Merge pull request #336 from fosrl/dev

1.12.3

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* @oschwartz10612 @miloschwartz

.github/workflows/cicd.yml

@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ jobs:
             echo "Tag $VERSION already exists" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
+          if ! git diff --quiet flake.nix; then
+            git add flake.nix
+            git commit -m "chore(nix): update version to $VERSION"
+            git push origin "$TARGET_BRANCH"
+          fi
           git tag -a "$VERSION" -m "Release $VERSION"
           git push origin "refs/tags/$VERSION"
 
@@ -232,20 +237,20 @@ jobs:
           echo "Checked out $(git rev-parse --short HEAD) for tag ${TAG}"
 
       #- name: Set up QEMU
-      #  uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
+      #  uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v4.0.0
 
       #- name: Set up Docker Buildx
       #  uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd # v4.0.0
 
       - name: Log in to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: docker.io
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Log in to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -363,14 +368,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "Checked out $(git rev-parse --short HEAD) for tag ${TAG}"
 
       - name: Log in to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: docker.io
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Log in to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -478,14 +483,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "Checked out $(git rev-parse --short HEAD) for tag ${TAG}"
 
       - name: Log in to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: docker.io
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Log in to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -499,7 +504,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "DOCKERHUB_IMAGE=${DOCKERHUB_IMAGE,,}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v4.0.0
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd # v4.0.0
@@ -551,14 +556,14 @@ jobs:
       #PUBLISH_MINOR:  ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.publish_minor  || vars.PUBLISH_MINOR  }}
     steps:
       - name: Log in to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: docker.io
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Log in to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -656,14 +661,14 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - name: Log in to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: docker.io
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Log in to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@b45d80f862d83dbcd57f89517bcf500b2ab88fb2 # v4.0.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -727,7 +732,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Attest build provenance (GHCR) (digest)
-        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@96278af6caaf10aea03fd8d33a09a777ca52d62f # v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@a2bbfa25375fe432b6a289bc6b6cd05ecd0c4c32 # v4.1.0
         with:
           subject-name: ${{ env.GHCR_IMAGE }}
           subject-digest: ${{ env.GHCR_DIGEST }}
@@ -737,7 +742,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Attest build provenance (Docker Hub)
         continue-on-error: true
         if: ${{ env.DH_DIGEST != '' }}
-        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@96278af6caaf10aea03fd8d33a09a777ca52d62f # v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@a2bbfa25375fe432b6a289bc6b6cd05ecd0c4c32 # v4.1.0
         with:
           subject-name: index.docker.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
           subject-digest: ${{ env.DH_DIGEST }}
@@ -745,7 +750,7 @@ jobs:
           show-summary: true
 
       - name: Install cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@cad07c2e89fa2edd6e2d7bab4c1aa38e53f76003 # v4.1.1
         with:
           cosign-release: "v3.0.2"
 
@@ -893,7 +898,7 @@ jobs:
           make -j 10 go-build-release VERSION="${TAG}"
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release (draft)
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@5be0e66d93ac7ed76da52eca8bb058f665c3a5fe # v2.4.2
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@153bb8e04406b158c6c84fc1615b65b24149a1fe # v2.6.1
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ env.TAG }}
           generate_release_notes: true

.github/workflows/mirror.yaml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           skopeo --version
 
       - name: Install cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@cad07c2e89fa2edd6e2d7bab4c1aa38e53f76003 # v4.1.1
 
       - name: Input check
         run: |

Makefile

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ VERSION ?= dev
 LDFLAGS = -X main.newtVersion=$(VERSION)
 
 local:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ./bin/newt
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o ./bin/newt
 
 docker-build:
 	docker build -t fosrl/newt:latest .

blueprint.yaml

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-resources:
-  resource-nice-id:
-    name: this is my resource
-    protocol: http
-    full-domain: level1.test3.example.com
-    host-header: example.com
-    tls-server-name: example.com
-    auth:
-      pincode: 123456
-      password: sadfasdfadsf
-      sso-enabled: true
-      sso-roles:
-      - Member
-      sso-users:
-      - owen@pangolin.net
-      whitelist-users:
-      - owen@pangolin.net
-    targets:
-    # - site: glossy-plains-viscacha-rat
-    - hostname: localhost
-      method: http
-      port: 8000
-      healthcheck:
-        port: 8000
-        hostname: localhost
-    # - site: glossy-plains-viscacha-rat
-    - hostname: localhost
-      method: http
-      port: 8001
-  resource-nice-id2:
-    name: this is other resource
-    protocol: tcp
-    proxy-port: 3000
-    targets:
-    # - site: glossy-plains-viscacha-rat
-    - hostname: localhost
-      port: 3000

clients/clients.go

@@ -40,13 +40,17 @@ type WgConfig struct {
 }
 
 type Target struct {
-	SourcePrefix   string      `json:"sourcePrefix"`
-	SourcePrefixes []string    `json:"sourcePrefixes"`
-	DestPrefix     string      `json:"destPrefix"`
-	RewriteTo      string      `json:"rewriteTo,omitempty"`
-	DisableIcmp    bool        `json:"disableIcmp,omitempty"`
-	PortRange      []PortRange `json:"portRange,omitempty"`
-	ResourceId     int         `json:"resourceId,omitempty"`
+	SourcePrefix   string                 `json:"sourcePrefix"`
+	SourcePrefixes []string               `json:"sourcePrefixes"`
+	DestPrefix     string                 `json:"destPrefix"`
+	RewriteTo      string                 `json:"rewriteTo,omitempty"`
+	DisableIcmp    bool                   `json:"disableIcmp,omitempty"`
+	PortRange      []PortRange            `json:"portRange,omitempty"`
+	ResourceId     int                    `json:"resourceId,omitempty"`
+	Protocol       string                 `json:"protocol,omitempty"`    // for now practicably either http or https
+	HTTPTargets    []netstack2.HTTPTarget `json:"httpTargets,omitempty"` // for http protocol, list of downstream services to load balance across
+	TLSCert        string                 `json:"tlsCert,omitempty"`     // PEM-encoded certificate for incoming HTTPS termination
+	TLSKey         string                 `json:"tlsKey,omitempty"`      // PEM-encoded private key for incoming HTTPS termination
 }
 
 type PortRange struct {
@@ -74,18 +78,18 @@ type PeerReading struct {
 }
 
 type WireGuardService struct {
-	interfaceName string
-	mtu           int
-	client        *websocket.Client
-	config        WgConfig
-	key           wgtypes.Key
-	newtId        string
-	lastReadings  map[string]PeerReading
-	mu            sync.Mutex
-	Port          uint16
-	host          string
-	serverPubKey  string
-	token         string
+	interfaceName        string
+	mtu                  int
+	client               *websocket.Client
+	config               WgConfig
+	key                  wgtypes.Key
+	newtId               string
+	lastReadings         map[string]PeerReading
+	mu                   sync.Mutex
+	Port                 uint16
+	host                 string
+	serverPubKey         string
+	token                string
 	stopGetConfig        func()
 	pendingConfigChainId string
 	// Netstack fields
@@ -697,7 +701,18 @@ func (s *WireGuardService) syncTargets(desiredTargets []Target) error {
 				})
 			}
 
-			s.tnet.AddProxySubnetRule(sourcePrefix, destPrefix, target.RewriteTo, portRanges, target.DisableIcmp, target.ResourceId)
+			s.tnet.AddProxySubnetRule(netstack2.SubnetRule{
+				SourcePrefix: sourcePrefix,
+				DestPrefix:   destPrefix,
+				RewriteTo:    target.RewriteTo,
+				PortRanges:   portRanges,
+				DisableIcmp:  target.DisableIcmp,
+				ResourceId:   target.ResourceId,
+				Protocol:     target.Protocol,
+				HTTPTargets:  target.HTTPTargets,
+				TLSCert:      target.TLSCert,
+				TLSKey:       target.TLSKey,
+			})
 			logger.Info("Added target %s -> %s during sync", target.SourcePrefix, target.DestPrefix)
 		}
 	}
@@ -835,6 +850,13 @@ func (s *WireGuardService) ensureWireguardInterface(wgconfig WgConfig) error {
 		})
 	})
 
+	// Configure the HTTP request log sender to ship compressed request logs via websocket
+	s.tnet.SetHTTPRequestLogSender(func(data string) error {
+		return s.client.SendMessageNoLog("newt/request-log", map[string]interface{}{
+			"compressed": data,
+		})
+	})
+
 	// Create WireGuard device using the shared bind
 	s.device = device.NewDevice(s.tun, s.sharedBind, device.NewLogger(
 		device.LogLevelSilent, // Use silent logging by default - could be made configurable
@@ -955,7 +977,18 @@ func (s *WireGuardService) ensureTargets(targets []Target) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("invalid CIDR %s: %v", sp, err)
 			}
-			s.tnet.AddProxySubnetRule(sourcePrefix, destPrefix, target.RewriteTo, portRanges, target.DisableIcmp, target.ResourceId)
+			s.tnet.AddProxySubnetRule(netstack2.SubnetRule{
+				SourcePrefix: sourcePrefix,
+				DestPrefix:   destPrefix,
+				RewriteTo:    target.RewriteTo,
+				PortRanges:   portRanges,
+				DisableIcmp:  target.DisableIcmp,
+				ResourceId:   target.ResourceId,
+				Protocol:     target.Protocol,
+				HTTPTargets:  target.HTTPTargets,
+				TLSCert:      target.TLSCert,
+				TLSKey:       target.TLSKey,
+			})
 			logger.Info("Added target subnet from %s to %s rewrite to %s with port ranges: %v", sp, target.DestPrefix, target.RewriteTo, target.PortRange)
 		}
 	}
@@ -1348,7 +1381,18 @@ func (s *WireGuardService) handleAddTarget(msg websocket.WSMessage) {
 				logger.Info("Invalid CIDR %s: %v", sp, err)
 				continue
 			}
-			s.tnet.AddProxySubnetRule(sourcePrefix, destPrefix, target.RewriteTo, portRanges, target.DisableIcmp, target.ResourceId)
+			s.tnet.AddProxySubnetRule(netstack2.SubnetRule{
+				SourcePrefix: sourcePrefix,
+				DestPrefix:   destPrefix,
+				RewriteTo:    target.RewriteTo,
+				PortRanges:   portRanges,
+				DisableIcmp:  target.DisableIcmp,
+				ResourceId:   target.ResourceId,
+				Protocol:     target.Protocol,
+				HTTPTargets:  target.HTTPTargets,
+				TLSCert:      target.TLSCert,
+				TLSKey:       target.TLSKey,
+			})
 			logger.Info("Added target subnet from %s to %s rewrite to %s with port ranges: %v", sp, target.DestPrefix, target.RewriteTo, target.PortRange)
 		}
 	}
@@ -1466,7 +1510,18 @@ func (s *WireGuardService) handleUpdateTarget(msg websocket.WSMessage) {
 				logger.Info("Invalid CIDR %s: %v", sp, err)
 				continue
 			}
-			s.tnet.AddProxySubnetRule(sourcePrefix, destPrefix, target.RewriteTo, portRanges, target.DisableIcmp, target.ResourceId)
+			s.tnet.AddProxySubnetRule(netstack2.SubnetRule{
+				SourcePrefix: sourcePrefix,
+				DestPrefix:   destPrefix,
+				RewriteTo:    target.RewriteTo,
+				PortRanges:   portRanges,
+				DisableIcmp:  target.DisableIcmp,
+				ResourceId:   target.ResourceId,
+				Protocol:     target.Protocol,
+				HTTPTargets:  target.HTTPTargets,
+				TLSCert:      target.TLSCert,
+				TLSKey:       target.TLSKey,
+			})
 			logger.Info("Added target subnet from %s to %s rewrite to %s with port ranges: %v", sp, target.DestPrefix, target.RewriteTo, target.PortRange)
 		}
 	}

flake.nix

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
           inherit (pkgs) lib;
 
