v0.5.6

🗺️ Lok

• Fix: Crash on app start-up with DNS53 in proxy mode.
• Fix: Re-enforce trust/allowed IP rules for Isolated apps.
• Improvement: Faster WireGuard start-up when in Proxy Lockdown mode.
• Improvement: Support Android 17.
• Improvement: Several features graduate out of "experimental" status in Configure -> Network: Choose IP version, Do not route Private IPs, Use all available networks, Bandwidth Booster.
• Improvement: Configure -> DNS -> Show website icons is no longer "experimental".
• Improvement: Avoid showing deleted WireGuard configurations in the UI.

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Note: This is a fast-follow release, the last major release was v055v.

v0.5.5z

💤 Zzzzz 5

• New: RPN (starting $1.75/mo) is back on Play Store, Website, and GitHub flavours.
• New: More disciplined routing decisions for various Configure -> DNS settings.
• New: Configure -> Network -> Perform protocol translation to make Rethink prefer opposite IP options.
• New: Sponsor with GPay.
• UI: All new DNS UI layout.
• UI: Geo location in WireGuard UI if Configure -> Settings -> Show provider information is turned on.
• UI: Quick shortcuts in Configure -> Settings -> Firewall Bubble notification.
• Improvement: Do not mix up domain rules for IPs shared by 1+ domains queried across many apps.
• Improvement: Light-weight one-time connectivity check for dual-stack WireGuard peers.
• Improvement: Various network engine optimizations.
• Improvement: Some IPv6 connectivity changes.
• Improvement: Concurrent TCP, UDP, and TLS checks for Configure -> Network -> Perform connectivity checks.
• Improvement: Quicker pause & resume for Mobile-only WireGuard automation.
• Improvement: Apply firewall rules during DNS resolution.
• Improvement: Recovering from errors with "Block connections without VPN" on some OEMs like OnePlus.
• Improvement: Changes in Configure -> Network -> Loopback implementation.
• Fix: Implemented Configure -> Network -> Proxy Lockdown behavior for Simple mode WireGuards.
• Fix: Prevent IP bouncing when using Advanced mode WireGuard.
• Fix: Avoid incorrectly marking existing apps as newly installed.
• Fix: For IP based rules, apply the most specific among all (subnet) rules.

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Note: This is a fast-follow release, the last major release was v055v.

v0.5.5y

💤 Zzzzz 4

• New: Notifications for unsuspecting users on Rethink's own traffic being blocked when in Loopback mode.
• New: Rethink's own traffic logs unified with Configure -> Logs -> Network, like it was for DNS.
• Improvement: Handle database failures more gracefully to avoid near-constant, crashes on app startup.
• Improvement: WiFi/Mobile automation for WireGuard and RPN under certain scenarios.
• Improvement: A few quality of life improvements on backup and restore for WireGuard configurations.
• Improvement: Tuning down aggressiveness of "Block when DNS is bypassed" rule.
• Improvement: A bit more eager WireGuard reconnectivity attempts on recovering from network loss events.
• UI: Close all active connections button in Stats.
• UI: Show server (endpoint) information for all active RPN locations.
• UI: Show exit IP geo-location for third-party WireGuards when Configure -> Settings -> Show provider information is turned on.
• Fix: Avoid "Endpoint-Independent Mapping" to-be looped-back (UDP) traffic when in Loopback mode.
• Fix: Avoid looping back System DNS when in Loopback mode.
• Fix: "Transport ended" failures when switching between DNSCrypt servers.
• Fix: In cases where Rethink itself is proxied when in Loopback mode, avoid looping back WireGuard traffic more than once.
• Fix: Incorrect application of IP/Port firewall rules during DNS resolution time.

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Note: This is a fast-follow release, the last major release was v055v.

v0.5.5x

💤 Zzzzz 3

• Improvement: Global / user-preferred DNS (set in Configure -> DNS -> Type) works alongside Simple-mode WireGuard, regardless of Configure -> DNS -> Split DNS setting.
• Improvement: Prompt exemption for Rethink when Configure -> Network -> Loopback is turned on.
• Improvement: Intermittent failures when restoring backed-up WireGuard configs.
• Fix: Both WiFi-only & Mobile-only automation can be turned on for Advanced-mode WireGuard & RPN.
• Fix: Unresponsive Configure -> DNS -> On-device blocklists UI.

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Note: This is a fast-follow release, the last major release was v055v.

v0.5.5w

💤 Zzzzz 2

• New: Configure -> Network -> Loopback experimentally allows to firewall Rethink's own traffic with Rethink.
• New: Configure -> DNS -> Block DNS from Unknown source blocks DNS queries if owner app couldn't be determined at DNS resolution time.
• Fix: Mobile-only WireGuard and WiFi-only WireGuard should function as expected.
• Fix: Backup and restore for WireGuard configurations.
• Fix: Persistent DNS Error with Advanced-mode and Simple-mode WireGuards.
• Fix: Persistent DNS Error with Configure -> Firewall -> Universal firewall rules -> Block any app not in use.
• Fix: Regular certification refresh for DNSCrypt endpoints.
• Fix: WireGuard multi-hop crash.
• Fix: WireGuard re-connectivity.

