Merge branch 'main' of meshbay.org:meshbayHEADmain

4 files changed, 30 insertions, 64 deletions

diff --git a/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/__init__.py b/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/__init__.py
index b68e828..2a58326 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/__init__.py
@@ -260,5 +260,17 @@ __version__ = "0.17.0"
 # a refusal, across the break. The break is confined to them, so the floor stays
 # at 4.0: everything else a 4.x peer does still works, and nothing is left
 # unsigned on either side — no node accepts the old subjects.
-MNP_VERSION = "5.0"
+#
+# 6.0 (2026-10-02) is a MAJOR — three signed operations are removed: `root_add`,
+# `root_update` and `group_attach`. What of the operator's disk is shared, and
+# whether members may write there, is decided on the node's own machine (the
+# desktop application over loopback, or the CLI), never
+# over the wire. A 5.x client that sends one gets no answer, as for any unknown
+# type; everything else it does still works, so the floor stays at 4.0.
+# The same version removes ten operator messages no client ever sent —
+# `gek_rotate`, `member_unpin`, `transfer_limits`, `group_detach` (signed) and
+# `node_status`, `node_settings_set`, `roster_read`, `denylist_read`,
+# `denylist_clear`, `node_reload` — whose work the Node page and the CLI do over
+# loopback.
+MNP_VERSION = "6.0"
 MHP_VERSION = "0.1"
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/adminop.py b/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/adminop.py
index 4379519..bd7a439 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/adminop.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/adminop.py
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ OP_INVITE_LINK_CREATE = "invite_link_create"
 # Taking back an unredeemed link, by the handle it was issued with.
 OP_INVITE_CANCEL = "invite_cancel"
 OP_MEMBER_REVOKE = "member_revoke"
-# Rotating the group key is what actually takes it away from a revoked member:
-# revocation stops the node serving the *next* key, and they still hold the
-# current one. The node generates the new key itself with its own CSPRNG, so
-# nothing arriving over MNP contributes key material — the C5b rule is about
-# key material from outside, not about the instruction.
-OP_GEK_ROTATE = "gek_rotate"
-# Forgetting a pinned identity, so someone can pair again after losing a device.
-OP_MEMBER_UNPIN = "member_unpin"
 # Which group "applications" (Chat, Files, and whatever registers later) are
 # shown to members. Signed like the rest: it decides what a member sees, not
 # anything about key material, but an unsigned toggle would let any member
@@ -67,11 +59,6 @@ OP_APPS_ENABLED = "apps_enabled"
 # security property in itself, but the pattern (every operator setting is
 # signed) is what keeps the authorization model simple to reason about.
 OP_SET_SCAN_SETTINGS = "set_scan_settings"
-# How many transfers one member may run at once in this group. Signed like the
-# rest: an unsigned cap is one any member can raise for themselves, which makes
-# the control a suggestion. The subject is "d=2,u=2" so what the operator is
-# shown before signing names the outcome and not the operation.
-OP_TRANSFER_LIMITS = "transfer_limits"
 # Whether the node uses the operator's own API token/language instead of the
 # shipped default — node-wide (docs/MESHBAY_DESIGN.md §9.7), one credential
 # shared by every group. Signed like the rest: it turns on outbound
@@ -101,7 +88,6 @@ OP_TMDB_REMATCH = "tmdb_rematch"
 # the lesson was already learned once). Signed for the same reason as
 # tmdb_enabled.
 OP_MUSICBRAINZ_ENABLED = "musicbrainz_enabled"
-OP_ROOT_ADD = "root_add"
 OP_ROOT_REMOVE = "root_remove"
 # One op for every application's directories. The subject is
 # "<app>:<comma-joined sorted paths>" so what the operator is shown before
@@ -115,18 +101,26 @@ OP_CHAT_LINK_PREVIEW = "chat_link_preview"
 # operator's, signed like the other per-group switches.
 OP_SEARCH_LISTED = "search_listed"
 # Open a new chat epoch for a group, by hand. The removals that matter open one
-# by themselves (member revoke/unpin, device revoke, gek_rotate); this is the
-# operator saying "do it anyway", which is the same shape as `gek_rotate` and
-# signed for the same reason.
+# by themselves (member revoke/unpin, device revoke, group key rotation); this is the
+# operator saying "do it anyway", and is signed like the rest.
 #
 # There is no op for *enabling* chat encryption. It is not a setting — MNP 2.0
 # has no plaintext chat to fall back to.
 OP_CHAT_EPOCH = "chat_epoch"
-OP_ROOT_UPDATE = "root_update"
 OP_ROOT_EJECT = "root_eject"
 OP_ROOT_PLUG = "root_plug"
-OP_GROUP_ATTACH = "group_attach"
-OP_GROUP_DETACH = "group_detach"
+# Also gone with 6.0, because no client ever sent them: `gek_rotate`,
+# `member_unpin`, `transfer_limits` and `group_detach`. Rotating the group key,
+# forgetting an identity, the per-member transfer caps and no longer hosting a
+# group are done on the node's machine — the desktop application's Node page
+# or the CLI. A door nobody uses is an untested way in.
+# OP_ROOT_ADD, OP_ROOT_UPDATE and OP_GROUP_ATTACH are gone (MNP 6.0). Each one
+# chose what of the operator's disk is shared and who may write there, and a
+# signature proves only that the operator's key signed — in a browser, through
+# code the hub serves; on the desktop, through a renderer that parses content
+# from nodes. Sharing a folder, hosting a group and opening a folder to writes
+# are done on the node's own machine (loopback) or with
+# the CLI, and a message that does not exist cannot be mis-authorized.
 # OP_GEK_BUNDLE_STORE is gone. Members no longer hand the node key material at
 # all: the node holds the GEK and wraps it itself, for a key the recipient proved
 # they hold (see `join.py` and docs/MESHBAY_DESIGN.md §3.4). The operation existed
@@ -159,17 +153,6 @@ def secret_digest(value: str | None) -> str | None:
     return "sha256:" + hashlib.sha256(value.encode()).hexdigest()
 
