feat(M4): Windows WinForms client, TOFU identity pinning, VAD threshold + always-on mode

Core ABI extensions (voicecat.h):
- vc_list_channels / vc_list_users / vc_list_user_streams — pull-based snapshot getters
  for the channel-tree and user-list UI; session_model_mu_ guards cross-thread reads
- VC_EVENT_JOIN_RESULT / vc_join_channel — channel join with optional password
- VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY + vc_confirm_server_identity — TOFU gate that blocks io_thread_
  until the UI approves or rejects; pins TLS leaf-cert SHA-256 (not declared Ed25519)
- vc_get_server_identity_display — Ed25519 fingerprint for human-readable display only
- VC_INPUT_ALWAYS_ON = 2 in vc_input_mode — transmit unconditionally, no VAD gate
- vc_set_vad_threshold — live RMS threshold update (0.0–1.0); EnergyVadProcessor stores
  it atomically so the audio RT path reads without a lock

C++ implementation:
- SessionModel::apply_snapshot / apply_channel_event fixed to populate parent_id,
  password_protected, and max_users (were permanently zeroed)
- TlsContext::peer_cert_fingerprint — SHA-256 of peer leaf cert DER via mbedTLS
- TofuStore split into peek (read-only) + pin (write) so first-connect only persists
  after user approval; tofu_store_path in vc_config for per-user pin file location
- TcpAcceptor uses dual-stack IPv6+IPv4 fallback (fixes localhost → ::1 on Windows)
- windows-client CMake preset: Release shared DLL, static MinGW runtime, no tools/tests
- New C++ tests: test_channel_user_list_abi, test_tofu_flow (14/14 green)

Windows client (clients/windows/ — .NET 10 WinForms):
- VoiceCat.Interop: LibraryImport P/Invoke surface, UnmanagedCallersOnly callbacks,
  Channel<VoiceCatEvent> event delivery drained by 30ms WinForms Timer
- VoiceCat.App: ConnectDialog (saved servers, DPAPI password storage), ServerIdentity-
  Dialog (TOFU first-connect / mismatch warning), MainForm (channel TreeView, user
  ListBox, RichTextBox chat, voice controls, device pickers, VAD/PTT/always-on mode,
  per-user gain/mute/NR tuning, VAD sensitivity TrackBar, level meter ProgressBar)
- PttKeyCaptureDialog — focus-scoped PTT key capture (documented limitation)
- PerUserTuningDialog — real-time gain/mute/NR applied to all of a user's streams
- Accessibility: explicit AccessibleName/Description on every control, & mnemonics,
  Activity log ListBox as durable screen-reader record, AutomationNotification for
  curated live announcements

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CMakePresets.json

@@ -61,13 +61,31 @@
         "VOICECAT_BUILD_TOOLS": "ON",
         "VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET": "x64-mingw-static"
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "windows-client",
+      "inherits": "vcpkg-base",
+      "displayName": "Windows client (shared libvoicecat.dll for the C# WinForms app, M4)",
+      "description": "Produces a redistributable Release voicecat.dll with no MinGW runtime DLL dependencies (see core/CMakeLists.txt's static-runtime link flags and clients/windows/README.md). Tools/tests are off — this preset exists only to build the DLL.",
+      "binaryDir": "${sourceDir}/build/windows-client",
+      "cacheVariables": {
+        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Release",
+        "VOICECAT_USE_VCPKG_DEPS": "ON",
+        "VOICECAT_BUILD_SHARED": "ON",
+        "VOICECAT_BUILD_SERVER": "OFF",
+        "VOICECAT_BUILD_TOOLS": "OFF",
+        "VOICECAT_BUILD_TESTS": "OFF",
+        "VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET": "x64-mingw-static",
+        "VCPKG_HOST_TRIPLET": "x64-mingw-static"
+      }
     }
   ],
   "buildPresets": [
-    { "name": "dev",            "configurePreset": "dev" },
-    { "name": "m1-dev",         "configurePreset": "m1-dev" },
-    { "name": "m2-dev",         "configurePreset": "m2-dev" },
-    { "name": "server-release", "configurePreset": "server-release" }
+    { "name": "dev",             "configurePreset": "dev" },
+    { "name": "m1-dev",          "configurePreset": "m1-dev" },
+    { "name": "m2-dev",          "configurePreset": "m2-dev" },
+    { "name": "server-release",  "configurePreset": "server-release" },
+    { "name": "windows-client",  "configurePreset": "windows-client" }
   ],
   "testPresets": [
     { "name": "dev",    "configurePreset": "dev",    "output": { "outputOnFailure": true } },

clients/windows/Directory.Build.props

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Where the CMake `windows-client` preset puts the built DLL (see ../../CMakePresets.json
+         and clients/windows/README.md). Override with an environment variable or a
+         Directory.Build.props further down the tree if your build/ lives elsewhere. -->
+    <VoiceCatNativeDir Condition="'$(VoiceCatNativeDir)' == ''">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\build\windows-client\bin</VoiceCatNativeDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/AddServerDialog.Designer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+partial class AddServerDialog
+{
+    private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null!;
+    private Label lblDisplayName = null!;
+    private TextBox txtDisplayName = null!;
+    private Label lblHost = null!;
+    private TextBox txtHost = null!;
+    private Label lblPort = null!;
+    private NumericUpDown numPort = null!;
+    private GroupBox grpAuth = null!;
+    private RadioButton radioGuest = null!;
+    private RadioButton radioPassword = null!;
+    private Label lblNickname = null!;
+    private TextBox txtNickname = null!;
+    private Label lblUsername = null!;
+    private TextBox txtUsername = null!;
+    private Label lblPassword = null!;
+    private TextBox txtPassword = null!;
+    private CheckBox chkRememberPassword = null!;
+    private Button btnOk = null!;
+    private Button btnCancel = null!;
+
+    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing) components?.Dispose();
+        base.Dispose(disposing);
+    }
+
+    private void InitializeComponent()
+    {
+        components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
+        lblDisplayName = new Label();
+        txtDisplayName = new TextBox();
+        lblHost = new Label();
+        txtHost = new TextBox();
+        lblPort = new Label();
+        numPort = new NumericUpDown();
+        grpAuth = new GroupBox();
+        radioGuest = new RadioButton();
+        radioPassword = new RadioButton();
+        lblNickname = new Label();
+        txtNickname = new TextBox();
+        lblUsername = new Label();
+        txtUsername = new TextBox();
+        lblPassword = new Label();
+        txtPassword = new TextBox();
+        chkRememberPassword = new CheckBox();
+        btnOk = new Button();
+        btnCancel = new Button();
+
+        int y = 12;
+        const int rowH = 30;
+
+        lblDisplayName.Text = "&Display name:";
+        lblDisplayName.AutoSize = true;
+        lblDisplayName.Location = new Point(12, y + 3);
+        lblDisplayName.TabIndex = 0;
+        txtDisplayName.AccessibleName = "Display name";
+        txtDisplayName.Location = new Point(140, y);
+        txtDisplayName.Size = new Size(280, 23);
+        txtDisplayName.TabIndex = 1;
+        y += rowH;
+
+        lblHost.Text = "&Host:";
+        lblHost.AutoSize = true;
+        lblHost.Location = new Point(12, y + 3);
+        lblHost.TabIndex = 2;
+        txtHost.AccessibleName = "Host";
+        txtHost.Location = new Point(140, y);
+        txtHost.Size = new Size(200, 23);
+        txtHost.TabIndex = 3;
+        txtHost.PlaceholderText = "127.0.0.1";
+        y += rowH;
+
+        lblPort.Text = "&Port:";
+        lblPort.AutoSize = true;
+        lblPort.Location = new Point(12, y + 3);
+        lblPort.TabIndex = 4;
+        numPort.AccessibleName = "Port";
+        numPort.Location = new Point(140, y);
+        numPort.Size = new Size(100, 23);
+        numPort.Minimum = 1;
+        numPort.Maximum = 65535;
+        numPort.Value = 8384;
+        numPort.TabIndex = 5;
+        y += rowH;
+
+        grpAuth.Text = "Authentication";
+        grpAuth.Location = new Point(12, y);
+        grpAuth.Size = new Size(408, 140);
+        grpAuth.TabIndex = 6;
+
+        radioGuest.Text = "Connect as &guest";
+        radioGuest.AutoSize = true;
+        radioGuest.Location = new Point(12, 24);
+        radioGuest.Checked = true;
+        radioGuest.TabIndex = 0;
+
+        lblNickname.Text = "&Nickname:";
+        lblNickname.AutoSize = true;
+        lblNickname.Location = new Point(30, 50);
+        lblNickname.TabIndex = 1;
+        txtNickname.AccessibleName = "Guest nickname";
+        txtNickname.Location = new Point(140, 47);
+        txtNickname.Size = new Size(240, 23);
+        txtNickname.TabIndex = 2;
+
+        radioPassword.Text = "Use a &saved account";
+        radioPassword.AutoSize = true;
+        radioPassword.Location = new Point(12, 76);
+        radioPassword.TabIndex = 3;
+
+        lblUsername.Text = "&Username:";
+        lblUsername.AutoSize = true;
+        lblUsername.Location = new Point(30, 102);
+        lblUsername.TabIndex = 4;
+        txtUsername.AccessibleName = "Username";
+        txtUsername.Location = new Point(140, 99);
+        txtUsername.Size = new Size(240, 23);
+        txtUsername.TabIndex = 5;
+
+        lblPassword.Text = "Pass&word:";
+        lblPassword.AutoSize = true;
+        lblPassword.Location = new Point(30, 132);
+        lblPassword.TabIndex = 6;
+        txtPassword.AccessibleName = "Password";
+        txtPassword.Location = new Point(140, 129);
+        txtPassword.Size = new Size(240, 23);
+        txtPassword.UseSystemPasswordChar = true;
+        txtPassword.TabIndex = 7;
+
+        grpAuth.Controls.Add(radioGuest);
+        grpAuth.Controls.Add(lblNickname);
+        grpAuth.Controls.Add(txtNickname);
+        grpAuth.Controls.Add(radioPassword);
+        grpAuth.Controls.Add(lblUsername);
+        grpAuth.Controls.Add(txtUsername);
+        grpAuth.Controls.Add(lblPassword);
+        grpAuth.Controls.Add(txtPassword);
+        y += 148;
+
+        chkRememberPassword.Text = "&Remember my password on this computer";
+        chkRememberPassword.AutoSize = true;
+        chkRememberPassword.AccessibleDescription =
+            "Stores the password protected by Windows Data Protection (DPAPI), decryptable " +
+            "only by your Windows account on this machine. Leave unchecked to be prompted " +
+            "for the password every time.";
+        chkRememberPassword.Location = new Point(12, y);
+        chkRememberPassword.TabIndex = 7;
+        y += rowH;
+
+        btnOk.Text = "&OK";
+        btnOk.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
+        btnOk.Location = new Point(264, y);
+        btnOk.Size = new Size(75, 27);
+        btnOk.TabIndex = 8;
+
+        btnCancel.Text = "&Cancel";
+        btnCancel.DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel;
+        btnCancel.Location = new Point(345, y);
+        btnCancel.Size = new Size(75, 27);
+        btnCancel.TabIndex = 9;
+        y += rowH + 12;
+
+        AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
+        ClientSize = new Size(432, y);
+        Controls.Add(lblDisplayName);
+        Controls.Add(txtDisplayName);
+        Controls.Add(lblHost);
+        Controls.Add(txtHost);
+        Controls.Add(lblPort);
+        Controls.Add(numPort);
+        Controls.Add(grpAuth);
+        Controls.Add(chkRememberPassword);
+        Controls.Add(btnOk);
+        Controls.Add(btnCancel);
+        AcceptButton = btnOk;
+        CancelButton = btnCancel;
+        FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
+        MaximizeBox = false;
+        MinimizeBox = false;
+        StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
+        Text = "Add server";
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/AddServerDialog.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+using VoiceCat.App.Models;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+/// <summary>Add or edit a saved server entry. DialogResult.OK -> read Result.</summary>
+public partial class AddServerDialog : Form
+{
+    private readonly SavedServer _editing;
+    private bool _passwordChanged;
+
+    public SavedServer? Result { get; private set; }
+
+    public AddServerDialog(SavedServer? existing = null)
+    {
+        InitializeComponent();
+        _editing = existing ?? new SavedServer();
+
+        txtDisplayName.Text = _editing.DisplayName;
+        txtHost.Text = _editing.Host;
+        numPort.Value = _editing.Port == 0 ? 8384 : _editing.Port;
+        txtNickname.Text = _editing.LastNickname;
+        radioGuest.Checked = _editing.AuthMode == AuthMode.Guest;
+        radioPassword.Checked = _editing.AuthMode == AuthMode.Password;
+        txtUsername.Text = _editing.SavedUsername ?? "";
+        chkRememberPassword.Checked = _editing.ProtectedPasswordBase64 is not null;
+        if (_editing.ProtectedPasswordBase64 is not null)
+            txtPassword.Text = "********"; // placeholder — never decrypt-and-show; re-typing replaces it
+
+        UpdateAuthFieldsEnabled();
+        radioGuest.CheckedChanged += (_, _) => UpdateAuthFieldsEnabled();
+        radioPassword.CheckedChanged += (_, _) => UpdateAuthFieldsEnabled();
+        txtPassword.TextChanged += (_, _) => _passwordChanged = true;
+
+        btnOk.Click += BtnOk_Click;
+    }
+
+    private void UpdateAuthFieldsEnabled()
+    {
+        bool password = radioPassword.Checked;
+        txtNickname.Enabled = !password;
+        txtUsername.Enabled = password;
+        txtPassword.Enabled = password;
+        chkRememberPassword.Enabled = password;
+    }
+
+    private void BtnOk_Click(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtHost.Text))
+        {
+            MessageBox.Show(this, "Host is required.", "VoiceCat", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
+            DialogResult = DialogResult.None;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _editing.DisplayName = txtDisplayName.Text.Trim();
+        _editing.Host = txtHost.Text.Trim();
+        _editing.Port = (ushort)numPort.Value;
+        _editing.AuthMode = radioPassword.Checked ? AuthMode.Password : AuthMode.Guest;
+
+        if (_editing.AuthMode == AuthMode.Guest)
+        {
+            _editing.LastNickname = txtNickname.Text.Trim();
+            _editing.SavedUsername = null;
+            _editing.ProtectedPasswordBase64 = null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _editing.SavedUsername = txtUsername.Text.Trim();
+            if (chkRememberPassword.Checked && _passwordChanged && txtPassword.Text.Length > 0)
+                _editing.ProtectedPasswordBase64 = PasswordProtector.Protect(txtPassword.Text);
+            else if (!chkRememberPassword.Checked)
+                _editing.ProtectedPasswordBase64 = null;
+            // else: remember-password still checked and password box untouched (still shows
+            // the placeholder) — keep whatever was already protected/stored.
+        }
+
+        Result = _editing;
+        DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/ConnectDialog.Designer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+partial class ConnectDialog
+{
+    private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null!;
+    private Label lblServers = null!;
+    private ListBox lstServers = null!;
+    private Button btnConnect = null!;
+    private Button btnAddNew = null!;
+    private Button btnEdit = null!;
+    private Button btnRemove = null!;
+    private Label lblStatus = null!;
+
+    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing) components?.Dispose();
+        base.Dispose(disposing);
+    }
+
+    private void InitializeComponent()
+    {
+        components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
+        lblServers = new Label();
+        lstServers = new ListBox();
+        btnConnect = new Button();
+        btnAddNew = new Button();
+        btnEdit = new Button();
+        btnRemove = new Button();
+        lblStatus = new Label();
+
+        lblServers.Text = "&Saved servers:";
+        lblServers.AutoSize = true;
+        lblServers.Location = new Point(12, 12);
+        lblServers.TabIndex = 0;
+
+        lstServers.AccessibleName = "Saved servers";
+        lstServers.Location = new Point(12, 32);
+        lstServers.Size = new Size(360, 200);
+        lstServers.TabIndex = 1;
+        lstServers.SelectedIndexChanged += (_, _) => UpdateButtonsEnabled();
+
+        btnConnect.Text = "&Connect";
+        btnConnect.Location = new Point(384, 32);
+        btnConnect.Size = new Size(110, 27);
+        btnConnect.TabIndex = 2;
+
+        btnAddNew.Text = "&Add new...";
+        btnAddNew.Location = new Point(384, 65);
+        btnAddNew.Size = new Size(110, 27);
+        btnAddNew.TabIndex = 3;
+
+        btnEdit.Text = "&Edit...";
+        btnEdit.Location = new Point(384, 98);
+        btnEdit.Size = new Size(110, 27);
+        btnEdit.TabIndex = 4;
+
+        btnRemove.Text = "&Remove";
+        btnRemove.Location = new Point(384, 131);
+        btnRemove.Size = new Size(110, 27);
+        btnRemove.TabIndex = 5;
+
+        lblStatus.AccessibleName = "Connection status";
+        lblStatus.Location = new Point(12, 244);
+        lblStatus.Size = new Size(482, 23);
+        lblStatus.TabIndex = 6;
+
+        AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
+        ClientSize = new Size(506, 280);
+        Controls.Add(lblServers);
+        Controls.Add(lstServers);
+        Controls.Add(btnConnect);
+        Controls.Add(btnAddNew);
+        Controls.Add(btnEdit);
+        Controls.Add(btnRemove);
+        Controls.Add(lblStatus);
+        AcceptButton = btnConnect;
+        MinimizeBox = false;
+        MaximizeBox = false;
+        FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
+        StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
+        Text = "VoiceCat — Connect to a server";
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/ConnectDialog.cs

