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Summary

  • switch stealth noVPN mobile startup to the Radiance SOCKS-mode backend from [stealth radiance] Add noVPN SOCKS backend radiance#486
  • keep stealth Android source sets split so noVPN builds do not package VpnService/TUN classes while stealth VPN builds still can
  • sanitize stealth APK/AAB native libraries after packaging to remove residual Go/native diagnostic strings such as Lantern/getlantern/VPN/TUN while leaving DEX/resources untouched
  • add sanitizer tests and include the leakage source report

Verification

  • python3 -m unittest scripts.stealth.sanitize_android_artifact_test scripts.stealth.check_leakage_test
  • mise exec go@1.26.2 -- env GOWORK=off GOCACHE=/tmp/lantern-stealth-go-cache GOMODCACHE=/tmp/lantern-stealth-go-mod GOFLAGS=-buildvcs=false go test -tags=stealth_novpn ./lantern-core/mobile
  • rebuilt stealth noVPN APK using the pushed Radiance pseudo-version v0.0.0-20260518143049-9fb8b10019b2
  • python3 scripts/stealth/check_leakage.py --config scripts/stealth/forbidden_tokens.json --mode stealth-novpn lantern-installer-stealth-novpn.apk build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk

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Pull request overview

Reduces Stealth noVPN “leakage surface” by introducing a dedicated stealth Flutter entrypoint, splitting Android stealth source sets (VPN vs noVPN), tightening manifest filtering, and adding post-build artifact sanitization/leakage checks.

Changes:

  • Add stealth-only Flutter build wrapper and minimal stealth UI entrypoint (lib/main_stealth.dart) plus generated assets/locales to avoid shipping the full app asset graph.
  • Introduce stealth noVPN gomobile backend (stealth_novpn) that starts Radiance in SOCKS/proxy mode, and add Android stealth Kotlin source sets for VPN vs noVPN.
  • Add Android artifact sanitizer + tests and expand forbidden-token scanning config/reporting.

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windows/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake Windows desktop plugin list cleared (Flutter-generated file).
windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc Windows desktop plugin registrant cleared (Flutter-generated file).
linux/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake Linux desktop plugin list cleared (Flutter-generated file).
linux/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc Linux desktop plugin registrant cleared (Flutter-generated file).
macos/Flutter/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.swift macOS desktop plugin registrant cleared (Flutter-generated file).
scripts/stealth/sanitize_android_artifact.py New ZIP sanitizer to strip AAB metadata and scrub native-library strings.
scripts/stealth/sanitize_android_artifact_test.py Unit tests for sanitizer behavior (metadata stripping + native scrubbing).
scripts/stealth/run_flutter_build.py New wrapper to build with a sanitized pubspec + generated minimal assets/locales.
scripts/stealth/generate_profile.py Update stealth profile defaults/defines to be more “neutral” and proxy-oriented.
scripts/stealth/generate_profile_test.py Update tests for new dart-define keys/defaults and neutrality assertions.
scripts/stealth/generate_android_identity.py Adjust identity metadata fields to avoid leaking mode naming.
scripts/stealth/generate_android_identity_test.py Add assertions that identity metadata avoids “vpn/stealth” tokens.
scripts/stealth/generate_android_icons.py Rename generated resource/icon metadata to neutral names (remove “stealth_*”).
scripts/stealth/generate_android_icons_test.py Update icon generation tests for new neutral filenames/metadata paths.
scripts/stealth/forbidden_tokens.json Expand token sets and add a targeted allowlist entry for ICU false-positive.
scripts/stealth/android_manifest_filter.py Remove additional receivers and quick-tile services from stealth manifests.
scripts/stealth/android_manifest_filter_test.py Update manifest filter expectations for receiver/service removals.
pubspec.lock Updates lockfile versions (not accompanied by pubspec.yaml changes).
Makefile Stealth build plumbing: reduced gomobile repos for novpn, sanitized Flutter build wrapper, and post-build sanitizer calls.
lib/main_stealth.dart New minimal stealth UI + method-channel contract for connect/disconnect/status + proxy manual setup UI.
lantern-core/mobile/mobile.go Exclude existing mobile implementation from stealth_novpn builds.
lantern-core/mobile/mobile_novpn.go New stealth_novpn implementation that starts/stops Radiance in local proxy/SOCKS mode.
lantern-core/mobile/ipc_extension_other.go Exclude IPC extension in stealth_novpn builds.
lantern-core/mobile/ipc_extension_mobile.go Exclude IPC extension in stealth_novpn builds.
go.mod Bump Radiance pseudo-version; adjust a genproto replace directive.
docs/stealth-leakage-source-report.md Add leakage source report documenting observed token leakage sources and remediation plan.
android/app/src/stealthVpn/kotlin/foundation/bridge/NetworkService.kt New stealth VPN service (VpnService-based) implementation.
android/app/src/stealthVpn/kotlin/foundation/bridge/HomeActivity.kt New stealth VPN activity that performs VpnService.prepare flow then starts the service.
android/app/src/stealthNovpn/kotlin/foundation/bridge/SyncService.kt New stealth noVPN foreground Service that starts/stops local proxy backend.
android/app/src/stealthNovpn/kotlin/foundation/bridge/HomeActivity.kt New stealth noVPN activity that starts/stops SyncService directly.
android/app/src/stealth/res/values/styles.xml New stealth-specific styles.
android/app/src/stealth/res/values-night/styles.xml New stealth-specific night styles.
android/app/src/stealth/res/drawable/neutral_notification_icon.xml New neutral notification icon resource.
android/app/src/stealth/res/drawable/neutral_app_icon.xml New neutral app icon resource.
android/app/src/stealth/res/drawable/launch_background.xml New stealth launch background.
android/app/src/stealth/kotlin/foundation/bridge/BridgeCommon.kt Shared stealth bridge utilities (state, paths, foreground notification).
android/app/src/stealth/kotlin/foundation/bridge/BaseHomeActivity.kt Shared stealth FlutterActivity wiring + method channel handler.
android/app/src/stealth/kotlin/foundation/bridge/AppHost.kt Stealth Application subclass used by manifest filtering.
android/app/src/main/kotlin/foundation/bridge/StealthComponents.kt Remove old “bridge wrappers extending original classes” approach.
android/app/src/main/kotlin/foundation/bridge/NoVpnComponents.kt Remove old noVPN wrapper class approach.
android/app/build.gradle Wire stealth manifest generation, stealth source sets, neutral namespace, and stealth-specific BuildConfig/resource values.
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android/app/src/stealthVpn/kotlin/foundation/bridge/NetworkService.kt:158

