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492 changed files with 18214 additions and 22173 deletions
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
        platform: [ubuntu-20.04]

    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    env:
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "os":"ubuntu-20.04",
-    "rust":"stable",
-    "runOnEvent":"always"
-  },
-
-  {
-    "os":"windows-latest",
-    "rust":"stable",
-    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
-  },
-
-  {
-    "os":"macos-latest",
-    "rust":"stable",
-    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
-  }
-]
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: CI for ts-packages
+name: ci-build-ts

 on:
  push:
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build and upload binaries to CI
+name: ci-build-upload-binaries

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
    paths:
      - 'clients/**'
      - 'common/**'
-      - 'contracts/**'
      - 'explorer-api/**'
      - 'gateway/**'
      - 'integrations/**'
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ on:
    paths:
      - 'clients/**'
      - 'common/**'
-      - 'contracts/**'
      - 'explorer-api/**'
      - 'gateway/**'
      - 'integrations/**'
@@ -44,6 +42,10 @@ jobs:
        platform: [ubuntu-20.04]

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

@@ -63,27 +65,13 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
-          toolchain: 1.69.0
+          toolchain: stable

      - name: Build all binaries
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
-          args: --workspace --release --all
-
-      - name: Install Rust stable
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          toolchain: 1.69.0
-          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
-          override: true
-          components: rustfmt, clippy
-
-      - name: Install wasm-opt
-        run: cargo install --version 0.112.0 wasm-opt
-
-      - name: Build release contracts
-        run: make contracts-wasm
+          args: --workspace --release

      - name: Prepare build output
        shell: bash
@@ -99,16 +87,6 @@ jobs:
          cp target/release/nym-network-statistics $OUTPUT_DIR
          cp target/release/nym-cli $OUTPUT_DIR
          cp target/release/explorer-api $OUTPUT_DIR
-          
-          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/mixnet_contract.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
-          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/vesting_contract.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
-          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_coconut_bandwidth.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
-          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
-          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_ephemera.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR

      - name: Deploy branch to CI www
        continue-on-error: true
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Continuous integration
+name: ci-build

 on:
  push:
@@ -37,17 +37,25 @@ on:
      - 'tools/nym-nr-query/**'
      - 'tools/ts-rs-cli/**'
      - 'Cargo.toml'
+  workflow_dispatch:

 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, custom-linux ]
-    # Enable sccache via environment variable
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [custom-linux, custom-runner-mac-m1]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    env:
-      RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+    # Enable sccache via environment variable
+    # env:
+      # RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
    steps:
      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
        continue-on-error: true
+        if: matrix.os == 'custom-linux'

      - name: Check out repository code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -70,36 +78,40 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
-          args: --workspace
+          # Enable wireguard by default on linux only
+          args: --workspace --features wireguard

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

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

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

-      - uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
-        name: Clippy checks
+      - name: Annotate with clippy checks
+        if: matrix.os == 'custom-linux'
+        uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
        continue-on-error: true
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          args: --workspace
+          args: --workspace --features wireguard

-      - name: Run clippy
+      - name: Clippy
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: clippy
-          args: --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
+          args: --workspace --all-targets --features wireguard -- -D warnings
@@ -6,9 +6,5 @@
  {
    "rust":"beta",
    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
-  },
-  {
-    "rust":"nightly",
-    "runOnEvent":"pull_request"
  }
-]
+]
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-name: Check Contract Schema
+name: ci-contracts-schema

 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    paths:
      - 'contracts/**'
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
  check-schema:
    name: Generate and check schema
    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    env:
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -23,9 +26,8 @@ jobs:
        with:
          toolchain: stable

-
      - name: Generate the schema
        run: make contract-schema

      - name: Check for diff
-        run: git diff --exit-code -- contracts/*/schema
+        run: git diff --exit-code -- contracts/**/schema
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+name: ci-contracts-upload-binaries
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'common/**'
+      - 'contracts/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'common/**'
+      - 'contracts/**'
+
+env:
+  NETWORK: mainnet
+
+jobs:
+  publish-nym-contracts:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        platform: [ubuntu-20.04]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    env:
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+    # a push event from the origin repo, or a PR from external repo
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'nymtech/nym' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Prepare build output directory
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          OUTPUT_DIR: ci-contract-builds/${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: |
+          rm -rf ci-contract-builds || true
+          mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
+          echo $OUTPUT_DIR
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Install Rust stable
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: 1.69.0
+          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+          override: true
+
+      - name: Install wasm-opt
+        run: cargo install --version 0.112.0 wasm-opt
+
+      - name: Build release contracts
+        run: make contracts
+
+      - name: Prepare build output
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          OUTPUT_DIR: ci-contract-builds/${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: |
+          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/mixnet_contract.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
+          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/vesting_contract.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
+          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_coconut_bandwidth.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
+          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
+          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_ephemera.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
+
+      - name: Deploy branch to CI www
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: easingthemes/ssh-deploy@main
+        env:
+          SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          ARGS: "-avzr"
+          SOURCE: "ci-contract-builds/"
+          REMOTE_HOST: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_HOST }}
+          REMOTE_USER: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_USER }}
+          TARGET: ${{ secrets.CI_WWW_REMOTE_TARGET }}/builds/
+          EXCLUDE: "/dist/, /node_modules/"
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Contracts
+name: ci-contracts

 on:
  push:
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
      - 'contracts/**'
      - 'common/**'
  pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
+    paths:
      - 'contracts/**'
      - 'common/**'

@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@ jobs:
    outputs:
      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
    steps:
-      # creates the matrix strategy from build_matrix_includes.json
+      # creates the matrix strategy from ci-contracts-matrix-includes.json
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - id: set-matrix
        uses: JoshuaTheMiller/conditional-build-matrix@main
        with:
-          inputFile: '.github/workflows/contract_matrix_includes.json'
+          inputFile: '.github/workflows/ci-contracts-matrix-includes.json'
          filter: '[?runOnEvent==`${{ github.event_name }}` || runOnEvent==`always`]'
-  contracts:
+  build:
    # since it's going to be compiled into wasm, there's absolutely
    # no point in running CI on different OS-es
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'nightly' }}
+    env:
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
    needs: matrix_prep
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

-      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+      - name: Setup rust
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
          profile: minimal
          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
@@ -43,25 +45,28 @@ jobs:
          override: true
          components: rustfmt, clippy

-      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+      - name: Build contracts
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        env:
          RUSTFLAGS: '-C link-arg=-s'
        with:
          command: build
          args: --manifest-path contracts/Cargo.toml --workspace --lib --target wasm32-unknown-unknown

-      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: test
          args: --lib --manifest-path contracts/Cargo.toml

-      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+      - name: Check formatting
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: fmt
          args: --manifest-path contracts/Cargo.toml --all -- --check

-      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
+      - name: Run clippy
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: clippy
          args: --lib --manifest-path contracts/Cargo.toml --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: CI docs
+name: ci-docs

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: CI for linting Typescript
+name: ci-lint-typescript

 on:
  push:
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Nym Connect - desktop (Rust)
+name: ci-nym-connect-desktop-rust

 on:
  push:
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: [self-hosted, custom-linux]
    env:
-      RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+    # env:
+    #   RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
    steps:
      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev squashfs-tools libayatana-appindicator3-dev
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: CI for nym-connect - Desktop
+name: ci-nym-connect-desktop

 on:
  push:
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: CI for Network Explorer
+name: ci-nym-network-explorer

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Nym Wallet (rust)
+name: ci-nym-wallet-rust

 on:
  push:
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: [ self-hosted, custom-linux ]
    env:
-      RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+    # env:
+    #   RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
    steps:
      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev squashfs-tools
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: 1.71.0
+          toolchain: stable
          override: true
          components: rustfmt, clippy

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Typescript SDK docs
+name: ci-sdk-docs-typescript

 on:
  push:
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Wasm Client
+name: ci-sdk-wasm

 on:
  pull_request:
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ on:

 jobs:
  wasm:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: [custom-runner-linux]
+    env:
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          
      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
          profile: minimal
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
        run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh

      - name: Install wasm-opt
-        run: cargo install  wasm-opt
+        run: cargo install wasm-opt

      - name: Install wasm-bindgen-cli
        run: cargo install wasm-bindgen-cli
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+name: nightly-build
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '14 1 * * *'
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        rust: [stable, beta]
+        os: [custom-linux, windows10, custom-runner-mac-m1]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    env:
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
+        continue-on-error: true
+        if: matrix.os == 'custom-linux'
+
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      - name: Check formatting
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --all -- --check
+
+      - name: Build binaries
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --workspace
+
+      - name: Build examples
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --workspace --examples
+
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --workspace
+
+      - name: Run slow unit tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --workspace -- --ignored
+
+      - name: Clippy
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
+
+  notification:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    steps:
+      - name: Collect jobs status
+        uses: technote-space/workflow-conclusion-action@v2
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: install npm
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Matrix - Node Install
+        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
+        run: npm install
+        working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files
+      - name: Matrix - Send Notification
+        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
+        env:
+          NYM_NOTIFICATION_KIND: nightly
+          NYM_PROJECT_NAME: "Nym nightly build"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
+          GIT_BRANCH: "${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+          IS_SUCCESS: "${{ env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'success' }}"
+          MATRIX_SERVER: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_SERVER }}"
+          MATRIX_ROOM: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_ROOM_NIGHTLY }}"
+          MATRIX_USER_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_USER_ID }}"
+          MATRIX_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}"
+          MATRIX_DEVICE_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_DEVICE_ID }}"
+        uses: docker://keybaseio/client:stable-node
+        with:
+          args: .github/workflows/support-files/notifications/entry_point.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: check-merge-conflicts
+name: nightly-check-merge-conflicts

 # Check that the latest release branch merges into master and develop without
 # any conflicts that git is not able to resolve
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+name: nightly-nym-wallet-build
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '14 1 * * *'
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: nym-wallet
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [custom-ubuntu-20.04, macos-latest, windows10]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    env:
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
+        if: matrix.os == 'custom-linux'
+
+      - name: Install rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      - name: Check formatting
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --all -- --check
+
+      - name: Build
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --workspace
+
+      - name: Unit tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --workspace
+
+      - name: Annotate with clippy warnings
+        uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
+        continue-on-error: true
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          args: --workspace
+
+      - name: Clippy
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
+
+  notification:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    steps:
+      - name: Collect jobs status
+        uses: technote-space/workflow-conclusion-action@v2
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: install npm
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Matrix - Node Install
+        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
+        run: npm install
+        working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files
+      - name: Matrix - Send Notification
+        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
+        env:
+          NYM_NOTIFICATION_KIND: nightly
+          NYM_PROJECT_NAME: "nym-wallet-nightly-build"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
+          GIT_BRANCH: "${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+          IS_SUCCESS: "${{ env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'success' }}"
+          MATRIX_SERVER: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_SERVER }}"
+          MATRIX_ROOM: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_ROOM_NIGHTLY }}"
+          MATRIX_USER_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_USER_ID }}"
+          MATRIX_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}"
+          MATRIX_DEVICE_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_DEVICE_ID }}"
+        uses: docker://keybaseio/client:stable-node
+        with:
+          args: .github/workflows/support-files/notifications/entry_point.sh
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-name: Nightly builds
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '14 1 * * *'
-jobs:
-  matrix_prep:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    outputs:
-      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-    steps:
-      # creates the matrix strategy from nightly_build_matrix_includes.json
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - id: set-matrix
-        uses: JoshuaTheMiller/conditional-build-matrix@main
-        with:
-          inputFile: '.github/workflows/nightly_build_matrix_includes.json'
-          filter: '[?runOnEvent==`${{ github.event_name }}` || runOnEvent==`always`]'
-  build:
-    needs: matrix_prep
-    strategy:
-      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.matrix_prep.outputs.matrix)}}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'nightly' || matrix.rust == 'beta' || matrix.rust == 'stable' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
-
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Install rust toolchain
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
-          override: true
-          components: rustfmt, clippy
-
-      - name: Check formatting
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: fmt
-          args: --all -- --check
-
-      - name: Build all binaries
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - name: Build all examples
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --workspace --examples
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - name: Run all tests
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - name: Run expensive tests
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'develop' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master'
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: --workspace -- --ignored
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
-        name: Clippy checks
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Run clippy
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
-        with:
-          command: clippy
-          args: --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      # nym-wallet (the rust part)
-      - name: Build nym-wallet rust code
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --workspace
-
-      - name: Run nym-wallet tests
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --workspace
-
-      - name: Check nym-wallet formatting
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: fmt
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --all -- --check
-
-      - name: Run clippy for nym-wallet
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
-        with:
-          command: clippy
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
-
-  notification:
-    needs: build
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
-    steps:
-      - name: Collect jobs status
-        uses: technote-space/workflow-conclusion-action@v2
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: install npm
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
-        with:
-          node-version: 18
-      - name: Matrix - Node Install
-        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
-        run: npm install
-        working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files
-      - name: Matrix - Send Notification
-        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
-        env:
-          NYM_NOTIFICATION_KIND: nightly
-          NYM_PROJECT_NAME: "Nym nightly build"
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
-          GIT_BRANCH: "${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
-          IS_SUCCESS: "${{ env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'success' }}"
-          MATRIX_SERVER: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_SERVER }}"
-          MATRIX_ROOM: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_ROOM_NIGHTLY }}"
-          MATRIX_USER_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_USER_ID }}"
-          MATRIX_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}"
-          MATRIX_DEVICE_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_DEVICE_ID }}"
-        uses: docker://keybaseio/client:stable-node
-        with:
-          args: .github/workflows/support-files/notifications/entry_point.sh
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "os":"ubuntu-20.04",
-    "rust":"stable",
-    "runOnEvent":"schedule"
-  },
-
-  {
-    "os":"windows10",
-    "rust":"stable",
-    "runOnEvent":"schedule"
-  },
-  {
-    "os":"macos-latest",
-    "rust":"stable",
-    "runOnEvent":"schedule"
-  },
-
-  {
-    "os":"ubuntu-20.04",
-    "rust":"beta",
-    "runOnEvent":"schedule"
-  },
-  {
-    "os":"windows10",
-    "rust":"beta",
-    "runOnEvent":"schedule"
-  },
-  {
-    "os":"macos-latest",
-    "rust":"beta",
-    "runOnEvent":"schedule"
-  },
-
-  {
-    "os":"ubuntu-20.04",
-    "rust":"nightly",
-    "runOnEvent":"schedule"
-  },
-  {
-    "os":"windows10",
-    "rust":"nightly",
-    "runOnEvent":"schedule"
-  },
-  {
-    "os":"macos-latest",
-    "rust":"nightly",
-    "runOnEvent":"schedule"
-  }
-]
@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-name: Nightly builds on latest release
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '14 2 * * *'
-jobs:
-  matrix_prep:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    outputs:
-      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-    steps:
-      # creates the matrix strategy from nightly_build_matrix_includes.json
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - id: set-matrix
-        uses: JoshuaTheMiller/conditional-build-matrix@main
-        with:
-          inputFile: '.github/workflows/nightly_build_matrix_includes.json'
-          filter: '[?runOnEvent==`${{ github.event_name }}` || runOnEvent==`always`]'
-  get_release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    needs: matrix_prep
-    outputs:
-      output1: ${{ steps.step2.outputs.latest_release }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Fetch all branches
-        run: git fetch --all
-      - name: Set output variable to latest release branch
-        id: step2
-        run: echo "latest_release=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-' | sort -V | tail -n 1 | sed 's/  origin\///')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-  build:
-    needs: [get_release,matrix_prep]
-    strategy:
-      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.matrix_prep.outputs.matrix)}}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'nightly' || matrix.rust == 'beta' || matrix.rust == 'stable' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools protobuf-compiler
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
-
-      - name: Check out latest release branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: ${{needs.get_release.outputs.output1}}
-
-      - name: Install rust toolchain
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
-          override: true
-          components: rustfmt, clippy
-
-      - name: Check formatting
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: fmt
-          args: --all -- --check
-
-      - name: Build all binaries
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - name: Build all examples
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --workspace --examples
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - name: Run all tests
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - name: Run expensive tests
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'develop' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master'
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: --workspace -- --ignored
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
-        name: Clippy checks
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Run clippy
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
-        with:
-          command: clippy
-          args: --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      # nym-wallet (the rust part)
-      - name: Build nym-wallet rust code
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --workspace
-
-      - name: Run nym-wallet tests
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --workspace
-
-      - name: Check nym-wallet formatting
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: fmt
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --all -- --check
-
-      - name: Run clippy for nym-wallet
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
-        with:
-          command: clippy
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
-
-  notification:
-    needs: [build,get_release]
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
-    steps:
-      - name: Collect jobs status
-        uses: technote-space/workflow-conclusion-action@v2
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: install npm
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
-        with:
-          node-version: 18
-      - name: Matrix - Node Install
-        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
-        run: npm install
-        working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files
-      - name: Matrix - Send Notification
-        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
-        env:
-          NYM_NOTIFICATION_KIND: nightly
-          NYM_PROJECT_NAME: "Nym nightly build on latest release"
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
-          GIT_BRANCH_NAME: "${{needs.get_release.outputs.output1}}"
-          IS_SUCCESS: "${{ env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'success' }}"
-          MATRIX_SERVER: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_SERVER }}"
-          MATRIX_ROOM: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_ROOM_NIGHTLY }}"
-          MATRIX_USER_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_USER_ID }}"
-          MATRIX_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}"
-          MATRIX_DEVICE_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_DEVICE_ID }}"
-        uses: docker://keybaseio/client:stable-node
-        with:
-          args: .github/workflows/support-files/notifications/entry_point.sh
@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-name: Nightly builds on second latest release
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '24 2 * * *'
-jobs:
-  matrix_prep:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    outputs:
-      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-    steps:
-      # creates the matrix strategy from nightly_build_matrix_includes.json
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - id: set-matrix
-        uses: JoshuaTheMiller/conditional-build-matrix@main
-        with:
-          inputFile: '.github/workflows/nightly_build_matrix_includes.json'
-          filter: '[?runOnEvent==`${{ github.event_name }}` || runOnEvent==`always`]'
-  get_release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    needs: matrix_prep
-    outputs:
-      output1: ${{ steps.step2.outputs.latest_release }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Fetch all branches
-        run: git fetch --all
-      - name: Set output variable to latest release branch
-        id: step2
-        run: echo "latest_release=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' | sort -V | tail -n 2 | head -n 1 | sed 's/  origin\///')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-  build:
-    needs: [get_release,matrix_prep]
-    strategy:
-      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.matrix_prep.outputs.matrix)}}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust == 'nightly' || matrix.rust == 'beta' || matrix.rust == 'stable' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libudev-dev squashfs-tools
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
-
-      - name: Check out latest release branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: ${{needs.get_release.outputs.output1}}
-
-      - name: Install rust toolchain
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
-          override: true
-          components: rustfmt, clippy
-
-      - name: Check formatting
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: fmt
-          args: --all -- --check
-
-      - name: Build all binaries
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space (because Windows is being annoying)
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - name: Build all examples
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --workspace --examples
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space (because Windows is being annoying)
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - name: Run all tests
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space (because Windows is being annoying)
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - name: Run expensive tests
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'develop' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master'
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: --workspace -- --ignored
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space (because Windows is being annoying)
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      - uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
-        name: Clippy checks
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          args: --workspace
-
-      - name: Run clippy
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
-        with:
-          command: clippy
-          args: --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
-
-      - name: Reclaim some disk space
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-        with:
-          command: clean
-
-      # nym-wallet (the rust part)
-      - name: Build nym-wallet rust code
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --workspace
-
-      - name: Run nym-wallet tests
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --workspace
-
-      - name: Check nym-wallet formatting
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: fmt
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --all -- --check
-
-      - name: Run clippy for nym-wallet
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        if: ${{ matrix.rust != 'nightly' }}
-        with:
-          command: clippy
-          args: --manifest-path nym-wallet/Cargo.toml --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
-
-  notification:
-    needs: [build,get_release]
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
-    steps:
-      - name: Collect jobs status
-        uses: technote-space/workflow-conclusion-action@v2
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: install npm
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
-        with:
-          node-version: 18
-      - name: Matrix - Node Install
-        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
-        run: npm install
-        working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files
-      - name: Matrix - Send Notification
-        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
-        env:
-          NYM_NOTIFICATION_KIND: nightly
-          NYM_PROJECT_NAME: "Nym nightly build on latest release"
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
-          GIT_BRANCH_NAME: "${{needs.get_release.outputs.output1}}"
-          IS_SUCCESS: "${{ env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'success' }}"
-          MATRIX_SERVER: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_SERVER }}"
-          MATRIX_ROOM: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_ROOM_NIGHTLY }}"
-          MATRIX_USER_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_USER_ID }}"
-          MATRIX_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}"
-          MATRIX_DEVICE_ID: "${{ secrets.MATRIX_DEVICE_ID }}"
-        uses: docker://keybaseio/client:stable-node
-        with:
-          args: .github/workflows/support-files/notifications/entry_point.sh
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-name: Release Nym Wallet
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      nym_wallet_version:
-        description: 'The version of the Nym Wallet to release'
-        default: '1.0.x'
-        required: true
-        type: string
-jobs:
-  create-release:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platform: [ubuntu-20.04]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Create release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          body: >-
-            This is a pre-release
-            
-            Download the wallet for your platform:
-            
-              - [Linux](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/releases/download/nym-wallet-v${{ inputs.nym_wallet_version}}/nym-wallet_v${{ inputs.nym_wallet_version}}_amd64_ubuntu20.04.AppImage)
-              - [MacOS](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/releases/download/nym-wallet-v${{ inputs.nym_wallet_version}}/nym-wallet_v${{ inputs.nym_wallet_version}}_x64_macos_11.dmg)
-              - [Windows](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/releases/download/nym-wallet-v${{ inputs.nym_wallet_version}}/nym-wallet_v${{ inputs.nym_wallet_version}}_x64_windows.msi)
-          prerelease: true
-          name: Nym Wallet v${{ inputs.nym_wallet_version}}
-          tag_name: nym-wallet-v${{ inputs.nym_wallet_version}}
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-name: Webdriverio tests for nym wallet
-
-on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - "nym-wallet/**"
-
-defaults:
-  run:
-    working-directory: nym-wallet
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    name: wallet tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Tauri dependencies
-        run: >
-          sudo apt-get update &&
-          sudo apt-get install -y
-          libgtk-3-dev
-          libgtksourceview-3.0-dev
-          webkit2gtk-4.0
-          libappindicator3-dev
-          webkit2gtk-driver
-          xvfb
-        continue-on-error: true
-
-      - name: Install minimal stable
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: stable
-
-      - name: Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 18
-
-      - name: Install yarn for building application
-        run: yarn install
-
-      - name: Build application
-        run: yarn run webpack:build & yarn run tauri:build
-
-      - name: Check binary exists
-        run: |
-          cd target/release/
-          (test -f nym-wallet && echo nym binary exists) || echo wallet does not exist
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn install
-        working-directory: nym-wallet/webdriver
-
-      - name: Remove existing user datafile
-        uses: JesseTG/rm@v1.0.2
-        with:
-          path: nym-wallet/webdriver/common/data/user-data.json
-
-      - name: Create user data json file
-        id: create-json
-        uses: jsdaniell/create-json@1.1.2
-        with:
-          name: "user-data.json"
-          json: ${{ secrets.WALLET_USERDATA }}
-          dir: "nym-wallet/webdriver/common/data/"
-
-      - name: Install tauri-driver
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: install
-          args: tauri-driver
-
-      - name: Launch tests
-        run: xvfb-run yarn test:runall
-        working-directory: nym-wallet/webdriver
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        platform: [custom-runner-linux]
+        platform: [custom-ubuntu-20.04]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}

