[devswha]

Fixes #1960.

What changes for the user

Adding a PC (Settings → Remote PCs) whose own Ovis runs with HOST set to another address than
127.0.0.1 (its Tailscale address, as a preview often is) used to end with a raw
ECONNRESET: The socket connection was closed unexpectedly…. Now:

• an Ovis of this version with such a HOST also answers on the PC's 127.0.0.1, through a small
  in-process relay, and registers that port as its bridge, so the PC connects;
• an older Ovis set up that way (nothing answers on the PC's loopback) gets an error that says so
  and says to update it or set HOST=127.0.0.1 there. A timeout and the bridge this app starts itself
  get messages without the HOST advice.

Why

verify() (server/machines.ts) tunnels 127.0.0.1:<free> → the PC's 127.0.0.1:<descriptor port>.
A server bound to another address does not listen on the PC's loopback, so sshd closed the tunnelled
connection and fetch threw.

How

• server/bridge.ts: loopbackRelay(hostname, port) listens on 127.0.0.1 (ephemeral port) and pipes
  each connection to the server's bind address. A client slow to read pauses the server's side, so
  the server feels it as its own backpressure (its output-stall checks read it), as without the relay.
  The client's side is never paused, since a paused socket would not see its client leave. A client
  that leaves takes the server's side with it at once, and a client more than twice the largest
  request body ahead of a server that is not reading is cut off. A side the server closes still gets
  the rest of its queue. relayTarget says where to relay: nowhere for 127.0.0.1 or a wildcard,
  which already answer on 127.0.0.1; the address for any other IP, such as 127.0.0.2 or a Tailscale
  address; and nowhere for a host name. A host name could resolve to another machine by the next
  connection and take the bridge token there, so a PC whose HOST is a name gets the message to set
  HOST=127.0.0.1.
• server/index.ts: a server that registers a bridge and is bound elsewhere starts the relay and
  registers its port in the descriptor's existing port field; the relay stops with the server.
• server/machines.ts: a failed request through the standing tunnel becomes the message above, with
  the original error kept as its cause. A bridge that sends its headers and then stalls counts as
  timed out too.

The SSH forward and the descriptor format are exactly as on main: the tunnel only ever reaches the
PC's 127.0.0.1, whatever a descriptor says. A request through the relay arrives from the server's
bind address, not loopback, so it gets no loopback trust; the bridge token still gates the bridge
routes.

Verification

• Reproduced first on origin/main in Docker: an Ubuntu 24.04 container with sshd runs Ovis with
  HOST=<container IP>; a second server adds it over SSH through POST /api/machines/setup: the job
  failed with the raw ECONNRESET text.
• Same setup with this branch on both sides: the PC's Ovis listens on 172.17.0.2:18472 and its
  relay on 127.0.0.1:35311, which the descriptor records; the job ends connected, the PC's
  /api/machines/<id>/session answers 200 through the connecting server, and /ws?machine_id=<id>
  delivers the PC's snapshot (WebSocket through tunnel and relay). HOST=127.0.0.1 still connects,
  with no relay. With HOST=<the container's host name> there is no relay, and adding the PC fails
  with the clear message.
• A "host":"172.17.0.1" injected into the PC's live descriptor, with a canary listening at that
  address: the setup still tunnels to the PC's loopback and connects; the canary saw no connection.
• origin/main's Ovis on the PC, added from this branch: the job fails with "This PC's Ovis does not
  answer at 127.0.0.1:18472 through SSH. If it runs with HOST set to another address, update it or
  set HOST=127.0.0.1 there, restart it, then add the PC again." No ECONNRESET.
• A client that stops reading, with the server sending 256 MB through the relay: the server stops
  after 9.5 MB and the relay's process grows by 5.9 MB.
• Tests: server/bridge.test.ts (relay: HTTP, an 8 MB answer and a WebSocket; a server that must
  feel its own backpressure while the client reads nothing, then deliver all 64 MB once it reads,
  which fails without the pause and stalls without the resume; a server that reads nothing is let
  go when its client leaves and when the relay stops, and a client too far ahead of it is cut off;
  a server on 127.0.0.2, skipped on macOS, which has no such address; a closed upstream;
  relayTarget, which never relays a host name. Undoing each of these fixes fails its test.), server/machines.test.ts (the three messages; the forward gets only the
  port even when a descriptor names another host). 20 repeated runs of the relay tests, no failure.
  bun run check fast passes. The real-sshd integration (scripts/ssh-integration.ts) runs in this
  PR's Remote bundles workflow.

