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Pooled DoH/DoT connections inside the forwarding resolver go stale after system sleep or network changes, producing prolonged bursts of failed lookups and hundreds of identical error log lines per burst.

  • Track consecutive upstream failures; rebuild the forwarding resolver (fresh connection pool) after 5 in a row
  • Rate-limit the "failed to resolve hostname" error log to one line per 5s with a suppressed-error count

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved DNS reliability by rebuilding forwarding resolution after repeated upstream failures.
    • Reset upstream health tracking after successful lookups or resolver rebuilds.
    • Reduced repetitive resolution error messages while preserving visibility into suppressed failures.
    • Improved Android application-exit diagnostics with clearer reason and status information.
    • Improved credential request recovery when issuance is paused, resumed, or fails server-side.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for DNS recovery, throttled error logging, and credential request flows.

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The DNS resolver tracks forwarding lookup health, rebuilds after five consecutive upstream failures, and throttles repeated resolution-failure logs. The Android app adds exit-reason formatting helpers. Credential-fetcher tests add a mock VPN API and validate paused, resumed, and failed zk-nym request flows.

DNS upstream health recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Health and log-throttle primitives
nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-lib/src/resolver/upstream_health.rs
UpstreamHealth tracks failure streaks and rebuild requests. LogThrottle limits repeated log entries and counts suppressed entries. Unit tests cover both helpers.
Resolution health wiring
nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-lib/src/resolver/mod.rs
LocalResolver stores the active forwarding configuration. Forwarding resolution records lookup outcomes. Each forwarding resolver generation receives a new health tracker.
Rebuild orchestration and error logging
nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-lib/src/resolver/mod.rs
The query handler rebuilds forwarding state when requested. Resolution failures use a five-second log window and report suppressed counts at debug level.

Android exit-reason formatting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Exit reason formatting
nym-vpn-android/app/src/main/java/net/nymtech/nymvpn/util/ExitReasons.kt
ExitReasons maps ApplicationExitInfo reasons and formats exit records with optional descriptions.

Credential-fetcher request-flow tests

Layer / File(s) Summary
Mock zk-nym API
nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-credential-fetcher/tests/common/mod.rs
MockZkNymApi registers VPN API routes, generates cryptographic response data, manages zk-nym state, and controls polling outcomes.
Request-flow regression tests
nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-credential-fetcher/tests/zknym_request_flow.rs
End-to-end tests verify pending requests resume after interruption and failed requests result in a fresh issuance request.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8aaad

The PR improves resolver recovery and throttles repeated errors, but unresolved issues could apply a failed forwarding configuration during recovery, violate the single-line diagnostic log contract, and leave the pause/resume behavior insufficiently validated. The PR is not merge-ready until these bounded risks are fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant QueryHandler
  participant UpstreamHealth
  participant ForwardingResolver
  participant ActiveForwardConfig
  QueryHandler->>UpstreamHealth: Check rebuild request
  UpstreamHealth-->>QueryHandler: Return pending request
  QueryHandler->>ActiveForwardConfig: Read config
  ActiveForwardConfig-->>QueryHandler: Return forwarding config
  QueryHandler->>ForwardingResolver: Rebuild resolver
  QueryHandler->>ForwardingResolver: Resolve query
  ForwardingResolver->>UpstreamHealth: Record lookup result
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In `@nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-lib/src/resolver/mod.rs`:
- Around line 220-225: Update Resolver::resolve and the rebuild logic around the
shared upstream_health state so health reports are associated with the resolver
generation that created each lookup; ignore record_failure or rebuild requests
from retired generations, preventing stale completions from affecting the newly
created resolver. Alternatively, move health state into each forwarding resolver
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Comment thread nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-lib/src/resolver/mod.rs
@rachyandco rachyandco added this to the v2026.12 - Vanil Noir milestone Aug 31, 2026
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In `@nym-vpn-android/app/src/main/java/net/nymtech/nymvpn/util/ExitReasons.kt`:
- Line 36: Update the description formatting in ExitReasons so embedded CRLF and
LF characters are replaced with spaces before appending it to the log line;
preserve the existing blank-description behavior and base formatting.

In `@nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-credential-fetcher/tests/common/mod.rs`:
- Line 47: Run cargo fmt --all and commit the resulting rustfmt changes: format
nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-credential-fetcher/tests/common/mod.rs at lines
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lines 85-88 and 117-120; make no behavioral changes.