    outputs:
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        platform: [custom-runner-linux]
+        platform: [custom-ubuntu-20.04]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}

    outputs:
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
  build:
    if: ${{ (startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/nym-contracts-') && github.event_name == 'release') || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, custom-runner-linux]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, custom-ubuntu-20.04]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      
+
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
        run: cargo install --version 0.112.0 wasm-opt

      - name: Build release contracts
-        run: make contracts-wasm
+        run: make contracts

      - name: Upload Mixnet Contract Artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        platform: [custom-runner-linux]
+        platform: [custom-ubuntu-20.04]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}

    outputs:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
  build:
    name: Build APK
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    runs-on: custom-ubuntu-20.04
    env:
      ANDROID_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}/android-sdk
      NDK_VERSION: 25.2.9519653
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-name: Publish SDK to NPM
+name: Publish Typescript SDK
 on:
  workflow_dispatch:

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

@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: yarn

-      - name: Build and publish
+      - name: Build WASM and Typescript SDK
+        run: yarn sdk:build
+
+      - name: Publish to NPM
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
-        working-directory: ./sdk/typescript/packages/sdk
-        run: scripts/publish.sh
+        run: ./sdk/typescript/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,31 @@
 Post 1.0.0 release, the changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

 ## [Unreleased]
+- add client registry to Gateway ([#3955])
+- add HTTP API to Gateway ([#3955])
+- add `/client/<pub-key>`, `clients` and `register` routes to the gateway ([#3955])
+
+## [2023.1-milka] (2023-09-24)
+
+- custom Debug impl for mix::Node and gateway::Node ([#3930])
+- added forceTls argument to 'MixFetchOptsSimple' ([#3907])
+- Enable loop cover traffic by default in NR ([#3904])
+- Fix all the cargo warnings ([#3899])
+- [Issue] nym-socks5-client crash on UDP request ([#3898])
+- Feature/gateway inbuilt nr ([#3877])
+- removed queued mixnet migration that was already run ([#3872])
+- [feat] Socks5 and Native client: run with hardcoded topology ([#3866])
+- Introduce a local network requester directly inside a gateway ([#3838])
+
+[#3930]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3930
+[#3907]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3907
+[#3904]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3904
+[#3899]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3899
+[#3898]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3898
+[#3877]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3877
+[#3872]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3872
+[#3866]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3866
+[#3838]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3838

 ## [v1.1.31-kitkat] (2023-09-12)

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ cw2 = { version = "=1.1.0" }
 cw3 = { version = "=1.1.0" }
 cw4 = { version = "=1.1.0" }
 cw-controllers = { version = "=1.1.0" }
+dashmap = "5.5.3"
 dotenvy = "0.15.6"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 generic-array = "0.14.7"
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ k256 = "0.13"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
+parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 reqwest = "0.11.18"
 serde = "1.0.152"
@@ -162,6 +164,8 @@ tap = "1.0.1"
 tendermint-rpc = "0.32" # same version as used by cosmrs
 thiserror = "1.0.38"
 tokio = "1.24.1"
+tokio-tungstenite = "0.20.1"
+tungstenite = { version = "0.20.1", default-features = false }
 ts-rs = "7.0.0"
 url = "2.4"
 zeroize = "1.6.0"
@@ -175,3 +179,25 @@ wasm-bindgen = "0.2.86"
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.37"
 wasmtimer = "0.2.0"
 web-sys = "0.3.63"
+
+# Profile settings for individual crates
+
+[profile.release.package.nym-socks5-listener]
+strip = true
+codegen-units = 1
+
+[profile.release.package.nym-client-wasm]
+# lto = true
+opt-level = 'z'
+
+[profile.release.package.nym-node-tester-wasm]
+# lto = true
+opt-level = 'z'
+
+[profile.release.package.nym-wasm-sdk]
+# lto = true
+opt-level = 'z'
+
+[profile.release.package.mix-fetch-wasm]
+# lto = true
+opt-level = 'z'
@@ -1,76 +1,85 @@
-# Default target
+# Top-level Makefile for the nym monorepo
+
+# Default target. Probably what you want to run in normal day-to-day usage when
+# you want to check all backend code in one step.
 all: test

-test: clippy-all cargo-test contracts-wasm sdk-wasm-test fmt
+help:
+	@echo "The main targets are"
+	@echo "  all: the default target. Alias for test"
+	@echo "  build: build all binaries"
+	@echo "  build-release: build platform binaries and contracts in release mode"
+	@echo "  clippy: run clippy for all workspaces"
+	@echo "  test: run clippy, unit tests, and formatting."
+	@echo "  test-all: like test, but also includes the expensive tests"

+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Meta targets
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Run clippy for all workspaces, run all tests, format all Rust code
+test: clippy cargo-test fmt
+
+# Same as test, but also runs slow tests
 test-all: test cargo-test-expensive

-no-clippy: build cargo-test contracts-wasm fmt fmt-browser-extension-storage
+# Build release binaries for the main workspace (platform binaries) and the
+# contracts, including running wasm-opt.
+# Producing release versions of other components is deferred to their
+# respective toolchains.
+build-release: build-release-main contracts

-happy: fmt clippy-happy test
+# Not a meta target, more of a top-level target for building all binaries (in
+# debug mode). Listed here for visibility. The deps are appended successively
+build:

-build: sdk-wasm-build build-browser-extension-storage
-
-# Building release binaries is a little manual as we can't just build --release
-# on all workspaces.
-build-release: build-release-main contracts-wasm
-
-clippy: sdk-wasm-lint clippy-browser-extension-storage
-
-# Deprecated
-# For backwards compatibility
-clippy-all: clippy
+# Not a meta target, more of a top-level target for clippy. Listed here for
+# visibility. The deps are appended successively.
+clippy:

 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Define targets for a given workspace
 #  $(1): name
 #  $(2): path to workspace
 #  $(3): extra arguments to cargo
+#  $(4): RUSTFLAGS prefix env
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 define add_cargo_workspace

-clippy-happy-$(1):
-	cargo clippy --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml $(3)
-
-clippy-$(1):
-	cargo clippy --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace $(3) -- -D warnings
-
-clippy-examples-$(1):
-	cargo clippy --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace --examples -- -D warnings
-
 check-$(1):
 	cargo check --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace $(3)

+build-$(1):
+	cargo build --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace $(3)
+
+build-extra-$(1):
+	cargo build --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace --examples --tests
+
+build-release-$(1):
+	$(4) cargo $$($(1)_BUILD_RELEASE_TOOLCHAIN) build --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace --release $(3)
+
 test-$(1):
 	cargo test --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace

 test-expensive-$(1):
 	cargo test --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace -- --ignored

-build-standalone-$(1):
-	cargo build --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml $(3)
+clippy-$(1):
+	cargo $$($(1)_CLIPPY_TOOLCHAIN) clippy --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace $(3) -- -D warnings

-build-$(1):
-	cargo build --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace $(3)
-
-build-examples-$(1):
-	cargo build --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace --examples
-
-build-release-$(1):
-	cargo build --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace --release $(3)
+clippy-extra-$(1):
+	cargo $$($(1)_CLIPPY_TOOLCHAIN) clippy --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --workspace --examples --tests -- -D warnings

 fmt-$(1):
 	cargo fmt --manifest-path $(2)/Cargo.toml --all

-clippy-happy: clippy-happy-$(1)
-clippy: clippy-$(1) clippy-examples-$(1)
 check: check-$(1)
+build: build-$(1) build-extra-$(1)
+build-release-all: build-release-$(1)
 cargo-test: test-$(1)
 cargo-test-expensive: test-expensive-$(1)
-build: build-$(1) build-examples-$(1)
-build-release-all: build-release-$(1)
+clippy: clippy-$(1) clippy-extra-$(1)
 fmt: fmt-$(1)
-
 endef

 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -80,11 +89,68 @@ endef
 # Generate targets for the various cargo workspaces

 $(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,main,.))
-$(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,contracts,contracts,--lib --target wasm32-unknown-unknown))
-#$(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,wasm-client,clients/webassembly,--target wasm32-unknown-unknown))
-$(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,wallet,nym-wallet,))
+$(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,contracts,contracts,--lib --target wasm32-unknown-unknown,RUSTFLAGS='-C link-arg=-s'))
+$(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,wallet,nym-wallet))
 $(eval $(call add_cargo_workspace,connect,nym-connect/desktop))

+# OVERRIDE: wasm-opt fails if the binary has been built with the latest rustc.
+# Pin to the last working version.
+contracts_BUILD_RELEASE_TOOLCHAIN := +1.69.0
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SDK
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sdk-wasm: sdk-wasm-build sdk-wasm-test sdk-wasm-lint
+
+sdk-wasm-build:
+	$(MAKE) -C nym-browser-extension/storage wasm-pack
+	$(MAKE) -C wasm/client
+	$(MAKE) -C wasm/node-tester
+	$(MAKE) -C wasm/mix-fetch
+	$(MAKE) -C wasm/full-nym-wasm
+
+# run this from npm/yarn to ensure tools are in the path, e.g. yarn build:sdk from root of repo
+sdk-typescript-build:
+	npx lerna run --scope @nymproject/sdk build --stream
+	npx lerna run --scope @nymproject/mix-fetch build --stream
+	npx lerna run --scope @nymproject/node-tester build --stream
+	yarn --cwd sdk/typescript/codegen/contract-clients build
+
+# NOTE: These targets are part of the main workspace (but not as wasm32-unknown-unknown)
+WASM_CRATES = extension-storage nym-client-wasm nym-node-tester-wasm nym-wasm-sdk
+
+sdk-wasm-test:
+	#cargo test $(addprefix -p , $(WASM_CRATES)) --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -- -Dwarnings
+
+sdk-wasm-lint:
+	cargo clippy $(addprefix -p , $(WASM_CRATES)) --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -- -Dwarnings
+	$(MAKE) -C wasm/mix-fetch check-fmt
+
+# Add to top-level targets
+build: sdk-wasm-build
+cargo-test: sdk-wasm-test
+clippy: sdk-wasm-lint
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Build contracts ready for deploy
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CONTRACTS=vesting_contract mixnet_contract nym_service_provider_directory nym_name_service
+CONTRACTS_WASM=$(addsuffix .wasm, $(CONTRACTS))
+CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR=contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release
+
+contracts: build-release-contracts wasm-opt-contracts
+
+wasm-opt-contracts:
+	for contract in $(CONTRACTS_WASM); do \
+	  wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/$$contract -o $(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/$$contract; \
+	done
+
+# Consider adding 's' to make plural consistent (beware: used in github workflow)
+contract-schema:
+	$(MAKE) -C contracts schema
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Convenience targets for crates that are already part of the main workspace
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -95,102 +161,14 @@ build-explorer-api:
 build-nym-cli:
 	cargo build -p nym-cli --release

-build-browser-extension-storage:
-	cargo build -p extension-storage --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-
-fmt-browser-extension-storage:
-	cargo fmt -p extension-storage -- --check
-
-clippy-browser-extension-storage:
-	cargo clippy -p extension-storage --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -- -Dwarnings
-
-sdk-wasm: sdk-wasm-build sdk-wasm-test sdk-wasm-lint
-
-sdk-wasm-build:
-	# browser storage
-	$(MAKE) -C nym-browser-extension/storage wasm-pack
-
-	# client
-	$(MAKE) -C wasm/client build
-
-	# node-tester
-	$(MAKE) -C wasm/node-tester build
-
-	# mix-fetch
-	$(MAKE) -C wasm/mix-fetch build
-
-	# full
-	$(MAKE) -C wasm/full-nym-wasm build-full
-
-# run this from npm/yarn to ensure tools are in the path, e.g. yarn build:sdk from root of repo
-sdk-typescript-build:
-	lerna run --scope @nymproject/sdk build --stream
-	lerna run --scope @nymproject/mix-fetch build --stream
-	lerna run --scope @nymproject/node-tester build --stream
-
-sdk-wasm-test:
-#	# client
-#	cargo test -p nym-client-wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-#
-#	# node-tester
-#	cargo test -p nym-node-tester-wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-#
-#	# mix-fetch
-#	#cargo test -p nym-wasm-sdk --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-#
-#	# full
-#	cargo test -p nym-wasm-sdk --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-
-
-sdk-wasm-lint:
-	# client
-	cargo clippy -p nym-client-wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -- -Dwarnings
-
-	# node-tester
-	cargo clippy -p nym-node-tester-wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -- -Dwarnings
-
-	# mix-fetch
-	$(MAKE) -C wasm/mix-fetch check-fmt
-
-	# full
-	cargo clippy -p nym-wasm-sdk --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -- -Dwarnings
-
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Build contracts ready for deploy
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR=contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release
-VESTING_CONTRACT=$(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/vesting_contract.wasm
-MIXNET_CONTRACT=$(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/mixnet_contract.wasm
-SERVICE_PROVIDER_DIRECTORY_CONTRACT=$(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/nym_service_provider_directory.wasm
-NAME_SERVICE_CONTRACT=$(CONTRACTS_OUT_DIR)/nym_name_service.wasm
-
-contracts-wasm: contracts-wasm-build contracts-wasm-opt
-
-contracts-wasm-build:
-	RUSTFLAGS='-C link-arg=-s' cargo build --lib --manifest-path contracts/Cargo.toml --release --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-
-contracts-wasm-opt:
-	wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(VESTING_CONTRACT) -o $(VESTING_CONTRACT)
-	wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(MIXNET_CONTRACT) -o $(MIXNET_CONTRACT)
-	wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(SERVICE_PROVIDER_DIRECTORY_CONTRACT) -o $(SERVICE_PROVIDER_DIRECTORY_CONTRACT)
-	wasm-opt --disable-sign-ext -Os $(NAME_SERVICE_CONTRACT) -o $(NAME_SERVICE_CONTRACT)
-
-contract-schema:
-	$(MAKE) -C contracts schema
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Misc
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-# NOTE: this seems deprecated an not needed anymore?
-mixnet-opt: contracts-wasm
-	cd contracts/mixnet && make opt
-
 generate-typescript:
 	cd tools/ts-rs-cli && cargo run && cd ../..
 	yarn types:lint:fix

 run-api-tests:
 	cd nym-api/tests/functional_test && yarn test:qa
+
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client"
-version = "1.1.29"
+version = "1.1.30"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
 description = "Implementation of the Nym Client"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/d
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tap = "1.0.1"
-tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] } # async runtime
-tokio-tungstenite = "0.14" # websocket
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] } # async runtime
+tokio-tungstenite = { workspace = true }

 ## internal
 nym-bandwidth-controller = { path = "../../common/bandwidth-controller" }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 }

 impl NymConfigTemplate for Config {
-    fn template() -> &'static str {
+    fn template(&self) -> &'static str {
        CONFIG_TEMPLATE
    }
 }
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub struct ClientPaths {
 impl ClientPaths {
    pub fn new_default<P: AsRef<Path>>(base_data_directory: P) -> Self {
        ClientPaths {
-            common_paths: CommonClientPaths::new_default(base_data_directory),
+            common_paths: CommonClientPaths::new_base(base_data_directory),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -4,27 +4,19 @@
 use crate::client::config::Config;
 use crate::error::ClientError;
 use crate::websocket;
-use futures::channel::mpsc;
 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::OnDiskPersistent;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::{
    BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
 };
-use nym_client_core::client::inbound_messages::InputMessage;
-use nym_client_core::client::received_buffer::{
-    ReceivedBufferMessage, ReceivedBufferRequestSender, ReconstructedMessagesReceiver,
-};
-use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
 use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
-use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
-use nym_task::TaskManager;
+use nym_task::TaskHandle;
 use nym_validator_client::QueryHttpRpcNyxdClient;
 use std::error::Error;
-use tokio::sync::watch::error::SendError;
+use std::path::PathBuf;

 pub use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
-pub use nym_sphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;

 pub mod config;

@@ -34,11 +26,17 @@ pub struct SocketClient {
    /// Client configuration options, including, among other things, packet sending rates,
    /// key filepaths, etc.
    config: Config,
+
+    /// Optional path to a .json file containing standalone network details.
+    custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
 }

 impl SocketClient {
-    pub fn new(config: Config) -> Self {
-        SocketClient { config }
+    pub fn new(config: Config, custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>) -> Self {
+        SocketClient {
+            config,
+            custom_mixnet,
+        }
    }

    fn start_websocket_listener(
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ impl SocketClient {
    pub async fn run_socket_forever(self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
        let shutdown = self.start_socket().await?;

-        let res = shutdown.catch_interrupt().await;
+        let res = shutdown.wait_for_shutdown().await;
        log::info!("Stopping nym-client");
        res
    }
@@ -109,12 +107,16 @@ impl SocketClient {

        let storage = self.initialise_storage().await?;