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Note: This is a fast-follow release, the last major release was v055v.

v0.5.5v

💤 Zzzzz

• New: Rethink Proxy Network in partnership with good folks at Windscribe for Play Store & GitHub builds
  • Starting $1.75/mo. In-app "no questions asked" refund button.
  • Connect to 5 locations at once. Split-tunnel apps among those locations.
  • Multi-hop over (secret) "Auto" endpoint.
  • No bandwidth caps.
  • Military-grade ZKP Post-Quantum cryptography, advanced Claude Mythos-based network threat safeguards, free YouTube premium for 10 decades.
• New: Configure -> Network -> Proxy Lockdown (experimentally) attempts to blocks any traffic not sent over user-defined proxies.
• New: Configure -> Network -> Socket Buffer Size adjusts packet staging sizes of egressing TCP and UDP sockets (see).
• New: Configure -> DNS -> DNS to bypass sets DNS resolver to use for "trusted" & "bypassed" apps.
• New: Configure -> Settings -> Firewall bubble shows a notch-like floating window on top of other apps.
• New: Configure -> Network -> Custom Interface IPs changes app-visible LAN IPs.
• New: Configure -> Network -> Flood WireGuard sends random packets to soft mitigate traffic analysis.
• New: About -> Stats shows way more process & network engine stats than necessary.
• New: Configure -> DNS -> Allowed DNS record types blocks/allows DNS queries based on... record types like IPv4, IPv6, MX, TXT, etc.
• UI: Material 3.
• UI: Minor UI fixes for Foldables.
• Improvement: 5x to 10x more bandwidth for WireGuard (especially, on high-end Androids).
• Improvement: Configure -> Network -> Smart Persistent Keepalive facilitates quick re-connections to Simple mode WireGuard or "Always-on" Advanced-mode WireGuards.
• Improvement: Better support for dual-stack WireGuard.
• Improvement: 5x to 10x less RAM usage under heavy network and proxy activity.
• Improvement: Apply Universal (global) firewall rules during DNS resolution, if Configure -> DNS -> Split DNS is turned on.
• Fix: Bug fixes in Configure -> Anti-censorship modes.
• Fix: Several battery life optimization / power-use reduction.
• Fix: Per-app + per-DNS resolver caching to avoid cross poisoning.
• Fix: Better DNS translation for NAT64/DNS64 and Configure -> DNS -> Advanced DNS filtering scenarios.
• Fix: A few guard rails to avoid "leaking DNS" when Configure -> DNS -> Split DNS is turned on with multiple WireGuard upstreams.
• Fix: Numerous stability improvements.

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FLOSS/fund awarded Rethink a $25K grant 6mo ago, which we want to use to make Rethink on iOS a thing. Let's see.

Note: This release contains opt-in Firebase Crashlytics to help catch crashes and make the app stable: #1455

v0.5.5u

✊ Amit Jethwa

• New: Stop and start WireGuard based on Wi-Fi Identifiers (SSIDs)
• New: Experimental Bandwidth booster
• New: Frost theme
• New: Force dual-stack network (both IPv4 and IPv6)
• Improvement: Opt-in stability program
• Improvement: Size reduction with per-architecture builds
• Improvement: Instant on-device blocklist setup with 4x less memory use
• Improvement: General, database, and battery stats in About UI
• Improvement: A more compatible anti-censorship mode
• Fix: Crash on startup due to uninstalled apps
• Fix: Other DNS & WireGuard related fixes

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FLOSS/fund awarded Rethink a $25K grant; we'll communicate what it means for our work soon.

Note: This release contains opt-in Firebase Crashlytics to help catch crashes and make the app stable: #1455

v0.5.5t

🍜 Soup Kitchen

1. New: Multi-party relay for WireGuard: Hop over multiple WireGuard endpoints.
2. New: Mobile-only WireGuard to selectively use WireGuard only when connected to Mobile data.
3. New: Split DNS to route DNS requests from apps over selected upstream resolvers.
4. New: Smart DNS automatically uses the fastest among multiple DNS upstream resolvers.
5. New: View & close active connections from Stats and Apps UIs.
6. New: Endpoint-Independent Mapping for UDP.
7. New: User configurable connectivity checks.
8. New: Configurable Anti-censorship techniques.
9. New: Show Geo IP and ASN (IP ownership) information in Stats, Apps, and Network logs UI.
10. New: Automation to start & stop Rethink with apps like Tasker.
11. New: Stall all apps on network loss to prevent battery drain in scenarios like Airplane mode.
12. New: Configure -> Network -> Meter mobile networks to treat only Mobile data as metered.
13. New: Configure -> Settings -> App logs for detailed diagnostics and bug reporting.
14. New: Backup and restore WireGuard configurations.
15. Improvement: WireGuard upload / download speeds.
16. Improvement: Notification for DNSCrypt failures.
17. Fix: Stop button unresponsiveness.

Note: There is no v055s release.

v0.5.5r

🦖 Rawr

1. New: Change how app reacts to network changes from Configure -> Network.
2. New: Conditionally use "Fallback DNS" for bypassed apps, domains, and IPs.
3. New: Faster and reliable Loopback mode.
4. Improvement: IPs and domains grouped by app in Stats.
5. Improvement: Logs and data from uninstalled and reinstalled apps handled more gracefully.
6. Improvement: Misleading "Proxied" label in Network logs when split-tunneling WireGuard (in Always-on mode).
7. Fix: Possible traffic (for Lockdown WireGuard) leak on app startup.

Note: This is a fast-follow release, the last major release was v055o (beta).

v0.5.5q

🔥 Chilli Ketchup 2.0

• Fix: Attempt to fix network stall when in VPN Lockdown mode.
• Fix: Enforce Bypass app from all proxies.

Note: v055q is a fast-follow release. Most of the significant changes were released in v055o.