chore: add system docs, specs, and misc updates from other sessions

- Add complete docs/systems/ reference (18 system docs)
- Add federation relay status doc and prior spec/plan docs
- Remove superseded docs/federation-dm-s2s.md (replaced by docs/systems/federation.md)
- CLAUDE.md updates
- Minor fixes in social.ts, types.ts, AddDmMemberModal, NewDmModal, UserSettings
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# Embed & Link Preview System
Source files:
- `packages/server/src/utils/embedClassifier.ts` — URL classification and provider detection
- `packages/server/src/utils/embedResolver.ts` — URL extraction, embed resolution pipeline, DB persistence, batch fetching
- `packages/server/src/utils/metadataFetcher.ts` — OpenGraph/HTML metadata scraping with Cheerio
- `packages/server/src/utils/ssrf.ts` — SSRF protection (DNS resolution, private IP blocking)
- `packages/web/src/components/chat/EmbedRenderer.tsx` — Client-side embed routing by type
- `packages/web/src/components/chat/embeds/GenericEmbed.tsx` — Generic link preview card
- `packages/web/src/components/chat/embeds/ImageEmbed.tsx` — Direct image embed with lightbox
- `packages/web/src/components/chat/embeds/RichEmbed.tsx` — Rich iframe embed (Spotify)
- `packages/web/src/components/chat/embeds/VideoEmbed.tsx` — Video embed (YouTube, Vimeo, direct)
- `packages/shared/src/types.ts``Embed`, `EmbedType`, `EmbedProvider` type definitions
---
## Type Definitions
```typescript
type EmbedType = 'generic' | 'video' | 'image' | 'audio' | 'rich';
type EmbedProvider = 'youtube' | 'vimeo' | 'spotify';
interface Embed {
id: string; // Snowflake
messageId: string | null; // FK -> messages.id (space messages)
dmMessageId: string | null; // FK -> dm_messages.id (DMs)
url: string; // Original URL from message content
embedType: EmbedType;
provider: EmbedProvider | null;
title: string | null;
description: string | null;
image: string | null; // Thumbnail / og:image URL
embedUrl: string | null; // iframe-safe embed URL
width: number | null; // Image/thumbnail pixel width
height: number | null; // Image/thumbnail pixel height
color: string | null; // Reserved, always null currently
createdAt: number; // Epoch ms
}
```
DB schema: see `embeds` table in [database.md](database.md). Constraint: exactly one of `messageId`/`dmMessageId` is set.
---
## Pipeline Overview
```
Message created/edited
-> extractUrls(content) // regex, dedupe, limit 5
-> for each URL:
classifyUrl(url) // extension match or provider detection
fetchUrlMetadata(url) // if needsMetadataFetch (SSRF-validated)
probeRemoteImageDimensions // if image with unknown dimensions
INSERT into embeds table
-> broadcast embeds_resolved / dm_embeds_resolved via WebSocket
```
---
## 1. URL Extraction
`embedResolver.ts:extractUrls()`
**Regex:** `https?:\/\/[^\s<>"{}|\\^`[\]]+`
- Matches `http://` and `https://` URLs in message content
- Deduplicates while preserving order (first occurrence wins)
- **Limit:** 5 URLs per message (`MAX_EMBEDS_PER_MESSAGE = 5`)
- Returns empty array for null/empty content
---
## 2. URL Classification
`embedClassifier.ts:classifyUrl()`
Classification runs in two phases: extension matching (no URL parsing needed), then provider matching (requires valid `URL` object).
### Phase 1 — Direct Media Extensions
Regex-based, checked before URL parsing. These skip metadata fetch entirely.
| Pattern | EmbedType | Provider | needsMetadataFetch |
|---------|-----------|----------|--------------------|
| `.jpg`, `.jpeg`, `.png`, `.gif`, `.webp`, `.avif` | `image` | null | false |
| `.mp3`, `.ogg`, `.wav`, `.flac`, `.opus` | `audio` | null | false |
| `.mp4`, `.webm`, `.mov` | `video` | null | false |
Extension matching is case-insensitive and tolerates query strings (`(\?.*)?$`).
### Phase 2 — Provider Matching
Requires successful `new URL()` parsing. Hostname normalized by stripping `www.` prefix.
#### YouTube
Hosts: `youtube.com`, `m.youtube.com`, `youtu.be`
Supported URL patterns via `extractYouTubeId()`:
| Pattern | Example |
|---------|---------|
| `/watch?v=ID` | `youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ` |
| `/shorts/ID` | `youtube.com/shorts/dQw4w9WgXcQ` |
| `/embed/ID` | `youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ` |
| `/v/ID` (legacy) | `youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ` |
| Short link | `youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ` |
Video ID regex: `[A-Za-z0-9_-]+`
Result: `embedType: 'video'`, `provider: 'youtube'`, `embedUrl: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/{videoId}`, `needsMetadataFetch: true`
Privacy: Uses `youtube-nocookie.com` domain for embed iframes.