           # Update version when releasing
-          version = "1.8.0";
+          version = "1.11.0";
         in
         {
           default = self.packages.${system}.pangolin-newt;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             inherit version;
             src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
 
-            vendorHash = "sha256-YIcuj1S+ZWAzXZOMZbppTvsDcW1W1Sy8ynfMkzLMQpM=";
+            vendorHash = "sha256-+zMSzNbqmWm/DXL2xMUd5uPP5tSIybsRokwJ2zd0pf0=";
 
             nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ pkgs.versionCheckHook ];
 

get-newt.sh

@@ -30,41 +30,38 @@ print_error() {
 
 # Function to get latest version from GitHub API
 get_latest_version() {
-    local latest_info
-    
+    latest_info=""
+
     if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         latest_info=$(curl -fsSL "$GITHUB_API_URL" 2>/dev/null)
     elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         latest_info=$(wget -qO- "$GITHUB_API_URL" 2>/dev/null)
     else
-        print_error "Neither curl nor wget is available. Please install one of them." >&2
+        print_error "Neither curl nor wget is available."
         exit 1
     fi
-    
+
     if [ -z "$latest_info" ]; then
-        print_error "Failed to fetch latest version information" >&2
+        print_error "Failed to fetch latest version info"
         exit 1
     fi
-    
-    # Extract version from JSON response (works without jq)
-    local version=$(echo "$latest_info" | grep '"tag_name"' | head -1 | sed 's/.*"tag_name": *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/')
-    
+
+    version=$(printf '%s' "$latest_info" | grep '"tag_name"' | head -1 | sed 's/.*"tag_name": *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/')
+
     if [ -z "$version" ]; then
-        print_error "Could not parse version from GitHub API response" >&2
+        print_error "Could not parse version from GitHub API response"
         exit 1
     fi
-    
-    # Remove 'v' prefix if present
-    version=$(echo "$version" | sed 's/^v//')
-    
-    echo "$version"
+
+    version=$(printf '%s' "$version" | sed 's/^v//')
+    printf '%s' "$version"
 }
 
 # Detect OS and architecture
 detect_platform() {
-    local os arch
-    
-    # Detect OS
+    os=""
+    arch=""
+
     case "$(uname -s)" in
         Linux*)     os="linux" ;;
         Darwin*)    os="darwin" ;;
@@ -75,12 +72,11 @@ detect_platform() {
             exit 1
             ;;
     esac
-    
-    # Detect architecture
+
     case "$(uname -m)" in
         x86_64|amd64)   arch="amd64" ;;
         arm64|aarch64)  arch="arm64" ;;
-        armv7l|armv6l)  
+        armv7l|armv6l)
             if [ "$os" = "linux" ]; then
                 if [ "$(uname -m)" = "armv6l" ]; then
                     arch="arm32v6"
@@ -88,10 +84,10 @@ detect_platform() {
                     arch="arm32"
                 fi
             else
-                arch="arm64"  # Default for non-Linux ARM
+                arch="arm64"
             fi
             ;;
-        riscv64)        
+        riscv64)
             if [ "$os" = "linux" ]; then
                 arch="riscv64"
             else
@@ -104,23 +100,68 @@ detect_platform() {
             exit 1
             ;;
     esac
-    
-    echo "${os}_${arch}"
+
+    printf '%s_%s' "$os" "$arch"
 }
 
-# Get installation directory
+# Determine installation directory (default fallback)
 get_install_dir() {
-    if [ "$OS" = "windows" ]; then
-        echo "$HOME/bin"
-    else
-        # Prefer /usr/local/bin for system-wide installation
-        echo "/usr/local/bin"
+    case "$PLATFORM" in
+        *windows*)
+            echo "$HOME/bin"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "/usr/local/bin"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+# Parse --path argument from args
+# Returns the value after --path, or empty string if not provided
+parse_path_arg() {
+    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+        case "$1" in
+            --path)
+                if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+                    printf '%s' "$2"
+                    return
+                fi
+                ;;
+            --path=*)
+                printf '%s' "${1#--path=}"
+                return
+                ;;
+        esac
+        shift
+    done
+}
+
+# Detect an existing newt binary location.
+# Tries unprivileged which first, then sudo which (for binaries only visible to root).
+# Returns the full path of the binary, or empty string if not found.
+detect_existing_binary() {
+    existing=""
+
+    # Try unprivileged which first
+    existing=$(command -v newt 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [ -n "$existing" ]; then
+        printf '%s' "$existing"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Try sudo which — some installations land in paths only root can see in $PATH
+    if command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        existing=$(sudo which newt 2>/dev/null || true)
+        if [ -n "$existing" ]; then
+            printf '%s' "$existing"
+            return
+        fi
     fi
 }
 
 # Check if we need sudo for installation
 needs_sudo() {
-    local install_dir="$1"
+    install_dir="$1"
     if [ -w "$install_dir" ] 2>/dev/null; then
         return 1  # No sudo needed
     else
@@ -130,7 +171,7 @@ needs_sudo() {
 
 # Get the appropriate command prefix (sudo or empty)
 get_sudo_cmd() {
-    local install_dir="$1"
+    install_dir="$1"
     if needs_sudo "$install_dir"; then
         if command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             echo "sudo"
@@ -146,40 +187,46 @@ get_sudo_cmd() {
 
 # Download and install newt
 install_newt() {
-    local platform="$1"
-    local install_dir="$2"
-    local sudo_cmd="$3"
-    local binary_name="newt_${platform}"
-    local exe_suffix=""
+    platform="$1"
+    install_dir="$2"
+    sudo_cmd="$3"
+    custom_path="$4"
+    binary_name="newt_${platform}"
+    final_name="newt"
 
-    # Add .exe suffix for Windows
     case "$platform" in
         *windows*)
             binary_name="${binary_name}.exe"
-            exe_suffix=".exe"
+            final_name="newt.exe"
             ;;
     esac
 
-    local download_url="${BASE_URL}/${binary_name}"
-    local temp_file="/tmp/newt${exe_suffix}"
-    local final_path="${install_dir}/newt${exe_suffix}"
+    download_url="${BASE_URL}/${binary_name}"
+    temp_file="/tmp/${final_name}"
+
+    # If a custom path is provided, use it directly; otherwise use install_dir/final_name
+    if [ -n "$custom_path" ]; then
+        final_path="$custom_path"
+        install_dir=$(dirname "$final_path")
+    else
+        final_path="${install_dir}/${final_name}"
+    fi
 
     print_status "Downloading newt from ${download_url}"
 
-    # Download the binary
     if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         curl -fsSL "$download_url" -o "$temp_file"
     elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         wget -q "$download_url" -O "$temp_file"
     else
-        print_error "Neither curl nor wget is available. Please install one of them."
+        print_error "Neither curl nor wget is available."
         exit 1
     fi
 
     # Make executable before moving
     chmod +x "$temp_file"
 
-    # Create install directory if it doesn't exist
+    # Create install directory if it doesn't exist and move binary
     if [ -n "$sudo_cmd" ]; then
         $sudo_cmd mkdir -p "$install_dir"
         print_status "Using sudo to install to ${install_dir}"
@@ -194,25 +241,25 @@ install_newt() {
     # Check if install directory is in PATH
     if ! echo "$PATH" | grep -q "$install_dir"; then
         print_warning "Install directory ${install_dir} is not in your PATH."
-        print_warning "Add it to your PATH by adding this line to your shell profile:"
+        print_warning "Add it with:"
         print_warning "  export PATH=\"${install_dir}:\$PATH\""
     fi
 }
 
 # Verify installation
 verify_installation() {
-    local install_dir="$1"
-    local exe_suffix=""
-    
+    install_dir="$1"
+    exe_suffix=""
+
     case "$PLATFORM" in
         *windows*) exe_suffix=".exe" ;;
     esac
-    
-    local newt_path="${install_dir}/newt${exe_suffix}"
-    
-    if [ -f "$newt_path" ] && [ -x "$newt_path" ]; then
+
+    newt_path="${install_dir}/newt${exe_suffix}"
+
+    if [ -x "$newt_path" ]; then
         print_status "Installation successful!"
-        print_status "newt version: $("$newt_path" --version 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")"
+        print_status "newt version: $("$newt_path" --version 2>/dev/null || printf 'unknown')"
         return 0
     else
         print_error "Installation failed. Binary not found or not executable."
@@ -222,22 +269,40 @@ verify_installation() {
 
 # Main installation process
 main() {
-    print_status "Installing latest version of newt..."
+    # --path explicitly overrides everything
+    CUSTOM_PATH=$(parse_path_arg "$@")
 
-    # Get latest version
-    print_status "Fetching latest version from GitHub..."
+    if [ -n "$CUSTOM_PATH" ]; then
+        print_status "Installing latest version of newt to ${CUSTOM_PATH} (--path override)..."
+    else
+        print_status "Installing latest version of newt..."
+    fi
+
+    print_status "Fetching latest version..."
     VERSION=$(get_latest_version)
     print_status "Latest version: v${VERSION}"
 
-    # Set base URL with the fetched version
     BASE_URL="https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${VERSION}"
 
-    # Detect platform
     PLATFORM=$(detect_platform)
     print_status "Detected platform: ${PLATFORM}"
 
-    # Get install directory
-    INSTALL_DIR=$(get_install_dir)
+    if [ -n "$CUSTOM_PATH" ]; then
+        # --path wins; derive INSTALL_DIR from it
+        INSTALL_DIR=$(dirname "$CUSTOM_PATH")
+    else
+        # Try to find an existing installation so we update the right place
+        EXISTING_BINARY=$(detect_existing_binary)
+        if [ -n "$EXISTING_BINARY" ]; then
+            print_status "Found existing newt binary at ${EXISTING_BINARY}"
+            CUSTOM_PATH="$EXISTING_BINARY"
+            INSTALL_DIR=$(dirname "$EXISTING_BINARY")
+            print_status "Will update existing installation at ${INSTALL_DIR}"
+        else
+            INSTALL_DIR=$(get_install_dir)
+        fi
+    fi
+
     print_status "Install directory: ${INSTALL_DIR}"
 
