Reflect what actually landed since the 2026-08-14 draft: - alkcall 0.1.1: alk/tty + alk/channels ALPN rename (no public API change) - alkcall Identity.resources now HashMap<String, Vec<String>> - alkcall OwnershipProvider::owns gained action arg; OwnershipStore::record lost it - alktype 0.2.0: kind-based BAST format (schema doc artifact, not a runtime dep) Fold alknet-tty-local into the single crate as the feature-gated local module (pty.rs + pipe.rs + backend.rs) — the cyclic-dep workaround it required in the alknet mono-repo doesn't apply to a single crate. Add Decision 7 (BAST schema as documentation artifact), Phase 0 (scaffold hygiene), Phase 4 BAST-schema step, OQ-6, and a BAST-drift risk with a cheap test mitigation. Cargo.toml: bump alkcall 0.1.0 -> 0.1.1; add futures = 0.3 as a direct dep so the BoxFuture alias doesn't ride on a transitive.
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# Project Setup Plan
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Status: draft (revised 2026-08-17 to reflect landed upstream changes)
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Last updated: 2026-08-17
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## Overview
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Extract `alknet-tty` + `alknet-tty-local` from the alknet mono-repo into a
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standalone `alktty` crate — a producer/consumer protocol crate on top of
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alkcall channels. This is the first protocol crate built on alkcall and
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establishes patterns that `alktunnels` and others will follow.
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The local backend (`alknet-tty-local`) is folded into `alktty` as a
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feature-gated `local` submodule rather than kept as a sibling crate.
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Both the original `alknet-tty` (the wire/adapter/backend-trait half) and
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`alknet-tty-local` (the `portable_pty` + `tokio::process` half) are
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ported together, so the single crate carries the full stack: the
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`alk/tty` protocol + the one backend implementation that ships with it.
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A docker or SSH backend would be a separate crate; the local backend is
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small and the cyclic-dependency workaround it required in the alknet
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mono-repo (see ADR-054) doesn't apply to a single crate with a feature
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flag.
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## Upstream changes that landed since the first draft
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These were "open questions" or "upstream changes needed" in the
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2026-08-14 draft and are now resolved. The plan reflects the as-built
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shape, not the original intent.
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### alkcall 0.1.1 — ALPN rename done
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- `CHANNELS_ALPN`: `b"alknet/channels"` → `b"alk/channels"` (in
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`alkcall/src/channels/adapter.rs`).
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- Test at `channels/client.rs:767` uses `"alk/tty"` (was
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`"alknet/tty"`).
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- Semver showed no public API change → alkcall bumped 0.1.0 → 0.1.1.
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- `alkcall` `Cargo.toml` dependency needs updating from `0.1.0` to
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`0.1.1` (the scaffold still pins `0.1.0`).
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### alkcall — `Identity.resources` shape
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The alknet-core `Identity` had `resources: HashMap<String, String>` (a
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flat resource-type → resource-id map). alkcall's `Identity` (in
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`alkcall::core::auth`) has `resources: HashMap<String, Vec<String>>` —
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one resource type can carry multiple resource ids. The ported adapter
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tests that build an `Identity` by hand need this shape; the production
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code only reads `identity.scopes` (the scope-gate at negotiation), so
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the change is test-side.
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### alkcall — `OwnershipProvider` / `OwnershipStore` signature
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- `OwnershipProvider::owns(&self, identity, resource_type,
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resource_id, action: &str)` — added an `action` parameter (was 3
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args, now 4). The adapter's call site
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(`provider.owns(id_ref, kind, &id, "tty")`) already passes an
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`"tty"` action string, which is the new arity. No change to the
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production adapter; the mock and test fixtures need the 4-arg shape.
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- `OwnershipStore::record(&self, identity, resource_type,
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resource_id)` — **dropped** the old `action` parameter that
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alknet-core's variant took. The adapter test's
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`store.record(&owner, "container", "c1").await` matches the new
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arity. (The scaffold's plan previously listed an `OwnershipStore`
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import that no longer needs an action arg.)
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### alkcall — `AuthContext::anonymous(alpn)`
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alkcall added a convenience constructor `AuthContext::anonymous(alpn)`
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that builds an `AuthContext` with no identity, no fingerprint, no
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remote address — only the ALPN. Useful in adapter tests; not used by
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the production adapter (which receives the `AuthContext` from the
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dispatch path).
