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feat(root): transparent HTTPS/HTTP proxy & cosmetic filtering support in Root Proxy mode - #305
In Root Proxy mode, BlockAds previously only intercepted port 53 DNS queries. While the app already features a capable Go-based MITM and cosmetic filtering engine, it was only hooked into VpnService via TUN.
This PR adds transparent TCP MITM proxying to Root Proxy mode when HTTPS filtering is enabled, allowing root users to get full cosmetic ad blocking in browsers without the overhead of running Android's VPN subsystem.
Key Changes
Go Tunnel (tunnel/):
Implemented Engine.StartTransparentMitm(port) and StopTransparentMitm().
Listens on 127.0.0.1:15354 and extracts original destination addresses via SO_ORIGINAL_DST using sing/common/control.GetOriginalDestination (portable across arm, arm64, 386, and amd64).
Wraps incoming connections into transparentTCPConn (implementing adapter.TCPConn) and feeds them directly into newMitmTcpHandler.
Updated testdata/api.golden snapshot.
iptables Management (IptablesManager.kt):
Created BLOCKADS_HTTP nat chain.
Redirects TCP ports 80 and 443 for preset browser UIDs (TunnelRuleLoader.loadPresetBrowsers) to port 15354.
Adds a filter rule rejecting UDP port 443 (QUIC) for browser UIDs so browsers fall back to TCP TLS, enabling cosmetic filtering.
Exempts BlockAds's own UID and non-browser apps from HTTP redirection to prevent loops and avoid SSL pinning issues on other apps.
Cleanly tears down BLOCKADS_HTTP and QUIC reject rules in teardownCommands().
Service Integration (RootProxyService.kt):
When httpsFilteringEnabled is true, initializes the MITM engine (startStackMitm), sets allowed UIDs, loads passthrough rules, and starts the transparent listener alongside the DNS proxy.
Verified clean rules cleanup and port release on stopping the service.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Added an Assistant screen with recent blocked-app activity, per-app filtering controls, and a link to DNS logs.
Added an element picker for selecting page elements to block; saved rules are available for future filtering.
Added optional HTTPS filtering for supported browsers alongside DNS filtering. It remains off unless enabled.
When enabled, supported browsers’ IPv4 web traffic is routed through local filtering; IPv6 web traffic and UDP-based HTTPS are blocked when filtering rules apply.
Added transparent proxy support for IPv4, with IPv6 support when available. The running notification now offers access to the Assistant.
Bug Fixes
Improved cleanup of transparent proxy listeners when the service stops.
DNS leak checks now use the active filtering tunnel when available, with system DNS as a fallback.
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The change adds transparent MITM and element-picker support to the tunnel, configures browser-specific traffic rules in Root Proxy mode, and adds an assistant screen for recent blocked-app activity and filtering controls. DNS leak checks can use an active tunnel adapter.
Changes: Tunnel filtering and assistant
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Summary
Element picker behavior tunnel/internal/mitm/element_picker.go, tunnel/internal/mitm/inject.go, tunnel/internal/mitm/local_server.go
The MITM package serves the picker script and its status and rule endpoints. The script selects elements and submits rules. The server stores valid rules, deactivates the picker, and notifies a listener. HTML injection includes the picker script when the picker is active.
Transparent MITM and tunnel API tunnel/engine.go, tunnel/transparent_tcp.go, tunnel/engine_lifecycle.go, tunnel/engine_mitm.go, tunnel/internal/mitm/filter.go, tunnel/aliases.go, tunnel/testdata/api.golden, app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/GoTunnelAdapter.kt
The engine adds standalone transparent MITM listeners and lifecycle operations. It exposes IP resolution and picker operations. The Android adapter wraps these operations and saves added element rules through ElementRuleDao.