-        let base_client = BaseClientBuilder::new(&self.config.base, storage, dkg_query_client);
+        let mut base_client = BaseClientBuilder::new(&self.config.base, storage, dkg_query_client);
+
+        if let Some(custom_mixnet) = &self.custom_mixnet {
+            base_client = base_client.with_stored_topology(custom_mixnet)?;
+        }

        Ok(base_client)
    }

-    pub async fn start_socket(self) -> Result<TaskManager, ClientError> {
+    pub async fn start_socket(self) -> Result<TaskHandle, ClientError> {
        if !self.config.socket.socket_type.is_websocket() {
            return Err(ClientError::InvalidSocketMode);
        }
@@ -133,141 +135,13 @@ impl SocketClient {
            client_output,
            client_state,
            &self_address,
-            started_client.task_manager.subscribe(),
+            started_client.task_handle.get_handle(),
            packet_type,
        );

        info!("Client startup finished!");
        info!("The address of this client is: {self_address}");

-        Ok(started_client.task_manager)
-    }
-
-    pub async fn start_direct(self) -> Result<DirectClient, ClientError> {
-        if self.config.socket.socket_type.is_websocket() {
-            return Err(ClientError::InvalidSocketMode);
-        }
-
-        let base_builder = self.create_base_client_builder().await?;
-        let packet_type = self.config.base.debug.traffic.packet_type;
-        let mut started_client = base_builder.start_base().await?;
-        let address = started_client.address;
-        let client_input = started_client.client_input.register_producer();
-        let client_output = started_client.client_output.register_consumer();
-
-        // register our receiver
-        let (reconstructed_sender, reconstructed_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
-
-        // tell the buffer to start sending stuff to us
-        client_output
-            .received_buffer_request_sender
-            .unbounded_send(ReceivedBufferMessage::ReceiverAnnounce(
-                reconstructed_sender,
-            ))
-            .expect("the buffer request failed!");
-
-        Ok(DirectClient {
-            client_input,
-            _received_buffer_request_sender: client_output.received_buffer_request_sender,
-            reconstructed_receiver,
-            address,
-            shutdown_notifier: started_client.task_manager,
-            packet_type,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct DirectClient {
-    client_input: ClientInput,
-    // make sure to not drop the channel
-    _received_buffer_request_sender: ReceivedBufferRequestSender,
-    reconstructed_receiver: ReconstructedMessagesReceiver,
-    address: Recipient,
-
-    // we need to keep reference to this guy otherwise things will start dropping
-    shutdown_notifier: TaskManager,
-    packet_type: PacketType,
-}
-
-impl DirectClient {
-    pub fn address(&self) -> &Recipient {
-        &self.address
-    }
-
-    pub fn signal_shutdown(&self) -> Result<(), SendError<()>> {
-        self.shutdown_notifier.signal_shutdown()
-    }
-
-    pub async fn wait_for_shutdown(&mut self) {
-        self.shutdown_notifier.wait_for_shutdown().await
-    }
-
-    /// EXPERIMENTAL DIRECT RUST API
-    /// It's untested and there are absolutely no guarantees about it (but seems to have worked
-    /// well enough in local tests)
-    pub async fn send_regular_message(&mut self, recipient: Recipient, message: Vec<u8>) {
-        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;
-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane, Some(self.packet_type));
-
-        self.client_input
-            .input_sender
-            .send(input_msg)
-            .await
-            .expect("InputMessageReceiver has stopped receiving!");
-    }
-
-    /// EXPERIMENTAL DIRECT RUST API
-    /// It's untested and there are absolutely no guarantees about it (but seems to have worked
-    /// well enough in local tests)
-    pub async fn send_anonymous_message(
-        &mut self,
-        recipient: Recipient,
-        message: Vec<u8>,
-        reply_surbs: u32,
-    ) {
-        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;
-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_anonymous(
-            recipient,
-            message,
-            reply_surbs,
-            lane,
-            Some(self.packet_type),
-        );
-
-        self.client_input
-            .input_sender
-            .send(input_msg)
-            .await
-            .expect("InputMessageReceiver has stopped receiving!");
-    }
-
-    /// EXPERIMENTAL DIRECT RUST API
-    /// It's untested and there are absolutely no guarantees about it (but seems to have worked
-    /// well enough in local tests)
-    pub async fn send_reply(&mut self, recipient_tag: AnonymousSenderTag, message: Vec<u8>) {
-        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;
-        let input_msg =
-            InputMessage::new_reply(recipient_tag, message, lane, Some(self.packet_type));
-
-        self.client_input
-            .input_sender
-            .send(input_msg)
-            .await
-            .expect("InputMessageReceiver has stopped receiving!");
-    }
-
-    /// EXPERIMENTAL DIRECT RUST API
-    /// It's untested and there are absolutely no guarantees about it (but seems to have worked
-    /// well enough in local tests)
-    /// Note: it waits for the first occurrence of messages being sent to ourselves. If you expect multiple
-    /// messages, you might have to call this function repeatedly.
-    // TODO: I guess this should really return something that `impl Stream<Item=ReconstructedMessage>`
-    pub async fn wait_for_messages(&mut self) -> Vec<ReconstructedMessage> {
-        use futures::StreamExt;
-
-        self.reconstructed_receiver
-            .next()
-            .await
-            .expect("buffer controller seems to have somehow died!")
+        Ok(started_client.task_handle)
    }
 }
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ 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_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
+use nym_client_core::init::helpers::current_gateways;
+use nym_client_core::init::types::{GatewayDetails, GatewaySelectionSpecification, GatewaySetup};
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nym_topology::NymTopology;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{fs, io};
 use tap::TapFallible;

@@ -49,7 +53,12 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
-    #[clap(long, alias = "api_validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        alias = "api_validators",
+        value_delimiter = ',',
+        group = "network"
+    )]
    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

@@ -65,6 +74,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
    #[clap(long)]
    host: Option<IpAddr>,

+    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
+    #[clap(long, group = "network", hide = true)]
+    custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
+
    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
    /// modify config post init
    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
@@ -102,7 +115,7 @@ impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 pub struct InitResults {
    #[serde(flatten)]
-    client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults,
+    client_core: nym_client_core::init::types::InitResults,
    client_listening_port: u16,
    client_address: String,
 }
@@ -110,7 +123,11 @@ pub struct InitResults {
 impl InitResults {
    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
-            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(&config.base, address, gateway),
+            client_core: nym_client_core::init::types::InitResults::new(
+                &config.base,
+                address,
+                gateway,
+            ),
            client_listening_port: config.socket.listening_port,
            client_address: address.to_string(),
        }
@@ -130,7 +147,7 @@ fn init_paths(id: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
    fs::create_dir_all(default_config_directory(id))
 }

-pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
    eprintln!("Initialising client...");

    let id = &args.id;
@@ -150,7 +167,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
    // re-registering if wanted.
    let user_wants_force_register = args.force_register_gateway;
    if user_wants_force_register {
-        eprintln!("Instructed to force registering gateway. This might overwrite keys!");
+        eprintln!("Instructed to force registering gateway. This will overwrite keys!");
    }

    // If the client was already initialized, don't generate new keys and don't re-register with
@@ -160,9 +177,10 @@ 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(
+    let selection_spec = GatewaySelectionSpecification::new(
        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
        Some(args.latency_based_selection),
+        false,
    );

    // Load and potentially override config
@@ -173,16 +191,29 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
    let key_store = OnDiskKeys::new(config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys.clone());
    let details_store =
        OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&config.storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
-    let init_details = nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway(
-        gateway_setup,
-        &key_store,
-        &details_store,
-        register_gateway,
-        Some(&config.base.client.nym_api_urls),
-    )
-    .await
-    .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?
-    .details;
+
+    let available_gateways = if let Some(hardcoded_topology) = args
+        .custom_mixnet
+        .map(NymTopology::new_from_file)
+        .transpose()?
+    {
+        // hardcoded_topology
+        hardcoded_topology.get_gateways()
+    } else {
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+        current_gateways(&mut rng, &config.base.client.nym_api_urls).await?
+    };
+
+    let gateway_setup = GatewaySetup::New {
+        specification: selection_spec,
+        available_gateways,
+        overwrite_data: register_gateway,
+    };
+
+    let init_details =
+        nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway(gateway_setup, &key_store, &details_store)
+            .await
+            .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?;

    let config_save_location = config.default_location();
    config.save_to_default_location().tap_err(|_| {
@@ -197,7 +228,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {

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

-    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address, &init_details.gateway_details);
+    let GatewayDetails::Configured(gateway_details) = init_details.gateway_details else {
+        return Err(ClientCoreError::UnexpectedPersistedCustomGatewayDetails)?;
+    };
+    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address, &gateway_details);
    println!("{}", args.output.format(&init_results));

    Ok(())
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Cli) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync
    let bin_name = "nym-native-client";

    match args.command {
-        Commands::Init(m) => init::execute(&m).await?,
-        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(&m).await?,
+        Commands::Init(m) => init::execute(m).await?,
+        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(m).await?,
        Commands::BuildInfo(m) => build_info::execute(m),
        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut Cli::command(), bin_name),
        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut Cli::command(), bin_name),
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ fn persist_gateway_details(
            source: Box::new(source),
        })
    })?;
-    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(details, &shared_keys);
+    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(details.into(), Some(&shared_keys))?;
    details_store
        .store_to_disk(&persisted_details)
        .map_err(|source| {
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use nym_bin_common::version_checker::is_minor_version_compatible;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::path::PathBuf;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Run {
@@ -25,7 +26,12 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
-    #[clap(long, alias = "api_validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        alias = "api_validators",
+        value_delimiter = ',',
+        group = "network"
+    )]
    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

@@ -46,6 +52,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    #[clap(long)]
    host: Option<IpAddr>,

+    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
+    #[clap(long, group = "network", hide = true)]
+    custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
+
    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
    /// modify config post init
    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
@@ -95,7 +105,7 @@ fn version_check(cfg: &Config) -> bool {
    }
 }

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

    let mut config = try_load_current_config(&args.id)?;
@@ -106,5 +116,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Run) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Syn
        return Err(Box::new(ClientError::FailedLocalVersionCheck));
    }

-    SocketClient::new(config).run_socket_forever().await
+    SocketClient::new(config, args.custom_mixnet)
+        .run_socket_forever()
+        .await
 }
@@ -230,8 +230,7 @@ impl ServerResponse {

        let error_kind = ErrorKind::try_from(b[1])?;

-        let message_len =
-            u64::from_be_bytes(b[2..2 + size_of::<u64>()].as_ref().try_into().unwrap());
+        let message_len = u64::from_be_bytes(b[2..2 + size_of::<u64>()].try_into().unwrap());
        let message = &b[2 + size_of::<u64>()..];
        if message.len() as u64 != message_len {
            return Err(error::Error::new(
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.29"
+version = "1.1.30"
 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"
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] }
+rand = "0.7.3"
 url = { workspace = true }

 # internal
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ 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_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
+use nym_client_core::init::helpers::current_gateways;
+use nym_client_core::init::types::{GatewayDetails, GatewaySelectionSpecification, GatewaySetup};
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nym_topology::NymTopology;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{fs, io};
 use tap::TapFallible;

@@ -60,7 +64,12 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the API validators
-    #[clap(long, alias = "api_validators", value_delimiter = ',')]
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        alias = "api_validators",
+        value_delimiter = ',',
+        group = "network"
+    )]
    // the alias here is included for backwards compatibility (1.1.4 and before)
    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

@@ -68,6 +77,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Init {
    #[clap(short, long)]
    port: Option<u16>,

+    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
+    #[clap(long, group = "network", hide = true)]
+    custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
+
    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
    /// modify config post init
    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
@@ -106,7 +119,7 @@ impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 pub struct InitResults {
    #[serde(flatten)]
-    client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults,
+    client_core: nym_client_core::init::types::InitResults,
    socks5_listening_port: u16,
    client_address: String,
 }
@@ -114,7 +127,7 @@ pub struct InitResults {
 impl InitResults {
    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
-            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(
+            client_core: nym_client_core::init::types::InitResults::new(
                &config.core.base,
                address,
                gateway,
@@ -138,7 +151,7 @@ fn init_paths(id: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
    fs::create_dir_all(default_config_directory(id))
 }

-pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
+pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
    eprintln!("Initialising client...");

    let id = &args.id;
@@ -169,9 +182,10 @@ 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(
+    let selection_spec = GatewaySelectionSpecification::new(
        user_chosen_gateway_id.map(|id| id.to_base58_string()),
        Some(args.latency_based_selection),
+        false,
    );

    // Load and potentially override config
@@ -185,16 +199,29 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
    let key_store = OnDiskKeys::new(config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys.clone());
    let details_store =
        OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&config.storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
-    let init_details = nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway(
-        gateway_setup,
-        &key_store,
-        &details_store,
-        register_gateway,
-        Some(&config.core.base.client.nym_api_urls),
-    )
-    .await
-    .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?
-    .details;
+
+    let available_gateways = if let Some(hardcoded_topology) = args
+        .custom_mixnet
+        .map(NymTopology::new_from_file)
+        .transpose()?
+    {
+        // hardcoded_topology
+        hardcoded_topology.get_gateways()
+    } else {
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+        current_gateways(&mut rng, &config.core.base.client.nym_api_urls).await?
+    };
+
+    let gateway_setup = GatewaySetup::New {
+        specification: selection_spec,
+        available_gateways,
+        overwrite_data: register_gateway,
+    };
+
+    let init_details =
+        nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway(gateway_setup, &key_store, &details_store)
+            .await
+            .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?;

    // TODO: ask the service provider we specified for its interface version and set it in the config

@@ -209,7 +236,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {

    let address = init_details.client_address()?;

-    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address, &init_details.gateway_details);
+    let GatewayDetails::Configured(gateway_details) = init_details.gateway_details else {
+        return Err(ClientCoreError::UnexpectedPersistedCustomGatewayDetails)?;
+    };
+    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address, &gateway_details);
    println!("{}", args.output.format(&init_results));

    Ok(())
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: Cli) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync
    let bin_name = "nym-socks5-client";

    match args.command {
-        Commands::Init(m) => init::execute(&m).await?,
-        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(&m).await?,
+        Commands::Init(m) => init::execute(m).await?,
+        Commands::Run(m) => run::execute(m).await?,
        Commands::BuildInfo(m) => build_info::execute(m),
        Commands::Completions(s) => s.generate(&mut Cli::command(), bin_name),
        Commands::GenerateFigSpec => fig_generate(&mut Cli::command(), bin_name),
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ fn persist_gateway_details(
            source: Box::new(source),
        })
    })?;
-    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(details, &shared_keys);
+    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(details.into(), Some(&shared_keys))?;
    details_store
        .store_to_disk(&persisted_details)
        .map_err(|source| {
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use nym_client_core::client::topology_control::geo_aware_provider::CountryGroup;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_socks5_client_core::NymClient;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use std::path::PathBuf;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Run {
@@ -45,13 +46,17 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Comma separated list of rest endpoints of the Nym APIs
-    #[clap(long, value_delimiter = ',')]
+    #[clap(long, value_delimiter = ',', group = "network")]
    nym_apis: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,

    /// Port for the socket to listen on
    #[clap(short, long)]
    port: Option<u16>,

+    /// Path to .json file containing custom network specification.
+    #[clap(long, group = "network", group = "routing", hide = true)]
+    custom_mixnet: Option<PathBuf>,
+
    /// Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to
    /// modify config post init
    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    no_cover: bool,

    /// Set geo-aware mixnode selection when sending mixnet traffic, for experiments only.
-    #[clap(long, hide = true, value_parser = validate_country_group)]
+    #[clap(long, hide = true, value_parser = validate_country_group, group="routing")]
    geo_routing: Option<CountryGroup>,

    /// Enable medium mixnet traffic, for experiments only.
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ fn version_check(cfg: &Config) -> bool {
    }
 }

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

    let mut config = try_load_current_config(&args.id)?;
@@ -138,5 +143,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Run) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error
    let storage =
        OnDiskPersistent::from_paths(config.storage_paths.common_paths, &config.core.base.debug)
            .await?;
-    NymClient::new(config.core, storage).run_forever().await
+    NymClient::new(config.core, storage, args.custom_mixnet)
+        .run_forever()
+        .await
 }
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 }

 impl NymConfigTemplate for Config {
-    fn template() -> &'static str {
+    fn template(&self) -> &'static str {
        CONFIG_TEMPLATE
    }
 }
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub struct SocksClientPaths {
 impl SocksClientPaths {
    pub fn new_default<P: AsRef<Path>>(base_data_directory: P) -> Self {
        SocksClientPaths {
-            common_paths: CommonClientPaths::new_default(base_data_directory),
+            common_paths: CommonClientPaths::new_base(base_data_directory),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -32,4 +32,14 @@ impl OutputFormat {
            OutputFormat::Json => serde_json::to_string(data).unwrap(),
        }
    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "output_format")]
+    pub fn to_stdout<T: serde::Serialize + ToString>(&self, data: &T) {
+        println!("{}", self.format(data))
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "output_format")]
+    pub fn to_stderr<T: serde::Serialize + ToString>(&self, data: &T) {
+        eprintln!("{}", self.format(data))
+    }
 }
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ rust-version = "1.66"
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 base64 = "0.21.2"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
-dashmap = "5.4.0"
+dashmap = { workspace = true }
 dirs = "4.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10.6"
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-tungstenite = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false }
+tungstenite = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"]}
 time = "0.3.17"
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ nym-config = { path = "../config" }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../crypto" }
 nym-explorer-client = { path = "../../explorer-api/explorer-client" }
 nym-gateway-client = { path = "../client-libs/gateway-client" }
-#gateway-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/gateway-client", default-features = false, features = ["wasm", "coconut"] }
 nym-gateway-requests = { path = "../../gateway/gateway-requests" }
 nym-nonexhaustive-delayqueue = { path = "../nonexhaustive-delayqueue" }
 nym-sphinx = { path = "../nymsphinx" }
 nym-pemstore = { path = "../pemstore" }
-nym-topology = { path = "../topology" }
+nym-topology = { path = "../topology", features = ["serializable"] }
 nym-validator-client = { path = "../client-libs/validator-client", default-features = false }
 nym-task = { path = "../task" }
 nym-credential-storage = { path = "../credential-storage" }
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ workspace = true
 features = ["time"]

 [target."cfg(not(target_arch = \"wasm32\"))".dependencies.tokio-tungstenite]
-version = "0.14"
+version = "0.20.1"

 [target."cfg(not(target_arch = \"wasm32\"))".dependencies.sqlx]
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::client::base_client::storage::MixnetClientStorage;
 use crate::client::cover_traffic_stream::LoopCoverTrafficStream;
 use crate::client::inbound_messages::{InputMessage, InputMessageReceiver, InputMessageSender};
 use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
+use crate::client::mix_traffic::transceiver::{GatewayReceiver, GatewayTransceiver, RemoteGateway};
 use crate::client::mix_traffic::{BatchMixMessageSender, MixTrafficController};
 use crate::client::real_messages_control;
 use crate::client::real_messages_control::RealMessagesController;
@@ -25,16 +26,18 @@ use crate::client::topology_control::{
 };
 use crate::config::{Config, DebugConfig};
 use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
-use crate::init::{setup_gateway, GatewaySetup, InitialisationDetails, InitialisationResult};
+use crate::init::{
+    setup_gateway,
+    types::{GatewayDetails, GatewaySetup, InitialisationResult},
+};
 use crate::{config, spawn_future};
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
-use log::{debug, info};
+use log::{debug, error, info};
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
 use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage as CredentialStorage;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
+use nym_crypto::asymmetric::encryption;
 use nym_gateway_client::{
-    AcknowledgementReceiver, AcknowledgementSender, GatewayClient, MixnetMessageReceiver,
-    MixnetMessageSender,
+    AcknowledgementReceiver, GatewayClient, MixnetMessageReceiver, PacketRouter,
 };
 use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
@@ -42,9 +45,12 @@ use nym_sphinx::addressing::nodes::NodeIdentity;
 use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_sphinx::receiver::{ReconstructedMessage, SphinxMessageReceiver};
 use nym_task::connections::{ConnectionCommandReceiver, ConnectionCommandSender, LaneQueueLengths};
-use nym_task::{TaskClient, TaskManager};
+use nym_task::{TaskClient, TaskHandle};
 use nym_topology::provider_trait::TopologyProvider;
+use nym_topology::HardcodedTopologyProvider;
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::contract_traits::DkgQueryClient;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use url::Url;

