration, logger *log.Entry) {
 	if !errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) && !isTimeout(err) {
-		return &upstreamFailure{upstream: upstream, reason: err.Error()}
+		logger.Warnf("failed to query upstream %s for question domain=%s: %s", upstream, domain, err)
+		return
 	}
 
 	elapsed := time.Since(startTime)
-	reason := fmt.Sprintf("timeout after %v", elapsed.Truncate(time.Millisecond))
+	timeoutMsg := fmt.Sprintf("upstream %s timed out for question domain=%s after %v (timeout=%v)", upstream, domain, elapsed.Truncate(time.Millisecond), timeout)
 	if peerInfo := u.debugUpstreamTimeout(upstream); peerInfo != "" {
-		reason += " " + peerInfo
+		timeoutMsg += " " + peerInfo
 	}
-	return &upstreamFailure{upstream: upstream, reason: reason}
+	timeoutMsg += fmt.Sprintf(" - error: %v", err)
+	logger.Warn(timeoutMsg)
 }
 
 func (u *upstreamResolverBase) writeSuccessResponse(w dns.ResponseWriter, rm *dns.Msg, upstream netip.AddrPort, domain string, t time.Duration, logger *log.Entry) bool {
@@ -236,40 +215,28 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) writeSuccessResponse(w dns.ResponseWriter, rm *dn
 	return true
 }
 
-func (u *upstreamResolverBase) logUpstreamFailures(domain string, failures []upstreamFailure, succeeded bool, logger *log.Entry) {
-	totalUpstreams := len(u.upstreamServers)
-	failedCount := len(failures)
-	failureSummary := formatFailures(failures)
-
-	if succeeded {
-		logger.Warnf("%d/%d upstreams failed for domain=%s: %s", failedCount, totalUpstreams, domain, failureSummary)
-	} else {
-		logger.Errorf("%d/%d upstreams failed for domain=%s: %s", failedCount, totalUpstreams, domain, failureSummary)
-	}
-}
-
 func (u *upstreamResolverBase) writeErrorResponse(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, logger *log.Entry) {
+	logger.Errorf("all queries to the %s failed for question domain=%s", u, r.Question[0].Name)
+
 	m := new(dns.Msg)
 	m.SetRcode(r, dns.RcodeServerFailure)
 	if err := w.WriteMsg(m); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("write error response for domain=%s: %s", r.Question[0].Name, err)
+		logger.Errorf("failed to write error response for %s for question domain=%s: %s", u, r.Question[0].Name, err)
 	}
 }
 
-func formatFailures(failures []upstreamFailure) string {
-	parts := make([]string, 0, len(failures))
-	for _, f := range failures {
-		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", f.upstream, f.reason))
-	}
-	return strings.Join(parts, ", ")
-}
-
 // ProbeAvailability tests all upstream servers simultaneously and
 // disables the resolver if none work
-func (u *upstreamResolverBase) ProbeAvailability(ctx context.Context) {
+func (u *upstreamResolverBase) ProbeAvailability() {
 	u.mutex.Lock()
 	defer u.mutex.Unlock()
 
+	select {
+	case <-u.ctx.Done():
+		return
+	default:
+	}
+
 	// avoid probe if upstreams could resolve at least one query
 	if u.successCount.Load() > 0 {
 		return
@@ -279,39 +246,31 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) ProbeAvailability(ctx context.Context) {
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
-	var errs *multierror.Error
+	var errors *multierror.Error
 	for _, upstream := range u.upstreamServers {
+		upstream := upstream
+
 		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(upstream netip.AddrPort) {
+		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			err := u.testNameserver(u.ctx, ctx, upstream, 500*time.Millisecond)
+			err := u.testNameserver(upstream, 500*time.Millisecond)
 			if err != nil {
-				mu.Lock()
-				errs = multierror.Append(errs, err)
-				mu.Unlock()
+				errors = multierror.Append(errors, err)
 				log.Warnf("probing upstream nameserver %s: %s", upstream, err)
 				return
 			}
 
 			mu.Lock()
+			defer mu.Unlock()
 			success = true
-			mu.Unlock()
-		}(upstream)
+		}()
 	}
 
 	wg.Wait()
 
-	select {
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		return
-	case <-u.ctx.Done():
-		return
-	default:
-	}
-
 	// didn't find a working upstream server, let's disable and try later
 	if !success {
-		u.disable(errs.ErrorOrNil())
+		u.disable(errors.ErrorOrNil())
 
 		if u.statusRecorder == nil {
 			return
@@ -347,7 +306,7 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) waitUntilResponse() {
 		}
 
 		for _, upstream := range u.upstreamServers {
-			if err := u.testNameserver(u.ctx, nil, upstream, probeTimeout); err != nil {
+			if err := u.testNameserver(upstream, probeTimeout); err != nil {
 				log.Tracef("upstream check for %s: %s", upstream, err)
 			} else {
 				// at least one upstream server is available, stop probing
@@ -359,22 +318,16 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) waitUntilResponse() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("upstream check call error")
 	}
 
-	err := backoff.Retry(operation, backoff.WithContext(exponentialBackOff, u.ctx))
+	err := backoff.Retry(operation, exponentialBackOff)
 	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-			log.Debugf("upstream retry loop exited for upstreams %s", u.upstreamServersString())
-		} else {
-			log.Warnf("upstream retry loop exited for upstreams %s: %v", u.upstreamServersString(), err)
-		}
+		log.Warn(err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("upstreams %s are responsive again. Adding them back to system", u.upstreamServersString())
 	u.successCount.Add(1)
 	u.reactivate()
-	u.mutex.Lock()
 	u.disabled = false
-	u.mutex.Unlock()
 }
 
 // isTimeout returns true if the given error is a network timeout error.
@@ -397,11 +350,7 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) disable(err error) {
 	u.successCount.Store(0)
 	u.deactivate(err)
 	u.disabled = true
-	u.wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer u.wg.Done()
-		u.waitUntilResponse()
-	}()
+	go u.waitUntilResponse()
 }
 
 func (u *upstreamResolverBase) upstreamServersString() string {
@@ -412,18 +361,13 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) upstreamServersString() string {
 	return strings.Join(servers, ", ")
 }
 
-func (u *upstreamResolverBase) testNameserver(baseCtx context.Context, externalCtx context.Context, server netip.AddrPort, timeout time.Duration) error {
-	mergedCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(baseCtx, timeout)
+func (u *upstreamResolverBase) testNameserver(server netip.AddrPort, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(u.ctx, timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	if externalCtx != nil {
-		stop2 := context.AfterFunc(externalCtx, cancel)
-		defer stop2()
-	}
-
 	r := new(dns.Msg).SetQuestion(testRecord, dns.TypeSOA)
 
-	_, _, err := u.upstreamClient.exchange(mergedCtx, server.String(), r)
+	_, _, err := u.upstreamClient.exchange(ctx, server.String(), r)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -524,6 +468,7 @@ func netstackExchange(ctx context.Context, nsNet *netstack.Net, r *dns.Msg, upst
 	return reply, nil
 }
 
+
 // FormatPeerStatus formats peer connection status information for debugging DNS timeouts
 func FormatPeerStatus(peerState *peer.State) string {
 	isConnected := peerState.ConnStatus == peer.StatusConnected

client/internal/dns/upstream_test.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package dns
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"strings"
@@ -10,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/tun/netstack"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
@@ -143,23 +140,6 @@ func (c mockUpstreamResolver) exchange(_ context.Context, _ string, _ *dns.Msg)
 	return c.r, c.rtt, c.err
 }
 
-type mockUpstreamResponse struct {
-	msg *dns.Msg
-	err error
-}
-
-type mockUpstreamResolverPerServer struct {
-	responses map[string]mockUpstreamResponse
-	rtt       time.Duration
-}
-
-func (c mockUpstreamResolverPerServer) exchange(_ context.Context, upstream string, _ *dns.Msg) (*dns.Msg, time.Duration, error) {
-	if r, ok := c.responses[upstream]; ok {
-		return r.msg, c.rtt, r.err
-	}
-	return nil, c.rtt, fmt.Errorf("no mock response for %s", upstream)
-}
-
 func TestUpstreamResolver_DeactivationReactivation(t *testing.T) {
 	mockClient := &mockUpstreamResolver{
 		err: dns.ErrTime,
@@ -188,7 +168,7 @@ func TestUpstreamResolver_DeactivationReactivation(t *testing.T) {
 		reactivated = true
 	}
 