     # Check if we need sudo
@@ -246,13 +311,20 @@ main() {
         print_status "Root privileges required for installation to ${INSTALL_DIR}"
     fi
 
-    # Install newt
-    install_newt "$PLATFORM" "$INSTALL_DIR" "$SUDO_CMD"
+    install_newt "$PLATFORM" "$INSTALL_DIR" "$SUDO_CMD" "$CUSTOM_PATH"
 
-    # Verify installation
-    if verify_installation "$INSTALL_DIR"; then
+    if [ -n "$CUSTOM_PATH" ]; then
+        if [ -x "$CUSTOM_PATH" ]; then
+            print_status "Installation successful!"
+            print_status "newt version: $("$CUSTOM_PATH" --version 2>/dev/null || printf 'unknown')"
+            print_status "newt is ready to use!"
+        else
+            print_error "Installation failed. Binary not found or not executable at ${CUSTOM_PATH}."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    elif verify_installation "$INSTALL_DIR"; then
         print_status "newt is ready to use!"
-        print_status "Run 'newt --help' to get started"
+        print_status "Run 'newt --help' to get started."
     else
         exit 1
     fi

go.mod

@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.1
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.66.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.66.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.41.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.41.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.63.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.41.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.68.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.68.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.43.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.43.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.65.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251113190631-e25ba8c21ef6
-	golang.org/x/net v0.51.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.52.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard v0.0.0-20250521234502-f333402bd9cb
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl v0.0.0-20241231184526-a9ab2273dd10
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/windows v0.5.3
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.80.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	gvisor.dev/gvisor v0.0.0-20250503011706-39ed1f5ac29c
 	software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.7.0
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.19.2 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 // indirect
 	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.5 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.41.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.43.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.43.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.35.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.12.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.42.0 // indirect
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wintun v0.0.0-20230126152724-0fa3db229ce2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260209200024-4cfbd4190f57 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260209200024-4cfbd4190f57 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260401024825-9d38bb4040a9 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260401024825-9d38bb4040a9 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5 h1:pIgK94WWlQt1WLwAC5j2ynLaBRDiinoAb86HZHTU
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5/go.mod h1:SjE/0MzDEEAyrdr5Gqc6G+sXI67maCxzaT3A2+HqjUw=
 github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0 h1:s0LJW/iN9dkIH+EnhiD3BlkkP5QVIUVEoIwkU+A6qos=
 github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0/go.mod h1:vRYWnXvI6aWGpsdY/mOT/cbeVRBlPWtBNDb7kGR3uKM=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.19.2 h1:zUMhqEW66Ex7OXIiDkll3tl9a1ZdilUOd/F6ZXw4Vws=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.19.2/go.mod h1:M0aotyiemPhBCM0z5w87kL22CxfcH05ZpYlu+b4J7mw=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 h1:XwbrGOIplXW/AU3YhIhLODXMJYyC1isLFfYCsTEycfc=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1/go.mod h1:o9EMBZGRyvDrSPH1RqdxhojkuXstoe4UlK79eF5TGGo=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 h1:UQB4HGPB6osV0SQTLymcB4TgvyWu6ZyliaW0tI/otEQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7so1lCWt35ZSgc=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
@@ -95,56 +95,56 @@ github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.5 h1:DfiHV+j8bA32MFM7bfEunvT8IAqQ/NzSJHtcmW5zd
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 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.66.0 h1:PnV4kVnw0zOmwwFkAzCN5O07fw1YOIQor120zrh0AVo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.66.0/go.mod h1:ofAwF4uinaf8SXdVzzbL4OsxJ3VfeEg3f/F6CeF49/Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.66.0 h1:JruBNmrPELWjR+PU3fsQBFQRYtsMLQ/zPfbvwDz9I/w=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.66.0/go.mod h1:vwNrfL6w1uAE3qX48KFii2Qoqf+NEDP5wNjus+RHz8Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0 h1:YlEwVsGAlCvczDILpUXpIpPSL/VPugt7zHThEMLce1c=
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-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0/go.mod h1:xPvCwd9pU0VN8tPZYzDZV/BMj9CM9vs00GuBjeKhJps=
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healthcheck/healthcheck.go

@@ -37,33 +37,38 @@ func (s Health) String() string {
 
 // Config holds the health check configuration for a target
 type Config struct {
-	ID                int               `json:"id"`
-	Enabled           bool              `json:"hcEnabled"`
-	Path              string            `json:"hcPath"`
-	Scheme            string            `json:"hcScheme"`
-	Mode              string            `json:"hcMode"`
-	Hostname          string            `json:"hcHostname"`
-	Port              int               `json:"hcPort"`
-	Interval          int               `json:"hcInterval"`          // in seconds
-	UnhealthyInterval int               `json:"hcUnhealthyInterval"` // in seconds
-	Timeout           int               `json:"hcTimeout"`           // in seconds
-	Headers           map[string]string `json:"hcHeaders"`
-	Method            string            `json:"hcMethod"`
-	Status            int               `json:"hcStatus"` // HTTP status code
-	TLSServerName     string            `json:"hcTlsServerName"`
+	ID                 int               `json:"id"`
+	Enabled            bool              `json:"hcEnabled"`
+	Path               string            `json:"hcPath"`
+	Scheme             string            `json:"hcScheme"`
+	Mode               string            `json:"hcMode"`
+	Hostname           string            `json:"hcHostname"`
+	Port               int               `json:"hcPort"`
+	Interval           int               `json:"hcInterval"`          // in seconds
+	UnhealthyInterval  int               `json:"hcUnhealthyInterval"` // in seconds
+	Timeout            int               `json:"hcTimeout"`           // in seconds
+	FollowRedirects    *bool             `json:"hcFollowRedirects"`
+	Headers            map[string]string `json:"hcHeaders"`
+	Method             string            `json:"hcMethod"`
+	Status             int               `json:"hcStatus"` // HTTP status code
+	TLSServerName      string            `json:"hcTlsServerName"`
+	HealthyThreshold   int               `json:"hcHealthyThreshold"`   // consecutive successes required to become healthy
+	UnhealthyThreshold int               `json:"hcUnhealthyThreshold"` // consecutive failures required to become unhealthy
 }
 
 // Target represents a health check target with its current status
 type Target struct {
-	Config     Config    `json:"config"`
-	Status     Health    `json:"status"`
-	LastCheck  time.Time `json:"lastCheck"`
-	LastError  string    `json:"lastError,omitempty"`
-	CheckCount int       `json:"checkCount"`
-	timer      *time.Timer
-	ctx        context.Context
-	cancel     context.CancelFunc
-	client     *http.Client
+	Config               Config    `json:"config"`
+	Status               Health    `json:"status"`
+	LastCheck            time.Time `json:"lastCheck"`
+	LastError            string    `json:"lastError,omitempty"`
+	CheckCount           int       `json:"checkCount"`
+	timer                *time.Timer
+	ctx                  context.Context
+	cancel               context.CancelFunc
+	client               *http.Client
+	consecutiveSuccesses int
+	consecutiveFailures  int
 }
 
 // StatusChangeCallback is called when any target's status changes
@@ -165,9 +170,16 @@ func (m *Monitor) addTargetUnsafe(config Config) error {
 	if config.Timeout == 0 {
 		config.Timeout = 5
 	}
+	if config.HealthyThreshold == 0 {
+		config.HealthyThreshold = 1
+	}
+	if config.UnhealthyThreshold == 0 {
+		config.UnhealthyThreshold = 1
+	}
 
-	logger.Debug("Target %d configuration: scheme=%s, method=%s, interval=%ds, timeout=%ds",
-		config.ID, config.Scheme, config.Method, config.Interval, config.Timeout)
+	logger.Debug("Target %d configuration: mode=%s, scheme=%s, method=%s, interval=%ds, timeout=%ds, healthyThreshold=%d, unhealthyThreshold=%d",
+		config.ID, config.Mode, config.Scheme, config.Method, config.Interval, config.Timeout,
+		config.HealthyThreshold, config.UnhealthyThreshold)
 
 	// Parse headers if provided as string
 	if len(config.Headers) == 0 && config.Path != "" {
@@ -189,6 +201,16 @@ func (m *Monitor) addTargetUnsafe(config Config) error {
 		ctx:    ctx,
 		cancel: cancel,
 		client: &http.Client{
+			CheckRedirect: func() func(*http.Request, []*http.Request) error {
+				// Default to following redirects if not explicitly configured
+				followRedirects := config.FollowRedirects == nil || *config.FollowRedirects
+				if !followRedirects {
+					return func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+						return http.ErrUseLastResponse
+					}
+				}
+				return nil
+			}(),
 			Transport: &http.Transport{
 				TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
 					// Configure TLS settings based on certificate enforcement
@@ -230,7 +252,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) RemoveTarget(id int) error {
 
 	// Notify callback of status change
 	if m.callback != nil {
-		go m.callback(m.GetTargets())
+		go m.callback(m.getAllTargetsUnsafe())
 	}
 
 	logger.Info("Successfully removed target %d", id)
@@ -263,7 +285,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) RemoveTargets(ids []int) error {
 
 	// Notify callback of status change if any targets were removed
 	if len(notFound) != len(ids) && m.callback != nil {
-		go m.callback(m.GetTargets())
+		go m.callback(m.getAllTargetsUnsafe())
 	}
 
 	if len(notFound) > 0 {
@@ -361,12 +383,69 @@ func (m *Monitor) monitorTarget(target *Target) {
 	}
 }
 
-// performHealthCheck performs a health check on a target
+// performHealthCheck performs a health check on a target and applies threshold logic
 func (m *Monitor) performHealthCheck(target *Target) {
 	target.CheckCount++
 	target.LastCheck = time.Now()
-	target.LastError = ""
 