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### alktype 0.2.0 — BAST format pivot
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alktype was reworked: the v0.1.0 `AlkType:*` custom-keyword JSON Schema
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backend was dropped in favor of a straightforward `kind`-based BAST
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(Binary Abstract Syntax Tree) format inspired by unist ASTs. A BAST
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document is a plain JSON file (conforming to a JSON Schema meta-schema)
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that describes binary layouts using `kind` strings (`"uint8"`,
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`"uint32"`, `"struct"`, etc.) and `$defs`/`$ref` for composition.
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`alktty` will **not** depend on alktype — the hand-rolled
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`ChunkReader`/`ChunkWriter` in `wire.rs` already works and is
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straightforward. The BAST format matters here only as a normative
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**schema document** for the `alk/tty` wire format: a JSON file under
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`docs/architecture/` that downstream consumers (and alktype, if
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desired) can consume to generate validators, layout maps, or readers
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in any language. The schema is a documentation artifact, not a runtime
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dependency.
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## Crate Structure
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Single crate (`alktty`) with the local backend gated behind a `local`
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feature. This is a "tty-specific monorepo" — one crate, one concern,
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both halves of the original alknet split (`alknet-tty` +
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`alknet-tty-local`) folded in.
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```
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alktty/
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├── src/
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│ ├── lib.rs # crate root, re-exports
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│ ├── wire.rs # ChunkReader/ChunkWriter (5-byte format)
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│ ├── negotiation.rs # NegotiateRequest, framing reader/writer
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│ ├── control.rs # ControlMessage enum, signal_from_name
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│ ├── backend.rs # TtyBackend trait, TtyHandle, TtyParams, TtyError
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│ ├── adapter.rs # TtyAdapter (ProtocolHandler), drive_session
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│ ├── session.rs # TtySession — typed consumer client
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│ ├── channels.rs # OpenHandler factory, register_openable helper
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│ └── local/ # (behind `local` feature — the folded alknet-tty-local)
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│ ├── mod.rs # LocalTtyBackend re-export
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│ ├── backend.rs # LocalTtyBackend (dispatches terminal: Some→pty, None→pipe)
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│ ├── pty.rs # PTY mode (portable_pty, 3 std threads → tokio channels, #[cfg(unix)])
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│ └── pipe.rs # Pipe/runner mode (tokio::process::Command, cross-platform)
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├── docs/
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│ ├── architecture/
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│ │ ├── README.md # architecture index
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│ │ ├── tty-wire.md # wire format spec (5-byte chunk + 4-byte neg frame)
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│ │ ├── tty-bast.md # BAST JSON document for the alk/tty wire format
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│ │ ├── tty-backend.md # TtyBackend trait + LocalTtyBackend
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│ │ ├── tty-adapter.md # TtyAdapter + drive_session
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│ │ ├── tty-local.md # PTY + pipe modes, REQ-TTY-01/02
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│ │ └── decisions/ # renumbered ADRs
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│ └── plans/
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│ └── project-setup.md # this document
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├── Cargo.toml
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├── LICENSE-APACHE
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└── LICENSE-MIT
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```
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## Key Design Decisions
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### 1. Single crate, feature-gated local backend
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The old split (`alknet-tty` + `alknet-tty-local`) had a cyclic dependency
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problem: `alknet-tty-local` depends on `alknet-tty` for the trait, and
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ADR-054 wanted `alknet-tty` to re-export `LocalTtyBackend` behind a
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`local` feature — which cargo rejects. The assembly-layer workaround
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(consumer depends on both crates directly) works but is awkward.
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Single crate with `local` feature solves this cleanly. The
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`portable-pty` and `tokio-util` deps are optional. A docker-only
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deployment doesn't pull in PTY code.
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**Folded-in scope.** The single crate carries both halves of the
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original alknet split: the wire/adapter/backend-trait half (from
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`alknet-tty`) and the local backend (from `alknet-tty-local`). The
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local backend is small (~1.4k lines), tightly coupled to the trait,
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and the cyclic-dep workaround it required in the alknet mono-repo
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doesn't exist in a single crate. A docker or SSH backend would still
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be a separate crate — those have real external deps (`bollard`,
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`russh`) and their own resource models.