When HTTPS filtering is enabled, Root Proxy resolves browser UIDs, starts transparent MITM, and passes filtering settings to IPTables setup. IPv4 redirects browser TCP traffic on ports 80 and 443 and rejects UDP 443. IPv6 rejects those browser TCP ports and UDP 443. DNS rules and teardown commands also change.
The assistant displays recent blocked-app activity and per-app filtering controls. Its view model updates the whitelist and activates the element picker. The notification’s default second action opens the assistant.
DNS checks through active tunnels app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/data/repository/DnsLeakRepository.kt, app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/ui/dnsprovider/leak/DnsLeakTestViewModel.kt
DNS probes and DNSSEC checks use the active VPN adapter or Root Proxy adapter when available. They retain system DNS lookup as a fallback.
sequenceDiagram
participant Browser
participant IptablesManager
participant TransparentListener
participant MitmTCPHandler
Browser->>IptablesManager: Send browser TCP traffic on ports 80 or 443
IptablesManager->>TransparentListener: Redirect traffic to port 15354
TransparentListener->>MitmTCPHandler: Pass wrapped connection with original destination
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Possibly related issues
pass-with-high-score/blockads-android#281 — The issue describes ad blocking not working after switching to Root Proxy mode. This change adds Root Proxy HTTPS and cosmetic filtering, which addresses part of that reported gap.
Possibly related PRs
pass-with-high-score/blockads-android#290 — The PR adds a root-mode standalone MITM listener and browser traffic rules that overlap with this change, including listener use of port 15354.
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Root Proxy HTTPS filtering can silently stop working after watchdog recovery, or redirect browser traffic to a listener that failed to start. Saved ad-picker rules are lost after a restart. Several lifecycle and cleanup gaps should be resolved before merging.
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Major · Preserve HTTPS parameters during watchdog recovery. · RootProxyService.kt:412
app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/RootProxyService.kt:412 Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Preserve HTTPS parameters during watchdog recovery.
When the DNS OUTPUT hook disappears, this call uses the defaults httpsFiltering = false and browserUids = emptyList(). setupRules first removes existing rules, then installs DNS-only rules.
HTTPS filtering therefore stops after watchdog recovery, even though the service remains RUNNING. Retain the active HTTPS flag and browser UIDs from Lines 243–249, then pass them to this recovery call.
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/RootProxyService.kt at line 412:
Update the watchdog recovery call to IptablesManager.setupRules in RootProxyService to pass the active HTTPS filtering flag and browser UIDs, reusing the values established during service setup instead of allowing the defaults to disable HTTPS filtering.
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@app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/IptablesManager.kt:
- Line 237: Update QUIC rule setup and teardown in IptablesManager to use a
dedicated chain: route the OUTPUT hook through it, then remove the hook and
flush the chain during teardown. Ensure the teardown removes every QUIC
rejection rule installed during setup, including browser-specific rules, so no
stale rules remain after Root Proxy stops.
- Line 180: Update the IPv6 handling in buildIpv6Commands and setupRules after
verifying the transparent listener’s bind address: if it supports ::1, add
browser TCP 80/443 redirects and UDP 443 rejects; otherwise reject those browser
IPv6 connections so they can fall back to IPv4. Add matching deletion rules to
teardownCommands, preserving the existing IPv6 DNS rules.
Review comments at
@app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/RootProxyService.kt:
- Line 261: Update the callback containing
`goTunnelAdapter.startTransparentMitm` to include its Boolean result in the
callback result, so a `false` startup result is propagated even when DNS starts
successfully. Gate installation of the HTTP redirects to ports 80 and 443 on
successful listener startup.
Review comments at @tunnel/engine_lifecycle.go:
- Line 248: Update Engine.Stop to stop the transparent listener before closing
or clearing filter data, so no new connections are accepted during teardown.
Also ensure already-running IsDomainBlocked calls cannot use filter objects
after they are unmapped, by waiting for those calls to finish or serializing
filter reads with teardown while preserving the existing locking safeguards.
