dsh-full-remote

Listed in awesome-dsh-plugin · DeepSeek Harness plugin

Current release: v0.3.12 · Distributed through GitHub Releases

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dsh-full-remote is a plugin for DeepSeek Harness. It places an authenticated reverse proxy in front of the Harness Web server, so the Web UI can be used through a public tunnel or from a device on the local network while privileged APIs such as settings, credentials, and directory browsing remain available.

60-second quick start

curl -fLO https://github.com/JUANWANG-BUAA/dsh-full-remote/releases/download/v0.3.12/dsh-full-remote-0.3.12.tgz
dsh plugin --profile web add ./dsh-full-remote-0.3.12.tgz
dsh --profile web

In Settings → Reverse proxy, press Start proxy, then Start Cloudflare quick tunnel and scan the generated QR code. The invite is one-time and never contains the standing access token. For a controlled network, point an existing SSH, frp, ngrok, Tailscale, or cloudflared tunnel at the proxy target shown in the panel instead.

The quick tunnel is optional and temporary, not a managed production deployment. Read Security model before exposing a listener to the Internet. For composition details, see Compatibility and composition.

Desktop control panel	Mobile workspace

Phone confirmation sheet	Remote desktop confirmation

Problem

DeepSeek Harness binds its Web server to a loopback address and only accepts privileged requests when the Host and Origin headers refer to a loopback address. When the UI is reached through a generic tunnel, these headers carry the public hostname and the trust check fails. The page loads, but the following methods return 403:

• settings.*
• credentials.*
• host.listDirectory

Solution

The plugin inserts a reverse proxy between the tunnel and the Harness Web server. The proxy:

• rewrites Host and Origin to 127.0.0.1 before forwarding, so the privileged APIs pass Harness's trust check;
• requires an access token or a valid device session before any request is forwarded;
• forwards HTTP, SSE, and WebSocket traffic; compressible HTTP responses may be gzipped (not SSE or WebSocket);
• provides a settings page (Settings → Reverse proxy) for starting and stopping the proxy, changing the listen address, rotating the token, and managing device sessions.

Because the rewrite disables Harness's original trust check for remote clients, the plugin provides its own access-control layer in its place. This layer is described under Security model.

The plugin can optionally start a temporary Cloudflare quick tunnel. Any managed tunnel (cloudflared, ngrok, frp, SSH, Tailscale) can also point at the local endpoint it publishes.

How it works

flowchart LR
    A[Phone or remote browser] --> B[Public tunnel<br>cloudflared / ngrok / frp / SSH]
    B --> C[dsh-full-remote<br>127.0.0.1:3081<br>authentication + header rewrite]
    C --> D[DeepSeek Harness Web<br>127.0.0.1:3080]

1. The remote browser connects to the public tunnel, which forwards to the plugin's listener (127.0.0.1:3081 by default).
2. A request is accepted only with an access token, a valid one-time invite, or an existing device session. Requests that fail authentication do not reach the backend.
3. The proxy rewrites Host/Origin to loopback, removes untrusted headers, and forwards the request to the Harness Web server at 127.0.0.1:3080. Compressible HTTP responses (HTML/JS/CSS/JSON/SVG, ≥1 KB) may be gzipped; SSE and WebSocket are not. Hashed /assets/* files may receive a long-cache header. See HTTP gzip.

Features

Privileged APIs

• settings.describe / update / replace / mutate
• credentials.describe / set / unset
• host.listDirectory / pickDirectory / openPath
• agentPreset.*, llm.discoverModels

Access control

• 192-bit access token, stored in a state file with mode 0600; reveal and rotation are performed from the local panel
• Per-device sessions: each login creates an independent device credential, and only a hash is persisted. Devices can be renamed or revoked from the panel, which also shows each device's source IP (at login and most recently seen).
• Optional first-visit approval: a new device waits on a page until it is approved from the local panel
• Phone invite: a QR code or a one-time link (single use, 15-minute expiry). Same-IP browser retries within 60 s reuse the original device session so a flaky tunnel dropping the redirect cannot deadlock the phone into the token form or spawn a duplicate device. The link does not contain the standing token.
• Fixed delay and per-IP lockout on failed logins
• Optional CIDR allowlist for remote IPs
• Optional trustForwardedFor to use real client IPs from a trusted local tunnel in CIDR / rate-limit / audit via its rightmost X-Forwarded-For value; CF-Connecting-IP is a separate Cloudflare-only opt-in, and loopback or malformed forwarded values are never trusted

