Merge branch 'fix/device-test-findings'

Version and changelog together (rule 24). The in-app updater compares
PackageInfo.version against the GitHub tag, so the tag and this must
agree or an update is offered forever.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <[email protected]>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,60 @@ Versions follow [semver](https://semver.org/): MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
 
 ---
 
+## [3.3.7] — 2026-10-17
+
+### Added
+- **A warning before a session ends.** The VPN service schedules it off the same
+  deadline it already enforces, so it still arrives when the app is closed, and
+  a support top-up moves it with the deadline. It does not promise an exact
+  number of minutes: on a sleeping phone Android may hold it back, and the app
+  would rather say "soon" than say "5 minutes" with one left.
+- **"Disconnected — not protected" notification** when a session ends without
+  you asking: the 2-hour expiry, the data limit, the server ending the
+  session, or the tunnel stopping unexpectedly.
+- **SOCKS5 mode now asks for the notification permission.** It never did,
+  because it never raises the VPN consent dialog, so on Android 13+ these
+  alerts would have been dropped before they were shown.
+- **The app now shows what went wrong.** Connect errors, the reason a session
+  ended, and progress while connecting appear under the status bar instead of
+  the button silently going back to idle.
+
+### Changed
+- **A control-plane outage no longer tears down a working tunnel.** The app used
+  to disconnect itself after about two minutes of failed status polls, putting
+  you back on your real IP; it now keeps the tunnel up and shows
+  "Can't reach the server — still connected". Expiry is still enforced by the
+  VPN service's own deadline and by the server.
+
+### Fixed
+- **Rewarded ads no longer break connecting.** With ads enabled, the ad's
+  server-side-verification nonce and the nonce the connect flow waited for were
+  minted separately, so the client rejected the very session the ad created and
+  failed with "Session not activated". The ad's nonce is now passed through to
+  the connect call, the fake bypass callback is skipped when a real ad was
+  watched, and the client polls longer (~36 s) for Google's callback.
+- **SOCKS5 "Reconnect" re-attaches to the current session** instead of
+  requesting a new one, so repairing a lost proxy no longer needs (or grants)
+  a fresh session.
+- **The end-of-session warning now actually arrives when the app is closed.**
+  It was scheduled only on an inexact alarm, and a sleeping phone could hold
+  that alarm back past the end of the session it was warning about — so in the
+  one case the warning exists for, it never came. It now also runs off the VPN
+  service's own timer, the same one that already ends the session on time.
+- **Disconnecting from Android's VPN settings no longer leaves a countdown in
+  the notification shade.** It used to sit there frozen, showing time remaining
+  on a tunnel that was already gone.
+- **The VPN reconnects itself after the tunnel core stops.** Recovery never
+  worked: every attempt failed on the same internal error, and each one left
+  another copy of the core running in the background. One restart now brings it
+  back without dropping the connection.
+- **Disconnecting now releases your session on the server** instead of leaving
+  it open until it expires on its own.
+- **A core that fails to start now says why.** Its output was being thrown
+  away, so the only trace was an exit code.
+
+---
+
 ## [3.3.6] — 2026-10-08
 
 ### Fixed

android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/paladinvpn/app/MainActivity.kt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import android.os.VibratorManager
 import android.provider.Settings
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationManagerCompat
+import com.github.tfox.flutter_vless.xray.utils.RevoltAlerts
 import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.EventChannel
@@ -61,14 +62,32 @@ class MainActivity : FlutterActivity() {
 
         MethodChannel(flutterEngine.dartExecutor.binaryMessenger, notificationChannel)
             .setMethodCallHandler { call, result ->
-                if (call.method == "updateNotificationText") {
+                when (call.method) {
-                    val text = call.argument<String>("text") ?: ""
+                    "updateNotificationText" -> {
-                    val title = call.argument<String>("title") ?: "Revolt VPN"
+                        val text = call.argument<String>("text") ?: ""
-                    val action = call.argument<String>("disconnectLabel") ?: "Disconnect"
+                        val title = call.argument<String>("title") ?: "Revolt VPN"
-                    updateVpnNotification(title, text, action)
+                        val action = call.argument<String>("disconnectLabel") ?: "Disconnect"
-                    result.success(null)
+                        updateVpnNotification(title, text, action)
-                } else {
+                        result.success(null)
-                    result.notImplemented()
+                    }
+                    // Session ends only Dart sees; the service posts the rest.
+                    "showDisconnectedAlert" -> {
+                        RevoltAlerts.postDisconnected(this)
+                        result.success(null)
+                    }
+                    // The countdown re-post is ongoing and non-dismissible, so
+                    // whoever posted it last has to take it down. A tick that
+                    // lands after the service cancelled its own foreground
+                    // notification otherwise strands a frozen countdown that
+                    // claims a protected session forever. Harmless while the
+                    // service is still in the foreground - the platform keeps
+                    // its notification regardless.
+                    "cancelNotification" -> {
+                        (getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as NotificationManager)
+                            .cancel(NOTIFICATION_ID)
+                        result.success(null)
+                    }
+                    else -> result.notImplemented()
                 }
             }
 

lib/components/connect_button.dart

@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ class _ConnectButtonState extends State<ConnectButton>
 
     setState(() => _busy = true);
     try {
-      final adWatched = await ad.showAd('main');
+      final adNonce = await ad.showAd('main');
-      if (!adWatched && AdManager.adsEnabled) return;
+      if (adNonce == null && AdManager.adsEnabled) return;
 
-      final ok = await vpn.connect();
+      final ok = await vpn.connect(adNonce: adNonce);
       if (ok) {
         await timer.start();
         HapticSettings.success();

lib/components/status_bar.dart

@@ -5,6 +5,41 @@ import 'package:revoltvpn/logic/app_colors.dart';
 import 'package:revoltvpn/logic/session_timer.dart';
 import 'package:revoltvpn/logic/vpn_connection.dart';
 
+// The one line worth showing right now, and whether it is a problem.
+class _StatusDetail {
+  const _StatusDetail(this.text, {this.isProblem = false});
+
+  final String text;
+  final bool isProblem;
+}
+
+_StatusDetail? _detail(VpnConnection vpn, SessionTimer timer) {
+  final error = vpn.errorMessage;
+  if (error != null && error.isNotEmpty) {
+    return _StatusDetail(error.replaceAll('\n', ' '), isProblem: true);
+  }
+
+  if (vpn.status == VpnStatus.connecting ||
+      vpn.status == VpnStatus.disconnecting) {
+    return _StatusDetail(vpn.statusMessage);
+  }
+
+  // Control plane only - the tunnel still carries traffic.
+  if (vpn.status == VpnStatus.connected && timer.serverUnreachable) {
+    return const _StatusDetail(
+      'Can\'t reach the server — still connected',
+      isProblem: true,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (vpn.status != VpnStatus.connected) {
+    final ended = timer.lastEndMessage;
+    if (ended != null) return _StatusDetail(ended, isProblem: true);
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
 class StatusBar extends StatelessWidget {
   const StatusBar({super.key});
 