+	var passed bool
+	var checkErr string
+
+	switch strings.ToLower(target.Config.Mode) {
+	case "tcp":
+		passed, checkErr = m.performTCPCheck(target)
+	default:
+		// "http", "https", or anything else falls through to HTTP
+		passed, checkErr = m.performHTTPCheck(target)
+	}
+
+	if passed {
+		target.consecutiveFailures = 0
+		target.consecutiveSuccesses++
+
+		logger.Debug("Target %d: check passed (consecutive successes: %d / threshold: %d)",
+			target.Config.ID, target.consecutiveSuccesses, target.Config.HealthyThreshold)
+
+		if target.consecutiveSuccesses >= target.Config.HealthyThreshold {
+			target.Status = StatusHealthy
+			target.LastError = ""
+		}
+	} else {
+		target.consecutiveSuccesses = 0
+		target.consecutiveFailures++
+		target.LastError = checkErr
+
+		logger.Debug("Target %d: check failed (consecutive failures: %d / threshold: %d): %s",
+			target.Config.ID, target.consecutiveFailures, target.Config.UnhealthyThreshold, checkErr)
+
+		if target.consecutiveFailures >= target.Config.UnhealthyThreshold {
+			target.Status = StatusUnhealthy
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// performTCPCheck dials the target's host:port over TCP and returns whether it succeeded
+func (m *Monitor) performTCPCheck(target *Target) (bool, string) {
+	address := net.JoinHostPort(target.Config.Hostname, strconv.Itoa(target.Config.Port))
+	timeout := time.Duration(target.Config.Timeout) * time.Second
+
+	logger.Debug("Target %d: performing TCP health check to %s (timeout: %v)",
+		target.Config.ID, address, timeout)
+
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", address, timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("TCP dial failed: %v", err)
+		logger.Warn("Target %d: %s", target.Config.ID, msg)
+		return false, msg
+	}
+	conn.Close()
+
+	logger.Debug("Target %d: TCP health check passed", target.Config.ID)
+	return true, ""
+}
+
+// performHTTPCheck performs an HTTP/HTTPS health check and returns whether it succeeded
+func (m *Monitor) performHTTPCheck(target *Target) (bool, string) {
 	// Build URL (use net.JoinHostPort to properly handle IPv6 addresses with ports)
 	host := target.Config.Hostname
 	if target.Config.Port > 0 {
@@ -380,7 +459,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) performHealthCheck(target *Target) {
 		url += target.Config.Path
 	}
 
-	logger.Debug("Target %d: performing health check %d to %s",
+	logger.Debug("Target %d: performing HTTP health check %d to %s",
 		target.Config.ID, target.CheckCount, url)
 
 	if target.Config.Scheme == "https" {
@@ -388,16 +467,15 @@ func (m *Monitor) performHealthCheck(target *Target) {
 			target.Config.ID, m.enforceCert)
 	}
 
-	// Create request
+	// Create request with timeout context
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(target.Config.Timeout)*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, target.Config.Method, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		target.Status = StatusUnhealthy
-		target.LastError = fmt.Sprintf("failed to create request: %v", err)
-		logger.Warn("Target %d: failed to create request: %v", target.Config.ID, err)
-		return
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("failed to create request: %v", err)
+		logger.Warn("Target %d: %s", target.Config.ID, msg)
+		return false, msg
 	}
 
 	// Add headers
@@ -413,43 +491,34 @@ func (m *Monitor) performHealthCheck(target *Target) {
 	// Perform request
 	resp, err := target.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		target.Status = StatusUnhealthy
-		target.LastError = fmt.Sprintf("request failed: %v", err)
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("request failed: %v", err)
 		logger.Warn("Target %d: health check failed: %v", target.Config.ID, err)
-		return
+		return false, msg
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	// Check response status
-	var expectedStatus int
 	if target.Config.Status > 0 {
-		expectedStatus = target.Config.Status
-	} else {
-		expectedStatus = 0 // Use range check for 200-299
+		// Check for specific status code
+		logger.Debug("Target %d: checking status against expected code %d", target.Config.ID, target.Config.Status)
+		if resp.StatusCode == target.Config.Status {
+			logger.Debug("Target %d: health check passed (status: %d)", target.Config.ID, resp.StatusCode)
+			return true, ""
+		}
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("unexpected status code: %d (expected: %d)", resp.StatusCode, target.Config.Status)
+		logger.Warn("Target %d: %s", target.Config.ID, msg)
+		return false, msg
 	}
 
-	if expectedStatus > 0 {
-		logger.Debug("Target %d: checking health status against expected code %d", target.Config.ID, expectedStatus)
-		// Check for specific status code
-		if resp.StatusCode == expectedStatus {
-			target.Status = StatusHealthy
-			logger.Debug("Target %d: health check passed (status: %d, expected: %d)", target.Config.ID, resp.StatusCode, expectedStatus)
-		} else {
-			target.Status = StatusUnhealthy
-			target.LastError = fmt.Sprintf("unexpected status code: %d (expected: %d)", resp.StatusCode, expectedStatus)
-			logger.Warn("Target %d: health check failed with status code %d (expected: %d)", target.Config.ID, resp.StatusCode, expectedStatus)
-		}
-	} else {
-		// Check for 2xx range
-		if resp.StatusCode >= 200 && resp.StatusCode < 300 {
-			target.Status = StatusHealthy
-			logger.Debug("Target %d: health check passed (status: %d)", target.Config.ID, resp.StatusCode)
-		} else {
-			target.Status = StatusUnhealthy
-			target.LastError = fmt.Sprintf("unhealthy status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
-			logger.Warn("Target %d: health check failed with status code %d", target.Config.ID, resp.StatusCode)
-		}
+	// Default: check for 2xx range
+	if resp.StatusCode >= 200 && resp.StatusCode < 300 {
+		logger.Debug("Target %d: health check passed (status: %d)", target.Config.ID, resp.StatusCode)
+		return true, ""
 	}
+
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("unhealthy status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	logger.Warn("Target %d: health check failed with status code %d", target.Config.ID, resp.StatusCode)
+	return false, msg
 }
 
 // Stop stops monitoring all targets
@@ -516,7 +585,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) DisableTarget(id int) error {
 
 		// Notify callback of status change
 		if m.callback != nil {
-			go m.callback(m.GetTargets())
+			go m.callback(m.getAllTargetsUnsafe())
 		}
 	} else {
 		logger.Debug("Target %d is already disabled", id)

main.go

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ var (
 	dockerEnforceNetworkValidationBool bool
 	pingInterval                       time.Duration
 	pingTimeout                        time.Duration
+	udpProxyIdleTimeout                time.Duration
 	publicKey                          wgtypes.Key
 	pingStopChan                       chan struct{}
 	stopFunc                           func()
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ func runNewtMain(ctx context.Context) {
 	dockerSocket = os.Getenv("DOCKER_SOCKET")
 	pingIntervalStr := os.Getenv("PING_INTERVAL")
 	pingTimeoutStr := os.Getenv("PING_TIMEOUT")
+	udpProxyIdleTimeoutStr := os.Getenv("NEWT_UDP_PROXY_IDLE_TIMEOUT")
 	dockerEnforceNetworkValidation = os.Getenv("DOCKER_ENFORCE_NETWORK_VALIDATION")
 	healthFile = os.Getenv("HEALTH_FILE")
 	// authorizedKeysFile = os.Getenv("AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FILE")
@@ -337,6 +339,9 @@ func runNewtMain(ctx context.Context) {
 	if pingTimeoutStr == "" {
 		flag.StringVar(&pingTimeoutStr, "ping-timeout", "7s", "	Timeout for each ping (default 7s)")
 	}
+	if udpProxyIdleTimeoutStr == "" {
+		flag.StringVar(&udpProxyIdleTimeoutStr, "udp-proxy-idle-timeout", "90s", "Idle timeout for UDP proxied client flows before cleanup")
+	}
 	// load the prefer endpoint just as a flag
 	flag.StringVar(&preferEndpoint, "prefer-endpoint", "", "Prefer this endpoint for the connection (if set, will override the endpoint from the server)")
 	if provisioningKey == "" {
@@ -386,6 +391,16 @@ func runNewtMain(ctx context.Context) {
 		pingTimeout = 7 * time.Second
 	}
 
+	if udpProxyIdleTimeoutStr != "" {
+		udpProxyIdleTimeout, err = time.ParseDuration(udpProxyIdleTimeoutStr)
+		if err != nil || udpProxyIdleTimeout <= 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("Invalid NEWT_UDP_PROXY_IDLE_TIMEOUT/--udp-proxy-idle-timeout value: %s, using default 90 seconds\n", udpProxyIdleTimeoutStr)
+			udpProxyIdleTimeout = 90 * time.Second
+		}
+	} else {
+		udpProxyIdleTimeout = 90 * time.Second
+	}
+
 	if dockerEnforceNetworkValidation == "" {
 		flag.StringVar(&dockerEnforceNetworkValidation, "docker-enforce-network-validation", "false", "Enforce validation of container on newt network (true or false)")
 	}
@@ -527,7 +542,7 @@ func runNewtMain(ctx context.Context) {
 	if telErr != nil {
 		logger.Warn("Telemetry init failed: %v", telErr)
 	}
-	if tel != nil {
+	if tel != nil && (metricsEnabled || pprofEnabled) {
 		// Admin HTTP server (exposes /metrics when Prometheus exporter is enabled)
 		logger.Debug("Starting metrics server on %s", tcfg.AdminAddr)
 		mux := http.NewServeMux()
@@ -896,6 +911,7 @@ persistent_keepalive_interval=5`, util.FixKey(privateKey.String()), util.FixKey(
 		// Create proxy manager
 		pm = proxy.NewProxyManager(tnet)
 		pm.SetAsyncBytes(metricsAsyncBytes)
+		pm.SetUDPIdleTimeout(udpProxyIdleTimeout)
 		// Set tunnel_id for metrics (WireGuard peer public key)
 		pm.SetTunnelID(wgData.PublicKey)
 

netstack2/handlers.go

@@ -137,14 +137,33 @@ func (h *TCPHandler) InstallTCPHandler() error {
 
 // handleTCPConn handles a TCP connection by proxying it to the actual target
 func (h *TCPHandler) handleTCPConn(netstackConn *gonet.TCPConn, id stack.TransportEndpointID) {
-	defer netstackConn.Close()
-
-	// Extract source and target address from the connection ID
+	// Extract source and target address from the connection ID first so they
+	// are available for HTTP routing before any defer is set up.
 	srcIP := id.RemoteAddress.String()
 	srcPort := id.RemotePort
 	dstIP := id.LocalAddress.String()
 	dstPort := id.LocalPort
 
+	// For HTTP/HTTPS ports, look up the matching subnet rule. If the rule has
+	// Protocol configured, hand the connection off to the HTTP handler which
+	// takes full ownership of the lifecycle (the defer close must not be
+	// installed before this point).
+	if (dstPort == 80 || dstPort == 443) && h.proxyHandler != nil && h.proxyHandler.httpHandler != nil {
+		srcAddr, _ := netip.ParseAddr(srcIP)
+		dstAddr, _ := netip.ParseAddr(dstIP)
+		rule := h.proxyHandler.subnetLookup.Match(srcAddr, dstAddr, dstPort, tcp.ProtocolNumber)
+		if rule != nil && rule.Protocol != "" && len(rule.HTTPTargets) > 0 {
+			logger.Info("TCP Forwarder: Routing %s:%d -> %s:%d to HTTP handler (%s)",
+				srcIP, srcPort, dstIP, dstPort, rule.Protocol)
+			h.proxyHandler.httpHandler.HandleConn(netstackConn, rule)
+			return
+		}
+		// Otherwise fall through to raw TCP forwarding (e.g. CIDR resources
+		// that happen to use port 80/443 without HTTP configuration).
+	}
+
+	defer netstackConn.Close()
+
 	logger.Info("TCP Forwarder: Handling connection %s:%d -> %s:%d", srcIP, srcPort, dstIP, dstPort)
 
