Our Info panel, hole punch race fix, NAT profiles in relay introduction

- Network Diagnostics: "Our Info" button shows addresses with NAT status,
  device role, UPnP, HTTP capability. Addresses stacked for mobile.
- Hole punch race: re-check for existing connection before and after relay
  introduction to avoid wasting minutes on redundant punch attempts.
- Relay introduction now carries requester/target NAT mapping+filtering
  so hole punch strategy uses fresh profiles instead of stale stored ones.
  Critical for phones that switch between WiFi/cellular/VPN.
- STUN fix: filter DNS results to IPv4 (was resolving to IPv6 first on
  dual-stack, causing silent send failure and "NAT unknown").
- Welcome screen: Ready button with loading bar for instant feed access.
- LAN addresses show just "LAN" (no misleading punchability label).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Cargo.lock

@@ -2732,7 +2732,7 @@ checksum = "92ecc6618181def0457392ccd0ee51198e065e016d1d527a7ac1b6dc7c1f09d2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itsgoin-cli"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "hex",
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itsgoin-core"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -2767,7 +2767,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itsgoin-desktop"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",

crates/core/src/connection.rs

@@ -3868,12 +3868,15 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
             }
         }
 
+        let our_profile = self.our_nat_profile();
         let payload = RelayIntroducePayload {
             intro_id,
             target: *target,
             requester: self.our_node_id,
             requester_addresses: our_addrs,
             ttl,
+            nat_mapping: Some(our_profile.mapping.to_string()),
+            nat_filtering: Some(our_profile.filtering.to_string()),
         };
 
         let (mut send, mut recv) = pc.connection.open_bi().await?;
@@ -3909,6 +3912,8 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                     target_addresses: vec![],
                     relay_available: false,
                     reject_reason: Some("duplicate intro".to_string()),
+                    nat_mapping: None,
+                    nat_filtering: None,
                 };
                 write_typed_message(&mut send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
                 send.finish()?;
@@ -3932,12 +3937,15 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                 }
             }
 
+            let our_profile = self.our_nat_profile();
             let result = RelayIntroduceResultPayload {
                 intro_id: payload.intro_id,
                 accepted: true,
                 target_addresses: our_addrs,
                 relay_available: false,
                 reject_reason: None,
+                nat_mapping: Some(our_profile.mapping.to_string()),
+                nat_filtering: Some(our_profile.filtering.to_string()),
             };
             write_typed_message(&mut send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
             send.finish()?;
@@ -3963,7 +3971,20 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
             let our_http_capable = self.http_capable;
             let our_http_addr = self.http_addr.clone();
             let our_nat_profile = self.our_nat_profile();
-            let peer_nat_profile = {
+            // Prefer fresh NAT profile from relay payload over stale stored profile
+            let peer_nat_profile = if payload.nat_mapping.is_some() || payload.nat_filtering.is_some() {
+                let mapping = payload.nat_mapping.as_deref()
+                    .map(crate::types::NatMapping::from_str_label)
+                    .unwrap_or(crate::types::NatMapping::Unknown);
+                let filtering = payload.nat_filtering.as_deref()
+                    .map(crate::types::NatFiltering::from_str_label)
+                    .unwrap_or(crate::types::NatFiltering::Unknown);
+                let fresh = crate::types::NatProfile::new(mapping, filtering);
+                // Update storage with fresh profile
+                let s = self.storage.get().await;
+                let _ = s.set_peer_nat_profile(&requester, &fresh);
+                fresh
+            } else {
                 let s = self.storage.get().await;
                 s.get_peer_nat_profile(&requester)
             };
@@ -4081,6 +4102,7 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                         target_addresses: vec![],
                         relay_available: false,
                         reject_reason: Some(format!("relay forward failed: {}", e)),
+                        nat_mapping: None, nat_filtering: None,
                     };
                     write_typed_message(&mut send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
                     send.finish()?;
@@ -4155,6 +4177,7 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                         target_addresses: vec![],
                         relay_available: false,
                         reject_reason: Some(format!("relay forward to session failed: {}", e)),
+                        nat_mapping: None, nat_filtering: None,
                     };
                     write_typed_message(&mut send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
                     send.finish()?;
@@ -4194,6 +4217,8 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                         requester: payload.requester,
                         requester_addresses: req_addrs,
                         ttl: payload.ttl - 1,
+                        nat_mapping: payload.nat_mapping.clone(),
+                        nat_filtering: payload.nat_filtering.clone(),
                     };
 
