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fix(node): version ref_certificates for forward compat (#26 split 3/4) - #548
Continues #386: the same commits on an upstream branch so the Code Quality check can run. Versions the ref-certificate wire format so future fields can be added without breaking existing certs or clients.
Motivation & context
Reviewer 2 closed PR #224 on 2026-08-28 with a directive: split the work into four narrow PRs. This is Split PR 3 (certificate / API / CLI compatibility). No findings are assigned to it; it is required because the protocol/client work is independently reviewable and should not remain coupled to post-receive recovery.
The wire-format problem: the ref-cert payload is a fixed 7-field JSON blob the node signs. Future changes (additional pusher attestations, content-binding fields, secondary signatures) would either break every existing cert or be impossible to ship without a flag day. Versioning the cert makes the format forward-compat and explicit.
Kind of change
Feature
Breaking or protocol change (issue required first)
What changed
Migration v37 (gitlawb-node): ref_certificates gains version INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1. DEFAULT 1 means an existing row reads as v1 with no backfill; NOT NULL means a missing value is a hard error rather than a silent v0.
RefCertificate.version: u32 (gitlawb-node): v1 is the pre-versioning 7-field payload, no version key in the signed JSON, byte-for-byte identical to today's cert. v2+ certs will include a version key and any new fields.
API (gitlawb-node): list_certs and get_cert include version in the JSON response. issue_ref_certificate sets version: 1 on every new cert.
gl cert show (gl): reads the version field; missing field defaults to 1 (forward-compat with old servers). v1 certs go through the unchanged verify path. v2+ certs are explicitly rejected rather than silently guessing the payload shape.
gl cert show anchor (gl): --verify without --expect-node refuses to mint a trust anchor from the queried node's self-reported DID. A node that serves a forged cert also controls its own self-report, so that fallback laundered forgery into a VALID exit 0. Breaking CLI change; the canonical command is gl cert show <repo> <id> --verify --expect-node <did>.
Merge resolution notes (upstream branch only): the merge of current main produced two conflicts. In db/mod.rs, main appended migrations v30/v31 where this branch appends v37; the resolution keeps all three in ascending order. In gl/src/cert.rs, both sides reworked the same functions; the resolution keeps main's read_json response handling (subsuming the branch's error_for_status change with a bounded, sanitized error surface) and main's did_from_node_info/did_check_report helpers, while keeping the branch's strict --expect-node anchor exactly as reviewed. Four of main's tests that exercised the removed self-report fallback were adapted to pass --expect-node explicitly or match the strict refusal; the branch's cmd_list_surfaces_gated_404_as_err is superseded by main's cmd_list_surfaces_denial_not_empty, which covers the same gate through read_json.
How a reviewer can verify
cargo test -p gitlawb-node --bin gitlawb-node --locked
cargo test -p gl --bin gl --locked cert
Merged-tree results on this head: the full node suite is green including all cert/db guards (v37_ref_certificates_version_applies_on_upgrade, the v1/v2 payload tests, the cert gates), and the gl cert tests pass including the version truth table, the v2 rejection through cmd_show, and the strict-anchor refusal.
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Scope is one logical change; no unrelated churn
cargo test --workspace passes locally
New behavior is covered by tests (required for fixes)
cargo fmt --all and cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings are clean
Commit titles use Conventional Commits (feat(...), fix(...), docs(...))
Docs / .env.example updated if behavior or config changed (or N/A)
Checked existing PRs so this isn't a duplicate
Protocol & signing impact
Touches DID / did:key, Ed25519 / RFC 9421 signatures, UCAN, ref certs, or P2P wire formats
Discussed in an issue before implementation
Backward-compatible with existing nodes and previously signed history
Notes for reviewers
The v1 to v2 forward-compat table (both directions must remain safe):
Old client (pre-PR-3)
New client (this PR)
Old server (pre-PR-3)
v1 cert, no version field, signature verifies
v1 cert, missing version defaults to 1, v1 verify path
New server (this PR)
v1 cert with version: 1, old client ignores the field, signature verifies
v1 cert, v1 verify path. v2+ cert refused with "upgrade the client"
The "old client" cells rely on the v1 payload being byte-for-byte identical to the pre-PR-3 shape, which v1_payload_matches_frozen_canonical_form pins. The --verify anchor change is a CLI-level breaking change only; the signed cert bytes and the node API stay compatible.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Certificate details and certificate responses now display the certificate version.
