nymtech/nym-vpn-client nym-vpn-v2026.13.0-beta.1

v2026.13.0-beta.1

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Nym VPN v2026.13.0-beta.1 application and core binaries. This release is for all platforms, except Android (Google Play)

🚀 What's New

🛠️ Core

Added

• Detect when the diagnostics check should be run (#5993)
• Persist gateway list to disk, seeded from a built-in list (#6015)
• [Linux] Authenticate also via UNIX group "nym-vpn" membership, or root (#6100)
• Configuration profiles: Safest, Most Private, Fastest and Random (#6073)
• Add six_months subscription kind to the vpn-api models and gRPC proto (#6320)
• Add end-to-end plumbing for dynamically applying DNS fallbacks from Discovery (#6126)
• [Desktop] Detect conflicting software and report it to the user (#6122)

Changed

• [macOS] Sign cli with net.nymtech.vpn.cli bundle identifier. Add it to client signing requirement. (#5998)
• Merge rpc-uniffi crate into lib-uniffi (#6010)
• Fallback to random when no location data available (#6382)
• Re-order authentication flow and do checks as soon as possible (#6406)

Fixed

• Remove failed pending requests before creating new ones (#6295)
• [macOS] Fix file permissions for nym-vpnc in the macOS installer package, helping ensure the installed application can run correctly (#6456)

🤖 Android app

Added

• Changelog validation workflow for Play Store (#6128)
• Profiles: UI and logic (#6144)
• Set geo location for android command sender (#6144)
• Log prior process exit reasons on startup (#6236)
• Add Profiles screen to Settings (#6319)
• Six-month subscription kind with long-plan expiry warnings (#6320)
• Add error handling for Connect button (http://github.com/nymtech/nym-vpn-client/pull/6329)
• Enable ARM Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) in async mode (#6436)
• Log out asks every time whether the passphrase is saved (#6480)

Changed

• Maestro UI suite: repair the five flows broken by the dVPN rename, the Connection profiles settings row and the Passphrase download removal; replace assertions that could not fail; correct mock gateway uptime to a 0-1 fraction
• Remove score placeholder. Update animation (#6231)
• Bump toolchain version to 25 (#6296)
• Bump detekt (#6296)
• Separate workflow for Play Store metadata (#6411)
• Disable default PII in Sentry (#6440)
• Remove unused libs (#6442)
• Update notifications security (#6444)
• Remove camera usage (#6449)
• Download function removed from Passphrase screen (#6460)
• Remove unused permissions (#6479)

Fixed

• Prefer validated WiFi or Ethernet over cellular when binding the VPN process on the cover TUN
• Fail cover TUN setup if bindProcessToNetwork returns false instead of logging success
• Proper status handling for Notification Manager (#6268)
• Fix Quick Tile crash after service destroy (#6232)
• Disable Sentry Session Replay to stop foreground ANR kills (#6248)
• Fail tunnel configure if the VPN app cannot be excluded from the blocking interface (#6213)
• Fix NavComponent crash after libs version update (#6442)

🍎 iOS & macOS apps

Added

• Six-month subscription kind (#6320)
• Add Profiles: UI & logic (#6364)

Removed

• Widget support for both iOS & macOS (#6255)

📦 Core Components Overview

• nym-vpnd: Background daemon service managed via the UI app or CLI.
• nym-vpnc: Command-line interface (CLI) to control the daemon (nym-vpnd).
• nym-socks5-proxy: SOCKS5 proxy handling geo-exclusion routing.
• nym-diagnostic: System information and network troubleshooting tool.
• nym-setup: macOS helper tool for system service configuration.

💾 Downloads & Assets

🤖 Android

• nym-vpn-fdroid-2026.13.0-beta.1-prerelease.apk: Android App (F-Droid Build)

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apksigner verify --print-certs "nym-vpn-fdroid-2026.13.0-beta.1-prerelease.apk" | grep SHA-256

🐧 Linux

• Desktop App
  • nym-vpn-app_2026.13.0-beta.1_amd64.deb: Nym VPN app, debian package (x86_64)
  • nym-vpn-app_2026.13.0-beta.1_arm64.deb: Nym VPN app, debian package (arm64)
  • NymVPN_2026.13.0-beta.1_amd64.AppImage: Nym VPN app, AppImage (x86_64)
  • NymVPN_2026.13.0-beta.1_aarch64.AppImage: Nym VPN app, AppImage (arm64)
• CLI & Daemon
  • nym-vpnd_2026.13.0~beta.1_amd64.deb: Nym VPN daemon, debian package (x86_64)
  • nym-vpnd_2026.13.0~beta.1_arm64.deb: Nym VPN daemon, debian package (arm64)
  • nym-vpnc_2026.13.0~beta.1_amd64.deb: Nym VPN command-line tool, debian package (x86_64)
  • nym-vpnc_2026.13.0~beta.1_arm64.deb: Nym VPN command-line tool, debian package (arm64)

🍎 macOS

• NymVPN-2026.13.0-beta.1.pkg: Desktop App Installer
• nym-vpnc-2026.13.0-beta.1.pkg: Command-Line Tool Installer

🪟 Windows

• NymVPN_2026.13.0-beta.1_x64-setup.exe: Desktop App Installer (x64)
• NymVPN_2026.13.0-beta.1_arm64-setup.exe: Desktop App Installer (arm64)