                     let forward_result = async {
@@ -4246,6 +4271,7 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
             target_addresses: vec![],
             relay_available: false,
             reject_reason: Some("target not reachable through relay".to_string()),
+            nat_mapping: None, nat_filtering: None,
         };
         write_typed_message(&mut send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
         send.finish()?;
@@ -4273,6 +4299,7 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                     target_addresses: vec![],
                     relay_available: false,
                     reject_reason: Some("relay at capacity".to_string()),
+                    nat_mapping: None, nat_filtering: None,
                 };
                 write_typed_message(&mut requester_send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
                 requester_send.finish()?;
@@ -4293,6 +4320,7 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                     target_addresses: vec![],
                     relay_available: false,
                     reject_reason: Some("target not connected to relay".to_string()),
+                    nat_mapping: None, nat_filtering: None,
                 };
                 write_typed_message(&mut requester_send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
                 requester_send.finish()?;
@@ -5811,6 +5839,7 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                             let result = RelayIntroduceResultPayload {
                                 intro_id: payload.intro_id, accepted: false, target_addresses: vec![],
                                 relay_available: false, reject_reason: Some("duplicate intro".to_string()),
+                                nat_mapping: None, nat_filtering: None,
                             };
                             write_typed_message(&mut send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
                             send.finish()?;
@@ -5836,7 +5865,22 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                         let our_http_capable = cm.http_capable;
                         let our_http_addr = cm.http_addr.clone();
                         let our_nat_profile = cm.our_nat_profile();
-                        let peer_nat_profile = { let s = cm.storage.get().await; s.get_peer_nat_profile(&payload.requester) };
+                        // Prefer fresh NAT profile from relay payload over stale stored profile
+                        let peer_nat_profile = if payload.nat_mapping.is_some() || payload.nat_filtering.is_some() {
+                            let mapping = payload.nat_mapping.as_deref()
+                                .map(crate::types::NatMapping::from_str_label)
+                                .unwrap_or(crate::types::NatMapping::Unknown);
+                            let filtering = payload.nat_filtering.as_deref()
+                                .map(crate::types::NatFiltering::from_str_label)
+                                .unwrap_or(crate::types::NatFiltering::Unknown);
+                            let fresh = crate::types::NatProfile::new(mapping, filtering);
+                            let s = cm.storage.get().await;
+                            let _ = s.set_peer_nat_profile(&payload.requester, &fresh);
+                            fresh
+                        } else {
+                            let s = cm.storage.get().await;
+                            s.get_peer_nat_profile(&payload.requester)
+                        };
                         Some(RelayGathered::WeAreTarget { our_addrs, endpoint, storage, our_node_id, our_nat_type, our_http_capable, our_http_addr, our_nat_profile, peer_nat_profile })
                     } else {
                         // We are relay — gather target connection, requester observed addr, etc.
@@ -5866,6 +5910,8 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                         let result = RelayIntroduceResultPayload {
                             intro_id: payload.intro_id, accepted: true, target_addresses: our_addrs,
                             relay_available: false, reject_reason: None,
+                            nat_mapping: Some(our_nat_profile.mapping.to_string()),
+                            nat_filtering: Some(our_nat_profile.filtering.to_string()),
                         };
                         write_typed_message(&mut send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
                         send.finish()?;
@@ -5954,6 +6000,7 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
                                 let result = RelayIntroduceResultPayload {
                                     intro_id: payload.intro_id, accepted: false, target_addresses: vec![],
                                     relay_available: false, reject_reason: Some(format!("relay forward failed: {}", e_msg)),
+                                    nat_mapping: None, nat_filtering: None,
                                 };
                                 write_typed_message(&mut send, MessageType::RelayIntroduceResult, &result).await?;
                                 send.finish()?;

crates/core/src/network.rs

@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ impl Network {
         self.device_role
     }
 
+    /// Get the explicit bind address (from --bind flag), if any.
+    pub fn bind_addr(&self) -> Option<std::net::SocketAddr> {
+        self.bind_addr
+    }
+
     /// Whether this node can serve HTTP (has TCP reachability).
     pub fn is_http_capable(&self) -> bool {
         self.has_upnp_tcp || self.has_public_v6 || self.bind_addr.is_some()
@@ -1952,7 +1957,13 @@ impl Network {
             }
         }
 
