Root cause of the "Firefox 'Server Not Found' (github)" and Node
`getaddrinfo EAI_FAIL` reports against the shipped daemon: reply() in
bnsd.js built responses from scratch and never copied the query's EDNS0
OPT record from the additional section. RFC 6891 §6.1.1 requires the
response to echo OPT when the query carried one; strict clients (glibc
getaddrinfo, Firefox with TRR off) treat the missing OPT as FORMERR and
surface EAI_FAIL / "Server Not Found". Lenient clients (nslookup, Chrome
async-dns) tolerate the loss, which is why the bug looked flaky.
The prior commit (ef19db1) extracted src/lib/dns-server.js as a testable
surface but left bnsd.js still calling the old inline helpers. This
finishes the migration:
- src/lib/dns-server.js:
- buildReply() now walks the additional section, finds the OPT RR by
name=root/type=41, and appends it to the response. When the query
had no OPT, none is fabricated (RFC 6891 §7). Preserves RD and
opcode from the query rather than hardcoding 0x8580.
- parseQuestion() rejects QDCOUNT != 1 and truncated labels early,
and skipName() tolerates DNS compression pointers per RFC 1035
§4.1.4 so the OPT walker doesn't trip on a compressed name.
- forwardQuery() accepts "host" (default port 53) or "host:port" so
it can be tested off port 53.
- src/daemon/bnsd.js: replaces the inline helpers with imports; the
icann-first branch keeps its rcode-inspecting callback via a small
forwardInspect() wrapper around the Promise-based forwardQuery.
- test/dns-server.test.mjs (new): 14 tests. Includes parseQuestion
cases (plain / EDNS / bad QDCOUNT / truncated), buildReply invariants
(OPT echoed / OPT never fabricated / RD preserved / NODATA still
echoes OPT), full dns.Resolver round-trips against an in-process
server (A / AAAA-NODATA / forward-to-mock-upstream), and two pinned
regression tests that copy the OLD reply() verbatim and assert its
OPT-dropping behavior so a future regression is caught immediately.
- AriadneResolver/ariadne-resolver/{src/daemon/bnsd.js, src/lib/dns-server.js}:
synced from Argus so the packaged installer picks up the fix.
Pre-existing failures in test/portfolio-index.test.mjs (require is not
defined at src/lib/chain.js:54) are unrelated and predate this work.
Three doc-alignment changes shipping in AriadneResolver-Setup-0.1.0.exe
sha256 c5efae43af6cc163f468f1dc73d08939db32a9a6db52298ba18b2d9a2aee1292:
1. install.ps1 fetches the activated TLD list from the on-chain root
TLD certificate (tlds.bch, per START-HERE §1) via
resolver-web.js fetchBcnrTlds(), then:
- regenerates the CA's nameConstraints extension from that list
(rotates the CA when the on-chain set changes so leaves for the
newly-activated TLDs actually validate)
- adds one NRPT rule per activated TLD in surgical mode
- falls back to bootstrap ["bch"] if the chain is unreachable
Result: adding a TLD on-chain is picked up by re-running the
installer, no code release needed.
2. bnsd.js honors --policy / BNS_POLICY (bcnr-first | icann-first,
alias bns-first) per START-HERE §4b. bcnr-first is default and
preserves prior behavior. icann-first forwards to upstream first
and only substitutes a BCNR answer on NXDOMAIN. install.ps1
accepts -Policy and passes it into the scheduled task action.
3. ca.js loadOrCreateRootCA() now accepts a runtime TLD list; the
old callers still work (fall back to PERMITTED_TLDS from tlds.js).
Doc: RESOLVER-PACKAGING-PROMPT.md rewritten to reflect current
shipping reality; original 2026-07-26 packaging brief preserved
in the "Archival" section.
Deployed to dl.silentmode.st (nginx serves from /opt/silent-mode/dl/)
and mirrored to Sia bns/silentmode/. VPS bns-indexer.service reports
tlds.bch currently activates: bch p2p deviant nav sia dgb nt sm lm.
- Address-bar security badge + popover lock redesigned to match Firefox's
padlock (shackle + rounded body + keyhole).
- Added AI/LLM answer engines to the catalog: ChatGPT, Claude, Phind, You.com
(Perplexity already present) — all accept a URL query. Off by default; enable
in Settings.
- Favicons now load from DuckDuckGo's icon service (one privacy-respecting host,
returns an icon for ANY domain) instead of guessing /favicon.ico per site,
which failed for several engines and fell back to emoji. Verified loading.