 
-def root_add_subject(path: str, name: str, kind: str, writable: bool,
-                     removable: bool) -> str:
-    return structured_subject({"path": path, "name": name, "kind": kind,
-                               "writable": writable, "removable": removable})
-
-
-def group_attach_subject(name: str, shared_dir: str, writable: bool) -> str:
-    return structured_subject({"name": name, "shared_dir": shared_dir,
-                               "writable": writable})
-
-
 def invite_create_subject(user_id: str, username: str) -> str:
     return structured_subject({"user_id": user_id, "username": username})
 
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/groupbox.py b/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/groupbox.py
index 260e362..ae79fcc 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/groupbox.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/groupbox.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ _INFO = {
 # the bound that matters is birthday collision under `PURPOSE_UPLOAD` — the only
 # purpose with real volume, one message per 48 KiB chunk. 2**32 chunks is 200 TB
 # uploaded under a single GEK before the collision probability reaches 2**-32,
-# and `gek_rotate` exists. Deriving the nonce from the payload instead would be
+# and the group key can be rotated. Deriving the nonce from the payload instead would be
 # worse, not better: two chunks of identical bytes are ordinary in a file.
 
 NONCE_LEN = 12   # 96-bit, the WebCrypto AES-GCM standard
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/protocol.py b/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/protocol.py
index af2d93b..f8e56ec 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/protocol.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-common/src/meshbay_common/protocol.py
@@ -154,12 +154,8 @@ class MNP:
     INVITE_CANCEL        = "invite_cancel"         # operator → node: take back an unredeemed link
     MEMBER_REVOKE        = "member_revoke"         # operator → node: stop serving the key
     MEMBER_REVOKE_ACK    = "member_revoke_ack"
-    MEMBER_UNPIN         = "member_unpin"          # operator → node: forget an identity
-    MEMBER_UNPIN_ACK     = "member_unpin_ack"
     APPS_ENABLED         = "apps_enabled"          # operator → node: which group apps to show
     APPS_ENABLED_ACK     = "apps_enabled_ack"
-    TRANSFER_LIMITS       = "transfer_limits"       # operator → node: per-member caps here
-    TRANSFER_LIMITS_ACK   = "transfer_limits_ack"   # node → this group: the new caps
     SET_SCAN_SETTINGS     = "set_scan_settings"     # operator → node: reconcile/debounce timing
     SET_SCAN_SETTINGS_ACK = "set_scan_settings_ack"
     MEDIA_META_REQ        = "media_meta_req"        # client → node: TMDB metadata for a path
@@ -216,16 +212,8 @@ class MNP:
     # where it was.
     DEVICE_HELLO         = "device_hello"          # device → node: this is me
     DEVICE_HELLO_ACK     = "device_hello_ack"
-    # Rotation is the half of revocation that revocation cannot do: the node
-    # generates a fresh key itself, so no key material crosses the wire.
-    GEK_ROTATE           = "gek_rotate"            # operator → node: new group key
