telltale 8.0.0

Session types for multi-party asynchronous communication.
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Telltale

This repo contains three related projects. A Rust library for writing composable multiparty session-typed choreographies, an extensible Lean proof system, and a three-paper series describing MPST theoretical contributions.

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Run just artifact-check. Then inspect papers/artifact_manifest.json and Artifact Reproduction Guide.

Project Surfaces

1. Rust Library

The rust/ project implements the operational model from the paper series. Protocols are written once with the tell! macro and projected to local session types, typed effect interfaces, and authority/evidence constructs for each role.

  • Protocol machine for deterministic execution with session type enforcement
  • Declared effect boundaries where host logic implements generated Rust traits
  • Typed failure, timeout, and cancellation paths with explicit evidence flow
  • Native and WASM targets from the same protocol specification
  • Simulation, replay, and cross-target conformance tooling against Lean reference traces

2. Lean Proof System

The Lean project is an active mechanized proof stack. It covers session foundations, semantics, protocol coherence, runtime adequacy, and bridge theorems. Main code is in lean/. The toolchain pin is lean-toolchain. A typical proof-facing gate is just verify-protocols.

3. Papers + Artifact Supplement

The three papers establish a mechanized metatheory for asynchronous buffered multiparty session types. Paper 1 defines an operational coherence invariant enabling compositional preservation proofs. Paper 2 adds quantitative Lyapunov bounds and decidability results. Paper 3 proves a harmony theorem for dynamic reconfiguration. Together they connect choreographic specifications to protocol-machine runtime adherence. All results are mechanized in Lean 4.

The papers/ directory contains manuscripts and reproducibility documentation. PDFs: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3. Citation metadata is in papers/CITATION.cff.

Quick Start

# Rust library health
cargo test --workspace --all-targets --all-features

# Lean/proof-facing protocol verification lane
just verify-protocols

# Paper supplement reproducibility + paper build + manifest
just artifact-check

This command set validates the Rust library, proof-facing protocol checks, and paper supplement workflow.

Repository Layout

Path Purpose
rust/ Rust library and runtime system
lean/ Lean proof development and verification stack
papers/ Paper sources, supplement metadata, citation
scripts/ Verification/repro automation scripts
docs/ Extended technical documentation

License

Licensed under the MIT license.