docs(arch): workspace scope correction (ADR-085) + tls spec review fixes

ADR-085 records the actual workspace scope: the mono-repo is the core
networking toolkit (substrate: core, tls, call, channels; deployment
shapes: hub, worker; foundational handlers: tty, http, ssh, tunnel,
socks5, fs, sftp; vault). Consumer repos (docker, agent) are separate
repos depending on the published core crates. The overview's crate
graph had been describing the wrong scope since ADR-003 — a flat
~12-crate workspace including DNS/messaging/NAPI while omitting
channels, hub, worker, and tls. This stale scope was a causal factor
in the 'assembly layer' hedging pattern: when the overview implies
everything lives in one repo but the architecture needs a hub/worker
composition layer not in the graph, the gap gets filled with
'assembly layer' as an escape hatch. The overview is rewritten to
match the real boundary.

TLS spec review fixes (from architecture review):
- C3: hub/worker/hub-worker terminology pointers (tls README + endpoint.md)
- W1: server-only statement + OQ-64 (client-side TLS helper, deferred)
- W2: ACME task lifecycle semantics (returns immediately, no first-cert await)
- W3: remove stale EndpointError::TlsConfig variant
- W4: update stale ALPN section for two-config hub
- W5: add alknet-tls to hub dep graph (assembly-layer dep)
- W6: trim inline rationale -> point to ADR-084
- W7: ADR-084 status dependency note

New open questions:
- OQ-62: ALPN list sharing for two-config hub (open, high)
- OQ-63: TlsError shape (open, high)
- OQ-64: client-side TLS helper (deferred, blocked on OQ-55)
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status: draft
last_updated: 2026-07-14
last_updated: 2026-07-15
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# Alknet Architecture
## Current State
**Workspace scope corrected (ADR-085, 2026-07-15).** The overview's
crate graph had been describing the wrong scope since ADR-003 — a flat
~12-crate workspace including DNS, messaging, and NAPI, while omitting
channels, hub, worker, and tls. [ADR-085](decisions/085-workspace-scope-core-vs-consumer-repos.md)
records the actual scope: the mono-repo is the **core networking
toolkit** (substrate: core, tls, call, channels; deployment shapes: hub,
worker; foundational handlers: tty, http, ssh, tunnel, socks5, fs, sftp;
vault). Crates that build on top of a hub or worker (docker, agent) are
**consumer repos** — separate repos depending on the published core
crates. This corrects the root cause of the "assembly layer" hedging
pattern: the overview now reflects the real boundary, so the
"assembly layer" has a bounded home (hub/worker), not an escape hatch.
The [overview.md](overview.md) crate graph and ALPN registry are
rewritten to match.
**alknet-channels specs drafted.** The alknet-channels crate (multiplexing
proxy — `ProtocolHandler` on `alknet/channels`, 9-byte chunk format, N
channels over transport stream(s), channel 0 pre-negotiated as
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| Document | Status | Description |
|----------|--------|-------------|
| [overview.md](overview.md) | draft | Workspace-level overview, crate graph, shared types, design principles |
| [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 |
| [crates/core/core-types.md](crates/core/core-types.md) | draft | ProtocolHandler, HandlerError, Connection (`Box<dyn BidiStreamSource>` — ADR-070), BidiStreamSource trait, BiStream, StreamError |
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| [082](decisions/082-alknet-tls-extraction.md) | alknet-tls Crate Extraction | Proposed (amended — endpoint signature superseded by ADR-083) |
| [083](decisions/083-endpoint-as-accept-loop-runner.md) | Endpoint as Multi-Transport Accept-Loop Runner with Public Dispatch | Proposed (revised — TCP+TLS is an owned transport, not external) |
| [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 |
## Open Questions
Open questions are tracked in [open-questions.md](open-questions.md) — an index of theme-grouped tables (55 OQs across 17 themes) with a cross-theme [Deferred / Blocked](open-questions.md#deferred--blocked) section surfacing the safe-exit deferrals. Each OQ lives in its own file under [`questions/`](questions/) (`NNN-slug.md`, mirroring the ADR convention).
Open questions are tracked in [open-questions.md](open-questions.md) — an index of theme-grouped tables (64 OQs across 18 themes) with a cross-theme [Deferred / Blocked](open-questions.md#deferred--blocked) section surfacing the safe-exit deferrals. Each OQ lives in its own file under [`questions/`](questions/) (`NNN-slug.md`, mirroring the ADR convention).
## Document Lifecycle