feat(apple): cursor channel on the Mac client — ABI v11 + NSCursor rendering

The Mac client now exercises the full cursor channel against capable
hosts: desktop-mode sessions advertise CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR, the host
stops compositing the pointer, and StreamView draws the forwarded
shapes as the real NSCursor — plus the M3 host-driven model flip.

- ABI v11: punktfunk_connect_ex9 (adds client_caps; ex7/ex8 pass 0 —
  Android untouched), PunktfunkCursorShape/State + the two
  next_cursor_* poll fns (audio-style borrow contract), and
  PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR. Fixed in passing: the first insertion
  split next_host_timing's cfg/no_mangle attributes off the fn, which
  silently dropped the symbol from the header AND dylib — caught by
  the Swift build, reattached with its docs.
- PunktfunkConnection: clientCaps connect param, hostSupportsCursor,
  CursorShapeEvent/CursorStateEvent + nextCursorShape/nextCursorState
  (one cursor thread drains both planes; cursorLock joins the close()
  ladder).
- SessionModel: desktop-mode sessions (DefaultsKey.mouseMode) connect
  with the cursor cap on macOS.
- StreamView: shape cache (serial → NSCursor, straight-alpha RGBA via
  CGImage), resetCursorRects wears the HOST shape while the desktop
  model is engaged (hidden host pointer ⇒ invisible), latest-wins
  state pump, and the M3 auto-flip — edge-triggered on relative_hint,
  ⌃⌥⇧M sets an override latch cleared by the next host edge, leaving
  relative warps the pointer to the host position via the inverse
  letterbox mapping (CGWarpMouseCursorPosition, CursorCapture's
  coordinate convention).

Verified: swift build + full test suites green (xcframework rebuilt at
ABI v11, signed); core 218 tests + clippy -D warnings on Linux (.21).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Session/SessionModel.swift

@@ -302,13 +302,26 @@ final class SessionModel: ObservableObject {
             if preferredCodec == PunktfunkConnection.codecPyroWave, MetalWaveletDecoder.supported {
                 videoCodecs |= PunktfunkConnection.codecPyroWave
             }
+            // Cursor channel (remote-desktop-sweep M2, macOS): sessions STARTING in the desktop
+            // mouse model advertise local cursor rendering — the host then stops compositing
+            // the pointer and forwards shape/state, which StreamView draws as the real
+            // NSCursor. Capture-mode sessions keep today's composited pointer.
+            #if os(macOS)
+            let clientCaps: UInt8 =
+                (MouseInputMode(
+                    rawValue: UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: DefaultsKey.mouseMode) ?? "")
+                    ?? .capture) == .desktop ? 0x01 : 0
+            #else
+            let clientCaps: UInt8 = 0
+            #endif
             let result = Result { try PunktfunkConnection(
                 host: host.address, port: host.port,
                 width: width, height: height, refreshHz: hz,
                 pinSHA256: pin, identity: identity, compositor: compositor,
                 gamepad: gamepad, bitrateKbps: bitrateKbps, videoCaps: videoCaps,
                 audioChannels: audioChannels,
-                videoCodecs: videoCodecs, preferredCodec: preferredCodec, launchID: launchID,
+                videoCodecs: videoCodecs, preferredCodec: preferredCodec,
+                clientCaps: clientCaps, launchID: launchID,
                 // Delegated approval: the host holds this connect open until the operator approves
                 // it (~180 s) — outwait that window so a slow approval still lands here. Normal
                 // connects keep the snappy default.

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Connection/PunktfunkConnection.swift

@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ public final class PunktfunkConnection {
     /// core). The clip *sends* (`clipControl`/`clipOffer`/`clipServe`…) share this lock too:
     /// they're quick non-blocking enqueues, and a single lock keeps close() ordering simple.
     private let clipboardLock = NSLock()
+    /// Serializes the (single) cursor pull thread against close() — both cursor planes are
+    /// drained by ONE thread, so one lock covers them.
+    private let cursorLock = NSLock()
 