@@ -155,7 +161,12 @@ pub struct BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S: MixnetClientStorage> {
    config: &'a Config,
    client_store: S,
    dkg_query_client: Option<C>,
+
+    wait_for_gateway: bool,
    custom_topology_provider: Option<Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync>>,
+    custom_gateway_transceiver: Option<Box<dyn GatewayTransceiver + Send>>,
+    shutdown: Option<TaskClient>,
+
    setup_method: GatewaySetup,
 }

@@ -173,16 +184,27 @@ where
            config: base_config,
            client_store,
            dkg_query_client,
+            wait_for_gateway: false,
            custom_topology_provider: None,
+            custom_gateway_transceiver: None,
+            shutdown: None,
            setup_method: GatewaySetup::MustLoad,
        }
    }

+    #[must_use]
    pub fn with_gateway_setup(mut self, setup: GatewaySetup) -> Self {
        self.setup_method = setup;
        self
    }

+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn with_wait_for_gateway(mut self, wait_for_gateway: bool) -> Self {
+        self.wait_for_gateway = wait_for_gateway;
+        self
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
    pub fn with_topology_provider(
        mut self,
        provider: Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync>,
@@ -191,15 +213,36 @@ where
        self
    }

+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn with_gateway_transceiver(mut self, sender: Box<dyn GatewayTransceiver + Send>) -> Self {
+        self.custom_gateway_transceiver = Some(sender);
+        self
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn with_shutdown(mut self, shutdown: TaskClient) -> Self {
+        self.shutdown = Some(shutdown);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_stored_topology<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+        mut self,
+        file: P,
+    ) -> Result<Self, ClientCoreError> {
+        self.custom_topology_provider =
+            Some(Box::new(HardcodedTopologyProvider::new_from_file(file)?));
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+
    // 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 mix_address(details: &InitialisationDetails) -> Recipient {
+    fn mix_address(details: &InitialisationResult) -> Recipient {
        Recipient::new(
            *details.managed_keys.identity_public_key(),
            *details.managed_keys.encryption_public_key(),
            // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
            // (which currently is true)
-            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(&details.gateway_details.gateway_id).unwrap(),
+            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(details.gateway_details.gateway_id()).unwrap(),
        )
    }

@@ -286,50 +329,37 @@ where
        config: &Config,
        initialisation_result: InitialisationResult,
        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
-        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
-        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
+        packet_router: PacketRouter,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
    ) -> Result<GatewayClient<C, S::CredentialStore>, ClientCoreError>
    where
        <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
        <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
-        let managed_keys = initialisation_result.details.managed_keys;
+        let managed_keys = initialisation_result.managed_keys;
+        let GatewayDetails::Configured(gateway_config) = initialisation_result.gateway_details
+        else {
+            return Err(ClientCoreError::UnexpectedPersistedCustomGatewayDetails);
+        };

        let mut gateway_client =
            if let Some(existing_client) = initialisation_result.authenticated_ephemeral_client {
-                existing_client.upgrade(
-                    mixnet_message_sender,
-                    ack_sender,
-                    config.debug.gateway_connection.gateway_response_timeout,
-                    bandwidth_controller,
-                    shutdown,
-                )
+                existing_client.upgrade(packet_router, bandwidth_controller, shutdown)
            } else {
-                let gateway_config = initialisation_result.details.gateway_details;
-
-                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 cfg = gateway_config.try_into()?;
                GatewayClient::new(
-                    gateway_address,
+                    cfg,
                    managed_keys.identity_keypair(),
-                    gateway_identity,
                    Some(managed_keys.must_get_gateway_shared_key()),
-                    mixnet_message_sender,
-                    ack_sender,
-                    config.debug.gateway_connection.gateway_response_timeout,
+                    packet_router,
                    bandwidth_controller,
                    shutdown,
                )
+                .with_disabled_credentials_mode(config.client.disabled_credentials_mode)
+                .with_response_timeout(config.debug.gateway_connection.gateway_response_timeout)
            };

        let gateway_id = gateway_client.gateway_identity();
-        gateway_client.set_disabled_credentials_mode(config.client.disabled_credentials_mode);

        let shared_key = gateway_client
            .authenticate_and_start()
@@ -342,11 +372,48 @@ where
                }
            })?;

-        managed_keys.ensure_gateway_key(shared_key);
+        managed_keys.ensure_gateway_key(Some(shared_key));

        Ok(gateway_client)
    }

+    async fn setup_gateway_transceiver(
+        custom_gateway_transceiver: Option<Box<dyn GatewayTransceiver + Send>>,
+        config: &Config,
+        initialisation_result: InitialisationResult,
+        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
+        packet_router: PacketRouter,
+        mut shutdown: TaskClient,
+    ) -> Result<Box<dyn GatewayTransceiver + Send>, ClientCoreError>
+    where
+        <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+        <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    {
+        // if we have setup custom gateway sender and persisted details agree with it, return it
+        if let Some(mut custom_gateway_transceiver) = custom_gateway_transceiver {
+            return if !initialisation_result.gateway_details.is_custom() {
+                Err(ClientCoreError::CustomGatewaySelectionExpected)
+            } else {
+                // and make sure to invalidate the task client so we wouldn't cause premature shutdown
+                shutdown.mark_as_success();
+                custom_gateway_transceiver.set_packet_router(packet_router)?;
+                Ok(custom_gateway_transceiver)
+            };
+        }
+
+        // otherwise, setup normal gateway client, etc
+        let gateway_client = Self::start_gateway_client(
+            config,
+            initialisation_result,
+            bandwidth_controller,
+            packet_router,
+            shutdown,
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        Ok(Box::new(RemoteGateway::new(gateway_client)))
+    }
+
    fn setup_topology_provider(
        custom_provider: Option<Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync>>,
        provider_from_config: config::TopologyStructure,
@@ -374,6 +441,8 @@ where
        topology_provider: Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync>,
        topology_config: config::Topology,
        topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor,
+        local_gateway: &NodeIdentity,
+        wait_for_gateway: bool,
        mut shutdown: TaskClient,
    ) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError> {
        let topology_refresher_config =
@@ -397,6 +466,32 @@ where
            return Err(ClientCoreError::InsufficientNetworkTopology(err));
        }

+        let gateway_wait_timeout = if wait_for_gateway {
+            Some(topology_config.max_startup_gateway_waiting_period)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        if let Err(err) = topology_refresher
+            .ensure_contains_gateway(local_gateway)
+            .await
+        {
+            if let Some(waiting_timeout) = gateway_wait_timeout {
+                if let Err(err) = topology_refresher
+                    .wait_for_gateway(local_gateway, waiting_timeout)
+                    .await
+                {
+                    error!(
+                        "the gateway did not come back online within the specified timeout: {err}"
+                    );
+                    return Err(err.into());
+                }
+            } else {
+                error!("the gateway we're supposedly connected to does not exist. We'll not be able to send any packets to ourselves: {err}");
+                return Err(err.into());
+            }
+        }
+
        if topology_config.disable_refreshing {
            // if we're not spawning the refresher, don't cause shutdown immediately
            info!("The topology refesher is not going to be started");
@@ -411,19 +506,12 @@ where
        Ok(())
    }

-    // controller for sending packets to mixnet (either real traffic or cover traffic)
-    // TODO: if we want to send control messages to gateway_client, this CAN'T take the ownership
-    // over it. Perhaps GatewayClient needs to be thread-shareable or have some channel for
-    // requests?
    fn start_mix_traffic_controller(
-        gateway_client: GatewayClient<C, S::CredentialStore>,
+        gateway_transceiver: Box<dyn GatewayTransceiver + Send>,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
-    ) -> BatchMixMessageSender
-    where
-        <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
-    {
+    ) -> BatchMixMessageSender {
        info!("Starting mix traffic controller...");
-        let (mix_traffic_controller, mix_tx) = MixTrafficController::new(gateway_client);
+        let (mix_traffic_controller, mix_tx) = MixTrafficController::new(gateway_transceiver);
        mix_traffic_controller.start_with_shutdown(shutdown);
        mix_tx
    }
@@ -460,21 +548,12 @@ where
        setup_method: GatewaySetup,
        key_store: &S::KeyStore,
        details_store: &S::GatewayDetailsStore,
-        overwrite_data: bool,
-        validator_servers: Option<&[Url]>,
    ) -> Result<InitialisationResult, ClientCoreError>
    where
        <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
        <S::GatewayDetailsStore as GatewayDetailsStore>::StorageError: Sync + Send,
    {
-        setup_gateway(
-            setup_method,
-            key_store,
-            details_store,
-            overwrite_data,
-            validator_servers,
-        )
-        .await
+        setup_gateway(setup_method, key_store, details_store).await
    }

    pub async fn start_base(mut self) -> Result<BaseClient, ClientCoreError>
@@ -492,17 +571,11 @@ where
            self.setup_method,
            self.client_store.key_store(),
            self.client_store.gateway_details_store(),
-            false,
-            Some(&self.config.client.nym_api_urls),
        )
        .await?;

        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
        // rather than creating them here, so say for example the buffer controller would create the request channels
@@ -523,31 +596,25 @@ where
        let shared_topology_accessor = TopologyAccessor::new();

        // Shutdown notifier for signalling tasks to stop
-        let task_manager = TaskManager::default();
+        let shutdown = self
+            .shutdown
+            .map(Into::<TaskHandle>::into)
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .name_if_unnamed("BaseNymClient");

        // channels responsible for dealing with reply-related fun
        let (reply_controller_sender, reply_controller_receiver) =
            reply_controller::requests::new_control_channels();

-        let self_address = Self::mix_address(&init_res.details);
-        let ack_key = init_res.details.managed_keys.ack_key();
-        let encryption_keys = init_res.details.managed_keys.encryption_keypair();
+        let self_address = Self::mix_address(&init_res);
+        let ack_key = init_res.managed_keys.ack_key();
+        let encryption_keys = init_res.managed_keys.encryption_keypair();

        // 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(
-            self.config,
-            init_res,
-            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 bandwidth_controller = self
+            .dkg_query_client
+            .map(|client| BandwidthController::new(credential_store, client));

        let topology_provider = Self::setup_topology_provider(
            self.custom_topology_provider.take(),
@@ -555,11 +622,36 @@ where
            self.config.get_nym_api_endpoints(),
        );

+        // needs to be started as the first thing to block if required waiting for the gateway
        Self::start_topology_refresher(
            topology_provider,
            self.config.debug.topology,
            shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
-            task_manager.subscribe(),
+            self_address.gateway(),
+            self.wait_for_gateway,
+            shutdown.fork("topology_refresher"),
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        let gateway_packet_router = PacketRouter::new(
+            ack_sender,
+            mixnet_messages_sender,
+            shutdown.get_handle().named("gateway-packet-router"),
+        );
+
+        let gateway_transceiver = Self::setup_gateway_transceiver(
+            self.custom_gateway_transceiver,
+            self.config,
+            init_res,
+            bandwidth_controller,
+            gateway_packet_router,
+            shutdown.fork("gateway_transceiver"),
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        let reply_storage = Self::setup_persistent_reply_storage(
+            reply_storage_backend,
+            shutdown.fork("persistent_reply_storage"),
        )
        .await?;

@@ -569,15 +661,17 @@ where
            mixnet_messages_receiver,
            reply_storage.key_storage(),
            reply_controller_sender.clone(),
-            task_manager.subscribe(),
+            shutdown.fork("received_messages_buffer"),
        );

        // The message_sender is the transmitter for any component generating sphinx packets
        // that are to be sent to the mixnet. They are used by cover traffic stream and real
        // traffic stream.
        // The MixTrafficController then sends the actual traffic
-        let message_sender =
-            Self::start_mix_traffic_controller(gateway_client, task_manager.subscribe());
+        let message_sender = Self::start_mix_traffic_controller(
+            gateway_transceiver,
+            shutdown.fork("mix_traffic_controller"),
+        );

        // Channels that the websocket listener can use to signal downstream to the real traffic
        // controller that connections are closed.
@@ -604,7 +698,7 @@ where
            reply_controller_receiver,
            shared_lane_queue_lengths.clone(),
            client_connection_rx,
-            task_manager.subscribe(),
+            shutdown.fork("real_traffic_controller"),
            self.config.debug.traffic.packet_type,
        );

@@ -620,7 +714,7 @@ where
                self_address,
                shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
                message_sender,
-                task_manager.subscribe(),
+                shutdown.fork("cover_traffic_stream"),
            );
        }

@@ -645,7 +739,7 @@ where
                reply_controller_sender,
                topology_accessor: shared_topology_accessor,
            },
-            task_manager,
+            task_handle: shutdown,
        })
    }
 }
@@ -656,5 +750,5 @@ pub struct BaseClient {
    pub client_output: ClientOutputStatus,
    pub client_state: ClientState,

-    pub task_manager: TaskManager,
+    pub task_handle: TaskHandle,
 }
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
+use crate::init::types::{EmptyCustomDetails, GatewayDetails};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use log::error;
 use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::error::Error;
@@ -13,19 +17,57 @@ use zeroize::Zeroizing;

 #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
 #[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
-pub trait GatewayDetailsStore {
+pub trait GatewayDetailsStore<T = EmptyCustomDetails> {
    type StorageError: Error;

-    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, Self::StorageError>;
+    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails<T>, Self::StorageError>
+    where
+        T: DeserializeOwned + Send + Sync;

    async fn store_gateway_details(
        &self,
-        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
-    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError>;
+        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails<T>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError>
+    where
+        T: Serialize + Send + Sync;
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct PersistedGatewayDetails {
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum PersistedGatewayDetails<T = EmptyCustomDetails> {
+    /// Standard details of a remote gateway
+    Default(PersistedGatewayConfig),
+
+    /// Custom gateway setup, such as for a client embedded inside gateway itself
+    Custom(PersistedCustomGatewayDetails<T>),
+}
+
+impl<T> PersistedGatewayDetails<T> {
+    // TODO: this should probably allow for custom verification over T
+    pub fn validate(&self, shared_key: Option<&SharedKeys>) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError> {
+        match self {
+            PersistedGatewayDetails::Default(details) => {
+                if !details.verify(shared_key.ok_or(ClientCoreError::UnavailableSharedKey)?) {
+                    Err(ClientCoreError::MismatchedGatewayDetails {
+                        gateway_id: details.details.gateway_id.clone(),
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    Ok(())
+                }
+            }
+            PersistedGatewayDetails::Custom(_) => {
+                if shared_key.is_some() {
+                    error!("using custom persisted gateway setup with shared key present - are you sure that's what you want?");
+                    // but technically we could still continue. just ignore the key
+                }
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct PersistedGatewayConfig {
    // 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,
@@ -38,13 +80,16 @@ pub struct PersistedGatewayDetails {
    pub(crate) details: GatewayEndpointConfig,
 }

-impl From<PersistedGatewayDetails> for GatewayEndpointConfig {
-    fn from(value: PersistedGatewayDetails) -> Self {
-        value.details
-    }
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct PersistedCustomGatewayDetails<T> {
+    // whatever custom method is used, gateway's identity must be known
+    pub gateway_id: String,
+
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub additional_data: T,
 }

-impl PersistedGatewayDetails {
+impl PersistedGatewayConfig {
    pub fn new(details: GatewayEndpointConfig, shared_key: &SharedKeys) -> Self {
        let key_bytes = Zeroizing::new(shared_key.to_bytes());

@@ -52,7 +97,7 @@ impl PersistedGatewayDetails {
        key_hasher.update(&key_bytes);
        let key_hash = key_hasher.finalize().to_vec();

-        PersistedGatewayDetails { key_hash, details }
+        PersistedGatewayConfig { key_hash, details }
    }

    pub fn verify(&self, shared_key: &SharedKeys) -> bool {
@@ -66,6 +111,50 @@ impl PersistedGatewayDetails {
    }
 }

+impl<T> PersistedGatewayDetails<T> {
+    pub fn new(
+        details: GatewayDetails<T>,
+        shared_key: Option<&SharedKeys>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, ClientCoreError> {
+        match details {
+            GatewayDetails::Configured(cfg) => {
+                let shared_key = shared_key.ok_or(ClientCoreError::UnavailableSharedKey)?;
+                Ok(PersistedGatewayDetails::Default(
+                    PersistedGatewayConfig::new(cfg, shared_key),
+                ))
+            }
+            GatewayDetails::Custom(custom) => Ok(PersistedGatewayDetails::Custom(custom.into())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_custom(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, PersistedGatewayDetails::Custom(..))
+    }
+
+    pub fn matches(&self, other: &GatewayDetails<T>) -> bool
+    where
+        T: PartialEq,
+    {
+        match self {
+            PersistedGatewayDetails::Default(default) => {
+                if let GatewayDetails::Configured(other_configured) = other {
+                    &default.details == other_configured
+                } else {
+                    false
+                }
+            }
+            PersistedGatewayDetails::Custom(custom) => {
+                if let GatewayDetails::Custom(other_custom) = other {
+                    custom.gateway_id == other_custom.gateway_id
+                        && custom.additional_data == other_custom.additional_data
+                } else {
+                    false
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // 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 {
@@ -116,7 +205,10 @@ impl OnDiskGatewayDetails {
        }
    }

-    pub fn load_from_disk(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, OnDiskGatewayDetailsError> {
+    pub fn load_from_disk<T>(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails<T>, OnDiskGatewayDetailsError>
+    where
+        T: DeserializeOwned,
+    {
        let file = std::fs::File::open(&self.file_location).map_err(|err| {
            OnDiskGatewayDetailsError::LoadFailure {
                path: self.file_location.display().to_string(),
@@ -127,10 +219,13 @@ impl OnDiskGatewayDetails {
        Ok(serde_json::from_reader(file)?)
    }

-    pub fn store_to_disk(
+    pub fn store_to_disk<T>(
        &self,
-        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
-    ) -> Result<(), OnDiskGatewayDetailsError> {
+        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails<T>,
+    ) -> Result<(), OnDiskGatewayDetailsError>
+    where
+        T: Serialize,
+    {
        // 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| {
@@ -170,8 +265,8 @@ impl GatewayDetailsStore for OnDiskGatewayDetails {
 }

 #[derive(Default)]
-pub struct InMemGatewayDetails {
-    details: Mutex<Option<PersistedGatewayDetails>>,
+pub struct InMemGatewayDetails<T = EmptyCustomDetails> {
+    details: Mutex<Option<PersistedGatewayDetails<T>>>,
 }

 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ pub trait MixnetClientStorage {
    type CredentialStore: CredentialStorage;
    type GatewayDetailsStore: GatewayDetailsStore;

-    // this is a TERRIBLE name...
-    // 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;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impl ManagedKeys {
    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Option<Arc<SharedKeys>> {
        match self {
            ManagedKeys::Initial(_) => None,
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(keys) => Some(keys.gateway_shared_key()),
+            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(keys) => keys.gateway_shared_key(),
            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
        }
    }
@@ -124,10 +124,26 @@ impl ManagedKeys {
        }
    }

-    pub fn ensure_gateway_key(&self, gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>) {
+    pub fn ensure_gateway_key(&self, gateway_shared_key: Option<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
+            if self.gateway_shared_key().is_none() && gateway_shared_key.is_none() {
+                // the key doesn't exist in either state
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if gateway_shared_key.is_some() && self.gateway_shared_key().is_none()
+                || gateway_shared_key.is_none() && self.gateway_shared_key().is_some()
+            {
+                // if one is provided whilst the other is not...
+                // TODO: should this actually panic or return an error? would this branch be possible
+                // under normal operation?
+                panic!("inconsistent re-derived gateway key")
+            }
+
+            // here we know both keys MUST exist
+            let provided = gateway_shared_key.unwrap();
+            if !Arc::ptr_eq(key_manager.must_get_gateway_shared_key(), &provided)
+                || *key_manager.must_get_gateway_shared_key() != provided
            {
                // this should NEVER happen thus panic here
                panic!("derived fresh gateway shared key whilst already holding one!")
@@ -137,12 +153,12 @@ impl ManagedKeys {

    pub async fn deal_with_gateway_key<S: KeyStore>(
        &mut self,
-        gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>,
+        gateway_shared_key: Option<Arc<SharedKeys>>,
        key_store: &S,
    ) -> Result<(), S::StorageError> {
        let key_manager = match std::mem::replace(self, ManagedKeys::Invalidated) {
            ManagedKeys::Initial(keys) => {
-                let key_manager = keys.insert_gateway_shared_key(gateway_shared_key);
+                let key_manager = keys.insert_maybe_gateway_shared_key(gateway_shared_key);
                key_manager.persist_keys(key_store).await?;
                key_manager
            }
@@ -184,7 +200,10 @@ impl KeyManagerBuilder {
        }
    }

