app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/data/api/dto/RustDto.kt

@@ -70,10 +70,20 @@ data class RustServerDto(
     val stale: Boolean = false,
 )
 
-/** `GET /public/rust/servers/{id}/events` — the killfeed and everything else public. */
+/**
+ * `GET /public/rust/servers/{id}/events` — the killfeed and everything else public.
+ *
+ * **Nothing names who is online by default** (org lead, 2026-09-22). Below the
+ * operator's presence audience — staff unless widened — the server withholds
+ * every item that says a named player was on (joins, deaths, chat, tallies) and
+ * says so with [presenceHidden]; [presenceAudience] is who CAN see them. The
+ * screen says it, so a thin feed reads as withheld rather than as a quiet server.
+ */
 @Serializable
 data class RustEventListDto(
     val events: List<RustEventDto> = emptyList(),
+    val presenceHidden: Boolean = false,
+    val presenceAudience: String? = null,
 )
 
 /**
@@ -171,10 +181,20 @@ data class RustWipeDto(
     val lastSeen: String? = null,
 )
 
-/** `GET /public/rust/servers/{id}/online` — who is on right now. */
+/**
+ * `GET /public/rust/servers/{id}/online` — who is on right now.
+ *
+ * Below the operator's presence audience the names are withheld: [hidden] is
+ * true, [players] is empty and [count] is still the real number — a count names
+ * nobody, and it is already on the server line. An empty list with [hidden] set
+ * must never render as "nobody is on".
+ */
 @Serializable
 data class RustOnlineDto(
     val players: List<RustPresenceDto> = emptyList(),
+    val hidden: Boolean = false,
+    val count: Int = 0,
+    val audience: String? = null,
 )
 
 /**

app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/data/repository/RustRepository.kt

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import com.runicgateway.app.core.result.ApiResult
 import com.runicgateway.app.core.result.map
 import com.runicgateway.app.core.result.safeApiCall
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.RustApi
-import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustEventDto
+import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustEventListDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustLeaderboardRowDto
-import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustPresenceDto
+import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustOnlineDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustServerDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustWipeDto
 import javax.inject.Inject
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ class RustRepository @Inject constructor(
         kinds: List<String> = emptyList(),
         wipe: String? = null,
         limit: Int? = null,
-    ): ApiResult<List<RustEventDto>> = safeApiCall {
+    ): ApiResult<RustEventListDto> = safeApiCall {
         api.getEvents(
             id = id,
             kind = kinds.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }?.joinToString(","),
             wipe = wipe?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() },
             limit = limit,
         )
-    }.map { it.events }
+    }
 
     /** The leaderboard: per wipe when [wipe] is given, all-time otherwise. */
     suspend fun leaderboard(
@@ -78,7 +78,12 @@ class RustRepository @Inject constructor(
     suspend fun wipes(id: String): ApiResult<List<RustWipeDto>> =
         safeApiCall { api.getWipes(id) }.map { it.wipes }
 
-    /** The presence board. Rows survive an unreachable server, by design. */
-    suspend fun online(id: String): ApiResult<List<RustPresenceDto>> =
-        safeApiCall { api.getOnline(id) }.map { it.players }
+    /**
+     * The presence board. Rows survive an unreachable server, by design.
+     *
+     * Answered whole rather than as its rows: `hidden` and `count` are what let
+     * the screen tell "withheld from you" from "nobody is on".
+     */
+    suspend fun online(id: String): ApiResult<RustOnlineDto> =
+        safeApiCall { api.getOnline(id) }
 }

app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/rust/RustServerScreen.kt

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.alpha
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.pluralStringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@ import androidx.hilt.navigation.compose.hiltViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import com.runicgateway.app.R
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustEventDto
+import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustEventListDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustLeaderboardRowDto
-import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustPresenceDto
+import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustOnlineDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustServerDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustWipeDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.ui.ErrorKind
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ private fun WipeFilter(
 