Review comments at @tunnel/transparent_tcp.go:
- Around line 95-98: Coordinate the lifecycle transition in StartTransparentMitm
and StopTransparentMitm so shutdown cannot miss a listener being created and
published, and a later start cannot reuse a listener with a stale handler.
Synchronize listening, publication, and shutdown using a lifecycle approach that
avoids deadlock and ensures shutdown either prevents startup or closes the fully
published listener.
- Around line 158-162: Update the StopTransparentMitm shutdown flow to track
connections accepted and passed to tcpHandler, then close or drain them before
closing done or otherwise reporting that the proxy has stopped. Preserve the
existing listener-close behavior while ensuring no accepted connection remains
active after shutdown completes.
- Around line 57-60: Update the UID resolution flow around `ResolveUID` so a
positive UID that is not allowed returns `UIDUnknown` instead of falling through
to `FirstAllowedUID`. Preserve the existing `FirstAllowedUID` fallback when the
resolved UID is unknown or non-positive, and retain the current behavior for
allowed UIDs.
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- Line 412: Update the watchdog recovery call to IptablesManager.setupRules in
RootProxyService to pass the active HTTPS filtering flag and browser UIDs,
reusing the values established during service setup instead of allowing the
defaults to disable HTTPS filtering.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Delete the same QUIC rules that setup installs.
Line 190 adds one rule per browser with -m owner --uid-owner $bUid. This deletion omits that match, so it does not identify those rules. Rule-specification deletion requires a matching rule. (ipset.netfilter.org)
After stopping Root Proxy, browser QUIC remains rejected. Each restart adds more stale rules. Put QUIC rejection in a dedicated chain, then remove its OUTPUT hook and flush that chain during teardown.
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/IptablesManager.kt at line 237:
Update QUIC rule setup and teardown in IptablesManager to use a dedicated chain: route the OUTPUT hook through it, then remove the hook and flush the chain during teardown. Ensure the teardown removes every QUIC rejection rule installed during setup, including browser-specific rules, so no stale rules remain after Root Proxy stops.
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Propagate transparent listener startup failure.
If DNS starts but startTransparentMitm returns false, this callback still returns dnsOk == true. Rule setup can then redirect browser TCP ports 80 and 443 to port 15354 without a working listener.
GoTunnelAdapter.kt, Lines 423–426, explicitly returns false after a startup exception. Include that result in the callback result. Do not install HTTP redirects unless the listener starts successfully.
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/RootProxyService.kt at line 261:
Update the callback containing `goTunnelAdapter.startTransparentMitm` to include its Boolean result in the callback result, so a `false` startup result is propagated even when DNS starts successfully. Gate installation of the HTTP redirects to ports 80 and 443 on successful listener startup.
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set -u
echo"== transparent_tcp.go =="
cat -n tunnel/transparent_tcp.go | sed -n '1,220p'echo"== IsDomainBlocked callers =="
rg -n -F -- 'IsDomainBlocked' tunnel ||test"$?" -eq 1
echo"== StopStackMitm =="
cat -n tunnel/engine_mitm.go | sed -n '60,80p'echo"== Trie/Bloom Close and ContainsOrParent definitions =="
rg -n 'func \([^)]*\) (Close|ContainsOrParent|MightContainDomainOrParent)\(' tunnel ||test"$?" -eq 1
Repository: pass-with-high-score/blockads-android
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set -u
echo"== trie.go MmapTrie Close/ContainsOrParent =="
cat -n tunnel/internal/trie/trie.go | sed -n '60,120p'echo"== bloom.go Close/MightContainDomainOrParent =="
cat -n tunnel/internal/bloom/bloom.go | sed -n '185,260p'echo"== internal/mitm handler.go blocker call sites =="
cat -n tunnel/internal/mitm/handler.go | sed -n '95,112p'
cat -n tunnel/internal/mitm/handler.go | sed -n '155,168p'
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Stop the transparent listener before releasing filter data.
