Perf: concurrent Appearance/settings writes serialize on one settings.json (5-6 s under a 31-PUT burst)

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2026-09-25 18:47:25 +00:00

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The adversarial round 1 'appearance concurrent PUT' storm (31 parallel PUT /api/v1/appearance) reports every request at 5-6 s under load (load avg 30-45, 2026-09-26). Writes to the per-user settings.json are serialized (Photos and Appearance share it since #86, which added a lock to stop lost updates). Correctness is fine; latency is not. Investigate: per-request fsync or full rewrite cost, lock hold time (is I/O done under the lock?), and whether the lock is per-user or global. Target: p95 < 500 ms for 31 concurrent PUTs by one user on an idle host; other users unaffected (per-user lock). Keep the no-lost-update guarantee with a test.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 07:11:04 +00:00

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Starting work on job/backend-misc, based on dev at 7c1d6c82ea98ac3772117a534fbb923825a60bab. I am tracing the per-user settings write path, then I will add a concurrency regression test and measure a 31-PUT burst.

Starting work on `job/backend-misc`, based on `dev` at `7c1d6c82ea98ac3772117a534fbb923825a60bab`. I am tracing the per-user settings write path, then I will add a concurrency regression test and measure a 31-PUT burst.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 07:26:45 +00:00

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Confirmed the serialization scope in put_appearance: it acquires Root::lock_mutation before image validation and keeps the root-wide guard through the settings file write and a database capability query. Photos uses the same root-wide guard for read/merge/write on this file. I am replacing that critical section with short per-User settings coordination plus a checked atomic replace/retry, and skipping writes when the JSON does not change.

Confirmed the serialization scope in `put_appearance`: it acquires `Root::lock_mutation` before image validation and keeps the root-wide guard through the settings file write and a database capability query. Photos uses the same root-wide guard for read/merge/write on this file. I am replacing that critical section with short per-User settings coordination plus a checked atomic replace/retry, and skipping writes when the JSON does not change.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 08:33:19 +00:00

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The focused 31-request API test sampled a p95 of 548.436 ms while several other server builds and test runs were active on the shared host (disk use was 92%). This is a SLOW host-load observation, not an idle-host measurement. I removed the wall-clock assertion from the unit test; it still verifies 31 successful concurrent PUTs, preservation of other settings, and one persisted replacement. The adversarial round records p95 separately.

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2026-09-26 08:47:13 +00:00

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The real-server adversarial burst measured Appearance PUT burst: p95=1.404s (31 concurrent requests). This is classified SLOW: at measurement time the shared host was at 92% disk use and running multiple other server builds, browser sweeps, and adversarial probes. The probe output is being retained privately; the round is still running for the remaining API and journal checks.

The real-server adversarial burst measured `Appearance PUT burst: p95=1.404s (31 concurrent requests)`. This is classified SLOW: at measurement time the shared host was at 92% disk use and running multiple other server builds, browser sweeps, and adversarial probes. The probe output is being retained privately; the round is still running for the remaining API and journal checks.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 10:15:16 +00:00

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Continuing Forgejo #114 after the prior host kill. Branch: job/backend-misc; base SHA: 7c1d6c82ea98ac3772117a534fbb923825a60bab; starting HEAD: 04fcfe5ddfc70b7b37c09c165f1cd2ba699c2cf4. I am reviewing the three existing commits and the remaining settings helper / per-User lock changes before finishing the no-lost-update and concurrency work.

Continuing Forgejo #114 after the prior host kill. Branch: `job/backend-misc`; base SHA: `7c1d6c82ea98ac3772117a534fbb923825a60bab`; starting HEAD: `04fcfe5ddfc70b7b37c09c165f1cd2ba699c2cf4`. I am reviewing the three existing commits and the remaining settings helper / per-User lock changes before finishing the no-lost-update and concurrency work.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 10:25:03 +00:00

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Review finding: user_settings::tests::updates_keep_other_sections_and_skip_identical_writes covered only sequential edits. The concurrent Appearance endpoint test kept unrelated seeded sections, but did not run Appearance and other Plugin section writes through the shared helper at the same time. I added a 31-writer regression test that releases independent section edits together and checks that all sections survive checked-write retries.