Operation

• Fence self-check: probes settings.describe with the same Host/Origin rewrite the proxy uses
• Structured JSONL audit log (login, approval, revocation, token rotation, start, stop, WebSocket open/deny/reject) with an in-panel viewer for recent events and JSON export; rotates past 8 MB, keeping one previous generation
• Runtime listen-address changes with automatic rollback when a bind fails
• Optional local TLS (tlsCertFile / tlsKeyFile)
• Health endpoint at /_dsh_reverse_proxy/healthz
• WebSocket upgrade rate limiting: repeated failed upgrades are locked out per remote IP
• Stream-level request body limit; hop-by-hop and spoofable headers are stripped; upstream set-cookie is removed
• Gzip for compressible HTTP responses (JS/CSS/HTML/JSON/SVG) when the client advertises gzip; SSE, WebSocket, fonts, gate pages, and bodies under 1 KB are skipped. Measured first-load of the Harness shell: −72.7% (1.29 MB → 351 KB). vendor-*.js −75.7%. Tiny JSON grows, so it is not compressed. Issue #11's "95%+" is not a general result. Off: compressResponses: false. Details: HTTP gzip
• Long-cache Cache-Control on hashed /assets/* (not index.html or /api). Off: cacheHashedAssets: false

One-click public tunnel (Cloudflare quick tunnel)

• Start a cloudflared quick tunnel from the panel (free, no account) and get a https://…trycloudflare.com address — no public IP or port forwarding required
• Binary resolution: cloudflaredPath → PATH → a pinned (2026.8.2), SHA256-verified download cache; failed checksums are discarded
• While the tunnel is up, forwarding-header trust applies dynamically (rate limiting / CIDR / audit see real client IPs) and reverts when the tunnel stops; the tunnel forwards to the proxy listener, so the token gate, approval and audit all keep applying
• Invites automatically use the tunnel URL: start the tunnel, generate the QR, scan from the phone (the panel shows it and the Origin can still override it)
• Mutually exclusive with local TLS (the Cloudflare edge already provides HTTPS); the quick-tunnel address is random per start and is meant for temporary sharing / emergencies

Device home (opt-in)

• A second button on the login form opens /_dsh_reverse_proxy/home: device facts (label, login IP/time, expiry estimate, security posture), self-rename, and self-logout (revokes only this device)
• The default login landing stays /; the original flow is unchanged

Mobile use

• Settings edits persist when the page is opened through a tunnel hostname
• Add workspace uses the in-app directory browser; no native dialog appears on the host display
• Tool approvals, ask_user_question option lists, and plan reviews appear as a confirmation sheet on the remote page: a bottom drawer on a phone, a centered card on a wider remote window. You can choose and submit there; you do not have to go back to the host. Custom answers wrap; Shift+Enter inserts a newline. The official composer still only sits on the current session
• Image paste/drop for deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp (and other image-capable routes) goes through the same authenticated /api path. The default body cap is 160 MiB, matching Harness. Raster image responses are not gzipped
• For a phone-friendly layout (full-width session area, directory drawer, adapted dialogs), pair it with a mobile-layout plugin such as dsh-web-mobile

Requirements

• Node.js ^22.19.0 || >=24
• A DeepSeek Harness web profile. The plugin depends on webServer and Host connection services and is not intended for headless profiles. Verified against 0.1.2-rc.1 (npm next dist-tag), with a compatibility path for 0.1.1-rc.1/rc.2.

Installation

curl -fLO https://github.com/JUANWANG-BUAA/dsh-full-remote/releases/download/v0.3.12/dsh-full-remote-0.3.12.tgz
curl -fLO https://github.com/JUANWANG-BUAA/dsh-full-remote/releases/download/v0.3.12/SHA256SUMS
shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS
dsh plugin --profile web add ./dsh-full-remote-0.3.12.tgz
dsh --profile web

The current release is v0.3.12. npm publication is separate and currently lags behind the GitHub release, so use the attached tarball above when installing or upgrading this version.

1. Open http://127.0.0.1:3080.
2. Open Settings → Reverse proxy (last entry in the left navigation).
3. Press Start proxy and copy the local target.
4. Point the tunnel at the target:

# Examples only. The plugin does not execute these commands.
cloudflared tunnel --url http://127.0.0.1:3081
ngrok http 3081

For devices on the same network, set the listen address to a LAN IP instead of using a tunnel.

The package was previously published as dsh-reverse-proxy; that legacy name is deprecated. Install dsh-full-remote for new deployments.

