allow multiple messages decryption

noise between client and gateway, first try
remove absolute dependence on topology
2023-08-02 13:59:06 +02:00 · 2023-07-28 14:33:01 +02:00 · 2023-07-28 12:09:13 +02:00 · 2023-07-28 09:25:44 +02:00 · 2023-07-27 12:25:17 +02:00 · 2023-07-27 10:56:35 +02:00
544 changed files with 34233 additions and 10489 deletions
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: install npm
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Matrix - Node Install
        run: npm install
        working-directory: .github/workflows/support-files
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
-          toolchain: stable
+          toolchain: 1.69.0

      - name: Build all binaries
        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
-          toolchain: stable
+          toolchain: 1.69.0
          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
          override: true
          components: rustfmt, clippy
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ jobs:
          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_coconut_dkg.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/cw3_flex_multisig.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/cw4_group.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
+          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_service_provider_directory.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR
+          cp contracts/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/nym_name_service.wasm $OUTPUT_DIR

      - name: Deploy branch to CI www
        continue-on-error: true
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
    - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
-        node-version: 16
+        node-version: 18
    - name: Setup yarn
      run: npm install -g yarn
    - name: Build
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ on:
      - 'gateway/**'
      - 'integrations/**'
      - 'mixnode/**'
+      - 'sdk/lib/socks5-listener/**'
      - 'sdk/rust/nym-sdk/**'
      - 'service-providers/**'
      - 'nym-api/**'
      - 'nym-outfox/**'
      - 'tools/nym-cli/**'
      - 'tools/ts-rs-cli/**'
+      - 'Cargo.toml'
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'clients/**'
@@ -23,12 +25,14 @@ on:
      - 'gateway/**'
      - 'integrations/**'
      - 'mixnode/**'
+      - 'sdk/lib/socks5-listener/**'
      - 'sdk/rust/nym-sdk/**'
      - 'service-providers/**'
      - 'nym-api/**'
      - 'nym-outfox/**'
      - 'tools/nym-cli/**'
      - 'tools/ts-rs-cli/**'
+      - 'Cargo.toml'

 jobs:
  build:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-name: Nym Connect - Android APK Build
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - "release/nc-android-v[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]*"
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Build APK
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
-    env:
-      ANDROID_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}/android-sdk
-      NDK_VERSION: 25.1.8937393
-      NDK_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}/android-sdk/ndk/25.1.8937393
-      SDK_PLATFORM_VERSION: android-33
-      SDK_BUILDTOOLS_VERSION: 33.0.1
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
-        # https://next--tauri.netlify.app/next/guides/getting-started/prerequisites/linux/#1-system-dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get -y install \
-          build-essential \
-          unzip \
-          curl \
-          wget \
-          libssl-dev \
-          squashfs-tools \
-          librsvg2-dev
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Install Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          distribution: "temurin"
-          java-version: "17"
-
-      - name: Install Android SDK manager
-        # https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/sdkmanager
-        run: |
-          curl -sS https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-9477386_latest.zip -o cmdline-tools.zip
-          unzip cmdline-tools.zip
-          mkdir -p $ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest
-          mv cmdline-tools/* $ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest
-          rm -rf cmdline-tools
-
-      - name: Install Android S/NDK
-        run: |
-          echo y | $ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --licenses
-          echo y | $ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager \
-            "platforms;$SDK_PLATFORM_VERSION" \
-            "platform-tools" \
-            "ndk;$NDK_VERSION" \
-            "build-tools;$SDK_BUILDTOOLS_VERSION"
-
-      - name: Install Rust toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-
-      # TODO this step takes a considerable amount of time
-      # We could avoid to compile from source tauri-cli and use instead
-      # pre-compiled binary provided by the node package `@tauri-apps/cli`
-      # But when using the later the build fails for some reason
-      # so keep installing and using tauri-cli
-      - name: Install tauri cli
-        run: cargo install tauri-cli --version "^2.0.0-alpha.2"
-
-      - name: Install rust android targets
-        run: |
-          rustup target add aarch64-linux-android \
-            armv7-linux-androideabi \
-            i686-linux-android \
-            x86_64-linux-android
-
-      - name: Setup Nodejs
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 18
-
-      - name: Install yarn
-        run: |
-          npm i -g yarn
-          yarn --version
-
-      - name: Build frontend code
-        run: |
-          yarn install --frozen-lockfile
-          yarn build
-          yarn workspace @nym/nym-connect-mobile webpack:prod
-
-      - name: Build APK
-        working-directory: nym-connect/mobile
-        env:
-          # NODE_TAURI_CLI=${{ github.workspace }}/nym-connect/mobile/node_modules/.bin/tauri
-          ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: ${{ env.ANDROID_HOME }}
-          WRY_ANDROID_PACKAGE: net.nymtech.nym_connect
-          WRY_ANDROID_LIBRARY: nym_connect
-        # TODO build with release profile (--release), it will requires
-        # to sign the APK. For now build with debug profile to avoid that
-        # TODO build using `yarn tauri`, provide NODE_TAURI_CLI, see TODO notes above
-        run: cargo tauri android build --debug --apk --split-per-abi -t aarch64
-
-      # TODO add the version number to APK name
-      - name: Rename APK artifact
-        run: |
-          mkdir apk/
-          mv nym-connect/mobile/src-tauri/gen/android/nym_connect/app/build/outputs/apk/arm64/debug/app-arm64-debug.apk \
-            apk/nym-connect-arm64-debug.apk
-          mv nym-connect/mobile/src-tauri/gen/android/nym_connect/app/build/outputs/apk/x86_64/debug/app-x86_64-debug.apk \
-            apk/nym-connect-x86_64-debug.apk
-
-      - name: Upload APK artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: nc-apk-debug
-          path: |
-            apk/nym-connect-arm64-debug.apk
-            apk/nym-connect-x86_64-debug.apk
-
-  # publish:
-  #   name: Publish APK
-  #   needs: build
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Checkout
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3
-  #     - name: Download binary artifact
-  #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-  #       with:
-  #         name: nc-apk-debug
-  #         path: apk
-  #     # TODO add a step to upload the APK somewhere
-  #     - name: Publish
-  #       uses: ???
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
    - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
-        node-version: 16
+        node-version: 18
    - name: Install Yarn
      run: npm install -g yarn
    - run: yarn
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Linting for Network Explorer (eslint/prettier)
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'explorer/**'
-
-defaults:
-  run:
-    working-directory: explorer
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 16
-      - name: Setup yarn
-        run: npm install -g yarn
-      - name: Run ESLint
-        # GitHub should automatically annotate the PR
-        run: yarn && yarn lint
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
    - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
-        node-version: 16
+        node-version: 18
    - name: Setup yarn
      run: npm install -g yarn
      continue-on-error: true
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Matrix - Node Install
        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
        run: npm install
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Matrix - Node Install
        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
        run: npm install
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Matrix - Node Install
        if: env.WORKFLOW_CONCLUSION == 'failure'
        run: npm install
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

-      - name: Node v16
+      - name: Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ jobs:
          security list-keychain -d user -s $KEYCHAIN_PATH

      - name: Create env file
-        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.1
+        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.2
        with:
          fileName: '.env'
          encodedString: ${{ secrets.WALLET_ADMIN_ADDRESS }}

+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        shell: bash
+        run: cd .. && yarn --network-timeout 100000
+
      - name: Install app dependencies and build it
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: nym-connect_1.0.0_x64.dmg
-          path: nym-connect/desktop/target/release/bundle/dmg/nym-connect_1.0.0_x64.dmg
+          path: nym-connect/desktop/target/release/bundle/dmg/nym-connect_1*_x64.dmg
          retention-days: 30

      - name: Clean up keychain
@@ -26,19 +26,25 @@ jobs:
          sudo apt-get install -y webkit2gtk-4.0 libayatana-appindicator3-dev
        continue-on-error: true

-      - name: Node v16
+      - name: Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18

      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
          toolchain: stable
+
+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        shell: bash
+        run: cd .. && yarn --network-timeout 100000
+
      - name: Install app dependencies
        run: yarn
+
      - name: Create env file
-        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.1
+        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.2
        with:
          fileName: '.env'
          encodedString: ${{ secrets.WALLET_ADMIN_ADDRESS }}
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: nym-connect.AppImage.tar.gz
-          path: nym-connect/desktop/target/release/bundle/appimage/nym-connect_1.0.0_amd64.AppImage
+          path: nym-connect/desktop/target/release/bundle/appimage/nym-connect_1*_amd64.AppImage
          retention-days: 30

      - name: Upload to release based on tag name
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ jobs:
          Remove-Item -path certificate -include tempCert.txt
          Import-PfxCertificate -FilePath certificate/certificate.pfx -CertStoreLocation Cert:\CurrentUser\My -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $env:WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD -Force -AsPlainText)

-      - name: Node v16
+      - name: Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18

      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
@@ -50,15 +50,21 @@ jobs:
          toolchain: stable

      - name: Create env file
-        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.1
+        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.2
        with:
          fileName: '.env'
          encodedString: ${{ secrets.WALLET_ADMIN_ADDRESS }}

+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        shell: bash
+        run: cd .. && yarn --network-timeout 100000
+
      - name: Install app dependencies
+        shell: bash
        run: yarn --network-timeout 100000

      - name: Build and sign it
+        shell: bash
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          ENABLE_CODE_SIGNING: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE }}
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: nym-connect_1.0.0_x64_en-US.msi
-          path: nym-connect/desktop/target/release/bundle/msi/nym-connect_1.0.0_x64_en-US.msi
+          path: nym-connect/desktop/target/release/bundle/msi/nym-connect_1*_x64_en-US.msi
          retention-days: 30

      - name: Upload to release based on tag name
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

-      - name: Node v16
+      - name: Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ jobs:
          security list-keychain -d user -s $KEYCHAIN_PATH

      - name: Create env file
-        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.1
+        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.2
        with:
          fileName: '.env'
          encodedString: ${{ secrets.WALLET_ADMIN_ADDRESS }}

+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        shell: bash
+        run: cd .. && yarn --network-timeout 100000
+
      - name: Install app dependencies and build it
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Publish Nym Wallet (Ubuntu)
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
  release:
    types: [created]

@@ -25,19 +26,24 @@ jobs:
          sudo apt-get install -y webkit2gtk-4.0
        continue-on-error: true

-      - name: Node v16
+      - name: Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18

      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
          toolchain: stable
+
+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        shell: bash
+        run: cd .. && yarn --network-timeout 100000
+
      - name: Install app dependencies
        run: yarn
      - name: Create env file
-        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.1
+        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.2
        with:
          fileName: '.env'
          encodedString: ${{ secrets.WALLET_ADMIN_ADDRESS }}
@@ -47,8 +53,17 @@ jobs:
        env:
          TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          TAURI_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Upload Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: nym-wallet_1.0.0_amd64.AppImage.tar.gz
+          path: nym-wallet/target/release/bundle/appimage/nym-wallet*.AppImage.tar.gz
+          retention-days: 30
+
      - name: Upload to release based on tag name
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        if: github.event_name == 'release'
        with:
          files: |
            nym-wallet/target/release/bundle/appimage/*.AppImage
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ jobs:
          Remove-Item -path certificate -include tempCert.txt
          Import-PfxCertificate -FilePath certificate/certificate.pfx -CertStoreLocation Cert:\CurrentUser\My -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $env:WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD -Force -AsPlainText)

-      - name: Node v16
+      - name: Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18

      - name: Install Rust stable
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
@@ -50,15 +50,21 @@ jobs:
          toolchain: stable

      - name: Create env file
-        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.1
+        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1.2
        with:
          fileName: '.env'
          encodedString: ${{ secrets.WALLET_ADMIN_ADDRESS }}

+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        shell: bash
+        run: cd .. && yarn --network-timeout 100000
+
      - name: Install app dependencies
+        shell: bash
        run: yarn --network-timeout 100000

      - name: Build and sign it
+        shell: bash
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          ENABLE_CODE_SIGNING: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE }}
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
    - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
-        node-version: 16
+        node-version: 18
    - name: Setup yarn
      run: npm install -g yarn
    - name: Build dependencies
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ jobs:
          profile: minimal
          toolchain: stable

-      - name: Node v16
+      - name: Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18

      - name: Install yarn for building application
        run: yarn install
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+name: Nyms5 Android
+# unsigned APKs only, supported archs:
+# - arm64-v8a (arm64)
+# - x86_64
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - nyms5-android-v*
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build APK
+    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    env:
+      ANDROID_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}/android-sdk
+      NDK_VERSION: 25.2.9519653
+      NDK_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}/android-sdk/ndk/25.2.9519653
+      SDK_PLATFORM_VERSION: android-33
+      SDK_BUILDTOOLS_VERSION: 33.0.2
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: "temurin"
+          java-version: "17"
+
+      - name: Install Android SDK manager
+        # https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/sdkmanager
+        run: |
+          curl -sS https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-9477386_latest.zip -o cmdline-tools.zip
+          unzip cmdline-tools.zip
+          mkdir -p $ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest
+          mv cmdline-tools/* $ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest
+          rm -rf cmdline-tools
+
+      - name: Install Android S/NDK
+        run: |
+          echo y | $ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --licenses
+          echo y | $ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager \
+            "platforms;$SDK_PLATFORM_VERSION" \
+            "platform-tools" \
+            "ndk;$NDK_VERSION" \
+            "build-tools;$SDK_BUILDTOOLS_VERSION"
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70.0
+
+      - name: Install rust android targets
+        run: |
+          rustup target add aarch64-linux-android \
+            x86_64-linux-android
+
+      - name: Build lib nym-socks5-listener
+        working-directory: sdk/lib/socks5-listener/
+        env:
+          RELEASE: true
+          RUSTFLAGS: "-C link-args=-Wl,--hash-style=gnu"
+        # build for arm64 and x86_64
+        run: ./build-android.sh aarch64 x86_64
+
+      - name: Build APKs (unsigned)
+        working-directory: nym-connect/native/android
+        env:
+          ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: ${{ env.ANDROID_HOME }}
+          SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NYMS5_ANDROID_SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+        # build for arm64 and x86_64
+        run: |
+          echo "auth.token=$SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN" | tee -a sentry.properties
+          ./gradlew :app:assembleArch64Debug
+          ./gradlew :app:assembleArch64Release
+
+      - name: Prepare APKs
+        run: |
+          mkdir apk
+          mv nym-connect/native/android/app/build/outputs/apk/arch64/debug/app-arch64-debug.apk \
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-debug.apk
+          mv nym-connect/native/android/app/build/outputs/apk/arch64/release/app-arch64-release-unsigned.apk \
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-release.apk
+
+      - name: Upload APKs
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: nyms5-apk-arch64
+          path: |
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-debug.apk
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-release.apk
+
+  gh-release:
+    name: Publish APK (GH release)
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Download binary artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: nyms5-apk-arch64
+          path: apk
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: |
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-debug.apk
+            apk/nyms5-arch64-release.apk
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+name: Push release data
+
+env:
+  strapi_download_url: 'https://strapi.feat-nym-update-nym-web.websites.dev.nymte.ch/api/downloaders'
+  strapi_updater_url: 'https://strapi.feat-nym-update-nym-web.websites.dev.nymte.ch/api/updaters'
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs: &wf-inputs
+      release_tag:
+        required: true
+        description: Release tag
+        type: string
+      release_id:
+        required: true
+        description: Release ID
+        type: string
+      release_date:
+        required: true
+        description: Release date
+        type: string
+      download_base_url:
+        required: true
+        description: Download base URL
+        type: string
+      changelog_url:
+        required: true
+        description: Changelog URL
+        type: string
+      archive_url:
+        required: false
+        description: Binary archive URL
+        type: string
+      sig_url:
+        required: false
+        description: Archive signature URL
+        type: string
+      version:
+        required: true
+        description: Release version (semver)
+        type: string
+      filename:
+        required: true
+        description: Binary file name
+        type: string
+      file_hash:
+        required: true
+        description: Binary hash (sha256)
+        type: string
+      name:
+        required: true
+        description: Name
+        type: string
+      category:
+        required: true
+        description: Category
+        type: string
+      platform:
+        required: false
+        description: Platform
+        type: string
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      <<: *wf-inputs
+      category:
+        required: true
+        description: Category
+        default: 'wallet'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - wallet
+          - connect
+          - binaries
+      platform:
+        required: false
+        description: Platform
+        default: 'Ubuntu'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - Ubuntu
+          - Windows
+          - MacOS
+
+jobs:
+  push-download-data:
+    name: Push download data to Strapi
+    runs-on: custom-runner-linux
+
+    steps:
+      - id: get_sig
+        name: Get sig
+        if: ${{ inputs.sig_url != null }}
+        run: |
+          output=$(curl -LsSf ${{ inputs.sig_url }})
+          echo "sig=$output" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Push download data
+        uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@v1
+        with:
+          url: ${{ env.strapi_download_url }}
+          method: 'POST'
+          # bearerToken: ${{ secrets.STRAPI_AUTH_TOKEN }} TODO
+          customHeaders: '{"Content-Type": "application/json"}'
+          data: |
+            {
+              "data": {
+                "releaseId": "${{ inputs.release_id }}",
+                "releaseDate": "${{ inputs.release_date }}",
+                "downloadBaseUrl": "${{ inputs.download_base_url }}",
+                "changelogUrl": "${{ inputs.changelog_url }}",
+                "version": "${{ inputs.version }}",
+                "filename": "${{ inputs.filename }}",
+                "name": "${{ inputs.name }}",
+                "category": "${{ inputs.category }}",
+                "platform": "${{ inputs.platform }}",
+                "sha256": "${{ inputs.file_hash }}",
+                "sig": "${{ steps.get_sig.outputs.sig }}"
+              }
+            }
+
+  push-update-data:
+    name: Push update data to Strapi
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    # only push update data for tauri apps (desktop wallet and NC)
+    if: ${{ inputs.category == 'wallet' || inputs.category == 'connect' }}
+
+    steps:
+      - id: get_sig
+        name: Get sig
+        if: ${{ inputs.sig_url != null }}
+        run: |
+          output=$(curl -LsSf ${{ inputs.sig_url }})
+          echo "sig=$output" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Push update data
+        uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@v1
+        with:
+          url: ${{ env.strapi_updater_url }}
+          method: 'POST'
+          # bearerToken: ${{ secrets.STRAPI_AUTH_TOKEN }} TODO
+          customHeaders: '{"Content-Type": "application/json"}'
+          data: |
+            {
+              "data": {
+                "releaseId": "${{ inputs.release_id }}",
+                "releaseDate": "${{ inputs.release_date }}",
+                "downloadUrl": "${{ inputs.archive_url }}",
+                "changelog": "See ${{ inputs.changelog_url }} for the changelog",
+                "version": "${{ inputs.version }}",
+                "filename": "${{ inputs.filename }}",
+                "category": "${{ inputs.category }}",
+                "platform": "${{ inputs.platform }}",
+                "sha256": "${{ inputs.file_hash }}",
+                "sig": "${{ steps.get_sig.outputs.sig }}"
+              }
+            }
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Publish SDK to NPM
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: [custom-runner-linux]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Install Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Setup yarn
+        run: npm install -g yarn
+
+      - name: Install Rust stable
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+
+      - name: Install wasm-pack
+        run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn
+
+      - name: Build and publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+        working-directory: ./sdk/typescript/packages/sdk
+        run: scripts/publish.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16
+18
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
      - 'nym-connect/mobile/package.json'
      - 'nym-wallet/src/**'
      - 'nym-wallet/package.json'
+      - 'explorer/**'
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'ts-packages/**'
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ on:
      - 'nym-connect/mobile/package.json'
      - 'nym-wallet/src/**'
      - 'nym-wallet/package.json'
+      - 'explorer/**'

 jobs:
  build:
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
    - uses: rlespinasse/github-slug-action@v3.x
    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
-        node-version: 16
+        node-version: 18
    - name: Setup yarn
      run: npm install -g yarn
    - name: Install
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 .idea
 target
 .env
+.env.dev
 /.vscode/settings.json
 validator/.vscode
 sample-configs/validator-config.toml
@@ -41,4 +42,5 @@ storybook-static
 envs/qwerty.env
 .parcel-cache
 **/.DS_Store
-cpu-cycles/libcpucycles/build
+cpu-cycles/libcpucycles/build
+foxyfox.env
@@ -4,6 +4,51 @@ Post 1.0.0 release, the changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://

 ## [Unreleased]

+## [v1.1.23] (2023-07-04)
+
+- nym-cli: add client identity key signing support ([#3576])
+- Feature/node tester package ([#3634])
+- Add medium toggle to socks5 client ([#3615])
+- Don't fully turn off background task when cover traffic is disabled ([#3596])
+
+[#3576]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3576
+[#3634]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3634
+[#3615]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3615
+[#3596]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3596
+
+## [v1.1.22] (2023-06-20)
+
+- CLI tool for querying network-requesters ([#3539])
+- Statically link OpenSSL ([#3510])
+- NymConnect - add sentry.io reporting ([#3421])
+- init command does not change version number in config.toml ([#3336])
+- [Bug] Config version does not correspond to binary version ([#3434])
+
+[#3539]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3539
+[#3510]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3510
+[#3421]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3421
+[#3336]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3336
+[#3434]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3434
+
+## [v1.1.21] (2023-06-13)
+
+- mixFetch: Change socks5 `SendRequest` to include OrderedMessage index as a field rather than making it serialized inside the `data` field
+ ([#3534])
+- Explorer - add more data columns to the Service Provider section: ([#3474])
+- network-requester: support report if they run an open proxy using `ControlRequest` API ([#3461])
+- Refactor client configs (London discussion) ([#3444])
+- Increase `DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE` to 2000 to improve reliability ([#3433])
+- socks5: sender waits for lanes to clear even though the connection is closed ([#3366])
+- version bump for variables ([#3545])
+
+[#3534]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3534
+[#3474]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3474
+[#3461]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3461
+[#3444]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3444
+[#3433]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3433
+[#3366]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/3366
+[#3545]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/3545
+
 ## [v1.1.20] (2023-06-06)

 - Explorer - Fix SP supported apps list ([#3458])
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ members = [
    "gateway/gateway-requests",
    "integrations/bity",
    "mixnode",
+    "sdk/lib/socks5-listener",
    "sdk/rust/nym-sdk",
    "service-providers/common",
    "service-providers/network-requester",
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ members = [
    "nym-api/nym-api-requests",
    "nym-outfox",
    "tools/nym-cli",
+    "tools/nym-nr-query",
    "tools/ts-rs-cli"
 ]

@@ -111,8 +113,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"

 [workspace.dependencies]
-async-trait = "0.1.64"
 anyhow = "1.0.71"
+async-trait = "0.1.64"
 bip39 = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["zeroize"] }
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 cosmwasm-derive = "=1.0.0"
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ cw3-fixed-multisig = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 cw4 = { version = "=0.13.4" }
 dotenvy = "0.15.6"
 generic-array = "0.14.7"
+getrandom = "0.2.10"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The platform is composed of multiple Rust crates. Top-level executable binary cr
 * nym-gateway - acts sort of like a mailbox for mixnet messages, which removes the need for direct delivery to potentially offline or firewalled devices.
 * nym-network-monitor - sends packets through the full system to check that they are working as expected, and stores node uptime histories as the basis of a rewards system ("mixmining" or "proof-of-mixing").
 * nym-explorer - a (projected) block explorer and (existing) mixnet viewer.
-* nym-wallet - a desktop wallet implemented using the [Tauri](https://tauri.studio/en/docs/about/intro) framework. 
+* nym-wallet - a desktop wallet implemented using the [Tauri](https://tauri.studio/en/docs/about/intro) framework.

 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/nymtech/nym/build.yml?branch=develop&style=for-the-badge&logo=github-actions)](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/actions?query=branch%3Adevelop)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The platform is composed of multiple Rust crates. Top-level executable binary cr

 ### Building

-Platform build instructions are available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/binaries/build-nym.html).
+Platform build instructions are available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/binaries/pre-built-binaries.html).
 Wallet build instructions are also available on [our docs site](https://nymtech.net/docs/wallet/desktop-wallet.html).

 ### Developing
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ For Typescript components, please see [ts-packages](./ts-packages).

 ### Developer chat

-> We used to use Keybase for developer chats, but we have since migrated to Matrix and Discord. We no longer check the old **nymtech.friends** Keybase team. 
+> We used to use Keybase for developer chats, but we have since migrated to Matrix and Discord. We no longer check the old **nymtech.friends** Keybase team.

