Lantern v10.0.0-beta Release Notes

New Features

Share My Connection: Introduced peer sharing functionality that allows users to share their connection with others, including support for port forwarding and UPnP auto-discovery
Action Mode: Renamed "Unbounded" to "Action Mode" and promoted it to a top-level tab on the home screen with redesigned UI and improved sharing capabilities
User Messaging System: Added new user messaging capabilities to the app

UI/UX Enhancements: Redesigned Action Mode dialog, checkbox, and navigation styling to match Figma specifications; improved VPN tab responsiveness for constrained screen heights
Network Stability: Enhanced network pause recovery and improved ordered event delivery in core networking components
Payment & Billing: Improved payment routing for Play Store builds, added Alipay payment support, and refined OAuth device limit and renewal UI flows
macOS/iOS: Optimized tunnel lifecycle management by tearing down live tunnels before starting new ones and validating VPN profiles before reuse

Fixed Windows Action Mode tab label truncation
Fixed Android Action Mode being disarmed by IPC fallback shutdown
Fixed Action Mode UI state drifting from active backend connections
Fixed Windows payment completion handoff
Resolved billing routing issues for Play Store builds
Fixed server location push notifications appearing when VPN is active
Corrected issue submission to use untranslated keys instead of translated labels

Migrated to sing-box v1.13.19
Added comprehensive CI improvements including release preflight checks gated on smoke tests and isolated staging-backed test builds
Implemented auto-rotating samizdat credentials (hourly refresh)
Enhanced peer verification and abuse-handling rule enforcement for Share My Connection
Improved desktop auto-updater signing and publishing

This is a beta release from commit 8dc4cf3.

Branch: v10.0.0-beta