chore(apple): declare non-exempt encryption in Info.plist (export compliance)

ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption = true — the app's AES-GCM session crypto is
non-exempt under the App Store Connect encryption questionnaire (category
chosen; French ANSSI declaration in progress). First of the six targets;
the remaining Info.plists follow with the rest of the compliance work.

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

.cargo/config.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Workspace-wide build flags.
+#
+# aes_armv8: RustCrypto's `aes` 0.8.x enables ARMv8-Crypto hardware AES on aarch64 only behind
+# this cfg (x86_64 AES-NI is runtime-detected with no flag; the 0.9 line will make aarch64
+# automatic too). Without it every aarch64 client (all Apple + virtually all Android) ran
+# SOFTWARE AES on the per-packet decrypt path — measured 2026-07-14 on an M3 Ultra at
+# ~240 MiB/s/core (~7 µs per 1.4 KB datagram), which single-handedly capped receive throughput
+# at ~1.57 Gbps wire. The cfg still runtime-detects via `cpufeatures`, so a chip without the
+# extensions falls back safely.
+#
+# NOTE: a RUSTFLAGS environment variable OVERRIDES config rustflags entirely — build scripts /
+# CI lanes that set RUSTFLAGS for aarch64 targets (cargo-ndk, xcframework) must carry
+# `--cfg aes_armv8` themselves.
+# polyval_armv8: same story for GCM's other half — `polyval` 0.6.x gates its PMULL (carry-less
+# multiply) GHASH path behind this cfg on aarch64. AES alone took open_in_place from 240 to
+# ~790 MiB/s on the M3 Ultra; software GHASH still dominated until this flag joined it.
+[target.'cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")']
+rustflags = ["--cfg", "aes_armv8", "--cfg", "polyval_armv8"]

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ file with `scripts/gen-third-party-notices.sh` when the dependency tree changes.
 
 ## Before you push
 
+Enable the repo git hooks once per clone — they run the exact rustfmt gates CI runs (main
+workspace + the UMDF driver workspace) on every commit and push, so a push can never fail CI
+on formatting alone:
+
+```sh
+git config core.hooksPath scripts/git-hooks
+```
+
+Then the usual full pass:
+
 ```sh
 cargo fmt --all --check
 cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings

Cargo.lock

@@ -2145,7 +2145,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "latency-probe"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
@@ -2277,7 +2277,7 @@ checksum = "0ceec5bc11778974d1bcb055b18002eba7f4b3518b6a0081b3af5f21666da9ad"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "loss-harness"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "punktfunk-core",
 ]
@@ -2756,7 +2756,7 @@ checksum = "9b4f627cb1b25917193a259e49bdad08f671f8d9708acfd5fe0a8c1455d87220"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pf-client-core"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pf-console-ui"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ash",
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pf-ffvk"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ash",
  "bindgen",
@@ -2808,7 +2808,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pf-presenter"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ash",
@@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "punktfunk-client-android"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "android_logger",
  "jni",
@@ -3008,7 +3008,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "punktfunk-client-linux"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
@@ -3024,7 +3024,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "punktfunk-client-session"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "pf-client-core",
@@ -3039,7 +3039,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "punktfunk-client-windows"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-channel",
  "ffmpeg-next",
@@ -3058,7 +3058,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "punktfunk-core"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "bytes",
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "punktfunk-host"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "aes-gcm",
@@ -3161,7 +3161,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "punktfunk-probe"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "mdns-sd",
@@ -3175,7 +3175,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "punktfunk-tray"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ksni",

Cargo.toml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ exclude = [
 ndk = { path = "clients/android/native/vendor/ndk" }
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.82"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"

clients/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" />
     <uses-feature android:name="android.software.leanback" android:required="false" />
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.gamepad" android:required="false" />
+    <!-- Neutralize Play's IMPLIED hard requirements, which filtered real TVs as "not compatible"
+         (reported on a Philips OLED707): RECORD_AUDIO implies android.hardware.microphone and the
+         Wi-Fi state permissions imply android.hardware.wifi, both required=true unless declared
+         otherwise. Some TVs declare no microphone (mic uplink is optional and runtime-gated) and
+         ethernet-only boxes declare no wifi (discovery/WifiLock are best-effort hedges there). -->
+    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.microphone" android:required="false" />
+    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.wifi" android:required="false" />
 
     <!-- appCategory="game": a game-streaming client IS a game as far as the SoC is concerned.
          On Snapdragon devices (and other OEMs with a Game Mode / Game Dashboard) this makes the app

clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/ControllersScreen.kt

@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ private fun prefLabel(pref: Int): String = when (pref) {
     Gamepad.PREF_DUALSHOCK4 -> "DualShock 4"
     Gamepad.PREF_STEAMCONTROLLER -> "Steam Controller"
     Gamepad.PREF_STEAMDECK -> "Steam Deck"
+    Gamepad.PREF_DUALSENSEEDGE -> "DualSense Edge"
+    Gamepad.PREF_SWITCHPRO -> "Switch Pro"
     else -> "Automatic"
 }
 

clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/GamepadSettingsScreen.kt

@@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.graphicsLayer
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalConfiguration
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
 import dev.chrisbanes.haze.HazeState
 import dev.chrisbanes.haze.hazeSource
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.deviceBodyVibrator
 
 // The gamepad-driven settings screen — the Android mirror of the Apple client's GamepadSettingsView:
 // the couch-relevant subset of the touch settings restyled as a console page and fully navigable with
@@ -82,7 +84,10 @@ fun GamepadSettingsScreen(
     var s by remember { mutableStateOf(initial) }
     fun update(next: Settings) { s = next; onChange(next) }
 
-    val rows = buildSettingsRows(s, ::update)
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    // Gates the "Rumble on this phone" row — a TV box has no body vibrator to mirror onto.
+    val hasBodyVibrator = remember { deviceBodyVibrator(context) != null }
+    val rows = buildSettingsRows(s, hasBodyVibrator, ::update)
     var focus by remember { mutableIntStateOf(0) }
     if (focus > rows.lastIndex) focus = rows.lastIndex
     // The direction the focused value last stepped (+1 forward / -1 back) — drives which way the
@@ -257,8 +262,13 @@ private fun SettingRowView(row: GpRow, focused: Boolean, adjustDir: Int, onClick
     }
 }
 
-/** Build the console settings rows from the current [Settings], writing through [update]. */
-private fun buildSettingsRows(s: Settings, update: (Settings) -> Unit): List<GpRow> {
+/** Build the console settings rows from the current [Settings], writing through [update].
+ * [hasBodyVibrator] gates the "Rumble on this phone" row (absent on TVs). */
+private fun buildSettingsRows(
+    s: Settings,
+    hasBodyVibrator: Boolean,
+    update: (Settings) -> Unit,
+): List<GpRow> {
     fun <T> choice(
         id: String, header: String?, label: String, detail: String,
         options: List<Pair<T, String>>, current: T, write: (T) -> Unit,
@@ -354,7 +364,18 @@ private fun buildSettingsRows(s: Settings, update: (Settings) -> Unit): List<GpR
             "The virtual pad the host creates — Automatic matches this controller.",
             GAMEPAD_OPTIONS.mapIndexed { i, lbl -> i to lbl }, s.gamepad,
         ) { update(s.copy(gamepad = it)) },
-
+    ) + listOfNotNull(
+        if (hasBodyVibrator) {
+            toggle(
+                "phoneRumble", null, "Rumble on this phone",
+                "Also play controller 1's rumble on this phone's own vibration motor — " +
+                    "for clip-on pads without rumble motors.",
+                s.rumbleOnPhone,
+            ) { update(s.copy(rumbleOnPhone = it)) }
+        } else {
+            null
+        },
+    ) + listOf(
         choice(
             "hud", "Interface", "Statistics overlay",
             "How much the overlay shows: Compact (one line) → Normal → Detailed (full HUD). " +

clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/MainActivity.kt

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package io.unom.punktfunk
 import android.os.Build
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.view.InputDevice
+import android.view.KeyCharacterMap
 import android.view.KeyEvent
 import android.view.MotionEvent
 import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
@@ -153,7 +154,18 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
                     // physical-keyboard layout), keycode fallback — see Keymap docs.
                     val vk = Keymap.toVk(event)
                     if (vk != 0) {
+                        // Soft-keyboard events (the IME's virtual device — the stream's
+                        // KeyCaptureView path) carry Shift only as META state, where a real
+                        // keyboard sends discrete Shift transitions — so mirror the meta bit as
+                        // a VK_LSHIFT wrap or every IME capital/symbol lands unshifted on the
+                        // host. Never applied to hardware events: their Shift already went over
+                        // the wire, and a synthetic release here would un-hold a physical Shift
+                        // the user is still pressing.
+                        val imeShift = event.deviceId == KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD &&
+                            event.isShiftPressed && vk != 0xA0 && vk != 0xA1
+                        if (down && imeShift) NativeBridge.nativeSendKey(handle, 0xA0, true, 0)
                         NativeBridge.nativeSendKey(handle, vk, down, 0)
+                        if (!down && imeShift) NativeBridge.nativeSendKey(handle, 0xA0, false, 0)
                         return true // consumed — don't let the system also act on it
                     }
                 }

clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/Settings.kt

@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ data class Settings(
      * otherwise misfire and wait out its timeout despite the host already being reachable.
      */
     val autoWakeEnabled: Boolean = true,
+    /**
+     * Opt-in: ALSO play the rumble the host addresses to controller 1 (wire pad 0) on this
+     * phone's own vibration motor — for clip-on gamepads that ship without rumble motors, where
+     * the phone body is the only actuator in the player's hands. Off by default; read once per
+     * session by StreamScreen (it hands GamepadFeedback the device vibrator only when set). The
+     * toggle is hidden on devices without a vibrator (TVs), where this would be a silent no-op.
+     */
+    val rumbleOnPhone: Boolean = false,
 )
 
 /** [Settings.touchMode] values; persisted by name. */
@@ -142,6 +150,7 @@ class SettingsStore(context: Context) {
         libraryEnabled = prefs.getBoolean(K_LIBRARY, true),
         lowLatencyMode = prefs.getBoolean(K_LOW_LATENCY, true),
         autoWakeEnabled = prefs.getBoolean(K_AUTO_WAKE, true),
+        rumbleOnPhone = prefs.getBoolean(K_RUMBLE_ON_PHONE, false),
     )
 
     fun save(s: Settings) {
@@ -162,6 +171,7 @@ class SettingsStore(context: Context) {
             .putBoolean(K_LIBRARY, s.libraryEnabled)
             .putBoolean(K_LOW_LATENCY, s.lowLatencyMode)
             .putBoolean(K_AUTO_WAKE, s.autoWakeEnabled)
+            .putBoolean(K_RUMBLE_ON_PHONE, s.rumbleOnPhone)
             .apply()
     }
 
@@ -197,6 +207,7 @@ class SettingsStore(context: Context) {
          */
         const val K_LOW_LATENCY = "low_latency_mode_v2"
         const val K_AUTO_WAKE = "auto_wake_enabled"
+        const val K_RUMBLE_ON_PHONE = "rumble_on_phone"
 
         /** Legacy Boolean the enum replaced — read once as the migration default, never written. */
         const val K_TRACKPAD = "trackpad_mode"

clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/SettingsScreen.kt

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.KeyboardType
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.VideoDecoders
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.deviceBodyVibrator
 
 /**
  * Stream settings, organised as an iOS-Settings / Android-system-settings style list of category
@@ -414,6 +415,18 @@ private fun ControlsSettings(s: Settings, update: (Settings) -> Unit, onOpenCont
             subtitle = "What the app detects, with a live input test",
             onClick = onOpenControllers,
         )
+        // Only where the device has a body vibrator to mirror onto (a TV box doesn't).
+        val context = LocalContext.current
+        val hasBodyVibrator = remember { deviceBodyVibrator(context) != null }
+        if (hasBodyVibrator) {
+            ToggleRow(
+                title = "Rumble on this phone",
+                subtitle = "Also play controller 1's rumble on this phone's own vibration " +
+                    "motor — for clip-on pads without rumble motors",
+                checked = s.rumbleOnPhone,
+                onCheckedChange = { on -> update(s.copy(rumbleOnPhone = on)) },
+            )
+        }
     }
 }
 

clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/StreamScreen.kt

@@ -6,15 +6,22 @@ import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
 import android.net.wifi.WifiManager
 import android.os.Build
+import android.text.InputType
 import android.util.Log
 import android.view.SurfaceHolder
 import android.view.SurfaceView
+import android.view.View
 import android.view.WindowManager
+import android.view.inputmethod.BaseInputConnection
+import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo
+import android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection
+import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager
 import android.widget.Toast
 import androidx.activity.compose.BackHandler
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.DisposableEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
@@ -34,6 +41,7 @@ import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat
 import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsControllerCompat
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.GamepadFeedback
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.GamepadRouter
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.deviceBodyVibrator
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.NativeBridge
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.VideoDecoders
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
@@ -166,6 +174,12 @@ fun StreamScreen(handle: Long, micEnabled: Boolean, onDisconnect: () -> Unit) {
             it.systemBarsBehavior = WindowInsetsControllerCompat.BEHAVIOR_SHOW_TRANSIENT_BARS_BY_SWIPE
             it.hide(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemBars())
         }
+        // The soft keyboard (three-finger swipe up → KeyCaptureView below) must OVERLAY the
+        // stream, never pan/resize it — the video is a fixed-mode surface, not a document.
+        // Scoped to the stream; the app's other screens keep the default for their text fields.
+        val priorSoftInput = window?.attributes?.softInputMode
+            ?: WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_UNSPECIFIED
+        window?.setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_NOTHING)
         // Lock to landscape while streaming — the host streams a landscape desktop, so pin the device
         // there (either landscape direction is fine) and stop it rotating to portrait mid-session. The
         // activity declares configChanges=orientation, so this re-lays out the surface in place without
@@ -188,8 +202,13 @@ fun StreamScreen(handle: Long, micEnabled: Boolean, onDisconnect: () -> Unit) {
         activity?.setConsoleHighRefreshRate(false) // let the decoder's setFrameRate pick the panel rate
         // Host→client feedback (rumble + DualSense lightbar/LEDs), routed to each controller by pad
         // index via the router; poll threads stopped + joined before the router is released and the
-        // session closed.
-        val feedback = GamepadFeedback(handle, router).also { it.start() }
+        // session closed. "Rumble on this phone" (opt-in) additionally mirrors controller 1's
+        // rumble onto the device's own vibrator — for clip-on pads without rumble motors.
+        val feedback = GamepadFeedback(
+            handle,
+            router,
+            deviceVibrator = if (initialSettings.rumbleOnPhone) deviceBodyVibrator(context) else null,
+        ).also { it.start() }
         // Free a disconnected controller's rumble/lights bindings promptly (else the open lights
         // session leaks until the session ends). The router owns hot-plug; the feedback owns the binds.
         router.onSlotClosed = feedback::onDeviceRemoved
@@ -201,6 +220,8 @@ fun StreamScreen(handle: Long, micEnabled: Boolean, onDisconnect: () -> Unit) {
             activity?.streamHandle = 0L
             activity?.requestStreamExit = null
             activity?.setConsoleHighRefreshRate(true) // back to the console UI's max refresh
+            controller?.hide(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.ime()) // drop any keyboard left showing
+            window?.setSoftInputMode(priorSoftInput)
             controller?.show(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemBars())
             window?.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON)
             if (lowLatencyMode && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
@@ -221,6 +242,9 @@ fun StreamScreen(handle: Long, micEnabled: Boolean, onDisconnect: () -> Unit) {
     // Back gesture = a deliberate exit → signal the quit so the host tears down now (no linger).
     BackHandler { NativeBridge.nativeDisconnectQuit(handle); onDisconnect() }
 
+    // Focus anchor the three-finger keyboard swipe summons the IME onto (see KeyCaptureView).
+    var keyCapture by remember { mutableStateOf<KeyCaptureView?>(null) }
+
     Box(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
         AndroidView(
             modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
@@ -271,8 +295,16 @@ fun StreamScreen(handle: Long, micEnabled: Boolean, onDisconnect: () -> Unit) {
                 StatsOverlay(it, statsVerbosity, decoderLabel, Modifier.align(Alignment.TopStart).padding(12.dp))
             }
         }
+        // Invisible 1-px focus anchor for the host-typing soft keyboard (three-finger swipe
+        // up in the mouse modes) — it never draws or takes touches, it just owns IME focus.
+        AndroidView(
+            modifier = Modifier.size(1.dp),
+            factory = { ctx -> KeyCaptureView(ctx).also { keyCapture = it } },
+        )
         // Touch input per the Settings model: trackpad/direct-pointer mouse (the shared gesture
-        // vocabulary) or real multi-touch passthrough — see TouchInput.kt.
+        // vocabulary) or real multi-touch passthrough — see TouchInput.kt. Passthrough gets no
+        // keyboard gesture: its fingers belong to the host verbatim (a swipe there may BE a
+        // host-OS gesture), so intercepting three fingers would corrupt real multi-touch.
         Box(
             Modifier.fillMaxSize().pointerInput(handle, touchMode) {
                 when (touchMode) {
@@ -281,9 +313,45 @@ fun StreamScreen(handle: Long, micEnabled: Boolean, onDisconnect: () -> Unit) {
                         handle,
                         trackpad = touchMode == TouchMode.TRACKPAD,
                         onCycleStats = { statsVerbosity = statsVerbosity.next() },
+                        onKeyboard = { show -> keyCapture?.setImeVisible(show) },
                     )
                 }
             },
         )
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Invisible focus anchor for typing on the host: the three-finger swipe summons the device IME
+ * onto this view. `TYPE_NULL` puts the IME in "dumb keyboard" mode — it delivers raw [KeyEvent]s
+ * (no composing text, no autocorrect), which flow through `MainActivity.dispatchKeyEvent` →
+ * `Keymap.toVk` → the host, the exact path a hardware keyboard takes. Text an IME insists on
+ * committing instead still arrives: the non-editable [BaseInputConnection] synthesizes KeyEvents
+ * for it via `KeyCharacterMap` (with Shift carried as meta state — see the IME-shift wrap in
+ * `MainActivity.dispatchKeyEvent`).
+ */
+private class KeyCaptureView(context: Context) : View(context) {
+    init {
+        isFocusable = true
+        isFocusableInTouchMode = true
+    }
+
+    override fun onCheckIsTextEditor(): Boolean = true
+
+    override fun onCreateInputConnection(outAttrs: EditorInfo): InputConnection {
+        outAttrs.inputType = InputType.TYPE_NULL
+        outAttrs.imeOptions = EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_EXTRACT_UI or EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_FULLSCREEN
+        return BaseInputConnection(this, false)
+    }
+
+    fun setImeVisible(show: Boolean) {
+        val imm = context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as? InputMethodManager
+            ?: return
+        if (show) {
+            requestFocus()
+            imm.showSoftInput(this, 0)
+        } else {
+            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToken, 0)
+        }
+    }
+}

clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/TouchInput.kt

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ private const val TAP_SLOP = 12f
 private const val TAP_DRAG_MS = 250L
 private const val SCROLL_DIV = 4f
 
+// Three-finger vertical swipe: the fraction of the view height the centroid must travel to
+// summon (up) / dismiss (down) the local soft keyboard.
+private const val KB_SWIPE_FRACTION = 0.10f
+
 // Trackpad-mode pointer ballistics (relative one-finger motion). POINTER_SENS: base finger-px →
 // host-px gain (~1:1, never twitchy). The rest is mild acceleration so a flick crosses the screen
 // while a slow drag stays precise: above ACCEL_SPEED_FLOOR px/ms the gain ramps by ACCEL_GAIN per
@@ -40,7 +44,9 @@ private const val ACCEL_MAX = 3.0f
  *
  * Both share the same gesture vocabulary: tap = left click; two-finger tap = right click;
  * two-finger drag = scroll; tap-then-press-and-drag = left-drag (text selection / moving
- * windows); three-finger tap = [onCycleStats] (cycle the stats-HUD verbosity tier).
+ * windows); three-finger tap = [onCycleStats] (cycle the stats-HUD verbosity tier);
+ * three-finger swipe up/down = [onKeyboard] (summon/dismiss the local soft keyboard, for
+ * typing on the host).
  */
 /**
  * Real multi-touch passthrough ([TouchMode.TOUCH]): every finger forwards as a host touchscreen
@@ -94,6 +100,7 @@ internal suspend fun PointerInputScope.streamTouchInput(
     handle: Long,
     trackpad: Boolean,
     onCycleStats: () -> Unit,
+    onKeyboard: (show: Boolean) -> Unit,
 ) {
     var lastTapUp = 0L
     var lastTapX = 0f
@@ -128,6 +135,12 @@ internal suspend fun PointerInputScope.streamTouchInput(
         var maxFingers = 1
         var scrolling = false
         var scrollCount = 0 // pointer count the scroll centroid is anchored at
+        // Keyboard-swipe state: the 3+-finger centroid anchor (per finger count, like the
+        // scroll anchor) and a once-per-gesture latch.
+        var kbCount = 0
+        var kbAnchorX = 0f
+        var kbAnchorY = 0f
+        var kbFired = false
         var prevCx = startX
         var prevCy = startY
         var upTime = down.uptimeMillis
@@ -148,9 +161,12 @@ internal suspend fun PointerInputScope.streamTouchInput(
                 break
             }
             if (pressed.size > maxFingers) maxFingers = pressed.size
+            // Dropping below three fingers forgets the keyboard-swipe anchor, so a 3→2→3
+            // bounce re-anchors instead of reading the count change as swipe travel.
+            if (pressed.size < 3) kbCount = 0
 
-            if (pressed.size >= 2) {
-                // Two+ fingers → scroll by the centroid delta; never move the cursor.
+            if (pressed.size == 2) {
+                // Two fingers → scroll by the centroid delta; never move the cursor.
                 val cx = (pressed.sumOf { it.position.x.toDouble() } / pressed.size).toFloat()
                 val cy = (pressed.sumOf { it.position.y.toDouble() } / pressed.size).toFloat()
                 // (Re-)anchor whenever the finger COUNT changes, not just on scroll start: the
@@ -177,6 +193,36 @@ internal suspend fun PointerInputScope.streamTouchInput(
                     prevCx = cx
                     moved = true
                 }
+            } else if (pressed.size >= 3) {
+                // Three+ fingers → the keyboard swipe, never scroll (the documented
+                // vocabulary is TWO-finger scroll; 3+ only fell into the scroll path as an
+                // accident of its old `>= 2` bound). Anchor the centroid per finger count
+                // (same reasoning as the scroll anchor above) and fire once per gesture when
+                // the vertical travel crosses the threshold: up = show, down = hide.
+                val cx = (pressed.sumOf { it.position.x.toDouble() } / pressed.size).toFloat()
+                val cy = (pressed.sumOf { it.position.y.toDouble() } / pressed.size).toFloat()
+                if (pressed.size != kbCount) {
+                    kbCount = pressed.size
+                    kbAnchorX = cx
+                    kbAnchorY = cy
+                } else {
+                    val dy = cy - kbAnchorY
+                    // Real centroid travel disqualifies the tap classification below (else a
+                    // sub-threshold swipe would still fire the three-finger stats tap).
+                    if (abs(dy) > TAP_SLOP || abs(cx - kbAnchorX) > TAP_SLOP) moved = true
+                    if (!kbFired && abs(dy) >= size.height * KB_SWIPE_FRACTION) {
+                        kbFired = true
+                        onKeyboard(dy < 0) // finger up → show, finger down → hide
+                    }
+                }
+                // Leaving the scroll state stale would read the 3→2 centroid jump as a wheel
+                // notch; clearing it makes a return to two fingers re-anchor fresh. Same for
+                // the trackpad's tracked finger: its prev position froze while 3+ fingers were
+                // down, so dropping straight back to one finger must re-anchor (zero delta),
+                // not replay the whole 3-finger phase as one cursor jump.
+                scrolling = false
+                scrollCount = 0
+                trackId = PointerId(Long.MIN_VALUE)
             } else if (!scrolling) {
                 // One finger (skipped once a gesture turned into a scroll, so dropping
                 // back to one finger doesn't jerk the cursor).

clients/android/kit/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/Gamepad.kt

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ object Gamepad {
     const val PREF_DUALSHOCK4 = 4
     const val PREF_STEAMCONTROLLER = 5
     const val PREF_STEAMDECK = 6
+    const val PREF_DUALSENSEEDGE = 7
+    const val PREF_SWITCHPRO = 8
 
     // USB vendor ids of the controllers we can identify by VID/PID.
     private const val VID_SONY = 0x054C
@@ -59,10 +61,19 @@ object Gamepad {
     private const val VID_VALVE = 0x28DE
     private const val VID_NINTENDO = 0x057E
 
-    // Sony product ids. DualSense (PS5) and DualShock 4 (PS4) map to distinct host pad types.
-    private val PID_DUALSENSE = setOf(0x0CE6, 0x0DF2)
+    // Sony product ids. DualSense (PS5), DualSense Edge, and DualShock 4 (PS4) map to distinct
+    // host pad types — the Edge's back paddles get native slots on the virtual Edge (Android
+    // forwards no paddle input yet, but the identity + rich planes match the physical pad).
+    private val PID_DUALSENSE = setOf(0x0CE6)
+    private val PID_DUALSENSEEDGE = setOf(0x0DF2)
     private val PID_DUALSHOCK4 = setOf(0x05C4, 0x09CC)
 
+    // Nintendo: Switch Pro Controller — the host builds the virtual hid-nintendo pad (correct
+    // glyphs + positional layout). The Switch 2 Pro Controller (0x2069) and a Joy-Con 2 pair
+    // (0x2068) are the same full pad surface and ride the same virtual pad (SDL folds them to
+    // its NINTENDO_SWITCH_PRO type too).
+    private val PID_SWITCHPRO = setOf(0x2009, 0x2069, 0x2068)
+
     // Valve: Steam Deck built-in controller (0x1205); classic Steam Controller wired (0x1102) /
     // dongle (0x1142). The host builds the virtual hid-steam pad; rich-input capture (paddles /
     // trackpads / gyro) is out of scope on Android (no rich-input plane yet), so only the standard
@@ -91,10 +102,12 @@ object Gamepad {
         val pid = dev.productId
         return when {
             vid == VID_SONY && pid in PID_DUALSENSE -> PREF_DUALSENSE
+            vid == VID_SONY && pid in PID_DUALSENSEEDGE -> PREF_DUALSENSEEDGE
             vid == VID_SONY && pid in PID_DUALSHOCK4 -> PREF_DUALSHOCK4
             vid == VID_MICROSOFT && pid in PID_XBOXONE -> PREF_XBOXONE
             vid == VID_VALVE && pid in PID_STEAMDECK -> PREF_STEAMDECK
             vid == VID_VALVE && pid in PID_STEAMCONTROLLER -> PREF_STEAMCONTROLLER
+            vid == VID_NINTENDO && pid in PID_SWITCHPRO -> PREF_SWITCHPRO
             else -> PREF_XBOX360
         }
     }

clients/android/kit/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/GamepadFeedback.kt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.unom.punktfunk.kit
 
+import android.content.Context
 import android.graphics.Color
 import android.hardware.lights.Light
 import android.hardware.lights.LightState
@@ -33,8 +34,18 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer
  *
  * With no controller connected (emulator) rumble/lights become logged no-ops — exactly the
  * verification path; the `Log.i` receipt lines fire regardless of rendering hardware.
+ *
+ * [deviceVibrator] is the opt-in phone mirror ("Rumble on this phone", off by default): when
+ * non-null, rumble the host addresses to wire pad 0 (controller 1) is ALSO played on this
+ * device's own vibration motor — for clip-on gamepads that ship without rumble motors, where the
+ * phone body is the only actuator in the player's hands. StreamScreen passes it only when the
+ * setting is on (see [deviceBodyVibrator]).
  */
-class GamepadFeedback(private val handle: Long, private val router: GamepadRouter?) {
+class GamepadFeedback(
+    private val handle: Long,
+    private val router: GamepadRouter?,
+    private val deviceVibrator: Vibrator? = null,
+) {
     private companion object {
         const val TAG = "pf.feedback"
         const val TAG_LED: Byte = 0x01
@@ -127,7 +138,9 @@ class GamepadFeedback(private val handle: Long, private val router: GamepadRoute
         runCatching { hidoutThread?.join() }
         rumbleThread = null
         hidoutThread = null
-        // Threads are dead — drop any held rumble and close every lights session.
+        // Threads are dead — drop any held rumble (incl. the phone mirror's) and close every
+        // lights session.
+        runCatching { deviceVibrator?.cancel() }
         synchronized(bindsLock) {
             for (b in rumbleBinds.values) b?.let {
                 runCatching { it.vm?.cancel() }
@@ -203,6 +216,11 @@ class GamepadFeedback(private val handle: Long, private val router: GamepadRoute
      */
     private fun renderRumble(pad: Int, low: Int, high: Int, durationMs: Long) {
         Log.i(TAG, "rumble pad=$pad low=$low high=$high ttlMs=$durationMs") // verification line — BEFORE any no-op return
+        // Opt-in phone mirror, BEFORE the controller-bind early-return: the exact pads this
+        // serves have no vibrator of their own, so their bind below is null. It follows
+        // controller 1 unconditionally rather than only motor-less pads — capability probing
+        // already decided the bind, and the user opted in.
+        if (pad == 0) renderDeviceRumble(low, high, durationMs)
         val bind = rumbleBindFor(pad) ?: return
         val lo = toAmplitude(low)
         val hi = toAmplitude(high)
@@ -246,6 +264,29 @@ class GamepadFeedback(private val handle: Long, private val router: GamepadRoute
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The opt-in phone mirror: play a wire-pad-0 rumble on this device's own vibration motor —
+     * one physical actuator, so both wire motors blend into one effect (the same blend as the
+     * single-motor controller path). Same envelope semantics too: a one-shot held for the host's
+     * TTL, cancel on (0,0).
+     */
+    private fun renderDeviceRumble(low: Int, high: Int, durationMs: Long) {
+        val v = deviceVibrator ?: return
+        val lo = toAmplitude(low)
+        val hi = toAmplitude(high)
+        if (lo == 0 && hi == 0) {
+            runCatching { v.cancel() } // (0,0) = stop
+            return
+        }
+        val a = (lo * 0.8 + hi * 0.33).toInt().coerceIn(1, 255)
+        runCatching {
+            v.vibrate(
+                if (v.hasAmplitudeControl()) oneShot(a, durationMs)
+                else oneShot(VibrationEffect.DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE, durationMs)
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
     // 0..0xFFFF → 1..255 (high byte); a nonzero motor never collapses to 0.
     private fun toAmplitude(v16: Int): Int {
         val a = (v16 ushr 8) and 0xFF
@@ -349,3 +390,18 @@ class GamepadFeedback(private val handle: Long, private val router: GamepadRoute
         }
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * This device's own body vibrator (the phone, not a controller), or null where there is none
+ * (TVs) — gates the "Rumble on this phone" setting's visibility and feeds
+ * [GamepadFeedback.deviceVibrator] when it's on.
+ */
+fun deviceBodyVibrator(context: Context): Vibrator? {
+    val v = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 31) {
+        context.getSystemService(VibratorManager::class.java)?.defaultVibrator
+    } else {
+        @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+        context.getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE) as? Vibrator
+    }
+    return v?.takeIf { it.hasVibrator() }
+}

clients/apple/Config/Info.plist

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 			<string>MicroGamepad</string>
 		</dict>
 	</array>
+	<key>ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption</key>
+	<true/>
 	<key>NSBonjourServices</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>_punktfunk._udp</string>

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/GamepadSettingsView.swift

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import PunktfunkKit
 import SwiftUI
 #if os(iOS) || os(macOS) || os(tvOS)
 import GameController
+#if os(iOS)
+import CoreHaptics
+#endif
 
 struct GamepadSettingsView: View {
     @Environment(\.dismiss) private var dismiss
@@ -38,6 +41,9 @@ struct GamepadSettingsView: View {
     @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.gamepadUIEnabled) private var gamepadUIEnabled = true
     @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.autoWake) private var autoWakeEnabled = true
     @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.presenter) private var presenter = SettingsOptions.presenterDefault
+    #if os(iOS)
+    @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.rumbleOnDevice) private var rumbleOnDevice = false
+    #endif
     @ObservedObject private var gamepads = GamepadManager.shared
 
     #if os(iOS)
@@ -230,7 +236,7 @@ struct GamepadSettingsView: View {
             .map { (label: "\($0) Hz", tag: $0) }
         let bitrate = SettingsOptions.bitrateOptions(current: bitrateKbps)
         let controllers = SettingsOptions.controllerOptions(gamepads)
-        return [
+        var list: [Row] = [
             choiceRow(
                 id: "resolution", header: "Stream", icon: "aspectratio",
                 label: "Resolution",
@@ -329,6 +335,23 @@ struct GamepadSettingsView: View {
                 detail: "Turn off to use the touch interface even with a controller connected.",
                 value: $gamepadUIEnabled),
         ]
+        #if os(iOS)
+        // The device-rumble mirror slots in after "Controller type" (staying inside the
+        // Controller group — the next row carries the "Interface" header). iPhone only in
+        // practice: hidden where the device itself can't play haptics (iPad).
+        if CHHapticEngine.capabilitiesForHardware().supportsHaptics,
+            let at = list.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == "padType" }) {
+            list.insert(
+                toggleRow(
+                    id: "deviceRumble", icon: "iphone.radiowaves.left.and.right",
+                    label: "Rumble on this iPhone",
+                    detail: "Also play player 1's rumble on the phone's own Taptic Engine — "
+                        + "for clip-on pads without rumble motors.",
+                    value: $rumbleOnDevice),
+                at: at + 1)
+        }
+        #endif
+        return list
     }
 
     /// Resolution choices as "WxH" tags — the current size is inserted when it's a custom mode

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView+Sections.swift

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // SettingsView's shared sections — each setting's Section is defined exactly once here and
 // composed by the per-platform bodies in SettingsView.swift.
 
+#if os(iOS)
+import CoreHaptics
+#endif
 import PunktfunkKit
 import SwiftUI
 
@@ -471,6 +474,12 @@ extension SettingsView {
                     Text(option.label).tag(option.tag)
                 }
             }
+            #if os(iOS)
+            // iPhone only in practice: hidden where the device itself can't play haptics (iPad).
+            if CHHapticEngine.capabilitiesForHardware().supportsHaptics {
+                Toggle("Rumble on this iPhone", isOn: $rumbleOnDevice)
+            }
+            #endif
             #if !os(tvOS)
             Toggle("Gamepad-optimized browsing", isOn: $gamepadUIEnabled)
             #endif
@@ -487,6 +496,11 @@ extension SettingsView {
             // for its own footer and has no such toggle to describe.
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
                 Text(Self.controllersFooter)
+                #if os(iOS)
+                if CHHapticEngine.capabilitiesForHardware().supportsHaptics {
+                    Text(Self.deviceRumbleFooter)
+                }
+                #endif
                 #if !os(tvOS)
                 Text(Self.gamepadUIFooter)
                 #endif

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView+Support.swift

@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ extension SettingsView {
         + "controller (a DualSense keeps adaptive triggers, lightbar, touchpad and motion). "
         + "Applies from the next session."
 
+    #if os(iOS)
+    static let deviceRumbleFooter =
+        "Rumble on this iPhone plays player 1's rumble on the phone's own Taptic Engine as "
+        + "well — for clip-on controllers that have no rumble motors of their own. Applies "
+        + "from the next session."
+    #endif
+
     #if !os(tvOS)
     static let gamepadUIFooter =
         "When a controller connects, the host list and library switch to a controller-"

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/SettingsView.swift

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     #if os(iOS)
     @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.pointerCapture) var pointerCapture = true
     @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.touchMode) var touchMode = TouchInputMode.trackpad.rawValue
+    @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.rumbleOnDevice) var rumbleOnDevice = false
     // The sidebar selection drives the detail pane on iPad and the pushed sub-page on iPhone.
     // Width class decides the initial value: nil on iPhone (show the category list first),
     // General on iPad (a two-column layout should never open with an empty detail).

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

@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ public final class PunktfunkConnection {
         // exist so the resolved type round-trips and name parsing matches the host.
         case steamController = 5
         case steamDeck = 6
+        /// DualSense Edge (Linux UHID / Windows UMDF hosts): the DualSense plus native back/Fn
+        /// buttons. GameController exposes the Edge as a `GCDualSenseGamepad` with its own
+        /// product category; paddle CAPTURE is still gated on G22, but the declared identity +
+        /// rich planes match the physical pad.
+        case dualSenseEdge = 7
+        /// Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (Linux UHID hid-nintendo hosts): correct Nintendo
+        /// glyphs + positional layout on the host side.
+        case switchPro = 8
 
         /// Loose name parsing for env/dev hooks, mirroring the host's
         /// `GamepadPref::from_name`.
@@ -200,6 +208,9 @@ public final class PunktfunkConnection {
             case "dualshock4", "dualshock", "ds4", "ps4": self = .dualShock4
             case "steamdeck", "steam-deck", "deck": self = .steamDeck
             case "steamcontroller", "steam-controller", "steamcon": self = .steamController
+            case "dualsenseedge", "dualsense-edge", "edge", "dsedge": self = .dualSenseEdge
+            case "switchpro", "switch-pro", "switch", "procontroller", "pro-controller":
+                self = .switchPro
             default: return nil
             }
         }

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Gamepad/GamepadFeedback.swift

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 // (triggers off, player index unset) and its renderer silenced.
 
 import Combine
+import CoreHaptics
 import Foundation
 import GameController
 
@@ -50,9 +51,26 @@ public final class GamepadFeedback {
     private let routingLock = NSLock()
     private var rumbleByPad: [UInt8: RumbleRenderer] = [:]
 
+    /// Opt-in device mirror (`DefaultsKey.rumbleOnDevice`, iPhone only): rumble the host
+    /// addresses to controller 1 (wire pad 0) is ALSO rendered on this device's own Taptic
+    /// Engine — for phone-clip pads that ship without rumble motors, where the phone body is the
+    /// only actuator in the player's hands. Session-scoped (the setting is read once here); nil
+    /// when off or where the device has no haptic actuator.
+    private let deviceRumble: RumbleRenderer?
+
     public init(connection: PunktfunkConnection, manager: GamepadManager) {
         self.connection = connection
         self.manager = manager
+        #if os(iOS)
+        if UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: DefaultsKey.rumbleOnDevice),
+            CHHapticEngine.capabilitiesForHardware().supportsHaptics {
+            deviceRumble = RumbleRenderer(policy: .session, actuator: .device)
+        } else {
+            deviceRumble = nil
+        }
+        #else
+        deviceRumble = nil
+        #endif
         // Capture self weakly in the hop too, so the inner sink's weak capture isn't shadowing
         // an implicit strong one — and the subscription (stored on self) never retain-cycles.
         Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
@@ -189,6 +207,7 @@ public final class GamepadFeedback {
             return r
         }
         for r in renderers { r.stop() }
+        deviceRumble?.stop()
         // Drop the subscription and every dead pad's cached feedback — a controller change after
         // teardown must not replay this session's triggers/LEDs.
         Task { @MainActor in
@@ -203,6 +222,10 @@ public final class GamepadFeedback {
     private func routeRumble(pad: UInt8, low: UInt16, high: UInt16, ttlMs: UInt32) {
         let renderer = withRouting { rumbleByPad[pad] }
         renderer?.apply(low: low, high: high, ttlMs: ttlMs)
+        // The opt-in device mirror follows controller 1 unconditionally — the pads it exists for
+        // have no motors (their renderer above no-ops), and mirroring deliberately isn't gated on
+        // that: capability probing can't see a motor-less MFi pad, and the user opted in.
+        if pad == 0 { deviceRumble?.apply(low: low, high: high, ttlMs: ttlMs) }
     }
 
     private func withRouting<R>(_ body: () -> R) -> R {

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Gamepad/GamepadManager.swift

@@ -42,13 +42,14 @@ public final class GamepadManager: ObservableObject {
         public let hasHaptics: Bool
         public let hasMotion: Bool
         public let hasAdaptiveTriggers: Bool
-        /// Specifically a DualSense — gates the DualSense-only feedback (adaptive triggers,
-        /// player LEDs) and the PlayStation glyph in Settings.
-        public var isDualSense: Bool { kind == .dualSense }
-        /// A PlayStation pad with a touchpad + motion (DualSense OR DualShock 4) — gates
+        /// Specifically a DualSense (incl. the Edge — same feedback surface) — gates the
+        /// DualSense-only feedback (adaptive triggers, player LEDs) and the PlayStation glyph
+        /// in Settings.
+        public var isDualSense: Bool { kind == .dualSense || kind == .dualSenseEdge }
+        /// A PlayStation pad with a touchpad + motion (DualSense family OR DualShock 4) — gates
         /// rich-input CAPTURE (touchpad contacts + gyro/accel on plane 0xCC).
         public var hasTouchpadAndMotion: Bool {
-            kind == .dualSense || kind == .dualShock4
+            kind == .dualSense || kind == .dualSenseEdge || kind == .dualShock4
         }
         /// 0...1, nil when the controller doesn't report a battery (e.g. wired).
         public let batteryLevel: Float?
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ public final class GamepadManager: ObservableObject {
 
     private static func describe(_ c: GCController, id: String) -> DiscoveredController {
         let extended = c.extendedGamepad
-        let kind = padKind(extended)
+        let kind = padKind(extended, productCategory: c.productCategory)
         return DiscoveredController(
             id: id,
             name: c.vendorName ?? c.productCategory,
@@ -237,28 +238,40 @@ public final class GamepadManager: ObservableObject {
             hasLight: c.light != nil,
             hasHaptics: c.haptics != nil,
             hasMotion: c.motion != nil,
-            // GCDualSenseGamepad's triggers are GCDualSenseAdaptiveTrigger by declaration; the
-            // DualShock 4 has none.
-            hasAdaptiveTriggers: kind == .dualSense,
+            // GCDualSenseGamepad's triggers are GCDualSenseAdaptiveTrigger by declaration (the
+            // Edge included); the DualShock 4 has none.
+            hasAdaptiveTriggers: kind == .dualSense || kind == .dualSenseEdge,
             batteryLevel: c.battery.flatMap { $0.batteryLevel >= 0 ? $0.batteryLevel : nil },
             isCharging: c.battery?.batteryState == .charging,
             controller: c)
     }
 
     /// Resolve a physical controller's matching virtual-pad type from its GameController
-    /// subclass. Detection order (all are `: GCExtendedGamepad`): DualSense first, then
-    /// DualShock 4, then any Xbox pad, else fall back to Xbox 360. A non-extended / absent
-    /// profile also falls back to `.xbox360` (it's never forwarded anyway).
+    /// subclass (+ the product-category string where the subclass is shared). Detection order
+    /// (all are `: GCExtendedGamepad`): DualSense family first (the Edge is a
+    /// `GCDualSenseGamepad` too — its distinct product category splits it out), then
+    /// DualShock 4, any Xbox pad, then Nintendo Switch pads by category (GameController has no
+    /// dedicated subclass for them). A non-extended / absent profile falls back to `.xbox360`
+    /// (it's never forwarded anyway).
     private static func padKind(
-        _ extended: GCExtendedGamepad?
+        _ extended: GCExtendedGamepad?,
+        productCategory: String
     ) -> PunktfunkConnection.GamepadType {
         guard let extended else { return .xbox360 }
+        let category = productCategory.lowercased()
         // Deployment floor (macOS 14 / iOS 17 / tvOS 17) clears every introduction version
         // here, so no `@available` guard is needed — matching the unguarded
         // `GCDualSenseGamepad` use elsewhere in the package.
-        if extended is GCDualSenseGamepad { return .dualSense }
+        if extended is GCDualSenseGamepad {
+            return category.contains("edge") ? .dualSenseEdge : .dualSense
+        }
         if extended is GCDualShockGamepad { return .dualShock4 }
         if extended is GCXboxGamepad { return .xboxOne }
+        // Nintendo Switch Pro Controller / a paired Joy-Con set (a full pad surface). Single
+        // Joy-Cons ("Joy-Con (L)" / "(R)") stay on the Xbox 360 fallback — half a pad.
+        if category.contains("switch pro") || category.contains("joy-con (l/r)") {
+            return .switchPro
+        }
         return .xbox360
     }
 }

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Gamepad/RumbleRenderer.swift

@@ -119,8 +119,19 @@ final class RumbleRenderer: @unchecked Sendable {
         static let manual = Policy(staleAfter: nil)
     }
 
+    /// Which physical actuator this renderer drives: the forwarded controller's haptics engine
+    /// (the default), or THIS device's own Taptic Engine (`CHHapticEngine()`) — the opt-in
+    /// "rumble on this device" mirror for phone-clip pads that ship without rumble motors.
+    /// Device mode ignores `retarget`'s controller and always renders one combined motor
+    /// (a phone body has a single actuator).
+    enum Actuator {
+        case controller
+        case device
+    }
+
     private let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "io.unom.punktfunk.haptics", qos: .userInteractive)
     private let policy: Policy
+    private let actuator: Actuator
 
     /// One finite haptic play on a motor: the player plus when (engine timeline) it expires.
     /// A PLAIN pattern player on purpose: the controller haptics server (gamecontrollerd)
@@ -198,8 +209,9 @@ final class RumbleRenderer: @unchecked Sendable {
         ((0, 0), DispatchTime(uptimeNanoseconds: 0))
     #endif
 
-    init(policy: Policy = .session) {
+    init(policy: Policy = .session, actuator: Actuator = .controller) {
         self.policy = policy
+        self.actuator = actuator
     }
 
     /// `onBackend`, if given, is invoked (on the internal queue) with a human-readable name of the
@@ -468,6 +480,10 @@ final class RumbleRenderer: @unchecked Sendable {
     /// high = right/light — the Xbox/XInput convention the wire carries); one combined
     /// engine otherwise, driven by whichever amplitude is stronger.
     private func setup() {
+        if actuator == .device {
+            setupDevice()
+            return
+        }
         guard let haptics = controller?.haptics else {
             // No haptics engine at all — an Xbox controller on an OS/firmware that doesn't expose
             // rumble through GameController (works on Android via the standard Vibrator path, but
@@ -517,10 +533,41 @@ final class RumbleRenderer: @unchecked Sendable {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Device-actuator mode: one combined motor on this device's own Taptic Engine. Only an
+    /// iPhone has one — everything else (iPad, Mac, TV) reports no haptic hardware and latches
+    /// off (nothing to retry; the settings toggle is hidden there anyway, this is the backstop).
+    private func setupDevice() {
+        #if os(iOS)
+        guard CHHapticEngine.capabilitiesForHardware().supportsHaptics else {
+            log.info("rumble: this device has no haptic actuator — device rumble unavailable")
+            broken = true
+            reportHealth("This device has no haptic actuator.")
+            return
+        }
+        do {
+            low = startMotor(try CHHapticEngine(), sharpness: RumbleTuning.sharpnessCombined)
+        } catch {
+            log.warning("rumble: device haptic engine creation failed: \(error, privacy: .public)")
+        }
+        if low == nil {
+            // Same shape as the controller path: haptics exist but the engine couldn't be built
+            // right now — back off and retry, don't latch off.
+            scheduleRetryBackoff()
+        }
+        #else
+        broken = true
+        #endif
+    }
+
     private func makeMotor(
         _ haptics: GCDeviceHaptics, _ locality: GCHapticsLocality, sharpness: Float
     ) -> Motor? {
         guard let engine = haptics.createEngine(withLocality: locality) else { return nil }
+        return startMotor(engine, sharpness: sharpness)
+    }
+
+    /// Configure + start an engine (controller-locality or the device's own) into a [`Motor`].
+    private func startMotor(_ engine: CHHapticEngine, sharpness: Float) -> Motor? {
         // A controller's motors carry no audio, so keep this engine OUT of the app's audio session
         // (the default is to join it). Streaming keeps an AVAudioSession active the whole time;
         // letting a haptics-only engine join it is a needless coupling that can get its
@@ -546,7 +593,7 @@ final class RumbleRenderer: @unchecked Sendable {
             try engine.start()
             return Motor(engine: engine, sharpness: sharpness)
         } catch {
-            log.warning("haptic engine setup failed (\(locality.rawValue, privacy: .public)): \(error, privacy: .public)")
+            log.warning("haptic engine setup failed: \(error, privacy: .public)")
             return nil
         }
     }

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Input/KeyMaps.swift

@@ -118,3 +118,44 @@ extension InputCapture {
         ]
     #endif
 }
+
+#if os(iOS)
+/// US-layout character → Windows VK for the on-screen keyboard (`StreamLayerUIView`'s
+/// UIKeyInput). Unlike every other key source, `insertText` delivers CHARACTERS, not key
+/// positions, so this is the inverse of a US layout: `shift` means "wrap in VK_LSHIFT so the
+/// host types the shifted symbol". Same contract as `hidToVK`: emit only VKs the host's
+/// vk_to_evdev knows; anything unmapped is dropped by the caller.
+enum SoftKeyMap {
+    static func vk(for ch: Character) -> (vk: UInt32, shift: Bool)? {
+        guard let ascii = ch.asciiValue else { return nil }
+        switch ascii {
+        case UInt8(ascii: "a")...UInt8(ascii: "z"): return (UInt32(ascii) - 0x20, false)
+        case UInt8(ascii: "A")...UInt8(ascii: "Z"): return (UInt32(ascii), true)
+        case UInt8(ascii: "0")...UInt8(ascii: "9"): return (UInt32(ascii), false)
+        case 0x0A, 0x0D: return (0x0D, false) // return
+        case 0x09: return (0x09, false) // tab
+        case 0x20: return (0x20, false) // space
+        default: return symbols[ch]
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// US punctuation, plain and shifted, on the OEM VKs (mirrors `hidToVK`'s OEM block) plus
+    /// the shifted digit row.
+    private static let symbols: [Character: (vk: UInt32, shift: Bool)] = [
+        "-": (0xBD, false), "_": (0xBD, true),
+        "=": (0xBB, false), "+": (0xBB, true),
+        "[": (0xDB, false), "{": (0xDB, true),
+        "]": (0xDD, false), "}": (0xDD, true),
+        "\\": (0xDC, false), "|": (0xDC, true),
+        ";": (0xBA, false), ":": (0xBA, true),
+        "'": (0xDE, false), "\"": (0xDE, true),
+        "`": (0xC0, false), "~": (0xC0, true),
+        ",": (0xBC, false), "<": (0xBC, true),
+        ".": (0xBE, false), ">": (0xBE, true),
+        "/": (0xBF, false), "?": (0xBF, true),
+        "!": (0x31, true), "@": (0x32, true), "#": (0x33, true), "$": (0x34, true),
+        "%": (0x35, true), "^": (0x36, true), "&": (0x37, true), "*": (0x38, true),
+        "(": (0x39, true), ")": (0x30, true),
+    ]
+}
+#endif

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Input/TouchMouse.swift

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 // identical. Two mouse modes share one gesture vocabulary — tap = left click · two-finger
 // tap = right click · two-finger drag = scroll · tap-then-press-and-drag = held left drag
 // (text selection / window moves) · three-finger tap = cycles the stats overlay tiers
-// (off → compact → normal → detailed, matching Android):
+// (off → compact → normal → detailed, matching Android) · three-finger swipe up/down =
+// summon/dismiss the local soft keyboard for typing on the host (`onKeyboardGesture`):
 //
 //  * trackpad (default): the cursor STAYS PUT on touch-down and moves by the finger's
 //    relative delta with mild acceleration — swipe to nudge, lift and re-swipe to walk it
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ final class TouchMouse {
         static let accelGain: CGFloat = 0.6
         static let accelSpeedFloor: CGFloat = 0.3
         static let accelMax: CGFloat = 3.0
+        /// Three-finger vertical swipe: the fraction of the view height the centroid must
+        /// travel to summon (up) / dismiss (down) the local soft keyboard.
+        static let keyboardSwipeFraction: CGFloat = 0.10
 
         /// Acceleration multiplier for a finger speed in physical px per ms.
         static func accel(forSpeed speed: CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
@@ -72,6 +76,9 @@ final class TouchMouse {
     var send: ((PunktfunkInputEvent) -> Void)?
     /// View-space point → host-mode pixels through the letterbox (pointer mode's moves).
     var hostPoint: ((CGPoint) -> StreamLayerUIView.HostPoint?)?
+    /// Three-finger vertical swipe crossed the threshold: `true` = show the local soft
+    /// keyboard (swipe up), `false` = dismiss it (swipe down). Fires at most once per gesture.
+    var onKeyboardGesture: ((Bool) -> Void)?
 
     /// No gesture in flight (all fingers up) — the view uses this to release its mode latch.
     var isIdle: Bool { !sessionActive && lastPos.isEmpty }
@@ -95,6 +102,11 @@ final class TouchMouse {
     private var carryY: CGFloat = 0
     /// Scroll anchor (centroid) — re-anchored every time a notch fires.
     private var scrollAnchor = CGPoint.zero
+    // Keyboard-swipe state: the 3+-finger centroid anchor (per finger count, like the scroll
+    // anchor) and a once-per-gesture latch.
+    private var kbCount = 0
+    private var kbAnchor = CGPoint.zero
+    private var kbFired = false
     // Tap-drag arming: a quick tap leaves a window in which the next nearby touch drags.
     private var lastTapUp: TimeInterval = 0
     private var lastTapPoint = CGPoint.zero
@@ -114,6 +126,8 @@ final class TouchMouse {
             maxFingers = 0
             moved = false
             scrolling = false
+            kbCount = 0
+            kbFired = false
             // A touch landing just after a quick tap nearby = tap-and-drag: hold the left
             // button for this whole gesture (laptop-trackpad convention).
             dragHeld = first.timestamp - lastTapUp < Tuning.tapDragWindow
@@ -140,8 +154,13 @@ final class TouchMouse {
         for touch in touches where lastPos[ObjectIdentifier(touch)] != nil {
             lastPos[ObjectIdentifier(touch)] = touch.location(in: view)
         }
-        if lastPos.count >= 2 {
+        // Dropping below three fingers forgets the keyboard-swipe anchor, so a 3→2→3 bounce
+        // re-anchors instead of reading the count change as swipe travel.
+        if lastPos.count < 3 { kbCount = 0 }
+        if lastPos.count == 2 {
             scrollByCentroid()
+        } else if lastPos.count >= 3 {
+            keyboardSwipe(in: view)
         } else if !scrolling, let touch = touches.first(where: {
             lastPos[ObjectIdentifier($0)] != nil
         }) {
@@ -208,9 +227,9 @@ final class TouchMouse {
 
     // MARK: - Per-event work
 
-    /// Two fingers (or more) → scroll by the centroid delta; never move the cursor. Fires a
-    /// notch per `scrollNotchPt` of pan and re-anchors on fire; finger up scrolls up, finger
-    /// right scrolls right (the host WHEEL(120) convention).
+    /// Two fingers → scroll by the centroid delta; never move the cursor. Fires a notch per
+    /// `scrollNotchPt` of pan and re-anchors on fire; finger up scrolls up, finger right
+    /// scrolls right (the host WHEEL(120) convention).
     private func scrollByCentroid() {
         let n = CGFloat(lastPos.count)
         let cx = lastPos.values.reduce(0) { $0 + $1.x } / n
@@ -233,6 +252,38 @@ final class TouchMouse {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Three+ fingers → the keyboard swipe, never scroll (the documented vocabulary is
+    /// TWO-finger scroll; 3+ only fell into the scroll path as an accident of its old `>= 2`
+    /// bound). The centroid is anchored per finger count — real fingers never land or lift in
+    /// the same event, so a count change must re-anchor rather than read as travel — and the
+    /// gesture fires at most once, when the vertical travel crosses the threshold: up = show
+    /// the local soft keyboard, down = dismiss it.
+    private func keyboardSwipe(in view: UIView) {
+        let n = CGFloat(lastPos.count)
+        let cx = lastPos.values.reduce(0) { $0 + $1.x } / n
+        let cy = lastPos.values.reduce(0) { $0 + $1.y } / n
+        if lastPos.count != kbCount {
+            kbCount = lastPos.count
+            kbAnchor = CGPoint(x: cx, y: cy)
+        } else {
+            let dy = cy - kbAnchor.y
+            // Real centroid travel disqualifies the tap classification in `ended` (else a
+            // sub-threshold swipe would still fire the three-finger stats tap).
+            if abs(dy) > Tuning.tapSlop || abs(cx - kbAnchor.x) > Tuning.tapSlop { moved = true }
+            if !kbFired, abs(dy) >= view.bounds.height * Tuning.keyboardSwipeFraction {
+                kbFired = true
+                onKeyboardGesture?(dy < 0) // finger up → show, finger down → dismiss
+            }
+        }
+        // Leaving the scroll state stale would read the 3→2 centroid jump as a wheel notch;
+        // clearing it makes a return to two fingers re-anchor fresh. Same for the trackpad's
+        // tracked finger: its prev position froze while 3+ fingers were down, so dropping
+        // straight back to one finger must re-anchor (zero delta), not replay the whole
+        // 3-finger phase as one cursor jump.
+        scrolling = false
+        trackKey = nil
+    }
+
     /// One finger (and the gesture never became a scroll — dropping back from two fingers to
     /// one must not jerk the cursor).
     private func singleFinger(_ touch: UITouch, in view: UIView) {

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkKit/Support/DefaultsKeys.swift

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ public enum DefaultsKey {
     /// layout (the console launcher, gamepad-navigable settings, a coverflow-style library)
     /// whenever a gamepad is connected. On by default; see `GamepadUIEnvironment.isActive`.
     public static let gamepadUIEnabled = "punktfunk.gamepadUIEnabled"
+    /// iPhone: ALSO play the rumble the host addresses to controller 1 (wire pad 0) on this
+    /// device's own Taptic Engine — for phone-clip pads that ship without rumble motors, where
+    /// the phone body is the only actuator in the player's hands. Off by default (opt-in); read
+    /// once per session by `GamepadFeedback`. The toggle is shown only where the device actually
+    /// has a haptic actuator (no iPad/Mac/TV).
+    public static let rumbleOnDevice = "punktfunk.rumbleOnDevice"
     /// Auto-wake on connect: when connecting to a saved host that isn't advertising on mDNS, fire
     /// Wake-on-LAN and, if the dial fails, wait for it to come back before retrying (the "Waking…"
     /// overlay). On by default. Turn off if a host that's already on just isn't seen on mDNS (a

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

@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ final class StreamLayerUIView: UIView {
         let mouse = TouchMouse()
         mouse.send = { [weak self] event in self?.onTouchEvent?(event) }
         mouse.hostPoint = { [weak self] point in self?.hostPoint(from: point) }
+        mouse.onKeyboardGesture = { [weak self] show in self?.setSoftKeyboardVisible(show) }
         return mouse
     }()
     /// The finger route latched at gesture start — a Settings change mid-gesture applies to
@@ -708,6 +709,22 @@ final class StreamLayerUIView: UIView {
     func resetTouchInput() {
         touchMouse.reset()
         fingerRoute = nil
+        setSoftKeyboardVisible(false) // a stream that's gone takes its keyboard with it
+    }
+
+    /// The soft keyboard is keyed off first-responder status: the three-finger swipe
+    /// (TouchMouse) summons/dismisses it here, and the UIKeyInput conformance below turns
+    /// what it types into wire key events. Also the reason `canBecomeFirstResponder` is true
+    /// on iOS (tvOS anchors the responder chain on the CONTROLLER instead — see
+    /// StreamViewController.viewDidAppear).
+    override var canBecomeFirstResponder: Bool { true }
+
+    func setSoftKeyboardVisible(_ visible: Bool) {
+        if visible {
+            becomeFirstResponder()
+        } else if isFirstResponder {
+            resignFirstResponder()
+        }
     }
     #endif
 
@@ -879,4 +896,46 @@ final class StreamLayerUIView: UIView {
     }
     #endif
 }
+
+#if os(iOS)
+// The soft keyboard's output → wire key events. UIKeyInput is deliberately minimal (no
+// UITextInput): the stream needs keystrokes, not an editing buffer — insertions map through
+// `SoftKeyMap` to US-positional VKs (with a VK_LSHIFT wrap for shifted characters) and
+// characters outside the map (emoji, non-Latin scripts) are dropped, matching the wire's VK
+// contract. Events ride the same `onTouchEvent` path as the touch-driven mouse, so they're
+// gated on captureEnabled with everything else and can't leak past a trust prompt.
+extension StreamLayerUIView: UIKeyInput {
+    // Keep the IME literal — no autocorrect/smart substitutions; a remote desktop is not prose,
+    // and the host does its own text handling.
+    var autocorrectionType: UITextAutocorrectionType { get { .no } set {} }
+    var autocapitalizationType: UITextAutocapitalizationType { get { .none } set {} }
+    var spellCheckingType: UITextSpellCheckingType { get { .no } set {} }
+    var smartQuotesType: UITextSmartQuotesType { get { .no } set {} }
+    var smartDashesType: UITextSmartDashesType { get { .no } set {} }
+    var smartInsertDeleteType: UITextSmartInsertDeleteType { get { .no } set {} }
+    var keyboardType: UIKeyboardType { get { .asciiCapable } set {} }
+
+    var hasText: Bool { false }
+
+    func insertText(_ text: String) {
+        // A hardware keyboard's presses reach the host through GCKeyboard AND arrive here as
+        // UIKeyInput insertions while we're first responder — forwarding both would double
+        // every character, so the HID path owns keys whenever a hardware keyboard is attached.
+        guard GCKeyboard.coalesced == nil else { return }
+        for ch in text {
+            guard let key = SoftKeyMap.vk(for: ch) else { continue }
+            if key.shift { onTouchEvent?(.key(0xA0, down: true)) } // VK_LSHIFT
+            onTouchEvent?(.key(key.vk, down: true))
+            onTouchEvent?(.key(key.vk, down: false))
+            if key.shift { onTouchEvent?(.key(0xA0, down: false)) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    func deleteBackward() {
+        guard GCKeyboard.coalesced == nil else { return } // see insertText
+        onTouchEvent?(.key(0x08, down: true)) // VK_BACK
+        onTouchEvent?(.key(0x08, down: false))
+    }
+}
+#endif
 #endif

clients/decky/bin/punktfunkrun.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Per-session parameters arrive as environment variables, set as the shortcut's Steam launch
 # options by the plugin (SteamClient.Apps.SetAppLaunchOptions), so ONE generic shortcut serves
 # every host (and every pinned game):
-#   PF_HOST   host[:port] to connect to            (required)
+#   PF_HOST   host[:port] to connect to            (required for streaming; optional for browse)
 #   PF_LAUNCH library id to launch on connect       (optional, e.g. steam:570 — pinned games)
 #   PF_BROWSE non-empty = open the gamepad library  (optional; --browse instead of --connect)
 #   PF_MGMT   management-API port for --browse       (optional; client defaults to 47990)
@@ -36,24 +36,31 @@ set -u
 APPID="${PF_APPID:-io.unom.Punktfunk}"
 FLATPAK="${PF_FLATPAK:-flatpak}"
 
-if [ -z "${PF_HOST:-}" ]; then
-    echo "punktfunkrun: PF_HOST is not set (the plugin sets it as a launch option)" >&2
-    exit 2
-fi
-
 # exec so the flatpak client IS the game process — when it exits, Steam ends the "game" and
 # Gaming Mode reclaims focus automatically (no manual refocus needed).
 # --fullscreen: present the stream chrome-less and fullscreen (the client also auto-detects the
 # Deck/gamescope env, and ignores the flag harmlessly on older builds that predate it).
 if [ -n "${PF_BROWSE:-}" ]; then
-    # The gamepad library launcher: browse the host's games on-screen, A streams one,
-    # session end returns to the launcher, B quits back to Gaming Mode.
+    # The gamepad UI. BARE `--browse` (no PF_HOST) opens the console home — the self-contained
+    # host picker + pairing + settings, gamepad-navigable — which is what the stateless, visible
+    # library shortcut launches. `--browse <host>` opens straight into that host's library (the
+    # per-host "open on screen" action). A streams a game, session end returns here, B quits.
+    if [ -z "${PF_HOST:-}" ]; then
+        echo "punktfunkrun: gamepad UI $APPID --browse (console home)" >&2
+        exec "$FLATPAK" run --arch=x86_64 "$APPID" --browse --fullscreen
+    fi
     echo "punktfunkrun: library $APPID --browse $PF_HOST" >&2
     if [ -n "${PF_MGMT:-}" ]; then
         exec "$FLATPAK" run --arch=x86_64 "$APPID" --browse "$PF_HOST" --mgmt "$PF_MGMT" --fullscreen
     fi
     exec "$FLATPAK" run --arch=x86_64 "$APPID" --browse "$PF_HOST" --fullscreen
 fi
+
+# Streaming modes need a host (browse above is the only host-less path).
+if [ -z "${PF_HOST:-}" ]; then
+    echo "punktfunkrun: PF_HOST is not set (the plugin sets it as a launch option)" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
 if [ -n "${PF_LAUNCH:-}" ]; then
     # A pinned game: the id rides the session Hello and the host launches that title.
     echo "punktfunkrun: streaming $APPID --connect $PF_HOST --launch $PF_LAUNCH" >&2

clients/decky/controller_config/punktfunk.vdf

@@ -0,0 +1,757 @@
+"controller_mappings"
+{
+	"version"		"3"
+	"revision"		"2"
+	"title"		"Punktfunk"
+	"description"		"Native touchscreen + full gamepad passthrough for the Punktfunk streaming client."
+	"creator"		"0"
+	"progenitor"		"template://controller_neptune_gamepad_fps.vdf"
+	"url"		"template://controller_neptune_gamepad_fps.vdf"
+	"export_type"		"unknown"
+	"controller_type"		"controller_neptune"
+	"controller_caps"		"23117823"
+	"major_revision"		"0"
+	"minor_revision"		"0"
+	"Timestamp"		"0"
+	"localization"
+	{
+		"english"
+		{
+			"title"		"Punktfunk"
+			"description"		"Native touchscreen + full gamepad for Punktfunk streaming."
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"0"
+		"mode"		"four_buttons"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"button_a"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button A, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"button_b"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button B, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"button_x"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button X, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"button_y"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button Y, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"1"
+		"mode"		"dpad"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"dpad_north"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button dpad_up, , "
+						}
+						"settings"
+						{
+							"haptic_intensity"		"1"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"dpad_south"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button dpad_down, , "
+						}
+						"settings"
+						{
+							"haptic_intensity"		"1"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"dpad_east"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button dpad_right, , "
+						}
+						"settings"
+						{
+							"haptic_intensity"		"1"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"dpad_west"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button dpad_left, , "
+						}
+						"settings"
+						{
+							"haptic_intensity"		"1"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"2"
+		"mode"		"joystick_move"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Soft_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button JOYSTICK_RIGHT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"3"
+		"mode"		"joystick_move"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button JOYSTICK_LEFT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		"settings"
+		{
+			"deadzone_inner_radius"		"7199"
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"4"
+		"mode"		"trigger"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+		}
+		"settings"
+		{
+			"output_trigger"		"1"
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"5"
+		"mode"		"trigger"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+		}
+		"settings"
+		{
+			"output_trigger"		"2"
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"6"
+		"mode"		"joystick_move"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Soft_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button JOYSTICK_RIGHT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"8"
+		"mode"		"joystick_move"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button JOYSTICK_RIGHT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"9"
+		"mode"		"dpad"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"dpad_north"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button DPAD_UP, , "
+						}
+						"settings"
+						{
+							"haptic_intensity"		"1"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"dpad_south"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button DPAD_DOWN, , "
+						}
+						"settings"
+						{
+							"haptic_intensity"		"1"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"dpad_east"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button DPAD_RIGHT, , "
+						}
+						"settings"
+						{
+							"haptic_intensity"		"1"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"dpad_west"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button DPAD_LEFT, , "
+						}
+						"settings"
+						{
+							"haptic_intensity"		"1"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		"settings"
+		{
+			"requires_click"		"0"
+			"haptic_intensity_override"		"0"
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"10"
+		"mode"		"single_button"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Soft_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button START, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"11"
+		"mode"		"single_button"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Soft_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button SELECT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"12"
+		"mode"		"mouse_joystick"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Soft_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button JOYSTICK_RIGHT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"13"
+		"mode"		"flickstick"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button JOYSTICK_RIGHT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"14"
+		"mode"		"flickstick"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button JOYSTICK_LEFT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"15"
+		"mode"		"flickstick"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button JOYSTICK_RIGHT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"16"
+		"mode"		"flickstick"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"click"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button JOYSTICK_LEFT, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"group"
+	{
+		"id"		"7"
+		"mode"		"switches"
+		"name"		""
+		"description"		""
+		"inputs"
+		{
+			"button_escape"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button start, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"button_menu"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button select, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"left_bumper"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button shoulder_left, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"right_bumper"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"xinput_button shoulder_right, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"button_back_left"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"button_back_right"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"button_back_left_upper"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"button_back_right_upper"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+			"always_on_action"
+			{
+				"activators"
+				{
+					"Full_Press"
+					{
+						"bindings"
+						{
+							"binding"		"controller_action ts_n, , "
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				"disabled_activators"
+				{
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	"preset"
+	{
+		"id"		"0"
+		"name"		"Default"
+		"group_source_bindings"
+		{
+			"7"		"switch active"
+			"0"		"button_diamond active"
+			"1"		"left_trackpad active"
+			"11"		"left_trackpad inactive"
+			"16"		"left_trackpad inactive"
+			"2"		"right_trackpad inactive"
+			"6"		"right_trackpad inactive"
+			"10"		"right_trackpad inactive"
+			"12"		"right_trackpad active"
+			"15"		"right_trackpad inactive"
+			"3"		"joystick active"
+			"14"		"joystick inactive"
+			"4"		"left_trigger active"
+			"5"		"right_trigger active"
+			"8"		"right_joystick active"
+			"13"		"right_joystick inactive"
+			"9"		"dpad active"
+		}
+	}
+	"settings"
+	{
+		"left_trackpad_mode"		"0"
+		"right_trackpad_mode"		"0"
+	}
+}

clients/decky/main.py

@@ -89,6 +89,93 @@ def _pins_path() -> Path:
     return _client_config_dir() / "decky-pinned.json"
 
 
+# --- Steam Input controller config injection (native touchscreen via the ts_n command) --------
+# The Deck's touchscreen only reaches the app as native wl_touch when a Steam Input layout with
+# the "Touchscreen Native Support" (controller_action ts_n) command is active for the game. We
+# ship that layout (controller_config/punktfunk.vdf, built on Steam's gamepad-fps template) and
+# point our shortcuts at it, EmuDeck-style: drop it in controller_base/templates/ (so it is also
+# a selectable "Punktfunk" template) AND set each account's configset entry for our shortcut's
+# game key to that template. Steam keys non-Steam games by their LOWERCASE NAME (verified on the
+# Deck: our "Punktfunk" shortcut → the "punktfunk" configset key), so both our shortcuts (same
+# name) share one entry. controller_neptune = the Deck's built-in controller type.
+CONTROLLER_TEMPLATE = "punktfunk.vdf"
+
+
+def _steam_root() -> Path:
+    """Steam's base dir on SteamOS (~/.steam/steam symlinks here)."""
+    return Path(decky.DECKY_USER_HOME) / ".local" / "share" / "Steam"
+
+
+def _controller_template_src() -> Path:
+    return Path(decky.DECKY_PLUGIN_DIR) / "controller_config" / CONTROLLER_TEMPLATE
+
+
+def _chown_like_parent(path: Path) -> None:
+    """The Decky backend runs as root, so files it CREATES in the deck-owned Steam tree land
+    root-owned — which would stop Steam (running as the user) from rewriting them. Match the
+    parent dir's owner so Steam retains write access. Best-effort."""
+    try:
+        st = path.parent.stat()
+        os.chown(path, st.st_uid, st.st_gid)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
+
+def _configset_dirs() -> list[Path]:
+    """Every Steam account's controller-config dir holding configset_controller_neptune.vdf."""
+    base = _steam_root() / "steamapps" / "common" / "Steam Controller Configs"
+    return [p / "config" for p in sorted(base.glob("*")) if (p / "config").is_dir()]
+
+
+def _upsert_configset_entry(text: str, key: str, source_type: str, source_val: str) -> str:
+    """Set the top-level ``"<key>" { "<source_type>" "<source_val>" }`` block in a
+    configset_controller_neptune.vdf, replacing any existing block for that key (case-insensitive)
+    or inserting one before the file's final closing brace. Targeted (only our key is touched) so
+    the hundreds of other game entries stay byte-for-byte intact. Creates the wrapping
+    ``"controller_config" { }`` skeleton when the file is empty/new."""
+    block = f'\t"{key}"\n\t{{\n\t\t"{source_type}"\t\t"{source_val}"\n\t}}\n'
+    if '"controller_config"' not in text:
+        return '"controller_config"\n{\n' + block + "}\n"
+
+    lower = text.lower()
+    needle = f'"{key.lower()}"'
+    # Find the key token that begins a top-level entry (its own line), then its "{ … }" block.
+    search_from = 0
+    while True:
+        idx = lower.find(needle, search_from)
+        if idx == -1:
+            break
+        # Must be a standalone key line (preceded only by whitespace back to a newline).
+        line_start = text.rfind("\n", 0, idx) + 1
+        if text[line_start:idx].strip() != "":
+            search_from = idx + len(needle)
+            continue
+        brace = text.find("{", idx)
+        if brace == -1:
+            break
+        depth = 0
+        i = brace
+        while i < len(text):
+            if text[i] == "{":
+                depth += 1
+            elif text[i] == "}":
+                depth -= 1
+                if depth == 0:
+                    break
+            i += 1
+        end = i + 1
+        # Consume the trailing newline after the block so we don't accumulate blank lines.
+        if end < len(text) and text[end] == "\n":
+            end += 1
+        return text[:line_start] + block + text[end:]
+
+    # Not present — insert before the last closing brace (the controller_config block's end).
+    last_close = text.rstrip().rfind("}")
+    if last_close == -1:
+        return text.rstrip() + "\n" + block
+    return text[:last_close] + block + text[last_close:]
+
+
 def _parse_library_tsv(stdout: str) -> list[dict]:
     """Parse the flatpak client's ``--library`` output: one ``id\\tstore\\ttitle`` line per
     game plus a trailing ``N game(s)`` count line (no tabs — it self-skips here). A title
@@ -726,10 +813,10 @@ class Plugin:
             return {"ok": False, "error": str(exc)}
 
     async def shortcut_art(self) -> dict:
-        """The Steam-shortcut artwork shipped with the plugin (``assets/``, generated by
-        ``scripts/gen-steam-art.py``): base64 PNGs for SetCustomArtworkForApp plus the
-        icon's absolute path for SetShortcutIcon (which wants a file, not bytes). Missing
-        files are simply omitted — artwork is cosmetic and must never block a launch."""
+        """The Steam-shortcut artwork shipped with the plugin (committed under ``assets/``):
+        base64 PNGs (grid/gridwide/hero/logo) for SetCustomArtworkForApp plus the icon's
+        absolute path for SetShortcutIcon (which wants a file, not bytes). Missing files are
+        simply omitted — artwork is cosmetic and must never block a launch."""
         art: dict = {}
         base = Path(decky.DECKY_PLUGIN_DIR) / "assets"
         for key, fname in (
@@ -746,6 +833,54 @@ class Plugin:
         art["icon_path"] = str(icon) if icon.exists() else ""
         return art
 
+    async def apply_controller_config(self, name: str = "Punktfunk") -> dict:
+        """Install our Steam Input layout (native touchscreen `ts_n` + gamepad passthrough) and
+        point the shortcut(s) at it, so the Deck touchscreen reaches the client as native touch
+        with zero manual controller setup. Best-effort + idempotent — a controller tweak must
+        never block a launch, so failures are reported, not raised. Both shortcuts share the same
+        name → the same lowercase configset key, so one entry per account covers both."""
+        src = _controller_template_src()
+        if not src.exists():
+            return {"ok": False, "error": "template-missing", "detail": str(src)}
+        key = name.strip().lower()
+        applied: list[str] = []
+        errors: list[str] = []
+        # 1) Ship it as a selectable template (also the safe fallback if Steam clobbers the
+        #    configset write on exit): controller_base/templates/punktfunk.vdf.
+        try:
+            tdir = _steam_root() / "controller_base" / "templates"
+            tdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            dst = tdir / CONTROLLER_TEMPLATE
+            shutil.copyfile(src, dst)
+            _chown_like_parent(dst)
+            applied.append("template")
+        except OSError as e:
+            errors.append(f"template: {e}")
+        # 2) Point each Steam account's configset at that template for our game key.
+        dirs = _configset_dirs()
+        for d in dirs:
+            f = d / "configset_controller_neptune.vdf"
+            try:
+                text = f.read_text(encoding="utf-8") if f.exists() else ""
+                new = _upsert_configset_entry(text, key, "template", CONTROLLER_TEMPLATE)
+                if new != text:
+                    if f.exists():  # keep one recoverable backup before our first edit
+                        bak = f.with_name(f.name + ".pf-bak")
+                        if not bak.exists():
+                            shutil.copyfile(f, bak)
+                            _chown_like_parent(bak)
+                    existed = f.exists()
+                    f.write_text(new, encoding="utf-8")
+                    if not existed:  # a freshly-created file is root-owned — hand it to the user
+                        _chown_like_parent(f)
+                applied.append(f"configset:{d.parent.name}")
+            except OSError as e:
+                errors.append(f"{d.parent.name}: {e}")
+        decky.logger.info(
+            "apply_controller_config key=%s applied=%s errors=%s", key, applied, errors
+        )
+        return {"ok": not errors, "applied": applied, "errors": errors, "accounts": len(dirs)}
+
     async def runner_info(self) -> dict:
         """The wrapper-script path + flatpak app id the frontend needs to create the Steam
         shortcut. The shortcut invokes the script through ``/bin/sh`` (see steam.ts), so no

clients/decky/scripts/gen-steam-art.py

@@ -1,297 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""Generate the Steam-shortcut artwork for the Decky plugin (committed, like the tray icons).
-
-The plugin registers a non-Steam shortcut ("Punktfunk") whose grid/hero/logo/icon Steam
-would otherwise render as a gray placeholder tile. These assets brand it: the lens mark
-(same geometry as scripts/gen-tray-icons.py / web's brand-mark.tsx) over the brand-navy
-gradient, plus a monoline "punktfunk" wordmark built from stroke segments ("punktfunk"
-needs only p·u·n·k·t·f). The frontend applies them via
-SteamClient.Apps.SetCustomArtworkForApp / SetShortcutIcon (src/steam.ts).
-
-Outputs (checked in; re-run only when the brand changes):
-  clients/decky/assets/grid.png       600 x 900   library capsule (portrait)
-  clients/decky/assets/gridwide.png   920 x 430   wide capsule (recent games / search)
-  clients/decky/assets/hero.png      1920 x 620   game-page banner
-  clients/decky/assets/logo.png     transparent   overlaid on the hero by Steam
-  clients/decky/assets/icon.png       256 x 256   list icon (SetShortcutIcon)
-
-Pure stdlib. Unlike the tiny tray icons this rasterizes big surfaces, so edges are
-antialiased analytically from signed distances (one sample per pixel) instead of 4x4
-supersampling.
-"""
-
-import math
-import struct
-import zlib
-from pathlib import Path
-
-HERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent  # clients/decky
-OUT = HERE / "assets"
-
-# Brand-mark geometry in its 1000-unit viewbox (identical to gen-tray-icons.py).
-R = 194.41
-C1 = (403.037, 597.262)  # light circle, behind
-C2 = (597.8075, 402.8525)  # deep circle, in front
-BB_MIN = (C1[0] - R, C2[1] - R)
-BB_MAX = (C2[0] + R, C1[1] + R)
-MARK_CENTER = ((BB_MIN[0] + BB_MAX[0]) / 2, (BB_MIN[1] + BB_MAX[1]) / 2)
-MARK_SPAN = BB_MAX[0] - BB_MIN[0]
-
-COL_LIGHT = (0xA7, 0x9F, 0xF8)
-COL_DEEP = (0x6C, 0x5B, 0xF3)
-COL_HI = (0xD2, 0xC9, 0xFB)
-WORD = (0xEF, 0xEC, 0xFD)  # wordmark: near-white lavender
-BG_TOP = (0x28, 0x1E, 0x46)
-BG_BOT = (0x12, 0x0D, 0x22)
-
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Wordmark: monoline glyphs as polylines in a unit box (y down; x-height top y=0, baseline
-# y=1, ascender to -0.5, descender to +1.5). Arcs are sampled into the polylines, so the
-# rasterizer only ever measures distance-to-segment; round caps/joins fall out of that.
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-def _arc(cx, cy, r, a0, a1, n=24):
-    """Polyline along a circle arc; degrees, 0 = +x, angles grow clockwise on screen."""
-    pts = []
-    for i in range(n + 1):
-        a = math.radians(a0 + (a1 - a0) * i / n)
-        pts.append((cx + r * math.cos(a), cy + r * math.sin(a)))
-    return pts
-
-
-GLYPHS = {
-    # letter: (advance, [polyline, ...])
-    "p": (1.05, [[(0, 0), (0, 1.5)], _arc(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0, 360)]),
-    "u": (1.05, [[(0, 0), (0, 0.5)], _arc(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0, 180), [(1, 0), (1, 0.5)]]),
-    "n": (1.05, [[(0, 0), (0, 1)], _arc(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 180, 360), [(1, 0.5), (1, 1)]]),
-    "k": (1.0, [[(0, -0.5), (0, 1)], [(0, 0.62), (0.78, 0)], [(0.30, 0.38), (0.85, 1)]]),
-    "t": (0.85, [[(0.42, -0.42), (0.42, 1)], [(0, 0), (0.84, 0)]]),
-    "f": (
-        0.85,
-        [[(0.42, 1), (0.42, -0.15)] + _arc(0.75, -0.15, 0.33, 180, 270, 12), [(0, 0), (0.78, 0)]],
-    ),
-}
-GAP = 0.34  # inter-letter gap, in glyph units
-STROKE = 0.26  # stroke thickness, in glyph units
-ASCENT, DESCENT = -0.5, 1.5  # glyph-space vertical extent
-
-
-def word_segments(text):
-    """The word's stroke segments [(x1,y1,x2,y2)] in glyph units, plus its unit width."""
