feat(protonvpn): updater finds more servers using app-version linux-vpn

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Quentin McGaw
2026-01-21 12:43:54 +00:00
parent 7e7e8182ef
commit 8f21596cf4
3 changed files with 75 additions and 22 deletions
+1 -1
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@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ require (
github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.15
github.com/youmark/pkcs8 v0.0.0-20201027041543-1326539a0a0a
golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c
golang.org/x/mod v0.33.0
golang.org/x/net v0.51.0
golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0
golang.org/x/text v0.35.0
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ require (
github.com/qdm12/goservices v0.1.1-0.20251104135713-6bee97bd4978 // indirect
github.com/riobard/go-bloom v0.0.0-20200614022211-cdc8013cb5b3 // indirect
golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0 // indirect
golang.org/x/mod v0.33.0 // indirect
golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0 // indirect
golang.org/x/tools v0.42.0 // indirect
golang.zx2c4.com/wintun v0.0.0-20230126152724-0fa3db229ce2 // indirect
+17 -9
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@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type apiClient struct {
apiURLBase string
httpClient *http.Client
appVersion string
vpnGtkAppVersion string
userAgent string
generator *rand.ChaCha8
}
@@ -46,15 +47,20 @@ func newAPIClient(ctx context.Context, httpClient *http.Client) (client *apiClie
}
userAgent := userAgents[generator.Uint64()%uint64(len(userAgents))]
appVersion, err := getMostRecentStableTag(ctx, httpClient)
appVersion, err := getMostRecentStableWebAccountTag(ctx, httpClient)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting most recent version for proton app: %w", err)
return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting most recent version for web-account: %w", err)
}
vpnGtkAppVersion, err := getMostRecentStableVPNGtkAppTag(ctx, httpClient)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting most recent version for linux VPN GTK app: %w", err)
}
return &apiClient{
apiURLBase: "https://account.proton.me/api",
httpClient: httpClient,
appVersion: appVersion,
vpnGtkAppVersion: vpnGtkAppVersion,
userAgent: userAgent,
generator: generator,
}, nil
@@ -66,10 +72,10 @@ var ErrCodeNotSuccess = errors.New("response code is not success")
// to succeed without being blocked by their "security" measures.
// See for example [getMostRecentStableTag] on how the app version must
// be set to a recent version or they block your request. "SeCuRiTy"...
func (c *apiClient) setHeaders(request *http.Request, cookie cookie) {
func (c *apiClient) setHeaders(request *http.Request, cookie cookie, appVersion string) {
request.Header.Set("Cookie", cookie.String())
request.Header.Set("User-Agent", c.userAgent)
request.Header.Set("x-pm-appversion", c.appVersion)
request.Header.Set("x-pm-appversion", appVersion)
request.Header.Set("x-pm-locale", "en_US")
request.Header.Set("x-pm-uid", cookie.uid)
}
@@ -165,7 +171,7 @@ func (c *apiClient) getUnauthSession(ctx context.Context, sessionID string) (
unauthCookie := cookie{
sessionID: sessionID,
}
c.setHeaders(request, unauthCookie)
c.setHeaders(request, unauthCookie, c.appVersion)
response, err := c.httpClient.Do(request)
if err != nil {
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@ func (c *apiClient) cookieToken(ctx context.Context, sessionID, tokenType, acces
uid: uid,
sessionID: sessionID,
}
c.setHeaders(request, unauthCookie)
c.setHeaders(request, unauthCookie, c.appVersion)
request.Header.Set("Authorization", tokenType+" "+accessToken)
response, err := c.httpClient.Do(request)
@@ -325,7 +331,7 @@ func (c *apiClient) authInfo(ctx context.Context, email string, unauthCookie coo
if err != nil {
return "", "", "", "", "", 0, fmt.Errorf("creating request: %w", err)
}
c.setHeaders(request, unauthCookie)
c.setHeaders(request, unauthCookie, c.appVersion)
request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
response, err := c.httpClient.Do(request)
@@ -438,7 +444,7 @@ func (c *apiClient) auth(ctx context.Context, unauthCookie cookie,
if err != nil {
return cookie{}, fmt.Errorf("creating request: %w", err)
}
c.setHeaders(request, unauthCookie)
c.setHeaders(request, unauthCookie, c.appVersion)
request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
response, err := c.httpClient.Do(request)
@@ -590,7 +596,9 @@ func (c *apiClient) fetchServers(ctx context.Context, cookie cookie) (
if err != nil {
return data, err
}
c.setHeaders(request, cookie)
// Note we use the vpnGtkAppVersion field given it produces an output of more servers
c.setHeaders(request, cookie, c.vpnGtkAppVersion)
request.Header.Set("x-pm-appversion", "linux-vpn@4.15.2")
response, err := c.httpClient.Do(request)
if err != nil {
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@@ -7,15 +7,18 @@ import (
"io"
"net/http"
"regexp"
"sort"
"strings"
"time"
"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
)
// getMostRecentStableTag finds the most recent proton-account stable tag version,
// getMostRecentStableWebAccountTag finds the most recent proton-account stable tag version,
// in order to use it in the x-pm-appversion http request header. Because if we do
// fall behind on versioning, Proton doesn't like it because they like to create
// complications where there is no need for it. Hence this function.
func getMostRecentStableTag(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client) (version string, err error) {
func getMostRecentStableWebAccountTag(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client) (version string, err error) {
page := 1
regexVersion := regexp.MustCompile(`^proton-account@(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)$`)
for ctx.Err() == nil {
@@ -69,3 +72,45 @@ func getMostRecentStableTag(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client) (version s
return "", fmt.Errorf("%w (queried %d pages)", context.Canceled, page)
}
// getMostRecentStableVPNGtkAppTag finds the latest proton-vpn-gtk-app semver tag,
// in order to use it in the x-pm-appversion http request header ONLY to fetch servers
// data. Because if we do fall behind on versioning, Proton doesn't like it because they like
// to create complications where there is no need for it. Hence this function.
func getMostRecentStableVPNGtkAppTag(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client) (version string, err error) {
const url = "https://api.github.com/repos/ProtonVPN/proton-vpn-gtk-app/tags?per_page=30"
request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("creating request: %w", err)
}
request.Header.Set("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json")
response, err := client.Do(request)
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
defer response.Body.Close()
if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrHTTPStatusCodeNotOK, response.Status)
}
decoder := json.NewDecoder(response.Body)
var data []struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
}
err = decoder.Decode(&data)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("decoding JSON response: %w", err)
}
// Sort tags by semver. Invalid tags are placed at the end and we ignore them.
// Yes, proton does push invalid semver tag names sometimes. Good job yet again.
sort.Slice(data, func(i, j int) bool {
return semver.Compare(data[i].Name, data[j].Name) > 0
})
version = "linux-vpn@" + data[0].Name[1:] // remove leading v
return version, nil
}