docs(http): add ADR-043 WebTransport bidirectional ALPN substrate; fix spec drift from mid-spec pivot
A consistency review of the alknet-http specs found two classes of
issues: internal contradictions from the mid-spec pivot (the to_openapi
gateway pattern landed in prose but not in cross-references), and a
systematic client→server assumption that only holds for the OpenAPI/MCP
case leaking into the WebTransport architecture.
Class 1 (internal contradictions):
- C1: to_openapi was half-refactored — body described the ADR-042
gateway pattern but the decisions table and ADR-036 still said
'paths mirror /{service}/{op}'. ADR-036's to_openapi clause is now
amended as superseded by ADR-042; the stale decisions row and README
Principle 2 are fixed.
- C2: the axum Router route list didn't include the 5 gateway endpoints
(/search, /schema, /call, /batch, /subscribe). Added them; clarified
/openapi.json as the gateway description doc; added gateway paths to
the decoy exclusion list.
- C3: ADR-034 §5 still talked about the 'h3/WebTransport deferral
bucket' that ADR-038 eliminated. Amended §5/Consequences/References
to drop the deferral framing (the auth-model decision stands; only
the 'when' wording was stale).
Class 2 (one-way direction assumption):
- C4/C5/C6: the WebTransport specs framed the session as browser→hub
one-way, when the call protocol is bidirectional and WebTransport is
a general ALPN transport substrate. New ADR-043 reframes WebTransport
as a bidirectional ALPN transport substrate (call protocol is the
first/canonical target; needs no WASM parser), names the call
protocol's bidirectionality over WebTransport sessions, and states
the inbound no-PeerId connection-local overlay as the mirror of
ADR-034 §2. webtransport.md is updated to reflect this framing;
ADR-040 is repositioned (not superseded) as the substrate's non-call-
ALPN mechanism.
- C7: the HTTP/1.1+HTTP/2 surface's one-directionality is now named as
a lossy consequence of HTTP request/response; WebTransport is named
as the surface that restores the bidirectional call model.
- C8: overview.md acknowledges the from/to direction model is
OpenAPI/MCP-specific, not a call-protocol property.
A review subagent pass on ADR-043 + webtransport.md found no critical
issues; warnings W1-W3 (residual browser-as-subject framing, ADR-009
rationale in spec, opening abstract tone) and suggestions S2/S4/S5
were addressed.
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@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ headers, streaming, SSE), so they belong in one crate. See
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[ADR-039](../../decisions/039-http-server-and-client-host-colocated.md)
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for the colocation decision.
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A note on the "from/to" direction model: the `from_openapi`/`to_openapi`
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and `from_mcp`/`to_mcp` adapters are *inherently directional* because
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OpenAPI and MCP are client/server protocols — one side serves, the
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other calls. That directionality is a property of those protocols, not
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of the call protocol itself. The call protocol is bidirectional (see
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[../call/call-protocol.md](../call/call-protocol.md) §"Bidirectional
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Calls": both sides can initiate calls). The HTTP/1.1 + HTTP/2 surface
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inherits HTTP's request/response constraint and projects the call
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protocol one-directionally (client→server calls only — see
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[http-server.md](http-server.md) §"One-directional projection").
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WebTransport (`h3`) is the HTTP-family transport that restores the
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call protocol's native bidirectionality — it is a transport substrate
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for the call protocol (and, via the ALPN-stream-proxy, for any ALPN),
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not a browser→hub one-way path. See [webtransport.md](webtransport.md)
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and ADR-043. The "from/to" naming of the OpenAPI/MCP adapters should not
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be read as a statement about the call protocol's directionality; it is
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a statement about OpenAPI's and MCP's directionality.
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## Dependencies
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```
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@@ -205,9 +223,10 @@ verified against this invariant. See ADR-014 and
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| MCP stdio transport exclusion | [ADR-037](../../decisions/037-mcp-stdio-transport-exclusion.md) | Streamable HTTP only; stdio is not built (RCE vector) |
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| HTTP/3 + WebTransport first-class | [ADR-038](../../decisions/038-http3-and-webtransport-as-first-class.md) | `h3` in scope, not deferred; browser streaming uses QUIC streams |
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| HTTP server + client host colocated | [ADR-039](../../decisions/039-http-server-and-client-host-colocated.md) | One crate for server + adapters (shared HTTP deps, shared mapping) |
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| WebTransport ALPN-stream-proxy | [ADR-040](../../decisions/040-webtransport-alpn-stream-proxy.md) | Browser → WebTransport stream → any ALPN handler (SSH, git, SFTP) via WASM parser |
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| WebTransport ALPN-stream-proxy | [ADR-040](../../decisions/040-webtransport-alpn-stream-proxy.md) | The substrate's mechanism for non-call ALPNs (SSH, git, SFTP) — browser → WebTransport stream → target ALPN handler via WASM parser |
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| `to_mcp` tool-gateway pattern | [ADR-041](../../decisions/041-mcp-tool-gateway-pattern.md) | 4 fixed gateway tools (search/schema/call/batch), not one tool per operation |
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| `to_openapi` gateway pattern | [ADR-042](../../decisions/042-openapi-gateway-pattern.md) | 5 fixed gateway endpoints (search/schema/call/batch/subscribe); per-caller AccessControl-filtered |
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| WebTransport bidirectional ALPN substrate | [ADR-043](../../decisions/043-webtransport-bidirectional-alpn-substrate.md) | WebTransport carries ALPNs as bidirectional streams; call protocol is the first target; both sides can initiate calls; non-peer clients use a connection-local overlay |
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| `alknet-call` is protocol-foundation | [ADR-003](../../decisions/003-crate-decomposition.md) Am. 1 | `alknet-http` depends on `alknet-call` (types, not peer handler) |
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| Bearer auth via `resolve_from_token` | [ADR-004](../../decisions/004-auth-as-shared-core.md) | HTTP handler credential source + resolution (settled) |
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| Stealth mode = HTTP handler on standard ALPNs | [ADR-010](../../decisions/010-alpn-router-and-endpoint.md) | Decoy for unknown paths (settled) |
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