Engine.Stop closes the mapped tries and Bloom filters under e.mu (lines 180-208). StopTransparentMitm runs only at line 248, so the listener keeps accepting connections during the close. Those handlers call Engine.IsDomainBlocked (tunnel/internal/mitm/handler.go:105 and :162). IsDomainBlocked reads the filter slices under e.mu, then uses the objects after the lock is released (tunnel/engine_mitm.go:406-442). If Stop unmaps an object in that interval, ContainsOrParent or MightContain can read unmapped memory, and Go treats that as a fatal fault. A connection accepted after Stop clears the slices sees no filter and can pass blocked domains.
Shut down the listener before the filter teardown. This blocks new accepts. Handlers that are already running can still hold a snapshot, so full protection also requires waiting for them or serializing filter reads with the close.
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func (e *Engine) Stop() {
+ e.StopTransparentMitm()
e.mu.Lock()
if stack != nil {
stack.Stop()
}
- e.StopTransparentMitm()
e.StopTailscale()
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Review comment at @tunnel/engine_lifecycle.go at line 248:
Update Engine.Stop to stop the transparent listener before closing or clearing filter data, so no new connections are accepted during teardown. Also ensure already-running IsDomainBlocked calls cannot use filter objects after they are unmapped, by waiting for those calls to finish or serializing filter reads with teardown while preserving the existing locking safeguards.
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Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Supported by static analysis
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sed -n '1,170p' tunnel/transparent_tcp.go
rg -n 'UIDUnknown|ResolveUID' tunnel
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Do not relabel a resolved non-browser UID as a browser UID.
When base.ResolveUID returns a positive UID that is not in the allowlist, the fallback at tunnel/transparent_tcp.go:57-60 replaces it with FirstAllowedUID(). The MITM handler then treats the flow as a browser flow. The allowlist check at tunnel/internal/mitm/handler.go:170 would otherwise exclude that flow.
The listener on 127.0.0.1:<port> accepts any local TCP client. A non-browser app that connects to that port directly can therefore reach this path. The effect is limited to that app's own connection, but the flow is intercepted and filtered when it should pass through.
Return UIDUnknown for a concrete UID that is not allowed. Keep the existing fallback for UIDUnknown, because the redirected-browser path may depend on it.
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Review comment at @tunnel/transparent_tcp.go around lines 57 - 60:
Update the UID resolution flow around `ResolveUID` so a positive UID that is not allowed returns `UIDUnknown` instead of falling through to `FirstAllowedUID`. Preserve the existing `FirstAllowedUID` fallback when the resolved UID is unknown or non-positive, and retain the current behavior for allowed UIDs.
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Major · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift
Make listener startup atomic with shutdown.
StartTransparentMitm releases Engine.mu before net.Listen. If StopTransparentMitm runs during that interval, it sees no listener and returns. Startup can then store a live listener after shutdown. A subsequent start also sees that listener and returns without replacing its old handler. Coordinate listening, publication, and shutdown under one lifecycle transition. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @tunnel/transparent_tcp.go around lines 95 - 98:
Coordinate the lifecycle transition in StartTransparentMitm and StopTransparentMitm so shutdown cannot miss a listener being created and published, and a later start cannot reuse a listener with a stale handler. Synchronize listening, publication, and shutdown using a lifecycle approach that avoids deadlock and ensures shutdown either prevents startup or closes the fully published listener.
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Close accepted connections when the proxy stops.
Closing l stops new accepts but leaves each connection passed to tcpHandler open. If a browser keeps an HTTPS connection open, its handler can continue intercepting traffic after StopTransparentMitm returns. Track accepted connections and close or drain them before reporting that the proxy has stopped. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the StopTransparentMitm shutdown flow to track connections accepted and passed to tcpHandler, then close or drain them before closing done or otherwise reporting that the proxy has stopped. Preserve the existing listener-close behavior while ensuring no accepted connection remains active after shutdown completes.
