chore(deps): update github actions

chore(release): irtt-client 0.5.1, irtt-rs 0.7.0
irtt-client exposes a synchronous wait for managed target-set updates and keeps its packaged test dependency resolvable from crates.io. irtt-rs adds stdin-managed desired target sets and per-target HMAC configuration.
2026-09-13 17:07:44 +00:00 · 2026-09-01 12:55:44 +07:00 · 2026-09-01 12:48:01 +07:00 · 2026-09-01 12:27:45 +07:00 · 2026-09-01 12:06:59 +07:00 · 2026-09-01 12:02:01 +07:00
31 changed files with 1733 additions and 410 deletions
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
-  merge_group:
  workflow_dispatch:

 permissions:
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@166cdcfd11aee3cb47222f9ddb555ce30ddb9659 # v1
        with:
          components: rustfmt
-          cache-key: fmt
+          cache: false

      - name: Check formatting
        uses: actions-rust-lang/rustfmt@4066006ec54a31931b9b1fddfd38f2fdf2d27143 # v1
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@166cdcfd11aee3cb47222f9ddb555ce30ddb9659 # v1
        with:
          components: clippy
-          cache-key: clippy
+          cache: false

      - name: Run clippy
        run: |
@@ -79,46 +78,22 @@ jobs:
      matrix:
        include:
          - task: check
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
            musl: false

          - task: test
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
            musl: false

          - task: check
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
            musl: true

          - task: test
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
            musl: true

-          - task: check
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            musl: false
-
-          - task: test
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            musl: false
-
-          - task: check
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
-            musl: true
-
-          - task: test
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
-            musl: true
-
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 25

    steps:
@@ -137,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@166cdcfd11aee3cb47222f9ddb555ce30ddb9659 # v1
        with:
          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
-          cache-key: ${{ matrix.task }}-${{ matrix.target }}
+          cache: false

      - name: Run ${{ matrix.task }} with all features
        run: |
@@ -174,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install Rust toolchain
        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@166cdcfd11aee3cb47222f9ddb555ce30ddb9659 # v1
        with:
-          cache-key: docs
+          cache: false

      - name: Check docs
        run: |
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7

      - name: Determine image tags
        id: meta
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ jobs:
      # (native builds, no emulation), but buildx still needs a driver that
      # can assemble a multi-platform manifest list.
      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@37fe631027851001ddb9b187196cc803df7f5f0e # v4

      - name: Log in to Gitea Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        uses: docker/login-action@dbcb813823bdd20940b903addbd779551569679f # v4
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.GITEA_REGISTRY }}
          # The automatic per-job token comes back unauthorized for package
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
          password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}

      - name: Log in to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        uses: docker/login-action@dbcb813823bdd20940b903addbd779551569679f # v4
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.GHCR_REGISTRY }}
          username: ${{ secrets.GHCR_USERNAME }}
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
      # below), never a separate build, so the hash matches everywhere.
      - name: Build and push to Gitea
        id: build
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@53b7df96c91f9c12dcc8a07bcb9ccacbed38856a # v7
        with:
          context: .
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
  # Pinned for reproducibility; bump deliberately alongside `fuzz/Cargo.lock`.
  CARGO_FUZZ_VERSION: 0.13.1
+  CARGO_FUZZ_SHA256: 86edc9b8f20c29ff07c3e5fcd67bc3f0784b3b960a5428635060f20d50555461
+  FUZZ_TOOLCHAIN: nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+  FUZZ_TARGET: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

 jobs:
  fuzz-smoke:
@@ -32,22 +35,33 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install stable Rust toolchain
        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@166cdcfd11aee3cb47222f9ddb555ce30ddb9659 # v1
        with:
-          cache-key: fuzz
+          cache: false

      - name: Install nightly Rust toolchain
        # Installed alongside, but deliberately not made the directory
        # default: cargo-fuzz itself is built with the default stable
        # toolchain below, and only `fuzz build`/`fuzz run` are run with
-        # `+nightly`. Building cargo-fuzz's own dependency tree under a
-        # nightly override can trip build scripts (e.g. rustix) that gate
+        # the GNU-host nightly below. Building cargo-fuzz's own dependency
+        # tree under a nightly override can trip build scripts (e.g. rustix) that gate
        # unstable internal attributes on detecting a nightly compiler.
-        run: rustup toolchain install nightly --profile minimal --no-self-update
+        run: rustup toolchain install "${FUZZ_TOOLCHAIN}" --profile minimal --no-self-update

      - name: Install cargo-fuzz
-        run: cargo install cargo-fuzz --locked --version "${CARGO_FUZZ_VERSION}"
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          archive="cargo-fuzz-${CARGO_FUZZ_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+          curl --fail --show-error --location --retry 3 \
+            "https://github.com/rust-fuzz/cargo-fuzz/releases/download/${CARGO_FUZZ_VERSION}/${archive}" \
+            --output "$archive"
+          echo "${CARGO_FUZZ_SHA256}  ${archive}" | sha256sum --check --status -
+          tar -xzf "$archive" cargo-fuzz
+          install -Dm755 cargo-fuzz "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin/cargo-fuzz"
+          echo "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"

      - name: Build all fuzz targets
-        run: cargo +nightly fuzz build
+        # libFuzzer sanitizers require dynamically linked GNU binaries; the
+        # runner's default Rust host can be static musl.
+        run: RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN="${FUZZ_TOOLCHAIN}" cargo fuzz build --target "${FUZZ_TARGET}"
        working-directory: fuzz

      - name: Run bounded fuzz smoke for every target
@@ -59,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
          set -euo pipefail
          for target in decode_request decode_open_reply decode_echo_reply decode_params decode_varint; do
            echo "::group::fuzz smoke: ${target}"
-            cargo +nightly fuzz run "${target}" -- \
+            RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN="${FUZZ_TOOLCHAIN}" cargo fuzz run --target "${FUZZ_TARGET}" "${target}" -- \
              -max_total_time=10 \
              -timeout=5
            echo "::endgroup::"
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install Rust toolchain
        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@166cdcfd11aee3cb47222f9ddb555ce30ddb9659 # v1
        with:
-          cache-key: interop-netem
+          cache: false

-      - name: Check host tools
+      - name: Check host tools and network administration access
        run: |
          ip -V
          tc -V
          go version
+          sudo -n true

      - name: Install upstream irtt
        run: |
@@ -62,14 +63,14 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          latest_summary="$(find target/interop-netem -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name github-step-summary.md -type f -print 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -n 1)"
          if [ -n "$latest_summary" ]; then
-            cat "$latest_summary" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+            cat "$latest_summary" >> "$GITEA_STEP_SUMMARY"
          else
-            echo "No netem interop github-step-summary.md found." >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+            echo "No netem interop github-step-summary.md found." >> "$GITEA_STEP_SUMMARY"
          fi

      - name: Upload netem interop artifacts
        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
+        uses: https://gitea.com/actions/gitea-upload-artifact@v7
        with:
          name: interop-netem
          path: target/interop-netem
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Semver
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "irtt-proto/v*.*.*"
+      - "irtt-client/v*.*.*"
+      - "irtt-server/v*.*.*"
+      - "irtt-stats/v*.*.*"
+      - "irtt-rs/v*.*.*"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  CARGO_SEMVER_CHECKS_VERSION: 0.50.0
+  CARGO_SEMVER_CHECKS_SHA256: 52a65dc88dc53fa8b57d6087954eb52cda149ca03bcfca78ce3fdecd23f893c4
+
+jobs:
+  semver:
+    name: cargo-semver-checks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@166cdcfd11aee3cb47222f9ddb555ce30ddb9659 # v1
+        with:
+          cache: false
+
+      # The CLI preserves the previous wrapper's `feature-group: all-features`
+      # behavior without its GitHub API/cache dependency.
+      - name: Install cargo-semver-checks
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          archive="cargo-semver-checks-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+          curl --fail --show-error --location --retry 3 \
+            "https://github.com/obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks/releases/download/v${CARGO_SEMVER_CHECKS_VERSION}/${archive}" \
+            --output "$archive"
+          echo "${CARGO_SEMVER_CHECKS_SHA256}  ${archive}" | sha256sum --check --status -
+          tar -xzf "$archive" cargo-semver-checks
+          install -Dm755 cargo-semver-checks "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin/cargo-semver-checks"
+          echo "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: Check semver compatibility
+        run: cargo semver-checks check-release --all-features
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+name: Supply chain
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "41 2 * * 1"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  ACTIONLINT_VERSION: 1.7.7
+  CARGO_DENY_VERSION: 0.20.2
+  CARGO_DENY_SHA256: 9f12ed4c49936e09b48bf862b595cde2fe64fcbd9d74dfacac6131ca824c8d5f
+  ACTIONLINT_SHA256: 023070a287cd8cccd71515fedc843f1985bf96c436b7effaecce67290e7e0757
+
+jobs:
+  cargo-deny:
+    name: cargo-deny ${{ matrix.checks }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          # Advisories can appear after code was merged. Keep this visible,
+          # but don't let a surprise upstream advisory nuke every unrelated PR.
+          - checks: advisories
+            continue-on-error: true
+
+          # These are policy choices in this repo. They should block PRs.
+          - checks: bans licenses sources
+            continue-on-error: false
+
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.continue-on-error }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Install cargo-deny
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          archive="cargo-deny-${CARGO_DENY_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+          curl --fail --show-error --location --retry 3 \
+            "https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny/releases/download/${CARGO_DENY_VERSION}/${archive}" \
+            --output "$archive"
+          echo "${CARGO_DENY_SHA256}  ${archive}" | sha256sum --check --status -
+          tar -xzf "$archive" --strip-components=1 \
+            "cargo-deny-${CARGO_DENY_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/cargo-deny"
+          install -Dm755 cargo-deny "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin/cargo-deny"
+          echo "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: Run cargo-deny
+        run: >-
+          cargo deny --manifest-path Cargo.toml --all-features check
+          ${{ matrix.checks }}
+
+  actionlint:
+    name: actionlint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Install actionlint
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          archive="actionlint_${ACTIONLINT_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
+          curl --fail --show-error --location --retry 3 \
+            "https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint/releases/download/v${ACTIONLINT_VERSION}/${archive}" \
+            --output "$archive"
+          echo "${ACTIONLINT_SHA256}  ${archive}" | sha256sum --check --status -
+          tar -xzf "$archive" actionlint
+          install -Dm755 actionlint "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin/actionlint"
+          echo "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: actionlint handwritten workflows
+        # actionlint validates GitHub Actions syntax. It cannot parse Gitea's
+        # required absolute action URL in interop-netem.yml, so that workflow
+        # is checked by the Gitea runner instead.
+        run: |
+          actionlint \
+            .gitea/workflows/ci.yml \
+            .gitea/workflows/docker-publish.yml \
+            .gitea/workflows/fuzz.yml \
+            .gitea/workflows/semver.yml \
+            .gitea/workflows/supply-chain.yml \
+            .github/workflows/actions-security.yml \
+            .github/workflows/ci-arm.yml \
+            .github/workflows/osv-scanner.yml \
+            .github/workflows/rust-clippy.yml
+
+      - name: actionlint generated release workflow
+        run: >-
+          actionlint -shellcheck= .github/workflows/irtt-rs-release.yml
@@ -16,34 +16,6 @@ permissions:
  contents: read

 jobs:
-  actionlint:
-    name: actionlint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: actionlint handwritten workflows
-        uses: raven-actions/actionlint@205b530c5d9fa8f44ae9ed59f341a0db994aa6f8
-        with:
-          files: >-
-            .github/workflows/actions-security.yml,
-            .github/workflows/ci.yml,
-            .github/workflows/interop-netem.yml,
-            .github/workflows/osv-scanner.yml,
-            .github/workflows/rust-clippy.yml,
-            .github/workflows/semver.yml,
-            .github/workflows/supply-chain.yml
-
-      - name: actionlint generated release workflow
-        uses: raven-actions/actionlint@205b530c5d9fa8f44ae9ed59f341a0db994aa6f8
-        with:
-          files: .github/workflows/irtt-rs-release.yml
-          shellcheck: false
  zizmor:
    name: zizmor
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -60,7 +32,13 @@ jobs:
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

