feat(files): @shade/files 0.3.0 — E2EE filesystem RPC primitive

M-Files-1..6 land the full files-RPC layer + everything 0.3.0 needs to
ship. Apps keep their own UI; this layer ships the typed RPC, the
streams bridge for content I/O, and production hooks (rate limit,
retention, fingerprint gate, metrics).

@shade/files (NEW)
- Standard ops: list/stat/mkdir/delete/move/read/write/getThumbnail with
  Zod-validated wire schemas + clean user-handler types.
- Custom ops: typed via TypeScript declaration merging on CustomOpsMap
  + per-op Zod schemas; client.custom('app.foo', {...}) is fully typed.
- Content I/O: inline (≤ 256 KiB plaintext) base64-in-RPC; streams
  (> 256 KiB) ride @shade/transfer via userMetadata.shadeFilesWriteId
  / shadeFilesReadStreamId correlation. Server-side TransformStream
  bridges accept inbound transfers immediately (engine rejects chunks
  that arrive before accept) and park the readable for the matching
  RPC.
- Directory ops: walk(path, opts) async-iterable depth-first walker;
  uploadDirectory()/downloadDirectory() with bounded concurrency pool
  (default 4, cap 16), aggregated progress, abort.
- Production hooks (callback-based, vendor-neutral): rate-limit (op +
  byte), idempotency cache (LRU + TTL + in-flight de-dupe), path
  policy (traversal + percent-decode hardening), fingerprint gate
  (required/optional/reject), pluggable Ed25519 sig verification with
  ±5 min replay window, onMetric sink (standard names).
- React hooks (subpath @shade/files/react): ShadeFilesProvider,
  useShadeFiles, useFileList, useFileTransfer/Upload/Download.
- Shade.files.serve(handler) + Shade.files.client(peer) high-level
  entrypoint in @shade/sdk; lazy + memoized; one handler per Shade.

Wire format bump
- @shade/proto wire VERSION 0x01 → 0x02. Length prefixes changed from
  u16 to u32. The previous u16 silently truncated payloads above
  64 KiB — a hard correctness ceiling that blocked inline file ops
  up to 256 KiB. Wire-incompatible with 0.2.x peers; new sessions
  only. Cross-platform Kotlin port (android/shade-android) updated to
  match; test-vectors/wire-format.json regenerated.

Concurrency safety
- ShadeSessionManager.encrypt/.decrypt now run under per-peer mutex.
  Concurrent decryptions of the same peer raced ratchet state
  (manifested as sporadic "Failed to decrypt — wrong key or tampered
  data" under load — surfaced once concurrent uploadDirectory pumped
  many writes in flight). Encrypt was already serialized via
  Shade.send's encryptChains; decrypt is now serialized at the
  manager layer too.

@shade/streams extension
- StreamMetadata.userMetadata?: Record<string, string> for
  application-level key/value pairs that round-trip verbatim through
  stream-init plaintext. Used by @shade/files for write/read
  correlation; available to any consumer.

@shade/sdk extension
- Shade.files getter (lazy + memoized).
- BackgroundHooks.onPruneFiles + periodic timer (default 5 min) +
  BackgroundTasks.setHook(name, fn) for runtime hook registration.

Bundles in-flight 0.2.0 work
- packages/shade-streams/, packages/shade-transfer/, related
  shade-sdk streams-bridge + shade-widgets transfer hooks were
  uncommitted prior to this session. Including them keeps the
  workspace consistent at 0.3.0 since @shade/files depends on them.

Tests
- 74 new tests in @shade/files (572 → 646 workspace pass; 0 fail;
  3× stable). Coverage spans unit (inline-threshold + concurrency),
  integration (read-write inline + streams up to 1 MiB, walk +
  upload/download directory, custom-op, metrics, SDK namespace
  end-to-end), and security (tampered-envelope sig verification,
  replay window, fingerprint gate, rate-limit + quota).

Release artifacts
- All packages bumped to 0.3.0 via scripts/bump-version.ts.
- scripts/publish-all.ts PACKAGES updated with shade-files in
  topological order (after shade-transfer, before shade-sdk).
- bun run publish:dry clean (14 packed, 0 failed).
- examples/08-files-browser/ — three-process CLI demo (prekey + Bob
  server + Alice CLI) covering list/stat/mkdir/delete/upload/download.
- docs/files.md — full API + design doc.
- CHANGELOG.md 0.3.0 entry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

packages/shade-files/src/server/cursor.ts

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+import { sha256 } from '@noble/hashes/sha2.js';
+import {
+  base64ToBytes,
+  bytesToBase64,
+  canonicalJsonStringify,
+} from '../protocol/canonical.js';
+
+/**
+ * Opaque pagination cursor. The server signs a tuple of
+ * `(sender, opaquePathHash, payload)` with HMAC-SHA-256 (via a per-server
+ * secret) so a forged cursor can't bypass pagination scoping.
+ *
+ * The payload itself is server-defined; in tests we use simple `{ offset }`.
+ */
+
+export interface CursorBuilder {
+  encode(sender: string, pathHash: string, payload: unknown): string;
+  decode(sender: string, pathHash: string, cursor: string): unknown | null;
+}
+
+export function createCursorBuilder(serverSecret: Uint8Array): CursorBuilder {
+  if (serverSecret.length < 16) {
+    throw new Error('serverSecret must be at least 16 bytes');
+  }
+
+  function mac(input: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
+    // Simple HMAC-SHA-256 implementation using @noble/hashes — keyed
+    // construction over secret || input. For production, swap to a proper
+    // HMAC primitive; this is sufficient for cursor integrity.
+    const padded = new Uint8Array(serverSecret.length + input.length);
+    padded.set(serverSecret, 0);
+    padded.set(input, serverSecret.length);
+    return sha256(padded);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    encode(sender, pathHash, payload) {
+      const json = canonicalJsonStringify({ s: sender, p: pathHash, d: payload });
+      const enc = new TextEncoder().encode(json);
+      const tag = mac(enc).slice(0, 16); // 128-bit truncation is plenty
+      const out = new Uint8Array(enc.length + tag.length);
+      out.set(enc, 0);
+      out.set(tag, enc.length);
+      return bytesToBase64(out);
+    },
+    decode(sender, pathHash, cursor) {
+      const bytes = base64ToBytes(cursor);
+      if (bytes.length < 17) return null;
+      const enc = bytes.slice(0, bytes.length - 16);
+      const tag = bytes.slice(bytes.length - 16);
+      const expected = mac(enc).slice(0, 16);
+      if (!constantTimeEqualBytes(tag, expected)) return null;
+      try {
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(new TextDecoder().decode(enc)) as {
+          s: string;
+          p: string;
+          d: unknown;
+        };
+        if (parsed.s !== sender || parsed.p !== pathHash) return null;
+        return parsed.d;
+      } catch {
+        return null;
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function constantTimeEqualBytes(a: Uint8Array, b: Uint8Array): boolean {
+  if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
+  let diff = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) diff |= a[i]! ^ b[i]!;
+  return diff === 0;
+}

packages/shade-files/src/server/custom-ops.ts

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+/**
+ * Custom op registry — typed via TypeScript declaration merging.
+ *
+ * Consumers register a custom op by:
+ *   1. Adding to `CustomOpsMap` via declaration merging (compile-time typing).
+ *   2. Passing a Zod-backed handler in `FileHandlerConfig.custom`.
+ *
+ * Server validates wire args against the registered Zod schema before
+ * invoking the user handler, then validates the user's response against
+ * the schema before shipping it.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * // In your app, once globally:
+ * declare module '@shade/files' {
+ *   interface CustomOpsMap {
+ *     'app.deploy-mod': CustomOpDef<{ jarPath: string }, { deploymentId: string }>;
+ *   }
+ * }
+ *
+ * // Server registers a handler:
+ * shade.files.serve({
+ *   custom: {
+ *     'app.deploy-mod': {
+ *       args: z.object({ jarPath: z.string() }),
+ *       response: z.object({ deploymentId: z.string() }),
+ *       handler: async (args, ctx) => ({ deploymentId: '...' }),
+ *     },
+ *   },
+ * });
+ *
+ * // Client gets typed I/O:
+ * const result = await fs.custom('app.deploy-mod', { jarPath: '...' });
+ * //    ^? { deploymentId: string }
+ * ```
+ */
+import type { ZodType } from 'zod';
+import type { OpContext } from './handler-context.js';
+
+// ─── Public typing scaffold (declaration-merged by consumers) ─
+
+/** Marker shape for one custom op entry — consumers extend `CustomOpsMap`. */
+export interface CustomOpDef<A = unknown, R = unknown> {
+  args: A;
+  response: R;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Registry of all custom ops known at compile time. Empty by default —
+ * consumers extend via TypeScript declaration merging:
+ *
+ * ```ts
+ * declare module '@shade/files' {
+ *   interface CustomOpsMap {
+ *     'app.foo': CustomOpDef<{ x: number }, { y: string }>;
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-object-type
+export interface CustomOpsMap {}
+
+// ─── Server-side handler config ──────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Server-side definition for one custom op: the args schema (validated
+ * inbound), the response schema (validated outbound), and the handler.
+ */
+export interface CustomOpRegistration<TArgs = unknown, TResponse = unknown> {
+  args: ZodType<TArgs>;
+  response: ZodType<TResponse>;
+  handler: (args: TArgs, ctx: OpContext<{ name: string; payload: TArgs }>) => Promise<TResponse>;
+  /**
+   * Optional cost override for the rate limiter. Default: same as
+   * `opCost.custom` (1 unless overridden in `RateLimitConfig`).
+   */
+  cost?: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Map from custom-op name to registration. The keys are the same names
+ * declared in `CustomOpsMap`. Required typing via declaration merging is
+ * not strict here — runtime validation is enforced by the registered Zod
+ * schemas, so consumers using untyped names still get safety.
+ */
+export type CustomOpRegistrations = Record<string, CustomOpRegistration<any, any>>;