  • class ControlTile is declared without a body, which makes this file uncompilable for stealth-vpn builds. Remove this stub entirely (quick tile services are now filtered out) or provide a complete class definition (e.g., extending the intended tile service).
}

class ControlTile

windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc:12

  • This Flutter-generated registrant is now empty, so none of the declared plugins will be registered on Windows at runtime. This looks like an artifact of the sanitized build process rather than an intentional change; revert/regenerate it from the normal pubspec.yaml plugin graph and avoid committing sanitized-build output.
    linux/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake:9
  • This file is Flutter-generated and now has an empty plugin list, which will disable plugin registration on Linux and likely break desktop functionality (and will be overwritten the next time Flutter regenerates it). Avoid committing sanitized-build output here; restore the normal generated contents and keep this file in sync with the real pubspec.yaml plugin set.
list(APPEND FLUTTER_PLUGIN_LIST
)

list(APPEND FLUTTER_FFI_PLUGIN_LIST
)

linux/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc:12

  • This Flutter-generated registrant is now empty, so none of the declared plugins will be registered on Linux at runtime. This looks like an artifact of the sanitized build process rather than an intentional change; revert/regenerate it from the normal pubspec.yaml plugin graph and avoid committing sanitized-build output.
#include "generated_plugin_registrant.h"


void fl_register_plugins(FlPluginRegistry* registry) {
}

macos/Flutter/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.swift:11

  • This Flutter-generated registrant is now empty, so none of the declared plugins will be registered on macOS at runtime. This appears to be sanitized-build output committed by accident; revert/regenerate it from the normal pubspec.yaml plugin graph and avoid committing sanitized-build artifacts into the repo.
import FlutterMacOS
import Foundation


func RegisterGeneratedPlugins(registry: FlutterPluginRegistry) {
}


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Code review completed for commit d088ed5. The changes successfully:

  1. ✅ Switch stealth noVPN to Radiance SOCKS-mode backend (mobile_novpn.go)
  2. ✅ Split Android source sets (stealthNovpn vs stealthVpn) to avoid packaging VPN classes
  3. ✅ Add native library sanitizer with length-preserving string replacements
  4. ✅ Add comprehensive tests (sanitize_android_artifact_test.py, check_leakage_test.py - all passing)
  5. ✅ Integrate sanitizer into build pipeline (Makefile, build.gradle)
  6. ✅ Add minimal Flutter entry point (main_stealth.dart)

All tests pass and the implementation follows the documented leakage reduction strategy.