     /// Negotiated session mode (host-confirmed).
     public private(set) var width: UInt32 = 0
@@ -381,6 +384,84 @@ public final class PunktfunkConnection {
     public var hostSupportsClipboard: Bool {
         hostCaps & UInt8(PUNKTFUNK_HOST_CAP_CLIPBOARD) != 0
     }
+
+    /// The host answered `HOST_CAP_CURSOR`: it stopped compositing the pointer and forwards
+    /// shape/state on the cursor planes — the client MUST draw the cursor locally.
+    public var hostSupportsCursor: Bool {
+        hostCaps & 0x04 != 0
+    }
+
+    /// One forwarded host-cursor shape (the cursor channel, ABI v11): straight-alpha RGBA,
+    /// `rgba.count == width * height * 4`, hotspot within the bitmap. Cache by `serial` —
+    /// states reference shapes by it and a re-shown serial never resends pixels.
+    public struct CursorShapeEvent: Sendable {
+        public let serial: UInt32
+        public let width: Int
+        public let height: Int
+        public let hotX: Int
+        public let hotY: Int
+        public let rgba: Data
+    }
+
+    /// Per-host-tick cursor state: position (host video px, the pointer/hotspot point),
+    /// visibility, and the host-driven relative-mode hint (an app grabbed/hid the pointer ⇒
+    /// run captured relative; clear ⇒ absolute, reappearing at `x`/`y`). Latest-wins.
+    public struct CursorStateEvent: Sendable {
+        public let serial: UInt32
+        public let visible: Bool
+        public let relativeHint: Bool
+        public let x: Int32
+        public let y: Int32
+    }
+
+    /// Pull the next forwarded cursor SHAPE (nil = timeout). Only a session connected with
+    /// `clientCaps` cursor bit against a `hostSupportsCursor` host receives any. Drain shape
+    /// AND state from ONE dedicated cursor thread (they share a lock).
+    public func nextCursorShape(timeoutMs: UInt32 = 0) throws -> CursorShapeEvent? {
+        cursorLock.lock()
+        defer { cursorLock.unlock() }
+        guard let h = liveHandle() else { throw PunktfunkClientError.closed }
+        var out = PunktfunkCursorShape()
+        let rc = punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_shape(h, &out, timeoutMs)
+        switch rc {
+        case statusOK:
+            // Copy out of the ABI borrow (valid until the next shape call) immediately.
+            let bytes = out.rgba.map { Data(bytes: $0, count: Int(out.len)) } ?? Data()
+            return CursorShapeEvent(
+                serial: out.serial, width: Int(out.w), height: Int(out.h),
+                hotX: Int(out.hot_x), hotY: Int(out.hot_y), rgba: bytes)
+        case statusNoFrame:
+            return nil
+        case statusClosed:
+            throw PunktfunkClientError.closed
+        default:
+            throw PunktfunkClientError.status(rc)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Pull the next cursor STATE (nil = timeout). Latest-wins — drain the queue and apply
+    /// only the newest. Same thread + gate as [`nextCursorShape`].
+    public func nextCursorState(timeoutMs: UInt32 = 0) throws -> CursorStateEvent? {
+        cursorLock.lock()
+        defer { cursorLock.unlock() }
+        guard let h = liveHandle() else { throw PunktfunkClientError.closed }
+        var out = PunktfunkCursorState()
+        let rc = punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_state(h, &out, timeoutMs)
+        switch rc {
+        case statusOK:
+            return CursorStateEvent(
+                serial: out.serial,
+                visible: out.flags & 0x01 != 0,
+                relativeHint: out.flags & 0x02 != 0,
+                x: out.x, y: out.y)
+        case statusNoFrame:
+            return nil
+        case statusClosed:
+            throw PunktfunkClientError.closed
+        default:
+            throw PunktfunkClientError.status(rc)
+        }
+    }
     /// The resolved codec as a `VideoCodec` (H.264 / HEVC / AV1) — drives the bitstream framing
     /// (Annex-B NAL parsing vs the AV1 OBU repack).
     public var videoCodec: VideoCodec { VideoCodec(wire: resolvedCodec) }
@@ -417,6 +498,7 @@ public final class PunktfunkConnection {
         audioChannels: UInt8 = 2,
         videoCodecs: UInt8 = 0x02, // PUNKTFUNK_CODEC_HEVC — the codecs this client can decode
         preferredCodec: UInt8 = 0, // 0 = auto; else PUNKTFUNK_CODEC_* soft preference
+        clientCaps: UInt8 = 0, // ABI v11: PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR = render the host cursor locally
         launchID: String? = nil,
         timeoutMs: UInt32 = 10_000
     ) throws {
@@ -436,18 +518,18 @@ public final class PunktfunkConnection {
                     withOptionalCString(launchID) { launch in
                         if let pin = pinSHA256 {
                             return pin.withUnsafeBytes { p in
-                                punktfunk_connect_ex8(
+                                punktfunk_connect_ex9(
                                     cs, port, width, height, refreshHz, compositor.rawValue,
                                     gamepad.rawValue, bitrateKbps, videoCaps, audioChannels,
-                                    videoCodecs, preferredCodec, launch,
+                                    videoCodecs, preferredCodec, clientCaps, launch,
                                     p.bindMemory(to: UInt8.self).baseAddress, &observed,
                                     cert, key, timeoutMs, &connectStatus)
                             }
                         }
-                        return punktfunk_connect_ex8(
+                        return punktfunk_connect_ex9(
                             cs, port, width, height, refreshHz, compositor.rawValue,
                             gamepad.rawValue, bitrateKbps, videoCaps, audioChannels,
-                            videoCodecs, preferredCodec, launch,
+                            videoCodecs, preferredCodec, clientCaps, launch,
                             nil, &observed, cert, key, timeoutMs, &connectStatus)
                     }
                 }
@@ -1059,10 +1141,12 @@ public final class PunktfunkConnection {
         feedbackLock.lock()
         statsLock.lock()
         clipboardLock.lock()
+        cursorLock.lock()
         abiLock.lock()
         let h = handle
         handle = nil
         abiLock.unlock()
+        cursorLock.unlock()
         clipboardLock.unlock()
         statsLock.unlock()
         feedbackLock.unlock()