Usage

Starting and stopping

On the settings page, press Start proxy to start the listener and Stop proxy to stop it.

Listen address

The listen address can be changed at runtime and persists across restarts. If a new address fails to bind, the proxy rolls back to the previous working address.

The copyable tunnel target (and any extra reachable URL the panel lists) is what a remote client should open. Binding 0.0.0.0 only listens; it is not a URL.

backendHost is the address the proxy connects to, not the address it listens on. Keep it at 127.0.0.1.

Phone invite

The QR encodes a one-time login URL. Public / reachable Origin is the host the scanning device will request: the tunnel's https://…, or the LAN URL from the panel. Leave it empty only when the tunnel target above is already that address.

Do not put 127.0.0.1 in Origin. That address is the Harness machine; a phone would open its own loopback and never reach the proxy.

Then press Generate invite. After a scan (or opening the link) the login page submits once. The invite expires in 15 minutes, works once (same-IP retries within 60 s reuse the original session), and does not contain the standing token. Invites can only be generated while the proxy is running.

Upgrade

Download the current GitHub release and add its tarball to the existing web profile:

curl -fLO https://github.com/JUANWANG-BUAA/dsh-full-remote/releases/download/v0.3.12/dsh-full-remote-0.3.12.tgz
dsh plugin --profile web add ./dsh-full-remote-0.3.12.tgz

Then restart dsh web. This replaces an older registry-installed or tarball version with v0.3.12.

Language

The plugin panel has a Language / 语言 selector: Auto, English, or 中文. Auto follows the Harness locale when available, otherwise your browser language (English for non-Chinese browsers). An explicit choice is saved per browser and origin and also applies to remote confirmation overlays. Login, approval-wait, and device-home pages continue to follow the browser’s HTTP language header.

Screenshots

The gallery is hosted in the repository; the release package keeps only runtime files and links back here so installation stays small.

Desktop

The full settings page: running status and fence self-check, listen address, recommended setup, tunnel target, one-click quick tunnel, one-time invite QR, access token, connected devices with source IPs (inline rename), and the audit viewer.

One-time phone invite (QR)	Connected devices with inline rename

Mobile

Login page	Control panel	Add workspace

Remote confirmation

When the model asks a question, requests a tool approval, or presents a plan review, the remote browser shows its own sheet. You do not have to look at the host display.

Phone bottom sheet	Remote desktop card

Gate pages

The token login (with an opt-in Device home button), the device home itself, and the first-visit approval wait page.

Device home	Waiting for approval

Configuration

Common options:

- id: reverse-proxy
  name: dsh-full-remote
  config:
    listenHost: 127.0.0.1
    listenPort: 3081
    approvalMode: false          # true: approve each new device locally
    allowedCidrs: []             # e.g. ["192.168.1.0/24"]; empty: any IP after login
    trustForwardedFor: false     # true: trust rightmost X-Forwarded-For from a trusted local tunnel
    trustCloudflareConnectingIp: false # true only with trustForwardedFor for a local Cloudflare connector
    upgradeMaxAttempts: 10       # failed WebSocket upgrades before lockout
    upgradeLockoutSeconds: 300   # lockout for repeated failed WebSocket upgrades
    headersTimeoutMs: 15000      # timeout for request headers
    requestTimeoutMs: 300000     # timeout for the complete request (headers + body); covers remote vision uploads
    upstreamTimeoutMs: 15000     # TCP connect + first POST byte after the body; not applied to SSE GET
    commandTimeoutMs: 300000     # first POST byte for host commands (/compact): /api/commands/execute, or a session.prompt whose single text part starts with "/"
    maxRequestBytes: 167772160   # 160 MiB; matches the Harness /api image envelope
    sessionIdleSeconds: 0        # 0: off; otherwise idle timeout in seconds
    auditLog: true
    allowTokenRead: false        # safer default; enable only for local token re-read
    cloudflaredPath: ""          # optional path to cloudflared for the one-click tunnel
    tlsCertFile: ""              # optional local HTTPS
    tlsKeyFile: ""
    compressResponses: true      # gzip JS/CSS/JSON/HTML ≥1KB; skip SSE/WebSocket/fonts/gate pages
    cacheHashedAssets: true      # immutable Cache-Control on hashed /assets/* only

The complete option list, with defaults and validation, is defined in the package Config schema (src/config.ts) and src/config-validation.ts (source is not included in the published package).

