From f4d04741379e77d2ef86cccc93856e590bfe1082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christophe Besson Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:50:05 +0200 Subject: feat(logs): keep the username on records the account no longer answers for MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The connection log took the name from a join on `users`, and deletion tombstones that row โ€” so every record belonging to a deleted account reported `deleted-3f9a1c`, which is the one answer that helps nobody. The log is kept for a legal retention period precisely so it can say who did what; losing the name at deletion kept the data and lost the point of it. `ip_logs.username` is written as the account is erased, and stays NULL while the account is alive, where the join is better because it cannot go stale. The admin view prefers the stored name when there is one: the join still answers after deletion, just with the tombstone. Releasing the username for re-registration and keeping it in the log are separate things, and the guide now says so. On the node side, the pre-proof audit line records the username the session already knew, instead of leaving the column empty. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 --- docs/USERGUIDE.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/USERGUIDE.md') diff --git a/docs/USERGUIDE.md b/docs/USERGUIDE.md index a8991b1..214b6e9 100644 --- a/docs/USERGUIDE.md +++ b/docs/USERGUIDE.md @@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ What deletion does **not** do: ask the operator โ€” `meshbay-node member unpin ` and deleting your files are their commands to run (ยง4). - **It does not erase the connection log.** IP records are kept for their legal retention - period and stay attributable; that is what they exist for. + period and stay attributable: the username is copied onto those rows as the account is + deleted, so the log still says *who*, and does not answer `deleted-3f9a1c` for exactly + the records anyone would be asking about. Releasing the name for re-registration and + keeping it in the log are separate things. Deletion is refused while you still own a group. Hand the group over or delete it first โ€” otherwise its members would be stranded. The error names the groups blocking you. -- cgit v1.2.3