Soundboard: naming a clip used window.prompt, which Electron does not
implement — it returned nothing, the flow aborted in silence, and adding a
sound worked in the browser while doing nothing at all in the desktop app.
Replaced with a two-step field inside the popover, identical in both.
Spotify, three separate defects behind the two symptoms reported:
Out of sync — a 20s poll stacked on the activity store's 5s debounce left
everyone else on the previous track for up to 25s. The next poll is now
scheduled just past the current track's end instead of on a fixed interval,
and a track change bypasses the debounce (it happens once every few minutes;
the debounce exists for chatty producers).
Vanishing — a paused track, and the silent gap Spotify reports between two
songs, both cleared the activity outright. Pausing is now carried as state
rather than absence, and an empty answer is tolerated for 25s before the
block comes down.
Progress bar — timestamps are computed with the server's clock and were drawn
against the viewer's, so any drift displaced the bar; and it kept advancing
after a pause until the next poll. The ready payload now carries server time
so each client can correct its own offset, and the bar freezes when paused.
Tray, native notifications and system audio in screen share were all found
already implemented and wired end to end; recorded in the roadmap rather than
built again.
Soundboard: the trigger travels over the WebSocket and every client in the
call plays the clip locally, instead of mixing it into the presser's
microphone or publishing a LiveKit track. No upstream bandwidth, no media
stack changes, and the clip is not degraded by voice processing.
Fan-out uses a new sendToRoomParticipants rather than sendToRoom: the latter
broadcasts a space room to the whole space, which is right for the presence
the sidebar shows and wrong for anything audible. The cooldown is enforced
server-side — a client-side one only slows down people not trying to abuse it,
and a soundboard is the easiest thing here to turn into a weapon. Playing is
open to anyone in the call; deciding what the buttons are needs MANAGE_SPACE.
Account menu: the name in the user bar had cursor-pointer and no handler, so
the interface was already promising a click that did nothing. Offers profile,
status and copy-id — not the Clips or account switching the reference design
shows, which would be dead UI here.
Call timer: startedAt comes from the server, so a late joiner sees the call's
age rather than their own arrival. Empty space rooms are destroyed already,
which is what makes the next call start from zero — no reset logic needed.
Voice stays get their own table rather than joining the audit log: that table
records points in time, a call is an interval, and pairing join/leave point
events would leave every query guessing at joins whose leave never arrived.
Sessions are opened and closed inside joinRoom/leaveCurrentRoom rather than at
the seven call sites that reach them, so no path can be missed, and
destroyRoom closes them too — it bypasses leaveCurrentRoom and would otherwise
leak open rows.
A restart leaves sessions open with an unknowable end time. They are closed at
startedAt, discarding that time rather than inventing it: crediting the gap
would hand someone hours they never spent, and the numbers are the point.
Mirrors the existing users.status sweep on boot.
Only closed sessions count, so a figure does not move on every refresh. Bars
scale to the leader, not the total — with five people every share of a total
looks identical. Statistics are readable by any member, since they are the
group's own numbers; the audit log, which names who did what, stays on
MANAGE_SPACE.
Records who changed what, and is the mechanism statistics will read — one
event table rather than two logs that drift apart.
The table is deliberately generic (action + target + JSON metadata) so a new
action needs no migration. Writes never throw: a kick must not fail because
its log entry could not be written, since the kick already happened.
Leaving is recorded as a different action from being removed. The same route
serves both, and a log that conflates them misleads exactly when it matters.
Actor is nullable with ON DELETE SET NULL: the event outlives the account, and
a log that vanished with its actor would be worthless. Reads are gated on
MANAGE_SPACE rather than a new permission bit, which would default to nobody
until every role was re-edited. Paging uses the snowflake id, stable even for
two events in the same millisecond, and an action this build does not know
still renders a row.
Favourites are stored server-side per user, so one made on the phone is there
on the desktop — the point of favouriting. The whole result is stored rather
than an id: the provider offers no lookup by id, so an id-only favourite could
not be rendered without re-finding it through search.
Category chips translate their label but not their query, which goes to a
provider that indexes in English.
The star sits beside the tile button rather than inside it: a button within a
button is invalid and swallows the click. Toggling is optimistic and reverts
on failure, and favourites skip both the loading skeleton and the infinite
scroll, which belong to provider-backed browsing only.