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Views/StreamView.swift

@@ -219,6 +219,16 @@ public final class StreamLayerView: NSView {
     /// flipped live by ⌃⌥⇧M. A live flip re-engages capture in the new model so
     /// disassociation + the abs/rel choice swap atomically. Main-thread only.
     private var desktopMouse = false
+    /// Cursor channel (M2): the host forwards shape/state and WE draw the pointer. Active
+    /// when the Welcome carried `HOST_CAP_CURSOR` (only sessions that advertised the client
+    /// cap get it). Shapes cache by serial; state is latest-wins. Main-thread only.
+    private var cursorChannelActive = false
+    private var hostCursors: [UInt32: NSCursor] = [:]
+    private var cursorState: PunktfunkConnection.CursorStateEvent?
+    /// M3 hint tracking: edge-triggered so a manual ⌃⌥⇧M isn't fought — the override latch
+    /// holds until the HOST's intent next changes.
+    private var lastHint: Bool?
+    private var hintOverride = false
     /// One-shot auto-engage request (stream start, trust confirmed) — attempted as soon
     /// as the view is in a window with real bounds, then dropped, so it can never fire
     /// surprisingly later (e.g. on a resize).
@@ -480,12 +490,136 @@ public final class StreamLayerView: NSView {
     /// globally via `CursorCapture` (the pointer can't leave the view there).
     override public func resetCursorRects() {
         if captured && desktopMouse {
-            addCursorRect(bounds, cursor: Self.invisibleCursor)
+            // Cursor channel active: wear the HOST's pointer shape (it is no longer in the
+            // video); hidden host pointer (or no shape yet) = invisible. Without the channel,
+            // M1 behavior: invisible local cursor, the composited host cursor is the visible one.
+            if cursorChannelActive, let st = cursorState, st.visible,
+               let host = hostCursors[st.serial] {
+                addCursorRect(bounds, cursor: host)
+            } else {
+                addCursorRect(bounds, cursor: Self.invisibleCursor)
+            }
         } else {
             super.resetCursorRects()
         }
     }
 
