Delete wireguard feature flag altogether

Update ci-build
gateway: enable wireguard at runtime
2023-11-17 09:41:02 +01:00 · 2023-11-17 09:37:21 +01:00 · 2023-11-17 09:35:23 +01:00 · 2023-11-17 09:19:02 +01:00 · 2023-11-17 09:15:42 +01:00 · 2023-11-17 09:06:12 +01:00
694 changed files with 36713 additions and 9123 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: 'Install wasm-opt'
+description: 'Installs wasm-opt from binaryen'
+inputs:
+  version:
+    description: 'Version of wasm-opt to install'
+    default: '116'
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: Check platform compatibility
+      run: |
+        if [[ "$(uname)" != "Linux" ]]; then
+          echo "Error: This action is only compatible with Linux."
+          exit 1
+        fi
+      shell: bash
+
+    - name: Download wasm-opt
+      run: |
+        set -e
+        SOURCE="https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/releases/download/version_${{ inputs.version }}/binaryen-version_${{ inputs.version }}-x86_64-linux.tar.gz"
+        TEMP_ARCHIVE="$RUNNER_TEMP/binaryen-version_${{ inputs.version }}-x86_64-linux.tar.gz"
+        curl -L -o "$TEMP_ARCHIVE" "$SOURCE"
+        tar -xvzf $TEMP_ARCHIVE -C $RUNNER_TEMP
+        echo "$RUNNER_TEMP/binaryen-version_${{ inputs.version }}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      shell: bash
+      id: install-binary
+
+    - name: Verify installation
+      run: |
+        if ! command -v wasm-opt &> /dev/null; then
+          echo "Error: wasm-opt binary was not installed successfully."
+          exit 1
+        fi
+      shell: bash
+      id: verify-installation
+
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-name: Build and upload binaries to artifact storage
+name: build-upload-binaries

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:  
+    inputs:
      add_tokio_unstable:
        description: 'True to add RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable"'
        required: true
        default: false
-        type: boolean 
-    
+        type: boolean
+
 env:
-  NETWORK: mainnet    
+  NETWORK: mainnet

 jobs:
  publish-nym:
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-name: CD docs
+name: cd-docs

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
-    branches: master
    paths:
      - 'documentation/docs/**'

 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install rsync
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
-          args: --workspace --release --all
+          args: --workspace --release
      - name: Install mdbook
        run: (test -x $HOME/.cargo/bin/mdbook || cargo install --vers "^0.4.33" mdbook)
      - name: Install mdbook plugins
@@ -39,30 +38,6 @@ jobs:
        run: cd documentation && ./build_all_to_dist.sh
        continue-on-error: false

-      - name: Deploy branch master to dev
-        continue-on-error: true
-        uses: easingthemes/ssh-deploy@main
-        env:
-          SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.CD_WWW_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          ARGS: "-rltgoDzvO --delete"
-          SOURCE: "dist/docs/"
-          REMOTE_HOST: ${{ secrets.CD_WWW_REMOTE_HOST_DEV }}
-          REMOTE_USER: ${{ secrets.CD_WWW_REMOTE_USER }}
-          TARGET: ${{ secrets.CD_WWW_REMOTE_TARGET }}/
-          EXCLUDE: "/node_modules/"
-
-      - name: Deploy branch master to prod
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        uses: easingthemes/ssh-deploy@main
-        env:
-          SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.CD_WWW_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          ARGS: "-rltgoDzvO --delete"
-          SOURCE: "dist/docs/"
-          REMOTE_HOST: ${{ secrets.CD_WWW_REMOTE_HOST_PROD }}
-          REMOTE_USER: ${{ secrets.CD_WWW_REMOTE_USER }}
-          TARGET: ${{ secrets.CD_WWW_REMOTE_TARGET }}/
-          EXCLUDE: "/node_modules/"
-
      - name: Post process
        run: cd documentation && ./post_process.sh
        continue-on-error: false
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Run config checks on all binaries
+name: ci-binary-config-checker

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        platform: [custom-runner-linux]
-         
+        platform: [custom-linux]
+
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
          toolchain: stable
-          
+
      - name: Branch name
        run: echo running on branch ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
-                    
+
      - name: Run tests against binaries
        run: ./build_and_run.sh ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
        working-directory: tests/
-        
-      
+
+
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 name: ci-build-ts

 on:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
    paths:
-      - 'ts-packages/**'
+      - "ts-packages/**"
+      - "sdk/typescript/**"

 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-16-core
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Install rsync
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
    - name: Setup yarn
      run: npm install -g yarn
    - name: Build
-      run: yarn && yarn build && yarn build:ci
+      run: yarn && yarn build && yarn build:ci:storybook
    - name: Deploy branch to CI www (storybook)
      continue-on-error: true
      uses: easingthemes/ssh-deploy@main
@@ -2,20 +2,6 @@ name: ci-build-upload-binaries

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - 'clients/**'
-      - 'common/**'
-      - 'explorer-api/**'
-      - 'gateway/**'
-      - 'integrations/**'
-      - 'mixnode/**'
-      - 'sdk/rust/nym-sdk/**'
-      - 'service-providers/**'
-      - 'nym-api/**'
-      - 'nym-outfox/**'
-      - 'tools/nym-cli/**'
-      - 'tools/ts-rs-cli/**'
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'clients/**'
@@ -31,9 +17,6 @@ on:
      - 'tools/nym-cli/**'
      - 'tools/ts-rs-cli/**'

-env:
-  NETWORK: mainnet
-
 jobs:
  publish-nym:
    strategy:
@@ -44,8 +27,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    env:
      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-    # a push event from the origin repo, or a PR from external repo
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'nymtech/nym' }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

@@ -59,8 +40,7 @@ jobs:
          echo $OUTPUT_DIR

      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
-        continue-on-error: true
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libudev-dev

      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    env:
      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-    # Enable sccache via environment variable
-    # env:
-      # RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
    steps:
      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
@@ -78,29 +75,28 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
-          # Enable wireguard by default on linux only
-          args: --workspace --features wireguard
+          args: --workspace

      - name: Build all examples
        if: matrix.os == 'custom-linux'
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
-          args: --workspace --examples --features wireguard
+          args: --workspace --examples

      - name: Run all tests
        if: matrix.os == 'custom-linux'
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: test
-          args: --workspace --features wireguard
+          args: --workspace

      - name: Run expensive tests
        if: (github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'develop' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master') && matrix.os == 'custom-linux'
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: test
-          args: --workspace --features wireguard -- --ignored
+          args: --workspace -- --ignored

      - name: Annotate with clippy checks
        if: matrix.os == 'custom-linux'
@@ -108,10 +104,10 @@ jobs:
        continue-on-error: true
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          args: --workspace --features wireguard
+          args: --workspace

      - name: Clippy
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: clippy
-          args: --workspace --all-targets --features wireguard -- -D warnings
+          args: --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ name: ci-contracts-schema

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - 'contracts/**'
-      - 'common/**'
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'contracts/**'
@@ -14,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
  check-schema:
    name: Generate and check schema
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    env:
      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
    steps:
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ name: ci-contracts-upload-binaries

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - 'common/**'
-      - 'contracts/**'
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'common/**'
@@ -24,8 +20,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    env:
      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-    # a push event from the origin repo, or a PR from external repo
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'nymtech/nym' }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

@@ -38,19 +32,17 @@ jobs:
          mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
          echo $OUTPUT_DIR

-      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
-        continue-on-error: true
-
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
-          toolchain: 1.69.0
+          toolchain: stable
          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
          override: true

      - name: Install wasm-opt
-        run: cargo install --version 0.112.0 wasm-opt
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-wasm-opt
+        with:
+          version: '114'

      - name: Build release contracts
        run: make contracts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:

 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install rsync
@@ -26,17 +26,22 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
-          args: --workspace --release --all
+          args: --workspace --release
      - name: Install mdbook
-        run: (test -x $HOME/.cargo/bin/mdbook || cargo install --vers "^0.4.33" mdbook)
+        run: (test -x $HOME/.cargo/bin/mdbook || cargo install --vers "^0.4.35" mdbook)
      - name: Install mdbook plugins
        run: |
          cargo install --vers "=0.2.2" mdbook-variables && cargo install \
-            --vers "^1.8.0" mdbook-admonish && cargo install --vers \
+            --vers "^1.8.0" mdbook-admonish --force && cargo install --vers \
            "^0.1.2" mdbook-last-changed && cargo install --vers "^0.1.2" mdbook-theme \
-            && cargo install --vers "^0.7.7" mdbook-linkcheck
+            && cargo install --vers "^0.7.7" mdbook-linkcheck \
+            # && cd documentation \
+            # && mdbook-admonish install dev-portal \
+            # && mdbook-admonish install docs \
+            # && mdbook-admonish install operators
+
      - name: Build all projects in documentation/ & move to ~/dist/docs/
-        run: cd documentation && ./build_all_to_dist.sh
+        run: cd documentation && ./build_all_to_dist.sh 
        continue-on-error: false
      - name: Deploy branch to CI www
        continue-on-error: true
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 name: ci-lint-typescript

 on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - "ts-packages/**"
-      - "sdk/typescript/**"
-      - "nym-connect/desktop/src/**"
-      - "nym-connect/desktop/package.json"
-      - "nym-wallet/src/**"
-      - "nym-wallet/package.json"
-      - "explorer/**"
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - "ts-packages/**"
@@ -22,7 +13,7 @@ on:

 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-16-core
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
@@ -37,9 +28,15 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
          toolchain: stable
+
      - name: Install wasm-pack
        run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh

+      - name: Install wasm-opt
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-wasm-opt
+        with:
+          version: '116'
+
      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
        run: yarn

      - name: Build packages
-        run: yarn build:ci:sdk
+        run: yarn build:ci

      - name: Lint
        run: yarn lint
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: CI for Nym API Tests
+name: ci-nym-api-tests

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      
+
      - name: Install npm
        run: npm install
-        
+
      - name: Node v18
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 name: ci-nym-connect-desktop-rust

 on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - "nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/**"
-      - "nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml"
-      - "clients/client-core/**"
-      - "clients/socks5/**"
-      - "common/**"
-      - "gateway/gateway-requests/**"
-      - "contracts/vesting/**"
-      - "nym-api/nym-api-requests/**"
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - "nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/**"
@@ -27,8 +17,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: [self-hosted, custom-linux]
    env:
      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-    # env:
-    #   RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
    steps:
      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev squashfs-tools libayatana-appindicator3-dev
@@ -45,6 +33,12 @@ jobs:
          override: true
          components: rustfmt, clippy

+      - name: Check formatting
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --manifest-path nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.toml --all -- --check
+
      - name: Build all binaries
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
@@ -57,12 +51,6 @@ jobs:
          command: test
          args: --manifest-path nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.toml --workspace

-      - name: Check formatting
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: fmt
-          args: --manifest-path nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.toml --all -- --check
-
      - uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
        name: Clippy checks
        continue-on-error: true
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: ci-nym-connect-desktop

 on:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'nym-connect/desktop/**'

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ defaults:

 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Install rsync
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ defaults:

 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Install rsync
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: ci-nym-vpn-ui-js
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'nym-vpn/ui/src/**'
+      - 'nym-vpn/ui/package.json'
+      - 'nym-vpn/ui/index.html'
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: custom-linux
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Install Yarn
+        run: npm install -g yarn
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        working-directory: nym-vpn/ui
+        run: yarn
+      - name: Type-check
+        working-directory: nym-vpn/ui
+        run: yarn typecheck
+      - name: Check lint
+        working-directory: nym-vpn/ui
+        run: yarn lint
+      - name: Check formatting
+        working-directory: nym-vpn/ui
+        run: yarn fmt:check
+#      - name: Run tests
+#        working-directory: nym-vpn/ui
+#        run: yarn test
+      - name: Check build
+        working-directory: nym-vpn/ui
+        run: yarn build
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+name: ci-nym-vpn-ui-rust
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'nym-vpn/ui/src-tauri/**'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: custom-linux
+    env:
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+      CARGOTOML_PATH: ./nym-vpn/ui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev squashfs-tools libayatana-appindicator3-dev
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      - name: Prepare build
+        run: mkdir nym-vpn/ui/dist
+
+      - name: Build
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --manifest-path ${{ env.CARGOTOML_PATH }} --lib --features custom-protocol
+
+#      - name: Run all tests
+#        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+#        with:
+#          command: test
+#          args: --manifest-path ${{ env.CARGOTOML_PATH }}
+
+      - name: Check formatting
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --manifest-path ${{ env.CARGOTOML_PATH }} --all -- --check
+
+      - name: Annotate with clippy checks
+        uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
+        continue-on-error: true
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          args: --manifest-path ${{ env.CARGOTOML_PATH }} --all-features
+
+      - name: Clippy
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: --manifest-path ${{ env.CARGOTOML_PATH }} --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: [ self-hosted, custom-linux ]
    env:
      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-    # env:
-    #   RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
    steps:
      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev squashfs-tools
@@ -1,35 +1,44 @@
-name: Nym Wallet Storybook
+name: ci-nym-wallet-storybook

 on:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'nym-wallet/**'

 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
    - name: Install rsync
      run: sudo apt-get install rsync
      continue-on-error: true
+
    - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
+
    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
        node-version: 18
+
    - name: Setup yarn
      run: npm install -g yarn
+
    - name: Install Rust stable
      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
      with:
        toolchain: stable
+
    - name: Install wasm-pack
-      run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh      
+      run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh
+
    - name: Build dependencies
      run: yarn && yarn build
+
    - name: Build storybook
      run: yarn storybook:build
      working-directory: ./nym-wallet
+
    - name: Deploy branch to CI www (storybook)
      continue-on-error: true
      uses: easingthemes/ssh-deploy@main
@@ -41,9 +50,11 @@ jobs:
        REMOTE_USER: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_USER }}
        TARGET: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_TARGET }}/wallet-${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG }}
        EXCLUDE: "/dist/, /node_modules/"
+
    - name: Matrix - Node Install
      run: npm install
      working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files
+
    - name: Matrix - Send Notification
      env:
        NYM_NOTIFICATION_KIND: nym-wallet
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 name: ci-sdk-docs-typescript

 on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - "sdk/typescript/**"
-      - "wasm/**"
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - "sdk/typescript/**"
@@ -12,7 +8,7 @@ on:

 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Install rsync
@@ -34,6 +30,14 @@ jobs:
        with:
          go-version: '1.20'

+      - name: Install wasm-pack
+        run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh
+
+      - name: Install wasm-opt
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-wasm-opt
+        with:
+          version: '116'
+
      - name: Build branch WASM packages
        run: make sdk-wasm-build

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:

 jobs:
  wasm:
-    runs-on: [custom-runner-linux]
+    runs-on: [custom-linux]
    env:
      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
    steps:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 18
-          
+
      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
          profile: minimal
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ jobs:
        with:
          go-version: '1.20'

-
      - name: Install wasm-pack
        run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh

      - name: Install wasm-opt
-        run: cargo install wasm-opt
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-wasm-opt
+        with:
+          version: '116'

      - name: Install wasm-bindgen-cli
        run: cargo install wasm-bindgen-cli
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Greetings
+name: greetings

 on: [pull_request_target, issues]

@@ -4,26 +4,26 @@ on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: '14 1 * * *'
+
 jobs:
  build:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        rust: [stable, beta]
-        os: [custom-linux, windows10, custom-runner-mac-m1]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-latest, macos-latest]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    env:
      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
    continue-on-error: true
    steps:
-      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: matrix.os == 'custom-linux'
-
      - name: Check out repository code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

+      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
+
      - name: Install Rust toolchain
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ jobs:
          override: true
          components: rustfmt, clippy

+      - name: Install Protoc
+        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v2
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest' || matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
      - name: Check formatting
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
@@ -42,13 +48,27 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
-          args: --workspace
+          args: --release --workspace

      - name: Build examples
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
-          args: --workspace --examples
+          args: --release --workspace --examples
+
+      # To avoid running out of disk space, skip generating debug symbols
+      - name: Set debug to false (unix)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' || matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
+        run: |
+          sed -i.bak 's/\[profile.dev\]/\[profile.dev\]\ndebug = false/' Cargo.toml
+          git diff
+
+      - name: Set debug to false (win)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          (Get-Content Cargo.toml) -replace '\[profile.dev\]', "`$&`ndebug = false" | Set-Content Cargo.toml
+          git diff

      - name: Run unit tests
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
@@ -62,6 +82,11 @@ jobs:
          command: test
          args: --workspace -- --ignored

+      - name: Clean
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: clean
+
      - name: Clippy
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
@@ -70,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:

  notification:
    needs: build
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
      - name: Collect jobs status
        uses: technote-space/workflow-conclusion-action@v2
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+name: nightly-nym-connect-desktop-build
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '14 1 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    env:
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+      MANIFEST_PATH: --manifest-path nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.toml
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev squashfs-tools
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
+
+      - name: Install rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      - name: Check formatting
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: ${{ env.MANIFEST_PATH }} --all -- --check
+
+      - name: Build
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: ${{ env.MANIFEST_PATH }} --release --workspace
+
+      - name: Unit tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: ${{ env.MANIFEST_PATH }} --workspace
+
+      - name: Clippy
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: ${{ env.MANIFEST_PATH }} --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
+
+  notification:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: custom-linux
+    steps:
+      - name: Collect jobs status
+        uses: technote-space/workflow-conclusion-action@v2
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: install npm
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Matrix - Node Install
+        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
+        run: npm install
+        working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files
+      - name: Matrix - Send Notification
+        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
+        env:
+          NYM_NOTIFICATION_KIND: nightly
+          NYM_PROJECT_NAME: "nym-connect-desktop-nightly-build"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
+          GIT_BRANCH: "${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+          IS_SUCCESS: "${{ env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'success' }}"
+          MATRIX_SERVER: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_SERVER }}"
+          MATRIX_ROOM: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_ROOM_NIGHTLY }}"
+          MATRIX_USER_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_USER_ID }}"
+          MATRIX_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}"
+          MATRIX_DEVICE_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_DEVICE_ID }}"
+        uses: docker://keybaseio/client:stable-node
+        with:
+          args: .github/workflows/support-files/notifications/entry_point.sh
@@ -5,27 +5,24 @@ on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '14 1 * * *'

-defaults:
-  run:
-    working-directory: nym-wallet
-
 jobs:
  build:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        os: [custom-ubuntu-20.04, macos-latest, windows10]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    env:
      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+      MANIFEST_PATH: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml
    continue-on-error: true
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
-        if: matrix.os == 'custom-linux'
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev squashfs-tools
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'

      - name: Install rust toolchain
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
@@ -39,36 +36,29 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: fmt
-          args: --all -- --check
+          args: ${{ env.MANIFEST_PATH }} --all -- --check

      - name: Build
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
-          args: --workspace
+          args: ${{ env.MANIFEST_PATH }} --release --workspace

      - name: Unit tests
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: test
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Annotate with clippy warnings
-        uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          args: --workspace
+          args: ${{ env.MANIFEST_PATH }} --workspace

      - name: Clippy
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: clippy
-          args: --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
+          args: ${{ env.MANIFEST_PATH }} --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings

  notification:
    needs: build
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
      - name: Collect jobs status
        uses: technote-space/workflow-conclusion-action@v2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Daily security audit
+name: nightly-security-audit

 on:
  schedule:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
          path: .github/workflows/support-files/notifications/deny.message
  notification:
    needs: cargo-deny
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        platform: [macos-latest]
+        platform: [macos-12-large]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}

    outputs:
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
-          toolchain: 1.69.0
+          toolchain: stable
          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
          override: true
          components: rustfmt, clippy

      - name: Install wasm-opt
-        run: cargo install --version 0.112.0 wasm-opt
+        run: cargo install --version 0.114.0 wasm-opt

      - name: Build release contracts
        run: make contracts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        platform: [macos-latest]
+        platform: [macos-12-large]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}

    outputs:
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
        env:
          APPLE_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE }}
          APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
+          APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}
          KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD }}
        run: |
          # create variables
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
          ENABLE_CODE_SIGNING: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE }}
          APPLE_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE }}
          APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
+          APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}
          APPLE_SIGNING_IDENTITY: ${{ secrets.APPLE_IDENTITY_ID }}
          APPLE_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_ID }}
          APPLE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_PASSWORD }}
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Nyms5 Android
+name: publish-nyms5-android-apk
 # unsigned APKs only, supported archs:
 # - arm64-v8a (arm64)
 # - x86_64
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
  gh-release:
    name: Publish APK (GH release)
    needs: build
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-linux
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:

 jobs:
  publish:
-    runs-on: [custom-ubuntu-20.04]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-16-core
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 18
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"

      - name: Setup yarn
        run: npm install -g yarn
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install wasm-pack
        run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh

+      - name: Install wasm-opt
+        run: cargo install wasm-opt
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.20"
+
+      - name: Install TinyGo
+        uses: acifani/setup-tinygo@v1
+        with:
+          tinygo-version: "0.27.0"
+
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: yarn