-    pub fn insert_gateway_shared_key(self, gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>) -> KeyManager {
+    pub fn insert_maybe_gateway_shared_key(
+        self,
+        gateway_shared_key: Option<Arc<SharedKeys>>,
+    ) -> KeyManager {
        KeyManager {
            identity_keypair: self.identity_keypair,
            encryption_keypair: self.encryption_keypair,
@@ -222,7 +241,11 @@ pub struct KeyManager {
    encryption_keypair: Arc<encryption::KeyPair>,

    /// shared key derived with the gateway during "registration handshake"
-    gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>,
+    // I'm not a fan of how we broke the nice transition of `KeyManagerBuilder` -> `KeyManager`
+    // by making this field optional.
+    // However, it has to be optional for when we use embedded NR inside a gateway,
+    // since it won't have a shared key (because why would it?)
+    gateway_shared_key: Option<Arc<SharedKeys>>,

    /// key used for producing and processing acknowledgement packets.
    ack_key: Arc<AckKey>,
@@ -232,13 +255,13 @@ impl KeyManager {
    pub fn from_keys(
        id_keypair: identity::KeyPair,
        enc_keypair: encryption::KeyPair,
-        gateway_shared_key: SharedKeys,
+        gateway_shared_key: Option<SharedKeys>,
        ack_key: AckKey,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            identity_keypair: Arc::new(id_keypair),
            encryption_keypair: Arc::new(enc_keypair),
-            gateway_shared_key: Arc::new(gateway_shared_key),
+            gateway_shared_key: gateway_shared_key.map(Arc::new),
            ack_key: Arc::new(ack_key),
        }
    }
@@ -265,13 +288,23 @@ impl KeyManager {
        Arc::clone(&self.ack_key)
    }

+    fn must_get_gateway_shared_key(&self) -> &Arc<SharedKeys> {
+        self.gateway_shared_key
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("gateway shared key is unavailable")
+    }
+
+    pub fn uses_custom_gateway(&self) -> bool {
+        self.gateway_shared_key.is_none()
+    }
+
    /// Gets an atomically reference counted pointer to [`SharedKey`].
-    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Arc<SharedKeys> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.gateway_shared_key)
+    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Option<Arc<SharedKeys>> {
+        self.gateway_shared_key.as_ref().map(Arc::clone)
    }

    pub fn remove_gateway_key(self) -> KeyManagerBuilder {
-        if Arc::strong_count(&self.gateway_shared_key) > 1 {
+        if Arc::strong_count(self.must_get_gateway_shared_key()) > 1 {
            panic!("attempted to remove gateway key whilst still holding multiple references!")
        }
        KeyManagerBuilder {
@@ -88,20 +88,20 @@ impl OnDiskKeys {
    pub fn ephemeral_load_gateway_keys(
        &self,
    ) -> Result<zeroize::Zeroizing<SharedKeys>, OnDiskKeysError> {
-        self.load_key(self.paths.gateway_shared_key(), "gateway shared keys")
+        self.load_key(self.paths.gateway_shared_key(), "gateway shared")
            .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")
+        self.load_keypair(encryption_paths, "encryption")
    }

    #[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")
+        self.load_keypair(identity_paths, "identity")
    }

    fn load_key<T: PemStorableKey>(
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ impl OnDiskKeys {
        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 =
-            self.load_key(self.paths.gateway_shared_key(), "gateway shared keys")?;
+        let gateway_shared_key: Option<SharedKeys> = self
+            .load_key(self.paths.gateway_shared_key(), "gateway shared keys")
+            .ok();

        Ok(KeyManager::from_keys(
            identity_keypair,
@@ -173,6 +174,8 @@ impl OnDiskKeys {
    }

    fn store_keys(&self, keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), OnDiskKeysError> {
+        use std::ops::Deref;
+
        let identity_paths = self.paths.identity_key_pair_path();
        let encryption_paths = self.paths.encryption_key_pair_path();

@@ -188,11 +191,14 @@ impl OnDiskKeys {
        )?;

        self.store_key(keys.ack_key.as_ref(), self.paths.ack_key(), "ack key")?;
-        self.store_key(
-            keys.gateway_shared_key.as_ref(),
-            self.paths.gateway_shared_key(),
-            "gateway shared keys",
-        )?;
+
+        if let Some(shared_keys) = &keys.gateway_shared_key {
+            self.store_key(
+                shared_keys.deref(),
+                self.paths.gateway_shared_key(),
+                "gateway shared keys",
+            )?;
+        }

        Ok(())
    }
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 // Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use crate::client::mix_traffic::transceiver::GatewayTransceiver;
 use crate::spawn_future;
 use log::*;
-use nym_credential_storage::storage::Storage;
-use nym_gateway_client::GatewayClient;
 use nym_sphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
-use nym_validator_client::nyxd::contract_traits::DkgQueryClient;

 pub type BatchMixMessageSender = tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<Vec<MixPacket>>;
 pub type BatchMixMessageReceiver = tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<Vec<MixPacket>>;

+pub mod transceiver;
+
 // We remind ourselves that 32 x 32kb = 1024kb, a reasonable size for a network buffer.
 pub const MIX_MESSAGE_RECEIVER_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 32;
 const MAX_FAILURE_COUNT: usize = 100;

-pub struct MixTrafficController<C, St: Storage> {
-    // TODO: most likely to be replaced by some higher level construct as
-    // later on gateway_client will need to be accessible by other entities
-    gateway_client: GatewayClient<C, St>,
+// that's also disgusting.
+pub struct Empty;
+
+pub struct MixTrafficController {
+    gateway_transceiver: Box<dyn GatewayTransceiver + Send>,
+
    mix_rx: BatchMixMessageReceiver,

    // TODO: this is temporary work-around.
@@ -26,20 +28,31 @@ pub struct MixTrafficController<C, St: Storage> {
    consecutive_gateway_failure_count: usize,
 }

-impl<C, St> MixTrafficController<C, St>
-where
-    C: DkgQueryClient + Sync + Send + 'static,
-    St: Storage + 'static,
-    <St as Storage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
-{
-    pub fn new(
-        gateway_client: GatewayClient<C, St>,
-    ) -> (MixTrafficController<C, St>, BatchMixMessageSender) {
+impl MixTrafficController {
+    pub fn new<T>(gateway_transceiver: T) -> (MixTrafficController, BatchMixMessageSender)
+    where
+        T: GatewayTransceiver + Send + 'static,
+    {
        let (message_sender, message_receiver) =
            tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(MIX_MESSAGE_RECEIVER_BUFFER_SIZE);
        (
            MixTrafficController {
-                gateway_client,
+                gateway_transceiver: Box::new(gateway_transceiver),
+                mix_rx: message_receiver,
+                consecutive_gateway_failure_count: 0,
+            },
+            message_sender,
+        )
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_dynamic(
+        gateway_transceiver: Box<dyn GatewayTransceiver + Send>,
+    ) -> (MixTrafficController, BatchMixMessageSender) {
+        let (message_sender, message_receiver) =
+            tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(MIX_MESSAGE_RECEIVER_BUFFER_SIZE);
+        (
+            MixTrafficController {
+                gateway_transceiver,
                mix_rx: message_receiver,
                consecutive_gateway_failure_count: 0,
            },
@@ -52,16 +65,16 @@ where

        let result = if mix_packets.len() == 1 {
            let mix_packet = mix_packets.pop().unwrap();
-            self.gateway_client.send_mix_packet(mix_packet).await
+            self.gateway_transceiver.send_mix_packet(mix_packet).await
        } else {
-            self.gateway_client
+            self.gateway_transceiver
                .batch_send_mix_packets(mix_packets)
                .await
        };

        match result {
            Err(err) => {
-                error!("Failed to send sphinx packet(s) to the gateway! - {err}");
+                error!("Failed to send sphinx packet(s) to the gateway: {err}");
                self.consecutive_gateway_failure_count += 1;
                if self.consecutive_gateway_failure_count == MAX_FAILURE_COUNT {
                    // todo: in the future this should initiate a 'graceful' shutdown or try
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use log::{debug, error};
+use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use nym_gateway_client::GatewayClient;
+pub use nym_gateway_client::{GatewayPacketRouter, PacketRouter};
+use nym_sphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+use futures::channel::{mpsc, oneshot};
+
+// we need to type erase the error type since we can't have dynamic associated types alongside dynamic dispatch
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+#[error(transparent)]
+pub struct ErasedGatewayError(Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>);
+
+fn erase_err<E: std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>(err: E) -> ErasedGatewayError {
+    ErasedGatewayError(Box::new(err))
+}
+
+/// This combines combines the functionalities of being able to send and receive mix packets.
+pub trait GatewayTransceiver: GatewaySender + GatewayReceiver {
+    fn gateway_identity(&self) -> identity::PublicKey;
+}
+
+/// This trait defines the functionality of sending `MixPacket` into the mixnet,
+/// usually through a gateway.
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+pub trait GatewaySender {
+    async fn send_mix_packet(&mut self, packet: MixPacket) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError>;
+
+    async fn batch_send_mix_packets(
+        &mut self,
+        packets: Vec<MixPacket>,
+    ) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+        // allow for optimisation when sending multiple packets
+        for packet in packets {
+            self.send_mix_packet(packet).await?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/// this trait defines the functionality of being able to correctly route
+/// packets received from the mixnet, i.e. acks and 'proper' messages.
+pub trait GatewayReceiver {
+    // ughhhh I really dislike this method, but couldn't come up wih anything better
+    // ideally this would have been an associated type, but heh. we can't.
+    fn set_packet_router(
+        &mut self,
+        _packet_router: PacketRouter,
+    ) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+        debug!("no-op packet router setup");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+// to allow for dynamic dispatch
+impl<G: GatewayTransceiver + ?Sized + Send> GatewayTransceiver for Box<G> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn gateway_identity(&self) -> identity::PublicKey {
+        (**self).gateway_identity()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+impl<G: GatewaySender + ?Sized + Send> GatewaySender for Box<G> {
+    #[inline]
+    async fn send_mix_packet(&mut self, packet: MixPacket) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+        (**self).send_mix_packet(packet).await
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    async fn batch_send_mix_packets(
+        &mut self,
+        packets: Vec<MixPacket>,
+    ) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+        (**self).batch_send_mix_packets(packets).await
+    }
+}
+
+impl<G: GatewayReceiver + ?Sized> GatewayReceiver for Box<G> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn set_packet_router(&mut self, packet_router: PacketRouter) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+        (**self).set_packet_router(packet_router)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Gateway to which the client is connected through a socket.
+/// Most likely through a websocket.
+pub struct RemoteGateway<C, St> {
+    gateway_client: GatewayClient<C, St>,
+}
+
+impl<C, St> RemoteGateway<C, St> {
+    pub fn new(gateway_client: GatewayClient<C, St>) -> Self {
+        Self { gateway_client }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<C, St> GatewayTransceiver for RemoteGateway<C, St>
+where
+    C: Send,
+    St: Send,
+{
+    fn gateway_identity(&self) -> identity::PublicKey {
+        self.gateway_client.gateway_identity()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+impl<C, St> GatewaySender for RemoteGateway<C, St>
+where
+    C: Send,
+    St: Send,
+{
+    async fn send_mix_packet(&mut self, packet: MixPacket) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+        self.gateway_client
+            .send_mix_packet(packet)
+            .await
+            .map_err(erase_err)
+    }
+
+    async fn batch_send_mix_packets(
+        &mut self,
+        packets: Vec<MixPacket>,
+    ) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+        self.gateway_client
+            .batch_send_mix_packets(packets)
+            .await
+            .map_err(erase_err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<C, St> GatewayReceiver for RemoteGateway<C, St> {}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum LocalGatewayError {
+    #[error("attempted to set the packet router for the second time")]
+    PacketRouterAlreadySet,
+
+    #[error("failed to setup packet router - has the receiver been dropped?")]
+    FailedPacketRouterSetup,
+}
+
+/// Gateway running within the same process.
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub struct LocalGateway {
+    /// Identity of the locally managed gateway
+    local_identity: identity::PublicKey,
+
+    // 'sender' part
+    /// Channel responsible for taking mix packets and forwarding them further into the further mixnet layers.
+    packet_forwarder: mpsc::UnboundedSender<MixPacket>,
+
+    // 'receiver' part
+    packet_router_tx: Option<oneshot::Sender<PacketRouter>>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+impl LocalGateway {
+    pub fn new(
+        local_identity: identity::PublicKey,
+        packet_forwarder: mpsc::UnboundedSender<MixPacket>,
+        packet_router_tx: oneshot::Sender<PacketRouter>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        LocalGateway {
+            local_identity,
+            packet_forwarder,
+            packet_router_tx: Some(packet_router_tx),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+mod nonwasm_sealed {
+    use super::*;
+
+    impl GatewayTransceiver for LocalGateway {
+        fn gateway_identity(&self) -> identity::PublicKey {
+            self.local_identity
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[async_trait]
+    impl GatewaySender for LocalGateway {
+        async fn send_mix_packet(&mut self, packet: MixPacket) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+            self.packet_forwarder
+                .unbounded_send(packet)
+                .map_err(|err| err.into_send_error())
+                .map_err(erase_err)
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl GatewayReceiver for LocalGateway {
+        fn set_packet_router(
+            &mut self,
+            packet_router: PacketRouter,
+        ) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+            let Some(packet_routex_tx) = self.packet_router_tx.take() else {
+                return Err(erase_err(LocalGatewayError::PacketRouterAlreadySet));
+            };
+
+            packet_routex_tx
+                .send(packet_router)
+                .map_err(|_| erase_err(LocalGatewayError::FailedPacketRouterSetup))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// if we ever decided to start writing unit tests... : )
+pub struct MockGateway {
+    dummy_identity: identity::PublicKey,
+    packet_router: Option<PacketRouter>,
+    sent: Vec<MixPacket>,
+}
+
+impl Default for MockGateway {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        MockGateway {
+            dummy_identity: "3ebjp1Fb9hdcS1AR6AZihgeJiMHkB5jjJUsvqNnfQwU7"
+                .parse()
+                .unwrap(),
+            packet_router: None,
+            sent: vec![],
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+#[error("mock gateway error")]
+pub struct MockGatewayError;
+
+impl GatewayReceiver for MockGateway {
+    // TODO: that's frustrating. can't do anything about the behaviour here since all the routing is in the `PacketRouter`...
+    fn set_packet_router(&mut self, packet_router: PacketRouter) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+        self.packet_router = Some(packet_router);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+impl GatewaySender for MockGateway {
+    async fn send_mix_packet(&mut self, packet: MixPacket) -> Result<(), ErasedGatewayError> {
+        self.sent.push(packet);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl GatewayTransceiver for MockGateway {
+    fn gateway_identity(&self) -> identity::PublicKey {
+        self.dummy_identity
+    }
+}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl AcknowledgementListener {
        while !shutdown.is_shutdown() {
            tokio::select! {
                acks = self.ack_receiver.next() => match acks {
-                    Some(acks) => {self.handle_ack_receiver_item(acks).await}
+                    Some(acks) => self.handle_ack_receiver_item(acks).await,
                    None => {
                        log::trace!("AcknowledgementListener: Stopping since channel closed");
                        break;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ where
        let mut sent_notification_listener = self.sent_notification_listener;
        let mut action_controller = self.action_controller;

-        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.clone();
+        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.fork("acknowledgement_listener");
        spawn_future(async move {
            acknowledgement_listener
                .run_with_shutdown(shutdown_handle)
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ where
            debug!("The acknowledgement listener has finished execution!");
        });

-        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.clone();
+        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.fork("input_message_listener");
        spawn_future(async move {
            input_message_listener
                .run_with_shutdown(shutdown_handle)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ where
            debug!("The input listener has finished execution!");
        });

-        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.clone();
+        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.fork("retransmission_request_listener");
        spawn_future(async move {
            retransmission_request_listener
                .run_with_shutdown(shutdown_handle, packet_type)
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ where
            debug!("The retransmission request listener has finished execution!");
        });

-        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.clone();
+        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.fork("sent_notification_listener");
        spawn_future(async move {
            sent_notification_listener
                .run_with_shutdown(shutdown_handle)
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ where
        });

        spawn_future(async move {
-            action_controller.run_with_shutdown(shutdown).await;
+            action_controller
+                .run_with_shutdown(shutdown.with_suffix("action_controller"))
+                .await;
            debug!("The controller has finished execution!");
        });
    }
@@ -213,17 +213,17 @@ impl RealMessagesController<OsRng> {
        let ack_control = self.ack_control;
        let mut reply_control = self.reply_control;

-        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.clone();
+        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.fork("out_queue_control");
        spawn_future(async move {
            out_queue_control.run_with_shutdown(shutdown_handle).await;
            debug!("The out queue controller has finished execution!");
        });
-        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.clone();
+        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.fork("reply_control");
        spawn_future(async move {
            reply_control.run_with_shutdown(shutdown_handle).await;
            debug!("The reply controller has finished execution!");
        });

-        ack_control.start_with_shutdown(shutdown, packet_type);
+        ack_control.start_with_shutdown(shutdown.with_suffix("ack_control"), packet_type);
    }
 }
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ impl<R: MessageReceiver + Clone + Send + 'static> ReceivedMessagesBufferControll
        let mut fragmented_message_receiver = self.fragmented_message_receiver;
        let mut request_receiver = self.request_receiver;

-        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.clone();
+        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.fork("fragmented_message_receiver");
        spawn_future(async move {
            match fragmented_message_receiver
                .run_with_shutdown(shutdown_handle)
@@ -511,7 +511,9 @@ impl<R: MessageReceiver + Clone + Send + 'static> ReceivedMessagesBufferControll
            }
        });
        spawn_future(async move {
-            request_receiver.run_with_shutdown(shutdown).await;
+            request_receiver
+                .run_with_shutdown(shutdown.with_suffix("request_receiver"))
+                .await;
        });
    }
 }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ fn group_mixnodes_by_country_code(
            if let Some(ref location) = m.location {
                let country_code = location.two_letter_iso_country_code.clone();
                let group_code = CountryGroup::new(country_code.as_str());
-                let mixnodes = acc.entry(group_code).or_insert_with(Vec::new);
+                let mixnodes = acc.entry(group_code).or_default();
                mixnodes.push(m.mix_id);
            }
            acc
@@ -5,10 +5,17 @@ use crate::spawn_future;
 pub(crate) use accessor::{TopologyAccessor, TopologyReadPermit};
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::*;
+use nym_sphinx::addressing::nodes::NodeIdentity;
 use nym_topology::provider_trait::TopologyProvider;
 use nym_topology::NymTopologyError;
 use std::time::Duration;

+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+use tokio::time::sleep;
+
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+use wasmtimer::tokio::sleep;
+
 mod accessor;
 pub mod geo_aware_provider;
 pub(crate) mod nym_api_provider;
@@ -86,6 +93,54 @@ impl TopologyRefresher {
        self.topology_accessor.ensure_is_routable().await
    }

