Keep dropped desktop icons fully on screen, and fill the phone popover

A desktop icon drop is accepted only where the whole item fits above the
bottom edge. Phone popovers use the full viewport height.

BUG-BOUNTY.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The following have already been reviewed and determined **not to be vulnerabilit
 - **SSRF via `secureFetch`.** Production routes outbound requests through an isolated proxy that has no access to internal/SSRF-sensitive resources.
 - **Attacks that depend on guessing an `appInstanceID` or app UID.** These are random 128-bit secret values and are not considered guessable.
 - **Apps invoking drivers, creating workers, or using KV.** Applications are intended to do this; worker permissions are scoped to the owning app. This is by design.
-- **App metadata or app user-count "leaks".** This information is currently public by design. This covers **private apps** too: private apps are an unreleased, admin-only beta for paid listings in the Puter App Center. Their `index_url` and other metadata are not secret, the flag is not user-settable, and no production app relies on it. Reports that a private app's metadata is reachable through a sibling route (taskbar items, `/get-launch-apps`, `index_url` drift on the hosting gate, etc.) are normalization work, not vulnerabilities.
+- **App metadata or app user-count "leaks".** This information is currently public by design. This covers **private apps** too: private apps are an unreleased, admin-only beta for paid listings in the Puter App Center. Their `index_url` and other metadata are not secret, the flag is not user-settable, and no production app relies on it. Reports that a private app's metadata is reachable through a sibling route (`/get-launch-apps`, `index_url` drift on the hosting gate, etc.) are normalization work, not vulnerabilities.
 - **Worker hot-reload driven by a share recipient.** Sharing a worker's source file with write access is how you let a collaborator change that worker's code and have it deploy live. The redeploy running as the file owner, with the owner's worker credentials, is the intended behavior of that grant — the owner chose to hand out write access to executable code. If you do not want that, do not share the source file with write access.
 - **Re-claiming a site or worker name its owner deleted.** A hosted site or worker name that its owner deletes is treated as abandoned by that owner. If one of their apps still points at it, whoever claims the name next serves that app's `index_url` and receives what the app is launched with, and a new app on the same origin may share the old one's identity. Guarding app identities against being recycled this way is ongoing hardening, not a security boundary, so new ways to re-claim an abandoned name, or to inherit an app's tokens or data through one, are not eligible.
 - **Share-mode downgrades that do not cascade.** Demoting a delegate does not retroactively revoke the grants that delegate already issued downstream. Shares are independent grants once issued, not a live-evaluated chain. Revoking the downstream grant is a separate, supported action.

doc/embedding-app-browser.md

@@ -322,6 +322,36 @@ app reads from the desktop's answer. A call made while the frame shows settles
 with it. A frame that is refused, never ready, or `unavailable` resolves
 `{ response: false }`, since there's no popup to fall back to.
 
+## Custom domains
+
+`GET /embed/attach-custom-domain` is the custom domain dialog of
+`puter.hosting.attach()`, the popup at `/action/attach-custom-domain`, served
+like the upgrade: the GUI shell with the same framing rules, redirects and
+`no-store`, run only when framed by an allowed page. puter.js frames it on a
+signed-in first-party page (the same pages as the pickers).
+
+The frame covers the page with no box or close button, over a transparent GUI
+page, so the dialog floats over the host with its own scrim as it does on the
+desktop. The frame allows `clipboard-write`, for the dialog's copy buttons, as
+well as `otp-credentials`. Escape on the page is left to the dialog, which
+doesn't close while a request is in flight. Its fragment names `user` (the
+page's signed-in user), `subdomain` (the site to attach a domain to) and
+`msg_id`.
+
+The GUI reports `unavailable` unless its session belongs to `user` and the
+account has no verification or password change waiting. It then runs the
+popup's action unchanged, with the framing page as the requester the dialog
+names: it posts `ready` once the dialog is on the page, answers
+`{ msg: 'customDomainAttached', domain, original_msg_id }` once the dialog has
+closed and its exit has played, and then posts `closed`. `domain` is the domain the user chose, or
+null. `attach()` resolves it. A frame that closes without an answer, or a
+loading scrim the user dismisses, resolves null.
+
+A call made while the frame shows resolves null without replacing it, as a
+second call does on the desktop. A frame that is refused, never ready, or
+`unavailable` falls back to the popup, which can sign in, through a consent
+dialog when the click has expired.
+
 ## Checks
 
 Run the GUI component/browser tests (with the SDK bundle built and Playwright
@@ -329,7 +359,7 @@ Chromium installed), and the backend route tests:
 
 ```sh
 npx vitest run --config src/gui/vitest.config.js src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/AppBrowser src/feedbackEmbed
-npx vitest run src/puter-js/src/lib/guiEmbed.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.showFeedbackDialog.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/Auth.signInFrame.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.pickerFrame.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.requestUpgrade.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.showTopUp.test.js src/puter-js/src/lib/upgradePrompt.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UsageLimitDialog.upgrade.test.js
+npx vitest run src/puter-js/src/lib/guiEmbed.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.showFeedbackDialog.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/Auth.signInFrame.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.pickerFrame.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.requestUpgrade.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.showTopUp.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.attachCustomDomainFrame.test.js src/puter-js/src/lib/upgradePrompt.test.js src/puter-js/src/modules/UsageLimitDialog.upgrade.test.js
 npx vitest run --config src/gui/vitest.config.js src/gui/src/helpers/popupFrame.test.js
 npx vitest run --config src/backend/vitest.config.ts src/backend/server.test.ts
 ```

extensions/whoami.test.ts

@@ -257,8 +257,41 @@ describe('whoami extension — handleWhoami', () => {
         expect(body.created_ts).toBeGreaterThan(0);
         // `directories` is only sent to user actors — confirm it’s present.
         expect(body.directories).toBeDefined();
-        // taskbar_items is only sent to user actors.
-        expect(body).toHaveProperty('taskbar_items');
+    });
+
+    it('leaves out taskbar items saved on the account', async () => {
+        const user = await seedUser();
+        await server.stores.user.update(user.id as number, {
+            taskbar_items: JSON.stringify([{ type: 'app', name: 'editor' }]),
+        });
+        const { res, captured } = makeRes();
+
+        await runWithContext(
+            { actor: { user: { uuid: user.uuid, id: user.id as number } } },
+            () => handleWhoami(makeReq(), res),
+        );
+
+        expect(captured.body).not.toHaveProperty('taskbar_items');
+    });
+
+    it('leaves out a desktop background saved on the account', async () => {
+        const user = await seedUser();
+        await server.stores.user.update(user.id as number, {
+            desktop_bg_url: 'https://cdn.test/wallpaper.png',
+            desktop_bg_color: '#000000',
+            desktop_bg_fit: 'cover',
+        });
+        const { res, captured } = makeRes();
+
+        await runWithContext(
+            { actor: { user: { uuid: user.uuid, id: user.id as number } } },
+            () => handleWhoami(makeReq(), res),
+        );
+
+        const body = captured.body as Record<string, unknown>;
+        expect(body).not.toHaveProperty('desktop_bg_url');
+        expect(body).not.toHaveProperty('desktop_bg_color');
+        expect(body).not.toHaveProperty('desktop_bg_fit');
     });
 
     it('reports the SMS-to-card fallback only once a send has opened it', async () => {
@@ -322,7 +355,7 @@ describe('whoami extension — handleWhoami', () => {
         expect(flags.payment_bypass).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
-    it('strips desktop_bg_*, created_ts and human_readable_age fields for app actors', async () => {
+    it('strips created_ts and human_readable_age fields for app actors', async () => {
         const user = await seedUser();
         const { res, captured } = makeRes();
 
@@ -340,9 +373,6 @@ describe('whoami extension — handleWhoami', () => {
         expect(body.app_name).toBe('app-test-actor');
         // is_user_token is stripped for app actors.
         expect(body.is_user_token).toBeUndefined();
-        expect(body.desktop_bg_url).toBeUndefined();
-        expect(body.desktop_bg_color).toBeUndefined();
-        expect(body.desktop_bg_fit).toBeUndefined();
         expect(body.human_readable_age).toBeUndefined();
         // Account age, in either form, is not exposed to apps.
         expect(body.created_ts).toBeUndefined();
@@ -432,7 +462,7 @@ describe('whoami extension — handleWhoami', () => {
             });
         });
 
-        it('cannot add taskbar_items for an app actor, which core omits', async () => {
+        it('cannot add directories for an app actor, which core omits', async () => {
             const user = await seedUser();
             const body = await whoamiWithListener(
                 makeActor({
@@ -440,11 +470,11 @@ describe('whoami extension — handleWhoami', () => {
                     app: { uid: 'app-test-actor' },
                 }),
                 (_key, event) => {
-                    event.details.taskbar_items = [{ name: 'injected' }];
+                    event.details.directories = { '/injected': 'uuid' };
                 },
             );
 
-            expect(body).not.toHaveProperty('taskbar_items');
+            expect(body).not.toHaveProperty('directories');
         });
     });
 
@@ -525,7 +555,7 @@ describe('whoami extension — handleWhoami', () => {
             expect(body.otp_secret).toBeUndefined();
             expect(body.signup_ip).toBeUndefined();
             // Not just absent as a key — the values must not appear anywhere
-            // in the payload (nested under metadata, taskbar items, …).
+            // in the payload (nested under metadata, …).
             const serialized = JSON.stringify(body);
             expect(serialized).not.toContain('5551234567');
             expect(serialized).not.toContain('fp_ABC123');

extensions/whoami.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Context } from '@heyputer/backend/src/core';
 import { extension } from '@heyputer/backend/src/extensions';
-import { APP_ICON_SIZES } from '@heyputer/backend/src/util/appIcon.js';
 import {
     buildUserDetails,
     scrubSensitive,
@@ -54,19 +53,10 @@ export const handleWhoami = async (
         return;
     }
 
-    const rawIconSize =
-        typeof req.query?.icon_size === 'string'
-            ? Number(req.query.icon_size)
-            : undefined;
-    const iconSize =
-        rawIconSize !== undefined && APP_ICON_SIZES.includes(rawIconSize)
-            ? rawIconSize
-            : undefined;
-
     const details = await buildUserDetails(
         user,
         { config: extension.config, clients, stores, services },
-        { isUser, iconSize, noIcons: !iconSize },
+        { isUser },
     );
     details.human_readable_age = user.timestamp
         ? timeago.format(new Date(user.timestamp as string))
@@ -81,9 +71,6 @@ export const handleWhoami = async (
             delete details.email;
             delete details.unconfirmed_email;
         }
-        delete details.desktop_bg_url;
-        delete details.desktop_bg_color;
-        delete details.desktop_bg_fit;
         delete details.human_readable_age;
         delete details.created_ts;
         delete details.is_user_token;
@@ -121,8 +108,7 @@ export const handleWhoami = async (
     }
 
     const subscription = details.subscription as
-        | { offering?: Record<string, unknown> }
-        | undefined;
+        { offering?: Record<string, unknown> } | undefined;
     if (subscription?.offering) {
         delete subscription.offering.group;
         delete subscription.offering.benefits;

src/backend/controllers/apps/AppController.js

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ const APP_READ_LIMIT = {
 /**
  * Unauthenticated icon serving; no actor to key on, so the bucket is the
  * address — and an address is a NAT, a campus or a carrier gateway that can
- * hold hundreds of desktops. Each desktop boot pulls the taskbar's icons at
- * once, so a single burst from one network is already thousands of requests.
+ * hold hundreds of desktops. Each dashboard load pulls its app icons at once,
+ * so a single burst from one network is already thousands of requests.
  * Responses are publicly cacheable and usually a redirect, so the ceiling is
  * not protecting bandwidth; it is there so a client looping on a broken icon
  * can't spin unbounded.
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ export class AppController extends PuterController {
         };
 
         // Icons are <img src> targets from the GUI (root) AND resolved via
-        // api_base_url in taskbar payloads. Register on both so either origin
+        // api_base_url in app summaries. Register on both so either origin
         // works without a cross-subdomain redirect.
         router.get(
             '/app-icon/:app_uid',

src/backend/controllers/apps/AppController.test.ts

@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ describe('AppController app-icon rate limit', () => {
     it('sizes the icon bucket for a whole network rather than one desktop', () => {
         // Icons are unauthenticated `<img src>` targets, so the only key is
         // the address — which one NAT shares across every desktop behind it,
-        // and each boot pulls the taskbar's icons in a burst.
+        // and each dashboard load pulls its app icons in a burst.
         for (const path of ['/app-icon/:app_uid', '/app-icon/:app_uid/:size']) {
             const route = router.routes.find(
                 (r) => r.method === 'get' && r.path === path,

src/backend/controllers/auth/AuthController.test.ts

@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ describe('AuthController.handleLogin', () => {
             is_user_token: true,
         });
         expect(body.user.directories).toBeTypeOf('object');
-        expect(Array.isArray(body.user.taskbar_items)).toBe(true);
+        expect(body.user).not.toHaveProperty('taskbar_items');
     });
 
     // A deleted row still answering from cache reaches the session INSERT.

src/backend/controllers/desktop/DesktopController.js

@@ -25,18 +25,13 @@ const ALLOWED_SORT_BY = ['name', 'size', 'modified', 'type'];
 const ALLOWED_SORT_ORDER = ['asc', 'desc'];
 
 /**
- * Desktop/UI preference routes.
- *
- * Two categories:
- *
- * - User-level: desktop background, taskbar items (UserStore)
- * - Folder-level: layout, sort_by/sort_order (fsentries table)
+ * Folder view preference routes: layout and sort_by/sort_order, stored on the
+ * folder's fsentries row.
  */
 /**
- * Desktop preference writes — background, taskbar, layout, sort order. All four
- * persist to the user row on every call, and the GUI fires them on direct user
- * action, so a per-minute ceiling well above human speed is enough to catch a
- * stuck client.
+ * Desktop preference writes — layout, sort order. Each persists on every call,
+ * and the GUI fires them on direct user action, so a per-minute ceiling well
+ * above human speed is enough to catch a stuck client.
  */
 const PREFERENCE_WRITE_LIMIT = {
     scope: 'desktop-preference',
@@ -47,89 +42,6 @@ const PREFERENCE_WRITE_LIMIT = {
 
 export class DesktopController extends PuterController {
     registerRoutes(router) {
-        // -- Desktop background --------------------------------------
-
-        router.post(
-            '/set-desktop-bg',
-            {
-                subdomain: 'api',
-                requireUserActor: true,
-                allowFullAccessToken: true,
-                rateLimit: PREFERENCE_WRITE_LIMIT,
-            },
-            async (req, res) => {
-                const { url, color, fit } = req.body ?? {};
-
-                const patch = {};
-                if (url !== undefined) {
-                    if (url !== null && typeof url !== 'string') {
-                        throw new HttpError(
-                            400,
-                            '`url` must be a string or null',
-                            { legacyCode: 'bad_request' },
-                        );
-                    }
-                    patch.desktop_bg_url = url;
-                }
-                if (color !== undefined) {
-                    if (color !== null && typeof color !== 'string') {
-                        throw new HttpError(
-                            400,
-                            '`color` must be a string or null',
-                            { legacyCode: 'bad_request' },
-                        );
-                    }
-                    patch.desktop_bg_color = color;
-                }
-                if (fit !== undefined) {
-                    if (fit !== null && typeof fit !== 'string') {
-                        throw new HttpError(
-                            400,
-                            '`fit` must be a string or null',
-                            { legacyCode: 'bad_request' },
-                        );
-                    }
-                    patch.desktop_bg_fit = fit;
-                }
-
-                if (Object.keys(patch).length === 0) {
-                    throw new HttpError(400, 'No fields provided', {
-                        legacyCode: 'bad_request',
-                    });
-                }
-
-                await this.stores.user.update(req.actor.user.id, patch);
-                res.json({});
-            },
-        );
-
-        // -- Taskbar items -------------------------------------------
-
-        router.post(
-            '/update-taskbar-items',
-            {
-                subdomain: 'api',
-                requireUserActor: true,
-                allowFullAccessToken: true,
-                rateLimit: PREFERENCE_WRITE_LIMIT,
-            },
-            async (req, res) => {
-                const { items } = req.body ?? {};
-                if (!Array.isArray(items)) {
-                    throw new HttpError(
-                        400,
-                        'Missing or invalid `items` array',
-                        { legacyCode: 'bad_request' },
-                    );
-                }
-
-                await this.stores.user.update(req.actor.user.id, {
-                    taskbar_items: JSON.stringify(items),
-                });
-                res.json({});
-            },
-        );
-
         // -- Folder layout -------------------------------------------
 
         router.post(

src/backend/controllers/desktop/DesktopController.test.ts

@@ -130,147 +130,17 @@ const callRoute = async (
     });
 };
 
-// ── /set-desktop-bg ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-describe('DesktopController POST /set-desktop-bg', () => {
-    it('persists url/color/fit on the user row', async () => {
-        const { actor, userId } = await makeUser();
-        const { res, captured } = makeRes();
-        await callRoute(
-            'post',
-            '/set-desktop-bg',
-            makeReq({
-                body: {
-                    url: 'https://cdn.test/wallpaper.png',
-                    color: '#000000',
-                    fit: 'cover',
-                },
-                actor,
-            }),
-            res,
-        );
-        expect(captured.body).toEqual({});
-
-        const refreshed = await server.stores.user.getById(userId);
-        expect(refreshed?.desktop_bg_url).toBe(
-            'https://cdn.test/wallpaper.png',
-        );
-        expect(refreshed?.desktop_bg_color).toBe('#000000');
-        expect(refreshed?.desktop_bg_fit).toBe('cover');
+describe('DesktopController routes', () => {
+    it('has no desktop background route', () => {
+        expect(
+            router.routes.some((r) => r.path === '/set-desktop-bg'),
+        ).toBe(false);
     });
 
-    it('persists only the supplied fields (partial update)', async () => {
-        const { actor, userId } = await makeUser();
-        const { res } = makeRes();
-        await callRoute(
-            'post',
-            '/set-desktop-bg',
-            makeReq({ body: { color: '#ffffff' }, actor }),
-            res,
-        );
-        const refreshed = await server.stores.user.getById(userId);
-        expect(refreshed?.desktop_bg_color).toBe('#ffffff');
-        // Untouched fields remain at their column default.
-        expect(refreshed?.desktop_bg_url).toBeFalsy();
-        expect(refreshed?.desktop_bg_fit).toBeFalsy();
-    });
-
-    it('passes through `null` to clear a field', async () => {
-        const { actor, userId } = await makeUser();
-        // First populate, then clear.
-        const populate = makeRes();
-        await callRoute(
-            'post',
-            '/set-desktop-bg',
-            makeReq({
-                body: { url: 'https://cdn.test/x.png' },
-                actor,
-            }),
-            populate.res,
-        );
-        const before = await server.stores.user.getById(userId);
-        expect(before?.desktop_bg_url).toBe('https://cdn.test/x.png');
-
-        const clear = makeRes();
-        await callRoute(
-            'post',
-            '/set-desktop-bg',
-            makeReq({ body: { url: null }, actor }),
-            clear.res,
-        );
-        const after = await server.stores.user.getById(userId);
-        expect(after?.desktop_bg_url).toBeNull();
-    });
-
-    it('throws 400 when url is not a string or null', async () => {
-        const { actor } = await makeUser();
-        const { res } = makeRes();
-        await expect(
-            callRoute(
-                'post',
-                '/set-desktop-bg',
-                makeReq({ body: { url: 123 }, actor }),
-                res,
-            ),
-        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
-    });
-
-    it('throws 400 when no fields are provided', async () => {
-        const { actor } = await makeUser();
-        const { res } = makeRes();
-        await expect(
-            callRoute(
-                'post',
-                '/set-desktop-bg',
-                makeReq({ body: {}, actor }),
-                res,
-            ),
-        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
-    });
-});
-
-// ── /update-taskbar-items ───────────────────────────────────────────
-
-describe('DesktopController POST /update-taskbar-items', () => {
-    it('persists items as a JSON-encoded string', async () => {
-        const { actor, userId } = await makeUser();
-        const items = [{ name: 'editor' }, { name: 'browser' }];
-        const { res } = makeRes();
-        await callRoute(
-            'post',
-            '/update-taskbar-items',
-            makeReq({ body: { items }, actor }),
-            res,
-        );
-
-        const refreshed = await server.stores.user.getById(userId);
-        expect(refreshed?.taskbar_items).toBe(JSON.stringify(items));
-    });
-
-    it('throws 400 when items is missing', async () => {
-        const { actor } = await makeUser();
-        const { res } = makeRes();
-        await expect(
-            callRoute(
-                'post',
-                '/update-taskbar-items',
-                makeReq({ body: {}, actor }),
-                res,
-            ),
-        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
-    });
-
-    it('throws 400 when items is not an array', async () => {
-        const { actor } = await makeUser();
-        const { res } = makeRes();
-        await expect(
-            callRoute(
-                'post',
-                '/update-taskbar-items',
-                makeReq({ body: { items: 'oops' }, actor }),
-                res,
-            ),
-        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
+    it('has no taskbar items route', () => {
+        expect(
+            router.routes.some((r) => r.path === '/update-taskbar-items'),
+        ).toBe(false);
     });
 });
 

src/backend/controllers/drivers/DriverController.test.ts

@@ -501,6 +501,29 @@ describe('DriverController.#handleCall (via captured router)', () => {
         expect(body.service.name).toBe('puter-kvstore');
     });
 
+    it('treats null `args` as no arguments', async () => {
+        const actor = await makeUserActor();
+        await server.stores.permission.setFlatUserPerm(
+            actor.user!.id!,
+            'service:puter-subdomains:ii:puter-subdomains',
+            {
+                permission: 'service:puter-subdomains:ii:puter-subdomains',
+                deleted: false,
+                issuer_user_id: actor.user!.id!,
+            } as never,
+        );
+
+        const res = makeRes();
+        const req = makeReq(
+            { interface: 'puter-subdomains', method: 'select', args: null },
+            actor,
+        );
+        await runWithContext({ actor }, () =>
+            routes['POST /call'](req, res as unknown as Response, () => {}),
+        );
+        expect((res.body as { success: boolean }).success).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     it('pipes a stream-shaped result instead of JSON', async () => {
         // Use an ephemeral driver registered onto the controller's bag.
         const streamPayload = Buffer.from('hello-world');

src/backend/controllers/drivers/DriverController.ts

@@ -276,8 +276,10 @@ export class DriverController extends PuterController {
             interface: ifaceName,
             method,
             driver: driverName,
-            args = {},
+            args: rawArgs,
         } = (req.body ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+        // Drivers read fields off `args`, so a null one counts as absent.
+        const args = rawArgs ?? {};
 
         if (!ifaceName || typeof ifaceName !== 'string') {
             throw new HttpError(400, 'Missing or invalid `interface`', {

src/backend/controllers/fs/LegacyFSController.test.ts

@@ -5111,9 +5111,8 @@ describe('LegacyFSController.updateFsentryThumbnail', () => {
 // ── GET /get-launch-apps ────────────────────────────────────────────
 //
 // `recent` is a launch-metadata producer: it returns `index_url` for
-// apps the user has opened before. The taskbar happens to launch these
-// by name (so AppDriver's hosted-backing guard applies), but the field
-// is served regardless, so the guard is applied here too.
+// apps the user has opened before. The field is served whoever reads it,
+// so AppDriver's hosted-backing guard is applied here too.
 
 describe('LegacyFSController GET /get-launch-apps', () => {
     const hostedUrl = (sub: string) => `https://${sub}.site.puter.localhost/`;

src/backend/controllers/fs/LegacyFSController.ts

@@ -401,11 +401,9 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
                             .filter(Boolean);
 
                     // Don't hand out an index_url whose puter-hosted backing is
-                    // gone or reclaimed. The taskbar launches recents by name (so
-                    // AppDriver's guard applies), but this list is a
-                    // launch-metadata producer like any other — a future consumer
-                    // reading index_url straight off it shouldn't inherit a stale
-                    // origin.
+                    // gone or reclaimed. This list is a launch-metadata producer
+                    // like any other — a consumer reading index_url straight off
+                    // it shouldn't inherit a stale origin.
                     let backingGoneFlags: boolean[];
                     try {
                         backingGoneFlags =
@@ -950,9 +948,7 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
             // Trash, and `null`/`{}` when restoring. See
             // `src/gui/src/helpers.js` → `window.move_items`.
             newMetadata: (body.new_metadata ?? undefined) as
-                | Record<string, unknown>
-                | null
-                | undefined,
+                Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined,
         });
         const overwrittenEntry = replacedByMove(overwriteTarget, moved, name);
         const oldPath = source.path;
@@ -1426,8 +1422,7 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
         }
 
         type SignedOrEmpty =
-            | (SignedFile & { path?: string })
-            | Record<string, never>;
+            (SignedFile & { path?: string }) | Record<string, never>;
         const result: { signatures: SignedOrEmpty[]; token?: string } = {
             signatures: [],
         };
@@ -2054,10 +2049,7 @@ export class LegacyFSController extends PuterController {
         const subjectRef = body.subject;
         const appRef = body.app;
         const mode = (getString(body, 'mode') ?? 'read') as
-            | 'see'
-            | 'list'
-            | 'read'
-            | 'write';
+            'see' | 'list' | 'read' | 'write';
         if (!subjectRef || !appRef)
             throw new HttpError(400, '`subject` and `app` are required', {
                 legacyCode: 'bad_request',

src/backend/controllers/homepage/HomepageController.ts

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export const FRAMED_POPUP_ACTIONS = [
     'upgrade',
     'top-up',
     'request-email-confirmation',
+    'attach-custom-domain',
 ] as const;
 
 /** Longest description/og:description/twitter:description on `/app/<name>`. */

src/backend/controllers/webdav/WebDAVController.upload.http.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Puter.
+ *
+ * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import {
+    setupPuterTestEnv,
+    TEST_USER_CREDENTIALS,
+    type PuterTestEnv,
+} from '../../testUtil.js';
+
+/** A PUT body is the file, whatever content type the client labels it with. */
+describe('PUT stores the body as sent', () => {
+    let env: PuterTestEnv;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        env = await setupPuterTestEnv();
+    }, 60_000);
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await env?.shutdown();
+    });
+
+    const dav = (path: string, init: RequestInit) => {
+        const port = new URL(env.apiOrigin).port;
+        const auth = Buffer.from(
+            `${TEST_USER_CREDENTIALS.username}:${TEST_USER_CREDENTIALS.password}`,
+        ).toString('base64');
+        return fetch(`http://dav.puter.localhost:${port}${encodeURI(path)}`, {
+            ...init,
+            headers: { Authorization: `Basic ${auth}`, ...init.headers },
+        });
+    };
+
+    it.each([
+        ['application/json', '{"name":"report","rows":[1,2,3]}'],
+        // Not JSON at all: the label alone must not get the body rejected.
+        ['application/json', 'not json'],
+        ['text/plain;actually=json', '{"a":1}'],
+        ['application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'a=1&b=two'],
+        ['application/octet-stream', 'plain bytes'],
+    ])(
+        'with Content-Type %s',
+        async (contentType, content) => {
+            const path = `/${env.users.user.username}/Documents/put-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}.bin`;
+            const put = await dav(path, {
+                method: 'PUT',
+                headers: { 'Content-Type': contentType },
+                body: content,
+            });
+            expect(put.status).toBe(201);
+
+            const get = await dav(path, { method: 'GET' });
+            expect(get.status).toBe(200);
+            expect(await get.text()).toBe(content);
+        },
+        30_000,
+    );
+
+    it('with a form body over the form parser limit', async () => {
+        const path = `/${env.users.user.username}/Documents/put-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}.bin`;
+        const content = `a=${'x'.repeat(200 * 1024)}`;
+        const put = await dav(path, {
+            method: 'PUT',
+            headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
+            body: content,
+        });
+        expect(put.status).toBe(201);
+
+        const get = await dav(path, { method: 'GET' });
+        expect(await get.text()).toBe(content);
+    }, 30_000);
+});

src/backend/core/http/middleware/authProbe.ts

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ const extractToken = (
         }
     }
 
-    // 5. Query string (used by e.g. QR login, asset URLs).
+    // 5. Query string (used by e.g. asset URLs).
     const queryToken = (req.query as { auth_token?: unknown } | undefined)
         ?.auth_token;
     if (typeof queryToken === 'string' && queryToken.length > 0) {

src/backend/core/http/middleware/jsonBody.http.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Puter.
+ *
+ * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import type { Server } from 'node:http';
+import type { AddressInfo } from 'node:net';
+import { brotliCompressSync, deflateSync, gzipSync } from 'node:zlib';
+import express, {
+    type ErrorRequestHandler,
+    type RequestHandler,
+} from 'express';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { SLICE_BYTES } from '../../../util/slicedJson';
+import { createJsonBodyParser } from './jsonBody';
+
+const LIMIT = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
+const TEXT_AS_JSON = 'text/plain;actually=json';
+
+type Verify = NonNullable<Parameters<typeof express.json>[0]>['verify'];
+const captureRawBody: Verify = (req, _res, buf) => {
+    (req as { rawBody?: Buffer }).rawBody = buf;
+};
+
+/** An app that answers with what its parsers left on the request. */
+const listen = (parsers: RequestHandler[]): Promise<Server> => {
+    const app = express();
+    app.use(...parsers);
+    app.post('/', (req, res) => {
+        const rawBody = (req as { rawBody?: Buffer }).rawBody;
+        res.json({
+            body: req.body,
+            hasBody: req.body !== undefined,
+            rawBody: rawBody?.toString('base64'),
+        });
+    });
+    const onError: ErrorRequestHandler = (err, _req, res, _next) => {
+        res.status(err.statusCode ?? 500).json({ type: err.type });
+    };
+    app.use(onError);
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        const server = app.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => resolve(server));
+    });
+};
+
+describe('createJsonBodyParser', () => {
+    let sliced: Server;
+    let framework: Server;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        sliced = await listen([
+            createJsonBodyParser({ limit: LIMIT, verify: captureRawBody }),
+        ]);
+        // What the server ran before: one parser per content type.
+        framework = await listen([
+            express.json({ limit: LIMIT, verify: captureRawBody }),
+            express.json({
+                limit: LIMIT,
+                type: (req) => req.headers['content-type'] === TEXT_AS_JSON,
+                verify: captureRawBody,
+            }),
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    afterAll(() => {
+        sliced?.close();
+        framework?.close();
+    });
+
+    const post = async (
+        server: Server,
+        body: string | Buffer | undefined,
+        headers: Record<string, string>,
+    ) => {
+        const { port } = server.address() as AddressInfo;
+        const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/`, {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers,
+            body,
+        });
+        return { status: response.status, answer: await response.json() };
+    };
+
+    const large = `${JSON.stringify({
+        text: 'é😀 "quoted" \\ line\n'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES / 8),
+        list: Array.from({ length: 20_000 }, (_, i) => ({
+            i,
+            on: i % 2 === 0,
+        })),
+    }).slice(0, -1)},"__proto__":{"nested":true}}`;
+
+    it.each<[string, string | Buffer | undefined, Record<string, string>]>([
+        ['an object', '{"a":1}', { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        ['an array', '[1,2]', { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        [
+            'a body sent as text',
+            '{"interface":"x","auth_token":"t"}',
+            { 'Content-Type': TEXT_AS_JSON },
+        ],
+        ['a large body', large, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        ['a large body sent as text', large, { 'Content-Type': TEXT_AS_JSON }],
+        [
+            'a charset parameter',
+            large,
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'a quoted charset parameter',
+            '{"a":"é"}',
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset="utf-8"' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'another parameter',
+            '{"a":1}',
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json; profile=x' },
+        ],
+        ['an empty body', '', { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        ['no body', undefined, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        [
+            'a byte order mark',
+            `\ufeff${large}`,
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'only a byte order mark',
+            '\ufeff',
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        ],
+        ['only whitespace', '  \n', { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        ['a bare string', '"text"', { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        ['a bare number', ' 12', { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        ['null', 'null', { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        ['malformed JSON', '{"a":', { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }],
+        [
+            'malformed large JSON',
+            `${large.slice(0, -1)},]`,
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'a large bare string',
+            JSON.stringify('x'.repeat(4 * SLICE_BYTES)),
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'invalid UTF-8',
+            Buffer.concat([
+                Buffer.from('{"a":"'),
+                Buffer.from([0xff, 0xe2, 0x82]),
+                Buffer.from('"}'),
+            ]),
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'a body over the limit',
+            `["${'x'.repeat(LIMIT)}"]`,
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'a gzipped body',
+            gzipSync(large),
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Content-Encoding': 'gzip' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'a deflated body',
+            deflateSync(large),
+            {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                'Content-Encoding': 'deflate',
+            },
+        ],
+        [
+            'a brotli body',
+            brotliCompressSync(large),
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Content-Encoding': 'br' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'a body that inflates past the limit',
+            gzipSync(`["${'x'.repeat(LIMIT)}"]`),
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Content-Encoding': 'gzip' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'an unknown content encoding',
+            '{"a":1}',
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Content-Encoding': 'lzw' },
+        ],
+        ['plain text', '{"a":1}', { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }],
+        [
+            'text with the marker and a charset',
+            '{"a":1}',
+            { 'Content-Type': `${TEXT_AS_JSON}; charset=utf-8` },
+        ],
+        [
+            'a JSON-suffixed type',
+            '{"a":1}',
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/vnd.api+json' },
+        ],
+        [
+            'form data',
+            'a=1',
+            { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
+        ],
+        ['no content type', '{"a":1}', { 'Content-Type': '' }],
+    ])('answers %s the way express.json does', async (_name, body, headers) => {
+        const got = await post(sliced, body, headers);
+        const want = await post(framework, body, headers);
+        expect(got).toEqual(want);
+    });
+
+    it('leaves a body in another charset unread', async () => {
+        for (const charset of ['utf-16', 'utf8', 'latin1']) {
+            const { status, answer } = await post(
+                sliced,
+                Buffer.from('{"a":1}', 'utf16le'),
+                { 'Content-Type': `application/json; charset=${charset}` },
+            );
+            expect(status).toBe(200);
+            expect(answer.hasBody).toBe(false);
+        }
+        // The last charset named is the one that counts.
+        const { answer } = await post(sliced, '{"a":1}', {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8; charset=utf-16',
+        });
+        expect(answer.hasBody).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('parses bodies that arrive together, each to its own result', async () => {
+        const bodies = Array.from({ length: 6 }, (_, n) =>
+            JSON.stringify({ n, pad: 'x'.repeat((n + 1) * SLICE_BYTES) }),
+        );
+        const answers = await Promise.all(
+            bodies.map((body) =>
+                post(sliced, body, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }),
+            ),
+        );
+        answers.forEach(({ status, answer }, n) => {
+            expect(status).toBe(200);
+            expect(answer.body).toEqual(JSON.parse(bodies[n]!));
+        });
+        // A failed parse hands its turn on like a finished one.
+        const mixed = await Promise.all([
+            post(sliced, `${bodies[5]!},`, {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            }),
+            post(sliced, bodies[4], { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }),
+            post(sliced, bodies[3], { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }),
+        ]);
+        expect(mixed.map(({ status }) => status)).toEqual([400, 200, 200]);
+    });
+});

src/backend/core/http/middleware/jsonBody.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Puter.
+ *
+ * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import express, { type Request, type RequestHandler } from 'express';
+import { parseJsonInSlices, SLICE_BYTES } from '../../../util/slicedJson';
+
+/** What puter.js labels a JSON driver call, to keep it a simple CORS request. */
+const TEXT_AS_JSON = 'text/plain;actually=json';
+
+const UTF8_CHARSET = /;\s*charset=("?)utf-8\1\s*(?:;|$)/i;
+
+/** No charset, or exactly UTF-8. Anything else is left to `express.json`. */
+const declaresUtf8 = (contentType: string): boolean => {
+    const mentions = contentType.match(/charset/gi)?.length ?? 0;
+    return mentions === 0 || (mentions === 1 && UTF8_CHARSET.test(contentType));
+};
+
+const isUtf8Json = (req: Request): boolean => {
+    const contentType = req.headers['content-type'];
+    if (contentType === TEXT_AS_JSON) return true;
+    return (
+        typeof contentType === 'string' &&
+        Boolean(req.is('application/json')) &&
+        declaresUtf8(contentType)
+    );
+};
+
+/** The error `express.json` raises, which the error handler answers with a 400. */
+const parseFailed = (message: string): Error =>
+    Object.assign(new SyntaxError(message), {
+        status: 400,
+        statusCode: 400,
+        expose: true,
+        type: 'entity.parse.failed',
+    });
+
+const waiting: Array<() => void> = [];
+let parsing = false;
+
+/**
+ * Bodies too large for one `JSON.parse` call parse one at a time, so a single
+ * tree is under construction however many arrive together.
+ */
+const parseInTurn = async (body: Buffer): Promise<unknown> => {
+    if (body.length <= SLICE_BYTES) return parseJsonInSlices(body);
+    if (parsing) await new Promise<void>((resolve) => waiting.push(resolve));
+    parsing = true;
+    try {
+        return await parseJsonInSlices(body);
+    } finally {
+        // Handing over keeps `parsing` set, so a new arrival can't cut in.
+        const next = waiting.shift();
+        if (next) next();
+        else parsing = false;
+    }
+};
+
+interface JsonBodyOptions {
+    limit: number;
+    verify?: NonNullable<Parameters<typeof express.raw>[0]>['verify'];
+}
+
+/**
+ * `express.json` for UTF-8 bodies, with the parse done in slices so a large
+ * body can't hold the event loop. Reading, limits, decompression and `verify`
+ * are the framework's; the result and the errors match `express.json`.
+ */
+export const createJsonBodyParser = ({
+    limit,
+    verify,
+}: JsonBodyOptions): RequestHandler => {
+    const read = express.raw({
+        limit,
+        verify,
+        type: (req) => isUtf8Json(req as Request),
+    });
+
+    return (req, res, next) => {
+        read(req, res, async (err?: unknown) => {
+            // Not a Buffer: the reader skipped this request.
+            if (err || !Buffer.isBuffer(req.body)) {
+                next(err);
+                return;
+            }
+            let body: Buffer = req.body;
+            req.body = undefined;
+            // The framework's decoder drops a byte order mark.
+            if (body[0] === 0xef && body[1] === 0xbb && body[2] === 0xbf) {
+                body = body.subarray(3);
+            }
+            if (body.length === 0) {
+                req.body = {};
+                next();
+                return;
+            }
+            let parsed: unknown;
+            try {
+                parsed = await parseInTurn(body);
+            } catch (e) {
+                next(parseFailed((e as Error).message));
+                return;
+            }
+            if (typeof parsed !== 'object' || parsed === null) {
+                next(parseFailed('JSON body must be an object or an array'));
+                return;
+            }
+            req.body = parsed;
+            next();
+        });
+    };
+};

src/backend/core/http/middleware/largeJsonBody.http.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Puter.
+ *
+ * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import { request, type Server } from 'node:http';
+import type { AddressInfo } from 'node:net';
+import { setImmediate as nextTurn } from 'node:timers/promises';
+import express, {
+    type ErrorRequestHandler,
+    type RequestHandler,
+} from 'express';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { createJsonBodyParser } from './jsonBody';
+import {
+    createLargeJsonBodyParser,
+    DEFAULT_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES,
+} from './largeJsonBody';
+
+const MiB = 1024 * 1024;
+const TOKEN = 'valid-token';
+const PAD = 'x'.repeat(DEFAULT_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES);
+
+/** Stands in for the auth probe: one token is valid, wherever it is sent. */
+const authProbe: RequestHandler = (req, _res, next) => {
+    const token =
+        (req.body as { auth_token?: string } | undefined)?.auth_token ??
+        req.headers.authorization;
+    if (!req.actor && token === TOKEN) {
+        req.actor = { user: { uuid: 'u1' } } as typeof req.actor;
+    }
+    next();
+};
+
+describe('a JSON body over the default limit', () => {
+    let server: Server;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        const app = express();
+        app.post(
+            '/call',
+            createLargeJsonBodyParser({
+                authProbe,
+                limitBytes: 128 * MiB,
+                budgetBytes: 256 * MiB,
+                perUserBytes: 128 * MiB,
+            }),
+        );
+        app.use(createJsonBodyParser({ limit: DEFAULT_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES }));
+        app.use(authProbe);
+        app.post('/call', (req, res) => {
+            const body = req.body as { auth_token?: string; pad: string };
+            res.json({
+                user: req.actor?.user.uuid ?? null,
+                token: body.auth_token ?? null,
+                padLength: body.pad.length,
+            });
+        });
+        const onError: ErrorRequestHandler = (err, _req, res, _next) => {
+            res.status(err.statusCode ?? 500).json({});
+        };
+        app.use(onError);
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            server = app.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', resolve);
+        });
+    });
+
+    afterAll(() => {
+        server?.close();
+    });
+
+    /** Sends `chunks` one write at a time, so the server sees them apart. */
+    const post = (chunks: string[], headers: Record<string, string> = {}) =>
+        new Promise<{ status: number; answer: Record<string, unknown> }>(
+            (resolve, reject) => {
+                const { port } = server.address() as AddressInfo;
+                const req = request(
+                    {
+                        host: '127.0.0.1',
+                        port,
+                        path: '/call',
+                        method: 'POST',
+                        headers: {
+                            'Content-Type': 'text/plain;actually=json',
+                            'Content-Length': chunks.reduce(
+                                (total, chunk) =>
+                                    total + Buffer.byteLength(chunk),
+                                0,
+                            ),
+                            ...headers,
+                        },
+                    },
+                    (res) => {
+                        const parts: Buffer[] = [];
+                        res.on('data', (part: Buffer) => parts.push(part));
+                        res.on('end', () =>
+                            resolve({
+                                status: res.statusCode!,
+                                answer: JSON.parse(
+                                    Buffer.concat(parts).toString(),
+                                ),
+                            }),
+                        );
+                    },
+                );
+                req.on('error', reject);
+                void (async () => {
+                    for (const chunk of chunks) {
+                        req.write(chunk);
+                        await nextTurn();
+                    }
+                    req.end();
+                })();
+            },
+        );
+
+    it('is accepted when it opens with a valid auth_token', async () => {
+        const { status, answer } = await post([
+            `{"auth_token":"${TOKEN}","pad":"${PAD}"}`,
+        ]);
+        expect(status).toBe(200);
+        expect(answer).toEqual({
+            user: 'u1',
+            token: TOKEN,
+            padLength: PAD.length,
+        });
+    }, 60_000);
+
+    it('is accepted when the token arrives in pieces, with spacing', async () => {
+        const opening = ` {\n  "auth_token" : "${TOKEN}" ,`;
+        const { status, answer } = await post([...opening, `"pad":"${PAD}"}`]);
+        expect(status).toBe(200);
+        expect(answer.user).toBe('u1');
+    }, 60_000);
+
+    it('is accepted with a header credential, as before', async () => {
+        const { status, answer } = await post([`{"pad":"${PAD}"}`], {
+            Authorization: TOKEN,
+        });
+        expect(status).toBe(200);
+        expect(answer).toEqual({
+            user: 'u1',
+            token: null,
+            padLength: PAD.length,
+        });
+    }, 60_000);
+
+    it.each([
+        [
+            'its token comes after other fields',
+            `{"pad":"${PAD}","auth_token":"${TOKEN}"}`,
+        ],
+        ['its token is not valid', `{"auth_token":"expired","pad":"${PAD}"}`],
+        ['it has no token', `{"pad":"${PAD}"}`],
+        [
+            'a later field replaces the token it opens with',
+            `{"auth_token":"${TOKEN}","pad":"${PAD}","auth_token":"other"}`,
+        ],
+        [
+            'the token it opens with is nested',
+            `{"args":{"auth_token":"${TOKEN}"},"pad":"${PAD}"}`,
+        ],
+    ])(
+        'is refused with 413 when %s',
+        async (_name, body) => {
+            expect((await post([body])).status).toBe(413);
+        },
+        60_000,
+    );
+});

src/backend/core/http/middleware/largeJsonBody.test.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
+import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
 import type { NextFunction, Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express';
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { isHttpError } from '../HttpError';
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ const makeReq = (
     user: string | null = 'u1',
     body?: unknown,
 ) =>
-    ({
+    Object.assign(Readable.from([]), {
         complete: true,
         body,
         headers: {

src/backend/core/http/middleware/largeJsonBody.ts

@@ -17,13 +17,54 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-import express, { type Request, type RequestHandler } from 'express';
+import type { Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express';
 import { actorUid } from '../../actor';
 import { HttpError } from '../HttpError';
+import { createJsonBodyParser } from './jsonBody';
 