-    GEK_ROTATE_ACK       = "gek_rotate_ack"
     INVITE_RESULT        = "invite_result"         # node → operator: the code, once
     INVITE_LINK_RESULT   = "invite_link_result"    # node → operator: link code + handle, once
-    NODE_STATUS          = "node_status"           # operator → node: list all groups + roots
-    NODE_STATUS_ACK      = "node_status_ack"       # node → operator: full status
-    ROOT_ADD             = "root_add"              # operator → node: add a directory to a group
-    ROOT_ADD_ACK         = "root_add_ack"          # node → operator: confirmed
     ROOT_REMOVE          = "root_remove"           # operator → node: remove a root from a group
     ROOT_REMOVE_ACK      = "root_remove_ack"       # node → operator: confirmed
     # One message for every application's directories, keyed by the app's own
@@ -256,34 +244,17 @@ class MNP:
     # key without having to reconnect.
     CHAT_EPOCH            = "chat_epoch"
     CHAT_EPOCH_ACK        = "chat_epoch_ack"
-    ROOT_UPDATE          = "root_update"           # operator → node: a root's flags
-    ROOT_UPDATE_ACK      = "root_update_ack"
     ROOT_EJECT           = "root_eject"            # operator → node: mark removable root as ejected
     ROOT_EJECT_ACK       = "root_eject_ack"
     ROOT_PLUG            = "root_plug"             # operator → node: re-enable an ejected root
     ROOT_PLUG_ACK        = "root_plug_ack"
     # Member → node: who is in this group and which device keys they hold, with
-    # the countersignature that admitted each one. Distinct from ROSTER_READ
-    # below, which is the operator's view of the whole node: this is scoped to
-    # one group and answers any member of it, because the point is that a member
+    # the countersignature that admitted each one. Scoped to one group and
+    # answers any member of it, because the point is that a member
     # verifies another member's device *for themselves* rather than trusting the
     # node's `sender_id` (Tier 2, docs/MESHBAY_DESIGN.md §3.3).
     GROUP_ROSTER_REQ     = "group_roster_req"
     GROUP_ROSTER_RESP    = "group_roster_resp"
-    ROSTER_READ          = "roster_read"            # operator → node: identities + members
-    ROSTER_READ_ACK      = "roster_read_ack"
-    DENYLIST_READ        = "denylist_read"          # operator → node: show denylist entries
-    DENYLIST_READ_ACK    = "denylist_read_ack"
-    DENYLIST_CLEAR       = "denylist_clear"         # operator → node: remove denylist entry(ies)
-    DENYLIST_CLEAR_ACK   = "denylist_clear_ack"
-    GROUP_ATTACH         = "group_attach"           # operator → node: host a new group
-    GROUP_ATTACH_ACK     = "group_attach_ack"
-    GROUP_DETACH         = "group_detach"           # operator → node: stop hosting a group
-    GROUP_DETACH_ACK     = "group_detach_ack"
-    NODE_SETTINGS_SET    = "node_settings_set"      # operator → node: change daemon settings
-    NODE_SETTINGS_SET_ACK = "node_settings_set_ack"
-    NODE_RELOAD          = "node_reload"            # operator → node: re-read node.toml
-    NODE_RELOAD_ACK      = "node_reload_ack"
 
 
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