meerkat-mobkit 0.6.52

Companion orchestration platform for the Meerkat multi-agent runtime
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//! Cross-mob control protocol — Phase 2 of the cross-mob transport story.
//!
//! Phase 1 (sibling commit) wired the structural seam (`RemoteMobProxy`,
//! `LocalOrRemote` dispatch, contact-directory transport awareness). Phase
//! 2 (this module) ships the actual control-plane RPC that crosses
//! processes:
//!
//! * `ControlRequest` / `ControlResponse` — the on-the-wire types.
//! * [`serve_control_listener`] — accepts TCP/UDS connections on a gateway,
//!   reads framed requests, dispatches them against a local
//!   [`MobHandle`] / [`MobSessionService`], and writes back framed responses.
//! * [`RemoteControlClient`] — opens a connection lazily, sends a single
//!   request, reads the response. Used by [`super::cross_mob_remote::RemoteMobProxy`].
//!
//! # Wire shape
//!
//! Each frame is `[u32 BE length][JSON UTF-8 payload]`. JSON is preferred
//! over CBOR for control because it stays human-debuggable in pcap traces
//! and the volume is tiny (one message per `wire`/`unwire`/`inject` call,
//! not per agent turn). `meerkat-comms`'s `TransportCodec` is reserved for
//! agent envelopes.
//!
//! # Trust
//!
//! The control listener does NOT verify Ed25519 signatures itself. Trust
//! is delegated to the contact directory: when a peer mobkit calls
//! `RemoteMobProxy::wire_remote`, it includes the *peer's* expected
//! `peer_pubkey_b64` in the request. The remote gateway feeds that pubkey
//! into the resulting `TrustedPeerDescriptor`, and `meerkat-comms` rejects
//! envelope traffic that doesn't match it. So the control channel itself
//! is unauthenticated, but the artifacts it produces (peer descriptors)
//! are signature-checked at every subsequent comms ingress.

use std::time::Duration;

use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
#[cfg(unix)]
use tokio::net::{UnixListener, UnixStream};

use super::cross_mob_remote::{RemoteEndpoint, RemoteMobError};

/// Maximum control payload size. Control messages are tiny (a few hundred
/// bytes typical, ~1 KiB max for an injected text turn) — we cap well below
/// that so a misbehaving peer can't tie up reads.
const MAX_CONTROL_PAYLOAD: u32 = 64 * 1024;

/// Default request timeout. Control RPC should be fast — local mob
/// dispatch on the remote side is sub-millisecond. We give it 5s to absorb
/// scheduler pauses, network latency, and lazy-spawn warm-up.
pub const DEFAULT_CONTROL_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);

/// Cross-mob control request. One variant per control operation.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
#[serde(tag = "op", rename_all = "snake_case")]
pub enum ControlRequest {
    /// Wire a local member to a peer mob's member.
    Wire {
        /// Member identity in the *receiving* (remote) mob.
        remote_member: String,
        /// Peer descriptor of the *calling* gateway's local member.
        local_peer_spec_address: String,
        local_comms_name: String,
        local_peer_id: String,
        /// Optional Ed25519 pubkey of the calling gateway. When present,
        /// the receiving gateway builds a signed `TrustedPeerDescriptor`
        /// so meerkat-comms can verify envelope signatures.
        #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
        local_pubkey_b64: Option<String>,
    },
    /// Unwire a previously-wired peer.
    Unwire {
        remote_member: String,
        local_peer_spec_address: String,
        local_comms_name: String,
        local_peer_id: String,
        #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
        local_pubkey_b64: Option<String>,
    },
    /// Inject an external-turn message into a remote member's session.
    /// Used by `send_cross_mob` for app-level injection.
    Inject {
        remote_member: String,
        /// JSON-encoded `meerkat_core::ContentInput`.
        content: serde_json::Value,
    },
    /// Look up a member's comms info on the remote side. Used during
    /// `wire_cross_mob` to discover the remote member's peer_id and
    /// derived comms_name without requiring caller-supplied bookkeeping.
    LookupMember { remote_member: String },
}

/// Cross-mob control response.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
#[serde(tag = "result", rename_all = "snake_case")]
pub enum ControlResponse {
    /// Operation succeeded (no payload).
    Ok,
    /// Inject succeeded — return the bridge session id that accepted the
    /// injection so the caller can correlate downstream events.
    Injected { session_id: String },
    /// LookupMember succeeded — return the remote member's peer info so
    /// the caller can build a `TrustedPeerDescriptor` pointing at it.
    Member { peer_id: String, comms_name: String },
    /// Operation failed. `code` is a stable short string for machine
    /// dispatch (`unknown_member`, `mob_error`, `decode`, ...); `message`
    /// is human-readable.
    Err { code: String, message: String },
}