 /** The global JSON parser's limit, which applies before auth. */
 export const DEFAULT_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES = 50 * 1024 * 1024;
 
+/** How much of a body is read to find a token it opens with. */
+const LEADING_TOKEN_BYTES = 8 * 1024;
+const LEADING_TOKEN =
+    /^[ \t\n\r]*\{[ \t\n\r]*"auth_token"[ \t\n\r]*:[ \t\n\r]*"([^"\\]+)"/;
+
+/**
+ * The first `bytes` of the body, put back for the parser to read. Empty when
+ * the body ends or fails before that many arrive.
+ */
+const peekBody = (req: Request, bytes: number): Promise<Buffer> =>
+    new Promise((resolve) => {
+        const settle = (head: Buffer | null) => {
+            req.off('readable', onReadable);
+            req.off('end', onGone);
+            req.off('close', onGone);
+            req.off('error', onGone);
+            if (head) req.unshift(head);
+            resolve(head ?? Buffer.alloc(0));
+        };
+        const onReadable = () => {
+            // Null until `bytes` are buffered.
+            const head = req.read(bytes) as Buffer | null;
+            if (head) settle(head);
+        };
+        const onGone = () => settle(null);
+        req.on('readable', onReadable);
+        req.on('end', onGone);
+        req.on('close', onGone);
+        req.on('error', onGone);
+    });
+
+/**
+ * The `auth_token` a JSON body opens with, which puter.js sends first so it can
+ * be read ahead of the body.
+ */
+const leadingBodyToken = async (req: Request): Promise<string | undefined> => {
+    const head = await peekBody(req, LEADING_TOKEN_BYTES);
+    return LEADING_TOKEN.exec(head.toString('latin1'))?.[1];
+};
+
 interface LargeJsonBodyOptions {
     /** The global auth probe; it skips requests that already carry an actor. */
     authProbe: RequestHandler;
@@ -38,9 +79,9 @@ interface LargeJsonBodyOptions {
 
 /**
  * Parses JSON bodies over the default limit, up to `limitBytes`, once the
- * caller's header or cookie credential resolves. Unauthenticated requests and
- * requests without a Content-Length fall through to the global parser and its
- * limit.
+ * caller's credential resolves: a header, a cookie, or an `auth_token` the body
+ * opens with. Unauthenticated requests and requests without a Content-Length
+ * fall through to the global parser and its limit.
  *
  * The parsed body lives as long as the request, so a body's bytes count against
  * both budgets until its response closes. Over the user's budget gets a 429,
@@ -53,82 +94,91 @@ export const createLargeJsonBodyParser = ({
     perUserBytes,
     accepts,
 }: LargeJsonBodyOptions): RequestHandler => {
-    const json = express.json({ limit: limitBytes });
-    const textAsJson = express.json({
-        limit: limitBytes,
-        type: (req) =>
-            req.headers['content-type'] === 'text/plain;actually=json',
-    });
+    const json = createJsonBodyParser({ limit: limitBytes });
     let inFlightBytes = 0;
     const inFlightByUser = new Map<string, number>();
 
-    return (req, res, next) => {
+    const probe = (req: Request, res: Response) =>
+        new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            void authProbe(req, res, () => resolve());
+        });
+
+    return async (req, res, next) => {
         const declared = Number(req.headers['content-length']);
         if (!(declared > DEFAULT_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES && declared <= limitBytes)) {
             next();
             return;
         }
-        void authProbe(req, res, () => {
-            // `res.closed`: the client left during the probe, so `close` has
-            // already fired and would never release a charge.
-            if (!req.actor || res.closed) {
-                next();
+        await probe(req, res);
+        let bodyToken: string | undefined;
+        if (!req.actor && !res.closed) {
+            bodyToken = await leadingBodyToken(req);
+            if (bodyToken) {
+                // Where the probe looks for a body token.
+                req.body = { auth_token: bodyToken };
+                await probe(req, res);
+                req.body = undefined;
+            }
+        }
+        // `res.closed`: the client left during the probe, so `close` has
+        // already fired and would never release a charge.
+        if (!req.actor || res.closed) {
+            next();
+            return;
+        }
+        const user = req.actor.user.uuid ?? actorUid(req.actor);
+        const userBytes = inFlightByUser.get(user) ?? 0;
+        if (userBytes + declared > perUserBytes) {
+            res.setHeader('Retry-After', '5');
+            next(
+                new HttpError(
+                    429,
+                    'Too many large requests in progress for this account',
+                    { legacyCode: 'too_many_requests' },
+                ),
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+        if (inFlightBytes + declared > budgetBytes) {
+            res.setHeader('Retry-After', '5');
+            next(
+                new HttpError(503, 'Too many large requests in progress', {
+                    code: 'large_body_capacity',
+                    // Load shedding, not a fault: record it, don't page.
+                    alarmSeverity: 'info',
+                }),
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+        inFlightBytes += declared;
+        inFlightByUser.set(user, userBytes + declared);
+        res.once('close', () => {
+            inFlightBytes -= declared;
+            const left = (inFlightByUser.get(user) ?? 0) - declared;
+            if (left > 0) inFlightByUser.set(user, left);
+            else inFlightByUser.delete(user);
+        });
+        json(req, res, (err?: unknown) => {
+            if (err) {
+                next(err);
                 return;
             }
-            const user = req.actor.user.uuid ?? actorUid(req.actor);
-            const userBytes = inFlightByUser.get(user) ?? 0;
-            if (userBytes + declared > perUserBytes) {
-                res.setHeader('Retry-After', '5');
+            // The caller was resolved from the token the body opens with,
+            // so the parsed body has to name the same one.
+            const tokenMoved =
+                bodyToken !== undefined &&
+                (req.body as { auth_token?: unknown } | undefined)
+                    ?.auth_token !== bodyToken;
+            if (tokenMoved || (accepts && !accepts(req))) {
+                // The same answer the default limit gives.
                 next(
-                    new HttpError(
-                        429,
-                        'Too many large requests in progress for this account',
-                        { legacyCode: 'too_many_requests' },
-                    ),
-                );
-                return;
-            }
-            if (inFlightBytes + declared > budgetBytes) {
-                res.setHeader('Retry-After', '5');
-                next(
-                    new HttpError(503, 'Too many large requests in progress', {
-                        code: 'large_body_capacity',
-                        // Load shedding, not a fault: record it, don't page.
-                        alarmSeverity: 'info',
+                    new HttpError(413, 'request entity too large', {
+                        legacyCode: 'client_bad_request',
                     }),
                 );
                 return;
             }
-            inFlightBytes += declared;
-            inFlightByUser.set(user, userBytes + declared);
-            res.once('close', () => {
-                inFlightBytes -= declared;
-                const left = (inFlightByUser.get(user) ?? 0) - declared;
-                if (left > 0) inFlightByUser.set(user, left);
-                else inFlightByUser.delete(user);
-            });
-            json(req, res, (err?: unknown) => {
-                if (err) {
-                    next(err);
-                    return;
-                }
-                textAsJson(req, res, (err?: unknown) => {
-                    if (err) {
-                        next(err);
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    if (accepts && !accepts(req)) {
-                        // The same answer the default limit gives.
-                        next(
-                            new HttpError(413, 'request entity too large', {
-                                legacyCode: 'client_bad_request',
-                            }),
-                        );
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    next();
-                });
-            });
+            next();
         });
     };
 };

src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/ChatCompletionDriver.test.ts

@@ -355,6 +355,17 @@ describe('ChatCompletionDriver.complete auth and model resolution', () => {
         ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
     });
 
+    it('rejects a model that is not a string with 400', async () => {
+        await expect(
+            withTestActor(() =>
+                driver.complete({
+                    messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'hi' }],
+                    model: { id: 'gpt' },
+                } as unknown as ICompleteArguments),
+            ),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
+    });
+
     it('routes by alias when a provider exposes one (puterId is auto-aliased on the bucket)', async () => {
         // Inject a model that carries a `puterId` so we can verify the
         // alias bucket resolves back to the canonical id. Spy on

src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/ChatCompletionDriver.ts

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ import type {
 } from './types.js';
 import { normalize_tools_object } from './utils/FunctionCalling.js';
 import {
+    requestedServiceSpeed,
     selectServiceSpeed,
     lowerServiceSpeed,
     isServiceSpeedUnavailable,
@@ -909,18 +910,16 @@ export class ChatCompletionDriver extends PuterDriver {
             attemptProvider: IChatProvider,
             baseModel: IChatModel,
         ) => {
+            let requestedSpeed = requestedServiceSpeed(
+                args,
+                baseModel.provider,
+            );
             const offers =
-                args.serviceSpeed !== undefined &&
-                args.serviceSpeed !== 'standard'
+                requestedSpeed !== undefined && requestedSpeed !== 'standard'
                     ? ((await attemptProvider.serviceSpeedModels?.(
                           baseModel,
                       )) ?? {})
                     : {};
-            let requestedSpeed =
-                args.serviceSpeed ??
-                (baseModel.provider === 'claude' && args.speed === 'fast'
-                    ? 'fast'
-                    : undefined);
             for (;;) {
                 const selection = selectServiceSpeed(
                     baseModel,
@@ -2130,7 +2129,9 @@ export class ChatCompletionDriver extends PuterDriver {
     }
 
     #resolveModel(modelId: string, provider?: string): IChatModel | null {
-        const models = this.#modelIdMap[normalizeModelKey(modelId ?? '')];
+        // `model` comes straight from the caller and may not be a string.
+        if (typeof modelId !== 'string') return null;
+        const models = this.#modelIdMap[normalizeModelKey(modelId)];
         if (!models || models.length === 0) return null;
         // An explicitly requested provider is honoured even if its route is
         // marked — the caller asked for that one, not for the cheapest hop.

src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/providers/openai/OpenAiChatResponsesProvider.test.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ import {
     type MockInstance,
 } from 'vitest';
 
-import { SYSTEM_ACTOR } from '../../../../core/actor.js';
+import { SYSTEM_ACTOR, type Actor } from '../../../../core/actor.js';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import { ChatCompletionDriver } from '../../ChatCompletionDriver.js';
 import type { MeteringService } from '../../../../services/metering/MeteringService.js';
 import { PuterServer } from '../../../../server.js';
 import { setupTestServer } from '../../../../testUtil.js';
@@ -1580,3 +1582,117 @@ describe('OpenAiResponsesChatProvider.complete error mapping', () => {
         expect(recordSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 });
+
+describe('ChatCompletionDriver OpenAI billing', () => {
+    const makeBillingUser = async () => {
+        const user = await server.stores.user.create({
+            username: `billing-${uuidv4().slice(0, 8)}`,
+            uuid: uuidv4(),
+            password: null,
+            email: null,
+            free_storage: 1000000,
+            requires_email_confirmation: false,
+        });
+        return { user: { ...user, email_confirmed: true } } as Actor;
+    };
+    const makeBillingDriver = async () => {
+        const driver = new ChatCompletionDriver(
+            {
+                providers: {
+                    ollama: { enabled: false },
+                    'openai-completion': { apiKey: 'test-key' },
+                },
+            } as never,
+            server.clients,
+            server.stores,
+            server.services,
+        );
+        await driver.onServerStart();
+        return driver;
+    };
+    it('meters an empty Responses completion before returning its error', async () => {
+        const actor = await makeBillingUser();
+        const driver = await makeBillingDriver();
+        const before = await server.services.metering.getRemainingUsage(actor);
+        responsesCreateMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+            status: 'incomplete',
+            incomplete_details: { reason: 'max_output_tokens' },
+            output: [],
+            output_text: '',
+            usage: {
+                input_tokens: 1200,
+                output_tokens: 2000,
+                output_tokens_details: { reasoning_tokens: 2000 },
+            },
+        });
+        await expect(
+            withTestActor(
+                () =>
+                    driver.complete({
+                        model: 'gpt-5.4-mini',
+                        provider: 'openai-responses',
+                        messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'hello' }],
+                        max_tokens: 1,
+                        fallback: false,
+                    }),
+                actor,
+            ),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
+        expect(responsesCreateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(recordSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(recordSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+            prompt_tokens: 1200,
+            completion_tokens: 2000,
+        });
+        await Promise.all(recordSpy.mock.results.map((result) => result.value));
+        expect(
+            await server.services.metering.getRemainingUsage(actor),
+        ).toBeLessThan(before);
+    });
+    it('prices a raw priority tier with the same rate card as fast service', async () => {
+        const actor = await makeBillingUser();
+        const driver = await makeBillingDriver();
+        const charges: number[] = [];
+        for (const extra of [
+            {},
+            { service_tier: 'priority' },
+            { serviceSpeed: 'fast' },
+        ]) {
+            responsesCreateMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+                output: [],
+                output_text: 'hi',
+                service_tier: Object.keys(extra).length
+                    ? 'priority'
+                    : 'default',
+                usage: { input_tokens: 100, output_tokens: 100 },
+            });
+            const before =
+                await server.services.metering.getRemainingUsage(actor);
+            await withTestActor(
+                () =>
+                    driver.complete({
+                        model: 'gpt-6.1-terra',
+                        provider: 'openai-responses',
+                        messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'hello' }],
+                        max_tokens: 100,
+                        fallback: false,
+                        ...extra,
+                    } as never),
+                actor,
+            );
+            await Promise.all(
+                recordSpy.mock.results.map((result) => result.value),
+            );
+            charges.push(
+                before -
+                    (await server.services.metering.getRemainingUsage(actor)),
+            );
+        }
+        expect(responsesCreateMock.mock.calls[1][0].service_tier).toBe(
+            'priority',
+        );
+        expect(charges[0]).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(charges[1]).toBe(charges[2]);
+        expect(charges[2]).toBe(charges[0] * 2);
+    });
+});

src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/utils/OpenAIUtil.js

@@ -1122,16 +1122,6 @@ export const handle_completion_output_responses_api = async ({
     // Inline-compaction artifact, if the upstream compacted this turn.
     const compactionItem = output.find((item) => item?.type === 'compaction');
 
-    const is_empty = completion.output_text.trim() === '';
-    if (is_empty && responseToolCalls.length < 1 && !compactionItem) {
-        // GPT refuses to generate an empty response if you ask it to,
-        // so this will probably only happen on an error condition.
-        // A compaction-only output is legitimate, so don't reject it.
-        throw new HttpError(400, 'an empty response was generated', {
-            legacyCode: 'bad_response',
-        });
-    }
-
     // Reasoning models return `reasoning` output items; their human-readable
     // text only exists when the caller requested summaries via
     // `reasoning: { summary: ... }` (raw chain-of-thought is never returned).
@@ -1234,6 +1224,14 @@ export const handle_completion_output_responses_api = async ({
         if (usageDetails) ret.usageDetails = usageDetails;
     }
 
+    // Empty output can still include paid reasoning and input tokens.
+    const isEmpty = completion.output_text.trim() === '';
+    if (isEmpty && responseToolCalls.length < 1 && !compactionItem) {
+        throw new HttpError(400, 'an empty response was generated', {
+            legacyCode: 'bad_response',
+        });
+    }
+
     const mod_text = completion.output_text;
     if (moderate && mod_text !== null) {
         await applyModeration(moderate, mod_text);

src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/utils/serviceSpeed.test.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from './OpenAIUtil.js';
 import type { IChatModel, ServiceSpeed } from '../types.js';
 import {
+    requestedServiceSpeed,
     selectServiceSpeed,
     servedServiceSpeed,
     serviceSpeedBillingModel,
@@ -83,6 +84,31 @@ describe('service speed selection', () => {
         expect(selected.model).toBe(entry);
         expect(selected.args).toBe(args);
     });
+    it.each([
+        [{ service_tier: 'priority' }, 'openai-responses', 'fast'],
+        [{ service_tier: 'ultrafast' }, 'openai-responses', 'ultrafast'],
+        [{ service_tier: 'auto' }, 'mistral', 'fast'],
+        [{ speed: 'fast' }, 'claude', 'fast'],
+        [{ service_tier: 'auto' }, 'openai-responses', undefined],
+        [{ service_tier: 'flex' }, 'openai-responses', undefined],
+        [{ speed: 'fast' }, 'openai-responses', undefined],
+        [{ serviceSpeed: 'standard', service_tier: 'priority' }, 'openai-responses', 'standard'],
+    ] as const)('reads %j on %s as speed %s', (args, provider, speed) => {
+        expect(requestedServiceSpeed(args, provider)).toBe(speed);
+    });
+    it('prices a native priority tier like fast service', () => {
+        const entry = model('openai-responses', 'gpt-6.1-sol');
+        const args = { ...request(), service_tier: 'priority' as const };
+        const selected = selectServiceSpeed(
+            entry,
+            { ...args, serviceSpeed: requestedServiceSpeed(args, entry.provider) },
+            noVariant,
+        );
+        const explicit = selectServiceSpeed(entry, request('fast'), noVariant);
+        expect(selected.speed).toBe('fast');
+        expect(selected.model).toEqual(explicit.model);
+        expect(selected.args.service_tier).toBe('priority');
+    });
     it.each([
         'deepseek',
         'zai',
@@ -248,6 +274,33 @@ describe('served speed billing', () => {
             expect(recorded).toEqual([result.costs]);
         },
     );
+    it.each([
+        ['fast', 2],
+        ['ultrafast', 6],
+    ] as const)(
+        'bills a served %s tier at its catalog rate without a selection snapshot',
+        (speed, multiplier) => {
+            const entry = model('openai-responses', 'gpt-6.1-sol');
+            entry.pricingOverrides = [
+                {
+                    minPromptTokens: 100,
+                    costs: { prompt_tokens: 400, completion_tokens: 1500 },
+                },
+            ];
+            const billed = serviceSpeedBillingModel(entry, speed);
+            expect(billed.costs.prompt_tokens).toBe(200 * multiplier);
+            expect(billed.pricingOverrides?.[0]?.costs.prompt_tokens).toBe(
+                400 * multiplier,
+            );
+            expect(serviceSpeedBillingModel(entry, 'standard')).toBe(entry);
+        },
+    );
+    it('bills a served premium tier as standard when the catalog has no rate for it', () => {
+        const entry = model('groq', 'some-model');
+        expect(serviceSpeedBillingModel(entry, 'fast').costs).toEqual(
+            entry.costs,
+        );
+    });
     it('restores standard scheduled and long-context rates after a downgrade', () => {
         const entry = model('openai-responses', 'gpt-6.1-sol');
         entry.pricingOverrides = [

src/backend/drivers/ai-chat/utils/serviceSpeed.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,26 @@ export interface ServiceSpeedSelection {
     speed: ServiceSpeed;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The speed a request asks for. Native premium tier parameters count as the
+ * matching `serviceSpeed`, so they are priced like it; `serviceSpeed` wins.
+ */
+export const requestedServiceSpeed = (
+    args: Pick<ICompleteArguments, 'serviceSpeed' | 'service_tier' | 'speed'>,
+    provider: string | undefined,
+): ServiceSpeed | undefined => {
+    if (args.serviceSpeed !== undefined) return args.serviceSpeed;
+    if (args.service_tier === 'ultrafast') return 'ultrafast';
+    if (
+        args.service_tier === 'priority' ||
+        (provider === 'claude' && args.speed === 'fast') ||
+        // Mistral's `auto` tier is its priority tier.
+        (provider === 'mistral' && args.service_tier === 'auto')
+    )
+        return 'fast';
+    return undefined;
+};
+
 /** Select only an equivalent model from the same provider's loaded catalog. */
 export const selectServiceSpeed = (
     model: IChatModel,
@@ -201,16 +221,27 @@ export const servedServiceSpeed = (
           : 'standard';
 };
 
+/**
+ * The model priced at the speed the provider served. Without a selection
+ * snapshot the catalog's rates for that speed apply, so a premium tier reached
+ * some other way is never billed as standard.
+ */
 export const serviceSpeedBillingModel = (
     model: IChatModel,
     speed: ServiceSpeed,
 ): IChatModel => {
-    const pricing = model.serviceSpeedPricing;
-    if (!pricing || pricing.speed === speed) return model;
+    const pricing = model.serviceSpeedPricing ?? {
+        speed: 'standard',
+        standardCosts: model.costs,
+        standardOverrides: model.pricingOverrides,
+        fastCosts: serviceSpeedCosts(model, 'fast'),
+        ultrafastCosts: serviceSpeedCosts(model, 'ultrafast'),
+    };
+    if (pricing.speed === speed) return model;
     const costs =
-        speed === 'fast'
-            ? (pricing.fastCosts ?? pricing.standardCosts)
-            : pricing.standardCosts;
+        (speed === 'ultrafast' ? pricing.ultrafastCosts : undefined) ??
+        (speed !== 'standard' ? pricing.fastCosts : undefined) ??
+        pricing.standardCosts;
     return {
         ...model,
         costs,

src/backend/drivers/ai-speech2speech/VoiceChangerDriver.test.ts

@@ -190,6 +190,39 @@ describe('VoiceChangerDriver.convert argument validation', () => {
             withActor(actor, () => driver.convert({ audio: undefined })),
         ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 400 });
     });
+
+    it.each([
+        ['an unpriced', 'eleven_multilingual_sts_v1'],
+        ['a malformed', 'eleven_english_sts_v2&x=1'],
+    ])(
+        'rejects %s model before loading audio or calling ElevenLabs',
+        async (_label, model) => {
+            const { actor } = await makeUser();
+            await expect(
+                withActor(actor, () =>
+                    driver.convert({
+                        audio: 'https://audio.example/sample.wav',
+                        model,
+                    }),
+                ),
+            ).rejects.toMatchObject({
+                statusCode: 400,
+                legacyCode: 'field_invalid',
+                fields: {
+                    key: 'model',
+                    expected: [
+                        'eleven_multilingual_sts_v2',
+                        'eleven_english_sts_v2',
+                    ],
+                    got: model,
+                },
+            });
+            expect(webFetchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(fetchSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(admitSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(incrementUsageSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        },
+    );
 });
 
 // ── Credit gate ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

src/backend/drivers/ai-speech2speech/VoiceChangerDriver.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ const MAX_AUDIO_FILE_SIZE = 25 * 1024 * 1024;
 // Covers the upload as well as the conversion.
 const CONVERT_TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000;
 
+const SUPPORTED_MODELS = Object.keys(VOICE_CHANGER_COSTS).map(
+    (key) => key.split(':')[1]!,
+);
+
 const VOICE_CHANGER_CATALOG: ProviderCatalog = {
     label: 'Speech-to-speech',
     ids: ['elevenlabs'],
@@ -165,14 +169,6 @@ export class VoiceChangerDriver extends PuterDriver {
             });
         }
 
-        const loaded = await loadFileInput(
-            this.stores,
-            this.services.fs,
-            actor,
-            args.audio,
-            { maxBytes: MAX_AUDIO_FILE_SIZE, acceptWebInput: true },
-        );
-
         const modelId =
             args.model_id || args.model || elevenlabs.defaultModelId;
         const voiceId =
@@ -184,21 +180,41 @@ export class VoiceChangerDriver extends PuterDriver {
             throw new HttpError(400, '`voice` is required', {
                 legacyCode: 'bad_request',
             });
-        // `voiceId` lands in the request URL path; `modelId` lands in a
-        // multipart field. Both are forwarded to ElevenLabs with our
-        // long-lived API key, so anything other than a strict alphanumeric
-        // shape lets a caller steer the request at a different endpoint or
-        // inject parameters. ElevenLabs voice/model IDs are always
-        // `[A-Za-z0-9_-]+` in practice.
-        const ID_REGEX = /^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$/;
-        if (!ID_REGEX.test(voiceId))
+        // `voiceId` lands in the request URL path, which carries our API key,
+        // so anything outside ElevenLabs' `[A-Za-z0-9_-]+` id shape could
+        // steer the request at a different endpoint.
+        if (!/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$/.test(voiceId))
             throw new HttpError(400, '`voice` must be alphanumeric', {
                 legacyCode: 'bad_request',
             });
-        if (!ID_REGEX.test(modelId))
-            throw new HttpError(400, '`model` must be alphanumeric', {
-                legacyCode: 'bad_request',
-            });
+
+        // Gate on the cost table: an id we can't price is one we can't bill
+        // for, and ElevenLabs bills us for it either way. This also keeps
+        // anything but a known id out of the multipart `model_id` field.
+        const usageKey = `elevenlabs:${modelId}:second`;
+        if (!Object.hasOwn(VOICE_CHANGER_COSTS, usageKey)) {
+            throw new HttpError(
+                400,
+                `Invalid model: ${modelId}. Expected: ${SUPPORTED_MODELS.join(', ')}`,
+                {
+                    legacyCode: 'field_invalid',
+                    fields: {
+                        key: 'model',
+                        expected: SUPPORTED_MODELS,
+                        got: modelId,
+                    },
+                },
+            );
+        }
+        const ucentsPerSecond = VOICE_CHANGER_COSTS[usageKey]!;
+
+        const loaded = await loadFileInput(
+            this.stores,
+            this.services.fs,
+            actor,
+            args.audio,
+            { maxBytes: MAX_AUDIO_FILE_SIZE, acceptWebInput: true },
+        );
 
         // The hold estimates seconds from the input at 128 kbps: compact audio
         // is under-held rather than refused. Usage is metered from the length
@@ -207,8 +223,6 @@ export class VoiceChangerDriver extends PuterDriver {
             1,
             Math.ceil(loaded.buffer.byteLength / 16000),
         );
-        const usageKey = `elevenlabs:${modelId}:second`;
-        const ucentsPerSecond = VOICE_CHANGER_COSTS[usageKey] ?? 0;
         const estimatedCost = ucentsPerSecond * estimatedSeconds;
 
         const formData = new FormData();

src/backend/drivers/ai-tts/providers/gemini/GeminiTTSProvider.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import {
     postGeminiJson,
     geminiTokenCount as tokenCount,
 } from '../../../util/geminiRest.js';
-import { decodeStrictBase64 } from '../../../../util/mediaSniff.js';
+import { decodeStrictBase64InSlices } from '../../../../util/mediaSniff.js';
 import { isUpstreamTimeoutError } from '../../../util/upstreamErrors.js';
 import { SAMPLE_AUDIO_URL } from '../../../util/testMode.js';
 import type {
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ export class GeminiTTSProvider implements ITTSProvider {
                             },
                         );
                     }
-                    const { body, contentType } = this.#decodeAudio(audio);
+                    const { body, contentType } =
+                        await this.#decodeAudio(audio);
 
                     outputTokens = usageTokens(
                         usage?.output_tokens_by_modality,
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ export class GeminiTTSProvider implements ITTSProvider {
                         dataType: 'stream',
                         content_type: contentType,
                         chunked: true,
-                        stream: Readable.from(body),
+                        stream: Readable.from(body, { objectMode: false }),
                     };
                 } finally {
                     // Every outcome pays once for the counts it reports.
@@ -519,13 +520,15 @@ export class GeminiTTSProvider implements ITTSProvider {
     }
 
     /** WAV passes through byte for byte; raw PCM is wrapped in a WAV header. */
-    #decodeAudio(audio: InteractionContent): {
-        body: Buffer;
+    async #decodeAudio(audio: InteractionContent): Promise<{
+        body: Buffer[];
         contentType: string;
-    } {
+    }> {
         const { data, mime_type: mimeType } = audio;
         const bytes =
-            typeof data === 'string' ? decodeStrictBase64(data) : null;
+            typeof data === 'string'
+                ? await decodeStrictBase64InSlices(data)
+                : null;
         if (!bytes || typeof mimeType !== 'string') {
             throw upstreamFailure('Gemini TTS returned invalid audio data');
         }
@@ -541,7 +544,7 @@ export class GeminiTTSProvider implements ITTSProvider {
             ) {
                 throw upstreamFailure('Gemini TTS returned invalid audio data');
             }
-            return { body: bytes, contentType: 'audio/wav' };
+            return { body: [bytes], contentType: 'audio/wav' };
         }
         if (PCM_MIME_TYPES.has(essence) && bytes.length > 0) {
             const rate = Number(
@@ -551,8 +554,9 @@ export class GeminiTTSProvider implements ITTSProvider {
                 Number.isSafeInteger(rate) && rate > 0
                     ? rate
                     : DEFAULT_PCM_SAMPLE_RATE;
+            // Sent ahead of the samples, which are never copied behind it.
             return {
-                body: this.#wrapPcmInWav(bytes, sampleRate, 1, 16),
+                body: [this.#wavHeader(bytes.length, sampleRate, 1, 16), bytes],
                 contentType: 'audio/wav',
             };
         }
@@ -560,17 +564,15 @@ export class GeminiTTSProvider implements ITTSProvider {
     }
 
     /** Wrap raw PCM samples in a WAV container so browsers can play it. */
-    #wrapPcmInWav(
-        pcm: Buffer,
+    #wavHeader(
+        dataSize: number,
         sampleRate: number,
         channels: number,
         bitsPerSample: number,
     ): Buffer {
         const byteRate = (sampleRate * channels * bitsPerSample) / 8;
         const blockAlign = (channels * bitsPerSample) / 8;
-        const dataSize = pcm.length;
-        const headerSize = 44;
-        const buffer = Buffer.alloc(headerSize + dataSize);
+        const buffer = Buffer.alloc(44);
 
         // RIFF header
         buffer.write('RIFF', 0);
@@ -590,7 +592,6 @@ export class GeminiTTSProvider implements ITTSProvider {
         // data sub-chunk
         buffer.write('data', 36);
         buffer.writeUInt32LE(dataSize, 40);
-        pcm.copy(buffer, headerSize);
 
         return buffer;
     }

src/backend/drivers/ai-video/providers/gemini/GeminiVideoProvider.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { insufficientCreditsError } from '../../../../services/metering/enforcem
 import type { UsageInput } from '../../../../services/metering/types.js';
 import { normalizeRawBase64ImageString } from '../../../../util/appIcon.js';
 import {
-    decodeStrictBase64,
+    decodeStrictBase64InSlices,
     sniffImageMime,
     sniffVideoMime,
 } from '../../../../util/mediaSniff.js';
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ export class GeminiVideoProvider extends VideoProvider {
                     'Gemini video generation did not complete the request',
                 );
             }
-            const video = this.#readVideo(videoBlock);
+            const video = await this.#readVideo(videoBlock);
             if (!billed) {
                 throw geminiUpstreamFailure(
                     'Gemini video generation returned unusable usage',
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ export class GeminiVideoProvider extends VideoProvider {
     }
 
     /** The base64 MP4 held by the video block. */
-    #readVideo(video: InteractionContent | undefined): string {
+    async #readVideo(video: InteractionContent | undefined): Promise<string> {
         if (!video) {
             throw new HttpError(400, 'Gemini did not return a video', {
                 legacyCode: 'upstream_bad_request',
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ export class GeminiVideoProvider extends VideoProvider {
         }
         const bytes =
             video.mime_type === 'video/mp4' && typeof video.data === 'string'
-                ? decodeStrictBase64(video.data)
+                ? await decodeStrictBase64InSlices(video.data)
                 : null;
         if (!bytes || sniffVideoMime(bytes) !== 'video/mp4') {
             throw geminiUpstreamFailure(

src/backend/drivers/util/geminiRest.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { HttpError } from '../../core/http/HttpError.js';
+import { parseJsonInSlices } from '../../util/slicedJson.js';
 import { readBoundedBody } from './fileInput.js';
 import { upstreamFetch } from './upstreamErrors.js';
 
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ export const geminiUpstreamFailure = (message: string): HttpError =>
 /**
  * POSTs `body` to a Gemini REST `path` and parses the JSON object it answers
  * with. `timeoutMs` covers the body read, and a reply over `maxBytes` fails as
- * an upstream error unless `tooLarge` supplies another. `T` is the documented reply shape; callers check every
- * field before use.
+ * an upstream error unless `tooLarge` supplies another. `T` is the documented
+ * reply shape; callers check every field before use.
  */
 export async function postGeminiJson<T extends object>(
     apiKey: string,
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ export async function postGeminiJson<T extends object>(
     const raw = await readBoundedBody(response, maxBytes, tooLarge);
     let parsed: unknown = null;
     try {
-        parsed = JSON.parse(raw.toString('utf8'));
+        // Media replies run to tens of megabytes of base64.
+        parsed = await parseJsonInSlices(raw);
     } catch {
         // Handled with the non-object case below.
     }

src/backend/server.test.ts

@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ describe('PuterServer host header validation', () => {
         'upgrade',
         'top-up',
         'request-email-confirmation',
+        'attach-custom-domain',
     ])('lets a deployment subdomain frame the %s popup and names it to the GUI', async (action) => {
         const parent = `http://spreadsheet.puter.localhost:${port}`;
         const guiParams = (body: string) =>
@@ -793,6 +794,26 @@ describe('PuterServer request parsing', () => {
         }
     });
 
