docs(arch): ConnectionCredentials decouples dial from call protocol (ADR-091) + migration plan cleanups

ADR-091: ConnectionCredentials — decouple the dial credential bundle
from the call protocol. CallCredentials (call-protocol-level, carries
auth_token) was being used as the dial's credential type, coupling the
dial to the call protocol. The auth_token is a hub-layer identity
correlation mechanism (browsers, alknet/register), not a transport
credential. ConnectionCredentials (transport-level: local_identity +
remote_identity) is the dial's credential bundle; all three dial
signatures unify on &ConnectionCredentials; dial_iroh's node_id
parameter is derived from remote_identity.fingerprint. CallCredentials
stays in alknet-call with auth_token. The shape is validated by the
future dial_ssh pattern (russh's check_server_key + authenticate_publickey
consume the same two dimensions).

Amends ADR-089 §3 (dial signatures) and §5 (move consequence), ADR-087
(input framing). Updates client/tls/call/core crate specs and the
extraction plan's Phase 0/3/4/5.

Migration plan cleanups (findings.md):
- Remove duplicated ordering-rationale bullets (copy-paste artifact)
- TL;DR: six phases -> seven (Phase 0 promoted); four compilable
  intermediate states -> each phase leaves workspace compilable
- Remove inline 'Wait — that's 10, not 8' self-correction; fix
  Category B header to (10 tests)
- Replace contradictory line ranges in Net Phase 5 test impact with
  name-based references
- Decide quinn feature fate: removed (not no-op)
- Note webpki-roots always-present per ADR-088 §5 in Phase 1 dep list
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|----------|--------|-------------|
| [overview.md](overview.md) | draft | Workspace-level overview, crate graph (core mono-repo scope per ADR-085), hub/worker model, shared types, design principles |
| [open-questions.md](open-questions.md) | draft | OQ index — theme-grouped tables + Deferred/Blocked section; per-OQ files in [`questions/`](questions/) |
| [crates/core/README.md](crates/core/README.md) | draft | alknet-core crate index — shared types + auth + config (endpoint extracted to `alknet-endpoint` per ADR-083 Am. 2026-07-15; `CallCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` moved here from `alknet-call` per ADR-089 §5) |
| [crates/core/README.md](crates/core/README.md) | draft | alknet-core crate index — shared types + auth + config (endpoint extracted to `alknet-endpoint` per ADR-083 Am. 2026-07-15; `ConnectionCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` moved here from `alknet-call` per ADR-091; `CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call`) |
| [crates/core/core-types.md](crates/core/core-types.md) | draft | ProtocolHandler, HandlerError, Connection (`Box<dyn BidiStreamSource>` — ADR-070), BidiStreamSource trait, BiStream, StreamError |
| [crates/core/endpoint.md](crates/core/endpoint.md) | deprecated | Endpoint spec — **moved to `alknet-endpoint`** (ADR-083 Am. 2026-07-15); see [`crates/endpoint/README.md`](crates/endpoint/README.md) |
| [crates/core/auth.md](crates/core/auth.md) | draft | AuthContext (incl. `anonymous` constructor), Identity, IdentityProvider, AuthToken, resolution flow |
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ adapter location map is now consistent: all HTTP-backed adapters
| [crates/vault/protocol.md](crates/vault/protocol.md) | stable | DerivedKey redaction, KeyType, serialization behavior |
| [crates/hub/README.md](crates/hub/README.md) | draft | alknet-hub crate — composes a subset of three endpoint types (web/native/iroh — ADR-086), channels substrate (ADR-079 relay), worker registration flow (OQ-58), identity over transports, aggregated peer env, connection lifecycle, service discovery |
| [crates/tls/README.md](crates/tls/README.md) | reviewed | alknet-tls crate — shared TLS config (`TlsServerConfig` + `TlsClientConfig`) shared across quinn + TCP+TLS + iroh; one cert, one ACME state machine, N transports; split ALPN lists per endpoint type (ADR-086, resolves OQ-62); `FingerprintPinVerifier` moved here from `alknet-call` (ADR-089 §5); `webpki-roots` fallback for empty platform stores (ADR-088 §5); fixes cert-reuse welding in `alknet-core/endpoint.rs` (ADR-082) |
| [crates/client/README.md](crates/client/README.md) | draft | alknet-client crate — the native client dial seam (`AlknetClient`), client-side analogue of `AlknetEndpoint`; three dials (QUIC + TCP+TLS via `TlsClientConfig`, iroh via key); optional SOCKS5 proxy (ADR-090 — UDP ASSOCIATE for QUIC, CONNECT for TCP+TLS, force-relay-only + HTTP-to-SOCKS5 bridge for iroh; OQ-67 resolved); produces `Connection` for `CallClient`/`ChannelClient` take-over; `CallClient::connect`/`ChannelClient::connect_quic` removed (dial centralized here); `alknet/register` named (wire protocol deferred, OQ-66) |
| [crates/client/README.md](crates/client/README.md) | draft | alknet-client crate — the native client dial seam (`AlknetClient`), client-side analogue of `AlknetEndpoint`; three dials (QUIC + TCP+TLS via `TlsClientConfig`, iroh via key) unified on `&ConnectionCredentials` (ADR-091); optional SOCKS5 proxy (ADR-090 — UDP ASSOCIATE for QUIC, CONNECT for TCP+TLS, force-relay-only + HTTP-to-SOCKS5 bridge for iroh; OQ-67 resolved); produces `Connection` for `CallClient`/`ChannelClient` take-over; `CallClient::connect`/`ChannelClient::connect_quic` removed (dial centralized here); `alknet/register` named (wire protocol deferred, OQ-66) |
| [crates/endpoint/README.md](crates/endpoint/README.md) | draft | alknet-endpoint crate — the server-side accept-loop runner (`AlknetEndpoint`), extracted from `alknet-core` (ADR-083 Am. 2026-07-15); takes pre-built transports via `with_quinn`/`with_iroh`/`with_tcp_tls`; public `dispatch` for SSH/WT; `EndpointError` removed (vestigial); handler crates no longer transitively link quinn/iroh |
| [crates/channels/README.md](crates/channels/README.md) | draft | alknet-channels crate — multiplexing proxy, 9-byte chunk format, N channels over one transport stream |
| [crates/channels/overview.md](crates/channels/overview.md) | draft | Crate purpose, the multiplexing collapse, dependencies, transport agnosticism, WASM, relationship to existing crates |
@@ -343,10 +343,11 @@ adapter location map is now consistent: all HTTP-backed adapters
| [084](decisions/084-aws-lc-rs-crypto-provider.md) | aws-lc-rs as the TLS Crypto Provider | Accepted |
| [085](decisions/085-workspace-scope-core-vs-consumer-repos.md) | Workspace Scope — Core vs. Consumer Repos | Accepted |
| [086](decisions/086-endpoint-types-and-entry-points.md) | Endpoint Types and Entry Points | Accepted |
| [087](decisions/087-tlsclientconfig-not-blocked-on-dial.md) | `TlsClientConfig` Not Blocked on Dial Seam | Accepted (§5 amended by ADR-089 — `FingerprintPinVerifier` moves to `alknet-tls`; `alknet-call` sheds TLS deps) |
| [087](decisions/087-tlsclientconfig-not-blocked-on-dial.md) | `TlsClientConfig` Not Blocked on Dial Seam | Accepted (§5 amended by ADR-089 — `FingerprintPinVerifier` moves to `alknet-tls`; `alknet-call` sheds TLS deps; input framing amended by ADR-091 — `ClientVerifierContext` derived from `ConnectionCredentials`, not `CallCredentials`) |
| [088](decisions/088-tlserror-shape.md) | `TlsError` Shape — Single Enum, Owned by `alknet-tls` | Accepted (§5 added — `webpki-roots` fallback when platform store is empty; §7 references ADR-089 for handshake-error surfacing) |
| [089](decisions/089-alknetclient-native-dial-seam.md) | AlknetClient — Native Client Dial Seam | Accepted (resolves OQ-55; `CallClient::connect` / `ChannelClient::connect_quic` removed; `CallCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` moved to `alknet-core`; `FingerprintPinVerifier` moved to `alknet-tls`; `ClientError` removed; `alknet-call` sheds TLS deps) |
| [089](decisions/089-alknetclient-native-dial-seam.md) | AlknetClient — Native Client Dial Seam | Accepted (resolves OQ-55; `CallClient::connect` / `ChannelClient::connect_quic` removed; §3/§5 amended by ADR-091 — dial takes `ConnectionCredentials`, not `CallCredentials`; `CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call`; `FingerprintPinVerifier` moved to `alknet-tls`; `ClientError` removed; `alknet-call` sheds TLS deps) |
| [090](decisions/090-client-dial-socks5-proxy-seam.md) | Client-Dial SOCKS5 Proxy Seam | Accepted (§5 amended 2026-07-16 — OQ-67 resolved: iroh force-relay-only + HTTP-to-SOCKS5 bridge) |
| [091](decisions/091-connectioncredentials-decouple-dial-from-call.md) | `ConnectionCredentials` — Decouple Dial Credentials from Call Protocol | Accepted (amends ADR-089 §3/§5 and ADR-087 input framing; dial takes `ConnectionCredentials` not `CallCredentials`; all three dial signatures unified; `dial_iroh`'s `node_id` derived from `remote_identity`; `auth_token` stays in call-protocol layer) |
## Open Questions
@@ -246,19 +246,43 @@ attribution, filtered by the calling peer's authorization). See
### Credential sources for connections
`CallCredentials` (now in `alknet-core`, moved from `alknet-call` per
ADR-089 §5 so the dial does not depend on the call protocol) carries
the three credential dimensions (ADR-017 §7). Credentials come from
`Capabilities` (ADR-014), never from environment variables. The three
credential dimensions (ADR-017 §7):
The credential dimensions are split across two layers (ADR-091):
- **`ConnectionCredentials`** (in `alknet-core`, moved from
`alknet-call` per ADR-091) — the **transport-level** credential
bundle, consumed by the dial (`AlknetClient`). Carries the two
transport-identity dimensions: `local_identity` (the local node's
`TlsIdentity`) and `remote_identity` (the expected fingerprint). The
dial does not depend on the call protocol for this type.