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+using VoiceCat.App.Models;
+using VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Saved-server list + connect flow. On success, ConnectedClient/SelfUserId/Nickname are set
+/// and DialogResult == OK; the caller (Program.cs) takes ownership of ConnectedClient (does
+/// NOT dispose it here — MainForm owns its lifetime from that point on).
+/// </summary>
+public partial class ConnectDialog : Form
+{
+    private readonly List<SavedServer> _servers;
+    private readonly System.Windows.Forms.Timer _pumpTimer = new() { Interval = 30 };
+
+    private VoiceCatClient? _client;
+    private bool _identityDialogShown;
+
+    public VoiceCatClient? ConnectedClient { get; private set; }
+    public uint SelfUserId { get; private set; }
+    public string Nickname { get; private set; } = "";
+
+    public ConnectDialog()
+    {
+        InitializeComponent();
+        _servers = ServerListStore.Load();
+        RefreshServerList();
+
+        _pumpTimer.Tick += (_, _) =>
+        {
+            try { _client?.PumpEvents(); }
+            catch (Exception ex) { Console.Error.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] EXCEPTION in PumpEvents/event handler: {ex}"); }
+        };
+
+        btnAddNew.Click += BtnAddNew_Click;
+        btnEdit.Click += BtnEdit_Click;
+        btnRemove.Click += BtnRemove_Click;
+        btnConnect.Click += BtnConnect_Click;
+        lstServers.DoubleClick += BtnConnect_Click;
+    }
+
+    private void RefreshServerList()
+    {
+        object? previouslySelected = lstServers.SelectedItem;
+        lstServers.Items.Clear();
+        foreach (var s in _servers) lstServers.Items.Add(s);
+        if (previouslySelected is not null && _servers.Contains(previouslySelected))
+            lstServers.SelectedItem = previouslySelected;
+        else if (lstServers.Items.Count > 0)
+            lstServers.SelectedIndex = 0;
+        UpdateButtonsEnabled();
+    }
+
+    private void UpdateButtonsEnabled()
+    {
+        bool hasSelection = lstServers.SelectedItem is not null;
+        btnConnect.Enabled = hasSelection;
+        btnEdit.Enabled = hasSelection;
+        btnRemove.Enabled = hasSelection;
+    }
+
+    private void BtnAddNew_Click(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        using var dlg = new AddServerDialog();
+        if (dlg.ShowDialog(this) != DialogResult.OK || dlg.Result is null) return;
+        _servers.Add(dlg.Result);
+        ServerListStore.Save(_servers);
+        RefreshServerList();
+        lstServers.SelectedItem = dlg.Result;
+    }
+
+    private void BtnEdit_Click(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (lstServers.SelectedItem is not SavedServer existing) return;
+        using var dlg = new AddServerDialog(existing);
+        if (dlg.ShowDialog(this) != DialogResult.OK) return;
+        ServerListStore.Save(_servers);
+        RefreshServerList();
+    }
+
+    private void BtnRemove_Click(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (lstServers.SelectedItem is not SavedServer existing) return;
+        var confirm = MessageBox.Show(this, $"Remove '{existing}' from the saved-server list?",
+            "VoiceCat", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question);
+        if (confirm != DialogResult.Yes) return;
+        _servers.Remove(existing);
+        ServerListStore.Save(_servers);
+        RefreshServerList();
+    }
+
+    private void BtnConnect_Click(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine("[ConnectDialog] BtnConnect_Click fired");
+        if (lstServers.SelectedItem is not SavedServer server)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("[ConnectDialog] no SavedServer selected — ignoring click");
+            return;
+        }
+        Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] selected server: Host={server.Host} Port={server.Port} AuthMode={server.AuthMode}");
+        try
+        {
+            StartConnect(server);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] EXCEPTION in StartConnect: {ex}");
+            lblStatus.Text = $"Internal error: {ex.Message}";
+            CleanupFailedAttempt();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void StartConnect(SavedServer server)
+    {
+        SetBusy(true);
+        lblStatus.Text = "Connecting...";
+
+        string tofuDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(ServerListStore.TofuStorePath)!;
+        Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] tofu store dir: {tofuDir}");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(tofuDir);
+
+        Console.WriteLine("[ConnectDialog] creating VoiceCatClient...");
+        _client = new VoiceCatClient("VoiceCat-Windows", VoiceCatClient.VersionString,
+            VcLogLevel.Info, ServerListStore.TofuStorePath);
+        Console.WriteLine("[ConnectDialog] VoiceCatClient created OK");
+        _client.EventReceived += OnEvent;
+        _identityDialogShown = false;
+        _pumpTimer.Start();
+        Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] pump timer started, Enabled={_pumpTimer.Enabled}, Interval={_pumpTimer.Interval}");
+
+        Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] calling Connect({server.Host}, {server.Port})...");
+        var connectResult = _client.Connect(server.Host, server.Port);
+        Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] Connect() returned {connectResult}");
+        if (connectResult != VcResult.Ok)
+        {
+            lblStatus.Text = $"Connect failed: {connectResult}";
+            CleanupFailedAttempt();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (server.AuthMode == AuthMode.Guest)
+        {
+            Nickname = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(server.LastNickname) ? Environment.UserName : server.LastNickname;
+            Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] calling AuthenticateGuest({Nickname})...");
+            var authResult = _client.AuthenticateGuest(Nickname);
+            Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] AuthenticateGuest() returned {authResult}");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            string password;
+            if (server.ProtectedPasswordBase64 is not null)
+            {
+                password = PasswordProtector.Unprotect(server.ProtectedPasswordBase64);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                using var pwDlg = new PasswordPromptDialog($"Password for {server.SavedUsername}@{server.Host}:");
+                if (pwDlg.ShowDialog(this) != DialogResult.OK)
+                {
+                    lblStatus.Text = "Cancelled.";
+                    CleanupFailedAttempt();
+                    return;
+                }
+                password = pwDlg.Password;
+            }
+            Nickname = server.SavedUsername ?? "";
+            Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] calling AuthenticateUser({Nickname})...");
+            var authResult = _client.AuthenticateUser(server.SavedUsername ?? "", password);
+            Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] AuthenticateUser() returned {authResult}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void OnEvent(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] event: {ev}");
+        switch (ev.Type)
+        {
+            case VcEventType.ConnectionState:
+                lblStatus.Text = ev.ConnectionState switch
+                {
+                    VcConnectionState.Connecting => "Connecting...",
+                    VcConnectionState.TlsHandshake => "TLS handshake...",
+                    VcConnectionState.VerifyingIdentity => "Verifying server identity...",
+                    VcConnectionState.Authenticating => "Authenticating...",
+                    VcConnectionState.Connected => "Connected.",
+                    _ => lblStatus.Text,
+                };
+                break;
+
+            case VcEventType.ServerIdentity:
+                HandleServerIdentity((VcTofuStatus)ev.U32a, ev.Text ?? "");
+                break;
+
+            case VcEventType.AuthResult:
+                if (ev.Result == VcResult.Ok)
+                {
+                    SelfUserId = ev.UserId;
+                    ConnectedClient = _client;
+                    _pumpTimer.Stop();
+                    _client!.EventReceived -= OnEvent;
+                    DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
+                    Close();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    lblStatus.Text = $"Authentication failed: {ev.Text}";
+                    CleanupFailedAttempt();
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case VcEventType.Disconnected:
+                if (ConnectedClient is null)
+                {
+                    lblStatus.Text = string.IsNullOrEmpty(ev.Text) ? "Disconnected." : $"Disconnected: {ev.Text}";
+                    CleanupFailedAttempt();
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void HandleServerIdentity(VcTofuStatus status, string certFingerprintHex)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] HandleServerIdentity status={status} fp={certFingerprintHex} alreadyShown={_identityDialogShown}");
+        if (_identityDialogShown) return; // one decision per connect attempt
+        if (status == VcTofuStatus.Matched)
+        {
+            // Silent success path — no dialog. See ServerIdentityDialog's doc comment.
+            Console.WriteLine("[ConnectDialog] status=Matched -> auto-confirming, no dialog");
+            _client!.ConfirmServerIdentity(true);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _identityDialogShown = true;
+        Console.WriteLine("[ConnectDialog] showing ServerIdentityDialog...");
+        using var dlg = new ServerIdentityDialog(status, certFingerprintHex, _client!.GetServerIdentityDisplay());
+        var dlgResult = dlg.ShowDialog(this);
+        Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] ServerIdentityDialog closed with {dlgResult}");
+        bool accept = dlgResult == DialogResult.OK;
+        var confirmResult = _client.ConfirmServerIdentity(accept);
+        Console.WriteLine($"[ConnectDialog] ConfirmServerIdentity({accept}) returned {confirmResult}");
+        if (!accept) lblStatus.Text = "Server identity rejected.";
+    }
+
+    private void CleanupFailedAttempt()
+    {
+        _pumpTimer.Stop();
+        if (_client is not null)
+        {
+            _client.EventReceived -= OnEvent;
+            _client.Dispose();
+            _client = null;
+        }
+        SetBusy(false);
+    }
+
+    private void SetBusy(bool busy)
+    {
+        lstServers.Enabled = !busy;
+        btnConnect.Enabled = !busy && lstServers.SelectedItem is not null;
+        btnAddNew.Enabled = !busy;
+        btnEdit.Enabled = !busy && lstServers.SelectedItem is not null;
+        btnRemove.Enabled = !busy && lstServers.SelectedItem is not null;
+    }
+
+    protected override void OnFormClosing(FormClosingEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (DialogResult != DialogResult.OK)
+        {
+            _pumpTimer.Stop();
+            if (_client is not null)
+            {
+                _client.EventReceived -= OnEvent;
+                _client.Dispose();
+                _client = null;
+            }
+        }
+        base.OnFormClosing(e);
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/MainForm.Designer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+partial class MainForm
+{
+    private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null!;
+
+    // Status bar
+    private Label lblStatus = null!;
+
+    // Main left/right split
+    private SplitContainer splitMain = null!;
+
+    // Left panel: channel tree on top, user list on bottom
+    private SplitContainer splitLeft = null!;
+    private Label lblChannels = null!;
+    private TreeView tvChannels = null!;
+    private Label lblUsers = null!;
+    private ListBox lstUsers = null!;
+
+    // Right panel: chat transcript, compose row, activity log
+    private TableLayoutPanel tblRight = null!;
+    private Label lblChat = null!;
+    private RichTextBox rtbChat = null!;
+    private TableLayoutPanel tblCompose = null!;
+    private ComboBox cboScope = null!;
+    private TextBox txtCompose = null!;
+    private Button btnSend = null!;
+    private Label lblActivity = null!;
+    private ListBox lstActivity = null!;
+
+    // Voice control panel (docked Bottom)
+    private Panel pnlVoice = null!;
+    private FlowLayoutPanel flpVoiceTop = null!;
+    private FlowLayoutPanel flpVoiceBottom = null!;
+    private Button btnMicToggle = null!;
+    private CheckBox chkMute = null!;
+    private CheckBox chkDeafen = null!;
+    private RadioButton radioVad = null!;
+    private RadioButton radioPtt = null!;
+    private RadioButton radioAlwaysOn = null!;
+    private Label lblPttKey = null!;
+    private Button btnChangePtt = null!;
+    private Label lblInputDevice = null!;
+    private ComboBox cboInputDevice = null!;
+    private Button btnRefreshDevices = null!;
+    private Label lblLevel = null!;
+    private ProgressBar pbLevel = null!;
+    private Label lblVadThreshold = null!;
+    private TrackBar trkVadThreshold = null!;
+
+    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing) components?.Dispose();
+        base.Dispose(disposing);
+    }
+
+    private void InitializeComponent()
+    {
+        components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
+
+        lblStatus = new Label();
+        splitMain = new SplitContainer();
+        splitLeft = new SplitContainer();
+        lblChannels = new Label();
+        tvChannels = new TreeView();
+        lblUsers = new Label();
+        lstUsers = new ListBox();
+        tblRight = new TableLayoutPanel();
+        lblChat = new Label();
+        rtbChat = new RichTextBox();
+        tblCompose = new TableLayoutPanel();
+        cboScope = new ComboBox();
+        txtCompose = new TextBox();
+        btnSend = new Button();
+        lblActivity = new Label();
+        lstActivity = new ListBox();
+        pnlVoice = new Panel();
+        flpVoiceTop = new FlowLayoutPanel();
+        flpVoiceBottom = new FlowLayoutPanel();
+        btnMicToggle = new Button();
+        chkMute = new CheckBox();
+        chkDeafen = new CheckBox();
+        radioVad = new RadioButton();
+        radioPtt = new RadioButton();
+        radioAlwaysOn = new RadioButton();
+        lblPttKey = new Label();
+        btnChangePtt = new Button();
+        lblInputDevice = new Label();
+        cboInputDevice = new ComboBox();
+        btnRefreshDevices = new Button();
+        lblLevel = new Label();
+        pbLevel = new ProgressBar();
+        lblVadThreshold = new Label();
+        trkVadThreshold = new TrackBar();
+
+        // ── Status label ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        lblStatus.AccessibleName = "Connection status";
+        lblStatus.Dock = DockStyle.Top;
+        lblStatus.AutoSize = true;
+        lblStatus.Padding = new Padding(6, 4, 6, 4);
+        lblStatus.TabIndex = 0;
+        lblStatus.Text = "Connecting...";
+
+        // ── Channel tree ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        lblChannels.Text = "Channels:";
+        lblChannels.Dock = DockStyle.Top;
+        lblChannels.AutoSize = true;
+        lblChannels.Padding = new Padding(4, 4, 4, 2);
+
+        tvChannels.AccessibleName = "Channel list";
+        tvChannels.AccessibleDescription =
+            "Double-click or press Enter to join a channel. " +
+            "Channels marked [password] require a password.";
+        tvChannels.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        tvChannels.HideSelection = false;
+        tvChannels.TabIndex = 0;
+
+        // ── User list ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        lblUsers.Text = "Users in channel:";
+        lblUsers.Dock = DockStyle.Top;
+        lblUsers.AutoSize = true;
+        lblUsers.Padding = new Padding(4, 4, 4, 2);
+
+        lstUsers.AccessibleName = "Users in current channel";
+        lstUsers.AccessibleDescription =
+            "People in the same channel. Double-click or press Enter for per-user volume settings. " +
+            "Talking users are marked (talking).";
+        lstUsers.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        lstUsers.TabIndex = 1;
+
+        // ── Left split (channels top, users bottom) ───────────────────────────
+        splitLeft.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal;
+        splitLeft.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        splitLeft.Panel1MinSize = 100;
+        splitLeft.Panel2MinSize = 80;
+        splitLeft.TabIndex = 0;
+        splitLeft.Panel1.Controls.Add(tvChannels);
+        splitLeft.Panel1.Controls.Add(lblChannels);
+        splitLeft.Panel2.Controls.Add(lstUsers);
+        splitLeft.Panel2.Controls.Add(lblUsers);
+
+        // ── Chat transcript ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        lblChat.Text = "Chat:";
+        lblChat.AutoSize = true;
+        lblChat.Padding = new Padding(2, 2, 2, 1);
+
+        rtbChat.AccessibleName = "Chat transcript";
+        rtbChat.AccessibleDescription = "History of channel and private messages.";
+        rtbChat.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        rtbChat.ReadOnly = true;
+        rtbChat.ScrollBars = RichTextBoxScrollBars.Vertical;
+        rtbChat.BackColor = SystemColors.Window;
+        rtbChat.TabIndex = 0;
+
+        // ── Compose row ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        cboScope.AccessibleName = "Send to";
+        cboScope.AccessibleDescription =
+            "Choose Channel to send to everyone, or a specific user for a private message.";
+        cboScope.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList;
+        cboScope.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        cboScope.TabIndex = 1;
+
+        txtCompose.AccessibleName = "Message text";
+        txtCompose.AccessibleDescription = "Type your message. Press Enter or click Send to send.";
+        txtCompose.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        txtCompose.TabIndex = 2;
+
+        btnSend.Text = "&Send";
+        btnSend.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        btnSend.TabIndex = 3;
+
+        tblCompose.ColumnCount = 3;
+        tblCompose.RowCount = 1;
+        tblCompose.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        tblCompose.ColumnStyles.Add(new ColumnStyle(SizeType.Absolute, 165F));
+        tblCompose.ColumnStyles.Add(new ColumnStyle(SizeType.Percent, 100F));
+        tblCompose.ColumnStyles.Add(new ColumnStyle(SizeType.Absolute, 68F));
+        tblCompose.RowStyles.Add(new RowStyle(SizeType.Percent, 100F));
+        tblCompose.Padding = new Padding(0, 3, 0, 0);
+        tblCompose.Controls.Add(cboScope, 0, 0);
+        tblCompose.Controls.Add(txtCompose, 1, 0);
+        tblCompose.Controls.Add(btnSend, 2, 0);
+
+        // ── Activity log ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        lblActivity.Text = "Activity:";
+        lblActivity.AutoSize = true;
+        lblActivity.Padding = new Padding(2, 4, 2, 1);
+
+        lstActivity.AccessibleName = "Activity log";
+        lstActivity.AccessibleDescription =
+            "Record of joins, leaves, talk-state changes, and server messages.";
+        lstActivity.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        lstActivity.HorizontalScrollbar = true;
+        lstActivity.TabIndex = 4;
+
+        // ── Right table layout ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        tblRight.ColumnCount = 1;
+        tblRight.RowCount = 5;
+        tblRight.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        tblRight.ColumnStyles.Add(new ColumnStyle(SizeType.Percent, 100F));
+        tblRight.RowStyles.Add(new RowStyle(SizeType.AutoSize));
+        tblRight.RowStyles.Add(new RowStyle(SizeType.Percent, 100F));
+        tblRight.RowStyles.Add(new RowStyle(SizeType.Absolute, 34F));
+        tblRight.RowStyles.Add(new RowStyle(SizeType.AutoSize));
+        tblRight.RowStyles.Add(new RowStyle(SizeType.Absolute, 120F));
+        tblRight.Controls.Add(lblChat, 0, 0);
+        tblRight.Controls.Add(rtbChat, 0, 1);
+        tblRight.Controls.Add(tblCompose, 0, 2);
+        tblRight.Controls.Add(lblActivity, 0, 3);
+        tblRight.Controls.Add(lstActivity, 0, 4);
+
+        // ── Main split ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        // SplitterDistance set in OnLoad — see MainForm.cs.
+        splitMain.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        splitMain.Panel1MinSize = 150;
+        splitMain.TabIndex = 1;
+        splitMain.Panel1.Controls.Add(splitLeft);
+        splitMain.Panel2.Controls.Add(tblRight);
+
+        // ── Voice control panel ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+        // Top row: mic start/stop, mute/deafen, VAD/PTT
+        btnMicToggle.Text = "&Join Voice";
+        btnMicToggle.AutoSize = true;
+        btnMicToggle.Margin = new Padding(0, 2, 6, 0);
+        btnMicToggle.TabIndex = 0;
+
+        chkMute.Text = "&Mute mic";
+        chkMute.AutoSize = true;
+        chkMute.Enabled = false;
+        chkMute.Margin = new Padding(0, 4, 6, 0);
+        chkMute.TabIndex = 1;
+
+        chkDeafen.Text = "&Deafen";
+        chkDeafen.AutoSize = true;
+        chkDeafen.Enabled = false;
+        chkDeafen.Margin = new Padding(0, 4, 12, 0);
+        chkDeafen.TabIndex = 2;
+
+        var lblMode = new Label { Text = "Mode:", AutoSize = true, Margin = new Padding(0, 5, 4, 0) };
+
+        radioVad.Text = "&Voice activation";
+        radioVad.AutoSize = true;
+        radioVad.Checked = true;
+        radioVad.Enabled = false;
+        radioVad.Margin = new Padding(0, 4, 6, 0);
+        radioVad.TabIndex = 3;
+
+        radioPtt.Text = "&Push to talk";
+        radioPtt.AutoSize = true;
+        radioPtt.Enabled = false;
+        radioPtt.Margin = new Padding(0, 4, 4, 0);
+        radioPtt.TabIndex = 4;
+
+        radioAlwaysOn.Text = "A&lways on";
+        radioAlwaysOn.AutoSize = true;
+        radioAlwaysOn.Enabled = false;
+        radioAlwaysOn.Margin = new Padding(0, 4, 12, 0);
+        radioAlwaysOn.TabIndex = 5;
+
+        lblPttKey.Text = "(F8)";
+        lblPttKey.AutoSize = true;
+        lblPttKey.Margin = new Padding(2, 5, 4, 0);
+        lblPttKey.Visible = false;
+
+        btnChangePtt.Text = "Change key...";
+        btnChangePtt.AutoSize = true;
+        btnChangePtt.Margin = new Padding(0, 2, 0, 0);
+        btnChangePtt.Visible = false;
+        btnChangePtt.TabIndex = 6;
+
+        flpVoiceTop.Dock = DockStyle.Top;
+        flpVoiceTop.Height = 34;
+        flpVoiceTop.AutoSize = false;
+        flpVoiceTop.Padding = new Padding(4, 2, 4, 0);
+        flpVoiceTop.Controls.Add(btnMicToggle);
+        flpVoiceTop.Controls.Add(chkMute);
+        flpVoiceTop.Controls.Add(chkDeafen);
+        flpVoiceTop.Controls.Add(lblMode);
+        flpVoiceTop.Controls.Add(radioVad);
+        flpVoiceTop.Controls.Add(radioPtt);
+        flpVoiceTop.Controls.Add(radioAlwaysOn);
+        flpVoiceTop.Controls.Add(lblPttKey);
+        flpVoiceTop.Controls.Add(btnChangePtt);
+
+        // Bottom row: device picker + level meter
+        lblInputDevice.Text = "Input:";
+        lblInputDevice.AutoSize = true;
+        lblInputDevice.Margin = new Padding(0, 5, 4, 0);
+
+        cboInputDevice.AccessibleName = "Input device";
+        cboInputDevice.AccessibleDescription = "Select which microphone or audio device to use.";
+        cboInputDevice.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList;
+        cboInputDevice.Width = 200;
+        cboInputDevice.Margin = new Padding(0, 2, 4, 0);
+        cboInputDevice.TabIndex = 7;
+
+        btnRefreshDevices.Text = "Re&fresh";
+        btnRefreshDevices.AutoSize = true;
+        btnRefreshDevices.Margin = new Padding(0, 2, 12, 0);
+        btnRefreshDevices.TabIndex = 8;
+
+        lblLevel.Text = "Level:";
+        lblLevel.AutoSize = true;
+        lblLevel.Margin = new Padding(0, 5, 4, 0);
+
+        pbLevel.AccessibleName = "Microphone level";
+        pbLevel.AccessibleDescription = "Current input level from the microphone.";
+        pbLevel.Width = 120;
+        pbLevel.Height = 16;
+        pbLevel.Maximum = 100;
+        pbLevel.Margin = new Padding(0, 6, 0, 0);
+        pbLevel.Style = ProgressBarStyle.Continuous;
+        pbLevel.TabStop = false; // informational, not actionable
+
+        lblVadThreshold.Text = "Sensitivity:";
+        lblVadThreshold.AutoSize = true;
+        lblVadThreshold.Margin = new Padding(12, 5, 4, 0);
+        lblVadThreshold.Visible = true; // shown when VAD mode active
+
+        trkVadThreshold.AccessibleName = "VAD sensitivity";
+        trkVadThreshold.AccessibleDescription =
+            "Voice detection sensitivity. Higher = more sensitive (triggers on quieter sounds). " +
+            "Range 1–100; default 25.";
+        trkVadThreshold.Minimum = 1;
+        trkVadThreshold.Maximum = 100;
+        trkVadThreshold.Value = 76;       // maps to ~0.024 (≈ default 0.025 threshold)
+        trkVadThreshold.TickFrequency = 10;
+        trkVadThreshold.SmallChange = 1;
+        trkVadThreshold.LargeChange = 10;
+        trkVadThreshold.Width = 120;
+        trkVadThreshold.Margin = new Padding(0, 2, 0, 0);
+        trkVadThreshold.TabIndex = 9;
+        trkVadThreshold.Visible = true;
+
+        flpVoiceBottom.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+        flpVoiceBottom.Padding = new Padding(4, 0, 4, 2);
+        flpVoiceBottom.Controls.Add(lblInputDevice);
+        flpVoiceBottom.Controls.Add(cboInputDevice);
+        flpVoiceBottom.Controls.Add(btnRefreshDevices);
+        flpVoiceBottom.Controls.Add(lblLevel);
+        flpVoiceBottom.Controls.Add(pbLevel);
+        flpVoiceBottom.Controls.Add(lblVadThreshold);
+        flpVoiceBottom.Controls.Add(trkVadThreshold);
+
+        pnlVoice.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom;
+        pnlVoice.Height = 68;
+        pnlVoice.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
+        pnlVoice.Padding = new Padding(0);
+        pnlVoice.Controls.Add(flpVoiceBottom);  // Fill — added first
+        pnlVoice.Controls.Add(flpVoiceTop);     // Top — added last
+
+        // ── Form ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
+        ClientSize = new Size(960, 680);
+        MinimumSize = new Size(700, 540);
+        KeyPreview = true; // form sees KeyDown/KeyUp before focused control (needed for PTT)
+        // Controls added in reverse docking priority: Fill first, then Bottom, then Top.
+        Controls.Add(splitMain);  // DockStyle.Fill
+        Controls.Add(pnlVoice);   // DockStyle.Bottom
+        Controls.Add(lblStatus);  // DockStyle.Top
+        StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
+        Text = "VoiceCat";
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/MainForm.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,684 @@
+using VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Post-auth main window. Owns the VoiceCatClient for its entire lifetime.
+/// Phase E: channel tree, user list, chat. Phase F: voice controls, device pickers, PTT,
+/// per-user tuning.
+/// </summary>
+public partial class MainForm : Form
+{
+    private readonly VoiceCatClient _client;
+    private readonly uint _selfUserId;
+    private readonly string _nickname;
+    private readonly System.Windows.Forms.Timer _pumpTimer = new() { Interval = 30 };
+
+    // Channel / user state
+    private uint _currentChannelId;
+    private List<ChannelInfo> _channels = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<uint, UserInfo> _users = [];
+    private readonly HashSet<uint> _talkingUsers = [];
+
+    // Voice state
+    private uint _micStreamId; // 0 = not started
+    private Keys _pttKey = Keys.F8;
+
+    public MainForm(VoiceCatClient client, uint selfUserId, string nickname)
+    {
+        InitializeComponent();
+        _client = client;
+        _selfUserId = selfUserId;
+        _nickname = nickname;
+
+        Text = $"VoiceCat — {nickname}";
+
+        _client.EventReceived += OnEvent;
+        _client.LevelChanged += OnLevelChanged;
+        _pumpTimer.Tick += (_, _) => _client.PumpEvents();
+        _pumpTimer.Start();
+
+        // Channel tree
+        tvChannels.DoubleClick += TvChannels_DoubleClick;
+        tvChannels.KeyDown += TvChannels_KeyDown;
+
+        // User list — double-click or Enter for per-user tuning, right-click for context menu
+        var ctxUsers = new ContextMenuStrip();
+        var miTune = new ToolStripMenuItem("&Adjust volume and noise settings...");
+        miTune.Click += (_, _) => OpenUserTuning();
+        ctxUsers.Opening += (_, _) => miTune.Enabled = lstUsers.SelectedItem is UserListItem;
+        ctxUsers.Items.Add(miTune);
+        lstUsers.ContextMenuStrip = ctxUsers;
+        lstUsers.DoubleClick += (_, _) => OpenUserTuning();
+        lstUsers.KeyDown += (_, e) => { if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter) OpenUserTuning(); };
+
+        // Compose
+        txtCompose.KeyDown += TxtCompose_KeyDown;
+        btnSend.Click += (_, _) => SendText();
+
+        // Voice controls
+        btnMicToggle.Click += BtnMicToggle_Click;
+        chkMute.CheckedChanged += (_, _) => ApplySelfMute();
+        chkDeafen.CheckedChanged += (_, _) => ApplySelfMute();
+        radioVad.CheckedChanged += RadioVad_CheckedChanged;
+        radioPtt.CheckedChanged += RadioPtt_CheckedChanged;
+        radioAlwaysOn.CheckedChanged += RadioAlwaysOn_CheckedChanged;
+        trkVadThreshold.Scroll += TrkVadThreshold_Scroll;
+        btnChangePtt.Click += BtnChangePtt_Click;
+        btnRefreshDevices.Click += (_, _) => LoadInputDevices();
+        cboInputDevice.SelectedIndexChanged += CboInputDevice_SelectedIndexChanged;
+
+        // PTT (focus-scoped — works only while this form has focus; documented limitation)
+        KeyDown += MainForm_KeyDown;
+        KeyUp += MainForm_KeyUp;
+        Deactivate += (_, _) =>
+        {
+            if (_micStreamId != 0) _client.SetPushToTalk(false); // release PTT on focus loss
+        };
+
+        BootstrapFromServer();
+    }
+
+    // ── Startup ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void BootstrapFromServer()
+    {
+        _channels = _client.ListChannels();
+        var users = _client.ListUsers();
+        _users.Clear();
+        foreach (var u in users)
+        {
+            _users[u.Id] = u;
+            if (u.Id == _selfUserId) _currentChannelId = u.ChannelId;
+        }
+        RefreshChannelTree();
+        RefreshUserList();
+        RebuildScopeCombo();
+        UpdateStatusLabel();
+        AddActivity($"Connected to server as {_nickname}");
+    }
+
+    protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
+    {
+        base.OnLoad(e);
+        splitMain.SplitterDistance = Math.Min(220, splitMain.Width - 304);
+        splitLeft.SplitterDistance = Math.Min(260, splitLeft.Height - 84);
+        LoadInputDevices();
+    }
+
+    // ── Event dispatch ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void OnEvent(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        switch (ev.Type)
+        {
+            case VcEventType.ChannelList:
+                HandleChannelList();
+                break;
+            case VcEventType.UserJoined:
+                HandleUserJoined(ev);
+                break;
+            case VcEventType.UserLeft:
+                HandleUserLeft(ev);
+                break;
+            case VcEventType.UserUpdated:
+                HandleUserUpdated();
+                break;
+            case VcEventType.JoinResult:
+                HandleJoinResult(ev);
+                break;
+            case VcEventType.TextMessage:
+                HandleTextMessage(ev);
+                break;
+            case VcEventType.TalkState:
+                HandleTalkState(ev);
+                break;
+            case VcEventType.StreamStarted:
+                HandleStreamStarted(ev);
+                break;
+            case VcEventType.StreamStopped:
+                if (_users.TryGetValue(ev.UserId, out var stUser) &&
+                    stUser.ChannelId == _currentChannelId)
+                    AddActivity($"{stUser.Nickname} stopped a stream");
+                break;
+            case VcEventType.Disconnected:
+                HandleDisconnected(ev);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ── Event handlers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void HandleChannelList()
+    {
+        _channels = _client.ListChannels();
+        var users = _client.ListUsers();
+        _users.Clear();
+        foreach (var u in users)
+        {
+            _users[u.Id] = u;
+            if (u.Id == _selfUserId) _currentChannelId = u.ChannelId;
+        }
+        RefreshChannelTree();
+        RefreshUserList();
+        RebuildScopeCombo();
+    }
+
+    private void HandleUserJoined(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        var user = new UserInfo(ev.UserId, ev.Text ?? $"User#{ev.UserId}", false, ev.ChannelId);
+        _users[ev.UserId] = user;
+        RefreshUserList();
+        RebuildScopeCombo();
+        if (ev.ChannelId == _currentChannelId && ev.UserId != _selfUserId)
+            AddActivity($"{user.Nickname} joined the channel");
+    }
+
+    private void HandleUserLeft(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        if (!_users.TryGetValue(ev.UserId, out var user)) return;
+        bool wasHere = user.ChannelId == _currentChannelId && ev.UserId != _selfUserId;
+        _users.Remove(ev.UserId);
+        _talkingUsers.Remove(ev.UserId);
+        RefreshUserList();
+        RebuildScopeCombo();
+        if (wasHere) AddActivity($"{user.Nickname} left the channel");
+    }
+
+    private void HandleUserUpdated()
+    {
+        var users = _client.ListUsers();
+        _users.Clear();
+        foreach (var u in users)
+        {
+            _users[u.Id] = u;
+            if (u.Id == _selfUserId) _currentChannelId = u.ChannelId;
+        }
+        RefreshChannelTree();
+        RefreshUserList();
+        RebuildScopeCombo();
+    }
+
+    private void HandleJoinResult(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        if (ev.Result == VcResult.Ok)
+        {
+            _currentChannelId = ev.ChannelId;
+            // Server doesn't echo UserJoined/UserUpdated back to the mover — patch our
+            // own entry in _users so RefreshUserList shows us in the new channel.
+            if (_users.TryGetValue(_selfUserId, out var self))
+                _users[_selfUserId] = self with { ChannelId = ev.ChannelId };
+            RefreshChannelTree();
+            RefreshUserList();
+            UpdateStatusLabel();
+            string chanName = _channels.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Id == ev.ChannelId)?.Name
+                              ?? $"Channel #{ev.ChannelId}";
+            AddActivity($"Joined {chanName}");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            AddActivity($"Could not join channel: {ev.Text ?? ev.Result.ToString()}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void HandleTextMessage(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        string time = ev.TimestampUnixMs > 0
+            ? DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeMilliseconds((long)ev.TimestampUnixMs)
+                           .LocalDateTime.ToString("HH:mm")
+            : DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm");
+        string sender = GetNickname(ev.UserId);
+        string prefix = ev.TextScope == VcTextScope.Private ? "(private) " : "";
+        rtbChat.AppendText($"[{time}] {prefix}{sender}: {ev.Text ?? ""}\n");
+        rtbChat.ScrollToCaret();
+        if (ev.TextScope == VcTextScope.Private && ev.UserId != _selfUserId)
+            AddActivity($"Private message from {sender}");
+    }
+
+    private void HandleTalkState(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        bool talking = ev.U32a == 1;
+        if (talking) _talkingUsers.Add(ev.UserId);
+        else _talkingUsers.Remove(ev.UserId);
+        RefreshUserList();
+        if (talking && ev.UserId != _selfUserId &&
+            _users.TryGetValue(ev.UserId, out var tUser) &&
+            tUser.ChannelId == _currentChannelId)
+            AddActivity($"{tUser.Nickname} started talking");
+    }
+
+    private void HandleStreamStarted(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        if (!_users.TryGetValue(ev.UserId, out var sUser) ||
+            sUser.ChannelId != _currentChannelId) return;
+        var streams = _client.ListUserStreams(ev.UserId);
+        var stream = streams.FirstOrDefault(s => s.StreamId == ev.StreamId);
+        string kind = stream?.Kind switch
+        {
+            VcStreamKind.ScreenAudio => "screen audio",
+            VcStreamKind.AuxDevice => "aux device",
+            _ => "microphone",
+        };
+        AddActivity($"{sUser.Nickname} started {kind} stream");
+    }
+
+    private void HandleDisconnected(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        string msg = string.IsNullOrEmpty(ev.Text)
+            ? "Disconnected from server."
+            : $"Disconnected: {ev.Text}";
+        lblStatus.Text = msg;
+        AddActivity(msg);
+        tvChannels.Nodes.Clear();
+        lstUsers.Items.Clear();
+        _users.Clear();
+        _talkingUsers.Clear();
+        _currentChannelId = 0;
+        _micStreamId = 0;
+        txtCompose.Enabled = false;
+        btnSend.Enabled = false;
+        btnMicToggle.Enabled = false;
+    }
+
+    // ── Level meter ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void OnLevelChanged(uint streamId, float rms)
+    {
+        if (streamId == _micStreamId)
+            pbLevel.Value = Math.Min(100, (int)(rms * 400));
+    }
+
+    // ── UI refresh helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void RefreshChannelTree()
+    {
+        uint toSelect = tvChannels.SelectedNode?.Tag is uint s ? s : _currentChannelId;
+        tvChannels.BeginUpdate();
+        tvChannels.Nodes.Clear();
+
+        var byParent = _channels
+            .GroupBy(c => c.ParentId)
+            .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.ToList());
+
+        void AddChildren(TreeNodeCollection nodes, uint parentId)
+        {
+            if (!byParent.TryGetValue(parentId, out var kids)) return;
+            foreach (var ch in kids.OrderBy(c => c.Name))
+            {
+                var label = ch.Name;
+                if (ch.PasswordProtected) label += " [password]";
+                if (ch.Id == _currentChannelId) label += " ►";
+                var node = new TreeNode(label) { Tag = ch.Id };
+                nodes.Add(node);
+                AddChildren(node.Nodes, ch.Id);
+            }
+        }
+        AddChildren(tvChannels.Nodes, 0);
+        tvChannels.ExpandAll();
+        SeekAndSelect(tvChannels.Nodes, toSelect);
+        tvChannels.EndUpdate();
+    }
+
+    private bool SeekAndSelect(TreeNodeCollection nodes, uint channelId)
+    {
+        if (channelId == 0) return false;
+        foreach (TreeNode n in nodes)
+        {
+            if (n.Tag is uint id && id == channelId) { tvChannels.SelectedNode = n; return true; }
+            if (SeekAndSelect(n.Nodes, channelId)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private void RefreshUserList()
+    {
+        lstUsers.BeginUpdate();
+        lstUsers.Items.Clear();
+        foreach (var user in _users.Values
+            .Where(u => u.ChannelId == _currentChannelId)
+            .OrderBy(u => u.Nickname))
+        {
+            string label = user.Nickname;
+            if (user.Id == _selfUserId) label += " (you)";
+            if (_talkingUsers.Contains(user.Id)) label += " (talking)";
+            lstUsers.Items.Add(new UserListItem(user.Id, label));
+        }
+        lstUsers.EndUpdate();
+    }
+
+    private void RebuildScopeCombo()
+    {
+        uint prevTarget = (cboScope.SelectedItem is ScopeItem prev &&
+                           prev.Scope == VcTextScope.Private)
+            ? prev.TargetId : 0u;
+
+        cboScope.Items.Clear();
+        cboScope.Items.Add(new ScopeItem("Channel", VcTextScope.Channel, 0));
+        foreach (var u in _users.Values.OrderBy(u => u.Nickname))
+        {
+            if (u.Id == _selfUserId) continue;
+            cboScope.Items.Add(new ScopeItem($"Private: {u.Nickname}", VcTextScope.Private, u.Id));
+        }
+
+        if (prevTarget != 0)
+        {
+            for (int i = 1; i < cboScope.Items.Count; i++)
+            {
+                if (cboScope.Items[i] is ScopeItem si && si.TargetId == prevTarget)
+                {
+                    cboScope.SelectedIndex = i;
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (cboScope.Items.Count > 0) cboScope.SelectedIndex = 0;
+    }
+
+    private void UpdateStatusLabel()
+    {
+        if (_currentChannelId == 0)
+        {
+            lblStatus.Text = $"Connected as {_nickname} — not in a channel.";
+            return;
+        }
+        string chanName = _channels.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Id == _currentChannelId)?.Name
+                          ?? $"Channel #{_currentChannelId}";
+        int count = _users.Values.Count(u => u.ChannelId == _currentChannelId);
+        lblStatus.Text = $"Connected as {_nickname} — {chanName} ({count} user{(count == 1 ? "" : "s")})";
+    }
+
+    // ── Device management ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void LoadInputDevices()
+    {
+        var devices = _client.ListDevices(VcDeviceKind.Input);
+        DeviceInfo? prevDevice = cboInputDevice.SelectedItem as DeviceInfo;
+
+        cboInputDevice.Items.Clear();
+        foreach (var d in devices) cboInputDevice.Items.Add(d);
+
+        // Restore selection or pick default
+        if (prevDevice is not null)
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < cboInputDevice.Items.Count; i++)
+            {
+                if (cboInputDevice.Items[i] is DeviceInfo d && d.Id == prevDevice.Id)
+                {
+                    cboInputDevice.SelectedIndex = i;
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // Select default device
+        for (int i = 0; i < cboInputDevice.Items.Count; i++)
+        {
+            if (cboInputDevice.Items[i] is DeviceInfo d && d.IsDefault)
+            {
+                cboInputDevice.SelectedIndex = i;
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        if (cboInputDevice.Items.Count > 0) cboInputDevice.SelectedIndex = 0;
+    }
+
+    // ── Voice controls ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void BtnMicToggle_Click(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (_micStreamId == 0)
+        {
+            var (result, streamId) = _client.StartStream(VcStreamKind.Mic, "Microphone");
+            if (result == VcResult.Ok)
+            {
+                _micStreamId = streamId;
+                // Apply selected device if not default
+                if (cboInputDevice.SelectedItem is DeviceInfo { IsDefault: false } dev)
+                    _client.SetInputDevice(streamId, dev.Id);
+                // Apply current mode
+                _client.SetInputMode(CurrentInputMode());
+                if (radioVad.Checked) _client.SetVadThreshold(VadThresholdFromSlider());
+                btnMicToggle.Text = "Leave &Voice";
+                chkMute.Enabled = true;
+                chkDeafen.Enabled = true;
+                radioVad.Enabled = true;
+                radioPtt.Enabled = true;
+                radioAlwaysOn.Enabled = true;
+                AddActivity("Joined voice — microphone active");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AddActivity($"Failed to start microphone: {result}");
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _client.SetPushToTalk(false); // release PTT if held
+            _client.StopStream(_micStreamId);
+            _micStreamId = 0;
+            pbLevel.Value = 0;
+            btnMicToggle.Text = "&Join Voice";
+            chkMute.Enabled = false;
+            chkDeafen.Enabled = false;
+            radioVad.Enabled = false;
+            radioPtt.Enabled = false;
+            radioAlwaysOn.Enabled = false;
+            AddActivity("Left voice");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void ApplySelfMute() =>
+        _client.SetSelfMute(chkMute.Checked, chkDeafen.Checked);
+
+    private void RadioVad_CheckedChanged(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (!radioVad.Checked) return;
+        lblPttKey.Visible = false;
+        btnChangePtt.Visible = false;
+        lblVadThreshold.Visible = true;
+        trkVadThreshold.Visible = true;
+        if (_micStreamId != 0)
+        {
+            _client.SetInputMode(VcInputMode.VoiceActivation);
+            _client.SetVadThreshold(VadThresholdFromSlider());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void RadioPtt_CheckedChanged(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (!radioPtt.Checked) return;
+        lblPttKey.Text = $"({_pttKey})";
+        lblPttKey.Visible = true;
+        btnChangePtt.Visible = true;
+        lblVadThreshold.Visible = false;
+        trkVadThreshold.Visible = false;
+        if (_micStreamId != 0)
+        {
+            _client.SetInputMode(VcInputMode.PushToTalk);
+            _client.SetPushToTalk(false); // start released
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void RadioAlwaysOn_CheckedChanged(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (!radioAlwaysOn.Checked) return;
+        lblPttKey.Visible = false;
+        btnChangePtt.Visible = false;
+        lblVadThreshold.Visible = false;
+        trkVadThreshold.Visible = false;
+        if (_micStreamId != 0) _client.SetInputMode(VcInputMode.AlwaysOn);
+    }
+
+    private void TrkVadThreshold_Scroll(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (_micStreamId != 0 && radioVad.Checked)
+            _client.SetVadThreshold(VadThresholdFromSlider());
+    }
+
+    // threshold = 0.1 × (1 − (value−1) / 99): slider=1→0.1 (least sensitive), slider=100→0.001
+    private float VadThresholdFromSlider() =>
+        0.1f * (1f - (trkVadThreshold.Value - 1f) / 99f);
+
+    private VcInputMode CurrentInputMode() =>
+        radioPtt.Checked ? VcInputMode.PushToTalk :
+        radioAlwaysOn.Checked ? VcInputMode.AlwaysOn :
+        VcInputMode.VoiceActivation;
+
+    private void BtnChangePtt_Click(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        using var dlg = new PttKeyCaptureDialog(_pttKey);
+        if (dlg.ShowDialog(this) == DialogResult.OK)
+        {
+            _pttKey = dlg.CapturedKey;
+            lblPttKey.Text = $"({_pttKey})";
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void CboInputDevice_SelectedIndexChanged(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (_micStreamId == 0) return;
+        string? deviceId = (cboInputDevice.SelectedItem as DeviceInfo)?.Id;
+        _client.SetInputDevice(_micStreamId, deviceId);
+    }
+
+    // ── PTT key handling (focus-scoped) ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void MainForm_KeyDown(object? sender, KeyEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (!radioPtt.Checked || e.KeyCode != _pttKey || _micStreamId == 0) return;
+        // Don't intercept PTT key while user is typing in a text control
+        if (ActiveControl is TextBox or RichTextBox) return;
+        _client.SetPushToTalk(true);
+        lblPttKey.Text = $"({_pttKey} ▶)";
+        e.Handled = true;
+    }
+
+    private void MainForm_KeyUp(object? sender, KeyEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (!radioPtt.Checked || e.KeyCode != _pttKey || _micStreamId == 0) return;
+        _client.SetPushToTalk(false);
+        lblPttKey.Text = $"({_pttKey})";
+        e.Handled = true;
+    }
+
+    // ── Channel navigation ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void TvChannels_DoubleClick(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (tvChannels.SelectedNode?.Tag is uint channelId)
+            JoinChannelRequest(channelId);
+    }
+
+    private void TvChannels_KeyDown(object? sender, KeyEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter && tvChannels.SelectedNode?.Tag is uint channelId)
+        {
+            JoinChannelRequest(channelId);
+            e.Handled = e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void JoinChannelRequest(uint channelId)
+    {
+        if (channelId == _currentChannelId) return;
+        var channel = _channels.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Id == channelId);
+        string? password = null;
+        if (channel?.PasswordProtected == true)
+        {
+            using var dlg = new PasswordPromptDialog($"Password for channel \"{channel.Name}\":");
+            if (dlg.ShowDialog(this) != DialogResult.OK) return;
+            password = dlg.Password;
+        }
+        _client.JoinChannel(channelId, password);
+    }
+
+    // ── Per-user tuning ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void OpenUserTuning()
+    {
+        if (lstUsers.SelectedItem is not UserListItem item) return;
+        if (!_users.TryGetValue(item.UserId, out var user)) return;
+        using var dlg = new PerUserTuningDialog(_client, item.UserId, user.Nickname);
+        dlg.ShowDialog(this);
+    }
+
+    // ── Text chat ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void TxtCompose_KeyDown(object? sender, KeyEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
+        {
+            SendText();
+            e.Handled = e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void SendText()
+    {
+        string msg = txtCompose.Text.Trim();
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(msg)) return;
+
+        var scope = VcTextScope.Channel;
+        uint targetId = _currentChannelId;
+        if (cboScope.SelectedItem is ScopeItem { Scope: VcTextScope.Private } si)
+        {
+            scope = VcTextScope.Private;
+            targetId = si.TargetId;
+        }
+
+        if (scope == VcTextScope.Channel && _currentChannelId == 0) return;
+
+        _client.SendText(scope, targetId, msg);
+        txtCompose.Clear();
+
+        // Server excludes sender from channel fan-out — echo our own message locally.
+        string time = DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm");
+        string prefix = scope == VcTextScope.Private
+            ? $"(private to {GetNickname(targetId)}) "
+            : "";
+        rtbChat.AppendText($"[{time}] {prefix}{_nickname}: {msg}\n");
+        rtbChat.ScrollToCaret();
+    }
+
+    // ── Utility ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private void AddActivity(string text)
+    {
+        string entry = $"[{DateTime.Now:HH:mm}] {text}";
+        lstActivity.Items.Add(entry);
+        if (lstActivity.Items.Count > 200) lstActivity.Items.RemoveAt(0);
+        lstActivity.TopIndex = lstActivity.Items.Count - 1;
+    }
+
+    private string GetNickname(uint userId)
+    {
+        if (userId == _selfUserId) return _nickname;
+        return _users.TryGetValue(userId, out var u) ? u.Nickname : $"User#{userId}";
+    }
+
+    // ── Lifetime ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    protected override void OnFormClosed(FormClosedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        _pumpTimer.Stop();
+        _client.LevelChanged -= OnLevelChanged;
+        _client.EventReceived -= OnEvent;
+        _client.Disconnect();
+        _client.Dispose();
+        base.OnFormClosed(e);
+    }
+
+    // ── Private types ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private sealed class ScopeItem(string display, VcTextScope scope, uint targetId)
+    {
+        public VcTextScope Scope { get; } = scope;
+        public uint TargetId { get; } = targetId;
+        public override string ToString() => display;
+    }
+
+    private sealed class UserListItem(uint userId, string display)
+    {
+        public uint UserId { get; } = userId;
+        public override string ToString() => display;
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/PasswordPromptDialog.Designer.cs