-You can chat to us in two places: 
+You can chat to us in two places:
 * The #dev channel on [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#dev:nymtech.chat)
 * The various developer channels on [Discord](https://discord.gg/nym)

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Node, node operator and delegator rewards are determined according to the princi
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\lambda_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}\lambda_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|ratio of stake operator has pledged to their node to the token circulating supply.
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\omega_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}\omega_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|fraction of total effort undertaken by node `i`, set to `1/k`.
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=k#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}k#gh-dark-mode-only">|number of nodes stakeholders are incentivised to create, set by the validators, a matter of governance. Currently determined by the `reward set` size, and set to 720 in testnet Sandbox.
-|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\alpha#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}\alpha#gh-dark-mode-only">|Sybil attack resistance parameter - the higher this parameter is set the stronger the reduction in competitivness gets for a Sybil attacker.
+|<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\alpha#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}\alpha#gh-dark-mode-only">|Sybil attack resistance parameter - the higher this parameter is set the stronger the reduction in competitiveness gets for a Sybil attacker.
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PM_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}PM_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|declared profit margin of operator `i`, defaults to 10% in.
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PF_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}PF_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|uptime of node `i`, scaled to 0 - 1, for the rewarding epoch
 |<img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=PP_{i}#gh-light-mode-only"><img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}PP_{i}#gh-dark-mode-only">|cost of operating node `i` for the duration of the rewarding epoch, set to 40 NYMT.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Operator of node `i` is credited with the following amount:
 <img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=min\{PP_{i},R_{i})\} %2b max\{0, (PM_{i} %2b (1 - PM_{i}) \cdot \lambda_{i}/\delta_{i}) \cdot (R_{i} - PP_{i})\}#gh-light-mode-only">
 <img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}min\{PP_{i},R_{i})\} %2b max\{0, (PM_{i} %2b (1 - PM_{i}) \cdot \lambda_{i}/\delta_{i}) \cdot (R_{i} - PP_{i})\}#gh-dark-mode-only">

-Delegate with stake `s` recieves:
+Delegate with stake `s` receives:

 <img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=max\{0, (1-PM_{i}) \cdot (s^'/\sigma_{i}) \cdot (R_{i} - PP_{i})\}#gh-light-mode-only">
 <img src="https://render.githubusercontent.com/render/math?math=\color{white}max\{0, (1-PM_{i}) \cdot (s^'/\sigma_{i}) \cdot (R_{i} - PP_{i})\}#gh-dark-mode-only">
@@ -84,4 +84,3 @@ where `s'` is stake `s` scaled over total token circulating supply.
 ### Licensing and copyright information

 This program is available as open source under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. However, some elements are being licensed under CC0-1.0 and MIT. For accurate information, please check individual files.
-
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal", "macros"] } # async runtime

+
 nym-bandwidth-controller = { path = "../../common/bandwidth-controller" }
+nym-client-core = { path = "../../common/client-core" }
 nym-config = { path = "../../common/config" }
 nym-credentials = { path = "../../common/credentials" }
 nym-credential-storage = { path = "../../common/credential-storage" }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2022-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 mod commands;
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ use commands::*;
 use error::Result;
 use log::*;
 use nym_bin_common::completions::fig_generate;
-use nym_config::{CRED_DB_FILE_NAME, DATA_DIR};
+use nym_config::DEFAULT_DATA_DIR;
 use nym_network_defaults::{setup_env, NymNetworkDetails};
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};

 use clap::{CommandFactory, Parser};
 use nym_bin_common::logging::setup_logging;
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::CommonClientPaths;
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::traits::DkgQueryClient;
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::{Coin, CosmWasmClient};
 use nym_validator_client::Config;
@@ -71,10 +72,11 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {

    match args.command {
        Command::Run(r) => {
-            let db_path = r
-                .client_home_directory
-                .join(DATA_DIR)
-                .join(CRED_DB_FILE_NAME);
+            // we assume the structure of <home-dir>/data
+            let data_dir = r.client_home_directory.join(DEFAULT_DATA_DIR);
+            let paths = CommonClientPaths::new_default(data_dir);
+            let db_path = paths.credentials_database;
+
            let shared_storage =
                nym_credential_storage::initialise_persistent_storage(db_path).await;
            let recovery_storage = recovery_storage::RecoveryStorage::new(r.recovery_dir)?;
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client"
-version = "1.1.20"
+version = "1.1.23"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
 description = "Implementation of the Nym Client"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -1,99 +1,104 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::client::config::template::config_template;
-use nym_client_core::config::ClientCoreConfigTrait;
+use crate::client::config::persistence::ClientPaths;
+use crate::client::config::template::CONFIG_TEMPLATE;
+use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
 use nym_config::defaults::DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT;
-use nym_config::{NymConfig, OptionalSet};
+use nym_config::{
+    must_get_home, read_config_from_toml_file, save_formatted_config_to_file, NymConfigTemplate,
+    OptionalSet, DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR, DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME, DEFAULT_DATA_DIR, NYM_DIR,
+};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::io;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr};
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::FromStr;

-pub use nym_client_core::config::Config as BaseConfig;
-pub use nym_client_core::config::MISSING_VALUE;
+pub use nym_client_core::config::Config as BaseClientConfig;
 pub use nym_client_core::config::{DebugConfig, GatewayEndpointConfig};

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

-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
-#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-pub enum SocketType {
-    WebSocket,
-    None,
+const DEFAULT_CLIENTS_DIR: &str = "clients";
+
+/// Derive default path to clients's config directory.
+/// It should get resolved to `$HOME/.nym/mixnodes/<id>/config`
+pub fn default_config_directory<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> PathBuf {
+    must_get_home()
+        .join(NYM_DIR)
+        .join(DEFAULT_CLIENTS_DIR)
+        .join(id)
+        .join(DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR)
 }

-impl SocketType {
-    pub fn from_string<S: Into<String>>(val: S) -> Self {
-        let mut upper = val.into();
-        upper.make_ascii_uppercase();
-        match upper.as_ref() {
-            "WEBSOCKET" | "WS" => SocketType::WebSocket,
-            _ => SocketType::None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn is_websocket(&self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, SocketType::WebSocket)
-    }
+/// Derive default path to client's config file.
+/// It should get resolved to `$HOME/.nym/clients/<id>/config/config.toml`
+pub fn default_config_filepath<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> PathBuf {
+    default_config_directory(id).join(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME)
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
-#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+/// Derive default path to client's data directory where files, such as keys, are stored.
+/// It should get resolved to `$HOME/.nym/clients/<id>/data`
+pub fn default_data_directory<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> PathBuf {
+    must_get_home()
+        .join(NYM_DIR)
+        .join(DEFAULT_CLIENTS_DIR)
+        .join(id)
+        .join(DEFAULT_DATA_DIR)
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 pub struct Config {
    #[serde(flatten)]
-    base: BaseConfig<Config>,
+    pub base: BaseClientConfig,

-    socket: Socket,
+    pub socket: Socket,
+
+    // pub paths: CommonClientPathfinder,
+    pub storage_paths: ClientPaths,
+
+    pub logging: LoggingSettings,
 }

-impl NymConfig for Config {
+impl NymConfigTemplate for Config {
    fn template() -> &'static str {
-        config_template()
-    }
-
-    fn default_root_directory() -> PathBuf {
-        dirs::home_dir()
-            .expect("Failed to evaluate $HOME value")
-            .join(".nym")
-            .join("clients")
-    }
-
-    fn try_default_root_directory() -> Option<PathBuf> {
-        dirs::home_dir().map(|path| path.join(".nym").join("clients"))
-    }
-
-    fn root_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        self.base.get_nym_root_directory()
-    }
-
-    fn config_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        self.root_directory()
-            .join(self.base.get_id())
-            .join("config")
-    }
-
-    fn data_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        self.root_directory().join(self.base.get_id()).join("data")
-    }
-}
-
-impl ClientCoreConfigTrait for Config {
-    fn get_gateway_endpoint(&self) -> &nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig {
-        self.base.get_gateway_endpoint()
+        CONFIG_TEMPLATE
    }
 }

 impl Config {
-    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(id: S) -> Self {
+    pub fn new<S: AsRef<str>>(id: S) -> Self {
        Config {
-            base: BaseConfig::new(id),
+            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id.as_ref(), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
+            storage_paths: ClientPaths::new_default(default_data_directory(id.as_ref())),
+            logging: Default::default(),
            socket: Default::default(),
        }
    }

+    pub fn read_from_toml_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        read_config_from_toml_file(path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_from_default_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        Self::read_from_toml_file(default_config_filepath(id))
+    }
+
+    pub fn default_location(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        default_config_filepath(&self.base.client.id)
+    }
+
+    pub fn save_to_default_location(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let config_save_location: PathBuf = self.default_location();
+        save_formatted_config_to_file(self, config_save_location)
+    }
+
    pub fn validate(&self) -> bool {
        // no other sections have explicit requirements (yet)
        self.base.validate()
@@ -123,39 +128,10 @@ impl Config {
        self
    }

-    // getters
-    pub fn get_config_file_save_location(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        self.config_directory().join(Self::config_file_name())
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_base(&self) -> &BaseConfig<Self> {
-        &self.base
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_base_mut(&mut self) -> &mut BaseConfig<Self> {
-        &mut self.base
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_debug_settings(&self) -> &DebugConfig {
-        self.get_base().get_debug_config()
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_socket_type(&self) -> SocketType {
-        self.socket.socket_type
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_listening_ip(&self) -> IpAddr {
-        self.socket.host
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_listening_port(&self) -> u16 {
-        self.socket.listening_port
-    }
-
    // poor man's 'builder' method
    pub fn with_base<F, T>(mut self, f: F, val: T) -> Self
    where
-        F: Fn(BaseConfig<Self>, T) -> BaseConfig<Self>,
+        F: Fn(BaseClientConfig, T) -> BaseClientConfig,
    {
        self.base = f(self.base, val);
        self
@@ -165,7 +141,7 @@ impl Config {
    // (plz, lets refactor it)
    pub fn with_optional_ext<F, T>(mut self, f: F, val: Option<T>) -> Self
    where
-        F: Fn(BaseConfig<Self>, T) -> BaseConfig<Self>,
+        F: Fn(BaseClientConfig, T) -> BaseClientConfig,
    {
        self.base = self.base.with_optional(f, val);
        self
@@ -173,7 +149,7 @@ impl Config {

    pub fn with_optional_env_ext<F, T>(mut self, f: F, val: Option<T>, env_var: &str) -> Self
    where
-        F: Fn(BaseConfig<Self>, T) -> BaseConfig<Self>,
+        F: Fn(BaseClientConfig, T) -> BaseClientConfig,
        T: FromStr,
        <T as FromStr>::Err: Debug,
    {
@@ -189,7 +165,7 @@ impl Config {
        parser: G,
    ) -> Self
    where
-        F: Fn(BaseConfig<Self>, T) -> BaseConfig<Self>,
+        F: Fn(BaseClientConfig, T) -> BaseClientConfig,
        G: Fn(&str) -> T,
    {
        self.base = self.base.with_optional_custom_env(f, val, env_var, parser);
@@ -197,19 +173,34 @@ impl Config {
    }
 }

+// define_optional_set_inner!(Config, base, BaseClientConfig);
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub enum SocketType {
+    WebSocket,
+    None,
+}
+
+impl SocketType {
+    pub fn is_websocket(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, SocketType::WebSocket)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct Socket {
-    socket_type: SocketType,
-    host: IpAddr,
-    listening_port: u16,
+    pub socket_type: SocketType,
+    pub host: IpAddr,
+    pub listening_port: u16,
 }

 impl Default for Socket {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Socket {
            socket_type: SocketType::WebSocket,
-            host: IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1)),
+            host: IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST),
            listening_port: DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT,
        }
    }
@@ -1,58 +1,33 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::client::config::{Config, Socket};
+use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_20::{ConfigV1_1_20, SocketV1_1_20};
 use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13 as OldBaseConfigV1_1_13;
-use nym_config::NymConfig;
+use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::path::PathBuf;

-#[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct OldConfigV1_1_13 {
    #[serde(flatten)]
-    base: OldBaseConfigV1_1_13<OldConfigV1_1_13>,
+    pub base: OldBaseConfigV1_1_13<OldConfigV1_1_13>,

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

-impl NymConfig for OldConfigV1_1_13 {
-    fn template() -> &'static str {
-        // not intended to be used
-        unimplemented!()
-    }
-
+impl MigrationNymConfig for OldConfigV1_1_13 {
    fn default_root_directory() -> PathBuf {
        dirs::home_dir()
            .expect("Failed to evaluate $HOME value")
            .join(".nym")
            .join("clients")
    }
-
-    fn try_default_root_directory() -> Option<PathBuf> {
-        dirs::home_dir().map(|path| path.join(".nym").join("clients"))
-    }
-
-    fn root_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        self.base.client.nym_root_directory.clone()
-    }
-
-    fn config_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        self.root_directory()
-            .join(&self.base.client.id)
-            .join("config")
-    }
-
-    fn data_directory(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        self.root_directory()
-            .join(&self.base.client.id)
-            .join("data")
-    }
 }

-impl From<OldConfigV1_1_13> for Config {
+impl From<OldConfigV1_1_13> for ConfigV1_1_20 {
    fn from(value: OldConfigV1_1_13) -> Self {
-        Config {
+        ConfigV1_1_20 {
            base: value.base.into(),
            socket: value.socket,
        }
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::{
+    ClientPathsV1_1_20_2, ConfigV1_1_20_2, SocketTypeV1_1_20_2, SocketV1_1_20_2,
+};
+use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::keys_paths::ClientKeysPaths;
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::old_v1_1_20_2::CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2;
+use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20::ConfigV1_1_20 as BaseConfigV1_1_20;
+use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::{
+    ClientV1_1_20_2, ConfigV1_1_20_2 as BaseConfigV1_1_20_2,
+};
+use nym_config::defaults::DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT;
+use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub enum SocketTypeV1_1_20 {
+    WebSocket,
+    None,
+}
+
+impl From<SocketTypeV1_1_20> for SocketTypeV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: SocketTypeV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            SocketTypeV1_1_20::WebSocket => SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::WebSocket,
+            SocketTypeV1_1_20::None => SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub base: BaseConfigV1_1_20<ConfigV1_1_20>,
+
+    pub socket: SocketV1_1_20,
+}
+
+impl From<ConfigV1_1_20> for ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+            base: BaseConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+                client: ClientV1_1_20_2 {
+                    version: value.base.client.version,
+                    id: value.base.client.id,
+                    disabled_credentials_mode: value.base.client.disabled_credentials_mode,
+                    nyxd_urls: value.base.client.nyxd_urls,
+                    nym_api_urls: value.base.client.nym_api_urls,
+                    gateway_endpoint: value.base.client.gateway_endpoint.into(),
+                },
+                debug: value.base.debug.into(),
+            },
+            socket: value.socket.into(),
+            storage_paths: ClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+                common_paths: CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+                    keys: ClientKeysPaths {
+                        private_identity_key_file: value.base.client.private_identity_key_file,
+                        public_identity_key_file: value.base.client.public_identity_key_file,
+                        private_encryption_key_file: value.base.client.private_encryption_key_file,
+                        public_encryption_key_file: value.base.client.public_encryption_key_file,
+                        gateway_shared_key_file: value.base.client.gateway_shared_key_file,
+                        ack_key_file: value.base.client.ack_key_file,
+                    },
+                    credentials_database: value.base.client.database_path,
+                    reply_surb_database: value.base.client.reply_surb_database_path,
+                },
+            },
+            logging: LoggingSettings::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl MigrationNymConfig for ConfigV1_1_20 {
+    fn default_root_directory() -> PathBuf {
+        dirs::home_dir()
+            .expect("Failed to evaluate $HOME value")
+            .join(".nym")
+            .join("clients")
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct SocketV1_1_20 {
+    socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_20,
+    host: IpAddr,
+    listening_port: u16,
+}
+
+impl From<SocketV1_1_20> for SocketV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: SocketV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        SocketV1_1_20_2 {
+            socket_type: value.socket_type.into(),
+            host: value.host,
+            listening_port: value.listening_port,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for SocketV1_1_20 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        SocketV1_1_20 {
+            socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_20::WebSocket,
+            host: IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1)),
+            listening_port: DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT,
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::client::config::persistence::ClientPaths;
+use crate::client::config::{default_config_filepath, Config, Socket, SocketType};
+use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::old_v1_1_20_2::CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2;
+use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ConfigV1_1_20_2 as BaseConfigV1_1_20_2;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_config::read_config_from_toml_file;
+use nym_network_defaults::DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::io;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone)]
+pub struct ClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub common_paths: CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub base: BaseConfigV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub socket: SocketV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub storage_paths: ClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub logging: LoggingSettings,
+}
+
+impl ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub fn read_from_toml_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        read_config_from_toml_file(path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_from_default_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        Self::read_from_toml_file(default_config_filepath(id))
+    }
+
+    // in this upgrade, gateway endpoint configuration was moved out of the config file,
+    // so its returned to be stored elsewhere.
+    pub fn upgrade(self) -> (Config, GatewayEndpointConfig) {
+        let gateway_details = self.base.client.gateway_endpoint.clone().into();
+        let config = Config {
+            base: self.base.into(),
+            socket: self.socket.into(),
+            storage_paths: ClientPaths {
+                common_paths: self.storage_paths.common_paths.upgrade_default(),
+            },
+            logging: self.logging,
+        };
+
+        (config, gateway_details)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub enum SocketTypeV1_1_20_2 {
+    WebSocket,
+    None,
+}
+
+impl From<SocketTypeV1_1_20_2> for SocketType {
+    fn from(value: SocketTypeV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::WebSocket => SocketType::WebSocket,
+            SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::None => SocketType::None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct SocketV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_20_2,
+    pub host: IpAddr,
+    pub listening_port: u16,
+}
+
+impl From<SocketV1_1_20_2> for Socket {
+    fn from(value: SocketV1_1_20_2) -> Self {
+        Socket {
+            socket_type: value.socket_type.into(),
+            host: value.host,
+            listening_port: value.listening_port,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for SocketV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        SocketV1_1_20_2 {
+            socket_type: SocketTypeV1_1_20_2::WebSocket,
+            host: IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST),
+            listening_port: DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_LISTENING_PORT,
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::CommonClientPaths;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone)]
+pub struct ClientPaths {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub common_paths: CommonClientPaths,
+}
+
+impl ClientPaths {
+    pub fn new_default<P: AsRef<Path>>(base_data_directory: P) -> Self {
+        ClientPaths {
+            common_paths: CommonClientPaths::new_default(base_data_directory),
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-pub(crate) fn config_template() -> &'static str {
-    // While using normal toml marshalling would have been way simpler with less overhead,
-    // I think it's useful to have comments attached to the saved config file to explain behaviour of
-    // particular fields.
-    // Note: any changes to the template must be reflected in the appropriate structs.
-    r#"
+// While using normal toml marshalling would have been way simpler with less overhead,
+// I think it's useful to have comments attached to the saved config file to explain behaviour of
+// particular fields.
+// Note: any changes to the template must be reflected in the appropriate structs.
+pub(crate) const CONFIG_TEMPLATE: &str = r#"
 # This is a TOML config file.
 # For more information, see https://github.com/toml-lang/toml

@@ -37,50 +36,37 @@ nym_api_urls = [
    {{/each}}
 ]

+[storage_paths] 
+
 # Path to file containing private identity key.
-private_identity_key_file = '{{ client.private_identity_key_file }}'
+keys.private_identity_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.private_identity_key_file }}'

 # Path to file containing public identity key.
-public_identity_key_file = '{{ client.public_identity_key_file }}'
+keys.public_identity_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.public_identity_key_file }}'

 # Path to file containing private encryption key.
-private_encryption_key_file = '{{ client.private_encryption_key_file }}'
+keys.private_encryption_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.private_encryption_key_file }}'

 # Path to file containing public encryption key.
-public_encryption_key_file = '{{ client.public_encryption_key_file }}'
-
-# Path to the database containing bandwidth credentials
-database_path = '{{ client.database_path }}'
-
-# Path to the persistent store for received reply surbs, unused encryption keys and used sender tags.
-reply_surb_database_path = '{{ client.reply_surb_database_path }}'
-
-##### additional client config options #####
+keys.public_encryption_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.public_encryption_key_file }}'

 # A gateway specific, optional, base58 stringified shared key used for
 # communication with particular gateway.
-gateway_shared_key_file = '{{ client.gateway_shared_key_file }}'
+keys.gateway_shared_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.gateway_shared_key_file }}'

 # Path to file containing key used for encrypting and decrypting the content of an
 # acknowledgement so that nobody besides the client knows which packet it refers to.
-ack_key_file = '{{ client.ack_key_file }}'
-    
-##### advanced configuration options #####
+keys.ack_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.ack_key_file }}'

-# Absolute path to the home Nym Clients directory.
-nym_root_directory = '{{ client.nym_root_directory }}'
-
-[client.gateway_endpoint]
-# ID of the gateway from which the client should be fetching messages.
-gateway_id = '{{ client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_id }}'
-
-# Address of the gateway owner to which the client should send messages.
-gateway_owner = '{{ client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_owner }}'
-
-# Address of the gateway listener to which all client requests should be sent.
-gateway_listener = '{{ client.gateway_endpoint.gateway_listener }}'
+# Path to the database containing bandwidth credentials
+credentials_database = '{{ storage_paths.credentials_database }}'

+# Path to the persistent store for received reply surbs, unused encryption keys and used sender tags.
+reply_surb_database = '{{ storage_paths.reply_surb_database }}'

+# Path to the file containing information about gateway used by this client,
+# i.e. details such as its public key, owner address or the network information.
+gateway_details = '{{ storage_paths.gateway_details }}'

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

@@ -120,5 +106,5 @@ average_ack_delay = '{{ debug.acknowledgements.average_ack_delay }}'
 [debug.cover_traffic]
 loop_cover_traffic_average_delay = '{{ debug.cover_traffic.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay }}'

-"#
-}
+
+"#;
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::client::config::Config;
@@ -6,20 +6,17 @@ use crate::error::ClientError;
 use crate::websocket;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use log::*;
-use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
-use nym_client_core::client::base_client::non_wasm_helpers::create_bandwidth_controller;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::non_wasm_helpers::default_query_dkg_client_from_config;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::OnDiskPersistent;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::{
-    non_wasm_helpers, BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
+    BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
 };
 use nym_client_core::client::inbound_messages::InputMessage;
-use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
 use nym_client_core::client::received_buffer::{
    ReceivedBufferMessage, ReceivedBufferRequestSender, ReconstructedMessagesReceiver,
 };
-use nym_client_core::config::persistence::key_pathfinder::ClientKeyPathfinder;
-use nym_credential_storage::persistent_storage::PersistentStorage;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use nym_task::TaskManager;
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::QueryNyxdClient;
@@ -45,17 +42,6 @@ impl SocketClient {
        SocketClient { config }
    }

-    async fn create_bandwidth_controller(
-        config: &Config,
-    ) -> BandwidthController<Client<QueryNyxdClient>, PersistentStorage> {
-        let storage = nym_credential_storage::initialise_persistent_storage(
-            config.get_base().get_database_path(),
-        )
-        .await;
-
-        create_bandwidth_controller(config.get_base(), storage)
-    }
-
    fn start_websocket_listener(
        config: &Config,
        client_input: ClientInput,
@@ -63,6 +49,7 @@ impl SocketClient {
        client_state: ClientState,
        self_address: &Recipient,
        shutdown: nym_task::TaskClient,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) {
        info!("Starting websocket listener...");

@@ -88,9 +75,10 @@ impl SocketClient {
            self_address,
            shared_lane_queue_lengths,
            reply_controller_sender,
+            Some(packet_type),
        );

-        websocket::Listener::new(config.get_listening_ip(), config.get_listening_port())
+        websocket::Listener::new(config.socket.host, config.socket.listening_port)
            .start(websocket_handler, shutdown);
    }

@@ -103,40 +91,37 @@ impl SocketClient {
        res
    }

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

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

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

        Ok(base_client)
    }

    pub async fn start_socket(self) -> Result<TaskManager, ClientError> {
-        if !self.config.get_socket_type().is_websocket() {
+        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 self_address = started_client.address;
        let client_input = started_client.client_input.register_producer();
@@ -150,6 +135,7 @@ impl SocketClient {
            client_state,
            &self_address,
            started_client.task_manager.subscribe(),
+            packet_type,
        );

        info!("Client startup finished!");
@@ -159,11 +145,12 @@ impl SocketClient {
    }

    pub async fn start_direct(self) -> Result<DirectClient, ClientError> {
-        if self.config.get_socket_type().is_websocket() {
+        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();
@@ -186,6 +173,7 @@ impl SocketClient {
            reconstructed_receiver,
            address,
            shutdown_notifier: started_client.task_manager,
+            packet_type,
        })
    }
 }
@@ -199,6 +187,7 @@ pub struct DirectClient {

    // we need to keep reference to this guy otherwise things will start dropping
    shutdown_notifier: TaskManager,
+    packet_type: PacketType,
 }

 impl DirectClient {
@@ -219,7 +208,7 @@ impl DirectClient {
    /// 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);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane, Some(self.packet_type));

        self.client_input
            .input_sender
@@ -238,7 +227,13 @@ impl DirectClient {
        reply_surbs: u32,
    ) {
        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;
-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_anonymous(
+            recipient,
+            message,
+            reply_surbs,
+            lane,
+            Some(self.packet_type),
+        );

        self.client_input
            .input_sender
@@ -252,7 +247,8 @@ impl DirectClient {
    /// 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);
+        let input_msg =
+            InputMessage::new_reply(recipient_tag, message, lane, Some(self.packet_type));

        self.client_input
            .input_sender
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::commands::try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config;
+use crate::client::config::{
+    default_config_directory, default_config_filepath, default_data_directory,
+};
+use crate::commands::try_upgrade_config;
 use crate::{
    client::config::Config,
    commands::{override_config, OverrideConfig},
@@ -9,13 +12,16 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use clap::Args;
 use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
-use nym_config::NymConfig;
-use nym_credential_storage::persistent_storage::PersistentStorage;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::OnDiskGatewayDetails;
+use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_client_core::init::GatewaySetup;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::{fs, io};
 use tap::TapFallible;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
@@ -97,15 +103,15 @@ impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
 pub struct InitResults {
    #[serde(flatten)]
    client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults,
-    client_listening_port: String,
+    client_listening_port: u16,
    client_address: String,
 }

 impl InitResults {
-    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient) -> Self {
+    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
-            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(config.get_base(), address),
-            client_listening_port: config.get_listening_port().to_string(),
+            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(&config.base, address, gateway),
+            client_listening_port: config.socket.listening_port,
            client_address: address.to_string(),
        }
    }
@@ -119,18 +125,26 @@ impl Display for InitResults {
    }
 }