-	resolver.ProbeAvailability(context.TODO())
+	resolver.ProbeAvailability()
 
 	if !failed {
 		t.Errorf("expected that resolving was deactivated")
@@ -211,267 +191,3 @@ func TestUpstreamResolver_DeactivationReactivation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("should be enabled")
 	}
 }
-
-func TestUpstreamResolver_Failover(t *testing.T) {
-	upstream1 := netip.MustParseAddrPort("192.0.2.1:53")
-	upstream2 := netip.MustParseAddrPort("192.0.2.2:53")
-
-	successAnswer := "192.0.2.100"
-	timeoutErr := &net.OpError{Op: "read", Err: fmt.Errorf("i/o timeout")}
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name            string
-		upstream1       mockUpstreamResponse
-		upstream2       mockUpstreamResponse
-		expectedRcode   int
-		expectAnswer    bool
-		expectTrySecond bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:            "success on first upstream",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeSuccess, successAnswer)},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeSuccess, successAnswer)},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeSuccess,
-			expectAnswer:    true,
-			expectTrySecond: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "SERVFAIL from first should try second",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeServerFailure, "")},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeSuccess, successAnswer)},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeSuccess,
-			expectAnswer:    true,
-			expectTrySecond: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "REFUSED from first should try second",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeRefused, "")},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeSuccess, successAnswer)},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeSuccess,
-			expectAnswer:    true,
-			expectTrySecond: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "NXDOMAIN from first should NOT try second",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeNameError, "")},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeSuccess, successAnswer)},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeNameError,
-			expectAnswer:    false,
-			expectTrySecond: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "timeout from first should try second",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{err: timeoutErr},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeSuccess, successAnswer)},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeSuccess,
-			expectAnswer:    true,
-			expectTrySecond: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "no response from first should try second",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: nil},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeSuccess, successAnswer)},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeSuccess,
-			expectAnswer:    true,
-			expectTrySecond: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "both upstreams return SERVFAIL",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeServerFailure, "")},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeServerFailure, "")},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeServerFailure,
-			expectAnswer:    false,
-			expectTrySecond: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "both upstreams timeout",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{err: timeoutErr},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{err: timeoutErr},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeServerFailure,
-			expectAnswer:    false,
-			expectTrySecond: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "first SERVFAIL then timeout",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeServerFailure, "")},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{err: timeoutErr},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeServerFailure,
-			expectAnswer:    false,
-			expectTrySecond: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "first timeout then SERVFAIL",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{err: timeoutErr},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeServerFailure, "")},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeServerFailure,
-			expectAnswer:    false,
-			expectTrySecond: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:            "first REFUSED then SERVFAIL",
-			upstream1:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeRefused, "")},
-			upstream2:       mockUpstreamResponse{msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeServerFailure, "")},
-			expectedRcode:   dns.RcodeServerFailure,
-			expectAnswer:    false,
-			expectTrySecond: true,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var queriedUpstreams []string
-			mockClient := &mockUpstreamResolverPerServer{
-				responses: map[string]mockUpstreamResponse{
-					upstream1.String(): tc.upstream1,
-					upstream2.String(): tc.upstream2,
-				},
-				rtt: time.Millisecond,
-			}
-
-			trackingClient := &trackingMockClient{
-				inner:            mockClient,
-				queriedUpstreams: &queriedUpstreams,
-			}
-
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			resolver := &upstreamResolverBase{
-				ctx:             ctx,
-				upstreamClient:  trackingClient,
-				upstreamServers: []netip.AddrPort{upstream1, upstream2},
-				upstreamTimeout: UpstreamTimeout,
-			}
-
-			var responseMSG *dns.Msg
-			responseWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{
-				WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error {
-					responseMSG = m
-					return nil
-				},
-			}
-
-			inputMSG := new(dns.Msg).SetQuestion("example.com.", dns.TypeA)
-			resolver.ServeDNS(responseWriter, inputMSG)
-
-			require.NotNil(t, responseMSG, "should write a response")
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedRcode, responseMSG.Rcode, "unexpected rcode")
-
-			if tc.expectAnswer {
-				require.NotEmpty(t, responseMSG.Answer, "expected answer records")
-				assert.Contains(t, responseMSG.Answer[0].String(), successAnswer)
-			}
-
-			if tc.expectTrySecond {
-				assert.Len(t, queriedUpstreams, 2, "should have tried both upstreams")
-				assert.Equal(t, upstream1.String(), queriedUpstreams[0])
-				assert.Equal(t, upstream2.String(), queriedUpstreams[1])
-			} else {
-				assert.Len(t, queriedUpstreams, 1, "should have only tried first upstream")
-				assert.Equal(t, upstream1.String(), queriedUpstreams[0])
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-type trackingMockClient struct {
-	inner            *mockUpstreamResolverPerServer
-	queriedUpstreams *[]string
-}
-
-func (t *trackingMockClient) exchange(ctx context.Context, upstream string, r *dns.Msg) (*dns.Msg, time.Duration, error) {
-	*t.queriedUpstreams = append(*t.queriedUpstreams, upstream)
-	return t.inner.exchange(ctx, upstream, r)
-}
-
-func buildMockResponse(rcode int, answer string) *dns.Msg {
-	m := new(dns.Msg)
-	m.Response = true
-	m.Rcode = rcode
-
-	if rcode == dns.RcodeSuccess && answer != "" {
-		m.Answer = []dns.RR{
-			&dns.A{
-				Hdr: dns.RR_Header{
-					Name:   "example.com.",
-					Rrtype: dns.TypeA,
-					Class:  dns.ClassINET,
-					Ttl:    300,
-				},
-				A: net.ParseIP(answer),
-			},
-		}
-	}
-	return m
-}
-
-func TestUpstreamResolver_SingleUpstreamFailure(t *testing.T) {
-	upstream := netip.MustParseAddrPort("192.0.2.1:53")
-
-	mockClient := &mockUpstreamResolverPerServer{
-		responses: map[string]mockUpstreamResponse{
-			upstream.String(): {msg: buildMockResponse(dns.RcodeServerFailure, "")},
-		},
-		rtt: time.Millisecond,
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
-
-	resolver := &upstreamResolverBase{
-		ctx:             ctx,
-		upstreamClient:  mockClient,
-		upstreamServers: []netip.AddrPort{upstream},
-		upstreamTimeout: UpstreamTimeout,
-	}
-
-	var responseMSG *dns.Msg
-	responseWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{
-		WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error {
-			responseMSG = m
-			return nil
-		},
-	}
-
-	inputMSG := new(dns.Msg).SetQuestion("example.com.", dns.TypeA)
-	resolver.ServeDNS(responseWriter, inputMSG)
-
-	require.NotNil(t, responseMSG, "should write a response")
-	assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeServerFailure, responseMSG.Rcode, "single upstream SERVFAIL should return SERVFAIL")
-}
-
-func TestFormatFailures(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name     string
-		failures []upstreamFailure
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:     "empty slice",
-			failures: []upstreamFailure{},
-			expected: "",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "single failure",
-			failures: []upstreamFailure{
-				{upstream: netip.MustParseAddrPort("8.8.8.8:53"), reason: "SERVFAIL"},
-			},
-			expected: "8.8.8.8:53=SERVFAIL",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "multiple failures",
-			failures: []upstreamFailure{
-				{upstream: netip.MustParseAddrPort("8.8.8.8:53"), reason: "SERVFAIL"},
-				{upstream: netip.MustParseAddrPort("8.8.4.4:53"), reason: "timeout after 2s"},
-			},
-			expected: "8.8.8.8:53=SERVFAIL, 8.8.4.4:53=timeout after 2s",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := formatFailures(tc.failures)
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, result)
-		})
-	}
-}

client/internal/dnsfwd/forwarder.go

@@ -190,75 +190,50 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(result)
 }
 
