docs(adr): 094 — per-identity channel cap as DoS defense
ADR-076 framed the per-connection max_channels=256 cap as the DoS defense, but a peer can open an unbounded number of transport connections, so a per-connection cap bounds a connection's reassembly-buffer cost, not a peer's total channels. The only coherent unit for a channel DoS defense is the identity. ADR-094 records the corrected design: a ChannelLifecyclePolicy trait in channels-call (where the identity is already on OperationContext), consulted by the channel/open handler (after AccessControl::check, before allocation) and the channel/close handler (after the drain completes). Default is PerIdentityChannelPolicy::new(256) — 256 per PeerId across all the peer's connections, shared via Arc across every channels connection a peer accepts. The cap is a peer concern (not hub-specific), symmetric (both sides enforce), and lives in channels-call because the channels layer is auth-blind by design (ADR-075) — that is what makes it WASM-compatible, transport-agnostic, and ALPN-blind. For the hub-relay path (ADR-079), the spoke sees the hub as the direct caller (ADR-032 — forwarded_for is metadata, not authority, for the cap as for AccessControl::check), so the spoke caps the hub, not the browser. A spoke serving a high-fan-out hub sets the hub peer's cap higher via with_per_identity_caps — the spoke's own policy, not the hub's. Recursive channels do not bypass the cap (the same policy can be wired into the inner ChannelOperations). ADR-076 is amended: the per-connection max_channels is reframed as a per-connection memory bound (still returns channel:too_many_channels when hit), the "DoS defense summary" table is removed, and the "per-connection, not per-peer" line (the channels layer confessing a hole and hoping the layer above would fill it) is corrected. Spec docs updated to reference ADR-094: channel-operations.md gains a "Per-identity channel cap" section (trait, default, enforcement point, relay consequence, recursion); channels-adapter.md adds the policy check as step 3 of the channel/open handler and the decrement in channel/close; hub README adds the channel_policy field on Hub, the with_channel_policy builder, a dedicated subsection, and the inbound-peer-vs-hub-as-caller distinction; channels/README.md adds ADR-094 to the Applicable ADRs table and a 9th Key Design Principle; docs/architecture/README.md adds a Current State note and the ADR table row.
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| [073](../../decisions/073-channel-lifecycle-operations.md) | Channel Lifecycle Operations on the Call Protocol | `channel/open`/`close`/`control`/`resources/subscribe`; `direction` semantics; subscribe not poll |
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| [074](../../decisions/074-channelconnection-bidistreamsource.md) | ChannelConnection — BidiStreamSource over Chunk Reassembly | Per-channel `BidiStreamSource` impl; `accept_bi` yields `BiStream` (amended by ADR-093 — `into_sub_streams` removed) |
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| [075](../../decisions/075-channelsadapter-and-channelmanager.md) | ChannelsAdapter and ChannelManager | Substrate-agnostic demux loop; REQ-CH-01..04 contracts |
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| [076](../../decisions/076-backpressure-channel-limits-id-reuse.md) | Backpressure, Channel Limits, and ID Reuse | Bounded-buffer (1 MiB default), 256-channel cap, monotonic IDs with wrap |
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| [076](../../decisions/076-backpressure-channel-limits-id-reuse.md) | Backpressure, Channel Limits, and ID Reuse | Bounded-buffer (1 MiB default), 256-channel per-connection memory bound, monotonic IDs with wrap (DoS defense reframed by ADR-094) |
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| [094](../../decisions/094-per-identity-channel-cap.md) | Per-Identity Channel Cap | 256 per `PeerId`, enforced via `ChannelLifecyclePolicy` in `channels-call`; per-connection `max_channels` reframed as a memory bound; symmetric (both sides enforce); spoke caps hub (direct caller), not browser (forwarded_for is metadata) |
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| [077](../../decisions/077-tty-inside-channels.md) | TTY Inside Channels — Sub-Streams, Not Wire Format | TTY's two modes (direct vs channels); TTY always uses its 5-byte format, carried transparently in the channels payload |
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| [078](../../decisions/078-two-pump-shutdown-on-completion.md) | Two-Pump Shutdown-on-Completion Pattern | The two-pump deadlock contract; handler-level, not channels-layer |
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| [079](../../decisions/079-hub-relay-translate-not-forward.md) | Hub Relay — Translate, Not Transparently Forward | The hub translates channel 0, byte-forwards data channels with ID rewrite |
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channels are byte-forwarded with `channel_id` rewrite (a 4-byte rewrite
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within the 8-byte header). This preserves the auth model. See ADR-079.
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9. **The channel cap is per-identity, not per-connection.** A channel
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slot is a resource; the cap on how many an identity may hold open is
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a quota check, parallel to `OwnershipProvider::owns` (ADR-050) for
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spawned resources. The cap lives in `channels-call` (the channels
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layer is auth-blind by ADR-075 — no identity, no scopes), consulted
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by the `channel/open` and `channel/close` handlers after
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`AccessControl::check`. The default is `PerIdentityChannelPolicy::
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new(256)` — 256 per `PeerId` across all the peer's connections. The
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per-connection `max_channels` (ADR-076) is a memory bound, not a
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DoS defense. The cap is symmetric (both sides enforce); the spoke
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caps the hub as direct caller, not the browser as `forwarded_for`
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(metadata, not authority — ADR-032). See ADR-094.
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## References
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- `docs/research/alknet-channels/phase-0-findings.md` — Phase 0 research
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