Two points to note:

• Installing the plugin pins the in-app directory picker so that a phone can add workspaces. By default the stock adaptive picker is disabled and the browse pair is created at runtime unless another plugin already inserted it. Set DSH_FULL_REMOTE_USE_NATIVE_PICKER=1 before boot only when you deliberately want the host's native chooser and do not need remote directory browsing.
• backendHost must remain a loopback address. A wildcard or non-loopback value is rejected at load time.

Security model

The Host/Origin rewrite restores the privileged APIs and, at the same time, disables Harness's original protection for remote clients. The access-control layer provided by this plugin consists of:

• a 192-bit access token, stored locally with file mode 0600;
• an HttpOnly, SameSite=Strict session cookie per device, carrying a per-device secret of which only a hash is stored;
• a fixed delay plus a per-IP 429 lockout on failed logins;
• loopback-only control routes (/dsh-reverse-proxy/*), which require a control header and are never forwarded through the public proxy;
• removal of spoofable forwarding and hop-by-hop headers, so the proxy's own cookie never reaches the backend;
• optional trustForwardedFor: when enabled, only a loopback peer's rightmost X-Forwarded-For value is trusted for CIDR / rate-limit / audit. CF-Connecting-IP needs the separate, Cloudflare-only trustCloudflareConnectingIp opt-in; loopback or malformed values are never trusted. Keep both disabled for direct LAN access.

The access token must be treated as a secret. Terminate TLS on the public side of the tunnel. For LAN use without a tunnel, set tlsCertFile / tlsKeyFile (for example with mkcert).

Public exposure checklist. Whoever holds the token controls the whole Harness — credentials and settings included — so for anything reachable from the internet:

• enable approvalMode: true, so a new device stays pending until you approve it in the local panel (the panel shows a warning whenever the quick tunnel is online with approval off);
• consider allowedCidrs to pin the entry to known networks;
• keep auditLog: true (the default) and rotate the token after invites outlive their need.

Limitations

• Control actions (start, stop, reveal token, change listen address) can only be performed from the local Harness window, not from the tunnel URL.
• Settings persistence on a remote page relies on a temporary trust pin until Harness provides a proper deployment trust field. On Harness 0.1.0-rc.8 and later, that pin must survive the official ModuleLoader create() replacing load; otherwise Settings → Models shows settings are unavailable in this browser. "Open on host" from a phone acts on the machine running Harness.
• allowTokenRead defaults to false. When explicitly enabled, GET /token is served over loopback HTTP, so any local process that sends the control header can read the token; rotation always returns the replacement token.
• By default, a tunnel running on the same machine makes every remote client appear as 127.0.0.1 to the proxy. allowedCidrs and per-IP login lockout therefore apply to the tunnel as a whole unless trustForwardedFor: true is set behind a trusted local edge.
• The plugin replaces Harness's remote trust check with its own access-control layer. A defect in this layer has serious consequences. If Harness provides official remote access in the future, the role of this plugin should be reassessed.
• The one-click quick tunnel: the URL is random per start (old invites and logins stop working), Cloudflare positions quick tunnels as temporary/testing with terms limiting heavy non-HTML content, and the first use downloads cloudflared on demand (18–52 MB depending on the platform; Windows ARM64 has no official build — install it yourself and set cloudflaredPath). For a stable daily entry, bring your own frp / ngrok / named tunnel.
• Gzip at the proxy helps LAN and SSH/frp. A Cloudflare quick tunnel already compresses HTML/JS/CSS/JSON at the edge, so that path sees little extra saving. Live model output uses WebSocket and is not gzipped. Plugin login/wait/home pages are not gzipped (about 1 KB of potential saving). Full contract: HTTP gzip.

Development

Build from source

pnpm pack
dsh plugin --profile web add ./dsh-full-remote-0.3.12.tgz

Git installs run the prepare build. On pnpm ≥ 10 allow it:

allowBuilds:
  dsh-full-remote: true

Checks and CI

pnpm install
pnpm run check:ci

check:ci runs lint, typecheck, unit and client tests, and a build. CI adds a real dsh plugin add smoke test against a live Harness composition. .github/workflows/canary.yml runs a weekly smoke test against the harness default-branch tip.

The loopback control API lives at /dsh-reverse-proxy/* and is never forwarded through the public proxy. The settings page is the intended interface; the raw routes are rarely needed. For example, recent audit events can be read with GET /dsh-reverse-proxy/audit?limit=50&event=login.ok from the local control surface.

Contributing · Security · License

• CONTRIBUTING.md
• SECURITY.md
• MIT © 2026 JUANWANG-BUAA