-func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQuery(logger *log.Entry, w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg, startTime time.Time) {
+func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQuery(logger *log.Entry, w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg) *dns.Msg {
 	if len(query.Question) == 0 {
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	question := query.Question[0]
-	qname := strings.ToLower(question.Name)
+	logger.Tracef("received DNS request for DNS forwarder: domain=%s type=%s class=%s",
+		question.Name, dns.TypeToString[question.Qtype], dns.ClassToString[question.Qclass])
 
-	logger.Tracef("question: domain=%s type=%s class=%s",
-		qname, dns.TypeToString[question.Qtype], dns.ClassToString[question.Qclass])
+	domain := strings.ToLower(question.Name)
 
 	resp := query.SetReply(query)
 	network := resutil.NetworkForQtype(question.Qtype)
 	if network == "" {
 		resp.Rcode = dns.RcodeNotImplemented
-		f.writeResponse(logger, w, resp, qname, startTime)
-		return
+		if err := w.WriteMsg(resp); err != nil {
+			logger.Errorf("failed to write DNS response: %v", err)
+		}
+		return nil
 	}
 
-	mostSpecificResId, matchingEntries := f.getMatchingEntries(strings.TrimSuffix(qname, "."))
+	mostSpecificResId, matchingEntries := f.getMatchingEntries(strings.TrimSuffix(domain, "."))
+	// query doesn't match any configured domain
 	if mostSpecificResId == "" {
 		resp.Rcode = dns.RcodeRefused
-		f.writeResponse(logger, w, resp, qname, startTime)
-		return
+		if err := w.WriteMsg(resp); err != nil {
+			logger.Errorf("failed to write DNS response: %v", err)
+		}
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), upstreamTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	result := resutil.LookupIP(ctx, f.resolver, network, qname, question.Qtype)
+	result := resutil.LookupIP(ctx, f.resolver, network, domain, question.Qtype)
 	if result.Err != nil {
-		f.handleDNSError(ctx, logger, w, question, resp, qname, result, startTime)
-		return
+		f.handleDNSError(ctx, logger, w, question, resp, domain, result)
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	f.updateInternalState(result.IPs, mostSpecificResId, matchingEntries)
-	resp.Answer = append(resp.Answer, resutil.IPsToRRs(qname, result.IPs, f.ttl)...)
-	f.cache.set(qname, question.Qtype, result.IPs)
+	resp.Answer = append(resp.Answer, resutil.IPsToRRs(domain, result.IPs, f.ttl)...)
+	f.cache.set(domain, question.Qtype, result.IPs)
 
-	f.writeResponse(logger, w, resp, qname, startTime)
-}
-
-func (f *DNSForwarder) writeResponse(logger *log.Entry, w dns.ResponseWriter, resp *dns.Msg, qname string, startTime time.Time) {
-	if err := w.WriteMsg(resp); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("failed to write DNS response: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	logger.Tracef("response: domain=%s rcode=%s answers=%s took=%s",
-		qname, dns.RcodeToString[resp.Rcode], resutil.FormatAnswers(resp.Answer), time.Since(startTime))
-}
-
-// udpResponseWriter wraps a dns.ResponseWriter to handle UDP-specific truncation.
-type udpResponseWriter struct {
-	dns.ResponseWriter
-	query *dns.Msg
-}
-
-func (u *udpResponseWriter) WriteMsg(resp *dns.Msg) error {
-	opt := u.query.IsEdns0()
-	maxSize := dns.MinMsgSize
-	if opt != nil {
-		maxSize = int(opt.UDPSize())
-	}
-
-	if resp.Len() > maxSize {
-		resp.Truncate(maxSize)
-	}
-
-	return u.ResponseWriter.WriteMsg(resp)
+	return resp
 }
 
 func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQueryUDP(w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg) {
@@ -268,7 +243,30 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQueryUDP(w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg) {
 		"dns_id":     fmt.Sprintf("%04x", query.Id),
 	})
 
-	f.handleDNSQuery(logger, &udpResponseWriter{ResponseWriter: w, query: query}, query, startTime)
+	resp := f.handleDNSQuery(logger, w, query)
+	if resp == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	opt := query.IsEdns0()
+	maxSize := dns.MinMsgSize
+	if opt != nil {
+		// client advertised a larger EDNS0 buffer
+		maxSize = int(opt.UDPSize())
+	}
+
+	// if our response is too big, truncate and set the TC bit
+	if resp.Len() > maxSize {
+		resp.Truncate(maxSize)
+	}
+
+	if err := w.WriteMsg(resp); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("failed to write DNS response: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	logger.Tracef("response: domain=%s rcode=%s answers=%s took=%s",
+		query.Question[0].Name, dns.RcodeToString[resp.Rcode], resutil.FormatAnswers(resp.Answer), time.Since(startTime))
 }
 
 func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQueryTCP(w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg) {
@@ -278,7 +276,18 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQueryTCP(w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg) {
 		"dns_id":     fmt.Sprintf("%04x", query.Id),
 	})
 
-	f.handleDNSQuery(logger, w, query, startTime)
+	resp := f.handleDNSQuery(logger, w, query)
+	if resp == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := w.WriteMsg(resp); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("failed to write DNS response: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	logger.Tracef("response: domain=%s rcode=%s answers=%s took=%s",
+		query.Question[0].Name, dns.RcodeToString[resp.Rcode], resutil.FormatAnswers(resp.Answer), time.Since(startTime))
 }
 
 func (f *DNSForwarder) updateInternalState(ips []netip.Addr, mostSpecificResId route.ResID, matchingEntries []*ForwarderEntry) {
@@ -325,7 +334,6 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSError(
 	resp *dns.Msg,
 	domain string,
 	result resutil.LookupResult,
-	startTime time.Time,
 ) {
 	qType := question.Qtype
 	qTypeName := dns.TypeToString[qType]
@@ -335,7 +343,9 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSError(
 	// NotFound: cache negative result and respond
 	if result.Rcode == dns.RcodeNameError || result.Rcode == dns.RcodeSuccess {
 		f.cache.set(domain, question.Qtype, nil)
-		f.writeResponse(logger, w, resp, domain, startTime)
+		if writeErr := w.WriteMsg(resp); writeErr != nil {
+			logger.Errorf("failed to write failure DNS response: %v", writeErr)
+		}
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -345,7 +355,9 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSError(
 			logger.Debugf("serving cached DNS response after upstream failure: domain=%s type=%s", domain, qTypeName)
 			resp.Answer = append(resp.Answer, resutil.IPsToRRs(domain, ips, f.ttl)...)
 			resp.Rcode = dns.RcodeSuccess
-			f.writeResponse(logger, w, resp, domain, startTime)
+			if writeErr := w.WriteMsg(resp); writeErr != nil {
+				logger.Errorf("failed to write cached DNS response: %v", writeErr)
+			}
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -353,7 +365,9 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSError(
 		verifyResult := resutil.LookupIP(ctx, f.resolver, resutil.NetworkForQtype(qType), domain, qType)
 		if verifyResult.Rcode == dns.RcodeNameError || verifyResult.Rcode == dns.RcodeSuccess {
 			resp.Rcode = verifyResult.Rcode
-			f.writeResponse(logger, w, resp, domain, startTime)
+			if writeErr := w.WriteMsg(resp); writeErr != nil {
+				logger.Errorf("failed to write failure DNS response: %v", writeErr)
+			}
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -361,12 +375,15 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSError(
 	// No cache or verification failed. Log with or without the server field for more context.
 	var dnsErr *net.DNSError
 	if errors.As(result.Err, &dnsErr) && dnsErr.Server != "" {
-		logger.Warnf("upstream failure: type=%s domain=%s server=%s: %v", qTypeName, domain, dnsErr.Server, result.Err)
+		logger.Warnf("failed to resolve: type=%s domain=%s server=%s: %v", qTypeName, domain, dnsErr.Server, result.Err)
 	} else {
 		logger.Warnf(errResolveFailed, domain, result.Err)
 	}
 
-	f.writeResponse(logger, w, resp, domain, startTime)
+	// Write final failure response.
+	if writeErr := w.WriteMsg(resp); writeErr != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("failed to write failure DNS response: %v", writeErr)
+	}
 }
 
 // getMatchingEntries retrieves the resource IDs for a given domain.

