glm-5.2
0de2cebb1d
Commits the concrete adapter shape deferred by ADR-033: read-sync / write-async split with honker NOTIFY/LISTEN for no-restart cache invalidation, against SQLite, in a separate alknet-store-sqlite crate. Two constraints drive the design: (1) the hot-path read trait (IdentityProvider::resolve_from_fingerprint, CredentialStore::get) is sync — called in the accept loop, no .await — so a SQLite-backed adapter must cache in memory and serve sync reads from the cache; (2) auth changes must take effect without a restart (an early issue the project already fixed for ConfigIdentityProvider via ArcSwap config reload). honker's SQLite NOTIFY/LISTEN (single-digit-ms wake, no polling) is the cache-invalidation mechanism that makes both hold: write commits to SQLite + emits NOTIFY, the running process's LISTEN wakes, the in-memory index reloads and atomically swaps, the next read sees the new state. Same ArcSwap-reload pattern as config, generalized from 'config file is source of truth' to 'SQLite is source of truth, honker signals when it changed.' New async IdentityStore write trait (put_peer / update_peer / remove_peer) extends the sync IdentityProvider read trait for peer mutations. ConfigIdentityProvider does NOT implement it (config reload is its write path — a posture enforced by the absence of a backend, not a type-system constraint); SqliteIdentityProvider implements both. CredentialStore::put/delete refined to async (within ADR-031's one-way door — the contract was get/put/delete keyed by provider persisting EncryptedData never decrypting; sync-vs-async was unspecified). CredentialStoreError renamed to shared StoreError covering both traits. alknet-store-sqlite is one crate implementing both IdentityStore and CredentialStore with shared SQLite connection + honker LISTEN infra (splitting later is a two-way door). Schema shape committed (one row per PeerEntry with JSON columns for fingerprints/scopes/resources; one row per EncryptedData blob keyed by provider); exact DDL is an implementation-detail two-way door in the adapter crate. The keypal adapter-factory pattern is intentionally not ported to Rust (runtime column-mapping is a TS affordance; in Rust each adapter is a concrete type, cross-cutting concerns are a shared helper module). Amends ADR-031 (put/delete async refinement, StoreError rename), ADR-033 (concrete adapter shape now specified, two-crate framing collapsed to one), ADR-034 (OQ-36 now resolved), auth.md (IdentityStore section, cache-invalidation summary, OQ-36 reference), config.md (two write paths note), and the OQ-36/OQ-34 entries in open-questions.md. Review fixed 4 criticals (error-type name divergence, duplicate IdentityProvider sketch, upsert/Duplicate ambiguity, 'shape unchanged' contradiction), 7 warnings, 5 suggestions.
Alknet
Status: Pre-alpha — This project is undergoing a major architectural pivot to an ALPN-as-service model. The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.
A self-hostable networking toolkit built on QUIC+TLS with ALPN-based protocol dispatch. Each protocol handler (SSH, SFTP, Git, HTTP, DNS, messaging, call protocol) registers an ALPN string on a shared endpoint. The ALPN negotiation during the TLS/QUIC handshake routes connections to the correct handler before any application bytes are read.
Core Insight
A service IS an ALPN. One endpoint, one port, many protocols — dispatched by the TLS handshake, not by application-level peeking or separate listeners.
Crates
| Crate | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
alknet-vault |
stable | Local key vault: BIP39/SLIP-0010/AES-GCM key derivation and encryption |
alknet-core |
planned | ProtocolHandler trait, ALPN router, auth/identity, config |
alknet-ssh |
planned | SSH handler (russh), SOCKS5, port forwarding |
alknet-call |
planned | JSON-RPC call protocol (EventEnvelope framing) |
alknet-fs |
planned | Content-addressed file storage (iroh-blobs backend) |
alknet-sftp |
planned | SFTP handler (russh-sftp protocol core) |
alknet-git |
planned | Git smart protocol handler (gix) |
alknet-http |
planned | HTTP handler (axum, REST API, MCP) |
alknet-dns |
planned | DNS handler (hickory-proto, pkarr) |
alknet-msg |
planned | E2E encrypted messaging, mixnet support |
alknet |
planned | CLI binary (assembles and registers handlers) |
Documentation
- ALPN-as-service architecture — pivot proposal
- Cleanup plan — greenfield transition plan
- SDD process — spec-driven development process
- Research references — iroh, russh, russh-sftp deep dives
Reference implementation (previous architecture) is preserved at /workspace/@alkdev/alknet-main/.
License
Licensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
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