per-author feed filter, ignore primitive
The old People tab was built on network-layer presence (`is_online`,
`last_seen` from the mesh), which was lost when v0.6.1 anonymized the
network id from the posting id. Every named follow is authored under a
posting id that doesn't appear in the connection-layer tables; the
"Online" section listed nobody useful and Discover depended on the
same broken signal.
Replaced with signals derived from signed content:
- Following is sorted by most-recent-post timestamp (the real meaning
of "activity" in a post-anonymization world).
- Discover lists named peers we've received signed profile posts from
(via Phase 2d), filtered by follows / ignores / self.
- Click-a-name surfaces a bio modal with View Posts / Follow / Message
/ Ignore actions.
- Author-scoped feed filter (`View Posts` on any person) renders a
"Showing posts from X" banner with a Clear button.
- Ignore is a new local-only primitive; ignored peers' posts and
profiles are excluded everywhere and the ignored list is editable
in Settings.
Core changes:
- New `ignored_peers(node_id, ignored_at)` table + storage helpers
(`add_ignored_peer`, `remove_ignored_peer`, `list_ignored_peers`,
`is_ignored_peer`). Schema created fresh; no migration since the
table is purely additive and empty on prior installs.
- All 6 feed-query sites now also exclude `author IN ignored_peers`.
- New `Storage::last_activity_for_authors(&[NodeId])` — one batched
query returning max post timestamp per author, excluding non-feed
intents (Control / Profile / Announcement / GroupKeyDistribute).
- New `Storage::list_discoverable_profiles(&self_id)` — named profile
rows where node_id is not self, not in follows, not in ignored, and
`public_visible = 1`. Sorted by profile `updated_at` DESC.
- New `Storage::delete_setting(key)` — missing counterpart to
set/get.
- Node wrappers: `last_activity_for_follows`, `ignore_peer`
(also drops any follow + social route for the ignored peer),
`unignore_peer`, `list_ignored_peers`, `list_discoverable_profiles`.
- `list_follows` Tauri command now sources `last_activity_ms` from
the posts-driven batched query rather than the network peer record.
Tauri commands: `list_discover`, `ignore_peer`, `unignore_peer`,
`list_ignored_peers`.
Frontend:
- Following list: see-new-activity button pattern (staged data +
explicit user click to rearrange, so the list doesn't reorder under
a tap mid-scroll). Periodic people-tab polling stages + lights up
the button; clicking it re-renders.
- Discover: rewrites the old peer-table-based list to a profile-post
feed. Each card shows name + bio + profile-update age, plus Follow
/ Posts / Ignore actions.
- Bio modal: reuses the existing generic popover. Loads display name
+ bio via `resolve_display`, shows follow state, offers View Posts /
Follow-or-Unfollow / Message / Ignore-or-Unignore.
- Author filter: banner renders at the top of the feed when active;
clear button restores full feed. Filter state is a single `authorFilterNodeId`
field consumed by `filterFeedPosts`.
- Settings → Ignored section lists ignored peers with unignore buttons.
124 / 124 core tests pass.
Two bugs the v0.6.2 Discover story was going to expose:
1) Many named personas don't have a profile post yet, so the planned
profile-post-driven Discover listing would show them as headless.
Existing personas predate the Phase 2d profile-post primitive, and
imported personas arrive with a display_name but no matching post.
2) Fresh install always generates a blank disposable persona before
the user can pick fresh-vs-import. If the user picks import, that
blank persona lingers forever — visible in the Personas list, a
potential default, confusing.
Fixes:
Profile-post backfill (node.rs):
- New `Node::backfill_profile_posts_for_named_personas`: scans posting
identities, skips unnamed or already-covered ones, and emits a
signed profile post at the persona's own `created_at` timestamp. Run
once from `Node::open_with_bind` after migrations. Idempotent via
the new `Storage::has_profile_post_by_author` check. Chronology is
preserved (post timestamp matches persona creation), so a later
genuine profile update the user authors always wins the `> old_ts`
monotonicity check on receivers.
- `Node::create_posting_identity(name)`: if `name` is non-empty, emits
the profile post inline so new named personas are Discover-able the
moment they're created. Uses the new `publish_profile_post_as`
helper, which signs with the persona's own secret (not the default
posting secret) and propagates via `update_neighbor_manifests_as`.
First-run persona marker + targeted prune (node.rs + storage.rs + import):
- `Node::open_with_bind`'s auto-gen block now also writes
`first_run_auto_persona_id = <hex>` into the settings kv. This marks
the specific disposable persona from the fresh-install flow; later
prune logic uses this id, not a "any empty persona" rule, so manual
empty personas are never touched.
- `Node::try_prune_first_run_auto_persona`: deletes the marked id iff
all four gates pass — still exists, no display_name, no authored
posts, no authored reactions/comments, and it's no longer the
current default. Any one failure → clear the marker and keep the
persona. New storage helpers `has_any_post_by_author`,
`has_any_engagement_by_author` back the check.
- `set_profile` clears the marker when a non-empty name lands on the
marked persona (user claimed it).