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@app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/RootProxyService.kt:
- Line 158: Move the activeTunnelAdapter assignment out of service creation and
into the engine-start path, publishing goTunnelAdapter only after the engine
starts successfully. Ensure lookups cannot observe the adapter before it is
ready.
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@app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/ui/dnsprovider/leak/DnsLeakTestViewModel.kt:
- Line 59: Treat a null result from adapter.lookupIP in the timed adapter branch
as a failed lookup by making it fail within the timed block. Preserve the outer
runCatching behavior so latencyMs is null when the lookup fails.
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Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Publish the tunnel adapter only after the engine starts.
activeTunnelAdapter is assigned in service creation (line 158). The engine starts later, in the start path. Until then, lookupIP returns null for every domain. The leak test treats null as a result: it marks an algorithm unsupported, and it counts a DNSSEC-failed or bad-signature probe as blocked. A leak check that runs during this window can report false results.
Assign activeTunnelAdapter after the engine starts successfully, not in onCreate. The field then points only to an engine that can resolve names.
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Move the activeTunnelAdapter assignment out of service creation and into the engine-start path, publishing goTunnelAdapter only after the engine starts successfully. Ensure lookups cannot observe the adapter before it is ready.
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Treat a null adapter lookup as a failed latency measurement.
GoTunnelAdapter.lookupIP returns null when the engine throws. The adapter branch ignores that result, so the timed block completes and latencyMs stores a duration for a failed lookup. Make a null result throw inside the timed block. The outer runCatching then returns null latency.
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adapter.lookupIP("one.one.one.one")
checkNotNull(adapter.lookupIP("one.one.one.one"))
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Treat a null result from adapter.lookupIP in the timed adapter branch as a failed lookup by making it fail within the timed block. Preserve the outer runCatching behavior so latencyMs is null when the lookup fails.
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Add Light and Dark previews for the assistant screen.
The new screen has no @Preview for either theme. Add previews with sample state when the presentational screen is separated from ViewModel collection. As per coding guidelines, composables should “supply @Preview for Light/Dark themes.”
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Update AssistantScreen so its presentational content can be previewed independently of ViewModel collection, then add Light and Dark @Preview composables using representative sample state. Preserve the existing ViewModel-driven screen behavior while providing previews for both themes.
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@app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/GoTunnelAdapter.kt:
- Around line 51-55: Update TunnelRuleLoader.updateCosmeticRules to load saved
rules through ElementRuleDao and include their CSS selectors in the content
passed to engine.setCosmeticCSS. Ensure this runs both at startup and during
rule reloads, while preserving the existing cosmetic CSS file content.
Review comments at
@app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/ui/assistant/AssistantActivity.kt:
- Line 24: Handle the navigate_to extra written by the putExtra call in
MainActivity during both onCreate cold starts and onNewIntent redelivery, using
MainActivity’s existing destination-routing mechanism to open logs. If that
routing mechanism cannot reach logs, remove the extra and the action that sends
it.
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@app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/ui/assistant/AssistantScreen.kt:
- Around line 377-380: Add an app-specific accessibility label to the Switch in
the app row, using the corresponding app name so screen readers can identify
which app its on/off state controls.
- Around line 306-307: Update the LazyColumn in AssistantScreen so it is bounded
to the space remaining above the footer, keeping “View detailed query logs”
reachable when the app list is full. Also allow the parent sheet content to
scroll on short displays, preserving access to both the list and footer.
- Around line 69-76: Refactor AssistantScreen into a stateless composable:
remove its ViewModel resolution and state collection, and have it receive
UiState plus an (UiIntent) -> Unit dispatcher. Move state collection and effect
handling to the activity or a route composable, and update screen controls to
dispatch UiIntent values instead of calling ViewModel methods directly.
- Line 137: Move the hard-coded title and other assistant-screen labels, button
text, empty-state text, and toast messages into localized string resources.