+      # Zizmor's SARIF integration publishes GitHub Code Scanning results.
+      # It remains here while portable actionlint runs with Gitea CI, but scans
+      # both workflow directories through its GitHub Actions rule set.
      - name: Run zizmor
-        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@3dc1ecc9bcb9e94e9b2c709687979e1298497054 # v0.6.2
+        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@cc914d7f3750a2d13d75c7f184a1060aa0e9d482 # v0.6.4
        with:
          persona: regular
+          inputs: |
+            .github/workflows
+            .gitea/workflows
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Rust ARM CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  merge_group:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  verify:
+    name: cargo ${{ matrix.task }} (${{ matrix.target }})
+    # Gitea currently has only amd64 Linux runners; retain ARM coverage here.
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - task: check
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            musl: false
+
+          - task: test
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            musl: false
+
+          - task: check
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+            musl: true
+
+          - task: test
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+            musl: true
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    timeout-minutes: 25
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Install musl toolchain
+        if: matrix.musl
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends musl-tools
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@166cdcfd11aee3cb47222f9ddb555ce30ddb9659 # v1
+        with:
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          cache-key: ${{ matrix.task }}-${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: Run ${{ matrix.task }} with all features
+        run: |
+          cargo ${{ matrix.task }} \
+            --workspace \
+            --all-targets \
+            --all-features \
+            --target ${{ matrix.target }} \
+            --locked
+
+      - name: Run ${{ matrix.task }} without default features
+        run: |
+          cargo ${{ matrix.task }} \
+            --workspace \
+            --all-targets \
+            --no-default-features \
+            --target ${{ matrix.target }} \
+            --locked
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
  scan-scheduled:
    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
-    uses: "google/osv-scanner-action/.github/workflows/osv-scanner-reusable.yml@8deb546fdb875b9996d27d4950be7312dac076a1" # v2.5.0
+    uses: "google/osv-scanner-action/.github/workflows/osv-scanner-reusable.yml@6e4298ebc4db23e847df9b2e2de2939d6f066c67" # v2.5.1
    with:
      # Example of specifying custom arguments
      scan-args: |-
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
        ./
  scan-pr:
    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'merge_group' }}
-    uses: "google/osv-scanner-action/.github/workflows/osv-scanner-reusable-pr.yml@8deb546fdb875b9996d27d4950be7312dac076a1" # v2.5.0
+    uses: "google/osv-scanner-action/.github/workflows/osv-scanner-reusable-pr.yml@6e4298ebc4db23e847df9b2e2de2939d6f066c67" # v2.5.1
    with:
      # Example of specifying custom arguments
      scan-args: |-
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
          exit 0

      - name: Upload Clippy SARIF
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@ff2f1c621b7f889edc0d3c761ac2e6a3f8cdb0dd # v4
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@b96794f015dfd88f77b49b1c93e0fa7110f94c63 # v4
        if: always()
        with:
          sarif_file: rust-clippy-results.sarif
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: Semver
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "irtt-proto/v*.*.*"
-      - "irtt-client/v*.*.*"
-      - "irtt-server/v*.*.*"
-      - "irtt-stats/v*.*.*"
-      - "irtt-rs/v*.*.*"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  semver:
-    name: cargo-semver-checks
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 20
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Check semver compatibility
-        uses: obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks-action@6b69fcf40e9b5fb17adeb57e4b6ecd020649a239 # v2
-        with:
-          feature-group: all-features
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-name: Supply chain
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  merge_group:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "41 2 * * 1"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  cargo-deny:
-    name: cargo-deny ${{ matrix.checks }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          # Advisories can appear after code was merged. Keep this visible,
-          # but don't let a surprise upstream advisory nuke every unrelated PR.
-          - checks: advisories
-            continue-on-error: true
-
-          # These are policy choices in this repo. They should block PRs.
-          - checks: bans licenses sources
-            continue-on-error: false
-
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.continue-on-error }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Run cargo-deny
-        uses: EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@3c6349835b2b7b196a839186cb8b78e02f7b5f25 # v2
-        with:
-          command: check
-          arguments: --all-features
-          command-arguments: ${{ matrix.checks }}
-
-  actionlint:
-    name: actionlint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: actionlint handwritten workflows
-        uses: raven-actions/actionlint@205b530c5d9fa8f44ae9ed59f341a0db994aa6f8
-        with:
-          files: >-
-            .github/workflows/actions-security.yml,
-            .github/workflows/ci.yml,
-            .github/workflows/interop-netem.yml,
-            .github/workflows/osv-scanner.yml,
-            .github/workflows/rust-clippy.yml,
-            .github/workflows/semver.yml,
-            .github/workflows/supply-chain.yml
-
-      - name: actionlint generated release workflow
-        uses: raven-actions/actionlint@205b530c5d9fa8f44ae9ed59f341a0db994aa6f8
-        with:
-          files: .github/workflows/irtt-rs-release.yml
-          shellcheck: false
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ release. The format is loosely based on

 ## irtt-client

+### 0.5.1
+
+#### Added
+
+- `ManagedCommandReceipt::blocking_wait()` lets synchronous callers wait for a managed target-set update to be applied or rejected without entering an async runtime.
+
 ### 0.5.0

 #### Added
@@ -102,6 +108,17 @@ release. The format is loosely based on

 ## irtt-rs

+### 0.7.0
+
+#### Added
+
+- Client target arguments now support per-target HMAC configuration: append `@hmac=KEY` to override the global `--hmac` value for that target, or use `@hmac=` to explicitly disable HMAC for it. The target syntax supports context-aware escaping for literal delimiters.
+- Continuous client runs can now take complete desired target sets from standard input with `--targets-stdin`. Each non-empty record atomically replaces the current set, `[]` selects an empty set, and EOF requests a graceful stop. The controller retains only the newest unapplied record under transient replacement backpressure, with explicit bounds on record size, desired targets, and live target generations.
+
+#### Changed
+
+- A peer-initiated close is now target-local in stdin-controlled continuous runs: the controller and other desired targets keep running, and a later desired set can start that target again.
+
 ### 0.6.2

 #### Added
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "heck",
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
- "syn 3.0.3",
+ "syn 3.0.4",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.24.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88490bf1b990d87eaaa7ac8aa887f629a08e7359765b4911faf63c3763347d23"
+checksum = "ed17f5901b6630b993ca003def43f2f8ef4014fc13b047b57aad617ff32bc2ec"
 dependencies = [
 "darling_core",
 "darling_macro",
@@ -395,26 +395,26 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "darling_core"
-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.24.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "084e274f91c482280130e1e34e0b8d6e66776a060d7b6de7b84289ca778868c4"
+checksum = "6837e2cf7485aaae18f86181d2f0e9a7ed297a025e220aeabf63fdebd3a2ddff"
 dependencies = [
 "ident_case",
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
 "strsim",
- "syn 3.0.3",
+ "syn 3.0.4",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.24.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68f5792fa0d41cd2325ce0ffa64f0a340eaebd4971a3a0c5e1ffd2cc488a355e"
+checksum = "2ac7135c3ef02b2f7833bbeb1be5ba7f966dcde8a87c6b87f65a778d71a02785"
 dependencies = [
 "darling_core",
 "quote",
- "syn 3.0.3",
+ "syn 3.0.4",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -496,9 +496,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "either"
-version = "1.17.0"
+version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e5e8f6c15a24b9a3ee5efec809ccd006d3b30e8b3bb63c39af737c7f87daa1d"
+checksum = "252afb9ae5eaa683babdc6a068b3f5726eb19e05070c731f9b2a23a7c3e8ed34"

 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
@@ -710,12 +710,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "indoc",
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
- "syn 3.0.3",
+ "syn 3.0.4",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "irtt-client"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
 "irtt-proto",
 "irtt-server",
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "irtt-rs"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
 "clap",
 "crossterm",
@@ -881,15 +881,15 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.33"
+version = "0.4.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ceec5bc11778974d1bcb055b18002eba7f4b3518b6a0081b3af5f21666da9ad"
+checksum = "f9f8bd3e56ce4dfc153cf470fffbfa98c7620958b312ca5c3a4b8d5181fd13c6"

 [[package]]
 name = "lru"
-version = "0.18.2"
+version = "0.18.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d2f2f9b4ba7e6b24d95e7e899329d35be83bcded72c8540cdd5368932d1d90a"
+checksum = "0d317b4b9eb398e6acce275758ec6125535505e7a146fb1a9b8bda2451b0ff4c"
 dependencies = [
 "hashbrown 0.17.1",
 ]
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c80231409c20246a13fddb31776fb942c38553c51e871f8cbd687a4cfb5843d"
 dependencies = [
 "phf_shared",
- "rand 0.8.7",
+ "rand 0.8.8",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1294,9 +1294,9 @@ checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"

 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22f6172bdec972074665ed81ed53b71da00bfc44b65a753cfde883ec4c702a1a"
+checksum = "e058c7de0b26af77780c769414d6257830bb240f3c38477dbc2c16e5f54d6d4c"
 dependencies = [
 "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ checksum = "e7a5d71263a5a7d47b41f6b3f06ba276f10cc18b0931f1799f710578e2309348"
 dependencies = [
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
- "syn 3.0.3",
+ "syn 3.0.4",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1705,9 +1705,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "3.0.3"
+version = "3.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53e9bae58849f64dfa4f5d5ae372c8341f7305f82a3868709269343628b659a3"
+checksum = "e6275cddf4610d1775e6d1fe9469b2e77d0f39fd98fb7450901b821e0c53649f"
 dependencies = [
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ checksum = "bc04cd3e1236dd4a98afca4569f2deb3f120e5422a4023be2cb683f8486292af"
 dependencies = [
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
- "syn 3.0.3",
+ "syn 3.0.4",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ checksum = "78773a2a397f451582ce068015985c33193cf6dea8b74d2a639fe457b2f07b0e"
 dependencies = [
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
- "syn 3.0.3",
+ "syn 3.0.4",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1944,9 +1944,9 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"

 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.24.1"
+version = "1.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2cefc03fd367c0c6d4305de1b312cf00248c4114f4a0418ce6a6af769e3b0bd9"
+checksum = "b5772d71c9be8a8a6ac2117d949c5b224c1b72241bb611d9a3012edcf8af7812"
 dependencies = [
 "atomic",
 "getrandom 0.4.3",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/Lochnair/irtt-rs"

 [workspace.dependencies]
 irtt-proto = { version = "0.5.0", path = "crates/irtt-proto" }
-irtt-client = { version = "0.5.0", path = "crates/irtt-client" }
+irtt-client = { version = "0.5.1", path = "crates/irtt-client" }
 irtt-server = { version = "0.5.2", path = "crates/irtt-server" }
 irtt-stats = { version = "0.5.0", path = "crates/irtt-stats" }

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM tonistiigi/xx AS xx

-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rust:1.88-alpine AS builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rust:1.98-alpine AS builder