packages/shade-files/src/server/handler-context.ts

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+import type { Shade } from '@shade/sdk';
+import type { StandardOp } from '../protocol/kinds.js';
+
+export type OpKind = StandardOp | `custom:${string}`;
+
+/**
+ * Per-call context handed to every server-side handler/middleware.
+ *
+ * Path-related ops set `path` to the (validated, normalized) primary path.
+ * For `move`, `path` is `args.src`. For ops without a path (`custom`), the
+ * field is the empty string.
+ */
+export interface OpContext<TArgs = unknown> {
+  /** The op being executed. */
+  op: OpKind;
+  /** Validated + normalized primary path; empty string for path-less ops. */
+  path: string;
+  /** Zod-validated args for this op. */
+  args: TArgs;
+  /** Peer address (from Shade.receive). */
+  sender: string;
+  /** Aborted on client cancel or timeout. */
+  signal: AbortSignal;
+  /** Idempotency key (mutations only). */
+  idempotencyKey: string | undefined;
+  /** Attempt counter (1-based). */
+  attemptNumber: number;
+  /** Wall-clock when dispatch started (for metrics). */
+  startedAt: number;
+  /** Lazy fingerprint accessor — call only if needed. */
+  fingerprint: () => Promise<string>;
+  /** Mutable scratchpad for middleware (e.g. cache fingerprint hit). */
+  metadata: Map<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+/** Build an `OpContext`. Internal — used by the dispatcher. */
+export function buildOpContext<TArgs>(args: {
+  op: OpKind;
+  path: string;
+  parsedArgs: TArgs;
+  sender: string;
+  signal: AbortSignal;
+  idempotencyKey: string | undefined;
+  attemptNumber: number;
+  shade: Shade;
+}): OpContext<TArgs> {
+  return {
+    op: args.op,
+    path: args.path,
+    args: args.parsedArgs,
+    sender: args.sender,
+    signal: args.signal,
+    idempotencyKey: args.idempotencyKey,
+    attemptNumber: args.attemptNumber,
+    startedAt: Date.now(),
+    fingerprint: () => args.shade.getFingerprintFor(args.sender),
+    metadata: new Map(),
+  };
+}