@@ -24,6 +59,8 @@ class StatusBar extends StatelessWidget {
                 ? 'Connecting…'
                 : (vpn.serverReachable ? 'Ready' : 'Offline'));
 
+        final detail = _detail(vpn, timer);
+
         return Padding(
           padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 24),
           child: Column(
@@ -96,6 +133,21 @@ class StatusBar extends StatelessWidget {
                   ],
                 ),
               ),
+              // Errors and session-end reasons used to render nowhere.
+              if (detail != null)
+                Padding(
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 6),
+                  child: Text(
+                    detail.text,
+                    textAlign: TextAlign.center,
+                    style: TextStyle(
+                      color: detail.isProblem
+                          ? AppColors.red
+                          : AppColors.textDim,
+                      fontSize: 11,
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                ),
             ],
           ),
         );

lib/components/support_button.dart

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class _SupportButtonState extends State<SupportButton> {
     setState(() => _busy = true);
 
     try {
-      final rewarded = await ad.showAd('support');
+      final rewarded = await ad.showAd('support') != null;
       if (rewarded) {
         await timer.markSupportRewardClaimed();
         await timer.syncNow();

lib/logic/ad_manager.dart

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert';
-import 'dart:math';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:google_mobile_ads/google_mobile_ads.dart';
 import 'package:revoltvpn/logic/crypto_service.dart';
@@ -97,13 +96,16 @@ class AdManager extends ChangeNotifier {
 
   // ── Show ad (or debug bypass) ─────────────────────────────────────
 
-  Future<bool> showAd(String adType) async {
+  // Returns the nonce put in the SSV custom_data, null if unrewarded. connect()
-    // Debug bypass: fire fake AdMob callback so support ads work in dev.
+  // must reuse it: minting a second nonce there rejects the ad's own session.
-    // The server's ADMOB_BYPASS must be True for this to succeed.
+  Future<String?> showAd(String adType) async {
-    if (!adsEnabled && kDebugMode) {
+    if (!adsEnabled) {
+      // Main connect fires its own bypass in fetchConfigDirectly (rule 87).
+      if (adType != 'support' || !kDebugMode) return null;
+
+      // Needs ADMOB_BYPASS=True server-side.
       final deviceId = await CryptoService.getDeviceId();
-      final nonce = '${Random().nextInt(0x7FFFFFFF)}-${DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch}';
+      final nonce = HivemindService.newNonce();
-      HivemindService.setExpectedNonce(nonce);
       try {
         final customData = jsonEncode({
           'device_id': deviceId,
@@ -115,29 +117,24 @@ class AdManager extends ChangeNotifier {
             '?signature=test&key_id=test'
             '&custom_data=${Uri.encodeComponent(customData)}');
         await HivemindService.directGet(fakeUrl, timeout: const Duration(seconds: 8));
-        return true;
+        return nonce;
       } catch (_) {
-        return false;
+        return null;
       }
     }
 
-    if (!adsEnabled) return false;
-
     await ensureSdkInitialized();
 
     if (!_isAdLoaded || _rewardedAd == null) {
       final loaded = await preloadAd();
       if (!loaded || _rewardedAd == null) {
         debugPrint('[AdManager] Cannot show ad, failed to load.');
-        return false;
+        return null;
       }
     }
 
     final deviceId = await CryptoService.getDeviceId();
-
+    final nonce = HivemindService.newNonce();
-    final nonce = '${Random().nextInt(0x7FFFFFFF)}-${DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch}';
-    HivemindService.setExpectedNonce(nonce);
-    debugPrint('[AdManager] Ad nonce: $nonce');
 
     final ssvOptions = ServerSideVerificationOptions(
       customData: jsonEncode({
@@ -182,7 +179,7 @@ class AdManager extends ChangeNotifier {
       },
     );
 
-    return rewardCompleter.future;
+    return await rewardCompleter.future ? nonce : null;
   }
 
   @override

lib/logic/hivemind_service.dart

@@ -76,18 +76,84 @@ class HivemindService {
     }
   }
 
+  static Future<http.Response> controlPost(
+    Uri uri,
+    Map<String, dynamic> body, {
+    Duration timeout = const Duration(seconds: 5),
+  }) async {
+    final client = http.Client();
+    final request = http.Request('POST', uri)
+      ..headers['User-Agent'] = _ua
+      ..headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
+      ..body = jsonEncode(body)
+      ..followRedirects = false;
+
+    Future<http.Response> send() async {
+      final streamed = await client.send(request);
+      final declaredLength = streamed.contentLength;
+      if (declaredLength != null && declaredLength > _maxControlResponseBytes) {
+        throw const FormatException('Control response is too large.');
+      }
+
+      final bytes = <int>[];
+      await for (final chunk in streamed.stream) {
+        if (bytes.length + chunk.length > _maxControlResponseBytes) {
+          throw const FormatException('Control response is too large.');
+        }
+        bytes.addAll(chunk);
+      }
+
+      return http.Response.bytes(bytes, streamed.statusCode,
+          headers: streamed.headers, request: request);
+    }
+
+    try {
+      return await send().timeout(
+        timeout,
+        onTimeout: () {
+          client.close();
+          throw TimeoutException('Control request timed out.', timeout);
+        },
+      );
+    } finally {
+      client.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Hands the session back so the server can drop the VLESS client instead of
+  // leaving it provisioned until the window runs out.
+  //
+  // Only the user-initiated disconnect calls this. An expiry, a hard cap or a
+  // server-ended session is already gone server-side, and /session/stop takes
+  // nothing but a device_id as proof (hivemind/api.py notes this), so a
+  // transient client error must never be allowed to destroy a live session.
+  // Best effort throughout: the session expires on its own regardless.
+  static Future<void> releaseSession() async {
+    try {
+      final deviceId = await CryptoService.getDeviceId();
+      await controlPost(
+        _publicUrl('/session/stop'),
+        {'device_id': deviceId},
+        timeout: const Duration(seconds: 3),
+      );
+    } catch (_) {
+      // Nothing to recover: the server expires the session anyway.
+    }
+  }
+
   static void cancel() {
     _currentCallId++;
     _expectedNonce = null;
   }
 
-  static void setExpectedNonce(String nonce) {
+  // Fetches this device's VLESS URL.
-    _expectedNonce = nonce;
+  //   adNonce — wait for the session that ad created (SSV can lag, so poll longer)
-  }
+  //   resume  — re-attach to the session already held; any nonce accepted
-
+  //   neither — ads off: mint a nonce and fire the bypass (rule 87)
   static Future<String> fetchConfigDirectly({
     void Function(int attempt, int total)? onAttempt,
-    bool skipAdBypass = false,
+    String? adNonce,
+    bool resume = false,
   }) async {
     // Capture the generation before the first await. Otherwise a disconnect
     // that lands while secure storage is resolving the device ID can be lost
@@ -96,15 +162,15 @@ class HivemindService {
     final deviceId = await CryptoService.getDeviceId();
     _throwIfCancelled(callId);
 