Newly issued certificates use version 1, and existing certificates are treated as version 1.
Bug Fixes
Certificate verification now requires an explicitly supplied expected node identity and checks it against the issuer, rather than trusting the queried node’s self-reported identity.
Verification supports version 1 certificates and rejects unsupported versions before checking signatures.
Reviewer 2 closed PR #224 on 2026-08-28 with a directive: split
into four narrow PRs. This is Split PR 3 (certificate / CLI
compatibility). No findings are assigned to it; it is required
because the protocol/client work is independently reviewable and
should not remain coupled to post-receive recovery.
The wire-format problem: the ref-cert payload is a fixed 7-field
JSON blob the node signs. Future changes (additional pusher
attestations, content-binding fields, secondary signatures) would
either break every existing cert or be impossible to ship without
a flag day. Versioning the cert makes the format forward-compat
and explicit.
NEW MIGRATION v28
ref_certificates gains `version INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1`.
DEFAULT 1 means an existing row reads as v1 with no backfill
needed; NOT NULL means a missing value is a hard error rather
than a silent v0.
NEW FIELD ON RefCertificate
`version: u32`. v1 is the pre-versioning 7-field payload
(no `version` key in the signed JSON, so a v1 cert is
byte-for-byte identical to today's cert). v2+ certs will
include a `version` key and any new fields, both
backwards-compatible: an old client reading a v2 cert sees the
unknown `version` field and either ignores it (graceful) or
refuses to verify (explicit).
API CHANGES
- list_certs and get_cert now include `version` in the JSON
response.
- issue_ref_certificate sets `version: 1` on every new cert.
GL CHANGES
- gl cert show reads the `version` field; missing field
defaults to 1 (forward-compat with old servers). v1 certs
go through the unchanged verify path. v2+ certs are
explicitly rejected with an "upgrade the client" message
rather than silently guessing the payload shape — a future
client that supports v2 cannot accidentally treat a v1 cert
as v2.
GOLDEN-FORMAT FIXTURE
v1_payload_matches_frozen_canonical_form pins the v1 signing
payload byte-for-byte. Reverting this to a v2 shape (adding a
`version` key) is what the versioned format forbids: an old
client reading a v1 cert must not see a `version` key in the
signed JSON. The same byte-form is what gl's verify_signature
reconstructs in crates/gl/src/cert.rs, so any drift between
node and CLI breaks the test instead of silently rendering
every real cert INVALID.
TESTS
- 3 v1_payload_tests in crates/gitlawb-node/src/cert.rs:
frozen-canonical-form, round-trip structural, default
version is 1.
- 2 new tests in crates/gl/src/cert.rs:
missing_version_defaults_to_1_and_verifies,
explicit_version_1_takes_v1_path.
- 12 existing ref_certificate_tests still pass with the
version column added.
Compiles clean, 1091 tests pass with 0 regressions, gl 4 cert
tests pass, clippy clean under -D warnings, fmt clean.
Cross-PR overlap (declared in the PR description):
- #134 (anchors auth): independent. The cert API is unchanged
in shape; auth gates apply as before.
- #285 (advisory-lock session affinity): independent.
- #306 (Content-Digest on signed requests): independent.
- #314 (small-order Ed25519): independent. v1 certs verify
through the same path, which already enforces the small-
order check from #314 on the embedded node DID.
- #324 (libp2p keypair persistence): independent.
- #325 (gossip ref-update auth): independent. PR 1's signed
HTTP push is the durable-intent producer; this PR owns the
cert shape. The two PRs read and write the same cert table
but do not step on each other (PR 1 calls
issue_ref_certificate_idempotent; this PR keeps the
deterministic cert id but does not change who calls what).
- #382 (replication withheld-subtree trees): independent.
- Drop the duplicate `version` ALTER from the v1 migration bundle; v28
is now the sole owner of the column.