- **`CallCredentials`** (stays in `alknet-call`) — the
**call-protocol** credential bundle. The `auth_token` dimension
(ADR-017 §7) is a call-protocol / hub-layer concept: a bearer token
correlated to an identity via `IdentityProvider::resolve_from_token`,
used for browsers (no raw-key support) and `alknet/register` (no
prior peer relationship). It is a per-request field on
`call.requested` payloads, not a transport credential.
Credentials come from `Capabilities` (ADR-014), never from environment
variables. The three credential dimensions (ADR-017 §7):
```rust
pub struct CallCredentials {
pub tls_identity: Option<TlsIdentity>, // RFC 7250 raw key or X.509
pub auth_token: Option<AuthToken>, // call-protocol-level token
pub remote_identity: Option<RemoteIdentity>, // expected fingerprint/cert (None = CA path, see below)
// Transport-level (alknet-core, consumed by the dial — ADR-091)
pub struct ConnectionCredentials {
pub local_identity: Option<TlsIdentity>, // RFC 7250 raw key or X.509
pub remote_identity: Option<RemoteIdentity>, // expected fingerprint (None = CA path / fail-closed)
}
// Call-protocol-level (alknet-call — the auth_token stays here)
// The auth_token is set per-request on call.requested payloads, not
// carried by the dial.
```
`CallCredentials` retains `auth_token` (and may assemble from
`ConnectionCredentials` + `auth_token` at the take-over site, or the
caller provides `auth_token` per-request via `call_with_payload`). The
transport dimensions (`local_identity`, `remote_identity`) moved to
`ConnectionCredentials` in `alknet-core` per ADR-091.
/// Expected identity of the remote node (ADR-017 §7, extended by
/// ADR-034 §2). Carries a fingerprint string the assembly layer
/// derives from `Capabilities` when the local node has a `PeerEntry`
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@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ hiding the client's real IP from the hub.
```rust
impl AlknetClient {
/// QUIC dial. Builds a `TlsClientConfig` from `credentials`
/// QUIC dial. Builds a `TlsClientConfig` from `creds`
/// (ADR-034 verifier selection + ADR-084 provider), dials `addr`
/// on `alpn`, returns a `Connection` via
/// `Connection::from_quinn_with_alpn`. The `server_name` is the
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ impl AlknetClient {
addr: SocketAddr,
server_name: &str,
alpn: &[u8],
credentials: &CallCredentials,
creds: &ConnectionCredentials,
) -> Result<Connection, ClientDialError>;
/// TCP+TLS dial. Builds a `TlsClientConfig` from `credentials`,
/// TCP+TLS dial. Builds a `TlsClientConfig` from `creds`,
/// connects a `TcpStream` to `addr`, wraps with `TlsConnector`
/// using `host` as the SNI, returns a `Connection` via
/// `Connection::from_bidi` (ADR-065). Feature-gated on `tcp`.
@@ -180,21 +180,23 @@ impl AlknetClient {
host: &str,
addr: SocketAddr,
alpn: &[u8],
credentials: &CallCredentials,
creds: &ConnectionCredentials,
) -> Result<Connection, ClientDialError>;
/// Iroh dial. Dials `node_id` on `alpn` via the iroh endpoint.
/// The iroh path does NOT use `TlsClientConfig` — iroh has its
/// own TLS (shares the `Ed25519SecretKey`, not the rustls config —
/// ADR-087 §3, ADR-089 §3). The verifier is iroh's `NodeId` match
/// (fingerprint pin by another name — ADR-034 §3). An unknown
/// iroh remote fails closed (no CA). Feature-gated on `iroh`.
/// Iroh dial. Dials on `alpn` via the iroh endpoint. The iroh path
/// does NOT use `TlsClientConfig` — iroh has its own TLS (shares the
/// `Ed25519SecretKey`, not the rustls config — ADR-087 §3, ADR-089
/// §3). The local key is extracted from `creds.local_identity`; the
/// remote `NodeId` is derived from `creds.remote_identity.fingerprint`
/// (`ed25519:<hex>` → `NodeId::from_bytes`). The verifier is iroh's
/// `NodeId` match (fingerprint pin by another name — ADR-034 §3).
/// An unknown iroh remote fails closed (no CA). Feature-gated on
/// `iroh`.
#[cfg(feature = "iroh")]
pub async fn dial_iroh(
&self,
node_id: iroh::NodeId,
alpn: &[u8],
local_key: &alknet_core::config::Ed25519SecretKey,
creds: &ConnectionCredentials,
) -> Result<Connection, ClientDialError>;
}
```
@@ -204,9 +206,12 @@ The two rustls dials (`dial_quic`, `dial_tcp_tls`) share
pin for a known peer, CA-verify for an unknown X.509 remote, fail-closed
for an unknown raw-key remote) and the ADR-084 crypto provider
(`aws_lc_rs`). The iroh dial is the exception: iroh has its own TLS and
takes the `Ed25519SecretKey` directly, not a `rustls::ClientConfig`.
The consistency is in the rule (ADR-034), not in the type — the same
exception as the server side (ADR-082, ADR-087 §3).
takes the `Ed25519SecretKey` directly (extracted from
`creds.local_identity`), not a `rustls::ClientConfig`. The consistency
is in the rule (ADR-034), not in the type — the same exception as the
server side (ADR-082, ADR-087 §3). All three dials take
`&ConnectionCredentials` — the unified transport-level credential
bundle (ADR-091).
### What the dial does NOT do
@@ -266,7 +271,7 @@ invariant. The config's crate location (it can live in `alknet-client`,
detail; the shape is decided (ADR-090 §1).
**The proxy is invisible above the dial.** `Connection`, dispatch,
`CallCredentials`, `TlsClientConfig`, the hub's `supervise_worker`
`ConnectionCredentials`, `TlsClientConfig`, the hub's `supervise_worker`
closure — none know a proxy is in the path. The proxy is purely an
establishment concern, localized to `alknet-client`. A proxied QUIC
connection still yields a `Connection::from_quinn_with_alpn`; a
@@ -328,25 +333,25 @@ the alknet type level — see ADR-090 §"Two distinct SOCKS5 uses".