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### 2. Dependency: `alknet-core` → `alkcall::core`
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All types previously from `alknet-core` now come from `alkcall::core`:
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- `ProtocolHandler`, `Connection`, `BiStream`, `BidiStreamSource`
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- `AuthContext`, `Identity`, `IdentityProvider`
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- `AccessControl`, `OwnershipProvider`, `OwnershipStore`,
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`InMemoryOwnershipStore`
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- `HandlerError`, `StreamError`
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The `TtyAdapter`'s `impl ProtocolHandler` changes which crate the trait
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comes from. The trait shape is identical. The `Identity` struct's
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`resources` field is `HashMap<String, Vec<String>>` in alkcall (was
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`HashMap<String, String>` in alknet-core); the production adapter only
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reads `identity.scopes`, so the change is test-side.
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`Cargo.toml` pins `alkcall = "0.1.1"` (the scaffold's `0.1.0` pin is
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stale — 0.1.1 is the ALPN-rename release; same public API per semver).
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### 3. Channels integration (the new part)
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This is where alktty becomes a proper producer/consumer on alkcall.
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**ALPN strings (settled).** `alk/tty` (direct) and `alk/channels`
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(multiplexed). The `alknet/<name>` → `alk/<name>` rename landed in
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alkcall 0.1.1 — `CHANNELS_ALPN` is `b"alk/channels"`, the channels
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client test uses `"alk/tty"`. No upstream work remains; we just use
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the new strings.
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**Producer half** — two paths to expose TTY:
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- **Direct ALPN** (`alk/tty`): `TtyAdapter` implements `ProtocolHandler`.
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Existing code, just import migration. Used for direct-connect scenarios
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(browser terminal over WebTransport, standalone TTY endpoint).
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- **Through channels** (`alk/channels`): Register an `OpenHandler` via
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`ChannelCore::register_openable()`. The handler receives a `Connection`
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(the channel's data plane with ALPN `alk/tty`), calls `accept_bi()`,
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and runs the same `drive_session` on the resulting `BiStream`.
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Per ADR-093 (reversal of ADR-077): TTY always uses its 5-byte format.
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The channels layer strips its 8-byte header and hands TTY the payload
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transparently. The same `wire.rs` code runs in both modes — only the
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`BiStream` source differs.
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The channels integration code is small: a `register_openable` helper
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function that takes a `ChannelCore`, `OperationRegistry`, and backend
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map, and registers the per-ALPN open op (`channels/tty/sub` —
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consumer-opens). This lives in `src/channels.rs`. The op spec carries
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the `channel_open` marker (`ChannelOpenSpec::new("alk/tty")`) and the
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`AccessControl` for the scope-gate + ownership check; the channels
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wrapper does `check_open` → `open_channel` → spawn the `OpenHandler`
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→ respond with `{ channel_id }`.
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**Consumer half** — `TtySession`:
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A typed client that wraps the wire protocol. Two constructors:
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- `TtySession::connect_direct(connection)` — for direct `alk/tty`
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- `TtySession::open_via_channels(client, params)` — opens a channel via
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`ChannelClient`, negotiates, returns a session handle
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The session handle exposes:
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- `send_stdin(bytes)` / `close_stdin()`
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- `recv_stdout()` / `recv_stderr()` — streams
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- `resize(cols, rows)`, `signal(name)`
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- `wait()` — awaits exit code
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### 4. Negotiation framing — keep self-contained
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ADR-057 says the negotiation framing is self-contained (~30 lines, format
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coincides with alkcall's by convention). Even though alkcall is now a
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dependency, we keep the self-contained framing because:
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- The payload is `NegotiateRequest`, not `EventEnvelope` — alkcall's
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`FrameFramedReader` is hardcoded to deserialize `EventEnvelope`
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- The framing is trivial (4-byte BE length prefix + body)
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- Avoids coupling to alkcall's internal wire types for a TTY-specific payload
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### 5. Producer/consumer framing
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The architecture README in alkcall describes protocol crates as having two
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halves:
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1. **Producer half** — `register_*()` functions that take an
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`&mut OperationRegistry` and register ops with handlers. For channels,
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an `OpenHandler` factory.
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2. **Consumer half** — a typed client wrapper around `CallConnection` or
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`ChannelClient` that exposes the crate's ops as async methods.
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We make this explicit in the module structure:
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- `src/adapter.rs` + `src/channels.rs` = producer half
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- `src/session.rs` = consumer half
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### 6. Access control and auth
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The old code had minimal access control (a scope-gate at negotiation).