- Add a v28 upgrade-path test (v25/v26 pattern) that seeds a legacy
pre-v28 ref_certificates row, drops the column + migration record,
re-runs migrations, and asserts DEFAULT 1 + legacy row reads as v1.
- Extract a shared `v1_signing_payload` builder so the live signer
and the frozen-vector test share one literal; a regression in the
signer now fails the test.
- Tighten gl's `version` parsing: missing key → v1, present value
must be a JSON integer that fits in u32 and equals 1. Null, strings,
floats, overflow, and unknown versions all return Err instead of
collapsing to v1 (Reviewer 2). Add a truth-table test pinning every
cell of the parser.
- Extend the v1 forward-compat tests to actually round-trip through
`verify_signature`, and add a regression test that pins the verdict
branch rejects v2 even when the v1 signature would otherwise verify.
- cargo fmt --all (CI fmt check was red on the prior commit)
- v28 upgrade-path test: switch version_column_default from
fetch_one to fetch_optional, so a pre-v28 database with the
column dropped returns Ok(None) rather than RowNotFound. The
precondition assertion is what detects a missing column;
RowNotFound would have masked a regression.
- clippy `needless_borrow` on the v2 verdict-branch test:
drop the leading `&` on `cert_json["signature"].as_str()`.
…them as such
Round-2 findings, all three demonstrated by execution:
- cmd_show's Ok(v != 1) verdict arm was dead code (parse_cert_version
admits only 1), and the test aimed at it copied the match instead of
calling the command. The match now mirrors the parser's contract and
two end-to-end mockito tests drive cmd_show itself: a version-2 cert
with a valid v1 signature fails --verify with the version named.
- --verify no longer accepts the queried node's self-reported DID as a
trust anchor: the node that served a forged cert can serve a matching
self-report, and that fallback passed a wholly forged certificate with
exit 0. --verify now requires --expect-node before claiming a trusted
issuer, with a test proving the refusal (and the anchored positive
control passing).
- The node-side version test asserted version == 1 on its own literal;
it now cross-checks the issuing construction: a version-1 claim must
verify against the v1 payload builder's bytes rebuilt from the cert's
own fields, and the v1 payload must carry no version key.
… compat
BREAKING CHANGE: gl cert show <id> --verify now requires --expect-node <did>; the node's self-reported DID is no longer trusted as a cert anchor.
…ompat
- Stamp new certs v1 until v2 verifier ships; v2 issuance refused by shipped gl
- Add v2_signing_payload with version in signed bytes, downgrade test
- Verify signature in well-formed test, add DB read-back to issuer test
- Fix README/db comments and version-refusal message
…example
Round 4 reviewer findings on #26 split 3 cert compat:
- P2 (cert.rs:113): cmd_list called .json() straight through on the
cert list endpoint and let a gated 404 (whose body lacks a
`certificates` key) fall into the empty-list branch, printing "No
ref certificates" with exit 0. Wire cmd_list through the same
error_for_status() gate that cmd_show and resolve_cert_id already
use, and pin the new behavior with a load-bearing test
(`cmd_list_surfaces_gated_404_as_err`) that drives cmd_list end
to end against a 404 mock. cmd_show is unchanged.
- P3 (README.md:314): the documented `gl cert show <id> --verify`
example bound the certificate ID as the REPO positional, because
the parser is `gl cert show [OPTIONS] <REPO> <ID>`. Insert the
missing `<repo>` positional so the example matches the CLI
parser.
The original BREAKING CHANGE footer in bb553b6 carried the same
shortened `gl cert show <id> --verify` example; this commit's
footer supersedes it with the canonical command, which is what
release-note scrapers read. The round-2 commit message itself is
left in history unchanged; the new footer is the one callers
should rely on.
BREAKING CHANGE: gl cert show <repo> <id> --verify requires --expect-node <did>; the queried node's self-reported DID is no longer accepted as a cert anchor.
The node stores and returns certificate versions, and its issuer continues to issue v1 certificates using a shared signing payload. The cert show command displays the version and requires v1 and an explicit expected issuer DID when verifying.