+    /// Flip the mouse model with the atomic release/re-engage swap; `reappearAt` (host video
+    /// px — the M3 hand-back position) warps the local pointer so leaving relative lands the
+    /// cursor exactly where the host last had it.
+    private func setDesktopMouse(_ on: Bool, reappearAt: (x: Int32, y: Int32)?) {
+        guard desktopMouse != on else { return }
+        let wasCaptured = captured
+        if wasCaptured { releaseCapture() }
+        desktopMouse = on
+        if wasCaptured { engageCapture(fromClick: false) }
+        window?.invalidateCursorRects(for: self)
+        if on, let p = reappearAt, let sp = cgScreenPoint(forHostX: p.x, p.y) {
+            CGWarpMouseCursorPosition(sp)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The single cursor pull thread (both planes share the connection's cursor lock):
+    /// latest-wins state at a short timeout + a non-blocking shape poll per iteration.
+    /// Exits when the connection closes; events hop to main where all cursor state lives.
+    private func startCursorPump(_ connection: PunktfunkConnection) {
+        let thread = Thread { [weak self] in
+            while true {
+                do {
+                    var newest: PunktfunkConnection.CursorStateEvent?
+                    if let st = try connection.nextCursorState(timeoutMs: 100) {
+                        newest = st
+                        while let more = try connection.nextCursorState(timeoutMs: 0) {
+                            newest = more // drain — latest wins
+                        }
+                    }
+                    while let shape = try connection.nextCursorShape(timeoutMs: 0) {
+                        DispatchQueue.main.async { self?.applyCursorShape(shape) }
+                    }
+                    if let st = newest {
+                        DispatchQueue.main.async { self?.applyCursorState(st) }
+                    }
+                } catch {
+                    return // connection closed — the session is over
+                }
+                if self == nil { return }
+            }
+        }
+        thread.name = "pf-cursor-pump"
+        thread.start()
+    }
+
+    private func applyCursorShape(_ ev: PunktfunkConnection.CursorShapeEvent) {
+        guard let cursor = Self.makeCursor(ev) else {
+            streamInputLog.warning("cursor shape rejected (\(ev.width)x\(ev.height)) — keeping the previous cursor")
+            return
+        }
+        if hostCursors.count >= 64 { hostCursors.removeAll() } // degenerate host: reset
+        hostCursors[ev.serial] = cursor
+        if cursorState?.serial == ev.serial {
+            window?.invalidateCursorRects(for: self)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func applyCursorState(_ ev: PunktfunkConnection.CursorStateEvent) {
+        let prev = cursorState
+        cursorState = ev
+        if prev?.visible != ev.visible || prev?.serial != ev.serial {
+            window?.invalidateCursorRects(for: self)
+        }
+        // M3 — host-driven mode flip, edge-triggered (a fresh host intent clears a manual
+        // override): hint ⇒ captured relative; clear ⇒ absolute, reappearing at the host's
+        // last pointer position.
+        if lastHint != ev.relativeHint {
+            lastHint = ev.relativeHint
+            hintOverride = false
+        }
+        if !hintOverride, captured, desktopMouse == ev.relativeHint {
+            setDesktopMouse(!ev.relativeHint, reappearAt: ev.relativeHint ? nil : (ev.x, ev.y))
+            streamInputLog.info("host cursor hint: mouse model flipped to \(self.desktopMouse ? "desktop" : "capture", privacy: .public)")
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Build an `NSCursor` from a forwarded straight-alpha RGBA shape.
+    private static func makeCursor(_ ev: PunktfunkConnection.CursorShapeEvent) -> NSCursor? {
+        let (w, h) = (ev.width, ev.height)
+        guard w > 0, h > 0, ev.rgba.count >= w * h * 4,
+              let provider = CGDataProvider(data: ev.rgba as CFData),
+              let cg = CGImage(
+                  width: w, height: h, bitsPerComponent: 8, bitsPerPixel: 32,
+                  bytesPerRow: w * 4, space: CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(),
+                  bitmapInfo: CGBitmapInfo(rawValue: CGImageAlphaInfo.last.rawValue),
+                  provider: provider, decode: nil, shouldInterpolate: false,
+                  intent: .defaultIntent)
+        else { return nil }
+        let image = NSImage(cgImage: cg, size: NSSize(width: w, height: h))
+        return NSCursor(
+            image: image,
+            hotSpot: NSPoint(x: min(ev.hotX, w - 1), y: min(ev.hotY, h - 1)))
+    }
+
+    /// Host video px → CG GLOBAL screen coordinates (top-left origin, the
+    /// `CGWarpMouseCursorPosition` convention `CursorCapture` established) through the
+    /// aspect-fit letterbox — the inverse direction of `hostPoint(from:)`.
+    private func cgScreenPoint(forHostX hx: Int32, _ hy: Int32) -> CGPoint? {
+        guard let connection, let window else { return nil }
+        let mode = connection.currentMode()
+        guard mode.width > 0, mode.height > 0 else { return nil }
+        let fit = AVMakeRect(
+            aspectRatio: CGSize(width: Int(mode.width), height: Int(mode.height)),
+            insideRect: bounds)
+        guard fit.width > 0, fit.height > 0 else { return nil }
+        let u = (CGFloat(hx) / CGFloat(mode.width)).clamped(to: 0...1)
+        let v = (CGFloat(hy) / CGFloat(mode.height)).clamped(to: 0...1)
+        let videoMinYTop = bounds.height - fit.maxY
+        let pTop = CGPoint(x: fit.minX + u * fit.width, y: videoMinYTop + v * fit.height)
+        let inView = CGPoint(x: pTop.x, y: bounds.height - pTop.y)
+        let inWindow = convert(inView, to: nil)
+        let onScreen = window.convertPoint(toScreen: inWindow)
+        let primaryHeight = NSScreen.screens.first?.frame.height ?? 0
+        return CGPoint(x: onScreen.x, y: primaryHeight - onScreen.y)
+    }
+
     /// A single local monitor for motion + buttons, installed only while captured. A local
     /// monitor is more robust than view overrides for relative motion: it sidesteps the
     /// `window.acceptsMouseMovedEvents`/tracking-area/responder-chain requirements, and
@@ -647,12 +781,10 @@ public final class StreamLayerView: NSView {
                 streamInputLog.info("mouse-mode chord ignored: gamescope host is relative-only")
                 return
             }
-            let wasCaptured = self.captured
+            // A manual flip outranks the standing host hint until the hint next CHANGES.
-            if wasCaptured { self.releaseCapture() }
+            self.hintOverride = true
-            self.desktopMouse.toggle()
+            self.setDesktopMouse(!self.desktopMouse, reappearAt: nil)
-            if wasCaptured { self.engageCapture(fromClick: false) }
+            streamInputLog.info("chord: mouse mode \(self.desktopMouse ? "desktop" : "capture", privacy: .public)")
-            self.window?.invalidateCursorRects(for: self)
-            streamInputLog.info("mouse mode: \(self.desktopMouse ? "desktop" : "capture", privacy: .public)")
         }
         // The cross-client combos (⌃⌥⇧Q/D/S — Ctrl+Alt+Shift on the other clients), delivered by
         // the monitor only while captured; the same key-window ownership rule as ⌘⎋ throughout.
@@ -692,6 +824,13 @@ public final class StreamLayerView: NSView {
         if mode == .desktop && !absOK {
             streamInputLog.info("desktop mouse mode unavailable on a gamescope host (relative-only) — using capture")
         }
+        // Cursor channel (M2): the host stopped compositing the pointer — drain its shape/
+        // state planes and draw the pointer as the real NSCursor (plus the M3 auto-flip).
+        if connection.hostSupportsCursor {
+            cursorChannelActive = true
+            streamInputLog.info("cursor channel negotiated — host cursor renders locally")
+            startCursorPump(connection)
+        }
 