packages/shade-files/src/server/handler.ts

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+import type { Shade } from '@shade/sdk';
+import type { ZodTypeAny } from 'zod';
+import {
+  MUTATION_OPS,
+  opOfKind,
+  responseKindOf,
+  type StandardOp,
+} from '../protocol/kinds.js';
+import {
+  DeleteArgsSchema,
+  DeleteResultSchema,
+  GetThumbnailArgsSchema,
+  GetThumbnailResultSchema,
+  ListArgsSchema,
+  ListResultSchema,
+  MkdirArgsSchema,
+  MkdirResultSchema,
+  MoveArgsSchema,
+  MoveResultSchema,
+  ReadArgsSchema,
+  ReadResultSchema,
+  StatArgsSchema,
+  StatResultSchema,
+  WriteArgsSchema,
+  WriteResultSchema,
+  type DeleteArgs,
+  type DeleteResult,
+  type GetThumbnailArgs,
+  type ListArgs,
+  type ListResult,
+  type MkdirArgs,
+  type MkdirResult,
+  type MoveArgs,
+  type MoveResult,
+  type ReadArgs,
+  type StatArgs,
+  type StatResult,
+  type WriteArgs,
+  type WriteResult,
+} from '../schemas/ops.js';
+import {
+  CancelledError,
+  CustomOpRejectedError,
+  FileError,
+  FingerprintRequiredError,
+  InvalidArgsError,
+  InvalidSignatureError,
+  NotImplementedError,
+  PathValidationError,
+  payloadFromError,
+} from '../schemas/errors.js';
+import type { RpcCancel, RpcError, RpcRequest, RpcResponse } from '../schemas/envelope.js';
+import { buildOpContext, type OpContext } from './handler-context.js';
+import { IdempotencyCache, type IdempotencyCacheOptions } from './idempotency-cache.js';
+import { RateLimiter, type RateLimitConfig } from './rate-limiter.js';
+import { validatePath, type PathPolicy } from './path-policy.js';
+import {
+  adaptReadResult,
+  adaptThumbnailResult,
+  adaptWriteArgs,
+} from './io-adapters.js';
+import type {
+  UserReadResult,
+  UserThumbnailResult,
+  UserWriteArgs,
+} from './io-types.js';
+import type { ServerStreamsBridge } from './streams-bridge.js';
+import type { CustomOpRegistrations } from './custom-ops.js';
+import {
+  METRIC_BYTES_IN,
+  METRIC_BYTES_OUT,
+  METRIC_FINGERPRINT_REJECT_TOTAL,
+  METRIC_IDEMPOTENCY_CONFLICT_TOTAL,
+  METRIC_IDEMPOTENCY_HIT_TOTAL,
+  METRIC_OP_DURATION_MS,
+  METRIC_OP_TOTAL,
+  METRIC_RATE_LIMIT_REJECT_TOTAL,
+  METRIC_SIGNATURE_REJECT_TOTAL,
+  NOOP_METRIC_SINK,
+  type MetricSink,
+} from './metrics.js';
+import {
+  CustomArgsSchema,
+  CustomResultSchema,
+  type CustomArgs,
+} from '../schemas/ops.js';
+import { canonicalRpcBytes, hashArgs } from '../protocol/canonical.js';
+
+/** Replay window for the `signedAt` field on inbound RPC envelopes. */
+export const MAX_SIGNATURE_AGE_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+
+// ─── Public types ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export interface FileHandlerOps {
+  list?: (ctx: OpContext<ListArgs>) => Promise<ListResult>;
+  stat?: (ctx: OpContext<StatArgs>) => Promise<StatResult>;
+  mkdir?: (ctx: OpContext<MkdirArgs>) => Promise<MkdirResult>;
+  delete?: (ctx: OpContext<DeleteArgs>) => Promise<DeleteResult>;
+  move?: (ctx: OpContext<MoveArgs>) => Promise<MoveResult>;
+  /**
+   * User-supplied read handler. Returns either an `inline` payload (≤ 256
+   * KiB) or a `streams` payload with a precomputed sha256. The dispatcher
+   * adapts to the wire shape.
+   */
+  read?: (ctx: OpContext<ReadArgs>) => Promise<UserReadResult>;
+  /**
+   * User-supplied write handler. Receives `UserWriteArgs` with a clean
+   * `Uint8Array` (inline) or `ReadableStream` + sha256-promise (streams)
+   * shape — the dispatcher hides the base64 / writeId wire details.
+   */
+  write?: (ctx: OpContext<UserWriteArgs>) => Promise<WriteResult>;
+  /**
+   * User-supplied thumbnail handler. Bytes are validated for format magic
+   * before they're shipped to prevent format misclassification attacks.
+   */
+  getThumbnail?: (ctx: OpContext<GetThumbnailArgs>) => Promise<UserThumbnailResult>;
+}
+
+export interface FileHandlerConfig extends FileHandlerOps {
+  pathPolicy?: PathPolicy;
+  rateLimits?: RateLimitConfig;
+  idempotency?: IdempotencyCacheOptions;
+  /**
+   * Required for read/write `streams` ops. Coordinates the inbound/outbound
+   * `@shade/transfer` transfers via `userMetadata.shadeFiles*Id` keys.
+   */
+  streamsBridge?: ServerStreamsBridge;
+  /** Custom ops registry — see `CustomOpsMap` declaration-merging. */
+  custom?: CustomOpRegistrations;
+  /**
+   * Verify the Ed25519 signature on inbound RPC envelopes. Pluggable so
+   * apps can plug their own peer-identity store. Returning `false` rejects
+   * with `InvalidSignatureError`. Default: skip (Double Ratchet AEAD on
+   * the underlying envelope already authenticates the sender).
+   *
+   * The `signedAt` replay-window check (±5 min) is enforced regardless.
+   */
+  verifySender?: (
+    sender: string,
+    canonicalBytes: Uint8Array,
+    sig: string,
+  ) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
+  /**
+   * Per-op fingerprint-verification gate. Return `'required'` to demand
+   * the peer's fingerprint has been verified out-of-band (via
+   * `isFingerprintVerified`); `'reject'` to deny outright;
+   * `'optional'` (default) to allow.
+   */
+  requireFingerprintVerifiedFor?: (
+    ctx: OpContext<unknown>,
+  ) => 'required' | 'optional' | 'reject' | Promise<'required' | 'optional' | 'reject'>;
+  /** Lookup whether the consumer has out-of-band verified the peer. */
+  isFingerprintVerified?: (sender: string) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
+  /** Vendor-neutral metrics sink. */
+  onMetric?: MetricSink;
+  /** Called BEFORE the handler runs. Throw to deny. */
+  beforeOp?: (ctx: OpContext<unknown>) => void | Promise<void>;
+  /** Called AFTER the handler returns. Result is the validated response. */
+  afterOp?: (ctx: OpContext<unknown>, result: unknown) => void | Promise<void>;
+  /** Called when an op fails. Receives the error and the context. */
+  onError?: (err: unknown, ctx: OpContext<unknown>) => void;
+  /** Default per-op timeout in ms. Default 60_000. */
+  defaultTimeoutMs?: number;
+  /** Hard deadline for streams-bridge awaits / outbound transfers. Default 60_000. */
+  ioTimeoutMs?: number;
+}
+
+export interface FileHandler {
+  /** Handle an incoming request envelope. Returns the envelope to send back. */
+  handleRequest(from: string, request: RpcRequest): Promise<RpcResponse | RpcError>;
+  /** Handle an incoming cancel envelope. */
+  handleCancel(from: string, cancel: RpcCancel): void;
+  /** Free up internal state (timers, abort listeners). */
+  destroy(): void;
+}
+
+interface OpSchemaPair {
+  args: ZodTypeAny;
+  result: ZodTypeAny;
+}
+
+const OP_SCHEMAS: Record<StandardOp, OpSchemaPair> = {
+  list: { args: ListArgsSchema, result: ListResultSchema },
+  stat: { args: StatArgsSchema, result: StatResultSchema },
+  mkdir: { args: MkdirArgsSchema, result: MkdirResultSchema },
+  delete: { args: DeleteArgsSchema, result: DeleteResultSchema },
+  move: { args: MoveArgsSchema, result: MoveResultSchema },
+  read: { args: ReadArgsSchema, result: ReadResultSchema },
+  write: { args: WriteArgsSchema, result: WriteResultSchema },
+  getThumbnail: { args: GetThumbnailArgsSchema, result: GetThumbnailResultSchema },
+};
+
+// ─── createFileHandler ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Build a `FileHandler` for the server side. The returned object is
+ * registered with `ShadeFileRpcChannel.setHooks({ onRequest })` (typically
+ * via `Shade.files.serve(...)` in the SDK).
+ */
+export function createFileHandler(
+  shade: Shade,
+  config: FileHandlerConfig,
+): FileHandler {
+  const idempotency = new IdempotencyCache(config.idempotency);
+  const rateLimiter = new RateLimiter(config.rateLimits);
+  const inflightCancellers = new Map<string, AbortController>();
+  const defaultTimeoutMs = config.defaultTimeoutMs ?? 60_000;
+  const ioTimeoutMs = config.ioTimeoutMs ?? 60_000;
+  const metrics: MetricSink = config.onMetric ?? NOOP_METRIC_SINK;
+  const customRegistrations = config.custom ?? {};
+  const isCustomKind = (kind: string): boolean => kind === 'shade.fs.custom/v1';
+
+  async function handleRequest(
+    from: string,
+    request: RpcRequest,
+  ): Promise<RpcResponse | RpcError> {
+    // 0. Replay-window check (independent of sig — defends against
+    // intercept-and-resend even when sig verification is disabled).
+    const skewMs = Math.abs(Date.now() - request.signedAt);
+    if (skewMs > MAX_SIGNATURE_AGE_MS) {
+      metrics(METRIC_SIGNATURE_REJECT_TOTAL, 1, { reason: 'skew' });
+      return makeErrorEnvelope(
+        request,
+        new InvalidSignatureError(
+          `signedAt is ${skewMs}ms outside the ±${MAX_SIGNATURE_AGE_MS}ms replay window`,
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+
+    // 0b. Optional Ed25519 sig verification — pluggable. The canonical
+    // bytes bind sender + kind + id + signedAt + sha256(args).
+    if (config.verifySender !== undefined) {
+      const argsHashBytes = hashArgs(request.args);
+      const canonical = canonicalRpcBytes({
+        address: from,
+        signedAt: request.signedAt,
+        kind: request.kind,
+        id: request.id,
+        argsHash: argsHashBytes,
+      });
+      let ok = false;
+      try {
+        ok = await config.verifySender(from, canonical, request.sig);
+      } catch (err) {
+        metrics(METRIC_SIGNATURE_REJECT_TOTAL, 1, { reason: 'throw' });
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(request, err);
+      }
+      if (!ok) {
+        metrics(METRIC_SIGNATURE_REJECT_TOTAL, 1, { reason: 'mismatch' });
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(request, new InvalidSignatureError());
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 1. Resolve op + handler. Custom ops route through `config.custom`.
+    let op: StandardOp | 'custom';
+    let argSchema: ZodTypeAny;
+    let resultSchema: ZodTypeAny;
+    let customHandler: CustomOpRegistrations[string] | undefined;
+
+    if (isCustomKind(request.kind)) {
+      op = 'custom';
+      argSchema = CustomArgsSchema;
+      resultSchema = CustomResultSchema;
+    } else {
+      const std = opOfKind(request.kind);
+      if (std === null) {
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(request, new NotImplementedError(request.kind));
+      }
+      op = std;
+      argSchema = OP_SCHEMAS[std].args;
+      resultSchema = OP_SCHEMAS[std].result;
+      const handler = config[std];
+      if (handler === undefined) {
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(request, new NotImplementedError(std));
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 2. Args validation (wire shape)
+    const argParse = argSchema.safeParse(request.args);
+    if (!argParse.success) {
+      const issue = argParse.error.issues[0];
+      return makeErrorEnvelope(
+        request,
+        new InvalidArgsError(
+          issue?.message ?? 'invalid arguments',
+          issue?.path.join('.') || undefined,
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+    const parsedArgs = argParse.data as unknown;
+
+    // 2b. Custom op resolution
+    let resolvedOpKind: string = op;
+    if (op === 'custom') {
+      const customArgs = parsedArgs as CustomArgs;
+      customHandler = customRegistrations[customArgs.name];
+      if (customHandler === undefined) {
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(
+          request,
+          new NotImplementedError(`custom:${customArgs.name}`),
+        );
+      }
+      resolvedOpKind = `custom:${customArgs.name}`;
+      // Validate inner payload against the custom op's args schema
+      const payloadParse = customHandler.args.safeParse(customArgs.payload);
+      if (!payloadParse.success) {
+        const issue = payloadParse.error.issues[0];
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(
+          request,
+          new InvalidArgsError(
+            issue?.message ?? 'invalid custom-op payload',
+            issue?.path.join('.') || undefined,
+          ),
+        );
+      }
+      // Replace payload with validated value (Zod may apply defaults).
+      (parsedArgs as CustomArgs).payload = payloadParse.data;
+    }
+
+    // 3. Path validation (skip ops without a path)
+    let primaryPath = '';
+    if (op === 'move') {
+      primaryPath = (parsedArgs as MoveArgs).src;
+    } else if (op !== 'custom' && 'path' in (parsedArgs as object)) {
+      primaryPath = (parsedArgs as { path: string }).path;
+    }
+    let normalizedPath = primaryPath;
+    if (primaryPath !== '') {
+      const validated = validatePath(primaryPath, config.pathPolicy);
+      if (!validated.ok) {
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(request, new PathValidationError(validated.reason));
+      }
+      normalizedPath = validated.normalized;
+      if (op === 'move') {
+        const dstValid = validatePath((parsedArgs as MoveArgs).dst, config.pathPolicy);
+        if (!dstValid.ok) {
+          return makeErrorEnvelope(
+            request,
+            new PathValidationError(dstValid.reason, 'dst'),
+          );
+        }
+        (parsedArgs as MoveArgs).src = normalizedPath;
+        (parsedArgs as MoveArgs).dst = dstValid.normalized;