#### Vimeo
Host: `vimeo.com`
Pattern: `vimeo.com/{numericId}` (regex: `/^\/(\d+)/`)
Result: `embedType: 'video'`, `provider: 'vimeo'`, `embedUrl: https://player.vimeo.com/video/{id}`, `needsMetadataFetch: true`
#### Spotify
Host: `open.spotify.com`
Pattern: `open.spotify.com/{type}/{id}` where type is `track`, `album`, or `playlist`, id is `[A-Za-z0-9]+`
Result: `embedType: 'rich'`, `provider: 'spotify'`, `embedUrl: https://open.spotify.com/embed/{type}/{id}`, `needsMetadataFetch: true`
#### Fallthrough
Any URL that does not match a provider: `embedType: 'generic'`, `provider: null`, `embedUrl: null`, `needsMetadataFetch: true`
Invalid URLs (fail `new URL()` parsing): same as fallthrough.
---
## 3. SSRF Protection
`ssrf.ts:validateExternalUrl()`
Called before every outbound fetch (metadata fetching and image dimension probing). Throws on any violation.
### Validation Steps
1. **URL parsing** — `new URL(url)` must succeed
2. **Scheme check** — only `http:` and `https:` allowed
3. **DNS resolution** — `dns.promises.lookup(hostname)` resolves hostname to IP
4. **Private IP check** — `isPrivateIp(address)` rejects internal addresses
### Blocked IP Ranges
`ssrf.ts:isPrivateIp()`
| Range | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `127.*` | Loopback |
| `0.*`, `0.0.0.0` | Unspecified |
| `10.*` | Private class A |
| `192.168.*` | Private class C |
| `172.16.0.0/12` | Private class B (172.16172.31, checked via integer parse of second octet) |
| `169.254.*` | Link-local |
| `::1` | IPv6 loopback |
| `fc*`, `fd*` | IPv6 unique local |
| `fe80*` | IPv6 link-local |
### Redirect Handling
Both `fetchUrlMetadata` and `probeRemoteImageDimensions` use `redirect: 'follow'` in their `fetch()` calls. SSRF validation is performed on the **original** URL before fetch, but the native `fetch` follows redirects without re-validating intermediate URLs. This means a redirect from a public IP to a private IP would not be caught by the current implementation.
---
## 4. Metadata Fetching
`metadataFetcher.ts:fetchUrlMetadata()`
### Flow
1. `validateExternalUrl(url)` — SSRF check, returns `null` on failure
2. `fetch(url)` with `User-Agent: BackspaceBot/1.0`, 5-second timeout via `AbortController`
3. **Content-Type detection** — if response is `image/*`, `video/*`, or `audio/*`, returns early with `contentType` field set (no HTML parsing)
4. **Size guard** — rejects responses with `Content-Length > 512KB`
5. **Stream-read with hard limit** — reads body via `ReadableStream`, stops at 512KB even for chunked (unknown-length) responses
6. **HTML parsing** via Cheerio
### Metadata Extraction
Parsed from HTML using Cheerio with the following priority:
| Field | Primary Source | Fallback |
|-------|---------------|----------|
| `title` | `og:title` | `<title>` element |
| `description` | `og:description` | `<meta name="description">` |
| `image` | `og:image` | none |
| `siteName` | `og:site_name` | none |
| `imageWidth` | `og:image:width` | none |
| `imageHeight` | `og:image:height` | none |
`imageWidth`/`imageHeight` are only included when they parse as finite positive integers.
### Return Type
```typescript
interface UrlMetadata {
title: string | null;
description: string | null;
image: string | null;
siteName: string | null;
url: string;
contentType?: string; // Set only for direct media (image/video/audio)
imageWidth?: number; // From og:image:width (HTML pages only)
imageHeight?: number; // From og:image:height (HTML pages only)
}
```
---
## 5. Embed Resolution
`embedResolver.ts:resolveEmbeds()`
Main pipeline function. Iterates over extracted URLs, resolves each independently (one URL failure does not block others).