 COPY --from=xx / /

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "irtt-rs"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.7.0"
 description = "IRTT-compatible client, TUI, and server applications"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -11,15 +11,22 @@ pub const DEFAULT_CLIENT_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Parser)]
 #[command(name = "irtt-client", about = "Minimal IRTT-compatible stream client")]
 pub struct ClientArgs {
-    /// Server address/host, optionally prefixed with LABEL=. Repeat for multi-target mode.
+    /// Server address/host, optionally prefixed with LABEL= and suffixed with @hmac=KEY. Repeat for multi-target mode.
    #[arg(
        value_name = "TARGET",
        num_args = 0..,
        value_parser = parse_target,
-        long_help = "Server address/host, optionally prefixed with LABEL=. Repeat for multi-target mode.\n\nExamples:\n  irtt-client host-a:2112 host-b:2112\n  irtt-client eu=host-a:2112 us=host-b:2112\n  irtt-client host-a:2112 eu=host-b:2112"
+        long_help = "Server address/host, optionally prefixed with LABEL= and suffixed with @hmac=KEY. Repeat for multi-target mode.\n\nExamples:\n  irtt-client host-a:2112 host-b:2112\n  irtt-client eu=host-a:2112 us=host-b:2112\n  irtt-client ams=host-a:2112@hmac=secret public=host-b:2112@hmac=\n\nA target without @hmac= inherits --hmac. @hmac= explicitly disables it for that target."
    )]
    pub targets: Vec<TargetArg>,

+    /// Read complete desired target sets from standard input in continuous mode.
+    #[arg(
+        long,
+        long_help = "Read one complete desired target set per stdin line in continuous mode. Commas separate targets and backslash escapes commas within a target. [] selects an empty desired set. Records are limited to 64 KiB. EOF stops the client gracefully and may discard a revision that has not yet been acknowledged as applied."
+    )]
+    pub targets_stdin: bool,
+
    /// Managed group pacing for multi-target mode.
    #[arg(
        long,
@@ -34,7 +41,7 @@ pub struct ClientArgs {
        default_value = "10s",
        value_parser = parse_test_duration,
        help = "Test duration; use 0 for continuous mode",
-        long_help = "Test duration; use 0 for continuous mode.\n\nFinite runs retain exact statistics for final summaries. Continuous mode uses bounded-memory running statistics and prints a final summary only when interrupted."
+        long_help = "Test duration; use 0 for continuous mode.\n\nFinite runs retain exact statistics for final summaries. Continuous mode uses bounded-memory running statistics and prints a final summary when interrupted; --targets-stdin also prints the final retained summary on EOF."
    )]
    pub duration: Duration,

@@ -86,12 +93,16 @@ impl ClientArgs {
    /// Targets are only required here. `--list-columns` returns before this is
    /// called, so listing columns still needs no target.
    pub fn prepare(&self) -> Result<ManagedRunSetup, String> {
+        if self.targets_stdin && !self.is_continuous() {
+            return Err("--targets-stdin requires --duration 0".to_owned());
+        }
        prepare_managed_run(
            &self.common,
            self.duration,
            TargetSelection {
                targets: &self.targets,
                pacing: self.pacing,
+                stdin_controlled: self.targets_stdin,
            },
        )
    }
@@ -159,14 +170,14 @@ mod tests {
        let args = parse(&["127.0.0.1:2112"]).unwrap();

        assert_eq!(args.targets.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(args.targets[0].label, None);
-        assert_eq!(args.targets[0].addr, "127.0.0.1:2112");
+        assert_eq!(args.prepare().unwrap().targets[0].label, "127.0.0.1:2112");
        assert_eq!(args.pacing, GroupPacingArg::Staggered);
        assert_eq!(args.duration, DEFAULT_CLIENT_DURATION);
        assert_eq!(args.interval, Duration::from_secs(1));
        assert_eq!(args.format, OutputFormat::Table);
        assert_eq!(args.columns, None);
        assert_eq!(args.header, HeaderMode::Auto);
+        assert!(!args.targets_stdin);
        assert!(!args.is_continuous());
        assert_eq!(args.timestamp_mode(), TimestampArg::Both);

@@ -254,8 +265,8 @@ mod tests {

    #[test]
    fn invalid_labelled_target_syntax_is_rejected() {
-        assert!(parse(&["=127.0.0.1:2112"]).is_err());
-        assert!(parse(&["label="]).is_err());
+        assert!(parse(&["=127.0.0.1:2112"]).unwrap().prepare().is_err());
+        assert!(parse(&["label="]).unwrap().prepare().is_err());
    }

    #[test]
@@ -309,6 +320,21 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(config.hmac_key, Some(b"secret".to_vec()));
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn targets_stdin_requires_continuous_mode_and_allows_empty_initial_set() {
+        assert!(parse(&["--targets-stdin"]).unwrap().prepare().is_err());
+        let args = parse(&["--duration", "0", "--targets-stdin"]).unwrap();
+        let setup = args.prepare().unwrap();
+        assert!(setup.targets.is_empty());
+        assert!(setup.stdin_controlled);
+        let config = setup.managed_config();
+        assert_eq!(
+            config.completion,
+            irtt_client::managed::ManagedCompletionPolicy::ExplicitStop
+        );
+        assert_eq!(config.max_live_target_generations, 256);
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn output_format_summary_policy_is_table_only() {
        assert!(OutputFormat::Table.prints_summary());
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::{
-    collections::HashSet,
-    io::{self, Write},
-    sync::atomic::AtomicBool,
+    collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashSet, VecDeque},
+    io::{self, BufRead, Write},
+    sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, Arc, Mutex},
    thread,
    time::Duration,
 };

 use irtt_client::{
    managed::{
-        BlockingManagedClient, ManagedEndReason, ManagedEvent, ManagedEventSubscription,
-        ManagedEventTryRecvError, ManagedTargetEndReason, ManagedTargetOutcome, TargetInstance,
+        BlockingManagedClient, ManagedClientHandle, ManagedCommandApplyError, ManagedEndReason,
+        ManagedEvent, ManagedEventSubscription, ManagedEventTryRecvError, ManagedStatus,
+        ManagedTargetConfig, ManagedTargetEndReason, ManagedTargetOutcome, TargetInstance,
    },
    ClientEvent,
 };
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ use super::{
    output::{EventRenderStats, OutputConfig},
 };

-use crate::shared::client::expected_probe_count;
 use crate::shared::client::{
-    is_shutdown_requested,
+    expected_probe_count, is_shutdown_requested, parse_stdin_target_set,
    session::{
        drain_managed_events, peer_close_run_error, request_managed_stop_for_peer_close,
        request_managed_stop_once, should_print_final_summary, ManagedDrainState,
    },
+    ManagedRunSetup, STDIN_MAX_DESIRED_TARGETS, STDIN_OUTCOME_HISTORY_LIMIT,
 };

 use irtt_stats::{StatsCollector, StatsConfig};
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const FINITE_STATS_MEMORY_STRONG_WARNING_BYTES: u64 = 512 * MIB;

 const FINITE_STATS_MEMORY_VERY_STRONG_WARNING_BYTES: u64 = GIB;
 const MANAGED_EVENT_WAIT_SLICE: Duration = Duration::from_millis(20);
+const MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES: usize = 64 * 1024;

 pub fn run_stream(
    args: ClientArgs,
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ pub fn run_stream(
        args.verbose,
    )
    .map_err(|err| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, err))?;
+    if setup.stdin_controlled {
+        return run_stdin_stream(setup, output_config, shutdown_requested);
+    }
    let continuous = args.is_continuous();
    let target_count = setup.target_count();

