Single combined commit covering five interlocking pieces of test and CI work that landed during the v0.3.0-prep cycle. ## fips-gateway robustness - src/bin/fips-gateway.rs DNS upstream probe converted from a 3-second hard-fail to a bounded retry loop (5 attempts × 1s timeout, 1s sleep between attempts; ~10s worst case). Covers the cold-boot race where the daemon's TUN is up but the DNS responder at [::1]:5354 is still binding. Each failed attempt logs at INFO. In production the binary's retry is the live recovery mechanism; with retry it recovers silently instead of relying on Restart=on-failure (~5s blip + spurious ERROR per cycle). - packaging/debian/fips-gateway.service `ExecStartPre` now waits up to 30 seconds for the daemon's `fips0` TUN to appear before exec'ing the gateway binary. Eliminates the cold-boot race where the gateway exits with `fips0 interface not found` and recovers via `Restart=on-failure`, producing a 5-second blip and a spurious error log per restart cycle. - testing/docker/entrypoint.sh gateway-mode waits up to 30s for the daemon's DNS responder to bind [::1]:5354 (probes once per second with `dig @::1 -p 5354 ... test.fips`) before exec'ing fips-gateway. Belt-and-suspenders with the binary's own retry: in CI we want deterministic startup ordering. On timeout, fall through so the binary's probe reports the definitive error. ## Test infrastructure DNS bind migration to ::1 After session 359's daemon DNS-bind default flipped from `127.0.0.1` to `::1` (the production fix for ISSUE-2026-0002), the static-test infrastructure was carrying a stale workaround that overrode the default back to IPv4 loopback. The fips-gateway integration test exposed the divergence: the gateway probes its DNS upstream at `[::1]:5354` (production default) while the daemon was binding `127.0.0.1:5354` from the template override — IPv6-explicit sockets do not accept v4-mapped traffic, so the upstream probe exhausted retries and the gateway exited. - Drop the explicit `bind_addr: "127.0.0.1"` line from every test config that emits it: testing/static/configs/node.template.yaml, testing/chaos/configs/node.template.yaml, the sidecar heredoc in testing/docker/entrypoint.sh, testing/acl-allowlist/generate-configs.sh (six per-node blocks), testing/nat/scripts/generate-configs.sh, and the four tor templates under testing/tor/. Daemon picks up its production `::1` default. - Flip the dnsmasq forwarder for `.fips` in testing/docker/Dockerfile from `127.0.0.1#5354` to `::1#5354` so dnsmasq on the shared test image continues to reach the daemon. Template and Dockerfile must move together since most static suites resolve `<npub>.fips` via the test-image dnsmasq. ## rekey-accept-off integration variant + UDP unit test - New `rekey-accept-off` topology and docker-compose profile under testing/static/. 2-node variant where node-b runs with `udp.accept_connections: false`. Pins the regression class that ISSUE-2026-0004 fixed (cross-connection winner's rekey msg1 was being filtered by the accept_connections gate, breaking rekey). - testing/static/scripts/rekey-test.sh accepts REKEY_TOPOLOGY and REKEY_ACCEPT_OFF_NODES env vars; its inject-config subcommand applies the per-node `udp.accept_connections: false` edit, and the test asserts no sustained "Dual rekey initiation" log lines. - New UDP variant of `should_admit_msg1` admit-rekey unit test in src/node/tests/handshake.rs. ## ci-local.sh full integration coverage - New runner functions and dispatcher entries for `acl-allowlist`, `nat-cone` / `nat-symmetric` / `nat-lan`, `rekey-accept-off`, `dns-resolver`, `deb-install`. Each integrates with the existing summary tracking via `record`. - New `--with-tor` flag (off by default) gates `tor-socks5-outbound` and `tor-directory-mode` runners. Tor stays opt-in because both harnesses depend on the live Tor network and would introduce a flake source unrelated to the FIPS code. - New suite arrays (`ACL_SUITES`, `NAT_SUITES`, `DNS_RESOLVER_SUITES`, `DEB_INSTALL_SUITES`, `TOR_SUITES`) drive both the default sweep and `--list` output. - `run_suite` extended to accept the new suite names for `--only` invocations. ## GitHub CI matrix expansions - `gateway` matrix entry runs testing/static/scripts/gateway-test.sh against the existing docker-compose `gateway` profile. - `rekey-accept-off` matrix entry exercises the new topology with REKEY_ACCEPT_OFF_NODES=b. - `deb-install` matrix (debian12 + ubuntu24 + ubuntu26) runs testing/deb-install/test.sh with privileged systemd containers. ~5-7 min cold cache, ~2 min warm per distro. Self-contained: builds its own .deb in a Debian 12 cargo-deb builder image; does not depend on the build job's pre-built artifact. - `dns-resolver` matrix entry runs the full 13-scenario harness (per-distro systemd resolver-backend tests + real-fips end-to-end scenarios) in a single job. Pins the production DNS bind path that ISSUE-2026-0002 lived in. ~7-12 min warm, ~12-15 min cold. Verified locally: full `bash testing/ci-local.sh` sweep passes, including 5/5 deb-install distros and all 13 dns-resolver scenarios. Tor-inclusive sweep (`--with-tor`) verified in a follow-up run.
FIPS Testing
Integration and simulation test harnesses for FIPS, using Docker containers running the full protocol stack.
Test Harnesses
static/ -- Static Docker Network
Fixed topologies with manual scripts for building, config generation, connectivity tests (ping, iperf), and network impairment (netem). Useful for deterministic debugging and validating specific topology configurations.
| Topology | Nodes | Transport | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| mesh | 5 | UDP | Sparse mesh, 6 links, multi-hop |
| chain | 5 | UDP | Linear chain, max 4-hop paths |
| mesh-public | 5+1 | UDP | Mesh with external public node |
| tcp-chain | 3 | TCP | Linear chain over TCP (port 8443) |
| rekey | 5 | UDP | Rekey integration test topology |
tor/ -- Tor Transport Integration
End-to-end Tor transport testing with Docker containers running real Tor daemons. Requires internet access for Tor bootstrapping.
| Scenario | Description |
|---|---|
| socks5-outbound | Outbound SOCKS5 connections through Tor to clearnet peer |
| directory-mode | Inbound via HiddenServiceDir onion service (co-located) |
nat/ -- NAT Traversal Lab
Real Docker NAT traversal tests for the Nostr/STUN bootstrap path,
using router containers with iptables-based NAT, a local Nostr relay,
and a local STUN responder.
| Scenario | Description |
|---|---|
| cone | Two NATed peers establish a UDP traversal path |
| symmetric | UDP traversal fails under symmetric NAT, TCP fallback wins |
| lan | Peers on the same LAN prefer local addresses over reflexive |
chaos/ -- Stochastic Simulation
Automated network testing with configurable node counts, topology algorithms (random geometric, Erdos-Renyi, chain, explicit), and fault injection (netem mutation, link flaps, traffic generation, node churn). 20 scenarios covering general stress testing, cost-based parent selection, mixed link technologies (fiber/Bluetooth/WiFi), transport-specific validation (UDP, TCP, Ethernet), and ECN/congestion testing. Scenarios are defined in YAML and executed via a Python harness that manages the full lifecycle: topology generation, Docker orchestration, fault scheduling, log collection, and analysis.