### Credentials
`AlknetClient`'s dials take a `CallCredentials` bundle — the shared
type from `alknet-core` (moved out of `alknet-call` so the dial does
not depend on the call protocol; see ADR-089 §5). It carries the local
`TlsIdentity`, the optional call-protocol-level `auth_token`, and the
`RemoteIdentity` for verifier selection. The credentials come from
`Capabilities` (ADR-014), never from environment variables — the
no-env-vars invariant. The assembly layer derives them from the vault
at startup and passes them to each dial.
`AlknetClient`'s dials take a `ConnectionCredentials` bundle — the
transport-level credential type from `alknet-core` (ADR-091). It
carries the two dimensions every dial consumes: the local `TlsIdentity`
(presented to the transport's identity layer) and the `RemoteIdentity`
for verifier selection. The credentials come from `Capabilities`
(ADR-014), never from environment variables — the no-env-vars
invariant. The assembly layer derives them from the vault at startup
and passes them to each dial.
**The `auth_token` is stripped at the TLS boundary.** `TlsClientConfig`
and `ClientVerifierContext` are TLS-level types and do not carry the
call-protocol auth token. The dial extracts the TLS-relevant fields
from `CallCredentials` — `tls_identity` → the client-cert
`local_identity`, `remote_identity` → the fingerprint-pin input to
`ClientVerifierContext` — and builds a `TlsClientConfig` from those
alone. The `auth_token` travels with the `Connection` into the
protocol take-over (`spawn_dispatch` / `from_connection`), where it is
sent as the first call-protocol frame when the protocol requires it.
This keeps `alknet-tls` free of any call-protocol coupling.
`ConnectionCredentials` is **not** the call-protocol credential bundle.
The call-protocol `auth_token` (a hub-correlated bearer for browsers
and `alknet/register` — ADR-017 §7) is a per-request field on
`call.requested` payloads, not a transport credential. It stays in the
call-protocol layer (`CallCredentials` in `alknet-call`); the dial does
not carry it. `Dispatcher::resolve_identity` resolves it via
`IdentityProvider::resolve_from_token` at dispatch time; the `from_call`
forwarding handler sets it via `build_forwarded_payload`. This keeps
`alknet-client` free of call-protocol coupling. See
[ADR-091](../../decisions/091-connectioncredentials-decouple-dial-from-call.md).
### The dialable ALPNs
@@ -425,11 +430,13 @@ public key) is verified against the expected `NodeId`, which is
fingerprint-pinning by another name. An unknown iroh remote fails
closed (no CA to fall back to — ADR-034 §3, Assumption 1).
The `dial_iroh` method takes the `Ed25519SecretKey` as a parameter
rather than pulling it from `CallCredentials` because iroh does not use
the `TlsClientConfig` path. The assembly layer reads the key from
`StaticConfig` (in core) and passes it directly, same as the server
side's iroh endpoint construction.
The `dial_iroh` method extracts the key from
`creds.local_identity` (`ConnectionCredentials`) rather than taking a
separate `Ed25519SecretKey` parameter because the dial signature is
unified — all three dials take `&ConnectionCredentials` (ADR-091). The
assembly layer reads the key from `StaticConfig` (in core) and passes
it via `ConnectionCredentials`, same as the server side's iroh endpoint
construction.
### Non-Rust native clients (out of scope)
@@ -557,7 +564,7 @@ don't use a proxy don't pay the dep.
```
alknet-client
├── alknet-core (Connection, CallCredentials, RemoteIdentity,
├── alknet-core (Connection, ConnectionCredentials, RemoteIdentity,
│ Ed25519SecretKey, types)
├── alknet-tls (TlsClientConfig — for quinn + tcp dials)
├── quinn (optional — dial_quic)
@@ -569,14 +576,15 @@ alknet-client
```
`alknet-client` depends on `alknet-tls` (for `TlsClientConfig`) and
`alknet-core` (for `Connection`, `CallCredentials`, `RemoteIdentity`,
and types). It does **not** depend on `alknet-call` or
`alknet-core` (for `Connection`, `ConnectionCredentials`,
`RemoteIdentity`, and types). It does **not** depend on `alknet-call` or
`alknet-channels-call` — the dial is below the protocol.
`CallCredentials` and `RemoteIdentity` live in `alknet-core` (moved
from `alknet-call` per ADR-089 §5 — both the call and channels clients
need them, and the dial must not depend on the call protocol; see
ADR-089 §5). `FingerprintPinVerifier` lives in `alknet-tls` (moved from
`alknet-call` per ADR-087 §5 — it is a TLS concern, and
`ConnectionCredentials` and `RemoteIdentity` live in `alknet-core`
(transport-level credential types, moved from `alknet-call` per
ADR-091 — the dial and the server-side transport construction both
consume them, and the dial must not depend on the call protocol for the
credential type). `FingerprintPinVerifier` lives in `alknet-tls` (moved
from `alknet-call` per ADR-087 §5 — it is a TLS concern, and
`TlsClientConfig::new` constructs it; moving it lets `alknet-call` shed
its direct `rustls` dep entirely).
@@ -606,7 +614,7 @@ alknet-worker (uses AlknetClient to dial a hub)
`AlknetClient` is one producer, but a test can hand them a
`Connection::from_stream` directly. The dependency direction is:
`alknet-client → alknet-tls → alknet-core`; the protocol crates are
parallel, not downstream of the dial. `CallCredentials` and
parallel, not downstream of the dial. `ConnectionCredentials` and
`RemoteIdentity` live in `alknet-core` (not `alknet-call`), so the dial
does not depend on the call protocol for the credential type.
@@ -632,8 +640,8 @@ let client = AlknetClient::new()
// .with_iroh(iroh_endpoint) — if iroh is needed
// 3. Derive credentials from the vault (ADR-014 — no env vars).
let creds = CallCredentials::new()
.with_tls_identity(TlsIdentity::RawKey(local_key))
let creds = ConnectionCredentials::new()
.with_local_identity(TlsIdentity::RawKey(local_key))
.with_remote_identity(RemoteIdentity {
fingerprint: hub_fingerprint, // known peer → fingerprint pin
});
@@ -665,8 +673,9 @@ All design decisions are documented as ADRs in
| ADR | Decision | Summary |
|-----|----------|---------|
| [089](../../decisions/089-alknetclient-native-dial-seam.md) | AlknetClient — native client dial seam | New crate `alknet-client`; client-side analogue of `AlknetEndpoint`; three dials (QUIC + TCP+TLS via `TlsClientConfig`, iroh via key); resolves OQ-55; `alknet/register` named, wire protocol deferred |
| [089](../../decisions/089-alknetclient-native-dial-seam.md) | AlknetClient — native client dial seam | New crate `alknet-client`; client-side analogue of `AlknetEndpoint`; three dials (QUIC + TCP+TLS via `TlsClientConfig`, iroh via key); resolves OQ-55; `alknet/register` named, wire protocol deferred (§3/§5 amended by ADR-091 — dial takes `ConnectionCredentials`, not `CallCredentials`) |
| [090](../../decisions/090-client-dial-socks5-proxy-seam.md) | Client-Dial SOCKS5 Proxy Seam | `AlknetClient` gains `with_socks5_proxy`; `dial_quic` routes via UDP ASSOCIATE, `dial_tcp_tls` via CONNECT, `dial_iroh` forces relay-only via an HTTP-to-SOCKS5 bridge; OQ-67 resolved; grounded in the quinn-proxy + iroh-proxy PoCs |
| [091](../../decisions/091-connectioncredentials-decouple-dial-from-call.md) | `ConnectionCredentials` — decouple dial from call protocol | The dial credential bundle is `ConnectionCredentials` (transport-level: `local_identity` + `remote_identity`), not `CallCredentials` (call-protocol-level); all three dial signatures unify on `&ConnectionCredentials`; `dial_iroh`'s `node_id` derived from `remote_identity`; `auth_token` stays in the call-protocol layer; `CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call` |
## Open Questions
@@ -700,7 +709,10 @@ See [open-questions.md](../../open-questions.md) for full details.