-    segs = []
-    x = 0.0
-    for ch in text:
-        adv, lines = GLYPHS[ch]
-        for line in lines:
-            for (x1, y1), (x2, y2) in zip(line, line[1:]):
-                segs.append((x + x1, y1, x + x2, y2))
-        x += adv + GAP
-    return segs, x - GAP
-
-
-def render_word_alpha(text, unit_px):
-    """Coverage (0..255) buffer of the word at `unit_px` pixels per glyph unit."""
-    segs, width_u = word_segments(text)
-    half = STROKE / 2 * unit_px
-    pad = half + 1.5
-    w = math.ceil(width_u * unit_px + 2 * pad)
-    h = math.ceil((DESCENT - ASCENT) * unit_px + 2 * pad)
-    ox, oy = pad, pad - ASCENT * unit_px
-    px_segs = [(ox + a * unit_px, oy + b * unit_px, ox + c * unit_px, oy + d * unit_px) for a, b, c, d in segs]
-    # Bucket segments per pixel column range so each pixel tests only nearby strokes.
-    buf = bytearray(w * h)
-    for x1, y1, x2, y2 in px_segs:
-        lo_x = max(0, math.floor(min(x1, x2) - pad))
-        hi_x = min(w, math.ceil(max(x1, x2) + pad))
-        lo_y = max(0, math.floor(min(y1, y2) - pad))
-        hi_y = min(h, math.ceil(max(y1, y2) + pad))
-        dx, dy = x2 - x1, y2 - y1
-        len2 = dx * dx + dy * dy
-        for py in range(lo_y, hi_y):
-            row = py * w
-            fy = py + 0.5
-            for px in range(lo_x, hi_x):
-                fx = px + 0.5
-                if len2 > 0:
-                    t = max(0.0, min(1.0, ((fx - x1) * dx + (fy - y1) * dy) / len2))
-                else:
-                    t = 0.0
-                d = math.hypot(fx - (x1 + t * dx), fy - (y1 + t * dy))
-                cov = 0.5 + (half - d)
-                if cov > 0:
-                    v = min(255, round(min(1.0, cov) * 255))
-                    if v > buf[row + px]:
-                        buf[row + px] = v
-    return buf, w, h
-
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Canvas: RGBA bytearray, straight alpha, painted back to front.
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-class Canvas:
-    def __init__(self, w, h):
-        self.w, self.h = w, h
-        self.buf = bytearray(w * h * 4)
-
-    def fill_gradient(self, top, bottom):
-        for y in range(self.h):
-            t = y / max(1, self.h - 1)
-            c = bytes(
-                (
-                    round(top[0] + (bottom[0] - top[0]) * t),
-                    round(top[1] + (bottom[1] - top[1]) * t),
-                    round(top[2] + (bottom[2] - top[2]) * t),
-                    255,
-                )
-            )
-            self.buf[y * self.w * 4 : (y + 1) * self.w * 4] = c * self.w
-
-    def _blend(self, i, rgb, a):
-        """`rgb` over the pixel at byte offset i with coverage a (0..1)."""
-        if a <= 0:
-            return
-        b = self.buf
-        ia = 1.0 - a
-        da = b[i + 3] / 255.0
-        oa = a + da * ia
-        if oa <= 0:
-            return
-        for k in range(3):
-            b[i + k] = round((rgb[k] * a + b[i + k] * da * ia) / oa)
-        b[i + 3] = round(oa * 255)
-
-    def glow(self, cx, cy, radius, rgb, strength):
-        """Soft gaussian-ish radial glow (for the mark's halo on the big surfaces)."""
-        lo_x = max(0, math.floor(cx - 2.2 * radius))
-        hi_x = min(self.w, math.ceil(cx + 2.2 * radius))
-        lo_y = max(0, math.floor(cy - 2.2 * radius))
-        hi_y = min(self.h, math.ceil(cy + 2.2 * radius))
-        for y in range(lo_y, hi_y):
-            for x in range(lo_x, hi_x):
-                d2 = ((x + 0.5 - cx) ** 2 + (y + 0.5 - cy) ** 2) / (radius * radius)
-                a = strength * math.exp(-2.5 * d2)
-                if a > 1 / 255:
-                    self._blend((y * self.w + x) * 4, rgb, a)
-
-    def mark(self, cx, cy, span):
-        """The lens mark centered at (cx, cy) with the given pixel span."""
-        scale = span / MARK_SPAN
-        c1 = (cx + (C1[0] - MARK_CENTER[0]) * scale, cy + (C1[1] - MARK_CENTER[1]) * scale)
-        c2 = (cx + (C2[0] - MARK_CENTER[0]) * scale, cy + (C2[1] - MARK_CENTER[1]) * scale)
-        r = R * scale
-        lo_x = max(0, math.floor(min(c1[0], c2[0]) - r - 2))
-        hi_x = min(self.w, math.ceil(max(c1[0], c2[0]) + r + 2))
-        lo_y = max(0, math.floor(min(c1[1], c2[1]) - r - 2))
-        hi_y = min(self.h, math.ceil(max(c1[1], c2[1]) + r + 2))
-        for y in range(lo_y, hi_y):
-            for x in range(lo_x, hi_x):
-                fx, fy = x + 0.5, y + 0.5
-                cov1 = min(1.0, max(0.0, 0.5 + r - math.hypot(fx - c1[0], fy - c1[1])))
-                cov2 = min(1.0, max(0.0, 0.5 + r - math.hypot(fx - c2[0], fy - c2[1])))
-                if cov1 <= 0 and cov2 <= 0:
-                    continue
-                i = (y * self.w + x) * 4
-                self._blend(i, COL_LIGHT, cov1)
-                self._blend(i, COL_DEEP, cov2)
-                self._blend(i, COL_HI, min(cov1, cov2))
-
-    def word(self, text, unit_px, cx, cy):
-        """The wordmark centered at (cx, cy); `unit_px` = pixels per glyph unit."""
-        alpha, w, h = render_word_alpha(text, unit_px)
-        ox = round(cx - w / 2)
-        # Optical vertical centering on the x-height band (0..1 in glyph units), not the
-        # ascender/descender box — the word reads centered that way.
-        pad = STROKE / 2 * unit_px + 1.5
-        band_mid = pad - ASCENT * unit_px + 0.5 * unit_px
-        oy = round(cy - band_mid)
-        for y in range(h):
-            ty = y + oy
-            if not 0 <= ty < self.h:
-                continue
-            for x in range(w):
-                a = alpha[y * w + x]
-                if a:
-                    tx = x + ox
-                    if 0 <= tx < self.w:
-                        self._blend((ty * self.w + tx) * 4, WORD, a / 255.0)
-
-    def round_corners(self, radius):
-        """Multiply alpha with a rounded-rect mask (icon)."""
-        for y in range(self.h):
-            for x in range(self.w):
-                dx = max(0.0, max(radius - (x + 0.5), (x + 0.5) - (self.w - radius)))
-                dy = max(0.0, max(radius - (y + 0.5), (y + 0.5) - (self.h - radius)))
-                if dx > 0 and dy > 0:
-                    cov = min(1.0, max(0.0, 0.5 + radius - math.hypot(dx, dy)))
-                    i = (y * self.w + x) * 4
-                    self.buf[i + 3] = round(self.buf[i + 3] * cov)
-
-    def png(self):
-        def chunk(tag, data):
-            return (
-                struct.pack(">I", len(data))
-                + tag
-                + data
-                + struct.pack(">I", zlib.crc32(tag + data) & 0xFFFFFFFF)
-            )
-
-        ihdr = struct.pack(">IIBBBBB", self.w, self.h, 8, 6, 0, 0, 0)
-        raw = b"".join(
-            b"\x00" + bytes(self.buf[y * self.w * 4 : (y + 1) * self.w * 4]) for y in range(self.h)
-        )
-        return (
-            b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n"
-            + chunk(b"IHDR", ihdr)
-            + chunk(b"IDAT", zlib.compress(raw, 9))
-            + chunk(b"IEND", b"")
-        )
-
-
-def save(name, canvas):
-    OUT.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    out = OUT / name
-    out.write_bytes(canvas.png())
-    print(f"wrote {out.relative_to(HERE.parent.parent)} ({canvas.w}x{canvas.h})")
-
-
-def main():
-    # Portrait capsule: mark in the upper half, wordmark beneath.
-    c = Canvas(600, 900)
-    c.fill_gradient(BG_TOP, BG_BOT)
-    c.glow(300, 340, 260, COL_DEEP, 0.35)
-    c.mark(300, 340, 320)
-    c.word("punktfunk", 44, 300, 640)
-    save("grid.png", c)
-
-    # Wide capsule: mark left, wordmark right of it.
-    c = Canvas(920, 430)
-    c.fill_gradient(BG_TOP, BG_BOT)
-    c.glow(230, 215, 200, COL_DEEP, 0.35)
-    c.mark(230, 215, 240)
-    c.word("punktfunk", 40, 620, 220)
-    save("gridwide.png", c)
-
-    # Hero: ambient banner — the mark rides the right third; Steam overlays logo.png itself.
-    c = Canvas(1920, 620)
-    c.fill_gradient(BG_TOP, BG_BOT)
-    c.glow(1500, 310, 330, COL_DEEP, 0.4)
-    c.mark(1500, 310, 400)
-    save("hero.png", c)
-
-    # Logo (transparent): mark + wordmark side by side, overlaid on the hero by Steam.
-    c = Canvas(1120, 300)
-    c.mark(150, 150, 240)
-    c.word("punktfunk", 62, 660, 155)
-    save("logo.png", c)
-
-    # Icon: brand tile, rounded corners, mark only.
-    c = Canvas(256, 256)
-    c.fill_gradient(BG_TOP, BG_BOT)
-    c.glow(128, 128, 110, COL_DEEP, 0.3)
-    c.mark(128, 128, 190)
-    c.round_corners(36)
-    save("icon.png", c)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()

clients/decky/scripts/package.sh

@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ cp main.py plugin.json package.json LICENSE "$DEST/"
 # The stream-launch wrapper (target of the Steam shortcut) — must stay executable.
 cp bin/punktfunkrun.sh "$DEST/bin/punktfunkrun.sh"
 chmod 0755 "$DEST/bin/punktfunkrun.sh"
-# Steam-shortcut artwork (grid/hero/logo/icon — scripts/gen-steam-art.py, committed).
+# Steam-shortcut artwork (grid/gridwide/hero/logo/icon — committed under assets/).
 cp assets/*.png "$DEST/assets/"
+# The Steam Input controller layout (native touchscreen `ts_n` + gamepad passthrough) the
+# backend installs (apply_controller_config → controller_base/templates + the shortcut config).
+mkdir -p "$DEST/controller_config"
+cp controller_config/punktfunk.vdf "$DEST/controller_config/punktfunk.vdf"
 [ -f decky.pyi ]  && cp decky.pyi  "$DEST/"
 [ -f README.md ]  && cp README.md  "$DEST/"
 

clients/decky/src/backend.ts

@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ export const setPins = callable<[pins: PinnedGame[]], { ok: boolean; error?: str
 );
 export const runnerInfo = callable<[], RunnerInfo>("runner_info");
 export const shortcutArt = callable<[], ShortcutArt>("shortcut_art");
+// Install the Steam Input layout (native touchscreen `ts_n` + gamepad passthrough) and point our
+// shortcut(s) at it, so the Deck touchscreen reaches the client as native touch with no manual
+// controller setup. Best-effort + idempotent; keyed by the shared shortcut NAME (both shortcuts
+// use the same name → the same lowercase configset key), so one call covers both.
+export const applyControllerConfig = callable<
+  [name: string],
+  { ok: boolean; applied?: string[]; errors?: string[]; accounts?: number; error?: string; detail?: string }
+>("apply_controller_config");
 export const getSettings = callable<[], StreamSettings>("get_settings");
 export const setSettings = callable<[settings: StreamSettings], { ok: boolean }>(
   "set_settings",

clients/decky/src/index.tsx

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
 import { streamPin } from "./library";
 import { PunktfunkRoute, ROUTE } from "./page";
 import { PairModal } from "./pair";
+import { ensureGamepadUiShortcut } from "./steam";
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // QAM panel — quick status + entry into the full page + one-tap stream for known hosts
@@ -196,6 +197,10 @@ const QamPanel: FC = () => {
 
 export default definePlugin(() => {
   routerHook.addRoute(ROUTE, PunktfunkRoute, { exact: true });
+  // Ensure the visible, stateless "Punktfunk" library entry (opens the gamepad UI / console
+  // home) exists and is repointed to the current plugin dir — also installs the native-touch
+  // controller config. Fire-and-forget: cosmetic library upkeep must never block plugin load.
+  void ensureGamepadUiShortcut();
   return {
     // `name` is the plugin's INTERNAL id — it must stay in sync with plugin.json (the loader
     // keys plugins by it), so it stays lowercase; user-facing strings say "Punktfunk".

clients/decky/src/steam.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
-// Launch the stream as a Steam game so gamescope focuses + fullscreens it.
+// Launch Punktfunk as Steam games so gamescope focuses + fullscreens them.
 //
 // THE LAUNCH MECHANISM (verified against MoonDeck): gamescope only gives focus/fullscreen to
 // the window tree Steam launched via `reaper` (it detects the "current app" by AppID — see
-// gamescope#484). So we cannot launch the flatpak from the plugin backend; we register ONE
-// hidden non-Steam shortcut whose exe is `/bin/sh` running our wrapper script
-// (bin/punktfunkrun.sh), pass the per-session host as the shortcut's Steam launch options,
-// and start it with RunGame. The wrapper then execs
-// `flatpak run io.unom.Punktfunk --connect <host>` as a reaper descendant.
+// gamescope#484). So we cannot launch the flatpak from the plugin backend; we register non-Steam
+// shortcuts whose exe is `/bin/sh` running our wrapper script (bin/punktfunkrun.sh), and start
+// them with RunGame. The wrapper then execs the flatpak client as a reaper descendant.
+//
+// TWO shortcuts, both named "Punktfunk" (so they share ONE Steam Input controller-config key —
+// see applyControllerConfig):
+//   • STREAM  — hidden, stateful: the per-session launcher. Its launch options carry the host /
+//     pinned game (PF_HOST/PF_LAUNCH/PF_BROWSE), rewritten per launch, so one shortcut serves
+//     every host. Driven by the QAM/pins/host-library actions. Hidden — an implementation detail.
+//   • GAMEPAD UI — visible, stateless: fixed launch options = bare `--browse` (PF_BROWSE, no
+//     host) → the client's console home (host picker + pairing + settings, gamepad-navigable).
+//     This is the library-visible "Punktfunk" app the user opens directly.
+//
+// Both get the shipped artwork and the native-touch controller config.
 
-import { runnerInfo, shortcutArt, wake } from "./backend";
+import { applyControllerConfig, runnerInfo, shortcutArt, wake } from "./backend";
 
 // SteamClient is a Steam-internal global injected into the CEF context; it is not fully typed
 // by @decky/ui, so declare the surface we use. Signatures verified against MoonDeck + the
@@ -46,32 +55,33 @@ declare const collectionStore:
   | { SetAppsAsHidden?: (appIds: number[], hidden: boolean) => void }
   | undefined;
 
-// The shortcut used to be hidden ("implementation detail"); it is user-visible now — it
-// carries proper artwork and living in the library is how users relaunch their last host.
-// Existing installs still have theirs hidden, so unhide is applied every ensure (idempotent).
-function unhideShortcut(appId: number): void {
+/** Set a shortcut's library visibility (best-effort, deferred — the overview registers a moment
+ *  after AddShortcut). Hides the stateful stream shortcut; keeps the gamepad-UI one visible. */
+function setShortcutHidden(appId: number, hidden: boolean): void {
   const attempt = () => {
     try {
-      collectionStore?.SetAppsAsHidden?.([appId], false);
+      collectionStore?.SetAppsAsHidden?.([appId], hidden);
     } catch {
       /* overview not registered yet, or the API changed — cosmetic, ignore */
     }
   };
   attempt(); // succeeds immediately for an already-registered (reused) shortcut
   setTimeout(attempt, 2500); // fresh shortcut: retry once its app overview lands
+};
+
+// Bump when the shipped artwork changes so existing shortcuts re-apply it once (per appId).
+const ART_VERSION = 2;
+function artKey(appId: number): string {
+  return `punktfunk:shortcutArt:${appId}`;
 }
 
-// Bump when the shipped artwork changes so existing shortcuts re-apply it once.
-const ART_VERSION = 1;
-const ART_KEY = "punktfunk:shortcutArt";
-
 /**
- * Apply the plugin's grid/hero/logo/icon to the shortcut (idempotent, once per ART_VERSION).
- * Cosmetic and fully best-effort: any failure is swallowed and retried on the next launch.
+ * Apply the plugin's grid/hero/logo/icon to a shortcut (idempotent, once per ART_VERSION per
+ * appId). Cosmetic and fully best-effort: any failure is swallowed and retried on the next call.
  */
 async function applyArtwork(appId: number): Promise<void> {
   try {
-    if (localStorage.getItem(ART_KEY) === `${appId}:${ART_VERSION}`) {
+    if (localStorage.getItem(artKey(appId)) === `${ART_VERSION}`) {
       return;
     }
     const art = await shortcutArt();
@@ -89,13 +99,14 @@ async function applyArtwork(appId: number): Promise<void> {
     if (art.icon_path) {
       SteamClient.Apps.SetShortcutIcon(appId, art.icon_path);
     }
-    localStorage.setItem(ART_KEY, `${appId}:${ART_VERSION}`);
+    localStorage.setItem(artKey(appId), `${ART_VERSION}`);
   } catch (e) {
     console.warn("punktfunk: shortcut artwork not applied", e);
   }
 }
 
-// The shortcut name is user-visible (Steam overlay + library while streaming) — brand-case it.
+// The shortcut name is user-visible (Steam overlay + library) — brand-case it. BOTH shortcuts
+// share it so Steam keys them to the SAME controller config (configset key = lowercase name).
 const SHORTCUT_NAME = "Punktfunk";
 
 // The shortcut's exe is /bin/sh, NOT the script itself: Decky extracts plugin zips without
@@ -111,76 +122,128 @@ function gameIdFromAppId(appId: number): string {
   return ((BigInt(appId) << 32n) | 0x02000000n).toString();
 }
 
-// Persist our shortcut appId across reloads so we reuse ONE shortcut instead of churning the
-// library (the appId is stable for the life of the shortcut).
-const STORAGE_KEY = "punktfunk:shortcutAppId";
+// Persist each shortcut's appId across reloads so we reuse ONE per role instead of churning the
+// library (an appId is stable for the life of the shortcut). The STREAM key is the historical
+// one, so existing single-shortcut installs migrate into the (now hidden) stream role, and the
+// visible gamepad-UI shortcut is created alongside.
+const STORAGE_KEY_STREAM = "punktfunk:shortcutAppId";
+const STORAGE_KEY_UI = "punktfunk:uiAppId";
 
-function rememberAppId(appId: number) {
+function remember(key: string, appId: number) {
   try {
-    localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, String(appId));
+    localStorage.setItem(key, String(appId));
   } catch {
     /* ignore */
   }
 }
-function recallAppId(): number | null {
+function recall(key: string): number | null {
   try {
-    const v = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+    const v = localStorage.getItem(key);
     return v ? Number(v) : null;
   } catch {
     return null;
   }
 }
 
+// Install the native-touch controller config once per plugin session (idempotent file writes in
+// the root backend). Keyed by the shared shortcut NAME, so this single call covers both
+// shortcuts. Gated in localStorage so we don't rewrite Steam's config dir on every launch; bump
+// CONFIG_VERSION to force a reinstall after the shipped .vdf changes.
+const CONFIG_KEY = "punktfunk:controllerConfig";
+const CONFIG_VERSION = 1;
+async function ensureControllerConfig(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    if (localStorage.getItem(CONFIG_KEY) === `${CONFIG_VERSION}`) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const r = await applyControllerConfig(SHORTCUT_NAME);
+    if (r?.ok) {
+      localStorage.setItem(CONFIG_KEY, `${CONFIG_VERSION}`);
+    } else {
+      console.warn("punktfunk: controller config not fully applied", r);
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.warn("punktfunk: controller config not applied", e);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
- * Ensure exactly one "Punktfunk" shortcut exists (exe = /bin/sh; the wrapper script is
- * appended per-launch via the launch options), branded and visible in the library, and
- * return its appId + the current runner path. Reuses the remembered shortcut, re-pointing
- * it each time — the plugin dir can change across reinstalls, pre-0.4 shortcuts pointed at
- * the script directly, and pre-0.7 shortcuts were hidden and artless.
+ * Ensure the STREAM shortcut (hidden, stateful) — the per-session launcher whose launch options
+ * are rewritten per stream. Branded, artworked, native-touch config applied, and HIDDEN (it is
+ * an implementation detail; the visible entry is the gamepad-UI shortcut). Returns its appId +
+ * the current runner path. Reuses/repoints the remembered shortcut (the plugin dir can change
+ * across reinstalls, and pre-two-shortcut installs had this one visible).
  */
-async function ensureShortcut(): Promise<{ appId: number; runner: string }> {
+async function ensureStreamShortcut(): Promise<{ appId: number; runner: string }> {
   const info = await runnerInfo();
   if (!info.exists) {
     throw new Error(`launch wrapper missing at ${info.runner}`);
   }
   const startDir = info.runner.replace(/\/[^/]*$/, ""); // the plugin's bin/ dir
+  void ensureControllerConfig(); // fire-and-forget — never blocks the launch
 
-  const remembered = recallAppId();
+  const remembered = recall(STORAGE_KEY_STREAM);
   if (remembered != null) {
-    // Re-point + rename the existing shortcut (cheap + idempotent — migrates old installs).
     SteamClient.Apps.SetShortcutExe(remembered, SHELL);
     SteamClient.Apps.SetShortcutStartDir(remembered, startDir);
     SteamClient.Apps.SetShortcutName(remembered, SHORTCUT_NAME);
-    unhideShortcut(remembered); // pre-0.7 installs hid it
-    void applyArtwork(remembered); // fire-and-forget — cosmetic, never blocks the launch
+    setShortcutHidden(remembered, true); // migrate pre-two-shortcut installs (were visible)
+    void applyArtwork(remembered);
     return { appId: remembered, runner: info.runner };
   }
 
   const appId = await SteamClient.Apps.AddShortcut(SHORTCUT_NAME, SHELL, startDir, "");
   SteamClient.Apps.SetShortcutName(appId, SHORTCUT_NAME);
-  unhideShortcut(appId);
-  void applyArtwork(appId); // fire-and-forget — cosmetic, never blocks the launch
-  rememberAppId(appId);
+  setShortcutHidden(appId, true);
+  void applyArtwork(appId);
+  remember(STORAGE_KEY_STREAM, appId);
   return { appId, runner: info.runner };
 }
 
 /**
- * Best-effort: turn Steam Input OFF for our shortcut so SDL's HIDAPI Steam Deck driver can open the
- * Deck's controls (paddles · trackpads · gyro) directly. There is no confirmed-stable SteamClient
- * API for this, so it is feature-detected and MUST never block or throw into the launch — the manual
- * toggle (game page → ⚙ → Controller Settings → Steam Input Off, surfaced in the plugin Settings) is
- * the documented source of truth. No-op when the optional API is absent.
+ * Ensure the GAMEPAD-UI shortcut (visible, stateless) — the library-facing "Punktfunk" entry
+ * that opens the client's console home (bare `--browse`: host picker + pairing + settings).
+ * Fixed launch options (no per-session state), branded, artworked, native-touch config applied,
+ * kept VISIBLE. Idempotent — call on plugin mount so the library entry always exists and stays
+ * repointed to the current plugin dir. Best-effort: returns null on any failure.
  */
-function disableSteamInputForShortcut(appId: number): void {
+export async function ensureGamepadUiShortcut(): Promise<number | null> {
   try {
-    const input = (
-      SteamClient as unknown as {
-        Input?: { SetSteamInputEnabledForApp?: (appId: number, enabled: boolean) => void };
-      }
-    ).Input;
-    input?.SetSteamInputEnabledForApp?.(appId, false);
-  } catch {
-    /* a controller tweak must never break the launch */
+    const info = await runnerInfo();
+    if (!info.exists) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const startDir = info.runner.replace(/\/[^/]*$/, "");
+    void ensureControllerConfig();
+    // Bare browse: PF_BROWSE with no PF_HOST → the wrapper runs `--browse --fullscreen` (console
+    // home). %command% expands to the shortcut exe (/bin/sh); the wrapper rides behind as an arg.
+    const launchOpts = `PF_BROWSE=1 %command% "${info.runner}"`;
+
+    let appId = recall(STORAGE_KEY_UI);
+    if (appId != null) {
+      SteamClient.Apps.SetShortcutExe(appId, SHELL);
+      SteamClient.Apps.SetShortcutStartDir(appId, startDir);
+      SteamClient.Apps.SetShortcutName(appId, SHORTCUT_NAME);
+    } else {
+      appId = await SteamClient.Apps.AddShortcut(SHORTCUT_NAME, SHELL, startDir, "");
+      SteamClient.Apps.SetShortcutName(appId, SHORTCUT_NAME);
+      remember(STORAGE_KEY_UI, appId);
+    }
+    SteamClient.Apps.SetAppLaunchOptions(appId, launchOpts);
+    setShortcutHidden(appId, false); // the visible library entry
+    void applyArtwork(appId);
+    return appId;
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.warn("punktfunk: gamepad-UI shortcut not ensured", e);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Launch the stateless gamepad-UI shortcut (console home) from the plugin, e.g. a QAM button. */
+export async function launchGamepadUi(): Promise<void> {
+  const appId = await ensureGamepadUiShortcut();
+  if (appId != null) {
+    SteamClient.Apps.RunGame(gameIdFromAppId(appId), "", -1, 100);
   }
 }
 
@@ -210,9 +273,9 @@ export function isSafeLaunchId(id: string): boolean {
 
 /**
  * Launch a stream to `host:port` fullscreen in Gaming Mode (optionally straight into a
- * library title, or into the gamepad library launcher). Encodes the target into the
- * shortcut's launch options (so one generic shortcut serves every host and every pinned
- * game), then RunGame.
+ * library title, or into a host's gamepad library). Encodes the target into the STREAM
+ * shortcut's launch options (so one hidden shortcut serves every host and every pinned game),
+ * then RunGame.
  */
 export async function launchStream(
   host: string,
@@ -224,10 +287,7 @@ export async function launchStream(
   // Best-effort — the flatpak client's --wake looks up the host's learned MAC (a no-op if none is
   // known), and the connect that follows has its own retry window, so a failure never blocks launch.
   const waking = wake(host, port).catch(() => ({ ok: false }));
-  const { appId, runner } = await ensureShortcut();
-  // Best-effort so the Deck's rich controls reach the client; no-op if the API is absent (the user
-  // disables Steam Input manually — see the Settings instruction).
-  disableSteamInputForShortcut(appId);
+  const { appId, runner } = await ensureStreamShortcut();
   const target = port && port !== 9777 ? `${host}:${port}` : host;
   const env = [`PF_HOST=${target}`];
   if (opts.browse) {
@@ -251,7 +311,7 @@ export async function launchStream(
 
 /** Stop the running stream shortcut (best-effort; the in-stream chord/back also works). */
 export function stopStream(): void {
-  const appId = recallAppId();
+  const appId = recall(STORAGE_KEY_STREAM);
   if (appId != null) {
     SteamClient.Apps.TerminateApp(gameIdFromAppId(appId), false);
   }

clients/linux/src/ui_settings.rs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const COMPOSITORS: &[&str] = &["auto", "kwin", "wlroots", "mutter", "gamescope"]
 /// Codec setting values (persisted) paired with their display labels below.
 const CODECS: &[&str] = &["auto", "hevc", "h264", "av1"];
 const CODEC_LABELS: &[&str] = &["Automatic", "HEVC (H.265)", "H.264 (AVC)", "AV1"];
-const DECODERS: &[&str] = &["auto", "vaapi", "software"];
+const DECODERS: &[&str] = &["auto", "vulkan", "vaapi", "software"];
 /// Touch-input model values (persisted) paired with their display labels below — the
 /// cross-client set (Android/Apple). Only meaningful on a touchscreen (Deck/tablet).
 const TOUCH_MODES: &[&str] = &["trackpad", "pointer", "touch"];
@@ -324,10 +324,12 @@ pub fn show(
         &dialog,
         inline,
         "Video decoder",
-        "Automatic tries VAAPI hardware decode, then software",
+        "Automatic picks the best hardware decode for this GPU (VAAPI on AMD/Intel, \
+         Vulkan Video on NVIDIA), falling back to software",
         &[
-            "Automatic (VAAPI → software)",
-            "Hardware (VAAPI)",
+            "Automatic (hardware → software)",
+            "Vulkan Video",
+            "VAAPI",
             "Software",
         ],
     );

clients/probe/src/main.rs

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 //! exits without connecting.
 //!
 //! Usage: `punktfunk-probe [--connect HOST:PORT] [--mode WxHxFPS] [--remode WxHxFPS:SECS]
+//!         [--rebitrate KBPS:SECS]
 //!         [--out FILE] [--bitrate KBPS] [--codec auto|h264|hevc|av1] [--audio-channels 2|6|8]
 //!         [--launch APP] [--name NAME] [--speed-test KBPS:MS]
 //!         [--input-test | --mic-test [--mic-burst] | --touch-test | --rich-input-test]
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ use punktfunk_core::config::Role;
 use punktfunk_core::input::{InputEvent, InputKind};
 use punktfunk_core::packet::FLAG_PROBE;
 use punktfunk_core::quic::{
-    endpoint, io, window_loss_ppm, Hello, LossReport, ProbeRequest, ProbeResult, Reconfigure,
-    Reconfigured, RequestKeyframe, Start, Welcome,
+    endpoint, io, window_loss_ppm, BitrateChanged, Hello, LossReport, ProbeRequest, ProbeResult,
+    Reconfigure, Reconfigured, RequestKeyframe, SetBitrate, Start, Welcome,
 };
 use punktfunk_core::transport::UdpTransport;
 use punktfunk_core::{CompositorPref, Mode, PunktfunkError, Session};
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@ struct Args {
     pin: Option<[u8; 32]>,
     /// `--remode WxHxFPS:SECS` — request this mode SECS seconds into the stream.
     remode: Option<(Mode, u32)>,
+    /// `--rebitrate KBPS:SECS` — send a mid-stream [`SetBitrate`] (the adaptive-bitrate control
+    /// message) SECS seconds into the stream: the headless validator for the host's in-place
+    /// encoder rate retarget (Phase 3.2) / rebuild fallback. Wiggles the cursor around the switch
+    /// so a damage-driven idle desktop actually publishes frames through it.
+    rebitrate: Option<(u32, u32)>,
     /// `--pair PIN` — run the pairing ceremony instead of a session.
     pair: Option<String>,
     /// `--name LABEL` — how the host labels this client when pairing.
@@ -201,6 +207,10 @@ fn parse_args() -> Args {
         let (m, secs) = s.split_once(':')?;
         Some((parse_mode(m)?, secs.parse().ok()?))
     });
+    let rebitrate = get("--rebitrate").and_then(|s| {
+        let (kbps, secs) = s.split_once(':')?;
+        Some((kbps.parse().ok()?, secs.parse().ok()?))
+    });
     // A present-but-malformed --pin must abort, not silently downgrade to trust-on-first-use
     // (the user asked for verification; fail closed).
     let pin = match get("--pin") {
@@ -252,6 +262,7 @@ fn parse_args() -> Args {
         seconds: get("--seconds").and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()),
         pin,
         remode,
+        rebitrate,
         pair: get("--pair").map(String::from),
         name: get("--name").unwrap_or("punktfunk-probe").to_string(),
         compositor,
@@ -470,7 +481,10 @@ async fn session(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
             video_caps: {
                 // Always ask for per-AU host timings (0xCF) — this is a measurement tool, and the
                 // host/network split is exactly what it exists to report. Old hosts ignore the bit.
-                let mut caps = punktfunk_core::quic::VIDEO_CAP_HOST_TIMING;
+                // PROBE_SEQ: the shared-core reassembler windows probe-space frames, so the probe
+                // qualifies for `--speed-test` bursts; without the bit the host declines them.
+                let mut caps = punktfunk_core::quic::VIDEO_CAP_HOST_TIMING
+                    | punktfunk_core::quic::VIDEO_CAP_PROBE_SEQ;
                 if std::env::var_os("PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_10BIT").is_some() {
                     caps |= punktfunk_core::quic::VIDEO_CAP_10BIT;
                 }
@@ -626,6 +640,64 @@ async fn session(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
                 other => tracing::error!(?other, "bad Reconfigured"),
             }
         });
+    } else if let Some((new_kbps, after_secs)) = args.rebitrate {
+        // Mid-stream adaptive-bitrate test: after a delay, send the SetBitrate the Automatic
+        // controller would and await the host's BitrateChanged ack. Host-side this exercises the
+        // in-place `reconfigure_bitrate` (no IDR) or the rebuild fallback — the host log says
+        // which. The cursor wiggle keeps a damage-driven idle desktop publishing frames through
+        // the whole window: the encode loop only drains bitrate requests between frames, and the
+        // post-switch AUs are what prove the stream carried on.
+        let mut rs = send;
+        let mut rr = recv;
+        let conn2 = conn.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let wiggle = |i: u32| InputEvent {
+                kind: InputKind::MouseMove,
+                _pad: [0; 3],
+                code: 0,
+                x: if i % 2 == 0 { 2 } else { -2 },
+                y: 0,
+                flags: 0,
+            };
+            let end =
+                std::time::Instant::now() + std::time::Duration::from_secs(after_secs as u64 + 6);
+            let switch_at =
+                std::time::Instant::now() + std::time::Duration::from_secs(after_secs as u64);
+            let mut sent = false;
+            let mut i = 0u32;
+            while std::time::Instant::now() < end {
+                let _ = conn2.send_datagram(wiggle(i).encode().to_vec().into());
+                i += 1;
+                tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+                if !sent && std::time::Instant::now() >= switch_at {
+                    sent = true;
+                    tracing::info!(new_kbps, "requesting mid-stream bitrate change");
+                    if io::write_msg(
+                        &mut rs,
+                        &SetBitrate {
+                            bitrate_kbps: new_kbps,
+                        }
+                        .encode(),
+                    )
+                    .await
+                    .is_err()
+                    {
+                        tracing::error!("SetBitrate write failed");
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    match io::read_msg(&mut rr)
+                        .await
+                        .map(|b| BitrateChanged::decode(&b))
+                    {
+                        Ok(Ok(ack)) => tracing::info!(
+                            applied_kbps = ack.bitrate_kbps,
+                            "BITRATE CHANGE acked by host"
+                        ),
+                        other => tracing::error!(?other, "bad BitrateChanged"),
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
     } else if let Some((target_kbps, duration_ms)) = args.speed_test {
         // Bandwidth probe: after the stream warms up, ask the host to burst FLAG_PROBE filler; measure
         // delivered WIRE packets (session-stat delta) vs. what the host reports putting on the wire.
@@ -639,11 +711,28 @@ async fn session(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
         } else {
             0
         };
+        let conn2 = conn.clone();
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             use std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed;
-            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2)).await; // let the stream warm up
-                                                                         // Baseline the packet-level counters right before the burst (video is paused during it,
-                                                                         // so the delta is pure probe traffic plus a sliver of resumed video in the settle).
+            // Warm up the stream — and generate desktop activity while doing so. Damage-driven
+            // capture paths (Windows IDD-push, a static headless desktop anywhere) publish NO
+            // frame until something composes, and the host's pipeline build waits for a first
+            // frame — so an idle virtual display would time the whole speed test out. A ±2 px
+            // cursor wiggle over the wire is injected host-side into the right session/desktop.
+            for i in 0..20u32 {
+                let mv = InputEvent {
+                    kind: InputKind::MouseMove,
+                    _pad: [0; 3],
+                    code: 0,
+                    x: if i % 2 == 0 { 2 } else { -2 },
+                    y: 0,
+                    flags: 0,
+                };
+                let _ = conn2.send_datagram(mv.encode().to_vec().into());
+                tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+            }
+            // Baseline the packet-level counters right before the burst (video is paused during it,
+            // so the delta is pure probe traffic plus a sliver of resumed video in the settle).
             let base_pkts = rxp.load(Relaxed);
             let base_bytes = rxb.load(Relaxed);
             tracing::info!(target_kbps, duration_ms, "requesting speed-test probe");
@@ -668,6 +757,15 @@ async fn session(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
                     return;
                 }
             };
+            // A declined burst comes back all-zero (duration_ms = 0) — e.g. the host predates
+            // speed tests. Say so instead of dividing a settle-window sliver by 1 ms.
+            if res.duration_ms == 0 {
+                tracing::error!(
+                    "SPEED TEST declined by host (all-zero ProbeResult) — host too old, or it \
+                     rejected the request; check the host log"
+                );
+                return;
+            }
             // The reliable result can beat the last UDP shards — let the tail arrive before reading.
             // Keep this short: video resumes the instant the burst ends, so a long settle counts
             // resumed-video packets against the probe (inflating recv past the host's wire count).
@@ -1150,7 +1248,8 @@ async fn session(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
         let cap_secs = args.seconds.unwrap_or(120);
         // Adaptive-FEC loss window: publish a fresh estimate every 750 ms for the LossReport task.
         let mut last_loss_report = std::time::Instant::now();
-        let (mut last_recovered, mut last_received, mut last_dropped) = (0u64, 0u64, 0u64);
+        let (mut last_recovered, mut last_late, mut last_received, mut last_dropped) =
+            (0u64, 0u64, 0u64, 0u64);
         loop {
             // Mirror packet-level receive counters for the speed-test reporter (reads their delta),
             // and publish a windowed loss estimate for the adaptive-FEC LossReport task.
@@ -1164,6 +1263,7 @@ async fn session(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
                     lp_dt.store(
                         window_loss_ppm(
                             s.fec_recovered_shards.wrapping_sub(last_recovered),
+                            s.fec_late_shards.wrapping_sub(last_late),
                             s.packets_received.wrapping_sub(last_received),
                             s.frames_dropped.wrapping_sub(last_dropped),
                         ),
@@ -1171,6 +1271,7 @@ async fn session(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
                     );
                     last_loss_report = std::time::Instant::now();
                     last_recovered = s.fec_recovered_shards;
+                    last_late = s.fec_late_shards;
                     last_received = s.packets_received;
                     last_dropped = s.frames_dropped;
                 }
@@ -1242,6 +1343,23 @@ async fn session(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
             s.flush().ok();
         }
 
+        // PUNKTFUNK_PERF: cumulative receive-path stage split for the whole run — where the
+        // receive core's time went (kernel drain vs AES-GCM open vs reassembly+FEC). This is
+        // the measurement tool's view of the client-pump wall the 2026-07-14 sweeps pinned.
+        if let Some(p) = session.take_pump_perf() {
+            let per_pkt = |ns: u64| ns.checked_div(p.packets).unwrap_or(0);
+            tracing::info!(
+                recv_ms = p.recv_ns / 1_000_000,
+                decrypt_ms = p.decrypt_ns / 1_000_000,
+                reasm_ms = p.reasm_ns / 1_000_000,
+                packets = p.packets,
+                pkts_per_batch = p.packets.checked_div(p.batches.max(1)).unwrap_or(0),
+                decrypt_ns_pkt = per_pkt(p.decrypt_ns),
+                reasm_ns_pkt = per_pkt(p.reasm_ns),
+                "receive stage split (whole run, PUNKTFUNK_PERF)"
+            );
+        }
+
         latencies_us.sort_unstable();
         let pct = |p: f64| -> u64 {
             if latencies_us.is_empty() {

clients/session/src/console.rs

@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
+/// A request-access connect awaiting the operator's approval on the host: stamped by the
+/// launch handler and consumed by `on_connected`, which persists the host as paired.
+struct PendingApproval {
+    name: String,
+    addr: String,
+    port: u16,
+    fp_hex: String,
+}
+
 pub fn run(target: Option<&str>) -> u8 {
     let identity = match trust::load_or_create_identity() {
         Ok(i) => i,
@@ -128,6 +137,14 @@ pub fn run(target: Option<&str>) -> u8 {
     // `{"ready":true}` and restores on exit) — plain CLI/gamescope runs stay silent.
     let json_status = arg_flag("--json-status");
     let settings_at_start = trust::Settings::load();
+
+    // Request-access hand-off: the launch handler stamps this when it starts a delegated-approval
+    // connect; `on_connected` reads it once the host lets us in and persists the host as PAIRED,
+    // so the next connect is an ordinary one. `None` for every normal launch, so `on_connected`
+    // then only touches last-used.
+    let pending_approval: Arc<Mutex<Option<PendingApproval>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None));
+    let pending_cb = pending_approval.clone();
+
     let opts = pf_presenter::SessionOpts {
         window_title: window_label.map_or_else(
             || "Punktfunk".to_string(),
@@ -142,8 +159,16 @@ pub fn run(target: Option<&str>) -> u8 {
         },
         touch_mode: settings_at_start.touch_mode(),
         json_status,
-        on_connected: Some(Box::new(|fingerprint: [u8; 32]| {
-            trust::touch_last_used(&trust::hex(&fingerprint));
+        on_connected: Some(Box::new(move |fingerprint: [u8; 32]| {
+            let fp_hex = trust::hex(&fingerprint);
+            trust::touch_last_used(&fp_hex);
+            // A request-access connect just succeeded → the operator approved us. Save the
+            // host as paired (it was unsaved/discovered), keyed to the fingerprint we pinned.
+            if let Some(p) = pending_cb.lock().unwrap().take() {
+                if p.fp_hex == fp_hex {
+                    trust::persist_host(&p.name, &p.addr, p.port, &fp_hex, true);
+                }
+            }
         })),
         overlay: Some(Box::new(overlay)),
         window_size: crate::session_main::window_size(&settings_at_start),
@@ -161,21 +186,23 @@ pub fn run(target: Option<&str>) -> u8 {
                     fp_hex,
                     launch,
                     title,
+                    request_access,
                 } => {
                     let Some(pin) = trust::parse_hex32(&fp_hex) else {
-                        // The console only offers Connect on paired rows; a pinless
-                        // launch is a logic slip, never a silent TOFU.
+                        // Connect (and request-access) pin the host's advertised fingerprint;
+                        // a pinless launch is a logic slip, never a silent TOFU.
                         tracing::warn!(%addr, "launch without a stored pin — refusing");
                         return ActionOutcome::Handled;
                     };
-                    tracing::info!(%addr, %title, launch = launch.as_deref().unwrap_or("desktop"),
+                    tracing::info!(%addr, %title, request_access,
+                        launch = launch.as_deref().unwrap_or("desktop"),
                         "launching from the console");
                     // Settings re-load per launch: the console's own settings screen
                     // may have changed them since the last stream.
                     let settings = trust::Settings::load();
-                    ActionOutcome::Start(Box::new(session_params(
+                    let mut params = session_params(
                         &settings,
-                        addr,
+                        addr.clone(),
                         port,
                         pin,
                         identity.clone(),
@@ -184,7 +211,20 @@ pub fn run(target: Option<&str>) -> u8 {
                         native,
                         force_software,
                         vulkan,
-                    )))
+                    );
+                    if request_access {
+                        // The host PARKS the connect until the operator approves — outlast its
+                        // approval window (host `PENDING_APPROVAL_WAIT`), matching the desktop
+                        // shells' 185 s. On success `on_connected` persists the host as paired.
+                        params.connect_timeout = Duration::from_secs(185);
+                        *pending_approval.lock().unwrap() = Some(PendingApproval {
+                            name: title.clone(),
+                            addr,
+                            port,
+                            fp_hex: fp_hex.clone(),
+                        });
+                    }
+                    ActionOutcome::Start(Box::new(params))
                 }
                 OverlayAction::CancelConnect => ActionOutcome::Handled, // run-loop-side
                 OverlayAction::Quit => ActionOutcome::Quit,

crates/pf-client-core/src/gamepad.rs

@@ -264,9 +264,12 @@ impl PadInfo {
     pub fn kind_label(&self) -> &'static str {
         match self.pref {
             GamepadPref::DualSense => "DualSense",
+            GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge => "DualSense Edge",
             GamepadPref::DualShock4 => "DualShock 4",
             GamepadPref::XboxOne => "Xbox One",
             GamepadPref::SteamDeck => "Steam Deck",
+            GamepadPref::SteamController => "Steam Controller",
+            GamepadPref::SwitchPro => "Switch Pro",
             _ => "",
         }
     }
@@ -297,6 +300,9 @@ fn pref_for_type(t: sdl3::gamepad::GamepadType) -> GamepadPref {
         T::PS5 => GamepadPref::DualSense,
         T::PS4 => GamepadPref::DualShock4,
         T::XboxOne => GamepadPref::XboxOne,
+        // A paired Joy-Con set exposes the full Pro button surface through SDL, so it rides
+        // the same virtual pad; single Joy-Cons stay on the Xbox 360 fallback (half a pad).
+        T::NintendoSwitchPro | T::NintendoSwitchJoyconPair => GamepadPref::SwitchPro,
         _ => GamepadPref::Xbox360,
     }
 }
@@ -778,11 +784,20 @@ impl Worker {
             self.subsystem.product_for_id(jid).unwrap_or(0),
         );
         // There is no SDL gamepad type for the Steam Deck / Steam Controller, so detect Valve by
-        // VID/PID (Deck 0x1205, SC wired 0x1102, SC dongle 0x1142) — the host then builds the virtual
-        // hid-steam pad with the back grips + dual trackpads and the right glyph identity.
-        if vid == 0x28DE && matches!(pid, 0x1205 | 0x1102 | 0x1142) {
+        // VID/PID — the host then builds the matching virtual hid-steam pad (grips + trackpads +
+        // the right glyph identity): Deck 0x1205; classic SC wired 0x1102 / dongle 0x1142.
+        if vid == 0x28DE && pid == 0x1205 {
             pref = GamepadPref::SteamDeck;
         }
+        if vid == 0x28DE && matches!(pid, 0x1102 | 0x1142) {
+            pref = GamepadPref::SteamController;
+        }
+        // The DualSense Edge has no distinct SDL gamepad type either (it reports PS5) — detect by
+        // VID/PID so the host builds the virtual Edge and this pad's back paddles land on native
+        // slots instead of the fold/drop policy.
+        if vid == 0x054C && pid == 0x0DF2 {
+            pref = GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge;
+        }
         let name = self
             .subsystem
             .name_for_id(jid)
@@ -1556,7 +1571,12 @@ impl Worker {
             let Some(slot) = self.slots.iter_mut().find(|s| s.index == idx) else {
                 continue;
             };
-            let is_ds = slot.pref == GamepadPref::DualSense;
+            // A physical Edge takes the same raw DS5 effects packets (SDL's DS5EffectsState_t
+            // layout is shared; SDL keys the enhanced path off the Edge PID itself).
+            let is_ds = matches!(
+                slot.pref,
+                GamepadPref::DualSense | GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge
+            );
             match hid {
                 HidOutput::Led { r, g, b, .. } if is_ds => {
                     let _ = slot.pad.send_effect(&Ds5Feedback::lightbar_packet(r, g, b));

crates/pf-client-core/src/video.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 //! Video decode: reassembled HEVC access units → frames for the presenter.
 //!
-//! Three backends, picked at session start (auto: vulkan → vaapi → software;
+//! Three backends, picked at session start (auto on Linux: vaapi → vulkan → software on
+//! desktop Mesa, vulkan first on NVIDIA/VanGogh — see
+//! [`VulkanDecodeDevice::prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi`];
 //! override: `PUNKTFUNK_DECODER=vulkan|vaapi|software`):
 //!
 //! * **Vulkan Video**: FFmpeg's Vulkan decoder running on the PRESENTER's own VkDevice
@@ -384,8 +386,11 @@ impl Decoder {
     /// `vk` is the presenter's shared Vulkan device when its stack can run FFmpeg's
     /// Vulkan Video decoder — decode lands as VkImages the presenter samples directly.
     /// Precedence: the `PUNKTFUNK_DECODER` env override wins (support/debug escape
-    /// hatch, and the documented knob), then the setting; both default to auto
-    /// (Vulkan → VAAPI → software; no VAAPI on Windows).
+    /// hatch, and the documented knob), then the setting; both default to auto.
+    /// Auto's hardware order on Linux depends on the device
+    /// ([`VulkanDecodeDevice::prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi`]): VAAPI → Vulkan → software on
+    /// desktop Mesa (AMD/Intel), Vulkan → VAAPI → software on NVIDIA and the Deck's
+    /// VanGogh. Windows is Vulkan → D3D11VA → software (no VAAPI there).
     pub fn new(
         codec_id: ffmpeg::codec::Id,
         pref: &str,
@@ -405,6 +410,31 @@ impl Decoder {
                 want_keyframe: false,
             })
         };
+        // Linux `auto`: try VAAPI FIRST unless this device is one where Vulkan Video is
+        // the established right answer (NVIDIA — no usable VAAPI; VanGogh — VAAPI
+        // chroma-fringes). Mesa now exposes decode queues by default (and the session
+        // binary opts RADV in for the Deck's sake), which silently moved every desktop
+        // AMD/Intel box onto FFmpeg-Vulkan-on-Mesa — user-reported to judder/error-streak
+        // (then demote to software) where explicit VAAPI streams perfectly.
+        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        let mut vaapi_tried = false;
+        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        if matches!(choice.as_str(), "auto" | "" | "hardware")
+            && !vk
+                .filter(|v| v.video_decode)
+                .is_some_and(|v| v.prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi())
+        {
+            vaapi_tried = true;
+            match VaapiDecoder::new(codec_id) {
+                Ok(v) => {
+                    tracing::info!(?codec_id, "VAAPI hardware decode active (zero-copy dmabuf)");
+                    return done(Backend::Vaapi(v));
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    tracing::info!(reason = %e, "VAAPI unavailable — trying Vulkan Video");
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if matches!(choice.as_str(), "auto" | "" | "vulkan" | "hardware") {
             // `video_decode` gates the Vulkan Video attempt: the presenter now exports its
             // handle bundle even when the device has no decode queue (Windows D3D11 interop
@@ -423,7 +453,7 @@ impl Decoder {
                             return Err(e.context("PUNKTFUNK_DECODER=vulkan but it failed"));
                         }
                         tracing::info!(reason = %format!("{e:#}"),
-                            "Vulkan Video unavailable — trying VAAPI");
+                            "Vulkan Video unavailable — falling back");
                     }
                 },
                 None if choice == "vulkan" => {
@@ -435,12 +465,13 @@ impl Decoder {
                 None => {}
             }
         }
-        // Deck note: `auto` reaches VAAPI when Vulkan Video isn't available. A presenter
-        // that can't display the dmabufs demotes this decoder to software mid-session
-        // via [`Decoder::force_software`]. Windows has no VAAPI — auto falls straight
-        // through to software there.
+        // Deck/NVIDIA note: `auto` reaches VAAPI here when Vulkan Video isn't available
+        // (on desktop Mesa it was already tried above — `vaapi_tried` skips the repeat).
+        // A presenter that can't display the dmabufs demotes this decoder to software
+        // mid-session via [`Decoder::force_software`]. Windows has no VAAPI — auto falls
+        // straight through to software there.
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-        if choice != "software" && choice != "vulkan" {
+        if choice != "software" && choice != "vulkan" && !vaapi_tried {
             match VaapiDecoder::new(codec_id) {
                 Ok(v) => {
                     tracing::info!(?codec_id, "VAAPI hardware decode active (zero-copy dmabuf)");
@@ -558,6 +589,24 @@ impl Decoder {
                 self.vaapi_fails += 1;
                 self.want_keyframe = true;
                 if self.vaapi_fails >= VAAPI_DEMOTE_AFTER {
+                    // A failing Vulkan backend still has a hardware rung below it on
+                    // Linux — demote to VAAPI first (user-reported: FFmpeg-Vulkan-on-Mesa
+                    // error-streaking where VAAPI streams perfectly); only when that
+                    // can't be built either does the session land on software.
+                    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+                    if matches!(self.backend, Backend::Vulkan(_)) {
+                        match VaapiDecoder::new(self.codec_id) {
+                            Ok(v) => {
+                                tracing::warn!(error = %e, fails = self.vaapi_fails,
+                                    "Vulkan Video decode failing repeatedly — demoting to VAAPI");
+                                self.backend = Backend::Vaapi(v);
+                                self.vaapi_fails = 0;
+                                return Ok(None);
+                            }
+                            Err(va) => tracing::info!(reason = %va,
+                                "VAAPI unavailable for demotion — software decode"),
+                        }
+                    }
                     tracing::warn!(error = %e, fails = self.vaapi_fails,
                         "{which} decode failing repeatedly — demoting to software");
                     self.backend = Backend::Software(SoftwareDecoder::new(self.codec_id)?);
@@ -1002,6 +1051,12 @@ pub struct VulkanDecodeDevice {
     pub instance: usize,
     pub physical_device: usize,
     pub device: usize,
+    /// PCI vendor of the presenter's physical device (0x10DE NVIDIA, 0x1002 AMD,
+    /// 0x8086 Intel) — drives [`Self::prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi`].
+    pub vendor_id: u32,
+    /// The driver's device-name string (e.g. "AMD RADV VANGOGH") — the VanGogh/Deck
+    /// detection for [`Self::prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi`].
+    pub device_name: String,
     /// The presenter's graphics+present family (FFmpeg's "required" tx/comp family too).
     pub graphics_qf: u32,
     /// Raw `VkQueueFlags` of that family (the qf[] entry wants the real capabilities).
@@ -1035,6 +1090,27 @@ pub struct VulkanDecodeDevice {
     pub queue_lock: std::sync::Arc<QueueLock>,
 }
 
+impl VulkanDecodeDevice {
+    /// Should `auto` try Vulkan Video BEFORE VAAPI on this device?
+    ///  * **NVIDIA** — Vulkan is its only hardware path (no usable VAAPI; the
+    ///    nvidia-vaapi-driver is broken for this, Moonlight blacklists it).
+    ///  * **AMD (RADV, VanGogh included)** — Vulkan decode outperforms VAAPI on RADV
+    ///    (on-glass verdict), and on VanGogh VAAPI's separate-plane dmabuf import
+    ///    additionally shows chroma fringing; the session binary opts RADV into
+    ///    `video_decode` precisely to get the Vulkan path. Vulkan-first is safe here
+    ///    because a mid-session Vulkan failure streak demotes to VAAPI (not software),
+    ///    so a broken Mesa Vulkan path still lands on the working driver.
+    ///
+    /// Intel (ANV) and unknown vendors keep the battle-tested zero-copy VAAPI first —
+    /// ANV's Vulkan Video is the least-proven Mesa path and VAAPI is what every other
+    /// Linux client uses there.
+    pub fn prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi(&self) -> bool {
+        const VENDOR_NVIDIA: u32 = 0x10DE;
+        const VENDOR_AMD: u32 = 0x1002;
+        self.vendor_id == VENDOR_NVIDIA || self.vendor_id == VENDOR_AMD
+    }
+}
+
 /// `fourcc(a,b,c,d)` — the DRM FourCC packing (little-endian, `a | b<<8 | c<<16 | d<<24`).
 const fn fourcc(a: u8, b: u8, c: u8, d: u8) -> u32 {
     (a as u32) | ((b as u32) << 8) | ((c as u32) << 16) | ((d as u32) << 24)
@@ -1505,6 +1581,51 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn pick_vulkan(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    fn decode_device(vendor_id: u32, device_name: &str) -> VulkanDecodeDevice {
+        VulkanDecodeDevice {
+            get_instance_proc_addr: 0,
+            instance: 0,
+            physical_device: 0,
+            device: 0,
+            vendor_id,
+            device_name: device_name.into(),
+            graphics_qf: 0,
+            graphics_queue_flags: 0,
+            decode_qf: 0,
+            decode_video_caps: 0,
+            instance_extensions: Vec::new(),
+            device_extensions: Vec::new(),
+            f_sampler_ycbcr: true,
+            f_timeline_semaphore: true,
+            f_synchronization2: true,
+            video_decode: true,
+            d3d11_import: false,
+            adapter_luid: None,
+            queue_lock: std::sync::Arc::new(QueueLock::new()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Auto's Linux hardware order: Vulkan-first on NVIDIA (no usable VAAPI) and ALL AMD
+    /// (Vulkan decode outperforms VAAPI on RADV — on-glass verdict; VanGogh additionally
+    /// chroma-fringes over VAAPI); Intel/unknown keep VAAPI first (ANV's Vulkan Video is
+    /// the least-proven Mesa path). A Vulkan failure streak still demotes to VAAPI, so
+    /// Vulkan-first can never strand a box on software decode.
+    #[test]
+    fn vulkan_over_vaapi_on_nvidia_and_amd() {
+        assert!(decode_device(0x10DE, "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti").prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi());
+        assert!(decode_device(0x1002, "AMD RADV VANGOGH").prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi());
+        assert!(
+            decode_device(0x1002, "AMD Custom GPU 0405 (RADV VANGOGH)").prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi()
+        );
+        assert!(
+            decode_device(0x1002, "AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (RADV NAVI32)").prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi()
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !decode_device(0x8086, "Intel(R) Arc(tm) A770 Graphics (DG2)")
+                .prefer_vulkan_over_vaapi()
+        );
+    }
+
     fn desc(matrix: u8, full_range: bool) -> ColorDesc {
         ColorDesc {
             primaries: 1,

crates/pf-console-ui/src/glyphs.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ pub(crate) enum GlyphStyle {
 impl GlyphStyle {
     pub(crate) fn from_pref(pref: Option<GamepadPref>) -> GlyphStyle {
         match pref {
-            Some(GamepadPref::DualSense | GamepadPref::DualShock4) => GlyphStyle::Shapes,
+            Some(GamepadPref::DualSense | GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge | GamepadPref::DualShock4) => {
+                GlyphStyle::Shapes
+            }
             Some(_) => GlyphStyle::Letters,
             None => GlyphStyle::Keyboard,
         }

crates/pf-console-ui/src/screens.rs

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ pub(crate) struct ConnectIntent {
     pub launch: Option<String>,
     /// What the connecting card says (host or game title).
     pub title: String,
+    /// The no-PIN delegated-approval connect (the pair screen's "Request access"): the
+    /// shell shows a "waiting for approval" takeover instead of "connecting", and the
+    /// binary parks on a long budget and persists the host as paired once let in.
+    pub request_access: bool,
 }
 
 pub(crate) enum Nav {

crates/pf-console-ui/src/screens/home.rs

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ impl HomeScreen {
                             fp_hex: h.fp_hex.clone(),
                             launch: None,
                             title: h.name.clone(),
+                            request_access: false,
                         });
                     }
                 }

crates/pf-console-ui/src/screens/library.rs

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ impl LibraryScreen {
                         fp_hex: self.fp_hex.clone(),
                         launch: Some(g.id.clone()),
                         title: g.title.clone(),
+                        request_access: false,
                     });
                     Some(MenuPulse::Confirm)
                 }

crates/pf-console-ui/src/screens/pair.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 use crate::glyphs::{Hint, HintKey};
 use crate::model::{ConsoleCmd, HostRow, PairPhase};
-use crate::screens::{Ctx, Outbox};
+use crate::screens::{ConnectIntent, Ctx, Outbox};
 use crate::theme::{Fonts, DIM, ERROR, W};
 use crate::widgets::{permits, Charset, KeyMsg, Keyboard, ListMsg, MenuList, RowSpec};
 use pf_client_core::gamepad::{MenuEvent, MenuPulse};
@@ -18,10 +18,24 @@ enum Field {
     Device,
 }
 
+/// The ordered actions a pair screen presents. `RequestAccess` leads only when the host
+/// has an advertised fingerprint to pin (a discovered host); a manually-typed host with
+/// no advert is PIN-only, exactly like the desktop shells.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum Role {
+    RequestAccess,
+    Pin,
+    Device,
+    Pair,
+}
+
 pub(crate) struct PairScreen {
     host_name: String,
     addr: String,
     port: u16,
+    /// The host's advertised certificate fingerprint (lowercase hex); empty = a manual
+    /// entry with no advert → no request-access path.
+    fp_hex: String,
     list: MenuList,
     keyboard: Keyboard,
     pin: String,
@@ -39,6 +53,7 @@ impl PairScreen {
             host_name: host.name.clone(),
             addr: host.addr.clone(),
             port: host.port,
+            fp_hex: host.fp_hex.clone(),
             list: MenuList::new(),
             keyboard: Keyboard::new(),
             pin: String::new(),
@@ -49,6 +64,25 @@ impl PairScreen {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Whether the no-PIN "request access" action is offered (host advertises an identity
+    /// to pin). Stable across `busy` so the row list never reshuffles mid-ceremony.
+    fn can_request(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.fp_hex.is_empty()
+    }
+
+    /// The ordered roles for the current host — the single source both `rows` (render) and
+    /// `menu` (activate dispatch) index, so a cursor never acts on a stale row.
+    fn roles(&self) -> Vec<Role> {
+        let mut roles = Vec::with_capacity(4);
+        if self.can_request() {
+            roles.push(Role::RequestAccess);
+        }
+        roles.push(Role::Pin);
+        roles.push(Role::Device);
+        roles.push(Role::Pair);
+        roles
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn host_name(&self) -> &str {
         &self.host_name
     }
@@ -170,13 +204,29 @@ impl PairScreen {
             fx.pop();
             return None;
         }
-        let (msg, pulse) = self.list.menu(ev, 3);
+        let roles = self.roles();
+        let (msg, pulse) = self.list.menu(ev, roles.len());
         match msg {
             ListMsg::Activate => {
-                match self.list.cursor {
-                    0 => self.editing = Some(Field::Pin),
-                    1 => self.editing = Some(Field::Device),
-                    _ if self.can_pair() => {
+                match roles.get(self.list.cursor) {
+                    Some(Role::RequestAccess) if !self.busy => {
+                        // The no-PIN path: connect and park until the operator approves this
+                        // device on the host. The shell shows the approval takeover; on
+                        // success the binary persists the host as paired. Leave the pair
+                        // screen so a canceled or finished session returns to Home.
+                        fx.connect = Some(ConnectIntent {
+                            addr: self.addr.clone(),
+                            port: self.port,
+                            fp_hex: self.fp_hex.clone(),
+                            launch: None,
+                            title: self.host_name.clone(),
+                            request_access: true,
+                        });
+                        fx.pop();
+                    }
+                    Some(Role::Pin) => self.editing = Some(Field::Pin),
+                    Some(Role::Device) => self.editing = Some(Field::Device),
+                    Some(Role::Pair) if self.can_pair() => {
                         self.busy = true;
                         self.error = None;
                         fx.cmds.push(ConsoleCmd::Pair {
@@ -191,8 +241,11 @@ impl PairScreen {
                         });
                     }
                     _ => {
-                        // No PIN yet — jump into the PIN field instead of a dead press.
-                        self.list.cursor = 0;
+                        // Pair with no PIN yet (or a request while busy) — jump into the
+                        // PIN field instead of a dead press.
+                        if let Some(i) = roles.iter().position(|r| *r == Role::Pin) {
+                            self.list.cursor = i;
+                        }
                         self.editing = Some(Field::Pin);
                     }
                 }
@@ -233,9 +286,14 @@ impl PairScreen {
         ctx: &mut Ctx,
     ) {
         let cx = f64::from(rect.left) + f64::from(rect.width()) / 2.0;
+        let intro = if self.can_request() {
+            "Request access and approve this device on the host, or enter the PIN it shows."
+        } else {
+            "Enter the PIN from the host's web console (Pairing page) or its log."
+        };
         fonts.centered(
             canvas,
-            "Enter the PIN from the host's web console (Pairing page) or its log.",
+            intro,
             W::Regular,
             13.0 * k,
             DIM,
@@ -317,19 +375,39 @@ impl PairScreen {
             .collect::<String>()
             .trim_end()
             .to_string();
-        let mut pin = RowSpec::field("PIN", pin_display, "From the host");
-        pin.caret = self.editing == Some(Field::Pin);
-        let mut device = RowSpec::field(
-            "Device name",
-            self.device.clone(),
-            "How the host lists this device",
-        );
-        device.caret = self.editing == Some(Field::Device);
-        vec![
-            pin,
-            device,
-            RowSpec::action(if self.busy { "Pairing…" } else { "Pair" }, self.can_pair()),
-        ]
+        let has_request = self.can_request();
+        self.roles()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|role| match role {
+                Role::RequestAccess => {
+                    let mut r = RowSpec::action("Request access — approve on the host", !self.busy);
+                    r.header = Some("No PIN needed");
+                    r
+                }
+                Role::Pin => {
+                    let mut pin = RowSpec::field("PIN", pin_display.clone(), "From the host");
+                    pin.caret = self.editing == Some(Field::Pin);
+                    // When a request-access path is offered above, head the PIN group so
+                    // the two ways to pair read as alternatives.
+                    if has_request {
+                        pin.header = Some("Or pair with a PIN");
+                    }
+                    pin
+                }
+                Role::Device => {
+                    let mut device = RowSpec::field(
+                        "Device name",
+                        self.device.clone(),
+                        "How the host lists this device",
+                    );
+                    device.caret = self.editing == Some(Field::Device);
+                    device
+                }
+                Role::Pair => {
+                    RowSpec::action(if self.busy { "Pairing…" } else { "Pair" }, self.can_pair())
+                }
+            })
+            .collect()
     }
 }
 
@@ -388,6 +466,43 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(fx.cmds.is_empty());
     }
 
+    /// A host with an advertised fingerprint offers Request Access as the first row; A on
+    /// it raises a request-access connect intent (pinning the advert) and leaves the screen.
+    #[test]
+    fn request_access_connects_and_leaves() {
+        let mut host = host();
+        host.fp_hex = "abcd".into();
+        let mut settings = Settings::default();
+        let pads = Vec::new();
+        let library = crate::library::LibraryShared::default();
+        let mut ctx = Ctx {
+            hosts: &[],
+            library: &library,
+            settings: &mut settings,
+            pads: &pads,
+            deck: false,
+            device_name: "deck",
+            t: 0.0,
+        };
+        let mut s = PairScreen::new(&host, "deck");
+        assert_eq!(s.roles().len(), 4, "Request Access + PIN + Device + Pair");
+        s.list.cursor = 0; // the Request Access row leads
+        let mut fx = Outbox::default();
+        s.menu(MenuEvent::Confirm, &mut ctx, &mut fx);
+        let intent = fx.connect.expect("request-access raises a connect intent");
+        assert!(intent.request_access);
+        assert_eq!(intent.fp_hex, "abcd");
+        assert!(matches!(fx.nav, Some(crate::screens::Nav::Pop)));
+    }
+
+    /// A manual host (no advert) is PIN-only — the Request Access row never appears.
+    #[test]
+    fn no_request_access_without_an_advert() {
+        let s = PairScreen::new(&host(), "deck"); // host() has an empty fp_hex
+        assert!(!s.can_request());
+        assert_eq!(s.roles().len(), 3, "PIN + Device + Pair only");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn pin_is_digits_only() {
         let mut s = PairScreen::new(&host(), "d");

crates/pf-console-ui/src/screens/settings.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::screens::{Ctx, Outbox};
 use crate::theme::{Fonts, DIM, W};
 use crate::widgets::{ListMsg, MenuList, RowSpec};
 use pf_client_core::gamepad::{MenuEvent, MenuPulse};
-use pf_client_core::trust::StatsVerbosity;
+use pf_client_core::trust::{StatsVerbosity, TouchMode};
 use skia_safe::{Canvas, Rect};
 
 /// Stable row identity — adjust/activate dispatch by id so nothing acts on a stale
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ enum RowId {
     Mic,
     Pad,
     PadType,
+    Touch,
     Stats,
 }
 
-const ROWS: [RowId; 12] = [
+const ROWS: [RowId; 13] = [
     RowId::Resolution,
     RowId::Refresh,
     RowId::Bitrate,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ const ROWS: [RowId; 12] = [
     RowId::Mic,
     RowId::Pad,
     RowId::PadType,
+    RowId::Touch,
     RowId::Stats,
 ];
 
@@ -241,6 +243,11 @@ fn row_spec(id: RowId, ctx: &Ctx) -> RowSpec {
             "Controller type",
             label_for(&PAD_TYPES, &s.gamepad).into(),
         ),
+        RowId::Touch => (
+            Some("Touchscreen"),
+            "Touch mode",
+            s.touch_mode().label().into(),
+        ),
         RowId::Stats => (
             Some("Interface"),
             "Statistics overlay",
@@ -278,6 +285,10 @@ fn detail(id: RowId) -> &'static str {
         RowId::Mic => "Send this device's microphone to the host's virtual mic.",
         RowId::Pad => "Which pad is forwarded to the host, as player 1.",
         RowId::PadType => "The virtual pad the host creates — Automatic matches this controller.",
+        RowId::Touch => {
+            "How the touchscreen drives the host: Trackpad (relative cursor), \
+             Direct pointer (cursor jumps to your finger), or Touch passthrough (raw contacts)."
+        }
         RowId::Stats => {
             "How much the overlay shows: Compact (one line) → Normal → Detailed. \
              Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S cycles it live while streaming."
@@ -348,6 +359,11 @@ fn adjust(id: RowId, delta: i32, wrap: bool, ctx: &mut Ctx) -> bool {
             step_option(cur, keys.len(), delta, wrap).map(|i| s.forward_pad = keys[i].clone())
         }
         RowId::PadType => step_str(&PAD_TYPES, &mut s.gamepad, delta, wrap),
+        RowId::Touch => {
+            let cur = TouchMode::ALL.iter().position(|m| *m == s.touch_mode());
+            step_option(cur, TouchMode::ALL.len(), delta, wrap)
+                .map(|i| s.touch_mode = TouchMode::ALL[i].as_name().to_string())
+        }
         RowId::Stats => {
             let cur = StatsVerbosity::ALL
                 .iter()
@@ -462,6 +478,35 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!ctx.settings.mic_enabled);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn touch_mode_steps_and_wraps() {
+        let (mut settings, pads) = ctx_parts();
+        assert_eq!(settings.touch_mode, "trackpad");
+        let library = crate::library::LibraryShared::default();
+        let mut ctx = Ctx {
+            hosts: &[],
+            library: &library,
+            settings: &mut settings,
+            pads: &pads,
+            deck: false,
+            device_name: "t",
+            t: 0.0,
+        };
+        // Trackpad → Pointer → Touch, then a step past the end is a boundary.
+        assert!(
+            !adjust(RowId::Touch, -1, false, &mut ctx),
+            "already first = thud"
+        );
+        assert!(adjust(RowId::Touch, 1, false, &mut ctx));
+        assert_eq!(ctx.settings.touch_mode, "pointer");
+        assert!(adjust(RowId::Touch, 1, false, &mut ctx));
+        assert_eq!(ctx.settings.touch_mode, "touch");
+        assert!(!adjust(RowId::Touch, 1, false, &mut ctx), "last = thud");
+        // A wraps back to the first.
+        assert!(adjust(RowId::Touch, 1, true, &mut ctx));
+        assert_eq!(ctx.settings.touch_mode, "trackpad");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn unknown_value_snaps_to_first() {
         let (mut settings, pads) = ctx_parts();

crates/pf-console-ui/src/shell.rs

@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ struct Connecting {
     title: String,
     canceling: bool,
     appear: f64,
+    /// A request-access wait (parked on the host until the operator approves) — the
+    /// takeover reads "Waiting for approval" rather than "Connecting".
+    request_access: bool,
 }
 
 /// What the session binary hands the shell at construction.
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ impl Shell {
                     title,
                     canceling: false,
                     appear: 0.0,
+                    request_access: false,
                 })
             }
             None => self.connecting = None,
@@ -236,6 +240,7 @@ impl Shell {
                             fp_hex: h.fp_hex.clone(),
                             launch: None,
                             title: h.name.clone(),
+                            request_access: false,
                         })
                 });
                 self.bus.send(ConsoleCmd::CancelWake);
@@ -254,12 +259,16 @@ impl Shell {
 
     fn start_connect(&mut self, intent: ConnectIntent) {
         self.set_connecting(Some(intent.title.clone()));
+        if let Some(c) = &mut self.connecting {
+            c.request_access = intent.request_access;
+        }
         self.actions.push_back(OverlayAction::Launch {
             addr: intent.addr,
             port: intent.port,
             fp_hex: intent.fp_hex,
             launch: intent.launch,
             title: intent.title,
+            request_access: intent.request_access,
         });
     }
 
@@ -629,6 +638,17 @@ impl Shell {
                         String::new(),
                         vec![],
                     ))
+                } else if c.request_access {
+                    Some((
+                        c.appear,
+                        true,
+                        "Waiting for approval…".to_string(),
+                        format!(
+                            "Approve this device in {}'s console or web UI — no PIN needed.",
+                            c.title
+                        ),
+                        vec![Hint::new(HintKey::Back, "Cancel")],
+                    ))
                 } else {
                     Some((
                         c.appear,

crates/pf-driver-proto/src/lib.rs

@@ -531,10 +531,18 @@ pub mod gamepad {
     pub const PAD_MAGIC: u32 = 0x5046_4453;
 
     /// `device_type` selector the `pf_dualsense` driver reads to pick its HID identity. The section is
-    /// zeroed, so `0` = DualSense is the default; one driver serves either identity.
+    /// zeroed, so `0` = DualSense is the default; one driver serves every identity.
     pub const DEVTYPE_DUALSENSE: u8 = 0;
     /// `device_type` = DualShock 4 (`VID_054C&PID_09CC` HID identity).
     pub const DEVTYPE_DUALSHOCK4: u8 = 1;
+    /// `device_type` = DualSense Edge (`VID_054C&PID_0DF2` HID identity — the DualSense report
+    /// codec plus the four native back/Fn button bits).
+    pub const DEVTYPE_DUALSENSE_EDGE: u8 = 2;
+    /// `device_type` = Steam Deck controller (`VID_28DE&PID_1205` HID identity, the captured
+    /// controller-interface descriptor + the Steam `0x83`/`0xAE` feature contract). Promoted by
+    /// Steam Input on Windows when the devnode's synthesized USB hardware ids carry `&MI_02`
+    /// (the wired controller interface — the N4-spike finding).
+    pub const DEVTYPE_STEAMDECK: u8 = 3;
 
     /// The value a gamepad driver writes into its section's `driver_proto` field once it attaches —
     /// the host's positive "driver is alive on this section" signal (health check + version audit).

crates/pf-presenter/src/overlay.rs

@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ pub enum OverlayAction {
         fp_hex: String,
         launch: Option<String>,
         title: String,
+        /// The no-PIN delegated-approval path: pin the host's advertised fingerprint and
+        /// open a connect the host PARKS until the operator approves this device in its
+        /// console (a long connect budget), then persist it as paired. `false` = an
+        /// ordinary connect to an already-paired host.
+        request_access: bool,
     },
     /// Abort an in-flight connect (B while Connecting) — the console keeps browsing.
     /// The run loop stops the pump; a dial that already won the race is quit-closed.

crates/pf-presenter/src/touch.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 //!
 //! Shared gestures: tap = left click · two-finger tap = right click · two-finger drag =
 //! scroll · tap-then-press-and-drag = held left drag · three-finger tap = cycle the stats
-//! overlay tier.
+//! overlay tier. (The Android/Apple twins additionally map a three-finger vertical SWIPE to
+//! their local soft keyboard and gate scroll to exactly two fingers for it; SDL builds have
+//! no soft keyboard to summon, so here 2+ fingers scroll.)
 //!
 //! Unlike the Android/Apple hosts (which hand the engine a whole event's worth of changed
 //! touches at once), SDL delivers ONE finger transition per event, so this is a strictly

crates/pf-presenter/src/vk.rs

@@ -661,6 +661,11 @@ impl Presenter {
                 instance: instance.handle().as_raw() as usize,
                 physical_device: pdev.as_raw() as usize,
                 device: device.handle().as_raw() as usize,
+                vendor_id: dev_props.vendor_id,
+                device_name: dev_props
+                    .device_name_as_c_str()
+                    .map(|c| c.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+                    .unwrap_or_default(),
                 graphics_qf: qfi,
                 graphics_queue_flags: qf_props[qfi as usize].queue_flags.as_raw(),
                 decode_qf,

crates/punktfunk-core/src/abi.rs

@@ -882,13 +882,19 @@ pub const PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_XBOXONE: u32 = 3;
 /// DualSense (minus adaptive triggers / player LEDs / mute). Honored only where available (Linux
 /// hosts); otherwise the host falls back to X-Box 360.
 pub const PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_DUALSHOCK4: u32 = 4;
-/// UHID classic Steam Controller (Valve `28DE:1102`, kernel `hid-steam`): dual trackpads, gyro,
-/// two grip paddles. Reserved — currently folds to `XBOX360` until its backend lands.
+/// UHID classic Steam Controller (Valve `28DE:1102`, kernel `hid-steam`): one stick + dual
+/// trackpads + two grip paddles. Honored only where available (Linux hosts); else Xbox 360.
 pub const PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_STEAMCONTROLLER: u32 = 5;
-/// UHID Steam Deck controller (Valve `28DE:1205`, kernel `hid-steam`): full Deck gamepad incl. the
-/// four back grips, a right trackpad, and the IMU; re-grabbed by Steam Input with native glyphs when
-/// Steam runs on the host. Honored only where available (Linux hosts); else folds to X-Box 360.
+/// Steam Deck controller (Valve `28DE:1205`): full Deck gamepad incl. the four back grips, both
+/// trackpads, and the IMU; re-grabbed by Steam Input with native glyphs when Steam runs on the
+/// host. Honored on Linux AND Windows hosts; else folds to X-Box 360.
 pub const PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_STEAMDECK: u32 = 6;
+/// DualSense Edge (Sony `054C:0DF2`): the DualSense plus two back buttons + two Fn buttons, so a
+/// client's back paddles land on native slots. Folds to `DUALSENSE` until its backend lands.
+pub const PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_DUALSENSEEDGE: u32 = 7;
+/// Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (Nintendo `057E:2009`, kernel `hid-nintendo`): Nintendo glyphs +
+/// positional layout, gyro/accel, HD rumble. Folds to `XBOX360` until its backend lands.
+pub const PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_SWITCHPRO: u32 = 8;
 
 /// Extended `InputEvent` gamepad button bits for embedders building raw events: the four back grips
 /// (Steam L4/L5/R4/R5 ≙ Xbox-Elite P1–P4) + the misc/capture button, in Moonlight's
@@ -945,6 +951,8 @@ const _: () = {
     assert!(PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_DUALSHOCK4 == GamepadPref::DualShock4.to_u8() as u32);
     assert!(PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_STEAMCONTROLLER == GamepadPref::SteamController.to_u8() as u32);
     assert!(PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_STEAMDECK == GamepadPref::SteamDeck.to_u8() as u32);
+    assert!(PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_DUALSENSEEDGE == GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge.to_u8() as u32);
+    assert!(PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_SWITCHPRO == GamepadPref::SwitchPro.to_u8() as u32);
     // Extended button bits mirror the wire `input::gamepad` constants.
     assert!(PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_BTN_PADDLE1 == g::BTN_PADDLE1);
     assert!(PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_BTN_PADDLE2 == g::BTN_PADDLE2);

crates/punktfunk-core/src/abr.rs

@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@
 //! - **a jump-to-live flush** — the pump discarded its backlog, the strongest "we were behind"
 //!   evidence there is.
 //!
-//! AIMD shape: two consecutive bad windows ⇒ multiplicative decrease (×0.7, floored); ~10 s of
-//! clean windows ⇒ additive-ish increase (+~6 %, ceilinged at the session's starting rate — the
-//! controller recovers *back to* what was negotiated, never beyond it). Changes are rate-limited
-//! (each one costs the IDR the host's rebuilt encoder opens with) and the whole controller
-//! disables itself against a host that never answers [`crate::quic::BitrateChanged`] (an older
-//! build that ignores unknown control messages).
+//! AIMD shape: a SEVERE window (an unrecoverable frame, a flush, or ≥6 % loss) backs off ×0.7
+//! immediately; ordinary congestion (heavy-but-recoverable loss, an OWD rise) needs two
+//! consecutive bad windows. Recovery is two-mode: **slow start** — until the first congestion
+//! signal the rate DOUBLES each clean window (cooldown-paced), which is how an Automatic session
+//! climbs from the conservative start to the [`set_ceiling`](BitrateController::set_ceiling)
+//! measured by the startup link-capacity probe in seconds instead of minutes — then classic
+//! additive recovery (+~6 % after ~4.5 s clean, ceilinged). Changes are rate-limited (each one
+//! costs the IDR the host's rebuilt encoder opens with) and the whole controller disables itself
+//! against a host that never answers [`crate::quic::BitrateChanged`] (an older build that
+//! ignores unknown control messages).
 
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
@@ -28,15 +32,21 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 /// Never ask for less than this — below it the stream is unusable anyway and the floor keeps a
 /// mis-measured window from cratering the session.
 const FLOOR_KBPS: u32 = 5_000;
-/// Consecutive bad windows before a decrease — one window can be a scheduler blip or a single
-/// Wi-Fi scan; two in a row (1.5 s) is a condition.