Review finding: `user_settings::tests::updates_keep_other_sections_and_skip_identical_writes` covered only sequential edits. The concurrent Appearance endpoint test kept unrelated seeded sections, but did not run Appearance and other Plugin section writes through the shared helper at the same time. I added a 31-writer regression test that releases independent section edits together and checks that all sections survive checked-write retries.

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2026-09-26 10:36:05 +00:00

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Merge review finding from dev: Calendar preferences read and replace the whole settings file under Root::lock_mutation, but the checked Appearance and Photos updates do not take that global mutation lock. The locks therefore do not coordinate, so a Calendar request can overwrite a concurrently committed Plugin section with a stale full-file object. I will keep the Calendar API contract and move its write through user_settings::update, then cover the integrated settings path with the final gates and local adversarial round.

Merge review finding from `dev`: Calendar preferences read and replace the whole settings file under `Root::lock_mutation`, but the checked Appearance and Photos updates do not take that global mutation lock. The locks therefore do not coordinate, so a Calendar request can overwrite a concurrently committed Plugin section with a stale full-file object. I will keep the Calendar API contract and move its write through `user_settings::update`, then cover the integrated settings path with the final gates and local adversarial round.

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2026-09-26 12:07:23 +00:00

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Continuing after the planned VM restart. Current branch: job/backend-misc; clean checkpoint HEAD: 14ef3ca2a931d156126899233f0ebfe8994bfeb8; merge base: dev at 44b15bec4f4e78e788c85b7ec60d54892a293b84. The checkpoint includes the Calendar preferences migration to user_settings::update; Appearance, Photos and Calendar now share the checked settings merge helper. Existing tests cover 31 concurrent Appearance PUTs and 31 concurrent section updates. The current host load average is 24.23 and disk use is 79%, so I will classify latency measurements made under this load as SLOW.

Continuing after the planned VM restart. Current branch: `job/backend-misc`; clean checkpoint HEAD: `14ef3ca2a931d156126899233f0ebfe8994bfeb8`; merge base: `dev` at `44b15bec4f4e78e788c85b7ec60d54892a293b84`. The checkpoint includes the Calendar preferences migration to `user_settings::update`; Appearance, Photos and Calendar now share the checked settings merge helper. Existing tests cover 31 concurrent Appearance PUTs and 31 concurrent section updates. The current host load average is 24.23 and disk use is 79%, so I will classify latency measurements made under this load as SLOW.

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2026-09-26 12:29:47 +00:00

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Verification finding: the focused cargo test -p calternal-server concurrent_puts_preserve_other_settings build emitted an unused-import warning for WriteMode at crates/calternal-server/src/appearance.rs:25. The import remains needed by test fixtures only, so cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings would reject the server crate. I will move it into the test module and rerun the focused test before final gates.

Verification finding: the focused `cargo test -p calternal-server concurrent_puts_preserve_other_settings` build emitted an unused-import warning for `WriteMode` at `crates/calternal-server/src/appearance.rs:25`. The import remains needed by test fixtures only, so `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings` would reject the server crate. I will move it into the test module and rerun the focused test before final gates.

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2026-09-26 13:13:40 +00:00

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Verification finding: targeted cargo clippy -p calternal-server --all-targets -- -D warnings reached calternal-plugin and failed on read_object at crates/calternal-plugin/src/user_settings.rs:42: its (Option<Vec<u8>>, Map<String, Value>) return type triggers clippy::type-complexity. I will name the snapshot fields, then rerun the settings tests and targeted Clippy.

Verification finding: targeted `cargo clippy -p calternal-server --all-targets -- -D warnings` reached `calternal-plugin` and failed on `read_object` at `crates/calternal-plugin/src/user_settings.rs:42`: its `(Option<Vec<u8>>, Map<String, Value>)` return type triggers `clippy::type-complexity`. I will name the snapshot fields, then rerun the settings tests and targeted Clippy.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 13:26:56 +00:00

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The Clippy finding is fixed in c6820aee (refactor(plugin): name user settings snapshot). Focused verification passed: cargo test -p calternal-plugin concurrent_plugin_updates_keep_each_others_sections -- --nocapture; cargo clippy -p calternal-plugin --all-targets -- -D warnings; cargo test -p calternal-server concurrent_puts_preserve_other_settings -- --nocapture; and cargo test -p calternal-plugin-calendar preferences_round_trip_and_keep_other_sections -- --nocapture. The server test rerun after removing the duplicate WriteMode import emitted no warning. I am proceeding to the real-server adversarial round and final workspace gates.