 @Composable
 private fun FeedPanel(
-    feed: Polled<List<RustEventDto>>,
+    feed: Polled<RustEventListDto>,
     filterId: String,
     onFilter: (String) -> Unit,
     onRetry: () -> Unit,
@@ -275,17 +277,36 @@ private fun FeedPanel(
         when (val s = feed.state) {
             is UiState.Loading -> LoadingView()
             is UiState.Error -> ErrorView(s.kind, onRetry = onRetry)
-            is UiState.Success -> if (s.data.isEmpty()) {
-                EmptyView(stringResource(R.string.rust_feed_empty))
-            } else {
-                LazyColumn(
-                    contentPadding = PaddingValues(horizontal = 16.dp, vertical = 8.dp),
-                    verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(10.dp),
-                ) {
-                    if (feed.refreshFailed) {
-                        item { RefreshFailedLine() }
+            is UiState.Success -> {
+                // Said once, above the rows, so a thin feed reads as withheld
+                // rather than as a quiet server (org lead: nothing names who is
+                // online by default).
+                if (s.data.presenceHidden) {
+                    Text(
+                        text = stringResource(
+                            if (s.data.presenceAudience == "signed_in") {
+                                R.string.rust_feed_presence_hidden_signin
+                            } else {
+                                R.string.rust_feed_presence_hidden_staff
+                            },
+                        ),
+                        style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+                        modifier = Modifier.padding(horizontal = 16.dp),
+                    )
+                }
+                if (s.data.events.isEmpty()) {
+                    EmptyView(stringResource(R.string.rust_feed_empty))
+                } else {
+                    LazyColumn(
+                        contentPadding = PaddingValues(horizontal = 16.dp, vertical = 8.dp),
+                        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(10.dp),
+                    ) {
+                        if (feed.refreshFailed) {
+                            item { RefreshFailedLine() }
+                        }
+                        items(s.data.events, key = { it.id }) { FeedRow(it) }
                     }
-                    items(s.data, key = { it.id }) { FeedRow(it) }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -444,14 +465,29 @@ private fun LeaderboardPanel(
 
 @Composable
 private fun OnlinePanel(
-    online: Polled<List<RustPresenceDto>>,
+    online: Polled<RustOnlineDto>,
     serverOnline: Boolean,
     onRetry: () -> Unit,
 ) {
     when (val s = online.state) {
         is UiState.Loading -> LoadingView()
         is UiState.Error -> ErrorView(s.kind, onRetry = onRetry)
-        is UiState.Success -> if (s.data.isEmpty()) {
+        // Withheld is not empty. Below the operator's audience the server sends
+        // the count and no names, and an empty list rendered as "nobody is on"
+        // would be a false statement about a full server.
+        is UiState.Success -> if (s.data.hidden) {
+            val count = s.data.count
+            EmptyView(
+                pluralStringResource(R.plurals.rust_online_hidden_count, count, count) + "\n" +
+                    stringResource(
+                        when (s.data.audience) {
+                            "signed_in" -> R.string.rust_online_hidden_signin
+                            "public" -> R.string.rust_online_hidden_public
+                            else -> R.string.rust_online_hidden_staff
+                        },
+                    ),
+            )
+        } else if (s.data.players.isEmpty()) {
             EmptyView(
                 stringResource(
                     if (serverOnline) R.string.rust_nobody_on else R.string.rust_presence_offline,
@@ -479,7 +515,7 @@ private fun OnlinePanel(
                 if (online.refreshFailed) {
                     item { RefreshFailedLine() }
                 }
-                items(s.data, key = { it.steamId }) { player ->
+                items(s.data.players, key = { it.steamId }) { player ->
                     ShardCard(Modifier.fillMaxWidth()) {
                         Row(
                             Modifier.fillMaxWidth().padding(16.dp),

app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/rust/RustServerViewModel.kt

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ package com.runicgateway.app.ui.rust
 import androidx.lifecycle.SavedStateHandle
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
-import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustEventDto
+import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustEventListDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustLeaderboardRowDto
-import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustPresenceDto
+import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustOnlineDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustServerDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustWipeDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.repository.RustRepository
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ data class RustServerUi(
     val sort: String = RustSort.KILLS,
     /** The wipe every panel is filtered to. **Null is all time**, not "unknown". */
     val selectedWipe: String? = null,
-    val feed: Polled<List<RustEventDto>> = Polled(),
-    val online: Polled<List<RustPresenceDto>> = Polled(),
+    /** The whole answer, not its rows: `presenceHidden` is part of what it says. */
+    val feed: Polled<RustEventListDto> = Polled(),
+    /** Likewise — `hidden` and `count` are what tell "withheld" from "nobody". */
+    val online: Polled<RustOnlineDto> = Polled(),
     val leaderboard: UiState<List<RustLeaderboardRowDto>> = UiState.Loading,
     val wipes: UiState<List<RustWipeDto>> = UiState.Loading,
 )