client/internal/dnsfwd/forwarder_test.go

@@ -318,9 +318,8 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_UnauthorizedDomainAccess(t *testing.T) {
 			query.SetQuestion(dns.Fqdn(tt.queryDomain), dns.TypeA)
 
 			mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-			forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query, time.Now())
+			resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query)
 
-			resp := mockWriter.GetLastResponse()
 			if tt.shouldResolve {
 				require.NotNil(t, resp, "Expected response for authorized domain")
 				require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode, "Expected successful response")
@@ -330,9 +329,10 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_UnauthorizedDomainAccess(t *testing.T) {
 				mockFirewall.AssertExpectations(t)
 				mockResolver.AssertExpectations(t)
 			} else {
-				require.NotNil(t, resp, "Expected response")
-				assert.True(t, len(resp.Answer) == 0 || resp.Rcode != dns.RcodeSuccess,
-					"Unauthorized domain should not return successful answers")
+				if resp != nil {
+					assert.True(t, len(resp.Answer) == 0 || resp.Rcode != dns.RcodeSuccess,
+						"Unauthorized domain should not return successful answers")
+				}
 				mockFirewall.AssertNotCalled(t, "UpdateSet")
 				mockResolver.AssertNotCalled(t, "LookupNetIP")
 			}
@@ -466,16 +466,14 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_FirewallSetUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 			dnsQuery.SetQuestion(dns.Fqdn(tt.query), dns.TypeA)
 
 			mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-			forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, dnsQuery, time.Now())
+			resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, dnsQuery)
 
 			// Verify response
-			resp := mockWriter.GetLastResponse()
 			if tt.shouldResolve {
 				require.NotNil(t, resp, "Expected response for authorized domain")
 				require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
 				require.NotEmpty(t, resp.Answer)
-			} else {
-				require.NotNil(t, resp, "Expected response")
+			} else if resp != nil {
 				assert.True(t, resp.Rcode == dns.RcodeRefused || len(resp.Answer) == 0,
 					"Unauthorized domain should be refused or have no answers")
 			}
@@ -530,10 +528,9 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_MultipleIPsInSingleUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	query.SetQuestion("example.com.", dns.TypeA)
 
 	mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-	forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query, time.Now())
+	resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query)
 
 	// Verify response contains all IPs
-	resp := mockWriter.GetLastResponse()
 	require.NotNil(t, resp)
 	require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
 	require.Len(t, resp.Answer, 3, "Should have 3 answer records")
@@ -608,7 +605,7 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_ResponseCodes(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}
 
-			forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query, time.Now())
+			_ = forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query)
 
 			// Check the response written to the writer
 			require.NotNil(t, writtenResp, "Expected response to be written")
@@ -678,8 +675,7 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_ServeFromCacheOnUpstreamFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	q1 := &dns.Msg{}
 	q1.SetQuestion(dns.Fqdn("example.com"), dns.TypeA)
 	w1 := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-	forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), w1, q1, time.Now())
-	resp1 := w1.GetLastResponse()
+	resp1 := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), w1, q1)
 	require.NotNil(t, resp1)
 	require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp1.Rcode)
 	require.Len(t, resp1.Answer, 1)
@@ -687,13 +683,13 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_ServeFromCacheOnUpstreamFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	// Second query: serve from cache after upstream failure
 	q2 := &dns.Msg{}
 	q2.SetQuestion(dns.Fqdn("example.com"), dns.TypeA)
-	w2 := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-	forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), w2, q2, time.Now())
+	var writtenResp *dns.Msg
+	w2 := &test.MockResponseWriter{WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error { writtenResp = m; return nil }}
+	_ = forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), w2, q2)
 
-	resp2 := w2.GetLastResponse()
-	require.NotNil(t, resp2, "expected response to be written")
-	require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp2.Rcode)
-	require.Len(t, resp2.Answer, 1)
+	require.NotNil(t, writtenResp, "expected response to be written")
+	require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, writtenResp.Rcode)
+	require.Len(t, writtenResp.Answer, 1)
 
 	mockResolver.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
@@ -719,8 +715,7 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_CacheNormalizationCasingAndDot(t *testing.T) {
 	q1 := &dns.Msg{}
 	q1.SetQuestion(mixedQuery+".", dns.TypeA)
 	w1 := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-	forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), w1, q1, time.Now())
-	resp1 := w1.GetLastResponse()
+	resp1 := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), w1, q1)
 	require.NotNil(t, resp1)
 	require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp1.Rcode)
 	require.Len(t, resp1.Answer, 1)
@@ -732,13 +727,13 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_CacheNormalizationCasingAndDot(t *testing.T) {
 
 	q2 := &dns.Msg{}
 	q2.SetQuestion("EXAMPLE.COM", dns.TypeA)
-	w2 := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-	forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), w2, q2, time.Now())
+	var writtenResp *dns.Msg
+	w2 := &test.MockResponseWriter{WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error { writtenResp = m; return nil }}
+	_ = forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), w2, q2)
 
-	resp2 := w2.GetLastResponse()
-	require.NotNil(t, resp2)
-	require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp2.Rcode)
-	require.Len(t, resp2.Answer, 1)
+	require.NotNil(t, writtenResp)
+	require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, writtenResp.Rcode)
+	require.Len(t, writtenResp.Answer, 1)
 
 	mockResolver.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
@@ -789,9 +784,8 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_MultipleOverlappingPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 	query.SetQuestion("smtp.mail.example.com.", dns.TypeA)
 
 	mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-	forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query, time.Now())
+	resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query)
 
-	resp := mockWriter.GetLastResponse()
 	require.NotNil(t, resp)
 	assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
 
@@ -903,15 +897,26 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_NodataVsNxdomain(t *testing.T) {
 			query := &dns.Msg{}
 			query.SetQuestion(dns.Fqdn("example.com"), tt.queryType)
 
-			mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-			forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query, time.Now())
+			var writtenResp *dns.Msg
+			mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{
+				WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error {
+					writtenResp = m
+					return nil
+				},
+			}
 
-			resp := mockWriter.GetLastResponse()
-			require.NotNil(t, resp, "Expected response to be written")
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedCode, resp.Rcode, tt.description)
+			resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query)
+
+			// If a response was returned, it means it should be written (happens in wrapper functions)
+			if resp != nil && writtenResp == nil {
+				writtenResp = resp
+			}
+
+			require.NotNil(t, writtenResp, "Expected response to be written")
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedCode, writtenResp.Rcode, tt.description)
 
 			if tt.expectNoAnswer {
-				assert.Empty(t, resp.Answer, "Response should have no answer records")
+				assert.Empty(t, writtenResp.Answer, "Response should have no answer records")
 			}
 
 			mockResolver.AssertExpectations(t)
@@ -926,8 +931,15 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_EmptyQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	query := &dns.Msg{}
 	// Don't set any question
 
-	mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
-	forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query, time.Now())
+	writeCalled := false
+	mockWriter := &test.MockResponseWriter{
+		WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error {
+			writeCalled = true
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	resp := forwarder.handleDNSQuery(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), mockWriter, query)
 
-	assert.Nil(t, mockWriter.GetLastResponse(), "Should not write response for empty query")
+	assert.Nil(t, resp, "Should return nil for empty query")
+	assert.False(t, writeCalled, "Should not write response for empty query")
 }

client/internal/engine.go

@@ -29,14 +29,12 @@ import (
 	firewallManager "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/firewall/manager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
-	nbnetstack "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/netstack"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/udpmux"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/acl"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns"
 	dnsconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/config"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dnsfwd"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/expose"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/ingressgw"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/netflow"
 	nftypes "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/netflow/types"
@@ -51,14 +49,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routemanager/systemops"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/statemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updatemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/jobexec"
 	cProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/domain"
+	semaphoregroup "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/semaphore-group"
+
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/system"
 	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
 	mgm "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/domain"
 	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
 	auth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/relay/auth/hmac"
 	relayClient "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/relay/client"
@@ -74,11 +74,13 @@ import (
 const (
 	PeerConnectionTimeoutMax = 45000 // ms
 	PeerConnectionTimeoutMin = 30000 // ms
+	connInitLimit            = 200
 	disableAutoUpdate        = "disabled"
 )
 
 var ErrResetConnection = fmt.Errorf("reset connection")
 