Reviews

• First design (tunnel to the descriptor's address): omo-native-code-reviewer APPROVE with MEDIUMs,
  Codex Sol 6.1 CHANGES REQUESTED; their points were fixed. The merge pass's Astra gate then rejected
  it twice (a descriptor, and then the PC's own interface list read through its account's shell,
  could steer the tunnel and the bridge token to another host). This version removes that path: the
  tunnel never leaves the PC's loopback, as on main.
• The relay design: omo-native-code-reviewer asked for backpressure (HIGH: the relay held a slow
  reader's data in memory and hid it from the server's stall checks), one test reduced and one
  constant. All were done, and its re-review approved them (no HIGH or MEDIUM). The gate's review of
  the relay found B1/B2 fixed and raised B3 (127.0.0.2) and B4 (a stuck server outliving its
  client); both are fixed. Codex Sol 6.1 (xhigh) then reviewed the relay design and asked that a
  host-name HOST not be relayed, since it could resolve elsewhere by the next connection. That is
  fixed. CodeRabbit asked that a bridge which stalls halfway through its answer get the timeout
  message, and that the backpressure test check every byte; both are done.

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📝 Summary

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • PCs running Ovis with an IP address other than 127.0.0.1 can now connect through a loopback relay. Ovis installations using a hostname still require HOST=127.0.0.1.
• Bug Fixes
  • Improved connection error messages distinguish unreachable bridges, timeouts, and configurations that may need updating.
  • SSH forwarding now uses the bridge’s configured port.

The server now registers a loopback relay for eligible non-loopback IP addresses. Bridge verification reports distinct errors for unreachable bridges and timeouts. Tests cover relay forwarding, backpressure, cleanup, target selection, and verification messages.

Changes: Remote PC bridge access

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Relay target selection and socket forwarding server/bridge.ts, server/bridge.test.ts	The relay selects eligible IP addresses and forwards socket data with queue limits, backpressure, and shutdown handling. Tests cover HTTP, WebSockets, large responses, connection cleanup, and target selection.
Relay registration and lifecycle server/index.ts, docs/remote-pcs.md, changelog.d/remote-pc-nonloopback-host.md	Bridge registration uses the relay port when a relay target is available, and server shutdown stops the relay. Documentation and the changelog describe the non-loopback address behavior and hostname guidance.
Bridge verification errors server/machines.ts, server/machines.test.ts	Verification reports different messages for managed bridges, timeouts, and other unreachable bridges. Tests check these messages and the forwarded port.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• devswha/ovis#1960 — The relay and verification messages address the reported failure when the remote Ovis listens on a non-loopback address.

Merge Risk: Low · up to a8ab4

A stalled bridge response may produce an unhelpful setup error, and the relay’s backpressure test could miss altered data. Both are bounded issues worth addressing, but neither establishes a broad connection failure.