@@ -3,9 +3,42 @@
 Post 1.0.0 release, the changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

 ## [Unreleased]
- add client registry to Gateway ([#3955])
- add HTTP API to Gateway ([#3955])
- add `/client/<pub-key>`, `clients` and `register` routes to the gateway ([#3955])
+
+## [2023.4-galaxy] (2023-11-07)
+
+- DRY up client cli ([#4077])
+- [mixnode] replace rocket with axum ([#4071])
+- incorporate the nym node HTTP api into the mixnode ([#4070])
+- replaced '--disable-sign-ext' with '--signext-lowering' when running wasm-opt ([#3896])
+
+[#4077]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/4077
+[#4071]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/4071
+[#4070]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/4070
+[#3896]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3896
+
+## [2023.3-kinder] (2023-10-31)
+
+- suppress error output ([#4056])
+- Update frontend type for current vesting period ([#4042])
+- re-exported additional types for tx queries ([#4036])
+- fixed fmt::Display impl for GatewayNetworkRequesterDetails ([#4033])
+- Add exit node policy from TorNull and Tor Exit Node Policy ([#4024])
+- basic self-described api for gateways to dynamically announce its details + nym-api aggregation ([#4017])
+- use saturating sub in case outfox is not enabled ([#3986])
+- Fix sorting for mixnodes and gateways ([#3985])
+- Gateway client registry and api routes ([#3955])
+- Feature/configurable socks5 bind address ([#3992])
+
+[#4056]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/4056
+[#4042]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/4042
+[#4036]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/4036
+[#4033]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/4033
+[#4024]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/4024
+[#4017]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/4017
+[#3986]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3986
+[#3985]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3985
+[#3955]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3955
+[#3992]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3992

 ## [2023.1-milka] (2023-09-24)

@@ -799,18 +799,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "tower-service",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "axum-macros"
-version = "0.3.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cdca6a10ecad987bda04e95606ef85a5417dcaac1a78455242d72e031e2b6b62"
-dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.38",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.69"
@@ -1170,7 +1158,7 @@ checksum = "f769ab9e8c1652d78dd0b3ec59cdaa1e2bcb3b6b39f6681b256abcdbe101cc14"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "cargo_metadata",
- "clap 4.4.6",
+ "clap 4.4.7",
 "concolor-control",
 "crates-index",
 "dirs-next",
@@ -1405,9 +1393,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.4.6"
+version = "4.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d04704f56c2cde07f43e8e2c154b43f216dc5c92fc98ada720177362f953b956"
+checksum = "ac495e00dcec98c83465d5ad66c5c4fabd652fd6686e7c6269b117e729a6f17b"
 dependencies = [
 "clap_builder",
 "clap_derive",
@@ -1415,13 +1403,13 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.4.6"
+version = "4.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e231faeaca65ebd1ea3c737966bf858971cd38c3849107aa3ea7de90a804e45"
+checksum = "c77ed9a32a62e6ca27175d00d29d05ca32e396ea1eb5fb01d8256b669cec7663"
 dependencies = [
 "anstream",
 "anstyle",
- "clap_lex 0.5.1",
+ "clap_lex 0.6.0",
 "strsim",
 "terminal_size",
 ]
@@ -1432,7 +1420,7 @@ version = "4.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3ae8ba90b9d8b007efe66e55e48fb936272f5ca00349b5b0e89877520d35ea7"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 4.4.6",
+ "clap 4.4.7",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1441,15 +1429,15 @@ version = "4.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "29bdbe21a263b628f83fcbeac86a4416a1d588c7669dd41473bc4149e4e7d2f1"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 4.4.6",
+ "clap 4.4.7",
 "clap_complete",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.4.2"
+version = "4.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0862016ff20d69b84ef8247369fabf5c008a7417002411897d40ee1f4532b873"
+checksum = "cf9804afaaf59a91e75b022a30fb7229a7901f60c755489cc61c9b423b836442"
 dependencies = [
 "heck 0.4.1",
 "proc-macro2",
@@ -1468,9 +1456,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd7cc57abe963c6d3b9d8be5b06ba7c8957a930305ca90304f24ef040aa6f961"
+checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"

 [[package]]
 name = "cloudabi"
@@ -2329,7 +2317,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "hashbrown 0.14.1",
 "lock_api",
 "once_cell",
- "parking_lot_core 0.9.8",
+ "parking_lot_core 0.9.9",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -2883,7 +2871,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "bytes",
 "cfg-if",
 "chrono",
- "clap 4.4.6",
+ "clap 4.4.7",
 "config",
 "digest 0.10.7",
 "dirs 5.0.1",
@@ -2914,7 +2902,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "unsigned-varint",
 "utoipa",
 "utoipa-swagger-ui",
- "uuid 1.4.1",
+ "uuid 1.5.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -2950,10 +2938,10 @@ checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"

 [[package]]
 name = "explorer-api"
-version = "1.1.30"
+version = "1.1.31"
 dependencies = [
 "chrono",
- "clap 4.4.6",
+ "clap 4.4.7",
 "dotenvy",
 "humantime-serde",
 "isocountry",
@@ -3006,7 +2994,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "extension-storage"
-version = "1.2.0-rc.10"
+version = "1.2.4-rc.2"
 dependencies = [
 "bip39",
 "console_error_panic_hook",
@@ -3867,6 +3855,20 @@ dependencies = [
 "itoa",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "http-api-client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+ "wasmtimer",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http-body"
 version = "0.4.5"
@@ -3878,6 +3880,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "pin-project-lite 0.2.13",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "http-range-header"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "add0ab9360ddbd88cfeb3bd9574a1d85cfdfa14db10b3e21d3700dbc4328758f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -4013,16 +4021,16 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
-version = "0.1.57"
+version = "0.1.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2fad5b825842d2b38bd206f3e81d6957625fd7f0a361e345c30e01a0ae2dd613"
+checksum = "8326b86b6cff230b97d0d312a6c40a60726df3332e721f72a1b035f451663b20"
 dependencies = [
 "android_system_properties",
 "core-foundation-sys",
 "iana-time-zone-haiku",
 "js-sys",
 "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows 0.48.0",
+ "windows-core",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -4104,7 +4112,7 @@ checksum = "bfbcff6ae46750b15cc594bfd277b188cbddcfdc1817848f97f03f26f8625b9e"
 dependencies = [
 "cfg-if",
 "js-sys",
- "uuid 1.4.1",
+ "uuid 1.5.0",
 "wasm-bindgen",
 "wasm-bindgen-futures",
 "web-sys",
@@ -4274,6 +4282,15 @@ version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "28b29a3cd74f0f4598934efe3aeba42bae0eb4680554128851ebbecb02af14e6"

+[[package]]
+name = "ipnetwork"
+version = "0.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8eca9f51da27bc908ef3dd85c21e1bbba794edaf94d7841e37356275b82d31e"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnetwork"
 version = "0.18.0"
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+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "utoipa",
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+ "nym-ip-packet-router",
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+ "log",
+ "nym-bin-common",
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+ "nym-exit-policy",
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 "sha1",
 "thiserror",
@@ -11369,6 +11560,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "subtle 2.4.1",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "unsafe-libyaml"
+version = "0.2.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f28467d3e1d3c6586d8f25fa243f544f5800fec42d97032474e17222c2b75cfa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unsigned-varint"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -11478,6 +11675,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "84614caa239fb25b2bb373a52859ffd94605ceb256eeb1d63436325cf81e3653"
 dependencies = [
 "actix-web",
+ "axum",
 "mime_guess",
 "regex",
 "rust-embed",
@@ -11495,9 +11693,9 @@ checksum = "bc5cf98d8186244414c848017f0e2676b3fcb46807f6668a97dfe67359a3c4b7"

 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79daa5ed5740825c40b389c5e50312b9c86df53fccd33f281df655642b43869d"
+checksum = "88ad59a7560b41a70d191093a945f0b87bc1deeda46fb237479708a1d6b6cdfc"
 dependencies = [
 "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "serde",
@@ -11940,7 +12138,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokio",
 "turn",
 "url",
- "uuid 1.4.1",
+ "uuid 1.5.0",
 "waitgroup",
 "webrtc-mdns",
 "webrtc-util",
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ members = [
    "common/crypto",
    "common/dkg",
    "common/execute",
-    "common/http-requests",
+    "common/exit-policy",
+    "common/http-api-client",
    "common/inclusion-probability",
    "common/ledger",
    "common/mixnode-common",
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ members = [
    "common/wasm/storage",
    "common/wasm/utils",
    "common/wireguard",
+    "common/wireguard-types",
    "explorer-api",
    "explorer-api/explorer-api-requests",
    "explorer-api/explorer-client",
@@ -88,11 +90,14 @@ members = [
    "sdk/lib/socks5-listener",
    "sdk/rust/nym-sdk",
    "service-providers/common",
+    "service-providers/ip-packet-router",
    "service-providers/network-requester",
    "service-providers/network-statistics",
    "nym-api",
    "nym-browser-extension/storage",
    "nym-api/nym-api-requests",
+    "nym-node",
+    "nym-node/nym-node-requests",
    "nym-outfox",
    "tools/internal/ssl-inject",
    "tools/internal/sdk-version-bump",
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ members = [
    "tools/nym-nr-query",
    "tools/ts-rs-cli",
    "wasm/client",
-    "wasm/full-nym-wasm",
+#    "wasm/full-nym-wasm",
    "wasm/mix-fetch",
    "wasm/node-tester",
 ]
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ default-members = [
    "explorer-api",
 ]

-exclude = ["explorer", "contracts", "nym-wallet", "nym-connect/mobile/src-tauri", "nym-connect/desktop", "cpu-cycles"]
+exclude = ["explorer", "contracts", "nym-wallet", "nym-connect/mobile/src-tauri", "nym-connect/desktop", "nym-vpn/ui/src-tauri", "cpu-cycles"]

 [workspace.package]
 authors = ["Nym Technologies SA"]
@@ -129,7 +134,11 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.71"
 async-trait = "0.1.68"
+axum = "0.6.20"
+base64 = "0.21.4"
 bip39 = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["zeroize"] }
+boringtun = { git = "https://github.com/cloudflare/boringtun", rev = "e1d6360d6ab4529fc942a078e4c54df107abe2ba" }
+clap = "4.4.7"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-derive = "=1.3.0"
 cosmwasm-schema = "=1.3.0"
@@ -151,22 +160,27 @@ dotenvy = "0.15.6"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 generic-array = "0.14.7"
 getrandom = "0.2.10"
+hyper = "0.14.27"
 k256 = "0.13"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-reqwest = "0.11.18"
+reqwest = "0.11.22"
+schemars = "0.8.1"
 serde = "1.0.152"
 serde_json = "1.0.91"
 tap = "1.0.1"
 tendermint-rpc = "0.32" # same version as used by cosmrs
-thiserror = "1.0.38"
+thiserror = "1.0.48"
 tokio = "1.24.1"
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.20.1"
+tracing = "0.1.37"
 tungstenite = { version = "0.20.1", default-features = false }
 ts-rs = "7.0.0"
+utoipa = "3.5.0"
+utoipa-swagger-ui = "3.1.5"
 url = "2.4"
 zeroize = "1.6.0"

@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@ $(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,contracts,contracts,--lib --target wasm32-unkn
 $(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,wallet,nym-wallet))
 $(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,connect,nym-connect/desktop))

-# OVERRIDE: wasm-opt fails if the binary has been built with the latest rustc.
-# Pin to the last working version.
-contracts_BUILD_RELEASE_TOOLCHAIN := +1.69.0
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SDK
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ sdk-wasm-build:
 	$(MAKE) -C wasm/client
 	$(MAKE) -C wasm/node-tester
 	$(MAKE) -C wasm/mix-fetch
-	$(MAKE) -C wasm/full-nym-wasm
+	#$(MAKE) -C wasm/full-nym-wasm

 # run this from npm/yarn to ensure tools are in the path, e.g. yarn build:sdk from root of repo
 sdk-typescript-build:
@@ -118,7 +114,7 @@ sdk-typescript-build:
 	yarn --cwd sdk/typescript/codegen/contract-clients build

 # NOTE: These targets are part of the main workspace (but not as wasm32-unknown-unknown)
-WASM_CRATES = extension-storage nym-client-wasm nym-node-tester-wasm nym-wasm-sdk
+WASM_CRATES = extension-storage nym-client-wasm nym-node-tester-wasm

 sdk-wasm-test:
 	#cargo test $(addprefix -p , $(WASM_CRATES)) --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -- -Dwarnings
@@ -144,7 +140,7 @@ contracts: build-release-contracts wasm-opt-contracts

 wasm-opt-contracts:
 	for contract in $(CONTRACTS_WASM); do \
-	  wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/$$contract -o $(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/$$contract; \
+	  wasm-opt --signext-lowering -Os $(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/$$contract -o $(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/$$contract; \
 	done

 # Consider adding 's' to make plural consistent (beware: used in github workflow)
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ Node, node operator and delegator rewards are determined according to the princi
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\lambda_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}\lambda_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|ratio of stake operator has pledged to their node to the token circulating supply.
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\omega_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}\omega_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|fraction of total effort undertaken by node `i`, set to `1/k`.
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=k#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}k#gh-dark-mode-only">|number of nodes stakeholders are incentivised to create, set by the validators, a matter of governance. Currently determined by the `reward set` size, and set to 720 in testnet Sandbox.
-|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\alpha#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}\alpha#gh-dark-mode-only">|Sybil attack resistance parameter - the higher this parameter is set the stronger the reduction in competitiveness gets for a Sybil attacker.
-|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PM_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}PM_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|declared profit margin of operator `i`, defaults to 10% in.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\alpha#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}\alpha#gh-dark-mode-only">|A Sybil attack resistance parameter - the higher this parameter is set, the stronger the reduction in competitiveness for a Sybil attacker.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PM_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}PM_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|declared profit margin of operator `i`, defaults to 10%.
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PF_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}PF_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|uptime of node `i`, scaled to 0 - 1, for the rewarding epoch
-|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PP_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}PP_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|cost of operating node `i` for the duration of the rewarding epoch, set to 40 NYMT.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PP_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}PP_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|cost of operating node `i` for the duration of the rewarding epoch, set to 40 NYMs.

 Node reward for node `i` is determined as:

@@ -1,10 +1,90 @@
 Critical bug or security issue 💥

-If you're here because you're trying to figure out how to notify us of a security issue, go to Discord, and alert the core engineers:
+If you're here because you're trying to figure out how to notify us of a security issue, send us a PGP encrypted email to:

-    Dave Hrycyszyn futurechimp#5430
-    Jedrzej Stuczynski "Jedrzej | Nym#5666"
-    Fran Arbanas | franarbanas#0995
-    Mark Sinclair | marknym#8088 
+```
+security@nymte.ch
+```
+
+Encrypted with our public key which is available below in plain text and also on keyservers:
+
+```
+pub   rsa4096 2023-10-30 [SC] [expire : 2026-10-29]
+      24B2592E801A5AAA8666C8BA7C3C727F05090550
+uid          [  ultime ] Security Nym Technologies <security@nymte.ch>
+sub   rsa4096 2023-10-30 [E] [expire : 2026-10-29]
+
+```
+
+The fingerprint of the key is on the second line above.
+
+If you need to chat __urgently__ to our team for a __critical__ security issue:
+
+go to Matrix, and alert the core engineers with a private direct message:
+
+    Jedrzej Stuczynski @jstuczyn:nymtech.chat
+    Mark Sinclair @mark:nymtech.chat
+    Raphaël Walther @raphael:nymtech.chat

 Please avoid opening public issues on GitHub that contain information about a potential security vulnerability as this makes it difficult to reduce the impact and harm of valid security issues.
+
+If you don't know what Matrix is, you can follow this documentation to create an account on this federation of instant messaging servers:
+
+[Matrix for Instant Messaging](https://matrix.org/docs/chat_basics/matrix-for-im/)
+
+
+
+```
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+-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+```
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client"
-version = "1.1.30"
+version = "1.1.31"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
 description = "Implementation of the Nym Client"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true } # bunch of futures stuff, however, now that I thi
 # and the single instance of abortable we have should really be refactored anyway
 url = { workspace = true }

-clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dirs = "4.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = { workspace = true } # self explanatory
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ tokio-tungstenite = { workspace = true }
 ## internal
 nym-bandwidth-controller = { path = "../../common/bandwidth-controller" }
 nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common", features = ["output_format"] }
-nym-client-core = { path = "../../common/client-core", features = ["fs-surb-storage"] }
+nym-client-core = { path = "../../common/client-core", features = ["fs-surb-storage", "cli"] }
 nym-coconut-interface = { path = "../../common/coconut-interface" }
 nym-config = { path = "../../common/config" }
 nym-credential-storage = { path = "../../common/credential-storage" }
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 use crate::client::config::persistence::ClientPaths;
 use crate::client::config::template::CONFIG_TEMPLATE;
 use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
+use nym_client_core::cli_helpers::client_init::ClientConfig;
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::CommonClientPaths;
 use nym_config::defaults::DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT;
 use nym_config::{
    must_get_home, read_config_from_toml_file, save_formatted_config_to_file, NymConfigTemplate,
@@ -72,6 +74,24 @@ impl NymConfigTemplate for Config {
    }
 }

+impl ClientConfig for Config {
+    fn common_paths(&self) -> &CommonClientPaths {
+        &self.storage_paths.common_paths
+    }
+
+    fn core_config(&self) -> &BaseClientConfig {
+        &self.base
+    }
+
+    fn default_store_location(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.default_location()
+    }
+
+    fn save_to<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
+        save_formatted_config_to_file(self, path)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Config {
    pub fn new<S: AsRef<str>>(id: S) -> Self {
        Config {
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
 use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
 use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::old_v1_1_20_2::CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2;
 use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ConfigV1_1_20_2 as BaseConfigV1_1_20_2;
+use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_30::ConfigV1_1_30 as BaseConfigV1_1_30;
 use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
 use nym_config::read_config_from_toml_file;
 use nym_network_defaults::DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ impl ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
    pub fn upgrade(self) -> Result<(Config, GatewayEndpointConfig), ClientError> {
        let gateway_details = self.base.client.gateway_endpoint.clone().into();
        let config = Config {
-            base: self.base.into(),
+            base: BaseConfigV1_1_30::from(self.base).into(),
            socket: self.socket.into(),
            storage_paths: ClientPaths {
                common_paths: self.storage_paths.common_paths.upgrade_default()?,
@@ -12,55 +12,49 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use clap::Args;
 use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
-use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::OnDiskGatewayDetails;
-use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
-use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
-use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
-use nym_client_core::init::helpers::current_gateways;
-use nym_client_core::init::types::{GatewayDetails, GatewaySelectionSpecification, GatewaySetup};
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
-use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
-use nym_topology::NymTopology;
+use nym_client_core::cli_helpers::client_init::{
+    initialise_client, CommonClientInitArgs, InitResultsWithConfig, InitialisableClient,
+};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::fs;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::{fs, io};
-use tap::TapFallible;
+
+struct NativeClientInit;
+
+impl InitialisableClient for NativeClientInit {
+    const NAME: &'static str = "native";
+    type Error = ClientError;
+    type InitArgs = Init;
+    type Config = Config;
+
+    fn try_upgrade_outdated_config(id: &str) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        try_upgrade_config(id)
+    }
+
+    fn initialise_storage_paths(id: &str) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        fs::create_dir_all(default_data_directory(id))?;
+        fs::create_dir_all(default_config_directory(id))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn default_config_path(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        default_config_filepath(id)
+    }
+
+    fn construct_config(init_args: &Self::InitArgs) -> Self::Config {
+        override_config(
+            Config::new(&init_args.common_args.id),
+            OverrideConfig::from(init_args.clone()),
+        )
+    }
+}

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Init {
-    /// Id of the nym-mixnet-client we want to create config for.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    id: String,
-
-    /// Id of the gateway we are going to connect to.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,
-
-    /// Specifies whether the new gateway should be determined based by latency as opposed to being chosen
-    /// uniformly.
-    #[clap(long, conflicts_with = "gateway")]
-    latency_based_selection: bool,
-
-    /// Force register gateway. WARNING: this will overwrite any existing keys for the given id,
-    /// potentially causing loss of access.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    force_register_gateway: bool,
-
-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nyxd validators
-    #[clap(long, alias = "nyxd_validators", value_delimiter = ',', hide = true)]
-    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
-
-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
-    #[clap(
-        long,
-        alias = "api_validators",
-        value_delimiter = ',',
-        group = "network"
-    )]
-    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
-    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
+    #[command(flatten)]
+    common_args: CommonClientInitArgs,

    /// Whether to not start the websocket
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -74,40 +68,28 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
    #[clap(long)]
    host: Option<IpAddr>,

-    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
-    #[clap(long, group = "network", hide = true)]
-    custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
-
-    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
-    /// modify config post init
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    fastmode: bool,
-
-    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    no_cover: bool,
-
-    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
-    /// with bandwidth credential requirement.
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
-
    #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = OutputFormat::default())]
    output: OutputFormat,
 }