-        // 4. Try relay introduction + hole punch (no lock during I/O)
+        // 4. Re-check connection — peer may have connected to us while we were trying direct
+        if let Some(conn) = self.conn_handle.get_any_connection(peer_id).await {
+            debug!(peer = hex::encode(peer_id), "Peer connected to us while we were trying — using existing connection");
+            return Ok(conn);
+        }
+
+        // 5. Try relay introduction + hole punch (no lock during I/O)
         let relay_candidates = self.conn_handle.find_relays_for(peer_id).await;
 
         if relay_candidates.is_empty() {
@@ -1975,10 +1986,28 @@ impl Network {
                 self.send_relay_introduce_standalone(relay_peer, peer_id, *ttl),
             ).await;
 
+            // Re-check: peer may have connected while relay intro was in flight
+            if let Some(conn) = self.conn_handle.get_any_connection(peer_id).await {
+                debug!(peer = hex::encode(peer_id), "Peer connected during relay intro — using existing");
+                return Ok(conn);
+            }
+
             match intro_result {
-                Ok(Ok(result)) if result.accepted => {
+                Ok(Ok(ref result)) if result.accepted => {
                     let our_profile = self.conn_handle.our_nat_profile().await;
-                    let peer_profile = {
+                    // Prefer fresh NAT profile from relay response over stale stored profile
+                    let peer_profile = if result.nat_mapping.is_some() || result.nat_filtering.is_some() {
+                        let mapping = result.nat_mapping.as_deref()
+                            .map(crate::types::NatMapping::from_str_label)
+                            .unwrap_or(crate::types::NatMapping::Unknown);
+                        let filtering = result.nat_filtering.as_deref()
+                            .map(crate::types::NatFiltering::from_str_label)
+                            .unwrap_or(crate::types::NatFiltering::Unknown);
+                        let fresh = crate::types::NatProfile::new(mapping, filtering);
+                        let s = self.storage.get().await;
+                        let _ = s.set_peer_nat_profile(peer_id, &fresh);
+                        fresh
+                    } else {
                         let s = self.storage.get().await;
                         s.get_peer_nat_profile(peer_id)
                     };
@@ -2274,12 +2303,15 @@ impl Network {
             }
         }
 
+        let our_profile = self.conn_handle.our_nat_profile().await;
         let payload = crate::protocol::RelayIntroducePayload {
             intro_id,
             target: *target,
             requester: self.our_node_id,
             requester_addresses: our_addrs,
             ttl,
+            nat_mapping: Some(our_profile.mapping.to_string()),
+            nat_filtering: Some(our_profile.filtering.to_string()),
         };
 
         let (mut send, mut recv) = conn.open_bi().await?;

crates/core/src/protocol.rs

@@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ pub struct RelayIntroducePayload {
     pub requester_addresses: Vec<String>,
     /// Max forwarding hops remaining (0 = relay must know target directly)
     pub ttl: u8,
+    /// Requester's current NAT mapping type (for hole punch strategy)
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub nat_mapping: Option<String>,
+    /// Requester's current NAT filtering type
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub nat_filtering: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Target's response to a relay introduction (bi-stream response)
@@ -472,6 +478,12 @@ pub struct RelayIntroduceResultPayload {
     /// Relay is willing to serve as stream relay fallback
     pub relay_available: bool,
     pub reject_reason: Option<String>,
+    /// Target's current NAT mapping type (for hole punch strategy)
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub nat_mapping: Option<String>,
+    /// Target's current NAT filtering type
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub nat_filtering: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Open a relay pipe — intermediary splices two bi-streams (bi-stream)
@@ -858,6 +870,8 @@ mod tests {
             requester: [2u8; 32],
             requester_addresses: vec!["10.0.0.2:4433".to_string()],
             ttl: 1,
+            nat_mapping: Some("eim".to_string()),
+            nat_filtering: Some("open".to_string()),
         };
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&payload).unwrap();
         let decoded: RelayIntroducePayload = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
@@ -876,6 +890,8 @@ mod tests {
             target_addresses: vec!["10.0.0.1:4433".to_string(), "192.168.1.1:4433".to_string()],
             relay_available: true,
             reject_reason: None,
+            nat_mapping: Some("eim".to_string()),
+            nat_filtering: Some("open".to_string()),
         };
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&payload).unwrap();
         let decoded: RelayIntroduceResultPayload = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
@@ -892,6 +908,8 @@ mod tests {
             target_addresses: vec![],
             relay_available: false,
             reject_reason: Some("target not reachable".to_string()),
+            nat_mapping: None,
+            nat_filtering: None,
         };
         let json2 = serde_json::to_string(&rejected).unwrap();
         let decoded2: RelayIntroduceResultPayload = serde_json::from_str(&json2).unwrap();