+    it('parses a chat call above 50 MiB whose body opens with its token', async () => {
+        const fields = `"interface":"puter-chat-completion","method":"no-such-method","pad":"${'x'.repeat(51 * MiB)}"`;
+        const asText = { 'content-type': 'text/plain;actually=json' };
+        const first = await postJson(
+            '/drivers/call',
+            `{"auth_token":"${token}",${fields}}`,
+            asText,
+        );
+        expect(first.status).toBe(404);
+        expect(first.body).toContain('no-such-method');
+
+        // A token after other fields can't be read ahead of the body.
+        const last = await postJson(
+            '/drivers/call',
+            `{${fields},"auth_token":"${token}"}`,
+            asText,
+        );
+        expect(last.status).toBe(413);
+    });
+
     it('keeps the default JSON limit for other drivers', async () => {
         const payload = JSON.stringify({
             interface: 'puter-kvstore',

src/backend/server.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { createAuthProbe } from './core/http/middleware/authProbe';
 import { createRequestContextMiddleware } from './core/http/middleware/requestContext';
 import { createFingerprintMiddleware } from './core/http/middleware/fingerprint';
 import { createErrorHandler } from './core/http/middleware/errorHandler';
+import { createJsonBodyParser } from './core/http/middleware/jsonBody';
 import {
     createLargeJsonBodyParser,
     DEFAULT_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES,
@@ -144,6 +145,8 @@ const LARGE_JSON_ROUTES = [
 const LARGE_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES = 128 * 1024 * 1024;
 /** Two max-size bodies per process. */
 const LARGE_JSON_BUDGET_BYTES = 2 * LARGE_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES;
+/** These parse in one go, so they stay small enough for that to be quick. */
+const NON_UTF8_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 
 /**
  * Through `/drivers/call`, only chat takes a large body; other drivers keep the
@@ -575,26 +578,42 @@ export class PuterServer {
                 }),
             );
         }
+        // A WebDAV body is the file being stored, whatever content type the
+        // client labels it with, so the controller reads it off the stream.
+        const exceptDav =
+            (parser: RequestHandler): RequestHandler =>
+            (req, res, next) => {
+                if (activeSubdomain(req) === 'dav') {
+                    next();
+                    return;
+                }
+                return parser(req, res, next);
+            };
         this.#app.use(
-            express.json({
-                limit: DEFAULT_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES,
-                verify: captureRawBody,
-            }),
+            exceptDav(
+                createJsonBodyParser({
+                    limit: DEFAULT_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES,
+                    verify: captureRawBody,
+                }),
+            ),
         );
+        // JSON in another charset, which the parser above leaves alone.
         this.#app.use(
-            express.json({
-                limit: DEFAULT_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES,
-                type: (req) =>
-                    req.headers['content-type'] === 'text/plain;actually=json',
-                verify: captureRawBody,
-            }),
+            exceptDav(
+                express.json({
+                    limit: NON_UTF8_JSON_LIMIT_BYTES,
+                    verify: captureRawBody,
+                }),
+            ),
         );
         // Form-encoded bodies (e.g. `/down` from the GUI's iframe-triggered
         // download form). Needs to run before the auth probe so
         // `req.body.auth_token` is populated for urlencoded POSTs the same
         // way it is for JSON POSTs. Small cap — this parser is only here to
         // cover the auth_token / anti_csrf field shape, not file uploads.
-        this.#app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: '100kb' }));
+        this.#app.use(
+            exceptDav(express.urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: '100kb' })),
+        );
 
         // -- Auth probe ----------------------------------------------
         if (authProbe) {

src/backend/services/apps/RecommendedAppsService.ts

@@ -31,24 +31,13 @@ export const RECOMMENDED_APP_NAMES = [
     'spreadsheet',
     'presentation',
     'whiteboard',
+    'notes',
     'pdf-editor',
     'contacts',
     'calendar',
     'meetings',
     'teamchat',
     'email',
-    'dev-center',
-    'cap-table',
-    'invoices',
-    'crm',
-    'signatures',
-    'projects',
-    'point-of-sale',
-    'inventory',
-    'hiring',
-    'time-tracking',
-    'shift-planner',
-    'equipment',
     'chess',
     'checkers',
     'backgammon',

src/backend/services/auth/AuthService.ts

@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ export class AuthService extends PuterService {
 
     #actorUserFromRow(user: UserRow) {
         // Strip the password hash; pass everything else through so callers
-        // can read metadata, desktop_bg_*, otp_enabled, etc. without
+        // can read metadata, otp_enabled, etc. without
         // re-fetching the user. Mirrors what /whoami exposes off of UserRow.
         const { password: _password, ...rest } = user;
         return {

src/backend/services/auth/types.ts

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export type TokenType = 'session' | 'gui' | 'app-under-user' | 'access-token';
 
 /**
  * Browser session token. `'session'` is the HTTP-only-cookie flavor, `'gui'`
- * the same shape served in a response body (e.g. QR login).
+ * the same shape served in a response body (e.g. the login response).
  */
 export interface SessionTokenPayload extends TokenPayloadBase {
     type: 'session' | 'gui';
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ export interface AccessTokenPayload extends TokenPayloadBase {
 }
 
 export type AnyTokenPayload =
-    | SessionTokenPayload
-    | AppUnderUserTokenPayload
-    | AccessTokenPayload;
+    SessionTokenPayload | AppUnderUserTokenPayload | AccessTokenPayload;
 
 // -- Session row (from `sessions` table) ----------------------------
 

src/backend/services/fs/FSService.test.ts

@@ -647,6 +647,22 @@ describe('FSService overwrite and dedupe resolution', () => {
         expect(await readBack(second)).toBe('second');
     });
 
+    it('leaves one readable file when two overwrites create the same path at once', async () => {
+        const path = `${user.home}/Documents/raced.txt`;
+        const written = await Promise.all([
+            writeFile(user, path, 'short', { overwrite: true }),
+            writeFile(user, path, 'a much longer body', { overwrite: true }),
+        ]);
+
+        // Both started before the row existed, so each uploaded under its own
+        // key; the row has to end up describing bytes that are really there.
+        expect(written[0].uuid).toBe(written[1].uuid);
+        const stored = (await entryAt(user, '/Documents/raced.txt'))!;
+        const body = await readBack(stored);
+        expect(['short', 'a much longer body']).toContain(body);
+        expect(stored.size).toBe(Buffer.byteLength(body));
+    });
+
     it('dedupes into an unused " (n)" name, skipping names already taken', async () => {
         await writeFile(user, `${user.home}/Documents/d.txt`, 'a');
         await writeFile(user, `${user.home}/Documents/d (1).txt`, 'a');

src/backend/services/fs/FSService.ts

@@ -2073,10 +2073,7 @@ export class FSService extends PuterService {
                 );
             });
 
-            const fsEntries = await this.stores.fsEntry.batchCreateEntries(
-                createInputs,
-                true,
-            );
+            const fsEntries = await this.#createUploadedEntries(createInputs);
             return preparedBatch.items.map((item, index) => {
                 const fsEntry = fsEntries[index];
                 if (!fsEntry) {
@@ -3001,30 +2998,97 @@ export class FSService extends PuterService {
                 legacyCode: 'conflict',
             });
         }
+        await this.#moveObjectOntoKey(
+            session.objectKey,
+            liveKey,
+            { bucket, region, size },
+            session.contentType,
+        );
+    }
+
+    async #moveObjectOntoKey(
+        fromKey: string,
+        toKey: string,
+        at: { bucket: string; region: string; size: number },
+        contentType?: string | null,
+    ): Promise<void> {
         await this.stores.s3Object.copyObjectOfAnySize(
             {
-                sourceBucket: bucket,
-                sourceKey: session.objectKey,
-                destinationBucket: bucket,
-                destinationKey: liveKey,
-                contentType: session.contentType,
+                sourceBucket: at.bucket,
+                sourceKey: fromKey,
+                destinationBucket: at.bucket,
+                destinationKey: toKey,
+                ...(contentType ? { contentType } : {}),
                 metadataDirective: 'REPLACE',
             },
-            region,
-            size,
+            at.region,
+            at.size,
         );
         try {
             await this.stores.s3Object.deleteObject(
-                bucket,
-                session.objectKey,
-                region,
+                at.bucket,
+                fromKey,
+                at.region,
             );
         } catch (e) {
-            // The live object is already right; the staged one is only litter.
-            console.warn('[fs] staged overwrite left behind:', e);
+            // The destination is already right; the source is only litter.
+            console.warn('[fs] moved object left behind:', e);
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates the rows for objects already uploaded. A row another writer
+     * created first keeps its uuid, so those bytes move onto that key.
+     */
+    async #createUploadedEntries(
+        inputs: FSEntryCreateInput[],
+    ): Promise<FSEntry[]> {
+        const entries = await this.stores.fsEntry.batchCreateEntries(
+            inputs,
+            true,
+        );
+        const raced = inputs.flatMap((input, index) => {
+            const liveKey = entries[index]?.uuid;
+            return liveKey && liveKey !== input.uuid
+                ? [{ input, index, liveKey }]
+                : [];
+        });
+        if (raced.length === 0) return entries;
+
+        await Promise.all(
+            raced.map(({ input, liveKey }) =>
+                this.#moveObjectOntoKey(
+                    input.uuid,
+                    liveKey,
+                    {
+                        bucket: this.stores.s3Object.resolveBucket(
+                            input.bucket,
+                        ),
+                        region: this.stores.s3Object.resolveRegion(
+                            input.bucketRegion,
+                        ),
+                        size: input.size,
+                    },
+                    input.contentType,
+                ),
+            ),
+        );
+        const adopted = await this.stores.fsEntry.batchCreateEntries(
+            raced.map(({ input, liveKey }) => ({ ...input, uuid: liveKey })),
+            true,
+        );
+        raced.forEach(({ index, liveKey }, i) => {
+            const entry = adopted[i];
+            if (entry?.uuid !== liveKey) {
+                throw new HttpError(409, 'Write target changed mid-write', {
+                    legacyCode: 'conflict',
+                });
+            }
+            entries[index] = entry;
+        });
+        return entries;
+    }
+
     async completeUrlWrite(
         userId: number,
         completeWriteRequest: CompleteWriteRequest,
@@ -3581,10 +3645,10 @@ export class FSService extends PuterService {
             : uploadBody.contentHashSha256;
 
         const createInput = this.#toCreateInput(normalizedInput, objectKey);
-        const fsEntry = await this.stores.fsEntry.createEntry(
-            createInput,
-            normalizedInput.createMissingParents,
-        );
+        const [fsEntry] = await this.#createUploadedEntries([createInput]);
+        if (!fsEntry) {
+            throw new Error('Failed to create entry');
+        }
 
         this.#emitFsEvent(
             existingEntry ? 'fs.write.file' : 'fs.create.file',
@@ -3682,17 +3746,18 @@ export class FSService extends PuterService {
                 updates.filter(isValid),
             );
         let next = 0;
-        return updates.map((update): PromiseSettledResult<FSEntry> =>
-            isValid(update)
-                ? stored[next++]
-                : {
-                      status: 'rejected',
-                      reason: new HttpError(
-                          400,
-                          'Invalid file entry identifier for thumbnail update',
-                          { legacyCode: 'bad_request' },
-                      ),
-                  },
+        return updates.map(
+            (update): PromiseSettledResult<FSEntry> =>
+                isValid(update)
+                    ? stored[next++]
+                    : {
+                          status: 'rejected',
+                          reason: new HttpError(
+                              400,
+                              'Invalid file entry identifier for thumbnail update',
+                              { legacyCode: 'bad_request' },
+                          ),
+                      },
         );
     }
 

src/backend/services/homepage/PuterHomepageService.ts

@@ -517,8 +517,6 @@ export class PuterHomepageService extends PuterService {
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
     ${bundled ? `<link rel="stylesheet" href="${guiCss}">` : ''}
 
-    <link rel="preload" as="image" href="https://puter-assets.b-cdn.net/wallpaper.webp">
-
     <script>
         if ( ! window.service_script ) {
             window.service_script_api_promise = (() => {

src/backend/services/profile/ProfileService.test.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
+import v8 from 'node:v8';
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
@@ -229,6 +230,37 @@ describe('ProfileService', () => {
         ).toBeNull();
     });
 
+    // V8 stops optimizing regexps once a process holds enough compiled code,
+    // as long-running servers do, and an unoptimized one overflows on this.
+    it('answers a picture of several megabytes with 413', () => {
+        const picture = `data:image/png;base64,${'A'.repeat(6 * 1024 * 1024)}`;
+        v8.setFlagsFromString('--no-regexp-optimization');
+        try {
+            expect(() => service.validatePatch({ picture })).toThrow(
+                expect.objectContaining({
+                    statusCode: 413,
+                    code: 'profile_picture_too_large',
+                }),
+            );
+        } finally {
+            v8.setFlagsFromString('--regexp-optimization');
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('accepts a picture of the largest size, with or without padding', () => {
+        const prefix = 'data:image/png;base64,';
+        const full = `${prefix}${'A'.repeat(PROFILE_PICTURE_MAX_BYTES - prefix.length)}`;
+        expect(service.validatePatch({ picture: full })).toEqual({
+            picture: full,
+        });
+        expect(service.validatePatch({ picture: `${prefix}QQ` })).toEqual({
+            picture: `${prefix}QQ`,
+        });
+        expect(() => service.validatePatch({ picture: `${full}A` })).toThrow(
+            expect.objectContaining({ code: 'profile_picture_too_large' }),
+        );
+    });
+
     it('keeps what validates from a legacy profile and names the rest', () => {
         expect(
             service.normalizeLegacyProfile({

src/backend/services/profile/ProfileService.ts

@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ const validateField = (field: ProfileField, value: unknown): string | null => {
         );
     }
     if (field === 'picture') {
+        // Sized before the pattern runs, which fails outright on megabytes of
+        // text. Only ASCII passes the pattern, so the length is the byte count.
+        if (value.length > PROFILE_PICTURE_MAX_BYTES) {
+            throw new HttpError(413, 'picture is too large', {
+                code: 'profile_picture_too_large',
+                fields: { field, maxBytes: PROFILE_PICTURE_MAX_BYTES },
+            });
+        }
         if (!PICTURE_DATA_URL.test(value)) {
             throw invalid(
                 field,
@@ -90,12 +98,6 @@ const validateField = (field: ProfileField, value: unknown): string | null => {
                 'profile_picture_invalid',
             );
         }
-        if (Buffer.byteLength(value) > PROFILE_PICTURE_MAX_BYTES) {
-            throw new HttpError(413, 'picture is too large', {
-                code: 'profile_picture_too_large',
-                fields: { field, maxBytes: PROFILE_PICTURE_MAX_BYTES },
-            });
-        }
         return value;
     }
     const maxLength =

src/backend/stores/app/AppStore.js

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
     PuterStore,
 } from '../types';
 import { HttpError } from '../../core/http/HttpError.js';
+import { runWithConcurrencyLimit } from '../../util/concurrency.js';
 import { isUniqueViolation } from '../../util/dbError.js';
 import {
     validateUrl,
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ const STATS_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = 30 * 60;
 // `app-` + a UUID. ClickHouse's `app_opens.app_uid` is FixedString(40) and
 // fails the whole query on a longer value.
 const APP_UID_MAX_BYTES = 40;
+// ClickHouse caps the size of one query parameter, and the uid list is one.
+const CLICKHOUSE_UIDS_PER_QUERY = 1000;
 
 // Period helpers for detailed/grouped stats. Ported from v1
 // AppInformationService — queries go straight to ClickHouse/MySQL on demand
@@ -1727,20 +1730,30 @@ export class AppStore extends PuterStore {
 
         const clickhouse = this.clients.clickhouse;
         if (clickhouse) {
-            const res = await clickhouse.query({
-                query: `
-                    SELECT app_uid,
-                           uniqExact((user_id, intDiv(ts, ${APP_OPEN_COUNT_PERIOD_SECONDS}))) AS open_count,
-                           count(DISTINCT user_id) AS user_count
-                    FROM app_opens
-                    WHERE app_uid IN {uids:Array(String)}
-                    GROUP BY app_uid
-                `,
-                query_params: { uids: uids.map((u) => String(u)) },
-                format: 'JSONEachRow',
-            });
-            const rows = await res.json();
-            for (const row of rows) {
+            const chunks = [];
+            for (let i = 0; i < uids.length; i += CLICKHOUSE_UIDS_PER_QUERY) {
+                chunks.push(uids.slice(i, i + CLICKHOUSE_UIDS_PER_QUERY));
+            }
+            const results = await runWithConcurrencyLimit(
+                chunks,
+                4,
+                async (chunk) => {
+                    const res = await clickhouse.query({
+                        query: `
+                            SELECT app_uid,
+                                   uniqExact((user_id, intDiv(ts, ${APP_OPEN_COUNT_PERIOD_SECONDS}))) AS open_count,
+                                   count(DISTINCT user_id) AS user_count
+                            FROM app_opens
+                            WHERE app_uid IN {uids:Array(String)}
+                            GROUP BY app_uid
+                        `,
+                        query_params: { uids: chunk.map((u) => String(u)) },
+                        format: 'JSONEachRow',
+                    });
+                    return res.json();
+                },
+            );
+            for (const row of results.flat()) {
                 out.set(row.app_uid, {
                     open_count: parseInt(row.open_count, 10) || 0,
                     user_count: parseInt(row.user_count, 10) || 0,

src/backend/stores/app/AppStore.test.js

@@ -200,6 +200,37 @@ describe('AppStore app stats (cache-on-read)', () => {
         }
     });
 
+    it('splits a long uid list across ClickHouse queries', async () => {
+        const uids = Array.from({ length: 2500 }, () => freshUid());
+        const queried = [];
+
+        server.clients.clickhouse = {
+            query: async ({ query_params }) => {
+                queried.push(query_params.uids.length);
+                return {
+                    json: async () =>
+                        query_params.uids.map((u) => ({
+                            app_uid: u,
+                            open_count: '2',
+                            user_count: '1',
+                        })),
+                };
+            },
+        };
+
+        try {
+            const stats = await appStore.getAppsStats(uids);
+            expect(queried.sort((a, b) => b - a)).toEqual([1000, 1000, 500]);
+            expect(stats.size).toBe(2500);
+            expect(stats.get(uids[2499])).toMatchObject({
+                open_count: 2,
+                user_count: 1,
+            });
+        } finally {
+            delete server.clients.clickhouse;
+        }
+    });
+
     it('keeps ids longer than an app uid out of the ClickHouse query', async () => {
         const uid = freshUid();
         const longId = `iap-${'a'.repeat(36)}-extra`;

src/backend/stores/fs/FSEntryStore.test.ts

@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ describe('FSEntryStore cache invalidation', () => {
             store.batchCreateEntries([
                 {
                     userId: user.userId,
-                    uuid: uuidv4(),
+                    uuid: file.uuid,
                     path: file.path,
                     size: 7,
                     overwrite: true,
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ describe('FSEntryStore entry creation', () => {
         const [updated] = await store.batchCreateEntries([
             {
                 userId: user.userId,
-                uuid: uuidv4(),
+                uuid: original.uuid,
                 path: `${user.home}/Documents/ow.txt`,
                 size: 42,
                 overwrite: true,
@@ -1204,6 +1204,33 @@ describe('FSEntryStore entry creation', () => {
         expect(updated?.thumbnail).toBe('data:image/png;base64,AA');
     });
 
+    it('leaves the row alone when an overwrite brings a different object key', async () => {
+        const user = await makeUser();
+        const original = await createFile(
+            user,
+            `${user.home}/Documents/otherkey.txt`,
+            { size: 1 },
+        );
+
+        // The bytes for this write sit under a key the row doesn't name, so
+        // repointing bucket or size would describe an object that isn't there.
+        const returned = await createFile(user, original.path, {
+            size: 42,
+            overwrite: true,
+            bucket: 'elsewhere',
+            bucketRegion: 'eu-central-1',
+        });
+
+        expect(returned.uuid).toBe(original.uuid);
+        await expect(
+            store.getEntryByPath(original.path),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            uuid: original.uuid,
+            size: 1,
+            bucket: 'puter-local',
+        });
+    });
+
     it('refuses to clobber an existing entry without overwrite, or a directory with it', async () => {
         const user = await makeUser();
         await createFile(user, `${user.home}/Documents/keep.txt`);
@@ -1227,7 +1254,10 @@ describe('FSEntryStore entry creation', () => {
 
     it('propagates the underlying failure when an overwrite update fails', async () => {
         const user = await makeUser();
-        await createFile(user, `${user.home}/Documents/upfail.txt`);
+        const existing = await createFile(
+            user,
+            `${user.home}/Documents/upfail.txt`,
+        );
 
         const db = server.clients.db;
         const originalWrite = (Object.getPrototypeOf(db) as typeof db).write;
@@ -1243,6 +1273,7 @@ describe('FSEntryStore entry creation', () => {
         await expect(
             createFile(user, `${user.home}/Documents/upfail.txt`, {
                 overwrite: true,
+                uuid: existing.uuid,
             }),
         ).rejects.toThrow('update rejected');
 
@@ -3801,7 +3832,7 @@ describe('FSEntryStore lost-insert recovery', () => {
         spy.mockRestore();
     });
 
-    it('updates the race winner in place when overwrite was requested', async () => {
+    it('hands back the race winner untouched when overwrite was requested', async () => {
         const user = await makeUser();
         const uuid = uuidv4();
         const spy = loseInsertRace(uuid, () =>
@@ -3827,13 +3858,14 @@ describe('FSEntryStore lost-insert recovery', () => {
         ]);
         spy.mockRestore();
 
-        // The winner's row survived; our payload was written onto it.
+        // Our object is under `uuid`, not the winner's key, so the winner's
+        // row is returned as it stands for the caller to move the bytes onto.
         expect(entry?.uuid).not.toBe(uuid);
-        expect(entry?.size).toBe(77);
-        expect(entry?.thumbnail).toBe('thumb');
+        expect(entry?.size).not.toBe(77);
+        expect(entry?.thumbnail).not.toBe('thumb');
         await expect(
             store.getEntryByPath(`${user.home}/Documents/recovered.txt`),
-        ).resolves.toMatchObject({ size: 77, uuid: entry?.uuid });
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({ size: entry?.size, uuid: entry?.uuid });
     });
 });
 

src/backend/stores/fs/FSEntryStore.ts

@@ -1941,6 +1941,11 @@ export class FSEntryStore extends PuterStore {
         return entry;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * An overwrite whose `uuid` is not the existing row's leaves that row
+     * untouched and returns it: the caller's object is under another key, so
+     * the row can't describe it until the caller moves the bytes.
+     */
     async batchCreateEntries(
         entries: FSEntryCreateInput[],
         createPaths = true,
@@ -2074,6 +2079,10 @@ export class FSEntryStore extends PuterStore {
                             { legacyCode: 'cannot_overwrite_a_directory' },
                         );
                     }
+                    if (existingEntry.uuid !== entry.input.uuid) {
+                        updatedResultsByIndex.set(entry.index, existingEntry);
+                        continue;
+                    }
 
                     const updatedEntry = {
                         ...existingEntry,
@@ -2398,6 +2407,10 @@ export class FSEntryStore extends PuterStore {
                         );
                         continue;
                     }
+                    if (existing.uuid !== entry.input.uuid) {
+                        updatedResultsByIndex.set(entry.index, existing);
+                        continue;
+                    }
 
                     const updatedEntry: FSEntry = {
                         ...existing,

src/backend/util/appView.ts

@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ export interface AppSummaryOptions {
 
 /**
  * The summary the desktop launches from directly, without re-reading the app
- * (suggested, recommended, recent and taskbar apps), so every launch-relevant
- * flag belongs here.
+ * (suggested, recommended and recent apps), so every launch-relevant flag
+ * belongs here.
  */
 export function toAppSummary(
     app: AppRow,

src/backend/util/mediaSniff.test.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
  */
 
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { decodeStrictBase64 } from './mediaSniff.ts';
+import {
+    decodeStrictBase64,
+    decodeStrictBase64InSlices,
+} from './mediaSniff.ts';
 
 describe('decodeStrictBase64', () => {
     it.each([
@@ -50,3 +53,52 @@ describe('decodeStrictBase64', () => {
         }
     });
 });
+
+describe('decodeStrictBase64InSlices', () => {
+    // Several slices, with a last one that is partial and padded.
+    const bytes = Buffer.alloc(5 * 1024 * 1024 + 2);
+    for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i += 4099) bytes[i] = i % 251;
+    const valid = bytes.toString('base64');
+
+    it('decodes a multi-MB payload to the same bytes', async () => {
+        expect(valid.endsWith('==')).toBe(true);
+        expect((await decodeStrictBase64InSlices(valid))?.equals(bytes)).toBe(
+            true,
+        );
+        const short = Buffer.from('abcd').toString('base64');
+        expect(await decodeStrictBase64InSlices(short)).toEqual(
+            Buffer.from('abcd'),
+        );
+    });
+
+    it.each([
+        ['empty input', ''],
+        ['unpadded input', valid.slice(0, -2)],
+        [
+            'a character outside the alphabet in the first slice',
+            `*${valid.slice(1)}`,
+        ],
+        [
+            'a character outside the alphabet in the last slice',
+            `${valid.slice(0, -5)}*${valid.slice(-4)}`,
+        ],
+        [
+            'the URL-safe alphabet',
+            `${valid.slice(0, 3_000_000)}-${valid.slice(3_000_001)}`,
+        ],
+        [
+            'a non-ASCII character',
+            `${valid.slice(0, 3_000_000)}ī${valid.slice(3_000_001)}`,
+        ],
+        [
+            'padding where a slice ends',
+            `${valid.slice(0, 1024 * 1024 - 1)}=${valid.slice(1024 * 1024)}`,
+        ],
+        [
+            'padding inside a slice',
+            `${valid.slice(0, 2_000_002)}==${valid.slice(2_000_004)}`,
+        ],
+    ])('rejects %s', async (_label, value) => {
+        expect(await decodeStrictBase64InSlices(value)).toBeNull();
+    });
+});

src/backend/util/mediaSniff.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+import { setImmediate as nextTurn } from 'node:timers/promises';
+
 // Identify uploaded media by its bytes. A caller-supplied MIME type or file
 // extension is never trusted.
 
@@ -69,6 +71,33 @@ export function decodeStrictBase64(value: string): Buffer | null {
     return bytes.length === (value.length / 4) * 3 - padding ? bytes : null;
 }
 
+/** Base64 characters decoded per turn; a multiple of four. */
+const BASE64_SLICE_CHARS = 1024 * 1024;
+
+/**
+ * `decodeStrictBase64` for payloads of many megabytes: decodes a slice per turn
+ * of the event loop, so the whole string never holds it.
+ */
+export async function decodeStrictBase64InSlices(
+    value: string,
+): Promise<Buffer | null> {
+    if (value.length <= BASE64_SLICE_CHARS) return decodeStrictBase64(value);
+    if (value.length % 4 !== 0) return null;
+    const padding = value.endsWith('==') ? 2 : value.endsWith('=') ? 1 : 0;
+    const bytes = Buffer.allocUnsafe((value.length / 4) * 3 - padding);
+    let written = 0;
+    for (let at = 0; at < value.length; at += BASE64_SLICE_CHARS) {
+        const slice = decodeStrictBase64(
+            value.slice(at, at + BASE64_SLICE_CHARS),
+        );
+        // Padding inside the string leaves a slice short, and the total with it.
+        if (!slice || written + slice.length > bytes.length) return null;
+        written += slice.copy(bytes, written);
+        await nextTurn();
+    }
+    return written === bytes.length ? bytes : null;
+}
+
 function looksLikeSvg(bytes: Buffer): boolean {
     let head = bytes.subarray(0, SVG_SNIFF_WINDOW).toString('utf8');
     if (head.charCodeAt(0) === 0xfeff) head = head.slice(1);

src/backend/util/slicedJson.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,374 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Puter.
+ *
+ * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import {
+    MAX_DEPTH,
+    parseJsonInSlices,
+    SLICE_BYTES,
+    STRING_PIECE_BYTES,
+} from './slicedJson.js';
+
+type Outcome = { value: unknown } | { error: string };
+
+const native = (body: Buffer): Outcome => {
+    try {
+        return { value: JSON.parse(body.toString('utf8')) };
+    } catch (e) {
+        return { error: (e as Error).name };
+    }
+};
+
+const sliced = async (body: Buffer): Promise<Outcome> => {
+    try {
+        return { value: await parseJsonInSlices(body) };
+    } catch (e) {
+        return { error: (e as Error).name };
+    }
+};
+
+/** Key order, own `__proto__` keys and lone surrogates all show in the text. */
+const shown = (outcome: Outcome): string =>
+    'error' in outcome ? outcome.error : JSON.stringify(outcome.value);
+
+const expectSameAsNative = async (body: Buffer | string): Promise<void> => {
+    const buffer = typeof body === 'string' ? Buffer.from(body) : body;
+    expect(shown(await sliced(buffer))).toBe(shown(native(buffer)));
+};
+
+/** Whitespace that pushes `text` onto the sliced path without changing it. */
+const padded = (text: string): string => `${' '.repeat(SLICE_BYTES)}${text}`;
+
+// mulberry32: the cases must be the same on every run.
+const seeded = (seed: number) => () => {
+    seed = (seed + 0x6d2b79f5) | 0;
+    let t = Math.imul(seed ^ (seed >>> 15), 1 | seed);
+    t = (t + Math.imul(t ^ (t >>> 7), 61 | t)) ^ t;
+    return ((t ^ (t >>> 14)) >>> 0) / 4294967296;
+};
+
+const STRING_PARTS = [
+    'a',
+    'word ',
+    '"',
+    '\\',
+    '\\\\"',
+    '\n',
+    '\u0001',
+    'é',
+    '日本',
+    '😀',
+    '\ud83d',
+    '\u2028',
+    '/',
+    '\\u00e9',
+];
+const KEYS = ['id', 'name', '__proto__', '7', '3', 'constructor', 'a b', ''];
+// No key holds a backslash: with one in a key seen earlier, some V8 versions
+// misread a later escaped key, in `JSON.parse` itself.
+const KEY_PARTS = STRING_PARTS.filter((part) => !part.includes('\\'));
+const SCALARS = [
+    '0',
+    '-0',
+    '1.5e300',
+    '-12.25',
+    '1e-7',
+    '9007199254740993',
+    'true',
+    'false',
+    'null',
+];
+const GAPS = ['', '', '', ' ', '\n\t', '\r\n  '];
+
+/** A random JSON document, written as text so spacing and escapes vary. */
+const randomDocument = (
+    random: () => number,
+    targetBytes: number,
+    { plainKeys = false } = {},
+): string => {
+    const pick = <T>(items: readonly T[]): T =>
+        items[Math.floor(random() * items.length)]!;
+    const gap = () => pick(GAPS);
+    const string = (maxParts: number, from = STRING_PARTS): string => {
+        let text = '';
+        const parts = Math.floor(random() * maxParts);
+        for (let i = 0; i < parts; i++) text += pick(from);
+        return JSON.stringify(text);
+    };
+    let written = 0;
+    const value = (depth: number): string => {
+        const roll = random();
+        let text: string;
+        if (depth > 0 && roll < 0.25) {
+            const count = Math.floor(random() * 12);
+            const items: string[] = [];
+            for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) items.push(value(depth - 1));
+            text = `[${gap()}${items.join(`${gap()},${gap()}`)}${gap()}]`;
+        } else if (depth > 0 && roll < 0.5) {
+            const count = Math.floor(random() * 12);
+            const members: string[] = [];
+            for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                const key =
+                    plainKeys || random() < 0.7
+                        ? JSON.stringify(pick(KEYS))
+                        : string(6, KEY_PARTS);
+                members.push(`${key}${gap()}:${gap()}${value(depth - 1)}`);
+            }
+            text = `{${gap()}${members.join(`${gap()},${gap()}`)}${gap()}}`;
+        } else if (roll < 0.75) {
+            // Now and then one long enough to be read in pieces.
+            text = string(random() < 0.002 ? 3 * SLICE_BYTES : 20);
+        } else {
+            text = pick(SCALARS);
+        }
+        written += text.length;
+        return text;
+    };
+    const items: string[] = [];
+    while (written < targetBytes) items.push(value(6));
+    return random() < 0.5
+        ? `[${items.join(',')}]`
+        : `{${items.map((item, i) => `"k${i % 50}":${item}`).join(',')}}`;
+};
+
+describe('parseJsonInSlices', () => {
+    afterEach(() => {
+        vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    });
+
+    it('parses what JSON.parse parses, the same way', async () => {
+        const random = seeded(1);
+        for (let i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
+            const size = SLICE_BYTES * (1 + Math.floor(random() * 12));
+            await expectSameAsNative(randomDocument(random, size));
+        }
+    }, 60_000);
+
+    it('parses the same when every clock read ends the turn', async () => {
+        let now = 0;
+        vi.spyOn(performance, 'now').mockImplementation(() => (now += 1000));
+        const random = seeded(3);
+        for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+            await expectSameAsNative(randomDocument(random, 6 * SLICE_BYTES));
+        }
+        // Strings long enough for a turn to end inside them.
+        await expectSameAsNative(
+            `["${'ab\\n'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES)}",{"k":"${'\\\\'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES)}"},${'1234567890'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES / 2)}]`,
+        );
+    }, 60_000);
+
+    it('rejects what JSON.parse rejects', async () => {
+        const random = seeded(2);
+        const replacements = Buffer.from('[]{},:"\\ 0a\néx-.e');
+        for (let i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
+            // Plain keys, so no edit can leave a backslash in one.
+            const valid = Buffer.from(
+                randomDocument(random, 2 * SLICE_BYTES, { plainKeys: true }),
+            );
+            for (let edit = 0; edit < 12; edit++) {
+                const body = Buffer.from(valid);
+                const at = Math.floor(random() * body.length);
+                const roll = random();
+                if (roll < 0.4) {
+                    body[at] =
+                        replacements[
+                            Math.floor(random() * replacements.length)
+                        ]!;
+                    await expectSameAsNative(body);
+                } else if (roll < 0.7) {
+                    await expectSameAsNative(
+                        Buffer.concat([
+                            body.subarray(0, at),
+                            body.subarray(at + 1),
+                        ]),
+                    );
+                } else {
+                    await expectSameAsNative(body.subarray(0, at));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }, 120_000);
+
+    it.each([
+        ['an empty body', ''],
+        ['only whitespace', ' \n '],
+        ['two values', '[1] [2]'],
+        ['a trailing comma in an array', '[1,2,]'],
+        ['a trailing comma in an object', '{"a":1,}'],
+        ['a leading comma', '[,1]'],
+        ['a doubled comma', '[1,,2]'],
+        ['a missing colon', '{"a" 1}'],
+        ['a missing value', '{"a":}'],
+        ['a bare key', '{a:1}'],
+        ['a colon in an array', '[1:2]'],
+        ['mismatched brackets', '[1}'],
+        ['an extra close', '[1]]'],
+        ['an unterminated string', '["abc'],
+        ['an unterminated array', '[1,2'],
+        ['a byte order mark', '\ufeff[1]'],
+        ['a comment', '[1/* x */]'],
+        ['a bad literal', '[tru]'],
+        ['a bad number', '[01]'],
+        ['a bad escape', '["\\x"]'],
+        ['a raw control character in a string', '["a\tb"]'],
+        ['a wide space between values', '[1,\u00a02]'],
+    ])('rejects %s', async (_name, text) => {
+        await expectSameAsNative(text);
+        // Short input takes the native path, so check the sliced one too.
+        await expectSameAsNative(padded(text));
+        await expectSameAsNative(
+            `[${'1,'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES)}${text},${'2,'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES)}3]`,
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('reads a string longer than one piece, wherever a piece ends', async () => {
+        const units = [
+            '\\u00e9',
+            '\\n',
+            '\\\\',
+            '\\"',
+            'é',
+            '日',
+            '😀',
+            '\\ud83d\\ude00',
+        ];
+        for (const unit of units) {
+            for (let shift = 0; shift < 9; shift++) {
+                const lead = 'a'.repeat(STRING_PIECE_BYTES - 12 + shift);
+                const text = `{"text":"${lead}${unit.repeat(8)}${lead}","n":1}`;
+                await expectSameAsNative(text);
+            }
+        }
+    }, 60_000);
+
+    it('reads long runs of escapes and stray UTF-8 bytes', async () => {
+        const length = STRING_PIECE_BYTES + SLICE_BYTES;
+        await expectSameAsNative(`["${'\\\\'.repeat(length)}"]`);
+        await expectSameAsNative(`["${'\\"'.repeat(length)}"]`);
+        await expectSameAsNative(`["${'\\'.repeat(2 * length + 1)}"]`);
+        await expectSameAsNative(
+            Buffer.concat([
+                Buffer.from('["'),
+                Buffer.alloc(2 * length, 0x80),
+                Buffer.from([0xe2, 0x82]),
+                Buffer.from('"]'),
+            ]),
+        );
+    }, 60_000);
+
+    it('reads a long key', async () => {
+        const key = 'k'.repeat(2 * SLICE_BYTES);
+        await expectSameAsNative(`{"a":1,"${key}":{"b":[2]},"${key}x":"v"}`);
+        await expectSameAsNative(`{"${key}\\n":2,"z":3}`);
+    });
+
+    it('reads long gaps of whitespace', async () => {
+        const gap = ' '.repeat(2 * SLICE_BYTES);
+        await expectSameAsNative(
+            `${gap}{${gap}"a"${gap}:${gap}1${gap},${gap}"b":[${gap}2${gap},3${gap}]${gap}}${gap}`,
+        );
+        await expectSameAsNative(`[1,${gap}2${gap}]`);
+    });
+
+    it('reads a scalar or a string at the top level', async () => {
+        await expectSameAsNative(padded('12.5'));
+        await expectSameAsNative(padded('null'));
+        await expectSameAsNative(`"${'x'.repeat(4 * SLICE_BYTES)}"`);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the last of a repeated key, in its first position', async () => {
+        const filler = `"f":"${'x'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES)}"`;
+        await expectSameAsNative(`{"a":1,"b":2,${filler},"a":3,"7":4,"3":5}`);
+        const value = (await parseJsonInSlices(
+            Buffer.from(`{"a":1,"b":2,${filler},"a":3}`),
+        )) as Record<string, unknown>;
+        expect(Object.keys(value)).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'f']);
+        expect(value.a).toBe(3);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps __proto__ as a plain own property', async () => {
+        const filler = `"f":"${'x'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES)}"`;
+        const bodies = [
+            // In a batch of members, as a container of its own, and alone.
+            `{${filler},"__proto__":{"polluted":true},"z":1}`,
+            `{"__proto__":{"polluted":true,${filler}}}`,
+            `{"__proto__":"${'y'.repeat(2 * SLICE_BYTES)}"}`,
+        ];
+        for (const body of bodies) {
+            const value = (await parseJsonInSlices(
+                Buffer.from(body),
+            )) as Record<string, unknown>;
+            expect(Object.getPrototypeOf(value)).toBe(Object.prototype);
+            expect(Object.hasOwn(value, '__proto__')).toBe(true);
+            expect(({} as { polluted?: boolean }).polluted).toBeUndefined();
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the sign of negative zero', async () => {
+        const value = (await parseJsonInSlices(
+            Buffer.from(`[${'0,'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES)}-0]`),
+        )) as number[];
+        expect(Object.is(value.at(-1), -0)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('reads nesting up to the depth limit and refuses more', async () => {
+        const nested = (depth: number) =>
+            padded(`${'['.repeat(depth)}${']'.repeat(depth)}`);
+        // The root is not a level of nesting.
+        let value = await parseJsonInSlices(Buffer.from(nested(MAX_DEPTH)));
+        let depth = 0;
+        while (Array.isArray(value)) {
+            depth++;
+            value = value[0];
+        }
+        expect(depth).toBe(MAX_DEPTH);
+
+        await expect(
+            parseJsonInSlices(Buffer.from(nested(MAX_DEPTH + 1))),
+        ).rejects.toThrow(SyntaxError);
+    });
+
+    it('reads members spread thinly across many levels', async () => {
+        // No level holds a slice of members, but together they hold many.
+        const members = '1,'.repeat(SLICE_BYTES / 8);
+        const depth = 200;
+        await expectSameAsNative(
+            `${`[${members}`.repeat(depth)}0${']'.repeat(depth)}`,
+        );
+        await expectSameAsNative(
+            `${`{"a":[${members}0],"b":`.repeat(depth)}0${'}'.repeat(depth)}`,
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('lets the event loop run while it parses', async () => {
+        // Dense input: the slowest kind to parse for its size.
+        const body = Buffer.from(`[${'[],'.repeat(1_000_000)}[]]`);
+        let turns = 0;
+        let running = true;
+        const tick = () => {
+            turns++;
+            if (running) setImmediate(tick);
+        };
+        setImmediate(tick);
+        const value = (await parseJsonInSlices(body)) as unknown[];
+        running = false;
+        expect(value).toHaveLength(1_000_001);
+        expect(turns).toBeGreaterThan(5);
+    });
+});

