WS handshake is now authenticated end-to-end. The broker proves that
every connected peer actually holds the secret key for the pubkey
they claim as identity — not just that they know the pubkey.
wire format change:
{type:"hello", meshId, memberId, pubkey, sessionId, pid, cwd,
timestamp, signature}
where signature = ed25519_sign(canonical, secretKey)
and canonical = `${meshId}|${memberId}|${pubkey}|${timestamp}`
broker verifies on every hello:
1. timestamp within ±60s of broker clock → else close(1008, timestamp_skew)
2. pubkey is 64 hex chars, signature is 128 hex chars → else malformed
3. crypto_sign_verify_detached(signature, canonical, pubkey) → else bad_signature
4. (existing) mesh.member row exists for (meshId, pubkey) → else unauthorized
All rejection paths close the WS with code 1008 + structured error
message + metrics counter increment (connections_rejected_total by
reason).
new modules:
- apps/broker/src/crypto.ts: canonicalHello, verifyHelloSignature,
HELLO_SKEW_MS constant
- apps/cli/src/crypto/hello-sig.ts: matching signHello helper
clients updated:
- apps/cli/src/ws/client.ts: signs hello before send
- apps/broker/scripts/{peer-a,peer-b}.ts (smoke-test): sign hellos
with seed-provided secret keys
new regression tests — tests/hello-signature.test.ts (7):
- valid signature accepted
- bad signature (signed with wrong key) rejected
- timestamp too old rejected (>60s)
- timestamp too far in future rejected (>60s)
- tampered canonical field (different meshId at verify time) rejected
- malformed hex pubkey rejected
- malformed signature length rejected
verified live:
- apps/broker/scripts/smoke-test.sh: full hello+ack+send+push flow
- apps/cli/scripts/roundtrip.ts: signed hello + encrypted message
- 55/55 tests pass
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Direct messages between peers are now end-to-end encrypted. The
broker only ever sees {nonce, ciphertext} — plaintext lives on the
two endpoints.
apps/cli/src/crypto/envelope.ts:
- encryptDirect(message, recipientPubkeyHex, senderSecretKeyHex)
→ {nonce, ciphertext} via crypto_box_easy, 24-byte fresh nonce
- decryptDirect(envelope, senderPubkeyHex, recipientSecretKeyHex)
→ plaintext or null (null on MAC failure / malformed input)
- ed25519 keys (from Step 17) are converted to X25519 on the fly via
crypto_sign_ed25519_{pk,sk}_to_curve25519 — one signing keypair
covers both signing + encryption roles.
BrokerClient.send():
- if targetSpec is a 64-hex pubkey → encrypt via crypto_box
- else (broadcast "*" or channel "#foo") → base64-wrapped plaintext
(shared-key encryption for channels lands in a later step)
InboundPush now carries:
- plaintext: string | null (decrypted body, null if decryption failed
OR it's a non-direct message)
- kind: "direct" | "broadcast" | "channel" | "unknown"
MCP check_messages formatter reads plaintext directly.
side-fixes pulled in during 18a:
- apps/broker/scripts/seed-test-mesh.ts now generates real ed25519
keypairs (the previous "aaaa…" / "bbbb…" fillers weren't valid
curve points, so crypto_sign_ed25519_pk_to_curve25519 rejected
them). Seed output now includes secretKey for each peer.
- apps/broker/src/broker.ts drainForMember wraps the atomic claim in
a CTE + outer ORDER BY so FIFO ordering is SQL-sourced, not
JS-sorted (Postgres microsecond timestamps collapse to the same
Date.getTime() milliseconds otherwise).
- vitest.config.ts fileParallelism: false — test files share
DB state via cleanupAllTestMeshes afterAll, so running them in
parallel caused one file's cleanup to race another's inserts.
- integration/health.test.ts "returns 200" now uses waitFullyHealthy
(a 200-only waiter) instead of waitHealthyOrAny — prevents a race
with the startup DB ping.
verified live:
- apps/cli/scripts/roundtrip.ts (direct A→B): ciphertext in DB is
opaque bytes (not base64-plaintext), decrypted correctly on arrival
- apps/cli/scripts/join-roundtrip.ts (full join → encrypted send):
PASSED
- 48/48 broker tests green
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broker-client: full WS client with hello handshake + ack, auto-reconnect
with exponential backoff (1s → 30s capped), in-memory outbound queue
(max 100) during reconnect, 500-entry push buffer for check_messages.
MCP tool integration:
- send_message: "slug:target" prefix or single-mesh fast path
- check_messages: drains push buffers across all clients
- set_status: fans manual override across all connected meshes
- set_summary: stubbed (broker protocol extension needed)
- list_peers: stubbed — lists connected mesh slugs + statuses
manager module holds Map<meshId, BrokerClient>, starts on MCP server
boot for every joined mesh in ~/.claudemesh/config.json.
new CLI command: seed-test-mesh injects a mesh row for dev testing.
also fixes a broker-side hello race: handleHello sent hello_ack before
the caller closure assigned presenceId, so clients sending right after
the ack hit the no_hello check. Fix: return presenceId, caller sets
closure var, THEN sends hello_ack. Queue drain is fire-and-forget now.
round-trip verified: two clients, A→B, push received with correct
senderPubkey + ciphertext. 44/44 broker tests still pass.
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