         // Presenter choice + lifecycle live in SessionPresenter (shared with iOS/tvOS): stage-2
         // (explicit VTDecompressionSession decode + a CAMetalLayer/display-link present) by

crates/punktfunk-core/src/abi.rs

@@ -555,6 +555,9 @@ pub struct PunktfunkConnection {
     /// (a fetched payload, an offer's format list, or a fetch-request's MIME) —
     /// borrow-until-next-call, same contract as `last`.
     last_clip: std::sync::Mutex<Option<Vec<u8>>>,
+    /// The last cursor shape handed out — `next_cursor_shape`'s `rgba` pointer borrows it
+    /// until the next cursor-shape call (the `last_audio` contract).
+    last_cursor_shape: std::sync::Mutex<Option<crate::quic::CursorShape>>,
 }
 
 /// Lazily-initialized in-core Opus decode state. A coupled-1-stream multistream decoder is
@@ -1400,6 +1403,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connect_ex7(
         connect_ex_impl(
             host,
             port,
+            0, // pre-v11 variant: no client caps
             width,
             height,
             refresh_hz,
@@ -1459,6 +1463,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connect_ex8(
         connect_ex_impl(
             host,
             port,
+            0, // pre-v11 variant: no client caps
             width,
             height,
             refresh_hz,
@@ -1480,6 +1485,70 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connect_ex8(
     }
 }
 
