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fix(vpn): re-enable dial idle timeout by default to prevent permanent connection stalls #3097

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23 changes: 21 additions & 2 deletions app/src/main/java/com/celzero/bravedns/service/PersistentState.kt
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Expand Up @@ -430,7 +430,26 @@ class PersistentState(context: Context) : SimpleKrate(context), KoinComponent {

var nwEngExperimentalFeatures by booleanPref("network_engine_experimental").withDefault<Boolean>(false)

var dialTimeoutSec by intPref("dial_timeout_sec").withDefault<Int>(0)
// Default dial idle timeout, in seconds, for outgoing TCP/UDP connections.
//
// IMPORTANT: a value of 0 is not merely "no timeout" -- it changes code path.
// See intra/rwconn.go (rwext.SetTimeout()) and intra/common.go (forward()):
// when this is 0, SetTimeoutSockOpt() is never invoked, rwext.SetTimeout()
// returns didSet=false, and forward() unwraps the connection down past the
// *dialers.retrier entirely (a "zero-copy" optimization). That retrier is
// what performs automatic retry-on-stall/retry-on-error (up to
// maxRetryCount) for otherwise-silent connection stalls (no RST, no EOF,
// just zero bytes forever). With the default at 0, a silently-stalled TCP
// connection has no recovery path and hangs indefinitely.
//
// We observed this cause real, reproducible, permanent playback freezes on
// low-power Android TV/Fire TV Stick hardware: a video CDN connection would
// complete its TCP handshake via the VPN's Exit path and then simply never
// transfer another byte, with no error surfaced to the app or the VPN
// service. Changing this default to a small positive value (10s) restores
// the retrier safety net for everyone, at the cost of a small amount of
// deadline-tracking overhead per read/write on every connection.
var dialTimeoutSec by intPref("dial_timeout_sec").withDefault<Int>(10)

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  app/src/main/java/com/celzero/bravedns/service/PersistentState.kt \
  app/src/main/java/com/celzero/bravedns/net/go/GoVpnAdapter.kt \
  app/src/main/java/com/celzero/bravedns/service/BraveVPNService.kt \
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Krate (hu.autsoft:krate:2.0.0) is a library designed as a SharedPreferences wrapper for Kotlin, utilizing property delegates for convenient data access [1][2][3]. Based on the available documentation for Krate 2.0.0, the "withDefault" functionality and the specific "source" parameter mentioned in your query are not part of the core hu.autsoft.krate library API [1][2]. The confusion likely arises from the similarly named, but separate, KStorage library (makeevrserg/klibs.kstorage) [4][5]. The KStorage library explicitly provides a.withDefault extension function that allows users to wrap a nullable Krate (or similar storage type) and provide a fallback value, effectively converting it into a non-null Krate [4][5]. In the context of the KStorage library,.withDefault is used as follows [4][5]: // Example using KStorage (not part of hu.autsoft:krate) val nullableKrate: MutableKrate<Int?> =... // A nullable krate val nonNullKrate: MutableKrate = nullableKrate.withDefault { 42 } If you are using the hu.autsoft:krate library (version 2.0.0), you typically define defaults by providing a default value directly to the delegate functions (e.g., intPref(key, defaultValue)) during the property initialization within your Krate class [3].

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In the Krate library, developed by AutSoft, the withDefault function is used to provide a default value to a SharedPreferences property, effectively transforming a nullable property into a non-nullable one [1]. By chaining.withDefault(defaultValue) to the delegate function (e.g., stringPref, intPref), the property will return the specified default value if it has not been previously set in SharedPreferences [1]. Once a default value is defined, the property no longer supports nullability, and there is no mechanism to remove the value from SharedPreferences, other than explicitly setting it back to the default value [1]. An example of this usage is: var username: String by stringPref.withDefault("admin") [1].

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Migrate the legacy dial_timeout_sec value.

withDefault<Int>(10) returns 10 only when the key is absent. The previous declaration persisted a default of 0, and HomeScreenActivity.updateNewVersion() has no migration for this key. Existing installations can therefore continue passing 0 to GoVpnAdapter.setDialStrategy(). Add a versioned migration that changes only the legacy default and preserves an explicit user-selected disabled timeout.

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In `@app/src/main/java/com/celzero/bravedns/service/PersistentState.kt` at line
444, Update the dialTimeoutSec preference migration to version legacy values
that still use the persisted default of 0 to 10, while preserving any explicit
user-selected 0 timeout. Add this migration in
HomeScreenActivity.updateNewVersion() using the existing preference versioning
mechanisms, and keep the current
intPref("dial_timeout_sec").withDefault<Int>(10) declaration for absent keys.

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// treat only mobile data as metered
var treatOnlyMobileNetworkAsMetered by booleanPref("treat_only_mobile_nw_as_metered").withDefault<Boolean>(false)
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endpointIndependence = false
nwEngExperimentalFeatures = false
tcpKeepAlive = false
dialTimeoutSec = 0
dialTimeoutSec = 10
socketBufferSizeBytes = DEFAULT_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE_BYTES
useMaxMtu = false
setVpnBuilderToMetered = false
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