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+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+partial class PasswordPromptDialog
+{
+    private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null!;
+    private Label lblPrompt = null!;
+    private TextBox txtPassword = null!;
+    private Button btnOk = null!;
+    private Button btnCancel = null!;
+
+    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing) components?.Dispose();
+        base.Dispose(disposing);
+    }
+
+    private void InitializeComponent()
+    {
+        components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
+        lblPrompt = new Label();
+        txtPassword = new TextBox();
+        btnOk = new Button();
+        btnCancel = new Button();
+
+        lblPrompt.AutoSize = true;
+        lblPrompt.Location = new Point(12, 12);
+        lblPrompt.MaximumSize = new Size(360, 0);
+        lblPrompt.TabIndex = 0;
+
+        txtPassword.Location = new Point(12, 40);
+        txtPassword.Size = new Size(360, 23);
+        txtPassword.UseSystemPasswordChar = true;
+        txtPassword.TabIndex = 1;
+
+        btnOk.Text = "&OK";
+        btnOk.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
+        btnOk.Location = new Point(216, 75);
+        btnOk.Size = new Size(75, 27);
+        btnOk.TabIndex = 2;
+
+        btnCancel.Text = "&Cancel";
+        btnCancel.DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel;
+        btnCancel.Location = new Point(297, 75);
+        btnCancel.Size = new Size(75, 27);
+        btnCancel.TabIndex = 3;
+
+        AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
+        ClientSize = new Size(384, 114);
+        Controls.Add(lblPrompt);
+        Controls.Add(txtPassword);
+        Controls.Add(btnOk);
+        Controls.Add(btnCancel);
+        AcceptButton = btnOk;
+        CancelButton = btnCancel;
+        FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
+        MaximizeBox = false;
+        MinimizeBox = false;
+        StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
+        Text = "Password required";
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/PasswordPromptDialog.cs

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+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+/// <summary>Small modal for "type a password right now" — used when a saved server's
+/// password wasn't remembered, and (Phase E) for password-protected channel joins.</summary>
+public partial class PasswordPromptDialog : Form
+{
+    public string Password => txtPassword.Text;
+
+    public PasswordPromptDialog(string promptText)
+    {
+        InitializeComponent();
+        lblPrompt.Text = promptText;
+        txtPassword.AccessibleName = "Password";
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/PerUserTuningDialog.cs

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+using VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Per-remote-user gain, mute, and noise reduction settings.
+/// Changes are applied in real-time as the user adjusts controls — no OK/Cancel round-trip
+/// for gain and mute (the close button just dismisses). The settings live in the core and
+/// are not persisted across sessions.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class PerUserTuningDialog : Form
+{
+    private readonly VoiceCatClient _client;
+    private readonly uint _userId;
+
+    private readonly TrackBar _trkGain;
+    private readonly Label _lblGainValue;
+    private readonly CheckBox _chkMute;
+    private readonly CheckBox _chkNr;
+
+    public PerUserTuningDialog(VoiceCatClient client, uint userId, string nickname)
+    {
+        _client = client;
+        _userId = userId;
+
+        // ── Controls ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        var lblTitle = new Label
+        {
+            Text = $"Settings for {nickname}",
+            AutoSize = true,
+            Font = new Font(Font, FontStyle.Bold),
+            Location = new Point(12, 12),
+            TabIndex = 0,
+        };
+
+        var lblGainLabel = new Label
+        {
+            Text = "&Gain:",
+            AutoSize = true,
+            Location = new Point(12, 46),
+            TabIndex = 1,
+        };
+
+        _trkGain = new TrackBar
+        {
+            AccessibleName = "Gain",
+            AccessibleDescription = "Volume level for this user. 100 is normal (1.0×), 200 is double.",
+            Location = new Point(55, 38),
+            Size = new Size(220, 45),
+            Minimum = 0,
+            Maximum = 200,
+            Value = 100,
+            TickFrequency = 25,
+            SmallChange = 5,
+            LargeChange = 25,
+            TabIndex = 2,
+        };
+
+        _lblGainValue = new Label
+        {
+            Text = "100% (1.0×)",
+            AutoSize = true,
+            Location = new Point(280, 46),
+            TabIndex = 3,
+        };
+
+        _chkMute = new CheckBox
+        {
+            Text = "&Mute this user",
+            AutoSize = true,
+            Location = new Point(12, 92),
+            TabIndex = 4,
+        };
+
+        _chkNr = new CheckBox
+        {
+            Text = "&Noise reduction (planned — currently passthrough)",
+            AutoSize = true,
+            Location = new Point(12, 118),
+            TabIndex = 5,
+        };
+
+        var btnClose = new Button
+        {
+            Text = "&Close",
+            DialogResult = DialogResult.OK,
+            Location = new Point(296, 152),
+            Size = new Size(75, 27),
+            TabIndex = 6,
+        };
+
+        // ── Wire events ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        _trkGain.Scroll += (_, _) =>
+        {
+            float gain = _trkGain.Value / 100f;
+            _lblGainValue.Text = $"{_trkGain.Value}% ({gain:F1}×)";
+            ApplySettings();
+        };
+        _chkMute.CheckedChanged += (_, _) => ApplySettings();
+        _chkNr.CheckedChanged += (_, _) => ApplySettings();
+
+        // ── Form ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        AcceptButton = btnClose;
+        AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
+        ClientSize = new Size(384, 192);
+        Controls.AddRange([lblTitle, lblGainLabel, _trkGain, _lblGainValue,
+                           _chkMute, _chkNr, btnClose]);
+        FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
+        MaximizeBox = false;
+        MinimizeBox = false;
+        StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
+        Text = $"User settings — {nickname}";
+    }
+
+    private void ApplySettings()
+    {
+        float gain = _trkGain.Value / 100f;
+        bool muted = _chkMute.Checked;
+        bool nr = _chkNr.Checked;
+        // Apply to all of this user's streams
+        var streams = _client.ListUserStreams(_userId);
+        foreach (var s in streams)
+            _client.SetRemoteStream(_userId, s.StreamId, gain, muted, nr);
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/PttKeyCaptureDialog.cs

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+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Shows "Press any key…" and captures the next KeyDown as the PTT key.
+/// Press Escape to cancel without changing the key.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class PttKeyCaptureDialog : Form
+{
+    private readonly Label _label;
+
+    public Keys CapturedKey { get; private set; }
+
+    public PttKeyCaptureDialog(Keys current)
+    {
+        CapturedKey = current;
+
+        _label = new Label
+        {
+            Text = $"Current PTT key: {current}\n\nPress any key to set a new PTT key,\nor press Escape to keep the current key.",
+            AutoSize = false,
+            Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
+            TextAlign = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter,
+            TabIndex = 0,
+        };
+
+        AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
+        ClientSize = new Size(340, 130);
+        Controls.Add(_label);
+        FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
+        KeyPreview = true;
+        MaximizeBox = false;
+        MinimizeBox = false;
+        StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
+        Text = "Set PTT key";
+
+        KeyDown += (_, e) =>
+        {
+            e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
+            if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Escape)
+            {
+                DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                CapturedKey = e.KeyCode;
+                DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
+            }
+            Close();
+        };
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/ServerIdentityDialog.Designer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+partial class ServerIdentityDialog
+{
+    private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null!;
+    private Label lblWarning = null!;
+    private Label lblFingerprint = null!;
+    private Button btnAccept = null!;
+    private Button btnCancel = null!;
+
+    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing) components?.Dispose();
+        base.Dispose(disposing);
+    }
+
+    private void InitializeComponent()
+    {
+        components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
+        lblWarning = new Label();
+        lblFingerprint = new Label();
+        btnAccept = new Button();
+        btnCancel = new Button();
+
+        lblWarning.Location = new Point(12, 12);
+        lblWarning.Size = new Size(460, 90);
+        lblWarning.TabStop = true; // a Label can receive focus when TabStop=true — used
+                                    // deliberately so OnShown's Focus() call forces a screen
+                                    // reader to read this text immediately on activation.
+        lblWarning.TabIndex = 0;
+
+        lblFingerprint.Location = new Point(12, 110);
+        lblFingerprint.Size = new Size(460, 90);
+        lblFingerprint.TabStop = true;
+        lblFingerprint.TabIndex = 1;
+        lblFingerprint.Font = new Font(FontFamily.GenericMonospace, 9f);
+
+        btnAccept.Location = new Point(150, 210);
+        btnAccept.Size = new Size(220, 27);
+        btnAccept.TabIndex = 2;
+        btnAccept.Click += (_, _) => { DialogResult = DialogResult.OK; Close(); };
+
+        btnCancel.Text = "&Cancel";
+        btnCancel.Location = new Point(397, 210);
+        btnCancel.Size = new Size(75, 27);
+        btnCancel.TabIndex = 3;
+        btnCancel.Click += (_, _) => { DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel; Close(); };
+
+        AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
+        ClientSize = new Size(484, 250);
+        Controls.Add(lblWarning);
+        Controls.Add(lblFingerprint);
+        Controls.Add(btnAccept);
+        Controls.Add(btnCancel);
+        // Cancel is the default/Esc-bound button — the SAFE default for an unverified or
+        // changed identity is to NOT silently trust it.
+        AcceptButton = btnCancel;
+        CancelButton = btnCancel;
+        FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
+        MaximizeBox = false;
+        MinimizeBox = false;
+        StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
+        Text = "Server identity";
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Forms/ServerIdentityDialog.cs

