End-to-end encryption for call media - #1801
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Adds framed AES-GCM E2EE, following the shape the JS and iOS SDKs use so the same integration works across platforms. An E2EEManager is attached to a Call before join. The publisher installs an encryptor on each outgoing sender after addTransceiver, and the subscriber installs a decryptor on each incoming receiver once it knows which user the track belongs to. The join request carries an e2ee flag that the coordinator validates against the call's encryption settings. Key generation and distribution stay out of the SDK, per spec. Integrators either drive StreamEncryptionManager's key APIs or supply their own E2EEManager, which detaches Stream from the encryption entirely. Notable decisions: - Key management lives on E2EEKeyProvider, separate from E2EEManager. The spec's manager contract is only encrypt/decrypt, and a custom manager backed by MLS or a hardware keystore has no key setters to offer. - Call.setE2EESharedKey and friends lazy-create the default manager, so setting a key is all it takes to enable encryption. A manager the SDK created is disposed on cleanup; one handed to us by the app is not, since it usually outlives the call. - If the encryptor cannot be attached, the publisher drops the transceiver instead of caching it. Publishing there would send plaintext on a call the app believes is encrypted. StreamEncryptionManager reaches org.webrtc.EncryptionManager through reflection, because no published WebRTC artifact carries GetStream/webrtc#110 yet: 146.7.0 (May) and 148.0.1-SNAPSHOT (Aug 12) both predate it. Compiling against the class directly would break every module. The binding resolves methods by name and arity, isSupported() reports whether the class exists, and the cost is nil since encrypt/decrypt run once per track attach rather than per frame. Replace it with direct calls when the AAR ships. Still open: the SFU's JoinResponse.e2ee_enabled from protocol#1892 is not in our vendored proto, so CallState.e2eeEnabled reflects the attached manager rather than the server's view. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Drop Call-level key helpers and the JNI wrapper so the app holds the manager, sets keys before attach, and disposes it. Point WebRTC at the snapshot that ships EncryptionManager. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
The coordinator rejects a join whose flag disagrees with the call. Rejoin and migrate omit the param and reuse the attached manager. The lobby no longer disposes that manager when Join clears the task. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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WalkthroughThe PR adds E2EE contracts and native WebRTC integration to the Android core. Call joins now carry E2EE state. Publishers and subscribers attach encryption handlers. The demo app adds a passphrase-based lobby toggle. ChangesEnd-to-end encryption
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to This PR adds end-to-end encryption for call media, but the current implementation can advertise encryption while media protection fails, accepts empty or weak demo passphrases, and still relies on a mutable WebRTC snapshot. These issues could expose media or make the protected-call state misleading, so the PR is not ready to merge until they are addressed. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant E2EELobbyButton
participant Call
participant StreamEncryptionManager
participant CallJoinCoordinator
User->>E2EELobbyButton: Enter passphrase
E2EELobbyButton->>StreamEncryptionManager: create(userId)
E2EELobbyButton->>StreamEncryptionManager: setSharedKey(0, derivedKey)
E2EELobbyButton->>Call: setE2EEManager(manager)
CallJoinCoordinator->>Call: Read e2eeEnabled
CallJoinCoordinator->>Call: Send join request with e2ee
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stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/e2ee/E2EEMediaAttachmentTest.kt (1)
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stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/e2ee/E2EEMediaAttachmentTest.kt#L63-L63: makeE2EEMediaAttachmentTestuseTestBase.stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/call/components/CallJoinCoordinatorTest.kt#L156-L178: migrateCallJoinCoordinatorTesttoTestBasebefore extending its fast unit coverage.stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/e2ee/E2EENativeMappingTest.kt#L31-L31: makeE2EENativeMappingTestuseTestBase.As per coding guidelines, “Use
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`@demo-app/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/ui/lobby/CallLobbyE2EE.kt`:
- Line 188: Update the confirm handler around onConfirm to reject an empty
passphrase before invoking the callback. Validate passphrase.text, show the
appropriate field error when it is empty, and only call onConfirm for non-empty
input.
- Line 134: Update the coroutine flow in E2EELobbyButton so
deriveE2EEKey(passphrase) executes within withContext(Dispatchers.Default)
before its result is passed to created.setSharedKey, keeping the UI-triggered
operation off the composition dispatcher.
- Line 88: Replace the composition-scoped remember state for
StreamEncryptionManager in CallLobbyE2EE with a recreation-safe owner that
survives composition recreation, such as the existing ViewModel lifecycle. In
the disable/cleanup path, clear the Call E2EE manager reference first, then
explicitly dispose the app-created manager and clear the owner’s reference.