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Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: enabling connections to a PC whose Ovis listens on a non-loopback address.
Linked Issues check		Issue #1960 requires a clear result when setup cannot reach an Ovis bound away from 127.0.0.1. The PR keeps SSH forwarding on the PC loopback, starts loopbackRelay for eligible non-loopback IP binds…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue #1960. The relay implementation, lifecycle handling, backpressure tests, setup verification messages, documentation, and changelog support the non-loopback Ovis setup flo…
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Issue #1960 requires a clear result when setup cannot reach an Ovis bound away from 127.0.0.1. The PR keeps SSH forwarding on the PC loopback, starts loopbackRelay for eligible non-loopback IP binds, and records the relay port in the bridge descriptor. bridgeUnreachable replaces the raw failure with actionable text and preserves the original error as its cause. The reported server/bridge.test.ts and server/machines.test.ts coverage checks relay behavior, failure messages, and port-only forwarding.

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The changes stay within issue #1960. The relay implementation, lifecycle handling, backpressure tests, setup verification messages, documentation, and changelog support the non-loopback Ovis setup flow. No unrelated functional change is identified in the provided whole-PR summary.

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[devswha]

CodeRabbit's review was rate-limited on this PR ("Review limit reached"), so no CodeRabbit review ran. Two other reviews stand in: the omo-native-code-reviewer agent and Codex Sol 6.1 (xhigh). Both reviewed the first commit (95298c0). Below is what they found and how each finding was resolved; the fixes are in 6e8da5a. Neither found a HIGH.

Finding	From	Resolution
MEDIUM: every fetch failure was read as "unreachable", so a 15 s timeout (or a loopback bridge that is gone) told the user to set HOST=127.0.0.1	both	Fixed. A TimeoutError gets its own "did not answer … within 15 seconds" message, and so does a recorded loopback address. Neither carries HOST advice. Covered by a test that stubs fetch with a TimeoutError.
MEDIUM: the new tests bound 127.0.0.2 / 127.0.0.3, which a stock macOS lacks (EADDRNOTAVAIL)	both	Fixed. Every listener is now on 127.0.0.1. The fake tunnel models a PC whose Ovis listens on one address and closes connections to any other, as sshd does.
LOW: the original fetch error was dropped	reviewer	Fixed: { cause: error }.
LOW: "reach it through tailscale serve" assumed Tailscale, and sshd forwarding limits went unmentioned	reviewer	Fixed. The Tailscale aside is gone, and the recorded-address message names sshd forwarding as a possible cause.
LOW: a refused address said only "Invalid bridge address"	reviewer	Fixed. It now says the PC's Ovis records an address SSH cannot forward to, and to set HOST=127.0.0.1.
LOW: an absolute DNS name with a trailing dot (pc.example.) was refused	Codex	Fixed: an optional trailing root dot is accepted.
LOW: map a :: bind to ::1	reviewer	Declined: :: is dual-stack by default on Linux and macOS, so 127.0.0.1 answers.

Both reviews found no ssh argument injection: the -L spec always starts with 127.0.0.1:<port>:, and the host is an IP literal or a plain host name (IPv6 in brackets) in both ssh modes. They also found no regression in descriptor compatibility: a descriptor without host still tunnels to loopback, and older apps ignore the field.

[devswha]

Merge pass review of 6e8da5a. The Astra gate (omo-native-gate-reviewer, gpt-6-astra) rejected it on a security blocker.

What holds: the 90 relevant tests pass, with 90/90 here locally, and typecheck is clean.

BLOCKER (B1): a remote descriptor can redirect the forward and the bearer token to any host (server/machines.ts:106-113, :765-775, server/ssh.ts:320-335)

• What happens: bridgeForwardHost() checks only that the descriptor's address is well-formed. It accepts any third-party IP or DNS name. verify() then sets up the SSH forward to that destination and sends the bridge bearer token before it checks identity.
• Reproduction: a probe with intercepted I/O ran the real verifier and SSH argument builder. It accepted 203.0.113.99:8080, attacker.example:443 and other destinations. It made no network requests to third parties.
• Why it matters: a tampered or malicious descriptor on the remote PC can make the connecting PC forward to a third host and hand that host the token. That is the case AGENTS.md's access rules exist to prevent.
• Fix needed: before forwarding or sending any credential, make sure the forwarding destination belongs to the selected PC. For example, accept only loopback or that PC's own listen addresses as seen from its side. Add regression cases for well-formed third-party addresses.