+// EngineConfig is a config for the Engine
 type EngineConfig struct {
 	WgPort      int
 	WgIfaceName string
@@ -140,17 +142,6 @@ type EngineConfig struct {
 	LogPath string
 }
 
-// EngineServices holds the external service dependencies required by the Engine.
-type EngineServices struct {
-	SignalClient   signal.Client
-	MgmClient      mgm.Client
-	RelayManager   *relayClient.Manager
-	StatusRecorder *peer.Status
-	Checks         []*mgmProto.Checks
-	StateManager   *statemanager.Manager
-	UpdateManager  *updater.Manager
-}
-
 // Engine is a mechanism responsible for reacting on Signal and Management stream events and managing connections to the remote peers.
 type Engine struct {
 	// signal is a Signal Service client
@@ -216,10 +207,11 @@ type Engine struct {
 	syncRespMux         sync.RWMutex
 	persistSyncResponse bool
 	latestSyncResponse  *mgmProto.SyncResponse
+	connSemaphore       *semaphoregroup.SemaphoreGroup
 	flowManager         nftypes.FlowManager
 
 	// auto-update
-	updateManager *updater.Manager
+	updateManager *updatemanager.Manager
 
 	// WireGuard interface monitor
 	wgIfaceMonitor *WGIfaceMonitor
@@ -231,8 +223,6 @@ type Engine struct {
 
 	jobExecutor   *jobexec.Executor
 	jobExecutorWG sync.WaitGroup
-
-	exposeManager *expose.Manager
 }
 
 // Peer is an instance of the Connection Peer
@@ -249,17 +239,22 @@ type localIpUpdater interface {
 func NewEngine(
 	clientCtx context.Context,
 	clientCancel context.CancelFunc,
+	signalClient signal.Client,
+	mgmClient mgm.Client,
+	relayManager *relayClient.Manager,
 	config *EngineConfig,
-	services EngineServices,
 	mobileDep MobileDependency,
+	statusRecorder *peer.Status,
+	checks []*mgmProto.Checks,
+	stateManager *statemanager.Manager,
 ) *Engine {
 	engine := &Engine{
 		clientCtx:      clientCtx,
 		clientCancel:   clientCancel,
-		signal:         services.SignalClient,
-		signaler:       peer.NewSignaler(services.SignalClient, config.WgPrivateKey),
-		mgmClient:      services.MgmClient,
-		relayManager:   services.RelayManager,
+		signal:         signalClient,
+		signaler:       peer.NewSignaler(signalClient, config.WgPrivateKey),
+		mgmClient:      mgmClient,
+		relayManager:   relayManager,
 		peerStore:      peerstore.NewConnStore(),
 		syncMsgMux:     &sync.Mutex{},
 		config:         config,
@@ -267,12 +262,12 @@ func NewEngine(
 		STUNs:          []*stun.URI{},
 		TURNs:          []*stun.URI{},
 		networkSerial:  0,
-		statusRecorder: services.StatusRecorder,
-		stateManager:   services.StateManager,
-		checks:         services.Checks,
+		statusRecorder: statusRecorder,
+		stateManager:   stateManager,
+		checks:         checks,
+		connSemaphore:  semaphoregroup.NewSemaphoreGroup(connInitLimit),
 		probeStunTurn:  relay.NewStunTurnProbe(relay.DefaultCacheTTL),
 		jobExecutor:    jobexec.NewExecutor(),
-		updateManager:  services.UpdateManager,
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("I am: %s", config.WgPrivateKey.PublicKey().String())
@@ -315,7 +310,7 @@ func (e *Engine) Stop() error {
 	}
 
 	if e.updateManager != nil {
-		e.updateManager.SetDownloadOnly()
+		e.updateManager.Stop()
 	}
 
 	log.Info("cleaning up status recorder states")
@@ -423,7 +418,6 @@ func (e *Engine) Start(netbirdConfig *mgmProto.NetbirdConfig, mgmtURL *url.URL)
 		e.cancel()
 	}
 	e.ctx, e.cancel = context.WithCancel(e.clientCtx)
-	e.exposeManager = expose.NewManager(e.ctx, e.mgmClient)
 
 	wgIface, err := e.newWgIface()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -511,10 +505,6 @@ func (e *Engine) Start(netbirdConfig *mgmProto.NetbirdConfig, mgmtURL *url.URL)
 		return fmt.Errorf("up wg interface: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Set up notrack rules immediately after proxy is listening to prevent
-	// conntrack entries from being created before the rules are in place
-	e.setupWGProxyNoTrack()
-
 	// Set the WireGuard interface for rosenpass after interface is up
 	if e.rpManager != nil {
 		e.rpManager.SetInterface(e.wgInterface)
@@ -549,12 +539,11 @@ func (e *Engine) Start(netbirdConfig *mgmProto.NetbirdConfig, mgmtURL *url.URL)
 	// monitor WireGuard interface lifecycle and restart engine on changes
 	e.wgIfaceMonitor = NewWGIfaceMonitor()
 	e.shutdownWg.Add(1)
-	wgIfaceName := e.wgInterface.Name()
 
 	go func() {
 		defer e.shutdownWg.Done()
 
-		if shouldRestart, err := e.wgIfaceMonitor.Start(e.ctx, wgIfaceName); shouldRestart {
+		if shouldRestart, err := e.wgIfaceMonitor.Start(e.ctx, e.wgInterface.Name()); shouldRestart {
 			log.Infof("WireGuard interface monitor: %s, restarting engine", err)
 			e.triggerClientRestart()
 		} else if err != nil {
@@ -565,6 +554,13 @@ func (e *Engine) Start(netbirdConfig *mgmProto.NetbirdConfig, mgmtURL *url.URL)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (e *Engine) InitialUpdateHandling(autoUpdateSettings *mgmProto.AutoUpdateSettings) {
+	e.syncMsgMux.Lock()
+	defer e.syncMsgMux.Unlock()
+
+	e.handleAutoUpdateVersion(autoUpdateSettings, true)
+}
+
 func (e *Engine) createFirewall() error {
 	if e.config.DisableFirewall {
 		log.Infof("firewall is disabled")
@@ -573,11 +569,9 @@ func (e *Engine) createFirewall() error {
 
 	var err error
 	e.firewall, err = firewall.NewFirewall(e.wgInterface, e.stateManager, e.flowManager.GetLogger(), e.config.DisableServerRoutes, e.config.MTU)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create firewall manager: %w", err)
-	}
-	if e.firewall == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create firewall manager: received nil manager")
+	if err != nil || e.firewall == nil {
+		log.Errorf("failed creating firewall manager: %s", err)
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	if err := e.initFirewall(); err != nil {
@@ -623,23 +617,6 @@ func (e *Engine) initFirewall() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// setupWGProxyNoTrack configures connection tracking exclusion for WireGuard proxy traffic.
-// This prevents conntrack/MASQUERADE from affecting loopback traffic between WireGuard and the eBPF proxy.
-func (e *Engine) setupWGProxyNoTrack() {
-	if e.firewall == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	proxyPort := e.wgInterface.GetProxyPort()
-	if proxyPort == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if err := e.firewall.SetupEBPFProxyNoTrack(proxyPort, uint16(e.config.WgPort)); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to setup ebpf proxy notrack: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func (e *Engine) blockLanAccess() {
 	if e.config.BlockInbound {
 		// no need to set up extra deny rules if inbound is already blocked in general
@@ -792,29 +769,42 @@ func (e *Engine) PopulateNetbirdConfig(netbirdConfig *mgmProto.NetbirdConfig, mg
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (e *Engine) handleAutoUpdateVersion(autoUpdateSettings *mgmProto.AutoUpdateSettings) {
-	if e.updateManager == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
+func (e *Engine) handleAutoUpdateVersion(autoUpdateSettings *mgmProto.AutoUpdateSettings, initialCheck bool) {
 	if autoUpdateSettings == nil {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if autoUpdateSettings.Version == disableAutoUpdate {
-		log.Infof("auto-update is disabled")
-		e.updateManager.SetDownloadOnly()
+	disabled := autoUpdateSettings.Version == disableAutoUpdate
+
+	// Stop and cleanup if disabled
+	if e.updateManager != nil && disabled {
+		log.Infof("auto-update is disabled, stopping update manager")
+		e.updateManager.Stop()
+		e.updateManager = nil
 		return
 	}
 