- `storage.delete_setting(key)` — new one-line helper.
- `import_as_personas_cmd` in tauri-app calls the prune after import
completes; the cmd's return message reports "(cleared blank starter
persona)" when it fires.
- New `get_first_run_auto_persona_id` Tauri command so the frontend
can filter the blank persona out of the Personas list while it
still exists.
- Frontend `loadPersonas` filters the marker id out of
`personasCache` before rendering.
Tests: 124 / 124 core tests pass.
The anchor rotated its network key on 2026-04-22 22:57 UTC during the
v0.6.1 upgrade (keeping the old key as its posting identity). The
DEFAULT_ANCHOR constant was never updated, so every v0.6.1 and v0.6.2
client has been pinning the old cert identity when connecting, producing
a TLS "UnknownIssuer" handshake error.
Symptom: fresh clients can't bootstrap; existing installs drop when the
anchor's old connection times out and can't re-handshake.
Verified: rebuilt CLI with the new constant successfully connects to
the anchor, completes the initial exchange, registers as a mesh peer,
and runs a pull sync.
Note: `DEFAULT_ANCHOR_POSTING_ID` in lib.rs still holds the OLD key
(17af14...) — that's correct, it's the anchor's posting identity used
to verify signed announcements, distinct from the network key used for
QUIC cert verification.
New primitive: `VisibilityIntent::Announcement`, a public post whose
author MUST be the hardcoded bootstrap anchor posting identity
(`DEFAULT_ANCHOR_POSTING_ID`) and whose content carries an ed25519
signature by that key. Forged announcements (any other author, or
bad signature) are rejected by `control::receive_post` before storage
— they never enter the DB and never propagate via neighbor-manifest
diffs. Only the real anchor can publish announcements, and it does so
sparingly as part of the release deploy flow.
Uses release announcements to drive an in-app upgrade banner:
- Anchor publishes a signed `{category:release, version, channel,
download_url, ...}` post during every deploy.
- Clients receive it via the normal CDN; `apply_announcement_if_applicable`
stores the latest-per-category/channel in the settings kv, keyed
e.g. `announcement:release:stable`.
- Welcome screen checks storage on startup; if the stored release
version > CARGO_PKG_VERSION on the user's selected channel, a banner
appears with a Download button that opens the system browser.
- Settings gets "Updates" section with Stable / Beta radio + Check-now
button + current status line.
Core:
- `DEFAULT_ANCHOR_POSTING_ID: NodeId` constant (32 bytes, the anchor's
current posting id — `17af141956ae...`).
- New `VisibilityIntent::Announcement` variant; feed filters in all 6
`get_feed*` / `list_posts*` query sites updated to also exclude the
new intent AND the pre-existing `GroupKeyDistribute` intent.
- `types::AnnouncementContent` + `ReleaseAnnouncement` structs.
- `crypto::{sign,verify}_announcement` — length-prefixed field digest
with a "has release" 1-byte flag.
- New `announcement` module with `verify_announcement_post`,
`apply_announcement_if_applicable`, `latest_release`,
`build_announcement_post`, and a `StoredAnnouncement` envelope saved
to settings so the UI can render without a full post scan.
- `Node::publish_announcement` refuses to run unless the default posting
id equals the anchor constant — accidental use on client installs
fails loud.
Wire / receive:
- `control::receive_post` verifies announcement signatures upfront
alongside Control and Profile. Same pattern; same guarantees.
CLI one-shots (no daemon):
- `itsgoin <data_dir> --print-identity` — prints network_id +
default_posting_id, exits.
- `itsgoin <data_dir> --announce --ann-category release
--ann-channel stable --ann-version X --ann-title ... --ann-body ...
--ann-url https://itsgoin.com/download.html` — builds + stores +
propagates the signed post, exits.
deploy.sh:
- Now runs the announce one-shot inside the anchor-restart window
(after binary swap, before start). The DB is free during that gap,
so the one-shot can write without conflicting with the running
daemon. The restarted daemon loads all storage on boot and serves
the new announcement to pulling peers.
Tauri IPC:
- `check_release_announcement(channel)` → Option<ReleaseAnnouncementDto>
— returns None when up-to-date.
- `get_update_channel` / `set_update_channel(channel)` — persists in
settings kv key `ui_update_channel`; defaults to stable.
- `open_url_external(url)` — desktop-only (xdg-open / open / cmd start);
refuses non-http(s) URLs. Android needs the opener plugin — TODO.
Frontend:
- Upgrade banner on the welcome screen, populated by
`loadUpgradeBanner()`. Hidden when no newer release is known.
- Settings → Updates section with Stable/Beta radio + Check-now button
+ current status line.
Tests: announcement signature roundtrip; non-anchor author rejection;
non-announcement intent is a no-op. 124 / 124 core tests pass.
Removes the last persona-signed direct push on the wire. Group/circle
seeds no longer travel via the 0xA0 `GroupKeyDistribute` uni-stream from
admin to member. Instead the admin publishes an encrypted post containing
the seed + metadata; each member is a recipient; the post propagates via
the normal CDN. Members decrypt with their posting secret to recover the
seed.
