squash

fix nym-connect version
updating versions for release v1.1.22
2026-02-13 10:57:42 +01:00 · 2023-06-20 13:56:38 +02:00 · 2023-06-20 10:24:54 +02:00 · 2023-06-20 09:51:28 +02:00 · 2023-06-16 11:27:25 +02:00 · 2023-06-16 11:19:44 +02:00
239 changed files with 8161 additions and 3613 deletions
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ jobs:
          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_coconut_dkg.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/cw3_flex_multisig.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/cw4_group.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
+          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_service_provider_directory.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
+          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_name_service.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR

      - name: Deploy branch to CI www
        continue-on-error: true
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
            "build-tools;$SDK_BUILDTOOLS_VERSION"

      - name: Install Rust toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70.0

      - name: Install rust android targets
        run: |
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
        working-directory: sdk/lib/socks5-listener/
        env:
          RELEASE: true
+          RUSTFLAGS: "-C link-args=-Wl,--hash-style=gnu"
        # build for arm64 and x86_64
        run: ./build-android.sh aarch64 x86_64

@@ -68,19 +69,24 @@ jobs:
        env:
          ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: ${{ env.ANDROID_HOME }}
        # build for arm64 and x86_64
-        run: ./gradlew :app:assembleArch64Release
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew :app:assembleArch64Debug
+          ./gradlew :app:assembleArch64Release

      - name: Prepare APKs
        run: |
          mkdir apk
+          mv nym-connect/native/android/app/build/outputs/apk/arch64/debug/app-arch64-debug.apk \
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-debug.apk
          mv nym-connect/native/android/app/build/outputs/apk/arch64/release/app-arch64-release-unsigned.apk \
            apk/nyms5-arch64-release.apk

      - name: Upload APKs
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
-          name: nyms5-apk-arch64-release
+          name: nyms5-apk-arch64
          path: |
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-debug.apk
            apk/nyms5-arch64-release.apk

  gh-release:
@@ -93,10 +99,12 @@ jobs:
      - name: Download binary artifact
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
-          name: nyms5-apk-arch64-release
+          name: nyms5-apk-arch64
          path: apk
      - name: Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        with:
-          files: apk/nyms5-arch64-release.apk
+          files: |
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-debug.apk
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-release.apk

@@ -4,6 +4,69 @@ Post 1.0.0 release, the changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://

 ## [Unreleased]

+## [v1.1.22] (2023-06-20)
+
+- CLI tool for querying network-requesters ([#3539])
+- Statically link OpenSSL ([#3510])
+- NymConnect - add sentry.io reporting ([#3421])
+- init command does not change version number in config.toml ([#3336])
+- [Bug] Config version does not correspond to binary version ([#3434])
+
+[#3539]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3539
+[#3510]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3510
+[#3421]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3421
+[#3336]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3336
+[#3434]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3434
+
+## [v1.1.21] (2023-06-13)
+
+- mixFetch: Change socks5 `SendRequest` to include OrderedMessage index as a field rather than making it serialized inside the `data` field
+ ([#3534])
+- Explorer - add more data columns to the Service Provider section: ([#3474])
+- network-requester: support report if they run an open proxy using `ControlRequest` API ([#3461])
+- Refactor client configs (London discussion) ([#3444])
+- Increase `DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE` to 2000 to improve reliability ([#3433])
+- socks5: sender waits for lanes to clear even though the connection is closed ([#3366])
+- version bump for variables ([#3545])
+
+[#3534]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3534
+[#3474]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3474
+[#3461]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3461
+[#3444]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3444
+[#3433]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3433
+[#3366]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3366
+[#3545]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3545
+
+## [v1.1.20] (2023-06-06)
+
+- Explorer - Fix SP supported apps list ([#3458])
+- Investigate if we need to lower `SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT` in  socks5 to zero (or almost zero) ([#3438])
+- Explorer - show all gateways in the default view regardless of the version number ([#3427])
+- service-provider-directory: add signature check when announcing ([#3360])
+- Support functionality for nym-name-service (nym-api, nym-cli, etc) ([#3355])
+- Edit the nym-network-requester to support the enabled-credentials-mode flag ([#3101])
+- [BUG] network requester documentation update ([#3493])
+- removing hardcoded version numbers ([#3485])
+- [BUG] network requester documentation update ([#3481])
+- [BUG] network requester documentation update ([#3469])
+- Sign when announcing service providers to the directory contract ([#3459])
+- mixnode documentation update ([#3435])
+- updated readme with new developer chat links + new docs links ([#3141])
+
+[#3458]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3458
+[#3438]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3438
+[#3427]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3427
+[#3360]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3360
+[#3355]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3355
+[#3101]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3101
+[#3493]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3493
+[#3485]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3485
+[#3481]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3481
+[#3469]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3469
+[#3459]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3459
+[#3435]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3435
+[#3141]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3141
+
 ## [v1.1.19] (2023-05-16)

 - nym-name-service endpoint in nym-api ([#3403])
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "once_cell",
 "version_check",
 ]
@@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8da52d66c7071e2e3fa2a1e5c6d088fec47b593032b254f5e980de8ea54454d6"

+[[package]]
+name = "async-channel"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf46fee83e5ccffc220104713af3292ff9bc7c64c7de289f66dae8e38d826833"
+dependencies = [
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "event-listener",
+ "futures-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-file-watcher"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -362,9 +373,9 @@ checksum = "0ea22880d78093b0cbe17c89f64a7d457941e65759157ec6cb31a31d652b05e5"

 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.21.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4a4ddaa51a5bc52a6948f74c06d20aaaddb71924eab79b8c97a8c556e942d6a"
+checksum = "604178f6c5c21f02dc555784810edfb88d34ac2c73b2eae109655649ee73ce3d"

 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
@@ -378,6 +389,15 @@ version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "383d29d513d8764dcdc42ea295d979eb99c3c9f00607b3692cf68a431f7dca72"

+[[package]]
+name = "bincode"
+version = "1.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1f45e9417d87227c7a56d22e471c6206462cba514c7590c09aff4cf6d1ddcad"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bip32"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -561,6 +581,12 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"

+[[package]]
+name = "castaway"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2698f953def977c68f935bb0dfa959375ad4638570e969e2f1e9f433cbf1af6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.79"
@@ -810,6 +836,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "unicode-width",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "concurrent-queue"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62ec6771ecfa0762d24683ee5a32ad78487a3d3afdc0fb8cae19d2c5deb50b7c"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "console-api"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -911,7 +946,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "cosmos-sdk-proto",
 "ecdsa",
 "eyre",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "k256",
 "prost 0.10.4",
 "prost-types 0.10.1",
@@ -1229,6 +1264,36 @@ dependencies = [
 "rustc_version 0.2.3",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "curl"
+version = "0.4.44"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "509bd11746c7ac09ebd19f0b17782eae80aadee26237658a6b4808afb5c11a22"
+dependencies = [
+ "curl-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "socket2",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "curl-sys"
+version = "0.4.63+curl-8.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aeb0fef7046022a1e2ad67a004978f0e3cacb9e3123dc62ce768f92197b771dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "curve25519-dalek"
 version = "3.2.0"
@@ -1243,6 +1308,20 @@ dependencies = [
 "zeroize",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "cw-controllers"
+version = "0.13.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f0bc6019b4d3d81e11f5c384bcce7173e2210bd654d75c6c9668e12cca05dfa"
+dependencies = [
+ "cosmwasm-std",
+ "cw-storage-plus",
+ "cw-utils",
+ "schemars",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cw-storage-plus"
 version = "0.13.4"
@@ -1653,7 +1732,7 @@ checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"

 [[package]]
 name = "explorer-api"
-version = "1.1.19"
+version = "1.1.22"
 dependencies = [
 "chrono",
 "clap 4.2.7",
@@ -1927,6 +2006,21 @@ version = "0.3.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4fff74096e71ed47f8e023204cfd0aa1289cd54ae5430a9523be060cdb849964"

+[[package]]
+name = "futures-lite"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49a9d51ce47660b1e808d3c990b4709f2f415d928835a17dfd16991515c46bce"
+dependencies = [
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "memchr",
+ "parking",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "waker-fn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-macro"
 version = "0.3.28"
@@ -2023,9 +2117,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c85e1d9ab2eadba7e5040d4e09cbd6d072b76a557ad64e797c2cb9d4da21d7e4"
+checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
 dependencies = [
 "cfg-if",
 "js-sys",
@@ -2630,6 +2724,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "web-sys",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "integer-encoding"
+version = "3.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8bb03732005da905c88227371639bf1ad885cc712789c011c31c5fb3ab3ccf02"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "inventory"
 version = "0.1.11"
@@ -2699,6 +2799,31 @@ dependencies = [
 "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "isahc"
+version = "1.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "334e04b4d781f436dc315cb1e7515bd96826426345d498149e4bde36b67f8ee9"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel",
+ "castaway",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "curl",
+ "curl-sys",
+ "event-listener",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "http",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "polling",
+ "slab",
+ "sluice",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-futures",
+ "url",
+ "waker-fn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "isocountry"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -3197,7 +3322,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-api"
-version = "1.1.20"
+version = "1.1.23"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -3298,18 +3423,20 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-bin-common"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "atty",
 "clap 4.2.7",
 "clap_complete",
 "clap_complete_fig",
 "log",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry-jaeger",
 "pretty_env_logger",
 "semver 0.11.0",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
- "tracing-appender",
+ "tracing-opentelemetry",
 "tracing-subscriber",
 "tracing-tree",
 "vergen",
@@ -3332,7 +3459,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-cli"
-version = "1.1.19"
+version = "1.1.22"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "base64 0.13.1",
@@ -3381,6 +3508,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "nym-name-service-common",
 "nym-network-defaults",
 "nym-service-provider-directory-common",
+ "nym-sphinx",
 "nym-validator-client",
 "nym-vesting-contract-common",
 "rand 0.6.5",
@@ -3395,7 +3523,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-client"
-version = "1.1.19"
+version = "1.1.22"
 dependencies = [
 "clap 4.2.7",
 "dirs 4.0.0",
@@ -3431,9 +3559,10 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-client-core"
-version = "1.1.14"
+version = "1.1.15"
 dependencies = [
 "async-trait",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
 "dashmap 5.4.0",
 "dirs 4.0.0",
 "futures",
@@ -3456,6 +3585,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "rand 0.7.3",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
+ "sha2 0.10.6",
 "sqlx 0.6.3",
 "tap",
 "tempfile",
@@ -3492,7 +3622,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "digest 0.9.0",
 "doc-comment",
 "ff 0.11.1",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "group 0.11.0",
 "itertools",
 "nym-dkg",
@@ -3553,7 +3683,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-contracts-common"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bs58",
 "cosmwasm-std",
@@ -3610,7 +3740,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-crypto"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
 "aes 0.8.2",
 "blake3",
@@ -3667,7 +3797,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-gateway"
-version = "1.1.19"
+version = "1.1.22"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -3720,7 +3850,7 @@ name = "nym-gateway-client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "futures",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "log",
 "nym-bandwidth-controller",
 "nym-coconut-interface",
@@ -3799,7 +3929,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-mixnet-contract-common"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bs58",
 "cosmwasm-std",
@@ -3818,7 +3948,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-mixnode"
-version = "1.1.20"
+version = "1.1.23"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "bs58",
@@ -3928,10 +4058,12 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-network-requester"
-version = "1.1.19"
+version = "1.1.22"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
 "async-file-watcher",
 "async-trait",
+ "bs58",
 "clap 4.2.7",
 "dirs 4.0.0",
 "futures",
@@ -3954,11 +4086,13 @@ dependencies = [
 "nym-sphinx",
 "nym-statistics-common",
 "nym-task",
+ "nym-types",
 "pretty_env_logger",
 "publicsuffix",
 "rand 0.7.3",
 "reqwest",
 "serde",
+ "serde_json",
 "sqlx 0.6.3",
 "tap",
 "tempfile",
@@ -3970,7 +4104,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-network-statistics"
-version = "1.1.19"
+version = "1.1.22"
 dependencies = [
 "dirs 4.0.0",
 "log",
@@ -4016,6 +4150,22 @@ dependencies = [
 "wasm-timer",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "nym-nr-query"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap 4.2.7",
+ "log",
+ "nym-bin-common",
+ "nym-network-defaults",
+ "nym-sdk",
+ "nym-service-providers-common",
+ "nym-socks5-requests",
+ "serde",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-ordered-buffer"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -4034,7 +4184,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "criterion",
 "curve25519-dalek",
 "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "log",
 "rand 0.7.3",
 "rayon",
@@ -4045,7 +4195,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-pemstore"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
 "pem",
 ]
@@ -4086,8 +4236,12 @@ name = "nym-service-provider-directory-common"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "cosmwasm-std",
+ "cw-controllers",
+ "cw-utils",
+ "nym-contracts-common",
 "schemars",
 "serde",
+ "thiserror",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -4099,6 +4253,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "log",
 "nym-bin-common",
 "nym-sdk",
+ "nym-socks5-requests",
 "nym-sphinx-anonymous-replies",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
@@ -4108,7 +4263,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.19"
+version = "1.1.22"
 dependencies = [
 "clap 4.2.7",
 "lazy_static",
@@ -4204,10 +4359,13 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-socks5-requests"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "bincode",
+ "log",
 "nym-service-providers-common",
 "nym-sphinx-addressing",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
+ "tap",
 "thiserror",
 ]

@@ -4379,7 +4537,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "aes-gcm",
 "argon2",
 "generic-array 0.14.7",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "rand 0.8.5",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
@@ -4473,6 +4631,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "nym-service-provider-directory-common",
 "nym-vesting-contract",
 "nym-vesting-contract-common",
+ "openssl",
 "prost 0.10.4",
 "reqwest",
 "serde",
@@ -4505,7 +4664,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-vesting-contract-common"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
 "cosmwasm-std",
 "nym-contracts-common",
@@ -4635,12 +4794,55 @@ dependencies = [
 "opentelemetry_sdk",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry-http"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a819b71d6530c4297b49b3cae2939ab3a8cc1b9f382826a1bc29dd0ca3864906"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "http",
+ "isahc",
+ "opentelemetry_api",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry-jaeger"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08e028dc9f4f304e9320ce38c80e7cf74067415b1ad5a8750a38bae54a4d450d"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "futures",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "http",
+ "isahc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry-http",
+ "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
+ "thiserror",
+ "thrift",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24e33428e6bf08c6f7fcea4ddb8e358fab0fe48ab877a87c70c6ebe20f673ce5"
+dependencies = [
+ "opentelemetry",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry_api"
 version = "0.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed41783a5bf567688eb38372f2b7a8530f5a607a4b49d38dd7573236c23ca7e2"
 dependencies = [
+ "fnv",
 "futures-channel",
 "futures-util",
 "indexmap",
@@ -4658,6 +4860,8 @@ checksum = "8b3a2a91fdbfdd4d212c0dcc2ab540de2c2bcbbd90be17de7a7daf8822d010c1"
 dependencies = [
 "async-trait",
 "crossbeam-channel",
+ "dashmap 5.4.0",
+ "fnv",
 "futures-channel",
 "futures-executor",
 "futures-util",
@@ -4666,6 +4870,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "percent-encoding",
 "rand 0.8.5",
 "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -4674,6 +4880,15 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"

+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-float"
+version = "2.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7940cf2ca942593318d07fcf2596cdca60a85c9e7fab408a5e21a4f9dcd40d87"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "os_str_bytes"
 version = "6.5.0"
@@ -4704,6 +4919,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "group 0.11.0",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "parking"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14f2252c834a40ed9bb5422029649578e63aa341ac401f74e719dd1afda8394e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -4966,6 +5187,22 @@ dependencies = [
 "plotters-backend",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "polling"
+version = "2.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b2d323e8ca7996b3e23126511a523f7e62924d93ecd5ae73b333815b0eb3dce"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg 1.1.0",
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "poly1305"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -5280,7 +5517,7 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -5437,7 +5674,7 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b033d837a7cf162d7993aded9304e30a83213c648b6e389db233191f891e5c2b"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "redox_syscall 0.2.16",
 "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -5500,7 +5737,7 @@ version = "0.11.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cde824a14b7c14f85caff81225f411faacc04a2013f41670f41443742b1c1c55"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.21.0",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
 "bytes",
 "encoding_rs",
 "futures-core",
@@ -5770,7 +6007,7 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d194b56d58803a43635bdc398cd17e383d6f71f9182b9a192c127ca42494a59b"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.21.0",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -6197,6 +6434,17 @@ dependencies = [
 "autocfg 1.1.0",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "sluice"
+version = "0.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d7400c0eff44aa2fcb5e31a5f24ba9716ed90138769e4977a2ba6014ae63eb5"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.10.0"
@@ -6716,7 +6964,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "bytes",
 "flex-error",
 "futures",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "http",
 "hyper",
 "hyper-proxy",
@@ -6784,6 +7032,28 @@ dependencies = [
 "once_cell",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "threadpool"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d050e60b33d41c19108b32cea32164033a9013fe3b46cbd4457559bfbf77afaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "num_cpus",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thrift"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7e54bc85fc7faa8bc175c4bab5b92ba8d9a3ce893d0e9f42cc455c8ab16a9e09"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "integer-encoding",
+ "log",
+ "ordered-float",
+ "threadpool",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -7049,7 +7319,7 @@ checksum = "3082666a3a6433f7f511c7192923fa1fe07c69332d3c6a2e6bb040b569199d5a"
 dependencies = [
 "async-trait",
 "axum",
- "base64 0.21.0",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
 "bytes",
 "futures-core",
 "futures-util",
@@ -7108,22 +7378,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ce8c33a8d48bd45d624a6e523445fd21ec13d3653cd51f681abf67418f54eb8"
 dependencies = [
 "cfg-if",
+ "log",
 "pin-project-lite",
 "tracing-attributes",
 "tracing-core",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-appender"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09d48f71a791638519505cefafe162606f706c25592e4bde4d97600c0195312e"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-channel",
- "time 0.3.21",
- "tracing-subscriber",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-attributes"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -7145,6 +7405,16 @@ dependencies = [
 "valuable",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-futures"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97d095ae15e245a057c8e8451bab9b3ee1e1f68e9ba2b4fbc18d0ac5237835f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-log"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -7156,6 +7426,20 @@ dependencies = [
 "tracing-core",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00a39dcf9bfc1742fa4d6215253b33a6e474be78275884c216fc2a06267b3600"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-subscriber"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -7450,7 +7734,7 @@ version = "1.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "345444e32442451b267fc254ae85a209c64be56d2890e601a0c37ff0c3c5ecd2"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "wasm-bindgen",
 ]

@@ -7489,6 +7773,12 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"

+[[package]]
+name = "waker-fn"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d5b2c62b4012a3e1eca5a7e077d13b3bf498c4073e33ccd58626607748ceeca"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.3.3"
@@ -7612,7 +7902,7 @@ name = "wasm-utils"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "futures",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "indexed_db_futures",
 "js-sys",
 "nym-store-cipher",
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ members = [
    "nym-api/nym-api-requests",
    "nym-outfox",
    "tools/nym-cli",
+    "tools/nym-nr-query",
    "tools/ts-rs-cli"
 ]

@@ -112,22 +113,24 @@ edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"

 [workspace.dependencies]
-async-trait = "0.1.64"
 anyhow = "1.0.71"
+async-trait = "0.1.64"
 bip39 = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["zeroize"] }
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-derive = "=1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-schema = "=1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-std = "=1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-storage = "=1.0.0"
-cw-utils = "=0.13.4"
+cw-controllers = "=0.13.4"
 cw-storage-plus = "=0.13.4"
+cw-utils = "=0.13.4"
 cw2 = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 cw3 = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 cw3-fixed-multisig = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 cw4 = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 dotenvy = "0.15.6"
 generic-array = "0.14.7"
+getrandom = "0.2.10"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ The platform is composed of multiple Rust crates. Top-level executable binary cr

 ### Building

-Platform build instructions are available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/binaries/building-nym.html).
-Wallet build instructions are also available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/stable/nym-apps/wallet#for-developers).
+Platform build instructions are available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/binaries/build-nym.html).
+Wallet build instructions are also available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/wallet/desktop-wallet.html).

 ### Developing

@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ For Typescript components, please see [ts-packages](./ts-packages).

 ### Developer chat

-You can chat with us in [Keybase](https://keybase.io). Download their chat app, then click **Teams -> Join a team**. Type **nymtech.friends** into the team name and hit **continue**. For general chat, hang out in the **#general** channel. Our development takes place in the **#dev** channel. Node operators should be in the **#node-operators** channel.
+> We used to use Keybase for developer chats, but we have since migrated to Matrix and Discord. We no longer check the old **nymtech.friends** Keybase team. 
+
+You can chat to us in two places: 
+* The #dev channel on [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#dev:nymtech.chat)
+* The various developer channels on [Discord](https://discord.gg/nym)

 ### Rewards

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client"
-version = "1.1.19"
+version = "1.1.22"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
 description = "Implementation of the Nym Client"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ pub use nym_client_core::config::Config as BaseClientConfig;
 pub use nym_client_core::config::{DebugConfig, GatewayEndpointConfig};

 pub mod old_config_v1_1_13;
-pub mod old_config_v1_1_19;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_20;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_20_2;
 mod persistence;
 mod template;

@@ -52,19 +53,6 @@ pub fn default_data_directory<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> PathBuf {
        .join(DEFAULT_DATA_DIR)
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
-#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub enum SocketType {
-    WebSocket,
-    None,
-}
-
-impl SocketType {
-    pub fn is_websocket(&self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, SocketType::WebSocket)
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 pub struct Config {
    #[serde(flatten)]
@@ -87,7 +75,7 @@ impl NymConfigTemplate for Config {
 impl Config {
    pub fn new<S: AsRef<str>>(id: S) -> Self {
        Config {
-            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id.as_ref()),
+            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id.as_ref(), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
            storage_paths: ClientPaths::new_default(default_data_directory(id.as_ref())),
            logging: Default::default(),
            socket: Default::default(),
@@ -187,6 +175,19 @@ impl Config {

 // define_optional_set_inner!(Config, base, BaseClientConfig);

+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub enum SocketType {
+    WebSocket,
+    None,
+}
+
+impl SocketType {
+    pub fn is_websocket(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, SocketType::WebSocket)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct Socket {
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_19::{ConfigV1_1_19, SocketV1_1_19};
+use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_20::{ConfigV1_1_20, SocketV1_1_20};
 use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13 as OldBaseConfigV1_1_13;
 use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub struct OldConfigV1_1_13 {
    #[serde(flatten)]
    pub base: OldBaseConfigV1_1_13<OldConfigV1_1_13>,

-    pub socket: SocketV1_1_19,
+    pub socket: SocketV1_1_20,
 }

 impl MigrationNymConfig for OldConfigV1_1_13 {
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ impl MigrationNymConfig for OldConfigV1_1_13 {
    }
 }

-impl From<OldConfigV1_1_13> for ConfigV1_1_19 {
+impl From<OldConfigV1_1_13> for ConfigV1_1_20 {
    fn from(value: OldConfigV1_1_13) -> Self {
-        ConfigV1_1_19 {
+        ConfigV1_1_20 {
            base: value.base.into(),
            socket: value.socket,
        }
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::client::config::persistence::ClientPaths;
-use crate::client::config::{Config, Socket, SocketType};
+use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::{
+    ClientPathsV1_1_20_2, ConfigV1_1_20_2, SocketTypeV1_1_20_2, SocketV1_1_20_2,
+};
 use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
 use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::keys_paths::ClientKeysPaths;
-use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::CommonClientPaths;
-use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_19::ConfigV1_1_19 as BaseConfigV1_1_19;
-use nym_client_core::config::{Client, Config as BaseConfig};
+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::ConfigV1_1_20 as BaseConfigV1_1_20;
+use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::{
+    ClientV1_1_20_2, ConfigV1_1_20_2 as BaseConfigV1_1_20_2,
+};
 use nym_config::defaults::DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT;
 use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -17,34 +20,34 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;

 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub enum SocketTypeV1_1_19 {
+pub enum SocketTypeV1_1_20 {
    WebSocket,
    None,
 }

-impl From<SocketTypeV1_1_19> for SocketType {
-    fn from(value: SocketTypeV1_1_19) -> Self {
+impl From<SocketTypeV1_1_20> for SocketTypeV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: SocketTypeV1_1_20) -> Self {
        match value {
-            SocketTypeV1_1_19::WebSocket => SocketType::WebSocket,
-            SocketTypeV1_1_19::None => SocketType::None,
+            SocketTypeV1_1_20::WebSocket => SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::WebSocket,
+            SocketTypeV1_1_20::None => SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::None,
        }
    }
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct ConfigV1_1_19 {
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20 {
    #[serde(flatten)]
-    pub base: BaseConfigV1_1_19<ConfigV1_1_19>,
+    pub base: BaseConfigV1_1_20<ConfigV1_1_20>,

-    pub socket: SocketV1_1_19,
+    pub socket: SocketV1_1_20,
 }

-impl From<ConfigV1_1_19> for Config {
-    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        Config {
-            base: BaseConfig {
-                client: Client {
+impl From<ConfigV1_1_20> for ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+            base: BaseConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+                client: ClientV1_1_20_2 {
                    version: value.base.client.version,
                    id: value.base.client.id,
                    disabled_credentials_mode: value.base.client.disabled_credentials_mode,
@@ -55,8 +58,8 @@ impl From<ConfigV1_1_19> for Config {
                debug: value.base.debug.into(),
            },
            socket: value.socket.into(),
-            storage_paths: ClientPaths {
-                common_paths: CommonClientPaths {
+            storage_paths: ClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+                common_paths: CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
                    keys: ClientKeysPaths {
                        private_identity_key_file: value.base.client.private_identity_key_file,
                        public_identity_key_file: value.base.client.public_identity_key_file,
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ impl From<ConfigV1_1_19> for Config {
    }
 }

-impl MigrationNymConfig for ConfigV1_1_19 {
+impl MigrationNymConfig for ConfigV1_1_20 {
    fn default_root_directory() -> PathBuf {
        dirs::home_dir()
            .expect("Failed to evaluate $HOME value")
@@ -85,15 +88,15 @@ impl MigrationNymConfig for ConfigV1_1_19 {

 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct SocketV1_1_19 {
-    socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_19,
+pub struct SocketV1_1_20 {
+    socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_20,
    host: IpAddr,
    listening_port: u16,
 }

-impl From<SocketV1_1_19> for Socket {
-    fn from(value: SocketV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        Socket {
+impl From<SocketV1_1_20> for SocketV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: SocketV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        SocketV1_1_20_2 {
            socket_type: value.socket_type.into(),
            host: value.host,
            listening_port: value.listening_port,
@@ -101,10 +104,10 @@ impl From<SocketV1_1_19> for Socket {
    }
 }

-impl Default for SocketV1_1_19 {
+impl Default for SocketV1_1_20 {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        SocketV1_1_19 {
-            socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_19::WebSocket,
+        SocketV1_1_20 {
+            socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_20::WebSocket,
            host: IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1)),
            listening_port: DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT,
        }
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::persistence::ClientPaths;
+use crate::client::config::{default_config_filepath, Config, Socket, SocketType};
+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::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_config::read_config_from_toml_file;
+use nym_network_defaults::DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::io;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone)]
+pub struct ClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub common_paths: CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub base: BaseConfigV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub socket: SocketV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub storage_paths: ClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub logging: LoggingSettings,
+}
+
+impl ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    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))
+    }
+
+    // in this upgrade, gateway endpoint configuration was moved out of the config file,
+    // so its returned to be stored elsewhere.
+    pub fn upgrade(self) -> (Config, GatewayEndpointConfig) {
+        let gateway_details = self.base.client.gateway_endpoint.clone().into();
+        let config = Config {
+            base: self.base.into(),
+            socket: self.socket.into(),
+            storage_paths: ClientPaths {
+                common_paths: self.storage_paths.common_paths.upgrade_default(),
+            },
+            logging: self.logging,
+        };
+
+        (config, gateway_details)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub enum SocketTypeV1_1_20_2 {
+    WebSocket,
+    None,
+}
+
+impl From<SocketTypeV1_1_20_2> for SocketType {
+    fn from(value: SocketTypeV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::WebSocket => SocketType::WebSocket,
+            SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::None => SocketType::None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct SocketV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_20_2,
+    pub host: IpAddr,
+    pub listening_port: u16,
+}
+
+impl From<SocketV1_1_20_2> for Socket {
+    fn from(value: SocketV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Socket {
+            socket_type: value.socket_type.into(),
+            host: value.host,
+            listening_port: value.listening_port,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for SocketV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        SocketV1_1_20_2 {
+            socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::WebSocket,
+            host: IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST),
+            listening_port: DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT,
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -64,18 +64,9 @@ credentials_database = '{{ storage_paths.credentials_database }}'
 # Path to the persistent store for received reply surbs, unused encryption keys and used sender tags.
 reply_surb_database = '{{ storage_paths.reply_surb_database }}'

-# DEPRECATED
-[client.gateway_endpoint]
-# ID of the gateway from which the client should be fetching messages.
-gateway_id = '{{ client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_id }}'
-
-# Address of the gateway owner to which the client should send messages.
-gateway_owner = '{{ client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_owner }}'
-
-# Address of the gateway listener to which all client requests should be sent.
-gateway_listener = '{{ client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_listener }}'
-
-
+# Path to the file containing information about gateway used by this client,
+# i.e. details such as its public key, owner address or the network information.
+gateway_details = '{{ storage_paths.gateway_details }}'

 ##### socket config options #####

@@ -6,18 +6,15 @@ use crate::error::ClientError;
 use crate::websocket;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use log::*;
-use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
-use nym_client_core::client::base_client::non_wasm_helpers::create_bandwidth_controller;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::non_wasm_helpers::default_query_dkg_client_from_config;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::OnDiskPersistent;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::{
-    non_wasm_helpers, BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
+    BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
 };
 use nym_client_core::client::inbound_messages::InputMessage;
-use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
 use nym_client_core::client::received_buffer::{
    ReceivedBufferMessage, ReceivedBufferRequestSender, ReconstructedMessagesReceiver,
 };
-use nym_credential_storage::persistent_storage::PersistentStorage;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
 use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
@@ -45,17 +42,6 @@ impl SocketClient {
        SocketClient { config }
    }

-    async fn create_bandwidth_controller(
-        config: &Config,
-    ) -> BandwidthController<Client<QueryNyxdClient>, PersistentStorage> {
-        let storage = nym_credential_storage::initialise_persistent_storage(
-            &config.storage_paths.common_paths.credentials_database,
-        )
-        .await;
-
-        create_bandwidth_controller(&config.base, storage)
-    }
-
    fn start_websocket_listener(
        config: &Config,
        client_input: ClientInput,
@@ -105,29 +91,26 @@ impl SocketClient {
        res
    }

-    fn key_store(&self) -> OnDiskKeys {
-        OnDiskKeys::new(self.config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys.clone())
+    async fn initialise_storage(&self) -> Result<OnDiskPersistent, ClientError> {
+        Ok(OnDiskPersistent::from_paths(
+            self.config.storage_paths.common_paths.clone(),
+            &self.config.base.debug,
+        )
+        .await?)
    }

    // TODO: see if this could also be shared with socks5 client / nym-sdk maybe
    async fn create_base_client_builder(&self) -> Result<NativeClientBuilder, ClientError> {
-        // don't create bandwidth controller if credentials are disabled
-        let bandwidth_controller = if self.config.base.client.disabled_credentials_mode {
+        // don't create dkg client for the bandwidth controller if credentials are disabled
+        let dkg_query_client = if self.config.base.client.disabled_credentials_mode {
            None
        } else {
-            Some(Self::create_bandwidth_controller(&self.config).await)
+            Some(default_query_dkg_client_from_config(&self.config.base))
        };

-        let base_client = BaseClientBuilder::new_from_base_config(
-            &self.config.base,
-            self.key_store(),
-            bandwidth_controller,
-            non_wasm_helpers::setup_fs_reply_surb_backend(
-                &self.config.storage_paths.common_paths.reply_surb_database,
-                &self.config.base.debug.reply_surbs,
-            )
-            .await?,
-        );
+        let storage = self.initialise_storage().await?;
+
+        let base_client = BaseClientBuilder::new(&self.config.base, storage, dkg_query_client);

        Ok(base_client)
    }
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ 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::init::GatewaySetup;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use serde::Serialize;
@@ -105,9 +108,9 @@ pub struct InitResults {
 }

 impl InitResults {
-    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient) -> Self {
+    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
-            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(&config.base, address),
+            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(&config.base, address, gateway),
            client_listening_port: config.socket.listening_port,
            client_address: address.to_string(),
        }
@@ -157,25 +160,29 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {

    // Attempt to use a user-provided gateway, if possible
    let user_chosen_gateway_id = args.gateway;
+    let gateway_setup = GatewaySetup::new_fresh(
+        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
+        Some(args.latency_based_selection),
+    );

    // Load and potentially override config
-    let mut config = override_config(Config::new(id), OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()));
+    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 gateway = nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway_from_config::<_>(
+    let details_store =
+        OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&config.storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
+    let init_details = nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway(
+        &gateway_setup,
        &key_store,
+        &details_store,
        register_gateway,
-        user_chosen_gateway_id,
-        &config.base,
-        args.latency_based_selection,
+        Some(&config.base.client.nym_api_urls),
    )
    .await
    .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?;

-    config.base.set_gateway_endpoint(gateway);
-
    let config_save_location = config.default_location();
    config.save_to_default_location().tap_err(|_| {
        log::error!("Failed to save the config file");
@@ -185,14 +192,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
        config_save_location.display()
    );

-    let address = nym_client_core::init::get_client_address_from_stored_ondisk_keys(
-        &config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys,
-        &config.base.client.gateway_endpoint,
-    )?;
+    let address = init_details.client_address()?;

    eprintln!("Client configuration completed.\n");

-    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address);
+    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address, &init_details.gateway_details);
    println!("{}", args.output.format(&init_results));