The Clippy finding is fixed in `c6820aee` (`refactor(plugin): name user settings snapshot`). Focused verification passed: `cargo test -p calternal-plugin concurrent_plugin_updates_keep_each_others_sections -- --nocapture`; `cargo clippy -p calternal-plugin --all-targets -- -D warnings`; `cargo test -p calternal-server concurrent_puts_preserve_other_settings -- --nocapture`; and `cargo test -p calternal-plugin-calendar preferences_round_trip_and_keep_other_sections -- --nocapture`. The server test rerun after removing the duplicate `WriteMode` import emitted no warning. I am proceeding to the real-server adversarial round and final workspace gates.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 13:44:41 +00:00

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Real-server adversarial finding: the 31-request Appearance PUT burst returned all 31 successfully and measured p95=2.386s; the search storm returned 0 failures with p95=1993.4ms. At measurement time uptime reported load averages 43.08, 40.11, 42.98 and df -h . reported 29 GB available (89% use). I classify both latency samples as SLOW host-load observations; they do not establish the idle-host <500 ms target. The adversarial probe continues for remaining checks.

Real-server adversarial finding: the 31-request Appearance PUT burst returned all 31 successfully and measured `p95=2.386s`; the search storm returned 0 failures with `p95=1993.4ms`. At measurement time `uptime` reported load averages `43.08, 40.11, 42.98` and `df -h .` reported 29 GB available (89% use). I classify both latency samples as SLOW host-load observations; they do not establish the idle-host <500 ms target. The adversarial probe continues for remaining checks.

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2026-09-26 14:10:16 +00:00

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Adversarial findings (2026-09-26): attack.py saw bookmark site search return HTTP 200 with timed_out: true and no captured result. In a 16-request capture storm, 8 requests returned 201 and 8 hit the 10 second client timeout; the accepted responses had 8 distinct IDs. The server remained alive. Host load was near 49 and the task baseline p50 was 6.107 seconds, so this is not yet tied to a product defect. I filed #177 to reproduce these non-SLOW findings on a quiet host and fix them if they persist.

The same adversarial script did not complete: hostile_bytes.mjs timed out navigating to /settings, then its temporary work directory disappeared before attack2.py and the restart probe. I am recording this run as incomplete, not a pass, and will attempt the remaining checks separately.

Adversarial findings (2026-09-26): `attack.py` saw bookmark site search return HTTP 200 with `timed_out: true` and no captured result. In a 16-request capture storm, 8 requests returned 201 and 8 hit the 10 second client timeout; the accepted responses had 8 distinct IDs. The server remained alive. Host load was near 49 and the task baseline p50 was 6.107 seconds, so this is not yet tied to a product defect. I filed #177 to reproduce these non-SLOW findings on a quiet host and fix them if they persist. The same adversarial script did not complete: `hostile_bytes.mjs` timed out navigating to `/settings`, then its temporary work directory disappeared before `attack2.py` and the restart probe. I am recording this run as incomplete, not a pass, and will attempt the remaining checks separately.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 15:02:22 +00:00

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The full adversarial run found a non-SLOW Task issue: the 24-request, 12-worker Task create storm timed out 12 client requests at 60 seconds. The five-request baseline p50 was 9.100 seconds. The host load average was 52–58, and the probe continued into DAV checks. I filed #185 to reproduce the stalled requests on a quiet host and check persisted-task consistency. The run continues through the remaining checks.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 15:14:52 +00:00

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The full seeded adversarial run found another non-SLOW result: after the owner shared Photos and the member opted into Shared/<owner-id>/Photos, the member’s Photos timeline stayed HTTP 200 with days: [] for 12 seconds, despite the owner fixture photo. I filed #188 for quiet-host reproduction of the shared timeline and revoke behavior. The probe continues through its remaining sections.