Eliminates the wire-level coordination signal between an admin endpoint
and each member endpoint when a group is created, a member is added, or
a key is rotated.
Core pieces:
- New `VisibilityIntent::GroupKeyDistribute` variant.
- New `types::GroupKeyDistributionContent` — JSON payload inside the
encrypted post: group_id, circle_name, epoch, group_public_key, admin,
canonical_root_post_id, group_seed.
- New `group_key_distribution` module:
- `build_distribution_post(admin, admin_secret, record, group_seed, members)`
returns `(PostId, Post, PostVisibility::Encrypted)` — wraps the CEK
per member using standard `crypto::encrypt_post`.
- `try_apply_distribution_post(s, post, visibility, our_personas)`
iterates every posting identity's secret trying to decrypt; on
success stores `group_key` + `group_seed` and returns true.
- `process_pending(s, our_personas)` scans stored
GroupKeyDistribute-intent posts and applies any we can decrypt.
Node API:
- `add_to_circle`: builds a distribution post wrapping the current seed
to just the new member, stores with intent=GroupKeyDistribute, and
propagates via `update_neighbor_manifests_as` (no direct push).
- `create_group_key_inner`: at group creation, after wrapping keys for
every non-self member, builds one distribution post addressed to all
of them and propagates through the CDN.
- `rotate_group_key`: same pattern at epoch rotation.
- New `Node::process_group_key_distributions` — scans and applies.
`sync_all` now calls it automatically so seeds take effect right after
a pull cycle.
Removals (wire-breaking; v0.6.2 already forked):
- MessageType 0xA0 (`GroupKeyDistribute`), its payload struct, the
handler in connection.rs, and `Network::push_group_key` all deleted.
ConnectionManager's `secret_seed` (network secret) is no longer used for
group-key unwrapping — that shifted to posting secrets in the apply
pass, matching the v0.6.1+ identity split where group keys are wrapped
to posting NodeIds.
Tests: new `member_decrypts_and_applies` covers a recipient decrypting +
storing the seed and a non-recipient failing to apply. Workspace
compiles clean; 118 / 118 core tests pass on a stable run (pre-existing
flaky `relay_cooldown` test with a 1ms timing window is unrelated).
Introduces **groups** — a new many-way primitive anchored at a public root
post — reusing the existing circle encryption machinery. Circles stay
one-way (admin posts only, as before). Groups are distinguished from
circles by a single field: a non-null `canonical_root_post_id` on the
group-key record.
Type / schema changes:
- `GroupKeyRecord.canonical_root_post_id: Option<PostId>` (serde default).
When `Some`, the record represents a group rooted at that public post;
when `None`, it's a traditional circle.
- `group_keys` table gets a `canonical_root_post_id BLOB` column + an
index `idx_group_keys_root` on it. Migration added for upgraded DBs;
the CREATE TABLE statement carries the column so fresh DBs match.
Wire:
- `GroupKeyDistributePayload` gains an optional `canonical_root_post_id`
field. v0.6.1 peers will deserialize it as absent and continue treating
the record as a circle. All three sender sites (new-circle distribute,
add-member distribute, epoch-rotation distribute) pass the field through.
Storage:
- `create_group_key` / `get_group_key` / `get_group_key_by_circle` write
and read the new column. Added a shared `row_to_group_key` helper so the
two lookup functions don't drift.
- New `get_group_by_canonical_root(root_post_id)` — the inverse lookup
used by posting / retrieval flows.
Node API (new):
- `create_group_from_post(root_post_id, initial_members)` — creates a
backing circle named `group:<6-byte-hex-of-root>`, initializes the
group key with `canonical_root_post_id` set, and invites each initial
member (reusing `add_to_circle`'s wrap+distribute path so members get
the seed on the wire). Returns `(GroupId, circle_name)`.
- `post_to_group(root_post_id, content, attachments)` — any member with
the group seed can call this. Looks up the group by root, routes
through `create_post_with_visibility(Circle(name))` (which already
chooses `GroupEncrypted` when the seed is present), then stores a
`ThreadMeta` row linking the new post back to the canonical root so
retrieval can reconstruct the group.
- `list_group_posts_by_root(root_post_id)` — returns all contributions
via the ThreadMeta parent index. Callers decrypt normally; members see
full content, non-members see encrypted blobs.
Shared plumbing:
- `create_group_key_for_circle` now delegates to a shared
`create_group_key_inner(circle_name, canonical_root)` helper, keeping
one place where the record is constructed and the seed is persisted.
Notes:
- No crypto change: groups use the same `GroupEncrypted` primitive
circles already used. The "admin-only post" restriction on circles was
a UX choice, not a cryptographic limit — groups expose the many-way
path directly by letting any member with the seed call `post_to_group`.
- ThreadMeta is the clustering primitive. It already existed for split
comment threads; groups reuse it so the query pattern
("posts whose parent is root X") stays in one place.