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+using VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// TOFU server-identity confirmation (M4). Shown only for VcTofuStatus.FirstConnect/Mismatch
+/// — never Matched (that's the silent-success "subsequent connects verify the pin" path
+/// docs/security.md describes; showing a dialog on every routine reconnect would be exactly
+/// the "overly chatty" experience this project avoids elsewhere too).
+/// DialogResult.OK = accept (and the caller should call ConfirmServerIdentity(true) and, for
+/// FirstConnect/Mismatch, the core persists the new pin); DialogResult.Cancel = reject.
+/// </summary>
+public partial class ServerIdentityDialog : Form
+{
+    public ServerIdentityDialog(VcTofuStatus status, string certFingerprintHex, string identityDisplayHex)
+    {
+        InitializeComponent();
+
+        string formattedCertFp = FormatFingerprint(certFingerprintHex);
+        string formattedIdentityFp = string.IsNullOrEmpty(identityDisplayHex)
+            ? "(not yet available)"
+            : FormatFingerprint(identityDisplayHex);
+
+        if (status == VcTofuStatus.Mismatch)
+        {
+            Text = "WARNING: Server identity changed";
+            lblWarning.Text =
+                "WARNING: This server's identity has CHANGED since you last connected.\r\n\r\n" +
+                "This could mean the server was reinstalled, OR that someone is intercepting " +
+                "your connection. If you did not expect this server's identity to change, " +
+                "choose Cancel.";
+            lblFingerprint.Text = $"New certificate fingerprint:\r\n{formattedCertFp}\r\n\r\n" +
+                                   $"Server also identifies as:\r\n{formattedIdentityFp}";
+            btnAccept.Text = "&Trust the new identity anyway";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Text = "New server — verify identity";
+            lblWarning.Text =
+                "You have not connected to this server before. If you have verified its " +
+                "fingerprint with the server operator through another channel, choose Trust " +
+                "and connect. Otherwise, choose Cancel.";
+            lblFingerprint.Text = $"Certificate fingerprint:\r\n{formattedCertFp}\r\n\r\n" +
+                                   $"Server also identifies as:\r\n{formattedIdentityFp}";
+            btnAccept.Text = "&Trust and connect";
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected override void OnShown(EventArgs e)
+    {
+        base.OnShown(e);
+        // Force a screen reader to read the warning text immediately on dialog activation,
+        // rather than landing focus straight on a button and silently skipping it.
+        lblWarning.Focus();
+    }
+
+    private static string FormatFingerprint(string hex)
+    {
+        // Groups of 4 hex chars, like a product key — easier to read/dictate/compare than one
+        // unbroken 64-character string.
+        var groups = new List<string>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < hex.Length; i += 4)
+            groups.Add(hex.Substring(i, Math.Min(4, hex.Length - i)));
+        return string.Join(' ', groups);
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Models/PasswordProtector.cs

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+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Models;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// DPAPI (CurrentUser scope) wrapper for the opt-in "remember my password on this computer"
+/// feature (SavedServer.ProtectedPasswordBase64). DPAPI keys are derived from the user's
+/// Windows credentials and are not portable/exportable — a stolen servers.json file alone,
+/// copied to another machine or read by another OS user, is not decryptable. This is the same
+/// primitive Windows Credential Manager and many first-party Windows apps use for exactly this
+/// "remember a secret only on this machine, only for this user" case.
+/// </summary>
+public static class PasswordProtector
+{
+    public static string Protect(string plaintext)
+    {
+        byte[] data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plaintext);
+        byte[] protectedData = ProtectedData.Protect(data, optionalEntropy: null, DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
+        return Convert.ToBase64String(protectedData);
+    }
+
+    public static string Unprotect(string protectedBase64)
+    {
+        byte[] protectedData = Convert.FromBase64String(protectedBase64);
+        byte[] data = ProtectedData.Unprotect(protectedData, optionalEntropy: null, DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
+        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Models/SavedServer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Models;
+
+public enum AuthMode
+{
+    Guest,
+    Password,
+}
+
+/// <summary>One entry in the saved-server list (%AppData%\VoiceCat\servers.json).</summary>
+public sealed class SavedServer
+{
+    public string DisplayName { get; set; } = "";
+    public string Host { get; set; } = "";
+    public ushort Port { get; set; } = 8384;
+    public string LastNickname { get; set; } = "";
+    public AuthMode AuthMode { get; set; } = AuthMode.Guest;
+    public string? SavedUsername { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>DPAPI-protected (CurrentUser scope), base64 — only set when the user opts in
+    /// via the "Remember my password on this computer" checkbox. Never plaintext, never the
+    /// default. See PasswordProtector.</summary>
+    public string? ProtectedPasswordBase64 { get; set; }
+
+    public override string ToString() =>
+        string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(DisplayName) ? $"{Host}:{Port}" : $"{DisplayName} ({Host}:{Port})";
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Models/ServerListStore.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.App.Models;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Simple Load()/Save() over %AppData%\VoiceCat\servers.json. Tolerant of a missing/corrupt
+/// file — that yields an empty list rather than throwing and blocking app startup.
+/// </summary>
+public static class ServerListStore
+{
+    private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions JsonOptions = new() { WriteIndented = true };
+
+    private static string AppDataDir => Path.Combine(
+        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), "VoiceCat");
+
+    private static string ServersFilePath => Path.Combine(AppDataDir, "servers.json");
+
+    /// <summary>Passed to VoiceCatClient's tofuStorePath — the C++ core owns the actual pin
+    /// file format/logic (TofuStore), this just picks where it lives.</summary>
+    public static string TofuStorePath => Path.Combine(AppDataDir, "tofu_pins.txt");
+
+    public static List<SavedServer> Load()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            if (!File.Exists(ServersFilePath)) return new List<SavedServer>();
+            string json = File.ReadAllText(ServersFilePath);
+            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<SavedServer>>(json) ?? new List<SavedServer>();
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            return new List<SavedServer>();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void Save(List<SavedServer> servers)
+    {
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(AppDataDir);
+        string json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(servers, JsonOptions);
+        File.WriteAllText(ServersFilePath, json);
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/Program.cs

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+using VoiceCat.App.Forms;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.App;
+
+internal static class Program
+{
+    [STAThread]
+    private static void Main()
+    {
+        // Diagnostic-logging-only for now (manual debugging session) — every exception that
+        // would otherwise be silently caught by WinForms' default message-loop handling (or
+        // crash with no visible cause) gets printed to stdout/stderr first.
+        Application.ThreadException += (_, e) =>
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"[UNHANDLED ThreadException] {e.Exception}");
+        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += (_, e) =>
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"[UNHANDLED AppDomain exception] {e.ExceptionObject}");
+
+        Console.WriteLine("VoiceCat.App starting...");
+        ApplicationConfiguration.Initialize();
+
+        using var connectDialog = new ConnectDialog();
+        Console.WriteLine("Showing ConnectDialog...");
+        var result = connectDialog.ShowDialog();
+        Console.WriteLine($"ConnectDialog closed with DialogResult={result}, ConnectedClient={(connectDialog.ConnectedClient is null ? "null" : "set")}");
+        if (result != DialogResult.OK || connectDialog.ConnectedClient is null)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("Exiting (cancelled or no connected client).");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Console.WriteLine("Launching MainForm...");
+        Application.Run(new MainForm(connectDialog.ConnectedClient, connectDialog.SelfUserId,
+            connectDialog.Nickname));
+        Console.WriteLine("MainForm closed. Exiting.");
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/VoiceCat.App.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\VoiceCat.Interop\VoiceCat.Interop.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net10.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
+    <AssemblyName>VoiceCat.App</AssemblyName>
+    <RootNamespace>VoiceCat.App</RootNamespace>
+    <!-- Per-monitor v2 DPI awareness (correct scaling on multi-monitor/high-DPI — matters for
+         low-vision users as much as general UX). Set via this property, not app.manifest —
+         WinForms' own analyzer (WFO0003) flags manifest-based DPI settings as superseded by
+         this property in modern .NET. -->
+    <ApplicationHighDpiMode>PerMonitorV2</ApplicationHighDpiMode>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData (PasswordProtector.cs's DPAPI wrapper) ships
+       as part of the Windows Desktop shared framework on net10.0-windows — no PackageReference
+       needed (one was tried and NuGet flagged it as redundant/unprunable, NU1510). -->
+
+  <!-- voicecat.dll must exist (build the `windows-client` CMake preset first — see
+       clients/windows/README.md). -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="$(VoiceCatNativeDir)\voicecat.dll" Condition="Exists('$(VoiceCatNativeDir)\voicecat.dll')">
+      <Link>voicecat.dll</Link>
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <Target Name="VoiceCatCheckNativeDll" BeforeTargets="Build">
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(VoiceCatNativeDir)\voicecat.dll')"
+           Text="voicecat.dll not found at '$(VoiceCatNativeDir)'. Build it first: cmake --preset windows-client &amp;&amp; cmake --build --preset windows-client (see clients/windows/README.md)." />
+  </Target>
+
+</Project>

clients/windows/VoiceCat.App/app.manifest

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
+  <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" name="VoiceCat.App.app"/>
+
+  <!-- DPI awareness is set via the .csproj's ApplicationHighDpiMode property instead of here
+       — WinForms' WFO0003 analyzer flags manifest-based DPI settings as superseded by that
+       property in modern .NET. -->
+
+  <!-- Windows 10/11 common-controls v6 (visual styles) — also a prerequisite for some UIA
+       features/visuals screen readers rely on. -->
+  <dependency>
+    <dependentAssembly>
+      <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0"
+                        processorArchitecture="*" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="*"/>
+    </dependentAssembly>
+  </dependency>
+
+  <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+    <application>
+      <!-- Windows 8.1 / 10 / 11 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
+      <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/>
+    </application>
+  </compatibility>
+</assembly>

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop.Tests/VoiceCat.Interop.Tests.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.14.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.4" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Using Include="Xunit" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\VoiceCat.Interop\VoiceCat.Interop.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- voicecat.dll must exist (build the `windows-client` CMake preset first — see
+       clients/windows/README.md) before these tests can run; the P/Invoke smoke tests need
+       a real native library to call into. -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="$(VoiceCatNativeDir)\voicecat.dll" Condition="Exists('$(VoiceCatNativeDir)\voicecat.dll')">
+      <Link>voicecat.dll</Link>
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <Target Name="VoiceCatCheckNativeDll" BeforeTargets="Build">
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(VoiceCatNativeDir)\voicecat.dll')"
+           Text="voicecat.dll not found at '$(VoiceCatNativeDir)'. Build it first: cmake --preset windows-client &amp;&amp; cmake --build --preset windows-client (see clients/windows/README.md)." />
+  </Target>
+
+</Project>

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop.Tests/VoiceCatClientSmokeTests.cs

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+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Exercises the full connect -> TOFU event -> confirm -> guest auth -> list channels flow
+/// purely through the P/Invoke layer (NativeMethods/VoiceCatClient), against a real
+/// `voicecat-server.exe` (the same binary the C++ ctest suite uses) — this is the same flow
+/// tests/test_tofu_flow.cpp already proves at the C++ level, now proven reachable through
+/// P/Invoke specifically: marshaling bugs, callback-lifetime bugs, and calling-convention
+/// mistakes are all P/Invoke-specific failure modes ctest alone cannot catch.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class VoiceCatClientSmokeTests : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly string _tempDir;
+    private readonly Process _server;
+    private readonly ushort _port;
+
+    public VoiceCatClientSmokeTests()
+    {
+        _tempDir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "vc_csharp_smoke_" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(_tempDir);
+
+        string serverExe = Path.Combine(FindRepoRoot(), "build", "m1-dev", "bin", "voicecat-server.exe");
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(serverExe),
+            $"voicecat-server.exe not found at '{serverExe}' — build the m1-dev preset first " +
+            "(cmake --preset m1-dev && cmake --build --preset m1-dev).");
+
+        var psi = new ProcessStartInfo(serverExe)
+        {
+            Arguments = $"--port 0 --data-dir \"{_tempDir}\" --name CSharpSmokeTest",
+            RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+            RedirectStandardError = true,
+            UseShellExecute = false,
+        };
+        _server = Process.Start(psi) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("failed to start voicecat-server.exe");
+
+        // "[voicecat-server] <name> — TCP :<port>  UDP :<port>" — see server/src/server.cpp.
+        // ReadLineAsync()+timeout (not a bare blocking ReadLine() in a deadline loop) so a
+        // server that never prints anything (crash, hang) can't hang this constructor forever
+        // — the deadline check must apply to the read itself, not just the loop around it.
+        ushort? port = null;
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(10);
+        while (port is null && DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+        {
+            var readTask = _server.StandardOutput.ReadLineAsync();
+            var remaining = deadline - DateTime.UtcNow;
+            if (remaining <= TimeSpan.Zero || !readTask.Wait(remaining)) break;
+            string? line = readTask.Result;
+            if (line is null) break;
+            var m = Regex.Match(line, @"TCP :(\d+)");
+            if (m.Success) port = ushort.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value);
+        }
+        Assert.True(port is not null, "voicecat-server.exe did not report a bound TCP port within 10s.");
+        _port = port!.Value;
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        try { if (!_server.HasExited) _server.Kill(entireProcessTree: true); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+        try { Directory.Delete(_tempDir, recursive: true); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+    }
+
+    private static string FindRepoRoot()
+    {
+        var dir = new DirectoryInfo(AppContext.BaseDirectory);
+        while (dir is not null && !File.Exists(Path.Combine(dir.FullName, "CMakePresets.json")))
+            dir = dir.Parent;
+        return dir?.FullName ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Could not find repo root (CMakePresets.json) above " + AppContext.BaseDirectory);
+    }
+
+    private static bool PumpUntil(VoiceCatClient client, Func<bool> predicate, int timeoutMs)
+    {
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMilliseconds(timeoutMs);
+        while (DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+        {
+            client.PumpEvents();
+            if (predicate()) return true;
+            Thread.Sleep(20);
+        }
+        client.PumpEvents();
+        return predicate();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void VersionString_IsNonEmpty()
+    {
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(VoiceCatClient.VersionString));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Connect_Tofu_Auth_ListChannels_RoundTrips()
+    {
+        var events = new List<VoiceCatEvent>();
+        using var client = new VoiceCatClient("vc-csharp-smoke", "0.1", VcLogLevel.Off,
+            tofuStorePath: Path.Combine(_tempDir, "tofu_pins.txt"));
+        client.EventReceived += events.Add;
+
+        Assert.Equal(VcResult.Ok, client.Connect("127.0.0.1", _port));
+        Assert.Equal(VcResult.Ok, client.AuthenticateGuest("CSharpSmoke"));
+
+        Assert.True(PumpUntil(client, () => events.Any(e => e.Type == VcEventType.ServerIdentity), 5000),
+            "did not receive VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY");
+        var identityEvent = events.First(e => e.Type == VcEventType.ServerIdentity);
+        Assert.Equal((uint)VcTofuStatus.FirstConnect, identityEvent.U32a);
+        Assert.NotNull(identityEvent.Text);
+        Assert.Equal(64, identityEvent.Text!.Length); // SHA-256 hex, no separators
+
+        // Auth must NOT complete before the identity is confirmed.
+        Assert.False(PumpUntil(client, () => events.Any(e => e.Type == VcEventType.AuthResult), 800));
+
+        Assert.Equal(VcResult.Ok, client.ConfirmServerIdentity(accept: true));
+
+        Assert.True(PumpUntil(client, () => events.Any(e => e.Type == VcEventType.AuthResult), 5000),
+            "did not receive VC_EVENT_AUTH_RESULT after confirming identity");
+        var authEvent = events.First(e => e.Type == VcEventType.AuthResult);
+        Assert.Equal(VcResult.Ok, authEvent.Result);
+
+        Assert.True(PumpUntil(client, () => events.Any(e => e.Type == VcEventType.ChannelList), 3000),
+            "did not receive VC_EVENT_CHANNEL_LIST");
+
+        var channels = client.ListChannels();
+        Assert.Contains(channels, c => c.Id == 1 && c.Name == "Lobby");
+
+        client.Disconnect();
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/Enums.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Mirrors of voicecat.h's enums. Keep these in lockstep with core/include/voicecat.h —
+// values are append-only per the C ABI's house rule, so it's safe to add new members at the
+// end here too, but never renumber/remove existing ones.
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+public enum VcResult
+{
+    Ok = 0,
+    NotImplemented = 1,
+    InvalidArg = 2,
+    NotConnected = 3,
+    Already = 4,
+    AuthFailed = 5,
+    PermissionDenied = 6,
+    Timeout = 7,
+    Io = 8,
+    Protocol = 9,
+    Crypto = 10,
+    Audio = 11,
+    Internal = 12,
+}
+
+public enum VcLogLevel
+{
+    Trace = 0,
+    Debug = 1,
+    Info = 2,
+    Warn = 3,
+    Error = 4,
+    Off = 5,
+}
+
+public enum VcConnectionState
+{
+    Disconnected = 0,
+    Connecting = 1,
+    TlsHandshake = 2,
+    Authenticating = 3,
+    Connected = 4,
+    /// <summary>M4: handshake succeeded, waiting on vc_confirm_server_identity().</summary>
+    VerifyingIdentity = 5,
+}
+
+public enum VcTextScope
+{
+    Channel = 0,
+    Private = 1,
+    Server = 2,
+}
+
+public enum VcDeviceKind
+{
+    Input = 0,
+    Output = 1,
+}
+
+public enum VcStreamKind
+{
+    Mic = 0,
+    /// <summary>System/desktop audio (WASAPI loopback on Windows).</summary>
+    ScreenAudio = 1,
+    AuxDevice = 2,
+}
+
+/// <summary>Send-side input gate (docs/voice.md §11).</summary>
+public enum VcInputMode
+{
+    VoiceActivation = 0,
+    PushToTalk = 1,
+    AlwaysOn = 2, // transmit unconditionally, no VAD gate
+}
+
+public enum VcEventType
+{
+    ConnectionState = 0,
+    AuthResult = 1,
+    ChannelList = 2,
+    UserJoined = 3,
+    UserLeft = 4,
+    UserUpdated = 5,
+    TextMessage = 6,
+    StreamStarted = 7,
+    StreamStopped = 8,
+    TalkState = 9,
+    Error = 10,
+    Disconnected = 11,
+    /// <summary>M4: reply to VoiceCatClient.JoinChannelAsync's underlying vc_join_channel.</summary>
+    JoinResult = 12,
+    /// <summary>M4: the TOFU server-identity gate — see VcTofuStatus.</summary>
+    ServerIdentity = 13,
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// TOFU server-identity classification. Pins the TLS leaf certificate's own SHA-256
+/// fingerprint (real, verifiable from the handshake) — NOT the declared Ed25519 identity
+/// fingerprint from ServerHello, which is informational/display-only (see
+/// VoiceCatClient.GetServerIdentityDisplay and docs/security.md §1.1).
+/// </summary>
+public enum VcTofuStatus
+{
+    FirstConnect = 0,
+    Matched = 1,
+    Mismatch = 2,
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/Marshaling.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// Shared "walk a native array of owned-struct entries, convert to managed records, free the
+// native list" pattern — identical shape for vc_device_list/vc_channel_list/vc_user_list/
+// vc_stream_summary_list (all core-allocated, caller-freed; see voicecat.h's doc comments on
+// each). The matching vc_free_*_list call happens INSIDE each ToManaged here, immediately
+// after the conversion, so callers never need to remember to free anything themselves.
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+internal static class Marshaling
+{
+    public static List<DeviceInfo> ToManaged(ref VcDeviceListNative native)
+    {
+        var result = new List<DeviceInfo>((int)native.Count);
+        int size = Marshal.SizeOf<VcDeviceNative>();
+        for (nuint i = 0; i < native.Count; i++)
+        {
+            var raw = Marshal.PtrToStructure<VcDeviceNative>(native.Items + (int)i * size);
+            result.Add(new DeviceInfo(
+                Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(raw.Id) ?? string.Empty,
+                Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(raw.Name) ?? string.Empty,
+                raw.IsDefault != 0));
+        }
+        NativeMethods.vc_free_device_list(ref native);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public static List<ChannelInfo> ToManaged(ref VcChannelListNative native)
+    {
+        var result = new List<ChannelInfo>((int)native.Count);
+        int size = Marshal.SizeOf<VcChannelNative>();
+        for (nuint i = 0; i < native.Count; i++)
+        {
+            var raw = Marshal.PtrToStructure<VcChannelNative>(native.Items + (int)i * size);
+            result.Add(new ChannelInfo(
+                raw.Id,
+                raw.ParentId,
+                Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(raw.Name) ?? string.Empty,
+                raw.PasswordProtected != 0,
+                raw.MaxUsers));
+        }
+        NativeMethods.vc_free_channel_list(ref native);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public static List<UserInfo> ToManaged(ref VcUserListNative native)
+    {
+        var result = new List<UserInfo>((int)native.Count);
+        int size = Marshal.SizeOf<VcUserNative>();
+        for (nuint i = 0; i < native.Count; i++)
+        {
+            var raw = Marshal.PtrToStructure<VcUserNative>(native.Items + (int)i * size);
+            result.Add(new UserInfo(
+                raw.Id,
+                Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(raw.Nickname) ?? string.Empty,
+                raw.IsGuest != 0,
+                raw.ChannelId));
+        }
+        NativeMethods.vc_free_user_list(ref native);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public static List<StreamSummary> ToManaged(ref VcStreamSummaryListNative native)
+    {
+        var result = new List<StreamSummary>((int)native.Count);
+        int size = Marshal.SizeOf<VcStreamSummaryNative>();
+        for (nuint i = 0; i < native.Count; i++)
+        {
+            var raw = Marshal.PtrToStructure<VcStreamSummaryNative>(native.Items + (int)i * size);
+            result.Add(new StreamSummary(
+                raw.StreamId,
+                raw.Kind,
+                Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(raw.Label) ?? string.Empty));
+        }
+        NativeMethods.vc_free_stream_summary_list(ref native);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public static AudioConfigInfo ToManaged(in VcAudioConfigNative native) => new(
+        native.Codec,
+        native.Mode != 0,
+        native.SampleRate,
+        native.BitrateBps,
+        native.FrameMs,
+        native.Application,
+        native.Fec != 0,
+        native.ExpectedPacketLoss,
+        native.Dtx != 0,
+        native.Complexity);
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/Models.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Plain managed record types — what survives past the native struct/free-list lifetime
+// (Marshaling.cs converts the native *Native structs into these and immediately frees the
+// native list). Nothing here holds an IntPtr.
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+public sealed record ChannelInfo(
+    uint Id,
+    uint ParentId,
+    string Name,
+    bool PasswordProtected,
+    uint MaxUsers);
+
+public sealed record UserInfo(
+    uint Id,
+    string Nickname,
+    bool IsGuest,
+    uint ChannelId);
+
+public sealed record StreamSummary(
+    uint StreamId,
+    VcStreamKind Kind,
+    string Label);
+
+public sealed record DeviceInfo(
+    string Id,
+    string Name,
+    bool IsDefault);
+
+public sealed record AudioConfigInfo(
+    uint Codec,
+    bool Stereo,
+    uint SampleRate,
+    uint BitrateBps,
+    uint FrameMs,
+    uint Application,
+    bool Fec,
+    uint ExpectedPacketLoss,
+    bool Dtx,
+    uint Complexity);