@@ -196,6 +200,561 @@ pub fn run_stream(
    Ok(())
 }

+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct StdinTargetSet {
+    revision: u64,
+    targets: Vec<ManagedTargetConfig>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct StdinMailboxState {
+    next_revision: u64,
+    latest: Option<StdinTargetSet>,
+    eof: bool,
+    fatal: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct StdinMailbox {
+    state: Mutex<StdinMailboxState>,
+}
+
+impl StdinMailbox {
+    fn publish(&self, targets: Vec<ManagedTargetConfig>) {
+        let mut state = self
+            .state
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
+        state.next_revision = state.next_revision.saturating_add(1);
+        state.latest = Some(StdinTargetSet {
+            revision: state.next_revision,
+            targets,
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn finish(&self) {
+        self.state
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner)
+            .eof = true;
+    }
+
+    fn fail(&self, error: String) {
+        let mut state = self
+            .state
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
+        state.fatal = Some(error);
+        state.latest = None;
+    }
+
+    fn latest(&self) -> Option<StdinTargetSet> {
+        self.state
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner)
+            .latest
+            .clone()
+    }
+
+    fn clear_if_current(&self, revision: u64) {
+        let mut state = self
+            .state
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
+        if state
+            .latest
+            .as_ref()
+            .is_some_and(|set| set.revision == revision)
+        {
+            state.latest = None;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn is_current(&self, revision: u64) -> bool {
+        self.state
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner)
+            .latest
+            .as_ref()
+            .is_some_and(|set| set.revision == revision)
+    }
+
+    fn fatal(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.state
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner)
+            .fatal
+            .clone()
+    }
+
+    fn is_finished(&self) -> bool {
+        self.state
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner)
+            .eof
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_stdin_record<R: BufRead>(
+    reader: &mut R,
+    buffer: &mut Vec<u8>,
+) -> io::Result<Option<String>> {
+    buffer.clear();
+    loop {
+        let available = reader.fill_buf()?;
+        if available.is_empty() {
+            if buffer.is_empty() {
+                return Ok(None);
+            }
+            if buffer.len() > MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES {
+                return Err(io::Error::new(
+                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                    "stdin target record exceeds the maximum size",
+                ));
+            }
+            return std::str::from_utf8(buffer)
+                .map(str::to_owned)
+                .map(Some)
+                .map_err(|_| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "stdin is not UTF-8"));
+        }
+
+        if buffer.len() == MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES + 1 {
+            if available.first() == Some(&b'\n') && buffer.last() == Some(&b'\r') {
+                reader.consume(1);
+                buffer.pop();
+                return std::str::from_utf8(buffer)
+                    .map(str::to_owned)
+                    .map(Some)
+                    .map_err(|_| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "stdin is not UTF-8"));
+            }
+            return Err(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                "stdin target record exceeds the maximum size",
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if let Some(newline) = available.iter().position(|byte| *byte == b'\n') {
+            let before_newline = &available[..newline];
+            if buffer.len().saturating_add(before_newline.len()) > MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES + 1 {
+                return Err(io::Error::new(
+                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                    "stdin target record exceeds the maximum size",
+                ));
+            }
+            buffer.extend_from_slice(before_newline);
+            reader.consume(newline + 1);
+            if buffer.last() == Some(&b'\r') {
+                buffer.pop();
+            }
+            if buffer.len() > MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES {
+                return Err(io::Error::new(
+                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                    "stdin target record exceeds the maximum size",
+                ));
+            }
+            return std::str::from_utf8(buffer)
+                .map(str::to_owned)
+                .map(Some)
+                .map_err(|_| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "stdin is not UTF-8"));
+        }
+
+        let remaining = MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES + 1 - buffer.len();
+        let take = available.len().min(remaining);
+        buffer.extend_from_slice(&available[..take]);
+        reader.consume(take);
+        if buffer.len() > MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES && buffer.last() != Some(&b'\r') {
+            return Err(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                "stdin target record exceeds the maximum size",
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_stdin_target_sets<R: BufRead>(reader: &mut R, mailbox: &StdinMailbox) {
+    let mut line = 0_u64;
+    let mut record = Vec::with_capacity(MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES + 1);
+    loop {
+        match read_stdin_record(reader, &mut record) {
+            Ok(Some(record)) => {
+                line = line.saturating_add(1);
+                if record.is_empty() {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                match parse_stdin_target_set(&record, STDIN_MAX_DESIRED_TARGETS) {
+                    Ok(targets) => {
+                        mailbox.publish(targets.into_iter().map(|target| target.managed).collect())
+                    }
+                    Err(error) => {
+                        mailbox.fail(format!("invalid --targets-stdin line {line}: {error}"));
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(None) => {
+                mailbox.finish();
+                return;
+            }
+            Err(_) => {
+                mailbox.fail(format!("failed to read --targets-stdin line {}", line + 1));
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn spawn_stdin_target_reader(mailbox: Arc<StdinMailbox>) -> io::Result<()> {
+    thread::Builder::new()
+        .name("irtt-targets-stdin".to_owned())
+        .spawn(move || {
+            let stdin = io::stdin();
+            read_stdin_target_sets(&mut stdin.lock(), &mailbox);
+        })
+        .map(|_| ())
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct RetryAfterStatus {
+    revision: u64,
+    status: Arc<ManagedStatus>,
+}
+
+fn retry_waits_for_status_change(
+    retry_after: &mut Option<RetryAfterStatus>,
+    target_set: &StdinTargetSet,
+    status: &Arc<ManagedStatus>,
+) -> bool {
+    let Some(retry) = retry_after else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    if retry.revision != target_set.revision {
+        *retry_after = None;
+        return false;
+    }
+    Arc::ptr_eq(&retry.status, status)
+}
+
+fn retry_after_capacity_rejection(
+    mailbox: &StdinMailbox,
+    target_set: &StdinTargetSet,
+    status: Arc<ManagedStatus>,
+) -> Option<RetryAfterStatus> {
+    mailbox
+        .is_current(target_set.revision)
+        .then_some(RetryAfterStatus {
+            revision: target_set.revision,
+            status,
+        })
+}
+
+fn apply_latest_stdin_target_set(
+    handle: &ManagedClientHandle,
+    mailbox: &StdinMailbox,
+    retry_after: &mut Option<RetryAfterStatus>,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let Some(target_set) = mailbox.latest() else {
+        *retry_after = None;
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+    let status = handle.status();
+    if retry_waits_for_status_change(retry_after, &target_set, &status) {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let receipt = handle
+        .update_targets(target_set.targets.clone())
+        .map_err(|_| "failed to submit --targets-stdin update".to_owned())?;
+    match receipt.blocking_wait() {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            mailbox.clear_if_current(target_set.revision);
+            *retry_after = None;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Err(ManagedCommandApplyError::LiveGenerationLimitExceeded { .. }) => {
+            *retry_after = retry_after_capacity_rejection(mailbox, &target_set, status);
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Err(_) => Err("--targets-stdin update was rejected".to_owned()),
+    }
+}
+
+struct BoundedTargetSet {
+    limit: usize,
+    order: VecDeque<TargetInstance>,
+    members: HashSet<TargetInstance>,
+}
+
+impl BoundedTargetSet {
+    fn new(limit: usize) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            limit,
+            order: VecDeque::with_capacity(limit),
+            members: HashSet::with_capacity(limit),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn insert(&mut self, target: TargetInstance) -> bool {
+        if !self.members.insert(target.clone()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if self.order.len() == self.limit {
+            let evicted = self
+                .order
+                .pop_front()
+                .expect("bounded target order is nonempty");
+            self.members.remove(&evicted);
+        }
+        self.order.push_back(target);
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+fn process_stdin_event<W: Write>(
+    event: ManagedEvent,
+    stream_output: &mut StreamOutput<'_, W>,
+    stats: &mut BTreeMap<TargetInstance, StatsCollector>,
+    terminal_targets: &mut BoundedTargetSet,
+) -> io::Result<()> {
+    match event {
+        ManagedEvent::TargetStateChanged { target, .. } => {
+            stats
+                .entry(target)
+                .or_insert_with(|| StatsCollector::new(stats_config(true)));
+        }
+        ManagedEvent::Client { target, event } => {
+            let collector = stats
+                .entry(target.clone())
+                .or_insert_with(|| StatsCollector::new(stats_config(true)));
+            print_events_with_stats(
+                stream_output,
+                std::slice::from_ref(&event),
+                Some(target.id.as_str()),
+                collector,
+            )?;
+        }
+        ManagedEvent::TargetFinished { outcome }
+            if terminal_targets.insert(outcome.target.clone()) =>
+        {
+            report_target_failure(&outcome);
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn drain_stdin_events<W: Write>(
+    events: &mut ManagedEventSubscription,
+    stream_output: &mut StreamOutput<'_, W>,
+    stats: &mut BTreeMap<TargetInstance, StatsCollector>,
+    terminal_targets: &mut BoundedTargetSet,
+    dropped_events: &mut u64,
+) -> io::Result<ManagedDrainState> {
+    drain_managed_events(events, dropped_events, |event| {
+        process_stdin_event(event, stream_output, stats, terminal_targets)
+    })
+}
+
+fn drain_final_stdin_events<W: Write>(
+    events: &mut ManagedEventSubscription,
+    stream_output: &mut StreamOutput<'_, W>,
+    stats: &mut BTreeMap<TargetInstance, StatsCollector>,
+    terminal_targets: &mut BoundedTargetSet,
+    dropped_events: &mut u64,
+) -> io::Result<()> {
+    loop {
+        match events.try_recv() {
+            Ok(event) => process_stdin_event(event, stream_output, stats, terminal_targets)?,
+            Err(ManagedEventTryRecvError::Empty | ManagedEventTryRecvError::Closed) => break,
+            Err(ManagedEventTryRecvError::Lagged(count)) => {
+                *dropped_events = dropped_events.saturating_add(count);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn reconcile_stdin_stats(
+    stats: &mut BTreeMap<TargetInstance, StatsCollector>,
+    status: &ManagedStatus,
+    final_summary_targets: Option<&BTreeSet<TargetInstance>>,
+) {
+    let live = status
+        .targets
+        .iter()
+        .map(|target| target.target.clone())
+        .collect::<HashSet<_>>();
+    stats.retain(|target, _| {
+        live.contains(target)
+            || final_summary_targets.is_some_and(|targets| targets.contains(target))
+    });
+}
+
+fn snapshot_stdin_summary_targets(
+    stats: &mut BTreeMap<TargetInstance, StatsCollector>,
+    status: &ManagedStatus,
+) -> BTreeSet<TargetInstance> {
+    let targets = status
+        .targets
+        .iter()
+        .map(|target| target.target.clone())
+        .collect::<BTreeSet<_>>();
+    for target in &targets {
+        stats
+            .entry(target.clone())
+            .or_insert_with(|| StatsCollector::new(stats_config(true)));
+    }
+    targets
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+enum StdinStop {
+    Interrupted,
+    Eof,
+    Fatal(String),
+}
+
+fn stdin_stop_request(
+    shutdown_requested: &AtomicBool,
+    mailbox: &StdinMailbox,
+) -> Option<StdinStop> {
+    if is_shutdown_requested(shutdown_requested) {
+        Some(StdinStop::Interrupted)
+    } else if let Some(error) = mailbox.fatal() {
+        Some(StdinStop::Fatal(error))
+    } else if mailbox.is_finished() {
+        Some(StdinStop::Eof)
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+fn run_stdin_stream(
+    setup: ManagedRunSetup,
+    output_config: OutputConfig,
+    shutdown_requested: &AtomicBool,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    if is_shutdown_requested(shutdown_requested) {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let (owner, mut events) = BlockingManagedClient::start_with_subscription(
+        setup.managed_config(),
+        setup.managed_targets(),
+    )?;
+    let handle = owner.handle();
+    let mailbox = Arc::new(StdinMailbox::default());
+    spawn_stdin_target_reader(Arc::clone(&mailbox))?;
+
+    let mut stdout = io::LineWriter::new(io::stdout().lock());
+    let mut stream_output = StreamOutput {
+        config: output_config,
+        header_printed: false,
+        print_final_summary: false,
+        show_running_only_summary_note: false,
+        out: &mut stdout,
+    };
+    let mut stats = BTreeMap::new();
+    let mut terminal_targets = BoundedTargetSet::new(STDIN_OUTCOME_HISTORY_LIMIT);
+    let mut retry_after = None;
+    let mut dropped_events = 0_u64;
+    let mut stop_requested = false;
+    let mut stop = None;
+    let mut summary_targets = None;
+    let mut subscription_closed = false;
+
+    loop {
+        let status = handle.status();
+        if stop.is_none() {
+            if let Some(requested_stop) = stdin_stop_request(shutdown_requested, &mailbox) {
+                summary_targets = Some(snapshot_stdin_summary_targets(&mut stats, &status));
+                stop = Some(requested_stop);
+                if request_managed_stop_once(&mut stop_requested) {
+                    drop(handle.stop());
+                }
+            } else if let Err(error) =
+                apply_latest_stdin_target_set(&handle, &mailbox, &mut retry_after)
+            {
+                summary_targets = Some(snapshot_stdin_summary_targets(&mut stats, &status));
+                stop = Some(StdinStop::Fatal(error));
+                if request_managed_stop_once(&mut stop_requested) {
+                    drop(handle.stop());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let drain_state = drain_stdin_events(
+            &mut events,
+            &mut stream_output,
+            &mut stats,
+            &mut terminal_targets,
+            &mut dropped_events,
+        )?;
+        reconcile_stdin_stats(&mut stats, &handle.status(), summary_targets.as_ref());
+        match drain_state {
+            ManagedDrainState::Empty => thread::sleep(MANAGED_EVENT_WAIT_SLICE),
+            ManagedDrainState::Closed => subscription_closed = true,
+            ManagedDrainState::BudgetExhausted => {}
+        }
+        if handle.status().final_outcome.is_some() || subscription_closed {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    let outcome = owner.join()?;
+    drain_final_stdin_events(
+        &mut events,
+        &mut stream_output,
+        &mut stats,
+        &mut terminal_targets,
+        &mut dropped_events,
+    )?;
+    if let Some(warning) = dropped_event_warning(dropped_events) {
+        eprintln!("{warning}");
+    }
+    for target in outcome.recent_target_outcomes.iter() {
+        if terminal_targets.insert(target.target.clone()) {
+            report_target_failure(target);
+        }
+    }
+    if outcome.discarded_target_outcomes != 0 {
+        eprintln!(
+            "irtt-rs: warning: {} final target outcomes were discarded",
+            outcome.discarded_target_outcomes
+        );
+    }
+
+    let print_summary = matches!(stop, Some(StdinStop::Interrupted | StdinStop::Eof));
+    stream_output.print_final_summary = print_summary;
+    stream_output.show_running_only_summary_note = print_summary;
+    if let Some(summary_targets) = summary_targets {
+        let multi_target = summary_targets.len() > 1;
+        for target in summary_targets {
+            let stats = stats
+                .get(&target)
+                .expect("summary snapshot retains every selected target collector");
+            if multi_target && stream_output.config.prints_summary() {
+                writeln!(stream_output.out)?;
+                writeln!(
+                    stream_output.out,
+                    "target: {} (generation {})",
+                    target.id, target.generation
+                )?;
+            }
+            stream_output.print_summary(stats)?;
+        }
+    }
+    stream_output.out.flush()?;
+
+    match stop {
+        Some(StdinStop::Fatal(error)) => Err(error.into()),
+        _ => match outcome.end_reason {
+            ManagedEndReason::DriverFailed(failure) => {
+                Err(format!("managed driver failed: {failure}").into())
+            }
+            _ => Ok(()),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
 fn process_event<W: Write>(
    event: ManagedEvent,
    stream_output: &mut StreamOutput<'_, W>,
@@ -384,9 +943,218 @@ fn finite_stats_memory_warning(args: &ClientArgs, target_count: usize) -> Option
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use irtt_client::managed::{
-        ManagedTargetFailure, ManagedTargetFailureKind, ManagedTargetFailurePhase, TargetId,
+        ManagedLifecycle, ManagedTargetFailure, ManagedTargetFailureKind,
+        ManagedTargetFailurePhase, ManagedTargetLifecycle, ManagedTargetStatus, TargetId,
    };
-    use std::sync::Arc;
+    use std::{io::BufReader, io::Cursor, sync::Arc};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stdin_record_reader_removes_only_line_framing() {
+        let mut reader = BufReader::with_capacity(2, Cursor::new(b" first \r\n\nthird\r"));
+        let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES + 1);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_stdin_record(&mut reader, &mut buffer).unwrap(),
+            Some(" first ".to_owned())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_stdin_record(&mut reader, &mut buffer).unwrap(),
+            Some(String::new())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_stdin_record(&mut reader, &mut buffer).unwrap(),
+            Some("third\r".to_owned())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(read_stdin_record(&mut reader, &mut buffer).unwrap(), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stdin_record_reader_rejects_over_limit_unterminated_record() {
+        let input = vec![b'x'; MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES + 1];
+        let mut reader = BufReader::with_capacity(17, Cursor::new(input));
+        let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES + 1);
+
+        let error = read_stdin_record(&mut reader, &mut buffer).unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(error.kind(), io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
+        assert!(error.to_string().contains("maximum size"));
+        assert!(buffer.len() <= MAX_STDIN_RECORD_BYTES + 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn newer_mailbox_value_survives_an_earlier_submitted_acknowledgement() {
+        let mailbox = StdinMailbox::default();
+        mailbox.publish(vec![ManagedTargetConfig::new("a", "127.0.0.1:2112")]);
+        let submitted = mailbox.latest().unwrap();
+        mailbox.publish(vec![ManagedTargetConfig::new("b", "127.0.0.1:2113")]);
+        let pending = mailbox.latest().unwrap();
+
+        mailbox.clear_if_current(submitted.revision);
+
+        assert_eq!(mailbox.latest().unwrap().revision, pending.revision);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rejected_update_retries_after_status_publishes_during_acknowledgement() {
+        let mailbox = StdinMailbox::default();
+        mailbox.publish(Vec::new());
+        let target_set = mailbox.latest().unwrap();
+        let saturated = Arc::new(status_with_targets(&[TargetInstance {
+            id: TargetId::from("old"),
+            generation: 1,
+        }]));
+        let capacity_freed = Arc::new(status_with_targets(&[]));
+        // Capacity becomes available after the transaction rejected but before
+        // its acknowledgement reaches the controller. The rejection path must
+        // retain the pre-submission status, not this later snapshot.
+        let mut retry_after =
+            retry_after_capacity_rejection(&mailbox, &target_set, Arc::clone(&saturated));
+
+        assert!(retry_waits_for_status_change(
+            &mut retry_after,
+            &target_set,
+            &saturated
+        ));
+        assert!(!retry_waits_for_status_change(
+            &mut retry_after,
+            &target_set,
+            &capacity_freed
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn later_desired_set_supersedes_a_capacity_rejected_candidate_before_retry() {
+        let mailbox = StdinMailbox::default();
+        mailbox.publish(vec![ManagedTargetConfig::new("a", "127.0.0.1:2112")]);
+        let applied = mailbox.latest().unwrap();
+        mailbox.clear_if_current(applied.revision);
+
+        mailbox.publish(vec![ManagedTargetConfig::new("b", "127.0.0.1:2113")]);
+        let rejected = mailbox.latest().unwrap();
+        let saturated = Arc::new(status_with_targets(&[TargetInstance {
+            id: TargetId::from("old"),
+            generation: 1,
+        }]));
+        let mut retry_after = retry_after_capacity_rejection(&mailbox, &rejected, saturated);
+        mailbox.publish(vec![ManagedTargetConfig::new("c", "127.0.0.1:2114")]);
+        let replacement = mailbox.latest().unwrap();
+
+        assert!(!retry_waits_for_status_change(
+            &mut retry_after,
+            &replacement,
+            &Arc::new(status_with_targets(&[TargetInstance {
+                id: TargetId::from("old"),
+                generation: 1,
+            }]))
+        ));
+        assert!(retry_after.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(replacement.targets[0].id.as_str(), "c");
+        mailbox.clear_if_current(replacement.revision);
+        assert!(mailbox.latest().is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn eof_and_shutdown_stop_without_waiting_for_the_stdin_reader() {
+        let mailbox = StdinMailbox::default();
+        let shutdown_requested = AtomicBool::new(false);
+        assert!(stdin_stop_request(&shutdown_requested, &mailbox).is_none());
+
+        mailbox.finish();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            stdin_stop_request(&shutdown_requested, &mailbox),
+            Some(StdinStop::Eof)
+        ));
+
+        let mailbox = StdinMailbox::default();
+        shutdown_requested.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            stdin_stop_request(&shutdown_requested, &mailbox),
+            Some(StdinStop::Interrupted)
+        ));
+    }
+
+    fn status_with_targets(targets: &[TargetInstance]) -> ManagedStatus {
+        ManagedStatus {
+            lifecycle: ManagedLifecycle::Running,
+            stop_requested: false,
+            applied_command_sequence: 0,
+            desired_target_count: targets.len(),
+            connecting_target_count: 0,
+            opening_target_count: 0,
+            active_target_count: 0,
+            draining_target_count: 0,
+            closing_target_count: 0,
+            terminal_target_count: 0,
+            total_target_outcomes: 0,
+            successful_target_outcomes: 0,
+            failed_target_outcomes: 0,
+            peer_closed_target_outcomes: 0,
+            discarded_target_outcomes: 0,
+            targets: Arc::from(
+                targets
+                    .iter()
+                    .cloned()
+                    .map(|target| ManagedTargetStatus {
+                        target,
+                        desired: true,
+                        lifecycle: ManagedTargetLifecycle::Active,
+                        server_addr: Arc::from("127.0.0.1:2112"),
+                        remote: None,
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    .into_boxed_slice(),
+            ),
+            recent_target_outcomes: Arc::from([]),
+            final_outcome: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dynamic_accounting_prunes_retired_generations_and_retains_only_shutdown_snapshot() {
+        let retired = TargetInstance {
+            id: TargetId::from("edge"),
+            generation: 1,
+        };
+        let replacement = TargetInstance {
+            id: TargetId::from("edge"),
+            generation: 2,
+        };
+        let live_status = status_with_targets(std::slice::from_ref(&replacement));
+        let empty_status = status_with_targets(&[]);
+        let mut stats = BTreeMap::from([
+            (retired.clone(), StatsCollector::new(stats_config(true))),
+            (replacement.clone(), StatsCollector::new(stats_config(true))),
+        ]);
+
+        reconcile_stdin_stats(&mut stats, &live_status, None);
+        assert_eq!(stats.keys().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>(), [replacement]);
+
+        let summary_targets = snapshot_stdin_summary_targets(&mut stats, &live_status);
+        stats.insert(retired, StatsCollector::new(stats_config(true)));
+        reconcile_stdin_stats(&mut stats, &empty_status, Some(&summary_targets));
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            stats.keys().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            [TargetInstance {
+                id: TargetId::from("edge"),
+                generation: 2,
+            }]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn terminal_deduplication_is_bounded_under_target_churn() {
+        let mut terminal_targets = BoundedTargetSet::new(2);
+        let target = |generation| TargetInstance {
+            id: TargetId::from("edge"),
+            generation,
+        };
+
+        assert!(terminal_targets.insert(target(1)));
+        assert!(terminal_targets.insert(target(2)));
+        assert!(terminal_targets.insert(target(3)));
+        assert!(terminal_targets.insert(target(1)));
+        assert!(!terminal_targets.insert(target(3)));
+    }