In `@gradle/libs.versions.toml`:
- Line 54: Replace the mutable streamWebRTC snapshot in
gradle/libs.versions.toml with an approved stable release, then remove the
snapshots-only repository configuration from settings.gradle.kts lines 21-23;
update both affected sites as part of the same dependency cleanup.
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`@stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/e2ee/StreamEncryptionManager.kt`:
- Around line 214-216: Update the failure path around ifActive and
StreamEncryptionManager encryption handling so native EncryptionManager.encrypt
failures propagate to Publisher.attachEncryptor instead of being swallowed.
Ensure attachEncryptor returns an explicit failure result and does not cache the
transceiver when encryptor attachment fails, preventing negotiation without an
encryptor.
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`@stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/e2ee/CallE2EETest.kt`:
- Line 56: Update CallE2EETest to inherit TestBase and use the base class’s
existing test infrastructure instead of maintaining a standalone fixture;
preserve the current mocked unit-test behavior.
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`@stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/e2ee/E2EEMediaAttachmentTest.kt`:
- Line 63: Update E2EEMediaAttachmentTest, CallJoinCoordinatorTest, and
E2EENativeMappingTest to extend and use TestBase for their fast unit-test setup;
apply the migration at
stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/e2ee/E2EEMediaAttachmentTest.kt:63-63,
stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/call/components/CallJoinCoordinatorTest.kt:156-178,
and
stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/e2ee/E2EENativeMappingTest.kt:31-31.
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Read through the E2EE path and ran the test command from the description. A few things inline — the failing tests and the subscriber re-attach are the two I'd want sorted before merge. Good call getting the trailer format into the fork rather than reusing the LiveKit transformer; that's what keeps web interop working.
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stubJoinCall picked up the ninth any() but the six coVerify blocks further down didn't, so they bind a literal null() matcher to e2ee while the coordinator actually passes false. I get 6 failures here on this branch and a clean run on develop — can you re-run the command from the description?
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Fixed. The remaining coVerify / coEvery joinRequest matchers now include the ninth e2ee argument, so they no longer bind null() while the coordinator passes false. CallJoinCoordinatorTest is green locally.
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decryptedTrackIds is only cleared in clear(), but onRemoveStream drops the other track maps. So if the SFU re-adds a track it removed earlier, this early-returns and the new receiver never gets a decryptor — that participant stays undecodable for the rest of the call. I reproduced it by adding a remove/re-add to E2EEMediaAttachmentTest; the second attach never happens. Would keying the dedupe on the receiver rather than the track id sort it?
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Good catch. onRemoveStream now clears decryptedTrackIds and pendingDecryptors for the removed track, so a later re-add can attach a decryptor on the new receiver. Added a remove/re-add regression in E2EEMediaAttachmentTest.
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The native side forwards frames with no trailer as cleartext and just fires unencrypted_frame. Nothing in the SDK listens for it, so e2eeEnabled stays true while cleartext renders — and neither this example nor the integration snippet in the description ever wires a listener. Should the SDK observe this itself and reflect it in call state?
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Agreed that cleartext frames should be visible to the app, but e2eeEnabled should stay as manager-attachment state, not per-frame health. Native already reports UNENCRYPTED_FRAME (and the other runtime events) through setEventListener; JS and iOS do the same rather than flipping the enabled flag.
The demo now registers that listener and logs the events, the PR description shows the integration snippet, and E2EEEventType has KDoc for what each event means. Apps can surface a warning from UNENCRYPTED_FRAME without implying the call is no longer encrypted.
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Dropping the transceiver instead of publishing in the clear is the right call. But it's log-only — the user joins, nobody hears them, and there's nothing for the UI to show. Worth surfacing an event here?
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Keeping this log-only for now, deliberately.
On the media side we checked the other SDKs and this matches them. JS calls e2ee.encrypt(...) before negotiate() with no try/catch, so a throw skips negotiation and no SetPublisher goes out. iOS is moving to remove the track and clean up the transceiver on attach failure. So "refuse to publish rather than publish in the clear" is the agreed behaviour across all three.
The gap you spotted is real though: setEventListener cannot cover it, because native ENCRYPTION_FAILED only fires once an encryptor is actually attached and a frame fails. Attach-time failure never reaches native, so there is nothing for the app to observe.
The fix would be an SDK-synthesized event (something like ENCRYPTOR_ATTACH_FAILED emitted from StreamEncryptionManager.encrypt()), but neither JS nor iOS has an equivalent, so adding it here would put an Android-only value on an enum we have kept deliberately aligned. Would rather agree the shape cross-platform first than diverge in this PR. Note that neither JS nor iOS informs the app of attach failure today either.