src/backend/util/slicedJson.ts

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Puter.
+ *
+ * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import { setImmediate as nextTurn } from 'node:timers/promises';
+
+/**
+ * Text handed to one native `JSON.parse` call stays within a few multiples of
+ * this, which bounds how long the call can run. Shorter input parses whole.
+ */
+export const SLICE_BYTES = 32 * 1024;
+/** Bytes of a long string decoded per turn. */
+export const STRING_PIECE_BYTES = 512 * 1024;
+/** Deeper nesting is refused. No mainstream serializer writes this deep. */
+export const MAX_DEPTH = 10_000;
+/** How long a parse runs before the event loop gets a turn. */
+const TURN_BUDGET_MS = 3;
+/** Bytes scanned between clock reads. */
+const CLOCK_INTERVAL_BYTES = 16 * 1024;
+/** Bytes of a string scanned one at a time before a native search takes over. */
+const BYTEWISE_BYTES = 64;
+/** Rounds of a string scan between clock reads. */
+const CLOCK_INTERVAL_ROUNDS = 64;
+
+const QUOTE = 0x22;
+const BACKSLASH = 0x5c;
+
+// Byte classes. Anything unlisted is part of a number or literal.
+const C_SCALAR = 0;
+const C_SPACE = 1;
+const C_QUOTE = 2;
+const C_OPEN_ARRAY = 3;
+const C_OPEN_OBJECT = 4;
+const C_CLOSE_ARRAY = 5;
+const C_CLOSE_OBJECT = 6;
+const C_COMMA = 7;
+const C_COLON = 8;
+const BYTE_CLASS = new Uint8Array(256);
+for (const byte of [0x20, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0d]) BYTE_CLASS[byte] = C_SPACE;
+BYTE_CLASS[QUOTE] = C_QUOTE;
+BYTE_CLASS[0x5b] = C_OPEN_ARRAY;
+BYTE_CLASS[0x7b] = C_OPEN_OBJECT;
+BYTE_CLASS[0x5d] = C_CLOSE_ARRAY;
+BYTE_CLASS[0x7d] = C_CLOSE_OBJECT;
+BYTE_CLASS[0x2c] = C_COMMA;
+BYTE_CLASS[0x3a] = C_COLON;
+
+const ROOT = 0;
+const ARRAY = 1;
+const OBJECT = 2;
+
+/** Just opened: a member or the close. */
+const S_FIRST = 0;
+/** After a comma: a member. */
+const S_MEMBER = 1;
+/** After an object key. */
+const S_COLON = 2;
+/** After a colon, and the root before its value. */
+const S_VALUE = 3;
+/** After a value: a comma or the close. The root is done. */
+const S_AFTER = 4;
+
+const DONE = 0;
+const TURN = 1;
+const LONG_STRING = 2;
+
+/**
+ * One open container, or the root. Members are scanned, not parsed: `pending`
+ * marks text handed to `JSON.parse` once enough of it has built up, and a
+ * container too large for one call gets its `out` filled a batch at a time.
+ */
+class Frame {
+    kind = ROOT;
+    state = S_VALUE;
+    /** Offset of the opening bracket. */
+    start = 0;
+    /** The container under construction, once it is known to be large. */
+    out: unknown[] | Record<string, unknown> | null = null;
+    /** Where the members not yet parsed start, or -1. */
+    pending = -1;
+    /** Where the last complete member ended. */
+    lastEnd = -1;
+    /** Bounds of the member being scanned. */
+    memberStart = -1;
+    keyStart = -1;
+    keyEnd = -1;
+    valueStart = -1;
+    /** The current member's key, when the member is parsed apart from `pending`. */
+    ownKey: string | null = null;
+    /** Bytes of the parent's `pending` waiting behind this container. */
+    backlog = 0;
+
+    open(kind: number, start: number): void {
+        this.kind = kind;
+        this.state = kind === ROOT ? S_VALUE : S_FIRST;
+        this.start = start;
+        this.out = null;
+        this.pending = -1;
+        this.lastEnd = -1;
+        this.memberStart = -1;
+        this.keyStart = -1;
+        this.keyEnd = -1;
+        this.valueStart = -1;
+        this.ownKey = null;
+        this.backlog = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+const unexpected = (at: number): SyntaxError =>
+    new SyntaxError(`Unexpected token in JSON at position ${at}`);
+
+/** `JSON.parse` keeps `__proto__` as an own property; assignment would not. */
+const setOwn = (
+    target: Record<string, unknown>,
+    key: string,
+    value: unknown,
+): void => {
+    if (key === '__proto__') {
+        Object.defineProperty(target, key, {
+            value,
+            writable: true,
+            enumerable: true,
+            configurable: true,
+        });
+    } else {
+        target[key] = value;
+    }
+};
+
+class SlicedJsonParser {
+    result: unknown;
+    /** Bounds of the string `run` stopped at, quotes included. */
+    longStart = -1;
+    longEnd = -1;
+
+    readonly #body: Buffer;
+    readonly #end: number;
+    #pos = 0;
+    #frames = [new Frame()];
+    #depth = 0;
+    /** Frames below this depth have an `out`; the root counts as one. */
+    #filling = 1;
+    /** Bytes of `pending` in frames below the top one. */
+    #backlog = 0;
+    #inScalar = false;
+    /** The string being scanned, and where its scan resumes. */
+    #stringStart = -1;
+    #stringPos = 0;
+    /** Next quote and backslash at or after the last search origin. */
+    #quoteAt = -1;
+    #backslashAt = -1;
+    #longIsKey = false;
+
+    constructor(body: Buffer) {
+        this.#body = body;
+        this.#end = body.length;
+    }
+
+    /** Scans until the input ends, `deadline` passes, or a long string starts. */
+    run(deadline: number): number {
+        const body = this.#body;
+        const end = this.#end;
+        let i = this.#pos;
+        let frame = this.#frames[this.#depth]!;
+        let clockAt = i + CLOCK_INTERVAL_BYTES;
+
+        for (;;) {
+            if (this.#stringStart !== -1) {
+                const close = this.#stringEnd(deadline);
+                if (close === -1) return TURN;
+                const start = this.#stringStart;
+                this.#stringStart = -1;
+                i = close + 1;
+                if (this.#string(frame, start, close)) {
+                    this.#pos = i;
+                    return LONG_STRING;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (i >= clockAt) {
+                clockAt = i + CLOCK_INTERVAL_BYTES;
+                if (performance.now() >= deadline) {
+                    this.#pos = i;
+                    return TURN;
+                }
+            }
+            if (i >= end) break;
+
+            const byteClass = BYTE_CLASS[body[i]!]!;
+            if (byteClass === C_SCALAR) {
+                if (!this.#inScalar) {
+                    this.#valueStart(frame, i);
+                    this.#inScalar = true;
+                }
+                const stop = Math.min(end, clockAt);
+                i++;
+                while (i < stop && BYTE_CLASS[body[i]!] === C_SCALAR) i++;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (this.#inScalar) {
+                this.#inScalar = false;
+                this.#valueEnd(frame, i);
+            }
+
+            switch (byteClass) {
+                case C_SPACE: {
+                    const stop = Math.min(end, clockAt);
+                    i++;
+                    while (i < stop && BYTE_CLASS[body[i]!] === C_SPACE) i++;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case C_QUOTE:
+                    this.#stringStart = i;
+                    this.#stringPos = i + 1;
+                    break;
+                case C_OPEN_ARRAY:
+                case C_OPEN_OBJECT: {
+                    this.#valueStart(frame, i);
+                    if (this.#depth === MAX_DEPTH) {
+                        throw new SyntaxError('JSON is nested too deeply');
+                    }
+                    const parent = frame;
+                    // Members before this one wait until it closes or grows.
+                    const before =
+                        parent.pending !== -1 &&
+                        parent.pending !== parent.memberStart
+                            ? parent.lastEnd - parent.pending
+                            : 0;
+                    this.#depth++;
+                    frame = this.#frames[this.#depth] ??= new Frame();
+                    frame.open(byteClass === C_OPEN_ARRAY ? ARRAY : OBJECT, i);
+                    frame.backlog = before;
+                    this.#backlog += before;
+                    // Parsed now, so deep nesting can't save it all up.
+                    if (this.#backlog >= SLICE_BYTES) this.#fill();
+                    i++;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case C_CLOSE_ARRAY:
+                case C_CLOSE_OBJECT: {
+                    if (
+                        frame.kind !==
+                            (byteClass === C_CLOSE_ARRAY ? ARRAY : OBJECT) ||
+                        (frame.state !== S_FIRST && frame.state !== S_AFTER)
+                    ) {
+                        throw unexpected(i);
+                    }
+                    let filled = this.#depth < this.#filling;
+                    if (!filled && i + 1 - frame.start > SLICE_BYTES) {
+                        this.#fill();
+                        filled = true;
+                    }
+                    if (filled) {
+                        if (frame.pending !== -1) {
+                            this.#parsePending(frame);
+                        }
+                        frame.out = null;
+                        this.#filling = this.#depth;
+                    }
+                    this.#backlog -= frame.backlog;
+                    this.#depth--;
+                    frame = this.#frames[this.#depth]!;
+                    i++;
+                    if (filled) {
+                        frame.state = S_AFTER;
+                        frame.lastEnd = i;
+                    } else {
+                        this.#valueEnd(frame, i);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+                case C_COMMA:
+                    if (frame.kind === ROOT || frame.state !== S_AFTER) {
+                        throw unexpected(i);
+                    }
+                    frame.state = S_MEMBER;
+                    i++;
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    if (frame.kind !== OBJECT || frame.state !== S_COLON) {
+                        throw unexpected(i);
+                    }
+                    frame.state = S_VALUE;
+                    i++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (this.#inScalar) {
+            this.#inScalar = false;
+            this.#valueEnd(frame, end);
+        }
+        if (this.#depth !== 0 || frame.state !== S_AFTER) {
+            throw new SyntaxError('Unexpected end of JSON input');
+        }
+        if (frame.pending !== -1) this.#parsePending(frame);
+        return DONE;
+    }
+
+    /** Supplies the string `run` stopped at. */
+    resolveLongString(value: string): void {
+        const frame = this.#frames[this.#depth]!;
+        if (this.#longIsKey) {
+            frame.ownKey = value;
+            return;
+        }
+        this.#attach(frame, frame.ownKey, value);
+        frame.ownKey = null;
+        frame.lastEnd = this.longEnd + 1;
+        frame.state = S_AFTER;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Offset of the quote closing the string being scanned, or -1 when
+     * `deadline` passed first.
+     */
+    #stringEnd(deadline: number): number {
+        const body = this.#body;
+        const end = this.#end;
+        let at = this.#stringPos;
+
+        for (let round = 1; ; round++) {
+            // Bytewise through a short string or a stretch of escapes.
+            const near = Math.min(at + BYTEWISE_BYTES, end);
+            while (at < near) {
+                const byte = body[at]!;
+                if (byte === QUOTE) return at;
+                at += byte === BACKSLASH ? 2 : 1;
+            }
+            if (at >= end) throw new SyntaxError('Unterminated string in JSON');
+
+            // Then a native search across text that holds neither.
+            if (this.#quoteAt < at) {
+                this.#quoteAt = body.indexOf(QUOTE, at);
+                if (this.#quoteAt === -1) {
+                    throw new SyntaxError('Unterminated string in JSON');
+                }
+            }
+            if (this.#backslashAt < at) {
+                const found = body.indexOf(BACKSLASH, at);
+                this.#backslashAt = found === -1 ? end : found;
+            }
+            if (this.#backslashAt > this.#quoteAt) return this.#quoteAt;
+            at = this.#backslashAt;
+
+            if (round % CLOCK_INTERVAL_ROUNDS === 0) {
+                if (performance.now() >= deadline) {
+                    this.#stringPos = at;
+                    return -1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Handles a scanned string; true when `run` must stop for a long one. */
+    #string(frame: Frame, start: number, close: number): boolean {
+        const long = close - start > SLICE_BYTES;
+        if (
+            frame.kind === OBJECT &&
+            (frame.state === S_FIRST || frame.state === S_MEMBER)
+        ) {
+            this.#memberStart(frame, start);
+            frame.keyStart = start;
+            frame.keyEnd = close;
+            frame.state = S_COLON;
+            if (!long) return false;
+            this.#detachMember(frame);
+            this.#longIsKey = true;
+        } else {
+            this.#valueStart(frame, start);
+            if (!long) {
+                this.#valueEnd(frame, close + 1);
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (frame.ownKey === null) {
+                this.#detachMember(frame);
+                if (frame.kind === OBJECT) frame.ownKey = this.#key(frame);
+            }
+            this.#longIsKey = false;
+        }
+        this.longStart = start;
+        this.longEnd = close;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    #memberStart(frame: Frame, at: number): void {
+        if (frame.pending !== -1 && at - frame.pending >= SLICE_BYTES) {
+            this.#fill();
+            this.#parsePending(frame);
+        }
+        frame.memberStart = at;
+        if (frame.pending === -1) frame.pending = at;
+    }
+
+    #valueStart(frame: Frame, at: number): void {
+        if (frame.kind === OBJECT) {
+            if (frame.state !== S_VALUE) throw unexpected(at);
+            // A long gap after the key would reach `JSON.parse` with it.
+            if (frame.ownKey === null && at - frame.memberStart > SLICE_BYTES) {
+                this.#detachMember(frame);
+                frame.ownKey = this.#key(frame);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (
+                frame.kind === ROOT
+                    ? frame.state !== S_VALUE
+                    : frame.state > S_MEMBER
+            ) {
+                throw unexpected(at);
+            }
+            this.#memberStart(frame, at);
+        }
+        frame.valueStart = at;
+    }
+
+    #valueEnd(frame: Frame, at: number): void {
+        frame.lastEnd = at;
+        frame.state = S_AFTER;
+        if (frame.ownKey !== null) {
+            this.#attach(
+                frame,
+                frame.ownKey,
+                JSON.parse(this.#text(frame.valueStart, at)),
+            );
+            frame.ownKey = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Takes the current member out of `pending`; its value is attached alone. */
+    #detachMember(frame: Frame): void {
+        this.#fill();
+        if (frame.pending !== -1 && frame.pending !== frame.memberStart) {
+            this.#parsePending(frame);
+        }
+        frame.pending = -1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gives every open container an `out`, attached to its parent after the
+     * members that precede it.
+     */
+    #fill(): void {
+        const frames = this.#frames;
+        for (let level = this.#filling; level <= this.#depth; level++) {
+            const parent = frames[level - 1]!;
+            const child = frames[level]!;
+            if (
+                parent.pending !== -1 &&
+                parent.pending !== parent.memberStart
+            ) {
+                this.#parsePending(parent);
+            }
+            parent.pending = -1;
+            const key =
+                parent.kind === OBJECT
+                    ? (parent.ownKey ?? this.#key(parent))
+                    : null;
+            parent.ownKey = null;
+            child.out = child.kind === ARRAY ? [] : {};
+            child.backlog = 0;
+            this.#attach(parent, key, child.out);
+        }
+        this.#filling = this.#depth + 1;
+        this.#backlog = 0;
+    }
+
+    /** Parses the complete members in `pending` into the frame's container. */
+    #parsePending(frame: Frame): void {
+        const text = this.#text(frame.pending, frame.lastEnd);
+        frame.pending = -1;
+        if (frame.kind === ROOT) {
+            this.result = JSON.parse(text);
+        } else if (frame.kind === ARRAY) {
+            const out = frame.out as unknown[];
+            const items = JSON.parse(`[${text}]`) as unknown[];
+            for (let k = 0; k < items.length; k++) out.push(items[k]);
+        } else {
+            const out = frame.out as Record<string, unknown>;
+            const members = JSON.parse(`{${text}}`) as Record<string, unknown>;
+            for (const key of Object.keys(members)) {
+                setOwn(out, key, members[key]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #attach(frame: Frame, key: string | null, value: unknown): void {
+        if (frame.kind === ROOT) this.result = value;
+        else if (frame.kind === ARRAY) (frame.out as unknown[]).push(value);
+        else setOwn(frame.out as Record<string, unknown>, key!, value);
+    }
+
+    #key(frame: Frame): string {
+        return JSON.parse(
+            this.#text(frame.keyStart, frame.keyEnd + 1),
+        ) as string;
+    }
+
+    #text(from: number, to: number): string {
+        return this.#body.toString('utf8', from, to);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Where a string's content can be cut at or before `target` without splitting
+ * an escape or a UTF-8 sequence. `from` starts a character or an escape.
+ */
+const pieceEnd = (body: Buffer, from: number, target: number): number => {
+    // Far enough back that a `\uXXXX` reaching `target` starts after it.
+    let at = Math.max(from, target - 8);
+    // An odd run of backslashes before `at` means `at` is an escaped byte.
+    let run = 0;
+    while (at - run > from && body[at - run - 1] === BACKSLASH) run++;
+    at -= run % 2;
+    for (;;) {
+        const length =
+            body[at] !== BACKSLASH ? 1 : body[at + 1] === 0x75 ? 6 : 2;
+        if (at + length > target) break;
+        at += length;
+    }
+    // A sequence has at most three continuation bytes; more are stray.
+    for (let back = 0; back < 3 && (body[at]! & 0xc0) === 0x80; back++) at--;
+    return at;
+};
+
+/** The string literal at `[start, close]`, decoded a piece per turn. */
+const readLongString = async (
+    body: Buffer,
+    start: number,
+    close: number,
+): Promise<string> => {
+    const pieces: string[] = [];
+    let at = start + 1;
+    while (at < close) {
+        const end =
+            close - at <= STRING_PIECE_BYTES
+                ? close
+                : pieceEnd(body, at, at + STRING_PIECE_BYTES);
+        pieces.push(
+            JSON.parse(`"${body.toString('utf8', at, end)}"`) as string,
+        );
+        at = end;
+        await nextTurn();
+    }
+    return pieces.join('');
+};
+
+/**
+ * `JSON.parse` of UTF-8 `body`, done in slices with the event loop running
+ * between them, so no input holds it for long. Throws a `SyntaxError` for
+ * malformed JSON, and for nesting deeper than `MAX_DEPTH`.
+ */
+export async function parseJsonInSlices(body: Buffer): Promise<unknown> {
+    if (body.length <= SLICE_BYTES) return JSON.parse(body.toString('utf8'));
+
+    const parser = new SlicedJsonParser(body);
+    for (;;) {
+        const signal = parser.run(performance.now() + TURN_BUDGET_MS);
+        if (signal === DONE) return parser.result;
+        if (signal === LONG_STRING) {
+            parser.resolveLongString(
+                await readLongString(body, parser.longStart, parser.longEnd),
+            );
+        } else {
+            await nextTurn();
+        }
+    }
+}

src/backend/util/taskbarItems.test.ts

@@ -1,271 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of Puter.
- *
- * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
-import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { PuterServer } from '../server.ts';
-import { setupTestServer } from '../testUtil.ts';
-import { getTaskbarItems } from './taskbarItems.ts';
-
-describe('getTaskbarItems', () => {
-    let server: PuterServer;
-    let deps: Parameters<typeof getTaskbarItems>[1];
-
-    beforeAll(async () => {
-        server = await setupTestServer();
-        deps = {
-            clients: server.clients,
-            stores: server.stores,
-            apiBaseUrl: 'https://api.puter.com',
-            config: { static_hosting_domain: 'puter.site' },
-        } as unknown as Parameters<typeof getTaskbarItems>[1];
-    });
-
-    afterAll(async () => {
-        await server?.shutdown();
-    });
-
-    const makeUser = async (taskbarItems?: unknown) => {
-        const username = `tb-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 10)}`;
-        const created = await server.stores.user.create({
-            username,
-            uuid: uuidv4(),
-            password: null,
-            email: `${username}@test.local`,
-        } as never);
-        if (taskbarItems !== undefined) {
-            await server.stores.user.update(created.id, {
-                taskbar_items:
-                    typeof taskbarItems === 'string'
-                        ? taskbarItems
-                        : JSON.stringify(taskbarItems),
-            });
-        }
-        return (await server.stores.user.getById(created.id))!;
-    };
-
-    const makeApp = async (ownerUserId: number, overrides = {}) => {
-        const name = `tb-app-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 10)}`;
-        return server.stores.app.create(
-            {
-                name,
-                title: `Title ${name}`,
-                index_url: `https://${name}.example.com/`,
-                description: 'a test app',
-                ...overrides,
-            },
-            { ownerUserId },
-        );
-    };
-
-    it('seeds the default taskbar for a user that has none, and persists it', async () => {
-        const user = await makeUser();
-        expect(user.taskbar_items).toBeFalsy();
-
-        await getTaskbarItems(user as never, deps);
-
-        const [row] = await server.clients.db.read(
-            'SELECT `taskbar_items` FROM `user` WHERE `id` = ?',
-            [user.id],
-        );
-        const stored = JSON.parse(String(row.taskbar_items));
-        expect(stored.map((e: { name: string }) => e.name)).toContain(
-            'app-center',
-        );
-        // The cached row must not keep serving the pre-seed value.
-        expect(
-            (await server.stores.user.getById(user.id))?.taskbar_items,
-        ).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-
-    it('resolves entries by name, uid and id', async () => {
-        const owner = await makeUser([]);
-        const byName = await makeApp(owner.id);
-        const byUid = await makeApp(owner.id);
-        const byId = await makeApp(owner.id);
-
-        const user = await makeUser([
-            { name: byName.name, type: 'app' },
-            { uid: byUid.uid, type: 'app' },
-            { id: byId.id, type: 'app' },
-        ]);
-
-        const items = await getTaskbarItems(user as never, deps);
-        expect(items.map((i) => i.uid)).toEqual([
-            byName.uid,
-            byUid.uid,
-            byId.uid,
-        ]);
-        expect(items[0]).toMatchObject({
-            uuid: byName.uid,
-            name: byName.name,
-            title: byName.title,
-            godmode: false,
-            maximize_on_start: false,
-            description: 'a test app',
-        });
-    });
-
-    it('resolves the whole taskbar with one batched lookup per key, not one per entry', async () => {
-        const owner = await makeUser([]);
-        const apps = await Promise.all([0, 1, 2].map(() => makeApp(owner.id)));
-        const byUid = await makeApp(owner.id);
-        const user = await makeUser([
-            ...apps.map((app) => ({ name: app.name, type: 'app' })),
-            { uid: byUid.uid, type: 'app' },
-        ]);
-        const appStore = server.stores.app;
-        const spies = {
-            getByName: vi.spyOn(appStore, 'getByName'),
-            getByUid: vi.spyOn(appStore, 'getByUid'),
-            getById: vi.spyOn(appStore, 'getById'),
-            getByNames: vi.spyOn(appStore, 'getByNames'),
-            getByUids: vi.spyOn(appStore, 'getByUids'),
-        };
-        try {
-            const items = await getTaskbarItems(user as never, deps);
-
-            expect(items.map((i) => i.uid)).toEqual([
-                ...apps.map((app) => app.uid),
-                byUid.uid,
-            ]);
-            expect(spies.getByName).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(spies.getByUid).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(spies.getById).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(spies.getByNames).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-            expect(spies.getByUids).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-        } finally {
-            for (const spy of Object.values(spies)) spy.mockRestore();
-        }
-    });
-
-    it('skips non-app entries, the explorer pin, and unresolvable apps', async () => {
-        const owner = await makeUser([]);
-        const app = await makeApp(owner.id);
-        const user = await makeUser([
-            { name: 'explorer', type: 'app' },
-            { name: 'nothing-here', type: 'app' },
-            { name: app.name, type: 'separator' },
-            { type: 'app' },
-            { name: app.name, type: 'app' },
-        ]);
-
-        const items = await getTaskbarItems(user as never, deps);
-        expect(items).toHaveLength(1);
-        expect(items[0].name).toBe(app.name);
-    });
-
-    it('falls back to an empty taskbar when the stored JSON is corrupt', async () => {
-        const user = await makeUser('{not json');
-        expect(await getTaskbarItems(user as never, deps)).toEqual([]);
-    });
-
-    it('accepts an already-parsed taskbar array on the user row', async () => {
-        const owner = await makeUser([]);
-        const app = await makeApp(owner.id);
-        const user = await makeUser([]);
-
-        const items = await getTaskbarItems(
-            { ...user, taskbar_items: [{ name: app.name, type: 'app' }] },
-            deps,
-        );
-        expect(items.map((i) => i.name)).toEqual([app.name]);
-    });
-
-    it('builds a sized icon URL by default and drops the icon on request', async () => {
-        const owner = await makeUser([]);
-        const app = await makeApp(owner.id);
-        const user = await makeUser([{ name: app.name, type: 'app' }]);
-
-        const withIcon = await getTaskbarItems(user as never, deps, {
-            iconSize: 64,
-        });
-        expect(withIcon[0].icon).toBe(
-            `https://api.puter.com/app-icon/${app.uid}/64`,
-        );
-
-        const withoutIcon = await getTaskbarItems(user as never, deps, {
-            noIcons: true,
-        });
-        expect('icon' in withoutIcon[0]).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it('pairs the icon URL with the direct subdomain URL when one exists', async () => {
-        const owner = await makeUser([]);
-        // An http(s) icon column is what the resize pipeline leaves behind, so
-        // the sized PNG is on the subdomain.
-        const app = await makeApp(owner.id, {
-            icon: 'https://api.puter.com/app-icon/x',
-        });
-        const user = await makeUser([{ name: app.name, type: 'app' }]);
-
-        const items = await getTaskbarItems(user as never, deps, {
-            iconSize: 64,
-        });
-        expect(items[0].icon).toBe(
-            `https://api.puter.com/app-icon/${app.uid}/64`,
-        );
-        expect(items[0].iconCdnUrl).toBe(
-            `https://puter-app-icons.puter.site/${app.uid}-64.png`,
-        );
-    });
-
-    it('reports no subdomain URL for an app whose icon was never generated', async () => {
-        const owner = await makeUser([]);
-        const app = await makeApp(owner.id);
-        const user = await makeUser([{ name: app.name, type: 'app' }]);
-
-        const items = await getTaskbarItems(user as never, deps, {
-            iconSize: 64,
-        });
-        expect(items[0].iconCdnUrl).toBeNull();
-    });
-
-    it('falls back to the raw icon column when no API base URL is configured', async () => {
-        const owner = await makeUser([]);
-        const app = await makeApp(owner.id, {
-            icon: 'https://cdn.example.com/i.png',
-        });
-        const user = await makeUser([{ name: app.name, type: 'app' }]);
-
-        const items = await getTaskbarItems(
-            user as never,
-            {
-                ...deps,
-                apiBaseUrl: undefined,
-            } as never,
-        );
-        expect(items[0].icon).toBe('https://cdn.example.com/i.png');
-    });
-
-    it('reports null for an app with no icon and no API base URL', async () => {
-        const owner = await makeUser([]);
-        const app = await makeApp(owner.id);
-        const user = await makeUser([{ name: app.name, type: 'app' }]);
-
-        const items = await getTaskbarItems(
-            user as never,
-            {
-                ...deps,
-                apiBaseUrl: undefined,
-            } as never,
-        );
-        expect(items[0].icon).toBeNull();
-    });
-});

src/backend/util/taskbarItems.ts

@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of Puter.
- *
- * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-import type { AppIconHostConfig } from './appIcon.js';
-import { toAppSummary, type AppRow } from './appView.js';
-
-interface TaskbarEntry {
-    name?: string;
-    id?: number;
-    uid?: string;
-    type?: string;
-}
-
-interface TaskbarOptions {
-    iconSize?: number;
-    noIcons?: boolean;
-}
-
-interface TaskbarDeps {
-    apiBaseUrl?: string;
-    config?: AppIconHostConfig;
-    stores: {
-        app: {
-            getByNames: (names: string[]) => Promise<Map<string, AppRow>>;
-            getByUids: (uids: string[]) => Promise<Map<string, AppRow>>;
-            getByIds: (ids: number[]) => Promise<Map<number, AppRow>>;
-        };
-        user: {
-            update: (
-                id: number,
-                patch: Record<string, unknown>,
-            ) => Promise<unknown>;
-        };
-    };
-}
-
-const DEFAULT_TASKBAR_ITEMS: TaskbarEntry[] = [
-    { name: 'app-center', type: 'app' },
-    { name: 'builder', type: 'app' },
-    { name: 'dev-center', type: 'app' },
-    { name: 'editor', type: 'app' },
-    { name: 'code', type: 'app' },
-    { name: 'camera', type: 'app' },
-    { name: 'recorder', type: 'app' },
-    { name: 'browser', type: 'app' },
-];
-
-export async function getTaskbarItems(
-    user: Record<string, unknown>,
-    deps: TaskbarDeps,
-    options: TaskbarOptions = {},
-): Promise<Array<Record<string, unknown>>> {
-    let raw: TaskbarEntry[];
-
-    if (!user.taskbar_items) {
-        raw = DEFAULT_TASKBAR_ITEMS;
-        await deps.stores.user.update(user.id as number, {
-            taskbar_items: JSON.stringify(raw),
-        });
-    } else {
-        try {
-            raw =
-                typeof user.taskbar_items === 'string'
-                    ? JSON.parse(user.taskbar_items as string)
-                    : (user.taskbar_items as TaskbarEntry[]);
-        } catch {
-            raw = [];
-        }
-    }
-
-    const entries = raw.filter(
-        (entry) => entry.type === 'app' && entry.name !== 'explorer',
-    );
-    const [byName, byUid, byId] = await Promise.all([
-        deps.stores.app.getByNames(
-            entries.flatMap((entry) => (entry.name ? [entry.name] : [])),
-        ),
-        deps.stores.app.getByUids(
-            entries.flatMap((entry) =>
-                !entry.name && entry.uid ? [entry.uid] : [],
-            ),
-        ),
-        deps.stores.app.getByIds(
-            entries.flatMap((entry) =>
-                !entry.name && !entry.uid && entry.id ? [entry.id] : [],
-            ),
-        ),
-    ]);
-
-    const items: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
-    for (const entry of entries) {
-        const app = entry.name
-            ? byName.get(entry.name)
-            : entry.uid
-              ? byUid.get(entry.uid)
-              : entry.id
-                ? byId.get(entry.id)
-                : undefined;
-        if (!app) continue;
-
-        const item: Record<string, unknown> = {
-            uid: app.uid,
-            ...toAppSummary(app, {
-                apiBaseUrl: deps.apiBaseUrl,
-                config: deps.config,
-                iconSize: options.iconSize,
-            }),
-            description: app.description,
-        };
-        if (options.noIcons) {
-            delete item.icon;
-            delete item.iconCdnUrl;
-        }
-        items.push(item);
-    }
-
-    return items;
-}

src/backend/util/userDetails.test.ts

@@ -85,7 +85,17 @@ describe('buildUserDetails', () => {
             [`/${user.username}/Desktop`]: user.desktop_uuid,
             [`/${user.username}/Trash`]: user.trash_uuid,
         });
-        expect(Array.isArray(details.taskbar_items)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('leaves out taskbar items saved on the account', async () => {
+        const user = {
+            ...(await makeUser()),
+            taskbar_items: JSON.stringify([{ type: 'app', name: 'editor' }]),
+        };
+        const details = await buildUserDetails(user, deps(), {
+            isUser: true,
+        });
+        expect(details).not.toHaveProperty('taskbar_items');
     });
 
     it('leaves the desktop-only parts out for an app actor', async () => {
@@ -93,7 +103,6 @@ describe('buildUserDetails', () => {
         const details = await buildUserDetails(user, deps(), {
             isUser: false,
         });
-        expect(details).not.toHaveProperty('taskbar_items');
         expect(details).not.toHaveProperty('directories');
         expect(details.card_fallback_available).toBe(false);
     });
@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@ describe('buildUserDetails lookups', () => {
         return keys.slice(keys.indexOf('hasDevAccountAccess') + 1);
     };
 
-    it('reads the linked provider, taskbar and seat together, listed in a fixed order', async () => {
+    it('reads the linked provider and seat together, listed in a fixed order', async () => {
         const user = {
             ...(await makeUser()),
             password: null,
@@ -162,7 +171,6 @@ describe('buildUserDetails lookups', () => {
         );
         expect(tailKeys(details)).toEqual([
             'oidc_revalidate_url',
-            'taskbar_items',
             'directories',
             'team',
             'last_activity_ts',
@@ -177,7 +185,6 @@ describe('buildUserDetails lookups', () => {
         const user = {
             ...(await makeUser()),
             password: null,
-            taskbar_items: JSON.stringify([{ type: 'app', name: 'editor' }]),
             last_activity_ts: '2026-01-02 03:04:05',
         };
         const events: string[] = [];
@@ -199,15 +206,6 @@ describe('buildUserDetails lookups', () => {
                         },
                     },
                     stores: Object.assign(Object.create(d.stores), {
-                        app: {
-                            getByNames: () =>
-                                timed(events, 'taskbar', 20, () => {
-                                    throw new Error('taskbar down');
-                                }),
-                            getByUids: async () => new Map(),
-                            getByIds: async () => new Map(),
-                        },
-                        // Fails first, but is reported after the taskbar.
                         team: {
                             getOrgSeat: () =>
                                 timed(events, 'seat', 5, () => {
@@ -219,18 +217,12 @@ describe('buildUserDetails lookups', () => {
                 { isUser: true },
             );
             expect(warn.mock.calls).toEqual([
-                ['[user-details] taskbar_items failed:', expect.any(Error)],
                 ['[user-details] team lookup failed:', expect.any(Error)],
             ]);
         } finally {
             warn.mockRestore();
         }
-        expect(tailKeys(details)).toEqual([
-            'taskbar_items',
-            'directories',
-            'last_activity_ts',
-        ]);
-        expect(details.taskbar_items).toEqual([]);
+        expect(tailKeys(details)).toEqual(['directories', 'last_activity_ts']);
     });
 });
 

src/backend/util/userDetails.ts

@@ -27,18 +27,12 @@ import {
     isCardFallbackEligible,
     type CardFallbackClients,
 } from './cardFallback.js';
-import { getTaskbarItems } from './taskbarItems.js';
 import { isEmailGateLast } from './verificationOrder.js';
 
-type TaskbarDeps = Parameters<typeof getTaskbarItems>[1];
-
 export interface UserDetailsDeps {
     config: IConfig;
-    // `db.write` backs the taskbar's first-read default row.
-    clients: CardFallbackClients & {
-        db: { write: (query: string, params?: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown> };
-    };
-    stores: TaskbarDeps['stores'] & {
+    clients: CardFallbackClients;
+    stores: {
         kv: Pick<SystemKVStore, 'get'>;
         team?: Pick<TeamStoreContract, 'getOrgSeat'>;
     };
@@ -78,8 +72,8 @@ const SENSITIVE_KEYS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
 ]);
 
 /**
- * Delete every sensitive key at any depth (`metadata` and `taskbar_items` are
- * nested). Depth-limited and cycle-safe. Runs last over a whole payload.
+ * Delete every sensitive key at any depth (`metadata` is nested). Depth-limited
+ * and cycle-safe. Runs last over a whole payload.
  */
 export const scrubSensitive = (
     value: unknown,
@@ -124,7 +118,7 @@ export const toUnixSeconds = (value: unknown): number | undefined => {
 export async function buildUserDetails(
     user: UserRow,
     deps: UserDetailsDeps,
-    opts: { isUser: boolean; iconSize?: number; noIcons?: boolean },
+    opts: { isUser: boolean },
 ): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
     const { config, clients, stores, services } = deps;
     const { isUser } = opts;
@@ -170,9 +164,6 @@ export async function buildUserDetails(
                   cardFallbackDepsFrom(clients),
               )
             : false,
-        desktop_bg_url: user.desktop_bg_url,
-        desktop_bg_color: user.desktop_bg_color,
-        desktop_bg_fit: user.desktop_bg_fit,
         is_temp: user.password === null && user.email === null,
         is_user_token: true,
         // Null until the account asks for a code; never minted here.
@@ -185,14 +176,6 @@ export async function buildUserDetails(
         hasDevAccountAccess: !!user.metadata?.hasDevAccountAccess,
     };
 
-    // Not an inline literal, so a `TaskbarDeps` without `clients` still
-    // accepts it.
-    const taskbarDeps = {
-        clients,
-        stores,
-        apiBaseUrl: String(config.api_base_url ?? ''),
-        config,
-    };
     const linkedProvider = async () => {
         if (!oidcOnly) return null;
         try {
@@ -202,19 +185,6 @@ export async function buildUserDetails(
             return null;
         }
     };
-    const taskbarItems = async () => {
-        if (!isUser) return null;
-        try {
-            return {
-                items: await getTaskbarItems(user, taskbarDeps, {
-                    iconSize: opts.iconSize,
-                    noIcons: opts.noIcons,
-                }),
-            };
-        } catch (error) {
-            return { error };
-        }
-    };
     // The team that pays for the account; every seat restriction keys on it.
     const orgSeat = async () => {
         if (!isUser || config.teams_enabled !== true) return null;
@@ -226,26 +196,14 @@ export async function buildUserDetails(
     };
     // Independent and each best-effort, so read together; the results land
     // below in the order the payload has always listed them.
-    const [provider, taskbar, team] = await Promise.all([
-        linkedProvider(),
-        taskbarItems(),
-        orgSeat(),
-    ]);
+    const [provider, team] = await Promise.all([linkedProvider(), orgSeat()]);
 
     if (provider) {
         const origin = (config.origin ?? '').replace(/\/$/, '');
         details.oidc_revalidate_url = `${origin}/auth/oidc/${provider}/start?flow=revalidate&user_uuid=${encodeURIComponent(user.uuid)}`;
     }
 
-    if (taskbar) {
-        // Best-effort: the account still works without them.
-        if ('error' in taskbar) {
-            console.warn('[user-details] taskbar_items failed:', taskbar.error);
-            details.taskbar_items = [];
-        } else {
-            details.taskbar_items = taskbar.items;
-        }
-
+    if (isUser) {
         const directories: Record<string, unknown> = {};
         const nameToProp: Record<string, string> = {
             desktop_uuid: `/${user.username}/Desktop`,

src/docs/src/AI/chat.md

@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@ The `usageDetails.serviceSpeed` field reports the served speed. Billing uses the
 
 ### OpenAI models
 
+Passing `service_tier: "priority"` selects fast service, and `service_tier: "ultrafast"` selects ultrafast service. These requests use the same prices and supported-speed selection as `serviceSpeed`. An explicit `serviceSpeed` takes precedence.
+
+Input and reasoning tokens reported by a non-streaming Responses API call are billed even when its output is empty. These charges apply whether the request fails or retries another provider.
+
 Fast service is available on models with a published Fast rate card. Ultrafast is available for GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra. Other models fall back to fast or standard. Cache and long-context rates apply to the served tier.
 