## References
- [ADR-089](../../decisions/089-alknetclient-native-dial-seam.md) —
the decision this spec implements
the decision this spec implements (§3/§5 amended by ADR-091)
- [ADR-091](../../decisions/091-connectioncredentials-decouple-dial-from-call.md)
— `ConnectionCredentials` (the dial credential bundle; decouples the
dial from the call protocol)
- [ADR-090](../../decisions/090-client-dial-socks5-proxy-seam.md) —
the SOCKS5 proxy seam (client-dial privacy)
- [ADR-083](../../decisions/083-endpoint-as-accept-loop-runner.md) —
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@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ vestigial); core no longer carries the accept-loop runner or its
transport deps (quinn, iroh, rcgen, rustls-acme).
`Connection::from_quinn` / `from_iroh` stay in core's `types.rs` as
shared constructors (gated on core's `quinn` / `iroh` features).
`CallCredentials` and `RemoteIdentity` move to `alknet-core` (from
`alknet-call`, per ADR-089 §5) — both the call and channels clients
need them, and the dial (`alknet-client`) must not depend on the call
protocol for the credential type.
`ConnectionCredentials` and `RemoteIdentity` move to `alknet-core`
(from `alknet-call`, per ADR-091) — the transport-level credential
bundle consumed by the dial (`alknet-client`) and by server-side
transport construction. `CallCredentials` (the call-protocol credential
bundle, including `auth_token`) stays in `alknet-call` — the dial does
not carry call-protocol dimensions.
## Documents
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@@ -503,7 +503,8 @@ pub struct TlsClientConfig {
impl TlsClientConfig {
/// Build a client TLS config. Takes two inputs, both derived from
/// `Capabilities` (ADR-014) / `CallCredentials`-shaped values:
/// `Capabilities` (ADR-014) / `ConnectionCredentials`-shaped values
/// (ADR-091):
///
/// 1. `local_identity` — the local node's `TlsIdentity` (RFC 7250
/// raw key or X.509), presented as the client cert. `None` →
@@ -555,14 +556,15 @@ The `ClientVerifierContext` carries the inputs to ADR-034's verifier
selection (whether a `PeerEntry` exists for the remote, the expected
fingerprint). The exact struct shape is an implementation detail; the
decisions are in ADR-034. `ClientVerifierContext` is derived from
`CallCredentials` (in `alknet-core`) at the dial site — `AlknetClient`
extracts the TLS-relevant fields (`tls_identity` → `local_identity`,
`remote_identity` → fingerprint-pin input) and builds a
`ClientVerifierContext` from those. The call-protocol `auth_token` is
**stripped at the TLS boundary** — it never reaches `TlsClientConfig` or
`ClientVerifierContext`; it travels with the `Connection` into the
protocol take-over. The `TlsError` variant granularity (covering both
server and client errors) is decided — see
`ConnectionCredentials` (in `alknet-core`, per ADR-091) at the dial
site — `AlknetClient` extracts the TLS-relevant fields
(`local_identity` → client cert, `remote_identity` → fingerprint-pin
input) and builds a `ClientVerifierContext` from the latter. The
call-protocol `auth_token` is not in `ConnectionCredentials` — it is a
per-request field on `call.requested` payloads (a call-protocol / hub
concept), not a transport credential; it never reaches `TlsClientConfig`
or `ClientVerifierContext`. The `TlsError` variant granularity (covering
both server and client errors) is decided — see
[ADR-088](../../decisions/088-tlserror-shape.md) and the
[`TlsError`](#tlserror) section below.
@@ -693,8 +695,9 @@ alknet-core (loses TLS setup code + endpoint)
├── (rustls — only for fingerprint.rs types, if kept)
alknet-call (pure protocol crate — no TLS/transport deps per ADR-089 §5)
└── alknet-core (ProtocolHandler, Connection, types; CallCredentials/RemoteIdentity
moved to core per ADR-089 §5)
└── alknet-core (ProtocolHandler, Connection, types; ConnectionCredentials/
RemoteIdentity moved to core per ADR-091; CallCredentials stays in
alknet-call)
alknet-hub (multi-transport endpoint)
├── alknet-tls (TlsServerConfig — shared across quinn + TCP)
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
## Status
Accepted (resolves OQ-64)
Accepted (resolves OQ-64; input framing amended 2026-07-16 by ADR-091 —
`ClientVerifierContext` is derived from `ConnectionCredentials.remote_identity`,
not `CallCredentials.remote_identity`; the `auth_token` is not in the
dial's credential bundle)
## Context
@@ -122,6 +125,16 @@ in ADR-034; the struct is a bag of already-decided inputs). It is
sketched lightly here; the full variant-granularity of `TlsError` is
OQ-63 (the next session).
> **Amendment 2026-07-16 (ADR-091):** `ClientVerifierContext` is derived
> from `ConnectionCredentials.remote_identity` (the transport-level
> credential bundle), not `CallCredentials.remote_identity`. The dial
> (`AlknetClient::dial_quic` / `dial_tcp_tls`) extracts
> `creds.remote_identity` from `ConnectionCredentials` and builds
> `ClientVerifierContext` from it. `CallCredentials` is no longer in the
> dial's path — its `auth_token` dimension is a call-protocol concept,
> not a transport credential. See
> [ADR-091](091-connectioncredentials-decouple-dial-from-call.md).
This is **not** the dial. `TlsClientConfig` produces a
`rustls::ClientConfig`; the caller (the transport-specific dial helper
— now `AlknetClient::dial_quic` / `dial_tcp_tls` per ADR-089; the
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
## Status
Accepted (resolves OQ-55)
Accepted (resolves OQ-55; §3 and §5 amended 2026-07-16 by ADR-091 —
the dial credential bundle is `ConnectionCredentials` (transport-level),
not `CallCredentials` (call-protocol-level); all three dial signatures
unify on `&ConnectionCredentials`; `dial_iroh`'s `node_id` parameter is
derived from `remote_identity`; the `auth_token` stays in the
call-protocol layer, not the dial; `CallCredentials` stays in
`alknet-call`, only `ConnectionCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` move to
`alknet-core`)
## Context
@@ -195,6 +202,9 @@ impl AlknetClient {
local_key: &alknet_core::config::Ed25519SecretKey,
) -> Result<Connection, ClientDialError>;
}
// NOTE: The signatures above are the ORIGINAL (pre-ADR-091) shapes.
// ADR-091 amends §3 — see the amendment note below.
```
The three dials share `CallCredentials` (the local identity + remote
@@ -205,6 +215,33 @@ server side's "iroh shares the key, not the config" (ADR-082, ADR-087
§3) — the consistency is in the rule (ADR-034 verifier selection), not
in the type.
> **Amendment 2026-07-16 (ADR-091):** The dial credential bundle is
> `ConnectionCredentials`, not `CallCredentials`. `CallCredentials`
> couples the dial to the call protocol (its `auth_token` field is a
> call-protocol / hub-layer concept — bearer-token identity correlation
> for browsers and `alknet/register`, not a transport credential). The
> dial uses only the transport-identity dimensions (`local_identity` +
> `remote_identity`); those move to `ConnectionCredentials` in
> `alknet-core`. All three dial signatures unify on
> `&ConnectionCredentials`:
>
> ```rust
> dial_quic(addr, server_name, alpn, creds: &ConnectionCredentials) -> Connection
> dial_tcp_tls(host, addr, alpn, creds: &ConnectionCredentials) -> Connection
> dial_iroh(alpn, creds: &ConnectionCredentials) -> Connection
> ```
>
> The `node_id: iroh::NodeId` parameter on `dial_iroh` is removed — it
> is derived from `creds.remote_identity.fingerprint`
> (`ed25519:<hex>` → `NodeId::from_bytes`), the same extraction pattern
> the rustls dials use for the verifier. The consistency is now in both
> the rule (ADR-034) and the type. `CallCredentials` stays in
> `alknet-call` as the call-protocol credential bundle; the
> `auth_token` is a per-request field on `call.requested` payloads
> (set by the caller or the `from_call` forwarding handler, resolved by
> `Dispatcher::resolve_identity`), not a dial-level credential. See
> [ADR-091](091-connectioncredentials-decouple-dial-from-call.md).
### 4. The dial is transport-polymorphic across the native endpoint type
The native endpoint type (ADR-086) has QUIC + TCP+TLS (both
@@ -259,6 +296,18 @@ options the original ADR-089 draft called a "two-way-door
implementation detail"; it is not implementation detail — it determines
the dep graph, and the dep graph requires it.
> **Amendment 2026-07-16 (ADR-091):** This consequence is superseded.