+/// Consecutive bad windows before an ORDINARY decrease — one window can be a scheduler blip or a
+/// single Wi-Fi scan; two in a row (1.5 s) is a condition. A SEVERE window skips the wait.
 const BAD_WINDOWS_TO_DECREASE: u32 = 2;
-/// Consecutive clean windows before probing back up (~10 s at the 750 ms cadence): recovery is
-/// deliberately much slower than backoff, classic AIMD.
-const CLEAN_WINDOWS_TO_INCREASE: u32 = 13;
+/// Window shard loss at/above which ONE window is enough to back off — 6 % is past any
+/// blip/retry tail, and every 750 ms spent there is visible damage. Unrecoverable frames and
+/// jump-to-live flushes are severe for the same reason.
+const SEVERE_LOSS_PPM: u32 = 60_000;
+/// Consecutive clean windows before probing back up in congestion-avoidance mode (~4.5 s at the
+/// 750 ms cadence): recovery stays slower than backoff, classic AIMD. (Slow start ignores this —
+/// it doubles on every cooled clean window until the first congestion signal.)
+const CLEAN_WINDOWS_TO_INCREASE: u32 = 6;
 /// Minimum gap between requested changes — every accepted change costs an encoder rebuild + IDR
-/// on the host, and back-to-back steps would outrun the ack/effect round trip.
-const CHANGE_COOLDOWN: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3);
+/// on the host today (in-place reconfigure is planned), and back-to-back steps would outrun the
+/// ack/effect round trip.
+const CHANGE_COOLDOWN: Duration = Duration::from_millis(1500);
 /// Window shard loss beyond which the window counts bad even without an unrecoverable frame:
 /// 2 % sustained is congestion territory, not the random tail FEC exists for.
 const HEAVY_LOSS_PPM: u32 = 20_000;
@@ -56,9 +66,14 @@ pub(crate) struct BitrateController {
     enabled: bool,
     /// The rate we believe the host encodes at (updated by acks; requests are not assumed).
     current_kbps: u32,
-    /// The session's starting (negotiated) rate — the recovery ceiling.
+    /// The climb ceiling: the negotiated start rate until the startup link-capacity probe
+    /// raises it via [`set_ceiling`](Self::set_ceiling) — that measurement is what lets an
+    /// Automatic session scale past its conservative start.
     ceiling_kbps: u32,
     floor_kbps: u32,
+    /// Slow start: true until the first congestion signal — clean windows DOUBLE the rate
+    /// (cooldown-paced) instead of the +6 % additive step.
+    probing: bool,
     /// Recent window mean OWDs (µs); the rolling min is the uncongested baseline.
     owd_means: VecDeque<i64>,
     bad_windows: u32,
@@ -78,6 +93,7 @@ impl BitrateController {
             current_kbps: start_kbps,
             ceiling_kbps: start_kbps,
             floor_kbps: FLOOR_KBPS.min(start_kbps.max(1)),
+            probing: true,
             owd_means: VecDeque::with_capacity(BASELINE_WINDOWS),
             bad_windows: 0,
             clean_windows: 0,
@@ -86,6 +102,17 @@ impl BitrateController {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Raise the climb ceiling to a measured link capacity (the startup speed-test probe's
+    /// delivered throughput with headroom already subtracted by the caller). Without this call
+    /// the ceiling stays the negotiated start rate — exactly the old behavior. Never lowers:
+    /// a congested-moment measurement must not shrink authority below what was negotiated
+    /// (descent is the congestion signals' job).
+    pub(crate) fn set_ceiling(&mut self, kbps: u32) {
+        if self.enabled && kbps > self.ceiling_kbps {
+            self.ceiling_kbps = kbps;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The host's [`crate::quic::BitrateChanged`] ack: its clamp is authoritative for what the
     /// encoder now targets, and any ack proves the host renegotiates (resets the silence counter).
     pub(crate) fn on_ack(&mut self, kbps: u32) {
@@ -134,10 +161,16 @@ impl BitrateController {
             }
             None => false,
         };
-        let bad = dropped > 0 || loss_ppm >= HEAVY_LOSS_PPM || owd_bad || flushed;
+        // SEVERE = the user already saw damage (an unrecoverable frame, a jump-to-live flush) or
+        // loss far past any blip — one window is enough. Ordinary congestion (heavy-but-
+        // recoverable loss, an OWD rise) still needs two consecutive windows.
+        let severe = dropped > 0 || flushed || loss_ppm >= SEVERE_LOSS_PPM;
+        let bad = severe || loss_ppm >= HEAVY_LOSS_PPM || owd_bad;
         if bad {
             self.bad_windows += 1;
             self.clean_windows = 0;
+            // Any congestion signal ends slow start for good — from here on, climbs are additive.
+            self.probing = false;
         } else {
             self.clean_windows += 1;
             self.bad_windows = 0;
@@ -148,16 +181,27 @@ impl BitrateController {
         if !cooled {
             return None;
         }
-        if self.bad_windows >= BAD_WINDOWS_TO_DECREASE && self.current_kbps > self.floor_kbps {
+        if (self.bad_windows >= BAD_WINDOWS_TO_DECREASE || (severe && self.bad_windows >= 1))
+            && self.current_kbps > self.floor_kbps
+        {
             let next = ((self.current_kbps as u64 * 7 / 10) as u32).max(self.floor_kbps);
             self.bad_windows = 0;
             return self.request(next, now);
         }
-        if self.clean_windows >= CLEAN_WINDOWS_TO_INCREASE && self.current_kbps < self.ceiling_kbps
-        {
-            let next = (self.current_kbps + self.current_kbps / 16 + 1).min(self.ceiling_kbps);
-            self.clean_windows = 0;
-            return self.request(next, now);
+        if self.current_kbps < self.ceiling_kbps {
+            // Slow start: double on every cooled clean window until the first congestion signal
+            // (this is how an Automatic session reaches a probe-measured ceiling in seconds).
+            // Congestion avoidance: +~6 % after a sustained clean run.
+            if self.probing && self.clean_windows >= 1 {
+                let next = self.current_kbps.saturating_mul(2).min(self.ceiling_kbps);
+                self.clean_windows = 0;
+                return self.request(next, now);
+            }
+            if self.clean_windows >= CLEAN_WINDOWS_TO_INCREASE {
+                let next = (self.current_kbps + self.current_kbps / 16 + 1).min(self.ceiling_kbps);
+                self.clean_windows = 0;
+                return self.request(next, now);
+            }
         }
         None
     }
@@ -204,44 +248,66 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn two_bad_windows_step_down_multiplicatively() {
+    fn two_ordinary_bad_windows_step_down_multiplicatively() {
         let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
         let start = Instant::now();
-        // One bad window is a blip — no reaction.
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 1, 0, None, false), None);
+        // Heavy-but-recoverable loss (2–6 %) is ORDINARY: one window is a blip — no reaction.
+        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 0, 25_000, None, false), None);
         // The second consecutive bad window backs off ×0.7.
         assert_eq!(
-            c.on_window(ticks(start, 1), 1, 0, None, false),
+            c.on_window(ticks(start, 1), 0, 25_000, None, false),
             Some(14_000)
         );
         c.on_ack(14_000);
         // Still bad after the cooldown → another ×0.7 step from the ACKED rate.
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 6), 1, 0, None, false), None); // bad #1 again
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 7), 1, 0, None, false), Some(9_800));
+        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 6), 0, 25_000, None, false), None); // bad #1 again
+        assert_eq!(
+            c.on_window(ticks(start, 7), 0, 25_000, None, false),
+            Some(9_800)
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn severe_window_backs_off_immediately() {
+        // An unrecoverable frame (the user SAW a freeze) skips the two-window wait…
+        let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        assert_eq!(
+            c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 1, 0, None, false),
+            Some(14_000)
+        );
+        // …and so does a jump-to-live flush.
+        let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
+        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 0, 0, None, true), Some(14_000));
+        // …and ≥6 % window loss.
+        let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
+        assert_eq!(
+            c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 0, 80_000, None, false),
+            Some(14_000)
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn cooldown_blocks_back_to_back_steps() {
         let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
         let start = Instant::now();
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 1, 0, None, false), None);
         assert_eq!(
-            c.on_window(ticks(start, 1), 1, 0, None, false),
+            c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 1, 0, None, false),
             Some(14_000)
         );
         c.on_ack(14_000);
-        // Two more bad windows land INSIDE the 3 s cooldown (ticks 2,3 = 1.5/2.25 s) → held.
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 2), 1, 0, None, false), None);
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 3), 1, 0, None, false), None);
+        // A severe window INSIDE the 1.5 s cooldown (tick 1 = 750 ms) → held; at the cooldown
+        // boundary (tick 2 = 1.5 s) it fires.
+        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 1), 1, 0, None, false), None);
+        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 2), 1, 0, None, false), Some(9_800));
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn floor_is_never_crossed() {
         let mut c = BitrateController::new(6_000);
         let start = Instant::now();
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 1, 0, None, false), None);
         // ×0.7 of 6000 = 4200 < floor → clamped to 5000.
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 1), 1, 0, None, false), Some(5_000));
+        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 1, 0, None, false), Some(5_000));
         c.on_ack(5_000);
         // At the floor, further bad windows request nothing.
         assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 6), 1, 0, None, false), None);
@@ -252,21 +318,76 @@ mod tests {
     fn sustained_clean_recovers_toward_ceiling_only() {
         let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
         let start = Instant::now();
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 1, 0, None, false), None);
         assert_eq!(
-            c.on_window(ticks(start, 1), 1, 0, None, false),
+            c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 1, 0, None, false),
             Some(14_000)
         );
         c.on_ack(14_000);
-        // 13 clean windows → one additive step up (14000 + 14000/16 + 1 = 14876).
-        let up = run_clean(&mut c, start, 2, 13);
+        // The backoff ended slow start → additive recovery: 6 clean windows → one +~6 % step
+        // (14000 + 14000/16 + 1 = 14876).
+        let up = run_clean(&mut c, start, 2, 7);
         assert_eq!(up, Some(14_876));
         c.on_ack(14_876);
-        // Fully recovered → clean windows at the ceiling stay quiet (never probe past start).
+        // Fully recovered → clean windows at the ceiling stay quiet (never probe past it).
         c.on_ack(20_000);
         assert_eq!(run_clean(&mut c, start, 40, 20), None);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn slow_start_doubles_to_a_probed_ceiling_then_stops() {
+        let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
+        // The startup link-capacity probe measured ~430 Mbps delivered → ×0.7 ceiling.
+        c.set_ceiling(300_000);
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        // Every cooled clean window doubles until the ceiling caps the climb, then quiet.
+        let mut got = Vec::new();
+        for i in 0..14 {
+            if let Some(k) = c.on_window(ticks(start, i), 0, 0, Some(10_000), false) {
+                c.on_ack(k);
+                got.push(k);
+            }
+        }
+        assert_eq!(got, vec![40_000, 80_000, 160_000, 300_000]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn first_congestion_ends_slow_start_for_good() {
+        let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
+        c.set_ceiling(300_000);
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        assert_eq!(
+            c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 0, 0, Some(10_000), false),
+            Some(40_000)
+        );
+        c.on_ack(40_000);
+        // Severe window → immediate ×0.7, and slow start is over.
+        assert_eq!(
+            c.on_window(ticks(start, 2), 1, 0, Some(10_000), false),
+            Some(28_000)
+        );
+        c.on_ack(28_000);
+        // Clean again — but the next climb is additive, after the 6-window clean run.
+        let mut next = None;
+        for i in 3..12 {
+            next = c.on_window(ticks(start, i), 0, 0, Some(10_000), false);
+            if next.is_some() {
+                assert!(i >= 8, "additive climb must wait for the clean run");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        assert_eq!(next, Some(29_751)); // 28000 + 28000/16 + 1
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn set_ceiling_is_ignored_when_disabled_and_never_lowers() {
+        let mut c = BitrateController::new(0);
+        c.set_ceiling(1_000_000);
+        assert_eq!(c.on_window(Instant::now(), 0, 0, None, false), None);
+        let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
+        c.set_ceiling(10_000); // below the negotiated start → ignored
+        assert_eq!(c.ceiling_kbps, 20_000);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn owd_rise_alone_is_a_congestion_signal() {
         let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
@@ -304,12 +425,4 @@ mod tests {
         }
         assert_eq!(sent, MAX_UNACKED);
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn flush_counts_as_a_bad_window() {
-        let mut c = BitrateController::new(20_000);
-        let start = Instant::now();
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 0), 0, 0, None, true), None);
-        assert_eq!(c.on_window(ticks(start, 1), 0, 0, None, true), Some(14_000));
-    }
 }

crates/punktfunk-core/src/client.rs

@@ -1934,7 +1934,15 @@ async fn worker_main(args: WorkerArgs) {
                                           // size FEC to the link. Suppressed during a speed test (its FLAG_PROBE filler would skew it).
         const ADAPT_REPORT_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(750);
         let mut last_report = Instant::now();
-        let (mut last_recovered, mut last_received, mut last_dropped) = (0u64, 0u64, 0u64);
+        let (mut last_recovered, mut last_late, mut last_received, mut last_dropped) =
+            (0u64, 0u64, 0u64, 0u64);
+        // PUNKTFUNK_PERF: per-window pump observability — the Session's receive stage split
+        // (recv / decrypt / reassemble+FEC, see `Session::take_pump_perf`) and completed-AU
+        // inter-arrival jitter. Smoothness has no metric otherwise: jump-to-live counters only
+        // fire after the stream is already seconds behind.
+        let pump_perf_on = std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_PERF").is_ok_and(|v| v != "0");
+        let mut arrivals_us: Vec<u32> = Vec::new();
+        let mut last_arrival: Option<Instant> = None;
         // Adaptive bitrate (see `crate::abr`): armed only when the embedder asked for Automatic
         // (`bitrate_kbps == 0`) and the host echoed the rate it actually configured (an old host
         // echoes 0 → controller stays permanently off). Fed once per report window with the same
@@ -1945,6 +1953,22 @@ async fn worker_main(args: WorkerArgs) {
         } else {
             0
         });
+        // Startup link-capacity probe (Automatic sessions): the controller's ceiling is the
+        // negotiated start rate — the conservative 20 Mbps default, historically a box Automatic
+        // could NEVER climb out of. One speed-test burst shortly after the stream settles
+        // measures what the link actually delivers; ×0.7 (headroom for FEC overhead + variance)
+        // becomes the climb ceiling and slow start does the rest. Old hosts decline (all-zero
+        // reply) or never answer (timeout clears the state so LossReports resume) — either way
+        // the ceiling stays negotiated, exactly the old behavior. PUNKTFUNK_ABR_PROBE=0 opts out.
+        const CAPACITY_PROBE_KBPS: u32 = 2_000_000;
+        const CAPACITY_PROBE_MS: u32 = 800;
+        const CAPACITY_PROBE_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+        const CAPACITY_PROBE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(6);
+        let mut capacity_probe_at: Option<Instant> = (bitrate_kbps == 0
+            && resolved_bitrate_kbps > 0
+            && std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_ABR_PROBE").map_or(true, |v| v != "0"))
+        .then(|| Instant::now() + CAPACITY_PROBE_DELAY);
+        let mut capacity_probe_deadline: Option<Instant> = None;
         let (mut owd_sum_ns, mut owd_frames) = (0i128, 0u32);
         let mut flush_in_window = false;
         // Jump-to-live state (see the guard in the loop below): the clock-based over-bound run
@@ -1999,6 +2023,65 @@ async fn worker_main(args: WorkerArgs) {
                 }
                 p.active && !p.done
             };
+            // Fire the startup link-capacity probe once the stream has settled (see the constants
+            // above), and fold its measurement into the ABR ceiling when the result lands.
+            if let Some(at) = capacity_probe_at {
+                if Instant::now() >= at {
+                    capacity_probe_at = None;
+                    *pump_probe.lock().unwrap() = ProbeState {
+                        active: true,
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    };
+                    if ctrl_tx
+                        .try_send(CtrlRequest::Probe(ProbeRequest {
+                            target_kbps: CAPACITY_PROBE_KBPS,
+                            duration_ms: CAPACITY_PROBE_MS,
+                        }))
+                        .is_ok()
+                    {
+                        capacity_probe_deadline = Some(Instant::now() + CAPACITY_PROBE_TIMEOUT);
+                        tracing::info!(
+                            target_kbps = CAPACITY_PROBE_KBPS,
+                            duration_ms = CAPACITY_PROBE_MS,
+                            "adaptive bitrate: startup link-capacity probe"
+                        );
+                    } else {
+                        pump_probe.lock().unwrap().active = false; // ctrl queue full — skip
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if let Some(deadline) = capacity_probe_deadline {
+                let mut p = pump_probe.lock().unwrap();
+                if p.done {
+                    capacity_probe_deadline = None;
+                    // An all-zero reply is a decline (old host / probe-less build) — keep the
+                    // negotiated ceiling. Otherwise: delivered wire kbps × 0.7.
+                    if p.host_duration_ms > 0 && p.delivered_bytes > 0 {
+                        let delivered_kbps = (p.delivered_bytes.saturating_mul(8)
+                            / p.host_duration_ms.max(1) as u64)
+                            as u32;
+                        let ceiling = delivered_kbps.saturating_mul(7) / 10;
+                        abr.set_ceiling(ceiling);
+                        tracing::info!(
+                            delivered_kbps,
+                            ceiling_kbps = ceiling,
+                            "adaptive bitrate: link-capacity probe done — climb ceiling set"
+                        );
+                    } else {
+                        tracing::info!(
+                            "adaptive bitrate: capacity probe declined — keeping negotiated ceiling"
+                        );
+                    }
+                } else if Instant::now() >= deadline {
+                    // The host never answered (a build that ignores ProbeRequest): clear the
+                    // stuck-active state so LossReports resume, keep the negotiated ceiling.
+                    p.active = false;
+                    capacity_probe_deadline = None;
+                    tracing::info!(
+                        "adaptive bitrate: capacity probe timed out (old host?) — keeping negotiated ceiling"
+                    );
+                }
+            }
             if !probe_active && last_report.elapsed() >= ADAPT_REPORT_INTERVAL {
                 // A no-op clock flush earlier in this window suspected a wall-clock step: fire
                 // the mid-stream re-sync now (once — the 60 s periodic covers everything else).
@@ -2009,6 +2092,7 @@ async fn worker_main(args: WorkerArgs) {
                 let window_dropped = st.frames_dropped.wrapping_sub(last_dropped);
                 let loss_ppm = window_loss_ppm(
                     st.fec_recovered_shards.wrapping_sub(last_recovered),
+                    st.fec_late_shards.wrapping_sub(last_late),
                     st.packets_received.wrapping_sub(last_received),
                     window_dropped,
                 );
@@ -2035,14 +2119,58 @@ async fn worker_main(args: WorkerArgs) {
                 flush_in_window = false;
                 last_report = Instant::now();
                 last_recovered = st.fec_recovered_shards;
+                last_late = st.fec_late_shards;
                 last_received = st.packets_received;
                 last_dropped = st.frames_dropped;
+                if pump_perf_on {
+                    if let Some(p) = session.take_pump_perf() {
+                        let per_pkt_ns = |ns: u64| ns.checked_div(p.packets).unwrap_or(0);
+                        tracing::info!(
+                            recv_ms = p.recv_ns / 1_000_000,
+                            decrypt_ms = p.decrypt_ns / 1_000_000,
+                            reasm_ms = p.reasm_ns / 1_000_000,
+                            packets = p.packets,
+                            batches = p.batches,
+                            pkts_per_batch = p.packets.checked_div(p.batches).unwrap_or(0),
+                            decrypt_ns_pkt = per_pkt_ns(p.decrypt_ns),
+                            reasm_ns_pkt = per_pkt_ns(p.reasm_ns),
+                            "pump stage split (window)"
+                        );
+                    }
+                    // Inter-arrival jitter over the window's completed AUs. `late` counts gaps
+                    // over 2× the window median — the "a frame arrived visibly off-beat" tally.
+                    if arrivals_us.len() >= 8 {
+                        arrivals_us.sort_unstable();
+                        let pct = |q: usize| arrivals_us[(arrivals_us.len() - 1) * q / 100];
+                        let (p50, p95) = (pct(50), pct(95));
+                        let late = arrivals_us.iter().filter(|&&d| d > p50 * 2).count();
+                        tracing::info!(
+                            frames = arrivals_us.len() + 1,
+                            arrival_p50_us = p50,
+                            arrival_p95_us = p95,
+                            arrival_max_us = arrivals_us.last().copied().unwrap_or(0),
+                            late,
+                            "frame inter-arrival jitter (window)"
+                        );
+                    }
+                    arrivals_us.clear();
+                }
             }
             match session.poll_frame() {
                 Ok(frame) => {
                     if frame.flags & FLAG_PROBE as u32 != 0 {
                         continue; // speed-test filler, not video — measured via the counters above
                     }
+                    if pump_perf_on {
+                        let now = Instant::now();
+                        if let Some(prev) = last_arrival.replace(now) {
+                            // 4096 ≈ 17 s at 240 fps — a stuck window can't grow it unbounded.
+                            if arrivals_us.len() < 4096 {
+                                arrivals_us.push((now - prev).as_micros().min(u32::MAX as u128)
+                                    as u32);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                     // Jump-to-live guard. A standing receive/hand-off queue never drains by itself —
                     // the pump consumes strictly in order at the arrival rate, so once behind, the
                     // stream stays behind for good (observed live: stuck 6–7 s). Pre-decode AUs are

crates/punktfunk-core/src/config.rs

@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ impl CompositorPref {
 /// honored only if that backend is available on the host (DualSense / DualShock 4 need Linux UHID);
 /// otherwise the host falls back and reports the real choice in `Welcome`. The wire form is a single
 /// byte (`0 = Auto`, `1 = Xbox360`, `2 = DualSense`, `3 = XboxOne`, `4 = DualShock4`,
-/// `5 = SteamController`, `6 = SteamDeck`), appended to `Hello`/`Welcome` — older peers simply
-/// omit/ignore it (an unknown byte degrades to `Auto`).
+/// `5 = SteamController`, `6 = SteamDeck`, `7 = DualSenseEdge`, `8 = SwitchPro`), appended to
+/// `Hello`/`Welcome` — older peers simply omit/ignore it (an unknown byte degrades to `Auto`).
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
 pub enum GamepadPref {
     /// Let the host pick (its `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD` env var, else X-Box 360).
@@ -156,19 +156,27 @@ pub enum GamepadPref {
     /// UHID DualShock 4 (kernel `hid-playstation`, ≥ 6.2) — lightbar, touchpad, motion, rumble. Like
     /// `DualSense` minus adaptive triggers / player LEDs / mute. Needs Linux UHID on the host.
     DualShock4,
-    /// UHID classic Steam Controller (Valve `28DE:1102`, kernel `hid-steam`) — dual trackpads, gyro,
-    /// two grip paddles, trackpad-only haptics. Needs Linux UHID. *(Reserved; its backend is not yet
-    /// built — currently folds to `Xbox360`; the Deck identity below is the implemented one.)*
+    /// UHID classic Steam Controller (Valve `28DE:1102`, kernel `hid-steam`) — one stick + dual
+    /// trackpads + two grip paddles. The wire right stick drives the right pad; a left-pad contact
+    /// shadows the stick (hardware multiplex). Needs Linux UHID.
     SteamController,
-    /// UHID Steam Deck controller (Valve `28DE:1205`, kernel `hid-steam`) — full Deck gamepad incl.
-    /// the four back grips (L4/L5/R4/R5), a right trackpad, and the IMU; re-grabbed by Steam Input
-    /// with native glyphs when Steam runs on the host. Needs Linux UHID.
+    /// Steam Deck controller (Valve `28DE:1205`) — full Deck gamepad incl. the four back grips
+    /// (L4/L5/R4/R5), both trackpads, and the IMU; re-grabbed by Steam Input with native glyphs
+    /// when Steam runs on the host. Linux (kernel `hid-steam` via UHID/usbip/gadget) or Windows
+    /// (UMDF minidriver, Steam-Input-promoted).
     SteamDeck,
+    /// DualSense Edge (Sony `054C:0DF2`, kernel `hid-playstation` ≥ 6.3 / Windows UMDF) — the
+    /// DualSense plus two back buttons + two Fn buttons, so a client's back paddles (Deck grips,
+    /// Elite P1–P4) land on a native slot instead of the fold/drop policy.
+    DualSenseEdge,
+    /// Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (Nintendo `057E:2009`, kernel `hid-nintendo` ≥ 5.16) —
+    /// correct Nintendo glyphs + positional layout, gyro/accel, HD rumble back. Needs Linux UHID.
+    SwitchPro,
 }
 
 impl GamepadPref {
     /// Wire byte. `0 = Auto`, `1 = Xbox360`, `2 = DualSense`, `3 = XboxOne`, `4 = DualShock4`,
-    /// `5 = SteamController`, `6 = SteamDeck`.
+    /// `5 = SteamController`, `6 = SteamDeck`, `7 = DualSenseEdge`, `8 = SwitchPro`.
     pub const fn to_u8(self) -> u8 {
         match self {
             GamepadPref::Auto => 0,
@@ -178,6 +186,8 @@ impl GamepadPref {
             GamepadPref::DualShock4 => 4,
             GamepadPref::SteamController => 5,
             GamepadPref::SteamDeck => 6,
+            GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge => 7,
+            GamepadPref::SwitchPro => 8,
         }
     }
 
@@ -191,6 +201,8 @@ impl GamepadPref {
             4 => GamepadPref::DualShock4,
             5 => GamepadPref::SteamController,
             6 => GamepadPref::SteamDeck,
+            7 => GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge,
+            8 => GamepadPref::SwitchPro,
             _ => GamepadPref::Auto,
         }
     }
@@ -208,12 +220,16 @@ impl GamepadPref {
             "dualshock4" | "dualshock" | "ds4" | "ps4" => GamepadPref::DualShock4,
             "steamdeck" | "steam-deck" | "deck" => GamepadPref::SteamDeck,
             "steamcontroller" | "steam-controller" | "steamcon" => GamepadPref::SteamController,
+            "dualsenseedge" | "dualsense-edge" | "edge" | "dsedge" => GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge,
+            "switchpro" | "switch-pro" | "switch" | "procontroller" | "pro-controller" => {
+                GamepadPref::SwitchPro
+            }
             _ => return None,
         })
     }
 
     /// Canonical lowercase identifier (`"auto"`, `"xbox360"`, `"dualsense"`, `"xboxone"`,
-    /// `"dualshock4"`, `"steamcontroller"`, `"steamdeck"`).
+    /// `"dualshock4"`, `"steamcontroller"`, `"steamdeck"`, `"dualsenseedge"`, `"switchpro"`).
     pub fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             GamepadPref::Auto => "auto",
@@ -223,6 +239,8 @@ impl GamepadPref {
             GamepadPref::DualShock4 => "dualshock4",
             GamepadPref::SteamController => "steamcontroller",
             GamepadPref::SteamDeck => "steamdeck",
+            GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge => "dualsenseedge",
+            GamepadPref::SwitchPro => "switchpro",
         }
     }
 }

crates/punktfunk-core/src/fec/gf16.rs

@@ -2,10 +2,23 @@
 //! shards/block — this is what removes the GameStream 255-shard / ~1 Gbps wall.
 //! Shard length must be even.
 
-use super::{validate_block_shape, validate_encode_shape, ErasureCoder, FecError};
+use super::{
+    validate_block_shape, validate_encode_shape, validate_into_shape, ErasureCoder, FecError,
+};
 use crate::config::FecScheme;
+use reed_solomon_simd::ReedSolomonEncoder;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 
-pub struct Gf16Coder;
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Gf16Coder {
+    /// Cached Leopard encoder (plan Phase 1.4): `reset()` re-shapes it per block while
+    /// reusing its working space, so steady-state frames cost no encoder construction (the
+    /// old `reed_solomon_simd::encode` convenience call built one — engine CPU-feature
+    /// detection, FFT planning, work-buffer allocs — per block). `Mutex` only to keep the
+    /// `&self` trait surface; a session's coder is driven by its one send thread, so the
+    /// lock is uncontended.
+    enc: Mutex<Option<ReedSolomonEncoder>>,
+}
 
 impl ErasureCoder for Gf16Coder {
     fn scheme(&self) -> FecScheme {
@@ -13,16 +26,62 @@ impl ErasureCoder for Gf16Coder {
     }
 
     fn encode(&self, data: &[&[u8]], recovery_count: usize) -> Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>, FecError> {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        self.encode_into(data, recovery_count, &mut out)?;
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+
+    fn encode_into(
+        &self,
+        data: &[&[u8]],
+        recovery_count: usize,
+        out: &mut Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    ) -> Result<(), FecError> {
         if recovery_count == 0 {
-            return Ok(Vec::new());
+            out.clear();
+            return Ok(());
         }
         validate_encode_shape(data)?;
         let k = data.len();
-        if data[0].len() % 2 != 0 {
+        let shard_len = data[0].len();
+        if shard_len % 2 != 0 {
             return Err(FecError::Config("GF(2^16) shard length must be even"));
         }
-        reed_solomon_simd::encode(k, recovery_count, data)
-            .map_err(|_| FecError::Backend("gf16 encode"))
+        let mut guard = self.enc.lock().unwrap_or_else(|p| p.into_inner());
+        let enc = match guard.as_mut() {
+            Some(enc) => {
+                enc.reset(k, recovery_count, shard_len)
+                    .map_err(|_| FecError::Backend("gf16 encoder reset"))?;
+                enc
+            }
+            None => guard.insert(
+                ReedSolomonEncoder::new(k, recovery_count, shard_len)
+                    .map_err(|_| FecError::Backend("gf16 encoder init"))?,
+            ),
+        };
+        for shard in data {
+            enc.add_original_shard(shard)
+                .map_err(|_| FecError::Backend("gf16 add shard"))?;
+        }
+        let result = enc.encode().map_err(|_| FecError::Backend("gf16 encode"))?;
+        // Copy the parity into the caller's pooled buffers: existing `Vec`s are reused
+        // (clear keeps capacity), the pool grows once to the session's high-water M.
+        out.truncate(recovery_count);
+        let mut parity = result.recovery_iter();
+        for buf in out.iter_mut() {
+            let shard = parity
+                .next()
+                .ok_or(FecError::Backend("gf16 parity count"))?;
+            buf.clear();
+            buf.extend_from_slice(shard);
+        }
+        for shard in parity {
+            out.push(shard.to_vec());
+        }
+        if out.len() != recovery_count {
+            return Err(FecError::Backend("gf16 parity count"));
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn reconstruct(
@@ -81,4 +140,46 @@ impl ErasureCoder for Gf16Coder {
         }
         Ok(out)
     }
+
+    fn reconstruct_into(
+        &self,
+        recovery_count: usize,
+        data: &mut [&mut [u8]],
+        have: &[bool],
+        recovery: &[(usize, &[u8])],
+    ) -> Result<(), FecError> {
+        validate_into_shape(data, have, recovery, recovery_count)?;
+        if have.iter().all(|h| *h) {
+            return Ok(()); // nothing missing — no codec work, no copies
+        }
+        if data[0].len() % 2 != 0 {
+            return Err(FecError::Config("GF(2^16) shard length must be even"));
+        }
+        let data_count = data.len();
+        // Present originals as indexed refs (shared reborrows of the caller's slots); the decoder
+        // returns the restored shards owned, so the borrows end before the write-back below.
+        let original_in: Vec<(usize, &[u8])> = data
+            .iter()
+            .zip(have)
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter(|(_, (_, &h))| h)
+            .map(|(i, (s, _))| (i, &**s))
+            .collect();
+        let restored = reed_solomon_simd::decode(
+            data_count,
+            recovery_count,
+            original_in,
+            recovery.iter().copied(),
+        )
+        .map_err(|_| FecError::Backend("gf16 decode"))?;
+        for (i, h) in have.iter().enumerate() {
+            if !*h {
+                let shard = restored
+                    .get(&i)
+                    .ok_or(FecError::Backend("gf16 decode left an original missing"))?;
+                data[i].copy_from_slice(shard);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }

crates/punktfunk-core/src/fec/gf8.rs

@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@
 //! client (unlike Vandermonde RS, whose parity is not interoperable). Hard ceiling: data +
 //! recovery ≤ 255 shards/block.
 
-use super::{validate_block_shape, validate_encode_shape, ErasureCoder, FecError};
+use super::{
+    validate_block_shape, validate_encode_shape, validate_into_shape, ErasureCoder, FecError,
+};
 use crate::config::FecScheme;
 use fec_rs::ReedSolomon;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 
-pub struct Gf8Coder;
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Gf8Coder {
+    /// Last-used Cauchy codec, keyed by its `(k, m)` shape (plan Phase 1.4): video blocks
+    /// keep one shape for long stretches (it only moves with frame size / adaptive-FEC
+    /// steps), so caching the matrix kills the per-block generator construction. `Mutex`
+    /// only to keep the `&self` trait surface; uncontended on the one send thread.
+    rs: Mutex<Option<(usize, usize, ReedSolomon)>>,
+}
 
 impl ErasureCoder for Gf8Coder {
     fn scheme(&self) -> FecScheme {
@@ -16,20 +26,46 @@ impl ErasureCoder for Gf8Coder {
     }
 
     fn encode(&self, data: &[&[u8]], recovery_count: usize) -> Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>, FecError> {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        self.encode_into(data, recovery_count, &mut out)?;
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+
+    fn encode_into(
+        &self,
+        data: &[&[u8]],
+        recovery_count: usize,
+        out: &mut Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    ) -> Result<(), FecError> {
         if recovery_count == 0 {
-            return Ok(Vec::new());
+            out.clear();
+            return Ok(());
         }
         validate_encode_shape(data)?;
         let k = data.len();
         let shard_len = data[0].len();
-        let rs = ReedSolomon::new(k, recovery_count)
-            .map_err(|_| FecError::Config("invalid GF(2^8) shard counts"))?;
+        let mut guard = self.rs.lock().unwrap_or_else(|p| p.into_inner());
+        let cached = matches!(&*guard, Some((ck, cm, _)) if *ck == k && *cm == recovery_count);
+        if !cached {
+            let rs = ReedSolomon::new(k, recovery_count)
+                .map_err(|_| FecError::Config("invalid GF(2^8) shard counts"))?;
+            *guard = Some((k, recovery_count, rs));
+        }
+        let rs = &guard.as_ref().expect("cache populated above").2;
+        // Shape the caller's pooled parity buffers without zero-filling: `encode_sep`'s
+        // first-input pass overwrites every parity row, so stale bytes never survive.
+        out.truncate(recovery_count);
+        for buf in out.iter_mut() {
+            buf.resize(shard_len, 0);
+        }
+        while out.len() < recovery_count {
+            out.push(vec![0u8; shard_len]);
+        }
         // `encode_sep` reads the data shards by reference and fills the parity in place —
         // same Cauchy codec as `encode`, without copying the data into a shards scratch.
-        let mut parity: Vec<Vec<u8>> = (0..recovery_count).map(|_| vec![0u8; shard_len]).collect();
-        rs.encode_sep(data, &mut parity)
+        rs.encode_sep(data, out)
             .map_err(|_| FecError::Backend("gf8 encode"))?;
-        Ok(parity)
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn reconstruct(
@@ -56,6 +92,44 @@ impl ErasureCoder for Gf8Coder {
             .map_err(|_| FecError::Backend("gf8 reconstruct"))?;
         collect_originals(received, data_count)
     }
+
+    fn reconstruct_into(
+        &self,
+        recovery_count: usize,
+        data: &mut [&mut [u8]],
+        have: &[bool],
+        recovery: &[(usize, &[u8])],
+    ) -> Result<(), FecError> {
+        validate_into_shape(data, have, recovery, recovery_count)?;
+        if have.iter().all(|h| *h) {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        // Legacy-scheme shim: fec-rs reconstructs through owned `Option<Vec<u8>>` slots, so copy
+        // the present shards into that shape and the recovered ones back out. Only P1/gf8
+        // sessions on loss pay this — the hot gf16 path decodes straight into the caller's slots.
+        let data_count = data.len();
+        let mut received: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>> = Vec::with_capacity(data_count + recovery_count);
+        for (s, h) in data.iter().zip(have) {
+            received.push(h.then(|| s.to_vec()));
+        }
+        received.resize(data_count + recovery_count, None);
+        for &(j, bytes) in recovery {
+            received[data_count + j] = Some(bytes.to_vec());
+        }
+        let rs = ReedSolomon::new(data_count, recovery_count)
+            .map_err(|_| FecError::Config("invalid GF(2^8) shard counts"))?;
+        rs.reconstruct_data(&mut received)
+            .map_err(|_| FecError::Backend("gf8 reconstruct"))?;
+        for (i, h) in have.iter().enumerate() {
+            if !*h {
+                let shard = received[i]
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .ok_or(FecError::Backend("reconstruction left an original missing"))?;
+                data[i].copy_from_slice(shard);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 fn collect_originals(
@@ -81,7 +155,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// these vectors would break and our parity would no longer be Moonlight-decodable.
     #[test]
     fn nanors_exact_parity_vectors() {
-        let coder = Gf8Coder;
+        let coder = Gf8Coder::default();
         // The definitive nanors vector (k=4, m=2): single-byte shards [10,20,30,40] → [136, 0].
         let data: [&[u8]; 4] = [&[10u8], &[20], &[30], &[40]];
         let parity = coder.encode(&data, 2).unwrap();
@@ -103,7 +177,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// Round-trip: erase `m` data shards and confirm reconstruction recovers the originals.
     #[test]
     fn recovers_erased_data_shards() {
-        let coder = Gf8Coder;
+        let coder = Gf8Coder::default();
         let data: Vec<Vec<u8>> = (0..6).map(|i| vec![i as u8; 8]).collect();
         let refs: Vec<&[u8]> = data.iter().map(|s| s.as_slice()).collect();
         let parity = coder.encode(&refs, 3).unwrap();

crates/punktfunk-core/src/fec/mod.rs

@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ pub trait ErasureCoder: Send + Sync {
     /// buffer instead of copying every data byte into per-shard `Vec`s first.
     fn encode(&self, data: &[&[u8]], recovery_count: usize) -> Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>, FecError>;
 
+    /// [`encode`](Self::encode) into caller-pooled parity buffers: on success `out` holds
+    /// exactly `recovery_count` shards, reusing its existing `Vec` allocations (extras are
+    /// truncated away, missing ones are grown once to the high-water mark). The per-frame
+    /// hot path (plan Phase 1.4) — backends also reuse their internal codec state here, so
+    /// steady-state frames cost no encoder construction and no parity allocations. The
+    /// default delegates to `encode` (correct, unpooled) for backends without an override.
+    /// On error `out`'s contents are unspecified and must not be sent.
+    fn encode_into(
+        &self,
+        data: &[&[u8]],
+        recovery_count: usize,
+        out: &mut Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    ) -> Result<(), FecError> {
+        *out = self.encode(data, recovery_count)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Reconstruct the K original shards. `received` has length K+M: indices `0..K` are
     /// originals, `K..K+M` are recovery shards; `Some` = present, `None` = lost.
     /// Returns the K original shards in order.
@@ -43,13 +60,32 @@ pub trait ErasureCoder: Send + Sync {
         recovery_count: usize,
         received: &mut [Option<Vec<u8>>],
     ) -> Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>, FecError>;
+
+    /// Reconstruct ONLY the missing data shards of a block, writing each straight into its final
+    /// slot in the caller's buffer — the receive-side half of [`encode`](Self::encode)'s ref-based
+    /// contract (the reassembler's slots are slices of one contiguous frame buffer, so recovery
+    /// lands at its final AU offset with no per-shard `Vec`s and no block/AU concat copies).
+    ///
+    /// `data` holds the block's K equal-length shard slots; `have[i]` marks the slots whose bytes
+    /// were received (valid codec input — a missing slot's contents are unspecified on entry).
+    /// `recovery` is the received parity as `(recovery_index, bytes)` with `recovery_index <
+    /// recovery_count` (the block's declared M, which the codec math needs even when not all M
+    /// arrived). On success every missing slot has been filled; on error missing slots are
+    /// unspecified and the caller must discard the block.
+    fn reconstruct_into(
+        &self,
+        recovery_count: usize,
+        data: &mut [&mut [u8]],
+        have: &[bool],
+        recovery: &[(usize, &[u8])],
+    ) -> Result<(), FecError>;
 }
 
 /// Construct the coder for a scheme.
 pub fn coder_for(scheme: FecScheme) -> Box<dyn ErasureCoder> {
     match scheme {
-        FecScheme::Gf8 => Box::new(Gf8Coder),
-        FecScheme::Gf16 => Box::new(Gf16Coder),
+        FecScheme::Gf8 => Box::new(Gf8Coder::default()),
+        FecScheme::Gf16 => Box::new(Gf16Coder::default()),
     }
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +116,43 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_block_shape(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Validate the shape [`ErasureCoder::reconstruct_into`] promises: `have` matches `data`, one
+/// shard length across data slots and recovery shards, recovery indices within the declared M,
+/// and enough shards present to reconstruct at all. Both backends call this first.
+pub(crate) fn validate_into_shape(
+    data: &[&mut [u8]],
+    have: &[bool],
+    recovery: &[(usize, &[u8])],
+    recovery_count: usize,
+) -> Result<(), FecError> {
+    if data.is_empty() {
+        return Err(FecError::Config("no data shards"));
+    }
+    if have.len() != data.len() {
+        return Err(FecError::Config("have length must equal data length"));
+    }
+    let len = data[0].len();
+    if data.iter().any(|s| s.len() != len) {
+        return Err(FecError::Config("shards in a block must be equal length"));
+    }
+    for &(j, bytes) in recovery {
+        if j >= recovery_count {
+            return Err(FecError::Config("recovery index out of range"));
+        }
+        if bytes.len() != len {
+            return Err(FecError::Config("shards in a block must be equal length"));
+        }
+    }
+    let present = have.iter().filter(|h| **h).count();
+    if present + recovery.len() < data.len() {
+        return Err(FecError::TooFewShards {
+            have: present + recovery.len(),
+            need: data.len(),
+        });
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Validate `encode` inputs: at least one data shard, all of equal length.
 pub(crate) fn validate_encode_shape(data: &[&[u8]]) -> Result<(), FecError> {
     let first = data
@@ -117,22 +190,109 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(restored, data);
     }
 
+    /// Round-trip through `reconstruct_into`: encode, zero out `lose_data` slots in a contiguous
+    /// buffer (the reassembler's frame-buffer shape), drop `lose_recovery` parity shards, and
+    /// assert the missing slots are restored in place while the present ones are untouched.
+    fn roundtrip_into(
+        coder: &dyn ErasureCoder,
+        k: usize,
+        m: usize,
+        shard_len: usize,
+        lose_data: &[usize],
+        lose_recovery: &[usize],
+    ) {
+        let src: Vec<Vec<u8>> = (0..k)
+            .map(|i| (0..shard_len).map(|b| (i * 31 + b * 7) as u8).collect())
+            .collect();
+        let refs: Vec<&[u8]> = src.iter().map(|s| s.as_slice()).collect();
+        let parity = coder.encode(&refs, m).unwrap();
+
+        let mut buf = vec![0u8; k * shard_len];
+        let mut have = vec![true; k];
+        for (i, s) in src.iter().enumerate() {
+            if lose_data.contains(&i) {
+                have[i] = false; // slot stays zeroed — codec must fill it
+            } else {
+                buf[i * shard_len..(i + 1) * shard_len].copy_from_slice(s);
+            }
+        }
+        let recovery: Vec<(usize, &[u8])> = parity
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter(|(j, _)| !lose_recovery.contains(j))
+            .map(|(j, p)| (j, p.as_slice()))
+            .collect();
+
+        let mut slots: Vec<&mut [u8]> = buf.chunks_mut(shard_len).collect();
+        coder
+            .reconstruct_into(m, &mut slots, &have, &recovery)
+            .unwrap();
+        for (i, s) in src.iter().enumerate() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                &buf[i * shard_len..(i + 1) * shard_len],
+                s.as_slice(),
+                "shard {i}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn gf16_reconstruct_into_fills_only_the_holes() {
+        roundtrip_into(&Gf16Coder::default(), 16, 4, 256, &[1, 9], &[3]);
+        roundtrip_into(&Gf16Coder::default(), 4, 2, 16, &[0, 3], &[]);
+        roundtrip_into(&Gf16Coder::default(), 4, 2, 16, &[], &[0, 1]); // nothing missing, no parity needed
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn gf8_reconstruct_into_fills_only_the_holes() {
+        roundtrip_into(&Gf8Coder::default(), 16, 4, 256, &[0, 7], &[1]);
+        roundtrip_into(&Gf8Coder::default(), 4, 2, 16, &[2], &[1]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn reconstruct_into_rejects_bad_shapes() {
+        let mut buf = [0u8; 4 * 8];
+        // Too few shards: 2 of 4 data present, no recovery.
+        let mut slots: Vec<&mut [u8]> = buf.chunks_mut(8).collect();
+        let have = [true, true, false, false];
+        assert!(Gf16Coder::default()
+            .reconstruct_into(2, &mut slots, &have, &[])
+            .is_err());
+        // Recovery index out of the declared range.
+        let parity = [0u8; 8];
+        let mut slots: Vec<&mut [u8]> = buf.chunks_mut(8).collect();
+        assert!(Gf16Coder::default()
+            .reconstruct_into(2, &mut slots, &have, &[(2, &parity), (3, &parity)])
+            .is_err());
+        // Mismatched recovery shard length.
+        let short = [0u8; 6];
+        let mut slots: Vec<&mut [u8]> = buf.chunks_mut(8).collect();
+        assert!(Gf8Coder::default()
+            .reconstruct_into(2, &mut slots, &have, &[(0, &short), (1, &parity)])
+            .is_err());
+        // `have` length disagreeing with `data`.
+        let mut slots: Vec<&mut [u8]> = buf.chunks_mut(8).collect();
+        assert!(Gf8Coder::default()
+            .reconstruct_into(2, &mut slots, &[true; 3], &[(0, &parity)])
+            .is_err());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn gf8_recovers_within_budget() {
         // 16 data + 4 recovery; lose 2 data + 2 recovery (== budget).
-        roundtrip(&Gf8Coder, 16, 4, 256, &[0, 7, 16, 19]);
+        roundtrip(&Gf8Coder::default(), 16, 4, 256, &[0, 7, 16, 19]);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn gf16_recovers_within_budget() {
-        roundtrip(&Gf16Coder, 16, 4, 256, &[1, 9, 17, 18]);
+        roundtrip(&Gf16Coder::default(), 16, 4, 256, &[1, 9, 17, 18]);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn gf8_too_much_loss_errors() {
         let data: Vec<Vec<u8>> = (0..8).map(|_| vec![0u8; 64]).collect();
         let refs: Vec<&[u8]> = data.iter().map(|s| s.as_slice()).collect();
-        let recovery = Gf8Coder.encode(&refs, 2).unwrap();
+        let recovery = Gf8Coder::default().encode(&refs, 2).unwrap();
         let mut received: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>> = data
             .iter()
             .cloned()
@@ -143,8 +303,8 @@ mod tests {
         received[0] = None;
         received[1] = None;
         received[2] = None;
-        assert!(Gf16Coder.scheme() == FecScheme::Gf16);
-        let err = Gf8Coder.reconstruct(8, 2, &mut received);
+        assert!(Gf16Coder::default().scheme() == FecScheme::Gf16);
+        let err = Gf8Coder::default().reconstruct(8, 2, &mut received);
         assert!(err.is_err());
     }
 
@@ -153,9 +313,9 @@ mod tests {
         // data=2, recovery=2 expects a 4-element slice; a 3-element one must error, not
         // panic on the recovery-slice index (both backends).
         let mut recv: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>> = vec![Some(vec![0u8; 8]), None, Some(vec![0u8; 8])];
-        assert!(Gf16Coder.reconstruct(2, 2, &mut recv).is_err());
+        assert!(Gf16Coder::default().reconstruct(2, 2, &mut recv).is_err());
         let mut recv: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>> = vec![Some(vec![0u8; 8]), None, Some(vec![0u8; 8])];
-        assert!(Gf8Coder.reconstruct(2, 2, &mut recv).is_err());
+        assert!(Gf8Coder::default().reconstruct(2, 2, &mut recv).is_err());
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -163,9 +323,9 @@ mod tests {
         // The GF16 fast path used to clone shards verbatim without a length check.
         let mut recv: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>> =
             vec![Some(vec![0u8; 8]), Some(vec![0u8; 6]), None, None];
-        assert!(Gf16Coder.reconstruct(2, 2, &mut recv).is_err());
+        assert!(Gf16Coder::default().reconstruct(2, 2, &mut recv).is_err());
         let mut recv: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>> =
             vec![Some(vec![0u8; 8]), Some(vec![0u8; 6]), None, None];
-        assert!(Gf8Coder.reconstruct(2, 2, &mut recv).is_err());
+        assert!(Gf8Coder::default().reconstruct(2, 2, &mut recv).is_err());
     }
 }

crates/punktfunk-core/src/packet.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use crate::error::{PunktfunkError, Result};
 use crate::fec::ErasureCoder;
 use crate::session::Frame;
 use crate::stats::StatsCounters;
-use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use zerocopy::{FromBytes, Immutable, IntoBytes, KnownLayout};
 
 /// Identifies a punktfunk video packet (vs. an input datagram, see [`crate::input`]).
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ pub struct Packetizer {
     /// Every other data shard is a `shard_payload`-sized slice straight into the frame buffer —
     /// blocks are consecutive shard ranges, so only the frame's last shard can be partial.
     tail: Vec<u8>,
+    /// Reusable parity buffers for [`ErasureCoder::encode_into`] (plan Phase 1.4): grows once
+    /// to the session's high-water recovery count, then every block's parity is generated
+    /// into it with zero allocations.
+    recovery: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
 impl Packetizer {
@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ impl Packetizer {
             fec: config.fec,
             version: config.phase as u8,
             tail: Vec::new(),
+            recovery: Vec::new(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -262,6 +267,7 @@ impl Packetizer {
             self.tail[..rem].copy_from_slice(&frame[full_shards * payload..]);
         }
         let tail = &self.tail;
+        let recovery_pool = &mut self.recovery;
         let shard_at = |s: usize| -> &[u8] {
             if s < full_shards {
                 &frame[s * payload..(s + 1) * payload]
@@ -279,7 +285,8 @@ impl Packetizer {
             let data_shards: Vec<&[u8]> = (first..last).map(shard_at).collect();
 
             let recovery_count = self.fec.recovery_for(block_data_count);
-            let recovery = coder.encode(&data_shards, recovery_count)?;
+            coder.encode_into(&data_shards, recovery_count, recovery_pool)?;
+            let recovery = &*recovery_pool;
             let total_shards = block_data_count + recovery_count;
             if total_shards > u16::MAX as usize {
                 return Err(PunktfunkError::Unsupported("block shard count exceeds u16"));
@@ -331,14 +338,28 @@ impl Packetizer {
 // Client side: reassembly + FEC recovery
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-struct BlockBuf {
+/// Per-block reassembly state. The block's DATA bytes live in the owning [`FrameBuf::buf`]
+/// (each shard copied once, straight to its final AU offset); this tracks presence and holds
+/// the received recovery shards until the block resolves.
+struct BlockState {
+    /// The block's K/M — pinned by the frame geometry derived from `frame_bytes` and validated
+    /// against every packet of the block.
     data_shards: usize,
     recovery_shards: usize,
-    shard_bytes: usize,
-    /// Length `data_shards + recovery_shards`; `Some` = received.
-    shards: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>>,
-    received: usize,
+    /// Per-data-shard presence: which ranges of the frame buffer hold received bytes (also the
+    /// FEC input map — the codec reads only present slots).
+    have_data: Vec<bool>,
+    data_received: usize,
+    /// Received recovery shards (pooled shard-sized buffers, reclaimed when the block resolves).
+    recovery: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>>,
+    recovery_received: usize,
+    /// Terminal — either reconstructed (its buffer range is fully written) or unrecoverable
+    /// (corrupt shards; the frame can never complete). Later shards for it are ignored.
     done: bool,
+    /// The block resolved by actually consuming parity (`missing > 0` at reconstruct) — the only
+    /// case where a data shard arriving after `done` was counted into `fec_recovered_shards` and
+    /// must be netted back out as [`fec_late_shards`](crate::stats::Stats::fec_late_shards).
+    reconstructed: bool,
 }
 
 struct FrameBuf {
@@ -346,9 +367,16 @@ struct FrameBuf {
     block_count: usize,
     pts_ns: u64,
     user_flags: u32,
-    blocks: HashMap<u16, BlockBuf>,
-    /// Reconstructed payload per completed block, ordered by block index.
-    block_data: BTreeMap<u16, Vec<u8>>,
+    /// The whole frame's data region — `total_data_shards × shard_bytes` zeroed bytes. Data
+    /// shards are copied to their final offset on arrival; FEC reconstruction writes only the
+    /// missing shards' ranges. On completion this Vec IS [`Frame::data`] (truncated to
+    /// `frame_bytes`) — the old shard→block→AU copy chain and its ~per-packet allocations are
+    /// gone (the 2026-07-14 sweeps pinned the client pump as the ~1.5 Gbps wall, ~85% userspace).
+    buf: Vec<u8>,
+    blocks: HashMap<u16, BlockState>,
+    /// Blocks fully reconstructed into `buf`. The frame completes when this reaches
+    /// `block_count` (a failed block never counts — the frame then ages out as dropped).
+    blocks_ok: usize,
 }
 
 /// Per-session bounds the reassembler enforces on every packet header *before*
@@ -392,15 +420,33 @@ impl ReassemblerLimits {
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct ReassemblyWindow {
     frames: HashMap<u32, FrameBuf>,
-    /// Recently-emitted frames, so stray/late shards can't resurrect them. Pruned to
+    /// Recently-terminated frames (emitted OR abandoned by the loss window), so stray/late shards
+    /// can't resurrect them. The value is the frame's parity-restored data shards (frame-wide
+    /// index `block × max_data_shards + shard`, usually empty): each was counted into
+    /// `fec_recovered_shards` at reconstruct, so when one ARRIVES after all — late, not lost —
+    /// it's removed here and counted into `fec_late_shards` for the loss windows to net out
+    /// (reordering alone must not read as packet loss). The removal makes the accounting exact:
+    /// a wire duplicate of a shard that did arrive matches nothing and counts nothing. Pruned to
     /// the reorder window alongside `frames`.
-    completed: HashSet<u32>,
+    completed: HashMap<u32, Vec<u32>>,
     /// The newest frame seen, as `(frame_index, capture pts)` — the loss-window anchor: an
     /// incomplete frame is declared lost once it sits [`LOSS_WINDOW_NS`] behind this pts (or
     /// [`HARD_LOSS_WINDOW`] indices, whichever trips first).
     newest_frame: Option<(u32, u64)>,
 }
 
+/// Frame buffers are allocated whole (zeroed) at a frame's first shard, so bound how much a
+/// window of tiny first-shards can commit: the sum of in-flight `FrameBuf::buf` bytes (both index
+/// spaces) may not exceed `IN_FLIGHT_BUF_FACTOR × max_frame_bytes`. Honest streams hold 1–3
+/// partially-arrived frames of ACTUAL size (≪ max); without this cap, [`HARD_LOSS_WINDOW`]
+/// max-sized declarations from one header-sized packet each could commit gigabytes — an
+/// amplification the old sparse per-shard allocation didn't have.
+const IN_FLIGHT_BUF_FACTOR: usize = 4;
+
+/// Recovery-shard buffer pool ceiling (shard-sized buffers): enough for several max-recovery
+/// blocks in flight, small enough (~720 KB at a 1408-byte shard) to keep after a loss burst.
+const RECOVERY_POOL_MAX: usize = 512;
+
 /// Buffers incoming shards, recovers lost ones via FEC, and emits whole access units.
 /// Client-side only.
 pub struct Reassembler {
@@ -414,6 +460,12 @@ pub struct Reassembler {
     /// video loss anchor). Aged-out probe frames are NOT `frames_dropped` — probe loss is measured
     /// bytes-wise by the probe accumulator and must not fire video recovery.
     probe: ReassemblyWindow,
+    /// Reusable shard-sized buffers for received recovery shards — the only shard bytes that
+    /// still need their own storage (data shards land straight in the frame buffer). Capped at
+    /// [`RECOVERY_POOL_MAX`].
+    recovery_pool: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    /// Sum of in-flight `FrameBuf::buf` bytes across both windows (see [`IN_FLIGHT_BUF_FACTOR`]).
+    in_flight_bytes: usize,
 }
 
 impl Reassembler {
@@ -422,6 +474,8 @@ impl Reassembler {
             limits,
             video: ReassemblyWindow::default(),
             probe: ReassemblyWindow::default(),
+            recovery_pool: Vec::new(),
+            in_flight_bytes: 0,
         }
     }
 
@@ -449,7 +503,16 @@ impl Reassembler {
             }
         };
 
-        let lim = self.limits;
+        // Disjoint field borrows: the window (`video`/`probe`), the recovery pool, and the
+        // in-flight budget are all touched while a frame entry is mutably borrowed.
+        let Reassembler {
+            limits,
+            video,
+            probe,
+            recovery_pool,
+            in_flight_bytes,
+        } = self;
+        let lim = *limits;
         let shard_bytes = hdr.shard_bytes as usize;
         let data_shards = hdr.data_shards as usize;
         let recovery_shards = hdr.recovery_shards as usize;
@@ -480,130 +543,219 @@ impl Reassembler {
             drop(stats);
             return Ok(None);
         }
-        let payload = pkt[HEADER_LEN..HEADER_LEN + shard_bytes].to_vec();
+        // Derived-geometry firewall: every sender (our Packetizer, any version) slices a frame
+        // into consecutive blocks of exactly `max_data_per_block` data shards with only the LAST
+        // block smaller, and stamps the exact `frame_bytes` in every header. That makes every
+        // data shard's final AU offset computable on arrival —
+        //     offset = (block_index × max_data_per_block + shard_index) × shard_bytes
+        // — which is what lets shards land straight in the frame buffer below. Enforce the
+        // invariant so a header lying about its geometry is dropped instead of scribbling into
+        // another shard's range.
+        let total_data = frame_bytes.div_ceil(shard_bytes).max(1);
+        let expect_blocks = total_data.div_ceil(lim.max_data_shards).max(1);
+        let block_idx = hdr.block_index as usize;
+        let expect_data_shards = if block_idx + 1 == expect_blocks {
+            total_data - (expect_blocks - 1) * lim.max_data_shards
+        } else {
+            lim.max_data_shards
+        };
+        if block_count != expect_blocks || data_shards != expect_data_shards {
+            drop(stats);
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        let body = &pkt[HEADER_LEN..HEADER_LEN + shard_bytes];
 
         // Route by index space: speed-test probe filler (FLAG_PROBE in user_flags) reassembles in
         // its own window so its indexes never interact with the video loss window — a probe burst
         // can neither advance the video anchor nor be dropped as stale against it (and its aged-out
         // frames never count as `frames_dropped`, which would fire video loss recovery).
         let is_probe = hdr.user_flags & (FLAG_PROBE as u32) != 0;
-        let win = if is_probe {
-            &mut self.probe
-        } else {
-            &mut self.video
-        };
-        win.advance_window(hdr.frame_index, hdr.pts_ns, stats, !is_probe);
+        let win = if is_probe { probe } else { video };
+        win.advance_window(
+            hdr.frame_index,
+            hdr.pts_ns,
+            stats,
+            !is_probe,
+            recovery_pool,
+            in_flight_bytes,
+            lim.max_data_shards,
+        );
 
-        // Drop shards for frames we've already emitted (e.g. the recovery shards of a
-        // frame that completed early via the all-originals-present fast path) or that
-        // have fallen out of the loss window.
-        if win.completed.contains(&hdr.frame_index) || win.is_stale(hdr.frame_index, hdr.pts_ns) {
+        // Drop shards for frames already terminated (emitted — e.g. the recovery shards of a
+        // frame that completed early via the all-originals-present fast path — or abandoned by
+        // the loss window) and for frames that have fallen out of the loss window entirely.
+        if let Some(reconstructed) = win.completed.get_mut(&hdr.frame_index) {
+            // A data shard the parity reconstruct already restored (and counted into
+            // `fec_recovered_shards`) was late, not lost: count the arrival so the loss windows
+            // net it out (`recovered - late`), or plain reordering reads as packet loss and
+            // spooks adaptive FEC + the bitrate controller. Removing the match keeps it exact —
+            // wire duplicates of delivered shards match nothing, recovery shards are never in
+            // the list. No probe/video split: `fec_recovered_shards` counts both windows.
+            if shard_index < data_shards {
+                let fw = block_idx as u32 * lim.max_data_shards as u32 + shard_index as u32;
+                if let Some(pos) = reconstructed.iter().position(|&s| s == fw) {
+                    reconstructed.swap_remove(pos);
+                    StatsCounters::add(&stats.fec_late_shards, 1);
+                }
+            }
+            drop(stats);
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        if win.is_stale(hdr.frame_index, hdr.pts_ns) {
             drop(stats);
             return Ok(None);
         }
 
-        // First packet of a frame establishes its geometry; later packets must agree.
-        let frame = win
-            .frames
-            .entry(hdr.frame_index)
-            .or_insert_with(|| FrameBuf {
-                frame_bytes,
-                block_count,
-                pts_ns: hdr.pts_ns,
-                user_flags: hdr.user_flags,
-                blocks: HashMap::new(),
-                block_data: BTreeMap::new(),
-            });
+        // First packet of a frame allocates its whole (zeroed) buffer, budget-gated; later
+        // packets must agree with its geometry.
+        let buf_len = total_data * shard_bytes;
+        let frame = match win.frames.entry(hdr.frame_index) {
+            std::collections::hash_map::Entry::Occupied(e) => e.into_mut(),
+            std::collections::hash_map::Entry::Vacant(e) => {
+                if *in_flight_bytes + buf_len > IN_FLIGHT_BUF_FACTOR * lim.max_frame_bytes {
+                    // Budget exhausted (several max-size frames all partially in flight) — a
+                    // stream this bites is already deep in loss; dropping the packet is strictly
+                    // milder than what the loss window would do to the frame moments later.
+                    drop(stats);
+                    return Ok(None);
+                }
+                *in_flight_bytes += buf_len;
+                e.insert(FrameBuf {
+                    frame_bytes,
+                    block_count,
+                    pts_ns: hdr.pts_ns,
+                    user_flags: hdr.user_flags,
+                    buf: vec![0; buf_len],
+                    blocks: HashMap::new(),
+                    blocks_ok: 0,
+                })
+            }
+        };
         if frame.block_count != block_count || frame.frame_bytes != frame_bytes {
             drop(stats);
             return Ok(None);
         }
+        let FrameBuf {
+            buf,
+            blocks,
+            blocks_ok,
+            ..
+        } = frame;
 
-        if frame.block_data.contains_key(&hdr.block_index) {
-            return Ok(None); // block already reconstructed; late/duplicate shard
-        }
-
-        // First packet of a block sizes its shard vector; later packets must match its
-        // (data, recovery, shard_bytes) geometry, so `shard_index` is always in bounds.
-        frame
-            .blocks
-            .entry(hdr.block_index)
-            .or_insert_with(|| BlockBuf {
-                data_shards,
-                recovery_shards,
-                shard_bytes,
-                shards: vec![None; total],
-                received: 0,
-                done: false,
-            });
-        let block = frame.blocks.get_mut(&hdr.block_index).unwrap();
-        if block.data_shards != data_shards
-            || block.recovery_shards != recovery_shards
-            || block.shard_bytes != shard_bytes
-        {
+        // First packet of a block sizes its state; `data_shards` is already pinned by the
+        // derived geometry above, but `recovery_shards` is per-block wire input (adaptive FEC
+        // varies it per frame) — later packets must match the block's first.
+        let block = blocks.entry(hdr.block_index).or_insert_with(|| BlockState {
+            data_shards,
+            recovery_shards,
+            have_data: vec![false; data_shards],
+            data_received: 0,
+            recovery: vec![None; recovery_shards],
+            recovery_received: 0,
+            done: false,
+            reconstructed: false,
+        });
+        if block.recovery_shards != recovery_shards {
             drop(stats);
             return Ok(None);
         }
+        if block.done {
+            // A data shard the parity reconstruct already restored (`!have_data`) was late, not
+            // lost — net it out of the `fec_recovered_shards` it was counted into (see the
+            // completed-frame twin above; this arm covers multi-block frames whose other blocks
+            // are still in flight). `have_data == true` = wire duplicate; a failed reconstruct
+            // (`!reconstructed`) never counted its missing shards, so neither do we.
+            if block.reconstructed
+                && shard_index < block.data_shards
+                && !block.have_data[shard_index]
+            {
+                block.have_data[shard_index] = true; // it HAS arrived now — dedups a re-dup
+                StatsCounters::add(&stats.fec_late_shards, 1);
+            }
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
 
-        if block.shards[shard_index].is_none() {
-            block.shards[shard_index] = Some(payload);
-            block.received += 1;
+        if shard_index < data_shards {
+            // A data shard lands at its final AU offset — the only copy its bytes ever make
+            // past decrypt.
+            if !block.have_data[shard_index] {
+                let off = (block_idx * lim.max_data_shards + shard_index) * shard_bytes;
+                buf[off..off + shard_bytes].copy_from_slice(body);
+                block.have_data[shard_index] = true;
+                block.data_received += 1;
+            }
+        } else {
+            let slot = shard_index - data_shards;
+            if block.recovery[slot].is_none() {
+                let mut rb = recovery_pool.pop().unwrap_or_default();
+                rb.clear();
+                rb.extend_from_slice(body);
+                block.recovery[slot] = Some(rb);
+                block.recovery_received += 1;
+            }
         }
 
         // Reconstruct as soon as we hold enough shards.
-        if !block.done && block.received >= block.data_shards {
-            let present_data = block.shards[..block.data_shards]
-                .iter()
-                .filter(|s| s.is_some())
-                .count();
-            let recovered = match coder.reconstruct(
-                block.data_shards,
-                block.recovery_shards,
-                &mut block.shards,
-            ) {
-                Ok(r) => r,
+        if block.data_received + block.recovery_received >= block.data_shards {
+            let missing = block.data_shards - block.data_received;
+            let outcome = if missing == 0 {
+                Ok(()) // every original arrived — its bytes are already in place
+            } else {
+                let base = block_idx * lim.max_data_shards * shard_bytes;
+                let region = &mut buf[base..base + block.data_shards * shard_bytes];
+                let mut slots: Vec<&mut [u8]> = region.chunks_mut(shard_bytes).collect();
+                let parity: Vec<(usize, &[u8])> = block
+                    .recovery
+                    .iter()
+                    .enumerate()
+                    .filter_map(|(j, s)| s.as_deref().map(|b| (j, b)))
+                    .collect();
+                coder.reconstruct_into(block.recovery_shards, &mut slots, &block.have_data, &parity)
+            };
+            // The parity buffers are spent either way — reclaim them for the next block.
+            for slot in block.recovery.iter_mut() {
+                if let Some(rb) = slot.take() {
+                    if recovery_pool.len() < RECOVERY_POOL_MAX {
+                        recovery_pool.push(rb);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            block.done = true;
+            match outcome {
+                Ok(()) => {
+                    // With in-order delivery `missing` is exactly the block's lost shards; under
+                    // reordering the early trigger also "recovers" shards that are merely still
+                    // in flight — their later arrival counts `fec_late_shards` (both arms above)
+                    // so loss estimators can net the two (`window_loss_ppm`).
+                    block.reconstructed = missing > 0;
+                    StatsCounters::add(&stats.fec_recovered_shards, missing as u64);
+                    *blocks_ok += 1;
+                }
                 Err(_) => {
-                    // Corrupt/incompatible shards that slipped past the header checks: discard this
-                    // block (mark done so later shards for it are ignored) and keep the session
-                    // alive — a lossy link must not be torn down by one unrecoverable block; the
-                    // frame stays incomplete and the client recovers at the next keyframe/RFI.
-                    block.done = true;
+                    // Corrupt/incompatible shards that slipped past the header checks: discard
+                    // this block (done, but never counted ok — the frame can't complete and ages
+                    // out) and keep the session alive; the client recovers at the next
+                    // keyframe/RFI.
                     StatsCounters::add(&stats.packets_dropped, 1);
                     return Ok(None);
                 }
-            };
-            block.done = true;
-            StatsCounters::add(
-                &stats.fec_recovered_shards,
-                (block.data_shards - present_data) as u64,
-            );
-
-            // Concatenate the block's data shards into its contiguous payload.
-            let mut block_payload = Vec::with_capacity(block.data_shards * block.shard_bytes);
-            for shard in &recovered {
-                block_payload.extend_from_slice(shard);
             }
-            frame.block_data.insert(hdr.block_index, block_payload);
-            frame.blocks.remove(&hdr.block_index);
         }
 
         // Whole frame ready?
-        if frame.block_data.len() == frame.block_count {
-            let frame = win.frames.remove(&hdr.frame_index).unwrap();
-            win.completed.insert(hdr.frame_index);
-            // Reserve based on the bytes we actually hold, not the (already-bounded but
-            // still caller-supplied) frame_bytes, so a small frame can't over-reserve.
-            let actual: usize = frame.block_data.values().map(|b| b.len()).sum();
-            let mut data = Vec::with_capacity(actual);
-            for (_, block_payload) in frame.block_data.into_iter() {
-                data.extend_from_slice(&block_payload);
-            }
-            data.truncate(frame.frame_bytes); // trim trailing-shard zero padding
+        if *blocks_ok == block_count {
+            let mut done = win.frames.remove(&hdr.frame_index).unwrap();
+            win.completed.insert(
+                hdr.frame_index,
+                reconstructed_shards(&done.blocks, lim.max_data_shards),
+            );
+            *in_flight_bytes -= done.buf.len();
+            done.buf.truncate(done.frame_bytes); // trim trailing-shard zero padding
             return Ok(Some(Frame {
-                data,
+                data: done.buf,
                 frame_index: hdr.frame_index,
-                pts_ns: frame.pts_ns,
-                flags: frame.user_flags,
+                pts_ns: done.pts_ns,
+                flags: done.user_flags,
             }));
         }
         Ok(None)
@@ -618,20 +770,45 @@ impl Reassembler {
     pub fn reset(&mut self) {
         self.video = ReassemblyWindow::default();
         self.probe = ReassemblyWindow::default();
+        // The dropped frames' buffers (and their parity bufs) go back to the allocator, not the
+        // pool — a flush is the rare path. The budget resets with them.
+        self.in_flight_bytes = 0;
     }
 }
 
+/// The data shards of a terminating frame that only exist because parity restored them
+/// (`reconstructed` blocks' still-absent originals), as frame-wide indexes
+/// (`block × max_data_shards + shard`) for the [`ReassemblyWindow::completed`] late-shard
+/// memory. Empty (no allocation) for the overwhelmingly common clean frame.
+fn reconstructed_shards(blocks: &HashMap<u16, BlockState>, max_data_shards: usize) -> Vec<u32> {
+    let mut v = Vec::new();
+    for (&bi, b) in blocks {
+        if b.reconstructed {
+            for (i, have) in b.have_data.iter().enumerate() {
+                if !have {
+                    v.push(bi as u32 * max_data_shards as u32 + i as u32);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    v
+}
+
 impl ReassemblyWindow {
     /// Track the newest frame, declare incomplete frames that fell out of the loss window
     /// ([`LOSS_WINDOW_NS`] behind the newest pts, or [`HARD_LOSS_WINDOW`] indices) lost — for the
     /// video window (`count_drops`) counting them dropped, which is what drives the client's
     /// recovery-keyframe request — and prune the completed-index memory to [`REORDER_WINDOW`].
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     fn advance_window(
         &mut self,
         frame_index: u32,
         pts_ns: u64,
         stats: &StatsCounters,
         count_drops: bool,
+        recovery_pool: &mut Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+        in_flight_bytes: &mut usize,
+        max_data_shards: usize,
     ) {
         let (newest, newest_pts) = match self.newest_frame {
             // `frame_index` is newer iff it's within the forward half of the index space.
@@ -648,8 +825,21 @@ impl ReassemblyWindow {
             if !keep {
                 // Remember the abandoned index so a straggler shard is dropped (below, and in
                 // `push`) instead of resurrecting the frame — which would re-allocate its buffers
-                // and double-count the drop when it aged out again.
-                completed.insert(idx);
+                // and double-count the drop when it aged out again. Blocks that reconstructed
+                // before the frame died still counted `fec_recovered_shards`, so their restored
+                // shards join the late-shard memory exactly like an emitted frame's.
+                completed.insert(idx, reconstructed_shards(&f.blocks, max_data_shards));
+                // Release its buffer budget and reclaim its parity bufs for the pool.
+                *in_flight_bytes -= f.buf.len();
+                for block in f.blocks.values_mut() {
+                    for slot in block.recovery.iter_mut() {
+                        if let Some(rb) = slot.take() {
+                            if recovery_pool.len() < RECOVERY_POOL_MAX {
+                                recovery_pool.push(rb);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
             keep
         });
@@ -658,7 +848,7 @@ impl ReassemblyWindow {
             StatsCounters::add(&stats.frames_dropped, pruned as u64);
         }
         self.completed
-            .retain(|&idx| newest.wrapping_sub(idx) <= REORDER_WINDOW);
+            .retain(|&idx, _| newest.wrapping_sub(idx) <= REORDER_WINDOW);
     }
 
     /// True if this packet's frame lies outside the loss window (behind the newest frame by more
@@ -957,6 +1147,205 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// Build a host config for the end-to-end roundtrips: 16-byte shards, 4-data-shard blocks.
+    fn e2e_config(scheme: FecScheme, fec_percent: u8) -> Config {
+        use crate::config::{FecConfig, ProtocolPhase, Role};
+        Config {
+            role: Role::Host,
+            phase: ProtocolPhase::P2Punktfunk,
+            fec: FecConfig {
+                scheme,
+                fec_percent,
+                max_data_per_block: 4,
+            },
+            shard_payload: 16,
+            max_frame_bytes: 4096,
+            encrypt: false,
+            key: [0u8; 16],
+            salt: [0u8; 4],
+            loopback_drop_period: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Packetize a synthetic AU, deliver a mangled subset (losses within the FEC budget,
+    /// optionally reversed, with a duplicate), and assert the reassembled AU is byte-identical
+    /// to the source — the shards landed straight in the frame buffer at the right offsets and
+    /// FEC filled the holes.
+    ///
+    /// `fec_recovered_shards` accounting: with in-order delivery it equals the kill count
+    /// exactly (and nothing is late). With reversed delivery parity arrives first, so the
+    /// `data + recovery ≥ k` trigger reconstructs EARLY and restores late-not-lost shards too —
+    /// deliberate (latency), but each such shard's later arrival must count `fec_late_shards`
+    /// so the NET (`recovered - late`) still equals the true kill count: reordering alone must
+    /// not read as loss (it pollutes LossReports → adaptive FEC + the ABR controller).
+    fn e2e_roundtrip(
+        scheme: FecScheme,
+        frame_len: usize,
+        fec_percent: u8,
+        kill: &[usize],
+        reverse: bool,
+    ) {
+        let cfg = e2e_config(scheme, fec_percent);
+        let coder = coder_for(scheme);
+        let mut pk = Packetizer::new(&cfg);
+        let src: Vec<u8> = (0..frame_len).map(|i| (i * 131 + 7) as u8).collect();
+        let pkts = pk.packetize(&src, 12345, 0, coder.as_ref()).unwrap();
+
+        let mut delivery: Vec<Vec<u8>> = pkts
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter(|(i, _)| !kill.contains(i))
+            .map(|(_, p)| p.clone())
+            .collect();
+        if reverse {
+            delivery.reverse(); // recovery shards (and the tail) arrive first
+        }
+        if let Some(dup) = delivery.first().cloned() {
+            delivery.push(dup); // a duplicate must be ignored, not double-counted
+        }
+
+        let mut r = Reassembler::new(ReassemblerLimits::from_config(&cfg));
+        let stats = StatsCounters::default();
+        let mut got = None;
+        for p in &delivery {
+            if let Some(f) = r.push(p, coder.as_ref(), &stats).unwrap() {
+                assert!(got.is_none(), "frame must complete exactly once");
+                got = Some(f);
+            }
+        }
+        let f = got.expect("frame must complete within the FEC budget");
+        assert_eq!(f.data, src, "reassembled AU must be byte-identical");
+        assert_eq!(f.pts_ns, 12345);
+        let snap = stats.snapshot();
+        let (recovered, late) = (snap.fec_recovered_shards, snap.fec_late_shards);
+        if reverse {
+            assert!(
+                recovered >= kill.len() as u64,
+                "early reconstruct counts more"
+            );
+        } else {
+            assert_eq!(recovered, kill.len() as u64);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            recovered - late,
+            kill.len() as u64,
+            "net recovered (recovered - late) must equal the true loss regardless of order \
+             (recovered={recovered} late={late} killed={})",
+            kill.len()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Multi-block frame with a partial tail shard, heavy loss, both delivery orders + dups.
+    /// 100 bytes / 16 = 7 shards → blocks of (4 data + 2 rec) and (3 data + 2 rec).
+    #[test]
+    fn e2e_multiblock_loss_reorder_dup_gf16() {
+        // Packet order: blk0 = idx 0..6 (4 data + 2 rec), blk1 = idx 6..11 (3 data + 2 rec).
+        // Kill 2 data in block 0 and 1 data in block 1 — all within the 50% budget.
+        e2e_roundtrip(FecScheme::Gf16, 100, 50, &[0, 2, 7], false);
+        e2e_roundtrip(FecScheme::Gf16, 100, 50, &[0, 2, 7], true);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn e2e_multiblock_loss_reorder_dup_gf8() {
+        e2e_roundtrip(FecScheme::Gf8, 100, 50, &[1, 3, 8], false);
+        e2e_roundtrip(FecScheme::Gf8, 100, 50, &[1, 3, 8], true);
+    }
+
+    /// Zero losses, in order: the pure fast path (no codec call, recovered == 0) must still
+    /// emit an identical AU.
+    #[test]
+    fn e2e_clean_delivery_gf16() {
+        e2e_roundtrip(FecScheme::Gf16, 100, 50, &[], false);
+    }
+
+    /// An empty AU rides one zero-padded shard and reassembles to zero bytes.
+    #[test]
+    fn e2e_empty_frame() {
+        let cfg = e2e_config(FecScheme::Gf16, 0);
+        let coder = coder_for(FecScheme::Gf16);
+        let mut pk = Packetizer::new(&cfg);
+        let pkts = pk.packetize(&[], 7, 0, coder.as_ref()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(pkts.len(), 1);
+        let mut r = Reassembler::new(ReassemblerLimits::from_config(&cfg));
+        let stats = StatsCounters::default();
+        let f = r
+            .push(&pkts[0], coder.as_ref(), &stats)
+            .unwrap()
+            .expect("empty frame completes");
+        assert!(f.data.is_empty());
+    }
+
+    /// Loss beyond the FEC budget: the frame never emits, ages out as dropped, and the
+    /// unrecoverable-block path must not fire (block never gathers k shards at all).
+    #[test]
+    fn e2e_unrecoverable_loss_ages_out() {
+        let cfg = e2e_config(FecScheme::Gf16, 50);
+        let coder = coder_for(FecScheme::Gf16);
+        let mut pk = Packetizer::new(&cfg);
+        let src = vec![0x5Au8; 64]; // one block: 4 data + 2 recovery
+        let pkts = pk.packetize(&src, 1_000, 0, coder.as_ref()).unwrap();
+        let mut r = Reassembler::new(ReassemblerLimits::from_config(&cfg));
+        let stats = StatsCounters::default();
+        // Deliver only 3 of 6 shards (k=4): can never reconstruct.
+        for p in &pkts[..3] {
+            assert!(r.push(p, coder.as_ref(), &stats).unwrap().is_none());
+        }
+        // A newer frame past the loss window ages it out as a video drop.
+        let next = pk
+            .packetize(&src, 1_000 + LOSS_WINDOW_NS + 1, 0, coder.as_ref())
+            .unwrap();
+        let mut done = false;
+        for p in &next {
+            done |= r.push(p, coder.as_ref(), &stats).unwrap().is_some();
+        }
+        assert!(done);
+        assert_eq!(stats.snapshot().frames_dropped, 1);
+    }
+
+    /// The in-flight buffer budget: a window of tiny first-shards all declaring max-size frames
+    /// stops allocating at [`IN_FLIGHT_BUF_FACTOR`] × max_frame_bytes instead of committing
+    /// gigabytes (the eager whole-frame buffer's amplification defense).
+    #[test]
+    fn in_flight_buffer_budget_bounds_allocation() {
+        let lim = limits(); // max_frame_bytes 4096, shards 16 B, ≤8 data shards × ≤4 blocks
+        let mut r = Reassembler::new(lim);
+        let coder = coder_for(FecScheme::Gf8);
+        let stats = StatsCounters::default();
+        // Largest geometry-consistent frame: 4 blocks × 8 shards × 16 B = 512 B per buffer.
+        // Budget = 4 × 4096 = 16384 B → exactly 32 such frames fit; the 33rd must be refused.
+        for i in 0..33u32 {
+            let mut h = base_header();
+            h.frame_index = i;
+            h.frame_bytes = 512;
+            h.block_count = 4;
+            h.data_shards = 8;
+            r.push(&packet(h), coder.as_ref(), &stats).unwrap();
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            stats.snapshot().packets_dropped,
+            1,
+            "the frame past the budget is dropped, everything under it accepted"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// A header whose (data_shards, block_count) disagree with the geometry derived from its own
+    /// frame_bytes is dropped — the derived-offset invariant that lets shards land directly in
+    /// the frame buffer.