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With alkcall, we get:
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- **Operation-level ACL**: `AccessControl` on `OperationSpec` — scopes,
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resource ownership checks (`required_scopes`, `required_scopes_any`,
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`resource_type` + `resource_id_path`, `resource_action`)
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- **Channel lifecycle policy**: `ChannelLifecyclePolicy` — per-identity
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channel caps, open/close hooks (consulted by the `ChannelCore`
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wrapper, not by alktty directly)
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- **Ownership**: `OwnershipProvider` — runtime-spawned resource tracking
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(terminal sessions are resources per ADR-050). alkcall's
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`OwnershipProvider::owns` takes an `action: &str` arg (the adapter
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passes `"tty"`); `OwnershipStore::record` takes no action arg.
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### 7. BAST schema as a documentation artifact
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The `alk/tty` wire format gets a BAST (Binary Abstract Syntax Tree)
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document under `docs/architecture/tty-bast.md`. BAST is alktype's
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JSON-based binary-layout vocabulary (alktype 0.2.0 dropped the old
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`AlkType:*` custom-keyword backend in favor of this `kind`-based
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format). The document is a normative spec: downstream consumers (and
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alktype, if desired) can consume it to generate validators, layout
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maps, or readers in any language with a JSON parser.
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**alktty does not depend on alktype.** The hand-rolled
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`ChunkReader`/`ChunkWriter` in `wire.rs` is the runtime codec; the BAST
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document is the human-readable contract that describes what those
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types round-trip. Keeping them as separate artifacts avoids pulling in
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alktype as a runtime dep for a codec that's already ~200 lines and
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works. If we later want runtime validation against the BAST (e.g., to
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reject malformed chunks at the framing boundary with a generated
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validator), alktype becomes an optional dep — the BAST document is
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already there to feed it.
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The `TtyAdapter`'s direct-ALPN path keeps the existing ad-hoc scope
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check (`has_scope(identity, TTY_OPEN_SCOPE)`) for the scope gate and
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optionally consults `OwnershipProvider` for the resource-ownership
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check. The channels path gets both for free via
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`ChannelCore::register_openable`, which wires `AccessControl` into the
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operation spec — the registry runs the ACL before the wrapper, so the
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`OpenHandler` only needs to validate params and spawn the protocol.
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## Migration Strategy
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### Phase 0: Scaffold hygiene (small fixes before porting)
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1. Bump `alkcall` in `Cargo.toml` from `"0.1.0"` → `"0.1.1"` (ALPN
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rename release).
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2. Add `futures = "0.3"` to `[dependencies]` (the `BoxFuture` alias
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uses `futures::future::BoxFuture`; alkcall pulls it transitively
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but alktty should declare it directly to not rely on a transitive
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dep for a public type alias).
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3. Confirm the `local` feature already wires `portable-pty` +
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`tokio-util` as optional deps (it does in the scaffold). The
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`local` module's `pty.rs` additionally needs `libc` under
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`cfg(unix)` — already in `[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]`.
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### Phase 1: Port core types from `alknet-tty` (no new logic)
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1. Port `wire.rs` — no `alknet-core` imports; just `std::io`, `tokio::io`,
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`bytes`, `thiserror`. Rename crate references in doc comments
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(`alknet/tty` → `alk/tty`, `alknet-tty` → `alktty`).
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2. Port `control.rs` — no `alknet-core` imports; `serde`, `bytes`,
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`libc` (under `cfg(unix)`). Rename `alknet/tty` → `alk/tty` in
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doc comments.
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3. Port `negotiation.rs` — no `alknet-core` imports; `std::io`,
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`bytes`, `tokio::io`, `thiserror`, `serde_json`. Rename doc
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references.
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4. Port `backend.rs` — no `alknet-core` imports; `std`, `async_trait`,
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`bytes`, `futures_core`, `tokio::sync`, `tokio_stream`. Change the
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`BoxFuture` type alias from `Pin<Box<dyn Future + Send>>` to
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`futures::future::BoxFuture<'static, T>` (functionally identical;
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the alias matches the alkcall convention and lets us drop the
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`Pin`/`Future` imports).