crates/core/src/stun.rs

@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ fn parse_xor_mapped_address(resp: &[u8], txn_id: &[u8; 12]) -> Option<SocketAddr
 /// Query a single STUN server and return the mapped address.
 async fn stun_query(sock: &UdpSocket, server: &str) -> Option<SocketAddr> {
     use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+    // Filter for IPv4 since our socket is bound to 0.0.0.0 (IPv4)
     let server_addr = match server.to_socket_addrs() {
-        Ok(mut addrs) => addrs.next()?,
+        Ok(addrs) => addrs.filter(|a| a.is_ipv4()).next()?,
         Err(e) => {
             debug!(server, error = %e, "STUN DNS resolution failed");
             return None;

crates/tauri-app/src/lib.rs

@@ -1623,6 +1623,120 @@ async fn get_network_summary(state: State<'_, AppNode>) -> Result<NetworkSummary
     })
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct OurInfoDto {
+    node_id: String,
+    addresses: Vec<AddressInfoDto>,
+    nat_type: String,
+    device_role: String,
+    upnp: bool,
+    http_capable: bool,
+    http_addr: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct AddressInfoDto {
+    addr: String,
+    family: String,    // "IPv4" or "IPv6"
+    status: String,    // "Public", "NAT (easy)", "NAT (hard)", "UPnP", "LAN", "Server"
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+async fn get_our_info(state: State<'_, AppNode>) -> Result<OurInfoDto, String> {
+    let node = get_node(&state).await;
+    let net = &node.network;
+    let nat_type = net.conn_handle().nat_type().await;
+    let has_upnp = net.has_upnp();
+    let _has_public_v6 = net.has_public_v6();
+    let bind_addr = net.bind_addr();
+
+    let mut addresses = Vec::new();
+
+    // Collect bound socket addresses (these are our local interfaces)
+    let bound: std::collections::HashSet<String> = net.bound_sockets()
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| s.to_string())
+        .collect();
+
+    // Gather bound (local) addresses with classification
+    for sock in net.bound_sockets() {
+        if sock.ip().is_loopback() || sock.ip().is_unspecified() { continue; }
+        let family = if sock.ip().is_ipv4() { "IPv4" } else { "IPv6" };
+        let status = classify_addr(&sock, &nat_type, has_upnp, bind_addr.is_some(), false);
+        addresses.push(AddressInfoDto {
+            addr: sock.to_string(),
+            family: family.to_string(),
+            status,
+        });
+    }
+
+    // Add UPnP external address if different from bound
+    if let Some(ref mapping) = net.upnp_mapping() {
+        let ext = mapping.external_addr;
+        if !addresses.iter().any(|a| a.addr == ext.to_string()) {
+            addresses.insert(0, AddressInfoDto {
+                addr: ext.to_string(),
+                family: if ext.ip().is_ipv4() { "IPv4" } else { "IPv6" }.to_string(),
+                status: "UPnP external".to_string(),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Add iroh-discovered addresses not already listed (STUN-observed externals)
+    for sock in net.endpoint_addr().ip_addrs() {
+        if sock.ip().is_loopback() || sock.ip().is_unspecified() { continue; }
+        let s = sock.to_string();
+        if addresses.iter().any(|a| a.addr == s) { continue; }
+        let family = if sock.ip().is_ipv4() { "IPv4" } else { "IPv6" };
+        let is_observed = !bound.contains(&s);
+        let status = classify_addr(sock, &nat_type, has_upnp, bind_addr.is_some(), is_observed);
+        addresses.push(AddressInfoDto {
+            addr: s,
+            family: family.to_string(),
+            status,
+        });
+    }
+
+    Ok(OurInfoDto {
+        node_id: hex::encode(net.node_id_bytes()),
+        addresses,
+        nat_type: nat_type.to_string(),
+        device_role: format!("{:?}", net.device_role()),
+        upnp: has_upnp,
+        http_capable: net.is_http_capable(),
+        http_addr: net.http_addr(),
+    })
+}
+
+fn classify_addr(sock: &std::net::SocketAddr, nat_type: &itsgoin_core::types::NatType, has_upnp: bool, is_server: bool, is_observed: bool) -> String {
+    use std::net::IpAddr;
+    let ip = sock.ip();
+    let is_v6 = ip.is_ipv6();
+    let is_pub = match ip {
+        IpAddr::V4(v4) => !v4.is_private() && !v4.is_loopback() && !v4.is_link_local(),
+        IpAddr::V6(v6) => !v6.is_loopback() && {
+            let seg = v6.segments();
+            seg[0] & 0xfe00 != 0xfe00 && seg[0] & 0xffc0 != 0xfe80
+        },
+    };
+    if is_server { return "Server".to_string(); }
+    if is_pub {
+        if is_observed && !is_v6 {
+            return match nat_type {
+                itsgoin_core::types::NatType::Public |
+                itsgoin_core::types::NatType::Easy => "External · easy punch".to_string(),
+                itsgoin_core::types::NatType::Hard => "External · hard punch (scan)".to_string(),
+                itsgoin_core::types::NatType::Unknown => "External".to_string(),
+            };
+        }
+        return "Public".to_string();
+    }
+    if is_v6 { return "Link-local".to_string(); }
+    "LAN".to_string()
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 struct ActivityEventDto {
@@ -2387,6 +2501,7 @@ pub fn run() {
             sync_all,
             sync_from_peer,
             get_network_summary,
+            get_our_info,
             get_activity_log,
             trigger_rebalance,
             request_referrals,