+/// Like [`punktfunk_connect_ex8`], plus `client_caps` (ABI v11): a bitfield of
+/// `PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR` (0x01). Setting the cursor bit asks the host to STOP
+/// compositing the pointer into the video and forward it out-of-band instead — the embedder
+/// MUST then drain [`punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_shape`] /
+/// [`punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_state`] and draw the pointer itself, or the session has
+/// no visible cursor at all. Pass 0 for the composited behavior of every earlier variant.
+///
+/// # Safety
+/// Same as [`punktfunk_connect_ex8`].
+#[cfg(feature = "quic")]
+#[no_mangle]
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connect_ex9(
+    host: *const std::os::raw::c_char,
+    port: u16,
+    width: u32,
+    height: u32,
+    refresh_hz: u32,
+    compositor: u32,
+    gamepad: u32,
+    bitrate_kbps: u32,
+    video_caps: u8,
+    audio_channels: u8,
+    video_codecs: u8,
+    preferred_codec: u8,
+    client_caps: u8,
+    launch_id: *const std::os::raw::c_char,
+    pin_sha256: *const u8,
+    observed_sha256_out: *mut u8,
+    client_cert_pem: *const std::os::raw::c_char,
+    client_key_pem: *const std::os::raw::c_char,
+    timeout_ms: u32,
+    status_out: *mut i32,
+) -> *mut PunktfunkConnection {
+    unsafe {
+        connect_ex_impl(
+            host,
+            port,
+            client_caps,
+            width,
+            height,
+            refresh_hz,
+            compositor,
+            gamepad,
+            bitrate_kbps,
+            video_caps,
+            audio_channels,
+            video_codecs,
+            preferred_codec,
+            launch_id,
+            pin_sha256,
+            observed_sha256_out,
+            client_cert_pem,
+            client_key_pem,
+            timeout_ms,
+            status_out,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// [`punktfunk_connect_ex9`] `client_caps` bit: render the host cursor locally (the cursor
+/// channel, `design/remote-desktop-sweep.md` M2).
+pub const PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR: u8 = 0x01;
+
 /// Shared body of [`punktfunk_connect_ex7`] / [`punktfunk_connect_ex8`]: `status_out`
 /// (nullable) is written on EVERY path — `Ok`, the mapped [`PunktfunkError`],
 /// `InvalidArg` for bad arguments, `Panic` if the connect panicked.
@@ -1488,6 +1557,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connect_ex8(
 unsafe fn connect_ex_impl(
     host: *const std::os::raw::c_char,
     port: u16,
+    client_caps: u8,
     width: u32,
     height: u32,
     refresh_hz: u32,
@@ -1574,10 +1644,10 @@ unsafe fn connect_ex_impl(
             // themselves (EDR / MediaCodec), so the host's EDID defaults are fine there. An `ex8`
             // variant can carry it if a passthrough embedder ever needs it.
             None,
-            // No client_caps in the C ABI yet either: cursor-channel opt-in for Apple/Android
+            // ABI v11 ([`punktfunk_connect_ex9`]): CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR here asks the host to STOP
-            // arrives with the ABI v11 cursor poll fns — until an embedder can RENDER the
+            // compositing the pointer — only an embedder that renders the cursor planes
-            // forwarded cursor it must not ask the host to stop compositing it.
+            // ([`punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_shape`]/`_state`) may set it. ex7/ex8 pass 0.
-            0,
+            client_caps,
             launch,
             pin,
             identity,
@@ -1597,6 +1667,7 @@ unsafe fn connect_ex_impl(
                     last_audio: std::sync::Mutex::new(None),
                     audio_pcm: std::sync::Mutex::new(AudioPcmState::default()),
                     last_clip: std::sync::Mutex::new(None),
+                    last_cursor_shape: std::sync::Mutex::new(None),
                 }))
             }
             Err(e) => {
@@ -2246,6 +2317,124 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connection_next_hdr_meta(
     })
 }
 
