xbox-cloud-server-selector

A browser extension to select the server region and IP version for Xbox Cloud Gaming

Installation

Installing from store

The easiest way to install is downloading it from either Microsoft Edge-Add-Ons or the Chrome Web Store.

Installing via Developer mode

1. Download / clone this repository
2. Run npm install and npm run build
3. Open your browsers extensions (edge://extensions/ / chrome://extensions/)
4. Enable Developer mode (in the left sidebar in Edge, at the top right in Chrome)
5. Click Load Unpacked and select the dist directory of this repository

Note that Edge / Chrome version 111 or higher is required due to this feature being used.

Usage

Select the region and IP version as desired, then quit any active Xbox Cloud Gaming session and reload Xbox Cloud Gaming to apply the changes.

Confirming functionality

Install this extension, select e.g. IPv6 as IP version. Then start a capture in Wireshark and a game on xbox.com/play. You'll see lots of UDP packets via IPv6 instead of IPv4. You can also select a different region - preferably far away from your actual location for testing - and start a Traceroute to the IP you see in the Wireshark capture. You'll see the packets being routed towards the selected region.

How it works

This extension overwrites the fetch method to intercept requests to the Xbox servers. When loading xbox.com/play, a POST request is made to https://xgpuweb.gssv-play-prod.xboxlive.com/v2/login/user for Game Pass Ultimate users or https://xgpuwebf2p.gssv... for Free to Play users. The response contains a list of all regions with one of them marked as the default region (shortened):

{
  "offeringSettings": {
    "regions": [
      {
        "name": "WestEurope",
        "baseUri": "https://weu.core.gssv-play-prod.xboxlive.com",
        "networkTestHostname": "weu.gssv-fastlane-prod.xboxlive.com",
        "isDefault": true,
        "systemUpdateGroups": null,
        "fallbackPriority": -1
      }
    ]
  }
}

It can be manipulated to force only a specific region to be available to the client.

After starting starting a game, a session will be created. Right after the Xbox logo and sound appear, the ICE candidates are requested from https://[region].core.gssv-play-prod.xboxlive.com/v5/sessions/cloud/[session UUID]/ice. The response contains two candidates, one for IPv4 (with a higher priority of 100) and one for IPv6 (with a lower priority of 1).

{
  "exchangeResponse": "[{\"candidate\":\"a=candidate:1 1 UDP 100 13.104.106.140 1071 typ host \",\"messageType\":\"iceCandidate\",\"sdpMLineIndex\":\"0\",\"sdpMid\":\"0\"},{\"candidate\":\"a=candidate:2 1 UDP 1 2603:1020:703:66::ADB:1931 9002 typ host \",\"messageType\":\"iceCandidate\",\"sdpMLineIndex\":\"0\",\"sdpMid\":\"0\"},{\"candidate\":\"a=end-of-candidates\",\"messageType\":\"iceCandidate\",\"sdpMLineIndex\":\"0\",\"sdpMid\":\"0\"}]",
  "errorDetails": null
}

It can be manipulated so that e.g. the IPv4 candidate is dropped and the session can only be established via the remaining IPv6 candidate.