Parallel session was right — the previously-shipped f94834b5 pre-dated:
1. the ASCII em-dash sweep in setup/install.ps1 (Inno's [Run] uses
powershell.exe / PS 5.1; em-dashes in the file crashed the parser
under UAC, so the installer copied files but never registered the
scheduled task or NRPT rule)
2. the multi-TLD NRPT expansion (added .p2p .bit .nav alongside .bch)
3. the VPS-primary electrum server list — resolver-web.js now dials
wss://coinspectrum.duckdns.org:50011 first (Silent Mode's own
BCHN-backed BNS-only indexer), public servers as fallback
Result: a real user installing 3438d558 on a fresh Windows box now gets
a working system-wide resolver with no manual steps.
Deployed to dl.silentmode.st and mirrored to Sia bns/silentmode/.
Was only .bch. The daemon and CA already handle these four TLDs; the NRPT
rule was the missing piece that made .p2p / .bit / .nav queries never reach
the daemon at all (they went to ICANN's normal DNS and NXDOMAIN'd).
Dual TLDs (.de .ru .dev .ltd) intentionally NOT here. They need the
daemon's DNS-forwarding path to work reliably for unregistered names,
and there's still an open EDNS/AAAA forwarding bug in bnsd.js that
would break most German/Russian sites if we NRPT'd .de.
Adding more native TLDs (.x .sia .dgb .nt from Theseus's expanded set)
needs a CA rotation first — the current CA's nameConstraints only permit
bch/p2p/bit/deviant/nav/test/bcnr. Deferred.
- Light/dark/system theme (Settings > General) via nativeTheme.themeSource
driving prefers-color-scheme across chrome, settings, popover, and home.
- Search box redesigned: a magnifier icon opens the engine dropdown, the rest
is a wider typing field; styled to match the browser (was a raw <select>).
- Trimmed built-in engines to DuckDuckGo/Google/Brave/Bing/Startpage/Yandex;
custom engines still add/remove via "Add / edit engines…".
- WebRTC: the "WebRTC Network Limiter" extension can't run in Electron
(chrome.privacy API is unavailable), so its function is now a native
4-mode WebRTC IP policy in Settings > Privacy.
- Address-bar placeholder: "Ask a search engine or enter web address".
Adds handleSearch() to public-gateway.mjs: users add
https://navigate.st/search?q=%s
as their browser's default search engine and typing bare "silentmode.bch"
in the URL bar (which Chromium and Firefox otherwise send to Google as a
search query, since .bch isn't in ICANN's TLD list) arrives here. Native
BNS TLDs (.bch, .p2p, .bit, .nav) 302 to the relay; anything else falls
through to DuckDuckGo so ordinary search still works.
Live on the VPS gateway at /opt/bns-gateway/public-gateway.mjs.
Nginx now proxies location = /search to 127.0.0.1:8700 as well.
Solves: bare "silentmode.bch" in Chrome/Edge went to Google. It now
resolves to the site via the relay in every browser.
- Security popover redesigned to resemble Firefox's site-info panel:
lock/shield hero, "Connection secure" status, host, plain-language
subtitle, and a details grid; the overlay view auto-sizes to content.
- Search-engine picker returned to the toolbar with an "Add / edit engines…"
entry that opens Settings; added Ecosia, Mojeek, Presearch.
- Custom search engines: add (name + URL template with %s) / remove in
Settings > General; used by address-bar search.
- Address-bar placeholder: "Ask a search engine or enter web address".
- Theseus installer/portable rebuilt with the toolbar overhaul; updated
SHA-256 in releases-manifest.json, releases/index.html, apps/index.html
(Setup 91764aba…, portable 41a54c7e…). Binaries live on dl.silentmode.st;
restructured site (shared.css, apps/nav/store/hermes/choose) deployed to
Sia (silentmode.bch).
- bns-indexer: main-module detection via pathToFileURL.
Theseus Navigator:
- Firefox-style toolbar: SVG back/fwd/reload/home buttons
- security padlock badge in the address bar opens a floating site-info
overlay VIEW (on top of the page, never pushes content down)
- Edge-style favorites bar (shown only on the new-tab/home page)
- search-engine picker (DuckDuckGo/Google/Bing/Brave/Startpage)
- Theseus logo moved right, opens Settings; native menu removed
- address bar doubles as search; bottom resolver status line
Argus:
- BNS-only indexer: an electrum endpoint over a bare BCHN node
(watches just the beacon, caches txs so no txindex needed) + test
- registry lifecycle / portfolio / name-index modules
Site restructure (nav/apps/store/hermes/choose) + runbook notes.