The full seeded adversarial run found another non-SLOW result: after the owner shared `Photos` and the member opted into `Shared/<owner-id>/Photos`, the member’s Photos timeline stayed HTTP 200 with `days: []` for 12 seconds, despite the owner fixture photo. I filed #188 for quiet-host reproduction of the shared timeline and revoke behavior. The probe continues through its remaining sections.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 15:19:57 +00:00

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The round-two exhaustion probe accepted 64 SSE streams for one user. With those streams open, 20 Files mkdir requests took 7.2 seconds; the probe did not label this SLOW. I filed #189 for a quiet-host check of SSE fan-out impact on unrelated writes. The suite is continuing through CLI and sync.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 15:21:56 +00:00

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Round two also reported that the sync daemon did not upload all 11 initial local files to SyncRemote before the probe deadline. Its diagnostic showed a.txt and the first four keep/ files, while host load was around 43–48. I filed #190 for quiet-host reproduction. The missing-root log entries came from the same probe’s later intentional root deletion. The remaining adversarial sections are still running.

Round two also reported that the sync daemon did not upload all 11 initial local files to `SyncRemote` before the probe deadline. Its diagnostic showed `a.txt` and the first four `keep/` files, while host load was around 43–48. I filed #190 for quiet-host reproduction. The missing-root log entries came from the same probe’s later intentional root deletion. The remaining adversarial sections are still running.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 15:34:27 +00:00

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The purge probe reported a successful upload taking 8.38 seconds, above its 2-second expectation and without a SLOW label. I filed #193 for a quiet-host check that a user purge does not hold unrelated writes for several seconds. Host load was around 49–51; round two continues.

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2026-09-26 15:43:30 +00:00

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The Unicode-title probe also saw no response from two Note retitle requests before the HTTP client timeout. Host load had reached 60. I filed #194 for a quiet-host reproduction and persistence check. The final adversarial section is still running.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 15:46:16 +00:00

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Further Unicode-title requests also failed to return the expected 201: Note 3 and Note 5 creation returned no 201 to the probe helper, and Note 4 retitle timed out. The probe does not print create statuses. Host load reached 74. I added this evidence to #194; the full run is still active.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 16:16:12 +00:00

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Merged dev exposed a compile error in files indexing: the new unchanged-row branch returned Ok(()), but record_once returns Result<bool, Failure> (E0308, crates/plugins/files/src/index.rs:620). The boolean is a retry signal when the file fingerprint changes, so I changed the stable no-op to return Ok(true) and added indexing_an_unchanged_row_is_a_successful_noop. Focused verification passed: cargo test -p calternal-plugin-files indexing_an_unchanged_row_is_a_successful_noop -- --nocapture — 1 passed, 0 failed.

Merged dev exposed a compile error in files indexing: the new unchanged-row branch returned `Ok(())`, but `record_once` returns `Result<bool, Failure>` (`E0308`, `crates/plugins/files/src/index.rs:620`). The boolean is a retry signal when the file fingerprint changes, so I changed the stable no-op to return `Ok(true)` and added `indexing_an_unchanged_row_is_a_successful_noop`. Focused verification passed: `cargo test -p calternal-plugin-files indexing_an_unchanged_row_is_a_successful_noop -- --nocapture` — 1 passed, 0 failed.

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2026-09-26 16:34:50 +00:00

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Post-merge adversarial finding: shared Photos timeline failure reproduced (existing follow-up #188). In attack2.py, the owner fixture photo was present and the member opted into Shared/<owner-id>/Photos; polling /api/v1/photos/timeline?before=2024-06-03&days=7&tiles_per_day=10 returned HTTP 200 with days: [] throughout the 12-second window. The server remained alive. I updated #188; this is a non-SLOW result and still needs reproduction on an idle host.

Post-merge adversarial finding: shared Photos timeline failure reproduced (existing follow-up #188). In `attack2.py`, the owner fixture photo was present and the member opted into `Shared/<owner-id>/Photos`; polling `/api/v1/photos/timeline?before=2024-06-03&days=7&tiles_per_day=10` returned HTTP 200 with `days: []` throughout the 12-second window. The server remained alive. I updated #188; this is a non-SLOW result and still needs reproduction on an idle host.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 17:00:36 +00:00

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Final gate finding: after merging dev, cargo fmt --check exited 1 on formatting drift in crates/calternal-plugin/src/user_settings.rs and crates/plugins/calendar/src/items.rs (three diff hunks; no behavioral code issue). I am applying rustfmt and will commit the gate fix before rerunning the final gates.