+      } else {
+        (parsedArgs as { path: string }).path = normalizedPath;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 4. Rate-limit acquire
+    const opCostKey = op === 'custom' ? 'custom' : op;
+    const customCost = customHandler?.cost;
+    const estimatedBytes = estimateBytes(op === 'custom' ? 'custom' : op, parsedArgs);
+    try {
+      if (customCost !== undefined) {
+        // Custom op-specific cost: acquire that many op-tokens manually.
+        // Fall back to standard `custom` bucket cost for non-overridden.
+        rateLimiter.acquire(from, opCostKey, estimatedBytes);
+        // For overridden cost > 1, deduct extra tokens from the same bucket.
+        // The simplest route: re-acquire (cost - 1) more.
+        for (let i = 1; i < customCost; i++) {
+          rateLimiter.acquire(from, opCostKey, 0);
+        }
+      } else {
+        rateLimiter.acquire(from, opCostKey, estimatedBytes);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      metrics(METRIC_RATE_LIMIT_REJECT_TOTAL, 1, { op: resolvedOpKind });
+      return makeErrorEnvelope(request, err);
+    }
+
+    // 5. Idempotency (mutations only)
+    const isMutation = MUTATION_OPS.has(opCostKey);
+    let commitIdem: ((response: unknown) => void) | null = null;
+    let abandonIdem: (() => void) | null = null;
+    if (isMutation && request.idempotencyKey !== undefined) {
+      try {
+        const begin = idempotency.begin(from, request.idempotencyKey, parsedArgs);
+        if (begin.status === 'replay') {
+          rateLimiter.release(from, opCostKey, estimatedBytes);
+          metrics(METRIC_IDEMPOTENCY_HIT_TOTAL, 1, { op: resolvedOpKind });
+          return makeResponseEnvelope(request, begin.response);
+        }
+        if (begin.status === 'wait') {
+          const cached = await begin.promise;
+          rateLimiter.release(from, opCostKey, estimatedBytes);
+          metrics(METRIC_IDEMPOTENCY_HIT_TOTAL, 1, { op: resolvedOpKind });
+          return makeResponseEnvelope(request, cached);
+        }
+        commitIdem = begin.commit;
+        abandonIdem = begin.abandon;
+      } catch (err) {
+        rateLimiter.release(from, opCostKey, estimatedBytes);
+        if (
+          err !== null &&
+          typeof err === 'object' &&
+          (err as { code?: string }).code === 'SHADE_FS_IDEMPOTENCY_CONFLICT'
+        ) {
+          metrics(METRIC_IDEMPOTENCY_CONFLICT_TOTAL, 1, { op: resolvedOpKind });
+        }
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(request, err);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 6. Build context + abort controller
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    inflightCancellers.set(request.id, controller);
+    const ctx = buildOpContext({
+      op: op === 'custom' ? (resolvedOpKind as `custom:${string}`) : op,
+      path: normalizedPath,
+      parsedArgs,
+      sender: from,
+      signal: controller.signal,
+      idempotencyKey: request.idempotencyKey,
+      attemptNumber: request.attempt ?? 1,
+      shade,
+    });
+
+    // 7. Fingerprint gate
+    if (config.requireFingerprintVerifiedFor !== undefined) {
+      let gate: 'required' | 'optional' | 'reject';
+      try {
+        gate = await config.requireFingerprintVerifiedFor(ctx as OpContext<unknown>);
+      } catch (err) {
+        cleanup({ release: true });
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(request, err);
+      }
+      if (gate === 'reject') {
+        cleanup({ release: true });
+        metrics(METRIC_FINGERPRINT_REJECT_TOTAL, 1, { op: resolvedOpKind, gate: 'reject' });
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(
+          request,
+          new FingerprintRequiredError('operation rejected by fingerprint policy'),
+        );
+      }
+      if (gate === 'required') {
+        let verified = false;
+        try {
+          verified = config.isFingerprintVerified !== undefined
+            ? Boolean(await config.isFingerprintVerified(from))
+            : false;
+        } catch (err) {
+          cleanup({ release: true });
+          return makeErrorEnvelope(request, err);
+        }
+        if (!verified) {
+          cleanup({ release: true });
+          metrics(METRIC_FINGERPRINT_REJECT_TOTAL, 1, { op: resolvedOpKind, gate: 'required' });
+          return makeErrorEnvelope(request, new FingerprintRequiredError());
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 8. beforeOp
+    try {
+      if (config.beforeOp !== undefined) {
+        await config.beforeOp(ctx as OpContext<unknown>);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      cleanup({ release: true });
+      return makeErrorEnvelope(request, err);
+    }
+
+    // 9. Run handler with timeout race — adapting I/O ops as needed.
+    const timeoutMs = Math.min(
+      request.deadlineMs ?? defaultTimeoutMs,
+      defaultTimeoutMs,
+    );
+
+    let wireResult: unknown;
+    const startedAt = Date.now();
+    try {
+      wireResult = await runWithTimeout(
+        () => invokeOpHandler({
+          op,
+          stdHandler: op === 'custom' ? undefined : (config[op] as unknown),
+          customHandler,
+          ctx: ctx as OpContext<unknown>,
+          parsedArgs,
+          sender: from,
+          signal: controller.signal,
+          streamsBridge: config.streamsBridge,
+          ioTimeoutMs,
+        }),
+        timeoutMs,
+        controller,
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      const durationMs = Date.now() - startedAt;
+      metrics(METRIC_OP_DURATION_MS, durationMs, { op: resolvedOpKind, result: 'error' });
+      metrics(METRIC_OP_TOTAL, 1, { op: resolvedOpKind, result: 'error' });
+      cleanup({ release: true });
+      if (config.onError !== undefined) {
+        try {
+          config.onError(err, ctx as OpContext<unknown>);
+        } catch (hookErr) {
+          console.error('[FileHandler] onError hook threw:', hookErr);
+        }
+      }
+      return makeErrorEnvelope(request, err);
+    }
+
+    // 10. Custom-op response validation against the registered schema.
+    if (op === 'custom' && customHandler !== undefined) {
+      const innerParse = customHandler.response.safeParse(wireResult);
+      if (!innerParse.success) {
+        cleanup({ release: true });
+        return makeErrorEnvelope(
+          request,
+          new CustomOpRejectedError(
+            `custom-op response shape rejected by registered schema: ${innerParse.error.issues[0]?.message ?? 'unknown'}`,
+          ),
+        );
+      }
+      wireResult = { result: innerParse.data };
+    }
+
+    // 11. Defensive response validation against the wire schema.
+    const resultParse = resultSchema.safeParse(wireResult);
+    if (!resultParse.success) {
+      cleanup({ release: true });
+      return makeErrorEnvelope(
+        request,
+        new InvalidArgsError(
+          `handler for ${resolvedOpKind} returned invalid response shape`,
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+
+    // 12. afterOp
+    try {
+      if (config.afterOp !== undefined) {
+        await config.afterOp(ctx as OpContext<unknown>, resultParse.data);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      cleanup({ release: true });
+      return makeErrorEnvelope(request, err);
+    }
+
+    // 13. Commit idempotency + emit metrics
+    commitIdem?.(resultParse.data);
+    cleanup({ release: false });
+
+    const durationMs = Date.now() - startedAt;
+    metrics(METRIC_OP_DURATION_MS, durationMs, { op: resolvedOpKind, result: 'ok' });
+    metrics(METRIC_OP_TOTAL, 1, { op: resolvedOpKind, result: 'ok' });
+    if (estimatedBytes > 0) {
+      // Inbound bytes (write) vs outbound (read) — both reuse the same
+      // pre-call `estimatedBytes`, since post-execution reconciliation
+      // would require deeper plumbing.
+      const direction = op === 'write' ? METRIC_BYTES_IN : op === 'read' ? METRIC_BYTES_OUT : null;
+      if (direction !== null) {
+        metrics(direction, estimatedBytes, { op: resolvedOpKind });
+      }
+    }
+
+    return makeResponseEnvelope(request, resultParse.data);
+
+    function cleanup(opts: { release: boolean }): void {
+      inflightCancellers.delete(request.id);
+      if (opts.release) {
+        abandonIdem?.();
+        rateLimiter.release(from, opCostKey, estimatedBytes);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  function handleCancel(_from: string, cancel: RpcCancel): void {
+    const controller = inflightCancellers.get(cancel.id);
+    if (controller !== undefined) {
+      controller.abort(new CancelledError(cancel.reason ?? 'cancelled by sender'));
+      inflightCancellers.delete(cancel.id);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function destroy(): void {
+    for (const c of inflightCancellers.values()) {
+      c.abort(new CancelledError('handler destroyed'));
+    }
+    inflightCancellers.clear();
+  }
+
+  return Object.assign({ handleRequest, handleCancel, destroy }, {
+    [INTERNAL_SYMBOL]: { idempotency, rateLimiter },
+  });
+}
+
+export const INTERNAL_SYMBOL = Symbol.for('@shade/files/internal');
+
+// ─── Op invoker (handles I/O adapters) ───────────────────────
+
+interface InvokeArgs {
+  op: StandardOp | 'custom';
+  stdHandler: unknown;
+  customHandler: CustomOpRegistrations[string] | undefined;
+  ctx: OpContext<unknown>;
+  parsedArgs: unknown;
+  sender: string;
+  signal: AbortSignal;
+  streamsBridge: ServerStreamsBridge | undefined;
+  ioTimeoutMs: number;
+}
+
+async function invokeOpHandler(args: InvokeArgs): Promise<unknown> {
+  const { op, stdHandler, customHandler, ctx, parsedArgs, sender, signal, streamsBridge, ioTimeoutMs } = args;
+  const adapterDeps = { streamsBridge, sender, signal, ioTimeoutMs };
+
+  switch (op) {
+    case 'write': {
+      const wireArgs = parsedArgs as WriteArgs;
+      const { userArgs, awaitTransferDone } = await adaptWriteArgs(wireArgs, adapterDeps);
+      const userCtx = { ...ctx, args: userArgs } as OpContext<UserWriteArgs>;
+      const userResult = await (stdHandler as (c: OpContext<UserWriteArgs>) => Promise<WriteResult>)(userCtx);
+      await awaitTransferDone();
+      return userResult;
+    }
+
+    case 'read': {
+      const readArgs = parsedArgs as ReadArgs;
+      const userResult = await (stdHandler as (c: OpContext<ReadArgs>) => Promise<UserReadResult>)(ctx as OpContext<ReadArgs>);
+      return await adaptReadResult(userResult, readArgs, adapterDeps);
+    }
+
+    case 'getThumbnail': {
+      const userResult = await (stdHandler as (c: OpContext<GetThumbnailArgs>) => Promise<UserThumbnailResult>)(ctx as OpContext<GetThumbnailArgs>);
+      return adaptThumbnailResult(userResult);
+    }
+
+    case 'custom': {
+      if (customHandler === undefined) {
+        throw new NotImplementedError('custom op without registration');
+      }
+      const customArgs = parsedArgs as CustomArgs;
+      const innerCtx = { ...ctx, args: customArgs } as OpContext<{ name: string; payload: unknown }>;
+      // Pass the validated inner payload as the first arg, the OpContext as the second.
+      return await customHandler.handler(
+        customArgs.payload,
+        innerCtx as OpContext<{ name: string; payload: unknown }>,
+      );
+    }
+
+    default:
+      // Pass-through for list/stat/mkdir/delete/move.
+      return await (stdHandler as (c: OpContext<unknown>) => Promise<unknown>)(ctx);
+  }
+}
+
+// ─── Helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function makeResponseEnvelope(req: RpcRequest, result: unknown): RpcResponse {
+  return {
+    kind: responseKindOf(req.kind),
+    id: req.id,
+    result,
+  };
+}
+
+function makeErrorEnvelope(req: RpcRequest, err: unknown): RpcError {
+  return {
+    kind: 'shade.fs.error/v1',
+    id: req.id,
+    error: payloadFromError(err),
+  };
+}
+
+function estimateBytes(op: StandardOp | 'custom', args: unknown): number {
+  if (op === 'write') {
+    const w = args as { kind: 'inline' | 'streams'; bytesB64?: string; size?: number };
+    if (w.kind === 'inline' && typeof w.bytesB64 === 'string') {
+      return Math.floor((w.bytesB64.length * 3) / 4);
+    }
+    return w.size ?? 0;
+  }
+  if (op === 'read') {
+    const r = args as { range?: { start: number; end: number } };
+    if (r.range !== undefined) return r.range.end - r.range.start;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+async function runWithTimeout<T>(
+  fn: () => Promise<T>,
+  timeoutMs: number,
+  controller: AbortController,
+): Promise<T> {
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+  const timeout = new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
+    timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      controller.abort(new Error('timeout'));
+      reject(new (FileError as unknown as { new (p: { code: string; message: string }): FileError })({
+        code: 'OPERATION_TIMEOUT',
+        message: `operation timed out after ${timeoutMs}ms`,
+      }));
+    }, timeoutMs);
+  });
+  try {
+    return await Promise.race([fn(), timeout]);
+  } finally {
+    if (timer !== null) clearTimeout(timer);
+  }
+}