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

    let id = &args.id;

-    let already_init = Config::default_config_file_path(id).exists();
-    if already_init {
+    let already_init = if default_config_filepath(id).exists() {
        // in case we're using old config, try to upgrade it
        // (if we're using the current version, it's a no-op)
-        try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)?;
+        try_upgrade_config(id)?;
        eprintln!("Client \"{id}\" was already initialised before");
-    }
+        true
+    } else {
+        init_paths(id)?;
+        false
+    };

    // Usually you only register with the gateway on the first init, however you can force
    // re-registering if wanted.
@@ -146,45 +160,44 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), ClientError> {

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

    // Load and potentially override config
-    let mut config = override_config(Config::new(id), OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()));
+    let config = override_config(Config::new(id), OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()));

    // Setup gateway by either registering a new one, or creating a new config from the selected
    // one but with keys kept, or reusing the gateway configuration.
-    let gateway = nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway_from_config::<Config, _, PersistentStorage>(
+    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,
-        user_chosen_gateway_id,
-        config.get_base(),
-        args.latency_based_selection,
+        Some(&config.base.client.nym_api_urls),
    )
    .await
    .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?;

-    config.get_base_mut().set_gateway_endpoint(gateway);
-
-    config.save_to_file(None).tap_err(|_| {
+    let config_save_location = config.default_location();
+    config.save_to_default_location().tap_err(|_| {
        log::error!("Failed to save the config file");
    })?;
+    eprintln!(
+        "Saved configuration file to {}",
+        config_save_location.display()
+    );

-    print_saved_config(&config);
+    let address = init_details.client_address()?;

-    let address = nym_client_core::init::get_client_address_from_stored_keys(config.get_base())?;
-    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address);
+    eprintln!("Client configuration completed.\n");
+
+    let init_results = InitResults::new(&config, &address, &init_details.gateway_details);
    println!("{}", args.output.format(&init_results));

    Ok(())
 }
-
-fn print_saved_config(config: &Config) {
-    let config_save_location = config.get_config_file_save_location();
-    eprintln!("Saved configuration file to {config_save_location:?}");
-    eprintln!("Using gateway: {}", config.get_base().get_gateway_id());
-    log::debug!("Gateway id: {}", config.get_base().get_gateway_id());
-    log::debug!("Gateway owner: {}", config.get_base().get_gateway_owner());
-    log::debug!(
-        "Gateway listener: {}",
-        config.get_base().get_gateway_listener()
-    );
-    eprintln!("Client configuration completed.\n");
-}
@@ -2,14 +2,23 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13;
-use crate::client::config::{BaseConfig, Config};
+use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_20::ConfigV1_1_20;
+use crate::client::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ConfigV1_1_20_2;
+use crate::client::config::{BaseClientConfig, Config};
+use crate::error::ClientError;
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use log::info;
+use log::{error, info};
 use nym_bin_common::build_information::BinaryBuildInformation;
 use nym_bin_common::completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
-use nym_config::{NymConfig, OptionalSet};
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
+    OnDiskGatewayDetails, PersistedGatewayDetails,
+};
+use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
+use nym_config::OptionalSet;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::net::IpAddr;

@@ -82,40 +91,151 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Cli) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Syn
 pub(crate) fn override_config(config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
    config
        .with_optional(Config::with_disabled_socket, args.disable_socket)
-        .with_base(BaseConfig::with_high_default_traffic_volume, args.fastmode)
-        .with_base(BaseConfig::with_disabled_cover_traffic, args.no_cover)
+        .with_base(
+            BaseClientConfig::with_high_default_traffic_volume,
+            args.fastmode,
+        )
+        .with_base(BaseClientConfig::with_disabled_cover_traffic, args.no_cover)
        .with_optional(Config::with_port, args.port)
        .with_optional(Config::with_host, args.host)
        .with_optional_custom_env_ext(
-            BaseConfig::with_custom_nym_apis,
+            BaseClientConfig::with_custom_nym_apis,
            args.nym_apis,
            nym_network_defaults::var_names::NYM_API,
            nym_config::parse_urls,
        )
        .with_optional_custom_env_ext(
-            BaseConfig::with_custom_nyxd,
+            BaseClientConfig::with_custom_nyxd,
            args.nyxd_urls,
            nym_network_defaults::var_names::NYXD,
            nym_config::parse_urls,
        )
        .with_optional_ext(
-            BaseConfig::with_disabled_credentials,
+            BaseClientConfig::with_disabled_credentials,
            args.enabled_credentials_mode.map(|b| !b),
        )
 }

-fn try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    // explicitly load it as v1.1.13 (which is incompatible with the current, i.e. 1.1.14+)
+fn persist_gateway_details(
+    config: &Config,
+    details: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+    let details_store =
+        OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&config.storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
+    let keys_store = OnDiskKeys::new(config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys.clone());
+    let shared_keys = keys_store.ephemeral_load_gateway_keys().map_err(|source| {
+        ClientError::ClientCoreError(ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
+            source: Box::new(source),
+        })
+    })?;
+    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(details, &shared_keys);
+    details_store
+        .store_to_disk(&persisted_details)
+        .map_err(|source| {
+            ClientError::ClientCoreError(ClientCoreError::GatewayDetailsStoreError {
+                source: Box::new(source),
+            })
+        })
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, ClientError> {
+    use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
+
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.13 (which is incompatible with the next step, i.e. 1.1.19)
    let Ok(old_config) = OldConfigV1_1_13::load_from_file(id) else {
        // if we failed to load it, there might have been nothing to upgrade
        // or maybe it was an even older file. in either way. just ignore it and carry on with our day
-        return Ok(());
+        return Ok(false);
    };
    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.13 config template.");
    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");

-    let updated: Config = old_config.into();
-    updated.save_to_file(None)
+    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_20 = old_config.into();
+    let updated_step2: ConfigV1_1_20_2 = updated_step1.into();
+    let (updated, gateway_config) = updated_step2.upgrade();
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+
+    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
+    Ok(true)
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, ClientError> {
+    use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
+
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.20 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.21)
+    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_20::load_from_file(id) else {
+        // if we failed to load it, there might have been nothing to upgrade
+        // or maybe it was an even older file. in either way. just ignore it and carry on with our day
+        return Ok(false);
+    };
+    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.20 config template.");
+    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");
+
+    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_20_2 = old_config.into();
+    let (updated, gateway_config) = updated_step1.upgrade();
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+
+    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
+    Ok(true)
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, ClientError> {
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.20_2 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.21)
+    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_20_2::read_from_default_path(id) else {
+        // if we failed to load it, there might have been nothing to upgrade
+        // or maybe it was an even older file. in either way. just ignore it and carry on with our day
+        return Ok(false);
+    };
+    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.20_2 config template.");
+    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");
+
+    let (updated, gateway_config) = old_config.upgrade();
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+
+    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
+    Ok(true)
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_config(id: &str) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_20_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn try_load_current_config(id: &str) -> Result<Config, ClientError> {
+    // try to load the config as is
+    if let Ok(cfg) = Config::read_from_default_path(id) {
+        return if !cfg.validate() {
+            Err(ClientError::ConfigValidationFailure)
+        } else {
+            Ok(cfg)
+        };
+    }
+
+    // we couldn't load it - try upgrading it from older revisions
+    try_upgrade_config(id)?;
+
+    let config = match Config::read_from_default_path(id) {
+        Ok(cfg) => cfg,
+        Err(err) => {
+            error!("Failed to load config for {id}. Are you sure you have run `init` before? (Error was: {err})");
+            return Err(ClientError::FailedToLoadConfig(id.to_string()));
+        }
+    };
+
+    if !config.validate() {
+        return Err(ClientError::ConfigValidationFailure);
+    }
+
+    Ok(config)
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use std::error::Error;
-use std::net::IpAddr;
-
-use crate::commands::try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config;
+use crate::commands::try_load_current_config;
 use crate::{
    client::{config::Config, SocketClient},
    commands::{override_config, OverrideConfig},
@@ -13,8 +10,9 @@ use crate::{
 use clap::Args;
 use log::*;
 use nym_bin_common::version_checker::is_minor_version_compatible;
-use nym_config::NymConfig;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::net::IpAddr;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Run {
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
 // network version. It might do so in the future.
 fn version_check(cfg: &Config) -> bool {
    let binary_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
-    let config_version = cfg.get_base().get_version();
+    let config_version = &cfg.base.client.version;
    if binary_version == config_version {
        true
    } else {
@@ -98,30 +96,10 @@ fn version_check(cfg: &Config) -> bool {
 }

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

-    // in case we're using old config, try to upgrade it
-    // (if we're using the current version, it's a no-op)
-    try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)?;
-
-    let mut config = match Config::load_from_file(id) {
-        Ok(cfg) => cfg,
-        Err(err) => {
-            error!("Failed to load config for {}. Are you sure you have run `init` before? (Error was: {err})", id);
-            return Err(Box::new(ClientError::FailedToLoadConfig(id.to_string())));
-        }
-    };
-
-    if !config.validate() {
-        return Err(Box::new(ClientError::ConfigValidationFailure));
-    }
-
-    let override_config_fields = OverrideConfig::from(args.clone());
-    config = override_config(config, override_config_fields);
-
-    if config.get_base_mut().set_empty_fields_to_defaults() {
-        warn!("some of the core config options were left unset. the default values are going to get used instead.");
-    }
+    let mut config = try_load_current_config(&args.id)?;
+    config = override_config(config, OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()));

    if !version_check(&config) {
        error!("failed the local version check");
@@ -1,42 +1,14 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::client::config::{Config, MISSING_VALUE};
-
-use nym_bin_common::version_checker::Version;
-use nym_config::NymConfig;
-
+use crate::client::config::Config;
+use crate::commands::try_load_current_config;
 use clap::Args;
-use std::fmt::Display;
+use nym_bin_common::version_checker::Version;
 use std::process;

-#[allow(dead_code)]
-fn fail_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from_version: D1, to_version: D2) -> ! {
-    print_failed_upgrade(from_version, to_version);
-    process::exit(1)
-}
-
-fn print_start_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from: D1, to: D2) {
-    println!("\n==================\nTrying to upgrade client from {from} to {to} ...");
-}
-
-fn print_failed_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from: D1, to: D2) {
-    eprintln!("Upgrade from {from} to {to} failed!\n==================\n");
-}
-
-fn print_successful_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from: D1, to: D2) {
-    println!("Upgrade from {from} to {to} was successful!\n==================\n");
-}
-
-fn outdated_upgrade(config_version: &Version, package_version: &Version) -> ! {
-    eprintln!(
-        "Cannot perform upgrade from {config_version} to {package_version}. Your version is too old to perform the upgrade.!"
-    );
-    process::exit(1)
-}
-
-fn unsupported_upgrade(current_version: &Version, config_version: &Version) -> ! {
-    eprintln!("Cannot perform upgrade from {config_version} to {current_version}. Please let the developers know about this issue if you expected it to work!");
+fn unimplemented_upgrade(current_version: &Version, config_version: &Version) -> ! {
+    eprintln!("Cannot perform upgrade from {config_version} to {current_version} as it hasn't been implemented yet");
    process::exit(1)
 }

@@ -48,7 +20,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Upgrade {
 }

 fn parse_config_version(config: &Config) -> Version {
-    let version = Version::parse(config.get_base().get_version()).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+    let version = Version::parse(&config.base.client.version).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
        eprintln!("failed to parse client version! - {err}");
        process::exit(1)
    });
@@ -77,53 +49,14 @@ fn parse_package_version() -> Version {
    version
 }

-fn minor_0_12_upgrade(
-    mut config: Config,
-    _matches: &Upgrade,
-    config_version: &Version,
-    package_version: &Version,
-) -> Config {
-    let to_version = if package_version.major == 0 && package_version.minor == 12 {
-        package_version.clone()
-    } else {
-        Version::new(0, 12, 0)
-    };
-
-    print_start_upgrade(config_version, &to_version);
-
-    config
-        .get_base_mut()
-        .set_custom_version(to_version.to_string().as_ref());
-
-    config.save_to_file(None).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-        eprintln!("failed to overwrite config file! - {err}");
-        print_failed_upgrade(config_version, &to_version);
-        process::exit(1);
-    });
-
-    print_successful_upgrade(config_version, to_version);
-
-    config
-}
-
-fn do_upgrade(mut config: Config, args: &Upgrade, package_version: &Version) {
-    loop {
-        let config_version = parse_config_version(&config);
-
-        if &config_version == package_version {
-            println!("You're using the most recent version!");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        config = match config_version.major {
-            0 => match config_version.minor {
-                9 | 10 => outdated_upgrade(&config_version, package_version),
-                11 => minor_0_12_upgrade(config, args, &config_version, package_version),
-                _ => unsupported_upgrade(&config_version, package_version),
-            },
-            _ => unsupported_upgrade(&config_version, package_version),
-        }
+fn do_upgrade(config: Config, _args: &Upgrade, package_version: &Version) {
+    let config_version = parse_config_version(&config);
+    if &config_version == package_version {
+        println!("You're using the most recent version!");
+        return;
    }
+
+    unimplemented_upgrade(package_version, &config_version)
 }

 pub(crate) fn execute(args: &Upgrade) {
@@ -131,16 +64,15 @@ pub(crate) fn execute(args: &Upgrade) {

    let id = &args.id;

-    let existing_config = Config::load_from_file(id).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+    let existing_config = try_load_current_config(id).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
        eprintln!("failed to load existing config file! - {err}");
        process::exit(1)
    });

-    if existing_config.get_base().get_version() == MISSING_VALUE {
+    if existing_config.base.client.version.is_empty() {
        eprintln!("the existing configuration file does not seem to contain version number.");
        process::exit(1);
    }

-    // here be upgrade path to 0.9.X and beyond based on version number from config
    do_upgrade(existing_config, args, &package_version)
 }
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use nym_client_core::client::{
 use nym_client_websocket_requests::{requests::ClientRequest, responses::ServerResponse};
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_sphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;
 use nym_task::connections::{
    ConnectionCommand, ConnectionCommandSender, ConnectionId, LaneQueueLengths, TransmissionLane,
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ pub(crate) struct HandlerBuilder {
    self_full_address: Recipient,
    lane_queue_lengths: LaneQueueLengths,
    reply_controller_sender: ReplyControllerSender,
+    packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
 }

 impl HandlerBuilder {
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ impl HandlerBuilder {
        self_full_address: &Recipient,
        lane_queue_lengths: LaneQueueLengths,
        reply_controller_sender: ReplyControllerSender,
+        packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            msg_input,
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ impl HandlerBuilder {
            self_full_address: *self_full_address,
            lane_queue_lengths,
            reply_controller_sender,
+            packet_type,
        }
    }

@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ impl HandlerBuilder {
            received_response_type: Default::default(),
            lane_queue_lengths: self.lane_queue_lengths.clone(),
            reply_controller_sender: self.reply_controller_sender.clone(),
+            packet_type: self.packet_type,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Handler {
    received_response_type: ReceivedResponseType,
    lane_queue_lengths: LaneQueueLengths,
    reply_controller_sender: ReplyControllerSender,
+    packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
 }

 impl Drop for Handler {
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ impl Handler {
        });

        // the ack control is now responsible for chunking, etc.
-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane, self.packet_type);
        self.msg_input
            .send(input_msg)
            .await
@@ -191,7 +197,8 @@ impl Handler {
            TransmissionLane::ConnectionId(id)
        });

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane);
+        let input_msg =
+            InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane, self.packet_type);
        self.msg_input
            .send(input_msg)
            .await
@@ -218,7 +225,7 @@ impl Handler {
            TransmissionLane::ConnectionId(id)
        });

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(recipient_tag, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(recipient_tag, message, lane, self.packet_type);
        self.msg_input
            .send(input_msg)
            .await
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 // all variable size data is always prefixed with u64 length
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 // all variable size data is always prefixed with u64 length
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::error::ErrorKind;
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.20"
+version = "1.1.23"
 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"
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 // Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::commands::try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config;
+use crate::commands::try_upgrade_config;
+use crate::config::{
+    default_config_directory, default_config_filepath, default_data_directory, Config,
+};
 use crate::{
    commands::{override_config, OverrideConfig},
    error::Socks5ClientError,
 };
 use clap::Args;
 use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
-use nym_config::NymConfig;
-use nym_credential_storage::persistent_storage::PersistentStorage;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::OnDiskGatewayDetails;
+use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_client_core::init::GatewaySetup;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
-use nym_socks5_client_core::config::Config;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::{fs, io};
 use tap::TapFallible;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
@@ -89,8 +94,10 @@ impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
            use_anonymous_replies: init_config.use_reply_surbs,
            fastmode: init_config.fastmode,
            no_cover: init_config.no_cover,
+            medium_toggle: false,
            nyxd_urls: init_config.nyxd_urls,
            enabled_credentials_mode: init_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
+            outfox: false,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -99,15 +106,19 @@ impl From<Init> for OverrideConfig {
 pub struct InitResults {
    #[serde(flatten)]
    client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults,
-    socks5_listening_port: String,
+    socks5_listening_port: u16,
    client_address: String,
 }

 impl InitResults {
-    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient) -> Self {
+    fn new(config: &Config, address: &Recipient, gateway: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
-            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(config.get_base(), address),
-            socks5_listening_port: config.get_socks5().get_listening_port().to_string(),
+            client_core: nym_client_core::init::InitResults::new(
+                &config.core.base,
+                address,
+                gateway,
+            ),
+            socks5_listening_port: config.core.socks5.listening_port,
            client_address: address.to_string(),
        }
    }
@@ -121,19 +132,27 @@ impl Display for InitResults {
    }
 }

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

    let id = &args.id;
    let provider_address = &args.provider;

-    let already_init = Config::default_config_file_path(id).exists();
-    if already_init {
+    let already_init = if default_config_filepath(id).exists() {
        // in case we're using old config, try to upgrade it
        // (if we're using the current version, it's a no-op)
-        try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)?;
+        try_upgrade_config(id)?;
        eprintln!("SOCKS5 client \"{id}\" was already initialised before");
-    }
+        true
+    } else {
+        init_paths(id)?;
+        false
+    };

    // Usually you only register with the gateway on the first init, however you can force
    // re-registering if wanted.
@@ -149,50 +168,47 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Init) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {

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

    // Load and potentially override config
-    let mut config = override_config(
+    let config = override_config(
        Config::new(id, &provider_address.to_string()),
        OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()),
    );

    // Setup gateway by either registering a new one, or creating a new config from the selected
    // one but with keys kept, or reusing the gateway configuration.
-    let gateway = nym_client_core::init::setup_gateway_from_config::<Config, _, PersistentStorage>(
+    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,
-        user_chosen_gateway_id,
-        config.get_base(),
-        args.latency_based_selection,
+        Some(&config.core.base.client.nym_api_urls),
    )
    .await
    .tap_err(|err| eprintln!("Failed to setup gateway\nError: {err}"))?;

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

-    config.save_to_file(None).tap_err(|_| {
+    let config_save_location = config.default_location();
+    config.save_to_default_location().tap_err(|_| {
        log::error!("Failed to save the config file");
    })?;
+    eprintln!(
+        "Saved configuration file to {}",
+        config_save_location.display()
+    );

-    print_saved_config(&config);
+    let address = init_details.client_address()?;

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

    Ok(())
 }
-
-fn print_saved_config(config: &Config) {
-    let config_save_location = config.get_config_file_save_location();
-    eprintln!("Saved configuration file to {:?}", config_save_location);
-    eprintln!("Using gateway: {}", config.get_base().get_gateway_id());
-    log::debug!("Gateway id: {}", config.get_base().get_gateway_id());
-    log::debug!("Gateway owner: {}", config.get_base().get_gateway_owner());
-    log::debug!(
-        "Gateway listener: {}",
-        config.get_base().get_gateway_listener()
-    );
-    eprintln!("Client configuration completed.\n");
-}
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 // Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13;
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20::ConfigV1_1_20;
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ConfigV1_1_20_2;
+use crate::config::{BaseClientConfig, Config};
+use crate::error::Socks5ClientError;
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use log::info;
+use log::{error, info};
 use nym_bin_common::build_information::BinaryBuildInformation;
 use nym_bin_common::completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
-use nym_config::{NymConfig, OptionalSet};
-use nym_socks5_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13;
-use nym_socks5_client_core::config::{BaseConfig, Config};
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
+    OnDiskGatewayDetails, PersistedGatewayDetails,
+};
+use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
+use nym_config::OptionalSet;
+use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use std::error::Error;

 pub mod init;
@@ -62,8 +72,10 @@ pub(crate) struct OverrideConfig {
    use_anonymous_replies: Option<bool>,
    fastmode: bool,
    no_cover: bool,
+    medium_toggle: bool,
    nyxd_urls: Option<Vec<url::Url>>,
    enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
+    outfox: bool,
 }

 pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Cli) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
@@ -80,41 +92,173 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute(args: &Cli) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Syn
 }

 pub(crate) fn override_config(config: Config, args: OverrideConfig) -> Config {
+    let disable_cover_traffic_with_keepalive = args.medium_toggle;
+    let secondary_packet_size = args.medium_toggle.then_some(PacketSize::ExtendedPacket16);
+    let no_per_hop_delays = args.medium_toggle;
+
+    let packet_type = if args.outfox {
+        PacketType::Outfox
+    } else {
+        PacketType::Mix
+    };
    config
-        .with_base(BaseConfig::with_high_default_traffic_volume, args.fastmode)
-        .with_base(BaseConfig::with_disabled_cover_traffic, args.no_cover)
+        .with_base(
+            BaseClientConfig::with_high_default_traffic_volume,
+            args.fastmode,
+        )
+        .with_base(
+            // NOTE: This interacts with disabling cover traffic fully, so we want to this to be set before
+            BaseClientConfig::with_disabled_cover_traffic_with_keepalive,
+            disable_cover_traffic_with_keepalive,
+        )
+        .with_base(
+            BaseClientConfig::with_secondary_packet_size,
+            secondary_packet_size,
+        )
+        .with_base(BaseClientConfig::with_no_per_hop_delays, no_per_hop_delays)
+        // NOTE: see comment above about the order of the other disble cover traffic config
+        .with_base(BaseClientConfig::with_disabled_cover_traffic, args.no_cover)
+        .with_base(BaseClientConfig::with_packet_type, packet_type)
        .with_optional(Config::with_anonymous_replies, args.use_anonymous_replies)
        .with_optional(Config::with_port, args.port)
-        .with_optional_custom_env_ext(
-            BaseConfig::with_custom_nym_apis,
+        .with_optional_base_custom_env(
+            BaseClientConfig::with_custom_nym_apis,
            args.nym_apis,
            nym_network_defaults::var_names::NYM_API,
            nym_config::parse_urls,
        )
-        .with_optional_custom_env_ext(
-            BaseConfig::with_custom_nyxd,
+        .with_optional_base_custom_env(
+            BaseClientConfig::with_custom_nyxd,
            args.nyxd_urls,
            nym_network_defaults::var_names::NYXD,
            nym_config::parse_urls,
        )
-        .with_optional_ext(
-            BaseConfig::with_disabled_credentials,
+        .with_optional_base(
+            BaseClientConfig::with_disabled_credentials,
            args.enabled_credentials_mode.map(|b| !b),
        )
 }

-fn try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    // explicitly load it as v1.1.13 (which is incompatible with the current, i.e. 1.1.14+)
+fn persist_gateway_details(
+    config: &Config,
+    details: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
+    let details_store =
+        OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(&config.storage_paths.common_paths.gateway_details);
+    let keys_store = OnDiskKeys::new(config.storage_paths.common_paths.keys.clone());
+    let shared_keys = keys_store.ephemeral_load_gateway_keys().map_err(|source| {
+        Socks5ClientError::ClientCoreError(ClientCoreError::KeyStoreError {
+            source: Box::new(source),
+        })
+    })?;
+    let persisted_details = PersistedGatewayDetails::new(details, &shared_keys);
+    details_store
+        .store_to_disk(&persisted_details)
+        .map_err(|source| {
+            Socks5ClientError::ClientCoreError(ClientCoreError::GatewayDetailsStoreError {
+                source: Box::new(source),
+            })
+        })
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
+    use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
+
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.13 (which is incompatible with the next step, i.e. 1.1.19)
    let Ok(old_config) = OldConfigV1_1_13::load_from_file(id) else {
        // if we failed to load it, there might have been nothing to upgrade
        // or maybe it was an even older file. in either way. just ignore it and carry on with our day
-        return Ok(());
+        return Ok(false);
    };
    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.13 config template.");
    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");