+    #[test]
+    fn rejects_geometry_inconsistent_with_frame_bytes() {
+        let mut r = Reassembler::new(limits());
+        let coder = coder_for(FecScheme::Gf8);
+        let stats = StatsCounters::default();
+        let mut h = base_header();
+        h.frame_bytes = 16; // exactly one shard…
+        h.data_shards = 2; // …but claims two
+        assert!(r
+            .push(&packet(h), coder.as_ref(), &stats)
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_none());
+        assert_eq!(stats.snapshot().packets_dropped, 1);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn rejects_wrong_shard_bytes_and_oversized_frame() {
         let coder = coder_for(FecScheme::Gf8);

crates/punktfunk-core/src/quic/msgs.rs

@@ -415,9 +415,10 @@ pub struct SetBitrate {
 }
 
 /// `host → client`: answer to [`SetBitrate`] — the bitrate the host actually configured (the
-/// request clamped to its supported band). The encoder switches on the next frame (an IDR); the
-/// stream never pauses. Also the controller's liveness signal: no answer ⇒ an old host that
-/// doesn't renegotiate bitrate.
+/// request clamped to its supported band). The encoder retargets in place where the backend can
+/// (no IDR — the stream carries straight on); a backend without in-place reconfigure rebuilds and
+/// switches on the next frame (an IDR). The stream never pauses either way. Also the controller's
+/// liveness signal: no answer ⇒ an old host that doesn't renegotiate bitrate.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct BitrateChanged {
     pub bitrate_kbps: u32,
@@ -1147,13 +1148,19 @@ impl BitrateChanged {
 }
 
 /// Compute a [`LossReport`] `loss_ppm` from one window's session-stat deltas: shards FEC recovered
-/// (the loss it absorbed), shards received, and frames that went unrecoverable. Loss ≈ recovered /
-/// (received + recovered) — the fraction of shards that arrived missing. A frame drop means loss
-/// exceeded the current FEC budget (so `recovered` plateaus), so add a fixed bump to push the host's
-/// FEC up past the cap on the next adjustment. Returns parts-per-million, capped at 1e6.
-pub fn window_loss_ppm(recovered: u64, received: u64, frames_dropped: u64) -> u32 {
-    let denom = received.saturating_add(recovered);
-    let mut ppm = recovered
+/// (the loss it absorbed), recovered-but-then-arrived shards (`late` — reordered delivery lets a
+/// block reconstruct early, so those were never lost; netting them out keeps plain reordering from
+/// reading as packet loss and spooking adaptive FEC + the bitrate controller), shards received,
+/// and frames that went unrecoverable. Loss ≈ (recovered − late) / (received + recovered − late) —
+/// the fraction of shards that truly never arrived (a late shard is inside `received`, so the
+/// denominator nets it too; saturating, so reorder straddling a window boundary can't go
+/// negative). A frame drop means loss exceeded the current FEC budget (so `recovered` plateaus),
+/// so add a fixed bump to push the host's FEC up past the cap on the next adjustment. Returns
+/// parts-per-million, capped at 1e6.
+pub fn window_loss_ppm(recovered: u64, late: u64, received: u64, frames_dropped: u64) -> u32 {
+    let lost = recovered.saturating_sub(late);
+    let denom = received.saturating_add(lost);
+    let mut ppm = lost
         .saturating_mul(1_000_000)
         .checked_div(denom)
         .unwrap_or(0) as u32;

crates/punktfunk-core/src/quic/tests.rs

@@ -275,18 +275,45 @@ fn gamepad_pref_wire_and_names() {
         GamepadPref::DualSense,
         GamepadPref::XboxOne,
         GamepadPref::DualShock4,
+        GamepadPref::SteamController,
+        GamepadPref::SteamDeck,
+        GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge,
+        GamepadPref::SwitchPro,
     ] {
         assert_eq!(GamepadPref::from_u8(p.to_u8()), p);
         assert_eq!(GamepadPref::from_name(p.as_str()), Some(p));
     }
-    // Distinct wire bytes (forward-compat with peers that only know 0..=2).
-    assert_eq!(GamepadPref::XboxOne.to_u8(), 3);
-    assert_eq!(GamepadPref::DualShock4.to_u8(), 4);
+    // Every wire byte 0..=8 is assigned, distinct, and pinned (forward-compat with peers
+    // that only know a prefix of the range).
+    for (v, p) in [
+        (0, GamepadPref::Auto),
+        (1, GamepadPref::Xbox360),
+        (2, GamepadPref::DualSense),
+        (3, GamepadPref::XboxOne),
+        (4, GamepadPref::DualShock4),
+        (5, GamepadPref::SteamController),
+        (6, GamepadPref::SteamDeck),
+        (7, GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge),
+        (8, GamepadPref::SwitchPro),
+    ] {
+        assert_eq!(p.to_u8(), v);
+        assert_eq!(GamepadPref::from_u8(v), p);
+    }
+    // The next unassigned byte degrades to Auto today; assigning it later must update this.
+    assert_eq!(GamepadPref::from_u8(9), GamepadPref::Auto);
     // Aliases + unknowns.
     assert_eq!(GamepadPref::from_name("PS5"), Some(GamepadPref::DualSense));
     assert_eq!(GamepadPref::from_name("x360"), Some(GamepadPref::Xbox360));
     assert_eq!(GamepadPref::from_name("ps4"), Some(GamepadPref::DualShock4));
     assert_eq!(GamepadPref::from_name("DS4"), Some(GamepadPref::DualShock4));
+    assert_eq!(
+        GamepadPref::from_name("edge"),
+        Some(GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        GamepadPref::from_name("Switch-Pro"),
+        Some(GamepadPref::SwitchPro)
+    );
     assert_eq!(
         GamepadPref::from_name("xbox-one"),
         Some(GamepadPref::XboxOne)
@@ -680,15 +707,22 @@ fn loss_report_roundtrip() {
 #[test]
 fn window_loss_ppm_estimates_and_caps() {
     // No traffic → 0. A clean window (nothing recovered) → 0.
-    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(0, 0, 0), 0);
-    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(0, 1000, 0), 0);
+    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(0, 0, 0, 0), 0);
+    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(0, 0, 1000, 0), 0);
     // 50 recovered of 1000 total (950 received + 50 recovered) = 5%.
-    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(50, 950, 0), 50_000);
+    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(50, 0, 950, 0), 50_000);
     // An unrecoverable frame adds the +5% bump (push FEC past the current cap).
-    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(50, 950, 1), 100_000);
+    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(50, 0, 950, 1), 100_000);
     // A total-loss window with a drop but nothing received still reports the bump, capped at 1e6.
-    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(0, 0, 3), 50_000);
-    assert!(window_loss_ppm(u64::MAX, 1, 9) <= 1_000_000);
+    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(0, 0, 0, 3), 50_000);
+    assert!(window_loss_ppm(u64::MAX, 0, 1, 9) <= 1_000_000);
+    // Reordering: shards "recovered" early that then arrived are late, not lost — netted out, so
+    // a pure-reorder window reads 0. Partially late nets to the true loss (20 of 1000 = 2%).
+    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(50, 50, 1000, 0), 0);
+    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(50, 30, 980, 0), 20_000);
+    // `late` can outrun `recovered` across a window boundary (reorder straddling the report
+    // tick) or via a rare wire duplicate — saturate at a clean window, never underflow.
+    assert_eq!(window_loss_ppm(10, 25, 1000, 0), 0);
 }
 
 #[test]

crates/punktfunk-core/src/session.rs

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ pub struct Frame {
 pub struct Session {
     config: Config,
     coder: Box<dyn ErasureCoder>,
-    crypto: Option<SessionCrypto>,
+    /// `Arc` so the second seal lane (Phase 1.5) can share the cipher; uncontended otherwise.
+    crypto: Option<std::sync::Arc<SessionCrypto>>,
     /// Anti-replay window over the peer's authenticated sequence (receive side). `Some` exactly when
     /// `crypto` is — the plaintext probe path carries no sequence to filter on.
     replay: Option<ReplayWindow>,
@@ -59,19 +60,190 @@ pub struct Session {
     /// then returns them via [`reclaim_wires`](Self::reclaim_wires)). After warmup each buffer keeps
     /// its capacity, so the per-packet ciphertext + wire `Vec` allocations vanish from the hot path.
     wire_pool: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    /// Receive-path stage timing (`PUNKTFUNK_PERF`), read+reset via [`take_pump_perf`]
+    /// (Self::take_pump_perf). `None` when disabled — the hot path then pays one branch per stage.
+    perf: Option<PumpPerf>,
+    /// Send-path stage timing (`PUNKTFUNK_PERF`), read+reset via [`take_seal_perf`]
+    /// (Self::take_seal_perf). Same arming + branch-cost contract as `perf`.
+    seal_perf: Option<SealPerf>,
+    /// The second seal lane (plan Phase 1.5), lazily spawned by the first frame that crosses
+    /// [`TWO_LANE_MIN_PACKETS`]. Host sessions only (client sessions never seal frames).
+    seal_lane: Option<SealLane>,
+    /// Two-lane sealing enabled (default). `PUNKTFUNK_SEAL_LANES=1` forces single-lane.
+    seal_two_lane: bool,
+    /// Reused header-Vec for the lane hand-off (the worker's half round-trips through this,
+    /// so steady-state two-lane frames move `n/2` Vec headers with zero allocation).
+    lane_scratch: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
-/// Datagrams drained per `recvmmsg` syscall on the client (the reused ring's size). At ~125k
-/// pkt/s this is ~4k syscalls/s instead of 125k; the buffers cost `RECV_BATCH × RECV_BUF` (~64 KB).
-const RECV_BATCH: usize = 32;
+/// Wire-packet count at which a frame's sealing splits across two lanes (plan Phase 1.5):
+/// below it the channel rendezvous (~µs) isn't worth it; at it the halved AES-GCM span
+/// (≥ ~125 µs of ~1 µs/packet work) dwarfs the hand-off. ≈300 KB of wire, i.e. ≥150 Mbps
+/// at 60 fps — small frames and the probe's ~17-packet AUs stay strictly single-lane.
+const TWO_LANE_MIN_PACKETS: usize = 256;
+
+/// One two-lane seal hand-off: the frame's back-half wire buffers, sealed by the worker with
+/// nonces `seq_base + i` (the nonce order is deterministic per shard index, which is what
+/// makes the split sound). Round-trips through the channels so the buffers return to the pool.
+struct SealJob {
+    bufs: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    seq_base: u64,
+    timed: bool,
+    /// Worker-lane CPU ns (when `timed`) and the seal outcome, filled in by the worker.
+    ns: u64,
+    result: Result<()>,
+}
+
+/// The persistent second seal lane: a worker thread that AES-GCM-seals the back half of a
+/// large frame's packets while the send thread seals the front half. Rendezvous channels
+/// (bound 1) — the send thread submits, seals its half, then waits; no per-frame spawn.
+/// Dropping the struct closes the channel and the worker exits.
+struct SealLane {
+    to_worker: std::sync::mpsc::SyncSender<SealJob>,
+    from_worker: std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<SealJob>,
+}
+
+impl SealLane {
+    fn spawn(crypto: std::sync::Arc<SessionCrypto>) -> Option<SealLane> {
+        let (to_worker, jobs) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel::<SealJob>(1);
+        let (done_tx, from_worker) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel::<SealJob>(1);
+        std::thread::Builder::new()
+            .name("punktfunk-seal2".into())
+            .spawn(move || {
+                while let Ok(mut job) = jobs.recv() {
+                    let t0 = job.timed.then(std::time::Instant::now);
+                    job.result = seal_wire_slice(&crypto, &mut job.bufs, job.seq_base);
+                    if let Some(t0) = t0 {
+                        job.ns = t0.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64;
+                    }
+                    if done_tx.send(job).is_err() {
+                        break; // session gone mid-frame — nothing left to seal for
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+            .ok()?;
+        Some(SealLane {
+            to_worker,
+            from_worker,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Seal a run of pre-written wire buffers in place: buffer `i` is `seq(8) ‖ plaintext ‖ tag
+/// scratch` and seals over `[8..]` with sequence `seq_base + i` — the exact per-packet layout
+/// and nonce order of the fused single-lane path. Shared by both lanes.
+fn seal_wire_slice(c: &SessionCrypto, wires: &mut [Vec<u8>], seq_base: u64) -> Result<()> {
+    for (i, wire) in wires.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+        c.seal_in_place(seq_base.wrapping_add(i as u64), &mut wire[8..])?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Accumulated client receive-path stage timings since the last [`Session::take_pump_perf`].
+/// Answers "where does the pump core go" at line rate: kernel drain (`recv_ns`) vs AES-GCM
+/// (`decrypt_ns`) vs reassembly+FEC (`reasm_ns`, the `Reassembler::push` round-trip including
+/// shard copies and block reconstruction). 2026-07-14 sweep context: the pump pegs one core at
+/// ~1.5 Gbps wire, ~85% of it userspace — this split is what Phase 2.1 (pooled reassembly) is
+/// validated against.
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct PumpPerf {
+    /// ns inside `recv_batch` (recvmmsg / recvmsg_x), i.e. syscall + kernel copy.
+    pub recv_ns: u64,
+    /// ns inside `open_in_place` across all datagrams (AES-128-GCM + replay-window upkeep).
+    pub decrypt_ns: u64,
+    /// ns inside `Reassembler::push` (header parse, shard copy, FEC reconstruct, AU assembly).
+    pub reasm_ns: u64,
+    /// recv_batch calls (batches) and datagrams processed over the accumulation window.
+    pub batches: u64,
+    pub packets: u64,
+}
+
+/// Accumulated host send-path stage timings since the last [`Session::take_seal_perf`] (plan
+/// Phase 0.4, host half). Answers "where does the send thread go" at rate: FEC parity
+/// generation (`fec_ns`, inside [`ErasureCoder::encode_into`]) vs AES-GCM (`seal_ns`,
+/// per-packet `seal_in_place`) vs the socket handoff (`sock_ns` — `send_gso`/`sendmmsg`
+/// syscalls; the internal submit paths time it here, the paced video path folds its chunk
+/// sends in via [`Session::note_sock_ns`]). The Phase 1.5 gate reads off this split: build
+/// two-lane seal only if `seal_ns` exceeds ~15% of the send thread at 2 Gbps.
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct SealPerf {
+    /// ns inside `ErasureCoder::encode_into` (parity generation).
+    pub fec_ns: u64,
+    /// ns inside `seal_in_place` across all wire packets (AES-128-GCM).
+    pub seal_ns: u64,
+    /// ns inside `send_sealed` (socket syscalls), where the session can see it.
+    pub sock_ns: u64,
+    /// Frames sealed and wire packets sealed over the accumulation window.
+    pub frames: u64,
+    pub packets: u64,
+}
+
+/// [`ErasureCoder`] shim accumulating the time spent in `encode_into` (the send-path FEC
+/// stage) — only constructed when `PUNKTFUNK_PERF` armed the session's [`SealPerf`]. The
+/// counter is atomic purely to satisfy the trait's `Sync` bound; it lives on one thread.
+struct TimedCoder<'a> {
+    inner: &'a dyn ErasureCoder,
+    ns: &'a std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64,
+}
+
+impl ErasureCoder for TimedCoder<'_> {
+    fn scheme(&self) -> crate::config::FecScheme {
+        self.inner.scheme()
+    }
+    fn encode(
+        &self,
+        data: &[&[u8]],
+        recovery_count: usize,
+    ) -> std::result::Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>, crate::fec::FecError> {
+        self.inner.encode(data, recovery_count)
+    }
+    fn encode_into(
+        &self,
+        data: &[&[u8]],
+        recovery_count: usize,
+        out: &mut Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    ) -> std::result::Result<(), crate::fec::FecError> {
+        let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let r = self.inner.encode_into(data, recovery_count, out);
+        self.ns.fetch_add(
+            t0.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64,
+            std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed,
+        );
+        r
+    }
+    fn reconstruct(
+        &self,
+        data_count: usize,
+        recovery_count: usize,
+        received: &mut [Option<Vec<u8>>],
+    ) -> std::result::Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>, crate::fec::FecError> {
+        self.inner.reconstruct(data_count, recovery_count, received)
+    }
+    fn reconstruct_into(
+        &self,
+        recovery_count: usize,
+        data: &mut [&mut [u8]],
+        have: &[bool],
+        recovery: &[(usize, &[u8])],
+    ) -> std::result::Result<(), crate::fec::FecError> {
+        self.inner
+            .reconstruct_into(recovery_count, data, have, recovery)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Datagrams drained per `recvmmsg` syscall on the client (the reused ring's size). 128 keeps
+/// the syscall rate ≤ ~3.4k/s even at the ~430k pkt/s the post-2026-07-14 receive path delivers
+/// (~4.8 Gbps wire), and gives the kernel buffer a deeper drain per pump iteration; the buffers
+/// cost `RECV_BATCH × RECV_BUF` (~256 KB, client sessions only).
+const RECV_BATCH: usize = 128;
 
 impl Session {
     pub fn new(config: Config, transport: Box<dyn Transport>) -> Result<Session> {
         config.validate()?;
         let coder = coder_for(config.fec.scheme);
-        let crypto = config
-            .encrypt
-            .then(|| SessionCrypto::new(&config.key, config.salt, config.role));
+        let crypto = config.encrypt.then(|| {
+            std::sync::Arc::new(SessionCrypto::new(&config.key, config.salt, config.role))
+        });
         // A receive-side replay window exists exactly when the datagrams are sealed (they carry the
         // authenticated sequence the window keys on). Both roles receive from their peer.
         let replay = config.encrypt.then(ReplayWindow::new);
@@ -91,10 +263,45 @@ impl Session {
             recv_count: 0,
             recv_idx: 0,
             wire_pool: Vec::new(),
+            // Same opt-in the host's stage logs use; read once — set it before connecting.
+            perf: std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_PERF")
+                .is_ok_and(|v| v != "0")
+                .then(PumpPerf::default),
+            seal_perf: std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_PERF")
+                .is_ok_and(|v| v != "0")
+                .then(SealPerf::default),
+            seal_lane: None,
+            // Two-lane sealing of large frames is the default; =1 forces single-lane (the
+            // escape hatch — behavior is byte-identical, this only changes who seals).
+            seal_two_lane: std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_SEAL_LANES")
+                .map(|v| v != "1")
+                .unwrap_or(true),
+            lane_scratch: Vec::new(),
             config,
         })
     }
 
+    /// Drain the receive-path stage timings accumulated since the last call (window semantics —
+    /// the pump reads this once per report interval). `None` when `PUNKTFUNK_PERF` is off.
+    pub fn take_pump_perf(&mut self) -> Option<PumpPerf> {
+        self.perf.as_mut().map(std::mem::take)
+    }
+
+    /// Drain the send-path stage timings accumulated since the last call (window semantics —
+    /// the host send loop reads this once per perf window). `None` when `PUNKTFUNK_PERF` is off.
+    pub fn take_seal_perf(&mut self) -> Option<SealPerf> {
+        self.seal_perf.as_mut().map(std::mem::take)
+    }
+
+    /// Fold externally-timed socket time into [`SealPerf::sock_ns`] — the paced video path
+    /// times its own `send_sealed` chunk calls (they happen behind a `&self` borrow inside the
+    /// pacing closure, where the session can't self-time). No-op when perf is off.
+    pub fn note_sock_ns(&mut self, ns: u64) {
+        if let Some(p) = self.seal_perf.as_mut() {
+            p.sock_ns += ns;
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn role(&self) -> Role {
         self.config.role
     }
@@ -199,50 +406,124 @@ impl Session {
         // nonce counter advances per emitted packet exactly as before (pinned by the
         // wire-equivalence tests below). Destructure into disjoint field borrows first — the
         // emit closure needs `crypto`/`next_seq`/the pool while `packetizer` is `&mut`.
+        let perf_armed = self.seal_perf.is_some();
+        let fec_ns = std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64::new(0);
+        let mut seal_ns = 0u64;
+        let two_lane = self.seal_two_lane;
         let Session {
             packetizer,
             coder,
             crypto,
             next_seq,
             wire_pool,
+            seal_lane,
+            lane_scratch,
             ..
         } = self;
+        // Stage timing (SealPerf): the coder shim times FEC, the seal phase times itself.
+        let timed_coder;
+        let coder_ref: &dyn ErasureCoder = if perf_armed {
+            timed_coder = TimedCoder {
+                inner: coder.as_ref(),
+                ns: &fec_ns,
+            };
+            &timed_coder
+        } else {
+            coder.as_ref()
+        };
         let mut wires = std::mem::take(wire_pool);
         let mut used = 0usize;
-        let result =
-            packetizer.packetize_each(data, pts_ns, user_flags, frame_index, coder.as_ref(), {
-                let wires = &mut wires;
-                let used = &mut used;
-                move |hdr, body| {
-                    if *used == wires.len() {
-                        wires.push(Vec::new());
-                    }
-                    let wire = &mut wires[*used];
-                    *used += 1;
-                    let seq = *next_seq;
-                    *next_seq = next_seq.wrapping_add(1);
-                    wire.clear();
-                    match crypto {
-                        Some(c) => {
-                            // seq(8) ‖ header(40) ‖ shard ‖ tag scratch(16), sealed over [8..].
-                            wire.extend_from_slice(&seq.to_be_bytes());
-                            wire.extend_from_slice(hdr.as_bytes());
-                            wire.extend_from_slice(body);
-                            wire.resize(wire.len() + crate::crypto::TAG_LEN, 0);
-                            c.seal_in_place(seq, &mut wire[8..])?;
-                        }
-                        None => {
-                            wire.extend_from_slice(hdr.as_bytes());
-                            wire.extend_from_slice(body);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    Ok(())
+        // Phase 1 — packetize: write each packet's plaintext at its final wire offset
+        // (`seq(8) ‖ header(40) ‖ shard ‖ tag scratch(16)` with crypto on; `header ‖ shard`
+        // off). The nonce counter advances per packet in emission order exactly as before;
+        // sealing itself is a separate pass so it can split across lanes.
+        let seq_base = *next_seq;
+        let encrypting = crypto.is_some();
+        let result = packetizer.packetize_each(data, pts_ns, user_flags, frame_index, coder_ref, {
+            let wires = &mut wires;
+            let used = &mut used;
+            move |hdr, body| {
+                if *used == wires.len() {
+                    wires.push(Vec::new());
                 }
-            });
+                let wire = &mut wires[*used];
+                *used += 1;
+                let seq = *next_seq;
+                *next_seq = next_seq.wrapping_add(1);
+                wire.clear();
+                if encrypting {
+                    wire.extend_from_slice(&seq.to_be_bytes());
+                    wire.extend_from_slice(hdr.as_bytes());
+                    wire.extend_from_slice(body);
+                    wire.resize(wire.len() + crate::crypto::TAG_LEN, 0);
+                } else {
+                    wire.extend_from_slice(hdr.as_bytes());
+                    wire.extend_from_slice(body);
+                }
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        });
         result?;
         // A smaller frame uses fewer buffers than the pool holds: drop the unused tail, same
-        // as the previous `resize_with(packets.len(), ..)` did.
+        // as the previous `resize_with(packets.len(), ..)` did. (Before the seal phase, so a
+        // two-lane split hands the worker exactly the frame's back half.)
         wires.truncate(used);
+        // Phase 2 — seal. Large frames split across two lanes (plan Phase 1.5): the worker
+        // seals the back half under nonces `seq_base + i` while this thread seals the front —
+        // byte-identical output to the sequential pass (pinned by the wire-equivalence test).
+        if let Some(c) = crypto {
+            if two_lane && used >= TWO_LANE_MIN_PACKETS && seal_lane.is_none() {
+                *seal_lane = SealLane::spawn(c.clone()); // stays None if spawn fails → single-lane
+            }
+            let mut split_done = false;
+            if two_lane && used >= TWO_LANE_MIN_PACKETS {
+                if let Some(lane) = seal_lane.as_ref() {
+                    let half = used / 2;
+                    let mut tail = std::mem::take(lane_scratch);
+                    tail.extend(wires.drain(half..));
+                    let job = SealJob {
+                        bufs: tail,
+                        seq_base: seq_base.wrapping_add(half as u64),
+                        timed: perf_armed,
+                        ns: 0,
+                        result: Ok(()),
+                    };
+                    if lane.to_worker.send(job).is_ok() {
+                        // Seal the front half while the worker runs; collect BOTH results
+                        // before erroring so the lane is always drained and reusable.
+                        let t0 = perf_armed.then(std::time::Instant::now);
+                        let front = seal_wire_slice(c, &mut wires, seq_base);
+                        if let Some(t0) = t0 {
+                            seal_ns += t0.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64;
+                        }
+                        let mut done = lane
+                            .from_worker
+                            .recv()
+                            .map_err(|_| PunktfunkError::Unsupported("seal lane died"))?;
+                        seal_ns += done.ns;
+                        wires.append(&mut done.bufs);
+                        *lane_scratch = done.bufs;
+                        front?;
+                        done.result?;
+                        split_done = true;
+                    }
+                    // A failed send means the worker is gone — fall through to single-lane.
+                }
+            }
+            if !split_done {
+                let t0 = perf_armed.then(std::time::Instant::now);
+                seal_wire_slice(c, &mut wires, seq_base)?;
+                if let Some(t0) = t0 {
+                    seal_ns += t0.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(p) = self.seal_perf.as_mut() {
+            p.fec_ns += fec_ns.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+            p.seal_ns += seal_ns;
+            p.frames += 1;
+            p.packets += used as u64;
+        }
         StatsCounters::add(&self.stats.frames_submitted, 1);
         let bytes: u64 = wires.iter().map(|w| w.len() as u64).sum();
         StatsCounters::add(&self.stats.packets_sent, wires.len() as u64);
@@ -278,8 +559,12 @@ impl Session {
     pub fn submit_frame(&mut self, data: &[u8], pts_ns: u64, user_flags: u32) -> Result<()> {
         let wires = self.seal_frame(data, pts_ns, user_flags)?;
         let refs: Vec<&[u8]> = wires.iter().map(|w| w.as_slice()).collect();
+        let t0 = self.seal_perf.is_some().then(std::time::Instant::now);
         let r = self.send_sealed(&refs);
         drop(refs); // release the borrow of `wires` before returning the buffers to the pool
+        if let Some(t0) = t0 {
+            self.note_sock_ns(t0.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64);
+        }
         self.reclaim_wires(wires);
         r.map(|_| ())
     }
@@ -295,8 +580,12 @@ impl Session {
         let wires =
             self.seal_frame_inner(data, pts_ns, crate::packet::FLAG_PROBE as u32, Some(idx))?;
         let refs: Vec<&[u8]> = wires.iter().map(|w| w.as_slice()).collect();
+        let t0 = self.seal_perf.is_some().then(std::time::Instant::now);
         let r = self.send_sealed(&refs);
         drop(refs);
+        if let Some(t0) = t0 {
+            self.note_sock_ns(t0.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64);
+        }
         self.reclaim_wires(wires);
         r.map(|_| ())
     }
@@ -362,9 +651,14 @@ impl Session {
         loop {
             // Refill the ring with one `recvmmsg` batch when the current one is drained.
             if self.recv_idx >= self.recv_count {
+                let t0 = self.perf.is_some().then(std::time::Instant::now);
                 self.recv_count = self
                     .transport
                     .recv_batch(&mut self.recv_scratch, &mut self.recv_lens)?;
+                if let (Some(p), Some(t0)) = (self.perf.as_mut(), t0) {
+                    p.recv_ns += t0.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64;
+                    p.batches += 1;
+                }
                 self.recv_idx = 0;
                 if self.recv_count == 0 {
                     return Err(PunktfunkError::NoFrame);
@@ -384,6 +678,9 @@ impl Session {
             // one). The plaintext lands at [8..8+n] of the sealed wire (behind the seq prefix); an
             // unencrypted (probe) datagram IS the packet. Field-precise borrows keep the slice into
             // `recv_scratch` alive across the replay/reassembler calls below.
+            // Perf note: the two `continue`s below (short / undecryptable noise) skip the decrypt
+            // accounting — they are the exception path, not line-rate traffic.
+            let t_dec = self.perf.is_some().then(std::time::Instant::now);
             let (pkt_range, seq) = match &self.crypto {
                 Some(c) => {
                     // A sealed datagram is at least seq prefix + tag; anything shorter is noise.
@@ -398,6 +695,9 @@ impl Session {
                 }
                 None => (0..len, None),
             };
+            if let (Some(p), Some(t)) = (self.perf.as_mut(), t_dec) {
+                p.decrypt_ns += t.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64;
+            }
             // Anti-replay (same rationale as poll_input): reject a datagram whose authenticated
             // sequence was already seen. Video also dedups per-frame downstream, but filtering here
             // is uniform and cheap.
@@ -412,10 +712,16 @@ impl Session {
             StatsCounters::add(&self.stats.bytes_received, pkt.len() as u64);
             // The reassembler validates the packet via its parsed header (`magic`),
             // ignoring anything that isn't a well-formed video packet.
-            if let Some(frame) = self
+            let t_push = self.perf.is_some().then(std::time::Instant::now);
+            let pushed = self
                 .reassembler
-                .push(pkt, self.coder.as_ref(), &self.stats)?
-            {
+                .push(pkt, self.coder.as_ref(), &self.stats)?;
+            if let (Some(p), Some(t)) = (self.perf.as_mut(), t_push) {
+                p.reasm_ns += t.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64;
+                // Counts datagrams that reached the reassembler (replay-rejected ones don't).
+                p.packets += 1;
+            }
+            if let Some(frame) = pushed {
                 StatsCounters::add(&self.stats.frames_completed, 1);
                 return Ok(frame);
             }
@@ -433,8 +739,8 @@ impl Session {
     /// (observed live: a stream stuck 6–7 s behind, socket buffers full end to end). Discarding
     /// is memcpy-speed (no decrypt/reassembly/allocation), so this empties even a 32 MB buffer in
     /// milliseconds; the caller then requests a keyframe and the stream resumes live. The iteration
-    /// cap (4096 batches ≈ 128k datagrams ≈ 190 MB) only guards against a line-rate sender
-    /// outpacing the discard loop indefinitely.
+    /// cap (1024 batches ≈ 131k datagrams ≈ 190 MB at the 128-deep ring) only guards against a
+    /// line-rate sender outpacing the discard loop indefinitely.
     pub fn flush_backlog(&mut self) -> Result<u64> {
         if self.config.role != Role::Client {
             return Err(PunktfunkError::InvalidArg(
@@ -446,7 +752,7 @@ impl Session {
         self.recv_count = 0;
         self.recv_idx = 0;
         if !self.recv_scratch.is_empty() {
-            for _ in 0..4096 {
+            for _ in 0..1024 {
                 let n = self
                     .transport
                     .recv_batch(&mut self.recv_scratch, &mut self.recv_lens)?;
@@ -492,10 +798,12 @@ fn seq_of(wire: &[u8]) -> u64 {
 /// ([`LOSS_WINDOW_NS`](crate::packet)) at line-rate packet rates — otherwise the replay filter
 /// silently re-tightens the "late ≠ lost" fix: a Wi-Fi-retry-delayed shard the reassembler would
 /// still use gets dropped here as "older than the window" first (4096 was only ~33 ms at the
-/// ~125k pkt/s of a 1 Gbps stream). 32768 covers 120 ms up to ~270k pkt/s (≈2 Gbps+) and is
-/// effectively unbounded for the sparse input stream, while still bounding how far back a replay
-/// could hide; the bitmap costs 4 KiB per session.
-const REPLAY_WINDOW: u64 = 32768;
+/// ~125k pkt/s of a 1 Gbps stream; 32768 topped out around ~2 Gbps — which the client now
+/// exceeds: the 2026-07-14 zero-copy + hardware-AES work measured ~4.8 Gbps wire ≈ 430k pkt/s
+/// delivered). 131072 covers 120 ms up to ~1.09M pkt/s (≈12 Gbps wire) and is effectively
+/// unbounded for the sparse input stream, while still bounding how far back a replay could
+/// hide; the bitmap costs 16 KiB per session.
+const REPLAY_WINDOW: u64 = 131072;
 const REPLAY_WORDS: usize = (REPLAY_WINDOW / 64) as usize;
 
 /// Sliding-window anti-replay filter over the AEAD-authenticated wire sequence. The sender counts
@@ -637,11 +945,12 @@ mod wire_equivalence_tests {
 
                     // shard_payload 64 × max_data_per_block 8: >512 bytes spans FEC blocks.
                     let frames: Vec<Vec<u8>> = vec![
-                        pattern(3000), // multi-block + partial tail shard
-                        pattern(1024), // exact multiple (2 full blocks)
-                        pattern(100),  // single block, partial tail
-                        Vec::new(),    // empty frame → 1 zeroed shard
-                        pattern(64),   // exactly one full shard
+                        pattern(3000),  // multi-block + partial tail shard
+                        pattern(1024),  // exact multiple (2 full blocks)
+                        pattern(100),   // single block, partial tail
+                        Vec::new(),     // empty frame → 1 zeroed shard
+                        pattern(64),    // exactly one full shard
+                        pattern(20000), // > TWO_LANE_MIN_PACKETS wire packets → two-lane seal
                     ];
                     for (i, frame) in frames.iter().enumerate() {
                         let got = opt.seal_frame(frame, 1000 * i as u64, i as u32).unwrap();
@@ -654,6 +963,15 @@ mod wire_equivalence_tests {
                         // (including a bigger frame after a smaller one and vice versa).
                         opt.reclaim_wires(got);
                     }
+                    // The 20000-byte frame (~469 wire packets at shard 64) crosses
+                    // TWO_LANE_MIN_PACKETS: the equality above must have held THROUGH the
+                    // two-lane split, not via a silent single-lane fallback.
+                    if encrypt {
+                        assert!(
+                            opt.seal_lane.is_some(),
+                            "two-lane seal lane should have spawned for the large frame"
+                        );
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

crates/punktfunk-core/src/stats.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ pub struct Stats {
     /// send path; raise `net.core.wmem_max` / lower the bitrate, or wait for paced batched sending.
     pub packets_send_dropped: u64,
     pub fec_recovered_shards: u64,
+    /// Shards counted into [`fec_recovered_shards`](Self::fec_recovered_shards) that later ARRIVED
+    /// — reordered delivery lets a block reconstruct early from parity, so the still-in-flight
+    /// shards it "recovered" were late, not lost. Loss estimators must net this out
+    /// (`recovered - late`, see [`window_loss_ppm`](crate::quic::window_loss_ppm)) or plain
+    /// reordering reads as packet loss and spooks adaptive FEC + the bitrate controller.
+    /// Deliberately NOT mirrored into the C-ABI `PunktfunkStats` (loss windows run in-core).
+    pub fec_late_shards: u64,
     pub bytes_sent: u64,
     pub bytes_received: u64,
 }
@@ -34,6 +41,7 @@ pub struct StatsCounters {
     pub packets_dropped: AtomicU64,
     pub packets_send_dropped: AtomicU64,
     pub fec_recovered_shards: AtomicU64,
+    pub fec_late_shards: AtomicU64,
     pub bytes_sent: AtomicU64,
     pub bytes_received: AtomicU64,
 }
@@ -55,6 +63,7 @@ impl StatsCounters {
             packets_dropped: self.packets_dropped.load(l),
             packets_send_dropped: self.packets_send_dropped.load(l),
             fec_recovered_shards: self.fec_recovered_shards.load(l),
+            fec_late_shards: self.fec_late_shards.load(l),
             bytes_sent: self.bytes_sent.load(l),
             bytes_received: self.bytes_received.load(l),
         }

crates/punktfunk-core/src/transport/mod.rs

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ pub trait Transport: Send + Sync {
     /// ~1 GSO skb per ≤64 segments instead of one skb per packet. This is the multi-Gbps lever —
     /// research shows ~2.4× throughput at equal CPU and ~40× fewer syscalls, and that `sendmmsg`
     /// batching alone is insufficient (it still builds one skb per datagram). The
-    /// [`UdpTransport`](super::UdpTransport) Linux override implements it (opt-in via `PUNKTFUNK_GSO`,
+    /// [`UdpTransport`](super::UdpTransport) Linux override implements it (opt-in via
+    /// `PUNKTFUNK_GSO=1` pending pace-aware chunk spacing — see the `gso` module doc — with
     /// auto-fallback on any GSO error); the default just delegates to [`send_batch`](Self::send_batch),
     /// correct for loopback and non-Linux. Same lossy, FEC-protected short-count contract as `send_batch`.
     fn send_gso(&self, packets: &[&[u8]]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {

crates/punktfunk-core/src/transport/udp.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Real UDP datagram transport — native sockets, no async runtime.
 //!
 //! Send is batched via `sendmmsg` ([`Transport::send_batch`], ≤64/syscall) and recv via `recvmmsg`
-//! ([`Transport::recv_batch`], ≤32/syscall into a reused ring) on Linux AND Android (which is
+//! ([`Transport::recv_batch`], ≤128/syscall into a reused ring) on Linux AND Android (which is
 //! `target_os = "android"`, not `"linux"` — it needs its own bionic binding, see [`android_mmsg`])
 //! — the 1 Gbps+ syscall lever (~125k → a few-k syscalls/sec at line rate). The host additionally
 //! paces each frame's send across the frame interval (see `punktfunk1.rs::paced_submit`) so a real
@@ -111,8 +111,17 @@ fn mmsghdrs(iovs: &mut [libc::iovec]) -> Vec<mmsghdr> {
         .collect()
 }
 
-/// UDP GSO enable state (process-wide). Opt-in via `PUNKTFUNK_GSO` — it's new unsafe hot-path code,
-/// and the auto-fallback (latch off on any GSO syscall error) covers kernels/paths without support.
+/// UDP GSO enable state (process-wide). **Opt-in** (`PUNKTFUNK_GSO=1`) — and deliberately so,
+/// measured three times on 2026-07-14: GSO cuts send-thread CPU ~30% at 1250 Mbps, but its
+/// line-rate super-buffer trains cost real delivered throughput on a constrained fabric (the
+/// 2.5GbE-hop pair: peak 2452 → 1909 Mbps, and 0.4% loss at a rate sendmmsg carries clean).
+/// The third A/B ran WITH pace-aware chunk scaling landed (plan Phase 1.2/1.3 in
+/// `design/throughput-beyond-1gbps.md`) and reproduced the regression bit-for-bit — the trains
+/// lose on the hop's queue in the transport path itself (per-AU super-buffers, no video pacer
+/// involved), so the default stays opt-in on fabric evidence, not on pacing readiness. Revisit
+/// with a bare-metal Linux host on a clean 10G path. NOTE the gate is value-aware:
+/// `PUNKTFUNK_GSO=0` explicitly disables (it used to key on env *presence*, so `=0` ENABLED
+/// it here while disabling Windows USO).
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 mod gso {
     use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU8, Ordering};
@@ -123,15 +132,19 @@ mod gso {
             1 => true,
             2 => false,
             _ => {
-                let on = std::env::var_os("PUNKTFUNK_GSO").is_some();
+                // Opt-in: on only when PUNKTFUNK_GSO is set to something other than "0".
+                let on = std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_GSO").is_ok_and(|v| v != "0");
                 STATE.store(if on { 1 } else { 2 }, Ordering::Relaxed);
                 on
             }
         }
     }
     /// Latch GSO off for the process after a GSO syscall error (unsupported kernel/path).
+    /// Warns once — a mid-session downshift to sendmmsg should be visible, not silent.
     pub fn disable() {
-        STATE.store(2, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        if STATE.swap(2, Ordering::Relaxed) != 2 {
+            tracing::warn!("Linux UDP GSO unsupported on this path — falling back to sendmmsg");
+        }
     }
 }
 

crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode.rs

@@ -301,6 +301,17 @@ pub trait Encoder: Send {
     fn reset(&mut self) -> bool {
         false
     }
+    /// Retarget the encoder's rate control to `bps` (average == max, CBR) **in place** — same
+    /// codec/resolution/fps, only the bitrate and its derived VBV move. Returns `true` when the
+    /// live encoder accepted the change: the reference chain, the in-flight frames and the
+    /// caller's wire-index prediction all survive, so an adaptive-bitrate step costs *nothing* on
+    /// the wire (no IDR, no in-flight forfeit — the whole point vs. a rebuild). `false` = the
+    /// backend can't (or the driver rejected the new rate, e.g. above the codec-level ceiling) —
+    /// the caller falls back to its full rebuild path, which also owns the bitrate clamping.
+    /// Default: no in-place retarget (the libavcodec/software paths).
+    fn reconfigure_bitrate(&mut self, _bps: u64) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
     /// Signal end-of-stream. After this, drain the remaining AUs with [`poll`](Self::poll)
     /// until it returns `None` — NVENC buffers frames internally even at `delay=0`.
     fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()>;
@@ -332,6 +343,19 @@ impl Codec {
     }
 }
 
+/// `PUNKTFUNK_VBV_FRAMES` — HRD/VBV size in frame intervals (default 1.0, the strict low-latency
+/// shape every backend ships: each frame must fit its rate share, keeping frame sizes uniform for
+/// the pacer). The AMF/VAAPI/QSV paths parse the same variable locally; this helper brings the
+/// direct-NVENC paths (which used to hardwire 1 frame) to parity. Larger values let complex
+/// frames borrow bits — better rate utilization at the cost of per-frame size variance.
+pub(crate) fn vbv_frames_env() -> f64 {
+    std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_VBV_FRAMES")
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<f64>().ok())
+        .filter(|v| v.is_finite() && *v > 0.0)
+        .unwrap_or(1.0)
+}
+
 /// Validate a requested encode resolution before we allocate buffers or open NVENC. Rejects
 /// zero/odd-sized and out-of-range modes with a clear error instead of letting buffer math
 /// overflow or the encoder open fail with an opaque NVENC code. A client can request any
@@ -452,6 +476,9 @@ impl Encoder for TrackedEncoder {
     fn reset(&mut self) -> bool {
         self.inner.reset()
     }
+    fn reconfigure_bitrate(&mut self, bps: u64) -> bool {
+        self.inner.reconfigure_bitrate(bps)
+    }
     fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         self.inner.flush()
     }
@@ -790,6 +817,28 @@ fn open_nvenc_probed(
             chroma,
         )?) as Box<dyn Encoder>);
     }
+    // The silent-degrade trap: a build without `--features nvenc` compiles the direct-SDK
+    // path OUT, and a CUDA session quietly loses real RFI + the no-IDR bitrate reconfigure
+    // with nothing in the logs. This bit the Linux packagers once (fixed e89b2f60) and an
+    // ad-hoc host deploy again on 2026-07-14 — say it loudly instead. (Skipped when the
+    // operator explicitly chose libav via PUNKTFUNK_NVENC_DIRECT=0.)
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "nvenc"))]
+    if cuda
+        && !std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_NVENC_DIRECT")
+            .map(|v| matches!(v.trim(), "0" | "false" | "no" | "off"))
+            .unwrap_or(false)
+    {
+        // Once per process — featureless builds rebuild the encoder on every bitrate step,
+        // and one line is enough to diagnose the build.
+        static WARNED: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool = std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false);
+        if !WARNED.swap(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                "direct-SDK NVENC is NOT compiled into this build (`--features punktfunk-host/nvenc`) \
+                 — CUDA frames take the libav path: no RFI loss recovery, and every adaptive-bitrate \
+                 step costs an encoder rebuild + IDR"
+            );
+        }
+    }
     const MIN_PROBE_BPS: u64 = 50_000_000;
     let mut candidates = vec![bitrate_bps];
     let cap = codec.max_bitrate_bps();

crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/nvenc_cuda.rs

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ struct EncodeApi {
     ) -> nv::NVENCSTATUS,
     initialize_encoder:
         unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void, *mut nv::NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS) -> nv::NVENCSTATUS,
+    reconfigure_encoder:
+        unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void, *mut nv::NV_ENC_RECONFIGURE_PARAMS) -> nv::NVENCSTATUS,
     destroy_encoder: unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void) -> nv::NVENCSTATUS,
     get_encode_caps: unsafe extern "C" fn(
         *mut c_void,
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ fn load_api() -> std::result::Result<EncodeApi, String> {
         let api = EncodeApi {
             open_encode_session_ex: list.nvEncOpenEncodeSessionEx.ok_or(MISSING)?,
             initialize_encoder: list.nvEncInitializeEncoder.ok_or(MISSING)?,
+            reconfigure_encoder: list.nvEncReconfigureEncoder.ok_or(MISSING)?,
             destroy_encoder: list.nvEncDestroyEncoder.ok_or(MISSING)?,
             get_encode_caps: list.nvEncGetEncodeCaps.ok_or(MISSING)?,
             get_encode_preset_config_ex: list.nvEncGetEncodePresetConfigEx.ok_or(MISSING)?,
@@ -294,6 +297,10 @@ pub struct NvencCudaEncoder {
     /// GPU capabilities probed once via `nvEncGetEncodeCaps` before configuring.
     rfi_supported: bool,
     custom_vbv: bool,
+    /// The split-encode mode the live session was initialized with — `reconfigure_bitrate` must
+    /// present the SAME init params as the open (only the config's rate fields may move).
+    /// Meaningless while `inited` is false.
+    split_mode: u32,
     /// The last reference-frame range we invalidated — dedupes repeated RFI requests for one loss.
     last_rfi_range: Option<(i64, i64)>,
 }
@@ -361,6 +368,7 @@ impl NvencCudaEncoder {
             inited: false,
             rfi_supported: false,
             custom_vbv: false,
+            split_mode: nv::NV_ENC_SPLIT_ENCODE_MODE::NV_ENC_SPLIT_DISABLE_MODE as u32,
             last_rfi_range: None,
         })
     }
@@ -465,21 +473,11 @@ impl NvencCudaEncoder {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Open + configure + initialize ONE NVENC CUDA session at `bitrate` (bps) and `split_mode`.
-    /// Returns the session handle, or destroys it and returns the error.
-    unsafe fn try_open_session(&self, bitrate: u64, split_mode: u32) -> Result<*mut c_void> {
-        let mut params = nv::NV_ENC_OPEN_ENCODE_SESSION_EX_PARAMS {
-            version: nv::NV_ENC_OPEN_ENCODE_SESSION_EX_PARAMS_VER,
-            deviceType: nv::NV_ENC_DEVICE_TYPE::NV_ENC_DEVICE_TYPE_CUDA,
-            device: self.cu_ctx,
-            apiVersion: nv::NVENCAPI_VERSION,
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-        let mut enc: *mut c_void = ptr::null_mut();
-        (api().open_encode_session_ex)(&mut params, &mut enc)
-            .nv_ok()
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow!("NVENC open_encode_session_ex: {e:?} (no NVIDIA GPU?)"))?;
-
+    /// Author the session's `NV_ENC_CONFIG` at `bitrate` (bps): the P1/ULL preset (queried on
+    /// `enc`) seeded with the RC/tier/chroma/VUI/DPB shape this backend always runs. ONE builder
+    /// shared by [`try_open_session`] and [`Encoder::reconfigure_bitrate`], so an in-place rate
+    /// retarget re-authors the exact same config with only the bitrate + derived VBV moved.
+    unsafe fn build_config(&self, enc: *mut c_void, bitrate: u64) -> Result<nv::NV_ENC_CONFIG> {
         // Seed the P1 + ultra-low-latency preset config.
         let mut preset = nv::NV_ENC_PRESET_CONFIG {
             version: nv::NV_ENC_PRESET_CONFIG_VER,
@@ -489,7 +487,7 @@ impl NvencCudaEncoder {
             },
             ..Default::default()
         };
-        if let Err(e) = (api().get_encode_preset_config_ex)(
+        (api().get_encode_preset_config_ex)(
             enc,
             self.codec_guid,
             nv::NV_ENC_PRESET_P1_GUID,
@@ -497,10 +495,7 @@ impl NvencCudaEncoder {
             &mut preset,
         )
         .nv_ok()
-        {
-            let _ = (api().destroy_encoder)(enc);
-            return Err(anyhow!("get_encode_preset_config_ex: {e:?}"));
-        }
+        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("get_encode_preset_config_ex: {e:?}"))?;
         let mut cfg = preset.presetCfg;
 
         // CBR, infinite GOP, P-only, ~1-frame VBV (mirror the Windows/Linux-libav RC config).
@@ -511,7 +506,9 @@ impl NvencCudaEncoder {
         cfg.rcParams.averageBitRate = bps;
         cfg.rcParams.maxBitRate = bps;
         if self.custom_vbv {
-            let vbv = (bitrate as f64 / self.fps.max(1) as f64) as u32;
+            // ~1-frame VBV by default; PUNKTFUNK_VBV_FRAMES scales it (parity with AMF/VAAPI/QSV).
+            let vbv = ((bitrate as f64 / self.fps.max(1) as f64) * crate::encode::vbv_frames_env())
+                .clamp(1.0, u32::MAX as f64) as u32;
             cfg.rcParams.vbvBufferSize = vbv;
             cfg.rcParams.vbvInitialDelay = vbv;
         }
@@ -621,7 +618,18 @@ impl NvencCudaEncoder {
                 }
             }
         }
+        Ok(cfg)
+    }
 
+    /// Author the `NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS` pointing at `cfg`. Shared by [`try_open_session`]
+    /// and [`Encoder::reconfigure_bitrate`] — a reconfigure must present the SAME init params as
+    /// the open. The returned struct borrows `cfg` raw; the caller keeps `cfg` alive across the
+    /// NVENC call it feeds this into.
+    fn build_init_params(
+        &self,
+        cfg: &mut nv::NV_ENC_CONFIG,
+        split_mode: u32,
+    ) -> nv::NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS {
         let mut init = nv::NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS {
             version: nv::NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS_VER,
             encodeGUID: self.codec_guid,
@@ -634,10 +642,36 @@ impl NvencCudaEncoder {
             frameRateNum: self.fps,
             frameRateDen: 1,
             enablePTD: 1,
-            encodeConfig: &mut cfg,
+            encodeConfig: cfg,
             ..Default::default()
         };
         init.set_splitEncodeMode(split_mode);
+        init
+    }
+
+    /// Open + configure + initialize ONE NVENC CUDA session at `bitrate` (bps) and `split_mode`.
+    /// Returns the session handle, or destroys it and returns the error.
+    unsafe fn try_open_session(&self, bitrate: u64, split_mode: u32) -> Result<*mut c_void> {
+        let mut params = nv::NV_ENC_OPEN_ENCODE_SESSION_EX_PARAMS {
+            version: nv::NV_ENC_OPEN_ENCODE_SESSION_EX_PARAMS_VER,
+            deviceType: nv::NV_ENC_DEVICE_TYPE::NV_ENC_DEVICE_TYPE_CUDA,
+            device: self.cu_ctx,
+            apiVersion: nv::NVENCAPI_VERSION,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let mut enc: *mut c_void = ptr::null_mut();
+        (api().open_encode_session_ex)(&mut params, &mut enc)
+            .nv_ok()
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow!("NVENC open_encode_session_ex: {e:?} (no NVIDIA GPU?)"))?;
+
+        let mut cfg = match self.build_config(enc, bitrate) {
+            Ok(cfg) => cfg,
+            Err(e) => {
+                let _ = (api().destroy_encoder)(enc);
+                return Err(e);
+            }
+        };
+        let mut init = self.build_init_params(&mut cfg, split_mode);
 
         match (api().initialize_encoder)(enc, &mut init).nv_ok() {
             Ok(()) => Ok(enc),
@@ -750,6 +784,10 @@ impl NvencCudaEncoder {
                 }
             };
             self.encoder = enc;
+            // (Best effort: the floor fallback above may have succeeded split-disabled without
+            // updating `split_mode` — a later reconfigure then presents the forced mode, NVENC
+            // rejects it, and the caller's rebuild fallback covers the mismatch.)
+            self.split_mode = split_mode;
 
             // Output bitstream pool.
             for _ in 0..POOL {
@@ -1114,6 +1152,50 @@ impl Encoder for NvencCudaEncoder {
         true
     }
 
+    fn reconfigure_bitrate(&mut self, bps: u64) -> bool {
+        if !self.inited {
+            // No live session yet — the lazy init simply opens at the new rate.
+            self.bitrate_bps = bps;
+            return true;
+        }
+        // SAFETY: `inited` ⟹ `self.encoder` is the live session and every call here runs on the
+        // encode thread with no NVENC call in flight (the session loop calls this between
+        // submit/poll). `build_config` only queries the preset on that session; `cfg` outlives
+        // the synchronous reconfigure call whose `reInitEncodeParams.encodeConfig` points at it.
+        unsafe {
+            let mut cfg = match self.build_config(self.encoder, bps) {
+                Ok(cfg) => cfg,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    tracing::warn!(error = %format!("{e:#}"),
+                        "NVENC reconfigure: config re-author failed — falling back to a rebuild");
+                    return false;
+                }
+            };
+            let mut params = nv::NV_ENC_RECONFIGURE_PARAMS {
+                version: nv::NV_ENC_RECONFIGURE_PARAMS_VER,
+                reInitEncodeParams: self.build_init_params(&mut cfg, self.split_mode),
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+            // Keep the encoder's RC state and reference chain: no reset, no IDR — the in-flight
+            // frames and the caller's wire-index prediction survive the retarget.
+            params.set_resetEncoder(0);
+            params.set_forceIDR(0);
+            match (api().reconfigure_encoder)(self.encoder, &mut params).nv_ok() {
+                Ok(()) => {
+                    self.bitrate_bps = bps;
+                    true
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    // E.g. the new rate is above the codec-level ceiling — the caller's rebuild
+                    // fallback owns the clamp search.
+                    tracing::warn!(status = ?e, mbps = bps / 1_000_000,
+                        "nvEncReconfigureEncoder rejected — falling back to a rebuild");
+                    false
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(()) // P1/ULL + frameIntervalP=1: each submit yields its AU; no internal queue to drain.
     }
@@ -1269,6 +1351,68 @@ mod tests {
         println!("nvenc_cuda 4:4:4 smoke: {aus} AUs, caps.chroma_444=true");
     }
 
+    /// ON-HARDWARE (RTX box `.21`): the Phase 3.2 in-place rate retarget — encode a few frames,
+    /// `reconfigure_bitrate` mid-stream (up AND down), keep encoding, and assert every
+    /// post-reconfigure AU is a P-frame: `nvEncReconfigureEncoder` with `resetEncoder=0` /
+    /// `forceIDR=0` must NOT restart the stream (the whole point vs. the rebuild path). Run:
+    ///   cargo test -p punktfunk-host --features nvenc -- --ignored nvenc_cuda_reconfigure --nocapture
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "requires an NVIDIA GPU + driver — run manually on the RTX box (.21)"]
+    fn nvenc_cuda_reconfigure_no_idr() {
+        const W: u32 = 1280;
+        const H: u32 = 720;
+        crate::zerocopy::cuda::make_current().expect("shared CUDA context current");
+        let mut enc = NvencCudaEncoder::open(
+            Codec::H265,
+            PixelFormat::Nv12,
+            W,
+            H,
+            60,
+            20_000_000,
+            true,
+            8,
+            ChromaFormat::Yuv420,
+        )
+        .expect("open NVENC CUDA session");
+
+        let submit_and_poll = |enc: &mut NvencCudaEncoder, range: std::ops::Range<u32>| {
+            let mut keyframes = 0usize;
+            let mut aus = 0usize;
+            for i in range {
+                let frame = nv12_frame(W, H, i);
+                enc.submit_indexed(&frame, i).expect("submit");
+                while let Some(au) = enc.poll().expect("poll") {
+                    aus += 1;
+                    keyframes += au.keyframe as usize;
+                }
+            }
+            (aus, keyframes)
+        };
+
+        let (aus, kfs) = submit_and_poll(&mut enc, 0..4);
+        assert!(aus > 0, "no AUs before the reconfigure");
+        assert_eq!(kfs, 1, "exactly the opening IDR before the reconfigure");
+
+        assert!(
+            enc.reconfigure_bitrate(60_000_000),
+            "in-place reconfigure to 60 Mbps must succeed on RTX NVENC"
+        );
+        let (aus, kfs) = submit_and_poll(&mut enc, 4..8);
+        assert!(aus > 0, "no AUs after the up-reconfigure");
+        assert_eq!(kfs, 0, "an in-place rate retarget must not emit an IDR");
+
+        assert!(
+            enc.reconfigure_bitrate(10_000_000),
+            "in-place reconfigure down to 10 Mbps must succeed"
+        );
+        let (aus, kfs) = submit_and_poll(&mut enc, 8..12);
+        assert!(aus > 0, "no AUs after the down-reconfigure");
+        assert_eq!(kfs, 0, "an in-place rate retarget must not emit an IDR");
+
+        enc.flush().ok();
+        println!("nvenc_cuda reconfigure smoke: 20→60→10 Mbps in place, zero IDRs");
+    }
+
     /// A pre-session RFI request and nonsense ranges all correctly decline (→ caller forces IDR).
     /// Needs no GPU session (it short-circuits on the null encoder / range checks), so it runs in the
     /// normal suite — but `open` gates on the NVENC `.so`, so it skips gracefully where the NVIDIA

crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/linux/vulkan_video.rs

@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ pub struct VulkanVideoEncoder {
     // --- rate control (CBR), rebuilt-safe ---
     bitrate: u64,
     fps: u32,
+    /// A [`reconfigure_bitrate`](Encoder::reconfigure_bitrate) rate not yet installed in the video
+    /// session. The next `record_submit` emits an `ENCODE_RATE_CONTROL` control command carrying it
+    /// (mid-stream) or folds it into the first frame's RESET+RC install, then promotes it into
+    /// `bitrate` — which must keep naming the session's CURRENT state, because every begin-coding
+    /// declares it (the spec requires the declared state to match).
+    pending_bitrate: Option<u64>,
 
     // --- state ---
     width: u32,
@@ -654,6 +660,7 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
             compute_pool,
             bitrate,
             fps,
+            pending_bitrate: None,
             width: w,
             height: h,
             render_w: rw,
@@ -901,6 +908,15 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
         let nv12_view = self.frames[slot].nv12_view;
 
         // ---- 1. decide frame type + reference (RFI) ----
+        // Mid-stream rate retarget (`reconfigure_bitrate`): a first frame installs its RC state
+        // fresh (RESET + ENCODE_RATE_CONTROL in the record fns), so a pending rate folds straight
+        // into it; mid-stream it stays pending — the record fns emit an ENCODE_RATE_CONTROL
+        // control command against the declared current state, and step 5 promotes it.
+        if self.first_frame {
+            if let Some(nb) = self.pending_bitrate.take() {
+                self.bitrate = nb;
+            }
+        }
         let mut is_idr = self.first_frame || self.force_kf;
         let mut ref_slot = self.prev_slot;
         let mut recovery = false;
@@ -1202,6 +1218,15 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
         self.enc_count += 1;
         self.first_frame = false;
         self.force_kf = false;
+        if let Some(nb) = self.pending_bitrate.take() {
+            // The retarget control command is recorded (execution follows submission order): the
+            // session's RC state IS the new rate from this frame on — later begins declare it.
+            self.bitrate = nb;
+            tracing::info!(
+                mbps = nb / 1_000_000,
+                "vulkan-encode: rate control retargeted in place (no IDR)"
+            );
+        }
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -1436,6 +1461,27 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
             );
             ctrl.p_next = rc_ptr;
             (self.vq_dev.fp().cmd_control_video_coding_khr)(cmd, &ctrl);
+        } else if let Some(nb) = self.pending_bitrate {
+            // Mid-stream retarget (`reconfigure_bitrate`): `begin` above declared the session's
+            // CURRENT rate-control state (the spec requires the match); this control command
+            // installs the NEW rate — the same CBR shape with only the bitrate moved. No RESET,
+            // no IDR: the DPB and reference chain carry straight on. `record_submit` promotes
+            // `nb` into `self.bitrate` after recording, so later begins declare the new state.
+            let rc_layer2 = [vk::VideoEncodeRateControlLayerInfoKHR::default()
+                .average_bitrate(nb)
+                .max_bitrate(nb)
+                .frame_rate_numerator(self.fps)
+                .frame_rate_denominator(1)];
+            let mut rc2 = vk::VideoEncodeRateControlInfoKHR::default()
+                .rate_control_mode(vk::VideoEncodeRateControlModeFlagsKHR::CBR)
+                .layers(&rc_layer2)
+                .virtual_buffer_size_in_ms(1000)
+                .initial_virtual_buffer_size_in_ms(500);
+            rc2.p_next = &h265_rc as *const _ as *const c_void;
+            let mut ctrl = vk::VideoCodingControlInfoKHR::default()
+                .flags(vk::VideoCodingControlFlagsKHR::ENCODE_RATE_CONTROL);
+            ctrl.p_next = &rc2 as *const _ as *const c_void;
+            (self.vq_dev.fp().cmd_control_video_coding_khr)(cmd, &ctrl);
         }
         dev.cmd_begin_query(cmd, query_pool, 0, vk::QueryControlFlags::empty());
         let src_res = vk::VideoPictureResourceInfoKHR::default()
@@ -1674,6 +1720,25 @@ impl VulkanVideoEncoder {
             );
             ctrl.p_next = rc_ptr;
             (self.vq_dev.fp().cmd_control_video_coding_khr)(cmd, &ctrl);
+        } else if let Some(nb) = self.pending_bitrate {
+            // Mid-stream retarget (`reconfigure_bitrate`) — see the HEVC twin for the state
+            // discipline (begin declares CURRENT, this control installs NEW, `record_submit`
+            // promotes after recording). No RESET, no IDR.
+            let rc_layer2 = [vk::VideoEncodeRateControlLayerInfoKHR::default()
+                .average_bitrate(nb)
+                .max_bitrate(nb)
+                .frame_rate_numerator(self.fps)
+                .frame_rate_denominator(1)];
+            let mut rc2 = vk::VideoEncodeRateControlInfoKHR::default()
+                .rate_control_mode(vk::VideoEncodeRateControlModeFlagsKHR::CBR)
+                .layers(&rc_layer2)
+                .virtual_buffer_size_in_ms(1000)
+                .initial_virtual_buffer_size_in_ms(500);
+            rc2.p_next = &av1_rc as *const _ as *const c_void;
+            let mut ctrl = vk::VideoCodingControlInfoKHR::default()
+                .flags(vk::VideoCodingControlFlagsKHR::ENCODE_RATE_CONTROL);
+            ctrl.p_next = &rc2 as *const _ as *const c_void;
+            (self.vq_dev.fp().cmd_control_video_coding_khr)(cmd, &ctrl);
         }
         dev.cmd_begin_query(cmd, query_pool, 0, vk::QueryControlFlags::empty());
         let src_res = vk::VideoPictureResourceInfoKHR::default()
@@ -1832,6 +1897,16 @@ impl Encoder for VulkanVideoEncoder {
         self.poc = 0;
         self.slot_wire.iter_mut().for_each(|s| *s = -1);
         self.slot_poc.iter_mut().for_each(|s| *s = -1);
+        // A pending `reconfigure_bitrate` rate deliberately survives: the restart's first frame
+        // folds it into the fresh RESET + rate-control install.
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn reconfigure_bitrate(&mut self, bps: u64) -> bool {
+        // The RC block is re-declared on every recorded frame, so the retarget is just a staged
+        // rate: the next `record_submit` emits an ENCODE_RATE_CONTROL control command carrying it
+        // — no session churn, no IDR. Same floor as `open` (a 0-rate CBR layer is rejected).
+        self.pending_bitrate = Some(bps.max(1_000_000));
         true
     }
 

crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/windows/amf.rs

@@ -1328,6 +1328,14 @@ impl AmfEncoder {
         !ltr_disabled() && matches!(self.codec, Codec::H264 | Codec::H265)
     }
 
+    /// The VBV/HRD buffer (bits) at `bps`: ~1 frame interval, `PUNKTFUNK_VBV_FRAMES`-scaled — the
+    /// same shape every backend ships. Shared by [`apply_static_props`](Self::apply_static_props)
+    /// and [`Encoder::reconfigure_bitrate`] so a dynamic retarget rescales the buffer it opened with.
+    fn vbv_bits(&self, bps: u64) -> i64 {
+        ((bps as f64 / self.fps.max(1) as f64) * crate::encode::vbv_frames_env())
+            .clamp(1.0, i32::MAX as f64) as i64
+    }
+
     /// Apply the static encoder configuration (design §3.4 — the native mirror of the ffmpeg
     /// opts block in `open_win_encoder`). Called before `Init`, and again on a `reset()`
     /// re-`Init` (Terminate does not guarantee property retention across every driver).
@@ -1357,14 +1365,12 @@ impl AmfEncoder {
             true,
         )?;
         // ~1-frame VBV (PUNKTFUNK_VBV_FRAMES override, same knob as the ffmpeg path).
-        let vbv_frames = std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_VBV_FRAMES")
-            .ok()
-            .and_then(|s| s.parse::<f32>().ok())
-            .filter(|v| v.is_finite() && *v > 0.0)
-            .unwrap_or(1.0);
-        let vbv_bits = ((self.bitrate_bps as f64 / self.fps.max(1) as f64) * vbv_frames as f64)
-            .clamp(1.0, i32::MAX as f64) as i64;
-        set_prop(comp, p.vbv_size, AmfVariant::from_i64(vbv_bits), false)?;
+        set_prop(
+            comp,
+            p.vbv_size,
+            AmfVariant::from_i64(self.vbv_bits(self.bitrate_bps)),
+            false,
+        )?;
         set_prop(comp, p.enforce_hrd, AmfVariant::from_bool(true), false)?;
         set_prop(comp, p.filler_data, AmfVariant::from_bool(false), false)?;
         // Latency-first quality; low-latency submission mode (optional — newer VCN/drivers).
@@ -2499,6 +2505,47 @@ impl Encoder for AmfEncoder {
         true
     }
 
+    fn reconfigure_bitrate(&mut self, bps: u64) -> bool {
+        let bps_i = bps.min(i64::MAX as u64) as i64;
+        let vbv = self.vbv_bits(bps);
+        let Some(inner) = self.inner.as_ref() else {
+            // Nothing live yet — the lazy open applies the new rate via `apply_static_props`.
+            self.bitrate_bps = bps;
+            return true;
+        };
+        // `TargetBitrate`/`PeakBitrate`/`VBVBufferSize` are DYNAMIC AMF properties (runtime-
+        // changeable on AVC/HEVC/AV1 alike): a SetProperty on the live component retargets the
+        // rate controller with no Terminate/re-Init — the reference chain, LTR slots and
+        // in-flight frames all survive (no IDR).
+        // SAFETY: `inner.comp.0` is the live component, used only on this thread with no AMF
+        // call in flight (the session loop is synchronous); `set_prop` is a prefix-vtable call.
+        let applied = unsafe {
+            let p = &self.props;
+            let comp = inner.comp.0;
+            let ok = set_prop(comp, p.target_bitrate, AmfVariant::from_i64(bps_i), false)
+                .unwrap_or(false)
+                && set_prop(comp, p.peak_bitrate, AmfVariant::from_i64(bps_i), false)
+                    .unwrap_or(false);
+            if ok {
+                // Rescale the VBV with the rate. Optional, like at open — a driver that declines
+                // keeps the old buffer (a size mismatch the HRD absorbs), not worth a rebuild.
+                let _ = set_prop(comp, p.vbv_size, AmfVariant::from_i64(vbv), false);
+            }
+            ok
+        };
+        if !applied {
+            // A half-applied pair doesn't matter: the caller's rebuild fallback re-authors
+            // everything from scratch.
+            tracing::warn!(
+                mbps = bps / 1_000_000,
+                "AMF declined the dynamic bitrate retarget — falling back to a rebuild"
+            );
+            return false;
+        }
+        self.bitrate_bps = bps; // future reset()/re-Init paths re-apply the new rate
+        true
+    }
+
     fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         let Some(inner) = self.inner.as_mut() else {
             return Ok(());

crates/punktfunk-host/src/encode/windows/nvenc.rs

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ struct EncodeApi {
     ) -> nv::NVENCSTATUS,
     initialize_encoder:
         unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void, *mut nv::NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS) -> nv::NVENCSTATUS,
+    reconfigure_encoder:
+        unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void, *mut nv::NV_ENC_RECONFIGURE_PARAMS) -> nv::NVENCSTATUS,
     destroy_encoder: unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void) -> nv::NVENCSTATUS,
     get_encode_caps: unsafe extern "C" fn(
         *mut c_void,
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ fn load_api() -> std::result::Result<EncodeApi, String> {
         Ok(EncodeApi {
             open_encode_session_ex: list.nvEncOpenEncodeSessionEx.ok_or(MISSING)?,
             initialize_encoder: list.nvEncInitializeEncoder.ok_or(MISSING)?,
+            reconfigure_encoder: list.nvEncReconfigureEncoder.ok_or(MISSING)?,
             destroy_encoder: list.nvEncDestroyEncoder.ok_or(MISSING)?,
             get_encode_caps: list.nvEncGetEncodeCaps.ok_or(MISSING)?,
             get_encode_preset_config_ex: list.nvEncGetEncodePresetConfigEx.ok_or(MISSING)?,
@@ -454,6 +457,11 @@ pub struct NvencD3d11Encoder {
     /// of failing later as an opaque `InvalidParam`. Set by [`query_caps`](Self::query_caps).
     rfi_supported: bool,
     custom_vbv: bool,
+    /// The split-encode mode + async-retrieve flag the live session was initialized with —
+    /// `reconfigure_bitrate` must present the SAME init params as the open (only the config's
+    /// rate fields may move). Meaningless while `inited` is false.
+    split_mode: u32,
+    session_async: bool,
     /// The last reference-frame range we invalidated — dedupes repeated RFI requests for the same
     /// loss event (the client resends until it sees recovery).
     last_rfi_range: Option<(i64, i64)>,
@@ -526,6 +534,8 @@ impl NvencD3d11Encoder {
             inited: false,
             rfi_supported: false,
             custom_vbv: false,
+            split_mode: nv::NV_ENC_SPLIT_ENCODE_MODE::NV_ENC_SPLIT_DISABLE_MODE as u32,
+            session_async: false,
             last_rfi_range: None,
             init_device: ptr::null_mut(),
             session_units: 0,
@@ -679,28 +689,11 @@ impl NvencD3d11Encoder {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Open + configure + initialize ONE NVENC session at `bitrate` (bps) and `split_mode`. Returns
-    /// the session handle, or destroys it and returns the error. NVENC has no re-init after a failed
-    /// `initialize_encoder`, so the bitrate-clamp search in `init_session` calls this once per probe.
-    unsafe fn try_open_session(
-        &self,
-        device: &ID3D11Device,
-        bitrate: u64,
-        split_mode: u32,
-        enable_async: bool,
-    ) -> Result<*mut c_void> {
-        let mut params = nv::NV_ENC_OPEN_ENCODE_SESSION_EX_PARAMS {
-            version: nv::NV_ENC_OPEN_ENCODE_SESSION_EX_PARAMS_VER,
-            deviceType: nv::NV_ENC_DEVICE_TYPE::NV_ENC_DEVICE_TYPE_DIRECTX,
-            device: device.as_raw(),
-            apiVersion: nv::NVENCAPI_VERSION,
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-        let mut enc: *mut c_void = ptr::null_mut();
-        (api().open_encode_session_ex)(&mut params, &mut enc)
-            .nv_ok()
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow!("NVENC open_encode_session_ex: {e:?} (no NVIDIA GPU?)"))?;
-
+    /// Author the session's `NV_ENC_CONFIG` at `bitrate` (bps): the P1/ULL preset (queried on
+    /// `enc`) seeded with the RC/tier/chroma/VUI/DPB shape this backend always runs. ONE builder
+    /// shared by [`try_open_session`] and [`Encoder::reconfigure_bitrate`], so an in-place rate
+    /// retarget re-authors the exact same config with only the bitrate + derived VBV moved.
+    unsafe fn build_config(&self, enc: *mut c_void, bitrate: u64) -> Result<nv::NV_ENC_CONFIG> {
         // Seed the P1 + ultra-low-latency preset config.
         let mut preset = nv::NV_ENC_PRESET_CONFIG {
             version: nv::NV_ENC_PRESET_CONFIG_VER,
@@ -710,7 +703,7 @@ impl NvencD3d11Encoder {
             },
             ..Default::default()
         };
-        if let Err(e) = (api().get_encode_preset_config_ex)(
+        (api().get_encode_preset_config_ex)(
             enc,
             self.codec_guid,
             nv::NV_ENC_PRESET_P1_GUID,
@@ -718,10 +711,7 @@ impl NvencD3d11Encoder {
             &mut preset,
         )
         .nv_ok()
-        {
-            let _ = (api().destroy_encoder)(enc);
-            return Err(anyhow!("get_encode_preset_config_ex: {e:?}"));
-        }
+        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("get_encode_preset_config_ex: {e:?}"))?;
         let mut cfg = preset.presetCfg;
 
         // Mirror the Linux RC config: CBR, infinite GOP, P-only, ~1-frame VBV.
@@ -734,7 +724,9 @@ impl NvencD3d11Encoder {
         // Shrink the VBV with the bitrate — NVENC validates it against the same level ceiling. Only
         // when the GPU advertises custom-VBV support (else leave the preset default, per the caps probe).
         if self.custom_vbv {
-            let vbv = (bitrate as f64 / self.fps.max(1) as f64) as u32;
+            // ~1-frame VBV by default; PUNKTFUNK_VBV_FRAMES scales it (parity with AMF/VAAPI/QSV).
+            let vbv = ((bitrate as f64 / self.fps.max(1) as f64) * crate::encode::vbv_frames_env())
+                .clamp(1.0, u32::MAX as f64) as u32;
             cfg.rcParams.vbvBufferSize = vbv;
             cfg.rcParams.vbvInitialDelay = vbv;
         }
@@ -895,7 +887,19 @@ impl NvencD3d11Encoder {
                 }
             }
         }
+        Ok(cfg)
+    }
 
+    /// Author the `NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS` pointing at `cfg`. Shared by [`try_open_session`]
+    /// and [`Encoder::reconfigure_bitrate`] — a reconfigure must present the SAME init params as
+    /// the open. The returned struct borrows `cfg` raw; the caller keeps `cfg` alive across the
+    /// NVENC call it feeds this into.
+    fn build_init_params(
+        &self,
+        cfg: &mut nv::NV_ENC_CONFIG,
+        split_mode: u32,
+        enable_async: bool,
+    ) -> nv::NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS {
         let mut init = nv::NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS {
             version: nv::NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS_VER,
             encodeGUID: self.codec_guid,
@@ -911,11 +915,44 @@ impl NvencD3d11Encoder {
             // Two-thread async retrieve (§5.B): completion events signal the retrieve thread
             // instead of `lock_bitstream` blocking the submit thread.
             enableEncodeAsync: enable_async as u32,
-            encodeConfig: &mut cfg,
+            encodeConfig: cfg,
             ..Default::default()
         };
         // splitEncodeMode is a C bitfield — set via the generated accessor, not a struct field.
         init.set_splitEncodeMode(split_mode);
+        init
+    }
+
+    /// Open + configure + initialize ONE NVENC session at `bitrate` (bps) and `split_mode`. Returns
+    /// the session handle, or destroys it and returns the error. NVENC has no re-init after a failed
+    /// `initialize_encoder`, so the bitrate-clamp search in `init_session` calls this once per probe.
+    unsafe fn try_open_session(
+        &self,
+        device: &ID3D11Device,
+        bitrate: u64,
+        split_mode: u32,
+        enable_async: bool,
+    ) -> Result<*mut c_void> {
+        let mut params = nv::NV_ENC_OPEN_ENCODE_SESSION_EX_PARAMS {
+            version: nv::NV_ENC_OPEN_ENCODE_SESSION_EX_PARAMS_VER,
+            deviceType: nv::NV_ENC_DEVICE_TYPE::NV_ENC_DEVICE_TYPE_DIRECTX,
+            device: device.as_raw(),
+            apiVersion: nv::NVENCAPI_VERSION,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let mut enc: *mut c_void = ptr::null_mut();
+        (api().open_encode_session_ex)(&mut params, &mut enc)
+            .nv_ok()
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow!("NVENC open_encode_session_ex: {e:?} (no NVIDIA GPU?)"))?;
+
+        let mut cfg = match self.build_config(enc, bitrate) {
+            Ok(cfg) => cfg,
+            Err(e) => {
+                let _ = (api().destroy_encoder)(enc);
+                return Err(e);
+            }
+        };
+        let mut init = self.build_init_params(&mut cfg, split_mode, enable_async);
 
         match (api().initialize_encoder)(enc, &mut init).nv_ok() {
             Ok(()) => Ok(enc),
@@ -1069,6 +1106,12 @@ impl NvencD3d11Encoder {
                 }
             };
             self.encoder = enc;
+            // Session init params a later `reconfigure_bitrate` must re-present verbatim. (Best
+            // effort: the floor fallback above may have succeeded split-disabled without updating
+            // `split_mode` — a reconfigure then presents the forced mode, NVENC rejects it, and
+            // the caller's rebuild fallback covers the mismatch.)
+            self.split_mode = split_mode;
+            self.session_async = use_async;
             // Session-budget accounting (Stage W3): record what this open holds so admission can
             // decline a parallel display the hardware can't afford. Weighted by the FINAL split
             // mode (a split session occupies one hardware session per engine).
@@ -1619,6 +1662,55 @@ impl Encoder for NvencD3d11Encoder {
         true
     }
 
+    fn reconfigure_bitrate(&mut self, bps: u64) -> bool {
+        if !self.inited {
+            // No live session yet — the lazy init simply opens at the new rate.
+            self.bitrate_bps = bps;
+            return true;
+        }
+        // SAFETY: `inited` ⟹ `self.encoder` is the live session and this runs on the encode
+        // thread between submit/poll (`nvEncReconfigureEncoder` is a submit-side call, the
+        // sanctioned side of the two-thread async split — the retrieve thread only ever locks
+        // bitstreams). `build_config` only queries the preset on that session; `cfg` outlives the
+        // synchronous reconfigure call whose `reInitEncodeParams.encodeConfig` points at it.
+        unsafe {
+            let mut cfg = match self.build_config(self.encoder, bps) {
+                Ok(cfg) => cfg,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    tracing::warn!(error = %format!("{e:#}"),
+                        "NVENC reconfigure: config re-author failed — falling back to a rebuild");
+                    return false;
+                }
+            };
+            let mut params = nv::NV_ENC_RECONFIGURE_PARAMS {
+                version: nv::NV_ENC_RECONFIGURE_PARAMS_VER,
+                reInitEncodeParams: self.build_init_params(
+                    &mut cfg,
+                    self.split_mode,
+                    self.session_async,
+                ),
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+            // Keep the encoder's RC state and reference chain: no reset, no IDR — the in-flight
+            // frames and the caller's wire-index prediction survive the retarget.
+            params.set_resetEncoder(0);
+            params.set_forceIDR(0);
+            match (api().reconfigure_encoder)(self.encoder, &mut params).nv_ok() {
+                Ok(()) => {
+                    self.bitrate_bps = bps;
+                    true
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    // E.g. the new rate is above the codec-level ceiling — the caller's rebuild
+                    // fallback owns the clamp search.
+                    tracing::warn!(status = ?e, mbps = bps / 1_000_000,
+                        "nvEncReconfigureEncoder rejected — falling back to a rebuild");
+                    false
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(()) // P1/ULL + frameIntervalP=1: each submit yields its AU; no internal queue to drain.
     }
@@ -1874,6 +1966,126 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// ON-HARDWARE (RTX box `.173`): the Phase 3.2 in-place rate retarget — encode a few frames,
+    /// `reconfigure_bitrate` mid-stream (up AND down), keep encoding, and assert every
+    /// post-reconfigure AU is a P-frame (`nvEncReconfigureEncoder` with `resetEncoder=0` /
+    /// `forceIDR=0` must NOT restart the stream). The Windows twin of the Linux backend's
+    /// `nvenc_cuda_reconfigure_no_idr`. Run:
+    ///   cargo test -p punktfunk-host --features nvenc -- --ignored nvenc_reconfigure --nocapture
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "requires an NVIDIA GPU + driver — run manually on the RTX box (.173)"]
+    fn nvenc_reconfigure_no_idr() {
+        let _ = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_test_writer().try_init();
+        const W: u32 = 1280;
+        const H: u32 = 720;
+        // SAFETY: (test-only) same straight-line D3D11/DXGI setup as `encode_pattern`.