 #### `temperature`
@@ -588,6 +592,8 @@ MiniMax M3 uses Priority admission for fast service. Earlier models with an equi
 
 Fast service requests Priority when the account and model are eligible. The provider can serve the request at standard speed.
 
+Passing `service_tier: "auto"` selects fast service, with the same prices as `serviceSpeed: "fast"`. An explicit `serviceSpeed` takes precedence.
+
 ### Alibaba Cloud models
 
 Models with an equivalent Prime or Fast variant select that variant for fast service. Other models use standard service.

src/docs/src/AI/speech2speech.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Fine-tune the conversion:
 | Option | Type | Description |
 |--------|------|-------------|
 | `voice` | `String` | Target ElevenLabs voice ID. Defaults to `21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM`. |
-| `model` | `String` | Voice-changer model. Defaults to `eleven_multilingual_sts_v2`. You can also use `eleven_english_sts_v2` for English-only inputs. |
+| `model` | `String` | Voice-changer model, either `eleven_multilingual_sts_v2` or `eleven_english_sts_v2` (English-only inputs). Defaults to `eleven_multilingual_sts_v2`. Any other value fails with a `field_invalid` error. |
 | `output_format` | `String` | Desired output codec and bitrate, e.g. `mp3_44100_128`, `opus_48000_64`, or `pcm_48000`. Defaults to `mp3_44100_128`. |
 | `voice_settings` | `Object \| String` | ElevenLabs voice settings payload (e.g. `{"stability":0.5,"similarity_boost":0.75}`). |
 | `remove_background_noise` | `Boolean` | Apply background noise removal. |

src/docs/src/Hosting/attach.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ When the user adds a new domain, the dialog shows the DNS records to set at thei
 
 Your app doesn't need any permission to call this method. The user makes the choice in the dialog, and your app only receives the domain they chose. Custom domains are billed to the user's Puter account, and the dialog shows the price before the user adds one.
 
-Inside Puter, the dialog is rendered by the desktop environment. On a website, a puter.com popup hosts the dialog and signs the user in first if needed.
+Inside Puter, the dialog is rendered by the desktop environment. On a website, a puter.com popup hosts the dialog and signs the user in first if needed. Puter's own apps on puter.com subdomains show it in a frame over the page instead, when the user is signed in to both.
 
 ## Syntax
 

src/docs/src/UI/createWindow.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ A set of key/value pairs that configure the window.
 | `is_resizable` | `Boolean` | If set to `true`, the user can resize the window. |
 | `has_head` | `Boolean` | If set to `true`, the window has a head which contains the icon and the close, minimize, and maximize buttons. |
 | `disable_parent_window` | `Boolean` | If set to `true`, the parent window is blocked until the current window is closed. |
-| `show_in_taskbar` | `Boolean` | If set to `true`, the window is represented in the taskbar. |
+| `show_in_taskbar` | `Boolean` | Deprecated. It has no effect. |
 
 ## Return value
 A `Promise` that resolves to a window handle object with an `id` (String) property identifying the created window. This `id` can be passed as the `window_id` argument to the `setWindow*` methods.
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ A `Promise` that resolves to a window handle object with an `id` (String) proper
             is_resizable: false,
             has_head: true,
             center: true,
-            show_in_taskbar: false,
         })
     </script>
 </body>

src/docs/src/UI/launchApp.md

@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ Without `background`, Puter creates and shows the window before the app's own co
 runs, so a service app cannot avoid briefly appearing on screen.
 
 A background instance stays private to your app for as long as it is hidden: it has no
-taskbar item and no running mark on its icon, and opening the app from the
-taskbar or from Puter's app list starts a separate, ordinary instance for the
-user rather than handing them the one you are talking to. It can show itself at
-any time with [`puter.ui.showWindow()`](/UI/showWindow), and from that moment it
-is an ordinary window. It takes its place in the taskbar, and the user can
-return to it, hide it, or close it like any other.
+running mark on its icon, and opening the app from Puter's app list starts a
+separate, ordinary instance for the user rather than handing them the one you
+are talking to. It can show itself at any time with
+[`puter.ui.showWindow()`](/UI/showWindow), and from that moment it is an
+ordinary window that the user can return to, hide, or close like any other.
 
 A background app closes when the app that launched it closes: it was launched to
 serve that app, and the user never saw it. Once it has shown itself it keeps