-    let updated: Config = old_config.into();
-    updated.save_to_file(None)
+    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_20 = old_config.into();
+    let updated_step2: ConfigV1_1_20_2 = updated_step1.into();
+    let (updated, gateway_config) = updated_step2.upgrade();
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+
+    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
+    Ok(true)
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
+    use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
+
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.20 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.21)
+    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_20::load_from_file(id) else {
+        // if we failed to load it, there might have been nothing to upgrade
+        // or maybe it was an even older file. in either way. just ignore it and carry on with our day
+        return Ok(false);
+    };
+    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.20 config template.");
+    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");
+
+    let updated_step1: ConfigV1_1_20_2 = old_config.into();
+    let (updated, gateway_config) = updated_step1.upgrade();
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+
+    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
+    Ok(true)
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id: &str) -> Result<bool, Socks5ClientError> {
+    // explicitly load it as v1.1.20_2 (which is incompatible with the current one, i.e. +1.1.21)
+    let Ok(old_config) = ConfigV1_1_20_2::read_from_default_path(id) else {
+        // if we failed to load it, there might have been nothing to upgrade
+        // or maybe it was an even older file. in either way. just ignore it and carry on with our day
+        return Ok(false);
+    };
+    info!("It seems the client is using <= v1.1.20_2 config template.");
+    info!("It is going to get updated to the current specification.");
+
+    let (updated, gateway_config) = old_config.upgrade();
+    persist_gateway_details(&updated, gateway_config)?;
+
+    updated.save_to_default_location()?;
+    Ok(true)
+}
+
+fn try_upgrade_config(id: &str) -> Result<(), Socks5ClientError> {
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_20_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    if try_upgrade_v1_1_20_2_config(id)? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn try_load_current_config(id: &str) -> Result<Config, Socks5ClientError> {
+    // try to load the config as is
+    if let Ok(cfg) = Config::read_from_default_path(id) {
+        return if !cfg.validate() {
+            Err(Socks5ClientError::ConfigValidationFailure)
+        } else {
+            Ok(cfg)
+        };
+    }
+
+    // we couldn't load it - try upgrading it from older revisions
+    try_upgrade_config(id)?;
+
+    let config = match Config::read_from_default_path(id) {
+        Ok(cfg) => cfg,
+        Err(err) => {
+            error!("Failed to load config for {id}. Are you sure you have run `init` before? (Error was: {err})");
+            return Err(Socks5ClientError::FailedToLoadConfig(id.to_string()));
+        }
+    };
+
+    if !config.validate() {
+        return Err(Socks5ClientError::ConfigValidationFailure);
+    }
+
+    Ok(config)
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use crate::commands::try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config;
+use crate::commands::try_load_current_config;
+use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::{
    commands::{override_config, OverrideConfig},
    error::Socks5ClientError,
@@ -9,9 +10,9 @@ use crate::{
 use clap::Args;
 use log::*;
 use nym_bin_common::version_checker::is_minor_version_compatible;
-use nym_config::NymConfig;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::OnDiskPersistent;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
-use nym_socks5_client_core::{config::Config, NymClient};
+use nym_socks5_client_core::NymClient;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;

 #[derive(Args, Clone)]
@@ -20,10 +21,6 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    #[clap(long)]
    id: String,

-    /// Custom path to the nym-mixnet-client configuration file
-    #[clap(long)]
-    config: Option<String>,
-
    /// Specifies whether this client is going to use an anonymous sender tag for communication with the service provider.
    /// While this is going to hide its actual address information, it will make the actual communication
    /// slower and consume nearly double the bandwidth as it will require sending reply SURBs.
@@ -63,10 +60,18 @@ pub(crate) struct Run {
    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    no_cover: bool,

+    /// Enable medium mixnet traffic, for experiments only.
+    /// This includes things like disabling cover traffic, no per hop delays, etc.
+    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
+    medium_toggle: bool,
+
    /// Set this client to work in a enabled credentials mode that would attempt to use gateway
    /// with bandwidth credential requirement.
    #[clap(long, hide = true)]
    enabled_credentials_mode: Option<bool>,
+
+    #[clap(long, hide = true, action)]
+    outfox: bool,
 }

 impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
@@ -77,8 +82,10 @@ impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
            use_anonymous_replies: run_config.use_anonymous_replies,
            fastmode: run_config.fastmode,
            no_cover: run_config.no_cover,
+            medium_toggle: run_config.medium_toggle,
            nyxd_urls: run_config.nyxd_urls,
            enabled_credentials_mode: run_config.enabled_credentials_mode,
+            outfox: run_config.outfox,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -87,13 +94,12 @@ impl From<Run> for OverrideConfig {
 // network version. It might do so in the future.
 fn version_check(cfg: &Config) -> bool {
    let binary_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
-    let config_version = cfg.get_base().get_version();
+    let config_version = &cfg.core.base.client.version;
    if binary_version == config_version {
        true
    } else {
        warn!(
-            "The mixnode binary has different version than what is specified in config file! {} and {}",
-            binary_version, config_version
+            "The socks5-client binary has different version than what is specified in config file! {binary_version} and {config_version}",
        );
        if is_minor_version_compatible(binary_version, config_version) {
            info!("but they are still semver compatible. However, consider running the `upgrade` command");
@@ -106,37 +112,18 @@ fn version_check(cfg: &Config) -> bool {
 }

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

-    // in case we're using old config, try to upgrade it
-    // (if we're using the current version, it's a no-op)
-    try_upgrade_v1_1_13_config(id)?;
-
-    let mut config = match Config::load_from_file(id) {
-        Ok(cfg) => cfg,
-        Err(err) => {
-            error!("Failed to load config for {}. Are you sure you have run `init` before? (Error was: {err})", id);
-            return Err(Box::new(Socks5ClientError::FailedToLoadConfig(
-                id.to_string(),
-            )));
-        }
-    };
-
-    if !config.validate() {
-        return Err(Box::new(Socks5ClientError::ConfigValidationFailure));
-    }
-
-    let override_config_fields = OverrideConfig::from(args.clone());
-    config = override_config(config, override_config_fields);
-
-    if config.get_base_mut().set_empty_fields_to_defaults() {
-        warn!("some of the core config options were left unset. the default values are going to get used instead.");
-    }
+    let mut config = try_load_current_config(&args.id)?;
+    config = override_config(config, OverrideConfig::from(args.clone()));

    if !version_check(&config) {
        error!("failed the local version check");
        return Err(Box::new(Socks5ClientError::FailedLocalVersionCheck));
    }

-    NymClient::new(config).run_forever().await
+    let storage =
+        OnDiskPersistent::from_paths(config.storage_paths.common_paths, &config.core.base.debug)
+            .await?;
+    NymClient::new(config.core, storage).run_forever().await
 }
@@ -1,50 +1,14 @@
-// Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

-use nym_bin_common::version_checker::Version;
-use nym_config::NymConfig;
-use nym_socks5_client_core::config::{Config, MISSING_VALUE};
-
+use crate::commands::try_load_current_config;
+use crate::config::Config;
 use clap::Args;
-use std::{fmt::Display, process};
+use nym_bin_common::version_checker::Version;
+use std::process;

-#[allow(dead_code)]
-fn fail_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from_version: D1, to_version: D2) -> ! {
-    print_failed_upgrade(from_version, to_version);
-    process::exit(1)
-}
-
-fn print_start_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from: D1, to: D2) {
-    println!(
-        "\n==================\nTrying to upgrade client from {} to {} ...",
-        from, to
-    );
-}
-
-fn print_failed_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from: D1, to: D2) {
-    eprintln!(
-        "Upgrade from {} to {} failed!\n==================\n",
-        from, to
-    );
-}
-
-fn print_successful_upgrade<D1: Display, D2: Display>(from: D1, to: D2) {
-    println!(
-        "Upgrade from {} to {} was successful!\n==================\n",
-        from, to
-    );
-}
-
-fn outdated_upgrade(config_version: &Version, package_version: &Version) -> ! {
-    eprintln!(
-        "Cannot perform upgrade from {} to {}. Your version is too old to perform the upgrade.!",
-        config_version, package_version
-    );
-    process::exit(1)
-}
-
-fn unsupported_upgrade(current_version: &Version, config_version: &Version) -> ! {
-    eprintln!("Cannot perform upgrade from {} to {}. Please let the developers know about this issue if you expected it to work!", config_version, current_version);
+fn unimplemented_upgrade(current_version: &Version, config_version: &Version) -> ! {
+    eprintln!("Cannot perform upgrade from {config_version} to {current_version} as it hasn't been implemented yet");
    process::exit(1)
 }

@@ -56,15 +20,14 @@ pub(crate) struct Upgrade {
 }

 fn parse_config_version(config: &Config) -> Version {
-    let version = Version::parse(config.get_base().get_version()).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+    let version = Version::parse(&config.core.base.client.version).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
        eprintln!("failed to parse client version! - {err}");
        process::exit(1)
    });

    if version.is_prerelease() || !version.build.is_empty() {
        eprintln!(
-            "Trying to upgrade from a non-released version {}. This is not supported!",
-            version
+            "Trying to upgrade from a non-released version {version}. This is not supported!"
        );
        process::exit(1)
    }
@@ -79,63 +42,21 @@ fn parse_package_version() -> Version {
    // however, we are not using them ourselves at the moment and hence it should be fine.
    // if we change our mind, we could easily tweak this code
    if version.is_prerelease() || !version.build.is_empty() {
-        eprintln!(
-            "Trying to upgrade to a non-released version {}. This is not supported!",
-            version
-        );
+        eprintln!("Trying to upgrade to a non-released version {version}. This is not supported!");
        process::exit(1)
    }

    version
 }

-fn minor_0_12_upgrade(
-    mut config: Config,
-    _args: &Upgrade,
-    config_version: &Version,
-    package_version: &Version,
-) -> Config {
-    let to_version = if package_version.major == 0 && package_version.minor == 12 {
-        package_version.clone()
-    } else {
-        Version::new(0, 12, 0)
-    };
-
-    print_start_upgrade(config_version, &to_version);
-
-    config
-        .get_base_mut()
-        .set_custom_version(to_version.to_string().as_ref());
-
-    config.save_to_file(None).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-        eprintln!("failed to overwrite config file! - {err}");
-        print_failed_upgrade(config_version, &to_version);
-        process::exit(1);
-    });
-
-    print_successful_upgrade(config_version, to_version);
-
-    config
-}
-
-fn do_upgrade(mut config: Config, args: &Upgrade, package_version: &Version) {
-    loop {
-        let config_version = parse_config_version(&config);
-
-        if &config_version == package_version {
-            println!("You're using the most recent version!");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        config = match config_version.major {
-            0 => match config_version.minor {
-                9 | 10 => outdated_upgrade(&config_version, package_version),
-                11 => minor_0_12_upgrade(config, args, &config_version, package_version),
-                _ => unsupported_upgrade(&config_version, package_version),
-            },
-            _ => unsupported_upgrade(&config_version, package_version),
-        }
+fn do_upgrade(config: Config, _args: &Upgrade, package_version: &Version) {
+    let config_version = parse_config_version(&config);
+    if &config_version == package_version {
+        println!("You're using the most recent version!");
+        return;
    }
+
+    unimplemented_upgrade(package_version, &config_version)
 }

 pub(crate) fn execute(args: &Upgrade) {
@@ -143,16 +64,15 @@ pub(crate) fn execute(args: &Upgrade) {

    let id = &args.id;

-    let existing_config = Config::load_from_file(id).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+    let existing_config = try_load_current_config(id).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
        eprintln!("failed to load existing config file! - {err}");
        process::exit(1)
    });

-    if existing_config.get_base().get_version() == MISSING_VALUE {
+    if existing_config.core.base.client.version.is_empty() {
        eprintln!("the existing configuration file does not seem to contain version number.");
        process::exit(1);
    }

-    // here be upgrade path to 0.9.X and beyond based on version number from config
    do_upgrade(existing_config, args, &package_version)
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::persistence::SocksClientPaths;
+use crate::config::template::CONFIG_TEMPLATE;
+use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
+use nym_config::{
+    must_get_home, read_config_from_toml_file, save_formatted_config_to_file, NymConfigTemplate,
+    DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR, DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME, DEFAULT_DATA_DIR, NYM_DIR,
+};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::io;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+pub use nym_client_core::config::Config as BaseClientConfig;
+pub use nym_socks5_client_core::config::Config as CoreConfig;
+
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_13;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_20;
+pub mod old_config_v1_1_20_2;
+mod persistence;
+mod template;
+
+const DEFAULT_SOCKS5_CLIENTS_DIR: &str = "socks5-clients";
+
+/// Derive default path to clients's config directory.
+/// It should get resolved to `$HOME/.nym/socks5-clients/<id>/config`
+pub fn default_config_directory<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> PathBuf {
+    must_get_home()
+        .join(NYM_DIR)
+        .join(DEFAULT_SOCKS5_CLIENTS_DIR)
+        .join(id)
+        .join(DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR)
+}
+
+/// Derive default path to client's config file.
+/// It should get resolved to `$HOME/.nym/socks5-clients/<id>/config/config.toml`
+pub fn default_config_filepath<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> PathBuf {
+    default_config_directory(id).join(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME)
+}
+
+/// Derive default path to client's data directory where files, such as keys, are stored.
+/// It should get resolved to `$HOME/.nym/socks5-clients/<id>/data`
+pub fn default_data_directory<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> PathBuf {
+    must_get_home()
+        .join(NYM_DIR)
+        .join(DEFAULT_SOCKS5_CLIENTS_DIR)
+        .join(id)
+        .join(DEFAULT_DATA_DIR)
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub core: CoreConfig,
+
+    pub storage_paths: SocksClientPaths,
+
+    pub logging: LoggingSettings,
+}
+
+impl NymConfigTemplate for Config {
+    fn template() -> &'static str {
+        CONFIG_TEMPLATE
+    }
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn new<S: AsRef<str>>(id: S, provider_mix_address: S) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            core: CoreConfig::new(
+                id.as_ref(),
+                env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+                provider_mix_address.as_ref(),
+            ),
+            storage_paths: SocksClientPaths::new_default(default_data_directory(id.as_ref())),
+            logging: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_from_toml_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        read_config_from_toml_file(path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_from_default_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        Self::read_from_toml_file(default_config_filepath(id))
+    }
+
+    pub fn default_location(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        default_config_filepath(&self.core.base.client.id)
+    }
+
+    pub fn save_to_default_location(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let config_save_location: PathBuf = self.default_location();
+        save_formatted_config_to_file(self, config_save_location)
+    }
+
+    pub fn validate(&self) -> bool {
+        // no other sections have explicit requirements (yet)
+        self.core.validate()
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_port(mut self, port: u16) -> Self {
+        self.core.socks5.listening_port = port;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_anonymous_replies(mut self, anonymous_replies: bool) -> Self {
+        self.core.socks5.send_anonymously = anonymous_replies;
+        self
+    }
+
+    // poor man's 'builder' method
+
+    pub fn with_base<F, T>(mut self, f: F, val: T) -> Self
+    where
+        F: Fn(BaseClientConfig, T) -> BaseClientConfig,
+    {
+        self.core = self.core.with_base(f, val);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_optional_base<F, T>(mut self, f: F, val: Option<T>) -> Self
+    where
+        F: Fn(BaseClientConfig, T) -> BaseClientConfig,
+    {
+        self.core = self.core.with_optional_base(f, val);
+        self
+    }
+
+    #[allow(unused)]
+    pub fn with_optional_base_env<F, T>(mut self, f: F, val: Option<T>, env_var: &str) -> Self
+    where
+        F: Fn(BaseClientConfig, T) -> BaseClientConfig,
+        T: FromStr,
+        <T as FromStr>::Err: Debug,
+    {
+        self.core = self.core.with_optional_base_env(f, val, env_var);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_optional_base_custom_env<F, T, G>(
+        mut self,
+        f: F,
+        val: Option<T>,
+        env_var: &str,
+        parser: G,
+    ) -> Self
+    where
+        F: Fn(BaseClientConfig, T) -> BaseClientConfig,
+        G: Fn(&str) -> T,
+    {
+        self.core = self
+            .core
+            .with_optional_base_custom_env(f, val, env_var, parser);
+        self
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20::{ConfigV1_1_20, Socks5V1_1_20};
+use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_13::OldConfigV1_1_13 as OldBaseConfigV1_1_13;
+use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
+use nym_config::must_get_home;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct OldConfigV1_1_13 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub base: OldBaseConfigV1_1_13<OldConfigV1_1_13>,
+
+    pub socks5: Socks5V1_1_20,
+}
+
+impl MigrationNymConfig for OldConfigV1_1_13 {
+    fn default_root_directory() -> PathBuf {
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))]
+        let base_dir = must_get_home();
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios"))]
+        let base_dir = PathBuf::from("/tmp");
+
+        base_dir.join(".nym").join("socks5-clients")
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<OldConfigV1_1_13> for ConfigV1_1_20 {
+    fn from(value: OldConfigV1_1_13) -> Self {
+        ConfigV1_1_20 {
+            base: value.base.into(),
+            socks5: value.socks5,
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::{
+    ConfigV1_1_20_2, CoreConfigV1_1_20_2, SocksClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+};
+use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::keys_paths::ClientKeysPaths;
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::old_v1_1_20_2::CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2;
+use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20::ConfigV1_1_20 as BaseConfigV1_1_20;
+use nym_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ClientV1_1_20_2;
+use nym_config::legacy_helpers::nym_config::MigrationNymConfig;
+use nym_config::must_get_home;
+use nym_socks5_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::{
+    BaseClientConfigV1_1_20_2, Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2, Socks5V1_1_20_2,
+};
+use nym_socks5_client_core::config::{ProviderInterfaceVersion, Socks5ProtocolVersion};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+const DEFAULT_CONNECTION_START_SURBS: u32 = 20;
+const DEFAULT_PER_REQUEST_SURBS: u32 = 3;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub base: BaseConfigV1_1_20<ConfigV1_1_20>,
+
+    pub socks5: Socks5V1_1_20,
+}
+
+impl From<ConfigV1_1_20> for ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: ConfigV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+            core: CoreConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+                base: BaseClientConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+                    client: ClientV1_1_20_2 {
+                        version: value.base.client.version,
+                        id: value.base.client.id,
+                        disabled_credentials_mode: value.base.client.disabled_credentials_mode,
+                        nyxd_urls: value.base.client.nyxd_urls,
+                        nym_api_urls: value.base.client.nym_api_urls,
+                        gateway_endpoint: value.base.client.gateway_endpoint.into(),
+                    },
+                    debug: value.base.debug.into(),
+                },
+                socks5: value.socks5.into(),
+            },
+            storage_paths: SocksClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+                common_paths: CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+                    keys: ClientKeysPaths {
+                        private_identity_key_file: value.base.client.private_identity_key_file,
+                        public_identity_key_file: value.base.client.public_identity_key_file,
+                        private_encryption_key_file: value.base.client.private_encryption_key_file,
+                        public_encryption_key_file: value.base.client.public_encryption_key_file,
+                        gateway_shared_key_file: value.base.client.gateway_shared_key_file,
+                        ack_key_file: value.base.client.ack_key_file,
+                    },
+                    credentials_database: value.base.client.database_path,
+                    reply_surb_database: value.base.client.reply_surb_database_path,
+                },
+            },
+            logging: LoggingSettings::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl MigrationNymConfig for ConfigV1_1_20 {
+    fn default_root_directory() -> PathBuf {
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))]
+        let base_dir = must_get_home();
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios"))]
+        let base_dir = PathBuf::from("/tmp");
+
+        base_dir.join(".nym").join("socks5-clients")
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Socks5V1_1_20 {
+    pub listening_port: u16,
+
+    pub provider_mix_address: String,
+
+    #[serde(default = "ProviderInterfaceVersion::new_legacy")]
+    pub provider_interface_version: ProviderInterfaceVersion,
+
+    #[serde(default = "Socks5ProtocolVersion::new_legacy")]
+    pub socks5_protocol_version: Socks5ProtocolVersion,
+
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub send_anonymously: bool,
+
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub socks5_debug: Socks5DebugV1_1_20,
+}
+
+impl From<Socks5V1_1_20> for Socks5V1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: Socks5V1_1_20) -> Self {
+        Socks5V1_1_20_2 {
+            listening_port: value.listening_port,
+            provider_mix_address: value.provider_mix_address,
+            provider_interface_version: value.provider_interface_version,
+            socks5_protocol_version: value.socks5_protocol_version,
+            send_anonymously: value.send_anonymously,
+            socks5_debug: value.socks5_debug.into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct Socks5DebugV1_1_20 {
+    connection_start_surbs: u32,
+    per_request_surbs: u32,
+}
+
+impl From<Socks5DebugV1_1_20> for Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2 {
+    fn from(value: Socks5DebugV1_1_20) -> Self {
+        Socks5DebugV1_1_20_2 {
+            connection_start_surbs: value.connection_start_surbs,
+            per_request_surbs: value.per_request_surbs,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Socks5DebugV1_1_20 {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Socks5DebugV1_1_20 {
+            connection_start_surbs: DEFAULT_CONNECTION_START_SURBS,
+            per_request_surbs: DEFAULT_PER_REQUEST_SURBS,
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::persistence::SocksClientPaths;
+use crate::config::{default_config_filepath, Config};
+use nym_bin_common::logging::LoggingSettings;
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::old_v1_1_20_2::CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_config::read_config_from_toml_file;
+pub use nym_socks5_client_core::config::old_config_v1_1_20_2::ConfigV1_1_20_2 as CoreConfigV1_1_20_2;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::io;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone)]
+pub struct SocksClientPathsV1_1_20_2 {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub common_paths: CommonClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub core: CoreConfigV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub storage_paths: SocksClientPathsV1_1_20_2,
+
+    pub logging: LoggingSettings,
+}
+
+impl ConfigV1_1_20_2 {
+    pub fn read_from_toml_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        read_config_from_toml_file(path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_from_default_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(id: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        Self::read_from_toml_file(default_config_filepath(id))
+    }
+
+    // in this upgrade, gateway endpoint configuration was moved out of the config file,
+    // so its returned to be stored elsewhere.
+    pub fn upgrade(self) -> (Config, GatewayEndpointConfig) {
+        let gateway_details = self.core.base.client.gateway_endpoint.clone().into();
+        let config = Config {
+            core: self.core.into(),
+            storage_paths: SocksClientPaths {
+                common_paths: self.storage_paths.common_paths.upgrade_default(),
+            },
+            logging: self.logging,
+        };
+
+        (config, gateway_details)
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use nym_client_core::config::disk_persistence::CommonClientPaths;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Clone)]
+pub struct SocksClientPaths {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub common_paths: CommonClientPaths,
+}
+
+impl SocksClientPaths {
+    pub fn new_default<P: AsRef<Path>>(base_data_directory: P) -> Self {
+        SocksClientPaths {
+            common_paths: CommonClientPaths::new_default(base_data_directory),
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// While using normal toml marshalling would have been way simpler with less overhead,
+// I think it's useful to have comments attached to the saved config file to explain behaviour of
+// particular fields.
+// Note: any changes to the template must be reflected in the appropriate structs.
+pub(crate) const CONFIG_TEMPLATE: &str = r#"
+# This is a TOML config file.
+# For more information, see https://github.com/toml-lang/toml
+
+##### main base client config options #####
+
+[core.client]
+# Version of the client for which this configuration was created.
+version = '{{ core.client.version }}'
+
+# Human readable ID of this particular client.
+id = '{{ core.client.id }}'
+
+# Indicates whether this client is running in a disabled credentials mode, thus attempting
+# to claim bandwidth without presenting bandwidth credentials.
+disabled_credentials_mode = {{ core.client.disabled_credentials_mode }}
+
+# Addresses to nyxd validators via which the client can communicate with the chain.
+nyxd_urls = [
+    {{#each core.client.nyxd_urls }}
+        '{{this}}',
+    {{/each}}
+]
+
+# Addresses to APIs running on validator from which the client gets the view of the network.
+nym_api_urls = [
+    {{#each core.client.nym_api_urls }}
+        '{{this}}',
+    {{/each}}
+]
+
+[storage_paths] 
+
+# Path to file containing private identity key.
+keys.private_identity_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.private_identity_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing public identity key.
+keys.public_identity_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.public_identity_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing private encryption key.
+keys.private_encryption_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.private_encryption_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing public encryption key.
+keys.public_encryption_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.public_encryption_key_file }}'
+
+# A gateway specific, optional, base58 stringified shared key used for
+# communication with particular gateway.
+keys.gateway_shared_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.gateway_shared_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to file containing key used for encrypting and decrypting the content of an
+# acknowledgement so that nobody besides the client knows which packet it refers to.
+keys.ack_key_file = '{{ storage_paths.keys.ack_key_file }}'
+
+# Path to the database containing bandwidth credentials
+credentials_database = '{{ storage_paths.credentials_database }}'
+
+# Path to the persistent store for received reply surbs, unused encryption keys and used sender tags.
+reply_surb_database = '{{ storage_paths.reply_surb_database }}'
+
+# Path to the file containing information about gateway used by this client,
+# i.e. details such as its public key, owner address or the network information.
+gateway_details = '{{ storage_paths.gateway_details }}'
+
+##### socket config options #####
+
+[core.socks5]
+
+# The mix address of the provider to which all requests are going to be sent.
+provider_mix_address = '{{ core.socks5.provider_mix_address }}'
+
+# The port on which the client will be listening for incoming requests
+listening_port = {{ core.socks5.listening_port }}
+
+# Specifies whether this client is going to use an anonymous sender tag for communication with the service provider.
+# While this is going to hide its actual address information, it will make the actual communication
+# slower and consume nearly double the bandwidth as it will require sending reply SURBs.
+#
+# Note that some service providers might not support this.
+send_anonymously = {{ core.socks5.send_anonymously }}
+
+##### logging configuration options #####
+
+[logging]
+
+# TODO
+
+
+##### debug configuration options #####
+# The following options should not be modified unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing
+# as if set incorrectly, they may impact your anonymity.
+
+# [core.socks5.socks5_debug]
+
+
+[core.debug]
+
+[core.debug.traffic]
+average_packet_delay = '{{ core.debug.traffic.average_packet_delay }}'
+message_sending_average_delay = '{{ core.debug.traffic.message_sending_average_delay }}'
+
+[core.debug.acknowledgements]
+average_ack_delay = '{{ core.debug.acknowledgements.average_ack_delay }}'
+
+[core.debug.cover_traffic]
+loop_cover_traffic_average_delay = '{{ core.debug.cover_traffic.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay }}'
+
+"#;
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use nym_bin_common::logging::{maybe_print_banner, setup_logging};
 use nym_network_defaults::setup_env;

 mod commands;
+mod config;
 pub mod error;

 #[tokio::main]
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16
+18
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /target
 **/*.rs.bk
-Cargo.lock
 bin/
 pkg/
 wasm-pack.log
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client-wasm"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jedrzej Stuczynski <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 keywords = ["nym", "sphinx", "wasm", "webassembly", "privacy", "client"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ clippy:

 test:
 	wasm-pack test --node
+
+wasm-build:
+	wasm-pack build
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  },
  "scripts": {
    "build": "webpack --config webpack.config.js",
+    "build:wasm": "cd ../ && make wasm-build",
    "start": "webpack-dev-server --port 8001"
  },
  "repository": {
@@ -36,4 +37,4 @@
  "dependencies": {
    "@nymproject/nym-client-wasm": "file:../pkg"
  }
-}
+}
@@ -12,337 +12,371 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.

