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What's coming in Waveshift 0.5

A private network for every operation, ready in minutes. Build the team once, give every person exactly what they need to connect, chat and share a map, change the team as the operation moves, and leave nothing behind when it ends.

Planned for spring 2027

This section describes planned features. Scope and timing may change as we go: we are building Waveshift around our customers' needs and requirements, and what you tell us shapes it. The upgrade from 0.4 is included.

The highlights

  • Sign in with your organisation's accounts

    Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID and other OpenID Connect providers. New staff can be given access the first time they sign in.

  • The right access for every role

    Administrators, operation leads and team members each see and do what their role needs, and only the teams they are meant to see.

  • Build the team once, by callsign

    Keep reusable team lists by callsign, mixing your own users with outside participants who never need a Waveshift login.

  • Change the team mid-operation

    Add or remove people on a running Egress Server without rebuilding it. Removing someone cuts all of their access to that operation at once.

  • Secure chat and a shared map, per operation

    Private messaging (Matrix) and situational awareness (TAK) created for each operation and reachable only by its team.

  • One download per person

    Each person gets one bundle with their VPN, map and chat set up, as a file or a QR code.

  • Nothing left behind

    When an operation ends, its servers and everything stored on them are deleted. Other operations are untouched.

  • A faster, modern console

    The rebuilt Web Console is quicker to use and works properly on phones and tablets.

What it feels like

Who What they can do
Administrator Connect your sign-in provider once. Create users and groups and decide who leads operations. Decide who can see which teams. See a record of who changed what.
Operation lead Pick a team list and the services it needs, and launch the operation's network, chat and map in one go. Add or remove callsigns as things change. Hand outside participants their bundle in person.
Team member Sign in and see every operation you are part of. Download one bundle per operation, or scan a QR code: your VPN, map and chat are already set up. Switch between operations on the same device.
Outside participant Receive a bundle from the operation lead and connect to that operation's chat and map only, with no Waveshift login. Access ends when the lead removes you or the operation closes.

How an operation runs

flowchart LR
    team["Team list<br/>(callsigns)"] --> launch["Launch operation<br/>VPN, chat, map"]
    launch --> bundles["Everyone gets<br/>their bundle"]
    bundles --> run["Operation runs"]
    run --> change["Add or remove<br/>people live"]
    change --> run
    run --> close["Close operation<br/>everything deleted"]

Read more

  • The path to 0.5: the six stages, what each delivers, and why each one takes the time it does.
  • How operation services work: diagrams of operations, bundles, separation between teams, and the options we considered.
  • Plugins: TAK and Matrix are available today as wsctl plugins while they are brought into the console.