From 6cdd6b833cd8e0d9e2dbdfdfb486d261c2705d62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MihailRis <mexaruc@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 23:13:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: debugging server does not require network permission
 now

---
 src/engine/Engine.cpp                       | 3 ++-
 src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libapp.cpp     | 6 ++++++
 src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libnetwork.cpp | 8 +++++---
 src/util/platform.cpp                       | 1 +
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/engine/Engine.cpp b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
index 5cb0e7ca6..5223a6c38 100644
--- a/src/engine/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ void Engine::initialize(CoreParameters coreParameters) {
     editor = std::make_unique<devtools::Editor>(*this);
     cmd = std::make_unique<cmd::CommandsInterpreter>();
 
-    if (project->permissions.has(Permissions::NETWORK)) {
+    if (project->permissions.has(Permissions::NETWORK) ||
+        !params.debugServerString.empty()) {
         network = network::Network::create(settings.network);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libapp.cpp b/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libapp.cpp
index d23f96cb0..c40aa63bd 100644
--- a/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libapp.cpp
+++ b/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libapp.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ static int l_start_debug_instance(lua::State* L) {
             throw std::runtime_error("could not find free port");
         }
     }
+    auto projectPath = lua::isstring(L, 2) ? lua::require_lstring(L, 2) : "";
     const auto& paths = engine->getPaths();
 
     std::vector<std::string> args {
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@ static int l_start_debug_instance(lua::State* L) {
         "--dir", paths.getUserFilesFolder().u8string(),
         "--dbg-server",  "tcp:" + std::to_string(port),
     };
+    if (!projectPath.empty()) {
+        args.emplace_back("--project");
+        args.emplace_back(io::resolve(std::string(projectPath)).string());
+    }
+
     platform::new_engine_instance(std::move(args));
     return lua::pushinteger(L, port);
 }
diff --git a/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libnetwork.cpp b/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libnetwork.cpp
index 390845207..7fbf6df8d 100644
--- a/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libnetwork.cpp
+++ b/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libnetwork.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "coders/json.hpp"
 #include "engine/Engine.hpp"
 #include "network/Network.hpp"
+#include "devtools/Project.hpp"
 
 #include <variant>
 #include <utility>
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ static int l_is_nodelay(lua::State* L, network::Network& network) {
     return lua::pushboolean(L, false);
 }
 
-static int l_pull_events(lua::State* L, network::Network& network) {
+static int l_pull_events(lua::State* L) {
     std::vector<NetworkEvent> local_queue;
     {
         std::lock_guard lock(events_queue_mutex);
@@ -528,7 +529,8 @@ int wrap(lua_State* L) {
     int result = 0;
     try {
         auto network = engine->getNetwork();
-        if (network == nullptr) {
+        const auto& permissions = engine->getProject().permissions;
+        if (network == nullptr || !permissions.has(Permissions::NETWORK)) {
             throw std::runtime_error(
                 "network subsystem is not available in the project"
             );
@@ -554,7 +556,7 @@ const luaL_Reg networklib[] = {
     {"get_total_download", wrap<l_get_total_download>},
     {"find_free_port", wrap<l_find_free_port>},
     {"is_available", lua::wrap<l_is_available>},
-    {"__pull_events", wrap<l_pull_events>},
+    {"__pull_events", lua::wrap<l_pull_events>},
     {"__open_tcp", wrap<l_open_tcp>},
     {"__open_udp", wrap<l_open_udp>},
     {"__closeserver", wrap<l_closeserver>},
diff --git a/src/util/platform.cpp b/src/util/platform.cpp
index dce6f89b7..a7ba041db 100644
--- a/src/util/platform.cpp
+++ b/src/util/platform.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ void platform::new_engine_instance(const std::vector<std::string>& args) {
     ss << " >/dev/null &";
     
     auto command = ss.str();
+    logger.info() << command;
     if (int res = system(command.c_str())) {
         throw std::runtime_error(
             "starting an engine instance failed with code: " +