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@shade/recovery (4.2.1)
Published 2026-05-04 23:00:01 +02:00 by Stian
Installation
@shade:registry=npm install @shade/recovery@4.2.1"@shade/recovery": "4.2.1"About this package
@shade/recovery
Social key recovery for Shade — V3.10.
Shamir Secret Sharing over GF(2^8) splits the user's identity backup
key into n shares; any threshold-many k together reconstruct the
identity onto a new device. Distribution and reconstruction ride
existing 1:1 Shade sessions — no centralized recovery agent.
Install
bun add @shade/recovery
Quick wire-up
import {
setupRecovery,
attachGuardian,
requestRecovery,
MemoryRecoveryStore,
} from '@shade/recovery';
// Primary (Alice's existing device)
await setupRecovery({
shade,
guardians: ['bob', 'carol', 'dan', 'eve', 'faythe'],
threshold: 3,
deliver: async (to, envelope) => myOutbox.send(to, envelope),
});
// Each guardian
attachGuardian({
shade,
store: new MemoryRecoveryStore(), // swap for persistent store in prod
approve: async (ctx) => askUser(ctx),
deliver: async (to, envelope) => myOutbox.send(to, envelope),
});
// New device (Alice on a fresh phone)
await requestRecovery({
shade: tempShade,
originalAddress: 'alice',
setupId: '<from recovery card>',
threshold: 3,
guardians: ['bob', 'carol', 'dan', 'eve', 'faythe'],
deliver: async (to, envelope) => myOutbox.send(to, envelope),
});
See docs/recovery.md for the full
threat model, persistence recommendations, and guardian-UX guidance.
Tests
bun test # all
bun test tests/shamir # Shamir primitives
bun test tests/integration # 3-of-5 end-to-end
bun test tests/adversarial # k-1 collusion + forged shares + OOB-gate
Dependencies
Dependencies
| ID | Version |
|---|---|
| @shade/core | ^4.2.1 |
| @shade/crypto-web | ^4.2.1 |
| @shade/sdk | ^4.2.1 |
Development Dependencies
| ID | Version |
|---|---|
| @shade/server | workspace:* |
| fast-check | ^3.22.0 |