frontend/app.js

@@ -2986,9 +2986,14 @@ function openDiagnostics() {
             <button id="request-referrals-btn" class="btn btn-ghost btn-sm">Request Referrals</button>
         </div>
         <div style="display:flex;gap:0.5rem;margin-top:0.5rem;flex-wrap:wrap;justify-content:center">
+            <button id="show-ourinfo-btn" class="btn btn-ghost btn-sm">Our Info</button>
             <button id="show-connections-btn" class="btn btn-ghost btn-sm">Show Connections</button>
             <button id="show-anchors-btn" class="btn btn-ghost btn-sm">Stored Anchors</button>
         </div>
+        <div id="ourinfo-section" class="hidden">
+            <h4 class="subsection-title">Our Info</h4>
+            <div id="ourinfo-content"></div>
+        </div>
         <div id="connections-section" class="hidden">
             <h4 class="subsection-title">Mesh &amp; Session Connections</h4>
             <div id="connections-list"></div>
@@ -3006,6 +3011,45 @@ function openDiagnostics() {
             networkSummaryEl = $('#network-summary');
             connectionsList = $('#connections-list');
             peersList = null; // Known peers removed
+            // Wire Our Info toggle
+            $('#show-ourinfo-btn').addEventListener('click', async () => {
+                const section = $('#ourinfo-section');
+                const btn = $('#show-ourinfo-btn');
+                if (section.classList.contains('hidden')) {
+                    section.classList.remove('hidden');
+                    btn.textContent = 'Hide Our Info';
+                    try {
+                        const info = await invoke('get_our_info');
+                        const httpVal = info.httpAddr || 'No';
+                        let html = `<div class="diag-grid" style="margin-bottom:0.5rem">
+                            <div class="diag-item"><span class="diag-label">NAT Type</span><span class="diag-value" style="font-size:0.85rem">${info.natType}</span></div>
+                            <div class="diag-item"><span class="diag-label">Role</span><span class="diag-value" style="font-size:0.85rem">${info.deviceRole}</span></div>
+                            <div class="diag-item"><span class="diag-label">UPnP</span><span class="diag-value" style="font-size:0.85rem">${info.upnp ? 'Yes' : 'No'}</span></div>
+                        </div>
+                        <div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0.75rem">
+                            <span style="color:#888;font-size:0.75rem">HTTP</span>
+                            <span style="color:#ccc;font-size:0.8rem;margin-left:0.5rem">${httpVal}</span>
+                        </div>`;
+                        html += '<div style="font-size:0.8rem">';
+                        for (const a of info.addresses) {
+                            const color = a.status.includes('Public') || a.status.includes('punchable') || a.status.includes('Server') ? '#7fdbca' :
+                                          a.status.includes('UPnP') || a.status.includes('External') ? '#5b8def' : '#888';
+                            html += `<div style="padding:0.3rem 0;border-bottom:1px solid #1a1a2e">
+                                <div style="color:#ccc;font-family:monospace;font-size:0.7rem;word-break:break-all">${a.addr}</div>
+                                <div style="color:${color};font-size:0.7rem;margin-top:0.1rem">${a.family} · ${a.status}</div>
+                            </div>`;
+                        }
+                        html += '</div>';
+                        html += `<p style="color:#555;font-size:0.7rem;text-align:center;margin-top:0.5rem;word-break:break-all">Node: ${info.nodeId.substring(0, 16)}…</p>`;
+                        $('#ourinfo-content').innerHTML = html;
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        $('#ourinfo-content').innerHTML = `<p class="empty-hint">Failed to load: ${e}</p>`;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    section.classList.add('hidden');
+                    btn.textContent = 'Our Info';
+                }
+            });
             // Wire connections toggle
             $('#show-connections-btn').addEventListener('click', () => {
                 const section = $('#connections-section');
@@ -3570,10 +3614,29 @@ async function init() {
         }
     }, 2000);
 