/// Open a control connection to a remote endpoint.
///
/// TCP and UDS share the same length-prefixed JSON framing, so we wrap
/// the underlying `TcpStream` / `UnixStream` in a small enum and write
/// codec-agnostic helpers below.
enum ControlStream {
    Tcp(TcpStream),
    #[cfg(unix)]
    Uds(UnixStream),
}

impl ControlStream {
    async fn write_frame(&mut self, payload: &[u8]) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
        let len = u32::try_from(payload.len()).map_err(|_| {
            std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "payload too large")
        })?;
        let header = len.to_be_bytes();
        match self {
            Self::Tcp(s) => {
                s.write_all(&header).await?;
                s.write_all(payload).await?;
                s.flush().await
            }
            #[cfg(unix)]
            Self::Uds(s) => {
                s.write_all(&header).await?;
                s.write_all(payload).await?;
                s.flush().await
            }
        }
    }

    async fn read_frame(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error> {
        let mut header = [0u8; 4];
        match self {
            Self::Tcp(s) => s.read_exact(&mut header).await?,
            #[cfg(unix)]
            Self::Uds(s) => s.read_exact(&mut header).await?,
        };
        let len = u32::from_be_bytes(header);
        if len > MAX_CONTROL_PAYLOAD {
            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
                std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
                format!("frame too large: {len} bytes"),
            ));
        }
        let mut buf = vec![0u8; len as usize];
        match self {
            Self::Tcp(s) => s.read_exact(&mut buf).await?,
            #[cfg(unix)]
            Self::Uds(s) => s.read_exact(&mut buf).await?,
        };
        Ok(buf)
    }
}

/// Client side of the cross-mob control protocol.
pub struct RemoteControlClient;

impl RemoteControlClient {
    /// Send `request` to `endpoint`, await one response, and return it.
    ///
    /// Opens a fresh connection per request — control RPC frequency is
    /// low (one message per wire/unwire/inject call) and lazy-reconnect
    /// keeps the implementation simple. Phase 3 (post-this-PR) can pool
    /// connections if profiling shows it matters.
    pub async fn send(
        endpoint: &RemoteEndpoint,
        request: &ControlRequest,
        timeout: Duration,
    ) -> Result<ControlResponse, RemoteMobError> {
        tokio::time::timeout(timeout, Self::send_inner(endpoint, request))
            .await
            .map_err(|_| RemoteMobError::ControlChannelUnavailable {
                mob_id: String::new(),
                endpoint: endpoint.comms_address(),
                operation: "timeout",
            })?
    }

    async fn send_inner(
        endpoint: &RemoteEndpoint,
        request: &ControlRequest,
    ) -> Result<ControlResponse, RemoteMobError> {
        let mut stream = match endpoint {
            RemoteEndpoint::Tcp(addr) => ControlStream::Tcp(
                TcpStream::connect(addr)
                    .await
                    .map_err(|err| io_error("connect", endpoint, err))?,
            ),
            #[cfg(unix)]
            RemoteEndpoint::Uds(path) => ControlStream::Uds(
                UnixStream::connect(std::path::Path::new(path))
                    .await
                    .map_err(|err| io_error("connect", endpoint, err))?,
            ),
            #[cfg(not(unix))]
            RemoteEndpoint::Uds(_) => {
                return Err(RemoteMobError::UnsupportedTransport {
                    mob_id: String::new(),
                    transport: endpoint.comms_address(),
                });
            }
        };
        let payload =
            serde_json::to_vec(request).map_err(|err| encode_error(endpoint, err.to_string()))?;
        stream
            .write_frame(&payload)
            .await
            .map_err(|err| io_error("write", endpoint, err))?;
        let response_payload = stream
            .read_frame()
            .await
            .map_err(|err| io_error("read", endpoint, err))?;
        serde_json::from_slice::<ControlResponse>(&response_payload)
            .map_err(|err| decode_error(endpoint, err.to_string()))
    }
}

fn io_error(stage: &'static str, endpoint: &RemoteEndpoint, err: std::io::Error) -> RemoteMobError {
    RemoteMobError::ControlChannelUnavailable {
        mob_id: String::new(),
        endpoint: endpoint.comms_address(),
        operation: match stage {
            "connect" => "connect",
            "write" => "write",
            "read" => "read",
            _ => "io",
        },
    }
    .with_context(err.to_string())
}

fn encode_error(endpoint: &RemoteEndpoint, message: String) -> RemoteMobError {
    RemoteMobError::Encode {
        endpoint: endpoint.comms_address(),
        message,
    }
}

fn decode_error(endpoint: &RemoteEndpoint, message: String) -> RemoteMobError {
    RemoteMobError::Decode {
        endpoint: endpoint.comms_address(),
        message,
    }
}