src/docs/src/UI/showColorPicker.md

@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ puter.ui.showColorPicker(defaultColor)
 puter.ui.showColorPicker(options)
 ```
 
+## Parameters
+#### `defaultColor` (String)
+The color to select when the color picker is opened, as a hex string such as `#3b82f6` or `#38f`.
+
+#### `options` (Object)
+An object with the following properties:
+
+| Option | Type | Description |
+|--------|------|-------------|
+| `defaultColor` | `String` | The color to select when the color picker is opened, as a hex string. The picker has no alpha, so the alpha in an 8-digit hex such as `#3b82f680` is ignored. If the value isn't a valid hex color, the picker opens on `#3b82f6`. The `defaultValue` and `default` options are accepted as aliases. If more than one is given, `defaultValue` is used, then `defaultColor`, then `default`. |
+
+## Return value
+A `Promise` that resolves to the selected color as a lowercase 6-digit hex string, such as `#ff0000`. If the user closes the picker without selecting a color, the promise resolves to `null`.
+
 ## Examples
 
 ### Change the background to the picked color
@@ -23,7 +37,9 @@ puter.ui.showColorPicker(options)
     <script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
     <script>
         puter.ui.showColorPicker().then((color)=>{
-            document.body.style.backgroundColor = color;
+            if (color) {
+                document.body.style.backgroundColor = color;
+            }
         })
     </script>
 </body>

src/docs/src/playground/examples/ui-show-color-picker.html

@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
     <script>
         document.getElementById('pick-color').addEventListener('click', () => {
             puter.ui.showColorPicker().then((color) => {
-                document.body.style.backgroundColor = color;
-                puter.print('Selected color: ' + color);
+                if (color) {
+                    document.body.style.backgroundColor = color;
+                    puter.print('Selected color: ' + color);
+                }
             });
         });
     </script>

src/docs/src/rate-limits-and-quotas.md

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ The [`puter.ai.realtime()`](/AI/realtime/) SDK also applies these limits before
 
 `/puterai/anthropic/v1/messages/count_tokens` has its own budget of 120 requests per minute per user, with no concurrency limit, and is not charged.
 
-Chat requests accept JSON bodies up to 128 MiB (134,217,728 bytes), including `text/plain;actually=json` bodies. That covers `puter-chat-completion` calls through `/drivers/call`, which `puter.ai.chat()` uses, and POSTs to `/puterai/openai/v1/*`, `/puterai/anthropic/v1/messages` and `/puterai/anthropic/v1/messages/count_tokens`. A body over 50 MiB needs a `Content-Length` header and a token in the `Authorization` or `x-api-key` header (or a session cookie); an `auth_token` inside the body isn't read until the body is, so it only works up to 50 MiB. Larger bodies, and bodies over 50 MiB for other drivers, return HTTP 413. One account can have up to 128 MiB of these large bodies in flight at once; past that, requests get `429` with `Retry-After`. A server handling too many large bodies at once returns `503` with `Retry-After`. Retry either after the given number of seconds. Other routes accept JSON bodies up to 50 MiB.
+Chat requests accept JSON bodies up to 128 MiB (134,217,728 bytes), including `text/plain;actually=json` bodies. That covers `puter-chat-completion` calls through `/drivers/call`, which `puter.ai.chat()` uses, and POSTs to `/puterai/openai/v1/*`, `/puterai/anthropic/v1/messages` and `/puterai/anthropic/v1/messages/count_tokens`. A body over 50 MiB needs a `Content-Length` header and a credential that can be read before the rest of the body. That is a token in the `Authorization` or `x-api-key` header, a session cookie, or an `auth_token` that is the first field of the body, which is where Puter.js sends it. An `auth_token` after other fields isn't read until the body is, so it only works up to 50 MiB. Larger bodies, and bodies over 50 MiB for other drivers, return HTTP 413. One account can have up to 128 MiB of these large bodies in flight at once; past that, requests get `429` with `Retry-After`. A server handling too many large bodies at once returns `503` with `Retry-After`. Retry either after the given number of seconds. Other routes accept JSON bodies up to 50 MiB. A JSON body in a charset other than UTF-8 is accepted up to 1 MiB. A JSON body over 32 KiB can nest arrays and objects up to 10,000 levels deep, and deeper nesting returns HTTP 400.
 
 Claude's server-executed tools are clamped so a request can't reserve an unbounded amount of credit:
 

src/gui/CREDITS.md

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 ## Credits
 
-The default wallpaper is created by [Milad Fakurian](https://unsplash.com/photos/blue-orange-and-yellow-wallpaper-E8Ufcyxz514) and published on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/).
-
 Icons by [Papirus](https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme) under GPL-3.0 license.
 
 Icons by [Iconoir](https://iconoir.com/) under MIT license.

src/gui/puter-gui.json

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
             "/lib/jquery.dragster.js",
             "/lib/html-entities.js",
             "/lib/timeago.min.js",
-            "/lib/iro.min.js",
             "/lib/isMobile.min.js",
             "/lib/fflate-0.8.2.min.js"
         ],

src/gui/src/IPC.enablePush.test.js

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ vi.mock('./UI/UIPopover.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIPrompt.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindow.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowAppFeedback.js', stub);
-vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowColorPicker.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowEmailConfirmationRequired.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowFontPicker.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIPermissionDialog.js', () => ({ default: permissionDialog }));

src/gui/src/IPC.errors.test.js

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ vi.mock('./UI/UIPopover.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIPrompt.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindow.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowAppFeedback.js', stub);
-vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowColorPicker.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowEmailConfirmationRequired.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowFontPicker.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIPermissionDialog.js', stub);

src/gui/src/IPC.js

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import UIPrompt from './UI/UIPrompt.js';
 import UIWindow from './UI/UIWindow.js';
 import UIWindowAppFeedback from './UI/UIWindowAppFeedback.js';
 import UIWindowAttachCustomDomain from './UI/UIWindowAttachCustomDomain.js';
-import UIWindowColorPicker from './UI/UIWindowColorPicker.js';
 import UIWindowFontPicker from './UI/UIWindowFontPicker.js';
 import UIPermissionDialog from './UI/UIPermissionDialog.js';
 import UIEnablePushDialog from './UI/UIEnablePushDialog.js';
@@ -485,7 +484,6 @@ const ipc_listener = async (event, handled) => {
                 is_resizable: event.data.options.is_resizable,
                 has_head: event.data.options.has_head,
                 center: event.data.options.center,
-                show_in_taskbar: event.data.options.show_in_taskbar,
                 iframe_srcdoc: event.data.options.content,
                 parent_uuid: event.data.appInstanceID,
             });
@@ -1150,9 +1148,9 @@ const ipc_listener = async (event, handled) => {
         if ( event.data.y !== undefined ) {
             event.data.y = parseFloat(event.data.y);
             // we don't want the window to go off the top edge of the screen
-            if ( event.data.y < window.taskbar_height )
+            if ( event.data.y < 0 )
             {
-                event.data.y = window.taskbar_height;
+                event.data.y = 0;
             }
             // we don't want the window to go off the bottom edge of the screen
             if ( event.data.y > window.innerHeight - 100 )
@@ -1218,9 +1216,9 @@ const ipc_listener = async (event, handled) => {
         if ( event.data.y !== undefined ) {
             event.data.y = parseFloat(event.data.y);
             // we don't want the window to go off the top edge of the screen
-            if ( event.data.y < window.taskbar_height )
+            if ( event.data.y < 0 )
             {
-                event.data.y = window.taskbar_height;
+                event.data.y = 0;
             }
             // we don't want the window to go off the bottom edge of the screen
             if ( event.data.y > window.innerHeight - 100 )
@@ -1625,26 +1623,34 @@ const ipc_listener = async (event, handled) => {
             return;
         }
 
-        // set options
-        if ( typeof event.data.options === 'string' ) {
-            event.data.options = { defaultColor: event.data.options };
-        }
-        event.data.options = event.data.options ?? {};
+        const options = typeof event.data.options === 'string'
+            ? { defaultColor: event.data.options }
+            : (event.data.options ?? {});
+        const requested_color = options.defaultValue ?? options.defaultColor ?? options.default;
+        // The picker has no alpha, so an 8-digit hex loses its last two digits.
+        // Anything still not a 3- or 6-digit hex is left out: older builds of
+        // the picker fail to open on it.
+        const default_color = typeof requested_color === 'string'
+            ? requested_color.trim().replace(/^(#?[0-9a-f]{6})[0-9a-f]{2}$/i, '$1')
+            : '';
 
-        // Clear window_options for security reasons
-        event.data.options.window_options = {};
+        // The same picker puter.js shows outside Puter, so an app gets one
+        // answer shape everywhere: a 6-digit hex string, or null on cancel.
+        const picker = document.createElement('puter-color-picker');
+        if ( /^#?([0-9a-f]{3}|[0-9a-f]{6})$/i.test(default_color) ) picker.setAttribute('default-color', default_color);
+        const selected_color = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+            picker.addEventListener('response', (e) => resolve(e.detail ?? null), { once: true });
+            document.body.appendChild(picker);
+            picker.open();
+        });
+        // Older builds leave the element behind when Escape closes it.
+        picker.remove();
 
-        // Set app as parent window of the font picker window
-        event.data.options.window_options.parent_uuid = event.data.appInstanceID;
-
-        // Open color picker
-        let selected_color = await UIWindowColorPicker(event.data.options);
-
-        // Send selected color to requester window
-        target_iframe.contentWindow.postMessage({
+        // The app may have closed while the picker was up.
+        target_iframe.contentWindow?.postMessage({
             msg: 'colorPicked',
             original_msg_id: msg_id,
-            color: selected_color ? selected_color.color : undefined,
+            color: selected_color,
         }, '*');
         $(target_iframe).get(0).focus({ preventScroll: true });
     }

src/gui/src/IPC.requestEmailConfirmation.test.js

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ vi.mock('./UI/UIPopover.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIPrompt.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindow.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowAppFeedback.js', stub);
-vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowColorPicker.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowEmailConfirmationRequired.js', () => ({ default: confirmEmail }));
 vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowFontPicker.js', stub);
 vi.mock('./UI/UIPermissionDialog.js', stub);

src/gui/src/IPC.showColorPicker.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Puter.
+ *
+ * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+import { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import jQuery from './lib/jquery-3.6.1/jquery-3.6.1.min.js';
+
+globalThis.def = globalThis.def ?? ((cls) => cls);
+globalThis.use = globalThis.use ?? (() => ({}));
+globalThis.$ = globalThis.jQuery = jQuery;
+globalThis.i18n = (key) => key;
+
+const { stub } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ stub: () => ({ default: () => {} }) }));
+vi.mock('./helpers/download.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./helpers/itemIcon.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./helpers/socialLink.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./helpers/updateMousePosition.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIAlert.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIContextMenu.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIItem.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIPopover.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIPrompt.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIWindow.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowAppFeedback.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowEmailConfirmationRequired.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowFontPicker.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIPermissionDialog.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIEnablePushDialog.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UIWindowSaveAccount.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/Auth/UIAuthSignup.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./UI/UINotification.js', stub);
+vi.mock('./helpers/godmodeTokens.js', () => ({ renewGodmodeToken: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('./helpers/watchItems.js', () => ({ addItemWatcher: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('./helpers/verification_gates.js', () => ({
+    openVerificationGateWindow: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+// Stands in for puter.js's <puter-color-picker>, which the GUI page gets from
+// the SDK: it records how it was opened, and the test answers for the user.
+const opened = [];
+class FakeColorPicker extends HTMLElement {
+    open () {
+        opened.push(this);
+    }
+    answer (color) {
+        this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('response', { detail: color }));
+    }
+}
+customElements.define('puter-color-picker', FakeColorPicker);
+
+let iframe;
+let posted;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+    window.when_puter_happens = [];
+    window.appCallbackFunctions = {};
+    await import('./IPC.js');
+    globalThis.puter = { services: undefined, util: { rpc: { send: vi.fn() } } };
+    for (const fn of window.when_puter_happens) await fn();
+});
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    opened.length = 0;
+    document.body.innerHTML = '';
+    const win = document.createElement('div');
+    win.setAttribute('data-app_uuid', 'app-1');
+    iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
+    iframe.setAttribute('data-app', 'notes');
+    win.append(iframe);
+    document.body.append(win);
+    posted = vi.spyOn(iframe.contentWindow, 'postMessage').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    window.app_instance_ids = new Set(['inst-1']);
+    window.iframe_for_app_instance = (id) => (id === 'inst-1' ? iframe : null);
+    window.window_for_app_instance = () => win;
+    window.is_auth = () => true;
+    window.ipc_handlers = {};
+    globalThis.services = { get: () => ({ get_by_uuid: () => ({ name: 'caller', uuid: 'inst-1' }) }) };
+});
+
+const request = (options) =>
+    window.dispatchEvent(
+        new MessageEvent('message', {
+            data: { appInstanceID: 'inst-1', env: 'app', msg: 'showColorPicker', uuid: 'cb-1', options },
+            source: iframe.contentWindow,
+            origin: 'https://app.example',
+        }),
+    );
+
+const settle = () => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20));
+
+const replies = () => posted.mock.calls
+    .map(([data]) => data)
+    .filter((data) => data.msg === 'colorPicked');
+
+describe('showColorPicker', () => {
+    it.each([
+        ['a string', '#abcdef'],
+        ['defaultColor', { defaultColor: '#abcdef' }],
+        ['the legacy default alias', { default: '#abcdef' }],
+        ['the legacy defaultValue alias', { defaultValue: '#abcdef' }],
+        ['an 8-digit hex, without its alpha', '#abcdef80'],
+    ])('opens the picker on the color given as %s', async (_, options) => {
+        request(options);
+        await settle();
+        expect(opened).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(opened[0].getAttribute('default-color')).toBe('#abcdef');
+        expect(opened[0].isConnected).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it.each([
+        ['no color', undefined],
+        ['a color that isn\'t hex', 'red'],
+        ['a malformed hex', '#abcd'],
+    ])('leaves the picker\'s own default when the app gives %s', async (_, options) => {
+        request(options);
+        await settle();
+        expect(opened[0].hasAttribute('default-color')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('replies with the picked color', async () => {
+        request('#abcdef');
+        await settle();
+        opened[0].answer('#123456');
+        await settle();
+        expect(replies()).toEqual([{ msg: 'colorPicked', original_msg_id: 'cb-1', color: '#123456' }]);
+        expect(opened[0].isConnected).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('replies null when the user cancels', async () => {
+        request();
+        await settle();
+        opened[0].answer(null);
+        await settle();
+        expect(replies()).toEqual([{ msg: 'colorPicked', original_msg_id: 'cb-1', color: null }]);
+        expect(opened[0].isConnected).toBe(false);
+    });
+});

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/TabAccount.js

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import UIWindow from '../UIWindow.js';
 import {
     openChangeEmailDialog,
+    openChangeLanguageDialog,
     openChangePasswordDialog,
     openChangeUsernameDialog,
     openCreateTokenDialog,
@@ -141,6 +142,21 @@ const TabAccount = {
             h += '</div>';
         }
 
+        // Language card
+        const language = window.listSupportedLanguages().find((lang) => lang.code === window.locale);
+        h += '<div class="dashboard-card dashboard-settings-card">';
+        h += '<div class="dashboard-settings-card-content">';
+        h += '<div class="dashboard-settings-card-icon">';
+        h += '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="10"/><path d="M2 12h20"/><path d="M12 2a15.3 15.3 0 0 1 4 10 15.3 15.3 0 0 1-4 10 15.3 15.3 0 0 1-4-10 15.3 15.3 0 0 1 4-10z"/></svg>';
+        h += '</div>';
+        h += '<div class="dashboard-settings-card-info">';
+        h += `<strong>${i18n('language')}</strong>`;
+        h += `<span>${html_encode(language?.name ?? window.locale)}</span>`;
+        h += '</div>';
+        h += '</div>';
+        h += `<button class="button change-language">${i18n('change_language')}</button>`;
+        h += '</div>';
+
         // API token card
         h += '<div class="dashboard-card dashboard-settings-card">';
         h += '<div class="dashboard-settings-card-content">';
@@ -213,6 +229,9 @@ const TabAccount = {
         $el_window.find('.dashboard-section-account .change-email').on('click', function () {
             openChangeEmailDialog(dialogOptions(this));
         });
+        $el_window.find('.dashboard-section-account .change-language').on('click', function () {
+            openChangeLanguageDialog(dialogOptions(this));
+        });
         $el_window.find('.dashboard-section-account .copy-auth-token').on('click', function () {
             openCreateTokenDialog({ ...dialogOptions(this), $sessionsParent: $el_window });
         });
@@ -251,8 +270,6 @@ const TabAccount = {
         function showProfilePicture (picture) {
             const url = picture ?? window.icons['profile.svg'];
             $('.profile-pic').css('background-image', `url(${ html_encode(url) })`);
-            $('.profile-image').css('background-image', `url(${ html_encode(url) })`);
-            $('.profile-image').toggleClass('profile-image-has-picture', !! picture);
         }
         // A save started after another one owns the avatar and the hint; the
         // earlier one's answer must not put its picture (or a failure) back.

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/TabHome.js

@@ -296,25 +296,6 @@ const TabHome = {
         h += '</div>';
         h += '</div>';
 
-        // Open Desktop card (spans full width, links to the desktop interface)
-        h +=
-            '<a href="/desktop" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="bento-card bento-desktop allow-native-ctxmenu">';
-        h +=
-            '<div class="bento-card-fancy-icon bento-card-fancy-icon-desktop">';
-        h +=
-            '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8"><rect x="2" y="3" width="20" height="14" rx="2"/><line x1="8" y1="21" x2="16" y2="21"/><line x1="12" y1="17" x2="12" y2="21"/></svg>';
-        h += '</div>';
-        h += '<div class="bento-card-fancy-text">';
-        h += `<h2>${i18n('open_desktop')}</h2>`;
-        h += '<span class="bento-card-fancy-subtitle">';
-        h +=
-            '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><line x1="5" y1="12" x2="19" y2="12"/><polyline points="12 5 19 12 12 19"/></svg>';
-        h += i18n('open_desktop_hint');
-        h += '</span>';
-        h += '</div>';
-        h += '<span class="bento-desktop-arrow">›</span>';
-        h += '</a>';
-
         h += '</div>';
         return h;
     },

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/TabUsage.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import { formatCount, formatCredits, formatDollarsFromMicrocents, usageIsCredits } from './credits.js';
 import { isOrgSeat } from './orgSeat.js';
-import { addonCreditsRemaining, meterPercent, monthlyUsageOrThrow, usageBudget } from './usageBudget.js';
+import { addonCreditsBudget, addonCreditsRemaining, meterPercent, monthlyUsageOrThrow, usageBudget } from './usageBudget.js';
 import { getMonthlyUsage, getStorageSpace } from './usageRequests.js';
 
 // Whether the server reported credits — decides whether the usage surfaces
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const TabUsage = {
                 </div>
                 <div class="driver-usage-container" style="margin-top: 30px;">
                     <div class="driver-usage-header">
-                        <h3 style="margin:0; font-size: 14px; flex-grow: 1; font-weight: 500;">${i18n('Resources')}</h3>
+                        <h3 style="margin:0; font-size: 14px; flex-grow: 1; font-weight: 500;">${i18n('monthly_credits_title')}</h3>
                         <div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 3px; opacity:0.85;">
                             <span class="usage-progbar-percent">--%</span>
                             <span> &middot; </span>
@@ -77,10 +77,22 @@ const TabUsage = {
                     <div class="usage-progbar-wrapper">
                         <div class="usage-progbar" style="width: 0;"></div>
                     </div>
-                    <p class="usage-addon-credits" style="display: none;">
-                        <span class="usage-addon-left"></span>
-                        <span class="usage-addon-note">&middot; ${i18n('addon_credits_note')}</span>
-                    </p>
+                    <div class="usage-addon" style="display: none;">
+                        <div class="driver-usage-header">
+                            <h3 id="usage-addon-title" style="margin:0; font-size: 14px; flex-grow: 1; font-weight: 500;">${i18n('addon_credits')}</h3>
+                            <div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 3px; opacity:0.85;">
+                                <span class="usage-addon-percent">--%</span>
+                                <span> &middot; </span>
+                                ${i18n('used_of', { used: '<span class="usage-addon-used">--</span>', available: '<span class="usage-addon-capacity">--</span>' }, false)}
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="usage-progbar-wrapper" role="progressbar" aria-labelledby="usage-addon-title" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100">
+                            <div class="usage-addon-bar" style="width: 0;"></div>
+                        </div>
+                        <p class="usage-addon-credits">
+                            <span class="usage-addon-note">${i18n('addon_credits_note')}</span>
+                        </p>
+                    </div>
                     <h3 style="margin:15px 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 500;">${i18n('usage_details')}</h3>
                     <div class="driver-usage-details-content visible">
                     </div>
@@ -330,9 +342,20 @@ async function update_usage_details ($el_window) {
             'background-color': window.usage_bar_color(budget.barPercent),
         });
 
-        $('.usage-addon-credits').toggle(addonLeft !== null);
-        if ( addonLeft !== null ) {
-            $('.usage-addon-left').html(i18n('addon_credits_available', { amount: amount(addonLeft) }));
+        // Its own meter under the monthly one, for an account that has ever had any.
+        const addon = addonCreditsBudget(res.allowanceInfo);
+        $('.usage-addon').toggle(addon !== null);
+        if ( addon !== null ) {
+            $('.usage-addon-used').html(amount(addon.used));
+            $('.usage-addon-capacity').html(amount(addon.capacity));
+            $('.usage-addon-percent').html(`${addon.percent}%`);
+            $('.usage-addon-bar').css({
+                width: `${addon.barPercent}%`,
+                'background-color': window.usage_bar_color(addon.barPercent),
+            }).parent().attr({
+                'aria-valuenow': addon.percent,
+                'aria-valuetext': `${addon.percent}%`,
+            });
         }
 
         // Store raw data for sorting

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIAccountDialogs.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import check_password_strength from '../../helpers/checkPasswordStrength.js';
 import create_access_token from '../../helpers/createAccessToken.js';
 import postUserProtected from '../../helpers/postUserProtected.js';
 import update_username_in_gui from '../../helpers/updateUsernameInGui.js';
+import changeLanguage from '../../i18n/i18nChangeLanguage.js';
 import UIWindowManageSessions from '../UIWindowManageSessions.js';
 import UIDashboardFormDialog, { copyRowHtml } from './UIDashboardFormDialog.js';
 
@@ -119,6 +120,42 @@ export function openEditProfileDialog ({ onSave, ...opts } = {}) {
     });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Changes the language Puter is shown in, then reloads the page in it.
+ *
+ * @param {AccountDialogOptions} [opts]
+ */
+export function openChangeLanguageDialog (opts = {}) {
+    return UIDashboardFormDialog({
+        ...opts,
+        title: t('change_language'),
+        submitLabel: t('save'),
+        fields: [
+            {
+                name: 'language',
+                type: 'select',
+                label: i18n('language'),
+                value: window.locale,
+                options: window.listSupportedLanguages().map((lang) => ({
+                    value: lang.code,
+                    label: html_encode(lang.name),
+                })),
+            },
+        ],
+        async onSubmit (dialog) {
+            const { language } = dialog.values();
+            if ( language === window.locale ) {
+                dialog.close();
+                return;
+            }
+            // On success the page reloads, so the dialog stays in progress.
+            if ( ! await changeLanguage(language) ) {
+                dialog.setStatus(t('language_save_failed'), { field: 'language' });
+            }
+        },
+    });
+}
+
 /**
  * Changes the signed-in user's username.
  *

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIAccountDialogs.test.js

@@ -293,6 +293,57 @@ describe('create API token', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('change language', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        window.locale = 'en';
+        window.listSupportedLanguages = () => [
+            { code: 'en', name: 'English' },
+            { code: 'de', name: 'Deutsch' },
+            { code: 'ja', name: '日本語' },
+        ];
+        window.mutate_user_preferences = vi.fn();
+        globalThis.puter.kv = { set: vi.fn(async () => true) };
+    });
+
+    it('lists every language by its own name, with the current one selected', () => {
+        dialogs.openChangeLanguageDialog();
+        const options = field('language').find('option').map((_, el) => [[el.value, el.textContent]]).get();
+        expect(options).toEqual([['en', 'English'], ['de', 'Deutsch'], ['ja', '日本語']]);
+        expect(field('language').val()).toBe('en');
+    });
+
+    it('closes without saving when the language is unchanged', async () => {
+        dialogs.openChangeLanguageDialog();
+
+        await submitWith({ language: 'en' });
+
+        expect(puter.kv.set).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(isOpen()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('saves the picked language to the account', async () => {
+        dialogs.openChangeLanguageDialog();
+
+        await submitWith({ language: 'de' });
+
+        expect(puter.kv.set).toHaveBeenCalledWith('user_preferences.language', 'de');
+        expect(window.mutate_user_preferences).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ language: 'de' });
+        expect(status()).toBe('');
+    });
+
+    it('stays open with an error when the save fails', async () => {
+        puter.kv.set.mockRejectedValue(new Error('offline'));
+        vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+        dialogs.openChangeLanguageDialog();
+
+        await submitWith({ language: 'de' });
+
+        expect(window.mutate_user_preferences).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(status()).toBe('language_save_failed');
+        expect(isOpen()).toBe(true);
+    });
+});
+
 describe('delete account', () => {
     it('asks a temporary account to type confirm', async () => {
         // What the server sends for a temporary account: no password, so `oidc_only` too.

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIDashboard.js

@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ async function UIDashboard (options) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
     options = options ?? {};
 
-    // Mark dashboard mode on <body> so window chrome can adapt — e.g. app
-    // windows keep their minimize button even though fullpage-mode hides it.
+    // Mark dashboard mode on <body> so window chrome and notifications can adapt.
     $('body').addClass('dashboard-mode');
 
     // Create mutable tabs array from built-in tabs

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIShareModal.js

@@ -109,10 +109,9 @@ const count_label = (count) => (count === 1
     : i18n('items_count_other', { count }));
 
 /**
- * A responsive, from-scratch sharing modal for the Dashboard's Files tab.
- * Unlike UIWindowShare (which spawns a desktop UIWindow), this renders a
- * self-contained overlay that behaves as a centered card on desktop and a
- * bottom sheet on mobile, styled with the dashboard's design tokens.
+ * A responsive sharing modal for the Dashboard's Files tab: a self-contained
+ * overlay that behaves as a centered card on desktop and a bottom sheet on
+ * mobile, styled with the dashboard's design tokens.
  *
  * Shares one item or a whole selection. With several items the access list is
  * one row per person folded across them ({@link aggregateShares}), so every
@@ -120,10 +119,9 @@ const count_label = (count) => (count === 1
  * rather than a chore repeated per file. A person who holds only some of the
  * selection says so, and can be extended to the rest in one click.
  *
- * Feature-equivalent to UIWindowShare: grant access by email or username,
- * list who has access (owner, direct grants, grants inherited from an
- * ancestor folder), change a grant's mode, and revoke — with the revoke
- * confirmation inlined into the row instead of a stacked alert window.
+ * Grants access by email or username, lists who has access (owner, direct
+ * grants, grants inherited from an ancestor folder), changes a grant's mode,
+ * and revokes, with the revoke confirmation inlined into the row.
  *
  * @param {Object} opts
  * @param {Array<Object>} [opts.items] - The items to share, each

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/shareAggregate.test.js

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ describe('aggregateShares', () => {
 
     it('falls back to the handle, then the uid, for an unnamed team', () => {
         // Whatever team_label says, so a team reads the same here as it does
-        // in the desktop dialog's access list.
+        // in the recipient suggestions.
         const named = (team) => aggregateShares(['/me/a'], new Map([
             ['/me/a', [grant(null, 'read', { holderTeam: team })]],
         ]))[0].name;

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/usageBudget.js

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ export const meterPercent = (share) => (share < 100 ? Math.min(99, Math.round(sh
 
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} UsageBudget
- * @property {number} used - Allowance-charged spend, in the server's units.
- * @property {number} capacity - The monthly plan allowance.
+ * @property {number} used - Spend charged to it, in the server's units.
+ * @property {number} capacity - What the meter is out of: the monthly plan allowance, or the add-on credit bought.
  * @property {number} percent - `used` as a whole-number share of `capacity`.
  * @property {number} barPercent - The share clamped to 0-100, for a bar width.
  */
@@ -83,6 +83,28 @@ export const addonCreditsRemaining = (allowanceInfo) => {
     return Math.max(0, purchased - nonNegative(addons.consumedPurchaseCredits));
 };
 
+/**
+ * The add-on credit meter: what has been spent of all the add-on credit the
+ * account ever bought. Null when it has never had any, as there is no pool
+ * to meter.
+ *
+ * @param {Object | null | undefined} allowanceInfo
+ * @returns {UsageBudget | null}
+ */
+export const addonCreditsBudget = (allowanceInfo) => {
+    const left = addonCreditsRemaining(allowanceInfo);
+    if ( left === null ) return null;
+    const capacity = nonNegative(allowanceInfo.addons.purchasedCredits);
+    const used = capacity - left;
+    const share = (used / capacity) * 100;
+    return {
+        used,
+        capacity,
+        percent: meterPercent(share),
+        barPercent: Math.max(0, Math.min(100, share)),
+    };
+};
+
 /**
  * `getMonthlyUsage()` resolves with whatever body the server answered, an
  * error included. Throws unless that body is a usage report, so a failed

src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/usageBudget.test.js

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { addonCreditsRemaining, meterPercent, monthlyUsageOrThrow, usageBudget } from './usageBudget.js';
+import { addonCreditsBudget, addonCreditsRemaining, meterPercent, monthlyUsageOrThrow, usageBudget } from './usageBudget.js';
 
 const info = (allowance, addons = {}) => ({
     monthUsageAllowance: allowance,
@@ -148,6 +148,41 @@ describe('addonCreditsRemaining', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('addonCreditsBudget', () => {
+    it('has no meter for an account that never had add-on credit', () => {
+        expect(addonCreditsBudget(info(900_000_000))).toBeNull();
+        expect(addonCreditsBudget(info(900_000_000, { purchasedCredits: 0 }))).toBeNull();
+        expect(addonCreditsBudget(undefined)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('meters what was spent of the credit bought', () => {
+        expect(addonCreditsBudget(info(900_000_000, {
+            purchasedCredits: 2_500,
+            consumedPurchaseCredits: 850,
+        }))).toEqual({ used: 850, capacity: 2_500, percent: 34, barPercent: 34 });
+    });
+
+    it('starts empty when nothing has been spent, or the spend is unreadable', () => {
+        expect(addonCreditsBudget(info(0, { purchasedCredits: 1_000 })))
+            .toEqual({ used: 0, capacity: 1_000, percent: 0, barPercent: 0 });
+        expect(addonCreditsBudget(info(0, { purchasedCredits: 1_000, consumedPurchaseCredits: NaN })).used).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('reads full, never past it, once the pool is spent', () => {
+        expect(addonCreditsBudget(info(0, {
+            purchasedCredits: 1_000,
+            consumedPurchaseCredits: 1_200,
+        }))).toEqual({ used: 1_000, capacity: 1_000, percent: 100, barPercent: 100 });
+    });
+
+    it('holds at 99% while any credit is left', () => {
+        expect(addonCreditsBudget(info(0, {
+            purchasedCredits: 100_000,
+            consumedPurchaseCredits: 99_999,
+        })).percent).toBe(99);
+    });
+});
+
 describe('monthlyUsageOrThrow', () => {
     it('passes a usage report through', () => {
         const res = { usage: { total: 0 }, allowanceInfo: null };

src/gui/src/UI/Settings/UIWindowDisable2FA.js

@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ async function UIWindowDisable2FA (options) {
         width: 350,
         height: 'auto',
         dominant: true,
-        show_in_taskbar: false,
         on_before_exit: async () => {
             if ( ! disabled_successfully ) {
                 promise.resolve(false);

src/gui/src/UI/UIAlert.js

@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ function UIAlert (options) {
             selectable_body: false,
             draggable_body: options.draggable_body ?? true,
             allow_context_menu: false,
-            show_in_taskbar: false,
             window_class: 'window-alert',
             dominant: true,
             body_content: h,

src/gui/src/UI/UIColorPickerWidget.js

@@ -1,243 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of Puter.
- *
- * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-/**
- * Creates a reusable color picker widget using iro.ColorPicker
- * @param {HTMLElement|jQuery} container - Container element for the color picker
- * @param {Object} options - Configuration options
- * @param {string} options.default - Default color in hex format (e.g., "#f00" or "#ff0000ff")
- * @param {Object} options.layout - Custom layout configuration for iro.ColorPicker
- * @param {Function} options.onColorChange - Callback function called when color changes
- * @returns {Object} Color picker instance with methods to interact with it
- */
-export function UIColorPickerWidget (container, options = {}) {
-    // Get the DOM element if it's a jQuery object
-    const domElement = container instanceof HTMLElement
-        ? container
-        : $(container).get(0);
-
-    if ( ! domElement ) {
-        throw new Error('Container element is required');
-    }
-
-    // Default layout configuration
-    const defaultLayout = [
-        {
-            component: iro.ui.Box,
-            options: {
-                layoutDirection: 'horizontal',
-                width: 265,
-                height: 265,
-            },
-        },
-        {
-            component: iro.ui.Slider,
-            options: {
-                sliderType: 'alpha',
-                layoutDirection: 'horizontal',
-                height: 265,
-                width: 265,
-            },
-        },
-        {
-            component: iro.ui.Slider,
-            options: {
-                sliderType: 'hue',
-            },
-        },
-    ];
-
-    // Initialize the color picker
-    const colorPicker = new iro.ColorPicker(domElement, {
-        layout: options.layout ?? defaultLayout,
-        color: options.default ?? '#f00',
-    });
-
-    // Set up color change callback if provided
-    if ( options.onColorChange ) {
-        colorPicker.on('color:change', (color) => {
-            options.onColorChange(color);
-        });
-    }
-
-    return {
-        /**
-         * Get the current color
-         * @returns {Object} iro.Color object
-         */
-        getColor: () => colorPicker.color,
-
-        /**
-         * Get the current color as hex8 string (includes alpha)
-         * @returns {string} Color in hex8 format (e.g., "#ff0000ff")
-         */
-        getHex8String: () => colorPicker.color.hex8String,
-
-        /**
-         * Get the current color as hex string (no alpha)
-         * @returns {string} Color in hex format (e.g., "#ff0000")
-         */
-        getHexString: () => colorPicker.color.hexString,
-
-        /**
-         * Get the current color as HSLA object
-         * @returns {Object} Object with h, s, l, a properties
-         */
-        getHSLA: () => {
-            const color = colorPicker.color;
-            return color.hsla;
-        },
-
-        /**
-         * Set the color
-         * @param {string|Object} color - Color in hex format (e.g., "#f00" or "#ff0000ff") or HSLA object
-         */
-        setColor: (color) => {
-            if ( typeof color === 'string' ) {
-                // Remove # if present for matching
-                const hexValue = color.startsWith('#') ? color.substring(1) : color;
-
-                // Check if it's a hex8 string (8 hex digits)
-                if ( /^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}$/.test(hexValue) ) {
-                    // It's a hex8 string, set both hex and alpha
-                    const hex6 = `#${ hexValue.substring(0, 6)}`; // Get first 6 hex digits
-                    const alphaHex = hexValue.substring(6, 8); // Get last 2 hex digits (alpha)
-                    colorPicker.color.hexString = hex6;
-                    colorPicker.color.alpha = parseInt(alphaHex, 16) / 255;
-                } else {
-                    // Regular hex string (with or without #)
-                    colorPicker.color.hexString = color.startsWith('#') ? color : `#${ color}`;
-                }
-            } else if ( typeof color === 'object' && color.h !== undefined ) {
-                // HSLA object - set properties directly
-                colorPicker.color.hue = color.h;
-                colorPicker.color.saturation = color.s;
-                colorPicker.color.lightness = color.l;
-                colorPicker.color.alpha = color.a !== undefined ? color.a : 1;
-            }
-        },
-
-        /**
-         * Add an event listener
-         * @param {string} event - Event name (e.g., 'color:change')
-         * @param {Function} callback - Callback function
-         */
-        on: (event, callback) => {
-            colorPicker.on(event, callback);
-        },
-
-        /**
-         * Remove an event listener
-         * @param {string} event - Event name
-         * @param {Function} callback - Callback function
-         */
-        off: (event, callback) => {
-            colorPicker.off(event, callback);
-        },
-
-        /**
-         * Get the underlying iro.ColorPicker instance
-         * @returns {iro.ColorPicker} The iro.ColorPicker instance
-         */
-        getPicker: () => colorPicker,
-    };
-}
-
-/**
- * Converts HSLA values to hex8 string
- * @param {number} h - Hue (0-360)
- * @param {number} s - Saturation (0-100)
- * @param {number} l - Lightness (0-100)
- * @param {number} a - Alpha (0-1)
- * @returns {string} Color in hex8 format
- */
-export function hslaToHex8 (h, s, l, a) {
-    // Convert HSL to RGB
-    s /= 100;
-    l /= 100;
-    const c = (1 - Math.abs(2 * l - 1)) * s;
-    const x = c * (1 - Math.abs((h / 60) % 2 - 1));
-    const m = l - c / 2;
-    let r = 0, g = 0, b = 0;
-
-    if ( h >= 0 && h < 60 ) {
-        r = c; g = x; b = 0;
-    } else if ( h >= 60 && h < 120 ) {
-        r = x; g = c; b = 0;
-    } else if ( h >= 120 && h < 180 ) {
-        r = 0; g = c; b = x;
-    } else if ( h >= 180 && h < 240 ) {
-        r = 0; g = x; b = c;
-    } else if ( h >= 240 && h < 300 ) {
-        r = x; g = 0; b = c;
-    } else if ( h >= 300 && h < 360 ) {
-        r = c; g = 0; b = x;
-    }
-
-    r = Math.round((r + m) * 255);
-    g = Math.round((g + m) * 255);
-    b = Math.round((b + m) * 255);
-    const alpha = Math.round(a * 255);
-
-    return `#${[r, g, b, alpha].map(x => {
-        const hex = x.toString(16);
-        return hex.length === 1 ? `0${ hex}` : hex;
-    }).join('')}`;
-}
-
-/**
- * Converts hex8 string to HSLA object
- * @param {string} hex8 - Color in hex8 format (e.g., "#ff0000ff")
- * @returns {Object} Object with h, s, l, a properties
- */
-export function hex8ToHSLA (hex8) {
-    // Remove # if present
-    hex8 = hex8.replace('#', '');
-
-    // Parse hex values
-    const r = parseInt(hex8.substring(0, 2), 16) / 255;
-    const g = parseInt(hex8.substring(2, 4), 16) / 255;
-    const b = parseInt(hex8.substring(4, 6), 16) / 255;
-    const a = parseInt(hex8.substring(6, 8), 16) / 255;
-
-    // Convert RGB to HSL
-    const max = Math.max(r, g, b);
-    const min = Math.min(r, g, b);
-    let h, s, l = (max + min) / 2;
-
-    if ( max === min ) {
-        h = s = 0; // achromatic
-    } else {
-        const d = max - min;
-        s = l > 0.5 ? d / (2 - max - min) : d / (max + min);
-
-        switch ( max ) {
-        case r: h = ((g - b) / d + (g < b ? 6 : 0)) / 6; break;
-        case g: h = ((b - r) / d + 2) / 6; break;
-        case b: h = ((r - g) / d + 4) / 6; break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return {
-        h: Math.round(h * 360),
-        s: Math.round(s * 100),
-        l: Math.round(l * 100),
-        a: a,
-    };
-}

src/gui/src/UI/UIContextMenu.js

@@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ function UIContextMenu (options) {
 
         // Y position
         // is the menu going to go out of the window from the bottom?
-        if ( (start_y + menu_height) > (window.innerHeight - window.taskbar_height - 10) )
+        if ( (start_y + menu_height) > (window.innerHeight - 10) )
         {
-            y_pos = window.innerHeight - menu_height - window.taskbar_height - 10;
+            y_pos = window.innerHeight - menu_height - 10;
         }
         else
         {
@@ -801,9 +801,6 @@ function UIContextMenu (options) {
             $(options.parent_element).css('overflow', 'scroll');
 
             $(options.parent_element).removeClass('has-open-contextmenu');
-            if ( $(options.parent_element).hasClass('taskbar-item') ) {
-                window.make_taskbar_sortable();
-            }
         }
     });
 

src/gui/src/UI/UIItem.js

@@ -18,21 +18,17 @@
  */
 
 import UIWindowItemProperties from './UIWindowItemProperties.js';
-import ensureConfirmedEmail from '../helpers/ensureConfirmedEmail.js';
 import UIPopover from './UIPopover.js';
 import UIContextMenu from './UIContextMenu.js';
 import UIAlert from './UIAlert.js';
-import UIWindowPublishWorker from './UIWindowPublishWorker.js';
-import UIWindowShare from './UIWindowShare.js';
 import path from '../lib/path.js';
 import truncate_filename from '../helpers/truncateFilename.js';
 import launch_app from '../helpers/launchApp.js';
 import open_item from '../helpers/openItem.js';
 import publish_as_website from '../helpers/publishAsWebsite.js';
-import mime from '../lib/mime.js';
 import { isWeblinkName, weblinkChangeIconMenuItem } from '../helpers/weblink.js';
 import { is_owned_by_me } from '../helpers/pathOwner.js';
-import { can_rename, can_restructure, invalidate_shared_roots, shared_mode_for } from '../helpers/sharedAccess.js';
+import { can_rename, can_restructure, invalidate_shared_roots } from '../helpers/sharedAccess.js';
 import { is_default_app } from '../helpers/defaultApp.js';
 import openWithAI from '../helpers/openWithAI.js';
 import refresh_item_container from '../helpers/refreshItemContainer.js';
@@ -329,7 +325,6 @@ async function UIItem (options) {
             last_window_dragged_over = null;
 
             window.an_item_is_being_dragged = true;
-            $('.toolbar').css('pointer-events', 'none');
         },
         drag: function (event, ui) {
             // Constrain item within desktop bounds
@@ -419,8 +414,8 @@ async function UIItem (options) {
             // the desktop itself, not a window showing the Desktop folder
             if ( $(el_item).closest('.item-container').hasClass('desktop') &&
                 !window.is_auto_arrange_enabled && $(el_item).attr('data-path') !== window.trash_path && !ui.helper.data('dropped') &&
-                // Item must be dropped on the Desktop and not on the taskbar
-                window.mouseover_window === undefined && ui.position.top <= window.desktop_height - window.taskbar_height - 15 ) {
+                // .desktop clips its overflow, so the whole item has to fit above the bottom edge
+                window.mouseover_window === undefined && ui.position.top + $(el_item).outerHeight(true) <= window.desktop_height ) {
 
                 el_item.style.position = 'absolute';
                 el_item.style.left = `${ui.position.left }px`;
@@ -442,7 +437,6 @@ async function UIItem (options) {
             clearTimeout(longer_hover_timeout);
             last_window_dragged_over = null;
             window.an_item_is_being_dragged = false;
-            $('.toolbar').css('pointer-events', 'auto');
         },
     });
 
@@ -1099,11 +1093,6 @@ async function UIItem (options) {
             // Someone else's, however we got here — including items reached by
             // opening a shared folder, which carry no share markers.
             const is_not_mine = !is_owned_by_me($(el_item).attr('data-path'));
-            // `manage` inherits downwards, so a file inside a folder you manage
-            // counts too — the row itself only carries a mode at a shared root.
-            const can_manage_share =
-                $(el_item).attr('data-share_mode') === 'manage'
-                || (await shared_mode_for($(el_item).attr('data-path'))) === 'manage';
             // Moving and deleting go by the holding folder, not by the item.
             const may_restructure = !is_not_mine
                 || await can_restructure($(el_item).attr('data-path'));
@@ -1269,19 +1258,6 @@ async function UIItem (options) {
                 });
 
             }
-            //-------------------------------------------
-            // Publish as Worker
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            // The backend refuses deploys from a file someone else owns.
-            if ( !is_trashed && !is_trash && !is_not_mine && !options.is_dir && $(el_item).attr('data-name').toLowerCase().endsWith('.js') ) {
-                menu_items.push({
-                    html: i18n('publish_as_serverless_worker'),
-                    onClick: async function () {
-                        if ( ! await ensureConfirmedEmail(i18n('save_account_to_publish')) ) return;
-                        UIWindowPublishWorker(options.uid, $(el_item).attr('data-name'), $(el_item).attr('data-path'));
-                    },
-                });
-            }
             // -------------------------------------------
             // Deploy As App
             // -------------------------------------------
@@ -1315,20 +1291,6 @@ async function UIItem (options) {
                 });
             }
             // -------------------------------------------
-            // Share
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            if ( !is_trash && !is_trashed && (!is_not_mine || can_manage_share) ) {
-                menu_items.push({
-                    html: i18n('share_ellipsis'),
-                    onClick: async function () {
-                        UIWindowShare({
-                            path: $(el_item).attr('data-path'),
-                            name: $(el_item).attr('data-name'),
-                        });
-                    },
-                });
-            }
-            // -------------------------------------------
             // Download
             // -------------------------------------------
             if ( !is_trash && !is_trashed && (options.associated_app_name === null || options.associated_app_name === undefined) ) {
@@ -1348,48 +1310,6 @@ async function UIItem (options) {
                 });
             }
             // -------------------------------------------
-            // Set as Wallpaper
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            const mime_type = mime.getType($(el_item).attr('data-name')) ??
-                'application/octet-stream';
-            if ( !is_trashed && !is_trash && !options.is_dir && mime_type.startsWith('image/') ) {
-                menu_items.push({
-                    html: i18n('set_as_background'),
-                    onClick: async function () {
-                        const read_url = await puter.fs.sign(undefined, { uid: $(el_item).attr('data-uid'), action: 'read' });
-                        window.set_desktop_background({
-                            url: read_url.items.read_url,
-                            fit: window.desktop_bg_fit,
-                        });
-                        try {
-                            $.ajax({
-                                url: `${window.api_origin }/set-desktop-bg`,
-                                type: 'POST',
-                                data: JSON.stringify({
-                                    url: window.desktop_bg_url,
-                                    color: window.desktop_bg_color,
-                                    fit: window.desktop_bg_fit,
-                                }),
-                                async: true,
-                                contentType: 'application/json',
-                                headers: {
-                                    'Authorization': `Bearer ${window.auth_token}`,
-                                },
-                                statusCode: {
-                                    401: function (xhr) {
-                        window.handle401(xhr);
-                    },
-                                },
-                            });
-                            $(el_window).close();
-                            resolve(true);
-                        } catch ( err ) {
-                            // Ignore
-                        }
-                    },
-                });
-            }
-            // -------------------------------------------
             // Zip
             // -------------------------------------------
             if ( !is_trash && !is_trashed && !$(el_item).attr('data-path').endsWith('.zip') ) {
@@ -1634,7 +1554,7 @@ async function UIItem (options) {
                     left = left > (window.innerWidth - window_width) ? (window.innerWidth - window_width) : left;
 
                     let top = $(el_item).position().top + $(el_item).height();
-                    top = top > (window.innerHeight - (window_height + window.taskbar_height + window.toolbar_height)) ? (window.innerHeight - (window_height + window.taskbar_height + window.toolbar_height)) : top;
+                    top = top > (window.innerHeight - (window_height + window.toolbar_height)) ? (window.innerHeight - (window_height + window.toolbar_height)) : top;
 
                     UIWindowItemProperties(
                         $(el_item).attr('data-name'),

src/gui/src/UI/UIItem.test.js

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ vi.mock('./UIPopover.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock('./UIWindowEmailConfirmationRequired.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock('./UIContextMenu.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock('./UIAlert.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
-vi.mock('./UIWindowPublishWorker.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
-vi.mock('./UIWindowShare.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock('../helpers/launchApp.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock('../helpers/openItem.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock('../helpers/publishAsWebsite.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
@@ -139,3 +137,91 @@ describe('UIItem Remove from Shared', () => {
         expect(refresh_item_container.mock.calls[0][0][0]).toBe($('.item-container')[0]);
     });
 });
+
+describe('UIItem Share', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        window.user = { username: 'alice' };
+        window.trash_path = '/alice/Trash';
+    });
+
+    it('is not offered, even on an item the user owns', async () => {
+        const labels = await menuLabels({
+            path: '/alice/Photos',
+            owner: 'alice',
+            shared_with_me: false,
+            share_mode: undefined,
+            shared_by: undefined,
+        });
+        expect(labels).not.toContain('share_ellipsis');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('UIItem Publish as Worker', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        window.user = { username: 'alice' };
+        window.trash_path = '/alice/Trash';
+    });
+
+    it('is not offered, even on a .js file the user owns', async () => {
+        const labels = await menuLabels({
+            path: '/alice/worker.js',
+            name: 'worker.js',
+            is_dir: false,
+            owner: 'alice',
+            shared_with_me: false,
+            share_mode: undefined,
+            shared_by: undefined,
+        });
+        expect(labels).not.toContain('publish_as_serverless_worker');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('UIItem dropped on the desktop', () => {
+    let stop;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        document.body.innerHTML = '<div class="item-container desktop"></div>';
+        Object.assign(window, {
+            user: { username: 'alice' },
+            trash_path: '/alice/Trash',
+            desktop_height: 800,
+            is_auto_arrange_enabled: false,
+            mouseover_window: undefined,
+            desktop_item_positions: {},
+            save_desktop_item_positions: vi.fn(),
+        });
+        const draggable = jQuery.fn.draggable;
+        jQuery.fn.draggable = function (options) {
+            if ( typeof options === 'object' ) stop = options.stop;
+            return this;
+        };
+        try {
+            await UIItem({
+                appendTo: $('.item-container'),
+                uid: 'u-2',
+                path: '/alice/Desktop/Notes',
+                name: 'Notes',
+                is_dir: true,
+                icon: { image: '', type: 'icon' },
+            });
+        } finally {
+            jQuery.fn.draggable = draggable;
+        }
+        // jsdom has no stylesheet, so give the item the size style.css does.
+        $('.item').css({ height: '70px', margin: '15px 5px 30px 5px' });
+    });
+
+    const dropAt = (top) => stop({}, { position: { top, left: 300 }, helper: $('<div>') });
+
+    it('moves there when the whole item fits on screen', () => {
+        dropAt(685);
+        expect($('.item')[0].style.top).toBe('685px');
+        expect(window.save_desktop_item_positions).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('stays put when the item would hang off the bottom edge', () => {
+        dropAt(735);
+        expect($('.item')[0].style.top).toBe('');
+        expect(window.save_desktop_item_positions).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});

src/gui/src/UI/UIPopover.js

@@ -62,47 +62,17 @@ function UIPopover (options) {
     function position_popover () {
         // X position
         const popover_width = options.width ?? $(el_popover).width();
-        if ( options.center_horizontally ) {
-            // Check taskbar position to determine popover positioning
-            const taskbar_position = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-            if ( taskbar_position === 'left' ) {
-                // Position in top-left corner for left taskbar
-                x_pos = window.taskbar_height + 10; // Just to the right of the taskbar
-            } else if ( taskbar_position === 'right' ) {
-                // Position in top-right corner for right taskbar
-                x_pos = window.innerWidth - popover_width - window.taskbar_height - 40; // Just to the left of the taskbar
-            } else {
-                // Default bottom taskbar behavior - center horizontally
-                x_pos = window.innerWidth / 2 - popover_width / 2 - 15;
-            }
-        } else {
-            if ( options.position === 'bottom' || options.position === 'top' )
-            {
-                x_pos = options.left ?? ($(options.snapToElement).offset().left - (popover_width / 2) + 10);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                x_pos = options.left ?? ($(options.snapToElement).offset().left + 5);
-            }
+        if ( options.position === 'bottom' || options.position === 'top' )
+        {
+            x_pos = options.left ?? ($(options.snapToElement).offset().left - (popover_width / 2) + 10);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            x_pos = options.left ?? ($(options.snapToElement).offset().left + 5);
         }
 
         // Y position
-        const popover_height = options.height ?? $(el_popover).height();
-        if ( options.center_horizontally ) {
-            // Check taskbar position to determine popover positioning
-            const taskbar_position = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-            if ( taskbar_position === 'left' || taskbar_position === 'right' ) {
-                // Position at top for left/right taskbars
-                y_pos = window.toolbar_height + 10; // Just below the toolbar
-            } else {