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/NativeCallbacks.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// [UnmanagedCallersOnly] static methods for vc_callbacks.on_event/on_level — true native
+// function pointers, not GC-tracked delegates (avoids the classic P/Invoke pitfall where a
+// delegate is collected by the GC sometime after the call that registered it returns; see
+// docs/tech-stack.md §2). vc_callbacks.user is a GCHandle-wrapped VoiceCatClient (allocated in
+// VoiceCatClient's constructor, freed in Dispose) — these methods must be static, so they
+// resolve back to the right client instance via that handle rather than closing over state.
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+internal static unsafe class NativeCallbacks
+{
+    [UnmanagedCallersOnly]
+    internal static void OnEvent(IntPtr userContext, VcEventNative* ev)
+    {
+        if (userContext == IntPtr.Zero) return;
+        if (GCHandle.FromIntPtr(userContext).Target is not VoiceCatClient client) return;
+
+        // CRITICAL (voicecat.h's vc_event doc comment): ev->Text is owned by the core and
+        // valid ONLY for the duration of this callback. Convert to a managed string NOW,
+        // before returning — never store/queue the raw VcEventNative across the callback
+        // boundary, or Text will be a dangling pointer by the time it's read.
+        client.EnqueueEvent(VoiceCatEvent.FromNative(*ev));
+    }
+
+    [UnmanagedCallersOnly]
+    internal static void OnLevel(IntPtr userContext, uint streamId, float rms)
+    {
+        if (userContext == IntPtr.Zero) return;
+        if (GCHandle.FromIntPtr(userContext).Target is not VoiceCatClient client) return;
+        client.EnqueueLevel(streamId, rms);
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/NativeMethods.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// Raw P/Invoke surface over core/include/voicecat.h, via LibraryImport (source-generated —
+// no runtime reflection marshaling stub; see docs/tech-stack.md §2). One entry per voicecat.h
+// function. `vc_client*` is represented as a raw `nint` here — VoiceCatClientHandle (a
+// SafeHandle) owns the create/destroy lifetime one level up; these declarations never see a
+// SafeHandle directly, per .NET's own SafeHandle convention.
+//
+// "voicecat" resolves to voicecat.dll via the OS's standard DLL search order (same directory
+// as the .exe first) — see clients/windows/README.md for how it gets there at build time.
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+internal static partial class NativeMethods
+{
+    private const string LibName = "voicecat";
+
+    // ── Lifecycle ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // NOTE: these two return `const char*` pointing at STATIC string literals the core never
+    // expects the caller to free. Declaring them as `string` with StringMarshalling.Utf8
+    // would be wrong: the built-in Utf8StringMarshaller's return-value convention assumes the
+    // native callee allocated the string FOR this call and that the marshaller should free it
+    // afterward — calling that on a static literal corrupts the heap (confirmed: it crashes
+    // with STATUS_HEAP_CORRUPTION / 0xC0000374). Return the raw pointer instead and convert
+    // with Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8 ourselves, without ever freeing it — see VoiceCatClient.cs.
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial nint vc_version_string();
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial nint vc_result_string(VcResult code);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial nint vc_client_create(in VcConfigNative cfg, VcCallbacksNative cb);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial void vc_client_destroy(nint c);
+
+    // ── Connection & auth (async; results via on_event) ────────────────────────────────────
+    [LibraryImport(LibName, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf8)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_connect(nint c, string host, ushort port);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_disconnect(nint c);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf8)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_authenticate_guest(nint c, string nickname);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf8)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_authenticate_user(nint c, string username, string password);
+
+    // ── Channels ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    [LibraryImport(LibName, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf8)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_join_channel(nint c, uint channelId, string? password);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_leave_channel(nint c);
+
+    // ── Local media streams ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_stream_start(nint c, in VcStreamDescNative desc,
+        out uint outStreamId);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_stream_stop(nint c, uint streamId);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf8)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_set_input_device(nint c, uint streamId, string? deviceId);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_set_input_mode(nint c, VcInputMode mode);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_set_vad_threshold(nint c, float threshold);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_set_push_to_talk(nint c, int active);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_set_self_mute(nint c, int micMuted, int deafened);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_set_remote_stream(nint c, uint userId, uint streamId,
+        float gain, int muted, int noiseReduction);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_get_stream_audio_config(nint c, uint userId,
+        uint streamId, out VcAudioConfigNative outCfg);
+
+    // TEST-ONLY in the core (see voicecat.h) — declared for ABI parity; the real app never
+    // calls this (no microphone-bypass path in production UI).
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static unsafe partial VcResult vc_test_inject_capture(nint c, uint streamId,
+        short* pcm, nuint samples);
+
+    // ── Text ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    [LibraryImport(LibName, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf8)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_send_text(nint c, VcTextScope scope, uint targetId,
+        string utf8);
+
+    // ── Device enumeration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_list_devices(nint c, VcDeviceKind kind,
+        out VcDeviceListNative outList);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial void vc_free_device_list(ref VcDeviceListNative list);
+
+    // ── M4: channel / user / stream snapshot getters ────────────────────────────────────────
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_list_channels(nint c, out VcChannelListNative outList);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial void vc_free_channel_list(ref VcChannelListNative list);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_list_users(nint c, out VcUserListNative outList);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial void vc_free_user_list(ref VcUserListNative list);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_list_user_streams(nint c, uint userId,
+        out VcStreamSummaryListNative outList);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial void vc_free_stream_summary_list(ref VcStreamSummaryListNative list);
+
+    // ── M4: TOFU server-identity gate ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_confirm_server_identity(nint c, int accept);
+
+    [LibraryImport(LibName)]
+    internal static partial VcResult vc_get_server_identity_display(nint c, nint outBuf,
+        nuint bufCap, out nuint outLen);
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/Structs.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// Native (blittable) struct layouts mirroring voicecat.h field-for-field. These are the raw
+// P/Invoke shapes — NativeMethods.cs uses them directly; Marshaling.cs converts them to the
+// managed record types in Models.cs. const char* fields stay IntPtr here (LibraryImport's
+// StringMarshalling only auto-converts top-level string parameters/returns, not struct
+// fields) and must be hand-marshaled — see Marshaling.cs and VoiceCatClient.cs.
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcEventNative
+{
+    public VcEventType Type;
+    public VcConnectionState ConnectionState;
+    public int Result; // vc_result
+    public uint UserId;
+    public uint ChannelId;
+    public uint StreamId;
+    public VcTextScope TextScope;
+    public uint U32a;
+    public IntPtr Text; // owned by core, valid ONLY for the callback's duration
+    public ulong TimestampUnixMs;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcConfigNative
+{
+    public IntPtr ClientName;
+    public IntPtr ClientVersion;
+    public VcLogLevel LogLevel;
+    public IntPtr TofuStorePath;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcCallbacksNative
+{
+    public IntPtr OnEvent;  // delegate* unmanaged<IntPtr, VcEventNative*, void>
+    public IntPtr OnLevel;  // delegate* unmanaged<IntPtr, uint, float, void>
+    public IntPtr User;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcStreamDescNative
+{
+    public VcStreamKind Kind;
+    public IntPtr DeviceId; // unused by vc_stream_start today — device selection is a
+                             // separate vc_set_input_device call; always IntPtr.Zero here.
+    public IntPtr Label;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcAudioConfigNative
+{
+    public uint Codec;
+    public uint Mode;
+    public uint SampleRate;
+    public uint BitrateBps;
+    public uint FrameMs;
+    public uint Application;
+    public int Fec;
+    public uint ExpectedPacketLoss;
+    public int Dtx;
+    public uint Complexity;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcDeviceNative
+{
+    public IntPtr Id;
+    public IntPtr Name;
+    public int IsDefault;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcDeviceListNative
+{
+    public IntPtr Items;
+    public nuint Count;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcChannelNative
+{
+    public uint Id;
+    public uint ParentId;
+    public IntPtr Name;
+    public int PasswordProtected;
+    public uint MaxUsers;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcChannelListNative
+{
+    public IntPtr Items;
+    public nuint Count;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcUserNative
+{
+    public uint Id;
+    public IntPtr Nickname;
+    public int IsGuest;
+    public uint ChannelId;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcUserListNative
+{
+    public IntPtr Items;
+    public nuint Count;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcStreamSummaryNative
+{
+    public uint StreamId;
+    public VcStreamKind Kind;
+    public IntPtr Label;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct VcStreamSummaryListNative
+{
+    public IntPtr Items;
+    public nuint Count;
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/VoiceCat.Interop.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <!-- Native function pointers (NativeCallbacks.cs) and struct-array pointer walking
+         (Marshaling.cs) need unsafe blocks. -->
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <RootNamespace>VoiceCat.Interop</RootNamespace>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/VoiceCatClient.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading.Channels;
+
+// The public, safe C# surface over libvoicecat. Everything below is a thin wrapper around
+// NativeMethods — see docs/architecture.md §4 ("the core owns audio; C# only orchestrates").
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+public sealed class VoiceCatClient : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly VoiceCatClientHandle _handle = new();
+    private readonly GCHandle _selfHandle;
+
+    // Native string buffers backing vc_config — must outlive the WHOLE client lifetime, not
+    // just vc_client_create(): client_name/client_version are read later, whenever connect()
+    // actually runs on io_thread_ (vc_client just stores the raw pointers from vc_config by
+    // value, it does not copy the string data). Freed in Dispose(), after vc_client_destroy
+    // has returned (which synchronously joins every internal thread, so nothing can still be
+    // reading these pointers by then).
+    private nint _clientNamePtr;
+    private nint _clientVersionPtr;
+    private nint _tofuStorePathPtr;
+
+    private readonly Channel<VoiceCatEvent> _events =
+        Channel.CreateUnbounded<VoiceCatEvent>(new UnboundedChannelOptions
+        {
+            SingleReader = true,
+            SingleWriter = true,
+        });
+
+    // on_level fires far more often than on_event and intermediate values are visually
+    // irrelevant — coalesce to "latest sample per stream_id" instead of queuing every one.
+    private readonly System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<uint, float> _latestLevels = new();
+
+    /// <summary>Raised from PumpEvents() (i.e. on whatever thread calls it — see that method's
+    /// doc comment) for every event, in order, never coalesced.</summary>
+    public event Action<VoiceCatEvent>? EventReceived;
+
+    /// <summary>Raised from PumpEvents() with the latest RMS level per stream_id since the
+    /// last pump.</summary>
+    public event Action<uint, float>? LevelChanged;
+
+    public unsafe VoiceCatClient(string clientName, string clientVersion,
+        VcLogLevel logLevel = VcLogLevel.Info, string? tofuStorePath = null)
+    {
+        _selfHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(this, GCHandleType.Normal);
+
+        _clientNamePtr = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemUTF8(clientName);
+        _clientVersionPtr = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemUTF8(clientVersion);
+        _tofuStorePathPtr = tofuStorePath is null ? 0 : Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemUTF8(tofuStorePath);
+
+        var cfg = new VcConfigNative
+        {
+            ClientName = _clientNamePtr,
+            ClientVersion = _clientVersionPtr,
+            LogLevel = logLevel,
+            TofuStorePath = _tofuStorePathPtr,
+        };
+
+        var cb = new VcCallbacksNative
+        {
+            OnEvent = (nint)(delegate* unmanaged<nint, VcEventNative*, void>)&NativeCallbacks.OnEvent,
+            OnLevel = (nint)(delegate* unmanaged<nint, uint, float, void>)&NativeCallbacks.OnLevel,
+            User = GCHandle.ToIntPtr(_selfHandle),
+        };
+
+        nint native = NativeMethods.vc_client_create(in cfg, cb);
+        _handle.SetHandle(native);
+        if (_handle.IsInvalid)
+        {
+            FreeConfigStrings();
+            _selfHandle.Free();
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("vc_client_create failed.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Drains every event/level sample queued since the last call. Call this from a
+    /// System.Windows.Forms.Timer.Tick on the UI thread (~30-50ms) — this is the boundary
+    /// where the core's own event-delivery thread hands off to the UI thread; see
+    /// docs/architecture.md §3 and this project's README for why a Timer + Channel was chosen
+    /// over a message-only window + PostMessage.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void PumpEvents()
+    {
+        while (_events.Reader.TryRead(out var ev))
+            EventReceived?.Invoke(ev);
+
+        if (!_latestLevels.IsEmpty)
+        {
+            foreach (var (streamId, rms) in _latestLevels)
+                LevelChanged?.Invoke(streamId, rms);
+            _latestLevels.Clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal void EnqueueEvent(VoiceCatEvent ev)
+    {
+        // Temporary diagnostic (manual debugging session) — confirms the native callback
+        // chain (UnmanagedCallersOnly -> GCHandle resolve -> here) actually fires, independent
+        // of whether the UI-thread drain (PumpEvents) ever sees it.
+        Console.WriteLine($"[VoiceCatClient] EnqueueEvent (native thread): {ev}");
+        _events.Writer.TryWrite(ev);
+    }
+    internal void EnqueueLevel(uint streamId, float rms) => _latestLevels[streamId] = rms;
+
+    // ── Connection & auth ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    public VcResult Connect(string host, ushort port) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_connect(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), host, port);
+
+    public VcResult Disconnect() =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_disconnect(_handle.DangerousGetHandle());
+
+    public VcResult AuthenticateGuest(string nickname) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_authenticate_guest(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), nickname);
+
+    public VcResult AuthenticateUser(string username, string password) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_authenticate_user(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), username, password);
+
+    // ── TOFU server-identity gate (M4) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    public VcResult ConfirmServerIdentity(bool accept) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_confirm_server_identity(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), accept ? 1 : 0);
+
+    /// <summary>The Ed25519 identity fingerprint from ServerHello, hex-formatted — display
+    /// only, NOT the value the TOFU gate pins on (see VcTofuStatus's doc comment). Empty
+    /// string if not yet available.</summary>
+    public string GetServerIdentityDisplay()
+    {
+        nint c = _handle.DangerousGetHandle();
+        NativeMethods.vc_get_server_identity_display(c, 0, 0, out nuint len);
+        if (len == 0) return string.Empty;
+
+        nint buf = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((int)len + 1);
+        try
+        {
+            NativeMethods.vc_get_server_identity_display(c, buf, len + (nuint)1, out _);
+            return Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(buf) ?? string.Empty;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buf);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ── Channels ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    /// <summary>Result arrives as a VcEventType.JoinResult event, not via this return value
+    /// (which only reflects "request queued" — see voicecat.h's vc_join_channel doc comment).
+    /// NOTE: no in-tree channel has a server-side password to check yet (M5+ feature) — this
+    /// path is wired but not yet exercisable end-to-end.</summary>
+    public VcResult JoinChannel(uint channelId, string? password = null) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_join_channel(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), channelId, password);
+
+    public VcResult LeaveChannel() =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_leave_channel(_handle.DangerousGetHandle());
+
+    public List<ChannelInfo> ListChannels()
+    {
+        NativeMethods.vc_list_channels(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), out var native);
+        return Marshaling.ToManaged(ref native);
+    }
+
+    public List<UserInfo> ListUsers()
+    {
+        NativeMethods.vc_list_users(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), out var native);
+        return Marshaling.ToManaged(ref native);
+    }
+
+    public List<StreamSummary> ListUserStreams(uint userId)
+    {
+        var r = NativeMethods.vc_list_user_streams(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), userId, out var native);
+        return r == VcResult.Ok ? Marshaling.ToManaged(ref native) : new List<StreamSummary>();
+    }
+
+    // ── Local media streams ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    public (VcResult Result, uint StreamId) StartStream(VcStreamKind kind, string label)
+    {
+        nint labelPtr = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemUTF8(label);
+        try
+        {
+            var desc = new VcStreamDescNative { Kind = kind, DeviceId = 0, Label = labelPtr };
+            var r = NativeMethods.vc_stream_start(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), in desc, out uint streamId);
+            return (r, streamId);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(labelPtr);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public VcResult StopStream(uint streamId) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_stream_stop(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), streamId);
+
+    public VcResult SetInputDevice(uint streamId, string? deviceId) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_set_input_device(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), streamId, deviceId);
+
+    public VcResult SetInputMode(VcInputMode mode) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_set_input_mode(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), mode);
+
+    public VcResult SetVadThreshold(float threshold) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_set_vad_threshold(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), threshold);
+
+    public VcResult SetPushToTalk(bool active) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_set_push_to_talk(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), active ? 1 : 0);
+
+    public VcResult SetSelfMute(bool micMuted, bool deafened) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_set_self_mute(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), micMuted ? 1 : 0, deafened ? 1 : 0);
+
+    public VcResult SetRemoteStream(uint userId, uint streamId, float gain, bool muted, bool noiseReduction) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_set_remote_stream(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), userId, streamId, gain,
+            muted ? 1 : 0, noiseReduction ? 1 : 0);
+
+    public (VcResult Result, AudioConfigInfo? Config) GetStreamAudioConfig(uint userId, uint streamId)
+    {
+        var r = NativeMethods.vc_get_stream_audio_config(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), userId,
+            streamId, out var native);
+        return (r, r == VcResult.Ok ? Marshaling.ToManaged(in native) : null);
+    }
+
+    // ── Text ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    public VcResult SendText(VcTextScope scope, uint targetId, string utf8) =>
+        NativeMethods.vc_send_text(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), scope, targetId, utf8);
+
+    // ── Device enumeration (works pre-connect) ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    public List<DeviceInfo> ListDevices(VcDeviceKind kind)
+    {
+        NativeMethods.vc_list_devices(_handle.DangerousGetHandle(), kind, out var native);
+        return Marshaling.ToManaged(ref native);
+    }
+
+    // ── Lifecycle ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // NativeMethods.vc_version_string/vc_result_string return raw pointers to static, never-
+    // freed string literals — see NativeMethods.cs's comment for why we don't let LibraryImport
+    // auto-marshal these as `string` (it would try to free a static literal and corrupt the
+    // heap). Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8 just reads; it never frees.
+    public static string VersionString =>
+        Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(NativeMethods.vc_version_string()) ?? string.Empty;
+
+    public static string ResultString(VcResult code) =>
+        Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(NativeMethods.vc_result_string(code)) ?? string.Empty;
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _handle.Dispose(); // runs vc_client_destroy (joins every internal thread) synchronously
+        FreeConfigStrings();
+        if (_selfHandle.IsAllocated) _selfHandle.Free();
+    }
+
+    private void FreeConfigStrings()
+    {
+        if (_clientNamePtr != 0) { Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(_clientNamePtr); _clientNamePtr = 0; }
+        if (_clientVersionPtr != 0) { Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(_clientVersionPtr); _clientVersionPtr = 0; }
+        if (_tofuStorePathPtr != 0) { Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(_tofuStorePathPtr); _tofuStorePathPtr = 0; }
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/VoiceCatClientHandle.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
+
+// Standard SafeHandle pattern for vc_client* — guarantees vc_client_destroy runs even on an
+// unhandled exception or a finalizer pass, which a bare `nint` field would not.
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+internal sealed class VoiceCatClientHandle : SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
+{
+    public VoiceCatClientHandle() : base(ownsHandle: true) { }
+
+    public new void SetHandle(nint handle) => base.SetHandle(handle);
+
+    protected override bool ReleaseHandle()
+    {
+        NativeMethods.vc_client_destroy(handle);
+        return true;
+    }
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.Interop/VoiceCatEvent.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace VoiceCat.Interop;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Managed copy of a vc_event — safe to hold/queue past the native callback's return (unlike
+/// VcEventNative, whose Text pointer is only valid during the callback).
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record VoiceCatEvent(
+    VcEventType Type,
+    VcConnectionState ConnectionState,
+    VcResult Result,
+    uint UserId,
+    uint ChannelId,
+    uint StreamId,
+    VcTextScope TextScope,
+    uint U32a,
+    string? Text,
+    ulong TimestampUnixMs)
+{
+    internal static VoiceCatEvent FromNative(in VcEventNative ev) => new(
+        ev.Type,
+        ev.ConnectionState,
+        (VcResult)ev.Result,
+        ev.UserId,
+        ev.ChannelId,
+        ev.StreamId,
+        ev.TextScope,
+        ev.U32a,
+        ev.Text == IntPtr.Zero ? null : Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(ev.Text),
+        ev.TimestampUnixMs);
+}

clients/windows/VoiceCat.slnx

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<Solution>
+  <Project Path="VoiceCat.App/VoiceCat.App.csproj" />
+  <Project Path="VoiceCat.Interop.Tests/VoiceCat.Interop.Tests.csproj" />
+  <Project Path="VoiceCat.Interop/VoiceCat.Interop.csproj" />
+</Solution>

core/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE VOICECAT_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
 
 if(VOICECAT_BUILD_SHARED)
     add_library(voicecat SHARED ${VOICECAT_SOURCES})
+    if(WIN32 AND MINGW)
+        # M4: the C# client only ships voicecat.dll itself — no MinGW runtime DLLs alongside
+        # it. x64-mingw-static only statically links vcpkg's OWN library deps (protobuf,
+        # sodium, mbedTLS, ...); the GCC/MinGW runtime stays dynamic by default
+        # (libgcc_s_seh-1.dll/libwinpthread-1.dll/libstdc++-6.dll — confirmed via `objdump -p`
+        # on the existing vccli.exe). These flags are the standard fully-static-MinGW
+        # recipe. Verify after building (see clients/windows/README.md):
+        #   objdump -p build/windows-client/bin/voicecat.dll | grep "DLL Name"
+        # should show only Windows system DLLs.
+        target_link_options(voicecat PRIVATE
+            -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -static -lwinpthread)
+    endif()
+    if(WIN32)
+        # CMake's default SHARED naming on MinGW adds a "lib" prefix (libvoicecat.dll) —
+        # drop it so the output is exactly voicecat.dll, matching the C ABI/library name the
+        # C# [LibraryImport] surface and docs use everywhere else.
+        set_target_properties(voicecat PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
+    endif()
 else()
     add_library(voicecat STATIC ${VOICECAT_SOURCES})
     # Static consumers must see VC_API as empty (no dllimport).

core/include/voicecat.h

@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ typedef enum vc_connection_state {
     VC_STATE_TLS_HANDSHAKE = 2,
     VC_STATE_AUTHENTICATING = 3,
     VC_STATE_CONNECTED = 4,
+    /* M4: between TLS_HANDSHAKE and AUTHENTICATING — the handshake succeeded and the core is
+     * waiting for vc_confirm_server_identity() (see VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY below). Appended
+     * at the end (not inserted) to keep existing enum values stable — additive-only ABI. */
+    VC_STATE_VERIFYING_IDENTITY = 5,
 } vc_connection_state;
 
 typedef enum vc_text_scope {
@@ -106,6 +110,8 @@ typedef enum vc_stream_kind {
 typedef enum vc_input_mode {
     VC_INPUT_VOICE_ACTIVATION = 0,
     VC_INPUT_PUSH_TO_TALK = 1,
+    /* Transmit unconditionally — no VAD gate. Added at the end to keep existing values stable. */
+    VC_INPUT_ALWAYS_ON = 2,
 } vc_input_mode;
 
 typedef enum vc_event_type {
@@ -121,8 +127,32 @@ typedef enum vc_event_type {
     VC_EVENT_TALK_STATE = 9,       /* user_id, stream_id, u32a = talking(0/1) */
     VC_EVENT_ERROR = 10,           /* result, text */
     VC_EVENT_DISCONNECTED = 11,    /* result, text = reason */
+    /* M4 additions — appended, not inserted, to keep existing values stable. */
+    VC_EVENT_JOIN_RESULT = 12,     /* result (VC_OK/VC_ERR_*), channel_id, text = error on
+                                       failure. Reply to vc_join_channel(). */
+    VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY = 13, /* u32a = vc_tofu_status, text = hex-encoded TLS leaf-cert
+                                       SHA-256 fingerprint (the value being pinned — see
+                                       vc_confirm_server_identity). Emitted once per connect
+                                       attempt, right after the TLS handshake succeeds. The
+                                       connection is held open until vc_confirm_server_identity()
+                                       is called. */
 } vc_event_type;
 
+/* TOFU server-identity classification (M4) — see VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY and
+ * vc_confirm_server_identity. Pins the TLS leaf certificate's own SHA-256 fingerprint
+ * (verifiable directly from the handshake), NOT the declared Ed25519
+ * server_identity_fingerprint from ServerHello — the TLS cert and the server's Ed25519
+ * identity key are generated independently with no cryptographic binding between them today
+ * (docs/security.md §1.1), so pinning the self-declared value would be circular. The Ed25519
+ * fingerprint is still available for human-readable display via
+ * vc_get_server_identity_display(), it just isn't the value this gate accepts/rejects on. */
+typedef enum vc_tofu_status {
+    VC_TOFU_FIRST_CONNECT = 0, /* no pin on file yet for this host:port */
+    VC_TOFU_MATCHED       = 1, /* matches the previously pinned fingerprint */
+    VC_TOFU_MISMATCH      = 2, /* DIFFERENT from the pinned fingerprint — possible MITM or a
+                                   legitimate server key rotation; warn loudly */
+} vc_tofu_status;
+
 /* ── Structs ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 /*
@@ -155,6 +185,13 @@ typedef struct vc_config {
     const char* client_name;    /* e.g. "VoiceCat-macOS" */
     const char* client_version; /* e.g. "0.0.1" */
     vc_log_level log_level;
+    /* M4, optional (added at the end — existing brace-initialized callers default this to
+     * NULL, no source change needed). Path to the TOFU pin file (see VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY/
+     * vc_confirm_server_identity). NULL = a built-in relative default
+     * ("./voicecat_tofu_pins.txt") so existing tests need no real persistence. A real app
+     * (e.g. the Windows client) should pass an explicit per-user path, e.g.
+     * "%AppData%\VoiceCat\tofu_pins.txt". */
+    const char* tofu_store_path;
 } vc_config;
 
 typedef struct vc_stream_desc {
@@ -190,6 +227,49 @@ typedef struct vc_device_list {
     size_t count;
 } vc_device_list;
 
+/* ── Channel / user / stream snapshots (M4 — for the channel-tree/user-list UI) ───────────
+ * Pull-based: re-call after VC_EVENT_CHANNEL_LIST / VC_EVENT_USER_JOINED / _LEFT / _UPDATED to
+ * refresh — there is no push variant; those events just mean "go look". Same ownership
+ * contract as vc_device/vc_device_list above: core-allocated, caller frees with the matching
+ * vc_free_*, items' const char* fields are invalid after that call. */
+typedef struct vc_channel {
+    uint32_t    id;
+    uint32_t    parent_id;          /* 0 = root */
+    const char* name;
+    int         password_protected; /* bool */
+    uint32_t    max_users;          /* 0 = unlimited */
+} vc_channel;
+
+typedef struct vc_channel_list {
+    vc_channel* items;
+    size_t      count;
+} vc_channel_list;
+
+typedef struct vc_user {
+    uint32_t    id;
+    const char* nickname;
+    int         is_guest; /* bool */
+    uint32_t    channel_id;
+} vc_user;
+
+typedef struct vc_user_list {
+    vc_user* items;
+    size_t   count;
+} vc_user_list;
+
+/* Per-user stream summary — lighter than vc_audio_config; for the full effective Opus config
+ * of a specific (user_id, stream_id), use the existing vc_get_stream_audio_config. */
+typedef struct vc_stream_summary {
+    uint32_t       stream_id;
+    vc_stream_kind kind;
+    const char*    label;
+} vc_stream_summary;
+
+typedef struct vc_stream_summary_list {
+    vc_stream_summary* items;
+    size_t             count;
+} vc_stream_summary_list;
+
 /* Opaque client handle. */
 typedef struct vc_client vc_client;
 
