A prompt whose response is lost after the request left the client may
already be running server-side. The relay tunnel reported those failures
as plain text errors ("stream aborted by host", "relay keepalive
timeout"), which matched none of the patterns in isAmbiguousSendFailure,
so an accepted prompt was rolled back and the message queue re-sent it —
two independent AI responses for one user message (#2425). Direct
connections never hit the path.
Transports now tag dispatched-but-unconfirmed failures and the classifier
reads the tag before falling back to status/text heuristics. Confirmation
waits for the connection to actually return (bounded) and retries with
backoff instead of two attempts 150ms apart over the just-broken tunnel.
Fix remote Desktop runtime bootstrapping across context-panel session chats, additional windows, and host switches.\n\n- Bootstrap embedded session-chat frames through a same-origin parent handshake that supplies the active endpoint, bearer token, runtime headers, local origin, and a credential-free relay descriptor.\n- Keep relay pairing grants out of iframe state and explicitly rebind the SDK after embedded bootstrap or relay restoration.\n- Preserve each additional and Mini Chat window's own init script instead of overwriting it when the main window's host configuration changes.\n- Replace direct iframe global calls with same-origin postMessage synchronization for theme, chat settings, and visibility.\n\nHarden Desktop host authentication and probing.\n\n- Bind password, passkey, session-status, and token-persistence completions to the runtime identity that started them, so a late result cannot alter a newly selected host.\n- Cancel active passkey operations and reset transient auth UI state on endpoint changes.\n- Verify stored client authentication via /auth/session for direct and relay host probes, distinguishing reachable hosts from hosts that require re-authentication.\n- Bound every relay probe request with an aborting timeout so a stalled auth request cannot hang refresh or host switching.\n\nAdd regression coverage for the embedded bootstrap handshake, credential-free relay descriptor exposure, runtime configuration, stale password completion after an A-to-B switch, and SDK errors that carry a zero response status.\n\nAlso preserve SDK response status on session-message loader errors so callers can distinguish transport and server failures.
Relay connect used to serialize a dead LAN probe (up to 8s per stale address
on mobile, 2-4s on desktop) in front of the relay attempt, then paid a second
WebSocket connect + E2EE handshake because the probe tunnel was thrown away.
- mobile probeConnectionCandidates: race the relay probe against the direct
chain with a 1.5s direct headstart; a live LAN still wins, a dead one no
longer delays startup
- relay probes adopt their tunnel as the runtime tunnel (adoptRelayTunnel)
instead of dialing a fresh one — applies to auto-connect, pairing redeem,
password login, and the desktop host switcher's relay fallback
- relay probe drops the /health round-trip: the E2EE handshake already proves
the server identity, /auth/session alone proves liveness and auth
- desktop restoreDesktopRelayRuntime: same headstart race; a late direct
success hot-switches back (stable runtimeKey); startup probe now passes
expectedServerId so a re-leased LAN address never sees the token
- launch splash shows 'Connecting to device: <label>' with animated dots
under the (still centered) logo, translated in all locales
- editing a saved instance no longer rebuilds it from the URL field alone:
the id is passed through, relay/https candidates are preserved, and a
token-key change migrates the Keychain token instead of orphaning it
Reworks how devices connect to an OpenChamber server, end to end.
Pairing v2:
- One-time pairing links/QR codes (openchamber://connect?v=2) carrying a set of transport candidates (LAN/tunnel/relay) and a single-use secret redeemed server-side; no tokens embedded in links
- Add-a-device dialog written for first-time users: intent-based transport choice (Anywhere / Home network only / This computer only) with plain-language descriptions, transparent fallback checkboxes, server-authoritative LAN detection, high-res QR dialog
- Private relay folded into pairing as a transport candidate with a demand-driven lifecycle (enables when a relay device is paired, disables when none remain)
Multi-transport devices:
- A saved device holds all its transports and one token; mobile re-probes on connect, resume, and network change and hot-switches LAN<->relay seamlessly (no re-pairing, no remount, session preserved)
- Desktop can import relay pairing links, switch to relay hosts through the E2EE tunnel, and restore a relay default host after relaunch
Device management:
- Device list (web + desktop) shows live per-device connectivity with the active transport (Connected - Local network / Relay) and platform badges (iOS/Android/macOS/Windows/Linux)
- One physical device = one record: stable per-install dedupe keys across pairing and password re-login; typed pairing label names the device, paired devices name the connection by the issuing server hostname
- Trusted desktop-local client manages all devices (list, revoke, clear revoked); relay host reaps dead client sockets after 3 missed keepalives
Android:
- LAN transport unblocked (cleartext + mixed content, mirroring iOS ATS exceptions); resume re-probe retries through network flux and silently auto-reconnects from a disconnected state
Adds OpenChamber Relay — an opt-in way to reach an instance from a phone,
browser, or another desktop from anywhere, with no open inbound ports, no
tunnel, and no shared LAN. The instance dials outbound to a relay; all app
traffic (HTTP, the event stream, terminal, dictation) is multiplexed and
encrypted through a single connection per client, so the relay only ever
forwards opaque ciphertext.
Transport
- End-to-end-encrypted channel over WebCrypto (ECDH P-256 -> HKDF ->
AES-256-GCM) with a capability-negotiated handshake and a small
HTTP/SSE/WebSocket multiplexing protocol. A byte-compatible JS host mirror
is cross-checked by tests.
- Host: outbound connection manager, per-client tunnel dispatcher to the local
server over loopback, reuse of the existing instance identity key, and
management routes. Disabled by default; explicit opt-in.
- Client: plugs into the existing runtime layer (runtime-fetch/-url/-switch/
-auth, event pipeline, terminal, dictation) so features work over the relay
unchanged; direct-URL and Electron realtime-proxy paths are untouched.
Pairing & UX
- Relay section in Settings -> Remote Instances (live status, QR/link pairing,
revocation via the existing client-token list) and the mobile connect flow.
- Frame batching and idle-gated keepalive keep tunnel message volume low
without affecting streaming smoothness.
Security
- The tunnel is transport only; the server authenticates every tunneled
request exactly as for a direct remote client.
fragments only. The relay stores no keys, tokens, or payloads.
Operability
- The endpoint can be pinned to a self-hosted rel
paired clients inherit it from the offer automatically.
- Relay module DOCUMENTATION.md and a relay-trans
invariants that future WebSocket/streaming changes must follow.
The relay transport is complete and tested; the UI for enabling and pairing
is gated behind openchamber_relay_gate and stays
Bohdan Triapitsyn