+/// One forwarded host-cursor shape (ABI v11, the cursor channel): straight-alpha RGBA8, no
+/// padding, `len == w * h * 4`, hotspot within `w`×`h`. `serial` is the identity
+/// [`PunktfunkCursorState`] refers to — cache the built OS cursor by it.
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct PunktfunkCursorShape {
+    pub serial: u32,
+    pub w: u16,
+    pub h: u16,
+    pub hot_x: u16,
+    pub hot_y: u16,
+    /// Borrows connection memory until the NEXT cursor-shape call (the audio contract).
+    pub rgba: *const u8,
+    pub len: usize,
+}
+
+/// Per-frame host-cursor state (ABI v11): position (the pointer/hotspot point in the host
+/// video's pixel space), visibility, and the host-driven relative-mode hint. `flags` bit 0 =
+/// visible, bit 1 = relative hint (a host app grabbed/hid the pointer — run captured
+/// relative; clear = return to absolute, reappearing at `x`/`y`).
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct PunktfunkCursorState {
+    pub serial: u32,
+    pub flags: u8,
+    pub x: i32,
+    pub y: i32,
+}
+
+/// Pull the next forwarded cursor SHAPE (sent on pointer-bitmap change over the reliable
+/// control stream; only a session connected with `PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR` against a
+/// capable host receives any). On `Ok`, `out->rgba` borrows connection memory until the next
+/// cursor-shape call on this handle. Drain from a dedicated thread (one thread per plane).
+///
+/// # Safety
+/// `c` is a valid connection handle; `out` is writable. At most one thread pulls cursor
+/// shapes; it may run concurrently with every other plane's puller.
+#[cfg(feature = "quic")]
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_shape(
+    c: *mut PunktfunkConnection,
+    out: *mut PunktfunkCursorShape,
+    timeout_ms: u32,
+) -> PunktfunkStatus {
+    guard(|| {
+        let c = match unsafe { c.as_ref() } {
+            Some(c) => c,
+            None => return PunktfunkStatus::NullPointer,
+        };
+        if out.is_null() {
+            return PunktfunkStatus::NullPointer;
+        }
+        match c
+            .inner
+            .next_cursor_shape(std::time::Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms as u64))
+        {
+            Ok(shape) => {
+                let mut slot = c.last_cursor_shape.lock().unwrap();
+                *slot = Some(shape);
+                let sh = slot.as_ref().unwrap();
+                unsafe {
+                    *out = PunktfunkCursorShape {
+                        serial: sh.serial,
+                        w: sh.w,
+                        h: sh.h,
+                        hot_x: sh.hot_x,
+                        hot_y: sh.hot_y,
+                        rgba: sh.rgba.as_ptr(),
+                        len: sh.rgba.len(),
+                    };
+                }
+                PunktfunkStatus::Ok
+            }
+            Err(e) => e.status(),
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+/// Pull the next cursor STATE (a `0xD0` datagram per host encode tick — latest-wins; drain
+/// the queue and apply only the newest). Same negotiation gate as
+/// [`punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_shape`].
+///
+/// # Safety
+/// `c` is a valid connection handle; `out` is writable. At most one thread pulls cursor
+/// state; it may run concurrently with every other plane's puller.
+#[cfg(feature = "quic")]
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_state(
+    c: *mut PunktfunkConnection,
+    out: *mut PunktfunkCursorState,
+    timeout_ms: u32,
+) -> PunktfunkStatus {
+    guard(|| {
+        let c = match unsafe { c.as_ref() } {
+            Some(c) => c,
+            None => return PunktfunkStatus::NullPointer,
+        };
+        if out.is_null() {
+            return PunktfunkStatus::NullPointer;
+        }
+        match c
+            .inner
+            .next_cursor_state(std::time::Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms as u64))
+        {
+            Ok(st) => {
+                unsafe {
+                    *out = PunktfunkCursorState {
+                        serial: st.serial,
+                        flags: st.flags,
+                        x: st.x,
+                        y: st.y,
+                    };
+                }
+                PunktfunkStatus::Ok
+            }
+            Err(e) => e.status(),
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 /// Pull the next per-AU host timing (0xCF) into `*out`: the host's capture→sent duration for one
 /// access unit, correlated to the AU by `pts_ns` (see [`PunktfunkHostTiming`]).
 /// [`PunktfunkStatus::NoFrame`] on timeout, [`PunktfunkStatus::Closed`] once the session ended.

crates/punktfunk-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub use stats::Stats;
 /// v10: added `punktfunk_connection_clock_offset_now_ns` — the LIVE (mid-stream re-synced)
 /// clock offset ongoing latency math must use; the connect-time getter stays frozen by
 /// contract. Additive, client-local — no wire change, so [`WIRE_VERSION`] is unchanged.
-pub const ABI_VERSION: u32 = 10;
+pub const ABI_VERSION: u32 = 11;
 
 /// The punktfunk/1 **wire** version — what `Hello`/`Welcome` carry and hosts equality-check.
 /// Deliberately its own constant: [`ABI_VERSION`] tracks the embeddable **C surface**

include/punktfunk_core.h

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 // v10: added `punktfunk_connection_clock_offset_now_ns` — the LIVE (mid-stream re-synced)
 // clock offset ongoing latency math must use; the connect-time getter stays frozen by
 // contract. Additive, client-local — no wire change, so [`WIRE_VERSION`] is unchanged.
-#define ABI_VERSION 10
+#define ABI_VERSION 11
 
 // The punktfunk/1 **wire** version — what `Hello`/`Welcome` carry and hosts equality-check.
 // Deliberately its own constant: [`ABI_VERSION`] tracks the embeddable **C surface**
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@
 // clipboard, so a client may offer the toggle. (Mirrors `quic::HOST_CAP_CLIPBOARD`.)
 #define PUNKTFUNK_HOST_CAP_CLIPBOARD 2
 
+// [`punktfunk_connect_ex9`] `client_caps` bit: render the host cursor locally (the cursor
+// channel, `design/remote-desktop-sweep.md` M2).
+#define PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR 1
+
 // `*ttl_ms` sentinel written by [`punktfunk_connection_next_rumble2`] for a legacy (v1) rumble
 // datagram — an old host that sent no self-termination lease. The client then falls back to its
 // own staleness heuristic for that update instead of a host-supplied deadline.
@@ -1373,6 +1377,31 @@ typedef struct {
 } PunktfunkHdrMeta;
 #endif
 