@@ -208,6 +288,11 @@ VC_API vc_result vc_authenticate_user(vc_client* c, const char* username,
                                       const char* password);
 
 /* ── Channels ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+/* Result arrives as VC_EVENT_JOIN_RESULT, not a return value beyond "request queued". `password`
+ * is forwarded to the server's JoinChannelRequest.password for channels with
+ * vc_channel.password_protected set; NOTE (M4): no in-tree channel currently has a server-side
+ * password to check against — channel creation/passwords are a future (M5+) feature, so this
+ * path is wired but not yet exercisable end-to-end. */
 VC_API vc_result vc_join_channel(vc_client* c, uint32_t channel_id,
                                  const char* password /* nullable */);
 VC_API vc_result vc_leave_channel(vc_client* c);
@@ -221,6 +306,10 @@ VC_API vc_result vc_set_input_device(vc_client* c, uint32_t stream_id,
 
 /* Send-side: input gate mode + PTT key state, and self mute/deafen. */
 VC_API vc_result vc_set_input_mode(vc_client* c, vc_input_mode mode);
+/* VAD threshold: normalized RMS 0.0–1.0; default ~0.025. Takes effect immediately —
+ * recreates the VAD gate if a MIC stream is already active. No-op when mode != VOICE_ACTIVATION
+ * (value is remembered and applied if the mode switches back). */
+VC_API vc_result vc_set_vad_threshold(vc_client* c, float threshold);
 VC_API vc_result vc_set_push_to_talk(vc_client* c, int active /* bool */);
 VC_API vc_result vc_set_self_mute(vc_client* c, int mic_muted, int deafened);
 
@@ -249,6 +338,38 @@ VC_API vc_result vc_send_text(vc_client* c, vc_text_scope scope, uint32_t target
 VC_API vc_result vc_list_devices(vc_client* c, vc_device_kind kind, vc_device_list* out);
 VC_API void vc_free_device_list(vc_device_list* list);
 
+/* ── Channel / user / stream enumeration (M4; mirrors vc_list_devices above) ─────────────── */
+VC_API vc_result vc_list_channels(vc_client* c, vc_channel_list* out);
+VC_API void      vc_free_channel_list(vc_channel_list* list);
+
+VC_API vc_result vc_list_users(vc_client* c, vc_user_list* out);
+VC_API void      vc_free_user_list(vc_user_list* list);
+
+/* Streams currently owned by user_id (their mic/screen-audio/aux), per the last snapshot/
+ * event. VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG if user_id is unknown. */
+VC_API vc_result vc_list_user_streams(vc_client* c, uint32_t user_id,
+                                      vc_stream_summary_list* out);
+VC_API void      vc_free_stream_summary_list(vc_stream_summary_list* list);
+
+/* ── TOFU server-identity confirmation (M4) — see VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY/vc_tofu_status ── */
+/* Accept or reject the pending server-identity check for the in-progress connect(). Must be
+ * called after a VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY event; the io_thread_ holds the connection open
+ * (ClientHello/auth deferred) until this is called, up to a generous internal timeout (after
+ * which it's treated as a reject). accept=0 aborts the connection (emits
+ * VC_EVENT_DISCONNECTED, result=VC_ERR_CRYPTO) and does NOT update the pin file. accept=1 on
+ * FIRST_CONNECT/MISMATCH updates the pin file to the new fingerprint and proceeds; accept=1 on
+ * MATCHED is a no-op confirmation (always safe) and proceeds. VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG if no
+ * identity confirmation is currently pending. */
+VC_API vc_result vc_confirm_server_identity(vc_client* c, int accept /* bool */);
+
+/* The Ed25519 identity fingerprint from ServerHello, hex-formatted for display (e.g. "this
+ * server also identifies as <hex>"). Purely informational — NOT the value
+ * vc_confirm_server_identity gates on (see vc_tofu_status's doc comment). Empty string if not
+ * yet available. Pass out_buf=NULL to query the required buffer size via *out_len first;
+ * otherwise out_buf must be >= *out_len + 1 bytes (NUL-terminated UTF-8/ASCII hex). */
+VC_API vc_result vc_get_server_identity_display(vc_client* c, char* out_buf, size_t buf_cap,
+                                                 size_t* out_len);
+
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
 } /* extern "C" */
 #endif

core/src/audio/apm_processor.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "audio/apm_processor.h"
 
+#include <atomic>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cmath>
 
@@ -41,14 +42,18 @@ class EnergyVadProcessor final : public ApmProcessor {
                 sum_sq += s * s;
             }
             double rms = std::sqrt(sum_sq / samples);
-            if (rms >= threshold_) last_voice_ms_ = steady_now_ms();
+            if (rms >= threshold_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) last_voice_ms_ = steady_now_ms();
         }
         return (steady_now_ms() - last_voice_ms_) < hang_time_ms_;
     }
 
+    void set_threshold(float t) override {
+        threshold_.store(t, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    }
+
    private:
-    float   threshold_;
-    int64_t hang_time_ms_;
+    std::atomic<float> threshold_;
+    int64_t            hang_time_ms_;
     int64_t last_voice_ms_ = 0;  // epoch start -> gate begins closed until first loud frame
 };
 

core/src/audio/apm_processor.h

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ class ApmProcessor {
     // Returns false → caller should skip encode/send (silence gate).
     virtual bool process_capture(int16_t* pcm, int samples, int sample_rate) = 0;
 
+    // Update the VAD RMS threshold in-place (used by EnergyVadProcessor; no-op in passthrough).
+    // Safe to call from any thread — EnergyVadProcessor stores it atomically.
+    virtual void set_threshold(float) {}
+
     // Factory: returns a real APM if VOICECAT_HAS_APM is defined, else a passthrough. Used for
     // recv-side per-stream noise reduction (docs/voice.md §10) — gating doesn't apply there, so
     // this stays a passthrough until a real APM/NS backend exists (still inert; see

core/src/core/client.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 #include "protocol/protocol.h"
 
@@ -41,7 +42,14 @@ std::vector<uint8_t> make_frame(const voicecat::v1::Envelope& env) {
 
 // ── vc_client M1 implementation ───────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-vc_client::vc_client(const vc_config& cfg, vc_callbacks cb) : cfg_(cfg), cb_(cb) {}
+vc_client::vc_client(const vc_config& cfg, vc_callbacks cb) : cfg_(cfg), cb_(cb) {
+    // M4 TOFU: NULL/empty tofu_store_path falls back to a relative default so existing tests
+    // (which never set this field) keep working without real per-user persistence.
+    std::filesystem::path tofu_path = (cfg.tofu_store_path && cfg.tofu_store_path[0])
+                                           ? std::filesystem::path(cfg.tofu_store_path)
+                                           : std::filesystem::path("voicecat_tofu_pins.txt");
+    tofu_store_ = std::make_unique<voicecat::crypto::TofuStore>(std::move(tofu_path));
+}
 
 vc_client::~vc_client() { disconnect(); }
 
@@ -96,6 +104,16 @@ vc_result vc_client::disconnect() {
 
     io_stop_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
 
+    // Unblock a run_io() thread that's currently waiting on vc_confirm_server_identity() —
+    // without this, disconnecting mid-dialog would strand io_thread_ until the 120s timeout.
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lk(tofu_mu_);
+        if (tofu_decision_pending_) {
+            tofu_decision_pending_ = false;
+            tofu_cv_.notify_all();
+        }
+    }
+
     // Close the socket to unblock blocking TLS reads/writes.
     int fd = io_fd_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
     if (fd != -1) {
@@ -175,6 +193,66 @@ void vc_client::run_io(std::string host, uint16_t port) {
             }
         }
 
+        // ── TOFU server-identity gate (M4) ──────────────────────────────────────
+        // Pins the TLS leaf cert's own fingerprint (real, verifiable right here from the
+        // handshake) — NOT the declared Ed25519 server_identity_fingerprint from ServerHello,
+        // which hasn't even arrived yet at this point (it's sent *inside* this now-established
+        // tunnel) and isn't cryptographically bound to this cert anyway (docs/security.md
+        // §1.1). See voicecat.h's vc_tofu_status doc comment.
+        set_state(VC_STATE_VERIFYING_IDENTITY);
+        {
+            std::array<uint8_t, 32> peer_fp{};
+            vc_tofu_status status = VC_TOFU_MISMATCH;
+            if (tls_->peer_cert_fingerprint(peer_fp) && tofu_store_) {
+                auto r = tofu_store_->peek(host, port, peer_fp);
+                status = (r == voicecat::crypto::TofuResult::FirstConnect) ? VC_TOFU_FIRST_CONNECT
+                          : (r == voicecat::crypto::TofuResult::Matched)   ? VC_TOFU_MATCHED
+                                                                             : VC_TOFU_MISMATCH;
+            }
+
+            std::string fp_hex;
+            {
+                static const char* hex = "0123456789abcdef";
+                fp_hex.reserve(peer_fp.size() * 2);
+                for (auto b : peer_fp) { fp_hex += hex[b >> 4]; fp_hex += hex[b & 0xf]; }
+            }
+
+            {
+                std::lock_guard<std::mutex> set_lk(tofu_mu_);
+                tofu_decision_pending_ = true;
+                tofu_accept_ = false;
+            }
+
+            vc_event ev{};
+            ev.type = VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY;
+            ev.u32a = static_cast<uint32_t>(status);
+            ev.text = fp_hex.c_str();
+            emit(ev);
+
+            bool accepted;
+            {
+                std::unique_lock lk(tofu_mu_);
+                tofu_cv_.wait_for(lk, std::chrono::seconds(120), [&] {
+                    return !tofu_decision_pending_ || io_stop_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+                });
+                // Timeout or an external stop (disconnect() during the wait) both leave
+                // tofu_decision_pending_ true here — treated as a reject, per voicecat.h.
+                accepted = tofu_decision_pending_ ? false : tofu_accept_;
+                tofu_decision_pending_ = false;
+            }
+
+            if (!accepted) {
+                tls_.reset();
+                emit_disconnected(VC_ERR_CRYPTO, "server identity rejected");
+                close_sock(sock);
+                io_fd_.store(-1);
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+            if (status != VC_TOFU_MATCHED && tofu_store_) {
+                tofu_store_->pin(host, port, peer_fp);
+            }
+        }
+
         // 50 ms timeout so we can drain sends between reads.
         tls_->set_read_timeout(50);
 
@@ -317,6 +395,12 @@ void vc_client::handle_envelope(const voicecat::v1::Envelope& env) {
         case voicecat::v1::Envelope::kUserEvent:
             handle_user_event(env.user_event());
             break;
+        case voicecat::v1::Envelope::kChannelEvent:
+            handle_channel_event(env.channel_event());
+            break;
+        case voicecat::v1::Envelope::kJoinChannelResult:
+            handle_join_channel_result(env.join_channel_result());
+            break;
         case voicecat::v1::Envelope::kTextMessage:
             handle_text_message(env.text_message());
             break;
@@ -339,6 +423,19 @@ void vc_client::handle_envelope(const voicecat::v1::Envelope& env) {
 void vc_client::handle_server_hello(const voicecat::v1::ServerHello& msg, uint64_t /*req_id*/) {
     server_udp_port_ = static_cast<uint16_t>(msg.udp_port());
 
+    // M4: stash the declared Ed25519 fingerprint for vc_get_server_identity_display() —
+    // display-only, not the TOFU-pinned value (that's the TLS cert fingerprint, gated before
+    // ClientHello was even sent — see the TOFU block above in run_io()).
+    {
+        const std::string& raw = msg.server_identity_fingerprint();
+        static const char* hex = "0123456789abcdef";
+        std::string fp_hex;
+        fp_hex.reserve(raw.size() * 2);
+        for (unsigned char b : raw) { fp_hex += hex[b >> 4]; fp_hex += hex[b & 0xf]; }
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(tofu_mu_);
+        pending_identity_fp_hex_ = std::move(fp_hex);
+    }
+
     // Server acknowledged our ClientHello. Now send AuthRequest (or queue it).
     std::optional<PendingAuth> auth;
     {
@@ -383,15 +480,42 @@ void vc_client::handle_auth_result(const voicecat::v1::AuthResult& msg) {
 }
 
 void vc_client::handle_server_state(const voicecat::v1::ServerStateSnapshot& snap) {
-    session_model_.apply_snapshot(snap);
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(session_model_mu_);
+        session_model_.apply_snapshot(snap);
+    }
     for (const auto& u : snap.users()) sync_remote_streams(u);
     vc_event ev{};
     ev.type = VC_EVENT_CHANNEL_LIST;
     emit(ev);
 }
 
+void vc_client::handle_channel_event(const voicecat::v1::ChannelEvent& ce) {
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(session_model_mu_);
+        session_model_.apply_channel_event(ce);
+    }
+    // Same "go look" signal vc_list_channels' callers already poll on after the initial
+    // snapshot — see voicecat.h's VC_EVENT_CHANNEL_LIST doc comment.
+    vc_event ev{};
+    ev.type = VC_EVENT_CHANNEL_LIST;
+    emit(ev);
+}
+
+void vc_client::handle_join_channel_result(const voicecat::v1::JoinChannelResult& msg) {
+    vc_event ev{};
+    ev.type       = VC_EVENT_JOIN_RESULT;
+    ev.result     = msg.ok() ? VC_OK : VC_ERR_PROTOCOL;
+    ev.channel_id = msg.channel_id();
+    if (!msg.ok()) ev.text = msg.error().c_str();
+    emit(ev);
+}
+
 void vc_client::handle_user_event(const voicecat::v1::UserEvent& ue) {
-    session_model_.apply_user_event(ue);
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(session_model_mu_);
+        session_model_.apply_user_event(ue);
+    }
 
     vc_event ev{};
     const auto& user = ue.user();
@@ -492,11 +616,16 @@ vc_result vc_client::authenticate_user(const char* username, const char* passwor
     return VC_OK;
 }
 
-vc_result vc_client::join_channel(uint32_t channel_id, const char* /*password*/) {
+vc_result vc_client::join_channel(uint32_t channel_id, const char* password) {
     if (state_net_.load() != VC_STATE_CONNECTED) return VC_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
     voicecat::v1::Envelope req;
     req.set_request_id(next_req_id_++);
-    req.mutable_join_channel()->set_channel_id(channel_id);
+    auto* jc = req.mutable_join_channel();
+    jc->set_channel_id(channel_id);
+    // See voicecat.h's vc_join_channel doc comment: wired through to the wire message, but no
+    // in-tree channel has a server-side password to check yet (no channel-creation feature
+    // exists — M5+).
+    if (password) jc->set_password(password);
     queue_envelope(req);
     return VC_OK;
 }
@@ -662,13 +791,15 @@ void vc_client::on_capture_frame(int kind, const int16_t* pcm, int samples) {
     // bypass this: gating a screen-share on the user's own voice activity would silently drop
     // shared music/video audio whenever the user isn't talking, which defeats the feature.
     if (kind == static_cast<int>(VC_STREAM_MIC)) {
-        if (current_input_mode_.load(std::memory_order_acquire) == VC_INPUT_PUSH_TO_TALK) {
+        auto mode = current_input_mode_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+        if (mode == VC_INPUT_PUSH_TO_TALK) {
             if (!ptt_active_.load(std::memory_order_acquire)) return;  // gate closed
-        } else if (mic_vad_) {
+        } else if (mode == VC_INPUT_VOICE_ACTIVATION && mic_vad_) {
             // EnergyVadProcessor never writes through the pointer (see apm_processor.cpp); the
             // const_cast is safe and avoids splitting ApmProcessor's interface just for this.
             if (!mic_vad_->process_capture(const_cast<int16_t*>(pcm), samples, 48000)) return;
         }
+        // VC_INPUT_ALWAYS_ON: no gate — fall through and always send.
     }
 
     if (!media_send_crypto_) return;
@@ -875,7 +1006,8 @@ void vc_client::handle_stream_announce_result(uint64_t req_id,
         // Construct the MIC VAD once, here on io_thread_ (not the RT capture callback) — see
         // client.h's comment on mic_vad_.
         if (kind == static_cast<int>(VC_STREAM_MIC) && !mic_vad_) {
-            mic_vad_ = voicecat::audio::ApmProcessor::create_vad();
+            mic_vad_ = voicecat::audio::ApmProcessor::create_vad(
+                vad_threshold_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
         }
     }
 
@@ -961,6 +1093,13 @@ vc_result vc_client::set_input_mode(vc_input_mode mode) {
     return VC_OK;
 }
 
+vc_result vc_client::set_vad_threshold(float threshold) {
+    if (threshold < 0.0f || threshold > 1.0f) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    vad_threshold_.store(threshold, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    if (mic_vad_) mic_vad_->set_threshold(threshold);
+    return VC_OK;
+}
+
 vc_result vc_client::set_push_to_talk(bool active) {
     ptt_active_.store(active, std::memory_order_release);
     return VC_OK;
@@ -982,17 +1121,22 @@ vc_result vc_client::set_self_mute(bool mic_muted, bool deafened) {
 vc_result vc_client::set_remote_stream(uint32_t user_id, uint32_t stream_id, float gain,
                                        bool muted, bool noise_reduction) {
     if (state_net_.load(std::memory_order_acquire) != VC_STATE_CONNECTED) return VC_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
-    const auto* user = session_model_.find_user(user_id);
-    if (!user) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
-    for (const auto& s : user->streams) {
-        if (s.stream_id == stream_id) {
-            audio_engine_.set_stream_gain(s.ssrc, gain);
-            audio_engine_.set_stream_mute(s.ssrc, muted);
-            audio_engine_.set_stream_noise_reduction(s.ssrc, noise_reduction);
-            return VC_OK;
+    uint32_t ssrc  = 0;
+    bool     found = false;
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(session_model_mu_);
+        const auto* user = session_model_.find_user(user_id);
+        if (user) {
+            for (const auto& s : user->streams) {
+                if (s.stream_id == stream_id) { ssrc = s.ssrc; found = true; break; }
+            }
         }
     }
-    return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    if (!found) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    audio_engine_.set_stream_gain(ssrc, gain);
+    audio_engine_.set_stream_mute(ssrc, muted);
+    audio_engine_.set_stream_noise_reduction(ssrc, noise_reduction);
+    return VC_OK;
 }
 
 vc_result vc_client::get_stream_audio_config(uint32_t user_id, uint32_t stream_id,
@@ -1017,6 +1161,7 @@ vc_result vc_client::get_stream_audio_config(uint32_t user_id, uint32_t stream_i
         return VC_OK;
     }
 
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(session_model_mu_);
     const auto* user = session_model_.find_user(user_id);
     if (!user) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
     for (const auto& s : user->streams) {
@@ -1079,6 +1224,88 @@ vc_result vc_client::list_devices(vc_device_kind kind, vc_device_list* out) {
 #endif
 }
 
+// ── M4: channel/user/stream snapshot getters ─────────────────────────────────
+
+vc_result vc_client::list_channels(vc_channel_list* out) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(session_model_mu_);
+    const auto& channels = session_model_.channels();
+    auto* items = new vc_channel[channels.size()];
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < channels.size(); ++i) {
+        const auto& ch = channels[i];
+        auto* name = new char[ch.name.size() + 1];
+        std::memcpy(name, ch.name.c_str(), ch.name.size() + 1);
+        items[i].id                 = ch.id;
+        items[i].parent_id          = ch.parent_id;
+        items[i].name               = name;
+        items[i].password_protected = ch.password_protected ? 1 : 0;
+        items[i].max_users          = ch.max_users;
+    }
+    out->items = items;
+    out->count = channels.size();
+    return VC_OK;
+}
+
+vc_result vc_client::list_users(vc_user_list* out) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(session_model_mu_);
+    const auto& users = session_model_.users();
+    auto* items = new vc_user[users.size()];
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < users.size(); ++i) {
+        const auto& u = users[i];
+        auto* nick = new char[u.nickname.size() + 1];
+        std::memcpy(nick, u.nickname.c_str(), u.nickname.size() + 1);
+        items[i].id         = u.id;
+        items[i].nickname   = nick;
+        items[i].is_guest   = u.is_guest ? 1 : 0;
+        items[i].channel_id = u.channel_id;
+    }
+    out->items = items;
+    out->count = users.size();
+    return VC_OK;
+}
+
+vc_result vc_client::list_user_streams(uint32_t user_id, vc_stream_summary_list* out) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(session_model_mu_);
+    const auto* user = session_model_.find_user(user_id);
+    if (!user) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    auto* items = new vc_stream_summary[user->streams.size()];
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < user->streams.size(); ++i) {
+        const auto& s = user->streams[i];
+        auto* label = new char[s.label.size() + 1];
+        std::memcpy(label, s.label.c_str(), s.label.size() + 1);
+        items[i].stream_id = s.stream_id;
+        items[i].kind      = static_cast<vc_stream_kind>(s.kind);
+        items[i].label     = label;
+    }
+    out->items = items;
+    out->count = user->streams.size();
+    return VC_OK;
+}
+
+// ── M4: TOFU server-identity gate ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+vc_result vc_client::confirm_server_identity(bool accept) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(tofu_mu_);
+    if (!tofu_decision_pending_) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    tofu_accept_ = accept;
+    tofu_decision_pending_ = false;
+    tofu_cv_.notify_all();
+    return VC_OK;
+}
+
+vc_result vc_client::get_server_identity_display(char* out_buf, size_t buf_cap,
+                                                  size_t* out_len) {
+    std::string display;
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(tofu_mu_);
+        display = pending_identity_fp_hex_;
+    }
+    if (out_len) *out_len = display.size();
+    if (!out_buf) return VC_OK;  // size-query mode
+    if (buf_cap < display.size() + 1) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    std::memcpy(out_buf, display.c_str(), display.size() + 1);
+    return VC_OK;
+}
+
 void vc_client::run_talk_timer() {
     while (!talk_timer_stop_.load(std::memory_order_acquire)) {
         // Remote streams: ask the engine for edge-triggered transitions, map ssrc -> (user,
@@ -1148,6 +1375,7 @@ vc_result vc_client::stream_start(const vc_stream_desc&, uint32_t*) { return VC_
 vc_result vc_client::stream_stop(uint32_t)                 { return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
 vc_result vc_client::set_input_device(uint32_t, const char*) { return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
 vc_result vc_client::set_input_mode(vc_input_mode)         { return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
+vc_result vc_client::set_vad_threshold(float)              { return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
 vc_result vc_client::set_push_to_talk(bool)                { return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
 vc_result vc_client::set_self_mute(bool, bool)             { return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
 vc_result vc_client::set_remote_stream(uint32_t, uint32_t, float, bool, bool) {
@@ -1165,5 +1393,25 @@ vc_result vc_client::get_stream_audio_config(uint32_t, uint32_t, vc_audio_config
 vc_result vc_client::test_inject_capture(uint32_t, const int16_t*, size_t) {
     return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
 }
+vc_result vc_client::list_channels(vc_channel_list* out) {
+    out->items = nullptr;
+    out->count = 0;
+    return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+}
+vc_result vc_client::list_users(vc_user_list* out) {
+    out->items = nullptr;
+    out->count = 0;
+    return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+}
+vc_result vc_client::list_user_streams(uint32_t, vc_stream_summary_list* out) {
+    out->items = nullptr;
+    out->count = 0;
+    return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+}
+vc_result vc_client::confirm_server_identity(bool) { return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
+vc_result vc_client::get_server_identity_display(char*, size_t, size_t* out_len) {
+    if (out_len) *out_len = 0;
+    return VC_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+}
 
 #endif  // VOICECAT_HAS_NET

core/src/core/client.h

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "audio/audio_engine.h"
 #include "codec/opus_codec.h"
 #include "crypto/crypto.h"
+#include "crypto/tofu_store.h"
 #include "net/voice_frame.h"
 #include "protocol/envelope.h"
 #include "protocol/protocol.h"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ struct vc_client {
     vc_result stream_stop(uint32_t stream_id);
     vc_result set_input_device(uint32_t stream_id, const char* device_id);
     vc_result set_input_mode(vc_input_mode mode);
+    vc_result set_vad_threshold(float threshold);
     vc_result set_push_to_talk(bool active);
     vc_result set_self_mute(bool mic_muted, bool deafened);
     vc_result set_remote_stream(uint32_t user_id, uint32_t stream_id, float gain, bool muted,
@@ -58,6 +60,15 @@ struct vc_client {
 
     vc_result list_devices(vc_device_kind kind, vc_device_list* out);
 
+    // M4: channel/user/stream snapshot getters (read session_model_; see voicecat.h).
+    vc_result list_channels(vc_channel_list* out);
+    vc_result list_users(vc_user_list* out);
+    vc_result list_user_streams(uint32_t user_id, vc_stream_summary_list* out);
+
+    // M4: TOFU server-identity gate (see voicecat.h's VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY doc comment).
+    vc_result confirm_server_identity(bool accept);
+    vc_result get_server_identity_display(char* out_buf, size_t buf_cap, size_t* out_len);
+
     // M3: effective Opus config for a (user_id, stream_id) — our own pending/active local
     // streams, or any peer's broadcast StreamInfo.audio.
     vc_result get_stream_audio_config(uint32_t user_id, uint32_t stream_id,
@@ -113,8 +124,19 @@ struct vc_client {
     uint64_t server_session_id_{0};
     std::atomic<uint64_t> next_req_id_{1};
 