- Frontend UI for groups is deferred — the backend surface is complete
and exercise-able via Tauri/CLI.
Tests: new storage test asserts canonical_root lookup round-trips and
that circles (no root) are invisible to the root lookup. 117 / 117 core
tests pass.
A comment can now reference a separate Post that carries the full body
(long text, attachments, rich formatting). The inline comment's `content`
becomes a short preview string; the referenced post propagates through the
normal CDN and readers fetch it lazily when rendering the expanded view.
Type change:
- `InlineComment` gains `ref_post_id: Option<PostId>` (#[serde(default)]).
When None, `content` is the full comment text (v0.6.1 shape — unchanged on
the wire). When Some, `content` is the preview.
Signature binding:
- `crypto::sign_comment` / `verify_comment_signature` now take
`ref_post_id: Option<&PostId>`. The signed digest appends
`b"ref:" || ref_post_id` only when a ref is present, so plain comments
produce the same digest as the v0.6.1 scheme and remain verifiable
without a migration. When a ref is present the signature binds it, so a
peer can't strip or swap the reference without re-signing.
Storage:
- `comments` table gets a `ref_post_id BLOB` column (nullable). Added to
both the CREATE TABLE statement and a conditional ALTER TABLE migration
so upgraded DBs pick it up automatically.
- `store_comment`, `get_comments`, `get_comments_with_tombstones` read and
write the column.
Node API:
- `comment_on_post` stays as the plain-comment entry point (calls the
inner helper with `ref_post_id = None`).
- New `comment_on_post_with_ref(post_id, preview, ref_post_id)` for rich
comments. Both share a single inner helper that signs, stores, and
propagates via BlobHeaderDiff.
connection.rs BlobHeaderDiff handler passes `comment.ref_post_id.as_ref()`
to the signature verify so forged or rewritten refs are rejected.
Tests: new crypto test asserting the signature binds ref_post_id (strip /
swap / drop all fail); new storage test asserting ref_post_id roundtrips
through live + tombstone reads. 116 / 116 core tests pass.
Client-side UX (pulling the ref post on expand, composing rich comments)
is frontend work that will land with the next UI iteration.
Display metadata (display_name, bio, avatar_cid) is no longer broadcast via
the ProfileUpdate direct push when the user edits their name. It travels as
a signed public post with VisibilityIntent::Profile, authored by the posting
identity, and propagates through the normal neighbor-manifest CDN path.
Core pieces:
- `types::ProfilePostContent` — JSON payload serialized into the post's
content field. Ed25519 signature by the posting secret over length-prefixed
display_name + bio + 32-byte avatar_cid (or zeros) + timestamp.
- `crypto::{sign,verify}_profile` with strict length prefixing to prevent
extension attacks.
- New `profile` module: `build_profile_post`, `verify_profile_post`,
`apply_profile_post_if_applicable`. Last-writer-wins by timestamp.
- `control::receive_post` now verifies Profile-intent posts upfront (same
as Control) so bogus signatures never enter storage, and applies them
after store so the `profiles` row updates atomically with the insert.
Node API:
- `Node::set_profile` rewritten: builds a signed Profile post, stores under
intent=Profile, applies it locally (upserts the profiles row keyed by the
posting identity), then propagates via `update_neighbor_manifests_as`.
Stops calling `network.push_profile` — display changes no longer trigger
a direct wire push.
- `Node::my_profile` / `has_profile` read by `default_posting_id` instead of
`node_id`, matching where the row is written now.
ProfileUpdate (0x50) and push_profile stay for now — they still carry
routing-only data (anchors, recent_peers, preferred_peers) via
`sanitized_for_network_broadcast` and are used by `set_anchors` /
`set_public_visible`. Removing the routing fields would be a broader
cleanup; scoped out of this phase.
Tests: roundtrip verify+store, wrong-author rejection (not stored), and
older-timestamp ignored. 114 / 114 core tests pass.
v0.6.2 wire fork: every persona-identifying direct push is gone. Public posts
propagate only through the CDN (pull + header-diff neighbor propagation).
Encrypted posts propagate only through pull with merged author-or-recipient
match. There is no remaining sender→recipient traffic correlation signal on
the wire for content.
Protocol (network-breaking):
- Retire MessageType 0x42 (PostNotification), 0x43 (PostPush),
0x44 (AudienceRequest), 0x45 (AudienceResponse). Their payload structs are
deleted along with the handlers and senders.
- SocialDisconnectNotice (0x71) / SocialAddressUpdate (0x70) sender
functions targeting audience are deleted; the existing handlers stay
(both already dead code on the send side).
Core removals:
- `push_to_audience`, `notify_post`, `push_delete`,
`push_disconnect_to_audience`, `push_address_update_to_audience`,
`send_audience_request`, `send_audience_response`, `send_to_audience` —
all gone from network.rs.
- `handle_post_notification` removed from connection.rs.
- `request_audience`, `approve_audience`, `deny_audience`,
`remove_audience`, `list_audience_members`, `list_audience` removed from
Node.
- `audience_pushed` step removed from post creation.
