Client v1.0.0 🎉

Published at February 11, 2026 ·  4 min read

This release marks an important milestone for the Packetriot client; it is (finally) our v1.0.0 release 🎉🎉🎉

This release focuses on security, performance, and usability. We’ve introduced signed binaries for Windows and macOS, and a new Windows installer. This release improves network tunneling efficiency and resilience, and expands observability with latency metrics and dashboard visualizations. Several security updates are also included, covering dependencies, the Go runtime, and our container base image.

Get the Release!

You can download the latest Packetriot client packages from the Packetriot dashboard or directly from our downloads page. Existing installations can be upgraded in place, and Windows users will now benefit from a streamlined installer that also simplifies future updates. As always, we recommend upgrading to take advantage of the latest security fixes and improvements.

Signed Client Binaries and Windows Installer

We now code-sign Packetriot client binaries for both Windows and macOS, ensuring downloads can be verified and trusted by the operating system. On Windows, this release introduces a new NSIS-based installer that provides a smoother installation experience and simplifies future upgrades. These changes improve user trust, reduce installation warnings, and make it easier to deploy the client across managed systems.

Network Optimizations

This release includes several network-level improvements to make tunnels more efficient and resilient. The client now supports an updated tunnel protocol with sparse frames, reducing protocol overhead and saving bandwidth. In addition, we’ve updated to a newer version of the Spokes server client library, which introduces better timeout handling, support for retrying failed requests, and the ability to rebuild connections from scratch when recovery attempts are exhausted. Together, these changes result in more reliable tunnels, especially in less stable network environments.

OpenID Connect

This release introduces UI updates that allow OpenID Connect to be set up for HTTP/S traffic directly from the dashboard.

OpenID Connect (OIDC) has been supported in the Packetriot client for some time, but this is the first release that allows configuration through the web UI. This makes it easier to integrate Packetriot with existing identity providers and manage authentication without manual client-side configuration.

The client will pass along these headers to the upstream application: X-Forwarded-User and X-Forwarded-Email.

Latency Metrics

We’ve added latency metrics and uptime reporting for the data channels used to forward Internet traffic to the client. The client stores logs of this data in metrics.json, located in the configuration directory. This file stores up to the latest 50 latency measurements and is sampled every 30 seconds. It leverages the existing keep-alive checks and a new feature in our Spokes server to compute network latency in the data channels.

These metrics are also visualized on the Health page in the dashboard. It provides clearer insights into real-time tunnel performance. This added visibility helps users better understand traffic behavior, spot performance regressions, and troubleshoot latency-related issues more quickly.

Security Updates

This release includes multiple security-focused updates across the Packetriot client and its supporting components. We’ve upgraded the Go compiler to version 1.25.7 to resolve CVEs in the standard library, updated the container base image to Alpine 3.23 to address OpenSSL-related vulnerabilities, and fixed several CVEs in external dependencies.

Together, these changes improve the overall security posture of Packetriot deployments without requiring any additional configuration.

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who shared feedback, reported bugs, and requested new features. Your input continues to shape the direction of Packetriot, and we truly appreciate your support. Please keep letting us know how we can make the client and overall Packetriot experience even better.

I want to thank all the users who have been on this journey with us. Packetriot has been in operation for 6+ years, and a v1.0.0 release is a big deal in software. This release builds on the many features and UX improvements we shipped in 2025 and includes the security and trust mechanisms that set us apart.

In 2025, we shipped improvements across the board, and we are not stopping in 2026! We have a great roadmap planned!

Cheers,

John & The Packetriot Team