-    // Client-side session model
+    // Client-side session model. Mutated only on io_thread_ (handle_server_state/
+    // handle_user_event/handle_channel_event), but read from any thread via the M4
+    // list_channels/list_users/list_user_streams getters — session_model_mu_ guards both.
     voicecat::session::SessionModel session_model_;
+    mutable std::mutex              session_model_mu_;
+
+    // ── M4: TOFU server-identity gate ───────────────────────────────────────────
+    std::unique_ptr<voicecat::crypto::TofuStore> tofu_store_;  // owns the pin file
+    std::mutex              tofu_mu_;
+    std::condition_variable tofu_cv_;
+    bool                    tofu_decision_pending_{false};
+    bool                    tofu_accept_{false};
+    std::string             pending_identity_fp_hex_;  // ServerHello's Ed25519 fp, display-only
 
     // ── M2: UDP / media plane ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     std::array<uint8_t, 16> udp_token_{};
@@ -187,6 +209,7 @@ struct vc_client {
     // lands (handle_stream_announce_result, on io_thread_ — not the RT capture callback).
     std::atomic<vc_input_mode> current_input_mode_{VC_INPUT_VOICE_ACTIVATION};
     std::atomic<bool>          ptt_active_{false};
+    std::atomic<float>         vad_threshold_{0.025f};  // remembered across mode switches
     std::unique_ptr<voicecat::audio::ApmProcessor> mic_vad_;
 
     // teardown_voice() is called both from run_io()'s own cleanup (on the io_thread_, when
@@ -206,6 +229,8 @@ struct vc_client {
     void handle_auth_result(const voicecat::v1::AuthResult& msg);
     void handle_server_state(const voicecat::v1::ServerStateSnapshot& snap);
     void handle_user_event(const voicecat::v1::UserEvent& ue);
+    void handle_channel_event(const voicecat::v1::ChannelEvent& ce);
+    void handle_join_channel_result(const voicecat::v1::JoinChannelResult& msg);
     void handle_text_message(const voicecat::v1::TextMessage& msg);
     void handle_disconnect(const voicecat::v1::Disconnect& msg);
     void handle_udp_binding_ack(const voicecat::v1::UdpBinding& msg);

core/src/crypto/crypto.cpp

@@ -283,6 +283,14 @@ bool TlsContext::export_keying_material(const char* label, const uint8_t* ctx, s
                ctx, ctx_len, ctx != nullptr) == 0;
 }
 
+bool TlsContext::peer_cert_fingerprint(std::array<uint8_t, 32>& out) const {
+    if (!ready_) return false;
+    const mbedtls_x509_crt* peer = mbedtls_ssl_get_peer_cert(&ssl_);
+    if (!peer) return false;
+    mbedtls_sha256(peer->raw.p, peer->raw.len, out.data(), 0);
+    return true;
+}
+
 // ── SodiumMediaCrypto ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 SodiumMediaCrypto::SodiumMediaCrypto(

core/src/crypto/crypto.h

@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ class TlsContext {
     bool export_keying_material(const char* label, const uint8_t* ctx, size_t ctx_len,
                                 uint8_t* out, size_t out_len);
 
+    // M4 TOFU: SHA-256 of the peer's leaf X.509 certificate (DER), valid only after a
+    // successful Role::Client handshake(). This is the value vc_client pins — see
+    // voicecat.h's vc_tofu_status doc comment for why the cert fingerprint is pinned instead
+    // of the declared Ed25519 server_identity_fingerprint. Returns false if no peer cert is
+    // available (e.g. Role::Server, or handshake() hasn't succeeded).
+    bool peer_cert_fingerprint(std::array<uint8_t, 32>& out) const;
+
     // Whether the handshake completed.
     bool ready() const { return ready_; }
 

core/src/crypto/tofu_store.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ TofuResult TofuStore::check_and_pin(const std::string& host, uint16_t port,
     return (it->second == fingerprint) ? TofuResult::Matched : TofuResult::Mismatch;
 }
 
+TofuResult TofuStore::peek(const std::string& host, uint16_t port,
+                            const std::array<uint8_t, 32>& fingerprint) const {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(mu_);
+    auto it = pins_.find(make_key(host, port));
+    if (it == pins_.end()) return TofuResult::FirstConnect;
+    return (it->second == fingerprint) ? TofuResult::Matched : TofuResult::Mismatch;
+}
+
+void TofuStore::pin(const std::string& host, uint16_t port,
+                     const std::array<uint8_t, 32>& fingerprint) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(mu_);
+    pins_[make_key(host, port)] = fingerprint;
+    save();
+}
+
 void TofuStore::remove(const std::string& host, uint16_t port) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(mu_);
     pins_.erase(make_key(host, port));

core/src/crypto/tofu_store.h

@@ -29,9 +29,21 @@ class TofuStore {
 
     // Check the fingerprint for host:port. Stores on first connect.
     // Thread-safe (single-writer lock).
+    // NOTE: kept for compatibility; the M4 gated-confirmation flow (vc_client) uses peek()
+    // + pin() instead, since check_and_pin's unconditional first-connect write is wrong for a
+    // flow where the application must approve the fingerprint before it's trusted/persisted.
     TofuResult check_and_pin(const std::string& host, uint16_t port,
                               const std::array<uint8_t, 32>& fingerprint);
 
+    // Read-only — classifies the fingerprint against any existing pin WITHOUT writing to disk.
+    // Use this before the application has had a chance to approve a first-connect/mismatch.
+    TofuResult peek(const std::string& host, uint16_t port,
+                     const std::array<uint8_t, 32>& fingerprint) const;
+
+    // Persist the pin for host:port. Call only after the caller has accepted a FIRST_CONNECT
+    // or MISMATCH classification from peek() — accepting a MATCHED result needs no call here.
+    void pin(const std::string& host, uint16_t port, const std::array<uint8_t, 32>& fingerprint);
+
     // Remove the pin for host:port (e.g. after user explicitly acknowledges a key change).
     void remove(const std::string& host, uint16_t port);
 
@@ -44,7 +56,7 @@ class TofuStore {
     void save() const;
 
     std::filesystem::path path_;
-    std::mutex            mu_;
+    mutable std::mutex    mu_;
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::array<uint8_t, 32>> pins_;
 };
 

core/src/net/transport.cpp

@@ -324,11 +324,34 @@ void TcpServerConn::close() {
 
 // ── TcpAcceptor ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-TcpAcceptor::TcpAcceptor(asio::io_context& io, uint16_t port, ConnFactory factory)
-    : acceptor_(io, asio::ip::tcp::endpoint(asio::ip::tcp::v4(), port)),
-      factory_(std::move(factory)) {
-    acceptor_.set_option(asio::ip::tcp::acceptor::reuse_address(true));
+namespace {
+// Try IPv6 dual-stack first (one socket handles both ::1 and 127.0.0.1 — fixes the common
+// Windows case where `localhost` resolves to ::1 before 127.0.0.1). Falls back to IPv4-only
+// if the OS has IPv6 disabled or the dual-stack bind fails for any reason.
+asio::ip::tcp::acceptor make_acceptor(asio::io_context& io, uint16_t port) {
+    asio::ip::tcp::acceptor acc(io);
+    std::error_code ec;
+    acc.open(asio::ip::tcp::v6(), ec);
+    if (!ec) {
+        acc.set_option(asio::ip::v6_only(false), ec);  // dual-stack
+        acc.set_option(asio::ip::tcp::acceptor::reuse_address(true));
+        acc.bind(asio::ip::tcp::endpoint(asio::ip::tcp::v6(), port), ec);
+        if (!ec) acc.listen(asio::socket_base::max_listen_connections, ec);
+    }
+    if (ec) {
+        if (acc.is_open()) { std::error_code ignored; acc.close(ignored); }
+        acc.open(asio::ip::tcp::v4());
+        acc.set_option(asio::ip::tcp::acceptor::reuse_address(true));
+        acc.bind(asio::ip::tcp::endpoint(asio::ip::tcp::v4(), port));
+        acc.listen(asio::socket_base::max_listen_connections);
+    }
+    return acc;
 }
+}  // namespace
+
+TcpAcceptor::TcpAcceptor(asio::io_context& io, uint16_t port, ConnFactory factory)
+    : acceptor_(make_acceptor(io, port)),
+      factory_(std::move(factory)) {}
 
 void TcpAcceptor::start() { do_accept(); }
 

core/src/session/session.cpp

@@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ void SessionModel::apply_snapshot(const voicecat::v1::ServerStateSnapshot& snap)
     channels_.clear();
     for (const auto& pb : snap.channels()) {
         Channel ch;
-        ch.id   = pb.id();
-        ch.name = pb.name();
+        ch.id                 = pb.id();
+        ch.parent_id          = pb.parent_id();
+        ch.name               = pb.name();
+        ch.password_protected = pb.password_protected();
+        ch.max_users          = pb.max_users();
         channels_.push_back(std::move(ch));
     }
 
@@ -103,8 +106,11 @@ void SessionModel::apply_channel_event(const voicecat::v1::ChannelEvent& ev) {
     if (ev.kind() == Kind::CREATED || ev.kind() == Kind::UPDATED) {
         const auto& pb = ev.channel();
         Channel ch;
-        ch.id   = pb.id();
-        ch.name = pb.name();
+        ch.id                 = pb.id();
+        ch.parent_id          = pb.parent_id();
+        ch.name               = pb.name();
+        ch.password_protected = pb.password_protected();
+        ch.max_users          = pb.max_users();
 
         auto it = std::find_if(channels_.begin(), channels_.end(),
                                [&](const Channel& x) { return x.id == ch.id; });
@@ -112,7 +118,11 @@ void SessionModel::apply_channel_event(const voicecat::v1::ChannelEvent& ev) {
         else                       channels_.push_back(std::move(ch));
 
     } else if (ev.kind() == Kind::DELETED) {
-        uint32_t cid = ev.channel().id();
+        // deleted_id, not channel().id() — the proto leaves `channel` unset for deletes
+        // (docs/protocol.md, core/proto/voicecat.proto's ChannelEvent). Pre-existing bug, dead
+        // code until something actually emits ChannelEvent (no channel CRUD exists yet — M5+),
+        // fixed here while touching this function for the M4 field-population fix.
+        uint32_t cid = ev.deleted_id();
         channels_.erase(std::remove_if(channels_.begin(), channels_.end(),
                                        [cid](const Channel& x) { return x.id == cid; }),
                         channels_.end());

core/src/voicecat.cpp

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ vc_result vc_set_input_mode(vc_client* c, vc_input_mode mode) {
     return c->set_input_mode(mode);
 }
 
+vc_result vc_set_vad_threshold(vc_client* c, float threshold) {
+    if (c == nullptr) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    return c->set_vad_threshold(threshold);
+}
+
 vc_result vc_set_push_to_talk(vc_client* c, int active) {
     if (c == nullptr) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
     return c->set_push_to_talk(active != 0);
@@ -152,4 +157,54 @@ void vc_free_device_list(vc_device_list* list) {
     list->count = 0;
 }
 
+vc_result vc_list_channels(vc_client* c, vc_channel_list* out) {
+    if (c == nullptr || out == nullptr) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    return c->list_channels(out);
+}
+
+void vc_free_channel_list(vc_channel_list* list) {
+    if (list == nullptr || list->items == nullptr) return;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < list->count; ++i) delete[] list->items[i].name;
+    delete[] list->items;
+    list->items = nullptr;
+    list->count = 0;
+}
+
+vc_result vc_list_users(vc_client* c, vc_user_list* out) {
+    if (c == nullptr || out == nullptr) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    return c->list_users(out);
+}
+
+void vc_free_user_list(vc_user_list* list) {
+    if (list == nullptr || list->items == nullptr) return;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < list->count; ++i) delete[] list->items[i].nickname;
+    delete[] list->items;
+    list->items = nullptr;
+    list->count = 0;
+}
+
+vc_result vc_list_user_streams(vc_client* c, uint32_t user_id, vc_stream_summary_list* out) {
+    if (c == nullptr || out == nullptr) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    return c->list_user_streams(user_id, out);
+}
+
+void vc_free_stream_summary_list(vc_stream_summary_list* list) {
+    if (list == nullptr || list->items == nullptr) return;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < list->count; ++i) delete[] list->items[i].label;
+    delete[] list->items;
+    list->items = nullptr;
+    list->count = 0;
+}
+
+vc_result vc_confirm_server_identity(vc_client* c, int accept) {
+    if (c == nullptr) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    return c->confirm_server_identity(accept != 0);
+}
+
+vc_result vc_get_server_identity_display(vc_client* c, char* out_buf, size_t buf_cap,
+                                         size_t* out_len) {
+    if (c == nullptr) return VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    return c->get_server_identity_display(out_buf, buf_cap, out_len);
+}
+
 }  // extern "C"

server/src/main.cpp

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ void print_help(const char* argv0) {
 }  // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+    // MSVCRT/MinGW treat _IOLBF as full buffering for non-console streams (e.g. when a
+    // launcher redirects stdout to a pipe, as the C# interop smoke test's Process does to
+    // read the bound port) — go unbuffered so the startup banner (incl. "TCP :<port>") is
+    // visible immediately instead of sitting in the CRT's buffer until it fills or the
+    // process exits. Same fix as tools/vccli/src/main.cpp.
+    std::setvbuf(stdout, nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
+
     voicecat::server::Config cfg;
     bool print_config_only = false;
 

server/src/session_registry.cpp

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ void SessionRegistry::init_default_channels() {
     lobby.proto.set_name("Lobby");
     lobby.proto.set_type(voicecat::v1::CHANNEL_PERMANENT);
     lobby.proto.set_order(0);
+    // Non-zero so vc_list_channels/SessionModel round-trip this field for real (a regression
+    // test for the M4 SessionModel field-population fix needs at least one non-default value).
+    lobby.proto.set_max_users(20);
     {
         // Speech profile: mono, low bitrate, FEC+DTX on for resilience/silence-suppression.
         auto* a = lobby.proto.mutable_audio();

tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -95,4 +95,22 @@ if(VOICECAT_USE_VCPKG_DEPS)
     target_include_directories(test_vad_ptt_devices PRIVATE ${VC_TEST_INTERNAL_INCLUDES})
     add_test(NAME vad_ptt_devices COMMAND test_vad_ptt_devices)
     set_tests_properties(vad_ptt_devices PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 60)
+
+    # M4: channel/user/stream snapshot getters (vc_list_channels/vc_list_users/
+    # vc_list_user_streams) — through the real C ABI against a real in-process server.
+    add_executable(test_channel_user_list_abi test_channel_user_list_abi.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(test_channel_user_list_abi PRIVATE voicecat::server)
+    target_compile_features(test_channel_user_list_abi PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
+    target_include_directories(test_channel_user_list_abi PRIVATE ${VC_TEST_INTERNAL_INCLUDES})
+    add_test(NAME channel_user_list_abi COMMAND test_channel_user_list_abi)
+    set_tests_properties(channel_user_list_abi PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 60)
+
+    # M4: TOFU server-identity gate (VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY / vc_confirm_server_identity /
+    # vc_get_server_identity_display) — real TLS handshakes against real in-process servers.
+    add_executable(test_tofu_flow test_tofu_flow.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(test_tofu_flow PRIVATE voicecat::server)
+    target_compile_features(test_tofu_flow PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
+    target_include_directories(test_tofu_flow PRIVATE ${VC_TEST_INTERNAL_INCLUDES})
+    add_test(NAME tofu_flow COMMAND test_tofu_flow)
+    set_tests_properties(tofu_flow PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 90)
 endif()

tests/test_channel_user_list_abi.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+/*
+ * test_channel_user_list_abi — M4 channel/user/stream snapshot getters.
+ *
+ * Covers the new pull-based ABI surface (voicecat.h): vc_list_channels, vc_list_users,
+ * vc_list_user_streams, and the new VC_EVENT_JOIN_RESULT feedback for vc_join_channel.
+ * Mirrors test_vad_ptt_devices.cpp's approach (real vc_client instances against a real
+ * in-process server, not raw sockets).
+ *
+ *   1. Pre-data: a freshly created (not yet connected) client's getters return VC_OK,
+ *      count=0 — never an error just because nothing has arrived yet.
+ *   2. After two guests connect and auth: vc_list_channels reflects the server's real
+ *      channel config (this is the regression test for the SessionModel field-population
+ *      fix — parent_id/password_protected/max_users were silently dropped before);
+ *      vc_list_users on either client includes both users with correct nickname/channel_id.
+ *   3. After A starts a MIC stream: B's vc_list_user_streams(A's user_id) shows it, with the
+ *      same stream_id as A's own VC_EVENT_STREAM_STARTED.
+ *   4. vc_list_user_streams with an unknown user_id returns VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG.
+ *   5. vc_join_channel's result arrives via VC_EVENT_JOIN_RESULT — success (re-joining the
+ *      channel already in) and failure (an unknown channel id).
+ *   6. Every vc_free_*_list is idempotent (safe to call twice).
+ */
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#ifdef VOICECAT_HAS_NET
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "voicecat.h"
+#include "server.h"
+
+// ── Event tracking ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+struct StreamEvent {
+    bool     started;
+    uint32_t user_id;
+    uint32_t stream_id;
+};
+
+struct JoinResult {
+    bool     ok;
+    uint32_t channel_id;
+    std::string error;
+};
+
+struct EventStore {
+    std::mutex              mu;
+    std::condition_variable cv;
+
+    bool     auth_ok{false};
+    uint32_t self_user_id{0};
+    bool     channel_list_received{false};
+    std::vector<StreamEvent> stream_events;
+    std::vector<JoinResult>  join_results;
+
+    const char* label{nullptr};
+    vc_client*  client{nullptr};
+};
+
+static void on_event(void* user, const vc_event* ev) {
+    auto* s = static_cast<EventStore*>(user);
+    std::lock_guard lk(s->mu);
+    switch (ev->type) {
+        case VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY:
+            vc_confirm_server_identity(s->client, 1);
+            break;
+        case VC_EVENT_AUTH_RESULT:
+            s->auth_ok      = (ev->result == VC_OK);
+            s->self_user_id = ev->user_id;
+            break;
+        case VC_EVENT_CHANNEL_LIST:
+            s->channel_list_received = true;
+            break;
+        case VC_EVENT_STREAM_STARTED:
+            s->stream_events.push_back({true, ev->user_id, ev->stream_id});
+            break;
+        case VC_EVENT_STREAM_STOPPED:
+            s->stream_events.push_back({false, ev->user_id, ev->stream_id});
+            break;
+        case VC_EVENT_JOIN_RESULT:
+            s->join_results.push_back(
+                {ev->result == VC_OK, ev->channel_id, ev->text ? ev->text : ""});
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+    s->cv.notify_all();
+}
+
+template <typename Pred>
+static bool wait_for(EventStore& s, Pred pred, int timeout_ms) {
+    auto deadline = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds(timeout_ms);
+    std::unique_lock lk(s.mu);
+    return s.cv.wait_until(lk, deadline, [&] { return pred(s); });
+}
+
+// ── Test harness ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+static int g_failures = 0;
+#define CHECK(cond)                                                        \
+    do {                                                                   \
+        if (!(cond)) {                                                     \
+            std::printf("FAIL: %s (%s:%d)\n", #cond, __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+            ++g_failures;                                                  \
+        }                                                                  \
+    } while (0)
+
+// ── 1. Pre-data: getters never error just because nothing has arrived yet ──────
+static void test_pre_data_empty() {
+    vc_config cfg{"test-predata", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+    vc_callbacks cb{};
+    vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+    CHECK(c != nullptr);
+
+    vc_channel_list cl{};
+    CHECK(vc_list_channels(c, &cl) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(cl.count == 0);
+    vc_free_channel_list(&cl);
+    vc_free_channel_list(&cl);  // idempotent
+
+    vc_user_list ul{};
+    CHECK(vc_list_users(c, &ul) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(ul.count == 0);
+    vc_free_user_list(&ul);
+    vc_free_user_list(&ul);  // idempotent
+
+    // No users known yet — any user_id is "unknown".
+    vc_stream_summary_list sl{};
+    CHECK(vc_list_user_streams(c, 1, &sl) == VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
+
+    vc_client_destroy(c);
+    std::printf("test_pre_data_empty: ok\n");
+}
+
+// ── 2-6. Real connect/auth/join/stream against a real in-process server ────────
+static void test_live_channel_user_list() {
+    auto tmp = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() /
+               ("vctest_chanlist_" + std::to_string(
+                   std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count()));
+    std::filesystem::create_directories(tmp);
+    std::string data_dir = tmp.string();
+
+    std::atomic<uint16_t> bound_port{0};
+    std::mutex              ready_mu;
+    std::condition_variable ready_cv;
+    bool                    ready{false};
+
+    voicecat::server::Config cfg;
+    cfg.data_dir     = data_dir;
+    cfg.bind_port    = 0;
+    cfg.media_port   = 0;
+    cfg.server_name  = "VoiceCat-ChanListTest";
+    cfg.allow_guests = true;
+    cfg.on_ready = [&](uint16_t p) {
+        bound_port.store(p);
+        { std::lock_guard lk(ready_mu); ready = true; }
+        ready_cv.notify_all();
+    };
+
+    voicecat::server::Server server(cfg);
+    std::thread server_thread([&] { server.run(); });
+
+    {
+        std::unique_lock lk(ready_mu);
+        bool ok = ready_cv.wait_for(lk, std::chrono::seconds(10), [&] { return ready; });
+        if (!ok) {
+            std::printf("FAIL: server did not become ready within 10s\n");
+            ++g_failures;
+            server.stop();
+            server_thread.join();
+            std::filesystem::remove_all(tmp);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    uint16_t port = bound_port.load();
+    std::printf("test_live_channel_user_list: server ready on :%u\n", port);
+
+    EventStore evA;
+    evA.label = "A";
+    vc_callbacks cbA{on_event, nullptr, &evA};
+    vc_config cfgA{"test-A", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+    vc_client* clientA = vc_client_create(&cfgA, cbA);
+    CHECK(clientA != nullptr);
+    evA.client = clientA;
+    CHECK(vc_connect(clientA, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(clientA, "CL-A") == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(wait_for(evA, [](EventStore& s) { return s.auth_ok; }, 8000));
+    CHECK(wait_for(evA, [](EventStore& s) { return s.channel_list_received; }, 3000));
+
+    EventStore evB;
+    evB.label = "B";
+    vc_callbacks cbB{on_event, nullptr, &evB};
+    vc_config cfgB{"test-B", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+    vc_client* clientB = vc_client_create(&cfgB, cbB);
+    CHECK(clientB != nullptr);
+    evB.client = clientB;
+    CHECK(vc_connect(clientB, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(clientB, "CL-B") == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(wait_for(evB, [](EventStore& s) { return s.auth_ok; }, 8000));
+    CHECK(wait_for(evB, [](EventStore& s) { return s.channel_list_received; }, 3000));
+
+    uint32_t a_uid = 0, b_uid = 0;
+    { std::lock_guard lk(evA.mu); a_uid = evA.self_user_id; }
+    { std::lock_guard lk(evB.mu); b_uid = evB.self_user_id; }
+
+    // ── 2a. vc_list_channels reflects the real server config (regression test for the
+    // SessionModel field-population fix — parent_id/password_protected/max_users). ──────────
+    {
+        vc_channel_list cl{};
+        CHECK(vc_list_channels(clientA, &cl) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(cl.count == 2);  // Lobby (1) + Music Room (2), per session_registry.cpp
+        bool found_lobby = false;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < cl.count; ++i) {
+            CHECK(cl.items[i].name != nullptr);
+            if (cl.items[i].id == 1) {
+                found_lobby = true;
+                CHECK(std::strcmp(cl.items[i].name, "Lobby") == 0);
+                CHECK(cl.items[i].parent_id == 0);
+                CHECK(cl.items[i].password_protected == 0);
+                CHECK(cl.items[i].max_users == 20);  // non-default — proves the fix
+            }
+        }
+        CHECK(found_lobby);
+        vc_free_channel_list(&cl);
+        vc_free_channel_list(&cl);  // idempotent
+    }
+
+    // ── 2b. vc_list_users includes both A and B with correct nickname/channel_id ─────────────
+    {
+        vc_user_list ul{};
+        CHECK(vc_list_users(clientB, &ul) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(ul.count == 2);
+        bool found_a = false, found_b = false;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < ul.count; ++i) {
+            CHECK(ul.items[i].nickname != nullptr);
+            CHECK(ul.items[i].channel_id == 1);  // both default into Lobby on auth
+            if (ul.items[i].id == a_uid) { found_a = true; CHECK(std::strcmp(ul.items[i].nickname, "CL-A") == 0); }
+            if (ul.items[i].id == b_uid) { found_b = true; CHECK(std::strcmp(ul.items[i].nickname, "CL-B") == 0); }
+        }
+        CHECK(found_a);
+        CHECK(found_b);
+        vc_free_user_list(&ul);
+        vc_free_user_list(&ul);  // idempotent
+    }
+
+    // ── 3. vc_list_user_streams reflects a real stream, cross-checked against the
+    // STREAM_STARTED event's stream_id. ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    vc_stream_desc mic_desc{};
+    mic_desc.kind  = VC_STREAM_MIC;
+    mic_desc.label = "mic";
+    uint32_t mic_sid = 0;
+    CHECK(vc_stream_start(clientA, &mic_desc, &mic_sid) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(wait_for(evB, [](EventStore& s) { return !s.stream_events.empty(); }, 5000));
+
+    {
+        vc_stream_summary_list sl{};
+        CHECK(vc_list_user_streams(clientB, a_uid, &sl) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(sl.count == 1);
+        if (sl.count == 1) {
+            CHECK(sl.items[0].stream_id == mic_sid);
+            CHECK(sl.items[0].kind == VC_STREAM_MIC);
+            CHECK(sl.items[0].label != nullptr);
+        }
+        vc_free_stream_summary_list(&sl);
+        vc_free_stream_summary_list(&sl);  // idempotent
+    }
+
+    // ── 4. Unknown user_id ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    {
+        vc_stream_summary_list sl{};
+        CHECK(vc_list_user_streams(clientB, 0xDEADBEEF, &sl) == VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
+    }
+
+    // ── 5. VC_EVENT_JOIN_RESULT — success (re-join the channel already in) and failure
+    // (unknown channel id). ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    CHECK(vc_join_channel(clientA, 1, nullptr) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(wait_for(evA, [](EventStore& s) { return !s.join_results.empty(); }, 3000));
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lk(evA.mu);
+        CHECK(evA.join_results.back().ok);
+        CHECK(evA.join_results.back().channel_id == 1);
+    }
+
+    size_t mark;
+    { std::lock_guard lk(evA.mu); mark = evA.join_results.size(); }
+    CHECK(vc_join_channel(clientA, 999999, nullptr) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(wait_for(evA, [&](EventStore& s) { return s.join_results.size() > mark; }, 3000));
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lk(evA.mu);
+        CHECK(!evA.join_results.back().ok);
+        CHECK(!evA.join_results.back().error.empty());
+    }
+
+    vc_stream_stop(clientA, mic_sid);
+    vc_disconnect(clientA);
+    vc_disconnect(clientB);
+    vc_client_destroy(clientA);
+    vc_client_destroy(clientB);
+
+    server.stop();
+    server_thread.join();
+    std::filesystem::remove_all(tmp);
+
+    std::printf("test_live_channel_user_list: done\n");
+}
+
+int main() {
+    test_pre_data_empty();
+    test_live_channel_user_list();
+
+    if (g_failures == 0) {
+        std::printf("channel_user_list_abi: all checks passed\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    std::printf("channel_user_list_abi: %d failure(s)\n", g_failures);
+    return 1;
+}
+
+#else  // !VOICECAT_HAS_NET
+
+int main() {
+    std::printf("channel_user_list_abi: SKIP (VOICECAT_HAS_NET not defined)\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#endif  // VOICECAT_HAS_NET