> `CallCredentials` does **not** move to `alknet-core` — it stays in
> `alknet-call` (it is the call-protocol credential bundle; its
> `auth_token` field is a call-protocol / hub-layer concept, not a
> transport credential). What moves to `alknet-core` is
> `ConnectionCredentials` (a new type carrying only the
> transport-identity dimensions: `local_identity` + `remote_identity`)
> and `RemoteIdentity`. The dial consumes `ConnectionCredentials`, not
> `CallCredentials`. All three dial signatures unify on
> `&ConnectionCredentials`. See
> [ADR-091](091-connectioncredentials-decouple-dial-from-call.md).
**Consequence: `FingerprintPinVerifier` moves to `alknet-tls`.** With
`connect` removed and the verifier-selection logic centralized in
`TlsClientConfig::new` (ADR-087), `FingerprintPinVerifier` has no
@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
# ADR-091: `ConnectionCredentials` — Decouple the Dial Credentials from the Call Protocol
## Status
Accepted (amends ADR-089 §3 and §5; amends ADR-087's `TlsClientConfig::new`
input framing)
## Context
ADR-089 extracted the dial into `AlknetClient` and moved `CallCredentials`
from `alknet-call` to `alknet-core` so the dial would not depend on the
call protocol. The three dial signatures were:
```rust
dial_quic(addr, server_name, alpn, credentials: &CallCredentials) -> Connection
dial_tcp_tls(host, addr, alpn, credentials: &CallCredentials) -> Connection
dial_iroh(node_id: iroh::NodeId, alpn, local_key: &Ed25519SecretKey) -> Connection
```
Two problems surfaced on review:
### Problem 1: the iroh dial signature is asymmetric
`dial_quic` and `dial_tcp_tls` take `&CallCredentials`; `dial_iroh` takes
a bare `&Ed25519SecretKey` + a separate `node_id: iroh::NodeId`. The
asymmetry exists because iroh has its own TLS (it shares the key, not
the rustls config — ADR-087 §3), so the iroh dial bypasses
`TlsClientConfig` and reads the key directly. But the asymmetry forces
the caller to know which dimension of the credential bundle each
transport consumes, and it leaves no path for the iroh dial to receive
the same inputs as the rustls dials — even though all three consume the
same two things: a local identity (key/cert) and an expected remote
identity (fingerprint).
### Problem 2: `CallCredentials` couples the dial to the call protocol
`CallCredentials` carries three dimensions (ADR-017 §7):
1. `tls_identity: Option<TlsIdentity>` — the local node's key/cert
2. `auth_token: Option<AuthToken>` — a call-protocol-level bearer token
3. `remote_identity: Option<RemoteIdentity>` — the expected remote fingerprint
The dial uses only dimensions 1 and 3 (the transport-identity layer).
Dimension 2 (`auth_token`) is a **call-protocol** concept: it correlates
a token to an identity via `IdentityProvider::resolve_from_token` — a
mechanism that exists for two hub-dependent cases where TLS-fingerprint
identity is unavailable:
- **Browsers** — no raw-key support, no client cert the hub can
fingerprint; the browser authenticates via a bearer token over
HTTP/WebSocket, and the hub's `IdentityProvider` resolves it.
- **`alknet/register`** — a native worker that hasn't been enrolled dials
in with no prior peer relationship; a registration token (or open
registration) establishes identity, not a TLS fingerprint.
Both depend on a **hub** running `IdentityProvider` with token-to-identity
mapping. A pure P2P connection (two nodes with raw-key identities) never
needs `auth_token` — the TLS fingerprint IS the identity.
`auth_token` is not a transport credential. It is a per-request field on
`call.requested` payloads (`Dispatcher::resolve_identity` reads
`payload.get("auth_token")`; the `from_call` forwarding handler sets it
via `build_forwarded_payload`). The dial never delivers it to the
protocol take-over — `spawn_dispatch(&self, connection: Connection)`
takes no credentials, and `Connection` (a `Box<dyn BidiStreamSource>`)
carries no `auth_token` field. The `auth_token` in `CallCredentials` is
unused by the dial and dropped after `connect()` in the current code.
By moving `CallCredentials` (with `auth_token` in it) to `alknet-core`
for the dial's benefit, ADR-089 §5 would drag a call-protocol concept
into the shared-types crate *for the dial's benefit* — when the dial
doesn't use it. The dial should consume a transport-level credential
bundle, not a call-protocol one.
### The two identity models
Underneath the three transports, there are two identity-consumption
models, both consuming the same two dimensions:
| Model | Transports | Consumes | What the transport does |
|-------|-----------|----------|------------------------|
| **rustls config** | QUIC (quinn), TCP+TLS (tokio-rustls) | `local_identity` → `TlsClientConfig` (client cert); `remote_identity` → verifier (`FingerprintPinVerifier` / `WebPkiServerVerifier`) | Builds `rustls::ClientConfig`, hands to transport connector |
| **key-native** | iroh, SSH (future — `docs/research/references/ssh/russh/06-usage-patterns.md`) | `local_identity` → `Ed25519SecretKey` → transport's key type (`iroh::SecretKey`, russh key); `remote_identity` → fingerprint → transport's verifier (`NodeId` match, known_hosts) | Reads the key directly; transport handles identity internally |
The difference is *how* each model consumes the dimensions, not *what*
they are. A unified credential bundle carrying just those two dimensions
lets every dial extract what its transport's identity layer needs,
without call-protocol coupling.
## Decision
### `ConnectionCredentials` — the dial's credential bundle
A new type in `alknet-core`, carrying the two transport-identity
dimensions every dial consumes:
```rust
/// Transport-level credentials for an outbound dial. Consumed by
/// `AlknetClient`'s dial methods and (for the server side) by the
/// assembly layer when building transports. Carries only the dimensions
/// the transport's identity layer needs — the local identity (key/cert
/// presented to the transport) and the expected remote identity
/// (fingerprint, driving verifier selection per ADR-034).
///
/// This is NOT the call-protocol credential bundle. The call-protocol
/// `auth_token` (hub-correlated bearer for browsers / `alknet/register`)
/// is a per-request field on `call.requested` payloads, not a
/// transport credential. It stays in the call-protocol layer.
pub struct ConnectionCredentials {
/// The local node's identity (RFC 7250 raw key or X.509), presented
/// to the transport's identity layer. rustls dials → `TlsClientConfig`
/// (client cert via `RawKeyClientCertResolver`); iroh/SSH dials →
/// key directly (`iroh::SecretKey::from_bytes`, russh key).
pub local_identity: Option<TlsIdentity>,
/// Expected identity of the remote node. `Some(fingerprint)` → pin
/// (known peer); `None` → CA verification for X.509 remotes or
/// fail-closed for Ed25519 raw-key remotes (ADR-034 §2/§3). `None`
/// is the public-X.509-endpoint state, not a missing field.
pub remote_identity: Option<RemoteIdentity>,
}
```
`RemoteIdentity` moves with `ConnectionCredentials` to `alknet-core`
(both are transport-level types; the dial and the server-side transport
construction both consume them).
### Unified dial signatures
All three dials take `&ConnectionCredentials`:
```rust
impl AlknetClient {
#[cfg(feature = "quinn")]
pub async fn dial_quic(
&self,
addr: SocketAddr,
server_name: &str,
alpn: &[u8],
creds: &ConnectionCredentials,
) -> Result<Connection, ClientDialError>;
#[cfg(feature = "tcp")]
pub async fn dial_tcp_tls(
&self,
host: &str,
addr: SocketAddr,
alpn: &[u8],
creds: &ConnectionCredentials,
) -> Result<Connection, ClientDialError>;
#[cfg(feature = "iroh")]
pub async fn dial_iroh(
&self,
alpn: &[u8],
creds: &ConnectionCredentials,
) -> Result<Connection, ClientDialError>;
}
```
The `node_id: iroh::NodeId` parameter on `dial_iroh` is removed — it is
derived from `creds.remote_identity.fingerprint` (`ed25519:<hex>` →
`NodeId::from_bytes`), the same way the rustls dials derive their
verifier from `remote_identity`. The consistency is now in both the rule
(ADR-034) and the type.