-importScripts('nym_client_wasm.js');
+importScripts("nym_client_wasm.js");

-console.log('Initializing worker');
+console.log("Initializing worker");

 // wasm_bindgen creates a global variable (with the exports attached) that is in scope after `importScripts`
 const {
-    NymNodeTester,
-    WasmGateway,
-    WasmMixNode,
-    WasmNymTopology,
-    default_debug,
-    NymClientBuilder,
-    NymClient,
-    set_panic_hook,
-    Config,
-    GatewayEndpointConfig,
-    ClientStorage,
-    current_network_topology,
-    make_key,
-    make_key2
+  NymNodeTester,
+  WasmGateway,
+  WasmMixNode,
+  WasmNymTopology,
+  default_debug,
+  NymClientBuilder,
+  NymClient,
+  set_panic_hook,
+  Config,
+  GatewayEndpointConfig,
+  ClientStorage,
+  current_network_topology,
+  make_key,
+  make_key2,
 } = wasm_bindgen;

 let client = null;
 let tester = null;

+const preferredGateway = "336yuXAeGEgedRfqTJZsG2YV7P13QH1bHv1SjCZYarc9";
+
 function dummyTopology() {
-    const l1Mixnode = new WasmMixNode(
-        1,
-        'n1fzv4jc7fanl9s0qj02ge2ezk3kts545kjtek47',
-        '178.79.143.65',
-        1789,
-        '4Yr4qmEHd9sgsuQ83191FR2hD88RfsbMmB4tzhhZWriz',
-        '8ndjk5oZ6HxUZNScLJJ7hk39XtUqGexdKgW7hSX6kpWG',
-        1,
-        '1.10.0',
-    );
-    const l2Mixnode = new WasmMixNode(
-        2,
-        'n1z93z44vf8ssvdhujjvxcj4rd5e3lz0l60wdk70',
-        '109.74.197.180',
-        1789,
-        '7sVjiMrPYZrDWRujku9QLxgE8noT7NTgBAqizCsu7AoK',
-        'GepXwRnKZDd8x2nBWAajGGBVvF3mrpVMQBkgfrGuqRCN',
-        2,
-        '1.10.0',
-    );
-    const l3Mixnode = new WasmMixNode(
-        3,
-        'n1ptg680vnmef2cd8l0s9uyc4f0hgf3x8sed6w77',
-        '176.58.101.80',
-        1789,
-        'FoM5Mx9Pxk1g3zEqkS3APgtBeTtTo3M8k7Yu4bV6kK1R',
-        'DeYjrDC2AcQRVFshiKnbUo6bRvPyZ33QGYR2DLeFJ9qD',
-        3,
-        '1.10.0',
-    );
+  const l1Mixnode = new WasmMixNode(
+    1,
+    "n1fzv4jc7fanl9s0qj02ge2ezk3kts545kjtek47",
+    "178.79.143.65",
+    1789,
+    "4Yr4qmEHd9sgsuQ83191FR2hD88RfsbMmB4tzhhZWriz",
+    "8ndjk5oZ6HxUZNScLJJ7hk39XtUqGexdKgW7hSX6kpWG",
+    1,
+    "1.10.0"
+  );
+  const l2Mixnode = new WasmMixNode(
+    2,
+    "n1z93z44vf8ssvdhujjvxcj4rd5e3lz0l60wdk70",
+    "109.74.197.180",
+    1789,
+    "7sVjiMrPYZrDWRujku9QLxgE8noT7NTgBAqizCsu7AoK",
+    "GepXwRnKZDd8x2nBWAajGGBVvF3mrpVMQBkgfrGuqRCN",
+    2,
+    "1.10.0"
+  );
+  const l3Mixnode = new WasmMixNode(
+    3,
+    "n1ptg680vnmef2cd8l0s9uyc4f0hgf3x8sed6w77",
+    "176.58.101.80",
+    1789,
+    "FoM5Mx9Pxk1g3zEqkS3APgtBeTtTo3M8k7Yu4bV6kK1R",
+    "DeYjrDC2AcQRVFshiKnbUo6bRvPyZ33QGYR2DLeFJ9qD",
+    3,
+    "1.10.0"
+  );

-    const gateway = new WasmGateway(
-        'n16evnn8glr0sham3matj8rg2s24m6x56ayk87ts',
-        '85.159.212.96',
-        1789,
-        9000,
-        '336yuXAeGEgedRfqTJZsG2YV7P13QH1bHv1SjCZYarc9',
-        'BtYjoWihiuFihGKQypmpSspbhmWDPxzqeTVSd8ciCpWL',
-        '1.10.1',
-    );
+  const gateway = new WasmGateway(
+    "n16evnn8glr0sham3matj8rg2s24m6x56ayk87ts",
+    "85.159.212.96",
+    1789,
+    9000,
+    "336yuXAeGEgedRfqTJZsG2YV7P13QH1bHv1SjCZYarc9",
+    "BtYjoWihiuFihGKQypmpSspbhmWDPxzqeTVSd8ciCpWL",
+    "1.10.1"
+  );

-    const mixnodes = new Map();
-    mixnodes.set(1, [l1Mixnode]);
-    mixnodes.set(2, [l2Mixnode]);
-    mixnodes.set(3, [l3Mixnode]);
+  const mixnodes = new Map();
+  mixnodes.set(1, [l1Mixnode]);
+  mixnodes.set(2, [l2Mixnode]);
+  mixnodes.set(3, [l3Mixnode]);

+  const gateways = [gateway];

-    const gateways = [gateway];
-
-    return new WasmNymTopology(mixnodes, gateways)
+  return new WasmNymTopology(mixnodes, gateways);
 }

 function printAndDisplayTestResult(result) {
-    result.log_details();
+  result.log_details();

-    self.postMessage({
-        kind: 'DisplayTesterResults',
-        args: {
-            score: result.score(),
-            sentPackets: result.sent_packets,
-            receivedPackets: result.received_packets,
-            receivedAcks: result.received_acks,
-            duplicatePackets: result.duplicate_packets,
-            duplicateAcks: result.duplicate_acks,
-        },
-    });
-}
-
-function dummyGatewayConfig() {
-    return new GatewayEndpointConfig(
-        '336yuXAeGEgedRfqTJZsG2YV7P13QH1bHv1SjCZYarc9',
-        'n1rqqw8km7a0rvf8lr6k8dsdqvvkyn2mglj7xxfm',
-        'ws://85.159.212.96:9000',
-    )
+  self.postMessage({
+    kind: "DisplayTesterResults",
+    args: {
+      score: result.score(),
+      sentPackets: result.sent_packets,
+      receivedPackets: result.received_packets,
+      receivedAcks: result.received_acks,
+      duplicatePackets: result.duplicate_packets,
+      duplicateAcks: result.duplicate_acks,
+    },
+  });
 }

 async function testWithTester() {
-    const gatewayConfig = dummyGatewayConfig();
+  // A) construct with hardcoded topology
+  const topology = dummyTopology();
+  const nodeTester = await new NymNodeTester(topology, preferredGateway);

-    // A) construct with hardcoded topology
-    const topology = dummyTopology()
-    const nodeTester = await new NymNodeTester(gatewayConfig, topology);
+  // B) first get topology directly from nym-api
+  // const validator = 'https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api';
+  // const topology = await current_network_topology(validator)
+  // const nodeTester = await new NymNodeTester(topology, preferredGateway);
+  //
+  // C) use nym-api in the constructor (note: it does no filtering for 'good' nodes on other layers)
+  // const validator = 'https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api';
+  // const nodeTester = await NymNodeTester.new_with_api(validator, preferredGateway)

-    // B) first get topology directly from nym-api
-    // const validator = 'https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api';
-    // const topology = await current_network_topology(validator)
-    // const nodeTester = await new NymNodeTester(gatewayConfig, topology);
-    //
-    // C) use nym-api in the constructor (note: it does no filtering for 'good' nodes on other layers)
-    // const validator = 'https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api';
-    // const nodeTester = await NymNodeTester.new_with_api(gatewayConfig, validator)
+  // B) first get topology directly from nym-api
+  // const validator = 'https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api';
+  // const topology = await current_network_topology(validator)
+  // const nodeTester = await new NymNodeTester(topology, undefined, preferredGateway);
+  //
+  // C) use nym-api in the constructor (note: it does no filtering for 'good' nodes on other layers)
+  // const validator = 'https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api';
+  // const nodeTester = await NymNodeTester.new_with_api(validator, undefined, preferredGateway)
+  // D, E, F) you also don't have to specify the gateway. if you don't, a random one (from your topology) will be used
+  // const topology = dummyTopology()
+  // const nodeTester = await new NymNodeTester(topology);

-    self.onmessage = async event => {
-        if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
-            switch (event.data.kind) {
-                case 'TestPacket': {
-                    const {mixnodeIdentity} = event.data.args;
-                    console.log("starting node test...");
+  self.onmessage = async (event) => {
+    if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
+      switch (event.data.kind) {
+        case "TestPacket": {
+          const { mixnodeIdentity } = event.data.args;
+          console.log("starting node test...");

-                    let result = await nodeTester.test_node(mixnodeIdentity);
-                    printAndDisplayTestResult(result)
-                }
-            }
+          let result = await nodeTester.test_node(mixnodeIdentity);
+          printAndDisplayTestResult(result);
        }
-    };
+      }
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+async function testerReconnection() {
+  const validator = "https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api";
+  const nodeTester = await NymNodeTester.new_with_api(validator);
+
+  self.onmessage = async (event) => {
+    if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
+      switch (event.data.kind) {
+        case "TestPacket": {
+          const { mixnodeIdentity } = event.data.args;
+          console.log("starting node test...");
+
+          let result1 = await nodeTester.test_node(mixnodeIdentity);
+          console.log("sleeping for 5s");
+          await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5000));
+          await nodeTester.disconnect_from_gateway();
+
+          console.log("sleeping for 5s");
+          await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5000));
+
+          await nodeTester.reconnect_to_gateway();
+          let result2 = await nodeTester.test_node(mixnodeIdentity);
+
+          printAndDisplayTestResult(result1);
+          printAndDisplayTestResult(result2);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  };
 }

 async function testWithNymClient() {
-    const gatewayConfig = dummyGatewayConfig();
-    const topology = dummyTopology()
+  const topology = dummyTopology();

-    let received = 0
+  let received = 0;

-    const onMessageHandler = (message) => {
-        received += 1;
-        self.postMessage({
-            kind: 'ReceiveMessage',
-            args: {
-                message,
-                senderTag: undefined,
-                isTestPacket: true,
-            },
-        });
-
-        // it's really up to the user to create proper callback here...
-        console.log(`received ${received} packets so far`)
-    };
-
-    console.log('Instantiating WASM client...');
-
-    let clientBuilder = NymClientBuilder.new_tester(gatewayConfig, topology, onMessageHandler)
-    console.log('Web worker creating WASM client...');
-    let local_client = await clientBuilder.start_client();
-    console.log('WASM client running!');
-
-    const selfAddress = local_client.self_address();
-
-    // set the global (I guess we don't have to anymore?)
-    client = local_client;
-
-    console.log(`Client address is ${selfAddress}`);
+  const onMessageHandler = (message) => {
+    received += 1;
    self.postMessage({
-        kind: 'Ready',
-        args: {
-            selfAddress,
-        },
+      kind: "ReceiveMessage",
+      args: {
+        message,
+        senderTag: undefined,
+        isTestPacket: true,
+      },
    });

-    // Set callback to handle messages passed to the worker.
-    self.onmessage = async event => {
-        console.log(event)
-        if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
-            switch (event.data.kind) {
-                case 'SendMessage': {
-                    const {message, recipient} = event.data.args;
-                    let uint8Array = new TextEncoder().encode(message);
-                    await client.send_regular_message(uint8Array, recipient);
-                    break;
-                }
-                case 'TestPacket': {
-                    const {mixnodeIdentity} = event.data.args;
-                    const req = await client.try_construct_test_packet_request(mixnodeIdentity);
-                    await client.change_hardcoded_topology(req.injectable_topology());
-                    await client.try_send_test_packets(req);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
+    // it's really up to the user to create proper callback here...
+    console.log(`received ${received} packets so far`);
+  };
+
+  console.log("Instantiating WASM client...");
+
+  let clientBuilder = NymClientBuilder.new_tester(
+    topology,
+    onMessageHandler,
+    preferredGateway
+  );
+
+  console.log("Web worker creating WASM client...");
+  let local_client = await clientBuilder.start_client();
+  console.log("WASM client running!");
+
+  const selfAddress = local_client.self_address();
+
+  // set the global (I guess we don't have to anymore?)
+  client = local_client;
+
+  console.log(`Client address is ${selfAddress}`);
+  self.postMessage({
+    kind: "Ready",
+    args: {
+      selfAddress,
+    },
+  });
+
+  // Set callback to handle messages passed to the worker.
+  self.onmessage = async (event) => {
+    console.log(event);
+    if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
+      switch (event.data.kind) {
+        case "SendMessage": {
+          const { message, recipient } = event.data.args;
+          let uint8Array = new TextEncoder().encode(message);
+          await client.send_regular_message(uint8Array, recipient);
+          break;
        }
-    };
+        case "TestPacket": {
+          const { mixnodeIdentity } = event.data.args;
+          const req = await client.try_construct_test_packet_request(
+            mixnodeIdentity
+          );
+          await client.change_hardcoded_topology(req.injectable_topology());
+          await client.try_send_test_packets(req);
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  };
 }

 async function normalNymClientUsage() {
-    self.postMessage({kind: 'DisableMagicTestButton'});
+  self.postMessage({ kind: "DisableMagicTestButton" });

-    // only really useful if you want to adjust some settings like traffic rate
-    // (if not needed you can just pass a null)
-    const debug = default_debug();
+  // only really useful if you want to adjust some settings like traffic rate
+  // (if not needed you can just pass a null)
+  const debug = default_debug();

-    debug.disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution = true;
-    debug.disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream = true;
-    debug.use_extended_packet_size = false;
-    // debug.average_packet_delay_ms = BigInt(10);
-    // debug.average_ack_delay_ms = BigInt(10);
-    // debug.ack_wait_addition_ms = BigInt(3000);
-    // debug.ack_wait_multiplier = 10;
+  debug.disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution = true;
+  debug.disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream = true;
+  debug.use_extended_packet_size = false;
+  // debug.average_packet_delay_ms = BigInt(10);
+  // debug.average_ack_delay_ms = BigInt(10);
+  // debug.ack_wait_addition_ms = BigInt(3000);
+  // debug.ack_wait_multiplier = 10;

-    debug.topology_refresh_rate_ms = BigInt(60000)
+  debug.topology_refresh_rate_ms = BigInt(60000);

-    const gatewayConfig = dummyGatewayConfig();
-    const validator = 'https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api';
+  const preferredGateway = "336yuXAeGEgedRfqTJZsG2YV7P13QH1bHv1SjCZYarc9";
+  const validator = "https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api";

-    const config = new Config('my-awesome-wasm-client', validator, gatewayConfig, debug);
+  const config = new Config("my-awesome-wasm-client", validator, debug);

-    const onMessageHandler = (message) => {
-        console.log(message);
-        self.postMessage({
-            kind: 'ReceiveMessage',
-            args: {
-                message,
-            },
-        });
-    };
-
-    console.log('Instantiating WASM client...');
-
-    let localClient = await new NymClient(config, onMessageHandler)
-    console.log('WASM client running!');
-
-    const selfAddress = localClient.self_address();
-
-    // set the global (I guess we don't have to anymore?)
-    client = localClient;
-
-    console.log(`Client address is ${selfAddress}`);
+  const onMessageHandler = (message) => {
+    console.log(message);
    self.postMessage({
-        kind: 'Ready',
-        args: {
-            selfAddress,
-        },
+      kind: "ReceiveMessage",
+      args: {
+        message,
+      },
    });
+  };

-    // Set callback to handle messages passed to the worker.
-    self.onmessage = async event => {
-        console.log(event)
-        if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
-            switch (event.data.kind) {
-                case 'SendMessage': {
-                    const {message, recipient} = event.data.args;
-                    let uint8Array = new TextEncoder().encode(message);
-                    await client.send_regular_message(uint8Array, recipient);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
+  console.log("Instantiating WASM client...");
+
+  let localClient = await new NymClient(config, onMessageHandler);
+  console.log("WASM client running!");
+
+  const selfAddress = localClient.self_address();
+
+  // set the global (I guess we don't have to anymore?)
+  client = localClient;
+
+  console.log(`Client address is ${selfAddress}`);
+  self.postMessage({
+    kind: "Ready",
+    args: {
+      selfAddress,
+    },
+  });
+
+  // Set callback to handle messages passed to the worker.
+  self.onmessage = async (event) => {
+    console.log(event);
+    if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
+      switch (event.data.kind) {
+        case "SendMessage": {
+          const { message, recipient } = event.data.args;
+          let uint8Array = new TextEncoder().encode(message);
+          await client.send_regular_message(uint8Array, recipient);
+          break;
        }
-    };
+      }
+    }
+  };
 }

 async function messWithStorage() {
-    self.onmessage = async event => {
-        if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
-            switch (event.data.kind) {
-                case 'TestPacket': {
-                    const { mixnodeIdentity } = event.data.args;
-                    console.log("button clicked...", mixnodeIdentity);
+  self.onmessage = async (event) => {
+    if (event.data && event.data.kind) {
+      switch (event.data.kind) {
+        case "TestPacket": {
+          const { mixnodeIdentity } = event.data.args;
+          console.log("button clicked...", mixnodeIdentity);

-                    let id1 = "one";
-                    let id2 = "two";
+          let id1 = "one";
+          let id2 = "two";

-                    console.log("making store1 NO-ENC");
-                    let _storage1 = await ClientStorage.new_unencrypted(id1);
+          console.log("making store1 NO-ENC");
+          let _storage1 = await ClientStorage.new_unencrypted(id1);

-                    console.log("making store2 ENC")
-                    let _storage2 = await new ClientStorage(id2, "my-secret-password");
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //     console.log("attempting to use store1 WITH PASSWORD")
-                    //     let _storage1_alt = await new ClientStorage(id1, "password");
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //     console.log("attempting to use store2 WITHOUT PASSWORD")
-                    //     let _storage2_alt = await ClientStorage.new_unencrypted(id2);
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //
-                    //     console.log("attempting to use store2 with WRONG PASSWORD")
-                    //     let _storage2_bad = await new ClientStorage(id2, "bad-password")
+          console.log("making store2 ENC");
+          let _storage2 = await new ClientStorage(id2, "my-secret-password");
+          //
+          //
+          //
+          //     console.log("attempting to use store1 WITH PASSWORD")
+          //     let _storage1_alt = await new ClientStorage(id1, "password");
+          //
+          //
+          //
+          //     console.log("attempting to use store2 WITHOUT PASSWORD")
+          //     let _storage2_alt = await ClientStorage.new_unencrypted(id2);
+          //
+          //
+          //
+          //     console.log("attempting to use store2 with WRONG PASSWORD")
+          //     let _storage2_bad = await new ClientStorage(id2, "bad-password")

-
-                    //
-                    // console.log("read1: ", await storage1.read());
-                    // console.log("read2: ", await storage2.read());
-                    //
-                    // console.log("store1: ", await storage1.store("FOOMP"));
-                    //
-                    // console.log("read1: ", await storage1.read());
-                    // console.log("read2: ", await storage2.read());
-                }
-            }
+          //
+          // console.log("read1: ", await storage1.read());
+          // console.log("read2: ", await storage2.read());
+          //
+          // console.log("store1: ", await storage1.store("FOOMP"));
+          //
+          // console.log("read1: ", await storage1.read());
+          // console.log("read2: ", await storage2.read());
        }
-    };
-
-
-
-
+      }
+    }
+  };
 }

 async function main() {
-    // load WASM package
-    await wasm_bindgen('nym_client_wasm_bg.wasm');
-    console.log('Loaded WASM');
+  // load WASM package
+  await wasm_bindgen("nym_client_wasm_bg.wasm");
+  console.log("Loaded WASM");

-    // sets up better stack traces in case of in-rust panics
-    set_panic_hook();
+  // sets up better stack traces in case of in-rust panics
+  set_panic_hook();

-    // run test on simplified and dedicated tester:
-    // await testWithTester()
+  // show reconnection capabilities
+  // await testerReconnection()

-    // hook-up the whole client for testing
-    // await testWithNymClient()
+  // run test on simplified and dedicated tester:
+  await testWithTester();

-    // 'Normal' client setup (to send 'normal' messages)
-    await normalNymClientUsage()
+  // 'Normal' client setup (to send 'normal' messages)
+  // await normalNymClientUsage()
 }

 // Let's get started!
-main();
+main();
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2022-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 // due to expansion of #[wasm_bindgen] macro on `Debug` Config struct
@@ -7,60 +7,49 @@
 #![allow(clippy::drop_copy)]

 use nym_client_core::config::{
-    Acknowledgements as ConfigAcknowledgements, CoverTraffic as ConfigCoverTraffic,
-    DebugConfig as ConfigDebug, GatewayConnection as ConfigGatewayConnection,
-    GatewayEndpointConfig, ReplySurbs as ConfigReplySurbs, Topology as ConfigTopology,
-    Traffic as ConfigTraffic,
+    Acknowledgements as ConfigAcknowledgements, Config as BaseClientConfig,
+    CoverTraffic as ConfigCoverTraffic, DebugConfig as ConfigDebug,
+    GatewayConnection as ConfigGatewayConnection, ReplySurbs as ConfigReplySurbs,
+    Topology as ConfigTopology, Traffic as ConfigTraffic,
 };
-use nym_sphinx::params::PacketSize;
+use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::time::Duration;
-use url::Url;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct Config {
-    /// ID specifies the human readable ID of this particular client.
-    pub(crate) id: String,
-
-    pub(crate) nym_api_url: Option<Url>,
-
-    pub(crate) disabled_credentials_mode: bool,
-
-    /// Information regarding how the client should send data to gateway.
-    pub(crate) gateway_endpoint: GatewayEndpointConfig,
-
-    pub(crate) debug: ConfigDebug,
+    pub(crate) base: BaseClientConfig,
 }