    Ok(())
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13;
-use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_19::ConfigV1_1_19;
+use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_20::ConfigV1_1_20;
+use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ConfigV1_1_20_2;
 use crate::client::config::{BaseClientConfig, Config};
 use crate::error::ClientError;
 use clap::CommandFactory;
@@ -11,6 +12,12 @@ use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::{error, info};
 use nym_bin_common::build_information::BinaryBuildInformation;
 use nym_bin_common::completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
+    OnDiskGatewayDetails, PersistedGatewayDetails,
+};
+use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
 use nym_config::OptionalSet;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
@@ -109,6 +116,28 @@ pub(crate) fn override_config(config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
        )
 }

+fn persist_gateway_details(
+    config: &Config,
+    details: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+    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 shared_keys = keys_store.ephemeral_load_gateway_keys().map_err(|source| {
+        ClientError::ClientCoreError(ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
+            source: Box::new(source),
+        })
+    })?;
+    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(details, &shared_keys);
+    details_store
+        .store_to_disk(&persisted_details)
+        .map_err(|source| {
+            ClientError::ClientCoreError(ClientCoreError::GatewayDetailsStoreError {
+                source: Box::new(source),
+            })
+        })
+}
+
 fn try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, ClientError> {
    use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;

@@ -121,40 +150,77 @@ fn try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, ClientError> {
    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.13 config template.");
    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");

-    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_19 = old_config.into();
-    let updated: Config = updated_step1.into();
+    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)?;

    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
    Ok(true)
 }

-fn try_upgrade_v1_1_19_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, ClientError> {
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, ClientError> {
    use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;

-    // explicitly load it as v1.1.19 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.20)
-    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_19::load_from_file(id) else {
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.20 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.21)
+    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_20::load_from_file(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 <= v1.1.19 config template.");
+    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.20 config template.");
    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");

-    let updated: Config = old_config.into();
+    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_20_2 = old_config.into();
+    let (updated, gateway_config) = updated_step1.upgrade();
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+
+    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
+    Ok(true)
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, ClientError> {
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.20_2 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.21)
+    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_20_2::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 <= v1.1.20_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)?;
+
    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
    Ok(true)
 }

 fn try_upgrade_config(id: &str) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
-    let upgraded = try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)?;
-    if !upgraded {
-        try_upgrade_v1_1_19_config(id)?;
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_20_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
    }

    Ok(())
 }

 fn try_load_current_config(id: &str) -> Result<Config, ClientError> {
+    // try to load the config as is
+    if let Ok(cfg) = Config::read_from_default_path(id) {
+        return if !cfg.validate() {
+            Err(ClientError::ConfigValidationFailure)
+        } else {
+            Ok(cfg)
+        };
+    }
+
+    // we couldn't load it - try upgrading it from older revisions
    try_upgrade_config(id)?;

    let config = match Config::read_from_default_path(id) {
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.19"
+version = "1.1.22"
 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"
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ 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::init::GatewaySetup;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use serde::Serialize;
@@ -107,9 +110,13 @@ pub struct InitResults {
 }

 impl InitResults {
-    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient) -> Self {
+    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
-            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(&config.core.base, address),
+            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(
+                &config.core.base,
+                address,
+                gateway,
+            ),
            socks5_listening_port: config.core.socks5.listening_port,
            client_address: address.to_string(),
        }
@@ -160,9 +167,13 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {

    // Attempt to use a user-provided gateway, if possible
    let user_chosen_gateway_id = args.gateway;
+    let gateway_setup = GatewaySetup::new_fresh(
+        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
+        Some(args.latency_based_selection),
+    );

    // Load and potentially override config
-    let mut config = override_config(
+    let config = override_config(
        Config::new(id, &provider_address.to_string()),
        OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()),
    );
@@ -170,18 +181,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
    // 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 gateway = nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway_from_config::<_>(
+    let details_store =
+        OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&config.storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
+    let init_details = nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway(
+        &gateway_setup,
        &key_store,
+        &details_store,
        register_gateway,
-        user_chosen_gateway_id,
-        &config.core.base,
-        args.latency_based_selection,
+        Some(&config.core.base.client.nym_api_urls),
    )
    .await
    .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?;

-    config.core.base.set_gateway_endpoint(gateway);
-
    // TODO: ask the service provider we specified for its interface version and set it in the config

    let config_save_location = config.default_location();
@@ -193,11 +204,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
        config_save_location.display()
    );

-    let address = nym_client_core::init::get_client_address_from_stored_ondisk_keys(
-        &config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys,
-        &config.core.base.client.gateway_endpoint,
-    )?;
-    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address);
+    let address = init_details.client_address()?;
+
+    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address, &init_details.gateway_details);
    println!("{}", args.output.format(&init_results));

    Ok(())
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13;
-use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_19::ConfigV1_1_19;
+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::error::Socks5ClientError;
 use clap::CommandFactory;
@@ -11,6 +12,12 @@ use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::{error, info};
 use nym_bin_common::build_information::BinaryBuildInformation;
 use nym_bin_common::completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
+    OnDiskGatewayDetails, PersistedGatewayDetails,
+};
+use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
 use nym_config::OptionalSet;
 use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use std::error::Error;
@@ -116,6 +123,28 @@ pub(crate) fn override_config(config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
        )
 }

+fn persist_gateway_details(
+    config: &Config,
+    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 shared_keys = keys_store.ephemeral_load_gateway_keys().map_err(|source| {
+        Socks5ClientError::ClientCoreError(ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
+            source: Box::new(source),
+        })
+    })?;
+    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(details, &shared_keys);
+    details_store
+        .store_to_disk(&persisted_details)
+        .map_err(|source| {
+            Socks5ClientError::ClientCoreError(ClientCoreError::GatewayDetailsStoreError {
+                source: Box::new(source),
+            })
+        })
+}
+
 fn try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
    use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;

@@ -128,40 +157,77 @@ fn try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.13 config template.");
    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");

-    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_19 = old_config.into();
-    let updated: Config = updated_step1.into();
+    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)?;

    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
    Ok(true)
 }

-fn try_upgrade_v1_1_19_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
    use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;

-    // explicitly load it as v1.1.19 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.20)
-    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_19::load_from_file(id) else {
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.20 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.21)
+    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_20::load_from_file(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 <= v1.1.19 config template.");
+    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.20 config template.");
    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");

-    let updated: Config = old_config.into();
+    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_20_2 = old_config.into();
+    let (updated, gateway_config) = updated_step1.upgrade();
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+
+    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
+    Ok(true)
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.20_2 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.21)
+    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_20_2::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 <= v1.1.20_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)?;
+
    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
    Ok(true)
 }

 fn try_upgrade_config(id: &str) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
-    let upgraded = try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)?;
-    if !upgraded {
-        try_upgrade_v1_1_19_config(id)?;
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_20_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
    }

    Ok(())
 }

 fn try_load_current_config(id: &str) -> Result<Config, Socks5ClientError> {
+    // try to load the config as is
+    if let Ok(cfg) = Config::read_from_default_path(id) {
+        return if !cfg.validate() {
+            Err(Socks5ClientError::ConfigValidationFailure)
+        } else {
+            Ok(cfg)
+        };
+    }
+
+    // we couldn't load it - try upgrading it from older revisions
    try_upgrade_config(id)?;

    let config = match Config::read_from_default_path(id) {
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ 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_19;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_20;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_20_2;
 mod persistence;
 mod template;

@@ -69,7 +70,11 @@ impl NymConfigTemplate for Config {
 impl Config {
    pub fn new<S: AsRef<str>>(id: S, provider_mix_address: S) -> Self {
        Config {
-            core: CoreConfig::new(id.as_ref(), provider_mix_address.as_ref()),
+            core: CoreConfig::new(
+                id.as_ref(),
+                env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+                provider_mix_address.as_ref(),
+            ),
            storage_paths: SocksClientPaths::new_default(default_data_directory(id.as_ref())),
            logging: Default::default(),
        }
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_19::{ConfigV1_1_19, Socks5V1_1_19};
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20::{ConfigV1_1_20, Socks5V1_1_20};
 use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13 as OldBaseConfigV1_1_13;
 use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
 use nym_config::must_get_home;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub struct OldConfigV1_1_13 {
    #[serde(flatten)]
    pub base: OldBaseConfigV1_1_13<OldConfigV1_1_13>,

-    pub socks5: Socks5V1_1_19,
+    pub socks5: Socks5V1_1_20,
 }

 impl MigrationNymConfig for OldConfigV1_1_13 {
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ impl MigrationNymConfig for OldConfigV1_1_13 {
    }
 }

-impl From<OldConfigV1_1_13> for ConfigV1_1_19 {
+impl From<OldConfigV1_1_13> for ConfigV1_1_20 {
    fn from(value: OldConfigV1_1_13) -> Self {
-        ConfigV1_1_19 {
+        ConfigV1_1_20 {
            base: value.base.into(),
            socks5: value.socks5,
        }
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 // Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::config::persistence::SocksClientPaths;
-use crate::config::{BaseClientConfig, Config, CoreConfig};
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::{
+    ConfigV1_1_20_2, CoreConfigV1_1_20_2, SocksClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+};
 use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
 use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::keys_paths::ClientKeysPaths;
-use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::CommonClientPaths;
-use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_19::ConfigV1_1_19 as BaseConfigV1_1_19;
-use nym_client_core::config::Client;
+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::ConfigV1_1_20 as BaseConfigV1_1_20;
+use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ClientV1_1_20_2;
 use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
 use nym_config::must_get_home;
-use nym_socks5_client_core::config::{
-    ProviderInterfaceVersion, Socks5, Socks5Debug, Socks5ProtocolVersion,
+use nym_socks5_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::{
+    BaseClientConfigV1_1_20_2, Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2, Socks5V1_1_20_2,
 };
+use nym_socks5_client_core::config::{ProviderInterfaceVersion, Socks5ProtocolVersion};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -22,19 +24,19 @@ const DEFAULT_PER_REQUEST_SURBS: u32 = 3;

 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct ConfigV1_1_19 {
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20 {
    #[serde(flatten)]
-    pub base: BaseConfigV1_1_19<ConfigV1_1_19>,
+    pub base: BaseConfigV1_1_20<ConfigV1_1_20>,

-    pub socks5: Socks5V1_1_19,
+    pub socks5: Socks5V1_1_20,
 }

-impl From<ConfigV1_1_19> for Config {
-    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        Config {
-            core: CoreConfig {
-                base: BaseClientConfig {
-                    client: Client {
+impl From<ConfigV1_1_20> for ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+            core: CoreConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+                base: BaseClientConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+                    client: ClientV1_1_20_2 {
                        version: value.base.client.version,
                        id: value.base.client.id,
                        disabled_credentials_mode: value.base.client.disabled_credentials_mode,
@@ -46,8 +48,8 @@ impl From<ConfigV1_1_19> for Config {
                },
                socks5: value.socks5.into(),
            },
-            storage_paths: SocksClientPaths {
-                common_paths: CommonClientPaths {
+            storage_paths: SocksClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+                common_paths: CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
                    keys: ClientKeysPaths {
                        private_identity_key_file: value.base.client.private_identity_key_file,
                        public_identity_key_file: value.base.client.public_identity_key_file,
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ impl From<ConfigV1_1_19> for Config {
    }
 }

-impl MigrationNymConfig for ConfigV1_1_19 {
+impl MigrationNymConfig for ConfigV1_1_20 {
    fn default_root_directory() -> PathBuf {
        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))]
        let base_dir = must_get_home();
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ impl MigrationNymConfig for ConfigV1_1_19 {

 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct Socks5V1_1_19 {
+pub struct Socks5V1_1_20 {
    pub listening_port: u16,

    pub provider_mix_address: String,
@@ -93,12 +95,12 @@ pub struct Socks5V1_1_19 {
    pub send_anonymously: bool,

    #[serde(default)]
-    pub socks5_debug: Socks5DebugV1_1_19,
+    pub socks5_debug: Socks5DebugV1_1_20,
 }

-impl From<Socks5V1_1_19> for Socks5 {
-    fn from(value: Socks5V1_1_19) -> Self {
-        Socks5 {
+impl From<Socks5V1_1_20> for Socks5V1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: Socks5V1_1_20) -> Self {
+        Socks5V1_1_20_2 {
            listening_port: value.listening_port,
            provider_mix_address: value.provider_mix_address,
            provider_interface_version: value.provider_interface_version,
@@ -111,23 +113,23 @@ impl From<Socks5V1_1_19> for Socks5 {

 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct Socks5DebugV1_1_19 {
+pub struct Socks5DebugV1_1_20 {
    connection_start_surbs: u32,
    per_request_surbs: u32,
 }

-impl From<Socks5DebugV1_1_19> for Socks5Debug {
-    fn from(value: Socks5DebugV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        Socks5Debug {
+impl From<Socks5DebugV1_1_20> for Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: Socks5DebugV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2 {
            connection_start_surbs: value.connection_start_surbs,
            per_request_surbs: value.per_request_surbs,
        }
    }
 }

-impl Default for Socks5DebugV1_1_19 {
+impl Default for Socks5DebugV1_1_20 {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        Socks5DebugV1_1_19 {
+        Socks5DebugV1_1_20 {
            connection_start_surbs: DEFAULT_CONNECTION_START_SURBS,
            per_request_surbs: DEFAULT_PER_REQUEST_SURBS,
        }
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// 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_client_core::config::disk_persistence::old_v1_1_20_2::CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_config::read_config_from_toml_file;
+pub use nym_socks5_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ConfigV1_1_20_2 as CoreConfigV1_1_20_2;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::io;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone)]
+pub struct SocksClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub common_paths: CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub core: CoreConfigV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub storage_paths: SocksClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub logging: LoggingSettings,
+}
+
+impl ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    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))
+    }
+
+    // in this upgrade, gateway endpoint configuration was moved out of the config file,
+    // so its returned to be stored elsewhere.
+    pub fn upgrade(self) -> (Config, GatewayEndpointConfig) {
+        let gateway_details = self.core.base.client.gateway_endpoint.clone().into();
+        let config = Config {
+            core: self.core.into(),
+            storage_paths: SocksClientPaths {
+                common_paths: self.storage_paths.common_paths.upgrade_default(),
+            },
+            logging: self.logging,
+        };
+
+        (config, gateway_details)
+    }
+}
@@ -64,17 +64,9 @@ credentials_database = '{{ storage_paths.credentials_database }}'
 # Path to the persistent store for received reply surbs, unused encryption keys and used sender tags.
 reply_surb_database = '{{ storage_paths.reply_surb_database }}'

-# DEPRECATED
-[core.client.gateway_endpoint]
-# ID of the gateway from which the client should be fetching messages.
-gateway_id = '{{ core.client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_id }}'
-
-# Address of the gateway owner to which the client should send messages.
-gateway_owner = '{{ core.client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_owner }}'
-
-# Address of the gateway listener to which all client requests should be sent.
-gateway_listener = '{{ core.client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_listener }}'
-
+# Path to the file containing information about gateway used by this client,
+# i.e. details such as its public key, owner address or the network information.
+gateway_details = '{{ storage_paths.gateway_details }}'

 ##### socket config options #####

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "once_cell",
 "version_check",
 ]
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"

 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.21.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4a4ddaa51a5bc52a6948f74c06d20aaaddb71924eab79b8c97a8c556e942d6a"
+checksum = "604178f6c5c21f02dc555784810edfb88d34ac2c73b2eae109655649ee73ce3d"

 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "cosmos-sdk-proto",
 "ecdsa",
 "eyre",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "k256",
 "prost",
 "prost-types",
@@ -865,6 +865,20 @@ dependencies = [
 "zeroize",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "cw-controllers"
+version = "0.13.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f0bc6019b4d3d81e11f5c384bcce7173e2210bd654d75c6c9668e12cca05dfa"
+dependencies = [
+ "cosmwasm-std",
+ "cw-storage-plus",
+ "cw-utils",
+ "schemars",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cw-storage-plus"
 version = "0.13.4"
@@ -1428,9 +1442,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c85e1d9ab2eadba7e5040d4e09cbd6d072b76a557ad64e797c2cb9d4da21d7e4"
+checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
 dependencies = [
 "cfg-if 1.0.0",
 "js-sys",
@@ -2244,6 +2258,7 @@ name = "nym-client-core"
 version = "1.1.14"
 dependencies = [
 "async-trait",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
 "dashmap",
 "dirs 4.0.0",
 "futures",
@@ -2266,6 +2281,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "rand 0.7.3",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
+ "sha2 0.10.6",
 "sqlx 0.6.3",
 "tap",
 "thiserror",
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "bs58",
 "digest 0.9.0",
 "ff 0.11.1",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "group 0.11.0",
 "itertools",
 "nym-dkg",
@@ -2389,7 +2405,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-contracts-common"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bs58",
 "cosmwasm-std",
@@ -2424,7 +2440,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-crypto"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
 "aes 0.8.2",
 "blake3",
@@ -2473,7 +2489,7 @@ name = "nym-gateway-client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "futures",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "log",
 "nym-bandwidth-controller",
 "nym-coconut-interface",
@@ -2531,7 +2547,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-mixnet-contract-common"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bs58",
 "cosmwasm-std",
@@ -2620,7 +2636,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "chacha20",
 "chacha20poly1305",
 "curve25519-dalek",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "log",
 "rand 0.7.3",
 "rayon",
@@ -2631,7 +2647,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-pemstore"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
 "pem",
 ]
@@ -2641,8 +2657,12 @@ name = "nym-service-provider-directory-common"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "cosmwasm-std",
+ "cw-controllers",
+ "cw-utils",
+ "nym-contracts-common",
 "schemars",
 "serde",
+ "thiserror",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -2796,7 +2816,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "aes-gcm",
 "argon2",
 "generic-array 0.14.7",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "rand 0.8.5",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
@@ -2895,7 +2915,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-vesting-contract-common"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
 "cosmwasm-std",
 "nym-contracts-common",
@@ -3382,7 +3402,7 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -3450,7 +3470,7 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b033d837a7cf162d7993aded9304e30a83213c648b6e389db233191f891e5c2b"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "redox_syscall 0.2.16",
 "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -3478,7 +3498,7 @@ version = "0.11.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cde824a14b7c14f85caff81225f411faacc04a2013f41670f41443742b1c1c55"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.21.0",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
 "bytes",
 "encoding_rs",
 "futures-core",
@@ -3612,7 +3632,7 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d194b56d58803a43635bdc398cd17e383d6f71f9182b9a192c127ca42494a59b"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.21.0",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -4368,7 +4388,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "bytes",
 "flex-error",
 "futures",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "http",
 "hyper",
 "hyper-proxy",
@@ -4768,7 +4788,7 @@ version = "1.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "345444e32442451b267fc254ae85a209c64be56d2890e601a0c37ff0c3c5ecd2"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "wasm-bindgen",
 ]

@@ -4944,7 +4964,7 @@ name = "wasm-utils"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "futures",
- "getrandom 0.2.9",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "indexed_db_futures",
 "js-sys",
 "nym-store-cipher",
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client-wasm"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jedrzej Stuczynski <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 keywords = ["nym", "sphinx", "wasm", "webassembly", "privacy", "client"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl Config {
    #[wasm_bindgen(constructor)]
    pub fn new(id: String, validator_server: String, debug: Option<DebugWasm>) -> Self {
        Config {
-            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id)
+            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id, env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string())
                .with_custom_nyxd(vec![validator_server
                    .parse()
                    .expect("provided url was malformed")])
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl Config {

    pub(crate) fn new_tester_config<S: Into<String>>(id: S) -> Self {
        Config {
-            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id)
+            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id.into(), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string())
                .with_disabled_credentials(true)
                .with_disabled_cover_traffic(true)
                .with_disabled_topology_refresh(true),
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::client::response_pusher::ResponsePusher;
 use crate::constants::NODE_TESTER_CLIENT_ID;
 use crate::error::WasmClientError;
 use crate::helpers::{
-    choose_gateway, gateway_from_topology, parse_recipient, parse_sender_tag,
+    parse_recipient, parse_sender_tag, setup_from_topology, setup_gateway_from_api,
    setup_reply_surb_storage_backend,
 };
 use crate::storage::traits::FullWasmClientStorage;
@@ -15,13 +15,11 @@ use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
 use crate::topology::WasmNymTopology;
 use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::{Client as FakeClient, DirectSigningNyxdClient};
-use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::{
-    BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState, CredentialsToggle,
+    BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
 };
 use nym_client_core::client::inbound_messages::InputMessage;
-use nym_client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::browser_backend;
-use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage;
+use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage as EphemeralCredentialStorage;
 use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use nym_task::TaskManager;
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ use nym_topology::provider_trait::{HardcodedTopologyProvider, TopologyProvider};
 use nym_topology::NymTopology;
 use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKey;
 use rand::rngs::OsRng;
-use rand::{thread_rng, RngCore};
+use rand::RngCore;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 use wasm_bindgen_futures::future_to_promise;
@@ -63,14 +61,7 @@ pub struct NymClientBuilder {
    preferred_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,

    storage_passphrase: Option<String>,
-    reply_surb_storage_backend: browser_backend::Backend,
-
    on_message: js_sys::Function,
-
-    // unimplemented:
-    bandwidth_controller:
-        Option<BandwidthController<FakeClient<DirectSigningNyxdClient>, EphemeralStorage>>,
-    disabled_credentials: bool,
 }

 #[wasm_bindgen]
@@ -83,15 +74,10 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
        storage_passphrase: Option<String>,
    ) -> Self {
        NymClientBuilder {
-            reply_surb_storage_backend: setup_reply_surb_storage_backend(
-                config.base.debug.reply_surbs,
-            ),
            config,
            custom_topology: None,
            storage_passphrase,
            on_message,
-            bandwidth_controller: None,
-            disabled_credentials: true,
            preferred_gateway,
        }
    }
@@ -114,14 +100,9 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
        let full_config = Config::new_tester_config(NODE_TESTER_CLIENT_ID);

        NymClientBuilder {
-            reply_surb_storage_backend: setup_reply_surb_storage_backend(
-                full_config.base.debug.reply_surbs,
-            ),
            config: full_config,
            custom_topology: Some(topology.into()),
            on_message,
-            bandwidth_controller: None,
-            disabled_credentials: true,
            storage_passphrase: None,
            preferred_gateway: gateway,
        }
@@ -139,15 +120,17 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
        }
    }

+    fn initialise_storage(config: &Config, base_storage: ClientStorage) -> FullWasmClientStorage {
+        FullWasmClientStorage {
+            keys_and_gateway_store: base_storage,
+            reply_storage: setup_reply_surb_storage_backend(config.base.debug.reply_surbs),
+            credential_storage: EphemeralCredentialStorage::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
    async fn start_client_async(mut self) -> Result<NymClient, WasmClientError> {
        console_log!("Starting the wasm client");

-        let disabled_credentials = if self.disabled_credentials {
-            CredentialsToggle::Disabled
-        } else {
-            CredentialsToggle::Enabled
-        };
-
        let nym_api_endpoints = self.config.base.client.nym_api_urls.clone();

        // TODO: this will have to be re-used for surbs. but this is a problem for another PR.
@@ -155,35 +138,25 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
            ClientStorage::new_async(&self.config.base.client.id, self.storage_passphrase.take())
                .await?;

+        let user_chosen = self.preferred_gateway.clone();
+
        // if we provided hardcoded topology, get gateway from it, otherwise get it the 'standard' way
-        let gateway_endpoint = if let Some(topology) = &self.custom_topology {
-            gateway_from_topology(
-                &mut thread_rng(),
-                self.preferred_gateway.as_deref(),
-                topology,
-                &client_store,
-            )
-            .await?
+        if let Some(topology) = &self.custom_topology {
+            setup_from_topology(user_chosen, topology, &client_store).await?
        } else {
-            choose_gateway(
-                &client_store,
-                self.preferred_gateway.clone(),
-                &nym_api_endpoints,
-            )
-            .await?
+            setup_gateway_from_api(&client_store, user_chosen, &nym_api_endpoints).await?
        };

+        let packet_type = self.config.base.debug.traffic.packet_type;
+        let storage = Self::initialise_storage(&self.config, client_store);
        let maybe_topology_provider = self.topology_provider();

-        let mut base_builder: BaseClientBuilder<_, FullWasmClientStorage> = BaseClientBuilder::new(
-            &gateway_endpoint,
-            &self.config.base.debug,
-            client_store,
-            self.bandwidth_controller,
-            self.reply_surb_storage_backend,
-            disabled_credentials,
-            nym_api_endpoints,
-        );
+        let mut base_builder: BaseClientBuilder<_, FullWasmClientStorage> =
+            BaseClientBuilder::<FakeClient<DirectSigningNyxdClient>, _>::new(
+                &self.config.base,
+                storage,
+                None,
+            );
        if let Some(topology_provider) = maybe_topology_provider {
            base_builder = base_builder.with_topology_provider(topology_provider);
        }
@@ -202,7 +175,7 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
            client_state: Arc::new(started_client.client_state),
            _full_topology: None,
            _task_manager: started_client.task_manager,
-            packet_type: self.config.base.debug.traffic.packet_type,
+            packet_type,
        })
    }

@@ -7,19 +7,18 @@ use crate::topology::WasmNymTopology;
 use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::browser_backend;
 use nym_client_core::config;
-use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
-use nym_client_core::init::GatewaySetup;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use nym_client_core::init::helpers::current_gateways;
+use nym_client_core::init::{setup_gateway_from, GatewaySetup, InitialisationDetails};
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
-use nym_topology::NymTopology;
-use nym_validator_client::client::{IdentityKey, IdentityKeyRef};
+use nym_topology::{gateway, NymTopology};
+use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKey;
 use nym_validator_client::NymApiClient;
-use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};
+use rand::thread_rng;
 use url::Url;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::wasm_bindgen;
 use wasm_bindgen_futures::future_to_promise;
-use wasm_utils::{console_log, PromisableResult};
+use wasm_utils::PromisableResult;

 // don't get too excited about the name, under the hood it's just a big fat placeholder
 // with no disk_persistence
@@ -79,87 +78,37 @@ pub fn current_network_topology(nym_api_url: String) -> Promise {
    })
 }

-pub(crate) async fn choose_gateway(
+async fn setup_gateway(
+    client_store: &ClientStorage,
+    chosen_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
+    gateways: &[gateway::Node],
+) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, WasmClientError> {
+    let setup = if client_store.has_full_gateway_info().await? {
+        GatewaySetup::MustLoad
+    } else {
+        GatewaySetup::new_fresh(chosen_gateway.clone(), None)
+    };
+
+    setup_gateway_from(&setup, client_store, client_store, false, Some(gateways))
+        .await
+        .map_err(Into::into)
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn setup_gateway_from_api(
    client_store: &ClientStorage,
    chosen_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
    nym_apis: &[Url],
-) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, WasmClientError> {
-    let existing_gateway_config = client_store.read_gateway_config().await?;
-
-    console_log!("loaded: {:?}", existing_gateway_config);
-
-    if let Some(existing) = existing_gateway_config {
-        if let Some(provided) = &chosen_gateway {
-            if provided != &existing.gateway_id {
-                return Err(WasmClientError::AlreadyRegistered {
-                    gateway_config: existing,
-                });
-            }
-        }
-        return Ok(existing);
-    };
-
-    // if NOTHING is specified nor available, choose gateway randomly.
-    let setup = GatewaySetup::new(None, chosen_gateway, None);
-    let config = setup.try_get_gateway_details(nym_apis).await?;
-
-    // perform registration + persist the new gateway info
-    // TODO: this is actually quite bad. we shouldn't be persisting gateway info here since we did not have persisted
-    // the shared key yet. this will only happen when we start the base client itself.
-    // but unfortunately, we can't do much more until we do a bit more refactoring.
-    client_store.store_gateway_config(&config).await?;
-
-    console_log!("stored: {:?}", config);
-
-    Ok(config)
+) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, WasmClientError> {
+    let mut rng = thread_rng();
+    let gateways = current_gateways(&mut rng, nym_apis).await?;
+    setup_gateway(client_store, chosen_gateway, &gateways).await
 }

-pub(crate) async fn gateway_from_topology<R: Rng + CryptoRng>(
-    rng: &mut R,
-    explicit_gateway: Option<IdentityKeyRef<'_>>,
+pub(crate) async fn setup_from_topology(
+    explicit_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
    topology: &NymTopology,
    client_store: &ClientStorage,
-) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, WasmClientError> {
-    let existing_gateway_config = client_store.read_gateway_config().await?;
-    console_log!("loaded: {:?}", existing_gateway_config);
-
-    let new_gateway: GatewayEndpointConfig = if let Some(provided) = explicit_gateway {
-        if let Some(existing) = existing_gateway_config {
-            // we have stored gateway info and explicitly provided identity key
-            //
-            // check if they match, otherwise return an error
-            return if provided != existing.gateway_id {
-                Err(WasmClientError::AlreadyRegistered {
-                    gateway_config: existing,
-                })
-            } else {
-                Ok(existing)
-            };
-        } else {
-            // we have explicitly provided identity key and didn't have any prior stored data
-            //
-            // try to grab details from the topology
-            let gateway_identity = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(provided)
-                .map_err(|source| WasmClientError::InvalidGatewayIdentity { source })?;
-            if let Some(gateway) = topology.get_gateway(&gateway_identity) {
-                gateway.clone().into()
-            } else {
-                return Err(WasmClientError::NonExistentGateway {
-                    gateway_identity: gateway_identity.to_base58_string(),
-                });
-            }
-        }
-    } else if let Some(existing) = existing_gateway_config {
-        // we have stored data and didn't provide anything separately - use what's stored!
-        return Ok(existing);
-    } else {
-        // we don't have anything stored nor we have provided anything
-        //
-        // just grab random gateway from our topology
-        topology.random_gateway(rng)?.clone().into()
-    };
-
-    console_log!("storing: {:?}", new_gateway);
-    client_store.store_gateway_config(&new_gateway).await?;
-    Ok(new_gateway)
+) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, WasmClientError> {
+    let gateways = topology.gateways();
+    setup_gateway(client_store, explicit_gateway, gateways).await
 }
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ pub enum ClientStorageError {

    #[error("{typ} cryptographic key is not available in storage")]
    CryptoKeyNotInStorage { typ: String },
+
+    #[error("the prior gateway details are not available in the storage")]
+    GatewayDetailsNotInStorage,
 }

 impl From<ClientStorageError> for JsValue {
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use crate::client::config::Config;
 use crate::storage::errors::ClientStorageError;
 use js_sys::Promise;
-use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::PersistedGatewayDetails;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 use nym_gateway_client::SharedKeys;
 use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ mod v1 {
    pub const CORE_STORE: &str = "core";

    // keys
-    // TODO: to replace with FULL config
-    pub const GATEWAY_CONFIG: &str = "gateway_config";
+    pub const CONFIG: &str = "config";
+    pub const GATEWAY_DETAILS: &str = "gateway_details";

    pub const ED25519_IDENTITY_KEYPAIR: &str = "ed25519_identity_keypair";
    pub const X25519_ENCRYPTION_KEYPAIR: &str = "x25519_encryption_keypair";
@@ -110,15 +111,32 @@ impl ClientStorage {
        })
    }

-    pub(crate) async fn read_gateway_config(
-        &self,
-    ) -> Result<Option<GatewayEndpointConfig>, ClientStorageError> {
+    // TODO: persist client's config
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) async fn read_config(&self) -> Result<Option<Config>, ClientStorageError> {
        self.inner
-            .read_value(v1::CORE_STORE, JsValue::from_str(v1::GATEWAY_CONFIG))
+            .read_value(v1::CORE_STORE, JsValue::from_str(v1::CONFIG))
            .await
            .map_err(Into::into)
    }

+    pub(crate) async fn may_read_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<Option<PersistedGatewayDetails>, ClientStorageError> {
+        self.inner
+            .read_value(v1::CORE_STORE, JsValue::from_str(v1::GATEWAY_DETAILS))
+            .await
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn must_read_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, ClientStorageError> {
+        self.may_read_gateway_details()
+            .await?
+            .ok_or(ClientStorageError::GatewayDetailsNotInStorage)
+    }
+
    async fn may_read_identity_keypair(
        &self,
    ) -> Result<Option<identity::KeyPair>, ClientStorageError> {
@@ -244,17 +262,33 @@ impl ClientStorage {
            .map_err(Into::into)
    }

-    pub(crate) async fn store_gateway_config(
+    pub(crate) async fn store_gateway_details(
        &self,
-        gateway_endpoint: &GatewayEndpointConfig,
+        gateway_endpoint: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
    ) -> Result<(), ClientStorageError> {
        self.inner
            .store_value(
                v1::CORE_STORE,
-                JsValue::from_str(v1::GATEWAY_CONFIG),
+                JsValue::from_str(v1::GATEWAY_DETAILS),
                gateway_endpoint,
            )
            .await
            .map_err(Into::into)
    }
+
+    // TODO: persist client's config
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) async fn store_config(&self, config: &Config) -> Result<(), ClientStorageError> {
+        self.inner
+            .store_value(v1::CORE_STORE, JsValue::from_str(v1::CONFIG), config)
+            .await
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn has_full_gateway_info(&self) -> Result<bool, ClientStorageError> {
+        let has_keys = self.may_read_gateway_shared_key().await?.is_some();
+        let has_details = self.may_read_gateway_details().await?.is_some();
+
+        Ok(has_keys && has_details)
+    }
 }
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 use crate::storage::errors::ClientStorageError;
 use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
+    GatewayDetailsStore, PersistedGatewayDetails,
+};
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::MixnetClientStorage;
 use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
 use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
@@ -14,9 +17,9 @@ use wasm_utils::console_log;
 // temporary until other variants are properly implemented (probably it should get changed into `ClientStorage`
 // implementing all traits and everything getting combined
 pub struct FullWasmClientStorage {
-    key_store: ClientStorage,
-    reply_storage: browser_backend::Backend,
-    credential_storage: EphemeralCredentialStorage,
+    pub(crate) keys_and_gateway_store: ClientStorage,
+    pub(crate) reply_storage: browser_backend::Backend,
+    pub(crate) credential_storage: EphemeralCredentialStorage,
 }

 impl MixnetClientStorage for FullWasmClientStorage {
@@ -24,12 +27,14 @@ impl MixnetClientStorage for FullWasmClientStorage {
    type ReplyStore = browser_backend::Backend;
    type CredentialStore = EphemeralCredentialStorage;