 	// Check if there's a destination rewrite for this connection (e.g., localhost targets)

netstack2/http_handler.go

@@ -0,0 +1,396 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2025 WireGuard LLC. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+package netstack2
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httputil"
+	"net/url"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/fosrl/newt/logger"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/stack"
+)
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// HTTPTarget
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// HTTPTarget describes a single downstream HTTP or HTTPS service that the
+// proxy should forward requests to.
+type HTTPTarget struct {
+	DestAddr string `json:"destAddr"` // IP address or hostname of the downstream service
+	DestPort uint16 `json:"destPort"` // TCP port of the downstream service
+	Scheme   string `json:"scheme"`   // When true the outbound leg uses HTTPS
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// HTTPHandler
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// HTTPHandler intercepts TCP connections from the netstack forwarder on ports
+// 80 and 443 and services them as HTTP or HTTPS, reverse-proxying each request
+// to downstream targets specified by the matching SubnetRule.
+//
+// HTTP and raw TCP are fully separate: a connection is only routed here when
+// its SubnetRule has Protocol set ("http" or "https"). All other connections
+// on those ports fall through to the normal raw-TCP path.
+//
+// Incoming TLS termination (Protocol == "https") is performed per-connection
+// using the certificate and key stored in the rule, so different subnet rules
+// can present different certificates without sharing any state.
+//
+// Outbound connections to downstream targets honour HTTPTarget.UseHTTPS
+// independently of the incoming protocol.
+type HTTPHandler struct {
+	stack         *stack.Stack
+	proxyHandler  *ProxyHandler
+	requestLogger *HTTPRequestLogger
+
+	listener *chanListener
+	server   *http.Server
+
+	// proxyCache holds pre-built *httputil.ReverseProxy values keyed by the
+	// canonical target URL string ("scheme://host:port"). Building a proxy is
+	// cheap, but reusing one preserves the underlying http.Transport connection
+	// pool, which matters for throughput.
+	proxyCache sync.Map // map[string]*httputil.ReverseProxy
+
+	// tlsCache holds pre-parsed *tls.Config values keyed by the concatenation
+	// of the PEM certificate and key. Parsing a keypair is relatively expensive
+	// and the same cert is likely reused across many connections.
+	tlsCache sync.Map // map[string]*tls.Config
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// chanListener – net.Listener backed by a channel
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// chanListener implements net.Listener by receiving net.Conn values over a
+// buffered channel. This lets the netstack TCP forwarder hand off connections
+// directly to a running http.Server without any real OS socket.
+type chanListener struct {
+	connCh chan net.Conn
+	closed chan struct{}
+	once   sync.Once
+}
+
+func newChanListener() *chanListener {
+	return &chanListener{
+		connCh: make(chan net.Conn, 128),
+		closed: make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+}
+
+// Accept blocks until a connection is available or the listener is closed.
+func (l *chanListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
+	select {
+	case conn, ok := <-l.connCh:
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, net.ErrClosed
+		}
+		return conn, nil
+	case <-l.closed:
+		return nil, net.ErrClosed
+	}
+}
+
+// Close shuts down the listener; subsequent Accept calls return net.ErrClosed.
+func (l *chanListener) Close() error {
+	l.once.Do(func() { close(l.closed) })
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Addr returns a placeholder address (the listener has no real OS socket).
+func (l *chanListener) Addr() net.Addr {
+	return &net.TCPAddr{}
+}
+
+// send delivers conn to the listener. Returns false if the listener is already
+// closed, in which case the caller is responsible for closing conn.
+func (l *chanListener) send(conn net.Conn) bool {
+	select {
+	case l.connCh <- conn:
+		return true
+	case <-l.closed:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// httpConnCtx – conn wrapper that carries a SubnetRule through the listener
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// httpConnCtx wraps a net.Conn so the matching SubnetRule can be passed
+// through the chanListener into the http.Server's ConnContext callback,
+// making it available to request handlers via the request context.
+type httpConnCtx struct {
+	net.Conn
+	rule *SubnetRule
+}
+
+// connCtxKey is the unexported context key used to store a *SubnetRule on the
+// per-connection context created by http.Server.ConnContext.
+type connCtxKey struct{}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Constructor and lifecycle
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// NewHTTPHandler creates an HTTPHandler attached to the given stack and
+// ProxyHandler. Call Start to begin serving connections.
+func NewHTTPHandler(s *stack.Stack, ph *ProxyHandler) *HTTPHandler {
+	return &HTTPHandler{
+		stack:        s,
+		proxyHandler: ph,
+	}
+}
+
+// SetRequestLogger attaches an HTTPRequestLogger so that every proxied request
+// is recorded and periodically shipped to the server.
+func (h *HTTPHandler) SetRequestLogger(rl *HTTPRequestLogger) {
+	h.requestLogger = rl
+}
+
+// Start launches the internal http.Server that services connections delivered
+// via HandleConn. The server runs for the lifetime of the HTTPHandler; call
+// Close to stop it.
+func (h *HTTPHandler) Start() error {
+	h.listener = newChanListener()
+
+	h.server = &http.Server{
+		Handler: http.HandlerFunc(h.handleRequest),
+		// ConnContext runs once per accepted connection and attaches the
+		// SubnetRule carried by httpConnCtx to the connection's context so
+		// that handleRequest can retrieve it without any global state.
+		ConnContext: func(ctx context.Context, c net.Conn) context.Context {
+			if cc, ok := c.(*httpConnCtx); ok {
+				return context.WithValue(ctx, connCtxKey{}, cc.rule)
+			}
+			return ctx
+		},
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		if err := h.server.Serve(h.listener); err != nil && err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+			logger.Error("HTTP handler: server exited unexpectedly: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	logger.Debug("HTTP handler: ready — routing determined per SubnetRule on ports 80/443")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// HandleConn accepts a TCP connection from the netstack forwarder together
+// with the SubnetRule that matched it. The HTTP handler takes full ownership
+// of the connection's lifecycle; the caller must NOT close conn after this call.
+//
+// When rule.Protocol is "https", TLS termination is performed on conn using
+// the certificate and key stored in rule.TLSCert and rule.TLSKey before the
+// connection is passed to the HTTP server. The HTTP server itself is always
+// plain-HTTP; TLS is fully unwrapped at this layer.
+func (h *HTTPHandler) HandleConn(conn net.Conn, rule *SubnetRule) {
+	var effectiveConn net.Conn = conn
+
+	if rule.Protocol == "https" {
+		tlsCfg, err := h.getTLSConfig(rule)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Error("HTTP handler: cannot build TLS config for connection from %s: %v",
+				conn.RemoteAddr(), err)
+			conn.Close()
+			return
+		}
+		// tls.Server wraps the raw conn; the TLS handshake is deferred until
+		// the first Read, which the http.Server will trigger naturally.
+		effectiveConn = tls.Server(conn, tlsCfg)
+	}
+
+	wrapped := &httpConnCtx{Conn: effectiveConn, rule: rule}
+	if !h.listener.send(wrapped) {
+		// Listener is already closed — clean up the orphaned connection.
+		effectiveConn.Close()
+	}
+}
+
+// Close gracefully shuts down the HTTP server and the underlying channel
+// listener, causing the goroutine started in Start to exit.
+func (h *HTTPHandler) Close() error {
+	if h.server != nil {
+		if err := h.server.Close(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if h.listener != nil {
+		h.listener.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Internal helpers
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// getTLSConfig returns a *tls.Config for the cert/key pair in rule, using a
+// cache to avoid re-parsing the same keypair on every connection.
+// The cache key is the concatenation of the PEM cert and key strings, so
+// different rules that happen to share the same material hit the same entry.
+func (h *HTTPHandler) getTLSConfig(rule *SubnetRule) (*tls.Config, error) {
+	cacheKey := rule.TLSCert + "|" + rule.TLSKey
+	if v, ok := h.tlsCache.Load(cacheKey); ok {
+		return v.(*tls.Config), nil
+	}
+
+	cert, err := tls.X509KeyPair([]byte(rule.TLSCert), []byte(rule.TLSKey))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse TLS keypair: %w", err)
+	}
+	cfg := &tls.Config{
+		Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cert},
+	}
+	// LoadOrStore is safe under concurrent calls: if two goroutines race here
+	// both will produce a valid config; the loser's work is discarded.
+	actual, _ := h.tlsCache.LoadOrStore(cacheKey, cfg)
+	return actual.(*tls.Config), nil
+}
+
+// getProxy returns a cached *httputil.ReverseProxy for the given target,
+// creating one on first use. Reusing the proxy preserves its http.Transport
+// connection pool, avoiding repeated TCP/TLS handshakes to the downstream.
+func (h *HTTPHandler) getProxy(target HTTPTarget) *httputil.ReverseProxy {
+	scheme := target.Scheme
+	cacheKey := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%d", scheme, target.DestAddr, target.DestPort)
+
+	if v, ok := h.proxyCache.Load(cacheKey); ok {
+		return v.(*httputil.ReverseProxy)
+	}
+
+	targetURL := &url.URL{
+		Scheme: scheme,
+		Host:   fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", target.DestAddr, target.DestPort),
+	}
+	var transport http.RoundTripper = http.DefaultTransport
+	if target.Scheme == "https" {
+		// Allow self-signed certificates on downstream HTTPS targets.
+		transport = &http.Transport{
+			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+				InsecureSkipVerify: true, //nolint:gosec // downstream self-signed certs are a supported configuration
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	proxy := &httputil.ReverseProxy{
+		Rewrite: func(pr *httputil.ProxyRequest) {
+			pr.SetURL(targetURL)
+			// SetXForwarded sets X-Forwarded-For from the inbound request's
+			// RemoteAddr (the WireGuard/netstack client address), along with
+			// X-Forwarded-Host and X-Forwarded-Proto. Using Rewrite instead of
+			// Director means the proxy does not append its own automatic
+			// X-Forwarded-For entry, so the header is set exactly once.
+			pr.SetXForwarded()
+		},
+		Transport: transport,
+	}
+
+	proxy.ErrorHandler = func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
+		logger.Error("HTTP handler: upstream error (%s %s -> %s): %v",
+			r.Method, r.URL.RequestURI(), cacheKey, err)
+		http.Error(w, "Bad Gateway", http.StatusBadGateway)
+	}
+
+	actual, _ := h.proxyCache.LoadOrStore(cacheKey, proxy)
+	return actual.(*httputil.ReverseProxy)
+}
+
+// statusCapture wraps an http.ResponseWriter and records the HTTP status code
+// written by the upstream handler. If WriteHeader is never called the status
+// defaults to 200 (http.StatusOK), matching net/http semantics.
+type statusCapture struct {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+	status int
+}
+
+func (sc *statusCapture) WriteHeader(code int) {
+	sc.status = code
+	sc.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
+}
+
+func (sc *statusCapture) Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter {
+	return sc.ResponseWriter
+}
+
+func (sc *statusCapture) Flush() {
+	if flusher, ok := sc.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher); ok {
+		flusher.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *statusCapture) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	hijacker, ok := sc.ResponseWriter.(http.Hijacker)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, nil, errors.New("underlying response writer does not support hijacking")
+	}
+	return hijacker.Hijack()
+}
+
+// handleRequest is the http.Handler entry point. It retrieves the SubnetRule
+// attached to the connection by ConnContext, selects the first configured
+// downstream target, and forwards the request via the cached ReverseProxy.
+//
+// TODO: add host/path-based routing across multiple HTTPTargets once the
+// configuration model evolves beyond a single target per rule.
+func (h *HTTPHandler) handleRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	rule, _ := r.Context().Value(connCtxKey{}).(*SubnetRule)
+	if rule == nil || len(rule.HTTPTargets) == 0 {
+		logger.Error("HTTP handler: no downstream targets for request %s %s", r.Method, r.URL.RequestURI())
+		http.Error(w, "no targets configured", http.StatusBadGateway)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// If the rule is plain HTTP but has a TLS certificate configured, redirect
+	// the client to the HTTPS equivalent of the requested URL.
+	if rule.Protocol == "http" && rule.TLSCert != "" && rule.TLSKey != "" {
+		host := r.Host
+		if host == "" {
+			host = r.URL.Host
+		}
+		httpsURL := "https://" + host + r.RequestURI
+		logger.Info("HTTP handler: redirecting %s %s -> %s (TLS cert present)", r.Method, r.URL.RequestURI(), httpsURL)
+		http.Redirect(w, r, httpsURL, http.StatusMovedPermanently)
+		return
+	}
+
+	target := rule.HTTPTargets[0]
+	scheme := target.Scheme
+	logger.Info("HTTP handler: %s %s -> %s://%s:%d",
+		r.Method, r.URL.RequestURI(), scheme, target.DestAddr, target.DestPort)
+
+	timestamp := time.Now()
+	sc := &statusCapture{ResponseWriter: w, status: http.StatusOK}
+
+	h.getProxy(target).ServeHTTP(sc, r)
+
+	if h.requestLogger != nil && rule.ResourceId != 0 {
+		h.requestLogger.LogRequest(HTTPRequestLog{
+			ResourceID: rule.ResourceId,
+			Timestamp:  timestamp,
+			Method:     r.Method,
+			Scheme:     rule.Protocol,
+			Host:       r.Host,
+			Path:       r.URL.Path,
+			RawQuery:   r.URL.RawQuery,
+			UserAgent:  r.UserAgent(),
+			SourceAddr: r.RemoteAddr,
+			TLS:        rule.Protocol == "https",
+		})
+	}
+}