    fn long_finite_args() -> ClientArgs {
        use clap::Parser;
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ pub const DEFAULT_TUI_DURATION: Duration = Duration::ZERO;
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Parser)]
 #[command(name = "irtt-tui", about = "Minimal IRTT-compatible TUI client")]
 pub struct TuiArgs {
-    /// Server address/host, optionally prefixed with LABEL=. Repeat for multi-target mode.
+    /// Server address/host, optionally prefixed with LABEL= and suffixed with @hmac=KEY. Repeat for multi-target mode.
    #[arg(
        value_name = "TARGET",
        num_args = 1..,
        required = true,
        value_parser = parse_target,
-        long_help = "Server address/host, optionally prefixed with LABEL=. Repeat for multi-target mode.\n\nExplicit labels are used in the legend and status table.\n\nExamples:\n  irtt-tui host.example\n  irtt-tui eu=host.example\n  irtt-tui eu=host-a.example us=host-b.example"
+        long_help = "Server address/host, optionally prefixed with LABEL= and suffixed with @hmac=KEY. Repeat for multi-target mode.\n\nExplicit labels are used in the legend and status table. A target without @hmac= inherits --hmac; @hmac= disables it for that target.\n\nExamples:\n  irtt-tui host.example\n  irtt-tui eu=host.example\n  irtt-tui eu=host-a.example@hmac=secret us=host-b.example"
    )]
    pub targets: Vec<TargetArg>,

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ impl TuiArgs {
            TargetSelection {
                targets: &self.targets,
                pacing: self.pacing,
+                stdin_controlled: false,
            },
        )
    }
@@ -107,8 +108,7 @@ mod tests {
    fn tui_parser_defaults_to_continuous_and_has_no_output_option() {
        let args = parse(&["127.0.0.1:2112"]).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(args.targets.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(args.targets[0].label, None);
-        assert_eq!(args.targets[0].addr, "127.0.0.1:2112");
+        assert_eq!(args.prepare().unwrap().targets[0].label, "127.0.0.1:2112");
        assert_eq!(args.pacing, GroupPacingArg::Staggered);
        assert_eq!(args.duration, DEFAULT_TUI_DURATION);
        assert!(args.is_continuous());
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ mod tests {

    #[test]
    fn invalid_labelled_target_syntax_is_rejected() {
-        assert!(parse(&["=127.0.0.1:2112"]).is_err());
-        assert!(parse(&["label="]).is_err());
+        assert!(parse(&["=127.0.0.1:2112"]).unwrap().prepare().is_err());
+        assert!(parse(&["label="]).unwrap().prepare().is_err());
    }

    #[test]
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ pub use args::{
    ClockArg, CommonClientArgs, ReceivedStatsArg, TimestampArg,
 };
 pub use config::{expected_probe_count, DEFAULT_RECV_TIMEOUT};
-pub use prepare::{prepare_managed_run, ManagedRunSetup, TargetSelection, MANAGED_EVENT_CAPACITY};
+pub use prepare::{
+    prepare_managed_run, ManagedRunSetup, TargetSelection, MANAGED_EVENT_CAPACITY,
+    STDIN_MAX_DESIRED_TARGETS, STDIN_MAX_LIVE_TARGET_GENERATIONS, STDIN_OUTCOME_HISTORY_LIMIT,
+};
 pub use session::is_shutdown_requested;
 pub use targets::{
-    parse_target, prepare_managed_targets, target_specs, GroupPacingArg, PreparedTarget, TargetArg,
-    TargetSpec,
+    parse_stdin_target_set, parse_target, prepare_managed_targets, target_specs, GroupPacingArg,
+    PreparedTarget, TargetArg, TargetSpec,
 };
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ use super::{