-                // Default bottom taskbar behavior - position above taskbar
-                y_pos = options.top ?? (window.innerHeight - (window.taskbar_height + popover_height + 10));
-            }
-        } else {
-            y_pos = options.top ?? ($(options.snapToElement).offset().top + $(options.snapToElement).height() + 5);
-        }
+        y_pos = options.top ?? ($(options.snapToElement).offset().top + $(options.snapToElement).height() + 5);
 
         $(el_popover).css({
             left: `${x_pos }px`,

src/gui/src/UI/UIPrompt.js

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ function UIPrompt (options) {
             selectable_body: false,
             draggable_body: true,
             allow_context_menu: false,
-            show_in_taskbar: false,
             window_class: 'window-alert',
             dominant: true,
             body_content: h,

src/gui/src/UI/UITaskbar.js

@@ -1,769 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of Puter.
- *
- * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-import { createUploadThumbnailGenerator } from '../services/pdfThumbnails/index.js';
-import UITaskbarItem from './UITaskbarItem.js';
-import UIPopover from './UIPopover.js';
-import launch_app from '../helpers/launchApp.js';
-import UIContextMenu from './UIContextMenu.js';
-import { appIconAttrs, appIconSrc } from '../helpers/appIcon.js';
-import { filterLaunchableApps } from '../helpers/launchAppsList.js';
-
-const TASKBAR_POSITIONS = ['left', 'bottom', 'right'];
-
-async function UITaskbar (options) {
-    window.global_element_id++;
-
-    options = options ?? {};
-    options.content = options.content ?? '';
-
-    let taskbar_position;
-
-    // if first visit ever, set taskbar position to left
-    if ( window.first_visit_ever ) {
-        puter.kv.set('taskbar_position', 'left').catch(err => console.warn('Could not save taskbar_position:', err));
-        taskbar_position = 'left';
-    } else {
-        taskbar_position = await puter.kv.get('taskbar_position').catch(() => null);
-        // if this is not first visit, set taskbar position to bottom since it's from a user that
-        // used puter before customizing taskbar position was added and the taskbar position was set to bottom
-        // Unknown values are discarded too: this ends up in markup and stored values may be poisoned.
-        if ( ! TASKBAR_POSITIONS.includes(taskbar_position) ) {
-            taskbar_position = 'bottom'; // default position
-            puter.kv.set('taskbar_position', taskbar_position).catch(err => console.warn('Could not save taskbar_position:', err));
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Force bottom position on mobile devices
-    if ( isMobile.phone || isMobile.tablet ) {
-        taskbar_position = 'bottom';
-    }
-
-    // Set global taskbar position
-    window.taskbar_position = taskbar_position;
-
-    let launchAppsRequest = 0;
-    let pendingLaunchApps;
-    const fetchLaunchApps = () => {
-        pendingLaunchApps?.abort();
-        pendingLaunchApps = $.ajax({
-            url: `${window.api_origin}/get-launch-apps?icon_size=64`,
-            type: 'GET',
-            contentType: 'application/json',
-            timeout: 30000,
-            headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${window.auth_token}` },
-        });
-        return pendingLaunchApps;
-    };
-    const logRefreshFailure = (xhr, status) => {
-        if ( status !== 'abort' ) console.error('Failed to refresh launch apps:', status);
-    };
-
-    fetchLaunchApps().done(apps => {
-        if ( launchAppsRequest === 0 ) window.launch_apps = apps;
-    }).fail(logRefreshFailure);
-
-    let h = '';
-    h += `<div id="ui-taskbar_${window.global_element_id}" class="taskbar taskbar-position-${taskbar_position}" style="height:${window.taskbar_height}px;">`;
-    h += '<div class="taskbar-sortable" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; z-index: 99999;"></div>';
-    h += '</div>';
-
-    if ( taskbar_position === 'left' || taskbar_position === 'right' ) {
-        $('.desktop').addClass(`desktop-taskbar-position-${taskbar_position}`);
-    }
-
-    $('.desktop').append(h);
-
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    // add `Start` to taskbar
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    UITaskbarItem({
-        icon: window.icons['start.svg'],
-        name: i18n('start'),
-        sortable: false,
-        keep_in_taskbar: true,
-        disable_context_menu: true,
-        onClick: async function (item) {
-            // skip if popover already open
-            if ( $(item).hasClass('has-open-popover') )
-            {
-                $('.popover-launcher').remove();
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // show popover
-            let popover = UIPopover({
-                content: '<div class="launch-popover hide-scrollbar"></div>',
-                snapToElement: item,
-                parent_element: item,
-                width: 500,
-                height: 500,
-                class: 'popover-launcher',
-                center_horizontally: true,
-            });
-
-            $(popover).on('remove', () => pendingLaunchApps?.abort());
-            const request = ++launchAppsRequest;
-            if ( ! window.launch_apps?.recent ) {
-                window.launch_apps = { recent: [], recommended: [] };
-            }
-            $(popover).find('.launch-popover').append(`
-                <div class="launch-search-wrapper">
-                    <input style="background-image:url('${window.icons['magnifier-outline.svg']}');" class="launch-search">
-                    <img class="launch-search-clear" src="${window.icons['close.svg']}">
-                </div>
-            `);
-
-            const renderApps = () => {
-                const recentApps = filterLaunchableApps(window.launch_apps.recent);
-                const recommendedApps = filterLaunchableApps(window.launch_apps.recommended);
-                let apps_str = '';
-
-                // -------------------------------------------
-                // Recent apps
-                // -------------------------------------------
-                if ( recentApps.length > 0 ) {
-                    // heading
-                    apps_str += `<h1 class="start-section-heading start-section-heading-recent">${i18n('recent')}</h1>`;
-
-                    // apps
-                    apps_str += '<div class="launch-apps-recent">';
-                    for ( let index = 0; index < window.launch_recent_apps_count && index < recentApps.length; index++ ) {
-                        const app_info = recentApps[index];
-                        apps_str += `<div title="${html_encode(app_info.title)}" data-name="${html_encode(app_info.name)}" class="start-app-card">`;
-                        const icon = appIconSrc(app_info);
-                        apps_str += `<div class="start-app" data-app-name="${html_encode(app_info.name)}" data-app-uuid="${html_encode(app_info.uuid)}" data-app-icon="${html_encode(icon.src)}" data-app-icon-fallback="${html_encode(icon.fallback)}" data-app-title="${html_encode(app_info.title)}">`;
-                        apps_str += `<img class="start-app-icon" ${appIconAttrs(app_info, window.icons['app.svg'])}>`;
-                        apps_str += `<span class="start-app-title">${html_encode(app_info.title)}</span>`;
-                        apps_str += '</div>';
-                        apps_str += '</div>';
-                    }
-                    apps_str += '</div>';
-                }
-                // -------------------------------------------
-                // Recommended apps
-                // -------------------------------------------
-                if ( recommendedApps.length > 0 ) {
-                    // heading
-                    apps_str += `<h1 class="start-section-heading start-section-heading-recommended" style="${recentApps.length > 0 ? 'padding-top: 30px;' : ''}">${i18n('recommended')}</h1>`;
-                    // apps
-                    apps_str += '<div class="launch-apps-recommended">';
-                    for ( let index = 0; index < recommendedApps.length; index++ ) {
-                        const app_info = recommendedApps[index];
-                        apps_str += `<div title="${html_encode(app_info.title)}" data-name="${html_encode(app_info.name)}" class="start-app-card">`;
-                        const icon = appIconSrc(app_info);
-                        apps_str += `<div class="start-app" data-app-name="${html_encode(app_info.name)}" data-app-uuid="${html_encode(app_info.uuid)}" data-app-icon="${html_encode(icon.src)}" data-app-icon-fallback="${html_encode(icon.fallback)}" data-app-title="${html_encode(app_info.title)}">`;
-                        apps_str += `<img class="start-app-icon" ${appIconAttrs(app_info, window.icons['app.svg'])}>`;
-                        apps_str += `<span class="start-app-title">${html_encode(app_info.title)}</span>`;
-                        apps_str += '</div>';
-                        apps_str += '</div>';
-                    }
-                    apps_str += '</div>';
-                }
-
-                // Replace tiles only, so the search input keeps its text and focus.
-                $(popover).find('.start-section-heading, .launch-apps-recent, .launch-apps-recommended').remove();
-                $(popover).find('.launch-popover').append(apps_str);
-
-                // make apps draggable
-                $(popover).find('.start-app').draggable({
-                    appendTo: 'body',
-                    revert: 'invalid',
-                    connectToSortable: '.taskbar-sortable',
-                    zIndex: parseInt($(popover).css('z-index')) + 1,
-                    scroll: false,
-                    distance: 5,
-                    revertDuration: 100,
-                    helper: 'clone',
-                    cursorAt: { left: 18, top: 20 },
-                    start: function (event, ui) {
-                    },
-                    drag: function (event, ui) {
-                    },
-                    stop: function () {
-                    },
-                });
-            };
-            renderApps();
-            if ( ! isMobile.phone ) $(popover).find('.launch-search').focus();
-
-            fetchLaunchApps().done(apps => {
-                if ( request !== launchAppsRequest || !popover.isConnected ) return;
-                window.launch_apps = apps;
-                renderApps();
-                $(popover).find('.launch-search').trigger('change');
-            }).fail(logRefreshFailure);
-
-            $(popover).on('click', function () {
-                // close other context menus
-                $('.context-menu').fadeOut(200, function () {
-                    $(this).remove();
-                    $('.launch-app-selected').removeClass('launch-app-selected');
-                });
-            });
-
-            $(popover).on('contextmenu taphold', function (e) {
-                if ( ! e.target.closest('.launch-search') ) {
-                    e.preventDefault();
-                }
-            });
-
-            $(document).on('contextmenu taphold', '.start-app', function (e) {
-                if ( e.type === 'taphold' && !isMobile.phone && !isMobile.tablet )
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                e.stopImmediatePropagation();
-                e.preventDefault();
-
-                // close other context menus
-                $('.context-menu').fadeOut(200, function () {
-                    $(this).remove();
-                });
-
-                let items = [{
-                    html: i18n('open'),
-                    onClick: function () {
-                        $(e.currentTarget).trigger('click');
-                    },
-                }];
-
-                $('.launch-app-selected').removeClass('launch-app-selected');
-                $(e.currentTarget).parent().addClass('launch-app-selected');
-
-                // Determine pin state
-                const $existingTaskbarItem = $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${e.currentTarget.dataset.appName}"]`);
-                const isPinned = $existingTaskbarItem.length > 0 && $existingTaskbarItem.attr('data-keep-in-taskbar') === 'true';
-
-                items.push({
-                    html: i18n('add_to_desktop'),
-                    onClick: async function () {
-                        try {
-                            const fileName = `${e.currentTarget.dataset.appTitle}.app`;
-                            const content = JSON.stringify({
-                                app: e.currentTarget.dataset.appName,
-                                title: e.currentTarget.dataset.appTitle,
-                                icon: e.currentTarget.dataset.appIcon,
-                            });
-                            await puter.fs.upload(new File([content], fileName), window.desktop_path, {
-                                generateThumbnails: true,
-                                thumbnailGenerator: createUploadThumbnailGenerator(),
-                            });
-                        } catch ( err ) {
-                            console.error('Failed to add shortcut to desktop:', err);
-                            // Consider showing a user-facing error notification
-                        }
-                    },
-                });
-
-                if ( ! isPinned ) {
-                    items.push({
-                        html: i18n('keep_in_taskbar'),
-                        onClick: function () {
-                            const $taskbarItem = $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${e.currentTarget.dataset.appName}"]`);
-                            if ( $taskbarItem.length === 0 ) {
-                                // No taskbar item yet: create a new pinned one
-                                UITaskbarItem({
-                                    icon: e.currentTarget.dataset.appIcon,
-                                    iconFallback: e.currentTarget.dataset.appIconFallback,
-                                    app: e.currentTarget.dataset.appName,
-                                    name: e.currentTarget.dataset.appTitle,
-                                    keep_in_taskbar: true,
-                                });
-                            } else if ( $taskbarItem.attr('data-keep-in-taskbar') !== 'true' ) {
-                                // mark as pinned
-                                $taskbarItem.attr('data-keep-in-taskbar', 'true');
-                            }
-                            // Persist
-                            window.update_taskbar();
-                        },
-                    });
-                } else {
-                    items.push({
-                        html: i18n('remove_from_taskbar'),
-                        onClick: function () {
-                            const $taskbarItem = $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${e.currentTarget.dataset.appName}"]`);
-                            if ( $taskbarItem.length === 0 ) return; // nothing to do
-                            // Unpin
-                            $taskbarItem.attr('data-keep-in-taskbar', 'false');
-                            // If no open windows for this app, remove the item
-                            if ( $taskbarItem.attr('data-open-windows') === '0' ) {
-                                if ( window.remove_taskbar_item ) {
-                                    window.remove_taskbar_item($taskbarItem.get(0));
-                                } else {
-                                    $taskbarItem.remove();
-                                }
-                            }
-                            window.update_taskbar();
-                        },
-                    });
-                }
-
-                UIContextMenu({
-                    items: items,
-                });
-                return false;
-            });
-        },
-    });
-
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    // add `Explorer` to the taskbar
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    UITaskbarItem({
-        icon: window.icons['folders.svg'],
-        app: 'explorer',
-        name: 'Explorer',
-        sortable: false,
-        keep_in_taskbar: true,
-        lock_keep_in_taskbar: true,
-        onClick: function () {
-            let open_window_count = parseInt($('.taskbar-item[data-app="explorer"]').attr('data-open-windows'));
-            if ( open_window_count === 0 ) {
-                launch_app({ name: 'explorer', path: window.home_path });
-            } else {
-                return false;
-            }
-        },
-    });
-
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    // add separator before trash
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    UITaskbarItem({
-        icon: '', // No icon for separator
-        name: 'separator',
-        app: 'separator',
-        sortable: false,
-        keep_in_taskbar: true,
-        lock_keep_in_taskbar: true,
-        disable_context_menu: true,
-        style: 'pointer-events: none;', // Make it non-interactive
-        onClick: function () {
-            // Separator is non-interactive
-            return false;
-        },
-    });
-
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    // Add other useful apps to the taskbar
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    if ( window.user.taskbar_items && window.user.taskbar_items.length > 0 ) {
-        for ( let index = 0; index < window.user.taskbar_items.length; index++ ) {
-            const app_info = window.user.taskbar_items[index];
-            const icon = appIconSrc(app_info);
-            // add taskbar item for each app
-            UITaskbarItem({
-                icon: icon.src,
-                iconFallback: icon.fallback,
-                app: app_info.name,
-                name: app_info.title,
-                keep_in_taskbar: true,
-                onClick: function () {
-                    let open_window_count = parseInt($(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${app_info.name}"]`).attr('data-open-windows'));
-                    if ( open_window_count === 0 ) {
-                        launch_app({
-                            name: app_info.name,
-                        });
-                    } else {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                },
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    // add `Trash` to the taskbar
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    const trash = await puter.fs.stat({ path: window.trash_path, consistency: 'eventual' });
-    if ( window.socket ) {
-        window.socket.emit('trash.is_empty', { is_empty: trash.is_empty });
-    }
-
-    UITaskbarItem({
-        icon: trash.is_empty ? window.icons['trash.svg'] : window.icons['trash-full.svg'],
-        app: 'trash',
-        name: `${i18n('trash')}`,
-        sortable: false,
-        keep_in_taskbar: true,
-        lock_keep_in_taskbar: true,
-        onClick: function () {
-            let open_windows = $(`.window[data-path="${html_encode(window.trash_path)}"]`);
-            if ( open_windows.length === 0 ) {
-                launch_app({ name: 'explorer', path: window.trash_path });
-            } else {
-                open_windows.focusWindow();
-            }
-        },
-        onItemsDrop: function (items) {
-            window.move_items(items, window.trash_path);
-        },
-    });
-
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    // add separator before trash
-    //---------------------------------------------
-    UITaskbarItem({
-        icon: '', // No icon for separator
-        name: 'separator',
-        app: 'separator',
-        sortable: false,
-        keep_in_taskbar: true,
-        lock_keep_in_taskbar: true,
-        disable_context_menu: true,
-        style: 'pointer-events: none;', // Make it non-interactive
-        onClick: function () {
-            // Separator is non-interactive
-            return false;
-        },
-    });
-
-    window.make_taskbar_sortable();
-}
-
-//-------------------------------------------
-// Taskbar is sortable
-//-------------------------------------------
-window.make_taskbar_sortable = function () {
-    const position = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-    const axis = position === 'bottom' ? 'x' : 'y';
-
-    $('.taskbar-sortable').sortable({
-        axis: axis,
-        items: '.taskbar-item-sortable:not(.has-open-contextmenu):not([data-app="separator"])',
-        cancel: '.has-open-contextmenu',
-        placeholder: 'taskbar-item-sortable-placeholder',
-        helper: 'clone',
-        distance: 5,
-        revert: 10,
-        receive: function (event, ui) {
-            if ( ! $(ui.item).hasClass('taskbar-item') ) {
-                // if app is already in taskbar, cancel
-                if ( $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${$(ui.item).attr('data-app-name')}"]`).length !== 0 ) {
-                    $(this).sortable('cancel');
-                    $('.taskbar .start-app').remove();
-                    return;
-                }
-            }
-        },
-        update: function (event, ui) {
-            if ( ! $(ui.item).hasClass('taskbar-item') ) {
-                // if app is already in taskbar, cancel
-                if ( $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${$(ui.item).attr('data-app-name')}"]`).length !== 0 ) {
-                    $(this).sortable('cancel');
-                    $('.taskbar .start-app').remove();
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                let item = UITaskbarItem({
-                    icon: $(ui.item).attr('data-app-icon'),
-                    iconFallback: $(ui.item).attr('data-app-icon-fallback'),
-                    app: $(ui.item).attr('data-app-name'),
-                    name: $(ui.item).attr('data-app-title'),
-                    append_to_taskbar: false,
-                    keep_in_taskbar: true,
-                    onClick: function () {
-                        let open_window_count = parseInt($(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${$(ui.item).attr('data-app-name')}"]`).attr('data-open-windows'));
-                        if ( open_window_count === 0 ) {
-                            launch_app({
-                                name: $(ui.item).attr('data-app-name'),
-                            });
-                        } else {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                    },
-                });
-                let el = ($(item).detach());
-                $(el).insertAfter(ui.item);
-                $(el).show();
-                $(ui.item).removeItems();
-                window.update_taskbar();
-            }
-            // only proceed to update DB if the item sorted was a pinned item otherwise no point in updating the taskbar in DB
-            else if ( $(ui.item).attr('data-keep-in-taskbar') === 'true' ) {
-                window.update_taskbar();
-            }
-        },
-    });
-};
-
-// Function to update taskbar position
-window.update_taskbar_position = async function (new_position) {
-    // Prevent position changes on mobile devices - always keep bottom
-    if ( isMobile.phone || isMobile.tablet ) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if ( ! TASKBAR_POSITIONS.includes(new_position) ) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // Store the new position
-    puter.kv.set('taskbar_position', new_position).catch(err => console.warn('Could not save taskbar_position:', err));
-    window.taskbar_position = new_position;
-
-    // Remove old position classes and add new one
-    $('.taskbar').removeClass('taskbar-position-left taskbar-position-bottom taskbar-position-right');
-    $('.taskbar').addClass(`taskbar-position-${new_position}`);
-
-    // update desktop class, if left or right, add `desktop-taskbar-position-left` or `desktop-taskbar-position-right`
-    $('.desktop').removeClass('desktop-taskbar-position-left');
-    $('.desktop').removeClass('desktop-taskbar-position-right');
-    $('.desktop').addClass(`desktop-taskbar-position-${new_position}`);
-
-    // Update desktop height/width calculations based on new position
-    window.update_desktop_dimensions_for_taskbar();
-
-    // Update window positions if needed (for maximized windows)
-    $('.window[data-is_maximized="1"]').each(function () {
-        const el_window = this;
-        window.update_maximized_window_for_taskbar(el_window);
-    });
-
-    // Re-initialize sortable with correct axis
-    $('.taskbar-sortable').sortable('destroy');
-    window.make_taskbar_sortable();
-
-    // Adjust taskbar item sizes for the new position
-    setTimeout(() => {
-        window.adjust_taskbar_item_sizes();
-    }, 10);
-
-    // Reinitialize all taskbar item tooltips with new position
-    $('.taskbar-item').each(function () {
-        const $item = $(this);
-        // Destroy existing tooltip
-        if ( $item.data('ui-tooltip') ) {
-            $item.tooltip('destroy');
-        }
-
-        // Helper function to get tooltip position based on taskbar position
-        function getTooltipPosition () {
-            const taskbarPosition = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-            if ( taskbarPosition === 'bottom' ) {
-                return {
-                    my: 'center bottom-20',
-                    at: 'center top',
-                };
-            } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'top' ) {
-                return {
-                    my: 'center top+20',
-                    at: 'center bottom',
-                };
-            } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'left' ) {
-                return {
-                    my: 'left+20 center',
-                    at: 'right center',
-                };
-            } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'right' ) {
-                return {
-                    my: 'right-20 center',
-                    at: 'left center',
-                };
-            }
-            return {
-                my: 'center bottom-20',
-                at: 'center top',
-            }; // fallback
-        }
-
-        const tooltipPosition = getTooltipPosition();
-
-        // Reinitialize tooltip with new position
-        $item.tooltip({
-            items: ".taskbar:not(.children-have-open-contextmenu) .taskbar-item:not([data-app='separator'])",
-            position: {
-                my: tooltipPosition.my,
-                at: tooltipPosition.at,
-                using: function ( position, feedback ) {
-                    $(this).css( position);
-                    $('<div>')
-                        .addClass( 'arrow')
-                        .addClass( feedback.vertical)
-                        .addClass( feedback.horizontal)
-                        .appendTo( this);
-                },
-            },
-        });
-    });
-};
-
-// Function to update desktop dimensions based on taskbar position
-window.update_desktop_dimensions_for_taskbar = function () {
-    const position = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-    if ( position === 'bottom' ) {
-        $('.desktop').css({
-            'height': `calc(100vh - ${window.taskbar_height + window.toolbar_height}px)`,
-            'width': '100%',
-            'left': '0',
-            'top': `${window.toolbar_height}px`,
-        });
-    } else if ( position === 'left' ) {
-        $('.desktop').css({
-            'height': `calc(100vh - ${window.toolbar_height}px)`,
-            'width': `calc(100% - ${window.taskbar_height}px)`,
-            'left': `${window.taskbar_height}px`,
-            'top': `${window.toolbar_height}px`,
-        });
-    } else if ( position === 'right' ) {
-        $('.desktop').css({
-            'height': `calc(100vh - ${window.toolbar_height}px)`,
-            'width': `calc(100% - ${window.taskbar_height}px)`,
-            'left': '0',
-            'top': `${window.toolbar_height}px`,
-        });
-    }
-};
-
-//-------------------------------------------
-// Dynamic taskbar item resizing for left/right positions
-//-------------------------------------------
-window.adjust_taskbar_item_sizes = function () {
-    const position = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-    // Only apply to left and right positions
-    if ( position !== 'left' && position !== 'right' ) {
-        // Reset to default sizes for bottom position
-        $('.taskbar .taskbar-item').css({
-            'width': '40px',
-            'height': '40px',
-            'min-width': '40px',
-            'min-height': '40px',
-        });
-        $('.taskbar-icon').css('height', '40px');
-        return;
-    }
-
-    const taskbar = $('.taskbar')[0];
-    const taskbarItems = $('.taskbar .taskbar-item:visible');
-
-    if ( !taskbar || taskbarItems.length === 0 ) return;
-
-    // Get available height (minus padding)
-    const totalItemsNeeded = taskbarItems.length;
-    const taskbarHeight = taskbar.clientHeight;
-    const paddingTop = 20; // from CSS
-    const paddingBottom = 20; // from CSS
-    const availableHeight = taskbarHeight - paddingTop - paddingBottom - 180;
-
-    // Calculate space needed with default sizes
-    const defaultItemSize = 40;
-    const defaultMargin = 5;
-    const spaceNeededDefault = (totalItemsNeeded * defaultItemSize) + ((totalItemsNeeded - 1) * defaultMargin);
-
-    if ( spaceNeededDefault <= availableHeight ) {
-        // No overflow, use default sizes
-        taskbarItems.css({
-            'width': '40px',
-            'height': '40px',
-            'min-width': '40px',
-            'min-height': '40px',
-            'padding': '6px 5px 10px 5px', // default padding
-        });
-        $('.taskbar-icon').css('height', `${defaultItemSize }px`);
-        $('.taskbar-icon').css('width', '40px');
-        $('.taskbar-icon > img').css('width', 'auto');
-        $('.taskbar-icon > img').css('margin', 'auto');
-        $('.taskbar-icon > img').css('display', 'block');
-
-        // Reset margins to default
-        taskbarItems.css('margin-bottom', '5px');
-        taskbarItems.last().css('margin-bottom', '0px');
-    } else {
-        // Overflow detected, calculate smaller sizes
-        // Reserve some margin space (minimum 2px between items)
-        const minMargin = 2;
-        const marginSpace = (totalItemsNeeded - 1) * minMargin;
-        const availableForItems = availableHeight - marginSpace;
-        const newItemSize = Math.floor(availableForItems / totalItemsNeeded);
-
-        // Ensure minimum size of 20px
-        const finalItemSize = Math.max(20, newItemSize);
-
-        // Calculate proportional padding based on size ratio
-        const sizeRatio = finalItemSize / defaultItemSize;
-        const paddingTop = Math.max(1, Math.floor(6 * sizeRatio));
-        const paddingRight = Math.max(1, Math.floor(5 * sizeRatio));
-        const paddingBottom = Math.max(1, Math.floor(10 * sizeRatio));
-        const paddingLeft = Math.max(1, Math.floor(5 * sizeRatio));
-
-        // Apply new sizes and padding
-        taskbarItems.css({
-            'width': '40px',
-            'height': `${finalItemSize }px`,
-            'min-width': '40px',
-            'min-height': `${finalItemSize }px`,
-            'padding': `${paddingTop}px ${paddingRight}px ${paddingBottom}px ${paddingLeft}px`,
-        });
-        $('.taskbar-icon').css('height', `${finalItemSize }px`);
-        $('.taskbar-icon').css('width', '40px');
-        $('.taskbar-icon > img').css('width', 'auto');
-        $('.taskbar-icon > img').css('margin', 'auto');
-        $('.taskbar-icon > img').css('display', 'block');
-        // Adjust margins
-        taskbarItems.css('margin-bottom', `${minMargin }px`);
-        taskbarItems.last().css('margin-bottom', '0px');
-    }
-};
-
-// Hook into existing taskbar functionality
-$(document).ready(function () {
-    // Watch for taskbar item changes
-    const observer = new MutationObserver(function (mutations) {
-        mutations.forEach(function (mutation) {
-            if ( mutation.type === 'childList' || mutation.type === 'attributes' ) {
-                // Delay to ensure DOM updates are complete
-                setTimeout(() => {
-                    window.adjust_taskbar_item_sizes();
-                }, 10);
-            }
-        });
-    });
-
-    // Start observing when taskbar is available
-    const checkTaskbar = setInterval(() => {
-        const taskbar = document.querySelector('.taskbar-sortable');
-        if ( taskbar ) {
-            observer.observe(taskbar, {
-                childList: true,
-                attributes: true,
-                subtree: true,
-            });
-            clearInterval(checkTaskbar);
-
-            // Initial call
-            setTimeout(() => {
-                window.adjust_taskbar_item_sizes();
-            }, 100);
-        }
-    }, 100);
-
-    // Also watch for window resize events
-    window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
-        setTimeout(() => {
-            window.adjust_taskbar_item_sizes();
-        }, 10);
-    });
-});
-
-export default UITaskbar;

src/gui/src/UI/UITaskbar.test.js

@@ -1,181 +0,0 @@
-// @vitest-environment jsdom
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of Puter.
- *
- * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import jQuery from '../lib/jquery-3.6.1/jquery-3.6.1.min.js';
-
-vi.mock('../helpers/launchApp.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
-vi.mock('./UIContextMenu.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
-
-globalThis.$ = globalThis.jQuery = jQuery;
-globalThis.i18n = (key) => (key === 'start' ? 'Start' : key);
-globalThis.html_encode = (value) => String(value ?? '');
-globalThis.isMobile = { phone: false, tablet: false };
-await import('../lib/jquery-ui-1.13.2/jquery-ui.js');
-const { default: UITaskbar } = await import('./UITaskbar.js');
-
-const app = { name: 'test-app', uuid: 'test-uid', title: 'Test app' };
-let launchApps;
-let start;
-let requests;
-
-afterEach(() => {
-    $('.popover-launcher, .taskbar').remove();
-    $(document).off();
-    $(window).off();
-    document.body.innerHTML = '';
-    delete window.launch_apps;
-    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
-    vi.useRealTimers();
-    vi.restoreAllMocks();
-});
-
-beforeEach(async () => {
-    document.body.innerHTML = '<div class="desktop"></div>';
-    Object.assign(window, {
-        global_element_id: 0,
-        taskbar_height: 50,
-        toolbar_height: 0,
-        api_origin: 'http://api.test',
-        auth_token: 'test-token',
-        icons: {},
-        user: {},
-        launch_recent_apps_count: 10,
-    });
-    vi.stubGlobal('puter', {
-        kv: { get: async () => 'bottom' },
-        fs: { stat: async () => ({ is_empty: true }) },
-    });
-    launchApps = { recent: [app], recommended: [] };
-    requests = [];
-    $.ajaxTransport('+*', () => {
-        let complete;
-        const request = {
-            send(headers, done) {
-                complete = done;
-            },
-            abort: vi.fn(),
-            resolve(data) {
-                complete(
-                    200,
-                    'OK',
-                    { text: JSON.stringify(data) },
-                    'Content-Type: application/json',
-                );
-            },
-        };
-        requests.push(request);
-        return request;
-    });
-    await UITaskbar();
-    requests[0].resolve(launchApps);
-    start = $('.taskbar-item[data-name="Start"]');
-});
-
-it.each([true, false])(
-    'keeps cached search usable after a timeout, cached=%s',
-    async (cached) => {
-        if (!cached) window.launch_apps = [];
-        vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
-        vi.useFakeTimers();
-        start.trigger('click');
-        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(30000);
-        expect(requests.at(-1).abort).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-        expect($('.launch-search')).toHaveLength(1);
-        expect($('.start-app')).toHaveLength(cached ? 1 : 0);
-    },
-);
-
-function deferRefresh() {
-    return (data) => requests.at(-1).resolve(data);
-}
-
-it('refreshes reopened Start without losing cached tiles or search input', async () => {
-    const survivor = {
-        name: 'survivor',
-        uuid: 'survivor-uid',
-        title: 'Survivor',
-    };
-    launchApps.recent.push(survivor);
-    start.trigger('click');
-    requests.at(-1).resolve(launchApps);
-    start.trigger('click');
-    const resolve = deferRefresh();
-    start.trigger('click');
-    const input = $('.launch-search').get(0);
-    expect(input).toBeDefined();
-    expect($('.start-app[data-app-name="test-app"]')).toHaveLength(1);
-    input.value = 'notes';
-    const onChange = vi.fn();
-    $(input).on('change', onChange);
-    resolve({
-        recent: [survivor],
-        recommended: [{ name: 'notes', uuid: 'notes-uid', title: 'Notes' }],
-    });
-    await vi.waitFor(() =>
-        expect($('.start-app[data-app-name="notes"]')).toHaveLength(1),
-    );
-    expect($('.launch-search').get(0)).toBe(input);
-    expect(input.value).toBe('notes');
-    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(input);
-    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-    expect($('.start-app[data-app-name="survivor"]')).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect($('.start-app[data-app-name="test-app"]')).toHaveLength(0);
-});
-
-it('cancels closed menus and ignores their late responses', () => {
-    start.trigger('click');
-    const old = requests.at(-1);
-    start.trigger('click');
-    expect(old.abort).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-    start.trigger('click');
-    requests.at(-1).resolve({ recent: [], recommended: [] });
-    old.resolve({ recent: [app], recommended: [] });
-    expect(window.launch_apps.recent).toHaveLength(0);
-    expect($('.start-app')).toHaveLength(0);
-});
-
-it('cancels the startup request when Start opens', async () => {
-    requests = [];
-    document.body.innerHTML = '<div class="desktop"></div>';
-    await UITaskbar();
-    const startup = requests[0];
-    $('.taskbar-item[data-name="Start"]').trigger('click');
-    expect(startup.abort).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-});
-
-it('hides apps the backend marks unlaunchable', () => {
-    start.trigger('click');
-    requests.at(-1).resolve({
-        recent: [
-            app,
-            {
-                name: 'reclaimed',
-                uuid: 'reclaimed-uid',
-                title: 'Reclaimed',
-                index_url: null,
-                privateAccess: { hasAccess: false },
-            },
-        ],
-        recommended: [],
-    });
-    expect($('.start-app[data-app-name="test-app"]')).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect($('.start-app[data-app-name="reclaimed"]')).toHaveLength(0);
-});

src/gui/src/UI/UITaskbarItem.js

@@ -1,543 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of Puter.
- *
- * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-import UIContextMenu from './UIContextMenu.js';
-import path from '../lib/path.js';
-import launch_app from '../helpers/launchApp.js';
-import { user_facing_windows } from '../helpers/windowVisibility.js';
-import { appIconFallbackAttr } from '../helpers/appIcon.js';
-
-let tray_item_id = 1;
-
-function UITaskbarItem (options) {
-    let h = '';
-    tray_item_id++;
-    options.sortable = options.sortable ?? true;
-    options.open_windows_count = options.open_windows_count ?? 0;
-    options.lock_keep_in_taskbar = options.lock_keep_in_taskbar ?? false;
-    options.append_to_taskbar = options.append_to_taskbar ?? true;
-    options.before_trash = options.before_trash ?? false;
-
-    // The windows this item stands for: the user's own. An instance another
-    // app launched in the background is not counted in data-open-windows and
-    // has no item of its own (see UIWindow's taskbar block) — it must not be
-    // shown, hidden, or closed through the item its app's OTHER windows own.
-    const item_windows = () => $(user_facing_windows($(`.window[data-app="${options.app}"]`)));
-
-    const element_id = window.global_element_id++;
-
-    h += `<div  class = "taskbar-item ${options.sortable ? 'taskbar-item-sortable' : ''} disable-user-select"
-                id = "taskbar-item-${tray_item_id}"
-                data-taskbar-item-id = "${tray_item_id}"
-                data-element-id = "${html_encode(element_id)}"
-                data-name = "${html_encode(options.name)}"
-                data-app = "${html_encode(options.app)}"
-                data-keep-in-taskbar = "${html_encode(options.keep_in_taskbar ?? 'false')}"
-                data-open-windows="${(options.open_windows_count)}"
-                title = "${html_encode(options.name)}"
-                style= "${options.style ? html_encode(options.style) : ''}"
-            >`;
-    let icon = options.icon ? options.icon : window.icons['app.svg'];
-    // App icons carry a retry URL (see helpers/appIcon.js); the bundled icons
-    // below never need one.
-    let icon_fallback = options.iconFallback ?? '';
-    if ( options.app === 'explorer' )
-    {
-        icon = window.icons['folders.svg'];
-        icon_fallback = '';
-    }
-
-    // taskbar icon
-    h += '<div class="taskbar-icon">';
-    // Don't add img tag for separator
-    if ( options.app !== 'separator' ) {
-        h += `<img src="${html_encode(icon)}"${appIconFallbackAttr(icon_fallback)} style="${options.group === 'apps' ? 'filter:none;' : ''}">`;
-    }
-    h += '</div>';
-
-    // active indicator
-    if ( options.app !== 'apps' )
-    {
-        h += '<span class="active-taskbar-indicator"></span>';
-    }
-    h += '</div>';
-
-    if ( options.append_to_taskbar ) {
-        if ( options.before_trash ) {
-            $('.taskbar-sortable').append(h);
-        } else {
-            if ( options.sortable )
-            {
-                $('.taskbar-sortable').append(h);
-            }
-            else {
-                // if taskbar-sortable is empty then append before it
-                if ( $('.taskbar-sortable').children().length === 0 )
-                {
-                    $('.taskbar').find('.taskbar-sortable').before(h);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    $('.taskbar').find('.taskbar-sortable').after(h);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        $('body').prepend(h);
-    }
-
-    const el_taskbar_item = document.querySelector(`#taskbar-item-${tray_item_id}`);
-
-    // fade in the taskbar item
-    $(el_taskbar_item).show(50);
-
-    // Adjust taskbar item sizes after adding new item
-    if ( window.adjust_taskbar_item_sizes ) {
-        setTimeout(() => {
-            window.adjust_taskbar_item_sizes();
-        }, 100);
-    }
-
-    $(el_taskbar_item).on('click', function (e) {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        e.stopPropagation();
-
-        // Don't handle clicks for separators
-        if ( options.app === 'separator' ) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // if this is for the launcher popover, and it's mobile, and has-open-popover, close the popover
-        if ( $(el_taskbar_item).attr('data-name') === 'Start'
-            && (isMobile.phone || isMobile.tablet) && $(el_taskbar_item).hasClass('has-open-popover') ) {
-            $('.popover').remove();
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // If this item has an open context menu, don't do anything
-        if ( $(el_taskbar_item).hasClass('has-open-contextmenu') )
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if ( options.onClick === undefined || options.onClick(el_taskbar_item) === false ) {
-            // re-show each window in this app group
-            item_windows().showWindow();
-        }
-    });
-
-    $(el_taskbar_item).on('contextmenu taphold', function (e) {
-        // seems like the only way to stop sortable is to destroy it
-        if ( options.sortable ) {
-            $('.taskbar-sortable').sortable('destroy');
-        }
-
-        e.preventDefault();
-        e.stopPropagation();
-
-        // Don't show context menu for separators
-        if ( options.app === 'separator' ) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // If context menu is disabled on this item, return
-        if ( options.disable_context_menu )
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // don't allow context menu to open if it's already open
-        if ( $(el_taskbar_item).hasClass('has-open-contextmenu') )
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const menu_items = [];
-        const open_windows = parseInt($(el_taskbar_item).attr('data-open-windows'));
-        // -------------------------------------------
-        // List of open windows belonging to this app
-        // -------------------------------------------
-        item_windows().each(function () {
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: $(this).find('.window-head-title').html(),
-                val: $(this).attr('data-id'),
-                onClick: function (e) {
-                    $(`.window[data-id="${e.value}"]`).showWindow();
-                },
-            });
-        });
-        // -------------------------------------------
-        // divider
-        // -------------------------------------------
-        if ( menu_items.length > 0 )
-        {
-            menu_items.push('-');
-        }
-        //------------------------------------------
-        // New Window
-        //------------------------------------------
-        if ( options.app && options.app !== 'trash' ) {
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: i18n('new_window'),
-                val: $(this).attr('data-id'),
-                onClick: function () {
-                    // is trash?
-                    launch_app({
-                        name: options.app,
-                        maximized: (isMobile.phone || isMobile.tablet),
-                    });
-                },
-            });
-        }
-        //------------------------------------------
-        // Open Trash
-        //------------------------------------------
-        else if ( options.app && options.app === 'trash' ) {
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: i18n('open_trash'),
-                val: $(this).attr('data-id'),
-                onClick: function () {
-                    launch_app({
-                        name: options.app,
-                        path: window.trash_path,
-                        maximized: (isMobile.phone || isMobile.tablet),
-                    });
-                },
-            });
-        }
-        //------------------------------------------
-        // Empty Trash
-        //------------------------------------------
-        if ( options.app && options.app === 'trash' ) {
-            // divider
-            menu_items.push('-');
-
-            // Empty Trash menu item
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: i18n('empty_trash'),
-                val: $(this).attr('data-id'),
-                onClick: async function () {
-                    window.empty_trash();
-                },
-            });
-        }
-        //------------------------------------------
-        // Remove from Taskbar
-        //------------------------------------------
-        if ( options.keep_in_taskbar && !options.lock_keep_in_taskbar ) {
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: i18n('remove_from_taskbar'),
-                val: $(this).attr('data-id'),
-                onClick: function () {
-                    $(el_taskbar_item).attr('data-keep-in-taskbar', 'false');
-                    if ( $(el_taskbar_item).attr('data-open-windows') === '0' ) {
-                        window.remove_taskbar_item(el_taskbar_item);
-                    }
-                    window.update_taskbar();
-                    options.keep_in_taskbar = false;
-                },
-            });
-        }
-        //------------------------------------------
-        // Keep in Taskbar
-        //------------------------------------------
-        else if ( ! options.keep_in_taskbar ) {
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: i18n('keep_in_taskbar'),
-                val: $(this).attr('data-id'),
-                onClick: function () {
-                    $(el_taskbar_item).attr('data-keep-in-taskbar', 'true');
-                    window.update_taskbar();
-                    options.keep_in_taskbar = true;
-                },
-            });
-        }
-
-        if ( open_windows > 0 ) {
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            // divider
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            menu_items.push('-');
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            // Show All Windows
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: i18n('show_all_windows'),
-                onClick: function () {
-                    item_windows().showWindow();
-                },
-            });
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            // Hide All Windows
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: i18n('hide_all_windows'),
-                onClick: function () {
-                    if ( open_windows > 0 )
-                    {
-                        item_windows().hideWindow();
-                    }
-                },
-            });
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            // Close All Windows
-            // -------------------------------------------
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: i18n('close_all_windows'),
-                onClick: function () {
-                    // "All" means the windows this item lists — a background
-                    // helper belongs to the app running it, and goes when
-                    // that app does (UIWindow's close path).
-                    item_windows().close();
-                },
-            });
-        }
-        const pos = el_taskbar_item.getBoundingClientRect();
-        UIContextMenu({
-            parent_element: el_taskbar_item,
-            position: getContextMenuPosition(pos),
-            items: menu_items,
-        });
-
-        return false;
-    });
-
-    // Helper function to get tooltip position based on taskbar position
-    function getTooltipPosition () {
-        const taskbarPosition = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-        if ( taskbarPosition === 'bottom' ) {
-            return {
-                my: 'center bottom-20',
-                at: 'center top',
-            };
-        } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'top' ) {
-            return {
-                my: 'center top+20',
-                at: 'center bottom',
-            };
-        } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'left' ) {
-            return {
-                my: 'left+20 center',
-                at: 'right center',
-            };
-        } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'right' ) {
-            return {
-                my: 'right-20 center',
-                at: 'left center',
-            };
-        }
-        return {
-            my: 'center bottom-20',
-            at: 'center top',
-        }; // fallback
-    }
-
-    // Helper function to get context menu position based on taskbar position
-    function getContextMenuPosition (pos) {
-        const taskbarPosition = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-        if ( taskbarPosition === 'bottom' ) {
-            return {
-                top: pos.top - 15,
-                left: pos.left + 5,
-            };
-        } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'top' ) {
-            return {
-                top: pos.bottom + 15,
-                left: pos.left + 5,
-            };
-        } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'left' ) {
-            return {
-                top: pos.top + 5,
-                left: pos.right + 5,
-            };
-        } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'right' ) {
-            return {
-                top: pos.top + 5,
-                left: pos.left - 20,
-            };
-        }
-        return {
-            top: pos.top - 15,
-            left: pos.left + 5,
-        }; // fallback
-    }
-
-    const tooltipPosition = getTooltipPosition();
-
-    $(el_taskbar_item).tooltip({
-        // only show tooltip if desktop is not selectable active
-        items: ".desktop:not(.desktop-selectable-active) .taskbar:not(.children-have-open-contextmenu) .taskbar-item:not([data-app='separator'])",
-        position: {
-            my: tooltipPosition.my,
-            at: tooltipPosition.at,
-            using: function ( position, feedback ) {
-                $(this).css( position);
-                $('<div>')
-                    .addClass( 'arrow')
-                    .addClass( feedback.vertical)
-                    .addClass( feedback.horizontal)
-                    .appendTo( this);
-            },
-        },
-    });
-
-    // --------------------------------------------------------
-    // Droppable
-    // --------------------------------------------------------
-    // Don't make separators droppable
-    if ( options.app !== 'separator' ) {
-        $(el_taskbar_item).droppable({
-            accept: '.item',
-            // 'pointer' is very important because of active window tracking is based on the position of cursor.
-            tolerance: 'pointer',
-            drop: async function ( event, ui ) {
-            // Check if hovering over an item that is VISIBILE
-                if ( $(event.target).closest('.window').attr('data-id') !== $(window.mouseover_window).attr('data-id') )
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                // If ctrl is pressed and source is Trashed, cancel whole operation
-                if ( event.ctrlKey && path.dirname($(ui.draggable).attr('data-path')) === window.trash_path )
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                const items_to_move = [];
-
-                // First item
-                items_to_move.push(ui.draggable);
-
-                // All subsequent items
-                const cloned_items = document.getElementsByClassName('item-selected-clone');
-                for ( let i = 0; i < cloned_items.length; i++ ) {
-                    const source_item = document.getElementById(`item-${ $(cloned_items[i]).attr('data-id')}`);
-                    if ( source_item !== null )
-                    {
-                        items_to_move.push(source_item);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // --------------------------------------------------------
-                // If `options.onItemsDrop` is set, call it with the items to move
-                //--------------------------------------------------------
-                if ( options.onItemsDrop && typeof options.onItemsDrop === 'function' ) {
-                    options.onItemsDrop(items_to_move);
-                    return;
-                }
-                // --------------------------------------------------------
-                // If dropped on an app, open the app with the dropped item as an argument
-                //--------------------------------------------------------
-                else if ( options.app ) {
-                // an array that hold the items to sign
-                    const items_to_sign = [];
-
-                    // prepare items to sign
-                    for ( let i = 0; i < items_to_move.length; i++ ) {
-                        items_to_sign.push({
-                            name: $(items_to_move[i]).attr('data-name'),
-                            uid: $(items_to_move[i]).attr('data-uid'),
-                            action: 'write',
-                            path: $(items_to_move[i]).attr('data-path'),
-                        });
-                    }
-
-                    // open each item
-                    for ( let i = 0; i < items_to_sign.length; i++ ) {
-                        const item = items_to_sign[i];
-                        launch_app({
-                            name: options.app,
-                            file_path: item.path,
-                            // app_obj: open_item_meta.suggested_apps[0],
-                            window_title: item.name,
-                            file_uid: item.uid,
-                        // file_signature: item,
-                        });
-                    }
-
-                    // deselect dragged item
-                    for ( let i = 0; i < items_to_move.length; i++ )
-                    {
-                        $(items_to_move[i]).removeClass('item-selected');
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // Unselect directory/app if item is dropped
-                if ( options.is_dir || options.app ) {
-                    $(el_taskbar_item).removeClass('active');
-                    $(el_taskbar_item).tooltip('close');
-                    $('.ui-draggable-dragging .item-name, .item-selected-clone .item-name').css('opacity', 'initial');
-                    $('.item-container').removeClass('item-container-transparent-border');
-                }
-
-                // Re-enable droppable on all item-container
-                $('.item-container').droppable('enable');
-
-                return false;
-            },
-            over: function (event, ui) {
-            // Check hovering over an item that is VISIBILE
-                const $event_parent_win = $(event.target).closest('.window');
-                if ( $event_parent_win.length > 0 && $event_parent_win.attr('data-id') !== $(window.mouseover_window).attr('data-id') )
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-                // Don't do anything if the dragged item is NOT a UIItem
-                if ( ! $(ui.draggable).hasClass('item') )
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-                // If this is a directory or an app, and an item was dragged over it, highlight it.
-                if ( options.is_dir || options.app ) {
-                    $(el_taskbar_item).addClass('active');
-                    // show tooltip of this item
-                    $(el_taskbar_item).tooltip().mouseover();
-                    // make item name partially transparent
-                    $('.ui-draggable-dragging .item-name, .item-selected-clone .item-name').css('opacity', 0.1);
-                    // remove all item-container active borders
-                    $('.item-container').addClass('item-container-transparent-border');
-                }
-                // Disable all window bodies
-                $('.item-container').droppable( 'disable');
-            },
-            out: function (event, ui) {
-            // Don't do anything if the dragged item is NOT a UIItem
-                if ( ! $(ui.draggable).hasClass('item') )
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                // Unselect directory/app if item is dragged out
-                if ( options.is_dir || options.app ) {
-                    $(el_taskbar_item).removeClass('active');
-                    $(el_taskbar_item).tooltip('close');
-                    $('.ui-draggable-dragging .item-name, .item-selected-clone .item-name').css('opacity', 'initial');
-                    $('.item-container').removeClass('item-container-transparent-border');
-                }
-                $('.item-container').droppable( 'enable');
-            },
-        });
-    }
-
-    return el_taskbar_item;
-}
-
-export default UITaskbarItem;

src/gui/src/UI/UIWindow.desktop.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Puter.
+ *
+ * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import jQuery from '../lib/jquery-3.6.1/jquery-3.6.1.min.js';
+
+vi.mock('../helpers/launchApp.js', () => ({ default: vi.fn() }));
+
+globalThis.$ = globalThis.jQuery = jQuery;
+globalThis.i18n = (key) => key;
+globalThis.html_encode = (value) => String(value ?? '');
+globalThis.isMobile = { phone: false, tablet: false };
+globalThis.def = globalThis.def ?? ((value) => value);
+await import('../lib/jquery-ui-1.13.2/jquery-ui.js');
+// The page loads this plugin from a vendored script; nothing here drops files.
+$.fn.dragster = function () {
+    return this;
+};
+const { default: UIWindow } = await import('./UIWindow.js');
+
+const openWindow = (options = {}) => UIWindow({
+    title: 'Notes',
+    app: 'notes',
+    body_content: '<p>hello</p>',
+    width: 400,
+    height: 300,
+    ...options,
+});
+
+/** Opens the window head's context menu and returns its item labels. */
+const headMenuLabels = (el_window) => {
+    $(el_window).find('.window-head').trigger('contextmenu');
+    return $('.context-menu .contextmenu-label').map((_, el) => $(el).text().toLowerCase()).get();
+};
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = '<div class="desktop"></div>';
+    Object.assign(window, {
+        global_element_id: 0,
+        window_counter: 0,
+        last_window_zindex: 1,
+        window_stack: [],
+        toolbar_height: 0,
+        icons: {},
+        uuidv4: () => crypto.randomUUID(),
+        is_dashboard_mode: false,
+        is_fullpage_mode: false,
+        is_embedded: false,
+    });
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    $(document).off();
+    document.body.innerHTML = '';
+});
+
+describe('minimize', () => {
+    it('is not offered on the desktop, where nothing could restore the window', async () => {
+        const el_window = await openWindow();
+
+        expect($(el_window).find('.window-minimize-btn').length).toBe(0);
+
+        const labels = headMenuLabels(el_window);
+        expect(labels.some((label) => label === 'maximize')).toBe(true);
+        expect(labels.some((label) => label === 'minimize')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('is offered on the dashboard, which restores the window from its tile', async () => {