-    fn into_split(self) -> (Self::KeyStore, Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore) {
-        (self.key_store, self.reply_storage, self.credential_storage)
+    type GatewayDetailsStore = ClientStorage;
+
+    fn into_runtime_stores(self) -> (Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore) {
+        (self.reply_storage, self.credential_storage)
    }

    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore {
-        &self.key_store
+        &self.keys_and_gateway_store
    }

    fn reply_store(&self) -> &Self::ReplyStore {
@@ -39,6 +44,10 @@ impl MixnetClientStorage for FullWasmClientStorage {
    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore {
        &self.credential_storage
    }
+
+    fn gateway_details_store(&self) -> &Self::GatewayDetailsStore {
+        &self.keys_and_gateway_store
+    }
 }

 #[async_trait(?Send)]
@@ -74,3 +83,19 @@ impl KeyStore for ClientStorage {
            .await
    }
 }
+
+#[async_trait(?Send)]
+impl GatewayDetailsStore for ClientStorage {
+    type StorageError = ClientStorageError;
+
+    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, Self::StorageError> {
+        self.must_read_gateway_details().await
+    }
+
+    async fn store_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+        self.store_gateway_details(details).await
+    }
+}
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 use crate::constants::NODE_TESTER_ID;
 use crate::error::WasmClientError;
-use crate::helpers::{current_network_topology_async, gateway_from_topology};
+use crate::helpers::{current_network_topology_async, setup_from_topology};
 use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
 use crate::tester::ephemeral_receiver::EphemeralTestReceiver;
 use crate::tester::helpers::{
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::{Client as FakeClient, DirectSigningNyxdClient};
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
 use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::ManagedKeys;
-use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_client_core::init::InitialisationDetails;
 use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage;
 use nym_gateway_client::GatewayClient;
 use nym_node_tester_utils::receiver::SimpleMessageReceiver;
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ use nym_task::TaskManager;
 use nym_topology::NymTopology;
 use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKey;
 use rand::rngs::OsRng;
-use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex as SyncMutex};
@@ -120,29 +119,26 @@ impl NymNodeTesterBuilder {
        })
    }

-    async fn gateway_info<R: Rng + CryptoRng>(
+    async fn gateway_info(
        &self,
-        rng: &mut R,
        client_store: &ClientStorage,
-    ) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, WasmClientError> {
-        gateway_from_topology(
-            rng,
-            self.gateway.as_deref(),
-            &self.base_topology,
-            client_store,
-        )
-        .await
+    ) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, WasmClientError> {
+        if let Ok(loaded) = InitialisationDetails::try_load(client_store, client_store).await {
+            Ok(loaded)
+        } else {
+            setup_from_topology(self.gateway.clone(), &self.base_topology, client_store).await
+        }
    }

    async fn _setup_client(mut self) -> Result<NymNodeTester, WasmClientError> {
-        let mut rng = OsRng;
        let task_manager = TaskManager::default();

        let client_store = ClientStorage::new_async(NODE_TESTER_ID, None).await?;

-        let gateway_endpoint = self.gateway_info(&mut rng, &client_store).await?;
+        let init_details = self.gateway_info(&client_store).await?;
+        let gateway_endpoint = init_details.gateway_details;
        let gateway_identity = gateway_endpoint.try_get_gateway_identity_key()?;
-        let mut managed_keys = ManagedKeys::load_or_generate(&mut rng, &client_store).await;
+        let managed_keys = init_details.managed_keys;

        let (mixnet_message_sender, mixnet_message_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
        let (ack_sender, ack_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
@@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ impl NymNodeTesterBuilder {
            gateway_endpoint.gateway_listener,
            managed_keys.identity_keypair(),
            gateway_identity,
-            managed_keys.gateway_shared_key(),
+            Some(managed_keys.must_get_gateway_shared_key()),
            mixnet_message_sender,
            ack_sender,
            Duration::from_secs(10),
@@ -160,14 +156,11 @@ impl NymNodeTesterBuilder {
        );

        gateway_client.set_disabled_credentials_mode(true);
-        let shared_keys = gateway_client.authenticate_and_start().await?;
-        managed_keys
-            .deal_with_gateway_key(shared_keys, &client_store)
-            .await?;
+        gateway_client.authenticate_and_start().await?;

        // TODO: make those values configurable later
        let tester = NodeTester::new(
-            rng,
+            OsRng,
            self.base_topology,
            Some(address(&managed_keys, gateway_identity)),
            PacketSize::default(),
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-bin-common"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 description = "Common code for nym binaries"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }

 ## tracing
-tracing-appender = { version = "0.2.2", optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.16", features = [
    "env-filter",
 ], optional = true }
 tracing-tree = { version = "0.2.2", optional = true }
+opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.18.0", optional = true, features = [
+    "rt-tokio",
+    "collector_client",
+    "isahc_collector_client",
+] }
+tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.19.0", optional = true }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.19.0", optional = true, features = ["rt-tokio"] }


 [build-dependencies]
@@ -37,4 +43,10 @@ vergen = { version = "=7.4.3", default-features = false, features = [
 [features]
 default = []
 output_format = ["serde_json"]
-tracing = ["tracing-appender", "tracing-subscriber", "tracing-tree"]
+tracing = [
+    "tracing-subscriber",
+    "tracing-tree",
+    "opentelemetry-jaeger",
+    "tracing-opentelemetry",
+    "opentelemetry",
+]
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl BinaryBuildInformation {
    }
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct BinaryBuildInformationOwned {
    // VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
    /// Provides the build timestamp, for example `2021-02-23T20:14:46.558472672+00:00`.
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-pub use tracing_appender;
+pub use opentelemetry;
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
+pub use opentelemetry_jaeger;
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
+pub use tracing_opentelemetry;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 pub use tracing_subscriber;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
@@ -43,27 +47,35 @@ pub fn setup_logging() {
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! setup_tracing {
-    ($file_name: expr) => {
+    ($service_name: expr) => {
        use nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
        use nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;

-        let file_appender =
-            nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_appender::rolling::hourly($file_name, "log");
-        let (non_blocking, _guard) =
-            nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_appender::non_blocking(file_appender);
-        let appender_layer = nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::new()
-            .with_ansi(false)
-            .with_writer(non_blocking);
-
-        nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_subscriber::Registry::default()
+        let registry = nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_subscriber::Registry::default()
            .with(nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::from_default_env())
-            .with(appender_layer)
            .with(
                nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_tree::HierarchicalLayer::new(4)
                    .with_targets(true)
                    .with_bracketed_fields(true),
+            );
+
+        let tracer = nym_bin_common::logging::opentelemetry_jaeger::new_collector_pipeline()
+            .with_endpoint("http://44.199.230.10:14268/api/traces")
+            .with_service_name($service_name)
+            .with_isahc()
+            .with_trace_config(
+                nym_bin_common::logging::opentelemetry::sdk::trace::config().with_sampler(
+                    nym_bin_common::logging::opentelemetry::sdk::trace::Sampler::TraceIdRatioBased(
+                        0.1,
+                    ),
+                ),
            )
-            .init();
+            .install_batch(nym_bin_common::logging::opentelemetry::runtime::Tokio)
+            .expect("Could not init tracer");
+
+        let telemetry = nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_opentelemetry::layer().with_tracer(tracer);
+
+        registry.with(telemetry).init();
    };
 }

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client-core"
-version = "1.1.14"
+version = "1.1.15"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.66"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ rust-version = "1.66"

 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
+base64 = "0.21.2"
 dirs = "4.0"
 dashmap = "5.4.0"
 futures = "0.3"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ log = { workspace = true }
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
+sha2 = "0.10.6"
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.34"
 url = { version ="2.2", features = ["serde"] }
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ use nym_sphinx::receiver::{ReconstructedMessage, SphinxMessageReceiver};
 use nym_task::connections::{ConnectionCommandReceiver, ConnectionCommandSender, LaneQueueLengths};
 use nym_task::{TaskClient, TaskManager};
 use nym_topology::provider_trait::TopologyProvider;
-use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tap::TapFallible;
 use url::Url;
@@ -50,6 +49,8 @@ use url::Url;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::DkgQueryClient;

+use crate::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::GatewayDetailsStore;
+use crate::init::{setup_gateway, GatewaySetup, InitialisationDetails};
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::DkgQueryClient;

@@ -157,17 +158,11 @@ impl From<bool> for CredentialsToggle {
 }

 pub struct BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S: MixnetClientStorage> {
-    // due to wasm limitations I had to split it like this : (
-    gateway_config: &'a GatewayEndpointConfig,
-    debug_config: &'a DebugConfig,
-    disabled_credentials: bool,
-    nym_api_endpoints: Vec<Url>,
-    reply_storage_backend: S::ReplyStore,
-    key_store: S::KeyStore,
-
+    config: &'a Config,
+    client_store: S,
+    dkg_query_client: Option<C>,
    custom_topology_provider: Option<Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync>>,
-    bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
-    managed_keys: ManagedKeys,
+    setup_method: GatewaySetup,
 }

 impl<'a, C, S> BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S>
@@ -175,47 +170,23 @@ where
    S: MixnetClientStorage + 'static,
    C: DkgQueryClient + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
-    // TODO: combine all storages
-    pub fn new_from_base_config(
+    pub fn new(
        base_config: &'a Config,
-        key_store: S::KeyStore,
-        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
-        reply_storage_backend: S::ReplyStore,
+        client_store: S,
+        dkg_query_client: Option<C>,
    ) -> BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S> {
        BaseClientBuilder {
-            gateway_config: base_config.get_gateway_endpoint_config(),
-            debug_config: &base_config.debug,
-            disabled_credentials: base_config.get_disabled_credentials_mode(),
-            nym_api_endpoints: base_config.get_nym_api_endpoints(),
-            bandwidth_controller,
-            reply_storage_backend,
-            key_store,
-            managed_keys: ManagedKeys::Invalidated,
+            config: base_config,
+            client_store,
+            dkg_query_client,
            custom_topology_provider: None,
+            setup_method: GatewaySetup::MustLoad,
        }
    }

-    // TODO: combine all storages
-    pub fn new(
-        gateway_config: &'a GatewayEndpointConfig,
-        debug_config: &'a DebugConfig,
-        key_store: S::KeyStore,
-        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
-        reply_storage_backend: S::ReplyStore,
-        credentials_toggle: CredentialsToggle,
-        nym_api_endpoints: Vec<Url>,
-    ) -> BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S> {
-        BaseClientBuilder {
-            gateway_config,
-            debug_config,
-            disabled_credentials: credentials_toggle.is_disabled(),
-            nym_api_endpoints,
-            reply_storage_backend,
-            custom_topology_provider: None,
-            bandwidth_controller,
-            key_store,
-            managed_keys: ManagedKeys::Invalidated,
-        }
+    pub fn with_gateway_setup(mut self, setup: GatewaySetup) -> Self {
+        self.setup_method = setup;
+        self
    }

    pub fn with_topology_provider(
@@ -228,13 +199,16 @@ where

    // note: do **NOT** make this method public as its only valid usage is from within `start_base`
    // because it relies on the crypto keys being already loaded
-    fn as_mix_recipient(&self) -> Recipient {
+    fn mix_address(
+        managed_keys: &ManagedKeys,
+        gateway_config: &GatewayEndpointConfig,
+    ) -> Recipient {
        Recipient::new(
-            *self.managed_keys.identity_public_key(),
-            *self.managed_keys.encryption_public_key(),
+            *managed_keys.identity_public_key(),
+            *managed_keys.encryption_public_key(),
            // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
            // (which currently is true)
-            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(&self.gateway_config.gateway_id).unwrap(),
+            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(&gateway_config.gateway_id).unwrap(),
        )
    }

@@ -318,7 +292,10 @@ where
    }

    async fn start_gateway_client(
-        &mut self,
+        config: &Config,
+        gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+        managed_keys: &ManagedKeys,
+        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
@@ -327,33 +304,26 @@ where
        <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
        <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
-        let gateway_id = self.gateway_config.gateway_id.clone();
-        if gateway_id.is_empty() {
-            return Err(ClientCoreError::GatewayIdUnknown);
-        }
-        let gateway_address = self.gateway_config.gateway_listener.clone();
-        if gateway_address.is_empty() {
-            return Err(ClientCoreError::GatewayAddressUnknown);
-        }
+        let gateway_address = gateway_config.gateway_listener.clone();
+        let gateway_id = gateway_config.gateway_id;

+        // TODO: in theory, at this point, this should be infallible
        let gateway_identity = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_id)
            .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)?;

        let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new(
            gateway_address,
-            self.managed_keys.identity_keypair(),
+            managed_keys.identity_keypair(),
            gateway_identity,
-            self.managed_keys.gateway_shared_key(),
+            Some(managed_keys.must_get_gateway_shared_key()),
            mixnet_message_sender,
            ack_sender,
-            self.debug_config
-                .gateway_connection
-                .gateway_response_timeout,
-            self.bandwidth_controller.take(),
+            config.debug.gateway_connection.gateway_response_timeout,
+            bandwidth_controller,
            shutdown,
        );

-        gateway_client.set_disabled_credentials_mode(self.disabled_credentials);
+        gateway_client.set_disabled_credentials_mode(config.client.disabled_credentials_mode);

        let shared_key = gateway_client
            .authenticate_and_start()
@@ -362,12 +332,7 @@ where
                log::error!("Could not authenticate and start up the gateway connection - {err}")
            })?;

-        self.managed_keys
-            .deal_with_gateway_key(shared_key, &self.key_store)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|source| ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
-                source: Box::new(source),
-            })?;
+        managed_keys.ensure_gateway_key(shared_key);

        Ok(gateway_client)
    }
@@ -473,21 +438,41 @@ where
        Ok(mem_store)
    }

-    async fn initial_key_setup(&mut self) {
-        assert!(!self.managed_keys.is_valid());
-        let mut rng = OsRng;
-        self.managed_keys = ManagedKeys::load_or_generate(&mut rng, &self.key_store).await;
+    async fn initialise_keys_and_gateway(&self) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, ClientCoreError>
+    where
+        <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
+        <S::GatewayDetailsStore as GatewayDetailsStore>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
+    {
+        setup_gateway(
+            &self.setup_method,
+            self.client_store.key_store(),
+            self.client_store.gateway_details_store(),
+            false,
+            Some(&self.config.client.nym_api_urls),
+        )
+        .await
    }

    pub async fn start_base(mut self) -> Result<BaseClient, ClientCoreError>
    where
-        <S::ReplyStore as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
        S::ReplyStore: Send + Sync,
        <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync,
+        <S::ReplyStore as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
        <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+        <S::GatewayDetailsStore as GatewayDetailsStore>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
    {
        info!("Starting nym client");
-        self.initial_key_setup().await;
+
+        // derive (or load) client keys and gateway configuration
+        let details = self.initialise_keys_and_gateway().await?;
+        let gateway_config = details.gateway_details;
+        let managed_keys = details.managed_keys;
+
+        let (reply_storage_backend, credential_store) = self.client_store.into_runtime_stores();
+
+        let bandwidth_controller = self
+            .dkg_query_client
+            .map(|client| BandwidthController::new(credential_store, client));

        // channels for inter-component communication
        // TODO: make the channels be internally created by the relevant components
@@ -515,34 +500,39 @@ where
        let (reply_controller_sender, reply_controller_receiver) =
            reply_controller::requests::new_control_channels();

-        let self_address = self.as_mix_recipient();
+        let self_address = Self::mix_address(&managed_keys, &gateway_config);

        // the components are started in very specific order. Unless you know what you are doing,
        // do not change that.
-        let gateway_client = self
-            .start_gateway_client(mixnet_messages_sender, ack_sender, task_manager.subscribe())
-            .await?;
-
-        let reply_storage = Self::setup_persistent_reply_storage(
-            self.reply_storage_backend,
+        let gateway_client = Self::start_gateway_client(
+            self.config,
+            gateway_config,
+            &managed_keys,
+            bandwidth_controller,
+            mixnet_messages_sender,
+            ack_sender,
            task_manager.subscribe(),
        )
        .await?;

+        let reply_storage =
+            Self::setup_persistent_reply_storage(reply_storage_backend, task_manager.subscribe())
+                .await?;
+
        let topology_provider = Self::setup_topology_provider(
            self.custom_topology_provider.take(),
-            self.nym_api_endpoints,
+            self.config.get_nym_api_endpoints(),
        );
        Self::start_topology_refresher(
            topology_provider,
-            self.debug_config.topology,
+            self.config.debug.topology,
            shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
            task_manager.subscribe(),
        )
        .await?;

        Self::start_received_messages_buffer_controller(
-            self.managed_keys.encryption_keypair(),
+            managed_keys.encryption_keypair(),
            received_buffer_request_receiver,
            mixnet_messages_receiver,
            reply_storage.key_storage(),
@@ -566,8 +556,8 @@ where
        let shared_lane_queue_lengths = LaneQueueLengths::new();

        let controller_config = real_messages_control::Config::new(
-            self.debug_config,
-            self.managed_keys.ack_key(),
+            &self.config.debug,
+            managed_keys.ack_key(),
            self_address,
        );

@@ -583,17 +573,18 @@ where
            shared_lane_queue_lengths.clone(),
            client_connection_rx,
            task_manager.subscribe(),
-            self.debug_config.traffic.packet_type,
+            self.config.debug.traffic.packet_type,
        );

        if !self
-            .debug_config
+            .config
+            .debug
            .cover_traffic
            .disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream
        {
            Self::start_cover_traffic_stream(
-                self.debug_config,
-                self.managed_keys.ack_key(),
+                &self.config.debug,
+                managed_keys.ack_key(),
                self_address,
                shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
                message_sender,
@@ -122,13 +122,30 @@ pub fn create_bandwidth_controller_with_urls<St: CredentialStorage>(
    nym_api_url: Url,
    storage: St,
 ) -> BandwidthController<Client<QueryNyxdClient>, St> {
+    let client = default_query_dkg_client(nyxd_url, nym_api_url);
+
+    BandwidthController::new(storage, client)
+}
+
+pub fn default_query_dkg_client_from_config(config: &Config) -> Client<QueryNyxdClient> {
+    let nyxd_url = config
+        .get_validator_endpoints()
+        .pop()
+        .expect("No nyxd validator endpoint provided");
+    let api_url = config
+        .get_nym_api_endpoints()
+        .pop()
+        .expect("No validator api endpoint provided");
+
+    default_query_dkg_client(nyxd_url, api_url)
+}
+
+pub fn default_query_dkg_client(nyxd_url: Url, nym_api_url: Url) -> Client<QueryNyxdClient> {
    let details = nym_network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
    let mut client_config = nym_validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&details)
        .expect("failed to construct validator client config");
    // overwrite env configuration with config URLs
    client_config = client_config.with_urls(nyxd_url, nym_api_url);
-    let client = nym_validator_client::Client::new_query(client_config)
-        .expect("Could not construct query client");
-
-    BandwidthController::new(storage, client)
+    nym_validator_client::Client::new_query(client_config)
+        .expect("Could not construct query client")
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use zeroize::Zeroizing;
+
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+pub trait GatewayDetailsStore {
+    type StorageError: Error;
+
+    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, Self::StorageError>;
+
+    async fn store_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError>;
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct PersistedGatewayDetails {
+    // TODO: should we also verify correctness of the details themselves?
+    // i.e. we could include a checksum or tag (via the shared keys)
+    // counterargument: if we wanted to modify, say, the host information in the stored file on disk,
+    // in order to actually use it, we'd have to recompute the whole checksum which would be a huge pain.
+    /// The hash of the shared keys to ensure the correct ones are used with those gateway details.
+    #[serde(with = "base64")]
+    key_hash: Vec<u8>,
+
+    /// Actual gateway details being persisted.
+    pub(crate) details: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+}
+
+impl From<PersistedGatewayDetails> for GatewayEndpointConfig {
+    fn from(value: PersistedGatewayDetails) -> Self {
+        value.details
+    }
+}
+
+impl PersistedGatewayDetails {
+    pub fn new(details: GatewayEndpointConfig, shared_key: &SharedKeys) -> Self {
+        let key_bytes = Zeroizing::new(shared_key.to_bytes());
+
+        let mut key_hasher = Sha256::new();
+        key_hasher.update(&key_bytes);
+        let key_hash = key_hasher.finalize().to_vec();
+
+        PersistedGatewayDetails { key_hash, details }
+    }
+
+    pub fn verify(&self, shared_key: &SharedKeys) -> bool {
+        let key_bytes = Zeroizing::new(shared_key.to_bytes());
+
+        let mut key_hasher = Sha256::new();
+        key_hasher.update(&key_bytes);
+        let key_hash = key_hasher.finalize();
+
+        self.key_hash == key_hash.deref()
+    }
+}
+
+// helper to make Vec<u8> serialization use base64 representation to make it human readable
+// so that it would be easier for users to copy contents from the disk if they wanted to use it elsewhere
+mod base64 {
+    use base64::{engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, Engine as _};
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
+
+    pub fn serialize<S: Serializer>(bytes: &[u8], serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        serializer.serialize_str(&STANDARD.encode(bytes))
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Vec<u8>, D::Error> {
+        let s = <String>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        STANDARD.decode(s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum OnDiskGatewayDetailsError {
+    #[error("JSON failure: {0}")]
+    SerializationFailure(#[from] serde_json::Error),
+
+    #[error("failed to store gateway details to {path}: {err}")]
+    StoreFailure {
+        path: String,
+        #[source]
+        err: std::io::Error,
+    },
+
+    #[error("failed to load gateway details from {path}: {err}")]
+    LoadFailure {
+        path: String,
+        #[source]
+        err: std::io::Error,
+    },
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub struct OnDiskGatewayDetails {
+    file_location: std::path::PathBuf,
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+impl OnDiskGatewayDetails {
+    pub fn new<P: AsRef<std::path::Path>>(path: P) -> Self {
+        OnDiskGatewayDetails {
+            file_location: path.as_ref().to_owned(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn load_from_disk(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, OnDiskGatewayDetailsError> {
+        let file = std::fs::File::open(&self.file_location).map_err(|err| {
+            OnDiskGatewayDetailsError::LoadFailure {
+                path: self.file_location.display().to_string(),
+                err,
+            }
+        })?;
+
+        Ok(serde_json::from_reader(file)?)
+    }
+
+    pub fn store_to_disk(
+        &self,
+        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), OnDiskGatewayDetailsError> {
+        // ensure the whole directory structure exists
+        if let Some(parent_dir) = &self.file_location.parent() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(parent_dir).map_err(|err| {
+                OnDiskGatewayDetailsError::StoreFailure {
+                    path: self.file_location.display().to_string(),
+                    err,
+                }
+            })?
+        }
+
+        let file = std::fs::File::create(&self.file_location).map_err(|err| {
+            OnDiskGatewayDetailsError::StoreFailure {
+                path: self.file_location.display().to_string(),
+                err,
+            }
+        })?;
+
+        Ok(serde_json::to_writer_pretty(file, details)?)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+impl GatewayDetailsStore for OnDiskGatewayDetails {
+    type StorageError = OnDiskGatewayDetailsError;
+
+    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, Self::StorageError> {
+        self.load_from_disk()
+    }
+
+    async fn store_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        gateway_details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+        self.store_to_disk(gateway_details)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct InMemGatewayDetails {
+    details: Mutex<Option<PersistedGatewayDetails>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+#[error("old ephemeral gateway details can't be loaded from storage")]
+pub struct EphemeralGatewayDetailsError;
+
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+impl GatewayDetailsStore for InMemGatewayDetails {
+    type StorageError = EphemeralGatewayDetailsError;
+
+    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, Self::StorageError> {
+        self.details
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .clone()
+            .ok_or(EphemeralGatewayDetailsError)
+    }
+
+    async fn store_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        gateway_details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+        *self.details.lock().await = Some(gateway_details.clone());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
@@ -4,17 +4,20 @@
 // TODO: combine those more closely. Perhaps into a single underlying store.
 // Like for persistent, on-disk, storage, what's the point of having 3 different databases?

+use crate::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
+    GatewayDetailsStore, InMemGatewayDetails,
+};
 use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::{InMemEphemeralKeys, KeyStore};
 use crate::client::replies::reply_storage;
 use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::ReplyStorageBackend;
-use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::{
-    EphemeralStorage as EphemeralCredentialStorage, EphemeralStorage,
-};
+use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage as EphemeralCredentialStorage;
 use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage as CredentialStorage;

 #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
 use crate::client::base_client::non_wasm_helpers;
 #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
+use crate::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::OnDiskGatewayDetails;
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
 use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
 #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
 use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::fs_backend;
@@ -25,24 +28,33 @@ use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
 #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
 use nym_credential_storage::persistent_storage::PersistentStorage as PersistentCredentialStorage;

+pub mod gateway_details;
+
+// TODO: ideally this should be changed into
+// `MixnetClientStorage: KeyStore + ReplyStorageBackend + CredentialStorage + GatewayDetailsStore`
 pub trait MixnetClientStorage {
    type KeyStore: KeyStore;
    type ReplyStore: ReplyStorageBackend;
    type CredentialStore: CredentialStorage;
+    type GatewayDetailsStore: GatewayDetailsStore;

    // this is a TERRIBLE name...
-    fn into_split(self) -> (Self::KeyStore, Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore);
+    // fn into_split(self) -> (Self::KeyStore, Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore, Self::GatewayDetailsStore);
+
+    fn into_runtime_stores(self) -> (Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore);

    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore;
    fn reply_store(&self) -> &Self::ReplyStore;
    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore;
+    fn gateway_details_store(&self) -> &Self::GatewayDetailsStore;
 }

 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Ephemeral {
    key_store: InMemEphemeralKeys,
    reply_store: reply_storage::Empty,
-    credential_store: EphemeralStorage,
+    credential_store: EphemeralCredentialStorage,
+    gateway_details_store: InMemGatewayDetails,
 }

 impl Ephemeral {
@@ -55,9 +67,10 @@ impl MixnetClientStorage for Ephemeral {
    type KeyStore = InMemEphemeralKeys;
    type ReplyStore = reply_storage::Empty;
    type CredentialStore = EphemeralCredentialStorage;
+    type GatewayDetailsStore = InMemGatewayDetails;

-    fn into_split(self) -> (Self::KeyStore, Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore) {
-        (self.key_store, self.reply_store, self.credential_store)
+    fn into_runtime_stores(self) -> (Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore) {
+        (self.reply_store, self.credential_store)
    }

    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore {
@@ -71,6 +84,10 @@ impl MixnetClientStorage for Ephemeral {
    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore {
        &self.credential_store
    }
+
+    fn gateway_details_store(&self) -> &Self::GatewayDetailsStore {
+        &self.gateway_details_store
+    }
 }

 #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
@@ -78,6 +95,7 @@ pub struct OnDiskPersistent {
    pub(crate) key_store: OnDiskKeys,
    pub(crate) reply_store: fs_backend::Backend,
    pub(crate) credential_store: PersistentCredentialStorage,
+    pub(crate) gateway_details_store: OnDiskGatewayDetails,
 }

 #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
@@ -86,11 +104,13 @@ impl OnDiskPersistent {
        key_store: OnDiskKeys,
        reply_store: fs_backend::Backend,
        credential_store: PersistentCredentialStorage,
+        gateway_details_store: OnDiskGatewayDetails,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            key_store,
            reply_store,
            credential_store,
+            gateway_details_store,
        }
    }

@@ -109,10 +129,13 @@ impl OnDiskPersistent {
        let credential_store =
            nym_credential_storage::initialise_persistent_storage(paths.credentials_database).await;

+        let gateway_details_store = OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(paths.gateway_details);
+
        Ok(OnDiskPersistent {
            key_store,
            reply_store,
            credential_store,
+            gateway_details_store,
        })
    }
 }
@@ -122,9 +145,10 @@ impl MixnetClientStorage for OnDiskPersistent {
    type KeyStore = OnDiskKeys;
    type ReplyStore = fs_backend::Backend;
    type CredentialStore = PersistentCredentialStorage;
+    type GatewayDetailsStore = OnDiskGatewayDetails;

-    fn into_split(self) -> (Self::KeyStore, Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore) {
-        (self.key_store, self.reply_store, self.credential_store)
+    fn into_runtime_stores(self) -> (Self::ReplyStore, Self::CredentialStore) {
+        (self.reply_store, self.credential_store)
    }

    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore {
@@ -138,4 +162,8 @@ impl MixnetClientStorage for OnDiskPersistent {
    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore {
        &self.credential_store
    }
+
+    fn gateway_details_store(&self) -> &Self::GatewayDetailsStore {
+        &self.gateway_details_store
+    }
 }
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
 use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
 use rand::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use zeroize::ZeroizeOnDrop;

@@ -20,6 +21,16 @@ pub enum ManagedKeys {
    Invalidated,
 }

+impl Debug for ManagedKeys {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            ManagedKeys::Initial(_) => write!(f, "initial"),
+            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(_) => write!(f, "fully derived"),
+            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => write!(f, "invalidated"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<KeyManagerBuilder> for ManagedKeys {
    fn from(value: KeyManagerBuilder) -> Self {
        ManagedKeys::Initial(value)
@@ -84,6 +95,11 @@ impl ManagedKeys {
        }
    }

+    pub fn must_get_gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Arc<SharedKeys> {
+        self.gateway_shared_key()
+            .expect("failed to extract gateway shared key")
+    }
+
    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Option<Arc<SharedKeys>> {
        match self {
            ManagedKeys::Initial(_) => None,
@@ -108,6 +124,17 @@ impl ManagedKeys {
        }
    }

+    pub fn ensure_gateway_key(&self, gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>) {
+        if let ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(key_manager) = &self {
+            if !Arc::ptr_eq(&key_manager.gateway_shared_key, &gateway_shared_key)
+                || key_manager.gateway_shared_key != gateway_shared_key
+            {
+                // this should NEVER happen thus panic here
+                panic!("derived fresh gateway shared key whilst already holding one!")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
    pub async fn deal_with_gateway_key<S: KeyStore>(
        &mut self,
        gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>,
@@ -120,12 +147,7 @@ impl ManagedKeys {
                key_manager
            }
            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(key_manager) => {
-                if !Arc::ptr_eq(&key_manager.gateway_shared_key, &gateway_shared_key)
-                    || key_manager.gateway_shared_key != gateway_shared_key
-                {
-                    // this should NEVER happen thus panic here
-                    panic!("derived fresh gateway shared key whilst already holding one!")
-                }
+                self.ensure_gateway_key(gateway_shared_key);
                key_manager
            }
            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use crate::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use std::error::Error;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;

 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use crate::config::disk_persistence::keys_paths::ClientKeysPaths;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ pub enum OnDiskKeysError {
    KeyPairLoadFailure {
        keys: String,
        paths: nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath,
+        #[source]
        err: std::io::Error,
    },

@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ pub enum OnDiskKeysError {
    KeyPairStoreFailure {
        keys: String,
        paths: nym_pemstore::KeyPairPath,
+        #[source]
        err: std::io::Error,
    },

@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ pub enum OnDiskKeysError {
    KeyLoadFailure {
        key: String,
        path: String,
+        #[source]
        err: std::io::Error,
    },

@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ pub enum OnDiskKeysError {
    KeyStoreFailure {
        key: String,
        path: String,
+        #[source]
        err: std::io::Error,
    },
 }
@@ -79,6 +84,26 @@ impl OnDiskKeys {
        OnDiskKeys { paths }
    }

+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn ephemeral_load_gateway_keys(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<zeroize::Zeroizing<SharedKeys>, OnDiskKeysError> {
+        self.load_key(self.paths.gateway_shared_key(), "gateway shared keys")
+            .map(zeroize::Zeroizing::new)
+    }
+
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn load_encryption_keypair(&self) -> Result<encryption::KeyPair, OnDiskKeysError> {
+        let encryption_paths = self.paths.encryption_key_pair_path();
+        self.load_keypair(encryption_paths, "encryption keys")
+    }
+
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn load_identity_keypair(&self) -> Result<identity::KeyPair, OnDiskKeysError> {
+        let identity_paths = self.paths.identity_key_pair_path();
+        self.load_keypair(identity_paths, "identity keys")
+    }
+
    fn load_key<T: PemStorableKey>(
        &self,
        path: &std::path::Path,
@@ -132,13 +157,8 @@ impl OnDiskKeys {
    }

    fn load_keys(&self) -> Result<KeyManager, OnDiskKeysError> {
-        let identity_paths = self.paths.identity_key_pair_path();
-        let encryption_paths = self.paths.encryption_key_pair_path();
-
-        let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
-            self.load_keypair(identity_paths, "identity keys")?;
-        let encryption_keypair: encryption::KeyPair =
-            self.load_keypair(encryption_paths, "encryption keys")?;
+        let identity_keypair = self.load_identity_keypair()?;
+        let encryption_keypair = self.load_encryption_keypair()?;

        let ack_key: AckKey = self.load_key(self.paths.ack_key(), "ack key")?;
        let gateway_shared_key: SharedKeys =
@@ -193,10 +213,12 @@ impl KeyStore for OnDiskKeys {
 }

 #[derive(Default)]
-pub struct InMemEphemeralKeys;
+pub struct InMemEphemeralKeys {
+    keys: Mutex<Option<KeyManager>>,
+}

 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-#[error("ephemeral keys can't be loaded from storage")]
+#[error("old ephemeral keys can't be loaded from storage")]
 pub struct EphemeralKeysError;

 #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
@@ -205,10 +227,11 @@ impl KeyStore for InMemEphemeralKeys {
    type StorageError = EphemeralKeysError;

    async fn load_keys(&self) -> Result<KeyManager, Self::StorageError> {
-        Err(EphemeralKeysError)
+        self.keys.lock().await.clone().ok_or(EphemeralKeysError)
    }

-    async fn store_keys(&self, _keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+    async fn store_keys(&self, keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+        *self.keys.lock().await = Some(keys.clone());
        Ok(())
    }
 }
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ where
        fragments: Vec<Fragment>,
        reply_surbs: Vec<ReplySurb>,
    ) -> Result<Vec<PreparedFragment>, SurbWrappedPreparationError> {
-        debug_assert_ne!(
+        debug_assert_eq!(
            fragments.len(),
            reply_surbs.len(),
            "attempted to send {} fragments with {} reply surbs",
@@ -6,16 +6,21 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};

 pub mod keys_paths;
+pub mod old_v1_1_20_2;