 /// Capacity of the lossy managed presentation event channel.
 pub const MANAGED_EVENT_CAPACITY: usize = 16_384;
+pub const STDIN_MAX_DESIRED_TARGETS: usize = 128;
+pub const STDIN_MAX_LIVE_TARGET_GENERATIONS: usize = 256;
+pub const STDIN_OUTCOME_HISTORY_LIMIT: usize = 256;

 /// Target and pacing arguments common to the client applets.
 ///
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ pub const MANAGED_EVENT_CAPACITY: usize = 16_384;
 pub struct TargetSelection<'a> {
    pub targets: &'a [TargetArg],
    pub pacing: GroupPacingArg,
+    pub stdin_controlled: bool,
 }

 /// Everything a managed run needs, prepared and validated together.
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ pub struct ManagedRunSetup {
    pub client: ClientConfig,
    /// Send coordination across active targets.
    pub pacing: ManagedPacing,
+    /// Whether this stream may replace its desired set from stdin.
+    pub stdin_controlled: bool,
 }

 impl ManagedRunSetup {
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ impl ManagedRunSetup {
    /// Managed driver configuration for this run.
    pub fn managed_config(&self) -> ManagedClientConfig {
        let target_count = self.target_count();
-        ManagedClientConfig {
+        let mut config = ManagedClientConfig {
            client: self.client.clone(),
            pacing: self.pacing,
            completion: ManagedCompletionPolicy::FinishWhenQuiescent,
@@ -78,7 +84,13 @@ impl ManagedRunSetup {
            outcome_history_limit: target_count,
            max_live_target_generations: target_count,
            ..ManagedClientConfig::default()
+        };
+        if self.stdin_controlled {
+            config.completion = ManagedCompletionPolicy::ExplicitStop;
+            config.outcome_history_limit = STDIN_OUTCOME_HISTORY_LIMIT;
+            config.max_live_target_generations = STDIN_MAX_LIVE_TARGET_GENERATIONS;
        }
+        config
    }
 }

@@ -91,12 +103,22 @@ pub fn prepare_managed_run(
    duration: Duration,
    selection: TargetSelection<'_>,
 ) -> Result<ManagedRunSetup, String> {
-    let specs = target_specs(selection.targets)?;
+    let specs = if selection.stdin_controlled {
+        if selection.targets.len() > STDIN_MAX_DESIRED_TARGETS {
+            return Err(format!(
+                "initial target set exceeds the {STDIN_MAX_DESIRED_TARGETS}-target limit"
+            ));
+        }
+        super::targets::target_specs_with_empty(selection.targets, true)?
+    } else {
+        target_specs(selection.targets)?
+    };
    let targets = prepare_managed_targets(specs)?;
    Ok(ManagedRunSetup {
        targets,
        client: common.to_client_config(duration),
        pacing: selection.pacing.into(),
+        stdin_controlled: selection.stdin_controlled,
    })
 }

@@ -119,17 +141,11 @@ mod tests {
    }

    fn unlabeled(addr: &str) -> TargetArg {
-        TargetArg {
-            label: None,
-            addr: addr.to_owned(),
-        }
+        TargetArg::new(addr)
    }

    fn labeled(label: &str, addr: &str) -> TargetArg {
-        TargetArg {
-            label: Some(label.to_owned()),
-            addr: addr.to_owned(),
-        }
+        TargetArg::new(format!("{label}={addr}"))
    }

    fn prepare(
@@ -137,7 +153,15 @@ mod tests {
        pacing: GroupPacingArg,
        duration: Duration,
    ) -> Result<ManagedRunSetup, String> {
-        prepare_managed_run(&common(&[]), duration, TargetSelection { targets, pacing })
+        prepare_managed_run(
+            &common(&[]),
+            duration,
+            TargetSelection {
+                targets,
+                pacing,
+                stdin_controlled: false,
+            },
+        )
    }

    #[test]
@@ -212,6 +236,7 @@ mod tests {
            TargetSelection {
                targets: &targets,
                pacing: GroupPacingArg::Staggered,
+                stdin_controlled: false,
            },
        )
        .unwrap();
@@ -1,26 +1,99 @@
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::{collections::HashSet, fmt};

 use clap::ValueEnum;
-use irtt_client::managed::{ManagedPacing, ManagedTargetConfig, TargetId};
+use irtt_client::{
+    managed::{ManagedPacing, ManagedTargetConfig, TargetId},
+    ClientAuthConfig,
+};

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+/// One raw positional target captured by Clap.
+///
+/// Parsing happens during run preparation so invalid target syntax never makes
+/// Clap include the original argument (which may carry an HMAC key) in an
+/// error diagnostic.
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct TargetArg {
-    pub label: Option<String>,
-    pub addr: String,
+    input: String,
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+impl TargetArg {
+    pub fn new(input: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            input: input.into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for TargetArg {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str("TargetArg(<redacted>)")
+    }
+}
+
+/// Capture one positional target without exposing it through Clap diagnostics.
+pub fn parse_target(input: &str) -> Result<TargetArg, String> {
+    Ok(TargetArg::new(input))
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum TargetAuth {
+    Inherit,
+    Override(Vec<u8>),
+    Disable,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for TargetAuth {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Inherit => f.write_str("Inherit"),
+            Self::Override(_) => f.write_str("Override(<redacted>)"),
+            Self::Disable => f.write_str("Disable"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct TargetSpec {
    pub label: String,
    pub addr: String,
+    pub auth: TargetAuth,
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+impl fmt::Debug for TargetSpec {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("TargetSpec")
+            .field("label", &self.label)
+            .field("addr", &self.addr)
+            .field("auth", &self.auth)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct PreparedTarget {
    pub label: String,
    pub managed: ManagedTargetConfig,
 }

+impl fmt::Debug for PreparedTarget {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("PreparedTarget")
+            .field("label", &self.label)
+            .field("server_addr", &self.managed.server_addr)
+            .field(
+                "auth",
+                &match &self.managed.auth {
+                    None => TargetAuth::Inherit,
+                    Some(ClientAuthConfig { hmac_key: Some(_) }) => {
+                        TargetAuth::Override(Vec::new())
+                    }
+                    Some(ClientAuthConfig { hmac_key: None }) => TargetAuth::Disable,
+                },
+            )
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, ValueEnum)]
 pub enum GroupPacingArg {
    Staggered,
@@ -36,191 +109,383 @@ impl From<GroupPacingArg> for ManagedPacing {
    }
 }

-/// Parse one positional target argument, as `TARGET` or `LABEL=TARGET`.
-pub fn parse_target(input: &str) -> Result<TargetArg, String> {
-    match input.split_once('=') {
-        None => Ok(TargetArg {
-            label: None,
-            addr: input.to_owned(),
-        }),
-        Some((label, addr)) => {
-            if label.is_empty() {
-                return Err("target label must not be empty".to_owned());
-            }
-            if addr.is_empty() {
-                return Err("target address must not be empty".to_owned());
-            }
-            Ok(TargetArg {
-                label: Some(label.to_owned()),
-                addr: addr.to_owned(),
-            })
-        }
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum TargetParseError {
+    EmptyLabel,
+    EmptyAddress,
+    InvalidEscape,
+    EmptyTarget,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for TargetParseError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        let message = match self {
+            Self::EmptyLabel => "target label must not be empty",
+            Self::EmptyAddress => "target address must not be empty",
+            Self::InvalidEscape => "invalid target escape sequence",
+            Self::EmptyTarget => "target must not be empty",
+        };
+        f.write_str(message)
    }
 }

-pub fn target_specs(targets: &[TargetArg]) -> Result<Vec<TargetSpec>, String> {
+fn split_unescaped(input: &str, delimiter: char) -> Result<Vec<&str>, TargetParseError> {
+    let mut parts = Vec::new();
+    let mut start = 0;
+    let mut escaped = false;
+    for (index, ch) in input.char_indices() {
+        if escaped {
+            escaped = false;
+        } else if ch == '\\' {
+            escaped = true;
+        } else if ch == delimiter {
+            parts.push(&input[start..index]);
+            start = index + ch.len_utf8();
+        }
+    }
+    if escaped {
+        return Err(TargetParseError::InvalidEscape);
+    }
+    parts.push(&input[start..]);
+    Ok(parts)
+}
+
+fn first_unescaped(input: &str, delimiter: char) -> Result<Option<usize>, TargetParseError> {
+    let mut escaped = false;
+    for (index, ch) in input.char_indices() {
+        if escaped {
+            escaped = false;
+        } else if ch == '\\' {
+            escaped = true;
+        } else if ch == delimiter {
+            return Ok(Some(index));
+        }
+    }
+    if escaped {
+        return Err(TargetParseError::InvalidEscape);
+    }
+    Ok(None)
+}
+
+fn unescape(input: &str) -> Result<String, TargetParseError> {
+    let mut output = String::with_capacity(input.len());
+    let mut escaped = false;
+    for ch in input.chars() {
+        if escaped {
+            if !matches!(ch, '\\' | '=' | ';' | ',' | '@') {
+                return Err(TargetParseError::InvalidEscape);
+            }
+            output.push(ch);
+            escaped = false;
+        } else if ch == '\\' {
+            escaped = true;
+        } else {
+            output.push(ch);
+        }
+    }
+    if escaped {
+        return Err(TargetParseError::InvalidEscape);
+    }
+    Ok(output)
+}
+
+fn hmac_modifier(input: &str) -> Result<Option<usize>, TargetParseError> {
+    let mut escaped = false;
+    for (index, ch) in input.char_indices() {
+        if escaped {
+            escaped = false;
+        } else if ch == '\\' {
+            escaped = true;
+        } else if input[index..].starts_with("@hmac=") {
+            return Ok(Some(index));
+        }
+    }
+    if escaped {
+        return Err(TargetParseError::InvalidEscape);
+    }
+    Ok(None)
+}
+
+fn parse_target_syntax(
+    input: &str,
+) -> Result<(Option<String>, String, TargetAuth), TargetParseError> {
+    if input.is_empty() {
+        return Err(TargetParseError::EmptyTarget);
+    }
+    let (main, auth) = match hmac_modifier(input)? {
+        Some(index) => {
+            let value = unescape(&input[index + "@hmac=".len()..])?;
+            let auth = if value.is_empty() {
+                TargetAuth::Disable
+            } else {
+                TargetAuth::Override(value.into_bytes())
+            };
+            (&input[..index], auth)
+        }
+        None => (input, TargetAuth::Inherit),
+    };
+    let (label, address) = match first_unescaped(main, '=')? {
+        None => (None, unescape(main)?),
+        Some(index) => {
+            let label = unescape(&main[..index])?;
+            let address = unescape(&main[index + '='.len_utf8()..])?;
+            (Some(label), address)
+        }
+    };
+    if label.as_deref().is_some_and(str::is_empty) {
+        return Err(TargetParseError::EmptyLabel);
+    }
+    if address.is_empty() {
+        return Err(TargetParseError::EmptyAddress);
+    }
+    Ok((label, address, auth))
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn target_specs_with_empty(
+    targets: &[TargetArg],
+    allow_empty: bool,
+) -> Result<Vec<TargetSpec>, String> {
    let mut specs = Vec::with_capacity(targets.len());
-    let mut unlabeled_counts = std::collections::HashMap::<&str, usize>::new();
-    for target in targets {
-        let label = match &target.label {
-            Some(label) => label.clone(),
+    let mut unlabeled_counts = std::collections::HashMap::<String, usize>::new();
+    for (index, target) in targets.iter().enumerate() {
+        let (explicit_label, addr, auth) = parse_target_syntax(&target.input)
+            .map_err(|error| format!("invalid target {}: {error}", index + 1))?;
+        let label = match explicit_label {
+            Some(label) => label,
            None => {
-                let count = unlabeled_counts.entry(target.addr.as_str()).or_default();
+                let count = unlabeled_counts.entry(addr.clone()).or_default();
                *count += 1;
                if *count == 1 {
-                    target.addr.clone()
+                    addr.clone()
                } else {
-                    format!("{}#{}", target.addr, *count)
+                    format!("{}#{}", addr, *count)
                }
            }
        };
-        specs.push(TargetSpec {
-            label,
-            addr: target.addr.clone(),
-        });
+        specs.push(TargetSpec { label, addr, auth });
    }