### Per-URL Resolution Logic
```
classify URL
|
|-- image (by extension)?
| -> set image = url, skip metadata fetch
|
|-- needsMetadataFetch?
| -> fetchUrlMetadata(url)
| -> if metadata.contentType is media -> override embedType, set image = url
| -> else -> extract title/description/image/dimensions from OG metadata
| -> if generic + no title -> skip URL (no embed created)
|
|-- YouTube provider?
| -> set fallback thumbnail: https://img.youtube.com/vi/{id}/hqdefault.jpg
| -> set fallback dimensions: 480x360
|
|-- image with unknown dimensions?
| -> probeRemoteImageDimensions(image)
|
-> INSERT embed row into DB
```
### Content-Type Override
When `fetchUrlMetadata` returns a `contentType` field (indicating the URL points directly to a media file rather than an HTML page), the classifier's `embedType` is overridden:
| Content-Type prefix | Override to |
|---------------------|-------------|
| `image/` | `image` (+ sets `image = url`) |
| `video/` | `video` |
| `audio/` | `audio` |
When Content-Type is detected as media, OG metadata fields (title, description, image) are ignored.
### YouTube Thumbnail Fallback
For YouTube URLs, before metadata fetch, a predictable thumbnail URL is pre-populated:
- URL: `https://img.youtube.com/vi/{videoId}/hqdefault.jpg`
- Dimensions: 480x360 (hardcoded, matches hqdefault.jpg)
If the metadata fetch returns an `og:image`, it does **not** override this fallback for `image` (the `||` operator means the pre-populated non-null value wins). However, OG dimensions would only populate `width`/`height` if they were still null (using `??`), so the hardcoded 480x360 persists.
### Generic Embed Skip Rule
If `effectiveEmbedType` remains `generic` after metadata fetch and no `title` was extracted, the URL is silently skipped — no embed row is created.
### DB Insertion
Each embed gets a unique Snowflake ID. The `messageId` / `dmMessageId` field is set based on the `isDm` flag. All inserts are synchronous (Drizzle `.run()`).
---
## 6. Image Dimension Probing
`embedResolver.ts:probeRemoteImageDimensions()`
Used for direct image URLs where dimensions are unknown (not provided by OG tags or provider defaults).
### Mechanism
1. **SSRF validation** — `validateExternalUrl(url)`, returns `null` on block
2. **Range request** — fetches first 32KB (`PROBE_BYTES = 32_768`) with header `Range: bytes=0-32767`
3. **Timeout** — 3-second abort (`PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS = 3_000`)
4. **Graceful body read** — reads up to `PROBE_BYTES` via `ReadableStream`, then aggressively cancels the connection via `reader.cancel()`
5. **Dimension extraction** — passes buffer to `sharp(buffer).metadata()`, returns `{width, height}` if both are positive integers
### Headers
```
User-Agent: BackspaceBot/1.0
Accept: image/*
Range: bytes=0-32767
```
### Response Handling
- Accepts HTTP `200` (server ignored Range) or `206` (partial content)
- Any other status returns `null`
- If the server returns more than 32KB (ignored Range header), only the first 32KB is read
- All failures (network, timeout, unrecognized format, SSRF) silently return `null`
---
## 7. WebSocket Events
### Broadcast Delivery
After all embeds for a message are resolved, a single event is broadcast:
| Context | Event Type | Delivery | Fields |
|---------|-----------|----------|--------|
| Space channel | `embeds_resolved` | `connectionManager.sendToChannel(spaceId, channelId, ...)` | `messageId`, `channelId`, `embeds[]` |
| DM | `dm_embeds_resolved` | `connectionManager.sendToDmMembers(channelId, ...)` | `messageId`, `dmChannelId`, `embeds[]` |
If no embeds were resolved (all URLs skipped or failed), no event is broadcast.
### Client-Side Handling
`useWebSocket.ts` handles both events by patching the message in `useChatStore`:
1. Finds the message array for the channel/DM
2. Maps over messages, replacing the `embeds` array for the matching `messageId`
3. For federated contexts (`!isHome`): resolves relative image URLs via `resolveAssetUrl(embed.image, origin)`
---
## 8. Edit Re-resolution
When a message is edited, embeds are re-resolved via a **delete-then-resolve** pattern (not using `reResolveEmbeds` — that function exists but is currently unused).
### Edit Flow (identical for REST and WebSocket handlers)
1. Update message content in DB
2. **Synchronous delete** — `DELETE FROM embeds WHERE messageId = ?` (or `dmMessageId`)
3. Broadcast `message_updated` / `dm_message_updated` with empty `embeds[]`
4. **Asynchronous re-resolve** — `setImmediate(() => resolveEmbeds(...).catch(() => {}))` runs the full pipeline
5. New embeds arrive via `embeds_resolved` / `dm_embeds_resolved` event
This two-phase approach ensures the edit broadcast is immediate (with stale embeds removed), while new embeds arrive shortly after via a separate event.