tests/test_m1_integration.cpp

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ struct EventStore {
     std::string last_error;
     bool disconnected{false};
     vc_connection_state last_state{VC_STATE_DISCONNECTED};
+
+    // Set right after vc_client_create, before vc_connect — lets on_event auto-confirm the
+    // M4 TOFU gate (VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY below) for this headless test.
+    vc_client* client{nullptr};
 };
 
 static void on_event(void* user, const vc_event* ev) {
@@ -49,6 +53,10 @@ static void on_event(void* user, const vc_event* ev) {
     std::lock_guard lk(s->mu);
     s->last_state = ev->connection_state;
     switch (ev->type) {
+        case VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY:
+            // No human to ask in a headless test — trust on first connect unconditionally.
+            vc_confirm_server_identity(s->client, 1);
+            break;
         case VC_EVENT_AUTH_RESULT:
             s->auth_result = static_cast<vc_result>(ev->result);
             s->auth_ok     = (ev->result == VC_OK);
@@ -171,6 +179,7 @@ int main() {
     vc_config cfgA{"test-clientA", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
     vc_client* clientA = vc_client_create(&cfgA, cbA);
     CHECK(clientA != nullptr);
+    evA.client = clientA;
 
     CHECK(vc_connect(clientA, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
     CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(clientA, "GuestBob") == VC_OK);
@@ -190,6 +199,7 @@ int main() {
     vc_config cfgB{"test-clientB", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
     vc_client* clientB = vc_client_create(&cfgB, cbB);
     CHECK(clientB != nullptr);
+    evB.client = clientB;
 
     CHECK(vc_connect(clientB, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
     CHECK(vc_authenticate_user(clientB, "alice", "test-pass-alice") == VC_OK);

tests/test_m3_multistream.cpp

@@ -62,12 +62,20 @@ struct EventStore {
     bool      disconnected{false};
 
     const char* label{nullptr};
+
+    // Set right after vc_client_create, before vc_connect — lets on_event auto-confirm the
+    // M4 TOFU gate (VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY below) for this headless test.
+    vc_client* client{nullptr};
 };
 
 static void on_event(void* user, const vc_event* ev) {
     auto* s = static_cast<EventStore*>(user);
     std::lock_guard lk(s->mu);
     switch (ev->type) {
+        case VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY:
+            // No human to ask in a headless test — trust on first connect unconditionally.
+            vc_confirm_server_identity(s->client, 1);
+            break;
         case VC_EVENT_AUTH_RESULT:
             s->auth_ok      = (ev->result == VC_OK);
             s->self_user_id = ev->user_id;
@@ -176,6 +184,7 @@ int main() {
     vc_config cfgA{"test-clientA", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
     vc_client* clientA = vc_client_create(&cfgA, cbA);
     CHECK(clientA != nullptr);
+    evA.client = clientA;
 
     CHECK(vc_connect(clientA, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
     CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(clientA, "M3-A") == VC_OK);
@@ -189,6 +198,7 @@ int main() {
     vc_config cfgB{"test-clientB", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
     vc_client* clientB = vc_client_create(&cfgB, cbB);
     CHECK(clientB != nullptr);
+    evB.client = clientB;
 
     CHECK(vc_connect(clientB, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
     CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(clientB, "M3-B") == VC_OK);

tests/test_tofu_flow.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+/*
+ * test_tofu_flow — M4 TOFU server-identity gate (voicecat.h's VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY /
+ * vc_confirm_server_identity / vc_get_server_identity_display).
+ *
+ * Needs a real server (in-process, like the other ABI tests) so a real TLS handshake
+ * happens — pinning a fingerprint against a mock would prove nothing.
+ *
+ *   1. First connect to a fresh server blocks (no AUTH_RESULT) until
+ *      vc_confirm_server_identity() is called; then it proceeds normally.
+ *   2. Rejecting (accept=0) disconnects with VC_ERR_CRYPTO and does NOT persist a pin — a
+ *      second attempt to the same server still reports FIRST_CONNECT.
+ *   3. Reconnecting to a server with the SAME identity (same data_dir, restarted on the
+ *      same port) reports MATCHED.
+ *   4. Reconnecting to a server with a DIFFERENT identity on the same host:port (key
+ *      rotation / MITM) reports MISMATCH.
+ *   5. vc_confirm_server_identity with nothing pending returns VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG.
+ *   6. vc_get_server_identity_display is empty pre-connect and populated (64 hex chars —
+ *      the raw, colon-free encoding of the Ed25519 fingerprint) after ServerHello.
+ */
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#ifdef VOICECAT_HAS_NET
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+
+#include "voicecat.h"
+#include "server.h"
+
+// ── Event tracking — deliberately does NOT auto-confirm, so the test drives the gate ──────
+
+struct GatedEventStore {
+    std::mutex              mu;
+    std::condition_variable cv;
+
+    bool           auth_ok{false};
+    bool           got_identity{false};
+    vc_tofu_status identity_status{};
+    bool           disconnected{false};
+    vc_result      disconnect_result{VC_OK};
+
+    vc_client* client{nullptr};
+};
+
+static void on_event_gated(void* user, const vc_event* ev) {
+    auto* s = static_cast<GatedEventStore*>(user);
+    std::lock_guard lk(s->mu);
+    switch (ev->type) {
+        case VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY:
+            s->got_identity    = true;
+            s->identity_status = static_cast<vc_tofu_status>(ev->u32a);
+            break;
+        case VC_EVENT_AUTH_RESULT:
+            s->auth_ok = (ev->result == VC_OK);
+            break;
+        case VC_EVENT_DISCONNECTED:
+            s->disconnected      = true;
+            s->disconnect_result = static_cast<vc_result>(ev->result);
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+    s->cv.notify_all();
+}
+
+template <typename Pred>
+static bool wait_for(GatedEventStore& s, Pred pred, int timeout_ms) {
+    auto deadline = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds(timeout_ms);
+    std::unique_lock lk(s.mu);
+    return s.cv.wait_until(lk, deadline, [&] { return pred(s); });
+}
+
+// ── Test harness ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+static int g_failures = 0;
+#define CHECK(cond)                                                        \
+    do {                                                                   \
+        if (!(cond)) {                                                     \
+            std::printf("FAIL: %s (%s:%d)\n", #cond, __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+            ++g_failures;                                                  \
+        }                                                                  \
+    } while (0)
+
+// ── A small helper to start/stop an in-process server on a chosen (or OS-assigned) port ───
+
+struct RunningServer {
+    voicecat::server::Config cfg;
+    std::unique_ptr<voicecat::server::Server> server;
+    std::thread server_thread;
+    uint16_t    port{0};
+
+    bool start(const std::string& data_dir, uint16_t want_port, const char* name) {
+        std::atomic<uint16_t> bound_port{0};
+        std::mutex              ready_mu;
+        std::condition_variable ready_cv;
+        bool                    ready{false};
+
+        cfg.data_dir     = data_dir;
+        cfg.bind_port    = want_port;
+        cfg.media_port   = 0;
+        cfg.server_name  = name;
+        cfg.allow_guests = true;
+        cfg.on_ready = [&](uint16_t p) {
+            bound_port.store(p);
+            { std::lock_guard lk(ready_mu); ready = true; }
+            ready_cv.notify_all();
+        };
+
+        server = std::make_unique<voicecat::server::Server>(cfg);
+        server_thread = std::thread([this] { server->run(); });
+
+        std::unique_lock lk(ready_mu);
+        bool ok = ready_cv.wait_for(lk, std::chrono::seconds(10), [&] { return ready; });
+        if (!ok) return false;
+        port = bound_port.load();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void stop_and_join() {
+        if (server) server->stop();
+        if (server_thread.joinable()) server_thread.join();
+    }
+};
+
+// ── 1. First connect blocks until confirmed ─────────────────────────────────────
+static void test_first_connect_blocks(uint16_t port, const std::string& tofu_path) {
+    GatedEventStore ev;
+    vc_callbacks cb{on_event_gated, nullptr, &ev};
+    vc_config cfg{"test-gate", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+    cfg.tofu_store_path = tofu_path.c_str();
+    vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+    CHECK(c != nullptr);
+    ev.client = c;
+
+    CHECK(vc_connect(c, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(c, "Gated") == VC_OK);
+
+    CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.got_identity; }, 5000));
+    { std::lock_guard lk(ev.mu); CHECK(ev.identity_status == VC_TOFU_FIRST_CONNECT); }
+
+    // No confirmation yet — auth must NOT complete within a short window.
+    CHECK(!wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.auth_ok; }, 1000));
+
+    CHECK(vc_confirm_server_identity(c, 1) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.auth_ok; }, 5000));
+
+    vc_disconnect(c);
+    vc_client_destroy(c);
+    std::printf("test_first_connect_blocks: ok\n");
+}
+
+// ── 2. Reject doesn't persist a pin ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+static void test_reject_does_not_persist(uint16_t port, const std::string& tofu_path) {
+    {
+        GatedEventStore ev;
+        vc_callbacks cb{on_event_gated, nullptr, &ev};
+        vc_config cfg{"test-reject", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+        cfg.tofu_store_path = tofu_path.c_str();
+        vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+        CHECK(c != nullptr);
+        ev.client = c;
+
+        CHECK(vc_connect(c, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.got_identity; }, 5000));
+        { std::lock_guard lk(ev.mu); CHECK(ev.identity_status == VC_TOFU_FIRST_CONNECT); }
+
+        CHECK(vc_confirm_server_identity(c, 0) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.disconnected; }, 5000));
+        { std::lock_guard lk(ev.mu); CHECK(ev.disconnect_result == VC_ERR_CRYPTO); }
+
+        vc_client_destroy(c);
+    }
+    // Second attempt to the SAME server, SAME pin file: still FIRST_CONNECT — the rejected
+    // pin from above must not have been written to disk.
+    {
+        GatedEventStore ev;
+        vc_callbacks cb{on_event_gated, nullptr, &ev};
+        vc_config cfg{"test-reject2", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+        cfg.tofu_store_path = tofu_path.c_str();
+        vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+        CHECK(c != nullptr);
+        ev.client = c;
+
+        CHECK(vc_connect(c, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.got_identity; }, 5000));
+        { std::lock_guard lk(ev.mu); CHECK(ev.identity_status == VC_TOFU_FIRST_CONNECT); }
+
+        vc_disconnect(c);
+        vc_client_destroy(c);
+    }
+    std::printf("test_reject_does_not_persist: ok\n");
+}
+
+// ── 3/4. MATCHED on identity reuse, MISMATCH on identity rotation ──────────────
+static void test_matched_and_mismatch(const std::string& tofu_path) {
+    auto tmp = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() /
+               ("vctest_tofu_" + std::to_string(
+                   std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count()));
+    std::filesystem::create_directories(tmp);
+    auto data_dir_1 = (tmp / "server1").string();  // identity A
+    auto data_dir_2 = (tmp / "server2").string();  // identity B (different)
+
+    // ── Server 1 (identity A), first connect: accept + pin ──────────────────────
+    RunningServer server1;
+    CHECK(server1.start(data_dir_1, 0, "VoiceCat-TofuA"));
+    uint16_t port = server1.port;
+    std::printf("test_matched_and_mismatch: server1 ready on :%u\n", port);
+
+    {
+        GatedEventStore ev;
+        vc_callbacks cb{on_event_gated, nullptr, &ev};
+        vc_config cfg{"test-pin", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+        cfg.tofu_store_path = tofu_path.c_str();
+        vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+        CHECK(c != nullptr);
+        ev.client = c;
+        CHECK(vc_connect(c, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(c, "Pin") == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.got_identity; }, 5000));
+        { std::lock_guard lk(ev.mu); CHECK(ev.identity_status == VC_TOFU_FIRST_CONNECT); }
+        CHECK(vc_confirm_server_identity(c, 1) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.auth_ok; }, 5000));
+        vc_disconnect(c);
+        vc_client_destroy(c);
+    }
+    server1.stop_and_join();
+
+    // ── Server 1 restarted on the SAME port, SAME data_dir (identity A reloaded from disk
+    // — ServerIdentityManager::init's load-existing-files path) — expect MATCHED. ──────────
+    RunningServer server1_restarted;
+    CHECK(server1_restarted.start(data_dir_1, port, "VoiceCat-TofuA"));
+    {
+        GatedEventStore ev;
+        vc_callbacks cb{on_event_gated, nullptr, &ev};
+        vc_config cfg{"test-matched", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+        cfg.tofu_store_path = tofu_path.c_str();
+        vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+        CHECK(c != nullptr);
+        ev.client = c;
+        CHECK(vc_connect(c, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(c, "Matched") == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.got_identity; }, 5000));
+        { std::lock_guard lk(ev.mu); CHECK(ev.identity_status == VC_TOFU_MATCHED); }
+        CHECK(vc_confirm_server_identity(c, 1) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.auth_ok; }, 5000));
+        vc_disconnect(c);
+        vc_client_destroy(c);
+    }
+    server1_restarted.stop_and_join();
+
+    // ── A DIFFERENT server (identity B, fresh data_dir) on the SAME port — expect
+    // MISMATCH. Reject it, and confirm the pin file still reflects identity A afterwards. ───
+    RunningServer server2;
+    CHECK(server2.start(data_dir_2, port, "VoiceCat-TofuB"));
+    {
+        GatedEventStore ev;
+        vc_callbacks cb{on_event_gated, nullptr, &ev};
+        vc_config cfg{"test-mismatch", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+        cfg.tofu_store_path = tofu_path.c_str();
+        vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+        CHECK(c != nullptr);
+        ev.client = c;
+        CHECK(vc_connect(c, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.got_identity; }, 5000));
+        { std::lock_guard lk(ev.mu); CHECK(ev.identity_status == VC_TOFU_MISMATCH); }
+        CHECK(vc_confirm_server_identity(c, 0) == VC_OK);  // reject the rotated identity
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.disconnected; }, 5000));
+        vc_client_destroy(c);
+    }
+    server2.stop_and_join();
+
+    // ── Server 1 (identity A) once more — rejecting the mismatch above must not have
+    // clobbered the original pin. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    RunningServer server1_again;
+    CHECK(server1_again.start(data_dir_1, port, "VoiceCat-TofuA"));
+    {
+        GatedEventStore ev;
+        vc_callbacks cb{on_event_gated, nullptr, &ev};
+        vc_config cfg{"test-still-matched", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+        cfg.tofu_store_path = tofu_path.c_str();
+        vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+        CHECK(c != nullptr);
+        ev.client = c;
+        CHECK(vc_connect(c, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+        CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.got_identity; }, 5000));
+        { std::lock_guard lk(ev.mu); CHECK(ev.identity_status == VC_TOFU_MATCHED); }
+        vc_disconnect(c);
+        vc_client_destroy(c);
+    }
+    server1_again.stop_and_join();
+
+    std::filesystem::remove_all(tmp);
+    std::printf("test_matched_and_mismatch: ok\n");
+}
+
+// ── 5. confirm_server_identity with nothing pending ─────────────────────────────
+static void test_confirm_with_nothing_pending() {
+    vc_config cfg{"test-nopending", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+    vc_callbacks cb{};
+    vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+    CHECK(c != nullptr);
+    CHECK(vc_confirm_server_identity(c, 1) == VC_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
+    vc_client_destroy(c);
+    std::printf("test_confirm_with_nothing_pending: ok\n");
+}
+
+// ── 6. vc_get_server_identity_display ───────────────────────────────────────────
+static void test_get_server_identity_display(uint16_t port, const std::string& tofu_path) {
+    vc_config cfg{"test-display", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
+    cfg.tofu_store_path = tofu_path.c_str();
+
+    GatedEventStore ev;
+    vc_callbacks cb{on_event_gated, nullptr, &ev};
+    vc_client* c = vc_client_create(&cfg, cb);
+    CHECK(c != nullptr);
+    ev.client = c;
+
+    // Pre-connect: empty.
+    size_t len = 12345;
+    CHECK(vc_get_server_identity_display(c, nullptr, 0, &len) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(len == 0);
+
+    CHECK(vc_connect(c, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(c, "Display") == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.got_identity; }, 5000));
+    CHECK(vc_confirm_server_identity(c, 1) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(wait_for(ev, [](GatedEventStore& s) { return s.auth_ok; }, 5000));
+
+    char buf[256] = {};
+    CHECK(vc_get_server_identity_display(c, buf, sizeof(buf), &len) == VC_OK);
+    CHECK(len == 64);  // 32-byte Ed25519 fingerprint, raw hex, no colons
+    CHECK(std::strlen(buf) == 64);
+
+    vc_disconnect(c);
+    vc_client_destroy(c);
+    std::printf("test_get_server_identity_display: ok\n");
+}
+
+int main() {
+    test_confirm_with_nothing_pending();
+
+    auto tmp = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() /
+               ("vctest_tofu_main_" + std::to_string(
+                   std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count()));
+    std::filesystem::create_directories(tmp);
+
+    {
+        RunningServer server;
+        CHECK(server.start((tmp / "srv").string(), 0, "VoiceCat-TofuFlow"));
+        uint16_t port = server.port;
+        std::printf("test_tofu_flow: server ready on :%u\n", port);
+
+        test_first_connect_blocks(port, (tmp / "pins_blocks.txt").string());
+        test_reject_does_not_persist(port, (tmp / "pins_reject.txt").string());
+        test_get_server_identity_display(port, (tmp / "pins_display.txt").string());
+
+        server.stop_and_join();
+    }
+
+    test_matched_and_mismatch((tmp / "pins_matched.txt").string());
+
+    std::filesystem::remove_all(tmp);
+
+    if (g_failures == 0) {
+        std::printf("tofu_flow: all checks passed\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    std::printf("tofu_flow: %d failure(s)\n", g_failures);
+    return 1;
+}
+
+#else  // !VOICECAT_HAS_NET
+
+int main() {
+    std::printf("tofu_flow: SKIP (VOICECAT_HAS_NET not defined)\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#endif  // VOICECAT_HAS_NET

tests/test_vad_ptt_devices.cpp

@@ -62,12 +62,20 @@ struct EventStore {
     bool     disconnected{false};
 
     const char* label{nullptr};
+
+    // Set right after vc_client_create, before vc_connect — lets on_event auto-confirm the
+    // M4 TOFU gate (VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY below) for this headless test.
+    vc_client* client{nullptr};
 };
 
 static void on_event(void* user, const vc_event* ev) {
     auto* s = static_cast<EventStore*>(user);
     std::lock_guard lk(s->mu);
     switch (ev->type) {
+        case VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY:
+            // No human to ask in a headless test — trust on first connect unconditionally.
+            vc_confirm_server_identity(s->client, 1);
+            break;
         case VC_EVENT_AUTH_RESULT:
             s->auth_ok      = (ev->result == VC_OK);
             s->self_user_id = ev->user_id;
@@ -273,6 +281,7 @@ static void test_vad_and_ptt_gate() {
     vc_config cfgA{"test-A", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
     vc_client* clientA = vc_client_create(&cfgA, cbA);
     CHECK(clientA != nullptr);
+    evA.client = clientA;
     CHECK(vc_connect(clientA, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
     CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(clientA, "VP-A") == VC_OK);
     CHECK(wait_for(evA, [](EventStore& s) { return s.auth_ok; }, 8000));
@@ -284,6 +293,7 @@ static void test_vad_and_ptt_gate() {
     vc_config cfgB{"test-B", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
     vc_client* clientB = vc_client_create(&cfgB, cbB);
     CHECK(clientB != nullptr);
+    evB.client = clientB;
     CHECK(vc_connect(clientB, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
     CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(clientB, "VP-B") == VC_OK);
     CHECK(wait_for(evB, [](EventStore& s) { return s.auth_ok; }, 8000));

tests/test_voice_client_abi.cpp

@@ -43,12 +43,20 @@ struct EventStore {
 
     const char* label{nullptr};
     bool        disconnected{false};
+
+    // Set right after vc_client_create, before vc_connect — lets on_event auto-confirm the
+    // M4 TOFU gate (VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY below) for this headless test.
+    vc_client* client{nullptr};
 };
 
 static void on_event(void* user, const vc_event* ev) {
     auto* s = static_cast<EventStore*>(user);
     std::lock_guard lk(s->mu);
     switch (ev->type) {
+        case VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY:
+            // No human to ask in a headless test — trust on first connect unconditionally.
+            vc_confirm_server_identity(s->client, 1);
+            break;
         case VC_EVENT_AUTH_RESULT:
             s->auth_ok      = (ev->result == VC_OK);
             s->self_user_id = ev->user_id;
@@ -144,6 +152,7 @@ int main() {
     vc_config cfgA{"test-clientA", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
     vc_client* clientA = vc_client_create(&cfgA, cbA);
     CHECK(clientA != nullptr);
+    evA.client = clientA;
 
     CHECK(vc_connect(clientA, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
     CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(clientA, "VoiceA") == VC_OK);
@@ -157,6 +166,7 @@ int main() {
     vc_config cfgB{"test-clientB", "0.1", VC_LOG_OFF};
     vc_client* clientB = vc_client_create(&cfgB, cbB);
     CHECK(clientB != nullptr);
+    evB.client = clientB;
 
     CHECK(vc_connect(clientB, "127.0.0.1", port) == VC_OK);
     CHECK(vc_authenticate_guest(clientB, "VoiceB") == VC_OK);

tools/vccli/src/main.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ void on_sigint(int) { g_stop.store(true); }
 struct Stats {
     std::atomic<bool>     auth_done{false};
     std::atomic<bool>     auth_ok{false};
+    // Set right after vc_client_create, before vc_connect — lets on_event auto-confirm the
+    // M4 TOFU gate (VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY below). vccli has no interactive prompt, so it
+    // trusts-on-first-connect unconditionally (prints the fingerprint for visibility).
+    vc_client* client{nullptr};
 };
 
 void on_event(void* user, const vc_event* ev) {
@@ -33,6 +37,11 @@ void on_event(void* user, const vc_event* ev) {
         case VC_EVENT_CONNECTION_STATE:
             std::printf("[state] -> %d\n", static_cast<int>(ev->connection_state));
             break;
+        case VC_EVENT_SERVER_IDENTITY:
+            std::printf("[tofu] status=%u fingerprint=%s (auto-trusting — vccli has no "
+                        "interactive prompt)\n", ev->u32a, ev->text ? ev->text : "");
+            vc_confirm_server_identity(st->client, 1);
+            break;
         case VC_EVENT_AUTH_RESULT:
             st->auth_ok   = (ev->result == VC_OK);
             st->auth_done = true;
@@ -205,6 +214,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         std::fprintf(stderr, "failed to create client\n");
         return 1;
     }
+    st.client = c;
 
     if (list_devices) {
         // Device enumeration works pre-connect (no server needed) — see docs/voice.md.