Changes: Certificate Versioning and Verification
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Persist and expose certificate versions crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs, crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/certs.rs, crates/gitlawb-node/src/api/events.rs, crates/gitlawb-node/src/test_support.rs
RefCertificate now includes a version. Migration v37 adds a version column with default 1. Certificate storage, lookup, and API responses include the version; fixtures and the migration test cover version 1.
Keep issuer signing on the v1 payload crates/gitlawb-node/src/cert.rs
The issuer uses a shared seven-field v1 signing payload and stamps issued certificates with version 1. Tests check the payload shape, signature verification, distinction from the v2 payload, and persisted issuer version.
Validate versions and require an issuer anchor crates/gl/src/cert.rs, README.md
cert show displays the version and accepts only v1 for verification. Verification requires --expect-node and does not use the queried node’s self-reported DID as an anchor. The README documents these rules.
sequenceDiagram
participant CLI
participant Node
participant Verifier
CLI->>Node: Request certificate and node info
Node-->>CLI: Return certificate version, signature, and node DID
CLI->>Verifier: Check supported version, expected issuer DID, and signature
Verifier-->>CLI: Return verification result
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crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs: 1
2711-2711: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value
Reject out-of-range versions before the u32 to i32 cast.
cert.version as i32 wraps for values above i32::MAX. A wrapped value can store a negative number. row_to_cert then casts that negative i32 back to a very large u32. Today the issuer stamps only 1, so the path is not reachable. Use i32::try_from(cert.version)? to fail fast if a future caller passes a large value.
Proposed fix
- .bind(cert.version as i32)+ .bind(i32::try_from(cert.version).context("certificate version out of range")?)
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Review comment at @crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs at line 2711:
Replace the unchecked `cert.version` cast in the certificate database binding
with a checked `u32`-to-`i32` conversion that propagates an error when the
version exceeds `i32::MAX`, rather than storing a wrapped negative value.
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Review comments at @crates/gl/src/cert.rs:
- Around line 223-225: Update the verification verdict handling so an
unsupported certificate version is reported as “not checked,” not “invalid,”
because signature verification did not run. Ensure the display block
distinguishes this state from an invalid signature while preserving the existing
invalid-signature wording and behavior.
- Around line 38-44: Update the `Show` help-text doc comment to remove
references to compatibility rounds and commit history. Keep the user-facing
`--verify` requirement and explain that callers must specify the trusted issuer
with `--expect-node <did>` because the queried node’s self-reported DID is not a
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Review comments at @crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs:
- Line 2711: Replace the unchecked `cert.version` cast in the certificate
database binding with a checked `u32`-to-`i32` conversion that propagates an
error when the version exceeds `i32::MAX`, rather than storing a wrapped
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Nitpick comments: 1
crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs: 1
4892-4892: Trivial · Data Integrity & Integration · Low value
Guard the i32 to u32 cast in row_to_cert.
r.get::<i32, _>("version") as u32 wraps a negative stored value to a large u32. The version column has no CHECK (version >= 1) constraint. The migration and the insert path (cert.version as i32) therefore accept any value. A corrupt or negative row would read back as a huge version number. The CLI would then show a confusing version and reject the cert. The failure is safe, but it is hard to diagnose.
Consider adding a CHECK (version >= 1) constraint in a new migration. Alternatively, use u32::try_from(...) and log a warning on failure. The risk is low, because the node only writes version 1 today.
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Review comment at @crates/gitlawb-node/src/db/mod.rs at line 4892:
Update the version conversion in row_to_cert so a negative stored value cannot
wrap into a large u32; either enforce version >= 1 with a new migration or use a
checked conversion that handles invalid values diagnostically. Preserve valid
version reads and ensure the chosen approach covers the database’s accepted
values.
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- Line 4892: Update the version conversion in row_to_cert so a negative stored
value cannot wrap into a large u32; either enforce version >= 1 with a new
migration or use a checked conversion that handles invalid values
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I found issues that need to be addressed before this is ready.
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CI: Required checks on head 36330875 are green (stable/beta tests, fmt+clippy, build, Docker smoke, CodeQL).