+pub const DEFAULT_GATEWAY_DETAILS_FILENAME: &str = "gateway_details.json";
 pub const DEFAULT_REPLY_SURB_DB_FILENAME: &str = "persistent_reply_store.sqlite";
 pub const DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_DB_FILENAME: &str = "credentials_database.db";

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct CommonClientPaths {
    pub keys: ClientKeysPaths,

-    // TODO:
-    // pub gateway_config_pathfinder: (),
+    /// Path to the file containing information about gateway used by this client,
+    /// i.e. details such as its public key, owner address or the network information.
+    pub gateway_details: PathBuf,
+
    /// Path to the database containing bandwidth credentials of this client.
    pub credentials_database: PathBuf,

@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ impl CommonClientPaths {
        CommonClientPaths {
            credentials_database: base_dir.join(DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_DB_FILENAME),
            reply_surb_database: base_dir.join(DEFAULT_REPLY_SURB_DB_FILENAME),
+            gateway_details: base_dir.join(DEFAULT_GATEWAY_DETAILS_FILENAME),
            keys: ClientKeysPaths::new_default(base_data_directory),
        }
    }
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::disk_persistence::keys_paths::ClientKeysPaths;
+use crate::config::disk_persistence::{CommonClientPaths, DEFAULT_GATEWAY_DETAILS_FILENAME};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub keys: ClientKeysPaths,
+    pub credentials_database: PathBuf,
+    pub reply_surb_database: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub fn upgrade_default(self) -> CommonClientPaths {
+        let data_dir = self
+            .reply_surb_database
+            .parent()
+            .expect("client paths upgrade failure");
+        CommonClientPaths {
+            keys: self.keys,
+            gateway_details: data_dir.join(DEFAULT_GATEWAY_DETAILS_FILENAME),
+            credentials_database: self.credentials_database,
+            reply_surb_database: self.reply_surb_database,
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;

 pub mod disk_persistence;
 pub mod old_config_v1_1_13;
-pub mod old_config_v1_1_19;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_20;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_20_2;

 // 'DEBUG'
 const DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_MULTIPLIER: f64 = 1.5;
@@ -65,15 +66,19 @@ pub struct Config {
 }

 impl Config {
-    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(id: S) -> Self {
+    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(id: S, version: S) -> Self {
        Config {
-            client: Client::new_default(id),
+            client: Client::new_default(id, version),
            debug: Default::default(),
        }
    }

+    pub fn from_client_config(client: Client, debug: DebugConfig) -> Self {
+        Config { client, debug }
+    }
+
    pub fn validate(&self) -> bool {
-        self.client.validate() && self.debug.validate()
+        self.debug.validate()
    }

    pub fn with_debug_config(mut self, debug: DebugConfig) -> Self {
@@ -86,19 +91,6 @@ impl Config {
        self
    }

-    pub fn set_gateway_endpoint(&mut self, gateway_endpoint: GatewayEndpointConfig) {
-        self.client.gateway_endpoint = gateway_endpoint;
-    }
-
-    pub fn with_gateway_endpoint(mut self, gateway_endpoint: GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
-        self.client.gateway_endpoint = gateway_endpoint;
-        self
-    }
-
-    pub fn with_gateway_id<S: Into<String>>(&mut self, id: S) {
-        self.client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_id = id.into();
-    }
-
    pub fn with_custom_nyxd(mut self, urls: Vec<Url>) -> Self {
        self.client.nyxd_urls = urls;
        self
@@ -174,22 +166,6 @@ impl Config {
    pub fn get_nym_api_endpoints(&self) -> Vec<Url> {
        self.client.nym_api_urls.clone()
    }
-
-    pub fn get_gateway_id(&self) -> String {
-        self.client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_id.clone()
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_gateway_owner(&self) -> String {
-        self.client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_owner.clone()
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_gateway_listener(&self) -> String {
-        self.client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_listener.clone()
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_gateway_endpoint_config(&self) -> &GatewayEndpointConfig {
-        &self.client.gateway_endpoint
-    }
 }

 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
@@ -242,6 +218,8 @@ impl From<nym_topology::gateway::Node> for GatewayEndpointConfig {
 }

 #[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 Client {
    /// Version of the client for which this configuration was created.
    pub version: String,
@@ -251,6 +229,7 @@ pub struct Client {

    /// 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,

@@ -261,15 +240,10 @@ pub struct Client {
    /// 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>,
-
-    /// Information regarding how the client should send data to gateway.
-    // #[deprecated(note = "this shall be moved to separate file because it doesn't belong here...")]
-    // TODO: this should be removed from config files and be moved to separate file instead
-    pub gateway_endpoint: GatewayEndpointConfig,
 }

 impl Client {
-    pub fn new_default<S: Into<String>>(id: S) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_default<S: Into<String>>(id: S, version: S) -> Self {
        let network = NymNetworkDetails::new_mainnet();
        let nyxd_urls = network
            .endpoints
@@ -283,19 +257,27 @@ impl Client {
            .collect::<Vec<_>>();

        Client {
-            version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
+            version: version.into(),
            id: id.into(),
            disabled_credentials_mode: true,
            nyxd_urls,
            nym_api_urls,
-            gateway_endpoint: Default::default(),
        }
    }

-    pub fn validate(&self) -> bool {
-        !self.gateway_endpoint.gateway_id.is_empty()
-            && !self.gateway_endpoint.gateway_owner.is_empty()
-            && !self.gateway_endpoint.gateway_owner.is_empty()
+    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(
+        id: S,
+        disabled_credentials_mode: bool,
+        nyxd_urls: Vec<Url>,
+        nym_api_urls: Vec<Url>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Client {
+            version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
+            id: id.into(),
+            disabled_credentials_mode,
+            nyxd_urls,
+            nym_api_urls,
+        }
    }
 }

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_19::{
-    AcknowledgementsV1_1_19, ClientV1_1_19, ConfigV1_1_19, CoverTrafficV1_1_19, DebugConfigV1_1_19,
-    GatewayConnectionV1_1_19, LoggingV1_1_19, ReplySurbsV1_1_19, TopologyV1_1_19, TrafficV1_1_19,
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20::{
+    AcknowledgementsV1_1_20, ClientV1_1_20, ConfigV1_1_20, CoverTrafficV1_1_20, DebugConfigV1_1_20,
+    GatewayConnectionV1_1_20, LoggingV1_1_20, ReplySurbsV1_1_20, TopologyV1_1_20, TrafficV1_1_20,
    DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_ADDITION, DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_MULTIPLIER, DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY,
    DEFAULT_GATEWAY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_LOOP_COVER_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY,
    DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_ALLOWED_SURB_REQUEST_SIZE, DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_KEY_AGE,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl From<ExtendedPacketSize> for PacketSize {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct OldConfigV1_1_13<T> {
-    pub client: ClientV1_1_19<T>,
+    pub client: ClientV1_1_20<T>,

    #[serde(default)]
    pub logging: OldLoggingV1_1_13,
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ pub struct OldConfigV1_1_13<T> {
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct OldLoggingV1_1_13 {}

-impl From<OldLoggingV1_1_13> for LoggingV1_1_19 {
+impl From<OldLoggingV1_1_13> for LoggingV1_1_20 {
    fn from(_value: OldLoggingV1_1_13) -> Self {
-        LoggingV1_1_19 {}
+        LoggingV1_1_20 {}
    }
 }

@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ pub struct OldDebugConfigV1_1_13 {
    pub maximum_reply_key_age: Duration,
 }

-impl From<OldDebugConfigV1_1_13> for DebugConfigV1_1_19 {
+impl From<OldDebugConfigV1_1_13> for DebugConfigV1_1_20 {
    fn from(value: OldDebugConfigV1_1_13) -> Self {
-        DebugConfigV1_1_19 {
-            traffic: TrafficV1_1_19 {
+        DebugConfigV1_1_20 {
+            traffic: TrafficV1_1_20 {
                average_packet_delay: value.average_packet_delay,
                message_sending_average_delay: value.message_sending_average_delay,
                disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: value
@@ -125,25 +125,25 @@ impl From<OldDebugConfigV1_1_13> for DebugConfigV1_1_19 {
                primary_packet_size: PacketSize::RegularPacket,
                secondary_packet_size: value.use_extended_packet_size.map(Into::into),
            },
-            cover_traffic: CoverTrafficV1_1_19 {
+            cover_traffic: CoverTrafficV1_1_20 {
                loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: value.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay,
                disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: value.disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream,
-                ..CoverTrafficV1_1_19::default()
+                ..CoverTrafficV1_1_20::default()
            },
-            gateway_connection: GatewayConnectionV1_1_19 {
+            gateway_connection: GatewayConnectionV1_1_20 {
                gateway_response_timeout: value.gateway_response_timeout,
            },
-            acknowledgements: AcknowledgementsV1_1_19 {
+            acknowledgements: AcknowledgementsV1_1_20 {
                average_ack_delay: value.average_ack_delay,
                ack_wait_multiplier: value.ack_wait_multiplier,
                ack_wait_addition: value.ack_wait_addition,
            },
-            topology: TopologyV1_1_19 {
+            topology: TopologyV1_1_20 {
                topology_refresh_rate: value.topology_refresh_rate,
                topology_resolution_timeout: value.topology_resolution_timeout,
                disable_refreshing: false,
            },
-            reply_surbs: ReplySurbsV1_1_19 {
+            reply_surbs: ReplySurbsV1_1_20 {
                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,
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ impl Default for OldDebugConfigV1_1_13 {
    }
 }

-impl<T, U> From<OldConfigV1_1_13<T>> for ConfigV1_1_19<U> {
+impl<T, U> From<OldConfigV1_1_13<T>> for ConfigV1_1_20<U> {
    fn from(value: OldConfigV1_1_13<T>) -> Self {
-        ConfigV1_1_19 {
-            client: ClientV1_1_19 {
+        ConfigV1_1_20 {
+            client: ClientV1_1_20 {
                version: value.client.version,
                id: value.client.id,
                disabled_credentials_mode: value.client.disabled_credentials_mode,
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::config::{
-    Acknowledgements, CoverTraffic, DebugConfig, GatewayConnection, GatewayEndpointConfig,
-    ReplySurbs, Topology, Traffic,
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::{
+    AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2, CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2, DebugConfigV1_1_20_2,
+    GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2, GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20_2, ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2,
+    TopologyV1_1_20_2, TrafficV1_1_20_2,
 };
 use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -55,25 +56,25 @@ pub(crate) const DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_REPLY_KEY_AGE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct ConfigV1_1_19<T> {
-    pub client: ClientV1_1_19<T>,
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20<T> {
+    pub client: ClientV1_1_20<T>,

    #[serde(default)]
-    pub logging: LoggingV1_1_19,
+    pub logging: LoggingV1_1_20,
    #[serde(default)]
-    pub debug: DebugConfigV1_1_19,
+    pub debug: DebugConfigV1_1_20,
 }

 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
-pub struct GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_19 {
+pub struct GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20 {
    pub gateway_id: String,
    pub gateway_owner: String,
    pub gateway_listener: String,
 }

-impl From<GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_19> for GatewayEndpointConfig {
-    fn from(value: GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        GatewayEndpointConfig {
+impl From<GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20> for GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20_2 {
            gateway_id: value.gateway_id,
            gateway_owner: value.gateway_owner,
            gateway_listener: value.gateway_listener,
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ impl From<GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_19> for GatewayEndpointConfig {
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
-pub struct ClientV1_1_19<T> {
+pub struct ClientV1_1_20<T> {
    pub version: String,
    pub id: String,
    #[serde(default)]
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ pub struct ClientV1_1_19<T> {
    pub public_encryption_key_file: PathBuf,
    pub gateway_shared_key_file: PathBuf,
    pub ack_key_file: PathBuf,
-    pub gateway_endpoint: GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_19,
+    pub gateway_endpoint: GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20,
    pub database_path: PathBuf,
    #[serde(default)]
    pub reply_surb_database_path: PathBuf,
@@ -109,11 +110,11 @@ pub struct ClientV1_1_19<T> {

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct LoggingV1_1_19 {}
+pub struct LoggingV1_1_20 {}

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
-pub struct TrafficV1_1_19 {
+pub struct TrafficV1_1_20 {
    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
    pub average_packet_delay: Duration,
    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
@@ -123,9 +124,9 @@ pub struct TrafficV1_1_19 {
    pub secondary_packet_size: Option<PacketSize>,
 }

-impl From<TrafficV1_1_19> for Traffic {
-    fn from(value: TrafficV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        Traffic {
+impl From<TrafficV1_1_20> for TrafficV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: TrafficV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        TrafficV1_1_20_2 {
            average_packet_delay: value.average_packet_delay,
            message_sending_average_delay: value.message_sending_average_delay,
            disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: value
@@ -137,9 +138,9 @@ impl From<TrafficV1_1_19> for Traffic {
    }
 }

-impl Default for TrafficV1_1_19 {
+impl Default for TrafficV1_1_20 {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        TrafficV1_1_19 {
+        TrafficV1_1_20 {
            average_packet_delay: DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY,
            message_sending_average_delay: DEFAULT_MESSAGE_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY,
            disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: false,
@@ -151,16 +152,16 @@ impl Default for TrafficV1_1_19 {

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct CoverTrafficV1_1_19 {
+pub struct CoverTrafficV1_1_20 {
    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
    pub loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: Duration,
    pub cover_traffic_primary_size_ratio: f64,
    pub disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: bool,
 }

-impl From<CoverTrafficV1_1_19> for CoverTraffic {
-    fn from(value: CoverTrafficV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        CoverTraffic {
+impl From<CoverTrafficV1_1_20> for CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: CoverTrafficV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2 {
            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,
@@ -168,9 +169,9 @@ impl From<CoverTrafficV1_1_19> for CoverTraffic {
    }
 }

-impl Default for CoverTrafficV1_1_19 {
+impl Default for CoverTrafficV1_1_20 {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        CoverTrafficV1_1_19 {
+        CoverTrafficV1_1_20 {
            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,
@@ -180,22 +181,22 @@ impl Default for CoverTrafficV1_1_19 {

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct GatewayConnectionV1_1_19 {
+pub struct GatewayConnectionV1_1_20 {
    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
    pub gateway_response_timeout: Duration,
 }

-impl From<GatewayConnectionV1_1_19> for GatewayConnection {
-    fn from(value: GatewayConnectionV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        GatewayConnection {
+impl From<GatewayConnectionV1_1_20> for GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: GatewayConnectionV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2 {
            gateway_response_timeout: value.gateway_response_timeout,
        }
    }
 }

-impl Default for GatewayConnectionV1_1_19 {
+impl Default for GatewayConnectionV1_1_20 {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        GatewayConnectionV1_1_19 {
+        GatewayConnectionV1_1_20 {
            gateway_response_timeout: DEFAULT_GATEWAY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
        }
    }
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ impl Default for GatewayConnectionV1_1_19 {

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct AcknowledgementsV1_1_19 {
+pub struct AcknowledgementsV1_1_20 {
    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
    pub average_ack_delay: Duration,
    pub ack_wait_multiplier: f64,
@@ -211,9 +212,9 @@ pub struct AcknowledgementsV1_1_19 {
    pub ack_wait_addition: Duration,
 }

-impl From<AcknowledgementsV1_1_19> for Acknowledgements {
-    fn from(value: AcknowledgementsV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        Acknowledgements {
+impl From<AcknowledgementsV1_1_20> for AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: AcknowledgementsV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2 {
            average_ack_delay: value.average_ack_delay,
            ack_wait_multiplier: value.ack_wait_multiplier,
            ack_wait_addition: value.ack_wait_addition,
@@ -221,9 +222,9 @@ impl From<AcknowledgementsV1_1_19> for Acknowledgements {
    }
 }

-impl Default for AcknowledgementsV1_1_19 {
+impl Default for AcknowledgementsV1_1_20 {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        AcknowledgementsV1_1_19 {
+        AcknowledgementsV1_1_20 {
            average_ack_delay: DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY,
            ack_wait_multiplier: DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_MULTIPLIER,
            ack_wait_addition: DEFAULT_ACK_WAIT_ADDITION,
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ impl Default for AcknowledgementsV1_1_19 {

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct TopologyV1_1_19 {
+pub struct TopologyV1_1_20 {
    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
    pub topology_refresh_rate: Duration,
    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
@@ -241,9 +242,9 @@ pub struct TopologyV1_1_19 {
    pub disable_refreshing: bool,
 }

-impl From<TopologyV1_1_19> for Topology {
-    fn from(value: TopologyV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        Topology {
+impl From<TopologyV1_1_20> for TopologyV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: TopologyV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        TopologyV1_1_20_2 {
            topology_refresh_rate: value.topology_refresh_rate,
            topology_resolution_timeout: value.topology_resolution_timeout,
            disable_refreshing: value.disable_refreshing,
@@ -251,9 +252,9 @@ impl From<TopologyV1_1_19> for Topology {
    }
 }

-impl Default for TopologyV1_1_19 {
+impl Default for TopologyV1_1_20 {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        TopologyV1_1_19 {
+        TopologyV1_1_20 {
            topology_refresh_rate: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_REFRESH_RATE,
            topology_resolution_timeout: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_RESOLUTION_TIMEOUT,
            disable_refreshing: false,
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ impl Default for TopologyV1_1_19 {

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct ReplySurbsV1_1_19 {
+pub struct ReplySurbsV1_1_20 {
    pub minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
    pub maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
    pub minimum_reply_surb_request_size: u32,
@@ -279,9 +280,9 @@ pub struct ReplySurbsV1_1_19 {
    pub maximum_reply_key_age: Duration,
 }

-impl From<ReplySurbsV1_1_19> for ReplySurbs {
-    fn from(value: ReplySurbsV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        ReplySurbs {
+impl From<ReplySurbsV1_1_20> for ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: ReplySurbsV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2 {
            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,
@@ -296,9 +297,9 @@ impl From<ReplySurbsV1_1_19> for ReplySurbs {
    }
 }

-impl Default for ReplySurbsV1_1_19 {
+impl Default for ReplySurbsV1_1_20 {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        ReplySurbsV1_1_19 {
+        ReplySurbsV1_1_20 {
            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,
@@ -313,20 +314,20 @@ impl Default for ReplySurbsV1_1_19 {
    }
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub struct DebugConfigV1_1_19 {
-    pub traffic: TrafficV1_1_19,
-    pub cover_traffic: CoverTrafficV1_1_19,
-    pub gateway_connection: GatewayConnectionV1_1_19,
-    pub acknowledgements: AcknowledgementsV1_1_19,
-    pub topology: TopologyV1_1_19,
-    pub reply_surbs: ReplySurbsV1_1_19,
+pub struct DebugConfigV1_1_20 {
+    pub traffic: TrafficV1_1_20,
+    pub cover_traffic: CoverTrafficV1_1_20,
+    pub gateway_connection: GatewayConnectionV1_1_20,
+    pub acknowledgements: AcknowledgementsV1_1_20,
+    pub topology: TopologyV1_1_20,
+    pub reply_surbs: ReplySurbsV1_1_20,
 }

-impl From<DebugConfigV1_1_19> for DebugConfig {
-    fn from(value: DebugConfigV1_1_19) -> Self {
-        DebugConfig {
+impl From<DebugConfigV1_1_20> for DebugConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: DebugConfigV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        DebugConfigV1_1_20_2 {
            traffic: value.traffic.into(),
            cover_traffic: value.cover_traffic.into(),
            gateway_connection: value.gateway_connection.into(),
@@ -336,19 +337,3 @@ impl From<DebugConfigV1_1_19> for DebugConfig {
        }
    }
 }
-
-// it could be derived, sure, but I'd rather have an explicit implementation in case we had to change
-// something manually at some point
-#[allow(clippy::derivable_impls)]
-impl Default for DebugConfigV1_1_19 {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        DebugConfigV1_1_19 {
-            traffic: Default::default(),
-            cover_traffic: Default::default(),
-            gateway_connection: Default::default(),
-            acknowledgements: Default::default(),
-            topology: Default::default(),
-            reply_surbs: Default::default(),
-        }
-    }
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
+// 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 nym_sphinx::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);
+// 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_20_2 {
+    pub client: ClientV1_1_20_2,
+
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub debug: DebugConfigV1_1_20_2,
+}
+
+impl From<ConfigV1_1_20_2> for Config {
+    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            client: value.client.into(),
+            debug: value.debug.into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+pub struct GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    /// gateway_id specifies ID of the gateway to which the client should send messages.
+    /// If initially omitted, a random gateway will be chosen from the available topology.
+    pub gateway_id: String,
+
+    /// Address of the gateway owner to which the client should send messages.
+    pub gateway_owner: String,
+
+    /// Address of the gateway listener to which all client requests should be sent.
+    pub gateway_listener: String,
+}
+
+impl From<GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20_2> for GatewayEndpointConfig {
+    fn from(value: GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        GatewayEndpointConfig {
+            gateway_id: value.gateway_id,
+            gateway_owner: value.gateway_owner,
+            gateway_listener: value.gateway_listener,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+pub struct ClientV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub version: String,
+
+    pub id: String,
+
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub disabled_credentials_mode: bool,
+
+    #[serde(alias = "validator_urls")]
+    pub nyxd_urls: Vec<Url>,
+
+    #[serde(alias = "validator_api_urls")]
+    pub nym_api_urls: Vec<Url>,
+    pub gateway_endpoint: GatewayEndpointConfigV1_1_20_2,
+}
+
+impl From<ClientV1_1_20_2> for Client {
+    fn from(value: ClientV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Client {
+            version: value.version,
+            id: value.id,
+            disabled_credentials_mode: value.disabled_credentials_mode,
+            nyxd_urls: value.nyxd_urls,
+            nym_api_urls: value.nym_api_urls,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct TrafficV1_1_20_2 {
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub average_packet_delay: Duration,
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub message_sending_average_delay: Duration,
+    pub disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: bool,
+    pub primary_packet_size: PacketSize,
+    pub secondary_packet_size: Option<PacketSize>,
+    pub packet_type: PacketType,
+}
+
+impl From<TrafficV1_1_20_2> for Traffic {
+    fn from(value: TrafficV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Traffic {
+            average_packet_delay: value.average_packet_delay,
+            message_sending_average_delay: value.message_sending_average_delay,
+            disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: value
+                .disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution,
+            primary_packet_size: value.primary_packet_size,
+            secondary_packet_size: value.secondary_packet_size,
+            packet_type: PacketType::Mix,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for TrafficV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        TrafficV1_1_20_2 {
+            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_20_2 {
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: Duration,
+    pub cover_traffic_primary_size_ratio: f64,
+    pub disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: bool,
+}
+
+impl From<CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2> for CoverTraffic {
+    fn from(value: CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        CoverTraffic {
+            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,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2 {
+            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_20_2 {
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub gateway_response_timeout: Duration,
+}
+
+impl From<GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2> for GatewayConnection {
+    fn from(value: GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        GatewayConnection {
+            gateway_response_timeout: value.gateway_response_timeout,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2 {
+            gateway_response_timeout: DEFAULT_GATEWAY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2 {
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub average_ack_delay: Duration,
+    pub ack_wait_multiplier: f64,
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub ack_wait_addition: Duration,
+}
+
+impl From<AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2> for Acknowledgements {
+    fn from(value: AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Acknowledgements {
+            average_ack_delay: value.average_ack_delay,
+            ack_wait_multiplier: value.ack_wait_multiplier,
+            ack_wait_addition: value.ack_wait_addition,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2 {
+            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_20_2 {
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub topology_refresh_rate: Duration,
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub topology_resolution_timeout: Duration,
+    pub disable_refreshing: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for TopologyV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        TopologyV1_1_20_2 {
+            topology_refresh_rate: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_REFRESH_RATE,
+            topology_resolution_timeout: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_RESOLUTION_TIMEOUT,
+            disable_refreshing: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<TopologyV1_1_20_2> for Topology {
+    fn from(value: TopologyV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Topology {
+            topology_refresh_rate: value.topology_refresh_rate,
+            topology_resolution_timeout: value.topology_resolution_timeout,
+            disable_refreshing: value.disable_refreshing,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
+    pub minimum_reply_surb_request_size: u32,
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_request_size: u32,
+    pub maximum_allowed_reply_surb_request_size: u32,
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_rerequest_waiting_period: Duration,
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_drop_waiting_period: Duration,
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub maximum_reply_surb_age: Duration,
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub maximum_reply_key_age: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Default for ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2 {
+            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,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2> for ReplySurbs {
+    fn from(value: ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        ReplySurbs {
+            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,
+            maximum_reply_surb_request_size: value.maximum_reply_surb_request_size,
+            maximum_allowed_reply_surb_request_size: value.maximum_allowed_reply_surb_request_size,
+            maximum_reply_surb_rerequest_waiting_period: value
+                .maximum_reply_surb_rerequest_waiting_period,
+            maximum_reply_surb_drop_waiting_period: value.maximum_reply_surb_drop_waiting_period,
+            maximum_reply_surb_age: value.maximum_reply_surb_age,
+            maximum_reply_key_age: value.maximum_reply_key_age,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct DebugConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub traffic: TrafficV1_1_20_2,
+    pub cover_traffic: CoverTrafficV1_1_20_2,
+    pub gateway_connection: GatewayConnectionV1_1_20_2,
+    pub acknowledgements: AcknowledgementsV1_1_20_2,
+    pub topology: TopologyV1_1_20_2,
+    pub reply_surbs: ReplySurbsV1_1_20_2,
+}
+
+impl From<DebugConfigV1_1_20_2> for DebugConfig {
+    fn from(value: DebugConfigV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        DebugConfig {
+            traffic: value.traffic.into(),
+            cover_traffic: value.cover_traffic.into(),
+            gateway_connection: value.gateway_connection.into(),
+            acknowledgements: value.acknowledgements.into(),
+            topology: value.topology.into(),
+            reply_surbs: value.reply_surbs.into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ pub enum ClientCoreError {
        source: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>,
    },

+    #[error("experienced a failure with our gateway details storage: {source}")]
+    GatewayDetailsStoreError {
+        source: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>,
+    },
+
    #[error("The gateway id is invalid - {0}")]
    UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId(Ed25519RecoveryError),

@@ -97,6 +102,20 @@ pub enum ClientCoreError {
        "This operation would have resulted in clients keys being overwritten without permission"
    )]
    ForbiddenKeyOverwrite,
+
+    #[error("gateway details are unavailable")]
+    UnavailableGatewayDetails {
+        source: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>,
+    },
+
+    #[error("gateway shared key is unavailable whilst we have full node information")]
+    UnavailableSharedKey,
+
+    #[error("attempted to obtain fresh gateway details whilst already knowing about one")]
+    UnexpectedGatewayDetails,
+
+    #[error("the provided gateway details (for gateway {gateway_id}) do not correspond to the shared keys")]
+    MismatchedGatewayDetails { gateway_id: String },
 }

 /// Set of messages that the client can send to listeners via the task manager
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ const MEASUREMENTS: usize = 3;
 const CONN_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(1500);
 const PING_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(1000);

-struct GatewayWithLatency {
-    gateway: gateway::Node,
+struct GatewayWithLatency<'a> {
+    gateway: &'a gateway::Node,
    latency: Duration,
 }

-impl GatewayWithLatency {
-    fn new(gateway: gateway::Node, latency: Duration) -> Self {
+impl<'a> GatewayWithLatency<'a> {
+    fn new(gateway: &'a gateway::Node, latency: Duration) -> Self {
        GatewayWithLatency { gateway, latency }
    }
 }

-pub(super) async fn current_gateways<R: Rng>(
+pub async fn current_gateways<R: Rng>(
    rng: &mut R,
    nym_apis: &[Url],
 ) -> Result<Vec<gateway::Node>, ClientCoreError> {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pub(super) async fn current_gateways<R: Rng>(
        .ok_or(ClientCoreError::ListOfNymApisIsEmpty)?;
    let client = nym_validator_client::client::NymApiClient::new(nym_api.clone());

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

    let gateways = client.get_cached_gateways().await?;
    let valid_gateways = gateways
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async fn connect(endpoint: &str) -> Result<WsConn, ClientCoreError> {
    JSWebsocket::new(endpoint).map_err(|_| ClientCoreError::GatewayJsConnectionFailure)
 }

-async fn measure_latency(gateway: gateway::Node) -> Result<GatewayWithLatency, ClientCoreError> {
+async fn measure_latency(gateway: &gateway::Node) -> Result<GatewayWithLatency, ClientCoreError> {
    let addr = gateway.clients_address();
    trace!(
        "establishing connection to {} ({addr})...",
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ async fn measure_latency(gateway: gateway::Node) -> Result<GatewayWithLatency, C

 pub(super) async fn choose_gateway_by_latency<R: Rng>(
    rng: &mut R,
-    gateways: Vec<gateway::Node>,
+    gateways: &[gateway::Node],
 ) -> Result<gateway::Node, ClientCoreError> {
    info!("choosing gateway by latency...");

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ pub(super) async fn choose_gateway_by_latency<R: Rng>(

 pub(super) fn uniformly_random_gateway<R: Rng>(
    rng: &mut R,
-    gateways: Vec<gateway::Node>,
+    gateways: &[gateway::Node],
 ) -> Result<gateway::Node, ClientCoreError> {
    gateways
        .choose(rng)
@@ -3,26 +3,82 @@

 //! Collection of initialization steps used by client implementations

-use crate::client::base_client::storage::MixnetClientStorage;
+use crate::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
+    GatewayDetailsStore, PersistedGatewayDetails,
+};
 use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
-use crate::client::key_manager::{KeyManager, ManagedKeys};
+use crate::client::key_manager::ManagedKeys;
 use crate::init::helpers::{choose_gateway_by_latency, current_gateways, uniformly_random_gateway};
 use crate::{
-    config::{disk_persistence::keys_paths::ClientKeysPaths, Config, GatewayEndpointConfig},
+    config::{Config, GatewayEndpointConfig},
    error::ClientCoreError,
 };
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
+use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::{clients::Recipient, nodes::NodeIdentity};
+use nym_topology::gateway;
 use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKey;
 use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
 use url::Url;

-mod helpers;
+pub mod helpers;

-#[derive(Clone)]
+// TODO: rename to something better...
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct InitialisationDetails {
+    pub gateway_details: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+    pub managed_keys: ManagedKeys,
+}
+
+impl InitialisationDetails {
+    pub fn new(gateway_details: GatewayEndpointConfig, managed_keys: ManagedKeys) -> Self {
+        InitialisationDetails {
+            gateway_details,
+            managed_keys,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn try_load<K, D>(key_store: &K, details_store: &D) -> Result<Self, ClientCoreError>
+    where
+        K: KeyStore,
+        D: GatewayDetailsStore,
+        K::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+        D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    {
+        let loaded_details = _load_gateway_details(details_store).await?;
+        let loaded_keys = _load_managed_keys(key_store).await?;
+
+        if !loaded_details.verify(&loaded_keys.must_get_gateway_shared_key()) {
+            return Err(ClientCoreError::MismatchedGatewayDetails {
+                gateway_id: loaded_details.details.gateway_id,
+            });
+        }
+
+        Ok(InitialisationDetails {
+            gateway_details: loaded_details.into(),
+            managed_keys: loaded_keys,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn client_address(&self) -> Result<Recipient, ClientCoreError> {
+        let client_recipient = Recipient::new(
+            *self.managed_keys.identity_public_key(),
+            *self.managed_keys.encryption_public_key(),
+            // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
+            // (which currently is true)
+            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(&self.gateway_details.gateway_id)?,
+        );
+
+        Ok(client_recipient)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum GatewaySetup {
+    /// The gateway specification MUST BE loaded from the underlying storage.
+    MustLoad,
+
    /// Specifies usage of a new, random, gateway.
    New {
        /// Should the new gateway be selected based on latency.
@@ -34,13 +90,13 @@ pub enum GatewaySetup {
    },
    Predefined {
        /// Full gateway configuration
-        config: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+        details: PersistedGatewayDetails,
    },
 }

-impl From<GatewayEndpointConfig> for GatewaySetup {
-    fn from(config: GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
-        GatewaySetup::Predefined { config }
+impl From<PersistedGatewayDetails> for GatewaySetup {
+    fn from(details: PersistedGatewayDetails) -> Self {
+        GatewaySetup::Predefined { details }
    }
 }

@@ -57,14 +113,11 @@ impl Default for GatewaySetup {
 }

 impl GatewaySetup {
-    pub fn new(
-        full_config: Option<GatewayEndpointConfig>,
-        gateway_identity: Option<IdentityKey>,
+    pub fn new_fresh(
+        gateway_identity: Option<String>,
        latency_based_selection: Option<bool>,
    ) -> Self {
-        if let Some(config) = full_config {
-            GatewaySetup::Predefined { config }
-        } else if let Some(gateway_identity) = gateway_identity {
+        if let Some(gateway_identity) = gateway_identity {
            GatewaySetup::Specified { gateway_identity }
        } else {
            GatewaySetup::New {
@@ -73,15 +126,22 @@ impl GatewaySetup {
        }
    }

-    pub async fn try_get_gateway_details(
-        self,
-        validator_servers: &[Url],
+    pub fn is_must_load(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, GatewaySetup::MustLoad)
+    }
+
+    pub fn has_full_details(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, GatewaySetup::Predefined { .. }) || self.is_must_load()
+    }
+
+    pub async fn choose_gateway(
+        &self,
+        gateways: &[gateway::Node],
    ) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError> {
        match self {
            GatewaySetup::New { by_latency } => {
                let mut rng = OsRng;
-                let gateways = current_gateways(&mut rng, validator_servers).await?;
-                if by_latency {
+                if *by_latency {
                    choose_gateway_by_latency(&mut rng, gateways).await
                } else {
                    uniformly_random_gateway(&mut rng, gateways)
@@ -89,20 +149,28 @@ impl GatewaySetup {
            }
            .map(Into::into),
            GatewaySetup::Specified { gateway_identity } => {
-                let user_gateway = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(&gateway_identity)
+                let user_gateway = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_identity)
                    .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)?;