+        unsafe {
+            let factory: IDXGIFactory1 = CreateDXGIFactory1().expect("DXGI factory");
+            let mut adapter = None;
+            for i in 0.. {
+                let Ok(a) = factory.EnumAdapters1(i) else {
+                    break;
+                };
+                let desc = a.GetDesc1().expect("adapter desc");
+                if desc.Flags & DXGI_ADAPTER_FLAG_SOFTWARE.0 as u32 == 0 {
+                    adapter = Some(a);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            let adapter = adapter.expect("no hardware DXGI adapter");
+            let (device, _ctx) = crate::capture::dxgi::make_device(&adapter).expect("make_device");
+
+            let bytes = probe_pattern(W as usize, H as usize);
+            let init = D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA {
+                pSysMem: bytes.as_ptr() as *const _,
+                SysMemPitch: W * 4,
+                SysMemSlicePitch: 0,
+            };
+            let desc = D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC {
+                Width: W,
+                Height: H,
+                MipLevels: 1,
+                ArraySize: 1,
+                Format: DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM,
+                SampleDesc: DXGI_SAMPLE_DESC {
+                    Count: 1,
+                    Quality: 0,
+                },
+                Usage: D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT,
+                BindFlags: D3D11_BIND_RENDER_TARGET.0 as u32,
+                CPUAccessFlags: 0,
+                MiscFlags: 0,
+            };
+            let mut tex = None;
+            device
+                .CreateTexture2D(&desc, Some(&init), Some(&mut tex))
+                .expect("pattern texture");
+            let tex = tex.expect("null pattern texture");
+
+            let mut enc = NvencD3d11Encoder::open(
+                Codec::H265,
+                PixelFormat::Bgra,
+                W,
+                H,
+                60,
+                20_000_000,
+                8,
+                ChromaFormat::Yuv420,
+            )
+            .expect("NVENC open");
+
+            let submit_and_poll = |enc: &mut NvencD3d11Encoder, range: std::ops::Range<u64>| {
+                let mut keyframes = 0usize;
+                let mut aus = 0usize;
+                for i in range {
+                    let frame = CapturedFrame {
+                        width: W,
+                        height: H,
+                        pts_ns: i * 16_666_667,
+                        format: PixelFormat::Bgra,
+                        payload: FramePayload::D3d11(D3d11Frame {
+                            texture: tex.clone(),
+                            device: device.clone(),
+                        }),
+                    };
+                    enc.submit_indexed(&frame, i as u32).expect("submit");
+                    while let Some(au) = enc.poll().expect("poll") {
+                        aus += 1;
+                        keyframes += au.keyframe as usize;
+                    }
+                }
+                enc.flush().ok();
+                while let Ok(Some(au)) = enc.poll() {
+                    aus += 1;
+                    keyframes += au.keyframe as usize;
+                }
+                (aus, keyframes)
+            };
+
+            let (aus, kfs) = submit_and_poll(&mut enc, 0..4);
+            assert!(aus > 0, "no AUs before the reconfigure");
+            assert_eq!(kfs, 1, "exactly the opening IDR before the reconfigure");
+
+            assert!(
+                enc.reconfigure_bitrate(60_000_000),
+                "in-place reconfigure to 60 Mbps must succeed on RTX NVENC"
+            );
+            let (aus, kfs) = submit_and_poll(&mut enc, 4..8);
+            assert!(aus > 0, "no AUs after the up-reconfigure");
+            assert_eq!(kfs, 0, "an in-place rate retarget must not emit an IDR");
+
+            assert!(
+                enc.reconfigure_bitrate(10_000_000),
+                "in-place reconfigure down to 10 Mbps must succeed"
+            );
+            let (aus, kfs) = submit_and_poll(&mut enc, 8..12);
+            assert!(aus > 0, "no AUs after the down-reconfigure");
+            assert_eq!(kfs, 0, "an in-place rate retarget must not emit an IDR");
+
+            println!("nvenc (Windows) reconfigure smoke: 20→60→10 Mbps in place, zero IDRs");
+        }
+    }
+
     /// ON-GLASS (RTX box): the measurement gating the AYUV 4:4:4 work — encodes the probe
     /// pattern through the REAL ARGB-input NVENC session once with `chromaFormatIDC=3`/FREXT
     /// and once as plain 4:2:0, so offline analysis of the two bitstreams answers (1) whether

crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/video.rs

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ pub struct VideoPacketizer {
     frame_index: u32,
     /// Monotonic per-stream packet counter (the RTP sequence / streamPacketIndex source).
     seq: u32,
+    /// Persistent GF(2⁸) coder so its `(k, m)` Cauchy-matrix cache survives across frames
+    /// (plan Phase 1.4) — a stream's block shape only moves with frame size.
+    coder: Gf8Coder,
 }
 
 impl VideoPacketizer {
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ impl VideoPacketizer {
             min_fec: min_fec as usize,
             frame_index: 0,
             seq: 0,
+            coder: Gf8Coder::default(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ impl VideoPacketizer {
             let wire_pct = if m > 0 { (100 * m) / k } else { 0 };
             let parity = if m > 0 {
                 let refs: Vec<&[u8]> = shards.iter().map(|s| s.as_slice()).collect();
-                Gf8Coder.encode(&refs, m).unwrap_or_default()
+                self.coder.encode(&refs, m).unwrap_or_default()
             } else {
                 Vec::new()
             };
@@ -328,7 +332,9 @@ mod tests {
         // Drop data shard 1; reconstruct from the rest via the same Cauchy coder.
         let mut received: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>> = pkts.iter().map(|p| Some(p.clone())).collect();
         received[1] = None;
-        let recovered = Gf8Coder.reconstruct(k, m, &mut received).unwrap();
+        let recovered = Gf8Coder::default()
+            .reconstruct(k, m, &mut received)
+            .unwrap();
         // The recovered shard equals the original data shard's RS-covered bytes: its flags
         // byte (offset 24) is PIC (middle shard), proving the NV header recovers correctly.
         assert_eq!(recovered[1][24], FLAG_PIC);

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject.rs

@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ fn gs_button_to_evdev(b: u32) -> Option<u32> {
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "inject/linux/dualsense.rs"]
 pub mod dualsense;
+/// Windows: virtual DualSense **Edge** via the same UMDF minidriver + shared-memory channel
+/// (device-type 2) — the wire back grips land on the Edge's native back/Fn buttons.
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+#[path = "inject/windows/dualsense_edge_windows.rs"]
+pub mod dualsense_edge_windows;
 /// Transport-independent DualSense HID contract, shared by the Linux UHID backend ([`dualsense`])
 /// and the Windows UMDF-driver backend ([`dualsense_windows`]).
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
@@ -485,8 +490,8 @@ pub mod dualsense_windows;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "inject/linux/dualshock4.rs"]
 pub mod dualshock4;
-/// Transport-independent DualShock 4 HID codec used by the Windows UMDF-driver backend
-/// ([`dualshock4_windows`]). (The Linux backend still carries its own copy — see the module FIXME.)
+/// Transport-independent DualShock 4 HID codec, shared by the Linux UHID backend ([`dualshock4`])
+/// and the Windows UMDF-driver backend ([`dualshock4_windows`]).
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 #[path = "inject/proto/dualshock4_proto.rs"]
 pub mod dualshock4_proto;
@@ -506,15 +511,27 @@ pub mod gamepad;
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 #[path = "inject/windows/gamepad_raii.rs"]
 mod gamepad_raii;
-/// Shared virtual-pad creation-retry policy ([`pad_gate::PadGate`]) used by every backend manager on
-/// both platforms — replaces the per-backend permanent `broken` latch with capped-backoff retry.
+/// Shared virtual-pad creation-retry policy ([`pad_gate::PadGate`]), driven by [`pad_slots`] for
+/// every backend manager — replaces the per-backend permanent `broken` latch with capped-backoff
+/// retry.
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 #[path = "inject/pad_gate.rs"]
 pub mod pad_gate;
+/// Shared virtual-pad slot table + creation lifecycle ([`pad_slots::PadSlots`]) — the
+/// `Vec<Option<Pad>>` table, `active_mask` unplug sweep, and gate-checked create every backend
+/// manager used to copy-paste (G12).
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
+#[path = "inject/pad_slots.rs"]
+pub mod pad_slots;
 /// Linux: virtual Steam Deck via UHID — the kernel `hid-steam` driver binds it as a real Deck.
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "inject/linux/steam_controller.rs"]
 pub mod steam_controller;
+/// Windows: virtual Steam Deck via the same UMDF minidriver + shared-memory channel
+/// (device-type 3) — promoted by Steam Input thanks to the `&MI_02` hardware-id synthesis.
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+#[path = "inject/windows/steam_deck_windows.rs"]
+pub mod steam_deck_windows;
 /// Linux: virtual Steam Deck via the USB gadget subsystem (`raw_gadget` + `dummy_hcd`) — the only
 /// virtual-Deck transport Steam Input promotes (presents the controller on USB interface 2).
 /// SteamOS-host only (needs `dummy_hcd` + `raw_gadget`).
@@ -522,8 +539,9 @@ pub mod steam_controller;
 #[path = "inject/linux/steam_gadget.rs"]
 pub mod steam_gadget;
 /// Transport-independent Steam Controller / Steam Deck HID contract (descriptor, byte-exact Deck
-/// serializer, XInput/rich mappers, rumble parser), used by the Linux UHID backend ([`steam_controller`]).
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+/// serializer, XInput/rich mappers, rumble parser), used by the Linux UHID backend
+/// ([`steam_controller`]) and the Windows UMDF backend ([`steam_deck_windows`]).
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 #[path = "inject/proto/steam_proto.rs"]
 pub mod steam_proto;
 /// Pure fallback-remap policy (Steam-only inputs onto a non-Steam backend) + the Deck motion rescale.
@@ -538,6 +556,21 @@ pub mod steam_remap;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "inject/linux/steam_usbip.rs"]
 pub mod steam_usbip;
+/// Linux: virtual Nintendo Switch Pro Controller via UHID (kernel `hid-nintendo`).
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[path = "inject/linux/switch_pro.rs"]
+pub mod switch_pro;
+/// Transport-independent Switch Pro Controller codec + the canned `hid-nintendo` handshake
+/// replies, used by the Linux UHID backend ([`switch_pro`]).
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[path = "inject/proto/switch_proto.rs"]
+pub mod switch_proto;
+/// The generic stateful virtual-pad manager ([`uhid_manager::UhidManager`]) — event routing, frame
+/// merge, heartbeat, and feedback pump shared by the five UHID/UMDF backends; each supplies only
+/// its per-controller protocol via [`uhid_manager::PadProto`] (G12).
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
+#[path = "inject/uhid_manager.rs"]
+pub mod uhid_manager;
 /// Stub — virtual gamepads need Linux uinput or the Windows UMDF drivers; events are dropped elsewhere.
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows")))]
 pub mod gamepad {

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/dualsense.rs

@@ -13,18 +13,16 @@
 //! UMDF-driver backend; this module is just the `/dev/uhid` plumbing around it.
 
 use super::dualsense_proto::{
-    parse_ds_output, serialize_state, DsFeedback, DsState, HidoutDedup, DS_FEATURE_CALIBRATION,
-    DS_FEATURE_FIRMWARE, DS_FEATURE_PAIRING, DS_INPUT_REPORT_LEN, DS_PRODUCT, DS_TOUCH_H,
-    DS_TOUCH_W, DS_VENDOR, DUALSENSE_RDESC,
+    ds_pairing_reply, edge_paddle_bits, parse_ds_output, serialize_state, DsFeedback, DsState,
+    DS_EDGE_PRODUCT, DS_FEATURE_CALIBRATION, DS_FEATURE_FIRMWARE, DS_INPUT_REPORT_LEN, DS_PRODUCT,
+    DS_TOUCH_H, DS_TOUCH_W, DS_VENDOR, DUALSENSE_EDGE_RDESC, DUALSENSE_RDESC,
 };
-use crate::gamestream::gamepad::{GamepadEvent, MAX_PADS};
-use crate::inject::pad_gate::PadGate;
+use crate::inject::uhid_manager::{PadFeedback, PadProto, UhidManager};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-use punktfunk_core::quic::{HidOutput, RichInput};
+use punktfunk_core::quic::RichInput;
 use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 // /dev/uhid event ABI (linux/uhid.h). `struct uhid_event` is __packed__: a u32 `type` then a
 // union whose largest member is uhid_create2_req (128+64+64 + 2+2 + 4*4 + rd_data[4096] = 4372).
@@ -35,6 +33,8 @@ const UHID_GET_REPORT: u32 = 9;
 const UHID_GET_REPORT_REPLY: u32 = 10;
 const UHID_CREATE2: u32 = 11;
 const UHID_INPUT2: u32 = 12;
+const UHID_SET_REPORT: u32 = 13;
+const UHID_SET_REPORT_REPLY: u32 = 14;
 const HID_MAX_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE: usize = 4096;
 const UHID_EVENT_SIZE: usize = 4 + 4372; // type + union (create2)
 const BUS_USB: u16 = 0x03;
@@ -45,9 +45,45 @@ fn put_cstr(ev: &mut [u8], off: usize, cap: usize, s: &str) {
     ev[off..off + n].copy_from_slice(&s.as_bytes()[..n]); // rest already zero (NUL-terminated)
 }
 
-/// A virtual DualSense backed by `/dev/uhid` (hand-rolled codec — no bindgen, mirroring the
-/// uinput pad's style). Dropping it destroys the device (the kernel tears down the bound
-/// `hid-playstation` interface).
+/// The UHID identity a [`DualSensePad`] is created with — the plain DualSense or the Edge (same
+/// driver, same report codec; the Edge differs by PID + descriptor and carries the four extra
+/// `buttons[2]` bits). Mirrors the uinput pad's `PadIdentity` shape.
+pub struct DsUhidIdentity {
+    product: u32,
+    rdesc: &'static [u8],
+    /// Device name prefix ("Punktfunk <name> <index>").
+    name: &'static str,
+    /// Path token for the phys string ("punktfunk/<phys>/<index>").
+    phys: &'static str,
+    /// Short slug for the uniq string ("punktfunk-<slug>-<index>").
+    slug: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl DsUhidIdentity {
+    pub const fn dualsense() -> DsUhidIdentity {
+        DsUhidIdentity {
+            product: DS_PRODUCT,
+            rdesc: DUALSENSE_RDESC,
+            name: "DualSense",
+            phys: "dualsense",
+            slug: "ds",
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub const fn dualsense_edge() -> DsUhidIdentity {
+        DsUhidIdentity {
+            product: DS_EDGE_PRODUCT,
+            rdesc: DUALSENSE_EDGE_RDESC,
+            name: "DualSense Edge",
+            phys: "dualsense-edge",
+            slug: "dsedge",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// A virtual DualSense / DualSense Edge backed by `/dev/uhid` (hand-rolled codec — no bindgen,
+/// mirroring the uinput pad's style). Dropping it destroys the device (the kernel tears down the
+/// bound `hid-playstation` interface).
 pub struct DualSensePad {
     fd: File,
     seq: u8,
@@ -55,8 +91,9 @@ pub struct DualSensePad {
 }
 
 impl DualSensePad {
-    /// Create the UHID DualSense for pad `index` (used only to make the device name/uniq unique).
-    pub fn open(index: u8) -> Result<DualSensePad> {
+    /// Create the UHID pad for wire index `index` under `id`'s identity (`index` is used only to
+    /// make the device name/uniq unique).
+    pub fn open(index: u8, id: &DsUhidIdentity) -> Result<DualSensePad> {
         let fd = OpenOptions::new()
             .read(true)
             .write(true)
@@ -66,24 +103,28 @@ impl DualSensePad {
                 format!("open {UHID_PATH} (is the 60-punktfunk.rules uhid rule installed + are you in 'input'?)")
             })?;
         let mut ds = DualSensePad { fd, seq: 0, ts: 0 };
-        ds.send_create2(index).context("UHID_CREATE2 DualSense")?;
+        ds.send_create2(index, id)
+            .context("UHID_CREATE2 DualSense")?;
         Ok(ds)
     }
 
-    fn send_create2(&mut self, index: u8) -> Result<()> {
+    /// Send UHID_CREATE2 under `id`'s identity. The uniq written here is cosmetic:
+    /// `hid-playstation` replaces it with the MAC from the pairing feature report (see
+    /// [`ds_pairing_reply`]) as soon as it binds.
+    fn send_create2(&mut self, index: u8, id: &DsUhidIdentity) -> Result<()> {
         let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
         ev[0..4].copy_from_slice(&UHID_CREATE2.to_ne_bytes());
         // union (uhid_create2_req) starts at byte 4.
-        put_cstr(&mut ev, 4, 128, &format!("Punktfunk DualSense {index}")); // name[128]
-        put_cstr(&mut ev, 132, 64, &format!("punktfunk/dualsense/{index}")); // phys[64]
-        put_cstr(&mut ev, 196, 64, &format!("punktfunk-ds-{index}")); // uniq[64]
-        ev[260..262].copy_from_slice(&(DUALSENSE_RDESC.len() as u16).to_ne_bytes()); // rd_size
+        put_cstr(&mut ev, 4, 128, &format!("Punktfunk {} {index}", id.name)); // name[128]
+        put_cstr(&mut ev, 132, 64, &format!("punktfunk/{}/{index}", id.phys)); // phys[64]
+        put_cstr(&mut ev, 196, 64, &format!("punktfunk-{}-{index}", id.slug)); // uniq[64]
+        ev[260..262].copy_from_slice(&(id.rdesc.len() as u16).to_ne_bytes()); // rd_size
         ev[262..264].copy_from_slice(&BUS_USB.to_ne_bytes()); // bus
         ev[264..268].copy_from_slice(&DS_VENDOR.to_ne_bytes());
-        ev[268..272].copy_from_slice(&DS_PRODUCT.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[268..272].copy_from_slice(&id.product.to_ne_bytes());
         ev[272..276].copy_from_slice(&0x0100u32.to_ne_bytes()); // version
         ev[276..280].copy_from_slice(&0u32.to_ne_bytes()); // country
-        ev[280..280 + DUALSENSE_RDESC.len()].copy_from_slice(DUALSENSE_RDESC); // rd_data
+        ev[280..280 + id.rdesc.len()].copy_from_slice(id.rdesc); // rd_data
         self.fd.write_all(&ev).context("write UHID_CREATE2")?;
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -125,15 +166,25 @@ impl DualSensePad {
                 UHID_GET_REPORT => {
                     // uhid_get_report_req: id u32 [4..8], rnum u8 [8].
                     let id = u32::from_ne_bytes([ev[4], ev[5], ev[6], ev[7]]);
+                    // Per-pad MAC: hid-playstation adopts it as the HID uniq, and SDL/Steam
+                    // dedup controllers by that serial (see `ds_pairing_reply`).
+                    let pairing = ds_pairing_reply(pad);
                     let data: &[u8] = match ev[8] {
                         0x05 => DS_FEATURE_CALIBRATION,
-                        0x09 => DS_FEATURE_PAIRING,
+                        0x09 => &pairing,
                         0x20 => DS_FEATURE_FIRMWARE,
                         _ => &[],
                     };
                     let _ = self.reply_get_report(id, data);
                 }
-                _ => {} // Start/Stop/Open/Close/SetReport — ignore
+                UHID_SET_REPORT => {
+                    // Ack (err=0) so a SET_REPORT writer doesn't block on the kernel's 5 s
+                    // timeout. Nothing to parse: every known DualSense writer sends its feedback
+                    // as OUTPUT reports (handled above), never SET_REPORT.
+                    let id = u32::from_ne_bytes([ev[4], ev[5], ev[6], ev[7]]);
+                    let _ = self.reply_set_report(id);
+                }
+                _ => {} // Start/Stop/Open/Close — ignore
             }
         }
         fb
@@ -153,6 +204,18 @@ impl DualSensePad {
             .context("write UHID_GET_REPORT_REPLY")?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    fn reply_set_report(&mut self, id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
+        ev[0..4].copy_from_slice(&UHID_SET_REPORT_REPLY.to_ne_bytes());
+        // uhid_set_report_reply_req: id u32 [4..8], err u16 [8..10].
+        ev[4..8].copy_from_slice(&id.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[8..10].copy_from_slice(&0u16.to_ne_bytes()); // err 0 (ack)
+        self.fd
+            .write_all(&ev)
+            .context("write UHID_SET_REPORT_REPLY")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for DualSensePad {
@@ -163,201 +226,427 @@ impl Drop for DualSensePad {
     }
 }
 
-/// All virtual DualSense pads of a session — the rich-controller analog of
-/// [`GamepadManager`](super::gamepad::GamepadManager), selected with `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD=dualsense`.
-///
-/// Unlike the uinput pad, a DualSense carries touchpad + motion, which arrive on a *separate*
-/// rich-input plane ([`apply_rich`](Self::apply_rich)) from the button/stick frames
-/// ([`handle`](Self::handle)). So the manager keeps each pad's full [`DsState`] and re-emits the
-/// merged report whenever either source changes. [`pump`](Self::pump) services the kernel
-/// handshake and routes a game's feedback back out: motor rumble on the universal plane, the rich
-/// LED/player-LED/trigger feedback on the HID-output plane.
-pub struct DualSenseManager {
-    pads: Vec<Option<DualSensePad>>,
-    /// Each pad's current full report — buttons/sticks merged with persisted touch + motion.
-    state: Vec<DsState>,
-    /// Last rumble forwarded per pad, so a report that only changes the LED doesn't re-send it.
-    last_rumble: Vec<(u16, u16)>,
-    /// Last rich feedback (lightbar / player LEDs / adaptive triggers) forwarded per pad, so an
-    /// output report that only changed the rumble doesn't re-send unchanged 0xCD feedback.
-    hidout_dedup: Vec<HidoutDedup>,
-    /// When each pad last wrote an input report — drives [`DualSenseManager::heartbeat`], which
-    /// re-emits the current state during input silence so the kernel never sees the device go quiet.
-    last_write: Vec<Instant>,
-    /// Create-retry gate: a transient `/dev/uhid` failure backs off and retries instead of
-    /// permanently disabling every pad for the session.
-    gate: PadGate,
+/// The DualSense-specific half of the shared stateful manager (see [`PadProto`]): UHID transport
+/// open, the [`DsState`] mappers, and the kernel-handshake service pass. Everything lifecycle-
+/// shaped (slot table, unplug sweep, heartbeat, feedback dedup) lives in [`UhidManager`].
+pub struct DsLinuxProto {
     /// Fallback policy for the Steam back grips a client may send (the DualSense has no back-button
     /// HID slot). `PUNKTFUNK_STEAM_REMAP=paddles=…`; default drop.
     remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig,
 }
 
-impl Default for DualSenseManager {
-    fn default() -> DualSenseManager {
-        DualSenseManager::new()
-    }
-}
-
-impl DualSenseManager {
-    pub fn new() -> DualSenseManager {
-        DualSenseManager {
-            pads: (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| None).collect(),
-            state: vec![DsState::neutral(); MAX_PADS],
-            last_rumble: vec![(0, 0); MAX_PADS],
-            hidout_dedup: vec![HidoutDedup::default(); MAX_PADS],
-            last_write: vec![Instant::now(); MAX_PADS],
-            gate: PadGate::new(),
+impl Default for DsLinuxProto {
+    fn default() -> DsLinuxProto {
+        DsLinuxProto {
             remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig::from_env(),
         }
     }
+}
 
-    /// Handle one decoded controller event (create/destroy by mask, then merge button/stick state).
-    pub fn handle(&mut self, ev: &GamepadEvent) {
-        match ev {
-            GamepadEvent::Arrival { index, kind, .. } => {
-                tracing::info!(index, kind, "controller arrival (DualSense)");
-                self.ensure(*index as usize);
-            }
-            GamepadEvent::State(f) => {
-                let idx = f.index as usize;
-                if idx >= MAX_PADS {
-                    return;
-                }
-                // Unplugs: drop any allocated pad whose mask bit cleared, resetting its state.
-                for (i, slot) in self.pads.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                    if slot.is_some() && f.active_mask & (1 << i) == 0 {
-                        tracing::info!(index = i, "controller unplugged (DualSense)");
-                        *slot = None;
-                        self.state[i] = DsState::neutral();
-                        self.last_rumble[i] = (0, 0);
-                        self.hidout_dedup[i].clear();
-                    }
-                }
-                if f.active_mask & (1 << idx) == 0 {
-                    return; // this event WAS the unplug
-                }
-                self.ensure(idx);
-                // Merge buttons/sticks/triggers from the frame, preserving touch + motion (those
-                // come on the rich-input plane and must survive a button-only frame).
-                let prev = self.state[idx];
-                // Steam back grips have no DualSense slot — fold them onto standard buttons per the
-                // configured policy (default drop) so they aren't silently lost.
-                let buttons =
-                    crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(f.buttons, self.remap.paddles);
-                let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
-                    buttons,
-                    f.ls_x,
-                    f.ls_y,
-                    f.rs_x,
-                    f.rs_y,
-                    f.left_trigger,
-                    f.right_trigger,
-                );
-                s.touch = prev.touch;
-                s.gyro = prev.gyro;
-                s.accel = prev.accel;
-                s.touch_click = prev.touch_click;
-                self.state[idx] = s;
-                self.write(idx);
-            }
-        }
+impl PadProto for DsLinuxProto {
+    type Pad = DualSensePad;
+    type State = DsState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "DualSense";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "DualSense";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str = "";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<DualSensePad> {
+        let p = DualSensePad::open(idx, &DsUhidIdentity::dualsense())?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            index = idx,
+            "virtual DualSense created (UHID hid-playstation)"
+        );
+        Ok(p)
     }
 
-    /// Apply one rich client→host event (touchpad contact / motion sample) to an existing pad,
-    /// preserving its button/stick state. Rich events never create a pad (a controller must have
-    /// arrived first); they're dropped if the pad isn't present.
-    pub fn apply_rich(&mut self, rich: RichInput) {
-        let idx = match rich {
-            RichInput::Touchpad { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::Motion { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::TouchpadEx { pad, .. } => pad as usize,
-        };
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_none() {
-            return;
-        }
-        // The shared DualSense-family mapping (dualsense_proto::DsState::apply_rich): Steam
-        // dual pads split the one touchpad left/right, pad clicks ride touch_click.
-        self.state[idx].apply_rich(rich, DS_TOUCH_W, DS_TOUCH_H);
-        self.write(idx);
+    fn neutral(&self) -> DsState {
+        DsState::neutral()
     }
 
-    fn write(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        let st = self.state[idx];
-        if let Some(pad) = self.pads[idx].as_mut() {
-            let _ = pad.write_state(&st);
-        }
-        // Reset the heartbeat timer on every write (real input or heartbeat), so an actively-used
-        // pad emits no extra reports — the heartbeat only fills genuine input-silence gaps.
-        self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers from the frame, preserving touch + motion + pad clicks (those
+    /// come on the rich-input plane and must survive a button-only frame).
+    fn merge_frame(&self, prev: &DsState, f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame) -> DsState {
+        // Steam back grips have no DualSense slot — fold them onto standard buttons per the
+        // configured policy (default drop) so they aren't silently lost.
+        let buttons = crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(f.buttons, self.remap.paddles);
+        let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
+            buttons,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.touch = prev.touch;
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s.touch_click = prev.touch_click;
+        s
     }
 
-    /// Re-emit each live pad's CURRENT report if it's been silent for `max_gap`. A real DualSense
-    /// streams report `0x01` continuously (~250 Hz); the kernel `hid-playstation` driver / Proton /
-    /// SDL treat a multi-second silence (a held-steady stick produces no wire events) as an
-    /// unplugged controller — the "controller disconnected every few seconds" symptom. Re-sending
-    /// the current state is idempotent (a stale-but-correct frame, never a phantom input);
-    /// `write_state` bumps the report's seq + timestamp, so each is a fresh, well-formed report.
-    pub fn heartbeat(&mut self, max_gap: Duration) {
-        let now = Instant::now();
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            if self.pads[i].is_some() && now.duration_since(self.last_write[i]) >= max_gap {
-                self.write(i);
-            }
-        }
+    /// The shared DualSense-family mapping (dualsense_proto::DsState::apply_rich): Steam dual pads
+    /// split the one touchpad left/right, pad clicks ride touch_click.
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut DsState, rich: RichInput) {
+        st.apply_rich(rich, DS_TOUCH_W, DS_TOUCH_H);
     }
 
-    fn ensure(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_some() || !self.gate.allow(Instant::now()) {
-            return;
-        }
-        match DualSensePad::open(idx as u8) {
-            Ok(p) => {
-                tracing::info!(
-                    index = idx,
-                    "virtual DualSense created (UHID hid-playstation)"
-                );
-                self.pads[idx] = Some(p);
-                self.state[idx] = DsState::neutral();
-                self.last_rumble[idx] = (0, 0);
-                self.hidout_dedup[idx].clear();
-                self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
-                self.gate.on_success();
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "virtual DualSense creation failed — retrying with backoff");
-                self.gate.on_failure(Instant::now());
-            }
-        }
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut DualSensePad, st: &DsState) {
+        let _ = pad.write_state(st);
     }
 
-    /// Service every pad: answer the kernel's init handshake and parse a game's feedback. `rumble`
-    /// is invoked `(index, low, high)` only when the motor level *changes* (the universal 0xCA
-    /// plane — both backends use it); `hidout` is invoked for each DualSense-only rich feedback
-    /// event (lightbar / player LEDs / adaptive triggers — the 0xCD plane). Call frequently:
-    /// the kernel blocks `hid-playstation` init until its GET_REPORTs are answered.
-    pub fn pump(
-        &mut self,
-        mut rumble: impl FnMut(u16, u16, u16),
-        mut hidout: impl FnMut(HidOutput),
-    ) {
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            let Some(pad) = self.pads[i].as_mut() else {
-                continue;
-            };
-            let fb = pad.service(i as u8);
-            if let Some(r) = fb.rumble {
-                if self.last_rumble[i] != r {
-                    self.last_rumble[i] = r;
-                    rumble(i as u16, r.0, r.1);
-                }
-            }
-            for h in fb.hidout {
-                // Skip rich feedback that repeats the last-forwarded value (the game's output report
-                // re-sends unchanged lightbar/LED/trigger state alongside every rumble update).
-                if self.hidout_dedup[i].should_forward(&h) {
-                    hidout(h);
-                }
-            }
+    /// Answer the kernel's init handshake (it blocks `hid-playstation` init until its GET_REPORTs
+    /// are answered — call frequently) and parse a game's feedback: motor rumble on the universal
+    /// 0xCA plane, the rich lightbar/player-LED/trigger events on the 0xCD plane.
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut DualSensePad, idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        let fb = pad.service(idx);
+        PadFeedback {
+            rumble: fb.rumble,
+            hidout: fb.hidout,
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// All virtual DualSense pads of a session — the rich-controller analog of
+/// [`GamepadManager`](super::gamepad::GamepadManager), selected with `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD=dualsense`.
+///
+/// Unlike the uinput pad, a DualSense carries touchpad + motion, which arrive on a *separate*
+/// rich-input plane (`apply_rich`) from the button/stick frames (`handle`); the shared
+/// [`UhidManager`] keeps each pad's full [`DsState`], re-emits the merged report whenever either
+/// source changes, and heartbeats it through input silence (a real DualSense streams report `0x01`
+/// continuously — `hid-playstation`/Proton/SDL treat a multi-second gap as an unplug).
+pub type DualSenseManager = UhidManager<DsLinuxProto>;
+
+/// The DualSense **Edge** half of the shared stateful manager: the plain-DualSense transport and
+/// report codec under the Edge USB identity (`054C:0DF2` + the Edge descriptor), with the four
+/// wire back-grip bits mapped onto the Edge's native `buttons[2]` slots instead of the
+/// fold/drop policy — the whole point of this backend (a client's Deck grips / Elite paddles
+/// stop vanishing). No remap config: every paddle has a native home.
+///
+/// Kernel note: `hid-playstation` binds the Edge PID since 6.1 (forced vibration-v2 output), but
+/// only kernels ≥ 7.2 surface the Fn/back bits as evdev keys (`BTN_TRIGGER_HAPPY1..4`); SDL /
+/// Steam Input read the report off hidraw and see them on any kernel.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct DsEdgeLinuxProto;
+
+impl PadProto for DsEdgeLinuxProto {
+    type Pad = DualSensePad;
+    type State = DsState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "DualSense Edge";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "DualSense Edge";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str = "";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<DualSensePad> {
+        let p = DualSensePad::open(idx, &DsUhidIdentity::dualsense_edge())?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            index = idx,
+            "virtual DualSense Edge created (UHID hid-playstation)"
+        );
+        Ok(p)
+    }
+
+    fn neutral(&self) -> DsState {
+        DsState::neutral()
+    }
+
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers from the frame, preserving the rich-plane fields — like the
+    /// plain DualSense, EXCEPT the wire paddles are not folded away: they land on the Edge's own
+    /// `buttons[2]` bits (rebuilt from every button frame, so no extra persistence).
+    fn merge_frame(&self, prev: &DsState, f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame) -> DsState {
+        let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
+            f.buttons,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.buttons[2] |= edge_paddle_bits(f.buttons);
+        s.touch = prev.touch;
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s.touch_click = prev.touch_click;
+        s
+    }
+
+    /// The shared DualSense-family mapping (dualsense_proto::DsState::apply_rich): Steam dual pads
+    /// split the one touchpad left/right, pad clicks ride touch_click.
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut DsState, rich: RichInput) {
+        st.apply_rich(rich, DS_TOUCH_W, DS_TOUCH_H);
+    }
+
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut DualSensePad, st: &DsState) {
+        let _ = pad.write_state(st);
+    }
+
+    /// Same kernel handshake + feedback parse as the plain DualSense — the Edge's GET_REPORT set
+    /// (calibration 0x05 / pairing 0x09 / firmware 0x20) and output report 0x02 are identical
+    /// (the Edge's rumble arrives via the vibration-v2 valid_flag2 bit, which
+    /// [`parse_ds_output`] already handles).
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut DualSensePad, idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        let fb = pad.service(idx);
+        PadFeedback {
+            rumble: fb.rumble,
+            hidout: fb.hidout,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// All virtual DualSense Edge pads of a session — `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD=edge`, or the per-pad kind a
+/// client declares for a paddle-bearing physical controller.
+pub type DualSenseEdgeManager = UhidManager<DsEdgeLinuxProto>;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use punktfunk_core::quic::HidOutput;
+    use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
+    use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+    /// evdev nodes whose input-device name contains `name`: (full name, /dev/input/eventN).
+    fn find_nodes(name: &str) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+        let s = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/bus/input/devices").unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        let mut cur = String::new();
+        for line in s.lines() {
+            if let Some(n) = line.strip_prefix("N: Name=") {
+                cur = n.trim_matches('"').to_string();
+            } else if let Some(h) = line.strip_prefix("H: Handlers=") {
+                if cur.contains(name) {
+                    if let Some(ev) = h.split_whitespace().find(|t| t.starts_with("event")) {
+                        out.push((cur.clone(), format!("/dev/input/{ev}")));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    /// Whether the evdev at `node` advertises EV_FF (0x15) — the rumble-capable gamepad node
+    /// (the touchpad / motion / headset siblings don't).
+    fn has_ff(node: &str) -> bool {
+        let Ok(f) = std::fs::OpenOptions::new().read(true).open(node) else {
+            return false;
+        };
+        let mut bits = [0u8; 8];
+        // EVIOCGBIT(0, 8): the device's event-type bitmap.
+        let req: libc::c_ulong = (2 << 30) | (8 << 16) | (0x45 << 8) | 0x20;
+        // SAFETY: EVIOCGBIT(0) copies at most 8 bytes (EV_MAX/8 < 8) into the live `bits` buffer
+        // behind the valid evdev fd `f`; the kernel never writes past the ioctl's size argument.
+        let rc = unsafe { libc::ioctl(f.as_raw_fd(), req, bits.as_mut_ptr()) };
+        rc >= 0 && (bits[0x15 / 8] >> (0x15 % 8)) & 1 == 1
+    }
+
+    /// Upload an FF_RUMBLE effect on `node` and play it, exactly like SDL's evdev haptic backend.
+    /// Returns the OPEN fd with the id — closing the fd erases the process's effects (stopping
+    /// the rumble), so the caller must hold it while asserting.
+    fn evdev_rumble(node: &str, strong: u16, weak: u16) -> std::io::Result<(std::fs::File, i16)> {
+        use std::io::Write as _;
+        let mut f = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .write(true)
+            .open(node)?;
+        // struct ff_effect (48 B): type u16, id s16, direction u16, trigger, replay{len,delay},
+        // pad to 16, union (ff_rumble_effect { strong, weak }).
+        let mut eff = [0u8; 48];
+        eff[0..2].copy_from_slice(&0x50u16.to_ne_bytes()); // FF_RUMBLE
+        eff[2..4].copy_from_slice(&(-1i16).to_ne_bytes()); // id: kernel assigns
+        eff[10..12].copy_from_slice(&5000u16.to_ne_bytes()); // replay.length ms
+        eff[16..18].copy_from_slice(&strong.to_ne_bytes());
+        eff[18..20].copy_from_slice(&weak.to_ne_bytes());
+        // EVIOCSFF = _IOW('E', 0x80, struct ff_effect)
+        let req: libc::c_ulong = (1 << 30) | (48 << 16) | (0x45 << 8) | 0x80;
+        // SAFETY: EVIOCSFF reads/writes the 48-byte ff_effect behind the valid fd `f`; `eff` is
+        // exactly sizeof(struct ff_effect) and outlives the synchronous call.
+        let rc = unsafe { libc::ioctl(f.as_raw_fd(), req, eff.as_mut_ptr()) };
+        if rc < 0 {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        let id = i16::from_ne_bytes([eff[2], eff[3]]);
+        // struct input_event (24 B on 64-bit): timeval 16, type u16, code u16, value s32.
+        let mut ev = [0u8; 24];
+        ev[16..18].copy_from_slice(&0x15u16.to_ne_bytes()); // EV_FF
+        ev[18..20].copy_from_slice(&(id as u16).to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[20..24].copy_from_slice(&1i32.to_ne_bytes()); // play
+        f.write_all(&ev)?;
+        Ok((f, id))
+    }
+
+    /// `(HID_NAME, HID_UNIQ, /dev/hidrawN)` for every hidraw class device.
+    fn hidraw_devices() -> Vec<(String, String, String)> {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        let Ok(dir) = std::fs::read_dir("/sys/class/hidraw") else {
+            return out;
+        };
+        for e in dir.flatten() {
+            let ue = std::fs::read_to_string(e.path().join("device/uevent")).unwrap_or_default();
+            let field = |k: &str| {
+                ue.lines()
+                    .find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix(k))
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                    .to_string()
+            };
+            out.push((
+                field("HID_NAME="),
+                field("HID_UNIQ="),
+                format!("/dev/{}", e.file_name().to_string_lossy()),
+            ));
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    /// Service `pad` for `ms`, accumulating every captured feedback pass (all rumble levels in
+    /// order + all rich events) while keeping the input heartbeat going.
+    fn collect(pad: &mut DualSensePad, st: &DsState, ms: u64) -> (Vec<(u16, u16)>, Vec<HidOutput>) {
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let (mut levels, mut hidout) = (Vec::new(), Vec::<HidOutput>::new());
+        while start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(ms) {
+            let fb = pad.service(0);
+            levels.extend(fb.rumble);
+            hidout.extend(fb.hidout);
+            let _ = pad.write_state(st);
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(4));
+        }
+        (levels, hidout)
+    }
+
+    /// On-box proof of the full Linux feedback surface, playing the GAME's role against a real
+    /// kernel: chain A drives rumble through evdev force feedback (`hid-playstation`'s ff-memless
+    /// → UHID_OUTPUT — what SDL/Steam fall back to without hidraw); chain B writes a raw DS5
+    /// output report to the pad's hidraw node (SDL/Steam's real path, and the ONLY way adaptive
+    /// triggers can arrive) and expects rumble + lightbar + player LEDs + both trigger blocks
+    /// back verbatim. Also pins the per-pad pairing MAC: two pads must present distinct uniqs or
+    /// SDL/Steam dedup them into one controller.
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "creates real /dev/uhid devices; needs hid-playstation, the input group, and the 60-punktfunk.rules hidraw rules"]
+    fn feedback_flows_via_evdev_ff_and_hidraw() {
+        let mut pad0 = DualSensePad::open(0, &DsUhidIdentity::dualsense()).expect("open pad 0");
+        let mut pad1 = DualSensePad::open(1, &DsUhidIdentity::dualsense()).expect("open pad 1");
+        let st = DsState::neutral();
+        // Let hid-playstation complete its GET_REPORT handshakes and register input devices.
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        while start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(1500) {
+            let _ = pad0.service(0);
+            let _ = pad1.service(1);
+            let _ = pad0.write_state(&st);
+            let _ = pad1.write_state(&st);
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(4));
+        }
+        let nodes = find_nodes("Punktfunk DualSense 0");
+        assert!(
+            !nodes.is_empty(),
+            "hid-playstation did not bind the uhid device"
+        );
+        let ff_node = nodes
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(_, n)| n.as_str())
+            .find(|n| has_ff(n))
+            .expect("no FF-capable evdev among the pad's input devices");
+
+        // Per-pad MAC: hid-playstation adopts the pairing-report MAC as HID_UNIQ; the two pads
+        // must differ (the SDL/Steam serial-dedup regression, see `ds_pairing_reply`).
+        let hidraws = hidraw_devices();
+        let uniq = |name: &str| {
+            hidraws
+                .iter()
+                .find(|(n, _, _)| n == name)
+                .map(|(_, u, _)| u.clone())
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("no hidraw for {name} in {hidraws:?}"))
+        };
+        assert_ne!(
+            uniq("Punktfunk DualSense 0"),
+            uniq("Punktfunk DualSense 1"),
+            "pads share one pairing MAC — SDL/Steam will dedup them into one controller"
+        );
+
+        // ---- Chain A: evdev force feedback ----
+        let (ff_fd, _) = evdev_rumble(ff_node, 0xC000, 0x4000).expect("EVIOCSFF/play");
+        let (levels, _) = collect(&mut pad0, &st, 1000);
+        assert!(
+            levels.iter().any(|&(l, h)| l > 0 || h > 0),
+            "evdev FF rumble never surfaced as UHID_OUTPUT: {levels:?}"
+        );
+        drop(ff_fd); // closing erases the effect: the stop must surface too
+        let (levels, _) = collect(&mut pad0, &st, 800);
+        assert!(
+            levels.contains(&(0, 0)),
+            "erase-on-close never produced a rumble stop: {levels:?}"
+        );
+
+        // ---- Chain B: raw DS5 output report over hidraw ----
+        let hr = hidraws
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(n, _, _)| n == "Punktfunk DualSense 0")
+            .map(|(_, _, d)| d.clone())
+            .unwrap();
+        let mut rep = [0u8; 48];
+        rep[0] = 0x02; // USB output report id
+        rep[1] = 0x03 | 0x04 | 0x08; // flag0: compat vibration + haptics select + R2 + L2
+        rep[2] = 0x04 | 0x10; // flag1: lightbar + player LEDs
+        rep[3] = 0x60; // motor right (high)
+        rep[4] = 0xA0; // motor left (low)
+        rep[11] = 0x21; // R2 trigger block: weapon mode + params
+        rep[12] = 0x04;
+        rep[13] = 0x07;
+        rep[22] = 0x26; // L2 trigger block: vibration mode + params
+        rep[23] = 0x02;
+        rep[44] = 0x04; // player LED middle
+        rep[45] = 0x10;
+        rep[46] = 0x20;
+        rep[47] = 0x30;
+        std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .write(true)
+            .open(&hr)
+            .and_then(|mut f| std::io::Write::write_all(&mut f, &rep))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                panic!(
+                    "cannot write {hr} as this user ({e}) — Steam/SDL would be equally blocked; \
+                     are the 60-punktfunk.rules hidraw rules installed?"
+                )
+            });
+        let (levels, hidout) = collect(&mut pad0, &st, 1000);
+        assert!(
+            levels.contains(&(0xA000, 0x6000)),
+            "hidraw rumble did not surface: {levels:?}"
+        );
+        let triggers: Vec<_> = hidout
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|h| match h {
+                HidOutput::Trigger { which, effect, .. } => Some((*which, effect.clone())),
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(
+            triggers.len(),
+            2,
+            "expected both trigger blocks: {hidout:?}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            triggers.contains(&(1, rep[11..22].to_vec())),
+            "R2 block not verbatim"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            triggers.contains(&(0, rep[22..33].to_vec())),
+            "L2 block not verbatim"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            hidout.iter().any(|h| matches!(
+                h,
+                HidOutput::Led {
+                    r: 0x10,
+                    g: 0x20,
+                    b: 0x30,
+                    ..
+                }
+            )),
+            "lightbar not surfaced: {hidout:?}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            hidout
+                .iter()
+                .any(|h| matches!(h, HidOutput::PlayerLeds { bits: 0x04, .. })),
+            "player LEDs not surfaced: {hidout:?}"
+        );
+    }
+}

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/dualshock4.rs

@@ -8,20 +8,22 @@
 //! It carries everything the DualSense does *except* adaptive triggers, player LEDs and the mute
 //! button (the DS4 hardware has none), so the only feedback it surfaces is motor rumble (universal
 //! 0xCA plane) and the lightbar (HID-output 0xCD `Led`). The button/stick/dpad/touchpad mapping is
-//! identical to the DualSense, so we reuse its pure [`DsState`] + [`DsState::from_gamepad`]; only the
-//! report *byte layout*, the report descriptor, the feature-report handshake and the touchpad
-//! resolution differ. The report descriptor + struct offsets are the canonical real-DS4-USB layout
-//! the kernel `struct dualshock4_input_report_usb` / `_output_report_common` parse.
+//! identical to the DualSense, so we reuse its pure [`DsState`] + [`DsState::from_gamepad`]; the
+//! report codec (input `0x01` serializer, output `0x05` parser, touch dims) is the pure
+//! [`super::dualshock4_proto`], shared with the Windows UMDF backend — this module is only the
+//! `/dev/uhid` transport plus the report descriptor + feature-report handshake the kernel needs.
 
-use super::dualsense_proto::{DsState, Touch};
-use crate::gamestream::gamepad::{GamepadEvent, MAX_PADS};
-use crate::inject::pad_gate::PadGate;
+use super::dualsense_proto::DsState;
+use super::dualshock4_proto::{
+    parse_ds4_output, serialize_state, Ds4Feedback, DS4_INPUT_REPORT_LEN, DS4_PRODUCT, DS4_TOUCH_H,
+    DS4_TOUCH_W, DS4_VENDOR,
+};
+use crate::inject::uhid_manager::{PadFeedback, PadProto, UhidManager};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use punktfunk_core::quic::{HidOutput, RichInput};
 use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 // /dev/uhid event ABI (linux/uhid.h) — identical to the DualSense backend's; see `super::dualsense`.
 const UHID_PATH: &str = "/dev/uhid";
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ const UHID_GET_REPORT: u32 = 9;
 const UHID_GET_REPORT_REPLY: u32 = 10;
 const UHID_CREATE2: u32 = 11;
 const UHID_INPUT2: u32 = 12;
+const UHID_SET_REPORT: u32 = 13;
+const UHID_SET_REPORT_REPLY: u32 = 14;
 const HID_MAX_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE: usize = 4096;
 const UHID_EVENT_SIZE: usize = 4 + 4372; // type + union (create2)
 const BUS_USB: u16 = 0x03;
@@ -44,6 +48,17 @@ const BUS_USB: u16 = 0x03;
 const DS4_FEATURE_PAIRING: &[u8] = &[ // report 0x12 (MAC at bytes 1..7, LE → DE:AD:BE:EF:00:01)
     0x12, 0x01, 0x00, 0xEF, 0xBE, 0xAD, 0xDE, 0x08, 0x25, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 ];
+
+/// The pairing reply for wire pad `pad`: [`DS4_FEATURE_PAIRING`] with the MAC's low octet offset
+/// by the pad index — same per-pad-serial contract as the DualSense's
+/// [`ds_pairing_reply`](super::dualsense_proto::ds_pairing_reply): the kernel adopts the MAC as
+/// the HID uniq, and SDL/Steam dedup controllers by that serial.
+fn ds4_pairing_reply(pad: u8) -> [u8; 16] {
+    let mut r = [0u8; 16];
+    r.copy_from_slice(DS4_FEATURE_PAIRING);
+    r[1] = r[1].wrapping_add(pad); // MAC lives at bytes 1..7, LSB first
+    r
+}
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 const DS4_FEATURE_CALIBRATION: &[u8] = &[ // report 0x02 (IMU calibration; all signed le16 words)
     0x02,
@@ -129,96 +144,6 @@ const DS4_RDESC: &[u8] = &[
     0xB1, 0x02, 0xC0,
 ];
 
-const DS4_VENDOR: u32 = 0x054C; // Sony Interactive Entertainment
-const DS4_PRODUCT: u32 = 0x09CC; // DualShock 4 v2 (CUH-ZCT2)
-/// USB input report `0x01` is 64 bytes total (report id + 63-byte body).
-const DS4_INPUT_REPORT_LEN: usize = 64;
-/// The DualShock 4 touchpad resolution the kernel advertises (ABS_MT 0..1919 / 0..941). Narrower
-/// than the DualSense's 1920×1080.
-pub const DS4_TOUCH_W: u16 = 1920;
-pub const DS4_TOUCH_H: u16 = 942;
-
-/// Pack one touchpad contact into the DS4's 4-byte point (same bit layout as the DualSense's:
-/// byte0 bit7 = NOT-active, bits0-6 = id; 12-bit X then 12-bit Y).
-fn pack_touch(dst: &mut [u8], t: &Touch) {
-    dst[0] = (t.id & 0x7F) | if t.active { 0 } else { 0x80 };
-    // Never emit the extent itself — the kernel advertises 0..=W-1 / 0..=H-1.
-    let (x, y) = (t.x.min(DS4_TOUCH_W - 1), t.y.min(DS4_TOUCH_H - 1));
-    dst[1] = (x & 0xFF) as u8;
-    dst[2] = (((x >> 8) & 0x0F) as u8) | (((y & 0x0F) as u8) << 4);
-    dst[3] = ((y >> 4) & 0xFF) as u8;
-}
-
-/// Serialize a full DS4 input report `0x01` (pure — unit-testable without `/dev/uhid`). Field
-/// offsets per the kernel's `struct dualshock4_input_report_usb` { report_id; common; num_touch;
-/// touch[3]; rsvd[3] } where `common` = { x,y,rx,ry; buttons[3]; z,rz; sensor_ts le16; temp;
-/// gyro[3] le16; accel[3] le16; rsvd[5]; status[2]; rsvd }. The report id is byte 0, so a `common`
-/// field at struct offset N sits at report byte N+1.
-fn serialize_state(r: &mut [u8; DS4_INPUT_REPORT_LEN], st: &DsState, counter: u8, ts: u16) {
-    r[0] = 0x01; // report id
-    r[1] = st.lx;
-    r[2] = st.ly;
-    r[3] = st.rx;
-    r[4] = st.ry;
-    r[5] = (st.dpad & 0x0F) | (st.buttons[0] & 0xF0); // dpad hat (low) + face buttons (high)
-    r[6] = st.buttons[1]; // L1/R1, L2/R2 digital, Share/Options, L3/R3
-    r[7] = (st.buttons[2] & 0x03) | ((counter & 0x3F) << 2); // PS + touchpad-click + report counter
-    r[8] = st.l2; // L2 analog (z)
-    r[9] = st.r2; // R2 analog (rz)
-    r[10..12].copy_from_slice(&ts.to_le_bytes()); // sensor_timestamp (struct off 9)
-                                                  // r[12] temperature stays 0
-    for (i, v) in st.gyro.iter().enumerate() {
-        r[13 + i * 2..15 + i * 2].copy_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes()); // gyro at struct off 12
-    }
-    for (i, v) in st.accel.iter().enumerate() {
-        r[19 + i * 2..21 + i * 2].copy_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes()); // accel at struct off 18
-    }
-    // r[25..30] reserved2.
-    // status[0] (struct off 29 → r[30]): bit4 = cable/wired, low nibble = battery capacity. Report
-    // wired + full (0x1B) so SteamOS / the kernel never warn "low battery" on a virtual pad.
-    r[30] = 0x10 | 0x0B;
-    // r[31] status[1] = 0 (no headphone/mic), r[32] reserved3 = 0.
-    r[33] = 1; // num_touch_reports: one frame carrying the two contacts (a real DS4 always sends one)
-    r[34] = ts as u8; // touch_reports[0].timestamp
-    pack_touch(&mut r[35..39], &st.touch[0]); // touch point 0
-    pack_touch(&mut r[39..43], &st.touch[1]); // touch point 1
-                                              // remaining touch frames (r[43..61]) + reserved (r[61..64]) stay zero
-}
-
-/// What one [`DualShock4Pad::service`] pass extracted from the device's HID output reports. Rumble
-/// rides the universal 0xCA plane; the lightbar rides the HID-output 0xCD plane (DS4 has no player
-/// LEDs or adaptive triggers, so those never appear).
-#[derive(Default)]
-pub struct Ds4Feedback {
-    pub hidout: Vec<HidOutput>,
-    /// `(low, high)` motor levels (0..=0xFF00), if a report carried them.
-    pub rumble: Option<(u16, u16)>,
-    /// Lightbar RGB, if the report carried it (deduped by the manager).
-    pub led: Option<(u8, u8, u8)>,
-}
-
-/// Parse a DualShock 4 USB output report (`0x05`) into a [`Ds4Feedback`]. Layout per the kernel
-/// `struct dualshock4_output_report_common`: valid_flag0 (bit0 motor, bit1 LED, bit2 blink) at [1],
-/// valid_flag1 [2], reserved [3], motor_right (weak/small) [4], motor_left (strong/large) [5],
-/// lightbar R/G/B [6..9], blink on/off [9..11]. Gated on the valid-flags so a rumble-only write
-/// doesn't masquerade as a lightbar change.
-fn parse_ds4_output(data: &[u8], fb: &mut Ds4Feedback) {
-    if data.first() != Some(&0x05) || data.len() < 11 {
-        return; // not the USB output report (BT 0x11 is shifted) / too short
-    }
-    let flag0 = data[1];
-    if flag0 & 0x01 != 0 {
-        // motor_left (strong/large/low-freq) at [5], motor_right (weak/small/high-freq) at [4];
-        // scale 0..255 → 0..0xFF00, same (low, high) convention as the other backends.
-        let low = (data[5] as u16) << 8;
-        let high = (data[4] as u16) << 8;
-        fb.rumble = Some((low, high));
-    }
-    if flag0 & 0x02 != 0 {
-        fb.led = Some((data[6], data[7], data[8]));
-    }
-}
-
 /// Copy a NUL-padded C string field into the event buffer.
 fn put_cstr(ev: &mut [u8], off: usize, cap: usize, s: &str) {
     let n = s.len().min(cap - 1);
@@ -265,8 +190,8 @@ impl DualShock4Pad {
         put_cstr(&mut ev, 196, 64, &format!("punktfunk-ds4-{index}")); // uniq[64]
         ev[260..262].copy_from_slice(&(DS4_RDESC.len() as u16).to_ne_bytes()); // rd_size
         ev[262..264].copy_from_slice(&BUS_USB.to_ne_bytes()); // bus
-        ev[264..268].copy_from_slice(&DS4_VENDOR.to_ne_bytes());
-        ev[268..272].copy_from_slice(&DS4_PRODUCT.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[264..268].copy_from_slice(&(DS4_VENDOR as u32).to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[268..272].copy_from_slice(&(DS4_PRODUCT as u32).to_ne_bytes());
         ev[272..276].copy_from_slice(&0x0100u32.to_ne_bytes()); // version
         ev[276..280].copy_from_slice(&0u32.to_ne_bytes()); // country
         ev[280..280 + DS4_RDESC.len()].copy_from_slice(DS4_RDESC); // rd_data
@@ -292,9 +217,9 @@ impl DualShock4Pad {
     /// Service the device, non-blocking: answer the kernel's feature-report GET_REPORTs (pairing /
     /// calibration / firmware — the pairing reply is required during `hid-playstation` init, or no
     /// input devices appear) and parse any HID OUTPUT reports (rumble / lightbar) into a
-    /// [`Ds4Feedback`]. Call frequently — especially right after [`open`] so the init handshake
-    /// completes.
-    pub fn service(&mut self) -> Ds4Feedback {
+    /// [`Ds4Feedback`] for pad `pad`. Call frequently — especially right after [`open`] so the
+    /// init handshake completes.
+    pub fn service(&mut self, pad: u8) -> Ds4Feedback {
         let mut fb = Ds4Feedback::default();
         let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
         while let Ok(n) = self.fd.read(&mut ev) {
@@ -311,15 +236,22 @@ impl DualShock4Pad {
                 UHID_GET_REPORT => {
                     // uhid_get_report_req: id u32 [4..8], rnum u8 [8].
                     let id = u32::from_ne_bytes([ev[4], ev[5], ev[6], ev[7]]);
+                    let pairing = ds4_pairing_reply(pad);
                     let data: &[u8] = match ev[8] {
-                        0x12 => DS4_FEATURE_PAIRING,
+                        0x12 => &pairing,
                         0x02 => DS4_FEATURE_CALIBRATION,
                         0xA3 => DS4_FEATURE_FIRMWARE,
                         _ => &[],
                     };
                     let _ = self.reply_get_report(id, data);
                 }
-                _ => {} // Start/Stop/Open/Close/SetReport — ignore
+                UHID_SET_REPORT => {
+                    // Ack (err=0) so a SET_REPORT writer doesn't block on the kernel's 5 s
+                    // timeout; DS4 feedback arrives as OUTPUT reports (handled above).
+                    let id = u32::from_ne_bytes([ev[4], ev[5], ev[6], ev[7]]);
+                    let _ = self.reply_set_report(id);
+                }
+                _ => {} // Start/Stop/Open/Close — ignore
             }
         }
         fb
@@ -339,6 +271,18 @@ impl DualShock4Pad {
             .context("write UHID_GET_REPORT_REPLY")?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    fn reply_set_report(&mut self, id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
+        ev[0..4].copy_from_slice(&UHID_SET_REPORT_REPLY.to_ne_bytes());
+        // uhid_set_report_reply_req: id u32 [4..8], err u16 [8..10].
+        ev[4..8].copy_from_slice(&id.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[8..10].copy_from_slice(&0u16.to_ne_bytes()); // err 0 (ack)
+        self.fd
+            .write_all(&ev)
+            .context("write UHID_SET_REPORT_REPLY")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for DualShock4Pad {
@@ -349,306 +293,109 @@ impl Drop for DualShock4Pad {
     }
 }
 
-/// All virtual DualShock 4 pads of a session — the PS4 analog of
-/// [`DualSenseManager`](super::dualsense::DualSenseManager), selected with `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD=ps4`.
-/// Like the DualSense it keeps each pad's full [`DsState`] and re-emits the merged report whenever
-/// buttons/sticks ([`handle`](Self::handle)) or touchpad/motion ([`apply_rich`](Self::apply_rich))
-/// change. [`pump`](Self::pump) services the kernel handshake and routes a game's feedback back:
-/// motor rumble on the universal plane, the lightbar on the HID-output plane.
-pub struct DualShock4Manager {
-    pads: Vec<Option<DualShock4Pad>>,
-    /// Each pad's current full report — buttons/sticks merged with persisted touch + motion.
-    state: Vec<DsState>,
-    /// Last rumble forwarded per pad, so a report that only changes the lightbar doesn't re-send it.
-    last_rumble: Vec<(u16, u16)>,
-    /// Last lightbar RGB forwarded per pad — the kernel bundles the lightbar into every output
-    /// report (incl. rumble-only writes), so dedup here to avoid flooding the HID-output plane.
-    last_led: Vec<Option<(u8, u8, u8)>>,
-    /// When each pad last wrote an input report — drives [`heartbeat`](Self::heartbeat).
-    last_write: Vec<Instant>,
-    /// Create-retry gate: a transient `/dev/uhid` failure backs off and retries instead of
-    /// permanently disabling every pad for the session.
-    gate: PadGate,
+/// The DualShock-4-specific half of the shared stateful manager (see [`PadProto`]): UHID transport
+/// open, the [`DsState`] mappers, and the kernel-handshake service pass. Lifecycle (slot table,
+/// unplug sweep, heartbeat, dedup) lives in [`UhidManager`]; the lightbar dedup that used to be a
+/// bespoke `last_led` vec (the kernel bundles the lightbar into every output report, incl.
+/// rumble-only writes) now rides the shared `HidoutDedup` — identical semantics, `Led` compared
+/// against the last-forwarded value and re-armed on create/unplug.
+pub struct Ds4LinuxProto {
     /// Fallback policy for the Steam back grips a client may send (the DS4 has no back-button HID
     /// slot). `PUNKTFUNK_STEAM_REMAP=paddles=…`; default drop.
     remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig,
 }
 
-impl Default for DualShock4Manager {
-    fn default() -> DualShock4Manager {
-        DualShock4Manager::new()
-    }
-}
-
-impl DualShock4Manager {
-    pub fn new() -> DualShock4Manager {
-        DualShock4Manager {
-            pads: (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| None).collect(),
-            state: vec![DsState::neutral(); MAX_PADS],
-            last_rumble: vec![(0, 0); MAX_PADS],
-            last_led: vec![None; MAX_PADS],
-            last_write: vec![Instant::now(); MAX_PADS],
-            gate: PadGate::new(),
+impl Default for Ds4LinuxProto {
+    fn default() -> Ds4LinuxProto {
+        Ds4LinuxProto {
             remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig::from_env(),
         }
     }
+}
 
-    /// Handle one decoded controller event (create/destroy by mask, then merge button/stick state).
-    pub fn handle(&mut self, ev: &GamepadEvent) {
-        match ev {
-            GamepadEvent::Arrival { index, kind, .. } => {
-                tracing::info!(index, kind, "controller arrival (DualShock 4)");
-                self.ensure(*index as usize);
-            }
-            GamepadEvent::State(f) => {
-                let idx = f.index as usize;
-                if idx >= MAX_PADS {
-                    return;
-                }
-                // Unplugs: drop any allocated pad whose mask bit cleared, resetting its state.
-                for (i, slot) in self.pads.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                    if slot.is_some() && f.active_mask & (1 << i) == 0 {
-                        tracing::info!(index = i, "controller unplugged (DualShock 4)");
-                        *slot = None;
-                        self.state[i] = DsState::neutral();
-                        self.last_rumble[i] = (0, 0);
-                        self.last_led[i] = None;
-                    }
-                }
-                if f.active_mask & (1 << idx) == 0 {
-                    return; // this event WAS the unplug
-                }
-                self.ensure(idx);
-                // Merge buttons/sticks/triggers, preserving touch + motion (those arrive on the
-                // rich-input plane and must survive a button-only frame).
-                let prev = self.state[idx];
-                // Steam back grips have no DS4 slot — fold them onto standard buttons per the
-                // configured policy (default drop) so they aren't silently lost.
-                let buttons =
-                    crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(f.buttons, self.remap.paddles);
-                let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
-                    buttons,
-                    f.ls_x,
-                    f.ls_y,
-                    f.rs_x,
-                    f.rs_y,
-                    f.left_trigger,
-                    f.right_trigger,
-                );
-                s.touch = prev.touch;
-                s.gyro = prev.gyro;
-                s.accel = prev.accel;
-                self.state[idx] = s;
-                self.write(idx);
-            }
-        }
+impl PadProto for Ds4LinuxProto {
+    type Pad = DualShock4Pad;
+    type State = DsState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "DualShock 4";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "DualShock 4";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str = "";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<DualShock4Pad> {
+        let p = DualShock4Pad::open(idx)?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            index = idx,
+            "virtual DualShock 4 created (UHID hid-playstation)"
+        );
+        Ok(p)
     }
 
-    /// Apply one rich client→host event (touchpad contact / motion sample) to an existing pad,
-    /// preserving its button/stick state. Rich events never create a pad; they're dropped if the
-    /// pad isn't present.
-    pub fn apply_rich(&mut self, rich: RichInput) {
-        let idx = match rich {
-            RichInput::Touchpad { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::Motion { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::TouchpadEx { pad, .. } => pad as usize,
-        };
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_none() {
-            return;
-        }
-        match rich {
-            RichInput::Touchpad {
-                finger,
-                active,
-                x,
-                y,
-                ..
-            } => {
-                // The DS4 touchpad carries two contacts; clamp to a valid slot and keep the
-                // reported contact id consistent (the wire `finger` is untrusted).
-                let slot = (finger as usize).min(1);
-                let t = &mut self.state[idx].touch[slot];
-                t.active = active;
-                t.id = slot as u8;
-                // Normalized 0..=65535 → the DS4 touchpad range (0..=W-1 / 0..=H-1).
-                t.x = ((x as u32 * (DS4_TOUCH_W - 1) as u32) / u16::MAX as u32) as u16;
-                t.y = ((y as u32 * (DS4_TOUCH_H - 1) as u32) / u16::MAX as u32) as u16;
-            }
-            RichInput::Motion { gyro, accel, .. } => {
-                self.state[idx].gyro = gyro;
-                self.state[idx].accel = accel;
-            }
-            RichInput::TouchpadEx {
-                surface,
-                finger,
-                touch,
-                x,
-                y,
-                ..
-            } => {
-                // A Steam right/single pad maps onto the one DS4 touchpad (signed centre-0 →
-                // 0..=65535); surface 1 (the Steam left pad) has no DS4 equivalent.
-                if surface != 1 {
-                    let slot = (finger as usize).min(1);
-                    let n = |v: i16| ((v as i32) + 32768) as u32;
-                    let t = &mut self.state[idx].touch[slot];
-                    t.active = touch;
-                    t.id = slot as u8;
-                    t.x = (n(x) * (DS4_TOUCH_W - 1) as u32 / u16::MAX as u32) as u16;
-                    t.y = (n(y) * (DS4_TOUCH_H - 1) as u32 / u16::MAX as u32) as u16;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        self.write(idx);
+    fn neutral(&self) -> DsState {
+        DsState::neutral()
     }
 
-    fn write(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        let st = self.state[idx];
-        if let Some(pad) = self.pads[idx].as_mut() {
-            let _ = pad.write_state(&st);
-        }
-        self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers from the frame, preserving touch + motion + pad clicks (those
+    /// arrive on the rich-input plane and must survive a button-only frame).
+    fn merge_frame(&self, prev: &DsState, f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame) -> DsState {
+        // Steam back grips have no DS4 slot — fold them onto standard buttons per the configured
+        // policy (default drop) so they aren't silently lost.
+        let buttons = crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(f.buttons, self.remap.paddles);
+        let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
+            buttons,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.touch = prev.touch;
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s.touch_click = prev.touch_click;
+        s
     }
 
-    /// Re-emit each live pad's CURRENT report if it's been silent for `max_gap` — a real DS4 streams
-    /// report `0x01` continuously, and `hid-playstation` / SDL treat a multi-second silence (a
-    /// held-steady stick) as an unplugged controller. Idempotent (a stale-but-correct frame);
-    /// `write_state` bumps the counter + timestamp so each is a fresh, well-formed report.
-    pub fn heartbeat(&mut self, max_gap: Duration) {
-        let now = Instant::now();
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            if self.pads[i].is_some() && now.duration_since(self.last_write[i]) >= max_gap {
-                self.write(i);
-            }
-        }
+    /// The shared DualSense-family mapping (dualsense_proto::DsState::apply_rich): Steam dual pads
+    /// split the one touchpad left/right, pad clicks ride touch_click.
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut DsState, rich: RichInput) {
+        st.apply_rich(rich, DS4_TOUCH_W, DS4_TOUCH_H);
     }
 
-    fn ensure(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_some() || !self.gate.allow(Instant::now()) {
-            return;
-        }
-        match DualShock4Pad::open(idx as u8) {
-            Ok(p) => {
-                tracing::info!(
-                    index = idx,
-                    "virtual DualShock 4 created (UHID hid-playstation)"
-                );
-                self.pads[idx] = Some(p);
-                self.state[idx] = DsState::neutral();
-                self.last_rumble[idx] = (0, 0);
-                self.last_led[idx] = None;
-                self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
-                self.gate.on_success();
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "virtual DualShock 4 creation failed — retrying with backoff");
-                self.gate.on_failure(Instant::now());
-            }
-        }
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut DualShock4Pad, st: &DsState) {
+        let _ = pad.write_state(st);
     }
 
-    /// Service every pad: answer the kernel's init handshake and parse a game's feedback. `rumble`
-    /// is invoked `(index, low, high)` only when the motor level *changes* (universal 0xCA plane);
-    /// `hidout` carries the lightbar (0xCD `Led`), deduped. Call frequently — the kernel blocks
-    /// `hid-playstation` init until its GET_REPORTs are answered.
-    pub fn pump(
-        &mut self,
-        mut rumble: impl FnMut(u16, u16, u16),
-        mut hidout: impl FnMut(HidOutput),
-    ) {
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            let Some(pad) = self.pads[i].as_mut() else {
-                continue;
-            };
-            let fb = pad.service();
-            if let Some(r) = fb.rumble {
-                if self.last_rumble[i] != r {
-                    self.last_rumble[i] = r;
-                    rumble(i as u16, r.0, r.1);
-                }
-            }
-            if let Some(rgb) = fb.led {
-                if self.last_led[i] != Some(rgb) {
-                    self.last_led[i] = Some(rgb);
-                    hidout(HidOutput::Led {
-                        pad: i as u8,
-                        r: rgb.0,
-                        g: rgb.1,
-                        b: rgb.2,
-                    });
-                }
-            }
+    /// Answer the kernel's init handshake (it blocks `hid-playstation` init until its GET_REPORTs
+    /// are answered — call frequently) and parse a game's feedback: motor rumble on the universal
+    /// 0xCA plane, the lightbar as a 0xCD `Led` event (a DS4 has no player LEDs / adaptive
+    /// triggers).
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut DualShock4Pad, idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        let fb = pad.service(idx);
+        PadFeedback {
+            rumble: fb.rumble,
+            hidout: fb
+                .led
+                .map(|(r, g, b)| HidOutput::Led { pad: idx, r, g, b })
+                .into_iter()
+                .collect(),
         }
     }
 }
 
+/// All virtual DualShock 4 pads of a session — the PS4 analog of
+/// [`DualSenseManager`](super::dualsense::DualSenseManager), selected with `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD=ps4`.
+/// Like the DualSense, the shared [`UhidManager`] keeps each pad's full [`DsState`], re-emits the
+/// merged report whenever buttons/sticks or touchpad/motion change, and heartbeats it through
+/// input silence (a real DS4 streams report `0x01` continuously — `hid-playstation`/SDL treat a
+/// multi-second gap as an unplug).
+pub type DualShock4Manager = UhidManager<Ds4LinuxProto>;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
-    /// Report 0x01 places sticks/buttons/triggers/motion/touch at the kernel's DS4 offsets.
-    #[test]
-    fn serialize_offsets() {
-        use punktfunk_core::input::gamepad as gs;
-        let mut st = DsState::from_gamepad(
-            gs::BTN_A | gs::BTN_DPAD_UP | gs::BTN_LB,
-            16384, // lx (right)
-            0,
-            0,
-            -32768, // ry (down) — inverted to 0xFF
-            200,    // L2
-            0,
-        );
-        st.gyro = [0x0102, 0x0304, 0x0506];
-        st.accel = [0x1112, 0x1314, 0x1516];
-        st.touch[0] = Touch {
-            active: true,
-            id: 0,
-            x: 100,
-            y: 200,
-        };
-        let mut r = [0u8; DS4_INPUT_REPORT_LEN];
-        serialize_state(&mut r, &st, 0, 0);
-        assert_eq!(r[0], 0x01); // report id
-        assert_eq!(r[8], 200); // L2 analog at byte 8 (not the DualSense's byte 5)
-        assert_eq!(r[5] & 0x0F, 0); // dpad hat = N (up)
-        assert_eq!(r[5] & 0x20, 0x20); // Cross (A) face bit
-        assert_eq!(r[6] & 0x01, 0x01); // L1
-                                       // gyro le16 at 13..19, accel le16 at 19..25.
-        assert_eq!(&r[13..19], &[0x02, 0x01, 0x04, 0x03, 0x06, 0x05]);
-        assert_eq!(&r[19..25], &[0x12, 0x11, 0x14, 0x13, 0x16, 0x15]);
-        assert_eq!(r[33], 1); // one touch frame
-        assert_eq!(r[35] & 0x80, 0); // contact 0 active (bit7 clear)
-        assert_eq!(r[35] & 0x7F, 0); // contact id 0
-        assert_eq!(r[30] & 0x10, 0x10); // cable/wired bit set
-    }
-
-    /// A DS4 USB output report (`0x05`) with motor + LED flags parses into rumble (0xCA) and a
-    /// lightbar `Led` (0xCD); a rumble-only report (no LED flag) leaves the lightbar untouched.
-    #[test]
-    fn parse_output_rumble_and_lightbar() {
-        let mut report = [0u8; 32];
-        report[0] = 0x05;
-        report[1] = 0x01 | 0x02; // MOTOR | LED
-        report[4] = 0x40; // motor_right (weak/high)
-        report[5] = 0x80; // motor_left (strong/low)
-        report[6] = 0x11; // R
-        report[7] = 0x22; // G
-        report[8] = 0x33; // B
-        let mut fb = Ds4Feedback::default();
-        parse_ds4_output(&report, &mut fb);
-        assert_eq!(fb.rumble, Some((0x8000, 0x4000))); // (low=strong, high=weak)
-        assert_eq!(fb.led, Some((0x11, 0x22, 0x33)));
-
-        let mut motor_only = [0u8; 32];
-        motor_only[0] = 0x05;
-        motor_only[1] = 0x01; // MOTOR only
-        motor_only[5] = 0x10;
-        let mut fb2 = Ds4Feedback::default();
-        parse_ds4_output(&motor_only, &mut fb2);
-        assert!(fb2.rumble.is_some());
-        assert_eq!(fb2.led, None); // lightbar not asserted → no spurious change
-    }
+    // The report 0x01 serializer + output 0x05 parser are covered in `dualshock4_proto` (the codec
+    // is shared with the Windows backend); only the UHID-transport-specific pieces are tested here.
 
     /// Feature-report arrays carry the right report id + length the kernel expects.
     #[test]
@@ -660,4 +407,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(DS4_FEATURE_FIRMWARE.len(), 49);
         assert_eq!(DS4_FEATURE_FIRMWARE[0], 0xA3);
     }
+
+    /// The pairing reply keeps the report id and differs across pads ONLY in the MAC low octet —
+    /// distinct serials so SDL/Steam never dedup two virtual pads into one controller.
+    #[test]
+    fn pairing_reply_mac_is_per_pad() {
+        assert_eq!(ds4_pairing_reply(0).as_slice(), DS4_FEATURE_PAIRING);
+        let (a, b) = (ds4_pairing_reply(1), ds4_pairing_reply(2));
+        assert_eq!(a[0], 0x12); // report id untouched
+        assert_eq!(a[1], DS4_FEATURE_PAIRING[1].wrapping_add(1));
+        assert_eq!(b[1], DS4_FEATURE_PAIRING[1].wrapping_add(2));
+        assert_eq!(a[2..], b[2..]); // everything but the low octet identical
+    }
 }

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/gamepad.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #![deny(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
 
 use crate::gamestream::gamepad::{self, GamepadFrame, MAX_PADS};
-use crate::inject::pad_gate::PadGate;
+use crate::inject::pad_slots::PadSlots;
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::os::fd::{AsRawFd, OwnedFd};
@@ -551,16 +551,20 @@ impl Drop for VirtualPad {
     }
 }
 
-/// All virtual pads of a session, driven from decoded controller events.
-#[derive(Default)]
+/// All virtual pads of a session, driven from decoded controller events. Stateless per frame
+/// (uinput/evdev holds last-known state kernel-side), so it rides [`PadSlots`] directly — no state
+/// vec, heartbeat, or rich plane like the UHID managers.
 pub struct GamepadManager {
-    pads: Vec<Option<VirtualPad>>,
+    slots: PadSlots<VirtualPad>,
     /// The USB identity every pad in this session presents (X-Box 360 by default, One/Series when
     /// the client asked for `XboxOne`). All pads in a session share one identity.
     identity: PadIdentity,
-    /// Create-retry gate: a transient `/dev/uinput` failure backs off and retries instead of
-    /// permanently disabling every pad for the session.
-    gate: PadGate,
+}
+
+impl Default for GamepadManager {
+    fn default() -> GamepadManager {
+        GamepadManager::new()
+    }
 }
 
 impl GamepadManager {
@@ -572,9 +576,8 @@ impl GamepadManager {
     /// A manager whose pads present `identity` (see [`PadIdentity::xbox_one`]).
     pub fn with_identity(identity: PadIdentity) -> GamepadManager {
         GamepadManager {
-            pads: (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| None).collect(),
+            slots: PadSlots::new(identity.log, "gamepad", ""),
             identity,
-            gate: PadGate::new(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -583,7 +586,7 @@ impl GamepadManager {
         use crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadEvent;
         match ev {
             GamepadEvent::Arrival { index, kind, .. } => {
-                tracing::info!(index, kind, "controller arrival");
+                tracing::info!(index, kind, "controller arrival ({})", self.slots.label());
                 self.ensure(*index as usize);
             }
             GamepadEvent::State(f) => {
@@ -591,18 +594,14 @@ impl GamepadManager {
                 if idx >= MAX_PADS {
                     return;
                 }
-                // Unplugs: drop any allocated pad whose mask bit cleared.
-                for (i, slot) in self.pads.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                    if slot.is_some() && f.active_mask & (1 << i) == 0 {
-                        tracing::info!(index = i, "controller unplugged");
-                        *slot = None;
-                    }
-                }
+                // Unplugs: drop any allocated pad whose mask bit cleared (no per-index sibling
+                // state to reset — the pads mix rumble internally).
+                self.slots.sweep(f.active_mask);
                 if f.active_mask & (1 << idx) == 0 {
                     return; // this event WAS the unplug
                 }
                 self.ensure(idx);
-                if let Some(pad) = self.pads[idx].as_mut() {
+                if let Some(pad) = self.slots.get_mut(idx) {
                     pad.apply(f);
                 }
             }
@@ -610,30 +609,121 @@ impl GamepadManager {
     }
 
     fn ensure(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_some() || !self.gate.allow(Instant::now()) {
-            return;
-        }
-        match VirtualPad::create(idx, self.identity) {
-            Ok(p) => {
-                self.pads[idx] = Some(p);
-                self.gate.on_success();
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "virtual gamepad creation failed — retrying with backoff");
-                self.gate.on_failure(Instant::now());
-            }
-        }
+        let identity = self.identity;
+        // `VirtualPad::create` logs its own success line (it knows the identity + transport).
+        self.slots
+            .ensure(idx, |i| VirtualPad::create(i as usize, identity));
     }
 
     /// Service every pad's FF protocol; `send(index, low, high)` is invoked for each pad whose
     /// mixed rumble level changed. Call frequently (games block in `EVIOCSFF` until answered).
     pub fn pump_rumble(&mut self, mut send: impl FnMut(u16, u16, u16)) {
-        for (i, slot) in self.pads.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-            if let Some(pad) = slot {
-                if let Some((low, high)) = pad.pump_ff() {
-                    send(i as u16, low, high);
-                }
+        for (i, pad) in self.slots.iter_mut() {
+            if let Some((low, high)) = pad.pump_ff() {
+                send(i as u16, low, high);
             }
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
+    /// The FF-capable evdev node whose input-device name contains `name`.
+    fn find_ff_node(name: &str) -> Option<String> {
+        let s = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/bus/input/devices").unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut cur = String::new();
+        let mut node = None;
+        for line in s.lines() {
+            if let Some(n) = line.strip_prefix("N: Name=") {
+                cur = n.trim_matches('"').to_string();
+            } else if let Some(h) = line.strip_prefix("H: Handlers=") {
+                if cur.contains(name) {
+                    node = h
+                        .split_whitespace()
+                        .find(|t| t.starts_with("event"))
+                        .map(|ev| format!("/dev/input/{ev}"));
+                }
+            } else if line.starts_with("B: FF=")
+                && cur.contains(name)
+                && node.is_some()
+                && !line.trim_end().ends_with("FF=0")
+            {
+                return node;
+            }
+        }
+        node
+    }
+
+    /// Upload + play an FF_RUMBLE like SDL's evdev haptic backend. Returns the OPEN fd (closing
+    /// it erases the process's effects, stopping the rumble) with the kernel-assigned id.
+    /// NOTE: EVIOCSFF BLOCKS until the uinput owner answers UI_FF_UPLOAD — the caller must be a
+    /// separate thread from the one running [`VirtualPad::pump_ff`], exactly like a real game vs
+    /// the host input loop.
+    fn evdev_rumble(node: &str, strong: u16, weak: u16) -> std::io::Result<(std::fs::File, i16)> {
+        use std::io::Write as _;
+        let mut f = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .write(true)
+            .open(node)?;
+        let mut eff = [0u8; 48]; // struct ff_effect; union (rumble magnitudes) at offset 16
+        eff[0..2].copy_from_slice(&FF_RUMBLE.to_ne_bytes());
+        eff[2..4].copy_from_slice(&(-1i16).to_ne_bytes()); // id: kernel assigns
+        eff[10..12].copy_from_slice(&5000u16.to_ne_bytes()); // replay.length ms
+        eff[16..18].copy_from_slice(&strong.to_ne_bytes());
+        eff[18..20].copy_from_slice(&weak.to_ne_bytes());
+        // EVIOCSFF = _IOW('E', 0x80, struct ff_effect)
+        let req: libc::c_ulong = (1 << 30) | (48 << 16) | (0x45 << 8) | 0x80;
+        // SAFETY: EVIOCSFF reads/writes the 48-byte ff_effect behind the valid fd `f`; `eff` is
+        // exactly sizeof(struct ff_effect) and outlives the synchronous call.
+        let rc = unsafe { libc::ioctl(f.as_raw_fd(), req, eff.as_mut_ptr()) };
+        if rc < 0 {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        let id = i16::from_ne_bytes([eff[2], eff[3]]);
+        let mut ev = [0u8; 24]; // struct input_event: timeval 16, type u16, code u16, value s32
+        ev[16..18].copy_from_slice(&EV_FF.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[18..20].copy_from_slice(&(id as u16).to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[20..24].copy_from_slice(&1i32.to_ne_bytes()); // play
+        f.write_all(&ev)?;
+        Ok((f, id))
+    }
+
+    /// On-box proof of the uinput FF back-channel, playing the GAME's role: an evdev FF_RUMBLE
+    /// upload+play against the virtual X-Box 360 pad must surface through `pump_ff` (the
+    /// EV_UINPUT UI_FF_UPLOAD protocol) — the path every `auto`-kind session's rumble rides on
+    /// Linux — and erasing the effect (fd close) must surface the stop.
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "creates a real /dev/uinput device; needs the input group"]
+    fn ff_upload_reaches_pump_and_stops_on_erase() {
+        let mut pad = VirtualPad::create(0, PadIdentity::xbox360()).expect("create uinput pad");
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(700)); // let udev settle the node
+        let node = find_ff_node("Microsoft X-Box 360 pad").expect("no X-Box 360 evdev node");
+        let game = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let r = evdev_rumble(&node, 0xC000, 0x4000);
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1200)); // hold the effect, then erase
+            r.expect("EVIOCSFF/play (fd held meanwhile)");
+        });
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let mut seen = Vec::new();
+        while start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(2500) {
+            if let Some(mix) = pad.pump_ff() {
+                seen.push(mix);
+            }
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(4));
+        }
+        game.join().unwrap();
+        // Requested magnitudes scaled by the 0xFFFF default gain (>> 16).