- `AudienceDirection`, `AudienceStatus`, `AudienceRecord`,
`AudienceApprovalMode` removed from types.
- Storage: `store_audience`, `list_audience`, `list_audience_members`,
`remove_audience`, `row_to_audience_record`, `audience_crud` test, the
`audience` CREATE TABLE, and the audience-dependent social route rebuild
branch all removed. Upgraded DBs retain the orphan `audience` table;
nothing touches it.
Follow-on cleanups:
- `SocialRelation::Audience` + `::Mutual` collapsed into just `Follow`.
The Display/FromStr impl accepts legacy "audience"/"mutual" strings from
pre-v0.6.2 DBs and maps them to Follow.
- Blob-eviction priority function drops the audience factor; relationship
is now own-author vs followed vs other. Tests updated accordingly.
- `CommentPermission::AudienceOnly` → `FollowersOnly`. Check uses the
author's public follows (`list_public_follows`) rather than a separate
audience table. `ModerationMode::AudienceOnly` similarly renamed.
- Follow/unfollow routines simplified: no audience downgrade logic;
unfollow removes the social route entirely.
UI:
- CLI: `audience*` commands removed.
- Tauri: `AudienceDto`, `list_audience`, `list_audience_outbound`,
`request_audience`, `approve_audience`, `remove_audience` commands
removed from invoke_handler. Frontend: audience panel and audience/mutual
badges removed; compose permission dropdown shows "Followers" instead of
"Audience"; `loadAudience` is a no-op stub that hides any leftover DOM.
Tests: 111 / 111 core tests pass.
Breaking change: v0.6.2 nodes won't interoperate with v0.6.1 for delete
propagation, visibility updates, direct post push, post notifications, or
audience requests. Upgrade both ends.
Replaces two persona-signed direct pushes with CDN-propagated control posts:
a single `VisibilityIntent::Control` post type whose content is a signed
`ControlOp` the receiver verifies and applies. Deletes and visibility updates
now flow through the same neighbor-manifest CDN path as regular content — no
direct recipient push needed for persona-signed ops.
Core pieces:
- `VisibilityIntent::Control` + `VisibilityIntent::Profile` variants.
- `ControlOp::DeletePost` / `ControlOp::UpdateVisibility` (JSON, ed25519-signed
by the target post's author over op-specific byte strings).
- `crypto::{sign,verify}_control_{delete,visibility}` signing primitives.
- `control::build_delete_control_post` + `build_visibility_control_post`
for authors to construct control posts.
- `control::receive_post` — unified incoming-post path used by all 6 receive
sites. Verifies control signatures BEFORE storing, so bogus controls never
enter storage and can't be re-propagated via neighbor-manifest diffs.
- `control::apply_control_post_if_applicable` — executes the op under the
same storage guard as the insert.
Feed filter:
- Feeds (`get_feed`, `get_feed_page`, `list_posts_page`,
`list_posts_reverse_chron`) now exclude `Control` and `Profile` posts so
they propagate + tombstone without surfacing.
- Sync/export path (`list_posts_with_visibility`) keeps its own unfiltered
query so control posts still propagate via CDN.
Wire protocol:
- `SyncPost` carries `intent: Option<VisibilityIntent>` so control posts
arrive with their intent preserved.
- `BlobDeleteNotice` (0x95) removed — orphan blobs on remote holders evict
naturally via LRU rather than via a persona-signed push. Code path,
payload, sender, tests, and `delete_blob_with_cdn_notify` all gone.
Tests: control delete roundtrip (apply + tombstone) and wrong-author
rejection (not stored, not applied). 112/112 core tests pass.
Fresh installs now generate two independent ed25519 keys — one as the
network (QUIC) identity in identity.key, and a SEPARATE one as the
default posting identity in posting_identities. They share nothing.
v0.6.0 upgraders: if the default posting key equals the network key
(the state Phase 4's migration left us in), rotate identity.key to a
fresh random value. The old key stays in posting_identities as the
default persona — peers keep seeing the same author on our posts; only
the QUIC NodeId changes. A one-shot reconnect-churn on upgrade, then
back to normal.
Storage:
- Drop seed_posting_identity_from_network (v0.6.0-specific helper)
- Add count_posting_identities()
Node::open_with_bind:
- Load identity.key (network secret — network-only from now on)
- Ensure posting_identities has at least one entry; if empty, generate
an INDEPENDENT random posting key as the default
- Detect default-posting-key == network-key collision and rotate
identity.key, logging the migration
- default_posting_id / default_posting_secret resolved from storage
Decrypt:
- decrypt_posts now takes &[PostingIdentity] and tries each held
persona as a recipient candidate. Past DMs to any persona on this
device (including ones added via Import as personas) decrypt
correctly. Callers pre-load list_posting_identities() alongside
group_seeds.
- decrypt_just_created looks up the author's specific posting identity
rather than assuming the default.
Profile broadcasts (wire-level privacy):
- Profile stays keyed by network NodeId — the field is load-bearing
for N1/N2/N3 social routing (anchors/recent_peers/preferred_peers
feed build_preferred_tree_for and peer-anchor reachability lookup).