-                let mut rng = OsRng;
-                let gateways = current_gateways(&mut rng, validator_servers).await?;
                gateways
-                    .into_iter()
+                    .iter()
                    .find(|gateway| gateway.identity_key == user_gateway)
                    .ok_or_else(|| ClientCoreError::NoGatewayWithId(gateway_identity.to_string()))
+                    .cloned()
            }
            .map(Into::into),
-            GatewaySetup::Predefined { config } => Ok(config),
+            _ => Err(ClientCoreError::UnexpectedGatewayDetails),
        }
    }
+
+    pub async fn try_get_new_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        validator_servers: &[Url],
+    ) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError> {
+        let mut rng = OsRng;
+        let gateways = current_gateways(&mut rng, validator_servers).await?;
+        self.choose_gateway(&gateways).await
+    }
 }

 /// Struct describing the results of the client initialization procedure.
@@ -117,14 +185,14 @@ pub struct InitResults {
 }

 impl InitResults {
-    pub fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
            version: config.client.version.clone(),
            id: config.client.id.clone(),
            identity_key: address.identity().to_base58_string(),
            encryption_key: address.encryption_key().to_base58_string(),
-            gateway_id: config.get_gateway_id(),
-            gateway_listener: config.get_gateway_listener(),
+            gateway_id: gateway.gateway_id.clone(),
+            gateway_listener: gateway.gateway_listener.clone(),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -140,38 +208,164 @@ impl Display for InitResults {
    }
 }

-/// Recovers the already present gateway information or attempts to register with new gateway
-/// and stores the newly obtained key
-pub async fn get_registered_gateway<S>(
-    validator_servers: Vec<Url>,
-    key_store: &S::KeyStore,
-    setup: GatewaySetup,
-    overwrite_keys: bool,
-) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError>
+// helpers for error wrapping
+async fn _store_gateway_details<D>(
+    details_store: &D,
+    details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError>
 where
-    S: MixnetClientStorage,
-    <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    D: GatewayDetailsStore,
+    D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    details_store
+        .store_gateway_details(details)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|source| ClientCoreError::GatewayDetailsStoreError {
+            source: Box::new(source),
+        })
+}
+
+async fn _load_gateway_details<D>(
+    details_store: &D,
+) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, ClientCoreError>
+where
+    D: GatewayDetailsStore,
+    D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    details_store
+        .load_gateway_details()
+        .await
+        .map_err(|source| ClientCoreError::UnavailableGatewayDetails {
+            source: Box::new(source),
+        })
+}
+
+async fn _load_managed_keys<K>(key_store: &K) -> Result<ManagedKeys, ClientCoreError>
+where
+    K: KeyStore,
+    K::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    ManagedKeys::try_load(key_store)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|source| ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
+            source: Box::new(source),
+        })
+}
+
+fn ensure_valid_details(
+    details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    loaded_keys: &ManagedKeys,
+) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError> {
+    if !details.verify(&loaded_keys.must_get_gateway_shared_key()) {
+        Err(ClientCoreError::MismatchedGatewayDetails {
+            gateway_id: details.details.gateway_id.clone(),
+        })
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn setup_gateway_from<K, D>(
+    setup: &GatewaySetup,
+    key_store: &K,
+    details_store: &D,
+    overwrite_data: bool,
+    gateways: Option<&[gateway::Node]>,
+) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, ClientCoreError>
+where
+    K: KeyStore,
+    D: GatewayDetailsStore,
+    K::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
    let mut rng = OsRng;

-    // try load keys
+    // try load gateway details
+    let loaded_details = _load_gateway_details(details_store).await;
+
+    // try load keys and decide what to do based on the GatewaySetup
    let mut managed_keys = match ManagedKeys::try_load(key_store).await {
-        Ok(_) => {
-            // if we loaded something and we don't have full gateway details, check if we can overwrite the data
-            if let GatewaySetup::Predefined { config } = setup {
-                // we already have defined gateway details AND a shared key, so nothing more for us to do
-                return Ok(config);
-            } else if overwrite_keys {
-                ManagedKeys::generate_new(&mut rng)
-            } else {
-                return Err(ClientCoreError::ForbiddenKeyOverwrite);
+        Ok(loaded_keys) => {
+            match setup {
+                GatewaySetup::MustLoad => {
+                    // get EVERYTHING from the storage
+                    let details = loaded_details?;
+                    ensure_valid_details(&details, &loaded_keys)?;
+
+                    // no need to persist anything as we got everything from the storage
+                    return Ok(InitialisationDetails::new(details.into(), loaded_keys));
+                }
+                GatewaySetup::Predefined { details } => {
+                    // we already have defined gateway details AND a shared key
+                    ensure_valid_details(details, &loaded_keys)?;
+
+                    // if nothing was stored or we're allowed to overwrite what's there, just persist the passed data
+                    if overwrite_data || loaded_details.is_err() {
+                        _store_gateway_details(details_store, details).await?;
+                    }
+
+                    return Ok(InitialisationDetails::new(
+                        details.clone().into(),
+                        loaded_keys,
+                    ));
+                }
+                GatewaySetup::Specified { gateway_identity } => {
+                    // if that data was already stored...
+                    if let Ok(existing_gateway) = loaded_details {
+                        ensure_valid_details(&existing_gateway, &loaded_keys)?;
+                        if &existing_gateway.details.gateway_id != gateway_identity
+                            && !overwrite_data
+                        {
+                            // if our loaded details don't match requested value and we CANT overwrite it...
+                            return Err(ClientCoreError::UnexpectedGatewayDetails);
+                        } else if &existing_gateway.details.gateway_id == gateway_identity {
+                            // if they do match up, just return it
+                            return Ok(InitialisationDetails::new(
+                                existing_gateway.into(),
+                                loaded_keys,
+                            ));
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // we didn't get full details from the store and we have loaded some keys
+                    // so we can only continue if we're allowed to overwrite keys
+                    if overwrite_data {
+                        ManagedKeys::generate_new(&mut rng)
+                    } else {
+                        return Err(ClientCoreError::ForbiddenKeyOverwrite);
+                    }
+                }
+                GatewaySetup::New { .. } => {
+                    if let Ok(existing_gateway) = loaded_details {
+                        ensure_valid_details(&existing_gateway, &loaded_keys)?;
+                        return Ok(InitialisationDetails::new(
+                            existing_gateway.into(),
+                            loaded_keys,
+                        ));
+                    }
+
+                    // we didn't get full details from the store and we have loaded some keys
+                    // so we can only continue if we're allowed to overwrite keys
+                    if overwrite_data {
+                        ManagedKeys::generate_new(&mut rng)
+                    } else {
+                        return Err(ClientCoreError::ForbiddenKeyOverwrite);
+                    }
+                }
            }
        }
-        Err(_) => ManagedKeys::generate_new(&mut rng),
+        Err(_) => {
+            // if we failed to load the keys, ensure we didn't provide gateway details in some form
+            // (in that case we CAN'T generate new keys
+            if setup.has_full_details() {
+                return Err(ClientCoreError::UnavailableSharedKey);
+            }
+            ManagedKeys::generate_new(&mut rng)
+        }
    };

    // choose gateway
-    let gateway_details = setup.try_get_gateway_details(&validator_servers).await?;
+    let gateway_details = setup.choose_gateway(gateways.unwrap_or_default()).await?;

    // get our identity key
    let our_identity = managed_keys.identity_keypair();
@@ -179,6 +373,9 @@ where
    // Establish connection, authenticate and generate keys for talking with the gateway
    let shared_keys = helpers::register_with_gateway(&gateway_details, our_identity).await?;

+    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(gateway_details, &shared_keys);
+
+    // persist gateway keys
    managed_keys
        .deal_with_gateway_key(shared_keys, key_store)
        .await
@@ -186,108 +383,39 @@ where
            source: Box::new(source),
        })?;

-    // TODO: here we should be probably persisting gateway details as opposed to returning them
+    // persist gateway config
+    _store_gateway_details(details_store, &persisted_details).await?;

-    Ok(gateway_details)
+    Ok(InitialisationDetails::new(
+        persisted_details.into(),
+        managed_keys,
+    ))
 }

-/// Convenience function for setting up the gateway for a client given a `Config`. Depending on the
-/// arguments given it will do the sensible thing. Either it will
-///
-/// a. Reuse existing gateway configuration from storage.
-/// b. Create a new gateway configuration but keep existing keys. This assumes that the caller
-///    knows what they are doing and that the keys match the requested gateway.
-/// c. Create a new gateway configuration with a newly registered gateway and keys.
-pub async fn setup_gateway_from_config<KSt>(
-    key_store: &KSt,
-    register_gateway: bool,
-    user_chosen_gateway_id: Option<identity::PublicKey>,
-    config: &Config,
-    by_latency: bool,
-) -> Result<GatewayEndpointConfig, ClientCoreError>
+pub async fn setup_gateway<K, D>(
+    setup: &GatewaySetup,
+    key_store: &K,
+    details_store: &D,
+    overwrite_data: bool,
+    validator_servers: Option<&[Url]>,
+) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, ClientCoreError>
 where
-    KSt: KeyStore,
-    <KSt as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    K: KeyStore,
+    D: GatewayDetailsStore,
+    K::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
-    // If we are not going to register gateway, and an explicitly chosen gateway is not passed in,
-    // load the existing configuration file
-    if !register_gateway && user_chosen_gateway_id.is_none() {
-        eprintln!("Not registering gateway, will reuse existing config and keys");
-        return Ok(config.client.gateway_endpoint.clone());
-    }
-
-    let gateway_setup = GatewaySetup::new(
-        None,
-        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
-        Some(by_latency),
-    );
-    // Else, we proceed by querying the nym-api
-    let gateway = gateway_setup
-        .try_get_gateway_details(&config.get_nym_api_endpoints())
-        .await?;
-    log::debug!("Querying gateway gives: {:?}", gateway);
-
-    // If we are not registering, just return this and assume the caller has the keys already and
-    // wants to keep the,
-    if !register_gateway && user_chosen_gateway_id.is_some() {
-        eprintln!("Using gateway provided by user, keeping existing keys");
-        return Ok(gateway);
-    }
-
    let mut rng = OsRng;
-    let mut managed_keys =
-        crate::client::key_manager::ManagedKeys::load_or_generate(&mut rng, key_store).await;
+    let gateways = current_gateways(&mut rng, validator_servers.unwrap_or_default()).await?;

-    // Create new keys and derive our identity
-    let our_identity = managed_keys.identity_keypair();
-
-    // Establish connection, authenticate and generate keys for talking with the gateway
-    eprintln!("Registering with new gateway");
-    let shared_keys = helpers::register_with_gateway(&gateway, our_identity).await?;
-    managed_keys
-        .deal_with_gateway_key(shared_keys, key_store)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|source| ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
-            source: Box::new(source),
-        })?;
-
-    Ok(gateway)
-}
-
-/// Get the full client address from the client keys and the gateway identity
-pub fn get_client_address(
-    key_manager: &KeyManager,
-    gateway_config: &GatewayEndpointConfig,
-) -> Recipient {
-    Recipient::new(
-        *key_manager.identity_keypair().public_key(),
-        *key_manager.encryption_keypair().public_key(),
-        // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
-        // (which currently is true)
-        NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(&gateway_config.gateway_id).unwrap(),
+    setup_gateway_from(
+        setup,
+        key_store,
+        details_store,
+        overwrite_data,
+        Some(&gateways),
    )
-}
-
-/// Get the client address by loading the keys from stored files.
-// TODO: rethink that sucker
-pub fn get_client_address_from_stored_ondisk_keys(
-    keys_paths: &ClientKeysPaths,
-    gateway_config: &GatewayEndpointConfig,
-) -> Result<Recipient, ClientCoreError> {
-    let public_identity: identity::PublicKey =
-        nym_pemstore::load_key(&keys_paths.public_identity_key_file)?;
-    let public_encryption: encryption::PublicKey =
-        nym_pemstore::load_key(&keys_paths.public_encryption_key_file)?;
-
-    let client_recipient = Recipient::new(
-        public_identity,
-        public_encryption,
-        // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
-        // (which currently is true)
-        NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(&gateway_config.gateway_id)?,
-    );
-
-    Ok(client_recipient)
+    .await
 }

 pub fn output_to_json<T: Serialize>(init_results: &T, output_file: &str) {
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio::net::{TcpStream, UdpSocket};
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 use tokio_util::codec::Framed;
+use tokio_util::udp::UdpFramed;

 pub struct Config {
    initial_reconnection_backoff: Duration,
@@ -57,136 +58,98 @@ pub trait SendWithoutResponse {
 }

 pub struct Client {
-    conn_new: HashMap<NymNodeRoutingAddress, ConnectionSender>,
+    conn_new: Option<mpsc::Sender<(FramedNymPacket, SocketAddr)>>,
    config: Config,
 }

-struct ConnectionSender {
-    channel: mpsc::Sender<FramedNymPacket>,
-    current_reconnection_attempt: Arc<AtomicU32>,
-}
-
-impl ConnectionSender {
-    fn new(channel: mpsc::Sender<FramedNymPacket>) -> Self {
-        ConnectionSender {
-            channel,
-            current_reconnection_attempt: Arc::new(AtomicU32::new(0)),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl Client {
    pub fn new(config: Config) -> Client {
        Client {
-            conn_new: HashMap::new(),
+            conn_new: None,
            config,
        }
    }

    async fn manage_connection(
        address: SocketAddr,
-        receiver: mpsc::Receiver<FramedNymPacket>,
-        connection_timeout: Duration,
-        current_reconnection: &AtomicU32,
+        receiver: mpsc::Receiver<(FramedNymPacket, SocketAddr)>,
    ) {
-        let connection_fut = TcpStream::connect(address);
-
-        let conn = match tokio::time::timeout(connection_timeout, connection_fut).await {
-            Ok(stream_res) => match stream_res {
-                Ok(stream) => {
-                    debug!("Managed to establish connection to {}", address);
-                    // if we managed to connect, reset the reconnection count (whatever it might have been)
-                    current_reconnection.store(0, Ordering::Release);
-                    Framed::new(stream, NymCodec)
-                }
-                Err(err) => {
-                    debug!(
-                        "failed to establish connection to {} (err: {})",
-                        address, err
-                    );
-                    return;
-                }
-            },
-            Err(_) => {
-                debug!(
-                    "failed to connect to {} within {:?}",
-                    address, connection_timeout
-                );
-
-                // we failed to connect - increase reconnection attempt
-                current_reconnection.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        let socket = match UdpSocket::bind("0.0.0.0:0").await {
+            Ok(socket) => socket,
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("Failed to bind to - {err}. Are you sure nothing else is running on the specified port and your user has sufficient permission to bind to the requested address?");
                return;
            }
        };
-
+        let framed_conn = UdpFramed::new(socket, NymCodec);
        // Take whatever the receiver channel produces and put it on the connection.
        // We could have as well used conn.send_all(receiver.map(Ok)), but considering we don't care
        // about neither receiver nor the connection, it doesn't matter which one gets consumed
-        if let Err(err) = receiver.map(Ok).forward(conn).await {
+        if let Err(err) = receiver.map(Ok).forward(framed_conn).await {
            warn!("Failed to forward packets to {} - {err}", address);
        }

        debug!(
-            "connection manager to {} is finished. Either the connection failed or mixnet client got dropped",
-            address
+            "connection manager is finished. Either the connection failed or mixnet client got dropped"
        );
    }

    /// If we're trying to reconnect, determine how long we should wait.
-    fn determine_backoff(&self, current_attempt: u32) -> Option<Duration> {
-        if current_attempt == 0 {
-            None
-        } else {
-            let exp = 2_u32.checked_pow(current_attempt);
-            let backoff = exp
-                .and_then(|exp| self.config.initial_reconnection_backoff.checked_mul(exp))
-                .unwrap_or(self.config.maximum_reconnection_backoff);
+    // fn determine_backoff(&self, current_attempt: u32) -> Option<Duration> {
+    //     if current_attempt == 0 {
+    //         None
+    //     } else {
+    //         let exp = 2_u32.checked_pow(current_attempt);
+    //         let backoff = exp
+    //             .and_then(|exp| self.config.initial_reconnection_backoff.checked_mul(exp))
+    //             .unwrap_or(self.config.maximum_reconnection_backoff);

-            Some(std::cmp::min(
-                backoff,
-                self.config.maximum_reconnection_backoff,
-            ))
-        }
-    }
+    //         Some(std::cmp::min(
+    //             backoff,
+    //             self.config.maximum_reconnection_backoff,
+    //         ))
+    //     }
+    // }

    fn make_connection(&mut self, address: NymNodeRoutingAddress, pending_packet: FramedNymPacket) {
        let (mut sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel(self.config.maximum_connection_buffer_size);

        // this CAN'T fail because we just created the channel which has a non-zero capacity
        if self.config.maximum_connection_buffer_size > 0 {
-            sender.try_send(pending_packet).unwrap();
+            sender.try_send((pending_packet, address.into())).unwrap();
        }
+        self.conn_new = Some(sender);

        // if we already tried to connect to `address` before, grab the current attempt count
-        let current_reconnection_attempt = if let Some(existing) = self.conn_new.get_mut(&address) {
-            existing.channel = sender;
-            Arc::clone(&existing.current_reconnection_attempt)
-        } else {
-            let new_entry = ConnectionSender::new(sender);
-            let current_attempt = Arc::clone(&new_entry.current_reconnection_attempt);
-            self.conn_new.insert(address, new_entry);
-            current_attempt
-        };
+        // let current_reconnection_attempt = if let Some(existing) = self.conn_new.get_mut(&address) {
+        //     existing.channel = sender;
+        //     Arc::clone(&existing.current_reconnection_attempt)
+        // } else {
+        //     let new_entry = ConnectionSender::new(sender);
+        //     let current_attempt = Arc::clone(&new_entry.current_reconnection_attempt);
+        //     self.conn_new.insert(address, new_entry);
+        //     current_attempt
+        // };

        // load the actual value.
-        let reconnection_attempt = current_reconnection_attempt.load(Ordering::Acquire);
-        let backoff = self.determine_backoff(reconnection_attempt);
+        // let reconnection_attempt = current_reconnection_attempt.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+        // let backoff = self.determine_backoff(reconnection_attempt);

        // copy the value before moving into another task
-        let initial_connection_timeout = self.config.initial_connection_timeout;
+        // let initial_connection_timeout = self.config.initial_connection_timeout;

        tokio::spawn(async move {
            // before executing the manager, wait for what was specified, if anything
-            if let Some(backoff) = backoff {
-                trace!("waiting for {:?} before attempting connection", backoff);
-                sleep(backoff).await;
-            }
+            // if let Some(backoff) = backoff {
+            //     trace!("waiting for {:?} before attempting connection", backoff);
+            //     sleep(backoff).await;
+            // }

            Self::manage_connection(
                address.into(),
                receiver,
-                initial_connection_timeout,
-                &current_reconnection_attempt,
+                //initial_connection_timeout,
+                //&current_reconnection_attempt,
            )
            .await
        });
@@ -204,48 +167,53 @@ impl SendWithoutResponse for Client {
        let framed_packet =
            FramedNymPacket::new(packet, packet_type, self.config.use_legacy_version);

-        if let Some(sender) = self.conn_new.get_mut(&address) {
-            if let Err(err) = sender.channel.try_send(framed_packet) {
-                if err.is_full() {
-                    debug!("Connection to {} seems to not be able to handle all the traffic - dropping the current packet", address);
-                    // it's not a 'big' error, but we did not manage to send the packet
-                    // if the queue is full, we can't really do anything but to drop the packet
-                    Err(io::Error::new(
-                        io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock,
-                        "connection queue is full",
-                    ))
-                } else if err.is_disconnected() {
-                    debug!(
-                        "Connection to {} seems to be dead. attempting to re-establish it...",
-                        address
-                    );
-                    // it's not a 'big' error, but we did not manage to send the packet, but queue
-                    // it up to send it as soon as the connection is re-established
-                    self.make_connection(address, err.into_inner());
-                    Err(io::Error::new(
-                        io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted,
-                        "reconnection attempt is in progress",
-                    ))
+        match &self.conn_new {
+            Some(sender) => {
+                if let Err(err) = sender.clone().try_send((framed_packet, address.into())) {
+                    if err.is_full() {
+                        debug!("Connection to {} seems to not be able to handle all the traffic - dropping the current packet", address);
+                        // it's not a 'big' error, but we did not manage to send the packet
+                        // if the queue is full, we can't really do anything but to drop the packet
+                        Err(io::Error::new(
+                            io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock,
+                            "connection queue is full",
+                        ))
+                    } else if err.is_disconnected() {
+                        debug!(
+                            "Connection to {} seems to be dead. attempting to re-establish it...",
+                            address
+                        );
+                        // it's not a 'big' error, but we did not manage to send the packet, but queue
+                        // it up to send it as soon as the connection is re-established
+                        self.make_connection(address, err.into_inner().0);
+                        Err(io::Error::new(
+                            io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted,
+                            "reconnection attempt is in progress",
+                        ))
+                    } else {
+                        // this can't really happen, but let's safe-guard against it in case something changes in futures library
+                        Err(io::Error::new(
+                            io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                            "unknown connection buffer error",
+                        ))
+                    }
                } else {
-                    // this can't really happen, but let's safe-guard against it in case something changes in futures library
-                    Err(io::Error::new(
-                        io::ErrorKind::Other,
-                        "unknown connection buffer error",
-                    ))
+                    debug!("Sending packet to {:?}", address);
+                    Ok(())
                }
-            } else {
-                Ok(())
            }
-        } else {
-            // there was never a connection to begin with
-            debug!("establishing initial connection to {}", address);
-            // it's not a 'big' error, but we did not manage to send the packet, but queue the packet
-            // for sending for as soon as the connection is created
-            self.make_connection(address, framed_packet);
-            Err(io::Error::new(
-                io::ErrorKind::NotConnected,
-                "connection is in progress",
-            ))
+
+            None => {
+                // there was never a connection to begin with
+                debug!("establishing initial connection");
+                // it's not a 'big' error, but we did not manage to send the packet, but queue the packet
+                // for sending for as soon as the connection is created
+                self.make_connection(address, framed_packet);
+                Err(io::Error::new(
+                    io::ErrorKind::NotConnected,
+                    "connection is in progress",
+                ))
+            }
        }
    }
 }
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ log = { workspace = true }
 url = { version = "2.2", features = ["serde"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["sync", "time"] }
 futures = "0.3"
+openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"], optional = true }

 nym-coconut-interface = { path = "../../coconut-interface" }
 nym-network-defaults = { path = "../../network-defaults" }
@@ -77,13 +78,14 @@ required-features = ["nyxd-client"]
 nyxd-client = [
    "async-trait",
    "cosmrs",
+    "cosmwasm-std",
    "cw3",
    "cw4",
-    "prost",
    "flate2",
-    "sha2",
    "itertools",
-    "cosmwasm-std",
+    "openssl",
+    "prost",
+    "sha2",
    "signing"
 ]
 signing = [
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use cosmrs::AccountId;
-use nym_contracts_common::ContractBuildInformation;
+use nym_contracts_common::{signing::Nonce, ContractBuildInformation};
 use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{
    msg::QueryMsg as SpQueryMsg,
    response::{
        ConfigResponse, PagedServicesListResponse, ServiceInfoResponse, ServicesListResponse,
    },
-    NymAddress, ServiceId, ServiceInfo,
+    NymAddress, Service, ServiceId,
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;

@@ -63,17 +63,14 @@ pub trait SpDirectoryQueryClient {
            .await
    }

-    async fn get_all_services(&self) -> Result<Vec<ServiceInfo>, NyxdError> {
+    async fn get_all_services(&self) -> Result<Vec<Service>, NyxdError> {
        let mut services = Vec::new();
        let mut start_after = None;
-
        loop {
            let mut paged_response = self.get_services_paged(start_after.take(), None).await?;
-
-            let last_id = paged_response.services.last().map(|serv| serv.service_id);
            services.append(&mut paged_response.services);

-            if let Some(start_after_res) = last_id {
+            if let Some(start_after_res) = paged_response.start_next_after {
                start_after = Some(start_after_res)
            } else {
                break;
@@ -82,6 +79,13 @@ pub trait SpDirectoryQueryClient {

        Ok(services)
    }
+
+    async fn get_service_signing_nonce(&self, address: &AccountId) -> Result<Nonce, NyxdError> {
+        self.query_service_provider_contract(SpQueryMsg::SigningNonce {
+            address: address.to_string(),
+        })
+        .await
+    }
 }

 #[async_trait]
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use nym_contracts_common::signing::MessageSignature;
 use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{
-    msg::ExecuteMsg as SpExecuteMsg, NymAddress, ServiceId, ServiceType,
+    msg::ExecuteMsg as SpExecuteMsg, NymAddress, ServiceDetails, ServiceId,
 };

 use crate::nyxd::{
@@ -22,16 +23,16 @@ pub trait SpDirectorySigningClient {

    async fn announce_service_provider(
        &self,
-        nym_address: NymAddress,
-        service_type: ServiceType,
+        service: ServiceDetails,
+        owner_signature: MessageSignature,
        deposit: Coin,
        fee: Option<Fee>,
    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
        self.execute_service_provider_directory_contract(
            fee,
            SpExecuteMsg::Announce {
-                nym_address,
-                service_type,
+                service,
+                owner_signature,
            },
            vec![deposit],
        )
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ nym-coconut-dkg-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/coconut-dkg" }
 nym-multisig-contract-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/multisig-contract" }
 nym-service-provider-directory-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/service-provider-directory" }
 nym-name-service-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/name-service" }
+nym-sphinx = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx" }
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub struct Mixnet {
    pub command: MixnetCommands,
 }

+#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
 pub enum MixnetCommands {
    /// Query the mixnet directory
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub struct MixnetOperators {
    pub command: MixnetOperatorsCommands,
 }

+#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
 pub enum MixnetOperatorsCommands {
    /// Manage your mixnode
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 use log::info;
-use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{Coin, NymAddress, ServiceType};
+use nym_contracts_common::signing::MessageSignature;
+use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{Coin, NymAddress, ServiceDetails, ServiceType};
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::SpDirectorySigningClient;

 use crate::context::SigningClient;
@@ -10,9 +11,15 @@ pub struct Args {
    #[clap(long)]
    pub nym_address: String,

+    #[clap(long)]
+    pub signature: MessageSignature,
+
    /// Deposit to be made to the service provider directory, in curent DENOMINATION (e.g. 'unym')
    #[clap(long)]
    pub deposit: u128,
+
+    #[clap(long)]
+    pub identity_key: String,
 }

 pub async fn announce(args: Args, client: SigningClient) {
@@ -20,12 +27,17 @@ pub async fn announce(args: Args, client: SigningClient) {

    let nym_address = NymAddress::Address(args.nym_address);
    let service_type = ServiceType::NetworkRequester;
+    let service = ServiceDetails {
+        nym_address,
+        service_type,
+        identity_key: args.identity_key,
+    };

    let denom = client.current_chain_details().mix_denom.base.as_str();
    let deposit = Coin::new(args.deposit, denom);

    let res = client
-        .announce_service_provider(nym_address, service_type, deposit.into(), None)
+        .announce_service_provider(service, args.signature, deposit.into(), None)
        .await
        .expect("Failed to announce service provider");

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::{
+    context::SigningClient,
+    utils::{account_id_to_cw_addr, DataWrapper},
+};
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use cosmwasm_std::Coin;
+
+use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
+use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{
+    signing_types::construct_service_provider_announce_sign_payload, NymAddress,
+    ServiceType::NetworkRequester,
+};
+use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::SpDirectoryQueryClient;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+pub struct Args {
+    #[clap(long)]
+    pub nym_address: Recipient,
+
+    #[clap(long)]
+    pub amount: u128,
+
+    #[clap(long)]
+    pub identity_key: String,
+
+    #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = OutputFormat::default())]
+    output: OutputFormat,
+}
+
+pub async fn create_payload(args: Args, client: SigningClient) {
+    let service = nym_service_provider_directory_common::ServiceDetails {
+        nym_address: NymAddress::new(&args.nym_address.to_string()),
+        service_type: NetworkRequester,
+        identity_key: args.identity_key,
+    };
+
+    let denom = client.current_chain_details().mix_denom.base.as_str();
+    let deposit = Coin::new(args.amount, denom);
+
+    let nonce = match client.get_service_signing_nonce(client.address()).await {
+        Ok(nonce) => nonce,
+        Err(err) => {
+            eprint!(
+                "failed to query for the signing nonce of {}: {err}",
+                client.address()
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    let address = account_id_to_cw_addr(client.address());
+    let payload =
+        construct_service_provider_announce_sign_payload(nonce, address, deposit, service);
+    let wrapper = DataWrapper::new(payload.to_base58_string().unwrap());
+    println!("{}", args.output.format(&wrapper))
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use clap::{Args, Subcommand};

 pub mod announce;
+pub mod announce_sign_payload;
 pub mod delete;

 #[derive(Debug, Args)]
@@ -10,10 +11,13 @@ pub struct MixnetOperatorsService {
    pub command: MixnetOperatorsServiceCommands,
 }

+#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
 pub enum MixnetOperatorsServiceCommands {
    /// Announce service provider to the world
    Announce(announce::Args),
    /// Delete entry for service provider from the directory
    Delete(delete::Args),
+    /// Create base58-encoded payload required for producing valid announce signature.
+    CreateServiceAnnounceSignPayload(announce_sign_payload::Args),
 }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub async fn query(args: Args, client: &QueryClientWithNyxd) {
                for service in res.services {
                    table.add_row(vec![
                        service.service_id.to_string(),
-                        service.service.announcer.to_string(),
+                        service.announcer.to_string(),
                        service.service.service_type.to_string(),
                        service.service.nym_address.to_string(),
                    ]);
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-contracts-common"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "Common library for Nym cosmwasm contracts"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ use std::ops::Mul;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use thiserror::Error;

+pub type IdentityKey = String;
+pub type IdentityKeyRef<'a> = &'a str;
+
 pub fn truncate_decimal(amount: Decimal) -> Uint128 {
    amount * Uint128::new(1)
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-mixnet-contract-common"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 description = "Common library for the Nym mixnet contract"
 rust-version = "1.62"
 edition = { workspace = true }
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_repr = "0.1"
 schemars = "0.8"
 thiserror = "1.0"
-contracts-common = { path = "../contracts-common", package = "nym-contracts-common", version = "0.4.0" }
+contracts-common = { path = "../contracts-common", package = "nym-contracts-common", version = "0.5.0" }
 # use 0.4.1 as that's the version used by cosmwasm-std 1.0.0
 # (and ideally we don't want to pull the same dependency twice)
 serde-json-wasm = "=0.4.1"
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use crate::error::MixnetContractError;
 use crate::families::{Family, FamilyHead};
 use crate::{Layer, RewardedSetNodeStatus};
+use contracts_common::IdentityKey;
 use cosmwasm_std::Addr;
 use cosmwasm_std::Coin;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
@@ -11,8 +12,6 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::ops::Index;

 // type aliases for better reasoning about available data
-pub type IdentityKey = String;
-pub type IdentityKeyRef<'a> = &'a str;
 pub type SphinxKey = String;
 pub type SphinxKeyRef<'a> = &'a str;
 pub type EpochId = u32;
@@ -7,5 +7,9 @@ edition = "2021"

 [dependencies]
 cosmwasm-std = { workspace = true }
+nym-contracts-common = { path = "../contracts-common", version = "0.5.0" }
 schemars = "0.8"
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+cw-utils = { workspace = true }
+cw-controllers = { workspace = true }
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 use cosmwasm_std::{Addr, StdError};
 use cw_controllers::AdminError;
-use nym_service_provider_directory_common::{NymAddress, ServiceId};
+use nym_contracts_common::signing::verifier::ApiVerifierError;
 use thiserror::Error;

+use crate::{NymAddress, ServiceId};
+
 #[derive(Error, Debug, PartialEq)]
-pub enum ContractError {
+pub enum SpContractError {
    #[error("{0}")]
    Std(#[from] StdError),

@@ -46,6 +48,21 @@ pub enum ContractError {
        value: String,
        error_message: String,
    },
+
+    #[error("Failed to recover ed25519 public key from its base58 representation - {0}")]
+    MalformedEd25519IdentityKey(String),
+
+    #[error("Failed to recover ed25519 signature from its base58 representation - {0}")]
+    MalformedEd25519Signature(String),
+
+    #[error("Provided ed25519 signature did not verify correctly")]
+    InvalidEd25519Signature,
+
+    #[error("failed to verify message signature: {source}")]
+    SignatureVerificationFailure {
+        #[from]
+        source: ApiVerifierError,
+    },
 }

-pub(crate) type Result<T, E = ContractError> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
+pub type Result<T, E = SpContractError> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ pub fn new_announce_event(service_id: ServiceId, service: Service) -> Event {
    Event::new(ServiceProviderEventType::Announce)
        .add_attribute(ACTION, ServiceProviderEventType::Announce)
        .add_attribute(SERVICE_ID, service_id.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(SERVICE_TYPE, service.service_type.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(NYM_ADDRESS, service.nym_address.to_string())
+        .add_attribute(SERVICE_TYPE, service.service.service_type.to_string())
+        .add_attribute(NYM_ADDRESS, service.service.nym_address.to_string())
        .add_attribute(OWNER, service.announcer.to_string())
 }

-pub fn new_delete_id_event(service_id: ServiceId, service: Service) -> Event {
+pub fn new_delete_id_event(service: Service) -> Event {
    Event::new(ServiceProviderEventType::DeleteId)
        .add_attribute(ACTION, ServiceProviderEventType::DeleteId)
-        .add_attribute(SERVICE_ID, service_id.to_string())
-        .add_attribute(NYM_ADDRESS, service.nym_address.to_string())
+        .add_attribute(SERVICE_ID, service.service_id.to_string())
+        .add_attribute(NYM_ADDRESS, service.service.nym_address.to_string())
 }

 pub fn new_update_deposit_required_event(deposit_required: Coin) -> Event {
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+pub mod error;
 pub mod events;
 pub mod msg;
 pub mod response;
+pub mod signing_types;
 pub mod types;