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 impl Config {
    #[wasm_bindgen(constructor)]
-    pub fn new(
-        id: String,
-        validator_server: String,
-        gateway_endpoint: GatewayEndpointConfig,
-        debug: Option<Debug>,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(id: String, validator_server: String, debug: Option<DebugWasm>) -> Self {
        Config {
-            id,
-            nym_api_url: Some(
-                validator_server
+            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id, env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string())
+                .with_custom_nyxd(vec![validator_server
                    .parse()
-                    .expect("provided url was malformed"),
-            ),
-            disabled_credentials_mode: true,
-            gateway_endpoint,
-            debug: debug.map(Into::into).unwrap_or_default(),
+                    .expect("provided url was malformed")])
+                .with_debug_config(debug.map(Into::into).unwrap_or_default()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn new_tester_config<S: Into<String>>(id: S) -> Self {
+        Config {
+            base: BaseClientConfig::new(id.into(), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string())
+                .with_disabled_credentials(true)
+                .with_disabled_cover_traffic(true)
+                .with_disabled_topology_refresh(true),
        }
    }
 }

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct Traffic {
+pub struct TrafficWasm {
    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
    /// sent packet is going to be delayed at any given mix node.
    /// So for a packet going through three mix nodes, on average, it will take three times this value
@@ -79,14 +68,23 @@ pub struct Traffic {

    /// Controls whether the sent sphinx packet use the NON-DEFAULT bigger size.
    pub use_extended_packet_size: bool,
+
+    /// Controls whether the sent packets should use outfox as opposed to the default sphinx.
+    pub use_outfox: bool,
 }

-impl From<Traffic> for ConfigTraffic {
-    fn from(traffic: Traffic) -> Self {
+impl From<TrafficWasm> for ConfigTraffic {
+    fn from(traffic: TrafficWasm) -> Self {
        let use_extended_packet_size = traffic
            .use_extended_packet_size
            .then(|| PacketSize::ExtendedPacket32);

+        let packet_type = if traffic.use_outfox {
+            PacketType::Outfox
+        } else {
+            PacketType::Mix
+        };
+
        ConfigTraffic {
            average_packet_delay: Duration::from_millis(traffic.average_packet_delay_ms),
            message_sending_average_delay: Duration::from_millis(
@@ -96,26 +94,28 @@ impl From<Traffic> for ConfigTraffic {
                .disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution,
            primary_packet_size: PacketSize::RegularPacket,
            secondary_packet_size: use_extended_packet_size,
+            packet_type,
        }
    }
 }

-impl From<ConfigTraffic> for Traffic {
+impl From<ConfigTraffic> for TrafficWasm {
    fn from(traffic: ConfigTraffic) -> Self {
-        Traffic {
+        TrafficWasm {
            average_packet_delay_ms: traffic.average_packet_delay.as_millis() as u64,
            message_sending_average_delay_ms: traffic.message_sending_average_delay.as_millis()
                as u64,
            disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: traffic
                .disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution,
            use_extended_packet_size: traffic.secondary_packet_size.is_some(),
+            use_outfox: traffic.packet_type == PacketType::Outfox,
        }
    }
 }

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct CoverTraffic {
+pub struct CoverTrafficWasm {
    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
    /// it is going to take for another loop cover traffic message to be sent.
    pub loop_cover_traffic_average_delay_ms: u64,
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ pub struct CoverTraffic {
    pub disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: bool,
 }

-impl From<CoverTraffic> for ConfigCoverTraffic {
-    fn from(cover_traffic: CoverTraffic) -> Self {
+impl From<CoverTrafficWasm> for ConfigCoverTraffic {
+    fn from(cover_traffic: CoverTrafficWasm) -> Self {
        ConfigCoverTraffic {
            loop_cover_traffic_average_delay: Duration::from_millis(
                cover_traffic.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay_ms,
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ impl From<CoverTraffic> for ConfigCoverTraffic {
    }
 }

-impl From<ConfigCoverTraffic> for CoverTraffic {
+impl From<ConfigCoverTraffic> for CoverTrafficWasm {
    fn from(cover_traffic: ConfigCoverTraffic) -> Self {
-        CoverTraffic {
+        CoverTrafficWasm {
            loop_cover_traffic_average_delay_ms: cover_traffic
                .loop_cover_traffic_average_delay
                .as_millis() as u64,
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ impl From<ConfigCoverTraffic> for CoverTraffic {

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct GatewayConnection {
+pub struct GatewayConnectionWasm {
    /// How long we're willing to wait for a response to a message sent to the gateway,
    /// before giving up on it.
    pub gateway_response_timeout_ms: u64,
 }

-impl From<GatewayConnection> for ConfigGatewayConnection {
-    fn from(gateway_connection: GatewayConnection) -> Self {
+impl From<GatewayConnectionWasm> for ConfigGatewayConnection {
+    fn from(gateway_connection: GatewayConnectionWasm) -> Self {
        ConfigGatewayConnection {
            gateway_response_timeout: Duration::from_millis(
                gateway_connection.gateway_response_timeout_ms,
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ impl From<GatewayConnection> for ConfigGatewayConnection {
    }
 }

-impl From<ConfigGatewayConnection> for GatewayConnection {
+impl From<ConfigGatewayConnection> for GatewayConnectionWasm {
    fn from(gateway_connection: ConfigGatewayConnection) -> Self {
-        GatewayConnection {
+        GatewayConnectionWasm {
            gateway_response_timeout_ms: gateway_connection.gateway_response_timeout.as_millis()
                as u64,
        }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ impl From<ConfigGatewayConnection> for GatewayConnection {

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct Acknowledgements {
+pub struct AcknowledgementsWasm {
    /// The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
    /// sent acknowledgement is going to be delayed at any given mix node.
    /// So for an ack going through three mix nodes, on average, it will take three times this value
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ pub struct Acknowledgements {
    pub ack_wait_addition_ms: u64,
 }

-impl From<Acknowledgements> for ConfigAcknowledgements {
-    fn from(acknowledgements: Acknowledgements) -> Self {
+impl From<AcknowledgementsWasm> for ConfigAcknowledgements {
+    fn from(acknowledgements: AcknowledgementsWasm) -> Self {
        ConfigAcknowledgements {
            average_ack_delay: Duration::from_millis(acknowledgements.average_ack_delay_ms),
            ack_wait_multiplier: acknowledgements.ack_wait_multiplier,
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ impl From<Acknowledgements> for ConfigAcknowledgements {
    }
 }

-impl From<ConfigAcknowledgements> for Acknowledgements {
+impl From<ConfigAcknowledgements> for AcknowledgementsWasm {
    fn from(acknowledgements: ConfigAcknowledgements) -> Self {
-        Acknowledgements {
+        AcknowledgementsWasm {
            average_ack_delay_ms: acknowledgements.average_ack_delay.as_millis() as u64,
            ack_wait_multiplier: acknowledgements.ack_wait_multiplier,
            ack_wait_addition_ms: acknowledgements.ack_wait_addition.as_millis() as u64,
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ impl From<ConfigAcknowledgements> for Acknowledgements {

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct Topology {
+pub struct TopologyWasm {
    /// The uniform delay every which clients are querying the directory server
    /// to try to obtain a compatible network topology to send sphinx packets through.
    pub topology_refresh_rate_ms: u64,
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ pub struct Topology {
    pub disable_refreshing: bool,
 }

-impl From<Topology> for ConfigTopology {
-    fn from(topology: Topology) -> Self {
+impl From<TopologyWasm> for ConfigTopology {
+    fn from(topology: TopologyWasm) -> Self {
        ConfigTopology {
            topology_refresh_rate: Duration::from_millis(topology.topology_refresh_rate_ms),
            topology_resolution_timeout: Duration::from_millis(
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ impl From<Topology> for ConfigTopology {
    }
 }

-impl From<ConfigTopology> for Topology {
+impl From<ConfigTopology> for TopologyWasm {
    fn from(topology: ConfigTopology) -> Self {
-        Topology {
+        TopologyWasm {
            topology_refresh_rate_ms: topology.topology_refresh_rate.as_millis() as u64,
            topology_resolution_timeout_ms: topology.topology_resolution_timeout.as_millis() as u64,
            disable_refreshing: topology.disable_refreshing,
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ impl From<ConfigTopology> for Topology {

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct ReplySurbs {
+pub struct ReplySurbsWasm {
    /// Defines the minimum number of reply surbs the client wants to keep in its storage at all times.
    /// It can only allow to go below that value if its to request additional reply surbs.
    pub minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: usize,
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ pub struct ReplySurbs {
    pub maximum_reply_key_age_ms: u64,
 }

-impl From<ReplySurbs> for ConfigReplySurbs {
-    fn from(reply_surbs: ReplySurbs) -> Self {
+impl From<ReplySurbsWasm> for ConfigReplySurbs {
+    fn from(reply_surbs: ReplySurbsWasm) -> Self {
        ConfigReplySurbs {
            minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: reply_surbs.minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
            maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: reply_surbs.maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ impl From<ReplySurbs> for ConfigReplySurbs {
    }
 }

-impl From<ConfigReplySurbs> for ReplySurbs {
+impl From<ConfigReplySurbs> for ReplySurbsWasm {
    fn from(reply_surbs: ConfigReplySurbs) -> Self {
-        ReplySurbs {
+        ReplySurbsWasm {
            minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: reply_surbs.minimum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
            maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: reply_surbs.maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold,
            minimum_reply_surb_request_size: reply_surbs.minimum_reply_surb_request_size,
@@ -341,28 +341,28 @@ impl From<ConfigReplySurbs> for ReplySurbs {
 // just a helper structure to more easily pass through the JS boundary
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct Debug {
+pub struct DebugWasm {
    /// Defines all configuration options related to traffic streams.
-    pub traffic: Traffic,
+    pub traffic: TrafficWasm,

    /// Defines all configuration options related to cover traffic stream(s).
-    pub cover_traffic: CoverTraffic,
+    pub cover_traffic: CoverTrafficWasm,

    /// Defines all configuration options related to the gateway connection.
-    pub gateway_connection: GatewayConnection,
+    pub gateway_connection: GatewayConnectionWasm,

    /// Defines all configuration options related to acknowledgements, such as delays or wait timeouts.
-    pub acknowledgements: Acknowledgements,
+    pub acknowledgements: AcknowledgementsWasm,

    /// Defines all configuration options related topology, such as refresh rates or timeouts.
-    pub topology: Topology,
+    pub topology: TopologyWasm,

    /// Defines all configuration options related to reply SURBs.
-    pub reply_surbs: ReplySurbs,
+    pub reply_surbs: ReplySurbsWasm,
 }

-impl From<Debug> for ConfigDebug {
-    fn from(debug: Debug) -> Self {
+impl From<DebugWasm> for ConfigDebug {
+    fn from(debug: DebugWasm) -> Self {
        ConfigDebug {
            traffic: debug.traffic.into(),
            cover_traffic: debug.cover_traffic.into(),
@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@ impl From<Debug> for ConfigDebug {
    }
 }

-impl From<ConfigDebug> for Debug {
+impl From<ConfigDebug> for DebugWasm {
    fn from(debug: ConfigDebug) -> Self {
-        Debug {
+        DebugWasm {
            traffic: debug.traffic.into(),
            cover_traffic: debug.cover_traffic.into(),
            gateway_connection: debug.gateway_connection.into(),
@@ -388,6 +388,6 @@ impl From<ConfigDebug> for Debug {
 }

 #[wasm_bindgen]
-pub fn default_debug() -> Debug {
+pub fn default_debug() -> DebugWasm {
    ConfigDebug::default().into()
 }
@@ -6,26 +6,26 @@ use crate::client::helpers::{InputSender, NymClientTestRequest, WasmTopologyExt}
 use crate::client::response_pusher::ResponsePusher;
 use crate::constants::NODE_TESTER_CLIENT_ID;
 use crate::error::WasmClientError;
-use crate::helpers::{parse_recipient, parse_sender_tag, setup_reply_surb_storage_backend};
+use crate::helpers::{
+    parse_recipient, parse_sender_tag, setup_from_topology, setup_gateway_from_api,
+    setup_reply_surb_storage_backend,
+};
 use crate::storage::traits::FullWasmClientStorage;
 use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
 use crate::topology::WasmNymTopology;
 use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::{Client as FakeClient, DirectSigningNyxdClient};
-use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::{
-    BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState, CredentialsToggle,
+    BaseClientBuilder, ClientInput, ClientOutput, ClientState,
 };
 use nym_client_core::client::inbound_messages::InputMessage;
-use nym_client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::browser_backend;
-use nym_client_core::config::{
-    CoverTraffic, DebugConfig, GatewayEndpointConfig, Topology, Traffic,
-};
-use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage;
+use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage as EphemeralCredentialStorage;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use nym_task::TaskManager;
 use nym_topology::provider_trait::{HardcodedTopologyProvider, TopologyProvider};
 use nym_topology::NymTopology;
+use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKey;
 use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use rand::RngCore;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -50,22 +50,18 @@ pub struct NymClient {
    // even though we don't use graceful shutdowns, other components rely on existence of this struct
    // and if it's dropped, everything will start going offline
    _task_manager: TaskManager,
+
+    packet_type: PacketType,
 }

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub struct NymClientBuilder {
    config: Config,
    custom_topology: Option<NymTopology>,
+    preferred_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,

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

 #[wasm_bindgen]
@@ -74,16 +70,15 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
    pub fn new(
        config: Config,
        on_message: js_sys::Function,
+        preferred_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
        storage_passphrase: Option<String>,
    ) -> Self {
        NymClientBuilder {
-            reply_surb_storage_backend: setup_reply_surb_storage_backend(config.debug.reply_surbs),
            config,
            custom_topology: None,
            storage_passphrase,
            on_message,
-            bandwidth_controller: None,
-            disabled_credentials: true,
+            preferred_gateway,
        }
    }

@@ -92,46 +87,24 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
    // hardcoded topology
    // NOTE: you most likely want to use `[NymNodeTester]` instead.
    pub fn new_tester(
-        gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig,
        topology: WasmNymTopology,
        on_message: js_sys::Function,
+        gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
    ) -> Self {
-        if !topology.ensure_contains(&gateway_config) {
-            panic!("the specified topology does not contain the gateway used by the client")
+        if let Some(gateway_id) = &gateway {
+            if !topology.ensure_contains_gateway_id(gateway_id) {
+                panic!("the specified topology does not contain the gateway used by the client")
+            }
        }

-        let full_config = Config {
-            id: NODE_TESTER_CLIENT_ID.to_string(),
-            nym_api_url: None,
-            disabled_credentials_mode: true,
-            gateway_endpoint: gateway_config,
-            debug: DebugConfig {
-                traffic: Traffic {
-                    disable_main_poisson_packet_distribution: true,
-                    ..Default::default()
-                },
-                cover_traffic: CoverTraffic {
-                    disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream: true,
-                    ..Default::default()
-                },
-                topology: Topology {
-                    disable_refreshing: true,
-                    ..Default::default()
-                },
-                ..Default::default()
-            },
-        };
+        let full_config = Config::new_tester_config(NODE_TESTER_CLIENT_ID);

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

@@ -139,7 +112,7 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
        ResponsePusher::new(client_output, on_message).start()
    }

-    fn topology_provider(&mut self) -> Option<Box<dyn TopologyProvider>> {
+    fn topology_provider(&mut self) -> Option<Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync>> {
        if let Some(hardcoded_topology) = self.custom_topology.take() {
            Some(Box::new(HardcodedTopologyProvider::new(hardcoded_topology)))
        } else {
@@ -147,35 +120,43 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
        }
    }

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

-        let maybe_topology_provider = self.topology_provider();
-
-        let disabled_credentials = if self.disabled_credentials {
-            CredentialsToggle::Disabled
-        } else {
-            CredentialsToggle::Enabled
-        };
-
-        let nym_api_endpoints = match self.config.nym_api_url {
-            Some(endpoint) => vec![endpoint],
-            None => Vec::new(),
-        };
+        let nym_api_endpoints = self.config.base.client.nym_api_urls.clone();

        // TODO: this will have to be re-used for surbs. but this is a problem for another PR.
-        let key_store =
-            ClientStorage::new_async(&self.config.id, self.storage_passphrase.take()).await?;
+        let client_store =
+            ClientStorage::new_async(&self.config.base.client.id, self.storage_passphrase.take())
+                .await?;

-        let mut base_builder: BaseClientBuilder<_, FullWasmClientStorage> = BaseClientBuilder::new(
-            &self.config.gateway_endpoint,
-            &self.config.debug,
-            key_store,
-            self.bandwidth_controller,
-            self.reply_surb_storage_backend,
-            disabled_credentials,
-            nym_api_endpoints,
-        );
+        let user_chosen = self.preferred_gateway.clone();
+
+        // if we provided hardcoded topology, get gateway from it, otherwise get it the 'standard' way
+        if let Some(topology) = &self.custom_topology {
+            setup_from_topology(user_chosen, topology, &client_store).await?
+        } else {
+            setup_gateway_from_api(&client_store, user_chosen, &nym_api_endpoints).await?
+        };
+
+        let packet_type = self.config.base.debug.traffic.packet_type;
+        let storage = Self::initialise_storage(&self.config, client_store);
+        let maybe_topology_provider = self.topology_provider();
+
+        let mut base_builder: BaseClientBuilder<_, FullWasmClientStorage> =
+            BaseClientBuilder::<FakeClient<DirectSigningNyxdClient>, _>::new(
+                &self.config.base,
+                storage,
+                None,
+            );
        if let Some(topology_provider) = maybe_topology_provider {
            base_builder = base_builder.with_topology_provider(topology_provider);
        }
@@ -194,6 +175,7 @@ impl NymClientBuilder {
            client_state: Arc::new(started_client.client_state),
            _full_topology: None,
            _task_manager: started_client.task_manager,
+            packet_type,
        })
    }

@@ -207,9 +189,10 @@ impl NymClient {
    async fn _new(
        config: Config,
        on_message: js_sys::Function,
+        preferred_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
        storage_passphrase: Option<String>,
    ) -> Result<NymClient, WasmClientError> {
-        NymClientBuilder::new(config, on_message, storage_passphrase)
+        NymClientBuilder::new(config, on_message, preferred_gateway, storage_passphrase)
            .start_client_async()
            .await
    }
@@ -219,10 +202,11 @@ impl NymClient {
    pub fn new(
        config: Config,
        on_message: js_sys::Function,
+        preferred_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
        storage_passphrase: Option<String>,
    ) -> Promise {
        future_to_promise(async move {
-            Self::_new(config, on_message, storage_passphrase)
+            Self::_new(config, on_message, preferred_gateway, storage_passphrase)
                .await
                .into_promise_result()
        })
@@ -269,7 +253,7 @@ impl NymClient {
        let input_msgs = request
            .test_msgs
            .into_iter()
-            .map(|p| InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, p, lane))
+            .map(|p| InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, p, lane, None))
            .collect();

        self.client_input.send_messages(input_msgs)
@@ -289,7 +273,7 @@ impl NymClient {

        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_regular(recipient, message, lane, Some(self.packet_type));
        self.client_input.send_message(input_msg)
    }

@@ -316,7 +300,13 @@ impl NymClient {

        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_anonymous(recipient, message, reply_surbs, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_anonymous(
+            recipient,
+            message,
+            reply_surbs,
+            lane,
+            Some(self.packet_type),
+        );
        self.client_input.send_message(input_msg)
    }

@@ -334,7 +324,7 @@ impl NymClient {

        let lane = TransmissionLane::General;

-        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(sender_tag, message, lane);
+        let input_msg = InputMessage::new_reply(sender_tag, message, lane, Some(self.packet_type));
        self.client_input.send_message(input_msg)
    }
 }
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 use crate::storage::errors::ClientStorageError;
 use crate::topology::WasmTopologyError;
 use js_sys::Promise;
+use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
 use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity::Ed25519RecoveryError;
 use nym_gateway_client::error::GatewayClientError;
 use nym_node_tester_utils::error::NetworkTestingError;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::RecipientFormattingError;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::InvalidAnonymousSenderTagRepresentation;
+use nym_topology::NymTopologyError;
 use nym_validator_client::ValidatorClientError;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use wasm_bindgen::JsValue;
@@ -44,12 +46,18 @@ pub enum WasmClientError {
        source: ValidatorClientError,
    },

-    #[error("The provided topology was invalid: {source}")]
+    #[error("The provided wasm topology was invalid: {source}")]
    WasmTopologyError {
        #[from]
        source: WasmTopologyError,
    },

+    #[error("The provided nym topology was invalid: {source}")]
+    TopologyError {
+        #[from]
+        source: NymTopologyError,
+    },
+
    #[error("failed to test the node: {source}")]
    NodeTestingFailure {
        #[from]
@@ -68,6 +76,9 @@ pub enum WasmClientError {
    #[error("Mixnode {mixnode_identity} is not present in the current network topology")]
    NonExistentMixnode { mixnode_identity: String },

+    #[error("Gateway {gateway_identity} is not present in the current network topology")]
+    NonExistentGateway { gateway_identity: String },
+
    #[error("{raw} is not a valid Nym network recipient: {source}")]
    MalformedRecipient {
        raw: String,
@@ -85,6 +96,11 @@ pub enum WasmClientError {
        #[from]
        source: ClientStorageError,
    },
+
+    #[error("this client has already registered with a gateway: {gateway_config:?}")]
+    AlreadyRegistered {
+        gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+    },
 }

 impl WasmClientError {
@@ -2,21 +2,26 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::error::WasmClientError;
+use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
 use crate::topology::WasmNymTopology;
 use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_client_core::client::replies::reply_storage::browser_backend;
 use nym_client_core::config;
+use nym_client_core::init::helpers::current_gateways;
+use nym_client_core::init::{setup_gateway_from, GatewaySetup, InitialisationDetails};
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
-use nym_topology::NymTopology;
+use nym_topology::{gateway, NymTopology};
+use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKey;
 use nym_validator_client::NymApiClient;
+use rand::thread_rng;
 use url::Url;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::wasm_bindgen;
 use wasm_bindgen_futures::future_to_promise;
 use wasm_utils::PromisableResult;

 // don't get too excited about the name, under the hood it's just a big fat placeholder
-// with no persistence
+// with no disk_persistence
 pub(crate) fn setup_reply_surb_storage_backend(
    config: config::ReplySurbs,
 ) -> browser_backend::Backend {
@@ -72,3 +77,38 @@ pub fn current_network_topology(nym_api_url: String) -> Promise {
            .into_promise_result()
    })
 }
+
+async fn setup_gateway(
+    client_store: &ClientStorage,
+    chosen_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
+    gateways: &[gateway::Node],
+) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, WasmClientError> {
+    let setup = if client_store.has_full_gateway_info().await? {
+        GatewaySetup::MustLoad
+    } else {
+        GatewaySetup::new_fresh(chosen_gateway.clone(), None)
+    };
+
+    setup_gateway_from(&setup, client_store, client_store, false, Some(gateways))
+        .await
+        .map_err(Into::into)
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn setup_gateway_from_api(
+    client_store: &ClientStorage,
+    chosen_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
+    nym_apis: &[Url],
+) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, WasmClientError> {
+    let mut rng = thread_rng();
+    let gateways = current_gateways(&mut rng, nym_apis).await?;
+    setup_gateway(client_store, chosen_gateway, &gateways).await
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn setup_from_topology(
+    explicit_gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
+    topology: &NymTopology,
+    client_store: &ClientStorage,
+) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, WasmClientError> {
+    let gateways = topology.gateways();
+    setup_gateway(client_store, explicit_gateway, gateways).await
+}
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ pub enum ClientStorageError {

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

 impl From<ClientStorageError> for JsValue {
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

+use crate::client::config::Config;
 use crate::storage::errors::ClientStorageError;
 use js_sys::Promise;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::PersistedGatewayDetails;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 use nym_gateway_client::SharedKeys;
 use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
@@ -23,10 +25,14 @@ const STORAGE_VERSION: u32 = 1;
 mod v1 {
    // stores
    pub const KEYS_STORE: &str = "keys";
+    pub const CORE_STORE: &str = "core";

    // keys
+    pub const CONFIG: &str = "config";
+    pub const GATEWAY_DETAILS: &str = "gateway_details";
+
    pub const ED25519_IDENTITY_KEYPAIR: &str = "ed25519_identity_keypair";
-    pub const X25519_ENCRYPTION_KEYPAIR: &str = "x25519_encryption_key";
+    pub const X25519_ENCRYPTION_KEYPAIR: &str = "x25519_encryption_keypair";

    // TODO: for those we could actually use the subtle crypto storage
    pub const AES128CTR_ACK_KEY: &str = "aes128ctr_ack_key";
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ impl ClientStorage {
                let db = evt.db();

                db.create_object_store(v1::KEYS_STORE)?;
+                db.create_object_store(v1::CORE_STORE)?;
            }