-    final nonce = _newNonce();
+    final nonce = resume ? null : (adNonce ?? newNonce());
     _expectedNonce = nonce;
 
-    if (!skipAdBypass) {
+    if (!resume && adNonce == null) {
-      await _runConfiguredBypass(deviceId, nonce);
+      await _runConfiguredBypass(deviceId, nonce!);
       _throwIfCancelled(callId);
     }
 
-    const maxAttempts = 5;
+    final maxAttempts = adNonce != null ? 10 : 5;
     for (var attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
       _throwIfCancelled(callId);
       onAttempt?.call(attempt, maxAttempts);
@@ -122,7 +188,9 @@ class HivemindService {
       }
 
       if (attempt < maxAttempts) {
-        await Future.delayed(_pollBackoff[attempt - 1]);
+        await Future.delayed(
+          _pollBackoff[min(attempt - 1, _pollBackoff.length - 1)],
+        );
         _throwIfCancelled(callId);
       }
     }
@@ -142,7 +210,7 @@ class HivemindService {
     }
   }
 
-  static String _newNonce() {
+  static String newNonce() {
     final random = Random.secure();
     final high = random.nextInt(0x7FFFFFFF);
     final low = random.nextInt(0x7FFFFFFF);
@@ -161,9 +229,10 @@ class HivemindService {
     }
   }
 
+  // nonce == null accepts whatever nonce the server holds (resume path).
   static Future<_HivemindSessionConfig?> _fetchActiveSession(
     String deviceId,
-    String nonce,
+    String? nonce,
   ) async {
     final statusUri = _publicUrl('/session/status').replace(
       queryParameters: {'device_id': deviceId},
@@ -175,9 +244,8 @@ class HivemindService {
     if (decoded is! Map<String, dynamic>) return null;
 
     final serverNonce = decoded['nonce'];
-    if (_expectedNonce != nonce ||
+    if (_expectedNonce != nonce) return null;
-        serverNonce is! String ||
+    if (nonce != null && (serverNonce is! String || serverNonce != nonce)) {
-        serverNonce != nonce) {
       return null;
     }
 

lib/logic/notification_service.dart

@@ -32,6 +32,30 @@ class NotificationService {
     }
   }
 
+  // Same id as the service's own alert, so a double post replaces.
+  static Future<void> showDisconnectedAlert() async {
+    try {
+      await _channel.invokeMethod<void>('showDisconnectedAlert');
+    } catch (_) {
+      // Informational only.
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Takes down the countdown notification.
+  ///
+  /// [updateTimer] re-posts an ongoing, non-dismissible notification, so a tick
+  /// that lands after the VPN service has cancelled its own foreground copy
+  /// leaves a frozen countdown on screen that nobody owns. Call this once the
+  /// tunnel is actually down.
+  static Future<void> cancelTimer() async {
+    _lastText = null;
+    try {
+      await _channel.invokeMethod<void>('cancelNotification');
+    } catch (_) {
+      // Cosmetic.
+    }
+  }
+
   /// Forces the next connect to re-post even if the countdown resumes on the
   /// same value.
   static void reset() => _lastText = null;

lib/logic/session_timer.dart

@@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
   static const FlutterSecureStorage _supportStorage = FlutterSecureStorage();
 
   static const int _maxConsecutiveFailures = 3;
-  static const int _maxOfflineSeconds = 120;
-  int _offlineSeconds = 0;
 
   static const int _pollIntervalSeconds = 60;
   static const int _backgroundPollIntervalSeconds = 60;
 
   int _lastUsedBytes = 0;
   Stopwatch? _sinceLastSuccessfulSync;
+  // Wall clock, because the Stopwatch is CLOCK_MONOTONIC and stops across
+  // device suspend - exactly when the RTC_WAKEUP expiry alarm fires.
+  DateTime? _deadlineAt;
   double _currentSpeedKBps = 0.0;
 
   SessionTimer({required this.vpnConnection}) {
@@ -67,6 +68,13 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
   int get usedBytes => _usedBytes;
   double get currentSpeedKBps => _currentSpeedKBps;
 
+  // Display state only - an unreachable API never tears down a live tunnel.
+  bool get serverUnreachable => _consecutiveFailures >= _maxConsecutiveFailures;
+
+  // Why the last session ended, if the user did not end it. Cleared on connect.
+  String? _lastEndMessage;
+  String? get lastEndMessage => _lastEndMessage;
+
   String get formatted {
     final h = (_remainingSeconds ~/ 3600).toString().padLeft(2, '0');
     final m = ((_remainingSeconds % 3600) ~/ 60).toString().padLeft(2, '0');
@@ -124,16 +132,35 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
     if (!hadActiveSession || _isDisconnecting) return;
 
     if (vpnConnection.status == VpnStatus.error) {
-      unawaited(_doDisconnect('VPN entered error state'));
+      unawaited(_doDisconnect(
+        'VPN entered error state',
+        endedMessage: 'The tunnel stopped. You are not protected.',
+      ));
       return;
     }
 
     if (vpnConnection.status == VpnStatus.disconnected) {
-      unawaited(_doDisconnect('VPN tunnel dropped'));
+      // The native deadline beats the 1 s tick, so expiry lands here, not in
+      // _tick. postAlert is false: the service already posted, and a
+      // notification-Disconnect tap is the user asking.
+      final deadline = _deadlineAt;
+      final expired = _hasSyncedOnce &&
+          deadline != null &&
+          DateTime.now().isAfter(
+            deadline.subtract(const Duration(seconds: 5)),
+          );
+      unawaited(_doDisconnect(
+        'VPN tunnel dropped',
+        endedMessage:
+            expired ? 'Your session ended. You are not protected.' : null,
+        postAlert: false,
+      ));
     }
   }
 
-  Future<void> start() async {
+  // resetSupportClaim is false when re-attaching to a session already held:
+  // the top-up is once per server session and this flag is what enforces it.
+  Future<void> start({bool resetSupportClaim = true}) async {
     _sessionEpoch++;
     _remainingSeconds = 0;
     _remainingAtLastSync = 0;
@@ -141,19 +168,22 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
     _lastUsedBytes = 0;
     _sinceLastSuccessfulSync?.stop();
     _sinceLastSuccessfulSync = null;
+    _deadlineAt = null;
     _currentSpeedKBps = 0.0;
     _tickCount = 0;
     _hasSyncedOnce = false;
     _consecutiveFailures = 0;
-    _offlineSeconds = 0;
     _isDisconnecting = false;
     _appBackgrounded = false;
+    _lastEndMessage = null;
     NotificationService.reset();
 
-    _supportStateEpoch++;
+    if (resetSupportClaim) {
-    _supportRewardClaimed = false;
+      _supportStateEpoch++;
-    _supportRewardStateLoaded = true;
+      _supportRewardClaimed = false;
-    unawaited(_persistSupportRewardState(false));
+      _supportRewardStateLoaded = true;
+      unawaited(_persistSupportRewardState(false));
+    }
 