+impl AsRef<CommonClientInitArgs> for Init {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &CommonClientInitArgs {
+        &self.common_args
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
    fn from(init_config: Init) -> Self {
        OverrideConfig {
-            nym_apis: init_config.nym_apis,
+            nym_apis: init_config.common_args.nym_apis,
            disable_socket: init_config.disable_socket,
            port: init_config.port,
            host: init_config.host,
-            fastmode: init_config.fastmode,
-            no_cover: init_config.no_cover,
+            fastmode: init_config.common_args.fastmode,
+            no_cover: init_config.common_args.no_cover,

-            nyxd_urls: init_config.nyxd_urls,
-            enabled_credentials_mode: init_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
+            nyxd_urls: init_config.common_args.nyxd_urls,
+            enabled_credentials_mode: init_config.common_args.enabled_credentials_mode,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -121,15 +103,11 @@ pub struct InitResults {
 }

 impl InitResults {
-    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
+    fn new(res: InitResultsWithConfig<Config>) -> Self {
        Self {
-            client_core: nym_client_core::init::types::InitResults::new(
-                &config.base,
-                address,
-                gateway,
-            ),
-            client_listening_port: config.socket.listening_port,
-            client_address: address.to_string(),
+            client_address: res.init_results.address.to_string(),
+            client_core: res.init_results,
+            client_listening_port: res.config.socket.listening_port,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -142,97 +120,14 @@ impl Display for InitResults {
    }
 }

-fn init_paths(id: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
-    fs::create_dir_all(default_data_directory(id))?;
-    fs::create_dir_all(default_config_directory(id))
-}
-
 pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
    eprintln!("Initialising client...");

-    let id = &args.id;
+    let output = args.output;
+    let res = initialise_client::<NativeClientInit>(args).await?;

-    let already_init = if default_config_filepath(id).exists() {
-        // in case we're using old config, try to upgrade it
-        // (if we're using the current version, it's a no-op)
-        try_upgrade_config(id)?;
-        eprintln!("Client \"{id}\" was already initialised before");
-        true
-    } else {
-        init_paths(id)?;
-        false
-    };
-
-    // Usually you only register with the gateway on the first init, however you can force
-    // re-registering if wanted.
-    let user_wants_force_register = args.force_register_gateway;
-    if user_wants_force_register {
-        eprintln!("Instructed to force registering gateway. This will overwrite keys!");
-    }
-
-    // If the client was already initialized, don't generate new keys and don't re-register with
-    // the gateway (because this would create a new shared key).
-    // Unless the user really wants to.
-    let register_gateway = !already_init || user_wants_force_register;
-
-    // Attempt to use a user-provided gateway, if possible
-    let user_chosen_gateway_id = args.gateway;
-    let selection_spec = GatewaySelectionSpecification::new(
-        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
-        Some(args.latency_based_selection),
-        false,
-    );
-
-    // Load and potentially override config
-    let config = override_config(Config::new(id), OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()));
-
-    // Setup gateway by either registering a new one, or creating a new config from the selected
-    // one but with keys kept, or reusing the gateway configuration.
-    let key_store = OnDiskKeys::new(config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys.clone());
-    let details_store =
-        OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&config.storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
-
-    let available_gateways = if let Some(hardcoded_topology) = args
-        .custom_mixnet
-        .map(NymTopology::new_from_file)
-        .transpose()?
-    {
-        // hardcoded_topology
-        hardcoded_topology.get_gateways()
-    } else {
-        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-        current_gateways(&mut rng, &config.base.client.nym_api_urls).await?
-    };
-
-    let gateway_setup = GatewaySetup::New {
-        specification: selection_spec,
-        available_gateways,
-        overwrite_data: register_gateway,
-    };
-
-    let init_details =
-        nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway(gateway_setup, &key_store, &details_store)
-            .await
-            .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?;
-
-    let config_save_location = config.default_location();
-    config.save_to_default_location().tap_err(|_| {
-        log::error!("Failed to save the config file");
-    })?;
-    eprintln!(
-        "Saved configuration file to {}",
-        config_save_location.display()
-    );
-
-    let address = init_details.client_address()?;
-
-    eprintln!("Client configuration completed.\n");
-
-    let GatewayDetails::Configured(gateway_details) = init_details.gateway_details else {
-        return Err(ClientCoreError::UnexpectedPersistedCustomGatewayDetails)?;
-    };
-    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address, &gateway_details);
-    println!("{}", args.output.format(&init_results));
+    let init_results = InitResults::new(res);
+    println!("{}", output.format(&init_results));

    Ok(())
 }
@@ -10,35 +10,14 @@ use crate::{
 use clap::Args;
 use log::*;
 use nym_bin_common::version_checker::is_minor_version_compatible;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use nym_client_core::cli_helpers::client_run::CommonClientRunArgs;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
-use std::path::PathBuf;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Run {
-    /// Id of the nym-mixnet-client we want to run.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    id: String,
-
-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nyxd validators
-    #[clap(long, alias = "nyxd_validators", value_delimiter = ',', hide = true)]
-    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
-
-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
-    #[clap(
-        long,
-        alias = "api_validators",
-        value_delimiter = ',',
-        group = "network"
-    )]
-    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
-    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
-
-    /// Id of the gateway we want to connect to. If overridden, it is user's responsibility to
-    /// ensure prior registration happened
-    #[clap(long)]
-    gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,
+    #[command(flatten)]
+    common_args: CommonClientRunArgs,

    /// Whether to not start the websocket
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -51,37 +30,19 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    /// Ip for the socket (if applicable) to listen for requests.
    #[clap(long)]
    host: Option<IpAddr>,
-
-    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
-    #[clap(long, group = "network", hide = true)]
-    custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
-
-    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
-    /// modify config post init
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    fastmode: bool,
-
-    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    no_cover: bool,
-
-    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
-    /// with bandwidth credential requirement.
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
 }

 impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
    fn from(run_config: Run) -> Self {
        OverrideConfig {
-            nym_apis: run_config.nym_apis,
+            nym_apis: run_config.common_args.nym_apis,
            disable_socket: run_config.disable_socket,
            port: run_config.port,
            host: run_config.host,
-            fastmode: run_config.fastmode,
-            no_cover: run_config.no_cover,
-            nyxd_urls: run_config.nyxd_urls,
-            enabled_credentials_mode: run_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
+            fastmode: run_config.common_args.fastmode,
+            no_cover: run_config.common_args.no_cover,
+            nyxd_urls: run_config.common_args.nyxd_urls,
+            enabled_credentials_mode: run_config.common_args.enabled_credentials_mode,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -106,9 +67,9 @@ fn version_check(cfg: &Config) -> bool {
 }

 pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Run) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    eprintln!("Starting client {}...", args.id);
+    eprintln!("Starting client {}...", args.common_args.id);

-    let mut config = try_load_current_config(&args.id)?;
+    let mut config = try_load_current_config(&args.common_args.id)?;
    config = override_config(config, OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()));

    if !version_check(&config) {
@@ -116,7 +77,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Run) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync
        return Err(Box::new(ClientError::FailedLocalVersionCheck));
    }

-    SocketClient::new(config, args.custom_mixnet)
+    SocketClient::new(config, args.common_args.custom_mixnet)
        .run_socket_forever()
        .await
 }
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.30"
+version = "1.1.31"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 description = "A SOCKS5 localhost proxy that converts incoming messages to Sphinx and sends them to a Nym address"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.56"

 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ url = { workspace = true }

 # internal
 nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common", features = ["output_format"] }
-nym-client-core = { path = "../../common/client-core", features = ["fs-surb-storage"] }
+nym-client-core = { path = "../../common/client-core", features = ["fs-surb-storage", "cli"] }
 nym-coconut-interface = { path = "../../common/coconut-interface" }
 nym-config = { path = "../../common/config" }
 nym-credentials = { path = "../../common/credentials" }
@@ -11,26 +11,50 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use clap::Args;
 use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
-use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::OnDiskGatewayDetails;
-use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
-use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
-use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
-use nym_client_core::init::helpers::current_gateways;
-use nym_client_core::init::types::{GatewayDetails, GatewaySelectionSpecification, GatewaySetup};
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use nym_client_core::cli_helpers::client_init::{
+    initialise_client, CommonClientInitArgs, InitResultsWithConfig, InitialisableClient,
+};
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
-use nym_topology::NymTopology;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::fs;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::{fs, io};
-use tap::TapFallible;
+
+struct Socks5ClientInit;
+
+impl InitialisableClient for Socks5ClientInit {
+    const NAME: &'static str = "socks5";
+    type Error = Socks5ClientError;
+    type InitArgs = Init;
+    type Config = Config;
+
+    fn try_upgrade_outdated_config(id: &str) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        try_upgrade_config(id)
+    }
+
+    fn initialise_storage_paths(id: &str) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        fs::create_dir_all(default_data_directory(id))?;
+        fs::create_dir_all(default_config_directory(id))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn default_config_path(id: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        default_config_filepath(id)
+    }
+
+    fn construct_config(init_args: &Self::InitArgs) -> Self::Config {
+        override_config(
+            Config::new(&init_args.common_args.id, &init_args.provider.to_string()),
+            OverrideConfig::from(init_args.clone()),
+        )
+    }
+}

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Init {
-    /// Id of the nym-mixnet-client we want to create config for.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    id: String,
+    #[command(flatten)]
+    common_args: CommonClientInitArgs,

    /// Address of the socks5 provider to send messages to.
    #[clap(long)]
@@ -45,72 +69,37 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
    #[clap(long, alias = "use_anonymous_sender_tag")]
    use_reply_surbs: Option<bool>,

-    /// Id of the gateway we are going to connect to.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,
-
-    /// Specifies whether the new gateway should be determined based by latency as opposed to being chosen
-    /// uniformly.
-    #[clap(long, conflicts_with = "gateway")]
-    latency_based_selection: bool,
-
-    /// Force register gateway. WARNING: this will overwrite any existing keys for the given id,
-    /// potentially causing loss of access.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    force_register_gateway: bool,
-
-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nyxd validators
-    #[clap(long, alias = "nyxd_validators", value_delimiter = ',', hide = true)]
-    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
-
-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
-    #[clap(
-        long,
-        alias = "api_validators",
-        value_delimiter = ',',
-        group = "network"
-    )]
-    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
-    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
-
    /// Port for the socket to listen on in all subsequent runs
    #[clap(short, long)]
    port: Option<u16>,

-    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
-    #[clap(long, group = "network", hide = true)]
-    custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
-
-    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
-    /// modify config post init
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    fastmode: bool,
-
-    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    no_cover: bool,
-
-    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
-    /// with bandwidth credential requirement.
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
+    /// The custom host on which the socks5 client will be listening for requests
+    #[clap(long)]
+    host: Option<IpAddr>,

    #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = OutputFormat::default())]
    output: OutputFormat,
 }

+impl AsRef<CommonClientInitArgs> for Init {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &CommonClientInitArgs {
+        &self.common_args
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
    fn from(init_config: Init) -> Self {
        OverrideConfig {
-            nym_apis: init_config.nym_apis,
+            nym_apis: init_config.common_args.nym_apis,
+            ip: init_config.host,
            port: init_config.port,
            use_anonymous_replies: init_config.use_reply_surbs,
-            fastmode: init_config.fastmode,
-            no_cover: init_config.no_cover,
+            fastmode: init_config.common_args.fastmode,
+            no_cover: init_config.common_args.no_cover,
            geo_routing: None,
            medium_toggle: false,
-            nyxd_urls: init_config.nyxd_urls,
-            enabled_credentials_mode: init_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
+            nyxd_urls: init_config.common_args.nyxd_urls,
+            enabled_credentials_mode: init_config.common_args.enabled_credentials_mode,
            outfox: false,
        }
    }
@@ -120,20 +109,16 @@ impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
 pub struct InitResults {
    #[serde(flatten)]
    client_core: nym_client_core::init::types::InitResults,
-    socks5_listening_port: u16,
+    socks5_listening_address: SocketAddr,
    client_address: String,
 }

 impl InitResults {
-    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
+    fn new(res: InitResultsWithConfig<Config>) -> Self {
        Self {
-            client_core: nym_client_core::init::types::InitResults::new(
-                &config.core.base,
-                address,
-                gateway,
-            ),
-            socks5_listening_port: config.core.socks5.listening_port,
-            client_address: address.to_string(),
+            client_address: res.init_results.address.to_string(),
+            client_core: res.init_results,
+            socks5_listening_address: res.config.core.socks5.bind_adddress,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -141,106 +126,23 @@ impl InitResults {
 impl Display for InitResults {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
        writeln!(f, "{}", self.client_core)?;
-        writeln!(f, "SOCKS5 listening port: {}", self.socks5_listening_port)?;
+        writeln!(
+            f,
+            "SOCKS5 listening address: {}",
+            self.socks5_listening_address
+        )?;
        write!(f, "Address of this client: {}", self.client_address)
    }
 }

-fn init_paths(id: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
-    fs::create_dir_all(default_data_directory(id))?;
-    fs::create_dir_all(default_config_directory(id))
-}
-
 pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
    eprintln!("Initialising client...");

-    let id = &args.id;
-    let provider_address = &args.provider;
+    let output = args.output;
+    let res = initialise_client::<Socks5ClientInit>(args).await?;

-    let already_init = if default_config_filepath(id).exists() {
-        // in case we're using old config, try to upgrade it
-        // (if we're using the current version, it's a no-op)
-        try_upgrade_config(id)?;
-        eprintln!("SOCKS5 client \"{id}\" was already initialised before");
-        true
-    } else {
-        init_paths(id)?;
-        false
-    };
-
-    // Usually you only register with the gateway on the first init, however you can force
-    // re-registering if wanted.
-    let user_wants_force_register = args.force_register_gateway;
-    if user_wants_force_register {
-        eprintln!("Instructed to force registering gateway. This might overwrite keys!");
-    }
-
-    // If the client was already initialized, don't generate new keys and don't re-register with
-    // the gateway (because this would create a new shared key).
-    // Unless the user really wants to.
-    let register_gateway = !already_init || user_wants_force_register;
-
-    // Attempt to use a user-provided gateway, if possible
-    let user_chosen_gateway_id = args.gateway;
-    let selection_spec = GatewaySelectionSpecification::new(
-        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
-        Some(args.latency_based_selection),
-        false,
-    );
-
-    // Load and potentially override config
-    let config = override_config(
-        Config::new(id, &provider_address.to_string()),
-        OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()),
-    );
-
-    // Setup gateway by either registering a new one, or creating a new config from the selected
-    // one but with keys kept, or reusing the gateway configuration.
-    let key_store = OnDiskKeys::new(config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys.clone());
-    let details_store =
-        OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&config.storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
-
-    let available_gateways = if let Some(hardcoded_topology) = args
-        .custom_mixnet
-        .map(NymTopology::new_from_file)
-        .transpose()?
-    {
-        // hardcoded_topology
-        hardcoded_topology.get_gateways()
-    } else {
-        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-        current_gateways(&mut rng, &config.core.base.client.nym_api_urls).await?
-    };
-
-    let gateway_setup = GatewaySetup::New {
-        specification: selection_spec,
-        available_gateways,
-        overwrite_data: register_gateway,
-    };
-
-    let init_details =
-        nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway(gateway_setup, &key_store, &details_store)
-            .await
-            .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?;
-
-    // TODO: ask the service provider we specified for its interface version and set it in the config
-
-    let config_save_location = config.default_location();
-    config.save_to_default_location().tap_err(|_| {
-        log::error!("Failed to save the config file");
-    })?;
-    eprintln!(
-        "Saved configuration file to {}",
-        config_save_location.display()
-    );
-
-    let address = init_details.client_address()?;
-
-    let GatewayDetails::Configured(gateway_details) = init_details.gateway_details else {
-        return Err(ClientCoreError::UnexpectedPersistedCustomGatewayDetails)?;
-    };
-    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address, &gateway_details);
-    println!("{}", args.output.format(&init_results));
+    let init_results = InitResults::new(res);
+    println!("{}", output.format(&init_results));

    Ok(())
 }
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13;
 use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20::ConfigV1_1_20;
 use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ConfigV1_1_20_2;
-use crate::config::{BaseClientConfig, Config};
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_30::ConfigV1_1_30;
+use crate::config::{BaseClientConfig, Config, SocksClientPaths};
 use crate::error::Socks5ClientError;
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
 use nym_config::OptionalSet;
 use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::net::IpAddr;

 pub(crate) mod build_info;
 pub mod init;
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Commands {
 // Configuration that can be overridden.
 pub(crate) struct OverrideConfig {
    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
+    ip: Option<IpAddr>,
    port: Option<u16>,
    use_anonymous_replies: Option<bool>,
    fastmode: bool,
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ pub(crate) fn override_config(config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
        )
        .with_optional(Config::with_anonymous_replies, args.use_anonymous_replies)
        .with_optional(Config::with_port, args.port)
+        .with_optional(Config::with_ip, args.ip)
        .with_optional_base_custom_env(
            BaseClientConfig::with_custom_nym_apis,
            args.nym_apis,
@@ -164,12 +168,11 @@ pub(crate) fn override_config(config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
 }

 fn persist_gateway_details(
-    config: &Config,
+    storage_paths: &SocksClientPaths,
    details: GatewayEndpointConfig,
 ) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
-    let details_store =
-        OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&config.storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
-    let keys_store = OnDiskKeys::new(config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys.clone());
+    let details_store = OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
+    let keys_store = OnDiskKeys::new(storage_paths.common_paths.keys.clone());
    let shared_keys = keys_store.ephemeral_load_gateway_keys().map_err(|source| {
        Socks5ClientError::ClientCoreError(ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
            source: Box::new(source),
@@ -199,9 +202,10 @@ fn try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {

    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_20 = old_config.into();
    let updated_step2: ConfigV1_1_20_2 = updated_step1.into();
-    let (updated, gateway_config) = updated_step2.upgrade()?;
-    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+    let (updated_step3, gateway_config) = updated_step2.upgrade()?;
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated_step3.storage_paths, gateway_config)?;

+    let updated: Config = updated_step3.into();
    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
    Ok(true)
 }
@@ -219,9 +223,10 @@ fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");

    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_20_2 = old_config.into();
-    let (updated, gateway_config) = updated_step1.upgrade()?;
-    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+    let (updated_step2, gateway_config) = updated_step1.upgrade()?;
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated_step2.storage_paths, gateway_config)?;

+    let updated: Config = updated_step2.into();
    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
    Ok(true)
 }
@@ -236,9 +241,25 @@ fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.20_2 config template.");
    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");

-    let (updated, gateway_config) = old_config.upgrade()?;
-    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+    let (updated_step1, gateway_config) = old_config.upgrade()?;
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated_step1.storage_paths, gateway_config)?;

+    let updated: Config = updated_step1.into();
+    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
+    Ok(true)
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_30_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.30 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.31)
+    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_30::read_from_default_path(id) else {
+        // if we failed to load it, there might have been nothing to upgrade
+        // or maybe it was an even older file. in either way. just ignore it and carry on with our day
+        return Ok(false);
+    };
+    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.30 config template.");
+    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");
+
+    let updated: Config = old_config.into();
    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
    Ok(true)
 }
@@ -253,6 +274,9 @@ fn try_upgrade_config(id: &str) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
    if try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id)? {
        return Ok(());
    }
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_30_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }

    Ok(())
 }
@@ -10,18 +10,17 @@ use crate::{
 use clap::Args;
 use log::*;
 use nym_bin_common::version_checker::is_minor_version_compatible;
+use nym_client_core::cli_helpers::client_run::CommonClientRunArgs;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::OnDiskPersistent;
 use nym_client_core::client::topology_control::geo_aware_provider::CountryGroup;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_socks5_client_core::NymClient;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::net::IpAddr;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Run {
-    /// Id of the nym-mixnet-client we want to run.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    id: String,
+    #[command(flatten)]
+    common_args: CommonClientRunArgs,

    /// Specifies whether this client is going to use an anonymous sender tag for communication with the service provider.
    /// While this is going to hide its actual address information, it will make the actual communication
@@ -36,35 +35,13 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    #[clap(long)]
    provider: Option<Recipient>,

-    /// Id of the gateway we want to connect to. If overridden, it is user's responsibility to
-    /// ensure prior registration happened
-    #[clap(long)]
-    gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,
-
-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nyxd validators
-    #[clap(long, alias = "nyxd_validators", value_delimiter = ',', hide = true)]
-    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
-
-    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the Nym APIs
-    #[clap(long, value_delimiter = ',', group = "network")]
-    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
-
    /// Port for the socket to listen on
    #[clap(short, long)]
    port: Option<u16>,

-    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
-    #[clap(long, group = "network", group = "routing", hide = true)]
-    custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
-
-    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
-    /// modify config post init
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    fastmode: bool,
-
-    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    no_cover: bool,
+    /// The custom host on which the socks5 client will be listening for requests
+    #[clap(long)]
+    host: Option<IpAddr>,