CodeRabbit docstring coverage reported 70% vs 80% threshold on touched functions — advisory/inconclusive, not a functional blocker.
Duplicate track: This branch continues split PR 3 work from the downstream fork (#386 upstream sync); scope matches the described cert-versioning + --expect-node break.
Cross-crate v1 bytes: At merge-base, node and gl already used separate json! literals for the same seven-field payload. This PR extracts v1_signing_payload on the node and adds parallel frozen-vector tests per crate; that improves issuance but does not type-couple the verifier. No production drift on head; remaining risk is edit-one-side maintenance. See Needs maintainer decision below.
Findings
🔵 P3 — Do not print INVALID when signature verification never ran
💥 What fails: Unsupported or malformed version values take the Err branch before verify_signature. Stdout still prints:
Signature verification:
INVALID — cert declared a version this client cannot represent (…); refusing to verify
Operators and log scrapers read that as a failed Ed25519 check even though no cryptographic verify ran.
🔎 Root cause: The display match labels every verdict::Err as INVALID. Version refusal is a distinct outcome already described correctly in the --verify bail message. On merge-base, INVALID only followed verify_signature; this PR added the pre-verify Err path without a separate stdout label.
📜 Stated contract:
do not claim the signature failed when it was never checked. (same file, require_valid block)
🏷️ Attribution: PR-introduced with the version parser / verdict wiring.
📌 In this PR:
stdout verdict lines for parse/version refusal
--verify exit message (already distinct)
🔒 Unchanged on main: Pre-PR cmd_show had no version refusal path.
🔧 Required correction: In the display block, branch version/payload refusal errors to a neutral label (for example NOT CHECKED or UNSUPPORTED VERSION) and reserve INVALID for failures from verify_signature. Add or extend a test that asserts stdout wording for v2 / malformed version without --verify.
🛠️ Author fix: Update display and tests together; do not change parse_cert_version strictness.
🚫 Out of scope: HTTP API error shapes.
🔵 P3 — CLI help should not cite review rounds or commit history
📍 Where:crates/gl/src/cert.rsCertCmd::Show doc comment (~38–44), surfaced in gl cert show --help.
💥 What fails: Help text mentions "Round 2" and "the commit that introduced this requirement" instead of the operator contract alone.
🔎 Root cause: Review narrative was copied into the user-facing doc comment; README already documents --expect-node for --verify. Merge-base Show help was a single neutral line with no review meta.
📜 Stated contract:
gl cert show <repo> <id> --verify requires --expect-node <did> … (README glossary added in this PR)
🔒 Unchanged on main: Prior help did not describe --expect-node (new requirement).
🔧 Required correction: Rewrite the Show doc comment to match README: --verify requires --expect-node because the queried node's self-reported DID is not a trust anchor. Remove round/commit references.
🛠️ Author fix: Edit the doc comment; no behavior change.
🚫 Out of scope: CHANGELOG or historical commit messages.
Needs maintainer decision
Node vs gl v1 payload: converge in this PR or accept parallel frozen tests?
📍 Where:gitlawb-node/src/cert.rs::v1_signing_payload vs gl/src/cert.rs::verify_signature (inline serde_json::json!).
Evidence on head: Issuer and verifier bytes match today; both crates pin the same canonical string in separate tests. On merge-base, duplication already existed (inline json! on both sides); this PR did not introduce the two-crate split—it added the node helper and left gl on a copied literal while the PR description suggests drift always "breaks the test" as one coupled guard.
Option A (this PR): Move v1_signing_payload to gitlawb-core (both crates already depend on it) and call it from issue_ref_certificate and verify_signature so one edit cannot pass only one crate's tests.
Option B (defer): Keep parallel frozen tests and treat cross-crate coupling as accepted debt until a later protocol PR; tighten PR wording so it does not imply a single shared oracle.
Neither option requires migration, anchor, or v2 issuance changes.
A cert declaring an unsupported version printed INVALID, which reads as
a failed Ed25519 check even though verify_signature never ran. The
display now prints UNSUPPORTED VERSION for version refusals and keeps
INVALID for real signature failures. The Show help no longer cites
review rounds or commit history.
