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OQ-04: Dynamic Handler Registration at Runtime vs Static at Startup

  • Origin: overview.md

  • Status: resolved

  • Door type: Two-way

  • Priority: low

  • Resolution: Static registration at startup. HandlerRegistry is immutable after construction. ALPN strings in the TLS ServerConfig are derived from the registry at startup. See ADR-010.

    Scope clarification (ADR-024): This resolution applies to the HandlerRegistry (ALPN string → ProtocolHandler), which is what ADR-010 governs. The call protocol's OperationRegistry (operation name → HandlerRegistration) is a separate registry living inside the CallAdapter, behind the single ALPN alknet/call. Its mutability profile is governed by ADR-024, not by this OQ. ADR-024 layers the operation registry by trust boundary: curated Local ops are immutable (same rationale as here — composing ops are privileged, the startup trust boundary is where their authority is granted); Session and imported (FromCall etc.) ops are dynamic at their respective trust-boundary scopes (session, connection). The pre-ADR-024 blanket immutability claim in operation-registry.md was inherited by analogy from this OQ and did not actually apply — the TLS-config argument that justifies HandlerRegistry immutability does not touch the OperationRegistry.

  • Cross-references: ADR-001, ADR-010, ADR-024, endpoint.md, operation-registry.md