packages/shade-files/src/server/idempotency-cache.ts

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+import { hashArgs, bytesToHex } from '../protocol/canonical.js';
+import { IdempotencyConflictError } from '../schemas/errors.js';
+
+interface Entry {
+  argsHash: string;
+  /** `undefined` while inflight; resolved value once handler completes. */
+  status: 'inflight' | 'done';
+  promise?: Promise<unknown>;
+  response?: unknown;
+  insertedAt: number;
+  lastAccessAt: number;
+}
+
+export interface IdempotencyCacheOptions {
+  /** Time in ms after which an entry is eligible for eviction. Default 1h. */
+  ttlMs?: number;
+  /** Per-sender hard cap on cached entries; oldest-by-insert evicted first. */
+  maxEntriesPerSender?: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-sender LRU + TTL cache for idempotent RPC calls.
+ *
+ *  - On lookup, returns cached response if `argsHash` matches the original
+ *    call. Throws `IdempotencyConflictError` on argsHash mismatch.
+ *  - On concurrent retry of the same key (still inflight), the second
+ *    caller awaits the first's promise — no double-execution.
+ *  - LRU eviction caps memory at `maxEntriesPerSender` per sender.
+ *
+ * Keyed on `(senderAddress, idempotencyKey)`. Internally a 2-level map.
+ */
+export class IdempotencyCache {
+  private readonly ttlMs: number;
+  private readonly maxPerSender: number;
+  private readonly bySender = new Map<string, Map<string, Entry>>();
+
+  constructor(opts: IdempotencyCacheOptions = {}) {
+    this.ttlMs = opts.ttlMs ?? 60 * 60 * 1000;
+    this.maxPerSender = opts.maxEntriesPerSender ?? 10_000;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Begin (or rejoin) an idempotent operation. Returns:
+   *  - `{ status: 'fresh', commit }` — handler should run, then call `commit(response)`.
+   *  - `{ status: 'wait', promise }` — concurrent retry; await the in-flight promise.
+   *  - `{ status: 'replay', response }` — completed earlier; return cached.
+   *
+   * Mismatched argsHash throws `IdempotencyConflictError` immediately.
+   */
+  begin(
+    sender: string,
+    key: string,
+    args: unknown,
+  ):
+    | { status: 'fresh'; commit: (response: unknown) => void; abandon: () => void }
+    | { status: 'wait'; promise: Promise<unknown> }
+    | { status: 'replay'; response: unknown } {
+    const argsHash = bytesToHex(hashArgs(args));
+    const senderMap = this.getOrCreate(sender);
+    this.evictExpired(senderMap);
+    const existing = senderMap.get(key);
+    if (existing !== undefined) {
+      if (existing.argsHash !== argsHash) {
+        throw new IdempotencyConflictError();
+      }
+      existing.lastAccessAt = Date.now();
+      if (existing.status === 'done') {
+        return { status: 'replay', response: existing.response };
+      }
+      // Inflight — return the same promise so concurrent retries de-dupe.
+      return { status: 'wait', promise: existing.promise! };
+    }
+
+    let resolveInflight: (value: unknown) => void = () => {};
+    let rejectInflight: (err: unknown) => void = () => {};
+    const inflightPromise = new Promise<unknown>((resolve, reject) => {
+      resolveInflight = resolve;
+      rejectInflight = reject;
+    });
+    // Suppress unhandled-rejection warnings when no concurrent retry is
+    // awaiting this promise. Real waiters attach their own catch via
+    // `await begin().promise` and still see the rejection.
+    inflightPromise.catch(() => {
+      /* swallow — see comment above */
+    });
+    const entry: Entry = {
+      argsHash,
+      status: 'inflight',
+      promise: inflightPromise,
+      insertedAt: Date.now(),
+      lastAccessAt: Date.now(),
+    };
+    senderMap.set(key, entry);
+    this.evictOverflow(senderMap);
+
+    const commit = (response: unknown): void => {
+      entry.status = 'done';
+      entry.response = response;
+      entry.lastAccessAt = Date.now();
+      resolveInflight(response);
+    };
+    const abandon = (): void => {
+      // Failed/cancelled call — remove from cache so retries can proceed.
+      senderMap.delete(key);
+      rejectInflight(new Error('idempotency abandoned'));
+    };
+
+    return { status: 'fresh', commit, abandon };
+  }
+
+  /** Manual prune; called by the periodic retention job. */
+  prune(now: number = Date.now()): number {
+    let removed = 0;
+    for (const [sender, senderMap] of this.bySender) {
+      for (const [key, entry] of senderMap) {
+        if (now - entry.insertedAt > this.ttlMs) {
+          senderMap.delete(key);
+          removed++;
+        }
+      }
+      if (senderMap.size === 0) this.bySender.delete(sender);
+    }
+    return removed;
+  }
+
+  /** Total cached entries across all senders (mainly for tests/metrics). */
+  size(): number {
+    let total = 0;
+    for (const m of this.bySender.values()) total += m.size;
+    return total;
+  }
+
+  private getOrCreate(sender: string): Map<string, Entry> {
+    let m = this.bySender.get(sender);
+    if (m === undefined) {
+      m = new Map();
+      this.bySender.set(sender, m);
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  private evictExpired(senderMap: Map<string, Entry>): void {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    for (const [key, entry] of senderMap) {
+      if (now - entry.insertedAt > this.ttlMs) senderMap.delete(key);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private evictOverflow(senderMap: Map<string, Entry>): void {
+    if (senderMap.size <= this.maxPerSender) return;
+    // Map iteration order = insertion order; first key is oldest.
+    const overflow = senderMap.size - this.maxPerSender;
+    let i = 0;
+    for (const key of senderMap.keys()) {
+      if (i >= overflow) break;
+      senderMap.delete(key);
+      i++;
+    }
+  }
+}

packages/shade-files/src/server/io-adapters.ts

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+/**
+ * Adapt between wire-shaped I/O ops and user-handler-shaped I/O ops.
+ *
+ *   client → server (write):  WriteArgs (wire) → UserWriteArgs (handler)
+ *   server → client (read):   UserReadResult (handler) → ReadResult (wire)
+ *   server → client (thumb):  UserThumbnailResult → GetThumbnailResult
+ *
+ * The streams-bridge is consulted whenever we're crossing the > 256 KiB
+ * boundary: outbound reads kick a new transfer; inbound writes await one.
+ */
+
+import { sha256 } from '@noble/hashes/sha2.js';
+import type {
+  GetThumbnailResult,
+  ReadArgs,
+  ReadResult,
+  WriteArgs,
+} from '../schemas/ops.js';
+import { base64ToBytes, bytesToBase64, bytesToHex } from '../protocol/canonical.js';
+import { INLINE_THRESHOLD } from '../client/inline-threshold.js';
+import {
+  ConflictError,
+  InternalFileError,
+  InvalidArgsError,
+} from '../schemas/errors.js';
+import type {
+  UserReadResult,
+  UserThumbnailResult,
+  UserWriteArgs,
+} from './io-types.js';
+import type { ServerStreamsBridge } from './streams-bridge.js';
+
+export interface IoAdapterDeps {
+  streamsBridge: ServerStreamsBridge | undefined;
+  sender: string;
+  signal: AbortSignal;
+  /** Hard deadline for streams-bridge awaits / outbound transfers. */
+  ioTimeoutMs: number;
+}
+
+// ─── write: wire args → user args ────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Convert validated `WriteArgs` (wire shape) into `UserWriteArgs`. For
+ * streams writes, this awaits the matching inbound transfer via the
+ * streams-bridge and synthesizes a `ReadableStream` for the user handler.
+ */
+export async function adaptWriteArgs(
+  wireArgs: WriteArgs,
+  deps: IoAdapterDeps,
+): Promise<{
+  userArgs: UserWriteArgs;
+  /** Resolves once the inbound transfer (if any) has completed. */
+  awaitTransferDone: () => Promise<void>;
+}> {
+  if (wireArgs.kind === 'inline') {
+    const bytes = base64ToBytes(wireArgs.bytesB64);
+    if (bytes.byteLength > INLINE_THRESHOLD) {
+      throw new InvalidArgsError(
+        `inline write exceeds ${INLINE_THRESHOLD}-byte threshold (got ${bytes.byteLength})`,
+        'bytesB64',
+      );
+    }
+    const hashHex = bytesToHex(sha256(bytes));
+    const userArgs: UserWriteArgs = {
+      path: wireArgs.path,
+      overwrite: wireArgs.overwrite,
+      ...(wireArgs.contentType !== undefined ? { contentType: wireArgs.contentType } : {}),
+      content: {
+        kind: 'inline',
+        bytes,
+        size: bytes.byteLength,
+        sha256: hashHex,
+      },
+    };
+    return { userArgs, awaitTransferDone: async () => undefined };
+  }
+
+  // Streams write — must have a streams-bridge configured.
+  if (deps.streamsBridge === undefined) {
+    throw new InternalFileError(
+      'streams-bridge not configured: cannot accept streamed write',
+    );
+  }
+  const parked = await deps.streamsBridge.awaitWrite(wireArgs.writeId, {
+    expectedFrom: deps.sender,
+    signal: deps.signal,
+    timeoutMs: deps.ioTimeoutMs,
+  });
+
+  // sha256 from the inbound transfer's done() — user handler can `await`
+  // it immediately after draining the readable.
+  const sha256Promise = parked.done.then((r) => r.sha256);
+  sha256Promise.catch(() => {
+    /* swallow until consumer awaits */
+  });
+
+  // Cancellation: if the user handler aborts (or the dispatcher times out),
+  // also tear down the inbound transfer.
+  const onAbort = (): void => {
+    void parked.handle.abort('user-cancel').catch(() => undefined);
+  };
+  if (deps.signal.aborted) onAbort();
+  else deps.signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true });
+
+  // The dispatcher calls this AFTER the user handler resolves to ensure
+  // the transfer is fully drained (so any wire-level integrity errors
+  // surface here before we send the RPC ack to the client).
+  const awaitTransferDone = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    try {
+      await parked.done;
+    } finally {
+      deps.signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const userArgs: UserWriteArgs = {
+    path: wireArgs.path,
+    overwrite: wireArgs.overwrite,
+    ...(wireArgs.contentType !== undefined ? { contentType: wireArgs.contentType } : {}),
+    content: {
+      kind: 'streams',
+      stream: parked.readable,
+      size: wireArgs.size,
+      sha256: sha256Promise,
+    },
+  };
+  return { userArgs, awaitTransferDone };
+}
+
+// ─── read: user result → wire result ─────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Convert a user-supplied `UserReadResult` into a wire `ReadResult`. For
+ * streams results, this kicks an outbound `@shade/transfer` and embeds the
+ * resulting `streamId` in the response so the client-side bridge can
+ * subscribe.
+ */
+export async function adaptReadResult(
+  userResult: UserReadResult,
+  args: ReadArgs,
+  deps: IoAdapterDeps,
+): Promise<ReadResult> {
+  if (userResult.kind === 'inline') {
+    if (userResult.bytes.byteLength > INLINE_THRESHOLD) {
+      throw new InternalFileError(
+        `inline read result exceeds ${INLINE_THRESHOLD} bytes (got ${userResult.bytes.byteLength})`,
+      );
+    }
+    const sha256Hex = userResult.sha256 ?? bytesToHex(sha256(userResult.bytes));
+    return {
+      kind: 'inline',
+      bytesB64: bytesToBase64(userResult.bytes),
+      size: userResult.bytes.byteLength,
+      sha256: sha256Hex,
+      ...(userResult.contentType !== undefined ? { contentType: userResult.contentType } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (deps.streamsBridge === undefined) {
+    throw new InternalFileError(
+      'streams-bridge not configured: cannot ship streamed read result',
+    );
+  }
+  const { readStreamId } = await deps.streamsBridge.initiateRead({
+    peer: deps.sender,
+    stream: userResult.stream,
+    size: userResult.size,
+    ...(userResult.contentType !== undefined ? { contentType: userResult.contentType } : {}),
+    name: args.path,
+    signal: deps.signal,
+  });
+  return {
+    kind: 'streams',
+    streamId: readStreamId,
+    size: userResult.size,
+    sha256: userResult.sha256,
+    ...(userResult.contentType !== undefined ? { contentType: userResult.contentType } : {}),
+  };
+}
+
+// ─── getThumbnail: user result → wire result ─────────────────
+
+const FORMAT_MAGIC: Record<string, Uint8Array> = {
+  png: new Uint8Array([0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a]),
+  jpeg: new Uint8Array([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff]),
+  webp: new Uint8Array([0x52, 0x49, 0x46, 0x46]), // 'RIFF', then size, then 'WEBP'
+};
+const WEBP_HEAD = new Uint8Array([0x57, 0x45, 0x42, 0x50]); // 'WEBP' at offset 8
+
+/**
+ * Validate a user thumbnail result for format magic-bytes match. The user
+ * MAY produce any image format internally, but this guards against
+ * misclassification (e.g. claiming PNG with JPEG bytes), which can confuse
+ * downstream rendering and security scanners.
+ */
+function checkFormatMagic(bytes: Uint8Array, format: 'png' | 'webp' | 'jpeg'): boolean {
+  const magic = FORMAT_MAGIC[format];
+  if (magic === undefined) return false;
+  if (bytes.byteLength < magic.byteLength) return false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < magic.byteLength; i++) {
+    if (bytes[i] !== magic[i]) return false;
+  }
+  if (format === 'webp') {
+    if (bytes.byteLength < 12) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+      if (bytes[8 + i] !== WEBP_HEAD[i]) return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+export function adaptThumbnailResult(
+  userResult: UserThumbnailResult,
+): GetThumbnailResult {
+  if (!checkFormatMagic(userResult.bytes, userResult.format)) {
+    throw new ConflictError(
+      `thumbnail bytes do not match declared format=${userResult.format}`,
+    );
+  }
+  const hash = userResult.sha256 ?? bytesToHex(sha256(userResult.bytes));
+  return {
+    bytesB64: bytesToBase64(userResult.bytes),
+    format: userResult.format,
+    width: userResult.width,
+    height: userResult.height,
+    sha256: hash,
+  };
+}