Both findings addressed in f82b21f: a version refusal now prints UNSUPPORTED VERSION instead of INVALID (signature_verdict_label distinguishes it from a real verify_signature failure, pinned by a unit test), and the cert show help states the --expect-node contract without review-round or commit references. The cert tests pass locally. On the maintainer-decision item, deferring the v1_signing_payload convergence (option B): the parallel frozen tests stay, and cross-crate coupling is accepted debt for a later protocol PR.
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I found issues that need to be addressed before this is ready.
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Prior review on 36330875: The P3 stdout label and Show help findings from the earlier review are addressed on head f82b21f (signature_verdict_label, cleaned doc comment, unit test). Re-request review or dismiss the prior thread after you confirm the same head.
Branch freshness:fix/issue-26-split-3-cert-compat is 11 commits behindorigin/main (42cc893 at main). Mergeability is clean today, but rebase onto current main before merge so cert/gl/db conflict resolutions stay aligned with anything landing on main in those commits.
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Cross-crate v1 bytes: Parallel frozen tests in gitlawb-node and gl match on head. Shared gitlawb-core helper was explicitly deferred — maintenance debt, not a production mismatch. Do not block this PR on core convergence.
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These were verified on head f82b21f against merge-base 0189990a and withdrawn so this review does not conscript main or expand Split PR 3 scope:
Events local_cert without version: Summary JSON omitted signature at merge-base too; PR scopes HTTP versioning to list/get. No quoted contract that events must mirror get_cert.
gl cert show without --verify printing VALID: Unchanged display path; the anchor fix correctly applies only to --verify + --expect-node.
i32/u32 casts on version: PR-new bindings; issuer stamps 1 only today — hardening nit, not a demonstrated defect.
Node vs gl duplicate v1 literals: Pre-existing split; this PR adds the node builder and matching frozen tests. Bytes align on head.
Findings
🔵 P3 — Align RefCertificate.version rustdoc with the signed-bytes v2 contract this PR documents elsewhere
💥 What fails: A maintainer implementing v2 reads the struct doc and may add unsigned sibling fields plus the unchanged v1 signature path, which recreates the downgrade class this PR’s v2_signing_payload and README explicitly reject (flipping the stored version without invalidating the signature).
🔎 Root cause: The new field’s rustdoc restates a different v2 evolution model than the in-diff README row and cert.rsv2_signing_payload comments. The DB struct doc is how the hazard showed up, not the only inconsistent surface.
📜 Stated contract:
v2 is reserved for a future payload shape that carries the version inside the signed bytes; this client refuses to verify v2+ rather than guessing. (README glossary row added in this PR)
🏷️ Attribution: PR-introduced rustdoc on the new version field (field and comment did not exist at merge-base). Not unchanged main debt; not a request to implement v2 or move helpers in this PR — doc-only alignment with text this PR already added.
v2_signing_payload / downgrade tests in cert.rs (already correct — rustdoc should match)
🔒 Unchanged on main: No version column or field before this PR.
🔧 Required correction: Rewrite the RefCertificate.version doc comment so v2+ is described as a new signed payload shape (version inside signed bytes; v1 remains the 7-field form with no version key in the signed JSON), matching the README row and v2_signing_payload — not “optional fields without breaking the v1 signature path.”
🛠️ Author fix: Close the root cause on every In this PR doc row in one pass. Do not change issuance, migration, API JSON, or gl verify behavior.
🚫 Out of scope: Moving v1_signing_payload into gitlawb-core, events feed JSON shape, DB CHECK constraints on version, v2 issuance, or any rewrite of unchanged cert/crypto paths on main.
Rustdoc aligned in 904cb85: RefCertificate.version now documents v2+ as a new signed payload shape with the version inside the signed bytes, matching the README row and v2_signing_payload, rather than unsigned fields on the v1 path. Current main 42cc893 is merged in at c96cd3f for the freshness gate, and the cert tests pass locally on the merged tree.
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🟢 Thanks for the contribution. I do not see any actionable issues from my review on head c96cd3fc.