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Code review completed for commit d088ed5. Key findings:

Strengths:

  • Clean separation of noVPN and VPN code paths via source sets
  • Sanitizer uses length-preserving replacements (verified all 21 pairs)
  • Comprehensive test coverage with passing tests
  • Proper error handling in Go and Kotlin code

Architecture:

  • noVPN: SOCKS proxy mode via Radiance backend (no VPN/TUN APIs)
  • VPN: Traditional VpnService with TUN interface
  • Build-time sanitization of native libraries post-packaging

No issues found. The implementation is ready.

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Code review completed for commit 1bee739. All previous review issues have been successfully addressed:

Fixes Applied:

  1. ✅ APK/AAB re-signing: --resign mode added with zipalign+apksigner (APK) and jarsigner (AAB)
  2. ✅ ELF-aware scrubbing: Parses ELF sections, only scrubs text/debug sections (.rodata, .gopclntab, .go.buildinfo, .debug_*), skips linkage sections (.dynstr, .strtab, .shstrtab) to preserve JNI exports
  3. ✅ Error handling: Missing artifacts raise FileNotFoundError (test added)
  4. ✅ Desktop plugin registrants: Added to BACKUP_PATHS in run_flutter_build.py

Verification:

  • All 3 sanitizer tests pass
  • All 15 leakage check tests pass
  • All 21 string replacements are length-preserving
  • No overlap between text and linkage section sets
  • Makefile correctly uses --resign flag (lines 794, 803, 832)

Implementation is production-ready.

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Copilot reviewed 35 out of 37 changed files in this pull request and generated 6 comments.

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Addressed the open review items in bf5f62c (with core fixes in be02cb7): removed the stray Kotlin stub, routed legacy stealth noVPN targets through the stealth profile/sanitizer pipeline, moved APK/AAB signing passwords to env-based flags, restored broad oauth/billing/stripe leakage tokens, and added sanitizer tests for env-based signing.

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Addressed the open review findings in c160347 (core logic in 795cb83): ELF scrubbing no longer falls back to whole-file mutation for ELF inputs, StopProxy() cleanup remains best-effort even on disconnect errors, and stealth VPN/noVPN service coroutine failures are now handled with cleanup plus error logging. Re-ran python3 -m unittest scripts.stealth.sanitize_android_artifact_test scripts.stealth.check_leakage_test and go test -tags=stealth_novpn ./lantern-core/mobile successfully.

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Copilot reviewed 35 out of 37 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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Reviewed current branch state at c160347. The requested fixes are already present (including stealth noVPN RunOffCgoStack wrapping and semantic Android build-tools selection), and targeted stealth tests pass.

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Reviewed at c160347. No additional code changes were needed beyond what is already on branch; the latest stealth sanitizer and mobile noVPN checks are passing.

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Reviewed at c160347. The previously flagged items are already fixed in branch history, and current targeted validation remains green.

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Reviewed at c160347. Confirmed branch already contains the required fixes; no further patch was necessary and targeted tests pass.

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Reviewed at c160347. Current HEAD already includes the relevant stealth noVPN/sanitizer fixes and passes targeted test coverage.

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Reviewed at c160347. Rechecked the flagged areas and found them already addressed on branch with passing targeted tests.

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Reviewed at c160347. Confirmed semantic build-tools selection and noVPN CGO-stack-safe wrappers are present; targeted tests are passing.

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Reviewed at c160347. No additional changes are required at this point; the branch already includes the requested fixes and validates cleanly.

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Reviewed and applied an additional hardening fix in 0092f16: --resign now requires explicit KEYSTORE_* signing env vars by default, with --allow-debug-keystore as an explicit local opt-in; added unit tests for both paths. The Android build-tools selection is already semver-aware in current HEAD (android_build_tools_version_key).

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Reviewed at c8c33c4. No new actionable issues found in the current diff; the previously flagged sanitizer items are already addressed (semantic build-tools selection and explicit signing-env requirement from 0092f16), and targeted checks are passing (python3 -m unittest scripts.stealth.sanitize_android_artifact_test scripts.stealth.check_leakage_test and go test -tags=stealth_novpn ./lantern-core/mobile).

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Please review only. Current head 1e683a8 removes the unused run_flutter_build.py --mode flag, all prior review threads are resolved, and CI is green.

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Addressed in 1e683a8. I removed the unused --mode flag from scripts/stealth/run_flutter_build.py so the CLI no longer advertises a non-functional option. Targeted stealth Python tests pass. No UI changes were made.

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Reviewed current HEAD 1e683a8. No new actionable issues found; prior threads remain resolved and targeted stealth checks are passing. No UI changes were made.

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Please review only. Current head 1e683a8 removes the unused run_flutter_build.py --mode flag, all prior review threads are resolved, and CI is green.

Completed review-only pass at 1e683a8 as requested. Confirmed run_flutter_build.py no longer advertises --mode, prior review items stay resolved, and current branch CI is green. No UI changes were made.

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