netstack2/http_handler_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package netstack2
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+)
+
+func TestHTTPHandlerProxiesWebSocketUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
+	upgrader := websocket.Upgrader{}
+	backend := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		conn, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("upgrade failed: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+
+		messageType, payload, err := conn.ReadMessage()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("read failed: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if err := conn.WriteMessage(messageType, append([]byte("echo:"), payload...)); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("write failed: %v", err)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer backend.Close()
+
+	backendURL, err := url.Parse(backend.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse backend URL: %v", err)
+	}
+	backendHost, backendPort, err := net.SplitHostPort(backendURL.Host)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("split backend host: %v", err)
+	}
+	port, err := net.LookupPort("tcp", backendPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse backend port: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	handler := NewHTTPHandler(nil, nil)
+	rule := &SubnetRule{
+		Protocol: "http",
+		HTTPTargets: []HTTPTarget{
+			{
+				DestAddr: backendHost,
+				DestPort: uint16(port),
+				Scheme:   backendURL.Scheme,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	frontend := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		ctx := context.WithValue(r.Context(), connCtxKey{}, rule)
+		handler.handleRequest(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
+	}))
+	defer frontend.Close()
+
+	frontendURL, err := url.Parse(frontend.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse frontend URL: %v", err)
+	}
+	wsURL := url.URL{
+		Scheme:   "ws",
+		Host:     frontendURL.Host,
+		Path:     "/socket",
+		RawQuery: "token=test",
+	}
+
+	conn, _, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(wsURL.String(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("dial websocket through proxy: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	if err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte("hello")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write websocket message: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	messageType, payload, err := conn.ReadMessage()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read websocket message: %v", err)
+	}
+	if messageType != websocket.TextMessage {
+		t.Fatalf("message type = %d, want %d", messageType, websocket.TextMessage)
+	}
+	if got, want := string(payload), "echo:hello"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("payload = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}

netstack2/http_request_log.go

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+package netstack2
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/zlib"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/fosrl/newt/logger"
+)
+
+// HTTPRequestLog represents a single HTTP/HTTPS request proxied through the handler.
+type HTTPRequestLog struct {
+	RequestID  string    `json:"requestId"`
+	ResourceID int       `json:"resourceId"`
+	Timestamp  time.Time `json:"timestamp"`
+	Method     string    `json:"method"`
+	Scheme     string    `json:"scheme"`
+	Host       string    `json:"host"`
+	Path       string    `json:"path"`
+	RawQuery   string    `json:"rawQuery,omitempty"`
+	UserAgent  string    `json:"userAgent,omitempty"`
+	SourceAddr string    `json:"sourceAddr"`
+	TLS        bool      `json:"tls"`
+}
+
+// HTTPRequestLogger buffers HTTP request logs and periodically flushes them
+// to the server via a configurable SendFunc.
+type HTTPRequestLogger struct {
+	mu        sync.Mutex
+	pending   []HTTPRequestLog
+	sendFn    SendFunc
+	stopCh    chan struct{}
+	flushDone chan struct{}
+}
+
+// NewHTTPRequestLogger creates a new HTTPRequestLogger and starts its background flush loop.
+func NewHTTPRequestLogger() *HTTPRequestLogger {
+	rl := &HTTPRequestLogger{
+		pending:   make([]HTTPRequestLog, 0),
+		stopCh:    make(chan struct{}),
+		flushDone: make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+	go rl.backgroundLoop()
+	return rl
+}
+
+// SetSendFunc sets the callback used to send compressed HTTP request log batches
+// to the server. This can be called after construction once the websocket
+// client is available.
+func (rl *HTTPRequestLogger) SetSendFunc(fn SendFunc) {
+	rl.mu.Lock()
+	defer rl.mu.Unlock()
+	rl.sendFn = fn
+}
+
+// LogRequest adds an HTTP request log entry to the buffer. If the buffer
+// reaches maxBufferedSessions entries a flush is triggered immediately.
+func (rl *HTTPRequestLogger) LogRequest(log HTTPRequestLog) {
+	if log.RequestID == "" {
+		log.RequestID = generateSessionID()
+	}
+
+	rl.mu.Lock()
+	rl.pending = append(rl.pending, log)
+	shouldFlush := len(rl.pending) >= maxBufferedSessions
+	rl.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if shouldFlush {
+		rl.flush()
+	}
+}
+
+// backgroundLoop handles periodic flushing of buffered request logs.
+func (rl *HTTPRequestLogger) backgroundLoop() {
+	defer close(rl.flushDone)
+
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(flushInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-rl.stopCh:
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			rl.flush()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// flush drains the pending buffer, compresses with zlib, and sends via the SendFunc.
+// On send failure the batch is re-queued, capped at maxBufferedSessions*5 entries
+// to prevent unbounded memory growth when the server is unreachable.
+func (rl *HTTPRequestLogger) flush() {
+	rl.mu.Lock()
+	if len(rl.pending) == 0 {
+		rl.mu.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+	batch := rl.pending
+	rl.pending = make([]HTTPRequestLog, 0)
+	sendFn := rl.sendFn
+	rl.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if sendFn == nil {
+		logger.Debug("HTTP request logger: no send function configured, discarding %d requests", len(batch))
+		return
+	}
+
+	compressed, err := compressRequestLogs(batch)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("HTTP request logger: failed to compress %d requests: %v", len(batch), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := sendFn(compressed); err != nil {
+		logger.Error("HTTP request logger: failed to send %d requests: %v", len(batch), err)
+		// Re-queue the batch so we don't lose data
+		rl.mu.Lock()
+		rl.pending = append(batch, rl.pending...)
+		// Cap re-queued data to prevent unbounded growth if server is unreachable
+		if len(rl.pending) > maxBufferedSessions*5 {
+			dropped := len(rl.pending) - maxBufferedSessions*5
+			rl.pending = rl.pending[:maxBufferedSessions*5]
+			logger.Warn("HTTP request logger: buffer overflow, dropped %d oldest requests", dropped)
+		}
+		rl.mu.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+
+	logger.Info("HTTP request logger: sent %d requests to server", len(batch))
+}
+
+// compressRequestLogs JSON-encodes the request logs, compresses with zlib, and
+// returns a base64-encoded string suitable for embedding in a JSON message.
+func compressRequestLogs(logs []HTTPRequestLog) (string, error) {
+	jsonData, err := json.Marshal(logs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	w, err := zlib.NewWriterLevel(&buf, zlib.BestCompression)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if _, err := w.Write(jsonData); err != nil {
+		w.Close()
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(buf.Bytes()), nil
+}
+
+// Close shuts down the background loop and performs one final flush to send
+// any remaining buffered requests to the server.
+func (rl *HTTPRequestLogger) Close() {
+	select {
+	case <-rl.stopCh:
+		// Already closed
+		return
+	default:
+		close(rl.stopCh)
+	}
+
+	// Wait for the background loop to exit so we don't race on flush
+	<-rl.flushDone
+
+	rl.flush()
+}

netstack2/proxy.go

@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ type SubnetRule struct {
 	RewriteTo    string       // Optional rewrite address for DNAT - can be IP/CIDR or domain name
 	PortRanges   []PortRange  // empty slice means all ports allowed
 	ResourceId   int          // Optional resource ID from the server for access logging
+
+	// HTTP proxy configuration (optional).
+	// When Protocol is non-empty the TCP connection is handled by HTTPHandler
+	// instead of the raw TCP forwarder.
+	Protocol    string       // "", "http", or "https" — controls the incoming (client-facing) protocol
+	HTTPTargets []HTTPTarget // downstream services to proxy requests to
+	TLSCert     string       // PEM-encoded certificate for incoming HTTPS termination
+	TLSKey      string       // PEM-encoded private key for incoming HTTPS termination
 }
 