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -593,6 +593,17 @@
     <string name="rust_feed_empty">Nothing has happened on this server yet — or not during the wipe you are looking at.</string>
     <string name="rust_leaderboard_empty">Nobody has scored here yet.</string>
     <string name="rust_wipes_empty">This server has not reported a wipe yet.</string>
+    <!-- Nothing names who is online by default (org lead, 2026-09-22). Below the
+         operator's audience the server sends a count and no names. -->
+    <plurals name="rust_online_hidden_count">
+        <item quantity="one">%1$d player online</item>
+        <item quantity="other">%1$d players online</item>
+    </plurals>
+    <string name="rust_online_hidden_staff">Only this site’s staff can see who they are.</string>
+    <string name="rust_online_hidden_signin">Sign in to see who they are.</string>
+    <string name="rust_online_hidden_public">This site is not showing who they are right now.</string>
+    <string name="rust_feed_presence_hidden_staff">Joins, deaths and chat are not shown. Only this site’s staff can see what players did.</string>
+    <string name="rust_feed_presence_hidden_signin">Joins, deaths and chat are not shown. Sign in to see what players did.</string>
     <string name="rust_nobody_on">The server is up and the island is empty. Somebody has to be first.</string>
     <string name="rust_presence_offline">Presence is the one thing on this page that cannot be answered from the record — it is who is connected now, and nothing is.</string>
     <string name="rust_presence_live">On the server right now.</string>

app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/data/api/dto/RustPresenceDtoTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+package com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * Nothing names who is online by default (org lead, 2026-09-22). These are the
+ * answers module-rust's public routes give below and inside the operator's
+ * presence audience, copied from a live walk against the module — and the old
+ * shape, from a core running a module that predates the flag.
+ */
+class RustPresenceDtoTest {
+
+    private val json = Json {
+        ignoreUnknownKeys = true
+        explicitNulls = false
+        coerceInputValues = true
+    }
+
+    @Test fun withheldOnlineCarriesTheCountAndNoNames() {
+        val dto = json.decodeFromString<RustOnlineDto>(
+            """{"players":[],"hidden":true,"count":2,"audience":"staff"}""",
+        )
+        assertTrue(dto.hidden)
+        assertEquals(2, dto.count)
+        assertEquals("staff", dto.audience)
+        assertTrue(dto.players.isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    @Test fun visibleOnlineNamesThePlayers() {
+        val dto = json.decodeFromString<RustOnlineDto>(
+            """{"players":[{"steamId":"76561198000000002","name":"Builder Bea","sleeping":false,
+               "connectedAt":"2026-09-23T05:02:30.000Z"}],"hidden":false,"count":1,"audience":"staff"}""",
+        )
+        assertFalse(dto.hidden)
+        assertEquals("Builder Bea", dto.players.single().name)
+    }
+
+    @Test fun anOlderModuleWithoutTheFlagReadsAsVisible() {
+        val dto = json.decodeFromString<RustOnlineDto>("""{"players":[]}""")
+        assertFalse(dto.hidden)
+        assertNull(dto.audience)
+    }
+
+    @Test fun aWithheldFeedSaysSo() {
+        val dto = json.decodeFromString<RustEventListDto>(
+            """{"events":[{"id":11,"kind":"server.wipe","t":1789500000000,"wipeId":"w-20260920T000000Z",
+               "steamId":null,"frame":{}}],"presenceHidden":true,"presenceAudience":"signed_in"}""",
+        )
+        assertTrue(dto.presenceHidden)
+        assertEquals("signed_in", dto.presenceAudience)
+        assertEquals("server.wipe", dto.events.single().kind)
+    }
+}

app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/rust/RustServerViewModelTest.kt

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package com.runicgateway.app.ui.rust
 
 import androidx.lifecycle.SavedStateHandle
+import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustEventListDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustLeaderboardDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustLeaderboardRowDto
 import com.runicgateway.app.data.api.dto.RustOnlineDto
@@ -100,6 +101,35 @@ class RustServerViewModelTest {
         assertEquals(onlineBefore + 1, api.onlineCalls)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `withheld names arrive as withheld, with the count, never as an empty list`() {
+        // Nothing names who is online by default (org lead, 2026-09-22). The
+        // screen's whole job with this answer is to say "12 online" rather than
+        // "nobody is on", so the state must carry `hidden` and `count` intact.
+        api.online = RustOnlineDto(players = emptyList(), hidden = true, count = 12, audience = "staff")
+        val vm = viewModel()
+
+        vm.selectTab(RustTab.ONLINE)
+
+        val state = vm.state.value.online.state
+        assertTrue(state is UiState.Success)
+        val answer = (state as UiState.Success).data
+        assertTrue(answer.hidden)
+        assertEquals(12, answer.count)
+        assertEquals("staff", answer.audience)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a feed with its players withheld says so in the state`() {
+        api.events = RustEventListDto(events = emptyList(), presenceHidden = true, presenceAudience = "signed_in")
+        val vm = viewModel()
+
+        val state = vm.state.value.feed.state
+        assertTrue(state is UiState.Success)
+        assertTrue((state as UiState.Success).data.presenceHidden)
+        assertEquals("signed_in", state.data.presenceAudience)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `a poll on a still panel asks for nothing but the server line`() {
         api.wipes = RustWipeListDto(listOf(RustWipeDto(wipeId = "w1")))