/// Asynchronously dispatch a single decoded `ControlRequest` against a
/// local mob handle, returning the response shape.
///
/// Boxed-future trait so we can store this in a `dyn` field without
/// requiring `async-trait` and so the listener doesn't need a generic
/// type parameter for the handler.
pub trait ControlHandler: Send + Sync + 'static {
    fn handle(
        &self,
        request: ControlRequest,
    ) -> std::pin::Pin<Box<dyn std::future::Future<Output = ControlResponse> + Send + '_>>;
}

/// Real `ControlHandler` that dispatches requests against a local
/// `MobHandle`. Constructed by `UnifiedRuntime::from_parts` when the
/// contact directory advertises a TCP/UDS endpoint for this gateway.
pub struct MobHandleControlHandler {
    handle: meerkat_mob::MobHandle,
}

impl MobHandleControlHandler {
    pub fn new(handle: meerkat_mob::MobHandle) -> Self {
        Self { handle }
    }
}

impl ControlHandler for MobHandleControlHandler {
    fn handle(
        &self,
        request: ControlRequest,
    ) -> std::pin::Pin<Box<dyn std::future::Future<Output = ControlResponse> + Send + '_>> {
        let handle = self.handle.clone();
        Box::pin(async move {
            match request {
                ControlRequest::Wire {
                    remote_member,
                    local_peer_spec_address,
                    local_comms_name,
                    local_peer_id,
                    local_pubkey_b64,
                } => {
                    handle_wire(
                        &handle,
                        &remote_member,
                        &local_peer_spec_address,
                        &local_comms_name,
                        &local_peer_id,
                        local_pubkey_b64.as_deref(),
                        /* wire = */ true,
                    )
                    .await
                }
                ControlRequest::Unwire {
                    remote_member,
                    local_peer_spec_address,
                    local_comms_name,
                    local_peer_id,
                    local_pubkey_b64,
                } => {
                    handle_wire(
                        &handle,
                        &remote_member,
                        &local_peer_spec_address,
                        &local_comms_name,
                        &local_peer_id,
                        local_pubkey_b64.as_deref(),
                        /* wire = */ false,
                    )
                    .await
                }
                ControlRequest::Inject {
                    remote_member,
                    content,
                } => handle_inject(&handle, &remote_member, content).await,
                ControlRequest::LookupMember { remote_member } => {
                    handle_lookup_member(&handle, &remote_member).await
                }
            }
        })
    }
}

async fn handle_wire(
    handle: &meerkat_mob::MobHandle,
    remote_member: &str,
    local_peer_spec_address: &str,
    local_comms_name: &str,
    local_peer_id: &str,
    local_pubkey_b64: Option<&str>,
    wire: bool,
) -> ControlResponse {
    let pubkey = match local_pubkey_b64 {
        Some(s) if !s.is_empty() => match crate::auth::peer_keys::decode_pubkey_b64(s) {
            Ok(bytes) => Some(bytes),
            Err(err) => {
                return ControlResponse::Err {
                    code: "decode".to_string(),
                    message: format!("local_pubkey_b64: {err}"),
                };
            }
        },
        _ => None,
    };
    let spec_result = match pubkey {
        Some(bytes) => meerkat_core::comms::TrustedPeerDescriptor::unsigned_with_pubkey(
            local_comms_name,
            local_peer_id,
            bytes,
            local_peer_spec_address,
        ),
        None => meerkat_core::comms::TrustedPeerDescriptor::test_only_unsigned(
            local_comms_name,
            local_peer_id,
            local_peer_spec_address,
        ),
    };
    let spec = match spec_result {
        Ok(spec) => spec,
        Err(err) => {
            return ControlResponse::Err {
                code: "peer_spec".to_string(),
                message: err,
            };
        }
    };
    let mid = meerkat_mob::ids::MeerkatId::from(remote_member);
    let result = if wire {
        handle
            .wire(mid, meerkat_mob::PeerTarget::External(spec))
            .await
    } else {
        handle
            .unwire(mid, meerkat_mob::PeerTarget::External(spec))
            .await
    };
    match result {
        Ok(()) => ControlResponse::Ok,
        Err(err) => ControlResponse::Err {
            code: "mob_error".to_string(),
            message: err.to_string(),
        },
    }
}