            Ok(())
@@ -104,6 +111,32 @@ impl ClientStorage {
        })
    }

+    // TODO: persist client's config
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) async fn read_config(&self) -> Result<Option<Config>, ClientStorageError> {
+        self.inner
+            .read_value(v1::CORE_STORE, JsValue::from_str(v1::CONFIG))
+            .await
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn may_read_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<Option<PersistedGatewayDetails>, ClientStorageError> {
+        self.inner
+            .read_value(v1::CORE_STORE, JsValue::from_str(v1::GATEWAY_DETAILS))
+            .await
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn must_read_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, ClientStorageError> {
+        self.may_read_gateway_details()
+            .await?
+            .ok_or(ClientStorageError::GatewayDetailsNotInStorage)
+    }
+
    async fn may_read_identity_keypair(
        &self,
    ) -> Result<Option<identity::KeyPair>, ClientStorageError> {
@@ -228,4 +261,34 @@ impl ClientStorage {
            .await
            .map_err(Into::into)
    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn store_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        gateway_endpoint: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), ClientStorageError> {
+        self.inner
+            .store_value(
+                v1::CORE_STORE,
+                JsValue::from_str(v1::GATEWAY_DETAILS),
+                gateway_endpoint,
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    // TODO: persist client's config
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) async fn store_config(&self, config: &Config) -> Result<(), ClientStorageError> {
+        self.inner
+            .store_value(v1::CORE_STORE, JsValue::from_str(v1::CONFIG), config)
+            .await
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn has_full_gateway_info(&self) -> Result<bool, ClientStorageError> {
+        let has_keys = self.may_read_gateway_shared_key().await?.is_some();
+        let has_details = self.may_read_gateway_details().await?.is_some();
+
+        Ok(has_keys && has_details)
+    }
 }
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 use crate::storage::errors::ClientStorageError;
 use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
+    GatewayDetailsStore, PersistedGatewayDetails,
+};
 use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::MixnetClientStorage;
 use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::KeyStore;
 use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
@@ -14,9 +17,9 @@ use wasm_utils::console_log;
 // temporary until other variants are properly implemented (probably it should get changed into `ClientStorage`
 // implementing all traits and everything getting combined
 pub struct FullWasmClientStorage {
-    key_store: ClientStorage,
-    reply_storage: browser_backend::Backend,
-    credential_storage: EphemeralCredentialStorage,
+    pub(crate) keys_and_gateway_store: ClientStorage,
+    pub(crate) reply_storage: browser_backend::Backend,
+    pub(crate) credential_storage: EphemeralCredentialStorage,
 }

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

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

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

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

 #[async_trait(?Send)]
@@ -74,3 +83,19 @@ impl KeyStore for ClientStorage {
            .await
    }
 }
+
+#[async_trait(?Send)]
+impl GatewayDetailsStore for ClientStorage {
+    type StorageError = ClientStorageError;
+
+    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, Self::StorageError> {
+        self.must_read_gateway_details().await
+    }
+
+    async fn store_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+        self.store_gateway_details(details).await
+    }
+}
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 // due to expansion of #[wasm_bindgen] macro on NodeTestResult
 #![allow(clippy::drop_non_drop)]

+use crate::error::WasmClientError;
+use crate::tester::LockedGatewayClient;
+use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_node_tester_utils::processor::Received;
 use nym_node_tester_utils::receiver::ReceivedReceiver;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -12,6 +15,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::{Mutex as AsyncMutex, MutexGuard as AsyncMutexGuard};
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
+use wasm_bindgen_futures::future_to_promise;
 use wasm_utils::{console_log, console_warn};

 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -107,3 +111,37 @@ impl Drop for TestMarker {
        self.value.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst)
    }
 }
+
+pub(crate) trait GatewayReconnection {
+    fn disconnect_from_gateway(&self) -> Promise;
+
+    fn reconnect_to_gateway(&self) -> Promise;
+}
+
+impl GatewayReconnection for LockedGatewayClient {
+    fn disconnect_from_gateway(&self) -> Promise {
+        let this = self.clone();
+
+        future_to_promise(async move {
+            let mut guard = this.lock().await;
+            guard
+                .disconnect()
+                .await
+                .map_err(|err| JsValue::from(WasmClientError::from(err)))?;
+            Ok(JsValue::undefined())
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn reconnect_to_gateway(&self) -> Promise {
+        let this = self.clone();
+
+        future_to_promise(async move {
+            let mut guard = this.lock().await;
+            guard
+                .try_reconnect()
+                .await
+                .map_err(|err| JsValue::from(WasmClientError::from(err)))?;
+            Ok(JsValue::undefined())
+        })
+    }
+}
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@

 use crate::constants::NODE_TESTER_ID;
 use crate::error::WasmClientError;
-use crate::helpers::current_network_topology_async;
+use crate::helpers::{current_network_topology_async, setup_from_topology};
 use crate::storage::ClientStorage;
 use crate::tester::ephemeral_receiver::EphemeralTestReceiver;
 use crate::tester::helpers::{
-    NodeTestResult, ReceivedReceiverWrapper, TestMarker, WasmTestMessageExt,
+    GatewayReconnection, NodeTestResult, ReceivedReceiverWrapper, TestMarker, WasmTestMessageExt,
 };
 use crate::topology::WasmNymTopology;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ use js_sys::Promise;
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::wasm_mockups::{Client as FakeClient, DirectSigningNyxdClient};
 use nym_bandwidth_controller::BandwidthController;
 use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::ManagedKeys;
-use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use nym_client_core::init::InitialisationDetails;
 use nym_credential_storage::ephemeral_storage::EphemeralStorage;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_gateway_client::GatewayClient;
 use nym_node_tester_utils::receiver::SimpleMessageReceiver;
 use nym_node_tester_utils::{NodeTester, TestMessage};
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ use nym_sphinx::params::PacketSize;
 use nym_sphinx::preparer::PreparedFragment;
 use nym_task::TaskManager;
 use nym_topology::NymTopology;
+use nym_validator_client::client::IdentityKey;
 use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU32, Ordering};
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ pub struct NymNodeTester {

 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub struct NymNodeTesterBuilder {
-    gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+    gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
+    id: Option<String>,

    base_topology: NymTopology,

@@ -93,51 +94,74 @@ fn address(keys: &ManagedKeys, gateway_identity: NodeIdentity) -> Recipient {
 impl NymNodeTesterBuilder {
    #[wasm_bindgen(constructor)]
    pub fn new(
-        gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig,
        base_topology: WasmNymTopology,
+        id: Option<String>,
+        gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
    ) -> NymNodeTesterBuilder {
        NymNodeTesterBuilder {
-            gateway_config,
+            id,
+            gateway,
            base_topology: base_topology.into(),
            bandwidth_controller: None,
        }
    }

    async fn _new_with_api(
-        gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig,
        api_url: String,
+        id: Option<String>,
+        gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
    ) -> Result<Self, WasmClientError> {
        let topology = current_network_topology_async(api_url).await?;
-        Ok(NymNodeTesterBuilder::new(gateway_config, topology))
+        Ok(NymNodeTesterBuilder::new(topology, id, gateway))
    }

-    pub fn new_with_api(gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig, api_url: String) -> Promise {
+    pub fn new_with_api(
+        api_url: String,
+        id: Option<String>,
+        gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
+    ) -> Promise {
        future_to_promise(async move {
-            Self::_new_with_api(gateway_config, api_url)
+            Self::_new_with_api(api_url, id, gateway)
                .await
                .into_promise_result()
        })
    }

+    async fn gateway_info(
+        &self,
+        client_store: &ClientStorage,
+    ) -> Result<InitialisationDetails, WasmClientError> {
+        if let Ok(loaded) = InitialisationDetails::try_load(client_store, client_store).await {
+            Ok(loaded)
+        } else {
+            setup_from_topology(self.gateway.clone(), &self.base_topology, client_store).await
+        }
+    }
+
    async fn _setup_client(mut self) -> Result<NymNodeTester, WasmClientError> {
-        let mut rng = OsRng;
        let task_manager = TaskManager::default();

-        let gateway_identity =
-            identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(self.gateway_config.gateway_id)
-                .map_err(|source| WasmClientError::InvalidGatewayIdentity { source })?;
+        let storage_id = if let Some(client_id) = &self.id {
+            format!("{NODE_TESTER_ID}-{client_id}")
+        } else {
+            NODE_TESTER_ID.to_owned()
+        };

-        let key_store = ClientStorage::new_async(NODE_TESTER_ID, None).await?;
-        let mut managed_keys = ManagedKeys::load_or_generate(&mut rng, &key_store).await;
+        let client_store = ClientStorage::new_async(&storage_id, None).await?;
+
+        let init_details = self.gateway_info(&client_store).await?;
+        let gateway_endpoint = init_details.gateway_details;
+        let gateway_identity = gateway_endpoint.try_get_gateway_identity_key()?;
+        let managed_keys = init_details.managed_keys;

        let (mixnet_message_sender, mixnet_message_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
        let (ack_sender, ack_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();

        let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new(
-            self.gateway_config.gateway_listener,
+            gateway_endpoint.gateway_listener,
            managed_keys.identity_keypair(),
            gateway_identity,
-            managed_keys.gateway_shared_key(),
+            Some(managed_keys.must_get_gateway_shared_key()),
            mixnet_message_sender,
            ack_sender,
            Duration::from_secs(10),
@@ -146,14 +170,11 @@ impl NymNodeTesterBuilder {
        );

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

        // TODO: make those values configurable later
        let tester = NodeTester::new(
-            rng,
+            OsRng,
            self.base_topology,
            Some(address(&managed_keys, gateway_identity)),
            PacketSize::default(),
@@ -227,29 +248,46 @@ async fn test_mixnode(
 impl NymNodeTester {
    #[wasm_bindgen(constructor)]
    #[allow(clippy::new_ret_no_self)]
-    pub fn new(gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig, topology: WasmNymTopology) -> Promise {
+    pub fn new(
+        topology: WasmNymTopology,
+        id: Option<String>,
+        gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
+    ) -> Promise {
        console_log!("constructing node tester!");
-        NymNodeTesterBuilder::new(gateway_config, topology).setup_client()
+        NymNodeTesterBuilder::new(topology, id, gateway).setup_client()
    }

    async fn _new_with_api(
-        gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig,
        api_url: String,
+        id: Option<String>,
+        gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
    ) -> Result<Self, WasmClientError> {
-        NymNodeTesterBuilder::_new_with_api(gateway_config, api_url)
+        NymNodeTesterBuilder::_new_with_api(api_url, id, gateway)
            .await?
            ._setup_client()
            .await
    }

-    pub fn new_with_api(gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig, api_url: String) -> Promise {
+    pub fn new_with_api(
+        api_url: String,
+        id: Option<String>,
+        gateway: Option<IdentityKey>,
+    ) -> Promise {
        future_to_promise(async move {
-            Self::_new_with_api(gateway_config, api_url)
+            Self::_new_with_api(api_url, id, gateway)
                .await
                .into_promise_result()
        })
    }

+    pub fn disconnect_from_gateway(&self) -> Promise {
+        self.gateway_client.disconnect_from_gateway()
+    }
+
+    pub fn reconnect_to_gateway(&self) -> Promise {
+        self.gateway_client.reconnect_to_gateway()
+    }
+
    fn prepare_test_packets(
        &self,
        mixnode_identity: String,
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 use nym_topology::gateway::GatewayConversionError;
 use nym_topology::mix::{Layer, MixnodeConversionError};
 use nym_topology::{gateway, mix, MixLayer, NymTopology};
-use nym_validator_client::client::MixId;
+use nym_validator_client::client::{IdentityKeyRef, MixId};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -82,11 +82,16 @@ impl WasmNymTopology {
        })
    }

+    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub(crate) fn ensure_contains(&self, gateway_config: &GatewayEndpointConfig) -> bool {
+        self.ensure_contains_gateway_id(&gateway_config.gateway_id)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn ensure_contains_gateway_id(&self, gateway_id: IdentityKeyRef) -> bool {
        self.inner
            .gateways()
            .iter()
-            .any(|g| g.identity_key.to_base58_string() == gateway_config.gateway_id)
+            .any(|g| g.identity_key.to_base58_string() == gateway_id)
    }

    pub fn print(&self) {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl AsyncFileWatcher {
                Ok(event) => {
                    let now = Instant::now();
                    if self.should_propagate(&event, now) {
-                        self.last_received.insert(event.kind.clone(), now);
+                        self.last_received.insert(event.kind, now);
                        if let Err(_err) = self.event_sender.unbounded_send(event) {
                            log::error!("the file watcher receiver has been dropped!");
                        }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub mod error;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 pub mod wasm_mockups;

-pub struct BandwidthController<C, St: Storage> {
+pub struct BandwidthController<C, St> {
    storage: St,
    client: C,
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-bin-common"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 description = "Common code for nym binaries"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
@@ -15,15 +15,21 @@ clap_complete_fig = "4.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 semver = "0.11"
-serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }

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


 [build-dependencies]
@@ -36,5 +42,11 @@ vergen = { version = "=7.4.3", default-features = false, features = [

 [features]
 default = []
-output_format = ["serde", "serde_json"]
-tracing = ["tracing-appender", "tracing-subscriber", "tracing-tree"]
+output_format = ["serde_json"]
+tracing = [
+    "tracing-subscriber",
+    "tracing-tree",
+    "opentelemetry-jaeger",
+    "tracing-opentelemetry",
+    "opentelemetry",
+]
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 // TODO: at a later date this crate should probably also expose `ContractBuildInformation`
 // and be used by our smart contracts

+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct BinaryBuildInformation {
    // VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
@@ -99,8 +101,7 @@ impl BinaryBuildInformation {
    }
 }

-#[derive(Debug)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct BinaryBuildInformationOwned {
    // VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
    /// Provides the build timestamp, for example `2021-02-23T20:14:46.558472672+00:00`.
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 pub mod build_information;
 pub mod completions;
 pub mod logging;
-pub mod output_format;
 pub mod version_checker;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "output_format")]
+pub mod output_format;
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-// Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2022-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// use tracing_subscriber::{
-//     fmt::Layer, layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt, EnvFilter, Registry,
-// };
-// use tracing_tree::HierarchicalLayer;
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-pub use tracing_appender;
+pub use opentelemetry;
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
+pub use opentelemetry_jaeger;
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
+pub use tracing_opentelemetry;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 pub use tracing_subscriber;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 pub use tracing_tree;

+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct LoggingSettings {
+    // well, we need to implement something here at some point...
+}
+
 // I'd argue we should start transitioning from `log` to `tracing`
 pub fn setup_logging() {
    let mut log_builder = pretty_env_logger::formatted_timed_builder();
@@ -39,27 +47,35 @@ pub fn setup_logging() {
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! setup_tracing {
-    ($file_name: expr) => {
+    ($service_name: expr) => {
        use nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
        use nym_bin_common::logging::tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;

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

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

 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
+base64 = "0.21.2"
 dirs = "4.0"
 dashmap = "5.4.0"
 futures = "0.3"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ log = { workspace = true }
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
+sha2 = "0.10.6"
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.34"
 url = { version ="2.2", features = ["serde"] }
@@ -37,17 +37,20 @@ use nym_gateway_client::{
 use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 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_topology::provider_trait::TopologyProvider;
-use rand::thread_rng;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tap::TapFallible;
 use url::Url;

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

@@ -155,17 +158,11 @@ impl From<bool> for CredentialsToggle {
 }

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

 impl<'a, C, S> BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S>
@@ -173,63 +170,45 @@ where
    S: MixnetClientStorage + 'static,
    C: DkgQueryClient + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
-    // TODO: combine all storages
-    pub fn new_from_base_config<T>(
-        base_config: &'a Config<T>,
-        key_store: S::KeyStore,
-        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
-        reply_storage_backend: S::ReplyStore,
-    ) -> BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S> {
-        BaseClientBuilder {
-            gateway_config: base_config.get_gateway_endpoint_config(),
-            debug_config: base_config.get_debug_config(),
-            disabled_credentials: base_config.get_disabled_credentials_mode(),
-            nym_api_endpoints: base_config.get_nym_api_endpoints(),
-            bandwidth_controller,
-            reply_storage_backend,
-            key_store,
-            managed_keys: ManagedKeys::Invalidated,
-            custom_topology_provider: None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    // TODO: combine all storages
    pub fn new(
-        gateway_config: &'a GatewayEndpointConfig,
-        debug_config: &'a DebugConfig,
-        key_store: S::KeyStore,
-        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
-        reply_storage_backend: S::ReplyStore,
-        credentials_toggle: CredentialsToggle,
-        nym_api_endpoints: Vec<Url>,
+        base_config: &'a Config,
+        client_store: S,
+        dkg_query_client: Option<C>,
    ) -> BaseClientBuilder<'a, C, S> {
        BaseClientBuilder {
-            gateway_config,
-            debug_config,
-            disabled_credentials: credentials_toggle.is_disabled(),
-            nym_api_endpoints,
-            reply_storage_backend,
+            config: base_config,
+            client_store,
+            dkg_query_client,
            custom_topology_provider: None,
-            bandwidth_controller,
-            key_store,
-            managed_keys: ManagedKeys::Invalidated,
+            setup_method: GatewaySetup::MustLoad,
        }
    }

-    pub fn with_topology_provider(mut self, provider: Box<dyn TopologyProvider>) -> Self {
+    pub fn with_gateway_setup(mut self, setup: GatewaySetup) -> Self {
+        self.setup_method = setup;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_topology_provider(
+        mut self,
+        provider: Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync>,
+    ) -> Self {
        self.custom_topology_provider = Some(provider);
        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 as_mix_recipient(&self) -> Recipient {
+    fn mix_address(
+        managed_keys: &ManagedKeys,
+        gateway_config: &GatewayEndpointConfig,
+    ) -> Recipient {
        Recipient::new(
-            *self.managed_keys.identity_public_key(),
-            *self.managed_keys.encryption_public_key(),
+            *managed_keys.identity_public_key(),
+            *managed_keys.encryption_public_key(),
            // TODO: below only works under assumption that gateway address == gateway id
            // (which currently is true)
-            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(&self.gateway_config.gateway_id).unwrap(),
+            NodeIdentity::from_base58_string(&gateway_config.gateway_id).unwrap(),
        )
    }

@@ -271,6 +250,7 @@ where
        lane_queue_lengths: LaneQueueLengths,
        client_connection_rx: ConnectionCommandReceiver,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) {
        info!("Starting real traffic stream...");

@@ -286,7 +266,7 @@ where
            lane_queue_lengths,
            client_connection_rx,
        )
-        .start_with_shutdown(shutdown);
+        .start_with_shutdown(shutdown, packet_type);
    }

    // buffer controlling all messages fetched from provider
@@ -312,7 +292,10 @@ where
    }

    async fn start_gateway_client(
-        &mut self,
+        config: &Config,
+        gateway_config: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+        managed_keys: &ManagedKeys,
+        bandwidth_controller: Option<BandwidthController<C, S::CredentialStore>>,
        mixnet_message_sender: MixnetMessageSender,
        ack_sender: AcknowledgementSender,
        shutdown: TaskClient,
@@ -321,33 +304,32 @@ where
        <S::KeyStore as KeyStore>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
        <S::CredentialStore as CredentialStorage>::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
-        let gateway_id = self.gateway_config.gateway_id.clone();
-        if gateway_id.is_empty() {
-            return Err(ClientCoreError::GatewayIdUnknown);
-        }
-        let gateway_address = self.gateway_config.gateway_listener.clone();
-        if gateway_address.is_empty() {
-            return Err(ClientCoreError::GatewayAddressUnknown);
-        }
+        let gateway_address = gateway_config.gateway_listener.clone();
+        let gateway_id = gateway_config.gateway_id;
+        let gateway_sphinx = gateway_config.gateway_sphinx;

+        // 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 gateway_sphinx_key = encryption::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_sphinx)
+            .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreateSphinxKeyFromGatewayId)?;
+
        let mut gateway_client = GatewayClient::new(
            gateway_address,
-            self.managed_keys.identity_keypair(),
+            managed_keys.identity_keypair(),
+            managed_keys.encryption_keypair(),
            gateway_identity,
-            self.managed_keys.gateway_shared_key(),
+            gateway_sphinx_key,
+            Some(managed_keys.must_get_gateway_shared_key()),
            mixnet_message_sender,
            ack_sender,
-            self.debug_config
-                .gateway_connection
-                .gateway_response_timeout,
-            self.bandwidth_controller.take(),
+            config.debug.gateway_connection.gateway_response_timeout,
+            bandwidth_controller,
            shutdown,
        );

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

        let shared_key = gateway_client
            .authenticate_and_start()
@@ -356,20 +338,15 @@ where
                log::error!("Could not authenticate and start up the gateway connection - {err}")
            })?;

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

        Ok(gateway_client)
    }

    fn setup_topology_provider(
-        custom_provider: Option<Box<dyn TopologyProvider>>,
+        custom_provider: Option<Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync>>,
        nym_api_urls: Vec<Url>,
-    ) -> Box<dyn TopologyProvider> {
+    ) -> Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync> {
        // if no custom provider was ... provided ..., create one using nym-api
        custom_provider.unwrap_or_else(|| {
            Box::new(NymApiTopologyProvider::new(
@@ -382,7 +359,7 @@ where
    // future responsible for periodically polling directory server and updating
    // the current global view of topology
    async fn start_topology_refresher(
-        topology_provider: Box<dyn TopologyProvider>,
+        topology_provider: Box<dyn TopologyProvider + Send + Sync>,
        topology_config: config::Topology,
        topology_accessor: TopologyAccessor,
        mut shutdown: TaskClient,
@@ -422,7 +399,7 @@ where
        Ok(())
    }

-    // controller for sending sphinx packets to mixnet (either real traffic or cover traffic)
+    // 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?
@@ -467,21 +444,41 @@ where
        Ok(mem_store)
    }

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

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

        // channels for inter-component communication
        // TODO: make the channels be internally created by the relevant components
@@ -509,34 +506,39 @@ where
        let (reply_controller_sender, reply_controller_receiver) =
            reply_controller::requests::new_control_channels();

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

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

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

        Self::start_received_messages_buffer_controller(
-            self.managed_keys.encryption_keypair(),
+            managed_keys.encryption_keypair(),
            received_buffer_request_receiver,
            mixnet_messages_receiver,
            reply_storage.key_storage(),
@@ -544,11 +546,11 @@ where
            task_manager.subscribe(),
        );

-        // The sphinx_message_sender is the transmitter for any component generating sphinx packets
+        // 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 sphinx_message_sender =
+        let message_sender =
            Self::start_mix_traffic_controller(gateway_client, task_manager.subscribe());

        // Channels that the websocket listener can use to signal downstream to the real traffic
@@ -560,8 +562,8 @@ where
        let shared_lane_queue_lengths = LaneQueueLengths::new();

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

@@ -570,26 +572,28 @@ where
            shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
            ack_receiver,
            input_receiver,
-            sphinx_message_sender.clone(),
+            message_sender.clone(),
            reply_storage,
            reply_controller_sender.clone(),
            reply_controller_receiver,
            shared_lane_queue_lengths.clone(),
            client_connection_rx,
            task_manager.subscribe(),
+            self.config.debug.traffic.packet_type,
        );

        if !self
-            .debug_config
+            .config
+            .debug
            .cover_traffic
            .disable_loop_cover_traffic_stream
        {
            Self::start_cover_traffic_stream(
-                self.debug_config,
-                self.managed_keys.ack_key(),
+                &self.config.debug,
+                managed_keys.ack_key(),
                self_address,
                shared_topology_accessor.clone(),
-                sphinx_message_sender,
+                message_sender,
                task_manager.subscribe(),
            );
        }
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ pub async fn setup_fs_reply_surb_backend<P: AsRef<Path>>(
    }
 }