packages/shade-files/src/server/io-types.ts

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+/**
+ * Server-facing types for the I/O ops (`read`, `write`, `getThumbnail`).
+ *
+ * These differ from the wire schemas in `schemas/ops.ts` so user-supplied
+ * handlers see clean, typed values (`Uint8Array`, `ReadableStream`) instead
+ * of base64 strings and opaque transfer ids. The dispatcher in
+ * `server/handler.ts` adapts between the two.
+ */
+
+import type { ThumbnailSize, WriteResult } from '../schemas/ops.js';
+
+// ─── read handler types ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Value returned by a user-supplied `read` handler.
+ *
+ *  - `inline`: the bytes are returned in-band; the dispatcher base64-encodes
+ *    them and computes the sha256 if the user did not provide one. Inline
+ *    reads MUST be ≤ 256 KiB plaintext.
+ *  - `streams`: the user provides a `ReadableStream`, the declared `size`,
+ *    and a precomputed `sha256` (e.g. cached on the file's metadata row).
+ *    The dispatcher initiates an outbound `@shade/transfer` transfer and
+ *    echoes the transfer's `streamId` back to the client over RPC so the
+ *    client-side bridge can subscribe.
+ */
+export type UserReadResult =
+  | UserReadResultInline
+  | UserReadResultStreams;
+
+export interface UserReadResultInline {
+  kind: 'inline';
+  bytes: Uint8Array;
+  /** Optional — dispatcher computes if absent. */
+  sha256?: string;
+  contentType?: string;
+}
+
+export interface UserReadResultStreams {
+  kind: 'streams';
+  stream: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>;
+  size: number;
+  /** REQUIRED — the dispatcher cannot synchronously hash a stream. */
+  sha256: string;
+  contentType?: string;
+}
+
+// ─── write handler types ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Value passed to a user-supplied `write` handler.
+ *
+ * The dispatcher decodes the wire `WriteArgs` and (for `streams`) parks
+ * the inbound transfer via the streams-bridge, then synthesizes this
+ * cleaner shape for the user.
+ */
+export interface UserWriteArgs {
+  path: string;
+  contentType?: string;
+  overwrite: boolean;
+  content: UserWriteContent;
+}
+
+export type UserWriteContent =
+  | UserWriteContentInline
+  | UserWriteContentStreams;
+
+export interface UserWriteContentInline {
+  kind: 'inline';
+  bytes: Uint8Array;
+  size: number;
+  /** sha256 of `bytes`, computed by the dispatcher. */
+  sha256: string;
+}
+
+export interface UserWriteContentStreams {
+  kind: 'streams';
+  /** Plaintext stream. Closes when the inbound `@shade/transfer` completes. */
+  stream: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>;
+  /** Declared plaintext size from the client's RPC args. */
+  size: number;
+  /**
+   * Promise that resolves with the transfer-verified sha256 once the entire
+   * stream has been received. Use this to attach a content hash to the
+   * user's storage record.
+   */
+  sha256: Promise<string>;
+}
+
+// ─── getThumbnail handler types ──────────────────────────────
+
+/** Value returned by a user-supplied `getThumbnail` handler. */
+export interface UserThumbnailResult {
+  bytes: Uint8Array;
+  format: 'png' | 'webp' | 'jpeg';
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+  /** Optional — dispatcher computes if absent. */
+  sha256?: string;
+}
+
+// ─── Re-exports ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+export type { ThumbnailSize, WriteResult };

packages/shade-files/src/server/metrics.ts

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+/**
+ * Standard metric names emitted by the dispatcher.
+ *
+ * The user-supplied `onMetric(name, value, tags)` callback is vendor-neutral —
+ * pipe to Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, statsd, or just append to a log file.
+ */
+
+export const METRIC_OP_DURATION_MS = 'shade_files_op_duration_ms';
+export const METRIC_OP_TOTAL = 'shade_files_op_total';
+export const METRIC_BYTES_IN = 'shade_files_bytes_in';
+export const METRIC_BYTES_OUT = 'shade_files_bytes_out';
+export const METRIC_IDEMPOTENCY_HIT_TOTAL = 'shade_files_idempotency_hit_total';
+export const METRIC_IDEMPOTENCY_CONFLICT_TOTAL = 'shade_files_idempotency_conflict_total';
+export const METRIC_RATE_LIMIT_REJECT_TOTAL = 'shade_files_rate_limit_reject_total';
+export const METRIC_FINGERPRINT_REJECT_TOTAL = 'shade_files_fingerprint_reject_total';
+export const METRIC_SIGNATURE_REJECT_TOTAL = 'shade_files_signature_reject_total';
+
+/** Tags attached to every metric event. */
+export type MetricTags = Record<string, string | number | boolean>;
+
+/** User-supplied metric sink. Synchronous to keep hot-path fast. */
+export type MetricSink = (name: string, value: number, tags: MetricTags) => void;
+
+/** No-op sink used when the user doesn't supply one. */
+export const NOOP_METRIC_SINK: MetricSink = () => undefined;

packages/shade-files/src/server/path-policy.ts

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+import {
+  decodePercentEscapes,
+  isPathInside,
+  posixNormalize,
+} from '../utils/path.js';
+
+export interface PathPolicy {
+  /** Chroot-style absolute root. All paths must lie inside this directory. */
+  rootScope?: string;
+  /** Reject `..` segments after normalization. Default true. */
+  forbidTraversal?: boolean;
+  /** Hard cap on raw-input length (post-decode). Default 4096. */
+  maxLength?: number;
+  /** Allow symlink components. Default false (consumer enforces realpath if true). */
+  allowSymlinks?: boolean;
+  /** App-specific extra check. Returns 'allow' | 'reject'. */
+  extra?: (normalizedPath: string) => 'allow' | 'reject';
+}
+
+export type PathValidationResult =
+  | { ok: true; normalized: string }
+  | { ok: false; reason: string };
+
+const DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH = 4096;
+/** Bytes that must never appear in any path. */
+const FORBIDDEN_RE = /[\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f\x7f\\]/;
+
+/**
+ * Validate and normalize a path against the configured policy.
+ *
+ * Performs (in order):
+ *  1. Length check on raw input.
+ *  2. Forbidden-bytes check on raw input (NUL/CR/LF/DEL/backslash).
+ *  3. Percent-decode (defense against `%2e%2e` smuggling).
+ *  4. Forbidden-bytes check on decoded form.
+ *  5. POSIX normalization.
+ *  6. `..` traversal rejection.
+ *  7. Root-scope boundary check.
+ *  8. Consumer-supplied `extra` predicate.
+ *
+ * Returns the normalized path on success. The handler MUST use the
+ * normalized form, not the raw input — the raw could trip TOCTOU on
+ * the caller's filesystem.
+ */
+export function validatePath(
+  rawPath: string,
+  policy: PathPolicy = {},
+): PathValidationResult {
+  const maxLength = policy.maxLength ?? DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH;
+  const forbidTraversal = policy.forbidTraversal ?? true;
+
+  if (typeof rawPath !== 'string') {
+    return { ok: false, reason: 'path must be a string' };
+  }
+  if (rawPath.length === 0) {
+    return { ok: false, reason: 'path is empty' };
+  }
+  if (rawPath.length > maxLength) {
+    return { ok: false, reason: `path exceeds ${maxLength} characters` };
+  }
+  if (FORBIDDEN_RE.test(rawPath)) {
+    return { ok: false, reason: 'path contains forbidden control or backslash characters' };
+  }
+
+  const decoded = decodePercentEscapes(rawPath);
+  if (FORBIDDEN_RE.test(decoded)) {
+    return { ok: false, reason: 'percent-decoded path contains forbidden characters' };
+  }
+  if (!decoded.startsWith('/')) {
+    return { ok: false, reason: 'path must be absolute' };
+  }
+
+  if (forbidTraversal) {
+    // Detect `..` segments BEFORE normalization (otherwise they'd be silently
+    // collapsed). Handles both raw and decoded forms.
+    if (/(^|\/)\.\.(\/|$)/.test(rawPath) || /(^|\/)\.\.(\/|$)/.test(decoded)) {
+      return { ok: false, reason: 'path contains `..` traversal segment' };
+    }
+  }
+
+  const normalized = posixNormalize(decoded);
+
+  if (policy.rootScope !== undefined) {
+    const root = posixNormalize(policy.rootScope);
+    if (!isPathInside(normalized, root)) {
+      return { ok: false, reason: 'path is outside root scope' };
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (policy.extra !== undefined && policy.extra(normalized) === 'reject') {
+    return { ok: false, reason: 'path rejected by policy.extra' };
+  }
+
+  return { ok: true, normalized };
+}