    /// Set geo-aware mixnode selection when sending mixnet traffic, for experiments only.
    #[clap(long, hide = true, value_parser = validate_country_group, group="routing")]
@@ -75,11 +52,6 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    medium_toggle: bool,

-    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
-    /// with bandwidth credential requirement.
-    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
-    enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
-
    #[clap(long, hide = true, action)]
    outfox: bool,
 }
@@ -87,15 +59,16 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
 impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
    fn from(run_config: Run) -> Self {
        OverrideConfig {
-            nym_apis: run_config.nym_apis,
+            nym_apis: run_config.common_args.nym_apis,
+            ip: run_config.host,
            port: run_config.port,
            use_anonymous_replies: run_config.use_anonymous_replies,
-            fastmode: run_config.fastmode,
-            no_cover: run_config.no_cover,
+            fastmode: run_config.common_args.fastmode,
+            no_cover: run_config.common_args.no_cover,
            geo_routing: run_config.geo_routing,
            medium_toggle: run_config.medium_toggle,
-            nyxd_urls: run_config.nyxd_urls,
-            enabled_credentials_mode: run_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
+            nyxd_urls: run_config.common_args.nyxd_urls,
+            enabled_credentials_mode: run_config.common_args.enabled_credentials_mode,
            outfox: run_config.outfox,
        }
    }
@@ -130,9 +103,9 @@ fn version_check(cfg: &Config) -> bool {
 }

 pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Run) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    eprintln!("Starting client {}...", args.id);
+    eprintln!("Starting client {}...", args.common_args.id);

-    let mut config = try_load_current_config(&args.id)?;
+    let mut config = try_load_current_config(&args.common_args.id)?;
    config = override_config(config, OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()));

    if !version_check(&config) {
@@ -143,7 +116,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Run) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error +
    let storage =
        OnDiskPersistent::from_paths(config.storage_paths.common_paths, &config.core.base.debug)
            .await?;
-    NymClient::new(config.core, storage, args.custom_mixnet)
+    NymClient::new(config.core, storage, args.common_args.custom_mixnet)
        .run_forever()
        .await
 }
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::config::persistence::SocksClientPaths;
 use crate::config::template::CONFIG_TEMPLATE;
 use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
+use nym_client_core::cli_helpers::client_init::ClientConfig;
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::CommonClientPaths;
 use nym_config::{
    must_get_home, read_config_from_toml_file, save_formatted_config_to_file, NymConfigTemplate,
    DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR, DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME, DEFAULT_DATA_DIR, NYM_DIR,
@@ -11,15 +12,18 @@ use nym_config::{
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::io;
+use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::FromStr;

+pub use crate::config::persistence::SocksClientPaths;
 pub use nym_client_core::config::Config as BaseClientConfig;
 pub use nym_socks5_client_core::config::Config as CoreConfig;

 pub mod old_config_v1_1_13;
 pub mod old_config_v1_1_20;
 pub mod old_config_v1_1_20_2;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_30;
 mod persistence;
 mod template;

@@ -67,6 +71,24 @@ impl NymConfigTemplate for Config {
    }
 }

+impl ClientConfig for Config {
+    fn common_paths(&self) -> &CommonClientPaths {
+        &self.storage_paths.common_paths
+    }
+
+    fn core_config(&self) -> &BaseClientConfig {
+        &self.core.base
+    }
+
+    fn default_store_location(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.default_location()
+    }
+
+    fn save_to<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
+        save_formatted_config_to_file(self, path)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Config {
    pub fn new<S: AsRef<str>>(id: S, provider_mix_address: S) -> Self {
        Config {
@@ -102,8 +124,15 @@ impl Config {
        self.core.validate()
    }

+    #[must_use]
    pub fn with_port(mut self, port: u16) -> Self {
-        self.core.socks5.listening_port = port;
+        self.core = self.core.with_port(port);
+        self
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn with_ip(mut self, ip: IpAddr) -> Self {
+        self.core = self.core.with_ip(ip);
        self
    }

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_30::ConfigV1_1_30;
 use crate::{
-    config::{default_config_filepath, persistence::SocksClientPaths, Config},
+    config::{default_config_filepath, persistence::SocksClientPaths},
    error::Socks5ClientError,
 };
-
 use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
 use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::old_v1_1_20_2::CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2;
 use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ impl ConfigV1_1_20_2 {

    // in this upgrade, gateway endpoint configuration was moved out of the config file,
    // so its returned to be stored elsewhere.
-    pub fn upgrade(self) -> Result<(Config, GatewayEndpointConfig), Socks5ClientError> {
+    pub fn upgrade(self) -> Result<(ConfigV1_1_30, GatewayEndpointConfig), Socks5ClientError> {
        let gateway_details = self.core.base.client.gateway_endpoint.clone().into();
-        let config = Config {
+        let config = ConfigV1_1_30 {
            core: self.core.into(),
            storage_paths: SocksClientPaths {
                common_paths: self.storage_paths.common_paths.upgrade_default()?,
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::persistence::SocksClientPaths;
+use crate::config::{default_config_filepath, Config};
+use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
+use nym_config::read_config_from_toml_file;
+use nym_socks5_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_30::ConfigV1_1_30 as CoreConfigV1_1_30;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::io;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_30 {
+    pub core: CoreConfigV1_1_30,
+
+    // I'm leaving a landmine here for when the paths actually do change the next time,
+    // but propagating the change right now (in ALL clients) would be such a hassle...,
+    // so sorry for the next person looking at it : )
+    pub storage_paths: SocksClientPaths,
+
+    pub logging: LoggingSettings,
+}
+
+impl From<ConfigV1_1_30> for Config {
+    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_30) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            core: value.core.into(),
+            storage_paths: value.storage_paths,
+            logging: LoggingSettings::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ConfigV1_1_30 {
+    pub fn read_from_toml_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        read_config_from_toml_file(path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_from_default_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        Self::read_from_toml_file(default_config_filepath(id))
+    }
+}
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ gateway_details = '{{ storage_paths.gateway_details }}'
 # The mix address of the provider to which all requests are going to be sent.
 provider_mix_address = '{{ core.socks5.provider_mix_address }}'

-# The port on which the client will be listening for incoming requests
-listening_port = {{ core.socks5.listening_port }}
+# The address on which the client will be listening for incoming requests
+# (default: 127.0.0.1:1080)
+bind_adddress = '{{ core.socks5.bind_adddress }}'

 # Specifies whether this client is going to use an anonymous sender tag for communication with the service provider.
 # While this is going to hide its actual address information, it will make the actual communication
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 bip39 = { workspace = true }
 rand = "0.7.3"
-thiserror = "1.0"
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }

 nym-coconut-interface = { path = "../coconut-interface" }
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ repository = { workspace = true }

 [dependencies]
 atty = "0.2"
-clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 clap_complete = "4.0"
 clap_complete_fig = "4.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 semver = "0.11"
+schemars = { workspace = true, features = ["preserve_order"], optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }

@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.18.0", optional = true, features = [
    "isahc_collector_client",
 ] }
 tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.19.0", optional = true }
+utoipa = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.19.0", optional = true, features = ["rt-tokio"] }


@@ -42,7 +44,9 @@ vergen = { version = "=7.4.3", default-features = false, features = [

 [features]
 default = []
+openapi = ["utoipa"]
 output_format = ["serde_json"]
+bin_info_schema = ["schemars"]
 tracing = [
    "tracing-subscriber",
    "tracing-tree",
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ impl BinaryBuildInformation {
 }

 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", derive(utoipa::ToSchema))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "bin_info_schema", derive(schemars::JsonSchema))]
 pub struct BinaryBuildInformationOwned {
    /// Provides the name of the binary, i.e. the content of `CARGO_PKG_NAME` environmental variable.
    pub binary_name: String,
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ rust-version = "1.66"
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 base64 = "0.21.2"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
+clap = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 dashmap = { workspace = true }
 dirs = "4.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlite", "macro

 [features]
 default = []
+cli = ["clap"]
 fs-surb-storage = ["sqlx"]
 wasm = ["nym-gateway-client/wasm"]

@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::disk_persistence::CommonClientPaths;
+use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
+use crate::{
+    client::{
+        base_client::storage::gateway_details::OnDiskGatewayDetails,
+        key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys,
+    },
+    init::types::{GatewayDetails, GatewaySelectionSpecification, GatewaySetup, InitResults},
+};
+use log::info;
+use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use nym_topology::NymTopology;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+pub trait InitialisableClient {
+    const NAME: &'static str;
+    type Error: From<ClientCoreError>;
+    type InitArgs: AsRef<CommonClientInitArgs>;
+    type Config: ClientConfig;
+
+    fn try_upgrade_outdated_config(id: &str) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
+
+    fn initialise_storage_paths(id: &str) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
+
+    fn default_config_path(id: &str) -> PathBuf;
+
+    fn construct_config(init_args: &Self::InitArgs) -> Self::Config;
+}
+
+pub trait ClientConfig {
+    fn common_paths(&self) -> &CommonClientPaths;
+
+    fn core_config(&self) -> &crate::config::Config;
+
+    fn default_store_location(&self) -> PathBuf;
+
+    fn save_to<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P) -> std::io::Result<()>;
+}
+
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", derive(clap::Args))]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct CommonClientInitArgs {
+    /// Id of client we want to create config for.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long))]
+    pub id: String,
+
+    /// Id of the gateway we are going to connect to.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long))]
+    pub gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,
+
+    /// Specifies whether the new gateway should be determined based by latency as opposed to being chosen
+    /// uniformly.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long, conflicts_with = "gateway"))]
+    pub latency_based_selection: bool,
+
+    /// Force register gateway. WARNING: this will overwrite any existing keys for the given id,
+    /// potentially causing loss of access.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long))]
+    pub force_register_gateway: bool,
+
+    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nyxd validators
+    #[cfg_attr(
+        feature = "cli",
+        clap(long, alias = "nyxd_validators", value_delimiter = ',', hide = true)
+    )]
+    pub nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
+
+    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
+    #[cfg_attr(
+        feature = "cli",
+        clap(
+            long,
+            alias = "api_validators",
+            value_delimiter = ',',
+            group = "network"
+        )
+    )]
+    pub nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
+
+    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long, group = "network", hide = true))]
+    pub custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
+    /// with bandwidth credential requirement.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long, hide = true))]
+    pub enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
+
+    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
+    /// modify config post init
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long, hide = true))]
+    pub fastmode: bool,
+
+    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long, hide = true))]
+    pub no_cover: bool,
+}
+
+pub struct InitResultsWithConfig<T> {
+    pub config: T,
+    pub init_results: InitResults,
+}
+
+pub async fn initialise_client<C>(
+    init_args: C::InitArgs,
+) -> Result<InitResultsWithConfig<C::Config>, C::Error>
+where
+    C: InitialisableClient,
+{
+    info!("initialising {} client", C::NAME);
+
+    let common_args = init_args.as_ref();
+    let id = &common_args.id;
+
+    let already_init = if C::default_config_path(id).exists() {
+        // in case we're using old config, try to upgrade it
+        // (if we're using the current version, it's a no-op)
+        C::try_upgrade_outdated_config(id)?;
+        eprintln!("{} client \"{id}\" was already initialised before", C::NAME);
+        true
+    } else {
+        C::initialise_storage_paths(id)?;
+        false
+    };
+
+    // Usually you only register with the gateway on the first init, however you can force
+    // re-registering if wanted.
+    let user_wants_force_register = common_args.force_register_gateway;
+    if user_wants_force_register {
+        eprintln!("Instructed to force registering gateway. This might overwrite keys!");
+    }
+
+    // If the client was already initialized, don't generate new keys and don't re-register with
+    // the gateway (because this would create a new shared key).
+    // Unless the user really wants to.
+    let register_gateway = !already_init || user_wants_force_register;
+
+    // Attempt to use a user-provided gateway, if possible
+    let user_chosen_gateway_id = common_args.gateway;
+    let selection_spec = GatewaySelectionSpecification::new(
+        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
+        Some(common_args.latency_based_selection),
+        false,
+    );
+
+    // Load and potentially override config
+    let config = C::construct_config(&init_args);
+    let paths = config.common_paths();
+    let core = config.core_config();
+
+    // Setup gateway by either registering a new one, or creating a new config from the selected
+    // one but with keys kept, or reusing the gateway configuration.
+    let key_store = OnDiskKeys::new(paths.keys.clone());
+    let details_store = OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&paths.gateway_details);
+
+    let available_gateways = if let Some(custom_mixnet) = common_args.custom_mixnet.as_ref() {
+        let hardcoded_topology = NymTopology::new_from_file(custom_mixnet).map_err(|source| {
+            ClientCoreError::CustomTopologyLoadFailure {
+                file_path: custom_mixnet.clone(),
+                source,
+            }
+        })?;
+        hardcoded_topology.get_gateways()
+    } else {
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+        crate::init::helpers::current_gateways(&mut rng, &core.client.nym_api_urls).await?
+    };
+
+    let gateway_setup = GatewaySetup::New {
+        specification: selection_spec,
+        available_gateways,
+        overwrite_data: register_gateway,
+    };
+
+    let init_details =
+        crate::init::setup_gateway(gateway_setup, &key_store, &details_store).await?;
+
+    // TODO: ask the service provider we specified for its interface version and set it in the config
+
+    let config_save_location = config.default_store_location();
+    if let Err(err) = config.save_to(&config_save_location) {
+        return Err(ClientCoreError::ConfigSaveFailure {
+            typ: C::NAME.to_string(),
+            id: id.to_string(),
+            path: config_save_location,
+            source: err,
+        }
+        .into());
+    }
+
+    eprintln!(
+        "Saved configuration file to {}",
+        config_save_location.display()
+    );
+
+    let address = init_details.client_address()?;
+
+    let GatewayDetails::Configured(gateway_details) = init_details.gateway_details else {
+        return Err(ClientCoreError::UnexpectedPersistedCustomGatewayDetails)?;
+    };
+    let init_results = InitResults::new(config.core_config(), address, &gateway_details);
+
+    Ok(InitResultsWithConfig {
+        config,
+        init_results,
+    })
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", derive(clap::Args))]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct CommonClientRunArgs {
+    /// Id of client we want to create config for.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long))]
+    pub id: String,
+
+    /// Id of the gateway we want to connect to. If overridden, it is user's responsibility to
+    /// ensure prior registration happened
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long))]
+    pub gateway: Option<identity::PublicKey>,
+
+    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the nyxd validators
+    #[cfg_attr(
+        feature = "cli",
+        clap(long, alias = "nyxd_validators", value_delimiter = ',', hide = true)
+    )]
+    pub nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
+
+    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
+    #[cfg_attr(
+        feature = "cli",
+        clap(
+            long,
+            alias = "api_validators",
+            value_delimiter = ',',
+            group = "network"
+        )
+    )]
+    pub nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
+
+    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long, group = "network", hide = true))]
+    pub custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
+    /// with bandwidth credential requirement.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long, hide = true))]
+    pub enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
+
+    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
+    /// modify config post init
+    // note: we removed the 'conflicts_with = medium_toggle', but that's fine since NR
+    // has defined the conflict on that field itself
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long, hide = true))]
+    pub fastmode: bool,
+
+    /// Disable loop cover traffic and the Poisson rate limiter (for debugging only)
+    // note: we removed the 'conflicts_with = medium_toggle', but that's fine since NR
+    // has defined the conflict on that field itself
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "cli", clap(long, hide = true))]
+    pub no_cover: bool,
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub mod client_init;
+pub mod client_run;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl NymApiTopologyProvider {
            Ok(mixes) => mixes,
        };

-        let gateways = match self.validator_client.get_cached_gateways().await {
+        let gateways = match self.validator_client.get_cached_described_gateways().await {
            Err(err) => {
                error!("failed to get network gateways - {err}");
                return None;
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use crate::{client::topology_control::geo_aware_provider::CountryGroup, error::ClientCoreError};
 use nym_config::defaults::NymNetworkDetails;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_gateway_client::client::GatewayConfig;
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use url::Url;

-use crate::{client::topology_control::geo_aware_provider::CountryGroup, error::ClientCoreError};
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub mod disk_persistence;
 pub mod old_config_v1_1_13;
 pub mod old_config_v1_1_20;
 pub mod old_config_v1_1_20_2;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_30;

 // 'DEBUG'
 const DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_MULTIPLIER: f64 = 1.5;
@@ -280,29 +281,24 @@ impl GatewayEndpointConfig {
            .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)
    }

-    pub fn from_node(node: nym_topology::gateway::Node, use_tls: bool) -> Self {
-        // TODO: in the future this shall return a Result and explicit `use_tls` will be removed in favour of the tls info being available on the struct
-        if use_tls {
-            Self::from_topology_node_tls(node)
+    pub fn from_node(
+        node: nym_topology::gateway::Node,
+        must_use_tls: bool,
+    ) -> Result<Self, ClientCoreError> {
+        let gateway_listener = if must_use_tls {
+            node.clients_address_tls()
+                .ok_or(ClientCoreError::UnsupportedWssProtocol {
+                    gateway: node.identity_key.to_base58_string(),
+                })?
        } else {
-            Self::from_topology_node_no_tls(node)
-        }
-    }
+            node.clients_address()
+        };

-    pub fn from_topology_node_no_tls(node: nym_topology::gateway::Node) -> Self {
-        GatewayEndpointConfig {
+        Ok(GatewayEndpointConfig {
            gateway_id: node.identity_key.to_base58_string(),
-            gateway_listener: node.clients_address(),
+            gateway_listener,
            gateway_owner: node.owner,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn from_topology_node_tls(node: nym_topology::gateway::Node) -> Self {
-        GatewayEndpointConfig {
-            gateway_id: node.identity_key.to_base58_string(),
-            gateway_listener: node.clients_address_tls(),
-            gateway_owner: node.owner,
-        }
+        })
    }
 }

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::config::{
-    Acknowledgements, Client, Config, CoverTraffic, DebugConfig, GatewayConnection,
-    GatewayEndpointConfig, ReplySurbs, Topology, Traffic,
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_30::{
+    AcknowledgementsV1_1_30, ClientV1_1_30, ConfigV1_1_30, CoverTrafficV1_1_30, DebugConfigV1_1_30,
+    GatewayConnectionV1_1_30, ReplySurbsV1_1_30, TopologyV1_1_30, TrafficV1_1_30,
 };
+use crate::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
 use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ pub struct ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
    pub debug: DebugConfigV1_1_20_2,
 }

-impl From<ConfigV1_1_20_2> for Config {
+impl From<ConfigV1_1_20_2> for ConfigV1_1_30 {
    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
-        Config {
+        ConfigV1_1_30 {
            client: value.client.into(),
            debug: value.debug.into(),
        }
@@ -107,9 +108,9 @@ pub struct ClientV1_1_20_2 {
    pub gateway_endpoint: GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20_2,
 }

-impl From<ClientV1_1_20_2> for Client {
+impl From<ClientV1_1_20_2> for ClientV1_1_30 {
    fn from(value: ClientV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
-        Client {
+        ClientV1_1_30 {
            version: value.version,
            id: value.id,
            disabled_credentials_mode: value.disabled_credentials_mode,
@@ -132,9 +133,9 @@ pub struct TrafficV1_1_20_2 {
    pub packet_type: PacketType,
 }

-impl From<TrafficV1_1_20_2> for Traffic {
+impl From<TrafficV1_1_20_2> for TrafficV1_1_30 {
    fn from(value: TrafficV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
-        Traffic {
+        TrafficV1_1_30 {
            average_packet_delay: value.average_packet_delay,
            message_sending_average_delay: value.message_sending_average_delay,
            disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: value
@@ -168,9 +169,9 @@ pub struct CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2 {
    pub disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: bool,
 }

-impl From<CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2> for CoverTraffic {
+impl From<CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2> for CoverTrafficV1_1_30 {
    fn from(value: CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
-        CoverTraffic {
+        CoverTrafficV1_1_30 {
            loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: value.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay,
            cover_traffic_primary_size_ratio: value.cover_traffic_primary_size_ratio,
            disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: value.disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream,
@@ -195,9 +196,9 @@ pub struct GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2 {
    pub gateway_response_timeout: Duration,
 }

-impl From<GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2> for GatewayConnection {
+impl From<GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2> for GatewayConnectionV1_1_30 {
    fn from(value: GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
-        GatewayConnection {
+        GatewayConnectionV1_1_30 {
            gateway_response_timeout: value.gateway_response_timeout,
        }
    }
@@ -221,9 +222,9 @@ pub struct AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2 {
    pub ack_wait_addition: Duration,
 }