- But push_profile and InitialExchange now STRIP display_name, bio,
and avatar_cid before sending, via new
PublicProfile::sanitized_for_network_broadcast(). A name attached to
the network id would correlate the QUIC endpoint to a human. Until
v0.6.2 introduces persona-signed profile posts, peers display
authors as hex.
Auto-follow only the default posting id (network id is never an
author, following it would be dead weight).
All 111 core tests pass.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Users can now hold multiple posting identities on one device and
publish content under any of them. Each persona has its own ed25519
key; peers see them as distinct authors with no link back to the
device's network identity.
Node methods:
- list_posting_identities() -> Vec<PostingIdentity>
- create_posting_identity(display_name) — generates a fresh ed25519
key, persists, auto-follows self
- delete_posting_identity(node_id) — refuses to delete the default
- set_default_posting_identity(node_id) — validates identity exists;
Node's cached default_posting_id/secret picks up on next restart
- create_post_as(posting_id, content, intent, attachments) — routes
through a shared create_post_inner that takes posting_id +
posting_secret as parameters
Post creation pipeline:
- create_post_with_visibility now delegates to create_post_inner
using default_posting_id/secret
- create_post_inner threads posting_id / posting_secret through
every content-signing, encryption, manifest, blob-header, and
CDN-manifest step — the persona is fully honored end to end
- update_neighbor_manifests now takes a posting_id param too, so
posts from persona X only update neighbor manifests for X's own
prior posts
Tauri IPC:
- list_posting_identities / create_posting_identity /
delete_posting_identity / set_default_posting_identity
- create_post_as with posting_id_hex + the same visibility params
as create_post
CLI:
- personas / create-persona <name> / delete-persona <id>
- post-as <posting_id> <text>
Smoke-tested two-persona scenario:
- A creates "Work" persona; posts from default and Work
- B follows both; pulls from A; gets all three posts
- Authors are AB84BA... (Work) and 7CD949... (default) — distinct
on the wire
Frontend UX (Settings > Personas, compose picker, filter pills,
merged feed labels) is scoped as a separate commit.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Decouple the signing identity from the network identity. This phase
ships the plumbing only — every device still has exactly one posting
identity, copied from the network key on first 0.6.3 launch so all
existing signed content keeps verifying. Phase 5 builds the
multi-persona UX on top.
Types:
- New PostingIdentity struct: { node_id, secret_seed, display_name,
created_at }
Storage:
- New posting_identities(node_id, secret_seed, display_name,
created_at) table
- Methods: upsert / get / list / delete posting identities;
get/set default posting id (stored in settings)
- seed_posting_identity_from_network: idempotent migration inserts
the network key as the single posting identity and sets it default
on first 0.6.3 launch
Node:
- default_posting_id + default_posting_secret fields populated on
startup via the migration
- All content signing / encryption / key wrapping now uses
default_posting_secret; the old Node.secret_seed field is gone
(iroh holds the network secret internally)
- author field on all locally-created content is now
default_posting_id (equal to node_id for upgraders until Phase 5
introduces separate personas)
- Auto-follow-self covers both network_id and default_posting_id
(same in 0.6.3, may diverge in 0.6.4+)
Export/import:
- Bundle now includes posting_identities.json in
IdentityOnly / PostsWithIdentity / Everything scopes
- restore_posting_identities(zip, storage) reads and upserts on
import
Smoke-tested:
- Fresh 0.6.3 install: posting_identities seeded from network key;
default set; new post's author = default_posting_id = network_id
- Two-node pull sync: B pulls A's post, signature verifies across
the wire
- 111 core tests pass
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The file_holders table is now the only tracker of per-file peer
relationships. post_upstream, post_downstream, blob_upstream, and
blob_downstream are dropped at first launch after the seed migration
copies any existing entries.
Schema:
- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS on all four legacy tables after seeding
- Seed migration guards with sqlite_master table_exists check so fresh
installs don't crash trying to read non-existent sources
- Remove CREATE TABLE statements for the four tables from init
- Remove Protocol v4 Phase 6 post_upstream priority migration (dead)
- Remove blob_upstream preferred_tree column migration (dead)
Rust:
- Remove add/get/remove post_upstream, post_downstream,
blob_upstream, blob_downstream methods
- Remove get_blob_upstream_preferred_tree / update variant
- Rewrite get_eviction_candidates's downstream_count subquery to
count file_holders entries
- Rewrite apply_delete's cascade cleanup to clear file_holders
instead of post_upstream/post_downstream
- cleanup_cdn_for_blob now clears file_holders for the CID
Callers:
- All dual-write sites in connection.rs and node.rs now do
touch_file_holder only (legacy writes removed)
- get_stale_manifests replaced with get_stale_manifest_cids; caller
in node.rs picks a refresh source from file_holders
Tests:
- Remove blob_upstream_crud, blob_downstream_crud_and_limit,
blob_upstream_preferred_tree, remove_blob_upstream,
post_downstream_crud
- Add file_holders_lru_cap and file_holders_direction_promotion tests
All 110 core tests passing. Workspace compiles clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Switch ALL propagation-decision reads to the flat holder set.
push_manifest_to_downstream now targets file_holders instead of
blob_downstream. ManifestPush receive-side relay likewise — known
holders fan out to up to 5 most-recent peers instead of a directional
tree.
