Review of the three new crates (alknet-tls, alknet-endpoint, alknet-client)
+ revised core found compile-blocking inconsistencies, stale claims, and
dep-graph contradictions. All resolved:
Critical:
- C1: CallClient::connect / ChannelClient::connect_quic REMOVED (not
delegated) — keeping them as thin wrappers over AlknetClient::dial_quic
would make protocol crates depend on alknet-client, contradicting the
dep graph. Callers compose dial + take-over (2 lines).
- C2: alknet-client feature gates now pull alknet-core/quinn +
alknet-core/iroh (for Connection::from_quinn_with_alpn / from_iroh).
- C3: rustls-native-certs + webpki-roots added to alknet-tls deps
(always-present, not feature-gated — CA-verify path is transport-agnostic).
Warning:
- W1: CallCredentials/RemoteIdentity moved to alknet-core (from
alknet-call) — the dial must not depend on the call protocol; not a
two-way-door, it determines the dep graph.
- W2: webpki-roots fallback implemented in spec (ADR-088 §5 added) —
the code claimed a fallback that never existed; now the store is never
empty, NoRootAnchors unreachable, containerized deployments work.
- W3: EndpointError removed entirely (BindFailed + HandlerNotFound both
vestigial after ADR-083); shutdown() is now infallible.
- W4: FingerprintPinVerifier moved to alknet-tls (from alknet-call) —
alknet-call sheds quinn/rustls/rustls-pemfile/rustls-native-certs
entirely; CallClient becomes a pure protocol crate.
Plus: ClientError removed (only produced by removed connect); S1
(CallCredentials → ClientVerifierContext mapping + auth_token stripped
at TLS boundary documented); amendment notes on ADR-017, ADR-069,
ADR-080, ADR-082, ADR-087, ADR-090; overview crate graph + README index
updated.
29 files, consistency-reviewed.
Amend ADR-083 with the crate-extraction decision: the endpoint moves
from alknet-core into a new crate alknet-endpoint, mirroring the
alknet-client extraction (ADR-089). The ADR's shape (new + builder
methods + public dispatch + run/shutdown) is unchanged; only the
location changes.
The extraction is structural pruning, not an inline refactor. The
endpoint is a leaf consumer of core's shared types (zero handler crates
import it; 124 import sites for the other core modules). Extracting it
lets core shed quinn/iroh/rcgen/rustls-acme — handler crates no longer
transitively link those. A pure worker (client-only) does not pull
alknet-endpoint at all. The dep graph is symmetric: alknet-core is the
shared types crate; alknet-endpoint and alknet-client are the
server-side and client-side establishment crates.
New spec: crates/endpoint/README.md (the canonical endpoint spec).
core/endpoint.md is deprecated to a stub. Cross-references updated
across 8 docs (README, overview, tls, hub, client, core README, ADR-083,
ADR-089 references). Architecture review passed (3 critical, 9 warnings
— all addressed).
TLS spec review before task decomposition. The client side was
under-specified relative to the server side — fixed:
- W1+W2: TlsClientConfig gets the full accessor API (for_quinn,
for_tcp_tls, rustls_config) mirroring TlsServerConfig, plus the
local TlsIdentity input for client-auth cert presentation. Both
clients (call + channels) consume it via the same three accessors.
- W3: Client-side extraction table for call_client.rs items that move
to alknet-tls, including the Ed25519SigningKey / load_cert_chain /
load_private_key duplicates that consolidate into one copy.
- W5: Server-side rustls_config() doc comment no longer claims iroh
uses it (iroh reads the key directly).
- S6: Dropped 'remote cert type' from ClientVerifierContext — it
doesn't drive any construction decision.
- S7: Implementation ordering note (tls first, then endpoint refactor,
then assembly) — the call sites don't exist until step 2/3.
- N8: Noted alknet-core's acme feature + deps become vestigial.
- Flagged client spec work for the next session (two clients: call +
channels; same TlsClientConfig shape; prerequisite for first hub).
- Advanced ADR-082/083 to Accepted; TLS README to reviewed.
ADR-083 revised: TCP+TLS moves from an external sibling loop calling
public dispatch to a first-class owned transport via
with_tcp_tls(listener, acceptor), running inside run() alongside the
quinn and iroh accept loops. The endpoint owns all its accept loops;
shutdown() stops them all. The multi-owner shutdown problem (OQ-61)
does not arise — dissolved.
The reason TCP+TLS was structurally excluded (ADR-010 Am. 1: the
endpoint built transports internally, TCP+TLS couldn't fit) is gone
after ADR-083 — the endpoint no longer builds transports; it runs
accept loops on whatever it's given. TCP+TLS is a listener transport,
same shape as quinn and iroh. ADR-010 Amendment 2 supersedes Am. 1's
struct-level exclusion.
dispatch stays public — but for genuinely external shapes (SSH channels,
future WebTransport streams), which are connection-internal multiplexing,
not listener transports. The listener-vs-multiplexing distinction is now
explicit.
OQ-60 resolved: the TCP+TLS loop lives in alknet-core behind a tcp
feature (owned by the endpoint); builder functions are inlined by the
assembly layer. A alknet-transport crate was rejected — it would contain
only trivial builders; the real component (the loop) is in core. Hub-
specific composition lives in the hub crate; transport runtimes that any
node might need live in core.
Updated: ADR-010 (Amendment 2), ADR-082 (TCP+TLS loop location), ADR-083
(revised), core/endpoint.md (struct + dispatch + shutdown), hub/README.md
(transport table + assembly example + stale sibling references),
tls/README.md (endpoint section + TCP+TLS loop location + references),
open-questions.md (OQ-60 resolved, OQ-61 dissolved).
Review: zero critical issues, five warnings fixed (stale hub README
prose, stale core endpoint.md struct/dispatch listings, stale ADR-082
TCP+TLS loop location, stale TLS README reference entry, hub front-matter
date).
ADR-083: AlknetEndpoint becomes a pure accept-loop runner with a public
dispatch method. Transport construction moves out of the endpoint — the
assembly layer reads StaticConfig, builds transports from
TlsServerConfig(s), and hands pre-built quinn/iroh endpoints to the
endpoint via with_quinn/with_iroh. TCP+TLS dispatch is first-class (same
dispatch path as quinn/iroh); ADR-010 Amendment 1's duplicated-dispatch
workaround is retired. StaticConfig stays in core as the assembly-layer
config; the endpoint takes only drain_timeout.
The acme-tls/1 guard moves from dispatch_quinn to the shared dispatch
method — ACME TLS-ALPN-01 challenges arrive over TCP (CAs validate via
TCP to port 443, not QUIC), so the guard's quinn-specific location was a
latent bug once TCP+TLS exists. The guard is transport-agnostic; the
rationale (no handler, silent close) is unchanged. ADR-027 §5 amended.
OQ-60: where build_iroh_endpoint lives (assembly layer / alknet-tls
helper / transport module). build_quinn_server_config_from_rustls is
decided — it moves to alknet-tls as for_quinn() per ADR-082; only
build_iroh_endpoint is genuinely undecided.
OQ-61: multi-owner shutdown coordination. Boundary committed (endpoint
owns dispatched handlers; assembly layer owns spawned accept loops);
mechanism open.
ADR-082 amended: drops the Arc<TlsServerConfig> endpoint signature
(superseded by ADR-083); keeps its scope as the alknet-tls crate's
TlsServerConfig + accessors.
Review: zero critical issues, five warnings fixed (build_iroh_endpoint
destination contradiction, undeclared shutdown_sender, missing ADR-027
amendment marker, underspecified dispatch no-match behavior, stale
door-type timing clause).
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