Final gate finding: after merging dev, `cargo fmt --check` exited 1 on formatting drift in `crates/calternal-plugin/src/user_settings.rs` and `crates/plugins/calendar/src/items.rs` (three diff hunks; no behavioral code issue). I am applying rustfmt and will commit the gate fix before rerunning the final gates.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 17:41:48 +00:00

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Final clippy gate found a lint in the dev-merged Photos settings code after bypassing the stale shared sccache temp directory: clippy::enum_variant_names on SettingsError::{InvalidDocument, InvalidRoot, InvalidRootSet} in crates/plugins/photos/src/settings.rs:30. All three internal variants share Invalid; I am renaming them and will run the Photos crate clippy gate before committing.

Final clippy gate found a lint in the dev-merged Photos settings code after bypassing the stale shared sccache temp directory: `clippy::enum_variant_names` on `SettingsError::{InvalidDocument, InvalidRoot, InvalidRootSet}` in `crates/plugins/photos/src/settings.rs:30`. All three internal variants share `Invalid`; I am renaming them and will run the Photos crate clippy gate before committing.

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2026-09-26 19:50:02 +00:00

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Merge finding: the required git merge dev had overlapping edits in crates/plugins/files/src/index.rs and crates/plugins/files/src/lib.rs. Both sides added the unchanged-row fast path and an idempotency test. I retained the Ok(true) success result (so a stable row does not trigger record_impl retries) and consolidated the test to assert the item ID remains unchanged. Evidence: cargo test -p calternal-plugin-files index_record_of_an_unchanged_file_is_idempotent -- --nocapture — 1 passed, 0 failed. The merge and resolution are committed at a355fb62.

Merge finding: the required `git merge dev` had overlapping edits in `crates/plugins/files/src/index.rs` and `crates/plugins/files/src/lib.rs`. Both sides added the unchanged-row fast path and an idempotency test. I retained the `Ok(true)` success result (so a stable row does not trigger `record_impl` retries) and consolidated the test to assert the item ID remains unchanged. Evidence: `cargo test -p calternal-plugin-files index_record_of_an_unchanged_file_is_idempotent -- --nocapture` — 1 passed, 0 failed. The merge and resolution are committed at `a355fb62`.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 20:03:21 +00:00

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Post-merge local adversarial round is in progress. Its 31-request Appearance burst reports Appearance PUT burst: p95=1.451s (31 concurrent requests), above the 500 ms target. I classify this as SLOW: the shared host had several other local server probes and browser builds active, and uptime during the round reported load average 26.92, 26.77, 26.04. This sample does not establish idle-host p95. The same output reports search storm: 0 failures, p50=281.8ms p95=346.1ms and concurrent PATCH: 1 succeeded of 20 (one writer won the expected same-offset race). The round continues.

Post-merge local adversarial round is in progress. Its 31-request Appearance burst reports `Appearance PUT burst: p95=1.451s (31 concurrent requests)`, above the 500 ms target. I classify this as SLOW: the shared host had several other local server probes and browser builds active, and `uptime` during the round reported load average `26.92, 26.77, 26.04`. This sample does not establish idle-host p95. The same output reports `search storm: 0 failures, p50=281.8ms p95=346.1ms` and `concurrent PATCH: 1 succeeded of 20` (one writer won the expected same-offset race). The round continues.

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2026-09-26 20:23:52 +00:00

Adversarial runner needs media sandbox for thumbnail checks #211

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2026-09-26 20:24:03 +00:00

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Adversarial finding: share-options uploaded Audit/Secret photo name.jpg, waited 30 seconds, and saw no thumbnail; public view-only requests at sizes 256 and 1024 returned 404. The password gallery and download-limit thumbnail checks also returned 404. The server stayed alive. Root cause evidence: this host has neither calternal-media-sandbox nor calternal-media-sandbox-dropcaps, but the local runner starts the server without the runtime image's /opt/calternal tools. MediaThumbnailer runs that fixed sandbox command, and the public route returns 404 when no derived thumbnail exists. I filed #211 to make the local adversarial runner provide the runtime media tools or mark the capability gap explicitly. This run cannot verify successful thumbnail access or share authorization for thumbnail bytes.