Server caps favourites per user and rejects non-http(s) URLs, which become
<img src> in everyone's picker.
OAuth Authorization Code flow, with tokens kept server-side: refreshing needs
the client secret, so the browser never holds a Spotify token — it asks this
instance what is playing and this instance calls Spotify.
The callback arrives as a plain browser redirect with no Authorization header,
so the OAuth state carries the user id signed with the instance secret and is
compared in constant time; without that, anyone could bind their Spotify
account to another user.
Activities are now tracked per producer. pushActivities replaced the whole
list, so the desktop game detector and Spotify would erase each other — losing
exactly the case this is for, a game and Spotify at once.
Polling backs off when the tab is hidden and keeps the last known track on a
network error rather than reporting 'stopped listening'. A rejected refresh
token (access revoked on Spotify's side) drops the row so the UI stops
claiming a live connection.
Scope is read-only: user-read-currently-playing and user-read-playback-state.
Per the fork's language rule, the new UI ships in en and pt-BR, and this
round also translates the privacy panel.
Transferring ownership or kicking a member surfaced "Target user is not a
member of this DM channel" whenever the target was a federated user.
Root cause: the client passed `canonical.id` from `useCanonicalUserView`,
which returns the user's HOME id when the home view is in the userViews
cache. After owner-routing the request to the owner instance, that
instance's `dm_members.userId` (its own local replicated id) never
matched the home id, so `isDmMember` returned false. The same failure
mode applied across any cross-instance scenario where the
channel-serving instance and the owner-serving instance disagree on the
local replicated user id for the same federated user.
Fix: both endpoints now accept federated identification, mirroring the
existing pattern on `POST /api/dm/:id/members`:
- `POST /api/dm/:id/transfer` body: `{ newOwnerId? } | { homeUserId, homeInstance }`.
Federated args win when both are supplied (strictly more specific).
- `DELETE /api/dm/:id/members/:targetUserId` reads optional
`?homeInstance=<origin>` query; when present, the URL segment is
treated as a homeUserId and resolved via `resolveOrCreateReplicatedUser`.
Client `api.dm.kickMember` and `api.dm.transferOwnership` gain an
optional `federated` argument; `DmRosterPanel` and `MobileGroupDmInfo`
pass it whenever the target has `homeUserId` + `homeInstance` populated.
Adds 5 server tests (3 transfer + 2 kick) covering federated targets,
the federated-wins-over-local precedence rule, and federated-non-member
rejection. Updates 2 client routing tests and 2 DmRosterPanel test
assertions for the new signature. Updates `docs/systems/dm-system.md`
and `docs/systems/api.md`.
Server: 965 tests pass (was 960). Web: 362 tests pass (was 360).
Adds an admin-driven sweep on top of the existing 24h auto-expire so
operators can see and reap abandoned `.tus/` sessions without waiting.
- storageJanitor: extract `walkTusDir(predicate)` helper, add
`getStaleTusInfo` + `cleanupStaleTusSessions(thresholdMs, dryRun)`;
refactor `cleanupTusStragglers` to delegate while preserving its
janitor-tick `{ removed }` contract.
- StorageStats gains `staleTusSessions` + `staleTusSize` (fixed 1h
display threshold).
- New `POST /api/admin/storage/cleanup-tus` route with
`maxAgeHours` validation (positive finite number, default 1) and
`dryRun` support; admin-gated.
- StoragePanel: 6th overview card "Stale Uploads" + new cleanup
subsection mirroring the media-cleanup pattern (preview-then-clean
with shared result panel styling).
- Tests: 8 new janitor tests covering empty dir, threshold filtering,
dry-run vs live, oldest-mtime tracking, subdir skipping, and the
override path on the existing straggler sweep. New
`routes/admin.test.ts` covers auth/admin gates, validation (zero,
negative, NaN), default `maxAgeHours`, dry-run vs live unlink.
- Docs: `uploads.md` §Janitor expanded to the full lifecycle (cancel
DELETE, discard DELETE, auto-expire, straggler sweep, admin route);
`admin.md` Storage Management updated with the new endpoint and
StorageStats fields.