 // Re-export all types at the top-level
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{NymAddress, ServiceId, ServiceType};
+use crate::{NymAddress, ServiceDetails, ServiceId};
 use cosmwasm_std::Coin;
+use nym_contracts_common::signing::MessageSignature;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ pub struct MigrateMsg {}
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum ExecuteMsg {
    Announce {
-        nym_address: NymAddress,
-        service_type: ServiceType,
+        service: ServiceDetails,
+        owner_signature: MessageSignature,
    },
    DeleteId {
        service_id: ServiceId,
@@ -44,9 +45,12 @@ impl ExecuteMsg {
    pub fn default_memo(&self) -> String {
        match self {
            ExecuteMsg::Announce {
-                nym_address,
-                service_type,
-            } => format!("announcing {nym_address} as type {service_type}"),
+                service,
+                owner_signature: _,
+            } => format!(
+                "announcing {} as type {}",
+                service.nym_address, service.service_type
+            ),
            ExecuteMsg::DeleteId { service_id } => {
                format!("deleting service with service id {service_id}")
            }
@@ -76,6 +80,9 @@ pub enum QueryMsg {
        limit: Option<u32>,
        start_after: Option<ServiceId>,
    },
+    SigningNonce {
+        address: String,
+    },
    Config {},
    GetContractVersion {},
    #[serde(rename = "get_cw2_contract_version")]
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{msg::ExecuteMsg, Service, ServiceId, ServiceInfo};
+use crate::{Service, ServiceId};
 use cosmwasm_std::Coin;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -13,22 +13,17 @@ pub struct ServiceInfoResponse {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug, Clone, JsonSchema)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub struct ServicesListResponse {
-    pub services: Vec<ServiceInfo>,
+    pub services: Vec<Service>,
 }

 impl ServicesListResponse {
-    pub fn new(services: Vec<(ServiceId, Service)>) -> ServicesListResponse {
-        ServicesListResponse {
-            services: services
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(|(service_id, service)| ServiceInfo::new(service_id, service))
-                .collect(),
-        }
+    pub fn new(services: Vec<Service>) -> ServicesListResponse {
+        ServicesListResponse { services }
    }
 }

-impl From<&[ServiceInfo]> for ServicesListResponse {
-    fn from(services: &[ServiceInfo]) -> Self {
+impl From<&[Service]> for ServicesListResponse {
+    fn from(services: &[Service]) -> Self {
        Self {
            services: services.to_vec(),
        }
@@ -38,21 +33,17 @@ impl From<&[ServiceInfo]> for ServicesListResponse {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub struct PagedServicesListResponse {
-    pub services: Vec<ServiceInfo>,
+    pub services: Vec<Service>,
    pub per_page: usize,
    pub start_next_after: Option<ServiceId>,
 }

 impl PagedServicesListResponse {
    pub fn new(
-        services: Vec<(ServiceId, Service)>,
+        services: Vec<Service>,
        per_page: usize,
        start_next_after: Option<ServiceId>,
    ) -> PagedServicesListResponse {
-        let services = services
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|(service_id, service)| ServiceInfo::new(service_id, service))
-            .collect();
        PagedServicesListResponse {
            services,
            per_page,
@@ -66,12 +57,3 @@ impl PagedServicesListResponse {
 pub struct ConfigResponse {
    pub deposit_required: Coin,
 }
-
-impl From<Service> for ExecuteMsg {
-    fn from(service: Service) -> Self {
-        ExecuteMsg::Announce {
-            nym_address: service.nym_address,
-            service_type: service.service_type,
-        }
-    }
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use cosmwasm_std::{Addr, Coin};
+use nym_contracts_common::signing::{
+    ContractMessageContent, MessageType, Nonce, SignableMessage, SigningPurpose,
+};
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+use crate::ServiceDetails;
+
+pub type SignableServiceProviderAnnounceMsg =
+    SignableMessage<ContractMessageContent<ServiceProviderAnnounce>>;
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub struct ServiceProviderAnnounce {
+    service: ServiceDetails,
+}
+
+impl SigningPurpose for ServiceProviderAnnounce {
+    fn message_type() -> MessageType {
+        MessageType::new("service-provider-announce")
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn construct_service_provider_announce_sign_payload(
+    nonce: Nonce,
+    sender: Addr,
+    deposit: Coin,
+    service: ServiceDetails,
+) -> SignableServiceProviderAnnounceMsg {
+    let payload = ServiceProviderAnnounce { service };
+    let proxy = None;
+    let content = ContractMessageContent::new(sender, proxy, vec![deposit], payload);
+    SignableMessage::new(nonce, content)
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};

 use cosmwasm_std::{Addr, Coin};
+use nym_contracts_common::IdentityKey;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

@@ -9,11 +10,11 @@ pub type ServiceId = u32;

 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Debug, JsonSchema)]
 pub struct Service {
-    /// The address of the service.
-    pub nym_address: NymAddress,
-    /// The service type.
-    pub service_type: ServiceType,
-    /// Service owner.
+    /// Unique id assigned to the anounced service.
+    pub service_id: ServiceId,
+    /// The announced service.
+    pub service: ServiceDetails,
+    /// Address of the service owner.
    pub announcer: Addr,
    /// Block height at which the service was added.
    pub block_height: u64,
@@ -21,6 +22,16 @@ pub struct Service {
    pub deposit: Coin,
 }

+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Debug, JsonSchema)]
+pub struct ServiceDetails {
+    /// The address of the service.
+    pub nym_address: NymAddress,
+    /// The service type.
+    pub service_type: ServiceType,
+    /// The identity key of the service.
+    pub identity_key: IdentityKey,
+}
+
 /// The types of addresses supported.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, JsonSchema)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
@@ -28,7 +39,7 @@ pub enum NymAddress {
    /// String representation of a nym address, which is of the form
    /// client_id.client_enc@gateway_id.
    Address(String),
-    // For the future when we have a nym-dns contract
+    // String name that can looked up in the nym-name-service contract (once it exists)
    //Name(String),
 }

@@ -41,6 +52,7 @@ impl NymAddress {
    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
        match self {
            NymAddress::Address(address) => address,
+            //NymAddress::Name(name) => name,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -66,19 +78,3 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for ServiceType {
        write!(f, "{service_type}")
    }
 }
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug, Clone, JsonSchema)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
-pub struct ServiceInfo {
-    pub service_id: ServiceId,
-    pub service: Service,
-}
-
-impl ServiceInfo {
-    pub fn new(service_id: ServiceId, service: Service) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            service_id,
-            service,
-        }
-    }
-}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-vesting-contract-common"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 description = "Common library for the Nym vesting contract"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ repository = { workspace = true }

 [dependencies]
 cosmwasm-std = { workspace = true }
-mixnet-contract-common = { path = "../mixnet-contract", package = "nym-mixnet-contract-common", version = "0.5.0" }
-contracts-common = { path = "../contracts-common", package = "nym-contracts-common", version = "0.4.0" }
+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"] }
 schemars = "0.8"
 ts-rs = {version = "6.1.2", optional = true}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-crypto"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 description = "Crypto library for the nym mixnet"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ zeroize = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["zeroize_derive"] }

 # internal
 nym-sphinx-types = { path = "../nymsphinx/types", version = "0.2.0" }
-nym-pemstore = { path = "../../common/pemstore", version = "0.2.0" }
+nym-pemstore = { path = "../../common/pemstore", version = "0.3.0" }

 [dev-dependencies]
 rand_chacha = "0.2"
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ macro_rules! measure {
        cfg_if::cfg_if! {
            if #[cfg(feature = "cpucycles")] {
                let start_cycles = $crate::cpu_cycles();
-        // if the block needs to return something, we can return it
-        let r = $x;
-        let end_cycles = $crate::cpu_cycles();
-        let name = if let Some(meta) = tracing::Span::current().metadata() {
-            meta.name()
-        } else {
-            "measure"
-        };
-        match (start_cycles, end_cycles) {
-            (Ok(start), Ok(end)) => info!("{} cpucycles: {}", name, end - start),
-            (Err(e), _) => error!("{e}"),
-            (_, Err(e)) => error!("{e}"),
-        }
-        r
+                // if the block needs to return something, we can return it
+                let r = $x;
+                let end_cycles = $crate::cpu_cycles();
+                let name = if let Some(meta) = tracing::Span::current().metadata() {
+                    meta.name()
+                } else {
+                    "measure"
+                };
+                match (start_cycles, end_cycles) {
+                    (Ok(start), Ok(end)) => log::trace!("{} cpucycles: {}", name, end - start),
+                    (Err(e), _) => error!("{e}"),
+                    (_, Err(e)) => error!("{e}"),
+                }
+                r
            } else {
                $x
            }
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ nym-sphinx-types = { path = "types" }

 # those dependencies are due to intriducing preparer and receiver. Perpaphs that indicates they should be moved
 # to separate crate?
-nym-crypto = { path = "../crypto", version = "0.3.0" }
+nym-crypto = { path = "../crypto", version = "0.4.0" }
 nym-topology = { path = "../topology" }

 [dev-dependencies]
 nym-mixnet-contract-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract" }
-nym-crypto = { path = "../crypto", version = "0.3.0", features = ["asymmetric"] }
+nym-crypto = { path = "../crypto", version = "0.4.0", features = ["asymmetric"] }

 # do not include this when compiling into wasm as it somehow when combined together with reqwest, it will require
 # net2 via tokio-util -> tokio -> mio -> net2
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const ACK_IV_SIZE: usize = 16;

 const ACK_PACKET_SIZE: usize = ACK_IV_SIZE + FRAG_ID_LEN + SPHINX_PACKET_OVERHEAD;
 const REGULAR_PACKET_SIZE: usize = 2 * 1024 + SPHINX_PACKET_OVERHEAD;
-const EXTENDED_PACKET_SIZE_8: usize = 8 * 1024 + SPHINX_PACKET_OVERHEAD;
+const EXTENDED_PACKET_SIZE_8: usize = 1 * 512 + SPHINX_PACKET_OVERHEAD;
 const EXTENDED_PACKET_SIZE_16: usize = 16 * 1024 + SPHINX_PACKET_OVERHEAD;
 const EXTENDED_PACKET_SIZE_32: usize = 32 * 1024 + SPHINX_PACKET_OVERHEAD;

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-pemstore"
 description = "Store private-public keypairs in PEM format"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::str::FromStr;

+pub mod old_config_v1_1_20_2;
+
 pub use nym_service_providers_common::interface::ProviderInterfaceVersion;
 pub use nym_socks5_requests::Socks5ProtocolVersion;

@@ -25,9 +27,9 @@ pub struct Config {
 }

 impl Config {
-    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(id: S, provider_mix_address: S) -> Self {
+    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(id: S, version: S, provider_mix_address: S) -> Self {
        Config {
-            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id),
+            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id, version),
            socks5: Socks5::new(provider_mix_address),
        }
    }
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+pub use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ConfigV1_1_20_2 as BaseClientConfigV1_1_20_2;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+
+use crate::config::{Config, Socks5, Socks5Debug};
+pub use nym_service_providers_common::interface::ProviderInterfaceVersion;
+pub use nym_socks5_requests::Socks5ProtocolVersion;
+
+const DEFAULT_CONNECTION_START_SURBS: u32 = 20;
+const DEFAULT_PER_REQUEST_SURBS: u32 = 3;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub base: BaseClientConfigV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub socks5: Socks5V1_1_20_2,
+}
+
+impl From<ConfigV1_1_20_2> for Config {
+    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            base: value.base.into(),
+            socks5: value.socks5.into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Socks5V1_1_20_2 {
+    pub listening_port: u16,
+    pub provider_mix_address: String,
+    #[serde(default = "ProviderInterfaceVersion::new_legacy")]
+    pub provider_interface_version: ProviderInterfaceVersion,
+    #[serde(default = "Socks5ProtocolVersion::new_legacy")]
+    pub socks5_protocol_version: Socks5ProtocolVersion,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub send_anonymously: bool,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub socks5_debug: Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2,
+}
+
+impl From<Socks5V1_1_20_2> for Socks5 {
+    fn from(value: Socks5V1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Socks5 {
+            listening_port: value.listening_port,
+            provider_mix_address: value.provider_mix_address,
+            provider_interface_version: value.provider_interface_version,
+            socks5_protocol_version: value.socks5_protocol_version,
+            send_anonymously: value.send_anonymously,
+            socks5_debug: value.socks5_debug.into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2 {
+    /// Number of reply SURBs attached to each `Request::Connect` message.
+    pub connection_start_surbs: u32,
+
+    /// Number of reply SURBs attached to each `Request::Send` message.
+    pub per_request_surbs: u32,
+}
+
+impl From<Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2> for Socks5Debug {
+    fn from(value: Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Socks5Debug {
+            connection_start_surbs: value.connection_start_surbs,
+            per_request_surbs: value.per_request_surbs,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2 {
+            connection_start_surbs: DEFAULT_CONNECTION_START_SURBS,
+            per_request_surbs: DEFAULT_PER_REQUEST_SURBS,
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ use crate::socks::{
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::*;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::non_wasm_helpers::default_query_dkg_client_from_config;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::GatewayDetailsStore;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::MixnetClientStorage;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::{
-    non_wasm_helpers, BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
+    BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
 };
 use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
 use nym_client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::ReplyStorageBackend;
 use nym_client_core::config::DebugConfig;
+use nym_client_core::init::GatewaySetup;
 use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage as CredentialStorage;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
@@ -51,6 +54,8 @@ pub struct NymClient<S> {
    config: Config,

    storage: S,
+
+    setup_method: GatewaySetup,
 }

 impl<S> NymClient<S>
@@ -59,10 +64,20 @@ where
    S::ReplyStore: Send + Sync,
    <S::ReplyStore as ReplyStorageBackend>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
    <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync,
+    <S::GatewayDetailsStore as GatewayDetailsStore>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
    <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync,
 {
    pub fn new(config: Config, storage: S) -> Self {
-        NymClient { config, storage }
+        NymClient {
+            config,
+            storage,
+            setup_method: GatewaySetup::MustLoad,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_gateway_setup(mut self, setup: GatewaySetup) -> Self {
+        self.setup_method = setup;
+        self
    }

    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
@@ -187,24 +202,16 @@ where
    }

    pub async fn start(self) -> Result<StartedSocks5Client, Socks5ClientCoreError> {
-        let (key_store, reply_storage_backend, credential_store) = self.storage.into_split();
-
-        // don't create bandwidth controller if credentials are disabled
-        let bandwidth_controller = if self.config.base.client.disabled_credentials_mode {
+        // don't create dkg client for the bandwidth controller if credentials are disabled
+        let dkg_query_client = if self.config.base.client.disabled_credentials_mode {
            None
        } else {
-            Some(non_wasm_helpers::create_bandwidth_controller(
-                &self.config.base,
-                credential_store,
-            ))
+            Some(default_query_dkg_client_from_config(&self.config.base))
        };

-        let base_builder = BaseClientBuilder::<_, S>::new_from_base_config(
-            &self.config.base,
-            key_store,
-            bandwidth_controller,
-            reply_storage_backend,
-        );
+        let base_builder =
+            BaseClientBuilder::new(&self.config.base, self.storage, dkg_query_client)
+                .with_gateway_setup(self.setup_method);

        let packet_type = self.config.base.debug.traffic.packet_type;
        let mut started_client = base_builder.start_base().await?;
@@ -428,18 +428,14 @@ impl SocksClient {
            Some(self.lane_queue_lengths.clone()),
            self.shutdown_listener.clone(),
        )
-        .run(move |conn_id, read_data, socket_closed| {
-            let provider_request = Socks5Request::new_send(
-                request_version.provider_protocol,
-                conn_id,
-                read_data,
-                socket_closed,
-            );
+        .run(move |socket_data| {
+            let lane = TransmissionLane::ConnectionId(socket_data.header.connection_id);
+            let provider_request =
+                Socks5Request::new_send(request_version.provider_protocol, socket_data);
            let provider_message = Socks5ProviderRequest::new_provider_data(
                request_version.provider_interface,
                provider_request,
            );
-            let lane = TransmissionLane::ConnectionId(conn_id);
            if anonymous {
                InputMessage::new_anonymous(
                    recipient,
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::error::Socks5ClientCoreError;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::*;
-
 use nym_client_core::client::received_buffer::ReconstructedMessagesReceiver;
 use nym_client_core::client::received_buffer::{
    ReceivedBufferMessage, ReceivedBufferRequestSender,
 };
 use nym_service_providers_common::interface::{ControlResponse, ResponseContent};
-use nym_socks5_proxy_helpers::connection_controller::ControllerSender;
+use nym_socks5_proxy_helpers::connection_controller::{ControllerCommand, ControllerSender};
 use nym_socks5_requests::{Socks5ProviderResponse, Socks5Response, Socks5ResponseContent};
 use nym_sphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;
 use nym_task::TaskClient;

-use crate::error::Socks5ClientCoreError;
-
 pub(crate) struct MixnetResponseListener {
    buffer_requester: ReceivedBufferRequestSender,
    mix_response_receiver: ReconstructedMessagesReceiver,
@@ -79,12 +80,20 @@ impl MixnetResponseListener {
                );
                Err(err_response.into())
            }
-            Socks5ResponseContent::NetworkData(response) => {
+            Socks5ResponseContent::NetworkData { content } => {
                self.controller_sender
-                    .unbounded_send(response.into())
+                    .unbounded_send(ControllerCommand::new_send(content))
                    .unwrap();
                Ok(())
            }
+            Socks5ResponseContent::Query(response) => {
+                error!("received a query response which we don't know how to handle yet!");
+                error!("got: {:?}", response);
+
+                // I guess we'd need another channel here to forward those to where they need to go
+
+                Ok(())
+            }
        }
    }

@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
-use crate::message::OrderedMessage;
+// Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 use log::*;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum OrderedMessageError {
+    #[error("received message with sequence number {received}, which is way higher than our current {current}")]
+    MessageSequenceTooLarge { current: u64, received: u64 },
+
+    #[error("received message with sequence number {received}, while we're already at {current}!")]
+    MessageAlreadyReconstructed { current: u64, received: u64 },
+
+    #[error("attempted to overwrite message at sequence {received}")]
+    AttemptedToOverwriteSequence { received: u64 },
+}

 /// Stores messages and emits them in order.
 ///
@@ -9,36 +24,58 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 /// to fill up with the full sequence.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct OrderedMessageBuffer {
-    next_index: u64,
-    messages: HashMap<u64, OrderedMessage>,
+    next_sequence: u64,
+    messages: BTreeMap<u64, Vec<u8>>,
 }

 /// Data returned from `OrderedMessageBuffer` on a successful read of gapless ordered data.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ReadContiguousData {
    pub data: Vec<u8>,
-    pub last_index: u64,
+    pub last_sequence: u64,
 }

+const MAX_REASONABLE_OFFSET: u64 = 1000;
+
 impl OrderedMessageBuffer {
    pub fn new() -> OrderedMessageBuffer {
        OrderedMessageBuffer {
-            next_index: 0,
-            messages: HashMap::new(),
+            next_sequence: 0,
+            messages: BTreeMap::new(),
        }
    }

    /// Writes a message to the buffer. messages are sort on insertion, so
    /// that later on multiple reads for incomplete sequences don't result in
    /// useless sort work.
-    pub fn write(&mut self, message: OrderedMessage) {
+    pub fn write(&mut self, sequence: u64, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), OrderedMessageError> {
+        // reject messages that have clearly malformed sequence
+        if sequence > self.next_sequence + MAX_REASONABLE_OFFSET {
+            return Err(OrderedMessageError::MessageSequenceTooLarge {
+                current: self.next_sequence,
+                received: sequence,
+            });
+        }
+
+        if self.messages.contains_key(&sequence) {
+            return Err(OrderedMessageError::AttemptedToOverwriteSequence { received: sequence });
+        }
+
+        if sequence < self.next_sequence {
+            return Err(OrderedMessageError::MessageAlreadyReconstructed {
+                current: self.next_sequence,
+                received: sequence,
+            });
+        }
+
        trace!(
-            "Writing message index: {} length {:?} to OrderedMessageBuffer.",
-            message.index,
-            message.data.len()
+            "Writing message index: {} length {} to OrderedMessageBuffer.",
+            sequence,
+            data.len()
        );

-        self.messages.insert(message.index, message);
+        self.messages.insert(sequence, data);
+        Ok(())
    }

    /// Returns `Option<Vec<u8>>` where it's `Some(bytes)` if there is gapless
@@ -49,33 +86,31 @@ impl OrderedMessageBuffer {
    /// a read will return the bytes of messages 0, 1, 2. Subsequent reads will
    /// return `None` until message 3 comes in, at which point 3, 4, and any
    /// further contiguous messages which have arrived will be returned.
+    #[must_use]
    pub fn read(&mut self) -> Option<ReadContiguousData> {
-        if !self.messages.contains_key(&self.next_index) {
+        if !self.messages.contains_key(&self.next_sequence) {
            return None;
        }

        let mut contiguous_messages = Vec::new();
-        let mut index = self.next_index;
+        let mut seq = self.next_sequence;

-        while let Some(ordered_message) = self.messages.remove(&index) {
-            contiguous_messages.push(ordered_message);
-            index += 1;
+        while let Some(mut data) = self.messages.remove(&seq) {
+            contiguous_messages.append(&mut data);
+            seq += 1;
        }

-        let high_water = index;
-        self.next_index = high_water;
-        trace!("Next high water mark is: {}", high_water);
+        let high_water = seq;
+        self.next_sequence = high_water;
+        trace!("Next high water mark is: {high_water}");

-        // dig out the bytes from inside the struct
-        let data: Vec<u8> = contiguous_messages
-            .into_iter()
-            .flat_map(|message| message.data)
-            .collect();
-
-        trace!("Returning {} bytes from ordered message buffer", data.len());
+        trace!(
+            "Returning {} bytes from ordered message buffer",
+            contiguous_messages.len()
+        );
        Some(ReadContiguousData {
-            data,
-            last_index: index,
+            data: contiguous_messages,
+            last_sequence: seq,
        })
    }
 }
@@ -90,6 +125,64 @@ impl Default for OrderedMessageBuffer {
 mod test_chunking_and_reassembling {
    use super::*;

+    #[test]
+    fn trying_to_write_unreasonable_high_sequence() {
+        let mut buffer = OrderedMessageBuffer::new();
+        let first_message = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
+        let second_message = vec![5, 6, 7, 8];
+
+        buffer.write(0, first_message).unwrap();
+        buffer.write(1, second_message).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            Err(OrderedMessageError::MessageSequenceTooLarge {
+                current: 0,
+                received: 12345678
+            }),
+            buffer.write(12345678, b"foomp".to_vec())
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn trying_to_overwrite_sequence() {
+        let mut buffer = OrderedMessageBuffer::new();
+        let message = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
+
+        buffer.write(0, message.clone()).unwrap();
+        buffer.write(1, message.clone()).unwrap();
+        buffer.write(2, message.clone()).unwrap();
+        buffer.write(3, message.clone()).unwrap();
+
+        for seq in 0..=3 {
+            assert_eq!(
+                Err(OrderedMessageError::AttemptedToOverwriteSequence { received: seq }),
+                buffer.write(seq, message.clone())
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn writing_past_data() {
+        let mut buffer = OrderedMessageBuffer::new();
+        let message = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
+
+        buffer.write(0, message.clone()).unwrap();
+        buffer.write(1, message.clone()).unwrap();
+        buffer.write(2, message.clone()).unwrap();
+        buffer.write(3, message.clone()).unwrap();
+        let _ = buffer.read().unwrap();
+
+        for seq in 0..=3 {
+            assert_eq!(
+                Err(OrderedMessageError::MessageAlreadyReconstructed {
+                    current: 4,
+                    received: seq
+                }),
+                buffer.write(seq, message.clone())
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
    #[cfg(test)]
    mod reading_from_and_writing_to_the_buffer {
        use super::*;
@@ -102,20 +195,14 @@ mod test_chunking_and_reassembling {
            fn read_returns_ordered_bytes_and_resets_buffer() {
                let mut buffer = OrderedMessageBuffer::new();

-                let first_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![1, 2, 3, 4],
-                    index: 0,
-                };
-                let second_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![5, 6, 7, 8],
-                    index: 1,
-                };
+                let first_message = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
+                let second_message = vec![5, 6, 7, 8];

-                buffer.write(first_message);
+                buffer.write(0, first_message).unwrap();
                let first_read = buffer.read().unwrap().data;
                assert_eq!(vec![1, 2, 3, 4], first_read);

-                buffer.write(second_message);
+                buffer.write(1, second_message).unwrap();
                let second_read = buffer.read().unwrap().data;
                assert_eq!(vec![5, 6, 7, 8], second_read);

@@ -126,17 +213,11 @@ mod test_chunking_and_reassembling {
            fn test_multiple_adds_stacks_up_bytes_in_the_buffer() {
                let mut buffer = OrderedMessageBuffer::new();

-                let first_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![1, 2, 3, 4],
-                    index: 0,
-                };
-                let second_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![5, 6, 7, 8],
-                    index: 1,
-                };
+                let first_message = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
+                let second_message = vec![5, 6, 7, 8];

-                buffer.write(first_message);
-                buffer.write(second_message);
+                buffer.write(0, first_message).unwrap();
+                buffer.write(1, second_message).unwrap();
                let second_read = buffer.read();
                assert_eq!(vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], second_read.unwrap().data);
                assert_eq!(None, buffer.read()); // second read on fully ordered result set is empty
@@ -146,17 +227,11 @@ mod test_chunking_and_reassembling {
            fn out_of_order_adds_results_in_ordered_byte_vector() {
                let mut buffer = OrderedMessageBuffer::new();

-                let first_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![1, 2, 3, 4],
-                    index: 0,
-                };
-                let second_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![5, 6, 7, 8],
-                    index: 1,
-                };
+                let first_message = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
+                let second_message = vec![5, 6, 7, 8];

-                buffer.write(second_message);
-                buffer.write(first_message);
+                buffer.write(1, second_message).unwrap();
+                buffer.write(0, first_message).unwrap();
                let read = buffer.read().unwrap().data;
                assert_eq!(vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], read);
                assert_eq!(None, buffer.read()); // second read on fully ordered result set is empty
@@ -170,23 +245,13 @@ mod test_chunking_and_reassembling {
            fn setup() -> OrderedMessageBuffer {
                let mut buffer = OrderedMessageBuffer::new();

-                let zero_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![0, 0, 0, 0],
-                    index: 0,
-                };
-                let one_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![1, 1, 1, 1],
-                    index: 1,
-                };
+                let zero_message = vec![0, 0, 0, 0];
+                let one_message = vec![1, 1, 1, 1];
+                let three_message = vec![3, 3, 3, 3];

-                let three_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![3, 3, 3, 3],
-                    index: 3,
-                };
-
-                buffer.write(zero_message);
-                buffer.write(one_message);
-                buffer.write(three_message);
+                buffer.write(0, zero_message).unwrap();
+                buffer.write(1, one_message).unwrap();
+                buffer.write(3, three_message).unwrap();
                buffer
            }
            #[test]
@@ -199,43 +264,31 @@ mod test_chunking_and_reassembling {
                assert_eq!(None, buffer.read());

                // let's add another message, leaving a gap in place at index 2
-                let five_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![5, 5, 5, 5],
-                    index: 5,
-                };
-                buffer.write(five_message);
+                let five_message = vec![5, 5, 5, 5];
+                buffer.write(5, five_message).unwrap();
                assert_eq!(None, buffer.read());
            }

            #[test]
            fn filling_the_gap_allows_us_to_get_everything() {
                let mut buffer = setup();
-                buffer.read(); // that burns the first two. We still have a gap before the 3s.
+                let _ = buffer.read(); // that burns the first two. We still have a gap before the 3s.

-                let two_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![2, 2, 2, 2],
-                    index: 2,
-                };
-                buffer.write(two_message);
+                let two_message = vec![2, 2, 2, 2];
+                buffer.write(2, two_message).unwrap();

                let more_ordered_bytes = buffer.read().unwrap().data;
                assert_eq!([2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3].to_vec(), more_ordered_bytes);

                // let's add another message
-                let five_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![5, 5, 5, 5],
-                    index: 5,
-                };
-                buffer.write(five_message);
+                let five_message = vec![5, 5, 5, 5];
+                buffer.write(5, five_message).unwrap();

                assert_eq!(None, buffer.read());

                // let's fill in the gap of 4s now and read again
-                let four_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![4, 4, 4, 4],
-                    index: 4,
-                };
-                buffer.write(four_message);
+                let four_message = vec![4, 4, 4, 4];
+                buffer.write(4, four_message).unwrap();

                assert_eq!(
                    [4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5].to_vec(),
@@ -249,70 +302,47 @@ mod test_chunking_and_reassembling {
            #[test]
            fn filling_the_gap_allows_us_to_get_everything_when_last_element_is_empty() {
                let mut buffer = OrderedMessageBuffer::new();
-                let zero_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![0, 0, 0, 0],
-                    index: 0,
-                };
-                let one_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![2, 2, 2, 2],
-                    index: 1,
-                };
-                let two_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![],
-                    index: 2,
-                };
+                let zero_message = vec![0, 0, 0, 0];
+                let one_message = vec![2, 2, 2, 2];
+                let two_message = vec![];

-                buffer.write(zero_message);
+                buffer.write(0, zero_message).unwrap();
                assert!(buffer.read().is_some()); // burn the buffer

-                buffer.write(two_message);
-                buffer.write(one_message);
+                buffer.write(2, two_message).unwrap();
+                buffer.write(1, one_message).unwrap();
                assert!(buffer.read().is_some());
-                assert_eq!(buffer.next_index, 3);
+                assert_eq!(buffer.next_sequence, 3);
            }

            #[test]
            fn works_with_gaps_bigger_than_one() {
                let mut buffer = OrderedMessageBuffer::new();
-                let zero_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![0, 0, 0, 0],
-                    index: 0,
-                };
-                let one_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![2, 2, 2, 2],
-                    index: 1,
-                };
-                let two_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![2, 2, 2, 2],
-                    index: 2,
-                };
-                let three_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![2, 2, 2, 2],
-                    index: 3,
-                };
-                let four_message = OrderedMessage {
-                    data: vec![2, 2, 2, 2],
-                    index: 4,
-                };
-                buffer.write(zero_message);
+                let zero_message = vec![0, 0, 0, 0];
+                let one_message = vec![2, 2, 2, 2];
+                let two_message = vec![2, 2, 2, 2];
+                let three_message = vec![2, 2, 2, 2];
+                let four_message = vec![2, 2, 2, 2];
+
+                buffer.write(0, zero_message).unwrap();
                assert!(buffer.read().is_some());
-                assert_eq!(buffer.next_index, 1);
+                assert_eq!(buffer.next_sequence, 1);

-                buffer.write(four_message);
+                buffer.write(4, four_message).unwrap();
                assert!(buffer.read().is_none());
-                assert_eq!(buffer.next_index, 1);
+                assert_eq!(buffer.next_sequence, 1);

-                buffer.write(three_message);
+                buffer.write(3, three_message).unwrap();
                assert!(buffer.read().is_none());
-                assert_eq!(buffer.next_index, 1);
+                assert_eq!(buffer.next_sequence, 1);

-                buffer.write(two_message);
+                buffer.write(2, two_message).unwrap();
                assert!(buffer.read().is_none());
-                assert_eq!(buffer.next_index, 1);
+                assert_eq!(buffer.next_sequence, 1);

-                buffer.write(one_message);
+                buffer.write(1, one_message).unwrap();
                assert!(buffer.read().is_some());
-                assert_eq!(buffer.next_index, 5)
+                assert_eq!(buffer.next_sequence, 5)
            }
        }
    }
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 mod buffer;
-mod message;
-mod sender;