+        assert!(
+            seen.contains(&(0xBFFF, 0x3FFF)),
+            "evdev FF rumble never surfaced through pump_ff: {seen:?}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            seen.last(),
+            Some(&(0, 0)),
+            "erase-on-close never produced a stop mix: {seen:?}"
+        );
+    }
+}

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/steam_controller.rs

@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 //!    command (the DualSense backend only services GET_REPORT + OUTPUT).
 
 use super::steam_proto::{
-    btn, parse_steam_output, serial_reply, serialize_deck_state, SteamState, STEAMDECK_PRODUCT,
-    STEAMDECK_RDESC, STEAM_REPORT_LEN, STEAM_VENDOR,
+    btn, parse_steam_output, sc_from_gamepad, serial_reply, serialize_deck_state,
+    serialize_sc_state, SteamModel, SteamState, STEAMDECK_RDESC, STEAM_REPORT_LEN, STEAM_VENDOR,
 };
-use crate::gamestream::gamepad::{GamepadEvent, MAX_PADS};
-use crate::inject::pad_gate::PadGate;
+use crate::inject::uhid_manager::{PadFeedback, PadProto, UhidManager};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-use punktfunk_core::quic::{HidOutput, RichInput};
+use punktfunk_core::quic::RichInput;
 use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
@@ -78,10 +77,12 @@ fn try_clear_lizard_mode() {
     }
 }
 
-/// A virtual Steam Deck backed by `/dev/uhid`. Dropping it destroys the device (the kernel tears
-/// down the bound `hid-steam` interface + both evdevs).
+/// A virtual Steam Deck **or classic Steam Controller** backed by `/dev/uhid` (same driver, two
+/// identities/report layouts — see [`SteamModel`]). Dropping it destroys the device (the kernel
+/// tears down the bound `hid-steam` interface + its evdevs).
 pub struct SteamDeckPad {
     fd: File,
+    model: SteamModel,
     seq: u32,
     created: Instant,
     /// When `b9.6` started being continuously held in our OUTPUT (anti-toggle guard); `None` = not.
@@ -90,7 +91,16 @@ pub struct SteamDeckPad {
 
 impl SteamDeckPad {
     pub fn open(index: u8) -> Result<SteamDeckPad> {
-        try_clear_lizard_mode();
+        SteamDeckPad::open_model(index, SteamModel::Deck)
+    }
+
+    /// Open under a specific Steam identity. The classic Controller's `ID_CONTROLLER_STATE` path
+    /// has NO `gamepad_mode` gate in the kernel (only the Deck's parser early-returns under
+    /// lizard mode), so the SC skips the whole mode-entry machinery.
+    pub fn open_model(index: u8, model: SteamModel) -> Result<SteamDeckPad> {
+        if model == SteamModel::Deck {
+            try_clear_lizard_mode();
+        }
         let fd = OpenOptions::new()
             .read(true)
             .write(true)
@@ -101,24 +111,29 @@ impl SteamDeckPad {
             })?;
         let mut pad = SteamDeckPad {
             fd,
+            model,
             seq: 0,
             created: Instant::now(),
             menu_hold_since: None,
         };
-        pad.send_create2(index).context("UHID_CREATE2 Steam Deck")?;
+        pad.send_create2(index).context("UHID_CREATE2 Steam pad")?;
         Ok(pad)
     }
 
     fn send_create2(&mut self, index: u8) -> Result<()> {
+        let (name, phys, uniq) = match self.model {
+            SteamModel::Deck => ("Steam Deck", "steam", "steam"),
+            SteamModel::Controller => ("Steam Controller", "steamctrl", "steamctrl"),
+        };
         let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
         ev[0..4].copy_from_slice(&UHID_CREATE2.to_ne_bytes());
-        put_cstr(&mut ev, 4, 128, &format!("Punktfunk Steam Deck {index}")); // name[128]
-        put_cstr(&mut ev, 132, 64, &format!("punktfunk/steam/{index}")); // phys[64]
-        put_cstr(&mut ev, 196, 64, &format!("punktfunk-steam-{index}")); // uniq[64]
+        put_cstr(&mut ev, 4, 128, &format!("Punktfunk {name} {index}")); // name[128]
+        put_cstr(&mut ev, 132, 64, &format!("punktfunk/{phys}/{index}")); // phys[64]
+        put_cstr(&mut ev, 196, 64, &format!("punktfunk-{uniq}-{index}")); // uniq[64]
         ev[260..262].copy_from_slice(&(STEAMDECK_RDESC.len() as u16).to_ne_bytes()); // rd_size
         ev[262..264].copy_from_slice(&BUS_USB.to_ne_bytes()); // bus
         ev[264..268].copy_from_slice(&STEAM_VENDOR.to_ne_bytes());
-        ev[268..272].copy_from_slice(&STEAMDECK_PRODUCT.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[268..272].copy_from_slice(&self.model.product().to_ne_bytes());
         ev[272..276].copy_from_slice(&0x0100u32.to_ne_bytes()); // version
         ev[276..280].copy_from_slice(&0u32.to_ne_bytes()); // country
         ev[280..280 + STEAMDECK_RDESC.len()].copy_from_slice(STEAMDECK_RDESC);
@@ -126,13 +141,19 @@ impl SteamDeckPad {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Serialize `st` (with the gamepad-mode entry overlay + anti-toggle guard applied) and write it.
+    /// Serialize `st` under this pad's model (Deck reports get the gamepad-mode entry overlay +
+    /// anti-toggle guard applied) and write it.
     pub fn write_state(&mut self, st: &SteamState) -> Result<()> {
         self.seq = self.seq.wrapping_add(1);
-        let mut s = *st;
-        s.buttons = self.effective_buttons(st.buttons);
         let mut r = [0u8; STEAM_REPORT_LEN];
-        serialize_deck_state(&mut r, &s, self.seq);
+        match self.model {
+            SteamModel::Deck => {
+                let mut s = *st;
+                s.buttons = self.effective_buttons(st.buttons);
+                serialize_deck_state(&mut r, &s, self.seq);
+            }
+            SteamModel::Controller => serialize_sc_state(&mut r, st, self.seq),
+        }
 
         let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
         ev[0..4].copy_from_slice(&UHID_INPUT2.to_ne_bytes());
@@ -143,8 +164,9 @@ impl SteamDeckPad {
     }
 
     /// True while still pulsing the mode-switch at creation (the caller force-writes during this).
+    /// Deck-only — the SC's kernel parser has no mode gate.
     fn in_mode_entry(&self) -> bool {
-        self.created.elapsed() < MODE_ENTER
+        self.model == SteamModel::Deck && self.created.elapsed() < MODE_ENTER
     }
 
     /// During mode entry, force `b9.6` held (override). Afterwards, pass the real buttons through but
@@ -235,16 +257,12 @@ impl Drop for SteamDeckPad {
     }
 }
 
-/// All virtual Steam Deck pads of a session — the Steam analogue of
-/// [`DualSenseManager`](super::dualsense::DualSenseManager), selected with `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD=steamdeck`.
-/// Button/stick frames arrive via [`handle`](Self::handle); the right trackpad + motion via
-/// [`apply_rich`](Self::apply_rich); [`pump`](Self::pump) services the kernel handshake + routes
-/// rumble back; [`heartbeat`](Self::heartbeat) keeps the pad alive (and drives the mode-entry pulse).
 /// The transport a manager pad drives. UHID is universal but Steam Input won't promote it (a UHID
 /// device has no USB interface number, `Interface: -1`); the USB **gadget** (`raw_gadget`, SteamOS)
 /// and **usbip** (`vhci_hcd`, universal) both present the controller on USB interface 2, which Steam
-/// Input *does* promote. Selected per-pad by [`open_transport`].
-enum DeckTransport {
+/// Input *does* promote. Selected per-pad by [`open_transport`]. (`pub`: the type appears as
+/// `type Pad` in the `PadProto` impl, a public trait.)
+pub enum DeckTransport {
     Uhid(SteamDeckPad),
     Gadget(crate::inject::steam_gadget::SteamDeckGadget),
     Usbip(crate::inject::steam_usbip::SteamDeckUsbip),
@@ -356,161 +374,200 @@ fn open_transport(idx: u8) -> Result<DeckTransport> {
     Ok(DeckTransport::Uhid(p))
 }
 
-pub struct SteamControllerManager {
-    pads: Vec<Option<DeckTransport>>,
-    state: Vec<SteamState>,
-    last_rumble: Vec<(u16, u16)>,
-    last_write: Vec<Instant>,
-    /// Create-retry gate: a transient `/dev/uhid` failure backs off and retries instead of
-    /// permanently disabling every pad for the session.
-    gate: PadGate,
-}
+/// The Steam-Deck-specific half of the shared stateful manager (see [`PadProto`]): the transport
+/// open (usbip → gadget → UHID fallback via [`open_transport`], which logs its own per-transport
+/// outcome), the [`SteamState`] mappers, and the kernel-handshake service pass. Lifecycle (slot
+/// table, unplug sweep, heartbeat, rumble dedup) lives in [`UhidManager`]; the gamepad-mode-entry
+/// pulse rides the [`force_heartbeat`](PadProto::force_heartbeat) hook.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct SteamProto;
 
-impl Default for SteamControllerManager {
-    fn default() -> SteamControllerManager {
-        SteamControllerManager::new()
+impl PadProto for SteamProto {
+    type Pad = DeckTransport;
+    type State = SteamState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "Steam Deck";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "Steam Deck";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str = "";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<DeckTransport> {
+        open_transport(idx)
+    }
+
+    fn neutral(&self) -> SteamState {
+        SteamState::neutral()
+    }
+
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers, preserving the rich-plane fields (trackpad + motion arrive
+    /// separately and must survive a button-only frame).
+    fn merge_frame(
+        &self,
+        prev: &SteamState,
+        f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame,
+    ) -> SteamState {
+        let mut s = SteamState::from_gamepad(
+            f.buttons,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.rpad_x = prev.rpad_x;
+        s.rpad_y = prev.rpad_y;
+        s.lpad_x = prev.lpad_x;
+        s.lpad_y = prev.lpad_y;
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s.buttons |= prev.buttons & (btn::RPAD_TOUCH | btn::LPAD_TOUCH);
+        // Trackpad CLICK arrives on the rich plane too and must survive a button-only frame,
+        // exactly like touch/coords/motion above. It lives in its own fields (not `buttons`,
+        // which `from_gamepad` just rebuilt) so preserving it can't strand the BTN_TOUCHPAD
+        // wire-button's RPAD_CLICK — the two are OR'd only at serialize.
+        s.lpad_click = prev.lpad_click;
+        s.rpad_click = prev.rpad_click;
+        s
+    }
+
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut SteamState, rich: RichInput) {
+        st.apply_rich(rich);
+    }
+
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut DeckTransport, st: &SteamState) {
+        pad.write_state(st);
+    }
+
+    /// Answer the kernel handshake and forward rumble on the universal plane. The Steam Deck has
+    /// no rich host→client feedback plane (no lightbar / adaptive triggers), so `hidout` stays
+    /// empty.
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut DeckTransport, _idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        PadFeedback {
+            rumble: pad.service(),
+            hidout: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Force a steady stream while a pad is still pulsing its gamepad-mode entry (so the `b9.6`
+    /// toggle completes even with no game input).
+    fn force_heartbeat(&self, pad: &DeckTransport) -> bool {
+        pad.in_mode_entry()
     }
 }
 
-impl SteamControllerManager {
-    pub fn new() -> SteamControllerManager {
-        SteamControllerManager {
-            pads: (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| None).collect(),
-            state: vec![SteamState::neutral(); MAX_PADS],
-            last_rumble: vec![(0, 0); MAX_PADS],
-            last_write: vec![Instant::now(); MAX_PADS],
-            gate: PadGate::new(),
-        }
-    }
+/// All virtual Steam Deck pads of a session — the Steam analogue of
+/// [`DualSenseManager`](super::dualsense::DualSenseManager), selected with
+/// `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD=steamdeck`. Button/stick frames arrive via `handle`; the trackpads + motion
+/// via `apply_rich`; `pump` services the kernel handshake + routes rumble back; `heartbeat` keeps
+/// the pad alive (and drives the mode-entry pulse) — all from the shared [`UhidManager`].
+pub type SteamControllerManager = UhidManager<SteamProto>;
 
-    pub fn handle(&mut self, ev: &GamepadEvent) {
-        match ev {
-            GamepadEvent::Arrival { index, kind, .. } => {
-                tracing::info!(index, kind, "controller arrival (Steam Deck)");
-                self.ensure(*index as usize);
-            }
-            GamepadEvent::State(f) => {
-                let idx = f.index as usize;
-                if idx >= MAX_PADS {
-                    return;
-                }
-                for (i, slot) in self.pads.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                    if slot.is_some() && f.active_mask & (1 << i) == 0 {
-                        tracing::info!(index = i, "controller unplugged (Steam Deck)");
-                        *slot = None;
-                        self.state[i] = SteamState::neutral();
-                        self.last_rumble[i] = (0, 0);
-                    }
-                }
-                if f.active_mask & (1 << idx) == 0 {
-                    return;
-                }
-                self.ensure(idx);
-                // Merge buttons/sticks/triggers, preserving the rich-plane fields (trackpad + motion
-                // arrive separately and must survive a button-only frame).
-                let prev = self.state[idx];
-                let mut s = SteamState::from_gamepad(
-                    f.buttons,
-                    f.ls_x,
-                    f.ls_y,
-                    f.rs_x,
-                    f.rs_y,
-                    f.left_trigger,
-                    f.right_trigger,
-                );
-                s.rpad_x = prev.rpad_x;
-                s.rpad_y = prev.rpad_y;
-                s.lpad_x = prev.lpad_x;
-                s.lpad_y = prev.lpad_y;
-                s.gyro = prev.gyro;
-                s.accel = prev.accel;
-                s.buttons |= prev.buttons & (btn::RPAD_TOUCH | btn::LPAD_TOUCH);
-                // Trackpad CLICK arrives on the rich plane too and must survive a button-only frame,
-                // exactly like touch/coords/motion above. It lives in its own fields (not `buttons`,
-                // which `from_gamepad` just rebuilt) so preserving it can't strand the BTN_TOUCHPAD
-                // wire-button's RPAD_CLICK — the two are OR'd only at serialize.
-                s.lpad_click = prev.lpad_click;
-                s.rpad_click = prev.rpad_click;
-                self.state[idx] = s;
-                self.write(idx);
-            }
-        }
-    }
+/// The **classic Steam Controller** half of the shared stateful manager: the same `hid-steam`
+/// driver under the wired-SC identity (`28DE:1102`, `ID_CONTROLLER_STATE`), UHID-only in v1 —
+/// the usbip/gadget transports present the Deck's captured 3-interface USB device, and the SC's
+/// wired interface layout hasn't been captured, so there is no Steam-Input promotion (the same
+/// degraded-but-working state the Deck had pre-usbip; acceptable for discontinued hardware).
+///
+/// Deltas vs the Deck (see [`sc_from_gamepad`]/[`serialize_sc_state`]): one stick + two pads +
+/// two grips — the wire right stick drives the right pad, a left-pad contact shadows the left
+/// stick, wire PADDLE1/2 land on the two grips (3/4 fold via the remap policy), and the kernel
+/// registers neither FF rumble nor a sensors evdev for this model (feedback stays empty).
+pub struct ScProto {
+    /// Fallback policy for the wire paddles beyond the SC's two grips (PADDLE3/4).
+    remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig,
+}
 
-    /// Apply a rich client→host event (right trackpad / motion) to an existing pad.
-    pub fn apply_rich(&mut self, rich: RichInput) {
-        let idx = match rich {
-            RichInput::Touchpad { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::Motion { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::TouchpadEx { pad, .. } => pad as usize,
-        };
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_none() {
-            return;
-        }
-        self.state[idx].apply_rich(rich);
-        self.write(idx);
-    }
-
-    fn write(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        let st = self.state[idx];
-        if let Some(pad) = self.pads[idx].as_mut() {
-            pad.write_state(&st);
-        }
-        self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
-    }
-
-    /// Re-emit each live pad's current report when silent past `max_gap`, and force a steady stream
-    /// while a pad is still pulsing its gamepad-mode entry (so the `b9.6` toggle completes even with
-    /// no game input).
-    pub fn heartbeat(&mut self, max_gap: Duration) {
-        let now = Instant::now();
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            let Some(pad) = self.pads[i].as_ref() else {
-                continue;
-            };
-            if pad.in_mode_entry() || now.duration_since(self.last_write[i]) >= max_gap {
-                self.write(i);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn ensure(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_some() || !self.gate.allow(Instant::now()) {
-            return;
-        }
-        match open_transport(idx as u8) {
-            Ok(t) => {
-                self.pads[idx] = Some(t);
-                self.state[idx] = SteamState::neutral();
-                self.last_rumble[idx] = (0, 0);
-                self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
-                self.gate.on_success();
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "virtual Steam Deck creation failed — retrying with backoff");
-                self.gate.on_failure(Instant::now());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Service every pad: answer the kernel handshake and forward rumble on the universal plane.
-    /// `rumble` fires `(index, low, high)` only on a level change. The Steam Deck has no rich
-    /// host→client feedback plane (no lightbar / adaptive triggers), so `hidout` goes unused.
-    pub fn pump(&mut self, mut rumble: impl FnMut(u16, u16, u16), _hidout: impl FnMut(HidOutput)) {
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            let Some(pad) = self.pads[i].as_mut() else {
-                continue;
-            };
-            if let Some(r) = pad.service() {
-                if self.last_rumble[i] != r {
-                    self.last_rumble[i] = r;
-                    rumble(i as u16, r.0, r.1);
-                }
-            }
+impl Default for ScProto {
+    fn default() -> ScProto {
+        ScProto {
+            remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig::from_env(),
         }
     }
 }
 
+impl PadProto for ScProto {
+    type Pad = SteamDeckPad;
+    type State = SteamState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "Steam Controller";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "Steam Controller";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str = "";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<SteamDeckPad> {
+        let p = SteamDeckPad::open_model(idx, SteamModel::Controller)?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            index = idx,
+            "virtual Steam Controller created (UHID hid-steam)"
+        );
+        Ok(p)
+    }
+
+    fn neutral(&self) -> SteamState {
+        SteamState::neutral()
+    }
+
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers, preserving the rich-plane fields. PADDLE1/2 map natively to
+    /// the SC's two grips inside [`sc_from_gamepad`]; only 3/4 go through the fold policy — mask
+    /// the native pair out of the fold input so the policy can't double-fire them.
+    fn merge_frame(
+        &self,
+        prev: &SteamState,
+        f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame,
+    ) -> SteamState {
+        use punktfunk_core::input::gamepad as gs;
+        let native = f.buttons & (gs::BTN_PADDLE1 | gs::BTN_PADDLE2);
+        let folded = crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(
+            f.buttons & !(gs::BTN_PADDLE1 | gs::BTN_PADDLE2),
+            self.remap.paddles,
+        );
+        let mut s = sc_from_gamepad(
+            folded | native,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.lpad_x = prev.lpad_x;
+        s.lpad_y = prev.lpad_y;
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s.buttons |= prev.buttons & btn::LPAD_TOUCH;
+        s.lpad_click = prev.lpad_click;
+        // The right pad carries the wire right stick each frame; a rich right-pad contact
+        // (TouchpadEx surface 2) overrides it only while the stick is centered — the stick is
+        // the primary camera surface on this mapping.
+        if f.rs_x == 0 && f.rs_y == 0 {
+            s.rpad_x = prev.rpad_x;
+            s.rpad_y = prev.rpad_y;
+            s.buttons |= prev.buttons & btn::RPAD_TOUCH;
+            s.rpad_click = prev.rpad_click;
+        }
+        s
+    }
+
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut SteamState, rich: RichInput) {
+        st.apply_rich(rich);
+    }
+
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut SteamDeckPad, st: &SteamState) {
+        let _ = pad.write_state(st);
+    }
+
+    /// Answer the kernel handshake (serial GET_REPORT + settings SET_REPORTs). The kernel
+    /// registers no FF device for the classic SC, so rumble feedback can only arrive from a
+    /// hidraw client (`0xEB`) — surfaced if it ever does.
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut SteamDeckPad, _idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        PadFeedback {
+            rumble: pad.service(),
+            hidout: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// All virtual classic Steam Controllers of a session — `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD=steamcontroller`, or
+/// the per-pad kind a client declares for a physical SC.
+pub type SteamCtrlManager = UhidManager<ScProto>;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -620,4 +677,40 @@ mod tests {
             "device not torn down on drop"
         );
     }
+
+    /// On-box smoke for the classic-SC identity: binds `hid-steam` as `28DE:1102`, input flows
+    /// with NO mode-entry pulse (the SC parser has no gamepad_mode gate), a held A + right-stick
+    /// deflection land on the evdev (BTN_A + ABS_RX — the right PAD surface), and a grip lands
+    /// on BTN_GRIPR (0x2c5? — kernel BTN_GRIPR = 0x2c5 on new kernels / check via bitmap).
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "creates a real /dev/uhid device; needs hid-steam + the input group"]
+    fn sc_backend_binds_and_input_flows() {
+        use punktfunk_core::input::gamepad as gs;
+        const BTN_A: u16 = 0x130;
+        const ABS_RX: u16 = 0x03;
+        let mut pad = SteamDeckPad::open_model(0, SteamModel::Controller)
+            .expect("open SC pad (/dev/uhid + input group?)");
+        let st = sc_from_gamepad(gs::BTN_A | gs::BTN_PADDLE1, 0, 0, 9000, 0, 0, 0);
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        while start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(900) {
+            let _ = pad.service();
+            pad.write_state(&st).expect("write_state");
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(4));
+        }
+        let devs = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/bus/input/devices").unwrap_or_default();
+        assert!(
+            devs.contains("Steam Controller"),
+            "SC gamepad evdev not created"
+        );
+        let node = find_node("Steam Controller").expect("SC evdev node");
+        assert!(
+            key_is_down(&node, BTN_A),
+            "BTN_A not down — SC serialize failed (no mode gate should apply)"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            abs_value(&node, ABS_RX),
+            Some(9000),
+            "wire right stick did not land on the right pad (ABS_RX)"
+        );
+    }
 }

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/steam_usbip.rs

@@ -730,4 +730,74 @@ mod tests {
             "device not torn down on drop"
         );
     }
+
+    /// On-box smoke test (needs root + `vhci_hcd`): rumble the attached virtual Deck exactly like
+    /// Steam does — a `0xEB` feature SET_REPORT on the hid-steam hidraw node — and confirm
+    /// [`SteamDeckUsbip::service`] surfaces `(left, right)` for the 0xCA plane. The Deck presents
+    /// 3 interfaces (0 mouse / 1 kbd / 2 controller); only the CONTROLLER interface's EP0 handler
+    /// parses feedback (the idle interfaces ACK silently, like real hardware), and Steam filters
+    /// on interface 2 — so the write must land there. `#[ignore]`d in CI.
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "attaches a real vhci_hcd device; needs root + vhci_hcd"]
+    fn usbip_deck_rumble_flows_via_controller_interface() {
+        use super::super::steam_proto::ID_TRIGGER_RUMBLE_CMD;
+        ensure_modules();
+        let mut pad = SteamDeckUsbip::open(0).expect("open SteamDeckUsbip (root + vhci_hcd?)");
+        let st = SteamState::from_gamepad(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        while start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(1500) {
+            pad.write_state(&st);
+            let _ = pad.service();
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(8));
+        }
+        // The hid-steam hidraw node on USB interface 2 (bInterfaceNumber is the HID device's
+        // parent attribute).
+        let node = std::fs::read_dir("/sys/class/hidraw")
+            .expect("/sys/class/hidraw")
+            .flatten()
+            .find_map(|e| {
+                let ue =
+                    std::fs::read_to_string(e.path().join("device/uevent")).unwrap_or_default();
+                let iface = std::fs::read_to_string(e.path().join("device/../bInterfaceNumber"))
+                    .ok()
+                    .and_then(|s| u8::from_str_radix(s.trim(), 16).ok());
+                (ue.lines().any(|l| l == "DRIVER=hid-steam") && iface == Some(2))
+                    .then(|| format!("/dev/{}", e.file_name().to_string_lossy()))
+            })
+            .expect("no hid-steam hidraw on interface 2");
+        let f = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .write(true)
+            .open(&node)
+            .expect("open hidraw");
+        // steam_haptic_rumble: [report-id 0, 0xEB, len 9, 0, intensity(2), left(2), right(2), gain(2)]
+        let mut buf = [0u8; 12];
+        buf[1] = ID_TRIGGER_RUMBLE_CMD;
+        buf[2] = 0x09;
+        buf[6..8].copy_from_slice(&0xC000u16.to_le_bytes());
+        buf[8..10].copy_from_slice(&0x4000u16.to_le_bytes());
+        // HIDIOCSFEATURE(12)
+        let req: libc::c_ulong =
+            (3 << 30) | ((buf.len() as libc::c_ulong) << 16) | (0x48 << 8) | 0x06;
+        // SAFETY: HIDIOCSFEATURE reads the 12-byte report from the live `buf` behind the valid
+        // hidraw fd `f`; the length is encoded in the request, so nothing is written past it.
+        let rc = unsafe { libc::ioctl(f.as_raw_fd(), req, buf.as_mut_ptr()) };
+        assert!(
+            rc >= 0,
+            "HIDIOCSFEATURE: {}",
+            std::io::Error::last_os_error()
+        );
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let mut got = None;
+        while got.is_none() && start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(1500) {
+            got = pad.service().rumble;
+            pad.write_state(&st);
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(8));
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            got,
+            Some((0xC000, 0x4000)),
+            "Deck rumble never surfaced from the interface-2 SET_REPORT"
+        );
+    }
 }

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/linux/switch_pro.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+//! Virtual Nintendo Switch Pro Controller via UHID — bound by the kernel's `hid-nintendo`
+//! (≥ 5.16), so a Nintendo-family client pad gets correct glyphs + positional layout, live
+//! gyro/accel, and HD-rumble feedback, instead of folding to the Xbox 360 pad (mirrored A/B
+//! + X/Y, no motion).
+//!
+//! Unlike `hid-playstation` (whose init is three GET_REPORTs), `hid-nintendo` runs a real
+//! PROBE CONVERSATION against the device: the `0x80`-family USB commands, then ~a dozen
+//! subcommands (device info, SPI-flash calibration reads, IMU/vibration enable, input mode,
+//! player lights) — each a blocking send that must see its reply (input report `0x81`/`0x21`)
+//! within 1–2 s or probe aborts and NO input devices appear. The whole codec + the canned
+//! replies live in [`super::switch_proto`]; this module is the `/dev/uhid` plumbing that
+//! answers them from the [`UhidManager`]'s frequent `service` pass (the same cadence that
+//! already completes the DualSense handshake).
+//!
+//! Post-probe, the driver stalls every LED/rumble write for up to 250 ms unless input reports
+//! are flowing — the shared manager's 8 ms silence heartbeat provides exactly that steady
+//! `0x30` stream. On host suspend/resume the driver re-runs the whole init; the service pass
+//! answers it identically (nothing probe-specific is latched).
+
+use super::switch_proto::{
+    build_subcmd_reply, build_usb_ack, device_info_payload, parse_output, player_leds_bits,
+    serialize_report_0x30, spi_flash_read, switch_mac, SwitchOutput, SwitchState, PROCON_RDESC,
+    SWITCH_PRODUCT, SWITCH_REPORT_LEN, SWITCH_VENDOR,
+};
+use crate::inject::uhid_manager::{PadFeedback, PadProto, UhidManager};
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use punktfunk_core::quic::{HidOutput, RichInput};
+use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+
+// /dev/uhid event ABI (linux/uhid.h) — identical to the DualSense backend's; see `super::dualsense`.
+const UHID_PATH: &str = "/dev/uhid";
+const UHID_DESTROY: u32 = 1;
+const UHID_OUTPUT: u32 = 6;
+const UHID_GET_REPORT: u32 = 9;
+const UHID_GET_REPORT_REPLY: u32 = 10;
+const UHID_CREATE2: u32 = 11;
+const UHID_INPUT2: u32 = 12;
+const HID_MAX_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE: usize = 4096;
+const UHID_EVENT_SIZE: usize = 4 + 4372; // type + union (create2)
+const BUS_USB: u16 = 0x03;
+
+/// Copy a NUL-padded C string field into the event buffer.
+fn put_cstr(ev: &mut [u8], off: usize, cap: usize, s: &str) {
+    let n = s.len().min(cap - 1);
+    ev[off..off + n].copy_from_slice(&s.as_bytes()[..n]); // rest already zero (NUL-terminated)
+}
+
+/// A virtual Pro Controller backed by `/dev/uhid`. Dropping it destroys the device (the kernel
+/// tears down the bound `hid-nintendo` interface).
+pub struct SwitchProPad {
+    fd: File,
+    index: u8,
+    /// Rolling report timer (byte 1 of every input report).
+    timer: u8,
+    /// The last written state — subcommand replies embed the current input-state header, so the
+    /// probe conversation always reports coherent (neutral, at first) controller state.
+    state: SwitchState,
+}
+
+impl SwitchProPad {
+    /// Create the UHID Pro Controller for pad `index` (used for the name/uniq + the virtual MAC).
+    pub fn open(index: u8) -> Result<SwitchProPad> {
+        let fd = OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .write(true)
+            .custom_flags(libc::O_NONBLOCK)
+            .open(UHID_PATH)
+            .with_context(|| {
+                format!("open {UHID_PATH} (is the 60-punktfunk.rules uhid rule installed + are you in 'input'?)")
+            })?;
+        let mut pad = SwitchProPad {
+            fd,
+            index,
+            timer: 0,
+            state: SwitchState::neutral(),
+        };
+        pad.send_create2(index).context("UHID_CREATE2 Switch Pro")?;
+        Ok(pad)
+    }
+
+    fn send_create2(&mut self, index: u8) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
+        ev[0..4].copy_from_slice(&UHID_CREATE2.to_ne_bytes());
+        // union (uhid_create2_req) starts at byte 4.
+        put_cstr(
+            &mut ev,
+            4,
+            128,
+            &format!("Punktfunk Switch Pro Controller {index}"),
+        ); // name[128]
+        put_cstr(&mut ev, 132, 64, &format!("punktfunk/switchpro/{index}")); // phys[64]
+        put_cstr(&mut ev, 196, 64, &format!("punktfunk-swpro-{index}")); // uniq[64]
+        ev[260..262].copy_from_slice(&(PROCON_RDESC.len() as u16).to_ne_bytes()); // rd_size
+        ev[262..264].copy_from_slice(&BUS_USB.to_ne_bytes()); // bus (selects the driver's USB init path)
+        ev[264..268].copy_from_slice(&SWITCH_VENDOR.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[268..272].copy_from_slice(&SWITCH_PRODUCT.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[272..276].copy_from_slice(&0x0200u32.to_ne_bytes()); // version (bcdDevice 2.00)
+        ev[276..280].copy_from_slice(&0u32.to_ne_bytes()); // country
+        ev[280..280 + PROCON_RDESC.len()].copy_from_slice(PROCON_RDESC); // rd_data
+        self.fd.write_all(&ev).context("write UHID_CREATE2")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Write one full input report to the kernel (UHID_INPUT2).
+    fn write_report(&mut self, r: &[u8; SWITCH_REPORT_LEN]) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
+        ev[0..4].copy_from_slice(&UHID_INPUT2.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[4..6].copy_from_slice(&(r.len() as u16).to_ne_bytes()); // input2.size
+        ev[6..6 + r.len()].copy_from_slice(r); // input2.data
+        self.fd.write_all(&ev).context("write UHID_INPUT2")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Serialize the state into the standard `0x30` report and stream it.
+    pub fn write_state(&mut self, st: &SwitchState) -> Result<()> {
+        self.state = *st;
+        self.timer = self.timer.wrapping_add(1);
+        let r = serialize_report_0x30(st, self.timer);
+        self.write_report(&r)
+    }
+
+    /// Answer one subcommand from the driver with its canned `0x21` reply.
+    fn answer_subcmd(&mut self, id: u8, args: &[u8]) {
+        self.timer = self.timer.wrapping_add(1);
+        let st = self.state;
+        let reply = match id {
+            // Device info — the fatal one (probe aborts without it): type = Pro Controller +
+            // this pad's virtual MAC. Real hardware acks it with 0x82.
+            0x02 => build_subcmd_reply(
+                &st,
+                self.timer,
+                0x82,
+                id,
+                &device_info_payload(&switch_mac(self.index)),
+            ),
+            // SPI flash read: echoed addr + len + the canned calibration bytes. An unmapped
+            // range answers zeroes (echoed header, zero data) — the driver then warns and uses
+            // its defaults instead of stalling through 2 × 1 s timeouts.
+            0x10 => {
+                let addr = args
+                    .get(..4)
+                    .map(|a| u32::from_le_bytes([a[0], a[1], a[2], a[3]]))
+                    .unwrap_or(0);
+                let len = args.get(4).copied().unwrap_or(0);
+                let payload = spi_flash_read(addr, len).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                    tracing::debug!(
+                        addr = format!("{addr:#x}"),
+                        len,
+                        "unmapped SPI read — zero fill"
+                    );
+                    let mut p = Vec::with_capacity(5 + len as usize);
+                    p.extend_from_slice(&addr.to_le_bytes());
+                    p.push(len);
+                    p.extend(std::iter::repeat_n(0u8, len as usize));
+                    p
+                });
+                build_subcmd_reply(&st, self.timer, 0x90, id, &payload)
+            }
+            // Everything else the driver sends (input mode 0x03, IMU 0x40, vibration 0x48,
+            // player lights 0x30, home light 0x38, …) just needs the ack + echoed id.
+            _ => build_subcmd_reply(&st, self.timer, 0x80, id, &[]),
+        };
+        let _ = self.write_report(&reply);
+    }
+
+    /// Service the device, non-blocking: answer the driver's probe conversation (USB commands +
+    /// subcommands) and surface a game's rumble / player-lights feedback for pad `pad`. Call
+    /// frequently — each probe step blocks the driver until answered.
+    pub fn service(&mut self, pad: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        let mut fb = PadFeedback::default();
+        let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
+        while let Ok(n) = self.fd.read(&mut ev) {
+            if n < UHID_EVENT_SIZE {
+                break;
+            }
+            match u32::from_ne_bytes([ev[0], ev[1], ev[2], ev[3]]) {
+                UHID_OUTPUT => {
+                    // uhid_output_req: data[4096] at [4..4100], size u16 at [4100..4102].
+                    let size = u16::from_ne_bytes([ev[4100], ev[4101]]) as usize;
+                    let end = 4 + size.min(HID_MAX_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE);
+                    match parse_output(&ev[4..end]) {
+                        Some(SwitchOutput::UsbCmd(cmd)) => {
+                            // Ack every 0x80 command, incl. no-timeout (0x04) — the driver
+                            // ignores that ack but replying skips its 2 × 100 ms wait.
+                            let _ = self.write_report(&build_usb_ack(cmd));
+                        }
+                        Some(SwitchOutput::Subcmd { id, args, rumble }) => {
+                            fb.rumble = Some(rumble);
+                            if id == 0x30 {
+                                // Player lights ride the subcommand itself; still ack it.
+                                if let Some(&arg) = args.first() {
+                                    fb.hidout.push(HidOutput::PlayerLeds {
+                                        pad,
+                                        bits: player_leds_bits(arg),
+                                    });
+                                }
+                            }
+                            self.answer_subcmd(id, &args);
+                        }
+                        Some(SwitchOutput::Rumble(r)) => fb.rumble = Some(r),
+                        None => {}
+                    }
+                }
+                UHID_GET_REPORT => {
+                    // hid-nintendo never GET_REPORTs; answer EIO so nothing ever blocks on us.
+                    let req_id = u32::from_ne_bytes([ev[4], ev[5], ev[6], ev[7]]);
+                    let _ = self.reply_get_report_err(req_id);
+                }
+                _ => {} // Start/Stop/Open/Close/SetReport — ignore
+            }
+        }
+        fb
+    }
+
+    fn reply_get_report_err(&mut self, id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
+        ev[0..4].copy_from_slice(&UHID_GET_REPORT_REPLY.to_ne_bytes());
+        // uhid_get_report_reply_req: id u32 [4..8], err u16 [8..10], size u16 [10..12].
+        ev[4..8].copy_from_slice(&id.to_ne_bytes());
+        ev[8..10].copy_from_slice(&5u16.to_ne_bytes()); // EIO
+        self.fd
+            .write_all(&ev)
+            .context("write UHID_GET_REPORT_REPLY")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for SwitchProPad {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let mut ev = [0u8; UHID_EVENT_SIZE];
+        ev[0..4].copy_from_slice(&UHID_DESTROY.to_ne_bytes());
+        let _ = self.fd.write_all(&ev);
+    }
+}
+
+/// The Switch-Pro-specific half of the shared stateful manager (see [`PadProto`]): UHID
+/// transport open, the [`SwitchState`] mappers, and the probe-conversation service pass.
+/// Lifecycle (slot table, unplug sweep, heartbeat, dedup) lives in [`UhidManager`].
+pub struct SwitchProProto {
+    /// Fallback policy for the Steam back grips a client may send (a Pro Controller has no
+    /// back-button slot). `PUNKTFUNK_STEAM_REMAP=paddles=…`; default drop.
+    remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig,
+}
+
+impl Default for SwitchProProto {
+    fn default() -> SwitchProProto {
+        SwitchProProto {
+            remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig::from_env(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PadProto for SwitchProProto {
+    type Pad = SwitchProPad;
+    type State = SwitchState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "Switch Pro";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "Switch Pro Controller";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str = "";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<SwitchProPad> {
+        let p = SwitchProPad::open(idx)?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            index = idx,
+            "virtual Switch Pro Controller created (UHID hid-nintendo)"
+        );
+        Ok(p)
+    }
+
+    fn neutral(&self) -> SwitchState {
+        SwitchState::neutral()
+    }
+
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers from the frame, preserving motion (it arrives on the rich
+    /// plane and must survive a button-only frame). Paddles fold via the configured policy.
+    fn merge_frame(
+        &self,
+        prev: &SwitchState,
+        f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame,
+    ) -> SwitchState {
+        let buttons = crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(f.buttons, self.remap.paddles);
+        let mut s = SwitchState::from_gamepad(
+            buttons,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s
+    }
+
+    /// Motion lands on the IMU sample frames; a Pro Controller has no touchpad, so touch events
+    /// are dropped (the client folds trackpads into stick/mouse modes itself).
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut SwitchState, rich: RichInput) {
+        if let RichInput::Motion { gyro, accel, .. } = rich {
+            st.apply_motion(gyro, accel);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut SwitchProPad, st: &SwitchState) {
+        let _ = pad.write_state(st);
+    }
+
+    /// Answer the driver's probe conversation (it blocks `hid-nintendo` init until every step is
+    /// answered — call frequently) and surface a game's feedback: HD-rumble amplitude on the
+    /// universal 0xCA plane, player lights on the 0xCD plane.
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut SwitchProPad, idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        pad.service(idx)
+    }
+}
+
+/// All virtual Switch Pro Controllers of a session — `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD=switchpro`, or the
+/// per-pad kind a client declares for a Nintendo-family physical pad.
+pub type SwitchProManager = UhidManager<SwitchProProto>;

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/pad_slots.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+//! Shared virtual-pad slot table + creation lifecycle, used by every backend manager (Linux
+//! uinput/uhid, Windows XUSB/UMDF). See [`PadSlots`].
+
+use crate::gamestream::gamepad::MAX_PADS;
+use crate::inject::pad_gate::PadGate;
+use anyhow::Result;
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+// The unplug sweep walks a u16 `active_mask` (the wire type); every slot must have a bit.
+const _: () = assert!(MAX_PADS <= 16);
+
+/// The slot table + lifecycle every virtual-pad manager repeats: `Vec<Option<P>>` keyed by wire pad
+/// index, the `active_mask` unplug sweep, and the [`PadGate`]-guarded create. Extracted verbatim
+/// from seven copy-pasted managers (G12) so a lifecycle fix lands once, not seven times.
+///
+/// Division of labor: `PadSlots` owns the pads' *existence* (create / sweep / lookup) and logs the
+/// shared lifecycle lines (unplug, create-failure); the backend keeps everything per-controller —
+/// its state model, feedback pump, and the success log inside `open` (which knows the transport
+/// detail worth printing). Per-index sibling state (`state` / `last_rumble` / dedup / clocks) stays
+/// in the manager, which resets it on the indices [`sweep`](Self::sweep) returns and on a `true`
+/// from [`ensure`](Self::ensure).
+pub struct PadSlots<P> {
+    pads: Vec<Option<P>>,
+    /// Create-retry gate: a transient backend failure backs off and retries instead of permanently
+    /// disabling every pad for the session.
+    gate: PadGate,
+    /// Backend tag in the shared lifecycle log lines, e.g. `"DualSense/Windows"` — keeps every
+    /// existing per-backend line byte-identical (ops greps survive the extraction).
+    label: &'static str,
+    /// Device name in the create-failure line ("virtual `<device>` creation failed …").
+    device: &'static str,
+    /// Suffix for the create-failure line — empty on Linux, the driver-install hint on Windows.
+    hint: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl<P> PadSlots<P> {
+    /// An empty table of [`MAX_PADS`] slots whose lifecycle log lines carry `label` / `device` /
+    /// `hint` (see the field docs).
+    pub fn new(label: &'static str, device: &'static str, hint: &'static str) -> PadSlots<P> {
+        PadSlots {
+            pads: (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| None).collect(),
+            gate: PadGate::new(),
+            label,
+            device,
+            hint,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The backend tag this table logs with (for the manager's own arrival line).
+    pub fn label(&self) -> &'static str {
+        self.label
+    }
+
+    /// Drop every allocated pad whose `active_mask` bit cleared (the unplug sweep run on each state
+    /// frame), logging each. Returns the swept indices as a bitmask so the caller resets its
+    /// per-index sibling state; an index another manager owns is `None` here, so it is never swept.
+    pub fn sweep(&mut self, active_mask: u16) -> u16 {
+        let mut swept = 0u16;
+        for (i, slot) in self.pads.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            if slot.is_some() && active_mask & (1 << i) == 0 {
+                tracing::info!(index = i, "controller unplugged ({})", self.label);
+                *slot = None;
+                swept |= 1 << i;
+            }
+        }
+        swept
+    }
+
+    /// Create the pad at `idx` via `open` if the slot is empty and the create gate allows it.
+    /// Returns `true` only on a fresh create (the caller resets its per-index sibling state);
+    /// `open` logs its own success line (it knows the transport detail), failure is logged here.
+    pub fn ensure(&mut self, idx: usize, open: impl FnOnce(u8) -> Result<P>) -> bool {
+        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_some() || !self.gate.allow(Instant::now()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        match open(idx as u8) {
+            Ok(p) => {
+                self.pads[idx] = Some(p);
+                self.gate.on_success();
+                true
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::error!(
+                    error = %format!("{e:#}"),
+                    "virtual {} creation failed — retrying with backoff{}",
+                    self.device,
+                    self.hint
+                );
+                self.gate.on_failure(Instant::now());
+                false
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The live pad at `idx`, if any (out-of-range → `None`).
+    pub fn get(&self, idx: usize) -> Option<&P> {
+        self.pads.get(idx).and_then(|s| s.as_ref())
+    }
+
+    /// The live pad at `idx`, mutably, if any (out-of-range → `None`).
+    pub fn get_mut(&mut self, idx: usize) -> Option<&mut P> {
+        self.pads.get_mut(idx).and_then(|s| s.as_mut())
+    }
+
+    /// Iterate the live pads as `(index, &mut pad)` (the feedback-pump shape).
+    pub fn iter_mut(&mut self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (usize, &mut P)> {
+        self.pads
+            .iter_mut()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter_map(|(i, s)| s.as_mut().map(|p| (i, p)))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use anyhow::bail;
+
+    fn slots() -> PadSlots<u32> {
+        PadSlots::new("Test", "test pad", "")
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ensure_creates_once_and_reports_freshness() {
+        let mut s = slots();
+        // Fresh create → true; the pad is live.
+        assert!(s.ensure(3, |i| Ok(i as u32 * 10)));
+        assert_eq!(s.get(3), Some(&30));
+        // Occupied slot → no re-open (the closure must not run), no reset signal.
+        assert!(!s.ensure(3, |_| panic!("re-opened an occupied slot")));
+        // Out of range → never opens.
+        assert!(!s.ensure(MAX_PADS, |_| panic!("opened out of range")));
+        assert_eq!(s.get(MAX_PADS), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sweep_drops_only_cleared_bits_and_returns_them_once() {
+        let mut s = slots();
+        assert!(s.ensure(0, |_| Ok(0)));
+        assert!(s.ensure(2, |_| Ok(2)));
+        assert!(s.ensure(5, |_| Ok(5)));
+        // Mask keeps 2, clears 0 and 5; empty slots (1, 3, …) are untouched non-events.
+        let swept = s.sweep(0b0000_0100);
+        assert_eq!(swept, 0b0010_0001);
+        assert_eq!(s.get(0), None);
+        assert_eq!(s.get(2), Some(&2));
+        assert_eq!(s.get(5), None);
+        // A second identical sweep is a no-op: the indices were returned exactly once.
+        assert_eq!(s.sweep(0b0000_0100), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_failure_arms_the_gate_and_success_heals_it() {
+        let mut s = slots();
+        assert!(!s.ensure(1, |_| bail!("transient")));
+        // Backoff in effect: the next attempt is blocked without even calling `open`.
+        assert!(!s.ensure(1, |_| panic!("open during backoff")));
+        // The gate is manager-wide (create failures are systemic), so other indices block too.
+        assert!(!s.ensure(2, |_| panic!("open during backoff")));
+        // …and a sweep-then-recreate of a *different* live pad is equally gated, but the table
+        // itself is intact: nothing was allocated.
+        assert_eq!(s.get(1), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn recreate_after_sweep_resets_freshness() {
+        let mut s = slots();
+        assert!(s.ensure(4, |_| Ok(1)));
+        s.sweep(0);
+        assert_eq!(s.get(4), None);
+        // The slot is free again → a fresh create (true) with a new value.
+        assert!(s.ensure(4, |_| Ok(2)));
+        assert_eq!(s.get(4), Some(&2));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn iter_mut_yields_live_pads_with_indices() {
+        let mut s = slots();
+        assert!(s.ensure(1, |_| Ok(10)));
+        assert!(s.ensure(6, |_| Ok(60)));
+        let seen: Vec<(usize, u32)> = s.iter_mut().map(|(i, p)| (i, *p)).collect();
+        assert_eq!(seen, vec![(1, 10), (6, 60)]);
+    }
+}

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/proto/dualsense_proto.rs

@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ pub const DS_FEATURE_FIRMWARE: &[u8] = &[ // report 0x20 (firmware info / build
     0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0B, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 ];
 
+/// The pairing reply (report `0x09`) for wire pad `pad`: [`DS_FEATURE_PAIRING`] with the MAC's low
+/// octet offset by the pad index. The MAC must be **unique per pad**: `hid-playstation` adopts it
+/// as the HID `uniq` (replacing whatever uniq the device was created with), and SDL/Steam dedup
+/// controllers by that serial — with identical MACs a second virtual pad reads as the *first* pad
+/// re-appearing over another transport and is merged/ignored.
+pub fn ds_pairing_reply(pad: u8) -> [u8; 20] {
+    let mut r = [0u8; 20];
+    r.copy_from_slice(DS_FEATURE_PAIRING);
+    r[1] = r[1].wrapping_add(pad); // MAC lives at bytes 1..7, LSB first
+    r
+}
+
 /// Sony DualSense USB HID report descriptor (273 bytes), verbatim from inputtino — the exact
 /// descriptor `hid-playstation` (Linux) / `hidclass` (Windows) parses to bind a DualSense.
 #[rustfmt::skip]
@@ -66,8 +78,45 @@ pub const DUALSENSE_RDESC: &[u8] = &[
     0xC0,
 ];
 
+/// Sony DualSense **Edge** USB HID report descriptor (389 bytes) — a verbatim real-device
+/// capture (hid-recorder, hhd-dev/hwinfo `devices/ds5_edge`, cross-checked byte-for-byte against
+/// the raw usbmon pcap in the same repo and the descriptor Handheld Daemon ships for ITS virtual
+/// UHID Edge). vs the plain DS5 descriptor: output report `0x02` grows 47→63 bytes, feature
+/// `0xF2` 15→52, and 19 vendor feature reports (`0x60..=0x7B`, the Edge profile slots) are
+/// appended — input report `0x01` is bit-identical (the Edge's Fn/back buttons ride previously
+/// reserved bits of `buttons[2]`, see [`btn2`]).
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+pub const DUALSENSE_EDGE_RDESC: &[u8] = &[
+    0x05, 0x01, 0x09, 0x05, 0xA1, 0x01, 0x85, 0x01, 0x09, 0x30, 0x09, 0x31, 0x09, 0x32, 0x09, 0x35,
+    0x09, 0x33, 0x09, 0x34, 0x15, 0x00, 0x26, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x06, 0x81, 0x02, 0x06,
+    0x00, 0xFF, 0x09, 0x20, 0x95, 0x01, 0x81, 0x02, 0x05, 0x01, 0x09, 0x39, 0x15, 0x00, 0x25, 0x07,
+    0x35, 0x00, 0x46, 0x3B, 0x01, 0x65, 0x14, 0x75, 0x04, 0x95, 0x01, 0x81, 0x42, 0x65, 0x00, 0x05,
+    0x09, 0x19, 0x01, 0x29, 0x0F, 0x15, 0x00, 0x25, 0x01, 0x75, 0x01, 0x95, 0x0F, 0x81, 0x02, 0x06,
+    0x00, 0xFF, 0x09, 0x21, 0x95, 0x0D, 0x81, 0x02, 0x06, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x09, 0x22, 0x15, 0x00, 0x26,
+    0xFF, 0x00, 0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x34, 0x81, 0x02, 0x85, 0x02, 0x09, 0x23, 0x95, 0x3F, 0x91, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x05, 0x09, 0x33, 0x95, 0x28, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x08, 0x09, 0x34, 0x95, 0x2F, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x09, 0x09, 0x24, 0x95, 0x13, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x0A, 0x09, 0x25, 0x95, 0x1A, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x20, 0x09, 0x26, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x21, 0x09, 0x27, 0x95, 0x04, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x22, 0x09, 0x40, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x80, 0x09, 0x28, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x81, 0x09, 0x29, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x82, 0x09, 0x2A, 0x95, 0x09, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x83, 0x09, 0x2B, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x84, 0x09, 0x2C, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x85, 0x09, 0x2D, 0x95, 0x02, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0xA0, 0x09, 0x2E, 0x95, 0x01, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0xE0, 0x09, 0x2F, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0xF0, 0x09, 0x30, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0xF1, 0x09, 0x31, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0xF2, 0x09, 0x32, 0x95, 0x34, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0xF4, 0x09, 0x35, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0xF5, 0x09, 0x36, 0x95, 0x03, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x60, 0x09, 0x41, 0x95, 0x3F, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x61, 0x09, 0x42, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x62,
+    0x09, 0x43, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x63, 0x09, 0x44, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x64, 0x09, 0x45, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x65, 0x09, 0x46, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x68, 0x09, 0x47, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x70, 0x09, 0x48,
+    0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x71, 0x09, 0x49, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x72, 0x09, 0x4A, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x73,
+    0x09, 0x4B, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x74, 0x09, 0x4C, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x75, 0x09, 0x4D, 0xB1, 0x02,
+    0x85, 0x76, 0x09, 0x4E, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x77, 0x09, 0x4F, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x78, 0x09, 0x50,
+    0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x79, 0x09, 0x51, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x7A, 0x09, 0x52, 0xB1, 0x02, 0x85, 0x7B,
+    0x09, 0x53, 0xB1, 0x02, 0xC0,
+];
+
 pub const DS_VENDOR: u32 = 0x054C; // Sony Interactive Entertainment
 pub const DS_PRODUCT: u32 = 0x0CE6; // DualSense Wireless Controller
+pub const DS_EDGE_PRODUCT: u32 = 0x0DF2; // DualSense Edge Wireless Controller
 /// USB input report `0x01` is 64 bytes total (report id + 63-byte body).
 pub const DS_INPUT_REPORT_LEN: usize = 64;
 /// The DualSense touchpad's reported resolution (the kernel exposes it as ABS_MT 0..1920/1080).
@@ -92,12 +141,47 @@ pub mod btn1 {
     pub const L3: u8 = 0x40;
     pub const R3: u8 = 0x80;
 }
-/// `buttons[2]`: PS, touchpad click, mute (+ a rolling counter in the high bits).
+/// `buttons[2]`: PS, touchpad click, mute — plus, on the DualSense **Edge**, the two Fn and two
+/// back buttons in bits 4–7 (kernel `DS_EDGE_BUTTONS_*` / SDL `SDL_GAMEPAD_BUTTON_PS5_*`; the
+/// plain DS5 leaves those bits reserved). The kernel maps them to `BTN_TRIGGER_HAPPY1..4`
+/// (Fn-L, Fn-R, back-L, back-R) since 7.2; SDL/Steam read them off hidraw on any kernel.
 pub mod btn2 {
     pub const PS: u8 = 0x01;
     pub const TOUCHPAD: u8 = 0x02;
     /// Mic-mute / capture button — set from the wire `BTN_MISC1` in `DsState::from_gamepad`.
     pub const MUTE: u8 = 0x04;
+    /// Edge left Fn button (below the left stick).
+    pub const EDGE_FN_LEFT: u8 = 0x10;
+    /// Edge right Fn button.
+    pub const EDGE_FN_RIGHT: u8 = 0x20;
+    /// Edge left back button (rear paddle).
+    pub const EDGE_BACK_LEFT: u8 = 0x40;
+    /// Edge right back button (rear paddle).
+    pub const EDGE_BACK_RIGHT: u8 = 0x80;
+}
+
+/// Map the wire back-grip bits onto the DualSense Edge's `buttons[2]` bits — the reason the Edge
+/// backend exists: all four client paddles (Deck grips L4/L5/R4/R5, Elite P1–P4) land on native
+/// slots instead of the fold/drop policy. Wire PADDLE1/2 = R4/L4 (the primary pair, Steam
+/// convention) → the Edge's right/left BACK buttons; PADDLE3/4 = R5/L5 → the right/left Fn
+/// buttons (real-HW Fn is profile-switch chrome, but on a virtual pad the bits reach consumers
+/// as ordinary buttons — kernel `BTN_TRIGGER_HAPPY1/2`, SDL `LEFT/RIGHT_FUNCTION`).
+pub fn edge_paddle_bits(buttons: u32) -> u8 {
+    use punktfunk_core::input::gamepad as gs;
+    let mut b = 0;
+    if buttons & gs::BTN_PADDLE1 != 0 {
+        b |= btn2::EDGE_BACK_RIGHT; // R4
+    }
+    if buttons & gs::BTN_PADDLE2 != 0 {
+        b |= btn2::EDGE_BACK_LEFT; // L4
+    }
+    if buttons & gs::BTN_PADDLE3 != 0 {
+        b |= btn2::EDGE_FN_RIGHT; // R5
+    }
+    if buttons & gs::BTN_PADDLE4 != 0 {
+        b |= btn2::EDGE_FN_LEFT; // L5
+    }
+    b
 }
 
 /// One touchpad contact for the report.
@@ -798,6 +882,51 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(s.buttons[2], 0);
     }
 
+    /// The Edge paddle map, pinned against hid-playstation's `DS_EDGE_BUTTONS_*` masks (bits
+    /// 4–7 of `buttons[2]`) and SDL's `SDL_GAMEPAD_BUTTON_PS5_*` (same byte off hidraw):
+    /// PADDLE1/2 (R4/L4) → right/left BACK, PADDLE3/4 (R5/L5) → right/left Fn — and the mapped
+    /// bits land in the serialized report's byte 10 next to the ordinary buttons[2] bits.
+    #[test]
+    fn edge_paddles_map_to_native_bits() {
+        use punktfunk_core::input::gamepad as gs;
+        assert_eq!(edge_paddle_bits(0), 0);
+        assert_eq!(edge_paddle_bits(gs::BTN_PADDLE1), btn2::EDGE_BACK_RIGHT);
+        assert_eq!(edge_paddle_bits(gs::BTN_PADDLE2), btn2::EDGE_BACK_LEFT);
+        assert_eq!(edge_paddle_bits(gs::BTN_PADDLE3), btn2::EDGE_FN_RIGHT);
+        assert_eq!(edge_paddle_bits(gs::BTN_PADDLE4), btn2::EDGE_FN_LEFT);
+        // Exact kernel/SDL bit values (a one-bit slip ships dead paddles).
+        assert_eq!(btn2::EDGE_FN_LEFT, 0x10);
+        assert_eq!(btn2::EDGE_FN_RIGHT, 0x20);
+        assert_eq!(btn2::EDGE_BACK_LEFT, 0x40);
+        assert_eq!(btn2::EDGE_BACK_RIGHT, 0x80);
+        // All four + a non-paddle bit: paddles map, the rest is ignored here.
+        let all = gs::BTN_PADDLE1 | gs::BTN_PADDLE2 | gs::BTN_PADDLE3 | gs::BTN_PADDLE4 | gs::BTN_A;
+        assert_eq!(edge_paddle_bits(all), 0xF0);
+        // Serialized: the Edge merge ORs into buttons[2]; byte 10 carries both the paddles and
+        // the ordinary bits (e.g. a simultaneous PS press).
+        let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(gs::BTN_GUIDE, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        s.buttons[2] |= edge_paddle_bits(gs::BTN_PADDLE2 | gs::BTN_PADDLE3);
+        let mut r = [0u8; DS_INPUT_REPORT_LEN];
+        serialize_state(&mut r, &s, 0, 0);
+        assert_eq!(r[10], btn2::PS | btn2::EDGE_BACK_LEFT | btn2::EDGE_FN_RIGHT);
+    }
+
+    /// The Edge descriptor is the real-device capture: exact length, the three deltas vs the
+    /// plain DS5 descriptor (output 0x02 count 63, feature 0xF2 count 52, the appended profile
+    /// feature reports), and an unchanged input-report prefix (report 0x01 is bit-identical —
+    /// the serializer needs no Edge variant).
+    #[test]
+    fn edge_descriptor_shape() {
+        assert_eq!(DUALSENSE_RDESC.len(), 273);
+        assert_eq!(DUALSENSE_EDGE_RDESC.len(), 389);
+        // Identical through the input-report + output-report-id prefix; the first delta is the
+        // output report 0x02's Report Count at offset 109 (47 → 63 bytes of payload).
+        assert_eq!(DUALSENSE_EDGE_RDESC[..109], DUALSENSE_RDESC[..109]);
+        assert_eq!(DUALSENSE_RDESC[109], 0x2F);
+        assert_eq!(DUALSENSE_EDGE_RDESC[109], 0x3F);
+        assert_eq!(*DUALSENSE_EDGE_RDESC.last().unwrap(), 0xC0);
+    }
+
     /// A short / wrong-id report yields nothing.
     #[test]
     fn parse_output_rejects_garbage() {
@@ -806,4 +935,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(fb.rumble.is_none());
         assert!(fb.hidout.is_empty());
     }
+
+    /// The pairing reply keeps the report id and differs across pads ONLY in the MAC low octet —
+    /// distinct serials so SDL/Steam never dedup two virtual pads into one controller.
+    #[test]
+    fn pairing_reply_mac_is_per_pad() {
+        assert_eq!(ds_pairing_reply(0).as_slice(), DS_FEATURE_PAIRING);
+        let (a, b) = (ds_pairing_reply(1), ds_pairing_reply(2));
+        assert_eq!(a[0], 0x09); // report id untouched
+        assert_eq!(a[1], DS_FEATURE_PAIRING[1].wrapping_add(1));
+        assert_eq!(b[1], DS_FEATURE_PAIRING[1].wrapping_add(2));
+        assert_eq!(a[2..], b[2..]); // everything but the low octet identical
+    }
 }

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/proto/dualshock4_proto.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-//! Transport-independent DualShock 4 HID contract — the pure report codec used by the Windows
-//! UMDF-driver backend ([`super::dualshock4_windows`]).
-//!
-//! FIXME(ds4-dedup): the Linux UHID backend ([`super::dualshock4`]) still carries its own byte-
-//! identical copy of this codec (`serialize_state` / `parse_ds4_output` / `Ds4Feedback` / the touch
-//! dims). Fold it onto this module once the Linux build can be re-validated (it is `cfg(linux)`, so
-//! it can't be compile-checked from a Windows host). Keep the two in sync until then.
+//! Transport-independent DualShock 4 HID contract — the pure report codec shared by the Windows
+//! UMDF-driver backend ([`super::dualshock4_windows`]) and the Linux UHID backend
+//! ([`super::dualshock4`]).
 //!
 //! The PS4 sibling of [`super::dualsense_proto`]: the pure report codec with no transport. The DS4
 //! reuses the DualSense [`DsState`] controller model + its `GameStream`/XInput mapper
@@ -17,7 +13,6 @@
 //! dualshock4_input_report_usb` / `_output_report_common` parse.
 
 use super::dualsense_proto::{DsState, Touch};
-use punktfunk_core::quic::HidOutput;
 
 /// DualShock 4 v2 USB identity (Sony Interactive Entertainment / CUH-ZCT2).
 pub const DS4_VENDOR: u16 = 0x054C;
@@ -77,11 +72,10 @@ pub fn serialize_state(r: &mut [u8; DS4_INPUT_REPORT_LEN], st: &DsState, counter
 }
 
 /// What one feedback pass extracted from the device's HID output reports. Rumble rides the universal
-/// 0xCA plane; the lightbar rides the HID-output 0xCD plane (DS4 has no player LEDs or adaptive
-/// triggers, so those never appear).
+/// 0xCA plane; the lightbar rides the HID-output 0xCD plane as a `Led` event (DS4 has no player LEDs
+/// or adaptive triggers, so those never appear).
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Ds4Feedback {
-    pub hidout: Vec<HidOutput>,
     /// `(low, high)` motor levels (0..=0xFF00), if a report carried them.
     pub rumble: Option<(u16, u16)>,
     /// Lightbar RGB, if the report carried it (deduped by the manager).
@@ -149,6 +143,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(r[35] & 0x80, 0); // contact 0 active (bit7 clear)
         assert_eq!(r[35] & 0x7F, 0); // contact id 0
         assert_eq!(r[30] & 0x10, 0x10); // cable/wired bit set
+
+        // A rich-plane pad click (`touch_click`, no BTN_TOUCHPAD in the frame) rides the
+        // touchpad-click bit at byte 7 bit 1 via `buttons2_with_click` — the Linux backend used to
+        // serialize raw `buttons[2]` here and drop it.
+        assert_eq!(r[7] & 0x02, 0); // no click yet
+        st.touch_click[0] = true;
+        serialize_state(&mut r, &st, 0, 0);
+        assert_eq!(r[7] & 0x02, 0x02);
     }
 
     /// A DS4 USB output report (`0x05`) with motor + LED flags parses into rumble (0xCA) and a

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/proto/steam_proto.rs

@@ -341,6 +341,129 @@ pub fn serialize_deck_state(r: &mut [u8; STEAM_REPORT_LEN], st: &SteamState, seq
     r[58..60].copy_from_slice(&st.rpad_pressure.to_le_bytes());
 }
 
+/// Map an `XInput`/GameStream pad frame into **classic Steam Controller** state. The SC's 24-bit
+/// button field (report bytes 8..10) shares its low-bit layout with the Deck's (face/shoulder/
+/// trigger-full byte 8; dpad/View/Steam/Menu byte 9 bits 0–6), so this reuses the [`btn`] masks —
+/// with the SC-specific tail per the kernel's `ID_CONTROLLER_STATE` table:
+/// - `9.7`/`10.0` are the SC's TWO grips (the bit positions the Deck calls L5/R5): wire
+///   `BTN_PADDLE2`/`BTN_PADDLE1` (L4/R4, the primary pair) land there; fold PADDLE3/4 via
+///   [`super::steam_remap`] BEFORE calling this.
+/// - `10.2` = right-pad clicked (the SC has no right stick): wire `BTN_RS_CLICK` and the
+///   DualSense `BTN_TOUCHPAD` click both land there.
+/// - `10.6` = joystick clicked = wire `BTN_LS_CLICK` (the same bit the Deck calls L3).
+/// - No QAM/misc slot — `BTN_MISC1` is dropped (fold it upstream if a policy wants it).
+///
+/// The wire right STICK drives the right-pad coordinates (`rpad_x/y` + the `10.4` touched bit
+/// while deflected) — the SC's camera surface; the loss of a true second stick is inherent to
+/// the hardware. The left stick rides the joystick fields; a left-pad `TouchpadEx` contact
+/// (via [`SteamState::apply_rich`]) SHADOWS the joystick while touched (the report multiplexes
+/// them at bytes 16..20, exactly like real hardware's `lpad_touched` flag).
+pub fn sc_from_gamepad(
+    buttons: u32,
+    lx: i16,
+    ly: i16,
+    rx: i16,
+    ry: i16,
+    lt: u8,
+    rt: u8,
+) -> SteamState {
+    let on = |bit: u32| buttons & bit != 0;
+    let mut s = SteamState {
+        lx,
+        ly,
+        rx: 0,
+        ry: 0,
+        lt: (lt as u16) * 128,
+        rt: (rt as u16) * 128,
+        // The wire right stick becomes a right-pad contact (see the doc above).
+        rpad_x: rx,
+        rpad_y: ry,
+        ..SteamState::neutral()
+    };
+    let mut b = 0u64;
+    let set = |b: &mut u64, on: bool, m: u64| {
+        if on {
+            *b |= m;
+        }
+    };
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_A), btn::A);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_B), btn::B);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_X), btn::X);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_Y), btn::Y);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_LB), btn::LB);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_RB), btn::RB);
+    set(&mut b, lt > 0, btn::LT_FULL);
+    set(&mut b, rt > 0, btn::RT_FULL);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_BACK), btn::VIEW);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_START), btn::MENU);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_GUIDE), btn::STEAM);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_DPAD_UP), btn::DPAD_UP);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_DPAD_DOWN), btn::DPAD_DOWN);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_DPAD_LEFT), btn::DPAD_LEFT);
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_DPAD_RIGHT), btn::DPAD_RIGHT);
+    // SC grips at the Deck's L5/R5 bit positions (9.7 / 10.0): the wire primary pair L4/R4.
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_PADDLE2), btn::L5); // left grip
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_PADDLE1), btn::R5); // right grip
+                                               // Joystick click (10.6 — the bit the Deck calls L3) + right-pad click (10.2).
+    set(&mut b, on(gs::BTN_LS_CLICK), btn::L3);
+    set(
+        &mut b,
+        on(gs::BTN_RS_CLICK) || on(gs::BTN_TOUCHPAD),
+        btn::RPAD_CLICK,
+    );
+    // Right-pad touched (10.4) while the wire stick is deflected — the coords are live then.
+    set(&mut b, rx != 0 || ry != 0, btn::RPAD_TOUCH);
+    s.buttons = b;
+    s
+}
+
+/// Serialize the classic Steam Controller input report (`ID_CONTROLLER_STATE`) into the 64-byte
+/// unnumbered frame `steam_do_input_event` parses. Byte-exact against the kernel's message
+/// table: 24-bit buttons at 8..11, **u8** triggers at 11/12 (the Deck uses u16 at 44/46),
+/// the joystick/left-pad MULTIPLEX at 16..20 (left-pad coords shadow the joystick while the
+/// `10.3` touched bit is set), the right pad at 20..24, and the (kernel-ignored, hidraw-visible)
+/// accel/gyro at 28..39. The kernel negates both Y axes on top of these raw values.
+pub fn serialize_sc_state(r: &mut [u8; STEAM_REPORT_LEN], st: &SteamState, seq: u32) {
+    r.fill(0);
+    r[0] = 0x01;
+    r[1] = 0x00;
+    r[2] = ID_CONTROLLER_STATE;
+    r[3] = 0x3C;
+    r[4..8].copy_from_slice(&seq.to_le_bytes());
+    // Rich-plane pad clicks merge like the Deck path: left-pad clicked = 10.1 (hidraw-only —
+    // the kernel maps no key to it), right-pad clicked = 10.2.
+    let mut buttons = st.buttons;
+    if st.lpad_click {
+        buttons |= btn::LPAD_CLICK;
+    }
+    if st.rpad_click {
+        buttons |= btn::RPAD_CLICK;
+    }
+    r[8] = (buttons & 0xFF) as u8;
+    r[9] = ((buttons >> 8) & 0xFF) as u8;
+    r[10] = ((buttons >> 16) & 0xFF) as u8;
+    r[11] = (st.lt >> 7).min(255) as u8; // left trigger, u8
+    r[12] = (st.rt >> 7).min(255) as u8; // right trigger, u8
+                                         // Bytes 16..20 carry EITHER the joystick OR the left pad, per the 10.3 touched bit.
+    let (x, y) = if buttons & btn::LPAD_TOUCH != 0 {
+        (st.lpad_x, st.lpad_y)
+    } else {
+        (st.lx, st.ly)
+    };
+    r[16..18].copy_from_slice(&x.to_le_bytes());
+    r[18..20].copy_from_slice(&y.to_le_bytes());
+    r[20..22].copy_from_slice(&st.rpad_x.to_le_bytes());
+    r[22..24].copy_from_slice(&st.rpad_y.to_le_bytes());
+    // IMU: present in the frame (28..39) for hidraw readers, but the kernel maps none of it
+    // ("accelerator/gyro is disabled by default" — no sensors evdev for the SC).
+    r[28..30].copy_from_slice(&st.accel[0].to_le_bytes());
+    r[30..32].copy_from_slice(&st.accel[1].to_le_bytes());
+    r[32..34].copy_from_slice(&st.accel[2].to_le_bytes());
+    r[34..36].copy_from_slice(&st.gyro[0].to_le_bytes());
+    r[36..38].copy_from_slice(&st.gyro[1].to_le_bytes());
+    r[38..40].copy_from_slice(&st.gyro[2].to_le_bytes());
+}
+
 /// Build the `steam_get_serial` GET_REPORT reply. The Steam feature path is report-id-0 with a
 /// leading report-id byte the kernel strips (`steam_recv_report` does `memcpy(data, buf+1, …)`), so
 /// the wire is `[0x00, 0xAE, len, 0x01, ascii…]`; the kernel then validates `reply[0]==0xAE`,
@@ -419,12 +542,16 @@ pub fn deck_unit_id(index: u8) -> u32 {
     0x5046_0000 | index as u32
 }
 
-/// A Steam-accepted alphanumeric unit serial (a real Deck's is e.g. `"FVZZ4200469B"`; Steam rejects
-/// a too-short/oddly-formatted one as "Invalid or missing unit serial number" and substitutes its
-/// own — benign, but we present a clean 12-char one). Derived from [`deck_unit_id`] so the `0xAE`
-/// serial reply and the `0x83` unit-id attrs stay consistent.
+/// A Steam-accepted alphanumeric unit serial (a real Deck's is e.g. `"FVZZ4200469B"`). Steam
+/// validates the serial's FORMAT before accepting it: a `"PF"`-leading serial is REJECTED
+/// ("Invalid or missing unit serial number …") and Steam then substitutes a hash AND mangles the
+/// displayed controller name (observed as "Steam Deck Controllerggg" on Windows). An `'F'`-leading
+/// serial passes, so we keep the PunktFunk marker one slot in (`"FVPF"`) — still distinct from a
+/// real Deck's `"FVZZ"` for the self-detection below while satisfying Steam's format check.
+/// Derived from [`deck_unit_id`] so the `0xAE` serial reply and the `0x83` unit-id attrs stay
+/// consistent. (The Windows UMDF driver mirrors this exact format — see pf-dualsense lib.rs.)
 pub fn deck_serial(index: u8) -> String {
-    format!("PFDK{:08X}", deck_unit_id(index))
+    format!("FVPF{:08X}", deck_unit_id(index))
 }
 
 /// The neutral 64-byte Deck input report (header only, all controls released) — the report the
@@ -693,6 +820,68 @@ mod tests {
         assert_ne!(serialized & btn::LPAD_CLICK, 0); // click lands in the report despite the rebuild
     }
 
+    /// The classic-SC frame, byte-exact against the kernel's `ID_CONTROLLER_STATE` table: 24-bit
+    /// buttons at 8..11, u8 triggers at 11/12, the joystick/left-pad multiplex at 16..20, right
+    /// pad at 20..24 — and the SC-specific button tail (grips at 9.7/10.0, right-pad click at
+    /// 10.2, joystick click at 10.6).
+    #[test]
+    fn sc_serialize_and_mapping() {
+        // Full mapping: face + grips + clicks + a deflected right stick.
+        let s = sc_from_gamepad(
+            gs::BTN_A | gs::BTN_PADDLE1 | gs::BTN_PADDLE2 | gs::BTN_LS_CLICK | gs::BTN_RS_CLICK,
+            1000,
+            -2000,
+            3000,
+            -4000,
+            255,
+            0,
+        );
+        assert_ne!(s.buttons & btn::A, 0);
+        assert_ne!(s.buttons & btn::R5, 0); // PADDLE1 → right grip (10.0)
+        assert_ne!(s.buttons & btn::L5, 0); // PADDLE2 → left grip (9.7)
+        assert_ne!(s.buttons & btn::L3, 0); // LS click → joystick clicked (10.6)
+        assert_ne!(s.buttons & btn::RPAD_CLICK, 0); // RS click → right-pad clicked (10.2)
+        assert_ne!(s.buttons & btn::RPAD_TOUCH, 0); // deflected stick = touched pad (10.4)
+        assert_eq!((s.rpad_x, s.rpad_y), (3000, -4000)); // right stick rides the right pad
+        assert_eq!((s.rx, s.ry), (0, 0));
+
+        let mut r = [0u8; STEAM_REPORT_LEN];
+        serialize_sc_state(&mut r, &s, 0x0102_0304);
+        assert_eq!(&r[0..4], &[0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x3C]); // ID_CONTROLLER_STATE
+        assert_eq!(&r[4..8], &[0x04, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01]);
+        assert_eq!(r[8] & 0x80, 0x80); // A = 8.7
+        assert_eq!(r[9] & 0x80, 0x80); // left grip = 9.7
+        assert_eq!(r[10] & 0x01, 0x01); // right grip = 10.0
+        assert_eq!(r[10] & 0x04, 0x04); // right-pad clicked = 10.2
+        assert_eq!(r[10] & 0x40, 0x40); // joystick clicked = 10.6
+        assert_eq!(r[11], 255); // left trigger u8
+        assert_eq!(r[12], 0); // right trigger u8
+        assert_eq!(&r[16..18], &1000i16.to_le_bytes()); // joystick X (lpad untouched)
+        assert_eq!(&r[18..20], &(-2000i16).to_le_bytes());
+        assert_eq!(&r[20..22], &3000i16.to_le_bytes()); // right pad X
+        assert_eq!(&r[22..24], &(-4000i16).to_le_bytes());
+
+        // Left-pad multiplex: a TouchpadEx surface-1 contact shadows the joystick at 16..20
+        // and sets the 10.3 touched bit (+ the 10.1 click bit from the rich field).
+        let mut s = sc_from_gamepad(0, 1234, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        s.apply_rich(RichInput::TouchpadEx {
+            pad: 0,
+            surface: 1,
+            finger: 0,
+            touch: true,
+            click: true,
+            x: -5000,
+            y: 6000,
+            pressure: 0,
+        });
+        let mut r = [0u8; STEAM_REPORT_LEN];
+        serialize_sc_state(&mut r, &s, 0);
+        assert_eq!(r[10] & 0x08, 0x08); // left-pad touched = 10.3
+        assert_eq!(r[10] & 0x02, 0x02); // left-pad clicked = 10.1 (rich click merged)
+        assert_eq!(&r[16..18], &(-5000i16).to_le_bytes()); // lpad coords shadow the joystick
+        assert_eq!(&r[18..20], &(-6000i16).to_le_bytes()); // screen +down → raw +up (flip)
+    }
+
     /// The serial reply carries the leading report-id byte the kernel strips, so the *stripped*
     /// view (`reply[1..]`) is what `steam_get_serial` validates: `[0xAE, len, 0x01, ascii…]`.
     #[test]
@@ -729,7 +918,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn deck_feature_reply_contract() {
         let serial = deck_serial(0);
         let unit_id = deck_unit_id(0);
-        assert_eq!(serial, "PFDK50460000"); // 12-char alphanumeric, derived from the unit id
+        assert_eq!(serial, "FVPF50460000"); // 12-char alphanumeric, derived from the unit id
         assert_eq!(serial.len(), 12);
 
         // 0x83 GET_ATTRIBUTES_VALUES: header + (0x0a, unit_id) at the 3rd attribute slot.

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/proto/switch_proto.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,654 @@
+//! Transport-independent Nintendo Switch Pro Controller contract — the report codec + canned
+//! handshake replies the Linux UHID backend ([`super::switch_pro`]) drives `hid-nintendo` with.
+//!
+//! Everything here is pinned against the kernel driver source (drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c —
+//! the ONE consumer of these bytes; a virtual pad must answer its probe exactly or no input
+//! devices appear):
+//!
+//! - **USB handshake**: 2-byte output reports `0x80 <cmd>` (handshake / baudrate / no-timeout),
+//!   each ACKed with an input report `0x81 <cmd>` (`joycon_send_usb` matches only those two
+//!   bytes).
+//! - **Subcommands**: output report `0x01` (packet counter + 8 rumble bytes + subcommand id +
+//!   args), ACKed with input report `0x21` — a 12-byte input-state header, then ack byte /
+//!   echoed subcommand id / payload. The driver matches ONLY the echoed id (byte 14) and
+//!   requires ≥ 49 bytes; real hardware sends 64.
+//! - **SPI flash reads** (subcommand `0x10`): the driver reads the user-calibration magics
+//!   (absent here → `0xFF 0xFF`, so it takes the factory path), the factory stick calibrations
+//!   (9-byte packed 12-bit triples — max/center/min order DIFFERS left vs right), and the
+//!   24-byte factory IMU calibration. We serve blobs chosen so the math is clean: sticks
+//!   centered at [`STICK_CENTER`] ± [`STICK_RANGE`], IMU offsets 0 with the driver's default
+//!   scales (accel 16384, gyro 13371) so raw units pass through 1:1.
+//! - **Input report `0x30`**: 3 button bytes (bit layout per `JC_BTN_*`), two packed 12-bit
+//!   stick triples, battery/connection, and 3 IMU sample frames (accel then gyro, i16 LE).
+//! - **Rumble**: 4 encoded bytes per side in every `0x01`/`0x10` output; we decode the
+//!   amplitude through the driver's own `joycon_rumble_amplitudes` table (inverted) back to the
+//!   0..=0xFFFF wire magnitudes it was scaled from (left = strong/low, right = weak/high).
+//!
+//! Wire-mapping subtleties (see the plan doc, gamepad-new-types §4):
+//! - **Positional swap.** Wire `BTN_A` is the SOUTH button (GameStream convention); on a Switch
+//!   pad SOUTH is `B`. `from_gamepad` maps wire-south → the report's B bit (and X/Y likewise),
+//!   so the physical-position ↔ glyph relationship stays correct end-to-end.
+//! - **Units.** Wire motion is DualSense-convention (20 LSB/°·s, 10000 LSB/g); the report wants
+//!   real-Pro-Controller raw units (≈14.247 LSB/°·s per `JC_IMU_GYRO_RES_PER_DPS`, 4096 LSB/g
+//!   per `JC_IMU_ACCEL_RES_PER_G`), which our calibration blobs make the driver consume 1:1.
+
+use punktfunk_core::input::gamepad as gs;
+
+pub const SWITCH_VENDOR: u32 = 0x057E; // Nintendo Co., Ltd
+pub const SWITCH_PRODUCT: u32 = 0x2009; // Pro Controller
+
+/// Nintendo Switch Pro Controller **USB** HID report descriptor (203 bytes) — a verbatim
+/// real-device capture (usbhid-dump off a wired Pro Controller; three independent public
+/// captures agree byte-for-byte: mzyy94's usbhid-dump, ToadKing's full USB capture, and
+/// spacemeowx2's annotated dump). Declares exactly the report ids `hid-nintendo` exchanges
+/// wired (inputs 0x30/0x21/0x81, outputs 0x01/0x10/0x80/0x82); the driver reads raw events,
+/// so the descriptor only has to `hid_parse()` — but this is what real hardware presents.
+/// NOT the Bluetooth descriptor (that one is ~170 bytes with a different report set).