-impl From<AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2> for Acknowledgements {
+impl From<AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2> for AcknowledgementsV1_1_30 {
    fn from(value: AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
-        Acknowledgements {
+        AcknowledgementsV1_1_30 {
            average_ack_delay: value.average_ack_delay,
            ack_wait_multiplier: value.ack_wait_multiplier,
            ack_wait_addition: value.ack_wait_addition,
@@ -261,9 +262,9 @@ impl Default for TopologyV1_1_20_2 {
    }
 }

-impl From<TopologyV1_1_20_2> for Topology {
+impl From<TopologyV1_1_20_2> for TopologyV1_1_30 {
    fn from(value: TopologyV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
-        Topology {
+        TopologyV1_1_30 {
            topology_refresh_rate: value.topology_refresh_rate,
            topology_resolution_timeout: value.topology_resolution_timeout,
            disable_refreshing: value.disable_refreshing,
@@ -307,9 +308,9 @@ impl Default for ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2 {
    }
 }

-impl From<ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2> for ReplySurbs {
+impl From<ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2> for ReplySurbsV1_1_30 {
    fn from(value: ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
-        ReplySurbs {
+        ReplySurbsV1_1_30 {
            minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: value.minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
            maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: value.maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
            minimum_reply_surb_request_size: value.minimum_reply_surb_request_size,
@@ -335,9 +336,9 @@ pub struct DebugConfigV1_1_20_2 {
    pub reply_surbs: ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2,
 }

-impl From<DebugConfigV1_1_20_2> for DebugConfig {
+impl From<DebugConfigV1_1_20_2> for DebugConfigV1_1_30 {
    fn from(value: DebugConfigV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
-        DebugConfig {
+        DebugConfigV1_1_30 {
            traffic: value.traffic.into(),
            cover_traffic: value.cover_traffic.into(),
            gateway_connection: value.gateway_connection.into(),
@@ -0,0 +1,472 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::topology_control::geo_aware_provider::CountryGroup;
+use crate::config::{
+    Acknowledgements, Client, Config, CoverTraffic, DebugConfig, GatewayConnection, GroupBy,
+    ReplySurbs, Topology, TopologyStructure, Traffic,
+};
+use nym_sphinx::{
+    addressing::clients::Recipient,
+    params::{PacketSize, PacketType},
+};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::time::Duration;
+use url::Url;
+
+// 'DEBUG'
+const DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_MULTIPLIER: f64 = 1.5;
+
+const DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_ADDITION: Duration = Duration::from_millis(1_500);
+const DEFAULT_LOOP_COVER_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(200);
+const DEFAULT_MESSAGE_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(20);
+const DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(50);
+const DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_REFRESH_RATE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5 * 60); // every 5min
+const DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_RESOLUTION_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(5_000);
+const DEFAULT_MAX_STARTUP_GATEWAY_WAITING_PERIOD: Duration = Duration::from_secs(70 * 60); // 70min -> full epoch (1h) + a bit of overhead
+
+// Set this to a high value for now, so that we don't risk sporadic timeouts that might cause
+// bought bandwidth tokens to not have time to be spent; Once we remove the gateway from the
+// bandwidth bridging protocol, we can come back to a smaller timeout value
+const DEFAULT_GATEWAY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5 * 60);
+
+const DEFAULT_COVER_TRAFFIC_PRIMARY_SIZE_RATIO: f64 = 0.70;
+
+// reply-surbs related:
+
+// define when to request
+// clients/client-core/src/client/replies/reply_storage/surb_storage.rs
+const DEFAULT_MINIMUM_REPLY_SURB_STORAGE_THRESHOLD: usize = 10;
+const DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_STORAGE_THRESHOLD: usize = 200;
+
+// define how much to request at once
+// clients/client-core/src/client/replies/reply_controller.rs
+const DEFAULT_MINIMUM_REPLY_SURB_REQUEST_SIZE: u32 = 10;
+const DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_REQUEST_SIZE: u32 = 100;
+
+const DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_ALLOWED_SURB_REQUEST_SIZE: u32 = 500;
+
+const DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_REREQUEST_WAITING_PERIOD: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
+const DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_DROP_WAITING_PERIOD: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5 * 60);
+
+// 12 hours
+const DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_AGE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(12 * 60 * 60);
+
+// 24 hours
+const DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_KEY_AGE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(24 * 60 * 60);
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_30 {
+    pub client: ClientV1_1_30,
+
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub debug: DebugConfigV1_1_30,
+}
+
+impl From<ConfigV1_1_30> for Config {
+    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_30) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            client: Client {
+                version: value.client.version,
+                id: value.client.id,
+                disabled_credentials_mode: value.client.disabled_credentials_mode,
+                nyxd_urls: value.client.nyxd_urls,
+                nym_api_urls: value.client.nym_api_urls,
+            },
+            debug: DebugConfig {
+                traffic: Traffic {
+                    average_packet_delay: value.debug.traffic.average_packet_delay,
+                    message_sending_average_delay: value
+                        .debug
+                        .traffic
+                        .message_sending_average_delay,
+                    disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: value
+                        .debug
+                        .traffic
+                        .disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution,
+                    primary_packet_size: value.debug.traffic.primary_packet_size,
+                    secondary_packet_size: value.debug.traffic.secondary_packet_size,
+                    packet_type: value.debug.traffic.packet_type,
+                },
+                cover_traffic: CoverTraffic {
+                    loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: value
+                        .debug
+                        .cover_traffic
+                        .loop_cover_traffic_average_delay,
+                    cover_traffic_primary_size_ratio: value
+                        .debug
+                        .cover_traffic
+                        .cover_traffic_primary_size_ratio,
+                    disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: value
+                        .debug
+                        .cover_traffic
+                        .disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream,
+                },
+                gateway_connection: GatewayConnection {
+                    gateway_response_timeout: value
+                        .debug
+                        .gateway_connection
+                        .gateway_response_timeout,
+                },
+                acknowledgements: Acknowledgements {
+                    average_ack_delay: value.debug.acknowledgements.average_ack_delay,
+                    ack_wait_multiplier: value.debug.acknowledgements.ack_wait_multiplier,
+                    ack_wait_addition: value.debug.acknowledgements.ack_wait_addition,
+                },
+                topology: Topology {
+                    topology_refresh_rate: value.debug.topology.topology_refresh_rate,
+                    topology_resolution_timeout: value.debug.topology.topology_resolution_timeout,
+                    disable_refreshing: value.debug.topology.disable_refreshing,
+                    max_startup_gateway_waiting_period: value
+                        .debug
+                        .topology
+                        .max_startup_gateway_waiting_period,
+                    topology_structure: value.debug.topology.topology_structure.into(),
+                },
+                reply_surbs: ReplySurbs {
+                    minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: value
+                        .debug
+                        .reply_surbs
+                        .minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+                    maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: value
+                        .debug
+                        .reply_surbs
+                        .maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
+                    minimum_reply_surb_request_size: value
+                        .debug
+                        .reply_surbs
+                        .minimum_reply_surb_request_size,
+                    maximum_reply_surb_request_size: value
+                        .debug
+                        .reply_surbs
+                        .maximum_reply_surb_request_size,
+                    maximum_allowed_reply_surb_request_size: value
+                        .debug
+                        .reply_surbs
+                        .maximum_allowed_reply_surb_request_size,
+                    maximum_reply_surb_rerequest_waiting_period: value
+                        .debug
+                        .reply_surbs
+                        .maximum_reply_surb_rerequest_waiting_period,
+                    maximum_reply_surb_drop_waiting_period: value
+                        .debug
+                        .reply_surbs
+                        .maximum_reply_surb_drop_waiting_period,
+                    maximum_reply_surb_age: value.debug.reply_surbs.maximum_reply_surb_age,
+                    maximum_reply_key_age: value.debug.reply_surbs.maximum_reply_key_age,
+                },
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+// note: the deny_unknown_fields is VITAL here to allow upgrades from v1.1.20_2
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ClientV1_1_30 {
+    /// Version of the client for which this configuration was created.
+    pub version: String,
+
+    /// ID specifies the human readable ID of this particular client.
+    pub id: String,
+
+    /// Indicates whether this client is running in a disabled credentials mode, thus attempting
+    /// to claim bandwidth without presenting bandwidth credentials.
+    // TODO: this should be moved to `debug.gateway_connection`
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub disabled_credentials_mode: bool,
+
+    /// Addresses to nyxd validators via which the client can communicate with the chain.
+    #[serde(alias = "validator_urls")]
+    pub nyxd_urls: Vec<Url>,
+
+    /// Addresses to APIs running on validator from which the client gets the view of the network.
+    #[serde(alias = "validator_api_urls")]
+    pub nym_api_urls: Vec<Url>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct TrafficV1_1_30 {
+    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
+    /// sent packet is going to be delayed at any given mix node.
+    /// So for a packet going through three mix nodes, on average, it will take three times this value
+    /// until the packet reaches its destination.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub average_packet_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
+    /// it is going to take another 'real traffic stream' message to be sent.
+    /// If no real packets are available and cover traffic is enabled,
+    /// a loop cover message is sent instead in order to preserve the rate.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub message_sending_average_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// Controls whether the main packet stream constantly produces packets according to the predefined
+    /// poisson distribution.
+    pub disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: bool,
+
+    /// Specifies the packet size used for sent messages.
+    /// Do not override it unless you understand the consequences of that change.
+    pub primary_packet_size: PacketSize,
+
+    /// Specifies the optional auxiliary packet size for optimizing message streams.
+    /// Note that its use decreases overall anonymity.
+    /// Do not set it it unless you understand the consequences of that change.
+    pub secondary_packet_size: Option<PacketSize>,
+
+    pub packet_type: PacketType,
+}
+
+impl Default for TrafficV1_1_30 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        TrafficV1_1_30 {
+            average_packet_delay: DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY,
+            message_sending_average_delay: DEFAULT_MESSAGE_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY,
+            disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: false,
+            primary_packet_size: PacketSize::RegularPacket,
+            secondary_packet_size: None,
+            packet_type: PacketType::Mix,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct CoverTrafficV1_1_30 {
+    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
+    /// it is going to take for another loop cover traffic message to be sent.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// Specifies the ratio of `primary_packet_size` to `secondary_packet_size` used in cover traffic.
+    /// Only applicable if `secondary_packet_size` is enabled.
+    pub cover_traffic_primary_size_ratio: f64,
+
+    /// Controls whether the dedicated loop cover traffic stream should be enabled.
+    /// (and sending packets, on average, every [Self::loop_cover_traffic_average_delay])
+    pub disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for CoverTrafficV1_1_30 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        CoverTrafficV1_1_30 {
+            loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: DEFAULT_LOOP_COVER_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY,
+            cover_traffic_primary_size_ratio: DEFAULT_COVER_TRAFFIC_PRIMARY_SIZE_RATIO,
+            disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct GatewayConnectionV1_1_30 {
+    /// How long we're willing to wait for a response to a message sent to the gateway,
+    /// before giving up on it.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub gateway_response_timeout: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Default for GatewayConnectionV1_1_30 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        GatewayConnectionV1_1_30 {
+            gateway_response_timeout: DEFAULT_GATEWAY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct AcknowledgementsV1_1_30 {
+    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
+    /// sent acknowledgement is going to be delayed at any given mix node.
+    /// So for an ack going through three mix nodes, on average, it will take three times this value
+    /// until the packet reaches its destination.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub average_ack_delay: Duration,
+
+    /// Value multiplied with the expected round trip time of an acknowledgement packet before
+    /// it is assumed it was lost and retransmission of the data packet happens.
+    /// In an ideal network with 0 latency, this value would have been 1.
+    pub ack_wait_multiplier: f64,
+
+    /// Value added to the expected round trip time of an acknowledgement packet before
+    /// it is assumed it was lost and retransmission of the data packet happens.
+    /// In an ideal network with 0 latency, this value would have been 0.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub ack_wait_addition: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Default for AcknowledgementsV1_1_30 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        AcknowledgementsV1_1_30 {
+            average_ack_delay: DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY,
+            ack_wait_multiplier: DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_MULTIPLIER,
+            ack_wait_addition: DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_ADDITION,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct TopologyV1_1_30 {
+    /// The uniform delay every which clients are querying the directory server
+    /// to try to obtain a compatible network topology to send sphinx packets through.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub topology_refresh_rate: Duration,
+
+    /// During topology refresh, test packets are sent through every single possible network
+    /// path. This timeout determines waiting period until it is decided that the packet
+    /// did not reach its destination.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub topology_resolution_timeout: Duration,
+
+    /// Specifies whether the client should not refresh the network topology after obtaining
+    /// the first valid instance.
+    /// Supersedes `topology_refresh_rate_ms`.
+    pub disable_refreshing: bool,
+
+    /// Defines how long the client is going to wait on startup for its gateway to come online,
+    /// before abandoning the procedure.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub max_startup_gateway_waiting_period: Duration,
+
+    /// Specifies the mixnode topology to be used for sending packets.
+    pub topology_structure: TopologyStructureV1_1_30,
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
+#[derive(Default, Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum TopologyStructureV1_1_30 {
+    #[default]
+    NymApi,
+    GeoAware(GroupByV1_1_30),
+}
+
+impl From<TopologyStructureV1_1_30> for TopologyStructure {
+    fn from(value: TopologyStructureV1_1_30) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            TopologyStructureV1_1_30::NymApi => TopologyStructure::NymApi,
+            TopologyStructureV1_1_30::GeoAware(group_by) => {
+                TopologyStructure::GeoAware(group_by.into())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum GroupByV1_1_30 {
+    CountryGroup(CountryGroup),
+    NymAddress(Recipient),
+}
+
+impl From<GroupByV1_1_30> for GroupBy {
+    fn from(value: GroupByV1_1_30) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            GroupByV1_1_30::CountryGroup(country) => GroupBy::CountryGroup(country),
+            GroupByV1_1_30::NymAddress(addr) => GroupBy::NymAddress(addr),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for GroupByV1_1_30 {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            GroupByV1_1_30::CountryGroup(group) => write!(f, "group: {}", group),
+            GroupByV1_1_30::NymAddress(address) => write!(f, "address: {}", address),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for TopologyV1_1_30 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        TopologyV1_1_30 {
+            topology_refresh_rate: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_REFRESH_RATE,
+            topology_resolution_timeout: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_RESOLUTION_TIMEOUT,
+            disable_refreshing: false,
+            max_startup_gateway_waiting_period: DEFAULT_MAX_STARTUP_GATEWAY_WAITING_PERIOD,
+            topology_structure: TopologyStructureV1_1_30::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ReplySurbsV1_1_30 {
+    /// Defines the minimum number of reply surbs the client wants to keep in its storage at all times.
+    /// It can only allow to go below that value if its to request additional reply surbs.
+    pub minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
+
+    /// Defines the maximum number of reply surbs the client wants to keep in its storage at any times.
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
+
+    /// Defines the minimum number of reply surbs the client would request.
+    pub minimum_reply_surb_request_size: u32,
+
+    /// Defines the maximum number of reply surbs the client would request.
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_request_size: u32,
+
+    /// Defines the maximum number of reply surbs a remote party is allowed to request from this client at once.
+    pub maximum_allowed_reply_surb_request_size: u32,
+
+    /// Defines maximum amount of time the client is going to wait for reply surbs before explicitly asking
+    /// for more even though in theory they wouldn't need to.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_rerequest_waiting_period: Duration,
+
+    /// Defines maximum amount of time the client is going to wait for reply surbs before
+    /// deciding it's never going to get them and would drop all pending messages
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_drop_waiting_period: Duration,
+
+    /// Defines maximum amount of time given reply surb is going to be valid for.
+    /// This is going to be superseded by key rotation once implemented.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_age: Duration,
+
+    /// Defines maximum amount of time given reply key is going to be valid for.
+    /// This is going to be superseded by key rotation once implemented.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub maximum_reply_key_age: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Default for ReplySurbsV1_1_30 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ReplySurbsV1_1_30 {
+            minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: DEFAULT_MINIMUM_REPLY_SURB_STORAGE_THRESHOLD,
+            maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_STORAGE_THRESHOLD,
+            minimum_reply_surb_request_size: DEFAULT_MINIMUM_REPLY_SURB_REQUEST_SIZE,
+            maximum_reply_surb_request_size: DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_REQUEST_SIZE,
+            maximum_allowed_reply_surb_request_size: DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_ALLOWED_SURB_REQUEST_SIZE,
+            maximum_reply_surb_rerequest_waiting_period:
+                DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_REREQUEST_WAITING_PERIOD,
+            maximum_reply_surb_drop_waiting_period: DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_DROP_WAITING_PERIOD,
+            maximum_reply_surb_age: DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_SURB_AGE,
+            maximum_reply_key_age: DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_KEY_AGE,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct DebugConfigV1_1_30 {
+    /// Defines all configuration options related to traffic streams.
+    pub traffic: TrafficV1_1_30,
+
+    /// Defines all configuration options related to cover traffic stream(s).
+    pub cover_traffic: CoverTrafficV1_1_30,
+
+    /// Defines all configuration options related to the gateway connection.
+    pub gateway_connection: GatewayConnectionV1_1_30,
+
+    /// Defines all configuration options related to acknowledgements, such as delays or wait timeouts.
+    pub acknowledgements: AcknowledgementsV1_1_30,
+
+    /// Defines all configuration options related topology, such as refresh rates or timeouts.
+    pub topology: TopologyV1_1_30,
+
+    /// Defines all configuration options related to reply SURBs.
+    pub reply_surbs: ReplySurbsV1_1_30,
+}
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use nym_topology::gateway::GatewayConversionError;
 use nym_topology::NymTopologyError;
 use nym_validator_client::ValidatorClientError;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::path::PathBuf;

 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ClientCoreError {
@@ -126,6 +127,32 @@ pub enum ClientCoreError {

    #[error("this client has performed gateway initialisation in another session")]
    NoInitClientPresent,
+
+    #[error("there are no gateways supporting the wss protocol available")]
+    NoWssGateways,
+
+    #[error("the specified gateway '{gateway}' does not support the wss protocol")]
+    UnsupportedWssProtocol { gateway: String },
+
+    #[error(
+    "failed to load custom topology using path '{}'. detailed message: {source}", file_path.display()
+    )]
+    CustomTopologyLoadFailure {
+        file_path: PathBuf,
+        #[source]
+        source: std::io::Error,
+    },
+
+    #[error(
+    "failed to save config file for client-{typ} id {id} using path '{}'. detailed message: {source}", path.display()
+    )]
+    ConfigSaveFailure {
+        typ: String,
+        id: String,
+        path: PathBuf,
+        #[source]
+        source: std::io::Error,
+    },
 }

 /// Set of messages that the client can send to listeners via the task manager
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub async fn current_gateways<R: Rng>(

    log::trace!("Fetching list of gateways from: {nym_api}");

-    let gateways = client.get_cached_gateways().await?;
+    let gateways = client.get_cached_described_gateways().await?;
    let valid_gateways = gateways
        .into_iter()
        .filter_map(|gateway| gateway.try_into().ok())
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ async fn measure_latency(gateway: &gateway::Node) -> Result<GatewayWithLatency,
 pub async fn choose_gateway_by_latency<R: Rng>(
    rng: &mut R,
    gateways: &[gateway::Node],
+    must_use_tls: bool,
 ) -> Result<gateway::Node, ClientCoreError> {
+    let gateways = filter_by_tls(gateways, must_use_tls)?;
+
    info!(
        "choosing gateway by latency, pinging {} gateways ...",
        gateways.len()
@@ -210,28 +213,57 @@ pub async fn choose_gateway_by_latency<R: Rng>(
    Ok(chosen.gateway.clone())
 }

+fn filter_by_tls(
+    gateways: &[gateway::Node],
+    must_use_tls: bool,
+) -> Result<Vec<&gateway::Node>, ClientCoreError> {
+    if must_use_tls {
+        let filtered = gateways
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|g| g.clients_wss_port.is_some())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        if filtered.is_empty() {
+            return Err(ClientCoreError::NoWssGateways);
+        }
+
+        Ok(filtered)
+    } else {
+        Ok(gateways.iter().collect())
+    }
+}
+
 pub(super) fn uniformly_random_gateway<R: Rng>(
    rng: &mut R,
    gateways: &[gateway::Node],
+    must_use_tls: bool,
 ) -> Result<gateway::Node, ClientCoreError> {
-    gateways
+    filter_by_tls(gateways, must_use_tls)?
        .choose(rng)
        .ok_or(ClientCoreError::NoGatewaysOnNetwork)
-        .cloned()
+        .map(|&r| r.clone())
 }

 pub(super) fn get_specified_gateway(
    gateway_identity: IdentityKeyRef,
    gateways: &[gateway::Node],
+    must_use_tls: bool,
 ) -> Result<gateway::Node, ClientCoreError> {
    let user_gateway = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_identity)
        .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)?;