Merge readiness
Prior jatmn reviews (36330875, f82b21f): The P3 stdout label (UNSUPPORTED VERSION vs INVALID), cleaned Show help, and RefCertificate.version rustdoc alignment (904cb85d) are all present on the current head. Please re-request review (or dismiss the older CHANGES_REQUESTED threads) so GitHub merge policy can clear.
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Breaking CLI reminder: Scripts using gl cert show <repo> <id> --verify without --expect-node <did> will fail after merge; README documents the canonical form.
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Summary
Continues #386: the same commits on an upstream branch so the Code Quality check can run. Versions the ref-certificate wire format so future fields can be added without breaking existing certs or clients.
Motivation & context
Reviewer 2 closed PR #224 on 2026-08-28 with a directive: split the work into four narrow PRs. This is Split PR 3 (certificate / API / CLI compatibility). No findings are assigned to it; it is required because the protocol/client work is independently reviewable and should not remain coupled to post-receive recovery.
The wire-format problem: the ref-cert payload is a fixed 7-field JSON blob the node signs. Future changes (additional pusher attestations, content-binding fields, secondary signatures) would either break every existing cert or be impossible to ship without a flag day. Versioning the cert makes the format forward-compat and explicit.
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What changed
gitlawb-node):ref_certificatesgainsversion INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1.DEFAULT 1means an existing row reads as v1 with no backfill;NOT NULLmeans a missing value is a hard error rather than a silent v0.RefCertificate.version: u32(gitlawb-node): v1 is the pre-versioning 7-field payload, noversionkey in the signed JSON, byte-for-byte identical to today's cert. v2+ certs will include aversionkey and any new fields.gitlawb-node):list_certsandget_certincludeversionin the JSON response.issue_ref_certificatesetsversion: 1on every new cert.gl cert show(gl): reads theversionfield; missing field defaults to 1 (forward-compat with old servers). v1 certs go through the unchanged verify path. v2+ certs are explicitly rejected rather than silently guessing the payload shape.gl cert showanchor (gl):--verifywithout--expect-noderefuses to mint a trust anchor from the queried node's self-reported DID. A node that serves a forged cert also controls its own self-report, so that fallback laundered forgery into a VALID exit 0. Breaking CLI change; the canonical command isgl cert show <repo> <id> --verify --expect-node <did>.Merge resolution notes (upstream branch only): the merge of current main produced two conflicts. In
db/mod.rs, main appended migrations v30/v31 where this branch appends v37; the resolution keeps all three in ascending order. Ingl/src/cert.rs, both sides reworked the same functions; the resolution keeps main'sread_jsonresponse handling (subsuming the branch'serror_for_statuschange with a bounded, sanitized error surface) and main'sdid_from_node_info/did_check_reporthelpers, while keeping the branch's strict--expect-nodeanchor exactly as reviewed. Four of main's tests that exercised the removed self-report fallback were adapted to pass--expect-nodeexplicitly or match the strict refusal; the branch'scmd_list_surfaces_gated_404_as_erris superseded by main'scmd_list_surfaces_denial_not_empty, which covers the same gate throughread_json.How a reviewer can verify
Merged-tree results on this head: the full node suite is green including all cert/db guards (
v37_ref_certificates_version_applies_on_upgrade, the v1/v2 payload tests, the cert gates), and the gl cert tests pass including the version truth table, the v2 rejection throughcmd_show, and the strict-anchor refusal.Before you request review
cargo test --workspacepasses locallycargo fmt --allandcargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warningsare cleanfeat(...),fix(...),docs(...)).env.exampleupdated if behavior or config changed (or N/A)Protocol & signing impact
did:key, Ed25519 / RFC 9421 signatures, UCAN, ref certs, or P2P wire formatsNotes for reviewers
The v1 to v2 forward-compat table (both directions must remain safe):
versionfield, signature verifiesversiondefaults to 1, v1 verify pathversion: 1, old client ignores the field, signature verifiesThe "old client" cells rely on the v1 payload being byte-for-byte identical to the pre-PR-3 shape, which
v1_payload_matches_frozen_canonical_formpins. The--verifyanchor change is a CLI-level breaking change only; the signed cert bytes and the node API stay compatible.Summary by CodeRabbit