-	e.updateManager.SetVersion(autoUpdateSettings.Version, autoUpdateSettings.AlwaysUpdate)
+	// Skip check unless AlwaysUpdate is enabled or this is the initial check at startup
+	if !autoUpdateSettings.AlwaysUpdate && !initialCheck {
+		log.Debugf("skipping auto-update check, AlwaysUpdate is false and this is not the initial check")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Start manager if needed
+	if e.updateManager == nil {
+		log.Infof("starting auto-update manager")
+		updateManager, err := updatemanager.NewManager(e.statusRecorder, e.stateManager)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		e.updateManager = updateManager
+		e.updateManager.Start(e.ctx)
+	}
+	log.Infof("handling auto-update version: %s", autoUpdateSettings.Version)
+	e.updateManager.SetVersion(autoUpdateSettings.Version)
 }
 
 func (e *Engine) handleSync(update *mgmProto.SyncResponse) error {
-	started := time.Now()
-	defer func() {
-		log.Infof("sync finished in %s", time.Since(started))
-	}()
 	e.syncMsgMux.Lock()
 	defer e.syncMsgMux.Unlock()
 
@@ -824,7 +814,7 @@ func (e *Engine) handleSync(update *mgmProto.SyncResponse) error {
 	}
 
 	if update.NetworkMap != nil && update.NetworkMap.PeerConfig != nil {
-		e.handleAutoUpdateVersion(update.NetworkMap.PeerConfig.AutoUpdate)
+		e.handleAutoUpdateVersion(update.NetworkMap.PeerConfig.AutoUpdate, false)
 	}
 
 	if update.GetNetbirdConfig() != nil {
@@ -989,11 +979,10 @@ func (e *Engine) updateConfig(conf *mgmProto.PeerConfig) error {
 		return errors.New("wireguard interface is not initialized")
 	}
 
+	// Cannot update the IP address without restarting the engine because
+	// the firewall, route manager, and other components cache the old address
 	if e.wgInterface.Address().String() != conf.Address {
-		log.Infof("peer IP address changed from %s to %s, restarting client", e.wgInterface.Address().String(), conf.Address)
-		_ = CtxGetState(e.ctx).Wrap(ErrResetConnection)
-		e.clientCancel()
-		return ErrResetConnection
+		log.Infof("peer IP address has changed from %s to %s", e.wgInterface.Address().String(), conf.Address)
 	}
 
 	if conf.GetSshConfig() != nil {
@@ -1005,7 +994,7 @@ func (e *Engine) updateConfig(conf *mgmProto.PeerConfig) error {
 	state := e.statusRecorder.GetLocalPeerState()
 	state.IP = e.wgInterface.Address().String()
 	state.PubKey = e.config.WgPrivateKey.PublicKey().String()
-	state.KernelInterface = !e.wgInterface.IsUserspaceBind()
+	state.KernelInterface = device.WireGuardModuleIsLoaded()
 	state.FQDN = conf.GetFqdn()
 
 	e.statusRecorder.UpdateLocalPeerState(state)
@@ -1061,9 +1050,6 @@ func (e *Engine) handleBundle(params *mgmProto.BundleParameters) (*mgmProto.JobR
 		StatusRecorder: e.statusRecorder,
 		SyncResponse:   syncResponse,
 		LogPath:        e.config.LogPath,
-		RefreshStatus: func() {
-			e.RunHealthProbes(true)
-		},
 	}
 
 	bundleJobParams := debug.BundleConfig{
@@ -1298,7 +1284,8 @@ func (e *Engine) updateNetworkMap(networkMap *mgmProto.NetworkMap) error {
 
 	// Test received (upstream) servers for availability right away instead of upon usage.
 	// If no server of a server group responds this will disable the respective handler and retry later.
-	go e.dnsServer.ProbeAvailability()
+	e.dnsServer.ProbeAvailability()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -1520,6 +1507,7 @@ func (e *Engine) createPeerConn(pubKey string, allowedIPs []netip.Prefix, agentV
 		IFaceDiscover:  e.mobileDep.IFaceDiscover,
 		RelayManager:   e.relayManager,
 		SrWatcher:      e.srWatcher,
+		Semaphore:      e.connSemaphore,
 	}
 	peerConn, err := peer.NewConn(config, serviceDependencies)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1542,10 +1530,8 @@ func (e *Engine) receiveSignalEvents() {
 		defer e.shutdownWg.Done()
 		// connect to a stream of messages coming from the signal server
 		err := e.signal.Receive(e.ctx, func(msg *sProto.Message) error {
-			start := time.Now()
 			e.syncMsgMux.Lock()
 			defer e.syncMsgMux.Unlock()
-			gotLock := time.Since(start)
 
 			// Check context INSIDE lock to ensure atomicity with shutdown
 			if e.ctx.Err() != nil {
@@ -1569,8 +1555,6 @@ func (e *Engine) receiveSignalEvents() {
 					return err
 				}
 
-				log.Debugf("receiveMSG: took %s to get lock for peer %s with session id %s", gotLock, msg.Key, offerAnswer.SessionID)
-
 				if msg.Body.Type == sProto.Body_OFFER {
 					conn.OnRemoteOffer(*offerAnswer)
 				} else {
@@ -1657,7 +1641,6 @@ func (e *Engine) parseNATExternalIPMappings() []string {
 
 func (e *Engine) close() {
 	log.Debugf("removing Netbird interface %s", e.config.WgIfaceName)
-
 	if e.wgInterface != nil {
 		if err := e.wgInterface.Close(); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("failed closing Netbird interface %s %v", e.config.WgIfaceName, err)
@@ -1804,18 +1787,11 @@ func (e *Engine) GetRouteManager() routemanager.Manager {
 	return e.routeManager
 }
 
-// GetFirewallManager returns the firewall manager.
+// GetFirewallManager returns the firewall manager
 func (e *Engine) GetFirewallManager() firewallManager.Manager {
 	return e.firewall
 }
 
-// GetExposeManager returns the expose session manager.
-func (e *Engine) GetExposeManager() *expose.Manager {
-	e.syncMsgMux.Lock()
-	defer e.syncMsgMux.Unlock()
-	return e.exposeManager
-}
-
 func findIPFromInterfaceName(ifaceName string) (net.IP, error) {
 	iface, err := net.InterfaceByName(ifaceName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1851,7 +1827,7 @@ func (e *Engine) getRosenpassAddr() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-// RunHealthProbes executes health checks for Signal, Management, Relay, and WireGuard services
+// RunHealthProbes executes health checks for Signal, Management, Relay and WireGuard services
 // and updates the status recorder with the latest states.
 func (e *Engine) RunHealthProbes(waitForResult bool) bool {
 	e.syncMsgMux.Lock()
@@ -1865,8 +1841,23 @@ func (e *Engine) RunHealthProbes(waitForResult bool) bool {
 	stuns := slices.Clone(e.STUNs)
 	turns := slices.Clone(e.TURNs)
 
-	if err := e.statusRecorder.RefreshWireGuardStats(); err != nil {
-		log.Debugf("failed to refresh WireGuard stats: %v", err)
+	if e.wgInterface != nil {
+		stats, err := e.wgInterface.GetStats()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("failed to get wireguard stats: %v", err)
+			e.syncMsgMux.Unlock()
+			return false
+		}
+		for _, key := range e.peerStore.PeersPubKey() {
+			// wgStats could be zero value, in which case we just reset the stats
+			wgStats, ok := stats[key]
+			if !ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			if err := e.statusRecorder.UpdateWireGuardPeerState(key, wgStats); err != nil {
+				log.Debugf("failed to update wg stats for peer %s: %s", key, err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	e.syncMsgMux.Unlock()
@@ -1915,7 +1906,7 @@ func (e *Engine) triggerClientRestart() {
 }
 
 func (e *Engine) startNetworkMonitor() {
-	if !e.config.NetworkMonitor || nbnetstack.IsEnabled() {
+	if !e.config.NetworkMonitor {
 		log.Infof("Network monitor is disabled, not starting")
 		return
 	}

client/internal/engine_ssh.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	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"
@@ -95,10 +94,6 @@ func (e *Engine) updateSSH(sshConf *mgmProto.SSHConfig) error {
 
