Review #003 found 11 critical, 14 warning, and 6 suggestion findings
after reviews #001 (governance/security) and #002 (cross-document
consistency/two-way-door audit) were resolved. The theme: types and
APIs that were *referenced* but never *defined*, and stale ADR sketches
that didn't match the now-updated spec docs.
Critical fixes (11):
- C1: DerivedKey #[derive(Deserialize)] contradicted the custom
Deserialize that rejects "[REDACTED]" — dropped the derive, added
explicit manual Serialize/Deserialize impls (protocol.md).
- C2: encrypt prose said "derived at PATHS::ENCRYPTION" but the
signature takes key_version — updated to encryption_path_for_version
(service.md).
- C3: derive_encryption_key returned DerivedKey, derive_encryption_key
_for_version returned EncryptionKey (same cache) — unified on
DerivedKey, defined CachedKey (service.md).
- C4: tokio vs std::sync::RwLock contradiction — specified
std::sync::RwLock, dropped tokio from vault deps (ADR-018, ADR-025,
service.md).
- C5: Missing drift rows in vault README — added #9 (key_version
ignored) and #10 (rotate not implemented).
- C6: ADR-022 build_root_context and invoke() sketches omitted
abort_policy (9 fields vs 10) — added the field to both sketches.
- C7: Capabilities type referenced 20+ times, never defined — added
struct definition to core-types.md with Clone+Send+Sync, Zeroize,
sealed builder API, immutability guard.
- C8: SessionOverlaySource on CallAdapter but never defined, crate
violation (alknet-call can't depend on alknet-agent) — defined the
trait in alknet-call (call-protocol.md), matching the IdentityProvider
pattern.
- C9: CompositeOperationEnv dispatch fall-through was "a two-way door"
— added contains() to OperationEnv trait, made the composite probe
before dispatching, eliminating the sentinel ambiguity.
- C10: No API for Layer 2 (connection overlay) registration, CallConnection
undefined — defined CallConnection struct + register_imported() API
(call-protocol.md).
- C11: with_local signature diverged between two examples (4 args vs 5)
— added capabilities as the 5th arg, made both examples consistent.
Warning fixes (14):
- W1: invoke_with_policy restructured as required method, invoke gets a
default impl delegating to it — eliminates duplication across impls.
- W2: CachedKey defined (service.md).
- W3: EncryptionKey constructor/glue specified, added to re-export list.
- W4: Secp256k1ExtendedPrivKey defined, derive_ethereum_key glue shown.
- W5: encryption_path_for_version rejects version < 2 (v1 is TS PBKDF2).
- W6: Wire payload schemas for all event types + ResponseEnvelope →
EventEnvelope conversion table (call-protocol.md).
- W7: Timeout section — deadline on OperationContext, composed calls
inherit parent's deadline, CallAdapter::with_timeout().
- W8: Request ID generation spec — UUID v4 for composed calls, wire ID
vs internal ID relationship for abort cascade.
- W9: unlock_new already-unlocked behavior specified (returns
AlreadyUnlocked).
- W10: KeyType Serialize/Deserialize justification corrected (stale
irpc reference removed).
- W11: OperationProvenance and CompositionAuthority defined inline in
operation-registry.md (were only in ADR-022).
- W12: encrypt/decrypt free functions marked pub(crate), relationship
to VaultServiceHandle methods stated.
- W13: rotate signature removed from encryption.md (it's a
VaultServiceHandle method, not a free function).
- W14: CallAdapter::new() + with_session_source() + with_timeout()
constructors shown.
Suggestion fixes (6): Seed: Clone note, VaultServiceInner invariant,
ExtendedPrivKey accessor signatures, CURRENT_KEY_VERSION location, ADR-018
stale actor text, derivation helpers re-export note.
Add ADR-026 (vault key model — HD derivation) recording the foundational
HD-derivation decision, 74' coin type reservation, SLIP-0010/Ed25519
default, secp256k1 feature-gating, and AES-256-GCM cipher choice. These
were previously inline rationale with no ADR (W9).
Extend ADR-018 with an explicit EncryptedData wire format lock — fields,
encoding, and semantics are frozen; no removal without a format-version
migration (W10).
Resolve the remaining guard clauses and spec decisions:
- W2: Capabilities must be immutable after construction (no interior
mutability). Makes the Arc vs deep-copy clone semantics genuinely
two-way.
- W5: Published to_* specs are compatibility contracts — best-effort
mappings are two-way before first publication, one-way after. Version
generated specs.
- W6: Salt field clarification — v2 salt is permanently unused; a future
KDF is a different derivation family, not a version-indexed path; the
field saves a wire-format change only.
- W7: unlock_new returns Zeroizing<String> — the mnemonic is the root of
trust and must not linger in freed memory.
- W17: OQ-09 WASM — server-side dispatch door is honestly closed
(Connection is concrete, tokio-bound), not implicitly preserved.
- W18: OQ-10 git — composability fork (raw smart protocol vs call-protocol
projection) is a separate decision from ERC721 scope.
- W20: from_openapi must prefix imported error codes (HTTP_404) to avoid
collision with protocol-level codes (NOT_FOUND). Normative rule, not
naming convention.
