Claude 474bb2175c test: give the cross-stack contracts a named tier (RL-11)
`Client/tests/unit/admin-static-channel-perms.test.ts` reads and executes
`Server/admin/static/index.html`. Filed under `tests/unit`, nothing about its
location or name said it locks a server-owned artifact, so a Go developer
editing the admin SPA got a red check called "Client Unit Tests" with no clue
why.

The register describes this as one file. It is not, and the measured set does
not match the description in either direction:
- Client -> Server: exactly ONE test crosses by filesystem read, not two.
  `main-page.test.ts` was named in the plan but only carries a prose comment
  citing `Server/admin/update_handlers.go:181` at line 1046 — no read, no
  import, nothing to move.
- Server -> Client: the four tests the plan named do not cross.
  `waf_test.go`/`waf_crs_test.go` set a `User-Agent: OwnCordClient/1.0`
  literal that appears nowhere under `Client/`; `ws_integration_test.go:289`
  and `sanitize_content_fuzz_test.go:46` are comments. The real crossing is
  one the register never named: `Server/updater/updater_test.go:630` does
  `os.ReadFile` on `Client/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json`.

The obvious fixes are both wrong. Moving the invariant "to the owning server
test" cannot work: `Server/go.mod` carries no JavaScript engine (no goja,
otto, v8go, quickjs, rogchap, duktape), so a Go port could only assert at the
text level like `admin/perm_grid_test.go` does — and that is not a
substitute. Flipping the guard at `admin/static/index.html:1182` to
`targetIsTouchedRole=false` reintroduces OC-0154 in full while leaving every
greppable identifier intact, so a text-level test passes on a broken file.
Relocating it to the e2e admin journey is worse: that job is
`continue-on-error: true` and deliberately unpinned ("requiring it is
theatre" — `docs/plans/b0-dev-branch-protection.sh`), so it would convert a
blocking, pinned gate into one that is green regardless. And the journey does
not cover the invariant today: `grep -Eic "perm|access|role|override|matrix"`
over its 142 lines returns 0, so the "if e2e already covers it, delete"
branch never fires.

Done — one tier, applied to the whole set, defined by artifact coupling and
placed by runtime capability:
- New `Client/tests/contract/`, holding
  `server-admin-static-channel-perms.test.ts`. Same directory depth, so
  `../../../Server/...` still resolves; the body is byte-identical apart from
  a header naming the owner and the runner.
- `Server/updater/tauri_key_contract_test.go` splits the one cross-component
  Go test out of `updater_test.go` verbatim, same `package updater`. It stays
  in Go — placement follows capability, and Go parses JSON fine — so only the
  file name has to declare the crossing. Without this the item would have
  been "moved one file and declared the class closed".
- `npm run test:contract`, and the tier, the membership rule and a
  blocking/non-blocking table in `docs/contributing.md#testing`, which
  previously described no tiers at all.
- `Client/CLAUDE.md`'s tier list was missing `tests/e2e/admin` and
  `tests/e2e/native` before this; it now lists all seven and states the rule.
  `Server/CLAUDE.md` records why the SPA's execution-level invariant is
  locked from the client tree, so nobody "fixes" it into a regex.
- Ledger `OC-0154.fix.test` re-pointed and `FINDINGS.md` re-rendered;
  `.claude/workflows/bughunt.js` — the workflow that produced OC-0154 — no
  longer describes the TS test surface as `tests/unit/*.test.ts` only.
- Three stale cross-stack pointers of exactly the class this item is about:
  `tests/e2e/helpers.ts:348,351` and `tests/unit/types.test.ts:13` named
  `docs/brain/06-Specs/PROTOCOL.md`, which does not exist (`docs/brain/` is a
  gitignored path); all now name `docs/protocol.md`.

15 files, 125 insertions, 33 deletions. No CI job, workflow, vitest,
tsconfig, eslint, knip or stryker change, and no new pinned check —
`ci.yml`'s `npx vitest run --coverage` has no path filter and
`vitest.config.ts` includes `tests/**/*.test.ts`, so enforcement after the
move is bit-identical to enforcement before it. That is deliberate: `dev`
pins 11 contexts and a 12th is a branch-protection API write, not something a
PR can do, so any new job would be advisory until someone separately changed
repository settings — strictly less protection than today.