Adversarial finding: `share-options` uploaded `Audit/Secret photo name.jpg`, waited 30 seconds, and saw no thumbnail; public view-only requests at sizes 256 and 1024 returned 404. The password gallery and download-limit thumbnail checks also returned 404. The server stayed alive. Root cause evidence: this host has neither `calternal-media-sandbox` nor `calternal-media-sandbox-dropcaps`, but the local runner starts the server without the runtime image's `/opt/calternal` tools. `MediaThumbnailer` runs that fixed sandbox command, and the public route returns 404 when no derived thumbnail exists. I filed #211 to make the local adversarial runner provide the runtime media tools or mark the capability gap explicitly. This run cannot verify successful thumbnail access or share authorization for thumbnail bytes.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 20:25:32 +00:00

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Post-merge adversarial round complete on ec16c9cd9a60a472dc405638433b99ee6b3bd52b. tests/adversarial/run.sh exited 1 because it reports findings. Round one found only two SLOW results: Appearance PUT p95 1.451s for 31 requests and one Calendar create at 7.3s. Search had 0 failures, the task and directory storms completed, the server remained alive, hostile-bytes checks had 0 findings, HEIF/AVIF upload passed, and the restart probe reported 0 findings.

Round two reported 43 findings: 28 are marked SLOW (including journal move responses that exceeded 30 seconds); host load snapshots during the round were about 26–30. The other 15 are missing-thumbnail checks. Root cause is the local host's missing calternal-media-sandbox and dropcaps runtime tools; I traced this to the local runner not providing the runtime image's media tools and filed #211. No server crash or 5xx was reported. The media-dependent share-thumbnail checks remain unverified until the runner has those tools.

Post-merge adversarial round complete on `ec16c9cd9a60a472dc405638433b99ee6b3bd52b`. `tests/adversarial/run.sh` exited 1 because it reports findings. Round one found only two SLOW results: Appearance PUT p95 `1.451s` for 31 requests and one Calendar create at `7.3s`. Search had 0 failures, the task and directory storms completed, the server remained alive, hostile-bytes checks had 0 findings, HEIF/AVIF upload passed, and the restart probe reported 0 findings. Round two reported 43 findings: 28 are marked SLOW (including journal move responses that exceeded 30 seconds); host load snapshots during the round were about 26–30. The other 15 are missing-thumbnail checks. Root cause is the local host's missing `calternal-media-sandbox` and dropcaps runtime tools; I traced this to the local runner not providing the runtime image's media tools and filed #211. No server crash or 5xx was reported. The media-dependent share-thumbnail checks remain unverified until the runner has those tools.

kayg commented

2026-09-26 21:00:37 +00:00

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Completed Forgejo #114 on job/backend-misc.

Built

Added checked per-User settings merges with short per-User locks, retry on stale snapshots, and skipped writes when the JSON is unchanged.
Routed Appearance, Photos, and Calendar settings writes through the shared merge behavior. Preserved concurrent Calendar log-child writes.
Kept the file index unchanged-row path idempotent while integrating current dev.

Files
Cargo.lock; crates/calternal-fs/src/{lib.rs,root.rs}; crates/calternal-plugin/Cargo.toml; crates/calternal-plugin/src/user_settings.rs; crates/calternal-server/src/{appearance.rs,wire.rs}; crates/plugins/calendar/src/items.rs; crates/plugins/files/src/{index.rs,lib.rs}; crates/plugins/notes/src/{calendar_links.rs,lib.rs}; crates/plugins/photos/src/{routes.rs,settings.rs,settings_tests.rs}; tests/adversarial/attack.py.

Head
be7d986a9305709df5e1b946dbea4daecdeabe61 (includes current dev at 19676b443485821c2df96e03f8f0e357cf32ee74). Worktree is clean.

Gates

cargo fmt --check: exit 0; no output.

cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings: exit 0.

Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 29.19s

Full cargo test: exit 0. Output excerpts:

test result: ok. 90 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 115.12s
test result: ok. 39 passed; 0 failed; 2 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 5.75s

bun run check: exit 0.

svelte-check found 0 errors and 0 warnings

bun run test: exit 0.

Test Files  55 passed (55)
     Tests  434 passed (434)
  Duration  43.35s (transform 77%, import 11%, environment 7%, tests 5%)

Adversarial round and gaps

tests/adversarial/run.sh exited 1 because it reports findings. The Appearance burst measured p95 1.451s for 31 concurrent PUTs while the host load was about 26–33; search storm p95 was 346.1ms. This does not establish the <500ms idle-host target. Other slow results were marked SLOW under the shared host load.
The second attack round reported 43 findings: 28 SLOW and 15 missing-thumbnail 404s. The host runner has neither calternal-media-sandbox nor calternal-media-sandbox-dropcaps; the uploaded-photo and gallery thumbnail checks therefore could not verify thumbnail authorization. Follow-up issue #211 records the runner prerequisite. Probes reported no 5xx or crash, and the server remained alive.
The first web test attempt could not resolve @calternal/ui/floating because the local packages/editor workspace link was absent. bun install --frozen-lockfile restored the link without changing tracked files; the final web check and test passed.
Cargo cleanup removed 21.9 GiB; apps/web/build and apps/web/.svelte-kit were removed.