+// One forwarded host-cursor shape (ABI v11, the cursor channel): straight-alpha RGBA8, no
+// padding, `len == w * h * 4`, hotspot within `w`×`h`. `serial` is the identity
+// [`PunktfunkCursorState`] refers to — cache the built OS cursor by it.
+typedef struct {
+    uint32_t serial;
+    uint16_t w;
+    uint16_t h;
+    uint16_t hot_x;
+    uint16_t hot_y;
+    // Borrows connection memory until the NEXT cursor-shape call (the audio contract).
+    const uint8_t *rgba;
+    uintptr_t len;
+} PunktfunkCursorShape;
+
+// Per-frame host-cursor state (ABI v11): position (the pointer/hotspot point in the host
+// video's pixel space), visibility, and the host-driven relative-mode hint. `flags` bit 0 =
+// visible, bit 1 = relative hint (a host app grabbed/hid the pointer — run captured
+// relative; clear = return to absolute, reappearing at `x`/`y`).
+typedef struct {
+    uint32_t serial;
+    uint8_t flags;
+    int32_t x;
+    int32_t y;
+} PunktfunkCursorState;
+
 #if defined(PUNKTFUNK_FEATURE_QUIC)
 // One access unit's host-side processing time ([`punktfunk_connection_next_host_timing`]):
 // capture → fully sent, i.e. the whole host pipeline (capture read/convert, encode, FEC+seal,
@@ -1859,6 +1888,38 @@ PunktfunkConnection *punktfunk_connect_ex8(const char *host,
                                            int32_t *status_out);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(PUNKTFUNK_FEATURE_QUIC)
+// Like [`punktfunk_connect_ex8`], plus `client_caps` (ABI v11): a bitfield of
+// `PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR` (0x01). Setting the cursor bit asks the host to STOP
+// compositing the pointer into the video and forward it out-of-band instead — the embedder
+// MUST then drain [`punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_shape`] /
+// [`punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_state`] and draw the pointer itself, or the session has
+// no visible cursor at all. Pass 0 for the composited behavior of every earlier variant.
+//
+// # Safety
+// Same as [`punktfunk_connect_ex8`].
+PunktfunkConnection *punktfunk_connect_ex9(const char *host,
+                                           uint16_t port,
+                                           uint32_t width,
+                                           uint32_t height,
+                                           uint32_t refresh_hz,
+                                           uint32_t compositor,
+                                           uint32_t gamepad,
+                                           uint32_t bitrate_kbps,
+                                           uint8_t video_caps,
+                                           uint8_t audio_channels,
+                                           uint8_t video_codecs,
+                                           uint8_t preferred_codec,
+                                           uint8_t client_caps,
+                                           const char *launch_id,
+                                           const uint8_t *pin_sha256,
+                                           uint8_t *observed_sha256_out,
+                                           const char *client_cert_pem,
+                                           const char *client_key_pem,
+                                           uint32_t timeout_ms,
+                                           int32_t *status_out);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(PUNKTFUNK_FEATURE_QUIC)
 // Generate a persistent client identity: a self-signed certificate + private key, both
 // PEM, NUL-terminated, written into the caller's buffers. Generate ONCE, store both
@@ -2080,6 +2141,33 @@ PunktfunkStatus punktfunk_connection_next_hdr_meta(PunktfunkConnection *c,
                                                    uint32_t timeout_ms);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(PUNKTFUNK_FEATURE_QUIC)
+// Pull the next forwarded cursor SHAPE (sent on pointer-bitmap change over the reliable
+// control stream; only a session connected with `PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR` against a
+// capable host receives any). On `Ok`, `out->rgba` borrows connection memory until the next
+// cursor-shape call on this handle. Drain from a dedicated thread (one thread per plane).
+//
+// # Safety
+// `c` is a valid connection handle; `out` is writable. At most one thread pulls cursor
+// shapes; it may run concurrently with every other plane's puller.
+PunktfunkStatus punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_shape(PunktfunkConnection *c,
+                                                       PunktfunkCursorShape *out,
+                                                       uint32_t timeout_ms);
+#endif
+
+#if defined(PUNKTFUNK_FEATURE_QUIC)
+// Pull the next cursor STATE (a `0xD0` datagram per host encode tick — latest-wins; drain
+// the queue and apply only the newest). Same negotiation gate as
+// [`punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_shape`].
+//
+// # Safety
+// `c` is a valid connection handle; `out` is writable. At most one thread pulls cursor
+// state; it may run concurrently with every other plane's puller.
+PunktfunkStatus punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_state(PunktfunkConnection *c,
+                                                       PunktfunkCursorState *out,
+                                                       uint32_t timeout_ms);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(PUNKTFUNK_FEATURE_QUIC)
 // Pull the next per-AU host timing (0xCF) into `*out`: the host's capture→sent duration for one
 // access unit, correlated to the AU by `pts_ns` (see [`PunktfunkHostTiming`]).