v0.70.5

netbirdio/netbirdv0.70.5May 5, 2026by mlsmaycon

AI Summary

This maintenance release focuses on debugging capabilities, reliability improvements for the relay and clients, and adds public IP posture checks and PAT creation during setup.

Key Highlights

Packet capture added to debug bundle and CLI
Relay server IP advertised for foreign-relay fallback
Public IPv4/IPv6 posture checks added
Enabled PAT creation during setup
Replaced WG polling with netlink subscription on Linux

New Features

Packet capture in debug bundle
Public IP posture checks
PAT creation during setup
QR code for device auth login URL

Full Release Notes

## Release Notes for v0.70.5

### What's New
#### Client Improvements
- Added **packet capture to debug bundle and CLI**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/5891
- Advertised **relay server IP via signal for foreign-relay fallback dial**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6004
- Released **Status.mux before invoking notifier callbacks**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6039
- Used **ctx.Err() instead of gRPC codes.Canceled to detect shutdown**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6019
- Used **atomic write/rename pattern for SSH config**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/5867
- Replaced **WG interface polling with netlink subscription on Linux**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/5857
- Displayed **QR code for device auth login URL**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/5415
- Bumped **go-netroute to v0.4.0 and dropped fork**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6062
- Used **fwmark-aware route lookup for raw socket UDP checksum source**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6070

#### Management Improvements
- Added **monitoring for nmap update source**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6036
- Enabled **PAT creation during setup**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6003
- Added **public IPv4/IPv6 posture checks**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6038
- Tracked **pending approval in peer event metadata**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6040
- Fixed **proxy reconnect issues**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6063
- Mapped **Entra OID claim as Dex user ID**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6067
- Fixed **flaky invite token test**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6077

#### Proxy Enhancements
- Consolidated **mapping updates**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6072

#### Miscellaneous
- Disabled **govet inline analyzer**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6066
- Updated **discussions and issues templates**.  
  https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/6073

### New Contributors
- @lotheac made their first contribution in https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/5867
- @alexsavio made their first contribution in https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/5857
- @typhoon1217 made their first contribution in https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/5415

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/compare/v0.70.4...v0.70.5