-pub fn create_bandwidth_controller<T, St: CredentialStorage>(
-    config: &Config<T>,
+pub fn create_bandwidth_controller<St: CredentialStorage>(
+    config: &Config,
    storage: St,
 ) -> BandwidthController<Client<QueryNyxdClient>, St> {
    let nyxd_url = config
@@ -122,13 +122,30 @@ pub fn create_bandwidth_controller_with_urls<St: CredentialStorage>(
    nym_api_url: Url,
    storage: St,
 ) -> BandwidthController<Client<QueryNyxdClient>, St> {
+    let client = default_query_dkg_client(nyxd_url, nym_api_url);
+
+    BandwidthController::new(storage, client)
+}
+
+pub fn default_query_dkg_client_from_config(config: &Config) -> Client<QueryNyxdClient> {
+    let nyxd_url = config
+        .get_validator_endpoints()
+        .pop()
+        .expect("No nyxd validator endpoint provided");
+    let api_url = config
+        .get_nym_api_endpoints()
+        .pop()
+        .expect("No validator api endpoint provided");
+
+    default_query_dkg_client(nyxd_url, api_url)
+}
+
+pub fn default_query_dkg_client(nyxd_url: Url, nym_api_url: Url) -> Client<QueryNyxdClient> {
    let details = nym_network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
    let mut client_config = nym_validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&details)
        .expect("failed to construct validator client config");
    // overwrite env configuration with config URLs
    client_config = client_config.with_urls(nyxd_url, nym_api_url);
-    let client = nym_validator_client::Client::new_query(client_config)
-        .expect("Could not construct query client");
-
-    BandwidthController::new(storage, client)
+    nym_validator_client::Client::new_query(client_config)
+        .expect("Could not construct query client")
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use zeroize::Zeroizing;
+
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+pub trait GatewayDetailsStore {
+    type StorageError: Error;
+
+    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, Self::StorageError>;
+
+    async fn store_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError>;
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct PersistedGatewayDetails {
+    // TODO: should we also verify correctness of the details themselves?
+    // i.e. we could include a checksum or tag (via the shared keys)
+    // counterargument: if we wanted to modify, say, the host information in the stored file on disk,
+    // in order to actually use it, we'd have to recompute the whole checksum which would be a huge pain.
+    /// The hash of the shared keys to ensure the correct ones are used with those gateway details.
+    #[serde(with = "base64")]
+    key_hash: Vec<u8>,
+
+    /// Actual gateway details being persisted.
+    pub(crate) details: GatewayEndpointConfig,
+}
+
+impl From<PersistedGatewayDetails> for GatewayEndpointConfig {
+    fn from(value: PersistedGatewayDetails) -> Self {
+        value.details
+    }
+}
+
+impl PersistedGatewayDetails {
+    pub fn new(details: GatewayEndpointConfig, shared_key: &SharedKeys) -> Self {
+        let key_bytes = Zeroizing::new(shared_key.to_bytes());
+
+        let mut key_hasher = Sha256::new();
+        key_hasher.update(&key_bytes);
+        let key_hash = key_hasher.finalize().to_vec();
+
+        PersistedGatewayDetails { key_hash, details }
+    }
+
+    pub fn verify(&self, shared_key: &SharedKeys) -> bool {
+        let key_bytes = Zeroizing::new(shared_key.to_bytes());
+
+        let mut key_hasher = Sha256::new();
+        key_hasher.update(&key_bytes);
+        let key_hash = key_hasher.finalize();
+
+        self.key_hash == key_hash.deref()
+    }
+}
+
+// helper to make Vec<u8> serialization use base64 representation to make it human readable
+// so that it would be easier for users to copy contents from the disk if they wanted to use it elsewhere
+mod base64 {
+    use base64::{engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, Engine as _};
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
+
+    pub fn serialize<S: Serializer>(bytes: &[u8], serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        serializer.serialize_str(&STANDARD.encode(bytes))
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Vec<u8>, D::Error> {
+        let s = <String>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        STANDARD.decode(s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum OnDiskGatewayDetailsError {
+    #[error("JSON failure: {0}")]
+    SerializationFailure(#[from] serde_json::Error),
+
+    #[error("failed to store gateway details to {path}: {err}")]
+    StoreFailure {
+        path: String,
+        #[source]
+        err: std::io::Error,
+    },
+
+    #[error("failed to load gateway details from {path}: {err}")]
+    LoadFailure {
+        path: String,
+        #[source]
+        err: std::io::Error,
+    },
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub struct OnDiskGatewayDetails {
+    file_location: std::path::PathBuf,
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+impl OnDiskGatewayDetails {
+    pub fn new<P: AsRef<std::path::Path>>(path: P) -> Self {
+        OnDiskGatewayDetails {
+            file_location: path.as_ref().to_owned(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn load_from_disk(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, OnDiskGatewayDetailsError> {
+        let file = std::fs::File::open(&self.file_location).map_err(|err| {
+            OnDiskGatewayDetailsError::LoadFailure {
+                path: self.file_location.display().to_string(),
+                err,
+            }
+        })?;
+
+        Ok(serde_json::from_reader(file)?)
+    }
+
+    pub fn store_to_disk(
+        &self,
+        details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), OnDiskGatewayDetailsError> {
+        // ensure the whole directory structure exists
+        if let Some(parent_dir) = &self.file_location.parent() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(parent_dir).map_err(|err| {
+                OnDiskGatewayDetailsError::StoreFailure {
+                    path: self.file_location.display().to_string(),
+                    err,
+                }
+            })?
+        }
+
+        let file = std::fs::File::create(&self.file_location).map_err(|err| {
+            OnDiskGatewayDetailsError::StoreFailure {
+                path: self.file_location.display().to_string(),
+                err,
+            }
+        })?;
+
+        Ok(serde_json::to_writer_pretty(file, details)?)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+impl GatewayDetailsStore for OnDiskGatewayDetails {
+    type StorageError = OnDiskGatewayDetailsError;
+
+    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, Self::StorageError> {
+        self.load_from_disk()
+    }
+
+    async fn store_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        gateway_details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+        self.store_to_disk(gateway_details)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct InMemGatewayDetails {
+    details: Mutex<Option<PersistedGatewayDetails>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+#[error("old ephemeral gateway details can't be loaded from storage")]
+pub struct EphemeralGatewayDetailsError;
+
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait(?Send))]
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait)]
+impl GatewayDetailsStore for InMemGatewayDetails {
+    type StorageError = EphemeralGatewayDetailsError;
+
+    async fn load_gateway_details(&self) -> Result<PersistedGatewayDetails, Self::StorageError> {
+        self.details
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .clone()
+            .ok_or(EphemeralGatewayDetailsError)
+    }
+
+    async fn store_gateway_details(
+        &self,
+        gateway_details: &PersistedGatewayDetails,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+        *self.details.lock().await = Some(gateway_details.clone());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
@@ -4,41 +4,57 @@
 // TODO: combine those more closely. Perhaps into a single underlying store.
 // Like for persistent, on-disk, storage, what's the point of having 3 different databases?

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

-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
+use crate::client::base_client::non_wasm_helpers;
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
+use crate::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::OnDiskGatewayDetails;
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
 use crate::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
-
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
+use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::fs_backend;
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
+use crate::config::{self, disk_persistence::CommonClientPaths};
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
+use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
 use nym_credential_storage::persistent_storage::PersistentStorage as PersistentCredentialStorage;

-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-use crate::client::replies::reply_storage::fs_backend;
+pub mod gateway_details;

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

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

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

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

 impl Ephemeral {
@@ -51,9 +67,10 @@ impl MixnetClientStorage for Ephemeral {
    type KeyStore = InMemEphemeralKeys;
    type ReplyStore = reply_storage::Empty;
    type CredentialStore = EphemeralCredentialStorage;
+    type GatewayDetailsStore = InMemGatewayDetails;

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

    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore {
@@ -67,38 +84,71 @@ impl MixnetClientStorage for Ephemeral {
    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore {
        &self.credential_store
    }
+
+    fn gateway_details_store(&self) -> &Self::GatewayDetailsStore {
+        &self.gateway_details_store
+    }
 }

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

-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
 impl OnDiskPersistent {
    pub fn new(
        key_store: OnDiskKeys,
        reply_store: fs_backend::Backend,
        credential_store: PersistentCredentialStorage,
+        gateway_details_store: OnDiskGatewayDetails,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            key_store,
            reply_store,
            credential_store,
+            gateway_details_store,
        }
    }
+
+    pub async fn from_paths(
+        paths: CommonClientPaths,
+        debug_config: &config::DebugConfig,
+    ) -> Result<Self, ClientCoreError> {
+        let key_store = OnDiskKeys::new(paths.keys);
+
+        let reply_store = non_wasm_helpers::setup_fs_reply_surb_backend(
+            paths.reply_surb_database,
+            &debug_config.reply_surbs,
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        let credential_store =
+            nym_credential_storage::initialise_persistent_storage(paths.credentials_database).await;
+
+        let gateway_details_store = OnDiskGatewayDetails::new(paths.gateway_details);
+
+        Ok(OnDiskPersistent {
+            key_store,
+            reply_store,
+            credential_store,
+            gateway_details_store,
+        })
+    }
 }

-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "fs-surb-storage"))]
 impl MixnetClientStorage for OnDiskPersistent {
    type KeyStore = OnDiskKeys;
    type ReplyStore = fs_backend::Backend;
    type CredentialStore = PersistentCredentialStorage;
+    type GatewayDetailsStore = OnDiskGatewayDetails;

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

    fn key_store(&self) -> &Self::KeyStore {
@@ -112,4 +162,8 @@ impl MixnetClientStorage for OnDiskPersistent {
    fn credential_store(&self) -> &Self::CredentialStore {
        &self.credential_store
    }
+
+    fn gateway_details_store(&self) -> &Self::GatewayDetailsStore {
+        &self.gateway_details_store
+    }
 }
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use log::*;
 use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::cover::generate_loop_cover_packet;
-use nym_sphinx::params::PacketSize;
+use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use nym_sphinx::utils::sample_poisson_duration;
 use rand::{rngs::OsRng, CryptoRng, Rng};
 use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ where
    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
    next_delay: Pin<Box<wasm_timer::Delay>>,

-    /// Channel used for sending prepared sphinx packets to `MixTrafficController` that sends them
+    /// Channel used for sending prepared nym packets to `MixTrafficController` that sends them
    /// out to the network without any further delays.
    mix_tx: BatchMixMessageSender,

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ where

    /// Optional secondary predefined packet size used for the loop cover messages.
    secondary_packet_size: Option<PacketSize>,
+
+    packet_type: PacketType,
 }

 impl<R> Stream for LoopCoverTrafficStream<R>
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ impl LoopCoverTrafficStream<OsRng> {
            topology_access,
            primary_packet_size: traffic_config.primary_packet_size,
            secondary_packet_size: traffic_config.secondary_packet_size,
+            packet_type: traffic_config.packet_type,
        }
    }

@@ -194,6 +197,7 @@ impl LoopCoverTrafficStream<OsRng> {
            self.average_ack_delay,
            self.cover_traffic.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay,
            cover_traffic_packet_size,
+            self.packet_type,
        )
        .expect("Somehow failed to generate a loop cover message with a valid topology");

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
 use nym_sphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;

 pub type InputMessageSender = tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<InputMessage>;
@@ -53,18 +54,49 @@ pub enum InputMessage {
        data: Vec<u8>,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
    },
+
+    MessageWrapper {
+        message: Box<InputMessage>,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
+    },
 }

 impl InputMessage {
-    pub fn new_premade(msgs: Vec<MixPacket>, lane: TransmissionLane) -> Self {
-        InputMessage::Premade { msgs, lane }
+    pub fn new_premade(
+        msgs: Vec<MixPacket>,
+        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let message = InputMessage::Premade { msgs, lane };
+        if packet_type == PacketType::Mix {
+            message
+        } else {
+            InputMessage::new_wrapper(message, packet_type)
+        }
    }

-    pub fn new_regular(recipient: Recipient, data: Vec<u8>, lane: TransmissionLane) -> Self {
-        InputMessage::Regular {
+    pub fn new_wrapper(message: InputMessage, packet_type: PacketType) -> Self {
+        InputMessage::MessageWrapper {
+            message: Box::new(message),
+            packet_type,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_regular(
+        recipient: Recipient,
+        data: Vec<u8>,
+        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let message = InputMessage::Regular {
            recipient,
            data,
            lane,
+        };
+        if let Some(packet_type) = packet_type {
+            InputMessage::new_wrapper(message, packet_type)
+        } else {
+            message
        }
    }

@@ -73,12 +105,18 @@ impl InputMessage {
        data: Vec<u8>,
        reply_surbs: u32,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
    ) -> Self {
-        InputMessage::Anonymous {
+        let message = InputMessage::Anonymous {
            recipient,
            data,
            reply_surbs,
            lane,
+        };
+        if let Some(packet_type) = packet_type {
+            InputMessage::new_wrapper(message, packet_type)
+        } else {
+            message
        }
    }

@@ -86,11 +124,17 @@ impl InputMessage {
        recipient_tag: AnonymousSenderTag,
        data: Vec<u8>,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: Option<PacketType>,
    ) -> Self {
-        InputMessage::Reply {
+        let message = InputMessage::Reply {
            recipient_tag,
            data,
            lane,
+        };
+        if let Some(packet_type) = packet_type {
+            InputMessage::new_wrapper(message, packet_type)
+        } else {
+            message
        }
    }

@@ -100,6 +144,7 @@ impl InputMessage {
            | InputMessage::Anonymous { lane, .. }
            | InputMessage::Reply { lane, .. }
            | InputMessage::Premade { lane, .. } => lane,
+            InputMessage::MessageWrapper { message, .. } => message.lane(),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 use nym_gateway_requests::registration::handshake::SharedKeys;
 use nym_sphinx::acknowledgements::AckKey;
 use rand::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use zeroize::ZeroizeOnDrop;

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

+impl Debug for ManagedKeys {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            ManagedKeys::Initial(_) => write!(f, "initial"),
+            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(_) => write!(f, "fully derived"),
+            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => write!(f, "invalidated"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<KeyManagerBuilder> for ManagedKeys {
    fn from(value: KeyManagerBuilder) -> Self {
        ManagedKeys::Initial(value)
@@ -37,22 +48,27 @@ impl ManagedKeys {
        !matches!(self, ManagedKeys::Invalidated)
    }

-    pub async fn must_load<S: KeyStore>(key_store: &S) -> Result<Self, S::StorageError> {
+    pub async fn try_load<S: KeyStore>(key_store: &S) -> Result<Self, S::StorageError> {
        Ok(ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(
            KeyManager::load_keys(key_store).await?,
        ))
    }

+    pub fn generate_new<R>(rng: &mut R) -> Self
+    where
+        R: RngCore + CryptoRng,
+    {
+        ManagedKeys::Initial(KeyManagerBuilder::new(rng))
+    }
+
    pub async fn load_or_generate<R, S>(rng: &mut R, key_store: &S) -> Self
    where
        R: RngCore + CryptoRng,
        S: KeyStore,
    {
-        if let Ok(loaded) = KeyManager::load_keys(key_store).await {
-            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(loaded)
-        } else {
-            ManagedKeys::Initial(KeyManagerBuilder::new(rng))
-        }
+        Self::try_load(key_store)
+            .await
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| Self::generate_new(rng))
    }

    pub fn identity_keypair(&self) -> Arc<identity::KeyPair> {
@@ -79,6 +95,11 @@ impl ManagedKeys {
        }
    }

+    pub fn must_get_gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Arc<SharedKeys> {
+        self.gateway_shared_key()
+            .expect("failed to extract gateway shared key")
+    }
+
    pub fn gateway_shared_key(&self) -> Option<Arc<SharedKeys>> {
        match self {
            ManagedKeys::Initial(_) => None,
@@ -103,6 +124,17 @@ impl ManagedKeys {
        }
    }

+    pub fn ensure_gateway_key(&self, gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>) {
+        if let ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(key_manager) = &self {
+            if !Arc::ptr_eq(&key_manager.gateway_shared_key, &gateway_shared_key)
+                || key_manager.gateway_shared_key != gateway_shared_key
+            {
+                // this should NEVER happen thus panic here
+                panic!("derived fresh gateway shared key whilst already holding one!")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
    pub async fn deal_with_gateway_key<S: KeyStore>(
        &mut self,
        gateway_shared_key: Arc<SharedKeys>,
@@ -115,12 +147,7 @@ impl ManagedKeys {
                key_manager
            }
            ManagedKeys::FullyDerived(key_manager) => {
-                if !Arc::ptr_eq(&key_manager.gateway_shared_key, &gateway_shared_key)
-                    || key_manager.gateway_shared_key != gateway_shared_key
-                {
-                    // this should NEVER happen thus panic here
-                    panic!("derived fresh gateway shared key whilst already holding one!")
-                }
+                self.ensure_gateway_key(gateway_shared_key);
                key_manager
            }
            ManagedKeys::Invalidated => unreachable!("the managed keys got invalidated"),
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 use crate::client::key_manager::KeyManager;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use std::error::Error;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;

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

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

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

@@ -57,26 +61,47 @@ pub enum OnDiskKeysError {
    KeyStoreFailure {
        key: String,
        path: String,
+        #[source]
        err: std::io::Error,
    },
 }

 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub struct OnDiskKeys {
-    pathfinder: ClientKeyPathfinder,
+    paths: ClientKeysPaths,
 }

 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-impl From<ClientKeyPathfinder> for OnDiskKeys {
-    fn from(pathfinder: ClientKeyPathfinder) -> Self {
-        OnDiskKeys { pathfinder }
+impl From<ClientKeysPaths> for OnDiskKeys {
+    fn from(paths: ClientKeysPaths) -> Self {
+        OnDiskKeys { paths }
    }
 }

 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 impl OnDiskKeys {
-    pub fn new(pathfinder: ClientKeyPathfinder) -> Self {
-        OnDiskKeys { pathfinder }
+    pub fn new(paths: ClientKeysPaths) -> Self {
+        OnDiskKeys { paths }
+    }
+
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn ephemeral_load_gateway_keys(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<zeroize::Zeroizing<SharedKeys>, OnDiskKeysError> {
+        self.load_key(self.paths.gateway_shared_key(), "gateway shared keys")
+            .map(zeroize::Zeroizing::new)
+    }
+
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn load_encryption_keypair(&self) -> Result<encryption::KeyPair, OnDiskKeysError> {
+        let encryption_paths = self.paths.encryption_key_pair_path();
+        self.load_keypair(encryption_paths, "encryption keys")
+    }
+
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn load_identity_keypair(&self) -> Result<identity::KeyPair, OnDiskKeysError> {
+        let identity_paths = self.paths.identity_key_pair_path();
+        self.load_keypair(identity_paths, "identity keys")
    }

    fn load_key<T: PemStorableKey>(
@@ -132,17 +157,12 @@ impl OnDiskKeys {
    }

    fn load_keys(&self) -> Result<KeyManager, OnDiskKeysError> {
-        let identity_paths = self.pathfinder.identity_key_pair_path();
-        let encryption_paths = self.pathfinder.encryption_key_pair_path();
+        let identity_keypair = self.load_identity_keypair()?;
+        let encryption_keypair = self.load_encryption_keypair()?;

-        let identity_keypair: identity::KeyPair =
-            self.load_keypair(identity_paths, "identity keys")?;
-        let encryption_keypair: encryption::KeyPair =
-            self.load_keypair(encryption_paths, "encryption keys")?;
-
-        let ack_key: AckKey = self.load_key(self.pathfinder.ack_key(), "ack key")?;
+        let ack_key: AckKey = self.load_key(self.paths.ack_key(), "ack key")?;
        let gateway_shared_key: SharedKeys =
-            self.load_key(self.pathfinder.gateway_shared_key(), "gateway shared keys")?;
+            self.load_key(self.paths.gateway_shared_key(), "gateway shared keys")?;

        Ok(KeyManager::from_keys(
            identity_keypair,
@@ -153,8 +173,8 @@ impl OnDiskKeys {
    }

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

        self.store_keypair(
            keys.identity_keypair.as_ref(),
@@ -167,10 +187,10 @@ impl OnDiskKeys {
            "encryption keys",
        )?;

-        self.store_key(keys.ack_key.as_ref(), self.pathfinder.ack_key(), "ack key")?;
+        self.store_key(keys.ack_key.as_ref(), self.paths.ack_key(), "ack key")?;
        self.store_key(
            keys.gateway_shared_key.as_ref(),
-            self.pathfinder.gateway_shared_key(),
+            self.paths.gateway_shared_key(),
            "gateway shared keys",
        )?;

@@ -193,10 +213,12 @@ impl KeyStore for OnDiskKeys {
 }

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

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

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

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

-    async fn store_keys(&self, _keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+    async fn store_keys(&self, keys: &KeyManager) -> Result<(), Self::StorageError> {
+        *self.keys.lock().await = Some(keys.clone());
        Ok(())
    }
 }
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ where
    pub fn new(
        gateway_client: GatewayClient<C, St>,
    ) -> (MixTrafficController<C, St>, BatchMixMessageSender) {
-        let (sphinx_message_sender, sphinx_message_receiver) =
+        let (message_sender, message_receiver) =
            tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(MIX_MESSAGE_RECEIVER_BUFFER_SIZE);
        (
            MixTrafficController {
                gateway_client,
-                mix_rx: sphinx_message_receiver,
+                mix_rx: message_receiver,
                consecutive_gateway_failure_count: 0,
            },
-            sphinx_message_sender,
+            message_sender,
        )
    }

@@ -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;
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use crate::client::inbound_messages::{InputMessage, InputMessageReceiver};
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use log::*;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
 use nym_sphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
+use nym_sphinx::params::PacketType;
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};

@@ -71,10 +72,11 @@ where
        recipient: Recipient,
        content: Vec<u8>,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) {
        if let Err(err) = self
            .message_handler
-            .try_send_plain_message(recipient, content, lane)
+            .try_send_plain_message(recipient, content, lane, packet_type)
            .await
        {
            warn!("failed to send a plain message - {err}")
@@ -87,10 +89,11 @@ where
        content: Vec<u8>,
        reply_surbs: u32,
        lane: TransmissionLane,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) {
        if let Err(err) = self
            .message_handler
-            .try_send_message_with_reply_surbs(recipient, content, reply_surbs, lane)
+            .try_send_message_with_reply_surbs(recipient, content, reply_surbs, lane, packet_type)
            .await
        {
            warn!("failed to send a repliable message - {err}")
@@ -103,14 +106,17 @@ where
                recipient,
                data,
                lane,
-            } => self.handle_plain_message(recipient, data, lane).await,
+            } => {
+                self.handle_plain_message(recipient, data, lane, PacketType::Mix)
+                    .await
+            }
            InputMessage::Anonymous {
                recipient,
                data,
                reply_surbs,
                lane,
            } => {
-                self.handle_repliable_message(recipient, data, reply_surbs, lane)
+                self.handle_repliable_message(recipient, data, reply_surbs, lane, PacketType::Mix)
                    .await
            }
            InputMessage::Reply {
@@ -121,6 +127,40 @@ where
                self.handle_reply(recipient_tag, data, lane).await;
            }
            InputMessage::Premade { msgs, lane } => self.handle_premade_packets(msgs, lane).await,
+            InputMessage::MessageWrapper {
+                message,
+                packet_type,
+            } => match *message {
+                InputMessage::Regular {
+                    recipient,
+                    data,
+                    lane,
+                } => {
+                    self.handle_plain_message(recipient, data, lane, packet_type)
+                        .await
+                }
+                InputMessage::Anonymous {
+                    recipient,
+                    data,
+                    reply_surbs,
+                    lane,
+                } => {
+                    self.handle_repliable_message(recipient, data, reply_surbs, lane, packet_type)
+                        .await
+                }
+                InputMessage::Reply {
+                    recipient_tag,
+                    data,
+                    lane,
+                } => {
+                    self.handle_reply(recipient_tag, data, lane).await;
+                }
+                InputMessage::Premade { msgs, lane } => {
+                    self.handle_premade_packets(msgs, lane).await
+                }
+                // MessageWrappers can't be nested
+                InputMessage::MessageWrapper { .. } => unimplemented!(),
+            },
        };
    }

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use log::*;
 use nym_gateway_client::AcknowledgementReceiver;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
-use nym_sphinx::params::PacketSize;
+use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use nym_sphinx::{
    acknowledgements::AckKey,
    addressing::clients::Recipient,
@@ -249,7 +249,11 @@ where
        }
    }

-    pub(super) fn start_with_shutdown(self, shutdown: nym_task::TaskClient) {
+    pub(super) fn start_with_shutdown(
+        self,
+        shutdown: nym_task::TaskClient,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
+    ) {
        let mut acknowledgement_listener = self.acknowledgement_listener;
        let mut input_message_listener = self.input_message_listener;
        let mut retransmission_request_listener = self.retransmission_request_listener;
@@ -275,7 +279,7 @@ where
        let shutdown_handle = shutdown.clone();
        spawn_future(async move {
            retransmission_request_listener
-                .run_with_shutdown(shutdown_handle)
+                .run_with_shutdown(shutdown_handle, packet_type)
                .await;
            debug!("The retransmission request listener has finished execution!");
        });
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

 use super::{
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ use crate::client::real_messages_control::real_traffic_stream::RealMessage;
 use crate::client::replies::reply_controller::ReplyControllerSender;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::*;
-use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::chunking::fragment::Fragment;
 use nym_sphinx::preparer::PreparedFragment;
+use nym_sphinx::{addressing::clients::Recipient, params::PacketType};
 use nym_task::connections::TransmissionLane;
 use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
@@ -48,17 +48,20 @@ where
        &mut self,
        packet_recipient: Recipient,
        chunk_data: Fragment,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) -> Result<PreparedFragment, PreparationError> {
        debug!("retransmitting normal packet...");

+        // TODO: Figure out retransmission packet type signaling
        self.message_handler
-            .try_prepare_single_chunk_for_sending(packet_recipient, chunk_data)
+            .try_prepare_single_chunk_for_sending(packet_recipient, chunk_data, packet_type)
            .await
    }

    async fn on_retransmission_request(
        &mut self,
        weak_timed_out_ack: Weak<PendingAcknowledgement>,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
    ) {
        let timed_out_ack = match weak_timed_out_ack.upgrade() {
            Some(timed_out_ack) => timed_out_ack,
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ where
                self.prepare_normal_retransmission_chunk(
                    **recipient,
                    timed_out_ack.message_chunk.clone(),
+                    packet_type,
                )
                .await
            }
@@ -140,13 +144,17 @@ where
            .await
    }

-    pub(super) async fn run_with_shutdown(&mut self, mut shutdown: nym_task::TaskClient) {
+    pub(super) async fn run_with_shutdown(
+        &mut self,
+        mut shutdown: nym_task::TaskClient,
+        packet_type: PacketType,
+    ) {
        debug!("Started RetransmissionRequestListener with graceful shutdown support");

        while !shutdown.is_shutdown() {
            tokio::select! {
                timed_out_ack = self.request_receiver.next() => match timed_out_ack {
-                    Some(timed_out_ack) => self.on_retransmission_request(timed_out_ack).await,
+                    Some(timed_out_ack) => self.on_retransmission_request(timed_out_ack, packet_type).await,
                    None => {
                        log::trace!("RetransmissionRequestListener: Stopping since channel closed");
                        break;
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