Update AssistantScreen and AssistantViewModel to use those resources, following
the project’s existing localization conventions and preserving the current text
and behavior.
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@app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/ui/assistant/AssistantViewModel.kt:
- Around line 43-50: Update AssistantViewModel to combine recentApps and
isLoading into one UiState exposed as StateFlow<UiState>, expose one-off results
as SharedFlow<UiEffect>, and route both public actions through a single UiIntent
processing entry point. Preserve the existing state updates and event behavior
while removing the separate public state flows and action entry points.
- Around line 107-110: In the AssistantViewModel flow that selects an active
tunnel adapter and calls activateElementPicker, check
appPrefs.httpsFilteringEnabled before activation. Activate the picker and emit
the success event only when an adapter exists and HTTPS filtering is enabled;
otherwise emit a message that HTTPS filtering must be enabled. Add the
kotlinx.coroutines.flow.first import if needed.
Review comments at @tunnel/internal/mitm/element_picker.go:
- Line 82: Update the CSS caching behavior in the flow involving servePerHostCSS
and buildTextResponse so a rule added through defaultCosmeticStore.AddHostCSS
cannot leave stale CSS cached under the stable /cs-<host>.css URL; change
the cache policy or URL invalidation/versioning to ensure clients fetch the
updated stylesheet after a rule changes.
- Around line 80-82: Authorize each rule submission against an active picker
before calling defaultCosmeticStore.AddHostCSS, and bind the rule to the page
associated with that authorized picker rather than trusting the request’s
supplied domain. Preserve the existing rule creation behavior for authorized
submissions.
- Around line 459-475: Update confirmBlock so it waits for the add-element-rule
request to succeed and checks the HTTP response before calling cleanup or
showing the success toast. On request or HTTP failure, keep the selection
recoverable and do not report the rule as saved.
- Line 108: Move the embedded script defined by ElementPickerJS into a focused
Go source file, keeping the constant available to its existing callers. Ensure
both files remain within the 500-line limit and preserve the script contents
unchanged.
- Around line 167-170: Update the selector-generation logic around `parent`,
`idx`, and `tag` to produce a selector scoped through the parent chain, not
merely a direct-child selector or an unscoped `nth-child` selector. Before
saving it, check that the selector matches only the selected element; refine it
when it matches other elements.
- Around line 435-442: Tie the page input handlers registered for trapAndSelect
and suppressEvent to the remaining lifetime set by SetElementPickerActive; when
the picker expires, remove those handlers so normal page input resumes without
requiring Cancel or Block.
- Around line 93-96: Update the save flow around OnElementRuleAdded so it
exposes completion and insertion failures to the handler instead of launching
detached work. Return the success response from buildTextResponse only after
persistence succeeds, and report failure when insertion fails or the service
scope stops before completion.
- Around line 479-480: Update the picker’s cancel() function to call the
existing engine bridge’s SetElementPickerActive(0) when cancellation occurs, in
addition to cleanup(), so cancellation deactivates the picker in the engine.
- Line 64: In handleAddElementRule, bound the request body before reading it and
reject bodies that exceed the configured limit with an appropriate 413 response;
do not allow io.ReadAll to consume the entire body unbounded.
Review comments at @tunnel/internal/mitm/local_server.go:
- Around line 81-82: Update handlePickerStatus so responses from the
/api/picker-status endpoint use a no-store cache policy instead of the public,
max-age=300 policy applied by buildTextResponse. Preserve the existing status
payload and behavior, and avoid changing caching for other endpoints.
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@app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/ui/assistant/AssistantScreen.kt:
- Line 69: Update AssistantScreen so its presentational content can be previewed
independently of ViewModel collection, then add Light and Dark @Preview
composables using representative sample state. Preserve the existing
ViewModel-driven screen behavior while providing previews for both themes.
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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Load saved element rules into the Go cosmetic store at startup.