-    if specs.is_empty() {
+    if specs.is_empty() && !allow_empty {
        return Err("at least one target is required unless --list-columns is set".to_owned());
    }

    let mut labels = HashSet::new();
    for spec in &specs {
        if !labels.insert(spec.label.clone()) {
-            return Err(format!("duplicate target label {:?}", spec.label));
+            return Err("duplicate target label".to_owned());
        }
    }

    Ok(specs)
 }

+pub fn target_specs(targets: &[TargetArg]) -> Result<Vec<TargetSpec>, String> {
+    target_specs_with_empty(targets, false)
+}
+
 pub fn prepare_managed_targets(specs: Vec<TargetSpec>) -> Result<Vec<PreparedTarget>, String> {
    let mut targets = Vec::with_capacity(specs.len());
    for spec in specs {
+        let mut managed = ManagedTargetConfig::new(TargetId::from(spec.label.clone()), spec.addr);
+        managed.auth = match spec.auth {
+            TargetAuth::Inherit => None,
+            TargetAuth::Override(hmac_key) => Some(ClientAuthConfig {
+                hmac_key: Some(hmac_key),
+            }),
+            TargetAuth::Disable => Some(ClientAuthConfig { hmac_key: None }),
+        };
        targets.push(PreparedTarget {
-            label: spec.label.clone(),
-            managed: ManagedTargetConfig::new(TargetId::from(spec.label), spec.addr),
+            label: spec.label,
+            managed,
        });
    }
    Ok(targets)
 }

+/// Parse one complete stdin target set after its line terminator was removed.
+///
+/// Commas frame stdin elements only; positional target arguments do not use
+/// this framing and may therefore contain raw commas.
+pub fn parse_stdin_target_set(
+    record: &str,
+    maximum_targets: usize,
+) -> Result<Vec<PreparedTarget>, String> {
+    if record == "[]" {
+        return Ok(Vec::new());
+    }
+    let elements = split_unescaped(record, ',').map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+    if elements.len() > maximum_targets {
+        return Err(format!(
+            "target set exceeds the {maximum_targets}-target limit"
+        ));
+    }
+    let args = elements.into_iter().map(TargetArg::new).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    prepare_managed_targets(target_specs_with_empty(&args, true)?)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;

-    fn unlabeled(addr: &str) -> TargetArg {
-        TargetArg {
-            label: None,
-            addr: addr.to_owned(),
-        }
+    fn target(input: &str) -> TargetArg {
+        TargetArg::new(input)
    }

-    fn labeled(label: &str, addr: &str) -> TargetArg {
-        TargetArg {
-            label: Some(label.to_owned()),
-            addr: addr.to_owned(),
-        }
+    fn specs(inputs: &[&str]) -> Result<Vec<TargetSpec>, String> {
+        target_specs(&inputs.iter().map(|input| target(input)).collect::<Vec<_>>())
    }

    #[test]
-    fn parse_target_without_equals_is_unlabeled() {
-        let target = parse_target("host.example").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(target.label, None);
-        assert_eq!(target.addr, "host.example");
-
-        let target = parse_target("host.example:2112").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(target.label, None);
-        assert_eq!(target.addr, "host.example:2112");
-
-        let target = parse_target("[::1]:2112").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(target.label, None);
-        assert_eq!(target.addr, "[::1]:2112");
+    fn legacy_target_syntax_and_ipv6_remain_supported() {
+        let parsed = specs(&[
+            "host.example",
+            "host.example:2112",
+            "[::1]:2112",
+            "eu=host.example",
+        ])
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(parsed[0].label, "host.example");
+        assert_eq!(parsed[1].label, "host.example:2112");
+        assert_eq!(parsed[2].label, "[::1]:2112");
+        assert_eq!(parsed[3].label, "eu");
+        assert!(parsed
+            .iter()
+            .all(|target| matches!(target.auth, TargetAuth::Inherit)));
    }

    #[test]
-    fn parse_target_with_equals_splits_on_first() {
-        let target = parse_target("eu=host.example").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(target.label, Some("eu".to_owned()));
-        assert_eq!(target.addr, "host.example");
-
-        let target = parse_target("eu=host.example:2112").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(target.label, Some("eu".to_owned()));
-        assert_eq!(target.addr, "host.example:2112");
+    fn target_hmac_supports_inherit_override_disable_and_base64_padding() {
+        let parsed = specs(&[
+            "default=default.example",
+            "private=private.example@hmac=YWJjZA==",
+            "public=public.example@hmac=",
+        ])
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(matches!(parsed[0].auth, TargetAuth::Inherit));
+        assert_eq!(parsed[1].auth, TargetAuth::Override(b"YWJjZA==".to_vec()));
+        assert!(matches!(parsed[2].auth, TargetAuth::Disable));
    }

    #[test]
-    fn parse_target_rejects_empty_label_or_address() {
-        assert!(parse_target("=host.example").is_err());
-        assert!(parse_target("eu=").is_err());
+    fn target_delimiters_are_escaped_contextually() {
+        let parsed = specs(&["eu\\=west=host\\@hmac=literal@hmac=a\\@b\\,c\\=d\\\\e"]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(parsed[0].label, "eu=west");
+        assert_eq!(parsed[0].addr, "host@hmac=literal");
+        assert_eq!(parsed[0].auth, TargetAuth::Override(b"a@b,c=d\\e".to_vec()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn positional_commas_are_not_reserved() {
+        let parsed = specs(&["edge=host,region@hmac=key,part"]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(parsed[0].addr, "host,region");
+        assert_eq!(parsed[0].auth, TargetAuth::Override(b"key,part".to_vec()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parser_diagnostics_and_debug_do_not_reveal_hmac_values() {
+        let secret = "very-secret-value";
+        let error = specs(&[&format!("target=host@hmac={secret}\\q")]).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(!error.contains(secret));
+        assert!(!format!("{:?}", target(&format!("target=host@hmac={secret}"))).contains(secret));
+        assert!(
+            !format!("{:?}", TargetAuth::Override(secret.as_bytes().to_vec())).contains(secret)
+        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn target_specs_suffix_repeated_unlabeled_and_reject_duplicate_labels() {
-        let targets = vec![unlabeled("host-a:2112"), unlabeled("host-a:2112")];
-        let specs = target_specs(&targets).unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(specs[0].label, "host-a:2112");
-        assert_eq!(specs[1].label, "host-a:2112#2");
-
-        let targets = vec![
-            unlabeled("host-a:2112"),
-            labeled("host-a:2112", "host-b:2112"),
-        ];
-        let err = target_specs(&targets).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(err.contains("duplicate target label"));
+        let parsed = specs(&["host-a:2112", "host-a:2112"]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(parsed[0].label, "host-a:2112");
+        assert_eq!(parsed[1].label, "host-a:2112#2");
+        assert_eq!(
+            specs(&["host-a:2112", "host-a:2112=host-b:2112"]).unwrap_err(),
+            "duplicate target label"
+        );
    }

    #[test]
-    fn target_specs_preserve_argument_order_with_mixed_labels() {
-        let targets = vec![
-            unlabeled("local"),
-            labeled("eu", "eu.example"),
-            unlabeled("backup"),
-            labeled("us", "us.example"),
-        ];
-        let specs = target_specs(&targets).unwrap();
-
-        let labels: Vec<_> = specs.iter().map(|spec| spec.label.as_str()).collect();
-        assert_eq!(labels, ["local", "eu", "backup", "us"]);
-        let addrs: Vec<_> = specs.iter().map(|spec| spec.addr.as_str()).collect();
-        assert_eq!(addrs, ["local", "eu.example", "backup", "us.example"]);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn target_specs_count_unlabeled_occurrences_independently_of_explicit_labels() {
-        let targets = vec![unlabeled("foo"), labeled("eu", "foo"), unlabeled("foo")];
-        let specs = target_specs(&targets).unwrap();
-
-        let labels: Vec<_> = specs.iter().map(|spec| spec.label.as_str()).collect();
-        assert_eq!(labels, ["foo", "eu", "foo#2"]);
+    fn target_specs_preserve_argument_order_and_unlabeled_counts() {
+        let parsed = specs(&["local", "eu=eu.example", "foo", "us=us.example", "foo"]).unwrap();
+        let labels: Vec<_> = parsed.iter().map(|target| target.label.as_str()).collect();
+        assert_eq!(labels, ["local", "eu", "foo", "us", "foo#2"]);
+        let addresses: Vec<_> = parsed.iter().map(|target| target.addr.as_str()).collect();
+        assert_eq!(
+            addresses,
+            ["local", "eu.example", "foo", "us.example", "foo"]
+        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn target_specs_reject_generated_suffix_collisions() {
-        let targets = vec![
-            unlabeled("host.example"),
-            unlabeled("host.example"),
-            labeled("host.example#2", "other.example"),
-        ];
-        let err = target_specs(&targets).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(err.contains("duplicate target label"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            specs(&[
+                "host.example",
+                "host.example",
+                "host.example#2=other.example"
+            ])
+            .unwrap_err(),
+            "duplicate target label"
+        );
    }

    #[test]
-    fn target_preparation_preserves_hostname_and_allows_duplicate_endpoints() {
-        let specs = vec![
-            TargetSpec {
-                label: "a".to_owned(),
-                addr: "example.test".to_owned(),
-            },
-            TargetSpec {
-                label: "b".to_owned(),
-                addr: "example.test".to_owned(),
-            },
-        ];
-        let targets = prepare_managed_targets(specs).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(targets[0].managed.server_addr, "example.test");
-        assert_eq!(targets[1].managed.server_addr, "example.test");
+    fn malformed_target_syntax_is_rejected_without_echoing_input() {
+        for input in ["=host", "label=", "host@hmac=value\\q", "host\\x"] {
+            assert!(specs(&[input]).is_err(), "{input}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn target_preparation_maps_auth_to_managed_config() {
+        let prepared =
+            prepare_managed_targets(specs(&["a=one@hmac=key", "b=two@hmac="]).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            prepared[0]
+                .managed
+                .auth
+                .as_ref()
+                .unwrap()
+                .hmac_key
+                .as_deref(),
+            Some(b"key".as_slice())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(prepared[1].managed.auth.as_ref().unwrap().hmac_key, None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn target_preparation_preserves_duplicate_endpoints() {
+        let prepared =
+            prepare_managed_targets(specs(&["a=example.test", "b=example.test"]).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(prepared[0].managed.server_addr, "example.test");
+        assert_eq!(prepared[1].managed.server_addr, "example.test");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stdin_target_sets_frame_commas_without_trimming_payload() {
+        let parsed = parse_stdin_target_set("a=one@hmac=x\\,y,b=two", 128).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            parsed[0].managed.auth.as_ref().unwrap().hmac_key.as_deref(),
+            Some(b"x,y".as_slice())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(parsed[1].label, "b");
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_stdin_target_set(" []", 128).unwrap()[0]
+                .managed
+                .server_addr,
+            " []"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_stdin_target_set("[] ", 128).unwrap()[0]
+                .managed
+                .server_addr,
+            "[] "
+        );
+        assert!(parse_stdin_target_set("", 128).is_err());
+        assert!(parse_stdin_target_set("a=one,b=two", 1).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stdin_empty_set_is_exactly_bracket_pair() {
+        assert!(parse_stdin_target_set("[]", 128).unwrap().is_empty());
    }
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "irtt-client"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 description = "IRTT-compatible Rust client library"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ required-features = ["tokio"]
 doc-scrape-examples = true