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+pub const PROCON_RDESC: &[u8] = &[
+    0x05, 0x01, 0x15, 0x00, 0x09, 0x04, 0xA1, 0x01, 0x85, 0x30, 0x05, 0x01, 0x05, 0x09, 0x19, 0x01,
+    0x29, 0x0A, 0x15, 0x00, 0x25, 0x01, 0x75, 0x01, 0x95, 0x0A, 0x55, 0x00, 0x65, 0x00, 0x81, 0x02,
+    0x05, 0x09, 0x19, 0x0B, 0x29, 0x0E, 0x15, 0x00, 0x25, 0x01, 0x75, 0x01, 0x95, 0x04, 0x81, 0x02,
+    0x75, 0x01, 0x95, 0x02, 0x81, 0x03, 0x0B, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xA1, 0x00, 0x0B, 0x30, 0x00,
+    0x01, 0x00, 0x0B, 0x31, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x0B, 0x32, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x0B, 0x35, 0x00, 0x01,
+    0x00, 0x15, 0x00, 0x27, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x75, 0x10, 0x95, 0x04, 0x81, 0x02, 0xC0, 0x0B,
+    0x39, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x15, 0x00, 0x25, 0x07, 0x35, 0x00, 0x46, 0x3B, 0x01, 0x65, 0x14, 0x75,
+    0x04, 0x95, 0x01, 0x81, 0x02, 0x05, 0x09, 0x19, 0x0F, 0x29, 0x12, 0x15, 0x00, 0x25, 0x01, 0x75,
+    0x01, 0x95, 0x04, 0x81, 0x02, 0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x34, 0x81, 0x03, 0x06, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x85, 0x21,
+    0x09, 0x01, 0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x3F, 0x81, 0x03, 0x85, 0x81, 0x09, 0x02, 0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x3F,
+    0x81, 0x03, 0x85, 0x01, 0x09, 0x03, 0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x3F, 0x91, 0x83, 0x85, 0x10, 0x09, 0x04,
+    0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x3F, 0x91, 0x83, 0x85, 0x80, 0x09, 0x05, 0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x3F, 0x91, 0x83,
+    0x85, 0x82, 0x09, 0x06, 0x75, 0x08, 0x95, 0x3F, 0x91, 0x83, 0xC0,
+];
+/// Every input report we emit is the full USB size (the driver requires ≥ 49 for `0x21`).
+pub const SWITCH_REPORT_LEN: usize = 64;
+
+/// Stick raw center + full-deflection range of OUR virtual pad's calibration (12-bit axis).
+/// The factory blobs below advertise exactly this, so the driver maps
+/// `center ± range → ∓/± 32767` — one clean linear scale from the wire values.
+pub const STICK_CENTER: u16 = 2048;
+pub const STICK_RANGE: u16 = 1400;
+
+/// `battery and connection info` byte (report byte 2): high 3 bits = level (4 = full),
+/// BIT(4) = charging, BIT(0) = host powered — "full + charging + wired", so no low-battery
+/// warnings ever.
+pub const BAT_CON_FULL_WIRED: u8 = 0x91;
+/// `vibrator_report` (report byte 12): must be non-zero or the driver stops pumping its rumble
+/// queue (`joycon_ctlr_read_handler` gates on it). Real hardware sends 0x70-ish.
+pub const VIBRATOR_READY: u8 = 0x70;
+
+// Button bits of the 24-bit little-endian button field (report bytes 3..6), per the kernel's
+// JC_BTN_* defines.
+pub mod btn {
+    pub const Y: u32 = 1 << 0;
+    pub const X: u32 = 1 << 1;
+    pub const B: u32 = 1 << 2;
+    pub const A: u32 = 1 << 3;
+    pub const R: u32 = 1 << 6;
+    pub const ZR: u32 = 1 << 7;
+    pub const MINUS: u32 = 1 << 8;
+    pub const PLUS: u32 = 1 << 9;
+    pub const RSTICK: u32 = 1 << 10;
+    pub const LSTICK: u32 = 1 << 11;
+    pub const HOME: u32 = 1 << 12;
+    pub const CAPTURE: u32 = 1 << 13;
+    pub const DOWN: u32 = 1 << 16;
+    pub const UP: u32 = 1 << 17;
+    pub const RIGHT: u32 = 1 << 18;
+    pub const LEFT: u32 = 1 << 19;
+    pub const L: u32 = 1 << 22;
+    pub const ZL: u32 = 1 << 23;
+}
+
+/// Full Pro Controller state serialized into report `0x30` (and the `0x21` reply headers).
+/// Sticks are the RAW 12-bit values ([`STICK_CENTER`]-centered); motion is raw IMU units.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct SwitchState {
+    /// 24-bit `JC_BTN_*` field.
+    pub buttons: u32,
+    pub lx: u16,
+    pub ly: u16,
+    pub rx: u16,
+    pub ry: u16,
+    /// Raw gyro (≈14.247 LSB/°·s) and accel (4096 LSB/g), driver axis order x/y/z.
+    pub gyro: [i16; 3],
+    pub accel: [i16; 3],
+}
+
+impl SwitchState {
+    /// Centered sticks, nothing pressed, flat at rest (1 g on +Z — a pad lying on the desk, so
+    /// SDL/games don't see a free-falling controller).
+    pub fn neutral() -> SwitchState {
+        SwitchState {
+            buttons: 0,
+            lx: STICK_CENTER,
+            ly: STICK_CENTER,
+            rx: STICK_CENTER,
+            ry: STICK_CENTER,
+            gyro: [0; 3],
+            accel: [0, 0, 4096],
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Map a GameStream/XInput pad frame into Pro Controller state. Face buttons are mapped
+    /// **positionally** (wire A = south → Switch B, etc. — see the module doc); triggers are
+    /// digital on a Pro Controller, so any analog pull presses ZL/ZR. The wire paddles have no
+    /// Switch slot — fold them via [`super::steam_remap`] BEFORE calling this (like the
+    /// DualSense-family backends do).
+    pub fn from_gamepad(
+        buttons: u32,
+        lx: i16,
+        ly: i16,
+        rx: i16,
+        ry: i16,
+        lt: u8,
+        rt: u8,
+    ) -> SwitchState {
+        let on = |bit: u32| buttons & bit != 0;
+        let mut b = 0u32;
+        // Positional: wire south/east/west/north → the Switch button at that position.
+        if on(gs::BTN_A) {
+            b |= btn::B; // south
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_B) {
+            b |= btn::A; // east
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_X) {
+            b |= btn::Y; // west
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_Y) {
+            b |= btn::X; // north
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_LB) {
+            b |= btn::L;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_RB) {
+            b |= btn::R;
+        }
+        if lt > 0 {
+            b |= btn::ZL;
+        }
+        if rt > 0 {
+            b |= btn::ZR;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_BACK) {
+            b |= btn::MINUS;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_START) {
+            b |= btn::PLUS;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_LS_CLICK) {
+            b |= btn::LSTICK;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_RS_CLICK) {
+            b |= btn::RSTICK;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_GUIDE) {
+            b |= btn::HOME;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_MISC1) {
+            b |= btn::CAPTURE;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_DPAD_UP) {
+            b |= btn::UP;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_DPAD_DOWN) {
+            b |= btn::DOWN;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_DPAD_LEFT) {
+            b |= btn::LEFT;
+        }
+        if on(gs::BTN_DPAD_RIGHT) {
+            b |= btn::RIGHT;
+        }
+        SwitchState {
+            buttons: b,
+            lx: stick_raw(lx),
+            ly: stick_raw(ly),
+            rx: stick_raw(rx),
+            ry: stick_raw(ry),
+            ..SwitchState::neutral()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Apply a wire motion sample (DualSense-convention units) as raw IMU values. No axis flip:
+    /// both conventions are x-toward-triggers / z-up for a Pro Controller held like a DualSense,
+    /// and the driver applies no negation for the Pro (only the right Joy-Con negates).
+    pub fn apply_motion(&mut self, gyro: [i16; 3], accel: [i16; 3]) {
+        // gyro: wire 20 LSB/°·s → raw 14.247 LSB/°·s; accel: wire 10000 LSB/g → raw 4096 LSB/g.
+        self.gyro = gyro.map(|v| ((v as i32 * 14247) / 20000) as i16);
+        self.accel = accel.map(|v| ((v as i32 * 4096) / 10000) as i16);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Wire stick value (i16, +32767 = right/up) → raw 12-bit axis. The driver Y-negates BOTH the
+/// wire's and evdev's conventions away: it computes `evdev_y = -scale(raw_y)`, and evdev's
+/// gamepad convention is negative-up — so wire +y (up) maps to raw above-center, exactly like x.
+pub fn stick_raw(v: i16) -> u16 {
+    let raw = STICK_CENTER as i32 + (v as i32 * STICK_RANGE as i32) / 32767;
+    raw.clamp(0, 0xFFF) as u16
+}
+
+/// Pack two 12-bit values into the 3-byte stick / calibration wire form
+/// (`hid_field_extract` little-endian bitfield order).
+pub fn pack12(a: u16, b: u16) -> [u8; 3] {
+    [
+        (a & 0xFF) as u8,
+        ((a >> 8) & 0x0F) as u8 | ((b & 0x0F) << 4) as u8,
+        ((b >> 4) & 0xFF) as u8,
+    ]
+}
+
+/// Write the shared 13-byte input-state header (report id .. `vibrator_report`) that both the
+/// `0x30` stream and every `0x21` subcommand reply carry.
+fn write_header(r: &mut [u8; SWITCH_REPORT_LEN], id: u8, st: &SwitchState, timer: u8) {
+    r[0] = id;
+    r[1] = timer;
+    r[2] = BAT_CON_FULL_WIRED;
+    r[3] = (st.buttons & 0xFF) as u8;
+    r[4] = ((st.buttons >> 8) & 0xFF) as u8;
+    r[5] = ((st.buttons >> 16) & 0xFF) as u8;
+    r[6..9].copy_from_slice(&pack12(st.lx, st.ly));
+    r[9..12].copy_from_slice(&pack12(st.rx, st.ry));
+    r[12] = VIBRATOR_READY;
+}
+
+/// Serialize the full/standard input report `0x30`: state header + 3 IMU sample frames
+/// (accel x/y/z then gyro x/y/z, i16 LE — `struct joycon_imu_data`). We repeat the current
+/// sample across all three 5 ms sub-frames (we sample per report, not per sub-frame).
+pub fn serialize_report_0x30(st: &SwitchState, timer: u8) -> [u8; SWITCH_REPORT_LEN] {
+    let mut r = [0u8; SWITCH_REPORT_LEN];
+    write_header(&mut r, 0x30, st, timer);
+    for frame in 0..3 {
+        let off = 13 + frame * 12;
+        for (i, v) in st.accel.iter().enumerate() {
+            r[off + i * 2..off + i * 2 + 2].copy_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+        for (i, v) in st.gyro.iter().enumerate() {
+            r[off + 6 + i * 2..off + 6 + i * 2 + 2].copy_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+    }
+    r
+}
+
+/// Build the `0x81 <cmd>` input report acknowledging a USB `0x80 <cmd>` command
+/// (`joycon_send_usb` matches exactly those two bytes).
+pub fn build_usb_ack(cmd: u8) -> [u8; SWITCH_REPORT_LEN] {
+    let mut r = [0u8; SWITCH_REPORT_LEN];
+    r[0] = 0x81;
+    r[1] = cmd;
+    r
+}
+
+/// Build a `0x21` subcommand reply: state header, then ack / echoed subcommand id / payload.
+/// The driver matches on the echoed id only; the MSB-set ack byte mirrors real hardware
+/// (`0x80` plain ack, `0x80 | data-type` when a payload follows).
+pub fn build_subcmd_reply(
+    st: &SwitchState,
+    timer: u8,
+    ack: u8,
+    subcmd: u8,
+    payload: &[u8],
+) -> [u8; SWITCH_REPORT_LEN] {
+    let mut r = [0u8; SWITCH_REPORT_LEN];
+    write_header(&mut r, 0x21, st, timer);
+    r[13] = ack;
+    r[14] = subcmd;
+    let n = payload.len().min(SWITCH_REPORT_LEN - 15);
+    r[15..15 + n].copy_from_slice(&payload[..n]);
+    r
+}
+
+/// The device-info payload (subcommand `0x02`): firmware 4.33, type `0x03` = **Pro Controller**
+/// (`ctlr_type` — the value that selects the Pro button/stick/IMU paths), `0x02`, the 6-byte
+/// MAC (parsed into `ctlr->mac_addr`, printed + used as the input devices' `uniq`), `0x01`,
+/// and `0x01` = "colors in SPI" (not read by the driver).
+pub fn device_info_payload(mac: &[u8; 6]) -> [u8; 12] {
+    let mut p = [0u8; 12];
+    p[0] = 0x04;
+    p[1] = 0x21;
+    p[2] = 0x03; // JOYCON_CTLR_TYPE_PRO
+    p[3] = 0x02;
+    p[4..10].copy_from_slice(mac);
+    p[10] = 0x01;
+    p[11] = 0x01;
+    p
+}
+
+/// A stable per-pad virtual MAC (Nintendo OUI + our index) — the driver requires one from
+/// device info and keys the input devices' `uniq` off it.
+pub fn switch_mac(index: u8) -> [u8; 6] {
+    [0x7C, 0xBB, 0x8A, 0xDF, 0x00, index]
+}
+
+/// The canned SPI-flash contents (subcommand `0x10`): reply payload = echoed LE address +
+/// echoed length + the flash bytes. `None` for an unmapped range (the caller then replies with
+/// zeroes — the driver falls back to defaults rather than aborting).
+///
+/// Served ranges:
+/// - `0x8010`/`0x801B`/`0x8026` (user-cal magics, 2 B): NOT `0xB2 0xA1` → user cal absent, the
+///   driver takes the factory path.
+/// - `0x603D`/`0x6046` (factory stick cal, 9 B): [`STICK_CENTER`] ± [`STICK_RANGE`] on every
+///   axis. **Byte order differs**: left = max-above ++ center ++ min-below; right = center ++
+///   min-below ++ max-above (`joycon_read_stick_calibration`).
+/// - `0x6020` (factory IMU cal, 24 B): offsets 0, accel scale 16384, gyro scale 13371 — the
+///   driver's own defaults, making its per-sample math the identity (accel) / ×1000 (gyro).
+pub fn spi_flash_read(addr: u32, len: u8) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    let cal_pair = pack12(STICK_RANGE, STICK_RANGE);
+    let center_pair = pack12(STICK_CENTER, STICK_CENTER);
+    let data: Vec<u8> = match (addr, len) {
+        (0x8010 | 0x801B | 0x8026, 2) => vec![0xFF, 0xFF],
+        (0x603D, 9) => [cal_pair, center_pair, cal_pair].concat(),
+        (0x6046, 9) => [center_pair, cal_pair, cal_pair].concat(),
+        (0x6020, 24) => {
+            let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(24);
+            v.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; 6]); // accel offsets = 0
+            for _ in 0..3 {
+                v.extend_from_slice(&16384u16.to_le_bytes()); // accel scale (driver default)
+            }
+            v.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; 6]); // gyro offsets = 0
+            for _ in 0..3 {
+                v.extend_from_slice(&13371u16.to_le_bytes()); // gyro scale (driver default)
+            }
+            v
+        }
+        _ => return None,
+    };
+    let mut payload = Vec::with_capacity(5 + data.len());
+    payload.extend_from_slice(&addr.to_le_bytes());
+    payload.push(len);
+    payload.extend_from_slice(&data);
+    Some(payload)
+}
+
+/// One decoded host-bound output report from the driver.
+pub enum SwitchOutput {
+    /// `0x80 <cmd>` USB command — answer with [`build_usb_ack`].
+    UsbCmd(u8),
+    /// `0x01` subcommand (with its rumble bytes) — answer with a `0x21` reply.
+    Subcmd {
+        id: u8,
+        /// Subcommand argument bytes (report bytes 11..).
+        args: Vec<u8>,
+        /// Decoded rumble `(low, high)` magnitudes.
+        rumble: (u16, u16),
+    },
+    /// `0x10` rumble-only report — no reply expected.
+    Rumble((u16, u16)),
+}
+
+/// Parse one output report from the driver. Returns `None` for anything unrecognized/short.
+pub fn parse_output(data: &[u8]) -> Option<SwitchOutput> {
+    match *data.first()? {
+        0x80 => Some(SwitchOutput::UsbCmd(*data.get(1)?)),
+        0x01 if data.len() >= 11 => Some(SwitchOutput::Subcmd {
+            id: data[10],
+            args: data.get(11..).map(|s| s.to_vec()).unwrap_or_default(),
+            rumble: decode_rumble(&data[2..10]),
+        }),
+        0x10 if data.len() >= 10 => Some(SwitchOutput::Rumble(decode_rumble(&data[2..10]))),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+/// The driver's `joycon_rumble_amplitudes` table, amplitude column only, indexed by
+/// `amp_high / 2` (the encoded high-band amplitude byte is always even). Copied verbatim from
+/// hid-nintendo.c; last entry = `joycon_max_rumble_amp` (1003).
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+const RUMBLE_AMPS: [u16; 101] = [
+       0,   10,   12,   14,   17,   20,   24,   28,   33,   40,
+      47,   56,   67,   80,   95,  112,  117,  123,  128,  134,
+     140,  146,  152,  159,  166,  173,  181,  189,  198,  206,
+     215,  225,  230,  235,  240,  245,  251,  256,  262,  268,
+     273,  279,  286,  292,  298,  305,  311,  318,  325,  332,
+     340,  347,  355,  362,  370,  378,  387,  395,  404,  413,
+     422,  431,  440,  450,  460,  470,  480,  491,  501,  512,
+     524,  535,  547,  559,  571,  584,  596,  609,  623,  636,
+     650,  665,  679,  694,  709,  725,  741,  757,  773,  790,
+     808,  825,  843,  862,  881,  900,  920,  940,  960,  981,
+    1003,
+];
+
+/// Invert the driver's per-side rumble encoding back to the 0..=0xFFFF magnitude it scaled
+/// from: byte1's even bits carry the amplitude-table index × 2 (`data[1] = freq_high_lo +
+/// amp.high`, where the freq contribution is only ever bit 0).
+fn side_amplitude(side: &[u8]) -> u16 {
+    let idx = ((side[1] & 0xFE) / 2) as usize;
+    let amp = RUMBLE_AMPS[idx.min(RUMBLE_AMPS.len() - 1)] as u32;
+    // Driver: amp = magnitude * 1003 / 65535 — invert, saturating at full scale.
+    ((amp * 65535) / 1003).min(65535) as u16
+}
+
+/// Decode the 8 rumble bytes (left side = strong → wire `low`, right side = weak → wire
+/// `high`, per `joycon_play_effect`).
+pub fn decode_rumble(bytes: &[u8]) -> (u16, u16) {
+    if bytes.len() < 8 {
+        return (0, 0);
+    }
+    (side_amplitude(&bytes[..4]), side_amplitude(&bytes[4..8]))
+}
+
+/// Decode a player-lights subcommand payload (`(flash << 4) | on`, one bit per LED) into the
+/// wire `PlayerLeds` bits: a flashing LED counts as on.
+pub fn player_leds_bits(arg: u8) -> u8 {
+    (arg & 0x0F) | (arg >> 4)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// The positional swap, pinned: wire south/east/west/north land on the Switch B/A/Y/X bits
+    /// (the driver then maps them back to BTN_SOUTH/EAST/WEST/NORTH — position-correct
+    /// end-to-end), and the rest of the buttons land on their JC_BTN_* bits.
+    #[test]
+    fn positional_swap_and_button_bits() {
+        let st = SwitchState::from_gamepad(gs::BTN_A, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        assert_eq!(st.buttons, btn::B);
+        let st = SwitchState::from_gamepad(gs::BTN_B, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        assert_eq!(st.buttons, btn::A);
+        let st = SwitchState::from_gamepad(gs::BTN_X, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        assert_eq!(st.buttons, btn::Y);
+        let st = SwitchState::from_gamepad(gs::BTN_Y, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        assert_eq!(st.buttons, btn::X);
+        // Shoulders / sticks / meta / dpad / triggers-as-digital.
+        let st = SwitchState::from_gamepad(
+            gs::BTN_LB | gs::BTN_RB | gs::BTN_BACK | gs::BTN_START | gs::BTN_GUIDE | gs::BTN_MISC1,
+            0,
+            0,
+            0,
+            0,
+            255,
+            1,
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            st.buttons,
+            btn::L | btn::R | btn::MINUS | btn::PLUS | btn::HOME | btn::CAPTURE | btn::ZL | btn::ZR
+        );
+        let st = SwitchState::from_gamepad(gs::BTN_DPAD_UP | gs::BTN_DPAD_LEFT, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        assert_eq!(st.buttons, btn::UP | btn::LEFT);
+    }
+
+    /// Sticks: wire full deflection → center ± range on the raw 12-bit axis, both axes the same
+    /// direction (the driver's own Y negation restores evdev's negative-up).
+    #[test]
+    fn stick_scaling() {
+        assert_eq!(stick_raw(0), STICK_CENTER);
+        assert_eq!(stick_raw(32767), STICK_CENTER + STICK_RANGE);
+        assert_eq!(stick_raw(-32767), STICK_CENTER - STICK_RANGE);
+        // Extreme min doesn't underflow past the 12-bit range.
+        assert!(stick_raw(i16::MIN) <= 0xFFF);
+    }
+
+    /// The 3-byte 12-bit packing matches `hid_field_extract`'s little-endian bitfield order:
+    /// value A at bit 0, value B at bit 12.
+    #[test]
+    fn pack12_layout() {
+        assert_eq!(pack12(0x578, 0x578), [0x78, 0x85, 0x57]); // 1400/1400 (the cal pair)
+        assert_eq!(pack12(0x800, 0x800), [0x00, 0x08, 0x80]); // 2048/2048 (the center pair)
+                                                              // Extract back: a = b0 | (b1 & 0xF) << 8; b = (b1 >> 4) | b2 << 4.
+        let p = pack12(0xABC, 0x123);
+        let a = p[0] as u16 | ((p[1] as u16 & 0xF) << 8);
+        let b = ((p[1] as u16) >> 4) | ((p[2] as u16) << 4);
+        assert_eq!((a, b), (0xABC, 0x123));
+    }
+
+    /// Report 0x30 layout, pinned against `struct joycon_input_report` + `joycon_imu_data`:
+    /// header bytes, packed sticks, and the 3 × 12-byte IMU frames (accel then gyro, LE).
+    #[test]
+    fn report_0x30_layout() {
+        let mut st = SwitchState::neutral();
+        st.buttons = btn::B | btn::MINUS | btn::ZL;
+        st.gyro = [0x1122, -2, 3];
+        st.accel = [-1, 0x3344, 5];
+        let r = serialize_report_0x30(&st, 7);
+        assert_eq!(r[0], 0x30);
+        assert_eq!(r[1], 7);
+        assert_eq!(r[2], BAT_CON_FULL_WIRED);
+        assert_eq!(r[3], 0x04); // B = bit 2
+        assert_eq!(r[4], 0x01); // MINUS = bit 8
+        assert_eq!(r[5], 0x80); // ZL = bit 23
+        assert_eq!(&r[6..9], &pack12(STICK_CENTER, STICK_CENTER));
+        assert_eq!(&r[9..12], &pack12(STICK_CENTER, STICK_CENTER));
+        assert_eq!(r[12], VIBRATOR_READY);
+        // Frame 0 at byte 13: accel x/y/z then gyro x/y/z, i16 LE.
+        assert_eq!(&r[13..15], &(-1i16).to_le_bytes());
+        assert_eq!(&r[15..17], &0x3344u16.to_le_bytes());
+        assert_eq!(&r[19..21], &0x1122u16.to_le_bytes());
+        // Frames repeat identically at +12 and +24.
+        assert_eq!(&r[13..25], &r[25..37]);
+        assert_eq!(&r[13..25], &r[37..49]);
+    }
+
+    /// Subcommand replies: ≥ 49 bytes (we send 64), ack at byte 13, echoed id at byte 14 (the
+    /// ONLY byte the driver's matcher checks), payload from byte 15.
+    #[test]
+    fn subcmd_reply_layout() {
+        let st = SwitchState::neutral();
+        let r = build_subcmd_reply(&st, 3, 0x90, 0x10, &[0xAA, 0xBB]);
+        assert_eq!(r.len(), SWITCH_REPORT_LEN);
+        assert_eq!(r[0], 0x21);
+        assert_eq!(r[13], 0x90);
+        assert_eq!(r[14], 0x10);
+        assert_eq!(&r[15..17], &[0xAA, 0xBB]);
+        // USB ack: exactly the two bytes joycon_send_usb matches.
+        let a = build_usb_ack(0x02);
+        assert_eq!((a[0], a[1]), (0x81, 0x02));
+    }
+
+    /// SPI blobs: magics read as ABSENT (≠ B2 A1); the stick blobs put center strictly between
+    /// min and max on both axes in the driver's per-side byte order; the reply echoes addr+len.
+    #[test]
+    fn spi_blobs_valid() {
+        for addr in [0x8010u32, 0x801B, 0x8026] {
+            let p = spi_flash_read(addr, 2).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(&p[..4], &addr.to_le_bytes());
+            assert_eq!(p[4], 2);
+            assert!(!(p[5] == 0xB2 && p[6] == 0xA1));
+        }
+        let unpack = |b: &[u8]| -> (u16, u16) {
+            let a = b[0] as u16 | ((b[1] as u16 & 0xF) << 8);
+            let y = ((b[1] as u16) >> 4) | ((b[2] as u16) << 4);
+            (a, y)
+        };
+        // Left: max-above ++ center ++ min-below.
+        let l = spi_flash_read(0x603D, 9).unwrap();
+        let (data, hdr) = (&l[5..], &l[..5]);
+        assert_eq!(hdr, &[0x3D, 0x60, 0, 0, 9]);
+        let (max_above, _) = unpack(&data[0..3]);
+        let (center, _) = unpack(&data[3..6]);
+        let (min_below, _) = unpack(&data[6..9]);
+        assert_eq!(center, STICK_CENTER);
+        assert!(center - min_below < center && center < center + max_above);
+        // Right: center ++ min-below ++ max-above.
+        let r = spi_flash_read(0x6046, 9).unwrap();
+        let (rc, _) = unpack(&r[5..8]);
+        assert_eq!(rc, STICK_CENTER);
+        // IMU: offsets 0, driver-default scales — the identity calibration.
+        let imu = spi_flash_read(0x6020, 24).unwrap();
+        let d = &imu[5..];
+        assert_eq!(&d[0..6], &[0; 6]);
+        assert_eq!(&d[6..8], &16384u16.to_le_bytes());
+        assert_eq!(&d[12..18], &[0; 6]);
+        assert_eq!(&d[18..20], &13371u16.to_le_bytes());
+        // Unmapped range → None.
+        assert!(spi_flash_read(0x6050, 12).is_none());
+    }
+
+    /// Motion unit conversion: wire (20 LSB/°·s, 10000 LSB/g) → raw (14.247 LSB/°·s, 4096 LSB/g).
+    #[test]
+    fn motion_units() {
+        let mut st = SwitchState::neutral();
+        // 100 °/s = wire 2000 → raw ≈ 1424; 1 g = wire 10000 → raw 4096.
+        st.apply_motion([2000, 0, -2000], [10000, -10000, 0]);
+        assert_eq!(st.gyro, [1424, 0, -1424]);
+        assert_eq!(st.accel, [4096, -4096, 0]);
+    }
+
+    /// Rumble decode inverts the driver's encoder: a neutral packet decodes to silence; the
+    /// max-amplitude packet decodes to full scale; left = low/strong, right = high/weak.
+    #[test]
+    fn rumble_decode() {
+        // Neutral per the driver's tables: freq defaults + amp 0.
+        let neutral = [0x00, 0x01, 0x40, 0x40, 0x00, 0x01, 0x40, 0x40];
+        assert_eq!(decode_rumble(&neutral), (0, 0));
+        // Max amp (0xC8 → index 100 → 1003 → 65535) on the LEFT only → (low=full, high=0).
+        let left_max = [0x00, 0xC8, 0x40, 0x72, 0x00, 0x01, 0x40, 0x40];
+        assert_eq!(decode_rumble(&left_max), (65535, 0));
+        // Mid-table on the right: amp_high 0x20 → index 16 → 117 → 117*65535/1003 = 7644.
+        let right_mid = [0x00, 0x01, 0x40, 0x40, 0x00, 0x20, 0x48, 0x40];
+        assert_eq!(decode_rumble(&right_mid), (0, 7644));
+        // The freq bit riding data[1] bit0 must not disturb the amplitude index.
+        let with_freq_bit = [0x00, 0x21, 0x48, 0x40, 0x00, 0x01, 0x40, 0x40];
+        assert_eq!(decode_rumble(&with_freq_bit).0, 7644);
+        // Short slice → silence, not a panic.
+        assert_eq!(decode_rumble(&[0x10; 4]), (0, 0));
+    }
+
+    /// Output-report parse: the three shapes the driver sends.
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_output_shapes() {
+        assert!(matches!(
+            parse_output(&[0x80, 0x02]),
+            Some(SwitchOutput::UsbCmd(0x02))
+        ));
+        let mut sub = vec![0x01, 0x05];
+        sub.extend_from_slice(&[0x00, 0x01, 0x40, 0x40, 0x00, 0x01, 0x40, 0x40]);
+        sub.push(0x10); // subcmd id
+        sub.extend_from_slice(&[0x3D, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09]); // SPI addr+len args
+        match parse_output(&sub) {
+            Some(SwitchOutput::Subcmd { id, args, rumble }) => {
+                assert_eq!(id, 0x10);
+                assert_eq!(&args[..5], &[0x3D, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09]);
+                assert_eq!(rumble, (0, 0));
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected subcmd"),
+        }
+        let mut rum = vec![0x10, 0x06];
+        rum.extend_from_slice(&[0x00, 0xC8, 0x40, 0x72, 0x00, 0x01, 0x40, 0x40]);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            parse_output(&rum),
+            Some(SwitchOutput::Rumble((65535, 0)))
+        ));
+        assert!(parse_output(&[0x21]).is_none());
+        assert!(parse_output(&[]).is_none());
+    }
+
+    /// Player lights: solid + flashing nibbles both count as lit.
+    #[test]
+    fn player_lights() {
+        assert_eq!(player_leds_bits(0x01), 0b0001);
+        assert_eq!(player_leds_bits(0x10), 0b0001); // flashing LED 1
+        assert_eq!(player_leds_bits(0x23), 0b0011 | 0b0010);
+    }
+
+    /// Device info: type byte 0x03 (Pro Controller) at payload[2], MAC at [4..10].
+    #[test]
+    fn device_info_shape() {
+        let mac = switch_mac(3);
+        let p = device_info_payload(&mac);
+        assert_eq!(p[2], 0x03);
+        assert_eq!(&p[4..10], &mac);
+        assert_eq!(mac[5], 3);
+    }
+}

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/uhid_manager.rs

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+//! The generic stateful virtual-pad manager ([`UhidManager`]) shared by the five backends that
+//! keep a full per-pad report state (Linux UHID DualSense / DualShock 4 / Steam Deck, Windows UMDF
+//! DualSense / DualShock 4): event routing, the frame merge, rich-input application, the silence
+//! heartbeat, and the feedback pump with rumble + hidout dedup are written once here; a backend
+//! supplies only its per-controller pieces via [`PadProto`]. The stateless backends (Linux uinput,
+//! Windows XUSB) write frames straight through with no state vec / heartbeat / rich plane, so they
+//! use [`PadSlots`] directly instead.
+
+use crate::gamestream::gamepad::{GamepadEvent, GamepadFrame, MAX_PADS};
+use crate::inject::dualsense_proto::HidoutDedup;
+use crate::inject::pad_slots::PadSlots;
+use anyhow::Result;
+use punktfunk_core::quic::{HidOutput, RichInput};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+/// What one feedback pass extracted from a pad's driver/kernel channel. `rumble` rides the
+/// universal 0xCA plane (deduped against the last-forwarded level); `hidout` carries the rich
+/// 0xCD feedback events (lightbar / player LEDs / adaptive triggers), deduped via [`HidoutDedup`].
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct PadFeedback {
+    /// `(low, high)` motor levels (0..=0xFF00), if the pass saw a rumble report.
+    pub rumble: Option<(u16, u16)>,
+    pub hidout: Vec<HidOutput>,
+}
+
+/// The per-controller half of a stateful virtual-pad backend — everything [`UhidManager`] cannot
+/// share because it differs per protocol: the transport open, the report-state model and its
+/// GameStream/rich-input mappers, the state write, and the feedback poll.
+///
+/// The `&mut self` receivers let a backend carry configuration (the Steam-paddle remap policy, a
+/// pad identity); most implementations are otherwise stateless.
+pub trait PadProto {
+    /// The per-pad transport (a UHID fd, a UMDF shared-memory channel, the Deck transport enum).
+    type Pad;
+    /// The pad's full report state (`DsState`, `SteamState`) — `Copy` like both of those, so the
+    /// manager can hand a snapshot to [`write_state`](Self::write_state) without borrow gymnastics.
+    type State: Copy;
+
+    /// Backend tag in the shared lifecycle log lines, e.g. `"DualSense/Windows"`.
+    const LABEL: &'static str;
+    /// Device name in the create-failure line ("virtual `<DEVICE>` creation failed …").
+    const DEVICE: &'static str;
+    /// Suffix for the create-failure line — empty on Linux, the driver-install hint on Windows.
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str;
+
+    /// Open the virtual pad for wire index `idx`, logging its own success line (it knows the
+    /// transport detail worth printing); failures are logged by the manager's create gate.
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<Self::Pad>;
+    /// The all-neutral report state a fresh or unplugged pad (re)starts from.
+    fn neutral(&self) -> Self::State;
+    /// Fold one decoded button/stick frame into a new state, preserving from `prev` every field
+    /// that arrives on the rich plane instead (touch contacts / clicks, motion) — the G2 hook, in
+    /// one place per backend. Paddle remap policy is applied here too.
+    fn merge_frame(&self, prev: &Self::State, f: &GamepadFrame) -> Self::State;
+    /// Apply one rich client→host event (touchpad contact / motion sample) to the state.
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut Self::State, rich: RichInput);
+    /// Write the full state to the pad (best-effort; the next frame or heartbeat re-syncs).
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut Self::Pad, st: &Self::State);
+    /// Poll the pad's driver/kernel channel: answer any pending handshake and return the feedback
+    /// it carried. `idx` is the wire pad index (the DualSense GET_REPORT replies need it).
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut Self::Pad, idx: u8) -> PadFeedback;
+    /// Whether this pad needs a heartbeat write NOW regardless of the silence gap (the Steam
+    /// backend streams through its gamepad-mode-entry pulse).
+    fn force_heartbeat(&self, _pad: &Self::Pad) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+}
+
+/// All virtual pads of one stateful backend, driven from decoded controller events — the shared
+/// skeleton of the five UHID/UMDF managers. Method surface (`new` / `handle` / `apply_rich` /
+/// `pump` / `heartbeat`) is exactly what the session input thread already drives, so each backend
+/// re-exports itself as a `pub type … = UhidManager<…Proto>;` alias.
+pub struct UhidManager<B: PadProto> {
+    backend: B,
+    slots: PadSlots<B::Pad>,
+    /// Each pad's current full report — buttons/sticks merged with persisted rich-plane fields.
+    state: Vec<B::State>,
+    /// Last rumble forwarded per pad, so a report that only changes rich feedback doesn't re-send it.
+    last_rumble: Vec<(u16, u16)>,
+    /// Last rich feedback forwarded per pad, so an output report that only changed the rumble
+    /// doesn't re-send unchanged lightbar/LED/trigger state.
+    hidout_dedup: Vec<HidoutDedup>,
+    /// When each pad last wrote an input report — drives [`heartbeat`](Self::heartbeat).
+    last_write: Vec<Instant>,
+}
+
+impl<B: PadProto + Default> UhidManager<B> {
+    pub fn new() -> UhidManager<B> {
+        UhidManager::with_backend(B::default())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<B: PadProto + Default> Default for UhidManager<B> {
+    fn default() -> UhidManager<B> {
+        UhidManager::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<B: PadProto> UhidManager<B> {
+    pub fn with_backend(backend: B) -> UhidManager<B> {
+        let state = (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| backend.neutral()).collect();
+        UhidManager {
+            backend,
+            slots: PadSlots::new(B::LABEL, B::DEVICE, B::CREATE_HINT),
+            state,
+            last_rumble: vec![(0, 0); MAX_PADS],
+            hidout_dedup: vec![HidoutDedup::default(); MAX_PADS],
+            last_write: vec![Instant::now(); MAX_PADS],
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Handle one decoded controller event (create/destroy by mask, then merge button/stick state).
+    pub fn handle(&mut self, ev: &GamepadEvent) {
+        match ev {
+            GamepadEvent::Arrival { index, kind, .. } => {
+                tracing::info!(index, kind, "controller arrival ({})", B::LABEL);
+                self.ensure(*index as usize);
+            }
+            GamepadEvent::State(f) => {
+                let idx = f.index as usize;
+                if idx >= MAX_PADS {
+                    return;
+                }
+                // Unplugs: drop any allocated pad whose mask bit cleared, resetting its state.
+                let swept = self.slots.sweep(f.active_mask);
+                for i in 0..MAX_PADS {
+                    if swept & (1 << i) != 0 {
+                        self.reset_pad(i);
+                    }
+                }
+                if f.active_mask & (1 << idx) == 0 {
+                    return; // this event WAS the unplug
+                }
+                self.ensure(idx);
+                // Merge buttons/sticks/triggers from the frame, preserving the rich-plane fields
+                // (touch + motion arrive separately and must survive a button-only frame).
+                self.state[idx] = self.backend.merge_frame(&self.state[idx], f);
+                self.write(idx);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Apply one rich client→host event (touchpad contact / motion sample) to an existing pad,
+    /// preserving its button/stick state. Rich events never create a pad (a controller must have
+    /// arrived first); they're dropped if the pad isn't present.
+    pub fn apply_rich(&mut self, rich: RichInput) {
+        let idx = match rich {
+            RichInput::Touchpad { pad, .. }
+            | RichInput::Motion { pad, .. }
+            | RichInput::TouchpadEx { pad, .. } => pad as usize,
+        };
+        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.slots.get(idx).is_none() {
+            return;
+        }
+        self.backend.apply_rich(&mut self.state[idx], rich);
+        self.write(idx);
+    }
+
+    /// Re-emit each live pad's CURRENT report if it's been silent for `max_gap` (or the backend
+    /// forces a write). The UHID/UMDF drivers treat a multi-second input silence — a held-steady
+    /// stick produces no wire events — as an unplugged controller; re-sending the current state is
+    /// idempotent (a stale-but-correct frame, never a phantom input).
+    pub fn heartbeat(&mut self, max_gap: Duration) {
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        for i in 0..MAX_PADS {
+            let Some(pad) = self.slots.get(i) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            if self.backend.force_heartbeat(pad)
+                || now.duration_since(self.last_write[i]) >= max_gap
+            {
+                self.write(i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Service every pad: answer any pending driver/kernel handshake and route a game's feedback
+    /// back out. `rumble` is invoked `(index, low, high)` only when the motor level *changes* (the
+    /// universal 0xCA plane); `hidout` is invoked per rich feedback event that isn't an exact
+    /// repeat of the last-forwarded value (the 0xCD plane). Call frequently — kernel/driver init
+    /// handshakes block until answered.
+    pub fn pump(
+        &mut self,
+        mut rumble: impl FnMut(u16, u16, u16),
+        mut hidout: impl FnMut(HidOutput),
+    ) {
+        for i in 0..MAX_PADS {
+            let Some(pad) = self.slots.get_mut(i) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            let fb = self.backend.service(pad, i as u8);
+            if let Some(r) = fb.rumble {
+                if self.last_rumble[i] != r {
+                    self.last_rumble[i] = r;
+                    rumble(i as u16, r.0, r.1);
+                }
+            }
+            for h in fb.hidout {
+                // Skip rich feedback that repeats the last-forwarded value (a game's output report
+                // re-sends unchanged lightbar/LED/trigger state alongside every rumble update).
+                if self.hidout_dedup[i].should_forward(&h) {
+                    hidout(h);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Write the pad's current state (if it exists) and reset its heartbeat clock — on every write
+    /// (real input or heartbeat), so an actively-used pad emits no extra reports.
+    fn write(&mut self, idx: usize) {
+        let st = self.state[idx];
+        if let Some(pad) = self.slots.get_mut(idx) {
+            self.backend.write_state(pad, &st);
+        }
+        self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
+    }
+
+    /// Gate-checked create; a FRESH pad starts from neutral state + re-armed dedups.
+    fn ensure(&mut self, idx: usize) {
+        let backend = &mut self.backend;
+        if self.slots.ensure(idx, |i| backend.open(i)) {
+            self.reset_pad(idx);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Reset one pad's sibling state (on create and unplug) so the first frame/feedback after a
+    /// (re)connect starts from scratch and is always forwarded.
+    fn reset_pad(&mut self, idx: usize) {
+        self.state[idx] = self.backend.neutral();
+        self.last_rumble[idx] = (0, 0);
+        self.hidout_dedup[idx].clear();
+        self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::cell::RefCell;
+
+    /// Scripted mock: `open` fails while `fail_opens > 0`; `service` replays canned feedback;
+    /// `MockState` carries a marker for the frame-merge preserve check.
+    #[derive(Default)]
+    struct MockProto {
+        fail_opens: RefCell<u32>,
+        feedback: RefCell<Vec<PadFeedback>>,
+        force_hb: bool,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    struct MockState {
+        buttons: u32,
+        /// Stands in for the rich-plane fields (touch/motion/clicks): set by `apply_rich`,
+        /// must survive `merge_frame`.
+        rich_marker: u16,
+    }
+
+    /// Per-pad transport stub recording every state write.
+    #[derive(Default)]
+    struct MockPad {
+        writes: RefCell<Vec<MockState>>,
+    }
+
+    impl PadProto for MockProto {
+        type Pad = MockPad;
+        type State = MockState;
+        const LABEL: &'static str = "Mock";
+        const DEVICE: &'static str = "mock pad";
+        const CREATE_HINT: &'static str = "";
+
+        fn open(&mut self, _idx: u8) -> Result<MockPad> {
+            let mut fails = self.fail_opens.borrow_mut();
+            if *fails > 0 {
+                *fails -= 1;
+                anyhow::bail!("scripted open failure");
+            }
+            Ok(MockPad::default())
+        }
+        fn neutral(&self) -> MockState {
+            MockState::default()
+        }
+        fn merge_frame(&self, prev: &MockState, f: &GamepadFrame) -> MockState {
+            MockState {
+                buttons: f.buttons,
+                rich_marker: prev.rich_marker, // the preserve-rich-fields contract
+            }
+        }
+        fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut MockState, rich: RichInput) {
+            if let RichInput::Touchpad { x, .. } = rich {
+                st.rich_marker = x;
+            }
+        }
+        fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut MockPad, st: &MockState) {
+            pad.writes.borrow_mut().push(*st);
+        }
+        fn service(&self, _pad: &mut MockPad, _idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+            let mut fb = self.feedback.borrow_mut();
+            if fb.is_empty() {
+                PadFeedback::default()
+            } else {
+                fb.remove(0)
+            }
+        }
+        fn force_heartbeat(&self, _pad: &MockPad) -> bool {
+            self.force_hb
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn frame(idx: i16, mask: u16, buttons: u32) -> GamepadEvent {
+        GamepadEvent::State(GamepadFrame {
+            index: idx,
+            active_mask: mask,
+            buttons,
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn touch(pad: u8, x: u16) -> RichInput {
+        RichInput::Touchpad {
+            pad,
+            finger: 0,
+            active: true,
+            x,
+            y: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn mgr() -> UhidManager<MockProto> {
+        UhidManager::new()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn arrival_eager_creates_the_pad() {
+        // G10 as a generic regression test: Arrival must build the device before the first frame.
+        let mut m = mgr();
+        m.handle(&GamepadEvent::Arrival {
+            index: 2,
+            kind: 1,
+            capabilities: 0,
+        });
+        assert!(m.slots.get(2).is_some());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn button_frame_preserves_rich_fields_and_writes_merged_state() {
+        // G2 as a generic regression test: rich-plane state must survive a button-only frame.
+        let mut m = mgr();
+        m.handle(&frame(0, 0b1, 0));
+        m.apply_rich(touch(0, 777));
+        m.handle(&frame(0, 0b1, 0xA));
+        let pad = m.slots.get(0).unwrap();
+        let writes = pad.writes.borrow();
+        let last = writes.last().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(last.buttons, 0xA);
+        assert_eq!(last.rich_marker, 777); // preserved across the merge
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn removal_frame_never_recreates_the_pad_it_swept() {
+        let mut m = mgr();
+        m.handle(&frame(1, 0b10, 0));
+        assert!(m.slots.get(1).is_some());
+        // Bit 1 cleared and the frame IS pad 1's removal — sweep, then early-return (no ensure).
+        m.handle(&frame(1, 0b00, 0));
+        assert!(m.slots.get(1).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rich_event_for_an_absent_pad_is_dropped_and_never_creates() {
+        let mut m = mgr();
+        m.apply_rich(touch(3, 42));
+        assert!(m.slots.get(3).is_none());
+        // …and it left no state behind: a later create starts truly neutral.
+        m.handle(&frame(3, 0b1000, 0));
+        assert_eq!(m.state[3].rich_marker, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_failure_backs_off_then_state_still_tracks() {
+        let mut m = mgr();
+        *m.backend.fail_opens.borrow_mut() = 1;
+        m.handle(&frame(0, 0b1, 0x1));
+        // Open failed: no pad, but the merged state is tracked (matching the old managers).
+        assert!(m.slots.get(0).is_none());
+        assert_eq!(m.state[0].buttons, 0x1);
+        // Next frame inside the backoff window: still no pad, no panic.
+        m.handle(&frame(0, 0b1, 0x3));
+        assert!(m.slots.get(0).is_none());
+        assert_eq!(m.state[0].buttons, 0x3);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rumble_dedup_forwards_changes_only_and_rearms_on_recreate() {
+        let mut m = mgr();
+        m.handle(&frame(0, 0b1, 0));
+        let collect = |m: &mut UhidManager<MockProto>| {
+            let out = RefCell::new(Vec::new());
+            m.pump(|i, lo, hi| out.borrow_mut().push((i, lo, hi)), |_| {});
+            out.into_inner()
+        };
+        let rumble = |r| PadFeedback {
+            rumble: Some(r),
+            hidout: Vec::new(),
+        };
+        *m.backend.feedback.borrow_mut() = vec![rumble((100, 0)), rumble((100, 0)), rumble((7, 7))];
+        assert_eq!(collect(&mut m), vec![(0, 100, 0)]); // first value forwards
+        assert_eq!(collect(&mut m), vec![]); // exact repeat deduped
+        assert_eq!(collect(&mut m), vec![(0, 7, 7)]); // change forwards
+                                                      // Unplug + recreate re-arms the dedup: the same level forwards again.
+        m.handle(&frame(0, 0b0, 0));
+        m.handle(&frame(0, 0b1, 0));
+        *m.backend.feedback.borrow_mut() = vec![rumble((7, 7))];
+        assert_eq!(collect(&mut m), vec![(0, 7, 7)]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hidout_dedup_drops_exact_repeats() {
+        let mut m = mgr();
+        m.handle(&frame(0, 0b1, 0));
+        let led = |r| HidOutput::Led {
+            pad: 0,
+            r,
+            g: 0,
+            b: 0,
+        };
+        *m.backend.feedback.borrow_mut() = vec![PadFeedback {
+            rumble: None,
+            hidout: vec![led(10), led(10), led(20)],
+        }];
+        let out = RefCell::new(0u32);
+        m.pump(
+            |_, _, _| {},
+            |_| {
+                *out.borrow_mut() += 1;
+            },
+        );
+        assert_eq!(out.into_inner(), 2); // 10 forwarded once, 20 forwarded; the repeat dropped
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn heartbeat_reemits_silent_pads_and_honors_force() {
+        let mut m = mgr();
+        m.handle(&frame(0, 0b1, 0x5));
+        let writes = |m: &UhidManager<MockProto>| m.slots.get(0).unwrap().writes.borrow().len();
+        let after_frame = writes(&m);
+        // A pad written just now is NOT re-emitted under a huge gap…
+        m.heartbeat(Duration::from_secs(3600));
+        assert_eq!(writes(&m), after_frame);
+        // …but a zero gap counts it as silent and re-emits the CURRENT state.
+        m.heartbeat(Duration::ZERO);
+        assert_eq!(writes(&m), after_frame + 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            m.slots
+                .get(0)
+                .unwrap()
+                .writes
+                .borrow()
+                .last()
+                .unwrap()
+                .buttons,
+            0x5
+        );
+        // The backend's force flag overrides the gap entirely (the Steam mode-entry pulse).
+        m.backend.force_hb = true;
+        m.heartbeat(Duration::from_secs(3600));
+        assert_eq!(writes(&m), after_frame + 2);
+    }
+}

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/windows/dualsense_edge_windows.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+//! Virtual Sony DualSense **Edge** on Windows via the UMDF minidriver — the Edge sibling of
+//! [`super::dualsense_windows`]. Same transport ([`DsWinPad`]: a per-session `SwDeviceCreate`
+//! devnode + the sealed shared-memory channel), same report codec ([`super::dualsense_proto`]);
+//! the host stamps `device_type = 2` so the one UMDF driver serves the Edge descriptor /
+//! `VID_054C&PID_0DF2` attributes, and the wire back-grip bits map onto the Edge's native
+//! `buttons[2]` slots instead of the fold/drop policy — a client's Deck grips / Elite paddles
+//! reach games as real buttons. Feedback is identical to the plain DualSense (rumble arrives with
+//! the vibration-v2 flag, which [`parse_ds_output`](super::dualsense_proto::parse_ds_output)
+//! already handles).
+
+use super::dualsense_proto::{edge_paddle_bits, DsState, DS_TOUCH_H, DS_TOUCH_W};
+use super::dualsense_windows::{DsWinPad, WinDsIdentity};
+use crate::inject::uhid_manager::{PadFeedback, PadProto, UhidManager};
+use anyhow::Result;
+use punktfunk_core::quic::RichInput;
+
+/// The Windows-Edge half of the shared stateful manager (see [`PadProto`]): the shared
+/// [`DsWinPad`] transport under the Edge identity, with the Edge paddle mapping in `merge_frame`.
+/// No remap config — every wire paddle has a native slot.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct DsEdgeWinProto;
+
+impl PadProto for DsEdgeWinProto {
+    type Pad = DsWinPad;
+    type State = DsState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "DualSense Edge/Windows";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "DualSense Edge";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str =
+        " (install/repair: punktfunk-host.exe driver install --gamepad)";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<DsWinPad> {
+        let p = DsWinPad::open(idx, &WinDsIdentity::dualsense_edge())?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            index = idx,
+            "virtual DualSense Edge created (Windows UMDF shm channel)"
+        );
+        Ok(p)
+    }
+
+    fn neutral(&self) -> DsState {
+        DsState::neutral()
+    }
+
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers from the frame, preserving the rich-plane fields — like the
+    /// plain DualSense, EXCEPT the wire paddles land on the Edge's own `buttons[2]` bits
+    /// (rebuilt from every button frame, so no extra persistence).
+    fn merge_frame(&self, prev: &DsState, f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame) -> DsState {
+        let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
+            f.buttons,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.buttons[2] |= edge_paddle_bits(f.buttons);
+        s.touch = prev.touch;
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s.touch_click = prev.touch_click;
+        s
+    }
+
+    /// The shared DualSense-family mapping (dualsense_proto::DsState::apply_rich): Steam dual pads
+    /// split the one touchpad left/right, pad clicks ride touch_click.
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut DsState, rich: RichInput) {
+        st.apply_rich(rich, DS_TOUCH_W, DS_TOUCH_H);
+    }
+
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut DsWinPad, st: &DsState) {
+        pad.write_state(st);
+    }
+
+    /// Poll the section for a game's feedback: motor rumble on the universal 0xCA plane, the rich
+    /// lightbar/player-LED/trigger events on the 0xCD plane.
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut DsWinPad, idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        let fb = pad.service(idx);
+        PadFeedback {
+            rumble: fb.rumble,
+            hidout: fb.hidout,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// All virtual DualSense Edge pads of a session — the Windows analogue of
+/// [`DualSenseEdgeManager`](crate::inject::dualsense::DualSenseEdgeManager), with the same method
+/// surface (via the shared [`UhidManager`]) as the other Windows pad managers.
+pub type DualSenseEdgeWindowsManager = UhidManager<DsEdgeWinProto>;

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/windows/dualsense_windows.rs

@@ -18,17 +18,16 @@
 //! must already be installed; the installer stages it.)
 
 use super::dualsense_proto::{
-    parse_ds_output, serialize_state, DsFeedback, DsState, HidoutDedup, DS_INPUT_REPORT_LEN,
-    DS_TOUCH_H, DS_TOUCH_W,
+    parse_ds_output, serialize_state, DsFeedback, DsState, DS_INPUT_REPORT_LEN, DS_TOUCH_H,
+    DS_TOUCH_W,
 };
 use super::gamepad_raii::{sw_create_cb, PadChannel, SwCreateCtx};
-use crate::gamestream::gamepad::{GamepadEvent, MAX_PADS};
-use crate::inject::pad_gate::PadGate;
+use crate::inject::uhid_manager::{PadFeedback, PadProto, UhidManager};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
-use punktfunk_core::quic::{HidOutput, RichInput};
+use punktfunk_core::quic::RichInput;
 use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::sync::atomic::{fence, AtomicU32, Ordering};
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
 use windows::core::{w, GUID, PCWSTR};
 use windows::Win32::Devices::Enumeration::Pnp::{
     SwDeviceClose, SwDeviceCreate, HSWDEVICE, SW_DEVICE_CREATE_INFO,
@@ -56,11 +55,14 @@ pub(super) const OFF_DRIVER_PROTO: usize =
 pub(super) const OFF_PAD_INDEX: usize =
     core::mem::offset_of!(pf_driver_proto::gamepad::PadShm, pad_index);
 pub(super) const DEVTYPE_DUALSHOCK4: u8 = pf_driver_proto::gamepad::DEVTYPE_DUALSHOCK4;
+pub(super) const DEVTYPE_DUALSENSE_EDGE: u8 = pf_driver_proto::gamepad::DEVTYPE_DUALSENSE_EDGE;
 
 /// A single virtual DualSense: the SwDeviceCreate'd `pf_pad_<index>` software devnode (the driver
 /// loads on it and the HID DualSense appears to games) plus the sealed shared-memory channel.
 /// Dropping it removes the devnode (`SwDeviceClose`) and closes both sections.
-struct DsWinPad {
+/// `pub`: the type appears as `type Pad` in the `PadProto` impl (a public trait), like the
+/// Linux pads.
+pub struct DsWinPad {
     /// Per-session devnode from SwDeviceCreate, when it succeeds (RAII — `SwDeviceClose` on drop).
     /// `None` falls back to an out-of-band `pf_dualsense` devnode (installer/devgen).
     _sw: Option<super::gamepad_raii::SwDevice>,
@@ -86,6 +88,11 @@ pub(super) struct SwDeviceProfile<'a> {
     pub hwid: &'a str,
     /// The USB VID&PID token (`VID_054C&PID_0CE6`) used to synthesize the USB hardware/compatible ids.
     pub usb_vid_pid: &'a str,
+    /// USB composite interface number to synthesize (`&MI_xx` appended to the USB hardware ids).
+    /// hidclass mirrors the parent's `USB\VID…` tokens into the HID child's hardware ids, and
+    /// hidapi/SDL/Steam parse the child's `MI_` token as `bInterfaceNumber` (defaulting to 0 when
+    /// absent) — the Steam Deck's controller lives on interface 2, the gate the N4 spike hit.
+    pub usb_mi: Option<u8>,
     /// Device description shown in Device Manager.
     pub description: &'a str,
 }
@@ -124,8 +131,9 @@ pub(super) fn create_swdevice(p: &SwDeviceProfile) -> Result<(HSWDEVICE, Option<
             .chain(std::iter::once(0))
             .collect()
     };
-    let usb_rev = format!("USB\\{}&REV_0100", p.usb_vid_pid);
-    let usb = format!("USB\\{}", p.usb_vid_pid);
+    let mi = p.usb_mi.map(|n| format!("&MI_{n:02}")).unwrap_or_default();
+    let usb_rev = format!("USB\\{}&REV_0100{mi}", p.usb_vid_pid);
+    let usb = format!("USB\\{}{mi}", p.usb_vid_pid);
     let hwids = multi_sz(&[
         p.hwid, // FIRST → the INF binds our UMDF driver on this id
         usb_rev.as_str(),
@@ -227,20 +235,57 @@ pub(super) fn create_swdevice(p: &SwDeviceProfile) -> Result<(HSWDEVICE, Option<
     Ok((hsw, ctx.instance_id()))
 }
 
+/// The identity a [`DsWinPad`] enumerates with — the plain DualSense or the Edge share the whole
+/// transport (section layout, input report shape, output parse); only the `device_type` stamp and
+/// the PnP identity differ. The DS4 differs in report codec too, so it keeps its own pad type.
+pub(super) struct WinDsIdentity {
+    /// `device_type` stamped into the section (the driver picks its HID identity off it).
+    pub devtype: u8,
+    /// PnP instance-id prefix (`pf_pad` / `pf_edge`) — distinct namespaces per type.
+    pub instance_prefix: &'static str,
+    /// The INF-matched hardware id.
+    pub hwid: &'static str,
+    /// The USB VID&PID token for the synthesized bus identity.
+    pub usb_vid_pid: &'static str,
+    /// Device Manager description.
+    pub description: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl WinDsIdentity {
+    pub(super) const fn dualsense() -> WinDsIdentity {
+        WinDsIdentity {
+            devtype: 0,
+            instance_prefix: "pf_pad",
+            hwid: "pf_dualsense",
+            usb_vid_pid: "VID_054C&PID_0CE6",
+            description: "punktfunk Virtual DualSense",
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) const fn dualsense_edge() -> WinDsIdentity {
+        WinDsIdentity {
+            devtype: DEVTYPE_DUALSENSE_EDGE,
+            instance_prefix: "pf_edge",
+            hwid: "pf_dualsenseedge",
+            usb_vid_pid: "VID_054C&PID_0DF2",
+            description: "punktfunk Virtual DualSense Edge",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl DsWinPad {
     /// Create the sealed channel (unnamed DATA section + `Global\pfds-boot-<index>` mailbox), stamp
-    /// the pad index + neutral report + the magic LAST, then spawn the `pf_pad_<index>` devnode (the
-    /// driver loads on it and receives the DATA handle over the bootstrap). The devnode lives for the
-    /// pad's lifetime — dropping the pad removes it (`SwDeviceClose`).
-    fn open(index: u8) -> Result<DsWinPad> {
+    /// the device type FIRST (so it's visible the moment magic is) + the pad index + a neutral
+    /// report + the magic LAST, then spawn the devnode (the driver loads on it and receives the
+    /// DATA handle over the bootstrap). The devnode lives for the pad's lifetime — dropping the pad
+    /// removes it (`SwDeviceClose`).
+    pub(super) fn open(index: u8, id: &WinDsIdentity) -> Result<DsWinPad> {
         let boot_name = pf_driver_proto::gamepad::pad_boot_name(index);
         let mut channel = PadChannel::create(boot_name.clone(), SHM_SIZE)?;
         let base = channel.data_base();
-        // Stamp the pad index (the driver validates it on attach) + the neutral input report, then
-        // the magic LAST (the driver only accepts the section once magic is set). The device-type
-        // stays 0 (DualSense — the section arrives zeroed).
-        // SAFETY: base points at SHM_SIZE writable bytes; OFF_PAD_INDEX/OFF_INPUT are in range.
+        // SAFETY: base points at SHM_SIZE writable bytes; the OFF_* offsets are in range.
         unsafe {
+            *base.add(OFF_DEVTYPE) = id.devtype;
             std::ptr::write_unaligned(base.add(OFF_PAD_INDEX) as *mut u32, index as u32);
             std::ptr::write_unaligned(base.add(OFF_INPUT) as *mut [u8; DS_INPUT_REPORT_LEN], {
                 let mut r = [0u8; DS_INPUT_REPORT_LEN];
@@ -250,19 +295,20 @@ impl DsWinPad {
             std::ptr::write_unaligned(base as *mut u32, SHM_MAGIC);
         }
         // Spawn the per-session devnode via SwDeviceCreate; `SwDeviceClose` removes it on drop. On the
-        // rare failure we keep the section + data plane and fall back to an out-of-band `pf_dualsense`
-        // devnode (installer / dev-box devgen) — its persistent driver polls the same mailbox name.
-        let inst = format!("pf_pad_{index}");
+        // rare failure we keep the section + data plane and fall back to an out-of-band devnode
+        // (installer / dev-box devgen) — its persistent driver polls the same mailbox name.
+        let inst = format!("{}_{index}", id.instance_prefix);
         let (hsw, instance_id) = match create_swdevice(&SwDeviceProfile {
             instance: &inst,
             container_index: index,
-            hwid: "pf_dualsense",
-            usb_vid_pid: "VID_054C&PID_0CE6",
-            description: "punktfunk Virtual DualSense",
+            hwid: id.hwid,
+            usb_vid_pid: id.usb_vid_pid,
+            usb_mi: None, // single-interface USB devices (real DS/Edge have no MI_ token)
+            description: id.description,
         }) {
-            Ok((h, id)) => (Some(h), id),
+            Ok((h, i)) => (Some(h), i),
             Err(e) => {
-                tracing::warn!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "SwDeviceCreate failed; falling back to an out-of-band pf_dualsense devnode");
+                tracing::warn!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), hwid = id.hwid, "SwDeviceCreate failed; falling back to an out-of-band devnode");
                 (None, None)
             }
         };
@@ -274,8 +320,8 @@ impl DsWinPad {
             _sw,
             channel,
             attach: super::gamepad_raii::DriverAttach::new(
-                "pf_dualsense",
-                "pf_dualsense.inf",
+                id.hwid,
+                "pf_dualsense.inf", // one driver package serves every PS identity
                 "C:\\Users\\Public\\pfds-driver.log",
                 boot_name,
                 instance_id,
@@ -287,7 +333,7 @@ impl DsWinPad {
     }
 
     /// Serialize `st` into report `0x01` and publish it to the section's input slot.
-    fn write_state(&mut self, st: &DsState) {
+    pub(super) fn write_state(&mut self, st: &DsState) {
         self.seq = self.seq.wrapping_add(1);
         self.ts = self.ts.wrapping_add(1);
         let mut r = [0u8; DS_INPUT_REPORT_LEN];
@@ -317,7 +363,7 @@ impl DsWinPad {
     /// [`DsFeedback`] for pad `pad`. Returns empty feedback if the driver hasn't published anything
     /// new. Also ticks the sealed-channel delivery and feeds the driver-attach health watcher (the
     /// driver's ~125 Hz timer stamps `driver_proto` while it has the section mapped).
-    fn service(&mut self, pad: u8) -> DsFeedback {
+    pub(super) fn service(&mut self, pad: u8) -> DsFeedback {
         self.channel.pump();
         let mut fb = DsFeedback::default();
         // SAFETY: base points at SHM_SIZE bytes.
@@ -351,180 +397,158 @@ impl DsWinPad {
     }
 }
 
-/// All virtual DualSense pads of a session — the Windows analogue of
-/// [`DualSenseManager`](super::dualsense::DualSenseManager). Same method surface so the session input
-/// thread drives either backend identically.
-pub struct DualSenseWindowsManager {
-    pads: Vec<Option<DsWinPad>>,
-    state: Vec<DsState>,
-    last_rumble: Vec<(u16, u16)>,
-    /// Last rich feedback (lightbar / player LEDs / adaptive triggers) forwarded per pad, so an
-    /// output report that only changed the rumble doesn't re-send unchanged 0xCD feedback.
-    hidout_dedup: Vec<HidoutDedup>,
-    last_write: Vec<Instant>,
-    /// Create-retry gate: a transient UMDF-channel failure backs off and retries instead of
-    /// permanently disabling every pad for the session.
-    gate: PadGate,
+/// The Windows-DualSense half of the shared stateful manager (see [`PadProto`]): the UMDF
+/// sealed-channel open, the same [`DsState`] mappers as `linux/dualsense.rs`, and the section
+/// feedback poll. Lifecycle (slot table, unplug sweep, heartbeat, dedup) lives in [`UhidManager`].
+pub struct DsWinProto {
     /// Fallback policy for the Steam back grips a client may send (the DualSense has no back-button
     /// HID slot). `PUNKTFUNK_STEAM_REMAP=paddles=…`; default drop. Parity with `linux/dualsense.rs`.
     remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig,
 }
 
-impl Default for DualSenseWindowsManager {
-    fn default() -> DualSenseWindowsManager {
-        DualSenseWindowsManager::new()
-    }
-}
-
-impl DualSenseWindowsManager {
-    pub fn new() -> DualSenseWindowsManager {
-        DualSenseWindowsManager {
-            pads: (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| None).collect(),
-            state: vec![DsState::neutral(); MAX_PADS],
-            last_rumble: vec![(0, 0); MAX_PADS],
-            hidout_dedup: vec![HidoutDedup::default(); MAX_PADS],
-            last_write: vec![Instant::now(); MAX_PADS],
-            gate: PadGate::new(),
+impl Default for DsWinProto {
+    fn default() -> DsWinProto {
+        DsWinProto {
             remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig::from_env(),
         }
     }
+}
 
-    /// Handle one decoded controller event (create/destroy by mask, then merge button/stick state).
-    pub fn handle(&mut self, ev: &GamepadEvent) {
-        match ev {
-            GamepadEvent::Arrival { index, kind, .. } => {
-                tracing::info!(index, kind, "controller arrival (DualSense/Windows)");
-                self.ensure(*index as usize);
-            }
-            GamepadEvent::State(f) => {
-                let idx = f.index as usize;
-                if idx >= MAX_PADS {
-                    return;
-                }
-                for (i, slot) in self.pads.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                    if slot.is_some() && f.active_mask & (1 << i) == 0 {
-                        tracing::info!(index = i, "controller unplugged (DualSense/Windows)");
-                        *slot = None;
-                        self.state[i] = DsState::neutral();
-                        self.last_rumble[i] = (0, 0);
-                        self.hidout_dedup[i].clear();
-                    }
-                }
-                if f.active_mask & (1 << idx) == 0 {
-                    return;
-                }
-                self.ensure(idx);
-                let prev = self.state[idx];
-                // Steam back grips have no DualSense slot — fold them onto standard buttons per the
-                // configured policy (default drop) so they aren't silently lost, exactly as
-                // `linux/dualsense.rs` does.
-                let buttons =
-                    crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(f.buttons, self.remap.paddles);
-                let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
-                    buttons,
-                    f.ls_x,
-                    f.ls_y,
-                    f.rs_x,
-                    f.rs_y,
-                    f.left_trigger,
-                    f.right_trigger,
-                );
-                s.touch = prev.touch;
-                s.gyro = prev.gyro;
-                s.accel = prev.accel;
-                s.touch_click = prev.touch_click;
-                self.state[idx] = s;
-                self.write(idx);
-            }
-        }
+impl PadProto for DsWinProto {
+    type Pad = DsWinPad;
+    type State = DsState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "DualSense/Windows";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "DualSense";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str =
+        " (install/repair: punktfunk-host.exe driver install --gamepad)";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<DsWinPad> {
+        let p = DsWinPad::open(idx, &WinDsIdentity::dualsense())?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            index = idx,
+            "virtual DualSense created (Windows UMDF shm channel)"
+        );
+        Ok(p)
     }
 
-    /// Apply one rich client→host event (touchpad contact / motion sample) to an existing pad.
-    pub fn apply_rich(&mut self, rich: RichInput) {
-        let idx = match rich {
-            RichInput::Touchpad { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::Motion { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::TouchpadEx { pad, .. } => pad as usize,
-        };
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_none() {
-            return;
-        }
-        // The shared DualSense-family mapping (dualsense_proto::DsState::apply_rich): Steam
-        // dual pads split the one touchpad left/right, pad clicks ride touch_click.
-        self.state[idx].apply_rich(rich, DS_TOUCH_W, DS_TOUCH_H);
-        self.write(idx);
+    fn neutral(&self) -> DsState {
+        DsState::neutral()
     }
 
-    fn write(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        let st = self.state[idx];
-        if let Some(pad) = self.pads[idx].as_mut() {
-            pad.write_state(&st);
-        }
-        self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers from the frame, preserving touch + motion + pad clicks (rich-
+    /// plane fields that must survive a button-only frame) — exactly as `linux/dualsense.rs` does.
+    fn merge_frame(&self, prev: &DsState, f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame) -> DsState {
+        // Steam back grips have no DualSense slot — fold them onto standard buttons per the
+        // configured policy (default drop) so they aren't silently lost.
+        let buttons = crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(f.buttons, self.remap.paddles);
+        let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
+            buttons,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.touch = prev.touch;
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s.touch_click = prev.touch_click;
+        s
     }
 
-    /// Re-emit each live pad's current report if it's been silent for `max_gap` (the driver's timer
-    /// streams whatever's in the section, so this just keeps the section fresh / future-proofs parity
-    /// with the UHID backend's heartbeat).
-    pub fn heartbeat(&mut self, max_gap: Duration) {
-        let now = Instant::now();
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            if self.pads[i].is_some() && now.duration_since(self.last_write[i]) >= max_gap {
-                self.write(i);
-            }
-        }
+    /// The shared DualSense-family mapping (dualsense_proto::DsState::apply_rich): Steam dual pads
+    /// split the one touchpad left/right, pad clicks ride touch_click.
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut DsState, rich: RichInput) {
+        st.apply_rich(rich, DS_TOUCH_W, DS_TOUCH_H);
     }
 
-    fn ensure(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_some() || !self.gate.allow(Instant::now()) {
-            return;
-        }
-        match DsWinPad::open(idx as u8) {
-            Ok(p) => {
-                tracing::info!(
-                    index = idx,
-                    "virtual DualSense created (Windows UMDF shm channel)"
-                );
-                self.pads[idx] = Some(p);
-                self.state[idx] = DsState::neutral();
-                self.last_rumble[idx] = (0, 0);
-                self.hidout_dedup[idx].clear();
-                self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
-                self.gate.on_success();
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "virtual DualSense creation failed — retrying with backoff (install/repair: punktfunk-host.exe driver install --gamepad)");
-                self.gate.on_failure(Instant::now());
-            }
-        }
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut DsWinPad, st: &DsState) {
+        pad.write_state(st);
     }
 
-    /// Service every pad: poll the section for a game's feedback. `rumble` fires `(index, low, high)`
-    /// only on change (universal 0xCA plane); `hidout` fires for each rich DualSense feedback event
-    /// (lightbar / player LEDs / adaptive triggers — 0xCD plane).
-    pub fn pump(
-        &mut self,
-        mut rumble: impl FnMut(u16, u16, u16),
-        mut hidout: impl FnMut(HidOutput),
-    ) {
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            let Some(pad) = self.pads[i].as_mut() else {
-                continue;
-            };
-            let fb = pad.service(i as u8);
-            if let Some(r) = fb.rumble {
-                if self.last_rumble[i] != r {
-                    self.last_rumble[i] = r;
-                    rumble(i as u16, r.0, r.1);
-                }
-            }
-            for h in fb.hidout {
-                // Skip rich feedback that repeats the last-forwarded value (the game's output report
-                // re-sends unchanged lightbar/LED/trigger state alongside every rumble update).
-                if self.hidout_dedup[i].should_forward(&h) {
-                    hidout(h);
-                }
-            }
+    /// Poll the section for a game's feedback: motor rumble on the universal 0xCA plane, the rich
+    /// lightbar/player-LED/trigger events on the 0xCD plane.
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut DsWinPad, idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        let fb = pad.service(idx);
+        PadFeedback {
+            rumble: fb.rumble,
+            hidout: fb.hidout,
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// **N4 spike** (gamepad-new-types §6, timeboxed): create a software-devnode HID **Steam Deck**
+/// (`device_type = 3`, `VID_28DE&PID_1205`) and hold it for `secs`, streaming the neutral Deck
+/// frame, so the go/no-go question — does Steam Input on Windows promote a software-devnode HID
+/// Deck, or does it require a real USB bus identity (the documented GameInput instance-path
+/// gap)? — can be answered by watching Steam's `logs/controller.txt` / controller settings
+/// while this holds. Never used by a session; wired to the `deck-windows-spike` subcommand.
+pub fn deck_spike_hold(index: u8, secs: u64) -> Result<()> {
+    let boot_name = pf_driver_proto::gamepad::pad_boot_name(index);
+    let mut channel = PadChannel::create(boot_name, SHM_SIZE)?;
+    let base = channel.data_base();
+    // Neutral Deck input frame: [0x01, 0x00, ID_CONTROLLER_DECK_STATE=0x09, 0x3C], all released.
+    let mut neutral = [0u8; 64];
+    (neutral[0], neutral[2], neutral[3]) = (0x01, 0x09, 0x3C);
+    // SAFETY: base points at SHM_SIZE writable bytes; the OFF_* offsets are in range. Device-type
+    // FIRST, magic LAST — the same publish order the session pads use.
+    unsafe {
+        *base.add(OFF_DEVTYPE) = pf_driver_proto::gamepad::DEVTYPE_STEAMDECK;
+        std::ptr::write_unaligned(base.add(OFF_PAD_INDEX) as *mut u32, index as u32);
+        std::ptr::write_unaligned(base.add(OFF_INPUT) as *mut [u8; 64], neutral);
+        std::ptr::write_unaligned(base as *mut u32, SHM_MAGIC);
+    }
+    let inst = format!("pf_deckspike_{index}");
+    let (hsw, _) = create_swdevice(&SwDeviceProfile {
+        instance: &inst,
+        container_index: index,
+        hwid: "pf_steamdeck",
+        usb_vid_pid: "VID_28DE&PID_1205",
+        // The Deck's controller interface — the promotion gate the first spike run hit
+        // (hidapi parses MI_ from the child hwids; absent = interface 0, Steam wants 2).
+        usb_mi: Some(2),
+        description: "punktfunk Virtual Steam Deck (spike)",
+    })?;
+    let _sw = super::gamepad_raii::SwDevice::new(hsw);
+    channel.deliver_eager(std::time::Duration::from_millis(1500));
+    println!(
+        "virtual Steam Deck devnode up (28DE:1205, device_type 3) — holding {secs}s.\n\
+         Observe: Get-PnpDevice -PresentOnly | findstr 1205; Steam logs\\controller.txt for a\n\
+         detect/promote line; Steam Settings > Controller for a 'Steam Deck' entry.\n\
+         GO = Steam lists/promotes it; NO-GO = it never appears (the Linux `Interface: -1` gap\n\
+         applies verbatim — document and keep the SteamDeck->DualSense Windows fold)."
+    );
+    let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + std::time::Duration::from_secs(secs);
+    let mut last_out_seq = 0u32;
+    while std::time::Instant::now() < deadline {
+        channel.pump();
+        // Log any feature/output traffic Steam sends — each one is spike evidence.
+        // SAFETY: base points at SHM_SIZE bytes; OFF_OUT_SEQ is in range.
+        let seq =
+            unsafe { std::ptr::read_unaligned(channel.data_base().add(OFF_OUT_SEQ) as *const u32) };
+        if seq != last_out_seq {
+            last_out_seq = seq;
+            let mut out = [0u8; 16];
+            // SAFETY: output slot is OFF_OUTPUT..OFF_OUTPUT+64 within the section.
+            unsafe {
+                std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
+                    channel.data_base().add(OFF_OUTPUT),
+                    out.as_mut_ptr(),
+                    16,
+                )
+            };
+            println!("  output report from a client (Steam?): {out:02x?}");
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50));
+    }
+    println!("deck-windows-spike: done (devnode removed on exit)");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// All virtual DualSense pads of a session — the Windows analogue of
+/// [`DualSenseManager`](super::dualsense::DualSenseManager). Same method surface (via the shared
+/// [`UhidManager`]) so the session input thread drives either backend identically. The heartbeat
+/// keeps the section fresh (the driver's timer streams whatever's in it) — parity with the UHID
+/// backend's silence heartbeat.
+pub type DualSenseWindowsManager = UhidManager<DsWinProto>;

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/windows/dualshock4_windows.rs

@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ use super::dualshock4_proto::{
     parse_ds4_output, serialize_state, Ds4Feedback, DS4_INPUT_REPORT_LEN, DS4_TOUCH_H, DS4_TOUCH_W,
 };
 use super::gamepad_raii::PadChannel;
-use crate::gamestream::gamepad::{GamepadEvent, MAX_PADS};
-use crate::inject::pad_gate::PadGate;
+use crate::inject::uhid_manager::{PadFeedback, PadProto, UhidManager};
 use anyhow::Result;
 use punktfunk_core::quic::{HidOutput, RichInput};
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 /// A single virtual DualShock 4: the `SwDeviceCreate`'d `pf_ds4_<index>` devnode plus the sealed
 /// shared-memory channel. Dropping it removes the devnode and closes both sections.
-struct Ds4WinPad {
+/// `pub`: the type appears as `type Pad` in the `PadProto` impl (a public trait), like the
+/// Linux pads.
+pub struct Ds4WinPad {
     /// Per-session devnode from SwDeviceCreate, when it succeeds (RAII — `SwDeviceClose` on drop).
     _sw: Option<super::gamepad_raii::SwDevice>,
     /// The sealed channel: unnamed DATA section (`PadShm`) + bootstrap mailbox + handle delivery.
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ impl Ds4WinPad {
             container_index: index,
             hwid: "pf_dualshock4",
             usb_vid_pid: "VID_054C&PID_09CC",
+            usb_mi: None,
             description: "punktfunk Virtual DualShock 4",
         }) {
             Ok((h, id)) => (Some(h), id),
@@ -141,180 +143,96 @@ impl Ds4WinPad {
     }
 }
 
-/// All virtual DualShock 4 pads of a session — the Windows analogue of
-/// [`DualShock4Manager`](super::dualshock4::DualShock4Manager), with the same method surface as the
-/// Windows DualSense manager so the session input thread drives either backend identically.
-pub struct DualShock4WindowsManager {
-    pads: Vec<Option<Ds4WinPad>>,
-    state: Vec<DsState>,
-    last_rumble: Vec<(u16, u16)>,
-    last_led: Vec<Option<(u8, u8, u8)>>,
-    last_write: Vec<Instant>,
-    /// Create-retry gate: a transient UMDF-channel failure backs off and retries instead of
-    /// permanently disabling every pad for the session.
-    gate: PadGate,
+/// The Windows-DualShock-4 half of the shared stateful manager (see [`PadProto`]): the UMDF
+/// sealed-channel open (device-type 1), the same [`DsState`] mappers as `linux/dualshock4.rs`, and
+/// the section feedback poll. Lifecycle (slot table, unplug sweep, heartbeat, dedup) lives in
+/// [`UhidManager`]; the lightbar dedup that used to be a bespoke `last_led` vec now rides the
+/// shared `HidoutDedup` (identical semantics — `Led` is compared against the last-forwarded value
+/// and re-armed on create/unplug).
+pub struct Ds4WinProto {
     /// Fallback policy for the Steam back grips a client may send (the DS4 has no back-button HID
     /// slot). `PUNKTFUNK_STEAM_REMAP=paddles=…`; default drop. Parity with `linux/dualshock4.rs`.
     remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig,
 }
 
-impl Default for DualShock4WindowsManager {
-    fn default() -> DualShock4WindowsManager {
-        DualShock4WindowsManager::new()
-    }
-}
-
-impl DualShock4WindowsManager {
-    pub fn new() -> DualShock4WindowsManager {
-        DualShock4WindowsManager {
-            pads: (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| None).collect(),
-            state: vec![DsState::neutral(); MAX_PADS],
-            last_rumble: vec![(0, 0); MAX_PADS],
-            last_led: vec![None; MAX_PADS],
-            last_write: vec![Instant::now(); MAX_PADS],
-            gate: PadGate::new(),
+impl Default for Ds4WinProto {
+    fn default() -> Ds4WinProto {
+        Ds4WinProto {
             remap: crate::inject::steam_remap::RemapConfig::from_env(),
         }
     }
+}
 
-    /// Handle one decoded controller event (create/destroy by mask, then merge button/stick state).
-    pub fn handle(&mut self, ev: &GamepadEvent) {
-        match ev {
-            GamepadEvent::Arrival { index, kind, .. } => {
-                tracing::info!(index, kind, "controller arrival (DualShock 4/Windows)");
-                self.ensure(*index as usize);
-            }
-            GamepadEvent::State(f) => {
-                let idx = f.index as usize;
-                if idx >= MAX_PADS {
-                    return;
-                }
-                for (i, slot) in self.pads.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                    if slot.is_some() && f.active_mask & (1 << i) == 0 {
-                        tracing::info!(index = i, "controller unplugged (DualShock 4/Windows)");
-                        *slot = None;
-                        self.state[i] = DsState::neutral();
-                        self.last_rumble[i] = (0, 0);
-                        self.last_led[i] = None;
-                    }
-                }
-                if f.active_mask & (1 << idx) == 0 {
-                    return;
-                }
-                self.ensure(idx);
-                let prev = self.state[idx];
-                // Steam back grips have no DS4 slot — fold them onto standard buttons per the
-                // configured policy (default drop) so they aren't silently lost, exactly as
-                // `linux/dualshock4.rs` does.
-                let buttons =
-                    crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(f.buttons, self.remap.paddles);
-                let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
-                    buttons,
-                    f.ls_x,
-                    f.ls_y,
-                    f.rs_x,
-                    f.rs_y,
-                    f.left_trigger,
-                    f.right_trigger,
-                );
-                s.touch = prev.touch;
-                s.gyro = prev.gyro;
-                s.accel = prev.accel;
-                s.touch_click = prev.touch_click;
-                self.state[idx] = s;
-                self.write(idx);
-            }
-        }
+impl PadProto for Ds4WinProto {
+    type Pad = Ds4WinPad;
+    type State = DsState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "DualShock 4/Windows";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "DualShock 4";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str =
+        " (install/repair: punktfunk-host.exe driver install --gamepad)";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<Ds4WinPad> {
+        let p = Ds4WinPad::open(idx)?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            index = idx,
+            "virtual DualShock 4 created (Windows UMDF shm channel)"
+        );
+        Ok(p)
     }
 
-    /// Apply one rich client→host event (touchpad contact / motion sample) to an existing pad.
-    pub fn apply_rich(&mut self, rich: RichInput) {
-        let idx = match rich {
-            RichInput::Touchpad { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::Motion { pad, .. }
-            | RichInput::TouchpadEx { pad, .. } => pad as usize,
-        };
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_none() {
-            return;
-        }
-        // The shared DualSense-family mapping (dualsense_proto::DsState::apply_rich): Steam
-        // dual pads split the one touchpad left/right, pad clicks ride touch_click.