The picker saves each rule to element_rules, but the Go store receives the rule only in memory. Nothing reads element_rules back into the Go engine. After an app process restart, saved picker rules are not applied to MITM pages until the user picks them again.
TunnelRuleLoader.updateCosmeticRules builds the CSS from the cosmetic CSS file and passes it to engine.setCosmeticCSS. It does not read ElementRuleDao. A rule reload runs the same loader, so it also omits saved element rules from the CSS sent to Go.
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/service/GoTunnelAdapter.kt around lines 51 - 55:
Update TunnelRuleLoader.updateCosmeticRules to load saved rules through ElementRuleDao and include their CSS selectors in the content passed to engine.setCosmeticCSS. Ensure this runs both at startup and during rule reloads, while preserving the existing cosmetic CSS file content.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Handle navigate_to = "logs" in MainActivity, or remove the extra.
No code reads the navigate_to extra. AssistantActivity writes it, but MainActivity ignores it on cold start in onCreate and on re-delivery in onNewIntent. The "View detailed query logs" action therefore opens the default destination.
CLEAR_TOP can deliver this intent to an existing MainActivity through onNewIntent. Handle the extra in both paths. Use the routing mechanism MainActivity already uses for its other destinations. If logs cannot be reached this way, remove the navigate_to extra and the action that sends it.
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Handle the navigate_to extra written by the putExtra call in MainActivity during both onCreate cold starts and onNewIntent redelivery, using MainActivity’s existing destination-routing mechanism to open logs. If that routing mechanism cannot reach logs, remove the extra and the action that sends it.
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Major · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift
Make the screen a stateless MVI consumer.
AssistantScreen resolves and collects its own ViewModel. Its controls also call ViewModel methods directly. Move collection and effect handling to the activity or a route composable. Give the presentational screen UiState and an (UiIntent) -> Unit dispatcher. As per coding guidelines, a *Screen.kt is “Pure, stateless Jetpack Compose UI receiving UiState and (UiIntent) -> Unit event dispatcher.”
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/ui/assistant/AssistantScreen.kt around lines 69 - 76:
Refactor AssistantScreen into a stateless composable: remove its ViewModel resolution and state collection, and have it receive UiState plus an (UiIntent) -> Unit dispatcher. Move state collection and effect handling to the activity or a route composable, and update screen controls to dispatch UiIntent values instead of calling ViewModel methods directly.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Move assistant text into localized resources.
This title and the other new labels, button text, empty-state text, and toast messages are hard-coded in English. Users who select another supported app language still receive an English assistant. Use string resources for this screen and the messages in AssistantViewModel.kt.
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/ui/assistant/AssistantScreen.kt at line 137:
Move the hard-coded title and other assistant-screen labels, button text, empty-state text, and toast messages into localized string resources. Update AssistantScreen and AssistantViewModel to use those resources, following the project’s existing localization conventions and preserving the current text and behavior.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Keep the query-log link reachable with a full app list.
When the eight app rows exceed the available sheet height, this LazyColumn can consume the remaining height before the footer at Lines 393-418. The parent Column cannot scroll, so scrolling the app list does not expose “View detailed query logs.” Bound the list to the space left for the footer, and allow the sheet content to scroll on short displays.
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/app/pwhs/blockads/ui/assistant/AssistantScreen.kt around lines 306 - 307:
Update the LazyColumn in AssistantScreen so it is bounded to the space remaining above the footer, keeping “View detailed query logs” reachable when the app list is full. Also allow the parent sheet content to scroll on short displays, preserving access to both the list and footer.
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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Generate a selector that identifies the selected element.
If #feed contains an ad <div> and a content <div>, selecting the ad produces #feed > div and hides both. Without a parent ID, div:nth-child(2) can match elements under unrelated parents. Build a scoped selector and check its matches before saving it.