+    pub async fn ensure_contains_gateway(
+        &self,
+        gateway: &NodeIdentity,
+    ) -> Result<(), NymTopologyError> {
+        let topology = self
+            .topology_accessor
+            .current_topology()
+            .await
+            .ok_or(NymTopologyError::EmptyNetworkTopology)?;
+        if !topology.gateway_exists(gateway) {
+            return Err(NymTopologyError::NonExistentGatewayError {
+                identity_key: gateway.to_base58_string(),
+            });
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub async fn wait_for_gateway(
+        &mut self,
+        gateway: &NodeIdentity,
+        timeout_duration: Duration,
+    ) -> Result<(), NymTopologyError> {
+        info!(
+            "going to wait for at most {timeout_duration:?} for gateway '{gateway}' to come online"
+        );
+
+        let deadline = sleep(timeout_duration);
+        tokio::pin!(deadline);
+
+        loop {
+            tokio::select! {
+                _ = &mut deadline => {
+                    return Err(NymTopologyError::TimedOutWaitingForGateway {
+                        identity_key: gateway.to_base58_string()
+                    })
+                }
+                _ = self.try_refresh() => {
+                    if self.ensure_contains_gateway(gateway).await.is_ok() {
+                        return Ok(())
+                    }
+                    info!("gateway '{gateway}' is still not online...");
+                    sleep(self.refresh_rate).await
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
    pub fn start_with_shutdown(mut self, mut shutdown: nym_task::TaskClient) {
        spawn_future(async move {
            debug!("Started TopologyRefresher with graceful shutdown support");
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub struct ClientKeysPaths {
 }

 impl ClientKeysPaths {
-    pub fn new_default<P: AsRef<Path>>(base_data_directory: P) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_base<P: AsRef<Path>>(base_data_directory: P) -> Self {
        let base_dir = base_data_directory.as_ref();

        ClientKeysPaths {
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ pub struct CommonClientPaths {
 }

 impl CommonClientPaths {
-    pub fn new_default<P: AsRef<Path>>(base_data_directory: P) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_base<P: AsRef<Path>>(base_data_directory: P) -> Self {
        let base_dir = base_data_directory.as_ref();

        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),
+            keys: ClientKeysPaths::new_base(base_data_directory),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@

 use nym_config::defaults::NymNetworkDetails;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use nym_gateway_client::client::GatewayConfig;
 use nym_sphinx::{
    addressing::clients::Recipient,
    params::{PacketSize, PacketType},
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ const DEFAULT_MESSAGE_STREAM_AVERAGE_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(20)
 const DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(50);
 const DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_REFRESH_RATE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5 * 60); // every 5min
 const DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_RESOLUTION_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(5_000);
+const DEFAULT_MAX_STARTUP_GATEWAY_WAITING_PERIOD: Duration = Duration::from_secs(70 * 60); // 70min -> full epoch (1h) + a bit of overhead
+
 // Set this to a high value for now, so that we don't risk sporadic timeouts that might cause
 // bought bandwidth tokens to not have time to be spent; Once we remove the gateway from the
 // bandwidth bridging protocol, we can come back to a smaller timeout value
@@ -137,6 +140,17 @@ impl Config {
        self.debug.traffic.message_sending_average_delay = Duration::from_millis(4);
    }

+    pub fn with_disabled_poisson_process(mut self, disabled: bool) -> Self {
+        if disabled {
+            self.set_no_poisson_process()
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_no_poisson_process(&mut self) {
+        self.debug.traffic.disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution = true;
+    }
+
    pub fn with_disabled_cover_traffic(mut self, disabled: bool) -> Self {
        if disabled {
            self.set_no_cover_traffic()
@@ -230,6 +244,19 @@ pub struct GatewayEndpointConfig {
    pub gateway_listener: String,
 }

+impl TryFrom<GatewayEndpointConfig> for GatewayConfig {
+    type Error = ClientCoreError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Ok(GatewayConfig {
+            gateway_identity: identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(value.gateway_id)
+                .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)?,
+            gateway_owner: Some(value.gateway_owner),
+            gateway_listener: value.gateway_listener,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", wasm_bindgen)]
 impl GatewayEndpointConfig {
    #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", wasm_bindgen(constructor))]
@@ -252,15 +279,29 @@ impl GatewayEndpointConfig {
        identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(&self.gateway_id)
            .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)
    }
-}

-impl From<nym_topology::gateway::Node> for GatewayEndpointConfig {
-    fn from(node: nym_topology::gateway::Node) -> GatewayEndpointConfig {
-        let gateway_listener = node.clients_address();
+    pub fn from_node(node: nym_topology::gateway::Node, use_tls: bool) -> Self {
+        // TODO: in the future this shall return a Result and explicit `use_tls` will be removed in favour of the tls info being available on the struct
+        if use_tls {
+            Self::from_topology_node_tls(node)
+        } else {
+            Self::from_topology_node_no_tls(node)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_topology_node_no_tls(node: nym_topology::gateway::Node) -> Self {
        GatewayEndpointConfig {
            gateway_id: node.identity_key.to_base58_string(),
+            gateway_listener: node.clients_address(),
+            gateway_owner: node.owner,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_topology_node_tls(node: nym_topology::gateway::Node) -> Self {
+        GatewayEndpointConfig {
+            gateway_id: node.identity_key.to_base58_string(),
+            gateway_listener: node.clients_address_tls(),
            gateway_owner: node.owner,
-            gateway_listener,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -487,6 +528,11 @@ pub struct Topology {
    /// Supersedes `topology_refresh_rate_ms`.
    pub disable_refreshing: bool,

+    /// Defines how long the client is going to wait on startup for its gateway to come online,
+    /// before abandoning the procedure.
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub max_startup_gateway_waiting_period: Duration,
+
    /// Specifies the mixnode topology to be used for sending packets.
    pub topology_structure: TopologyStructure,
 }
@@ -521,6 +567,7 @@ impl Default for Topology {
            topology_refresh_rate: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_REFRESH_RATE,
            topology_resolution_timeout: DEFAULT_TOPOLOGY_RESOLUTION_TIMEOUT,
            disable_refreshing: false,
+            max_startup_gateway_waiting_period: DEFAULT_MAX_STARTUP_GATEWAY_WAITING_PERIOD,
            topology_structure: TopologyStructure::default(),
        }
    }
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ impl From<TopologyV1_1_20_2> for Topology {
            topology_refresh_rate: value.topology_refresh_rate,
            topology_resolution_timeout: value.topology_resolution_timeout,
            disable_refreshing: value.disable_refreshing,
-            topology_structure: Default::default(),
+            ..Default::default()
        }
    }
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-// Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2022-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use crate::client::mix_traffic::transceiver::ErasedGatewayError;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity::Ed25519RecoveryError;
 use nym_gateway_client::error::GatewayClientError;
 use nym_topology::gateway::GatewayConversionError;
@@ -19,6 +20,12 @@ pub enum ClientCoreError {
        source: GatewayClientError,
    },

+    #[error("Custom gateway client error: {source}")]
+    ErasedGatewayClientError {
+        #[from]
+        source: ErasedGatewayError,
+    },
+
    #[error("Ed25519 error: {0}")]
    Ed25519RecoveryError(#[from] Ed25519RecoveryError),

@@ -31,15 +38,9 @@ pub enum ClientCoreError {
    #[error("No gateways on network")]
    NoGatewaysOnNetwork,

-    #[error("Failed to setup gateway")]
-    FailedToSetupGateway,
-
    #[error("List of nym apis is empty")]
    ListOfNymApisIsEmpty,

-    #[error("Could not load existing gateway configuration: {0}")]
-    CouldNotLoadExistingGatewayConfiguration(std::io::Error),
-
    #[error("The current network topology seem to be insufficient to route any packets through")]
    InsufficientNetworkTopology(#[from] NymTopologyError),

@@ -61,15 +62,6 @@ pub enum ClientCoreError {
    #[error("The gateway id is invalid - {0}")]
    UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId(Ed25519RecoveryError),

-    #[error("The identity of the gateway is unknown - did you run init?")]
-    GatewayIdUnknown,
-
-    #[error("The owner of the gateway is unknown - did you run init?")]
-    GatewayOwnerUnknown,
-
-    #[error("The address of the gateway is unknown - did you run init?")]
-    GatewayAddressUnknown,
-
    #[error("The gateway is malformed: {source}")]
    MalformedGateway {
        #[from]
@@ -122,6 +114,18 @@ pub enum ClientCoreError {

    #[error("unable to upgrade config file to `{new_version}`")]
    UnableToUpgradeConfigFile { new_version: String },
+
+    #[error("the provided gateway details don't much the stored data")]
+    MismatchedStoredGatewayDetails,
+
+    #[error("custom selection of gateway was expected")]
+    CustomGatewaySelectionExpected,
+
+    #[error("the persisted gateway details were set for a custom setup")]
+    UnexpectedPersistedCustomGatewayDetails,
+
+    #[error("this client has performed gateway initialisation in another session")]
+    NoInitClientPresent,
 }

 /// Set of messages that the client can send to listeners via the task manager
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@

 use crate::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
 use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
-use crate::init::RegistrationResult;
+use crate::init::types::RegistrationResult;
 use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use log::{debug, info, trace, warn};
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_gateway_client::GatewayClient;
-use nym_topology::{filter::VersionFilterable, gateway};
+use nym_topology::{filter::VersionFilterable, gateway, mix};
 use rand::{seq::SliceRandom, Rng};
 use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 use tungstenite::Message;
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use tokio_tungstenite::connect_async;
 use tokio_tungstenite::{MaybeTlsStream, WebSocketStream};
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 type WsConn = WebSocketStream<MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>;
+use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKeyRef;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use tokio::time::sleep;

@@ -77,6 +78,28 @@ pub async fn current_gateways<R: Rng>(
    Ok(filtered_gateways)
 }

+pub async fn current_mixnodes<R: Rng>(
+    rng: &mut R,
+    nym_apis: &[Url],
+) -> Result<Vec<mix::Node>, ClientCoreError> {
+    let nym_api = nym_apis
+        .choose(rng)
+        .ok_or(ClientCoreError::ListOfNymApisIsEmpty)?;
+    let client = nym_validator_client::client::NymApiClient::new(nym_api.clone());
+
+    log::trace!("Fetching list of mixnodes from: {nym_api}");
+
+    let mixnodes = client.get_cached_mixnodes().await?;
+    let valid_mixnodes = mixnodes
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|mixnode| (&mixnode.bond_information).try_into().ok())
+        .collect::<Vec<mix::Node>>();
+
+    // we were always filtering by version so I'm not removing that 'feature'
+    let filtered_mixnodes = valid_mixnodes.filter_by_version(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+    Ok(filtered_mixnodes)
+}
+
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 async fn connect(endpoint: &str) -> Result<WsConn, ClientCoreError> {
    match tokio::time::timeout(CONN_TIMEOUT, connect_async(endpoint)).await {
@@ -197,17 +220,27 @@ pub(super) fn uniformly_random_gateway<R: Rng>(
        .cloned()
 }

+pub(super) fn get_specified_gateway(
+    gateway_identity: IdentityKeyRef,
+    gateways: &[gateway::Node],
+) -> Result<gateway::Node, ClientCoreError> {
+    let user_gateway = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_identity)
+        .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)?;
+
+    gateways
+        .iter()
+        .find(|gateway| gateway.identity_key == user_gateway)
+        .ok_or_else(|| ClientCoreError::NoGatewayWithId(gateway_identity.to_string()))
+        .cloned()
+}
+
 pub(super) async fn register_with_gateway(
    gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig,
    our_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
 ) -> Result<RegistrationResult, ClientCoreError> {
-    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(1500);
-    let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new_init(
-        gateway.gateway_listener.clone(),
-        gateway.try_get_gateway_identity_key()?,
-        our_identity.clone(),
-        timeout,
-    );
+    let mut gateway_client =
+        GatewayClient::new_init(gateway.to_owned().try_into()?, our_identity.clone());
+
    gateway_client.establish_connection().await.map_err(|err| {
        log::warn!("Failed to establish connection with gateway!");
        ClientCoreError::GatewayClientError {
@@ -230,6 +263,6 @@ pub(super) async fn register_with_gateway(
        })?;
    Ok(RegistrationResult {
        shared_keys,
-        authenticated_ephemeral_client: Some(gateway_client),
+        authenticated_ephemeral_client: gateway_client,
    })
 }
@@ -8,246 +8,34 @@ use crate::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
 };
 use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
 use crate::client::key_manager::ManagedKeys;
-use crate::init::helpers::{choose_gateway_by_latency, current_gateways, uniformly_random_gateway};
-use crate::{
-    config::{Config, GatewayEndpointConfig},
-    error::ClientCoreError,
+use crate::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
+use crate::init::helpers::{
+    choose_gateway_by_latency, get_specified_gateway, uniformly_random_gateway,
 };
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
-use nym_gateway_client::client::InitOnly;
-use nym_gateway_client::GatewayClient;
-use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
-use nym_sphinx::addressing::{clients::Recipient, nodes::NodeIdentity};
+use crate::init::types::{
+    CustomGatewayDetails, GatewayDetails, GatewaySelectionSpecification, GatewaySetup,
+    InitialisationResult,
+};
+use nym_gateway_client::client::InitGatewayClient;
 use nym_topology::gateway;
-use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKey;
 use rand::rngs::OsRng;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::Serialize;
-use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use url::Url;

 pub mod helpers;
-
-pub struct RegistrationResult {
-    pub shared_keys: Arc<SharedKeys>,
-    pub authenticated_ephemeral_client: Option<GatewayClient<InitOnly>>,
-}
-
-pub struct InitialisationResult {
-    pub details: InitialisationDetails,
-    pub authenticated_ephemeral_client: Option<GatewayClient<InitOnly>>,
-}
-
-impl From<InitialisationDetails> for InitialisationResult {
-    fn from(details: InitialisationDetails) -> Self {
-        InitialisationResult {
-            details,
-            authenticated_ephemeral_client: None,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// 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)
-    }
-}
-
-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.
-        by_latency: bool,
-    },
-
-    Specified {
-        /// Identity key of the gateway we want to try to use.
-        gateway_identity: IdentityKey,
-    },
-
-    Predefined {
-        /// Full gateway configuration
-        details: PersistedGatewayDetails,
-    },
-
-    ReuseConnection {
-        /// The authenticated ephemeral client that was created during `init`
-        authenticated_ephemeral_client: GatewayClient<InitOnly>,
-
-        /// Details of this pre-initialised client
-        details: InitialisationDetails,
-    },
-}
-
-impl From<PersistedGatewayDetails> for GatewaySetup {
-    fn from(details: PersistedGatewayDetails) -> Self {
-        GatewaySetup::Predefined { details }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<IdentityKey> for GatewaySetup {
-    fn from(gateway_identity: IdentityKey) -> Self {
-        GatewaySetup::Specified { gateway_identity }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Default for GatewaySetup {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        GatewaySetup::New { by_latency: false }
-    }
-}
-
-impl GatewaySetup {
-    pub fn new_fresh(
-        gateway_identity: Option<String>,
-        latency_based_selection: Option<bool>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        if let Some(gateway_identity) = gateway_identity {
-            GatewaySetup::Specified { gateway_identity }
-        } else {
-            GatewaySetup::New {
-                by_latency: latency_based_selection.unwrap_or_default(),
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    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;
-                if *by_latency {
-                    choose_gateway_by_latency(&mut rng, gateways).await
-                } else {
-                    uniformly_random_gateway(&mut rng, gateways)
-                }
-            }
-            .map(Into::into),
-            GatewaySetup::Specified { gateway_identity } => {
-                let user_gateway = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_identity)
-                    .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)?;
-
-                gateways
-                    .iter()
-                    .find(|gateway| gateway.identity_key == user_gateway)
-                    .ok_or_else(|| ClientCoreError::NoGatewayWithId(gateway_identity.to_string()))
-                    .cloned()
-            }
-            .map(Into::into),
-            _ => 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.
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
-pub struct InitResults {
-    version: String,
-    id: String,
-    identity_key: String,
-    encryption_key: String,
-    gateway_id: String,
-    gateway_listener: String,
-}
-
-impl InitResults {
-    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: gateway.gateway_id.clone(),
-            gateway_listener: gateway.gateway_listener.clone(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Display for InitResults {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        writeln!(f, "Version: {}", self.version)?;
-        writeln!(f, "ID: {}", self.id)?;
-        writeln!(f, "Identity key: {}", self.identity_key)?;
-        writeln!(f, "Encryption: {}", self.encryption_key)?;
-        writeln!(f, "Gateway ID: {}", self.gateway_id)?;
-        write!(f, "Gateway: {}", self.gateway_listener)
-    }
-}
+pub mod types;

 // helpers for error wrapping
-async fn _store_gateway_details<D>(
+async fn _store_gateway_details<T, D>(
    details_store: &D,
-    details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    details: &PersistedGatewayDetails<T>,
 ) -> Result<(), ClientCoreError>
 where
-    D: GatewayDetailsStore,
+    D: GatewayDetailsStore<T>,
    D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    T: Serialize + Send + Sync,
 {
    details_store
        .store_gateway_details(details)
@@ -257,12 +45,13 @@ where
        })
 }

-async fn _load_gateway_details<D>(
+async fn _load_gateway_details<T, D>(
    details_store: &D,
-) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, ClientCoreError>
+) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails<T>, ClientCoreError>
 where
-    D: GatewayDetailsStore,
+    D: GatewayDetailsStore<T>,
    D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    T: DeserializeOwned + Send + Sync,
 {
    details_store
        .load_gateway_details()
@@ -284,190 +73,168 @@ where
        })
 }

-fn ensure_valid_details(
-    details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+fn ensure_valid_details<T>(
+    details: &PersistedGatewayDetails<T>,
    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(())
-    }
+    details.validate(loaded_keys.gateway_shared_key().as_deref())
 }

-pub async fn setup_gateway_from<K, D>(
-    setup: GatewaySetup,
+async fn setup_new_gateway<T, K, D>(
    key_store: &K,
    details_store: &D,
    overwrite_data: bool,
-    gateways: Option<&[gateway::Node]>,
-) -> Result<InitialisationResult, ClientCoreError>
+    selection_specification: GatewaySelectionSpecification<T>,
+    available_gateways: Vec<gateway::Node>,
+) -> Result<InitialisationResult<T>, ClientCoreError>
 where
    K: KeyStore,
-    D: GatewayDetailsStore,
+    D: GatewayDetailsStore<T>,
    K::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
    D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    T: DeserializeOwned + Serialize + Send + Sync,
 {
-    // I don't like how we can't deal with this variant in the match below, but we need to take ownership of internal values.
-    if let GatewaySetup::ReuseConnection {
-        authenticated_ephemeral_client,
-        details,
-    } = setup
-    {
-        // if we have already performed the full setup, forward the details.
-        // it's up to the caller to ensure persistence
-        return Ok(InitialisationResult {
-            details,
-            authenticated_ephemeral_client: Some(authenticated_ephemeral_client),
-        });
+    // if we're setting up new gateway, failing to load existing information is fine.
+    // as a matter of fact, it's only potentially a problem if we DO succeed
+    if _load_gateway_details(details_store).await.is_ok() && !overwrite_data {
+        return Err(ClientCoreError::ForbiddenKeyOverwrite);
+    }
+    if _load_managed_keys(key_store).await.is_ok() && !overwrite_data {
+        return Err(ClientCoreError::ForbiddenKeyOverwrite);
    }

    let mut rng = OsRng;
+    let mut new_keys = ManagedKeys::generate_new(&mut rng);

-    // 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(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).into());
-                }
-                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).into(),
-                    );
-                }
-                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,
-                            )
-                            .into());
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    // 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,
-                        )
-                        .into());
-                    }
-
-                    // 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::ReuseConnection { .. } => {
-                    unreachable!("the reuse connection variant was already manually covered")
-                }
-            }
+    let gateway_details = match selection_specification {
+        GatewaySelectionSpecification::UniformRemote { must_use_tls } => {
+            let gateway = uniformly_random_gateway(&mut rng, &available_gateways)?;
+            GatewayDetails::Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig::from_node(gateway, must_use_tls))
        }
-        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)
+        GatewaySelectionSpecification::RemoteByLatency { must_use_tls } => {
+            let gateway = choose_gateway_by_latency(&mut rng, &available_gateways).await?;
+            GatewayDetails::Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig::from_node(gateway, must_use_tls))
        }
+        GatewaySelectionSpecification::Specified {
+            must_use_tls,
+            identity,
+        } => {
+            let gateway = get_specified_gateway(&identity, &available_gateways)?;
+            GatewayDetails::Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig::from_node(gateway, must_use_tls))
+        }
+        GatewaySelectionSpecification::Custom {
+            gateway_identity,
+            additional_data,
+        } => GatewayDetails::Custom(CustomGatewayDetails::new(gateway_identity, additional_data)),
    };