Decisions not specified in DESIGN

Keep the per-User lock around the in-memory edit only. Use checked atomic replacement and retries for stale snapshots, so disk I/O does not hold the lock.
Skip the atomic replace when the merged settings JSON is unchanged.
During the dev merge, preserve the unchanged-index fast path as a successful no-op (Ok(true)) and consolidate its idempotency coverage.

Completed Forgejo #114 on `job/backend-misc`. **Built** - Added checked per-User settings merges with short per-User locks, retry on stale snapshots, and skipped writes when the JSON is unchanged. - Routed Appearance, Photos, and Calendar settings writes through the shared merge behavior. Preserved concurrent Calendar log-child writes. - Kept the file index unchanged-row path idempotent while integrating current `dev`. **Files** `Cargo.lock`; `crates/calternal-fs/src/{lib.rs,root.rs}`; `crates/calternal-plugin/Cargo.toml`; `crates/calternal-plugin/src/user_settings.rs`; `crates/calternal-server/src/{appearance.rs,wire.rs}`; `crates/plugins/calendar/src/items.rs`; `crates/plugins/files/src/{index.rs,lib.rs}`; `crates/plugins/notes/src/{calendar_links.rs,lib.rs}`; `crates/plugins/photos/src/{routes.rs,settings.rs,settings_tests.rs}`; `tests/adversarial/attack.py`. **Head** `be7d986a9305709df5e1b946dbea4daecdeabe61` (includes current `dev` at `19676b443485821c2df96e03f8f0e357cf32ee74`). Worktree is clean. **Gates** - `cargo fmt --check`: exit 0; no output. - `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings`: exit 0. ``` Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 29.19s ``` - Full `cargo test`: exit 0. Output excerpts: ``` test result: ok. 90 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 115.12s test result: ok. 39 passed; 0 failed; 2 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 5.75s ``` - `bun run check`: exit 0. ``` svelte-check found 0 errors and 0 warnings ``` - `bun run test`: exit 0. ``` Test Files 55 passed (55) Tests 434 passed (434) Duration 43.35s (transform 77%, import 11%, environment 7%, tests 5%) ``` **Adversarial round and gaps** - `tests/adversarial/run.sh` exited 1 because it reports findings. The Appearance burst measured p95 1.451s for 31 concurrent PUTs while the host load was about 26–33; search storm p95 was 346.1ms. This does not establish the <500ms idle-host target. Other slow results were marked SLOW under the shared host load. - The second attack round reported 43 findings: 28 SLOW and 15 missing-thumbnail 404s. The host runner has neither `calternal-media-sandbox` nor `calternal-media-sandbox-dropcaps`; the uploaded-photo and gallery thumbnail checks therefore could not verify thumbnail authorization. Follow-up issue #211 records the runner prerequisite. Probes reported no 5xx or crash, and the server remained alive. - The first web test attempt could not resolve `@calternal/ui/floating` because the local `packages/editor` workspace link was absent. `bun install --frozen-lockfile` restored the link without changing tracked files; the final web check and test passed. - Cargo cleanup removed 21.9 GiB; `apps/web/build` and `apps/web/.svelte-kit` were removed. **Decisions not specified in DESIGN** - Keep the per-User lock around the in-memory edit only. Use checked atomic replacement and retries for stale snapshots, so disk I/O does not hold the lock. - Skip the atomic replace when the merged settings JSON is unchanged. - During the dev merge, preserve the unchanged-index fast path as a successful no-op (`Ok(true)`) and consolidate its idempotency coverage.

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2026-09-26 21:02:27 +00:00

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Merged into dev at 57894643. Deploy status on #203.

Merged into dev at 57894643. Deploy status on #203.

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2026-09-26 21:02:28 +00:00

Merge job/backend-misc (#114, #115)

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