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Review comment at @tunnel/internal/mitm/element_picker.go around lines 167 - 170:
Update the selector-generation logic around `parent`, `idx`, and `tag` to produce a selector scoped through the parent chain, not merely a direct-child selector or an unscoped `nth-child` selector. Before saving it, check that the selector matches only the selected element; refine it when it matches other elements.
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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Stop intercepting page input when picker time expires.
These capture handlers remain installed after SetElementPickerActive(seconds) expires. The expiry check only controls injection into new pages. If the user leaves this page open, the picker continues to prevent normal clicks and touches until the user presses Cancel or Block. Tie the page handlers to the remaining picker lifetime.
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Review comment at @tunnel/internal/mitm/element_picker.go around lines 435 - 442:
Tie the page input handlers registered for trapAndSelect and suppressEvent to the remaining lifetime set by SetElementPickerActive; when the picker expires, remove those handlers so normal page input resumes without requiring Cancel or Block.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Confirm the save before showing success.
confirmBlock() hides the element and displays “rule saved” before fetch finishes. The rejection handler only logs an error, and the code never checks an HTTP error response. If the save fails, reloading restores the element despite the success message. Keep the selection recoverable until the endpoint confirms the save.
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Review comment at @tunnel/internal/mitm/element_picker.go around lines 459 - 475:
Update confirmBlock so it waits for the add-element-rule request to succeed and checks the HTTP response before calling cleanup or showing the success toast. On request or HTTP failure, keep the selection recoverable and do not report the rule as saved.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Deactivate the Go picker when the user cancels.
cancel() removes the overlay from this page, but it never calls SetElementPickerActive(0). If the user opens another intercepted page before the 90-second deadline, injection starts the picker again. Send cancellation to the engine as well as cleaning up the page.
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Review comment at @tunnel/internal/mitm/element_picker.go around lines 479 - 480:
Update the picker’s cancel() function to call the existing engine bridge’s SetElementPickerActive(0) when cancellation occurs, in addition to cleanup(), so cancellation deactivates the picker in the engine.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Do not cache the picker status for five minutes.
handlePickerStatus uses buildTextResponse, which applies public, max-age=300. A client that reads {"active":false} before activation can receive that cached result throughout the default 90-second picker window. Give this state endpoint a no-store response.
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Review comment at @tunnel/internal/mitm/local_server.go around lines 81 - 82:
Update handlePickerStatus so responses from the /api/picker-status endpoint use a no-store cache policy instead of the public, max-age=300 policy applied by buildTextResponse. Preserve the existing status payload and behavior, and avoid changing caching for other endpoints.
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Summary
In Root Proxy mode, BlockAds previously only intercepted port 53 DNS queries. While the app already features a capable Go-based MITM and cosmetic filtering engine, it was only hooked into VpnService via TUN.
This PR adds transparent TCP MITM proxying to Root Proxy mode when HTTPS filtering is enabled, allowing root users to get full cosmetic ad blocking in browsers without the overhead of running Android's VPN subsystem.
Key Changes
Go Tunnel (
tunnel/):Engine.StartTransparentMitm(port)andStopTransparentMitm().127.0.0.1:15354and extracts original destination addresses viaSO_ORIGINAL_DSTusingsing/common/control.GetOriginalDestination(portable across arm, arm64, 386, and amd64).transparentTCPConn(implementingadapter.TCPConn) and feeds them directly intonewMitmTcpHandler.testdata/api.goldensnapshot.iptables Management (
IptablesManager.kt):BLOCKADS_HTTPnat chain.TunnelRuleLoader.loadPresetBrowsers) to port 15354.BLOCKADS_HTTPand QUIC reject rules inteardownCommands().Service Integration (
RootProxyService.kt):httpsFilteringEnabledis true, initializes the MITM engine (startStackMitm), sets allowed UIDs, loads passthrough rules, and starts the transparent listener alongside the DNS proxy.RootProxyServiceShellTest.kt.Verification & Testing
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