     _timer?.cancel();
     _timer = Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 1), _tick);
@@ -169,16 +199,11 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
       _reconcileElapsedTime();
     }
 
-    if (_consecutiveFailures >= _maxConsecutiveFailures) {
-      _offlineSeconds++;
-      if (_offlineSeconds >= _maxOfflineSeconds) {
-        unawaited(_doDisconnect('Server unreachable'));
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-
     if (_hasSyncedOnce && _remainingSeconds <= 0) {
-      unawaited(_doDisconnect('Session expired'));
+      unawaited(_doDisconnect(
+        'Session expired',
+        endedMessage: 'Your session ended. You are not protected.',
+      ));
       return;
     }
 
@@ -216,15 +241,27 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
   }
 
   Future<void> disconnect({String reason = 'User requested'}) async {
+    // Only here, not in _doDisconnect: this is the one path the user actually
+    // asked for. Unawaited so a slow or unreachable API never holds up the
+    // teardown.
+    unawaited(HivemindService.releaseSession());
     await _doDisconnect(reason);
   }
 
-  Future<void> _doDisconnect(String reason) async {
+  // endedMessage is what the UI shows; postAlert raises the notification.
+  // A user-requested disconnect passes neither.
+  Future<void> _doDisconnect(
+    String reason, {
+    String? endedMessage,
+    bool postAlert = true,
+  }) async {
     if (_isDisconnecting) return;
     _isDisconnecting = true;
     _sessionEpoch++;
     debugPrint('[Timer] Disconnecting: $reason');
 
+    _lastEndMessage = endedMessage;
+    _deadlineAt = null;
     _timer?.cancel();
     _timer = null;
     _currentSpeedKBps = 0.0;
@@ -237,6 +274,13 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
     notifyListeners();
 
     await vpnConnection.disconnect();
+    // After the service is down, so the cancel is not swallowed by a still
+    // foreground notification. Without it a revoke leaves the countdown on
+    // screen, frozen, claiming a session that no longer protects anything.
+    await NotificationService.cancelTimer();
+    if (endedMessage != null && postAlert) {
+      unawaited(NotificationService.showDisconnectedAlert());
+    }
 
     _isDisconnecting = false;
     notifyListeners();
@@ -282,7 +326,11 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
           return;
         }
         if (!activeValue) {
-          await _doDisconnect('Server ended session');
+          await _doDisconnect(
+            'Server ended session',
+            endedMessage:
+                'The server ended your session. You are not protected.',
+          );
           return;
         }
 
@@ -298,6 +346,9 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
         final elapsedMs = _sinceLastSuccessfulSync?.elapsedMilliseconds;
         _remainingAtLastSync = expiresValue.toInt();
         _remainingSeconds = _remainingAtLastSync;
+        _deadlineAt = DateTime.now().add(
+          Duration(seconds: _remainingAtLastSync),
+        );
         _usedBytes = _readNonNegativeInt(data['used_bytes'], _usedBytes);
 
         final deltaBytes = _usedBytes - _lastUsedBytes;
@@ -313,7 +364,10 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
         _sinceLastSuccessfulSync = Stopwatch()..start();
 
         if (data['cap_exhausted'] == true) {
-          await _doDisconnect('Data cap reached');
+          await _doDisconnect(
+            'Data cap reached',
+            endedMessage: 'Data limit reached. You are not protected.',
+          );
           return;
         }
 
@@ -322,12 +376,15 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
           await vpnConnection.setNativeSessionDeadline(_remainingAtLastSync);
         } catch (e) {
           debugPrint('[Timer] Failed to arm native session deadline: $e');
-          await _doDisconnect('Native session deadline unavailable');
+          await _doDisconnect(
+            'Native session deadline unavailable',
+            endedMessage:
+                'Could not arm the session timer. You are not protected.',
+          );
           return;
         }
         if (epoch != _sessionEpoch || _isDisconnecting) return;
         _consecutiveFailures = 0;
-        _offlineSeconds = 0;
         _hasSyncedOnce = true;
         notifyListeners();
       } else {
@@ -364,6 +421,16 @@ class SessionTimer extends ChangeNotifier with WidgetsBindingObserver {
     final elapsed = clock.elapsed.inSeconds;
     _remainingSeconds =
         (_remainingAtLastSync - elapsed).clamp(0, 1 << 31).toInt();
+
+    // The Stopwatch over-reports after device suspend. Take the smaller of
+    // the two, never the wall clock alone - a backward clock must not extend.
+    final deadline = _deadlineAt;
+    if (deadline != null) {
+      final byWallClock = deadline.difference(DateTime.now()).inSeconds;
+      if (byWallClock < _remainingSeconds) {
+        _remainingSeconds = byWallClock.clamp(0, 1 << 31).toInt();
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   @override

lib/logic/vpn_connection.dart

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class VpnConnection extends ChangeNotifier {
     }
   }
 
-  Future<bool> connect({bool skipAdBypass = false}) async {
+  Future<bool> connect({String? adNonce, bool resume = false}) async {
     if (_disposed ||
         _userDisconnecting ||
         _status == VpnStatus.connected ||
@@ -224,6 +224,17 @@ class VpnConnection extends ChangeNotifier {
       return false;
     }
 
+    // Proxy mode skips requestPermission below (VPN consent it never needs),
+    // so it has to ask for POST_NOTIFICATIONS on its own.
+    if (!kIsWeb && _activeMode == ConnectionMode.proxy) {
+      try {
+        await _nativeControl.invokeMethod<void>('requestNotificationPermission');
+      } catch (e) {
+        debugPrint('[VPN] Notification permission request failed: $e');
+      }
+      if (!_isCurrentConnect(connectEpoch)) return false;
+    }
+
     if (!kIsWeb && _activeMode == ConnectionMode.tun) {
       final ok = await _vless.requestPermission();
       if (!_isCurrentConnect(connectEpoch)) return false;
@@ -254,7 +265,8 @@ class VpnConnection extends ChangeNotifier {
     String realUrl;
     try {
       realUrl = await HivemindService.fetchConfigDirectly(
-        skipAdBypass: skipAdBypass,
+        adNonce: adNonce,
+        resume: resume,
         onAttempt: (attempt, total) {
           if (!_isCurrentConnect(connectEpoch)) return;
           _setStatus(

lib/screens/settings/in_settings/connection_mode.dart

@@ -67,10 +67,8 @@ class _ConnectionModeTileState extends State<ConnectionModeTile> {
     widget.onChanged?.call(next);
   }
 