-    // choose gateway
-    let gateway_details = setup.choose_gateway(gateways.unwrap_or_default()).await?;
+    let registration_result = if let GatewayDetails::Configured(gateway_cfg) = &gateway_details {
+        // if we're using a 'normal' gateway setup, do register
+        let our_identity = new_keys.identity_keypair();
+        Some(helpers::register_with_gateway(gateway_cfg, our_identity).await?)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };

-    // get our identity key
-    let our_identity = managed_keys.identity_keypair();
+    let maybe_shared_keys = registration_result
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|r| Arc::clone(&r.shared_keys));

-    // Establish connection, authenticate and generate keys for talking with the gateway
-    let registration_result =
-        helpers::register_with_gateway(&gateway_details, our_identity).await?;
-    let shared_keys = registration_result.shared_keys;
+    let persisted_details =
+        PersistedGatewayDetails::new(gateway_details, maybe_shared_keys.as_deref())?;

-    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(gateway_details, &shared_keys);
-
-    // persist gateway keys
-    managed_keys
-        .deal_with_gateway_key(shared_keys, key_store)
+    // persist the keys
+    new_keys
+        .deal_with_gateway_key(maybe_shared_keys, key_store)
        .await
        .map_err(|source| ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
            source: Box::new(source),
        })?;

-    // persist gateway config
+    // persist gateway configs
    _store_gateway_details(details_store, &persisted_details).await?;

    Ok(InitialisationResult {
-        details: InitialisationDetails::new(persisted_details.into(), managed_keys),
-        authenticated_ephemeral_client: registration_result.authenticated_ephemeral_client,
+        gateway_details: persisted_details.into(),
+        managed_keys: new_keys,
+        authenticated_ephemeral_client: registration_result
+            .map(|r| r.authenticated_ephemeral_client),
    })
 }

-pub async fn setup_gateway<K, D>(
-    setup: GatewaySetup,
+async fn use_loaded_gateway_details<T, K, D>(
    key_store: &K,
    details_store: &D,
-    overwrite_data: bool,
-    validator_servers: Option<&[Url]>,
-) -> Result<InitialisationResult, ClientCoreError>
+) -> Result<InitialisationResult<T>, ClientCoreError>
 where
    K: KeyStore,
-    D: GatewayDetailsStore,
+    D: GatewayDetailsStore<T>,
    K::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
    D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    T: DeserializeOwned + Send + Sync,
 {
-    let mut rng = OsRng;
-    let gateways = current_gateways(&mut rng, validator_servers.unwrap_or_default()).await?;
+    let loaded_details = _load_gateway_details(details_store).await?;
+    let loaded_keys = _load_managed_keys(key_store).await?;

-    setup_gateway_from(
-        setup,
-        key_store,
-        details_store,
-        overwrite_data,
-        Some(&gateways),
-    )
-    .await
+    ensure_valid_details(&loaded_details, &loaded_keys)?;
+
+    // no need to persist anything as we got everything from the storage
+    Ok(InitialisationResult::new_loaded(
+        loaded_details.into(),
+        loaded_keys,
+    ))
+}
+
+fn reuse_gateway_connection<T>(
+    authenticated_ephemeral_client: InitGatewayClient,
+    gateway_details: GatewayDetails<T>,
+    managed_keys: ManagedKeys,
+) -> InitialisationResult<T> {
+    InitialisationResult {
+        gateway_details,
+        managed_keys,
+        authenticated_ephemeral_client: Some(authenticated_ephemeral_client),
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn setup_gateway<T, K, D>(
+    setup: GatewaySetup<T>,
+    key_store: &K,
+    details_store: &D,
+) -> Result<InitialisationResult<T>, ClientCoreError>
+where
+    K: KeyStore,
+    D: GatewayDetailsStore<T>,
+    K::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    T: DeserializeOwned + Serialize + Send + Sync,
+{
+    match setup {
+        GatewaySetup::MustLoad => use_loaded_gateway_details(key_store, details_store).await,
+        GatewaySetup::New {
+            specification,
+            available_gateways,
+            overwrite_data,
+        } => {
+            setup_new_gateway(
+                key_store,
+                details_store,
+                overwrite_data,
+                specification,
+                available_gateways,
+            )
+            .await
+        }
+        GatewaySetup::ReuseConnection {
+            authenticated_ephemeral_client,
+            gateway_details,
+            managed_keys,
+        } => Ok(reuse_gateway_connection(
+            authenticated_ephemeral_client,
+            gateway_details,
+            managed_keys,
+        )),
+    }
 }

 pub fn output_to_json<T: Serialize>(init_results: &T, output_file: &str) {
@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
+    GatewayDetailsStore, PersistedCustomGatewayDetails, PersistedGatewayDetails,
+};
+use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
+use crate::client::key_manager::ManagedKeys;
+use crate::config::{Config, GatewayEndpointConfig};
+use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
+use crate::init::{_load_gateway_details, _load_managed_keys, setup_gateway};
+use nym_gateway_client::client::InitGatewayClient;
+use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
+use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
+use nym_sphinx::addressing::nodes::NodeIdentity;
+use nym_topology::gateway;
+use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKey;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+/// Result of registering with a gateway:
+/// - shared keys derived between ourselves and the node
+/// - an authenticated handle of an ephemeral handle created for the purposes of registration
+pub struct RegistrationResult {
+    pub shared_keys: Arc<SharedKeys>,
+    pub authenticated_ephemeral_client: InitGatewayClient,
+}
+
+/// Result of fully initialising a client:
+/// - details of the associated gateway
+/// - all loaded (or derived) keys
+/// - an optional authenticated handle of an ephemeral gateway handle created for the purposes of registration,
+///   if this was the first time this client registered
+pub struct InitialisationResult<T = EmptyCustomDetails> {
+    pub gateway_details: GatewayDetails<T>,
+    pub managed_keys: ManagedKeys,
+    pub authenticated_ephemeral_client: Option<InitGatewayClient>,
+}
+
+impl<T> InitialisationResult<T> {
+    pub fn new_loaded(gateway_details: GatewayDetails<T>, managed_keys: ManagedKeys) -> Self {
+        InitialisationResult {
+            gateway_details,
+            managed_keys,
+            authenticated_ephemeral_client: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn try_load<K, D>(key_store: &K, details_store: &D) -> Result<Self, ClientCoreError>
+    where
+        K: KeyStore,
+        D: GatewayDetailsStore<T>,
+        K::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+        D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+        T: DeserializeOwned + Send + Sync,
+    {
+        let loaded_details = _load_gateway_details(details_store).await?;
+        let loaded_keys = _load_managed_keys(key_store).await?;
+
+        match &loaded_details {
+            PersistedGatewayDetails::Default(loaded_default) => {
+                if !loaded_default.verify(&loaded_keys.must_get_gateway_shared_key()) {
+                    return Err(ClientCoreError::MismatchedGatewayDetails {
+                        gateway_id: loaded_default.details.gateway_id.clone(),
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+            PersistedGatewayDetails::Custom(_) => {}
+        }
+
+        Ok(InitialisationResult {
+            gateway_details: loaded_details.into(),
+            managed_keys: loaded_keys,
+            authenticated_ephemeral_client: None,
+        })
+    }
+
+    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)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Details of particular gateway client got registered with
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum GatewayDetails<T = EmptyCustomDetails> {
+    /// Standard details of a remote gateway
+    Configured(GatewayEndpointConfig),
+
+    /// Custom gateway setup, such as for a client embedded inside gateway itself
+    Custom(CustomGatewayDetails<T>),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub struct EmptyCustomDetails {}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct CustomGatewayDetails<T = EmptyCustomDetails> {
+    // whatever custom method is used, gateway's identity must be known
+    pub gateway_id: String,
+
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub additional_data: T,
+}
+
+impl<T> CustomGatewayDetails<T> {
+    pub fn new(gateway_id: String, additional_data: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            gateway_id,
+            additional_data,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> GatewayDetails<T> {
+    pub fn try_get_configured_endpoint(&self) -> Option<&GatewayEndpointConfig> {
+        if let GatewayDetails::Configured(endpoint) = &self {
+            Some(endpoint)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_custom(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, GatewayDetails::Custom(_))
+    }
+
+    pub fn gateway_id(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            GatewayDetails::Configured(cfg) => &cfg.gateway_id,
+            GatewayDetails::Custom(custom) => &custom.gateway_id,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<GatewayEndpointConfig> for GatewayDetails {
+    fn from(value: GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
+        GatewayDetails::Configured(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> From<PersistedCustomGatewayDetails<T>> for CustomGatewayDetails<T> {
+    fn from(value: PersistedCustomGatewayDetails<T>) -> Self {
+        CustomGatewayDetails {
+            gateway_id: value.gateway_id,
+            additional_data: value.additional_data,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> From<CustomGatewayDetails<T>> for PersistedCustomGatewayDetails<T> {
+    fn from(value: CustomGatewayDetails<T>) -> Self {
+        PersistedCustomGatewayDetails {
+            gateway_id: value.gateway_id,
+            additional_data: value.additional_data,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> From<PersistedGatewayDetails<T>> for GatewayDetails<T> {
+    fn from(value: PersistedGatewayDetails<T>) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            PersistedGatewayDetails::Default(default) => {
+                GatewayDetails::Configured(default.details)
+            }
+            PersistedGatewayDetails::Custom(custom) => GatewayDetails::Custom(custom.into()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub enum GatewaySelectionSpecification<T = EmptyCustomDetails> {
+    /// Uniformly choose a random remote gateway.
+    UniformRemote { must_use_tls: bool },
+
+    /// Should the new, remote, gateway be selected based on latency.
+    RemoteByLatency { must_use_tls: bool },
+
+    /// Gateway with this specific identity should be chosen.
+    // JS: I don't really like the name of this enum variant but couldn't think of anything better at the time
+    Specified {
+        must_use_tls: bool,
+        identity: IdentityKey,
+    },
+
+    // TODO: this doesn't really fit in here..., but where else to put it?
+    /// This client has handled the selection by itself
+    Custom {
+        gateway_identity: String,
+        additional_data: T,
+    },
+}
+
+impl<T> Default for GatewaySelectionSpecification<T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        GatewaySelectionSpecification::UniformRemote {
+            must_use_tls: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> GatewaySelectionSpecification<T> {
+    pub fn new(
+        gateway_identity: Option<String>,
+        latency_based_selection: Option<bool>,
+        must_use_tls: bool,
+    ) -> Self {
+        if let Some(identity) = gateway_identity {
+            GatewaySelectionSpecification::Specified {
+                identity,
+                must_use_tls,
+            }
+        } else if let Some(true) = latency_based_selection {
+            GatewaySelectionSpecification::RemoteByLatency { must_use_tls }
+        } else {
+            GatewaySelectionSpecification::UniformRemote { must_use_tls }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum GatewaySetup<T = EmptyCustomDetails> {
+    /// The gateway specification (details + keys) MUST BE loaded from the underlying storage.
+    MustLoad,
+
+    /// Specifies usage of a new gateway
+    New {
+        specification: GatewaySelectionSpecification<T>,
+
+        // TODO: seems to be a bit inefficient to pass them by value
+        available_gateways: Vec<gateway::Node>,
+
+        /// Specifies whether old data should be overwritten whilst setting up new gateway client.
+        overwrite_data: bool,
+    },
+
+    ReuseConnection {
+        /// The authenticated ephemeral client that was created during `init`
+        authenticated_ephemeral_client: InitGatewayClient,
+
+        // Details of this pre-initialised client (i.e. gateway and keys)
+        gateway_details: GatewayDetails<T>,
+
+        managed_keys: ManagedKeys,
+    },
+}
+
+impl<T> GatewaySetup<T> {
+    pub fn try_reuse_connection(
+        init_res: InitialisationResult<T>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, ClientCoreError> {
+        if let Some(authenticated_ephemeral_client) = init_res.authenticated_ephemeral_client {
+            Ok(GatewaySetup::ReuseConnection {
+                authenticated_ephemeral_client,
+                gateway_details: init_res.gateway_details,
+                managed_keys: init_res.managed_keys,
+            })
+        } else {
+            Err(ClientCoreError::NoInitClientPresent)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn try_setup<K, D>(
+        self,
+        key_store: &K,
+        details_store: &D,
+    ) -> Result<InitialisationResult<T>, ClientCoreError>
+    where
+        K: KeyStore,
+        D: GatewayDetailsStore<T>,
+        K::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+        D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
+        T: DeserializeOwned + Serialize + Send + Sync,
+    {
+        setup_gateway(self, key_store, details_store).await
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_must_load(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, GatewaySetup::MustLoad)
+    }
+
+    pub fn has_full_details(&self) -> bool {
+        self.is_must_load()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Struct describing the results of the client initialization procedure.
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct InitResults {
+    version: String,
+    id: String,
+    identity_key: String,
+    encryption_key: String,
+    gateway_id: String,
+    gateway_listener: String,
+}
+
+impl InitResults {
+    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: gateway.gateway_id.clone(),
+            gateway_listener: gateway.gateway_listener.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for InitResults {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        writeln!(f, "Version: {}", self.version)?;
+        writeln!(f, "ID: {}", self.id)?;
+        writeln!(f, "Identity key: {}", self.identity_key)?;
+        writeln!(f, "Encryption: {}", self.encryption_key)?;
+        writeln!(f, "Gateway ID: {}", self.gateway_id)?;
+        write!(f, "Gateway: {}", self.gateway_listener)
+    }
+}
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ pub mod config;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod init;

+pub use nym_topology::{
+    HardcodedTopologyProvider, NymTopology, NymTopologyError, SerializableNymTopology,
+    SerializableTopologyError, TopologyProvider,
+};
+
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 pub(crate) fn spawn_future<F>(future: F)
 where
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }


 [dependencies.tungstenite]
-version = "0.13"
+workspace = true
 default-features = false

 # non-wasm-only dependencies
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 features = ["net", "sync", "time"]

 [target."cfg(not(target_arch = \"wasm32\"))".dependencies.tokio-tungstenite]
-version = "0.14"
+workspace = true

 # wasm-only dependencies
 [target."cfg(target_arch = \"wasm32\")".dependencies.wasm-bindgen]
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub use crate::packet_router::{
    AcknowledgementReceiver, AcknowledgementSender, MixnetMessageReceiver, MixnetMessageSender,
 };
 use crate::socket_state::{PartiallyDelegated, SocketState};
+use crate::traits::GatewayPacketRouter;
 use crate::{cleanup_socket_message, try_decrypt_binary_message};
 use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use log::*;
@@ -39,9 +40,23 @@ use wasm_utils::websocket::JSWebsocket;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 use wasmtimer::tokio::sleep;

+// 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_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS: usize = 10;
 const DEFAULT_RECONNECTION_BACKOFF: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);

+pub struct GatewayConfig {
+    pub gateway_identity: identity::PublicKey,
+
+    // currently a dead field
+    pub gateway_owner: Option<String>,
+
+    pub gateway_listener: String,
+}
+
+// TODO: this should be refactored into a state machine that keeps track of its authentication state
 pub struct GatewayClient<C, St = EphemeralCredentialStorage> {
    authenticated: bool,
    disabled_credentials_mode: bool,
@@ -69,17 +84,12 @@ pub struct GatewayClient<C, St = EphemeralCredentialStorage> {
 }

 impl<C, St> GatewayClient<C, St> {
-    // TODO: put it all in a Config struct
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
    pub fn new(
-        gateway_address: String,
+        config: GatewayConfig,
        local_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
-        gateway_identity: identity::PublicKey,
        // TODO: make it mandatory. if you don't want to pass it, use `new_init`
        shared_key: Option<Arc<SharedKeys>>,
-        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
-        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
-        response_timeout_duration: Duration,
+        packet_router: PacketRouter,
        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, St>>,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
    ) -> Self {
@@ -87,13 +97,13 @@ impl<C, St> GatewayClient<C, St> {
            authenticated: false,
            disabled_credentials_mode: true,
            bandwidth_remaining: 0,
-            gateway_address,
-            gateway_identity,
+            gateway_address: config.gateway_listener,
+            gateway_identity: config.gateway_identity,
            local_identity,
            shared_key,
            connection: SocketState::NotConnected,
-            packet_router: PacketRouter::new(ack_sender, mixnet_message_sender, shutdown.clone()),
-            response_timeout_duration,
+            packet_router,
+            response_timeout_duration: DEFAULT_GATEWAY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
            bandwidth_controller,
            should_reconnect_on_failure: true,
            reconnection_attempts: DEFAULT_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS,
@@ -102,21 +112,34 @@ impl<C, St> GatewayClient<C, St> {
        }
    }

-    pub fn set_disabled_credentials_mode(&mut self, disabled_credentials_mode: bool) {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn with_disabled_credentials_mode(mut self, disabled_credentials_mode: bool) -> Self {
        self.disabled_credentials_mode = disabled_credentials_mode;
+        self
    }

-    // TODO: later convert into proper builder methods
-    pub fn with_reconnection_on_failure(&mut self, should_reconnect_on_failure: bool) {
-        self.should_reconnect_on_failure = should_reconnect_on_failure
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn with_reconnection_on_failure(mut self, should_reconnect_on_failure: bool) -> Self {
+        self.should_reconnect_on_failure = should_reconnect_on_failure;
+        self
    }

-    pub fn with_reconnection_attempts(&mut self, reconnection_attempts: usize) {
-        self.reconnection_attempts = reconnection_attempts
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn with_response_timeout(mut self, response_timeout_duration: Duration) -> Self {
+        self.response_timeout_duration = response_timeout_duration;
+        self
    }

-    pub fn with_reconnection_backoff(&mut self, backoff: Duration) {
-        self.reconnection_backoff = backoff
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn with_reconnection_attempts(mut self, reconnection_attempts: usize) -> Self {
+        self.reconnection_attempts = reconnection_attempts;
+        self
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn with_reconnection_backoff(mut self, backoff: Duration) -> Self {
+        self.reconnection_backoff = backoff;
+        self
    }

    pub fn gateway_identity(&self) -> identity::PublicKey {
@@ -761,16 +784,14 @@ impl<C, St> GatewayClient<C, St> {
    }
 }

+// type alias for an ease of use
+pub type InitGatewayClient = GatewayClient<InitOnly>;
+
 pub struct InitOnly;

 impl GatewayClient<InitOnly, EphemeralCredentialStorage> {
    // for initialisation we do not need credential storage. Though it's still a bit weird we have to set the generic...
-    pub fn new_init(
-        gateway_address: String,
-        gateway_identity: identity::PublicKey,
-        local_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>,
-        response_timeout_duration: Duration,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_init(config: GatewayConfig, local_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>) -> Self {
        use futures::channel::mpsc;

        // note: this packet_router is completely invalid in normal circumstances, but "works"
@@ -784,13 +805,13 @@ impl GatewayClient<InitOnly, EphemeralCredentialStorage> {
            authenticated: false,
            disabled_credentials_mode: true,
            bandwidth_remaining: 0,
-            gateway_address,
-            gateway_identity,
+            gateway_address: config.gateway_listener,
+            gateway_identity: config.gateway_identity,
            local_identity,
            shared_key: None,
            connection: SocketState::NotConnected,
            packet_router,
-            response_timeout_duration,
+            response_timeout_duration: DEFAULT_GATEWAY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
            bandwidth_controller: None,
            should_reconnect_on_failure: false,
            reconnection_attempts: DEFAULT_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS,
@@ -801,9 +822,7 @@ impl GatewayClient<InitOnly, EphemeralCredentialStorage> {

    pub fn upgrade<C, St>(
        self,
-        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
-        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
-        response_timeout_duration: Duration,
+        packet_router: PacketRouter,
        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, St>>,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
    ) -> GatewayClient<C, St> {
@@ -822,8 +841,8 @@ impl GatewayClient<InitOnly, EphemeralCredentialStorage> {
            local_identity: self.local_identity,
            shared_key: self.shared_key,
            connection: self.connection,
-            packet_router: PacketRouter::new(ack_sender, mixnet_message_sender, shutdown.clone()),
-            response_timeout_duration,
+            packet_router,
+            response_timeout_duration: self.response_timeout_duration,
            bandwidth_controller,
            should_reconnect_on_failure: self.should_reconnect_on_failure,
            reconnection_attempts: self.reconnection_attempts,
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ pub enum GatewayClientError {
    #[error("Connection to the gateway is not established")]
    ConnectionNotEstablished,