Each dial extracts what its transport's identity layer needs:
- **rustls dials** (`dial_quic`, `dial_tcp_tls`): `creds.local_identity`
→ `TlsClientConfig::new` (client cert); `creds.remote_identity` →
`ClientVerifierContext` (verifier selection).
- **iroh dial** (`dial_iroh`): `creds.local_identity` →
`Ed25519SecretKey` → `iroh::SecretKey::from_bytes`;
`creds.remote_identity.fingerprint` → `NodeId` (verifier).
### `CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call`
`CallCredentials` remains the **call-protocol** credential bundle. Its
`auth_token` field stays — the call protocol uses it (the `from_call`
forwarding handler populates `auth_token` on outgoing `call.requested`
payloads; the hub's `Dispatcher::resolve_identity` resolves it via
`IdentityProvider::resolve_from_token`). The call protocol layer
assembles `CallCredentials` from `ConnectionCredentials` (the
transport-level dimensions) + the call-protocol `auth_token`, or the
caller provides the `auth_token` per-request via `call_with_payload`.
`CallCredentials` does **not** move to `alknet-core`. ADR-089 §5's move
of `CallCredentials` to core is superseded by this ADR: only
`ConnectionCredentials` and `RemoteIdentity` move to core. The call
protocol's own credential type stays in the call crate.
### `TlsClientConfig::new` input framing
`TlsClientConfig::new` (ADR-087) takes a `ClientVerifierContext` derived
from the credential bundle's `remote_identity`. The rustls dials extract
`creds.local_identity` and `creds.remote_identity` from
`ConnectionCredentials` and build `ClientVerifierContext` from the latter
— the same extraction ADR-087 described, just from
`ConnectionCredentials` instead of `CallCredentials`. The `auth_token`
dimension is simply not present in `ConnectionCredentials`, so the
"stripped at the TLS boundary" framing (ADR-089's claim that the token
"travels with the Connection") is no longer needed — the token was never
in the dial's credential bundle to strip.
### Future `dial_ssh` validates the shape
An SSH dial (`docs/research/references/ssh/russh/06-usage-patterns.md`)
consumes the same two dimensions:
- `check_server_key(&mut self, key: &ssh_key::PublicKey)` — the verifier
(fingerprint pin against known_hosts = `remote_identity`)
- `authenticate_publickey("user", PrivateKeyWithHashAlg::new(...))` —
local identity (the Ed25519 key = `local_identity`)
- `channel_open_session()` → `Connection::from_bidi` (ADR-065)
`dial_ssh(addr, alpn, creds: &ConnectionCredentials)` fits the same
signature. The SSH host-key verification is fingerprint-pinning
(known_hosts), which is what `remote_identity` carries. The local SSH
key is the same Ed25519 key iroh and raw-key quinn use. The pattern is
general — `ConnectionCredentials` covers it without call-protocol
coupling. SSH itself is unspecced (not yet specced — comes after
channels, tunnels, TTY rework), but the russh usage patterns confirm
the credential dimensions.
## Consequences
**Positive:**
- **The dial is fully decoupled from the call protocol.**
`ConnectionCredentials` carries only transport-identity dimensions;
`alknet-client` has no call-protocol coupling in its credential type.
The `auth_token` (a call-protocol / hub-layer concept) stays in
`alknet-call` where it belongs.
- **All three dial signatures are unified.** A caller no longer needs to
know that iroh takes a bare key while quinn/tcp take a credential
bundle — all take `&ConnectionCredentials`. The `node_id` parameter on
`dial_iroh` is derived from `remote_identity`, the same extraction
pattern the rustls dials use for the verifier.
- **The `auth_token` spec inaccuracy is fixed.** ADR-089 claimed the
`auth_token` "travels with the `Connection` into the protocol
take-over, where it is sent as the first call-protocol frame." This
was aspirational — `Connection` carries no `auth_token`, and
`spawn_dispatch` takes no credentials. With `auth_token` out of the
dial's credential bundle entirely, the claim is no longer needed. The
token is a per-request field on `call.requested` payloads, set by the
caller or the `from_call` forwarding handler.
- **`dial_ssh` fits the same shape when it arrives.** The credential
dimensions SSH needs (local key + expected host key) are exactly what
`ConnectionCredentials` carries. No future ADR needed for the SSH dial
signature.
- **`CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call` — its home.** The call
protocol's own credential type is not dragged into core for the dial's
benefit. Core gets `ConnectionCredentials` (transport-level); the call
crate keeps `CallCredentials` (protocol-level).
**Negative:**
- **`CallCredentials` loses two fields.** `tls_identity` and
`remote_identity` move to `ConnectionCredentials` in core;
`CallCredentials` becomes `{auth_token: Option<AuthToken>}` (or is
restructured — the call protocol may assemble it from
`ConnectionCredentials` + `auth_token` at the take-over site, or the
caller provides `auth_token` per-request). The exact restructure is a
two-way-door implementation detail; the one-way decision is that the
transport dimensions leave `CallCredentials`.
- **The assembly layer assembles two credential bundles, not one.** Where
ADR-089 had the assembly layer build one `CallCredentials`, it now
builds `ConnectionCredentials` (for the dial) and, separately,
provides the `auth_token` to the call-protocol layer (for the
per-request payload). This is the correct layering — the dial and the
protocol consume different dimensions — but it is one more type at the
assembly site.
- **ADR-089 §5's "CallCredentials moves to core" is superseded.** The
move target changes from `CallCredentials` to `ConnectionCredentials`
+ `RemoteIdentity`. `CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call`. This
affects the extraction plan's Phase 0 (the additive credentials move).
## Door type
**One-way.** The dial signatures (`dial_quic` / `dial_tcp_tls` /
`dial_iroh` all taking `&ConnectionCredentials`) are the public API
surface of `alknet-client`. The credential-type decoupling
(`ConnectionCredentials` in core, `CallCredentials` in call) determines
the dep graph (`alknet-client` depends on `alknet-core` for
`ConnectionCredentials`, not on `alknet-call` for `CallCredentials`).
Reversing would mean re-coupling the dial to the call protocol's
credential type and re-asymmetrizing the iroh dial. The crate is
greenfield (Phase 3 of the extraction plan), so the door is still open
now — this ADR records the decision before implementation.
## References
- ADR-089 — `AlknetClient` native dial seam (§3 dial signatures amended
— all take `&ConnectionCredentials`; §5 move amended —
`ConnectionCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` move to core, not
`CallCredentials`)
- ADR-087 — `TlsClientConfig` not blocked on dial (input framing
amended — `ClientVerifierContext` derived from
`ConnectionCredentials.remote_identity`, not `CallCredentials`)
- ADR-034 — client-side verifier selection (the rule
`ConnectionCredentials.remote_identity` drives — unchanged)
- ADR-017 §7 — the three credential dimensions (the source of
`CallCredentials`'s three fields; this ADR splits the transport
dimensions from the protocol dimension)
- `crates/alknet-call/src/protocol/dispatch.rs` —
`Dispatcher::resolve_identity` reads `payload.get("auth_token")`
(per-request, not connection-level)
- `crates/alknet-call/src/client/from_call.rs` —
`build_forwarded_payload` sets `auth_token` on outgoing payloads
(per-request, the hub's own token)
- `docs/research/references/ssh/russh/06-usage-patterns.md` — the SSH
client usage patterns (check_server_key + authenticate_publickey)
validating the `ConnectionCredentials` shape for a future `dial_ssh`
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@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ with what intermediate states.
The migration is **additive-then-subtractive**: build all three new
crates first (no breakage), then prune the old code from core and call
(breakage confined to a single phase), then fix the http residual. Six
phases, four compilable intermediate states. The heaviest single file
(breakage confined to a single phase), then fix the http residual. Seven
phases (0-6), each leaving the workspace compilable. The heaviest single file
(`endpoint.rs`, 1606 lines) is not a monolith — it's three concerns
welded together, each going to a different destination.
@@ -87,27 +87,35 @@ already removed per ADR-065; tests use `from_stream` with
## The seven phases
### Phase 0: Move `CallCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` to `alknet-core` (additive, no breakage)
### Phase 0: Move `ConnectionCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` to `alknet-core` (additive, no breakage)
**What:** Add `CallCredentials` + `RemoteIdentity` to a new
`crates/alknet-core/src/credentials.rs` (~50 lines). Update
`alknet-core/src/lib.rs` to `pub mod credentials` + re-export. Update
`alknet-call/src/client/mod.rs` to re-export from core instead of
defining locally. No other changes.