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5. Port `adapter.rs` — change imports:
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- `alknet_core::auth::{AuthContext, Identity}` →
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`alkcall::core::{AuthContext, Identity}`
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- `alknet_core::ownership::OwnershipProvider` →
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`alkcall::core::OwnershipProvider`
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- `alknet_core::types::{Connection, HandlerError, ProtocolHandler,
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StreamError}` → `alkcall::core::{Connection, HandlerError,
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ProtocolHandler, StreamError}`
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- Change `b"alknet/tty"` → `b"alk/tty"` in `TtyAdapter::alpn()`.
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- The `handle()` method signature is identical (alkcall's
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`ProtocolHandler` shape matches alknet-core's).
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6. Port the unit tests inside each module alongside the production
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code. The adapter tests need:
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- `Identity.resources: HashMap<String, Vec<String>>` (was
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`HashMap<String, String>` in alknet-core).
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- `OwnershipStore::record(&self, identity, resource_type,
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resource_id)` — 3 args, no `action` (alkcall dropped it).
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- `OwnershipProvider::owns(identity, rt, rid, action)` — 4 args
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(alkcall added `action`).
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### Phase 2: Channels integration (new code)
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1. Create `src/channels.rs`:
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- `register_openable` helper — takes `ChannelCore`, backend map,
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`OperationRegistry`, `AuthContext`; builds the `OperationSpec`
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for `channels/tty/sub` with `ChannelOpenSpec::new("alk/tty")`,
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`AccessControl` carrying `TTY_OPEN_SCOPE` + resource-type/ownership
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if a backend declares a `resource_id`; calls
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`ChannelCore::register_openable(spec, open_handler, registry, auth)`.
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- `TtyOpenHandler` — the `OpenHandler` (an
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`Arc<dyn Fn(Value, Connection, AuthContext) -> JoinHandle<()>`)
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that receives a channel `Connection`, calls `accept_bi()`, runs
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`drive_session` on the resulting `BiStream`.
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2. Create `src/session.rs`:
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- `TtySession` struct — typed consumer client
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- `TtySession::connect_direct(connection)` — direct `alk/tty`
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- `TtySession::open_via_channels(client, params)` — opens a channel
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via `ChannelClient::open_channel("channels/tty/sub", params,
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"alk/tty")`, negotiates, returns a session handle
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- Methods: `send_stdin`, `recv_stdout`, `recv_stderr`, `resize`,
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`signal`, `wait`
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### Phase 3: Local backend (behind `local` feature) — folded `alknet-tty-local`
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1. Create `src/local/mod.rs` (re-exports `LocalTtyBackend`),
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`src/local/backend.rs`, `src/local/pty.rs`, `src/local/pipe.rs`.
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2. Port from `alknet-tty-local/src/`:
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- `backend.rs` — change `alknet_tty::backend::{...}` →
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`crate::backend::{...}`. `LocalTtyBackend::allocate` dispatches
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on `params.terminal`: `Some` → `pty::allocate_pty`, `None` →
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`pipe::allocate_pipe`.
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- `pty.rs` — `portable_pty` + 3 std threads (reader/writer/waiter)
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feeding tokio mpsc/oneshot. `#[cfg(unix)]`-only: PTY mode uses
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`libc::kill(-pgid, sig)` for process-group signal forwarding.
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Update `alknet_tty::backend::{BoxFuture, TtyControl, ...}` →
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`crate::backend::{...}` and `alknet_tty::control::signal_from_name`
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→ `crate::control::signal_from_name`.
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- `pipe.rs` — `tokio::process::Command` + `tokio_util::io::ReaderStream`
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for stdout/stderr. Cross-platform: signal forwarding uses
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`libc::kill(pid, sig)` under `cfg(unix)`, falls back to
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`Child::kill()` on non-Unix. Update `alknet_tty::...` → `crate::...`.
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3. `LocalTtyBackend` implements `crate::backend::TtyBackend`. Wire the
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`local` feature in `src/lib.rs`:
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`#[cfg(feature = "local")] pub mod local;`
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### Phase 4: Architecture docs + BAST schema
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1. Port the 5 spec docs from `alknet/docs/architecture/crates/tty/`
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into `docs/architecture/` (flat layout, not the `crates/tty/`
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subpath — this is a single-crate repo now):
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`tty-wire.md`, `tty-backend.md`, `tty-adapter.md`, `tty-local.md`,
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plus an `overview.md` index.