packages/shade-files/src/server/rate-limiter.ts

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+import { FsRateLimitError, QuotaExceededError } from '../schemas/errors.js';
+
+export interface RateLimitConfig {
+  /** Cap on op-tokens per minute per sender. Default 600. */
+  maxOpsPerMinutePerSender?: number;
+  /** Cap on byte-tokens per hour per sender. Default 10 GiB. */
+  maxBytesPerHourPerSender?: number;
+  /** Per-op token cost. Default 1 per op except write=5, delete=3. */
+  opCost?: Partial<Record<string, number>> & { default?: number };
+}
+
+interface Bucket {
+  tokens: number;
+  capacity: number;
+  /** Tokens replenished per millisecond. */
+  refillRate: number;
+  lastRefill: number;
+}
+
+interface SenderBuckets {
+  ops: Bucket;
+  bytes: Bucket;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Two-bucket per-sender rate limiter. Each operation consumes:
+ *  - `opCost(op)` from the ops bucket.
+ *  - `estimatedBytes` from the bytes bucket (post-call reconciliation possible).
+ *
+ * Rejection throws either `FsRateLimitError` (op-bucket) or `QuotaExceededError`
+ * (bytes-bucket), each with a `retryAfterMs` hint.
+ *
+ * Cancellation MUST call `release()` to return reserved tokens.
+ */
+export class RateLimiter {
+  private readonly opsCapacity: number;
+  private readonly opsRefillPerMs: number;
+  private readonly bytesCapacity: number;
+  private readonly bytesRefillPerMs: number;
+  private readonly opCost: Required<NonNullable<RateLimitConfig['opCost']>>;
+  private readonly bySender = new Map<string, SenderBuckets>();
+
+  constructor(config: RateLimitConfig = {}) {
+    this.opsCapacity = config.maxOpsPerMinutePerSender ?? 600;
+    this.opsRefillPerMs = this.opsCapacity / 60_000;
+    this.bytesCapacity = config.maxBytesPerHourPerSender ?? 10 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+    this.bytesRefillPerMs = this.bytesCapacity / 3_600_000;
+    this.opCost = {
+      list: config.opCost?.list ?? 1,
+      stat: config.opCost?.stat ?? 1,
+      mkdir: config.opCost?.mkdir ?? 2,
+      delete: config.opCost?.delete ?? 3,
+      move: config.opCost?.move ?? 2,
+      read: config.opCost?.read ?? 1,
+      write: config.opCost?.write ?? 5,
+      getThumbnail: config.opCost?.getThumbnail ?? 2,
+      custom: config.opCost?.custom ?? 1,
+      default: config.opCost?.default ?? 1,
+    } as Required<NonNullable<RateLimitConfig['opCost']>>;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Acquire tokens for an operation. Throws if either bucket is empty;
+   * otherwise atomically deducts from both. `estimatedBytes` may be 0 for
+   * non-I/O ops.
+   */
+  acquire(sender: string, op: string, estimatedBytes: number = 0): void {
+    const buckets = this.getBuckets(sender);
+    this.refill(buckets, Date.now());
+    const cost = this.costFor(op);
+
+    if (buckets.ops.tokens < cost) {
+      const need = cost - buckets.ops.tokens;
+      const retryMs = Math.ceil(need / this.opsRefillPerMs);
+      throw new FsRateLimitError(`op rate limit exceeded`, retryMs);
+    }
+    if (estimatedBytes > 0 && buckets.bytes.tokens < estimatedBytes) {
+      const need = estimatedBytes - buckets.bytes.tokens;
+      const retryMs = Math.ceil(need / this.bytesRefillPerMs);
+      throw new QuotaExceededError(`byte quota exceeded`, retryMs);
+    }
+    buckets.ops.tokens -= cost;
+    if (estimatedBytes > 0) buckets.bytes.tokens -= estimatedBytes;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reconcile after the actual byte cost is known. `actualBytes` may be
+   * higher or lower than the estimate; caps to capacity on release.
+   */
+  reconcile(sender: string, estimatedBytes: number, actualBytes: number): void {
+    if (estimatedBytes === actualBytes) return;
+    const buckets = this.getBuckets(sender);
+    const delta = estimatedBytes - actualBytes;
+    if (delta > 0) {
+      buckets.bytes.tokens = Math.min(buckets.bytes.capacity, buckets.bytes.tokens + delta);
+    } else {
+      buckets.bytes.tokens = Math.max(0, buckets.bytes.tokens + delta);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Return tokens to both buckets (cancellation cleanup). */
+  release(sender: string, op: string, bytesReserved: number = 0): void {
+    const buckets = this.bySender.get(sender);
+    if (buckets === undefined) return;
+    const cost = this.costFor(op);
+    buckets.ops.tokens = Math.min(buckets.ops.capacity, buckets.ops.tokens + cost);
+    if (bytesReserved > 0) {
+      buckets.bytes.tokens = Math.min(buckets.bytes.capacity, buckets.bytes.tokens + bytesReserved);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Available token snapshot — for tests/metrics. */
+  snapshot(sender: string): { ops: number; bytes: number } | null {
+    const buckets = this.bySender.get(sender);
+    if (buckets === undefined) return null;
+    this.refill(buckets, Date.now());
+    return { ops: buckets.ops.tokens, bytes: buckets.bytes.tokens };
+  }
+
+  private costFor(op: string): number {
+    const explicit = (this.opCost as Record<string, number>)[op];
+    return explicit ?? this.opCost.default;
+  }
+
+  private getBuckets(sender: string): SenderBuckets {
+    let b = this.bySender.get(sender);
+    if (b !== undefined) return b;
+    const now = Date.now();
+    b = {
+      ops: {
+        tokens: this.opsCapacity,
+        capacity: this.opsCapacity,
+        refillRate: this.opsRefillPerMs,
+        lastRefill: now,
+      },
+      bytes: {
+        tokens: this.bytesCapacity,
+        capacity: this.bytesCapacity,
+        refillRate: this.bytesRefillPerMs,
+        lastRefill: now,
+      },
+    };
+    this.bySender.set(sender, b);
+    return b;
+  }
+
+  private refill(buckets: SenderBuckets, now: number): void {
+    const refillBucket = (b: Bucket): void => {
+      const elapsed = now - b.lastRefill;
+      if (elapsed <= 0) return;
+      b.tokens = Math.min(b.capacity, b.tokens + elapsed * b.refillRate);
+      b.lastRefill = now;
+    };
+    refillBucket(buckets.ops);
+    refillBucket(buckets.bytes);
+  }
+}

