magisk-zapret2/docs/owner-schema-v9.md
loop-uh e14c46afb1 Publish the DNS hosts file from /data instead of the module tree
The DNS manager used to apply a selection by writing
system/etc/hosts into the live module directory and asking for a
reboot, so the root manager would pick it up while assembling
/system. That put the module's own tree in the path of whatever the
manager does between boots: KernelSU v3 moved that assembly into a
separate metamodule, a second hosts module publishing the same path
raced it silently, and an upgrade replaced the tree and discarded the
user's selection with it.

The published file now lives in /data/adb/zapret2-hosts and the module
bind-mounts it over /system/etc/hosts from post-fs-data.sh, which is
the same mechanism on Magisk, KernelSU and APatch. hosts-overlay.sh
owns that mount: it snapshots the untouched system file before
covering it, carries a pre-2.3.0 in-tree overlay over and takes it out
of the tree, relabels the source so netd can still read it, and yields
to another enabled hosts module instead of fighting it for the path.

Because the module publishes the mount itself, an edit now takes
effect immediately: publication is still an atomic rename, and --apply
republishes the mount rather than waiting for a reboot. A rename
leaves the live mount on the replaced inode, so the mount identity is
recorded when it is published and consulted only against a live mount
— a foreign mount is never released.

Rollback, uninstall and purge follow the file to its new home, and the
installer carries an existing selection across the upgrade that would
otherwise drop it.

Also releases the tethering runtime key and owner state v9, and lifts
the packaged lifecycle contract to 9.
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Owner metadata schema v9

Schema v9 adds tethering to the authenticated firewall generation. It is the canonical 0/1 capture-topology decision copied from runtime.ini [core], and it participates in the per-family specification and firewall fingerprint.

A tethered generation anchors both owned chains a second time, into mangle FORWARD, so traffic forwarded to devices on the phone's hotspot meets the same rules the local traffic does. It publishes no additional chain and no additional rule: a forwarded request is the same conntrack original direction with the server port as destination, and its reply is the same reply direction with the server port as source. Because the field is part of the record, health verification re-verifies a live generation against the topology it published rather than the one currently configured, and a changed setting becomes a topology replacement instead of a health failure. Teardown answers to the baseline it captured, so anchors published by a tethered generation are removed even after the setting has been turned off.

Schema v8 made the compiled preset capture policy part of the authenticated firewall generation through four fields:

  • tcp_pkt_out
  • tcp_pkt_in
  • udp_pkt_out
  • udp_pkt_in

All four are canonical positive decimal packet bounds copied from the active TXT preset by command-builder.sh. They participate in the per-family specification and firewall fingerprint. Start, health verification, teardown, and rollback therefore use the same protocol-specific values; none may read a competing runtime or Android setting.

The schema also binds the command SHA-256, boot identity, stable ZAPRET2_OUT/ZAPRET2_IN namespace, exact port unions, capability flags, rule counts, family specifications, and fingerprint. Health verification projects that bounded receipt through the same reconciler that publishes the direct chain rules. There are no generation-bound payload chains or firewall WAL. Runtime code recognizes and publishes only v9; package replacement starts a fresh generation after the mandatory reboot.