async fn handle_inject(
    handle: &meerkat_mob::MobHandle,
    remote_member: &str,
    content: serde_json::Value,
) -> ControlResponse {
    let content_input: meerkat_core::ContentInput = match serde_json::from_value(content) {
        Ok(c) => c,
        Err(err) => {
            return ControlResponse::Err {
                code: "decode".to_string(),
                message: format!("content: {err}"),
            };
        }
    };
    let mid = meerkat_mob::ids::MeerkatId::from(remote_member);
    let member = match handle.member(&mid).await {
        Ok(m) => m,
        Err(err) => {
            return ControlResponse::Err {
                code: "unknown_member".to_string(),
                message: err.to_string(),
            };
        }
    };
    if let Err(err) = member
        .send(content_input, meerkat_core::types::HandlingMode::Queue)
        .await
    {
        return ControlResponse::Err {
            code: "mob_error".to_string(),
            message: err.to_string(),
        };
    }
    match handle.resolve_bridge_session_id(&mid).await {
        Some(sid) => ControlResponse::Injected {
            session_id: sid.to_string(),
        },
        None => ControlResponse::Err {
            code: "no_session".to_string(),
            message: format!("member '{remote_member}' has no bound bridge session"),
        },
    }
}

async fn handle_lookup_member(
    handle: &meerkat_mob::MobHandle,
    remote_member: &str,
) -> ControlResponse {
    let mid = meerkat_mob::ids::MeerkatId::from(remote_member);
    let mob_id = handle.mob_id().to_string();
    let entry = match handle.get_member(&mid).await {
        Some(e) => e,
        None => {
            return ControlResponse::Err {
                code: "unknown_member".to_string(),
                message: format!("member '{remote_member}' not in mob '{mob_id}'"),
            };
        }
    };
    let peer_id = match entry.peer_id() {
        Some(p) => p.to_string(),
        None => {
            return ControlResponse::Err {
                code: "no_comms".to_string(),
                message: format!("member '{remote_member}' has no comms runtime"),
            };
        }
    };
    let comms_name = format!("{}/{}/{}", mob_id, entry.role, remote_member);
    ControlResponse::Member {
        peer_id,
        comms_name,
    }
}

/// Run a control listener on `tcp_listener` until shutdown.
///
/// Each accepted connection is read-frame, dispatched to the handler,
/// response-written, then closed. The listener accepts indefinitely; cancel
/// via `tokio::select!` against your shutdown signal.
pub async fn serve_tcp_control(listener: TcpListener, handler: std::sync::Arc<dyn ControlHandler>) {
    loop {
        let (stream, _peer_addr) = match listener.accept().await {
            Ok(pair) => pair,
            Err(err) => {
                tracing::warn!(error = %err, "control listener accept failed; exiting");
                return;
            }
        };
        let handler = handler.clone();
        tokio::spawn(serve_one_tcp(stream, handler));
    }
}

/// Same as `serve_tcp_control` but for Unix-domain sockets.
#[cfg(unix)]
pub async fn serve_uds_control(
    listener: UnixListener,
    handler: std::sync::Arc<dyn ControlHandler>,
) {
    loop {
        let (stream, _peer_addr) = match listener.accept().await {
            Ok(pair) => pair,
            Err(err) => {
                tracing::warn!(error = %err, "uds control listener accept failed; exiting");
                return;
            }
        };
        let handler = handler.clone();
        tokio::spawn(serve_one_uds(stream, handler));
    }
}

async fn serve_one_tcp(stream: TcpStream, handler: std::sync::Arc<dyn ControlHandler>) {
    let mut s = ControlStream::Tcp(stream);
    serve_one(&mut s, handler).await;
}