-        self.state[idx].apply_rich(rich, DS4_TOUCH_W, DS4_TOUCH_H);
-        self.write(idx);
+    fn neutral(&self) -> DsState {
+        DsState::neutral()
     }
 
-    fn write(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        let st = self.state[idx];
-        if let Some(pad) = self.pads[idx].as_mut() {
-            pad.write_state(&st);
-        }
-        self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers from the frame, preserving touch + motion + pad clicks (rich-
+    /// plane fields that must survive a button-only frame) — exactly as `linux/dualshock4.rs` does.
+    fn merge_frame(&self, prev: &DsState, f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame) -> DsState {
+        // Steam back grips have no DS4 slot — fold them onto standard buttons per the configured
+        // policy (default drop) so they aren't silently lost.
+        let buttons = crate::inject::steam_remap::fold_paddles(f.buttons, self.remap.paddles);
+        let mut s = DsState::from_gamepad(
+            buttons,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.touch = prev.touch;
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s.touch_click = prev.touch_click;
+        s
     }
 
-    /// Re-emit each live pad's current report if it's been silent for `max_gap` (parity with the
-    /// other backends' heartbeat — keeps the section fresh).
-    pub fn heartbeat(&mut self, max_gap: Duration) {
-        let now = Instant::now();
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            if self.pads[i].is_some() && now.duration_since(self.last_write[i]) >= max_gap {
-                self.write(i);
-            }
-        }
+    /// The shared DualSense-family mapping (dualsense_proto::DsState::apply_rich): Steam dual pads
+    /// split the one touchpad left/right, pad clicks ride touch_click.
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut DsState, rich: RichInput) {
+        st.apply_rich(rich, DS4_TOUCH_W, DS4_TOUCH_H);
     }
 
-    fn ensure(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_some() || !self.gate.allow(Instant::now()) {
-            return;
-        }
-        match Ds4WinPad::open(idx as u8) {
-            Ok(p) => {
-                tracing::info!(
-                    index = idx,
-                    "virtual DualShock 4 created (Windows UMDF shm channel)"
-                );
-                self.pads[idx] = Some(p);
-                self.state[idx] = DsState::neutral();
-                self.last_rumble[idx] = (0, 0);
-                self.last_led[idx] = None;
-                self.last_write[idx] = Instant::now();
-                self.gate.on_success();
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "virtual DualShock 4 creation failed — retrying with backoff (install/repair: punktfunk-host.exe driver install --gamepad)");
-                self.gate.on_failure(Instant::now());
-            }
-        }
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut Ds4WinPad, st: &DsState) {
+        pad.write_state(st);
     }
 
-    /// Service every pad: poll the section for a game's feedback. `rumble` fires `(index, low, high)`
-    /// only on change (universal 0xCA plane); `hidout` fires the lightbar (0xCD `Led`), deduped.
-    pub fn pump(
-        &mut self,
-        mut rumble: impl FnMut(u16, u16, u16),
-        mut hidout: impl FnMut(HidOutput),
-    ) {
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            let Some(pad) = self.pads[i].as_mut() else {
-                continue;
-            };
-            let fb = pad.service();
-            if let Some(r) = fb.rumble {
-                if self.last_rumble[i] != r {
-                    self.last_rumble[i] = r;
-                    rumble(i as u16, r.0, r.1);
-                }
-            }
-            if let Some(rgb) = fb.led {
-                if self.last_led[i] != Some(rgb) {
-                    self.last_led[i] = Some(rgb);
-                    hidout(HidOutput::Led {
-                        pad: i as u8,
-                        r: rgb.0,
-                        g: rgb.1,
-                        b: rgb.2,
-                    });
-                }
-            }
+    /// Poll the section for a game's feedback: motor rumble on the universal 0xCA plane, the
+    /// lightbar as a 0xCD `Led` event (a DS4 has no player LEDs / adaptive triggers).
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut Ds4WinPad, idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        let fb = pad.service();
+        PadFeedback {
+            rumble: fb.rumble,
+            hidout: fb
+                .led
+                .map(|(r, g, b)| HidOutput::Led { pad: idx, r, g, b })
+                .into_iter()
+                .collect(),
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// All virtual DualShock 4 pads of a session — the Windows analogue of
+/// [`DualShock4Manager`](super::dualshock4::DualShock4Manager), with the same method surface (via
+/// the shared [`UhidManager`]) as the Windows DualSense manager so the session input thread drives
+/// either backend identically.
+pub type DualShock4WindowsManager = UhidManager<Ds4WinProto>;

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/windows/gamepad_windows.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 use super::gamepad_raii::{sw_create_cb, PadChannel, SwCreateCtx};
 use crate::gamestream::gamepad::{GamepadEvent, MAX_PADS};
-use crate::inject::pad_gate::PadGate;
+use crate::inject::pad_slots::PadSlots;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::sync::atomic::{fence, AtomicU32, Ordering};
@@ -256,15 +256,12 @@ impl XusbWinPad {
 const RUMBLE_IDLE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(2500);
 
 pub struct GamepadManager {
-    pads: Vec<Option<XusbWinPad>>,
+    slots: PadSlots<XusbWinPad>,
     last_rumble: Vec<(u8, u8)>,
     /// When the game last drove each pad (bumped `rumble_seq` via `SET_STATE`). A non-zero
     /// `last_rumble` older than [`RUMBLE_IDLE_TIMEOUT`] against this is a stale residual — see the
     /// const's docs.
     last_active: Vec<Instant>,
-    /// Create-retry gate: a transient XUSB-companion failure backs off and retries instead of
-    /// permanently disabling every pad for the session.
-    gate: PadGate,
 }
 
 impl Default for GamepadManager {
@@ -276,32 +273,24 @@ impl Default for GamepadManager {
 impl GamepadManager {
     pub fn new() -> GamepadManager {
         GamepadManager {
-            pads: (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| None).collect(),
+            slots: PadSlots::new(
+                "Xbox 360/Windows",
+                "Xbox 360",
+                " (install/repair: punktfunk-host.exe driver install --gamepad)",
+            ),
             last_rumble: vec![(0, 0); MAX_PADS],
             last_active: (0..MAX_PADS).map(|_| Instant::now()).collect(),
-            gate: PadGate::new(),
         }
     }
 
     fn ensure(&mut self, idx: usize) {
-        if idx >= MAX_PADS || self.pads[idx].is_some() || !self.gate.allow(Instant::now()) {
-            return;
-        }
-        match XusbWinPad::open(idx as u8) {
-            Ok(p) => {
-                tracing::info!(
-                    index = idx,
-                    "virtual Xbox 360 created (Windows XUSB companion)"
-                );
-                self.pads[idx] = Some(p);
-                self.last_rumble[idx] = (0, 0);
-                self.last_active[idx] = Instant::now();
-                self.gate.on_success();
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "virtual Xbox 360 creation failed — retrying with backoff (install/repair: punktfunk-host.exe driver install --gamepad)");
-                self.gate.on_failure(Instant::now());
-            }
+        if self.slots.ensure(idx, XusbWinPad::open) {
+            tracing::info!(
+                index = idx,
+                "virtual Xbox 360 created (Windows XUSB companion)"
+            );
+            self.last_rumble[idx] = (0, 0);
+            self.last_active[idx] = Instant::now();
         }
     }
 
@@ -312,15 +301,14 @@ impl GamepadManager {
                 self.ensure(*index as usize);
             }
             GamepadEvent::State(f) => {
-                let idx = f.index.max(0) as usize;
+                let idx = f.index as usize;
                 if idx >= MAX_PADS {
                     return;
                 }
                 // Unplugs: drop any allocated pad whose mask bit cleared.
-                for (i, slot) in self.pads.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                    if slot.is_some() && f.active_mask & (1 << i) == 0 {
-                        tracing::info!(index = i, "controller unplugged (Xbox 360/Windows)");
-                        *slot = None;
+                let swept = self.slots.sweep(f.active_mask);
+                for i in 0..MAX_PADS {
+                    if swept & (1 << i) != 0 {
                         self.last_rumble[i] = (0, 0);
                         self.last_active[i] = Instant::now();
                     }
@@ -329,7 +317,7 @@ impl GamepadManager {
                     return;
                 }
                 self.ensure(idx);
-                if let Some(pad) = self.pads[idx].as_mut() {
+                if let Some(pad) = self.slots.get_mut(idx) {
                     pad.write_state(
                         (f.buttons & 0xffff) as u16,
                         f.left_trigger,
@@ -348,10 +336,7 @@ impl GamepadManager {
     /// 0..65535, so scale by 257. `large` (low-frequency) → the datagram's `low`, `small`
     /// (high-frequency) → `high` — matching the other backends.
     pub fn pump_rumble(&mut self, mut send: impl FnMut(u16, u16, u16)) {
-        for i in 0..self.pads.len() {
-            let Some(pad) = self.pads[i].as_mut() else {
-                continue;
-            };
+        for (i, pad) in self.slots.iter_mut() {
             if let Some((large, small)) = pad.service() {
                 // The game drove the pad this poll (SET_STATE bumped the seq) — refresh the
                 // activity clock even when the level is unchanged, so a rumble it keeps asserting

crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/windows/steam_deck_windows.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+//! Virtual Steam Deck controller on Windows via the UMDF minidriver — the Windows analogue of
+//! the Linux UHID Deck ([`super::steam_controller`]'s `SteamProto`), sharing its whole codec
+//! ([`super::steam_proto`]: the byte-exact `ID_CONTROLLER_DECK_STATE` serializer, the
+//! `XInput`/rich mappers, the `0xEB` rumble parser).
+//!
+//! Transport = the sealed shared-memory channel + a `SwDeviceCreate` devnode (device-type 3),
+//! like the PS pads — with the promotion lever the N4 spike proved: the synthesized USB
+//! hardware ids carry **`&MI_02`** (the Deck's wired controller interface), which hidclass
+//! mirrors into the HID child and hidapi/Steam parse as `bInterfaceNumber`. Steam Input then
+//! claims the pad exactly like a physical wired Deck (`!! Steam controller device opened`,
+//! XInput slot reserved — observed live on `.173`), so games get native Deck glyphs +
+//! trackpads + gyro + back grips through Steam's own remapping.
+//!
+//! Feedback: Steam drives Deck rumble (`0xEB`) and trackpad haptic pulses (`0x8F`) via
+//! SET_FEATURE on the unnumbered report; the driver republishes those into the section's
+//! output slot (report-id-0 prefixed), where [`parse_steam_output`] reads the exact wire shape
+//! the Linux path sees. No gamepad-mode entry pulse here — that gate lives in the Linux
+//! kernel's evdev parser; Steam-on-Windows reads the raw reports directly.
+
+use super::dualsense_windows::{
+    create_swdevice, SwDeviceProfile, OFF_DEVTYPE, OFF_DRIVER_PROTO, OFF_INPUT, OFF_OUTPUT,
+    OFF_OUT_SEQ, OFF_PAD_INDEX, SHM_MAGIC, SHM_SIZE,
+};
+use super::gamepad_raii::PadChannel;
+use super::steam_proto::{
+    neutral_deck_report, parse_steam_output, serialize_deck_state, SteamState, STEAM_REPORT_LEN,
+};
+use crate::inject::uhid_manager::{PadFeedback, PadProto, UhidManager};
+use anyhow::Result;
+use punktfunk_core::quic::RichInput;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+/// A single virtual Steam Deck: the `SwDeviceCreate`'d `pf_deck_<index>` devnode plus the sealed
+/// shared-memory channel. Dropping it removes the devnode and closes both sections.
+/// `pub`: the type appears as `type Pad` in the `PadProto` impl (a public trait).
+pub struct DeckWinPad {
+    /// Per-session devnode from SwDeviceCreate, when it succeeds (RAII — `SwDeviceClose` on drop).
+    _sw: Option<super::gamepad_raii::SwDevice>,
+    /// The sealed channel: unnamed DATA section (`PadShm`) + bootstrap mailbox + handle delivery.
+    channel: PadChannel,
+    /// Watches the section's `driver_proto` field and logs attach / never-attached diagnosis.
+    attach: super::gamepad_raii::DriverAttach,
+    seq: u32,
+    last_out_seq: u32,
+}
+
+impl DeckWinPad {
+    /// Create the sealed channel, stamp `device_type = Steam Deck` FIRST + the pad index + the
+    /// neutral Deck frame + the magic LAST, then spawn the `pf_deck_<index>` devnode with the
+    /// `MI_02` USB identity Steam's promotion gate requires.
+    fn open(index: u8) -> Result<DeckWinPad> {
+        let boot_name = pf_driver_proto::gamepad::pad_boot_name(index);
+        let mut channel = PadChannel::create(boot_name.clone(), SHM_SIZE)?;
+        let base = channel.data_base();
+        // SAFETY: base points at SHM_SIZE writable bytes; the OFF_* offsets are in range.
+        unsafe {
+            *base.add(OFF_DEVTYPE) = pf_driver_proto::gamepad::DEVTYPE_STEAMDECK;
+            std::ptr::write_unaligned(base.add(OFF_PAD_INDEX) as *mut u32, index as u32);
+            std::ptr::write_unaligned(
+                base.add(OFF_INPUT) as *mut [u8; STEAM_REPORT_LEN],
+                neutral_deck_report(),
+            );
+            std::ptr::write_unaligned(base as *mut u32, SHM_MAGIC);
+        }
+        let inst = format!("pf_deck_{index}");
+        let (hsw, instance_id) = match create_swdevice(&SwDeviceProfile {
+            instance: &inst,
+            container_index: index,
+            hwid: "pf_steamdeck",
+            usb_vid_pid: "VID_28DE&PID_1205",
+            // The wired Deck controller interface — WITHOUT this the HID child carries no MI_
+            // token, hidapi reports interface 0, and Steam never claims the pad (the N4
+            // spike's run-1 failure).
+            usb_mi: Some(2),
+            description: "punktfunk Virtual Steam Deck",
+        }) {
+            Ok((h, i)) => (Some(h), i),
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::warn!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "SwDeviceCreate failed; Steam Deck devnode unavailable");
+                (None, None)
+            }
+        };
+        let _sw = hsw.map(super::gamepad_raii::SwDevice::new);
+        // Bounded eager delivery — the driver must read `device_type = 3` before hidclass asks
+        // it for descriptors, or the pad would enumerate with the default DualSense identity.
+        channel.deliver_eager(Duration::from_millis(1500));
+        Ok(DeckWinPad {
+            _sw,
+            channel,
+            attach: super::gamepad_raii::DriverAttach::new(
+                "pf_steamdeck",
+                "pf_dualsense.inf", // one driver package serves every identity
+                "C:\\Users\\Public\\pfds-driver.log",
+                boot_name,
+                instance_id,
+            ),
+            seq: 0,
+            last_out_seq: 0,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Serialize `st` into the Deck state frame and publish it to the section's input slot.
+    fn write_state(&mut self, st: &SteamState) {
+        self.seq = self.seq.wrapping_add(1);
+        let mut r = [0u8; STEAM_REPORT_LEN];
+        serialize_deck_state(&mut r, st, self.seq);
+        // SAFETY: base points at SHM_SIZE bytes; input slot is OFF_INPUT..OFF_INPUT+64.
+        unsafe {
+            std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
+                r.as_ptr(),
+                self.channel.data_base().add(OFF_INPUT),
+                r.len(),
+            )
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// Poll the section's output slot; parse a newly-published Steam command (`0xEB` rumble /
+    /// `0x8F` haptic pulse — republished by the driver off SET_FEATURE) into feedback. Also
+    /// ticks the sealed-channel delivery and the driver-attach health watcher.
+    fn service(&mut self) -> Option<(u16, u16)> {
+        self.channel.pump();
+        // SAFETY: base points at SHM_SIZE bytes.
+        let proto = unsafe {
+            std::ptr::read_unaligned(self.channel.data_base().add(OFF_DRIVER_PROTO) as *const u32)
+        };
+        self.attach.observe(proto);
+        // SAFETY: base points at SHM_SIZE bytes.
+        let seq = unsafe {
+            std::ptr::read_unaligned(self.channel.data_base().add(OFF_OUT_SEQ) as *const u32)
+        };
+        if seq == self.last_out_seq {
+            return None;
+        }
+        self.last_out_seq = seq;
+        let mut out = [0u8; 64];
+        // SAFETY: output slot is OFF_OUTPUT..OFF_OUTPUT+64 within the section.
+        unsafe {
+            std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
+                self.channel.data_base().add(OFF_OUTPUT),
+                out.as_mut_ptr(),
+                64,
+            )
+        };
+        parse_steam_output(&out).rumble
+    }
+}
+
+/// The Windows-Deck half of the shared stateful manager (see [`PadProto`]): the sealed-channel
+/// open under the promoted Deck identity, the same [`SteamState`] mappers as the Linux backend,
+/// and the section feedback poll. Lifecycle (slot table, unplug sweep, heartbeat, rumble dedup)
+/// lives in [`UhidManager`].
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct DeckWinProto;
+
+impl PadProto for DeckWinProto {
+    type Pad = DeckWinPad;
+    type State = SteamState;
+    const LABEL: &'static str = "Steam Deck/Windows";
+    const DEVICE: &'static str = "Steam Deck";
+    const CREATE_HINT: &'static str =
+        " (install/repair: punktfunk-host.exe driver install --gamepad)";
+
+    fn open(&mut self, idx: u8) -> Result<DeckWinPad> {
+        let p = DeckWinPad::open(idx)?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            index = idx,
+            "virtual Steam Deck created (Windows UMDF shm channel, MI_02 promoted identity)"
+        );
+        Ok(p)
+    }
+
+    fn neutral(&self) -> SteamState {
+        SteamState::neutral()
+    }
+
+    /// Merge buttons/sticks/triggers, preserving the rich-plane fields (trackpads + motion +
+    /// pad clicks arrive separately and must survive a button-only frame) — identical to the
+    /// Linux `SteamProto::merge_frame`.
+    fn merge_frame(
+        &self,
+        prev: &SteamState,
+        f: &crate::gamestream::gamepad::GamepadFrame,
+    ) -> SteamState {
+        use super::steam_proto::btn;
+        let mut s = SteamState::from_gamepad(
+            f.buttons,
+            f.ls_x,
+            f.ls_y,
+            f.rs_x,
+            f.rs_y,
+            f.left_trigger,
+            f.right_trigger,
+        );
+        s.rpad_x = prev.rpad_x;
+        s.rpad_y = prev.rpad_y;
+        s.lpad_x = prev.lpad_x;
+        s.lpad_y = prev.lpad_y;
+        s.gyro = prev.gyro;
+        s.accel = prev.accel;
+        s.buttons |= prev.buttons & (btn::RPAD_TOUCH | btn::LPAD_TOUCH);
+        s.lpad_click = prev.lpad_click;
+        s.rpad_click = prev.rpad_click;
+        s
+    }
+
+    fn apply_rich(&self, st: &mut SteamState, rich: RichInput) {
+        st.apply_rich(rich);
+    }
+
+    fn write_state(&self, pad: &mut DeckWinPad, st: &SteamState) {
+        pad.write_state(st);
+    }
+
+    /// Poll the section for Steam's feedback: motor rumble on the universal 0xCA plane. The
+    /// Deck has no rich host→client feedback plane (no lightbar / adaptive triggers), so
+    /// `hidout` stays empty — parity with the Linux backend.
+    fn service(&self, pad: &mut DeckWinPad, _idx: u8) -> PadFeedback {
+        PadFeedback {
+            rumble: pad.service(),
+            hidout: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// All virtual Steam Deck pads of a Windows session — the analogue of the Linux
+/// `SteamControllerManager`, with the same method surface (via the shared [`UhidManager`]) as
+/// the other Windows pad managers.
+pub type SteamDeckWindowsManager = UhidManager<DeckWinProto>;

crates/punktfunk-host/src/main.rs

@@ -255,19 +255,28 @@ fn real_main() -> Result<()> {
         // Create a virtual DualSense via UHID and exercise it (validation, no streaming session):
         // toggles the Cross button, sweeps the left stick, and prints any HID output the kernel
         // sends back. Verify with `evtest` / `ls /dev/input/by-id/*Punktfunk*` / `wpctl status`.
+        // `--edge` creates a DualSense **Edge** (054C:0DF2) instead and additionally cycles the
+        // four back/Fn buttons (kernel ≥ 7.2 exposes them as BTN_TRIGGER_HAPPY1..4; on older
+        // kernels verify the bind + `hidraw` byte 10 instead).
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
         Some("dualsense-test") => {
-            use inject::dualsense::DualSensePad;
-            use inject::dualsense_proto::DsState;
+            use inject::dualsense::{DsUhidIdentity, DualSensePad};
+            use inject::dualsense_proto::{edge_paddle_bits, DsState};
             let secs: u64 = args
                 .iter()
                 .skip_while(|a| *a != "--seconds")
                 .nth(1)
                 .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
                 .unwrap_or(20);
+            let edge = args.iter().any(|a| a == "--edge");
+            let (identity, label) = if edge {
+                (DsUhidIdentity::dualsense_edge(), "DualSense Edge")
+            } else {
+                (DsUhidIdentity::dualsense(), "DualSense")
+            };
             use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-            let mut pad =
-                DualSensePad::open(0).context("create virtual DualSense via /dev/uhid")?;
+            let mut pad = DualSensePad::open(0, &identity)
+                .with_context(|| format!("create virtual {label} via /dev/uhid"))?;
             // Answer the kernel's init GET_REPORTs promptly so hid-playstation creates the input
             // devices before we start streaming state.
             let init = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(800);
@@ -276,7 +285,7 @@ fn real_main() -> Result<()> {
                 std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
             }
             println!(
-                "virtual DualSense created — check `evtest`, `ls /dev/input/by-id/*Punktfunk*`, \
+                "virtual {label} created — check `evtest`, `ls /dev/input/by-id/*Punktfunk*`, \
                  `ls /sys/class/leds/`. Cycling Cross + sweeping LS for {secs}s."
             );
             let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(secs);
@@ -292,20 +301,106 @@ fn real_main() -> Result<()> {
                 if last_write.elapsed() >= Duration::from_millis(300) {
                     last_write = Instant::now();
                     i += 1;
-                    let buttons = if i % 2 == 0 {
+                    let mut buttons = if i % 2 == 0 {
                         punktfunk_core::input::gamepad::BTN_A
                     } else {
                         0
                     };
+                    if edge {
+                        // Cycle one paddle per beat (R4 → L4 → R5 → L5) so all four Edge slots
+                        // are visible in evtest / hidraw.
+                        buttons |= punktfunk_core::input::gamepad::BTN_PADDLE1 << (i % 4);
+                    }
                     let lx = (((i % 64) - 32) * 1024) as i16; // sweep left stick X
-                    let st = DsState::from_gamepad(buttons, lx, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-                    pad.write_state(&st).context("write DualSense report")?;
+                    let mut st = DsState::from_gamepad(buttons, lx, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+                    if edge {
+                        st.buttons[2] |= edge_paddle_bits(buttons);
+                    }
+                    pad.write_state(&st).context("write report")?;
                 }
                 std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(15));
             }
             println!("dualsense-test: done");
             Ok(())
         }
+        // Create a virtual Switch Pro Controller via UHID and exercise it (validation, no
+        // streaming session): answers the full hid-nintendo probe conversation, then cycles the
+        // A/B buttons (positionally swapped) + sweeps the left stick, printing rumble / player-
+        // light feedback. Verify with `evtest` (hid-nintendo input devices), `dmesg | grep
+        // nintendo`, SDL identifying a "Nintendo Switch Pro Controller".
+        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        Some("switchpro-test") => {
+            use inject::switch_pro::SwitchProPad;
+            use inject::switch_proto::SwitchState;
+            let secs: u64 = args
+                .iter()
+                .skip_while(|a| *a != "--seconds")
+                .nth(1)
+                .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
+                .unwrap_or(20);
+            use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+            let mut pad = SwitchProPad::open(0)
+                .context("create virtual Switch Pro Controller via /dev/uhid")?;
+            // Answer the driver's probe conversation promptly — every step blocks hid-nintendo
+            // init until its reply lands; also stream neutral 0x30 reports like real hardware.
+            println!("virtual Switch Pro created — servicing the hid-nintendo probe…");
+            let init = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(2500);
+            let mut hb = Instant::now();
+            while Instant::now() < init {
+                let fb = pad.service(0);
+                for o in fb.hidout {
+                    println!("  probe feedback: {o:?}");
+                }
+                if hb.elapsed() >= Duration::from_millis(15) {
+                    hb = Instant::now();
+                    let _ = pad.write_state(&SwitchState::neutral());
+                }
+                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(2));
+            }
+            println!("probe window over — cycling buttons + stick for {secs}s (check evtest)");
+            let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(secs);
+            let (mut i, mut last_write) = (0i32, Instant::now());
+            while Instant::now() < deadline {
+                let fb = pad.service(0);
+                if let Some((low, high)) = fb.rumble {
+                    println!("  rumble from kernel/game: low={low} high={high}");
+                }
+                for o in fb.hidout {
+                    println!("  hid output from kernel/game: {o:?}");
+                }
+                // ~15 ms cadence = the real controller's report rate (also keeps the driver's
+                // post-probe subcommand rate limiter fed).
+                if last_write.elapsed() >= Duration::from_millis(15) {
+                    last_write = Instant::now();
+                    i += 1;
+                    let step = i / 20; // change the pressed button every ~300 ms
+                    let buttons = if step % 2 == 0 {
+                        punktfunk_core::input::gamepad::BTN_A
+                    } else {
+                        punktfunk_core::input::gamepad::BTN_B
+                    };
+                    let lx = (((i % 64) - 32) * 1024) as i16; // sweep left stick X
+                    let st = SwitchState::from_gamepad(buttons, lx, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+                    pad.write_state(&st).context("write Switch Pro report")?;
+                }
+                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(2));
+            }
+            println!("switchpro-test: done");
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        // Windows N4 SPIKE (gamepad-new-types §6): hold a software-devnode HID Steam Deck
+        // (28DE:1205 via device_type 3) and watch whether Steam Input promotes it. Needs the
+        // updated signed driver installed + Steam running. `--seconds N` (default 120).
+        #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+        Some("deck-windows-spike") => {
+            let secs: u64 = args
+                .iter()
+                .skip_while(|a| *a != "--seconds")
+                .nth(1)
+                .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
+                .unwrap_or(120);
+            inject::dualsense_windows::deck_spike_hold(0, secs)
+        }
         // Windows: create a virtual DualSense via the UMDF driver (SwDeviceCreate per-session devnode
         // + the shared-memory channel) and hold it, pushing one fixed frame (Cross + LS-right). Drives
         // the real DualSenseWindowsManager, so it validates the device lifecycle end to end. Verify
@@ -332,6 +427,18 @@ fn real_main() -> Result<()> {
                 .unwrap_or(0);
             let ds4 = args.iter().any(|a| a == "--ds4");
             let xbox = args.iter().any(|a| a == "--xbox");
+            // `--edge` drives the DualSense Edge backend (device_type 2) and additionally holds
+            // the R4/L4 paddles on the pressed beats, so a HID read shows the Edge bits in
+            // report byte 10 (0x80|0x40) next to Cross. `--deck` drives the Steam Deck backend
+            // (device_type 3, the MI_02-promoted identity) — watch Steam claim it live.
+            let edge = args.iter().any(|a| a == "--edge");
+            let deck = args.iter().any(|a| a == "--deck");
+            let extra_buttons: u32 = if edge || deck {
+                punktfunk_core::input::gamepad::BTN_PADDLE1
+                    | punktfunk_core::input::gamepad::BTN_PADDLE2
+            } else {
+                0
+            };
             // Same drive loop for either backend (identical method surface): Arrival creates the pad,
             // State pushes a cycling report, pump surfaces a game's rumble/lightbar feedback.
             macro_rules! drive {
@@ -360,7 +467,7 @@ fn real_main() -> Result<()> {
                             last = Instant::now();
                             i += 1;
                             let buttons = if i % 2 == 0 {
-                                punktfunk_core::input::gamepad::BTN_A // Cross
+                                punktfunk_core::input::gamepad::BTN_A | extra_buttons // Cross (+ Edge paddles)
                             } else {
                                 0
                             };
@@ -425,6 +532,16 @@ fn real_main() -> Result<()> {
                     inject::dualshock4_windows::DualShock4WindowsManager::new(),
                     "DualShock 4"
                 );
+            } else if edge {
+                drive!(
+                    inject::dualsense_edge_windows::DualSenseEdgeWindowsManager::new(),
+                    "DualSense Edge"
+                );
+            } else if deck {
+                drive!(
+                    inject::steam_deck_windows::SteamDeckWindowsManager::new(),
+                    "Steam Deck"
+                );
             } else {
                 drive!(
                     inject::dualsense_windows::DualSenseWindowsManager::new(),

crates/punktfunk-host/src/punktfunk1.rs

@@ -1752,8 +1752,10 @@ const INJECTOR_REOPEN_BACKOFF: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_s
 ///
 /// - Xbox 360 / One — uinput on Linux ([`GamepadManager`](crate::inject::gamepad::GamepadManager),
 ///   two identities), the XUSB companion driver (classic XInput) on Windows.
-/// - DualSense / DualShock 4 — Linux UHID `hid-playstation`, or the Windows UMDF minidriver.
-/// - Steam Deck — Linux UHID `hid-steam`.
+/// - DualSense / DualSense Edge / DualShock 4 — Linux UHID `hid-playstation`, or the Windows UMDF
+///   minidriver (device-type 0/2/1).
+/// - Steam Deck — Linux UHID `hid-steam` (or usbip/gadget), or the Windows UMDF minidriver
+///   (device-type 3, Steam-Input-promoted).
 ///
 /// [`resolve_pad_kind`] folds any kind a platform can't build into one it can, so this never
 /// constructs a manager the build lacks.
@@ -1771,13 +1773,23 @@ struct Pads {
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     dualsense: Option<crate::inject::dualsense::DualSenseManager>,
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    dualsense_edge: Option<crate::inject::dualsense::DualSenseEdgeManager>,
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     dualshock4: Option<crate::inject::dualshock4::DualShock4Manager>,
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     steamdeck: Option<crate::inject::steam_controller::SteamControllerManager>,
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    switchpro: Option<crate::inject::switch_pro::SwitchProManager>,
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    steamctrl: Option<crate::inject::steam_controller::SteamCtrlManager>,
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     dualsense_win: Option<crate::inject::dualsense_windows::DualSenseWindowsManager>,
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    dualsense_edge_win: Option<crate::inject::dualsense_edge_windows::DualSenseEdgeWindowsManager>,
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     dualshock4_win: Option<crate::inject::dualshock4_windows::DualShock4WindowsManager>,
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    steamdeck_win: Option<crate::inject::steam_deck_windows::SteamDeckWindowsManager>,
 }
 
 impl Pads {
@@ -1798,13 +1810,23 @@ impl Pads {
             #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
             dualsense: None,
             #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            dualsense_edge: None,
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
             dualshock4: None,
             #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
             steamdeck: None,
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            switchpro: None,
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            steamctrl: None,
             #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
             dualsense_win: None,
             #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+            dualsense_edge_win: None,
+            #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
             dualshock4_win: None,
+            #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+            steamdeck_win: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -1855,6 +1877,11 @@ impl Pads {
                 .get_or_insert_with(crate::inject::dualsense::DualSenseManager::new)
                 .handle(ev),
             #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge => self
+                .dualsense_edge
+                .get_or_insert_with(crate::inject::dualsense::DualSenseEdgeManager::new)
+                .handle(ev),
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
             GamepadPref::DualShock4 => self
                 .dualshock4
                 .get_or_insert_with(crate::inject::dualshock4::DualShock4Manager::new)
@@ -1865,6 +1892,16 @@ impl Pads {
                 .get_or_insert_with(crate::inject::steam_controller::SteamControllerManager::new)
                 .handle(ev),
             #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            GamepadPref::SwitchPro => self
+                .switchpro
+                .get_or_insert_with(crate::inject::switch_pro::SwitchProManager::new)
+                .handle(ev),
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            GamepadPref::SteamController => self
+                .steamctrl
+                .get_or_insert_with(crate::inject::steam_controller::SteamCtrlManager::new)
+                .handle(ev),
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
             GamepadPref::XboxOne => self
                 .xboxone
                 .get_or_insert_with(|| {
@@ -1879,12 +1916,24 @@ impl Pads {
                 .get_or_insert_with(crate::inject::dualsense_windows::DualSenseWindowsManager::new)
                 .handle(ev),
             #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+            GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge => self
+                .dualsense_edge_win
+                .get_or_insert_with(
+                    crate::inject::dualsense_edge_windows::DualSenseEdgeWindowsManager::new,
+                )
+                .handle(ev),
+            #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
             GamepadPref::DualShock4 => self
                 .dualshock4_win
                 .get_or_insert_with(
                     crate::inject::dualshock4_windows::DualShock4WindowsManager::new,
                 )
                 .handle(ev),
+            #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+            GamepadPref::SteamDeck => self
+                .steamdeck_win
+                .get_or_insert_with(crate::inject::steam_deck_windows::SteamDeckWindowsManager::new)
+                .handle(ev),
             _ => self
                 .xbox360
                 .get_or_insert_with(crate::inject::gamepad::GamepadManager::new)
@@ -1920,6 +1969,12 @@ impl Pads {
                 }
             }
             #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge => {
+                if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense_edge {
+                    m.apply_rich(rich)
+                }
+            }
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
             GamepadPref::DualShock4 => {
                 if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualshock4 {
                     m.apply_rich(rich)
@@ -1931,6 +1986,18 @@ impl Pads {
                     m.apply_rich(rich)
                 }
             }
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            GamepadPref::SwitchPro => {
+                if let Some(m) = &mut self.switchpro {
+                    m.apply_rich(rich)
+                }
+            }
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            GamepadPref::SteamController => {
+                if let Some(m) = &mut self.steamctrl {
+                    m.apply_rich(rich)
+                }
+            }
             #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
             GamepadPref::DualSense => {
                 if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense_win {
@@ -1938,11 +2005,23 @@ impl Pads {
                 }
             }
             #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+            GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge => {
+                if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense_edge_win {
+                    m.apply_rich(rich)
+                }
+            }
+            #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
             GamepadPref::DualShock4 => {
                 if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualshock4_win {
                     m.apply_rich(rich)
                 }
             }
+            #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+            GamepadPref::SteamDeck => {
+                if let Some(m) = &mut self.steamdeck_win {
+                    m.apply_rich(rich)
+                }
+            }
             _ => {}
         }
     }
@@ -1967,21 +2046,36 @@ impl Pads {
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense {
                 m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
             }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense_edge {
+                m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
+            }
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualshock4 {
                 m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
             }
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.steamdeck {
                 m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
             }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.switchpro {
+                m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
+            }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.steamctrl {
+                m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
+            }
         }
         #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
         {
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense_win {
                 m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
             }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense_edge_win {
+                m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
+            }
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualshock4_win {
                 m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
             }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.steamdeck_win {
+                m.pump(&mut rumble, &mut hidout);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -1996,12 +2090,21 @@ impl Pads {
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense {
                 m.heartbeat(gap);
             }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense_edge {
+                m.heartbeat(gap);
+            }
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualshock4 {
                 m.heartbeat(gap);
             }
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.steamdeck {
                 m.heartbeat(gap);
             }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.switchpro {
+                m.heartbeat(gap);
+            }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.steamctrl {
+                m.heartbeat(gap);
+            }
         }
         #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
         {
@@ -2009,9 +2112,15 @@ impl Pads {
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense_win {
                 m.heartbeat(gap);
             }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualsense_edge_win {
+                m.heartbeat(gap);
+            }
             if let Some(m) = &mut self.dualshock4_win {
                 m.heartbeat(gap);
             }
+            if let Some(m) = &mut self.steamdeck_win {
+                m.heartbeat(gap);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -2692,14 +2801,21 @@ fn pick_gamepad(pref: GamepadPref, env: Option<&str>, linux: bool, windows: bool
         // One/Series: a real, distinct uinput identity on Linux; folded into the 360 backend on
         // Windows (XInput can't tell them apart anyway).
         GamepadPref::XboxOne if linux => GamepadPref::XboxOne,
-        // Steam Deck: Linux UHID hid-steam. The classic Steam Controller's backend isn't built yet,
-        // so it folds to Xbox360 for now (Windows Steam devices are M7).
+        // Steam Deck / classic Steam Controller: Linux UHID hid-steam (Windows Steam devices
+        // are the N4 spike).
         GamepadPref::SteamDeck if linux => GamepadPref::SteamDeck,
-        // No virtual Deck on Windows (M7) — fold to DualSense, the closest rich pad: its
-        // backend keeps gyro + trackpads + pad-click alive (the Deck's dual pads split the
-        // DualSense touchpad left/right per DsState::apply_rich). Folding to Xbox360 dropped
-        // all of that silently.
-        GamepadPref::SteamDeck if windows => GamepadPref::DualSense,
+        GamepadPref::SteamController if linux => GamepadPref::SteamController,
+        // Windows virtual Deck: the UMDF device-type-3 identity, Steam-Input-promoted via the
+        // MI_02 hardware-id synthesis (gamepad-new-types N4) — native Deck glyphs + trackpads +
+        // gyro + back grips, replacing the old fold to DualSense.
+        GamepadPref::SteamDeck if windows => GamepadPref::SteamDeck,
+        // DualSense Edge: Linux UHID hid-playstation / Windows UMDF (device-type 2) — the plain
+        // DualSense plus native back/Fn buttons, so the wire paddles stop hitting the fold/drop
+        // policy. Degrades to Xbox360 elsewhere like its siblings.
+        GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge if linux || windows => GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge,
+        // Switch Pro: Linux UHID hid-nintendo (≥ 5.16) — correct Nintendo glyphs + positional
+        // layout + gyro + HD rumble. No Windows backend; folds to Xbox360 there.
+        GamepadPref::SwitchPro if linux => GamepadPref::SwitchPro,
         _ => GamepadPref::Xbox360,
     }
 }
@@ -2712,7 +2828,12 @@ fn pick_gamepad(pref: GamepadPref, env: Option<&str>, linux: bool, windows: bool
 fn degrade_if_no_uhid(chosen: GamepadPref) -> GamepadPref {
     let needs_uhid = matches!(
         chosen,
-        GamepadPref::DualSense | GamepadPref::DualShock4 | GamepadPref::SteamDeck
+        GamepadPref::DualSense
+            | GamepadPref::DualSenseEdge
+            | GamepadPref::DualShock4
+            | GamepadPref::SteamDeck
+            | GamepadPref::SteamController
+            | GamepadPref::SwitchPro
     );
     if needs_uhid
         && std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
@@ -2744,7 +2865,7 @@ fn degrade_if_no_uhid(chosen: GamepadPref) -> GamepadPref {
 /// device (vhci resolves through `vhci_hcd`, NOT `/devices/virtual/`), so a just-ended session's
 /// pad still detaching — or a concurrent session's live one — read as "physical" and degraded
 /// every back-to-back Deck session to DualSense (observed live on Bazzite 2026-07-04). Ours are
-/// recognizable by the `PFDK…` serial ([`steam_proto::deck_serial`]) in `HID_UNIQ`, with the
+/// recognizable by the `FVPF…` serial ([`steam_proto::deck_serial`]) in `HID_UNIQ`, with the
 /// vhci path as belt and braces.
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 fn physical_steam_controller_present() -> bool {
@@ -2756,7 +2877,7 @@ fn physical_steam_controller_present() -> bool {
             return false;
         }
         if std::fs::read_to_string(e.path().join("uevent"))
-            .is_ok_and(|u| u.lines().any(|l| l.starts_with("HID_UNIQ=PFDK")))
+            .is_ok_and(|u| u.lines().any(|l| l.starts_with("HID_UNIQ=FVPF")))
         {
             return false; // one of our own virtual Decks
         }
@@ -3103,13 +3224,18 @@ fn service_probes(
 /// Seal one access unit and send it with MICROBURST pacing (the shared
 /// [`send_pacing`](crate::send_pacing) policy, native parameterization): the first `burst_cap`
 /// bytes go out immediately (one absorbed burst the NIC / socket tx-buffer can swallow), and
-/// only the OVERFLOW beyond that is spread in 16-packet chunks across ~90% of the time to
-/// `deadline`. So a normal-bitrate frame (≤ cap) leaves in one immediate burst at ~0 added
-/// latency, while a genuine IDR / sustained-high-bitrate frame (≫ cap) still spreads — keeping
-/// the freeze fix exactly where it's needed (an unpaced line-rate burst overruns the kernel tx
-/// buffer → EAGAIN drop → under infinite GOP, a freeze until the next keyframe). With no slack
-/// (encode ≈ interval) the budget collapses to 0 and even the overflow goes out immediately, so
-/// this is never slower than unpaced.
+/// only the OVERFLOW beyond that is spread across ~90% of the time to `deadline` in ADAPTIVE
+/// chunks — 16 packets at today's rates, coarsening to at most 64 (the GSO-segment cap) once
+/// the rate would otherwise skip every sub-floor sleep, so ≥1 Gbps frames still pace instead
+/// of collapsing into an unpaced blast (plan Phase 1.2). `burst_cap` `None` = auto:
+/// `max(128 KB, this AU's wire bytes / 4)`, so the burst stays a bounded fraction of a
+/// high-rate frame instead of swallowing it whole (plan Phase 1.3); `Some` =
+/// PUNKTFUNK_PACE_BURST_KB pinned an absolute cap. So a normal-bitrate frame (≤ cap) leaves in
+/// one immediate burst at ~0 added latency, while a genuine IDR / sustained-high-bitrate frame
+/// (≫ cap) still spreads — keeping the freeze fix exactly where it's needed (an unpaced
+/// line-rate burst overruns the kernel tx buffer → EAGAIN drop → under infinite GOP, a freeze
+/// until the next keyframe). With no slack (encode ≈ interval) the budget collapses to 0 and
+/// even the overflow goes out immediately, so this is never slower than unpaced.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 fn paced_submit(
     session: &mut Session,
@@ -3118,7 +3244,7 @@ fn paced_submit(
     flags: u32,
     frame_index: u32,
     deadline: std::time::Instant,
-    burst_cap: usize,
+    burst_cap: Option<usize>,
 ) -> Result<PaceStat> {
     let wires = session
         .seal_frame_at(data, pts_ns, flags, frame_index)
@@ -3126,11 +3252,15 @@ fn paced_submit(
     let mut refs: Vec<&[u8]> = wires.iter().map(|w| w.as_slice()).collect();
     // FEC/recovery test knob (PUNKTFUNK_VIDEO_DROP) — same knob the GameStream plane honors.
     crate::send_pacing::inject_video_drop(&mut refs);
+    let wire_bytes: usize = refs.iter().map(|p| p.len()).sum();
     let cfg = crate::send_pacing::PaceCfg {
-        burst_bytes: Some(burst_cap),
-        chunk: crate::send_pacing::ChunkPolicy::Fixed(16),
+        burst_bytes: Some(burst_cap.unwrap_or_else(|| (wire_bytes / 4).max(128 * 1024))),
+        chunk: crate::send_pacing::ChunkPolicy::Adaptive { base: 16, max: 64 },
         sleep_floor: std::time::Duration::from_micros(500),
     };
+    // Time the socket handoff per chunk and fold it into the session's SealPerf split — the
+    // sleeps between chunks stay excluded, so sock_ns is pure send_gso/sendmmsg time.
+    let mut sock_ns = 0u64;
     let result = crate::send_pacing::pace_frame(
         &refs,
         crate::send_pacing::PaceBudget::UntilDeadline {
@@ -3138,10 +3268,16 @@ fn paced_submit(
             fraction: 0.9,
         },
         &cfg,
-        |chunk| session.send_sealed(chunk).map(|_| ()),
+        |chunk| {
+            let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
+            let r = session.send_sealed(chunk).map(|_| ());
+            sock_ns += t0.elapsed().as_nanos() as u64;
+            r
+        },
     );
     drop(refs); // release the borrow of `wires` so it can return to the seal pool
     session.reclaim_wires(wires);
+    session.note_sock_ns(sock_ns);
     result.map_err(|e| anyhow!("send_sealed: {e:?}"))
 }
 
@@ -3343,7 +3479,7 @@ fn send_loop(
     probe_result_tx: tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedSender<ProbeResult>,
     stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     perf: bool,
-    burst_cap: usize,
+    burst_cap: Option<usize>,
     fec_target: Arc<AtomicU8>,
     stats: SendStats,
     // `Some` = the client advertised VIDEO_CAP_HOST_TIMING: emit one 0xCF datagram per AU right
@@ -3458,6 +3594,11 @@ fn send_loop(
             // Attempted (sealed) transmit rate; `send_dropped` is what didn't reach the wire.
             let tx_mbps = (s.bytes_sent - last_bytes) as f64 * 8.0 / secs / 1_000_000.0;
             if perf {
+                // Send-thread stage split (Phase 0.4 host half): busy-time sums over this
+                // window, so share-of-core = <stage>_ms / window wall ms. The per-packet ns
+                // figures are the Phase 1.5 gate metric — seal parallelism is warranted only
+                // if seal_ns_pp × pkts/s approaches ~15% of a core at 2 Gbps.
+                let sp = session.take_seal_perf().unwrap_or_default();
                 tracing::info!(
                     tx_mbps = format!("{tx_mbps:.0}"),
                     send_dropped = s.packets_send_dropped - last_send_dropped,
@@ -3469,6 +3610,14 @@ fn send_loop(
                     pace_us_max = pace_us.last().copied().unwrap_or(0),
                     immediate_frames,
                     paced_frames,
+                    window_ms = format!("{:.0}", secs * 1000.0),
+                    fec_ms = format!("{:.2}", sp.fec_ns as f64 / 1e6),
+                    seal_ms = format!("{:.2}", sp.seal_ns as f64 / 1e6),
+                    sock_ms = format!("{:.2}", sp.sock_ns as f64 / 1e6),
+                    fec_ns_pp = sp.fec_ns.checked_div(sp.packets).unwrap_or(0),
+                    seal_ns_pp = sp.seal_ns.checked_div(sp.packets).unwrap_or(0),
+                    sock_ns_pp = sp.sock_ns.checked_div(sp.packets).unwrap_or(0),
+                    sealed_pkts = sp.packets,
                     "perf"
                 );
             }
@@ -3856,13 +4005,14 @@ fn virtual_stream(ctx: SessionContext) -> Result<()> {
     let _ = &launch;
 
     let perf = crate::config::config().perf;
-    // Microburst cap (applied in send_loop/paced_submit): a frame ≤ this bursts out immediately;
-    // only a bigger frame's overflow is spread. PUNKTFUNK_PACE_BURST_KB overrides the 128 KB default.
-    let burst_cap = std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_PACE_BURST_KB")
+    // Microburst cap (applied in send_loop/paced_submit): a frame ≤ the cap bursts out
+    // immediately; only a bigger frame's overflow is spread. `None` = auto — max(128 KB, the
+    // AU's wire bytes / 4), so the burst stays a bounded fraction of high-rate frames instead
+    // of swallowing them whole (plan Phase 1.3). PUNKTFUNK_PACE_BURST_KB pins an absolute cap.
+    let burst_cap: Option<usize> = std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_PACE_BURST_KB")
         .ok()
         .and_then(|s| s.parse::<usize>().ok())
-        .unwrap_or(128)
-        * 1024;
+        .map(|kb| kb * 1024);
 
     // Encode|send split: this thread captures+encodes (the GPU work) + handles reconfig, and hands
     // each AU to a dedicated send thread that owns the Session and does FEC+seal+paced-send — so the
@@ -4153,47 +4303,67 @@ fn virtual_stream(ctx: SessionContext) -> Result<()> {
             }
         }
         // Adaptive bitrate: drain to the NEWEST requested rate (the client's controller may step
-        // several times while we stream) and rebuild the ENCODER ONLY in place — the mode didn't
-        // change, so capture and the virtual output are untouched and the switch costs exactly the
-        // IDR the fresh encoder opens with (the same resync discipline as a mode switch, minus the
-        // pipeline churn). Rates arrive pre-clamped by the control task (`resolve_bitrate_kbps`).
+        // several times while we stream) and retarget the ENCODER ONLY — the mode didn't change,
+        // so capture and the virtual output are untouched. Preferred lever: an IN-PLACE
+        // `reconfigure_bitrate` (Phase 3.2 — NVENC nvEncReconfigureEncoder / AMF dynamic props /
+        // Vulkan RC control), which keeps the encoder, its reference chain and the in-flight AUs,
+        // so the step costs NOTHING on the wire (no IDR, no forfeit — exactly what the Automatic
+        // controller's doubling climb wants). A backend that can't (libavcodec paths) or a driver
+        // rejection falls back to the full rebuild, which costs the IDR the fresh encoder opens
+        // with (the same resync discipline as a mode switch, minus the pipeline churn) and owns
+        // the bitrate clamping. Rates arrive pre-clamped by the control task
+        // (`resolve_bitrate_kbps`).
         let mut want_kbps = None;
         while let Ok(k) = bitrate_rx.try_recv() {
             want_kbps = Some(k);
         }
         if let Some(new_kbps) = want_kbps.filter(|&k| k != bitrate_kbps) {
-            // `interval` was built as 1/effective_hz, so the round-trip recovers the integer rate.
-            let hz = interval_hz(interval);
-            match crate::encode::open_video(
-                plan.codec,
-                frame.format,
-                frame.width,
-                frame.height,
-                hz,
-                new_kbps as u64 * 1000,
-                frame.is_cuda(),
-                bit_depth,
-                plan.chroma,
-            ) {
-                Ok(new_enc) => {
-                    tracing::info!(
-                        from_kbps = bitrate_kbps,
-                        to_kbps = new_kbps,
-                        "encoder rebuilt at new bitrate (adaptive bitrate)"
-                    );
-                    enc = new_enc;
-                    bitrate_kbps = new_kbps;
-                    live_bitrate.store(new_kbps, Ordering::Relaxed);
-                    // The owed AUs died with the old encoder — same bookkeeping as a mode-switch
-                    // rebuild; the fresh encoder opens on an IDR, so anchor the IDR cooldown too.
-                    inflight.clear();
-                    last_au_at = std::time::Instant::now();
-                    encoder_resets = 0;
-                    last_forced_idr = Some(std::time::Instant::now());
-                }
-                Err(e) => {
-                    tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), to_kbps = new_kbps,
-                        "bitrate-change encoder rebuild failed — keeping the current rate");
+            if enc.reconfigure_bitrate(new_kbps as u64 * 1000) {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    from_kbps = bitrate_kbps,
+                    to_kbps = new_kbps,
+                    "encoder bitrate reconfigured in place (adaptive bitrate — no IDR)"
+                );
+                bitrate_kbps = new_kbps;
+                live_bitrate.store(new_kbps, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                // Same encoder, same stream: the in-flight AUs and the wire-index prediction
+                // stay valid — no inflight forfeit, no IDR-cooldown anchor.
+            } else {
+                // `interval` was built as 1/effective_hz, so the round-trip recovers the integer
+                // rate.
+                let hz = interval_hz(interval);
+                match crate::encode::open_video(
+                    plan.codec,
+                    frame.format,
+                    frame.width,
+                    frame.height,
+                    hz,
+                    new_kbps as u64 * 1000,
+                    frame.is_cuda(),
+                    bit_depth,
+                    plan.chroma,
+                ) {
+                    Ok(new_enc) => {
+                        tracing::info!(
+                            from_kbps = bitrate_kbps,
+                            to_kbps = new_kbps,
+                            "encoder rebuilt at new bitrate (adaptive bitrate)"
+                        );
+                        enc = new_enc;
+                        bitrate_kbps = new_kbps;
+                        live_bitrate.store(new_kbps, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                        // The owed AUs died with the old encoder — same bookkeeping as a
+                        // mode-switch rebuild; the fresh encoder opens on an IDR, so anchor the
+                        // IDR cooldown too.
+                        inflight.clear();
+                        last_au_at = std::time::Instant::now();
+                        encoder_resets = 0;
+                        last_forced_idr = Some(std::time::Instant::now());
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), to_kbps = new_kbps,
+                            "bitrate-change encoder rebuild failed — keeping the current rate");
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -5273,12 +5443,44 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(Auto, Some("series"), true, false), XboxOne);
         assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(XboxOne, None, false, true), Xbox360);
 
-        // Steam Deck: native on Linux; folds to DualSense on Windows (keeps gyro + trackpads
-        // via the UMDF backend — Xbox360 would drop the whole rich plane); Xbox360 elsewhere.
+        // Steam Deck: native on Linux (UHID/usbip/gadget) AND Windows (UMDF device-type 3,
+        // Steam-Input-promoted via MI_02 — gamepad-new-types N4); Xbox360 elsewhere.
         assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(SteamDeck, None, true, false), SteamDeck);
-        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(SteamDeck, None, false, true), DualSense);
-        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(Auto, Some("deck"), false, true), DualSense);
+        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(SteamDeck, None, false, true), SteamDeck);
+        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(Auto, Some("deck"), false, true), SteamDeck);
         assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(SteamDeck, None, false, false), Xbox360);
+        // Classic Steam Controller: native on Linux (UHID hid-steam); Xbox360 elsewhere.
+        assert_eq!(
+            pick_gamepad(SteamController, None, true, false),
+            SteamController
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            pick_gamepad(Auto, Some("steamcontroller"), true, false),
+            SteamController
+        );
+        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(SteamController, None, false, true), Xbox360);
+
+        // DualSense Edge: native on Linux (UHID) AND Windows (UMDF device-type 2); Xbox360
+        // elsewhere.
+        assert_eq!(
+            pick_gamepad(DualSenseEdge, None, true, false),
+            DualSenseEdge
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            pick_gamepad(DualSenseEdge, None, false, true),
+            DualSenseEdge
+        );
+        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(Auto, Some("edge"), true, false), DualSenseEdge);
+        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(DualSenseEdge, None, false, false), Xbox360);
+        // Switch Pro: native on Linux (UHID hid-nintendo); Xbox360 on Windows and elsewhere.
+        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(SwitchPro, None, true, false), SwitchPro);
+        assert_eq!(
+            pick_gamepad(Auto, Some("switchpro"), true, false),
+            SwitchPro
+        );
+        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(Auto, Some("switch"), true, false), SwitchPro);
+        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(SwitchPro, None, false, true), Xbox360);
+        assert_eq!(pick_gamepad(SwitchPro, None, false, false), Xbox360);
     }
 
     #[test]

crates/punktfunk-host/src/send_pacing.rs

@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
 //! deterministic-schedule tests below):
 //!
 //! * **native** — the first `burst_bytes` leave immediately (one absorbed microburst), only the
-//!   overflow is paced in fixed 16-packet chunks across 90 % of the time left to the frame
-//!   deadline (no slack ⇒ budget 0 ⇒ never slower than unpaced);
+//!   overflow is paced across 90 % of the time left to the frame deadline in ADAPTIVE chunks:
+//!   16 packets at today's rates, coarsening just enough that the per-chunk interval clears the
+//!   sleep floor (≤ 64, the GSO-segment cap) once the rate would otherwise skip every sleep —
+//!   so ≥1 Gbps frames still pace instead of blasting (no slack ⇒ budget 0 ⇒ never slower than
+//!   unpaced);
 //! * **GameStream** — no burst stage; the whole frame spreads across a fixed ¾-frame-interval
 //!   budget in a BOUNDED number of steps (≤ 12, chunk ≥ 16), because on that non-RT send thread
 //!   every step ends in a `thread::sleep` whose overshoot must stay independent of bitrate
@@ -36,6 +39,13 @@ pub(crate) struct PaceStat {
 pub(crate) enum ChunkPolicy {
     /// Fixed chunk size; the step count scales with the frame (native: 16).
     Fixed(usize),
+    /// Rate-adaptive chunk size (native, plan Phase 1.2): `base` packets until the per-chunk
+    /// interval (`budget / steps`) would drop under the sleep floor, then the smallest chunk
+    /// that keeps the interval ≥ floor, capped at `max` (the 64-segment GSO super-buffer
+    /// limit). Zero budget (no slack — the frame blasts anyway) takes `max`: fewest syscalls
+    /// for the same immediate send. Decouples the syscall batch from the pace step so high
+    /// rates keep REAL sleeps between chunks instead of skipping every sub-floor wait.
+    Adaptive { base: usize, max: usize },
     /// Bounded step count: `chunk = max(min_chunk, ceil(n / max_steps))` (GameStream: 16 / 12).
     /// Keeps per-frame sleep overshoot independent of bitrate — see `spawn_sender`'s history.
     Bounded { min_chunk: usize, max_steps: usize },
@@ -72,8 +82,15 @@ pub(crate) struct PaceSchedule {
     pub(crate) steps: usize,
 }
 
-/// Compute the schedule for one frame's wire packets under `cfg`.
-pub(crate) fn schedule<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(packets: &[T], cfg: &PaceCfg) -> PaceSchedule {
+/// Compute the schedule for one frame's wire packets under `cfg`. `pace_budget` is the time
+/// the paced overflow will spread across (resolved by the caller); only
+/// [`ChunkPolicy::Adaptive`] reads it — the `Fixed`/`Bounded` schedules are budget-independent
+/// (the pinned legacy planes).
+pub(crate) fn schedule<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+    packets: &[T],
+    cfg: &PaceCfg,
+    pace_budget: Duration,
+) -> PaceSchedule {
     let burst_len = match cfg.burst_bytes {
         None => 0,
         Some(cap) => {
@@ -94,6 +111,20 @@ pub(crate) fn schedule<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(packets: &[T], cfg: &PaceCfg) -> PaceSche
     let overflow = packets.len() - burst_len;
     let (chunk, steps) = match cfg.chunk {
         ChunkPolicy::Fixed(c) => (c, overflow.div_ceil(c).max(1)),
+        ChunkPolicy::Adaptive { base, max } => {
+            let c = if overflow == 0 {
+                base
+            } else if pace_budget.is_zero() {
+                max
+            } else {
+                // interval = budget/steps ≈ budget·c/overflow ≥ sleep_floor ⇔
+                // c ≥ overflow·floor/budget — the smallest such c, clamped to [base, max].
+                let c_min = (overflow as u128 * cfg.sleep_floor.as_nanos())
+                    .div_ceil(pace_budget.as_nanos());
+                c_min.clamp(base as u128, max as u128) as usize
+            };
+            (c, overflow.div_ceil(c).max(1))
+        }
         ChunkPolicy::Bounded {
             min_chunk,
             max_steps,
@@ -120,7 +151,19 @@ pub(crate) fn pace_frame<T: AsRef<[u8]>, E>(
     mut send: impl FnMut(&[T]) -> Result<(), E>,
 ) -> Result<PaceStat, E> {
     let start = Instant::now();
-    let sched = schedule(packets, cfg);
+    // Resolve the pace budget up front: adaptive chunk sizing needs it before the burst
+    // leaves. The paced loop below still re-anchors at `pace_start` (after the burst), so the
+    // sleep targets are exactly the legacy math; this entry-time estimate only sizes chunks
+    // (it overshoots the post-burst budget by the burst's few µs — harmless, sub-floor sleeps
+    // are skipped anyway).
+    let budget_est = match budget {
+        PaceBudget::UntilDeadline { deadline, fraction } => deadline
+            .checked_duration_since(start)
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .mul_f32(fraction),
+        PaceBudget::Fixed(d) => d,
+    };
+    let sched = schedule(packets, cfg, budget_est);
     for chunk in packets[..sched.burst_len].chunks(sched.chunk) {
         send(chunk)?;
     }
@@ -257,10 +300,13 @@ mod tests {
             let pkts = packets(n, len);
             let sizes: Vec<usize> = pkts.iter().map(|p| p.len()).collect();
             let (split, m) = legacy(&sizes, cap);
-            let s = schedule(&pkts, &native_cfg(cap));
-            assert_eq!(s.burst_len, split, "n={n} cap={cap}: burst split");
-            assert_eq!(s.chunk, 16, "n={n} cap={cap}: chunk size");
-            assert_eq!(s.steps, m, "n={n} cap={cap}: paced step count");
+            // Two very different budgets: Fixed schedules must not read the budget at all.
+            for budget in [Duration::ZERO, Duration::from_millis(7)] {
+                let s = schedule(&pkts, &native_cfg(cap), budget);
+                assert_eq!(s.burst_len, split, "n={n} cap={cap}: burst split");
+                assert_eq!(s.chunk, 16, "n={n} cap={cap}: chunk size");
+                assert_eq!(s.steps, m, "n={n} cap={cap}: paced step count");
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -276,20 +322,53 @@ mod tests {
         for &n in &[1usize, 16, 17, 146, 192, 193, 610, 1024, 5000, 50_000] {
             let pkts = packets(n, 1024);
             let (chunk, steps) = legacy_pace_layout(n);
-            let s = schedule(&pkts, &gs_cfg());
-            assert_eq!(s.burst_len, 0, "n={n}: GameStream has no burst stage");
-            assert_eq!(s.chunk, chunk, "n={n}: chunk size");
-            assert_eq!(s.steps, steps, "n={n}: step count");
-            assert!(s.steps <= 12, "n={n}: step count bounded");
-            assert!(s.chunk >= 16, "n={n}: chunk floor");
-            assert!(s.chunk * s.steps >= n, "n={n}: layout covers all packets");
+            // Two very different budgets: Bounded schedules must not read the budget at all.
+            for budget in [Duration::ZERO, Duration::from_millis(7)] {
+                let s = schedule(&pkts, &gs_cfg(), budget);
+                assert_eq!(s.burst_len, 0, "n={n}: GameStream has no burst stage");
+                assert_eq!(s.chunk, chunk, "n={n}: chunk size");
+                assert_eq!(s.steps, steps, "n={n}: step count");
+                assert!(s.steps <= 12, "n={n}: step count bounded");
+                assert!(s.chunk >= 16, "n={n}: chunk floor");
+                assert!(s.chunk * s.steps >= n, "n={n}: layout covers all packets");
+            }
         }
         // The legacy test's exact anchors.
-        let s = schedule(&packets(1, 1024), &gs_cfg());
+        let s = schedule(&packets(1, 1024), &gs_cfg(), Duration::ZERO);
         assert_eq!((s.chunk, s.steps), (16, 1));
-        let s = schedule(&packets(16, 1024), &gs_cfg());
+        let s = schedule(&packets(16, 1024), &gs_cfg(), Duration::ZERO);
         assert_eq!((s.chunk, s.steps), (16, 1));
-        assert!(schedule(&packets(610, 1024), &gs_cfg()).steps <= 12);
+        assert!(schedule(&packets(610, 1024), &gs_cfg(), Duration::ZERO).steps <= 12);
+    }
+
+    /// The native plane's Phase-1.2 policy (plan `throughput-beyond-1gbps.md`): 16-packet
+    /// chunks at today's rates, coarsening only when the per-chunk interval would drop under
+    /// the 500 µs sleep floor, capped at the 64-segment GSO super-buffer limit; zero budget
+    /// (blast) takes the cap.
+    #[test]
+    fn adaptive_chunk_coarsens_with_rate() {
+        let cfg = PaceCfg {
+            burst_bytes: Some(12_000),
+            chunk: ChunkPolicy::Adaptive { base: 16, max: 64 },
+            sleep_floor: Duration::from_micros(500),
+        };
+        // 210 × 1200 B: packets 0..=9 burst (cum hits 12 000 at #10), 200 overflow.
+        let pkts = packets(210, 1200);
+        // Ample budget (100 ms): a 16-packet interval is ≫ floor → base, legacy-identical.
+        let s = schedule(&pkts, &cfg, Duration::from_millis(100));
+        assert_eq!((s.burst_len, s.chunk, s.steps), (10, 16, 13));
+        // 2.5 ms budget: c ≥ 200 × 500 µs / 2.5 ms = 40 → exactly 40, 5 steps × 500 µs each.
+        let s = schedule(&pkts, &cfg, Duration::from_micros(2_500));
+        assert_eq!((s.chunk, s.steps), (40, 5));
+        // 1 ms budget: c ≥ 100 → capped at 64 (the GSO segment limit).
+        let s = schedule(&pkts, &cfg, Duration::from_millis(1));
+        assert_eq!((s.chunk, s.steps), (64, 4));
+        // Zero budget (no slack — the frame blasts): max chunk = fewest syscalls.
+        let s = schedule(&pkts, &cfg, Duration::ZERO);
+        assert_eq!((s.chunk, s.steps), (64, 4));
+        // Whole frame under the cap: no overflow → base chunk for the burst sends.
+        let s = schedule(&packets(5, 1200), &cfg, Duration::ZERO);
+        assert_eq!((s.burst_len, s.chunk, s.steps), (5, 16, 1));
     }
 
     /// The executed chunk sequence follows the schedule exactly, on both parameterizations —
@@ -329,6 +408,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(seen, vec![16, 4]);
         assert!(!stat.paced);
 
+        // Native adaptive, zero budget: the burst leaves in one ≤64-packet chunk, the overflow
+        // in 64-packet super-chunks (the blast path takes the coarsest syscall batching).
+        let pkts = packets(210, 1200);
+        let mut seen: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();
+        let stat = pace_frame(
+            &pkts,
+            PaceBudget::Fixed(Duration::ZERO),
+            &PaceCfg {
+                burst_bytes: Some(12_000),
+                chunk: ChunkPolicy::Adaptive { base: 16, max: 64 },
+                sleep_floor: Duration::from_micros(500),
+            },
+            |chunk| {
+                seen.push(chunk.len());
+                Ok::<(), std::io::Error>(())
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(seen, vec![10, 64, 64, 64, 8]);
+        assert!(stat.paced);
+
         // GameStream, 146 packets: chunk = max(16, ceil(146/12)=13) = 16 → 10 paced chunks.
         let pkts = packets(146, 1024);
         let mut seen: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();

crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/linux/gamescope.rs

@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ impl VirtualDisplay for GamescopeDisplay {
                                    // schedule_restore_tv_session). Non-Steam launches don't conflict, so they skip this.
         if self.cmd.as_deref().is_some_and(is_steam_launch) {
             stop_autologin_sessions();
+            // B1b: a Steam running in a plain DESKTOP session (GNOME/KDE) holds the instance just
+            // the same, and the autologin stop above can't see it — free it too, or fail loudly.
+            free_desktop_steam()?;
         }
         // A5: a per-spawn instance id addresses this spawn's log + node discovery, so two coexisting
         // bare-spawns (a kept lingering one + a fresh one) never parse each other's node id from a
@@ -316,6 +319,10 @@ fn create_managed_session(client: &str, mode: Mode) -> Result<VirtualOutput> {
     // renders to the TV's native mode, which we'd capture instead of the client's. Free Steam by
     // stopping it; [`schedule_restore_tv_session`] (on disconnect) brings it back after a debounce.
     stop_autologin_sessions();
+    // B1b: a desktop-session Steam (outside any gamescope unit) also holds the single instance and
+    // would make the managed session's own Steam exit at birth. The managed session's Steam itself
+    // is exempt (it lives in the SESSION_UNIT cgroup), so the same-mode reuse below is unaffected.
+    free_desktop_steam()?;
     let mut guard = MANAGED_SESSION.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
     let same_mode = guard.as_ref().is_some_and(|s| {
         s.width == mode.width && s.height == mode.height && s.refresh_hz == mode.refresh_hz
@@ -894,6 +901,96 @@ fn stop_autologin_sessions() {
     }
 }
 
+/// How long a desktop Steam gets to honor `steam -shutdown` before the spawn fails. Steam tears
+/// down a running game (Proton/wineserver included) on the way out, so this is generous.
+const STEAM_SHUTDOWN_WAIT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20);
+
+/// B1b: free Steam held by a plain **desktop** session (GNOME/KDE — e.g. a Steam the user opened
+/// while streaming the desktop). [`stop_autologin_sessions`] only frees `gamescope-session-plus@*`
+/// autologin units, so a desktop Steam still holds the single instance — a dedicated launch's
+/// nested `steam` would just forward its URI to it and exit, gamescope would follow its child
+/// down, and the client would see a black screen while the game launches invisibly on the desktop
+/// (observed 2026-07-14 on a GNOME host: session-recovery restarted GDM for a desktop stream, the
+/// user opened Steam there, and the next game-library launch black-screened through all 8 pipeline
+/// retries). Asks that Steam to quit via `steam -shutdown` (the single-instance IPC, graceful) and
+/// waits for it to exit; on timeout the spawn fails with an operator-actionable error instead of
+/// the misleading no-frames retry loop. Steam instances punktfunk owns are exempt — URI forwarding
+/// into a reused/kept session is the designed path, and another session's live Steam must never be
+/// torn down from here.
+fn free_desktop_steam() -> Result<()> {
+    let Some(pid) = desktop_steam_pid() else {
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+    tracing::info!(
+        pid,
+        "freeing Steam: a desktop-session Steam holds the single instance — sending `steam -shutdown`"
+    );
+    let _ = Command::new("steam")
+        .arg("-shutdown")
+        .stdout(Stdio::null())
+        .stderr(Stdio::null())
+        .spawn();
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + STEAM_SHUTDOWN_WAIT;
+    while Instant::now() < deadline {
+        if !pid_running(pid) {
+            tracing::info!(pid, "desktop Steam exited — single instance free");
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250));
+    }
+    bail!(
+        "Steam is already running in the host's desktop session (pid {pid}) and did not exit \
+         within {}s of `steam -shutdown` — close Steam on the host, then launch again",
+        STEAM_SHUTDOWN_WAIT.as_secs()
+    )
+}
+
+/// Pid of a live Steam instance running OUTSIDE anything punktfunk owns (i.e. a desktop-session
+/// Steam), found via `~/.steam/steam.pid` — Steam's own single-instance marker, kept current by
+/// every fresh instance. `None` when Steam isn't running, the pidfile is stale (pid dead, zombie,
+/// or recycled by a non-Steam process), or the instance is punktfunk's own: a descendant of this
+/// host process (a dedicated spawn's nested Steam) or inside the managed [`SESSION_UNIT`] cgroup.
+fn desktop_steam_pid() -> Option<u32> {
+    let home = std::env::var("HOME").ok()?;
+    let pid = std::fs::read_to_string(format!("{home}/.steam/steam.pid"))
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|s| s.trim().parse::<u32>().ok())?;
+    let comm = std::fs::read_to_string(format!("/proc/{pid}/comm")).ok()?;
+    // Steam's own processes report comm `steam` (the ubuntu12_32 binary) or `steam.sh`; anything
+    // else means the pid was recycled since Steam last ran.
+    if !matches!(comm.trim(), "steam" | "steam.sh") || !pid_running(pid) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    if descends_from(pid, std::process::id()) {
+        return None; // our own dedicated spawn's Steam
+    }
+    let cgroup = std::fs::read_to_string(format!("/proc/{pid}/cgroup")).unwrap_or_default();
+    if cgroup_is_punktfunk_owned(&cgroup) {
+        return None; // the host service's tree or the managed session unit
+    }
+    Some(pid)
+}
+
+/// Does this `/proc/<pid>/cgroup` content place the process in a punktfunk-owned unit — the host
+/// service itself or the host-managed gamescope session? Desktop Steams live in desktop app scopes
+/// (e.g. `app-gnome-steam-<pid>.scope`) instead. Pure + unit-tested.
+fn cgroup_is_punktfunk_owned(cgroup: &str) -> bool {
+    cgroup.contains("punktfunk-host.service") || cgroup.contains(&format!("{SESSION_UNIT}.service"))
+}
+
+/// Is `pid` alive and not a zombie? (A zombie keeps its `/proc` entry but has already released the
+/// Steam instance, so waiting on it would spin the full shutdown deadline for nothing.)
+fn pid_running(pid: u32) -> bool {
+    let Ok(stat) = std::fs::read_to_string(format!("/proc/{pid}/stat")) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    // Field 3 (state) follows the parenthesized comm — split after the LAST ')' since comm can
+    // itself contain parentheses.
+    stat.rsplit_once(')')
+        .and_then(|(_, rest)| rest.split_whitespace().next())
+        .is_some_and(|state| state != "Z")
+}
+
 /// Cancel any pending TV-session restore — a client has (re)connected, so the box must stay in the
 /// streamed session, not bounce back to gaming mode. This covers the **keep-alive reuse** reconnect
 /// path (a kept dedicated / managed gamescope), which never calls `create_managed_session` (where the
@@ -1136,6 +1233,10 @@ fn launch_session(client: &str, unit_name: &str, mode: Mode) -> Result<u32> {
     let start_unit = || -> Result<()> {
         let status = Command::new("systemd-run")
             .args(["--user", "--collect", &format!("--unit={unit_name}")])
+            // Same headless-must-not-attach rule as [`spawn`]: the transient unit inherits the
+            // user manager env, which can carry a (possibly stale) desktop DISPLAY/WAYLAND_DISPLAY
+            // that would abort gamescope at startup.
+            .arg("--property=UnsetEnvironment=DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY")
             .arg("--setenv=BACKEND=headless")
             .arg(format!("--setenv=SCREEN_WIDTH={}", mode.width))
             .arg(format!("--setenv=SCREEN_HEIGHT={}", mode.height))
@@ -1301,7 +1402,16 @@ fn spawn(w: u32, h: u32, hz: u32, cmd: Option<&str>, log: &std::path::Path) -> R
         ])
         .args(app.split_whitespace())
         // Prefer the NVIDIA GL vendor for the nested session (harmless on a pure-NVIDIA box).
-        .env("__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME", "nvidia");
+        .env("__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME", "nvidia")
+        // A HEADLESS gamescope must never attach to a parent compositor. A host (re)started after
+        // a desktop login inherits the user manager's DISPLAY/WAYLAND_DISPLAY — and a stale
+        // WAYLAND_DISPLAY (e.g. a leftover `wayland-kde` in the manager env from a past session)
+        // makes gamescope 3.16 exit at startup with "Failed to connect to wayland socket" before
+        // its PipeWire node ever appears (observed 2026-07-14; the boot-started host never saw the
+        // bug because it predates any login's env import). gamescope exports its own DISPLAY /
+        // GAMESCOPE_WAYLAND_DISPLAY to the nested app, so the child loses nothing.
+        .env_remove("DISPLAY")
+        .env_remove("WAYLAND_DISPLAY");
     if let Ok(logf) = std::fs::File::create(log) {
         if let Ok(log2) = logf.try_clone() {
             cmd.stdout(Stdio::from(logf)).stderr(Stdio::from(log2));
@@ -1587,7 +1697,10 @@ impl Drop for GamescopeProc {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{is_steam_launch, parse_version, shape_dedicated_command, MIN_GAMESCOPE};
+    use super::{
+        cgroup_is_punktfunk_owned, is_steam_launch, parse_version, shape_dedicated_command,
+        MIN_GAMESCOPE,
+    };
 
     #[test]
     fn steam_launch_detection() {
@@ -1623,6 +1736,27 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn desktop_steam_cgroup_ownership() {
+        // A desktop-launched Steam (the B1b conflict case, as observed on a GNOME host).
+        assert!(!cgroup_is_punktfunk_owned(
+            "0::/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/app-gnome-steam-48605.scope"
+        ));
+        // KDE spawns app scopes too; still foreign.
+        assert!(!cgroup_is_punktfunk_owned(
+            "0::/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/app-steam@0f3a.service"
+        ));
+        // Our own dedicated spawn tree (Steam nested under the host service).
+        assert!(cgroup_is_punktfunk_owned(
+            "0::/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/punktfunk-host.service"
+        ));
+        // The host-managed gamescope session unit (SESSION_UNIT).
+        assert!(cgroup_is_punktfunk_owned(
+            "0::/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/punktfunk-gamescope.service"
+        ));
+        assert!(!cgroup_is_punktfunk_owned(""));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parses_version_banner() {
         assert_eq!(

docs-site/content/docs/configuration.md

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ See your desktop page ([KDE](/docs/kde), [GNOME](/docs/gnome)) for when to set t
 
 | Setting | Values | Meaning |
 |---|---|---|
-| `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD` | `xbox360` · `xboxone` · `dualsense` · `dualshock4` · `steamdeck` · `steamcontroller` (aliases: `ps5`, `ps4`, `deck`, …) | The virtual pad the host creates. Usually **auto-resolved from the client's physical controller** — set this only to force a type. `xbox360` (XInput) is the universal fallback. DualSense/DualShock 4/Steam Deck need Linux UHID; unsupported choices fold to Xbox 360. |
+| `PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD` | `xbox360` · `xboxone` · `dualsense` · `dualsenseedge` · `dualshock4` · `steamdeck` · `switchpro` · `steamcontroller` (aliases: `ps5`, `edge`, `ps4`, `deck`, `switch`, …) | The virtual pad the host creates. Usually **auto-resolved from the client's physical controller** — set this only to force a type. `xbox360` (XInput) is the universal fallback. `dualsenseedge` gives the client's back paddles native buttons; `switchpro` gives Nintendo-family pads correct glyphs/layout + gyro. DualSense (Edge)/DualShock 4 work on Linux (UHID) and Windows (UMDF); the Steam Deck pad too (Windows via the promoted UMDF identity); Switch Pro and the classic Steam Controller need Linux UHID. Unsupported choices fold to Xbox 360. |
 | `PUNKTFUNK_STEAM_GADGET` | `1` · `0` | Force the raw USB-gadget virtual Steam Deck on/off. **On by default on SteamOS**, off elsewhere. Lets Steam promote the virtual Deck to full Steam Input. |
 
 ## Audio / microphone
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ notes for context.
 
 | Setting | Values | Meaning |
 |---|---|---|
-| `PUNKTFUNK_GSO` | `1` · `0` | UDP Generic Segmentation Offload on the send path (coalesce a frame's packets into kernel super-buffers) — the dominant lever above ~1 Gbps. On by default; auto-falls back to `sendmmsg`. Set `0` if a NIC/middlebox mishandles GSO. |
+| `PUNKTFUNK_GSO` | `1` · `0` | UDP Generic Segmentation Offload on the send path (coalesce a frame's packets into kernel super-buffers) — cuts send CPU ~30%, but its line-rate packet trains can cost delivered throughput on constrained links (measured on a 2.5GbE hop). Off by default until send pacing spaces the super-buffers; set `1` to opt in (auto-falls back to `sendmmsg` on kernels/paths without support). |
 | `PUNKTFUNK_SPLIT_ENCODE` | `0`/`disable` · `1`/`auto` · `2` · `3` | NVENC N-way split-encode for very high pixel rates (5K@240). `auto` picks automatically above ~1 Gpix/s. |
 | `PUNKTFUNK_GPU_PRIORITY_CLASS` | `off` · `normal` · `high` · `realtime` | **(Windows)** GPU scheduling priority for capture/encode under a GPU-saturating game. Default `high`; `realtime` is the strongest lever but can freeze NVENC on some setups. |
 | `PUNKTFUNK_IDD_DEPTH` | `N` (default `2`) | **(Windows)** IDD-push pipeline depth. `1` cuts latency once GPU priority is raised; higher smooths a contended GPU. |
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ A few knobs are read by the native **clients**, not the host:
 
 | Setting | Values | Meaning |
 |---|---|---|
-| `PUNKTFUNK_DECODER` | `software` · `vaapi` (Linux) | Force the decode path. Default auto-selects hardware (VAAPI on Intel/AMD, D3D11VA on Windows) with a software fallback. |
+| `PUNKTFUNK_DECODER` | `software` · `vaapi` · `vulkan` (Linux) · `d3d11va` (Windows) | Force the decode path. Default auto-selects hardware (VAAPI on Intel/AMD, Vulkan Video on NVIDIA and the Steam Deck, D3D11VA/Vulkan on Windows) with a software fallback. |
 
 ## Bitrate
 

include/punktfunk_core.h

@@ -112,15 +112,23 @@
 // hosts); otherwise the host falls back to X-Box 360.
 #define PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_DUALSHOCK4 4
 
-// UHID classic Steam Controller (Valve `28DE:1102`, kernel `hid-steam`): dual trackpads, gyro,
-// two grip paddles. Reserved — currently folds to `XBOX360` until its backend lands.
+// UHID classic Steam Controller (Valve `28DE:1102`, kernel `hid-steam`): one stick + dual
+// trackpads + two grip paddles. Honored only where available (Linux hosts); else Xbox 360.
 #define PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_STEAMCONTROLLER 5
 
-// UHID Steam Deck controller (Valve `28DE:1205`, kernel `hid-steam`): full Deck gamepad incl. the
-// four back grips, a right trackpad, and the IMU; re-grabbed by Steam Input with native glyphs when
-// Steam runs on the host. Honored only where available (Linux hosts); else folds to X-Box 360.
+// Steam Deck controller (Valve `28DE:1205`): full Deck gamepad incl. the four back grips, both
+// trackpads, and the IMU; re-grabbed by Steam Input with native glyphs when Steam runs on the
+// host. Honored on Linux AND Windows hosts; else folds to X-Box 360.
 #define PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_STEAMDECK 6
 
+// DualSense Edge (Sony `054C:0DF2`): the DualSense plus two back buttons + two Fn buttons, so a
+// client's back paddles land on native slots. Folds to `DUALSENSE` until its backend lands.
+#define PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_DUALSENSEEDGE 7
+
+// Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (Nintendo `057E:2009`, kernel `hid-nintendo`): Nintendo glyphs +
+// positional layout, gyro/accel, HD rumble. Folds to `XBOX360` until its backend lands.
+#define PUNKTFUNK_GAMEPAD_SWITCHPRO 8
+
 // Extended `InputEvent` gamepad button bits for embedders building raw events: the four back grips
 // (Steam L4/L5/R4/R5 ≙ Xbox-Elite P1–P4) + the misc/capture button, in Moonlight's
 // `buttonFlags2 << 16` namespace. Mirror `input::gamepad::BTN_PADDLE1..4` / `BTN_MISC1`.