+        window.is_dashboard_mode = true;
+        const el_window = await openWindow();
+
+        expect($(el_window).find('.window-minimize-btn').length).toBe(1);
+        expect(headMenuLabels(el_window).some((label) => label === 'minimize')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('hides the window in place and brings it back', async () => {
+        window.is_dashboard_mode = true;
+        const el_window = await openWindow();
+        const before = { top: el_window.style.top, left: el_window.style.left };
+
+        await $(el_window).hideWindow();
+        expect($(el_window).attr('data-is_minimized')).toBe('true');
+        expect($(el_window).attr('data-minimized_in_place')).toBe('1');
+
+        await $(el_window).showWindow({ no_history: true });
+        expect($(el_window).attr('data-is_minimized')).toBe('false');
+        expect({ top: el_window.style.top, left: el_window.style.left }).toEqual(before);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('backdrop', () => {
+    const backdropZ = (el_window) => Number($(el_window).closest('.window-backdrop').css('z-index'));
+
+    it('stays above ordinary windows on the desktop', async () => {
+        const el_window = await openWindow({ backdrop: true });
+
+        expect(backdropZ(el_window)).toBeGreaterThan(window.last_window_zindex + 1000);
+    });
+
+    it('stacks at the window counter on the dashboard', async () => {
+        window.is_dashboard_mode = true;
+        const el_window = await openWindow({ backdrop: true });
+
+        expect(backdropZ(el_window)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(window.last_window_zindex);
+    });
+});

src/gui/src/UI/UIWindow.js

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import UIAlert from './UIAlert.js';
 import UIContextMenu from './UIContextMenu.js';
 import path from '../lib/path.js';
-import UITaskbarItem from './UITaskbarItem.js';
 import UIAuthLogin from './Auth/UIAuthLogin.js';
 import UIWindowItemProperties from './UIWindowItemProperties.js';
 import new_context_menu_item from '../helpers/newContextMenuItem.js';
@@ -38,6 +37,8 @@ import { is_window_hidden, is_unseen_background_window, user_facing_windows } fr
 
 const el_body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
 const SNAP_PLACEHOLDER_DELAY_MS = 600; // delay before showing placeholder in any snap zone
+// Above any z-index an ordinary desktop window reaches in practice.
+const DESKTOP_BACKDROP_MIN_ZINDEX = 99999;
 
 async function UIWindow (options) {
     const win_id = window.global_element_id++;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
         options.is_resizable = false;
     }
 
-    // In the embedded/fullpage mode every window is on top since there is no taskbar to switch between windows
+    // In the embedded/fullpage mode every window is on top since there is nothing to switch between windows
     // if user has specifically asked for this window to NOT stay on top, honor it.
     if ( (window.is_embedded || window.is_fullpage_mode) && !options.parent_uuid && options.stay_on_top !== false )
     {
@@ -115,11 +116,11 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
     options.stay_on_top = options.stay_on_top ?? false;
 
     options.is_saveFileDialog = options.is_saveFileDialog ?? false;
-    options.show_minimize_button = options.show_minimize_button ?? true;
+    // Only the dashboard can restore a minimized window, from the app's tile.
+    options.show_minimize_button = (options.show_minimize_button ?? true) && !!window.is_dashboard_mode;
     options.on_close = options.on_close ?? undefined;
     options.parent_uuid = options.parent_uuid ?? null;
     options.selectable_body = (options.selectable_body === undefined || options.selectable_body === true) ? true : false;
-    options.show_in_taskbar = options.show_in_taskbar ?? true;
     options.show_maximize_button = options.show_maximize_button ?? true;
     options.single_instance = options.single_instance ?? false;
     options.sort_by = options.sort_by ?? 'name';
@@ -539,24 +540,11 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
 
     // backdrop
     if ( options.backdrop ) {
-        let backdrop_zindex;
-        // backdrop should also cover over taskbar
-        let taskbar_zindex = $('.taskbar').css('z-index');
-        if ( taskbar_zindex === null || taskbar_zindex === undefined )
-        {
-            backdrop_zindex = zindex;
-        }
-        else {
-            taskbar_zindex = parseInt(taskbar_zindex);
-            backdrop_zindex = taskbar_zindex > zindex ? taskbar_zindex : zindex;
-        }
-
-        // dominant backdrop will cover over toolbar as well
-        if ( options.backdrop_covers_toolbar )
-        {
-            backdrop_zindex = 999999;
-        }
-
+        // On the desktop a backdrop stays above every ordinary window, even one
+        // focused after it opened, so the dialog it holds stays modal.
+        const backdrop_zindex = (options.stay_on_top || window.is_dashboard_mode || window.is_fullpage_mode)
+            ? zindex
+            : Math.max(zindex, DESKTOP_BACKDROP_MIN_ZINDEX);
         h = `<div class="window-backdrop" style="z-index:${backdrop_zindex};">${ h }</div>`;
     }
 
@@ -599,56 +587,6 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
     const el_directorypicker_select_btn = document.querySelector(`#window-${win_id} .directorypicker-select-btn`);
     const el_window_filedialog_upload_here = document.querySelector(`#window-${win_id} .window-filedialog-upload-here`);
 
-    // Add Taskbar Item
-    // data-in_taskbar records that this window is one of the item's
-    // data-open-windows, so the close path only decrements a count this
-    // window actually added to (see the close handler) — the two must stay
-    // in step, and a window that never took an item must not take one away.
-    const add_taskbar_item = () => {
-        $(el_window).attr('data-in_taskbar', '1');
-        // add icon if there is no similar app already open
-        if ( $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${options.app}"]`).length === 0 ) {
-            UITaskbarItem({
-                icon: options.icon,
-                name: options.title,
-                app: options.app,
-                open_windows_count: 1,
-                before_trash: true,
-                onClick: function () {
-                    let open_window_count = parseInt($(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${options.app}"]`).attr('data-open-windows'));
-                    if ( open_window_count === 0 ) {
-                        launch_app({
-                            name: options.app,
-                        });
-                    } else {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                },
-            });
-            if ( options.app )
-            {
-                $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${options.app}"] .active-taskbar-indicator`).show();
-            }
-        } else {
-            if ( options.app ) {
-                $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${options.app}"]`).attr('data-open-windows', parseInt($(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${options.app}"]`).attr('data-open-windows')) + 1);
-                $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${options.app}"] .active-taskbar-indicator`).show();
-            }
-        }
-    };
-    if ( !options.is_openFileDialog && !options.is_saveFileDialog && !options.is_directoryPicker && options.show_in_taskbar ) {
-        // A window started hidden by a background launch gets no taskbar item
-        // yet: it runs for the app that launched it, and an item would both
-        // advertise and hand out an instance the user never asked for. The
-        // item is what the window earns the moment it first becomes visible
-        // — makeWindowVisible calls this, whether the app showed itself with
-        // puter.ui.showWindow() or something else revealed it. An app that is
-        // ALWAYS windowless never reaches here: launch_app leaves
-        // show_in_taskbar false for it, so it keeps having no item at all.
-        if ( options.launched_hidden ) el_window._add_taskbar_item = add_taskbar_item;
-        else add_taskbar_item();
-    }
-
     if ( el_window_filedialog_upload_here ) {
         el_window_filedialog_upload_here.addEventListener('click', function () {
             window.init_upload_using_dialog(el_window_body, `${$(el_window).attr('data-path') }/`);
@@ -673,8 +611,7 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
         // shrink icon
         $(el_window).find('.window-scale-btn>img').attr('src', window.icons['scale-down-3.svg']);
 
-        // Use taskbar position-aware window positioning
-        window.update_maximized_window_for_taskbar(el_window);
+        window.update_maximized_window(el_window);
     }
 
     // when a window is created, focus is brought to it and
@@ -1952,7 +1889,6 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
                     snap_trigger_timeout = undefined;
                 }
                 hideSnapPlaceholder();
-                $('.toolbar').css('pointer-events', 'none');
                 // if window is snapped, unsnap it and reset its position to where it was before snapping
                 if ( options.is_resizable && window_is_snapped ) {
                     window_is_snapped = false;
@@ -2047,14 +1983,12 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
 
                 $(el_window_app_iframe).css('pointer-events', 'all');
                 $('.window').css('pointer-events', 'initial');
-                $('.toolbar').css('pointer-events', 'auto');
 
                 if ( options.is_resizable && snap_placeholder_active && !window_is_snapped ) {
                     window_will_snap = true;
                     $(window_snap_placeholder).css('padding', 0);
 
                     setTimeout(function () {
-                        // Get taskbar-aware snap dimensions for final positioning
                         const snapDims = getSnapDimensions();
 
                         // snap to w
@@ -2141,39 +2075,22 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
                 }
 
                 // if window is dropped outside the available area, move it back in
-                // Bottom boundary (account for taskbar position)
-                const taskbar_position = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-                let maxTop;
-                if ( taskbar_position === 'bottom' ) {
-                    maxTop = window.innerHeight - window.taskbar_height - 30;
-                } else {
-                    maxTop = window.innerHeight - 30;
-                }
-                // the lst '- 30' is to account for the window head
+                // the '- 30' is to account for the window head
+                const maxTop = window.innerHeight - 30;
                 if ( $(el_window).position().top > maxTop && !window_will_snap ) {
                     $(el_window).animate({
                         top: maxTop - 30,
                     }, 100);
                 }
                 // if window is dropped too far to the right, move it left
-                let maxLeft;
-                if ( taskbar_position === 'right' ) {
-                    maxLeft = window.innerWidth - window.taskbar_height - 50;
-                } else {
-                    maxLeft = window.innerWidth - 50;
-                }
+                const maxLeft = window.innerWidth - 50;
                 if ( $(el_window).position().left > maxLeft && !window_will_snap ) {
                     $(el_window).animate({
                         left: maxLeft,
                     }, 100);
                 }
                 // if window is dropped too far to the left, move it right
-                let minLeft;
-                if ( taskbar_position === 'left' ) {
-                    minLeft = window.taskbar_height - $(el_window).width() + 150;
-                } else {
-                    minLeft = -$(el_window).width() + 150;
-                }
+                const minLeft = -$(el_window).width() + 150;
                 if ( $(el_window).position().left < minLeft && !window_will_snap ) {
                     $(el_window).animate({
                         left: minLeft,
@@ -2392,12 +2309,14 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
                     window.scale_window(el_window);
                 },
             });
-            menu_items.push({
-                html: i18n('minimize'),
-                onClick: function () {
-                    minimize_window(el_window);
-                },
-            });
+            if ( window.is_dashboard_mode ) {
+                menu_items.push({
+                    html: i18n('minimize'),
+                    onClick: function () {
+                        minimize_window(el_window);
+                    },
+                });
+            }
             menu_items.push({
                 html: 'Advanced',
                 items: [
@@ -2673,7 +2592,7 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
                             left = left > (window.innerWidth - window_width) ? (window.innerWidth - window_width) : left;
 
                             let top = window.mouseY;
-                            top = top > (window.innerHeight - (window_height + window.taskbar_height + window.toolbar_height)) ? (window.innerHeight - (window_height + window.taskbar_height + window.toolbar_height)) : top;
+                            top = top > (window.innerHeight - (window_height + window.toolbar_height)) ? (window.innerHeight - (window_height + window.toolbar_height)) : top;
 
                             UIWindowItemProperties(
                                 options.title,
@@ -2897,10 +2816,6 @@ $(document).on('click', '.window-sidebar-item', async function (e) {
             // todo
             // sort_by: $(el_item).attr('data-sort_by'),
             app: 'explorer',
-            // top: options.maximized ? 0 : undefined,
-            // left: options.maximized ? 0 : undefined,
-            // height: options.maximized ? `calc(100% - ${window.taskbar_height + 1}px)` : undefined,
-            // width: options.maximized ? `100%` : undefined,
         });
     }
     // update window path only if it's a new path AND no ctrl/cmd key pressed
@@ -2961,10 +2876,6 @@ $(document).on('contextmenu taphold', '.window-sidebar-item', function (event) {
                         // todo
                         // sort_by: $(el_item).attr('data-sort_by'),
                         app: 'explorer',
-                        // top: options.maximized ? 0 : undefined,
-                        // left: options.maximized ? 0 : undefined,
-                        // height: options.maximized ? `calc(100% - ${window.taskbar_height + 1}px)` : undefined,
-                        // width: options.maximized ? `100%` : undefined,
                     });
                 },
             },
@@ -2977,7 +2888,7 @@ $(document).on('dblclick', '.window .ui-resizable-handle', function (e) {
     let el_window = $(this).closest('.window');
     // bottom
     if ( $(this).hasClass('ui-resizable-s') ) {
-        let height = window.innerHeight - $(el_window).position().top - window.taskbar_height - 6;
+        let height = window.innerHeight - $(el_window).position().top - 6;
         $(el_window).height(height);
     }
 
@@ -3007,7 +2918,7 @@ $(document).on('dblclick', '.window .ui-resizable-handle', function (e) {
     // bottom left
     else if ( $(this).hasClass('ui-resizable-sw') ) {
         let width = $(el_window).width() + $(el_window).position().left;
-        let height = window.innerHeight - $(el_window).position().top - window.taskbar_height - 6;
+        let height = window.innerHeight - $(el_window).position().top - 6;
         $(el_window).css({
             width: width,
             height: height,
@@ -3017,7 +2928,7 @@ $(document).on('dblclick', '.window .ui-resizable-handle', function (e) {
     // bottom right
     else if ( $(this).hasClass('ui-resizable-se') ) {
         let width = window.innerWidth - $(el_window).position().left;
-        let height = window.innerHeight - $(el_window).position().top - window.taskbar_height - 6;
+        let height = window.innerHeight - $(el_window).position().top - 6;
         $(el_window).css({
             width: width,
             height: height,
@@ -3673,30 +3584,7 @@ $.fn.close = async function (options) {
             let window_uuid = $(this).attr('data-element_uuid');
             // remove all instances of win_id from window.window_stack
             window.window_stack = window.window_stack.filter(id => id !== win_id);
-            // taskbar update — only for a window that IS one of the item's
-            // open windows (data-in_taskbar, stamped when it took its place
-            // in the count). A window that never counted must not decrement:
-            // an unseen background instance closing alongside the user's own
-            // window would otherwise zero the count and take the item away
-            // while that window is still open.
-            if ( $(this).attr('data-in_taskbar') === '1' ) {
-                let open_window_count = parseInt($(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${$(this).attr('data-app')}"]`).attr('data-open-windows'));
-                // update open window count of corresponding taskbar item
-                if ( open_window_count > 0 ) {
-                    $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${$(this).attr('data-app')}"]`).attr('data-open-windows', open_window_count - 1);
-                }
-                // decide whether to remove taskbar item
-                if ( open_window_count === 1 ) {
-                    $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${$(this).attr('data-app')}"] .active-taskbar-indicator`).hide();
-                    window.remove_taskbar_item($(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${$(this).attr('data-app')}"][data-keep-in-taskbar="false"]`));
-                }
-                // if no more windows of this app are open, remove taskbar item
-                if ( open_window_count - 1 === 0 )
-                {
-                    $(`.taskbar-item[data-app="${$(this).attr('data-app')}"] .active-taskbar-indicator`).hide();
-                }
-            }
-            // if a fullpage window is closed, show desktop and taskbar
+            // if a fullpage window is closed, show the desktop
             if ( $(this).attr('data-is_fullpage') === '1' ) {
                 window.exit_fullpage_mode();
             }
@@ -3844,13 +3732,7 @@ window.scale_window = (el_window) => {
         // shrink icon
         $(el_window).find('.window-scale-btn>img').attr('src', window.icons['scale-down-3.svg']);
 
-        // Use taskbar position-aware window positioning
-        window.update_maximized_window_for_taskbar(el_window);
-
-        // hide toolbar
-        if ( !isMobile.phone && !isMobile.tablet ) {
-            window.hide_toolbar();
-        }
+        window.update_maximized_window(el_window);
     }
     //shrink
     else {
@@ -3974,19 +3856,12 @@ $.fn.makeWindowVisible = function (options) {
         if ( $(this).hasClass('window') ) {
             // Seen by the user, so no longer a window that exists purely to
             // serve whoever launched it: it outlives its launcher from here on
-            // (see the close path's cleanup of background children), and it
-            // becomes a window the user can act on — hence the taskbar item
-            // its launch deferred, and the dashboard tile's running dot.
-            // Both happen BEFORE the window shows: focusWindow() below marks
-            // the app's taskbar item active, which needs the item to exist.
+            // (see the close path's cleanup of background children), and the
+            // dashboard tile shows it as running.
             const was_launched_hidden = $(this).attr('data-launched_hidden') === '1';
             $(this).removeAttr('data-launched_hidden');
-            if ( was_launched_hidden ) {
-                this._add_taskbar_item?.();
-                delete this._add_taskbar_item;
-                if ( window.is_dashboard_mode && $(this).attr('data-app') ) {
-                    document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('dashboard-app-windows-changed'));
-                }
+            if ( was_launched_hidden && window.is_dashboard_mode && $(this).attr('data-app') ) {
+                document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('dashboard-app-windows-changed'));
             }
 
             $(this).show();
@@ -4033,13 +3908,8 @@ $.fn.makeWindowInvisible = async function (options) {
 $.fn.showWindow = async function (options) {
     $(this).each(async function () {
         if ( $(this).hasClass('window') ) {
-            // A window hidden by puter.ui.hideWindow() is not minimized: it
-            // kept its geometry and has no data-orig-* to restore, so every
-            // path below (all of which un-minimize) would leave it hidden —
-            // and stamp NaN geometry on it from the absent attributes. Simply
-            // un-hiding it is the whole job, and the inverse of what hid it.
-            // This is what makes the taskbar item a real handle on a window
-            // the user cannot currently see.
+            // A window hidden by puter.ui.hideWindow() is not minimized and
+            // kept its geometry, so un-hiding it is the whole job.
             if ( is_window_hidden(this) ) {
                 $(this).makeWindowVisible();
                 return;
@@ -4057,92 +3927,63 @@ $.fn.showWindow = async function (options) {
                 ? 99999999 + (++window.last_window_zindex)
                 : ++window.last_window_zindex);
 
-            // A window minimized with no taskbar to animate toward (dashboard
-            // mode) was hidden in place by hideWindow — its geometry was
-            // never disturbed. If the app's tile is visible on the Apps tab's
-            // current page, grow the window back out of it (the reverse of
-            // hideWindow's zoom-to-tile morph); otherwise just fade it back
-            // in as before. (The explicit flag is used because data-orig-*
-            // can't distinguish the two minimize paths: drag/maximize
-            // handlers set it too.)
-            if ( $(el_window).attr('data-minimized_in_place') === '1' ) {
-                $(el_window).attr({
-                    'data-is_minimized': false,
-                    'data-minimized_in_place': '0',
-                });
-                // On screen again (Back, tile click, Forward), so it is no
-                // longer minimized-because-a-child-took-over: closing that
-                // child must not now send the user to the dashboard.
-                $(el_window).removeAttr('data-minimized_for_child');
-                $(el_window).css('z-index', raised_zindex());
-                const reduce_motion = window.matchMedia
-                    && window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
-                // Skip the morph while another morph still owns the window's
-                // inline styles (reopen mid-minimize-zoom): clearing the
-                // flags above already makes that animation's cleanup leave
-                // the window visible and restored, same as before.
-                const tile = (reduce_motion
-                    || $(el_window).attr('data-window_morphing') === '1')
-                    ? null
-                    : dashboard_tile_in_view($(el_window).attr('data-app'));
-                let morphed = false;
-                if ( tile ) {
-                    // The morph needs the window displayed and laid out to
-                    // measure it; no paint happens between this show() and
-                    // the morph's start state, so nothing flashes.
-                    const was_hidden = ! $(el_window).is(':visible');
-                    if ( was_hidden ) $(el_window).show();
-                    // The lighter cut of the launch morph — window half
-                    // only, on a shorter path — so un-minimizing reads as
-                    // the window coming back out of the tile, not the app
-                    // launching again (no icon flourish, no launch pacing).
-                    morphed = morph_window_from_tile(el_window, tile, {
-                        icon_half: false,
-                        duration: 0.3,
-                    });
-                    if ( ! morphed && was_hidden ) $(el_window).hide();
-                }
-                if ( ! morphed ) $(el_window).fadeIn(150);
-                // Restores come back with the control drawer collapsed —
-                // whatever state it was minimized in (headless dashboard
-                // windows only; no-op otherwise).
-                el_window._dashboard_drawer_collapse?.();
-                // A restore re-claims the URL for this app — except when
-                // the restore was DRIVEN by a history traversal (popstate
-                // passes no_history: the entry is already current).
-                if ( ! options?.no_history
-                    && $(el_window).attr('data-update_window_url') === 'true'
-                    && $(el_window).attr('data-app') !== 'explorer' ) {
-                    push_dashboard_app_url($(el_window).attr('data-app'), $(el_window).attr('data-name'));
-                }
-                setTimeout(() => {
-                    $(this).focusWindow();
-                }, 80);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            $(el_window).css({
-                'transition': 'top 0.2s, left 0.2s, bottom 0.2s, right 0.2s, width 0.2s, height 0.2s',
-                top: `${$(el_window).attr('data-orig-top') }px`,
-                left: `${$(el_window).attr('data-orig-left') }px`,
-                width: `${$(el_window).attr('data-orig-width') }px`,
-                height: `${$(el_window).attr('data-orig-height') }px`,
-            });
-            $(el_window).css('z-index', raised_zindex());
-
+            // hideWindow hid the window in place, so its geometry was never
+            // disturbed. If the app's tile is visible on the Apps tab's current
+            // page, grow the window back out of it (the reverse of hideWindow's
+            // zoom-to-tile morph); otherwise just fade it back in.
+            if ( $(el_window).attr('data-minimized_in_place') !== '1' ) return;
             $(el_window).attr({
                 'data-is_minimized': false,
+                'data-minimized_in_place': '0',
             });
-
+            // On screen again (Back, tile click, Forward), so it is no
+            // longer minimized-because-a-child-took-over: closing that
+            // child must not now send the user to the dashboard.
+            $(el_window).removeAttr('data-minimized_for_child');
+            $(el_window).css('z-index', raised_zindex());
+            const reduce_motion = window.matchMedia
+                && window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
+            // Skip the morph while another morph still owns the window's
+            // inline styles (reopen mid-minimize-zoom): clearing the
+            // flags above already makes that animation's cleanup leave
+            // the window visible and restored, same as before.
+            const tile = (reduce_motion
+                || $(el_window).attr('data-window_morphing') === '1')
+                ? null
+                : dashboard_tile_in_view($(el_window).attr('data-app'));
+            let morphed = false;
+            if ( tile ) {
+                // The morph needs the window displayed and laid out to
+                // measure it; no paint happens between this show() and
+                // the morph's start state, so nothing flashes.
+                const was_hidden = ! $(el_window).is(':visible');
+                if ( was_hidden ) $(el_window).show();
+                // The lighter cut of the launch morph — window half
+                // only, on a shorter path — so un-minimizing reads as
+                // the window coming back out of the tile, not the app
+                // launching again (no icon flourish, no launch pacing).
+                morphed = morph_window_from_tile(el_window, tile, {
+                    icon_half: false,
+                    duration: 0.3,
+                });
+                if ( ! morphed && was_hidden ) $(el_window).hide();
+            }
+            if ( ! morphed ) $(el_window).fadeIn(150);
+            // Restores come back with the control drawer collapsed —
+            // whatever state it was minimized in (headless dashboard
+            // windows only; no-op otherwise).
+            el_window._dashboard_drawer_collapse?.();
+            // A restore re-claims the URL for this app — except when
+            // the restore was DRIVEN by a history traversal (popstate
+            // passes no_history: the entry is already current).
+            if ( ! options?.no_history
+                && $(el_window).attr('data-update_window_url') === 'true'
+                && $(el_window).attr('data-app') !== 'explorer' ) {
+                push_dashboard_app_url($(el_window).attr('data-app'), $(el_window).attr('data-name'));
+            }
             setTimeout(() => {
                 $(this).focusWindow();
             }, 80);
-
-            // remove `transitions` a good while after setting css to make sure
-            // it doesn't interfere with an ongoing animation
-            setTimeout(() => {
-                $(el_window).css('transition', 'none');
-            }, 250);
         }
     });
     return this;
@@ -4264,7 +4105,6 @@ $.fn.focusWindow = function (event) {
                 document.title = $(this).attr('data-name');
             }
         }
-        $(`.taskbar .taskbar-item[data-app="${$(this).attr('data-app')}"]`).addClass('taskbar-item-active');
     } else {
         $('.window').find('.item-selected').addClass('item-blurred');
         $('.desktop').find('.item-blurred').removeClass('item-blurred');
@@ -5246,230 +5086,167 @@ function morph_window_from_tile (el_window, tile, morph_options = {}) {
 $.fn.hideWindow = async function (options) {
     $(this).each(async function () {
         if ( $(this).hasClass('window') ) {
-            // get taskbar item location
-            let taskbar_item_pos = $(`.taskbar .taskbar-item[data-app="${$(this).attr('data-app')}"]`).position();
+            // If the app's tile is visible on the dashboard's Apps tab, shrink
+            // the window into it so the user sees where the app went; otherwise
+            // simply hide the window in place. Either way the geometry is
+            // untouched afterwards and showWindow() un-hides via the
+            // data-minimized_in_place flag.
+            const el_window = this;
+            const $win = $(this);
+            const reduce_motion = window.matchMedia
+                && window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
+            // (A morph already in flight — either direction — owns the
+            // window's inline transform/opacity and will restore them at
+            // its end, so don't start another on top; fall back to the
+            // plain fade below, exactly as before the morphs existed.)
+            const tile = (reduce_motion
+                || $win.attr('data-window_morphing') === '1')
+                ? null
+                : dashboard_tile_in_view($win.attr('data-app'));
 
-            // No taskbar item to animate toward (e.g. dashboard mode, which
-            // has no taskbar): if the app's tile is visible on the Apps tab's
-            // current page, shrink the window into it so the user sees where
-            // the app went; otherwise simply hide the window in place. Either
-            // way the geometry is untouched afterwards and showWindow()
-            // un-hides via the data-minimized_in_place flag.
-            if ( ! taskbar_item_pos ) {
-                const el_window = this;
-                const $win = $(this);
-                const reduce_motion = window.matchMedia
-                    && window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
-                // (A morph already in flight — either direction — owns the
-                // window's inline transform/opacity and will restore them at
-                // its end, so don't start another on top; fall back to the
-                // plain fade below, exactly as before the morphs existed.)
-                const tile = (reduce_motion
-                    || $win.attr('data-window_morphing') === '1')
-                    ? null
-                    : dashboard_tile_in_view($win.attr('data-app'));
+            if ( tile ) {
+                // iOS-style zoom-to-icon morph, two congruent layers on
+                // the same 450ms decelerating path so it reads as ONE
+                // object transforming:
+                //   1. the LIVE window scales onto the tile's icon box,
+                //      its corner radius growing toward the squircle,
+                //      fading OUT once it has mostly shrunk;
+                //   2. an enlarged clone of the icon ("ghost") starts
+                //      covering the window and flies/shrinks with it,
+                //      fading IN as the window fades out, landing exactly
+                //      on the real icon's slot (the real icon is hidden
+                //      until the ghost lands, so nothing doubles).
+                // Transform + opacity animate on the compositor (no
+                // per-frame reflow of the app's iframe); the window's
+                // geometry (top/left/width/height) is never touched, so
+                // restore is trivial.
+                const icon = tile.querySelector('.myapps-tile-icon') || tile;
+                const win_rect = el_window.getBoundingClientRect();
+                const icon_rect = icon.getBoundingClientRect();
+                if ( win_rect.width > 0 && win_rect.height > 0
+                    && icon_rect.width > 0 && icon_rect.height > 0 ) {
+                    // Everything touched is restored from these exact
+                    // inline values once the animation ends.
+                    const orig_style = {
+                        transform: el_window.style.transform,
+                        transformOrigin: el_window.style.transformOrigin,
+                        opacity: el_window.style.opacity,
+                        borderRadius: el_window.style.borderRadius,
+                        overflow: el_window.style.overflow,
+                        willChange: el_window.style.willChange,
+                        pointerEvents: el_window.style.pointerEvents,
+                        transition: el_window.style.transition,
+                    };
+                    const icon_orig_visibility = icon.style.visibility;
+                    // Map the window rect exactly onto the icon rect (and
+                    // the ghost the exact inverse: icon rect onto window
+                    // rect), so the two layers stay congruent throughout.
+                    const scale_x = icon_rect.width / win_rect.width;
+                    const scale_y = icon_rect.height / win_rect.height;
+                    const dx = icon_rect.left - win_rect.left;
+                    const dy = icon_rect.top - win_rect.top;
 
-                if ( tile ) {
-                    // iOS-style zoom-to-icon morph, two congruent layers on
-                    // the same 450ms decelerating path so it reads as ONE
-                    // object transforming:
-                    //   1. the LIVE window scales onto the tile's icon box,
-                    //      its corner radius growing toward the squircle,
-                    //      fading OUT once it has mostly shrunk;
-                    //   2. an enlarged clone of the icon ("ghost") starts
-                    //      covering the window and flies/shrinks with it,
-                    //      fading IN as the window fades out, landing exactly
-                    //      on the real icon's slot (the real icon is hidden
-                    //      until the ghost lands, so nothing doubles).
-                    // Transform + opacity animate on the compositor (no
-                    // per-frame reflow of the app's iframe); the window's
-                    // geometry (top/left/width/height) is never touched, so
-                    // restore is trivial.
-                    const icon = tile.querySelector('.myapps-tile-icon') || tile;
-                    const win_rect = el_window.getBoundingClientRect();
-                    const icon_rect = icon.getBoundingClientRect();
-                    if ( win_rect.width > 0 && win_rect.height > 0
-                        && icon_rect.width > 0 && icon_rect.height > 0 ) {
-                        // Everything touched is restored from these exact
-                        // inline values once the animation ends.
-                        const orig_style = {
-                            transform: el_window.style.transform,
-                            transformOrigin: el_window.style.transformOrigin,
-                            opacity: el_window.style.opacity,
-                            borderRadius: el_window.style.borderRadius,
-                            overflow: el_window.style.overflow,
-                            willChange: el_window.style.willChange,
-                            pointerEvents: el_window.style.pointerEvents,
-                            transition: el_window.style.transition,
-                        };
-                        const icon_orig_visibility = icon.style.visibility;
-                        // Map the window rect exactly onto the icon rect (and
-                        // the ghost the exact inverse: icon rect onto window
-                        // rect), so the two layers stay congruent throughout.
-                        const scale_x = icon_rect.width / win_rect.width;
-                        const scale_y = icon_rect.height / win_rect.height;
-                        const dx = icon_rect.left - win_rect.left;
-                        const dy = icon_rect.top - win_rect.top;
+                    const ghost = icon.cloneNode(true);
+                    ghost.style.position = 'fixed';
+                    ghost.style.left = `${icon_rect.left}px`;
+                    ghost.style.top = `${icon_rect.top}px`;
+                    ghost.style.width = `${icon_rect.width}px`;
+                    ghost.style.height = `${icon_rect.height}px`;
+                    ghost.style.margin = '0';
+                    ghost.style.zIndex = (parseInt($win.css('z-index'), 10) || 1) + 1;
+                    ghost.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
+                    ghost.style.transformOrigin = 'top left';
+                    ghost.style.willChange = 'transform, opacity';
+                    ghost.style.opacity = '0';
+                    // UNIFORM start scale so the icon stays square (a
+                    // rect-onto-rect mapping stretches it), sized to fit
+                    // INSIDE the window (contain, centered) — a covering
+                    // square would protrude past the card's short edge
+                    // and the protruding halo pops in mid-crossfade
+                    // (visible jitter). Contained, the ghost's side
+                    // tracks the card's short edge exactly for the whole
+                    // flight (both interpolate linearly between the same
+                    // start and end sizes), so the card's rectangular
+                    // flanks simply melt away around a steady square.
+                    const ghost_scale = Math.min(
+                        win_rect.width / icon_rect.width,
+                        win_rect.height / icon_rect.height,
+                    );
+                    const ghost_left = win_rect.left + (win_rect.width - icon_rect.width * ghost_scale) / 2;
+                    const ghost_top = win_rect.top + (win_rect.height - icon_rect.height * ghost_scale) / 2;
+                    ghost.style.transform = `translate(${ghost_left - icon_rect.left}px, ${ghost_top - icon_rect.top}px) scale(${ghost_scale})`;
+                    document.body.appendChild(ghost);
+                    icon.style.visibility = 'hidden';
 
-                        const ghost = icon.cloneNode(true);
-                        ghost.style.position = 'fixed';
-                        ghost.style.left = `${icon_rect.left}px`;
-                        ghost.style.top = `${icon_rect.top}px`;
-                        ghost.style.width = `${icon_rect.width}px`;
-                        ghost.style.height = `${icon_rect.height}px`;
-                        ghost.style.margin = '0';
-                        ghost.style.zIndex = (parseInt($win.css('z-index'), 10) || 1) + 1;
-                        ghost.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
-                        ghost.style.transformOrigin = 'top left';
-                        ghost.style.willChange = 'transform, opacity';
-                        ghost.style.opacity = '0';
-                        // UNIFORM start scale so the icon stays square (a
-                        // rect-onto-rect mapping stretches it), sized to fit
-                        // INSIDE the window (contain, centered) — a covering
-                        // square would protrude past the card's short edge
-                        // and the protruding halo pops in mid-crossfade
-                        // (visible jitter). Contained, the ghost's side
-                        // tracks the card's short edge exactly for the whole
-                        // flight (both interpolate linearly between the same
-                        // start and end sizes), so the card's rectangular
-                        // flanks simply melt away around a steady square.
-                        const ghost_scale = Math.min(
-                            win_rect.width / icon_rect.width,
-                            win_rect.height / icon_rect.height,
-                        );
-                        const ghost_left = win_rect.left + (win_rect.width - icon_rect.width * ghost_scale) / 2;
-                        const ghost_top = win_rect.top + (win_rect.height - icon_rect.height * ghost_scale) / 2;
-                        ghost.style.transform = `translate(${ghost_left - icon_rect.left}px, ${ghost_top - icon_rect.top}px) scale(${ghost_scale})`;
-                        document.body.appendChild(ghost);
-                        icon.style.visibility = 'hidden';
-
-                        $win.attr({
-                            'data-is_minimized': true,
-                            'data-minimized_in_place': '1',
-                            'data-window_morphing': '1',
-                        });
-                        el_window.style.transformOrigin = 'top left';
-                        el_window.style.overflow = 'hidden'; // let the radius clip the content
-                        el_window.style.willChange = 'transform, opacity';
-                        el_window.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
-                        // Flush the starting state (both layers) so the
-                        // transitions animate from it rather than snapping.
-                        void el_window.offsetWidth;
-                        // The handoff: by ~130ms the decelerating curve has
-                        // done ~80% of the shrink — the ghost fades in just
-                        // before (80→240ms) and the window fades out just
-                        // after (120→320ms). The overlap means there is never
-                        // a hole, and since both ride the same path the swap
-                        // is invisible: the window "becomes" the icon.
-                        el_window.style.transition = [
-                            'transform 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1)',
-                            'border-radius 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1)',
-                            'opacity 0.2s ease-out 0.12s',
-                        ].join(', ');
-                        el_window.style.transform = `translate(${dx}px, ${dy}px) scale(${scale_x}, ${scale_y})`;
-                        // Percentage radius stays proportional under the
-                        // scale — ~22% is the icon-squircle look.
-                        el_window.style.borderRadius = '22%';
-                        el_window.style.opacity = '0';
-                        ghost.style.transition = [
-                            'transform 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1)',
-                            'opacity 0.16s ease-in 0.08s',
-                        ].join(', ');
-                        ghost.style.transform = 'none';
-                        ghost.style.opacity = '1';
+                    $win.attr({
+                        'data-is_minimized': true,
+                        'data-minimized_in_place': '1',
+                        'data-window_morphing': '1',
+                    });
+                    el_window.style.transformOrigin = 'top left';
+                    el_window.style.overflow = 'hidden'; // let the radius clip the content
+                    el_window.style.willChange = 'transform, opacity';
+                    el_window.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
+                    // Flush the starting state (both layers) so the
+                    // transitions animate from it rather than snapping.
+                    void el_window.offsetWidth;
+                    // The handoff: by ~130ms the decelerating curve has
+                    // done ~80% of the shrink — the ghost fades in just
+                    // before (80→240ms) and the window fades out just
+                    // after (120→320ms). The overlap means there is never
+                    // a hole, and since both ride the same path the swap
+                    // is invisible: the window "becomes" the icon.
+                    el_window.style.transition = [
+                        'transform 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1)',
+                        'border-radius 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1)',
+                        'opacity 0.2s ease-out 0.12s',
+                    ].join(', ');
+                    el_window.style.transform = `translate(${dx}px, ${dy}px) scale(${scale_x}, ${scale_y})`;
+                    // Percentage radius stays proportional under the
+                    // scale — ~22% is the icon-squircle look.
+                    el_window.style.borderRadius = '22%';
+                    el_window.style.opacity = '0';
+                    ghost.style.transition = [
+                        'transform 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1)',
+                        'opacity 0.16s ease-in 0.08s',
+                    ].join(', ');
+                    ghost.style.transform = 'none';
+                    ghost.style.opacity = '1';
 
+                    setTimeout(() => {
+                        // End of the zoom: the ghost has landed on the
+                        // real icon's slot — swap them back in the same
+                        // frame, hide the window, and put every touched
+                        // inline property back while nothing is visible.
+                        // If the user re-opened the window mid-animation
+                        // (tile click → showWindow cleared the flags),
+                        // restore but leave it visible.
+                        ghost.remove();
+                        icon.style.visibility = icon_orig_visibility;
+                        $win.attr('data-window_morphing', '0');
+                        const minimized = $win.attr('data-is_minimized');
+                        if ( minimized === '1' || minimized === 'true' ) $win.hide();
+                        el_window.style.transition = 'none';
+                        el_window.style.transform = orig_style.transform;
+                        el_window.style.transformOrigin = orig_style.transformOrigin;
+                        el_window.style.opacity = orig_style.opacity;
+                        el_window.style.borderRadius = orig_style.borderRadius;
+                        el_window.style.overflow = orig_style.overflow;
+                        el_window.style.willChange = orig_style.willChange;
+                        el_window.style.pointerEvents = orig_style.pointerEvents;
                         setTimeout(() => {
-                            // End of the zoom: the ghost has landed on the
-                            // real icon's slot — swap them back in the same
-                            // frame, hide the window, and put every touched
-                            // inline property back while nothing is visible.
-                            // If the user re-opened the window mid-animation
-                            // (tile click → showWindow cleared the flags),
-                            // restore but leave it visible.
-                            ghost.remove();
-                            icon.style.visibility = icon_orig_visibility;
-                            $win.attr('data-window_morphing', '0');
-                            const minimized = $win.attr('data-is_minimized');
-                            if ( minimized === '1' || minimized === 'true' ) $win.hide();
-                            el_window.style.transition = 'none';
-                            el_window.style.transform = orig_style.transform;
-                            el_window.style.transformOrigin = orig_style.transformOrigin;
-                            el_window.style.opacity = orig_style.opacity;
-                            el_window.style.borderRadius = orig_style.borderRadius;
-                            el_window.style.overflow = orig_style.overflow;
-                            el_window.style.willChange = orig_style.willChange;
-                            el_window.style.pointerEvents = orig_style.pointerEvents;
-                            setTimeout(() => {
-                                el_window.style.transition = orig_style.transition;
-                            }, 50);
-                        }, 480);
-                        return;
-                    }
+                            el_window.style.transition = orig_style.transition;
+                        }, 50);
+                    }, 480);
+                    return;
                 }
-
-                $win.attr({
-                    'data-is_minimized': true,
-                    'data-minimized_in_place': '1',
-                });
-                $win.fadeOut(150);
-                return;
             }
 
-            // Calculate animation target based on taskbar position
-            let animationTarget = {};
-            const taskbarPosition = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-            if ( taskbarPosition === 'bottom' ) {
-                // taskbar position is center of window minus half of taskbar item width
-                taskbar_item_pos.left = taskbar_item_pos.left + ($(window).width() / 2) - ($('.taskbar').width() / 2);
-                animationTarget = {
-                    top: 'calc(100% - 60px)',
-                    left: taskbar_item_pos.left + 14.5,
-                };
-            } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'left' ) {
-                animationTarget = {
-                    top: taskbar_item_pos.top + ($(window).height() / 2) - ($('.taskbar').height() / 2) + 14.5,
-                    left: '5px',
-                };
-            } else if ( taskbarPosition === 'right' ) {
-                animationTarget = {
-                    top: taskbar_item_pos.top + ($(window).height() / 2) - ($('.taskbar').height() / 2) + 14.5,
-                    left: 'calc(100% - 60px)',
-                };
-            }
-
-            $(this).attr({
-                'data-orig-width': $(this).width(),
-                'data-orig-height': $(this).height(),
-                'data-orig-top': $(this).position().top,
-                'data-orig-left': $(this).position().left,
+            $win.attr({
                 'data-is_minimized': true,
+                'data-minimized_in_place': '1',
             });
-
-            $(this).css({
-                ...(!isMobile.phone ? {
-                    'transition': 'top 0.2s, left 0.2s, bottom 0.2s, right 0.2s, width 0.2s, height 0.2s',
-                } : {}),
-                width: '0',
-                height: '0',
-                ...animationTarget,
-            });
-
-            // remove transitions a good while after setting css to make sure
-            // it doesn't interfere with an ongoing animation
-            setTimeout(() => {
-                $(this).css({
-                    'transition': 'none',
-                    'transform': 'none',
-                });
-            }, 250);
-
-            // reset the tab title (the URL is not touched — apps never
-            // rewrite it on the desktop) — only if this window owned it
-            const update_window_url = $(this).attr('data-update_window_url');
-            if ( ! window.is_dashboard_mode && (update_window_url === 'true' || update_window_url === null) ) {
-                document.title = i18n('window_title_puter');
-            }
+            $win.fadeOut(150);
         }
     });
     return this;
@@ -5611,11 +5388,7 @@ async function saveSidebarOrder (order) {
     }
 }
 
-// Function to update maximized window positioning based on taskbar position
-window.update_maximized_window_for_taskbar = function (el_window) {
-    const position = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-    // Handle fullpage mode differently
+window.update_maximized_window = function (el_window) {
     if ( window.is_fullpage_mode ) {
         $(el_window).css({
             'top': `${window.toolbar_height }px`,
@@ -5626,63 +5399,20 @@ window.update_maximized_window_for_taskbar = function (el_window) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if ( position === 'bottom' ) {
-        let height = window.innerHeight - window.taskbar_height - window.toolbar_height - 6;
-        let width = '100%';
-
-        $(el_window).css({
-            'top': `${window.toolbar_height }px`,
-            'left': '0',
-            'width': width,
-            'height': `${height }px`,
-        });
-    } else if ( position === 'left' ) {
-        let width = window.innerWidth - window.taskbar_height - 1;
-
-        $(el_window).css({
-            'top': `${window.toolbar_height }px`,
-            'left': `${window.taskbar_height + 1 }px`,
-            'width': width,
-            'height': `calc(100% - ${window.toolbar_height}px)`,
-        });
-    } else if ( position === 'right' ) {
-        $(el_window).css({
-            'top': `${window.toolbar_height }px`,
-            'left': '0',
-            'width': `calc(100% - ${window.taskbar_height + 1}px)`,
-            'height': `calc(100% - ${window.toolbar_height}px)`,
-        });
-    }
+    $(el_window).css({
+        'top': `${window.toolbar_height }px`,
+        'left': '0',
+        'width': '100%',
+        'height': `${window.innerHeight - window.toolbar_height - 6 }px`,
+    });
 };
 
-// Function to get snap dimensions and positions based on taskbar position
 function getSnapDimensions () {
-    const taskbar_position = window.taskbar_position || 'bottom';
-
-    let available_width, available_height, start_x, start_y;
-
-    if ( taskbar_position === 'left' ) {
-        available_width = window.innerWidth - window.taskbar_height;
-        available_height = window.innerHeight - window.toolbar_height;
-        start_x = window.taskbar_height;
-        start_y = window.toolbar_height;
-    } else if ( taskbar_position === 'right' ) {
-        available_width = window.innerWidth - window.taskbar_height;
-        available_height = window.innerHeight - window.toolbar_height;
-        start_x = 0;
-        start_y = window.toolbar_height;
-    } else { // bottom (default)
-        available_width = window.innerWidth;
-        available_height = window.innerHeight - window.toolbar_height - window.taskbar_height;
-        start_x = 0;
-        start_y = window.toolbar_height;
-    }
-
     return {
-        available_width,
-        available_height,
-        start_x,
-        start_y,
+        available_width: window.innerWidth,
+        available_height: window.innerHeight - window.toolbar_height,
+        start_x: 0,
+        start_y: window.toolbar_height,
     };
 }
 

src/gui/src/UI/UIWindow2FASetup.js

@@ -782,7 +782,6 @@ const UIWindow2FASetup = async function UIWindow2FASetup () {
         width: Math.min(480, window.innerWidth - 24),
         height: 'auto',
         dominant: true,
-        show_in_taskbar: false,
         is_draggable: false,
         backdrop: true,
         on_before_exit: async () => {

src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowAuthMe.js

@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ async function UIWindowAuthMe (options = {}) {
             width: 400,
             height: 'auto',
             dominant: true,
-            show_in_taskbar: false,
             window_class: 'window-authme',
             body_css: {
                 width: 'initial',

src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowBlockedSenders.js

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ async function UIWindowBlockedSenders (options) {
         width: 420,
         height: 'auto',
         dominant: true,
-        show_in_taskbar: false,
         onAppend: function (this_window) {
             $(this_window).find('.blocked-username').get(0)?.focus({ preventScroll: true });
         },

src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowChangeUsername.js

@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ async function UIWindowChangeUsername (options) {
         width: 350,
         height: 'auto',
         dominant: true,
-        show_in_taskbar: false,
         onAppend: function (this_window) {
             $(this_window).find('.new-username').get(0)?.focus({ preventScroll: true });
             const oidc_only = !!(window.user && window.user.oidc_only);

src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowColorPicker.js

@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2024-present Puter Technologies Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of Puter.
- *
- * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-import { UIColorPickerWidget } from './UIColorPickerWidget.js';
-import UIWindow from './UIWindow.js';
-
-async function UIWindowColorPicker (options) {
-    // set sensible defaults
-    if ( arguments.length > 0 ) {
-        // if first argument is a string, then assume it is the default color
-        if ( window.isString(arguments[0]) ) {
-            options = {};
-            options.default = arguments[0];
-        }
-    }
-    options = options ?? {};
-
-    return new Promise(async (resolve) => {
-        let colorPickerWidget;
-
-        let h = '';
-        h += '<div>';
-        h += '<div style="padding: 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ced7e1; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box;">';
-        // picker
-        h += '<div style="padding: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;">';
-        h += '<div class="picker"></div>';
-        h += '</div>';
-
-        // Select button
-        h += `<button class="select-btn button button-primary button-block button-normal">${i18n('select')}</button>`;
-        h += '</form>';
-        h += '</div>';
-        h += '</div>';
-
-        const el_window = await UIWindow({
-            title: i18n('select_color'),
-            app: 'color-picker',
-            single_instance: true,
-            icon: null,
-            uid: null,
-            is_dir: false,
-            body_content: h,
-            has_head: true,
-            selectable_body: false,
-            draggable_body: false,
-            allow_context_menu: false,
-            is_draggable: true,
-            is_droppable: false,
-            is_resizable: false,
-            stay_on_top: false,
-            allow_native_ctxmenu: true,
-            allow_user_select: true,
-            ...options.window_options,
-            width: 350,
-            dominant: true,
-            on_close: async () => {
-                resolve(false);
-            },
-            onAppend: function (window) {
-                colorPickerWidget = UIColorPickerWidget($(window).find('.picker'), {
-                    default: options.defaultValue ?? options.defaultColor ?? options.default ?? '#f00',
-                });
-            },
-            window_class: 'window-login',
-            window_css: {
-                height: 'initial',
-            },
-            body_css: {
-                width: 'initial',
-                padding: '0',
-                'background-color': 'rgba(231, 238, 245, .95)',
-                'backdrop-filter': 'blur(3px)',
-            },
-        });
-
-        $(el_window).find('.select-btn').on('click', function (e) {
-            resolve({ color: colorPickerWidget.getHex8String() });
-            $(el_window).close();
-        });
-        $(el_window).find('.font-selector').on('click', function (e) {
-            $(el_window).find('.font-selector').removeClass('font-selector-active');
-            $(this).addClass('font-selector-active');
-        });
-    });
-}
-
-export default UIWindowColorPicker;

src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowCopyToken.js

@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ function UIWindowCopyToken (options = {}) {
             width: 450,
             height: 'auto',
             dominant: true,
-            show_in_taskbar: false,
             window_class: 'window-copy-auth-token',
             body_css: {
                 width: 'initial',