Blob delete notices: single flat fan-out to file_holders; the legacy
upstream_node tree-healing field is emitted as None (wire-stable via
serde default) and ignored on receive — the post-0.6 flat model
doesn't need sender-role distinction. send_blob_delete_notices keeps
its Option<&Upstream> parameter as an unused placeholder for signature
stability with the call sites in this commit.
Other reads migrated:
- blob fetch cascade: step 2 now tries "known holders" (up to 5)
instead of a single upstream
- manifest refresh: downstream_count reported from file_holder_count
- web/http post holder enumeration
- Worm search post/blob holder fallback (both connection.rs paths)
- DeleteRecord fan-out rewires to file_holders
- Under-replication replication check: < 2 holders
Storage additions:
- get_file_holder_count(file_id)
- remove_file_holder(file_id, peer_id)
Legacy upstream/downstream writes are still happening from Phase 2b;
those + the tables themselves go in 2e.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
propagate_engagement_diff now targets the post's flat holder set (up to
5 most-recent) instead of the post_downstream directional tree. The
holder set naturally subsumes the old upstream+downstream partition, so
the separate "also send to upstreams" loops at each engagement call
site are removed (reactions, comments, comment edit/delete, receipt
slots, comment slots).
handle_blob_header_diff on receive:
- records the sending peer as a file holder (an engagement exchange is
proof the peer holds the post)
- re-propagates to the holder set minus the sender
Writes to post_upstream / post_downstream still occur from Phase 2b
(dual-write); those and the legacy tables will be removed in 2e.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Populate the flat holder set alongside every existing post_upstream /
post_downstream / blob_upstream / blob_downstream write so that read
paths can be switched over in the next commit without losing continuity.
Events wired:
- Pull sync receive (3 paths in connection.rs)
- PostPush receive (public posts only after Phase 1)
- PostFetch via notification (discovery pull)
- PostDownstreamRegister
- Replication accept (downstream) + replication-driven pull (upstream)
- Attachment upstream recorded after replication blob fetch
- ManifestPush receive (remote is a CID holder)
- ManifestPush send (downstream peer becomes CID holder)
- Blob fetch fallback (upstream lateral sources)
Direction is tracked as Received vs Sent. Not load-bearing for routing;
retained for future use. LRU cap of 5 enforced on every touch.
Legacy upstream/downstream writes remain in place; they'll go away
together with the table drops at the end of this phase.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Encrypted posts now propagate only via the CDN (ManifestPush + neighbor
header updates), eliminating the sender→recipient traffic signal on the
wire. Encrypted DMs are indistinguishable from any other encrypted post.
- Remove push_post_to_recipients entirely from network.rs
- Remove call sites in create_post and re-encrypt-on-revoke
- PostPush handler now ignores non-public visibility (kept for public
audience push path)
Known gap: non-follower DMs won't reach until Phase 3 (merged pull +
recipient-match). Followers receive via the existing CDN path — new
posts trigger neighbor-manifest updates, ManifestPush fans out to
downstream holders, recipients pull missing post IDs from followed
authors.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Feed pagination:
- Cursor-based pagination: get_feed_page/get_all_posts_page (20 posts/page)
- Batched engagement queries (3 bulk SQL queries instead of 4 per post)
- IntersectionObserver for infinite scroll (sentinel at midpoint)
- Viewport-based media loading (blobs only load when post enters view)
- Pre-fetch next page immediately after current page renders
Duplicate identity detection:
- Anchor detects when a NodeId is already mesh-connected during initial
exchange and sets duplicate_active flag in response
- Client skips sync tasks when duplicate detected
- Frontend shows red warning banner
Privacy:
- Fixed pkarr leak: clear_address_lookup() removes default dns.iroh.link
publishing. Only mDNS (local network) discovery enabled.
Android:
- SAF integration via tauri-plugin-android-fs: exports open native "Save As"
dialog so users can save to Downloads/Drive/etc.
- Download/export paths use app data dir on Android (writable)
- File picker gated behind desktop cfg (blocking_pick not on Android)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Node::open_with_bind no longer runs bootstrap (anchor connect, NAT
probe, referrals). New run_bootstrap() method called from background
task after UI is live.
- Background tasks (pull cycle, diff cycle, etc.) start after bootstrap
completes, not during block_on.
- Feed no longer pre-loaded during welcome screen readiness check.
Ready button enables immediately after get_node_info succeeds.
- Feed loads on tab switch, not during startup.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Merge-with-key: decrypt exported posts using original identity seed, re-create
under current identity with prior_author in BlobHeader for provenance tracking.
Download page restructured with stable (v0.4.4) + beta (v0.5.0-beta) sections.