Real SSH and native-platform checks were not run separately.

This PR touches server/, so it merges only after the 0.4.18 Release run. It also conflicts with #1989 (see the note below). The re-review will cover only the new commits.

[devswha]

Merge pass note: this PR and #1983 (reach a PC's Ovis on the address it listens on) are both open maintainer PRs, and they conflict. git merge-tree of the two heads conflicts in docs/remote-pcs.md, server/machines.ts, server/ssh.ts and server/ssh.test.ts. Each merges cleanly into main on its own.

Whichever is approved and green first merges first, and the other then needs a rebase. #1983 currently has a security blocker from its gate review. Both touch server/, so neither can merge before the 0.4.18 Release run finishes.

[devswha]

Fixed B1 in 3388b40. The tunnel no longer goes to whatever address a descriptor names:

• bridgeForwardHost accepts only an IP literal (or none / localhost / a wildcard, which map to 127.0.0.1). Host names are refused now, since nothing can show that a name belongs to the PC.
• Beyond loopback, verify() asks the PC over the same SSH connection for its own interface addresses (RemoteHost.addresses: ip -o addr / ifconfig -a, Get-NetIPAddress on Windows). It forwards only if the recorded address is one of them, compared in canonical form. Otherwise it fails with "This PC's Ovis records , which is not an address of this PC. Set HOST=127.0.0.1…". That happens before any forward opens and before any token is sent.

Regression cases: 203.0.113.99, 192.168.0.9 (not in the PC's list), ::ffff:203.0.113.99, attacker.example and pc.tail1234.ts.net. are each refused with no forward() call. Disabling the ownership check makes the third-party case fail.

Real SSH, Docker: I rewrote the PC's live descriptor so host named the Docker host (172.17.0.1), with a canary listening there on the bridge port. The add failed with the message above, and the canary saw no connection. The PC's own container IP still connects. bun run check fast passes on 3388b40.

[devswha]

Merge pass re-review of 3388b40 (Astra gate). The original redirect is closed, but two findings remain.

Fixed, with an honest interface list:

• All the original probes now fail before any forward is set up or any credential is sent: 203.0.113.99:8080, attacker.example:443, 169.254.169.254:80 and 10.23.45.67:22.
• IPv4-mapped IPv6 forms of third-party addresses fail too.
• DNS names are rejected, not resolved.
• Regression tests for well-formed third-party addresses exist, and the targeted suite passes 25/25.

B1, HIGH: a faked interface list bypasses the restriction (server/remote-host.ts:202-203, :144-146; server/machines.ts:780-789)

• Cause: posixHost.addresses() runs ip or ifconfig by bare name, with user-writable directories first in PATH, and its parser trusts any stdout that matches.
• Reproduction: Astra ran the exact command in a Bash environment with an exported fake ip function. It produced a forged 203.0.113.99 interface, and the real verifier then generated the forward to that third host and attempted to send the bearer token. Both the forward and the HTTP call were intercepted, so no request reached a third party.
• Why the tests missed it: they inject the address list directly, so they never exercise how the list is acquired.
• Fix: acquire the interface list from a trustworthy source. Use absolute paths, a clean environment with no exported functions and a fixed PATH, or a source that isn't a shell command. Then test that a spoofed command or forged output can't add an address.

B2, MEDIUM: IPv4-mapped loopback stopped working (server/machines.ts:102-103, :117, :125-127; classifier at server/access.ts:71-85)

• Cause: normalization turns ::ffff:127.0.0.1 into ::ffff:7f00:1, which the existing loopback classifier doesn't recognize. Normal interface lists contain only 127.0.0.1 and ::1, so verification rejects the address.
• Reproduction: a real listener on the mapped-loopback address returned HTTP 200, but the new verifier refused it before forwarding.
• Fix: treat mapped loopback as equivalent to loopback, cover it with a test, and still reject mapped third-party addresses.