-    gateways
+    let gateway = gateways
        .iter()
        .find(|gateway| gateway.identity_key == user_gateway)
-        .ok_or_else(|| ClientCoreError::NoGatewayWithId(gateway_identity.to_string()))
-        .cloned()
+        .ok_or_else(|| ClientCoreError::NoGatewayWithId(gateway_identity.to_string()))?;
+
+    if must_use_tls && gateway.clients_wss_port.is_none() {
+        return Err(ClientCoreError::UnsupportedWssProtocol {
+            gateway: gateway_identity.to_string(),
+        });
+    }
+
+    Ok(gateway.clone())
 }

 pub(super) async fn register_with_gateway(
@@ -108,19 +108,20 @@ where

    let gateway_details = match selection_specification {
        GatewaySelectionSpecification::UniformRemote { must_use_tls } => {
-            let gateway = uniformly_random_gateway(&mut rng, &available_gateways)?;
-            GatewayDetails::Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig::from_node(gateway, must_use_tls))
+            let gateway = uniformly_random_gateway(&mut rng, &available_gateways, must_use_tls)?;
+            GatewayDetails::Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig::from_node(gateway, must_use_tls)?)
        }
        GatewaySelectionSpecification::RemoteByLatency { must_use_tls } => {
-            let gateway = choose_gateway_by_latency(&mut rng, &available_gateways).await?;
-            GatewayDetails::Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig::from_node(gateway, must_use_tls))
+            let gateway =
+                choose_gateway_by_latency(&mut rng, &available_gateways, must_use_tls).await?;
+            GatewayDetails::Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig::from_node(gateway, must_use_tls)?)
        }
        GatewaySelectionSpecification::Specified {
            must_use_tls,
            identity,
        } => {
-            let gateway = get_specified_gateway(&identity, &available_gateways)?;
-            GatewayDetails::Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig::from_node(gateway, must_use_tls))
+            let gateway = get_specified_gateway(&identity, &available_gateways, must_use_tls)?;
+            GatewayDetails::Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig::from_node(gateway, must_use_tls)?)
        }
        GatewaySelectionSpecification::Custom {
            gateway_identity,
@@ -296,16 +296,17 @@ impl<T> GatewaySetup<T> {
 /// Struct describing the results of the client initialization procedure.
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 pub struct InitResults {
-    version: String,
-    id: String,
-    identity_key: String,
-    encryption_key: String,
-    gateway_id: String,
-    gateway_listener: String,
+    pub version: String,
+    pub id: String,
+    pub identity_key: String,
+    pub encryption_key: String,
+    pub gateway_id: String,
+    pub gateway_listener: String,
+    pub address: Recipient,
 }

 impl InitResults {
-    pub fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(config: &Config, address: Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
            version: config.client.version.clone(),
            id: config.client.id.clone(),
@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ impl InitResults {
            encryption_key: address.encryption_key().to_base58_string(),
            gateway_id: gateway.gateway_id.clone(),
            gateway_listener: gateway.gateway_listener.clone(),
+            address,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::future::Future;

+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub mod cli_helpers;
 pub mod client;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod error;
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ features = ["net", "sync", "time"]

 [target."cfg(not(target_arch = \"wasm32\"))".dependencies.tokio-tungstenite]
 workspace = true
+# the choice of this particular tls feature was arbitrary;
+# if you reckon a different one would be more appropriate, feel free to change it
+features = ["native-tls"]

 # wasm-only dependencies
 [target."cfg(target_arch = \"wasm32\")".dependencies.wasm-bindgen]
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl PartiallyDelegated {

    fn route_socket_messages(
        ws_msgs: Vec<Message>,
-        packet_router: &mut PacketRouter,
+        packet_router: &PacketRouter,
        shared_key: &SharedKeys,
    ) -> Result<(), GatewayClientError> {
        let plaintexts = Self::recover_received_plaintexts(ws_msgs, shared_key);
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ impl PartiallyDelegated {
        let mixnet_receiver_future = async move {
            let mut notify_receiver = notify_receiver;
            let mut chunk_stream = (&mut stream).ready_chunks(8);
-            let mut packet_router = packet_router;

            let ret_err = loop {
                tokio::select! {
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ impl PartiallyDelegated {
                            Ok(msgs) => msgs
                        };

-                        if let Err(err) = Self::route_socket_messages(ws_msgs, &mut packet_router, shared_key.as_ref()) {
+                        if let Err(err) = Self::route_socket_messages(ws_msgs, &packet_router, shared_key.as_ref()) {
                            log::warn!("Route socket messages failed: {err}");
                        }
                    }
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ pub trait GatewayPacketRouter {
                }

                n if n
-                    == PacketSize::OutfoxRegularPacket.plaintext_size() - outfox_ack_overhead =>
+                    == PacketSize::OutfoxRegularPacket
+                        .plaintext_size()
+                        .saturating_sub(outfox_ack_overhead) =>
                {
                    trace!("received regular outfox packet");
                    received_messages.push(received_packet);
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ nym-service-provider-directory-common = { path = "../../cosmwasm-smart-contracts
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json"] }
+http-api-client = { path = "../../../common/http-api-client"}
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use nym_validator_client::nyxd::contract_traits::{

 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    setup_env(Some("../../../envs/qa-qwerty.env"));
+    setup_env(Some("../../../envs/qa.env"));
    let network_details = NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
    let config =
        nym_validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&network_details).unwrap();
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use nym_validator_client::nyxd::contract_traits::{

 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    setup_env(Some("../../../envs/qa-qwerty.env"));
+    setup_env(Some("../../../envs/qa.env"));
    let network_details = NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
    let config =
        nym_validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&network_details).unwrap();
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
 use nym_api_requests::coconut::{
    BlindSignRequestBody, BlindedSignatureResponse, VerifyCredentialBody, VerifyCredentialResponse,
 };
-use nym_api_requests::models::MixNodeBondAnnotated;
+use nym_api_requests::models::{DescribedGateway, MixNodeBondAnnotated};
 use nym_api_requests::models::{
    GatewayCoreStatusResponse, MixnodeCoreStatusResponse, MixnodeStatusResponse,
    RewardEstimationResponse, StakeSaturationResponse,
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use nym_api_requests::models::{
 use nym_network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails;
 use url::Url;

+pub use crate::nym_api::NymApiClientExt;
 pub use nym_mixnet_contract_common::{
    mixnode::MixNodeDetails, GatewayBond, IdentityKey, IdentityKeyRef, MixId,
 };
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ impl Client<ReqwestRpcClient> {

 impl<C> Client<C> {
    pub fn new_with_rpc_client(config: Config, rpc_client: C) -> Self {
-        let nym_api_client = nym_api::Client::new(config.api_url.clone());
+        let nym_api_client = nym_api::Client::new(config.api_url.clone(), None);

        Client {
            nym_api: nym_api_client,
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ impl<C, S> Client<C, S> {
    where
        S: OfflineSigner,
    {
-        let nym_api_client = nym_api::Client::new(config.api_url.clone());
+        let nym_api_client = nym_api::Client::new(config.api_url.clone(), None);

        Client {
            nym_api: nym_api_client,
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ impl<C, S> Client<C, S> {
    }

    pub fn change_nym_api(&mut self, new_endpoint: Url) {
-        self.nym_api.change_url(new_endpoint)
+        self.nym_api.change_base_url(new_endpoint)
    }

    pub async fn get_cached_mixnodes(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeDetails>, ValidatorClientError> {
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ pub struct NymApiClient {

 impl NymApiClient {
    pub fn new(api_url: Url) -> Self {
-        let nym_api = nym_api::Client::new(api_url);
+        let nym_api = nym_api::Client::new(api_url, None);

        NymApiClient { nym_api }
    }
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ impl NymApiClient {
    }

    pub fn change_nym_api(&mut self, new_endpoint: Url) {
-        self.nym_api.change_url(new_endpoint);
+        self.nym_api.change_base_url(new_endpoint);
    }

    pub async fn get_cached_active_mixnodes(
@@ -274,6 +275,12 @@ impl NymApiClient {
        Ok(self.nym_api.get_gateways().await?)
    }

+    pub async fn get_cached_described_gateways(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<DescribedGateway>, ValidatorClientError> {
+        Ok(self.nym_api.get_gateways_described().await?)
+    }
+
    pub async fn get_gateway_core_status_count(
        &self,
        identity: IdentityKeyRef<'_>,
@@ -1,20 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright 2022-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use http_api_client::HttpClientError;
 use nym_api_requests::models::RequestError;
-use thiserror::Error;

-#[derive(Error, Debug)]
-pub enum NymAPIError {
-    #[error("There was an issue with the REST request - {source}")]
-    ReqwestClientError {
-        #[from]
-        source: reqwest::Error,
-    },
-
-    #[error("Not found")]
-    NotFound,
-
-    #[error("Request failed with error message - {0}")]
-    GenericRequestFailure(String),
-
-    #[error("The nym API has failed to resolve our request. It returned status code {status} and additional error message: {}", error.message())]
-    ApiRequestFailure { status: u16, error: RequestError },
-}
+pub type NymAPIError = HttpClientError<RequestError>;
@@ -3,140 +3,38 @@

 use crate::nym_api::error::NymAPIError;
 use crate::nym_api::routes::{CORE_STATUS_COUNT, SINCE_ARG};
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use http_api_client::{ApiClient, NO_PARAMS};
 use nym_api_requests::coconut::{
    BlindSignRequestBody, BlindedSignatureResponse, VerifyCredentialBody, VerifyCredentialResponse,
 };
 use nym_api_requests::models::{
-    ComputeRewardEstParam, GatewayBondAnnotated, GatewayCoreStatusResponse,
+    ComputeRewardEstParam, DescribedGateway, GatewayBondAnnotated, GatewayCoreStatusResponse,
    GatewayStatusReportResponse, GatewayUptimeHistoryResponse, InclusionProbabilityResponse,
    MixNodeBondAnnotated, MixnodeCoreStatusResponse, MixnodeStatusReportResponse,
-    MixnodeStatusResponse, MixnodeUptimeHistoryResponse, RequestError, RewardEstimationResponse,
+    MixnodeStatusResponse, MixnodeUptimeHistoryResponse, RewardEstimationResponse,
    StakeSaturationResponse, UptimeResponse,
 };
 use nym_mixnet_contract_common::mixnode::MixNodeDetails;
 use nym_mixnet_contract_common::{GatewayBond, IdentityKeyRef, MixId};
 use nym_name_service_common::response::NamesListResponse;
 use nym_service_provider_directory_common::response::ServicesListResponse;
-use reqwest::{Response, StatusCode};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use url::Url;

 pub mod error;
 pub mod routes;

-type PathSegments<'a> = &'a [&'a str];
-type Params<'a, K, V> = &'a [(K, V)];
+pub use http_api_client::Client;

-const NO_PARAMS: Params<'_, &'_ str, &'_ str> = &[];
-
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct Client {
-    url: Url,
-    reqwest_client: reqwest::Client,
-}
-
-impl Client {
-    pub fn new(url: Url) -> Self {
-        let reqwest_client = reqwest::Client::new();
-        Self {
-            url,
-            reqwest_client,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn change_url(&mut self, new_url: Url) {
-        self.url = new_url
-    }
-
-    pub fn current_url(&self) -> &Url {
-        &self.url
-    }
-
-    async fn send_get_request<K, V>(
-        &self,
-        path: PathSegments<'_>,
-        params: Params<'_, K, V>,
-    ) -> Result<Response, NymAPIError>
-    where
-        K: AsRef<str>,
-        V: AsRef<str>,
-    {
-        let url = create_api_url(&self.url, path, params);
-        Ok(self.reqwest_client.get(url).send().await?)
-    }
-
-    async fn query_nym_api<T, K, V>(
-        &self,
-        path: PathSegments<'_>,
-        params: Params<'_, K, V>,
-    ) -> Result<T, NymAPIError>
-    where
-        for<'a> T: Deserialize<'a>,
-        K: AsRef<str>,
-        V: AsRef<str>,
-    {
-        let res = self.send_get_request(path, params).await?;
-        if res.status().is_success() {
-            Ok(res.json().await?)
-        } else if res.status() == StatusCode::NOT_FOUND {
-            Err(NymAPIError::NotFound)
-        } else {
-            Err(NymAPIError::GenericRequestFailure(res.text().await?))
-        }
-    }
-
-    // This works for endpoints returning Result<Json<T>, ErrorResponse>
-    async fn query_nym_api_fallible<T, K, V>(
-        &self,
-        path: PathSegments<'_>,
-        params: Params<'_, K, V>,
-    ) -> Result<T, NymAPIError>
-    where
-        for<'a> T: Deserialize<'a>,
-        K: AsRef<str>,
-        V: AsRef<str>,
-    {
-        let res = self.send_get_request(path, params).await?;
-        let status = res.status();
-        if res.status().is_success() {
-            Ok(res.json().await?)
-        } else {
-            let request_error: RequestError = res.json().await?;
-            Err(NymAPIError::ApiRequestFailure {
-                status: status.as_u16(),
-                error: request_error,
-            })
-        }
-    }
-
-    async fn post_nym_api<B, T, K, V>(
-        &self,
-        path: PathSegments<'_>,
-        params: Params<'_, K, V>,
-        json_body: &B,
-    ) -> Result<T, NymAPIError>
-    where
-        B: Serialize + ?Sized,
-        for<'a> T: Deserialize<'a>,
-        K: AsRef<str>,
-        V: AsRef<str>,
-    {
-        let url = create_api_url(&self.url, path, params);
-        let response = self.reqwest_client.post(url).json(json_body).send().await?;
-        if response.status().is_success() {
-            Ok(response.json().await?)
-        } else {
-            Err(NymAPIError::GenericRequestFailure(response.text().await?))
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub async fn get_mixnodes(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeDetails>, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::MIXNODES], NO_PARAMS)
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+pub trait NymApiClientExt: ApiClient {
+    async fn get_mixnodes(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeDetails>, NymAPIError> {
+        self.get_json(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::MIXNODES], NO_PARAMS)
            .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnodes_detailed(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeBondAnnotated>, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+    async fn get_mixnodes_detailed(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeBondAnnotated>, NymAPIError> {
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS,
@@ -148,8 +46,8 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_gateways_detailed(&self) -> Result<Vec<GatewayBondAnnotated>, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+    async fn get_gateways_detailed(&self) -> Result<Vec<GatewayBondAnnotated>, NymAPIError> {
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS,
@@ -161,10 +59,10 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnodes_detailed_unfiltered(
+    async fn get_mixnodes_detailed_unfiltered(
        &self,
    ) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeBondAnnotated>, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS,
@@ -176,23 +74,29 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_gateways(&self) -> Result<Vec<GatewayBond>, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::GATEWAYS], NO_PARAMS)
+    async fn get_gateways(&self) -> Result<Vec<GatewayBond>, NymAPIError> {
+        self.get_json(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::GATEWAYS], NO_PARAMS)
            .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_active_mixnodes(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeDetails>, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+    async fn get_gateways_described(&self) -> Result<Vec<DescribedGateway>, NymAPIError> {
+        self.get_json(
+            &[routes::API_VERSION, routes::GATEWAYS, routes::DESCRIBED],
+            NO_PARAMS,
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
+    async fn get_active_mixnodes(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeDetails>, NymAPIError> {
+        self.get_json(
            &[routes::API_VERSION, routes::MIXNODES, routes::ACTIVE],
            NO_PARAMS,
        )
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_active_mixnodes_detailed(
-        &self,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeBondAnnotated>, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+    async fn get_active_mixnodes_detailed(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeBondAnnotated>, NymAPIError> {
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS,
@@ -205,19 +109,19 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_rewarded_mixnodes(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeDetails>, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+    async fn get_rewarded_mixnodes(&self) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeDetails>, NymAPIError> {
+        self.get_json(
            &[routes::API_VERSION, routes::MIXNODES, routes::REWARDED],
            NO_PARAMS,
        )
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnode_report(
+    async fn get_mixnode_report(
        &self,
        mix_id: MixId,
    ) -> Result<MixnodeStatusReportResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS,
@@ -230,11 +134,11 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_gateway_report(
+    async fn get_gateway_report(
        &self,
        identity: IdentityKeyRef<'_>,
    ) -> Result<GatewayStatusReportResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS,
@@ -247,11 +151,11 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnode_history(
+    async fn get_mixnode_history(
        &self,
        mix_id: MixId,
    ) -> Result<MixnodeUptimeHistoryResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS,
@@ -264,11 +168,11 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_gateway_history(
+    async fn get_gateway_history(
        &self,
        identity: IdentityKeyRef<'_>,
    ) -> Result<GatewayUptimeHistoryResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS,
@@ -281,10 +185,10 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_rewarded_mixnodes_detailed(
+    async fn get_rewarded_mixnodes_detailed(
        &self,
    ) -> Result<Vec<MixNodeBondAnnotated>, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS,
@@ -297,13 +201,13 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_gateway_core_status_count(
+    async fn get_gateway_core_status_count(
        &self,
        identity: IdentityKeyRef<'_>,
        since: Option<i64>,
    ) -> Result<GatewayCoreStatusResponse, NymAPIError> {
        if let Some(since) = since {
-            self.query_nym_api(
+            self.get_json(
                &[
                    routes::API_VERSION,
                    routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -315,7 +219,7 @@ impl Client {
            )
            .await
        } else {
-            self.query_nym_api(
+            self.get_json(
                &[
                    routes::API_VERSION,
                    routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -328,13 +232,13 @@ impl Client {
        }
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnode_core_status_count(
+    async fn get_mixnode_core_status_count(
        &self,
        mix_id: MixId,
        since: Option<i64>,
    ) -> Result<MixnodeCoreStatusResponse, NymAPIError> {
        if let Some(since) = since {
-            self.query_nym_api(
+            self.get_json(
                &[
                    routes::API_VERSION,
                    routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -346,7 +250,7 @@ impl Client {
            )
            .await
        } else {
-            self.query_nym_api(
+            self.get_json(
                &[
                    routes::API_VERSION,
                    routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -360,11 +264,11 @@ impl Client {
        }
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnode_status(
+    async fn get_mixnode_status(
        &self,
        mix_id: MixId,
    ) -> Result<MixnodeStatusResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -377,11 +281,11 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnode_reward_estimation(
+    async fn get_mixnode_reward_estimation(
        &self,
        mix_id: MixId,
    ) -> Result<RewardEstimationResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api_fallible(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -394,12 +298,12 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn compute_mixnode_reward_estimation(
+    async fn compute_mixnode_reward_estimation(
        &self,
        mix_id: MixId,
        request_body: &ComputeRewardEstParam,
    ) -> Result<RewardEstimationResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.post_nym_api(
+        self.post_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -413,11 +317,11 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnode_stake_saturation(
+    async fn get_mixnode_stake_saturation(
        &self,
        mix_id: MixId,
    ) -> Result<StakeSaturationResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api_fallible(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -430,11 +334,11 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnode_inclusion_probability(
+    async fn get_mixnode_inclusion_probability(
        &self,
        mix_id: MixId,
    ) -> Result<InclusionProbabilityResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api_fallible(
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -447,11 +351,8 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_mixnode_avg_uptime(
-        &self,
-        mix_id: MixId,
-    ) -> Result<UptimeResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.query_nym_api_fallible(
+    async fn get_mixnode_avg_uptime(&self, mix_id: MixId) -> Result<UptimeResponse, NymAPIError> {
+        self.get_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::STATUS_ROUTES,
@@ -464,11 +365,11 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn blind_sign(
+    async fn blind_sign(
        &self,
        request_body: &BlindSignRequestBody,
    ) -> Result<BlindedSignatureResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.post_nym_api(
+        self.post_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::COCONUT_ROUTES,
@@ -481,11 +382,11 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn verify_bandwidth_credential(
+    async fn verify_bandwidth_credential(
        &self,
        request_body: &VerifyCredentialBody,
    ) -> Result<VerifyCredentialResponse, NymAPIError> {
-        self.post_nym_api(
+        self.post_json(
            &[
                routes::API_VERSION,
                routes::COCONUT_ROUTES,
@@ -498,118 +399,20 @@ impl Client {
        .await
    }

-    pub async fn get_service_providers(&self) -> Result<ServicesListResponse, NymAPIError> {
+    async fn get_service_providers(&self) -> Result<ServicesListResponse, NymAPIError> {
        log::trace!("Getting service providers");
-        self.query_nym_api(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::SERVICE_PROVIDERS], NO_PARAMS)
+        self.get_json(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::SERVICE_PROVIDERS], NO_PARAMS)
            .await
    }

-    //pub async fn get_registered_names(&self) -> Result<Vec<NameEntry>, NymAPIError> {
-    pub async fn get_registered_names(&self) -> Result<NamesListResponse, NymAPIError> {
+    //async fn get_registered_names(&self) -> Result<Vec<NameEntry>, NymAPIError> {
+    async fn get_registered_names(&self) -> Result<NamesListResponse, NymAPIError> {
        log::trace!("Getting registered names");
-        self.query_nym_api(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::REGISTERED_NAMES], NO_PARAMS)
+        self.get_json(&[routes::API_VERSION, routes::REGISTERED_NAMES], NO_PARAMS)
            .await
    }
 }