- W21: ScopedOperationEnv field is private — construction via new()/
empty(), query via allows(). Makes the future subgraph refactor
non-breaking.
- C13: Connection::set_identity — the endpoint does not read identity()
after handle() returns (Connection is moved into the spawned task).
Observability is handler-side logging. Simplest honest answer.
- W1: OperationAdapter trait is async, returns Vec<HandlerRegistration>.
from_call requires async discovery; ADR-022 changed the return type.
- W11: CompositionAuthority::as_identity() defined — constructs a
synthetic Identity (label as id, scopes, resources) not resolvable via
IdentityProvider. Second Identity construction path, acknowledged.
- W14: SecretKey is iroh::SecretKey (Ed25519) — consistent with the
endpoint's iroh dependency.
- W19: Grandchild abort propagation is inherit-by-default (option a) —
invoke() with no explicit policy inherits parent's policy. ContinueRunning
auto-propagates to grandchildren unless explicitly overridden.
ADR-023 adds error_schemas to OperationSpec so operations can declare
their domain-level failure modes (FILE_NOT_FOUND, RATE_LIMITED, etc.)
distinct from protocol-level codes (NOT_FOUND, FORBIDDEN, etc.). The
call.error payload gains an optional 'details' field carrying the typed
error payload conforming to the declared schema. from_openapi/to_openapi
map OpenAPI response status codes to/from ErrorDefinitions, making the
adapter contract from ADR-017 faithful on the error axis.
Also fixes W2 (KeyVersionMismatch stale comment in encryption.md —
ADR-021 implements rotation without this variant) and W4
(derive_encryption_key_for_version missing from service.md method list).
Spec updates: operation-registry.md (OperationSpec, ErrorDefinition,
Handler error mapping, services/schema), call-protocol.md (call.error
payload, CallError, ResponseEnvelope), README.md, overview.md,
open-questions.md (OQ-24), call/README.md, encryption.md, service.md.
Key rotation uses version-indexed derivation paths: each key version maps
to a distinct SLIP-0010 path (m/74'/2'/0'/{version-2}'). v2 is at index 0
(PATHS::ENCRYPTION), v3 at index 1, etc.
Mechanism:
- encryption_path_for_version(version) constructs the path
- decrypt derives the key at the version-indicated path (not always
PATHS::ENCRYPTION)
- rotate(blob, to_version) decrypts with old key, re-encrypts with new
- No new mnemonic needed — same seed, different path
- Partial rotation is safe — old keys remain derivable
- The vault does not self-rotate; the assembly layer iterates blobs
Source drift flagged:
- decrypt currently ignores key_version for path selection (always uses
PATHS::ENCRYPTION) — must use version-indexed paths
- rotate method does not exist in source — must be added
- CURRENT_KEY_VERSION must bump from 1 to 2 (per ADR-020, reinforced here)
OQ-22 resolved. Only OQ-21 (remote vault admin, deferred) remains.
The vault uses SLIP-0010 HD derivation from the BIP39 seed for the
AES-256-GCM encryption key, not PBKDF2. This replaces the TypeScript
predecessor's (@alkdev/storage/src/graphs/crypto.ts) PBKDF2-based
approach.
Key decisions:
- HD derivation at m/74'/2'/0'/0' produces the encryption key
- PBKDF2 is not implemented in the vault; no password-based derivation
- salt field is unused in v2 (wire-format compat only)
- key_version=1 reserved for TS PBKDF2 data; key_version=2 for vault HD
- TS-encrypted data requires one-time migration to v2
- CURRENT_KEY_VERSION changes from 1 to 2 (source drift flagged)
OQ-20 resolved: the encryption key derivation method is locked. OQ-22
(key rotation workflow) remains open but does not block implementation.
Spec the vault crate from its existing implementation. The vault is
stable (implementation exists); this spec documents what IS so the
implementation-sync agent can reconcile source drift.
New spec documents (crates/vault/):
- README.md — crate index, security constraints, public API
- mnemonic-derivation.md — BIP39, SLIP-0010, BIP-0032, derivation paths
- encryption.md — AES-256-GCM, EncryptedData, key versioning, salt
- service.md — VaultServiceHandle lifecycle, actor dispatch, cache
- protocol.md — VaultProtocol irpc messages, DerivedKey redaction
New ADRs:
- ADR-018: Vault as standalone crate (zero alknet deps; own types/errors)
- ADR-019: Vault assembly-layer-only access (CLI is sole caller)
New open questions:
- OQ-20: Salt/KDF Phase B (open, low priority — salt field reserved)
- OQ-21: Remote vault administration (deferred — needs ADR if ever needed)
- OQ-22: Key rotation mechanism (open, low priority — workflow not specced)
Spec-vs-source drift explicitly flagged (for the sync agent):
- rand::random() used for IVs instead of OsRng (security-critical)
- unwrap() on every RwLock acquisition (must use unwrap_or_else)
- ADR-038 / OQ-SVC-03 references in source comments are stale (old numbering)
- VaultServiceActor::spawn returns a non-functional second actor (source bug)
- KeyVersionMismatch error variant is defined but unused in v1