Version bumped across all crates.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Per-peer sync (People tab Sync button) now resets last_sync_ms to 0 so
the responder sends ALL posts, not just posts newer than last sync.
ManifestPush post discovery now fetches blobs alongside discovered posts
while the connection is live, instead of waiting for the next prefetch cycle.
Hole punch: filter_reachable_families() checks endpoint bound sockets and
removes addresses the local endpoint can't reach (IPv4-only won't try IPv6).
Applied to hole_punch_single, hole_punch_parallel, hole_punch_with_scanning.
Relay introduce paths switched from is_publicly_routable to is_shareable_addr
so LAN addresses (192.168.x.x) are included for same-WiFi hole punching.
is_shareable_addr made pub(crate).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Eliminate all conn_mgr lock holds during network I/O across 14 actor commands
and bi-stream handlers. PostFetch, TcpPunch, PullFromPeer, FetchEngagement,
ResolveAddress, AnchorProbe use brief locks for data gathering only. WormLookup,
ContentSearch, WormQuery use connection snapshots for lock-free cascade fan-out.
RelayIntroduce extracts forwarding data under brief lock, does I/O outside.
BlobRequest, PostFetchRequest, ManifestRefresh use Arc clones instead of conn_mgr
lock. ConnectionActor hoists shared Arcs (storage, blob_store, endpoint) for
lock-free access. ResolveAddress adds 5s per-query timeout (was unbounded).
Initial exchange failure now aborts mesh upgrade (was silently continuing with
broken connection). connect_to_peer/connect_to_anchor use consistent 15s timeout.
Rebalance connects outside the lock via pending_connects pattern.
StoragePool: 8 concurrent SQLite connections in WAL mode replace single
Mutex<Storage>. Reads run fully parallel; writes serialize at SQLite level only.
PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000 for graceful write contention.
Mobile bottom nav bar (<=768px) with icon tabs. Text sizes: XS/S/M/L/XL
(75%/100%/125%/150%/200%), default M. localStorage persistence for instant
restore. Toast repositioned above mobile nav.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Security:
- Reaction signatures: ed25519 sign/verify (sign_reaction, verify_reaction_signature)
Backward-compatible — unsigned reactions from old nodes still accepted
- Comment signature verification: verify_comment_signature now called on receipt
- Reaction removal authorization: only reactor or post author can remove
- BlobHeader author verification: lookup actual author from storage, don't trust payload
Lock contention (4 fixes):
- ManifestPush discovery: cm lock released before PostFetch I/O
- Pull request handler: load under lock, filter without lock, brief re-lock for is_deleted
- Pull sender: split into two brief locks (store posts, then batch upstream+sync)
- Engagement checker: batch all chunk results, single lock for writes
Data cleanup:
- Post deletion cleans post_downstream, post_upstream, seen_engagement tables
- Added TODO-hardening.md documenting remaining DOS/security/lock/data issues
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Encrypted slots in BlobHeader:
- Private posts get noise-prefilled receipt slots (64B, 1 per participant)
and comment slots (256B, ceil(participants/3), expandable)
- Slot key derived from post CEK via BLAKE3 — only participants can read
- CDN relays propagate opaque encrypted bytes without decryption
- 3 new BlobHeaderDiffOps: WriteReceiptSlot, WriteCommentSlot, AddCommentSlots
Receipt system:
- States: empty(0), delivered(1), seen(2), reacted(3)
- Slot index = position in sorted participant NodeId list
- Author can pre-feed emoji reaction at creation time
- 6 new crypto tests for slot encrypt/decrypt/derivation
Node methods:
- write_receipt_slot, write_comment_slot with upstream+downstream propagation
- read_receipt_slots, read_comment_slots with CEK-based decryption
- get_post_cek_and_participants helper for both Encrypted and GroupEncrypted
IPC: write_message_receipt, write_message_comment, get_message_receipts,
get_message_comments
Frontend:
- DM chat bubbles show delivery indicators (check → double → blue → emoji)
- Opening conversation auto-marks incoming messages as seen
- React button on messages with emoji prompt
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Comment edit & delete:
- EditComment/DeleteComment BlobHeaderDiffOps with upstream+downstream propagation
- Trust-based: comment author can edit/delete, post author can delete
- Storage: edit_comment(), delete_comment() methods
- Frontend: inline edit (Enter/Escape), delete with confirm
Native notifications:
- tauri-plugin-notification for system notifications on all platforms
- Triggers for messages, new posts, reactions, and comments
- notif_reacts setting added, button-group toggles replace dropdowns
- _notifReady flag prevents startup spam
Protocol hardening:
- BlobHeaderDiffOp::Unknown variant with #[serde(other)] for forward compatibility
- Old nodes silently skip unknown ops instead of crashing
UI fixes:
- Self removed from Following list
- Offline follows in lightbox popup (auto-show if no one online)
- Sent DMs filtered from My Posts
- Comment threading scoped to closest .post (fixes duplicate ID issue)
- Select dropdown text legible in WebKitGTK (black on white options)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