-// utility function that should solve the double slash problem in validator API forever.
-fn create_api_url<K: AsRef<str>, V: AsRef<str>>(
-    base: &Url,
-    segments: PathSegments<'_>,
-    params: Params<'_, K, V>,
-) -> Url {
-    let mut url = base.clone();
-    let mut path_segments = url
-        .path_segments_mut()
-        .expect("provided validator url does not have a base!");
-    for segment in segments {
-        let segment = segment.strip_prefix('/').unwrap_or(segment);
-        let segment = segment.strip_suffix('/').unwrap_or(segment);
-
-        path_segments.push(segment);
-    }
-    // I don't understand why compiler couldn't figure out that it's no longer used
-    // and can be dropped
-    drop(path_segments);
-
-    if !params.is_empty() {
-        url.query_pairs_mut().extend_pairs(params);
-    }
-
-    url
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn creating_api_path() {
-        let base_url: Url = "http://foomp.com".parse().unwrap();
-
-        // works with 1 segment
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["foo"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-
-        // works with 2 segments
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo/bar",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["foo", "bar"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-
-        // works with leading slash
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["/foo"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo/bar",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["/foo", "bar"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo/bar",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["foo", "/bar"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-
-        // works with trailing slash
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["foo/"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo/bar",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["foo/", "bar"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo/bar",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["foo", "bar/"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-
-        // works with both leading and trailing slash
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["/foo/"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo/bar",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["/foo/", "/bar/"], NO_PARAMS).as_str()
-        );
-
-        // adds params
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo/bar?foomp=baz",
-            create_api_url(&base_url, &["foo", "bar"], &[("foomp", "baz")]).as_str()
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            "http://foomp.com/foo/bar?arg1=val1&arg2=val2",
-            create_api_url(
-                &base_url,
-                &["/foo/", "/bar/"],
-                &[("arg1", "val1"), ("arg2", "val2")]
-            )
-            .as_str()
-        );
-    }
-}
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+impl NymApiClientExt for Client {}
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use nym_network_defaults::NYM_API_VERSION;
 pub const API_VERSION: &str = NYM_API_VERSION;
 pub const MIXNODES: &str = "mixnodes";
 pub const GATEWAYS: &str = "gateways";
+pub const DESCRIBED: &str = "described";

 pub const DETAILED: &str = "detailed";
 pub const DETAILED_UNFILTERED: &str = "detailed-unfiltered";
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::nyxd::cosmwasm_client::types::{
    Account, CodeDetails, Contract, ContractCodeId, SequenceResponse, SimulateResponse,
 };
 use crate::nyxd::error::NyxdError;
+use crate::nyxd::Query;
 use crate::rpc::TendermintRpcClient;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use cosmrs::cosmwasm::{CodeInfoResponse, ContractCodeHistoryEntry};
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tendermint_rpc::{
    endpoint::{block::Response as BlockResponse, broadcast, tx::Response as TxResponse},
-    query::Query,
    Order,
 };

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::{DirectSigningReqwestRpcNyxdClient, QueryReqwestRpcNyxdClient, Reqwes
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use cosmrs::cosmwasm;
 use cosmrs::tendermint::{abci, evidence::Evidence, Genesis};
-use cosmrs::tx::{Msg, Raw, SignDoc};
+use cosmrs::tx::{Raw, SignDoc};
 use cosmwasm_std::Addr;
 use nym_network_defaults::{ChainDetails, NymNetworkDetails};
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub use cosmrs::tendermint::block::Height;
 pub use cosmrs::tendermint::hash::{self, Algorithm, Hash};
 pub use cosmrs::tendermint::validator::Info as TendermintValidatorInfo;
 pub use cosmrs::tendermint::Time as TendermintTime;
+pub use cosmrs::tx::Msg;
 pub use cosmrs::tx::{self};
 pub use cosmrs::Coin as CosmosCoin;
 pub use cosmrs::Gas;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ pub use cosmwasm_std::Coin as CosmWasmCoin;
 pub use fee::{gas_price::GasPrice, GasAdjustable, GasAdjustment};
 pub use tendermint_rpc::{
    endpoint::{tx::Response as TxResponse, validators::Response as ValidatorResponse},
+    query::Query,
    Paging,
 };
 pub use tendermint_rpc::{Request, Response, SimpleRequest};
@@ -57,7 +59,6 @@ use crate::http_client;
 use crate::{DirectSigningHttpRpcNyxdClient, QueryHttpRpcNyxdClient};
 #[cfg(feature = "http-client")]
 use cosmrs::rpc::{HttpClient, HttpClientUrl};
-use tendermint_rpc::query::Query;

 pub mod coin;
 pub mod contract_traits;
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ description = "Crutch library until there is proper SerDe support for coconut st
 bs58 = "0.4.0"
 getset = "0.1.1"
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
-thiserror = "1"
+thiserror = { workspace = true }

 nym-coconut = {path = "../nymcoconut" }
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bip39 = { workspace = true }
 bs58 = "0.4"
 comfy-table = "6.0.0"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
-clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 cw-utils = { workspace = true }
 handlebars = "3.0.1"
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub async fn init(args: Args, client: SigningClient, network_details: &NymNetwor
    // by default we make ourselves an admin, let me know if you don't like that behaviour
    let opts = Some(InstantiateOptions {
        funds,
-        admin: Some(args.admin.unwrap_or_else(|| client.address().clone())),
+        admin: Some(args.admin.unwrap_or_else(|| client.address())),
    });

    let msg: serde_json::Value =
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use clap::{Args, Subcommand};

 pub mod update_config;
+pub mod update_cost_params;
 pub mod vesting_update_config;

 #[derive(Debug, Args)]
@@ -20,7 +21,5 @@ pub enum MixnetOperatorsMixnodeSettingsCommands {
    /// Update mixnode configuration for a mixnode bonded with locked tokens
    VestingUpdateConfig(vesting_update_config::Args),
    /// Update mixnode cost parameters
-    UpdateCostParameters,
-    /// Update mixnode cost parameters for a mixnode bonded with locked tokens
-    VestingUpdateCostParameters,
+    UpdateCostParameters(update_cost_params::Args),
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::context::SigningClient;
+use clap::Parser;
+use cosmwasm_std::Uint128;
+use log::info;
+use nym_mixnet_contract_common::{MixNodeCostParams, Percent};
+use nym_validator_client::nyxd::contract_traits::MixnetSigningClient;
+use nym_validator_client::nyxd::CosmWasmCoin;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+pub struct Args {
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        help = "input your profit margin as follows; (so it would be 10, rather than 0.1)"
+    )]
+    pub profit_margin_percent: Option<u8>,
+
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        help = "operating cost in current DENOMINATION (so it would be 'unym', rather than 'nym')"
+    )]
+    pub interval_operating_cost: Option<u128>,
+}
+
+pub async fn update_cost_params(args: Args, client: SigningClient) {
+    let denom = client.current_chain_details().mix_denom.base.as_str();
+
+    let cost_params = MixNodeCostParams {
+        profit_margin_percent: Percent::from_percentage_value(
+            args.profit_margin_percent.unwrap_or(10) as u64,
+        )
+        .unwrap(),
+        interval_operating_cost: CosmWasmCoin {
+            denom: denom.into(),
+            amount: Uint128::new(args.interval_operating_cost.unwrap_or(40_000_000)),
+        },
+    };
+
+    info!("Starting mixnode params updating!");
+    let res = client
+        .update_mixnode_cost_params(cost_params, None)
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to update cost params");
+
+    info!("Cost params result: {:?}", res)
+}
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use clap::Parser;
-use comfy_table::Table;
-
 use crate::context::QueryClientWithNyxd;
 use crate::utils::{pretty_cosmwasm_coin, show_error};
+use clap::Parser;
+use comfy_table::Table;
+use nym_validator_client::client::NymApiClientExt;

 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 pub struct Args {
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use clap::Parser;
-use comfy_table::Table;
-
 use crate::context::QueryClientWithNyxd;
 use crate::utils::{pretty_decimal_with_denom, show_error};
+use clap::Parser;
+use comfy_table::Table;
+use nym_validator_client::client::NymApiClientExt;

 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 pub struct Args {
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use clap::Parser;
-use comfy_table::Table;
-use nym_validator_client::nym_api::error::NymAPIError;
-
 use crate::context::QueryClientWithNyxd;
 use crate::utils::show_error;
+use clap::Parser;
+use comfy_table::Table;
+use nym_validator_client::client::NymApiClientExt;
+use nym_validator_client::nym_api::error::NymAPIError;

 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 pub struct Args {
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use clap::Parser;
-use comfy_table::Table;
-use nym_validator_client::nym_api::error::NymAPIError;
-
 use crate::context::QueryClientWithNyxd;
 use crate::utils::show_error;
+use clap::Parser;
+use comfy_table::Table;
+use nym_validator_client::client::NymApiClientExt;
+use nym_validator_client::nym_api::error::NymAPIError;

 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 pub struct Args {
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub use toml::de::Error as TomlDeError;
 pub mod defaults;
 pub mod helpers;
 pub mod legacy_helpers;
+pub mod serde_helpers;

 pub const NYM_DIR: &str = ".nym";
 pub const DEFAULT_NYM_APIS_DIR: &str = "nym-api";
@@ -24,12 +25,20 @@ pub const DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME: &str = "config.toml";

 #[cfg(feature = "dirs")]
 pub fn must_get_home() -> PathBuf {
-    dirs::home_dir().expect("Failed to evaluate $HOME value")
+    if let Some(home_dir) = std::env::var_os("NYM_HOME_DIR") {
+        home_dir.into()
+    } else {
+        dirs::home_dir().expect("Failed to evaluate $HOME value")
+    }
 }

 #[cfg(feature = "dirs")]
 pub fn may_get_home() -> Option<PathBuf> {
-    dirs::home_dir()
+    if let Some(home_dir) = std::env::var_os("NYM_HOME_DIR") {
+        Some(home_dir.into())
+    } else {
+        dirs::home_dir()
+    }
 }

 pub trait NymConfigTemplate: Serialize {
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
+use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+pub fn de_maybe_stringified<'de, D, T, E>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<T>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    T: FromStr<Err = E>,
+    E: Display,
+{
+    let raw = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    if raw.is_empty() {
+        Ok(None)
+    } else {
+        Ok(Some(raw.parse().map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?))
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn de_maybe_string<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<String>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    de_maybe_stringified(deserializer)
+}
+
+pub fn de_maybe_path<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<PathBuf>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    de_maybe_stringified(deserializer)
+}
+
+pub fn de_maybe_port<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<u16>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    let port = u16::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    if port == 0 {
+        Ok(None)
+    } else {
+        Ok(Some(port))
+    }
+}
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ serde_repr = "0.1"

 # we still have to preserve that import for `JsonSchema` for `Layer` type (since we can't use cw_serde macro due to custom serde impl)
 schemars = "0.8"
-thiserror = "1.0"
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
 contracts-common = { path = "../contracts-common", package = "nym-contracts-common", version = "0.5.0" }
 serde-json-wasm = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ cosmwasm-schema = { workspace = true }
 cosmwasm-std = { workspace = true }
 schemars = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0.103", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
-thiserror = { version = "1.0.23" }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cw2 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 mixnet-contract-common = { path = "../mixnet-contract", package = "nym-mixnet-contract-common", version = "0.6.0" }
 contracts-common = { path = "../contracts-common", package = "nym-contracts-common", version = "0.5.0" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-thiserror = "1.0"
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
 ts-rs = { workspace = true, optional = true}

 [features]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 async-trait = { workspace = true }

 log = { workspace = true }
-thiserror = "1.0"
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["sync"]}

 [target."cfg(not(target_arch = \"wasm32\"))".dependencies.sqlx]
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"], optional = true }
 serde_bytes = { version = "0.11.6", optional = true }
 serde_crate = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default_features = false, features = ["derive"], package = "serde" }
 subtle-encoding = { version = "0.5", features =  ["bech32-preview"]}
-thiserror = "1.0.37"
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
 zeroize = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["zeroize_derive"] }

 # internal
@@ -145,8 +145,12 @@ impl PublicKey {
        Self::from_bytes(&bytes)
    }

-    pub fn verify(&self, message: &[u8], signature: &Signature) -> Result<(), SignatureError> {
-        self.0.verify(message, &signature.0)
+    pub fn verify<M: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+        &self,
+        message: M,
+        signature: &Signature,
+    ) -> Result<(), SignatureError> {
+        self.0.verify(message.as_ref(), &signature.0)
    }
 }

@@ -239,16 +243,16 @@ impl PrivateKey {
        Self::from_bytes(&bytes)
    }

-    pub fn sign(&self, message: &[u8]) -> Signature {
+    pub fn sign<M: AsRef<[u8]>>(&self, message: M) -> Signature {
        let expanded_secret_key = ed25519_dalek::ExpandedSecretKey::from(&self.0);
        let public_key: PublicKey = self.into();
-        let sig = expanded_secret_key.sign(message, &public_key.0);
+        let sig = expanded_secret_key.sign(message.as_ref(), &public_key.0);
        Signature(sig)
    }

    /// Signs text with the provided Ed25519 private key, returning a base58 signature
    pub fn sign_text(&self, text: &str) -> String {
-        let signature_bytes = self.sign(text.as_ref()).to_bytes();
+        let signature_bytes = self.sign(text).to_bytes();
        bs58::encode(signature_bytes).into_string()
    }
 }
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false}
 rand_chacha = "0.3"
 rand_core = "0.6.3"
 sha2 = "0.9"
-serde = "1.0"
+serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_derive = "1.0"
-thiserror = "1.0"
-zeroize = { version = "1.4", features = ["zeroize_derive"] }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+zeroize = { workspace = true, features = ["zeroize_derive"] }