#[cfg(unix)]
async fn serve_one_uds(stream: UnixStream, handler: std::sync::Arc<dyn ControlHandler>) {
    let mut s = ControlStream::Uds(stream);
    serve_one(&mut s, handler).await;
}

async fn serve_one(stream: &mut ControlStream, handler: std::sync::Arc<dyn ControlHandler>) {
    let payload = match stream.read_frame().await {
        Ok(buf) => buf,
        Err(err) => {
            tracing::debug!(error = %err, "control listener: read failed");
            return;
        }
    };
    let request = match serde_json::from_slice::<ControlRequest>(&payload) {
        Ok(req) => req,
        Err(err) => {
            let response = ControlResponse::Err {
                code: "decode".to_string(),
                message: err.to_string(),
            };
            let response_payload = serde_json::to_vec(&response).unwrap_or_default();
            let _ = stream.write_frame(&response_payload).await;
            return;
        }
    };
    let response = handler.handle(request).await;
    let response_payload = serde_json::to_vec(&response).unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = stream.write_frame(&response_payload).await;
}

#[cfg(test)]
#[allow(clippy::expect_used, clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::panic)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use std::sync::Arc;

    struct EchoHandler;

    impl ControlHandler for EchoHandler {
        fn handle(
            &self,
            request: ControlRequest,
        ) -> std::pin::Pin<Box<dyn std::future::Future<Output = ControlResponse> + Send + '_>>
        {
            Box::pin(async move {
                match request {
                    ControlRequest::Wire { .. } | ControlRequest::Unwire { .. } => {
                        ControlResponse::Ok
                    }
                    ControlRequest::Inject { remote_member, .. } => ControlResponse::Injected {
                        session_id: format!("session-for-{remote_member}"),
                    },
                    ControlRequest::LookupMember { remote_member } => ControlResponse::Member {
                        peer_id: format!("peer-id-for-{remote_member}"),
                        comms_name: format!("mob/role/{remote_member}"),
                    },
                }
            })
        }
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn tcp_round_trip_inject() {
        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.expect("bind");
        let addr = listener.local_addr().expect("addr");
        let handler: Arc<dyn ControlHandler> = Arc::new(EchoHandler);
        let server = tokio::spawn(serve_tcp_control(listener, handler));

        let endpoint = RemoteEndpoint::Tcp(addr.to_string());
        let request = ControlRequest::Inject {
            remote_member: "alice".to_string(),
            content: serde_json::json!({"text": "hello"}),
        };
        let response = RemoteControlClient::send(&endpoint, &request, DEFAULT_CONTROL_TIMEOUT)
            .await
            .expect("control rpc");
        assert_eq!(
            response,
            ControlResponse::Injected {
                session_id: "session-for-alice".to_string(),
            },
        );
        server.abort();
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn tcp_round_trip_wire() {
        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.expect("bind");
        let addr = listener.local_addr().expect("addr");
        let handler: Arc<dyn ControlHandler> = Arc::new(EchoHandler);
        let server = tokio::spawn(serve_tcp_control(listener, handler));

        let endpoint = RemoteEndpoint::Tcp(addr.to_string());
        let request = ControlRequest::Wire {
            remote_member: "bob".to_string(),
            local_peer_spec_address: "tcp://127.0.0.1:9001".to_string(),
            local_comms_name: "demo/role/alice".to_string(),
            local_peer_id: "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001".to_string(),
            local_pubkey_b64: None,
        };
        let response = RemoteControlClient::send(&endpoint, &request, DEFAULT_CONTROL_TIMEOUT)
            .await
            .expect("control rpc");
        assert_eq!(response, ControlResponse::Ok);
        server.abort();
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn malformed_request_returns_decode_error() {
        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.expect("bind");
        let addr = listener.local_addr().expect("addr");
        let handler: Arc<dyn ControlHandler> = Arc::new(EchoHandler);
        let _server = tokio::spawn(serve_tcp_control(listener, handler));

        // Send raw garbage bytes as a "control request" — server should
        // respond with a `decode` error instead of dropping the connection
        // silently.
        let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await.expect("connect");
        stream
            .write_all(&u32::to_be_bytes(5))
            .await
            .expect("write header");
        stream.write_all(b"hello").await.expect("write payload");
        stream.flush().await.expect("flush");

        let mut header = [0u8; 4];
        stream.read_exact(&mut header).await.expect("read header");
        let len = u32::from_be_bytes(header) as usize;
        let mut buf = vec![0u8; len];
        stream.read_exact(&mut buf).await.expect("read payload");
        let response: ControlResponse = serde_json::from_slice(&buf).expect("decode response");
        match response {
            ControlResponse::Err { code, .. } => assert_eq!(code, "decode"),
            other => panic!("expected decode error, got {other:?}"),
        }
    }
}