 // GetAllRules returns a copy of all subnet rules
@@ -114,6 +122,7 @@ type ProxyHandler struct {
 	tcpHandler        *TCPHandler
 	udpHandler        *UDPHandler
 	icmpHandler       *ICMPHandler
+	httpHandler       *HTTPHandler
 	subnetLookup      *SubnetLookup
 	natTable          map[connKey]*natState
 	reverseNatTable   map[reverseConnKey]*natState // Reverse lookup map for O(1) reply packet NAT
@@ -124,6 +133,7 @@ type ProxyHandler struct {
 	icmpReplies       chan []byte          // Channel for ICMP reply packets to be sent back through the tunnel
 	notifiable        channel.Notification // Notification handler for triggering reads
 	accessLogger      *AccessLogger        // Access logger for tracking sessions
+	httpRequestLogger *HTTPRequestLogger   // HTTP request logger for proxied HTTP/HTTPS requests
 }
 
 // ProxyHandlerOptions configures the proxy handler
@@ -164,12 +174,24 @@ func NewProxyHandler(options ProxyHandlerOptions) (*ProxyHandler, error) {
 		}),
 	}
 
-	// Initialize TCP handler if enabled
+	// Initialize TCP handler if enabled. The HTTP handler piggybacks on the
+	// TCP forwarder — TCPHandler.handleTCPConn checks the subnet rule for
+	// ports 80/443 and routes matching connections to the HTTP handler, so
+	// the HTTP handler is always initialised alongside TCP.
 	if options.EnableTCP {
 		handler.tcpHandler = NewTCPHandler(handler.proxyStack, handler)
 		if err := handler.tcpHandler.InstallTCPHandler(); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to install TCP handler: %v", err)
 		}
+
+		handler.httpHandler = NewHTTPHandler(handler.proxyStack, handler)
+		if err := handler.httpHandler.Start(); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to start HTTP handler: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		handler.httpRequestLogger = NewHTTPRequestLogger()
+		handler.httpHandler.SetRequestLogger(handler.httpRequestLogger)
+		logger.Debug("ProxyHandler: HTTP handler enabled")
 	}
 
 	// Initialize UDP handler if enabled
@@ -208,16 +230,14 @@ func NewProxyHandler(options ProxyHandlerOptions) (*ProxyHandler, error) {
 	return handler, nil
 }
 
-// AddSubnetRule adds a subnet with optional port restrictions to the proxy handler
-// sourcePrefix: The IP prefix of the peer sending the data
-// destPrefix: The IP prefix of the destination
-// rewriteTo: Optional address to rewrite destination to - can be IP/CIDR or domain name
-// If portRanges is nil or empty, all ports are allowed for this subnet
-func (p *ProxyHandler) AddSubnetRule(sourcePrefix, destPrefix netip.Prefix, rewriteTo string, portRanges []PortRange, disableIcmp bool, resourceId int) {
+// AddSubnetRule adds a subnet rule to the proxy handler.
+// HTTP proxy behaviour is configured via rule.Protocol, rule.HTTPTargets,
+// rule.TLSCert, and rule.TLSKey; leave Protocol empty for raw TCP/UDP.
+func (p *ProxyHandler) AddSubnetRule(rule SubnetRule) {
 	if p == nil || !p.enabled {
 		return
 	}
-	p.subnetLookup.AddSubnet(sourcePrefix, destPrefix, rewriteTo, portRanges, disableIcmp, resourceId)
+	p.subnetLookup.AddSubnet(rule)
 }
 
 // RemoveSubnetRule removes a subnet from the proxy handler
@@ -273,6 +293,24 @@ func (p *ProxyHandler) SetAccessLogSender(fn SendFunc) {
 	p.accessLogger.SetSendFunc(fn)
 }
 
+// GetHTTPRequestLogger returns the HTTP request logger.
+func (p *ProxyHandler) GetHTTPRequestLogger() *HTTPRequestLogger {
+	if p == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return p.httpRequestLogger
+}
+
+// SetHTTPRequestLogSender configures the function used to send compressed HTTP
+// request log batches to the server. This should be called once the websocket
+// client is available.
+func (p *ProxyHandler) SetHTTPRequestLogSender(fn SendFunc) {
+	if p == nil || !p.enabled || p.httpRequestLogger == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	p.httpRequestLogger.SetSendFunc(fn)
+}
+
 // LookupDestinationRewrite looks up the rewritten destination for a connection
 // This is used by TCP/UDP handlers to find the actual target address
 func (p *ProxyHandler) LookupDestinationRewrite(srcIP, dstIP string, dstPort uint16, proto uint8) (netip.Addr, bool) {
@@ -794,6 +832,16 @@ func (p *ProxyHandler) Close() error {
 		p.accessLogger.Close()
 	}
 
+	// Shut down HTTP request logger
+	if p.httpRequestLogger != nil {
+		p.httpRequestLogger.Close()
+	}
+
+	// Shut down HTTP handler
+	if p.httpHandler != nil {
+		p.httpHandler.Close()
+	}
+
 	// Close ICMP replies channel
 	if p.icmpReplies != nil {
 		close(p.icmpReplies)

netstack2/subnet_lookup.go

@@ -44,24 +44,18 @@ func prefixEqual(a, b netip.Prefix) bool {
 	return a.Masked() == b.Masked()
 }
 
-// AddSubnet adds a subnet rule with source and destination prefixes and optional port restrictions
-// If portRanges is nil or empty, all ports are allowed for this subnet
-// rewriteTo can be either an IP/CIDR (e.g., "192.168.1.1/32") or a domain name (e.g., "example.com")
-func (sl *SubnetLookup) AddSubnet(sourcePrefix, destPrefix netip.Prefix, rewriteTo string, portRanges []PortRange, disableIcmp bool, resourceId int) {
+// AddSubnet adds a subnet rule to the lookup table.
+// If rule.PortRanges is nil or empty, all ports are allowed.
+// rule.RewriteTo can be either an IP/CIDR (e.g., "192.168.1.1/32") or a domain name (e.g., "example.com").
+// HTTP proxy behaviour is driven by rule.Protocol, rule.HTTPTargets, rule.TLSCert, and rule.TLSKey.
+func (sl *SubnetLookup) AddSubnet(rule SubnetRule) {
 	sl.mu.Lock()
 	defer sl.mu.Unlock()
 
-	rule := &SubnetRule{
-		SourcePrefix: sourcePrefix,
-		DestPrefix:   destPrefix,
-		DisableIcmp:  disableIcmp,
-		RewriteTo:    rewriteTo,
-		PortRanges:   portRanges,
-		ResourceId:   resourceId,
-	}
+	rulePtr := &rule
 
 	// Canonicalize source prefix to handle host bits correctly
-	canonicalSourcePrefix := sourcePrefix.Masked()
+	canonicalSourcePrefix := rule.SourcePrefix.Masked()
 
 	// Get or create destination trie for this source prefix
 	destTriePtr, exists := sl.sourceTrie.Get(canonicalSourcePrefix)
@@ -76,12 +70,12 @@ func (sl *SubnetLookup) AddSubnet(sourcePrefix, destPrefix netip.Prefix, rewrite
 
 	// Canonicalize destination prefix to handle host bits correctly
 	// BART masks prefixes internally, so we need to match that behavior in our bookkeeping
-	canonicalDestPrefix := destPrefix.Masked()
+	canonicalDestPrefix := rule.DestPrefix.Masked()
 
 	// Add rule to destination trie
 	// Original behavior: overwrite if same (sourcePrefix, destPrefix) exists
 	// Store as single-element slice to match original overwrite behavior
-	destTriePtr.trie.Insert(canonicalDestPrefix, []*SubnetRule{rule})
+	destTriePtr.trie.Insert(canonicalDestPrefix, []*SubnetRule{rulePtr})
 
 	// Update destTriePtr.rules - remove old rule with same canonical prefix if exists, then add new one
 	// Use canonical comparison to handle cases like 10.0.0.5/24 vs 10.0.0.0/24
@@ -91,7 +85,7 @@ func (sl *SubnetLookup) AddSubnet(sourcePrefix, destPrefix netip.Prefix, rewrite
 			newRules = append(newRules, r)
 		}
 	}
-	newRules = append(newRules, rule)
+	newRules = append(newRules, rulePtr)
 	destTriePtr.rules = newRules
 }
 

netstack2/tun.go

@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ func (net *Net) ListenUDP(laddr *net.UDPAddr) (*gonet.UDPConn, error) {
 	return net.DialUDP(laddr, nil)
 }
 
-// AddProxySubnetRule adds a subnet rule to the proxy handler
-// If portRanges is nil or empty, all ports are allowed for this subnet
-// rewriteTo can be either an IP/CIDR (e.g., "192.168.1.1/32") or a domain name (e.g., "example.com")
-func (net *Net) AddProxySubnetRule(sourcePrefix, destPrefix netip.Prefix, rewriteTo string, portRanges []PortRange, disableIcmp bool, resourceId int) {
+// AddProxySubnetRule adds a subnet rule to the proxy handler.
+// HTTP proxy behaviour is configured via rule.Protocol, rule.HTTPTargets,
+// rule.TLSCert, and rule.TLSKey; leave Protocol empty for raw TCP/UDP.
+func (net *Net) AddProxySubnetRule(rule SubnetRule) {
 	tun := (*netTun)(net)
 	if tun.proxyHandler != nil {
-		tun.proxyHandler.AddSubnetRule(sourcePrefix, destPrefix, rewriteTo, portRanges, disableIcmp, resourceId)
+		tun.proxyHandler.AddSubnetRule(rule)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -394,6 +394,16 @@ func (net *Net) SetAccessLogSender(fn SendFunc) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetHTTPRequestLogSender configures the function used to send compressed HTTP
+// request log batches to the server. This should be called once the websocket
+// client is available.
+func (net *Net) SetHTTPRequestLogSender(fn SendFunc) {
+	tun := (*netTun)(net)
+	if tun.proxyHandler != nil {
+		tun.proxyHandler.SetHTTPRequestLogSender(fn)
+	}
+}
+
 type PingConn struct {
 	laddr    PingAddr
 	raddr    PingAddr

network/interface.go

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func configureDarwin(interfaceName string, ip net.IP, ipNet *net.IPNet) error {
 	prefix, _ := ipNet.Mask.Size()
 	ipStr := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", ip.String(), prefix)
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("ifconfig", interfaceName, "inet", ipStr, ip.String(), "alias")
+	cmd := exec.Command("/sbin/ifconfig", interfaceName, "inet", ipStr, ip.String(), "alias")
 	logger.Info("Running command: %v", cmd)
 
 	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func configureDarwin(interfaceName string, ip net.IP, ipNet *net.IPNet) error {
 	}
 
 	// Bring up the interface
-	cmd = exec.Command("ifconfig", interfaceName, "up")
+	cmd = exec.Command("/sbin/ifconfig", interfaceName, "up")
 	logger.Info("Running command: %v", cmd)
 
 	out, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()

proxy/manager.go

@@ -23,9 +23,31 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	errUnsupportedProtoFmt = "unsupported protocol: %s"
-	maxUDPPacketSize       = 65507
+	maxUDPPacketSize       = 65507 // Maximum UDP packet size
+	defaultUDPIdleTimeout  = 90 * time.Second
 )
 