-    #[error("Gateway returned an error response - {0}")]
+    #[error("Gateway returned an error response: {0}")]
    GatewayError(String),

-    #[error("There was a network error - {0}")]
+    #[error("There was a network error: {0}")]
    NetworkError(#[from] WsError),

    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-    #[error("There was a network error")]
+    #[error("There was a network error: {0}")]
    NetworkErrorWasm(#[from] JsError),

-    #[error("Invalid URL - {0}")]
+    #[error("Invalid URL: {0}")]
    InvalidURL(String),

    #[error("No shared key was provided or obtained")]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub enum GatewayClientError {
    #[error("No bandwidth controller provided")]
    NoBandwidthControllerAvailable,

-    #[error("Bandwidth controller error - {0}")]
+    #[error("Bandwidth controller error: {0}")]
    BandwidthControllerError(#[from] nym_bandwidth_controller::error::BandwidthControllerError),

    #[error("Connection was abruptly closed")]
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub enum GatewayClientError {
    #[error("Connection is in an invalid state - please send a bug report")]
    ConnectionInInvalidState,

-    #[error("Failed to finish registration handshake - {0}")]
+    #[error("Failed to finish registration handshake: {0}")]
    RegistrationFailure(HandshakeError),

    #[error("Authentication failure")]
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ pub enum GatewayClientError {

    #[error("Attempted to negotiate connection with gateway using incompatible protocol version. Ours is {current} and the gateway reports {gateway:?}")]
    IncompatibleProtocol { gateway: Option<u8>, current: u8 },
+
+    #[error(
+        "The packet router hasn't been set - are you sure you started up the client correctly?"
+    )]
+    PacketRouterUnavailable,
+
+    #[error(
+        "this operation couldn't be completed as the program is in the process of shutting down"
+    )]
+    ShutdownInProgress,
 }

 impl GatewayClientError {
@@ -2,20 +2,23 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::error::GatewayClientError;
-pub use client::GatewayClient;
 use log::warn;
 use nym_gateway_requests::BinaryResponse;
-pub use packet_router::{
-    AcknowledgementReceiver, AcknowledgementSender, MixnetMessageReceiver, MixnetMessageSender,
-};
 use tungstenite::{protocol::Message, Error as WsError};

+pub use client::{GatewayClient, GatewayConfig};
 pub use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
+pub use packet_router::{
+    AcknowledgementReceiver, AcknowledgementSender, MixnetMessageReceiver, MixnetMessageSender,
+    PacketRouter,
+};
+pub use traits::GatewayPacketRouter;

 pub mod client;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod packet_router;
 pub mod socket_state;
+pub mod traits;

 /// Helper method for reading from websocket stream. Helps to flatten the structure.
 pub(crate) fn cleanup_socket_message(
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
 // I will gladly take any suggestions on how to rename this.

 use crate::error::GatewayClientError;
+use crate::GatewayPacketRouter;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
-use log::*;
-use nym_sphinx::addressing::nodes::MAX_NODE_ADDRESS_UNPADDED_LEN;
-use nym_sphinx::params::packet_sizes::PacketSize;
 use nym_task::TaskClient;

 pub type MixnetMessageSender = mpsc::UnboundedSender<Vec<Vec<u8>>>;
@@ -37,77 +35,52 @@ impl PacketRouter {
        }
    }

-    pub fn route_received(
-        &mut self,
-        unwrapped_packets: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    pub fn route_mixnet_messages(
+        &self,
+        received_messages: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
    ) -> Result<(), GatewayClientError> {
-        let mut received_messages = Vec::new();
-        let mut received_acks = Vec::new();
-
-        // remember: gateway removes final layer of sphinx encryption and from the unwrapped
-        // data he takes the SURB-ACK and first hop address.
-        // currently SURB-ACKs are attached in EVERY packet, even cover, so this is always true
-        let ack_overhead = PacketSize::AckPacket.size() + MAX_NODE_ADDRESS_UNPADDED_LEN;
-        let outfox_ack_overhead =
-            PacketSize::OutfoxAckPacket.size() + MAX_NODE_ADDRESS_UNPADDED_LEN;
-
-        for received_packet in unwrapped_packets {
-            if received_packet.len() == PacketSize::AckPacket.plaintext_size()
-            // we don't know the real size of the payload, it could be anything <= 48 bytes
-                || received_packet.len() <= PacketSize::OutfoxAckPacket.plaintext_size()
-            {
-                received_acks.push(received_packet);
-            } else if received_packet.len()
-                == PacketSize::RegularPacket.plaintext_size() - ack_overhead
-                || received_packet.len()
-                    == PacketSize::OutfoxRegularPacket.plaintext_size() - outfox_ack_overhead
-                || received_packet.len()
-                    == PacketSize::OutfoxRegularPacket.size() - outfox_ack_overhead
-            {
-                trace!("routing regular packet");
-                received_messages.push(received_packet);
-            } else if received_packet.len()
-                == PacketSize::ExtendedPacket8.plaintext_size() - ack_overhead
-            {
-                trace!("routing extended8 packet");
-                received_messages.push(received_packet);
-            } else if received_packet.len()
-                == PacketSize::ExtendedPacket16.plaintext_size() - ack_overhead
-            {
-                trace!("routing extended16 packet");
-                received_messages.push(received_packet);
-            } else if received_packet.len()
-                == PacketSize::ExtendedPacket32.plaintext_size() - ack_overhead
-            {
-                trace!("routing extended32 packet");
-                received_messages.push(received_packet);
-            } else {
-                // this can happen if other clients are not padding their messages
-                warn!("Received message of unexpected size. Probably from an outdated client... len: {}", received_packet.len());
-                received_messages.push(received_packet);
+        if let Err(err) = self.mixnet_message_sender.unbounded_send(received_messages) {
+            // check if the failure is due to the shutdown being in progress and thus the receiver channel
+            // having already been dropped
+            if self.shutdown.is_shutdown_poll() || self.shutdown.is_dummy() {
+                // This should ideally not happen, but it's ok
+                log::warn!("Failed to send mixnet messages due to receiver task shutdown");
+                return Err(GatewayClientError::ShutdownInProgress);
            }
+            // This should never happen during ordinary operation the way it's currently used.
+            // Abort to be on the safe side
+            panic!("Failed to send mixnet message: {err}");
        }
+        Ok(())
+    }

-        if !received_messages.is_empty() {
-            trace!("routing 'real'");
-            if let Err(err) = self.mixnet_message_sender.unbounded_send(received_messages) {
-                if self.shutdown.is_shutdown_poll() || self.shutdown.is_dummy() {
-                    // This should ideally not happen, but it's ok
-                    log::warn!("Failed to send mixnet message due to receiver task shutdown");
-                    return Err(GatewayClientError::MixnetMsgSenderFailedToSend);
-                }
-                // This should never happen during ordinary operation the way it's currently used.
-                // Abort to be on the safe side
-                panic!("Failed to send mixnet message: {err}");
+    pub fn route_acks(&self, received_acks: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<(), GatewayClientError> {
+        if let Err(err) = self.ack_sender.unbounded_send(received_acks) {
+            // check if the failure is due to the shutdown being in progress and thus the receiver channel
+            // having already been dropped
+            if self.shutdown.is_shutdown_poll() || self.shutdown.is_dummy() {
+                // This should ideally not happen, but it's ok
+                log::warn!("Failed to send acks due to receiver task shutdown");
+                return Err(GatewayClientError::ShutdownInProgress);
            }
-        }
-
-        if !received_acks.is_empty() {
-            trace!("routing acks");
-            if let Err(err) = self.ack_sender.unbounded_send(received_acks) {
-                error!("failed to send ack: {err}");
-            };
+            // This should never happen during ordinary operation the way it's currently used.
+            // Abort to be on the safe side
+            panic!("Failed to send acks: {err}");
        }
        Ok(())
    }
 }
+
+impl GatewayPacketRouter for PacketRouter {
+    type Error = GatewayClientError;
+
+    // note: this trait tries to decide whether a given message is an ack or a data message
+
+    fn route_mixnet_messages(&self, received_messages: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        self.route_mixnet_messages(received_messages)
+    }
+
+    fn route_acks(&self, received_acks: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        self.route_acks(received_acks)
+    }
+}
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@

 use crate::error::GatewayClientError;
 use crate::packet_router::PacketRouter;
+use crate::traits::GatewayPacketRouter;
 use crate::{cleanup_socket_messages, try_decrypt_binary_message};
 use futures::channel::oneshot;
 use futures::stream::{SplitSink, SplitStream};
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use log::{error, trace, warn};
+use nym_sphinx::addressing::nodes::MAX_NODE_ADDRESS_UNPADDED_LEN;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketSize;
+
+pub trait GatewayPacketRouter {
+    type Error: std::error::Error;
+
+    fn route_received(&self, unwrapped_packets: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        let mut received_messages = Vec::new();
+        let mut received_acks = Vec::new();
+
+        // remember: gateway removes final layer of sphinx encryption and from the unwrapped
+        // data he takes the SURB-ACK and first hop address.
+        // currently SURB-ACKs are attached in EVERY packet, even cover, so this is always true
+        let sphinx_ack_overhead = PacketSize::AckPacket.size() + MAX_NODE_ADDRESS_UNPADDED_LEN;
+        let outfox_ack_overhead =
+            PacketSize::OutfoxAckPacket.size() + MAX_NODE_ADDRESS_UNPADDED_LEN;
+
+        for received_packet in unwrapped_packets {
+            // note: if we ever fail to route regular outfox, it might be because I've removed a match on
+            // `size == PacketSize::OutfoxRegularPacket.size() - outfox_ack_overhead` since it seemed
+            // redundant given we have `size == PacketSize::OutfoxRegularPacket.plaintext_size() - outfox_ack_overhead`
+            // and all the headers should have already be stripped at this point
+            match received_packet.len() {
+                n if n == PacketSize::AckPacket.plaintext_size() => {
+                    trace!("received sphinx ack");
+                    received_acks.push(received_packet);
+                }
+
+                n if n <= PacketSize::OutfoxAckPacket.plaintext_size() => {
+                    // we don't know the real size of the payload, it could be anything <= 48 bytes
+                    trace!("received outfox ack");
+                    received_acks.push(received_packet);
+                }
+
+                n if n == PacketSize::RegularPacket.plaintext_size() - sphinx_ack_overhead => {
+                    trace!("received regular sphinx packet");
+                    received_messages.push(received_packet);
+                }
+
+                n if n
+                    == PacketSize::OutfoxRegularPacket.plaintext_size() - outfox_ack_overhead =>
+                {
+                    trace!("received regular outfox packet");
+                    received_messages.push(received_packet);
+                }
+
+                n if n == PacketSize::ExtendedPacket8.plaintext_size() - sphinx_ack_overhead => {
+                    trace!("received extended8 packet");
+                    received_messages.push(received_packet);
+                }
+
+                n if n == PacketSize::ExtendedPacket16.plaintext_size() - sphinx_ack_overhead => {
+                    trace!("received extended16 packet");
+                    received_messages.push(received_packet);
+                }
+
+                n if n == PacketSize::ExtendedPacket32.plaintext_size() - sphinx_ack_overhead => {
+                    trace!("received extended32 packet");
+                    received_messages.push(received_packet);
+                }
+
+                n => {
+                    // this can happen if other clients are not padding their messages
+                    warn!("Received message of unexpected size. Probably from an outdated client... len: {n}");
+                    received_messages.push(received_packet);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if !received_messages.is_empty() {
+            trace!("routing {} received packets", received_messages.len());
+            if let Err(err) = self.route_mixnet_messages(received_messages) {
+                error!("failed to route received messages: {err}");
+                return Err(err);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if !received_acks.is_empty() {
+            trace!("routing {} received acks", received_acks.len());
+            if let Err(err) = self.route_acks(received_acks) {
+                error!("failed to route received acks: {err}");
+                return Err(err);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn route_mixnet_messages(&self, received_messages: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
+
+    fn route_acks(&self, received_acks: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
+}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ impl PacketForwarder {
                    log::trace!("PacketForwarder: Received shutdown");
                }
                Some(mix_packet) = self.packet_receiver.next() => {
-                     trace!("Going to forward packet to {:?}", mix_packet.next_hop());
+                     trace!("Going to forward packet to {}", mix_packet.next_hop());

                    let next_hop = mix_packet.next_hop();
                    let packet_type = mix_packet.packet_type();
@@ -86,4 +86,5 @@ required-features = ["http-client"]
 default = ["http-client"]
 http-client = ["cosmrs/rpc", "openssl"]
 generate-ts = []
+contract-testing = ["nym-mixnet-contract-common/contract-testing"]

@@ -683,13 +683,14 @@ pub trait MixnetSigningClient {
        .await
    }

-    #[cfg(feature = "nym_mixnet_contract_common/contract-testing")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "contract-testing")]
    async fn testing_resolve_all_pending_events(
+        &self,
        fee: Option<Fee>,
    ) -> Result<ExecuteResult, NyxdError> {
        self.execute_mixnet_contract(
            fee,
-            MixnetExecuteMsg::TestingResolveAllPendingEvents {},
+            MixnetExecuteMsg::TestingResolveAllPendingEvents { limit: None },
            vec![],
        )
        .await
@@ -928,8 +929,8 @@ mod tests {
                .withdraw_delegator_reward_on_behalf(owner.parse().unwrap(), mix_id, None)
                .ignore(),

-            #[cfg(feature = "nym_mixnet_contract_common/contract-testing")]
-            MixnetExecuteMsg::TestingResolveAllPendingEvents {} => {
+            #[cfg(feature = "contract-testing")]
+            MixnetExecuteMsg::TestingResolveAllPendingEvents { .. } => {
                client.testing_resolve_all_pending_events(None).ignore()
            }
        };
@@ -33,18 +33,17 @@ pub fn may_get_home() -> Option<PathBuf> {
 }

 pub trait NymConfigTemplate: Serialize {
-    fn template() -> &'static str;
+    fn template(&self) -> &'static str;

    fn format_to_string(&self) -> String {
        // it is responsibility of whoever is implementing the trait to ensure the template is valid
        Handlebars::new()
-            .render_template(Self::template(), &self)
+            .render_template(self.template(), &self)
            .unwrap()
    }

    fn format_to_writer<W: Write>(&self, writer: W) -> io::Result<()> {
-        if let Err(err) =
-            Handlebars::new().render_template_to_write(Self::template(), &self, writer)
+        if let Err(err) = Handlebars::new().render_template_to_write(self.template(), &self, writer)
        {
            match err {
                TemplateRenderError::IOError(err, _) => return Err(err),
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ where
    C: NymConfigTemplate,
    P: AsRef<Path>,
 {
-    log::trace!("trying to save config file to {}", path.as_ref().display());
+    log::debug!("trying to save config file to {}", path.as_ref().display());
    let file = File::create(path.as_ref())?;

    // TODO: check for whether any of our configs stores anything sensitive
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ where
 //
 //
 // pub trait NymConfig: Default + Serialize + DeserializeOwned {
-//     fn template() -> &'static str;
+//     fn template(&self) -> &'static str;
 //
 //     fn config_file_name() -> String {
 //         "config.toml".to_string()
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ mod tests {
        let env = mock_env();

        // epoch just begun
-        let interval = Interval {
+        let mut interval = Interval {
            id: 0,
            epochs_in_interval: 100,
            current_epoch_start: OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(
@@ -586,19 +586,16 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(!interval.is_current_epoch_over(&env));

        // current time == current epoch start
-        let mut interval = interval;
        interval.current_epoch_start =
            OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(env.block.time.seconds() as i64).unwrap();
        assert!(!interval.is_current_epoch_over(&env));

        // epoch HASN'T yet begun (weird edge case, but can happen if we decide to manually adjust things)
-        let mut interval = interval;
        interval.current_epoch_start =
            OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(env.block.time.seconds() as i64 + 100).unwrap();
        assert!(!interval.is_current_epoch_over(&env));

        // current_time = EXACTLY end of the epoch
-        let mut interval = interval;
        interval.current_epoch_start =
            OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(env.block.time.seconds() as i64).unwrap()
                - interval.epoch_length;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub async fn setup_recovery_storage(recovery_dir: PathBuf) -> RecoveryStorage {

 pub async fn setup_persistent_storage(client_home_directory: PathBuf) -> PersistentStorage {
    let data_dir = client_home_directory.join(DEFAULT_DATA_DIR);
-    let paths = CommonClientPaths::new_default(data_dir);
+    let paths = CommonClientPaths::new_base(data_dir);
    let db_path = paths.credentials_database;

    nym_credential_storage::initialise_persistent_storage(db_path).await
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ impl PublicKey {
    }
 }

+#[cfg(feature = "sphinx")]
+impl From<PublicKey> for DestinationAddressBytes {
+    fn from(value: PublicKey) -> Self {
+        value.derive_destination_address()
+    }
+}
+
 impl FromStr for PublicKey {
    type Err = Ed25519RecoveryError;

@@ -242,8 +249,7 @@ impl PrivateKey {
    /// Signs text with the provided Ed25519 private key, returning a base58 signature
    pub fn sign_text(&self, text: &str) -> String {
        let signature_bytes = self.sign(text.as_ref()).to_bytes();
-        let signature = bs58::encode(signature_bytes).into_string();
-        signature
+        bs58::encode(signature_bytes).into_string()
    }
 }

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 use crate::var_names;
 use crate::{DenomDetails, ValidatorDetails};

-pub(crate) const NETWORK_NAME: &str = "mainnet";
+pub const NETWORK_NAME: &str = "mainnet";

-pub(crate) const BECH32_PREFIX: &str = "n";
+pub const BECH32_PREFIX: &str = "n";

 pub const MIX_DENOM: DenomDetails = DenomDetails::new("unym", "nym", 6);
 pub const STAKE_DENOM: DenomDetails = DenomDetails::new("unyx", "nyx", 6);
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ pub const MIXNET_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str =
    "n17srjznxl9dvzdkpwpw24gg668wc73val88a6m5ajg6ankwvz9wtst0cznr";
 pub const VESTING_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str =
    "n1nc5tatafv6eyq7llkr2gv50ff9e22mnf70qgjlv737ktmt4eswrq73f2nw";
-pub(crate) const COCONUT_BANDWIDTH_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str =
-    "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
-pub(crate) const GROUP_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str = "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
-pub(crate) const MULTISIG_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str = "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
-pub(crate) const COCONUT_DKG_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str = "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
-pub(crate) const EPHEMERA_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str = "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
-pub(crate) const REWARDING_VALIDATOR_ADDRESS: &str = "n10yyd98e2tuwu0f7ypz9dy3hhjw7v772q6287gy";
+pub const COCONUT_BANDWIDTH_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str = "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
+pub const GROUP_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str = "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
+pub const MULTISIG_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str = "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
+pub const COCONUT_DKG_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str = "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
+pub const EPHEMERA_CONTRACT_ADDRESS: &str = "n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0";
+pub const REWARDING_VALIDATOR_ADDRESS: &str = "n10yyd98e2tuwu0f7ypz9dy3hhjw7v772q6287gy";

 pub const STATISTICS_SERVICE_DOMAIN_ADDRESS: &str = "https://mainnet-stats.nymte.ch:8090/";
 pub const NYXD_URL: &str = "https://rpc.nymtech.net";
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pub fn number_of_required_fragments(
    let max_linked = linked_fragment_payload_max_len(plaintext_per_fragment);

    match set::total_number_of_sets(message_len, plaintext_per_fragment) {
-        n if n == 1 => {
+        1 => {
            // is if it's a single fragment message
            if message_len < max_unlinked {
                return (1, max_unlinked - message_len);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub enum PacketSize {
 impl PartialOrd for PacketSize {
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
        // order them by actual packet size
-        self.size().partial_cmp(&other.size())
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
    }
 }

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

 [dependencies]
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
 dirs = "4.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
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