 // updateSSHClientConfig updates the SSH client configuration with peer information
 func (e *Engine) updateSSHClientConfig(remotePeers []*mgmProto.RemotePeerConfig) error {
-	if netstack.IsEnabled() {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	peerInfo := e.extractPeerSSHInfo(remotePeers)
 	if len(peerInfo) == 0 {
 		log.Debug("no SSH-enabled peers found, skipping SSH config update")
@@ -221,10 +216,6 @@ func (e *Engine) GetPeerSSHKey(peerAddress string) ([]byte, bool) {
 
 // cleanupSSHConfig removes NetBird SSH client configuration on shutdown
 func (e *Engine) cleanupSSHConfig() {
-	if netstack.IsEnabled() {
-		return
-	}
-
 	configMgr := sshconfig.New()
 
 	if err := configMgr.RemoveSSHClientConfig(); err != nil {

client/internal/engine_test.go

@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ type MockWGIface struct {
 	GetStatsFunc               func() (map[string]configurer.WGStats, error)
 	GetInterfaceGUIDStringFunc func() (string, error)
 	GetProxyFunc               func() wgproxy.Proxy
-	GetProxyPortFunc           func() uint16
 	GetNetFunc                 func() *netstack.Net
 	LastActivitiesFunc         func() map[string]monotime.Time
 }
@@ -204,13 +203,6 @@ func (m *MockWGIface) GetProxy() wgproxy.Proxy {
 	return m.GetProxyFunc()
 }
 
-func (m *MockWGIface) GetProxyPort() uint16 {
-	if m.GetProxyPortFunc != nil {
-		return m.GetProxyPortFunc()
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
 func (m *MockWGIface) GetNet() *netstack.Net {
 	return m.GetNetFunc()
 }
@@ -251,6 +243,9 @@ func TestEngine_SSH(t *testing.T) {
 	relayMgr := relayClient.NewManager(ctx, nil, key.PublicKey().String(), iface.DefaultMTU)
 	engine := NewEngine(
 		ctx, cancel,
+		&signal.MockClient{},
+		&mgmt.MockClient{},
+		relayMgr,
 		&EngineConfig{
 			WgIfaceName:      "utun101",
 			WgAddr:           "100.64.0.1/24",
@@ -260,13 +255,10 @@ func TestEngine_SSH(t *testing.T) {
 			MTU:              iface.DefaultMTU,
 			SSHKey:           sshKey,
 		},
-		EngineServices{
-			SignalClient:   &signal.MockClient{},
-			MgmClient:      &mgmt.MockClient{},
-			RelayManager:   relayMgr,
-			StatusRecorder: peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"),
-		},
 		MobileDependency{},
+		peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"),
+		nil,
+		nil,
 	)
 
 	engine.dnsServer = &dns.MockServer{
@@ -428,18 +420,13 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMap(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	relayMgr := relayClient.NewManager(ctx, nil, key.PublicKey().String(), iface.DefaultMTU)
-	engine := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, &EngineConfig{
+	engine := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, &signal.MockClient{}, &mgmt.MockClient{}, relayMgr, &EngineConfig{
 		WgIfaceName:  "utun102",
 		WgAddr:       "100.64.0.1/24",
 		WgPrivateKey: key,
 		WgPort:       33100,
 		MTU:          iface.DefaultMTU,
-	}, EngineServices{
-		SignalClient:   &signal.MockClient{},
-		MgmClient:      &mgmt.MockClient{},
-		RelayManager:   relayMgr,
-		StatusRecorder: peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"),
-	}, MobileDependency{})
+	}, MobileDependency{}, peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"), nil, nil)
 
 	wgIface := &MockWGIface{
 		NameFunc: func() string { return "utun102" },
@@ -652,18 +639,13 @@ func TestEngine_Sync(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	relayMgr := relayClient.NewManager(ctx, nil, key.PublicKey().String(), iface.DefaultMTU)
-	engine := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, &EngineConfig{
+	engine := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, &signal.MockClient{}, &mgmt.MockClient{SyncFunc: syncFunc}, relayMgr, &EngineConfig{
 		WgIfaceName:  "utun103",
 		WgAddr:       "100.64.0.1/24",
 		WgPrivateKey: key,
 		WgPort:       33100,
 		MTU:          iface.DefaultMTU,
-	}, EngineServices{
-		SignalClient:   &signal.MockClient{},
-		MgmClient:      &mgmt.MockClient{SyncFunc: syncFunc},
-		RelayManager:   relayMgr,
-		StatusRecorder: peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"),
-	}, MobileDependency{})
+	}, MobileDependency{}, peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"), nil, nil)
 	engine.ctx = ctx
 
 	engine.dnsServer = &dns.MockServer{
@@ -822,18 +804,13 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 			wgAddr := fmt.Sprintf("100.66.%d.1/24", n)
 
 			relayMgr := relayClient.NewManager(ctx, nil, key.PublicKey().String(), iface.DefaultMTU)
-			engine := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, &EngineConfig{
+			engine := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, &signal.MockClient{}, &mgmt.MockClient{}, relayMgr, &EngineConfig{
 				WgIfaceName:  wgIfaceName,
 				WgAddr:       wgAddr,
 				WgPrivateKey: key,
 				WgPort:       33100,
 				MTU:          iface.DefaultMTU,
-			}, EngineServices{
-				SignalClient:   &signal.MockClient{},
-				MgmClient:      &mgmt.MockClient{},
-				RelayManager:   relayMgr,
-				StatusRecorder: peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"),
-			}, MobileDependency{})
+			}, MobileDependency{}, peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"), nil, nil)
 			engine.ctx = ctx
 			newNet, err := stdnet.NewNet(context.Background(), nil)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -1029,18 +1006,13 @@ func TestEngine_UpdateNetworkMapWithDNSUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			wgAddr := fmt.Sprintf("100.66.%d.1/24", n)
 
 			relayMgr := relayClient.NewManager(ctx, nil, key.PublicKey().String(), iface.DefaultMTU)
-			engine := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, &EngineConfig{
+			engine := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, &signal.MockClient{}, &mgmt.MockClient{}, relayMgr, &EngineConfig{
 				WgIfaceName:  wgIfaceName,
 				WgAddr:       wgAddr,
 				WgPrivateKey: key,
 				WgPort:       33100,
 				MTU:          iface.DefaultMTU,
-			}, EngineServices{
-				SignalClient:   &signal.MockClient{},
-				MgmClient:      &mgmt.MockClient{},
-				RelayManager:   relayMgr,
-				StatusRecorder: peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"),
-			}, MobileDependency{})
+			}, MobileDependency{}, peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"), nil, nil)
 			engine.ctx = ctx
 
 			newNet, err := stdnet.NewNet(context.Background(), nil)
@@ -1566,12 +1538,7 @@ func createEngine(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc, setupKey strin
 	}
 
 	relayMgr := relayClient.NewManager(ctx, nil, key.PublicKey().String(), iface.DefaultMTU)
-	e, err := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, conf, EngineServices{
-		SignalClient:   signalClient,
-		MgmClient:      mgmtClient,
-		RelayManager:   relayMgr,
-		StatusRecorder: peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"),
-	}, MobileDependency{}), nil
+	e, err := NewEngine(ctx, cancel, signalClient, mgmtClient, relayMgr, conf, MobileDependency{}, peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"), nil, nil), nil
 	e.ctx = ctx
 	return e, err
 }