 [dev-dependencies]
-irtt-server.workspace = true
+# Keep the packaged client testable against the latest published server while
+# workspace tests continue to exercise the local source through this path.
+irtt-server = { version = "0.5.1", path = "../irtt-server" }
 proptest = "1.11.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.53.1", default-features = false, features = ["rt", "sync"] }
@@ -250,15 +250,11 @@ fn dynamic_update_reaches_background_worker() {
        .unwrap();
    let handle = owner.handle();

-    let acknowledgement = test_runtime().block_on(async {
-        timeout(
-            Duration::from_secs(2),
-            handle.update_targets(vec![target(&server)]).unwrap(),
-        )
-        .await
+    let acknowledgement = handle
+        .update_targets(vec![target(&server)])
        .unwrap()
-        .unwrap()
-    });
+        .blocking_wait()
+        .unwrap();
    assert_eq!(acknowledgement.sequence, 1);
    server.wait_probe();
    test_runtime().block_on(async {
@@ -301,6 +301,19 @@ pub struct ManagedCommandReceipt {
    receiver: oneshot::Receiver<Result<ManagedCommandAcknowledgement, ManagedCommandApplyError>>,
 }

+impl ManagedCommandReceipt {
+    /// Block until the target-set transaction is applied or rejected.
+    ///
+    /// This is for synchronous callers such as [`crate::managed::BlockingManagedClient`]. It
+    /// must not be called from an asynchronous runtime; use the [`Future`]
+    /// implementation there instead.
+    pub fn blocking_wait(self) -> Result<ManagedCommandAcknowledgement, ManagedCommandApplyError> {
+        self.receiver
+            .blocking_recv()
+            .unwrap_or(Err(ManagedCommandApplyError::AcknowledgementDisconnected))
+    }
+}
+
 impl Future for ManagedCommandReceipt {
    type Output = Result<ManagedCommandAcknowledgement, ManagedCommandApplyError>;
    fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
@@ -1576,6 +1576,37 @@ fn authenticated_peer_close_outcome() {
    assert!(!has_close(&records));
 }

+#[test]
+fn peer_close_leaves_other_explicitly_managed_targets_running() {
+    let closing = start_server(ServerBehavior::PeerClose, None);
+    let continuing = start_server(ServerBehavior::Echo, None);
+    let mut managed = config(ManagedPacing::Staggered);
+    managed.completion = ManagedCompletionPolicy::ExplicitStop;
+    managed.client.duration = None;
+    let (task, handle) = ManagedClient::task(
+        managed,
+        vec![
+            target("closing", closing.addr),
+            target("continuing", continuing.addr),
+        ],
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let runtime = runtime();
+    let mut task = Box::pin(task);
+
+    drive_task_until(&runtime, &mut task, |task| {
+        handle.status().peer_closed_target_outcomes == 1
+            && task.targets[1].counters.packets_sent != 0
+    });
+    assert_eq!(handle.status().lifecycle, ManagedLifecycle::Running);
+
+    let stop = handle.stop();
+    runtime.block_on(task);
+    runtime.block_on(stop);
+    closing.finish();
+    assert!(!probes(&continuing.finish()).is_empty());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn peer_close_during_stop_drain_remains_authoritative() {
    let key = b"managed-drain-peer-close".to_vec();
@@ -139,5 +139,5 @@ scenario contains the existing comparison harness output under
 `netem-summary.json` files. Server stdout/stderr are captured at the run root as
 `server.stdout` and `server.stderr`.

-On macOS, `ip netns` and `tc netem` are unavailable; use the GitHub Actions
+On macOS, `ip netns` and `tc netem` are unavailable; use the Gitea Actions
 workflow for netem coverage.
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ irtt-client - IRTT-compatible stream client

 ## SYNOPSIS

-`irtt-client` [*OPTIONS*] [*[LABEL=]TARGET*]...
+`irtt-client` [*OPTIONS*] [*[LABEL=]TARGET[@hmac=KEY]*]...

 `irtt-client` `--list-columns`

@@ -18,17 +18,39 @@ eligible runs.

 ## TARGETS

-Every target argument accepts `[LABEL=]TARGET`. An optional `LABEL=` prefix
-assigns the logical target name used in output; without it, the target
-string itself is used as the label. Labeled and unlabeled targets can be
-freely mixed in one argument list.
+Every target argument accepts `[LABEL=]TARGET[@hmac=KEY]`. An optional
+`LABEL=` prefix assigns the logical target name used in output; without it,
+the target string itself is used as the label. Labeled and unlabeled targets
+can be freely mixed in one argument list. Prefer explicit labels for
+long-running dynamic target sets: the label is the stable target identity
+across replacements.

 ```sh
 irtt-client host-a:2112
 irtt-client eu=host-a:2112 us=host-b:2112
 irtt-client host-a:2112 eu=host-b:2112
+irtt-client --hmac default-secret eu=host-a:2112@hmac=eu-secret public=host-b:2112@hmac=
 ```

+Targets without `@hmac=` inherit the global `--hmac` value. `@hmac=KEY`
+overrides it for that target, and `@hmac=` explicitly disables HMAC for that
+target. The modifier uses `@`, not a shell command separator; quote an argument
+if its key needs shell quoting.
+
+Target syntax supports these backslash escapes in labels, addresses, and HMAC
+values: `\\` for a literal backslash, `\@` for a literal `@`, `\=` for a
+literal `=`, and `\;` for a literal semicolon. Escaping `@` is necessary in a
+label or address when it would otherwise begin `@hmac=`; escaping the first
+`=` is how an unlabeled target or a label can contain that character. An `=` in
+an HMAC value, including Base64 padding, does not need escaping. Positional
+target arguments may contain a raw comma; stdin target sets have the additional
+`\,` escape described below.
+
+Shells process unquoted backslashes and characters such as semicolons before
+the client sees them. Single-quote a target when it contains parser escapes,
+for example `'west\=edge=host\@hmac=literal@hmac=a\;b\\c'`, so the
+backslashes reach `irtt-client` unchanged.
+
 Multiple targets are probed concurrently. By default, a multi-target session
 uses **staggered** pacing, spacing active targets across the probe interval;
 pass `--pacing burst` to send one probe to every active target back-to-back
@@ -36,6 +58,57 @@ once per interval instead. Final per-target summaries print in the order
 targets were supplied on the command line, not the order in which they
 finish or their labels sort alphabetically.

+## DYNAMIC TARGET SETS FROM STANDARD INPUT
+
+`--targets-stdin` is available only with continuous mode (`--duration 0`).
+Positional targets remain an initial desired set, and may be omitted to
+start empty:
+
+~~~sh
+irtt-client --duration 0 --targets-stdin
+irtt-client --duration 0 --targets-stdin ams=ams.example:2112
+~~~
+
+Each non-empty stdin record declares the complete desired target set, rather
+than a delta. A later record replaces an earlier set: targets absent from it
+are retired, unchanged target configurations retain their generation, and a
+changed address or HMAC setting creates a fresh generation. Under transient
+live-generation backpressure, only the latest unapplied desired set is kept.
+
+Commas frame targets in stdin records; escape a literal comma within one
+target as `\,`. Target parsing inside each element is otherwise the same as
+for positional arguments, including the other escapes above, `@hmac=KEY`, and
+`@hmac=`. Use a persistent producer or keep a pipe/FIFO writer open while the
+client is being controlled. For example, in one terminal:
+
+~~~sh
+mkfifo /tmp/irtt-targets
+irtt-client --duration 0 --targets-stdin --hmac default-secret \
+  < /tmp/irtt-targets
+~~~
+
+Then open the FIFO once from another terminal and keep that descriptor open
+while publishing complete desired sets:
+
+~~~sh
+exec 3> /tmp/irtt-targets
+printf '%s\n' 'ams=ams.example:2112,sg=sg.example:2112@hmac=sg-secret' >&3
+printf '%s\n' 'sg=sg.example:2112@hmac=sg-secret,nyc=nyc.example:2112' >&3
+# Publish more sets as needed, then send EOF and stop the client:
+exec 3>&-
+~~~
+
+The exact record `[]` selects an empty desired set. Empty records are
+ignored; whitespace is otherwise payload, not trimming. EOF is immediate loss
+or closure of the control plane and requests a graceful stop. A desired-state
+revision that was read but has not yet been acknowledged as applied may be
+discarded when EOF is observed; EOF does not wait for a capacity-rejected
+revision to become applicable.
+
+The maximum stdin record payload is 64 KiB. Stdin-controlled mode bounds each
+desired set to 128 targets and retains at most 256 live target generations
+while replacements drain.
+
 ## FINITE VERSUS CONTINUOUS OPERATION

 `--duration` controls the run length:
@@ -45,8 +118,9 @@ finish or their labels sort alphabetically.
  (see [OUTPUT](#output) below — CSV, TSV, and JSON Lines never print one).
 - `--duration 0` is **continuous**: the client runs until interrupted
  (`Ctrl-C`). For table output, a final summary is printed only if the run
-  was interrupted; an uninterrupted continuous run (one that exits for
-  another reason) does not get one.
+  was interrupted. Stdin-controlled mode is the exception: EOF also requests
+  a graceful stop and prints the final retained summary. An uninterrupted
+  continuous run that exits for another reason does not get one.

 See [MEASUREMENTS AND MEMORY](#measurements-and-memory) below for why this
 distinction also determines what statistics can be computed and how much
@@ -192,6 +266,10 @@ the client exits nonzero — so a process supervisor can restart it; an
 interrupted run (`Ctrl-C`) never reports peer closure as an error, whichever
 mode it was in.

+With `--targets-stdin`, peer closure is target-local: other desired targets
+and the stdin controller continue running. Including that target in a later
+complete set starts a fresh generation.
+
 ## EXIT STATUS

 `0` on success (including a finite run's ordinary completion, and an
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "509591b7bcd67f4ef775afad7662703b4935daaa6ec0e5605cfb1090b32a2b6d"
+checksum = "0ad534f4357a5264cce5019c989cf66a4f0dc4e0d1b1d15f8aacec0ff7360273"
 dependencies = [
 "find-msvc-tools",
 "jobserver",
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"

 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "3.0.3"
+version = "3.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53e9bae58849f64dfa4f5d5ae372c8341f7305f82a3868709269343628b659a3"
+checksum = "e6275cddf4610d1775e6d1fe9469b2e77d0f39fd98fb7450901b821e0c53649f"
 dependencies = [
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 cargo-fuzz = true

 [dependencies]
-libfuzzer-sys = "0.4"
+libfuzzer-sys = "0.4.13"

 [dependencies.irtt-proto]
 path = "../crates/irtt-proto"
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