docs(architecture): add ADR-024 — operation registry layering, resolve C6
Diagnoses a conflation in the pre-ADR-024 spec: the OperationRegistry inherited immutability by analogy from ADR-010's HandlerRegistry (ALPN-level), but the TLS-config argument that justifies HandlerRegistry immutability does not apply to the operation registry, which lives behind a single ALPN (alknet/call). This made from_call (which discovers ops over a live connection at runtime) structurally incompatible with the blanket immutability claim. ADR-024 layers the operation registry by trust boundary: curated (Local) ops are static and immutable — the startup trust boundary is where their composition authority is granted; session (Session) and imported (FromCall etc.) ops are dynamic at their respective scopes (per-session, per-connection) — their trust boundaries are per-scope, not per-startup. The principle: immutability follows the trust boundary. Immutability is the security control for composing ops (can escalate privilege); provenance + composition authority are the controls for non-composing ops (can't escalate). The OperationEnv trait becomes the integration point (Arc<dyn OperationEnv>), following the IdentityProvider precedent (ADR-004): the CallAdapter composes the root OperationContext.env per incoming call from the active layers (curated base + connection overlay + session overlay). Children inherit the parent's composite env by Arc::clone — overlay composition happens once at the root and propagates through the composition tree. Resolves review #002 C6 (OperationContext.env type identity crisis): the field is split into scoped_env: ScopedOperationEnv (reachability data, from the registration bundle) and env: Arc<dyn OperationEnv + Send + Sync> (dispatch trait object). One field was being used as two different types (reachability set with .allows() and dispatch trait with .invoke()); Localizes W4 (hot-swap ↔ registry mutability coupling) to the connection scope: no global mutable registry to hot-swap; overlays replace naturally with connect/disconnect and session start/end. Schema-drift on reconnect is a per-connection overlay-rebuild concern, not a global hot-swap protocol. Partially addresses W3 (CallClient registry security): the registry-shape sub-question is resolved by the overlay model; the capability-exposure sub-question (what capabilities a remote peer can trigger) remains for ADR-017 — ADR-024 does not overclaim resolution there. Amends OQ-04 to scope its immutability claim to the HandlerRegistry and cross-reference ADR-024 for the operation registry. Generalizes OQ-19's session-overlay mechanism to also cover connection-scoped remote imports — both are per-scope dynamic overlays on the static curated base, using the same trait-layering mechanism.
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## Current State
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**Pre-implementation.** The project has completed a pivot from a three-layer model to an ALPN-as-service model. The greenfield workspace contains only `alknet-vault` (stable — implementation exists) and research/reference material. Foundational ADRs (001–023) are in place, including the BiStream type definition (ADR-007), vault integration (ADR-008), ALPN router/endpoint (ADR-010), AuthContext structure (ADR-011), call protocol stream model (ADR-012), Rust as canonical implementation language (ADR-013), secret material flow with capability injection (ADR-014), privilege model with authority context (ADR-015), abort cascade for nested calls (ADR-016), call protocol client and adapter contract (ADR-017), vault standalone crate (ADR-018), vault assembly-layer-only access (ADR-019), HD derivation for encryption keys (ADR-020), key rotation via version-indexed paths (ADR-021), handler registration, provenance, and composition authority (ADR-022), and operation error schemas (ADR-023). The alknet-core, alknet-call, and alknet-vault crate specs are in draft.
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**Pre-implementation.** The project has completed a pivot from a three-layer model to an ALPN-as-service model. The greenfield workspace contains only `alknet-vault` (stable — implementation exists) and research/reference material. Foundational ADRs (001–024) are in place, including the BiStream type definition (ADR-007), vault integration (ADR-008), ALPN router/endpoint (ADR-010), AuthContext structure (ADR-011), call protocol stream model (ADR-012), Rust as canonical implementation language (ADR-013), secret material flow with capability injection (ADR-014), privilege model with authority context (ADR-015), abort cascade for nested calls (ADR-016), call protocol client and adapter contract (ADR-017), vault standalone crate (ADR-018), vault assembly-layer-only access (ADR-019), HD derivation for encryption keys (ADR-020), key rotation via version-indexed paths (ADR-021), handler registration, provenance, and composition authority (ADR-022), operation error schemas (ADR-023), and operation registry layering (ADR-024). ADR-024 resolves the registry mutability question that ADR-022/017 surfaced (`from_call` imports require a runtime-mutable home) and the `OperationContext.env` type identity crisis (review #002 C6), by layering the registry by trust boundary (curated static + session/connection dynamic overlays) and making `OperationEnv` a trait-object integration point. The alknet-core, alknet-call, and alknet-vault crate specs are in draft.
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**Next step**: Review the vault spec documents, then begin implementation. All open questions for the core and call crates are resolved; the vault crate has one deferred OQ (OQ-21, remote vault administration) that does not block implementation.
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**Next step**: Continue working through review #002's remaining Tier 4 findings (vault security decisions, guard clauses, ADR-writing exercises, smaller spec decisions). All open questions for the core and call crates are resolved; the vault crate has one deferred OQ (OQ-21, remote vault administration) that does not block implementation.
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## Architecture Documents
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| [021](decisions/021-key-rotation-via-version-indexed-paths.md) | Key Rotation via Version-Indexed Paths | Accepted |
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| [022](decisions/022-handler-registration-provenance-and-composition-authority.md) | Handler Registration, Provenance, and Composition Authority | Accepted |
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| [023](decisions/023-operation-error-schemas.md) | Operation Error Schemas | Accepted |
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| [024](decisions/024-operation-registry-layering.md) | Operation Registry Layering | Accepted |
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## Open Questions
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- **OQ-15**: Call protocol client and adapter contract — `CallClient` opens connections; `from_call` imports remote ops; connection direction independent of call direction (ADR-017)
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**Resolved two-way doors:**
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- **OQ-04**: Dynamic handler registration — static at startup (ADR-010)
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- **OQ-04**: Dynamic handler registration — static at startup (ADR-010); scoped to the `HandlerRegistry` (ALPN-level) by ADR-024, which governs `OperationRegistry` mutability separately
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- **OQ-07**: Call protocol scope — bidirectional streams, EventEnvelope, ID-based correlation (ADR-012)
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- **OQ-11**: Handler-level auth resolution observability — handlers store resolved identity on Connection (Option B); two identity scopes: connection-level (observability) and per-request (ACL)
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- **OQ-12**: TLS identity provisioning — two use cases: RFC 7250 raw keys (default, P2P) and X.509 certs (domain-hosted, browsers). ACME is a proven pattern.
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- **OQ-13**: Operation path format — `/{service}/{op}` is the correct design for alknet-call, not a simplification
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- **OQ-14**: Batch operation semantics — multiple correlated `call.requested` events is the correct protocol design, not a simplification
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- **OQ-19**: Session-scoped registries — agent-written operations via `OperationEnv` trait layering; protocol doesn't need changes; `OperationEnv` must remain a trait
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- **OQ-19**: Session-scoped registries — agent-written operations via `OperationEnv` trait layering; protocol doesn't need changes; `OperationEnv` must remain a trait. Generalized by ADR-024 to cover connection-scoped overlays as well.
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- **OQ-20**: Encryption key derivation — HD derivation from BIP39 seed, not PBKDF2; salt field unused in v2 (wire-format compat) (ADR-020)
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- **OQ-22**: Key rotation — version-indexed derivation paths; `rotate` method re-encrypts (ADR-021)
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- **OQ-23**: Handler identity registration path — registration bundle with provenance, composition authority, scoped env, capabilities (ADR-022)
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