-  /// Recovers from an orphaned proxy: tear the runtime down and start a fresh
+  // Recovers an orphaned proxy: tear the runtime down and re-attach to the
-  /// session so a readable set of credentials exists again. No rewarded ad —
+  // session already held. No ad, no new session.
-  /// the user is repairing a connection they already paid for, not opening a
-  /// new one.
   Future<void> _reconnect() async {
     if (_reconnecting) return;
     final vpn = context.read<VpnConnection>();
@@ -80,9 +78,9 @@ class _ConnectionModeTileState extends State<ConnectionModeTile> {
     try {
       await timer.disconnect();
       if (!mounted) return;
-      if (await vpn.connect()) {
+      if (await vpn.connect(resume: true)) {
         if (!mounted) return;
-        await timer.start();
+        await timer.start(resetSupportClaim: false);
       }
     } finally {
       if (mounted) {

local_packages/flutter_vless_android-1.1.5/android/src/main/kotlin/com/github/tfox/flutter_vless/FlutterVlessPlugin.kt

@@ -240,6 +240,28 @@ class FlutterVlessPlugin : FlutterPlugin, ActivityAware, PluginRegistry.Activity
                 }
             }
 
+            // POST_NOTIFICATIONS without VpnService.prepare, for proxy mode.
+            "requestNotificationPermission" -> {
+                val currentActivity = activity
+                if (currentActivity == null) {
+                    result.error("NO_ACTIVITY", "Activity is not attached", null)
+                    return
+                }
+                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU &&
+                    ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(
+                        currentActivity,
+                        Manifest.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS,
+                    ) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
+                ) {
+                    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(
+                        currentActivity,
+                        arrayOf(Manifest.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS),
+                        REQUEST_CODE_POST_NOTIFICATIONS,
+                    )
+                }
+                result.success(null)
+            }
+
             "requestPermission" -> {
                 val currentActivity = activity
                 if (currentActivity == null) {

local_packages/flutter_vless_android-1.1.5/android/src/main/kotlin/com/github/tfox/flutter_vless/xray/core/XrayCoreManager.kt

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageManager
 import android.graphics.Color
 import android.os.Build
 import android.os.CountDownTimer
+import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.Looper
 import android.util.Log
 import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat
@@ -37,6 +39,13 @@ object XrayCoreManager {
 
     private const val NOTIFICATION_ID = 1
     private const val TAG = "XrayCoreManager"
+
+    // The core's output is kept only for its first seconds, and only to explain
+    // a non-zero exit. A core that has been up longer than this may be carrying
+    // traffic, and its log can name destinations, which must never reach the
+    // device log (rule 95) - so past the window the buffer is dropped.
+    private const val STARTUP_LOG_WINDOW_MS = 10_000L
+    private const val STARTUP_LOG_MAX_LINES = 40
     private var xrayProcess: Process? = null
     private var countDownTimer: CountDownTimer? = null
     private var seconds = 0
@@ -347,12 +356,29 @@ object XrayCoreManager {
             // Monitor process in a separate thread to detect crash
             Thread {
                 try {
+                    val startedAt = System.currentTimeMillis()
+                    val startupLog = ArrayDeque<String>()
                     process.inputStream.bufferedReader().use { reader ->
-                        reader.forEachLine { _ -> }
+                        reader.forEachLine { line ->
+                            if (System.currentTimeMillis() - startedAt <= STARTUP_LOG_WINDOW_MS) {
+                                if (startupLog.size >= STARTUP_LOG_MAX_LINES) startupLog.removeFirst()
+                                startupLog.addLast(line)
+                            } else if (startupLog.isNotEmpty()) {
+                                startupLog.clear()
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
-                    
+
                     val exitCode = process.waitFor()
-                    Log.e(TAG, "Xray process exited with code $exitCode")
+                    if (exitCode != 0 && startupLog.isNotEmpty()) {
+                        Log.e(
+                            TAG,
+                            "Xray process exited with code $exitCode; startup output:\n" +
+                                startupLog.joinToString("\n")
+                        )
+                    } else {
+                        Log.e(TAG, "Xray process exited with code $exitCode")
+                    }
                     if (xrayProcess === process &&
                         AppConfigs.V2RAY_CONFIG?.RUNTIME_TOKEN == config.RUNTIME_TOKEN &&
                         (AppConfigs.V2RAY_STATE == AppConfigs.V2RAY_STATES.V2RAY_CONNECTED ||
@@ -383,6 +409,18 @@ object XrayCoreManager {
 
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Failed to start Xray process", e)
+            // The process may already be running: pb.start() succeeds before
+            // anything below it can throw. Leaving it alive leaked one live
+            // core per recovery attempt. Clear the field BEFORE destroying so
+            // the monitor thread's `xrayProcess === process` guard fails and
+            // recovery is not re-entered for a core we are killing here.
+            val orphan = xrayProcess
+            xrayProcess = null
+            try {
+                orphan?.destroy()
+            } catch (destroyError: Exception) {
+                Log.w(TAG, "Failed to destroy partially started Xray process", destroyError)
+            }
             deleteEphemeralConfigOnFailure(configFilesDir)
             return false
         }
@@ -429,7 +467,25 @@ object XrayCoreManager {
                AppConfigs.V2RAY_STATE == AppConfigs.V2RAY_STATES.V2RAY_CONNECTING
     }
 
+    // CountDownTimer builds a Handler, so it only constructs on a looper thread.
+    // Core recovery runs on a bare Thread (XrayVPNService.handleXrayCoreExit),
+    // where this threw "Can't create handler inside thread ... that has not
+    // called Looper.prepare()" and took the whole restart down with it.
+    private val mainHandler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
+
+    private fun runOnMain(block: () -> Unit) {
+        if (Looper.myLooper() == Looper.getMainLooper()) block() else mainHandler.post(block)
+    }
+
     private fun startTimer(context: Context) {
+        // Captured now: a stop that lands while the post is queued must not
+        // leave a timer ticking for a generation that is already gone.
+        val token = AppConfigs.V2RAY_CONFIG?.RUNTIME_TOKEN
+        runOnMain { startTimerOnMain(context, token) }
+    }
+
+    private fun startTimerOnMain(context: Context, token: String?) {
+        if (AppConfigs.V2RAY_CONFIG?.RUNTIME_TOKEN != token) return
         countDownTimer?.cancel()
         seconds = 0
         countDownTimer = object : CountDownTimer(Long.MAX_VALUE, 1000) {
@@ -454,9 +510,11 @@ object XrayCoreManager {
     }
 
     private fun stopTimer() {
-        countDownTimer?.cancel()
+        runOnMain {
-        countDownTimer = null
+            countDownTimer?.cancel()
-        seconds = 0
+            countDownTimer = null
+            seconds = 0
+        }
     }
 
     fun sendStatusBroadcast(context: Context, config: XrayConfig) {

local_packages/flutter_vless_android-1.1.5/android/src/main/kotlin/com/github/tfox/flutter_vless/xray/service/XrayVPNService.kt

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import android.util.Log
 import com.github.tfox.flutter_vless.xray.core.XrayCoreManager
 import com.github.tfox.flutter_vless.xray.dto.XrayConfig
 import com.github.tfox.flutter_vless.xray.utils.AppConfigs
+import com.github.tfox.flutter_vless.xray.utils.RevoltAlerts
 import org.json.JSONObject
 import java.io.File
 