This PR touches server/ and conflicts with #1989, so it merges only after the 0.4.18 Release run. The re-review will cover only the new commits.

[devswha]

Re-review of 3388b40 (B1 forged interface list, B2 mapped loopback): fixed by removing that path, not by patching it. The branch is rebased on main; new head 295c62b.

You were right that nothing read through the PC's account can prove that an address belongs to the PC. So the tunnel no longer goes to any address a descriptor names:

• SSH forward: byte-for-byte main's again. It always goes to the PC's 127.0.0.1:<descriptor port>. The descriptor format is main's too (no host), and remote-host.ts and ssh.ts match main.
• Bridge on a non-loopback HOST: an Ovis started with HOST set to an address other than 127/8 or a wildcard opens loopbackRelay (server/bridge.ts). That's an in-process TCP relay from 127.0.0.1:<ephemeral> to its own bind address. The Ovis registers the relay's port in the existing port field, and the relay stops with the server.
• Third-party hosts: a forged descriptor can still name only a port on the PC's own loopback, exactly as on main. B1 is closed by construction, and B2 no longer applies.
• Source address: requests through the relay arrive from the server's bind address, not from loopback, so they get no loopback trust. The bridge token still gates the bridge routes.

A code-review agent then found that the relay did not pass backpressure on (HIGH). That is fixed in 295c62b: the relay stops reading the sending side while the other side has a queue. Its re-review is APPROVE.

Evidence (Docker, real sshd):

• Non-loopback Ovis: connects through the relay, and HTTP and WebSocket both work.
• "host":"172.17.0.1" injected into the live descriptor, with a canary on that address: the setup still tunnels to the PC's loopback, and the canary saw no connection.
• origin/main's Ovis bound elsewhere: gets the clear "update it or set HOST=127.0.0.1" message.
• Loopback Ovis: still connects, with no relay.
• Slow reader: with 256 MB sent through the relay to a paused client, the server stops after 9.5 MB.
• bun run check fast passes on the rebased head.

The earlier CI jobs on 3388b40 show as cancelled, not failed. I have not rerun anything.

[devswha]

Merge pass re-review of 295c62b (the relay design), from the Astra gate. B1 and B2 are fixed. Two new medium findings remain.

Fixed:

• B1: every malicious-host probe now forwards only to the remote PC's literal 127.0.0.1, and interface output is never read.
• B2: both mapped and plain loopback return HTTP 200.
• Relay exposure: the relay binds only 127.0.0.1. Local processes and SSH forwards can reach it, and Ovis still handles authentication.
• Tests: all 89 relevant tests pass. A separate paused-reader test passed 32 MiB of varied data through without corruption, and backpressure reached the sender.
• Noted, not a blocker: relay targets given as a hostname are resolved on each connection, not pinned. DNS-rebinding behaviour wasn't checked. No native Windows/macOS or real-SSH run was done.

B3, medium: a listener on another loopback address is unreachable (server/bridge.ts:115-119, server/index.ts:600-602)

• What happens: answersOnLoopback() assumes any 127/8 listener also answers on 127.0.0.1. A real server bound to 127.0.0.2 skipped the relay, and connecting to its registered port on 127.0.0.1 failed with ECONNREFUSED.
• Test gap: the new classification test builds in the same wrong assumption.
• Fix: take the shortcut only for binds that really answer on 127.0.0.1, and add a test that connects to a listener on another loopback address.

B4, medium: a backpressured upstream socket survives shutdown (server/bridge.ts:147-150, :181-184)

• What happens: when the upstream stops reading, closing the client and calling relay.stop() only mark the outbound socket as ending. Both then wait for its queue to drain, which never happens.
• Reproduction: after destroying the client and stopping the relay, the upstream socket stayed open holding 474,354 queued bytes. Repeated abandoned connections pile up sockets and memory.
• Fix: forced teardown has to end both halves and release the queued data. Add tests for a disconnect and for a shutdown while backpressured.

