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>
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Shade V2.2 — Feature plan: product, platform, and developer experience
This document gathers planned features that extend Shade beyond today’s core (X3DH + Double Ratchet + Streams/transfer): groups, asynchronous delivery, richer file UX, web workers, CLI, API docs, and scaffolding.
Add optional per-feature status (Idea / Design / IMP / Done).
1. Groups / multiple participants
Vision: Beyond strict 1:1 — multiple identities in the same “conversation” or shared context (messages and possibly shared file/stream policy).
Challenges:
- Today’s Signal-like core is naturally 1:1; groups need either pairwise sessions per member, sender keys / fan-out, or a dedicated group protocol (larger architectural step).
- Lifecycle: invites, member removal, compromised device, history, and group PCS.
Goals for early milestones (proposal):
- Document a recommended pattern for “group-lite” (e.g. coordinator relays ciphertext without decrypting + clients encrypt per-recipient).
- Optional minimal API making fan-out easier in the SDK (without promising full MLS).
Acceptance criteria (MVP definition): Explicit scope in docs + one reference architecture; no ambiguous “group is done” without an updated threat model.
2. Async store-and-forward messaging
Vision: Recipient need not be online; ciphertext is stored temporarily and fetched when the recipient returns — the server never sees plaintext.
Distinction from the prekey server:
- Prekey stays public keys only (or extended only under strict policy).
- A dedicated relay/inbox service (or app-owned backend) holds encrypted blobs only with TTL, idempotency, and authorization (who may list/fetch).
Deliverables (proposal):
- Protocol sketch: address registration,
PUTblob,GET/DELETEor lease, replay protection at the application layer. - SDK helpers: outgoing queue, poll/pull, or push-notification hook (without dictating mobile platform).
Acceptance criteria: Threat-model section “what the relay sees” + reference implementation or example app.
3. File metadata and preview
Vision: Richer UX without leaking sensitive content to the server: filename, MIME type, length where known; optional client-generated thumbnails or previews encrypted as separate blocks or small payloads on the control init path.
Technical considerations:
- Anything sent must be E2EE or omitted; plaintext metadata on the server must be deliberate and minimal.
- Thumbnails should use format hardening on the client (size limits, sandboxing in UI).
Acceptance criteria: Extended stream-init (or sidecar envelope) with optional fields + widget support for “preview when available”.
4. Web: worker-based crypto and streaming
Vision: Large files in the browser without blocking the main thread or blowing RAM — Web Crypto / noble inside a Worker, ReadableStream/WritableStream end-to-end chunk pipeline aligned with @shade/streams / transfer.
Deliverables:
@shade/crypto-web(or companion) patterns: transferable buffers, lifecycle, errors surfaced to the UI.- Documented constraints (Safari, chunk sizing, Service Worker vs dedicated worker).
Acceptance criteria: E2E demo or test that sends multi‑MiB through a worker without a blocking UI.
5. CLI: shade doctor
Vision: One command that diagnoses the environment before production debugging.
Typical checks (proposal):
- Reachability of
prekeyServer(/health, optional OpenAPI). - Local config: storage path, rotation headers, clock skew (relevant for signed requests).
- Streams: transfer routes mounted, auth matches expected key,
GET .../statebehaves as expected in test mode. - CLI / Node/Bun runtime versions and
@shade/*packages where readable frompackage.json.
Acceptance criteria: shade doctor with exit codes suitable for CI (warn vs fail).
6. OpenAPI / docs
Vision: All HTTP contracts teams are expected to implement (prekey and transfer) appear in one OpenAPI story or clearly linked specs — not only README examples.
Deliverables:
- Consolidate or cross-reference
openapi.yamlwith transfer endpoints (/v1/transfer/*) and security schemes for chunk upload. /docs(Redoc or similar) or published static artifacts for versioned specs.
Acceptance criteria: Generated client (e.g. Python/Go) from spec without manual fixes for the happy path.
7. shade init
Vision: Scaffolding from empty repo to a minimal runnable app with Shade and optional streams.
Extensions:
- New or extended template: minimal Hono/Fastify app with
Shade.transferRoute()mounted, auth example matching the SDK authenticator,.envtemplate. - Optional: demo
shade doctorafter init.
Acceptance criteria: shade init … produces a project that bun install && bun run start runs with documented env vars.
Dependencies between items
shade init ─────► doctor (same conventions for URLs and secrets)
openapi/docs ◄── transfer + prekey (single source)
web workers ───► streams UX (large file in browser)
groups ◄──────── store-and-forward (often related socially/technically)
metadata/preview► widgets + proto/control plane
Document versioning
- V2.2 — feature backlog as described. Split into issues/ADR per feature when implementation starts.