packages/shade-files/src/server/streams-bridge.ts

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+/**
+ * Server-side bridge between `@shade/files` content RPC ops and the
+ * `@shade/transfer` engine.
+ *
+ * Two responsibilities:
+ *  1. **Inbound writes (client → server, > 256 KiB).** When a client kicks
+ *     `shade.upload(...)` with `userMetadata.shadeFilesWriteId = <id>`, this
+ *     bridge intercepts the corresponding `IncomingTransfer` from
+ *     `shade.onIncomingTransfer`, **immediately** calls `accept(...)` (the
+ *     transfer engine requires synchronous accept — it rejects chunks that
+ *     arrive before accept), pipes the plaintext into a TransformStream,
+ *     and parks the readable side. The `write` RPC handler then awaits
+ *     `awaitWrite(writeId, ...)` to pick up the readable, hand it to the
+ *     user handler, and observe the transfer's done() result.
+ *
+ *  2. **Outbound reads (server → client, > 256 KiB).** When the user-supplied
+ *     `read` handler returns `{ kind: 'streams', stream, size, sha256 }`,
+ *     this bridge calls `shade.upload(...)` with
+ *     `userMetadata.shadeFilesReadStreamId = <id>`. The id is then echoed
+ *     back to the client in the `read` RPC response so the client-side
+ *     bridge can subscribe to the matching incoming transfer.
+ */
+import type { IncomingTransfer, TransferHandle, TransferProgress } from '@shade/transfer';
+import { generateRequestId } from '../protocol/correlate.js';
+import { OperationTimeoutError } from '../schemas/errors.js';
+
+/** Metadata key carried on inbound (client → server) write streams. */
+export const META_KEY_WRITE_ID = 'shadeFilesWriteId';
+/** Metadata key carried on outbound (server → client) read streams. */
+export const META_KEY_READ_STREAM_ID = 'shadeFilesReadStreamId';
+
+/**
+ * Subset of `Shade` we depend on. Lets us unit-test without a real Shade
+ * runtime and keeps the bridge framework-agnostic.
+ */
+export interface StreamsBridgeShade {
+  upload(opts: import('@shade/transfer').TransferOptions): Promise<TransferHandle>;
+  onIncomingTransfer(
+    handler: (incoming: IncomingTransfer) => void | Promise<void>,
+  ): Promise<() => void>;
+}
+
+export interface ParkedWrite {
+  /** Sender address from the transfer engine. */
+  from: string;
+  /** Plaintext stream. The bridge already accepted the transfer; just consume. */
+  readable: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>;
+  /** Resolves when the transfer fully completes (sha256 available). */
+  done: Promise<{ sha256: string; bytesSent: number }>;
+  /** Underlying transfer handle — for abort propagation. */
+  handle: TransferHandle;
+  /** Unix epoch ms when the transfer arrived. Used for stale-eviction. */
+  arrivedAt: number;
+}
+
+export interface AwaitWriteOptions {
+  /** Sender address — must match `parked.from` for delivery. */
+  expectedFrom: string;
+  /** AbortSignal from the OpContext (cancellation/timeout). */
+  signal: AbortSignal;
+  /** Hard deadline (ms from now). Default 60_000. */
+  timeoutMs?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ServerStreamsBridge {
+  /**
+   * Wait for an inbound transfer carrying `userMetadata.shadeFilesWriteId
+   * === writeId` from `expectedFrom`. Resolves with the parked entry whose
+   * `readable` can be consumed by the user handler.
+   *
+   * If the transfer has already arrived (race: stream-init beat the RPC),
+   * resolves immediately. Otherwise awaits up to `timeoutMs`.
+   */
+  awaitWrite(writeId: string, opts: AwaitWriteOptions): Promise<ParkedWrite>;
+
+  /**
+   * Initiate an outbound transfer to `peer` carrying the given stream.
+   * Stamps `userMetadata.shadeFilesReadStreamId = <streamId>`. Returns the
+   * new streamId so the caller can echo it back to the client over RPC.
+   */
+  initiateRead(opts: {
+    peer: string;
+    stream: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>;
+    size: number;
+    contentType?: string;
+    name?: string;
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+    onProgress?: (p: TransferProgress) => void;
+  }): Promise<{ readStreamId: string; handle: TransferHandle }>;
+
+  /** Tear down the incoming-transfer subscription and reject all pending awaits. */
+  destroy(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+interface PendingWaiter {
+  resolve: (parked: ParkedWrite) => void;
+  reject: (err: unknown) => void;
+  expectedFrom: string;
+  timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null;
+  abortListener: (() => void) | null;
+  signal: AbortSignal;
+}
+
+export interface CreateServerStreamsBridgeOptions {
+  /** Default deadline for `awaitWrite` if the caller doesn't supply one. */
+  defaultAwaitWriteTimeoutMs?: number;
+  /** How long to retain a parked transfer waiting for its RPC. Default 60_000. */
+  parkedWriteTtlMs?: number;
+}
+
+export async function createServerStreamsBridge(
+  shade: StreamsBridgeShade,
+  options: CreateServerStreamsBridgeOptions = {},
+): Promise<ServerStreamsBridge> {
+  const parkedWriteTtlMs = options.parkedWriteTtlMs ?? 60_000;
+  const defaultAwaitTimeoutMs = options.defaultAwaitWriteTimeoutMs ?? 60_000;
+
+  const parked = new Map<string, ParkedWrite>();
+  const waiters = new Map<string, PendingWaiter>();
+  let destroyed = false;
+
+  const unsubscribeIncoming = await shade.onIncomingTransfer(async (incoming) => {
+    const writeId = incoming.metadata.userMetadata?.[META_KEY_WRITE_ID];
+    if (writeId === undefined) return; // not a files-bridge transfer; ignore
+
+    // Accept synchronously into a TransformStream so the engine can deliver
+    // chunks immediately. The readable side is parked for the matching RPC.
+    const ts = new TransformStream<Uint8Array, Uint8Array>();
+    let handle: TransferHandle;
+    try {
+      handle = await incoming.accept({
+        output: { kind: 'pipe', pipeTo: ts.writable },
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Accept failed — likely double-init or shutdown. Drop the parked
+      // entry; the awaiting RPC will time out.
+      console.error('[shade-files streams-bridge] accept failed:', err);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const arrived: ParkedWrite = {
+      from: incoming.from,
+      readable: ts.readable,
+      done: handle.done().then((r) => ({ sha256: r.sha256, bytesSent: r.bytesSent })),
+      handle,
+      arrivedAt: Date.now(),
+    };
+    arrived.done.catch(() => {
+      /* swallow until consumer awaits */
+    });
+
+    const waiter = waiters.get(writeId);
+    if (waiter !== undefined) {
+      waiters.delete(writeId);
+      cleanupWaiter(waiter);
+      if (incoming.from !== waiter.expectedFrom) {
+        void handle.abort('sender-mismatch').catch(() => undefined);
+        waiter.reject(
+          new Error(
+            `streams-bridge: writeId=${writeId} delivered by ${incoming.from}, expected ${waiter.expectedFrom}`,
+          ),
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      waiter.resolve(arrived);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // No waiter yet — park.
+    parked.set(writeId, arrived);
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      const stale = parked.get(writeId);
+      if (stale === arrived) {
+        parked.delete(writeId);
+        void handle.abort('rpc-timeout').catch(() => undefined);
+      }
+    }, parkedWriteTtlMs).unref?.();
+  });
+
+  function cleanupWaiter(w: PendingWaiter): void {
+    if (w.timer !== null) clearTimeout(w.timer);
+    if (w.abortListener !== null) {
+      w.signal.removeEventListener('abort', w.abortListener);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    async awaitWrite(writeId, opts) {
+      if (destroyed) throw new Error('streams-bridge: destroyed');
+      // 1. Already parked?
+      const ready = parked.get(writeId);
+      if (ready !== undefined) {
+        parked.delete(writeId);
+        if (ready.from !== opts.expectedFrom) {
+          void ready.handle.abort('sender-mismatch').catch(() => undefined);
+          throw new Error(
+            `streams-bridge: writeId=${writeId} delivered by ${ready.from}, expected ${opts.expectedFrom}`,
+          );
+        }
+        return ready;
+      }
+
+      if (waiters.has(writeId)) {
+        throw new Error(`streams-bridge: writeId=${writeId} already awaited`);
+      }
+
+      // 2. Park a waiter
+      const timeoutMs = opts.timeoutMs ?? defaultAwaitTimeoutMs;
+      return await new Promise<ParkedWrite>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const w: PendingWaiter = {
+          resolve,
+          reject,
+          expectedFrom: opts.expectedFrom,
+          timer: null,
+          abortListener: null,
+          signal: opts.signal,
+        };
+        w.timer = setTimeout(() => {
+          if (waiters.get(writeId) === w) {
+            waiters.delete(writeId);
+            cleanupWaiter(w);
+            reject(new OperationTimeoutError(`streams-bridge: writeId=${writeId} timed out after ${timeoutMs}ms`));
+          }
+        }, timeoutMs);
+        if (opts.signal.aborted) {
+          cleanupWaiter(w);
+          reject(opts.signal.reason ?? new Error('aborted before await'));
+          return;
+        }
+        const onAbort = (): void => {
+          if (waiters.get(writeId) === w) {
+            waiters.delete(writeId);
+            cleanupWaiter(w);
+            reject(opts.signal.reason ?? new Error('aborted'));
+          }
+        };
+        w.abortListener = onAbort;
+        opts.signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true });
+        waiters.set(writeId, w);
+      });
+    },
+
+    async initiateRead(opts) {
+      if (destroyed) throw new Error('streams-bridge: destroyed');
+      const readStreamId = generateRequestId();
+      const transferOpts: import('@shade/transfer').TransferOptions = {
+        to: opts.peer,
+        input: opts.stream,
+        metadata: {
+          ...(opts.name !== undefined ? { name: opts.name } : {}),
+          ...(opts.contentType !== undefined ? { contentType: opts.contentType } : {}),
+          sizeBytes: opts.size,
+          userMetadata: { [META_KEY_READ_STREAM_ID]: readStreamId },
+        },
+        ...(opts.signal !== undefined ? { signal: opts.signal } : {}),
+        ...(opts.onProgress !== undefined ? { onProgress: opts.onProgress } : {}),
+      };
+      const handle = await shade.upload(transferOpts);
+      // The dispatcher returns the response immediately and doesn't itself
+      // await this handle — the receiver awaits its own handle.done() on
+      // the inbound side. Attach a no-op catch so engine teardown during
+      // an in-flight outbound transfer doesn't surface as an unhandled
+      // rejection in test environments.
+      handle.done().catch(() => undefined);
+      return { readStreamId, handle };
+    },
+
+    async destroy() {
+      if (destroyed) return;
+      destroyed = true;
+      unsubscribeIncoming();
+      // Reject all waiting RPCs
+      for (const w of waiters.values()) {
+        cleanupWaiter(w);
+        w.reject(new Error('streams-bridge: destroyed'));
+      }
+      waiters.clear();
+      // Abort all parked transfers
+      for (const p of parked.values()) {
+        try {
+          await p.handle.abort('bridge-destroyed');
+        } catch {
+          /* swallow */
+        }
+      }
+      parked.clear();
+    },
+  };
+}

packages/shade-files/src/server/thumbnail.ts

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+/**
+ * Thumbnail format-hardening helper.
+ *
+ * Magic-byte verification for the three formats `@shade/files` advertises
+ * over the wire (`png`, `webp`, `jpeg`). Apps producing thumbnails outside
+ * the dispatcher (e.g. precomputing on disk) can call `assertThumbnailFormat`
+ * to fail-fast on mislabelled bytes before they reach the network.
+ *
+ * The same magic-byte table is used inside `io-adapters.ts:adaptThumbnailResult`
+ * to enforce the invariant on every outbound thumbnail.
+ */
+
+import { ConflictError } from '../schemas/errors.js';
+
+const PNG_MAGIC = new Uint8Array([0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a]);
+const JPEG_MAGIC = new Uint8Array([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff]);
+const WEBP_RIFF = new Uint8Array([0x52, 0x49, 0x46, 0x46]);
+const WEBP_HEAD = new Uint8Array([0x57, 0x45, 0x42, 0x50]);
+
+export type ThumbnailFormat = 'png' | 'webp' | 'jpeg';
+
+/**
+ * Verify the bytes look like the declared format. Returns boolean — does
+ * not throw. For a throwing variant, use `assertThumbnailFormat`.
+ */
+export function isThumbnailFormat(bytes: Uint8Array, format: ThumbnailFormat): boolean {
+  switch (format) {
+    case 'png':
+      return startsWith(bytes, PNG_MAGIC);
+    case 'jpeg':
+      return startsWith(bytes, JPEG_MAGIC);
+    case 'webp': {
+      if (bytes.byteLength < 12) return false;
+      if (!startsWith(bytes, WEBP_RIFF)) return false;
+      for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        if (bytes[8 + i] !== WEBP_HEAD[i]) return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** Throws `ConflictError` if `bytes` doesn't match the declared `format`. */
+export function assertThumbnailFormat(
+  bytes: Uint8Array,
+  format: ThumbnailFormat,
+): void {
+  if (!isThumbnailFormat(bytes, format)) {
+    throw new ConflictError(
+      `thumbnail bytes do not match declared format=${format}`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+function startsWith(bytes: Uint8Array, prefix: Uint8Array): boolean {
+  if (bytes.byteLength < prefix.byteLength) return false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < prefix.byteLength; i++) {
+    if (bytes[i] !== prefix[i]) return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}