Migrates the remaining 5 profile/space upload sites (CreateSpace, AccountPanel
avatar+banner, OverviewPanel icon+banner) to transferStore.startUpload with
tray:false. Space sites pass _instanceOrigin so uploads route to the space's
home instance.
Removes upload/uploadWithProgress from api.uploads (and their private
uploadFile/uploadFileWithProgress helpers); api.uploads.url is preserved for
GET-path URL building. Deletes the server-side POST /api/uploads handler and
the now-unused @fastify/multipart plugin registration. GET /api/uploads/:filename
remains intact.
Renders space invite system messages in DMs as embed-style cards on the chat
surface. Three render states: snapshot-only on mount (Join enabled, loading
dot), live-confirmed (memberCount refreshed from preview), revoked (gray-out
+ glass-pill indicator). Join targets the space's home origin via
joinByCode(code, spaceInstanceOrigin || undefined) — the three-way
federation correctness rule. Re-exports getApiForOrigin from api/client to
expose the cross-store resolver under a natural import surface.
Other namespaces use 'update' (users.update, spaces.update, channels.update,
roles.update); the new 'invites.patch' breaks the pattern. Renamed before
Tasks 17-19 import it. Plan updated to match.
- Drops the web-local ApprovalRequest interface in favor of the
canonical shared type (Task 2 already established this; Task 10
reconciles the consumer side).
- Adds five new federation methods wrapping the REST endpoints
added in Tasks 8 and 9: peeringSubscriptions (GET), cancelPeering
Subscription (DELETE), peeringNotifications (GET +/- unreadOnly
filter), markPeeringNotificationRead (POST :id/read), markAll
PeeringNotificationsRead (POST read-all).
packages/web/src/api/client.ts declared a local FederationPeer that had
drifted from @backspace/shared: it loosened `status` to `string` (losing
the exhaustive 7-value union) and widened `consecutiveFailures` and
`lastSyncedAt` to `number | null`. The latter two are spurious — the
server never returns null for either — and `status: string` defeated
the compiler's ability to flag a missed case when `rejected`,
`awaiting_approval`, or `needs_attention` were added over the course
of the auto-peering / approval-queue / outbox-auth-failure-recovery
work.
Replace the local interface with a re-export of the shared type. All
three status switches in FederationPanel.tsx (peerStatusColor,
peerStatusDotColor, peerStatusLabel) and the StatusFilter union were
already exhaustive over the 7 values, so no behaviour change is
needed — the re-export just pins the compile-time contract.
web tsc --noEmit is clean after the swap.
Follow-up #23 from S2S DM unification backlog.
- peerStatusLabel/Color/DotColor gain a 'needs_attention' case (rose).
- StatusFilter row gains 'Needs Attention' toggle.
- PeerRow hides Rotate/Revoke and shows 'Reset Peering' when status is
needs_attention, plus an Auth Failures stat.
- Parent panel routes 'reset' through a ConfirmDialog (danger variant)
that spells out the destructive nature and the out-of-band re-peer step.
- Client FederationPeer interface gains consecutiveAuthFailures (Task 2
extended the shared type but the web client's local mirror was stale).
Codifies the manual 'delete both sides, re-peer' workaround as a
first-class admin action.
All DM creation and add-member call sites now use the home api client
and pass homeUserId/homeInstance instead of routing to the remote instance.
Also updates addMember in the API client to accept AddDmMemberRequest.
- Remove redundant `leaveGroup` API method from client.ts (duplicated `leave`); update MessageList.tsx WelcomeHeader to call `api.dm.leave` directly
- Add optional `type` field to shared `Message` interface so `MessageWithUser` carries it; remove `(msg as any).type` casts in `isSameGroup` and the render branch in MessageList.tsx
- Fix `processOwnershipTransferEvent` in federation.ts: replace `channel.ownerId` fallbacks (pre-update, old owner) with `event.ownership.newOwner.homeUserId` in the db update, dm_owner_updated broadcast, and both system message content payloads
- Render system messages (member_added, member_removed, owner_changed) inline
in MessageList with icon + human-readable text; system messages never group
with adjacent user messages
- Rewrite WelcomeHeader to branch on ownerId: group DMs show overlapping avatars,
group name, creator attribution, federated privacy note, and a Leave Group button
- Add dm_owner_updated ServerEvent; broadcast from dm.ts leave handler and
federation processOwnershipTransferEvent so all clients update ownerId in real-time
- Add updateDmOwner action to spaceStore and handle dm_owner_updated in useWebSocket
- Add leaveGroup alias to API client dm namespace
- Add CreateGroupDmRequest to API client imports, type declaration, and implementation (POST /dm/group)
- Update AddDmMemberModal to branch on channel type: 1-on-1 DMs call createGroup and navigate to new channel, group DMs call addMember directly
- Remove legacy getApiForOrigin/channelOriginMap usage — S2S federation relay is now entirely server-side
Task 13: Hook server-to-server peering into connectToRemote (non-fatal)
and add federation API namespace to the client (initiate, peers, revoke).