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2. Port relevant ADRs (052, 053, 054, 055, 056, 057, 077, 093) —
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renumber into alktty's ADR range (001..008), update cross-references
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(`alknet/tty` → `alk/tty`, `alknet-tty-local` → `alktty`'s `local`
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feature, `alknet-core` → `alkcall::core`).
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3. Write `docs/architecture/tty-bast.md` — the BAST JSON document for
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the `alk/tty` wire format. Covers:
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- The 5-byte chunk header (`struct` with `endian: "big"`:
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`stream_type: uint8`, `length: uint32`).
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- The four stream-type channels as an `enum` (`Stdin=0`,
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`Stdout=1`, `Stderr=2`, `CtrlIn=3`, `CtrlOut=4`).
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- The control-message `union` (field-name discriminator on `type`:
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`resize`, `signal`, `eof`, `exit`).
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- The negotiation frame as a separate `struct` (4-byte BE length
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prefix + UTF-8 JSON `NegotiateRequest` body) — annotated as
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out-of-band for the chunk codec but documented for completeness.
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- Conforms to the BAST meta-schema at
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`https://alk.dev/bast/v1/schema`; validatable by any JSON Schema
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Draft 2020-12 validator.
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4. Write `docs/architecture/README.md` index.
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### Phase 5: Tests
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1. Port existing unit tests from `alknet-tty` (wire, negotiation,
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control, adapter) — these live inline in each `src/*.rs` module's
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`#[cfg(test)] mod tests`.
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2. Port integration tests from `alknet-tty-local/tests/` (negotiation,
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pipe, pty) into `tests/` at the crate root. The pty test stays
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`#[cfg(unix)]`.
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3. Add channels integration tests — end-to-end `register_openable` +
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`ChannelClient::open_channel` + `drive_session` round-trip. Use
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the in-memory `MockBackend` from `backend.rs` for the producer
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side so the test doesn't need a real PTY.
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## Open Questions
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### OQ-1: ALPN strings (RESOLVED — landed in alkcall 0.1.1)
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**Decision**: `alk/tty` (direct) and `alk/channels` (multiplexed). The
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`alknet/<name>` → `alk/<name>` rename landed in alkcall 0.1.1:
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`CHANNELS_ALPN` is `b"alk/channels"`, the channels client test uses
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`"alk/tty"`. Semver showed no public API change → 0.1.0 → 0.1.1.
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### OQ-2: Channel open operation name (RESOLVED)
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The alkcall test uses `channels/tty/sub` as the operation name. The
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convention from ADR-047 is `channels/<alpn>/sub` for subscribe (consumer
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opens) and `channels/<alpn>/pub` for publish (producer opens). Since TTY
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is consumer-opens (the client requests a shell), `channels/tty/sub` is
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correct.
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**Decision**: `channels/tty/sub` for consumer-opens, `channels/tty/pub`
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reserved for future producer-opens use case.
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### OQ-3: `TtySession` API — stream vs callback (RESOLVED)
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**Decision**: Stream-based (`Stream<Item = Bytes>`). Consistent with the
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backend trait's `TtyHandle` shape.
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### OQ-4: `drive_session` — keep the three-pump pattern? (RESOLVED)
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**Decision**: Keep it. It works, it's tested, and ADR-093 means the same
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code runs in both direct and channels modes.
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### OQ-5: `BoxFuture` type alias (RESOLVED)
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**Decision**: Use `futures::future::BoxFuture<'static, T>`. alkcall
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already pulls in `futures`, so no new transitive dep; alktty declares
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`futures = "0.3"` directly so the public alias doesn't ride on a
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transitive dep.
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### OQ-6: BAST schema scope (RESOLVED)
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**Decision**: Documentation artifact only — `docs/architecture/tty-bast.md`.
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alktty does not depend on alktype. The hand-rolled `wire.rs` codec is
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|
the runtime; the BAST document is the normative contract for downstream
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consumers. If runtime validation against the BAST becomes desirable
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later, alktype becomes an optional dep and the BAST document is already
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there to feed it.
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## Upstream Changes Needed in alkcall
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All four landed in alkcall 0.1.1 (no public API change per semver).
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Nothing is blocking alktty; this section is kept as a historical record
|
|
of what was pushed.
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1. **ALPN convention**: `alknet/<name>` → `alk/<name>` across docs, ADRs,
|
|
and test code. The test at `channels/client.rs:767` now uses
|
|
`ChannelOpenSpec::new("alk/tty")` (was `"alknet/tty"`).