@@ -44,6 +45,14 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
     private var sessionDeadlineToken: String? = null
     private val sessionDeadlineRunnable = Runnable { enforceSessionDeadline() }
 
+    // The warning's own backstop, mirroring the deadline's. The alarm alone is
+    // not enough: it is inexact on purpose (no SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM), and with
+    // the app closed on a dozing device it was measured never arriving at all,
+    // while the deadline's Handler fired within a second of its target.
+    private val sessionWarningRunnable = Runnable {
+        handleSessionWarningAlarm(sessionDeadlineToken.orEmpty())
+    }
+
     override fun onCreate() {
         super.onCreate()
     }
@@ -66,6 +75,13 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
             return START_NOT_STICKY
         }
 
+        // Must stay above the command dispatch: an intent with no COMMAND
+        // falls through to the final else and stops the tunnel.
+        if (intent.getBooleanExtra(EXTRA_SESSION_WARNING, false)) {
+            handleSessionWarningAlarm(intent.getStringExtra("RUNTIME_TOKEN").orEmpty())
+            return START_NOT_STICKY
+        }
+
         val command = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 33) {
             intent.getSerializableExtra("COMMAND", AppConfigs.V2RAY_SERVICE_COMMANDS::class.java)
         } else {
@@ -82,7 +98,7 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
                 Log.w(TAG, "Ignoring STOP_SERVICE without matching runtime generation")
                 return START_NOT_STICKY
             }
-            stopAll(requestedToken)
+            stopAll(requestedToken, userRequested = true)
             return START_NOT_STICKY
         }
 
@@ -121,6 +137,7 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
                     XrayCoreManager.stopCore(this)
                 }
                 cleanup(clearDeadline = true)
+                RevoltAlerts.cancelAll(this)
                 shuttingDownIntentionally = false
                 currentConfig = config
 
@@ -418,14 +435,21 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun stopAll(confirmationToken: String = currentConfig?.RUNTIME_TOKEN.orEmpty()) {
+    // Anything that stops a live tunnel unasked must say so. isRunning is read
+    // before cleanup() clears it, which keeps a failed connect silent.
+    private fun stopAll(
+        confirmationToken: String = currentConfig?.RUNTIME_TOKEN.orEmpty(),
+        userRequested: Boolean = false,
+    ) {
         if (shuttingDownIntentionally) return
+        val alertUser = isRunning && !userRequested
         shuttingDownIntentionally = true
         cleanup(clearDeadline = true)
         currentConfig = null
         XrayCoreManager.stopCore(this, confirmationToken)
         stopForeground(true)
         stopSelf()
+        if (alertUser) RevoltAlerts.postDisconnected(this)
     }
 
     private fun armSessionDeadline(config: XrayConfig, remainingSeconds: Long) {
@@ -451,17 +475,91 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
             return
         }
 
+        armExpiryWarning(config.RUNTIME_TOKEN, epochDeadline)
+
         deadlineHandler.removeCallbacks(sessionDeadlineRunnable)
         if (delayMs == 0L) deadlineHandler.post(sessionDeadlineRunnable)
         else deadlineHandler.postDelayed(sessionDeadlineRunnable, delayMs)
     }
 
+    // Advisory, unlike the deadline itself: nothing here fails closed. Dart
+    // re-pushes the deadline every sync, so this runs about once a minute.
+    private fun armExpiryWarning(runtimeToken: String, expiresAtEpochMs: Long) {
+        if (runtimeToken.isEmpty()) return
+
+        val warnAt = expiresAtEpochMs - RevoltAlerts.WARNING_LEAD_MS
+        // Inside the window already (or the short bootstrap deadline). Cancel
+        // nothing here: with no dedupe on the re-push, cancelling on this
+        // branch deletes the armed warning and never re-arms it.
+        if (warnAt <= System.currentTimeMillis() + WARNING_REARM_GRACE_MS) return
+
+        cancelSessionWarningAlarm()
+        // A warning on screen now belongs to an older deadline (top-up).
+        RevoltAlerts.cancelExpiryWarning(this)
+
+        try {
+            val alarmManager = getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE) as AlarmManager
+            val pendingIntent = sessionWarningPendingIntent(runtimeToken)
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
+                // Inexact on purpose - keeps this off SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM.
+                alarmManager.setAndAllowWhileIdle(
+                    AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
+                    warnAt,
+                    pendingIntent,
+                )
+            } else {
+                alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, warnAt, pendingIntent)
+            }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Failed to schedule session-expiry warning", e)
+        }
+
+        // postDelayed runs on uptimeMillis, so a truly suspended device still
+        // fires this late - handleSessionWarningAlarm then rejects it on the
+        // window check rather than claiming "5 minutes" with seconds left.
+        // Whenever the process is merely backgrounded, which is the common
+        // case, this is what actually delivers the warning.
+        val warnDelay = warnAt - System.currentTimeMillis()
+        deadlineHandler.removeCallbacks(sessionWarningRunnable)
+        if (warnDelay > 0L) {
+            deadlineHandler.postDelayed(sessionWarningRunnable, warnDelay)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun handleSessionWarningAlarm(alarmToken: String) {
+        val config = currentConfig
+        if (config == null) {
+            // Woke a process with no live runtime; nothing to warn about.
+            stopSelf()
+            return
+        }
+        if (alarmToken.isEmpty() || alarmToken != config.RUNTIME_TOKEN) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Ignoring session warning for stale runtime generation")
+            return
+        }
+
+        val deadline = sessionDeadlineElapsed ?: return
+        val remaining = deadline - SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()
+        if (remaining < WARNING_FLOOR_MS ||
+            remaining > RevoltAlerts.WARNING_LEAD_MS + WARNING_SLACK_MS
+        ) {
+            // Too late, or the deadline moved. Saying "5 minutes" with
+            // seconds left is worse than silence.
+            Log.w(TAG, "Ignoring session warning outside the warning window")
+            return
+        }
+
+        RevoltAlerts.postExpiryWarning(this)
+    }
+
     private fun clearSessionDeadline() {
         deadlineHandler.removeCallbacks(sessionDeadlineRunnable)
         sessionDeadlineElapsed = null
         sessionDeadlineToken = null
         clearPersistedDeadline()
         cancelSessionExpiryAlarm()
+        cancelSessionWarningAlarm()
+        RevoltAlerts.cancelExpiryWarning(this)
     }
 
     private fun enforceSessionDeadline() {
@@ -561,8 +659,12 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
         } else {
             clearPersistedDeadline()
             cancelSessionExpiryAlarm()
+            cancelSessionWarningAlarm()
+            RevoltAlerts.cancelExpiryWarning(this)
             stopForeground(true)
             stopSelf()
+            // This arm does not go through stopAll, so it posts for itself.
+            RevoltAlerts.postDisconnected(this)
         }
     }
 