In `@nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-credential-fetcher/tests/zknym_request_flow.rs`:
- Line 95: Replace the fixed delay in the zknym request-flow test with an
observable pause or cancellation acknowledgement from the spawned fetch task.
Await that acknowledgement before activating and resuming the request, ensuring
the test verifies the fetch actually stopped before continuing.

In `@nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-lib/src/resolver/mod.rs`:
- Around line 584-588: Move the active_forward_config assignment in the
forwarding setup flow until after self.forwarding(...) completes successfully,
so failed resolver creation leaves the previous configuration unchanged.
Preserve the existing Config::Forwarding contents and only update
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fun formatLine(timestampMs: Long, reason: Int, status: Int, importance: Int, description: String?): String {
val base = "PriorExit time=${Instant.ofEpochMilli(timestampMs)} reason=${reasonName(reason)} " +
"status=$status importance=$importance"
return if (description.isNullOrBlank()) base else "$base description=$description"

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Normalize multiline descriptions before writing the log line.

Line 36 appends description unchanged. Embedded \r\n and \n characters produce multiple diagnostic log lines. The supplied ExitReasonsTest.formatLine_collapsesMultiLineDescriptionToSingleLine expects these characters to become spaces.

Proposed fix
-		return if (description.isNullOrBlank()) base else "$base description=$description"
+		val normalizedDescription = description?.lines()?.joinToString(" ") { it.trim() }
+		return if (normalizedDescription.isNullOrBlank()) base else "$base description=$normalizedDescription"
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return if (description.isNullOrBlank()) base else "$base description=$description"
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Comment thread nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-credential-fetcher/tests/common/mod.rs
bench.api.wait_for_polls(1, Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
bench.fetcher.pause();
// Give the runtime a moment to actually drop the in-flight fetch future.
tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Wait for a pause acknowledgement before resuming.

Line 95 uses a fixed delay. It does not prove that the spawned fetch stopped. If pause() is ignored or processed after resume(), this test still completes with one POST and passes.

Expose an observable pause or cancellation acknowledgement. Await it before activating and resuming the request.

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at line 95, Replace the fixed delay in the zknym request-flow test with an
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Comment on lines +584 to +588
self.active_forward_config = Some(Config::Forwarding {
dns_servers: dns_servers.clone(),
#[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
bind_interface: bind_interface.clone(),
});

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Store the forwarding configuration only after resolver creation succeeds.

Line 584 updates active_forward_config before self.forwarding(...) can fail. If enable_forward returns an error while an older forwarding resolver remains active, a later health-triggered rebuild uses the rejected configuration. This applies a configuration after the caller was told that the update failed.

Move the assignment after a successful self.forwarding(...) call.

Proposed fix
-                self.active_forward_config = Some(Config::Forwarding {
+                let active_forward_config = Config::Forwarding {
                     dns_servers: dns_servers.clone(),
                     #[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
                     bind_interface: bind_interface.clone(),
-                });
-                self.forwarding(
+                };
+                self.forwarding(
                     dns_servers,
                     #[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
                     bind_interface,
-                )
+                )?;
+                self.active_forward_config = Some(active_forward_config);
+                Ok(())
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self.active_forward_config = Some(Config::Forwarding {
dns_servers: dns_servers.clone(),
#[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
bind_interface: bind_interface.clone(),
});
let active_forward_config = Config::Forwarding {
dns_servers: dns_servers.clone(),
#[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
bind_interface: bind_interface.clone(),
};
self.forwarding(
dns_servers,
#[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
bind_interface,
)?;
self.active_forward_config = Some(active_forward_config);
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In `@nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-vpn-lib/src/resolver/mod.rs` around lines 584 - 588,
Move the active_forward_config assignment in the forwarding setup flow until
after self.forwarding(...) completes successfully, so failed resolver creation
leaves the previous configuration unchanged. Preserve the existing
Config::Forwarding contents and only update active_forward_config once the new
resolver is active.

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…tle error logs

Pooled DoH/DoT connections inside the forwarding resolver go stale after
system sleep or network changes, producing prolonged bursts of failed
lookups and hundreds of identical error log lines per burst.

- Track consecutive upstream failures; rebuild the forwarding resolver
  (fresh connection pool) after 5 in a row
- Rate-limit the "failed to resolve hostname" error log to one line per
  5s with a suppressed-error count
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Quality Gate Failed Quality Gate failed

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66.7% Duplication on New Code (required ≤ 3%)

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