-pub use buffer::{OrderedMessageBuffer, ReadContiguousData};
-pub use message::MessageError;
-pub use message::OrderedMessage;
-pub use sender::OrderedMessageSender;
+pub use buffer::{OrderedMessageBuffer, OrderedMessageError, ReadContiguousData};
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020-2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use thiserror::Error;
-
-#[derive(Error, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum MessageError {
-    #[error("the received message was empty")]
-    NoData,
-
-    #[error("could not extract message index. Received {received} bytes, but expected {expected}")]
-    IndexTooShort { received: usize, expected: usize },
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct OrderedMessage {
-    pub data: Vec<u8>,
-    pub index: u64,
-}
-
-impl OrderedMessage {
-    /// Serializes an `OrderedMessage` into bytes.
-    /// The output format is:
-    /// | 8 bytes index | data... |
-    pub fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        self.index
-            .to_be_bytes()
-            .iter()
-            .cloned()
-            .chain(self.data.into_iter())
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    /// Attempts to deserialize an `OrderedMessage` from bytes.
-    pub fn try_from_bytes(data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<OrderedMessage, MessageError> {
-        if data.is_empty() {
-            return Err(MessageError::NoData);
-        }
-
-        if data.len() < 8 {
-            return Err(MessageError::IndexTooShort {
-                received: data.len(),
-                expected: 8,
-            });
-        }
-        let index = u64::from_be_bytes([
-            data[0], data[1], data[2], data[3], data[4], data[5], data[6], data[7],
-        ]);
-        Ok(OrderedMessage {
-            data: data[8..].to_vec(),
-            index,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-/// Order messages by their index only, ignoring their data
-impl PartialOrd for OrderedMessage {
-    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
-        Some((self.index).cmp(&(other.index)))
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod ordered_message_to_bytes {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn works() {
-        let message = OrderedMessage {
-            data: vec![123],
-            index: 1,
-        };
-        let bytes = message.into_bytes();
-
-        let expected = vec![0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 123];
-        assert_eq!(expected, bytes);
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod ordered_message_from_bytes {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn fails_when_there_is_no_data() {
-        let result = OrderedMessage::try_from_bytes(Vec::new());
-        assert_eq!(Err(MessageError::NoData), result);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn fails_when_data_is_too_short() {
-        let result = OrderedMessage::try_from_bytes(vec![1, 2, 3]);
-        assert_eq!(
-            Err(MessageError::IndexTooShort {
-                received: 3,
-                expected: 8
-            }),
-            result
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn works_when_there_is_enough_to_make_a_sequence_number_but_no_message_data() {
-        let expected = OrderedMessage {
-            data: Vec::new(),
-            index: 1,
-        };
-        let result = OrderedMessage::try_from_bytes(vec![0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(expected, result);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn works_when_there_is_seq_number_and_data() {
-        let expected = OrderedMessage {
-            data: vec![255, 255, 255],
-            index: 1,
-        };
-        let result =
-            OrderedMessage::try_from_bytes(vec![0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 255, 255, 255]).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(expected, result);
-    }
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn empty_message_does_not_affect_ordering() {
-    let mut msg1 = OrderedMessage {
-        data: vec![255, 255, 255],
-        index: 1,
-    };
-
-    let mut msg2 = OrderedMessage {
-        data: vec![],
-        index: 2,
-    };
-
-    assert!(msg1 < msg2);
-
-    msg1.index = 2;
-    msg2.index = 1;
-
-    assert!(msg1 > msg2);
-}
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-use crate::message::OrderedMessage;
-
-/// Assigns sequence numbers to outbound byte vectors. These messages can then
-/// be reassembled into an ordered sequence by the `OrderedMessageSender`.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct OrderedMessageSender {
-    next_index: u64,
-}
-
-impl OrderedMessageSender {
-    pub fn new() -> OrderedMessageSender {
-        OrderedMessageSender { next_index: 0 }
-    }
-
-    /// Turns raw bytes into an OrderedMessage containing the original bytes
-    /// and a sequence number;
-    pub fn wrap_message(&mut self, input: Vec<u8>) -> OrderedMessage {
-        let message = OrderedMessage {
-            data: input.to_vec(),
-            index: self.next_index,
-        };
-        self.next_index += 1;
-        message
-    }
-}
-
-impl Default for OrderedMessageSender {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        OrderedMessageSender::new()
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod ordered_message_sender {
-    use super::*;
-
-    mod when_input_bytes_are_empty {}
-
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    mod sequence_index_numbers {
-        use super::*;
-
-        #[test]
-        fn increase_as_messages_are_sent() {
-            let mut sender = OrderedMessageSender::new();
-            let first_bytes = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
-            let second_bytes = vec![5, 6, 7, 8];
-
-            let first_message = sender.wrap_message(first_bytes);
-
-            assert_eq!(first_message.index, 0);
-
-            let second_message = sender.wrap_message(second_bytes);
-            assert_eq!(second_message.index, 1);
-        }
-    }
-}
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::*;
-use nym_ordered_buffer::{OrderedMessage, OrderedMessageBuffer, ReadContiguousData};
-use nym_socks5_requests::{ConnectionId, NetworkData, SendRequest};
+use nym_ordered_buffer::{OrderedMessageBuffer, ReadContiguousData};
+use nym_socks5_requests::{ConnectionId, SocketData};
 use nym_task::connections::{ConnectionCommand, ConnectionCommandSender};
 use nym_task::TaskClient;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
@@ -40,29 +40,13 @@ pub enum ControllerCommand {
        connection_id: ConnectionId,
    },
    Send {
-        connection_id: ConnectionId,
-        data: Vec<u8>,
-        is_closed: bool,
+        data: SocketData,
    },
 }

-impl From<NetworkData> for ControllerCommand {
-    fn from(value: NetworkData) -> Self {
-        ControllerCommand::Send {
-            connection_id: value.connection_id,
-            data: value.data,
-            is_closed: value.is_closed,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<SendRequest> for ControllerCommand {
-    fn from(value: SendRequest) -> Self {
-        ControllerCommand::Send {
-            connection_id: value.conn_id,
-            data: value.data,
-            is_closed: value.local_closed,
-        }
+impl ControllerCommand {
+    pub fn new_send(data: SocketData) -> Self {
+        ControllerCommand::Send { data }
    }
 }

@@ -74,18 +58,13 @@ struct ActiveConnection {
 }

 impl ActiveConnection {
-    fn write_to_buf(&mut self, payload: Vec<u8>, is_closed: bool) {
-        let ordered_message = match OrderedMessage::try_from_bytes(payload) {
-            Ok(msg) => msg,
-            Err(err) => {
-                error!("Malformed ordered message - {err}");
-                return;
-            }
-        };
+    fn write_to_buf(&mut self, seq: u64, payload: Vec<u8>, is_closed: bool) {
        if is_closed {
-            self.closed_at_index = Some(ordered_message.index);
+            self.closed_at_index = Some(seq);
+        }
+        if let Err(err) = self.ordered_buffer.write(seq, payload) {
+            error!("failed to write to the buffer: {err}")
        }
-        self.ordered_buffer.write(ordered_message);
    }

    fn read_from_buf(&mut self) -> Option<ReadContiguousData> {
@@ -117,7 +96,7 @@ pub struct Controller {

    // buffer for messages received before connection was established due to mixnet being able to
    // un-order messages. Note we don't ever expect to have more than 1-2 messages per connection here
-    pending_messages: HashMap<ConnectionId, Vec<(Vec<u8>, bool)>>,
+    pending_messages: HashMap<ConnectionId, Vec<SocketData>>,

    shutdown: TaskClient,
 }
@@ -154,8 +133,8 @@ impl Controller {
            // check if there were any pending messages
            if let Some(pending) = self.pending_messages.remove(&conn_id) {
                debug!("There were some pending messages for {}", conn_id);
-                for (payload, is_closed) in pending {
-                    self.send_to_connection(conn_id, payload, is_closed)
+                for data in pending {
+                    self.send_to_connection(data)
                }
            }
        }
@@ -184,20 +163,25 @@ impl Controller {
        }
    }

-    fn send_to_connection(&mut self, conn_id: ConnectionId, payload: Vec<u8>, is_closed: bool) {
-        if let Some(active_connection) = self.active_connections.get_mut(&conn_id) {
-            if !payload.is_empty() {
-                active_connection.write_to_buf(payload, is_closed);
-            } else if !is_closed {
-                error!("Tried to write an empty message to a not-closing connection. Please let us know if you see this message");
-            }
+    fn send_to_connection(&mut self, message: SocketData) {
+        let hdr = message.header;
+        if let Some(active_connection) = self.active_connections.get_mut(&hdr.connection_id) {
+            // always write to the buffer even if payload is empty (because it could have been the keep-alive message)
+            active_connection.write_to_buf(hdr.seq, message.data, hdr.local_socket_closed);

            if let Some(payload) = active_connection.read_from_buf() {
                if let Some(closed_at_index) = active_connection.closed_at_index {
-                    if payload.last_index > closed_at_index {
+                    if payload.last_sequence > closed_at_index {
                        active_connection.is_closed = true;
                    }
                }
+
+                // however, don't send empty payload to the actual connection if it's not a close message
+                // TODO: or should we?
+                if payload.data.is_empty() && !active_connection.is_closed {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                if let Err(err) = active_connection
                    .connection_sender
                    .as_mut()
@@ -207,34 +191,26 @@ impl Controller {
                        socket_closed: active_connection.is_closed,
                    })
                {
-                    error!("WTF IS THIS: {err}");
+                    error!("failed to send on the active connection channel: {err}");
                }
-
-                // TODO: ABOVE UNWRAP CAUSED A CRASH IN A NORMAL USE!!!!
-                // TODO:
-                // TODO: surprisingly it only happened on socks client, never on nSP
-                // TODO:
-                // TODO:
-                // TODO:
-                // TODO:
            }
-        } else if !self.recently_closed.contains(&conn_id) {
+        } else if !self.recently_closed.contains(&hdr.connection_id) {
            debug!("Received a 'Send' before 'Connect' - going to buffer the data");
            let pending = self
                .pending_messages
-                .entry(conn_id)
+                .entry(hdr.connection_id)
                .or_insert_with(Vec::new);
-            pending.push((payload, is_closed));
-        } else if !is_closed {
+            pending.push(message);
+        } else if !hdr.local_socket_closed {
            error!(
                "Tried to write to closed connection {} ({} bytes were 'lost)",
-                conn_id,
-                payload.len()
+                hdr.connection_id,
+                message.data.len()
            );
        } else {
            debug!(
                "Tried to write to closed connection {}, but remote is already closed",
-                conn_id
+                hdr.connection_id
            )
        }
    }
@@ -243,8 +219,8 @@ impl Controller {
        loop {
            tokio::select! {
                command = self.receiver.next() => match command {
-                    Some(ControllerCommand::Send{connection_id, data, is_closed}) => {
-                        self.send_to_connection(connection_id, data, is_closed)
+                    Some(ControllerCommand::Send{data}) => {
+                        self.send_to_connection(data)
                    }
                    Some(ControllerCommand::Insert{connection_id, connection_sender}) => {
                        self.insert_connection(connection_id, connection_sender)
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@

 pub mod available_reader;
 pub mod connection_controller;
+pub mod ordered_sender;
 pub mod proxy_runner;
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::proxy_runner::MixProxySender;
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use log::{debug, error};
+use nym_socks5_requests::{ConnectionId, SocketData};
+use std::io;
+
+pub(crate) struct OrderedMessageSender<F, S> {
+    connection_id: ConnectionId,
+    // addresses are provided for better logging
+    local_destination_address: String,
+    remote_source_address: String,
+    mixnet_sender: MixProxySender<S>,
+
+    next_message_seq: u64,
+    mix_message_adapter: F,
+}
+
+impl<F, S> OrderedMessageSender<F, S>
+where
+    F: Fn(SocketData) -> S,
+{
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        local_destination_address: String,
+        remote_source_address: String,
+        connection_id: ConnectionId,
+        mixnet_sender: MixProxySender<S>,
+        mix_message_adapter: F,
+    ) -> Self {
+        OrderedMessageSender {
+            local_destination_address,
+            remote_source_address,
+            connection_id,
+            mixnet_sender,
+            next_message_seq: 0,
+            mix_message_adapter,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn sequence(&mut self) -> u64 {
+        let next = self.next_message_seq;
+        self.next_message_seq += 1;
+        next
+    }
+
+    fn construct_message(&mut self, data: Vec<u8>, local_socket_closed: bool) -> S {
+        let data = SocketData::new(
+            self.sequence(),
+            self.connection_id,
+            local_socket_closed,
+            data,
+        );
+        (self.mix_message_adapter)(data)
+    }
+
+    async fn send_message(&self, message: S) {
+        if self.mixnet_sender.send(message).await.is_err() {
+            panic!("BatchRealMessageReceiver has stopped receiving!")
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn send_empty_close(&mut self) {
+        let message = self.construct_message(Vec::new(), true);
+        self.send_message(message).await
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn send_empty_keepalive(&mut self) {
+        log::trace!("Sending keepalive for connection: {}", self.connection_id);
+        let message = self.construct_message(Vec::new(), false);
+        self.send_message(message).await
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn process_data(&self, read_data: Option<io::Result<Bytes>>) -> ProcessedData {
+        let (read_data, is_finished) = match read_data {
+            Some(data) => match data {
+                Ok(data) => (data, false),
+                Err(err) => {
+                    error!(target: &*format!("({}) socks5 inbound", self.connection_id), "failed to read request from the socket - {err}");
+                    (Default::default(), true)
+                }
+            },
+            None => (Default::default(), true),
+        };
+
+        ProcessedData {
+            data: read_data,
+            is_done: is_finished,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn log_sent_message(&self, data: &ProcessedData) {
+        debug!(
+            target: &*format!("({}) socks5 inbound", self.connection_id),
+            "[{} bytes]\t{} → local → mixnet → remote → {}. Local closed: {}",
+            data.data.len(),
+            self.local_destination_address,
+            self.remote_source_address,
+            data.is_done
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Send data read from local socket into the mixnet
+    pub(crate) async fn send_data(&mut self, data: ProcessedData) {
+        self.log_sent_message(&data);
+        let message = self.construct_message(data.data.into(), data.is_done);
+        self.send_message(message).await;
+    }
+}
+
+// helper wrapper to keep track of field meanings
+pub(crate) struct ProcessedData {
+    data: Bytes,
+    pub(crate) is_done: bool,
+}
@@ -1,106 +1,22 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use super::MixProxySender;
 use super::SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT;
 use crate::available_reader::AvailableReader;
+use crate::ordered_sender::OrderedMessageSender;
 use crate::proxy_runner::KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL;
-use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::FutureExt;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::*;
-use nym_ordered_buffer::OrderedMessageSender;
-use nym_socks5_requests::ConnectionId;
+use nym_socks5_requests::{ConnectionId, SocketData};
 use nym_task::connections::LaneQueueLengths;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use nym_task::TaskClient;
-use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use std::{io, sync::Arc};
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::{net::tcp::OwnedReadHalf, sync::Notify, time::sleep};

-async fn send_empty_close<F, S>(
-    connection_id: ConnectionId,
-    message_sender: &mut OrderedMessageSender,
-    mix_sender: &MixProxySender<S>,
-    adapter_fn: F,
-) where
-    F: Fn(ConnectionId, Vec<u8>, bool) -> S,
-    S: Debug,
-{
-    let ordered_msg = message_sender.wrap_message(Vec::new()).into_bytes();
-    mix_sender
-        .send(adapter_fn(connection_id, ordered_msg, true))
-        .await
-        .expect("BatchRealMessageReceiver has stopped receiving!");
-}
-
-async fn send_empty_keepalive<F, S>(
-    connection_id: ConnectionId,
-    message_sender: &mut OrderedMessageSender,
-    mix_sender: &MixProxySender<S>,
-    adapter_fn: F,
-) where
-    F: Fn(ConnectionId, Vec<u8>, bool) -> S,
-    S: Debug,
-{
-    log::trace!("Sending keepalive for connection: {connection_id}");
-    let ordered_msg = message_sender.wrap_message(Vec::new()).into_bytes();
-    mix_sender
-        .send(adapter_fn(connection_id, ordered_msg, false))
-        .await
-        .expect("BatchRealMessageReceiver has stopped receiving!");
-}
-
-async fn deal_with_data<F, S>(
-    read_data: Option<io::Result<Bytes>>,
-    local_destination_address: &str,
-    remote_source_address: &str,
-    connection_id: ConnectionId,
-    message_sender: &mut OrderedMessageSender,
-    mix_sender: &MixProxySender<S>,
-    adapter_fn: F,
-) -> bool
-where
-    F: Fn(ConnectionId, Vec<u8>, bool) -> S,
-    S: Debug,
-{
-    let (read_data, is_finished) = match read_data {
-        Some(data) => match data {
-            Ok(data) => (data, false),
-            Err(err) => {
-                error!(target: &*format!("({connection_id}) socks5 inbound"), "failed to read request from the socket - {err}");
-                (Default::default(), true)
-            }
-        },
-        None => (Default::default(), true),
-    };
-
-    debug!(
-        target: &*format!("({connection_id}) socks5 inbound"),
-        "[{} bytes]\t{} → local → mixnet → remote → {}. Local closed: {}",
-        read_data.len(),
-        local_destination_address,
-        remote_source_address,
-        is_finished
-    );
-
-    // if we're sending through the mixnet increase the sequence number...
-    let ordered_msg = message_sender.wrap_message(read_data.to_vec()).into_bytes();
-    log::trace!(
-        "pushing data down the input sender: size: {}",
-        ordered_msg.len()
-    );
-
-    mix_sender
-        .send(adapter_fn(connection_id, ordered_msg, is_finished))
-        .await
-        .expect("InputMessageReceiver has stopped receiving!");
-
-    is_finished
-}
-
 async fn wait_until_lane_empty(lane_queue_lengths: &Option<LaneQueueLengths>, connection_id: u64) {
    if let Some(lane_queue_lengths) = lane_queue_lengths {
        if tokio::time::timeout(
@@ -158,27 +74,21 @@ async fn wait_for_lane(
    }
 }

-#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub(super) async fn run_inbound<F, S>(
    mut reader: OwnedReadHalf,
-    local_destination_address: String, // addresses are provided for better logging
-    remote_source_address: String,
+    mut message_sender: OrderedMessageSender<F, S>,
    connection_id: ConnectionId,
-    mix_sender: MixProxySender<S>,
    available_plaintext_per_mix_packet: usize,
-    adapter_fn: F,
    shutdown_notify: Arc<Notify>,
    lane_queue_lengths: Option<LaneQueueLengths>,
    mut shutdown_listener: TaskClient,
 ) -> OwnedReadHalf
 where
-    F: Fn(ConnectionId, Vec<u8>, bool) -> S + Send + 'static,
-    S: Debug,
+    F: Fn(SocketData) -> S + Send + 'static,
 {
    // TODO: this multiplication by 4 is completely arbitrary here
    let mut available_reader =
        AvailableReader::new(&mut reader, Some(available_plaintext_per_mix_packet * 4));
-    let mut message_sender = OrderedMessageSender::new();

    // Shutdown if outbound signled to shutdown
    let shutdown_future = shutdown_notify.notified().then(|_| sleep(SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT));
@@ -217,7 +127,7 @@ where
                );
                // inform remote just in case it was closed because of lack of heartbeat.
                // worst case the remote will just have couple of false negatives
-                send_empty_close(connection_id, &mut message_sender, &mix_sender, &adapter_fn).await;
+                message_sender.send_empty_close().await;
                break;
            }
            _ = shutdown_listener.recv() => {
@@ -233,7 +143,7 @@ where
                break;
            }
            _ = keepalive_timer.tick() => {
-                send_empty_keepalive(connection_id, &mut message_sender, &mix_sender, &adapter_fn).await;
+                message_sender.send_empty_keepalive().await;
            }
            // Read the next data when there is space in the lane.
            // The purpose of chaining the wait here is that it makes sure we can cancel the
@@ -241,15 +151,12 @@ where
            read_data = wait_until_lane_almost_empty(&lane_queue_lengths, connection_id)
                .then(|_| available_reader.next()), if !we_are_closed =>
            {
-                if deal_with_data(
-                    read_data,
-                    &local_destination_address,
-                    &remote_source_address,
-                    connection_id,
-                    &mut message_sender,
-                    &mix_sender,
-                    &adapter_fn,
-                ).await {
+                let processed = message_sender.process_data(read_data);
+                let is_done = processed.is_done;
+
+                message_sender.send_data(processed).await;
+
+                if is_done {
                    // After reading the last data, notify the closing_future to wait until the
                    // lane is clear before exiting.
                    // We don't wait here since we want to be able to cancel the wait on close or
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::connection_controller::ConnectionReceiver;
-use nym_socks5_requests::ConnectionId;
+use crate::ordered_sender::OrderedMessageSender;
+use nym_socks5_requests::{ConnectionId, SocketData};
 use nym_task::connections::LaneQueueLengths;
 use nym_task::TaskClient;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ mod inbound;
 mod outbound;

 // TODO: make this configurable
-const SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+const SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3);

 // Send empty keepalive messages regurarly to keep the connection alive. This should be smaller
 // than [`MIX_TTL`].
@@ -92,20 +93,24 @@ where
    // request/response as required by entity running particular side of the proxy.
    pub async fn run<F>(mut self, adapter_fn: F) -> Self
    where
-        F: Fn(ConnectionId, Vec<u8>, bool) -> S + Send + Sync + 'static,
+        F: Fn(SocketData) -> S + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        let (read_half, write_half) = self.socket.take().unwrap().into_split();
        let shutdown_notify = Arc::new(Notify::new());

        // should run until either inbound closes or is notified from outbound
-        let inbound_future = inbound::run_inbound(
-            read_half,
+        let ordered_sender = OrderedMessageSender::new(
            self.local_destination_address.clone(),
            self.remote_source_address.clone(),
            self.connection_id,
            self.mix_sender.clone(),
-            self.available_plaintext_per_mix_packet,
            adapter_fn,
+        );
+        let inbound_future = inbound::run_inbound(
+            read_half,
+            ordered_sender,
+            self.connection_id,
+            self.available_plaintext_per_mix_packet,
            Arc::clone(&shutdown_notify),
            self.lane_queue_lengths.clone(),
            self.shutdown_listener.clone(),
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

 [dependencies]
-thiserror = { workspace = true }
+bincode = "1.3.3"
+log = { workspace = true }
+nym-service-providers-common = { path = "../../../service-providers/common" }
+nym-sphinx-addressing = { path = "../../../common/nymsphinx/addressing" }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
-
-nym-sphinx-addressing = { path = "../../../common/nymsphinx/addressing" }
-nym-service-providers-common = { path = "../../../service-providers/common" }
+tap = { workspace = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@

 use nym_service_providers_common::interface;
 use nym_service_providers_common::interface::ServiceProviderMessagingError;
+use std::mem;
 use thiserror::Error;

 pub use request::*;
@@ -16,6 +17,185 @@ pub mod version;
 pub type Socks5ProviderRequest = interface::Request<Socks5Request>;
 pub type Socks5ProviderResponse = interface::Response<Socks5Request>;

+#[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[error(
+    "didn't receive enough data to recover socket data. got {received}, but expected at least {expected}"
+)]
+pub struct InsufficientSocketDataError {
+    received: usize,
+    expected: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct SocketDataHeader {
+    pub seq: u64,
+    pub connection_id: ConnectionId,
+    pub local_socket_closed: bool,
+}
+
+impl SocketDataHeader {
+    const SERIALIZED_LEN: usize = mem::size_of::<ConnectionId>() + 1 + mem::size_of::<u64>();
+
+    // we need to have two serialization methods for backwards compatibility,
+    // since we serialized those fields differently depending on whether it was ingress vs egress...
+
+    pub fn try_from_request_bytes(
+        b: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<SocketDataHeader, InsufficientSocketDataError> {
+        if b.len() != Self::SERIALIZED_LEN {
+            return Err(InsufficientSocketDataError {
+                received: b.len(),
+                expected: Self::SERIALIZED_LEN,
+            });
+        }
+
+        // the unwraps here are fine as we just ensured we have the exact amount of bytes we need
+        let connection_id = ConnectionId::from_be_bytes(b[0..8].try_into().unwrap());
+        let local_socket_closed = b[8] != 0;
+        let seq = u64::from_be_bytes(b[9..].try_into().unwrap());
+
+        Ok(SocketDataHeader {
+            seq,
+            connection_id,
+            local_socket_closed,
+        })
+    }
+
+    // the serialization of the header looks as follows:
+    // (it's vital it's not modified as we need this exact structure for backwards compatibility)
+    // CONNECTION_ID (8B) || SOCKET_CLOSED (1B) || SEQUENCE (8B)
+    pub fn into_request_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.into_request_bytes_iter().collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_request_bytes_iter(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = u8> {
+        self.connection_id
+            .to_be_bytes()
+            .into_iter()
+            .chain(std::iter::once(self.local_socket_closed as u8))
+            .chain(self.seq.to_be_bytes().into_iter())
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_from_response_bytes(
+        b: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<SocketDataHeader, InsufficientSocketDataError> {
+        if b.len() != Self::SERIALIZED_LEN {
+            return Err(InsufficientSocketDataError {
+                received: b.len(),
+                expected: Self::SERIALIZED_LEN,
+            });
+        }
+
+        // the unwraps here are fine as we just ensured we have the exact amount of bytes we need
+        let local_socket_closed = b[0] != 0;
+        let connection_id = ConnectionId::from_be_bytes(b[1..9].try_into().unwrap());
+        let seq = u64::from_be_bytes(b[9..].try_into().unwrap());
+
+        Ok(SocketDataHeader {
+            seq,
+            connection_id,
+            local_socket_closed,
+        })
+    }
+
+    // the serialization of the header looks as follows:
+    // (it's vital it's not modified as we need this exact structure for backwards compatibility)
+    // SOCKET_CLOSED (1B) || CONNECTION_ID (8B) || SEQUENCE (8B)
+    pub fn into_response_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.into_response_bytes_iter().collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_response_bytes_iter(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = u8> {
+        std::iter::once(self.local_socket_closed as u8)
+            .chain(self.connection_id.to_be_bytes().into_iter())
+            .chain(self.seq.to_be_bytes().into_iter())
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct SocketData {
+    pub header: SocketDataHeader,
+    pub data: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl SocketData {
+    pub fn new(
+        seq: u64,
+        connection_id: ConnectionId,
+        local_socket_closed: bool,
+        data: Vec<u8>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        SocketData {
+            header: SocketDataHeader {
+                seq,
+                connection_id,
+                local_socket_closed,
+            },
+            data,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn verify_deserialization_len(b: &[u8]) -> Result<(), InsufficientSocketDataError> {
+        if b.is_empty() {
+            return Err(InsufficientSocketDataError {
+                received: 0,
+                expected: SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN,
+            });
+        }
+
+        if b.len() < SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN {
+            return Err(InsufficientSocketDataError {
+                received: b.len(),
+                expected: SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN,
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    // we need to have two serialization methods for backwards compatibility,
+    // since we serialized those fields differently depending on whether it was ingress vs egress...
+    pub fn try_from_request_bytes(b: &[u8]) -> Result<SocketData, InsufficientSocketDataError> {
+        Self::verify_deserialization_len(b)?;
+        let header =
+            SocketDataHeader::try_from_request_bytes(&b[..SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN])?;
+        let data = b[SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN..].to_vec();
+
+        Ok(SocketData { header, data })
+    }
+
+    // the serialization of the socket data looks as follows:
+    // HEADER || DATA
+    pub fn into_request_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.into_request_bytes_iter().collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_request_bytes_iter(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = u8> {
+        self.header
+            .into_request_bytes_iter()
+            .chain(self.data.into_iter())
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_from_response_bytes(b: &[u8]) -> Result<SocketData, InsufficientSocketDataError> {
+        Self::verify_deserialization_len(b)?;
+
+        let header =
+            SocketDataHeader::try_from_response_bytes(&b[..SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN])?;
+        let data = b[SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN..].to_vec();
+
+        Ok(SocketData { header, data })
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_response_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.into_response_bytes_iter().collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_response_bytes_iter(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = u8> {
+        self.header
+            .into_response_bytes_iter()
+            .chain(self.data.into_iter())
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum Socks5RequestError {
    #[error("failed to deserialize received request: {source}")]
@@ -32,6 +212,18 @@ pub enum Socks5RequestError {

    #[error(transparent)]
    ProviderInterfaceError(#[from] ServiceProviderMessagingError),
+
+    #[error("received unsupported request protocol version: {protocol_version}")]
+    UnsupportedProtocolVersion {
+        protocol_version: <Socks5Request as interface::ServiceProviderRequest>::ProtocolVersion,
+    },
+}
+
+fn make_bincode_serializer() -> impl bincode::Options {
+    use bincode::Options;
+    bincode::DefaultOptions::new()
+        .with_big_endian()
+        .with_varint_encoding()
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -39,6 +231,103 @@ mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use nym_service_providers_common::interface::RequestContent;

+    #[cfg(test)]
+    mod socket_data_serialization {
+        use super::*;
+
+        #[test]
+        fn for_requests() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                InsufficientSocketDataError {
+                    received: 0,
+                    expected: SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN
+                },
+                SocketData::try_from_request_bytes(&[]).unwrap_err()
+            );
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                InsufficientSocketDataError {
+                    received: 10,
+                    expected: SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN
+                },
+                SocketData::try_from_request_bytes(&[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]).unwrap_err()
+            );
+
+            let good_data = SocketData::new(42, 12345, false, vec![2, 3]);
+            let serialized = good_data.clone().into_request_bytes();
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                good_data,
+                SocketData::try_from_request_bytes(&serialized).unwrap()
+            );
+            assert_ne!(
+                good_data,
+                SocketData::try_from_response_bytes(&serialized).unwrap()
+            );
+
+            let raw_bytes = [
+                6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 255, 255, 255,
+            ];
+            assert_eq!(
+                SocketData {
+                    header: SocketDataHeader {
+                        seq: u64::from_be_bytes([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]),
+                        connection_id: ConnectionId::from_be_bytes([6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6]),
+                        local_socket_closed: false,
+                    },
+                    data: vec![255, 255, 255],
+                },
+                SocketData::try_from_request_bytes(&raw_bytes).unwrap()
+            )
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn for_responses() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                InsufficientSocketDataError {
+                    received: 0,
+                    expected: SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN
+                },
+                SocketData::try_from_response_bytes(&[]).unwrap_err()
+            );
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                InsufficientSocketDataError {
+                    received: 10,
+                    expected: SocketDataHeader::SERIALIZED_LEN
+                },
+                SocketData::try_from_response_bytes(&[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]).unwrap_err()
+            );
+
+            let good_data = SocketData::new(42, 12345, false, vec![2, 3]);
+            let serialized = good_data.clone().into_response_bytes();
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                good_data,
+                SocketData::try_from_response_bytes(&serialized).unwrap()
+            );
+            assert_ne!(
+                good_data,
+                SocketData::try_from_request_bytes(&serialized).unwrap()
+            );
+
+            let raw_bytes = [
+                0, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 255, 255, 255,
+            ];
+            assert_eq!(
+                SocketData {
+                    header: SocketDataHeader {
+                        seq: u64::from_be_bytes([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]),
+                        connection_id: ConnectionId::from_be_bytes([6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6]),
+                        local_socket_closed: false,
+                    },
+                    data: vec![255, 255, 255],
+                },
+                SocketData::try_from_response_bytes(&raw_bytes).unwrap()
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
    #[cfg(test)]
    mod interface_backwards_compatibility {
        use super::*;
@@ -87,9 +376,10 @@ mod tests {
            match new_deserialized.content {
                RequestContent::ProviderData(req) => match req.content {
                    Socks5RequestContent::Send(send_req) => {
-                        assert_eq!(send_req.conn_id, 7810961472501196273);
-                        assert_eq!(send_req.data.len(), 111);
-                        assert!(!send_req.local_closed);
+                        assert_eq!(send_req.data.header.connection_id, 7810961472501196273);
+                        assert_eq!(send_req.data.header.seq, 0);
+                        assert_eq!(send_req.data.data.len(), 103);
+                        assert!(!send_req.data.header.local_socket_closed);
                    }
                    _ => panic!("unexpected request"),
                },
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::{Socks5ProtocolVersion, Socks5RequestError, Socks5Response};
+use crate::{
+    make_bincode_serializer, InsufficientSocketDataError, SocketData, Socks5ProtocolVersion,
+    Socks5RequestError, Socks5Response,
+};
 use nym_service_providers_common::interface::{Serializable, ServiceProviderRequest};
 use nym_sphinx_addressing::clients::{Recipient, RecipientFormattingError};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use tap::TapFallible;
 use thiserror::Error;

 pub type ConnectionId = u64;
@@ -15,6 +20,7 @@ pub type RemoteAddress = String;
 pub enum RequestFlag {
    Connect = 0,
    Send = 1,
+    Query = 2,
 }

 impl TryFrom<u8> for RequestFlag {
@@ -24,6 +30,7 @@ impl TryFrom<u8> for RequestFlag {
        match value {
            _ if value == (RequestFlag::Connect as u8) => Ok(Self::Connect),
            _ if value == (RequestFlag::Send as u8) => Ok(Self::Send),
+            _ if value == (RequestFlag::Query as u8) => Ok(Self::Query),
            value => Err(RequestDeserializationError::UnknownRequestFlag { value }),
        }
    }
@@ -51,6 +58,15 @@ pub enum RequestDeserializationError {

    #[error("malformed return address - {0}")]
    MalformedReturnAddress(RecipientFormattingError),
+
+    #[error("failed to deserialize query request: {source}")]
+    QueryDeserializationError {
+        #[from]
+        source: bincode::Error,
+    },
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    InvalidSocketData(#[from] InsufficientSocketDataError),
 }

 impl RequestDeserializationError {
@@ -59,7 +75,7 @@ impl RequestDeserializationError {
    }
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ConnectRequest {
    // TODO: is connection_id redundant now?
    pub conn_id: ConnectionId,
@@ -67,11 +83,15 @@ pub struct ConnectRequest {
    pub return_address: Option<Recipient>,
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct SendRequest {
-    pub conn_id: ConnectionId,
-    pub data: Vec<u8>,
-    pub local_closed: bool,
+    pub data: SocketData,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum QueryRequest {
+    OpenProxy,
+    Description,
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -108,6 +128,13 @@ impl Serializable for Socks5Request {
        }

        let protocol_version = Socks5ProtocolVersion::from(b[0]);
+        if protocol_version > Self::max_supported_version() {
+            return Err(Socks5RequestError::UnsupportedProtocolVersion { protocol_version });
+        }
+
+        // TODO: handle the case then protocol version if less then the current one. Then we should
+        // make sure to only respond with the same version
+
        Ok(Socks5Request {
            protocol_version,
            content: Socks5RequestContent::try_from_bytes(&b[1..])?,
@@ -155,22 +182,27 @@ impl Socks5Request {
        }
    }

-    pub fn new_send(
+    pub fn new_send(protocol_version: Socks5ProtocolVersion, data: SocketData) -> Socks5Request {
+        Socks5Request {
+            protocol_version,
+            content: Socks5RequestContent::new_send(data),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_query(
        protocol_version: Socks5ProtocolVersion,
-        conn_id: ConnectionId,
-        data: Vec<u8>,
-        local_closed: bool,
+        query: QueryRequest,
    ) -> Socks5Request {
        Socks5Request {
            protocol_version,
-            content: Socks5RequestContent::new_send(conn_id, data, local_closed),
+            content: Socks5RequestContent::Query(query),
        }
    }
 }

 /// A request from a SOCKS5 client that a Nym Socks5 service provider should
 /// take an action for an application using a (probably local) Nym Socks5 proxy.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Socks5RequestContent {
    /// Start a new TCP connection to the specified `RemoteAddress` and send
    /// the request data up the connection.
@@ -179,6 +211,8 @@ pub enum Socks5RequestContent {

    /// Re-use an existing TCP connection, sending more request data up it.
    Send(SendRequest),
+
+    Query(QueryRequest),
 }

 impl Socks5RequestContent {
@@ -196,16 +230,8 @@ impl Socks5RequestContent {
    }

    /// Construct a new Request::Send instance
-    pub fn new_send(
-        conn_id: ConnectionId,
-        data: Vec<u8>,
-        local_closed: bool,
-    ) -> Socks5RequestContent {
-        Socks5RequestContent::Send(SendRequest {
-            conn_id,
-            data,
-            local_closed,
-        })
+    pub fn new_send(data: SocketData) -> Socks5RequestContent {
+        Socks5RequestContent::Send(SendRequest { data })
    }

