chore: release v0.4.4 on master

A Scheduled Task stores an absolute path. Checking that a task named
"OSTP TUN Helper" exists said nothing about whether its <Command> still points
at the helper we are about to run, and the paths do drift: a dev build
registers target\debug\ostp-tun-helper.exe, an installer registers Program
Files, and moving or reinstalling the app leaves the old path behind.

That failed silently in the worst way. schtasks /Run reports success for
merely ACCEPTING the launch request — a task whose exe no longer exists fails
afterwards, out of band, with nothing returned to us. So launch_as_admin
returned Ok, and the caller then sat in its 60-second connect loop before
reporting "Timeout connecting to helper." On every connect, permanently, with
no way out except deleting the task by hand.

The check now reads the registered <Command> back and compares it to the exe,
re-registering through the existing /F overwrite when they differ: one consent
prompt, once, instead of a permanent silent breakage.

The path is read via /Query /XML rather than /FO LIST /V because the list
format's field labels are localized — "Task To Run" is "Задача для запуска" on
a Russian Windows — while XML tag names are not. schtasks emits UTF-16LE with
a BOM there, which is decoded explicitly, with UTF-8 tolerated as a fallback.
Both paths are canonicalized before comparison so casing, `..` and 8.3 short
names do not read as a mismatch; a path that cannot be canonicalized no longer
exists, which is itself grounds to re-register.

.release-state.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "target_version": "0.4.3",
+  "target_version": "0.4.4",
   "branch": "master",
   "alpha_iteration": 0,
-  "beta_iteration": 4
+  "beta_iteration": 0
 }

Cargo.lock

@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp-client"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp-core"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp-server"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp-tun"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "libc",
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp-tun-helper"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",

Cargo.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3.0"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"

ostp-flutter/pubspec.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ publish_to: 'none' # Remove this line if you wish to publish to pub.dev
 # https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html
 # In Windows, build-name is used as the major, minor, and patch parts
 # of the product and file versions while build-number is used as the build suffix.
-version: 0.4.3+30
+version: 0.4.4+31
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.11.4

ostp-gui/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ostp-gui",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.4.4",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "tauri": "tauri",

ostp-gui/src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -2665,7 +2665,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp-client"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -2696,7 +2696,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp-core"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp-gui"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "json_comments",
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ostp-tun"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "libc",

ostp-gui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ostp-gui"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 description = "OSTP desktop GUI"
 authors = ["ospab"]
 edition = "2021"

ostp-gui/src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -849,14 +849,74 @@ fn xml_escape(s: &str) -> String {
         .replace('\'', "'")
 }
 
-/// Whether the elevated-launch Scheduled Task already exists.
+/// Reverse of [`xml_escape`]. `&` must be undone last or `<` would
+/// come back as `<`.
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-fn helper_task_exists() -> bool {
+fn xml_unescape(s: &str) -> String {
-    quiet_command("schtasks")
+    s.replace("&quot;", "\"")
-        .args(["/Query", "/TN", HELPER_TASK_NAME])
+        .replace("&apos;", "'")
+        .replace("&lt;", "<")
+        .replace("&gt;", ">")
+        .replace("&amp;", "&")
+}
+
+/// The exe path currently baked into the registered task, if any.
+///
+/// Queried as XML rather than `/FO LIST /V`: the list format's field labels are
+/// localized (on a Russian Windows "Task To Run" is "Задача для запуска"),
+/// whereas XML tag names are fixed. schtasks writes UTF-16LE with a BOM here,
+/// but tolerate UTF-8 in case that ever changes.
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+fn helper_task_command() -> Option<String> {
+    let out = quiet_command("schtasks")
+        .args(["/Query", "/TN", HELPER_TASK_NAME, "/XML"])
         .output()
-        .map(|o| o.status.success())
+        .ok()?;
-        .unwrap_or(false)
+    if !out.status.success() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let text = if out.stdout.starts_with(&[0xFF, 0xFE]) {
+        let units: Vec<u16> = out.stdout[2..]
+            .chunks_exact(2)
+            .map(|c| u16::from_le_bytes([c[0], c[1]]))
+            .collect();
+        String::from_utf16_lossy(&units)
+    } else {
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).into_owned()
+    };
+
+    let start = text.find("<Command>")? + "<Command>".len();
+    let end = text[start..].find("</Command>")? + start;
+    Some(xml_unescape(text[start..end].trim()))
+}
+
+/// Whether a task is registered AND still points at the exe we are about to run.
+///
+/// The path matters as much as the name. A task registered by a dev build (or
+/// by an install that has since moved) keeps its original `<Command>`, and
+/// `schtasks /Run` reports success merely for *accepting* the request — a task
+/// whose exe no longer exists fails asynchronously and silently. Trusting the
+/// name alone therefore bought a 60-second "Timeout connecting to helper" on
+/// every single connect, permanently, until the task was deleted by hand.
+/// Re-registering costs one consent prompt and fixes it for good.
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+fn helper_task_matches(exe: &std::path::Path) -> bool {
+    let Some(registered) = helper_task_command() else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let registered = registered.trim().trim_matches('"');
+
+    // Canonicalize both sides when possible so `..`, short 8.3 names and
+    // casing differences do not read as a mismatch. A missing file cannot be
+    // canonicalized — which is itself a mismatch worth re-registering over.
+    match (
+        std::fs::canonicalize(registered),
+        std::fs::canonicalize(exe),
+    ) {
+        (Ok(a), Ok(b)) => a == b,
+        _ => registered.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&exe.display().to_string()),
+    }
 }
 
 /// Register the Scheduled Task. This is the ONLY step that needs elevation, and
@@ -966,10 +1026,10 @@ fn install_helper_task(exe: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         Err(e) => anyhow::bail!("could not run powershell to register the task: {e}"),
     }
 
-    if helper_task_exists() {
+    if helper_task_matches(exe) {
         Ok(())
     } else {
-        anyhow::bail!("schtasks reported success but the task is not present")
+        anyhow::bail!("schtasks reported success but the task does not point at {}", exe.display())
     }
 }
 
@@ -994,12 +1054,12 @@ fn launch_as_admin(exe: &std::path::PathBuf, token: &str, port: u16) -> anyhow::
     let wrote_args = std::fs::write(&args_file, payload.to_string()).is_ok();
 
     if wrote_args {
-        if !helper_task_exists() {
+        if !helper_task_matches(exe) {
             if let Err(e) = install_helper_task(exe) {
                 eprintln!("[OSTP] could not register the helper task ({e}); falling back to a direct elevated launch");
             }
         }
-        if helper_task_exists() {
+        if helper_task_matches(exe) {
             let run = quiet_command("schtasks")
                 .args(["/Run", "/TN", HELPER_TASK_NAME])
                 .output();

ostp-gui/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "ostp-gui",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.4.4",
   "identifier": "com.ospab.ostp",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../src"