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Johnathan Corgan 37c2973e2f Test infrastructure overhaul: gateway robustness + full CI coverage
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.
2026-04-30 10:24:32 +00:00
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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.