github/gh-net

📋 Changes

• performance improvements.

📋 Changes

• adds `Windows 10` and `Windows 11` support for AMD-based machines.
• adds automatic `sudo` privileges escalation on `Unix`. No need to use `sudo` to install or launch the extension anymore.
• extension now fallbacks to `start` command if no command was specified, effectively making it the default command.
• makes `DNS` queries resolution process asynchronous so that `DNS` queries are not blocking other traffic.
• improve `network traffic` GUI panel rendering accuracy and performance.

📋 Changes

• add `--codespace`(`-c`) CLI argument to specify a `Codespace` name to connect to. More info: https://github.com/github/gh-net/issues/30
• add `--trace-dest` CLI argument to specify trace file path. More info: https://github.com/github/gh-net/issues/35
• fix IP routing issue for PTP network interfaces that are configured to be a default gateway on local machine. More info: https://github.com/github/gh-net/issues/33
• improved start command panic handling.
• bug fixes for app diagnostics logic.

📋 Changes

• increase number of tasks in worker thread pool to `12`. This fixes app freezes issue for low-end machines with few number of CPU cores and allowes for `11` active network interfaces on the host(local) machine. More info: https://github.com/github/gh-net/issues/7
• fix bad TCP socket state error for TCP NATs on Linux host(local) machines. More info: https://github.com/github/gh-net/issues/8
• improve error handling and visibility
• add `--telemetry` CLI option to enable/disable telemetry requests for app troubleshooting purposes. It has values of `true`/`false`, default is `true`.
• fix infinite loop for `DNS` resolution of `AAAA` records if host does not support `IPv4`-mapped `IPv6` `DNS` records. More info: https://github.com/github/gh-net/issues/18
• fix issue that caused `TCP`/`UDP` `NAT` records to be disposed prematurely. More info: https://github.com/github/gh-net/issues/17
• release extension for `ARM64`, `ARMv6` and `ARMv6` architectures for `Linux` machines.

📋 Changes

• add `SRV` DNS records support which is commonly used by Linux package managers (e.g. `apt` or `apt-get`).
• DNS resolution now also relies on the `getaddrinfo` system call to support some of the VPN client setups(e.g. `Viscosity`, `Tailscale`). More info: https://github.com/github/gh-net/issues/4
• improve the speed of `DNS` resolution for `A`/`AAAA` DNS record types. Now resolution takes single-digit `milliseconds` as opposed to `seconds` as before.
• `GUI` changes:
• entire `GUI` now expands to 100% of width by default to accommodate longer `DNS` hostnames.
• `DNS` panel now includes the negative responses like `NXDOMAIN`, `NODATA`, or `SERVFAIL`.
• improved `DNS` panel layout . Text items now fill out the entire panel width and have guiding lines for readability.
• `NAT` panel now includes connection types, like `TCP`, `UDP`, or others.
• + 10 more

📋 Changes

• 🐛 fix automatic `gh net` installation for root vs non-root users on Linux / https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/5456
• ✨ ask users to install GitHub CLI if it is not installed inside a remote machine
• ✨ pipe through `stderr` from the remote machine so it is immediately clear what have happen inside a Codespace
• 🔨 both "local" and "remote" `--location` options now show "please use sudo" message if user is not root
• 🔨 `start` command now defaults to "local" if no `--location` option specified, the "auto" option is removed