**What:** Add `ConnectionCredentials` + `RemoteIdentity` to a new
`crates/alknet-core/src/credentials.rs` (~40 lines).
`ConnectionCredentials` is the transport-level credential bundle
(ADR-091) — it carries `local_identity` + `remote_identity` (the two
dimensions the dial consumes). `CallCredentials` stays in
`alknet-call` (it is the call-protocol bundle; its `auth_token` field
is a per-request call-protocol concept, not a transport credential).
Update `alknet-core/src/lib.rs` to `pub mod credentials` + re-export.
Update `alknet-call` to import `ConnectionCredentials` + `RemoteIdentity`
from core and re-export them; `CallCredentials` retains `auth_token` and
references the core types for the transport dimensions. No other
changes.
**Why first:** It's independent of the three new crates, purely
additive (core gains types, nothing breaks), and means `alknet-client`
(Phase 3) never has a temporary dep on `alknet-call`. The dep graph is
clean from the start.
clean from the start. `ConnectionCredentials` (not `CallCredentials`)
is what moves — the dial consumes transport-level dimensions, not
call-protocol dimensions (ADR-091).
**Compilable state:** `cargo test` passes across the workspace.
`alknet-call` re-exports the types from core; its own code + tests
import via `alknet_call::client::CallCredentials` (unchanged — the
re-export preserves the path).
`alknet-call` imports the types from core; its own code + tests
continue to work via the re-export.
**Done when:** `cargo test` passes, `CallCredentials` +
`RemoteIdentity` are defined in `alknet-core`, `alknet-call` re-exports
them.
**Done when:** `cargo test` passes, `ConnectionCredentials` +
`RemoteIdentity` are defined in `alknet-core`, `alknet-call` imports
them from core, `CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call`.
### Phase 1: Create `alknet-tls` (greenfield, additive)
@@ -126,6 +134,12 @@ helpers from `alknet-call/client/call_client.rs` (lines 189-320).
**Deps:** `alknet-core` (TlsIdentity, Ed25519SecretKey, fingerprint),
`rustls`, `rustls-pemfile`, `rustls-native-certs`, `webpki-roots`,
`rcgen`, `tokio`, optional `quinn`/`tokio-rustls`/`rustls-acme`.
`rustls-native-certs` and `webpki-roots` are **always-present (not
feature-gated)** — the unknown-X.509-remote CA-verification path in
`TlsClientConfig::new` is transport-agnostic; the `webpki-roots`
fallback merges built-in roots when the platform store is empty so
`NoRootAnchors` is unreachable in practice (ADR-088 §5). Do not gate
them under `quinn`/`tcp`.
**Compilable state:** `alknet-tls` builds and tests standalone. Core and
call are unchanged — the old code still exists (duplicated). No
@@ -209,15 +223,16 @@ self-contained, no other crate changed.
**What:** New crate `crates/alknet-client/`. The `AlknetClient` dial
seam — three dial methods (`dial_quic`/`dial_tcp_tls`/`dial_iroh`),
consuming `TlsClientConfig` from `alknet-tls` + `CallCredentials` from
all unified on `&ConnectionCredentials` (ADR-091), consuming
`TlsClientConfig` from `alknet-tls` + `ConnectionCredentials` from
`alknet-core`. The SOCKS5 proxy path (ADR-090) is feature-gated.
**Types:** `AlknetClient`, `ClientDialError`, `Socks5ProxyConfig`,
`Socks5Credentials` (behind `socks5` feature).
**Deps:** `alknet-core` (Connection, CallCredentials, RemoteIdentity,
Ed25519SecretKey), `alknet-tls` (TlsClientConfig), optional
`quinn`/`tokio-rustls`/`iroh`/`fast-socks5`.
**Deps:** `alknet-core` (Connection, ConnectionCredentials,
RemoteIdentity, Ed25519SecretKey), `alknet-tls` (TlsClientConfig),
optional `quinn`/`tokio-rustls`/`iroh`/`fast-socks5`.
**Feature gates:** `quinn = ["dep:quinn", "alknet-tls/quinn",
"alknet-core/quinn"]`, `tcp = ["dep:tokio-rustls", "alknet-tls/tcp"]`,
@@ -238,8 +253,9 @@ self-contained, no other crate changed.
from `lib.rs`. Remove the heavy deps (`quinn`, `iroh`, `rcgen`,
`rustls-pemfile`, `rustls-acme`) from `Cargo.toml` — but keep the
`quinn`/`iroh` *features* (they gate `Connection::from_quinn`/
`from_iroh` in `types.rs`). Add `CallCredentials` + `RemoteIdentity`
to core (from `alknet-call`).
`from_iroh` in `types.rs`). Add `ConnectionCredentials` +
`RemoteIdentity` to core (from `alknet-call` — done in Phase 0;
`CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call` per ADR-091).
**The `lib.rs` change:**
```rust
@@ -252,7 +268,7 @@ pub mod config;
// After:
pub mod auth;
pub mod config;
pub mod credentials; // ← new (CallCredentials, RemoteIdentity)
pub mod credentials; // ← new (ConnectionCredentials, RemoteIdentity)
// ... rest unchanged
```
@@ -284,19 +300,24 @@ lightweight (~3200 LOC, no heavy transport deps).
### Phase 5: Prune `alknet-call` (subtractive, breakage confined)
**What:** Delete `connect()` + all TLS helpers + `ClientError` from
`call_client.rs`. Move `CallCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` to core
(already done in Phase 4 — here we just remove the old definitions +
update imports). Update `Cargo.toml` to drop `quinn`/`rustls`/
`rustls-native-certs`/`rustls-pemfile`. Rewrite the tests that used
`connect` to use `spawn_dispatch` directly (with `Connection::from_stream`
mocks) or `AlknetClient::dial_quic` + `spawn_dispatch`.
`call_client.rs`. The transport dimensions (`ConnectionCredentials`/
`RemoteIdentity`) already moved to core in Phase 0; here we remove the
old definitions from `call_client.rs` and update imports.
`CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call` (retaining `auth_token`,
referencing the core types — ADR-091). Update `Cargo.toml` to drop
`quinn`/`rustls`/`rustls-native-certs`/`rustls-pemfile`. Rewrite the
tests that used `connect` to use `spawn_dispatch` directly (with
`Connection::from_stream` mocks) or `AlknetClient::dial_quic` +
`spawn_dispatch`.
**The `call_client.rs` after prune:**
- `CallClient` struct + `new` + `registry` + `identity_provider` +
`spawn_dispatch` (~85 lines — unchanged)
- `CallConnection` + `Dispatcher` wiring (stays — protocol)
- `RemoteIdentity`/`CallCredentials` — removed (now in `alknet-core`,
re-imported from there)
- `RemoteIdentity`/`ConnectionCredentials` — removed from
`call_client.rs` (now in `alknet-core`, re-imported from there).
`CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call` (retaining `auth_token` —
ADR-091).
- `ClientError` — removed
- `connect` + all `build_*`/`select_*`/`load_*`/`Ed25519SigningKey`/
`RawKeyClientCertResolver`/`NoClientCertResolver`/
@@ -304,8 +325,11 @@ mocks) or `AlknetClient::dial_quic` + `spawn_dispatch`.
**The `Cargo.toml` after prune:** `quinn`, `rustls`,
`rustls-native-certs`, `rustls-pemfile` all leave. The `quinn` feature
either disappears or becomes a no-op (it only gated `connect` + the
TLS helpers, both removed). `alknet-call` becomes a pure protocol crate.
is **removed** (it only gated `connect` + the TLS helpers, both
removed — keeping it as a no-op would mislead a user enabling
`quinn` on `alknet-call` expecting QUIC support; removing it surfaces
any stray `#[cfg(feature = "quinn")]` the prune missed). `alknet-call`
becomes a pure protocol crate.