    /// Deserialize the request type, connection id, destination address and port,
@@ -222,18 +248,27 @@ impl Socks5RequestContent {
    /// The request_flag tells us whether this is a new connection request (`new_connect`),
    /// an already-established connection we should send up (`new_send`), or
    /// a request to close an established connection (`new_close`).
+
+    // connect:
+    // RequestFlag::Connect || CONN_ID || ADDR_LEN || ADDR || <RETURN_ADDR>
+    //
+    // send:
+    // RequestFlag::Send || CONN_ID || LOCAL_CLOSED || DATA
+    // where DATA: SEQ || TRUE_DATA
+
    pub fn try_from_bytes(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Socks5RequestContent, RequestDeserializationError> {
        // each request needs to at least contain flag and ConnectionId
        if b.is_empty() {
            return Err(RequestDeserializationError::NoData);
        }

-        if b.len() < 9 {
-            return Err(RequestDeserializationError::ConnectionIdTooShort);
-        }
-        let conn_id = u64::from_be_bytes([b[1], b[2], b[3], b[4], b[5], b[6], b[7], b[8]]);
        match RequestFlag::try_from(b[0])? {
            RequestFlag::Connect => {
+                if b.len() < 9 {
+                    return Err(RequestDeserializationError::ConnectionIdTooShort);
+                }
+                let conn_id = u64::from_be_bytes([b[1], b[2], b[3], b[4], b[5], b[6], b[7], b[8]]);
+
                let connect_request_bytes = &b[9..];

                // we need to be able to read at least 2 bytes that specify address length
@@ -278,15 +313,13 @@ impl Socks5RequestContent {
                    return_address,
                ))
            }
-            RequestFlag::Send => {
-                let local_closed = b[9] != 0;
-                let data = b[10..].to_vec();
-
-                Ok(Socks5RequestContent::Send(SendRequest {
-                    conn_id,
-                    data,
-                    local_closed,
-                }))
+            RequestFlag::Send => Ok(Socks5RequestContent::Send(SendRequest {
+                data: SocketData::try_from_request_bytes(&b[1..])?,
+            })),
+            RequestFlag::Query => {
+                use bincode::Options;
+                let query = make_bincode_serializer().deserialize(&b[1..])?;
+                Ok(Socks5RequestContent::Query(query))
            }
        }
    }
@@ -313,10 +346,21 @@ impl Socks5RequestContent {
                }
            }
            Socks5RequestContent::Send(req) => std::iter::once(RequestFlag::Send as u8)
-                .chain(req.conn_id.to_be_bytes().into_iter())
-                .chain(std::iter::once(req.local_closed as u8))
-                .chain(req.data.into_iter())
+                .chain(req.data.into_request_bytes_iter())
                .collect(),
+
+            Socks5RequestContent::Query(query) => {
+                use bincode::Options;
+                let query_bytes: Vec<u8> = make_bincode_serializer()
+                    .serialize(&query)
+                    .tap_err(|err| {
+                        log::error!("Failed to serialize query request: {:?}: {err}", query);
+                    })
+                    .unwrap_or_default();
+                std::iter::once(RequestFlag::Query as u8)
+                    .chain(query_bytes.into_iter())
+                    .collect()
+            }
        }
    }
 }
@@ -559,26 +603,7 @@ mod request_deserialization_tests {

        #[test]
        fn works_when_request_is_sized_properly_even_without_data() {
-            // correct 8 bytes of connection_id, 1 byte of local_closed and 0 bytes request data
-            let request_bytes = [RequestFlag::Send as u8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0].to_vec();
-            let request = Socks5RequestContent::try_from_bytes(&request_bytes).unwrap();
-            match request {
-                Socks5RequestContent::Send(SendRequest {
-                    conn_id,
-                    data,
-                    local_closed,
-                }) => {
-                    assert_eq!(u64::from_be_bytes([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]), conn_id);
-                    assert_eq!(Vec::<u8>::new(), data);
-                    assert!(!local_closed)
-                }
-                _ => unreachable!(),
-            }
-        }
-
-        #[test]
-        fn works_when_request_is_sized_properly_and_has_data() {
-            // correct 8 bytes of connection_id, 1 byte of local_closed and 3 bytes request data (all 255)
+            // correct 8 bytes of connection_id, 1 byte of local_closed, 8 bytes of sequence and 0 bytes request data
            let request_bytes = [
                RequestFlag::Send as u8,
                1,
@@ -590,6 +615,53 @@ mod request_deserialization_tests {
                7,
                8,
                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                1,
+            ]
+            .to_vec();
+            let request = Socks5RequestContent::try_from_bytes(&request_bytes).unwrap();
+            match request {
+                Socks5RequestContent::Send(SendRequest { data }) => {
+                    assert_eq!(
+                        u64::from_be_bytes([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]),
+                        data.header.connection_id
+                    );
+                    assert!(!data.header.local_socket_closed);
+                    assert_eq!(1, data.header.seq);
+                    assert!(data.data.is_empty());
+                }
+                _ => unreachable!(),
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn works_when_request_is_sized_properly_and_has_data() {
+            // correct 8 bytes of connection_id, 1 byte of local_closed, 8 bytes of sequence and 3 bytes request data (all 255)
+            let request_bytes = [
+                RequestFlag::Send as u8,
+                1,
+                2,
+                3,
+                4,
+                5,
+                6,
+                7,
+                8,
+                1,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                1,
                255,
                255,
                255,
@@ -598,17 +670,39 @@ mod request_deserialization_tests {

            let request = Socks5RequestContent::try_from_bytes(&request_bytes).unwrap();
            match request {
-                Socks5RequestContent::Send(SendRequest {
-                    conn_id,
-                    data,
-                    local_closed,
-                }) => {
-                    assert_eq!(u64::from_be_bytes([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]), conn_id);
-                    assert_eq!(vec![255, 255, 255], data);
-                    assert!(!local_closed)
+                Socks5RequestContent::Send(SendRequest { data }) => {
+                    assert_eq!(
+                        u64::from_be_bytes([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]),
+                        data.header.connection_id
+                    );
+                    assert!(data.header.local_socket_closed);
+                    assert_eq!(1, data.header.seq);
+                    assert_eq!(vec![255, 255, 255], data.data);
                }
                _ => unreachable!(),
            }
        }
    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    mod serialize_query_request {
+        use super::*;
+
+        #[test]
+        fn serialize_there_and_back() {
+            let open_proxy = Socks5RequestContent::Query(QueryRequest::OpenProxy);
+            let bytes_open_proxy = open_proxy.clone().into_bytes();
+            assert_eq!(bytes_open_proxy, vec![2, 0]);
+
+            let description = Socks5RequestContent::Query(QueryRequest::Description);
+            let bytes_description = description.clone().into_bytes();
+            assert_eq!(bytes_description, vec![2, 1]);
+
+            let open_proxy2 = Socks5RequestContent::try_from_bytes(&bytes_open_proxy).unwrap();
+            let description2 = Socks5RequestContent::try_from_bytes(&bytes_description).unwrap();
+
+            assert_eq!(open_proxy, open_proxy2);
+            assert_eq!(description, description2);
+        }
+    }
 }
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::{ConnectionId, Socks5ProtocolVersion, Socks5RequestError};
+use crate::{
+    make_bincode_serializer, ConnectionId, InsufficientSocketDataError, SocketData,
+    Socks5ProtocolVersion, Socks5RequestError,
+};
 use nym_service_providers_common::interface::{Serializable, ServiceProviderResponse};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tap::TapFallible;
 use thiserror::Error;

 // don't start tags from 0 for easier backwards compatibility since `NetworkData`
@@ -13,6 +18,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 pub enum ResponseFlag {
    NetworkData = 1,
    ConnectionError = 2,
+    Query = 3,
 }

 impl TryFrom<u8> for ResponseFlag {
@@ -22,13 +28,20 @@ impl TryFrom<u8> for ResponseFlag {
        match value {
            _ if value == (ResponseFlag::NetworkData as u8) => Ok(Self::NetworkData),
            _ if value == (ResponseFlag::ConnectionError as u8) => Ok(Self::ConnectionError),
+            _ if value == (ResponseFlag::Query as u8) => Ok(Self::Query),
            value => Err(ResponseDeserializationError::UnknownResponseFlag { value }),
        }
    }
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum ResponseDeserializationError {
+    #[error("the network data was malformed: {source}")]
+    MalformedNetworkData {
+        #[from]
+        source: InsufficientSocketDataError,
+    },
+
    #[error("not enough bytes to recover the connection id")]
    ConnectionIdTooShort,

@@ -43,6 +56,12 @@ pub enum ResponseDeserializationError {
        #[from]
        source: std::string::FromUtf8Error,
    },
+
+    #[error("failed to deserialize query response: {source}")]
+    QueryDeserializationError {
+        #[from]
+        source: bincode::Error,
+    },
 }

 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -105,23 +124,14 @@ impl Socks5Response {

    pub fn new_network_data(
        protocol_version: Socks5ProtocolVersion,
+        seq: u64,
        connection_id: ConnectionId,
        data: Vec<u8>,
        is_closed: bool,
    ) -> Socks5Response {
        Socks5Response {
            protocol_version,
-            content: Socks5ResponseContent::new_network_data(connection_id, data, is_closed),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn new_closed_empty(
-        protocol_version: Socks5ProtocolVersion,
-        connection_id: ConnectionId,
-    ) -> Socks5Response {
-        Socks5Response {
-            protocol_version,
-            content: Socks5ResponseContent::new_closed_empty(connection_id),
+            content: Socks5ResponseContent::new_network_data(seq, connection_id, data, is_closed),
        }
    }

@@ -135,25 +145,35 @@ impl Socks5Response {
            content: Socks5ResponseContent::new_connection_error(connection_id, error_message),
        }
    }
+
+    pub fn new_query(
+        protocol_version: Socks5ProtocolVersion,
+        query_response: QueryResponse,
+    ) -> Socks5Response {
+        Socks5Response {
+            protocol_version,
+            content: Socks5ResponseContent::Query(query_response),
+        }
+    }
 }

-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Socks5ResponseContent {
-    NetworkData(NetworkData),
+    NetworkData { content: SocketData },
    ConnectionError(ConnectionError),
+    Query(QueryResponse),
 }

 impl Socks5ResponseContent {
    pub fn new_network_data(
+        seq: u64,
        connection_id: ConnectionId,
        data: Vec<u8>,
        is_closed: bool,
    ) -> Socks5ResponseContent {
-        Socks5ResponseContent::NetworkData(NetworkData::new(connection_id, data, is_closed))
-    }
-
-    pub fn new_closed_empty(connection_id: ConnectionId) -> Socks5ResponseContent {
-        Socks5ResponseContent::NetworkData(NetworkData::new_closed_empty(connection_id))
+        Socks5ResponseContent::NetworkData {
+            content: SocketData::new(seq, connection_id, is_closed, data),
+        }
    }

    pub fn new_connection_error(
@@ -165,9 +185,9 @@ impl Socks5ResponseContent {

    pub fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
        match self {
-            Socks5ResponseContent::NetworkData(res) => {
+            Socks5ResponseContent::NetworkData { content } => {
                std::iter::once(ResponseFlag::NetworkData as u8)
-                    .chain(res.into_bytes().into_iter())
+                    .chain(content.into_response_bytes_iter())
                    .collect()
            }
            Socks5ResponseContent::ConnectionError(res) => {
@@ -175,6 +195,18 @@ impl Socks5ResponseContent {
                    .chain(res.into_bytes().into_iter())
                    .collect()
            }
+            Socks5ResponseContent::Query(query) => {
+                use bincode::Options;
+                let query_bytes: Vec<u8> = make_bincode_serializer()
+                    .serialize(&query)
+                    .tap_err(|err| {
+                        log::error!("Failed to serialize query response: {:?}: {err}", query);
+                    })
+                    .unwrap_or_default();
+                std::iter::once(ResponseFlag::Query as u8)
+                    .chain(query_bytes.into_iter())
+                    .collect()
+            }
        }
    }

@@ -187,84 +219,29 @@ impl Socks5ResponseContent {

        let response_flag = ResponseFlag::try_from(b[0])?;
        match response_flag {
-            ResponseFlag::NetworkData => Ok(Socks5ResponseContent::NetworkData(
-                NetworkData::try_from_bytes(&b[1..])?,
-            )),
+            ResponseFlag::NetworkData => Ok(Socks5ResponseContent::NetworkData {
+                content: SocketData::try_from_response_bytes(&b[1..])?,
+            }),
            ResponseFlag::ConnectionError => Ok(Socks5ResponseContent::ConnectionError(
                ConnectionError::try_from_bytes(&b[1..])?,
            )),
+            ResponseFlag::Query => {
+                use bincode::Options;
+                let query = make_bincode_serializer().deserialize(&b[1..])?;
+                Ok(Socks5ResponseContent::Query(query))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_query(&self) -> Option<&QueryResponse> {
+        match self {
+            Socks5ResponseContent::Query(query) => Some(query),
+            _ => None,
        }
    }
 }

-/// A remote network network data response retrieved by the Socks5 service provider. This
-/// can be serialized and sent back through the mixnet to the requesting
-/// application.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct NetworkData {
-    pub data: Vec<u8>,
-    pub connection_id: ConnectionId,
-    pub is_closed: bool,
-}
-
-impl NetworkData {
-    /// Constructor for responses
-    pub fn new(connection_id: ConnectionId, data: Vec<u8>, is_closed: bool) -> Self {
-        NetworkData {
-            data,
-            connection_id,
-            is_closed,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn new_closed_empty(connection_id: ConnectionId) -> Self {
-        NetworkData {
-            data: vec![],
-            connection_id,
-            is_closed: false,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn try_from_bytes(b: &[u8]) -> Result<NetworkData, ResponseDeserializationError> {
-        if b.is_empty() {
-            return Err(ResponseDeserializationError::NoData);
-        }
-
-        let is_closed = b[0] != 0;
-
-        if b.len() < 9 {
-            return Err(ResponseDeserializationError::ConnectionIdTooShort);
-        }
-
-        let mut connection_id_bytes = b.to_vec();
-        let data = connection_id_bytes.split_off(9);
-
-        let connection_id = u64::from_be_bytes([
-            connection_id_bytes[1],
-            connection_id_bytes[2],
-            connection_id_bytes[3],
-            connection_id_bytes[4],
-            connection_id_bytes[5],
-            connection_id_bytes[6],
-            connection_id_bytes[7],
-            connection_id_bytes[8],
-        ]);
-
-        let response = NetworkData::new(connection_id, data, is_closed);
-        Ok(response)
-    }
-
-    /// Serializes the response into bytes so that it can be sent back through
-    /// the mixnet to the requesting application.
-    pub fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        std::iter::once(self.is_closed as u8)
-            .chain(self.connection_id.to_be_bytes().iter().cloned())
-            .chain(self.data.into_iter())
-            .collect()
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ConnectionError {
    pub connection_id: ConnectionId,
    pub network_requester_error: String,
@@ -318,62 +295,16 @@ impl ConnectionError {
    }
 }

+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum QueryResponse {
+    OpenProxy(bool),
+    Description(String),
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;

-    #[cfg(test)]
-    mod constructing_socks5_data_responses_from_bytes {
-        use super::*;
-
-        #[test]
-        fn fails_when_zero_bytes_are_supplied() {
-            let response_bytes = Vec::new();
-
-            assert_eq!(
-                ResponseDeserializationError::NoData,
-                NetworkData::try_from_bytes(&response_bytes).unwrap_err()
-            );
-        }
-
-        #[test]
-        fn fails_when_connection_id_bytes_are_too_short() {
-            let response_bytes = vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
-            assert_eq!(
-                ResponseDeserializationError::ConnectionIdTooShort,
-                NetworkData::try_from_bytes(&response_bytes).unwrap_err()
-            );
-        }
-
-        #[test]
-        fn works_when_there_is_no_data() {
-            let response_bytes = vec![0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
-            let expected = NetworkData::new(
-                u64::from_be_bytes([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]),
-                Vec::new(),
-                false,
-            );
-            let actual = NetworkData::try_from_bytes(&response_bytes).unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(expected.connection_id, actual.connection_id);
-            assert_eq!(expected.data, actual.data);
-            assert_eq!(expected.is_closed, actual.is_closed);
-        }
-
-        #[test]
-        fn works_when_there_is_data() {
-            let response_bytes = vec![0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 255, 255, 255];
-            let expected = NetworkData::new(
-                u64::from_be_bytes([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]),
-                vec![255, 255, 255],
-                false,
-            );
-            let actual = NetworkData::try_from_bytes(&response_bytes).unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(expected.connection_id, actual.connection_id);
-            assert_eq!(expected.data, actual.data);
-            assert_eq!(expected.is_closed, actual.is_closed);
-        }
-    }
-
    #[cfg(test)]
    mod connection_error_response_serde_tests {
        use super::*;
@@ -396,11 +327,14 @@ mod tests {
        #[test]
        fn deserialization_errors() {
            let err = ConnectionError::try_from_bytes(&[]).err().unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(err, ResponseDeserializationError::NoData);
+            assert!(matches!(err, ResponseDeserializationError::NoData));

            let bytes: [u8; 5] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
            let err = ConnectionError::try_from_bytes(&bytes).err().unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(err, ResponseDeserializationError::ConnectionIdTooShort);
+            assert!(matches!(
+                err,
+                ResponseDeserializationError::ConnectionIdTooShort
+            ));

            let bytes: Vec<u8> = 42u64
                .to_be_bytes()
@@ -414,4 +348,27 @@ mod tests {
            ));
        }
    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    mod serialize_query_response {
+        use super::*;
+
+        #[test]
+        fn serialize_there_and_back() {
+            let open_proxy = Socks5ResponseContent::Query(QueryResponse::OpenProxy(true));
+            let bytes_open_proxy = open_proxy.clone().into_bytes();
+            assert_eq!(bytes_open_proxy, vec![3, 0, 1]);
+
+            let description =
+                Socks5ResponseContent::Query(QueryResponse::Description("foo".to_string()));
+            let bytes_description = description.clone().into_bytes();
+            assert_eq!(bytes_description, vec![3, 1, 3, 102, 111, 111]);
+
+            let open_proxy2 = Socks5ResponseContent::try_from_bytes(&bytes_open_proxy).unwrap();
+            let description2 = Socks5ResponseContent::try_from_bytes(&bytes_description).unwrap();
+
+            assert_eq!(open_proxy, open_proxy2);
+            assert_eq!(description, description2);
+        }
+    }
 }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.8",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "once_cell",
 "version_check",
 ]
@@ -936,9 +936,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c05aeb6a22b8f62540c194aac980f2115af067bfe15a0734d7277a768d396b31"
+checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
 dependencies = [
 "cfg-if",
 "js-sys",
@@ -1148,9 +1148,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"

 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.142"
+version = "0.2.146"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a987beff54b60ffa6d51982e1aa1146bc42f19bd26be28b0586f252fccf5317"
+checksum = "f92be4933c13fd498862a9e02a3055f8a8d9c039ce33db97306fd5a6caa7f29b"

 [[package]]
 name = "libgit2-sys"
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-contracts-common"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bs58",
 "cosmwasm-std",
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-crypto"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bs58",
 "ed25519-dalek",
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-mixnet-contract-common"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bs58",
 "cosmwasm-std",
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "chacha20",
 "chacha20poly1305",
 "curve25519-dalek",
- "getrandom 0.2.8",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 "log",
 "rand 0.7.3",
 "rayon",
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-pemstore"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
 "pem",
 ]
@@ -1465,6 +1465,7 @@ name = "nym-service-provider-directory"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
+ "bs58",
 "cosmwasm-std",
 "cw-controllers",
 "cw-multi-test",
@@ -1472,7 +1473,10 @@ dependencies = [
 "cw-utils",
 "cw2",
 "nym-contracts-common",
+ "nym-crypto",
 "nym-service-provider-directory-common",
+ "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
+ "rstest",
 "semver",
 "serde",
 "thiserror",
@@ -1484,8 +1488,12 @@ name = "nym-service-provider-directory-common"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "cosmwasm-std",
+ "cw-controllers",
+ "cw-utils",
+ "nym-contracts-common",
 "schemars",
 "serde",
+ "thiserror",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1522,7 +1530,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "nym-vesting-contract-common"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
 "cosmwasm-std",
 "nym-contracts-common",
@@ -1742,7 +1750,7 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.8",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
 ]

 [[package]]
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Simon Wicky	005b67ef0f	squash	2026-02-13 10:57:42 +01:00
benedettadavico	2f98912778	fix nym-connect version	2023-06-20 13:56:38 +02:00
benedettadavico	9fbab5aaad	updating versions for release v1.1.22	2023-06-20 10:24:54 +02:00
benedettadavico	2032b3bdae	updating versions for release v1.1.22	2023-06-20 09:51:28 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	3748ab77a1	Statically link openssl (#3504 ) * Statically link openssl * Fix wasm client build * Enable openssl for nyxd-client feature	2023-06-16 11:27:25 +02:00
pierre	9cbb3dfa0e	copy change	2023-06-16 11:19:44 +02:00
Pierre Dommerc	4071d30f3c	feat(nc-desktop): add error reporting and monitoring setting (#3553 )	2023-06-16 11:09:29 +02:00
Tommy Verrall	dd33052f0e	Merge pull request #3520 from nymtech/bugfix/incorrect-client-versions bugfix #3434	2023-06-14 17:23:11 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	a76a51e823	fixed config version of binaries depending on socks5 core configs	2023-06-14 17:16:07 +01:00
Jon Häggblad	b31d3c003f	Cargo.lock	2023-06-14 15:04:37 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	21e11c9221	Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into release/v1.1.22	2023-06-14 14:55:30 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	c9dcde0ee0	getrandom on workspace level	2023-06-14 13:26:09 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	3fcc16090a	Update nym-outfox Cargo.toml in prep for publish to crates.io	2023-06-14 13:15:40 +02:00
farbanas	9288f71c5f	Merge branch 'master' into develop	2023-06-13 11:16:17 +02:00
farbanas	79f5983c76	updating lock files	2023-06-13 11:04:36 +02:00
farbanas	335453b63c	update versions and changelog for release v1.1.21	2023-06-13 10:54:01 +02:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	4292a55614	explicitly setting up fresh gateway in native socks5 (#3547 )	2023-06-12 17:01:05 +01:00
mx	f97f0475e9	Merge pull request #3545 from nymtech/feature/docs-1-1-21 version bump for variables	2023-06-12 12:04:16 +00:00
mx	67a945a15f	version bump for variables	2023-06-12 13:45:49 +02:00
Tommy Verrall	d1a28826d5	Merge pull request #3535 from nymtech/feature/socks5-message-ordering Feature/socks5 message ordering	2023-06-12 11:47:35 +01:00
Tommy Verrall	8f026ab6c6	Update build-and-upload-binaries-ci.yml temp use rust version 1.69.0 for ci build uploads, will need to switch and use: cosmwasm/rust-optimizer in the near future	2023-06-12 11:07:22 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	bdcdcf7f8b	clippy	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	182e147a86	fixed and updated related units tests	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	687b437ea0	cargo fmt	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	f2c5dbb696	deadcode	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	a8bf690c17	tests	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	1328ba35be	removed original Ordered sender	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	8b046d4139	split up functions a bit more	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	f4cd372808	simplified keeping track of message sequence	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	7228331db6	removed OrderedMessage	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	45f3f3ec01	cleanup	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	5f9e54c83c	buggy, but backwards compatible, explicit sequencing	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	f8c2f90502	initial work on putting data sequence explicitly inside socks5 request	2023-06-12 10:20:13 +01:00
Jon Häggblad	96e8bdfea4	Reduce number of surbs in nym-nr-query ping (#3540 )	2023-06-12 09:53:47 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	0fa1961a04	nym-nr-query CLI tool for query network-requester (#3538 ) * Initial version * Add open_proxy request * Start adding cli commands * use commands * Common response type * json output * Tidy * Remove the All case * Remove empty file * Remove todo * Add ping command * Ping 4 times by default * Logic for controlling number of loops * Some print tweaks	2023-06-12 09:30:02 +02:00
pierre	88002969b7	ci(nyms5-android): add debug apk build	2023-06-09 22:46:04 +02:00
pierre	b90dedf3ae	build(android): fix repro build wip	2023-06-09 17:11:15 +02:00
pierre	582cb32223	build(android): fix repro build wip	2023-06-09 16:34:50 +02:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	31b7921c68	bugfix #3434	2023-06-09 15:12:56 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	42a43a3709	Feature/extract gateway config (#3517 ) * wip client core * hashing shared key in persisted details * native client using on-disk gateway details * ibid for socks5 * ibid for NR * nym sdk * non-wasm fixes * wasm * missed cargo fmt * fixed nym-connect build * changed serialization of the key hash to be more human readable * allowing some dead code * fixed gateway details deserializtion * removed needless borrow in wasm client * removed deadcode * exhaustive match on GatewaySetup after having loaded the keys	2023-06-09 15:12:29 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	c5ad4006ae	simplified construction of 'BaseClient' (#3513 )	2023-06-09 15:11:45 +01:00
Tommy Verrall	71fb6a1ba1	Merge pull request #3516 from nymtech/feature/explorer-sp-extra-detail Explorer - Extra detail for Service Providers	2023-06-09 10:01:59 +01:00
Jon Häggblad	68a37bc692	Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/release/v1.1.21' into develop	2023-06-09 09:54:53 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	542fd92a46	Allow query network-requestor for open_proxy (#3531 ) * wip: playing around * WIP * wip * Add query request * Create new example * Restore control_requests example * Remove ControlRequest::OpenProxy * Remove Socks5RequestContent::OpenProxy * Remove bunch of debug logging * Remove more old leftovers * Another few lines of leftovers to remove * Disable logging in example * Return error if incoming request if future version * Serialization unit tests * Network requester in example * Cargo.lock	2023-06-09 09:54:21 +02:00
pierre	527c71d3df	fix(nyms5-android): clean code	2023-06-08 18:45:02 +02:00
pierre	7ee47bdb4c	fix(nyms5-android): fix notif channel creation on android prior to 12	2023-06-08 18:44:18 +02:00
pierre	9fa36b6393	add a log on channel creation	2023-06-08 11:06:14 +02:00
pierre	2b40b96aa1	wip	2023-06-08 11:06:14 +02:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	9a68702d4d	Feature/config refactor (#3498 ) * revamping mixnode connfig * wip * native client config revamping * wip * building socks5 * using const for mixnnode config template * compiling updated gateway * nym-api * nym-sdk * everything compiling once more but definitely not compatible with CI and older versions (yet) * creating full directory structure on init * renamed paths to storage_paths and fixed mixnode template * mixnode config migration * gateway config migration * nym-api config migration * native client config migration * socks5 client config migration * NR config migration * removed deprecations (that will be resolved in the following PRs) + fixed clippy * nym-connect clippy * nym-connect config updates * outfox fixes * defined socks5 lib config * clippy * fixed wasm client build * removed explicit packet_type argument when starting base client it's known implicitly from the previously passed config struct * Empty commit * fixed re-using gateway information when client configs are re-initialised * fixed borrowing id value in nym-connect * post-rebase fixes * updated 'old_config' versions --------- Co-authored-by: Tommy Verrall <tommy@nymtech.net>	2023-06-07 17:06:35 +01:00
Drazen Urch	bc5198768e	Push traces to jaeger (#3522 ) * Push traces to jaeger * Remove default feature * Update toolchain	2023-06-07 17:32:26 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	892653cd96	Remove gateway from detailed service provider type	2023-06-07 14:09:13 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	a7471ef324	Replace fold with collect	2023-06-07 14:06:12 +02:00
fmtabbara	403141c1f5	add tooltip to sp routing score	2023-06-07 12:22:59 +01:00
fmtabbara	d8c82bf6d0	use default sort order	2023-06-07 12:05:32 +01:00
fmtabbara	dd86ba36dd	use default success ping time - 120 mins	2023-06-07 11:56:44 +01:00
Tommy Verrall	42acbfe806	Update build-and-upload-binaries-ci.yml temp use rust version 1.69.0 for ci build uploads, will need to switch and use: cosmwasm/rust-optimizer in the near future	2023-06-07 11:24:53 +02:00
farbanas	7c55483585	Merge branch 'master' into develop	2023-06-07 10:43:11 +02:00
fmtabbara	0320220219	refactor	2023-06-06 22:56:13 +01:00
fmtabbara	e32ee2ccf3	add service-type and routing-scores to sps + allow sorting on routing scores	2023-06-06 22:45:09 +01:00
fmtabbara	b8ca1762c2	allow sp routing score to be undefined	2023-06-06 22:45:07 +01:00
pierre	d1e9fcf03a	make routing score optional	2023-06-06 16:44:17 +02:00
pierre	303a774378	add some logs	2023-06-06 15:25:29 +02:00
pierre	c9ca71f47b	wip	2023-06-06 14:50:25 +02:00
pierre	92faf1e3d5	wip	2023-06-06 14:22:52 +02:00
fmtabbara	e509989ac3	wip	2023-06-06 10:04:50 +01:00
farbanas	c04cc9a4cf	Merge branch 'release/v1.1.20'	2023-06-06 10:54:17 +02:00
farbanas	17258d1445	updated locks and versions bumped	2023-06-06 10:35:42 +02:00
farbanas	8f3d7606f5	bump crate versions	2023-06-06 10:07:06 +02:00
farbanas	fd97f0e8ca	update changelogs and version for release	2023-06-06 10:00:11 +02:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	d4ce1635a8	Fixed incorrect assertion when sending replies (#3515 )	2023-06-05 14:36:44 +01:00
Jędrzej Stuczyński	2bc564ad01	updating managed keys after gateway registration (#3514 )	2023-06-05 14:09:28 +01:00
Tommy Verrall	5910bcbc02	Update build-and-upload-binaries-ci.yml add the service provider and name service contract to build output	2023-06-05 14:49:49 +02:00
Tommy Verrall	8c63fe9d0d	Merge pull request #3507 from nymtech/jon/feat/reduce-shutdown-timeout-in-socks5 Reduce SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT to 3 sec	2023-06-05 10:30:34 +01:00
Pierre Dommerc	6e5a1973da	fix(wallet): fix bonding data refresh (#3499 )	2023-06-05 11:07:23 +02:00
Pierre Dommerc	1aa11887aa	fix(wallet): fix bonding data refresh (#3499 )	2023-06-05 11:05:25 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	07740cbf08	Reduce SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT to 3 sec Can't think of a scenario where we don't want to close one at the same time as the other, but let's be conservative and keep it a very low number for now.	2023-06-05 10:42:38 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	87cb8a6b20	Sign when announcing service providers to the directory contract (#3459 ) * create_payload and call from nym-cli * Remove some commented out code * wip * Service announce now compiles * Fix other compilation issues * Move ServiceDetails into Service * Move service_id inside Service type * wip: start sorting out tests * wip: sorting out testing * wip: first announce test now works * wip: more work on announce test * Move nonce * Add check for nonce * Extract out some helpers to separate files * reenable state::services tests * wip: start going through the integration tests * All integration tests reenabled * Remove some unused stuff * Iterate on integration tests * More iteration on test setup * Rename to test_setup.rs * Add more tests specific to signing * Tweak * Another nonce test and reorg * Rename to announce.rs and delete.rs * Tidy * Make some inner modules private * Use IdentityKey alias * Update nym-api contract cache * Fix that nym-cli was asking for signing nonce from wrong contract * Add sign comment to network-requester * Uploaded updated service provider contract to qwerty * Allow large enum variant * lock files * Remove dbg * Move error.rs to service-provider common * Update code for moving errors.rs to common crate * Rename to SpContractError * constants module not pub * lock file * rustfmt * Move IdentityKey type to contract-common * clippy	2023-06-05 10:32:58 +02:00
Jon Häggblad	2977b8f25f	Fix clippy for 1.70 (#3505 )	2023-06-05 08:54:18 +01:00
mx	019b3299f2	Merge pull request #3435 from Pawnflake/release/v1.1.19 mixnode documentation update	2023-06-02 09:40:50 +00:00
mx	d684957423	Update documentation/docs/src/nodes/mix-node-setup.md Co-authored-by: ⚡️2FakTor⚡️ <twofaktor@protonmail.com>	2023-06-02 09:20:56 +00:00
mx	cb4eda4c62	Update documentation/docs/src/nodes/mix-node-setup.md Co-authored-by: ⚡️2FakTor⚡️ <twofaktor@protonmail.com>	2023-06-02 09:20:42 +00:00
mx	ac5f380ee2	Merge pull request #3485 from nymtech/feature/docs-1-1-20 removing hardcoded version numbers	2023-06-02 09:20:10 +00:00
mx	4e278ca07d	reintroduced hardcoding for links for moment	2023-06-02 10:52:28 +02:00
mx	cd6a725875	Merge pull request #3493 from twofaktor/patch-1 [BUG] network requester documentation update	2023-06-02 08:42:20 +00:00
⚡️2FakTor⚡️	d5514a060c	Update network-requester-setup.md	2023-05-31 15:22:11 +02:00
mx	958b6d37ee	Merge pull request #3481 from twofaktor/patch-1 [BUG] network requester documentation update	2023-05-30 14:40:33 +00:00
mx	5e36bb014c	removing hardcoded versoin numbers	2023-05-30 16:10:15 +02:00
⚡️2FakTor⚡️	8d821881ae	Update network-requester-setup.md	2023-05-30 14:48:51 +02:00
mx	fca9761145	Merge pull request #3141 from nymtech/chore/update-community-links-in-readme updated readme with new developer chat links + new docs links	2023-05-30 12:05:14 +00:00
mx	11481e4d13	Merge branch 'release/v1.1.20' into chore/update-community-links-in-readme	2023-05-30 12:04:45 +00:00
Pawnflake	c8b82a9553	removed comment http and https	2023-05-20 07:23:13 +08:00
mx	00c2f5359c	Merge pull request #3428 from nymtech/feature/updated-sandbox-docs added sandbox sync docs	2023-05-16 14:53:51 +00:00
mx	1a4e0f4e08	added sandbox sync docs	2023-05-16 16:44:39 +02:00
Pawnflake	69230a10cb	Added ufw restart after adding ports and removed port 80 and 443 from the command	2023-05-16 10:10:41 +08:00
mx	3a0c8f3f4e	updated readme with new developer chat links + new docs links	2023-03-03 13:32:44 +01:00