Verified: both directions, and the assertion was not weakened. Flipping
`admin/static/index.html:1182` to `const targetIsTouchedRole=false;` makes
the moved test fail (`AssertionError: expected 'DELETE' not to be 'DELETE'`);
`git checkout` of that file makes it pass again — so the invariant survived
the move intact rather than becoming a test that passes anywhere. The split
Go test's cross-boundary read is live too: with
`Client/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json` moved away, `go test ./updater/` fails
with `ReadFile(../../Client/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json): no such file or
directory` from `tauri_key_contract_test.go:20`, and passes once restored.
The full client suite is 192 files / 5257 tests passing, identical to the
count before the move; `npm run typecheck` passes, which proves
`tests/contract/` is inside the tsconfig graph and that `tests/types/jsdom.d.ts`
still resolves the moved test's `import { JSDOM }`. `npm run lint`,
`npx prettier --check .`, `go vet ./...` and `go test ./updater/` all pass.
`git grep "tests/unit/admin-static-channel-perms"` finds no survivor outside
the B1 plan itself.

Not included: nothing was deleted, because no e2e sibling covers OC-0154.
`Client/tests/types/jsdom.d.ts` was neither moved nor deleted — it is still
the only type source for the moved test's `jsdom` import. `capabilities-scope.test.ts`
and `tauri-conf-webview2-args.test.ts` read `src-tauri/` and stay in
`tests/unit`: `src-tauri` is inside the `Client` component, so they are not
contract tests, and the rule earns that rather than hand-waving it — moving
them would have forced repoints of ledger entry OC-0089 and
`docs/security.md:64` for no gain. Each gained a one-line header saying why.
`Server/admin/perm_grid_test.go` and `emoji_section_test.go` read their own
package's embedded asset and are unchanged; they are the text-level
complement to the execution-level test, not duplicates. No JS engine was
added to `go.mod`, no npm root was created under `Server/`, and no root-level
`tests/` tier was created — there is no runner for one and no way to make it
blocking from a PR. Separately noticed and NOT fixed here:
`docs/contributing.md:221` still says "All ten required checks" while
`docs/plans/b0-dev-branch-protection.sh` pins eleven since B1-3 added
`Repository Hygiene`, and `docs/plans/hp-0-scorecard-2026-08-25.md:109` is
stale the same way — that is the branch-protection item's to fix, not this
one's, and one register item per commit.

Refs RL-11, L-11
2026-08-26 20:13:26 +00:00

CI Release Status Go Tauri Platforms License: AGPL-3.0

OwnCord

A self-hosted chat app I build for me and my friends — text channels, voice and video, and a server you actually own.

Alpha, and a hobby project. This is something I build for fun and run for a small group of friends. It isn't a product, there's no support, and it isn't production-ready. Expect rough edges, rapid changes, and the occasional breaking change.

Don't use it for anything sensitive.

It's a Go server plus a Tauri desktop client: real-time messaging, voice/video via LiveKit, file sharing, and a web admin panel. Run the server on a spare box or a VPS, hand your friends an invite code, and that's the whole thing.

OwnCord Client

Login Page Admin Panel

How it's built

Most of the implementation is generated with AI tooling, with quality held up by automated checks — CI, tests, linting — and by me and my friends actually using it. That keeps iteration fast, and it also means behaviour can change quickly between releases.

What works right now

Area Status
Core chat flow Working in alpha
Voice/video Working in alpha
Admin panel Working in alpha
Security hardening Ongoing review passes; findings and their statuses are tracked in the dated audits in docs/ (see the Docs Index below)

Platform Support (Current Releases)

Component Windows x64 Linux x64 Linux ARM64
Server binary Yes Yes Not yet
Desktop client Yes (NSIS installer) Yes (AppImage, .deb) Yes (AppImage, .deb)
Docker server N/A Build from source (compose) Not yet

Start Here

Quick Start

Option A: Prebuilt binaries

  1. Download assets from Releases (binaries, checksums, signatures, and a full source snapshot per release).
  2. Run the server binary:
    • Windows: chatserver.exe
    • Linux: ./chatserver
  3. Open https://localhost:8443/admin and complete the setup wizard — it creates your Owner account and configures the server for you (settings are saved to config.yaml automatically).
  4. Generate invite codes in the admin panel and share them with friends.