This PR touches server/ and conflicts with #1989. It merges only once it is approved and green. The re-review will cover only the new commits.

[devswha]

B3 and B4 are fixed in 8c75dd7.

• B3: answersOnLoopback is now true only for 127.0.0.1 and the wildcards. A server bound to 127.0.0.2 gets a relay, and a test connects through it to a real listener on 127.0.0.2 (skipped on macOS, which has no such address).
• B4:
  • Cause: the relay paused the client's side whenever the server stopped reading. Bun does not poll a paused socket, so it never saw the client leave, and listener.stop(true) never reached the server's side.
  • Client side: it is now never paused. A client's close terminates the server's side at once, since nothing it sent still matters, and its queue goes with it.
  • Bound: to keep the upload direction bounded without pausing, a client that gets more than twice the largest request body ahead of a server that is not reading (2 * MAX_IMAGE_BODY_BYTES) is cut off.
  • Unchanged: the server's side still pauses for a slow client, so the server keeps feeling backpressure, and a side the server closes still gets the rest of its queue.
• Tests: a server that reads nothing is released when its client leaves and when the relay stops. A client that gets too far ahead is cut off. Undoing the terminate, the bound, or the 127.0.0.1-only rule fails its test, and making the client's close handler a no-op fails both release tests. I ran the relay tests 20 times with no failure.
• Re-checked: a paused client with 256 MB sent upstream still stops the server at 9.5 MB. Over real SSH in Docker, the relay connects, the WebSocket delivers the snapshot, and loopback still connects.
• bun run check fast passes on 8c75dd7.

The hostname target is still resolved on each connection, as you noted. HOST is the PC owner's own setting, so I've left that as it is.

[devswha]

Pushed a8ab4d0, rebased on main. It adds one more fix, from a Codex Sol 6.1 (xhigh) review of the relay design.

Codex flagged one MEDIUM, the same point the gate noted as a non-blocker. When HOST is a host name, the relay resolved it again for each connection. Once its DNS record changed, a later connection could reach another machine, and the bridge token would go with it.

• Fix: relayTarget now relays only to an IP address: 127.0.0.2, a Tailscale address, or ::1. It relays nowhere for 127.0.0.1 or a wildcard, which already answer on 127.0.0.1, and nowhere for a host name. A PC whose HOST is a host name gets the existing message to set HOST=127.0.0.1.
• Test: relaying host names again fails it.
• Real SSH, in Docker:
  • HOST=<container IP>: still connects through the relay.
  • HOST=<container host name>: no relay; the add fails with the clear message.
• Checks: bun run check fast passes on a8ab4d0.

Codex found nothing else. It confirmed the descriptor format and the SSH forward are unchanged and that a descriptor can't steer the tunnel.

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Compare received bytes with distinguishable expected chunks.

The test sends the same byte (7) in every chunk and checks only the total length. Same-length corruption and reordering can pass. Retain the received bytes, generate per-chunk markers, and compare the full received buffer with the expected bytes.

If offset is added to Writer.data, add it to the Bun.listen generic as well. Bun.listen<{ left: number }> produces a callback socket whose data does not satisfy the revised Writer type, so the proposed correction would fail TypeScript checking.

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[devswha]

CodeRabbit review of a8ab4d0: both points are addressed in 852c86e (rebased on main).

• Body-read timeout (Minor): fixed. The thread reply has the details.
• Backpressure test compares only the length (nitpick): fixed. The server now sends a 64 MB payload in which every byte depends on its position, and the test compares all received bytes with it. A lost, repeated or reordered piece now fails the test, and so does dropping the unsent rest of a write.

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[devswha]

Merge pass: the Astra gate has already approved every commit after 295c62b, up to this head (852c86e). No further review is needed.