client/internal/expose/manager.go

@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-package expose
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"time"
-
-	mgm "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-const renewTimeout = 10 * time.Second
-
-// Response holds the response from exposing a service.
-type Response struct {
-	ServiceName      string
-	ServiceURL       string
-	Domain           string
-	PortAutoAssigned bool
-}
-
-type Request struct {
-	NamePrefix string
-	Domain     string
-	Port       uint16
-	Protocol   int
-	Pin        string
-	Password   string
-	UserGroups []string
-	ListenPort uint16
-}
-
-type ManagementClient interface {
-	CreateExpose(ctx context.Context, req mgm.ExposeRequest) (*mgm.ExposeResponse, error)
-	RenewExpose(ctx context.Context, domain string) error
-	StopExpose(ctx context.Context, domain string) error
-}
-
-// Manager handles expose session lifecycle via the management client.
-type Manager struct {
-	mgmClient ManagementClient
-	ctx       context.Context
-}
-
-// NewManager creates a new expose Manager using the given management client.
-func NewManager(ctx context.Context, mgmClient ManagementClient) *Manager {
-	return &Manager{mgmClient: mgmClient, ctx: ctx}
-}
-
-// Expose creates a new expose session via the management server.
-func (m *Manager) Expose(ctx context.Context, req Request) (*Response, error) {
-	log.Infof("exposing service on port %d", req.Port)
-	resp, err := m.mgmClient.CreateExpose(ctx, toClientExposeRequest(req))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	log.Infof("expose session created for %s", resp.Domain)
-
-	return fromClientExposeResponse(resp), nil
-}
-
-func (m *Manager) KeepAlive(ctx context.Context, domain string) error {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(30 * time.Second)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
-	defer m.stop(domain)
-
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			log.Infof("context canceled, stopping keep alive for %s", domain)
-
-			return nil
-		case <-ticker.C:
-			if err := m.renew(ctx, domain); err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("renewing expose session for %s: %v", domain, err)
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// renew extends the TTL of an active expose session.
-func (m *Manager) renew(ctx context.Context, domain string) error {
-	renewCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, renewTimeout)
-	defer cancel()
-	return m.mgmClient.RenewExpose(renewCtx, domain)
-}
-
-// stop terminates an active expose session.
-func (m *Manager) stop(domain string) {
-	stopCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(m.ctx, renewTimeout)
-	defer cancel()
-	err := m.mgmClient.StopExpose(stopCtx, domain)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("Failed stopping expose session for %s: %v", domain, err)
-	}
-}

client/internal/expose/manager_test.go

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-package expose
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	daemonProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
-	mgm "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client"
-)
-
-func TestManager_Expose_Success(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := &mgm.MockClient{
-		CreateExposeFunc: func(ctx context.Context, req mgm.ExposeRequest) (*mgm.ExposeResponse, error) {
-			return &mgm.ExposeResponse{
-				ServiceName: "my-service",
-				ServiceURL:  "https://my-service.example.com",
-				Domain:      "my-service.example.com",
-			}, nil
-		},
-	}
-
-	m := NewManager(context.Background(), mock)
-	result, err := m.Expose(context.Background(), Request{Port: 8080})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "my-service", result.ServiceName, "service name should match")
-	assert.Equal(t, "https://my-service.example.com", result.ServiceURL, "service URL should match")
-	assert.Equal(t, "my-service.example.com", result.Domain, "domain should match")
-}
-
-func TestManager_Expose_Error(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := &mgm.MockClient{
-		CreateExposeFunc: func(ctx context.Context, req mgm.ExposeRequest) (*mgm.ExposeResponse, error) {
-			return nil, errors.New("permission denied")
-		},
-	}
-
-	m := NewManager(context.Background(), mock)
-	_, err := m.Expose(context.Background(), Request{Port: 8080})
-	require.Error(t, err)
-	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "permission denied", "error should propagate")
-}
-
-func TestManager_Renew_Success(t *testing.T) {
-	mock := &mgm.MockClient{
-		RenewExposeFunc: func(ctx context.Context, domain string) error {
-			assert.Equal(t, "my-service.example.com", domain, "domain should be passed through")
-			return nil
-		},
-	}
-
-	m := NewManager(context.Background(), mock)
-	err := m.renew(context.Background(), "my-service.example.com")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-}
-
-func TestManager_Renew_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	cancel()
-
-	mock := &mgm.MockClient{
-		RenewExposeFunc: func(ctx context.Context, domain string) error {
-			return ctx.Err()
-		},
-	}
-
-	m := NewManager(ctx, mock)
-	err := m.renew(ctx, "my-service.example.com")
-	require.Error(t, err)
-}
-
-func TestNewRequest(t *testing.T) {
-	req := &daemonProto.ExposeServiceRequest{
-		Port:       8080,
-		Protocol:   daemonProto.ExposeProtocol_EXPOSE_HTTPS,
-		Pin:        "123456",
-		Password:   "secret",
-		UserGroups: []string{"group1", "group2"},
-		Domain:     "custom.example.com",
-		NamePrefix: "my-prefix",
-	}
-
-	exposeReq := NewRequest(req)
-
-	assert.Equal(t, uint16(8080), exposeReq.Port, "port should match")
-	assert.Equal(t, int(daemonProto.ExposeProtocol_EXPOSE_HTTPS), exposeReq.Protocol, "protocol should match")
-	assert.Equal(t, "123456", exposeReq.Pin, "pin should match")
-	assert.Equal(t, "secret", exposeReq.Password, "password should match")
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"group1", "group2"}, exposeReq.UserGroups, "user groups should match")
-	assert.Equal(t, "custom.example.com", exposeReq.Domain, "domain should match")
-	assert.Equal(t, "my-prefix", exposeReq.NamePrefix, "name prefix should match")
-}

client/internal/expose/request.go

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package expose
-
-import (
-	daemonProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
-	mgm "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client"
-)
-
-// NewRequest converts a daemon ExposeServiceRequest to a management ExposeServiceRequest.
-func NewRequest(req *daemonProto.ExposeServiceRequest) *Request {
-	return &Request{
-		Port:       uint16(req.Port),
-		Protocol:   int(req.Protocol),
-		Pin:        req.Pin,
-		Password:   req.Password,
-		UserGroups: req.UserGroups,
-		Domain:     req.Domain,
-		NamePrefix: req.NamePrefix,
-		ListenPort: uint16(req.ListenPort),
-	}
-}
-
-func toClientExposeRequest(req Request) mgm.ExposeRequest {
-	return mgm.ExposeRequest{
-		NamePrefix: req.NamePrefix,
-		Domain:     req.Domain,
-		Port:       req.Port,
-		Protocol:   req.Protocol,
-		Pin:        req.Pin,
-		Password:   req.Password,
-		UserGroups: req.UserGroups,
-		ListenPort: req.ListenPort,
-	}
-}
-
-func fromClientExposeResponse(response *mgm.ExposeResponse) *Response {
-	return &Response{
-		ServiceName:      response.ServiceName,
-		Domain:           response.Domain,
-		ServiceURL:       response.ServiceURL,
-		PortAutoAssigned: response.PortAutoAssigned,
-	}
-}

client/internal/iface_common.go

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ type wgIfaceBase interface {
 	Up() (*udpmux.UniversalUDPMuxDefault, error)
 	UpdateAddr(newAddr string) error
 	GetProxy() wgproxy.Proxy
-	GetProxyPort() uint16
 	UpdatePeer(peerKey string, allowedIps []netip.Prefix, keepAlive time.Duration, endpoint *net.UDPAddr, preSharedKey *wgtypes.Key) error
 	RemoveEndpointAddress(key string) error
 	RemovePeer(peerKey string) error

client/internal/lazyconn/activity/manager.go

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
 
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/netstack"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn"
 	peerid "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer/id"
@@ -75,13 +74,12 @@ func (m *Manager) createListener(peerCfg lazyconn.PeerConfig) (listener, error)
 		return NewUDPListener(m.wgIface, peerCfg)
 	}
 
-	// BindListener is used on Windows, JS, and netstack platforms:
+	// BindListener is only used on Windows and JS platforms:
 	// - JS: Cannot listen to UDP sockets
 	// - Windows: IP_UNICAST_IF socket option forces packets out the interface the default
 	//   gateway points to, preventing them from reaching the loopback interface.
-	// - Netstack: Allows multiple instances on the same host without port conflicts.
-	// BindListener bypasses these issues by passing data directly through the bind.
-	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" && runtime.GOOS != "js" && !netstack.IsEnabled() {
+	//   BindListener bypasses this by passing data directly through the bind.
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" && runtime.GOOS != "js" {
 		return NewUDPListener(m.wgIface, peerCfg)
 	}