@@ -607,6 +709,37 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun cancelSessionWarningAlarm() {
+        deadlineHandler.removeCallbacks(sessionWarningRunnable)
+        try {
+            val alarmManager = getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE) as AlarmManager
+            // Look it up rather than build it: FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT would
+            // rewrite the live alarm's RUNTIME_TOKEN to "" before cancelling.
+            existingSessionWarningPendingIntent()?.let { alarmManager.cancel(it) }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Failed to cancel session-warning alarm", e)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun existingSessionWarningPendingIntent(): PendingIntent? {
+        val intent = Intent(this, XrayVPNService::class.java)
+            .putExtra(EXTRA_SESSION_WARNING, true)
+        val flags = PendingIntent.FLAG_NO_CREATE or
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE else 0
+        return PendingIntent.getService(this, SESSION_WARNING_REQUEST_CODE, intent, flags)
+    }
+
+    // Identity is component + request code, not extras, so the warning needs
+    // its own code or it clobbers the expiry alarm.
+    private fun sessionWarningPendingIntent(runtimeToken: String): PendingIntent {
+        val intent = Intent(this, XrayVPNService::class.java)
+            .putExtra(EXTRA_SESSION_WARNING, true)
+            .putExtra("RUNTIME_TOKEN", runtimeToken)
+        val flags = PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT or
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE else 0
+        return PendingIntent.getService(this, SESSION_WARNING_REQUEST_CODE, intent, flags)
+    }
+
     private fun sessionExpiryPendingIntent(runtimeToken: String): PendingIntent {
         val intent = Intent(this, XrayVPNService::class.java)
             .putExtra(EXTRA_SESSION_EXPIRED, true)
@@ -628,7 +761,7 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
     }
 
     override fun onRevoke() {
-        stopAll()
+        stopAll(userRequested = true)
         super.onRevoke()
     }
 
@@ -681,6 +814,14 @@ class XrayVPNService : VpnService() {
         private const val PREF_RUNTIME_TOKEN = "runtime_token"
         private const val PREF_EXPIRES_AT_MS = "expires_at_ms"
         private const val EXTRA_SESSION_EXPIRED = "SESSION_EXPIRED"
+        private const val EXTRA_SESSION_WARNING = "SESSION_WARNING"
         private const val SESSION_EXPIRY_REQUEST_CODE = 1001
+        private const val SESSION_WARNING_REQUEST_CODE = 1002
+        // Drift allowed before a warning is treated as belonging elsewhere.
+        private const val WARNING_SLACK_MS = 60_000L
+        // Don't re-arm for a deadline that moved by round-trip jitter alone.
+        private const val WARNING_REARM_GRACE_MS = 15_000L
+        // Below this the warning has lost its point.
+        private const val WARNING_FLOOR_MS = 60_000L
     }
 }

local_packages/flutter_vless_android-1.1.5/android/src/main/kotlin/com/github/tfox/flutter_vless/xray/utils/RevoltAlerts.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package com.github.tfox.flutter_vless.xray.utils
+
+import android.app.Notification
+import android.app.NotificationChannel
+import android.app.NotificationManager
+import android.app.PendingIntent
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager
+import android.os.Build
+import android.util.Log
+
+// local_packages/.../xray/utils/RevoltAlerts.kt
+//
+// The two session alerts. Both XrayVPNService (:RunSoLibXrayDaemon) and
+// MainActivity post them, sharing ids so a second post replaces. Separate from
+// the foreground-service notification (id 1, IMPORTANCE_LOW): these must be
+// noticed, and must be dismissible.
+object RevoltAlerts {
+
+    const val CHANNEL_ID = "REVOLT_VPN_ALERTS"
+    const val WARNING_NOTIFICATION_ID = 2
+    const val DISCONNECTED_NOTIFICATION_ID = 3
+
+    const val WARNING_LEAD_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000L
+
+    private const val TAG = "RevoltAlerts"
+    private const val LAUNCH_REQUEST_CODE = 2001
+
+    // Neither line names a number or a mechanism, because this notification
+    // cannot honour either. The caller accepts it anywhere from WARNING_FLOOR_MS
+    // to WARNING_LEAD_MS + WARNING_SLACK_MS remaining, so "5 minutes" can be
+    // off by four of them; and "watch an ad" is a dead end in a release build,
+    // where the support bypass is still kDebugMode-gated (rule 87). Put the
+    // number back once the warning is punctual, and the ad back once the
+    // support button works without a debug build.
+    fun postExpiryWarning(context: Context) {
+        post(
+            context,
+            WARNING_NOTIFICATION_ID,
+            "Revolt VPN disconnects soon",
+            "Open the app to extend your session.",
+        )
+    }
+
+    fun postDisconnected(context: Context) {
+        post(
+            context,
+            DISCONNECTED_NOTIFICATION_ID,
+            "Revolt VPN disconnected",
+            "Your traffic is no longer protected. Tap to reconnect.",
+        )
+    }
+
+    fun cancelExpiryWarning(context: Context) = cancel(context, WARNING_NOTIFICATION_ID)
+
+    fun cancelDisconnected(context: Context) = cancel(context, DISCONNECTED_NOTIFICATION_ID)
+
+    fun cancelAll(context: Context) {
+        cancelExpiryWarning(context)
+        cancelDisconnected(context)
+    }
+
+    private fun cancel(context: Context, id: Int) {
+        try {
+            manager(context)?.cancel(id)
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Failed to cancel alert $id", e)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun post(context: Context, id: Int, title: String, text: String) {
+        if (!canPost(context)) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "POST_NOTIFICATIONS not granted; dropping alert $id")
+            return
+        }
+
+        try {
+            val manager = manager(context) ?: return
+            ensureChannel(manager)
+
+            val builder = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
+                Notification.Builder(context, CHANNEL_ID)
+            } else {
+                @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+                Notification.Builder(context).setPriority(Notification.PRIORITY_HIGH)
+            }
+
+            val icon = context.resources
+                .getIdentifier("notification_icon", "drawable", context.packageName)
+                .takeIf { it != 0 } ?: android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info
+
+            builder
+                .setContentTitle(title)
+                .setContentText(text)
+                .setStyle(Notification.BigTextStyle().bigText(text))
+                .setSmallIcon(icon)
+                .setAutoCancel(true)
+                .setOngoing(false)
+                // A replacing post must not sound again.
+                .setOnlyAlertOnce(true)
+
+            launchIntent(context)?.let { builder.setContentIntent(it) }
+
+            manager.notify(id, builder.build())
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Failed to post alert $id", e)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun canPost(context: Context): Boolean {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) return true
+        return context.checkSelfPermission(android.Manifest.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS) ==
+            PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
+    }
+
+    private fun manager(context: Context): NotificationManager? =
+        context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as? NotificationManager
+
+    // Importance is fixed at creation, so ask for HIGH up front.
+    private fun ensureChannel(manager: NotificationManager) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O) return
+        if (manager.getNotificationChannel(CHANNEL_ID) != null) return
+        val channel = NotificationChannel(
+            CHANNEL_ID,
+            "Session alerts",
+            NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_HIGH,
+        )
+        channel.description = "Warns before a session ends and when protection stops."
+        manager.createNotificationChannel(channel)
+    }
+
+    private fun launchIntent(context: Context): PendingIntent? {
+        val intent = context.packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(context.packageName)
+            ?: return null
+        intent.flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP or
+            Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP or
+            Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK
+        val flags = PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT or
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE else 0
+        return PendingIntent.getActivity(context, LAUNCH_REQUEST_CODE, intent, flags)
+    }
+}