### Callsites
| Handler | File | Line |
|---------|------|------|
| REST `PATCH /api/messages/:id` | `routes/messages.ts` | Inline delete + `setImmediate(resolveEmbeds)` |
| WS `message_edit` | `ws/events.ts` | Inline delete + `setImmediate(resolveEmbeds)` |
| REST `PATCH /api/dm/messages/:id` | `routes/dm.ts` | Inline delete + `setImmediate(resolveEmbeds)` |
| WS `dm_message_edit` | `ws/events.ts` | Inline delete + `setImmediate(resolveEmbeds)` |
---
## 9. Batch Fetching
Two functions load embeds for message lists (used when fetching message history):
| Function | Filters by | Returns |
|----------|-----------|---------|
| `fetchEmbedsForMessages(messageIds[])` | `embeds.messageId IN (...)` | `Map<messageId, embedRow[]>` |
| `fetchDmEmbedsForMessages(dmMessageIds[])` | `embeds.dmMessageId IN (...)` | `Map<dmMessageId, embedRow[]>` |
`embedRowToEmbed()` converts a DB row to the shared `Embed` type (maps nulls, casts enum strings).
---
## 10. Client Rendering
`EmbedRenderer` dispatches by `embed.embedType`:
```
EmbedRenderer
|-- 'video' -> VideoEmbed
|-- 'image' -> ImageEmbed
|-- 'audio' -> inline <audio> element
|-- 'rich' -> RichEmbed
|-- 'generic' -> GenericEmbed (default)
```
### VideoEmbed
Two modes based on whether a provider is present:
**Direct video** (`!provider && !embedUrl`):
- Renders `<video>` element with `controls`, `preload="none"`, 16:9 aspect ratio
**Provider iframe** (YouTube/Vimeo):
- Initial state: thumbnail image with play button overlay (glass-bubble style)
- On click: replaces with `<iframe>` loading `embedUrl?autoplay=1&origin={window.location.origin}`
- iframe permissions: `accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share`, `allowFullScreen`
- Footer shows capitalized provider name and linked title
### ImageEmbed
- Renders `<img>` with `max-w-[400px]`, `max-h-[300px]`, `loading="lazy"`, `referrerPolicy="no-referrer"`
- Image source: `embed.image ?? embed.url`
- Click opens image preview lightbox via `useUIStore.openImagePreview()`
### RichEmbed (Spotify)
Click-to-load pattern (no auto-loading of third-party iframes):
**Unloaded state** (default):
- Shows thumbnail, provider label, title, description, "Click to load" prompt
- Entire card is a `<button>` that triggers load
**Loaded state**:
- Renders `<iframe>` with `sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups"`
- iframe permissions: `autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture`
Height determination via `getIframeHeight()`:
1. `embed.height` if set
2. `PROVIDER_HEIGHTS[provider]` — currently only `spotify: 152`
3. Default: `200`
### GenericEmbed
- Returns `null` if no `embed.title` (no-op render)
- Shows provider name (from `embed.provider` or parsed hostname), linked title, description (3-line clamp)
- If `embed.image` exists: 80x80 thumbnail on the right side
### AudioEmbed (inline in EmbedRenderer)
- Shows linked title (if present) + native `<audio>` element with `controls`, `preload="metadata"`
- Max width 400px, left border accent
### Common Styling
All embed cards share:
- `max-w-[400px]` constraint
- `mt-2` top margin (spacing from message content)
- `bg-surface-channel` background (matte surface tier)
- `rounded-[4px]` or `rounded-lg` corners
- `referrerPolicy="no-referrer"` on all images
---
## 11. Utility Endpoint
`GET /api/utils/metadata?url=` (auth required)
Exposes `fetchUrlMetadata()` directly as a REST endpoint. Returns the `UrlMetadata` object, or `{}` if fetch fails. This is independent of the embed pipeline and can be used for ad-hoc URL previews.
---
## Constants Summary
| Constant | Value | Location |
|----------|-------|----------|
| `MAX_EMBEDS_PER_MESSAGE` | 5 | `embedResolver.ts` |
| `PROBE_BYTES` | 32,768 (32KB) | `embedResolver.ts` |
| `PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS` | 3,000ms | `embedResolver.ts` |
| Metadata fetch timeout | 5,000ms | `metadataFetcher.ts` |
| HTML body size limit | 512,000 bytes (512KB) | `metadataFetcher.ts` |
| User-Agent | `BackspaceBot/1.0` | both fetchers |
| Spotify iframe height | 152px | `RichEmbed.tsx` |
| Default rich iframe height | 200px | `RichEmbed.tsx` |
| YouTube thumbnail dimensions | 480x360 | `embedResolver.ts` |