Option B: Docker (Linux server)

cd Server
cp .env.example .env
cp livekit.yaml.example livekit.yaml
# Edit both files before starting
docker compose up -d

See the full setup guide in docs/deployment.md.

The client uses TOFU (Trust On First Use) for self-signed certificates: it prompts once, then pins the certificate for future connections.

What OwnCord Already Has

  • Real-time channels and direct messages over WebSocket
  • Voice/video channels via LiveKit — the LiveKit server binary is downloaded and managed for you
  • Invite-only registration and role-based permissions
  • Web admin panel with logs, backups, and update tooling
  • File uploads and inline media rendering
  • TOTP 2FA support and API rate limiting
  • Desktop client auto-update with signature verification
  • WASM plugin system (slash commands; sandboxed, default-disabled — enable via plugins.enabled and build with -tags wazero)
  • GIF picker — off by default; each server supplies its own Klipy key via gif.api_key (setup)

See deeper feature and architecture docs in docs/architecture/ and docs/protocol.md.

Architecture

Two main components:

  • Go server (REST API, WebSocket hub, SQLite, admin panel)
  • Tauri v2 desktop client (Rust backend + TypeScript frontend)
+---------------------+         +---------------------+
|   OwnCord Client    |         |   OwnCord Server    |
|   (Tauri v2)        |         |       (Go)          |
|                     |         |                     |
|  +---------------+  |  WSS    |  +---------------+  |
|  |  Chat UI      |--+------->|  |  WebSocket Hub|  |
|  +---------------+  |         |  +---------------+  |
|  +---------------+  |  HTTPS  |  +---------------+  |
|  |  REST Client  |--+------->|  |  REST API     |  |
|  +---------------+  |         |  +---------------+  |
|  +---------------+  | LiveKit |  +---------------+  |
|  |  Voice/Video  |--+------->|  |  LiveKit SFU  |  |
|  +---------------+  |         |  +---------------+  |
+---------------------+         |  +---------------+  |
                                |  |  SQLite DB    |  |
                                |  +---------------+  |
                                +---------------------+

Build and Test

Prerequisites

  • Go 1.26+
  • Node.js 24+ (see Client/.nvmrc)
  • Rust stable (client builds)

Build from source

# Server (Windows)
cd Server
go build -o chatserver.exe -ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=1.2.0-alpha.3" .

# Server (Linux)
cd Server
CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o chatserver -ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=1.2.0-alpha.3" .

# Client
cd Client
npm install
npm run tauri build

Core verification commands

Everything CI gates on, from the repository root:

npm run check                  # server + client + Rust
npm run check:server           # or one stack at a time
node scripts/run.mjs --list    # exactly what each task runs, and where

Or run the stacks directly — the facade is a convenience, not the only path, and server work needs no Node at all:

# Server
cd Server
go test ./...

# Client
cd Client
npm run typecheck
npm run lint
npm test

For the full command set, use docs/contributing.md.

Configuration

On first run, the server generates config.yaml and a local data/ directory:

data/
├── chatserver.db
├── certs/
├── uploads/
└── backups/

Key options include TLS mode, upload limits, LiveKit settings, and admin CIDR restrictions. See docs/server-configuration.md.

Security and Vulnerability Reporting

  • For vulnerabilities, use GitHub Security Advisories (private disclosure flow).
  • Do not open public issues for security bugs.
  • Read full policy and hardening notes in docs/security.md.

Update Signing Notes (Maintainers)

Client and server update signing keys are intentionally separate.

Required Actions secrets for release signing:

  • TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY
  • TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD
  • SERVER_UPDATE_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY
  • SERVER_UPDATE_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD

When rotating the server updater key, update Server/updater/server_update_public_key.txt and use staged rollover for live fleets.

Docs Index

docs/README.md is the complete index — every document in docs/, grouped by whether it is guidance, a reference contract, a dated audit, or a plan. The most-used entries:

Audits are dated snapshots and are not maintained after the fact — read them as history. docs/README.md lists all nine, newest first.

Contributing

  1. Create a branch from dev (the active development branch).
  2. Keep changes focused and tested.
  3. Open a PR targeting devdev is merged to main for releases.

See docs/contributing.md for the full process.

License

AGPL-3.0

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