pubspec.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ publish_to: "none" # Remove this line if you wish to publish to pub.dev
 # In iOS, build-name is used as CFBundleShortVersionString while build-number used as CFBundleVersion.
 # Read more about iOS versioning at
 # https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html
-version: 3.3.6+32
+version: 3.3.7+33
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=3.0.0 <4.0.0"

test/session_lifecycle_regression_test.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+// Source assertions, in the style of release_verification_regression_test.dart.
+// The behaviours below were all found broken on a device and fixed on
+// 2026-10-17 (internal/DEVICE_TEST_2026-10-17.md). None of them can be covered
+// by a Dart unit test - they live in the vendored Android runtime, and the one
+// that does not needs a live tunnel - but every one of them regresses silently
+// and looks like tidying when it does. Pin the shape instead of the behaviour.
+
+const _runtime = 'local_packages/flutter_vless_android-1.1.5/android/src/main/'
+    'kotlin/com/github/tfox/flutter_vless/xray';
+
+void main() {
+  test('Xray core recovery survives running off a bare thread', () {
+    final core = File('$_runtime/core/XrayCoreManager.kt').readAsStringSync();
+
+    // startTimer builds a CountDownTimer, which builds a Handler. Recovery runs
+    // on a plain Thread, so constructing it inline threw Looper.prepare() and
+    // killed every restart attempt.
+    expect(core, contains('Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())'));
+    expect(core, contains('runOnMain'));
+    expect(
+      core,
+      contains('runOnMain { startTimerOnMain(context, token) }'),
+      reason: 'startTimer must not construct the CountDownTimer inline',
+    );
+
+    // The post must not outlive the generation that scheduled it.
+    expect(core, contains('if (AppConfigs.V2RAY_CONFIG?.RUNTIME_TOKEN != token) return'));
+
+    // pb.start() succeeds before the throw, so the catch has to kill the
+    // process or each retry strands another live core.
+    expect(core, contains('val orphan = xrayProcess'));
+    expect(
+      core.indexOf('xrayProcess = null'),
+      lessThan(core.indexOf('orphan?.destroy()')),
+      reason: 'clear the field before destroying, so the monitor thread\'s '
+          'identity guard fails and recovery is not re-entered',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('a failed Xray core still reports why, without logging destinations', () {
+    final core = File('$_runtime/core/XrayCoreManager.kt').readAsStringSync();
+
+    expect(core, contains('STARTUP_LOG_WINDOW_MS'));
+    expect(core, contains('STARTUP_LOG_MAX_LINES'));
+    expect(
+      core,
+      isNot(contains('reader.forEachLine { _ -> }')),
+      reason: 'discarding the core output leaves exit 23 undiagnosable',
+    );
+    // Rule 95: a core that has been up long enough to carry traffic must not
+    // have its log retained.
+    expect(core, contains('startupLog.clear()'));
+  });
+
+  test('the expiry warning has the same backstop as the deadline', () {
+    final service = File('$_runtime/service/XrayVPNService.kt').readAsStringSync();
+
+    // The alarm alone is inexact on purpose (no SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM) and Doze
+    // deferred it past the end of the session it was warning about.
+    expect(service, contains('sessionWarningRunnable'));
+    expect(
+      service,
+      contains('deadlineHandler.postDelayed(sessionWarningRunnable, warnDelay)'),
+      reason: 'without this the warning never arrives when the app is closed',
+    );
+    expect(
+      service,
+      contains('deadlineHandler.removeCallbacks(sessionWarningRunnable)'),
+      reason: 'a cancelled warning must drop its Handler callback too',
+    );
+    expect(service, isNot(contains('SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM"')));
+  });
+
+  test('the warning promises neither a number of minutes nor an ad', () {
+    final alerts = File('$_runtime/utils/RevoltAlerts.kt').readAsStringSync();
+
+    // It is accepted anywhere from WARNING_FLOOR_MS to LEAD + SLACK remaining,
+    // so a figure can be off by minutes; and the support bypass is still
+    // kDebugMode-gated (rule 87), so an ad is a dead end in release.
+    expect(alerts, isNot(contains('disconnects in 5 minutes')));
+    expect(alerts, isNot(contains('Watch an ad')));
+    expect(alerts, contains('Revolt VPN disconnects soon'));
+  });
+
+  test('the countdown notification is taken down when the tunnel stops', () {
+    final service = File('lib/logic/notification_service.dart').readAsStringSync();
+    final timer = File('lib/logic/session_timer.dart').readAsStringSync();
+    final activity =
+        File('android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/paladinvpn/app/MainActivity.kt')
+            .readAsStringSync();
+
+    // updateTimer re-posts an ongoing, non-dismissible notification every tick,
+    // so a tick after the service stops strands a frozen countdown.
+    expect(service, contains('cancelTimer'));
+    expect(activity, contains('"cancelNotification"'));
+    expect(timer, contains('await NotificationService.cancelTimer()'));
+
+    // Must run after the service is down, or the platform swallows the cancel.
+    expect(
+      timer.indexOf('await vpnConnection.disconnect();'),
+      lessThan(timer.indexOf('await NotificationService.cancelTimer()')),
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('only a user-requested disconnect hands the session back', () {
+    final timer = File('lib/logic/session_timer.dart').readAsStringSync();
+    final hivemind = File('lib/logic/hivemind_service.dart').readAsStringSync();
+
+    expect(hivemind, contains('releaseSession'));
+    expect(hivemind, contains("_publicUrl('/session/stop')"));
+
+    // /session/stop takes a device_id as its only proof of ownership, so it
+    // must never be reachable from an error path. disconnect() is called only
+    // by the connect button; _doDisconnect is every other ending.
+    final disconnectEntry = timer.indexOf('Future<void> disconnect(');
+    final doDisconnect = timer.indexOf('Future<void> _doDisconnect(');
+    final release = timer.indexOf('HivemindService.releaseSession()');
+    expect(release, greaterThan(disconnectEntry));
+    expect(
+      release,
+      lessThan(doDisconnect),
+      reason: 'releaseSession belongs in disconnect(), not _doDisconnect',
+    );
+    expect(
+      'HivemindService.releaseSession()'.allMatches(timer).length,
+      1,
+      reason: 'exactly one call site',
+    );
+  });
+}