+    // Ready button — click to go to feed
+    const readyBtn = document.getElementById('welcome-ready-btn');
+    const readyBar = document.getElementById('welcome-ready-bar');
+    if (readyBtn) {
+        readyBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
+            if (readyBtn.disabled) return;
+            document.querySelectorAll('.tab').forEach(t => t.classList.remove('active'));
+            document.querySelectorAll('.view').forEach(v => v.classList.remove('active'));
+            const feedTab = document.querySelector('.tab[data-tab="feed"]');
+            if (feedTab) feedTab.classList.add('active');
+            document.getElementById('view-feed').classList.add('active');
+            currentTab = 'feed';
+            _lastFeedViewMs = Date.now();
+            updateTabBadge('feed', 0);
+        });
+    }
+
     // Wait for backend in the background, then load node info
     (async () => {
         for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 30; attempt++) {
             try {
+                // Animate progress bar toward 90% during readiness checks
+                if (readyBar) readyBar.style.width = Math.min(90, (attempt + 1) * 3) + '%';
                 await invoke('get_node_info');
                 break;
             } catch (e) {
@@ -3586,9 +3649,19 @@ async function init() {
             setupOverlay.classList.remove('hidden');
             setupName.focus();
         }
-        // Reload feed now that backend is ready
+        // Pre-load feed + messages from local DB (instant — no network needed)
-        loadFeed(true).catch(() => {});
+        await loadFeed(true).catch(() => {});
         loadMessages(true).catch(() => {});
+        // Mark ready button as clickable
+        if (readyBar) readyBar.style.width = '100%';
+        if (readyBtn) {
+            readyBtn.disabled = false;
+            readyBtn.textContent = 'Ready — Go to Feed';
+            readyBtn.style.opacity = '1';
+            readyBtn.style.color = '#7fdbca';
+            readyBtn.style.borderColor = '#7fdbca';
+            readyBtn.style.cursor = 'pointer';
+        }
     })();
 
     // Mark notif ready after first welcome fetch succeeds (skip first 2 ticks to avoid spam)

frontend/index.html

@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
           <div><span id="welcome-reacts" style="font-size:1.4rem;font-weight:700;color:#5b8def;display:block">-</span>Reacts</div>
           <div><span id="welcome-comments" style="font-size:1.4rem;font-weight:700;color:#5b8def;display:block">-</span>Comments</div>
         </div>
+        <div style="margin-top:2rem;max-width:280px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto">
+          <div style="background:#1a1a2e;border-radius:6px;height:6px;overflow:hidden;margin-bottom:0.75rem">
+            <div id="welcome-ready-bar" style="height:100%;background:#7fdbca;width:0%;transition:width 0.5s ease;border-radius:6px"></div>
+          </div>
+          <button id="welcome-ready-btn" disabled style="width:100%;padding:0.75rem 1.5rem;border:1px solid #333;border-radius:8px;background:#1a1a2e;color:#666;font-size:0.95rem;cursor:not-allowed;opacity:0.5;transition:all 0.3s ease">Loading...</button>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </section>