…events Join coordinator tests now match the e2ee joinRequest argument. Removed tracks drop decryptor tracking so a re-added receiver can be attached again, and the demo plus KDoc cover runtime manager events. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Encryption problems were visible only in local logcat, so a call that joined encrypted and then went undecodable left nothing behind in call stats to diagnose it. Traces four things through the existing tracer pipeline: - whether the app attached a manager, recorded at session creation since setE2EEManager has to run before join, when no tracer exists yet - setE2EEManager rejected because the call already joined, which silently leaves the call unencrypted - native encryption events, throttled per event kind and track because decryption can fail per frame while the buffer drains on the stats interval; suppressed repeats are counted, not dropped - encryptor and decryptor attach failures, which withhold a track without ever reaching the SFU WebRTC exposes a single observer slot that setEventListener used to claim, so the SDK could not observe events without displacing the app. The manager now owns the slot and fans out to both listeners, isolating a throwing one from the other. Sessions register through an internal listener that clears only if still current, so a rejoin does not lose it. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Narrows the previous commit to the encryption setup. Native encryption events fire per frame on every client, which is more volume than call stats should carry, and apps already observe them through StreamEncryptionManager.setEventListener. Removes the native event trace and its throttle, and the encryptor and decryptor attach-failure traces, which keep their existing logs. The observer fan-out goes with them: it existed so SDK tracing could share WebRTC's single observer slot with the app, and with no SDK listener left setEventListener owns the slot directly again. What remains is one trace per session recording whether a manager was attached and which algorithm it uses, plus the setE2EEManager call that was rejected for arriving after join. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Closes AND-1480 — Apps can encrypt call media with framed AES-GCM so the SFU forwards frames it cannot read.
The app owns
StreamEncryptionManagerand its keys. The SDK attaches encryptors/decryptors to media and sends the E2EE intent on join. Encryption mode remains a server-side call/type setting.App integration
Create and configure the manager before joining, handle the Kotlin
Resultvalues, retain the manager for key rotation and eventual disposal, and register an event listener for runtime encryption health:The listener runs on a WebRTC internal thread, so apps must switch to their UI dispatcher before updating UI state. Runtime events report frame-level conditions after encryptors/decryptors are attached: failed or stalled decryption, resumed decryption, failed encryption, missing keys, cleartext frames, unsupported frame versions, requested key state, and optional performance reports.
CallState.e2eeEnabledremains the manager attachment state and is not changed by individual runtime events.For per-user keys, use
setKey(userId, keyIndex, key). Rotate keys during a call by writing the next key index; remove old keys withremoveSharedKeyorremoveKeywhen they are no longer needed.The app owns the manager lifecycle.
Call.leave()detaches the Call reference but does not dispose the manager. Keep it in an app-level owner and calldispose()only when no call/session can still use it, such as final app-session or logout cleanup.Apps normally do not call
encrypt()ordecrypt(). Those are SDK callbacks for customE2EEManagerimplementations and returnkotlin.Result<Unit>so failed attachment cannot be treated as success.New APIs
E2EEManager— custom encryption plug-in withencrypt(...)anddecrypt(...)attachment callbacks.StreamEncryptionManager.create(...)— creates the default WebRTC AES-GCM manager and returnskotlin.Result<StreamEncryptionManager>.StreamEncryptionManager.isSupported()— optional runtime capability check.StreamEncryptionManager.setSharedKey(...),setKey(...),removeSharedKey(...),removeKey(...), andremoveAllKeys(...)— key management and rotation.StreamEncryptionManager.setEventListener(...),requestKeyState(), andenablePerformanceReporting(...)— runtime failure, state, and performance diagnostics.StreamEncryptionManager.dispose()— releases native encryption resources; app-owned.Call.setE2EEManager(...)— attaches or detaches a manager before join and returnskotlin.Result<Unit>.CallState.e2eeEnabled— observable manager attachment state.E2EEAlgorithm,E2EETrackType,E2EEEvent,E2EEEventType,E2EEKeyState, andE2EEPerformance— public E2EE configuration and event models.Implementation
stream-video-webrtc-android:145.17.0with AES-128/256-GCM framed encryption.e2eefrom call state. Rejoin/migrate derive it from the attached manager.Testing
./gradlew :stream-video-android-core:testDebugUnitTest --tests "io.getstream.video.android.core.e2ee.*"./gradlew :stream-video-android-core:testDebugUnitTest --tests "io.getstream.video.android.core.call.components.CallApiClientTest" --tests "io.getstream.video.android.core.call.components.CallJoinCoordinatorTest"spotlessCheckandapiCheckencryption_keypassphrase, join anauto-oncall, confirme2ee=true, verify encrypted media in both directions, and inspect runtime E2EE events in Logcat.Made with Cursor
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