**Test impact (per the test audit below):** the lib tests in
`call_client.rs` (16 tests) split into 6 that stay unchanged
@@ -367,11 +391,11 @@ wrapper is gone.
| After phase | State |
|-------------|-------|
| 0 (credentials) | `CallCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` in core; call re-exports; no breakage |
| 0 (credentials) | `ConnectionCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` in core; call imports from core; `CallCredentials` stays in call; no breakage |
| 1 (tls) | `alknet-tls` builds standalone; core/call/http unchanged (old code duplicated) |
| 2 (endpoint) | `alknet-endpoint` builds standalone; core still has old `endpoint.rs` (duplicate) |
| 3 (client) | `alknet-client` builds standalone; call still has old `connect` (duplicate) |
| 4 (core prune) | core is lightweight; `endpoint.rs` gone; `CallCredentials` in core |
| 4 (core prune) | core is lightweight; `endpoint.rs` gone; `ConnectionCredentials` in core |
| 5 (call prune) | call is pure protocol; `connect` + TLS helpers gone; Category B tests already moved |
| 6 (http fix) | http has no `QuicStream` wrapper; clean `accept_bi` path |
@@ -386,9 +410,9 @@ tests — the TLS tests moved in Phase 1, the protocol tests use
The ordering is **deps before dependents, additive before subtractive**:
- **Phase 0** (`CallCredentials` to core) first because it's
- **Phase 0** (`ConnectionCredentials` to core) first because it's
independent, additive, and makes `alknet-client` (Phase 3) never
depend on `alknet-call`. ~50 lines moved, zero breakage.
depend on `alknet-call`. ~40 lines moved, zero breakage.
- `alknet-tls` (Phase 1) because both `alknet-endpoint` (indirectly —
the assembly layer builds `TlsServerConfig`) and `alknet-client`
(directly — `TlsClientConfig`) depend on it. It has no dep on the
@@ -399,8 +423,8 @@ The ordering is **deps before dependents, additive before subtractive**:
tls first means the assembly layer's transport-building code has a
home from the start.
- `alknet-client` (Phase 3) depends on `alknet-tls`
(`TlsClientConfig`) + `alknet-core` (`CallCredentials` — moved in
Phase 0, so the dep is clean from the start).
(`TlsClientConfig`) + `alknet-core` (`ConnectionCredentials` — moved
in Phase 0, so the dep is clean from the start).
- Phases 4-5 (the prunes) go last because they're subtractive. The
new crates (0-3) must exist first so the pruned code's
functionality has a home.
@@ -409,34 +433,37 @@ The ordering is **deps before dependents, additive before subtractive**:
after ADR-065 landed (which it did). Putting it last keeps the
extraction phases clean.
- Phases 4-5 (the prunes) go last because they're subtractive. The
new crates (1-3) must exist first so the pruned code's
functionality has a home.
- Phase 6 (http fix) goes last because it's independent of the
extraction — it's a residual fix that could happen at any point
after ADR-065 landed (which it did). Putting it last keeps the
extraction phases clean.
## Resolved decisions
### `CallCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` move — Phase 0 (before Phase 1)
### `ConnectionCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` move — Phase 0 (before Phase 1)
**Decision:** Move `CallCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` to `alknet-core`
as a standalone additive step *before any new crate is created*. It's
independent of everything else, purely additive (core gains two small
types, nothing breaks), and `alknet-call` re-exports them from core
so its own code + tests don't change yet. This means `alknet-client`
(Phase 3) never depends on `alknet-call` — the dep graph is clean from
the start, no temporary dep to clean up later.
**Decision:** Move `ConnectionCredentials`/`RemoteIdentity` to
`alknet-core` as a standalone additive step *before any new crate is
created* (ADR-091). It's independent of everything else, purely
additive (core gains two small types, nothing breaks), and
`alknet-call` imports them from core so its own code + tests don't
change yet. This means `alknet-client` (Phase 3) never depends on
`alknet-call` — the dep graph is clean from the start, no temporary dep
to clean up later.
The move is ~50 lines (struct definitions + builder impls) into a new
`ConnectionCredentials` (not `CallCredentials`) is what moves — it is
the transport-level credential bundle (`local_identity` +
`remote_identity`), carrying only the dimensions the dial consumes.
`CallCredentials` stays in `alknet-call` because its `auth_token` field
is a call-protocol / hub-layer concept (bearer-token identity
correlation for browsers and `alknet/register`), not a transport
credential. See ADR-091 for the full rationale.
The move is ~40 lines (struct definitions + builder impls) into a new
`crates/alknet-core/src/credentials.rs` (or `auth.rs` — `auth.rs`
already holds `AuthToken`, so `credentials.rs` is cleaner to keep the
auth module from growing). `alknet-call`'s `client/mod.rs` changes
`pub use call_client::{CallCredentials, RemoteIdentity}` to
`pub use alknet_core::{CallCredentials, RemoteIdentity}` (re-export).
No test changes — the tests import `CallCredentials` from
`alknet_call::client`, which still works via the re-export.
auth module from growing). `alknet-call`'s `client/mod.rs` imports
`ConnectionCredentials` + `RemoteIdentity` from core and re-exports
them; `CallCredentials` stays defined in `alknet-call` (retaining
`auth_token`, referencing the core types for the transport dimensions).
Test changes are minimal — the Category A tests that reference
`CallCredentials` directly may need import updates depending on how
`CallCredentials` is restructured.
### Phase 5 test audit — `call_client.rs` (16 tests)
@@ -460,13 +487,17 @@ transport-agnostic. These survive the prune unchanged.
| `call_client_is_send_sync` | 705 | trait bounds |
| `remote_identity_none_is_load_bearing_not_defaulted` | 921 | `CallCredentials::new()` |
**Category B — TLS/verifier tests, move to `alknet-tls` (8 tests):**
**Category B — TLS/verifier tests, move to `alknet-tls` (10 tests):**
These test `FingerprintPinVerifier`, `build_client_auth`,
`select_server_verifier`, and `build_quinn_client_config` directly.
They're `#[cfg(feature = "quinn")]`-gated and test the TLS helpers,
not the call protocol. They move to `alknet-tls` in Phase 1 (adapted
to test `TlsClientConfig::new` instead of the free functions).
to test `TlsClientConfig::new` instead of the free functions). The
two `build_quinn_client_config` tests test the full config build
(verifier + client-auth + provider wired together) and are adapted
to test `TlsClientConfig::new` + `for_quinn()` instead of the free
function.
| Test | Line | What it tests | Move target |
|------|------|---------------|-------------|
@@ -481,11 +512,6 @@ to test `TlsClientConfig::new` instead of the free functions).
| `build_quinn_client_config_with_raw_key_identity_builds_without_error` | 893 | full config build | `alknet-tls` |
| `build_quinn_client_config_with_no_remote_identity_builds_without_error` | 909 | CA-verify config | `alknet-tls` |
Wait — that's 10, not 8. The two `build_quinn_client_config` tests
test the full config build (verifier + client-auth + provider wired
together). They move to `alknet-tls` and are adapted to test
`TlsClientConfig::new` + `for_quinn()` instead of the free function.
**Category C — `connect` integration test, remove (0 tests):**
No test in `call_client.rs` actually calls `connect()`. The tests that
@@ -507,11 +533,13 @@ The one reference to `connect()` is in a doc comment (line 76:
**Net Phase 5 test impact:** 6 tests stay unchanged (Category A), 10
tests move to `alknet-tls` in Phase 1 (Category B), 0 tests need
rewriting. The `from_call.rs` tests (27) stay unchanged. The prune
of `call_client.rs` is mechanical: delete lines 90-640 (the error
enum + `connect` + TLS helpers), keep lines 102-187 (`CallClient` +
`spawn_dispatch`), update imports. The tests (lines 640-930) keep the
Category A tests, remove the Category B tests (moved in Phase 1), and
update the one doc comment.
of `call_client.rs` is mechanical: delete `ClientError`, `connect`,
and all the TLS helpers (`build_*`, `select_*`, `load_*`,
`Ed25519SigningKey`, `RawKeyClientCertResolver`, `NoClientCertResolver`,
`FingerprintPinVerifier`); keep `CallClient` + `new` + `spawn_dispatch`
unchanged; update imports. The test suite keeps the Category A tests,
removes the Category B tests (moved in Phase 1), and updates the one
doc comment.
This is much simpler than the initial estimate of "~290 lines of test
restructuring." The actual test work is: move 10 tests to `alknet-tls`