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|
|
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2. **`CHANNELS_ALPN` constant**: `b"alknet/channels"` → `b"alk/channels"`
|
|
in `alkcall/src/channels/adapter.rs`.
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|
|
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3. **ADR-004** (ALPN convention): Updated from `alknet/` prefix to `alk/`.
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|
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4. **Architecture README**: The dependency layering diagram and pattern
|
|
section reference `alk/tty` and `alk/channels`.
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|
|
## Risks and Concerns
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|
|
|
### Risk: alkcall is v0.1.x — API stability
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|
|
|
alkcall is published at 0.1.1. Breaking changes are expected at this
|
|
major-zero stage. The integration surface we use
|
|
(`ChannelCore::register_openable`, `ChannelClient`, `ProtocolHandler`,
|
|
`Connection`, `Identity`, `OwnershipProvider`) is the core API and
|
|
likely stable, but the channels module in particular may evolve.
|
|
|
|
**Mitigation**: We own alkcall and can push changes as needed. This is
|
|
the first real consumer, so we'll find and fix issues upstream rather
|
|
than working around them. Pin `alkcall = "0.1.1"` and bump deliberately.
|
|
|
|
### Risk: `drive_session` complexity
|
|
|
|
The three-pump driver is ~1500 lines with edge cases around exit ordering,
|
|
cancel cleanup, and bidirectional control. Porting it is mechanical but
|
|
needs careful review.
|
|
|
|
**Mitigation**: The existing code has extensive tests. Port tests first
|
|
or alongside.
|
|
|
|
### Risk: Local backend PTY bridge
|
|
|
|
The PTY mode uses 3 std threads feeding tokio channels. This is a
|
|
well-understood pattern (wezterm uses it) but is inherently platform-
|
|
specific (Unix only for PTY, pipe mode works cross-platform).
|
|
|
|
**Mitigation**: Gate PTY behind `#[cfg(unix)]` as the existing code does.
|
|
Pipe mode works on all platforms.
|
|
|
|
### Risk: BAST schema drift
|
|
|
|
The BAST document in `docs/architecture/tty-bast.md` is a documentation
|
|
artifact; the runtime codec is the hand-rolled `wire.rs`. If the wire
|
|
format evolves (new stream_type, control message variant, negotiation
|
|
field) and the BAST doc isn't updated, downstream consumers generated
|
|
from the BAST will be wrong.
|
|
|
|
**Mitigation**: Add a test that parses the BAST document with
|
|
`serde_json` and asserts the stream-type enum values match
|
|
`wire.rs`'s `STREAM_STDIN`/`STREAM_STDOUT`/`STREAM_STDERR`/
|
|
`STREAM_CTRL_IN`/`STREAM_CTRL_OUT` constants. Cheap; catches the
|
|
common drift case. (Doesn't require alktype as a dep — just
|
|
`serde_json`, which we already have.)
|
|
|
|
## References
|
|
|
|
- [alkcall architecture README](/workspace/@alkdev/alkcall/docs/architecture/README.md)
|
|
- [alkcall channels operations](/workspace/@alkdev/alkcall/src/channels/operations.rs) — `ChannelCore::register_openable`, `OpenHandler`
|
|
- [alkcall channels client](/workspace/@alkdev/alkcall/src/channels/client.rs) — `ChannelClient::open_channel`, reference integration pattern
|
|
- [alktype BAST format](/workspace/@alkdev/alktype/docs/architecture/bast-format.md) — normative format spec for the `tty-bast.md` document
|
|
- [alknet-tty source](/workspace/@alkdev/alknet/crates/alknet-tty/src/) — port origin (wire, control, negotiation, backend, adapter)
|
|
- [alknet-tty-local source](/workspace/@alkdev/alknet/crates/alknet-tty-local/src/) — port origin (local backend, pty, pipe)
|
|
- [alknet-tty architecture docs](/workspace/@alkdev/alknet/docs/architecture/crates/tty/) — port origin for the spec docs
|
|
- [ADR-093](/workspace/@alkdev/alknet/docs/architecture/decisions/093-channels-pure-channel-multiplexing.md) — TTY always uses 5-byte format
|
|
- [ADR-077](/workspace/@alkdev/alknet/docs/architecture/decisions/077-tty-inside-channels.md) — reversed, historical context
|