 nym-pemstore = { path = "../pemstore" }

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[package]
+name = "nym-exit-policy"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+documentation.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
+
+# feature-specific dependencies:
+
+## client feature
+reqwest = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
+## openapi feature
+serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+utoipa = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+
+[features]
+default = []
+client = ["reqwest"]
+openapi = ["utoipa", "serde_json"]
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::policy::PolicyError;
+use crate::ExitPolicy;
+use reqwest::IntoUrl;
+
+pub async fn get_exit_policy(url: impl IntoUrl) -> Result<ExitPolicy, PolicyError> {
+    ExitPolicy::parse_from_torrc(reqwest::get(url).await?.text().await?)
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub mod policy;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "client")]
+pub mod client;
+
+pub use crate::policy::{
+    AddressPolicy, AddressPolicyAction, AddressPolicyRule, AddressPortPattern, PolicyError,
+    PortRange,
+};
+
+pub(crate) const EXIT_POLICY_FIELD_NAME: &str = "ExitPolicy";
+const COMMENT_CHAR: char = '#';
+
+pub type ExitPolicy = AddressPolicy;
+
+pub fn parse_exit_policy<S: AsRef<str>>(exit_policy: S) -> Result<ExitPolicy, PolicyError> {
+    let rules = exit_policy
+        .as_ref()
+        .lines()
+        .map(|maybe_rule| {
+            if let Some(comment_start) = maybe_rule.find(COMMENT_CHAR) {
+                &maybe_rule[..comment_start]
+            } else {
+                maybe_rule
+            }
+            .trim()
+        })
+        .filter(|maybe_rule| !maybe_rule.is_empty())
+        .map(parse_address_policy_rule)
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+
+    Ok(AddressPolicy { rules })
+}
+
+pub fn format_exit_policy(policy: &ExitPolicy) -> String {
+    policy
+        .rules
+        .iter()
+        .map(|rule| format!("{EXIT_POLICY_FIELD_NAME} {rule}"))
+        .fold(String::new(), |accumulator, rule| {
+            accumulator + &rule + "\n"
+        })
+        .trim_end()
+        .to_string()
+}
+
+fn parse_address_policy_rule(rule: &str) -> Result<AddressPolicyRule, PolicyError> {
+    // each exit policy rule must begin with 'ExitPolicy' followed by the actual rule
+    rule.strip_prefix(EXIT_POLICY_FIELD_NAME)
+        .ok_or(PolicyError::NoExitPolicyPrefix {
+            entry: rule.to_string(),
+        })?
+        .trim()
+        .parse()
+}
+
+// for each line, ignore everything after the comment
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::policy::AddressPolicyAction::{Accept, Accept6, Reject, Reject6};
+    use crate::policy::{AddressPortPattern, IpPattern, PortRange};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parsing_policy() {
+        let sample = r#"
+ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.4/32:*#comment
+ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.5:* #comment
+ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.6/16:*
+ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.6/16:123-456 # comment
+
+ExitPolicy accept *:53 # DNS
+
+# random comment
+
+ExitPolicy accept6 *6:119
+ExitPolicy accept *4:120
+ExitPolicy reject6 [FC00::]/7:*
+
+#ExitPolicy accept *:8080 #and another comment here
+
+ExitPolicy reject FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329:*
+ExitPolicy reject FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8328:1234
+ExitPolicy reject FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8328/64:1235
+
+#another comment
+#ExitPolicy accept *:8080 
+
+ExitPolicy reject *:*
+        "#;
+
+        let res = parse_exit_policy(sample).unwrap();
+
+        let mut expected = AddressPolicy::new();
+
+        // ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.4/32:*#comment
+        expected.push(
+            Reject,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V4 {
+                    addr_prefix: "1.2.3.4".parse().unwrap(),
+                    mask: 32,
+                },
+                ports: PortRange::new_all(),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.5:* #comment
+        expected.push(
+            Reject,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V4 {
+                    addr_prefix: "1.2.3.5".parse().unwrap(),
+                    mask: 32,
+                },
+                ports: PortRange::new_all(),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.6/16:*
+        expected.push(
+            Reject,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V4 {
+                    addr_prefix: "1.2.3.6".parse().unwrap(),
+                    mask: 16,
+                },
+                ports: PortRange::new_all(),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.6/16:123-456
+        expected.push(
+            Reject,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V4 {
+                    addr_prefix: "1.2.3.6".parse().unwrap(),
+                    mask: 16,
+                },
+                ports: PortRange::new(123, 456).unwrap(),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy accept *:53
+        expected.push(
+            Accept,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::Star,
+                ports: PortRange::new_singleton(53),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy accept6 *6:119
+        expected.push(
+            Accept6,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V6Star,
+                ports: PortRange::new_singleton(119),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy accept *4:120
+        expected.push(
+            Accept,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V4Star,
+                ports: PortRange::new_singleton(120),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy reject6 [FC00::]/7:*
+        expected.push(
+            Reject6,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V6 {
+                    addr_prefix: "FC00::".parse().unwrap(),
+                    mask: 7,
+                },
+                ports: PortRange::new_all(),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329:*
+        expected.push(
+            Reject,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V6 {
+                    addr_prefix: "FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329".parse().unwrap(),
+                    mask: 128,
+                },
+                ports: PortRange::new_all(),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8328:1234
+        expected.push(
+            Reject,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V6 {
+                    addr_prefix: "FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8328".parse().unwrap(),
+                    mask: 128,
+                },
+                ports: PortRange::new_singleton(1234),
+            },
+        );
+
+        // ExitPolicy FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8328/64:1235
+        expected.push(
+            Reject,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::V6 {
+                    addr_prefix: "FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8328".parse().unwrap(),
+                    mask: 64,
+                },
+                ports: PortRange::new_singleton(1235),
+            },
+        );
+
+        expected.push(
+            Reject,
+            AddressPortPattern {
+                ip_pattern: IpPattern::Star,
+                ports: PortRange::new_all(),
+            },
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(res, expected)
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,726 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//! Implements address policies, based on a series of accept/reject
+//! rules.
+
+use crate::policy::error::PolicyError;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use tracing::trace;
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", derive(utoipa::ToSchema))]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum AddressPolicyAction {
+    /// A rule that accepts matching address:port combinations on IPv4 and IPv6.
+    Accept,
+
+    /// A rule that rejects matching address:port combinations on IPv4 and IPv6.
+    Reject,
+
+    /// A rule that accepts matching address:port combinations on IPv6 only.
+    Accept6,
+
+    /// A rule that rejects matching address:port combinations on IPv6 only.
+    Reject6,
+}
+
+impl AddressPolicyAction {
+    pub fn is_accept(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            self,
+            AddressPolicyAction::Accept | AddressPolicyAction::Accept6
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for AddressPolicyAction {
+    type Err = PolicyError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        match s {
+            "accept" => Ok(AddressPolicyAction::Accept),
+            "reject" => Ok(AddressPolicyAction::Reject),
+            "accept6" => Ok(AddressPolicyAction::Accept6),
+            "reject6" => Ok(AddressPolicyAction::Reject6),
+            other => Err(PolicyError::InvalidPolicyAction {
+                action: other.to_string(),
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for AddressPolicyAction {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            AddressPolicyAction::Accept => write!(f, "accept"),
+            AddressPolicyAction::Reject => write!(f, "reject"),
+            AddressPolicyAction::Accept6 => write!(f, "accept6"),
+            AddressPolicyAction::Reject6 => write!(f, "reject6"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// A sequence of rules that are applied to an address:port until one
+/// matches.
+///
+/// Each rule is of the form "accept(6) PATTERN" or "reject(6) PATTERN",
+/// where every pattern describes a set of addresses and ports.
+/// Address sets are given as a prefix of 0-128 bits that the address
+/// must have; port sets are given as a low-bound and high-bound that
+/// the target port might lie between.
+///
+/// An example IPv4 policy might be:
+///
+/// ```text
+///  reject *:25
+///  reject 127.0.0.0/8:*
+///  reject 192.168.0.0/16:*
+///  accept *:80
+///  accept *:443
+///  accept *:9000-65535
+///  reject *:*
+/// ```
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", derive(utoipa::ToSchema))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", aliases(ExitPolicy))]
+pub struct AddressPolicy {
+    /// A list of rules to apply to find out whether an address is
+    /// contained by this policy.
+    ///
+    /// The rules apply in order; the first one to match determines
+    /// whether the address is accepted or rejected.
+    pub(crate) rules: Vec<AddressPolicyRule>,
+}
+
+impl AddressPolicy {
+    /// Create a new AddressPolicy that matches nothing.
+    pub const fn new() -> Self {
+        AddressPolicy { rules: Vec::new() }
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new AddressPolicy that matches everything.
+    pub fn new_open() -> Self {
+        AddressPolicy {
+            rules: vec![AddressPolicyRule::new(
+                AddressPolicyAction::Accept,
+                AddressPortPattern {
+                    ip_pattern: IpPattern::Star,
+                    ports: PortRange::new_all(),
+                },
+            )],
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Check whether this AddressPolicy matches all patterns.
+    pub fn is_open(&self) -> bool {
+        if self.rules.len() != 1 {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        let rule = &self.rules[0];
+
+        rule.action == AddressPolicyAction::Accept
+            && rule.pattern.ip_pattern == IpPattern::Star
+            && rule.pattern.ports.is_all()
+    }
+
+    /// Attempts to parse the AddressPolicy out of raw torrc representation.
+    pub fn parse_from_torrc<S: AsRef<str>>(raw: S) -> Result<Self, PolicyError> {
+        crate::parse_exit_policy(raw)
+    }
+
+    /// Formats the AddressPolicy with torrc representation
+    pub fn format_as_torrc(&self) -> String {
+        crate::format_exit_policy(self)
+    }
+
+    /// Apply this policy to an address:port combination
+    ///
+    /// We do this by applying each rule in sequence, until one
+    /// matches.
+    ///
+    /// Returns None if no rule matches.
+    pub fn allows(&self, addr: &IpAddr, port: u16) -> Option<bool> {
+        self.rules
+            .iter()
+            .find(|rule| rule.pattern.matches(addr, port))
+            .map(|rule| {
+                trace!("'{addr}:{port}' is covered by rule '{rule}'");
+                rule.action.is_accept()
+            })
+    }
+
+    /// As allows, but accept a SocketAddr.
+    pub fn allows_sockaddr(&self, addr: &SocketAddr) -> Option<bool> {
+        self.allows(&addr.ip(), addr.port())
+    }
+
+    /// Add a new rule to this policy.
+    ///
+    /// The newly added rule is applied _after_ all previous rules.
+    /// It matches all addresses and ports covered by AddressPortPattern.
+    ///
+    /// If accept is true, the rule is to accept addresses that match;
+    /// if accept is false, the rule rejects such addresses.
+    pub fn push(&mut self, action: AddressPolicyAction, pattern: AddressPortPattern) {
+        self.rules.push(AddressPolicyRule { action, pattern })
+    }
+
+    /// As push, but accepts a AddressPolicyRule.
+    pub fn push_rule(&mut self, rule: AddressPolicyRule) {
+        self.rules.push(rule)
+    }
+}
+
+/// A single rule in an address policy.
+///
+/// Contains a pattern, what to do with things that match it.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", derive(utoipa::ToSchema))]
+pub struct AddressPolicyRule {
+    /// What do we do with items that match the pattern?
+    action: AddressPolicyAction,
+
+    /// What pattern are we trying to match?
+    pattern: AddressPortPattern,
+}
+
+impl FromStr for AddressPolicyRule {
+    type Err = PolicyError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        // split on the first space, i.e. separation between the action and the pattern
+        let Some((action, pattern)) = s.split_once(' ') else {
+            return Err(PolicyError::MalformedAddressPolicy { raw: s.to_string() });
+        };
+
+        Ok(AddressPolicyRule {
+            action: action.parse()?,
+            pattern: pattern.parse()?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl AddressPolicyRule {
+    pub fn new(action: AddressPolicyAction, pattern: AddressPortPattern) -> Self {
+        AddressPolicyRule { action, pattern }
+    }
+}
+impl Display for AddressPolicyRule {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{} {}", self.action, self.pattern)
+    }
+}
+
+/// A pattern that may or may not match an address and port.
+///
+/// Each AddrPortPattern has an IP pattern, which matches a set of
+/// addresses by prefix, and a port pattern, which matches a range of
+/// ports.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```
+/// use nym_exit_policy::policy::AddressPortPattern;
+/// use std::net::{IpAddr,Ipv4Addr};
+/// let localhost = IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(127,3,4,5));
+/// let not_localhost = IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(192,0,2,16));
+/// let pat: AddressPortPattern = "127.0.0.0/8:*".parse().unwrap();
+///
+/// assert!(pat.matches(&localhost, 22));
+/// assert!(!pat.matches(&not_localhost, 22));
+/// ```
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", derive(utoipa::ToSchema))]
+pub struct AddressPortPattern {
+    /// A pattern to match somewhere between zero and all IP addresses.
+    #[serde(with = "stringified_ip_pattern")]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", schema(example = "1.2.3.6/16", value_type = String))]
+    pub(crate) ip_pattern: IpPattern,
+
+    /// A pattern to match a range of ports.
+    pub(crate) ports: PortRange,
+}
+
+mod stringified_ip_pattern {
+    use super::IpPattern;
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
+    use std::str::FromStr;
+
+    pub fn serialize<S: Serializer>(pattern: &IpPattern, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        serializer.serialize_str(&pattern.to_string())
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<IpPattern, D::Error> {
+        let s = <String>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        IpPattern::from_str(&s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AddressPortPattern {
+    /// Return true iff this pattern matches a given address and port.
+    pub fn matches(&self, addr: &IpAddr, port: u16) -> bool {
+        self.ip_pattern.matches(addr) && self.ports.contains(port)
+    }
+
+    /// As matches, but accept a SocketAddr.
+    pub fn matches_sockaddr(&self, addr: &SocketAddr) -> bool {
+        self.matches(&addr.ip(), addr.port())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for AddressPortPattern {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}:{}", self.ip_pattern, self.ports)
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for AddressPortPattern {
+    type Err = PolicyError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, PolicyError> {
+        let last_colon = s
+            .rfind(':')
+            .ok_or(PolicyError::MalformedAddressPortPattern { raw: s.to_string() })?;
+
+        // doesn't have enough chars to cover the port, even if its a wildcard
+        if s.len() < last_colon + 2 {
+            return Err(PolicyError::MalformedAddressPortPattern { raw: s.to_string() });
+        }
+
+        let ip_pattern = s[..last_colon].parse()?;
+        let ports = s[last_colon + 1..].parse()?;
+
+        Ok(AddressPortPattern { ip_pattern, ports })
+    }
+}
+
+/// A pattern that matches one or more IP addresses.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum IpPattern {
+    /// Match all addresses.
+    Star,
+
+    /// Match all IPv4 addresses.
+    V4Star,
+
+    /// Match all IPv6 addresses.
+    V6Star,
+
+    /// Match all IPv4 addresses beginning with a given prefix and mask.
+    V4 { addr_prefix: Ipv4Addr, mask: u8 },
+
+    /// Match all IPv6 addresses beginning with a given prefix and mask.
+    V6 { addr_prefix: Ipv6Addr, mask: u8 },
+}
+
+impl IpPattern {
+    /// Construct an IpPattern that matches the first `mask` bits of `addr`.
+    fn from_addr_and_mask(address: IpAddr, target_mask: u8) -> Result<Self, PolicyError> {
+        match (address, target_mask) {
+            (IpAddr::V4(_), 0) => Ok(IpPattern::V4Star),
+            (IpAddr::V6(_), 0) => Ok(IpPattern::V6Star),
+            (IpAddr::V4(addr_prefix), mask) if mask <= 32 => {
+                Ok(IpPattern::V4 { addr_prefix, mask })
+            }
+            (IpAddr::V6(addr_prefix), mask) if mask <= 128 => {
+                Ok(IpPattern::V6 { addr_prefix, mask })
+            }
+            (addr, mask) => {
+                if addr.is_ipv4() {
+                    Err(PolicyError::InvalidIpV4Mask { mask })
+                } else {
+                    Err(PolicyError::InvalidIpV6Mask { mask })
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return true iff `addr` is matched by this pattern.
+    fn matches(&self, addr: &IpAddr) -> bool {
+        match (self, addr) {
+            (IpPattern::Star, _) => true,
+            (IpPattern::V4Star, IpAddr::V4(_)) => true,
+            (IpPattern::V6Star, IpAddr::V6(_)) => true,
+            (IpPattern::V4 { addr_prefix, mask }, IpAddr::V4(addr)) => {
+                let p1 = u32::from_be_bytes(addr_prefix.octets());
+                let p2 = u32::from_be_bytes(addr.octets());
+
+                let shift = 32 - mask;
+                (p1 >> shift) == (p2 >> shift)
+            }
+            (IpPattern::V6 { addr_prefix, mask }, IpAddr::V6(addr)) => {
+                let p1 = u128::from_be_bytes(addr_prefix.octets());
+                let p2 = u128::from_be_bytes(addr.octets());
+
+                let shift = 128 - mask;
+                (p1 >> shift) == (p2 >> shift)
+            }
+            (_, _) => false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for IpPattern {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            IpPattern::Star => write!(f, "*"),
+            IpPattern::V4Star => write!(f, "*4"),
+            IpPattern::V6Star => write!(f, "*6"),
+            IpPattern::V4 { addr_prefix, mask } => {
+                write!(f, "{addr_prefix}/{mask}")
+            }
+            IpPattern::V6 { addr_prefix, mask } => {
+                write!(f, "{addr_prefix}/{mask}")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Helper: try to parse a plain ipv4 address, or an IPv6 address
+/// wrapped in brackets.
+fn parse_addr(s: &str) -> Result<IpAddr, PolicyError> {
+    if s.starts_with('[') && s.ends_with(']') {
+        Ipv6Addr::from_str(&s[1..s.len() - 1]).map(IpAddr::V6)
+    } else {
+        IpAddr::from_str(s)
+    }
+    .map_err(|source| PolicyError::MalformedIpAddress {
+        addr: s.to_string(),
+        source,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Helper: try to parse a port making sure it's non-zero
+fn parse_port(s: &str) -> Result<u16, PolicyError> {
+    let port = s
+        .parse::<u16>()
+        .map_err(|_| PolicyError::InvalidPort { raw: s.to_string() })?;
+
+    if port == 0 {
+        Err(PolicyError::InvalidPort {
+            raw: port.to_string(),
+        })
+    } else {
+        Ok(port)
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for IpPattern {
+    type Err = PolicyError;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, PolicyError> {
+        let (ip_s, mask_s) = match s.find('/') {
+            Some(slash_idx) => (&s[..slash_idx], Some(&s[slash_idx + 1..])),
+            None => (s, None),
+        };
+
+        match (ip_s, mask_s) {
+            // '*' patterns
+            ("*", Some(m)) => Err(PolicyError::MaskWithStar {
+                mask: m.to_string(),
+            }),
+            ("*", None) => Ok(IpPattern::Star),
+
+            // '*4' patterns
+            ("*4", Some(m)) => Err(PolicyError::MaskWithV4Star {
+                mask: m.to_string(),
+            }),
+            ("*4", None) => Ok(IpPattern::V4Star),
+
+            // '*6' patterns
+            ("*6", Some(m)) => Err(PolicyError::MaskWithV6Star {
+                mask: m.to_string(),
+            }),
+            ("*6", None) => Ok(IpPattern::V6Star),
+
+            (s, Some(m)) => {
+                let a: IpAddr = parse_addr(s)?;
+                let m: u8 = m.parse().map_err(|_| PolicyError::InvalidMask {
+                    mask: m.to_string(),
+                })?;
+                IpPattern::from_addr_and_mask(a, m)
+            }
+            (s, None) => {
+                let a: IpAddr = parse_addr(s)?;
+                let m = if a.is_ipv4() { 32 } else { 128 };
+                IpPattern::from_addr_and_mask(a, m)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// A PortRange is a set of consecutively numbered TCP or UDP ports.
+///
+/// # Example
+/// ```
+/// use nym_exit_policy::policy::PortRange;
+///
+/// let r: PortRange = "22-8000".parse().unwrap();
+/// assert!(r.contains(128));
+/// assert!(r.contains(22));
+/// assert!(r.contains(8000));
+///
+/// assert!(! r.contains(21));
+/// assert!(! r.contains(8001));
+/// ```
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", derive(utoipa::ToSchema))]
+pub struct PortRange {
+    /// The first port in this range.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", schema(example = 80))]
+    pub start: u16,
+
+    /// The last port in this range.
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "openapi", schema(example = 81))]
+    pub end: u16,
+}
+
+impl PortRange {
+    /// Create a new port range spanning from start to end, asserting that
+    /// the correct invariants hold.
+    fn new_unchecked(start: u16, end: u16) -> Self {
+        assert_ne!(start, 0);
+        assert!(start <= end);
+
+        PortRange { start, end }
+    }
+
+    /// Create a port range containing all ports.
+    pub fn new_all() -> Self {
+        PortRange::new_unchecked(1, 65535)
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new PortRange.
+    ///
+    /// The Portrange contains all ports between `start` and `end` inclusive.
+    ///
+    /// Returns None if lo is greater than end, or if either is zero.
+    pub const fn new(start: u16, end: u16) -> Option<Self> {
+        if start != 0 && start <= end {
+            Some(PortRange { start, end })
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new singleton PortRange.
+    pub const fn new_singleton(value: u16) -> Self {
+        PortRange {
+            start: value,
+            end: value,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return true if a port is in this range.
+    pub fn contains(&self, port: u16) -> bool {
+        self.start <= port && port <= self.end
+    }
+
+    /// Return true if this range contains all ports.
+    pub fn is_all(&self) -> bool {
+        self.start == 1 && self.end == 65535
+    }
+}
+
+/// A PortRange is displayed as a number if it contains a single port,
+/// and as a start point and end point separated by a dash if it contains
+/// more than one port.
+impl Display for PortRange {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        if self.is_all() {
+            write!(f, "*")
+        } else if self.start == self.end {
+            write!(f, "{}", self.start)
+        } else {
+            write!(f, "{}-{}", self.start, self.end)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for PortRange {
+    type Err = PolicyError;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, PolicyError> {
+        // check is if it's a star range
+        if s == "*" {
+            return Ok(PortRange::new_all());
+        }
+
+        if let Some(pos) = s.find('-') {
+            // This is a range; parse each part
+            let start = parse_port(&s[..pos])?;
+            let end = parse_port(&s[pos + 1..])?;
+            PortRange::new(start, end).ok_or(PolicyError::InvalidRange { start, end })
+        } else {
+            // There was no hyphen, so try to parse this range as a singleton.
+            let value = parse_port(s)?;
+            Ok(PortRange::new_singleton(value))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_bad_rules() {
+        fn check(s: &str) {
+            assert!(s.parse::<AddressPortPattern>().is_err());
+        }
+
+        check("marzipan:80");
+        check("1.2.3.4:90-80");
+        check("1.2.3.4/100:8888");
+        check("[1.2.3.4]/16:80");
+        check("[::1]/130:8888");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_rule_matches() {
+        fn check(address: &str, yes: &[&str], no: &[&str]) {
+            use std::net::SocketAddr;
+            let policy = address.parse::<AddressPortPattern>().unwrap();
+            for s in yes {
+                let sa = s.parse::<SocketAddr>().unwrap();
+                assert!(policy.matches_sockaddr(&sa));
+            }
+            for s in no {
+                let sa = s.parse::<SocketAddr>().unwrap();
+                assert!(!policy.matches_sockaddr(&sa));
+            }
+        }
+
+        check(
+            "1.2.3.4/16:80",
+            &["1.2.3.4:80", "1.2.44.55:80"],
+            &["9.9.9.9:80", "1.3.3.4:80", "1.2.3.4:81"],
+        );
+        check(
+            "*:443-8000",
+            &["1.2.3.4:443", "[::1]:500"],
+            &["9.0.0.0:80", "[::1]:80"],
+        );
+        check(
+            "[face::]/8:80",
+            &["[fab0::7]:80"],
+            &["[dd00::]:80", "[face::7]:443"],
+        );
+
+        check("0.0.0.0/0:*", &["127.0.0.1:80"], &["[f00b::]:80"]);
+        check("[::]/0:*", &["[f00b::]:80"], &["127.0.0.1:80"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_policy_matches() -> Result<(), PolicyError> {
+        let mut policy = AddressPolicy::default();
+        policy.push(AddressPolicyAction::Accept, "*:443".parse()?);
+        policy.push(AddressPolicyAction::Accept, "[::1]:80".parse()?);
+        policy.push(AddressPolicyAction::Reject, "*:80".parse()?);
+
+        let policy = policy; // drop mut
+        assert!(policy
+            .allows_sockaddr(&"[::6]:443".parse().unwrap())
+            .unwrap());
+        assert!(policy
+            .allows_sockaddr(&"127.0.0.1:443".parse().unwrap())
+            .unwrap());
+        assert!(policy
+            .allows_sockaddr(&"[::1]:80".parse().unwrap())
+            .unwrap());
+        assert!(!policy
+            .allows_sockaddr(&"[::2]:80".parse().unwrap())
+            .unwrap());
+        assert!(!policy
+            .allows_sockaddr(&"127.0.0.1:80".parse().unwrap())
+            .unwrap());
+        assert!(policy
+            .allows_sockaddr(&"127.0.0.1:66".parse().unwrap())
+            .is_none());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_portrange() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            "1-100".parse::<PortRange>().unwrap(),
+            PortRange::new(1, 100).unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            "01-100".parse::<PortRange>().unwrap(),
+            PortRange::new(1, 100).unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            "1-65535".parse::<PortRange>().unwrap(),
+            PortRange::new_all()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            "10-30".parse::<PortRange>().unwrap(),
+            PortRange::new(10, 30).unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            "9001".parse::<PortRange>().unwrap(),
+            PortRange::new(9001, 9001).unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            "9001-9001".parse::<PortRange>().unwrap(),
+            PortRange::new(9001, 9001).unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!("*".parse::<PortRange>().unwrap(), PortRange::new_all());
+
+        assert!("hello".parse::<PortRange>().is_err());
+        assert!("0".parse::<PortRange>().is_err());
+        assert!("65536".parse::<PortRange>().is_err());
+        assert!("65537".parse::<PortRange>().is_err());
+        assert!("1-2-3".parse::<PortRange>().is_err());
+        assert!("10-5".parse::<PortRange>().is_err());
+        assert!("1-".parse::<PortRange>().is_err());
+        assert!("-2".parse::<PortRange>().is_err());
+        assert!("-".parse::<PortRange>().is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_portrange() {
+        assert!(PortRange::new_all().is_all());
+        assert!(!PortRange::new(2, 65535).unwrap().is_all());
+
+        assert!(PortRange::new_all().contains(1));
+        assert!(PortRange::new_all().contains(65535));
+        assert!(PortRange::new_all().contains(7777));
+
+        assert!(PortRange::new(20, 30).unwrap().contains(20));
+        assert!(PortRange::new(20, 30).unwrap().contains(25));
+        assert!(PortRange::new(20, 30).unwrap().contains(30));
+        assert!(!PortRange::new(20, 30).unwrap().contains(19));
+        assert!(!PortRange::new(20, 30).unwrap().contains(31));
+    }
+
+    // this test exists due to manually implemented 'stringified_ip_pattern' on 'AddressPortPattern'
+    #[test]
+    fn policy_serde_json_roundtrip() {
+        let policy = AddressPolicy::parse_from_torrc(
+            r#"
+ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.4/32:*
+ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.5:* 
+ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.6/16:*
+ExitPolicy reject 1.2.3.6/16:123-456 
+ExitPolicy accept *:53 
+ExitPolicy accept6 *6:119
+ExitPolicy accept *4:120
+ExitPolicy reject6 [FC00::]/7:*
+ExitPolicy reject FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329:*
+ExitPolicy reject FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8328:1234
+ExitPolicy reject FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8328/64:1235
+ExitPolicy reject *:*"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(&policy).unwrap();
+        let recovered: AddressPolicy = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(recovered, policy);
+    }
+}
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