Task 14: Show a transparency notice in the DM welcome header when the
other user is on a remote instance, informing that messages are stored
on both home instances and are not end-to-end encrypted.
Task 15: Add Federation section to the instance settings General panel
with DM relay toggle, TTL config, and a live peer list with revoke
buttons. Also extends InstanceAdminSettings type and the server settings
route to support federationRelayEnabled / federationRelayTtlDays.
Adds uploadWithProgress() using XMLHttpRequest for real-time upload
progress events. MessageInput now shows per-file progress bars with
percentage overlay during upload. Failed uploads show toast warnings
with the specific error instead of silently failing. Upload timeout
raised to 10 minutes for large files.
Adds cleanupOldMedia() to the storage janitor and a new endpoint
POST /api/admin/storage/cleanup-media { maxAgeDays, dryRun }.
Deletes chat attachments older than the specified threshold while
preserving profile images.
- Add "Discover People" section to Add Friend tab with user cards, mutual counts, and inline actions
- Add discoverStore for fetching/searching discoverable users across local and federated instances
- Add PrivacyPanel to user settings with discoverability toggle
- Add is_discoverable column to users table with migration
- Fix "Send Friend Request" button vertical alignment using transform centering
Make /join/:code a public route with a standalone JoinPage that shows a
space preview and handles authenticated, unauthenticated, and cross-instance
users. Adds GET /api/spaces/invite/:code/preview (no auth) endpoint,
?redirect= param support on login/register, and cleans up dead invite
handling from AppLayout and JoinSpace modal.
Profile and space layout changes on remote instances were being
overwritten by stale data on reconnect. Adds Last-Writer-Wins
timestamps so the client-relay mesh rejects stale writes:
- profile_updated_at column on users table with migration + backfill
- Server LWW guards on PATCH /users/@me and PUT /space-layout
- Bidirectional profileSync: pulls newer remote profiles to home
- LWW layout sync replaces home-authoritative _layoutFromTrueHome flag
- Layout pushes to ALL connected instances in parallel
Add user_space_layout table and PUT /api/users/@me/space-layout endpoint
for persisting per-user sidebar ordering. Spaces can be freely reordered
via drag-and-drop, folders created by dragging one space onto another,
and folders auto-dissolve when they have fewer than 2 members. Includes
folder context menu (rename, color, ungroup), collapsed folder mini-grid
icons, multi-tab sync via WebSocket, and localStorage collapse state.
Removes the rigid native/federated split — federated spaces now intermix
freely while keeping their globe badge.
Add avatarColor field to spaces, matching the user avatar color system.
Spaces get a random color on creation and owners can change it in space
settings. The color controls the fallback gradient when no icon is uploaded,
replacing the old deterministic hash-based gradient. Includes full
federation support, explore page, mutual spaces, and color picker in both
create and settings modals.
- Add account deletion with tombstone (isDeleted flag), password/username
confirmation, owned-space guard, and full cleanup transaction
- Free deleted usernames by renaming to !deleted:<id> so they can be reused
- Add migration to retroactively free usernames from already-tombstoned users
- Add GET /api/auth/check-username endpoint with rate limiting for real-time
availability checking during registration
- Add debounced username availability indicator on registration Step 1
- Add DeleteAccountModal with federation-aware remote account cleanup
- Add federation ops utility for remote instance management
- Update sanitizeUser to anonymize deleted user profiles
- Add instance store improvements and connected instances modal updates
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Jannis Braun