+// udpBufferPool provides reusable buffers for UDP packet handling.
+// This reduces GC pressure from frequent large allocations.
+var udpBufferPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		buf := make([]byte, maxUDPPacketSize)
+		return &buf
+	},
+}
+
+// getUDPBuffer retrieves a buffer from the pool.
+func getUDPBuffer() *[]byte {
+	return udpBufferPool.Get().(*[]byte)
+}
+
+// putUDPBuffer clears and returns a buffer to the pool.
+func putUDPBuffer(buf *[]byte) {
+	// Clear the buffer to prevent data leakage
+	clear(*buf)
+	udpBufferPool.Put(buf)
+}
+
 // Target represents a proxy target with its address and port
 type Target struct {
 	Address string
@@ -47,6 +69,7 @@ type ProxyManager struct {
 	tunnels         map[string]*tunnelEntry
 	asyncBytes      bool
 	flushStop       chan struct{}
+	udpIdleTimeout  time.Duration
 }
 
 // tunnelEntry holds per-tunnel attributes and (optional) async counters.
@@ -132,6 +155,7 @@ func NewProxyManager(tnet *netstack.Net) *ProxyManager {
 		listeners:  make([]*gonet.TCPListener, 0),
 		udpConns:   make([]*gonet.UDPConn, 0),
 		tunnels:    make(map[string]*tunnelEntry),
+		udpIdleTimeout: defaultUDPIdleTimeout,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -209,6 +233,7 @@ func NewProxyManagerWithoutTNet() *ProxyManager {
 		udpTargets: make(map[string]map[int]string),
 		listeners:  make([]*gonet.TCPListener, 0),
 		udpConns:   make([]*gonet.UDPConn, 0),
+		udpIdleTimeout: defaultUDPIdleTimeout,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -345,6 +370,17 @@ func (pm *ProxyManager) SetAsyncBytes(b bool) {
 		go pm.flushLoop()
 	}
 }
+
+// SetUDPIdleTimeout configures when idle UDP client flows are reclaimed.
+func (pm *ProxyManager) SetUDPIdleTimeout(d time.Duration) {
+	pm.mutex.Lock()
+	defer pm.mutex.Unlock()
+	if d <= 0 {
+		pm.udpIdleTimeout = defaultUDPIdleTimeout
+		return
+	}
+	pm.udpIdleTimeout = d
+}
 func (pm *ProxyManager) flushLoop() {
 	flushInterval := 2 * time.Second
 	if v := os.Getenv("OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL"); v != "" {
@@ -555,7 +591,9 @@ func (pm *ProxyManager) handleTCPProxy(listener net.Listener, targetAddr string)
 }
 
 func (pm *ProxyManager) handleUDPProxy(conn *gonet.UDPConn, targetAddr string) {
-	buffer := make([]byte, maxUDPPacketSize) // Max UDP packet size
+	bufPtr := getUDPBuffer()
+	defer putUDPBuffer(bufPtr)
+	buffer := *bufPtr
 	clientConns := make(map[string]*net.UDPConn)
 	var clientsMutex sync.RWMutex
 
@@ -623,6 +661,9 @@ func (pm *ProxyManager) handleUDPProxy(conn *gonet.UDPConn, targetAddr string) {
 				telemetry.IncProxyAccept(context.Background(), pm.currentTunnelID, "udp", "failure", classifyProxyError(err))
 				continue
 			}
+			// Prevent idle UDP client goroutines from living forever and
+			// retaining large per-connection buffers.
+			_ = targetConn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(pm.udpIdleTimeout))
 			tunnelID := pm.currentTunnelID
 			telemetry.IncProxyAccept(context.Background(), tunnelID, "udp", "success", "")
 			telemetry.IncProxyConnectionEvent(context.Background(), tunnelID, "udp", telemetry.ProxyConnectionOpened)
@@ -638,7 +679,10 @@ func (pm *ProxyManager) handleUDPProxy(conn *gonet.UDPConn, targetAddr string) {
 			go func(clientKey string, targetConn *net.UDPConn, remoteAddr net.Addr, tunnelID string) {
 				start := time.Now()
 				result := "success"
+				bufPtr := getUDPBuffer()
 				defer func() {
+					// Return buffer to pool first
+					putUDPBuffer(bufPtr)
 					// Always clean up when this goroutine exits
 					clientsMutex.Lock()
 					if storedConn, exists := clientConns[clientKey]; exists && storedConn == targetConn {
@@ -653,10 +697,14 @@ func (pm *ProxyManager) handleUDPProxy(conn *gonet.UDPConn, targetAddr string) {
 					telemetry.IncProxyConnectionEvent(context.Background(), tunnelID, "udp", telemetry.ProxyConnectionClosed)
 				}()
 
-				buffer := make([]byte, maxUDPPacketSize)
+				buffer := *bufPtr
 				for {
 					n, _, err := targetConn.ReadFromUDP(buffer)
 					if err != nil {
+						var netErr net.Error
+						if errors.As(err, &netErr) && netErr.Timeout() {
+							return
+						}
 						// Connection closed is normal during cleanup
 						if errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) || errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
 							return // defer will handle cleanup, result stays "success"
@@ -699,6 +747,8 @@ func (pm *ProxyManager) handleUDPProxy(conn *gonet.UDPConn, targetAddr string) {
 			delete(clientConns, clientKey)
 			clientsMutex.Unlock()
 		} else if pm.currentTunnelID != "" && written > 0 {
+			// Extend idle timeout whenever client traffic is observed.
+			_ = targetConn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(pm.udpIdleTimeout))
 			if pm.asyncBytes {
 				if e := pm.getEntry(pm.currentTunnelID); e != nil {
 					e.bytesInUDP.Add(uint64(written))

testing/ws_client.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import asyncio
+import sys
+import websockets
+
+# Argument parsing: Check if HOST and PORT are provided
+if len(sys.argv) < 3 or len(sys.argv) > 4:
+    print("Usage: python ws_client.py <HOST_IP> <HOST_PORT> [ws|wss]")
+    # Example: python ws_client.py 127.0.0.1 8765
+    # Example: python ws_client.py 127.0.0.1 8765 wss
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+HOST = sys.argv[1]
+try:
+    PORT = int(sys.argv[2])
+except ValueError:
+    print("Error: HOST_PORT must be an integer.")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 4:
+    SCHEME = sys.argv[3].lower()
+    if SCHEME not in ("ws", "wss"):
+        print("Error: scheme must be 'ws' or 'wss'.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+else:
+    SCHEME = "ws"
+
+URI = f"{SCHEME}://{HOST}:{PORT}"
+
+# The message to send to the server
+MESSAGE = "Hello WebSocket Server! How are you?"
+
+
+async def main():
+    print(f"Connecting to {URI}...")
+
+    try:
+        async with websockets.connect(URI) as websocket:
+            print(f"Connected to server.")
+            print(f"Sending message: '{MESSAGE}'")
+
+            await websocket.send(MESSAGE)
+
+            response = await websocket.recv()
+
+            print("-" * 30)
+            print(f"Received response from server:")
+            print(f"-> Data: '{response}'")
+
+    except ConnectionRefusedError:
+        print(f"Error: Connection to {URI} was refused. Is the server running?")
+    except websockets.exceptions.InvalidMessage as e:
+        print(f"Error: Server did not respond with a valid WebSocket handshake: {e}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error during communication: {e}")
+
+    print("-" * 30)
+    print("Client finished.")
+
+
+asyncio.run(main())

testing/ws_server.py

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import asyncio
+import sys
+import websockets
+
+# Optionally take in a positional arg for the port
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    try:
+        PORT = int(sys.argv[1])
+    except ValueError:
+        print("Invalid port number. Using default port 8765.")
+        PORT = 8765
+else:
+    PORT = 8765
+
+# Define the server host
+HOST = "0.0.0.0"
+
+
+async def handle_client(websocket):
+    client_address = websocket.remote_address
+    print(f"Client connected: {client_address[0]}:{client_address[1]}")
+
+    try:
+        async for message in websocket:
+            print("-" * 30)
+            print(f"Received message from {client_address[0]}:{client_address[1]}:")
+            print(f"-> Data: '{message}'")
+
+            response = f"Hello client! Server received: '{message.upper()}'"
+
+            await websocket.send(response)
+            print(f"Sent response back to client.")
+
+    except websockets.exceptions.ConnectionClosedOK:
+        print(f"Client {client_address[0]}:{client_address[1]} disconnected cleanly.")
+    except websockets.exceptions.ConnectionClosedError as e:
+        print(f"Client {client_address[0]}:{client_address[1]} disconnected with error: {e}")
+
+
+async def main():
+    print(f"WebSocket Server listening on {HOST}:{PORT}")
+    async with websockets.serve(handle_client, HOST, PORT):
+        await asyncio.Future()  # Run forever
+
+
+try:
+    asyncio.run(main())
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    print("\nServer stopped.")

websocket/client.go

@@ -707,6 +707,10 @@ func (c *Client) sendPing() {
 	}
 
 	c.writeMux.Lock()
+	if c.conn == nil {
+		c.writeMux.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
 	err := c.conn.WriteJSON(pingMsg)
 	if err == nil {
 		telemetry.IncWSMessage(c.metricsContext(), "out", "ping")
@@ -859,10 +863,12 @@ func (c *Client) readPumpWithDisconnectDetection(started time.Time) {
 func (c *Client) reconnect() {
 	c.setConnected(false)
 	telemetry.SetWSConnectionState(false)
+	c.writeMux.Lock()
 	if c.conn != nil {
 		c.conn.Close()
 		c.conn = nil
 	}
+	c.writeMux.Unlock()
 
 	// Only reconnect if we're not shutting down
 	select {

websocket/config.go

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ func (c *Client) loadConfig() error {
 		}
 		return err
 	}
+	if len(bytes.TrimSpace(data)) == 0 {
+		logger.Info("Config file at %s is empty, will initialize it with provided values", configPath)
+		c.configNeedsSave = true
+		return nil
+	}
 
 	var config Config
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &config); err != nil {

websocket/config_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package websocket
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLoadConfig_EmptyFileMarksConfigForSave(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("CONFIG_FILE", "")
+
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	configPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "config.json")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(configPath, []byte(""), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create empty config file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	client := &Client{
+		config: &Config{
+			Endpoint:        "https://example.com",
+			ProvisioningKey: "spk-test",
+		},
+		clientType:     "newt",
+		configFilePath: configPath,
+	}
+
+	if err := client.loadConfig(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loadConfig returned error for empty file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !client.configNeedsSave {
+		t.Fatal("expected empty config file to mark configNeedsSave")
+	}
+}
+