• 8c75dd7: fixes B3 and B4. A server bound to 127.0.0.2 is reachable through the relay. Client close and relay.stop() now end a stalled upstream and free its queued data, confirmed with a weak-reference/GC probe. 17 bridge tests pass, and the 3 new regressions fail on the old code.
• a8ab4d0: relays only to IP literals, never to a host name. A host name, localhost included, is refused rather than resolved, which closes the DNS-rebinding gap. Plain loopback, mapped loopback and 127.0.0.2 all return 200.
• 852c86e: a bridge that stalls mid-answer now ends with the timeout message, and the upstream socket closes at the deadline. 29 targeted tests pass, and the new regression fails on the old code.

This PR merges on its own, after #1990 and #1996. #1989 conflicts with it, so #1989 needs one rebase after this merges.

[devswha]

Merge pass review report. Overall: PASSED. This PR changes how Ovis connects to a remote PC: the bridge descriptor and SSH forwarding. That is part of the access path, so it was reviewed with an Astra gate (omo-native-gate-reviewer, gpt-6-astra) over four rounds. The final round approved 8c75dd7, and the commit added after it, a8ab4d0, was also approved, as was the later 852c86e. CodeRabbit was rate-limited, so this agent review stands in for it, as AGENTS.md allows.

What it does: adding a PC whose own Ovis has HOST set to an address other than 127.0.0.1 used to end with a raw ECONNRESET (#1960). The connection now goes through a relay on the remote PC's 127.0.0.1, instead of a tunnel to the address the descriptor names.

Findings and how each was resolved:

• B1 (6e8da5a, HIGH, security): bridgeForwardHost() accepted any third-party IP or DNS name, and verify() forwarded to it and sent the bridge bearer token. 3388b40 limited the target to the PC's own addresses, but those were read from ip/ifconfig found on PATH, so a fake command could forge one. Fixed in 26d8f56: the forward now always goes to the remote PC's literal 127.0.0.1, and a relay there reaches a non-loopback Ovis. Every malicious-descriptor probe still produces only loopback SSH destinations, and forged interface output is never read.
• B2 (MEDIUM): IPv4-mapped loopback was rejected. Fixed: plain and mapped loopback both return HTTP 200.
• B3 (MEDIUM): a server bound to 127.0.0.2 skipped the relay. Fixed in 8c75dd7: it now gets a relay and returns HTTP 200 through 127.0.0.1.
• B4 (MEDIUM): an upstream socket that stopped reading survived both the client closing and relay.stop(), holding 474,354 queued bytes. Fixed in 8c75dd7: both now end the stalled upstream connection, and a weak-reference/GC probe confirms its queued data can be collected.

The relay itself:

• It binds only 127.0.0.1, and Ovis still handles authentication.

• It passes backpressure on: a 32 MiB slow-reader test delivered every byte without corruption.

• 852c86e: a bridge that stalls partway through its answer now ends with the timeout message for that context. A probe through the production relay confirmed the upstream socket closes when the deadline passes. IP-only targets, loopback forwarding, authentication and the response-size limit are unchanged. The new regression fails against the previous implementation, which returned only "The operation timed out.", and 29 targeted tests pass.

Tests:

• 17 bridge tests pass. The three new regressions each fail against the previous implementation.
• a8ab4d0 (after approval): the relay now goes only to an IP address, never a host name. relayTarget() passes only IP literals, so a host name, localhost included, is refused rather than resolved. That closes the DNS-rebinding gap. Plain loopback, mapped loopback and 127.0.0.2 all return HTTP 200. ::1 passes validation but wasn't tested live, because this host has IPv6 loopback disabled. With the guard removed, the host-name regression fails.
• Real SSH and native Windows/macOS were not run.

Conflict: this PR conflicts with #1989 (server/machines.ts, server/ssh.ts and its test, docs/remote-pcs.md). Whichever merges second needs a rebase. Because it changes the access path, it merges on its own.